Roxas shrugged, he hadn't meant to push the throttle. "Well, we're going in anyway!" he yelled in a panic as the ship flew into the darkness. Alice nodded, taking deep breaths, "It's just...we learned that the Dark Kingdom Hearts, uh, Akira, couldn't be born without a source of Darkness that longed for Light and Pure Darkness. Does that mean both of those things exist? Who could they be?" Saix growled slightly, "You mean Repliku and Xenree...they are your Dark beings who created Akii." ~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile.... Xion and four members of the Organization: Axel, Demyx, Larxene, Xigbar, and X traveled to Twilight Town to investigate the other hole. Aqua, Terra, Luxord and Xaldin went to Castle of Dreams and the hole there. Akii, Zexion, Lexaeus and Marluxia went to Dwarf Woodlands and the hole there. Xemnas, Vexen, and Renee went to Olympus and the hole there.
I'm good. You?
Vincent brushed his hair out of his face. Too bad he didn't have his shirt...or his spelled trench coat. He almost groaned out loud as he flexed his wings and folded them back against his back. Glancing up at the man who'd come to him in this desert place, "I'm alright. Damn air currents...I wonder how far they blew me out. Olive....be safe." he prayed before focusing on the man and his group looking like they wanted to tear him to bits, "Um, hey, take it easy. My name is Vincent Valentine. A sort of bodyguard for a certain young lady. Who are you?" His sword was still strapped to his hip, a good thing if these guys decided to attack.
Xenree felt the mass of Heartless inside the realm of Darkness. Heartless in my world? Pathetic...they have to resort to the Keyblade wielders in my home and bring their filthy Heartless with them? anger glimmered in her silver eyes and she pulled her hood lower over her face and sought an opening in the darkness to investigate who all was lingering here in the darkness. Standing off to the side, she saw Glen and everyone else. Though who they all were was a mystery to her. But Keyblades flashed in the darkness and Heartless were winning this battle. A small smile crept over her lips as she watched Glen, the boy she'd met in Deep Jungle, the one who she'd spoken to if only for a brief moment before his friends came to him.
Xenree snapped her fingers, shattering his dark aura and returning it to normal again, "Using you? Alphonse, as a survival instinct, I use everyone. That does not mean that you aren't important to me. I need you alive. It's why I insist that you keep my charm and my protection. I keep you safe. You don't need Namine to care about you. An act of heroism should bring her back to your side. Prove to her you can protect her. I'll help you...would that make my Alphonse happy?" Xenree's mind flipped to how she could make this useful to her. Being close to Alphonse and getting him back in the loop of things would give her the information she needed. Information on True Kenneth's weakness. Saix mumbled back to Hestia, "The Keyblade War was a war of Light Keyblade users and Dark Keyblade users. They fought over Kingdom Hearts and under their King's orders. It was all in a vain act of getting and protecting supreme power." Alice sniffed back her hysteria, "I don't want you to be hurt and hurting Akira wouldn't be smart on my behalf. Her guardians would wipe me off the face of the earth before I could draw my Keyblade." Vanitas huffed, brushing off the insult, "You think insulting me is going to make me help you? I'm far from weak and I'd kill you right now if Xenree didn't need you as a backup. Never hurts to have a backup..." he smiled inside his helmet and laughed. Roxas growled, "We have to do something. We have to help them! We need to close that hole somehow." The dark tendrils pulled on their ship and Roxas fell toward the dashboard, hitting the throttle and forcing the ship to head directly into the dark hole.
A blonde haired woman and a man following behind were ahead of Yuna and her group as they climbed Mt. Gagazet. "My lady is it necessary to move so quickly? I don't think whatever's up there is going to disappear." he called up to her and she replied with a scowl, "It could stay there for all of eternity, I just want to get up there! C'mon, are you really going to spoil my fun like this?" He sighed, letting it drop and climbed up next to her. "C'mon, I hear voices. We move faster." Following the slight woman up the steep climbs and winding path up the mountain, he could barely remember what she'd been like before he'd met her. Had she been the same as now? He briefly wondered if Sphere Hunters were the people following behind.
;_; bye....*sniff* whatever will I do with myself while your gone. Please, come back soon. I'll keep an eye on the rp's for ya.
Oh, sorry, I tend to get caught up in Light. I'll edit that today.
I'm alright, despite having to go to bed really early every day since I'm grounded. :P
Xenree wanted to laugh but the uncontroled darkness was being absorbed by her own. "Alphonse, calm yourself. You're letting your emotions rule you. A fickle heart is no place for darkness to reside. You must learn to control yourself and then the darkness." She lifted a hand and Al's darkness froze and then started to slink into her body like an obedient dog to it's master. Xenree touched a hand to Alphonse's shoulder, breaking his dark aura and calming the dark whirlwind inside him. "Now, tell me what has made you unstable like this. Whatever it is, I shall fix it." Vanitas shrugged, letting go of Gexln. "He needs to learn to control himself, you should let Xenree teach him. It's all I'm saying. I've got work to do anyway." Vanitas started to leave the room and Saph blurted, "Wait! Alphonse uses darkness? Like Xenree and you do? Gexln does too. You gotta help us out, Vanitas. We're trying to bring True Kenneth to Xenree so she can kill him and be happy." Vanitas didn't turn his masked face from the door, "If Xenree wanted me to help you, she would've asked." Nightmare thought silently, the prophicy did sound familiar, I'm afraid I know nothing of it myself. Only Keyblade wielders were allowed to listen to Neo's Oracles when they spoke. Us Keyblades wouldn't know much about it. You'd have to locate Neo or Adrien... her voice wobbled with grief. Alice shrugged, shivering still. Roxas and Sora and their group arrived at Radient Garden. Landing, they saw people in panick as Heartless and Unversed roamed in thousands, chasing people and dark tendrils waved out of the inside of the dark hole. It was at least a hundred meters wide and the bottom couldn't be seen. Each would be different in some way. The dark tendrils reached for the ship, threatening to drag it into it's abyss.
Hey, I haven't seen you in forever. How've you been?
Xenree frowned, "Working in a video game factory..." she said slowly, trying to wrap her head around it. "I've no idea what that is but you have a deal." She figured she'd be dead if she lost and she never cared about her supposed friends. Their lives only meant she had playthings and a game to play. Vanitas grabbed Gexln and Saphique by their collars of their clothes before they could dive into the dark portal. "Hmph, well, I didn't actually think I'd see you two again. Not alive that is." Saphique growled, "Hey, lemme go!" Vanitas dropped them and watched the corridor seal behind Al. "He's got some very important things to discuss with our Dark Queen." Alice grabbed Mage's shoulders, "Both of the sides of Kingdom Hearts can't be alive at the same time! One must die before the new Keyblade War starts. Before Light and Darkness collide in battle. You both alive brings the end of the world. The destruction of Keyblades. If pure Darkness and pure light collide with Keyblade in hand, they will break. Nightmare, Sunburst, Neo's Keyblade and all the rest will shatter at the slightest touch." Saix pushed Alice away from Mage, "That doesn't make sense. Keyblades have survived everything. How could they simply break because two people of opposites fight?" Alice shook her head in denial, "Adrien knows the rest of the prophicy. That's all I know, I swear."
Time slowed for Lightning as she watched Jenny holding Snow's crystal. "Snow!" She wanted to revive her friend, but getting that crystal seemed equally important. "I don't know Jenny, why don't you refresh my memory!" Anger flashed in her blue eyes as she tried to keep her calm. Snow, her brother-in-law was lying at her feet, her sister gone and the girl they thought they could trust was something other than human. Akira brushed herself off, rubbing her shoulder where Jaden had fallen on her, "I'm alright....I'm alright..." She looked up and saw Snow's crystal in Jenny's hands. A cry fell from her lips, "Snow!" Pushing herself to her feet, Akira ran to stand beside Lightning. She didn't know Jaden very well and one of her mentors was in trouble.
Xenree's curiosity sparked, "A wager? On what?" Vanitas leaned back against his wall and huffed, "Do you think I'm going to give you all the answers? Figure it out for yourself. Now aren't you going to be a good little pet for the Dark Queen and do your duty so she can let you out of her service?" As Gexln sensed for Vanitas and Alphonse's darkness, Saphique looked around. He found the P.R.W. to be a nice kind of ship and wished he could've met the wielders on less hostile ground. Vanitas' darkness pulsed a dark red and black, the color of his suit, leaving a trail from the dark corridor to Alphonse's room. Saix frowned but before he could speak, Alice shivered and began to ramble off something, "When the powers of Darkness and Light of the supreme World Heart become physcial, the guardians of the Dark World Heart will control their master and the embodiment of the Light World Heart will be the center of attention for the source of Darkness. All of this will cause the second Keyblade War to begin and the battle for harmony, peace, chaos and destruction shall begin anew and the Keyblade will be destroyed in the process."
Xenree smiled, "The hunt for True Kenneth...I like the ring of that. Oh, this game will certainly be interesting." Roxas noticed Xion and Axel hop on board the ship he was on. Smiling he watched them sit and saw the rest of the Organization split up too. Saphique nodded, chasing after Gexln into the darkness. It brushed him and slid over his skin. Soft and silky...just like Xenree's voice when I first met her... Alice's eyes widened and she backed away from Mage, "S-sorry...Akira...she...she exists? I can't believe it. You're...and she...oh this can't be good." Alice held her head in her hands, dismissing her armor to reveal her white and pink clothing. Her sleeves were poofy and white with a small line of armor running down to encircle her wrist. There was a hole in the back of her shirt to reveal the small of her back and she wore white shorts and white shoes. A white and pink veil covered her white blonde hair. Tied to her sid was a sort of riding crop. Saix frowned as Hestia moved away, he hadn't imagined she would create Ashir like that from the memories of someone who she considered cruel. Glancing down at Mage, he touched her head, brushing her hair back, "Mage, are you alright?"
Xenree glanced at the "screen" and again at L.O.G. "Welcome, Lord of Games...so nice to see you in my castle. And what might this hunt consist of?" she asked somewhat coldly and still polite. She knew exactly who all the players were in her game, including X's full name. She thought for a moment about Gexln and First's questions. "My pets, you will find Vanitas and Alphonse on the P.R.W. He is my inside man there and I intend to keep it that way. Conversing with him in the open isn't wise. Vanitas should have him protected if they find out who he really works for. First, my dear, you can go to a dark hole that I seemed to have created in my anger and "play" with those who wish to snoop into my buisness. Those holes lead directly to where I've lived as I was reborn the way I am now. Having a bunch of light users in that dark of place wouldn't be wise. They could end their own game right there and then who would I play with?" She smiled sadistically at the thought of one of them falling in. Roxas leaned on the back of Sora's seat, "Where are we going first?" Saix curiously asked, "Are you saying Ashir is the child you created from your infatuation of Karl?" Alice frowned and touched two fingers to Mage's head and a hand on her heart, "This might hurt a bit, but you'll remember what has been sealed by our dear, loving King." Light burst into Mage's mind and warmed around her heart as memories Neo had cloaked and hidden in her heart came back into focus. Neo, or Xone, with his black hair, gray eyes that changed to red when he was angry and the fleeting moment when he'd shown obedience to his father. The memories of Enoch and Apollimi were still locked away so Neo's father and mother's faces were blurred.
Xenree sighed, falling back onto her throne chair, "Not really. I may inflict them, but the reason they go where they go is not my doing. Why? If you believe it means something, feel free to think that." She smiled down at Saphique and Gexln. "You may have to search a bit again. True Kenneth has never been on my radar. I cannot sense his presence. Only when he is near another that wields darkness. Perhaps this would be a useful time to see what Alphonse knows." She mused to herself at the possibilities of having Al as a spy. Roxas nodded and followed Sora, giving a quick kiss to Namine. Alice tapped her head for a moment, "You don't remember Neo? I'm sure you've met him...only the best of friends with the King know his Keyblade's name and Nightmare knows it. I...sorta grew up with him. I had a crush on him but once I got my Keyblade, Sunburst didn't approve of the match and told me to stay away from him." Saix frowned at Hestia, "Created someone? Like a child, perhaps?" he felt like he was hitting at something.
Lynne snapped out of her revelries to stare at her friends with shock, "Are you guys insane?! I can't possibly have anything to do with him. He'd probably kill me. Plus, I...It's not like I like him or anything." Lynne tried to give them a subtle glare to keep them silent. Her secret was going to spread faster than a wild fire this way and she couldn't allow that. White Chaos would be her little secret and a fantasy, nothing more. Actually meeting with him was dangerous. "The others sure are taking a long time. I hope they're alright." Ryku made the car stop at their place instead of going back to base. He didn't want to face everyone just yet. Looking so disheveled was meant for nighttime...for Lynne. Ryku almost tripped on his way to the door as he realized that was where his thoughts had been when telling Hanna his message for Lynne. Crap...I'll never live that one down. If Demitri knew... he spared a glance at his impatient brother, digging in his many pockets for the key, He's too dense to realize anything. Demitri had a moment of worry that he'd dropped the key but his fingers touched jagged metal and he pulled it out. Smiling to himself, he unlocked the door and locked it behind his brother. His paranoia would get the better of him if he didn't. Placing the key back into his pocket, he double checked the windows, especially Ryku's forever open window. I swear, he's trying to give me a panic attack. Watching Ryku's white head tip back against the back of the couch as he settled in to watch the news; Demitri examined whatever hurt and fell onto his bed with a sigh of exhaustion.
Xenree lost herself in her thoughts in the darkness again. Darkness...isn't that where I came from? It's the last thing I remember. That and these new people. I've never seen that boy in the darkness before. He had no keyblade...does that mean he's not included in the prophicy? I can feel them...the Keyblade wielders of Light. What was that line?.... 'Keyblade Wielders of Light and Dark shall clash in epic battle, Causing the rip in peace and chaos to shatter and bind themselves to the endless fighting of harmony and destruction.' Xenree didn't like that part of the prophicy...it had no rhyme. Distracted she stepped out of darkness onto cobblestone again. Her boots scruffing the stone floor. Radient Garden...? Is this where that boy without a Keyblade has gone? Is that why I'm here? Or...am I following the path of a Keyblade Wielder?"
As Saphique opened his mouth, Xenree answered for him, "He's much stronger than you might imagine. Omega, his Keyblade, was created to defend me. As long as he is it's wielder, he will have the required power to protect and serve me accordingly. What I wish and desire, he desires. Saphique will retrieve True Kenneth." Saph nodded, a large smile on his face, despite most of what she'd said having gone over his head. Roxas hesitated before dawning a serious look, "I'm the one protecting you. I have to fight as the man in this relationship. A good man isn't worth his salt if he can't defend his woman." he winked at her, "Plus, I've got Axel and Xion to watch my back." Vanitas' expression was hidden behind his mask but his tone when he spoke was serious, "None of our actions will be appreciated by our Dark Queen. She simply doesn't have the heart to feel it and others....are too burdened by their hearts to notice what others do. Don't dwell on it or you'll find your darkness lashing out at the ones you want to protect." It wasn't from experience when he spoke but just something he'd seen over and over again from others. Saix growled at Hestia, "Does everything revolve around Karl with you? You'd think you loved him by how much you talk about him." he held Mage close when she latched onto him and pulled her hand away from her injury. Alice bounced, "Pirates?! Cool!"] she simmered down for a moment, standing before Mage, "Listen...um, I know you don't like Sunburst, but he can't help it. He's a really old soul and since you have Nightmare I know you know about Adrien and the Keyblade War fought because of King Neo."
