Kingdom Hearts: KHXIII (Roleplay)

[Keyblade Master Xoncron 499]

When I arrived in Olympus Colisseum, I decided I would start my search for Rixec in the underworld. As I wandered around in the underworld, I noticed it didn't affect me that much. This was probably due to the fact that I was an anti-hero instead of a true hero. Suddenly, I heard the sound of heartless fleeing from a keyblade coming from down one of the tunnels.

 

"That could be Rixec!" I said to myself and ran down the tunnel I heard the noise come from.

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

I probably would have died if I already didn’t have my weapon out.

 

After walking down the tunnel for a few minutes I heard something move above me and whipped my sword out in front of me as a bulky creature struck from the ceiling. The impact though threw me against the wall, causing me to cry out.

 

I looked up to see a muscular creature with black skin and blue and purple horn that formed a heart; there was also a heart shaped hole in its chest. It had small blue bat-like wings on its back, gold-tipped feathered wings on its forearms, and a long, scaly tail. It was holding an enormous sword with strange markings on it.

 

The creature charged at me but I jumped to the side as it struck the rocky wall with its sword. The blade pierced the rock easily and no damage was done to it. I gulped as I realized this thing was far tougher than those small ones I just barely escaped from.

I hear a voice call out to me. Fight!

 

“Why are you after me?” I asked, choosing to see if I could settle this with words. “What have I ever done to you?”

 

The creature didn’t respond, and I was starting to wonder if whether this thing was intelligent or not. I gripped my sword tightly and charged at the monster. Our blades met, the sound of metal clashing echoing off the walls. The monster was stronger than I and was pushing me back. I grunted as I fell to my knees. “No – you – don’t!” I yelled as my sword started to glow with light.

 

I pushed upwards and the monster was pushed back by a blade of light that I had unleashed from my sword. I ran over at it and jumped into the air. I struck it in the chest as I gave a mighty roar. The creature growled as it started to turn into shadow. I watched as a pink heart shaped light fly away.

 

“What the hell are these things?” I ask out loud.

 

“Heartless,” a new voice emerges.

 

I turn around just as a blast of black fire hits me in the chest and knocks me onto my back. My sword skids against the ground and a new figure steps on it. My vision is blurring so I can’t get a good look at him. That voice keeps screaming in my head.

 

Get up! Don’t die here!

 

“Lost Memory, eh?” he chuckles. “Seems appropriate. Too bad this is the end for you bringer of light.”

 

I feel a tip of a blade pressed against my throat. “Any last words?”

[Keyblade Master Xoncron 499]

I found Rixec down in the tunnel, but he wasn't alone. There was a man dressed in gray with him. I couldn't see the man's face, for it was hidden by a shroud, but I could see the tip of his dark blade at Rixec's throat.

 

"Leave him alone!" I shouted as I summoned Way to Dawn and charged at the man with Rixec.

 

"What?" he said turning his attention towards me. Then he manuvered his blade to block my attack, we became deadlocked. We were both trying to push the other away.

 

"I wasn't expecting to see you here so soon," the man said calmly.

 

"Who are you and why were you attacking my friend?!" I demanded.

 

"You don't recognize me? How sad," he said with a smirk, "But all you really need to know is that I am your worst enemy. The one you hate most."

 

"How's that..." I said in disbelieve as the force I was exerting slackened, and then the man doubled the force he was applying and sent me flying into one of the tunnel's walls.

 

The air was forced out of my lungs as I hit the wall hard. Way to Dawn fell from my hand as I collapsed to the floor on my hands and knees. I looked up and saw the man standing in front of me.

 

"Pathetic," he said as he raised his blade to strike the final blow.

 

"Nnnoooooooo!" Rixec shouted as he suddenly sent the man crashing into one of tunnel walls as well with a burst of light. I had almost forgotten that he was watching.

 

"Next time," the man said cringeing in pain as he got back up. Then he disappeared into a corrider of darkness.

 

I stared in disbelieve for a moment. How was it possible for that man to be here? It should have been impossible for him to be here. Then I looked over at Rixec who was stareing in amazement by what he had just done. I have to admit that I was a little amazed myself. I got back up my feet and approached Rixec.

 

"Nice shot Rixec," I said as Rixec snapped out of his trance when I spoke. Then he looked at me a bit concerned and confused.

 

"Who are you?" he asked me. 

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

I had been inches from death.

 

If not for the man before me that other figure in the shroud would have taken my head. But he was the third being to attack me today and now this fellow here seemed to know my name – if it was my name.

 

“Who are you?” I asked.

 

The man gawked at me as if this was a bad joke. “Very funny Rixec,” he said after he composed himself. “It’s good to see you’re all right.”

 

He reached a hand out to me but I jumped back and grabbed my blade off the ground. “Enough!” I shouted as I pointed it at him.

 

“Whoa! Whoa! Rixec hey!” he shouted. “It’s me, Xoncron! Your best friend!”

 

“Best friend?” I repeat but I keep my weapon pointed at him. “I don’t know anything about that; I don’t really know anything at all. I don’t remember anything.”

 

The man cocked an eyebrow at me and smirked a little before composing himself. “Amnesia, really?” he asked skeptically.

 

“This isn’t funny!” I shout and a blast of light comes out of my sword and rushes past the man’s head. “Gah!”

 

The man fell to his knees as he observed the burning hole in the rock wall behind him. He stood up slowly and looked me in the eye. After a minute his mouth gaped open and he said, “You’re serious.”

 

“Who are you?” I ask again, but keeping my weapon pointed up this time. I didn’t want to risk letting out another blast.

 

“I’m Xoncron, your best friend,” he said slowly. “You and I are Keyblade Masters.”

 

“What’s a Keyblade?” I ask.

 

“Damn, this is worse than I thought,” Xoncron said aghast. “A Keyblade is a weapon that’s like a sword. It strengthens magic and can unlock any lock as well as pathways between different worlds. We can channel Light or Darkness through them for special attacks. We use ours to stop the Darkness from destroying the Light.”

 

“So we use Light then?” I ask.

 

“Well, apparently you do,” Xoncron replied. “I’m of Twilight, so I dip into both.”

 

“Okay,” I said. “Where is this Keyblade from?”

 

“A video game series, Kingdom Hearts,” Xoncron told me.

 

“Okay, now I’m gonna have to hurt you,” I said flatly.

 

“I’m serious!” he exclaimed. “You and I are huge fans and even became members of a forum for a site devoted to Kingdom Hearts. But some kind of virus sucked us Ito Kingdom Hearts and that’s the truth!”

 

I think about his words; they seem ludicrous yet he seemed serious. Considering everything that has happen his words might be true.

 

“How did we get into Kingdom Hearts?”

 

“Well, you were way into it first,” he told me, “and you got me into it eventually. Though, I’m still mad at you for not getting me into it sooner.”

 

“Really,” I say sarcastically. “You’re mad at me, for not introducing you to something that got you sucked into this crazy virus game world sooner?”

 

Xoncron laughed and said, “Yep. Pretty much.”

 

“You’re weird,” I said. “But you also saved me and seem to know me. So I’ll listen to you for now and we’ll see how it goes from there.”

 

“Thanks,” he said as he started walking over to me. “And thanks for saving me.”

 

“I don’t really know what happened,” I said. “It was like I was in a trance.”

 

“Yeah, a lot of weird things have been happening to us who have been sucked in,” Xoncron told me. He looked at my Keyblade and said, “Lost Memory. That’s irony if I’ve ever seen it.”

 

A roar emanates through the cavern and I hear the voice in my head. Danger!

 

Xoncron and I turn to see a monster stomping toward us. I pale up as I look at the three headed dog. “Gah!” I shout as I jump back behind Xoncron. “I don’t like dogs!”

 

“Oh,” he said crossly, “so you remember that.”

 

I grip my Keyblade tightly as Xoncron summons his. Drool fell from the dog’s – or is it dogs’? – mouths as it takes  a step forward.

[Keyblade Master Xoncron 499]

I didn't understand why Rixec couldn't remember anything. Everyone else from kh13 who got sucked into the universe of kingdom hearts had their memories intact. So why was Rixec the only one who had amnisea? Could it have something to do with what I needed to do? Unfortuantely I couldn't worry about any of that, because just then Cerberus began to shoot fire balls at us. I quickly threw up a dark sheild to protect us from the attack until it was over.

 

"What do we do?" asked Rixec as my dark shield faded away.

 

"We attack the heads," I said.

 

"Are you nuts?!" Rixec shouted. He was about to say more when I charged at Cerberus.

 

Cereberus swiped one of his paws at me, but I skillfully leapt over it and started attacking the middle head while still in the air. When I landed back on the ground Cerberus once again swiped one of his paws at me, but I was able to dodge a second time. Then I used thundaga on the head to my right, and blizzaga on the head to my left.

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

I whistled at the skill of magic that Xoncron was using. And up against such a fearsome beast. Could I also use skills such as those? I couldn’t remember, but that didn’t mean I could just stand by. I charged at Cerberus from behind and climbed up its back. It was too preoccupied with Xoncron to notice me. I jumped onto the middle head and started slashing the nose and eyes.

 

Cerberus roared and threw its head up. I couldn’t get a grip on him and was flown high into the air. I started falling back down toward Cerberus’s mouth.

 

“Rixec!” Xoncron shouted. Cerberus swiped at him with his paw and Xoncron brought his Keyblade in between them to block the attack, but he didn’t stop the full force of it. He was thrown back against the wall. He dropped his Keyblade and fell to the ground.

 

I moved my Keyblade diagonally as I fell into Cerberus’s mouth. I lodged the Keyblade between his teeth and prevented him from closing his mouth. Unfortunately, his throat was below me and my arm was getting tired. “Damn,” I whispered.

 

I cried out as Cerberus started shaking all three heads, trying to make me fall into the throat. “I’m beginning to wish I was back in that pool!” I shouted before I realized I could use this to my advantage.

 

I held on tightly as Cerberus threw its heads down and I propelled myself out of its mouth and rolled over toward Xoncron. “Hey, you okay?” I asked.

 

He grunted and pulled himself to his feet. “Agonizing pain,” he muttered, “but it proves I’m alive.”

 

I looked over at Cerberus who was growling all three heads at us. How were we suppose to fight him?

 

Have Xoncron use magic from a distance and you attack it head on.

 

I blinked as that voice appeared in my head again. Where did it come from? And why did it sound familiar?

 

Cerberus wouldn’t give me time to think and started launching fireballs at us once more. Xoncron pushed me out of the way and he rolled over to the opposite side. “We have to beat him before it’s too late for Lexa!” he shouted.

 

I raised an eyebrow at the sound of the name. Apparently Xoncron had some other motives here; that didn’t matter right now. “Xoncron, keep using magic from far away and I’ll attack it with the Keyblade blow to blow.”

 

“Did you hit your head?” he asked me as he dodged another fireball. “You want to go up against a dog head on?”

 

“Blame the damn voice in my head!” I shouted as I charged at Cerberus.

 

Cerberus tried to stomp on me but I dodged it and struck at it under the chin. Cerberus roared as tried to bite at my arm. But a blast of lightning came down and hit him on the left head, messing up his aim.

 

“Let’s kick his ass Rixec!” Xoncron shouted.

 

“Damn right we will,” I smirked as I slashed at Cerberus once more.

[demy1077 56]

i don't knoww hat to do and i'm kidan confused.

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

I rolled under a dark fireball while Xoncron prepped an ice spell. He called it “Blizzaga” or something. I struck at Cerberus’s heel and heard him roar out in pain. All three mouths came snapping at me; I ducked the left and middle ones but the right – while not biting me – hit me in the side and knocked me to the ground.

 

Cerberus placed his paw on me and held me tightly. Cerberus lunged for my head but Xoncron’s spell fired and hit him in the side, knocking him off his feet. As soon as Cerberus was off of me I jumped up and started slashing and hacking at his heads. Xoncron started to unleash a barrage of dark fireballs on the rest of his body. Cerberus growled and writhed about as we attacked him.

 

Cerberus cried out and threw his heads down onto the ground. The impact created a tremor and knocked me and Xoncron backwards.

 

“Now that’s cheating,” I complained as I stood up.

 

“He’s evil Rixec,” Xoncron growled as he straightened himself. “Evil never plays fair.”

 

“Aren’t all dogs evil?” I asked.

 

“You know, I still don’t understand why you remember that of all things,” Xoncron sighed.

 

“I think it’s more instinct than memory,” I suggested.

 

“Whatever – Curaga!” he shouted and a green light surrounded us and healed our wounds. Cerberus started launching fireballs at us and Xoncron quickly added, “Dark Shield!”

 

A dark barrier appeared in front of us and blocked the fireballs with ease. I ran at Cerberus as soon as the barrier faded. “Let’s end this Xoncron!”

 

“Right!” he nodded. A dark aura started to surround him and he held his Keyblade high up.

 

I suddenly felt a great power flushing through me and I gripped my Keyblade tightly as I jumped into the air. Summon your light and unleash your fury!

 

My Keyblade was covered in light and I shouted, “Ars Arcanum!” and started quickly slashing at Cerberus.

 

"Dark Barrage!” Xoncron shouted and multiple copies of his Keyblade appeared and were thrown right at Cerberus.

 

With me repeated light attacks and Xoncron’s barrage of dark attacks Cerberus was unable to bear it all. As we finished our attacks Cerberus growled out in pain and fell over, unconscious. I walked over and lightly kicked the nose of his middle head. “I think it’s finally over,” I said.

 

“Yeah, it is,” Xoncron nodded. His Keybalde disappeared and walked over to me. “Good to see you can still fight.”

 

“I guess,’ I said as I placed my hands behind my head. “Now tell me, who’s Lexa?”

 

Xoncron bit his lip before answering. “A friend from KH13; recently she took off on her own and I’m worried about what’s happening to her. Master Xehanort and Vanitas have something planned involving her. I knew the only way I’d be able to save her is with the bringer of light, my best friend: you.”

 

“So you came to get me to rescue a girl?” I asked. “Are you and she..?”

 

“No!” he shouted and stated looking down at the ground. “At least I think – oh! I don’t know what we are, okay!”

 

“Well, since you saved me and seem to know who I am I’ll trust you for the time being,” I said. “Now, where’s Lexa?”

 

“I’m not sure,” he answered.

 

“You’re not very good at this are you?” I laughed.

 

“Shut up,” he muttered.

 

“Relax, we’ll find her,” I told him.

 

Follow the light.

 

That voice again. Where was it coming from and what did it mean?

 

I looked down at my Keyblade and saw the tip glowing. I lifted it up and pointed it straight at the wall. I gripped it with both hands as a beam of light shot out and hit the wall. A large square of light appeared on the wall before us. “Light,” I said.

 

“The door to light,” Xoncron muttered in awe. “We’ll go together!”

 

I looked at him and felt something come into my mind, something familiar. I knew what to say. “Yeah.”

 

Xoncron and I started walking into the light, unaware of what we would find on the other side.

[Keyblade Master Xoncron 499]

 Many thoughts ran through my mind as Rixec and I entered the door to the light. What would be on the other side? What was so important about me, Lexa, and Rixec? What were Xehanort and Vanitas planning? How was the person I hated most here? I didn't know the answers to these questions, but I did know one thing. I had found Rixec and now all I had to do was defeat the one I hated most, gather them, save Lexa, and seal the way, not nessaciraly in that order. I still wasn't sure what the way was though. However, it didn't matter at that because when we came out the other side of the door to light, Rixec and I found ourselves at the alter of naught in The World That Never Was, and saw Ventus fighting Vanitas while William tried to awaken an unconcsious Lexa.

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

When Xoncron and I came out of the light we were in another place entirely. It looked like an altar of some kind. I saw two boys with spiky hair fighting while a girl was trying to wake up another girl. That must have been Lexa, due to being unconscious, otherwise, my "friend" had to learn what "being in trouble" meant.  

 

“Go rescue the princess Xoncron,” I said as I raised my Keyblade. “I’ll go where the spiky hair boys are fighting. Which one is the enemy?”

 

“Vanitas, the one with the black hair,” Xoncron answered as he ran to where Lexa was.

 

“Really?” I asked. “Shame, he has such an awesome fashion sense.”

 

“So you remember your favorite colors, but not the important stuff?” Xoncron called back as he ran.

 

“I think it’s more likely associated with preference than memory,” I shrugged as I ran up to them.

 

Vanitas knocked the other boy onto his back and was about to strike at his heart when I threw my Keyblade at him. Vanitas blocked the attack, giving the boy enough time to roll away. My Keyblade flew back at me and I caught it with ease. “Sorry Vanitas, but you’re done here.”

 

“You’re here?” Vanitas asked, surprised. “That can’t be. We took care of you already bringer of light.”

 

I raised an eyebrow as I gripped my Keyblade. “You tried to end me as well? Is that what happened to my Memory?!”

 

“You won’t have to worry about that for long,” Vanitas smirked as he fired a blast of dark fire from his Keyblade. I tried to block it but the force behind it was powerful and sent me flying back. I felt the tip of his Keyblade up against my throat.

 

“Any last words?” he asked.

 

“You aren’t the first to say that to me today,” I told him.

 

“Vanitas!”

 

Vanitas turned around and saw the other boy charging at him through the air. Vanitas dodged as the boy tried to attack with his Keyblade.

 

“Thanks for the save,” I said.

 

“I should be saying that,” the boy grinned. “I’m Ventus. You?”

 

“Rixec. I think,” I told him.

 

“Nice to meet you,” Ventu said and we both raised our Keyblades for battle.

 

“Two of you won’t make a difference,” Vanitas said.

 

“Try us,” I said. “Ars Arcanum!”

Edited December 5, 2012 by Keyblade Master Rixec

[Obi-wan 411]

(Can you possibly control Ventus a little less? I still got some abuse for him in another post after Lexa replies again.)

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

(Can you possibly control Ventus a little less? I still got some abuse for him in another post after Lexa replies again.)

All right.

[Lexa Infinite 141]

Before the glider was pushed away to far both jumped off barely landing on Alter of Naught as the glider faded away with the armor that was on both Ventus and Cassidy. "Okay Ventus i'll grab Lexa think you can deal with Vanitas for a while?" The determination in her eyes was unbelievable as her hands slid out both of her swords just slightly in case she needed to use them before grabbing Lexa. "Remember whatever he says isn't true. If you get the chance use some words of your own against him. Everyone has thigns they don't want to here about themselves."

In all honesty he was terrified right now but he hid that away. He was stronger than Vanitas that and the girl really needed some help. "I can do it. Just focus on getting your friend now. I'll make sure Vanitas doesn't get in the way." Looking at where Vanitas was with a glare Wayward Wind appeared in his hand as he pointed at Vanitas. "Leave her alone! I won't let you hurt anyone else again!" Running he launched Wayward Wind straight at Vanitas with it's blade coated in a strong amount of light.

Giving Ventus one last nod she started running slightly to the side in hopes of grabbing Lexa while Vanitas was dealing with Ventus. Already Ventus was running at Vanitas pounding him with his light covered keyblade. "Good god if only he did this in Birth by Sleep the final boss with him against Vanitas would of been so much easier on Critical Mode." Readjusting her focus she got next to Lexa as she shook her arm. "Hey Lexa it's me William! Wake up already I think we might need your help right now even with your Vanitas fangirl mind!" Half shouted and half pleading she kept on hand on a sword in-case Vanitas's attention went on her instead of Ventus.

 

 

"Lexa! Lexa! Lexa, wake up!" I heard a faint voice. I'm trying, dammit.  I thought, frustrated. My eyes fluttered. I saw a girl standing above me, shaking me up. I felt so...weak. "Vanitas...where's Vanitas?" I asked, breathlessly. "Fighting Ventus." she said. I shot up, then fell back down. "Oww...." I groaned. "I feel like I got ran over by a semi." "Lexa!" I shot up again as I heard Xoncron's voice. This time Xoncron caught me before I fell over. "Lexa, you undeniable jackass! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?!" Xoncron yelled at me. This was the first time I'd ever seen him pissed.

 

"...Sorry?" I tried. "This is beyond sorry, this is-" Xoncron stopped. "Never again. Ever." "Okay." I replied. I concentrated and said, "Cura." I felt some of my strength return, enough to fight well enough. I stood up to see Vanitas smash the end of Void Gear into Ven's chest, knocking him back.

 

I jumped in front of Ven, blocking Vanitas. "Move the HELL out of the way, wench." Vanitas said. "No." I said. "I mean it, Lexa, I won't hesitate to kill you." Vanitas said, fury increasing Xoncron and a new friend of his stood beside me. "Quick introduction: Rixec-Lexa; Lexa-Rixec." Xoncron said. I nodded. "You won't kill me; you NEED me." I said. "True enough. But-" Suddenly, Xoncron was no longer beside me, but in front of me. Vanitas held his wrist back with one hand and held Void Gear under his chin with the other. "We don't need him. Choose, Lexa, Ventus or Xoncron." 

 

I felt the fires within relight themselves, as if my blood was pure gasoline. "Let. Him. Go." I said. "So, Xoncron it is. Move." Vanitas challenged. I moved, alright. The only problem is, I honestly do not remember the next 15 minutes of my life. Completely blacked out.

 

The next thing I see is me straddling Vanitas with Bond of Flame pointed at his face, screaming bloody murder. I regained control and loosened up. I dare say Vanitas looked worse for the wear. "Lexa?" I turned around. The group of five stared in caution and awe as I stepped away from Vanitas. He groaned as I got off. "Lexa, are you cool?" Xoncron said. "Yeah, I'm cool. What just happened? I kind of blacked out." I said, nervously rubbing the back of my head. "What happened?!" Xoncron said. "What happened is you totally lost it. I had to give everyone earplugs and use a lot of Reflect spells. I've never seen you that pissed." "Do you happened to remember what songs I used?" I asked.

 

"Um..."Xoncron thought. "Well," Rixec said. "I remember you screaming "raining blood' at the top of your lungs at one point." I smacked my forehead. "Oh, yeah, that probably was about as pissed as I can get. Pissed: Level- Raining Blood by Slayer." I said. "Did anything else happen while I was out?" "Yeah, Ventus here got his ass handed to him." Xoncron said. "No offense, Ven." 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alright, all of you: you may all take liberty of the 15 minutes I freaked out. Have fun, William. Oh, and by the way, you are all doing a spectacular job in my opinion, especially you, Rixec, since you had to jump in so late. Keep up the good work, guys!

[Obi-wan 411]

"Hey it is not my fault I haven't fought in a few years." Looking at the ground with a pout he gingerly touched his aching chest. At the very least he should of got some credit for managing to beat Vanitas into the cold stone below them just a bit before Lexa took over.

"Oh cheer up at least you got to see Vanitas get his ass kicked." Giving Ventus a pat on the back she turned toward the others. "I'm William or Rixku. Whichever you remember me by." Pausing s she tried to figure out what to say. "Anyone got an idea of what to do with Vanitas over here? Leaving him here would be possibly dangerous and cruel. I do not think Xehanort would be happy to hear what had happened here."

Silently he looked at Vanitas's form still unable to get up. "Even I think leaving here would be dangerous for all of us and him...." He spoke softly while he continued to watch Vanitas. Of course he cared for him even after everything he would still manage to care.

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

Maybe I was too confident.

 

As soon as I tried to attack Vanitas he blocked my attacks with his Keyblade and punched me in the stomach. I had felt stronger since I got the Keyblade but his punch felt like  had been hit by a guy on a bicycle!

 

Vanitas smacked me in the side of the head and I fell to the ground. I looked up and saw Vanitas hitting Ventus in the chest with his Keyblade. “No,” I muttered as I brought myself to my feet.

 

I saw the girl – Lexa – move in between them.

 

"Move the HELL out of the way, wench." Vanitas said.

 

"No,” Lexa said.

 

"I mean it, Lexa, I won't hesitate to kill you," Vanitas said

 

I ran over to Lexa and stood by her with Xoncron.

 

"Quick introduction: Rixec-Lexa; Lexa-Rixec," Xoncron said.

 

I thought it would be best to get full introductions after this was all done. I wished we could talk this out but Vanitas didn’t look like the type to talk.

 

"You won't kill me; you NEED me," Lexa said.

 

"True enough. But-"

 

Before I knew it Vanitas had Xoncron. Vanitas had his wrist held back and had his Keyblade under his chin. I gripped my Keyblade so tight that I felt blood trickling down my hand.  

 

“We don't need him. Choose, Lexa, Ventus or Xoncron," Vanitas smirked.

 

"Let. Him. Go,” Lexa said in a deep voice. I actually felt compelled to run away, but I didn’t know why.

 

"So, Xoncron it is. Move,” Vanitas challenged.

 

Lexa moved all right.

 

Suddenly, she was in front of Xoncron and slashed her Keyblade right at the both of them. The sudden move surprised Vanitas enough that he lost grip on Xoncron and Xoncron just narrowly missed her Keyblade. Vanitas wasn’t as fortunate. He was knocked backwards and Lexa was going after him screaming, “RAINING BLOOD!” over and over.

 

I was too scared to even move but Xoncron was already joining the fight. I realized I have to get in there as well so I roared out and charged in.

 

Lexa stabbed her Keyblade into the ground and fire erupted in all directions. It went high into the air and fell back down, as if it really was raining blood. I had to run in the opposite direction to avoid being hit. I saw Xoncron and Vanitas fighting as I ran… and Xoncron wasn’t doing so well against him.

 

“RAINING BLOOD! RAINING BLOOD!” Lexa kept screaming.

 

Was she human or a monster? I thought.

 

I tripped and saw fire coming down toward me. “Reflect!” Xoncron shouted.

 

The spells protected me long enough to get moving. Everything seemed louder all of a sudden. Xoncron threw something at me and I caught it in midair. It was a set of earplugs. I plugged them in and gulped at what I saw.

 

Lexa was attacking rapidly, not seeming to care who got in her way. Ventus had already been downed by Vanitas, who was trying to survive against the wrath of Lexa, and Xoncron was trying to protect us all. Could we survive this?

 

For a full fifteen minutes I was terrified as I tried to survive. Eventually, everything calmed down once Lexa had Vanitas straddled with her Keyblade at his face.

 

"Lexa?" someone asked. I’m not sure who.

 

We all stared at her as she got off Vanitas, who was groaning.

 

"Lexa, are you cool?" Xoncron asked.

 

“Yeah, I'm cool. What just happened? I kind of blacked out,” she asked.

 

What happened?!" Xoncron repeated. "What happened is you totally lost it. I had to give everyone earplugs and use a lot of Reflect spells. I've never seen you that pissed."

 

"Do you happened to remember what songs I used?" Lexa asked.

 

"Um..."Xoncron thought.

 

"Well," I said, hoping she wouldn’t get pissed off. "I remember you screaming "raining blood' at the top of your lungs at one point."

 

Lexa smacked her head. "Oh, yeah, that probably was about as pissed as I can get. Pissed: Level- Raining Blood by Slayer," she said.

 

"Did anything else happen while I was out?"

 

"Yeah, Ventus here got his ass handed to him," Xoncron said. "No offense, Ven." 

 

"Hey it is not my fault I haven't fought in a few years,” Ventus shrugged as he tended to  his chest.

 

"Oh cheer up at least you got to see Vanitas get his ass kicked," the other girl said. "I'm William or Rixku. Whichever you remember me by."

 

William paused for a bit before adding. “Anyone got an idea of what to do with Vanitas over here? Leaving him here would be possibly dangerous and cruel. I do not think Xehanort would be happy to hear what had happened here." 

Ventus looked over at Vanitas. "Even I think leaving here would be dangerous for all of us and him...." he spoke softly.

 

“We should probably tie him up or something,” I suggested. “Oh, I’m Rixec by the way; a friend of Xoncron’s, probably. If anyone knows me, let me know. I have amnesia and everyone wants to kill me. So, what’s for lunch?”

 

After all that had happened I thought we could use a little casual amusement.

 

(Thanks for the compliment Lexa)

[Lexa Infinite 141]

"Hey it is not my fault I haven't fought in a few years." Looking at the ground with a pout he gingerly touched his aching chest. At the very least he should of got some credit for managing to beat Vanitas into the cold stone below them just a bit before Lexa took over."Oh cheer up at least you got to see Vanitas get his ass kicked." Giving Ventus a pat on the back she turned toward the others. "I'm William or Rixku. Whichever you remember me by." Pausing s she tried to figure out what to say. "Anyone got an idea of what to do with Vanitas over here? Leaving him here would be possibly dangerous and cruel. I do not think Xehanort would be happy to hear what had happened here."Silently he looked at Vanitas's form still unable to get up. "Even I think leaving here would be dangerous for all of us and him...." He spoke softly while he continued to watch Vanitas. Of course he cared for him even after everything he would still manage to care.

 

 

I bit my lower lip. "I know that look. Whatever you're thinking, no." Xoncron said. "But-" I looked at Vanitas. "No. Lexa, he's-" "Not thinking of leaving, are we?" We all turned around to see 10 people in Organization coats, one without: Master Xehanort. "Organization XIII." I said in awe. Oh, shut up, all of you; it's not my fault I like the first, and TRUE, Organization. Minus Saix. I saw four people had their hoods down: Saix (Yeah, I know, Isa, IDC!), Braig, Xemnas and Ansem.

 

"Well, you've done a spectacular job defeating Vanitas. So, despite your previous transgressions, we're offering you a free entry, Lexa." Xemnas said, coolly. "What?" I said. "Join us. We'll be sure to handle your friends quite well." Saix said. "Well, since you said it, Saix...No chance in hell." I said. "That wasn't an offer. You're joining us." Ansem said. "And like I said, not a chance in hell." I answered. "Why do you think we let you all so far in our base to fight only one of us?" Braig said. "Hey, Braig, how's that burn holding up?" I snapped. Braig laughed. "Oh, it'll be like living with Larxene again. Except I think you might be even harder to control." 

 

"F!ck. You." I said, gritting my teeth. I suddenly felt Xoncron's hand on the back of my hood, pulling me up and away. I looked down to see Ventus's glider holding Rixec and William (using your current name to avoid confusion). I looked back as the tower disappeared behind me. "Xoncron....I'm sorry...." I said, holding on. "What matters is you're safe." Xoncron said. I smiled. Maybe my luck was going up. 

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

I glanced up at Xoncron and Lexa and was glad they found each other, but we were still within enemy territory and had no destination as of yet. Was there even a safe haven we could go to that this Organization couldn’t follow us to?

 

My head snapped up at the sound of a roar. “Did anyone else hear that?” I asked.

 

“Hear what?” Lexa said, puzzled.

 

“Maybe you’re tired Rixec,” Xoncron suggested.

 

The roar came again, louder this time.

 

“Okay,” Xoncron sighed, “maybe you aren’t tired. Damn you for not being tired.”

 

“What’s that?” Lexa asked as we looked behind us.

 

Flying through the sky was a silver and blue, metallic dragon. Its wings were tipped with some of them in strange symbols and its tail looked like jet engines. Riding on top of it were Saix and Braig.

 

“Xemnas’s dragon form!” Xoncron shouted.

 

“But is it him, or something else?” L:exa inquired.

 

“Not important right now!” I shouted. “Do we fight or flee?”

 

“Lexa is in no shape to fight!” Xoncron shouted as he held her close. “We’re getting out of here!”

 

“Might be a problem with that,” Ventus said as he pointed up ahead.

 

Ahead of us was an army of dragon-like creature with silver and purple skin, each one of them carrying a lance. “Dragoons,” Lexa muttered.

 

“They’ve blocked us off,” Xoncron said in disgust.

 

He was right. An army was at our front and two men on a large dragon were at our back; there was nowhere else to go. Would this be our final stand then? But if we fell, what would happen to us? Would we really die or would we return to our home? And what would become of Lexa? What was the right thing to do here?

 

“Rixec,” the man called Saix said.

 

I looked at him as the dragon came to a stop. Saix was looking right at me, a small smile upon his lips; it was actually a bit creepy.

 

“Rixec, I heard you’ve lost your memory,” he continued.

 

I glance back at the army which was just waiting for us to attack or be given the order to attack. We were all just waiting between them with nowhere to go. “What’s it to you?” I asked him.

 

“Rixec, I don’t think you should talk with him,” Lexa hissed.

 

I ignored her though; I’ve been attacked a lot in the last – two hours maybe? – and this was the first time somebody wanted to talk before fighting. I wasn’t going to pass this up.

 

“The Organization can help you recollect your memory,” Saix continued.

 

“I already know who he is!” Xoncron spat at him.

 

“Perhaps,” Saix smirked. “But you don’t know what Rixec learned and forgot while travelling between our two realms.”

 

“What does that mean?” I asked.

 

I suddenly felt my arm burning and I pulled up my sleeve when no one was looking at e and saw letters engraved in light upon my arm.

 

ey de M st r Rixec

 

W lc  e c i d;  ou m st  t p t e  a k e s  nd he p al  h ay. M n il ry t  d s  o  yo  b t u s o d ro g. Y u e t k y  o  he g t.

 

I recognized them from when I was still asleep in that pool. What were they doing on my arm? I pulled my sleeve up and looked back at Saix. “We can tell you what you really want to know and we’ll even stop trying to kill you,” Saix said, “if you hand Lexa over to us now.”

 

“Not a chance in hell!” Xoncron shouted.

 

“I wasn’t talking to you,” Saix said. “Now Rixec, what do you say?”

[Keyblade Master Xoncron 499]

Everyone was silent for a moment. Waiting to see what Rixec's answer would be. I myself was fairly sure that Rixec wouldn't hand Lexa over to the Organization, but he did have amniesia and I had been wrong before. Rixec was finally when everything suddenly seemed to stand still.

 

"Thinking about negotiating with the enemy? Some bringer of light," The man in shroud said as he suddenly appeared out of no where right next to Siax and Braig.

 

"You!" I said as I summoned Way to Dawn and pointed it at him "How are you able to be here and how are you messing with time?"

 

"The answer to your first question will be answered in due time," he replied, "To answer your second question though, I'm not messing with time. I'm talking to you through your heart and mind. After all you and I are connected through our hearts and minds."

 

"Why are you doing this?" I asked gritting my teeth.

 

"So I can tell you just how pathetic you are without any interruption," he said cooly.

 

"Just because you got the drop on me in the underworld doesn't mean I'm. . . " I began to say but the man in the shroud cut me off.

 

"I was reffering to how you've been pretending to care about your friends," He said "You and I both know that you always put yourself first."

 

"That's not true!" I shouted.

 

"Please," he scoffed "You think you're playing the heroic knight because of some mission you recieved in a dream? No you're doing this because you can benefit from it."

 

With that my enemy, the one I hate most, vanished and everything went back to normal.

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

I felt myself go stiff for a moment but then everything returned to normal. Maybe I just imagined it. Maybe it was the fear of what I would do regarding Saix’s proposal. I looked up at him and saw him smiling, waiting for my answer. I then turned and looked at Xoncron and Lexa. Lexa looked too tired to read but Xoncron looked as if he was sure I wouldn’t do it, but there was also a slight fear there as well.

I considered my options: I shouldn’t let the bad guys easily get what they want but they had us surrounded. Would it be better to give them Lexa and have us all survive or try fighting them until all but Lexa was dead? I clenched my hands as I thought about it. Would they really tell me what I wanted to know? I doubted it, evil never plays fair. But maybe there was a slight…

 

NO!

 

I jumped when the voice yelled out at me. Everyone was startled by my movement but I stayed silent and listened.

 

There is a way out of this! But you must follow all of my orders!

 

Who are you? Why should I? I asked.

 

The voice wasn’t listening to me however. Or maybe it couldn’t hear me.

 

Stop flying and jump.

 

WHAT! I thought at it.

 

All of you must jump straight down!

 

“We’ll die!” I shouted.

 

“Not if you give us Lexa,” Saix said, assuming I was talking to him.

 

“Rixec,” Xoncron muttered, sweat beading down his head.

 

You must jump.

 

I looked form Saix to Xoncron. I bit my lip as I thought about it. I knew we couldn’t win in our condition. But I couldn’t let the Organization have their way. If we were going to die, then at least it’ll be with hope. If only for me.

 

“I’ve made a decision,” I announced.

 

Everyone leaned in to listen to what I had to say.

 

I summoned my Keyblade Lost Memory and threw it at Xoncron and Lexa! I watched as they both fell through the air, horrified looks on their faces. Before Ventus or William could do anything my Keyblade came back to me and I stuck on Ventus’s glider. We all started falling to.

 

“After them!” Saix shouted and they all started charging after us.

 

“What did you do?!” Xoncron shouted at me.

 

“Trust me!” I exclaimed. I only hoped I could trust myself.

 

Below us, I saw a dark circle opening up in the sky. “A portal!” Xoncron exclaimed.

 

“Head for it!” I shouted.

 

“NO!”

 

I looked up to see Saix jumping off the dragon and heading straight for me. I moved my Keyblade up but Saix threw his weapon down and knocked it out of my hand. I was armless as he lunged for me. “NO!” I shouted and a light appeared in my left hand. I struck up at Saix and slashed him across the eye. I looked at me hand and saw a black Keyblade with a blue jewel.

 

“Oblivion,” Xoncron said as he and Lexa fell through the portal, followed by William and Ventus.

 

Lost Memory came back to my hand and I looked at my two Keyblades in awe. I saw Saix’s bloody face as I fell through the portal, which closed behind me.

 

When I woke up, I saw everyone around me was unconscious. But we were alive. I breathed heavily as I observed our surroundings. We were outside of a mansion in the woods and it was twilight at the moment. I started laughing as I realized we had escaped the Organization! We were safe!

[Lexa Infinite 141]

I was still in shock when I woke up. I shot up about to yell my head off. "Calm down; we're okay." Rixec said, giving me a thumbs up. "OKAY? WE'RE OKAY?!" I grabbed the front of Rixec's clothes, shaking him back and forth, laughing and still kind of pissed. "Oh, my God, never do that again." I let go of Rixec, back hitting the ground. "Correction: Never do that again, unless necessary." I couldn't stop laughing. "Oh. My. God. Freaking out. So much. I sound. Like. An idiot." I said between laughs. "Twilight Town again, huh? I don't know about you but I could use a nice nap..." I felt my eyes droop. "I used so much energy..." "Sleep, Lexa. You're in safe hands." Rixec said. "If you do weird stuff to me while I'm sleeping, I'll..."

 

I felt sleep pull me under before I could finish. This time, it was just regular, black-and-blank, exhausted sleep. I felt like I'd pulled an all-nighter. Which I probably had. 

 

"....wonder when she'll get up. It's been a while."

"Relax; she used a lot of power back there. I don't blame her for sawing a few logs. All the same, she's kind of cute when she's asleep."

"Yeah, she looks so harmless and innocent."

"Very innocent. How old did she say she was?"

"17.""She looks younger, Xoncron."

"Yeah."

"About before...""You did what was necessary, Rixec."

"I'm still sorry for freaking you out."

"Say sorry again, Rixec, and I'm throwing you outside."

 

 

I woke up much later. "And so the pyromaniac returns to the land of the living."Xoncron said.  I rubbed my eyes and looked around. I was on a bed in the Mansion. I yawned. "How long was I out?" I asked. "Oh, it was about....11:00 am when we got back here and it's....10:34." "PM?" "Nope: A.M." I groaned. "Out for a whole day?!" I said. I stood up. "Any signs of the Organization?" I asked. "None." Xoncron said. "Good." I replied.I walked out of the room. I had been in the room that had been blocked off in KHII. "Where's everyone?" I asked. "Rixec's outside, keeping watch. I think William and Ven are downstairs in the computer room." Xoncron said. "I wonder..." I said. "Xoncron, follow me." I walked upstairs to the library, then down into the computer room.

 

"Morning!" Ven called back, the two facing the computer. "Do you mind if I try something?" I asked. "Sure." William moved out of the seat and I sat in her place. The OS was very much like Windows . "Internet access....Yes!" I clicked on the Internet icon. "What's your thinking, Lexa?" Xoncron asked. I typed the address into the bar. I gasped as I saw the site.

 

"We can still get on KH13!" I logged in. "What are you going to do?" Xoncron asked. "PM DChuich about our situation."  "And what good is that?!" Xoncron said. "At least we'll stop even more users from this." I looked at the active users list. I was, by far, the most barren I'd ever seen it. Only a few dozen users were still on all together. I shook my head then clicked to the PM box. Suddenly, the internet signal cut off. "Great!" I said, throwing up my hands. "It was a good idea." William said. "Well, that's a damn good use to me! GOD!"

 

I briskly walked out of the mansion. I summoned the Keyblade. I yelled and threw it at a tree. It stuck a few good inches. Unable to bring myself to resummon it. I sat down and hit the ground a few times. Xoncron put a hand on my shoulder. "I hate me." I said and closed my eyes. "You made that quite clear in that letter you gave us." "I know...OH, SH!T!" I smacked my forehead. "What?!" Xoncron said. "We forgot about Snow." I said. "Snow'll be just fine." Xoncron said. I didn't talk for a while, just listening to nothing. "I shouldn't have snapped at William. I'll tell her sorry when I chill out." I said. "We'll figure this out." Xoncron said.

 

"I'm at that place where you really don't know where else to go. In the real world, I was just so ready to be anywhere else, but now that I'm....I need to be alone for a while, Xoncron." I said. "Okay. Promise you won't leave." It wasn't a question. "I'm not going anywhere." I said. I sat in silence as Xoncron walked back inside. "What now?" I said to myself. My heart is silent, my mind dizzied.....Only time will tell..... 

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

I sighed as I paced back and forth outside the front of the mansion. I knew we were safe from the Organization for the time being but that didn’t mean there weren’t other dangers that could come our way. Xoncron had told me there were creatures other than the Heartless and Nobodies to worry about. There were also Unversed, which came from that Vaniatas bastard – something Xoncron told me I should never say in front of Lexa, no matter how evil he was to us – and possibly Dream Eaters. That last one though was tricky because they came from the realm of sleep and we’re awake.

 

Or were we?

 

Xoncron said Dream Eaters are the only thing in the realm of sleep but did that apply here? We didn’t know what this was. Any one of these monsters could attack us at any moment. We didn’t know where we truly were, no matter how many Kingdom Hearts experts there are.

 

Just what did they all want anyway?

 

Organization XIII was after Lexa, that shrouded bastard was after Xoncron, and everything seemed after me. I could live with that if I knew why.

 

I stopped and looked at my arm. The letters were still shining brightly on it. It would be best if I kept this secret from the others for the time being.

 

“That would be best.”

 

I rolled away as I pulled my sleeve up and I summoned Lost Memory and Oblivion. I looked before me and saw a person before me, but the figure was so hazy, like a broken TV channel.

 

The figure started to turn into the shape of a girl. She seemed to be fifteen and had red hair and wearing a school uniform. No, now she was blond in a white dress, no, black hair in a black coat. She kept switching between these before finally settling on the girl with blonde hair in a white dress.

 

“Who are you?” I asked.

 

“Who do you think I am?” the girl smiled.

 

I felt a jolt of pain in my head as my vision blurred. As the picture came back to me I was able to place a name on the girl. “Namine.”

 

“That is what she would be called,” the girl said, her smile a bit sadder now.

 

“What do you mean?” I inquired as I put my Keyblades away.

 

“I am a Fragment of a memory,” Namine said. “Yours.”

 

“Mine?” I gawked.

 

“A memory from when you came here,” she explained. “I am one of three Fragments. And now it is time to start putting it back together.”

 

“What’ll happen to you?” I asked, concerned.

 

“I will disappear,” she said.

 

“What!”

 

“It is necessary for you to start putting the message together. Until you truly believe in it it will be of no use to you.”

 

“That doesn’t mean you have to die!” I shouted.

 

“I never lived,” she said sadly. “I’m only here now because of you. So I must go back.”

 

“No, I refuse,” I told her.

 

Namine walked up to me and took my face in her hands. “You are kind Rixec,” she said. “Don’t forget it Bringer of Light.”

 

Namine leaned up and pressed her soft lips to mine. She started to glow bright and then the light started to scatter. My vision darkened as I saw a memory. I was being sucked through some kind of tunnel; there were sounds of swords clashing. A beam of red light was heading right for me!

 

I snapped back into reality as the memory ended. I was alone and I felt my arm burning. I pulled the sleeve up and looked at the letters.

 

Key lade M st r Rixec

 

W lc me c ild; you m st st p t e dark e s  nd he p s al  he  ay. M n  wil ry t  des ro  yo  but  ou  us o d ro g. You e t k y to  he  ig t.

 

More letters were there now and I could make out some words, or parts of them. But it was still so random. I fell to my knees as I thought about Namine. She called herself a Fragment but she was really there. Would the other Fragments give up their existences as well?

 

It wasn’t fair.

 

“I hate me.”

 

I turned to see Lexa and Xoncron close by. I ducked behind a tree so they wouldn’t see me.

 

"You made that quite clear in that letter you gave us,” Xoncron told her.

 

"I know...OH, SH!T!" Lexa yelled as she smacked her forehead.

 

"What?!" Xoncron said.

 

I was already bringing out my Keyblades in case there was an enemy nearby.

 

"We forgot about Snow,” Lexa said.

 

"Snow'll be just fine," Xoncron said, though he didn’t sound too keen on the topic.

 

We all stayed where we were in silence for a while. I looked at Lexa as she seemed so unsure of herself. I couldn’t blame her; having people trying to capture you was a bit of a downer.

 

"I shouldn't have snapped at William. I'll tell her sorry when I chill out,” she said at last.

 

"We'll figure this out," Xoncron said.

 

Yeah, we will, I decided. We wouldn’t let the Organization win.

 

"I'm at that place where you really don't know where else to go. In the real world, I was just so ready to be anywhere else, but now that

I'm....I need to be alone for a while, Xoncron,” Lexa told him.

 

"Okay. Promise you won't leave,” Xoncron told her. After all he went for the last time I understood why he would say that.

 

"I'm not going anywhere,” she promised.

 

I watched as Xoncron walked back to the mansion. Was leaving her alone really the best thing right now?

 

"What now?" Lexa asked heself.

 

I bit my lip as I watched her. Earlier I thought she had looked pretty cute when she was sleeping, but she seemed cute even when in despair.

 

I hated seeing her in despair.

 

I walked out from behind the tree and walked over to Lexa. “Hey Lexa,” I said softly. “Do you want to talk?”

[Lexa Infinite 141]

I sighed as I paced back and forth outside the front of the mansion. I knew we were safe from the Organization for the time being but that didn’t mean there weren’t other dangers that could come our way. Xoncron had told me there were creatures other than the Heartless and Nobodies to worry about. There were also Unversed, which came from that Vaniatas bastard – something Xoncron told me I should never say in front of Lexa, no matter how evil he was to us – and possibly Dream Eaters. That last one though was tricky because they came from the realm of sleep and we’re awake.

 

Or were we?

 

Xoncron said Dream Eaters are the only thing in the realm of sleep but did that apply here? We didn’t know what this was. Any one of these monsters could attack us at any moment. We didn’t know where we truly were, no matter how many Kingdom Hearts experts there are.

 

Just what did they all want anyway?

 

Organization XIII was after Lexa, that shrouded bastard was after Xoncron, and everything seemed after me. I could live with that if I knew why.

 

I stopped and looked at my arm. The letters were still shining brightly on it. It would be best if I kept this secret from the others for the time being.

 

“That would be best.”

 

I rolled away as I pulled my sleeve up and I summoned Lost Memory and Oblivion. I looked before me and saw a person before me, but the figure was so hazy, like a broken TV channel.

 

The figure started to turn into the shape of a girl. She seemed to be fifteen and had red hair and wearing a school uniform. No, now she was blond in a white dress, no, black hair in a black coat. She kept switching between these before finally settling on the girl with blonde hair in a white dress.

 

“Who are you?” I asked.

 

“Who do you think I am?” the girl smiled.

 

I felt a jolt of pain in my head as my vision blurred. As the picture came back to me I was able to place a name on the girl. “Namine.”

 

“That is what she would be called,” the girl said, her smile a bit sadder now.

 

“What do you mean?” I inquired as I put my Keyblades away.

 

“I am a Fragment of a memory,” Namine said. “Yours.”

 

“Mine?” I gawked.

 

“A memory from when you came here,” she explained. “I am one of three Fragments. And now it is time to start putting it back together.”

 

“What’ll happen to you?” I asked, concerned.

 

“I will disappear,” she said.

 

“What!”

 

“It is necessary for you to start putting the message together. Until you truly believe in it it will be of no use to you.”

 

“That doesn’t mean you have to die!” I shouted.

 

“I never lived,” she said sadly. “I’m only here now because of you. So I must go back.”

 

“No, I refuse,” I told her.

 

Namine walked up to me and took my face in her hands. “You are kind Rixec,” she said. “Don’t forget it Bringer of Light.”

 

Namine leaned up and pressed her soft lips to mine. She started to glow bright and then the light started to scatter. My vision darkened as I saw a memory. I was being sucked through some kind of tunnel; there were sounds of swords clashing. A beam of red light was heading right for me!

 

I snapped back into reality as the memory ended. I was alone and I felt my arm burning. I pulled the sleeve up and looked at the letters.

 

Key lade M st r Rixec

 

W lc me c ild; you m st st p t e dark e s  nd he p s al  he  ay. M n  wil ry t  des ro  yo  but  ou  us o d ro g. You e t k y to  he  ig t.

 

More letters were there now and I could make out some words, or parts of them. But it was still so random. I fell to my knees as I thought about Namine. She called herself a Fragment but she was really there. Would the other Fragments give up their existences as well?

 

It wasn’t fair.

 

“I hate me.”

 

I turned to see Lexa and Xoncron close by. I ducked behind a tree so they wouldn’t see me.

 

"You made that quite clear in that letter you gave us,” Xoncron told her.

 

"I know...OH, SH!T!" Lexa yelled as she smacked her forehead.

 

"What?!" Xoncron said.

 

I was already bringing out my Keyblades in case there was an enemy nearby.

 

"We forgot about Snow,” Lexa said.

 

"Snow'll be just fine," Xoncron said, though he didn’t sound too keen on the topic.

 

We all stayed where we were in silence for a while. I looked at Lexa as she seemed so unsure of herself. I couldn’t blame her; having people trying to capture you was a bit of a downer.

 

"I shouldn't have snapped at William. I'll tell her sorry when I chill out,” she said at last.

 

"We'll figure this out," Xoncron said.

 

Yeah, we will, I decided. We wouldn’t let the Organization win.

 

"I'm at that place where you really don't know where else to go. In the real world, I was just so ready to be anywhere else, but now that

I'm....I need to be alone for a while, Xoncron,” Lexa told him.

 

"Okay. Promise you won't leave,” Xoncron told her. After all he went for the last time I understood why he would say that.

 

"I'm not going anywhere,” she promised.

 

I watched as Xoncron walked back to the mansion. Was leaving her alone really the best thing right now?

 

"What now?" Lexa asked heself.

 

I bit my lip as I watched her. Earlier I thought she had looked pretty cute when she was sleeping, but she seemed cute even when in despair.

 

I hated seeing her in despair.

 

I walked out from behind the tree and walked over to Lexa. “Hey Lexa,” I said softly. “Do you want to talk?”

 

 

I looked over. I made not a sound but motioned for Rixec to sit next to me. He did and we sat for at least an hour before I made a noise.

 

 

I started singing.

 

"Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorryYou don't know how lovely you areI had to find you, tell you I need youTell you I set you apart

Tell me your secrets, and ask me your questionsOh let's go back to the start

Running in circles, coming up tailsHeads on a science apartNobody said it was easyIt's such a shame for us to partNobody said it was easy." My voice caught and I felt my eyes water.No one ever said it would be this hardOh, take me back to the start."

 

"Lexa?""Don't interrupt me."

 

"I was just guessing at numbers and figuresPulling the puzzles apartQuestions of science, science and progressDon't speak as loud as my heartAnd tell me you love me, come back and haunt meOh and I rush to the startRunning in circles, chasing our tailsComing back as we areNobody said it was easyOh it's such a shame for us to partNobody said it was easyNo one ever said it would be so hardI'm going back to the start."

 

I felt hot tears running down my face. I started wiping my face with my right sleeve. "Even in the real world, I would nearly cry over this song...." I said. Rixec suddenly embraced me. I started crying harder. I felt a second pair of strong arms wrap around me. "It's okay. It's okay." Xoncron said. I leaned into Xoncron. "I...I...." I couldn't stop. I stayed like that for who knows how long.

 

 

After a while, I felt the need to explain. "That....was about...I miss everyone back home...and I'm rather shocked about my assistant..."I said. "That's right; Vanitas was your assistant in your posts, right?"

 

"Not just that: Vanitas is my muse, the source of my work and projects and writing,my imagination personified. I feel as if someone's torn a hole in my heart where my imagination." I said. "I'm in love with my work, you could say." I laughed weakly."What's that supposed to mean?" Xoncron said. "Wouldn't you like to know? Unfortunately, that's one of the secrets I need to keep." I said.

 

"You gonna be okay?" Rixec said. I nodded. "I'll be okay. I just had a lot on my mind." I smiled a bit. "I've made a decision: you two are picking where we go next, I honestly don't care! Anywhere but here and near!" I laughed. "That's the Lexa I know!" Xoncron said, lightly punching me in the arm. I grinned, feeling much more like myself. "Yep, anywhere but here and near. Have I made a rhyme?" I said. "You talk just like you post: random." Xoncron said. "Yep, and that's not gonna change, ever." I said. "So, our destination: where to?"

 

Edited December 7, 2012 by LexaIIIV

[Keyblade Master Rixec 44]

“We should go see Master Yen Sid,” Xoncron suggested.

 

“Who?” I asked.

 

“This amnesia thing is getting real old real fast,” Xoncron sighed.

 

“I’m sorry, why don’t I give up Lexa in exchange for memories,” I said sarcastically.

 

Lexa laughed at my sarcasm and I found it good she wasn’t taking it too hard. “So who is Yen Sid?” I asked.

 

“A great sorcerer and Keyblade Master,” Lexa explained, “though he no longer uses it.”

 

“He may be able to provide us with information on what the hell is going on,” Xoncron told us. “He may even be able to help you Rixec.”

 

I licked my lips as I pondered his words. He spoke so highly of this Yen Sid. Yen Sid. Yen Sid. Dis Ney. Huh, Yen Sid backwards also made a word that sounded legit. Interesting trivia. “I guess it couldn’t hurt to go see him,” I said.

 

“All right,” Lexa clapped. “I’ll go get Ventus and William.”

 

As Lexa ran off I asked Xoncron, “Why William?”

 

“I know, it’s confusing,” he admitted.

 

Lexa came out with Ventus and William five minutes later. “All right, shall we get going?” she asked.

 

“Of course,” Xoncron said.

 

William and Ventus climbed onto Ventus’s glider while Xoncron and Lexa climbed onto Xoncron’s. “Want to ride with us Rixec?” Lexa asked.

 

“Thanks,” I said as I called out Last Memory. “But I want to try something.”

 

I threw my Keyblade into the air and in a flash it transformed into a silver and ivory hover cycle. “Nice,” Xoncron said.

 

I hopped on and rose a few feet into the air. “All right, let’s get going!”

 

We all started flying away from Twilight Town and the mansion. I looked back as I remembered Namine. I wouldn’t let what she did be in vain.

 

Soon we were traveling the Lanes Between. It was among the most amazing things I’d ever seen. Which wasn’t much at the moment by my memory. We flew through the space like dimension and I pondered what would happen to us next. Would the Organization come after us on the way to Yen Sid’s? I hoped we could stay under the radar for a while.

 

“Hmm?” Xoncron said as he looked at his glider.

 

“Something wrong Xoncron?” Lexa asked.

 

“My glider’s acting up.”

 

“What?” I said right before my glider jerked back hard. “Whoa!”

 

The jerk threw me off but I managed to catch hold of the side in time. “What’s happening?”

 

“I don’t know!” William shouted as she and Ventus tried to hold on.

 

The space around us started rippling, as if a stone had been tossed into a pond. “Everybody hold on!” Xoncron shouted as the space shifted.

 

I closed my eyes as the space around us suddenly gre bright and then I flet myself landing on hard ground. “Ahh!” I moaned. I looked up and was spooked out by my surroundings. “Where are we?”

 

“It can’t be,” Lexa whispered.

 

“The ripples, they must have messed up time, sent us back or something,” Xoncron quickly theorized.

 

“What are you talking about?” I asked as I observed the ruined land and castle. It looked like we landed in Hell.

 

“Hollow Bastion,” William breathed.

 

“But we were in the Radiant Garden earlier,” Xoncron told me, “and that is the fixed version of this world. We must have been sent back in time to end up here.”

 

“And there’s another problem,” Ventus said. “I can’t get my glider up.”

 

Xoncron and I tried to summon ours as well but there was nothing. “I don’t think someone wants us leaving,” Xoncron said.

 

“The Organization?” I suggested as a shiver ran up Lexa’s spine.

 

“No,” a familiar voice called out.

 

We all looked up to see the shrouded figure from before.

 

“You!” Xoncron growled.

 

“Welcome to my world,” the shrouded figure said.

 

“There’s only one of him,” I said. “We can take him!”

 

“Only if you can find me,” the shrouded figure said as he disappeared.

 

What was his game? I wondered.

[demy1077 56]

is still confused as heck

[Obi-wan 411]

(Good god I missed a bit.)

"Well guys I guess where gonna have to play this like we where playing the game on whatever we had. Shouldn't be to hard to remember everything from some of the games right? I can at least remember everything from BBS and the second one." Something was bugging her. It pulled at her brain but what was bugging her remained a mystery. "Here's a good question though. If this guy gonna keep disappearing on us. What's the point in just chasing him? If we waited long enough maybe he would come to us. Obviously he's gonna go against us at some point right? So why end up in a place where he wants to be? Let's make him come to us." Like any good KH fan she knew how the games worked which meant she knew how to come up with the crazy plots they loved to give them. Even make them seem perfectly reasonable to any other KH fan like herself.

That hurt but that hadn't been the worst fall. He'd been thrown on the ground enough to know this was one of the easier ones but he didn't recognize this place like the others did but they weren't from any of the worlds here so it made sense they knew things he didn't. Holding Wayward Wind to his side he finally decided to ask a question. "So if we ended up in the past well why hasn't done anything to me? I was asleep during the time this place was Hollow Bastion right? Even past the time it was fixed. I still shouldn't of woken up when I did anyways so how I am I still standing with my only problem being I can't summon my glider or armor?" Oh god he was making his head hurt but he wanted answers and it looked like they could probably come up with a few.