Organization XIII: Part II

Authoress note: I've seen this idea in another fanfic, and when I saw it, I was inspired to write my own version. Unlike my other fics, I might just update this one until I at least come close to finishing it. Thanks go to aznman14 who wrote the original "New Organization" fic.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Organization XIII, or any of the characters or locations in any of the universes I'm going to use later in the story.

He was still alive…

He didn't know how, but he was still alive…

Xemnas, also known as the Superior, or number I, or several other fan names I'm not going to mention, opened his eyes and shakily stood up. Somehow, he was back in the World that Never was, by the castle entrance. The city was overrun with Heartless, and parts of the castle had caved in, but this was unmistakably the Organization's main base. Well, where Xemnas was didn't really matter, only the fact that Sora and Riku hadn't quite killed him. He was still alive or existing or nonexisting or whatever it is that Nobodies do.

Xemnas was alive, but his Organization was gone, all killed as a result of the Keyblade Master's interference. Without his underlings, retaking Kingdom Hearts seemed an impossible task, especially in his weakened state. No, Xemnas realized, he was going to have to build a new Organization, better than the old one had ever been. He entered the castle that served as his base and started studying.

The Castle that Never was had an extensive library, but that wasn't where Xemnas found most of his information. No, a bulk of his info had come from Marluxia. Not the Graceful Assassin himself, of course. No, Marluxia himself had been defeated by Sora a long time ago. Xemnas got his information from a large pile of papers he had found in Number XI's quarters. Marluxia had conspired to take over the Organization by killing Xemnas the other five founding members, and anyone else who got in his way. Naturally, Marluxia had reasoned that he would need new members to replace any he had taken out. So, he had done his research and assembled a long list of potential members. It was somewhat ironic that Xemnas was now benefiting from the work of someone who had tried to overthrow him.

Unfortunately, XI had only listed names and homeworlds. No background information whatsoever. This led to Xemnas spending a lot of his recovery time reading books, watching movies, and playing video games (all the way through, in case he missed something) so as to decide who to go for and how to go about it. Eventually, he had a list of twelve soon-to-be Organization members, in order.

So, now he had a list. All he had to do now was hunt his potential members down, ensure that they had Nobodies (without showing himself, of course, you never know what a Nobody will remember about its Other's life) and get the Nobodies to join up. Not too much of a problem.

Xemnas glanced at his list again. First stop, a world called Hyrule, which had recently been saved from a malignant Twilight force, in search of a young man named Link…

So ends chapter one. Just so you know, the twelve chapters after this (or maybe eleven, I'm considering doing a double chapter) will be recruiting chapters, where Xemnas is getting together his new members. After that will be various stories about the new members, where I get to the good stuff. But before that, I need help. I have nobody names for all of the new members, except one. The character I'm going for is Dustfinger, from the books Inkheart and Inkspell. There are so many letters; it's hard to get a good name out of them. If you have any ideas, can you let me know in a review?