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[Apocrypha09]

Saix... Nechax would have to remember that. They moved away from the scene. Jaxine must have known where they could and couldn't go. That was good. He wouldn't know.

Lexaeus left silently, closing the door behind himself. He caught onto Xigbar's comment. “Yes. Xemnas has given me charge over Lars.”
Xathere stood there. She didn't have a whole lot of places to run to while Xigbar was watching. Whenever she was free, she was going to talk to Lars.

Axel made a face. Water. Great.
He took tender steps into the pool, then made a mad dash to grab Myrthe and get out of there. He was soaked. Axel groaned at that.

The lightning bolt only distracted Hataxn. The Dusks once again were at an advantage. He thought the Powerwilds were bad. They were easy compared to Nobodies.

Saix ushered them out of the hallway. Then he went off back to his own business. Whatever that was, Shaxirma couldn't fathom. She figured it had nothing to do with her.
“What now?” She pondered. They already knew what they had to...  

[Kyathist]

Jaxine eventually reached another pair of doors and smiled a bit, "You'll be surprised what's behind these doors." She opened them and walked through. There was a huge pool on the other side, although no one was there at the moment. The water was completely still.

Lars placed himself underneath the covers, being glad at how dark the room was with the door closed. He closed his eyes and tried to forget about everything, just wanting to sleep for now. Thinking could be done once he felt better.

Xigbar saw the big guy was back. "Have fun with the boy! ... Talking about fun." He smirked as he looked at the girl, knowing Lexaeus would not be happy with this. "You were still supposed to fight me, Butterfly!" Shooting another two arrows at her, he waited for a reaction from either of them.

Myrthe laughed at the sight of it. "Not a water person, Axe?" She grinned again, "That's what you get when you try to prank me!" She hopped around a bit, trying to get warm again. It was cold to be wet while wind was rushing past your... furr.

The Savage Nymph smirked. She was going to make this as hard as possible for the boy... just so she could have some fun!

Allayx watched Saïx leave and let out a sigh, turning to face the girl. "You never gave my your name, actually." She suddenly realized. "I'm called Allayx."  

[Apocrypha09]

“A pool?” Nechax asked, astounded. They had everything, didn’t they? Interesting, for Nobodies that could care less. This was the most entertainment he had seen of the Castle, other than the members themselves.

Xathere jumped away, but didn't run this time. If she was in any real danger, Lexaeus would probably step in. For now, he just watched.
Adjusting her fans in her hands, Xathere lunged forward. She sliced both fans in front of her at Xigbar.

“Yeah yeah.” Axel shook himself like a dog. His furr didn't get any drier. Why wasn't the sun hot enough today? That gave him an idea!
Using some fire, Axel used the heat to dry himself off. That was better!

Finally Hataxn was getting the upper hand at this. He had to block many attacks, but he could throw his own punches if he acted quick enough. The Dusks had a relapse moment after striking. Hataxn took advantage of that.

“Shaxirma.” She didn't even realize names weren't exchanged. She held out her hand.
Marluxia hadn't shown Shaxirma to create a portal yet. That was another thing she needed to ask about.  

[Kyathist]

"Yeah." Jaxine smiled as he glanced at the peaceful water in front of them. "I'm just not sure where new members can get bathing clothes." She got hers from Xemnas when she was still a Somebody.

"Now the butterfly dares to spread her wings! As long as daddy is watchkng!" Xigbar teleported out of the way, shooting somemore arrows from his spot in mid air.

Myrthe saw the way Axel dried himself off. "Cheater!" She laughed, being very cold herself but not telling him. Although, her shivering would tell him soon enough.

Most of the Dusks were defeated already, making Larxene a bit annoued. Once the boy was done, he could face her instead! No way he'd keep up with her speed!

Allayx shoke Shaxirma's hand. Even though the girl didn't seem that bad, it was still Marluxia's apprentice. Yet as Saïx hadn't seemed to care, she just cvepted her company for now. What was the worst that could happen, right?  

[Apocrypha09]

“Oh yeah...” Nechax didn't have bathing clothes of his own. Not since coming to this realm. He shrugged. “It doesn't make a difference, when you really think about it.”

Xathere put the fans in front of her face as the arrows came. They weren't very big, so they weren't very good shields. As soon as she could, she threw both fans at Xigbar.

“What?” Axel grinned at her, knowing she would want to be dry too. But he didn't do anything about it. He just opened a portal. “Let's go rub it in Xigbar's face!”
They were going to lie about the number, and probably had more than Scarface anyway!

More Dusks were disappearing. It was a good sign. Hataxn was nearly finished as it was. They were too powerful for a beginner. He was lucky to get this far.

“Where to now?” Shaxirma asked once they stopped shaking hands. It was no use standing around. Becoming acquainted wouldn't hurt anything. They could possibly pass time faster this way.  

[Kyathist]

"That's true." Jaxine agreed to that, although... swimming in clothes was hard, and in underwear a bit... shameful. You never know who could walk in and say some naughty things about it. She preffered to wear her bikini.
"Shall we move on or do you want to stay here?" She eventually asked. It didn't really matter to her.

Xigbar once again teleported out of the way towards another spot on the ceiling. "You're getting better, Butterfly."
He shot more arrows at both her legs and torso, wondering how much she could block and dodge.

"Alright, bro!" Myrthe ran through the portal, stumbling forwards at the sudden change of legs. "Only now I realize how hard it is to walk on two legs instead of four!"
The girl got up from the ground, noticing that her clothes had been dry, but her hair was still wet. "This is weird..."

As soon as the last Dusk was about to disappear, Larxene threw four of her Kunai knifes at the boy, along with a Lightning bolt. "Now you're going to face a real challenge!"

"I'm not sure. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot to do around here." Allayx shrugged as she crossed her arms, thinking about what to do next. For a Nobody, that probably wasn't a problem... For her? She would probably get bored eventually, although she wouldn't ever show.  

[Apocrypha09]

“Let's move on.” Nechax decided. He was never much of a swimmer. He didn’t like showing off his body in any way.

Xathere got hit in her right thigh. She threw one fan at Xigbar this time, when they returned. The other fan she used to block herself. It didn't do much.

“What? Did you think the coat was your fur?” Axel joked. He wasn't exactly sure how that worked either. It didn't matter much to him. So long as they didn't return naked.

The knives and bolt caught Hataxn in the back. He turned to face Larxene. She really did mean to fight him herself. Something told Hataxn that she would be even harder than the Dusks. He wondered if she was always this assertive.

Shaxirma gave it some thought. “Let's go this way.”
She was still interested in seeing what the castle looked like. There would be times where she would be wandering like this. She'd have to know how to get around somehow.  

[Kyathist]

Jaxine began to walk out of the place, back towards the hallways. She decided to show him the training rooms next, even though he would probably never need to go there. Zexion didn't look like someone who would use those places.

Xigbar simply teleported out of the way again. "Missed me!" He began to fire at her from behind the girl, quickly glancing at Lexaeus to see if he wasn't going to do anything.

"No... but going from completely wet to dry is weird... At least I'm not cold anymore!" Myrthe smiled at Axel, although water was still dripping down from her hair.

Larxene threw her other pair of Kunai Knifes. "You won't win with doing nothing!" She shot another lightning bolt at him, this one coming from the ceiling. "Oh, I forgot! You won't win anyway!" Chuckling evilly, she waited for his move.

Allayx followed after her, not really caring where they would go next. As long as it wasn't another forbidden area. That would make a really bad impression.  

[Apocrypha09]

Nechax followed. There were a lot of places in the Castle. He wondered what they were all used for. There were only twenty people living there.

As long as it was training, Lexaeus wasn't going to interfere. Not until something really bad happened. So far, it was not the case.
Xathere turned around quickly. She caught her other fan. This time she used both of them to try to block herself. A few arrows grazed her arm. They weren't very specific on the difference between training and the real fight.

“That's a plus.” Axel said. “Looks like we have to go scout out Xigbar. Should be fun.”
He hated having to look everywhere in a giant castle for someone. They could be in a million places, not to mention in a different world!

Taking the next to hits, Hataxn threw his tomahawk at Larxene while he regained his footing. Perhaps she wouldn't see it coming, being distracted by her own amusements.

It took some time, but Shaxirma found some rooms in another hallway. They were all connected in some way, and had windows to see who was in them. So they couldn't be off-limits.
There was exercise equipment in the rooms, too. Shaxirma could guess at what they were for. She would be here a lot.  

[Kyathist]

They soon reached the training rooms, and Jaxine noticed two other people were there as well. The exact same girls they had seen earlier with Saïx.
"We use this place for training." She explained to Nechax as she gestured towards the rooms.

Xigbar frowned as he was open for attacks for a moment as he reloaded his weapons. Luckily, the girl hadn't attacked him yet, so he wasn't in danger. She'd be too slow.

"Awesome! Where are we going to search first, bro?" Myrthe was already excited about talking to Xigbar again. She wanted to win! Although losing wasn't that bad either.

Larxene quickly dove out of the way. She indeed hadn't seen THAT coming. But as long as she wasn't defeated, it didn't matter. Summoning her weapons back to her hands, she jumped towards Hataxn, ready so stab him.

"Interesting." Allayx said as she saw the rooms. Before anything else could happen, she heard another voice explain the place. She looked into the direction to see Xemnas' apprentice with another boy. How did she know all that already?  

[Apocrypha09]

This would be very useful to Nechax. He noted the two other girls again. Odd that they bumped into each other again.
“Small castle.” He commented towards the other two. Shaxirma just grunted in reply.
“Touring, too?” She asked the other girl.

Exposing herself, Xathere threw both fans at Xigbar while he was stuck reloading. It seemed like an easy hit to make. She waited for her fans to return. If she just had to block until he reloaded, then it wouldn't be so bad. She had a chance now.

Axel thought about it, posing with his fingers on his chin. Where did Xigbar like to go?
“Well, if he's not here, he's off picking on some apprentice.” That was Xigbar's past time. “We'll find him eventually.”
He started walking down the hallway. Xigbar had to be somewhere...

Larxene was moving faster than the tomahawk returned. Hataxn was open for an attack. He tried moving out of the way. It was the most he could do.  

[Kyathist]

"Showing him around, yes." Jaxine nodded at the other girl.
Allayx spoke up, "You passed us before, didn't you?" She was pretty sure of it.

Xigbar was gone just in time, although his arm was scratched. He began shooting at her again, this time using more arrows at once. Although this would mean reloading more often, he didn't care.

"How typical!" Myrthe laughed, although she had no idea how true it was. Really, she barely knew any of them but acted like she had known them for a lifetime.
The girl quickly followed after Axel. "Why is this castle so big, anyway?"

Larxene quickly went forward to stab the boy in his stomach, wanting to make him suffer for that little nasty trick of his!  

[Apocrypha09]

“Yeah.” Nechax said. He didn't want to ask why Saix had talk to them. He knew why.
Shaxirma hadn't noticed them before like Allayx had. She turned back to the rooms. “Interesting they never showed us this. Do you think they'll mind us using them?”

Xathere couldn't block all of his shots. She did worse than last time, getting hit twice in the shoulder. She went down onto her knees and didn't block any more shots.
Lexaeus chose now to step in. He pulled Xathere out of the way of any more fire, pulling the arrows out.

“I think Xemnas is compensating for something.” Axel joked. Probably not, but the guy had to create a HUGE world. And to top it off, a HUGE castle! There was nothing modest about Xemnas.

Hataxn took the blow full on. Then his tomahawk returned. Inconvenient for him. He took some time to recover from the hit. Once again, he was exposed to Larxene's attacks. She showed no mercy.  

[Kyathist]

"Probably not, unless your teacher is against it." Jaxine explained. It was a free area where anyone was allowed. The more training, the better.

Xigbar shot a few more arrows, this time aiming for Lexaeus. "Helping the girl is cheatin'!" He smirked as he reloaded his guns again.

"Like what?!" Myrthe grinned at the idea.

Larxene hit the boy another few times, in his shoulders, arms and even his leg. She wanted to see him suffer!  

[Apocrypha09]

Shaxirma and Nechax had the same idea to try out the training room later. Later would be when most members were settling down, so there'd be very little interference.

Lexaeus took a few hits from the arrows. He threw his tomahawk at Xigbar, then focused on getting the arrows out.

“You will learn someday, young one.” Axel mocked Xemnas some more. It was fun, when the guy didn't know it was happening.

Hataxn could not recover in time to attack. Larxene was definitely winning this.

~~

Xemnas waited at the Alter of Naught. He had called Jaxine shortly before. Two days had gone by. She would share Xemnas' perspective of the new apprentices. They most likely wouldn't fit into his plans, but for now, having extra sets of hands around was necessary to speed up the process. They needed Kingdom Hearts.

Still recovering from Larxene's “training”, Hataxn did not easily find any potions. He had to patch up the scratches the old fashioned way. Larxene hadn't been the only harsh one. Xigbar got Xathere and Lexaeus too. They all seemed to meet in the lab at the same time. Vexen ushered them out just as fast.
For now, Hataxn was reading in the library, where there was peace and quiet. He had found it after getting the stitches.

Nechax poked his head in the training rooms, finding that Shaxirma was already there. She had taken off her coat to do better at exercises. He stayed out of sight for now, staying behind her as she practiced sword swings on a dummy.

Saix entered Marluxia's garden, very certain that this was where XI was. He scowled at the room. Xemnas had very little reason to give Marluxia this room. It was an unnecessary expense.

Axel lounged in the Grey Area. He was only in there because Luxord was drunk again, and it was bound to be fun, whatever they did. Even if he was drunk, Luxord was still good a poker. He beat Axel in two rounds already.
“Read 'em and weep!” Luxord put down a royal flush, winning again.
“What do you drink?” Axel needed some of it, whatever it was!

Seeing as it was early for anyone to go to bed, Xathere found it to be the perfect time to sneak into Lars' room. It was dark. Most likely, he had slept most of the day away.
“Lars?” She whispered.