Axel sat under an oak tree, gazing upon the clear night sky. Due to the lack of light and warmth, with the flick of his wrist he produced fire. He flinched at the sound of a twig snapping in the distance. Chakrams in hand, he faced the coming figure.

It was Xemnas.

Showing his respect, Axel bowed to Xemnas and set his weapons down.

"What is it now, Xemnas?" Axel asked with a calm demeanor, completely out of character. Xemnas eyed the sky than focused his gaze back to Axel. He threw a small piece of paper, which Axel caught between his index and middle finger. Axel, gradually opening the folded paper, read the word the word "Mission" printed on the top. Axel, as always, hated to do missions. Killing heartless was annoying to him; having to accomplish a certain amount a day was tiresome, decreasing his relaxation hours. After his internal war of disgust passed, Axel read a line down, which read the word "Betrayal", which formed a smile upon his face. Fighting traitors was more fun, even though there were barely any of them.

"You are to search down and kill a very special betrayer," Xemnas said as he turned away from Axel. "I'm very sorry to hear of its 'running away,' but death must come to those who sway from the organization. You depart to the Pride Lands tomorrow. You start your search there." He paced away, but stopped once he was out of sight. "Also, so sorry to say, but the betrayer is a 'close' friend." Axel looked down at the paper to see what the name was.

Axel read straight through the details of his mission on the paper, not finding a name. Not finding a name he flipped the paper over, finally realizing which friend he had to find. It was his opposite yet they were still good friends. He looked even closer to see if he was reading the printing correctly. Even after close examination the text didn't change. A quick tear ran onto the page before Axel threw it to the ground, the name face up on the ground. As he left, a brown, spiky haired boy came by and looked down on the paper. He picked it up and tried to pronounce the name printed on it. A auburn, long haired girl came running up to the boy's side.

"Sora, why are you always running off by yourself?" the girl asked, gasping for air.

"Kairi, there is a name on this paper, but I don't know how to say it," Sora said to the girl, handing her the paper.

"Hmm...Let me see. I believe it's says Larxene… Who could that be?" Kairi asked, handing it back to Sora. He put it inside his pocket and walked back towards a voice.

"I don't know who she may be, but I have to guess it's either a friend of whoever this paper belongs to." Sora looked towards a group of bushes. "We're coming Riku!" Sora yelled. Both Kairi and Sora began running towards Riku's voice.