I felt my eyes begin closing when suddenly someone...no two people....entered my room. I sat up and then jumped up.
"RaXi?!" I said somewhat dazedly.
"You have a visitor Triskix..." RaXi answered. As she walked in, Minx followed. The tenseness of battle shot straight through me. I formed my scythe in an instant ready to beat some sense into the girl.
"She comes to talk. Put that away." RaXi ordered. The shock of hearing her voice sound so angry made my scythe vanish.
"But I have to go now. So take care...and don't do anything stupid." RaXi continued. Then she turned and started walking into a portal. I looked at Minx who just looked back at me.
"Gee...thanks a lot RaXi." I sighed. A somewhat laugh escaped RaXi as she walked through the portal. Once she was gone, I turned my attention to Minx. She just continued to stare at me.
"Why are you here," I started.
"I....I want to know," Minx answered looking me boldly in the eyes.
"Know what," I asked somewhat harshly. I didn't want to have this conversation. It was making enemies way too personal......
"I can't remember!" Minx yelled back at me. "I want to remember! I want to know! I want to know who.......who are Nim and Kristain? Who are they?!"
"Haven't we already had this discussion?" I asked. "Nim is Kristain's sister. You are Nim and I am Kristain."
"No!" Minx shouted back. "No no no no no no no no! I am not Nim! I am Minx and that is all I am! Why do you haunt me Triskix! Why do you make all these memories and things come! Why! They aren't mine!"
"Don't argue with me. Minx is Nim with an X in it. You are Nim's nobody. I know that much. I don't make memories you are just hiding them from yourself or are having someone hide them for you." I answered back.
"Stop it! I don't want...." Minx started.
"Then why did you come here?" I asked glaring at her now.
"I......" Minx started. "I came to......to know......to know who I am.....and why I came into being......I want to know...."
I waited for a bit as Minx glared at me. Finally I found the words...
"Fine then....I'm not sure what happened exactly," I answered back. "But apparently you were created after I left Kristian again."
"Wha-" Minx started but I ignored her.
"During the ten year period after the fall of Organization 13, I traveled by myself and eventually came across a boy and his sister. The boy and I were the same....two halves. And he had been looking for me for a long time. His name was Kristian. The girl's name was Nim....his sister....Kristain and I came together and were whole for a while. But.....I wanted to go home....back to Castle Oblivion......and finally I reached the surface of Kristian's mind until he wanted to go back just as badly. So Nim....the angelic child, split Kristian and me apart again. And I left. That is all I know," I answered.
"So.......you left......after you were whole......" Minx started.
Suddenly she grabbed her head and started crying out in pain. I wasn't sure what to do. She continued to cry, and finally I just leaned down and picked her up. She wasn't heavy at all, and I sat her on my bed and waited for her to stop.
"I...I....I remembered something," Minx said quietly.Mirrors were starting to apear around her. I took a few steps back.
"I remember.....that I was,no. Nim and Kristian....had never been apart...until you left him again....and then he left to go find you....Nim was...was so lonely....after Kristian left...so lonely....so lonely Triskix!" Minx said quietly her hands on her face. "I was so lonely! Why! Why! Why did you leave! Why did you make Kristian leave! Nim....was so lonely....and.....I was so lonely...and....Nim...made me...."
Minx looked up at me her blue eyes trying to see straight through me. They were questioning eyes as well as eyes filled with something else I couldn't quite place.
"She made me....to play with so it made waiting easier," Minx said quietly. "But I was lonely...I was...Nim's loneliness....I wanted someone else....I wanted to find someone....someone Nim was looking for....Kristian....Triskix....I...."
I didn't move. I didn't breathe. I was the one who made Minx....I caused Kristian to leave....and Nim made Minx.... I felt a pang of pain run though me. The Leader had been listening in!
Suddenly a portal opened, and the Leader stepped through clapping his hads.
"Well done well done Triskix, Minx, well done both of you," he laughed. "You two figured out quite an interesting puzzle. I was wondering how Xerebus had managed to get a nobody like you little miss Minx. Or should I say little miss Nim? Heh either way. Now then Triskix. Take this prisoner to the cells."
"What!" I nearly shouted.
Minx stared at the Leader somewhat dumb-struck.
"I.....you...." Minx started.
"Yes me," the Leader said.
Nim's eyes seemed to widen even more. The Leader smirked from beneath his hood and reached out to grab Minx's arm.
"Kristian Help!" Minx shouted.
I reacted before I could think. An explosive fireball smashed into the wall inches from the Leader. He turned and looked at me.
"Let her go," I glared. "I won't have this Xra-"
"Stop!" the Leader yelled. "Do not disrespect me Triskix. She is a weapon of the other organization, and I will break this weapon...."
"I won't have you do this," I snarled back. "Let her go back to Xerebus."
The Leader gave me a look and started flying though my mind. He tore at everything mercilessly. Every though every emotion was being shredded and then laughed at.
"Kristian!" Minx shouted.
A mirror came crashing at the Leader and he dodged away. Minx glared at the Leader with solid black eyes. Mirrors started forming all through out the room and they slowly changed to nobodies.
"Minx! Leave!" I yelled. "Leave now!"
Minx gave me a terrified look but finally opened a portal and ran though. The Leader got up as the mirrors began to fade. I felt the sudden rush in my mind and everything began to slip away.
"From now on," the Leader's cold voice said menacingly. "Every time you see Minx.....you will not hesitate to kill her. Form this pact."
I felt my grasp of things begin to fade and slowly I sighed.
"Fine," I answered not really sure what I had just said fine to. It was all a strange blur....Another pact bond formed and slowly the realization of what I just did hit me.
"Good," the Leader said smirking. "I'm glad we're on the same page."
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Minx jumped out of the portal and hit the ground hard. She was back at Citadel Abyss. She shook quietly and fearfully. So....that was..... Minx thought to herself.
Suddenly Emrix appeared and was helping her up.
"Where did you go Minx? Are you ok?" Emrix asked cautiously.
"I....I....." Minx said unsure of what to say....."Where is Xerebus-sama! I hate to see him! I....."
"Xerebus......is out Minx," Emrix said calmly.
“Farewell Nyx...and be careful."
Were the last words I heard RaXi say before she walked away up the stairs. I wondered if she knew that those were the same words she said to me 10 years ago. Smiling back to her I watched as she disappeared. I knew she could beat anyone if she put her mind to it, but I still couldn’t help but to worry deeply for her. She was one of my Best Friends, no… she was more like an Older Sister to me, in our messed up and broken family.
The one thing, and only thing, that is useful and good about having your teacher so close to the leader was is that you learn, and learn quickly, to block things out of your mind. I made a promise to RaXi to cover her when she is gone and that is just what I was going to do, no matter what.
“Wha..” Whipping around quickly I peered into the darkness. Someone was here, I couldn’t believe that I did not feel it sooner. Calling out to my sword, my other weapon that was much more useful in close up fights, I summoned it to come… but it didn’t.
“That could only mean…” Walking closer to the dark figure in the corner, I reached out my hand to the person’s hood. There was only reason that my sword would not come out… is if it was someone that it knew.
Curiosity got the best of me, as my fingers slowly wrapped around the front of the hood. I could feel them skim across a thick mass of hair. Slowly I started to pull the hood back, when a hand shot up and captured my wrist. I let out a short gasp and jumped back, and almost succeeded at pulling my wrist out of the grip. The person turned their head and the hood slowly fell back…
“Lexian!?”
He looked at me questionably and gave me a slight nod of his head, RaXi is right and I felt it before too. Something was off about Lexian but I couldn’t figure out what, it was as if parts of his aura are a completely different person. ‘It is probably from all the stress of everything that has happened,’ I thought to myself.
“I should have known it was you! You get that from Zexion…” With that said his head turned to look down at the floor, I knew I shouldn’t have said that.
“Lex… I…” Glancing down I slowly rolled around a rock that was stuck underneath my boot, trying to figure out what to say.
“So you heard about RaXi… about her leaving?”
“Yea. I think she has the right idea.” Lexian said, raising his head back up.
“Wha! Lex what are you thinking about?”
Lexian crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, bringing his right foot up to place it on the wall, so he was only standing on one foot. The classical “Lexian’s Thinking” pose, it was hard not to laugh.
“I know that Triskix made a bargain with the tyrant, that he can use Triskix’s power. A contract goes both ways, so the question here is—.”
“What is our dictator doing for Triskix?” Sitting on top of the railing of the stairs, I listen intensively to what Lexian had to say.
“But it is already answered, it was answered before we even knew the question.”
“What? Lex how can—”
“What is Triskix most concerned about? What is his only goal?”
“The…... The revival of the Original Organization Members! But... what if it is not, Lexian? Triskix doesn’t like to give out too much information.”
“Yes, but I due believe that is what the despot is doing for him. I also think that he is hiding something from us, even from Triskix.”
“Your going to confront him, aren’t you.” I looked back down to the ground I wouldn’t let myself think of what our ‘leader’ could do to Lexian if he was mad. Lexian’s next words lifted my fear, at least for a little bit.
“No. Not yet, when Triskix heals up a bit more I will confront him about this. Until then I think there is something that I can research about in my book, Zexi—he did love to leave hints.” With that he opened up a portal and left, probably to his room.
He didn’t really want anyone to know about his little secret. Afraid that someone would want to take away his last link with his sensei, for he held onto Zexion’s book. Opening a portal myself I appeared in front of Xemmsur, hoping I didn’t startle her.
“Sorry! Uh… Xemmsur… can I ask you something?” She looked at me questionably, but nodded her head for me to continue on.
I didn’t know if it was something I could do, I mean what if this silly idea i have gets us nowhere but lost time. Time is something that I have recently found out that we are begging to run out of. Right when I was about to wave it off, RaXi came to mind and the words that she said, ‘Our rightful positions were to take over the Organization... and to keep it alive. And yet we abandoned it all for what? For some man to come in and claim ownership? NO! That legacy belongs to US! We who worked and strive and were molded for the position! We, of the 'original apprentices', were never meant to 'serve'!’ A sudden boldness came over me and I knew what we had to do. ‘RaXi is right!’ I commented in my head.
“Who do you remember anyone… I mean from the past. It seems like everyone is remembering certain things little by little. Like a big puzzle, everyone memories about certain people seem like they are never the same, if we can take those memories maybe together we can finish this puzzle. We can not let ourselves be slaves to our minds anymore. It is not Anamx’s fault, but we have to rebel against his doings.”
“We have to push ourselves to remember, like RaXi said, ‘We ARE the original Organization 13 apprentices! We have seen things that no one else has! We Had to fight everyday to survive inside Our OWN house since the leader increasingly wanted us pushed harder. But Not Anymore! That ‘leader’ is Not here, but We ARE!’ This castle IS Our Legacy Not the tyrant’s that Rules it Now!"
"We have to take this little by little, and for now we must make ourselves remember what we can and support Triskix. We all let ourselves get shot down and pieces of us did shatter when everyone disappeared. Now we have to remember what this castle was like 12 years ago, when Everyone was alive, and if you believe in it, we have to work toward that goal.”
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In three words I can sum up everything
I've learned about life: it goes on.
~Nyx
All I needed was the gourd given to me by Verex, and my spare Organization Cloak. Since my other was soaked through with blood. I put it on and departed. No one seen me leave. I portaled outside and started walking...straight for the main gate. Yet I quickly noticed I had a welcoming party awaiting my arrival. Minx, and another child was there.
I halted just before her...unwavering, a look of determination on my face. "What is it now Minx? I thought you wouldn't see me again? Or do you forget your own words?" I smirked.
"Shut up you!" She shouted in rage. I was slightly surprised how angry she actually seemed. "YOU! If it wasn't for you then Verex wouldn't have been hurt!!! What did you do to him!"
"What did I do?!" I cackled. "Minx...that's....priceless..."
"Hey, stop laughing at her! You icy witch!" The girl next to her shouted.
I fell completely silent and glared at the insolent child. How dare she insult me... "Stay out of this little girl. Unless you want this witch to silence YOU."
She seemed just a bit frightened...but putting on a brave face stood before Minx protectively. "I am Le Faix! You can't frighten me and you won't hurt Minx!"
I smirked once more and began moving forward. She took the defensive...but didn't know how to act when I simply walked right past them. "I don't have time for the antics of such immature children..." I dismissed.
"RAXI WAIT!" Minx suddenly shouted with all of her being. I stopped and turned around...waiting for her to speak.
"What did you mean...earlier...if you didn't hurt Verex...who did?" She asked quietly.
"Don't you know?" I smiled. "It was your Master Xerebus. But why should you care about Verex, Minx? After all, YOU condone his servitude...do you not? Or don't you know that either? Verex is being FORCED to live there...he isn't free like you or I. Xerebus has made him his SLAVE."
"That's not true..." Minx mumbled. I could tell I was getting into her mind.
"SHUT UP WITCH!" Le Faix screamed.
"It's okay Le Faix..." Minx muttered, she came closer to me. Not in a threatening way...but as though she needed something. "Since you seem to know so much...tell me RaXi...who is Kristian?"
My mouth dropped...and my eyes widened a bit. I bent to her level and brought my face within an inch of her own. Looking into her eyes I questioned her, "Why do you ask? Do you yourself do not know the answer?! Are you not Nim?"
At hearing this name, she grabbed her head. "NIM? Who is that?! WHO AM I?!!!" She screamed.
Le Faix wouldn't hold back anymore. She released a light powder into the air...scattering it from the palms of her hands. It sparked slightly...and resembled fairy dust. "I'll kill you witch!" She shouted.
I didn't move an inch. Her particles suddenly seemed to dart at me, seeking to rip through my body. But just before they hit, each and every speck stopped in it's place. She looked shocked.
"Did you think that just because you were children I would underestimate you?" I lectured. "Don't you feel the slightest chill on the air? I've frozen over all your little particles. Ice obeys ME. And my will is STRONGER than yours." I smiled arrogantly.
She fell to her knees in defeat. I walked to Minx once more. Putting my hand on her shoulder to get her attention I spoke softly. "Listen closely. Everything you have been told...all that you know...is most likely based on lies. I know you are lost...perhaps they've messed with your memories as well." I explained. "If you truly seek answers, all I can tell you is to ask Triskix yourself. But you must go to him seeking the truth...not his head. Do you understand?"
She looked up at me questionably. "Triskix...so he does know the answers..."
"More than I can ever offer you..." I smirked. "However, she cannot accompany you...you must go alone...and as I said, for answers, not a battle. Do you agree to these terms? I will take you there...but afterwards...it's up to you to act accordingly."
"You would take me to him? But..."
"Yes or no will suffice. I WAS in a bit of a rush, if you hadn't noticed." I stated quickly.
"Yes! I...I uh...want to know who I am..." She mumbled. "Le Faix...please wait here for me...you will right?"
"Of course Minx...but...should you go? It's probably a trap set by this Ice Witch..." Le Faix rebuked.
"Call me a Witch one more time...and I'll strip you of your wings fairy!" I snapped. She fell silent. I opened a portal. "Hurry up."
We walked through, directly into Triskix's room. He looked as though he were just about to fall asleep. "RaXi?!" He jumped up.
"You have a visitor Triskix..." I stated as Minx followed me inside.
Triskix formed his scythe instantly.
"She comes to talk. Put that away." I ordered. "But I have to go now. So take care...and don't do anything stupid." I walked back to my portal but stopped at Minx's side. I mumbled so only she could hear. "Cause any trouble at all here...hurt ANYONE here...I will kill you Minx. That's no idle threat...but I think you realize that. After all, you're a smart girl...if you weren't...you wouldn't come seeking the truth."
"Gee...thanks a lot RaXi." I heard Triskix mumbled as I left. This time I headed all the way outside the gates. Now to which world...I would have to hurry up and decide already...
~RaXi
Ximh turned to me, I looked at his feet. Then suddenly he grabbed me his arms going around me. The bruises he had created before stung slightly yet his hands were gentle on my back and it didn't hurt, i was completely confused.
"Ximh what are you...?" i tried to pull away from him... was this even Ximh i was being.. HUGGED? by... But he pulled me in closer and almost whispered in my ear
"I'm glad you're alright...I'm sorry I threw you like that...I didn't mean to use so much strength...I just wanted you out of range...Did Domix do anything to you? He didn't hurt you?" my arms lost all their strength.. even though i had nearly made him fade away he cared about whether or not he had hurt me??
"What are you talking about...I ALMOST KILLED YOU! What the heck...YOU'RE apologizing?! YOU'RE worried?! I shouldn't even be here...I don't deserve to talk to you...much less stand in your presence EVER AGAIN!!" i must have sounded hysterical but i didn't deserve his kindness. He pulled away from me slightly and looked into my eyes, his bright orange eyes seemed to glow. i tried to look away from him but he made me look into his eyes.
"Don't ever say that again! If you ran away from me...refused to see me...that would make me very sad Kyxsha...VERY sad..." He seemed to have emotions in his voice that we nobodies aren't capable of feeling yet....
"What are you saying..." i was sure i said that in my mind but then XImh replied
"I don't know...I want you to stay by my side Kyxsha...don't leave. Don't leave and go to him...Stay with me..." His words seemed to vibrate against my chest, in the hole that my heart had created with it's absence.
With out another word, Ximh leaned in for a kiss. At first i was shocked but then i melted into it. That one deep kiss seemed to confirm how much Ximh cared for me, how much he trually did want me by his side. As we both pulled away, i felt slightly... light headed.
A redness seemed to appear on Ximh's face as if he was blushing
"I won't force you..." he then walked back to his room before he entered he turned to me and said.
"Just think about it...alright?" There was no thinking to be done.. i knew where i wanted to be. As i was about to open Ximh's door i felt a presence outside the gates... Someone from the other organisation.... no two....
I walked to my room and looked out the window. Raxi was exiting the castle, she had a few belongings, but that couldn't possible be all that she had... i watched as she walked but i was more concerned about the two.. LITTLE GIRLS....
They both seemed to be preteens.. though personally they looke like little children. Though they were both dressed in the organisation unifrom... sending little children in, i couldn't believe it. There was a blonde girl with two pigtails... she reminded me of Le Suxube soo much, it was unbvelievable. Her hair even though in pigtails that were plaited was easily able to reach past her waist. It seemed to shine in the moonlight, reflecting how much care and attention was paid to those locks of yellow blonde hair.
I began to walk backwards, keeping my eyes on these two intruders.. if that's what you call them. Then my ankle hit into the egde of my bed and i fell onto it.
I had forgottern how soft a bed was, and how tired i had become. I had most likely spent two full days awake, and amongst them i had been pushed to the limits constintly. I grabbed out the gourd Yamil had given me. It was a tiny gourd and i had been able to easily have it on my person. I continued laying on my bed, for some reason i couldn't get up. I tried to drink whatever potion was left in it.. but there wasn't much left. Only enough to help heal my brusies, they were stil there but at least i could lie on my back without it paining me. With the gourd out of potion i through it in the air and Jazabelle caught it....
I smiled and laughed a little... Closing my eyes i drifted off to sleep. And finally i had a night were i did dream and those dreams weren't haunted by blood
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Kyxsha
Please Continue
Xeros walked to where Xerebus was. Xerebus sighed.
"Xeros, what's you report?" Xerebus asked.
"Well, all of our lesser nobodies have been restless and disobeying our orders..." Xeros said. Xerebus slammed his fist down.
"What!?" He yelled. Xeros explained further.
"They are restless because they heard this song." Xeros held a tape recorder and pressed play. It was Akane singing.
Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones
An emptiness begins to grow
There's something out there, far from my home
A longing that I've never known
"So what? A nobody that deserves to die sings songs...What's the problem?" Xerebus scoffed.
"With all due respect, the lyrics somehow fit the personality of a nobody. All the nobodies are hypnotized and are destroying the heartless and our organization because of this voice." Xeros blew his brown hair to the side.
"Don't worry, I'll think of something. You may dismiss." Xerebus pushed Xeros away. Xeros bowed.
"One more thing, remember the person that once destroyed a million heartless and all the villians at the same time?" Xeros asked.
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
"That person not only is the nobody's other half, but she has tremendous power. She might be useful to us." Xeros walked away, "The person's name is Jessica."
Someone continue please...
~Jess
~Akane
