Me: I know. This is a long chapter! So enjoy and please review!

Roxas: I finally get to be in a chapter... Eve doesn't own Kingdom Hearts, only Kizu.

Roxas' Point of View

Day 299: Sora?

Xemnas told me that "Sora" is the connection between me and Xion. But just who exactly is Sora? Nothing makes sense anymore.

I didn't see Kizu for awhile after that day. She said she had work to do.

After that night, I just did what I did everyday before Kizu appeared in my life: mindlessly doing recon and collecting hearts. Days turned into weeks. And weeks turned into a month. Another month and a half passed and I still hadn't heard from her. As each day went by, I started to really realize that she wasn't there. I didn't know her very well, but part of me Mewanted to get to know her, even a little bit more. She reminds me of Xion.

Xion had disappeared too. I wanted to talk to her about the weird dreams I was having about a boy with spiky brown hair who was wearing red clothes but she ran away from the Organization. When I asked Saix about her, he said that she wasn't "worth it" to look for. I tried to talk to Axel about it after my missions but he was never there to meet me at the clock tower. Everything seemed to go downhill.

When Axel finally showed, we decided to look for her but no matter where we looked, she wasn't there. We searched for her everywhere but Castle Oblivion. She was curious about it before but we never got a chance to look there. When we finally decided to go, I passed out the second I walked into the castle and Axel had to get me out.

The day after, Saix assigned Axel and me to kill an imposter in Twilight Town. Turns out, the imposter was also with Xion. I tried to convince her to come back with us but she refused and threatened to attack me. Then, Axel's chakram flew at her and he walked in. They both started to fight and I couldn't do anything at the time. All I could do was yell stop. Xion stopped but then Axel knocked her out and brought her back to the castle. I knew that there could've been another way. Attacking her wouldn't have solved anything… Well, at least Xion is safe here now.

So much has been happening recently that my head feels like it's going to explode. I've been getting weaker too and I can't talk to anyone about it. Axel and Xion seem so distant.. Maybe Kizu will listen…

Another day passed and Saix gave me a mission to go to Neverland, but I decided to see Kizu first. It would've been nice if she went with me. When I reached her doorstep, I knocked on Kizu's bedroom door.

"Uhmm.. Kizu," I said as I knocked, "It's Roxas.."

"Come… in," I heard her say from inside. She sounded either faint.. or tired.

I opened the door and saw her upper body lying on her desk while still sitting on her chair. Her arms were cradling her head as she lie motionless.

"Kizu!" I yelled and ran to her, thinking that she was hurt or dying or.. something. "Are you okay!"

"Mmm," she said, sitting up and rubbing her eyes, "Yeah.. I just fell asleep while working again.."

I sighed in relief then I stared at her, "Wait.. Again?"

"Yeah.. I wind up working real late then pass out from exhaustion," she explained while yawning and covering her mouth.

"That much work to do?"

"Not anymore," she replied, shaking her head, "I just finished it all last night.. or.. this morning."

"Why was she in such a hurry to finish? I asked myself as I looked at her with a shocked expression. "What time did you sleep!"

"Four."

I then stared at her, wide-eyed, "In the… morning?"

She nodded, "I finished off all of my work at least."

I sighed, "Yeah.."

"Why you here anyway?" Kizu questioned.

"I was hoping that I could take you on my mission today.. Now I can't because you might pass out again."

"Let's just go," she replied, standing up and wiping off her Organization coat.

I reluctantly opened up a Corridor of Darkness and muttered, "You better be alright."

"Wait, take this!" she exclaimed, holding out a closed hand.

I reached out my open palm and she dropped a small ring into my hand. It was a plain ring that shone a gentle but mysterious and bright green. "What is it?"

"It's called Dying of the Light. I made it from the Shining Gems you collected for me. It'll protect you."

I put the ring on my finger. A clear shield appeared around my body for a mere second but then it disappeared. "Why did you decide to make a ring except for your elixirs?"

"Well… It's a thank you for taking me to Twilight Town and showing me that view," she answered with a smile.

I smiled back, "By the way, we're going to Neverland. I have to destroy a Phantomtail."

"Neverland? The place where Peter Pan and Tinker Bell live?" she asked.

"You'll see," I said. She walked through and I followed afterward.

I heard a loud scream.

Then I realized that I set the portal to be in the air and she didn't have any magic dust from that fairy to help her fly. As soon as I saw her, I quickly grabbed her hand and flew upward, stopping her from crashing into the blue-gray rocks standing tall in the endless sea.

"W-what the? Why'd you set the portal in midair!" she yelled.

I laughed nervously and responded, "I forgot that you can't fly.."

"Wait.. Fly!" she said, looking back and forth, finally noticing that she was floating. I was holding her hand so that she wouldn't fall but it also made her float. "Wow!" she exclaimed, "How can you fly!"

I chuckled and explained, "A small fairy with a green dress gave me some sparkly yellow dust so that I could help her do something. That dust helped me fly somehow."

She zoned out as I was talking though, looking around and examining her surroundings. It looked like she never had a chance to see a place like this. Other than the rocks, there was also a big, wooden pirate ship nearby. It had a large, golden yellow hull and the rest of it was red. As she was gazing out at the sea, I gently landed the both of us at a nearby rock to see the captain of the ship, who was wearing a flowing red coat with gold lining, white, knee high socks over maroon pants and tucked into his black shoes, and a big red hat with a large feather sticking out of it. He was with his lackey, a short, plump man with a blue and grey stripped shirt, blue shorts, and brown sandals, discussing something.

I put my index finger over my mouth to tell Kizu to be silent and both of us crept closer to hear what they were saying.

"Planning to interfere with me treasure hunt, were you? Well, change of plans! Smee! We're returning to the ship," the taller man declared to Smee, who was holding a small bag that wouldn't stop moving.

"I'm right behind ya, Captain!" Smee responded, "There there, now, Miss Bell. Be a good little pixie for us, won't you?"

"Bell?" I said, watching the two pirates stride to their ship, "Is that her name? They caught her!"

"Shh!" Kizu replied, "That must be Tinker Bell. I've read about her. She helped you fly right?"

"Yea!" I quickly responded.

She then suddenly grabbed my wrist and started running toward the ship, "We have to help her then!"

"But, she doesn't really have anything to do with the mission!" I regretfully yelled after her, trying to keep up.

"She helped you. It's only right to help her too! Plus, if Xemnas or any of the Organization members ask, I can cover for you," she replied, still running. I smiled slightly and we both climbed onto the ship. The entire deck was wooden and had small traces of red. I lead Kizu up some stairs to the door that had a golden skull and crossbones beneath it.

"It's worthless!" I heard the Captain yell from behind the door.

"If you say so sir," Smee responded

"Set a course, Mr. Smee! Take us to the next treasure spot!" the Captain commanded.

"A-aye aye, Captain."

"Sounds like they're inside," I stated, looking at Kizu.

"Let's go in and get your friend then," she said, pulling my wrist again.

But this time, I pulled back, "No wait. They're coming out." I grabbed her wrist and dragged her behind a few boxes nearby. We watched as the Captain and Smee walked out.

"Oh! But what about Tinker Bell?" Smee asked.

"Hmph. Let her get acquainted with her new home — that lamp," the Captain responded, "Look lively, Mr. Smee!"

They both walked off and I said, "Okay, the coast is clear."

"Let's get Tinker Bell then!" Kizu responded, running and opening the door. I followed her and we entered the room to find the little pixie in a rectangular candle lamp, sitting on a large, wooden desk.

I walked over to it, "Just a minute. I'll get you out of there." After I opened the lamp, Tinker Bell quickly flew out. "I'm glad you're okay," I said with a smile.

"You can take care of yourself now, right?" Kizu said with a smile of her own.

"I should get going," I stated and started walking out the door, but the pixie flew in front of me. I saw a small vision of the boy in red again, with Tinker Bell, but ignored it as she flew back to the table and pointed at something. Kizu and I walked back toward the table and watched her do some random arm movements, obviously trying to tell me something. "Um… Sorry, but I don't know what you're saying."

"Wait, there's a map piece," Kizu stated after noticing the small piece of parchment on the table, "There's a red circle on it. Maybe that's where the treasure is."

"And everywhere they dug, Heartless appeared," I added.

"If we dig where the red circles are, we might find the target," Kizu concluded.

"Let's find more pieces of the map then," I said as I started checking the right side of the cabin, "You look on the other side."

Tinker Bell watched as Kizu and I scrambled to find more pieces of the map. The side I was checking consisted of a small piano to the left corner and a red couch placed in front of windows that showed the night sky above it. Behind a couch cushion was another map piece. After a few minutes, we met up in the middle. Kizu and I had both found one more piece each.

"That should be enough for now," Kizu stated and took to two map pieces in my hands, "I'll hold on to them."

"Okay. Hey Tinker Bell," I said, "Could you help Kizu fly? We need to look at the spots marked on the map pieces." The little pixie nodded and circled around her a few times, sprinkling golden dust.

"Thank you. You should be more careful now, okay?" Kizu added. Tinker Bell nodded and then flew off somewhere as Kizu and I walked out of the room and toward the rocks again. "How does the pixie dust work anyway?"

"I'm not so sure," I replied, "I felt like I've done it before though…"

"Well, logically speaking, people shouldn't be able to fly in the first place."

I floated up into the air and asked, "What is this then?"

Her mouth gaped open just slightly as she stared at me with pure amazement in her eyes before she quickly shook her head and snapped herself out of the minor trance, "How can I fly then?"

"I don't know… It's like my body remembers it so I can't actually teach you."

"Then why did you tell Tinker Bell to give me pixie dust?" Kizu sighed.

"I was thinking that you would be able to learn on your own, like I did. I guess I'll just pull you around," I responded, taking her wrist and flying higher into the air. "Why don't you believe in flying anyway? How can you explain what's happening right now?"

"I just don't…" she said, trailing off into her own thoughts.

I flew toward the rocks and carefully landed us on one of the spots marked on the map. After striking the ground with my Keyblade, a small, wooden treasure chest was unearthed.

"I wonder what's inside," the momentarily naïve girl stated, reaching for the box. After seeing the darkness emanating, I quickly grabbed her forearm and pulled her back.

"Careful," I murmured. She looked back at me bewildered as the Heartless appeared, floating gleefully in the air with their cone like blue and grey striped bodies, sky blue wizard's hats, and small round balls of darkness between them that had two yellow eyes. "Stay put; I'll deal with them."

"What are you-?" she started to ask, but stopped herself mid-sentence after turning her head around and seeing the Heartless. Her originally peeved look became crestfallen.

I quickly flew up to the weak, magic based Turquoise Marches and hit them with my Kingdom Key until they vanished into darkness and released crystallized hearts. After the dozens were destroyed, just a few more appeared and a large, purple and black Heartless also materialized. It had a heavy jaw and small, yellow eyes. Its black talons were hooked while the wings also had three hooks at the end of them; the Heartless emblem was clearly seen on its torso.

I instantly realized that the birdlike monster was actually the Phantomtail I was looking for. As I was dazed and thinking, the nimble Heartless dived at me but as it was about to come into contact, a clear shield appeared and lowered the attack's force. Still, it knocked me back a good distance and I almost lost my footing on the rock. I then slashed at it, making it leap far backward and land on the rock Kizu was still frozen on.

The Heartless then set its sights on the weaker one of us two, Kizu. I saw her stumble away from the Heartless but because the rock was small, she didn't get very far. She turned around to see the Phantomtail dive at her full speed and ducked with both her hands covering her head. The blunt force of the attack was avoided, but because of the speed, the wind pushed her backward and she lost her footing. As this was happening, I flew as quickly as I could to help her, but before I could reach her…

She fell.