Xion sat there with her head in her knees, crying like a child, over the events that had just happened to her. She saw Riku, someone she had grown feelings for over the time they had known each other, and after not seeing her for years, he doesn't remember her. Xion knew that it would happen, since after Roxas defeated her everyone forgot about her, but seeing it for herself was what made her break.
Xion sat on top of the Twilight Town Station, continuing to cry until she heard a familiar noise coming from behind her. "Hey, are you alright?" A voice asked. At that moment Xion knew what the sound and voice was, it was the sound of a corridor of darkness opening, and the voice belonged to Vanitas.
Xion then tried to wipe her tears away as fast as she could. "It's nothing," she said. Xion then let out the words that every girl says but when they are saying it, it is normally a lie. "I'm fine."
Vanitas then walked up, and sat down right next to her, letting his feet hang off the side of the station. "Xion I just saw you crying, what's wrong?" Vanitas asked her.
Xion then began to tear up again, but she held most of her tears back and only one fell on her face. "You know how I said I knew Riku?" Xion asked, Vanitas nodding in reply, "Well, I saw him not to long ago. I was so happy to finally see someone I knew before I became one with Sora. But I forgot one little thing: no one remembers me."
Vanitas continued to listen as Xion continued. "I mean, I knew it happened, I knew it from the beginning, so I shouldn't have been surprised when Riku didn't know who I was, but the thing is I was surprised. It took seeing someone I knew not remembering me to break down." Xion then brought her knees close to her chest, "And I think I broke down even harder because there was something me and Riku 'had' between us. I mean I don't really know how to explain it since I don't really have emotions but… When I was with him, I felt something different than what I felt when I was with Roxas and Axel. And I think that is why I broke down as hard as I did.
Xion then rested her head on her knees. "I think that when I came back, when I became my own person, I was going to let go of my past and move on. But seeing Riku not remembering me made me realize it's hard to let it go; hard to let the past go. And honestly, I don't think I was ever ready to let it go."
Xion then felt more tears leave her eyes, and she then began to wipe them away but after a while, she just became so sick of wiping them away, she stopped. But after she told herself she was going to stop wiping them away, she felt a hand touch her face and wipe away more tears that fell from her eyes. Xion knew that the hand that just wiped away her tears wasn't hers, it was Vanitas's hand. "You don't need to cry, it will be alright." He said, wiping away more of her tears and placing his free arm on her shoulder.
Xion then looked right into Vanitas's eyes. "Thanks Vanitas," Xion then paused, this time wiping away one of her own tears. "You were really the only person that stood by me this whole time when no one else I knew did." Xion then did something that Vanitas was not expecting; she took her arms and wrapped them around Vanitas, embracing him in a deep hug. Vanitas was completely caught off guard by this, and then began to have this warm feeling in his stomach, something he never had before. Even though he was caught off guard however, he wrapped his arms around her and together they embraced each other.
As Xion had her arms wrapped around Vanitas, even though she felt a little better, she was still devastated by the events that happened with Riku. But then she began thinking, if she became a replica, she would have a part of that old man's heart within her. So wouldn't that mean all of his abilities would also be hers? The keyblade wasn't even one of those abilities that was on her mind, but another one was: the ability to bring out memories.
Xion remembered clearly the day that he performed that ability on her, how all the memories from Sora rushed into her head and she remembered. If he could do that to her, doesn't that mean that she too would gain that ability, and would be able to make everyone: Roxas, Axel, Riku… Remember her? She knew that she could do that, but there was only one thing that stood in her way: becoming one of Xehanort's replicas.
Xion continued to hug Vanitas as she asked him one simple question. "Did you gain his abilities?" She asked him as they stopped hugging, which made Vanitas confused.
"What?" Vanitas asked, not knowing what she was talking about.
"You said you where one of Xehanort's replicas right? Well when you became a replica, did all of his abilities become yours too?" Xion asked again.
Vanitas hesitated. "Well none of the people he has now are full replicas yet, even me, because he said if we get hurt, then it would just be a heart wasted. So he is just being cautious and only giving us half of his heart for now." Vanitas explained as Xion sighed. "But I really wouldn't be able to answer your question since I never tried."
"Do you think that if you get his full heart, you would gain his abilities too?" Xion asked him.
Vanitas then began to think for a moment. "I think that would only make sense, I mean we are getting his heart after all." Vanitas replied.
Xion then looked right at Vanitas, ready to make the biggest decision of her life. "Well… do you think that he could make an exception to give me a full heart?" Xion asked, Vanitas looking at her shocked.
"Wait a sec," Vanitas said, holding out his hands. "Are you trying to say that you want to become a replica now?" That was the one thing Vanitas did not want. He did finally admit to himself that he did have feelings for Xion, and now that she was thinking about joining the Organization that was not good. It wasn't good because if anything did happen and the lights did end up beating them, Xion would have to most likely go as well, and he did not want that to happen.
Xion then shrugged her shoulders. "If I become a part of Xehanort I will gain his abilities right? That means I can make everyone remember me, and that's something I desperately want." Xion replied.
"But Xion…" Vanitas let out carefully, "Are you sure about this?"
Xion then paused before nodding her head. "Yeah, I think I want to become a replica." She said.
Crap, Vanitas thought in his head; that was the one thing he didn't want her to say. Vanitas did not want Xion to end up getting hurt, but he also did not want to hurt her by saying he wouldn't let her become a replica. Vanitas knew that he had no choice but to let her become a replica, but he knew that doing this leaves her safety in his hands. No matter what, he would make sure that she would come out alright, that even if the lights come and try to end them, he would do whatever it took to keep her safe.
"Well if that is what you really want then I will be glad to take you to where he is." Vanitas said as he stood while holding out his hand to Xion so she could stand as well. Xion then took his hand as he helped her stand.
"Thanks Vanitas," Xion said, "But how are we going to get there? Corridor of darkness?"
"Come on, you used corridors before, don't you think they get pretty boring after a while?" Vanitas asked. "I know a much more trilling way to get there."
"And how is that?" Xion asked as Vanitas let out a grin. Vanitas then quickly summoned his keyblade and threw it into the air, and as it flew through the air, it began to change form. It no longer looked like a keyblade, but a skateboard shaped rider with black and red designs on it. As the rider came down into Xion's view, she stared at it in awe. "That is amazing!" She said.
"Thanks, maybe when you get your own keyblade I can teach you how to summon your own." Vanitas said as he pulled out his helmet and gave it to Xion, placing it over her head for her own safety. "So I guess we should go see Xehanort now."
Vanitas then hopped on to his keyblade rider with Xion standing on the back holding on to Vanitas. "And where might he be?" Xion asked.
"Somewhere you know, the World That Never Was." Vanitas said as the keyblade rider let off a noise that a motorcycle would make if you gave it more gas. "Are you ready?" Vanitas asked as Xion nodded while gripping on to Vanitas for dear life. "Then hang on tight." Vanitas said as the keyblade rider road into the sky, heading for the World That Never Was.
There we go, one more chapter down, and hopefully only three more to go. Man this story was short, but hopefully sweet :)
I have a question for you all! SO I am sure you noticed that this story really does not have that much action in it, which is my muse, but more of a heartbreak/romance thing. And I was wondering, do you think that I did well with those scenes in thi fanfic? This fanfic was kind of an experiment to test some other genres besides action and adventure all the time, so do you guys think I did a good job?
I also have a request! So I am currently working on another story that should be coming out once I am done with all these stories I have planned right now called Kingdom Hearts: One Sky, One Destiny, which is basically another idea that I have for a KH3 besides what happened in the Reconnect Series. And for right now, I am open to any sugestions. So I was wondering if you have any ideas, world sugestions, ff character sugestions or anything of that nature that you would like to tell me about, and please pm them to me. Who knows? Maybe your little sugestion will end up in my next story.
So that is all for now so plz R&R and look out for the next chapter!
