KH 358/2 Days: Phoenix's Fate

Chapter 26

Mission

The next day Phoenix walked into the dinner room and everyone stared at her. But when her eyes met with Xemnas' glare, her hands started to tremble and she looked down.

"Phoenix, you need to stay strong. You don't have to be afraid of him, remember you have that power inside you. You need to stay strong, for your friend's sake, for Axel's sake, for Roxas' fate." Kura said in her mind and she internally agreed. Her hands stopped trembling with fear and she took a deep breath. The red haired nobody looked up and kept her chin high as she walked to her usual seat.

She sat down normally as if nothing was wrong. Saix smirked at this and decided to tell her about her mission. "Phoenix, you better eat well, you have a very big mission. You're mission is for the whole day in Agrabah, to defeat heartless, on your own." Roxas, Xion, Thomas, Demyx and Axel's eyes widened at this. But Phoenix didn't react to this.

"What? You've got to be kidding me?!" Demyx said.

"She can't it's way too tough!" Thomas pointed out.

"For a whole day! That's too extreme. At least let someone else do half!" Xion made a valid point.

"Saix, this is too harsh for her. She's too young and not as experienced as us!" Axel growled and Roxas stood up.

"I won't let Phoenix do this mission alone! She won't go by herself!" Roxas roared and Phoenix looked up at him.

"Quiet, all of you!" Xemnas raised his voice. "No.13, sit down." The said boy looked down, clenched his fist until it trembled with fury and sat down on his chair. Phoenix on the other hand stood up.

"Do you guys seriously think that I won't be able to complete this mission?" She asked with a smirk and then she looked at Xemnas.

"I know why you're doing this. To see whether I'm strong or not. If I succeed then you'll know that I am strong, regardless of having a weapon or not. But if I fail, then I was just a waste of time and space in this Organisation. Or should I say was a waste of time."

The way Phoenix said this made chills go up and down Axel, Demyx, Thomas, Xion and Roxas' spines, chills of fear. She said it so nonchalantly and bluntly. Phoenix crossed her arms. "Well, let's just leave this at fate, eh? Well, see ya everyone."

She turned around and the five gulped at this. Axel and Roxas felt tears brimming in their eyes and a lump in their throats. The others looked down at their food and started eating again. Phoenix raised her hand and opened a Corridor of Darkness.

Just as she was about to leave, the red haired nobody turned around to Axel and smiled with a nod. That smile, it was as if everything was going to be okay. Then she looked at Roxas and a tear fell down his cheek. She touched her cheek and wiped it whilst shaking her head. The blonde haired nobody also wiped his tear. She smiled at him, placed her hand onto her non-existent heart and mouthed, "I'll be fine." After a second, she left.

She reached Agrabah and stretched. "Wow! It's amazing here." She said and looked around but wiped her forehead. "Not to mention hot! Why do we have to wear black?! Stupid Xemnas!" Phoenix grumbled and started exploring.

She walked everywhere, battling Heartless with magic and darkness. But what her real power was her friends. Whenever she thought about Demyx, Thomas, even Xion it would give her strength, but no more than Axel who gave her courage. Roxas was the one who made her fight and she didn't give up because his face was always in her mind.

6 hours later…

It was late afternoon and Phoenix's stomach rumbled very loudly. She rolled her green eyes at this and growled. "Alright, alright, I get it! Sheesh!" Then Kura whined.

"Hello? I'm starving here!" Phoenix huffed at this.

"For the love of Kingdom Hearts, can't you WAIT?!" The red haired girl screamed internally. She walked to a nearby stall with a friendly smile on her face.

"Um, can I have two red apples please?" She asked kindly.

"Big or small?" The merchant asked.

"Big apple, big apple, big apple!" Kura said excitedly like a child. Phoenix's belly rumbled again and this made her blush. She muttered a few swear words under her breath and looked up at the merchant with a nervous smile.

"Big apples, please!" He nodded and she gave him the munny. He gave her the apples and she walked off. Phoenix started looking for a place to rest and eat, especially a shady place.

Then out of nowhere the same merchant was running after a monkey whilst shouting, "Get back here, you stole an apple from me yesterday." The monkey noticed Phoenix and quickly hid behind her. The merchant ran off somewhere else.

Phoenix turned around to see a monkey dressed in clothes with a little hat; Abu. She smiled at this and kneeled to the ground. "You do know that stealing is very bad." She said and the monkey rubbed his hand on his stomach. Phoenix's eyebrows furrowed together and she frowned. "Aw, you're hungry aren't you?"

"Are you out of your mind? I'm hungry!" She ignored Kura.

"You're very hungry, aren't you?" She asked and Abu nodded. "Well," She looked at her apple.

"No, don't you even think about it!" Kura warned. Phoenix polished the apple and held it out.

"Here you go!" Phoenix smiled and Abu stared at the apple. "Go on, take it." Slowly, the monkey took the apple. He grinned very widely at her and Phoenix giggled. "You're welcome!" Abu turned around and ran. He waved at her and so did she.

"Smart, real smart!" Her guardian mumbled.

"Kura."

"Hm?"

"Stop whining!" Kura rolled her eyes at this and sighed with defeat.

Riku hid behind a corner nearby and sighed. "She really is Haru's nobody. She has her heart of gold." He whispered and thought about the girl he loved.

Aw, Riku still loves Haruka. Please review!

~Parisa01