Yeah! Another chapter! (dances around) okay, I tried (again) to cut down the paragraphs but I failed... horribly. T.T Please forgive me and keep liking the story, I'm very happy that so many people are reading it! Please review too, that would be nice. (smiles)

Enjoy chapter 7 of "Do You Make Me Exist?"!

The long drive to the world felt a bit strange. There was no one to talk to and I actually felt alone. Usually I was talking with one of the other two while taking a ride like this, or I would feel the presence of Roxas being there with me. This time it was nothing, thee was no one to talk to and I didn't feel anyone else on board the ship. So I preoccupied my mind with other things, with my memories. I remembered all of the fun that we had on our island; Riku, Kairi and me playing around everywhere without a care in the world. Who would have thought that things would get this deep, that I would be saving the entire Cosmos and having to help so many people. This was like something that we only told stories about, something that wasn't real. A lot of times I felt like I would wake up from this crazy dream and go back to my normal life on the islands. Hmm... what would happen if this didn't work? What if I never got back to the islands with Riku? What if I never got to see Kairi again? I really understood how Roxas felt now, wanting to be with Axel. I missed Kairi a lot and the thought of not being able to see her ever again scared me. "Heh." I spoke to myself, Roxas couldn't hear me anymore I guess... if he could he sure was silent sense last night. "I understand now, what you feel Roxas. It's not fake at all. If your emotions were fake... then my feelings for Kairi would be fake too. I know that they are real, and if mine are real then yours have to be real too." I could see the world off in the distance, in just a few minutes I would be landing there and starting out with the plan. "Let's do this." I got the ship ready and headed down to the darkness world, time to start.
I landed the Gummi in the same place that Donald did. Lucky me, it was raining again. I walked out into the streets and could feel the emotions in the rain, good so far. I summoned the Keyblade for emergency protection and started to wonder down the lonely streets alone. Roxas wasn't helping me out this time, I was wondering on my own. I didn't want to go to the skyscraper again, I thought of a better location to get this done. Roxas' fondest memory, when he felt the most real, that had to be where a heart could be created. I wondered around to look for the specific location, I needed to find that in order to start it all. A few different turns here and there and I was lost in the neon lights and the maze of streets. Sometimes I felt like I was going in circles when I wasn't, it was just that everything looked the same in many of the streets and buildings. I kept walking around, I was soaked to the bone now, and kept trying to find that one street. Who knows how long I was walking around, this place didn't seem to hold the ability of having time either. I guess Merlin was right. This world never changed, all of the changes were from beings without hearts, there was no time... I felt like there was no here and now, no what or why. This place really didn't have a heart, this world wasn't supposed to exist just like the Nobody. I guess that's why they liked it here so much, a world made just for people that had nothing else to live for. While thinking about that I took a left turn and let the thought leave my mind. Bingo, found the street! It was identical to the one on my dreams, the buildings and even the lights hanging down from the sides of the buildings. To top it off, there stood Axel. He was leaning against the building off to the left, just like in the memories, with his hood down and his arms crossed. Axel looked up to me when I took one more step onto the street, we were a good five feet apart. "Hey." I said, shrugging my shoulders as I spoke. "It sure didn't take long did it? Only one day. Talk about good service huh?"

"You found out how?" Axel asked. I nodded, this plan was sure to work. "Great! Then let's get it started! Xemnas is getting curious about why I keep going away and he wants to know more about where Roxas went." I nodded again, but once more I got this feeling like something bad was going to happen if I went through with this. What bad thing that could happen I didn't know exactly... it was just that one feeling again that never made me feel right. Axel took a few steps away from the wall and into the downpour, he still looked at me. "What's the matter? Xemnas isn't here right now."

"Right." I tried to get the idea out of my head, maybe it was just me having second thoughts like I always did. I seemed to do that a lot, I needed to stop thinking so much and get down to business. I put my hand over my heart again, closing my eyes and trying to see if I could feel Roxas again. It was faint but he was there, ready to start too. I smiled and opened my eyes again, looking up to Axel. "Ready." I slowly moved my hand away from my chest, then held it out as if to offer something to Axel. He just watched, my hand began to glow, half of my heart was in my hand. I let my hand drop back to my side while the half of heart still floated there, then a ghost of Roxas formed in front of me. I took a step back, I thought it would be best to keep the Keyblade in case a Heartless wanted to steal a heart in the making, and watched as Roxas gained a body. He was in the same white outfit I always saw him in. He opened his eyes and looked back at me, a smile on his face. "Part one done, now it's up to you." I gave a thumbs up.

He nodded and kept smiling. "Thanks Sora." Roxas spoke to me. He turned back to Axel and just looked at the boy, Axel smirked when Roxas started to speak. "Axel, we're almost there!" He sounded like he was trying to hold back tears again. I guess it must have felt good to be real, at least this close to being real. "Axel!" Roxas ran over to Axel as he took a few steps to Roxas. The two met in the middle, Roxas hugging Axel again as he didn't hesitate to return the favor. The two were in their moment now, I would have to wait it out and hope that Goofy and Donald were doing their part. Even if they didn't... at least I got to make another person happy right? Roxas looked up at Axel and went to his toes again, giving Axel a kiss.

I didn't feel any different yet, I still felt like me. Soaked, wet and cold but still me. I tasted the rain again, still tears. "The number one way of strengthening a heart... love." I remembered from the paper. I took another look to them, Roxas and Axel didn't waste much time did they? I was happy that Roxas didn't control my body anymore, I would have taken over and killed Axel if he went that far with me. Roxas put his arms over Axel's shoulders and kept kissing Axel, his partner just held him as close as he could.

Something felt different, I didn't feel emotions from the water anymore. I tasted it again, normal rain. There were no emotions from Roxas and even none from Axel... that didn't make sense. Why would Axel's emotions in the rain vanish too? I looked back to them. Roxas slowly back off, breathing hard and looking Axel in the eyes. "I... I can feel it." Roxas put his hand over his heart, he could feel it beating. He smiled and laughed a bit, then took Axel's hand and put it on his chest. "It worked! I have a heart Axel!" Axel smiled, at least one of them was whole. I kept watching, now that everything was over I was really tired. Roxas moved Axel's hand and leaned against his chest again, closing his eyes and smiling. "I can hear yours too, you have a heart Axel."

I smiled, a job well done. Axel got a heart too... that wasn't too hard to figure out. Roxas had a pure heart, made only out of the emotion of wanting to be with Axel forever. Such a pure heart falling in love with one without a heart must have passed on some of the power. Love sure was a strong emotion, the reason why they felt the most real here and at the moment of love together was because they had a base for a heart but never had the right push to make it real and whole. I was that key, I opened the door and now they had hearts of their own. Roxas laughed again as Axel also finally laughed, for once it didn't sound like a sinister chuckle of wanting to kill someone. I started to feel a bit dizzy, either I was really tired or things weren't working out well anymore. That bad feeling I had? This was probably it. The two were together, I didn't want to ruin it so I didn't say a word. I tried to stand up right but the world kept spinning and I could feel it... or was the world standing still and I was spinning in my mind? The rain no longer held any emotions, half of the heart went to Roxas and he made it whole... but I had nothing here to do that. I needed the power of my friends to help me out, but what if Donald and Goofy didn't get enough? I took a small dizzy step to the side, trying to keep balance. Axel looked up at me, making Roxas turn around and also look at me. "Are you okay?" Axel asked me. It sounded faded, my sight was getting foggy, I started to feel really cold.

Roxas got out of Axel's arms and took a step to me, worry written all over his face. "Sora?" He asked. I wanted to say I was alright but that wouldn't help any. I didn't even feel like I had the energy to do that. I dropped the Keyblade to my side, to tired to hold onto it, and started to fell to me knees. "Sora!" Roxas ran over to me with Axel right behind him. He caught me before I hit the ground, I didn't feel any warmth from him either. It was like when I stabbed my heart a year ago, I felt nothing. Axel went to my other side and took me from Roxas' arms, holding me up a bit and resting against him. "Sora, I thought you said this would work for both of us!"

I looked over at Roxas, he was really upset. "It was supposed to work." I tried to be funny, didn't help. The pains from my heart started to come now, I squinted at the pain and closed my eyes. Roxas called my name again when I did. I couldn't even feel the cold of the rain hitting me anymore, I just felt the rain. I looked up at him again. "So... my part didn't work out very well."

"Sora..." Roxas looked up at Axel, he just looked back at Roxas. "We have to do something, Sora needs us!" Axel looked back down at me again, I was really out of it and he pains were really bad from my chest, a broken heart hurt a lot more physically then when you broke up with someone. Now I understood the meaning 'die from a broken heart'. Great last thought to have. I thought about Kairi, I promised her I would return and give back her charm but...

I sat up a bit more, still using Axel as a resting post for support, and put my hand into my pocket. I didn't know that such a simple thing could be so tiresome. I took the charm out of my pocket and showed it to Roxas. "Give this back to Kairi for me."

"No way!" Roxas said, he grabbed onto my hand and made me grip onto the charm. "You're going to give it to Kairi. Think about her Sora, she's your light isn't she?" He was right, Kairi was my light out of the darkness, she was my other half of my heart. I closed my eyes and thought about her, I could see her running to me on our island. Kairi with her perfect smile and her soft laugh. She always had a good word to put in and always did her best to make other happy. I felt a soft thump in my chest, it was my heart. I guess thinking of Kairi did make me stronger in the heart, but right now it was just a one way love. I knew that she was out there waiting for me but... was she waiting for her friend or for her lover to return? Another thump, I needed Kairi more now then ever before. The though of her always made me feel warm and happy inside, now it was barely keeping me alive. I remembered about what Leon said, the believing that everyone had to do for me to make it back. Another thump. I knew that Leon believed in me, that Donald and Goofy believed in me. The people that I have met on my adventures believed in me too. I could feel my heart start up, it was weak but still something. I knew that they all wanted me back, all of my friend from all over the cosmos had hopes in me coming back, they all believed that I could do this and make it back to my home in one piece. I felt my heart again, the power of my friends saved me after all. The power of my friends and my love for Kairi saved me. It wouldn't work as quick as it did for Roxas, I still felt tired, but at least I wasn't in danger anymore. I opened my eyes and looked over to Roxas, his eyes were closed as he held onto my hand, he was hoping that I got better too. I looked up to Axel then, my vision not as foggy as it was before, and he was also hoping that I got better. His eyes were also closed.

I looked back at Roxas and moved my hand a bit, the Keyblade that had fallen onto the ground vanishing back to the owner that dropped it before, being safely in my heart and waiting to be used again. "Roxas." I spoke softly, I was still tired. He opened his eyes and smiled that I was better. "I can't feel my hand." I joked.

"Huh?" Roxas didn't understand. Axel opened his eyes when I started to talk and looked over at my hand, then did a small head motion to show Roxas what I was talking about. He realized that he was holding into my hand really tight and finally let it go. "Sorry!" The charm was still in my hand, Roxas backed off a bit when he apologized. "Sorry about that Sora!"

I laughed a bit as I put the charm back into my pocket. Roxas took my arm and helped me up to my feet, Axel kept hold of my other arm and helped me up as well. I was too tired to stand, did THIS rebuilding of a heart take a while. I stumbled a bit but Roxas caught me again before I fell, he then put my arm over his shoulders to hold me up. "You're just as lucky as Roxas." Axel said. I didn't understand what he said, Roxas looked over at him as well. Axel went into his jacket and pulled out a bottle, a Hi-Potion. He waved it around a bit as Roxas smiled and I just kept looking at him. "You owe me one, got it memorized?"

"Yeah..." I knew he meant this as a caring gesture for helping him exist... but that line... he said it again. He popped open the bottle and let me drink every last drop, I actually sort of liked the taste of the Hi-Potion. It did leave somewhat of an after-taste but that was easily ignored with the sweetness that came when you drank the main liquid. I should have felt better and brighter but for some reason I didn't. I started to get sleepier, I couldn't tell what was here and now anymore. I closed my eyes and went limp again. I heard Roxas call out my name while trying to hold me up but I guess it didn't work. I felt him put me gently on the ground when I finally went out cold and was out like a light.

I don't even remember dreaming, I just felt like I closed my eyes for a few minutes. I didn't open my eyes again yet, I just slowly came to in other ways. I didn't feel the rain anymore, I was actually dry now. I also felt myself laying on the hard ground, except for my head. Someone had me resting on their lap. I could smell the machine oil and hear the eerie buzz of the neon lights, I was still in that strange city. I could also hear Axel and Roxas talking in a low voice, I guess they were trying to keep quiet so I wouldn't wake up. I finally opened my eyes and looked up, apparently I was resting on Axel's lap because when I looked up I saw him first. Roxas was leaning on Axel's side and looked down to me. We weren't even under any cover, we were still on the same street that I passed out on. I sat up quickly and looked around, the rain had stopped too. I felt more awake then ever, that potion did help after all. I looked at them while they just looked at me. "What happened?"

"You passed out." Axel summed up in three simple words. Thanks you Mr. Obvious I wanted to say, but at least he told me.

Roxas nodded and finally stopped leaning on Axel, he sat up against the wall and gave a shrug of his shoulders. "You've been out of it for a long time. The rain stopped about two hours ago. And you passed out a while before the rain even stopped."

Well then, that must have been why I felt so good now. It seemed like I got a lot of lost night's sleep in just one go. I stood up and stretched, time to head back. It finally hit me that we couldn't leave yet because I was the only one who knew how to drive the Gummi Ship and only I knew where it was. "Let's go back to Twilight Town, you can stay there until you find a world to belong to."

Axel stood up too, Roxas was the last to his feet. Axel nodded and looked down to the boy in white. He just took Axel's hand and smiled. "Twilight Town is perfect. I know a lot of it already so it won't be hard to find a new way of life there." He finished up. Everyone was in agreement, it was time to head off to Twilight Town. I started the walk while a cool breeze brushed against my back, Axel and Roxas kept a few steps behind.

I took in a deep breath, finally... this little adventure was over. The breeze felt good against my back... wait! I stopped walking, so did the two behind me, and I turned around. They were confused, I was terrified. "You said that it stopped raining two hours ago?" They both nodded. Strange, a world without a heart wasn't supposed to have time. And this breeze, it was something new... a world without a heart never had anything new. The breeze went against my face now as I kept looking at them. "We can't go yet." I formed the Keyblade as the two looked at me in question, I was confusing them. "We created a heart in a world that didn't have a heart itself! We just made this world real! I have to lock the Keyhole before the Heartless take it!"

"We WHAT!" They both yelled at the same time. Roxas turned a bit to Axel, his seemed freaked out a bit by this. Now I wanted answers, why was Axel suddenly turning pale from what I said? "Xemnas would let the Heartless take this world. We're making a Kingdom Hearts here! If it was taken by the Heartless then we would have enough hearts, a heart of an entire world, to make Kingdom Hearts complete. Forget about this world! You have to lock Kingdom Hearts!"

Now I was the one taken by what he said. "You guys MADE an entrance to Kingdom Hearts! I locked that a year ago!"

"Well, we were desperate." Axel mocked. I frowned and started to run to the center of the city. I needed to find this Kingdom Hearts before it was too late, we were running out of time. There was so much power here right now that the Heartless must have sensed it already, and I was asleep the entire time. I stopped my run and turned around to the other two.

I went into my pocket and got out some keys, then I tossed them over and Roxas caught them in one hand. "The Gummi Ship is a few streets south of here, I parked it at the end of an alley next to the skyscraper. You two should get going to Twilight Town, I'll find my way back." And with that I waved and left them. Those two had fought enough to gain existence, it was only right that they didn't have to fight anymore and they finally started a life of their own.

I got to an area right in front of a large white castle, but I couldn't reach the castle. That didn't matter, I think I knew where this entrance to Kingdom Hearts was. A little to the side of the castle, up in the sky, was a giant moon shaped into a heart. "Bingo." I said, then pointed my Keyblade up to it. All I had to do was lock it, then I could lock up this world's heart as well and get out in one piece. Axel and Roxas would have left by now, that's good, that means that if I mess up then they still got out and can tell everyone what happened. I was about to lock the door when the sound of the all to familiar sound of claws scratching came from behind. I turned around to find that a whole bunch of Shadow Heartless had surrounded me. "Great." I got ready to fight them off, I could take on about fifty Heartless on my own. Well... it started at fifty. I took them out one by one with the skills that I have picked up over the two years of using the Keyblade, but it seemed that every time I took out one two more would appear. Not only that, but these new Shadows, ones looking larger and stronger, started to appear as well. I was cornered now. I backed up to the edge of the ledge, on the side where the castle stood, and didn't have anywhere else to turn. I had only fought for about ten minutes and I was already cornered. "I sure got a lot worse over time..." I only had myself as someone to talk to, so I did just that. I really wished someone was there with me right now, I needed some back up. A bunch of the larger Shadow Heartless jumped into the air to attack me. I couldn't run, all I could do was fight back. I looked up at them and held the Keyblade ready, I was ready to fight for every last bit of time that remained for me to exist as a human. They were about to land on me when a wall of fire formed. I took a step back because of the fire, forgetting that I was on the edge of a ledge. I lost my balance and started to fall back, who knows how far this fall was going to be. As I started to fall the wall of fire slowly went down and I lost sight of anything above the ledge.

Out of nowhere came someone's hand, grabbing onto my left hand, and trying to pull me back up. I let the Keyblade vanish and grabbed onto this person's hand with my right. Then I used the side of the ledge to help 'walk' up to solid ground. I got back up on my hands and knees, taking in a deep breath from fighting and pulling back up. I looked at my rescuer, sure was shocking. Roxas was on his knees, giving me a thumbs up. "Did you forget? We don't know how to drive that ship."

Oh yeah... they didn't know how to drive a Gummi ship. Axel was taking care of the Heartless there without trouble, he had the ability of fire and his unique weapons to help him out. "Yeah, better think over your plans again before you send people off, idiot." Axel put in his two sense.

I frowned again, he really did hate me after all didn't he? I stood up and looked at him holding all of the Heartless off at bay, he didn't kill them but did chase them off farther away from me. I formed the Keyblade again and turned around to look at Kingdom Hearts. When I turned around I yelled a bit and took a few steps back. A man in the same black robe like Axel's, the uniform of Organization XIII, looked right at me. I could tell right away, he must have been the Nobody of Ansem. I didn't get the entire thing about Nobodies but I did know that every Heartless had a Nobody, and this guy looked just like Ansem. I stood ready to fight but Roxas went in front of me. I held the Keyblade right now, Roxas couldn't hold a weapon if I had it right now! "What do you want Xemnas!" He yelled. Axel turned to us to watch but had to go right back to holding the fort.

This guy was Xemnas, from what I heard from Axel this was the leader of it all. He was the one giving the orders and telling who did what tasks and such. The man kept his cold stare onto Roxas. "You have found a heart, how did you do that Roxas?"

"Why should I tell you?" Roxas bit back. I was really lost in the conversation, it would be best if I just stayed back as support in case Roxas went and got himself into any trouble. "We're not with your group anymore, we won't be used just so YOU can get a heart. Axel and I aren't Nobodies anymore, we don't need to work for your stupid Organization."

Xemnas just kept looking, he sure was a lot freakier then his Heartless half. His other half loved to hear himself talk and this half... he seemed to really like the silent treatment. Maybe he had his talking times, but right now the silence was all that was creeping me out. I tried to look into his eyes, but when I did I just felt like I was going to get lost into the darkness of his absent existence. "It doesn't matter, the Heartless are ready to take this world as well."

"What!" I yelled out.

The leader just smiled at me, he should have joined a freak show with the antics he was doing right now. I know that he probably would have been the star attraction. I still stood there with the weapon ready in case he wanted to fight, but for some reason I had a feeling I would lose no matter what. "Thanks to you, Keyblade Master Sora, we have enough hearts to open Kingdom Hearts. The last power... the darkness of a heart... and we can get it again thanks to your help. This is the newest world with a heart, the power right now is limitless as it tries to find out where it belongs in the cosmos. Sense it is so unique, so new, so fragile, when the Heartless take the world they won't take it all. The heart is like a child that doesn't know where to go. The shell of this world will be crushed just like any other world... but the power of this worlds heart will become part of Kingdom Hearts and complete it."

"Not if we can stop it!" Roxas and I yelled at the same time. I didn't fully understand the plans, to me it felt like I skipped an entire story and just jumped right to the ending. Roxas ran to Xemnas and bulldozed him over the edge. Xemnas was knocked over and went into a darkness portal with a smile while Roxas quickly got his balance back and turned over to me. He then gave a quick nod and kept watch to make sure Xemnas didn't come back. I pointed the Keyblade up to the giant heart and let the beam go. It didn't reach the heart of all worlds, Xemnas came up behind me to stop me from locking up his dreams. I cancelled the closing and turned around to defend against him. He had a type of power saber, red, and swung it at me. I used the Keyblade to block but still fell back, he was too powerful for me right now! I tried to get up but Xemnas was ready to finish it off. Axel came up from behind him and started to pick a fight with his fire, quickly getting the leader's attention and pulling him away from me. Roxas helped me up and then held the Keyblade with me while I pointed it up again. We sent the beam again and this time it made it. The sound of a giant lock rung through the entire area as the giant heart vanished with the Keyhole being sealed. I smiled and turned back to Xenmas, he was really upset. "Well then, now what Xemnas?"

He let his sabers go down to nothing and smirked. "I start over with the heart of this world being the base for Kingdom Hearts. I will build my own! I will make a heart from the darkness of others hearts!" He plotted right in front of them, then let a darkness portal form. I didn't get it, either he was crazy or had this entire thing planned all along. Things were just going too well, if he ruined my dream like this I would be really ticked off. Xemnas pointed up into the air as he started to walk into the portal. "If the child heart of this world cannot strengthen the original Kingdom Hearts, then it will start a new one. Everyone and everything on this world... it will just vanish into darkness." And with that note he left us alone, leaving with the last puff of the darkness portal.

I looked up into the sky, time was up. The giant orb that took over worlds was resting over this world, the breeze was picking up from what was about to happen. "Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, gotta go." I told the other two, keeping the weapon in hand and going into a full sprint to the Gummi Ship. There was no hope left for this world, right now we had to get to the ship and leave before that took everything away. We could still make it if we ran as fast as we could, hopefully they already turned on the Gummi Ship and left it running. If not then this would be a really close call.

At least they listened to me, Axel let his weapons vanish as Roxas started in a full sprint behind me. Axel didn't hesitate to catch up. All three of us ran as fast as we could, Why did these things always happen with me? We took a few turns and got back onto the street that everything happened on. "This way!" Axel took the lead, taking us towards an alley I didn't know anything about. "It'll get us to the ship faster!" He yelled back. Roxas and I were running side by side, good call Axel. I let the Keyblade vanish as we got closer to the Gumi Ship, but we never did make to the alley that would cause the short cut. The orb above our heads broke and started to take everything in.

I shielded my face from the sudden gust of force pulling me up. Roxas did the same but Axel just turned around to us. He took Roxas first as the boy wrapped his arms around Axel's neck. I no longer felt the floor under my feet, I was going up. I reached down for anything to hold onto but the only thing that came was Axel's hand. He was using one hand to hold onto the edge of a buildings doorframe and the other hand to hold onto me. Roxas was hugging him, he never wanted to let go. I had both hands gripped to Axel's but I could feel myself slipping. We didn't make it, this world was new and who knows what would happen to us if we were taken in. I closed my eyes and turned my face away, I ruined it again. "I'm sorry." I muttered, but no one would be able to hear me over the sounds of the entire new world being ripped up around us. Roxas hid his face in Axel again as he held on, I was loosing grip and Axel could tell. I looked back down to them as he turned his head to me. "Listen to me!" I yelled down, it was the only way they could hear me, I needed to tell them this before I lost hold. Roxas finally looked up to me too, I cracked a smile. "Don't lose each other." I said. They didn't understand, I didn't want them to lose one another after fighting so hard to get together again.

My hands finally slipped from Axel's, I would be the first to find out what was going to happen inside of that orb. Axel just took his arm and wrapped it around Roxas as my double yelled my name. I had my hands down to them, if I could just reach those two again and keep holding on. That wouldn't work, they kept getting smaller and smaller as I went higher and higher. In no time I was taken into the orb of darkness. It was cold and I felt like I was being crushed alive. It was hard to breathe, I felt like I couldn't breath at all. I closed my eyes and put my hands on my neck, I needed air. I was going numb now, my hands went to my sides as I floated in the darkness, I felt like I was turning into a Heartless once more.