Hi. I fixed this chapter a bit. I noticed a few inconsistencies with what I am currently writing. They won't be noticed until the end, but for my sanity's sake I had to fix them. :)

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Chapter 1: Pre KH2

"Roxas!" I shouted from one corridor in Castle Oblivion AKA The Castle That Never Was. (Great name for the place, don'tcha thinks? Gotta love the Xemnas' originality. O.o')

"What's for dinner?" I called, and I thought another voice ask the same thing in unison with me. Must have been my imagination because Demyx, Axel, and the others (except Roxas) were in the game room playing video games and waiting for dinner. Everyone except Xemnas, that is. I swear, grrr! He just doesn't like to have fun! Either that or his idea of fun is coming up with plans to rule the world. (Again: O.o')

I continued walking down the corridors until I reached the kitchen. "What's for dinner?" I asked again.

Roxas looked at me and grinned. "I have no idea. You never should have started this 'take turns cooking dinner' thing, Xana." He rolled his eyes. "I don't do dinner, and unless you have a death wish, I suggest you don't eat what I decide to make."

"C'mon, Rox," came a familiar voice from the doorway. I looked over to see none other than Demyx. "It can't possibly be that bad." He sauntered in and leaned against a counter and gave me his oh-so-familiar smirk.

I looked to Roxas then to Demyx, then back again and flipped the hood of my black coat over my head. With out a backwards glance I left the kitchen.

"Is she okay?" I heard Demyx ask Roxas after I was out the door. I turned back to see Demyx slumped against the counter that he was leaning against. His elbows were propping him up and his head was in his hands.

I caught Roxas' eye before he turned to look Demyx in the face. "I'm sure she's fine."

I was almost to the game room—Finally! I swear, this place'd be like fifty miles in all directions if all the corridors were in straight line! I think I walked two and a half miles just from the kitchen!—when I was about run over—quite literally—by Axel who just appeared out of nowhere.

"Demyx!" he shouted consuming the hallway in a blazing trail of flames.

"Oh boy," I said after I got my footing back. "I should follow him." My feet were going to hurt tonight.

Back to Roxas and Demyx

(Demyx's POV)

I was heading toward the kitchen to see what Roxas was cooking. "Man, I am starved," I said to myself. When I got to the kitchen I heard Roxas talking about his cooking. "C'mon Rox," I said from the doorway. "It can't possibly be that bad." I decided to enter the kitchen to see what exactly Roxas was going to make, when I laid my eyes on Xana. We locked eyes and I could feel the blush come up but I fought it down. I smirked at her instead.

I didn't get the desired reaction, though. What did I think would be different about this time? Every other time I see her she heads in the opposite direction, so why should now be any different. She looked at Roxas then at me, then to Roxas again. Before I could say anything to her she had her hood over her head and was headed out of the kitchen.

"Is she okay?" I asked watching her leave. I banged my fist on the counter that was behind me.

It took Roxas a sec to answer. "I'm sure she's fine," he finally said.

"What did I do to make her hate me?" I asked with my head in my hands.

"Hate—She doesn't hate you, Demyx."

"Yes she does."

"She doesn't hate you, Demyx," said Roxas. He walked around the counter and tilted my chin up, looking me in the eyes. "You two used to the best of friends, like me 'n' Axel."

"Yeah, years ago," I said tearing my eyes away from his. "Now, all she does is just avoid me." I could feel the lump in my throat as my eyes watered. "She said we'd be friends forever."

"Is that the only reason you're crying, Demyx? Or is it something deeper?" asked Roxas.

"I think—I think I like her, Roxas. I mean, like, really like her. Like, like." I blinked a couple of times and felt the tears falling down my face. I buried my face into his neck. "I just don't know what I'd do if she rejected me."

"Demyx," Roxas whispered softly, stroking my hair. "I'm not permitted to tell you how she feels, but it's far from hate," he said putting me at arms length and looking me square in the eye.

"DEMYX!" I heard Axel shout in rage as he ran past the kitchen.

I wiped away my tears and grinned. In an instant I was out of the kitchen and on his tail. (If he had one.) I was careful to hide behind every wall and pillar so he couldn't see me. When he finally stopped running and ranting, I was ready.

I had positioned myself around the corner for attack. I summoned some water from the atmosphere and melded it into a sphere. Axel was leaning on the wall so I reached around the corner and...dropped it.

SPLOOOOSH!

"DEMYX!" shouted the angry nobody. He whirled around and sent a stream of fire around the corner, which I dodged. Then another stream of flames from both directions caught me off guard. I tried to run but another stream of flames shot out of the wall in front of me.

I closed my eyes and cringed as I awaited my fate. I opened my eyes after a couple seconds of nothing and I saw—

Back to me now!

(My {Xana} POV)

I turned and down the hall, following Axel back toward the kitchen. He turned one way and thankfully I knew a short cut, or maybe it's more of a roundabout. Oh well, I'll cut him off no matter what. Can't have the castle burnt down again.

I turned down the opposite hall, the hall that would lead me to the castle entrance. It might mean more running but at least it would be straight through—

SKKKRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH!

Or not. "Luxord? Why are your giant cards blocking the hall way?" I said, trying to keep my voice even with a fake cheery smile.

"This hallway is off limits for maintenance, Xantara."

"Maintenance?" I asked. "Now?" My eyes got wide. "Oh right. This is Vexen's hallway, isn't it." It didn't matter. It was always blocked off for some reason or another. Usually, it had to do with an accidental mishap in Vexen's lab. I took my clarinet out of my pocket and played a few notes.

Luxord gasped and grabbed his throat like he was choking. After a few seconds, he collapsed on the ground.

I stopped playing my clarinet and ran past him and his cards that were now on the floor as well. When I got to the castle entrance I hid behind one of the pillars that was by the door.

After a few minutes of waiting Axel finally came out the door. "Where is he?" he muttered.

It was about a second after that Axel got soaked with one of Demyx's trademark water spheres.

"DEMYX!" shouted the flaming nobody. He then shot a streak of fire around the corner.

I quickly jumped into the air from my area on the ground. While I was in the air I ran overhead and I quickly, quietly landed behind Demyx, my clarinet at the ready. Not even a second later and flames were already coming at Demyx from all directions. He cringed and I played a quick series of notes and the fire faded away. I landed lightly in front of him as Demyx slowly opened his eyes.

"Y-you saved me, Xantara," stuttered a shocked Demyx.

"Yeah, well, whatever," I said looking at the ground and walking off.

What am I doing? I just saved him. If I keep acting like this, Demy'll think I don't like him at all, I thought

I turned around a smiled at him. "I can't have my Demyx getting hurt, now can I?" I turned around and ran off without waiting for a reaction.

Demyx's POV

I opened my eyes and saw Xantara a few feet away from me with her clarinet still up to her lips. "Y-you saved me, Xantara," I stuttered, shocked.

"Yeah, well, whatever," she said, stalking off, looking at the ground.

Great, now what did I do?

She turned around and smiled at me. Not a fake smile like she does sometimes, but a real genuine smile. "I can't have my Demyx getting hurt, now can I?" Then she turned and ran off, leaving me even more stunned than before.

I turned to Axel. "Did she just say 'Her Demyx'?" I asked.

"Don't even pull me into this," said Axel, shaking his head and walking off into the distance.

Back to Roxas

(Roxas' POV)

"Forget it! I'll make grilled cheese." I ran to the pantry to find...no bread. I slammed the cupboard and ran to the fridge. I pulled out two slices of cheese. "Who said you need bread to make grilled cheese?" I unwrapped the cheese slices and threw them onto the already-burning skillet only to watch them go up in flames. "So much for that," I said grinning as I threw I water over the flaming cheese.

"I could make...chili-cheese fries! ...But those were the last pieces of cheese. Who cares? I can still make chili fries." I ran to the fridge and opened it only to close it almost instantly. "I'm sure we don't have all the ingredients for chili." I thought harder as I looked through the kitchen. "I could make chili-mac—Wait! No chili!"

Finally I found came across a box labeled "Hamburger Helper".

"One pound ground hamburger," I read. Of course I have no idea what that meant, so naturally I did what the instructions said to do. I went Marluxia's garden and took some soil AKA ground. I added that to hamburger. Ta-da! Ground hamburger! Now all I had to do was follow the rest of the directions like that and this meal would be perfect!

Dinner

(My {Xana} POV)

"Yay! FOOD!" shouted Demyx as we all gathered around the dinner table. He was the first to dig into dinner.

"Sure...If you can call it that," said Axel looking at the food suspiciously. "Are you sure this is edible?" he asked Roxas. He picked up a bit hamburger with his fork.

"Positive," Roxas replied, absolutely ecstatic at his creation.

I took a few bites of mine.

"Then what's that green bit hanging off it?"

I took a closer look into my bowl as well. "Roxas?" I asked slowly, trying to choose my words carefully. "Is that dirt? And grass?"

"Yeah. I added ground to the hamburger like the box said, and I did everything else the way the box told me to."

My eyebrow shot up instantly, and I quickly took a huge gulp of water.

"Say that again," said Axel.

"I did everything the way the box told me to."

"No, before that. The part with the hamburger," I said.

"I added..ground..to the..ham..bur..ger," said Roxas hesitantly slowing down in the last part because Marluxia was staring at him, scythe in hand.

"You what!"

"My soil!"

"Eww!"

Hack!...Cough...cough! "Roxas!"

"What are you trying to do!"

"Kill us?"

I took another bite and felt something strange slide down my throat. I took a drink of water and pushed my bowl away, as did everybody else. Except, of course, Demyx and Roxas.

After a few minutes, I started feeling sick.

"I think I'm gonna turn in, guys. I don't feel well. I think I ate something other than pasta and ground hamburger."

"No! My earth worm!" Marluxia cried, banging his fist on the table. "How could you, Roxas?" He got up and fled the room.

I followed suit.

The next morning I woke up and slipped on my robe over my pajamas and slipped on my bunny slippers, ready to go down to breakfast. As soon as I opened my door I was practically attacked by Demyx who was going crazy.

"What?" I asked him, rubbing my eyes. "It's too early for this…"

"Roxas left!"

That got my attention. "But why?" I asked. "I thought…"

"He couldn't handle it. He needed to find his somebody."

I immediately created a portal to Axel's room but Demyx grabbed my arm before I could step through it.

"No," said Demyx. "Leave him alone for now. He needs time."

"Right." I totally got it. If my best friend left me, I don't know what I'd do. "I'm gonna go look for him. For Axel's sake," I added when I got a weird look from Demyx. I sighed. "Don't you ever just want to go see what's out there and explore, Demy?"

"We do. We get to go out for missions," he replied, not getting what I was saying at all.

"No," I said. "We don't get to explore. We just do what we go to do and then come back here. I mean be free to explore and see the world. No boundaries, y'know? Go search, go explore, without the need to come back here and report to Xemnas."

I saw something spark in his eyes like wires connecting. I smiled and it was the last thing Demyx every saw from me again because in a split second, I was pulled down into a pool of murky grey shades of darkness.

Next thing I know I was in Atlantica, underwater and nothing happened. Usually when a Nobody is transported to Atlantica they turn into a mer-person so they can breathe.

I wasn't that scared though, because since I'm a nobody, that means I can create portals too.

"Why isn't it working!" I shouted, but since I was underwater it all came out in bubbles. "Demyx!" I shouted. I tried to create a portal for another minute then I passed out from lack of oxygen.

Demyx's POV

I heard a scream in the castle that night. It wasn't until Axel frantically jumped out of a portal that he created in the wall that I realized the scream was mine. "Xana…" I couldn't believe I had lost her. She slipped out of existence right in front of me. And I didn't do anything. I couldn't…It all happened so fast. "Damn it!" I shouted, angry tears mingling with tears of sorrow.

"We'll find her," said Axel, putting an arm around my shoulder. "I promise we will."

I was still staring at the place where she fell into darkness. "I can't—I could've—I didn't—Why didn't I?" I practically attacked Axel, grabbing the collar of his black coat. "Why didn't I do something!" I shouted at him bringing his face close to mine.

Axel grabbed both my wrists. "Chill out, Demyx," he said in a calm voice, trying to calm me down.

"I-I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me." I quickly let go of his collar and sat down on the bed. I put my head in my hands. "She just disappeared, Axel. And I didn't do anything. I just let it happen." I looked up at him. "I love her, Axel, and I just let her disappear." A tear rolled down my face.

Axel sat down next to me. "It's gonna be okay, Demyx. We will find her, I promise. And maybe we'll find Roxas too."

My POV

"Shh. I think she's waking up."

I heard a voice from above me and I opened my eyes to see four people standing above me. Three of them were boys and the last one was a girl. One of the guys had black hair and a chubby build, and the other two boys had really light brown hair and blond hair. They were both relatively skinny.

The blond looked familiar but I couldn't place from where. Of course it would have helped if my head had stopped pounding. It was really messing with my brain, because I couldn't even remember my name.

I tried to sit up but fell back down because my head exploded in pain. "Ahh!" I cried grabbing my head and squeezing my eyes shut tight.

"Are you okay?" asked the girl.

I waited for the throbbing to die off before I answered. "Fine, although I may need some aspirin."

"What's your name?" asked the blond.

"Here's your aspirin," the girl said handing it to me.

"Thanks," I said.

After taking the aspirin I sat up slowly. "My name?" I asked and then hesitated. "What is my name? I can't remember. Why can't I remember?"

The girl looked at me with concern in her green eyes. "You looked like you had a pretty hard fall. Lucky Roxas found you when he did. You were out cold."

"It was almost as though you had fallen from the sky...Kind of like a meteor," said the blond thoughtfully. "Oh, I'm Roxas, this is Olette." He pointed to the girl. "Pence." The boy with the black hair waved. "And Hayner, my best friend."

"Like a meteor," repeated Hayner. "Why don't we call her Ryuusei? It Japanese for meteor."

"I like that name," I said. It also had a hyper ring to it.

"Come on boys, let's let Ryuu rest." After they left the room I looked around my surroundings. I was in a room, on the couch, and every windowsill was covered in flowers.