Prologue

"WHY DON'T YOU QUIT!" yelled Riku before he launched a Dark Firagun. Roxas immediately shut his eyes to brace himself for the killer blow but a split second after the attack was fired it disintegrated into nothing. Just then, a figure whose head was mummified in red bandages and wore a long dark cloak entered the scene.

"That is enough Riku!" announced the mysterious figure in his deep aged voice as he walked into the space between Roxas and Riku. Roxas was feeling faint due to his injuries but was just about able to stay conscious.

"DiZ please!" Riku begged. "He's right there! If you could just get out of the way and let me –"

"Let you inflict further damage to my already crumbling mansion? I think not." DiZ then turned his head to Roxas. "Besides, our little friend here is as good as dead. There is nothing to worry about." At that moment Namine came rushing to Roxas' side which took everyone by surprise. Roxas wanted to say something but DiZ cut him off. "Ah Namine. It is good that you are here. Take the dying boy to the main hibernation chamber. The memory restoration process will be completed once he is absorbed." Namine nodded at DiZ and whispered something into Roxas' ear before putting his right arm over her shoulder. Then without a word, she opened a dark corridor and began to walk him inside. "Namine! Where are you going!" called out DiZ but it was too late. They were already gone.

A devilish smirk broke out on Riku's face.

"What was that about there being nothing to worry about?" DiZ was enraged by the utter humiliation and turned back to face the three warriors.

"FIND THEM AND KILL THEM BOTH!" Riku, Cloud and Leon all nodded in unison and dashed off together leaving the infuriated old man to himself. "Nothing will stand between me and my revenge against Xehanort..."

A dark corridor opened inside a large cave revealing two fleeing Nobodys entering it. The dark corridor closed as Namine helped Roxas onto her bed, being careful not to hurt him. She then raised both hands and began casting a cure spell over his cuts and burns. Namine's healing magic felt like ecstasy to Roxas as it engulfed his body in a soothing mint green glow. Before he knew it his wounds were completely healed. He was about to thank her but Namine brought her finger to his lips once again.

"Don't speak. All you need to do is rest." She said with a caring smile. Roxas couldn't help but smile back but then weakly held her hand in his and said,

"But I promised you I'd take you to see the sunset with me." Namine continued to smile at his thoughtfulness of her and placed her hand on his cheek.

"Then we'll watch the sunrise in the morning." Roxas finally had a look of acceptance on his face and almost immediately fell asleep due to the exhaustion from his day. From defeating the entire Organisation XIII to fighting a losing battle with Riku, Cloud and Leon it was a miracle he hadn't passed out sooner. Namine pulled the duvet over his body and tucked him in before planting a small kiss on his cheek. "Sweet dreams Roxas."

Roxas slowly opened his eyes and allowed his hazy vision to adjust to his surroundings. Before he could piece together what had happened and how he got there he recognised a warmth on his hand which turned out to be Namine's. He looked up to see her sleeping beside his bed in a chair as she held his hand. Roxas also noticed a cloak that resembled his old one on the drawer.

"Namine must've gone to the dark realm to get me some new clothes" he thought. Roxas decided to carefully get out of bed without disturbing Namine to change into the clothes she brought for him. Once he had finally changed, he looked outside and saw that sunset was about to start. So he went over to Namine and gently shook her shoulders to wake her up.

"Namine" He whispered. Roxas continued to do so until the young Witch had finally woke up. "It's almost sunrise Namine. You wanna go now or a little later?"

She stretched out her arms and yawned in an attempt to wake herself up. She then turned and realised that it was Roxas who woke her up and immediately stood up as her rosy cheeks turned a bright shade of red, completely flustered by his closeness.

"So...is that a no?" asked a confused Roxas.

Namine remembered what he had asked her and desperately tried to regain her composure.

"Oh no! I mean...yes! I want to go. I'd love to." Roxas let out a sigh of relief and walked her to the mouth of the cave then shot off into the sky, leaving Namine behind. "Roxas wait!" Namine called out. Roxas stopped himself in midflight and turned to face her.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh...I'm cold. It's the morning air and...I haven't got much on" said Namine, gesturing to her cotton dress. Roxas landed beside her and tried to think up a solution. He put his hand to his chin believing it would help him think and it did. He took off his cloak revealing a thin black sleeveless combat sweater with a turtle neck and leather straps connecting to his pants. Without his cloak his outfit resembles that of a soldier's. Roxas handed over his cloak to Namine.

"Put it on." Namine started to blush but did as he said. She felt the warmth of Roxas' body completely surround her as she did. The feeling was so intoxicating it was hard to think of anything else. Meanwhile, Roxas was in his own daze. For a moment Namine looked almost exactly like Xion with the organisation cloak on. He shook his head to clear it of those thoughts. "Well now that that's solved we can go." Roxas took a step towards the exit but stopped again when he realised Namine wasn't coming. "Is something else wrong?"

Namine began to fidget on the spot but eventually raised her head and said,

"Roxas...I can't fly..." Roxas mentally slapped himself for not thinking of that and immediately went on to fix his mistake.

"Well it's not really that hard. You just use a combination of the magnet and gravity spells on yourself." said Roxas, quoting his flying lessons from Saix during his time in the Organisation.

"I know that but I've never tried it because...well...I'm afraid of heights." Namine finally admitted, feeling ashamed of her silly fear.

"No problem." He said reassuringly. "All you have to do is keep your eyes on me." Namine was too confused by the statement to realise he had walked behind her. Before she knew it, Roxas had swept her off her feet and shot off into the night sky while carrying her bridal style. Namine hadn't even realised they had taken off because of how taken back she was by Roxas' forwardness. She was mesmerised by the sharp look in his eyes as he soared through the air and the feeling of his muscles hardened by his battle experience pressed against her body.

Namine suddenly felt the cold wind snap her out of her daze and she looked away from Roxas to find herself soaring through the clouds. The orange of the rising sun slowly painted over the clouds and buildings below. Her curiosity finally overcame her fear as she extended one of her hands out and combed her fingers though the nearest cloud of orange fluff. It was so soft she barely felt it run past her fingertips.

"Having fun?" asked Roxas with a grin on his face. Namine could only nod in response as she was still captivated by the stunning surroundings.

After a while, Roxas had reached the clock tower at the train station and set Namine down beside him.

"I usually have my favourite ice-cream up here but I haven't got any Munny on me." Roxas admitted.

"It's okay." replied Namine, "I don't mind as long as you're here." The two Nobodies then set their eyes on the rising sun as it bathed them in its warm life giving light. Once the sun was half way up, Roxas decided to break the silence.

"Namine. Can I ask you something?"

"Sure. What is it?" Roxas scratched his head wondering how to piece together his question.

"Well I don't mean to sound rude but...why do you live in a cave?" Roxas was surprised that Namine started to laugh at him.

"Silly! The way you say that makes me sound like a hobo." Roxas smiled awkwardly not knowing what to do and waited for Namine to continue. "You see, my real home is in the white room of the mansion you fought at yesterday."

"Oh. I'm sorry." said Roxas, feeling guilty for the destruction of her real home.

"It's okay." she then slowly brought her gaze down to her knees. "I never really liked it there. DiZ always treated me horribly because I'm a Nobody. He was only using me to bring back Sora's memories to wake him up so he could use him for his revenge or something." Tears began to roll down her cheeks. "Sometimes...I runaway to that cave. But I always end up coming back because being alone never feels any better."

Roxas could only think of one thing to do at this point. He inched over to Namine and put his arm around her, pulling her to his chest and placing his head above hers. Namine returned the favour by wrapping her arms around him and started to cry into his chest, letting all the agony she kept to herself for so long.

"You don't have to worry about that stuff anymore." whispered Roxas. "I'm here for you. I'll protect you." Namine's crying had stopped as he said that. She loosened her grip on him to look up straight at him; her big blue eyes glistening with tears.

"Really?" she asked.

"Really really" Roxas replied, quoting his favourite movie. The two were locked into each other's gaze and slowly inched towards each other.

Just as their lips were about to make blissful contact the ground beneath them started to shake violently. They both looked around to see what was going on and to their surprise, the earth started to split in several places, creating huge fissures all over Twilight Town. Roxas stood up to get a better look and found that from the giant fissures, dozens of Darksides and Twilight Thorns emerged along with their Dusks and Shadows. They began to wreak havoc on to the defenceless habitants of Twilight Town. Attacking the citizens and destroying their homes.

Roxas clenched his fists in rage at seeing his favourite world get destroyed. He immediately took Namine into his arms and flew down to the ground.

"Hide inside the station Namine! I'll handle this!" stated Roxas before summoning his two Keyblades; Oathkeeper and Oblivion. He charged straight into the crowd of enemies and twirled his Keyblades to mow through the Dusks and Shadows with ease. As he approached one of the Darksides, Roxas leaped into the air and impaled it between the eyes with both Keyblades, forcing it down to the ground. He then viciously ripped them out of its head which finished it off and made it fade back into darkness. The other enemies became aware of Roxas' presence and charged towards him but that only made things easier for him. Roxas flew straight up in to the sky and released his Keyblades, allowing their magic to keep them in the air with a bit of distance between them and his hands. The Oathkeeper and Oblivion both started to spin at insane speeds, charging up huge balls of dense light into Roxas' hands. Once the charging was complete, smaller balls of light began to fire from the two he had charged and pummelled the enemies bellow. By the time the two spheres ran out of magic, all the Dusks, Shadows, Twilight Thorns and Darksides had been defeated. Or so he thought. The one surviving Twilight Thorn snuck up behind Roxas and cast a paralysis spell on him, crucifying his body in midair and leaving him helpless. The Twilight Thorn was about to drive its fist into him but was stopped by a furious combination of Blizzard, Thunder and Fire spells then finished off with a powerful Thundaga crashing down on it. Roxas was released from the paralysis and looked around to locate his saviour who turned out to be none other than Namine!

"Wow. Pretty AND can kick ass. How lucky am I?" Roxas thought to himself as he descended to the ground. Namine ran up to Roxas as he landed and held him in a tight embrace.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah I'm fine but what the heck just happened?"

"I'm not sure" replied Namine. "I sensed a powerful darkness somewhere after you defeated Xemnas but I didn't think anything of it. Maybe that's the source of all this."

"Well whatever it is it's pretty out of the blue" then a light bulb went off in his head. "Or should I say, out of the darkness" said Roxas as he used hand gestures like that of a maniacal evil wizard. Namine just rolled her eyes at him and pushed him away to hide the small smile creeping onto her face.

"Can you tell me exactly where I can find the source?" asked Roxas.

"Well it seems to be coming from a world in the shadows of where the World That Never Was used to be. What are you planning to do?"

"I'm gonna go and put a stop to it." He said with a determined look in his eyes as he opened a dark corridor.

"No Roxas don't! This thing is so much stronger than even Xemnas! How are you going to win?"

"Everything has at least one weakness. If I can find that, I can destroy it."

"But why would you go through all that trouble!"

"Look around Namine! Look at what this guy did! Your home world is almost completely destroyed!" Roxas then lowered his voice. "I made a promise to protect you and I'm going to keep it." Namine was surprised that Roxas would do so much to keep her safe. After a few moments she finally accepted his wishes and nodded at him before giving his cloak back to him. Roxas put it on and grinned at her.

"I'll be back before you know it." He said and winked at her as he backed into the dark corridor. As it closed Namine looked up into the sky with her hands in her chest and whispered,

"I'll be waiting."

In a far off distance a mysterious figure in an Organisation XIII cloak watches as Roxas leaves. He then turns and exits through his own dark portal.