Chapter VII

"Roxas?" You asked Axel.


Apparently there was a new Nobody that was under Axel's care. He came to your room early this morning to let you know that he wanted to share being his mentor with you.


"So is this the same thing as shared custody over a child?" You chuckled. Axel rolled his eyes.


"Very funny, but I'm being serious [Y/N]. I think you're ready to take something like this on. I trust you. Got it memorized?" Axel handed you a paper. You looked it over. It was a very observations of the new Nobody.


"So he doesn't want to meet anyone yet?" You asked.


"Look again."


He has yet to wake up...it's been about 12 hours.


"So I'm just supposed to watch him sleep?" You asked.


"Uh...if you can, yeah. I sorta asked Saix to clear your missions for the week so you could." Axel scratched the back of his head. He was hiding something. You had an idea for what it might be.


"You're dumping me with the kid while you go on missions?!" You exclaimed. You lightly punched Axel on the shoulder.


"You don't mind, right?" Axel tasseled your hair. You pouted and then sighed, giving in to his favor. You shook your head yes.


"I'll head over to his room." You summoned a dark corridor and thought of a room for a Number Thirteen. Hopefully it took you there.


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About 5 hours had passed and the new Nobody hadn't moved an inch. He was turned to the side so you couldn't even see his face. Curiosity got the best of you, so you decided to walk over to his bed. You turned him over a bit to get a glimpse of his face. He had spikey blonde hair, a way different kind of spikey compared to a lot of the other hairstyles in the organization. You wondered what color his eyes were.


"Should I...?" You asked yourself out loud. You tried to resist doing it, but you just couldn't. You were way too immature not to.


You lightly put your finger abode his eyelashes and pulled his eyelid up slightly.


White...white...white...oh! He had blue eyes.


Suddenly you were pushed away with a hand very gently. It felt as if there was no strength behind the gesture.


"What...are you doing?" You almost screamed as you backed up and held your hands against your body, scared.


"I'm s-s-sorry!" You exclaimed. Great. Now what was Axel going to say since you probably tainted the new Nobody and made any way of you introducing him to everyone, super awkward.


"Where am I..?" He trailed off and looked around, seeming to have totally forgotten that you just molested his eyeball seconds before.


You smirked then immediately gave a straight face. You decided to mock Saix for when he introduced you on your first day waking up.


"I am The Toxic Synthesis. I am a Nobody."


"Nobody? But..." He didn't finish his sentence.


"You are Number Thirteen, The Key of Destiny, Roxas." His eye lit up. Maybe he remembered being given his name before he fell asleep?


"..." He didn't respond.


"You are a Nobody as well. You..." Slowly trailing off, you suddenly didn't know where to begin. "Look, kid, you don't have a heart. I don't have a heart. Now we're gonna go meet other people without hearts." You grabbed his hand and helped him up. He stared at you with a lost look in his eyes. Once again, he didn't respond. He gave a very confused nod. You opened a dark corridor that would lead you to the Proof of Existence.


"Choose a door, any door." You said. Roxas gave you a blank look, then pointed to the big one in the back. "Um...any door but the big one, kid." You then realized that Roxas didn't seem so far away in age from you. You should probably stop calling him kid.


He pointed to the door right next to the Superior's. It was Larxene's. "Uh, sure that's acceptable." You dragged him into the room. "Hey anyone home?" You asked. You didn't see her. You weren't as scared to introduce Roxas since you developed a better relation with Larxene ever since the tampon fiasco.


"[Y/N]? What a surprise." You heard Larxene's voice as well as footsteps. She came around a corner then was in front of you and Roxas. "And what do we have here?"


"Number Thirteen, Roxas." You said.


"Finally!" She exclaimed. "I'm not the lowest number anymore."


Roxas looked to you then to Larxene. He didn't say anything.


"He doesn't talk much...um...I'm gonna go take him to see Number Eleven now." You walked out of her room and into the portal next to hers.


"Excuse me?" You asked.


"Yes?" He responded. He was facing a plant and cutting a few leaves that looked dead. You believed this was called pruning.


"We have a new Number...Thirteen. His name is Roxas." Marluxia turned and gave a smirk.


"I see..." He looked Roxas up and down. "He's so small."


"He also isn't much of a talker. We'll be going now."


"Alright then, I'll see you around."


You took Roxas into Luxord's room. He seemed to be polishing his cards. "May I help you?" He asked without looking up.


"This is Roxas, Number Thirteen." Luxord looked up.


"Ah! I see." He went over to a bookshelf and pulled out a cheap deck of cards. He handed it to Roxas. Roxas stared at it for a while until you showed him that his coat had pockets. He pocketed the cards. "It's...a housewarming gift." Luxord said. He looked a little bit offended. "He doesn't nearly talk as much as you did." He added.


"Hahaha...yeah..." You slowly backed out of Luxord's room and took Roxas into Demyx's room.


"Anyone here?" You asked as you walked into the door. You spotted him on his bed, strumming his sitar. He had a pencil in his mouth and music paper on a stand. Was he actually writing a song? "Hello?" You asked again. He didn't look up. You let go of Roxas' hand and told him to stay put. You looked at Demyx's paper. For [Y/N]. You also noticed that he had headphones in.


"SITARS ARE COOL!" You yelled. He dropped his sitar and screamed.


"[Y-Y/N]!" He shouted back. He grabbed his chest and tried to catch his breath.


"Um...we have a new member, dude. His name is Roxas, Number Thirteen." You went back to Roxas and grabbed his hand. Demyx stared at your hands for a while before shaking himself out of his trance.


"Nice to meet ya! I'm one of the actual cool people around here." He flashed Roxas a smile. Roxas just stared at him. "He...doesn't talk much yet, does he?" He asked.


You shook your head. "Yeah, it's kind of...different because I remember I was super talkative." You said. "Well, we have a few more Nobodies to meet." You turned around and started walking before your looked over your shoulder. "And it looks like you have a song to finish writing."


Demyx turned red and started to stutter out noises that didn't sound like words. You chuckled, then led Roxas into Zexion's room. You assumed he would meet Axel later as his other mentor, and Saix as the mission giver. You were also a little upset with Axel for dumping Roxas on you. You wondered what kind of personality was hidden under his shyness.


"Hello?" You asked as you walked into his room. You didn't get an answer. "Huh...must be in the library..." You created a dark corridor and led Roxas to it.


"And who might this be?" You heard as you stepped out. Zexion was sitting on a couch reading a small, but very thick book.


"Romeo and Juliet?" You snorted. "This is Roxas, Number Thirteen." You introduced the two.


"Let me guess, he's in shock so he hasn't spoken much?" Zexion raised an eyebrow. "And it's fine literature!"


"Yeah, he probably said about ten words then suddenly stopped talking." You explained.


"Hmm...it'll go away in time."


"I sure hope so." Zexion closed his book then handed it to you. You pocketed it. "Why?"


"Just, look through it later, please."


"Sure thing." You said before creating a dark corridor to the kitchen. You hoped to find the last of everyone.


In the kitchen was Xaldin, Lexaeus, and Vexen. Vexen was just leaving before he spotted Roxas.


"And who might this be?"


"This is Roxas, Number Thirteen."


"Pleasure." Lexaeus said.


"I look forward to working with you." Xaldin said.


"How delightful..." Vexen trailed off.


"Um...gotta go see the last Nobody now." You said.


You thought for a second on where he could be. The tv room? No. Outside? No. Hm... Oh right, The Hall of Empty Melodies. You created a portal and led Roxas through it.


"Ah!" You screamed as you shielded Roxas with a defense spell. One of Xigbar's arrows almost hit the two of you.


"Oh shit! Sorry, babe. I didn't know who was gonna come out of that thing!" Xigbar shouted. He got down from the ceiling by going into his portal then came up in front of you and Roxas. "I definetely don't know who this is."


"Number Thirteen, Roxas. He doesn't talk much."


"Don't be afraid kid, it wasn't you who gave me this scar..." Xigbar pretended to lift his eyepatch. You slapped his hand down.


"Don't show him that! You'll give him nightmares!" You exclaimed. Xigbar gave a sigh then chuckled. "He's probably exhausted now from meeting everyone, so I'm going to bring him back to rest. See you later." You created a portal and led Roxas back to his room.


"So how was meeting everyone?" You asked. Roxas let go of your hand and sat on his bed. He looked to the ground then finally to your face after what felt like forever.


"You never told me anyone's name."

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