Yes! Chapter three has arrived! Riku does something totally in character and completely stupid at the same time. Enjoy!

Sora stood dumbfounded for several moments. "I've been wanting to do the same thing." He finally blurted out. Roxas eyed him for a moment.

"So you want to bring him back, too?" Roxas said slightly startled. "Wait, you met him? What happened?"

"He…" Sora's voice trailed off as his face went slightly red. "He said he was looking for you. He tried turning me into a heartless so he could see you again."

Roxas looked down, and unreadable expression on his face. He stood that way for a moment, pondering what Sora had just said. Then he said back, "So he wanted to see me that badly?" Sora nodded. "Axel really missed me…more than I imagined. Well, I need to bring him back, and with this machine, I can."

Sora and Riku perked up, smiling like the journey was coming to an end. Leon, who was feeling slightly left out, leaned against a nearby wall. "So when can we get him back?"

"Well, here's the problem." Roxas answered. "When a nobody dies, they go to a sort of…new world. It's like the World That Never Was, except different too. It's a black empty portal. They can't get out. Xemnas explained it once. But there is a purpose to that world. It's also where the dead heartless go. So if you're a heartless whose nobody is dead, you'll go there, or visa versa. So in the end, if a nobody and a heartless meet up while they're there and happen to be the same, they'll become a whole person and they'll come back to life in the World That Never Was."

"So is Axel stuck there until we find his heartless?" Riku asked. Sora scratched his head, totally lost.

"Well, kind of. You see, his heartless is there, too." Roxas answered, looking down again. "So for him to come back, he'll need to find his heartless."

"So…we're powerless?" Sora said, trying to catch on.

"Basically, unless you've got any bright ideas." Roxas replied. "Once he gets back to the World That Never Was, we can stick that guy who gets created in front of this machine and Axel comes back."

"I see." Leon said, finally coming up from his wall. "Is there any way to get to the dark world to help Axel out?"

Roxas lifted his head. "Maybe. But I don't know how we could get there. It's not possible to get to by Gummi Ship, and I can't think of any other way."

"Maybe there's a way to portal there." Riku answered. "I can do that."

"So can I." Roxas pointed out. "But I don't know…"

Riku put out a hand, a dark portal opening. Then he stepped through, followed by Roxas. It closed, leaving Sora and Leon behind.

Leon blinked several times. "Think they'll be okay?"

Sora nodded. "Yeah, they'll survive."

I know, really quite short. And i know Sora seems like a total idiot. Did you understand that begining part? Ya know, with the dark world and all? D: I hope you get it! I thought it through for days and days and days on how it'd work! And see? The story-line hasn't been screwed up! Anyways, next chapter will be Axel's side of the story, taking place from before he died. It actually starts when Roxas walks away at Memory Skyscraper. I spent a lot of time figuring out how to describe it. So the first little bit is pointless of that chapter, but it's well written so you better read it! DX Oh, and in a couple chapters, be prepared for a TINY bit of AkuDemy. Its just for plot reasons.