Chapter 27

Roxas walked into the gray area, yawning a bit. He sat down on the couch waiting for Saïx to come and give him a mission assignment. Bàli came in after a moment, her long flowing blonde hair, swaying behind her. Axel walked over to her and smiled, then smiled at Roxas. "Guess what? We got a mission!"

"'Ats great," Bàli said with a smile. It wasn't very often that she got a mission with the only two people in the organization that liked her.

"And Xero is coming' with us. So when he gets here, we'll head out," Axel said

Bàli looked horrified, "'E's wat!"

"Coming on our mission with us," Axel repeated, confused.

She growled deep in her throat. Why did that stupid Aussie have to ruin the one mission she may actually enjoy? Roxas and Axel didn't seem to notice. After a bit Xero walked in and was greeted cheerfully by everyone in the room, all except for Bàli that is. "Xero, we got a mission today," Axel told him.

"Awesome mates, were we going?" he asked his thick Australian accent, shooting though the room.

"Halloween town," Axel replied.

"Cool who's joining us?"

"Roxas and Bàli," the blonde boy smiled at Xero but Bàli just looked away scowling.

"All righty, lets go."

Saïx opened the portal and the group walked through. They reappeared in a dark alley outside Halloween Town. "Okay, here we are," Roxas announced.

"Great," Xero replied enthusiastically, smiling at Bàli, who glared coldly at him.

He backed up a bit, "There a problem here?" Axel asked staring at them with raised eyebrows.

"Not that I know of, mate..." Xero replied, still looking at her.

Bàli just turned away with a huff, "Nae... naethin' wrang, lets jist go," she headed toward the town, with the others following.

Bàli, never being the leader type soon fell behind the group, and Axel became the leader. Xero walked beside her, and they soon came to a weird fountain. The Aussie was trying to have a conversation with her, which made the Scottish girl even angrier. By the time they got to the fountain she was at her wits end, and pushed him into it.

"AAAAAHHH!" Xero cried, falling into the green water.

Axel and Roxas turned around, "What happened?" Roxas asked as he helped Xero out of the fountain.

"She pushed me into the fountain!" Xero replied in disbelief, wringing his shirt out.

"Nae!" Bàli cried out, "It was an accident!"

"Oh... okay..?" Xero said, wringing a part of his coat off.

Axel helped by using his fire power to blow hot air, and he was dry in a matter of seconds. "Thanks mate. Now, let's press on!" the Aussie said, cheerfully.

They continued on there way toward the main square, "Hey, what's this?" Xero asked, looking at a present on the floor. He had never been to this world before, so he didn't know what it was.

"Tis a present for ye Xero," Bàli replied in a sickly sweet voice.

"It is?" he asked, looking back at her.

"Aye, why don ye open it?"

"Okay!" he said, happily picking up the gift and opening it. Bàli watched him smirking evilly, "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

The present suddenly exploded, setting fire to Xero's light orange hair. "AAAHHH FIRE! PUT IT OUT! HEEEEELP!" Bàli then gladly pushed him, not gently, into the fountain again. He looked up at the three of his teammates, staring down at him. "What's your problem?" he asked Bàli.

"Well, yur 'air was on fire. I couldna think of anything else. Spur of de moment," she shrugged.

Xero grumbled and got out of the fountain for a second time, "Shall we continue?" Axel asked.

"If someone would quit having it out for me," Xero said, giving Bàli a cold look.

"Twas an accident," Bàli told him, shrugging again.

"Yeah whatever," Xero shook his hair out, and then smiled already getting over it. "Let's keep going."

Bàli rolled her eyes and walked with Roxas, "What's with you?" Roxas whispered to her.

"Nothin," she told him.

"Hurry up!" Axel called walking into an alley.

They approached coffin at the end of the alley, and when Xero brushed up against Bàli, she flipped. "Don touch me!" she shouted and, pushed him into the coffin.

The force of being shoved into it made the coffin door close. "AAAAAHHHH!" Xero's muffled yell said. "OW! HEARTLESS! AH! OW! GET THEM OFF! OWWWWW! OUCH! GET YOUR CLAWS OFF ME!"

Axel and Roxas turned to look at the coffin, "Bàli open the door quick," Axel said urgently.

Bali sighed, and sat on the coffin lid. "'E has a weapon, element, an kin fight."

Xero continued to yell in pain, "Not in such a small place," Axel pointed out.

"Oh well."

"Balicoxom, as your superior I'm ordering you to get off that coffin and let him out now!" Axel ordered firmly.

Bàli stared at him and huffed, then opened the coffin. Xero came out, all scratched, and bloody. "Owwwwww..." he said, rubbing his chest. "Are you a nut?" he asked.

"Sorra," she said coldly.

Xero backed up, hearing the tone. The girl just huffed and continued on her way, and Xero jogged a bit to catch up to her, wanting to ask what was wrong. He laid a hand on her shoulder, and she flipped again. "I tol ye nae ta touch me!" she shouted and shoved him though a portal.

"Oof!" Xero grunted, as he hit something, knocking both it and him over.

It, turned out to be Saïx who looked pissed. He started to breathe heavily, about to go berserk. Xero gulped. "Oh strewth.." he said in a quiet, worried voice. Saïx them screamed and went berserk.

A few hours later, everyone was in the meeting room for there annual weekly meeting on Kingdom Hearts. As usual, Xemnas went on and on for two hours about Kingdom Hearts. Finally toward the end, he mentioned something new, "An incident happened earlier, that must be addressed."

Now everyone was paying attention to him, "Numbers Seventeen and Eighteen please come forward," Xemnas ordered.

Xero and Bàli teleported from there seats, Xero's hair was now a mess due to him having to take Saïx on one-on-one for five minutes until Roxas and Axel came in to help. They both reappeared in front of Xemnas, and waited for him to speak. "What exactly transpired, that lead to the Grey Area being destroyed?" he asked them.

"Ask her," Xero pointed at Bàli, who just scowled at him.

Seeing that she was not going to explain, Xero started. "You see Superior, we were on a mission and I was just trying to be nice and- OUCH!" Bàli suddenly stomped on his food with the heel of her boot as hard as she could.

He hopped up and down on one foot, clutching his injured foot as she walked toward the exit, "Do ye get de picture now!" she asked before teleporting out.

Xero stared for a moment before looking up at Xemnas. "Yeah... I don't think she likes me," he finally said flatly.

Chapter 27