5Just a quick note. This story contains two characters. One belongs to my friend Astrum Ululatum. The other, the main character, is a product of us both. I simply happened to write this randomness.
If there were ever an odder pair than these two, Xemnas thought to himself, he doubted he would ever find them. Looking down at the grey landscape from the battlements of the Castle That Never Was, he focused on the only two spots of color anywhere. Both were moving, which usually meant life, but not in this case. They were both Nobodies, beings without a heart, without emotion, but they didn't act like it as they chatted away, seemingly oblivious to the absolute desolation around them. The beings in question were both human, or at least had been: one male, one female. Since they arrived at the castle on the same day and in the same manner, Xemnas assumed they must have come from the same place. He never bothered to find out where. But wherever it was, it must have been very different from any world he had ever visited. For example, the way they dressed. Since he had not deigned to make them full members of the Organization, they were not allowed to wear the cloaks but they probably wouldn't have even if they could.
The girl, sitting on the rim of the chasm below, was entirely dressed in purple and orange, from her "converse" shoes and knee-high socks to her vest and long-sleeve shirt. Even her hair was striped in the same clashing colors, as though both clothes and wearer were designed to be as annoying as possible. Her voice drifted to where Xemnas was standing, making him narrow his eyes in feigned disapproval. The boy as well had unusual taste in clothes, although less nerve-grating. The loose black pants and combat boots were normal enough; however, they were dyed red and above this, he wore an open "flak" vest which, although the boy had called it armor, still didn't compensate for the fact that he did not wear a shirt under it. Xemnas could hear his voice as well, responding to the girl with a flip of his scarlet ponytail and a grin.
Their hearts were strong, it was true; that was how they had survived. It was merely a pity Kingdom Hearts never specified what kind of strength. The girl had professed to being on "crack" when she was attacked, some kind of drug from her world, and from what he heard about it, it certainly did take strength to continue using. However, this unfortunate set of circumstances had left her eternally affected by the drug and Xemnas soon grew tired of her spasmodic and random ways. He watched as she now balanced on the pit's rim, teetering over the edge on the balls of her feet but never quite tipping it. Instead she floated, rocking back and forth like a balloon in a breeze. Her element was mass, which was what allowed her to do this. The boy laughed and snapped his fingers, disappearing from sight for a second, then reappeared behind her and gave her a shove. She flew over the edge, letting out a short yelp, then quickly readjusted herself and began scolding him from her position in midair over the chasm. Xemnas smirked a little. The boy had one of the most useful elements besides himself and his second in command: instant teleportation. As much as the girl was a burden, he was a boon. If he had not insisted on joining with the girl, the superior almost would have admitted him into regular ranks.
The mass element suddenly chucked a boomerang at the boy, who teleported himself back to his original seat as Xemnas scoffed silently. Even her weapon was ridiculous and, it seemed to him, utterly useless. Merely a toy compared to everyone else's. Again, the boy seemed much more useful. The red head summoned a large metal tube, which he rested on a large pad on his shoulder. A wide belt appeared around his waist, rockets resting in holders around it, and he chose one of them and loaded it into the tube. The boy had called it a "Panzerschreck", which he then translated as "a German rocket launcher". None of this had made any sense to Xemnas until the boy demonstrated, as he was doing now by launching one of the rockets at the girl. She squealed, sending herself high into the air and just missing colliding with the black projectile. A sudden explosion made the castle shake, nearly pitching Number one off balance. Below him, he saw the boy look up, heard him swear in some language he didn't recognize, and disappear. The girl also looked up, waved, and then formed a darkness portal and walked through. Having regained his balance, he shook his head. Now he would have to find the two. And scold them. Sighing, Xemnas pulled up his own portal, wondering to himself about the amount of trouble those two could create.