Hi everyone, sorry for not posting in so long, I've been really busy with school duties and all of that, but in the next days I'll finally be free! Anyway, here's the new chapter, hope you enjoy it:


Chapter 40: The Leechgrave Battle

It was a new day on The World That Never Was, unlike other days everyone was woken up an hour earlier due to some "important announcement" which pissed off most of the members, especially Roxas and Demyx who loved to sleep a lot.

Roxas lazily walked through the halls of the Organization until he got to the Grey Area where Saix was waiting. He looked everywhere noticing no one else was on the room except for him and Saix.

-Where's everyone? –Roxas asked raising an eyebrow

-Round Room. Lord Xemnas has an announcement, remember?

-Yeah, but I didn't thought it'll be so serious. –Roxas said shrugging, he turned around ready to leave to the Round Room but Saix stopped

-By the way, do you know anything about this? -Saix asked expecting if Roxas knew anything about the announcement, he turned around confused

-What do you mean? Aren't you supposed to be Xemnas' right hand? Why should I know what he is going to announce?

-Don't misunderstand. I meant Xion; do you know where she is? –Saix asked again, this time, the question worried Roxas

-What do you mean, isn't she on a mission?

-It seems like you still don't know… -Saix said walking away from Roxas, the blonde stayed there staring at Saix until he left. He remembered perfectly Axel told him the other day Xion was sent on a special mission, did he lied again?

-Xion… -he mumbled

A few minutes ago, Roxas got to the Round Room. Everyone was there expect for Xemnas. He silently sat on his chair as his thoughts were completely focused on Xion. He raised his sight and spotted Axel who was laughing about something with Xigbar and Demyx who seemed to be annoyed for something. Just after this, Xemnas appeared on his chair and everyone went silent. After a few moments he began talking.

-Xion is gone. –he said directly, Roxas gritted his teeth when he listened this. Once again Axel had lied to him. He stared at everyone on the room and just a few were surprised by the news, unfortunately for him Axel wasn't in that group.

-What!? Whoa, whoa, time out… you mean she, like flew the coop? –Demyx asked alarmed

-Hah, preposterous. What would drive her to choose her own demise? –Xaldin added

-On the contrary. No one is to go looking for Xion without my express permission. –Xemnas added. This time, Roxas couldn't stay in silence anymore and exploded

-What? Why not!? -he asked angrily. Everyone stared at him somehow surprised by the reaction of the apparently "quiet boy" from the Organization. Roxas looked at Axel and with the look on his eyes he understood it was wiser to stay silent.

-Your "friend" will be left alone. Or would you rather we find some punishment? –Saix talked again, Roxas glared at him.

-I'd rather you get her back!

-And why would we do that? –Saix asked once again, Roxas was about to respond when Axel silenced him with his eyes once again. He couldn't help but to swallow his words and groan.

-All will be revealed when the time comes. –Xemnas spoke again

-Hmm, which means if the time doesn't come, things stay as they are…-Axel said wisely

-Lord Xemnas has spoken. Obey or face your end. –Saix said once again. Roxas couldn't help but to glare at Xemnas and Saix, especially Saix. He was sure if he had a heart he would hate without doubt that guy.

A few minutes later, everyone was going to their respective missions. Roxas and Axel were paired to go to Halloween Town. Roxas wasn't happy with the idea of going with the guy who lied him about Xion but couldn't help it.

-Well, what's our mission anyway? –Axel asked once they reached Halloween Town

-Here says that for some reason the population of Heartless is really low. We have to find the cause and eliminate it. –Roxas read the mission report, Axel raised an eyebrow

-Eliminate it?

-Apparently there's some kind of monster or something that is catching Heartless, but this isn't confirmed… -Roxas answered after he read the report

-Alright, let's do this. –Axel said starting to walk through the streets of Halloween Town. Roxas stared at him for a moment and glared before following.

Roxas and Axel began searching and investigating why there was a low population of Heartless on that creepy town. The only weird things they found were some kind of strange tentacles all over town, which seemed to take the Heartless somewhere, but they couldn't find where.

-Let's take a break. This isn't going to be easy. –Axel sighed sitting on a gravestone

-If you say so… -Roxas said doing the same as Axel. The pyro noticed the strange mood of the blonde and asked the obvious

-Hey kid, what's wrong with you? You've been really quiet… -Axel pointed out

-It's nothing… -Roxas said avoiding his eyes, Axel sighed at this.

-This is about Xion, isn't it? Sorry for not telling anything. I just… don't know why I lied. I guess I just didn't wanted to worry you. I'm sorry. –Axel apologized placing a hand on Roxas' shoulder, the boy smiled a little

-If you lied to me is because you knew about this before everyone else, do you know where is Xion? –Roxas asked. Axel smiled, it looked that Roxas had become smarter as time passed by.

-Sort of. Last time I saw her was on Castle Oblivion, but she escaped from me and disappeared. I don't know where she went after that… -Axel explained, Roxas sighed

-Right, she wanted me to come with her, but I said it was better to stay off that place. Do you think she discovered something disturbing? Or worse, what if the Organization caught her there and they're lying to us? To tell you the truth, I don't trust in them. Actually I just trust you and Xion…

-Well, I've know these guys for a long time and I think is wise for you not to trust much in them, specially Saix. You don't know when he can betray you or something…

-I know, that jerk. I swear one of these days I'm going to make him pay for everything he has done, specially to Xion.

-I don't recommend you that. Even if he doesn't appear to, he is one of worst enemies you can face. It's better to keep him happy and you won't have problems with him. –Axel advised, Roxas smiled and nodded

-Okay. So…what about Xion?

-I don't know man. Let's see what happens in the next days, if she doesn't appear we'll go to look for her in secret, what do you think? –Axel suggested, Roxas sighed resigned

-I guess we don't have any other choice. I just hope she's fine. –Roxas replied concerned, Axel hit his back with his hand

-Don't worry, she's a strong girl. She'll be fine. Now let's finish our mission.

-Alright.

Roxas and Axel kept searching on Halloween Town for their objective for the next hours. They didn't had luck the first times, they only kept finding the strange tentacles which they knew were related to their target. Finally after some deep searching, they found a giant plant-heartless which was eating small Heartless like Shadows.

The two guys observed from the hill how the giant Heartless used the same kind of black tentacles to catch Heartless and then throw them into its mouth. Axel reasoned why no one found about this days ago, the Heartless was hiding on a somehow far place from the town, but it still had the ability to control its tentacles from over there.

-This sure is strange… -Axel commented

-Yeah. A Heartless eating other Heartless… -Roxas added

-Well Roxas, you know what to do. Let's finish this big guy so we can get home. –Axel said summoning his chakrams, Roxas nodded as he summoned his Keyblade.

The two guys jumped from the hill and stepped in front of the giant Heartless which just until now noticed Roxas and Axel. Immediately the Heartless used the tentacles to try and catch one of the guys but the two of them were fast enough to dodge the attacks. The tentacles kept attacking as the two guys couldn't help but to dodge and deflect.

-We need another strategy. Roxas, I'll take care of the tentacles here, you go and fight that awful thing. –Axel ordered, Roxas nodded and started running towards the Heartless while dodging the tentacles which were trying to catch him.

As soon as the tentacles got busy fighting Axel, Roxas could freely attack the monster with his Keyblade. After some successful blows, the Heartless began to spread some poison smoke in order to paralyze Roxas. The guy however was smart and as soon as he noticed the Heartless intentions he got away from there without breathing as fast as he could.

-This thing is smart, how are we supposed to get close now? –Roxas asked once he was close to Axel. The pyro deflected an attack and threw his chakram to destroy a tentacle and then turned to his friend.

-I don't know, but this tentacles keep appearing even if a destroy them all.

-Well what can we… ahhhh Axeeeeeel… -Roxas yelled as one of the tentacles grabbed him and introduced him into the ground. Once there he felt how he was taken somewhere through darkness and then felt a great pain in his whole body.

-ROXAS! WHERE ARE YOU? –Axel said alarmed as he dodged the tentacles

-I DON'T KNOW! –Roxas yelled back, Axel noticed his voice came from the monster and could see how it was somehow absorbing the blonde's energy.

Ignoring the poisonous fog around it, Axel run with his chakrams in hands and started attacking the Heartless which after several blows released Roxas sending him flying. The guy fell heavily on the ground. Axel noticed this and run to his aid but was heavily hit by a tentacle which tried to catch him just like it did with Roxas moments ago but Axel dodge it just in time.

-Why does this happen to me? –Roxas asked to himself still stunned. Just after that Axel got to his side

-You ok buddy?

-Do I look ok? That thing drained my energy over there and then sent me flying through the skies. What makes you think I'm ok? –Roxas asked sarcastically, Axel blinked a few moments before answering

-Man you spend too much time with Xion. You just sounded like her right now. –Axel answered helping Roxas get into his feet

They couldn't keep talking because the Heartless began shooting at them some kind of giant magical seeds. The two guys began running around the giant heartless in order to dodge the seeds but at the same time at a safe distance from the poisonous gas around it. At the same time, they were dodging and deflecting the tentacles which were trying to catch them at all cost.

Feeling exhausted, Roxas and Axel hid behind a rock to take a small break. Still panting, they heard how the seeds were hitting the rock behind them. Roxas gulped starting to get scared by the giant Heartless.

-Axel…I think we should escape, this thing is to powerful. Not just that, I'm feeling weak, and tired… -Roxas commented panting

-That's because we both breathed that poison gas. We have to defeat that thing now before we lose all our energy.

-Isn't it better to escape? –Roxas suggested raising his hand, Axel angrily hit the back of his head

-Don't be a coward! The only thing I have to do is to get inside it again. –Axel said as if it was the simplest thing on the world

-How are you going to do that? –Roxas said rubbing the back of his head

-Well, I only have to…

-NOOOOT AGAAAIN! –Roxas shouted interrupting Axel as one tentacle grabbed him once again. Axel slapped his forehead

-Stupid Roxas, I said I have to get into the monster not you! –Axel said throwing his chakram in fire into the monster's direction. A few seconds later he saw how the heartless spitted Roxas once again.

-This is disgusting. –Roxas said quickly getting in his feet and deflecting a tentacle's attack

-I'll show you how it is done. –Axel said fighting with the tentacle. Once he noticed it was taking him to the monster, he didn't deflected the attack and let the tentacle dragged him.

-Oh yes Axel, very intelligent. –Roxas said sarcastically

-All right. Burn baby! –Just after that, the Heartless was consumed by a giant wall of fire destroying everything near it. Roxas had to step back in order to escape from the flames. After about ten seconds, the flames disappeared and the monster fell to the ground. Axel easily stepped out from it and started walking in Roxas direction.

-Whoa Axel, that was amazing. You completely defeated it!

-I'm done with my part of the job, now finish it with your Keyblade and get the hell out of here.

-Yup.


Well, that's all folks. I had to include this fight on the story because it is one of the most difficult from the game, or at least it was really hard for me. Anyway, thanks for reading and reviewing and keep with it, it makes me happy :D

See ya later! :P