AN; I'm not dead! Just always distracted and unmotivated. Hope ya'll are enjoying KH3!

Things took a hard turn for the worst on the 3rd Day that Mixa arrived in the sunset-kissed town. Since the first encounter, Roxas and "Nami" had become fast friends. Still, Mixa was confused about the instructions given by her benefactor. Just what was the deal really worth? What were the consequences? Who...was this boy?

As she approached the Usual Spot, she briefly caught sight of the curtain falling to its usual position. That must mean she was right behind one of her new friends.

The brunette peeked her head out from behind the curtain, her sapphire eyes surprisingly catching the cerulean orbs of the blond boy. They both shared a surprised expression, before smiling sweetly at each other.

It was almost like their relationship from before had started to rekindle. Minus the "Organization" work, of course.

Between his fingers lie a piece of paper that he had been reading. Mixa pulled the curtain up and entered the alleyway, approaching the boy casually.

"What's up?"

Roxas waved the piece of paper in the air, motioning to it with a nod. "Hayner left us a note. We're gonna meet at the Sandlot to try and hit the beach again."

She rose an eyebrow.

"But, what about the munny?"

He shrugged to her, apparently confused as well. The pair of them crossed the alleyway, heading towards the Sandlot. Before they could even continue their conversation, a commotion caught their attention. Quickly they picked up speed and skid to a halt as they entered the Sandlot.

"It's the picture thieves!" Roxas hissed, stepping forward in a defensive pose.

Mixa was instantly alarmed. Her hunter instinct influenced her to extend her arms behind her to summon her blades. However, something different happened.

The Dusk swarmed them, and pinned the two of them to the ground unexpectedly. Mixa thrashed about, hissing commands at the familiar Dusks to no avail.

She felt the transition before she saw it; the sensation of free falling. The gravity pulled her ferociously downwards, her body facing upwards. She could not see sky any more, just darkness. However, something from behind her was emitting colourful light. When she swiveled her head around to get a better look, she noticed an unconscious Roxas falling beside her. Cursing, she tried to flip herself over using her hips like a counter weight. Once successful, the girl saw it.

At the familiar sight, a sharp pain traveled through her temple. Underneath the two of them, hundreds of feet below, was a stain glass platform-extended into the air on a thick pillar. On the blue lit stain glass was a pattern, depicting a boy in a red jumpsuit, lounging with one knee raised. His eyes were shut, and yet they still seem to send a piercing sensation through Mixa's chest. Hanging from his left hand was the Kingdom Key. Around his giant portrait were four images, two human faces that she did not recognize, the head shot of a duck, and the head shot of a dog.

"Nami!"

She squeezed her eyes shut for a moment, praying for the pain and falling to cease. It dawned on her shortly after the familiar voice broke through her thoughts.

Roxas was still falling, helplessly unconscious beside her.

Extending her arms and legs outward proved to slow her reckless falling a bit, as she gained more control of her direction. She leaned her shoulder towards Roxas, as her body followed suite. Once she was close enough, she struggled but managed to grasp onto his jacket. That gave her the leverage to pull him towards her, securely wrapping an arm around his waist and bracing herself.

As soon as they were within one hundred feet from the platform, the falling started to slow down. Confused, she glanced around, as the gravity started to reverse. There was a floating sensation around them, and their bodies changed position slowly, feet facing downwards as the gravity gradually decreased. She was able to gently place her feet on the platform once they reached it, softly and safety. She held Roxas' body close, pressing his hip against hers.

She didn't move a muscle at first. Her ears were peeled for any sound, any breath, any signal that would mean danger for the two of them. But as a minute or two passed, nothing came. There was the sound of complete nothingness. Slowly, Mixa lowered Roxas' body to the ground until his back met the stain glass. From there she glanced around, noticing only their platform, and darkness.

"Where the hell..." She muttered to herself, glancing over her shoulder at the endless abyss beneath them.

Curiouser and curiouser, she started to pace the round platform, staring at the faces that met her gaze. There was a red-haired girl, whom she felt an uneasy yet warm feeling from. There was a silver haired boy, who's headshot caused the hair on the back of her neck to stand. The two animal figures held familiar feeling too; warm, courageous, happy, and mischievous.

The boy in the jumpsuit caused a wave of emotions to pass through her body. Strength through her veins, courage, happiness, sadness, uneasiness, hopelessness...and yet a strong sense of justice and a spark of hope.

Then came defensiveness, and finally a whirling sensation that she could not quite name. It caused a fluttering in her stomach, and an uplifting feeling in her chest. But nevertheless,it was a sensation she had felt only with…

She glanced over her shoulder to see that her companion had awoke without her noticing, staring daggers into her back. Startled, her body turned to face him.

"Roxas? What are you looking at me like that for..."

His cerulean eyes burned a hole through her head as he took a defensive stance.

"You're one of those guys in black. Like the guy who stole the munny from me." He hissed, waving his hand aggressively.

She blinked, glancing down to see that she indeed was wearing her Organization cloak without knowledge of it behind there. It must have materialized over her Twilight Town clothing in this different realm.

Sighing, she stood up straight, showing no signs of an intended struggle.

"Honestly Roxas, I'm here to help you. I can't tell you all the details, because you wouldn't believe me. But, you don't have your true memories of me."

He raised an eyebrow at her, not moving an inch as she approached him slowly, her heels clacking against the stain glass.

"You're here without your own consent. Someone has stolen your memories, and I'm here to try and get you and your memories back so we can continue our life."

He was hesitant, lowering his own stand to something neutral as he shared a glance with her. There was a look in her eyes that sparked something in his chest. Something...familiar that ignited his adrenaline and power coursing through him.

"...I did feel something when I met you. Something familiar...but how can I trust you? We just met." His eyebrow was still raised as he looked at her confident, and relieved gaze.

She bowed at the waist deeply, surprising him.

"In time. You will come to trust me. As long as you are even willing to consider a shred of my simplified explanation."

Awkwardly, he nodded for her to stand up straight. She stood up, nodding in response to him.

Something appeared just a few meters away from them, throwing them off. It was a wooden doorway, covered in an extravagant pattern. Mixa approached the door, her companion following.

She glanced over her shoulder at him.

"Don't worry-if trouble comes I can protect you."

He swallowed thickly, almost unsure at having the protective tables turned on him. But he nodded in understanding anyway. The brunette pulled the door open, passing through the beam of light with Roxas.

On the other side, they saw the four pillars rising high in the air, all with the same stain glass finish.

She saw the outline of another doorway just on top of the fourth pillar. Her gloved hand pointed to it, signalling Roxas' attention.

"That's where we've got to go, follow me." She stepped forward in long, fast strides before pausing. After a thought, she turned to Roxas and smirked confidently.

"Try to keep up, okay?"

His expression was mixed with a want to joke with his new friend and a caution to protect himself from the confusing developments of his life.

They both made their way towards the next platform. Roxas' eyes widened as he watched the girl extend her foot out over the edge, and almost lunged to grasp her cloak in efforts to pull her backwards when he saw her foot making solid contact with a path made of stain glass. It appeared in a flash of sparkles, and shaking his head vigorously, he caught up to his companion.

A pair of silver slim creatures appeared before them, and the teen summoned the gold and silver blade from the light. He stood in battle ready position, moving forward and catching the edge of one Dusk with his blade. It hissed, being thrown in the opposite direction by the blade as the teens placed their feet on the next platform.

From beside him, the girl opened both of her palms as two colourful flashes of light brought the blades forward. He recognized them, the magical, electric blue blade and the dainty copper fairy key. She slipped into an offensive dual blade position with ease, one arm above and crossed over the other before she pelted towards the other Dusk at lightning speed.

The blond stood up straight, determined to at least being useful to his battle trained companion. He trained himself on the previously engaged Dusk, easily sliding behind the creature as it glanced around the platform with confusion. With a battle cry, he stabbed the blade through the being, watching it disappear in a flash. When he straighten up his posture once more, he saw the girl watching him with a smile and waving him over to the next path.

"Good work! I see you haven't lost all of your skills."

He scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, glancing in another direction.

"T-Thanks…umm...Nami."

Thanks for the save, Nami! I thought we were all goners there!

No worries, Goofy!

Her gaze clouded over, as she lowered her face towards the ground with a scowl.

"It's Mixa, actually. But please, use the name you prefer."

Roxas blinked at her, and waved a hand in front of her clouded expression. It pulled her out of the trance she had fell into, and her sapphire orbs regained focus. They shared a puzzled expression, before she wordlessly returned to the mission, ignoring Roxas' gaze wanting to know more.

"So, uh...Mixa...what's really going on here?" The boy stumbled, catching back up to her long strides. She regained a thoughtful expression, raising her arms up to counter another pair of Dusks that engaged them in battle.

"Unfortunately, if I tell you any of the true nature of things going on here...it won't be good for you."

"What do you mean?" Roxas performed a reversal, stabbing right through the nobody and pressing on at her side.

"Almost like...a paradox that could cause you to go insane. Giving you all the answers would be...extremely painful." The girl crinkled her nose at her poor summary, but regained a neutral face when the boy nodded towards her in understanding.

"Alright. I trust you."

She smiled, and paused in front of the next wooden door. He stopped at her side, glancing up and releasing a deep breath before reaching for the handle.

They passed through the gate once more in a flash of light, and reappeared on a massive platform, the same as the one they entered on. There was a thin fog in the area, passing by the two in wisps. There was something behind her, she could feel eyes burning into the back of her head. Roxas had a similar feeling, because they both turned around at the same time. Mixa caught the last glimpse of a figure in a hooded cloak, and quickly summoned her blades when she felt the ominous presences forming around them. Roxas blanched, backing away slowly as the huge figure began to form from darkness in front of them. Twilight Thorn extended its arms out, and slammed its silver feet into the platform as it took a straight stance. It's scarf-like article blew in its own gust of wind as it reached out for Roxas.

Mixa slid between them at light speed, her two blades clinking together when they dug into the flesh of its silver hand. The creature roared, flinching away and slamming its fist into the ground, almost throwing the two off balance. Mixa turned her head, brows furrowed in determination.

"Fight!"

The blond suddenly, swallowing loudly, nodded his head and extended his blade with a newfound determination. He rushed towards the Nobody, with the girl on his heels. Around their midsections, a swirling light engulfed them. White light blinded their vision, and when they could finally see the two were hoisted up in the air, being secured by their wrists and ankles with the same swirling light.

"What the-" The girl thrashed about, having no luck. The boy glanced around with narrowed eyes, and suddenly caught sight of the reappearing creature.

"Here he comes!" He hissed, biceps tensing at the very sight of it. He continued to squirm about, as the more experienced girl also frantically thrashed around, trying to discover a way to break free and counter the beast. Just as the creature drew to their position and reared back one of its slithery hands, Roxas managed to break free on all appendages except for his left wrist. Spinning around by the bound on his left wrist, he sliced the creature across the faceless head with his Kingdom Key.

"Nice!" The girl shouted, grinning at her companion. He glanced at her from the corner of his eye, eventually giving her a small grin as he calmed down from his panic. Unfortunately, the bounds returned, keeping the two in place once more. This time, the creature captured them in his two palms and tossed them up in the air.

They both felt the butterflies in their stomachs, with the boy being much more affected by the feeling. Mixa was accustom to the adrenaline and butterflies in her stomach, twirling around in the air gracefully and facing the creature immediately with narrowed eyes. She faced downwards, almost like a bullet in the sky as she increased speed towards the creature. Roxas fell at a much more clumsy and inexperienced manner. His arms and legs thrashed about, and he braced himself slightly while letting his mind work out just what path he should use to attack next.

Mixa beat him to it, somersaulting midair and slashing the creature in an "X" across the face. Roxas quickly swung to the right, catching the Nobody in the ribs and forcing out a pained roar. It landed face down on the platform, quickly sliding off into the dark abyss below. The two landed gently on the platform, preparing cautiously for another attack. The platform shook again, causing them both to stumble and suddenly fall towards the edge, which was now tilted downwards.

Mixa shrieked, grasping forward for anything, anything she could grab. Roxas was the faster thinker, striking his keyblade into the platform just before falling off the edge. His left hand quickly grabbed onto Mixa's, holding her just underneath him as they hung from his blade.

"I've got you!" He glanced down towards her, shouting over the roar of the energy ball that the Nobody was summoning below them. Her eyes met his, and something they exchanged in that glance increased the depth of their trust. She smiled softly at him, and out of surprise, he nodded curtly. They shifted abruptly, as they both glanced up at the keyblade in Roxas' hand, just before its hold broke and dropped them towards the abyss.

With another pair of shouts, the two careened towards the energy ball below. Mixa flipped backwards, and Roxas very quickly learned the means of positioning himself in such a way as well. She glanced down at the ball, and barked towards Roxas when her eyes widened at her new idea.

"Break raid, Roxas! Toss your keyblade towards the ball! It'll explode!"

"What!? Are you crazy?"

"Just trust me!"

Turning his head back to the ball below them, his jaw clenched. However, in a second the blade was reared back behind his head and zipping towards the ball of energy. Mixa's hand shot out, grasping Roxas by the jacket. He was confused at first, but once the ball exploded into a massive flash of light, the two went flying from the impact and landed together with a hard thump against the stain glass platform. The Nobody landed a few feet away, knocked out and face down. Roxas' Kingdom Key stuck out from the ground in front of the creature, stabbed into the platform.

After a brief wheeze, they regained the breath knocked out of them and composed themselves. Looking over at Roxas, Mixa could see that he was much more determined than before, and grinned as he ran forward to return to the onslaught. She was right behind him, repeating a similar cycle of attacks before the large Nobody came to a stop.

Roxas was on the other side of the clearing when their enemy stopped, and his eyes met Mixa's for a brief moment of triumph. His grin quickly changed when the monster started to tumble towards him. By the time Mixa had noticed, it was already too late. As she reached forward to run to his aid, a pair of gloves hands grabbed her by the waist and covered her mouth. She struggled, although only for a brief moment as the wave of darkness collapsed over Roxas. She was pulled into a corridor of darkness, what was visible of Roxas disappearing as the door to darkness closed.