You walk into a training room, where the trials are to be held. When you enter, you find it to be picth dark. Suddenly the doors slammed shut behind you, and the lights flash on. After a few seconds of adjusting your eyes, you find Xail, Saix, and Xigbar before you. You take a deep breath. The trials are about to begin...

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Ariix looked around the now-lit room and then at the three nobodies. "About time we get this thing going. Just explain the rules so I can get this over with."

"Simple. You have 30 minutes to find your way to the middle of the maze, and surive an assult from one of us." Xail explained as the huge maze appeared behind Ariix.

Ariix looked at the maze, analyzing it from the outside. "Doesn't look to hard."

Xigbar scoffed. "What's with all the arrogant brats today?"

"Just wait until you go into the maze, kid." Xail said, "It's harder then you think.

Ariix smiled. "Righty then. I'll be patient." She tapped her foot.

Xail shook her head and sighed in annoyness, "Ah, another smart ass I see... In anycase let's get started." She looked at Xigbar and nodded.

Xigbar grinned. "Fufufu." He fired his gun to signify the start.

Ariix ran through the doors and took a sharp left turn.

She falls through a trapped door.

"Damn! Why didn't I see that?!" Ariix looks around for a way out of the room. She spotted a door and walk over to it. It was locked.

Dozens of heartless appear and surround Ariix.

"Let's see...if this one can withstand it..." Saix said with a growl as he held onto his wounded arm.

Ariix stared at the heartless for a second. "Geez... If this is a plan it really sucks." She whipped around her thin, almost transparent strings and slice through the heartless. Ariix looked at up towards the trap door she fell through. She tossed the end of her strings upwards and pulled herself back through the door.

"Not bad...for a beginner...let's see if she can endure this..." Saix said as he pulled the same thing he did on Xajin; arrows came in from all directions.

Xail placed her hand on Saix's wounded arm. She used her power to heal the wound completely. ((Would've added that sooner but you guys hogged the post XD lol))

Ariix dodged the first arrow. She let the next one hit her in the arm but it was part of her plan. SHe knelt down in mock pain and fiddled with the trap door, soon falling through it again. She watched a few arrows clatter to the floor before pulling out her gun and shooting at the lock on the door. SHe walked through it and pulled the arrow out of her arm. ((Mwaharha... >:3 Sorry about that Shiva.))

"Thank you...." Saix thanked.

Xail nodded and wacthed Ariix go back down to through the trap door, "Having promblems, child?" She smirked, "You only have 25 minutes left and you're still at the begining. I suggest you hurry up.

"Problems? Not at all. 25 minutes in plenty of time." Ariix continued through multiple doors and turns. Small scorch marks from smoke were left in places she had already been. SHe fought of some nobodies as she continued through.

Ariix reache's a dead end, and the way out seals shut. "Let's see if she can dodge bullets..." Xail said looking at Xigbar.

Xigbar gladly obeyed Xail's command. He fired multiple bullets at her.

Ariix whipped some of the bullets away with her strings.

Xigbar readied to shoot again.

Ariix filled the room with smoke, blocking Xigbar's sight of her. SHe ran underneath him and turned down a hall she hadn't taken yet. "Just diversions. You're just trying to slow me down."

Suddenly all the paths closed. Ariix was trapped. The walls began to move inwards. ((She going to be squooshed!O.O lol jk!))

"Hmm... let's see." Ariix closed her eyes and concentrated. She slowly started to lose her appearnce and she slowly faded. She appeared in a room closer to the middle. "Heh."

Suddenly Twilight Thron and Darkside appeared before her.

Ariix stood there with a suprised look on her face. "Damn... You guys really have a pest problem."

Saix's mind seemed to be on other things as he turned to the side with his arms crossed. He was already sick of the trails yet he knew that he had to be here to watch these pestelences get through the maze.

Xail placed a hand on Saix's shoulder, "Relax. You're not the only one, getting tired of this foolishness." She said.

"Very well..." Saix replied.

Xigbar smiled, watching Ariix. "I think it's actually pretty fun. Especially if they're struggling."

Ariix looke between the two diversion and pondered which one to atack first. She crossed her arms over her chest, one hand holding her gun, the other holding her strings.

More heatless and dusks appear.

Ariix ran through the group of new appearing heartless and dusks. They were cut in half with her strings as she ran by. "Geez... What a party...." Next she ran up and off the wall, running back towards the other two "enemies". She shot at Twilight thorn and gashed at Darkside.

Saix looked down at Ariix. "heh..."

When Ariix made to the middle Xail smirked, "Good job. You have 15 minutes left. Now I know I said that you would be fighting one of us but... I got a better idea..." With a snap of her fingers two hooded figures appeared in the maze with Ariix. They both held a captive Axel by his arms. They threw him to the ground before Ariix and vanished, "Let's see if you can beat the traitor."

Axel slowly stood up, grumbling. He looked over at Ariix with a glare. He looked like hadn't slept in a while. "Another pushover for you, Xail?" he asked. He flicked his spiky hair back with a hand. "Whatever. Come on, newbie. If you win, I'll be happy enough." Axel lifted his arms and his chakrams appeared in his hands. "But I'm not gonna just let you win - got it memorized?"

Saix was surprised a small bit but it hadn't changed his attitude towards the whole ideal. "What? You chose him?...heh... Now I wish Ariix would win...."

"If she can beat a few mere dusks, then she can beat him." Xail smirked.

Saix darkly laughed. "Just what i was thinking."

Axel listened to them talking, chuckling lightly. "Morons..." he said. He looked over at Ariix. "Listen, kid, I got some advice for you - cut your losses and ditch these idiots. They're not worth your time."

Ariix glared at Axel. "Traitor? You betrayed the Organization?" She didn't make a move. 'Great... Are they having me do their dirty work now?'

Axel laughed. "Please. There are more important things in life than the Organization. They didn't realize that, and I did." He smirked. "Besides, babe, you don't look the type to hang out with these fools. You should just leave." He twirled his chakrams a little in his hands.

"Heh....." Saix mumbled.

Ariix glared. "You're not going to make me give up on the organization." She charged at him wiht strings in hand.

Axel flipped backwards, throwing his chakrams, laced with fire, directly for her.

"Damn!" Ariix's outline got hazy and the chakrams passed through her. She mumbled something about a limit before slashing at Axel.

Axel only narrowly dodged her attack, his hands becoming covered in his trademark fire as he grabbed his chakrams once more. He quickly moved to the side, throwing one of his chakrams at her.

Ariix growled as the chackram caught her arm. SHe put a hand tp the burn. She pulled out her gun and shot at Axel with her free hand.

Axel let out a yelp of pain as the shot went into side. He took his free hand to hold it, then threw his other chakram covered in fire at her.

Ariix turned herself so chakram hit the same arm as before. "Ngghh.." She summoned the smoke from the burning chakram and sent it to smother Axel.

Axel coughed, flipping backwards and summoning his chakrams back to him.

Ariix smirked.

Axel jerked his head back, his fair flipping back behind his shoulders. "Nice moves ya got there," he said with a small smile. "You could beat Saix to a pulp with those kinds of moves."

"Ha. Judging by his performance in the previous battle, it doesn't seem too hard." Ariix caught herself before she became distracted and wipped her strings towards Axel again.

Saix's hands formed into fists of fury as he growled behind his clenched teeth. "How dare they.....Errrr....."

Axel quickly moved to a side, narrowling missing the strings. He threw his chakrams in a circular motion, fire cutting into the ground around the two fighters. Axel smirked. "We might as well have fun, huh?" He caught his chakrams again and beckoned her with them. "Come on."

Ariix smirked. She could use the smoke form the fire to her advantage. "You're on." The smoke swirled around her, forming a sheild.

Axel smirked. "You're joking, right? Lady, I AM fire." So saying this, he backflipped into his own flames, disappearing amongst them.

Ariix glared. "Hn."

Axel suddenly flipped right back through the fire, throwing his lit chakrams at her.

Ariix got hit, full force. She made a small noise, sliding through the fire and into a wall. She sat there for a second.

Axel landed on the ground, his fire disappearing slowly as though it had never happened. He pushed his hair back from his face. "Enh, good try," he said. "Believe me, you're definitely better at fighting than a lot of the Organization members."

"Errr....." Saix muttered again.

Ariix looked up at Axel and glared. Her eyes turned gray and she tried to stand. "I'm not done yet..." she said managing to pull herself up.

Axel prepared himself, steeling his arms out with his chakrams, fire coming around his hands and weapons. "Alright! Let's party."

Ariix took her normal fighting stance- her strings laced through her fingers and a smirk on her face.

Axel flipped his hair back a bit with his hand, twirling one of his chakrams in the other. "Alrighty, let's go."

Ariix disappeared.

Axel became nervous, looking around for the Nobody. "Come out, come out, wherever you are..." he called. "We're not supposed to be playing hide-and-seek."

She chuckled, remaining unseen.

Axel walked a little bit forwards to the middle of their fighting space. "This is ridiculous."

Ariix reappeared, attacking from behind and slicing his back. She jumped back towards the wall again, gun aimed at Axel's head. (Whoo cliche!)

Axel stumbled from the strike, landing on his hands. His chakrams went out at her, and he flipped on his hands, getting himself back up.

Ariix shot at him again, aiming at his knee to bring him down again. She suddenly stopped. "It's been more than fifteen minutes hasn't it?" She looked around trying to find the organization. "Why are we still fighting?"

Xail appeared infront of her, "I wanted to see how long you could withstand fighting him. Don't worry, you passed the trial."

Axel straightened, his chakrams disappearing from his hands. "Well...that was fun," he said with a grin. He stretched. "Most amount of exercise I've gotten all week."

Xail smirked, “Optimistic as always.”

"Of course," Axel said. "I gotta be optimistic. I think about stuff that makes me smile or laugh." He grinned at Xail. "You know what my favorite thought is?"

Xail rolled her eyes, "Does it look like I care?"

Saix seemed to be a bit relieved that the trial was over, "Finally.......heh."

Ariix shot Xail a dirty look. 'Making me fight more for you're amusement, huh? she thought as she tucked her weapons away, giving Axel a funny look.

Axel smiled at Xail. "My favorite thought is you and Saix and the rest of the Organization DEAD AND GONE!" He grinned. "That, and the fact that if you rearrange Xemnas, you get Mansex."

Xail looked at Axel, "You clearly have too much time on you hands." She then smirked, "A few days in the torture cell will clear that up."

"Hey! Marluxia and Xaldin figured out the Mansex thing, not me!" Axel said.

"Make that a week in the torture cell for back talking." Xail said. With a snap of her fingers, the two hooded figures came back and got ahold of Axel by his arms.

"Hey!" Axel yelled, struggling against the two, but his fight with Ariix and earlier beatings had only weakened him. "Let me go, you stupid mannequins!"

A portal opened and the figures dragged Axel away.

Axel let out a yell of anger before the portal closed on him.

Ariix stared at the spot where Axel was. "Well," she said looking at Xail from the corner of her eye, "I'm done here for now, right?"

Xail nodded, "Yes."

"Good. Then I'm leaving," Ariix said, heading towards the exit of the maze.