Chapter VII; Roxas & Xion
Upon entering the common room Yuki heard the whispers. They sounded stressed and concerned. Whatever had happened was not good. Seeing X off to the side Yuki walked over to him. He too looked as if seriously considering something. His purple eyes stared at nothing with a hard look.
"What's happening?" Yuki asked making X jolt back into reality.
"What was the question?" X asked a little disoriented. He really must have been thinking hard if he didn't hear Yuki.
"I asked what was happening." Yuki said. She glanced to the others.
Aysui and number three, Syrine, were standing together discussing something with grave looks on their faces. Hysui and Zaya were talking not far away from the leaders. Zaya seemed worried while Hysui looked amused. Rimyei, number five, Arykii, number seven, and Zakey, number eleven, were standing together, talking only every now and then. Sykitune was talking to Myruai, number nine, and Aryum, number ten, very adamantly, motioning with her hands. Myruai was nodding while Aryum just watched as if saying she wasn't sure if she believed Sykitune's tale.
Y entered the room and looked around confused before walking over to X and Yuki.
"What did I miss?" Y asked very confused. Yuki shrugged then looked at X.
"Those humans the Nobodies were going to mess with arrived not too long ago." X explained he looked around to the other Heartless.
"Is that all? It's a lot of fuss over something we knew was going to happen." Y said in disbelief.
"There's more. Two others have somehow gotten in with them. It's unnerving that they found this place." X continued. He was still looking at the ground.
"Who are the other two?" Y asked concerned. Her orange eyes were a little duller than normal, the only clue to her worry besides her lack of a smile.
"We don't know who the one is for sure. The other we recognize but he can't fully step foot here yet." X explained still thinking.
"Who is the one you know?" Y asked tipping her head to the side.
X waved off the question. "It's no one of importance. He's not a threat. And even more to our advantage they don't know we're here." He said trying to sound unconcerned. It didn't work very well.
Y frowned, "X, you were never a very good liar."
"Not to you at least." X muttered looking away from his blonde twin.
"We can worry about it later, everyone's leaving for their missions now. We should get going." Yuki said. The room was emptying slowly, the others leaving to complete their tasks.
Aysui approached the three. "Are you ready for your tasks?" She asked in a sour tone. The group nodded not daring to argue. "Good, X, Y, you'll be working together. Yuki, there are Deserters in Twilight Town you need to get rid of." Aysui said before stalking off.
"We had better go after her. She failed to tell us where we were going." X sighed.
"Yeah, see ya later Yuki." Y said as she and her brother walked off. Yuki sighed before summoning a dark corridor.
*3*
Yuki looked around the sandlot watching the Deserters run around in circles. It was entertaining as always, but today she was not impressed. Being in large groups and running around like that would make them hard to catch. She sighed heavily.
Yuki stepped out into the open area and watched the little green Heartless run around her. She flicked both her wrist summoning her keyblades preparing to fight.
On the other side of the sandlot two figures wearing black coats walked in. One held a keyblade. He was a blonde boy whose hair was extremely spiky. The girl next to him had her hood up. The boy stared at Yuki for a second. Yuki stared back.
This boy was very familiar. His blue eyes were triggering, like some memory long forgotten. His face was like some sort of dream. Like she had seen him before just out on the streets. Never spoken, but had seen each other. But at the same time it was like he was a childhood friend. Someone who she had been close to but had lost contact with. The boy looked back at Yuki in a similar way. Like he knew her somehow, but couldn't remember how.
Yuki shrugged at the boy. She then glared at the Deserters before attacking. The boy watched for a second before joining Yuki. The girl followed the boys lead.
Once all the Deserters were gone Yuki turned to the boy. She smirked a little before banishing her keyblades, waving, and walking away.
Yuki walked around town while waiting for X and Y. She didn't know what they were doing so she had no clue how long they would take.
"Hey!" Yuki turned to face the voice that had called out to her. It was the boy from earlier. He was alone now and holding a stick of ice cream.
"Hello." Yuki said with a small smile.
"That was pretty cool. When you fought the Heartless." He said walking beside Yuki.
"It's just my job. Nothing impressive in following orders." Yuki replied with a shrug.
"Your job? You're ordered to kill the Heartless too?" The boy asked surprised. Yuki nodded. "Wow. Is it because of your keyblades?" He asked.
"I guess, they never really said why I'm sent after the little ones. We all do it, I just get it a lot." Yuki replied.
"How come you have two keyblades?" The boy asked.
Yuki stopped walking to think. The boy stopped walking to stand with her. Yuki tilted her head to the side.
"I don't know. I've had two as long as I can remember." Yuki said. The boy nodded. Yuki gave him a small smile before she continued walking. The boy walked beside her. It was silent as they made their way towards the station plaza. The boy occasionally scrapped his shoes on the ground causing noise to interrupt the silence.
The silence wasn't awkward, it was actually calming. Like a walk with a friend where no words need to be said. It was strange but in a good way.
The boy glanced at Yuki. "What's your name anyway?" He asked suddenly.
"It's Yuki. What about your name?" Yuki asked in reply. She glanced at the boy and suppressed the urge to smile.
"Roxas." He said nodding, like he was trying to confirm it to himself as well. He glanced at Yuki again. "Can I ask why you wear the coat?" He asked.
Yuki laughed a little. "You just did ask, didn't you?" She replied with a smile, though she tried to hide it behind her hand.
"Yeah, I guess, but seriously, why the coat?" Roxas asked. He was looking at Yuki as they walked.
"I think it's a uniform. All the others wear it too." Yuki replied. She looked down at her coat.
"Are you part of some organization?" Roxas asked curiously.
"Yup, organization 14. I figured you would know, you're a Nobody after all." Yuki replied. Roxas looked at her startled.
"How did you know I was a Nobody?" He asked.
"The coat you wear is the same as all the Nobodies at Castle Oblivion. I was just guessing." Yuki answered. Roxas looked down and nodded.
By this time they had reached the station plaza. Y was was sitting on the wall looking towards them. She smiled when she saw Yuki. Her gaze shifted over to Roxas and became shocked, but it vanished quickly. X stood next to her looking at the ground, his hands in his pockets.
"Hey Yuki! You're late!" Y said hopping up exitedly. X glanced up at Y then at Yuki. Seeing Roxas his eyes widened a little.
"I don't recall there being a required time when meeting here." Yuki said with a smirk. Next to her Roxas laughed a little.
"Are you another Nobody?" Y asked walking up to Roxas. He looked at her before nodding.
"Great, just what we need, more Nobodies." X muttered looking off to the side.
"X be nice. I'm sure he's not like Larxene. She must be the worst." Y said turning on her brother hands on her hips.
X rolled his eyes. "You'd be surprised. Larxene is not the worst." X said walking slowly to the group.
"Then, who's the worst?" Roxas asked. He was watching X curiously.
"Depends on the day. And who's talking to me." X replied looking down at the ground still. He was calm and relaxed as always.
"Oh." Roxas said, sounding kind of hurt.
"Don't mind X. He's just grumpy like always. I'm Y, who are you?" Y said smiling.
"Um, Roxas." Roxas replied. "Why are you three here?" He asked.
"We meet up for ice cream after work. Keeps us out of the castle." Yuki replied. She walked a little ways forward then turned to face Roxas.
"Weird. I've never seen you around, and I'm here everyday." Roxas said looking at the ground thinking.
"Are you the one who sits on top of the clock tower?" Yuki asked curiously. Roxas looked up at her and nodded. "Where'd you come up with the idea to do that?" Yuki asked.
"Axel took me up there after a mission we did together." Roxas answered.
"Isn't Axel the red head?" Y asked tapping her chin.
"That would be him." X replied a bitter note in his voice.
"Well Axel's not too bad. He seemed ok." Yuki said. X rolled his eyes.
"You've met Axel?" Roxas asked sounding hopeful.
"Yeah, one of the two Nobodies I've seen." Yuki replied nodding.
"So you guys are from Castle Oblivion?" Roxas asked thinking.
"For the time being. We have another castle." X replied calmly.
"That I've never seen or heard of." Y said glaring at her brother annoyed.
X shrugged. "Not my fault you joined while we were at Oblivion."
Roxas tipped his head to the side as he watched the two start arguing over many things at once. Yuki smiled and laughed a little. Both X and Y were very childish. Though X denied it often.
"How did they start an argument over something so small?" Roxas asked Yuki.
"I don't know, they're always like this." Yuki replied.
Y put her hand up making X pause. She looked over at the other two. "It's a sibling thing." She said then returned to her arguement with X.
"They're siblings?" Roxas asked.
"Twins." Yuki answered with a nod.
"Are you guys Somebodies?" Roxas asked watching the twins thoughtfully.
Yuki was silent thinking. "No, what makes you think that?"
"That looks like emotion to me. I'm not sure but..." Roxas explained. He sounded unsure, like he didn't want to say something wrong.
"Maybe they are emotions. I don't know if captive hearts can replicate emotion." Yuki replied thinking. She watched X and Y, taking note of any signs of emotion.
"Captive hearts?" Roxas asked confused.
"We're Heartless. Just really powerful Heartless. Like you're a powerful Nobody." Yuki explained. Roxas nodded then looked up at the tower. Yuki watched him for a second curiously. X and Y continued arguing.
"What's it like up there?" Yuki asked. Roxas looked over at her shocked she had spoken.
"You want to see?" He asked, grinning slightly. Yuki nodded. "Come on." He led her to the station tower taking her upstairs to the top leaving the arguing twins behind.
Looking out over the town from the tower was breath taking. Not only could the whole town be seen, but also the forest and water somewhere off in the distance. The sun was setting in more shades of red than Yuki had even known existed. Yuki smiled at the sight.
"It's beautiful." She said breathlessly.
"Yeah, it is." Roxas agreed sitting on the edge.
"Do you mind if I come up here everyday?" Yuki asked sitting next to him.
"No, if you want to you can. And X and Y too. It's kind of lonely without Axel." Roxas replied without hesitation. Yuki smiled and nodded. She had a feeling this was going to turn into a good thing.
*3*
Day 24- Entry 8,
Today I met a Nobody outside of Castle Oblivion. His name's Roxas. He was really nice and took me up to the top of the clock tower. It was beautiful. I'm hoping we can get along.
*3*
Yuki growled under her breath. The mission for the day had been annoying. The Heartless were constantly moving so it was hard to catch them. She really just wanted to sit down.
Yuki walked to the station tower with an ice cream in hand. X and Y had both agreed to meet on top of the clock tower. Roxas had been happy to have people (if they counted as people) to talk to.
Yuki walked up to the top of the tower. Roxas was already there with someone else. She was a girl with short black hair and vivid blue eyes. She wore a black coat like Roxas.
"Oh, hey Yuki." Roxas said glancing over at her.
"Hey. Who's this." Yuki asked sitting on the other side of Roxas.
"This is Xion, Xion this is Yuki. She's a Heartless." Roxas said.
"Hi, nice to meet you." Xion said smiling.
"Like wise." Yuki replied also smiling. Yuki looked out over the town smiling slightly.
"Yuki, if you're a Heartless, why do you kill them?" Roxas asked.
Yuki tapped her heel against the wall thinking. "They say if I collect hearts then we can complete Kingdom Hearts and be whole. And there are so many of the little ones it's like population control. So they don't destroy everything." Yuki explained.
"That sounds like good reasoning but still, it seems wrong." Xion said looking down her eyebrows furrowing.
Yuki shrugged. "It might be but it's what I'm told to do. And I can't defy orders." Yuki said. Roxas and Xion nodded slowly. Roxas stared down at the ground while Xion looked out over the town. Yuki looked at the sky watching the sunset.
This whole scene reminded Yuki of something that happened long ago. Like when she thought of the ocean or just those feelings of déjà vu she was constantly getting. Maybe there was a reason for this, but at the moment she couldn't think of one. And she didn't really care.
X and Y came up a little later and were introduced to Xion. Y made it her goal to get Xion to laugh. Which she managed to do by being so loud X started to yell at her. That actually got everyone to laugh.
The day ended and the groups went back to their own castle. When the Heartless returned to the castle they were greeted by a certain red headed Nobody.
"Why are you three always the last to return. Your missions aren't that hard are they?" Axel asked leaning up against a wall.
X rolled his eyes and ignored Axel, muttering under his breath about something that sounded like stupid Nobodies. Y looked at her brother then Axel before shrugging.
"We go to Twilight Town and stay there for a while." Yuki replied walking past him without slowing down.
"Why not just come straight back. Nothing interesting in Twilight Town." Axel said walking with them.
"The castles boring. Would die of boredom locked up here all the time." Yuki replied. Axel laughed.
"True enough. You see anyone else there?" Axel asked. Something in his voice made it sound like he was hoping for some specific answer.
"A couple other Nobodies that X doesn't complain about." Yuki replied.
"A couple?" Axel asked.
"Roxas and Xion today. Just Roxas yesterday." Yuki said simply. Axel nodded. "See you later." Yuki said as she turned down a side hall.
"Yeah, sure thing Snowy." Axel replied as he continued walking forward.
*3*
Day 25- Entry 9,
Today we all went up to the clock tower. Roxas brought a girl named Xion with him. She was really nice. And Axel talked to me again. We seem to be forming a little group. It's kind of fun.