"How would I even go about finding the kid? He jumps around worlds so often…"

"Dumb luck. You've got plenty of that."

"Thanks, Larx. That's so nice of you."

"Relax. Nothing will happen."

"You'd better be right, Marly."


It had been a while since Larxene and Marluxia had been sent off to Castle Oblivion. Axel had come back, Roxas stormed off, Sora reappeared. And Demyx was back on Saix's radar and back out doing missions.

The best thing about Roxas had been his willingness to do Demyx's missions. Maybe if things had turned out differently on that mission Roxas would have joined the groups mission…

Trudging through the underworld sucked. He had already forgotten what Saix wanted him to do there… Something about Hades… But his mind had been so lost in thought that he didn't even need to act anymore.

When he finally stumbled upon Hades, Demyx didn't need a second signal to run. He was very much on fire and very angry and Demyx knew he was not about to become a pile of ash. Of course he passed someone when he was focusing on not dying, but he didn't stop to warn them about Hades. They were probably already dead or had a death wish being here, unlike him.

It wasn't until another hour later that he realized it wasn't just a random spirit he had passed by though.

"Roxas?" Demyx exclaimed, surprised of ever seeing the kid again after him abandoning the organization.

"Excuse me?" the kid asked, completely confused.

Sora! Not Roxas. He could have sworn he had been given a notecard on what to do if he stumbled upon him…

And of course it said to fight him. Which was a bad idea if he wanted to be allies. Not that the kid really gave him a choice, summoning his keyblade and attacking him.

After a decent enough fight with enough water clones to tire the kid out, Demyx took his leave. He had a decent excuse about why he couldn't finish the mission. Not to mention he wasn't sticking around when there was the looming threat of a very angry death god roaming around.


Xemnas and Saix found out about the failed mission from Castle Oblivion. If he didn't join with Sora he'd be eliminated by the organization. It was his only chance of finishing what his friends couldn't.

He didn't expect his next run in with Sora to be so soon, however. Or for it to start with Sora blatantly refusing his invitation to become allies. Or for him to be rude and refusing to listen about Nobodies growing hearts back. Or for the last thing Demyx saw to be Sora with his keyblade, expression set in disgust, as his hands slowly disappeared and vision faded to nothingness.