A/N: I'm back and here's another chapter. I hope you like it. I'm not so sure I do. Anyway. Hope you like it.
"What? So she just disappeared?" Sora shouted. He pulled at his hair and groaned. "Why did she leave?" Kairi asked in a whisper. Axel rubbed his eyes and sighed heavily. "I don't know. She just left. Looks like the old Xion is back." Axel sighed again and looked up at the other two from his seat on the floor. "So what do we do now? Xion was our key to finding Spade and the others." Sora groaned again. Kairi watched the two boys think and come up blank. "You two are hopeless. We need a plan." Kairi shouted. "We could go back to Hallow Bastion and check out the computer again." Sora suggested. "That's always your idea Sora. The last couple of times we did that we ended up with nothing." Kairi stated, placing her hands on her hips. "Ok so what's your idea then?" Sora shot back. "Simple we go to where this all started." Kairi announced. Axel and Sora exchanged a look before turning back to Kairi. "Which is?" Axel asked. "Titan City, Noi's hometown." Kairi replied as if that should be the obvious answer. "Ok I get lost every time you mention Noi. Who is she exactly and what does she have to do with Xion?" Axel asked. Kairi opened her mouth to answer but paused. "I . . . don't actually know the whole story." Kairi admitted sheepishly.
"Do you think he'd show up here, shadow?" Xion asked as the wandered the abandoned streets of Twilight Town. Shadow shook his head as he crawled along side her. Xion stopped walking and glanced around the area. "Then why are we even here? Where is Spade going to hide? Think, think, think." Xion glanced down at Shadow. "Any ideas?" Shadow shook his head causing Xion to sigh and collapse to the ground in defeat. "This is hopeless." She whined and wiped her face with her forearm. "We've been wondering worlds for hours. Why can't we figure this out?" Xion sat up and punched the concrete. Shadow tilted his head to the side and waited for her to pull herself back together. "Fine, let's check out the mansion one more time then we'll move on." Shadow nodded and followed Xion out of the town center.
Axel and Sora followed Kairi as she led them through Hallow Bastion. "I'm telling you this computer isn't going to tell us anything." Kairi repeated for what seemed like the hundredth time. "We're not here for the computer." Sora shouted in frustration. "We're not?" Kairi and Axel asked at the same time. "We're here to see Merlin. If he can't tell us anything then we have to go talk to Master Yen Sid." Sora explained. "And what exactly are we trying to figure out?" Axel asked. "We need to find out about this Noi person, if we do then maybe we'll be able to find her world and save Naminѐ and Riku." Sora smiled and gave Axel thumbs up. "You know kid; your positive attitude is giving me a headache." Axel muttered. "How can we be so sure that Spade will even be there?" Kairi asked. Sora shrugged. "It's just a feeling I have." Axel and Kairi stopped and deadpanned. "You're going through all this trouble, because of a 'feeling' you have?" Axel asked. Sora nodded. The two red heads sighed heavily and continued towards Merlin's house.
"If you say so." Kairi muttered. Axel turned to Kairi as they followed Sora. "You're just going to trust him? He could get us killed or worse." Kairi glanced over at Axel. "What's worse than dying?" She asked with a slight giggle. "I don't know. Just answer the question." Axel demanded. "Yeah, of course I trust him. I mean come on, he is the Keyblade barer." Kairi smiled at Axel's grimace. "Hey!!!" Axel and Kairi faced forward again and realized they had already arrived at Merlin's. "If you too are done, maybe we should get moving on this plan." Sora shouted. "Ah yes, your master plan." Axel called back to the brunette. Kairi suppressed a giggle and Sora glared at Axel as he headed inside.
Xion found the library completely trashed when she made her way into the mansion. Shadow may have been able to crawl through the wreckage easily, but Xion was struggling. "Shadow, have you found the entrance yet?" Shadows head popped up from under a pile of books and nodded. Xion nodded back and waded through books to reach the pile Shadow had disappeared in. Once she was there and she had cleared away several books she was able to find an entrance to the lower levels. Xion dropped through to the underground room and headed in the direction of the pod room. "Shadow, keep an eye out for Naminѐ and Riku." She called as the little creature took off around the corner. Xion glanced from pod to pod but couldn't find any sighs of her friends. "Where did you hide them Spade?" she muttered under her breath as she checked the last pod in the row. "Shadow, have you found anything?" Xion shouted into the empty space. There was no reply and Shadow didn't show up. "Shadow?" Xion called again as she made her way around the corner.
Xion stepped into a large open area with one pod standing in the middle. "Sora." She muttered. Xion's eyes were glued to the white pod until her eye caught the small flash of black behind the pod. Xion glanced down to see Shadow's head stand out against the contrasting whiteness of the room. "There you are. Did you find anything, Shorty?" Shadow glanced up at the pod. "Really? Someone's in there?" Shadow nodded. Xion breathed in deeply and held her breath as she placed a hand on the pod. The pod seemed to crack as a shockwave ran from the tips of Xion's fingers into the pod. The pod began to open and Xion took a few steps back to see who was inside. Her eyes widened when she spotted a figure inside. A cold feeling entered Xion's body as she stared up into the pod and saw herself floating in the middle. "What the…" Xion stared up at her clone in the pod. It started to move and suddenly its eyes shot open. "You!" A voice shouted breaking Xion from her trance. Xion took a step back and was forced to the ground by the figure. She blinked a few times and when she focused them she saw her clone's image disappear. In its place was a very angry Riku.
"Merlin I've already heard all of that Nobody stuff. I just want to know about this particular Nobody. I know you and Yen Sid are kind of tight so we were wondering if you could explain things for us." Sora said as he sat on the table in the middle of the room. Kairi sat in the chair next to the table and Axle leaned up against the nearest wall. They all stared intently at Merlin as he glanced about the room looking at everything but the eyes of these three teens. Finally Merlin sighed in defeat and watched the floor.
"This 'Xion' Nobody is different from the other Nobodies. She was made up of memories and wasn't actually a Nobody. I believe that when those heartless brought her back they needed something for Xion's memories to stick to." Sora sat with a dumb look on his face while the other two contemplated what Merlin said. "So for Chris and Melony to bring Xion back they need a something for her to come back too?" Kairi asked. Merlin nodded. "Exactly, the heartless needed a vessel." Axel nodded. "Yeah and that vessel came from Titan City." Axel stated. Merlin nodded back.
"Those two lied to Xion and told her that the city didn't exist outside of her mind. Then to make matters worse they confronted her with Spade. She doesn't know who she is. Noi, Xion, they might be the same person." Merlin paused to think allowing Axel to jump in for a second. "So are you saying they might not be?" Merlin shook his head. "Roxas and Sora aren't the same person, but at the same time they are." Sora shook his head. "You sound like the Cheshire Cat." Merlin chuckled. "Well my boy, that's how this works. It may not make sense to you but it's Xion we need to worry about. I've discussed all of this with Master Yen Sid and I'm pretty sure we've figured it out thanks to that young, blond girl. You see Melony and Chris had Xion reborn. The character Noi grew up in Titan City in less than three days. The memories she had of there were all implanted. Xion is a real nobody now. Her somebody is still inside her somewhere." Merlin explained.
"So what did Spade do to her?" Kairi asked. "He suppressed Noi. With her out of the way, Xion's memories were unguarded. He simply pulled a few strings and he had his own puppet." Sora cupped his chin and tried to think hard. "Then what broke her out of it?" He asked. Merlin thought for a minute. "A strong emotion. Nobodies aren't supposed to feel, but if Xion remembered a feeling, then Noi would become stronger." Merlin explained. "So what 'emotion' was she thinking of?" Axel asked. "It had to be a strong one if it was able to break Spade's hold on her." Kairi answered. Sora suddenly broke out in a fit of laughter. "What?" Kairi and Axel asked at the same time. Sora turned to them as he wiped tears from his eyes. "A strong emotion. Axel. Xion." Sora stuttered between laughing fits. Axel seemed to understand though and his face grew red. "Shut up you little brat." Axel reached forward to grab Sora but the brunette jumped out of the way. "Axel calm down. What's gotten into you?" She asked seeing as she was the only one in the room who hadn't guessed what Sora had been talking about. Sora caught his breath and spoke again. "She loves Axel." Sora explained. Kairi turned to Axel and smiled. "Axel glared at her then looked away sharply. "Oh forget Sora he's a jerk. It's ok Axel. You two are friends. If it comes to that it just does but we'll cross that bridge when we get there." Kairi explained as she walked over to Axel and placed an arm around his shoulder. "Since when am I in therapy?" Axel asked sarcastically, brushing off Kairi's arm.
"Xion and I are just friends so can you two shut up long enough for us to hear the rest of the story?" Sora and Kairi nodded slowly before turning back to Merlin. "So what next old man?" Axel asked. "Spade will destroy Noi if he gets a hold of Xion. If that happens Xion will die." Axel's eyes widened in fear. He couldn't lose another friend. Xion was all he had, even if she didn't feel the same way he did. "What does Spade want with Riku and Naminѐ?" Sora asked. "He wants them for the Twilight power. The power to destroy Kingdom Hearts and the rest of the universe is what he truly desires." Sora stared at Merlin in surprise. "So he can take over the universe with this power?" Merlin nodded. "Xion is inside out at the moment. Spade is confusing her. With her strength and control over the keyblade he can get everything he wants." Merlin explained. "So she's in danger. If we find her we can find Riku and Naminѐ." Axel stated and his friends nodded.
"Riku." Xion whispered. Riku held Xion's hands down on either side of her head. Xion winced as Riku kneed her in the side. "Where's Naminѐ?" He shouted. Xion stared into Riku's eyes in complete silence. "Where is she?!" Riku asked again. Xion opened her mouth but no sound escaped. " Well?" Riku asked a third time. "She…Spade has her…I think." Xion stuttered. "Spade. You handed her over to Spade?" Riku asked. Xion nodded mutely. "Why? Why did you betray us? I want to know what you were thinking when you…" Xion cut him off. "I was lost. Spade told me it was the right thing to do. I didn't believe him but it was all I could do. I think it's fair." Xion shouted back. "Excuse me? How is any of this fair?" Xion glared at Riku. "I lost my best friends now you can lose yours." Xion shot back.
Riku froze for a second as he watched tears appear in Xion's eyes. "Xion." Riku whispered softly. "What?" Xion shouted in frustration. "I'm sorry, for what happened, but I need to get Naminѐ back. Please, help me." Riku asked. Xion closed her eyes. "I don't know where she is. I was hoping to find you both together. I'm sorry for what I said." Xion explained. Riku nodded and finally released Xion's hands. "I'm sorry too." Riku said as Xion rubbed her sore arms and side. Xion shook her head. "It's fine, now we're even." Xion sighed and looked around for her little partner. "Shadow?" She called. Riku looked at her confused. "Who's Shadow?" Xion smiled. "He's my partner." Xion stated as a small heartless appeared from behind the pod. "There he is. Riku don't attack him." Xion ordered sternly as the silver haired boy tensed. The heartless crawled towards them and into Xion's lap. "I think he's scared of you." Xion laughed as Shadow waved a clawed hand at Riku. "Whatever. Come on let's go." Riku stood up and offered Xion a hand. "We need to find Sora and the others." Riku stated as Xion stood up. "No. We can't all go together. You can go back to the others but I'm going with Shadow to find Naminѐ and stop Spade." Riku stared at Xion in surprise. "But…" Xion shook her head. "Sorry Riku." Xion lifted her hand and opened a portal. Riku grabbed the wrist of Xion's outstretched hand and pulled her to face him. "You're not going to ditch me here. I'm coming with you." Riku demanded. Xion sighed and nodded before yanking her hand free and stepping into the portal with Riku right behind her.
A/N: Yay Riku's back. I really hope that cleared up the whole Noi, Xion, thing. If not sorry. It's basically Noi is Xion's somebody the same way that Sora is Roxas's somebody. Anyway review. I'll get to the important stuf soon. Hope you like it.
My other stories is lost. I'm working on it and I'm sorry for those of you that really like it because I'm not sure when I can get an update for you. I'm trying so... Sorry again. But I'll work promise. Cya
