Arrived at Twilight Town, Roxas and the gang arrived out of their SeaSalt gummiship, where they were walking around and going to visit their friends. As such, they came across Hayner, Pence and Olette. "Hey Roxas!" As Hayner shouted before he and the others ran to him. "Hey guys! How's it going?" As Roxas was speaking to his old friends from Twilight Town.
Hayner responded, "Oh nothing much! We're just going to another struggle tournament. Thought you might wanna join us?" Roxas responded, "We'd love to, but we're on a mission." Hayner then grabbed Roxas's arm and ran with him to the tournament "HEY! Hayner, what are you doing?" As Roxas shouted.
Hayner replied, "Come on pal! It'll be fun!" As these two are running while Olette and Pence are tagging along, Xion ran off to join them as well.
Lea was looking at Isa who's just standing infront of the ship, he asked, "Hey Isa, are you gonna tag along or what?" Then Isa responded, "I don't feel like being in the mood to have fun."
Then Lea responded, "Well, you're no fun!" Then he took off running to where Roxas and Xion are heading to with the other Twilight Town gang.
However, someone in a black Organization Coat appeared out of nowhere without anyone noticing, heading to follow our heroes at the Struggle tournament.
At the Struggle Tournament; Roxas, Xion, Hayner, Pence, Olette and Lea are there watching the kids beat each other up with foam bats. After several battles, the announcer then calls out the next candidate! "Alright folks! Who wants to join for the next, Struggle fight!" Hayner then grabbed Roxas' arm and raised it up so that he can go up on stage.
As Roxas was chosen to go up, and the announcer asked, "What's your name kid?" Into he replied, "I'm…Roxas." And then the announcer replied, "Ok! Roxas! Your new challenger is about to enter the arena to fight! Come forth-", until time freezes…and everything has gone weird…
Roxas was looking around and everyone disappeared, with the exceptions of Xion and Lea, who are also confused. Until someone in a black coat shows up to walk up stage. "You!" As Roxas shouted, the black hooded member unhooded himself, revealing it to be Zexion!
"Ienzo?" As Lea shouted, Zexion looked at all 3 of them and said, "Well, I'll be. It's been a long time, hasn't it, Roxas?"
Roxas replied in anger, "What brings you here?" In which Zexion responded, "Relax! I'm not here to fight you. I'm actually here to tell you where the worlds that the keyholes would be located in, and give you a good piece of advice."
Lea and Xion then walked up the stairs to Roxas and Zexion's level, Lea responded, "Talk!" Zexion then gave Roxas the map to where the worlds would be at and replied, "This map will lead you to where they could be."
Roxas, Xion and Lea are looking at the map, to which Xion asked, "Why are you helping us when you're part of the Organization?"
Zexion then replied in fearness, "I had no other choice. I…I…I had a role to play out in secret. I didn't want to be a part of their team, and I knew what their plan is."
They all looked at him confused, and Roxas asked, "What do you mean? What's their game?" Zexion replied, "They're trying to re-" just as Zexion was about to finish his sentence. He was attacked and was completely ambushed by someone who followed.
Zexion was sliced hard by someone who wields a Reaper's Scythe, known as the Graceful Dahlia. It was Marluxia! Roxas and the others freaked out in horror when they saw how Marluxia attacked Zexion.
"MARLUXIA?" As Lea shouted! "Well, well! If it isn't the three unbearable traitors! And you Axel, originally accused me back in Castle Oblivion as the traitor of the Organization, you should talk." Lea then replied, "Shut up!"
Then Marluxia turns to Zexion, "Speaking of traitors. I actually knew from the start that you would betray us, Zexy. Isn't that, right?" As Zexion is lying on the ground, dying. "You…you knew?" As Zexion speaks up when his voice cracks up. "Of course! I always knew there was some innocence in you that you chose to betray your fellow comrades." As Marluxia replied with an evil grin.
Then he turns to Roxas, "Well now, Roxas? Do you think you 3 can stand a chance against me? Do you honestly think you can stop the Organization? Once you fail, you will either fall into darkness, or become dusks like yourselves." Then he snaps his finger to unleashed a pack of Dusks to attack the trio, before fading away.
Roxas then yelled, "Man! I hate that guy!" As Roxas wield his keyblade alongside Xion and Lea, facing against those dusk nobodies.
After several minutes defeating the dusks, Roxas, Xion and Lea looked at Zexion, who's dying and is starting to fade away. Lea ran to Zexion and holds on to him. Zexion said to Lea, "I'm sorry, I tried to help you all, but now…I failed!" Lea replied, "No! We failed to save you. But you did help us of what we need to stop the Organization."
Zexion then said, "Well…at least I could make it back, but into being my own person instead of this…heartless nothingness…" As Zexion is dying and is halfway fading and looking up to the Trio, with Lea responding, "See you, Ienzo."
"See you, Lea..." as Zexion responded with his last breath before fading away into thin air. Xion then starts to shed tears as to see a good man dying with his last breath before hugging Roxas while sobbing into his shoulders.
A few minutes later at the SeaSalt Gummiship, outside; Roxas then looks down and said, "Zexion's maybe an Organization member, but I will not let his demise go in vain." Lea then turns to Roxas and replied, "You realized that he can come back, but as his own being?"
"I know, but he did manage to help us out." As Roxas replied to Lea. Hayner then asked, "So, does that mean, you have to go?" Roxas then replied, "Yes. I'm afraid so. But I'll come back, before you know you it." Which then gave big smiles to Hayner, Pence and Olette's faces.
Roxas, Xion, and Lea decide to summon their keyblades and have the tip of them touch each other in the air, with Xion saying; "All for one," with Roxas and Lea replying, "And one for all!"
The trio alongside Isa then decide to take off into their SeaSalt Gummiship and move on to the worlds they are tasked to go to.
Meanwhile at the World That Never Was, council meeting; Marluxia returned to Xigbar and Jafar and told them, "My lords, I eliminated the traitor. It turned out to be Zexion, he gave them the map to where the keyholes are located at."
Xigbar then gave a smirk to Marluxia and replied, "Good. Just as I hope. Let the games, begin." As Xigbar smiles while everything he had are gone perfectly as planned.
Cuts to the SeaSalt Gummiship, Roxas and the others finally arrived at a portal that leads them to the first of the 8 locations. Lea later said, "That must be the first world, you two ready?" As he glared towards Roxas and Xion.
"YES!" as both Roxas and Xion responded. Lea then replied, "Good luck then! And may your Heart be your guiding key!" Later, they teleported away to go into the world they're tasked to, leaving Lea and Isa as the only ones remaining in their Gummiship.
TO BE CONTINUED...
