Chasing Destiny

Life of a SOLDIER

"Have you ever heard of Organization XIII?" Zack asks, crossing his arms over his chest as he leans some of his weight on the side of a building.

You find your eyes subconsciously trailing down to his toned arms. It was getting increasingly hard to focus around these guys...

"Uh, yeah, Roxas told me a little about them," you finally respond, glancing to the frowning blond who's sitting on the bench beside you.

"Have you ever heard of SOLDIER?" Cloud asks, moving to stand next to Zack.

You shake your head.

"Well, it's a group Cloud and I are a part of. We joined together a year ago to fight Xemnas, and-"

"Who's Xemnas?" you ask, interrupting Zack.

"He's the leader of Organization XIII," Roxas answers.

"And he's thought up a truly terrible plan," Cloud adds with a scowl.

"... What is it?" you ask impatiently, waiting for them to fill you in.

"It's pretty barbaric, but he's devised a way to collect hearts. These stolen hearts are poured into Kingdom Hearts, which, once completed, will make Nobodies real. They'll have hearts, emotions, everything," Zack explains, glancing at an ashamed-looking Roxas.

"But, that doesn't sound so bad... They just want to be real!" you decide.

"You've met Saix — they're all as awful as him. They don't want to be real to get married and have kids; they want to be real so they can take over the worlds. And they're killing people, innocent people, to achieve their goal!" Cloud exclaims, and your eyes widen.

"K-Killing...?" you ask, glancing towards your friend.

"I didn't. Others do, though," Roxas murmurs.

"And SOLDIER, is fighting the Organization?" you deduce.

"Yup," Zack replies.

"Well, then that solves it!" you declare, standing to your feet and clapping your hands together once.

"... What?" Roxas asks, tilting his head slightly as he stands up as well.

"Well, obviously I'm coming with you guys! It's gotta be fate, meeting all of you."

There's dead silence before Zack starts to laugh.

"Um, no, I don't think so," Zack chuckles, waving a hand in the air.

"Why not?!" you retort, clenching your fist.

"Yeah, why not?" Cloud adds, earning the attention of his partner.