"Hawk asked me to apologize for the delay." Caixsa said.
"Broken Locket forced him to write it, threatening to kill Roxas and Sora, whoever that is..."
"Why me BL?" Roxas shouted at the seemingly empty air.
"And also that she would not talk to Hawk for a year." Xasech finished.
"Don't forget what really encouraged him to do it though." Xirama said, slightly cryptically and in a very out of character way.
"Oh yes! She threatened to steal Hawk's Pokemon games and enslave them...somehow." Xasech said, a little confused. "By the way, did I ever tell you about my parents? I buried them while they sang a lullaby to each other, though they were loud and out of pitch..."
"STOP THE IN-STORY AUTHORS NOTE AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!" Xemnas yelled from his vantage point. "Hawk has gone off moping for this chapter because of the threat and so it's free for us to do anything in this chapter."
"Oh yeah!" Demyx shouted. "I'm going to change my name on the board to Xigbar's!"
"Oh, and Hawk left you two a note each." Xemnas said, handing a note to Caixsa and Roxas.
"I hereby dub you moderators of this chapter. You shall make sure that everything goes as it should." They read out together. "That includes keeping Demyx from changing his name. Which would be hard to do as it is his fight next."
"Anyone else think it was a little creepy, how they read it at the same time and everything?" Xigbar asked, a slightly worried look on his face. Everyone ignored him as Caixsa and Roxas Corridored up to Xemnas' balcony, which he had previously vacated.
"Now, Xirama and Demyx. It is time for you to fight." Caixsa shouted, as it was a long distance, and he didn't know how to project his voice.
"Use these to get down the arena." Roxas said, summoning two Dark Corridors for Xirama and Demyx. They took their places. "Ready?"
"NO!" Demyx cried, despairingly.
"Then begin." Roxas mocked Xemnas, using his voice.
Xirama was the first to do anything, which was to summon her staff. It was tall for a staff, around half Xirama's height. It had a golden handle, the shaft being white at the bottom, but fading into a rosy red further up. On the top were two symbols, like the sun and moon. She held it behind her, in her left hand. Demyx sighed.
"Can I surrender?" He asked.
"I told you before, no." Xemnas said.
"Aww." He summoned Arpeggio. "Can we just get this over with then?" He asked Xirama.
"Sure!" She ran forwards and swiped her staff at Demyx, who managed to block it. Somehow. He jumped back and struck a few chords on his weapon, sending a swarm of over sized bubbles towards Xirama, who sent several Firagas to counter them, but missed one, which slammed into her, sending her flying backwards. She stood, then sent out several Fires blindly, three of which managing to hit. Demyx staggered, but recovered, strumming his guitar some more and summoning a swarm of water forms. He pointed at Xirama, who gasped before raising her staff, muttering something under her breath.
A Tiny Bit Earlier.
Uxye felt the hairs on the back of his head rise. He turned, nervously, to see Zoxey glaring daggers at him. He gulped, then sighed in relief when she turned her head away before storming off. He started to follow her, but he was stopped by Xigbar. "I'll see what's up. You stay here kid, watch the rest of the fights." He started to walk away.
"I'm twenty two Xigbar."
"Really? Could have fooled me..." Xigbar left, leaving a confused, and slightly angry, Uxye behind him.
Back to the Present. Sort of. Umm, A Tiny Bit Later than the Start of the Previous Section.
Xirama finished the spell just before the first water form reached her. She slammed it into the ground with her staff, turning it into a puddle which started to reform. There was suddenly a very bright light coming from above. Sunlight. The water forms started to shrink, evaporating. Demyx tried to create more, but they were subject to the same fate, forming clouds. Demyx soon started to look tired.
"Please finish it." He pleaded as his last water form disappeared.
"Ok!" Xirama sent a circle of fire, with a Firaga in the center, towards Demyx, getting a direct hit and knocking him out.
"And Xirama is the winner!" Roxas called before opening a Dark Corridor for Xirama and casting a Cure on Demyx, allowing him to use it as well. "Now, next fight will hopefully be soon. You can disperse, there will be a break after the fourth fight as well." He finished before everybody left by a variety of methods.
Meanwhile
Xigbar wandered the corridors of the Castle That Never Was. As he neared the training room, he heard sounds of fighting, along with a familiar voice. "Looks like I've found her." He smirked.
Zoxey was slashing away at targets around the training room, not caring about her wounds. The place already looked like a bomb site thanks to the multiple spells she had been practicing, every one she knew. Spells like Thundaga, Poison, Stop, Ignite and everything in between. She was so angry at herself. "How could I lose to a wimp like HIM?" She screamed at herself.
"Still steamed about your fight with Uxye ZoZo?" Whipping her head round, she saw a smirking Xigbar leaning nonchalantly again the doorframe. glaring, she snarled.
"So what if I am! I just made a fool of myself in front of the ENTIRE Organization!" With an angered shriek she embedded a Grip Scythe deeply within a target that disintegrated a few seconds later.
"Look, all of us have made fool of ourselves in front of Xemnas and the others before. It's no reason to destroy a training room for! It looks like Hurricane Jeanne happened in here for god sake!" He sighed, examining the mess she had made. He was surprised one girl could cause so much damage.
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Zoxey cried smashing her fists into a punching bag, continuing to pound at it with all her strength not caring about her splitting knuckles. "I FAILED!" She screamed. "I! ALWAYS! FAIL!" She punched the bag at each word. "MY FATHER WAS RIGHT! I'M USELESS, PATHETIC AND DON'T DESERVE MY LIFE!" She gave the punching bag one last slam before it split in half and she sank to the floor in defeat, tears glazing her eyes. Xigbar looked down at the young Nobody in shock.
What is she talking about? He thought.
"You don't know what it's like Xigbar..." Zoxey whispered, her eyes glazed as she spoke, like she was in a trance "..not being able to help and protect the ones who need you. I always failed them. I failed everyone. My Friends. Brother. Sisters. Mother. Father. My entire world needed me, and I failed." The more she spoke, the more confused Xigbar became. Tears started to stream down Zoxey's face. "I guess that they were right. The name they gave me at my birth." Xigbar looked at her expectantly, knowing she wasn't in control of what she was saying and doing. " The Cursed One." She whimpered "The Cursed Child. I was given the dark mark." As she continued, she pulled the cloak off and tugged the back of her shirt up. As well as the numerous scars marking her pale skin there was the outline of two black angel wings, one on each shoulder blade where if she really had wing they would be, and some symbols underneath them.
"It means Cursed." Zoxey muttered, referring to the symbols "I was born with them there. Consider it a warning." She stated "Stay away from me, Xigbar, or you'll end up like the rest." Her eyes became clear again and she yanked her shirt down, pulling the cloak back on.
"Wait! What do you mean?" Xigbar asked in frustration as the distant Zoxey returned. He was so close to getting to know more about her!
"Forget it." Zoxey muttered darkly. "I've said too much already." And with those words, she disappeared through a dark portal.
"Uxye should be glad she wasn't this angry when she fought him." Xigbar muttered as he evaluated the room's condition. The floor was singed and frozen in many places and a dark fog lingered in the air. The targets were either splinters on the ground, cracked or badly damaged, the walls were chipped in a few places and the five punching bags were leaking or split into multiple pieces. "That girl's hiding something..." He whispered glaring intently at the last punching bag "...and I'm going to find out what's got her so worked up."
As he was about to leave Xemnas appeared at the door way and Uxye, who was going back to his room, stopped as they saw the condition of one of the castle's training rooms. "What happened here?" Xemnas demanded, glaring at Xigbar as Uxye looked at him in fright.
"I think you would find Zoxey happened." He half-joked, half-sighed. He looked at Uxye. "I would stay out of her way kiddo, she's pretty p*****." he added. The three of them left, Xemnas ordering the repair of the changing room.
Me: I'm back! Broken Locket returned the game she stole, a pre-emptive strike, she called it.
Xasech: I'll apologize for her. Sorry.
Caixsa: Thanks.
Me: That's my line. No, where did I put that never-ending chocolate bar...
Xirama: (In next room) YAY! CHOCOLATE!
Me: I should have used that safe...
Caixsa: Yeah.
?: HEY! Why can't I have a line?
Me: Because you're not in the fic yet, -CENSORED-. Deal with it.
?: (Grumbles about life being unfair).
Xasech: Well, see you next time! Which will hopefully be soon. Don't get sidetracked again. Hawk.
Me: (Growls).
Caixsa: Bye.
Me: I forgot. Nyx's-Angel wrote the last section. The only part of that I own are the few edits. So it's her work, don't thank me for it.
Xasech: So, bye for real now?
Me: Yep. Don't forget about the new poll.
Xasech: Hey did I ever tell you about Mr. Bones?