This is an AU Kingdom Hearts II story, focusing on Roxas. It diverges from the story line near the end of 'The Sixth Day'.

WARNING: KHII Spoilers! I may end up slicing the game plot to bits, but the plot is there!

WARNING II: This will almost certainly become slash. If you don't like that, don't read!

Also, this is currently unbeta-read except by myself. And, it may be revised in the future (especially after I rewatch the cutscenes on 'The Sixth Day' and on so I can get more of a feel for the dialogue and characters.)

This story couldn't be the result of the thirty plus hours I played the game last weekend? And, that I started playing again right after beating it? Nah...

Oh, side note... Axel! Squeeee! ahem


"You're nothing but a Nobody," the red-bandaged man said with a dismissive wave of his hand. "You belong in Sora." Stepping to one side, the man waved the spikey haired youth in front of him toward the giant flower-like capsule in the center of the room.

Suddenly, Roxas remembered. Not just the vague recollections and tendrils of feeling he got after his last fight with Axel, but everything. Coming into existence on Hollow Bastion, the Organization, his place in their schemes, his friendship with Axel... His feelings about Axel.

And, not just his memories. he knew Sora's life up to the moment of his creation. But, now, those memories seemed distant, as if being played on a monitor seen through a window pane.

Glaring, Roxas spat out, "I exist."

"You shouldn't."

"I have thoughts. Feelings. I'm my own being."

"You're a Nobody. They don't have feelings. Now, finish your part. Give Sora back his power." The bandaged man raised his hands and tried to grab Roxas's shoulders. Only to have his hands pass through the youth.

Smirking, Roxas let the Keyblade in his hand fade from existence. "You're a data projection, remember? And, it became my power when I came into being. Sora can find his own. I've been told when I was created, it 'halfed' Sora. I own half of his heart then. And, he looks... feels... whole again. I'm not needed."

"You were created when he was a Heartless. That does not count." The man started to shake in rage.

"If you say so."

"You will go where you belong!" The man clenched his hands and was nearly vibrating in anger.

Roxas nodded, "Yes, I think I will." Seeing the man relax, he sneered. "But, that won't be to Sora. I have my own life to live." An oval of darkness came into being behind him. "When he wakes up, tell him... No, I'll tell him when our paths cross." Turning, Roxas strode to the portal.

"There is nowhere you can hide from us! We will find you!"

"Not if I find you first," the youth replied darkly before stepping through the portal.

Stepping out the other side, he glanced around his rooms on the World That Never Was. A splash of red on his bed caught his eye.

"Just like him to hide out in my room," Roxas muttered as he walked towards his closet.


And, that's part 1. I have one more part written, long hand. I just need to type it in. But, now, I have to go get dinner.