Remake 2. It has all been revised to the manga version. And FYI. Don't expect any battles in wonderland agrabah or Halloween town.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days or the plot or characters.

Chapter 2

I reached the top with tired legs and a panting breath. After I caught my breath, I stood up straight and looked around. No one was here.

Sighing, I walked forward and stared at the sunset. An inviting cool breeze rustled my hair and once again I felt that choking feeling in my throat and the wetness in my eyes. So I sat down in my usual spot and pulled my knees up to my face, sulking. I closed my eyes and all of the memories that me, Xion and Axel shared here replayed before my eyes. Why did I even run away in the first place? At least the organization gave me something to do…

I heard the clacking of heels and my eyelids fluttered open. The rustling of a cloak sounded beside me and. I turned and gasped when I realized who it was.

"Xion!"

She had her hood on but I knew it was her. I always could recognize her. I stared at her in amazement but she didn't say anything and pulled out two ice creams, Sea salt as always, and offered one to me. I took the ice cream and blinked a few times.

"Th-thank you…" I smiled softly.

Really, this meant so much to me and I felt happy and dazed at the same time that Xion was next to me. It finally felt like old times.

"Roxas?" Her voice said in an innocent whisper.

I turned to focus my attention on her.

She suddenly got up and took off her hood. She looked...different. When I looked at her face, it wasn't her face. It was someone else's face. One name resonated in my head:

Sora

"Roxas, I have to do this. Even-even if I don't want to," she paused and closed her eyes. "You've given me so much. You made me feel like I was a real person and filled me with so many memories, but not just the memories we made together. The ones from your other self were given to me as well. Roxas. This is him. It's Sora"

I tried to say something but it only came out as a stutter. As I was trying to gather something to say, she walked off the clock tower to the air. Trying to grab her, I stood up and reached for her. She was walking on thin air! Xion then put her hold up again and turned towards me. She still was different. I couldn't recognize her anymore. She had a different build and a dark aura was being emitted from her body. It began to cover the whole area. Xion put up her hood and turned towards me.

"Roxas!" she called out to me. "This was why I was created. To destroy you!"

The darkness began to bind together and surround her body but the last moment I could see her, I saw her eyes. Tears were being shed.

The darkness blocked my view of her for a while and then a couple seconds later, it disappeared only to reveal Xion. She was different once again and she was clad in a strange sort of armor.

The setting sun illuminated her aura and I just stood dumbfounded at what had just happened.

"So it all adds up to this…" My mouth barely formed the words.

Xion's armored form just stared at me and she began to speak. Her voice was different. It was her voice, but it had a mixture that made it seem almost unreal. Robotic even.

"This is what I was made to be. This is who I truly am. Xemnas put me here to end you."

"B-but how…?"

Her head slowly tilted down. "You were my first."

"Your first what?"

Her grip on one of her swords tightened. "My first friend…and now I have to end you."

I shook my head and stood up straight and leaned forward towards her. "Xion you were…no…Xion you are my friend!" I took a slight breath and began to shout, "Y-you're the most important person in my life!"

And that moment I thought I saw Xion for a second. The real Xion. Her eyes were shimmering with tears.

I'm sorry, Roxas.

She lunged forward and stabbed me in my left shoulder lending shards of light everywhere.

I let out a choked gasp and I clutched her weapon to avoid her from pushing the weapon deeper.

"I-I'm not who you need to be with," I heard her voice falter.

With those words, she took out her sword, struck at my stomach, and flung my body to the air behind her. I landed on thick plexiglass which knocked all of the air out of me.

My body adjusted to the rough positioning and I slowly got up to clutch my injured shoulder in pain.

"Ugh…why, Xion?" I murmured as I clenched my eyes closed while on my knees.

Why? I th-thought we were friends…

As if answering my thoughts, the armored figure shook her head and rushed toward me with both of her weapons in hand, ready to strike.

I quickly reacted and brought out my keyblade, blocking the attack but she continued to push on to try and break my defense. With my injured shoulder, there was only so much I could do with the keyblade in only one arm but I decided to keep it up to try and avoid an injury.

While she continued her push, I slowly got up to my feet and took the key's handle with my injured arm's hand and increased my strength tenfold. I wasn't at all sure how I did this since my shoulder felt it was on fire and dripping with blood but I surged on and I managed to push her away.

My eyes flowed with rage and heartbreak. I only thought of her with no consideration with the pain I was in. But I had to bring her down somehow, to calm her senses…

Meanwhile, I was oblivious to the changes my keyblade was going through. In only seconds, it had surrounded with light and had transformed to a completely new kind of key.

Oathkeeper

My sight drifted down to notice the new blade in my hand and my eyes widened.

Maybe this was the solution.

I rushed forward with great agility but Xion didn't seem to be making a move. In fact, she looked like she wanted to be hit. But it didn't really matter since with one strike, I cut down on her body with a jumping slash.

There was a noise, and it sounded like shattering glass.

The plexiglass below her shattered and she started to fall all the way down to the ground. I didn't want it to end like this. She could die from this fall even.

So I cried out her name helplessly.

I got down on my knees and held out my hand to her. But it was hopeless as she had already dropped down too far. Her armor began to disappear but the shards of the glass continued to fall with her and my eyes were wide open with horror.

"XION!" My fingers stretched down even farther for her but with no avail.

She continued her fall headfirst and before I could see her hit the ground, I felt a flash of pain in my head, blurring my vision.

"Agh!"

My head tilted back and my eyes narrowed in pain.

"Xi…"