Key2DestNE: Hey everybody, welcome to the next chapter of Roxas's Story! *waves*
DarkFoxKit: Hey, uh… for those of you who had seen our last chapter, mind taking a look at the AN again? Key and I revised it together since it was too lonely with just me.
Key2DestNE: Eheheh… Yeah, sorry I wasn't on before everybody- had writer's block. *mutters under his breath* Still do, technically, but DarkFoxKitten wouldn't take no for an answer on this…
DarkFoxKit: STOP CALLING ME KITTEN! I WAS SCRATCHED BY A CAT SO SHUT IT! *pushes Key off the cliff* … Don't worry, it's only a prop! Anyways… yeah, check them out, we answered a few more questions with better clarity. But now we're going to talk about THIS chapter here… at the bottom.
Key2DestNE: Yeah, not much to say this time. Still getting over my fanboy hype from the previous chapter, so I guess now we'll see you all at the bottom! *waves* Oh, and we don't own Kingdom Hearts, at ALL. That's Square Enix and Disney, complain to them that this didn't happen- the only thing that's ours are the unique boss fights and how Roxas fits into the BBS storyline!
Chapter 13: Escapade
Roxas then heard some blasting going on in another room, and suddenly 626 himself busted out of the door! "626!?"
The little blue alien waved at him, grinning happily. "Roxas!" Then he tilted his head to the side, as if gesturing the boy to follow, before he began to scamper forward.
Roxas smiled as he hurried after 626, hoping he'll take him to the intruder. Working with the little alien, he figured it'll be easy to take on whoever it was like this since they took down Gantu together. The two did have to fight a few Unversed along the way, but nothing they couldn't handle, and soon, they stopped near the center of the ship.
"More Unversed!" Roxas pointed out. 626 said something in his alien language, and the two dispatched it at the same time… and landed in front of another familiar boy, surprising both Roxas and the look alike. "Wha!?"
The boy blinked in shock, both of them nearly falling on their butts at the surprising meet-up. "W-what the!? Roxas? What the heck are you doing here?"
"Ventus!? Why the heck are you here!?" Roxas asked in shock at the exact same time Ven did.
626 chuckled, seeming to find this quite amusing, before he said, "Ven? Aq...u… a… Terra… Roxas!"
Ven blinked in surprise, bending down to look at the alien. "Huh? You know Terra and Aqua?" Then he paused, glancing at Roxas. "Well… then again, you were traveling with Roxas- I shouldn't be that surprised."
"Wait, wait, wait… why are you here, Ven?" Roxas asked again, still confused as to why his apparent twin was even here in the first place. Did he trigger the intruder alert? … Well at least it's Ven and not Vanitas, I had enough of those tough battles for one day.
The young look alike frowned, glancing around. "I… might've accidentally caused a huge Unversed to latch onto this ship- so I'm trying to find it before it does any more damage!"
"You did WHAT!?" Roxas shouted at his face. "Ugh… if it's not one thing it's another!"
Ven huffed, crossing his arms. "Hey, it's not my fault the Unversed snuck onboard before I could destroy it-" The ship suddenly shook, causing all three of them to lose their balance. "W-whoa! ...Ugh, what am I doing?! There's no time for this!"
Roxas looked over at Ven who was running, but he said, "Wait, I'll come with you and-"
Ven shook his head, stopping Roxas. "No, Roxas- stay here! This was my fault, I have to do this by myself! Besides, I can't let this little guy get hurt." He smiled a bit, glancing down at 626.
"But-" Roxas didn't get a chance to finish as Ven ran off. "Oh come on!" he grumbled before turning to 626. "We should go after him!"
626 gave him a nod, determination shining in his eyes. "Ven… friend. Roxas… friend."
Roxas smiled at him before he turned around. "Let's go-"
"Not so fast!" Gantu himself stormed in, holding out his huge plasma gun. "You're not going anywhere but to exile, you little abomination."
Roxas glared as he stood in front of the little blue alien. "What are you doing here, Gantu? Shouldn't you be looking for the intruder?"
The huge alien narrowed his eyes dangerously. "I was- however, I happened to look inside 626's jail cell, and noticed he was missing! After that, it was a simple task to locate him since he follows you around like a homeless puppy!" He fired off a single plasma shot, hitting the Experiment and sending him flying backwards. "I don't know how you did it, but you won't get away again."
Roxas ran over to 626, frowning worriedly. "Are you okay?" Then he noticed the little alien's Wayfinder was shattered and it didn't look too happy about it. Roxas frowned at this before he turned back to Gantu. "You didn't have to destroy what was precious to him!"
Gantu scoffed, his plasma gun still pointed at both of them. "Please- the little abomination can bat his eyes at the Grand Council Woman to reconsider her sentence, but I see him for what he really is- a living weapon that's only instinct is to destroy everything it touches! That trinket of it's would have been destroyed anyways."
What Gantu said here brought back memories of Roxas's time in the Organization. How everyone keeps telling him who he is and who he should be, about how Nobodies are just those without hearts and that he should be a machine to get them back. Fighting Heartless, going through worlds, to them he wasn't a child or someone at all, just a tool who has a Keyblade to destroy Heartless and give them what they want. "So that's all he is to you? Nothing but some destructive monster?"
Gantu scoffed, gesturing at 626, who by now looked like he was going to destroy the much larger alien with a single glare! "Just look at him- he's done nothing but growl at me, attack me, and call me insults! Not to mention his genetically programmed instincts are proof that he's nothing but a living time bomb."
Roxas looked over at 626, who looked back at him, neither of them said anything to each other, but it was like Roxas knew what the little alien wanted, and he nodded. "I don't think so, you're just scared because you don't understand." Suddenly, Roxas jumped back as 626 curled into a ball and he used his Keyblade to bat the little alien right through Gantu's face, and he bounced through the wall, causing 626 to crash into a window into another part of the ship! "Right behind ya!" He quickly jumped through, landing in what looked like the engine room.
Ven jumped in surprise, seeing both of his friends land right beside him. "W-wha!? What are you guys doing here? I told you to stay put! You guys could get hurt…" Experiment 626 was still growling, and he shouted out a couple of things in his native language. "...What is it?"
Roxas looked pretty upset himself, as if someone just insulted him. "We'll talk later, Ven." He was pretty surprised at how big this… jellyfish Unversed was, but he didn't really show it. "We just need to blow off some steam!"
Ven blinked slowly, but he didn't have any time to respond, for the jellyfish Unversed suddenly charged all three of them! "Whoa!" He barely jumped out of the way, Roxas and Experiment 626 doing the same before the alien began firing his plasma gun like crazy.
Roxas ran around the room before he managed to jump using the engine and then hacked at the Unversed's head, sending it down into the ground, allowing 626 and Ven to strike at it.
The look-alike began firing off a couple spells, but he got in a bunch of melee attacks in as well before the jellyfish got up off the ground and flew around the area. "Oh come on! This is gonna be a long fight, isn't it!?"
Roxas frowned as it kept flying around before spinning like a twister and lunged at them, he and Ven quickly had to dodge roll out of the way while 626 managed to jump out of the way. The Ven slide at the Unversed with flames around him, using Fire Dash. Roxas ran up at the Unversed, trying to hit it. Ven used Aeroga to create a small tornado around himself and Roxas ended up caught in it, but instead of hurting him, the Nobody rode it around and gave a hard hit at the jellyfish Unversed.
626 growled angrily, firing off a bunch of shots that flew in every direction- thankfully it hit the Unversed most of the time, but a few hit the ship. Ven frowned worriedly, before he suddenly began to glow green. "Whoa! ...Heh- alright!" He grinned, before suddenly dashing forwards at speeds Roxas could barely keep up with! "Command Style: Fever Pitch!"
Roxas's jaw almost dropped at this. You've got to be kidding me! Even VENTUS knows a Command style? Sheesh, I feel so out of the loop right now… He grumbled under his breath before firing off a few Blizzagas.
Roxas, despite being used to shocking situations, felt his eye twitch as Ven began to slash and hack away at the Unversed as fast as the eye could see. He tried to not focus on it, however, slashing away at the Unversed from underneath.
"Hey! What's that thing doing to the energy core!?" Roxas shouted when he noticed the jellyfish seems to be attached and sucking the light electricity energy from the engine core.
"It looks like it's trying to absorb the power." Ven said as he landed beside the look alike Nobody.
Roxas didn't like how high it was, making it impossible to reach without some climbing, but at this rate it'll suck the ship dry! Then he heard 626 calling out for him, bouncing up and down. "I have an idea! We can use 626 to take it down!"
Ventus frowned in confusion at that, glancing over at the little alien. "Huh? What do you mean by-" His eyes widened in shock, seeing his double pick up 626 and literally toss him at the Unversed! "Whoa! What the!?"
626 managed to bounce off the jellyfish Unversed and caused it to let go of the energy core, which made it become angry as it began to spin around like a torpedo coming right at them! Roxas and Ven tried to dodge it, but it was too big, too wide and too fast that both of them were hit! Roxas was sent into a wall and grumbled under his breath, "I seem to be hitting the walls lately."
Ven groaned, quickly standing up. "C'mon Roxas, we're almost done with this fight!" The Nobody blinked in surprise, before he noticed that the Unversed did look like it was running out of steam, especially because it was just flying high, and not trying to attack them this time.
Roxas nodded as he ran out after it, following Ven. 626 was firing his plasma gun at the jellyfish Unversed, making it hard for it to get away. Roxas noticed that he and Ven were running at a similar pace with each other, but he didn't take notice for long as the two boys got closer. The Unversed, in its desperation cloaked itself, turning invisible.
"Wah!?" Ven shouted in shock, but Roxas looked around, easily sensing its darkness and negativity.
"Over there!" Roxas shot out three fireballs. "FIRE!" the Unversed gave a noise of pain and anger, the cloak blinking away.
Still not down yet, the jellyfish Unversed tried to shock them as it approached with its… 'arms' out wide and unleashing powerful amount of electricity. 626 managed to jump at it, avoiding the electricity emitting from the bottom and began scratching at it. Ven threw his Keyblade at it, using Strike Raid.
Roxas ran up closer to it before turning to Ven, who nodded to him. "WIND!" he cast Areoaga again, re-creating that mini-tornado. Roxas jumped into it and rode it like before and slashed at the Unversed, effectively destroying it.
The Key to Destiny sighed in relief as he landed. At least the battle wasn't nearly as long or bad as the previous ones. Compared to Braig, Vanitas, Xehanort, heck even Gantu, that Unversed wasn't so bad! But when Roxas was reminded of Gantu, anger came back to his being. Gantu had caused nothing but trouble since he first arrived on this ship, and he accused 626 of being nothing but a monster, yet he laughs when he destroyed what was precious to his little blue alien friend, so who was the real monster here? In his anger, Roxas was also reminded of when he discovered that his life in the virtual Twilight Town was all a fake and he was captured there. Still furious, Roxas ended up throwing his Keyblade at the energy core, causing a lot of sparks.
626 was also yelling and screaming at the air, clearly still furious. Ven sighed, facepalming. "Hey, it's over! Cut it out!" He gently put a hand on the alien's back, but in his fury, 626 threw him to the ground! "Whoa! Geez… What's gotten into you two?"
Roxas and 626 panted a bit before both of them calmed down, sighing. It was kinda weird how the two of them both were angry about the similar things. 626 slowly turned and showed Ven his broken Wayfinder, and Roxas turned giving a sad look of his own. "Gantu broke 626's Wayfinder and called him a monster. He also… brought back some painful memories for me. I guess 626 also felt my own rage and acted out."
Ven frowned worriedly, before he chuckled slightly. "Hey… don't worry, 626- friendship's more than an object." He glanced up at Roxas, patting the look alike's shoulder. "And Roxas… the past is in the past- it may hurt, but… well, you gotta get past it- I don't know what memories you recalled, but you've just gotta make good ones first."
The Nobody gave a blush, he felt rather embarrassed at his outburst of rage, especially in front of Ventus. He thought he was able to control himself better than that, especially since he supposedly doesn't have a heart to really feel anger, but then again, maybe the Organization was like Gantu and convinced themselves they are what they are and that was it, and now he's starting to realize why Braig called him a loose cannon before. "I'm… sorry Ven, I didn't mean to explode like that." He bent down to 626 and pat his head. "And thank you 626- for an alien experiment who can't even speak my language, you sure seem to understand me more than most people do."
"Hmph. Don't let the mimic fool you." Roxas and 626 froze before they both glared, turning around and glaring at Captain Gantu. "You saw for yourself what kind of monster that thing is, all it knows how to do is hurt and destroy!"
"No, you're wrong!" Roxas said in defiance. "626 could be so much more than that, but you have to give him a chance!"
The little blue alien nodded, still glaring at Gantu. "Ven, Roxas! Frien!"
Ven smiled a bit, nodding determinedly. "That's right- we are friends! And that's proof of just how somebody can change if given the chance!"
Roxas smiled at Ven before nodding. "That's right… friends can help you change for the better."
Gantu only glared, scoffing. "Oh please, nobody wants to be that monstrosity's friend!"
"Well you're wrong, because he's our friend!" Roxas snapped.
"Hmph." Gantu smirked, pointing his plasma gun at 626 once more. "Better say your goodbyes now then, because 626 is about to be destroyed!" Before he could fire, the little alien launched himself at Gantu's face and pushed him over.
"Come on Ven!" Roxas suddenly shouted, grabbing his twin's arm and dragging him as he ran after 626 who got off of Gantu and ran ahead. "You don't want to fight that guy, he hits like a truck!"
"Oof! HEY! Sound the alert! Prisoners on the loose! DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY!" Gantu's cries could be heard even as the three of them escaped through the ship's corridors.
Roxas gasped when he saw more soldiers coming their way. "No, I absolutely refuse to go through this again!" he looked around quickly and saw a ventilation hole. "626, you go through here, Ven and I will meet you outside of this ship!"
626 nodded, not hesitating as he trusted them before he hurried into the ventilation system. Roxas turned to Ven, "Come on, summon your Keyblade Glider and let's ride out of here!" I do think NOW is the time for me to leave.
The Keyblade Wielder chuckled in amusement, summoning Wayward Wind and tossing it into the air. "You got it, Roxas!" He quickly summoned his armor, jumping on the Keyblade Glider. "Hop on!"
Roxas didn't hesitate as he jumped on the Glider and held onto Ven to allow the armor to get on him. They managed to fly out of the ship just before the soldiers caught up to them, and at the same time, a red spaceship came flying out. 626 was riding the red spaceship and flew beside them, having the time of his life!
"YEEHA!" The little blue alien laughed loudly, honking on the horn and playing the first few notes to 'La Cucaracha'. Then he waved at Roxas and Ven, grinning happily.
"Where are we going?" Ven asked, frowning in confusion.
"Somewhere far away from here!" Roxas said to him.
Suddenly they were being shot at, they turned to see they were being chased by dozens of blue spaceships similar to the red one 626 was driving. 626 snapped at them in irritation as he began maneuvering the ship to avoid the plasma shots, this had Roxas hanging onto Ven as they too had to dodge.
Beginning to panic a bit, 626 quickly broke what looked like a handle and yanked it out, revealing a huge rod connected to the back of it. "Hyperdrive has been activated. System charging." All three of them blinked, confused. "Warning. Guidance is not functional. Navigation failure. Do not engage hyperdrive. Repeat. Do not engage-" Panicking more, 626 quickly shoved the handle back in, and he gulped worriedly.
The ships around them seemed to know the danger, however. "Break formation! Get clear of that ship!" And with that, they quickly scattered away.
626 quickly leaned on the glass and tried to tell the two boys something in his alien language. "What is it? What's going on?" Ven asked, not getting it.
Roxas, however, seemed to understand that 626 wanted them to get away. "Ven, I think we should get away!"
"What? Why?" Ven asked, glancing back at his look alike in confusion.
It was too late, however- the ship had already activated the hyperdrive and sent out the shockwaves! "VEN! ROXAS!" 626 shouted as his spaceship disappeared into hyperspace.
Ven and Roxas were caught in the shockwaves, sending them both off the Keyblade Glider. Roxas, not wanting to get caught out here without any protection, grabbed Ven's hand and held on as tight as he could as they began falling. The Nobody quickly summoned a Dark Corridor around them, Ven didn't notice thankfully, but it kept them from floating out into the Realms of Between. Once again, it felt like Roxas was floating, only this time Ventus was here with him, and then the gravity became heavier and heavier. Roxas accidentally let go of Ven's hand and the armor came off him as he fell away from Ven's direction.
Roxas gritted his teeth, feeling darkness begin to cover his vision. N-no… can't… lose consciousness… yet…! He flailed blindly in the darkness, before he suddenly found a location. T-there… gotta… get us there… somehow…!
The Nobody fought to stay conscious as they fell into the world. Ven had fallen in a completely different direction while Roxas fell somewhere else. The time traveler soon fell into some trees, getting all the leaves and branches caught in his shirt and hair, snapping the branches. Finally, he landed on the ground with a small crater forming around him. "GAH!" Roxas cried out in pain, feeling his body betraying him as it shut down right before he fell unconscious.
…Oh… I'm here again… I've been arriving in this location a lot lately, huh? That… probably isn't a good sign…
"Roxas…"
Oh… it's you. Did you know about Lea? Is that why you told me to stay until it was time for me to go? Did you… know all that was going to happen in that spaceship?
"I… didn't know about… Lea… but I knew… what was going to happen… when Aqua left…"
But… you made it sound like you knew it was going to happen… wait… you knew what happened when Aqua left? What do you mean by that?
"Roxas… you had… to meet Ventus there… After all… I…"
Wait, that doesn't make any sense… why did I need to meet Ven there?
"...I… remember…"
… Who are you? You never told me your name, but… I'm starting to figure out that maybe you're someone I also know very well, just like that person in the cloak turned out to be Axel, even though he calls himself Lea.
I was walking… The strange dream was becoming more and more solid, in fact, I can see the ground, which was sand, and I can make out the sky and the blurry trees in the distant. It was almost as if I was walking closer to the voice who was talking to me and the closer I got, the more solid the dream became and the clearer the voice was.
"...You do… know me… but you didn't… before coming here…"
I stopped near what appeared to be a cottage house. "... Is it because you're supposed to be someone of this timeline?" I blinked… My voice, I can actually talk now.
"Yes… you… met me eleven years before… you 'existed'..."
I opened the door to the cottage, and there was a person in there. It was too blurry to make out, but I could see blond and white, brown and black. "... You… are you…?"
"Roxas… Roxas… Roxas, wake up!"
Roxas jolted up, causing the person who was trying to wake him up to flinch back in shock. "Wah!?"
"Why are we stopping for this little brat?" a sailor's accent voice spoke up in what sounded like irritation.
A familiar voice responded, and he didn't sound pleased. "Maybe he's a brat to you… but I know this boy- I'm not sure how he got here, but I'm still going to try to keep him safe!" Roxas blinked slowly, turning around to see Terra! "You okay, Roxas?"
The boy didn't answer at first, as if confused whether this was real or not, before he blinked a few times and groaned in pain as he felt the aftermaths of falling from the sky, hitting the trees and landing on the ground, HARD. "Ow…" he shook his head before blinking as if trying to get rid of the blurriness. "Terra?"
The brown haired man sighed in relief, patting Roxas's shoulder. "Good… you're alright-" Roxas grunted in pain and almost fell back down, and Terra's eyes widened. "...Or maybe not…." He dug around in his pockets before pulling out a Hi Potion. "Here- take this. It should heal most of your wounds."
"Thanks…" Roxas said gratefully as he took the bottle. "Ugh… what happened?" he moaned as if he didn't remember what happened before he fell from the sky and the harsh landing.
Terra shrugged, frowning a bit. "I was going to ask you the same question… Captain Hook here and I heard what sounded like something big falling on the trees not far off from where we were- and when we arrive at the location, we find you here. What happened?"
"The little brat probably fell on his head and lost his memories." another man in red said as he seem to fiddle with his mustache with his… hook hand?
Roxas shook his head as he thought about it… 626… Gantu… finding Ven… fighting Unversed… Hyperdrive… shockwave… falling… separated from Ven… falling into the trees... the dream… The Nobody remembered it all, but apparently Terra didn't know that as he put a gentle hand on his back, making Roxas look at him in confusion.
The brown haired man gave a soft smile, and even though Roxas could tell he was still a bit concerned for Roxas, there was also a bit of warmth in his eyes. "Hey… You don't have to remember it right away- for now, let's get you someplace a bit safer. Perhaps you can help me with something I'm trying to help Captain Hook with while you recover."
"Captain… Hook?" Roxas questioned before getting a small memory relapse of Sora fighting with Captain Hook, causing him with a minor headache. "Gah!"
Terra frowned worriedly, quickly catching Roxas as the boy fell forward, clutching his head. "R-Roxas, don't push yourself- just try to relax for now…" Why did mentioning Captain Hook cause another headache for him?
"So this scurvy little boy is a friend of yours? What, is he your little brother or something?" Captain Hook asked in annoyance.
"M-maybe, Captain." a shorter and more pudgy man said from beside him. "I mean, they look like they care for each other a lot."
Terra chuckled a bit, shaking his head. "No, we aren't brothers- but we're close friends, of course I would be worried about him."
Roxas gave a small smile before speaking up. "It's okay Terra… I can walk on my own… I just had a nasty fall."
Terra blinked at that, raising an eyebrow skeptically. "You had a 'nasty fall' that caused a small crater in the ground? Frankly, Roxas, where did you fall from to get that kind of damage?"
"Hyperdrive… don't ever get too close when something goes into freaking hyperdrive." Roxas said with his left eye twitching a bit.
Terra blinked at that, feeling lost, but Captain Hook started to grumble. "Are you going to defend the chest or not, young man!? Ye seem to be interested in keeping the light safe!"
"Don't worry, I will, I just want to make sure Roxas is okay, he can help defend the light." Terra said to him, getting annoyed with the man's impatience.
Roxas blinked, confused. "What's this about a chest and the light?" Wait… Captain Hook… I remember fighting him in Neverland! … He doesn't look any different now than he does in the future… Why would he defend light?
Terra frowned, pointing behind him. "Back there is a chest- Captain Hook was about to move it to Skull Rock, but apparently it's full of the light in this world, and a boy named Peter Pan keeps attempting to steal it."
The young Nobody frowned at that. Full of the world's light? That doesn't make any sense, you can't contain light, not in a wooden box anyway. And someone like Captain Hook wouldn't protect the light, he might either steal and sell it for profit or destroy it himself. I can sense the darkness of greed in him… Not to mention a place called 'Skull Rock' should be a red flag.
Terra didn't notice Roxas's frown, though, glancing at Captain Hook. "Speaking of which, shouldn't you be moving the chest by now? I don't think it's safe if he knows where it is."
"That's why I have you as my bodyguard, it's your job to keep it safe." Captain Hook said as if it was fact.
Roxas stood up and watched as Terra walked over to the chest. The smaller pirate was lifting it up. "Be careful with that Smee!" Hook shouted at him. "If you break it, I'll gut you like the codfish you are!"
"Y-yes Cap'n! Understood, Cap'n!" Smee saluted, but doing so nearly made him drop the chest. "O-oops! Sorry, cap'n…"
Terra turned to Roxas and said, still frowning a bit worriedly, "Are you sure you okay? You had some pretty bad scars earlier."
"I'm fine… I've survived worse." Roxas assured him as he was able to walk without cringing so much anymore. "But… are you sure we can believe him?"
Terra nodded, determination in his eyes. "I don't have any reason to distrust him, Roxas- besides, he needed my help defending the chest when I first met him, even if he wasn't willing to admit it at the time."
"... But he's a pirate… don't you think it'd make sense if the chest was actually just treasure and he wants you to protect it because- OW!" Roxas felt something hit his head from behind. He grumbled, glancing around in irritation. Who just did that?
Terra blinked, noticing Roxas rubbing his head. "...Are you sure you're alright, Roxas? You look like you're still aching a bit…"
"No, I just felt something- OW!" Roxas yelped, feeling it get hit again. Seriously, WHAT THE HECK!?
Terra frowned, looking at Roxas in concern. "...You're positive you're completely fine now, Roxas?" He might still be feeling pain from falling so hard…
Roxas grumbled, knowing Captain Hook must be hitting him if he spoke out of line. "I'm fine, just getting some HEADACHES from bringing up stuff."
Terra frowned worriedly. Frankly, that doesn't sound good… "Well, let's get to Skull Rock, and you can rest while I protect the chest there, Roxas."
Roxas sighed, shaking his head in reassignment. "Fine, fine." I'm keeping an eye on Captain Hook, he's clearly just using Terra.
DarkFoxKit: Nice, huh? Went from Deep Space and fell down all the way into Neverland. One never just FELL to Neverland, they usually have to fly there, but Roxas is always doing things the unique way doesn't he? And we've come to a full circle, he's back with Terra again.
Key2DestNE: Yeah, not bad. Did anybody else enjoy Captain Hook's way of keeping Roxas silent? *chuckles* We couldn't resist putting in how the codfish deals with a Nobody!
DarkFoxKit: And before you ask 'why didn't Roxas just attack Captain Hook', it's because he knows when not to just fight back, plus, his memory of Pence did help him prepare for time travel as he stated in the previous chapter. 626 is perhaps the closest to Roxas since Roxas spent the most time with the little blue alien compared to the other three, so those two can understand each other more easily than Ven could with 626.
Key2DestNE: Yeah, especially since Ven didn't particularly lose anything meaningful to him… Roxas and 626 BOTH did, so they know how painful it feels. Hmm… let's move onto reviews now, shall we? First off, some of you are wondering how we're going to top last chapter. Well… to be frank, we're not- at least, not until the ending. C'mon, do you guys really think we'd be going on a constant uphill scale from here? Even in the games themselves, there's a bit of time for you to cool down from one exciting climax before tossing the next one at you!
DarkFoxKit: Antex-The Legendary Zoroark, by far our most loyal reviewer who has reviewed just about every chapter. Always a delight to see your review! And yes, it was quite a shock wasn't it? Nobody was expecting Lea to be here, eh?
Key2DestNE: Heh- of course they didn't, but you can sort of see his way of speaking when you look back at the mysterious figure's words. You know, in case you want to go back and see for yourself!
DarkFoxKit: And as for Xion, she'll become an important motivation for Roxas, especially near the end. If only this actually did happen in the game, that'd be interesting.
Key2DestNE: Now some of you are also coming up with theories as to why Lea is taking the same exam as Sora and Riku. Well… go ahead and say them, and any other theories you all come up with! They may or may not be right, but it'd still be interesting to see what you all come up with.
DarkFoxKit: Fantasysword92375, you're thinking we'll have Roxas learn a Command Style? Heh… hee, hee, hee… I won't directly answer that, but get a good look at Roxas as a boss in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix, see if there's anything that could be used as a Command Style there- that's all I have to say to that.
Key2DestNE: Now onto the next review! I'm glad you enjoyed it, DukeScarlet, and we may or may not have had a Namine pairing in here. THAT… is up to you~ *winks mysteriously* Seriously though, we never mention Namine in this story, so you can think what you want of her and how Roxas feels towards her.
DarkFoxKit: And we answered that 'Aqua forgetting Roxas using the Corridor of Darkness' question in our last and revised AN, so be sure to check that out if you haven't already.
Key2DestNE: One last- …. *he has an empty review box* ...Huh. I guess we covered all the reviews that didn't say "Oh, great job" or "Time travel is a headache!", huh?
DarkFoxKit: Yeah, looks like. Time travel does tend to give people a headache, but we explained the best we could- if you still didn't get it, try to PM us and we'll do what we can to help explain it better to you. But until then, I'm DarkFoxKit, he's Key2DestNE and we look forward to hearing from you!