She stood there, not knowing what to do or where to go.

Sora was dead, that's why she was free, and the only reason why she was her own person was because Roxas did not need her anymore. And on top of that, Roxas took her ability to use the keyblade, so she could not even summon one anymore. At first, Xion was perfectly fine with this, since her friend was okay. But as soon as the man left, all that changed and she began to grow with anger.

She was not angry because she couldn't use the keyblade anymore, she was angry because that man made her sound like she was useless without it. Having a keyblade did does not mean she can't do anything. She then began to think about Axel, one of her best friends, who didn't even have the ability to wield the keyblade, but was still one of the most trusted members of the Organization through her eyes. All he had was his chakrams, but he could do just as much as her and Roxas could.

She then realized, she did not need the keyblade to make herself happy. If Axel could do it then she most certainly can as well. She was not useless, and she still had her ability with magic, something she could use with a keyblade or not. She didn't need it, and she did most certainly not need that man's heart of darkness to be happy either. She devolved emotions before, her, Roxas, and Axel, she could do it again.

So with that, Xion walked away from the mansion, not looking back and only thinking about how she was going to get rid of that guy the man talked about, the one that would be watching over her.

It has been a few weeks since what had happened at the mansion, thankfully seeing no one working for that man that called her useless. She had been all over Twilight Town, reminding herself where everything was; still in the same place she remembered everything. If it where up to her, she would most likely be looking for Roxas and Axel now, but without a keyblade, traveling to other worlds was not possible. But even without Roxas and Axel, Xion was perfectly happy, not caring about anyone else in the world but herself. She had been staying either in Olette's house, since she offered for her to stay there, or in a motel, but she was fine with that. She was mostly seen hanging out with Hayner, Pence, and Olette, who have seemed to welcome her into their group. Every day they would go an eat the sea salt ice cream on top of the clock tower, laughing about the stupidest things. It was the little things like this that made Xion feel like she actually had a heart.

But even though Xion was still the happiest person anyone could be, she felt like there was something still missing. She had her new friends, the sea salt ice cream, the twilight which shined down on her, but she still felt like there were questions that needed to be answered. She had thought about all of this hard, and now she began to realize, what about Namine? Diz? Riku… everyone else that she met, could they still be here? Last time she checked they were all in the mansion, and even though Diz she could care less about, she still wanted to know what ever happened to Riku and Namine. So it was the next morning when she decided to go back to the mansion, to seek the new questions she wanted to know.

She walked along the road to that hole in the wall, going underneath it and entering the woods, which were now pitch black due to the trees blocking out all the sunlight. She knew the forest well enough though to get through it safe and sound. She made it to the mansion again and looked at the gate, remembering again that she did not have a keyblade, so she could not get it. But as Xion taught herself, she does not need a keyblade for everything. So she went up to the gate that was peering down on her, and held on to the bars. She then looked at her grip on the bars, wondering if she would be able to keep that grip as she climbed the gate. Her hands where sweating underneath the black gloves she wore, so it was a good thing her gloves where able to help her grip on the bars. She was about to attempt to scale the wall but something then stopped her. "Need a hand, Xion?" A dark, but yet familiar voice said over to her side.

Xion turned to the sound of the voice, squinting her eyes since the voice sounded so familiar. Her head stopped turning when she first spotted the person, leaning against the brick part of the wall not too far away from her. It was clear to Xion that this was a younger, muscular, man due to his outfit, which was a red and black organic looking body suit. After Xion got a second look at it, she saw how similar it looked to Riku's body suit, when he was in his dark form. She wanted to get a good look at the boy's face, but was unable to due to the dark silver helmet covering it. Xion could not exactly put her finger on it, but she felt as if this man was someone she could trust, almost like he had a feeling towards her and she had the same towards him. "Who are you?" She asked him, tilting her head.

The man then let out a short snicker, before he stopped leaning against the wall and turned to face Xion fully. "You may not know me Xion, but I know you." Was his reply, which confused Xion even more. Even though he wore an outfit like Riku's, and his voice sounded so familiar, she did not remember seeing him in any of Sora's memories. But she figured, since her memories from Sora where so weak, he might have met him and she just cannot remember.

"How do you know me? I have never seen you before in my life." Xion said carefully. She wanted to know if Sora had ever met this boy, but she did not want to say anything just in case he did not know Sora.

"Yes, we have never met, but we do have mutual friends." The man said, Xion giving him a look screaming 'Who.' "I know Riku."

Xion then looked at the man shocked. He knew Riku, he knew who he was. And Xion figured that if he knew Riku, he had to have known Sora and Kairi too, but since Xion never met them and was more like a part of them, is the reason why he did not bring them up. "You know Riku?" She asked. "Do you know if he is here?"

"Sorry, but he hasn't been here in over a year. I guess all those bad memories from this place just made him want to leave." The man said, looking at the mansion. Xion was disappointed with this answer however, since that meant if Riku wasn't here, Namine and Diz must not be here either. But now she was searching for new answers, one of them being how does this boy know Riku.

"Please, can you tell me your name? I spent some time with Riku, he might have brought you up once." Xion asked.

The man snickered again before lowering his head. "It's Vanitas." The man, who was just revealed to be Vanitas said.

Xion then began to think, not remembering Riku ever bring up the name Vanitas for that short time they ran away together. "Sorry, I don't think Riku ever told me about you." She said before she inched closer to the man. "But that's fine. So anyway, it's nice to meet you Vanitas."

Xion then held out her hand, extending it towards Vanitas, who had his hands by his side. But as soon as Xion's hand stopped moving, Vanitas took his hand and placed it inside Xion's, feeling the warmth coming off of it. "It's nice to meet you too." Vanitas said, gripping Xion's hand tightly before letting go. "And honestly, it's not a surprise Riku never brought me up, since I don't think we met last time you where your own person." Vanitas said, shocking Xion once again since he just showed he knew she was a part of Sora. "I know another person you know too."

"Really? Who?" Xion asked, looking at Vanitas deeply since he was fascinating her so much.

"Master Xehanort." Vanitas said. Xion was confused by what Vanitas said this time though, since she doesn't remember ever meeting a Master Xehanort before.

"Sorry, I don't think I have ever met him." Xion said to him.

"What, did he forget to give you his name again? Shows how much he is losing it." Vanitas said. "He is that guy you met here a few weeks ago; you know the one that offered you the power to wield the keyblade if you took in a piece of his heart?"

Xion then looked at him with wide eyes. "Wait how do you…" Xion then realized why this Vanitas was here. "You could only know that because… You're the one he sent to watch me."

Vanitas then made a grin underneath his helmet, looking at Xion with eyes wide open as he nodded his head. Even though Xion felt completely safe around Vanitas, she wanted nothing to do with this Xehanort. He called her useless! How on earth could she even go to see him again? Xion wanted to get to know this Vanitas, since he somehow made her feel so whole, but she just couldn't, she did not know what to do.

So, as an act of instinct, Xion turned towards the woods and ran, only hoping that Vanitas would not follow her.


Yes, the one that Xehanort sent to watch Xion was Vanitas! Sorry if you cant stand the guy, but I love him!

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