"Bring him here."

Marluxia glared down at Axel as 2 soldiers brought him forward. "Axel," he said, leaning forward with his chin in his hands, "your orders were to bring the Keybearer. Not only did you disobey my orders, you also brought her two of the Keyblades in my collection. Do you have anything to say in your defense?"

"I'll get her before the full moon," Axel promised, crossing his arms.

"See to it you do," Marluxia said, leaning back in his throne.

"You know how Saix is during a full moon, Axel," Larxene mused, looking at her nails. "It would be a pity if he got to her before you. We'd like her as uninjured as possible."

Axel growled softly, turning to walk out of the throne room.

"This place is amazing!"

I smiled, spinning around with Sora under the flowers that towered over us. Sora laughed with me while Roxas just walked behind us when his hands shoved in his pockets.

"Come on, Roxy!" I called to him, still smiling. "Get in the mood!"

"Quit calling me that," the blonde muttered. "And unlike you two, I'd prefer not to look like an idiot right now."

"Hey, watch it!!!"

I practically jumped out of my skin at the voice that seemed to pop out of nowhere. "Riku!" Sora exclaimed, reaching down to the ground.

When he came back up, I could see a tiny boy with shoulder-length silver hair standing in his hand. In a pair of blue pants with light blue pockets, a zip-up black tanktop unzipped at the top and bottom slightly, a yellow and white sleeveless shirt open over the tank, and a white arm warmer on his right arm, he looked like a doll instead of a person.

"What happened, Riku?" Roxas asked.

"Fuckin' flower boy," Riku muttered, sitting cross-legged in the middle of Sora's palm.

"Pink King," Sora clarified for me.

"Flower boy caught me trying to help prisoners and shrunk me," Riku continued, then noticed me. "Who the hell is she?"

"Lexy is the Keybearer!!" Sora exclaimed happily, smiling.

"Yeah, right," Riku scoffed. "And I'm a Riku replica." Growling softly, I pulled Olbivion from my back. "Whoop-dee-flippin'-doo," Riku said, crossing his arms. "I could hold Oblivion and Oathkeeper if I wanted."

"Idiot," I muttered, sliding the black key on my back again. I looked at my wrist, picturing Pumpkinhead. Almost immediately, the Keyblade appeared in my hand. Riku's eyes widened slightly, but he tried to cover it up. Too late, I thought, smirking as I got rid of the key.

"Fine," Riku reluctantly agreed, "she's the Keybearer. Where are you three going, then?"

"To get the Kingdom Key," Roxas replied.

"Suicidal pricks," Riku muttered. "Well, Axel's looking for you, so I'd get going."

"Axel?" I asked, cocking my head to the side.

"Flower boy's best assassin," Riku said, standing up again.

"Do you want me to carry you, Riku?" Sora asked.

"As much as I'd love you to," Riku replied, for once being truthful and avoiding sarcasm, "I'd better stick close to…her."

"I have a name, you know," I said, moving my hands to my hips.

"That Sora came up with," Riku said, smirking. He climbed onto my shoulder, one of his hands gripping the fabric of one of my tanktop straps. "If you want t' make it to flower boy's castle by dark, you'd better start walking."

"You wouldn't make it anyway."

We spun around and saw Axel leaning against a blood-red flower, his arms crossed. "Who are you" I demanded, Riku tugging on a strand of my hair. I gently plucked him from my shoulder, moving the guitar belt that hung low on my hips away, and set him inside my jeans front pocket.

"Axel," the redhead replied. "Got it memorized?"

"What do you want, Axel?" Roxas asked, Sora now hiding behind me.

"Come on, Roxy," Axel said, smirking slightly. "Don't be like that. You were so much more…cooperative last week." Roxas turned red and bowed his head.

"What do you want?" Riku yelled from my pocket.

"Hey, Riku," Axel said, still smirking. "How's that size treating ya?" Riku didn't answer. "I see you found the keys I left you."

I turned my wrist over, tracing the tattoos on my wrist. "You're not going to tell me why you gave me them, are you?" I asked.

Axel flashed me a sly grin, pulling his chakrams off his back. "Nope." And then he attacked.

I crossed Oblivion and Oathkeeper in front of me, Axel's chakrams colliding with them, one point less then an inch from my eyes. Axel smirked, pulling his weapons back. "Pretty fast there, Keybearer," he smirked. "But not fast enough."

"What did you do with Roxas?!"

I spun around to see Sora looking frantically around the flowers surrounding us. "Axel!" he yelled, spinning around to look at the redhead with slightly watery eyes. "What did you do with my twin brother?!?!"

Axel gave a sly smile, strapping his chakrams to his back once again. "Nothing," he replied. "Absolutely nothing."

"Then where is he?" I growled, my hands clenching my Keyblades tightly.

Axel just kept on giving us that sly smile. "Wouldn't you like to know?" he asked, crossing his arms. "But…I would tell you where he is if you do something for me." He beckoned at me with one finger. "You're coming with me."

"Lexy?" Sora asked, looking up at me.

I growled softly, crossing Oblivion and Oathkeeper on my back again. "Tell me where Roxas is and I'll go with you," I bargained.

Axel just kept on grinning. "About a mile away," he said, pointing toward a large willow tree. "Right under that tree." He took hold of my arm, pulling me behind him as he started walking. "Come on."

"Lexy," Sora said, watching as Axel pulled me, and through me and my pockets, Riku, away and toward the pink towers in the distance. He watched until we were out of his sight before he turned to go find Roxas.