Chapter 21: Wayward Lamenting, Part One
Re: Chain of Days,
By: Karma's Slave
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, in any shape or form.
Warning: possible Spoilers for Birth by Sleep, 358/2 Days and Re: Chain of Memories.
I had to spilt this chapter.
"It's…our Gummi ship!" exclaimed Aqua who was over whelmed at the vehicle before her, "I don't understand how it got here? The others and I left the ship by the remains of those destroyed worlds" added a puzzled Aqua, putting a hand to her head and scratching it for a slight moment.
"Maybe the Gummi ship was placed here, once the worlds began to reform after being saved from Ansem and the heartless" suggested Mickey with a small smile on his face.
Aqua raising an eyebrow, "It does sound good…in theory" Aqua said.
"Why not, Aqua?" questioned Mickey.
"Think about it, Mickey; the others and I were nearly in the realm of darkness while you and Riku actually were in the realm of darkness; mind you that if you stepped out of the door to join us" Aqua started off "When I last spoke to the princesses of heart, they said that the worlds would be restored into their original states and that we would be sent back to our worlds and it did but only for Kairi." Aqua then mentioned.
"Technically speaking, Sora, Riku and I should have been taken back to the islands too while Donald, goofy and yourself having gone back to where you guys come from but then again your world wasn't over taken by darkness; maybe you would have appeared on the islands then. But still going by that logic the Gummi ship would be floating out into vacant space." The female keyblade master spoke.
Riku and Mickey waited for Aqua to finish "It's my conclusion to believe that someone actually didn't know what would or could happen…or something intervened with our returning to the islands" Concluded Aqua.
"I see your point Aqua." Mickey then told her.
"Wait" interjected Riku, "What do you mean by 'someone intervened'?" Riku questioned his master.
Aqua sighed, "I'm not talking about a person Riku, what I mean is, something bigger than that." Aqua answered. Riku understood what she was saying to him but somehow to him it wasn't clear enough; Aqua caught on to this by the expression on his face.
"To put it in better words, there's no coincidence in fate" Aqua then said.
Riku then nodded his head. "But that still doesn't mean, that we were fated to find the ship here, it makes it sound like your suggesting it came here by its self if not magically." Spoke Riku.
Again Aqua raised an eyebrow as Riku had just given her an excellent idea, "Riku, you have just given me a brilliant idea" Aqua told him as she summoned her own master's keyblade; holding it out in front of her, letting it stand at a 90 degree angle.
"What are you…?" Riku tried to ask but was stopped by Aqua "Shhing" him "I need to concentrate" she told her companions.
"Oh! I understand what she's trying to do" Mickey whispered to Riku, "She's trying to trace the magic signature that the spell left behind once it was cast. You see Riku; my teacher Master Yensid had once told me that there existed a spell that could trace magic signatures that could identify its caster" added Mickey,
"See if the ship had been sent by anyone that would explain how it got here to being with" Mickey explained.
Soon after, Aqua's keyblade began to glow as it did around the ship and in a fast moment the glow vanished from the Gummi ship and began to form glowing letters which be spinning before spelling the name…Master Yensid.
"It was Master Yensid, himself" Mickey spoke up "He must have thought that one of us would have done the spell."
"I agree but he must have been watching us…somehow, I mean to have sent this when he did" Aqua said as she disbanded the spell. "Come on, let's not keep him waiting anymore for us" she added as she went closer to ship and opened its main door.
Roxas walks into The Grey Area and sees Xion
"Morning, Roxas." Xion says to him. "Hey" he responds to her.
"You ready to give this a shot?" she asked as she had hints of an uncertainty in her tone of voice; Roxas nodding his head "Yeah, c'mon." as the two youngest members of the organization would try to reason with Saix.
"Together?" questioned the blue haired man.
"Yeah, is it a problem?" Xion asked as she finally letting herself have a back bone; there was just something about Saix that rubbed Xion the wrong way and it wasn't the fact that Saix was a power house of a fighter. The dark haired girl just couldn't place her discontentment.
Saix looked sneeringly at the both of them "What in the world would possess you to ask at a time like this? We're shorthanded as it is. And yet you expect me to say yes?" yelled Number Seven as he caught the attention of some of the other members who had yet to receive their missions.
Roxas and Xion look crestfallen as Axel walks in and appears behind the two "Why not? Seems like a good idea to me. Put two half-pints together and you get a whole" Axel speaking up for the two to help further their little missing keyblade undisclosed.
Saix says nothing as he stares at the red-head with 'Are you kidding me' expression it wasn't until Roxas began to speak up again that brought Number Seven out of his thoughts
"If you let us pair up, we can do tougher missions for you, no problem." Roxas then said to Number Seven.
Saix shook his head in annoyance "Hmm... fine as you wish." He told the three nobodies, in a snarky tone of voice. Saix took a moment and walked off to rearrange the mission list with no thanks to the newly made trio of friends.
Roxas and Xion had a collective smile on their faces of their accomplishment while Axel had done his trademark smirk before bending down to whisper "You and her will make it work. Just keep it subtle, yeah?" Axel gave them their warning.
Axel was fully aware that they couldn't fool the rest of the members for a long while. Especially when it came to hard cases like Saix and eavesdroppers like Xigbar but Axel was more worried about Xemnas finding out as everyone among here feared him loyal or not.
After all Marluxia attempted to have Naminé brain wash Sora into his little weapon so he could attempt to fight Xemnas; even Xemnas had more abilities then them all combined as he was controller of nothingness and rumor has it that he could even perform the other members powers.
"You had better prove that two people can work like three, or this arrangement comes to an end." Saix threatened the two younger nobodies as he returned.
Roxas and Xion travel to Agrabah. They arrive near the Palace Gates
"So our orders are to investigate a cave this time?" Xion making sure of the order given to them, Roxas nodding his head as they continued walking throughout the desert city "Right, Axel and I found it the last time we were here. There's a hidden entrance in the city" answered Roxas.
Xion was little impressed by Axel's and Roxas's find "Wow, how'd you stumble across that?" she then asked her friend.
Roxas merely shrugged his shoulders "By accident, mostly. We spotted somebody acting fishy and Axel suggested we tail him."
Xion listening intently "And that led you to the cave. Good call on Axel's part" commented the dark haired girl "So, you ready to go explore it?"Xion then asked Roxas.
"Yeah, the hidden door's down that way. C'mon." spoke Roxas as he began to lead Xion to the cave.
They enter the Agrabah Gate area
Xion could feel something was following them around "Uh-oh. Roxas we're not alone." She tells him.
Xion and Roxas see a Heartless is floating around Abu, who is rolled up in a corner
"Heartless..." pointed out the spiky haired blonde
"Oh No, Abu's in trouble and Heartless have him cornered!" thought Ventus as he watching throughout not only Roxas but Xion as well. As the still apprentice wielder was wishing he could do something; at the time when only Aqua knew about him, Ventus felt like he was friends with the people that they'd encountered on that recent journey of theirs but mostly because of Sora. Ventus could feel that connection.
Going back to Roxas and Xion, Ventus wasn't sure how to explain to it to himself but the wayward wind wielder had first noticed this connection when Roxas had passed out during the fight with the dark side heartless as Ventus unintentionally given Xion the kingdom Key keyblade.
Ventus then had the idea of trying to overtake Roxas's body to help him out in the battle but it hadn't gone according to his plan and it made him connected with Xion as she had heard him that day, "Wait no, it was before that even" Ven began going deeper into his thoughts. "It started that day, when Xion joined the organization, I felt like I was being pulled back and forth between two forces because I was staring up at Roxas, when I first saw him as opposed to being a part of him like now" Ventus kept over thinking this connection between Roxas and Xion,
"But how did I become a part of him if I went into Xion's body first?" Ventus asked himself, "Something isn't making sense here; I shouldn't even be able to going in and out of them like that." Ven began thinking back to when Roxas had fell into a that comatose state, which automatically shifted him right into Xion and Ven hadn't wasted the opportunity to better Xion with using the keyblade and magic; just as he did with Roxas.
Though Ven himself was still an apprentice and currently lacking a body of his own; Xion and Roxas both needed the proper guidance of using the keyblade and since Aqua wasn't anywhere near here along with Sora and the others and then of course Terra was…he was…missing in action. The Wayward Wind wielder took it upon himself to show these two the way.
Ventus had to admit that when 'unofficially' training these two Nobodies it reminded him of training back in the Land Of Departure; when he first arrived. If there was one thing Ventus was grateful for it was Xehanort handing him over to Master Eraqus which lead him to meeting Aqua and Terra, despite the cost of his memories and heart.
In fact that was the real reason as to why Ventus wanted to help Roxas and Xion so badly, they reminded him of himself when he was so vulnerable with a lack of memories and it hurt him to see anyone else go through that.
Xion taking a stance as she positioning her arms to prepare for any magic spells "What do you want to do about them?" she asked him.
"Like we have any choice; let's clear them out!" Roxas answered as he summoned the keyblade, which began to divert the heartless attention from the monkey to the young nobodies.
"Roger that!" Xion then said with a bit of oomph.
They defeat every Heartless and rescue Abu. The monkey runs away from them
"That monkey... I saw him here last time, too." Thought Roxas
"Roxas, look at this" Xion grabbing Roxas's attention. They see a round jewel on the ground "That monkey left it behind. He must've dropped it." Xion stated to her friend.
"Where'd he swipe something like this?" thought Roxas; Xion looking to her comrade "What do you think? Should we just leave it?" she questioned. Roxas shrugging his shoulders "It's up to you, Xion. We may not get a chance to return it, but if you don't pick it up, somebody else will." He told her
"Hmm, then I guess I'll hold onto it. It might come in handy." She reasoned with him. Xion picks it up, examines it, and places it in her pocket
"Okay. Let's head for the cave before more heartless show up" said Roxas.
Out in the Desert, Roxas gets a flash of Sora in his mind but he tries to shake it off. They enter the Cave of Wonders and look around for anything suspicious. They find an eroded piece of wall.
"Hey Xion, why is just this one part of the wall crumbling" Roxas suddenly asked her. Xion shrugging her shoulders while walking closer to the wall that Roxas was near, she begins to feel something slightly cold but not by much, gently hitting her face.
"Do you feel that?" she then asked Roxas, who didn't answer her, "Is that a draft? I think that there might be a chamber on the other side." Xion finally concluded
While Xion was checking out the wall, Roxas was keeping his eyes on the room as he looked up and he saw a plaque that was quite similar to the ones he saw with Axel.
"Xion" Roxas called out to her,
"Hm?" her response, "Come on, let's check that out" he said to her.
They reach an upper ledge and examine the plaque "Hey... So what do you make of this?" Xion asked still looking at the plaque, Roxas made a confused face "There's a hole here and it's like something's meant to fit inside." He tells her.
Xion looks at the hole just a little more closely; the more she looked at the hole it gave her an idea "It looks about the same size as the gem I found." Xion says as she then takes it out of her pocket and places it in the hole.
In other areas of the cave, three keystones rise out of holes in the ground;
Xion and Roxas were taken by somewhat of a shock "No way! It clicked right into place!" she said. "Guess that explains where the monkey found it." Roxas then said to her. Xion nodded in agreement "If it was here to begin with, it should probably stay here. Ready to dig a little deeper?" asked the dark haired girl with some excitement in her voice.
"Yeah" he says.
"We've combed this whole area. What's next?" Xion asked him
"Let's head further into the cave." He answered
"Alright"
They enter the Pillar Room and find one of the keystones on a high platform. It bears a single cross indentation
"What is this thing?" Roxas asked out loud. Xion like Roxas had no freaking clue "Hmm... When in doubt...give it a good smack?" she unsurely suggested.
Roxas hits it causing it to light up and spout fire, "It worked!"
They make their way to the upper area of the Entrance Hall and find another keystone, this one bearing two indentations
"It's another one of those blocks." Pointed out Roxas
Xion tells him "Try hitting this one." Roxas hits it, and it lights up just as the first one did. They notice something odd about the ledge they're on
Roxas down to the floor "The floor is cracked" he tells his comrade. Xion nodded "Yeah clearly, this looks like it was all built ages ago." She told him. Roxas looking down again as he noticed something familiar about it "Hey, this is the hall we passed through to get in. It's all connected?" he asks Xion.
Xion quirked an eyebrow and gave the area a good look around "You're right" she said to Roxas "The cave must be like a labyrinth then." Xion added.
They move to another ledge "Nothing out of the ordinary here." Says Roxas.
"I think we've seen what there is to see here. Wanna head back down?" Xion asked.
"Sure."
They return to the Abyss and find another keystone, with three indentations of a cross on it
Roxas finds another block "Hey, it's another one of these blocks." Telling Xion
"Yeah, would hitting at it work again?" Xion mentions. "Why not? It's been the best option so far" replied Roxas, he strikes it and a bridge appears leading across the chasm
"So the switches were for those steps." Commented Xion as she over looked the newly made bridge, Roxas taking the lead "Let's see where they lead to then." he says.
"Okay then" Xion responded as she was getting bored of roaming around the cave and finding nothing that would be useful to the organization.
They cross the bridge and enter the Hidden Room. They find a large statue of a monkey holding a shining red jewel
Roxas the being the first to see the statue "What's this statue?" as he gazed at it. Xion stopped what she was doing to look at it "It's holding a jewel or something. I think that's about all we're gonna find down here." She answers.
As the Number 13 continued to look at the monkey statue "I can't explain why but that statue is giving me the creeps" Roxas then said to his companion. Xion let out a small chuckle; lightly shaking her head, "It's only a statue Roxas."
Roxas now changing the subject "Yeah. I don't see any more doors or switches. We must be at the end of the cave." Roxas observed.
"So what's our verdict here?" she asked as she looked back to him.
"Well, we searched the cave top to bottom." He said as Xion bobbed her head at his words as the young girl was growing tired. "Let's call it a day and return to the castle" Roxas declared.
Xion perked up at the good news "Sounds good to me" Xion replied.
"Hey, who are you bozos!" an unknown voice spoke out at them.
"huh?" Roxas and Xion mutually said. They whirl around and Roxas summons his Keyblade while Xion has her magic.
Roxas raised a brow to the creature before him "Uh-oh... I know you..." as he began to remember Pete from the last time he was here. Roxas lessens his grip and the Keyblade vanishes, as something on the inside tells him that Pete is not a real threat.
"Hmph!" Pete crossing his arms "Here for the magic lamp, are ya?"
Roxas and Xion began looking at one another before looking back at Pete "What magic lamp?"
"Don't try and play dumb with me!" yelled the cat like creature "You listen up an' listen good! That lamp is official property of Pete, that's me! Ya got it?" He added "So you goons can keep your dirty mitts off!" he finished saying.
Xion and Roxas weren't sure to be more confused if not more amused by Pete's actions. "We're Goons, huh?" Xion stated as looked at Pete as she heard a harsh dark voice inside her head, telling her to intimidate the weak creature. Holding out one of her hands and letting a bit of Fire show in her hand. She'd even as gone to show the creature that she was practically playing with it like a toy.
Roxas wasn't sure what overcame Xion for that seconded but it felt...dark. Roxas wasn't the only one picking up on that dark vibe; Ventus could feel it as well and to Ven it felt frighteningly familiar. "But that's not possible" Roxas hearing Ventus.
And the dark vibe simply vanished; Roxas wanted to ask Xion, what was bringing this on, but he wasn't given a chance as Pete began to over react.
Xion's little fire show had Pete agitated "Oohh That does it!" said Pete as he attempted to charge at the two young nobodies.
Pete attempts to fight them and loses badly as his only form of defense was trying to punch them and creating a ball of light, while Roxas had his keyblade and Xion using mostly Fire magic and due to Pete's lack of skill being more of his downfall in this short battle.
"Rrrrrrgh... Ya puny little punks!" he said as he had a temper tantrum like a small child. "First I can't find the dag-blasted lamp, now I got to deal with these weirdo's... It just ain't fair!" Pete then said,
"Weirdo's!" Xion and Roxas said the same time as they took offense.
Pete stomps the ground. A rock falls from the ceiling and hits him on the head. He recovers and looks up as more rocks come tumbling down, shaking the cave "Zoinks! This can't be good! I'm outta here!"; Pete runs away.
"H-hey, wait!" Roxas called out to the cat creature.
"Come on, Roxas! We can't stay here!"Xion said as she grabbed his arm, trying to get him moving, Roxas agrees as he nodded his head. "Yeah, you're right. Hurry!" he then said and then the two younger nobodies made a run for it.
They escape to the Desert, panting with exhaustion, and see a sandstorm blowing in the distance,
"Whew... We made it." Xion spoke while taking heavy breathes in and out. Roxas nodded his head "Just barely." He said as the young boy was out of breathe from all that running.
Xion looking to her friend as she could see sweat glistening on Roxas's face "So, I take it that was the guy?" Xion then asked, the dark haired girl could feel the heat getting to her as she felt suddenly dizzy, the leather cloak wasn't making it any better.
"The one me and Axel saw?" Roxas replied "Yeah. Pete, I think he said?" the young boy added.
"Yeah. He kept going on about some magic lamp." The girl then stated; taking another deep breathe.
Roxas turned to face Xion "Wonder what he meant." While Roxas was about to ask Xion about that little scene of hers. Xion could see something coming from behind Roxas and not knowing whatever it was rendered her to do what was best at the moment, "Ah...Roxas, something's right behind you!" she told him.
"Huh?" He turns around to see an extravagant carpet waving itself before him. He gets a flash of Sora also standing before the rug, as Roxas jumped back out of freight, he lost his footing on the sand causing the boy to fall backwards to the ground "Aaack! What...what am I looking at?" he then asked.
"It's carpet!" Ventus thought out load as he saw a recognizable face...so of speak.
"Are you okay?" Xion asked as she lent a hand for him to take.
"Yeah..." Xion helping Roxas up off the ground. " It doesn't seem hostile." Said the young Nobody.
The rug keeps waving around Roxas, as If they knew one another.
Xion had her blue eyes locked on the magic carpet "I think it likes you." She then said to her friend.
Roxas turned to Xion giving her an odd facial expression "Figure that one out, did ya" he said with a small attitude. Xion shook her head at Roxas while mumbling under her breathe, "At least I didn't scared by a rug"
"Yeah, figure that one out!" came a loud and beaming voice of enthusiasm. "Now what?" Xion said to no one in particular.
A large blue genie appears out of nowhere, scaring both Roxas and Xion mostly taking them by surprise. "Yaaagh!" screamed Roxas; While Xion merely looked at the blue floating man and said "WH-who are you!" she asked.
Genie looking rather excited or stunned by the question, "Who am I? You want to know who I am!"
"Y-yes?" Now she wasn't as sure as she felt confused.
Genie then smiled "Well all right, then! One personal introduction, coming right up! The name's Genie-Formerly-Of-The-Lamp...but calls me by my first name, kids!" speaking with such enthusiasm that neither Roxas nor Xion had ever seen considering the Nobodies they were and lived with.
Genie waves his arms in a wide motion and whistling applause is heard, "And this is my good friend, the Magic Carpet!" The carpet bows and applause is heard again."Nice to meet ya!" added the blue magical being.
Genie holds out an extra large hand to Roxas, "Uh, y-yeah... Likewise." Roxas then said.
"Hey, come ON now, you can do better than that!" Genie then said to the boy "I mean, why so glum?" he first asked Roxas; going next to Roxas "Feeling a little blue?" he then asked "Believe me, I can relate." He added.
Roxas looked at Genie "No doubt."
"So, uh, who are you kids?" Genie asked, Carpet starts waving before them again
"Err, we're..." Roxas was about to answer but Xion elbowed him into his side "Psst! Roxas, change the subject!" she told him.
Roxas wasn't sure what to say "We're, umm..." he said, "Change it to WHAT?" he thought
Genie not waiting for answer, "Me, I was just swinging by Agrabah to check in... When, all of a sudden, Carpet here decides to put the tassel to the metal and take off; says he spotted a friend" Genie explaining to Roxas and Xion.
"A friend?" Roxas a little taken back by this "And somehow that friend is me?" he responded.
"I know crazy isn't it?" Genie said. "I tag along all ready to reminisce about old times but I have no idea in the cosmos who you are!" pointed out Genie "You sure this is a friend of ours, Rug man?" the magic being then asked; Carpet waves, as if nodding
"Anyway, uh... Agrabah is that city over there, right?" Roxas asked as he and Xion needed to get back to the dark corridor.
Genie getting excited "That's the one! My buddy Al's hometown; why when we first met, Al and I were inseparable..." Roxas cutting Genie off "Inseparable?"
"Yep! Until Carpet and I took off on a well deserved vacation, what you might call a mini world tour" said Genie. The Carpet flies around in front of him "But we got to worrying about how Al was doing...so we figured we'd pop back in to check up on him." Genie explained.
Roxas was confused by this "Why were you worried? Is there something to worry about?" he asked out of pure curiosity.
"Well, sure! It's only natural to worry about your friends. I worried about how things were going with Jasmine, how the city was holding up" he further explained "And once I get something on my mind, I can't knock it out; tried everything: dynamite, sledgehammers, tweezers..." Genie now listing his methods
Xion now speaking up again "Well, I don't know about anybody named Al, but...The city's in rough shape. They've been fixing it up." Xion said to Genie. Roxas nodded in agreement "Right, they keep getting hit by sandstorms."
Genie sweeping backward at the news, "What…Why do these things always happen the minute I leave town!" Genie expressed dramatically.
Carpet flies in front of him again, Genie now regaining some of his composure "All right, stand back! A little magic and I'll have this place whipped back into shape!" Genie speaking in a determined voice
"Your friend Al said this isn't a job for magic."
Genie taking another sweeping backward again "He what!" said at the top of his lungs; Roxas looking down at the sand for a moment and then picking his head right up. "He said the people living there should be the ones to fix it up."
Genie putting his once stretched out arms down "Oh... Well, if that's Al's final word, I guess that's that." Genie said in a calm voice but with a tiny hint of disappointment.
Roxas quirking an eyebrow and moving his head to the side, "You're not going to help out, then?"
Genie only shrugged his big shoulders "Al said no magic, right? I'd love to just fix the place, but even a genie's got to respect his friend's wishes" Explained the magical being as he turned his back to the Roxas and Xion.
Carpet was trying to give Genie some support,
"Hmm..." Roxas seemed to go into a thought about this "I guess so." He then spoke.
Xion tugging on Roxas's arms "We should get back, Roxas." She whispered to him
"Yeah..." and the two young nobodies had taken their leave while their new acquaintances weren't looking.
"Still, I doubt he'd mind a teensy-weensy speck of help!" Genie then said; Genie waves his hand around and magic sprouts from it. The raging sandstorm disappears. "There we go. Now the city's safe and with THAT out of the way... Enough stalling, who are you two?" He turns around and sees no one.
Genie doing a double take, "Okay, forget "who?" WHERE are you two!" as the magical being was taken by surprise.
Once the trio and Pluto had entered the Gummi ship, the vehicle began to shift into a auto-pilot mode. The Gummi ship was getting ready to enter into the Interspaces' of the worlds. The trio quickly sat down in the seats which were located in the front of the ship.
Pluto was in the back of the ship, in the sleeping area. Seeing as they wasn't any spot made for him.
"It appears that Master Yensid had done more than just send this ship to us" Mickey spoke out as he was sitting in the chair that was usually occupied by Goofy. The King turned the chair was starting to look at the controls of the Gummi ship. "Been awhile, since I've flown this model" King Mickey commented.
Riku who had taken Sora's seat of the ship, "I didn't travel on this type of ship; it was either Hook's ship or that Dark Corridor." Riku said aloud.
Aqua, whom was sitting in Donald's seat by the main controls, "I never did the flying on this ship, it was mostly Donald or Goofy." stated Aqua
"Did Sora fly this?" Riku then asked, Master Aqua.
The bluenette female dead-panned at the question; her mind recalling Sora's short Gummi ship experience that led them to crash land on Deep Jungle; not to mention his fight with Donald. "As long as I'm around he's never touching these controls ever again" Aqua said with a clear strict tone.
Quirking a brow "Was is it really that bad?" Riku asked his mentor.
"I don't want talk about it" Aqua said.
"Yup, I was right!" came in Mickey's voice,
"What is it?" Asked Aqua
"The coordinates are programmed or should I say have been charmed to take us to Master Yensid's tower" replied Mickey.
"Good" stated Aqua, "and then after we get to Master Yensid, we'll plan our next moves." Aqua said to them, her eyes looking out the main window of the Gummi ship "Naminé told me that there were more of these new enemies, Nobodies is what they're called" she added as her voice seemed to take on a harsher tone.
"Alright, Aqua, we'll do just that." Mickey said to her.
Her eyes focusing in on the Interspaces' of the worlds at they made their way to Master Yensid, Aqua hadn't even noticed that she was slipping a into a cationic state of mind.
Continuing to stare out the glass in silence for the rest of the travel as she got deeper into her thoughts. Grasping the three Wayfinder's into her hand; that laid around her neck, "Tell me, Terra just how far have you sank into the darkness?" Her mind asked its self.
Aqua felt angry...very angry at him but most of that anger she saved for herself after all the worlds wouldn't be in the state there in now if she had just done what Terra asked of her in the first place. Even after what is it now? Eleven years...Aqua sighed at the thought.
After eleven years Aqua is still left wondering, if she could have done what Terra asked of her.
"Aqua...Put an end to me" Aqua could sometimes still hear the sound of his voice playing in her head and then seeing him...or what was left of him at Castle Oblivion; his arm wrapped around her waist, as one hand had been tracing her face before placing it behind her head to push her face closer to his and then him...kissing her.
Aqua felt the heat flush in her face at the memory of that encounter.
This new Terra had told her that she would soon understand but right now she was freaking clueless; it was like she was running around the universe with her head cut off.
"Terra, what are you playing at?" Aqua asked herself.
Aqua wanted to know why was Terra doing this, didn't he want to be reunited with her and Ventus. As he was the one who always told them, "That no matter what, I'll make sure we're never apart." Aqua may have made the Wayfinder's but she liked to think that Terra was the glue to their friendship but now, he was everything she was taught to be against.
That's what made her even madder at him.
Roxas and Xion sit on the clock tower, taking bites of their ice cream. Axel walks in "Hey the mission, go okay?" he asks them.
Xion nodding her shoulders, "Yeah, I think it's gonna work..." she said though, Xion was a bit uncertain "Thanks, Axel. You and Roxas are the best." She then added before taking another bite of her ice cream.
"We try." He sits down next to them "So where'd they end up sending you?"
Roxas stopped eating his ice cream for a moment "That place you and I went before...Uh, what it was again..."
"Agrabah" Xion filled in for Roxas.
"Oh, that city in the desert" Axel then said.
Xion turning to Roxas "We sure ran into some interesting characters this time, huh?" she said to him
"You mean Pete and Genie?" Roxas asked to be sure
The dark haired girl nodding her head 'yes' "Genie sounded really worried about his friend some guy named Al. But, I guess you can't always jump in and do everything for your friends even if you want to."
"That's right. People need their space." Axel piped in as he looked away from the Roxas and Xion.
Roxas and Xion both grew slightly confused "So then, why did Genie say he and Al were "inseparable"?"
Xion was curious about that as well "Yeah, it's not like they were joined at the hip." She said
Axel shook his head from side to side "Well, I think you can be inseparable even if you're apart." He told the pre-teens of the Organization
Still confused "Is that really true, Axel?" Roxas asked the spiky red-head.
Axel shrugging his shoulders as he let one of his leg's hanging over the ledge while the other once was much closer to Axel's chest. "Sure, if you feel really close to each other If you're best friends." He tells him.
"What's it like having a best friend, Axel?" Roxas then asked causing the tall red-head to freeze.
Axel once again turning his face away from Xion and Roxas "Couldn't tell ya. I don't have one" as he ignored the mental image of a young Lea and Isa, in their home world.
"Oh..."he muttered softly.
The trio of Nobodies eats their ice cream as they watch the sunset
- Diary Entry: Day 75-
Xion and I are working together now. The Genie we met in Agrabah said he and his friend Al are "inseparable." Axel told us best friends can be inseparable even if they're not always together, but it sounded like he wasn't too sure about it himself.
I thought Axel knew everything. Oh well...That reminds me, those weird pictures flashed through my head again while I was in Agrabah. The guy in red I wrote about before... Has he been to Agrabah or something?
-Roxas
Secret Report
Roxas has been coming along on my missions to help out, since I can't use the Keyblade. Axel is covering for me, so I should be safe for now. But what am I going to do if I never get the Keyblade back? I can't lie forever.
-Xion
The Gummi ship had stopped flying as the ship finally arrived at its destination.
"Finally" thought Aqua as she started out the main window of the Gummi ship and could clearly see, Master Yensid's tower.
End Chapter.