Setting: Twilight Town, Mission 44
Genre: Angst
Characters: Xion, Roxas
Rating: K+

Jerk

Xion followed Roxas closely as they collected mission badges and took down heartless on their mission. She couldn't focus, though. Her mind kept wandering back to how badly that organization imposter had beaten her. He'd taken her down without breaking a sweat and then called her keyblade a worthless shame. He had the nerve to lecture her over who she chose to associate with! He'd left her on the stoney bridge, weak and trembling until she mustered the strength and bravery to return to the castle empty-handed.

And thinking of that led to what happened when she returned. Saïx had talked down on her as if she were less than nothing. He wouldn't even give her another chance! Just called her a useless, broken mistake and walked away as if he were so much better. 'We're both Nobodies!' she'd wanted to yell at him. 'What makes you better than me?' But somehow, Xion felt that he'd have an answer for that. One she definitely didn't want to hear.

"Xion, look out!"

Xion jumped when she heard Roxas call her and quickly blocked the Cymbal Monkey's attack, sending it back at the heartless and defeating it.

"Sorry, Xion, I thought that was a treasure chest…" Roxas rubbed the back of his head as he apologized.

Xion smiled and shook her head. "I'm fine," she replied simply. She and Roxas continued their mission together and she tried to focus more, but her thoughts kept going back to that imposter and Saïx. She couldn't decide which of them was the bigger jerk.