Ok, so I'm still alive. I've been reading Yu Yu Hakusho on OneManga and watching Dragon Ball Z on Nick waiting for a KH update. (X]) By the way, as I post this 358/2 Days is still only published up to chapter 8 (-_-). I was trying to hold out a while, but… So much for that! (^u^)

Sanctuary

Something Wrong

"Phew-! This world is painfully hot…" Xigbar said, glancing up at the blinding sun as I slowly exited the Corridor of Darkness after him. "Let's get this over with before my armpits get too sweaty."

He turned to look back at me, suddenly pulling out his Arrowguns and firing right beside me. I saw the smoke of a dead Heartless swirl to my right.

"Ugh, stop spacing out," he sighed, turning back around to begin our recon mission.

"… Hey." He turned back to face me. "Wiped out… means they've disappeared, doesn't it?" I said, looking at the trail of smoke still floating beside me. "They're saying that all the guys that went to Castle Oblivion were wiped out," I remember Xigbar saying. "We've heard from the Dusks that they were all destroyed," Saïx had said. I finally pieced it all together. My eyes got blurry again until I blinked enough times to make it go away.

"Yeah. They've been erased… nothing's left," he sighed, a frown making his crooked scar more jagged.

"So… we won't be able to see them again?" I asked, the image of Axel and I on the clock tower returning.

"Something wrong?" he said, frowning. "Half our Members were wiped out in a snap. But that's no problem when we've got you and Poppet."

"Poppet?" I asked, completely clueless.

"I'm talking about Xion, kid," he sighed.

"Why…" I began to think, but let it drop.

"Right now she's collecting hearts all by herself. You'd better work hard, too. Since you're a Keyblade wielder, too."

'Something wrong?' Xigbar looked at me with such cold eyes.

"Hey!" he yelled as a Heartless sped by. I quickly disposed of it. My Keyblade sliced it into perfect halves, sending a heart and smoke into the sky. "Concentrate, boy!" he growled.

"Sorry…" I mumbled, looking down at the hot sand that held my shadow.

There was… something wrong. With my friend.

"Uhg!" I cried, pain shooting through my skull. I found myself picturing people I knew well. But I swear I'd never met before in my life. "Wh-what… Uhhhg… My head…" My fingers curled tighter around my Keyblade out of pain, hoping to hold onto something real as images of sand, trees and water went through my head. And people. A laughing girl with short red hair. And guy with spiked white hair that reached past his shoulders, wearing black and yellow, grinning at me.

"Hey!" I heard Xigbar say. He sounded really far away, but I knew he was standing right beside me when this started. "What's wrong, boy!"

"What… What is…" I tried to figure out an answer, but my head seemed foggier than the day I was born. I felt the hot sand suddenly against my face, just before everything faded to black.

"It's been six days since you've come here," I heard someone say. I was suddenly walking beside the ocean at night, the moon shining brightly between the limbs of a few dead trees. I paused, turning my hooded face to see the person who was talking. It was someone sitting one of the many boulders nearby wearing the Organization cloak with their hood up, like me. "It's time," he said, standing. "Sora-"

"Sora? I'm not Sora. Who are you-"

"My name is-" And everything vanished as quickly as it appeared.

Oh, this is funny, I just thought I should mention it: In the manga, when Xigbar called Xion 'Poppet', it was translated into 'Puu-chan'. (X3) (I like it just as much as Poppet, myself!) Alright, so whenever I get bored I'll post the next chapter. (^_^) I'm trying to wait a while because I'm getting so close to chapter 8 now, but I'm not so sure that'll work anymore… They're taking a while to update the manga. (X]) Well, I'll post when I post! The next chapter let's you see from Xion's point of view quite a bit! And so sorry for the shortness!