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I can't come up with names for places…
Sorry it took so long for the update!
I'll try to update more regularly from now on.
Ginormous Mountain
"….. Is that really the name of the mountain?" Roxas asks with a dumbfounded expression as he reads the sign out loud.
"Yes, Roxas. It's right next to Justa River." Xemnas says as he folds his map up.
"Hasn't anyone noticed just how suspicious the names of these landmarks are?" Haru asks moodily. Everyone shrugs.
"It's almost as if we're in a bad fan fiction and the authoress is just messing with us." Riku comments. A second later, a brick falls out of the sky and smacks Riku right in the head. He collapses, unconscious.
"No breaking the fourth wall, guys!" Sora begs as he glances up at the sky. Riku wakes up.
"OWW!" He howls in pain as he clutches his head."Alright then. Do we all understand our objective?" Xemnas asks coolly as he inspects his companions.
Axel and Roxas were staring at the sign of "Ginormous Mountain" and laughing hysterically.
Demyx looked five seconds from wetting himself as he stared up at the 1,000 foot high mountain. No surprises there.
Riku, Sora, Erika, Kairi and Namine all looked excited and ready for the challenge. Again, no surprise.
Everyone was acting normally… except for-
"Lexaeus, are you alright?"
The normally solemn and expressionless behemoth of the Organization had turned pale and looked like he was about to pass out. He was hyperventilating.
"… Yes." Lexaeus says quickly. His body betrays him as he begins to tremble uncontrollably. The Superior raises an eyebrow and glares at Lexaeus with suspicion.
"Are you sure?" He asks calmly. Lexaeus gives a quick jerk of the head to say yes.
"Well then, here's your climbing equipment." Xemnas holds it out to him. The entire Organization (and Destiny Islanders) had stopped their random chatting and were watching the exchange with extreme interest.
"Th-Thank you." Lexaeus stutters, to everyone's shock.
"Oh dear…. Lexaeus never talks like that…" Namine murmurs worriedly. Lexaeus grabs the series of ropes and pulleys that he would be using with a trembling hand.
"Are you afraid of heights, Lexaeus?" Zexion questions quietly. Lexaeus turns bright red.
"OH. MY. GOD." Xigbar says, making a face as if it was Christmas and he had just gotten a rocket launcher in his stocking.
"…No." Lexaeus snarls at him. Xigbar smirks and points up to the mountain. Lexaeus (like an idiot) follows his pointing and instantly turns into a very nice shade of olive green.
"HE IS!" Xion says with a shocked face. Xemnas turns pale himself. How was he supposed to get to the top of the mountain without his secret weapon?
"Okay, here's how it's gonna rule. Baby stays in the van. Us, we go up the hill. Go it?" Larxene says immediately, rolling her eyes at the stupidity of the situation. Everyone nods; it looks like Larxene was the Superior for the Day.
"What could go wrong with that plan?" Sora says with a confident grin plastered smugly on his face.
Five Minutes Later
"WE'RE GONNA DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!" Sora wails. The once firm rock begins to crumble slightly in his hands as he struggles to keep his grip on the slippery stone.
"Sora?" Xion asks calmly. Sora nods and grips even tighter to the rock.
"You do know that you're only five inches off the ground, right?" Xion tells him with a shake of her head from her height of about five feet higher than Sora (the rope only stretched out that far). Sora opens one eye and glances down.
"Oh. I guess I am." He says in a sheepish voice as Xion rolls her eyes and keeps climbing. Sora scrambles up behind her.
"This is pretty fun!" Kairi comments to Namine as they steadily keep finding places to climb up.
"I am not going to die, I am not going to throw up, I am not going to die…." Riku mutters darkly to himself in a quiet little mantra as he and Erika keep going up themselves.
"You okay, big brother?" Erika asks as she scrambles up the mountain without fear. Riku nods, completely green from how high up they were.
"Weeell, this doesn't completely suck!" Larxene says in an excited tone as she scurries up the mountain with ease. She had forsaken the climbing tools for her own Foudre knives and was having a blast. Demyx was clinging to her back as she carried the both of them up the mountain.
"This is all going to end badly." Lexaeus comments from the bottom of the mountain, where Haru and Zexion were waiting with him.
"… Wait, were you faking?" Haru demands in a astonished voice, noticing just how calm and serious Lexaeus looked as he observes the mountain. Lexaeus says nothing but his face turns just the lightest shade of pink.
"Well, he is about 9 feet tall. And he lives in the tallest tower of the Castle. It wouldn't be practical for him to be afraid of heights." Zexion reasons. He had simply gone along with Lexaeus' plan in order not to spend anymore "bonding" time with Haru.
"Holy crap, we should get you to Hollywood or something! We'd be fuckin' rich!" Haru says excitedly, dollar signs and munny symbols flashing in his eyes greedily.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Demyx's voice screams from somewhere on the mountain. The strange trio glance at the mountain.
"Perhaps we should have gone." Lexaeus says with mild concern clouding his voice as he watches the small dots scurry around the mountain.
"OR! We could mess with them." Haru says in a wicked voice. He glances at Lexaeus' Axe-Sword eagerly.
"… Ah, I see your point. As revenge for all the crap we have been forced to deal with… Lexaeus, please make it a bit more difficult for our dear comrades on their little expedition, my friend." Zexion says in a calm voice, his body trembling in excitement though he didn't allow himself to express it very much. Lexaeus looks mildly guilty about doing this but he raises his Axe-Sword up high and slams it gently into the ground.
"… Sorry." He whispers apologetically to the mountain as the ground begins to tremble just the slightest bit.
Lexaeus lifts the Axe-Sword up again and sighs. He hated peer pressure.