Pride of the Organization

Xelysha looked at the door and quickly stood up when she heard foot steps, setting her brush down, she sneakily made the foot steps louder. She was an expert in figuring out who was coming just by their foot steps, since each member walked differently. Coming to a conclusion, she relaxed. It's just Demyx. Making herself comfortable again, Xelysha sat back down in her chair and looked out the window. It was rather clear to her that the Melodious Nocturne wouldn't hurt anyone, unless they were asking for it. A small smile came to her face as her brown eyes traveled up to the heart-shaped moon. "Just what're you up to?" She seemed to be inquiring the moon. She snarled and leaned back in her chair and folded her arms. "You know it's sad when you find yourself talking to yourself and a moon."

 

Just as he figured. It was her voice after all. Quietly going towards the door and standing there, he rose his right hand to knock on the door slightly. He didn't want to intrude for he was the same way when someone wanted to enter his room. This was her space and who was he to just barge in. Now if it was an older and higher member, the melodious nocturne could careless since he didn't respect them especially the way they threw their weight around, but Xelysha on the other hand seemed kind and quiet and didn't want any trouble just like him. She was strong in her own way that Demyx could tell, but it saw more of her quiet side. "Knock, knock," he blurted out without thinking and took one step towards the entrance to her room. "I was wondering what you were doing and I couldn't help but to hear you talking to yourself out loud." Since Demyx was notorious for the same thing he found more in common with the younger nobody and wanted to learn more about her. She wouldn't try to bite his head off like the others, epecially Larxene of all nobodies.

 

Xelysha casually looked over at Demyx, she was expecting that to happen, especially since she heard him half way down the hallway. A small smile came to her face. "I figured you'd show up sooner or later." She stood up and turned to face her guest. "Come on in, I don't bite.... hard."

 

"Uh sure," he was hestiant at first after she had just said she didn't bite hard, but he knew she was joking. Stepping into the room, he sat down on her bed and looked out the window to see the heart looming in the distance. "So um anyway, I don't know where the others are and the boss is acting really weird." He sighed and hung his head wondering why a meeting was called and then forced to leave once more. "I don't know. Maybe it's just me, but I feel sort of different. I've become more accustomed to cats you could say," he thought of his feline, Angel that was in his room still. "Yeah I can't explain that." He rubbed the back of his neck with his right hand.

 

Xelysha made a small wave in the air with her hand while talking, "like when you suddenly decided to take a nap? For a moment I thought were actually purring." Sighing quietly, her mind traveled back to a few things that were pretty similar, only happening to her. "But you're not the only one. I've kind of been acting cat-like every now and then too. It's really weird." Her brown eyes questioningly stared at Demyx. "Speaking of cats, what are you going to do with Angel when you leave? You can't exactly take him with you and we have no idea how long we'll be at the Pride Lands, so there's a chance you're not well prepared with cat food, so he might actually starve while we're gone." It was about time she found a chance to talk about the problem she mentioned earlier. Her attention changed to the moon outisde her window as she waited for an answer.

 

Xemnas warped around until he finally found the two. He appeared in front of them, tapping his foot. "Number VIII... Number XIII..." Xemnas was pissed. He only called the members by their numbers if he was extremely mad at them. "Mind telling me why you didn't come after I called you multiple times? Because, i'm rather pissed at both of you at the moment... and your excuses better be GOOD..." Xemnas crossed his arms at the two. "I'm waiting... i'll give you each 10 seconds to explain yourselves... Ready? Go..." He waited for a response.

 

Demyx looked at the floor thinking of the same exact thing. "You know what? I should of thought about that. What am I going to do? I don't want him to starve." He began to pace around the room thinking of someone he could leave him with. "Hmm... the only one who I met was Cloud. Maybe he can take care of Angel while I'm gone." He opened up a portal with his right hand. Turning towards the portal, he looked over his shoulder. "Xelysha you can come with me if you would like to. I'm going to ask Cloud if he or someone he trusts could take care of my kitty." He was preparing to leave and took one step towards the portal that he conjured up.

 

Her eyes looked at Demyx in slight shock he found an answer so quickly, it would have taken her longer. Xelysha smiled and walked over. "I'll tag along, got nothing better to do." Curiosity had struck her, she wasn't sure what to think of Cloud or if he would even consider taking care of a cat for a complete stranger, especially one that he would probably consider as an enemy. Xelysha smiled playfully at Demyx as she beat him through the portal.

 

Luxord noticed the tone of his superiors voice so he was indeed not on lady lucks favor list today. "i offer you my dearest apologies superior" the Gambler of Fate said to the silver haired nobody. "my mind had a full hand of cards i needed to discard to prevent unneeded nuances from conjuring up in the futer" the blond used his termenalogy. "simply put i had worrys i needed to conform to prevent my mind from focussing on that instead of our goal" Luxord explained himself.

 

It was emptier... than she had remembered.

This was quite a surprising element
Considering she never thought it possible.
Of course, she had barely managed to press one foot
Through the door before making this conclusion.
However, she didn’t dare call for company. No.
These moments were for thought. Tranquil, immortal thought.

She loosened her shoulders with the next few steps.

Her eyes danced, allowing each piece of memory to return.
Every spec of dust was full of pains she struggled to control,
And pleasures that held a twin affect.
Dust could hold her forever, it seemed.
However, she found herself under the impression
That the choice was not hers,
Having found herself deeper into this ocean of blank.

The irony left it’s bitter sting in her mouth,
As she became increasingly aware that something so baron
Could be so… elaborate.

She had always known, though perhaps denied at one point,
The beauties this structure contained.
But it wasn’t the architecture that took her breath today.

 

Demyx shrugged and let the darkness take him away to the vast world. There he appeared in front of the blonde warrior whom was leaning against a wall and brooding of what it seemed like. "Hey," he walked over to the blonde whom acknowledged him with a tilt of his head. "I wanted to ask you a favor if you don't mind?"

Cloud rose his eyebrow not sure of what the nobody was going to say. What kind of offer did he have in mind and why did it have to do with him? Was there something he needed to know more about or should he just humor him and let him explain the favor? He chose the latter. "Yeah... I'm not busy at the moment," Cloud cast his blue eyes at the water wielder with boredom and a hint of curiousity.

Demyx walked closer and snapped his fingers making one of his dancers appear that waved its legs around the place and began to prance about. "No this isn't what it looks like," he placed his arms up letting Cloud he didn't want any harm. Demyx turned to his slave and spoke in a language only nobodies could understand. The dancer left in the blink of an eye leaving the two alone. "So I was wondering if you could take care of my animal for me? He's a small feline, a flame point siamese. I have to do something at that time." Demyx groaned thinking of the mission he had to do.

Cloud thought of what he was going to say and didn't think it would be a big deal. How hard could taking care of a cat be? "Sure why not? It will give me something to do? Where are you going anyway?"

The moment Cloud agreed, the moment the melodious nocturne snapped his fingers again and made the same dancer appear this time with a white ball of fluff all curled up. The ninth member took the kitten from the dancer and walked over to Cloud with Angel letting the human pet the feline's soft fur. "Thanks and I have to go to the Pridelands for some strange reason. Don't know what it's about, but I can't say no now can I?" His right hand rubbed the cat's stomach causing him to purr.

Cloud took Angel from Demyx and held him in his arms to see how tempermental he was. "No he doesn't seem to be any trouble..." He paused thinking about what Demyx had said. "Did you say the Pridelands?" He received a nod. "Hmm... I wonder how many heartless are over there? Since I'm taking care of your cat, you must do something for me and that's have me come with you." In the back of Cloud's mind, he had read from Leon's computer data a strange occurance coming from that world and he wanted to check it out for himself just to make sure that there would not be any problems that would arise. It was always good to be prepared.

Demyx rubbed the back of his neck with his left hand not sure if bringing Cloud with him would be a good idea. "I don't know." He began to pace thinking of what his game plan would be. "I guess it would be all right. After all you're doing me a favor so I should return it, but that means Angel will have to come with us or stay here with one of your friends."

 

Xelysha facepalmed herself behind Demyx. What in the world is he thinking? For someone who cares a lot for the Superior's approval, he sure is throwing rules out the window. Lowering her hand, she waved it in the air as she piped into the conversation, turning her attention to Cloud. "Well, I don't owe you a thing, so there's no way I'm letting you follow me around." She folded her arms as her eyes looked at Demyx. "I might not be the best to look to for following orders and obeying rules, but getting caught escorting him to the Pridelands will definitely lead to extermination right on the spot. You might be able to teach Larxene a thing or two every now and then, but I doubt you would have as much luck with Axel." A sigh escaped her at the idea of getting fireballs launched at either of them, deffinitely one thing she tried hard to avoid. Her eyes looked down at cement below her as her voice quieted a few notches. "If there were to happen, you might as well turn traitor."

 

"Huh?" Demyx heard what Xelysha was saying, but the words were going in one ear and out the other so he wasn't retaining any of the information. "Me? A traitor? No you have it all wrong. Cloud or someone he knows will be watching over my cat and in return I take him with me to the world. There is nothing wrong with that Xelysha," he reached out his right hand and rubbed her head messing up her hair. " I don't see what the big deal is? You overeact just like the others. I thought you were different and cooler than that?" He walked over to Cloud and stroked underneath Angel's chin that was nuzzling in Cloud's arms. "Just calm down and don't jump the gun. Geez why does everyone have to be such a stick in the mud?" He asked Cloud like he had known him for years.

Now it was Cloud's turn to shrug his shoulders and he didn't approve of Xelysha's tone of voice towards him either. "It's called doing something nice for someone else. I don't see how me going with him is betrayal." He looked to his left and swung his left arm around grasping it with his right and began to stretch the muscles after he layed his buster sword down.

 

Hands suddenly moved to Xelysha's hips, she didn't like being talked like that by someone who isn't the one making the orders. "I'm just saying they could easily jump to the wrong conclusions and send Axel out to terminate us." Her glare suddenly turned to Demyx, not liking the way he was comparing her to everyone else, her voice suddenly getting louder and louder with every word that came from her mouth. "And I'm not like the others... if I were, you would be talking to Xemnas right now." Immediately she closed her mouth, realizing the last few words were extremely loud. Her head looked away from them and over at the castle in the distance, trying extremely hard to calm herself down before she makes anyone go deaf.

 

(OOC: Recap please guys, sorry for not posting and all that jazz. I'll edit this once I get a recap and stuff. Thanks.)

 

OOC: Hello ^_^ So what you need to know is that Xemnas had summoned the other members for a meeting to go to the Pridelands, but Axel and Roxas did not show up so he went to go find them. Demyx was looking for them too and was greeted by Xelysha where he learned about the mission he would have to attend with the others. Xaldin is speaking to another newer member at this time as well. Demyx checked on Angel and then went back to Hollow Bastion where he then met the warrior Cloud the second time where the first was suddendly and by surprise. On the second time he asked Cloud to watch over his cat who agreed in exchange he would get to travel with him to the Pridelands since Cloud read from Leon's data reports about a strange encounter going in that world and wanted to see what it was. Xelysha thinks it's not a good idea for Cloud to come and is currently speaking to Demyx about who is ignorning her and rolling his eyes at what she has said to him.)

Cloud wondered if Xelysha heard one thing he said. It didn't want any trouble from her and thought it was almost a threat from her speaking to Demyx and him so loud. Covering his ears out of reflex, he gave her a cold stare and then looked away, uncovering his ears once the sound had drawn out. "If you're so concerned about being seen with him why stay then? I thought nobodies only looked out for themselves?"

Demyx turned his body to the left and bagan to pace back and forth overhearing what Xelysha warned him about the others. His ears didn't hurt so much as he was used to loud noice partically his music that he listened to or played on his sitar almost all the time. "It's a good thing for me that you're not otherwise I would in trouble and let's just say I wouldn't want to have to deal with that," he placed his right hand over his mouth imagining the kind of unspeakable torture that would come to him and what cruel way he would get even with the individaul involved who ratted him out.

 

Xelysha took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, calming herself down. Her brown eyes rested on Cloud, her voice calmer as she threw his words right back at him. "And I thought people only looked out for themselves.... well at least you." Turning her attention to Demyx, she suddenly started chuckling slightly out of a little bit of amusement in his comment. "You know, you can be pretty confusing sometimes. You don't want trouble, and yet from what I've seen all you do are things that would get you into trouble."

 

Xemnas growled. "You two are in deep sh!t when you get back..." He reappeared back on his throne. Once he heard Luxord's excuse for being late, he spoke. "Unluckily for you, Number X, I am not in a very good mood... for being late, you shall mop every floor in the castle until I can see my reflection in every tile..." Xemnas growled. "You could learn something from Demyx. He was one of the first members to arrive for the meeting, on top of that, he is always respectful and obedient. Wether it is out of fear or respect, I do not care. Point is, you could learn something from him." Xemnas crossed his arms.

 

OOC: So true, until Xemnas discovers Demyx plans to bring another to their destination. *sweat drops*)

Cloud glanced his icy blue eyes upon her brown ones and spoke one line and nothing more. "You don't know anything about me so can it." He wasn't in the mood to put up with someone who was being rude to him. It reminded him of Reno who was a pain to him in the past. Shifting his weight to his other foot, he crossed both of his arms giving her a defensive warning. His eyes clearly meant he didn't want to bother with her.

Demyx was being entertained by her antics and how she asserted herself so much like Larxene yet so different too. Placing his left hand on his hip, he curled his fingers back and then shook his head from side to side. She didn't understand or care to understand what he had planned and no it had nothing to do with betrayal or disregard to orders. He believed that if someone helped him out, he would return the favor for that was the kind of nobody he was or pretended to be on the surface. Rolling his eyes to the left, a small escape of his breath was released like that of a soft groan from hearing the words Cloud had spoken. Perhaps it was time to leave before the situaion turned rough."Ah, but you see it would only be trouble if I got caught," he grinned sticking his pointer finger up in the air from his right hand. "That's the rule you know and you wouldn't rat on me right? Friends don't do that? Or are you implying something else?" He rose his right eyebrow revealing a bit of his inner personaility by having his eyes begin to narrow slightly.

 

Axel raised his eyebrows at Roxas and scratched behind his head as if a bit nervous of what to say to him. He couldn't let his best friend know that he was sore and needed to rest from the emblem heartless. Then again Roxas wouldn't judge him. So "I...just need to rest for a while, I think the superior is really mad though. We better meet up with him," he tried to get the presence of Xenmas's voice haunting from his head. He summoned forth a portal.

The red head seemed to follow the voice and for a brief moments stood the superior who had appeared in front of him, but the fire nobody couldn't reach out to express himself at the time. Finally though he found his voice. "Superior, you ordered me to take out all of the heartless in Hallow Bastion and said not to come back until it was done. I suceeded, but it was difficult since the rains were slowing me down. Roxas helped me out. If you did call for us, I didn't get your message." Axel was now sitting in his own throne seat meaning every word. He wouldn't dare mention his ailments.