She had no clue how long she had been asleep, the last thing she could remember was falling into the darkness… But when she opened her eyes Exsor was in her own room. The white walls blinded her in comparison to the darkness of the portal corridors. Looking around Exsor saw her Organization coat draped over the back of a white chair, she was lying under the covers in only her black bra and her black pants. It was then that she also noticed someone asleep at the large white table in the center of her room. She could hear their soft breathing and the creak of the coat as they moved their head. It was Axel, no doubt about it, there was no one else with hair like that.

Silently getting out of bed she grabbed her coat and quickly pulled it on, how dare Axel undress her like that! When she zipped the front of the coat up Axel jumped and threw his head up, looking at Exsor cloudily for a moment.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" He asked, stretching his arms over his head.

Exsor ignored him and walked toward her door, fully aware that Axel got up and was following her.

"Hey, dude, I asked you a question!" Axel grabbed her shoulder and spun her around, a bit of anger in his eyes.

Exsor's anger instantly flared up. "Don't touch me!" She jerked away from his touch.

Axel glared. "Fine, from now on I wont help you out!"

"Good, cuz I don't want your help!" Exsor turned on her heel and stormed off, heading toward the training arena, she needed to take her frustration out on something other then the walls.

Axel stared, his mouth slightly open, then he ran off after her. "What the hell has gotten into you lately!" He practically screamed, flinging open the door that she had just slammed into his face. "One day you're making me feel like I have a heart, the next you're tearing it to pieces!"

Exsor stopped from where she had been bending to pick up some practice weapons. She slowly stood back up straight and took a deep breath, clearing the tears that had rushed to her eyes. "I almost forgot to tell you… Demyx said you were his best friend…"

Axel stopped the angry retort be had been about to give. "What do you mean… were…?"

"Demyx is dead." Exsor said it so matter of factly it surprised even her.

"… dead?" Axel shook his head. "How?"

Exsor's shoulders started to shake. Axel took a step forward, about to reach out and comfort her, thinking she was crying. But instead of crying Exsor burst out laughing, causing Axel to back up quickly, had she really lost it? Was she mad?

"Exsor…?"

"It's so amazing!" Exsor was practically yelling again, still laughing. "How stupid we are! This is all out of our control, we're just a speck of dust in this story! We aren't worth anything!"

Axel shook his head, Exsor wasn't making any sense, then it struck him. "You know what happened that day in the woods… don't you?" Axel lifted a hand and slowly unwound the bandage that was still over his eye, most of it had cleared up, but there was a long, thin red scar that ran the length of the cut, it made it so he couldn't open his right eye all the way.

Exsor nodded slowly, the laughing had stopped and there was a thick tension in the air.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Axel was growing angry again, he clinched his fist around the bandage and threw it at Exsor's feet, neither of them were aware of Riku's presence in the room. "You've been lying to me! This whole time! It's all been a lie!" He gritted his teeth, trying his hardest not to lash out at Exsor.

"Do you honestly think I wanted any of this to happen!" Exsor spun around, the anger and pain was back full force. "If I didn't promise him I would do all this then he would have killed you Axel!" Exsor lowered her voice and her head, looking at her shoes. "I couldn't let you die, I wouldn't of been able to stand it…"

Axel blinked, Exsor had saved his life… and all he could do was yell at her… blame her for everything that he didn't like… He took a step forward, offering her a strong rock to lean on. "Exsor… I'm sorry, I didn't know…"

Exsor took a step back toward the wall, her back against it. "Forget it Axel." She shook her head and opened up a portal into the wall. "I'm not who I used to be." She backed into the portal, quickly trying to seal it.

Axel made to follow Exsor through the portal but a hand on his shoulder stopped him. Turning around Axel saw Riku shaking his head beside him.

"She needs time alone, she's been through a lot." Riku let go of Axel when the portal closed.

Axel looked back at the wall then back at Riku. "But she needs my help!"

Once again Riku shook his head. "No, she needs her own help, you'd only make things worse for her."

"Oh, and you would know?"

Riku was silent a moment. "Yes, I would know." Riku tugged on Axel's shoulder. "Come, we need to go before it all starts."

"Before what all starts?" Axel was confused, but he followed Riku.

"Everything." Riku muttered, hurrying out of the room and down the halls, Axel right behind him.