Love is not about competing, who gets who, sex, or buying jewelry for the one you love, it's about what you are willing to do for the one you love.
Roxas walked in the halls of the Organization XIII, sometime he hates this castle with it same white decorations, long stairs and its high tall ceilings. But he has no choice but to live in this castle, after all he's a nobody and nobodies cannot live in the outside world because they have no heart, they'll only fool themselves if they did. He envied his other side, because he's full and he wasn't, his other side could laugh, shed tears, get angry and the most envious reason he could love. Though he hasn't found that special girl yet but something inside of him tells him that he'll meet her one day.
"Hey Roxas!" Roxas turned to see his best friend Axel running at him. "Hey Axel, what's up?"
Axel stop in front of him trying to catch his breath. "Superior has order us to meet him at the Thirteen Thrones room."
"Why is it that important?"
"Yeah I think so. So let's go." Axel ran off and Roxas followed.
At the room of the Thirteen Thrones all the members sat on their thrones except for Xemnas who stood in the middle of the room and next to him was a cage with a black piece of cloth covering it.
"Xemnas why did you call us, do you not want us to get rid of the key barer?" said Marluxia
"Yeah this is really boring can we do something else." said Larxene
"You two silence our Superior speaks." said Saix
"My brothers and sister faith smiles upon us for what we have encage here." Xemnas removed the cloth reviling a blond girl tied up inside the cage. When Roxas saw this girl for the first time something inside of him change something warm.
"A girl, what are we going to do with a girl?" said Lexaeus
"Surely this girl has some type of power that can help us become whole." Said Xaldin
"Yes she does Xaldin, she can alter the memories of Keybarer and any of those connected to his heart in her own fashion, with this girl my brothers and sister we will become whole and once we are whole we will rule the worlds."
"All Hail Organization XIII" Everyone except for Roxas (still marveling at the girl) shouted.
After the meeting Axel and Roxas were the last one to leave the Thirteen Thrones room. Axel was lost in his mind of what he would do when he will be whole, maybe find a woman and have a family of his own. As for Roxas he too was lost in his mind but his thoughts were about that girl. Axel trance himself out and notice Roxas deep in thought, never has he seen his best friend deep thought, it just doesn't like to think this hard.
"Hey Roxas what are you thinking about?" Roxas didn't answer, his mind is still set on that girl. "Earth to Roxas." Axel said in a louder tone and this time Roxas reacted to his voice.
"What, um sorry Axel what did you just say." Axel shook his head and folded his arms. "I said what are you thinking about?"
"Well…do you the name of that girl?"
"Girl? Larxene?"
"No not her, the girl in the cage, what's her name?"
"How should I know, listen Roxas it's better if you don't think to much about that girl, it'll cause problems to our Organization, plus I don't think Superior would like you hanging around with that girl in cell 14 in the dungeon wink wink." Axel looked around while saying that last part
"Axel, that doesn't make any sense." Axel slapped the back of his head and called Roxas a moron. "Cell 14 is where the girl is at stupid." Axel whispers it at his face.
"Oh, thanks Axel I owe you." Roxas ran off leaving Axel behind. "Man am I going to get in trouble for this." Axel shoved it off and walked off.
At the Organization dungeon Roxas walked in carrying a lantern, its dark as hell down there, cobwebs were everywhere on the ceiling and on the ground, the dungeon had this Medieval dungeon atmosphere and it was kind of creepy. Plus the stairs felt like that they were about to give in and could brake off at anytime. When Roxas got to the lower level of the dungeon (because it was in reverse order from one hundred to zero) he saw twenty cells in a row of a half circle. Roxas begins looking for cell number 14, when he looked into the other cells most had skeletons laying on the ground others had nothing in them that's until he got to cell 14.
Roxas looked into the cell and seeing the girl fetal position and in some way he thinks that she has been crying for some time. He took out his keyblade and open the cell door the girl lifted her head up slightly seeing Roxas walking in her cell. The girl became frighten she thought his attentions were to rape her or kill her. When Roxas saw the fear in her eyes he stop only five feet away from her.
"Hey don't worry I'm not here to hurt or anything. I—I just want to talk, if that's okay with that is."
She was a bit surprise at first, and she knew that she can trust him after she examined his eyes; they were more gentle than some of the others who had malice written all over them. Roxas then realize that she's comfortable for him to be here, so he moved closer to her but not to close that she might get scared of his presence and knelt in front of her only about a foot away from each other.
"Um hi my name is Roxas, what's yours?"
The girl try to say something but she was to scared to even utter a word. "………"
"Do—do you want something to eat? Are you hungry?"
She nodded a so slightly that no one can see that nod but somehow Roxas was able to see it through her eyes. "Great I'll—are you cold?" He removed his jacket revealing his normal clothes from the outside world, and laid it on the girl covering her entire body. As Roxas nearly left the cell until a unfamiliar voice stopped him on his tracks.
"R-r-r-Roxas…" He turned to see the girls enchanted sapphire eyes. "Thank you." Roxas looked at her and all he can do is to smile and nod. As he left the cell, he locked the cell door so no one will get suspicious.
In a dark corner of the dungeon Axel saw everything and was surprise to see that Roxas a nobody actually have feelings towards the girl.
"Well know what Axel?" He asked the question to himself. "……If Xemnas finds out he will surely kill Roxas, but if he keeps this up this new friendship it might turn into trouble for Roxas and the girl. Looks like I have to keep this a secret from everyone else." And after his lecture to himself he vanished into the dark portal.
Five minutes latter Roxas came back to the girl cell with plate full of fruit.
"Here have some fruit." He handed over the fruit and sat next to her. "T-t-thank you Roxas." She picked up a apple and started eating, Roxas looked at her he didn't know why but there something about this girl, it was like he already met her before.
"So, what is your name?"
"My name…Namine."
"Namine, a beautiful name for a beautiful girl." Namine blush and Roxas cursed himself in his thoughts.
"Th-thank you Roxas…"
"Um, you're welcome." Roxas and Namine chatted for a couple of hours until Roxas needed to go for his new assignment for the Organization.
"Well I need to go Namine I'll—I'll see you later. Bye…" He headed to the cell door but stop by Namine's holding on to him. "Roxas…you—you will come back? Right?"
He turned to see her eyes and laying his hands on her shoulder. "Yeah, I'll come back right after I finish my assignment I'll come back and come back here immediately. Just wait for me Namine."
"Al-alright Roxas." She gave him a big hug, Roxas flushed like never before and all he can do is hug her back and wish that this moment can last for eternity.
"Namine…I need to go." Her hug tighten and a tear fell down her cheek, she released her grasp from Roxas and step back into her cell. Roxas closed the cell door without leaving his sight off of Namine. He hesitated for a moment and slowly left the lower level of the dungeon.
At the balcony where one can see the heart shape moon fully, Roxas (wearing his black cloak) leaned against the balcony waiting for his new assignment.
"Roxas…" He turned to see Xemnas appear in a black portal. "Yes Superior." Roxas respectfully said.
"I want you take care of something precious to me until we finally defeat the key barer."
"And that is?"
"I want you to protect the girl, Namine from all harm when the time comes for you to defeat the key barer."
Roxas couldn't believe it; he'll have Namine by his side. It's a dream come true. "Yes Superior." He tried to get too excited so that he doesn't look to suspicious.
"Good" He grabbed a chain of keys in his pocket and threw it at Roxas. "she'll be in cell 14 in the lower part of the dungeon."
"Yes Superior." Xemnas disappeared into the darkness while Roxas ran to Namine's cell.
End Chapter