This fic is about what I really thought happened to Zexion after Riku's Replica "killed" him. The scene takes place directly after Zexion escapes from Riku. Enjoy!

A dark corridor appeared in one of the deepest depths of Castle Oblivion. Out of the corridor came Zexion, who had just escaped from Riku with his life. Zexion was in pain and confused. Riku's ability to use the darkness was amazing him. But it seemed so impossible.

"What…What is he?" Zexion questioned, making his way to the nearest wall to lean against. "No one's ever worn the darkness the way he does. It's not POSSIBLE!" Before Zexion could think it over he heard the sound of another dark corridor opening to his right. After checking, he saw that Riku and Axel were in the room with him.

"AHHHH! Riku!" he said frightened, backing up against the wall. But Zexion realized that the scent that he detected from Riku was different. "Oh…oh yes, of course. Vexen's replica." If Zexion still had a heart, he would be proud that Axel found a last resort.

"Good thinking. We can use this Riku to defeat the real one." But Axel and the replica just stood there. "Axel?"

"Say, Riku," Axel said for the first time since he came. "It must be hard now that you know you're not real. I bet you'd LIKE to be real."

"Yeah," the replica said quietly.

"Well, you can. All you need is strength that the real Riku doesn't have. Get that, and you can be a new person, your OWN person. Not Riku, not anybody else. You won't be someone else's copy. You'll be you."

"Axel!" Zexion yelled at Axel. "What are you telling him?" Just what was Axel planning to do?

"You know, I bet he's as good a place to start as any," Axel said.

"Have you lost your mind?" These were the last words Zexion said. After that, Riku's replica grabbed Zexion by his cloak collar. He was trying to break free but it was futile. The replica was glowing with darkness, and Zexion's body started to fade away, and he stopped struggling.

"Sorry, Zexy. Saving you doesn't seem half as entertaining as observing Sora and Riku."

Where am I? A voice called out. Well, that's a dumb question. I should know that. It was Zexion. He could feel that his soul was enshrouded with darkness. So, this is it? Well then…I wonder if I…suddenly Zexion felt that something was wrong. He could sense the darkness, but it was something about the darkness. It was a familiar darkness. He could smell it. That's when Zexion knew what the problem was. This is Riku's darkness ! He then realized what had happened. The replica hadn't absorbed Zexion's power… he had absorbed Zexion's soul! Since Zexion was now a spirit lying in the replica's darkness, he wandered to find whatever light existed within the replica to find what was going on.

After ten minutes of no luck, Zexion heard a voice. "Hold it, Real Thing." Zexion flew to where he heard the voice coming from. "Well, well. You've changed. Last time we met you were afraid of the darkness, but not anymore." This time the voice was louder. Zexion knew he was getting closer.

"How can you tell," the same voice had said, but Zexion found something puzzling about a voice talking to itself, so the replica must have confronted the real Riku.

"Because I'm you." By now, Zexion had found the light and was able to see where he was. He saw Riku standing in front of an gate that led to an old mansion. They must've been in Twilight Town. But it still felt like they were also still in Castle Oblivion. This must have been a white room. But Riku had never been to Twilight Town. Zexion had been to Twilight Town once because he had taken an interest of the place where Xemnas had found there newest member. A world that was nestled between light and day? Fascinating!

When Zexion had finally gotten out of his thoughts he felt a shiver go down his spine as the darkness had become more purple and then went back to black. What's going on? "I thought by finding some new strength I could be someone, someone who's not you! But nothing changes... I'm still just empty!" Zexion then felt that the replica had summoned his Soul Eater because he felt another shiver around him. "Everything about me is borrowed. As long as you're around, I'll never be anything better than a shadow!"

At that moment, Zexion felt himself lunge forward as the replica tried to stab Riku, but Riku sidestepped out of the way while going tapping into his own darkness. The replica turned around as fast as he could, but Riku focused all of his darkness into a Dark Firaga ball and shot it at the replica. It hit him square on, causing the replica to fall on his back.

With the fight over, Riku's clothes returned to normal and Zexion could feel the replica slipping away into the darkness. No! I need this body! "So...this is the end. Figures. But I'm not afraid." Not if I can help it. Zexion started to glow a white aura, using all of his power to posses the replica. It was hard because the replica was dying.

"What are you feeling?" Zexion heard the original say.

"What happens when someone who isn't real dies? Where will my heart go? That is, if it doesn't disappear completely…If I can't help you, you're about to find out!

"It'll go somewhere. Probably the same place my heart will go.

"Heh…how original. Oh, well." It was too late. The replica was starting to fade away. NNNNNOOOOOOO! Zexion screamed. Suddenly, the aura around Zexion started to spread through the darkness.

Soon, the replica saw that he was surrounded by a vast void of darkness. "What's going on?"

Looks like I didn't fail after all.

"You! Where are we?!"

The realm of darkness. I brought us here after your fight with Riku.

"Impossible! I'm dead!"

You almost died. I saved you. Be thankful.

"Uggh! What are you doing?"

Taking my reward. Your BODY!

"What?"

With you I'll be able to destroy that traitor, Axel. Goodbye.

NOO!

That's all for tonight. I'll finish this later. Sorry to leave you all on a cliffhanger! See ya!