Sora, Donald and Goofy were roaming the streets when Sora stopped suddenly, he looked around, and seeing nothing, he looked up. He barely had enough time to get out of the way before a knife was in-bedded in the exact same spot he once stood. Sora looked shocked to see someone in the Organization's coat. The figure stood up, and looked over at him, as if he was just a nuisance. He yanked his weapon out of the ground, Sora didn't know how he knew who it was, but he just knew it was the boy from Olympus "It's you!"

Thraxur smirked and said "indeed it is, are you attention starved? I sincerely apologize for leaving you without a bone for so long, but allow me to make up for all the lost time". His spiel concluded with a sick grin, not that Sora could tell of course.

Sora went into a rage "I defeat you once and I can do it again!" Sora swung his kingdom Key, but Thraxur was always ahead of him, blocking every attack Sora planted, in fact, not a single strike hit the mysterious boy. Likewise, Thraxur never got to hit Sora, they were locking keyblades, Goofy and Donald, who were held back by a force field, were shocked by the fact that this guy matched Sora in everything, they thought he had to be a carbon copy of Sora, but it couldn't be true, it wouldn't make sense. Finally, when they last locked keyblades, Sora saw the eyes of his opponent, and he recalled something that happened a few weeks ago.

A boy being torn away from his home, blade in hand, reaching for him, "Arthur!"

Sora gasped , and he nearly lost the battle, but he managed to regain his strength just in time to keep the sword from slashing his chest open. He pushed back and said "Arthur? I know those eyes! It has to be you! Fight the Darkness! Don't let it take hold!" His opponent didn't dignify that with a response. Sora then remembered a phenomena he was told about in brevity, in his introduction to the nobodies.

"Is there any way we could bring them back? Give them back who they are?"

The old master just shook his head "there is no true way to give them back their identity, other than by defeating them, thereby defeating their nobody forms, although, it is said that key phrases have been known to help partially restore their memory, but this is no solution, as most seem to disregard it soon after, it would be too risky to even consider trying, they are a threat that must be vanquished".

Sora had to at least try, for Arthur's sake. Sora smirked and asked "like what you see?"

The response was slightly delayed, but as he predicted "definitely". Thraxur stopped and gasped "what?!-" he was cut down before he could even process what had happened, Sora managed to shove his blade out of the way and slash at his chest. He dropped the blade and fell to his knees. He looked at his hands, shocked at what had happened "w-why?! How?!" His hood was removed from his head and it wa him, it was Arthur.

Sora hugged him, but Arthur remained limp and in shock "we'll put a stop to Xenmas, we'll free you and Kairi, I promise, after that, we'll make sure you're okay, and never have to face this again!".

Arthur looked down at his hands and back up to his opponent, he was just beaten in battle. "who are you?"

Sora looked down "I-I was a friend, before this happened to you-"

"Nonsense! The only friend I've ever had was Demyx, name, I want a name!" Sora looked hurt and stuttered out

"I-I-I Promise! Arthur, I know you're in there, please, please come back to me!" Sora felt his cheeks get wet and he saw a the boy fading away, he looked at his hand, darkness was stretching from it, he looked curious

"Is this death I feel? It's not fair, none of it is, Demyx, where are you? I… I miss you" He ignored everyone else as they all tried to console him, but he could not be consoled, he missed his partner, he just established his love for him, how could it be that he would never have the chance to own up to it. He heard a portal open ahead of him, hood down, a somber face. It was him, Demyx. He looked at him, a tear fell down his face "Demyx, what's happening to me?" Demyx held Thraxur in his arms

"You're going to be recompleted, you'll no longer be a nobody, I wish I never allowed this to happen, I really meant it when I promised them I'd take care of you, I'm sorry". Thraxur shook his head

"I love you Demyx, no matter… What…" He faded away at last, Demyx did not face them, or answer their questions, he walked away, leaving them to wonder what they had just seen.

Demyx had walked back to the old spot he grabbed Arthur from the first time, with the limp body of Arthur, he decided that the boy should be with his friends, those that needed to see him, but Arthur woke up first. He set Arthur down and with a smile, Arthur said

"You're here…" Demyx smiled a sad one and nodded, Arthur immediately said

"I'm not mad, I'm happy you care about me, I'm happy I got to know you". Demyx smiled and pressed his lips towards Arthur's. It was soft and sweet, what Arthur had always longed for. When they broke off, Demyx said

"You should go back to them" Arthur turned his head quizzically

"You're not coming with?" Demyx shook his head and said

"We won't see each other for a long while, but I'll be back, can't get rid of me that easily". He grinned at Arthur, and reluctantly, Arthur nodded, he didn't want to be without Demyx ever again, but understood that if he forced them together, he may as well force them apart. Demyx summoned a dark corridor and sent Arthur through it, where he arrived on the Destiny Islands, Sora's home.

Kairi, Donald, Goofy and King Mickey heard a portal opening behind them and they all braced for the worst, that Xemnas had defeated both Riku and Sora. All except Kairi were relieved when a boy wearing the signature Organization XIII jacket walked through, it was none other than Arthur. Goofy and Donald cheered as they saw him "Arthur! You're safe!" He smiled and replied back to them

"Yeah, I really a-" he cut himself off when he saw Mickey, his eyes widened and suddenly his stance changed, he was no longer upright and confident. Everyone's eyes widened as he staggered, holding his heart like he was trying his damnedest to keep it inside his chest. Arthur felt the pressure of an entire castle on top of him, his feet slid a bit as he tried to solidify himself somewhere, anywhere, but it soon proved to be an impossible battle. Arthur fell to his knees as the entire gang ran up to him, concerned, but no one knew what to say, so they had to sit there as Arthur shouted out "Ahhhhh! W-what's happening to me?!". Arthur felt something pounding in his head as he held it, convinced if he put enough of his own pressure and managed to hold it still everything would stop, and maybe, just maybe, he could salvage this reunion. Voices flooded his head, Arthur couldn't keep them from speaking, he had no power over them, his breathing became labored and heavy, he managed to stand back up and was about to carry on while blocking the voices as best he reasonable could, but before he was able to he could see his vision diminishing and his balance was lost. He stumbled shortly before he fell, on his way to the sandy shores he could remember seeing each member present trying to speak to him. Though by now the voices became too loud, intertwined speaking over one another, making it difficult to even think, let alone hear anyone else. Arthur's body collided hard with the ground and he went unconscious.

"They hate you"

"They saw your cowardice"

"You're not friends, they could never be friends with you"

Arthur took a deep breath and shouted "What do you mean?!" Suddenly, everything was silent and the darkness swirling before him had manifested into the evilest and most sadistic being in the shape of mortal man. His heart betrayed him and would not allow him to summon his blade, so he settled for making a fist. He gripped his head and yelled out "why are you here?! Why me?!" The man before him smiled, a sinister and sickly grin, like he was about to torture the poor lad who's head he invaded. For a moment he did not respond, and had he continued in the sickly silence, it would have sufficed for his response, but then he spoke

"It has been so long, is that anyways to greet the man who took you in, gave you a friend, gave you purpose? I suspect it is not" That damn smirk never went away, it sat there, dancing and mocking him.

"You used me, used us! I was just a lonely boy, I trusted you, how could you do this to us?! Were we always just tools to achieve an end, were we meaningless to you? I thought you were a father figure, but I now know you lied to me, to us!" Arthur couldn't deny his feelings were flaring up, seeing the old master after years of separation, his heart couldn't hold back anymore. "You wanted us to hurt each other, you went against every rule the masters set for you, to save us!". Master Xehanort just waved his hand, dismissing him

"All you needed to do was clash, young Ventus got hurt even more because of you" Arthur madly shook his head not believing it "you and your friend Ventus could have become the most powerful keyblade apprentices to ever live, but you two just refused, could not see the greater purpose I had for you, did not want to see it". Arthur held his head and fell to his knees, tears streamed down his face, his heart desperately trying to block out the painful insinuations from his former mentor. Words came down upon him, and they did more than any physical attack ever could. Once Xehanort broke down the former apprentice enough he took his shot "if you want, we could help Ventus, all I need, is to know where he is". Arthur snapped his head upwards and the smirk said it all, he just wanted his location but Arthur was never going to give it to him, different person, same game. Arthur yelled out

"I'll never tell you, never!" He launched forward and slammed his fist into the Keyblade Master's chest and he disappeared into back dust.