Number IX's Last Melody-Chapter 5

"Are you sure? How do you know he isn't lying?"
"Because he showed her to me. Kairi, from the Destiny Islands. She IS alive. Well, kind of. She lost her heart. Do you know anything about that, Demyx?"

Demyx hesitated, not sure if Tidus should know the truth. "Kind of. But if Riku is that much of a friend, I'm sure he'll find a way. He said you should look for your other friends, though, right?"

"Yeah. Wakka and Selphie. Do you know where they might be?" He asked. Demyx looked a bit uncertain. "Yeah, in Traverse Town, most likely. But it might not be safe. Not if those guys that got whatshisname are still there. Like the brown hair one?"

Tidus was unhappy to be reminded. "Oh yeah. Well, I'll go anyway. Maybe they know something about him." He proclaimed. Demyx didn't look pleased about it, but he held up his hand, and a portal opened into Traverse Town. "Good luck, Tidus. Don't die." He said humorously. But he actually meant it.

No-one in the Organization had real respect for him. He had no friends among them. He and Axel kind of partnered up, because they shared this feeling, but it wasn't the same. Tidus struck Demyx like a real friend. It made him feel good. But a teasing, feminine voice broke his thoughts.

"What are you doing here, big brother?" It said. Larxene appeared through a Dark Corridor. "Larxene!" He exclaimed, surprised. She chuckled. "Afraid so. The Superior will be very angry if he finds out you've been here. I might just tell him." Demyx looked at her challengingly. "Well, you're here, too, newbie. If I go down, so do you."

Larxene looked annoyed at that. "Fine. But I'm not the one who brought in an outsider to our business." She reminded him. Demyx was shocked. How did she know that? "You-" He started, but she vanished through the darkness again. Fear crept into the place where Demyx's heart should have been. What would she do? Surely, his sister wouldn't give him over to Xemnas. Would she?
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Tidus walked the streets of the Traverse Town. It was actually pretty cool here, except for the occasional Heartless. But while he was going, a charismatic voice said his name in surprise. "Tidus? It cannot be!" It said. Tidus looked excitedly. "Wakka!" He said excitedly. But it wasn't Wakka who had said his name.

The man had blue hair that fell in various patterns, and wore black. He looked powerful. "How can you be here? Am I not Unsent? Could it be that at last you, Tidus, the hero, have died, as I did long ago, at your very hands?"

Tidus was completely bewildered. He had never seen this man before. "And I assume your friend Wakka is here as well. This must be my father's work. Only he could torture me like this!" He said. This guy was insane, thought Tidus.

"You took my revenge, my Aeon, and my life. You will pay dearly. And I, Maester Seymour Guado, of the Guado nation, shall collect that payment! In good time... In good time..." After he said that, Seymour simply disappeared. "What was that all about? He knew Wakka... And he knew me?" He said, confused.

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I'm really going out on some limbs here. I decided to imply that Demyx and Larxene are brother and sister, since that would make things interesting. Really interesting. I also decided to experiment with what would happen if Tidus or Wakka encountered other FFX characters. Since all the FFVII and VIII characters seem to know each other. This is the result.