Saix stood pondering on who might be next. The last battle was a bit interesting, but he hoped for something more enjoying rather than watching boring disappearing acts. He kept his sight fixed upon the obsticles below, waiting on the next "show".

Dartz looked arouind, he was not sure what he was sapposed to do, he had waited awhile but it seemed it was his turn for a trail to join the Organization XIII, "I wonder what the trail will be?" he wondered aloud as he stared at the floor.

Right then a huge maze appeared, "You'll have only 30 minutes to reach the very center of this maze. What time you have remaining will in fighting one of us. If you surive then you pass. If you fail... well then you're dead." Xail explained with a smirk.

"Are you ready?" Xail asked.

Dartz looked around then nodded when he spotted Xail, "I am. May I ask a question?"

"Go ahead."

"How many have come before me and how many of those have passed?" he said softly.

"Three. And that's how many have passed." Xail said.

Dartz nodded, "What shall I do then to complete my trail?" he asked in just a quiet tone.

a huge maze with severl levels appeared before him, "You'll have 30 minutes to find your way to the middle of the maze. Once there, you will fight one of us until the remaining time is over. If you live for that long, you're in." Xail explained, "Do you understand?"

Dartz looked at the maze then to Xail, "Yes I do, when do I start?" he asked

"Now."

Dartz nearly fell over but he started into the maze anyways, he ragained his footing and too an instant left.

"This should be interesting," Saix commented, rubbing his chin.

Xigbar yawned. "I sure hope so. It better be a good fight at the end. Since ours was so dull."

Three pathes appear before Dartz. Forward, Up, or Down.

Dartz looked then hummed, a small glow came from the floor on each path, forward was black, up was green, and down was red. Thinking a moment he decided to go up and jumped upwards, looking around he continued on his chosen path.

It went pitch black, almost impossible to see anything*

Dartz looked around then waved his hand in front of his face, "Well this isn't good, maybe..." he rumaged into his pockets and pulled out a white card, holding it up it cast a brillaint yet soft light into the surrounding area. "Much better."

The light revieled thousands of heartless surrounding Dartz.

Dartz growled and shoved the card in his pocket, the lights doesn't go away only dimming down. He then clapped his hands together and pulled them apart slowly, a ball of blue light apeares between his hands and when he grabbed it with his right hand, it takes the form of a bladed war fan, "Nice trick, darkness hiding in darkness." His fan gave off its own pale blue light, looking around he waited for the heartless to attack.

A bunch attack him from behind.

He turned the fan so that it was flat across his back and blocked their attack, he then turned his body in a circle and cut three of the heartless down, "I can't stay here, I need to get to the center of the maze!" he whispered harshly to himself, looking around he knew there were to many to fight, so he threw his left hand into the air and cast Thundaga, lightning struck every heartless in the room, but he didn't stay to watch, he ran ahead, his fan still in his hand.

The floor from under him fell. It was a trap door!

Dartz thought quickly and pulled his deck from his pocket, he flung it up and the cards stuck together forming a rope, they bounced off the ceiling as it tried to stick there, and he fell down into the darkness. He landed on his backside and swore, pulling a card from his deck it gave off a soft light.

Two Twilight Thorns stood before him.

Dartz drew his Fan and stared at them, he moved slowly toward them.

The first one strecthed a clawed arm out toward him with deadly speed.

Dartz grolwed and tried to dodge but failed. He flew back into a wall and felt the air leave him for a second. He looked up at the two Twilight Thorns and made another angry sound. He put his fan up and drew his sword, it seemed to glow faintly, he charged at the things with his sword held at his side, he jumped into the air and aimed his sword for one of the Twilights heads.

One of them streached a hand out to grab him in mid air.

Dartz again felt all the air leave his body. He tried to move his sword arm but found it was pinned in the creatures grasp. He bursed under his breath and found his other arm free, "Lotta help that is." he growled sarcastically. He needed time to think. But he had not time, he growled in frustration and felt something get warm in his pocket, after a moment it shot through the Twilights hand, it left a large hole, Dartz looked at it then the cause, it was the blank black card from his deck. It started to spin and headed for the Twilights eye.

The one Twilight thorn screeched and let Dartz go as the card striked it in the eye.

Dartz looked very confusedly at the card as it came and hovered before him, Twilight ooz was dripping off it, "Didn't know I could do that." he said softly. He pulled the rest of his deck out of his pocket and held it flat in his palm, he concentrated and suddenly all the cards were floating before him. With an evil smirk he waved his hand at the Twilight and all the cards flew at it.

The gaint nobody let out one last yeowl before it was shredded by the cards.

The last Twilight Thorn jumped at Dartz, angerly.

Dartz held his arms in front of him, as if to block the blow, but the cards flew in front of him and created a indestructuble barrier.

The Twilight Thorn hissed in frustation and attacked again.

Xail started to look real bored, "You know, you might want to pick up the pace. You only of 18 minutes left..."

Dartz opened his eyes in frustration and pointed his hand at the Twilight in one rough motion, the cards broke apart from the sheild and hurled themselves straight at the Twilight, they tore right through it's center.

Once the Twightlight was finaly dead, a door appeared.

The cards flew back into Dartz outstretched hand and he immediatly headed for the door, opening it and walkng in it.

"Made it to the center with 13 minutes to spare. That's thirteen mintutes of fighting one of us then." Xial said. "Make a choice."

Dartz was a little taken aback but he did not hesitate, "You." he said with every amount of certainty.

Xail smirked slightly but nodded, "Very well." Her demon wings unfolded and she flew down to center of the maze. She drew out two swords, "Don't expect this to be easy."

Dartz nodded, "Nothing is ever easy, that is why we are nobodies." He pulled out his fan and redied himself, taking a stance he learned somewhere but knew not how he knew.

Xail gave a slight nod, boefore throwing one of her swords at him. She quickly jumped back and charging a ball of darkness with her now free hand.

Dartz flicked his hand and his deck of cards started to float around him and deflected the sword, he jumped into the air and threw his bladed fan at Xail.

Xail deflected it with her one sword, and shot the ball of darkness from the palm of her hand at Dartz.

Dartz let the orb hit him, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, but he uttered not one sound, instead his fan came back to his hand and he turned it sideways, three cards shot toward Xail like lightning.

Xail put an arm up infront of her, letting the attack strick her there, before using her darkness to call back her second sword to her cacthing it. She jumped at Dartz, attacking him with both swords.

Dartz fell backwards in the air, the cards formed a temporary sheild but scattered under the pressure of the attack, but it was enough time for him to draw his own sword, and meet Xail's attack.

While their swords where locked, Xail used this time to knee Dartz in the gut, and slam him against the wall.

For a third time that evening Dartz had the air knocked from his body, "Am I not aloowed to breath?" he managed to say. Looking at his cards the were floating behind them they started to fly towards Xail's back.

Xail glaced over her shoulder seeing the cards. She quickly flew up into the air, barly avoiding the attack.

Dartz slid along the wall till he hit the ground, throwing his hands out all his cards streaked towards Xail with lightning speed.

Xail crossed her swords infront of her, deflecting the cards back at him.

Dartz growled, this was getting him nowhere. He jumped into the air slashing his sword at Xail while directing his cards to attack her from behind.

Xail threw one of her swords at the cards, blocking the attacking. Her other sword locked with Dartz's, but it starting to glow black with darkness.

All of the cards but one fell to the ground useless, the one card continued to circle the battle like a friend waiting to help, Dartz found this intriuging but was more concentrated on the fight, his own weapon was starting to give off a green aura.

Xail kicked him away from her, casuing him to fall since they were bot up in the air in the first place. She chargued up some darkness and shot at him as he fell.

Not wishing to feel the same burn from the darkness as earlier, Dartza twisted his body in several directions effectively avvoiding all the orbs, till he landed on his feet in a crouched position. The one card still circled him and then shot towards Xail, except this time it glowed wityh a white light.

Xail flashed right, avoiding the card, and shot her darkness at it.

The light from the card dissapated the darkness and shot at Xail again, Dartz though fascinated jumped at her swinging his sword.

Xail raised an eyebrow from the card did, "What an intresting power, Dartz..." she uses her sword to knock the card away, flew into Dartz, ramming him into the ground.

The card sped right back and started to circle Dartz and Xail. Dartz grunted and again felt the air slammed from his body, "Yes I agree, wish it would listen." he snapped his fingers and several bolts of lightning streaked through the air towards Xail.

Xail jumped out of the way and made a move to attack, but suddenly stopped, "It's been 13 minutes. You surived the fight. You passed."

Dartz was still on the ground, he frowned but nodded, "I see.." the card that had been floating whizzed around them glowing brighter.

Xail caught the card in her hand, and looked at it, "We used to have a memeber that could use cards too, but not like you did."

The card revealed itself to be a white card with a picture of a young man the strongly resembled Dartz, though where Dartz was green this young man was blue. Dart rose to a sitting position and nodded, "I see, what was there name?"

"Luxord." She tossed the card to him, "But enoough chat. You're now part of the Organization now."

Dartz caught the card and nearly choked when he saw the picture but managed to put the card with his deck that now rested in his pocket, "Y-yes...so...what does that now mean for me?"

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Rebirth of Organization XIII