Chapter 22: Imposter
The next day…
Maximum, Jonathan, Roxas and Xion stood in front of the window in the Grey Area as they looked at a paper stuck on it. It showed a person with a hood and the following:
BEWARE OF FALSE ORGANISATION MEMBER!
An expert eyewitness statement has been made stating that there is an imposter posing as a member of the Organisation. We advise caution whilst visiting other worlds, and should this individual be encountered we ask they be dealt with promptly.
Notable features: Silver hair, blindfold, tall and muscular build. He wears a blindfold around his eyes. Most of the time he wears his hood up.
"Someone is impersonating a member of the Organisation?" Roxas asked. Jonathan and Maximum looked at each other and gulped; they were talking about Riku.
She turned her head to the side so that Xion and Roxas wouldn't see her. She face palmed herself and shook her head.
"Way to go Einstein!" Eri said in her head.
"Well, I guess it's not really a problem so long as they don't do anything bad while pretending to be one of us." Xion said and Maximum looked at her. The red haired girl thought they would both remember the guy who saved her, but they didn't. She looked back at the paper and sighed.
'Why would he disguise himself as us? To say that he saved my life…twice! But why…?'
"No. XIV." She heard Xemnas voice and turned to him with an emotionless face. Roxas, Jonathan, and Xion gasped at this, what would he be doing here?
"If you see him, I want you to finish him." If she had a heart, she would have felt a knife sinking into it. Her green eyes started brimming with tears and she shut them very tightly so that she couldn't show that she was weak. Maximum placed her hand to her chest and lowered her head.
"I will try, superior." She mumbled. Xemnas nodded and left. She straightened her composure and let out a deep sigh. 'Apparently, he trusts me a lot. But how do I finish that guy off, if I have my life indebted to him?'
"Maximum." She turned to Saïx. "You're mission is in Twilight Town, now. Later, you're going to another world with Roxas and Xigbar."
"Okay." She looked at Roxas and smiled at him. "I'll see you later."
"Bye Max." He waved and she glanced at Xion. Her gaze softened only for a second until she went through a Corridor of Darkness.
Maximum ended up in Twilight Town. She started to walk around and saw Heartless. She started using hand to hand combat, darkness and magical spells to fight them and this was successful. After half an hour, she knew that she was finished with her mission and decided to RTC. But then she noticed someone dressed in a black coat running towards the Sandlot.
'That might be him!' She thought and followed him. She reached the deserted place and he took off his hood; it was the imposter.
"Wait." She said and touched his back. He paused waiting for her to continue as she sighed and looked at the ground. "I wanted to thank you for saving me, last time."
"It's okay." Riku said and she lowered her hand as it returned to her side. He turned around and asked quite annoyed.
"Why did you follow me here?" She crossed her arms.
"I have a question or two to ask you."
"Well, I have something to tell you." She growled and glared at the silver haired boy.
"I'll be asking the questions. Why are you impersonating our Organisation?"
"So that my best friend sleeps peacefully." He answered and she stared at him. She felt like asking more questions, but decided against it.
"You know, right now, I'm ordered to kill you." His weapon appeared in his hand, it was a Keyblade; Way to the Dawn. It had one angelic wing and another black wing.
"I won't let that happen." Riku hissed.
"I'm not going to kill you." She stated. "What did you want to tell me?" Riku's Keyblade disappeared and he placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Mai, I know you're in there, somewhere." Her green eyes widened at this and flashed with rage. She placed her hand on top of his and pulled them away.
"Excuse me? That's not my name!" She growled.
"Maximum, you're her nobody." The said girl grinded her teeth together and clenched her fists until they trembled. "Mai's nobody." The red haired nobody thought she was going to lose her temper. She punched him in the jaw.
"How can you even say that?!" She yelled.
"Because, I know what you really are." Riku mumbled.
"I'm not a thing! I'm a person."
"YOU'RE A NOBODY!" Riku roared and she stepped back. Tears started brimming in her eyes and sniffed. He knew that he hurt her and sighed at this. "Look, I'm sorry if I shouted at you. I don't want to fight or hurt you. I just want to help you become whole." She looked at the ground and started to tremble with rage.
She screamed and her hands were covered with dark clouds. Maximum swung one of her hand at him and he stepped back. She shot a blast of darkness which was easily dodged. "Fire!" He jumped up and just about dodged the attack. Riku landed in a crouch and stood up.
"I'm not gonna play nice girl anymore. I'm not gonna try and explain everything to you." She smirked at this.
"So what are you gonna do about it?" She asked.
"The only way to save Mai, is to defeat you!" His Keyblade appeared in his hand and he took his stance. She got ready as well and Riku ran towards her to attack…
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