A/N: Hey everyone. I'm back with another chapter. 2021 has gotten off to a crazy year and I've been trying to get back into writing this story because I definitely want to finish it… Even though we are about 1/3 of the way through 358/2 days so we have a long way to go. So here is a bumper chapter for you to feast on while I work on the next one!
For the next couple of weeks, nothing special happened, Shaylex continued going on missions with Tenebrae and was also teamed up with other Organization members to complete missions. One morning, she was on her way downstairs to the lounge area, ready for her mission when number 15, Xion came over to her. Shaylex hadn't really spent much time with the hooded girl but figured she should be friendly, now that Larxene was gone. "Oh, good morning Xion." The blonde nobody said. Xion looked up at her.
"Erm... Shaylex... you can wield a keyblade... right?" She asked in a very hushed voice. Shaylex raised an eyebrow.
"Mmhmm. Why?" She asked. Xion quickly looked around.
"Could I accompany you on your mission today? I am also a keyblade wielder and I thought I could get some, one to one training with you..." She asked. Shaylex looked a little shocked.
"Oh... I never knew you were a keyblade wielder... sure. As long as Saïx approves of it." She said as she and Xion continued making their way to the lounge where Saïx was waiting in his usual spot.
"Shaylex... and... number 15?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Morning Saïx. Xion wanted to come with me. With both of us being Keyblade wielders, she wanted to join me to see how I perform out in the field. Think of it as extra training." Shaylex explained as Xion nodded softly. Saïx's eyes narrowed down at Xion and then rolled his eyes.
"Very well. But only for today. You'll be going to Neverland." He said as he walked off. Xion seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Cheery as always. Well, come on Xion, Neverland awaits." She said as she opened a portal and stepped through with Xion following. The pair stepped out and looked around. They came out by the dock that leads to Skull Rock. Shaylex brought her hand up to her ear and activated the link shell. "Tene? Do you read me? Tene?" She asked and after a while of not hearing a response. She dropped the hand. "Seems it's just the two of us today Xion." She shrugged. Xion looked at her.
"Who's Tene?" She asked softly.
"Tenebrae is a friend. He's also a wielder, like us. He sometimes joins me on missions." The blonde nobody explained. Xion looked down.
"So... there's more of us?" She asked softly as she looked down at her hands.
"Yep. But Tene's not a member of the Organization. He still has his heart. We just met by chance a while ago and we've become the best of friends." She said as she began to walk further into the island, summoning Promise. Xion followed.
"Best friends?" She asked. Shaylex nodded.
"Yeah. I trust him and he trusts me. We go for ice cream a lot... we have a lot in common." She said, thinking back to her past with Keval and how Tenebrae is also connected to that past too. Xion placed a hand over her heart.
"So... is it like Roxas, Axel and I?" She asked softly. Shaylex turned and nodded.
"If the three of you are as close. Then yeah. You guys are best friends." She said softly as she turned to the nobody and smiled. Xion looked up and Shaylex could see a small smile on her face. "And, if you're a friend of Roxas and Axel, you're also a friend of mine too." She added. Xion looked up and nodded.
"Thank you..." she said softly. Shaylex was about to respond when she felt a presence nearby.
"Hang on..." The blonde Nobody said as she kept her keyblade up. "Summon your keyblade and keep close to me." She explained. Xion looked down.
"Erm... about that... I... I can't... summon my keyblade..." she said softly, looking down. Shaylex looked down at her.
"That's why you wanted to come with me today..." she said, putting the pieces together. Xion nodded.
"Yes... I've been going on missions with Roxas... but it won't be long before Saïx gets suspicious... and Roxas mentioned that you were also a keyblade wielder... so..." she began to say.
"So, you thought that teaming up with me, I could help, do double duty and Saïx would be none the wiser?" She finished Xion's sentence. Xion looked up and nodded. Shaylex smiled. "Why didn't you say so in the first place? I'd be happy to help. And I'll be happy to help take on double duty too until you can get your keyblade back." She said softly. Xion looked up and smiled.
"Thank you Shaylex!" She said as she jumped up and down. Shaylex smiled too.
"Don't mention it. Just stay close by." Shaylex said as she made her way forward, keyblade up and at the ready. They walked down the path into a clearing where there was a giant tree in the middle of it. But surrounding the tree, were three large heartless that resembled a centaur with lilac skin and wearing armour on their top half and carrying a lance. Shaylex gripped her keyblade and rushed in, focussing on her mana and sending a flurry of fireballs at the three-centaur heartless. They all turned and began charging like bulls towards her. She used the last bit of mana to summon a wind vortex that launched her into the air where she backflipped and came diving down and plunging the keyblade into one of the heartless and jumping backwards, landing gracefully on the ground. Xion used this opportunity to blast an ice spell at the weakened one of the three. It disintegrated and Shaylex jumped up to collect the heart. But this, in turn, angered the other two heartless and they turned their attention on Xion. Shaylex noticed this and jumped in front of the younger Nobody and held her keyblade up. "Come on then." She said with a smirk as she charged up her remaining mana and sent forward a wind vortex that swallowed the two, large heartless. Shaylex then spun her keyblade around and threw it at the vortex, initiating her limit break, Aero Raid. Within minutes, both heartless were down and began disintegrating, they're hearts floating up to the sky. Shaylex chuckled as she tried to catch her breath as she dismissed her keyblade, turning to Xion, she smiled. "You okay…" She said but she gasped lightly as she looked upon the girl before her. Her hood was now down and Xion was looking up at Shaylex with familiar blue eyes. Shaylex could've sworn that she looked like Kairi for a second. But the girl's black hair threw her back to reality. Xion looked at Shaylex with a puzzled look.
"Is, is everything okay?" She asked softly. Shaylex shook her head lightly and smiled.
"Yeah, must have used up a lot more energy than I thought." The blonde Nobody explained. Xion nodded.
"Yeah… That was, that was quite the move you did. How long have you known how to do that?" Xion asked as the two of them continued walking down the pathway to check out the rest of the world for heartless.
"Oh, it, kind of happened one day when I was out on a mission with Larxene. That's my limit break, Aero Raid. It's nothing big but it does help out when I'm in a tough situation like that just now." She chuckled as the two Nobodies entered another clearing.
"Sounds like you've had lots of practice." Xion said with a small smile. Shaylex sighed.
"I guess… If my memories are what I think they are." The blonde Nobody said as she placed a hand over the necklace.
"What exactly do you mean?" Xion asked, curious at the statement. Shaylex sighed softly.
"I don't have any memories of my past, only the year before I became a Nobody… But… I've met people who know me, who have told me things about my… our past." Shaylex tried to explain. "It's complicated." She said as she dropped her hand.
"So, how do you know if those 'memories' that those people told you are true?" The younger Nobody asked. Shaylex stopped.
"I've also had dreams… but… when I wake up, they feel real, like I lived that. And these people, I can tell that they would never lie to me like that." She explained as she looked up at the sky. "That's why I want to get my heart back, so I can actually show those same feelings that they showed me. And if I can remember my past in the process, then, bonus." She added as she smiled down at Xion.
"That's nice, I wish that I could remember my past too." She said softly. Shaylex's smile faded.
"You don't remember your past?" She asked her. Xion nodded.
"I don't really remember waking up a Nobody… It wasn't until I started going on missions with Roxas that I began to feel more… real." She explained, placing her hand over her chest. Shaylex sighed softly. It couldn't be a coincidence that she looked like Kairi. But she was certain that Namine was Kairi's Nobody. Could it be a different thing because Kairi was a princess of heart? She shook the thought off and smiled at Xion.
"I'm sure you'll regain them in time." She said softly as she placed a hand on her shoulder. Xion looked up and smiled softly.
"Thanks, Shaylex." Xion replied as the two carried on, completing their mission quite quickly as Shaylex took care of the heartless while Xion acted as support, letting Shaylex get the final kill in to collect the heart. After Shaylex grabbed the final heart, the two stayed a while to catch their breaths and calm down. Xion smiled at Shaylex. "That was amazing, I think I definitely learned something today." She said with glee. Shaylex chuckled.
"Same, Xion. I'm glad I got to go on a mission with another member today." She responded as she looked at Xion again, still seeing Kairi's features in amongst Xion's face, but brushing that aside again, maybe she could do some research when she next had a chance to. She smiled at Xion. "So, what do you have planned this evening?" She asked the younger Nobody. Xion smiled back.
"I was going to meet Axel and Roxas in Twilight Town for ice cream. It's something we do every day after we've finished our missions. Do you want to join us today?" She asked softly. Shaylex smiled, she was fairly sure that Tenebrae was busy if he didn't answer her call today.
"Sure. Let's get going then, Twilight Town awaits." The blonde Nobody said as she opened up a portal. Xion smiled and stepped through with Shaylex following. The two Nobodies stopped at the local ice cream stand and bought a sea salt ice cream each. They then made their way up to the clock tower where Roxas was already waiting. "Hey, Roxas!" Shaylex exclaimed as they came round the corner. Roxas smiled.
"Shaylex! Xion! You guys came!" He said excitedly. Shaylex smiled softly as Xion sat next to Roxas and Shaylex sat next to Xion.
"Well, Xion offered and I haven't got anything else going on, so I thought I'd join you." Shaylex explained.
"Well, the more the merrier I say." Another voice came from behind the group. They all turned around to see Axel walking past them and sitting down next to Roxas.
"You alright, Axel?" Shaylex asked the redhead. Axel nodded.
"Yep, couldn't be better." He replied as he took out his ice cream and began to eat it. "SO, how was your mission with Xion today?" He asked. Xion smiled.
"It went well, Shaylex really helped me out." Xion explained as she went into detail about her and Shaylex's mission in Neverland and the number of hearts they had collected. Axel chuckled.
"It seems you had your work cut out for ya today, Shaylex." Axel quipped. Shaylex smiled and stretched out.
"It was a piece of cake. I've gotten stronger as a keyblade wielder since I got back from Castle Oblivion." Shaylex responded with a chuckle. Roxas and Xion joined in.
"How did you get your keyblade, Shaylex? Because yours is completely different to mine and Xion's" Roxas asked. Shaylex was mid-bite of her ice cream when Roxas asked her and her mind went back to the only vivid memory she had. When she was bequeathed her keyblade.
"Oh… Well, when I was little, I was playing in some woods, when I came across a woman who looked injured. I helped her up and she asked me what I wanted to do in the future. I answered that I wanted to see the world, to protect the people I care about. She then summoned her keyblade and told me to take it." She explained as she summoned Promise. "She recited a poem asking me to take it and that one day, I'll be able to wield the power and nothing will hold me back, as long as I hold the power of my friend's close…" She added as she dismissed Promise and chuckled. "Sometimes, I wonder if I'm even worthy to wield it, I don't have a heart and I don't think I really kept my promises to my friends well." She sighed as she thought of Sora, Riku and Kairi and the Light Protectors.
"Shaylex…" Roxas said softly. Shaylex shook her head and smiled.
"Don't listen to me. Just reflecting." She said with a smile. Axel shook his head and flicked his bare ice cream stick to Shaylex.
"Don't start getting sappy on us now, Shaylex." He chuckled. "We're Nobodies. We don't have hearts, and you can still wield your keyblade, even without a heart. That's got to count for something. Right?" He explained. Shaylex thought on his words and nodded.
"You're right, Axel. Maybe something in my lost memories will help me understand why the keyblade has stayed by my side all this time." The blonde Nobody smiled as she pocketed her clean popsicle stick and stretched. Axel smiled too and stood up.
"Well, make sure you don't lose sight of yourself during your search, Shaylex. Got it memorised?" Axel quipped as Shaylex also stood up, followed by Roxas and Xion.
"Don't worry, Axel, I won't." Shaylex responded as the four of them climbed down the clock tower and teleported back to the castle where Shaylex headed straight to her room and quickly jumped in the shower and went to bed. While she slept, she had another dream. Shaylex opened her eyes and she was on a battlefield. All around her were people her age, their keyblades clashing against one another. Shaylex looked down to see herself holding onto a keyblade, but it wasn't Love's Promise, it was the other one she had seen in her dreams. Lost Memory. Shaylex looked around and began to run in a random direction, she was obviously looking for someone, anyone. A few people came charging at her which she quickly dodged and slashed at. She felt a determination and a sense of urgency as she made her way through the endless fighting, seeing so many people fall and their hearts leaving their bodies, floating up into the sky where a giant heart-shaped moon was. Shaylex's eyes widened as she gazed upon Kingdom Hearts. She looked around and began running more until her eyes fell upon a small group of people. She saw Keval, holding onto the body of a young girl with black and white hair and Laci, standing nearby. She watched as she saw someone running up to them, keyblade raised and before Shaylex could react, the wielder stabbed his keyblade right through Laci's back. Laci turned around, her eyes wide and filled with tears. Shaylex screamed and ran at the wielder, gripping tightly onto Memory as she swung. The two wielders clashed as Shaylex could feel herself shouting at Keval to get them to safety, which he did. Shaylex could feel her mouth moving as the two wielders fought but she couldn't make any sense of the words that the two of them were exchanging. Eventually, Shaylex screamed and cut down this wielder by slicing his keyblade in half and driving Memory through him. The wielder's body became limp and fell back onto the ground. Shaylex stepped back, looked around and continued running…
Shaylex awoke with a gasp and a small scream. She sat straight up and tried to calm her breathing. She felt her forehead was covered in sweat as she looked around her. She was back in her room in the Organization's Castle. She sighed softly as she got up and went into her bathroom to wash up and get ready for the day. Her mind lingering on her dream. Was it a memory? Why was it filled with so much hurt and hate? Was that the day Laci lost her heart? So many questions kept filling up in Shaylex's head as she dressed and put her coat on for the day. As she left her room, she noticed a note and a key sitting on her bed. She picked up the note. "Come to the Altar of Naught. Xemnas has summoned us all. Use this key to get in." Shaylex sighed as she took the key and headed out, climbing up through the caste He had never been to the Alter of Naught before, but she had a rough idea where she was going because she had remembered where things were from her tour of the castle when she first arrived here, over 6 months ago now. She finally made her way to the room called Proof of Existence. There, Shaylex saw 14 headstones, 5 of which had crumbled down to dust. She looked closely at them and saw that these were the ones that belonged to the Organization members who perished in Castle Oblivion. Shaylex noted that there wasn't a headstone for Xion, but there was one for Roxas. Shaylex shook it off and went to the back wall, which was sealed off. She took out the key and inserted it into a small keyhole, the pathway opened up ahead of her and she made her way up the stairs to the Alter. Many members had already gathered. She noticed Luxord, Xaldin and Xigbar were already there, chatting amongst themselves. Axel came up behind her a few minutes later with Demyx following suit. After a few more minutes, Saïx walked up, accompanied by Xion and Roxas. The two smaller Nobodies came over to join Shaylex and Axel as they waited for Xemnas. A few minutes pass and Xemnas appears before them and gestures for everyone to quiet down.
"The time has arrived." Xemnas started to say as he looked up with his arms raised high at Kingdom Hearts, now filled up. "And at long last, we see before us the great collection of hearts. Hearts full of rage… hate… sadness… and bliss. Shining don upon us is the crystallization of all hearts – Kingdom Hearts." He announced. Shaylex felt her stomach drop a little bit, after witnessing what she saw in her dream, she was beginning to doubt whether or not Kingdom Hearts was a good idea after seeing the devastation she saw the night before. "There, in the sky, hangs the promise of a new world." He declared as she dropped his arms and turned to everyone. "My friends! Let us gain further power to conquer the human heart, and claim it as our own. Let us remember why we are here and what we hope to achieve. Hearts shall be gathered and made our own. Hearts shall ever again have power over us." He added as she turned back to Kingdom Hearts. Shaylex looked up and thought of the people in her dream, all those hearts that were lost. Maybe she could ask Tene about her dream, or maybe Keval seeing as he was in her dream. After a few minutes of staring up at Kingdom Hearts. Xemnas dismissed everyone to go on their missions for the day. Shaylex went down to the Grey room and was informed by Saïx that she would be going to Wonderland today. Shaylex nodded, quickly relayed the message to Tenebrae and left for Wonderland. She wondered around the world for a little bit, taking out heartless here and there was still no sign of Tene. She moved forward towards the Mad Hatter's garden where a large heartless randomly spawned in front of her, knocking her back against the hedge. Shaylex stood up and readied Promise. As she charged at the heartless, she felt a twinge in her head, and she screamed and collapsed as the images from her nightmare ran through her head. The image of seeing Laci get cut down, Keval, crying over another friend's body and her cutting down the guy who hurt Laci. As the image came became clearer, Shaylex watched as she turned around and looked up at the sky and saw Kingdom Hearts, as bright and full as she had seen it back in the Organization's castle. She cried out loudly as she saw the heartless coming towards her, but her head was stopping her from defending herself, she closed her eyes and awaited the darkness but all of a sudden, she saw a flash of darkness and she opened her eyes to see the heartless disintegrate, and Tenebrae was standing there. Shaylex sighed softly and tried to calm down. Tenebrae knelt and looked at Shaylex with a soft but worried expression.
"Are you okay?" He asked. Shaylex took a minute to finally calm her breathing, she could feel the sweat on her face and her eyes stung but there were still no tears. Shaylex shook her head.
"I don't know what happened… One minute I was fine, and then the next…" She said softly as she began rubbing her fingers on her temples.
"You called out Keval… and Laci's name." Tene mentioned as he sat down on the grass in front of her. Shaylex looked up.
"I did?" She asked softly. Tenebrae nodded.
"What did you see?" Tenebrae asked. Shaylex made herself more comfortable and took a deep breath.
"I… I think I saw a memory… From the keyblade war." The blonde Nobody said softly. "I… I was on a battlefield… and I saw… Keval, he was holding onto the body of a girl with black and white hair in pigtails and… I saw Laci… She… she had just been struck down by someone. I… I rushed forward and fought this guy… I told Keval to get Laci and the other girl somewhere safe… I… I killed him… When I turned around, I…" She said shakily. Tenebrae held onto Shaylex's shoulders.
"What?" He asked softly. Shaylex looked up at the sky.
"I saw… Kingdom Hearts, in the sky… I saw, hearts, floating up to it… It was full and bright… Just like… Just like it is now at the Organization's castle… Why… Why did I see this?" She asked softly as she looked into Tenebrae's red eyes. Tenebrae sat back; he could tell there was a hint of fear behind them.
"I… I don't know… Who was the guy who struck Laci down?" Tene asked. Shaylex shook he head.
"I don't recognise him. I couldn't make out any words that were being sent; everything was silent… I… I saw all this in a nightmare last night… And then… today… Xemnas showed us… Kingdom Hearts is almost complete." Shaylex explained. Tenebrae stood up.
"Then, your vision is probably sending you a sign. Telling you that this… This is wrong!" The male wielder said. Shaylex looked up.
"Why? Why is it wrong? Is it wrong for me to want my heart back? Is it wrong for me to want to live a normal life? I didn't ask to become like this!" She exclaimed, standing up and staring hard at Tenebrae. "I never asked to lose my heart. I never asked to become a Nobody. I never asked to be abandoned by all my friends!" She shouted; her eyes still stung but there were no tears. Tenebrae placed his hands on her shoulders.
"I'm still here. I'm your friend, and so are the Light Protectors. They care deeply about you." Tenebrae said softly as he pulled Shaylex into a hug. "Surely there are other ways for you to get your heart back." He thought out loud. Shaylex hugged Tenebrae while he calmed down.
"There's no other way, Tene. Kingdom Hearts is the only way. I want to truly feel again… I want to care for my friends the way they do for me. Isn't that too much to ask?" She asked softly. Tenebrae sighed and shook his head.
"No, it's not…" He whispered as he broke away from the hug. "Come on, we still have heartless to kill." He said as he summoned his keyblade. Shaylex nodded and summoned Promise.
*I won't give up. I will get my heart back.* She thought as the two of them continued through Wonderland and cutting down the heartless, making sure to hit their target number for the day. After they finished off the last heartless, the two made their way back to the bizarre hallway where they both entered from. Shaylex was about to RTC but Tenebrae opened a portal and dragged Shaylex through.
"We're going to wind down and relax. You need it after the day you've had." He said as they appeared in Twilight Town. Tenebrae and Shaylex walked towards the ice cream stand where Tene bought the ice cream and the two made their way to Sunset Hill. They passed Roxas and Xion as they walked and the three smiled at each other while Tenebrae nodded at them. When they got to Sunset Hill. The two wielders sat down and began to eat their ice cream, the silence between them was tense. Shaylex sighed.
"I'm sorry for my outburst earlier. I'm just… so confused. I just want to get my heart back, get my memories back without them causing me to give me painful headaches and be free." She said softly. Tenebrae just looked ahead.
"I know. I would do the same if I were in your position. But you know life isn't as easy as it makes it out to be." He tried to explain. Shaylex looked over at him.
"I guess you're right. I just want to get my heart back more than anything. So, I can understand my feelings, these thoughts that I've got, these memories I keep seeing. Not having a heart, it's horrible. To know that every emotion feels forced or faked, that no matter how hard you want to show true emotions… You can't." She said softly as she looked back out at the sunset. "That's why this means a lot to me. I want to get my heart back so I can express myself truly in front of my friends…" She added as she thought of Keval. She knew there was something deeper between the two of them, and she wanted to be able to understand those feelings truly. Tenebrae sighed.
"I understand that. But try to be careful. You don't know what might happen, Kingdom Hearts is powerful and with that power, you could lose yourself. I don't think I could lose my best friend." Tenebrae said softly. Shaylex smiled.
"I'll be careful, don't worry. I've gotten stronger since we first met." Shaylex proclaimed, holding her empty ice cream stick up in the air. Tenebrae raised an eyebrow.
"Really? I don't see it." Tenebrae sarcastically scoffed as he flicked his ice cream stick at Shaylex's head. The two began to laugh as the sun continued to set. After a few more minutes, Shaylex stood up.
"Well, I'd better head back… thanks Tene, for today." The blonde Nobody spoke softly. Tenebrae nodded.
"Sleep well, Shay." The seeker responded as Shaylex opened a portal and stepped through. Once the portal closed, Tenebrae sat back. "You can come out now. I know you've been watching us this whole time." He announced. Creeping up from behind a bush, was the familiar girl, with yellow eyes, her blonde hair twisted into antennae, and her body shrouded in darkness.
"She's losing control…" Hashley said as she sat next to the wielder.
"And I thought you couldn't go anywhere without Heloa? Where is he?" Tenebrae tensed up, ready to wield his keyblade
"He's not here… I came to… to…" Hashley began to say but blushed lightly, her words failing her. Tenebrae sighed.
"To watch Keval. I've noticed." Tenebrae finished her sentence. Hashley nodded.
"I just… I see his light form and I'm reminded of the times we spent together… before the war…" The heartless explained as she placed her hands over her chest. Tenebrae raised his eyebrow at her.
"What about Heloa?" He asked.
"He… doesn't know… I hunt and then, I come here… I like the sunset… just like she does." Hashley explained as her yellow eyes fixated on the golden sunset before them.
"He'll hurt you if he finds out." Tenebrae responded worryingly. Hashley shook her head.
"He won't… I've been a good girl… heartless… I do as I'm commanded, and I keep out of everyone's way when I'm not hunting… No one bothers me and I don't bother them." She said softly as she bought her knees up to her chest and hugged them.
"But this isn't healthy. You can be independent without Heloa. You can be your own heartless." Tenebrae pleaded with Hashley. She had heard this spiel many times. But it still wouldn't change her mind.
"I can't… I'm not strong enough, you can see it. Our memories are beginning to bleed into her. She's getting stronger with each passing day… It won't be long before I…" She was cut off by another familiar voice coming from behind them.
"Don't you dare, Hashley. You are stronger than you think. And whoever this Heloa guy is, I'll make sure he never bothers you again." Keval's voice rang out as she approached the two. Hashley recoiled back behind Tenebrae.
"No, no, no, no… He mustn't see me… He'll know… I need to get out of here…" She said as she scrambled to get up, but Tenebrae grabbed her.
"No, stay, we'll protect you." The seeker spoke softly.
"What Tenny said. Hashley, you're the part of Ashley that remembers us. We want to help you. We're your friends. Remember, all the times we hung out? Oh, and that time Cetus threw me into the fountain because I bombed that written exam?" Keval shivered a little bit at the last sentence. Hashley giggled.
"I'd never see Cetus look so pissed, especially because you two had spent the entire night beforehand studying." She giggled. "But… It was me who convinced Master Ira to let you retake it and we spent the entire day confined to your apartment so we could help you study…"
"That's right, and I ended up passing, thanks to you. Maybe, with your help, we can get Shaylex back, make you both whole again!" Keval exclaimed. Hashley looked at him.
"You've been thinking about this… haven't you?" Hashley asked softly, staring into Keval's beautiful green eyes.
"Maybe for a while. It could work." Keval said with excitement in his voice. Hashley just shook her head.
"It can't… We are two different beings on two separate paths… We can never be whole… not while the power we need is still out of our reach." Hashley explained softly while reaching a hand up to the sky.
"Kingdom Hearts?" Tenebrae asked. Hashley nodded.
"Until then… I can't stay… I need to go… I'm sorry… I don't want any harm to come to you." The heartless said as she got up and ran off, jumping through a portal. Leaving Tenebrae and Keval on Sunset hill.
A/N: And there we bring another chapter to a close. Thank you to Knightmare1618 for letting me use Tenebrae and Kale Lampkin for letting me use Keval in this chapter. I wonder what's gonna happen to both Shaylex and Hashley. Will their paths cross? Who knows? I'll see you all in the next chapter, have an awesome day, morning, afternoon, evening, night wherever you are in the world, stay awesome and may your heart be your guiding key.