Chapter 8

The Truth

"We need to talk,"

Daxjra looked at me seriously. I didn't know what to think.

"Why was Xerin sent to fight me?" I asked, "Clearly she wasn't as bad as you said."

"Normally she is," he answered.

"So what happened?" I continued, "Is the superior really that bad?"

"You have no idea,"

"Okay...,"

"You know she's going to kill you,"

"What?"

"You've seen her at her lowest,"

"You goaded her to that point," I pointed out

"True, but you beat her, made her look like a coward. She'll never forgive you. Never,"

"Do you think my decision was right?"

"Hm?"

"To keep her alive, did I do the right thing?"

"Well, yes and no. You spared someone, so the action alone was good, but you saved a sadistic maniac, so that's bad,"

"Oh. Daxjra, why is all this happening?"

"I told you, I don't know what the Organization wants,"

"No, I mean, why is everything in Kingdom Hearts real?"

"Ohhh. That's easy. You know how Walt Disney made Disney?"

"Yeah,"

"Well he didn't completely imagine the idea,"

"What?"

"The Disney worlds already existed, as the Final Fantasy ones did. When Walt was dreaming, the reality of some of these worlds sunk in to his dreams, like a leak,"

"So that's why Disney exists?"

"Exactly. He only got a partial reality, only enough to make the movies. But much later, The guy who made Kingdom Hearts dreamed. He must have obtained information from Jiminy's journal, because he got it all. That's how the Kingdom Hearts games came to be,"

"Really?"

"Well, there were some tiny inconsistencies. For instance, when Sora became a Heartless, he turned into a Neoshadow. Also, Selphie was really named Sophie,"

"That's it?"

"No, I could rattle of a dozen differences, but those are a few,"

"Okay, so why are you No. V?"

"Because members are sometimes disappearing from heart replacement, they need to replace those members. I replaced the former No. V,"

"What were you like as a human?"

Daxjra cringed at the question, and looked away. Then suddenly, I got a terrible thought.

"Is the Keyhole closed, my world's Keyhole?" I asked.

He turned around slowly. "Yes, it is," he answered.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who closed it? Who else on Earth could have closed a Keyhole? Was it Sora?"

"No, Sora couldn't have reached this place. It's too far away. That's why this world escaped the intial Heartless outbreak,"

"So who closed it?"

"Jason... I don't know who closed it,"

It was obvious he did know, but I didn't want to pry.

"What do you know about this Heartless outbreak?" I asked

"Only that it's not much of an outbreak,"

"What?"

"Actually, most of the Heartless are just hanging around. For the most part, you should be able to stop them,"

"Where do I go?"

"Well... two Keyblade Wielders? That's sure to attract some Heartless,"

"And your counting on this?"

"You do want to stop the Heartless, right?"

"Okay, how long until we're ambushed?"

"Like, three minutes,"

"Where are the Heartless coming from?"

"The hotspot seems to be in Mexico,"

"Well, that's easy. We're already in Texas,"

"Yeah, but I wouldn't advise going there,"

"Why not?"

"You're strong, but not strong enough to face what's in Mexico,"

"What's in Mexico?"

"Something huge. I might help you but... I'm not sure you can stop it,"

"Why am I not surprised that you're a maybe on a list of allies?"

"Would you rather I beat the crap out of you?"

"If you're anything like Xerin, bring it on,"

We laughed at that one.

"Daxjra, how long have you been a Nobody?"

"..."

"You don't have to tell me,"

"Three years,"

"How long are people usually Nobodies?"

"Nine, ten years,"

"That long..."

"Yeah, so you can see why I don't want you risking your heart against something you can't handle,"

"Okay, but it's me or the world,"

"Your Keyhole is locked, there's no way..."

"There's no way what?"

"I have to go,"

"No, you are not leaving with a cryptic answer,"

Daxjra looked at me, then turned around and exited through the dark corridor, leaving me there to wonder.