This is going to be one hell of a long chapter.

KH 358/2 Days: Phoenix's Fate

Chapter 34

Strange and fight!

In Twilight Town…

Namine stood in front of the pod like machine where Sora slept. She sighed gravely and took a glance at the heart shaped machine then at Sora again.

"You seem to be struggling." Diz stated as he stood behind her.

"A nobody is interfering, I think." Namine clasped her hands together and closed her eyes.

"A nobody?" The man in red asked.

"I try to piece his memory back together, but what if some of the pieces got lost?" Namine looked at the ground. "There would be no way for me to finish. If that happened, and they found their way into someone else, he'd never get them back."

"Oh, I think he could do without a memory or two." Diz mumbled and the blonde haired 'witch' looked up at Diz.

"But, what if he needs those memories in order to wake up? What if they're the key?"

"Namine," He warned. "You are witch who has power over Sora and the Princess' memories and the ones connected to them. Are you seeing something I cannot?" He asked.

"If his memories become her memories, she will never survive it." Namine sighed.

"It appears we have come to a standstill." Diz stated.

"Yes."

"Riku, I think you know what needs to be done." The silver haired boy nodded.

"Right." And he left.

When Riku was out of the room, Namine walked up to the heart shaped pod and so did Diz.

"Is there anything wrong with the Princess?" Namine frowned and looked at the ground.

"I have already found the memories of her past and pieced them together. Now, they're safely inside her."

"She will not remember her parents, because she was too young." Namine nodded.

"But, there's a problem with Haruka's memories." She mumbled.

"What is it?" Diz asked immediately and Namine gulped.

"There's another nobody out there, Haruka's nobody; she's starting to encounter with Haruka's memories. That means that if Haruka wakes up which is still a small chance, she will only have the memories of her past in her home, that's it." Namine said sadly.

"So that means the memories are inside the Princess' nobody. The only way that Princess Haruka can gain her other memories back is if we extract those memories from her nobody."

"Correct."

"How long will it take to extract the memories?" Diz asked.

"No longer than a day." Namine answered and the mysterious man nodded.

"Very well, I will explain this to Riku." Diz muttered.

Castle That Never Was…

Things were starting to get very strange in those few weeks, mostly Phoenix, Xion and Roxas.

Phoenix was starting to get very quiet all of a sudden and kept on seeing these memories. Memories which consisted of people that she's never met before, but one was of a younger version of the imposter. His name started with an 'R'.

Another boy had brown spikey hair and blue eyes, somehow he reminded her of Roxas, those eyes. Sometimes whenever Phoenix looked at Roxas, she saw the other boy instead. His name begun with an 'S'.

There was a girl in her memories too; she had short hair like Phoenix but was auburn and she also had these crystal blue/indigo eyes. She was very beautiful, but for some reason, the girl was shown in a negative way, and Phoenix felt it. For some strange reason, Xion reminded Phoenix of the girl in her memory, they looked just like each other. Her name started with a 'K'.

Phoenix always saw that girl from the islands, with red curly hair and green eyes. She was in all the memories, but it was really weird that they looked like each other. They were just like each other but Phoenix didn't know why this was going on. Her hair was also turning curly at the bottom which was also odd.

The other thing that was very strange was Xion disappearing and running away. She kept on asking these silly questions as well like; why am I in the Organisation? But Phoenix was well aware of why Xion was acting this way. She was starting to doubt her true existence. But the red haired nobody didn't want her to find out what she was; but Xion already knew.

Roxas was starting to grow weaker and weaker as Xion grew stronger and stronger. The blonde haired nobody felt exhausted whenever he used the Keyblade and this worried Phoenix. But she had a feeling what Riku said to her was starting to happen. Probably, Roxas' powers were being absorbed by Xion.

321 Days…

"NOOOO!"

"What are you doing?" She asked with tears in his eyes.

"Stop!" The brown haired boy assumed that his best friend was going to hurt the Beast.

"So you finally made it. About time. I've been waiting for you, especially you H_" She didn't blush at this or demonstrate the slightest sign of shyness; her face showed an irritated and disappointed face.

Phoenix hugged her knees against her chest as she sat to a sleeping Roxas on the bed. Her fists were curled up and they started to tremble with anger.

"You've always pushed me, as I've always pushed you."

"But it all ends here. There can't be two Keyblade masters."

"No! I think you're forgetting something." She touched her heart. "Don't take me as if I'm invisible. Don't take me as if I'm useless. Don't take me as if I can't fight and definitely don't take me as a damsel in distress because I am a Keyblade master as well!"

"It's up to me to save her now and I will save her." It was as if someone ripped her heart like a paper.

Her eyes widened and she felt like someone was strangling her. When she heard that, she felt like her whole world was dissolving. She didn't know why, but it felt like her non-existent heart was breaking yet again. She looked at Roxas who was sleeping very peacefully, but then his eyebrows furrowed together. He too was starting to see these strange dreams…

"Let the Keyblade choose…its true master!" The silver haired boy raised his hand up. S_'s Keyblade started to tremble as it shone and disappeared.

R_ chucked a wooden play sword. S_ fell onto his knees and his palms were on the ground.

"We have to remember our mission, we must follow the key." Donald said.

"Yeah, you're right. That's what the King said." Goofy agreed.

H_ looked at them with large eyes not believing this, as they walked to R_'s side.

"H_, you might as well just leave me here and go and join R_. I won't mind." R_ smirked with triumph and she gasped at what S_ said. The silver haired boy opened his arms for her with a big smirk on his face.

"Come on H_, you can come to me now."

"Come on H_." She shook her head and placed her hand onto S_'s shoulder.

"I'm sorry R_, but I can't just leave my friend like this, especially without a weapon. My friends are my power," H_ looked down at S_ with a smile "and I'm theirs! I'm not going to leave S_ like this."

A tear fell down Roxas' cheeks and he opened his eyes. He sat upright and his blue eyes fell on Phoenix. She looked a bit different; her hair was fully curly and much longer. She wore different clothes; a red and white striped tank top, light blue jean shorts and red trainers.

Phoenix touched his cheek and asked, "Roxas are you okay?" The red haired nobody turned into her original appearance and he blinked.

"Yeah, just a bad dream, that's all." She wiped the tear away and cupped his cheek. She leaned in closer and gently kissed him. He returned the kiss and wrapped his arms around her.

Later on…

Phoenix was walking up the Naught's Skyway and saw Xigbar eavesdropping on Axel and Xion's conversation. This made Phoenix grip her fist and grind her teeth together. Quietly she walked up to Xigbar and placed her hand on her hip.

"Eavesdropping is extremely rude, Xigbar." She muttered murderously and venomously. He turned around and she glared at him. He smirked at her. It was as if the eye patched nobody saw the young woman he fought a decade ago; Harumi.

"Are you just gonna stand her and smirk at me like an idiotic fool or are you going to leave?" She asked with a dark aura around her.

"Hmph." Was all he said and he left. Phoenix made her way towards Xion and looked up at her with an emotionless face.

"Xion, are you aware of what you really are?" She asked curiously.

"Yes." She answered plainly and her eyes widened. "Y-you know?!" Suddenly, Phoenix felt Axel grab her wrist.

"Since when did you know this?" He hissed and she looked at the ground.

"I've known this truth for a very long time. But I never had the guts to tell anyone." She mumbled.

"PHOENIX, WHY?! DID YOU HATE HER THAT MUCH?!" Axel roared at his little sister and tears filled her eyes. Xion shook her head at this. Phoenix looked up at her angered brother.

"I didn't know to tell anyone the truth! Do you know how hard it was for me to know?!"

"But why didn't you tell anyone?" He yelled.

"BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT ANYONE!" She screamed and pulled her arm away from her brother.

"I, I'd rather make myself suffer than make you guys hurt. I didn't want to hurt you, Axel and I don't ever want to hurt you. I'm sorry." She cried and ran off.

A few days later…

"Phoenix…" Saix mumbled at the door. Phoenix was lying down on the bed staring at the white ceiling.

"What is it, Saix?" She asked rather gently and the blue haired nobody was a bit shocked at this. Nonetheless he didn't let this show and composed himself.

"Xion ran away again, if you don't mind…" She huffed at this; Xion was very hard to handle.

"I understand what I have to do." Saix walked up to her as she sat upright.

"I'm sorry if this is troubling you in your spare time." Phoenix shook her head at this and looked at Saix with such soft eyes. Her green eyes weren't filled with hatred or loathing, they were soft like a feather.

"It's okay, don't worry about it. I don't mind at all." She stood up and opened a Corridor of Darkness. Her back was towards him and she frowned.

"Saix…"

"Yes Phoenix?" He asked and she hesitated for a moment. Then she sighed deeply with a tear falling down her cheek.

"I just wanted to say, that I'm sorry for everything that's happened. I'm sorry I've treated you. I hope you forgive me, even if you don't, I won't mind." It was silent afterwards until Saix broke the silence.

"It's me who's supposed to be sorry, Phoenix." He muttered.

"It's okay Saix. Do you forgive me?"

"Of course I do." She smiled at this.

"Thank you." Phoenix said sweetly and left. Saix on the other hand looked at the ground and sighed.

She knew where Xion would be. The dark haired nobody loved sea shells and this was a major hint; Destiny Islands.

Destiny Islands…

Phoenix opened her eyes and they widened. That imposter's hand was on Xion's shoulder. Her right hand was behind her and her Keyblade appeared in that hand. Quietly, she walked towards them and stopped. She kept a bit of distance from the imposter. The red haired nobody lifted her Keyblade up and aimed it at the silver haired teen.

"Xion." Phoenix muttered and they turned around to look at her. Xion's eyes widened and she gasped. "Return back to the Castle."

"But Phoenix…"

"No buts just do it!" Phoenix's voice was rising and Xion walked up to her side.

"What about you?" Phoenix smirked wickedly at this and kept her eyes on the silver haired boy in front of her.

"I have the opportunity to deal with this imposter and I'm going to take it. Now, leave. I don't want any more words from you." She growled and Xion glanced at Riku, then left.

"As for you…" Phoenix swung her Keyblade towards Riku who blocked the attack with his own weapon.

"So you really think you can defeat me?" He asked smugly.

"Oh I don't think, I know." He swung his Keyblade and she jumped back. They started fighting and the one who was struggling now was Riku. He was shocked at how strong Phoenix had become. Her fighting style started to resemble the girl he loved. He remembered when she fought him.

"No, you're wrong. The boy I met 10 years ago is long gone and replaced with the darkness. You leave me no choice Riku. You've done too much to me." She looked down and touched her heart. "But I'm not weak anymore!" She yelled as she ran towards him.

They engaged in battle and for Haruka it was really hard. There was so much darkness coming from him, it was unbelievable but she wasn't going to lose. Then all the moments of when she succeeded in life repeated in her mind and this gave her strength. Now it was Riku who was struggling and he skidded back when she swung her Keyblade at him.

"Thundara!" Riku yelled and as the lightening bolted towards her she used the darkness which made it fade away. The silver haired teen gasped at this.

"You can't fight the darkness with thunder, it will never work." He growled at this and started fighting her again. She smirked sickly at this. "I'm not weak anymore; I'm strong because of my friends. They're my power and I'm theirs!"

This hit a nerve for Riku; he knew now what he was supposed to do. He was going to get Haruka back whether Phoenix liked it or not. He was going to make Phoenix realise what she really is…

The next chapter will be really extreme. I kinda left you guys at a cliff-hanger and I won't be telling you what will happen in the next chapter. You guys need to wait. But please review!

~Parisa01