Me: Yay~ Chapter 4! Oh and if you've been here since the fail V1, you'll realize it's ALMOSTTT the exact same chapter as the old chapter 2!
Kizu: Oh and I think Eve forgot to tell the audience that she'll post every Thursday... And that she made more errors in this story.. so this is a repost
Me: ...shush Kizu ._.''
Kizu: Anyway, I know I disclaimed last time but Eve wanted me to do it again...
Me: Hey! It's fun when you disclaim!
Kizu: Does that mean you like being made fun of in front of your audience?
Me: ...just disclaim ._.
Kizu: Eve doesn't own Kingdom Hearts or anyone in Kingdom Hearts. She only owns me... (which sucks)
Me: Gee.. thanks
Kizu's Point of View
The next day, I woke up very early in the morning and reported to Xemnas right away. I needed to get permission to permanently be able to assign missions. Yesterday was just once, so it was alright. But I don't want to anger him if I were to assign missions nearly everyday. Appearing in the conference room, I sat in my high, white chair next to Xemnas'. Once again, it was just him and me.
"Good Morning Xemnas," I said calm and monotone.
"Hello Number N," he responded with a flat tone, "How did it go the other day? Did it slip your mind to report to me?"
"I apologize Superior. Xion fainted the other day, so it didn't go as planned. I went with Roxas the next day to see what was happening. They indeed take longer to return, but it does not seem urgent. I'll keep them in order. Do I have permission to assign them to missions?"
"As you wish."
I then nodded and then disappeared, making black strands appear after me.
Walking into the Grey Room, I looked to my right and I saw Roxas, Axel, and Xion sitting on the couches, talking. To my left Number X, Luxord, was relaxing and playing with his deck of cards. I approached Saix and boldly stated, "I'm going with Roxas, Axel, and Xion today."
"Four members on one mission?" he questioned, looking down at me because of our obvious height difference, "That's completely unreasonable. It's either you pair up, two and two, and do separate missions, or you don't go at all. Three is more than enough in one team, let alone four."
"I. Am. Going. With. Them." I repeated sternly while glaring at him, "Must I remind you again that my word is law? Plus, Superior himself gave me permission to assign missions."
Saix glared at me for a second before he gave in, "If Superior himself gave you the authority, I cannot oppose it. But I'm going to have to require for the team to take double the workload so it will not interfere with the normal schedule. I suggest Beast's Castle. Currently, there is a Heartless outbreak there and we can utilize both Keyblade masters in that area. Tell them to leave right away."
"Very well then," I replied and walked to Roxas, Axel, and Xion, "We're going on a mission together today."
"What?" Xion said, looking up at me.
"Again?" Roxas added.
"I'm going on a mission with you today," I repeated, "We're assigned in Beast's Castle."
"Wait. Why are you coming with us?" Axel questioned sharply, "You can't fight, right?"
"I know but I'm going with you. That's final. Now let's go. There's a lot of Heartless there so we need to leave earlier than normal. Is everyone ready?"
"Not really. And Xion shouldn't go on the mission if there are a lot of Heartless," Roxas said, "She just passed out the other day."
"I'll be fine Roxas," Xion assured, putting her hand on his shoulder and giving him a small smile.
"Good, now get ready," I commanded.
"Someone's ina hurry," Axel grumbled as he walked toward his room.
Xion just stared at me for a second and then walked toward her room with Roxas following her.
"I wish I didn't have to be so harsh," I thought as I walked toward my own room, "Too many other Organization members were watching. I can't go soft now." I quickly grabbed my notepad and pencil. "This is a good time to study the Heartless." After walking out of my room and closing the door, someone bumped into my shoulder.
I panicked and quickly said, "I'm sorry!"
"You're saying sorry?" Roxas asked, skeptical.
I covered my mouth with both of my hands and glared at him for a minute thinking, "There goes my tough act."
He saw my surprise and grinned slightly, "Let's just go."
I nodded and followed him into the Grey Room.
"What took you two so long?" Axel questioned as we approached him.
"I accidentally bumped into Kizu," Roxas answered.
"Let's not talk about this right now," I interrupted, ignoring yet another intense glare from Axel, "We have a mission remember?" Then I opened up a black portal, "Come on."
Xion sighed and walked through, followed by Axel, Roxas, then me.
We all walked into the ballroom of the Castle. It was a large, oval, and golden room with chandeliers lining the sides and pillars that held up a gallery. The "walls" above the gallery and to one side of the room weren't walls. They were windows that lead to a balcony outside.
"Have you been here before, Kizu?" Xion quietly asked.
"No I haven't," I replied gently with a slight smile while taking out my notebook, "This place is completely new to me. It's amazing really." I started to take down notes about the structure and artwork of the room.
"Woah," Axel said surprised, "What happened to being rushed and bossy?"
"Oh yeah," I responded, looking up at him from my notebook, "I'm.. sorry. I have a hard time dealing with social situations.. I panicked. And about this morning… It's hard to be nice when other, older members are around. I'm supposed to be mature and smart so they expect a lot from me."
"Sorry I asked," Axel said, noticing the small hint of sadness on my face.
"No no. It's fine. Plus, I'm more comfortable now after yesterday," I added, "Spending the day with Roxas made me less self-conscious." I didn't notice a small smile on Roxas' face because I had started writing again.
Then, I heard a noise and looked to see two small black holes appear. There was a faint then clear sound of metal clanging and out of each hole came a Soldier. It was slightly shorter than me and had the basic structure of a human: two arms with hands that had red pointed tips, two legs and feet with tipped black shoes, a dark navy body with a Heartless emblem at the chest, and a head with a jagged, silver helmet.
"Heartless," I mumbled while backing up.
"Stay back," Roxas said as he summoned his Keyblade and ran between me and the Soldier, "You could get hurt." Before the Soldiers could even move, he destroyed them with one, what looked to be effortless, slash from his Keyblade.
"Just like yesterday… I'm useless."
Suddenly, five more Soldiers appeared to replace the two who were destroyed. I looked around to see Xion holding a Keyblade and Axel with small flames forming in his hands. The flames grew and then revealed two steel, eight tipped, silver and red chakrams, one in each hand. Xion and Axel both stood in fighting stances. While Axel would flame his chakrams and throw them around, Xion and Roxas used their Keyblades for magic and close combat which were similar in styles.
"Why do they fight like.. twins?"
As each Heartless was destroyed, two or three more took its place. But not only Soldiers, other Heartless such as Icy Cubes and Sergeants also materialized. The Icy Cubes were basically small ice cubes with a small, two legged and yellow eyed Heartless in it and the emblem on its forehead. They would pound their bodies encased with ice onto the ground to create a small shockwave that froze everything that came in contact with it. Sergeants on the other hand were bigger and stronger compared to the rest. They seemed to be a level higher than Soldiers and had brown and yellow designs. It would randomly spin around and knock down everything.
Axel, Xion, and Roxas all continued fighting but the more they fought, the more Heartless appeared. The numbers kept on adding up and by no more than 15 minutes later, the few Heartless became hundreds. Roxas and I managed to stay close but Axel and Xion were both surrounded father out in the room.
"How many are there!" Roxas yelled, breathing heavily.
"They just keep coming!" Xion yelled back, who was also breathing heavily.
"We gotta retreat!" Axel shouted, "There's no way we can win this!"
At the time, I was clutching my notebook tightly and backing up, trying to get away from as many Heartless as possible. Then I bumped into something, making me fall forward and drop my writing supplies.
"KIZU! LOOK OUT!" I heard Roxas yell as I slowly turned around to see what awaited me. I had backed up too much and hit a Sergeant. As it was about to strike with its yellow tipped hands, I closed my eyes and braced for impact by covering my head with both hands.
Then, everything went black.
