Summary: Demyx has to fight Sora, can't speak, and has a disease that is killing him. And when he does fight Sora, something weird happens. AU, undecided pairings

Chapter 1

The Keyblade Master

Disclaimer: I don't own them. I think, however, I might own the idea as to where Demyx's Somebody is from or I'm probably the only one that thought it.

If anyone other than Zexion and Kalexandras had bothered to attempt to look under the mask that Demyx kept up, they would have seen a broken individual.

Demyx knew that the loss of his voice was just the prelude to his fading. If he didn't get his heart soon, he'd fade into nothingness.

"Nine, your mission is to evaluate the Keybearer in Hollow Bastion," Xemnas said. Demyx nodded to show he understood. "One last thing. Make sure you come back." Demyx nodded again and portaled out of the room.

"Why do I get the feeling that this is the last time I am going to see him?" Xemnas asked himself, watching the last few tendrils of darkness fade away. Then he snorted. "Bah. Xemnas, you're an idiot. You can't feel remember?"

Xemnas sighed and went back to work.

"Demyx, you can't fight the Keybearer, he'll kill you!" A woman in the Organization cloak said. She grabbed Demyx's arm and hung on.

Demyx just gave her a look that clearly said 'Kale, shut up and let me go.'

"I refuse. Zexion, get over here and help me." Said Schemer winced and paced over to where the two were. Zexion gave them both an irritated look before hitting them in the head simultaneously.

Demyx glared at Zexion, sighed, opened a portal and left for his mission.

"Number XIV, I do believe that you have work to do. Come with me," Zexion said, dragging Kalexandras off, determined to not tear up. He knew that something was going to happen to Demyx. What he didn't know was if he would see Demyx again.

In Hollow Bastion, Demyx stood quietly, eyes shut, breathing deep and gathering his thoughts. He knew this could quite possibly be his final mission. He didn't want to fade into the darkness.

"Who're you?" a voice called out, Demyx looked up and saw Sora, the Keyblade Wielder.

Demyx gave Sora a small, sad smile and waved an arm in front of him using his ability to control water to make letters and form his name. 'Demyx.'

"You're a Nobody, aren't you?"

Demyx gave Sora another sad smile. 'Yes. But you don't have to worry about defeating me. I'm going to die-fade anyway. My body is slowly dieing, and there's nothing I can do to stop it. I wish there was.'

"What do you mean? You're a NOBODY, you can't feel." Sora didn't understand why this, this… Nobody was giving him sad smiles and acting like he did have feelings.

'That is true, but I never truly believed that. I don't need a heart to live or to feel emotion.'

"Garwsh, Sora, I think he's telling the truth," Goofy said, watching Demyx cough into his hand and saw some flecks of blood land on Demyx's glove.

"Don't believe anything he says, Sora! Nobodies just lie, and remember, they don't have hearts," Donald squawked.

'You poor, uninformed little duck. You'd like to think that, wouldn't you?' Demyx shook his head and looked off into the distance. 'We all lost something when we were attacked. Not all of us lost our heart. I lost the two most important things to my personality.'

Sora continued to stare at the Nobody, evidently shocked. 'I am truly sorry, but I have to do this.'

Demyx summoned his sitar, and created a lot of water clones. "That's just great. Stupid Nobody!"

Sora took down most of the water clones; Demyx was growing weaker because of his condition. He started coughing and wouldn't quit. It didn't help that he hit a bad chord causing the rest of the clones to disappear. NO! Not here, not now, I can't. There was a small patch of blood where it landed.

Sora watched Demyx seemingly cough a lung up before stopping and waving a shaky hand in the air, forming more words. 'Keyblader, please. Strike where my heart should be. I don't know if this'll work, but I will be grateful if you do.'

Demyx shakily stood up and looked at Sora, waiting for the Keyblade wielder's reaction.

Demyx winced as he coughed again and saw blood flecks hit the ground and tasted his own blood.

Sora was reluctant to kill Demyx and Donald and Goofy could tell. "Sora, if he dies, it's one less Nobody we have to deal with," Goofy said.

"I've just got one question. What's wrong with your voice?" Sora asked Demyx.

'It's a prelude to my fading; I don't really know why I lost my voice. Please, I don't know how long I have left to "live".'

"A-alright. I'll do it." Though he was reluctant to, Sora got into stance. He then sprinted towards Demyx, and thrust the Keyblade right where Demyx's heart should have been.

Demyx sagged forward as Sora removed the Keyblade. His eyes glowed slightly as his body changed; in the end, he looked very different.

For one, Demyx was slightly taller, and the Organization cloak was just a little two short for his lanky arms. But his hair was what changed the most. Slightly spiky, long and jet-black, it covered his face and what little of Demyx's skin Sora could see was pale.

Demyx collapsed and landed in a heap.

"Donald, Goofy, grab him. Check his pulse. If he has one, he's really alive." Goofy checked and surprisingly, Demyx did have a pulse. "Let's get him to Aerith. She might be able to help."

AN: Very useful making Demyx have a pulse. It'll be explained later, along with the 'I lost the two most important things to my personality' bit. You'll be surprised.

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