Okay, Quizilla got it's share of my attention, so now FanFiction get's it's share. Come to think of it…FanFiction gets most of my attention.
Xeiria's Pov
Roxas knows.
Roxas knows his past. Roxas knows about Sora. He doesn't want to go, but he knows he has to. He's sad, too. But it's not like I'm not. I want Roxas to stay. But he tells me I have to go to Airie. I can't. I don't remember my past, but I know that I have more strength than her. I've seen her in my dreams, and she's scared of losing Sora. That makes her weak. She can't even summon her bows there in that world she lives in. I think she's lost the ability all together.
If I merge with Airie, I'll overtake her. She won't be Airie anymore if I do that. And then what would that organization do? They'd have a member with a heart. And that would make them so much more powerful…
Roxas and I stand in front of the pod Sora sleeps in. I can't stand to watch this, but nonetheless, Roxas puts his fingers against my cheek and turns my face toward him. I shut my eyes, holding back the tears that aren't suppose to be there. I feel warmth suddenly against my lips and I calm down. I don't open my eyes when I feel the warmth go away. I don't open my eyes when I feel Roxas's hand fall from my face.
I open my eyes when I hear him whisper.
"I love you,"
But he isn't there. He's faded. I let the tears escape my eyes and I stand there for a moment. I turn to the pod and place my hand against it. I feel like Roxas is still watching me. That he's still alive next to me.
Anger overtakes my body and pain breaks out in my chest. I hit my hand against the pod several times before I fall to the ground crying. I curl into a small ball and shut my eyes tight.
I need him…
When I'm able to stand back up I force my hand to open a dark corridor. I walk through it and into the castle. I don't hesitate to walk into the meeting room and face Xemnas. He sits high in his throne, but when he sees me in the middle of the room he disappears and reappears in front of me.
"Is there anything I can help you with Number XV?" he asks.
I curl my fists into balls. "Yeah, I know you want me to go with Airie. Okay, fine. Have it your way. Take me to see her. I just hope you know that you won't be able for me to have control of her body for a while."
Xemnas smirked down at me. "Good choice XV. You're a very smart child. Don't worry about anything, we have it all under control, and we know exactly what we're going to do with you and Airie. Go wait in your room for a while longer, and I will come and get you when we're ready."
I only nod pathetically and start to walk back into the hallway. I don't pass anyone on the way back to my room, which is the closest to the Grey Area. I open the door to my old bedroom and throw myself onto my bed. I wonder what it will feel like. What will she feel? Will it be like falling asleep and waking up again? Or will it be painful?
I sit up and wait, but no one comes for a long time. I have nothing in here anymore. My tears have stopped, and I'm waiting for a death penalty.
In all the madness of thoughts I still manage a small song.
'The worst is over now.
And we can breath again.
I wanna hold you high and steal my pain away
There's so much left to learn,
And no one left to fight.
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain.'
The time comes when Xemnas appears in my room. He has a satisfied look on his face but there is no smile. I've never seen him really smile. I don't think I ever will. I know I never will.
"Come with me," he demands. I nod and follow him down a hallway. He stops in front of a door with a number pad next to it. I don't pay attention to the numbers, but I know he types something in and the door opens. He puts a hand on my back and pushes me in, and then he walks in too. It's almost like an elevator, because I feel us going down and Xemnas presses another button down to Floor 13. The doors slide open and I see a dungeon waiting for me.
In one of the cells is the limp figure of my somebody.
Airie's Pov
Waking up hurts me beyond belief. Trust me, I've been in less pain when I was having my heart ripped put of my own chest. I open my eyes and find myself stuck in that cell again but this time there are two people standing outside the cell. One is a man with white hair wearing the same coat I remember Axel wearing. He has amber eyes and tan skin and for some reason reminds me of Ansem. The other is a girl much smaller than him. Her hair is auburn and her eyes are a hazy black. She wears almost all black but she isn't wearing that coat.
"Hello Airie," she says with a small smile. "It's good to finally meet you. My name is Xeiria. I'm fifteen."
I sit up and look at her. It is Xeiria! But…there was something different. She seemed so much sadder.
The man nods to her and the bars on the cell disintegrate as she steps up. She walks into my cell and I instantly start backing up on my hands and knees.
Xeiria bends down, close to my face, and starts talking. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I mean, I can't even summon my weapon anymore, so what's the use in trying?"
I nod and stand up. She holds a hand out to me, but then she turns it away and opens a dark corridor before anybody can stop her. Xeiria grabs my wrist and starts to pull me through the corridor, except a soft gasp escapes her throat and her hand slips off mine. I'm one step away from the darkness when I look back at her. The man is in the cell now, and he's holding a hand out in front of him. Xeiria is on the ground, her back arched, screaming in pain. Her eyes were opened wide and her breathing was so labored I felt like I could be the one laying in her place. Seeing her like that made my chest tighten…I felt part of that pain.
The man put his hand down and Xeiria fell completely onto the ground, her breathing even worse and her body unable to move.
"Xeiria? Are you okay?" I ask bending down next to her. I didn't touch her. She looked so broken that I thought that if I even touched her in the gentlest manor she was going to shatter. I looked up and saw the man clench his fist again and the muscles in his neck stood out as he did. Xeiria's back rises off the ground again and she's screaming, not as badly, she's getting worse. He's trying to hurt her on purpose, just because she was trying to help me.
"Beg," he commands. He lets Xeiria fall on the ground again. "I want to here you beg,"
She's barely able to form words. "Not a…chance…no…ah!" He's doing it again. I know if he continues her heart's going to stop beating…
"Stop!" I beg looking up at him. "Please! She didn't mean to do that!"
He smirks and puts his hand down. "As you wish," Xeiria hits the ground again, her lips blue and her skin pale, her eyes are open half way but she's not conscious.
"Xeiria!" I ask lightly tapping her cheek. "Wake up Xeiria!"
"Oh please," he says. "I wouldn't do it hard enough to kill her. We still need her for Kingdom Hearts…" the man glares at me. "And we need you too. So you better be careful with your actions."
Another dark corridor opens and a man with blue hair steps out.
"What would you like me to do with them?" he asks.
The man waves him off. "Leave them here to think about what they've done. As soon as Xeiria wakes up, force them to merge." The man with blue hair nods and both men walk out of the cell. The man with white hair walks out of the room but the man with blue hair stays. I look down and make sure Xeiria's okay, and when I see her eyes shut but her breathing is normal now. I stand up and walk over to the bars, gripping them as I watched the man.
"Who are you?" I demand. "Why do you want me?"
He only walks closer to the bars. "My name is Saix. I am the caretaker of your little nobody over there. She's very stubborn. But clever, she's already figured out our plan for you two."
"What are you going to do?" I ask.
"That is a secret, and even if it weren't, I wouldn't tell you." he says.
"What do you mean by 'my nobody'?"
He sighs, growing impatient with my questions. "Xeiria is your nobody." Saix refuses to tell me anymore.
I only walk back over to Xeiria and sit down next to her. "You better wake up soon…" I whisper. God, she's stone cold. I wipe a few strands of auburn hair off her face. Her eyes snaps open and she's about to sit up when I push her back down. She gives me a confused look and I press a finger to my lips.
"Saix is here. He wants us to merge, or something," I tell her. "Go back to sleep."
Xeiria doesn't need to be told twice. Her eyes are already shut after I've given her permission to sleep and I'm pretty sure she's already slipped out. Either that, or she's a damn good actress.
Saix continues to watch me until a man with long black hair pulled into a ponytail walks in. He wears an eye patch over one eye and he doesn't bother to pay attention to us.
"Hey Saix, um, Demyx kinda…flooded the upstairs…" he says. He rubs the back of his head. "We need you help with this…"
Saix glares over at me. "Don't try to escape. We will terminate you if you do," he then looks at the man with the eye patch. "Let's go. I swear, Number IX is going to pay for this…" with that he walks out.
Xeiria's eyes open wide and she smirks at me. Damn, she was acting?
"How do you feel?" I ask, shaking off the shock.
"Fine," she insists, but then when she sits up she draws in her breath and shuts her eyes. When they open again she smiles. "So, they want us to merge?"
I nod. "But…how can we merge? Are we connected or something? Do you know something I don't?"
"I think so…" Xeiria pushes herself against the wall. "You see, when a person with a strong heart becomes a heartless, a nobody is made. Most of the time they're lesser nobodies, like Dusks. Sometimes you get an even higher rank and you get to be a Samurai or a Dancer. But then you get to the highest of all. We're the more powerful nobodies. We retained memories of our human lives. We kept ourselves, basically. I just happen to be your nobody. But since you were still alive after I was made I didn't keep my memories. I had no idea who I was until about a week ago when a man named Riku told me everything…"
"Riku?" I ask, interrupting her rudely. "Sorry, go on."
She nods. "Well, I'm part of Organization XIII. We're the most powerful nobodies there are, I think. The man I was with? That's our leader, Xemnas. And the man that was here, Saix, he's Xemnas's right hand man, really. And Demyx is the lazy one. You'd have no trouble getting rid of him. Anyway, the only other nobody that has kept the human part of themselves is Namine, you may have met her in Castle Oblivion. But I knew Sora's nobody, Roxas. I miss…I miss him so much…" her eyes look past me, somewhere far off.
"But I was never a heartless Xeiria," I tell her. "How were you made if I was never a heartless?"
"You went to the Realm of Darkness and came out safely with the help of Riku, right?" she pauses. "Well, he helped you with that, and I guess somewhere along the way I was made…somehow. And you know Axel? He's one of my best friends, besides Roxas. I'm not suppose to feel anything except pain and sorrow. I guess I still feel, thanks to you," she smiles over at me. "I just don't have memories of what it was like to feel…I actually get to feel it…thank you."
"I see you're awake Xeiria," I turn and find Saix right behind us. "The time has come then, get up."
Xeiria grips my shoulders and talks quickly. "When we merge I'm going to take over your body, not because I want to but because I'm stronger. When I do I just want you to relax and let me figure things out, then I'll make us different again, okay?"
I nod and both of us are pulled to our feet by Saix. Xeiria nervously holds out a hand, tears slipping out of her eyes. I slowly put my hand into hers and immediately I feel lighter, as if I'm being lifted off the ground. But no, both of us are still on the ground. My vision is starting to get foggier, but through the haze I see Xeiria surrounded by light, her body fading into it. I start falling back once she's completely faded but Saix catches me and holds me while I let my nobody take me over. My breathing is heavy and my hands twitch. I realize Saix isn't holding me anymore, I'm on the floor and he's watching me. The cruel thing is…he's smiling with joy.
The world is just a bunch of colors mixing together and turning into darkness around me.
When the darkness pulls me out I find myself starting to relax, and I hear Xeiria's voice one last time.
"Airie, you're gunna be okay. I'm going to take you to Sora. I may have to let Xemnas control me for a while, but trust me, I will get you to him. Because Roxas is Sora, and if anything, I'm going to die with him there."
Oh my god it's done. Let's see if any of my favorites have been updated yet…I'll figure it out in a minute.
DAMN. This chapter was long! I hope y'all enjoyed it though. :)