You Say you're my what?

Chapter 5: Journey

Flashback

"Let's meet again, in the next life." Axel said.

"Yeah, I'll be waiting." Roxas replied.

"Silly just because you have a next life…" Axel faded into darkness. He closed his eyes and spoke to himself, "Roxas, I'm sorry."

"Axel?" He looked up, green eyes met blue; bright blue eyes, they were warm and full of concern, "You just said my brother's name, tell me what's going on?"

Axel's eyes fell, "I fought with Roxas, and lost. I see you managed to escape, but why do you have those cuts and bruises?"

"Oh these, Saix attacked me while I was escaping. So what happened to Roxas after you fought?"

"He went back to Sora."

"So what will you do now, are you going to return to the organization?"

"I can't, I've gone against them, if I were to go back; they'd destroy me. I'm siding with Roxas; I'll help him no matter what."

"Then take me with you, we can help him together."

"No!"

"But why?"

"It's too dangerous."

"I don't care if it's dangerous I want to help."

"You can help by staying out of harm's way, if I know you're safe I'll be able to focus on my mission better; get it?"

She opened her mouth, but then closed it. She knew he was right; there was no sense in arguing that, "Alright but please be careful."

Axel stood up, "Don't worry," and with that he walked away.

Present

"After that I wandered around in the darkness for quiet some time. I didn't know if I should search the worlds or stay where I was. But one day, while I was walking; Saix found me…."

Flashback

"Well now if it isn't Xettrose," Saix said with absolutely no emotion in his voice.

"Saix!" As the name left her lips, she was grabbed by a dozen Dusks. They dragged her away to the castle; where she was locked up.

"Now that we have you, Axel will come," Saix turned and left.

"What am I going to do?" Xettrose asked herself. All hope seemed lost, her wrists were chained to a wall, her face was covered with scratches and her eyes were dim; just then, a portal opened up.

"Don't give up," said a girl in white with blonde hair.

"Who are you?"

"My name is Namine," the girl said as she broke the chains that bound Xettrose to the wall.

"I'm freed, thank you Namine."

"Now you've got to get out of here before Saix gets back."

"But where will I go, if I stay in the darkness he'll find me again."

"You must go to Twilight town; now hurry," Namine opened a portal and Xettrose stepped through it.

Present

"Did Axel ever find out about my being captured?"

"Not that we know of," Sora answered.

"So you went to Twilight town," Riku said.

"Yes; I didn't get to know anyone there, I mainly hid in the shadows and tried to find out any information I could. Eventually I heard that Sora and the king went to the old mansion. So I went there too, but by time I got there…"

Flashback

Axel had faded into nothing, and Sora made his way to the world that never was. Xettrose had gotten there just in time to see Axel fade. She stood there alone, tears in her eyes. Axel, her best friend, was gone. After whipping away her tears she went back to the castle. She was always just a floor behind Sora, when she arrived at the proof of existence; she saw that all the tombstones were red. That is with the exception of Xemnas and Roxas.

Present

"I saw Sora walk through the door."

"So then you came here?" Kairi asked.

"Pretty much, there really isn't much more to say."

"Now that you've told us your story, tell us why you're here," Roxas asked.

Ok reviewers, if anyone's got a good reason for Xettrose being here let's hear 'em. I had an idea, but now I'm not so sure that it's a good one, so I'd like to have some input. -