If you turn on a light in a dark room, all the dark disappears.

But you know that the darkness is still there, the light is just hidding it.

Can light exist without darkness?

" Namine?"

Namine opened her eyes. Roxas was leaning over her.

" How are you feeling?" He asked in a gentle voice.

" I feel fine." She answered as she lifted her self out of bed and let out a yawn. She kissed Roxas good morning and asked what their plans for the day were.

" Well, I thought I would compete in the torment. The prize for the winner is a thousand munny."

Namine nodded and told Roxas to go ahead with out her. She needed some time to think.

Her thoughts lingered over her conversation with Axel. She wanted to believe it was all a dream but she knew Axel wouldn't have came to her if it didn't happen. Axel was a bad guy, but he cared about Roxas. It just did not make sense. Namine pulled at her hair frustrated. She wanted to know what was going on. She wished everything didn't have to be a riddle. It was like trying to put a puzzle together without all the pieces. Which is pointless and impossible. She knew she had to be missing something. There had to be a clue somewhere. She closed her eyes and thought hard about what Axel said to her. " It wasn't a dream, Roxas really did disappear." The words played over in her mind like a broken record.

She decided she would think about it later and headed for the tournament.

She walked slowly to the City Square. She hoped if she took long enough she would miss the Announcements. When she arrived there was all ready a fight in progress. She searched the fighters for Roxas. He was about third in line. He saw her and waved. She returned the wave with a smile. She found a place in the crowd where she could see and waited patiently for Roxas' fight. After the second fight, a small man announced the next fighters.

" Next we have Roxas vs. Chymal."

Namine cheered wildly as Roxas took his fighting position. Roxas was the first to get a hit. He swung at Chymal then reversed causing Chymal to get confused. She cheered as Roxas delivered a nasty blow to Chymal's stomach. Namine was enjoying the fight until she was suddenly pulled by her arm to the back of the crowed. She turned around to see Axel.

" Axel, what are you doing here? What's going on?"

" I don't have much time but you need to know."

" Know what?" Namine asked impatiently.

" Sora and Kairi are in danger."

Before Namine could ask any more questions, Axel had opened the dark portal. He turned to Namine and said " Hold on to Roxas. Don't let go."

Namine watched as the darkness closed around him and he disappeared. Now she was even more confused. What did he mean Sora and Kairi were in danger? Why did he keep telling her to hold on to Roxas? Was this stupid game ever going to end? Why couldn't people just be blunt? Tell her what was going on instead of talking in riddles. (Because it wouldn't be a good story if people were blunt!)

She made her way back to the front of the crowd to watch the rest of the tournament. She cheered as Roxas continued to battle his way to the top. She admired how he fought. She knew he could protect her if anything happened to her. She just wished she could protect him. She watched as he fought the last battle. He finally ended it with a blow to his opponent's head. She cheered loudly as he accepted his prize.

Namine congratulated him and he offered to take her out to dinner. She accepted his offer and they found a nice restaurant to eat at. They sat and talked about the tournament. After the finished eating, Namine suggested they go to the cliff before heading home.

They reached the cliff and took a seat. She thought about telling him about Axel, but decided not to. She didn't want him to think she was going crazy. She sat quietly in between his legs gazing at the stars. She wished time would just stop and they could stay like that forever.

" Roxas, do you believe in destiny?"

" Of course I do. Why would you ask that?"

" What if our destiny was not to be together. Do you think there is a way to defy destiny?"

" I don't know. Just think of it this way. You hear people say that you can choose your destiny, I choose to be with you. So that's going to be my destiny."

" But what if it isn't that simple? "

" You don't know if it's going to be simple or not. That's the wonderful thing about it. You don't know what's going to happen or where you're going to end up. You just have to trust that everything is going to turn out ok. "

Namine thought about this a while. Not knowing was the thing that scared her most. She wanted to know that her and Roxas were going to be together forever. She didn't understand life. Why couldn't it all be simple? Why did her heart have to feel so heavy? What was going to become of her and Roxas? She must have been deep in thought because she didn't hear Roxas say her name.

" NAMINE!"

" Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's ok. What's the matter?"

" Nothing. I was just thinking about everything."

" Like what?"

" Just about the past couple of days. I can't stop thinking about that dream I had, it seemed so real."

" Well, it wasn't."

" Do you think reality can become a dream?"

" I'm not sure, maybe a dream becomes reality."

" It just doesn't make sense. How could something seem so real and so alive but then turn out to be a dream?"

"That's the funny thing about dreams, they can sometimes mislead people."

" I hope your right."

Roxas stood up and helped Namine up. He offered his hand and she gratefully to it. They walked silently back to the house. Namine was finding it hard to keep her eyes open. She just wanted to be in her bed. They both entered the house and made for their bedroom. Namine changed into something to sleep in and crawled into bed next to Roxas. Roxas wrapped his arms around her and kissed her good night. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

" Sora!" Kairi called out his name as the darkness began to surround her. " Sora help me!"

Sora ran towards her, keyblade in hand. Heartless were surrounding him. He had to get to Kairi, he could not lose her, not again. Behind Kairi, a door began to appear. Sora fought his way through the heartless trying to reach Kairi. He noticed the door was starting to close on Kairi. He had to get to her. Where was Riku and everybody. Why weren't they here to help him?

"Sora" Kairi said faintly.