Chapter 12.

Disclaimer: Nope not yet. Cant get my hands on Kingdom Hearts.

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"Why would you say that Xemnas?" Axel pleaded, his emotions ever obvious in his eyes.

"..." Xemnas didn't answer.

"He was tricking them." Roxas cut in. "You were just trying to let Sora sneak inside their group so he could take them down from the inside out. Right Xemnas."

Namine sat silent in the corner. She held her head between her knees. An endless stream of tears flew from her eyes. She had completely shut down. She couldn't feel anything. She wasn't sure of anything anymore. She had become little more than a ghost in a shell at this point.

"You children are so naive." Xemnas spoke at last. "You honestly think you were ever their friends. Fools, you have no friends. As for why you guys are so positive that you were Sora's friend. Thank Namine over there. Shes the one who holds the ability to manipulate memories. I ordered her to manipulate both your memories, and then had her manipulate her own. This was the best and easiest way to get my hands on Sora. I now have everything I need, all the pieces of my plan are beginning to fall into place. It is nearly ready."

"What do you mean?" Roxas asked. "You were using us?"

"He was what?" Axel shouted.

"Don't be so foolish." Xemnas grinned. "Did you three actually think you were important? Of course I used you, just like I used the others. You should know by now Sora is the key. Only he is the one I care to keep around longer.

"What do you mean by the others?" Roxas examined the contents of his response.

"Oh please." Xemnas chuckled. "You don't really think four or five people would attempt to overthrow the organization do you? Even from the inside, there were none stupid enough to do that. I used them then like I am using you guys now. I quickly got their worth out of the way and disposed of them. Your lucky I am feeling generous today, your fate will not be as grim as the ones who came before you. I'm going to let you leave. I have no need for you anymore. My plans are almost complete. "Oh and on your way out..."

"What?" Roxas and Axel spoke their fear and anger.

"Take that empty shell with you." Xemnas answered pointing towards Namine.

"You fucking bastard." Axel Yelled as he looked at Namine then back at Xemnas. "I thought she was your favorite? She did everything you asked. Now your treating her like shes less than dirt."

"You test my patience." Xemnas shot back. "I will answer this one last question. Then if your not out of here by the time I count to XIII...your dead. The reason is because she is no longer useful to me. None of you are. Did you think id share it with the likes of you? Before this all ends you, Sora's group of friends, and anyone else who can get in my way...will die. Now I...II...III...IV...V."

At this point Roxas and Axel were running as fast as possible while carrying the empty Namine. There were things they didn't quite understand though. Why didn't Xemnas just kill them right then and there? Why did he let them go? Why go through so much trouble to get Sora, just to give him right back? What is he planning exactly? And what is the THING he doesn't wish to share with the 'likes of us'? What ever it was it couldn't be good. They only knew of one person who might help them. Sora, there was a reason he needed Sora, if they got Sora to help them maybe they could stop Xemnas for good.

Memories began to flow into their brains. Namine's Ability had been reverted and all their old memories were coming back. They couldn't believe what they were, everything they had done. They couldn't believe that after everything they would be thrown away like this.

But one thing that scared them. The only times a spell is reverted like this. Is if the caster wishes it to be so, in which case Namine woke up. Which would be good, but the second solution...in which case the caster...DIES. They stopped in their tracks and looked down to Namine's cold and unmoving body.

---------------------------Meanwhile back at the island.

"Ok Sora." Kairi began. "You know what heartless and nobodies are, and you know how they are created. Now this is something you may not remember. You were at one point turned into a heartless. Remember?"

"I...I just don't know." Sora replied. "It's all so ha..z...y...wait. If I was turned into a heartless, then that means."

"Yes." Riku answered for him. "You have a nobody."

"And your nobody." Kairi finished. "Is Roxas."

"What?" Sora seemed even more confused. "But in the time I knew him. He was a good guy, theres no way he can be bad."

"Thats not all." Kairi interrupted. "I need to finish. You were turned into a heartless to protect me. My heart was taken, but unlike all others, my body didn't disappear because I am one of the seven princesses. This means that I was sort of turned into a heartless but didn't and never had a nobody form from my discarded body. Thats where you came in, you sacrificed yourself. You became a nobody, and your body disappeared. Thats when your nobody was created. I was able to bring you back to the light, you turned from a heartless back into a human...which never happens."

"It just proves how strong his heart is." Riku added in.

"Somewhere between that interaction of me not having a heart and you becoming a heartless something went wrong. Since my body didn't disappear, and you were able to come back to us. I believe my nobody was created with the imprint of my heart but the rebuild of your body. Roxas and Namine they are our nobodies. And Riku, I'm sure you noticed..."

Namine spoke looking in Riku's direction

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"Well now that you mention it." Sora trailed off.

"Wait." Riku retorted. "You cant be implying that I was turned into a heartless."

"Almost, you didn't technically turn into a heartless." Kairi explained. "When Xehanort's Heartless took over your body, your heart got lost in the darkness. You essentially lost your heart. Your heartless, it was most likely the evil you that we had to fight against. Your heart like Sora's is strong so you could of came back to the light. But the combination of being a forced transformation into a heartless and yourself choosing the darkness as your power, it couldn't revert. Thus there were essentially two heartless in one body. Just one became lost. Since your body and heart were behind Xehanort's heartless when he died his body became the vessel for your nobody, but it was your heart that was copied. Riku's nobody is a combination of himself and Xehanort, whereas mine is a combination of me and Sora.

"That makes...NO sense at all." Riku admitted. "None whatsoever."

"Well at least I'm trying." Kairi argued. "This stuff isn't basic math you know. It's kind of hard."

"Ya, ya. I was joking, geez." Riku laughed.

"O...k?" Sora spoke up tilting his head from side to side. "I think...i might know what you said...maybe."

"Yea maybe." Riku replied. "MAYBE NOT."

Sora merely stuck out his tongue towards Riku and Riku mimicked him. Kairi wondered when they would grow up. Riku seemed mature but when he was around Sora, all the maturity slowly but surely left him.

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"HEEEEEEEY. SOOOOOOOORAAAAAAAAAA." An unknown voice shouted.

"What is Axel doing here?" Sora responded.

All three of them ran outside the hut to notice three nobodies running closer and closer to them. There was no time to think.

"They might be here to finish us off." Riku growled.

In a swift action Kairi and Riku attacked the intruders from the right and left, hoping to catch them off guard.

"NO." Sora called out to everyone who would hear. "I still can't believe they are my enemies."

"It's...cause...were...not." Roxas shot out between dodging the attacks coming from Riku.

"We were being used." Axel shouted, while trying to keep the crazy Kairi from killing him. He couldn't keep his guard down for an instant. "This is all some giant part of Xemnas' plan. He was using everybody."

"Are you going to fall into these lies again?" Riku snorted.

"They are NOT lying Riku." Sora shouted at him. "I know they are not lying."

Kairi stopped advancing on her opponent in order to speak.

"Are you be positive on this." Kairi asked sincerely, concern practically written on her face.

"Yes, I am." Sora answered. "I'm positive, they are telling the truth."

"Then I'm choosing to believe Sora." Kairi replied.

All the fighting stopped and everyone looked at each other.

"Fine." was Riku's reply. "I will believe what Sora believes."

There was silence for a few seconds and a sad expression crossed Sora's face.

"Guys, where is Namine?" Sora questioned, obvious concern in his voice.

"Well" Axel started.

Everyone turned to notice a figure approaching them.

"Shes slow." Roxas finished. "And she told us she would be okay walking by herself."

Namine caught up with everyone and started panting.

"Sorry guys." Namine apologized. "I suppose I still don't have my full energy back yet."

"What happened?" Sora spoke, still concerned.

"Well it turns out, Namine went into a certain stage of shock upon hearing we were your enemies." Roxas explained. "She apparently subconsciously suspended her self in a Vegetable like state, and threw away her memories so that she wouldn't be in such pain. To put it bluntly, she would rather die than oppose you in any way."

-flashback-

"Roxas, is she dead?" Axel asked worried.

Roxas placed his hear up to her chest. He could hear a heartbeat so he knew she wasn't dead. It was more like a suspended death.

"No shes not dead." Roxas answered.

"Then wake her up." Axel snorted. "Were busy."

"And how do you want me to do that." Roxas shot back.

"Gosh, I have to do everything myself." Axel said sarcastically.

SMACK

"Hey...wh...who slapped...me." Namine woke up in a daze.

"Look." Roxas shouted. "You made her cry?"

"Well, at least shes awake." Axel responded. "Remember, were trying to recruit Sora to our cause."

"Sora!?!.." Namine spoke as the tears stopped. "We are going to fight alongside Sora again!"

"Of course." Roxas answered her. "We were never his enemy so don't worry yourself"

"Thanks Roxas." Namine giggled.

-end flashback-

Roxas finished his statement staring at Sora.

"Thank you Namine." Sora spoke. "But I want you to know. It would only hurt me to know your hurt. I couldn't live with myself knowing you got hurt, especially if it was on my account. Even if we were enemies, I could never hurt you. I guess you could say, your my weakness."

"Enough with the lovey dovey stuff." Axel shouted. "We have work to do, remember Roxas?"

"I know." Roxas began. "We came here so we could make a stand against Xemnas."

"The bastard is going to get his just desserts." Axel finished.

"I want to go wherever Sora is going." Namine giggled.

Namines response included her glomping Sora, with no sign of letting go.

"Way to go lover boy." Riku approved.

"Hey." Sora continued. "Don't say those things, its not like that....well..its... complicated alright, geez."

"It's okay Sora." Kairi accepted. "You two look good together."

"Well thats all nice and all." Axel cut in. "But do I need to remind you we have a war on our hands? What are we going to do?"

"Xemnas has five others like us. Including himself that makes six..." Roxas showed of his impressive mathematical skills. "That means we have to fight one each. Do you guys think you can handle it?"

Roxas last statement was focused on the two girls. They only got flustered at this.

"WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES." Both girls shouted in unison, before huffing and looking away.

"Ok then lets go." Sora stated. "Theres no better chance than now while the iron is still hot."

"You sure?" Roxas replied sarcastically. "Striking while iron is hot will surely bend it easy. But if you let it cool down to a cold enough temperature that it freezes, we could shatter it completely.

"It was a figure of speech." Sora responded annoyed. "Besides we don't have the luxury of time on our hands."

"I agree." Riku stated. "We need to head out as quickly as possible."

"It seems..." Roxas confirmed. "We leave now."

The whole gang agreed with the terms. They were heading for war. And if any one of them couldn't hold there own with at least one of the enemy. There plan would surely fail, and theres no telling what would come of this failure.

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