We were all gathered in the main hall. Triskix showed up and explained how we would all be going on a mission.
"About time..." I muttered to Rexikat. Who was standing beside me. "What happened to you Rex? You were out for five days..." I decided to ask. Triskix easily bored me.
"I hadn't slept for five days before that!" She snipped back. I recoiled a bit. "Because of how nicely this Organization is 'organized'. I think I deserved some sleep. "
I didn't say anything else. Triskix was announcing our group arrangements and orders:
"Xait, Amaterasux, Yuumeix, Xena, and Ximh will go to Hollow Bastion. There appears to be a large amount of lesser nobodies and heartless forming. Destroy the heartless but bring back some of the nobodies. We'll need them later. Here use this," He tossed a metal cylinder at me...then continued his announcement, "It will seal them away until they are needed."
After my name had been called...there wasn't any reason for me to pay attention any longer. I walked to the rear of the room...and waited for the others in my group to follow suit. Surprisingly...they did. I knew Amaterasux and Xait...all too well....>,> Yuumiex and Xena however...I did not.
"Name's Ximh...guess we're together on this "mission"." I commented. "What the heck is up with your hand Xait?? Akane again? Man, you're gonna have to learn how to put that girl in check..."
"It wasn't Akane...." Xait denied. Yet didn't seem to wanna tell me what actually happened...so I dropped it.
"Anyway. Who are you two?" I asked examining them.
"My name is Xena. I just joined." The small girl before me commented. She was so small next to me...it made me feel like lifting her up onto my shoulders...so that no one looked down on her. XD
"I'm Yuumiex." Came the other voice. It was quiet...and dark...and just looking at her...nearly lost me. Immediately....my eyes were drawn to the top of her head. There were distinct black cat ears up there...I swear. I wanted to tug on them...just to see if they were actually real...but I resisted the temptation. "Yeah...they're real." She spoke again like tons of people acted the same way.
"Ahem...what do you mean?" I cleared my throat. In a hurry to change the subject, I raised my voice a bit. "Shall we go? Or do any of you have things to get??"
Amaterasux kept staring at me. I knew she probably wanted to say something about the last incident we'd crossed paths...but she stayed silent so I didn't bring it up.
Shortly thereafter...we departed. As soon as we appeared...the defense system kicked in...thanks to the horde of heartless that attacked us. There were Neo-Shadows and Book Masters everywhere! Just destroying them wasn't enough...as we made our way forward, a barrage of Morning Stars and Crimson Jazz's appeared to challenge us as well. We wailed on them until they all disappeared...
Finally...we got a bit of peace...and walked around a bit. I stopped to talk with one of the residents. To find out a bit of information. Since I'd been traveling alone for years...this was just a basic drill and reflex for me.
"What's that? Hollow Bastion? What the heck are you talking about boy??" An old man questioned me. "This here is Radiant Garden...hasn't been Hollow Bastion for years now...where've you been?"
I twitched. When I got back to Castle Oblivion...Triskix was gonna get an earful. About just how useless the Leader's information gathering skills actually were...
The man went on to give me all the hotspots of nobody sightings. And our rag-tag little team started off on our way. I just hoped it wouldn't be too difficult to "catch" these nobodies...Why did I have to CATCH them....Triskix knew how much I liked destroying things...now he was just messing with me... -__-
Ximh
