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Translation: Parukia=Palkia, Swanna=Swanna, Burungeru=Jellicent, Gamageroge=Seismitoad, Hiyakkie=Simipour, Gekkōga=Greninja, Futachimaru=Dewott
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"Tell us everything." Sasuke demanded, dead serious as he scrutinized the Nobodies.
The pyro sighed under the piercing gaze. "You really want to know that badly, huh?"
"Wouldn't you if you found out that there are people who know about you even though you had never seen or even heard of them before?" The raven bit back, contempt dripping from his voice. "Besides, this information is important since we need to comprehend how much foreigners know about us."
"Teme's right." Naruto seconded. "This could affect the safety of our world so we have the right to know." He then placed his hands on both of his hips. "Besides, you promised us!"
"He's correct; we did." The light-elemental nodded, agreeing before turning back to face them. "What would you like to know first?"
The raven crossed his arms. "What are you exactly?"
"And how come we didn't know about you until just earlier if you had visited our world before?" The other added, equally insistent.
The samurai shrugged. "Fair enough." He cleared his throat. "Axel and I were members of Organization XIII during our prior visits here."
"What is that?" The Uzumaki quirked a brow.
"It was a group of thirteen Nobodies that strived to complete Kingdom Hearts and went on missions with the intent to do so." The assassin answered.
"What do you mean by 'nobodies'? Are you guys a bunch of wannabes who go around in order to find pieces for some model of a heart?" The Jinchūriki stared at the duo, completely confused. "Well that's dumb."
One could swear a vein was bulging from the stoic's skull. "Usuratonkachi..."
Tsutaaja huffed loudly, frustrated. "How stupid could you possibly be?!"
"Even I wouldn't think of that!" Zorua piped.
"That's not even close." The ginger chastised, rubbing his temples. "It's 'Nobody' with a capital N, not a lowercase one! Geez!"
"Well sorry!" The mistaken rolled his eyes. "How was I supposed to know that?!"
"Look at us. Do we look like a bunch of moronic 'wannabes'?" The shorter of the two responded in a patronizing manner, sighing.
"No, you don't." The questioned humphed, feeling stupid. He then looked up, directing his gaze at the newcomers. "Then what are 'Nobodies'?!"
The elder suddenly became solemn. "Do you know what Heartless are?"
"Other than them being the creatures we had slain just earlier, no." Sasuke replied for them both.
"I remember Obito said that they allied with him to help him with his 'grand cause', Tsuki no Me Keikaku." Naruto mused.
"Who's that? I thought you were fighting against Madara or Tobi or whichever is his actual name!" The serpent exclaimed, stunned.
The shinobi threw a glance at her. "'Tobi' was simply an alias and 'Madara' was someone else. His real name was Obito Uchiha."
"Was?" The verdant prompted.
Golden bangs shaded his face. "Obito died during the war after finally seeing the error in his ways and helping us. We wouldn't have won without him."
"Or even had a war to begin with." The sullen had nothing to say to that.
"Oh..." The foreigners muttered, a dreary silence descending upon the area.
The upset's eyes suddenly widened. "Wait, you were watching that?!" Upon receiving three sets of nods, he took a few steps back, feeling wary all of a sudden. "That's creepy!"
"It's not like we were planning on doing anything bad to you." Axel defended. "That's just what we did in the Organization: collect intel, hearts, or complete certain objectives in all sorts of worlds."
"Anyways, getting back on topic..." The samurai spoke up, ending the digression. "Heartless result when the darkness in a person's heart consumes it and is essentially the heart itself possessed by darkness. There are two types: Pureblood and Emblem. Purebloods are the ones that naturally occur while Emblems are produced within machines that simulate the process. Both can create more of themselves by taking more hearts. The Wavecrests and Hydraken were Emblems." He glanced at the ninjas, taking in their enraged expressions.
"In other words, they pose a threat." Sasuke scowled, clenching a fist.
"They do." The speaker confirmed. "Despite having hearts, they seem to have no emotions due to being mindless hence being 'Heartless'. They go after their prey relentlessly, not stopping until they are simply killed. They also search for the heart of each world, causing it to be essentially destroyed by darkness yet their true goal is Kingdom Hearts, the heart of all there is." He pointedly glimpsed at the incorrect, smirking at the surprise he saw. "However, if there is no darkness in people's hearts, then the Heartless won't appear as they won't have any targets." The listeners calmed down, having been reassured.
"But how does this relate to Nobodies?" The Uchiha nodded, agreeing with his partner.
"We were just getting to that." The assassin took over. "When a person with a strong will—good or evil—becomes a Heartless, the body and soul they leave behind—the vessel—begin acting on their own and become a Nobody. Those of anyone else simply vanish. Unlike Heartless who rely on instinct, Nobodies can think and plan. However, since they have no hearts, they are truly devoid of emotion."
"Then you two don't have hearts?!" The Uzumaki was shocked beyond belief. "How are you alive?!"
"Different mechanics for different realms." Axel shrugged as if it were no big deal.
"The stronger the will, the more humanoid." Roxas commenced where his partner left off. "Most who are humanoid retain their appearance when they were human albeit some having minor changes as well as their memories while those of lesser wills become monstrous and don't remember anything about their old selves."
"Most?" Zorua cut in, quirking his head to the side.
"I'm an exception; I not only not look exactly like my original but don't have his memories."
"Who is your original?" The Jinchūriki questioned.
"Sora." The former agent answered. "Although not looking exactly the same, I supposedly resemble him."
"Those names sound similar..." The fox trailed off.
"That's because my name it basically his, just scrambled up plus a Rescruant's Sigil—the 'X'—that symbols the rejection of my former self." The queried elaborated. "All who became members went through this. I was Number XIII and Axel was Number VIII."
"I have something else to ask regarding this topic." The alternate glanced at the raven, giving his undivided attention. "When you were referring to Organization XIII, you used past tense. What happened?"
"We overthrew it." Tsutaaja was the one to answer, earning looks of astonishment from the rest.
"Why?!"
"They wouldn't tell me the truth of who I really was and were just using me for their ambitions which they hid from me." The samurai spoke. "We really only went there to set Kingdom Hearts free but each of the remaining members got in the way so we defeated them."
"Five had been eliminated prior." The assassin added.
"Why did you guys even want Kingdom Hearts in the first place and why set it free?" The flaxen pressed.
"The Organization claimed that once it was completed, we would allegedly regain our hearts. However, that was nothing but a lie." The light-elemental explained. "I wanted to set it free so our lives could return to normal."
"They did except Tsutaaja had to leave us." The pyro interjected. "In fact, we hadn't seen her since."
"Until now." The shinobi nodded, satisfied with the information. "Anything more?"
"What exactly are Keyblades?" The Uzumaki inquired. "How do you acquire one?"
The addressed held out his hands, summoning Oathkeeper and Oblivion. "Like I said earlier, they are magical swords that choose their wielders and have the power to unlock any lock and vice versa as well as being able to free trapped hearts and truly slay Heartless."
"In order to be able to possess one, you have to either inherit it from a Master-level wielder, train extensively as an apprentince to a Master, or have a special connection to one who can."
"I normally wouldn't be able to use them but since my Somebody can, I can." The younger included before dispelling his weapons. "Anything else about them?"
"Hn."
"No."
The pyro nodded. "What more?"
"Yeah." Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "How do you know so much about us?"
Axel sighed loudly, crossing his arms. "I said that we collected intel, right? We did so under orders in order to know our terrain better. We just happened to learn about you guys and what involves you such as the Bijuu and Amaterasu."
"However, you don't need to worry since we only gave the intel to the other Organization members who are by the way dead and we won't tell anyone else." The light-elemental reassured.
Naruto appeared skeptical. "How are you sure they didn't say anything?"
"Organization XIII operated in stealth hence you never having heard of us before." The ginger replied. "I don't think the leader would have allowed anyone to live if he had sensed any one of us possibly betraying him and he didn't."
"We had to kill him first." Roxas then glimpsed at the ninjas, surveying their expressions. "Is that all?"
The pair exchanged a glance before facing him. "Yeah."
"That's good; being interrogated by a bunch of shinobi is no fun after all!" The elder folded his hands behind his skull, ignoring the twin glares he received. He suddenly turned towards the serpent. "By the way Tsutaaja, I have something to ask you."
The reptile quirked a brow. "What?"
"Who did you get your Telepathy from? Zorua?"
She smirked. "Too bad you weren't here earlier; I revealed it then."
"Tell us!" Roxas demanded, joining his friend. "I've been wondering since I found out!"
The squamata shrugged, approaching the fox. "You can tell them."
The canine beamed. "She got it from Parukia!"
"Parukia?!" The duo cried simultaneously.
Her lips stretched wider. "Parukia let me mimic it via Role Play after you two had left."
Axel crossed his arms. "I didn't even know you could talk in the human language in the first place."
"I'm not actually speaking; I'm communicating via brain waves made audible by my ability." The Pokémon corrected.
"I did; I heard her use it when were confronted the Organization Imposter." Roxas then pouted, directing a pointed glance at her. "But why didn't you tell me how you got it earlier?!"
"I felt no need." She scoffed. "If you had asked whom I got it from, I would have told you." The three then broke out into a full-out argument, completely oblivious to those who were observing them.
"They sure are close." Naruto commented, eyes bugged at their interaction.
The metamorphose was confounded. "Huh?! Where do you get that from this?! I don't get it at all!"
"Sasuke and I are just like that!" The blond grinned, beaming. "Besides, if you pay attention, you'll realize that there's no actual heat going on between them; this is just banter!" He faced his companion. "Right?"
Their voices rose, easily being able to be heard.
"I definitely won't forget, got it memorized?"
"Sure you will!"
"Don't underestimate his memory!"
"Hn." The stoic's smile betrayed the apathy of his response.
"Well, well, well...if it isn't the grass-type and its friends." The trio immediately ceased, glaring menacingly at the arrivals.
"Mizuotokonoko..." The said boy approached the sestet, all leering spitefully at him as his Pokémon followed in tow.
"What do you want?" Tsutaaja snarled, venom dripping from her voice.
He spared her a sole glimpse, swiveling away immediately. "What makes you think I want to be here? I was dragged here by them!" He pointed an accusatory finger at his own Pokémon.
The snake stared—hues wide—as the hexad approached her, bending their heads in her direction.
"Who's the frog?" The pyro gazed at the amphibian in wonder, the shorter doing the same.
"That's Gekkōga, the Ninja Pokémon and one of my favorite forms." Zorua responded. "It's that guy's newest addition to his team." The shifter then scanned the six, confused. "But why are they bowing to her?!"
"They are?!" The five turned towards the bunch who were practically about to tip over, the verdant in the center absolutely awestruck.
"Swa!"
"Buru!"
"Gama!"
"Hiya!"
"Gekk!"
"...Futa?!"
"'Thank you!' 'We owe you our lives!' 'You saved us!' 'We appreciate what you did!' 'We're deeply sorry!' '...Can you ever forgive us for what we did?!'..." The vulpine translated, stunned. "They're thanking and apologizing to her!"
The emerald smiled, gently placing her vines on each of their shoulders. "I forgive you all. An apology is all I ever wanted."
The repentant beamed, orbs flowing with tears.
"Nna!"
"Geru!"
"Roge!"
"Kkie!"
"Ōga!"
"Chimaru!"
"'Thank you!'" The kit cheered along. "I'm glad they changed!" He then became serious. "As for the last one..."
The trainer backed away as his companions confronted him, paying every last bit of their attention to his every move. The otter took out its Shell Blades, ready to slice. "Futachi..."
"'What should you say...'" The serpent smirked, joining in as she hovered her appendages above him. "What should you say to me after I rescued you earlier?"
Despite the lingering threats, the boy humphed. "Why should I say anything good to a grass-type?"
She was infuriated. "I JUST SAVED YOU YOU B******!"
"It's not like I asked for it." The enraged screamed in unadulterated fury, ready to beat the life out of him when...
"SWA!"
"BURU!"
"GAMA!"
"HIYA!"
"GEKK!"
"FUTA!"
"'TAKE THIS!'" Zorua gaped at the sight. "Whoa..."
...a Whirlpool strengthened by multiple Brines in addition to a Water Spout and Hydro Cannon shot at the ingrate, shooting him into the sky.
"WHAT THE H—" The assaulted vanished, a twinkle blinking in his wake.
"Is he going to be okay?" Naruto pondered, somehow being concerned about what had occurred.
"They just 'blasted him off', like what we did to Team Rocket." The female shrugged before turning to the assaulters, a perplexed expression adorning her features. "Why did you do that though? Didn't you like him?"
The weasel crossed its arms, hurt evident in its orbs. "Chi..."
"'He said we could go and die for all he cares...'"
"Ko-Ko!"
"'The only reason we left with him earlier was because it was the only direction we could flee towards!'"
"Swa!"
"'I can't believe we didn't realize how cruel he was sooner!'"
"Gama!"
"'He brainwashed us with praise and convinced us to hate you!'"
"Buru..."
"'To believe we fell for it...'"
"Hiya!"
"'I never want to see him ever again!'" The ivy imitator scrutinized them all. "I'm glad you finally left; he is a ridiculously incompetent trainer after all but what are you going to do now?"
Futachimaru scratched its chin. "Maru..."
"'I was thinking of finding a place to live in near here...', huh?" The endotherm questioned. "This is foreign territory though. I'm not sure this is a good location."
"To think there are such people who are that impossible to change..." The Uzumaki frowned.
"His obsession has worsened." Tsutaaja shook her head, tsking. "His Pokémon were actually able to use attacks that were not water-type in the past but I guess after I clobbered them the last time, he forced them to forget those and learn only water-type moves. I believe he wanted to beat the 'wretched grass-type' solely through the 'phenomenal water-type' and its affinity; I'm sure of it."
"How stupid!" The cub growled, furious.
Roxas snarled. "What an idiot!"
"I second that!" Axel cried out.
The raven nodded in agreement. "Hn."
A heavy silence smothered the area until...
"I got it!"
...the fennec broke it, beaming. "Why don't we go look for a spot in a forest in the Pokémon World?" The sestet nodded eagerly, loving the suggestion.
"Great idea!" Tsutaaja grinned, agreeing completely. "And I know just where to go!"
"Where?" The ninjas prompted.
The serpent smirked. "You'll see."
Moves used: Vine Whip, Shell Blade, Whirlpool, Brine, Water Spout, Hydro Cannon
Translation: Tsuki no Me Keikaku=Eye of the Moon Plan, Amaterasu=Heavenly Illumination
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