The first few days working for the Organization. They gave me missions, and I carried them out. But if you asked me what my job was... I would've just stared at you.

Roxas opened his eyes, his mind feeling fuzzy. He recalled that Axel had yelled at him the other day to get himself out of bed the next time. So he simply followed the instruction, getting up and walked towards the grey room where a few members were, he walked past Zexion who was murmuring something to himself.

"Number XIV's name... I wonder if it bears some significance..."

Roxas overheard as he walked towards Saïx. "Roxas, your work begins today. I will issue missions, which the Organization expects you to carry out." Saïx said, taking notice of Roxas's blank expression. "Think of these early missions as exercises. You still have much to learn before we put you to a real test." He then turned towards Axel who had his arms crossed, resting his back against the window. "Axel will be joining you your first time out. Isn't that right, Axel?"

The red-haired man looked at Saïx in surprise, then sighing as he realized that he had no choice in the matter. "Oh boy... What, are you making me the kid's mentor now?"

"Surely you don't mind showing Roxas here the ropes? Roxas, come see me when you're ready to go." Saïx said, walking away to distribute more missions as Roxas was left with Axel.

The taller man scratched the back of his head, "Well, you heard the man. Starting today, I'm your babysitter." He said trying to gain a reaction from his junior, but Roxas still remained silent, looking forward.

"Sheesh..." Axel groaned, "Quit acting like a zombie, and let's get this show on the road." He remarked grabbed Roxas's shoulder. They talked to Saïx who opened a void of darkness for them.

"Teach him well, Axel."

Axel smirked, "Don't worry. I'll be sure he makes the grade. C'mon, Roxas." He said, then noticed the younger boy glancing at the newest member of the organization. "Hey, what's wrong? You worried about the new kid? What was that name again..."

"Number XIV, Xion." Saïx informed.

"Right. I knew that. Got it memorized, Roxas?" Axel asked, leaning down towards his junior but Roxas didn't respond. "Hm, how 'bout my name, then?" He inquired, wondering if Roxas could recall previous information. But once again, Roxas didn't respond.

"...Alright then." Axel sighed, making sure that Roxas followed him as they traversed through the darkness.

They walked into what appeared to be an underground area. Axel stretched his arms over his head as he took a deep breath. "All right, let's start by talking about what we do on missions. Ahem. Missions are...uhh... They're, you know... Hrm." He thought for a moment as he realized he was losing what little attention Roxas had as his junior started wandering away. "You know what? Talking is dumb. Let's just go ahead and get our hands dirty, shall we? Follow me." He said, jumping up towards the entrance of the storage room. When he turned around he saw Roxas was already behind him.

"There ya go. Good job." He praised lamely. "But don't go thinking you can just run and jump your way through every mission. You've gotta BE AWARE. You hafta look around. Sometimes what you're after is sitting right under your nose. Got it memorized?" He asked as Roxas just stared at him. "You're killing me here kid. All right, then, time for a road test. There's a treasure chest somewhere in these passages. I want you to find it." He sighed, stepping out of the way as Roxas took point.

He looked around the Underground Passage for a long time within the unfamiliar tunnel system. As they passed by a tunnel blocked by white and black bolts Roxas took notice, stopping for a moment.

"That's a barricade. It means you're not supposed to go this way. Basically, they're meant to keep you on track, that, or out of trouble. I mean, hello, look at it. Big, menacing X? I'll take the beaten path, thanks." He joked, but once again, he wasn't getting any response from Roxas.

"Well done." Axel complimented as Roxas stood before the chest. He stared at it for a few moments before then walking away, which caused Axel to grab him. "Uh, Roxas... There's this thing about chests. They have stuff in them."

Roxas looked up at him with a blank expression as he was really testing his senior's patience.

"Roxas. Open the chest."

Roxas followed orders, he opened it up taking out a potion that he placed it in his pocket as he turned back to Axel.

"Good work!" Axel said obnoxiously as he was tired, wanting to just go back and sleep. "You can keep what you found. All right, time to RTC." He sighed, summoning a void before them. "Bravo. So whaddya think? Got the hang of this mission business?" He courteously asked about to step into the corridor until he thought he hear something behind him.

"Hm? Something wrong?" Axel asked.

"I said, I could have done that blindfolded." Roxas said bluntly looking up at him.

Axel smirked, " I dunno if I want a blindfolded zombie on the loose. All right, smart aleck, you did good. And no successful mission is complete without a little icing on the cake. C'mon."

Roxas looked at him in surprise, jogging up to him as he was walking in the opposite direction, "Don't we have to RTC?"

"Later. Don't you remember our hangout?" Axel said with a smile as Roxas looked up at him in confusion.

Roxas stared at the ice cream in his hand as he and Axel sat atop the clock tower overlooking the town.

"The icing on the cake." Axel said taking a bite of his treat. "You remember what this ice cream is called?" He asked.

Roxas narrowed his eyes, looking as though he'd find the answers within the item itself. "Umm..."

"It's sea-salt ice cream. C'mon, I already told you once. Get it memorized, man." Axel sighed.

Roxas's eyes widened slightly, "It's really salty...but sweet, too."

Axel chuckled to himself "You said the same exact thing the other day." He said taking a bite of his own ice cream.

Roxas turned his head towards him, "I did? I don't remember that."

"What has it been, a week since you showed up?"

Roxas shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe..."

" "Maybe"? C'mon, you must remember that much." Axel remarked noticing that for a moment that Roxas looked towards the sunset. Axel sighed, "Well, that's okay. Today's where it all really begins anyway."

Roxas turned towards him with a bright look in his eyes. "Yeah?"

Axel couldn't hold back a smile, "Sure!" Here you are, out in the field, working for the Organization... Today, you're one of us."

-Roxas's Diary Entry: Day 8-

Axel and I went to Twilight Town today. He taught me a lot. Before we RTC'd (Returned To the Castle) we swung by the clock tower and had some sea-salt ice cream. Axel called it the "icing on the cake" after a successful mission. Well, except there was no cake—just the ice cream.

...I don't know what to write in this thing.

-Secret Report: Axel-

Seems like we're getting new members every day. No. XIII was a boy, Roxas. Now we've got a No. XIV, Xion. Today's mission was to show Roxas the ropes. I feel like they've had me babysitting him since he got here. He's not a bad kid, but he's spacey. Good fighter, though. At least I won't be bored with him around.

Notes:

-It'll be a slow start for the first few chapters, but it will pick up.

-For the record, Roxas's story starts alongside Kairi's KH1 story within the series.

- LuffyLover27: Basically, the plan that Marluxia had in the original came to fruition. Sora's existence and his memories were erased and that placed him under the control of him and the darkness. But instinctively he protected his friends from Marxy just as Riku passed out. At the end of his arc, it was actually Roxas that he sensed within Twilight town. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

-If ya'll have any questions it would be better to comment on the Archive version of this story as I don't get notifications from FF.