"well that was no use" Roxas remarked to Lea at their new meeting spot by the marked. They have returned back to the city after their little visit inside the castle.

Lea who has lain down beside Roxas glanced his green eyes to him "I´m sure we find something sooner or later" he tried saying and calm the boy down.

Roxas turned to him "how? You heard Vexen, when destroyed, recreating is not an option" and Lea sat up

with a troubled look in his eyes "it does not means he´s right, even seems lost forever and you can´t reach out, you just have to keep trying"

"what was all that about?" he felt Roxas´s eyes was on him, but he did not want to go into the details, for he might accidently come into the subject about him and Isa.

"do you think the computer has some of the research notes?" Roxas asked instead when he notice Lea wasn´t going to answer and couldn´t help but frown when Lea snorted said "I highly doubt it… I´m surprised that room had survived after Radiant Garden´s fall"

"its fall?"

Lea nodded and explained, trying not to touch the more sensitive stuff from that horrible past "many years ago, Heartless invaded and plunged Radiant Garden into darkness. many did not make it, taken by the Heartless" he sighted added with a faint humorless smile "I was one of them…"

"this world fell into the darkness" Roxas asked in disbelief, he had a hard time seeing this beautiful world plunge into darkness, and hearing Lea was actually talking about his Nobody´s creating was new as well. he always changed the topic when he and Xion had asked too much about it, seems like having a heart does make a change.

"yeah, and in the same time, my Nobody Axel was created" Lea said and chuckled added "and you sort of knows the rest"

Roxas nodded, and yet, there was one thing he did not know "why… did Axel sacrifice himself? I saw him through Sora, you know"

Lea eyes wide slightly and he turned away with a very unsure look. he scratched his neck and muttered "well…" he looked back to Roxas with a faint smile "because it was worth it for the friend he just saved"

Roxas blinked, then he realized that Axel have sacrificed himself for him, he smiled thankfully, still "just, don´t do that again"

Lea laughed and joked with a fake whine "but was sooo much fun~"

"yeah right!"

and soon after they both laughed. They did only stop when one of the guards of the castle arrived.

"you´re needed at the castle" the guard Dilan said with a hash tone. With that said, he turned around and left the two youngsters, not waiting for them to follow.

the two friends nodded to each other and quickly followed Dilan up to the castle.

"you´re Xaldin´s human, right?" Roxas asked, for him this man did look very alike Xaldin, and yet he seemed different. Like Axel was slightly different from Lea.

the guard glanced down to the boy who felt pretty small under the stare "that is correct, I´m Dilan and you do better remember that, boy" he lifted his spear, signing he wasn´t joking.

Roxas sank hard, even as human; Xaldin was hash and not someone to mess around with.

Lea stepped up to the guard with an annoyed frown "easy, or you might break something"

Dilan shot Lea a glare "it´s not him I worry about becoming broken" he said sharp to the red haired who did not even flinch from the threat.

"so, did Zexion send you after us?" Roxas asked, hoping this question would stop these two hostile attitudes towards each other. He did question why though, but then again, Axel and Xaldin never really spoke to each other in the Organization.

Dilan removed his glaring eyes away from Lea who also turned away, the guard looked down to Roxas "it´s Ienzo now and yes, he and the other bearer of the keyblade has some crucial informati— Celine!" he yelled when a young blond woman accidentally bumped into Lea and dropped all her papers. "you should watch where you´re going."

" I´m so sorry!" the woman name Celine cried and almost in panic picked up the papers.

Lea blinked, he has never seen this blond woman before. but from her white coat, he guess she was another apprentice. "here, let me help you" he offered and helped the woman with the papers. He picked up the last and gave them back to her. the woman Celine smiled thankfully to him "thank you" she said sweet, looking right into his eyes with her own grass green. "it was nothing, I´m Lea by the way" Lea said confident as always and added with his favorite catch phrase "got it memorized?"

Celine giggled and asked as she turned his green eyes down to Roxas "and who is this young man?"

Lea smiled down to Roxas as well "it´s—"

"stop flirting with each other" and Lea felt he got whacked over the head by Dilan. The red haired held his hand over the sour spot with a growl and if eyes could kill, Dilan would have been death.

The guard did not see Lea angry glare, he turned to Celine whose head had turned red of embarrassment "you included"

"…sorry" Celine muttered and hugged the papers closer to her chest. She gave Lea one look and with "bye" she went down the other corridor.

"who was she?" Roxas asked Dilan there replied "she´s our newest apprentice, a bit clumsy and timid but she has talents with magic. we should keep moving instead of wasting my time" he eyed Lea who grumpy stared back, muttering annoyed to the guard "…I wasn´t flirting"

Dilan simple snorted as response and he brought them to the computer room, there stood Ienzo and spoke with Sora, Kairi, Ventus and Mickey. Ienzo took a step forward while speaking "Sora, Kairi, Ventus. I thank you receiving the data. Although I think you would find them more useful than I do"

he tapped a few times on the computer keyboard and files popped up "it´s old records of different worlds. Some of them may have information to where to locate Xehanort or some of his vessels"

"vessels?" Roxas asked and Lea explained what a vessel was in this case: a person overtaken by someone else heart, become Xehanort.

"that sounds horrible" Roxas admitted. Ienzo did not say anything to that comment and turned back to the computer "I can transmit the location of the worlds to your Gummiships computer, so you don´t have to return every time for a new world"

"thanks, Ienzo" Kairi thanked the older male who turned his head to her with a single nod. And to Ienzo´s surprise she giggled and added "you´re have become a lot more chatty"

"I´m certainly not more chatty" Ienzo said trying to sound offended even he was more embarrassed, everyone in the room began laughing and he sighted in defeat " never mind"

Mickey was the first who stopped laughing and said when he saw all the worlds on the map "gosh, that´s many worlds" he turned to the others "maybe it´s best we split up and search each a world, even those we have been in before"

Sora nodded with a smile "okay, we can do that. what worlds should we begin with?" he asked and Ienzo gave him the answer by copying some of the worlds to a disk "you can start with these"

Sora took the disk and stared pretty lost at it, he wasn´t known to be good at computers. Ienzo sighted and explained what he needed to do with the disk in a very polite manner, when Sora understood, he and Kairi thanked and told they wanted to join with Riku who was on a mission with Aqua in world called Land of Departure.

Ventus and Mickey decided to go each of their way and because none of them used a Gummiship, Ienzo wrote down a few worlds they could start with and told that they could always return when they have investigated them.

last the young apprentice turned to Lea and Roxas, asking somewhat cheerful "you want to join them as well?"

Lea crossed his arms in thoughts, but seeing Roxas pleading face made the red haired smile and say confident "sure"

and Ienzo gave them some of the worlds location on a disk. Lea took it, nodded to Roxas and both was about to leave like the rest. Then, out from nowhere, big black thorns arrived and trapped the trio inside the computer room.

"Ienzo, what is going on?!" Lea asked the apprentice there, unlike like the two others stood somewhat calm, holding his hand up to his nose. His eyes wide in shock when he got the scent and said in disbelief to Lea "Maleficent"

and Heartless arrived out from the dark thorns. Lea and Roxas called their keyblades and Ienzo summoned his spell book "Maleficent?" Lea asked in disbelief and cut down a Heartless "what is she… crap" he cursed when they heard Kairi call for Sora in a call for help.

"she´s hunting down the princess of pure heart!" Lea turned to Roxas "we need to cut these thorns down!"

"right" Roxas nodded and he and Lea joined together to cut down the thorns of darkness. when free, the two keyblade wielders and Ienzo quickly ran over to Sora who stood in battle stage against Maleficent and Pete who had Kairi trapped.

Mickey and Ventus stood beside Sora, also ready to fight, that made Lea wonder why the witch would even try this when so many Keyblade wielders was around. they could easily defeat her, if not the Evil Fairy had Kairi in her grasp.

"let Kairi go!" Sora yelled in anger against the witch.

"of course, when you fetch me something from King Mickey´s castle" Maleficent said sand smirked down to the mouse king "the king knows what I´m talking about. give me those data and I will let your beloved princess of Heart go"

"and don´t you boozes do anything!" Pete cried with a grin and tighten his grip around Kairi´s neck "we won´t have the princess getting hurt"

Sora cried them to stop, he couldn´t bear seeing Kairi getting hurt "I´ll do it, just… leave Kairi alone!"

Maleficent created a portal, telling the horrified boy as she and Pete left "give me those data's or you will never see her again"

"Sora!" Kairi cried as Pete dragged her into the portal. Sora tried to follow but Maleficent stopped him by sending Heartless at him.

Lea got down his potion of Heartless, quickly realizing that his path was free, so without much thinking, he did something very boldly and stupid.

he jumped into the portal, right before it closed, completely ignoring the others cry not to do it.