A long chapter for my amazing readers. You guys rock! So here's chapter 21! enjoy ^_^

Roxas

His head throbbed as a bright light seemed to wake him up. Barely opening his eyes the light blinded him making his eyes close quickly. "Well, wake up." A girl's voice said impatient. Immediatley sitting up, he blinked the dots out of his eyes and tried to ignore the pain in his head. Her eyes stared through him, the blue irises fading in color. Shock went through him as he stared at her, a shiver running through him. "I told you not to stand on that rail." Tilting her head like usual, her voice was still dead like her eyes were slowly becoming. Back when she still lived here, before she had changed to this icy version of herself, he thought he might have loved her. Now he wanted her to leave again.

"What are you doing here?" Blue hair fell in front of her face, her hands slowly pushing it back behind her ear. Eyes narrowing, she glared at him as he walked toward her. Waving his hand in front of her face he watched her, his heart skipped when she didn't react. Faded eyes just glaring at the spot he was laying, but the glare seemed fake. No emotion crossed to her, worse then when she just disappeared. Gasping, he took a step back. Head whipping to his noise, what almost passed for amusement crossed her face.

"Not happy to see me? I thought you would be." Dripping with dissapointment, her voice still sounded flat. Fighting the urge to cover his ears like when he was young, he sat down and looked around. They were on the beach still, sitting in front of a faded blue beach house. Aqua sat on a beach chair, her head moving slightly when a sound became a little louder. It hit him instantly, she had dragged him to her beach house. Memories threatened to tip over him as he did a double take at the house that used to bring warm memories. Now they were faded, just like she was. For years after she was gone he visited the rooms in this house hoping to find a clue at where she could have been. After a while Axel took the key, locking him out from these walls. Staring at it felt unreal, like having a chance to be brought back to the past. Roxas didn't remember why he stopped sitting out front, why he stopped fighting for the key. Things just seemed hopeless, she wasn't suppose to come back. And now she was here staring at him with dead eyes that still made his heart beat faster. But it still felt so wrong to see her and a weird nervousness set through his stomach, making his mouth dry. Back then he would dream of their reuniting. Now everything felt different.

"Should I? You just left out of the blue, not leaving any sign or hint on where you would be." Anger bubbled from him, but no shock or surprise crossed those dead features. It made him want to punch something hard enough to break his fist. Instead he paced in front of her while looking at the ground. "Not to mention that you went icy on me and refused to tell me what was happening." Standing up, her eyes widened and her pupils dilated. Stepping back, he stared at her half in shock, half in horror as her eyes returned to normal. She took a few steps toward him and placed a hand on his arm which he quickly jumped back from the contact. No sign of remorse, pity, or even guilt seemed to burden her. Looking at her, he felt a huge void seperating them. She was unreachable now, any sign of what they used to have was totally washed away with where ever she had traveled. For some reason his heart hurt.

Aqua's stare made him turn his head away, instead looking at the lonely house. Time fading it along with the sun and wind. Maybe he had changed since she was gone as well, he hoped so, at least. "I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you." There wasn't any sympathy in her voice, but, by now, he was used to it. "You'll understand why I had to leave soon." Eyes dilating again, she nodded to confirm what she said. Another habit that seemed to mean nothing to this replica of her. Salty air blew in his face as he walked toward the ocean, the soles of his shoes getting wet from the waves. "Was I right?" The question made him turn around and face the girl. She was as tall as him, but staring at her, with he oceans sun shining on her, he felt she should be shorter. His thoughts seemed to bounce around in his head attempting for any distraction. Another weird thought floated to him, her hair should be longer. "Was my prediction right?" Impatience dripping in her tone again.

"What? What prediction?" Head still swirling a bit, he winced as the pain sharpened.

Eyes flicking to the ground, he wanted to ask her why she would look there if she couldn't see. But he held his tounge, more interested in her answer then his idiotic anger. "That you would fall for a girl. A girl who will end up hurting you more then you'll ever know." Rage pushed at him, his eyes narrowed at the girl. Still looking at the ground, she started drawing in the sand with her shoe.

No longer standing at the water's edge he now stared at her blue hair since her face was hidden. "I met that girl a long time ago." Acid was flowing through his tone but he couldn't seem to help it. All this anger at her building up, even when she jumped away from his close distance. "I loved her, spent day and night with this girl hoping she would love me back." For once, she flinched. Hands clenched to keep from yelling, he took another step toward her. "And one morning when I woke up to see her, she vanished." Another flinch, her eyes darting to the ground. "And now here she is again trying to mess me up some more, but this time it won't work." Whispering it, he crossed his arms and looked down at what she had scraped into the sand. A gasp escaped his mouth.

Carved delicatley was a girl with long hair and a small smile. She looked just like the girl that had been on his mind lately. Aqua heard the gasp and layed her hand on his upper arm again. "You know that's not true." Roxas pulled back, walking quickly away from the girl. Her eyes did that weird trick when he pulled away and she stepped toward him. "Wait! Roxas! Did you meet her?" His voice couldn't escape his throat, a weird tightening seeming to grip it. Looking back at the girl one last time, he saw real sympathy cross her face. Now she squatted down, using her pictures to finish up the sketch. Namine stared back up at her. He took off running, trying to escape that beach house that held more bad memories. Her voice carried on the wind and he held his hands to his ears. "So it's started already." They repeated in his head with each step he took. But he still couldn't stop.

Xion

Three people stood around her, towering over her small body. Instantly, she threw her arms over her head in a defensive manner. "Xion?" A familiar male voice called out to her, warm hands pulling her toward one of the tall figures. They still looked like ghostly shapes, except the one in the middle. That one appeared a black female shape holding onto one of the ghostly ones. "Xion?"

Blinking, she realized that it was Axel calling her name. Closing her eyes and slowly opening, her vision cleared up quickly. Leon, Yuffie, and Axel all stared down at her making her feel self concious. Those warm hands pulled her up into Axel's arms and causing a right red blush to settle on her face. "Ii'm sorry." Stuttering out the apology into Axel's shirt, she realized he wasn't wearing his jacket anymore. "Where did your-?" Looking around, she saw his jacket sprawled out where she had just been laying down. Her cheeks grew a thousand degrees warmer. One of his usual smirks crossed his lips as he kissed the top of her head, his arms still wrapped tightly around her small frame.

"I think she's feeling better." Their chuckles instantly filling the room. Xion's face grew even redder as they laughed at her expression, barying herself more into the warmth of her summer sun. His stomach held the vibrations as he laughed, she softly poked him. Quickly letting go of her, he jumped nearly three feet away from the small girl. Her own laughter joined theirs, no longer feeling embarassed from her fainting episode. Something still felt like it was tugging at the back of her mind, an echo from the voice she heard earlier.

Leon leaned down and kissed the giggling Yuffie's cheek, her face erupting into a bigger smile. But the smile that was on Xion's face had slowly fallen, her mind racing with thoughts. They were all in the coffee shop, warmth running through her. Hot arms wrapped around her waist, soft fiery breaths puffing against her cheek as Axel leaned down and kissed her cheek. Smiling out of habit, she still couldn't seem to focus on anything but what happened before she arrived here. That voice from earlier still echoing through her mind. "Well I'm glad your okay!" Swatting Axels hands away, Yuffie pulled Xion into the biggest hug she ever received. Nearly squeezing the air out of her, her ribs instantly complaining from the girl's strength. Patting the taller girl's back, she felt releived when Leon noticed and pulled the girl away from her. Taking in a deep breath, she saw Leon whisper something into the strong girl's ear. "Sorry!" Giggling, Yuffie patted the small girl's arm affectionatley.

"Come on, we have customers." The brunette said, herding his girl back towar d the counter. Yuffie giggles again and went into the back of their little shop, Leon turning toward Xion and Axel. Patting Xion's arm, she chuckled a bit at his showing emotion, he gave her a small smile back. "Soooo, what can we get you two today? We'll put it on the house due to your illness." Insisting on the formalities, he led them over to the counter. Running a hand through his hair, he stared at the two with a friendly smile on. Knowing that whether she had fainted or not, he would still insist on buying their drinks or pastries. Although he wasn't the most affectionate person towards anyone besides Yuffie, he showed he cared through smaller means. When offering this he wouldn't allow them to say no, no matter how much they insisted on paying. His relaxed and easy going demeanor made Xion realize why Yuffie like him so much. To the other girl, he must appear to be her summer sun. Leaning back into her own summer, she ordered them to vanilla fraps.

As they sat down Xion heard a huge banging sound come from the back. Making a mad dash toward that sound, Leon had exited the room within seconds. After a few more slams, she saw Yuffie punch through the wall. Both girl's eyes widened, Yuffie freezing as their eyes locked. Xion saw Yuffie breathing hard, but at the same time she didn't. Part of her was staring at the witch of destruction, and the witch was staring back at her. Time stopped, neither one moving an inch. Axel's voice broke the trance, both witches jumping as far as possible from the other. Back pressing against something cold, she still saw the aura through her other sight. "Xion! Xion!" Something hot touched her hand and she squeaked loudly. Again the warmth touched her, but this time she realized who it was. "Xion. Are you okay?" Blue eyes stared into his, but she couldn't find any words to say. According to Namine, this was very bad if Yuffie was the witch. She didn't realize her hands were shaking until Axel held onto them to make them still. "What's wrong?"

"Yuffie's the last witch." It came out as a whisper, her body shuddering at the realization. Almost feeling idiotic at not having realized this she quickly sent out a text to all the others, having to retype the message several times due to her shaking hands. Breaths coming out in quick short puffs, she was afraid she might start hyperventilating. Trying to slow her breathing she walked towards the backroom. The couple were holding each other, Yuffie regarding her curiously while Leon just seemed confused. "I have to talk to you." Each word felt forced. Walking towards her seemed even harder but she grabbed her hand and led her back to the table where Axel seemed to have frozen. Sliding next to him, she leaned her head on his chest for support. Across from them Yuffie looked curious but also nervous.

Almost laughing, Xion reached for her summer's hand. The coffee shop no longer seemed to hold the warmth she needed, that only leaning against the red head, to warm the new chill in her. Looking at the fifth player, a new sense of dread filled her. Grabbing Axel's hand tightly, she started to tell her everything from the moment she found out while sending the group another text. Axel did also but seemed to do it mechanically. Sighing a bit, she leaned against him more trying to stop the icy despair clawing at both their chests.

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Okay, so here is my tidbit about this story: Technically this should have one more part to it. I will probably add it to the next one if I can get inspired. It will be in the past but a good filler about Cloud, Aqua, Aerith, Namine and some other characters not yet mentioned in the story line. Let me know if you guys like this idea please!

Also this is the second part to chapter 20 (w/o the other scene yet of course) which was reeeaally long and I had to split it in order to have something for you guys to read. ^.^ but you all probably already knew that anyways.

So to kick off chapter 20/21 I give you all cookies! *Tosses cookies wildly in the air* Thank you again!

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