"That guy's not Vivi," said Roxas. As the world around him froze, and he saw zeros and ones, something seemed to snap into place. He heard something, and looked up.

A teen about his age was falling from the sky. He had messy black hair and his eyes were closed, but somehow Roxas knew they were green. He instinctively moved to brace himself when the strange teen fell towards him, except he didn't feel anything. No body crashing into him, not even the sensation of being flattened.

And yet strangely, he knew he hadn't imagined it at all.

He suddenly clutched his head, as memories seemed to slam into his mind.

At first he saw flashes of his memories, things that had been forcibly suppressed.

He remembered what happened, and where he actually was. WHO he was. And he grew angry at being lead around like a puppet.

The second set, however, left him confused until he realized they belonged to the odd teen he had seen falling towards him. He had no idea who this 'Harry' was, or what his connection was to him personally, only that their connection was now very strong. So much so that it was unlikely they'd be able to separate anytime soon.

Roxas managed to hide his anger at "Diz" for putting him in this fake place, but he was able to slip a note into Axel's pocket before he was removed. He just hoped his friend found it before it was too late.

Axel managed to find him on their favorite spot.

"You remember?"

"I'm being watched extensively. If he figures out I remember everything, he'll use Naminé to erase or hide it again. Even so, I'm not going back to the Organization. Xemnas is hiding something and I don't like it."

"They'll kill you, you know," said Axel.

"They can try. If I can't give them the run around and lead them on a chase through worlds, then they deserve to catch me," said Roxas snorting.

"What happened?"

"I saw something. Something strange. I think it has something to do with why my memories were brought back before the end. I have a feeling that the ending has been rewritten."

"Rewritten?" said Axel.

"It's just a feeling. But I don't think this is going to end with Sora getting his memories back from me."

Roxas clutched the area where his 'heart' would be.

"Something in here is saying that their plan is about to get a nasty surprise when Sora wakes up. Something no one will expect and even fewer will be able to stop."

Axel was gazing into the twilight.

"I hope you know what you're doing Roxas. I can't lose you too."

Roxas looked at his best friend.

"Me too. If I'm right, let's have some icing on the cake," he said, before he returned to 'his' bedroom, making it look like he had slept through the night.

Axel almost couldn't believe it. For the first time since Roxas abandoned the Organization, he had hope.

He just prayed that things worked out like Roxas felt it would.

In the mansion...

Roxas was still pissed, but made it look like he only just now got his memories back. By now, he had begun to figure out what had happened.

From what he'd been able to tell, the teen he saw falling had his Heart, and a mistake while using the Corridor had lead to him somehow merging with Roxas on the grounds that the heart wanted to be back where it belonged.

The only reason that the worst to have happened was that his memories were unlocked was because the teen had been pretty much unresistant about the idea of merging with someone else.

From what he saw of the other boy's memories, he could understand why. For all the crap he had to put up as Sora's Nobody, it was nothing compared to how bad "Harry's"life had been. If losing his body to Roxas meant starting with a clean slate, he'd gladly do it.

Roxas didn't feel pity for Harry, because he knew it wouldn't be appreciated. At all. Instead he made a silent agreement that whatever happened next, they'd face it together in one body. Even if it meant that Harry's well hidden anger issues and hair trigger temper was allowed to come out and play for once.

He had a lot of practice burying his rage until it bordered on the unhealthy, and dammit he was tired of holding it back when he just wanted to strangle people.

So Roxas went to where Sora was, gracefully returned the memories...then blacked the hell out from exhaustion.

Diz, or his digital counterpart, frowned when he realized Roxas wasn't disappearing like he was supposed to. He turned to Naminé, suspecting she had something to do with this development.

"What. Did. You. Do?" he asked, barely containing his anger.

She smiled at him, her expression more than a little smug.

"Absolutely nothing, outside of keeping my silence."

"Why is that thing still here?! He should have gone into Sora!"

"It is odd," said Riku, with Ansem's voice.

"He did give up Sora's memories. In a few hours, Sora will wake up like planned. But Roxas had his heart returned to him, so he won't be able to fully merge with Sora like you wanted."

"What the hell do you mean his heart returned to him!?"

Naminé moved over to the console, and replayed the 'struggle tournament'. Specifically the point when Roxas looked up and then braced himself for impact from above, only for nothing to happen. They had ignored it, thinking it was a glitch. After all, Axel had hacked their fake Twilight Town and they thought he had something to do with it.

"Roxas and the one containing his stolen heart merged together, so now he doesn't have to disappear for Sora to be whole again. Though I have no idea how the heart found him again," said Naminé frowning.

She had looked into Roxas' slightly odd behavior and couldn't stop silently crying for hours. After that she never looked again, once she confirmed there were now two people inside Roxas, one of which was unconscious.

It was obvious to her what would happen next. The second one would provide the 'body' while Roxas provided the 'heart'. The two souls would have to find a way to coexist if this were to work properly.

Diz looked pissed, Riku just looked confused, and Naminé was openly smug about the whole thing.

Either way, they had to let Roxas go. Otherwise he'd just leave on his own...or get Axel to help.

Roxas woke up to see... Donald and Goofy?

"Ow."

"You alright?" asked Goofy.

"Aside from a splitting migraine, I'm fine," said Roxas. He managed to sit up, and felt some relief when Donald helpfully cast a Cure on him.

Roxas silently took stock of his situation. He was still in his clothes, though he didn't have the Coat. He could live with that. His magic was pretty low, but considering what just happened he could handle that much. There was a decent dip in his health, but that had gone back to normal when Donald used Cure on him. He could check his keyblade once he was out of the mansion, as he didn't want to answer any awkward questions.

About the only oddity he could tell was the lingering feeling of someone being behind him, but Sora hadn't woken up yet so he dismissed it.

Once he introduced himself to his Somebody and his friends, Roxas parted ways, heading to the station tower. But not before he picked up some sea salt ice cream to share with Axel. He absentmindedly traced something on the package, and didn't even notice when his magic briefly flared.

On top of the station tower...

He sensed more than saw Axel show up. He held out the other ice cream bar to him, so it was with some confusion when he heard his best friend pause.

"...What happened to your hair?" he asked finally, after he accepted the ice cream and sat down.

"What do you mean?"

"It's red. Almost the same shade as mine, actually," said Axel.

"What."

Roxas got up, went to find a mirror, and let off an unholy shriek.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HAIR?!"

Axel winced at the sound, but for some reason found himself grinning. So Roxas had walked all the way up here without noticing? Then another yelp emitted from inside the tower.

"WHY ARE MY EYES GREEN?!"

Roxas was twitching once he realized, yes, his eyes were now a bright green color that were almost the same shade of Axel's own, and his hair was a bright red the color of fire.

If you didn't know any better, you'd swear he was Axel's younger brother or something.

"You didn't notice?" said Axel, openly amused. Roxas twitched.

"Of course I didn't notice. You think I wouldn't have noticed seeing red hair when I'm supposed to be BLOND? Or the fact my eyes went from blue to green for no apparent reason?!"

Axel reached up and touched it.

"Looks normal enough to me," he said snickering.

"I'm going to kill Diz. Or possibly that other idiot who was helping him. Just because I didn't disappear into Sora doesn't give them the right to dye my hair a different color!" said Roxas irate.

"...Yeah, why haven't you disappeared?"

"Hell if I know. I just remember blacking out after giving his memories back, and waking up outside the pod with a splitting migraine."

Axel and Roxas continued to enjoy their ice cream.

"Well, it looks like we'll be in this together then. I got told not to come back unless I brought you with me, and that failed spectacularly," said Axel by way of conversation.

"I would have kicked your ass if you tried to drag me back. Xemnas is up to something and I have the feeling neither of us want to be a part of it," said Roxas flatly.

"...You sure nothing else happened? You sound...angrier...than usual."

Roxas gave him a deadpan look.

"I'm a teenager. I believe it's in the description that I'm supposed to be moody and angry at the world in general, especially considering the fact I jerked around like a puppet by someone just to bring Sora back," he responded.

Axel thought that one over, remembered some of the other teenagers he'd seen, then conceded the point.

"Well I'm going to check the mansion. Hopefully we can find something useful, like a spare coat for you."

Roxas made a face.

"I'll go exploring around town. Let me know if you find anything and we'll meet up down there," said Roxas, pointing at the stairs that lead into the train station. Axel nodded before disappearing. He wouldn't want to go back to that place either if he had been used like a puppet and nearly died there.

In the mansion...

Axel looked around, and eventually found Naminé curled up in a closet.

"So they just left you behind," he said to himself. She jumped, now fully awake.

"Axel?" she asked, rubbing her eyes.

"Yup. Did they just ditch you now that Sora's awake?"

Naminé nodded.

"They weren't too happy finding out Roxas survived."

Axel looked peeved at the reminder of the hoops Diz had made his best friend jump through.

"Any idea why they dyed his hair red?"

Naminé blinked.

"His hair's red?"

"Yeah, almost the same bright red as mine. He wasn't too happy finding that out either," confirmed Axel.

"I guess merging with his stolen heart must have had some side effects once he lost the parts that belonged to Sora," she muttered.

"Stolen heart?" repeated Axel.

Naminé nodded.

"That 'fight' with the fake you interrupted. Something broke through before you did and hit Roxas. From what I could tell, his heart somehow found it's way back to him and merged with his body."

"So that's why he remembered so early. And it would explain the sudden mood change he had."

Naminé shuddered.

"The memories he got from his heart...they're so full of pain and rage. It's quite likely he's picking up on the pent of up fury from the person who has his heart, and it's seeking a proper outlet."

Axel paused on the way out of the mansion.

"He's still Roxas, right?" he asked with concern.

Naminé nodded.

"Roxas is dominate in the body, but don't be surprised if the other wakes up and starts making appearances. Though from what I briefly saw when I peeked inside his memories, he's more likely to let Roxas run the show and only come out when there's imminent danger."

"So what's this 'other' like?"

"He has a 'saving people thing', his words, not mine. He's also got a lot of pent up anger and rage because he's been forced to do the right thing even when he'd rather be selfish, and people have been keeping him locked up 'for his own good' without telling him anything of what's going on. He just wants to be a normal kid, but circumstances beyond his control keep forcing him to jump into danger just to save people who he feels should be solving their own problems. It doesn't help that he has a mad man after him since he was an infant."

Axel winced at each word. No wonder he was willing to let Roxas be the dominant personality. His life sounded horrible.

"However, if he does become your friend then he's one of the first to jump into the fray if it means keeping them safe. Unfortunately from what little I saw, there aren't nearly as many who'd do the same for him."

Roxas saw Naminé, who quickly managed to hide the fact she was laughing.

"Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up. I'm still going to punch Diz in the face for dyeing my hair because I was out cold."

"It wasn't Diz. I don't know if he even has a sense of humor like that," said Naminé, giggling.

"And the eyes?" he asked pointedly.

"The change in your eyes and hair can be blamed on the other presence inside your body," she informed him.

Roxas twitched, looking torn between annoyance and frustration.

"Is this permanent?"

"I have no idea."

His annoyance switched to defeat, before he said "What now? I mean outside of us going on a long overdue vacation and generally causing havoc to people who annoy us?"

Axel grinned. He was pretty sure that came from the 'other' Naminé mentioned.

"First things first. Roxas, see if this fits," said Axel, handing him a spare Coat he found in the mansion.

It not only fit, it turned out to be the one that was stolen from him when he was thrown in that fake Twilight Town. He even found the munny he had left in his pocket still there.

His desire to break Diz's nose only increased, but he managed to hold it in. after all, the jerk wasn't even there to vent his frustrations on.