A/N: I do not own Kingdom Hearts series or Highschool DxD.
"Speech"
'Thoughts' or (Thoughts).
[Locations.]
*Effects*.
Time skips.
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[Location: ????]
In front of the gates of an old mansion, a blonde boy emerged suddenly from a spark of light that came out of nowhere. The blonde young man got up awkwardly from the ground, at the same time a dark portal appeared, and from that portal emerged a figure dressed in a black coat that covered his face.
The hooded stranger slowly approached the teenager, until they were facing each other.
"You seek answers." The hooded stranger said while with a quick movement he made some letters begin to float in front of the boy, which didn't flinch at the name written in those letters.
"You feel nothing. Nothing is real."
The boy kept looking at that name for a few seconds before lowering his gaze while his face lacked any emotion.
"I can give you purpose." After saying this and with a movement of his hand, the hooded stranger made the letters begin to spin rapidly while an 'X' appeared, forming a new name.
The blond boy looked at the name in front of him and without looking away, said that name.
"Roxas…"
"That is right, the new you."
[Location: Kuoh, Issei's house, Issei's room.]
"…I'm just a nobody…" Roxas replied with a warm smile, leaving the perverted teenager confused.
"What does that mean!?" Issei exclaimed, not understanding what that meant, before he could ask what was a nobody, Roxas continued his explanation.
"Issei let me ask you something, do you know what a 'heart' is?"
"Of course I know what a heart is! Is the main organ on our body that pumps our blood and let us live, what does that have to-" Issei answer was declined by the blonde teenager who just shake his head.
"I did not mean that. When I refer about a 'heart' I mean something else."
Issei was more confused upon hearing that.
"If I managed to understand correctly…a heart is one of the essential parts that compose a being…from far as I know, the heart doesn't have a physical form, but it's part of every being, like the soul but different…"
Issei still didn't understand what his 'friend' was talking about, one of the essential parts of a being other than a soul? He didn't understand, but he kept listening.
"A heart is the responsible for most of the things that conforms a being…if I'm not mistaken, it's the composure of memories, ambitions, goals and will…But the heart is also the main source that lets a being have emotions…the heart is what makes a being feel happiness, joy, anger, sadness and many other emotions…a heart can also connect those emotions with other hearts, if they share a special bond…hearts are either made of light and/or darkness." Roxas explained.
"What do you mean with 'light' and 'darkness'?" Issei asked trying to understand.
"The Light is a pure energy force that resides inside everyone's hearts, it's a pure energy of magic made of positive emotions inside a heart, sometimes the light is good, but light is not entirely benevolent, it could also be used by evil…Although the Darkness is parallel to the light.
The Darkness is known for being a dark energy force that slowly suppresses and consumes someone's being until they lose their former selves by its influence and power, it's a sinister energy of magic made of negative emotions inside a heart…Whenever someone falls into the darkness, that someone losses heart and becomes a 'Heartless'…but if I'm correct, despite being associated with evil, the darkness is not entirely malevolent, it could also be used by good."
The brown haired pervert teenager was beginning to understand and analyze the information (even though it sounded crazy, he understood to a certain extent.) But…'people's hearts are what allow people to have emotions?', 'hearts are made of light and darkness?', 'what does all this have to do with Roxas's identity?' At that moment Issei asked a question related to a term that Roxas mentioned.
"What is a 'Heartless?" Asked Issei.
"A Heartless it's the living physical manifestation of the darkness within people's hearts…Whenever someone falls into the darkness and losses their heart a heartless is born, they are aggressive creatures and it's only goal is to seek and consume other people's hearts while also turning them into heartless, depending of the amount of darkness inside the lost heart, the more powerful they are. Despite that, they can be destroyed, but without a certain weapon, they'll eventually return over and over again."
Issei couldn't believe his ears, dangerous monsters created by the loss of somebody's heart by the darkness, which is almost unstoppable, it sounded terrifying. Issei sighed and asked the question that made him uneasy.
"Roxas, what does all this have to do with what you just explained to me? Who or what are you?" Issei asked, it was the question he asked before Roxas's explanation, which only looked towards the ground and after a few seconds he answered with a sad tone in his voice.
"I'm a nobody…" Replied the blonde teenager still looking at the ground.
"WHAT IS A NOBODY!?" Issei exclaimed, but quickly covered his mouth with his hands, realizing that yelling in the middle of the night could irritate his parents.
"…A Nobody…a being that's born when someone with a strong heart falls into the darkness…a being without a heart…a being without emotions…an empty shell…something that shouldn't exists…"
Issei was shocked, now he understood the lack of emotions in some of Roxas's actions, now he understood what his behavior and way of acting were due to. His thoughts were interrupted by the blonde teenager, who continued speaking.
"Issei…do you remember that I told you that I had amnesia? I lied to you…actually I never had amnesia, I'm so sorry for lying to you…I just…wanted to feel like I belong somewhere…" Roxas explained looking straight into Issei's eyes.
At that moment the two boys were silent, staring at each other for several seconds, until Issei broke the silence; making the last question of him.
"…Roxas…Who are you?"
At that moment Roxas stopped looking into Issei's eyes and looked at the ground, at that moment the nobody began to tell his story.
"The first time I opened my eyes, I was…lost, I didn't have a single clue of who I was or what I was…I didn't even know my name. I was found by someone, a nobody just like me, he gave me two important things, a name…and a purpose.
He gave me this black coat and took me into his team, they were just like me, nobodies, they were dressed in the same black coat. Back then I couldn't have told you who the people in black coats were, or what they wanted with me, but I formed part of them back then, if you asked me what my job was…I would've just stared at you.
Our group was called; Organization XIII. Each one of us were 'incomplete' we only had a name and a number…I was number XIII.
The goal of the organization was to collect hearts in order to complete 'Kingdom Hearts' the heart of all worlds, and then reclaim our hearts to be whole again…but our leader's true goal was different…
You might ask how did the organization managed to collect hearts? Well…that's were I come in…"
At that moment Roxas extended his hand and suddenly a flash of light appeared and from it the Oathkeeper emerged. "This is a Keyblade, a special kind of key which is able to unlock or seal any lock, it's also a magical weapon that can be used as a sword, the keyblade is able to release the hearts consumed by the heartless, it's also the only thing able to destroy a heartless permanently…I don't know much about it, but I know it can change appearance by changing its keychain and…apparently it chooses its wielder."
The brown-haired pervert looked at that key-shaped weapon, seeing it he could feel that it was something sacred or something like that.
"I was one of the two people in the organization capable of wielding the keyblade, making me also the only one able to collect hearts for kingdom hearts."
'One of two people?' Issei thought before asking. "Who is was other one that could wield this key-blade?"
At that moment Roxas felt a headache as he glimpsed in his mind the blurry figure of a girl with black hair, which was familiar to him but at the same time it was unknown to him.
"…As I was saying I was one of the two people capable of wielding the keyblade…the other person that was able to wield it too was number XIV…the only friend I had after number VIII; Axel…before meeting number XIV, Axel and I always enjoyed eating sea salt-ice cream while sitting on the edge of a clock tower and watching the sunset."
That explained Roxas' behavior with ice cream and sunsets, but before Issei could ponder more into that thought, the nobody continued.
"After a while…number XIV joined us on eating ice cream and watching the sunset…we were…best friends…."
At that moment Roxas's tone of voice changed to a sad and depressing one.
"But one day everything changed…the organization wanted to get rid of number XIV, because she found out the truth…and later so did I….For the organization number XIV and I were nothing to them but just puppets, for them we were just tools, pawns, we were the key to an upcoming conflict.
Then I learned that number XIV was an experiment, created by the organization with the purpose of copying and absorbing my powers with the keyblade, so that way they could get rid of me…but then, number XIV rebelled against the organization and deserted, so the organization wanted to get rid of her, the worst part of all was…that Axel, my best friend knew…he always knew about me, about the keyblade, about number XIV and about…Sora.
So I made a decision, I deserted from the organization, despite Axel's attempts to change my mind, I didn't…After that number XIV tried to 'save me', but I managed to defeat her, despite everything that happened number XIV still considered Axel and I her friends…so number XIV make me made a promise…I promised that I would defeat Organization XIII, destroy Kingdom Hearts and find…Sora."
At that moment Issei could see how Roxas clenched his fists after mentioning that name.
"Sora…he was my somebody…I was born because he fell into the darkness, but unlike many others, he managed to regain his heart.
He's also the reason…of why I couldn't keep my promise…Apparently the doofus fell into a trap, made by a member of the organization who wanted to betray them, causing Sora to lose his memories, all of that happened because he was so naive and thought he would find his friend if he followed the stranger hooded person!!"
Roxas sounded frustrated as he told that part, apparently that 'Sora' guy did something that upset the nobody a lot.
"Because he lost his memories, they somehow ended up within number XIV and when I beat her, those memories ended up within inside me…and then he ended up in a coma, and the only way to wake him up was recovering his memories.
Sora's best friend Riku, hunted me down and despite I defeated him, he didn't let me accomplish my promise…instead he captured me and then he brought me to someone named DiZ…who had a grudge against nobodies because of Xemnas, the leader of Organization XIII, to his eyes Nobodies where something that shouldn't exist in the first place, something that couldn't feel even if they wanted to.
DiZ tricked Riku into thinking that without me merging with Sora, he wouldn't wake up and be without his memories, then he eliminated my physical body and transported me inside a digital version of my hometown. He also erased my memories and created a fake life for me…for a short time things were okay, I managed to make new friends; Hayner, Pence and Olette.
But then everything came to an end…one day Axel appeared trying to get me out of that digital world…but DiZ always managed to foil that plan…with the help of a nobody named Namíne, DiZ managed to get Sora's memories from me, but to him that wasn't enough to defeat Organization XIII, he wanted me to merge with Sora so he can have all his powers…not caring if I disappeared, he took everything from me inside that world…my body, my memories, my new life, my new friends, my chance of escape…he took all of that from me…just for revenge.
In the end I managed to recover my memories, but that wouldn't change anything, in the end DiZ got what he wanted…I merged with Sora…disappearing…well not at all, imagine being a ghost, a ghost that cannot talk, interact with anything or be seen by anyone, that is what I was, an invisible ghost accompanying Sora everywhere, I saw and heard everything that happened…but I couldn't do anything…and no one could hear my cries for help.
When Sora woke up, he traveled to other worlds in order to search for his friend Riku (who didn't wanted to be found), I wasn't angry with Sora at first, but then…his dammed naivety acted again. Every time he faced the organization or whenever he managed to feel what I felt sometimes, whenever there was a mention or clue about my existence, Donald and Goofy always attributed it as a 'trick' to confuse Sora or as something HE was feeling…basically denying my existence…
But what really made me snap was…when he let Axel die…despite showing he wanted to help him despite being wounded, Sora didn't bother to cast a healing to help him, he left him to die…I was there seeing everything, no one could see, I just watched not being able to do anything to save my only best friend back then.
After seeing that, I was angry, angry at DiZ, angry at Xemnas, angry at Riku and angry at Sora. I tried to take over Sora's body, but…despite all my efforts…he defeated me…I know he wouldn't have wanted to make someone suffer, but he made suffer unintentionally, I don't blame Sora for everything that I've suffered…I blame his naivety, he isn't a bad person…I can't hate him even if I wanted to…
After he defeated me I realized something, I no longer had anything left…I lost everything and everyone I cared about…I couldn't keep my promise…I couldn't get a heart….maybe DiZ was right…maybe I shouldn't exist in the first place….there's no one left to miss-" At that moment Roxas looked at Issei and could see how tears were coming out of his eyes, apparently he was crying.
Before Roxas could ask why he was crying, Issei suddenly hugged him tight.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know…I'm sorry for what you've been trough…I'm sorry for doubting about you, I don't care what you are, you're still my friend…" Issei said crying while still hugging Roxas.
Roxas never received a hug before, so he just stood there not knowing what to do, so he just patted Issei's left shoulder and said:
"Thank you, Issei…for being my friend."
Unbeknownst to them, outside a certain cat girl heard and saw them in the distance with tears in her eyes.
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[Author Notes]
I just wanna say, I was crying all the time while writing this. :'c
[End of Author Notes.]
A/N: This is the end of the 2nd intermission please let me know in the comments if you like it.
Once again I apologize for any grammatical errors, since English is not my first language.
Hope you comment and see ya next time! And remember "May your heart be your guiding key." D':
