Summary: When Axel is brought back to life to be with Roxas, they start searching for their other friends from the Organization. Through much difficulty they eventually achieve this goal, but what happens when the superior comes back mysteriously one day? How will Xemnas cope with having to live among normal people and being social? And will love find this man who seems to have a giant stick up his ass! lol. Yeah, better than it sounds. Eventual XemnasxSephiroth. Other pairings include akuroku, cleon, soriku, zemyx, and marluxiaxsaix.

Disclaimer: I obviously don't own kingdom hearts cuz if I did the organization would totally be a sex club.lol.i'm horrible. :D

Genre:Romance/humor/angst

Rating:T(possibly M in much later chapters)

Warnings:language, shounen-ai, and yaoi. 'nuff said. LOTS OF VILOENCE IN THIS CHAPTER!!!JUST WARNING YOU!!!

Author's Note: So this is chapter six, which was originally going to be part of chapter five, oh well. Well, I hope you enjoy this. :)


End of chapter five:

"Shit, what was that?!" Axel yelled as he looked towards the direction of the explosion.

"I don't know, but we better get over there to make sure everything's okay." Leon shouted over his shoulder as he started running towards the direction of the noise. The others followed him, all wondering if they would have to face another battle.


Chapter six: Let the Battle Begin

Radiant Garden was in mass chaos. People were panic stricken, running through the streets, not knowing what to do. Sora and the others looked around in confusion, looking for the source of the explosions they had heard earlier. They soon found the culprit looming over the rubble of the buildings it had destroyed. Standing there was a giant, white dog, its muzzle pulled back in a snarl, revealing long, sharp fangs the size of an average human, while blood dripped from its ugly mouth. Sinister red eyes peered at them, almost smirking at all of them as if they were his prey. Sora looked up fearfully at the large dog, noting it was much bigger than the other giant dog he had had the misfortune of facing a few times.

'Okay, no big deal. It's just another giant dog that's trying to destroy Radiant Garden…and it's eating people…great. It's bigger than Cerberus, but as least it doesn't have three heads. That automatically makes it easier to defeat, right?' Sora asked himself, trying to find the reassurance that he needed in his own mind. The deadly looking beast saw them in front of him, willing and ready to fight. The savage animal's eyes glinted, seeming to be morbidly excited at the thought of feasting on more fresh, human flesh. The beast looked as though it was looking forward to the challenge as it stalked towards them. Everyone stood their ground, holding their defensive stance as the dog's large footsteps caused vibrations in the ground that felt more like several earthquakes. They all waited, wanting to see the monster's abilities before charging into battle. The red eyed monster stared at them in amusement, ready and eager to rip them apart when he heard a small whimper coming from the left of him.

The beast's white ears perked up as it turned its nose to the air and sniffed deeply. The animal's lips pulled back into something that resembled a wicked smile as it turned to the opposite direction to pursue the source of the noise. The monster walked menacingly slow as the others looked on in confusion, not being able to pick up on what the animal's keen sense of hearing had heard. The giant red eyed dog stopped at a large rock and sniffed it, looking pleased as it took one of its massive paws and turned the rock over, uprooting it from the ground. A small blonde haired girl of no more than four or five whimpered with tears in her eyes as she shrunk back in fear. Cloud's eyes widened as he saw the red eyed beast's fangs get closer to the small girl. Cloud snapped out of his horrified state when the girl shrieked and started to run away. The little girl was too slow for the dog, who was walking at a very slow pace, amused by something so tiny and helpless trying to escape. As the beast got closer and closer to the little girl, something inside Cloud snapped.

"No!" Could yelled at the giant dog as he felt himself run towards the dog at full speed with his Buster sword. The large animal looked up, noticing Cloud and practically smirking at him, not feeling the least bit threatened by the blonde man. Cloud saw the dog peering at him with its red eyes, and suddenly felt like the dog was looking through his soul, seeing his strengths, his weaknesses, his hopes, his dreams, and everything in between. Cloud ignored the horrible feeling in his gut, trying to save the little girl from a gruesome fate. The red-eyed dog gave a short bark that sounded more like a sarcastic laugh as it looked back at the little girl, who had gotten quite far from the beast. The horrid creature crouched down and jumped, causing the ground to shake as Cloud stumbled back and stuck his Buster sword in the ground to keep himself as sturdy as possible. When he looked back up, the monster had the girl cornered. He could still hear her whimpers as he tried to stand. It was like gravity was keeping him from getting anywhere. The giant dog's fangs got closer and closer to the little girl and Cloud suddenly found himself moving again. Cloud ran faster than he had ever run in his life as the red eyed beast took the small, struggling girl in his mouth in a heartbeat.

"Mommy…" The little girl sobbed before she was silenced forever. Cloud stared in horror as the giant dog's jaws bit down on the girl. A sickening crunch emerged that could have been heard from miles and would be imprinted in Cloud's memory forever. So many emotions ran through him as he watched blood drip to the ground and stain the dog's pure white fur. Anger, hate, frustration, regret, sadness, helplessness…Cloud felt all of them and was suddenly overcome with rage. His eyes narrowed, growing angrier by the second as the beast laughed at him with his eyes, mocking his bitter feelings.

"Cloud, don't! You don't know what it's capable of doing yet!" Leon yelled as he watched Cloud run towards the beast blindly. The giant dog just stood there, waiting to see what would happen in amusement. Leon ran after Cloud, knowing that his blonde lover was in trouble.

Cloud ran forward, not caring what the monster did to him. All he knew was that he wanted it dead, that it deserved to die. That thing had already brought so much destruction, destroying half of Radiant Garden and killing an innocent little girl and probably many others. Cloud put his sword straight in front of him, smirking with morbid satisfaction as he felt his weapon connect with the dog's leg. He felt his sword dig into the warm, soft flesh, blood spurting out of the wound like a fountain as the dog snarled in pain.

Cloud pulled back, trying to take his sword with him when he discovered that it wouldn't budge. Cloud tried pulling harder, only to find that the dog's leg seemed to constrict around his sword the harder he pulled.

'What the hell? Why would it want to keep my sword embedded in its leg? I know it's in pain.' Cloud thought to himself as he realized he would have to leave his Buster

sword imbedded in the dog's leg if he wanted to escape unharmed. Cloud tried to let go of his sword when he realized he couldn't move any part of his body except for his head. Cloud looked up to see a pair of red eyes staring at him as though they were delighted to have such tasty looking prey that couldn't defend itself in their midst. Cloud watched in horror, wondering what the animal was going to do to him, but had a feeling he was going to find out very soon.

The white dog arched its back, closing its red eyes in concentration as its skin began to morph. Cloud could see and hear its skin bubbling as if something were trying to break through the thin layer of skin and the thick white fur. Cloud stared in curiosity, not being able to tear his eyes away as much as he would have liked to. Suddenly, he saw something poking out of the dog's skin, followed by many other tiny, identical objects. Moments later, Cloud felt a rush of agonizing pain run up his right arm. Cloud screamed out in pain as he stared at his shredded arm. Many knife-like projections had suddenly emerged from under the dog's skin and several of them had cut into Cloud's arm. Blood flowed down Cloud's arm like a winding river, dripping off of the long, sharp projections and created a puddle of blood in front of him. Leon was suddenly right beside him, trying to figure out how to free Cloud as the others trailed shortly behind him. Leon looked up at the beast with a snarl as he noted that it looked pleased with the damage it had caused, although Leon knew it wanted more.

"Damnit! Let him go you bastard!" Leon yelled as he tried to pry the spikes off of Cloud with his hands, reluctant to use his Gun blade for fear it would harm Cloud even more. His efforts proved to be useless, seeing as every time he tried to pull one spike away the others dug into Cloud's arm even more. Cloud screamed out again, not having felt this kind of physical pain in a long time. Sephiroth passed by, jumping up and gently landing on one of the spikes that wasn't attached to Cloud's arm. He stared at the wound calmly, assessing the situation to figure out what needed to be done.

"We have no choice but to cut them off. I might cut into his arm even more, but anything's better than leaving him like this." Sephiroth explained calmly as he unsheathed his sword. He quietly started cutting away at the spikes, the giant dog becoming increasingly annoyed at the situation as Cloud winced every time Sephiroth's sword made contact with his arm. Cloud was soon free from the spikes and stumbled backwards, his sword now coming out of the giant dog quite easily.

Cloud fell back, dropping his sword and clutching his bleeding arm. Cloud looked up and noticed that the dog's entire body was covered in the offending spikes. He looked down at the stab wound he had made minutes ago to see that another spike had emerged from the wound and the ones that Sephiroth had cut away had grown back twice as long. Cloud also saw that the dog hadn't moved from the spot it was in the entire time, it was currently thrashing its head about wildly as it snarled. Cloud wondered why this was, and found his answer about twenty-five feet away in the form of a small, slate haired man. Zexion had his thick, black book open, chanting something under his breath and his hand raised in the air, keeping his eyes and mind focused on the beast in front of him. It was starting to look like Zexion wouldn't be able to keep the beast still for much longer, seeing as he had to dodge the flying spikes being directed towards him at the same time. The beast was smart enough to figure out that Zexion was the cause of his partial numbness and wanted to do anything in its power to get rid of him. While Zexion tried to keep the beast as still as he possibly could, the others were attacking ferociously, looking for a weak point while trying to make sure they didn't get hit with one of the monster's ejected spikes or that they didn't cut one off, wanting to avoid the spikes getting any larger. Cloud looked to his side and realized that Leon was kneeled next to him. Leon grabbed Cloud's waist and gently helped him to his feet.

"That kid's pretty amazing. Who knew that someone as small as him would be able to paralyze something that big." Leon said as he watched Zexion. "I don't think he can keep it up for much longer though. He's already stretching his limits far beyond his reach."

"What is this thing Leon? It's worse than a swarm of Heartless. This thing…I feel like it has a higher intelligence than all of us combined…" Cloud said as he stared at the wild dog in front of him.

"I don't know what it is Cloud, but we'll have to talk about this later. I still have to go out there and fight. Stay as far away as you can, I don't want you to get hurt again." Leon said as he grabbed his Gun blade, hoping that Cloud would listen to him for once.

"No, I still have the strength to fight, this wound is nothing." Cloud said as he ran to go fight with the others before a word could slip through Leon's parted mouth.

Zexion, all the way on the other side of the battlefield, was having an extremely difficult time keeping the beast at bay. The giant dog had already regained control of two of its feet, making it even harder for Zexion to stay focused with the violent earthquake-like vibrations erupting around him. Zexion's eyes widened as he realized he was loosing his control over the animal more and more every second.

"Guys, I can't keep this up much longer, I'm loosing my control!" Zexion yelled as he felt the last of his control slip. The beast suddenly turned to glare at Zexion, a deep craving for revenge in its ravenous eyes. The monster launched several spikes at its victim as Zexion stood like a deer caught in the headlights, completely frozen as he watched one of the smaller spikes head straight towards him. Zexion squeezed his eyes shut in fear and waited for the offending spike to hit, but instead heard a sickening thud, like the sound of something digging deep into someone's flesh. Zexion's eyes opened in confusion that soon turned into horror as he took in the sight of Demyx sitting in a puddle of his own blood.

"Demyx!" Zexion cried as he ran to his lover's side, turning him over to see the spike lodged deep in Demyx's side.

"Hehe…that kind of hurt." Demyx said as he smiled at Zexion weakly. Tears threatened to spill over Zexion's eyes as he looked down at Demyx, not understanding how someone so close to death could make a spectacle of the situation.

"You idiot! Why did you do that?!" Zexion asked as his voice cracked, allowing the tears he had been holding back moments ago to spill down his pale, fragile cheeks.

"Don't cry Zexy, you know I would never let you take a hit like that." Demyx said as he slowly lifted a shaky hand and wiped Zexion's tears away.

Axel's eyes widened at the sight of his best friend lying on the floor, bleeding to death. He was mystified yet horrified of the image. Axel was about to go over to help Zexion heal him, when Roxas stopped him.

"No, Axel, you keep fighting. I'll help Zexion." Roxas said as he ran towards Zexion and Demyx, kneeling next to his friends as he watched Zexion run a furtive hand through Demyx's hair, using what little energy he had left to heal him.

"Come on, I'll help you. I'm sure he'll be fine if we heal him together." Roxas said reassuringly as he eyed Zexion gently. Zexion gave a small nod, unable to speak. Axel was slightly comforted by this notion, but it was quickly turned into rage as he thought of the beast that had harmed his best friend.

"You bastard, you're going to pay for that!" Axel said as his chakrams suddenly lit into balls of fire. He ran forward, attacking the beast with as much force as he could muster.

"Stupid mutt!" Yuffie yelled as she threw a solemn kunai at the dog. The giant dog turned to her, annoyed by the small, irritating pricks she was attacking him with. The dog gave a deep growl and launched a large number of its long, sharp spikes at the small girl. Just before they hit, Sephiroth quickly picked her up by the waist and carried her to safety. Once he was sure the beast was distracted by another fighter, he sat her down on the ground.

"Yuffie, get out of here." Sephiroth commanded calmly, watching the battle going on before him.

"What?! No way, I'm staying to fight with everyone else!" Yuffie said exasperatingly as she stomped a foot in the ground and crossed her arms to make her point very clear.

"This battle is getting too dangerous for you. You'll get hurt if you remain here much longer." Sephiroth said as he watched one of the monster's large spikes cut across Sora's arm, leaving a deep scratch.

"But everyone else is fighting! I can't just leave you guys!"

"Go home and tell Aerith what's happening. Tell her that I would advise her to get her first aid supplies ready." Sephiroth said, completely ignoring Yuffie's loud protests.

"But-

"Yuffie!" Sephiroth snapped as he glared at her with a hard, stern look in his eyes. Yuffie caught this immediately and knew that there was no point in arguing. Yuffie nodded slowly, taking a long look at the battlefield before reluctantly turning and leaving, not looking back once. Once Sephiroth was sure the female ninja was really gone, he returned to the battlefield, hoping to end it sooner than later.

Xemnas stared at the large animal, his stomach in knots as he watched it move with surprising grace for its size, the stomping it had done earlier seemingly on purpose, to throw them off. Something seemed horribly familiar about the beast, though he couldn't place it. It felt as if he had seen the monster in front of him before, or at least something much like it.

'Why do I feel like I know you?' Xemnas asked himself as a sudden overwhelming sadness overcame him, as though someone was slowly ripping out his heart.

'My heart…' Xemnas thought as he clutched his chest fearfully, as if he were afraid that something really was going to rip out his new found heart or that the feeling he had in his chest was going to make it explode. He suddenly had the urge to cry as he looked up at the deadly beast. He knew that this urge wasn't caused by the destruction the beast had caused or the people it had killed, no, this was the cause of a memory he couldn't quite place and had a feeling that he didn't want to remember. Xemnas's stomach churned uncomfortably as though he were about to throw up. He swallowed slowly as he was broken from his train of thought by the sound of a large rock hitting the giant monster of a dog. The beast had been thrown back, the others quickly stumbling out of the way to avoid being squished by the massive dog's body. The beast fell against a cliff, causing rocks to slide down and fall on the giant beast. Xemnas looked around to see where the airborne rock had come from to find Tifa crushing several large rocks with her fist. She stopped briefly, lifting a large rock over her head, waiting for the dog to get back up as Xemnas shuddered at the sight.

'Forget about her boobs, I'm more worried about her abnormal upper body strength.' Xemnas thought with a twitch as Tifa threw another rock at the beast as it stood up, causing it to give an aggravated roar as it charged towards them. Xemnas ran forward, knowing that this battle wasn't going to be over any time soon.

The battle had been raging on for nearly three hours and the signs of weariness had started to show in everyone's body language. Cloud had already dropped out of the battle with Roxas, Zexion, Demyx and Yuffie because the pain in his arm had finally become too intense to ignore. All he could do was watch as the others struggled to kill the monster.

'This has gone on long enough. This thing has to have a weak point.' Sephiroth thought as he looked the beast up and down slowly with his assertive eyes. He could tell that the giant dog was worn out, its movements had become gradually slower. Sephiroth looked at the dog's now bloodied chest and knew it would be pointless to attack its heart. There was no way to avoid getting stabbed by the beast's deadly spikes from that angle. Sephiroth looked all over the beast, who's fur was no longer distinguishably white because it's fur was so stained in blood from the numerous hits it had taken, and realized there was only one place he could possibly kill it from.

'Its head…' Sephiroth thought suddenly, noticing that the beast's head was the only part of its body that was almost completely defenseless. The head of the beast only contained two spikes, although they were larger than the others, but would be easy enough to dodge if he went towards the beast at the right angle. Sephiroth knew the only way he could do this was to come at the monster's head from the air. He knew exactly what he had to do as he moved behind the beast as to not let it see what he was about to do. Xemnas watched in mild curiosity, wondering what the other man could be up to.

Sephiroth closed his eyes, concentrating on what needed to be done. Xemnas's eyes widened as Sephiroth's midnight colored wings revealed themselves, all four of them adding to Sephiroth's perfected beauty. A few of the loosened dark feathers fluttered past Xemnas's face as his golden eyes stared in fascination, the wings only making Sephiroth more gorgeous in his mind's eye. His wings were spread wide, his emerald eyes standing out against the darkness of them as he took to the air gracefully.

Sephiroth flew behind the animal, not wanting it to see him. But being Sephiroth's luck, the beast turned its head and saw the silver haired man's attempts. The giant dog immediately launched the two large spikes on its head, Sephiroth dodged the first one easily, but was so focused on stabbing the beast that he barely dodged the second spike as it scratched his upper left wing. Sephiroth winced as some of his feathers were ripped out by the contact, revealing a large scratch that had been made by the impact. Sephiroth chose to ignore the mark and flew quickly, aiming his sword directly at the dog's head. A sickening crack was heard as Sephiroth's sword went through the dog's skull. The animal howled in pain as it thrashed its head around in an attempt to throw Sephiroth off with no success. Blood seeped out of the wound and flowed down all sides of the giant dog's head, blood running into the beast's eyes, staining its vision red and blinding it. Sephiroth took his sword from the dog's head and stabbed it three more times, finishing it off. The once deadly beast's eyes rolled back in its head as Sephiroth removed his sword and flew away. The dog collapsed in a pool of its own blood and disintegrated moments later, only leaving its blood, the scent of death, and the destruction it had caused behind. The battle was over.


Everyone trudged home, tired and beaten as they carried themselves back. Leon was also carrying Cloud, insisting that the blonde stay as still as possible with his torn up arm. Axel was carrying Demyx in his arms, Zexion not being able to do it himself because of the considerable size difference between them. The short trip home became agonizingly long as their wounds started to affect them, unnoticeable in the midst of battle but now throbbing horribly. They eventually found themselves inside of their home, Aerith running up immediately and taking notice to Cloud's wound first.

"No, don't worry about my injuries. Demyx is in much worse condition than I am." Cloud said as he brushed Aerith away from him. Aerith looked at Demyx's stab wound, ushering Axel to lay him down on a nearby bed. Leon made Cloud sit down, helping him clean and wrap his wounds. He had known Aerith long enough to know how to treat the kind of injury Cloud had. Leon started to clean the wounds gently, trying to prevent putting Cloud in any more pain. As Leon wrapped Cloud's wound, he felt his blonde lover's arm shaking. Leon looked up curiously and noticed that Cloud's entire body was shaking and his head was down, making it evident that he was crying. Leon's eyes softened as he realized that Cloud wasn't crying out of physical pain, but because of what he had emotionally experienced out on the battle field. He knew that all of Cloud's emotions had probably rushed back to him all at once, and he remembered how he had been unable to save the little girl. Leon knew of Cloud's soft spot for children as he lifted the blonde's chin and looked at him with a clear understanding.

"I couldn't save her." Cloud stammered as tears rolled down his face.

"It's not your fault, you couldn't have done anything to stop it from happening." Leon said soothingly as he took Cloud in his arms. He felt the blonde's warm tears run down his neck as Cloud leaned into the embrace.

"Why would anyone do that? She was just a little girl, she didn't do anything wrong." Cloud said in a desperate whisper, as though Leon could give him a definite answer.

"I don't know Cloud, but that thing wasn't human at all, it was a mindless beast. Let's just hope that that little girl is in a better place now." Leon said as he ran a hand through Cloud's hair.

"No, it wasn't. It's terrifying, but, I think that thing knew exactly what I was thinking. It was like it could see right through me…it was like it only killed the little girl because it knew that that would hurt me. That's all it wanted…to inflict as much pain as possible…" Cloud said as Leon looked at him curiously, wanting to continue the discussion and find out where Cloud was going with his theory, but before he could respond, he heard a cry of pain and looked over to see Demyx laying on the bed, the spike still imbedded in him.

Aerith stood there, not knowing how to treat a wound so severe and knowing it would be impossible to take Demyx to the hospital now. It was too far away and it would already be crowded with other patients that had gotten hurt in the attack. Aerith moved an unsure hand towards the spike, causing Demyx to cry out again when she tugged on it slightly in a pathetic attempt to pull it out.

"Don't touch it." Xemnas said suddenly as he walked hurriedly towards them. Aerith looked up with a questioning glance, surprised by the outburst as she moved over to make room for Xemnas.

"It looks like Roxas and Zexion's healing abilities gave Demyx back his blood supply, but none of that will matter if that spike is pulled out at the wrong angle. If that happens it'll damage his internal organs and then we'll have a bigger problem on our hands." Xemnas said as he went to the bathroom sink and started washing his hands, spreading the soap all the way from his finger tips to his elbows and scrubbing them roughly before rinsing all of the soap off. He walked back to the room, taking notice to a pair of gloves in the first aid kit on the bedside table and put them on while also grabbing other ointments and bandages he would need.

"What are you doing?" asked Aerith curiously.

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm pulling a giant spike out of a kid with a mullet." Xemnas grunted sarcastically. "But I need to make a few changes first." Xemnas stated as he looked around the room. "Zexion, sit behind Demyx and keep him calm, and Luxord, sit down! You're making me nervous!" Xemnas demanded as he shot a hard glare at the pacing man. Luxord sat down immediately, although he fidgeted in his seat the entire time.

"Axel, Sephiroth! I need you two to hold him down, he's not going to stay still through this." Xemnas said authoritatively as Axel and Sephiroth grabbed Demyx on either side and waited. Zexion also held Demyx down, whispering soothing words in his ear.

"Alright, we're all ready then? I'm going to pull this thing out as fast as I can." Xemnas said as he tightened his grip around the spike. Demyx's whole body tensed in anticipation.

"Try to relax. It's going to hurt more this way. If your muscles are tightened around this thing I'll have to pull harder." Xemnas said as he eyed Zexion, silently telling him to find a way to get Demyx to relax. Zexion nodded, seeming to understand this message and started whispering lovingly in Demyx's ear, running a hand through dirty blonde hair at the same time. Xemnas watched expectantly, waiting for Demyx to relax. When he felt that he was relaxed enough, Xemnas quickly pulled the spike out. Demyx cried out, relieved that the spike was finally out of him but in pain at the same time. Xemnas huffed grudgingly and threw the bloody spike into a nearby trashcan. As Xemnas started cleaning the wound, Axel came to a sudden realization and smirked. As Xemnas was wrapping the wound, he looked up and saw Axel's face, raising a questioning eyebrow at the red head.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xemnas questioned as he looked at Axel's peculiar facial expression. It said, "You just did something you wouldn't normally do and I'm going to tease you about it.", and Xemnas didn't like it.

"When did you decide to start calling us by our real names?" Axel taunted.

"…It was a mistake…" Xemnas said quietly.

"Hehe…no, I don't think it was. Admit it Mansex, you actually enjoy being here and you're actually starting to like us." Axel said informatively with a smirk as Xemnas's eyes narrowed.

"And I think you've completely lost it. And stop calling me Mansex!" Xemnas finished haughtily.

"Sure thing…Mansex."

"Axel!"

"See?! You did it again!"

"You insolent-

"How did you know how to treat Demyx's wounds like that?" Sephiroth asked suddenly, interrupting the useless argument.

"What do you mean?" Xemnas asked as he looked up at the other man in question.

"You pulled that spike out of Demyx with precision and took care of his wounds almost professionally. I take it you have some medical experience?" Sephiroth asked with slight curiosity. Xemnas's eyes shifted, averting his eyes back up to Sephiroth with an emotion the green eyed man couldn't read, and it bothered him that he had no idea what the man was thinking. Xemnas looked down at his lap, his fingers curling into the fabric of his jeans as he clenched his fists. He looked up again, his eyes devoid of all emotion.

"I'm going for a walk…need some fresh air…" Xemnas said quietly as he stood up and hurried out of the room without another word.

"What the hell was that all about?" Axel asked when he heard the front door click shut, signaling that Xemnas was no longer in the house.

"I don't know, maybe Sephiroth's question triggered some bad memories that haven't resurfaced in a while." Roxas stated as Axel nodded, finding this assumption reasonable.

"Yo, Sai. You were closer to Xemnas than the rest of us. Did he ever mention anything about his past around you?" Axel asked the blue haired man.

"No, I remember asking him once and his reaction was much like the one you just witnessed, so I never questioned him again."

"Well I guess we're never going to find out now. Damn, now I'm curious!" Axel said as he gave a sigh of disappointment.

"Axel's right. We can't really just go up and ask him. We should leave it at that. You never know what someone else has been through." Leon added seriously, knowing a lot about digging into the troubled lives of others.

"Actually…there is one way we could find out." Zexion stated, everyone turning to him with sudden interest. "I have a book that lets you go into the past. I used it a couple of times in the organization for research purposes, but I think I can transport all of us at once."

"You can seriously do that?! That's awesome! Wait, you have more giant books?!" Axel asked incredulously.

"Of course." Zexion said as if it were the most commonly known fact in the world. "I'll go get it." Zexion stated as he left the room and returned with a thick, dark purple book minutes later. Zexion sat on the floor, flipping through the book to find the right page. When he found it, he read it carefully, knowing that he had to do this exactly right if he wanted to get everyone in and out of the past in one piece. Zexion eventually stopped reading, nodding and smiling in satisfaction, showing that he fully understood what he was about to do.

"Okay, I need everyone to stay completely still. Any sudden movements could make this go horribly wrong." Zexion ordered as everyone stayed as still as possible, much to Zexion's relief, as he started muttering under his breath. Everyone's eyes widened when they felt as though the room was spinning and felt like they were being lifted out of the room, drifting right into the past. There was a flash of blinding light, everyone shutting their eyes tight in response to the brightness. As they opened their eyes hesitantly, they found themselves shrouded in complete darkness.


Author's Note: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! ANOTHER CLIFFIE!!! So what will they find out about Xemmy's past? You'll just have to wait for the next chapter to find out!!! Leave reviews or I will attack you with a giant spike much like the one that Demy got attacked with!!!! Just kidding, I would never do that cuz then I wouldn't have any more reviewers!!! But seriously guys, I adore your feedback.:)