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Sora hadn't been sure about the ex-organization members. Axel seemed familiar and he couldn't help feeling safe around him, not to mention he had sacrificed himself to get Sora to the base of the group, but the others…. something inside of him had been distrustful. Recently however, that suspicious feeling wasn't there anymore. He knew that his Nobody, Roxas, hadn't been fond of the group at the end but that couldn't be affecting him. In fact he had met Luxord in his home world and he seemed friendly enough. Certainly unsure, but still friendly. Sora couldn't blame him as Luxord had been killed by him in the past.
He was feeling heavier though. As if a light had left and forgot to take the shadow with. That feeling seemed to peak when he shook Luxord's hand but it went away quickly enough. It was probably nothing.
Currently, he and Axel were finishing up training before regrouping with Riku and Kairi. Kairi had been improving very quickly and was just about at the same level as Sora now. Axel still had stumbles, but he also wasn't far behind.
"You ready to head back?" Sora asked Axel.
"You know it," he replied, letting his keyblade vanish.
The two climbed into the gummi ship and set the course to Merlin's tower, their current base as they were all trained by Merlin and Mickey.
"Have you heard anything from the other Organization members?" Sora asked.
Axel was surprised by the question. "Obviously Ienzo and Even and the guys from Radiant Garden, but not Marluxia or Larxene if that's what you're asking."
"What do you think they're up to? It can't be good so shouldn't we be looking for them?" Sora wondered.
"I mean," Axel responded, "I don't know what they're trying to do. It sounds like their first plan was ruined but now that they're somebodies, and with Larxene having a keyblade, I wouldn't have any idea."
Sora's brow furrowed, "I don't get why we're training so much when they could be up to something."
Axel shrugged, "Nothing we can do about it right now. Merlin and the king are already trying to figure out what to do about Xehanort. Adding those two might over complicate things since we don't know if they're still working with him."
"They were also trying to get the keyblade and now they have one," Sora stated.
"That's why it's tricky. Larxene's keyblade wasn't looking like what Riku's used to. It looked more like mine. We can't say who they're working for or if they're on their own." Axel leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head, "Besides, we've got enough to worry about with Aqua, Ventus, and Terra."
Sora deflated a little, "How are we even supposed to help them when we don't know where they are?"
Axel raised an eyebrow, "Didn't they tell you that that random key you found was their former masters?"
Sora tilted his head confused, "Yea. They said apparently Terra killed him but he somehow managed to send the keyblade away before he could get it."
There was a pause as Axel sat up. Little bits and pieces were connecting in his head. By what he had been learning about keyblades, they could lock and unlock worlds. If the master's keyblade that Sora had found was a specific key that had gone missing, it had to have had something special it was connected to. Back when he was a nobody, Xemnas had insisted on turning Castle Oblivion into a second base for the Organization. When he had been there he had found a section he couldn't get into that had a symbol that looked like the organization's but upside down which he had learned was the symbol of the Masters or something similar. The group had never been inside Castle Oblivion long enough to find the locked off portion not to mention hadn't had the special keyblade. What if…
It had taken some explaining and some confusion, but he had managed to catch Riku and Kairi and convinced them to join him and Sora on a little trip to Castle Oblivion. Riku and Sora were understandably cautious about the world seeing as bad things had happened when it was under Organization XIII's control, but when Axel had recounted things he had dismissed years before, their interest was peaked. Kairi, to Axel's surprise, was very gung ho about marching straight into the world before getting advice from Merlin or Mickey.
"They'll take forever to decide and if they even say yes, we won't be allowed to come. I want to see what that door's about and what's behind it," she stated, already walking up into the gummi ship.
Riku was taken aback, but seeing as he had passed the test and was a master, they technically didn't need to go to Merlin or Mickey if he went along. Hence, Sora's arm was quickly looped through his as he was pulled to the ship.
"I haven't even said yes yet," Riku stated as the door was closed and the ship started up.
"You would have anyway," Sora grinned. "You're just as curious as we are."
"And since you're a master you just need to come with us for supervision," Kairi sang. "You've been in charge of training me so this can just be a training mission!"
Axel chuckled, "I don't think it will be dangerous. The castle is empty and there probably won't be anything behind the door anyway. It's just a hunch."
The door that had kept out the Organization was huge. And white. Very white. Sora felt uneasy in this world since he had lost a year to this place when he had fought Marluxia and Larxene, but Axel was right about it being empty.
"Go on. You've used the keyblade to lock and unlock worlds before!" Kairi nudged Sora.
Sora looked at the door another second as he summoned the master's keyblade. As he pointed it up at the door, he wasn't expecting much. To everyone's surprise, however, a light shot out to a keyhole.
There was a bright light, and then it faded. Nothing seemed any different.
"Let's see if anything happened," Axel said as he walked up to the door. He paused, and then pushed on the door.
Inside, it was just as white. The symbol from the door was everywhere. What stopped Axel in his tracks, though, was the single char in the middle of the room. There was a boy sitting in it, looking as if he was asleep.
