Chapter 25
Roxas looked at Calixa and then at Xion. Both of he and Xion had visited Calixa's room. The orange haired girl was currently doing push ups. "Twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five," she mumbled to herself with each pushup.
"Uh, Cali? You ok?" Roxas asked her uncertainly.
"Yeah, I'm fine," she replied almost too quickly. When Calixa reached thirty, she suddenly rolled over onto her back and started doing sit ups. "One, two, three, four, five."
Roxas looked to Xion. "She's mentally unbalanced I think," he said, using words he heard someone once use to describe Luxord.
Xion didn't reply, just continued to star at the younger girl with concern. Calixa did about twenty sit ups, and then got to her feet. "Well I got to go on my mission," she announced.
"Didn't you already go on your mission?" Roxas asked her.
"Yes, but I asked Saïx to give me another one since I had extra time."
Now they knew something was wrong. Was her fight with Neox really that bad? They decide to go see the boy to see if he was in a better condition. The three left the room together, and Calixa teleported off. As it turned out, Neox wasn't any better off; perhaps he might have been worse. Roxas knocked on the door, only to receive no answer. After a moment the two light wielders walked in.
Neox was lying on his bed, completely still, eyes open and sad. Xion instantly ran over to him, "Oh my baby!" she cried. "Are you ok?" Neox didn't answer, or even acknowledge her. He just turned onto his side, curling into a fetal position. The girl gasped, "Baby what's wrong!" she asked.
"I'm hungry..." he said quietly.
"I'll get you food," Xion said instantly.
Roxas frowned however, "Dinners going to be a few hours, why don't you wait."
"But I want food now," the boy replied in a whiny voice.
"Then why don't you get up and go get a snack."
Xion hugged him, "It's ok Roxas, I don't mind getting him food." She was out of the room before Roxas could even stop her. Roxas sighed with disapproval, and left the room.
A few hours later, Roxas was in the kitchen eating dinner with Xion next to him. "Where's Neox?" Roxas asked.
"He didn't want to come," Xion replied sadly. "I'm bringing him some dinner after I'm done."
"Didn't he just eat a few hours ago?"
"Yeah, but he asked me to bring him some."
Before Roxas could reply, the kitchen door opened and Calixa walked in. She walked over to Saïx, and handed him a box smiling broadly. Obviously the mission went well, "Hi Calixa," he greeted.
The red head walked over to him, "Hey Roxas, what's up?" she greeted cheerfully.
"Are you going to sit down and eat?" he asked her.
Calixa shook her head, "No, I'm going to do some training in the Hall of Empty Melodies."
"You should eat Calixa."
"No it's fine. I'm not hungry," Calixa smiled unnaturally and left the room. Roxas stared. This was not a good sign.
Within the next few days, a few things happened. Neox refused to leave his room. Not even to go on missions, and Xion kept bringing him tons of food. Calixa on the other hand was taking every mission she could possibly get, spent the rest of her time working out in the Hall of Empty Melodies. As far as anyone knew, she hadn't eaten anything since her fight with Neox.
Xemnas and Saïx were the only ones that seemed to really like what was happening. Peculiarly Calixa's case, as she was doing many, many missions and doing good on them. This was the only reason, Neox got away with not going on his missions, because Calixa was just doing them all. Everyone else, except the members that didn't give a crap for anyone but themselves, was very worried. Especially Roxas and Zexion, who were both trying to convince the two kids to either make up or find healthier coping methods.
Roxas found Calixa in the Hall of Empty Melodies, training on some jars and Dusks. He waited until she killed off the last dusk before approaching her. She noticed him before he said anything, "Hi Roxas, what up?" she asked cheerfully, as she wiped sweat from her brow.
Calixa…? Sweating and not freaking out about needing to shower for hours, Roxas never though he'd see the day. "... Cali, I think you have issues to work out," he said bluntly.
"What are you talking about?" she asked, her eyes narrowing with confusion. "I'm fine, never been better."
"You're lying your butt off. What happened to Calixa the hygiene freak that needs to shower every time dirt lands on her?"
"I am not lying!" now she sounded angry. "And for your information, I'm going to shower right now then go on my next mission. After that's done, I will shower again."
Roxas sigh. "You miss Neox so much that you're not thinking clearly, and overexerting yourself."
Calixa let out a hallow laugh, "Miss him? No way, I'm perfectly fine without him."
"No your-"
"Enough!" Calixa interrupted. "Listen, you don't kn-" she suddenly grabbed her head, and groaned.
"What's wrong?" Roxas asked worriedly.
"Just... just got a little dizzy," she replied recovering.
The blonde shook his head, "you need to eat something!"
"I don't have time, I have double duty today," she replied shaking her head. "Besides, I'm fine. See?" she motioned to her now recovered self smiling.
"Jump up and down three times," Roxas ordered, knowing she probably couldn't without getting dizzy.
"I dot have time for such silliness," Calixa replied, and teleported out before Roxas could stop her.
Roxas sighed, and went to see if he could make more progress with Neox. He teleported into the boys room and sighed at what he saw. Neox was sitting with two plates in font of him. One was piled with tons of sweets and deserts, while the other was piled with pizza. The Key of Destiny walked over, opened a portal and threw the plates through it. "Hey I was eating that!" the younger boy yelled glaring at him.
Roxas grabbed Neox's arm and dragged him out of the room, "Let me go, LET ME GO!" Neox screeched.
"No, no, no. No, no, NO!" Roxas said, mimicking Neox's voice.
"Where are you taking me!" Neox asked struggling wildly.
"To make up with Calixa!"
"NO! I don't want to! I refuse," the boy managed to get out of the teens grip. Roxas reached to grab him again, but the younger nobody backed away, "No, I can't face her."
"Why not?"
"I just can't. Not until she apologizes to me."
Calixa came back from a mission, and went to her room to shower. She found Roxas there waiting for her. "What are you doing in here?" she asked him.
"You need to make up with Neox," the boy replied.
"Puhf, and why should I do that?" Calixa scoffed.
"Because, he misses you, and I know that you miss him too."
"I don't miss him in the least bit," Calixa insisted, grabbed a towel. "In fact, I've barely thought about him."
"Because you've been spending all your time going on missions!"
"I don't have time for this, I need to shower. So if you could excuse me," Calixa went into her bathroom and slammed the door shut.
Later on in the gray area, Neox was sitting on the couch, having finally been persuaded to leave his room. But it wasn't much better for he had a bag of chips in his hands. A portal opened up and then Calixa walked in. She looked tired and somewhat pale, so instead of asking for another mission, she just laid down on the couch deciding to rest a few minutes before going off to take a shower.
Saïx had walked in, "Number sixteen, a word?" he said.
"Yes sir," Calixa replied standing up, and walking over to him.
"Seeing as you have a newfound love for missions, me and the superior would like to grant you access to higher ranked missions. But you will need pass a certain test. Are you up to this?"
Calixa beamed, "Yes I am, what do I need to do."
"It will be an obstacle course. I suggest training."
"Yes sir," Calixa replied, and headed off to the Hall of Empty Melodies.
Bàli was walking down the hallways, trying to take a look around the castle, probably familiarize herself with it more. She had been here for a few months, and the castle was so big that she still didn't know where everything was. She eventually found herself in the Hall of Empty Melodies, which was room where they did all their training.
At first she didn't see anyone there, and was about the leave when she spotted something black lying on the other held of the hall. As Bàli got closer, she saw that it was Calixa lying on the ground passed out. The blonde teen frowned a moment, remembering how horrible Calixa had been the past few days. Seriously, who cares if she sucked her thumb when she was four years old? The carrot head looked very pale, probably because she's been working like a horse and not coming to meals. Knowing it was the right thing to do, Bàli teleported to Vexen's lab and told him that Calixa was unconscious in the Hall of Empty Melodies.
Calixa was brought into the Medical Center, and when she came around Vexen forced her to eat a full meal before she was allowed to leave. Vexen gave her a prescription for lots of rest, and no missions for the rest of the week.
A few hours later, Bàli walked into the gray area. Calixa and surprisingly Neox were there also. Neox was sitting on a chair, looking depressed with a bag a chips in his hands while Calixa was sitting on a couch lying down and resting. Both looked like they either didn't realize, or didn't care that the other was in the room. The blonde girl sat down in the free chair, and looked at Calixa. "Aye, ye 'ar lookin betta," she commented. "Ye wearno lookin good earlier."
Calixa only replied with a grunt. Bàli took that as a sign to continue, "Don worra, soon ye will realize dat dis tis all fa de betta. Once ye both get ova dis hump ya'll be glad ye nae friends anymore."
Bàli must have hit some nerve because Neox and Calixa were not both sitting up staring at her. They each had a look on there face that read disbelief. Bàli obliviously didn't take notice and continued. "I mean, it was obvious that yer friendship wouldna last vera long. Jist look at how opposite ye two are from each other." Neox and Calixa were now giving her very poisonous looks, but the older girl didn't seem to notice. "An ye two cause so much chaos in here, tis a relief that ye two are over."
If looks could kill, then Bàli would long gone. She still remained oblivious though, "An this could actually do unexpected good things. I think I'm seein in the distant future, dat all three of us are good friends-"
"Like hell you porridge wog!" Calixa finally couldn't take it anymore, she threw a pillow at the girl.
Neox on the other hand had his keyblade drawn, and Bàli looked positively alarmed. "Aye, sorra, did not mean ta get ye kilts in a bunch," she said and ran from the room.
Neox and Calixa looked at each other. "Kingdom Hearts will be finished before we become friends with her!" he yelled breathing hard from anger.
"I second that!" Calixa added.
After a few moments, they both called down and looked at each other. Calixa poked Neox's slightly bolded belly, "Looks like you gained a little weight there tubby," she teased.
Neox laughed, "Me!" he looked at her frail thin figure. "You got chicken legs!"
The two broke into a giggling fit over there own appearances. Unknowing to them, Bàli was outside the Grey Area leaning against the wall, smirking knowingly.
... Chapter 25... ^^