A/N: Partial credit goes to EvanderAdvent.

Last time:

As I stayed in that world, recovering from my battle, I was telling Chopper a lot of things about me. Of course, I didn't tell him everything, like how there are many other worlds or that I'm not really human. The curious creature, whom I found out was really a reindeer, was amazed when I showed him some of my magic. Of course, I would've used my cure spell, but for some reason, I can't use it. It's almost like that Blackbeard guy took away my ability to heal. And I didn't bring my potions either to quicken my healing process. Though I could've sworn I had some of them with me, unless if those pirate had anything to do with it.

During my short stay, Chopper taught me how to communicate with animals. I insisted him to teach me, really. This one time, when I wanted to go for a short walk, I saw him negotiating with a few other animals. I thought that somehow communicating with them would work to my advantage against my opponents. And so, I convinced him to teach me. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I feel like I'm at home here.

On the day when I had to leave, Chopper-kun tried to convince me to stay, which we both knew would be impossible due to the fact that I was away for too long. And believe me, a few days of staying in one world is not that short at all to Saix. Despite that, Chopper-kun tried to convince me to quit the organization. Since I didn't tell him everything about Organization XIII, it's obvious that I can't tell him what happens if Saix found out about me staying here because Chopper-kun begged me to. Who knows what would happen to Chopper-kun if he finds out about this?

"Chopper-kun, how about I make a promise?" I suggested.

"A promise?" the young reindeer repeated.

"After I'm done with my job, I'll come back here for a few hours. And I'll bring some sweets with me."

"Really?!"

"Yeah. But only if you let me go and behave while I'm gone. Can you promise me that?"

"Yeah!"

I was happy that he finally let me go. As for Dr. Kureha, she told me that I can go back to wherever I come from, if I visit once per day. Of course, being how long my mission takes, visiting this place once per day is possible for me.

As I returned to the castle, I was wondering if I can bring Roxas and Axel with me to that world. Then again, Axel probably hates the cold. His specialty is fire, so it's a possibility that he'll go back to the castle without us noticing. As for Roxas... On second thought, it's best if I don't bring him along. As a Keyblade wielder, it's possible that he taking on missions harder than mine. Sure I can use a Keyblade. Unlike Roxas, however, I'm nothing but a puppet. Chopper-kun and Dr. Kureha doesn't think that, but I know that I can never be a real human. Ever.

Days passed and, as promised, I visited Drum Kingdom every day. So far, no one in the organization sees it suspicious that I came back late. Not even Roxas or Axel finds it suspicious. I'm really glad that they didn't. Keeping a secret from Roxas about me being... that... is bad enough. I know I have to tell him eventually, but how can I tell him?

My time in Drum Kingdom were as calm and good as having ice cream with my friends at the clock tower in Twilight Town. Chopper-kun still does his cute happy dances when in denial, and there are times when we get into battle with the Heartless here. Other than that, I can't help but feel like this is home to me.

Oh, yeah. As for Dr. Kureha, or Doctorine, she was still researching on how I can live without a heart. I kept telling her that I'm not human, but she just wouldn't accept that as an answer. I wonder why that is? Probably wanted a logical reason. And me being a living, breathing puppet is nowhere close to logic.

"Xion-nee, are you alright?" Chopper-kun asked me, getting out of my thoughts.

"I'm fine, Chopper-kun. Just tired from the job my boss assigned me to do," I half-lied. We're currently out looking for some herbs Doctorine needed for medicine.

"You sure you don't want to go back and rest? I can look for the medicine by myself," Chopper-kun told me. The little guy's really worried about me. Then again, he does think of me as his big sister. As does all the other kids in this world.

"If I let you do this by yourself, who's going to protect you from the Heartless if they appear?" I asked.

"I got my Rumble Balls, though."

"Rumble Balls?"

"Oh right. You don't know yet. They're drugs I made that brings my powers to its full potential."

"Wow. That sounds useful," I said, now interested in the pills.

'If I ask Chopper-kun to make some pills that focuses on the Keyblades, it might help Roxas,' I then thought. At first, I assumed that it was my imagination, but Roxas was getting weaker. I'm not exactly sure if I'm still imagining it, since we haven't been on missions together. Then again, there is the old saying: "Better be safe than sorry." I can't keep convincing myself that it's an illusion. What if it's real and Roxas might end up dead on one of his missions? I don't want that to happen!

"It took me five years to get the right ingredients for this drug to work," the reindeer-human hybrid added.

"That long?" I questioned, now abandoning the thought. "And here I was hoping that you can make some of those drugs that works for Keyblade wielders like me," I then said, not realizing that I said it out loud.

"Oh, that will be easy."

"Wait, seriously?!"

"Yeah. I was analyzing your power while you were fighting Heartless here. And back while you were recovering, I took a sample of your blood and tried to find out how your power works." I felt like part of my world tumbled down when he said that. Taking a sample of my blood meant finding out if I was a human or not, doesn't it?! I can somehow just tell that he's going to question me later.

"A-and then?" I spoke with uncertainty.

"After some analyzing, I tried making some drugs that concentrates on your power, like the Rumble Ball does for mine. I still have yet to complete it, though."

'Oh, good. He found out nothing about me not being human,' I thought in relief. "Is that so? I can't wait for the day when you do complete it. I want to know more about my Keyblade's power. And I bet your drugs can help me out with that," I then said.

"S-saying things like that won't make me happy at all, you bastard~!" Chopper-kun 'denied', doing his cute little happy dance.

I looked ahead of us and saw the herbs that we were looking for. "Ah! We're here!" I told him.

Chopper-kun stopped his dance and went over to the plant. "There's no doubt about it. These are elder flowers. These are the plants Doctorine needs for cold sores."

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get some and go back. It's a miracle that we didn't bump into any Heartless along the way." How I wish I didn't say that, for a group of Shadows suddenly appeared.

"You spoke too soon!" my reindeer panicked.

"I know that!" I said, getting my Keyblade out.

It was a little hard defeating all these Shadows, especially since we can't let the elder flowers get damage by any attacks. According to Chopper-kun, it's hard to find these kind of flowers here. And it's true that I go to different worlds on missions, but I'm not an expert on flowers, so I don't know where to find them in any of the worlds I know of.

While we were fighting, I can't help but take glances at the elder flowers every once in a while. Those plants are really important to Chopper-kun and Doctorine. If anything happens to them...

"AHHH!" Chopper-kun's scream broke my thoughts.

"Chopper-kun!" I looked back at my reindeer companion and saw him being ganged up on. "What do you Heartless think you're doing?!" I demanded, knocking them out of Chopper-kun's way.

"Xion-nee!"

"Chopper-kun! Are you-?!"

"Behind you!" he shouted, as he suddenly just pushed pass me. I turned to look what was behind me, only to see a Shadow attempting to sneak attack me.

I thought Chopper-kun was going to sacrifice himself to protect me, when he suddenly turned into a sheep. No, really. His fur just puffed out. Chopper-kun got hit, but like a fist to fat, the Shadow's claw attack didn't seem to harm him. Chopper-kun then turned back to normal and grew a lot of muscles for his arms. The moment he turned into that, he destroyed the Heartless with his hooves. I was shocked to see him like this. Usually Chopper-kun was either in his hybrid, reindeer or human form. Never had I seen him turn into a sheep or grew muscles like he did.

"Are you alright, Xion-nee?" he asked me, turning back into his hybrid form.

"You-... How-... When-...?!" I couldn't find the right words to ask what I wanted to ask. In fact, how can I?!

"Xion-nee?"

"Chopper-kun... Just what are you?" I asked, slightly calming down. "I know you are a reindeer and a devil fruit user, but HOW can you turn into a sheep or just grow muscles like that?!"

"I didn't turn into a sheep!" the reindeer devil fruit user corrected me. "That was my Guard Point. And that other form was my Arm Point."

"Yeah. Yeah. And how was it that you can change into those forms? Last time I remember, you never turned into either of those two."

"That was the effect of my Rumble Ball. Didn't I tell you about it earlier?" Now that he mentioned it, he did. So this is the Rumble Ball's effect in action.

"I see. So that was the power of the Rumble Balls," I said.

"Yeah. But it's also troublesome, if I use more than one of it per day," Chopper-kun added.

"How so?"

"Well, if I take two, it's more of a gamble. No matter how many times I want to get into a form that I want to change into, I change into something else instead. I have very low chances of getting the one I want."

"And if you were to take three or more?"

"I don't know about four or over, but if I take three... Let's just say that I won't remember what happens if I take three." Chopper-kun made it obvious that something bad would happen if he takes that much. I can't help but feel that it would be more than not remembering what happened after taking a third ball.

"Well, in any case, you have a lot more to tell me, now," I said.

"What about you, Xion-nee? If I recall, you didn't say much about yourself either," the reindeer hybrid pointed out.

"Or did I?"

After that day, I helped Chopper-kun get stronger in all of his forms. It sucks that I can only train him for three minutes. It's so short. And not only that, I have to train him three minutes a day, since I don't want our training to get messed up in any way. As days passed, Chopper-kun slowly got stronger. Very slowly.

It then came. The one day that broke something in me. It's also the very day... that I have to give up my life.

I was assigned to go on a mission with Axel and Xigbar in Wonderland. I had hope to go on a solo mission that day. However, just because I had to go on a team mission, it doesn't mean that I can't tweak my plan a little. I knew Axel more than anyone else, and knew that he would understand my situation. As for Xigbar... Let's just say that I had things to settle with him anyway. I don't know why I would think that, but that's just how it was.

"Hahaha! Talk about a blast from the past!" Xigbar joked.

"Stop, Xion!" Axel told me. Despite the fact that we're friends, I ignored his plea.

"Of all the faces... Why do I look at her and see yours?" the eye-patched man asked himself. I may not know who he was talking about, but I do know that it has something to do with my current situation. "Do you always have to stare at me like I just drowned your goldfish?"

Okay. Now he's just pissing me off! "Shut up!" I charged at him and 'borrowed' Roxas's power, making me seem invisible to Xigbar. I then sneak attacked him from below, knocking him out.

I cautiously walked over to him, making sure he's completely out cold. Satisfied at the result, I dismissed my Keyblade. "I'm sorry, Axel," I apologized to my friend.

"Have you flipped your lid?" he questioned.

"Please... Let me go," I pleaded. "I have to do this... Because..." I took of my hood, allowing Axel to see my face. Not my real face, but the face of another boy. The face I showed him seemed to surprise him. After revealing my face, I put my hood back on. "Please Axel. You have to watch over Roxas."

"But... You..." I know he's going to say no. But I didn't have a choice. My mind was made up.

"Please!" Axel then looked at me and... gave me the signal to go... "Thank you, Axel." With that, I left. Before I could go to where I needed to be, I wanted to make a last stop at Drum Kingdom.

Opening the portal to there, keeping my hood up, I stopped by at one of the villages in that world. The preferable village I went to was the one Dalton-san was staying in.

"Xion-nee-chan!" I heard. Turning around, I saw a group of kids coming over to me. What? You didn't think I only visited Chopper and Doctorine in this world, did you?

"Hey, guys," I greeted.

"Xion. It's good to see you again," came a deep voice. I lifted my head to see Dalton walking towards me. "And you came here earlier than expected. Did you get a day off?"

"... It wasn't that I got a day off, Dalton-san," I corrected. "I want you to gather everyone over here."

"What? Why?"

"Please, Dalton-san. It's really important." After a few seconds, Dalton-san went to gather up everyone.

"Xion-nee, what's wrong?" asked one of the kids.

"You're acting different, Xion-nee-chan," another one of the kids stated.

I kept my mouth shut, waiting for everyone to get over here so I can tell them what I wish was a lie.

After Dalton-san got everyone gathered around, everyone in the village at least, I began to give them the news. "Everyone..." I began to speak, just realizing that I don't know how to say it to them.

"What's wrong, Xion?" one of the villagers asked.

"Did something happen?" another asked.

"Xion-nee-chan..." some of the kids spoke.

Gathering up all my courage, I began to talk. "Everyone... This is the last time I'll see you guys."

I saw some slight shocked faces, mostly from the children.

"Hahaha... That's a good one, Xion," one of Dalton's guard-in-training said. "Seriously though, what's up?"

"I'm not joking. I know this is sudden, but this is the last time I'll visit this place. But, don't be sad. You won't be able to remember this. You won't be able to remember anything about me. I don't know why I'm here if that's true, but I feel like this is right to visit you all this one last time."

"Oi, oi. Stop joking around with us, Xion-san!"

"That's right, Xion-san!"

"Xion!"

Everyone believed in my words. It just makes me even more guilty to be in their presence now.

"Sorry, everyone," I apologized, taking my leave.

"Wait! Xion-san!" I heard someone demanded. I used my Aeroga to create a small snowstorm, blinding them and taking my chance to escape.

I managed to get out of the village, without anyone following me, or so I thought.

"XION!" I turned and saw Dalton running towards me. "Xion. That was all a lie, right?! It's was nothing but a joke, right?!" I stayed silence at his question, as guilt filled me. "TAKE OFF YOUR HOOD AND LOOK AT ME, XION!"

"... Dalton-san, I'm never going to return here," I told him. "After this visit, I'm going back to where I really belong. You and everyone else will forget me when I do. I have nothing else to say. Even if you promise that you and the others won't forget me, you all will anyway."

"Xion. This isn't funny!" Does he really think that I would just joke about this?!

"Do you really think that I would just joke about this?!" I spoke out my thoughts. "If I was joking, it wouldn't be about this! You know me as well as everyone else here does, Dalton-san! I would never joke about anything as serious as this!" With that, I opened up the portal and ran through, quickly dismissing it the instant I went in.

As I did, I couldn't help but feel this strange pain in my chest. I also felt something coming out of my eyes and then rolling down my cheeks.

'Wh-... What are these?' I wondered, wiping whatever was rolling down my cheeks from my eyes. It didn't work as I wanted it to be, for more of it came out of my eyes. 'Why am I feeling this way?! Is this what it really means to feel something?! How?! I thought those with a heart are to have this kind of thing!'

"Damn it... DAMN IT ALL!" I screamed out.

After I calmed down a bit, I began to open up a portal to Doctorine's home. When the portal opened up, I walked through, wondering how I should say it to Chopper-kun, knowing that he wouldn't take it it I told him that I would stop visiting here.

"Oh, Xion-nee?" Bad timing. "You're early. Was the job assigned to you by your boss a really easy task? Or were you given a day off?"

"Chopper-kun..."

"Oh, Xion. What a surprise," I turned my head and saw Doctorine at the door, with a bottle of wine in her hand. "And why do you have that hood on and over your face? Surely it's not that cold in here."

'Great, everyone's here,' I mentally said, in sarcasm. 'No turning back now.'

"Chopper-kun, Doctorine. I... have some bad news. Or rather, horrible news," I began.

"What's wrong, Xion-nee?" Chopper-kun asked.

"This visit... is the last time we will see each other." Chopper-kun and Doctorine looked at me in shock and disbelief when I said that.

"That's... a lie, right?"

"I'm sorry, Chopper-kun. But, I'm not." I opened up a portal behind me. "Sometime after I leave, you will forget me. All the good and bad times we had together will eventually disappear from your memories. I'm not suppose to exist anyway, so if you still remember me, and have very little memories left about me, don't blame yourself for being unable to keep them. This is good-bye. I will miss you." I quickly stepped into the portal.

"Wait, Xion(-nee)!" I heard Doctorine and Chopper-kun call. Before they can jump into the portal, I quickly closed it, ignoring eye contact to them.

I don't know why, but as I left, the same pain from earlier came back, but it was worse than the previous one. 'Why do I feel like this?' I wondered once again. 'Is it because I feel guilty for showing my face there again?! WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?! I know I'm nothing but a puppet, a fake, but what, or who, exactly am I?'

The instant I asked myself that, I felt a sharp pain in my head and lost conscious.

Me: And that's that.

Xion: And what took you so long?

Me: What the-?! Where did you come from?!

Xion: You usually update this story once a week. And since you didn't update last week, I got a little worry.

Me: Oh, rest assured, my friend. Nothing has happened to me.

Aki: Oh really?

Me: WHERE THE HELL DID YOU COME FROM?! I don't remember posting up any stories including you!

Aki: What? Can't your favorite character from one of your favorite anime come and visit? I don't really exist anyway.

Me: I still find it weird.

Xion: Anyway, what happened that got you to post up this chapter this late?

Me: Nothing, really.

Aki: Except for homework and project, and lazing around.

Me: NO ONE ASKED YOU!

Xion: Why were you lazing around?

Me: She's only lying! Anyway, readers, you know what to do! Review please!

Aki: And read the next chapter she posted up.

Me: Izayoi Aki!

Aki: They're going to find out anyway.

Me: *pout* Oh, hush up.