Me: Sorry.
Caixsa: I was starting to forget what you look like. And you based me off of yourself!
Korrax: Calm down...
Krixae: Try taking it into the next room. It's sound-proof. You could do whatever you like.
Caixsa: ...You almost sound like Kirimi...
Korrax: At least she's not mentioning debauchery or reverse harems...
Me: Let's stop with the Ouran and get to the fic...
"Any luck?"
"Nope."
"Nada."
"No."
"Absolute zero."
"NO!"
The group turned to the three people on the sofas opposite them in the Grey Room, where Luxord had just lost to Xaldin and Onyxz at Bang!.
"Bang." Onyxz said, firing a finger-gun at Luxord.
"How do I always loose this stupid game?" He asked.
Back to the first group, there were four pairs and one left over, her partner being in the group playing Bang!, all of whom had decided to work together to hunt down the rapidly disappearing members. There were only seventeen people left, the thirteen in the room then, Xemnas, Vexen, Saix, Coerixn and Xager.
"Nothing at all?" Caixsa sighed.
"Well, I checked Dwarf Woodlands, and Krixae tried Enchanted Dominion..." Xirama started.
"Both of those were fine." Krixae told him. "No disturbance."
"The same was with Castle of Dreams and Deep Jungle." Larxene said. Axel nodded.
"Atlantica and Wonderland were clear." Demyx said, standing next to Exneri.
"Hollow Bastion and Agrabah done with." Xion said, looking over to her distracted partner, Onyxz.
"And Twilight Town and Traverse Town were the same." Korrax said to his partner.
"Right, there's another ten worlds to knock off the list of possibilities." Caixsa crossed out the ten worlds. "The only ones left are this one and The Badlands."
"And CO." Larxene interjected.
"What?"
"Castle Oblivion. It's the Organization's second HQ. We were about to be sent there when you arrived." She told Caixsa. "Which I'm thankful for, as much as I hate to admit it. That place is freaky..."
"Why were we never told about it?" Xirama asked.
"You never asked." Axel replied.
"Anyway, Axel, did you do what I asked?"
"Heckle Saix? Yes." He paused for effect. "We got lucky. The next holiday is tomorrow."
"Thanks for that. Now then, tomorrow we'll split into three teams. One can take CO, one The Badlands, and the last can take The Dark City."
"Me and Larxene should go to CO. We've been there, we know the sorts of things we could expect." Axel said.
"Count me in too!" Onyxz called from the other group.
"And I'll go as well." Xion said. "Someone has to keep them in order."
"I'll go for The Badlands." Demyx said, thinking he could get away with little fighting.
"I'll take the second space in that group." Exneri offered.
"I'll finish it." Xirama told them.
"So it's me, Kor and Cai for the Dark City?" Krixae asked.
"I'm fine with that."
"Me too."
"So when will we do the castle?" Onyxz asked, jumping over the back of the sofa and nearly landing on top of Xion.
"Careful!" She scolded, being ignored by the smirking ravenette.
"Whenever we can. We'll have to use up our free time for this." Xirama moaned.
Demyx groaned.
"Now, we should be getting missions soon..." Caixsa informed them and five minutes later, Saix walked into the room, pausing from about half a second as he realised that almost every one of the not-disappeared Nobodies were there.
"Talk to me when you're ready for your mission." He said. "You are going in two groups. Serious Heartless outbreaks have occurred in The Land Of Dragons and Olympus Coliseum."
The ten nodded to each other, then broke up, Caixsa and Krixae being the first to go to Saix.
So you know, the reason I'm doing this next bit is because of comments about about an earlier chapter. And because the chapters have been much too short so far.
Axel, Xion, Caixsa, Xirama, Exneri and Krixae emerged from a Dark Corridor in the courtyard of the Coliseum.
"So, we enter the games and take out Heartless? That sounds easy." Axel said.
"Yeah. Why'd Xemnas send so many of us out on such a simple thing?" Xirama asked.
"Unfortunately not." Xion said.
"We've been split into two teams, and entered on the two opposite sides of the board so we wont take out the other team too soon." Caixsa said.
"Don't worry though. The heart-collecting ability should pass onto all of us." Xion told them.
"Right. So let's get into this tournament!" Exneri cheered.
At the same time, Xaldin, Demyx, Luxord, Larxene, Korrax and Onyxz emerged from a Dark Corridor into the Bamboo Grove.
"I hear there's supposed to be some strong Heartless here as well as all the normal small-fry." Xaldin said.
"Oh come on!" Demyx moaned. He wasn't looking forwards to this at all.
"Think about it this way. The sooner we get this over with, the sooner you can get back to slacking off." Korrax told the Melodious Nocture. Who sighed.
"Fine. Where will we start first?"
"Checkpoint, then head up the mountain?" Onyxz suggested. This was met with many agreements.
"So you six wanna enter the games, huh?"
The team of six blinked as they saw the rather stout satyr who was apparently the person who ran the Games, in honor of the Gods.
Apparently.
"We're..."
"All of the slots are fully taken." He said.
"Be quiet for a second." Exneri said, basically stopping all noise from the satyr.
"We are signed up. Team names XIII and Organization." Caixsa told him.
"Man, Saix isn't good at thinking up names." Xirama complained.
"Right!" The satyr said, freed from Exneri's magic. "So, you're... VII, XIV, XV, XVI, XXX and XXXIII?" The group nodded. "Right. Get ready. You three in XIII are up now."
"Which of us is in XIII?"
"You don't know what teams you're in?"
"A friend signed us up. He didn't tell us which team any of us were in." Caixsa half-lied.
"Right. VII, XVI and XXX are team XIII, and you other three are in Organization." He paused. "Tell your friend how uncreative he is for me, would you?"
"So, what sort of Heartless could we find here?" Demyx asked, hoping for none.
"That kind!" Korrax shouted, summoning his Keyblade as about twenty Shadows, fifteen Soldiers and five Assault Riders appeared, as well as three Bolt Towers, each surrounded by five Nightwalkers.
"Why so many?" Demyx moaned as he summoned Arpeggio.
"Well get rid of the small fry now." Larxene said, stepping in front of the others with Xaldin, none of the others decided to not bother summoning their weapons.
"Winds, come." Xaldin called.
"Thunder!" Larxene screeched, sending a burst of Thunder magic into the small tornado that Xaldin had sent towards the Heartless, charging it and causing it to shock any Heartless inside it and full-on electrocute any that were picked up by the wind.
Once it faded, Korrax and Onyxz took the stage, so to speak. The pinkette summoned a bunch of vines that started flailing about all over the place, and Onyxz cast Firaga multiple times, setting most of them on fire. The ones that weren't picked up the flames from the others crashing into them.
After these two attacks, the only Heartless left was an Assault Rider leaning on his spear, a stunned Bolt Tower and seven Nightwalkers at multiple states of exhaustion.
"Dance water, dance!" Demyx called, strumming on Arpeggio.
"Cards!" Luxord called.
Water Forms appeared out of the ford, starting to attack the Assault Rider, while the cards Luxord fired grew in size, some of the Water Forms jumping on so they could attack the aerial Heartless.
"Look out!" Onyxz cried as a Nightwalker slipped past and made towards Demyx.
They were surprised when a man ran up and took it out in one blow.
Less so when he noticed the Water Forms surfing in the air on cards.
"Who are you six?" He asked as the last Nightwalker was vanquished.
"Oh, just your everyday magicians..." Korrax said.
"That is not everyday magic!" He cried. "Please, follow me."
"Wait, who are you?"
"Oh, sorry. My name is Shang, Commander of the Imperial Army."
"Welcome to this Beginner Hero Tournament, hosted here at the Coliseum!" The satyr called.
"Wait, Beginner Tournament?" Axel asked the two girls behind him.
"Now, co-hosting with my is the Number One Hero around here, the man himself, Hercules!"
The crowd roared.
"Thanks Phil. Now, why don't we introduce the first fighters?" Another man called. "First is a team, here to now unheard of. Why, first up is the trio of fighters, XIII!" He called, and Axel, Xirama and Exneri walked into the arena.
"And on the other side, shrouded in darkness, is the mysterious team, Bodily Fluids!"
"Don't say anything Axel." Xirama warned him.
A blast of dark, fiery smoke appeared, and a figure clad in a black cloak, with a hair of fire appeared.
"Hades!" Hercules called. The man charged in, standing in a fighting stance.
"What, are you all scared of little old me?" He asked the crowd, who had started to filter out. "Well you should be!" He cried, his skin and hair becoming red.
"Get out of here." Hercules muttered to the trio, his skin starting to glow.
"As if."Axel said.
"That guy'd better watch out!"Axel shouted as the three summoned their weapons, chakrams, staff and sword.
"Heh. This'll be fun..." Hades said, summoning a barrier, just stopping the other three from entering the arena. He then did a few fake-wimpy punches. "That's it! Feel the heat!" He punched, sending a fireball towards the four, who scattered. Axel sent a Firaga spell at the God, which passed straight through, as did Exneri's sword.
"What the...?" Exneri managed to say before getting hit in the head by a punch from Hades, sending her into the barrier.
"That all you got?" Hercules asked, summoning three spheres of light before charging at Hades and sending him flying. "Hit those spheres at him!" He cried, and Xirama obliged, hitting them one by one.
They homed in and exploded on contact.
When the smoke cleared, Hades was back in his blue skin. "Attack now!" He called, punching Hades into the air.
Xirama caused an almost blinding sunlight before both she and Axel both sent a Firaga spell at him, trapping him in a raging sphere of fire.
"Here!" The Satyr called, throwing a giant urn into the arena. Exneri sent a wave of sound at it, sending it up into the air and crashing into Hades.
He fell to the ground, defeated.
"Grr... I will get you for this!" He cried, disappearing into smoke.
"You're Honour." Shang bowed, and the six Nobodies behind him followed suit.
"What is it Shang."
"I would like to present these two magic warriors." He announced, standing aside to allow the Emperor to see them.
"What are your names?" He asked them. Demyx answered.
In a way Shang thought offensive.
"Address the Emperor with the proper respect!" He demanded, holding a hand on his sword.
"Calm yourself Shang." The Emperor chuckled.
"Yes sir."
"So, you six are magicians?" The Emperor asked.
"Yes." They said in union.
"Perhaps you could help me with something..." The Emperor said.
"After that... interesting addition, I welcome another pair of newbies. On the left, it's Organization!"
Xion, Caixsa and Krixae walked into the arena, Krixae riling up the crowd with various gestures.
"And on the right, the team shrouded in mystery, Amnesia Inducers!" On the other side of the arena, a familiar blast of smoke appeared. "You again!" The satyr cried.
"Hey, just because I have over ten billion lives! True, most of those I stole..." Hades added quietly, looking around the present people to see the reaction. Terror, fear and chaos was going on in the stands. Hades grinned.
Hercules once again ran into the arena, barely making it before the barrier fell again. "Did you see the last fight?" The trio nodded. "Great. Now, lets get to it." He turned towards Hades, who was once again doing those fake punches.
"Hmph. That's it!"
Before any of them could react, the barrier warped, sending the four of them flying in different directions. They climbed up, and instantly one of them noticed something.
"How'd you get me out of there?" Caixsa demanded of Hades, all while hitting the barrier.
"Eh. I'm not sure either." Hades said. "But who can complain with results?"
Xion face palmed before summoning Kingdom Key. Krixae pulled up a sleeve and grabbed a charm from a bracelet. It expanded, and she grabbed the item.
"You wanna fight me with that?" Hades asked, pointing at the peanut butter jar in her hand. Krixae blushed, shrunk it and grew another. "Now that... may be a challenge."
Krixae held a bazooka.
Hades turned red. "Feel the heat!" He threw a fireball, which Xion managed to block, sending it flying back through the God, who retaliated with a punching attack to Hercules.
The demi-god (A/N As he should be called) jumped back. "That all you got?" He asked, summoning three orbs of light around him again before jumping back into the fray. Xion took the opportunity to hit the three orbs at Hades.
As soon as the first orb hit, Krixae fired, causing a giant explosion that nearly caught all of them.
Hades fell to the ground, and carried on falling as the barrier shattered.
"Wow." Axel said, awestruck as he gazed at the charred area that was all the sign there was of the explosion. "Wow." He repeated.
"Beware of flies." Caixsa said dryly, pushing Axel's mouth closed.
Xaldin, Larxene, Demyx, Luxord, Korrax and Onyxz had finally reached the village.
"So, this monster is supposed to be at the summit of the mountain?" Korrax asked, sighing in exhaustion.
"Grr... Why'd we accept?" Larxene asked. The five boys stood back, noticing the lightning dancing between the Savage Nymph's fingers. "It's freezing up here!"
"When doesn't she complain about something?" Onyxz asked.
Unfortunately for him, Larxene heard. Lets just say he was unconscious in two minutes.
"Ow..." Korrax said. "That was... over done..." He flinched, then did so more, as did the others, at the piercing screech on the double censor on Larxene, the torrent of curses she was firing upon Onyxz's unconscious body being to bad for just the one.
"I wish Exneri was here..." Demyx said, hands over his ears.
"Ssshe coullssh ssshussh thissssssh noissh..." Luxord slurred.
"When did he get drunk?" Xaldin asked.
"No clue. Hey, Larxene!" The fuming Nymph turned to the four. "Luxord called you an 'idiotic sadistic moron'!" Demyx called.
"Oh her did, did he..." To say that Larxene was even more mad... would be a severe understatement...
Luxord was sober, and nearly dead, in under a minute.
And somehow, still conscious.
"Urgh, where are we?" Luxord asked.
Xaldin cuffed him on the back of his head. "The mountain village in The Land of Dragons. Remember?"
"Of course. The Emperor hired us to take out some monster." Luxord looked between them. "I have manners. I don't drink with royalty without permission."
"Really?"
Luxord's reply was drowned by an explosion and a huge rain of snow as a Heartless burst out of the summit of the mountain and landed right in the middle of the village, hovering just above the ground, as a lot of snow came with it.
It was big, red and had transparent red flesh around a more solid skeleton. Underneath an over sized belt it wore baggy red pants and above a gold necklace it wore a tattered red cape, a red and black collar and a fiery crown. In one hand it held a staffed topped by something that looked like a cracked rock with a flame inside, the red glow seeping out of the narrow cracks.
"A Volcanic Lord." Xaldin said, summoning his lances as the others followed suit, Onyxz having been woken by the fall of the snow.
"What the...!" Korrax cried bemused.
"Now, since most of the other competitors have mysteriously vanished, I'd like to announce the final battle! Both of these teams have defeated Hades, so I'm sure you know them all by now. Say hello to teams Organization and XIII!"
The six Nobodies walked into the arena as the crowd cheered. They took up their places on opposite sides of the arena, each of them directly opposite another. Xion and Axel, Krixae and Xirama and Caixsa and Exneri.
"Let's see how good you're getting half-pint..." Axel said summoning his chakrams.
"Hey! You're going to get it now..." Xion glared at Axel as she summoned Kingdom Key.
"You may be my friend but I'm still not going to hold back!" Krixae called to Xirama as she grabbed a charm.
"If so, then don't fight with a pen..." Xirama replied, summoning her staff to her left hand, making Krixae blush as she changed to a sword.
"You think you're up for this?" Exneri asked, summoning her silver-blue sword.
Caixsa's reply was drowned by a sudden explosion of sound above them.
"Hello again!" Hades called.
The six groaned.
"I suppose you're all wondering what happened to your opponents." He said. "Well look no further!" Hades stretched out his arm, revealing a large heart. He dropped it. "See ya soon!" He called as he disappeared, the heart stopping about a meter from the ground before something grew around it, a barrier rising with it.
It was big, white and had transparent blue flesh around a more solid skeleton. Underneath an over sized belt it wore baggy blue pants and above a gold necklace it wore a tattered blue cape, a blue and black collar and an icy crown. In one hand it held a staffed topped by an ice crystal.
"A Blizzard Lord..." Xiomn said, gripping her Keyblade tighter.
Caixsa finally summoned his weapon... What? "What the..." He said, astonished.
Korrax's Keyblade had changed. The blade had become a lavender colour, like the vines on his old one, but the vines had gone. It was also broader, and the colour was lighter the further up it went. The teeth were almost reminiscent of an ax but for the four blocks pointing out of the curved side. The handle, was thin, with two curved parts reaching from the bottom of the handle to being just short of the top of the grip, all with a very simple pattern.
"What happened to it?" He asked himself, but before he could think of anything he was forced to jump out of the way of a fireball, which instead hit a building. Demyx quickly put it out, then sent the water crashing into the Volcanic Lord while Luxord kept in still with his magic.
Meanwhile, Larxene was letting off steam by constantly zapping it with Thunder magic, mostly Thundaga. Whenever she ran out, she'd start to use her knives to stab away at the soft transparent flesh until she could use it again.
After overcoming the initial shock, Korrax started to attack the Heartless, slashing with his Keyblade for a while before pulling back and attempting to trap him in some vines. However, this failed as it disappeared, leaving behind an explosion, which hit Larxene and Luxord, and several Fiery Globes which were easily taken care of.
When it reappeared, Xaldin and Onyxz teamed up to keep it on the ground. Onyxz used Gravity magic to lift Xaldin up, the man then using Wind magic to pin the Heartless to the ground. With that done, it didn't take ling for the group to finish it off.
The heart rose up to the sky and vanished to Kingdom Hearts.
There was silence.
"Hey, wasn't there a reward?" Onyxz asked the others.
Caixsa took in his new weapon. It was a double-ended naginata, with a shaft made of some polished blue stone and blades made of Dark Crystals, shaped into two curves, one smaller than the other. They were connected by small orbs of sapphire.
"Nice..." He muttered, before holding it at about the half-way point, the shaft running up his arm.
Axel and Xirama had teamed up to take on the Heartless, and were at that point barraging it with Fire spells. However, that soon stopped when a pillar of ice emerged from the ground and surrounded them. It soon started to melt, but it would hold them for a while.
Meanwhile, Exneri and Krixae were lashing out at the Heartless with their swords,, causing a fair amount of damage, as Xion did the same with her Keyblade. Caixsa ran forwards and joined them, slashing with quick, wide swings before stabbing with the second blade.
Then, the four of them surrounded it, forming a crossroads. Then, with no warning, they leapt at it, all at the same time, stabbing it right it the middle of it's body.
The body faded and the heart vanished.
"Couldn't you have saved some for us?" Axel asked, his head now free from the ice.
The two groups arrived back at the castle at about the same time. Xaldin and Axel stayed in The Grey Room to report while the other eight scattered throughout the castle.
"That was tough..." Krixae said to the other three with her.
"Well, Hades wasn't that bad..." Exneri commented.
"You had to fight Hades?" Korrax asked. "Blue guy with a bad attitude?"
"Yeah, him. I was forced out of the fight I would have had with him though..." Caixsa said, watching the pinkette from the corner of his eye. "Well, see you all tomorrow." He said as they reached his room.
"Bye." Korrax called to the other two, following Caixsa into his room, feeling his way to the bed.
"Hey Kri?" Exneri asked.
"Yes Ex?"
"Well, me, Lex and Lav are doing some matchmaking. Would you like to give us a hand? We could use an extra helper."
"Sure!" Krixae said. "I'll be happy to help."
Me: GAH! So long to write.
Korrax: I think I prefer this new Keyblade.
Caixsa: The naginata's nice, though how did you get from daggers to that?
Me: The daggers connect at the handle and the resulting grip lengthens, then an extra blade is added to each end.
Krixae: So I'm a matchmaker?
Exneri: This should get fun.
Me: So, sorry again about how late it is. I hope you liked at will continue reading.