AN: Just want to inform I went back and made a change in the fic. Kairi now calls Lea... Axel... She calls him Lea!

The reason why I went with Axel first was because I wanted to stay as true to the game as possible, and in "Dream drop distance." everyone kept calling him Axel even though he had now become Lea again. I had just assumed that was what the games was going to go with. BUT! Now I checked the IMDB page of KH 3... And Quinton Flynn is credited as Lea not Axel. This is really confusing... Feels better calling him Lea though.

Also... What is up with him not having an original costume? NO! He needs his own costume dangit! My baby Axel deserves it all right?

And for ones I wouldn't mind DLC, I would love some DLC levels where you get to play as Lea and Kairi training. Perhap go to a different world that isn't in the main game. That would be neat as heck. Also LEA COSTUME! I don't even care if I have to pay to put him in a unique costume. I will do it.

Kairi was grinning as she walked alongside Lea, it was after lunch thus it was her time to do her thing.

Lea smirked. "You seem happy." he commented.

"I really think I am improving!" Kairi grinned. "I am getting better with the keyblade!"

"of course you are! You're working your ass of!" Lea exclaimed. "Those boys of yours better watch it, you are going to be beating their butts in no time."

And Kairi beamed.

"What?" Lea asked.

"You're going to hate me for this, but you really remind me of Riku sometimes." Kairi commented.

"Whaaat? No way! How am I anything like that deadbeat?" Lea asked.

"You're really looking out for me, like a big brother. It's really nice." Kairi smiled.

"Oh." Lea blinked. "Well in that case, i'll take that as a compliment!" he grinned. "You remind me of someone too!"

"I do?" Kairi asked. "Who?"

Lea grinned. "You remind me of." then he halted and he blinked.

"Lea?" Kairi asked.

"I… I don't remember." Lea blinked confused.

"So you were just saying it." Kairi commented.

"No! There was someone… I think." Lea frowned. "A girl… Maybe. And erh.. erhm. I think… Sea-salt ice-cream?" he asked confused.

Concerned Kairi looked at him. "Maybe it was someone Axel knew?" she suggested.

"But I have all of Axels memories!" Lea exclaimed. "Don't I?" he asked in a frown. "I should.. But. It feels important… Really important. Like… I can almost touch it, But it's just outside of my reach."

Kairi looked at him. "How does this person make you feel?" she asked. "When you think of her, or him. Who-ever that person is."

Lea frowned, Kairi would often ask that kind of questions and he would do his best to answer… It was part of his training, he had to answer to train his heart and he frowned, trying to think. "She… I am pretty sure it was a she." he stated. "And thinking of her… Makes me sad." he admitted then turned to Kairi and he blinked. "That's weird."

"What?" Kairi asked.

"Your face… It makes me feel. Relieved." Lea informed and he frowned. "I don't understand, this doesn't make any sense."

"Oh." Kairi replied. She really didn't know what to say to that either and Lea frowned, still looking troubled then he looked up. "What?" she asked.

"Fourteen." Lea breathed. "Number fourteen… I GOTTA GO!" he shouted as he started to run.

"Hey! Lea! WAIT UP!" Kairi shouted running after him.

Lea ran fast and purposely, towards the palace in the middle of radiant garden, the previous home of ansem the wise, he reached the entrance garden and then sighed in relief he didn't even have to go inside. "Even!" he called out to a middle aged man with long blond hair. "IENZO!" he called a young man with blue hair his bangs covering one of his eyes.

The two were seated outside next to the fountain holding books, seemingly making research but also taking advantage of the weather.

The blond man looked up then groaned. "Oh great it's you." he muttered as Lea ran towards them and stopped, gasping for air.

"LEA!" Kairi shouted as she ran up to them and stopped beside them.

"Number fourteen!" Lea exclaimed. "Was there a number fourteen?" he asked.

"What on earth are you babbling about?" Even asked.

"In the organization. I thought we were thirteen members, Roxas was thirteen right. But… Wasn't there one more. A number fourteen?" Lea asked.

Even frowned. "I know you're a brute, still I need to ask. Has what ever little brain you had melted?" he asked.

"Hey that's not nice." Kairi huffed.

"It's okay. Even is like that." Lea stated. "Are you sure though?" he asked. "Perhaps it was only for a short time. Wasn't there someone else?"

"Of course not!" Even snapped. "That's ridicules!"

"Urgh. I should have known better than asking you." Lea huffed. "Ienzo!" he addressed the younger man whom thus far hadn't said anything. "You remember right, you're always super smart. Wasn't there another?"

The young man blinked as he looked up at Lea. "I'm sorry Lea. I only remember thirteen of us." He informed. "Though I supposed it is possible our memories could have become fractured upon re-completion. How-ever that all three of us would forget seems extremely unlikely. That seems like quite the important detail to remember."

And Lea exhaled deeply, outright inflating. "Oh… I see."

Kairi blinked as she looked from Lea to the other two. "Wait, are you two?" she asked.

Ienzo looked at her.

"Yes yes princess." Even snorted. "Former nobodies, go ahead. Have your laugh."

"No. That's not." Kairi tried. "I just, didn't realize there were more of you around here."

"We all woke up together at this place." Lea informed. "At the place where well… We were first torn apart and turned into nobodies. We are originally from here. Even here used to be one of Ansem the wises most trusted research assistants and Ienzo here… He was Ansems ward."

"You mean… Like an adopted son?" Kairi asked.

Lea nodded. "We were all gathered in Ansems research lab, in the heart of the experiment when..." he halted. "Anyway." he cleared his throat.

"Are there more than you three?" Kairi asked.

"Just Aeleus and Dilan." Lea informed. "They used to be guards of this place and have now returned to their old duty… Isa and Braig whom were also there on that day. They have not shown up, looks like they have not become whole again."

"So are you two finished daddling?" Even asked. "Some of us has work to do! And I for one would appreciate not having to look at that firehead for longer than necessary." he grumbled.

"Hey no need to be rude." Kairi exclaimed.

"It's okay." Lea cut in. "Even has… erhm. Well you see, he has a bit of a grudge." he admitted. "My nobody kind of did something, and erh."

"That's in the past though." Kairi stated. "You are both whole people again! What could possible be bad enough to still hold a grudge?" She asked.

"You really don't wanna know." Lea stated. "Trust me on that."

Even snorted as he looked at Lea. "You killed me!" he exclaimed.

"Huh? You did what?" Kairi asked turning to Lea.

"You burned me alive!" Even kept accusing pointing a finger at Lea. "Have you any idea how painful that was?!"

"Heh, well. At least it was short, you were gone in like a second." Lea commented. "And you know, it was Axel whom killed Vexen! And I am Lea and you are Even, so we are all good. You see?" he asked.

"No! No we are not!" Even exclaimed standing up.

"Lea." Kairi blinked. "You really did kill his nobody, what makes that you feel?" she asked.

"Erh well, erhm." Lea swallowed. "At the time, I didn't really feel anything. That is how it is to be a nobody. We didn't really feel a lot… At all. And now… Well, to be honest he is standing right there in front of me shouting at me. He's fine, so I have a hard time feeling to bad about it."

Even narrowed his eyes.

"What if he hadn't come back? What if he was really dead?" Kairi asked. "How would that have made you feel?"

"I don't know." Lea plainly admitted. "It's not like we the Organization members liked each other at all, we just worked together. And well, if Xehanort asked us to do stuff, even kill each other. We would do it. Vexen were just as likely to kill me as I was likely to kill him, that was the nature of the organization. To us, being killed kind of seemed like the better alternative than what-ever Xehanort would do to us. So." he shrugged.

Even snorted.

"Lea is right though." Ienzo commented. "You are being way to emotional over this Even."

"I am being to emotional?!" Even exclaimed.

Ienzo though smiled. "It's good though. You are genuinely emotional, not just acting it. We really are people again."

"Ienzo. Right?" Kairi asked.

The young man nodded.

"You seem troubled." Kairi commented.

Ienzo blinked. "Oh. Ah I see, you powers as a princess of heart. That's fascinating."

Kairi smiled amused. "Why are you upset?" she asked. "If you don't mind me asking."

"Not really, I did think it was kind of obvious." Ienzo stated. "I remember everything my nobody did, and even though it wasn't really me. I still feel pretty guilty about it. In fact… I feel horrible."

"Yeah." Lea looked away.

"That's why, I want to do all that I can. To help find a way to fix all of this." Ienzo stated. "To join all the heartless with their nobodies, so everyone can become people again. There is though… So much research to be done. I am not even sure I can do it… Without Ansem the wise guiding the way." he sadly looked down.

Even as well seemed rather hopeless as he looked away as well.

Lea looked up. "Hey, with two people as smart as you guys. No way!" he stated. "So you just keep at it! And if you ever need help from a keyblade wielder just say the word."

Even snorted. "You would help us?"

"Yeah." Lea blinked. "We all want the same thing don't we? Make up for all the bad stuff our nobodies did."

Even bit together but didn't say anything more, a clear indicator that he actually agreed.

"Hey. Even." Lea glanced up. "Sorry for what I did to you. There is no excuse really, I just.. erh."

"Oh just stay silent." Even huffed. "It was Axel whom burned Vexen, obviously. And I don't need your pity nor your sympathy. Just stand ready to help out, keyblade wielder." he snorted. "I hate to admit it, but we are going to need that thing. And for some reason, you got to wield it. So go out there and learn how to use it probably! Chop chop!" he clapped his hands.

Lea smirked amused. "Sure." he stated as Even turned around and walked away Ienzo looking after him. "You all right Ienzo?" he asked.

Ienzo was quiet.

"Ienzo?" Lea asked again. "You awake?"

"Yes." Ienzo stated turning his head. "I was just thinking of an answer to your question. Because… I'm not really sure." he admitted.

Lea exhaled. "Well, you were real young when you were turned into a nobody. Even younger than me, it really mess's you up. I found out… My heart is all beaten up. Weak. That's why I need to train with Kairi. I may be presumptuous. But something tells me she would be happy to teach you to."

"Oh." Ienzo turned to her. "You would?" he asked.

"Of course." Kairi nodded. "When I have time. I'm sorry I am just, really busy these days. But we can find a date, perhaps ones a week. I would be glad to train you."

"I see." Ienzo nodded. "I will admit, my scientific side is extremely curious." he stated. "And also." he held a hand over his heart. "It… kind of hurts." he admitted. "Can it be fixed?" he asked looking up.

Kairi nodded. "yes. It can." she stated. "It wont be easy, it'll be really hard. You have to do a lot of work yourself. But yes, it can be done."

"I see." Ienzo nodded. "That sounds good." he smiled. Genuinely smiled.

"Great!" Kairi beamed. "Let's meet one of these days and come up with a time!"

Ienzo nodded. "Sure, come by any time."

"Or you can come by at our place, also any time." Kairi blinked. "I am sure Merlin would be more than happy to serve up tea and cookies!"

"Tea?" Ienzo asked. "Ah yes." he nodded. "People do that when they socialize don't they? Drink tea."

Kairi blinked confused.

"Organization members never socialized. There was no reason to, we didn't feel. Not even comfort in another persons presence." Lea informed. "And Ienzo was just a kid when he became a nobody, raised by Ansem and Even. He wouldn't have had a lot of time for tea."

"I see." Kairi nodded. "Then you must come for tea one of these days! I insist."

"Okay." Ienzo nodded. "I believe it will be a valuable experience." he stated.

"Or you know, it'll just be nice." Kairi pointed.

"Yes I see." Ienzo nodded. "I shall look forward to it." he stated as he stood up. "Sorry, I need to get back to work. There is much to be done."

"Sure." Kairi smiled as Ienzo stood up with his book and took a few steps away the same way Even had gone. Then he halted.

"huh?" Lea asked as Ienzo turned his head.

"Please don't be mad at Even." Ienzo asked. "I know he can be kind of full of himself, and sometimes really annoying. But he's not a bad guy." he stated. "He feels just as bad about all of this as everyone else."

"Oh." Lea realized. "Well sure."

"We all have nightmares doing nigh-time." Ienzo admitted. "Aeleus and Dilan too, even though they seem so strong."

"Yeah, I get that." Lea nodded. "It will get better though."

"Oh, yours has gotten better?" Ienzo asked.

"Yeah, because I started training my heart. She made all the difference." Lea informed pointing at Kairi.

Ienzo blinked as he looked at Kairi and Kairi smiled back.

"We'll figure this out Ienzo, come for tea." Kairi asked.

And Ienzo nodded. "Okay. Well, see you." he said as he turned back and walked away.

Kairi beamed. "You already have nice friends Lea! I'm so happy!" she beamed.

"Those two really aren't my friends." Lea rolled his eyes. "My nobody was working with their nobodies, that's all there is to it."

"Still… That's a pretty strong connection." Kairi pointed out "And Ienzo seemed nice, you might be able to help each other! To bad they couldn't help you with that number fourteen though huh?"

"Yeah." Lea nodded. "It really bugs me though. Something just doesn't feel right." he frowned.

"You'll get it. I'm sure of it!" Kairi beamed.

Lea nodded as he crossed his arms. "I hope so."

"Well, you mentioned sea-salt ice-cream. Perhaps getting some will jar your memory." Kairi suggested. "I heard Scrooge McDuck is selling the best kind!"

"You just want to eat ice-cream don't you?" Lea asked amused.

"Yeah." Kairi fully admitted. "Come on then." she turned around. "Ice-cream for us! And one day, we can maybe get some for those two as well."

"HAHAHA! Me eating ice-cream with Even? Now that would be a weird sight!" Lea laughed whole heartedly.

"Well never say never!" Kairi lectured.

"Yeah right." Lea snorted as the two walked side by side on their way for ice-cream.