Xion's back! Woot woot! But those of you who played the game know that the hardship doesn't stop here. Read on, viewers, and behold some more of Square Enix's tale of two Keyblade Wielders and their fiery friend.


Song: Missing You

Axel handed the two of them their ice creams atop the clock tower.

"Thanks." Xion said.

"Eat up. It's gonna melt." Roxas said later when Xion still hadn't taken a bite.

"I know." Xion said sadly.

Axel turned to the two. "What's wrong? I thought you'd wolf it down. If anything's wrong, we're here for you. Right Roxas?"

"Yeah. That's what friends are for."

Xion looked down at her ice cream, her hood up. "The Keyblade won't come to me. Without it… I can't collect any hearts."

"What exactly happened?" Roxas asked.

"I don't know." She said. "The hearts that are released by the Heartless don't make their way back to Kingdom Hearts. They only get consumed by other Heartless. I beat one Heartless only to watch the hearts get absorbed by more Heartless." Xion explained. "If I can't collect hearts, then I'm useless."

"Is there anything you can do, Axel?" Roxas asked.

"It's like she said. Without the Keyblade, she can't collect hearts. If there was something I could do, I would."

"And once they find out, I'll be a Dusk."

"We can't do anything?" Roxas asked.

"I already told you. There's nothing we ca…" Axel started. "Hold on…"

"Did you think of something?"

"Roxas… you can work overtime!"

"Huh?"

"What do you mean?" Xion asked.

"Until you can use the Keyblade again, Xion, be sure to have all your missions with Roxas. He'll collect the hearts, and no one will find out that you can't use the Keyblade!"

Roxas turned to Axel. "You're a genius!"

"Roxas, you'll have to collect twice as many hearts as you normally would."

"I can handle it." He turned to Xion.

"Would you?" Xion asked.

"Of course I would."

"Friends need to lean on each other every now and then." Axel said. "Ain't that right, Roxas?"

"Friends…" Xion began. "Axel… does this mean you and I are friends too?"

Axel turned to Xion, and gasped as he saw her hood come down. He was pretty sure there weren't winds strong enough to do that. But he masked his surprise. "Well… if you're friends with Roxas, then of course you're my friend."

"Roxas, Axel, thank you!"

"Just eat your ice cream." Axel said.


DAY 75

Song: Sacred Moon

Saix was always the first to be in the Grey Area. He would watch the others come in and lounge around instead of heading out on missions. So he took it upon himself to get everyone going, but it didn't always work as well as planned.

Only Roxas, Xion, and Demyx truly heeded his call. Two of them came up to him just then. Both were wearing their cloaks, though Roxas had his hood down like the rest of them.

"We're heading out on a mission." Roxas called as he opened a dark corridor.

"Together?" Saix stopped them.

"Yes. Is it a problem?" Xion asked.

"What in the world would possess you to ask at a time like this?" Saix asked. "We're shorthanded as it is, and you expect me to let this go?" They both bowed their heads, knowing he was right.

Axel noticed Roxas and Xion walk up to Saix, hoods down as per usual with the Organization while inside the castle. He noticed Saix giving them trouble and went over to help the plan.

"Why not? Put two half-pints together and you get a whole, right?"

Saix paused to try to question his logic.

"If you let us work together, we can do tougher missions no problem." Roxas piped up.

Saix turned back to them and nodded reluctantly. "There's another saying. Two people together can work like three alone. Prove it."


Song: A Day in Agrabah

"Yeah. Axel and I found it last time when we ended up tailing a suspicious character." Roxas informed.

"Good call. Let's find that cave." Xion said, as they began to traverse the sandy city.

When they got close, they saw Heartless attacking a defenseless monkey. It had brown fur, a red vest, and a purple hat.

Song: Arabian Dream

"What do you wanna do?" Xion asked.

"Do we really have a choice? More hearts, and someone's in trouble." Roxas said as he summoned his Keyblade.

Roxas swung horizontally to cut down the Heartless, and more showed up when they got near, as expected.

With Roxas's Keyblade and Xion's magic, they made short work of them.

Song: A Day in Agrabah

The monkey looked up to see Roxas and Xion standing over it, and ran off.

"That monkey was here last time too." Roxas said.

Xion checked the ground. "He dropped something. What should we do?"

Roxas shrugged. "Your choice. There's very little chance we'll be able to return it, but if we don't pick it up, someone else will."

"Then I'll hold on to it." Xion said.

As the two of them left the city and made their way to the city, Roxas could somewhat see someone running, though the person disappeared as quick as he came. Xion didn't seem to see him, so he put it in the back of his head.

They made their way to the tiger's head stone entrance and traversed the cave.

A little ways into the cave, they found a little pedestal beside a door.

"What do you make of this?" Xion asked.

"There's a hole here." Roxas pointed to a spot on the pedestal.

Xion held the item she picked up off the ground, and fitted it into the hole.

"I guess it belongs here." Xion said. They continued on through the cave, killing Heartless as they went.

Along the way, they found three blocks in various areas, and lit them all. They also found little nooks and crannies that made them think the cave was an old place, built many years ago.

When they lit the last block, a stairway up to another section of the cave popped up.

"Let's see where those stairs lead!" Xion said. As the two of them went up to them, she noticed a little wheel off to the side. She turned it, and a door opened up at the top of the stairs.

Beyond lied a statue of some sort, holding a jewel.

"I don't see anymore doors or switches." Roxas said. "I think now's a good time to RTC."

Song: Rowdy Rumble

"Who are you bozos!?"

Roxas turned around and summoned his keyblade, to see the cat thing from before behind them.

"I know you." Roxas said.

"Here for the magic lamp, are ya?" he said.

"Magic lamp?" Roxas asked.

"Don't you play dumb with me! That lamp is property of the Great and Mighty Pete! And last I checked, that's me!"

Pet ran at them and attempted to pummel them, but with physical strikes, they seemed evenly matched.

So Roxas and Xion both opted to use magic.

Pete had a trick of his own up his sleeve, as he rolled a glowing purple ball that seemed to home in on Roxas. It was avoidable, which is more than can be said about their magic.

Roxas saw Pete getting groggy, and took that moment to strike him again with the Keyblade.

Pete fell over, right on his back. "Grrrrrr. First I can't find the lamp, now I have ta deal wit you two? It just ain't fair!" Pete got to his feet to throw a temper tantrum, hopping up and down, and caused a mini quake that brought rocks down from the ceiling. "Zoinks! This ain't good!"

Pete ran off, with Roxas and Xion close behind.


Yeah. I don't really have much to say about this one. Sorry. But hey, I uploaded on time!