Kingdom Hearts: The 13th Requiem [PG-13/Not Accepting]

[Love of Ghibli]

And look here come the fools slowly creeping in one by one. This was logical though II and III were for some odd reason inseparable. He took a sip of tea and had a rather humorous thought. Hmmm there's a joke about homosexuality in there. He let out slight chuckle as he heard a knocking on the door. It was then that Omcraxs opened the door to bare witness to Lemaxus and then he left through a corridor of Darkness. How rude of him not even introduce himself. But Nerhyx paid it no mind. He had discerned months ago that he was working with savages bar the Superior. They must have their uses. With Lexamus entering the Library this new nobody would have been able to get a greeting from the majority of the current members of the organization. Well if they had any kind of training she would anyway. From behind Lexamus was a Dusk holding a book. Nerhyx was a tad skeptical because the brawler never struck him as  someone who could read just more of a territorial gorilla man that only knows how to punch. Though even he must have his uses. 
 

Nerhyx felt sort of bad for the female because she would be the only female member of the organization. Which means she may have to put up with more foolishness from the others. Which is weird because one would think the Nobodies would get along, yet they don't. Nerhyx continued to sip more tea and one of his gentlemen refilled the cup. 

[a bad post]

“Well if you will indulge a few more of my questions, then what is exactly this Kingdom Hearts, and how does one go about acquiring a Keyblade, are they wielded by members of the Organization,” Lettya was absolutely engulfed now, how many complexities this new world of hers was, so many intricacies. For the first time in a long time Lettya was enjoying herself.

 

“Hmm… I will have to call upon these elites later, and master my element sometime soon; this has been quite an enlightening discussion. I am actually quite eager to learn all the secrets of this little Organization, but it seems as though there are not many members,” Lettya observed, he had only named a few elements, and provided that he had named them all the Organization only numbered six.

 

It was then another man, presumably a Nobody came in, he seemed to be conversing with himself, but Lettya ignored and came back to her conversation with Nerhyx, who described the man as Number III “So, umm… why is he talking to himself, and what do you mean Number III? Also I believe I will be called Xetatyl from now on, I believe it has an elegant ring to it.”

 

Xetatyl looked to find a new Nobody enter the room, asking about the butler, who she assumed was Nerhyx, and the departure of the was known as Number III, speaking of the newest Nobody, “When will I get to meet this elusive Superior you seem to be talking about?”  

[Barian Warlord]

Xemyrom wa no longer amused by the turn of events, his arm had been severed and a timer put on his life and now he knew he had to be serious. As Kreix gloated about Xemyrom savoring the time he had left a giant explosion of darkness occurred behind Kriex and a Tyranto Rex's jaws clamped down on his location and then thrashed around to shatter the limbs of anything it caught, at the same time an Electricorn appeared behind Xemyrom and used its horn to shatter the ice around him and grabbed his severed arm putting it back in its place as he simultaneously cast Cure, Cura, and Curaga causing the wound to first glow bright green and then a dim green while a green ring formed around him and the wound slowly began to heal itself.

"Really now giving me a timer on my life was not the best way to get what you want but if you want to make this a fight I won't die that easy!"

After that the Electricorn charged the Phantom Heartless, it didn't have a chance of killing it but it would buy Xemyrom time to finish healing his arm so he could make a proper counter attack.

[The Warden]

Eh, the new chick was alright, but she had that uptight look to her, and no doubt she was 'I can change you types'. God were those types complete drips in and of themselves, but, he has to keep up appearances as Number II. "You'll see Kreix later, he's just having a little chat with an unwanted guest right now. I'm Haxz by the way, Number II of this little Organization. Don't worry too much about the numbering, they hold no kind of superiority. It's basically just numbering on when you were first found by Kreix. That's how Omcraxs is III despite this bootlicks' best attempts to be a little bit closer to Kreix."

 

Haxz was staring intently at Nerhyx. "Speaking of which, I managed to do what you dearly wanted too butlerboy. Thanks to Omcraxs' scouting, not only did we find suitable candidates for the Keyblade, one was finally made manifest by my hand. I tell ya, while you were out playing about in the worlds, ol' Haxz was getting crap done. I wonder how pleased Kreix will be to learn on my success in our great mission."

 

He'll act composed, but Nerhyx will be eating himself inside out at the fact that Haxz did better than he did.

[Frybread002]

His journey eastward proved to be agonizing; with only a breech-cloth as his only source of clothing, Yasu’s bare feet began to develop calluses on his heel and toes, and blistering occurred on the arch of his foot. While already having a tan complexion, traveling for four days in the intense glare of the sun proved to be a test of endurance.

 

Personally, Yasu did not seem to mind the sun or the pain from his feet, the only thing he could seem to care to about reaching the horizon of the sun.

 

Fully aware that the landscape he walked on was that of a different world, the only sense of direction Yasu had was star navigating; a technique that originating from his cultural roots, allowed him to simply look up towards the night sky and find his missing path. The only problem was that star navigating only worked on his home world and when he did looked upon the sky; Yasu could not register any part of the starry atmosphere as familiar.

 

Discouraged, Yasu kept on walking towards the ever-elusive sun with hopes of reaching the horizon.

[ListenToLife]

Lexamus remained ignorant of Omcraxs, just as the younger Nobody took little notice of him. He merely glanced at the man as they passed each other, and Lexamus strode into the library, followed by the Dusk with the tome. A quick glance around the room told him that Kreix was not in, thankfully, but there were still three in the library. Strange, as that would require 6 members of this Organisation, while Lexamus had only 5 accounted for in his head.

 

And the stranger was no-one Lexamus recognised anyway; for one, she was female. But again, he took little interest. The great thing about not having a heart was not having to feel unnecessary emotions, and even simple attraction and infatuation were intruding and irritating feelings that Lexamus had no wish to return. He would claim he was 'happy as he was', but he lacked emotions enough to be happy.

 

Anyway, he approached the small group and took little notice of the woman, instead motioning for the Dusk to place the book onto a table close by the group. He then turned to face Nerhyx, waving his hand casually towards the book.

"It offers little interest to me. I have read through some of it, and it mostly appears to be focussed on Magic; not a subject I favour." Lexamus explained, sighing. "The rest is generally illegible, in foreign languages. It's also tainted, and it will not open for me past a certain page." He added.

 

He was about to turn and leave when he heard Haxz bragging about his 'success' on their most recent mission. Hearing this, he scoffed slightly and a smile lifted the corners of his mouth. "Oh, your great success, eh? I'd surely like to hear this, 'Felix'." He chuckled, satisfied with his slight mocking.

[Phantom Roxas]

Kreix turned around to face the Tyrantosaur, stopping time for a brief moment to step back. He resumed time, and the Tyrantosaur's head crashed into the ground. Kreix swung the flail, which coiled around the Dream Eater's snout. Kreix jumped onto the dinosaur's head as the chain continued to move until the sickle hooked inside the Tyrantosaur's mouth. Kreix took the spike at the bottom of the pole and impaled the Tyrantosaur between the eyes.

The Phantom grabbed the Eletricorn by the horn, then threw it into the air. A blue orb appeared beneath within the Phantom's form as a wisp formed in the Phantom's hand, which the Heartless threw at the Dream Eater.

The timer above Xemyrom's head changed to "10". Kreix appeared before Xemyrom, who was still trying to heal. "Now, let's try that again. Blizzara!" Kreix held his hand inches from Xemyrom's face as he prepared an ice attack.

[hr]
Balthazar shook Mindteus' hand, and he found himself looking at the real world again. Ryan was getting up, and Shuren was helping his friend. "Glad to have you back, Ryan!" Shuren held Ryan by the side and helped his friend up. Balthazar nodded at his two apprentices. "I'm happy that the spell worked, Ryan."

"Balthazar! So… What happened to that Emperor guy?"

Balthazar pointed to his head "He's in here. His name is Mateus. He wasn't happy with the deal I came up with, but he accepted it regardless. That said, we need to find Viola and Trevor."

"They went to the shop like you said."

"Excellent. We'll met them there." He turned to face Lightning. "Thank you for all your help."

"Those other guys left, but you're still here, Lightning. How about you join us?"

"Who else was here?"

"Two guys who helped defeat the Heartless. I think one of them was the guy who told us how to beat Mateus."

[hr]
"Pawns? Kreix may be the Superior, but our goals are just as important to him as his own." Xelo followed Justice, less concerned with food and more interested in what this Nobody had to say.

[hr]
Doxfer swiped his claws Zack. "Hey now, don't be beating yourself up. I only like when the littler Nobodies do that. When a normal person like yourself does it, well, it's kind of pathetic." Doxfer blocked the scythe with his lance, but the blade cut into his arm as wisps of darkness started to bleed out. Doxfer jumped back a bit. "What the… You cut my armor! Heh, I guess that little transformation of yours was just for show. Looks like you'll be still be fun to fight now that you're back to normal or whatever."

[hr]
Lexyk appeared in the Land of Sand of Zephyr. The land was shunned by the light, being naught an endless wasteland, and the darkness wanted nothing to do with the personal world of some wimpy kid. The Superior had tasked him with doing whatever he pleased, and a visit to LOSAZ was as good as any. Lexyk moved a hoof through the sand, but he stumbled. This trouble in walking through the sand interested Lexyk. Something like terrain was not an obstacle the Superior's personal guard should be hindered by.

To Lexyk's surprise, however, it was not a whim that brought him to LOSAZ, but chance, for a lone man was wandering through the desert. He was barely clothed, and Lexyk pitied the man. It was a recollection of the feeling, Lexyk reminded himself, but it was pity nonetheless. Lexk's lance arm transformed to match his clawed right hand, but he kept his hands as normal as possible. A straggler, wandering around in this forsaken land? It was a Nobody, and Lexyk didn't want to threaten the man.

"Greetings, traveler!" Lexyk called out. "Do you wish to escape his dry torment?"

[hr]
As Nightmare Palace crumbled to the ground, the many Possessors that once formed it ascended into the sky. Three Shadow Stalkers appeared later, and the Possessors began to stick to them. Darkness began to twist around the Shadow Stalkers and the Possessors for a few second before peeling away to reveal Dark Thorns. They were larger than normal, their skin was a deep purple, and their hair was a bright blue. Behind them stood the Zip Slasher, now nearly twice its size, its armor pitch black with the same purple trim as the Gigas Dark Thorns. The Force Razer held a swirling mass in each hand, one of which it threw a great distance. The ball spun in the air for a few seconds before exploding, knocking Merlin to its side.

"Blast it all!" Merlin cursed. "I've spent my time vacationing here for far too long!" Merlin resumed his dragon form and flew around the ruins of Radiant Garden. Swooping down on the people, he breathed at them, but instead of flames, dust came out instead. "I've let too many people become Heartless. I need to save as many as I can before I leave." As the dust sprinkled among the people, they disappeared. The Hammer Frame and Armored Knight appeared behind him, but darkness began to morph them as well. The Hammer Frame turned into a armored leg that was the same size as it was, while the Armored Knight was a torso with a helmet that floated just above it. Merlin glanced at them, but ignored them as he sent more and more civilians away.

[hr]
"My name is not 'Mr. Silver Bullet'. If you wish to give me a name, call me… Jumpsuit!" Jumpsuit posed as he declared his chosen name, holding his arms into the arm so that his form was shaped like an X. "Worry not, I know plenty of babes. Why, the Dancers are the prettiest things you've ever seen!" Jumpsuit was delighted by how this puppeteer was so considered with his puppet's looks. It was certainly far more entertaining than being stuck with Doxfer. At least this man hadn't thrown Jumpsuit at anyone yet.

[The Warden]

Felix? If that was a joke, it was pretty damn bad. "Okay Wos, I'll humour you on that one. As of now, we have one Keyblade roaming about; funny thing is, the kid behind it is an idiot. He's part of this weird cult or something like that; but his friends are equally ignorant, especially since they can't even tell who's a Nobody. All we have to do now is provide subtle guidance for him, and his potential bearer friends, and we'll soon have two, three or even four Keyblades running about, collecting Hearts and completing Kingdom Hearts. All we have to do is provide the Heartless and they'll do the work for us."

[Frybread002]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Aav14UsTg

 

 

As Yasu continued walking trough the desert, what was canyons and shrubs became sand and dunes - however, the distances Yasu covered on foot became worthwhile when the sun was literally over his head. The fixation of reaching the horizon was near its end, when the sands of this wasteland deterred Yasu from going any further.

 

While he was used to walking bare-footed, the scorching sand proved to be a whole other matter; the fine grains of sand would get in the cogs of his metal left-leg and be susceptible to pain and jamming; the heat radiating from the sun would bounce off the sand and would without a doubt, cause the blisters on his right foot to burst.

 

No matter what he could do, Yasu was stuck at the edge of the desert, where another desert awaited him...

 

The heat became more intense when time dragged on and became quite clear that Yasu Go was at the end of the world. Strangely enough, the sun did not set nor rise on its horizon, instead it would just dance in the sky in a endless circle, tormenting anything that lived in its domain with the bright light of the sun and heat of a thousand suns. The only thing that could keep him company was the wind cooling his body from the wrath of the sun.

 

Sitting under a shrub that offered a decent amount of shading from the sun, Yasu Go simply laid on his back and stared at the blue sky. He didn’t want to admit it, but after looking at the sky for a hour or so, Yasu Go finally realized why he’d became fixated on the horizon; To hopefully have a purpose in life.

 

I‘ve been having these weird dreams lately… He‘d thought, laying on his back while staring towards the sky - with no cloud in sight.

I know for a fact that these are only dreams, but why is it I can only remember the nightmares? I’m not saying that I’m only having bad dreams - I know I am having good dreams, but I just can’t remember a single one.

 

Am I weird…? Am I strange? Am I even normal!? He pondered a little more.

 

I need to know - the truth - of the words behind this letter. I WANT to know who or what the ‘Peaceful Guardian’ is…or was…

And if possible…see if the person in this letter, can tell me a little more about myself…

 

And as if something finally snap in his mind, Yasu quick sat up from the bush and simply stared towards the sandy dunes with eyes of determination. Something was screaming within his body to go towards the dunes and seek the unknown treasures of contempt that rested in his mind; Clenching his teeth, Yasu Go took a deep breath of air and began marching up the first dune of the desert, where almost immediately, the sand started punishing his bare body when the sand blew fits of dust into his eyes and scratched at his bare body. Indeed, this desert wasteland was the true definition of the phrase “worthless piece of rock.”

 

Going up and down, over and under, back and forth for nearly three days, the heat of a never-ending sun was taking its toll on Yasu. His mind became blank, the spirit of a once-proud man dissolved into the sand he was now standing on. The only thing driving him, was to make it to the center of this god-forsaken desert and hopefully find something of value. If it were any other man in Yasu Go‘s shoes, regardless of his caliber in strength, size, intellect, intuition, stamina, experience, or wisdom, they clearly would’ve been broken - as there was no other man or woman in continued existence who could ever hope to match the determination of Yasu Go.

 

While he may not have known it, but Yasu Go was a Nobody; a being who is not meant to exist, but defiles non-existence when their will is strong enough to even escape death’s cold hands.

 

In this case, Yasu Go was no stranger to immeasurable odds; being only 17 years-old, with a small body of 5-foot, 8 inches, he was practically trapped in a child’s body when it came to things such as fights and politics. This in turn caused a lot of people to look down upon his small stature, and literally disregard him as a kid, due to his size, age, and facial features. While growing up in a world that really had no care for him, no one really taught Yasu how to give up, or how to give it your all.

 

Hard-work became his only companion, determination his only creed, and heart the only source of friendship; as these became the three qualities he had learned himself.

 

Even when he perished on the field of a massive battle-field two years ago, Yasu Go accepted his death in full and simply awaited on the other side for any who may have wanted to accompany him into death’s domain. He waited two long years before he wanted to enter the kingdom of death by himself - indeed, having to travel into the cradle of death by yourself is the most frightening thing anyone may encounter, but having to defile laws of actuality, reality, and life/death, Yasu Go made a deal with death - in exchange for waiting for someone to cross the river Styx with him, Yasu would endure all of hell’s crime and punishment with hopes that special someone could ease his mind about departing from his world.

 

This placed him in the realm of living and death, being neither alive nor dead.

 

When the Heartless invaded his home-world of Neowuworld, Yasu Go’s goal heart was susceptible to the darkness and easily stolen. Determined to hold true to his bargain with death and wait for that special someone, Yasu’s will was strong enough to survive the extermination of his home-world and be reborn with a new life in the form of a Nobody…the only catch was that this life was not for him to live.

 

Waking up in a strange desert several days ago, Yasu Go could not remember anything except for the deal with death and suffered from the insecurity of his existence. Hoping to find something of value to restore his confidence in his own continuality of existence, he started searching.

Seven days later, it became clear that his struggle to find meaning in this new life he was given became squandered; his legs were buckling underneath him, the weight of the air became too heavy for him to even stand. Crawling on his belly - inch after inch - was his only means of transportation; the sun made his insides boil, but the wind sweeping across the desert made his skin crawl with the chills of below freezing.

 

Closing his eyes and resting his body with hopes of saving any energy he may have had lift, Yasu was still on his belly when he heard a voice in the far-off distance. It was inaudible due to the wind and his fatigue of walking for several days nonstop; it became an academic question at this point as to whether or not he finally lost his mind or if there really was someone talking. Gazing up towards a sand-dune that towered over his body, Yasu could see a Bull standing on it’s hind legs, staring at him. Not really caring if the Bull was actually capable of speech (or standing on its hind legs for that matter), Yasu Go struggled to raise his hands above his head and point towards the Bull. Focusing the last remaining strength of his will towards the Bull, Yasu Go barely muttered three audible words before he finally passed out; with hopes that he could finally rest his exhausted body…for eternity…

 

“What am I?”

 

 

[spoiler=Something very important I forget to say at the begining of this post!]

OOC: Of course don't let my character die!

[/spoiler]

[Nexev]

Suga Momma sighed, it took a painfully long amount of swinging but the Castle was dead, she was awesome... hey was that the little twerp who ran off on her awhile ago.

 

Should have ran faster.

 

Suga momma smiled and ran at full speed, which was pretty slow given she had a walking stick but despite this eventually she found herself staring down the Force Razor. "You gonna flee a old woman again, or are you finally going to try to handle the suga momma?" After a slight silence, Force Razor readied its blades for combat. Suga Momma's thoughts raced inside her head, this was one of the strongest foes she's faced since she had to deal with the DMV back in 1929, not fun, to top it off shes a lot older then she was last time she fought, this battle could actually end pretty badly. Heh, she ate one of her stupid son's snacks once, she could survive anything.

[hr]

 

Cal clapped politely, with a surge of energy Strider found his weird puppet magic could be used to fix  his body temporarily, which was kinda freaky but whatever lets him clap with his puppet, twice the clap power all yeah. "Oh man dude you gotta teach me those poses, no one told me the king of cool was coming to town, and I couldn't even get his name right man that is completely shameless of me. I'd drop dead in shame but it seems I already did that. Anyway dude you know I am so down with that. I am so down you can't even understand it, I am like in the center of the world holding a shovel and wiping sweat from my manly rugged brow going, wow wait a minute where is down from here, oh man now I will never truely convey the deepness of my downitude, tragic story right over there, move over othello no one even likes that game. I mean-mph!" In what could either be subconcious desire on striders part, a hint of a will within Cal's body, or simply a miracle of god Cal covered Strider's mouth, preventing him from continuing his rant.

 

After a few seconds Cal lowered his hand and Strider sighed. "I mean yes. Thank you. Just lead the way."

 

[hr]

 

After a few minutes Justice sat drinking Tomato Soup from a nearby Cafe, some place called Highwind, he liked the name, reminded him of a few pests he dealt with. Justice noticed that Xelo chose to follow him, which was good. "Well I doubt that, for one thing our states as nobodies makes it impossible to form emotional bonds, no matter how close you think he is to you there is a insurmountable emotional gap that prevents him from ever truly caring about you. He can only care about his past as that is what he remembered  what is tied to the memory of emotion, just like me, just like you." Justice sipped a spoonful of his soup. "It's fascinating, while our emoitons are gone our senses remain, we can not joke but we can taste, what a comfort, no matter how you turn out some things will never leave you." Justice thought for a minute, "However I suppose I need some supplementary forces, you seek power, I know where it is. And hey, I did promise someone to help her bring back her friend, and what is more fitting to stop a Nova Dragon then a moon? Sit down please, I think we should discuss the terms of my employment."

[Love of Ghibli]

Nerhyx had let the freshmen Nobody pic out her name it was quite interesting. "Xetatyl," Nerhyx decided that he would try to figure out the origin name later. But luckily she still had some questions that needed to be answered. But first the fool had jokes to tell and what beautiful jokes they were. Haxz had made some comment about him travelling to other worlds and he was Haxz was boasting about his efforts with the kids. Nerhyx was simply sipping tea and chuckling internally at such words. 

 

"Curious, how did you know I went to other worlds Haxz? I mean while you are correct I realize we don't talk. In fact when I returned the first thing that happened was you leaving to go play with children. Second you and your deadbeat imitation were talking back there behind meaning you aren't entirely invisible or inaudible, which allows me to interpret that you weren't specifically talking about me and my travels. So how do you know of my activities? Well it doesn't matter I guess. Let's move on to your accomplishments. Are you sure you made the keyblade manifest?" A gentlemen turns a computer screen around to reveal a record of the battle with Mateus. "If anything I would give said credit to the golden man here. You know the one that kept two seemingly powerful nobodies at bay with a Barrier Master heartless. Though you two did do a splendid acting job in the final scene." Nerhyx puts his cup down and the Gentlemen and he clap hands in a pretty sarcastic manner. "I guess finally I should address your point about my efforts. Seeing as I cannot figure out how you knew what I was doing its natural that you are incorrect about my aims. I simply spread the will of the superior to other worlds and enlisted the aid of said worlds antagonist. That is what I tried to do and did quite well actually. You played with children and got outclassed by someone in golden armor." Nerhyx shrugged and a Gentlemen grabbed the tome from Lexamus and gave to Nerhyx. 

After looking at it he nodded up and down verifying its worth and looking at it but never opening it. "Thank you Lexamus. I'm sure the superior will be pleased."  Nerhyx looked at Lexamus as he spoke like a polite person would then he looked towards the new Nobody Xetatyl and it would only be proper to address her concerns. "You'll find in your journey of self-discovery that without a heart or more precisely the need for emotion you have no need for the concept of teamwork. Right now as it stand I don't think any of us actually have any positive feelings towards each other. Its almost on the level of disdain, but I don't think anyone has the ego to admit that we feel negative emotions towards the other Nobodies. I would say don't be alarmed at this exchange between the fool and the butler, but its most likely that you will feel nothing from this exchange anyway. Onto your questions. Kingdom Hearts is a world of Hearts. Specifically a the hearts of those who were taken by the heartless and the keyblades seem to manifest themselves in individual wielders. While no members of this organization can wield them. Its seems that there were two members in this organizations history who had such talents. Finally while not a question you did touch on our small ranks. Well that's simple, you'll find that it is simply hard to find  people who have wills that strong to actually become nobodies like yourself. So be honored as you are a rare instance meaning your must have had some willpower."

When he was finally done addressing Xetatyl. Nerhyx decided that it would be best if Haxz and he just stopped conversing...or whatever Haxz does when words come out of his mouth. "I figure its best if you have the last word. Would you like to use it on quip to display your resounding wit Number II?"

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Balthazar shook Mindteus' hand, and he found himself looking at the real world again. Ryan was getting up, and Shuren was helping his friend. "Glad to have you back, Ryan!" Shuren held Ryan by the side and helped his friend up. Balthazar nodded at his two apprentices. "I'm happy that the spell worked, Ryan."

"Balthazar! So… What happened to that Emperor guy?"

Balthazar pointed to his head "He's in here. His name is Mateus. He wasn't happy with the deal I came up with, but he accepted it regardless. That said, we need to find Viola and Trevor."

"They went to the shop like you said."

"Excellent. We'll met them there." He turned to face Lightning. "Thank you for all your help."

"Those other guys left, but you're still here, Lightning. How about you join us?"

"Who else was here?"

"Two guys who helped defeat the Heartless. I think one of them was the guy who told us how to beat Mateus."

[hr]
Doxfer swiped his claws Zack. "Hey now, don't be beating yourself up. I only like that the littler Nobodies do that. When a normal person like yourself does it, well, it's kind of pathetic." Doxfer blocked the scythe with his lance, but the blade cut into his arm as wisps of darkness started to bleed out. Doxfer jumped back a bit. "What the… You cut my armor! Heh, I guess that little transformation of yours was just for show. Looks like you'll be still be fun to fight now that you're back to normal or whatever."

 

"HEY! Balthazar! Ryan! Shuren!" a voice yelled from behind that group. They turned and saw the closing figures of Trevor and Viola running towards them. They're all....good good.... he thought with a small sigh. Both of them reached the small group, as he looked away. "Sorry I left most of you behind. I honestly thought you were behind me...regardless...Viola's got the Star Shard with her...so what do we do now?"

 

[hr]

 

That was a lucky strike...I doubt it'll happen twice. Zack thought as he jumped back some, having his index finger reveal a pumpkin covered in fire, as he fired it at Doxfer. Alright...with that, it could stun him for a bit...at which point I can easily send in a barrage of strikes and attacks at the guy...provided he doesn't have anything up his sleeve.

[Kōsuke Ueki]

Leaning over Shuren for support, Ryan saw Trevor and Viola coming back. But Viola was on his mind at the moment. She seemed to have been unharmed, and it was a relief that whatever remained of that spell hadn't transferred to Viola. If only he knew what made the spell drain and give him the strength to control his mind once again. Granted, it may come to him in the future, but as for now, he's recuperating until his strength returns. "Good to see you're still kicking Trevor." said Ryan with a slight stumble. He then looked at the pink-haired girl. "Lightning was it? I just want to thank you for helping us out fighting those Heartless. It'd probably been a struggle to stay fighting had you not showed up. I appreciate that. Maybe you can come with us if you like." Ryan then looked at the Star Shard. "Um, mind I ask as to how that thing works, or even what it's supposed to do?" Ryan wasn't sure if he heard anything about the Star Shard before everything turned black, but he just waited for Balthazar's response. Hm, I'm glad I'm awake, but why do I feel somewhat heavy on my heart? he thought as he felt some weak force in his mind starting to mess with his choices.

[The Warden]

Trying to be smug at always, but, if he had a recording, he would've known damn well how the battle went down. "I thank you, great bootlicker for that honour. I only have two things to say: Don't spy on me, Omcraxs has learned that the hard way. Also, if you're going to be smug, at least be right."

 

Haxz gave a quick aside at Xetatyl. "I hope he doesn't bore you to death telling you how great Kreix is. Even though we can't get bored he seems to have the supernatural power to make us get it."

 

He didn't even say anything to Lexamus, but instead chose to merely Corridor away to his room.

 

[hr]

 

Haxz collapsed onto his own bed, having the Corridor drop him off to do so. But then, he realised something important. "Oh yeah..."

 

He had left his coat atop that building after chasing Omcraxs down it. Bah, it didn't matter all that much, he'd just send a Deadbeat to go get it before it blew away.

[Barian Warlord]

As both the Tyranto Rex and Electricorn were about the receive fatal wounds they vanished in puffs of smoke as Xemyrom had recalled them just before they would have taken major damage and it would take some time for them to heal. Then Kreix appeared before him as he was healing and fired a Blizzaga at him point blank. As the blast of ice shot from Kreix's had Xemyrom simultaneously jumped away and generated a Dark Gate redirecting the Blizzaga to Kreix's Phantom who at the time was vulnerable to ice attacks and so it took major damage, afterwards Xemyrom checked his right arm for the most part it was healed but he still fealt pain from it and didn't want to use it in the fight and through off the sleeve that had been severed with his cloths as he noticed the change in time above his head.

"Really your going through quite a bit of work to make sure your plans fail."

[Phantom Roxas]

The Phantom recoiled from the attack, and when it turned back to Xemyrom, the orb had turned red. "Ah, so that's your ability. As for my plans, I'd love to hear the finer points on how you could convert hearts into whole people." The number above Xemyrom changed to nine, and Kreix commanded his flail to return to his hand. "I'll tell you what, if you can take down the Phantom and get rid of that pesky little counter above your head, I'll listen."

[hr]
Balthazar smiled, but it quickly faded away. "I'm glad that you found the Star Shard, but what about James? Did something happen?" Before Viola or Trevor could respond, Ryan asked about the situation. The Star Shard will teleport us to a place of our choosing. However, the Star Shard has a mind of its own, and may take us to any place we don't intend for. I placed a spell on it to restrain that particular power. I'll take the Star Shard, and we can be on our way."

"Trevor," Shuren said. "I'm sorry you didn't see me. It's just… I had to stay here for Ryan and Balthazar, you know? But thanks for getting the Star Shard."

[Merci]

"...James was kidnapped." Viola said, in a monotone with only a slight hint of sadness in it. She had thought Trevor would've mentioned it, but apparently not. "By some guy in a black coat, maybe part of that Organization. Maybe they went to Traverse Town, so maybe we'll find him there along with your Grimhold thing. Maybe. Maybe not."

 

Looking down at the ground, she didn't seem to be her normal, bubbly self. She didn't appear to be in shock, just, a mixture between disappointment and quietness. In any case, after saying thus, she placed the Star Shard in Balthazar's hand.

 

"Let's go."

[a bad post]

“If prefer to stay out of your squabbles, as of now the “butler” as you call him has been quite helpful, without excessive hero worship of this elusive leader. Your banter bores me as well , so provided there is nothing else I should know Nerhyx I believe I will be going to explore the rest of this castle, until this Kreix returns,” as the new Nobodies came and went Xetatyl rose from her seat, and waited to make sure that  Nerhyx was finished explaining Nobody-dom.

 

“Oh one last important question, were might I find some more clothes,” realizing she was still nude under the cloak, and she was not that kind of woman. Nerhyx had explained that there had been a previous Organization, as it seemed the superior members were quite learned about it. The first order of business though was to figure out her element and Elite, because until then she was just baggage.  

[Love of Ghibli]

"Hmm well we do have series of spare cloaks that you are welcome to wearing. Secondly as a Nobody you have a special method of transport known as the Corridor of Darkness that allows you to travel through worlds and to places. You could easily go anywhere and just take clothes as you see fit. For now I guess you can take a self tour of the castle and give yourself one of the many empty rooms. You'll fine it to be the best place for the relaxation. To use the Corridor of darkness you simply imagine the a place you want to go. Its almost second nature for us. Though I will say be careful the extensive overuse of the could somehow corrupt us if we do not use or cloaks." 

This is was a most interesting turn of events, he was a mentoring figure for the new Nobody and while he did not intrinsically care about the person it was the act that was quite entertaining. Maybe this was how the Superior felt when he opened his gracious arms to the other Nobodies. Pity that none of these other incompetents see the precious gift that the superior  as given to them the same way as he does.

[Phantom Roxas]

Balthazar shook his head. "Now they're going after us."

Shuren looked to where the mysterious men where. "Balthazar, those two guys, do you think they were from the Organization? They wanted to know about the Keyblade, so maybe it was more than simple curiosity?"

"It's entirely possible. Viola's right, though. We have to start with Traverse Town. Mateus' Heartless is there, and he definitely has the Grimhold."

"So what are we waiting for, then? We need to get this Grimhold and save James!"

"My thoughts exactly."

Balthazar held out the Star Shard, and Shuren placed his hand on the mystical object. "To Traverse Town."

Balthazar nodded. "To Traverse Town." The Star Shard moved ever so slightly as a faint glow appeared, waiting for the other three apprentices to agree to the journey it was about to begin.

[hr]
The pumpkin hit Doxfer square in the face, the flames forming a scar across Doxfer's eyes. "You damn cheater! I don't care what the rules of being a Nobody are, you've really pissed me off, you little brat!" Doxfer leapt into the air as both of his hands turned into lances. "A little skeleton freak like you has gotta like the darkness right? Because if I can make you into a Nobody, I can't wait to kick your ass with you not being able to do a damn thing about it."

[Kōsuke Ueki]

James was...kidnapped? Even though he didn't entirely show it, Ryan was enraged with Viola and Trevor since they didn't even bother to save him. He felt like he wanted to kill them both for not even considering saving him. But, he would have his chance to speak his mind when he recuperates and is able to move about freely. He should have known that the members of the Organization were after them. But it had never occurred to him that they would even come after Ryan and the others at the moment. It seems as though now, he should have done more than he originally intended. But, now is not the time to dwell on the past, even though his heart started to feel heavy again. Disregarding his current emotions calmed him down as he listened to Balthazar and Shuren. "Yeah, we need to save James as fast as we can." he said, still a little weak in his words. He then proceeded to touch the Star Shard. "To Traverse Town." The Start Shard moved once again as the glow grew slightly. Don't worry, James, I'll get you out of whatever it is you're in now; I guarantee it. he thought.

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Trevor looked at the rest of the group, watching as his Keyblade disappeared from his hand...but he felt a reason that he'd see it again soon. He smiled and then put his own hand on the Star Shard. "To Traverse Town!" he said, confidently. Hopefully, I can find some more information and even how to wield this thing correctly! Let's hope someone can help me out... Trevor thought, as he looked at his headphones, smiling a bit. And...maybe find a way to tune my heart better...so I can listen to it...

 

[hr]

 

"T-That's not gonna....happen..." Zack said, seeming a bit out of breath. He was bluffing big time here, as he exhausted most of his energy through the multiple attacks and even his Reaper form... he couldn't keep this up...

 

Man...how much power does this horse guy even have? he thought, keeping steady and trying to keep an act up for Doxfer. C-Cause I'm gonna...I'm gonna...

[Barian Warlord]

Xemyrom was annoyed he'd known that Kreix was powerful but he hadn't realized just how irrational the Nobody was it seemed like he only listened to every other word that was said to him, luckily Kreix had put himself under Xemyrom's thumb with his current game not realizing the risk he'd put himself in. Xemyrom summoned an Eglider and Thunderaffe then almost instantly he preformed Link Style with them entering a form with a large dark blade and bat wings on his back, he then turned to the Phantom and then using his speed game from the nine attack hastens he received from his dream eaters he closed the gap with the Phantom's sphere and  launched a Firaga Burst so that it would appear inside the Heartlesses robe and all the blasts would hit the sphere and if it connected would deal massive damage as he also obtained a Fire Boost from his Eglider.

[Phantom Roxas]

Darkness began to bleed from the Phantom as the orb turned white. The Heartless fired another wisp at Xemyrom as Kreix gathered ice in his hands. "Phantom, just because I said I'd listen if he destroyed you wasn't a hint for you to start slacking. No matter. Blizzaga!" Tendrils of eyes sprouted from Kreix's hands, chasing after Xemyrom. The Phantom reached for the boy's arms to hold him while Kreix's attack caught up. The Superior tilted his staff at the two, and the chain launched, coiling around the ice. Above Xemyrom, the counter turned to eight.

[hr]
Doxfer's scarred face sneered as Zack stood helplessly. As he closed in on Zack, he thrust the lances forward, both of them focused on the same spot: Zack's heart.

[hr]
"What am I?" the boy had said. He had ignored Lexyk, no matter how much the Paladin called for him, before finally collapsing in the cave. Lexyk took the boy in his arms and carried him through a Corridor. They had arrived back at the Hall of Empty Melodies, where the lone Samurai was now walking in a circle. Lexyk shook his head, then slung the boy over his shoulder before approaching the Samurai. Lexyk slapped the Samurai across the head, then took its hands as he walked up the steps. He led Yasu and the Samurai to Kreix's room, then let go of the Samurai's hand and sat the boy down on the floor. Lexyk could not sense the Superior, so he presumed that he had use his powers to go back in time. Lexyk stood be the new "recruits", waiting for his master's return and for this boy to wake up.

[hr]
The Shadow looked at the girl, considering whether to strike. It had no desire to feast upon her, and yet, it could sense something the girl possessed. Power? Yes, power. It had to be the power like the one the Organization had. It compelled the Shadow to approach, and so the little Heartless leapt into the air, landing right in front of Chloé. It looked up at the girl, awaiting for her response.

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Lightning had managed to take Balthazar to a safe place, where he had recovered and awakened. She stowed away her Blazefire Saber, and collected her thoughts. It was clear that there was something more to simply the Heartless invading the universe. Some other faction commanded the Heartless, as well as some...other creatures...and they all wore black cloaks...WHo were they, and what did they want? Were they after Serah as well? She grimaced slightly at the thought of those creeps getting their hands on her sister, but snapped back to reality when Shuren asked her if she wanted to join them, and she nodded to both of them. [color=#FF69B4]"I would be more than happy to help you."[/color] She similarly placed her hand on the Star Shard, and while she was still worried about their new adversaries, it was clear that she had made some powerful new friends this day.