A/N: Hey, yo I'm back! I went on a short vacation so yeah.


Chapter Twelve: Chamber of Repose

Xion continues to ride on Roxas' back as he attempts to shake her off. "Get me out of here get me out of here get me out of here, damn it Roxas get me out of here!" She pulls on one of Roxas' spikes as she hears blaring footsteps from the other hall.

"What is that entire racket?"

"WE ARE GOING TO DIE!" Xion blurts out. And in that moment, all hell broke loose.

"Can't you find a single sphere fragment without speaking a word?" A man with steel-blue hair walks towards them.

"Man, Xion, Eraqus looks a lot like Zexion," Roxas speaks out in a sarcastic tone.

Xion peeks out from her hand and gasps in shock. "Oh my god, you look like my doctor!" Zexion chuckles and wipes out an invisible tear from his face. As the laughter from him died, the raven-haired girl narrows her eyes towards the blue-haired man. "What's so funny?"

"First, you believe in those mere rumors. Second, you sound like a banshee. Third, you mistook me for Ienzo."

"What? You do look like Ienzo! And I do not scream like a banshee!"

"My hair is lighter, is it not obvious?"

"No."

Zexion grimaces and walks back towards his business. "Well then, on as you are. We have already searched the entire first and second floors; I'll be taking a short break now. Start searching from the third floor." Axel nods as Zexion leaves them all back to their duty.

"Guess we couldn't go ghost hunting now," Axel states, pouting.

"Right now on with the mission. I get the third floor, Axel gets fourth, and Xion gets fifth," Roxas orders.

"Woah wait I don't wanna go by myself!" Xion exclaims, eye-widened.

"We're all going by ourselves, Xion," Roxas states, facing the girl.

"LIAR! I am not scared!" The raven-haired girl denies.

"I didn't say anything…" Roxas says with a puzzled look.

"I-I uh, am going to look for the sphere fragment!" The two boys chuckle as they watch Xion climb up the long flight of stairs towards the fifth floor.

The raven-haired girl marches across the halls of the fifth floor, mumbling stuff like; "Stupid mission." She opens the first door she stumbles upon and sighs. It was empty, just plain white walls with strange symbols; it went on for 10 more rooms.

"This is so annoying, the rooms are empty," she mumbles, as she places her hand on 11th door knob. Just as she was about to open the door, she hears footsteps. She frantically turns her head and sees a flash of a white and red walking towards the other hall. "What the hell was that?"

Leaving the 11th room, the raven-haired girl decides to follow the mysterious person towards the stairs. As she reaches the sixth floor, she finds grey eyes staring at her from afar. I guess it was a sign for her to keep following, because she did. "Hey, sir, wait!"

As soon as she reached the end of the hall, the man was gone. "Great, where did he go now?" Just as she said this, she heard the clinging of metal along the floor. She looks around, but nothing. She cups her chin, thinking, and finally comes to a conclusion. "I think it was… coming from the seventh floor." With that, he climbs up the long flight of stairs once again, leading to the seventh floor.

Not seeing the man anywhere, she decides to search each room. The rooms were similar from the one in the fifth floor, just white walls and strange symbols. An exception to one room, of course, as the raven-haired girl opens the fifth room she's checking in the seventh floor, she sees a white throne inside. She steps inside the room and finds herself relaxed. Xion steps further in and takes a look on the throne; the words 'Chamber of Repose' were lightly engraved on it.

"Chamber of Repose… what does that mean?" Just as she said this, the door closed.

She turns around and sees the man she's been following. Finally, she got a better look at him. He had black hair that was tied up to a topknot, 2 scars on his face, a mustache, and a reverse-triangular soul patch. He was wearing a red lined haori, which was shorter than usual, light-colored hakama, golden-black metal boots, and armor on his stomach.

Not saying anything, the man reaches his arm up and columns of light appeared from it. The light disappears, and reveals a strange blade. He puts his arm down and walks towards the calm Xion. The raven-haired girl, not hinting a single movement, just stares at the man as he points the keyblade in front of her.

"In your hand, take this Key," he begins, and so Xion does. "So long as you have the makings, then through this simple act of taking, its wielder you shall one day be." Xion stays in her awe-stricken state as a hint of light grows from the blade's tip. The light slowly grows, as Xion stares at it, and it all just fades in to it.

"Xion, Xion, hey, wake up. Don't sleep on me again!" A familiar voice calls out. The girl blinks her eyes open, and comes face-to-face with Roxas. "Thank god you're awake!"

"Urgh, what happened?" She cluelessly asks. Apparently, all memory from Castle Oblivion was gone.

"That's what I was supposed to ask you. First minute you were marching off, next we find you unconscious here," Roxas states.

"Where is here?" She once again mindlessly asks.

"Did you hit your head? Castle Oblivion. Seems like you even found the sphere," Roxas says, pointing at her hand.

"Sphere?" She asks, then putting her hand on face-level, seeing some kind of golden sphere. "What is this?"

"Man, you hit your head pretty hard. Come on." Roxas smiles as he reaches her hand for hers and helps her up.

"My head hurts. Roxas, can you carry me?" Xion mindlessly asks once again, opening her arms, like a baby.

Roxas chuckles at how cute she looks and carries her. Xion rests her head on Roxas' shoulder and slowly drifts off to sleep. The blonde-haired boy smiles as she notices her asleep and carefully carries her back the castle's lobby. "Hey, what happened to her?" Axel curiously asks the boy.

"I don't know, I just found her in a room at the seventh floor and carried her here," Roxas answers.

"What's that on her hand?" Axel asks, looking at Xion's hand and grabs the object.

"Apparently, she found the whole sphere, so basically our mission's done," Roxas answers once again.

"Wow."

Back at the Castle That Never Was, Xion proudly presents the sphere, containing the last Keyblade Wielder's memories, even though having no memory of how she got it. "I don't know, I just woke up in a room with a chair and I was holding it. I guess it's just my luck?" The girl chuckles at herself.

"XIV, please place the sphere here," Xemnas orders, pointing at a contraption connected to a screen. The raven-haired girl nods and places the sphere on it. Number I turns the machine on and sphere glowed. Unfortunately, the screen stayed black. Instead, there was a voice coming from it.

Xemnas rubs his chin in fascination of the Keyblade Wielder's words, and then widens his eyes towards the words.

"I, the physical manifestation of Eraqus, one of the world's only Keyblade Masters, have turned the Land of Departure, in to the Castle Oblivion. Those who attempt to find this sphere shall disappear in to oblivion, unless the one who attempts will be the chosen one to inherit the key."


A/N: God, don't I suck at making those final words thing? I did my best. There's nothing else to be said.