Chapter 12: Destiny and Memory

"This…this can't be!" said the Chilly Academic.

The blonde haired teenager ran over to the ice crystal where his two keyblades, Oathkeeper and Oblivion, were lodged in. He grabbed them, slashed through the ice crystal cutting it into pieces, and shot an orange light at it, immediately destroying the ice as Axel landed on the ground dropping his chakrams and breathing heavily. "Axel! Are you okay?" said the teenager.

Axel looked up at the blonde haired teenager just like Vexen was: utter surprise. "Roxas? Is that you?" Axel asked.

"Yeah. It's me," said Roxas in his clothes he wore in Twighlight Town.

"How'd…how are you here?"

"Couldn't you ask yourself the same question?"

Axel gave a small chuckle. "Touché."

Sora than slowly got up to his feet. "Roxas?" Sora said, socked as well.

Vexen than got up to his feet. "You can't be here Roxas. You're unlike any nobody; you returned to your original self. And when you return to your original self, you can't leave that somebody, or it would cause death to both of you!"

"Look who's talking Vexen," said the Key of Destiny. "You shouldn't be here yourself. If what you're saying is true, then none of the three of us should be here, as well as the rest of the Seekers."

"How do you know about-"

"When I was with Sora, I could everything that was around him. Thanks to Axel, I know about you Soulz and how you've returned with some other goal, which gave me an idea: Why don't I return as a Soulz?"

"Impossible!" said the Chilly Academic. "We never returned to original selves nor brought back our hearts. You had both, and therefore need to stay with that heart and original self."

"Amazing Vexen. I would think you would catch on," said Axel trying to return his body temperature back to normal, still somewhat weak.

"Like what?" yelled Vexen.

"Roxas and I really different if you think about it," Sora said. "I mean, we may have the same heart and all, but we're different, meaning our souls are different."

"Which is why I'm here," Roxas said reading himself with Oathkeeper and Oblivion. "So what'll it be Vexen? Run, or die?"

"I have come too far to not let you die. I'll just kill you all instead!"

Vexen went to slash at Roxas with an icicle blade, but Roxas simply dodged it by jumping over him, his keyblades flinging at Vexen's head. The attacks were blocked by Vexen's arm shields, but it made him lose his balance. Roxas than landed behind him and slashed at the back of Vexen's blue coat ripping it and causing a gash in the letter of an X in Vexen's back. The Chilly Academic cried out in pain, and rammed into Roxas with a shield. Roxas got knocked over, but he simply pushed Vexen off with his feet, sending Vexen on the ground and Roxas placed the two keyblades up to Vexen's throat. "Dang, you're even easier than when we used to train back in the Organization," Roxas jested.

Vexen breathed heavily. "You have not seen the last of me. The Seekers are far more powerful than you realize. When we reach our goal, nothing will be able to stop us, nothing."

And with that, he disappeared in a blue portal, Roxas not attempting to go after him. "Chicken," Roxas said to himself.

Sora and the Flurry of Dancing Flames walked up to Roxas. "So, you're your own person now?" Sora asked.

Roxas shrugged. "I know as much as you do, literally."

Axel shook his head. "Unfortunately, I don't think there's a permanent way to keep you yourself Roxas. You don't have your own heart, although you may have your own soul."

"So neither of you are nobodies, but now just living souls?" Sora asked.

"Exactly," Axel said.

"Yeah, I mean, I should be able to be myself, but you'll probably feel a little…different," Roxas said.

"Well, what now?" Axel asked.

"We'd better check on the others," Sora said. "We left them back Merlin's house."

The three than jogged back into the city area of Radiant Garden to seen no more sprayers around town. "Looks like they're all gone," said Axel.

"You think it's because Vexen left?" Sora asked.

"Nah, probably most of them were put to rest by the others," said Roxas.

Suddenly, a sprayer flew down from above in front of the three. "Whoa!" Sora said taking out the Kingdom Key.

Before he could even attack the Soulz, something flew also from above and impaled the sprayer. The sprayer moaned and disappeared. In its place, Sora saw an unfamiliar keyblade. It had several designs across its hilt and blade, as if whoever forged it had no idea how to make it. It was mainly yellow with several spots green, pink, and white along its hilt. A small yellow nobody sign hanged from the key chain on the hilt, the "key" part of the blade looked like a small anvil. "A keyblade?" Roxas asked.

"I see you're all okay," said a girl's voice.

The three turned around to Kairi with her keyblade out standing next to a girl that looked almost like her, except for the blonde hair. "Namine!?" they all said at once.

"Roxas?" Kairi said.

"It seems you got separated as well," Namine said as she walked between them and picked the keyblade out from the ground.

"I guess why don't have to figure out how Namine's here," said Axel.

"Well, some ice Soulz came and attacked us, and it was about to freeze Riku and the King when I had this weird feeling," Kairi started to explain.

"I couldn't just watch, so I came as a Soulz and stopped it with Artist's Touch," Namine said balancing the keyblade in he hand.

"Predictable," Axel thought out loud.

"Where are the others?" Sora asked.

"Back at Merlin's. Leon and the others are there too!"

So after returning to Merlin's house, exchanging names, and telling about Samen showed them of the Crossroad, Leon leaned against the wall. "So, these Seekers are after Kingdom Hearts, supposedly after this thing that destroys worlds?"

"But why would Sephiroth want the Royal Scroll," Tifa asked.

Roxas shrugged. "Who knows?"

"Welp, we've got no other choice than to start looking for those last pieces of the Royal Scroll," said King Mickey.

"And this keyblade weilder of darkness," said Riku.

"But worlds will we go to?" Sora asked.

"Well you see, that's why his majesty sent a letter to you," Goofy said.

"After we found out about the Seekers, we got these weird readings on the gummi ship!" Donald said.

"I looked at them when we were waiting for you to come back, and it seems to be some kind of magical beacon, possibly from pieces of the Royal scroll," Merlin said.

"What! We won't have enough time. The Seekers are probably are already trying to get Kingdom Hearts!" Axel said.

"Well, you could go in teams," Cid said. "I got two extra gummies out back you can use!"

"Thanks Cid!" said Sora.

"Welp, me, Riku, and Roxas will go here!" said King Mickey pointing to an unknown world.

"I'll take Kairi and the duck here," Axel said pointing to another world.

"It's Donald Duck!"

"Whatever."

"I guess that leaves use three at this place," Sora said to Namine and Goofy pointing at another planet.

"Hey," Balthier said. "Good luck to you."

"We might need it," said Riku running to a gummi ship behind Merlin's house.

Roxas- Sora's nobody, now returning as a Soulz. Still fights with Oathkeeper and Oblivion. He also can use a soul magic attack which creates orange light blasts. Roxas first appeared in Kingdom Hearts II.

Namine- Kairi's nobody, now returning as a Soulz. She fights with the keyblade Artist's Touch. She can lob he keyblade far distances like a javelin, and can also act like a pencil to create certain magic spells. Namine first appeared in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

Yes, Roxas and Kairi return. I only thought it was fair since Kairi wields a keyblade that Namine could too. She has a special ability with it, but you'll see it in the future. First Disney World up next! No clue when it'll be up. Thanks for reading. I'll see you on the next chapter.

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