Lunar Berserker

Saix leaped back as the flames threatened to ignite his coat. He scowled, taking a moment to glance at his Claymore. He was shocked to see that the sharper end of it had been broken off. "Wonderful, one more thing to get seen to," Saix growled to himself. He wasn't attached to many things, but his giant Claymore was his one belonging that he'd hate to have to replace. He enjoyed his position as second in command, but at times he felt somewhat overwhelmed. Not enough to back down, but still. Saix took another step back, glaring at the Heartless. Instead of continuing with his blunted sword, he shot blizzara at the creature. Sadly he didn't know much about that particular Heartless, but since it had shot fire at him he hoped that ice might be its weakness. If worst came to worst, he 'could' technically still use his Claymore. ......... Naminé looked up from her drawing at Lexaeus and Vexen across the room. The scientist scared her. He looked at her as though she were a play thing, or worse, something to eat. Naminé shivered, and not out of being cold. Sitting back on the couch, Naminé wrapped her arms around her knees and watched the two Organization members uneasily. More then anything else at the moment, she wanted to escape the room. She eyed the door, trying to decide if it would be safe to make a break for it. ......... "Hmm," Sora muttered, a slight frown on his face as he considered his two options. He let his Keyblade fade away as he looked back over at Xigbar. "Okay, I'd like to see your leader. Maybe he can tell me where Riku and Naminé are." At least it was a start anyway, he wasn't getting anywhere from wondering through Castle Oblivion.

Name: James HeronAge: 18Gender: MaleAppearance: Sandy blonde hair, slightly messy, longish boy cut. Bright green eyes. He's rather tall at about 6'3". Personality: Serious and quite smart. He is friendly but generally tries to keep everyone at an arms length. He greatly dislikes seeing anyone upset, doing everything in his power to cheer them up. Bio: James joined the military at age fifteen, having lied about his actual age. His father was an extremely arrogant and unkind man; amazingly his son isn't much like him. He never knew his mother, as she died when he was very young. James is determined to treat everyone kindly. Caster Type: BalancedFire Attack: 4Lightning Attack: 2Cold Attack: 2Fire Defense: 3Lightning Defense: 2Cold Defense: 2Focus: 2Casting Speed: 4 Necromancy

Saix changed his mind and decided to question Larxene later, from the sound of it looked like Naminé needed to be there for the time being anyway. He walked back over to the portal he had opened for Xion to go through and stepped into it. He stepped out into Radiant Garden, and froze briefly, taking in the scene before him. He hadn't thought he was going to send Xion straight into the clutches of a giant heartless. Saix scowled, spotting Zexion. He wondered what The Cloaked Schemer was doing there? Oh well, just one more thing to question about at a later time. Saix pulled out his Claymore and charged towards the Trinity Armor, he swung the claymore, hitting the Heartless hard in the side. He glanced at Xion. "Come Xion! We could use your Keyblade." ............ Naminé let out a breath she hadn't realized she's been holding, relieved that Marluxia had left. She scanned the room, and watched the Nobody who looked like Sora leave through a portal. Naminé slowly made her way over to one of the couches, she sat down on top of it. She wanted to go exploring this new castle, but after the events of the day she knew better then to put one toe out of line any time soon. She didn't want to anger Marluxia further. Somehow, through everything, Naminé still had ahold of her notebook. She opened it and began to sketch yet another picture. This one, was one of all of the Organization members, at least, all of the ones she had seen. ............ Sora nodded uneasily. Ansem the Seeker of Darkness, had been after the power of Kingdom Hearts. "Okay let me get this straight. Are you saying that we're not enemies?" For some reason, Sora found that idea hard to believe.

Alexei came out of his hiding place and followed Krukas over to the demon, however he stopped a short distance away. "Stronger then the succumbus, eh? No, this definitely isn't good." Alexei muttered half to himself. He lifted his bow and shot an arrow into the demons arm.

Alexei stared at the creature, his blue eyes wide. "This does not look good," he muttered to himself. He'd taken cover when the angel had said to, now he was glad that he'd listened. He greatly hoped that Lupus and Terry were safe. Alexei gripped his bow tighter and waited to see what would happen next.

"What do you want with my Keyblade?" Sora asked, though he could think of several possible things that the Organization could want with it. And they all weren't good. While Xigbar was answering questions, Sora decided to ask a few more, so far he hadn't had many straight answers. Only a few confusing ones from Marluxia, that made little to no sense to the young Keyblade wielders. "Is the Organization after Kingdom Hearts?" he asked.

"So, you said that you were trying to help me, right?" Sora asked, still confused by this, and still not really believing it, though he honestly wasn't quite sure what any of the Organization members wanted with him at the moment. "Why? What do you want with me? Who are you?" Sora hesitated before asking the last questions that came to mind. "Do you know where Naminé is? Or Riku?"

Alexei smirked, he agreed with Lupus; the fight didn't look that hard to him. "Let's see what you've got demons." He took a step back, knowing his combat skills were better served at a distance, if he got too close with a bow he became relatively limited. Though he wasn't half bad with his fist, he knew it could only do so much damage. He pointed his bow at an ice demon and let the arrow fly. It struck home, and Alexei swung around to shoot an arrow into another one, this one demon didn't 'die' per se, but it did stumble at least. Alexei watched as Lupus took out one of the three remaining succubi. He took a couple of steps forward, shooting an arrow at one of the remaining succubi. Alexei smirked. These demons were going to regret engaging them in fight.

Sora listened to Xigbar thoughtfully, even though he didn't feel like he was in direct danger at the moment, he did still keep ahold of his Keyblade, though he did lower it ever so slightly. When Xigbar mentioned that the members of the Organization didn't have hearts, Sora frowned slightly. "You mean, you guys don't have hearts? Are you like Heartless?" Sora asked curiously. He watched the Organization member for a moment, trying to fathom not having his heart. That would be awful, true he would never feel sad or angry, but it would be awful to never feel happy. If what this member of the Organization said was true, then Sora felt somewhat sorry for them. Even if they were keeping Naminé locked up, and had tried to hurt him several times.

Alexei smiled. "Wonderful! I'm sure--" He stopped abruptly, noticing the... Angel? Weren't angels supposed to have white wings? At least, that was the impression Alxei had been under. Alexei raised one of his gloved hands towards his quiver, ready to use his bow at any time. He had suspicions on whether the angel was good or bad as well.

Naminé flinched away from Marluxia, staring pointedly down at her pale blue sandals. "L--Larxene brought me here. You see there was this fight, and we had to leave, and..." Naminé broke off, knowing that her speech would do her no good whatsoever. "I--I'm sorry Marluxia," she finished, her eyes never leaving her feet. She shifted ever so slightly so that she was, once again, standing somewhat behind Larxene, which when she really thought about it, was slightly funny. She was hiding from the person she was most scared of in the world, behind the person she found second most scary. Though at times, Naminé didn't think Larxene was so bad. ............ Saix hesitated outside of the portal. "Go on through, I will join you momentarily. It looks like I have something to attend first," Saix told Xion. Not waiting for Xion's reply he walked over to Larxene, Marluxia and Naminé, his usual scowl upon his face. He eyed the petrified expression on Naminé's face before turning to look at Organization XIII's numbers XI and XII. "Is there a problem?"

Sora scowled at the Organization member that had the eyepatch. He had sort of gotten that impression of Larxene as well, even though he hadn't seen much of her yet she seemed rather ill-tempered. He wondered what all of the Organization members were after. They seemed to have some form of ultimate goal. "No one else beside you," Sora informed him, filled to the brim with questions. He tilted his head to the side... Marluxia...who was that? There was the one person that Sora had met in the very beginning of Castle Oblivion, maybe he was who the other Organization member was referring to? "Is Marluxia the guy with the pink petals?"

Saix opened up a portal, gesturing for Xion to follow him. "We leave immediately. As long as you don't have any pressing matter to attend." He smirked. "Which I doubt." He walked over to the portal and paused, looking over at Larxene. "I hope you have a rather good reason for bringing Naminé here, Larxene. Or the Superior won't be pleased."

Alexei frowned, was he not supposed to see her? But then again, she was slightly transparent. He bent down next to the footprints, taking a closer inspection of them. He simply would not have noticed them had Terry not pointed them out. Alxei got back to his feet, he glanced over at Lupus then back at Terry. "Ah, that's Miss Lupus. I don't know much about her, you'll have to ask her yourself." he smiled. "It's nice to meet you too Miss Terry." He took the 3DS back and pocketed it. A Gameboy, he had played on one of those before. Hmm, he would just have to give the 3DS a closer inspection later on. Alexei watched Terry curiously, he noticed that she sounded rather shy, for some reason he got the feeling that it wasn't everyday she spoke with someone. He was also very curious as to what she was, though he knew it would be rude to ask. He would just have to rein in his curiosity for one of the first times in his life. "Perhaps--" he hesitated, knowing it wasn't really his place to invite her to help them. "If it is alright with Miss Lupus that is, perhaps you could help us investigate what happened here." He looked over at Lupus. "I'm fine with giving up most of my share of the money, if that's alright Miss Lupus?"

Alexei's eyes widened and he jerked his hand back out of surprise, his gaze locking onto another girl not too far away. However he couldn't help but notice that instead of standing on the ground she sort of hovered there. Alexei smoothed out his expression and glanced back over his shoulder at Lupus before approaching the other girl. He looked her up and down, noticing that she had other differences from humans as well. Alexei smiled at her. Unusual things didn't really bother him like it did other people, in fact, unusual things generally intrigued him. He also rather liked meeting new people. "Hello," Alexei said, he frowned slightly when he noticed the device in her hand, he couldn't help but think it looked an awful lot like the 3DS he had had in his pocket. Absentmindedly he reached into his pocket where the 3DS should have been. He looked back at her, his expression sort of confused. "Did I drop that again?" he muttered to himself, having no recollection of doing any such thing. He smiled again. "Hey, er... Would you happen to know how exactly to get that eh--3DS to work? Or never mind that, we were just trying to figure out what happened in this area, would you happen to know?" he asked, gesturing at the area with his arm. "Oh, my apologies. My name's Alexei Rénova. Who might you be?" he added kindly.

Saix smirked when Vexen accused Marluxia. He had expected that Larxene had done it, but he supposed that it was just as likely Marluxia, considering he seemed to be up to something of his own. Saix glanced around the gray room, he cocked his head to the side out of confusion. What were Larxene and Naminé doing there? He would have to ask Larxene about that momentarily, first he needed to catch the puppet. He spotted her standing across the room. Still scowling in Larxene's direction Saix walked up to Xion. He turned his gaze to the puppet, the scowl still stuck on his face. "Xion, you were originally to go on a mission with Axel, but there has been a change of plans. Instead, you will be going on the mission with me. Understand I do not usually accompany others on missions, however do to several things I will be going with you today." ............ Naminé was quite surprised that Larxene wasn't more irritated then she was, perhaps The Savage Nymph wasn't quite as mean as she had always thought. She looked around the room. She had never been inside The Castle that Never Was before, she assumed that was where she was now. Naminé looked around, eyeing the other Organization members in the room. She recognized a couple of them, her eyes lingered on a member of the Organization that looked a bit like Sora, at least in the face. She wondered if he was Sora's Nobody. Her eyes widened when she spotted Marluxia. She shrunk back against the wall, hoping not to be noticed by him.

"Ah I see," Alexei said, he seriously wondered what had happened there... He hesitated, thinking over Lupus's offer. Perhaps, he should help her. He just wasn't sure. But then again, it would be fun to try and figure out what had happened there, and why not make a little money while he was at it? Deciding that there would be no harm in going with her for the time being he smiled politely. "Alright, Miss Lupus. I'll help you for now, however I might leave at any time. Because of that I won't ask for 50 percent of your earnings, only 30," Alexei informed her. He got the feeling that this investigation was going to be quite fun. "By the way, my name's Alexei Rénova, it's a pleasure to meet you Miss Lupus." Alexei held out his hand for her to shake, a slight smile on his face.

Alexei quickly pulled out his bow and strung an arrow to it when he heard the sound, dropping the 3DS in the process. He spared it a brief glance, before lifting it and putting it back inside a pocket in his cloak. He frowned, his bow still in hand and scanned the immediate area before running off towards where the sound had come from. His curiosity got the better of him as it usually did, even though it tended to almost always put him in danger. It didn't take Alexei long to reach his destination, when he had he stopped and stared, wondering just what could have caused those buildings to fall. He frowned upon noticing a teenage girl kicking at the snow, he raised an eyebrow and walked up to her. "Excuse me, did you see what happened here by any chance?"

Saix nodded in assent. "Well, you were going to go on a mission with Xion. But I think it may be best if you go back to Castle Oblivion for the time being. I'll go with Xion instead." With that Saix turned and walked back out of the large basement. He made his way back towards some stairs that would lead up into the parts of the castle that other members of the Organization inhabited. Saix came to a halt upon spotting Marluxia and scowled, his brows furrowing together. "Hello Marluxia. Do you need something, or are you here to report?"

(You're welcome Spider. ) Naminé was quite surprised when Riku moved to stop the Organization member from taking her. She didn't think it would really made a difference to him. Once again, she wished that she had people whom she could call her friends. Naminé gasped when Larxene came. To tell the truth, the blonde woman scared her...even more then the Organizations number eleven. After she and Larxene were through the portal, Naminé looked up at Larxene, her blue eyes wide. For Naminé this had been a very interesting day, normally her days went by relatively uneventful, though she knew for a fact that she wasn't supposed to be out of that room. "I--I'm sorry Larxene, I know I shouldn't have left the room. Just no one was there. I was only going to take a quick look around," Naminé said all in one breath. She paused briefly, watching Larxene's expression before continuing. "I promise I wasn't going to cause any trouble."

Naminé smiled at Riku, then looked over when she heard a dark portal open and close. Her eyes widened when she saw the member of Organization XIII. She had never seen this member of the Organization before, to her he looked like he might fit into the same category as Marluxia and Larxene. At least, he didn't look like he was a very nice person. She took a step backwards. True, she could change peoples memories but she was quite surprised herself that they hadn't decided to 'fed her to the wolves' as the Organization member had said. "Hello," she greeted pleasantly, trying not to think of the fact that she wasn't supposed to be out of the room she had been left in. She tilted her head to the side. "Who are you?"

Alexei wrapped his clock tighter around himself, crossing his arms over his chest. He was glad that he was used to the cold, or else he was sure that these cold temperatures would bother him. It had been quite some time since he had been to Tokyo. Though he couldn't say that it had changed much since the last time he had seen it. He was rather fond of Tokyo, though he wasn't used to being surrounded by such tall buildings. The town he was from was rather small. Where everyone knew each other by name, and you didn't have to walk far to reach one side of the town or the other. Alexei began on his way through the streets of Tokyo, his breath easy to see in the darkness. He had the feeling that he might enjoy himself this time in Tokyo, even with the large beasts within it. Alexei reached into his pocket and pulled out a mysterious small device that he had bought upon coming to Tokyo. He had heard someone refer to it as a '3DS', and he was rather curious on how it worked. He turned the small device around in his hand. "Now let's see... How does this work I wonder?"

(It's okay Pretium! And it all looks good to me. Nice and legit.) Saix listened to Axel with a thoughtful scowl on is face. Then he nodded. What Axel said made sense, he had wondered if Marluxia, aided by Larxene, had been planning to overthrow Xemnas, he knew for a fact that they weren't that loyal to him. Not that he, Saix, was that loyal to Xemnas either when it got down to it... Saix looked over at Axel, the slightest of smiles creeping onto his face. "Thank you for the report, Lea. Yes, I doubt Marluxia will be in a hurry to trust you, though in time, I believe he might." Saix crossed his arms and glanced around the room at the storage bins in the basement room that they were in. For the first time he realized that he had never seen what was in them...perhaps if he had emotions he would feel a bit more enclined to see, as he was, he was hardly curious. "So, how are the little Keyblade wielders, Sora and Riku?" ......... Naminé jumped back in surprise, dropping her notebook while she did so. Her eyes found Riku, and she watched him cautiously. He must be the real Riku, she was shocked by just how much he looked like the replica. She was slightly surprised though, that he thought she was a member of the Organization, she considered considered herself their prisoner. Naminé clutched her hands together, and shook her head swiftly. "No, I'm not with the Organization." She bent down and picked up her notebook, her crystal blue eyes never leaving Riku's face. When she had straightened out, she held her notebokk tight in her hands and smiled politely at the sliver-haired teen. "I'm Naminé. It's nice to meet you...Riku." ......... Sora leaped to his feet, oh boy did his head hurt! First that woman with the blonde hair had hit him, and now this man had dropped him right on his head! He squinted at the member of the Organization, he pulled his Keyblade out in one hand and rubbed his head with his free hand. "What are you talking about?! You're with the Organization! Why would you want to help me?!" He let go of his head and held his Keyblade in both hands, pointing it at the dark-haired member of the Organization, a scowl on his face. "What do you guys want with me? And why'd you take Naminé?"

Finished with her picture, Naminé got to her feet and walked over to the window. She placed her elbows on the windowsill and gazed outside. She doubted she could convince anyone to let her go out, no matter how helpful she was to them. Naminé backed up from the window, a sudden idea hitting her. No one was watching her at the moment, would they notice if she tried to find the way outside herself? Grabbing her notebook, she poked her head out the door. Yes, she decided, she was going to find the outside herself. Naminé stepped out into the hallway, and began making her way down it cautiously. ................. Sora let out a low moan, and reached up to grab his head. He opened his eyes and blinked, his gaze fixing on the coat of...a member of the Organization?! Sora attempted to get free but he accidentally jerked too fast and felt a searing pain in his head. Instead he brought both fists down on the Organization member that was holding him. "What are you doing with me?! Put me down!"

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