...Okay First off I just want to say I'm sorry that this chapter took as long as it did this chapter should not have taken *check the date of the last release chapter* 6 MONTHS okay yeah no I am so sorry this should not have taken as long as it did I promise that the next chapter will come out in one month next time again I am SO sorry
Now then with that out of the way I will continue answering all of yours question
Shin-Dan Kuroto: I'm happy to hear that don't worry Namine will be very important to this story
Jeanken95: Glad to hear that if you wish to read more Roxas stories of him not merging back into Sora I highly recommend reading Twilight Will the story which inspired my own it is very well written even if it wasn't finished
Arika: he's not angry at her for what happened to Xion his angry at everyone involved in that one (Xemnas,Saix,DiZ,Riku etc) his mainly angry at the fact Naminé wiped out his memories causing him to lose most of his abilities
FlexonWriter: thank you I'm glad to see to see a twilight will fan and I hope I don't disappoint with this story
DARKPHANTOM13: I'm glad to hear i was honestly nervous about making Roxas start from scratch again as I thought people wouldn't like that so I'm happy to know I was wrong as for the magic based worlds I do have some planned for that like Fire Emblem and Fate and i do plan for Roxas to gain new magic but they won't come until much later in the story but I do have some idea for Roxas to regain his old magic
Now then before we begin I have two announcements I want to make.
The first one: I will be moving this story to the crossover section like I should have done from the beginning so if anyone who hasn't followed or favorited can't seem to find this fanfic go to Kingdom Hearts X Game X-Over and you'll probably find it there
The Second one: I was thinking of putting music into my fanfic but I'm not sure if you all would like it as it might intrusive or bothersome to some of you which is why I want ask if you all won't mind or not
This is an example of what I want to do
(Play: Shall Never Surrender -Devil May Cry 4)
(Play: The Other Promise -Kingdom Hearts 2)
Now with that out of the way I present to you all Chapter 3 of Rogue XIII Enjoy
Chapter 3: Day 364: The White Angels
'Nero wasn't kidding when he said that fire was bad for the complexion' Roxas thought. His entire face was flushed. He wasn't exactly burnt, but his face was completely red, it almost looks like he just stuck his head in an oven. The two currently found themselves within the mining tunnels that were close to Ferrum Hills.
They entered the tunnel entrance, following the mine cart track to the first cavern. The tunnel hit a t-junction. Nero followed the right tunnel, emerging into the wide hollowed out space. A small spring deep within the mountain gave birth to a waterfall that fell on the far side of it. Various scaffolds were built along the edges of the walls to reach higher as more earth was dug away.
"Guess we reached a dead end" Roxas said, he could probably reach the top if he still had his High Jump and Glide ability but at the current moment it would be impossible for him.
"Don't be too sure about that" Nero told the young Nobody as he began to scout for a new route.
He spotted it immediately; with his demon arm, he could bypass a set of tunnels completely. The scaffolds were almost like a ladder. He probably didn't even need the demonic arm to climb them.
Taking a firm hold of a wooden beam, Nero pulled both of them up with his right arm. He cleared the first twelve feet, then grabbed onto another, yanking themselves up again. He repeated the move again and again, tracing the falling water towards its source as Roxas held on for his dear life.
One final time, Nero pulled himself onto the top of the scaffolding. He got his bearings, then took the tunnel that led to one of the dumping zones. Equipment was scattered everywhere: mining tools, carts, rope as well as a variety of debris.
As they reached the top Roxas immediately covered his mouth with his free arm as his body felt like it was about to hurl any minute now "couldn't have gone any slower could you"
Nero chuckled. "Sorry about that, are you okay?"
"Besides feeling a bit nauseous I'm fine" he said as he lowered his hand from his mouth "Can you still walk?" Nero wondered to which Roxas nodded "yeah I'm feeling alot better now so you can let me go" Nero did as he asked and let go of his arm over his shoulder
As Roxas finally recovered from his exhaustion the two took one of the outgoing tunnels leading north. And as they continued walking they soon felt a small wisp of cold air against their face. They were getting close to the outside.
As they continued walking forward the air grew colder and colder, much to the surprise of the two. It was perfectly comfortable outside when they entered the mines, even though the sun had begun to dip below the horizon. They followed the current of air, tracing it to a boarded up tunnel.
Roxas walked forward to the board and unleashed a powerful kick at it splitting the board in two as debris surrounded the area as he stepped through the debris coughing loudly he could feel Nero hand on his shoulder he looked back to see the smirk on his face "It never stood a chance" Nero jokingly said as he walked right past him while Roxas looked irritated "your welcome by the way!"
As the two reached the end of the tunnel they were hit with a wave of freezing air. A look of surprise crossed Nero's face when he saw the white powder bordering the edges of the cave entrance.
'Snow? That's Impossible!'
Nero scooped up a handful. It was snow alright. Meanwhile Roxas stared at the snow with confusion "I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it is not winter at the moment is it?" Roxas asked Nero who nodded at Roxas' question "You would be correct we are currently in the middle of Summer right now it should be impossible for it to be snowing at this current time which begs the question where is all this snow coming from?"
"Think it might be a demon?"
"Most likely and a powerful one at that" Nero looked at the cave entrance entrance and continue walking with Roxas following behind
They were soon greeted with large winds blowing heavily down the cliffs, the visibility almost zero. Roxas and Nero have stepped into the middle of a blizzard. And Nero can instantly tell that the snow wasn't natural. It didn't feel natural. "Yep definitely a demon" he say with all doubts leaving his mind as looked at his surrounding
Meanwhile Roxas started shivering like a mad man as his body couldn't handle a cold of this temperature. He immediately zipped up his coat and put his hood back to protect himself from the cold and even though it did help warm him up a bit, he was still shivering.
Nero looked at the scene in amusement with a small smirk on his face "what can't handle a little cold Roxas" Nero taunted which caused Roxas to glare at him "Screw you! how the hell are you not affected by this blizzard!" Roxas yelled at Nero who simply shrugged at his question "to be honest I got no clue the cold never really affected me even when I was a kid"
"Well aren't you lucky"
"Yeah yeah whatever let's just get going, the sooner we get to the castle, the lower the chances of you getting hypothermia"
'Hypo-what now?' Roxas thought but decided not to question it as both of them took off running, sprinting through the ankle deep snow that had accumulated on the cliffs. The road on the cliff narrowed, the right side plunging into a fathomless depth. Nero kept his eyes glued on the path. He didn't want them both to take a tumble that would cost them their lives.
After they passed the cliff, the wind ceased, and no snow whipped through the air anymore. The sky was crystal clear, and the full moon had risen over Fortuna Castle. "Hey what happened to the blizzard" Roxas asked, not that he minded since his body has stopped shivering, Nero was wondering the same thing as he looked at his surrounding "who knows but I doubt it's the last will see of it let's keep going before it start up again" Roxas didn't have to be told twice as both he and Nero started running again as they headed towards the castle
The castle was an impressive feat of architecture hundreds of years old. It spanned several acres, riddled with passages and old relics of the Order of the Sword. Although tonight, the castle housed an unwelcome guest. The assassin was reported to be hiding somewhere in there.
The cliffs began to widen out, ancient bits of masonry dotting the path. A column here, a ruined arch there. All of them were covered with snow.
As they were near the snow covered bridge Roxas felt a sense of worry just staring at the structure and turned to Nero "You sure this bridge is safe to cross along?" Roxas asked with scepticism to Nero who simply waved off Roxas concern
"Relax the damn bridge has stayed intact for nearly a millennia now I seriously doubt it will collapse all of a sudden"
"Are you certain?"
"Positive now let's go"
As they stepped on the snow-covered bridge, they heard a loud noise. It sounded like some type of beast, or rapacious bird "uhhh what was that?" Roxas wondered when the bridge suddenly started shaking violently.
the rock began to shift. The watchtower trembled, then slowly fell over, striking the base of the platform. They both tried rushing to the other end before it could crumble entirely, but unfortunately, it was too late.
The bridge split in two halves, the large pieces of debris falling down into the mountain river below. They got caught in that ravine. To dampen their fall, Nero grabbed Roxas and used one of the pieces of the bridge as leverage to jump and end up landing with a roll in a spot where the snow was thick.
Despite falling from such heights, they both came out unscathed. Nero put Roxas down on the ground and stared at the wreckage around them. First the unnatural weather, now the bridge collapsing? something isn't right here he could feel it.
Meanwhile Roxas was giving Nero a blank stare "So what was that about you being positive that it wouldn't fall over" Nero eyes twitched when he heard the sarcasm in Roxas tone and turn around and raised a middle finger at him which made the blonde let out a small snicker.
His amusement was soon replaced with a sense of uneasiness creeping into him, as he felt a pair of eyes peering at him, Someone or Something is watching them. Nero noticed that the Blonde wasn't chuckling at him anymore and looked back to see the serious look on Roxas face which caused his face to shift as well
"What's wrong?" Roxas didn't answer as his eyes squinted and quickly summoned his keyblades "we're being watched" as he said this Nero right hand started glowing which both of them noticed as Nero lifted his arm "well ain't this perfect" he say sarcastically
They both looked up to the gate of Fortuna Castle, and on it stood a type of demon that they'd never seen before.
They were two creatures armoured in metallic grey scales and ice. Ice on their right arms was spread smooth and thick, spread like a shield. Their left arms held three long, serrated claws, also made of ice. A powerful white tail slowly swayed in the wind. One tipped its avian head back, complete with two sleek horns and let out a noise similar to what they heard in the bridge.
"Those guys must have been the one that toppled the watchtower" Nero told Roxas who got into his fighting stance "I'll take the one on the left you take the one on the right" Nero smirked as he drew out the Red Queen off his shoulder "Sounds like a plan" the two ice demons roared at them and jumped in the air and threw ice blades at the two as they both jumped to dodge the attack.
As they were in the air Nero took out Blue Rose and began shooting at the demon on the right. However, it had become encased in an icy block, presumably to protect itself from his shots. "This is definitely a demon of a higher ranking than the scarecrow."
As they landed, the demon broke out of the ice and raised its arm and sent more ice bullets there way. Nero was able to move out of the way but Roxas didn't react fast enough, and the projectile grazed his whole body, Roxas grimace at the sudden sharp pain as he looks at his shoulder and see the trail of blood leaking out of it 'Just a little graze and it cut through both my clothes and flesh.'
He then glared at the lizard demon who gave him a look that can only be described as condescending "You're gonna pay for that!" Roxas yelled before charging straight at the Ice demon who returned the gesture in kind and dashed at Roxas as well.
And just as they were getting close to each Roxas quickly swung Two Become One downwards trying to cut the creature in half and just as the blade almost made contact with the demon-
-in a flash, the demon seemed to disintegrate, then materialised right behind him, bringing its icy claws up and catching Roxas off guard, fortunately for Roxas he was able to react fast enough to use Reversal on the demon, sliding right behind it before using a cross slash to finish it off but much his shock the demon somehow shot its ice blades from behind!? Roxas tried to block the attack but he wasn't fast enough as the ice claws caused multiple cuts to appear all over his body the demon jumped back to gain some distance between them before throwing it ice blades at Roxas again
Luckily for the Nobody he was able to react to them this time and managed to roll his way out of the attack. Roxas looked back and sneered at the demon "nice try but that same trick won't work on me twice" the demon roared at him and lunged with insane speed
Roxas rolled again to dodge the lunge attack, and used Rejection of Fate to do an upper slash but the creature was quick. It nimbly jumped back and the blade cut only air.
It then leaped into the air. And threw three icy darts at Roxas. He dodged to the side, and moved his head out of the way, missing him by mere inches.
As the demon landed, gleaming ice grew from its arms, regrowing the claws it had launched. Seeing this gave Roxas an Idea 'if i bait him out to using those claws again he will need time to recover leaving it defenceless for a couple of seconds that will give me a chance to finish him off'
The demon lunged towards him and tried to run its claws into him again. Roxas ducked underneath its swipe this time before parrying its claws and jumping away from it. the demon crossed its arms and threw its projectiles at him once again 'Now!' Roxas proclaimed in his head as he dashed towards the demon while narrowly avoiding the ice blades
The demon tried to regrow its ice claws but it was too late as Roxas got his Keyblades across just in time. As he buried one into the demon's gut, then shoved the other over its head and pulled both of them out at the same time the demon soon fell into a snowbank before vanishing into thin air.
Roxas sighed in relief seeing that the fight was over. This ice demon might have been stronger than a scarecrow, but it didn't even hold a candle to that Centaur demon that's for sure. Roxas checked to see his wounds only to see that he was covered in cuts. despite not being as powerful as Berial that creature still did quite a number on him. 'Man i could use a potion right now' he thought as he released a sigh
'I should probably see how Nero is doing with his fight' he thought as he looked over to where Nero was fighting
He was soon greeted with the sight of Nero shooting out his devil bringer towards The demon who seemed to realise what he was trying to do, and attempted to escape but it was too late for him.
"Gotcha." was all Nero said as he grinned at the demon before he grabbed it by its tail, swinging its body high in the air, before slamming it into the surrounding rubble as the creature let out a pitiful wail.
"Fuck off!!!"
He launched the demon as hard as I could, and it hit the top of the castle gate. Causing the gate to collapse underneath the demon as huge debris covers the area
Nero shook the kink out of his right shoulder, then sheathed Blue Rose before looking back at Roxas who looked at him with awe at how effortless it was for him to take care of that lizard demon "Looks like you didn't have a good time with our new friends here did you" Nero glanced at Roxas cuts and bruises making Roxas roll his eyes "tell me about it that bastard kept on throwing his claws like there was no tomorrow I probably would have even more problems if I hadn't found his weakness, what were those demons anyways" he asked Nero who simply shrugged at his question
"You're guess is as good as mine this was the first I ever seen those demons before" Nero explained
"Huh? You think they were the reason for this change of weather then?" Roxas asked but Nero simply shook his head to the question "doubt it while those demon were strong not even they have the power to manipulate the weather there's something else here and I'm betting it's inside the castle"
Roxas sighed at his answer it figures that it wouldn't this easy nevertheless they continued on there way to the castle
The two headed towards the bridge that led to the front door of Fortuna Castle.
The bridge was about a hundred metres long and several wide, constructed from stone and metal. Down the centre of it was a metal grate, giving view to the near bottomless crevice that it spanned. Far below, a wide river churned, its current inaudible from such a height.
Roxas was feeling glad to finally get out of the cold that was chapping his body when he heard a mangled shriek from high above. Something leaped from the roof of the castle.
Nero and Roxas looked up to see something shoot out from behind the castle walls, Nero drew Blue Rose, ready to pop it out of the sky, but stopped When he got a better look, he saw that the figure looked human it was a person, leaping through the air with a scarecrow on its back. They both stared in awe as the person smashed the demon to the ground, and slowly stood up.
It was a woman with dark skin and neatly trimmed silver hair, and she was dressed pretty strangely. She wore a white dress, but with a very plunging neckline that showed her ample cleavage. She had no trousers under that, only tall boots that highlighted the thighs where they stopped.
The blouse had dangling tails in the back, as well as one in the front to cover her sensitive areas. It seemed to connect to her thigh-length white boots by lacy garters.
Roxas looked at her with a deadpan stare as he examined her clothes from top to bottom 'there is no way those clothes are practical in combat'
"Oh..." she said curiously from her perch on top of the demon.
Before they both could respond, a dozen more scarecrows dropped around her. They began to attack, the first swiping downward with a it's blade. The woman flipped, hurling the corpse of the scarecrow into the path of the blade with her legs. She nimbly flipped back again and again on her hands and feet, deftly dodging each scarecrow's attempt to take a piece from her.
As another scarecrow swung its blade, her legs spread wide, then scissored, clamping down on it. She flipped herself over, taking the scarecrow for a spin, then landed, straddling the blade between her legs.
She then curled her body. A dagger was suddenly in her hand. she leaned back and stabbed deep into the scarecrow whose blade was captive between her powerful legs. She slashed a few more that dared to get closer, twisting to her feet in mid-cut. Three more fell to powerful strokes of the dagger.
The woman let out a laugh before spinning her body, legs outstretched, hammering the pack to the ground as they dropped in on her. She landed on one, then promptly drove her boot into another. She turned just in time to dodge another's blade. she arched herself backwards, letting the blade come inches to her chest.
she tossed her dagger into the air from behind her back. The scarecrow could only stand there stupidly as it tried to recover from its heavy swing. She caught the blade in her left hand, and sliced the scarecrow's throat causing blood to spray out of its body
Her lips curled into a smile just as a missed scarecrow leaped into the air behind her, about to cleave her in half. She was too slow to dodge it.
With a bang, Blue Rose interjected and annihilated it. The demon burst in mid-air, its blood falling to the bridge behind her.
The woman searched for the source of the shot, drawing her attention back to Nero and his tag along. Her smile grew wider. Standing with her hand still on her hip.
"I owe you thanks," she purred lightly with a puff of white breath, then began to saunter towards him.
"You're from the Order?" Nero asked slowly, wiping his running nose. "Never seen you before..."
"I'm new," she pronounced, offering her gloved hand. "Gloria."
She winked at him. Her irises were such a light blue that they seemed almost white.
Nero didn't take her hand. Instead, he looked away from her provocative form. Almost instantly, she melted back into his field of vision, curving her body enticingly.
"You're Nero right?" she asked, still smiling. Her eyes darted up and down his form. "I've heard rumours..."
Nero tried to turn away from her again, shielding Devil Bringer behind his back. Roxas noticed this and looked confused. Why was he trying to hide his arm?
"Hasn't everyone?" he said offhandedly, trying to show his indifference. He turned the other way, trying to lose Gloria's deep eyes. Just as quickly, she leaned into view again.
"Quite a few, in fact," she replied with a condescending tone and an arched eyebrow. "And none too flattering..."
Nero rolled his eyes at her vagueness, then turned away from her again. Gloria soon turned her gaze at the hooded boy next to him who seemed to be avoiding looking at her "and who might you be?"
Roxas stared back at her "Roxas" was all he said before looking away from Gloria who looked confused "Roxas? I don't believe I heard of you from the Order?"
"He's not part of the Order, he just arrived here not that long ago and chose to help me out" Nero explained to her.
"I see… well he seemed to have sustained a couple of injuries now haven't you" she gazed at the cuts that covered his body to which Roxas nodded before he crossed his arms, His body was freezing just standing on this castle bridge. Gloria somehow didn't seem to be bothered by the cold, and her outfit didn't exactly provide much warmth either.
She then grabbed something from within her pockets and took out a green star shaped crystal "here take this" she offered to the boy
Roxas stared at the green stone and looked confused. The stone shape reminded him of the fruit that he saw during his travel to the destiny island, however this one looked rather disturbing as the crystal had what appeared to be a screaming face on it.
"What is it exactly?" He asked as he took the crystal off her hand and examined it.
"They are called Vital Stars objects that were forged through alchemy. If you crush it, the crystal will heal any damage you have received so far" Gloria explained to Roxas.
'So they're basically this world's version of potions' Roxas thought as he stared at the Vital Star while the method seemed unorthodox. If it's anything like a potion then it will definitely help.
As he crushed the crystal a green light soon covered Roxas body as his wounds began to vanish along with his clothes beginning to repair itself almost like it was never damaged at all. The Nobody looked surprised as he examined his now repaired clothes.
As the light fades he turned his sights back to Gloria "thanks" he said which made Gloria giggled "your welcome" was all she said as she turned to Nero who was crossing his arms.
"So now that you're done you mind telling me what's the deal with these demons?" Nero asked her. "Just where exactly are they coming from?"
Gloria twirled her ornamental dagger around her forefinger casually.
"It's strange," she remarked, "No matter the number you kill, more will come."
Nero sighed in annoyance as it looks like not even she knows where they're coming from "Then I guess we'll leave that chore to you. We got some personal slaying to take care of."
Nero looked back to Gloria, and saw her kneeling before them, folding the daggers in her hands and putting them into her boots. As if she didn't care that anyone else might be looking, her legs were spread open, letting her skirt ride up and giving an eyeful, uncaring if her audience didn't want to actually see it. Nero sighed and turned away.
"I'll join with the others; we'll take care of them. May the Savior be with you on your journey," she quoted, before walking away leaving the two of them alone. Nero looked back at her, and snorted.
"Savior huh..." Nero muttered in disgust. Roxas looked surprised at the hostility of his tone when she mentioned this Savior? "Are you alright?"
Nero sighed "yeah I'm fine let just get this mission over with already" Roxas nods as they both walked to the doors of Fortuna and opened it. The entrance hall was by no means warm, but at least warmer than the frigid air outside. Roxas sighed in relief as he felt his body getting warmer, he was no longer in danger of freezing to death. The Nobody pulled down his hood to get a much better view of his surroundings
As he looked around, the grand hall looked to be one of the largest areas in the castle. Consisting of an outer balcony that ran around the perimeter of the grand hall. On the north wall stood a massive painting of an old man. A massive candelabra that hung from the ceiling The lights were on, dimly illuminating the grand hall in a pale yellow light.
As Roxas was busy taking in the scenery he felt a hand on his shoulder and looked back to see that it was Nero "come on let's start searching for this asshole" Roxas nodded in agreement as he and Nero looked as they began their search for the red coated assassin.
"You have failed us Number VIII"
Axel now standing at the centre of The Round Room also known as Where Nothing Gather as he was stared down by his fellow Organization members ready to be judged for his failure for not eliminating
"Let's just get this over with already" Axel told Xemnas who raised his hand at Axel and summoned a violent orb of pure nothingness. Axel, accepting his fate, closed his eyes as he was prepared to meet his punishment.
However it never came….
Axel opened his eyes and looked surprised as he saw Xemnas dispel the orb "Ordinarily I would have disposed of you for failing me however due to these unforeseen circumstances I will overlook this failure just this once"
Axel and the rest of the Organization members with the exception of Saix and Xigbar looked shocked. Xemnas never gives out second chances to anyone who failed him let alone letting them live which made them curious. just what were these unforeseen circumstances?
Xemnas, seeing the reaction of his fellow members decided to elaborate further "it would appear our 13th member has kept a huge secret from us" immediately Axel eyes widened in realisation.
Xemnas raised his hand and motioned to Xigbar who grinned at him before summoning one of his snipers into the room which broadcasted a large projection showing Axel and Roxas' battle in the mansion.
The Organization members' eyes widened in shock as they witnessed Roxas pulling out a second keyblades.
"How is this possible!" Xaldin The Whirlwind Lancer exclaimed In disbelief
"It shouldn't be but somehow the kiddo did the impossible and became the first ever Keyblade wielder to be able to summon 2 Keyblades" Xigbar The Freeshooter told Xaldin with a look of amusement on his face while the other members watched Roxas decimating Axel in their fight.
"And he seems to be quite skilled with wielding those blades. Do you think he has been hiding this ability from us?" Luxord The Gambler of Fate questioned
"very unlikely we kept a close surveillance on Roxas ever since he joined the Organization the only time he could have gained this power without any of us knowing was during his little hangout with Axel in Twilight Town" Saix The Luna Diviner answered
"Right and judging by Axel reaction that doesn't seem to be the case that would mean that the only time he could unlocked this ability is after he left us" Luxord deduced
"That's preposterous even if that was the case it's would be impossible for Roxas to be this proficient at wielding Two Keyblade at once no one is capable of that sort of mastery such a short amount of time" Xaldin retorted back at Luxord
The Gambler smiled at Xaldin before he summoning one of card's and started playing with it as he summoned more cards from his hand "you seem to have forgotten that our dear friend Roxas is a very adept learner or have you forgotten how quickly it took for him to learn magic or how effortless it was for him to master his Limit Break to a point where he no longer required to be in a near death state to activate it, you haven't forgotten any of your missions with him have you? Surely you must remember how easy it was for Roxas to adapt to a situation and overcome it right? So tell me should Roxas' new found mastery over his second blade really surprise you?"
Xaldin couldn't think of a retort and simply looked away, as much as he hates to admit it Luxord was right he remembers how skilled Roxas became in the short amount he was with them even during his earlier mission he could tell how fast Roxas skills were developing.
Before the subject could derail any further however Xemnas swiftly took over the conversation "Whatever the case may be this new found information changes everything for us, as now Roxas has become way to indispensable for the Organization and our goals which is why effective immediately I want all of you to begin your search to find Roxas and bring him back here alive, do you understand?" Xemnas ordered his men, getting nods from each and everyone of them meanwhile Axel looked at his superior with confusion.
"Hold on, Xemnas there is something I don't understand, didn't Roxas return back to Sora?" Axel questioned Xemnas who looked unamused.
Before Xemnas could respond, he was swiftly interrupted by Xigbar laughter "you seriously think the kid would just comply with losing his non-existence as if! The brat opened a Corridor and escaped as soon as he could. You should have seen the bandaged man's face, it was hysterical!" Xigbar explained as Axel looked at him with shock. Roxas was able to escape from DiZ and Riku?
"Well then now with that out of the way are there any further questions?" Xemnas asked his fellow Organization members and much to the surprise of everyone Demyx The Melodious Nocturne raised his hand
"Yeah I was wondering what about Sora and The imposter? We now know that they're hiding in Twilight Town so why don't we go over there and capture both of them already?" Demyx questioned. The entire Organization blankly stared at Demyx before collectively facepalming at Number IX question
"Demyx do you honestly believe we haven't done that already?" Saix asked, already feeling tired. Demyx tried to open his mouth to respond but was immediately shut down as Siax raised his hand "you know what don't answer that, I don't feel like getting a headache from you today so I'll just answer yes we did try to capture them unfortunately by the time we got there the whole place was ransacked and abandoned which mean they're already left that world and went into hiding again" He explained to the instrumentalist who looked embarrassed right now.
"Honestly the fact you didn't realise that by now is outstanding, It was obvious they were never going to stay in that mansion once there location was compromised" Xaldin said in bafflement as he shook his head at Demyx
"I mean it's Demyx what did you expect" Xigbar said in a vacant tone
"Come on guys give me a break, how was I supposed to know that!"
Xemnas sighed in annoyance before looking back at everyone "Any other ridiculous questions" he was received with nothing but silence.
"If that is all, tomorrow you will all begin your search for Roxas and if you find any information about his or Sora's whereabouts report back here immediately and if I find out you failed to comply you will suffer severe consequences. Do I make myself clear?" Xemnas threaten his members but Axel could tell that last part was directed at him
The rest of the Organization nodded in agreement to Xemnas demand "Very well then you are dismissed" and the room was immediately cleared out as everyone except Xemnas, Saix and Xigbar returned to their room as they prepare for their search for The Key Of Destiny
"Well today sure has been an interesting one wouldn't you agree Xemnas" Xigbar chuckled as he saw the leader of the Organization sighed in frustration
Xemnas turned to Saix "Any information on that Corridor that Roxas summoned? Xemnas questioned to which Saix shook his head in response
"Negative I tried searching for anything related to that thing in Ansem the wise old archives in hollow bastion but so far I have found nothing" Saix answered which made Xemnas frown
"I see so not even Ansem the wise has information on that thing, anything else to report?" Xemnas asked Saix
"Yes, actually it's about the Samurai's, they are currently missing" Saix said, causing both Xemnas and Xigbar to be surprised. The Samurai have left The World That Never Was?
"What do you mean they went missing?" Xigbar questioned
"It's exactly as it sound the Samurai's simply disappeared all of a sudden and we don't know where they disappeared to I've sent out a large portion of dusk into other worlds to find them by they all came back with nothing" Saix explained to the two as Xemnas and Xigbar looked at each other before looking back at Saix
"Just when exactly did you notice their disappearance?" Xemnas asked his left hand man
"Just this afternoon soon after-" Saix paused himself as his eyes widened in realisation "-soon after Roxas escaped" Saix finished confirming both Xigbar and Xemnas suspicion
The Samurai have left the Organization to find their master.
The castle was empty, with the only sound being the thud of our boots on the floor. As we continued our search for the man in red. Both me and Nero entered a large hallway. We immediately noticed someone had already been there as we found snow covered footprints that didn't belong to them or Gloria.
"Well it looks like the orders intel was correct. Our mysterious assassin did come here but for what reason?" Nero wondered as he crossed his arm
That's a good question? Why is this person in this castle in the first place? Why would he kill someone and immediately decide to come here? Just what is this man searching for? Did he come to steal art and ancient artefacts? It wasn't an outlandish theory?
but then why would he have sneaked in here in the first place? It wouldn't make a lot of sense to steal things after having already made a big ruckus.
'Something just doesn't add up here I feel like there's something missing here' Roxas thought,
Eventually, we ended up in the library.
This place looked different from the other rooms. It was a mess, and there were a bunch of books thrown over the table, like the guy had just come by and sat reading for a while.
"Didn't figure this guy for a bookworm," Nero exclaimed as he looked at an open book on the table. It appeared ancient, and it wasn't in a language that he could read.
As Nero was looking around the table Roxas began searching around the library.
As he looked around Roxas noticed that the library was in a controlled state of disarray. As Books lay stacked and opened on every surface. He looked at a few of them. And noticed that they were all about demons most of which he hasn't seen yet. 'There's even a page on that ice demon we fought' He thought as he ripped out the page from the book and began reading it
"The Frosts- An elite demon sired by the emperor of demon-kind, The Frost are all-purpose soldiers used in a variety of situations. As they can encase themselves in an ice cocoon to recover their strength,use cold honed claws that are below absolute zero in temperature, they can also throw their claws out like daggers, and those who are slashed by those claws will die without feeling any pain, Contrary to their appearance the frost demon's natural habitat is within the volcanic bowls of the underworld giving them complete immunity to regular fire, however frosts are weak to higher realms of incendiary. Also known as hellfire. Or flames that surpass hellfire. A word of warning when capturing these demons It is highly unwise to think you're safe just because you've managed to sneak behind the enemy. Remember that their claws don't always fire forward
Signed- Agnus"
That last part caused Roxas' suspicion of the Order to grow as he noticed the report says capture? Not eliminate but capture? Why would this Order try to capture demons? Isn't their job supposed to be to eliminate demons like Nero? 'Just what the hell is going on here' Roxas questioned. The more he finds out about the order the more it reminds him of the Organization.
Unbeknownst to Roxas, a whoosh of air could be heard. However thanks to his instinct he could feel a presence behind him and spun around and levelled Two become one, adrenaline spiking for an attack.
It was some kind of knight, clad in a full set of white armor. Reminiscent of the armor back in Beast castle. However unlike those sets this one feels more…..Holier than those one's. In addition to being fully armored, the knight held a shield in his left hand, and an ancient lance in his right.
He turned his gaze to Nero and saw that he too was also being stared down by one of these knights as he levelled his blue rose at them before he shifted his sight at the lance and noticed right away that an exceed system had been built into the hilt of it along with the Order insignia on the shield.
Nero let go of the breath he had inhaled. "That's one way to get yourself shot," he said, releasing the hammer of the revolver. And turned to Roxas "it's okay these guys are from the Order they're not our enemy" Nero said, However that only made Roxas more wary of them as the demon report still lingered in his head
Nevertheless he lowered his keyblade but didn't dismiss it as he kept his guard up in case something bad happened as he kept a close eye on the knight.
The knight didn't respond, but it cocked its head, looking at Roxas' keyblade; the other knight did the same with Nero's right arm. Subtly, Nero moved the Devil Bringer out of sight behind his coat. He holstered Blue rose with a twirl, then turned to look at the book he had been paging through.
"So, you after this guy too, or just here to catch some demons?" Nero inquired casually. This guy had to be one of the ones that had seen the assassin.
The knight didn't respond. Instead, he began to slowly march forward. Despite the fact that he appeared in silence, his greaves clanked loudly on the library's ceramic floor.
Nero gave the knight an irritated look over his shoulder, then turned his attention back to the book.
"Silent type, huh? Well that's...annoying," he said.
The clanking footsteps ceased. There was a loud series of rattles. Too loud to be a casual movement-
"Nero look out!!" Roxas yelled out as he sensed the killer intent coming from the knight as the other knight attacked him which he blocked as he summoned Rejection of Fate and used both his Keyblades to stop the attack and jumped back.
Meanwhile Nero whirled around with the book in his hand. He brought it up and snapped it shut, right onto the shaft of the lance that had been gunning for the back of his skull.
"So much for friendly banter," Nero grunted as he clamped down on the weapon with the book's binding.
The knight ripped his lance away from the book, then swung it at Nero's head. He ducked and the weapon sailed past, smashing a globe on a desk. The lance came down again, smashing the table and sending pages scattering everywhere.
Nero was too quick for the slow but powerful weapon. He spun away as the lance shattered the desk, discarding the book in his hand and taking hold of Red Queen. He unslung the blade viciously, letting it touch the ground hard. He placed its point on the ground in a cocky rider's stance.
"If you wanna fight, then come on!"
He gave Red Queen's throttle a light twist. She growled and breathed fire. The pages in the air began to flutter slowly to the ground.
The knight ripped its lance from the hole it made in the tile. He spun the heavy weapon easily in its hand and whirled to face him. A strange, green light emitted from the visor slits in the helmet.
'What the hell is with these guys?' Nero thought as he stared at both the knight he and Roxas are facing
Roxas charged forward, swinging Rejection of Fate around to cut off the knight's head. The knight responded with a quick thrust of his lance. Roxas quickly used Reversal, and got behind the knight, bringing his blades down. The knight blocked the attack with his shield, then shoved Roxas off. The lance came around again, looking to smash Roxas into the wall. He dodged causing the lance to gouge out more books from the shelves.
Roxas struck again and again with his keyblade. Each time, the knight blocked with his shield. And no matter how many times he attacked he couldn't break through it. The knight thrust his lance again. Roxas raised his keyblade as he prepared to block, unable to get out of the way. The force of the impact resounded through the blade and into his body. Sending him flying back and into one of the shelves causing it to tumble down with him
"Roxas!" Nero cried out but was quickly interrupted by the knight he was facing as he dodged and parried each of his attacks, but each hit was blocked by the guy's huge shield.
With the blowback from the impact forcing him back, the knight took the opportunity to stab at Nero again. But a spear's trajectory is straight and easy to dodge, and he attacked again at his side with his huge shield, once again, stopping him in his tracks.
Fighting him and his spear wouldn't be a huge challenge, the real issue was that shield. 'There has to be someway to destroy the damn thing' Nero thought as he revved up the handle of his sword charging up the exceed engine within the blade
"Let's see how your shield likes this!" Nero roared as he lunged forward and Streak at the enemy shield swinging his blade around and struck the knights shield however even with the exceed system the attack still bounced back
"Damn it!" Nero exclaimed as he grabbed Blue rose and let off a few rounds into the helmet of the second knight. The rounds dented the engraved mask. Nero spun with Red Queen, revving the exceed once more. The blade struck the shield, with Nero putting his whole body into the attack. And even when it bounced back on his shield, he went at it again and again and after several hits, there was finally a crack on the knight's shield
Nero smirked at the sight of the cracked shield "well what do you know guess you shield is not so invincible after all" Nero taunted however the knight didn't respond to the taunt and instead charged directly at him with his spear to which Nero parried with his blade and retaliate with a punch from his devil bringer sending him flying back
However that didn't stop the armored warrior as he got up from the ground and lunged forward at Nero, spear in both hands however Nero was able to block with his sword locking onto the knight lance "Finally going on the offensive are we alright then let see what you got!" Nero yelled out as his sword went toe to toe with the knight lance
Meanwhile Roxas, recovering from the blow, managed to get up from the shelves and glared at the knight. Before he could go on the offensive however, the knight charged up its lance as it throttled its handle 3 times engulfing the lance with fire.
Roxas' face morphed from anger to panic real quick as he knew exactly what that knight spear was 'it's the same as Nero's sword!' every part of his body was roaring at him to get out the way fast!
The knight finished charging the lance and rushed at Roxas with inhuman speed and thrust his flaming spear at him, Roxas side stepped out of the way but the lance still grazed his shoulder
However that wasn't the end of the attack as the knight continued to thrust his spear at him as Roxas continued to side step out of the way to avoid the attack as he continued to get grazed with every near strike of the hot lance reminding him of Axel flames
The flames he always sat with looking over twilight town with a popsicle in hand
The flames he could call a friend
The flames he had to abandon for everyone oh so special Sora
The flame he turned his back on when he kept the truth from me and was hiding secrets about Xion to which he sent packing with two Keyblades to the face right as he remembered who he was!
And again all for Sora
Roxas' thoughts caused him to lose his guard which gave the knight an opportunity to stab his forearm by the burning lance and forced him to the wall by the suit of metal. His own thoughts deafening Nero cry towards him as he fought his own armoured foe.
The attack wasn't lethal, far from it, if anything.
It made him wanna turn the suit to ash for making him go down that rabbit hole of a thought.
To the surprise of everyone even the knights Roxas grabbed the lance and was able to pull the lance out of his forearm as he overpowered the knight that holding the lance and threw him back with one hand shocking the armored foe
Roxas got down from the wall and grabbed Two Become One which he dropped when he got stabbed to the wall. He ignored the excruciating amount of pain his left hand is feeling right now as he gave these knights a murderous blank stare that promises nothing but pain and suffering for them.
"You will pay for that you hear me you will suffer for what you just did you overgrown waste of metal" he spoke with venom in his voice as his once ocean blue eye's turned blood red his jet-black coat briefly turning red before shifting back to it's normal color as his eyes was filled with nothing but pure hatred and malice for the armored foe causing the knight to step back in fright at the sight before him
Suddenly something incredible happened. Roxas keyblades were engulfed in flames just like the Red Queen with it Exceed shocking Nero
"Hope you're ready to get a taste of your own medicine!" Roxas yelled at the knight as his dash toward him and bashed his keyblades directly at their shield causing them to stumble back a bit as the impact of the attack caused the knights shield to crack.
But Roxas wasn't done there no he wasn't just gonna crack the shield.
He was going to destroy it, and then rip apart this knight and burn him away until there was nothing left of the hunk of metal but ash and fire.
the intensity of Roxas flames continued to grow even further as he continued his onslaught on the knight with hit after hit cracking the shield even further
The knight knew if this continued on any longer his shield will shatter and he will be destroyed as his strength cannot the overcome monstrous rage he is seeing in front of him
Which only left one option
The knight jumped back and transformed it shield into wings and flew up in the air shocking Nero "What the hell these guys can fly as well"
Roxas meanwhile looked unfazed by this revelation as he has fought multiple flying enemies before and these guy won't be any different
The knight charged up it lance once again and aim it directly at Roxas who simply stood there waiting to see what it will do next
Suddenly the knight let go of the throttle of the lance causing it to shoot out like a rocket and charge at Roxas with intense speed, Nero yelled at Roxas to get out of the way but continued to stand there as he watched the lance come straight towards him as he dismissed his keyblades
And as the lance was mere inches away from stabbing him Roxas proceeded to shock everyone once more.
He grabbed the lance with his bare hand, spun It around like it weight nothing and threw it straight back at the knight stabbing him through the chest instead causing him to fall to the ground.
Although that was not the end of the knights suffering as Roxas ran towards him resummoning his keyblades once more as they were engulfed in fire again
As he was standing right next to him Roxas swung his keyblades upward and recited a familiar phrase "You're finished!" Roxas engulfed him in a torrent of flames incinerating the knight until there was nothing left but ash.
As the flames cleared and disappeared Roxas stared at his keyblade with an intense gaze. At first he thought it was a fluke but that last attack confirmed it
His Fire magic is back but it vastly different from how he used it before not mention completely stronger than it was before as well
Roxas looked at the other knight as it teetered, and about to fall. Nero grabbed the hilt of his lance with his Devil Bringer, then ripped it from its grip. With a lunge, Nero drove the lance through the second knight, then racked the exceed throttle. As flames shot from the hilt, and the lance propelled the knight into the far wall like a rocket. The wall shattered behind it, sending books and paper everywhere.
The knight swayed and went down like a sack of potatoes, and the armor pieces scattered to the floor. Sure enough, once Nero came up to inspect them, there was nobody inside it..
The pieces became enveloped in green light, and Nero's right arm had a faint reaction.
"A demon."
As the armor vanished, so did the pain in his arm. Nero picked up one of the pieces left over, but his hand didn't react.
"It possessed the Order's armor…"
While he had no evidence to back up that theory it seemed to be the more likely option for Nero Roxas had completely different ideas.
As the adrenaline began to leave Roxas body he finally began to register the pain on his left arm as he dematerialized Two become one and clutch his left arm and laid down on the ground
Roxas took a couple of deep breaths as he tried to ignore the pain in his left. Time like this makes him really wish he still remember how to use Cure right about now
As he stood back up Roxas started hearing footsteps approaching and turned around to see Nero standing behind him with his arm crossed as he stared at Roxas with suspicion in his gaze
"I think it's about time you start explaining what the hell those weapons of yours actually are" Nero demanded, causing Roxas to sigh. He knew this was coming but if Nero thought that he was going to give that information away for free he got another thing coming
Roxas turned his body around to face Nero and gave him an unyielding look "I'll tell you only if you tell me what the hell is with that right arm of you" Nero looked surprised at his demand as he looked at his right arm before gritting his teeth in frustration before eventually releasing a sigh himself and looked back at Roxas
"alright that seems like a fair deal"
Roxas smiled at Nero "good now before I start explaining you mind find something to cover up this wound of mine" he says as he pointed at his left arm
Nero blinked before staring at Roxas left arm and remembering the injury Roxas sustained from fighting that demon "Oh right you stay here I'll go to the next room and find a first aid kit to cover that wound up for now" Nero said before running to the next room leaving Roxas all by his lonesome
As he left the room Roxas sat back down on the ground as he still clutch his wounded arm as his thoughts about his past began to resurface
If Axel simply told him the truth a lot earlier, if he had told him about Xion and who he truly was from the very beginning maybe he could have saved Xion from her fate.
Roxas sighed in frustration after what he did he had lost complete trust in the red haired assassin and just doesn't know if he could forgive him for what he did.
Although he does wonder what exactly happened to him after their fight
Did he return to the Organization? Did he go into hiding? Did Xemnas turn him into a Dusk for failing to bring him back/exterminate him?
That last part caused him to frown at the mere prospect. Cause even after he hid the truth about him and Xion and broke his trust, even after he tried to kill him during the Data Twilight Town incident, even after all that!
He still thought of the man as one of his closest friends.
Journal Entry: Day 364
Axel: Organization XIII Number VIII The Flurry of Dancing Flames and The Commander of the Assassin Nobodies Axel, He was the Organization personal Assassin and did most of the Organization dirty work. Originally he and I used to be best friend but after finding out he knew the truth about Xion nature as a replica and how he knew I was Sora's nobody our my trust in him was destroyed and I decided to leave the Organization. we met again in the Data-Twilight Town where he tried to bring me back to the Organization although I didn't recognize him at the time as DiZ, Riku and Namine took away my memories and implanted fake one's into my head and after trying to bring me back multiple time...he gave up on me and tried to kill me. honesty I don't know if i could forgive him. but even after everything he did I still think of him as a friend...
A/N: Hope you enjoyed Roxas Reaction commending The bianco angelos that was particularly my favourite part to write Lol if you guys have any cool ideas for a reaction command like move my DMs are always open