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The match went on for a few more minutes, but Roxas came out to be the winner after sending Hayner to the ground a few feet away from him. Hayner seemed a little peeved at first, but smiled at Roxas as they started to talk on the stage. Roxas nodded and the two watched Seifer as he made his way up onto the arena with Vivi. All of them exchanged heated glares before Roxas and Hayner came down from the arena t come stand by us. Hayner put his hands behind his head and looked to the side.

"That guy... You better beat him, Roxas!"

Roxas looked at Hayner for a moment and grinned. "You bet I will!"

Hayner smiled and nodded, returning his gaze to the fight. I grinned and watched the fight myself. "You two did great... I guess the struggle really is interesting."

Roxas nodded along with Hayner as the judge started the fight. Seifer struck Vivi, resulting in Vivi dropping an orb. Smiling to himself, he went to grab the orb but was sent across the arena by Vivi, spilling all of his orbs. I felt my eyes widen considerably as I watched the small child just stand there... I mean, he was just standing there... I'd at least expect a little victory dance from a little kid for beating someone twice his size in one blow. Something was strange here... I turned to Hayner, who also had a confused face.

"Is Vivi always that strong...?"

Hayner shook his head and watched Vivi intently. "No... He usually just stands back and watches when our groups get into fights..."

I blinked and dwelled on what Hayner told me as I watched Roxas walk up to the arena. Yep, something's extremely wrong here... "Roxas..."

Roxas turned towards me and blinked. "Yeah?"

I grinned and gave him a thumbs up. "Be careful out there... something doesn't seem right."

He nodded and returned my thumbs up when Seifer walked past him. Seifer briefly said something to Roxas and left, allowing Roxas to go up onto the stage. I watched Roxas momentarily and started to follow Seifer. Pence looked at me with confusion. "Hey Yuki, where are you going? Roxas is about to fight..."

I turned towards Pence and smiled. "Don't worry. Just a bit of recon... I'll be back before he goes up against that purple guy..."

Pence laughed and nodded. "Okay, hurry back."

Nodding, I ran after Seifer and the remainder of his group. "Seifer!"

Seifer and his group turned towards me with a look of confusion on his face. "Huh? Oh, it's you... Yeah?"

"What happened out there...? I could have sworn you were stronger than Vivi."

Rai stepped towards me a little with offense. "Are you tryin' to make fun of Seifer? Huh?"

I blinked and shook my head. "No! I just found it strange... Was it rigged or something?"

Seifer shoved his hands in his pockets and watched the arena. "I don't know... but one thing's for sure. That wasn't Vivi... Why, were you worrying about me?" Seifer smirked at me while I felt my face heat up slightly. Why most people be so strange?

"No, I thought you would have had it covered." I blinked and waited for Seifer to respond, but his whole group, including Seifer himself, stood still. They weren't even breathing... I blinked and walked up to Seifer, gently poking his arm. "Uh, Seifer? Are you okay...?" I then turned and did the same to Fuu. "Fuu, come on. You guys are creeping me out... Breath, for Pete's sake!"

No response came as I blinked. I gently put my ear against Seifer's chest, searching for a heartbeat like I was taught to during CPR classes. No heartbeat... That's scary. I turned and looked towards the arena, only to see Roxas and three white... things. What the hell? Those things are like liquid or something. I ran towards the arena as I noticed everyone else was also frozen. Everyone but Roxas, the things, and I. "Roxas! What the heck's going on!"

Roxas sent a white thing across the arena and turned towards me briefly. "Yuki? How are you still moving?"

I shook my head as Roxas started fighting again. "What the hell's going on? Why is everyone frozen? What is that thing you have in your hands?"

I eyed the object with curiosity and slight fear. For some reason, something inside me was afraid of the thing. It seemed to... beckon me? No... Seemed like it was telling my existence to end. Why? I shook my head and backed up a few steps, trying to gather my thoughts. Roxas finally defeated the three things as we heard clapping coming from the direction behind me. I turned around quickly and saw someone in a black cloak. His face was completely hidden in shadows. I backed away slightly, but he didn't seem to even notice me.

"Roxas, all right... Fight, fight, fight. You really don't remember it's me. You know, Axel." Axel pulled back his hood to reveal his wild red hair and deep green eyes. Why does he have tattoos under his eyes? Confused, I blinked and looked at Roxas. He knew this man?

"Axel?" Apparently, Roxas didn't know this man... I looked worriedly between the two men.

"Talk about blank with a capitol B... Man oh man; even the dusks aren't going to crash this one."

Roxas looked confused and frustrated as Axel made his way onto the arena. "Wait a sec, tell me what's going on!"

Axel ignored Roxas and looked around. "This is his creation, right? That means we don't have time for a Q & A. And who is your friend?" Axel turned towards me and I felt myself freeze from fright. Who was this strange man?

"How are you able to get past the freeze effect?"

I blinked and back up. "What...? How should I know!"

Axel shrugged and turned back towards Roxas. I felt both relieved and offended that he was ignoring me. Oh well...

"You're coming with me, conscious or not."

Suddenly, the air around us started to waver strangely. Looking around confusedly, I returned my gaze back to Roxas and Axel. Roxas looked at his weapon, Axel, and I and threw the weapon away from himself at the ground.

"What's going on?"

I jumped slightly when I saw the weapon disappear and reappear in Roxas' hand. Axel watched the blade with a thoughtful look. "Number thirteen. Roxas. The keyblade's chosen one..."

Roxas started to become angry and brandished his blade, ready to fight. I shook my head, my head starting to pound from what Axel said. "...Keyblade..." I shut my eyes fiercely as flashes of light erupted in my mind. I fell to me knees from the pain as my breathing was hard. What was that? Was I reacting to the word Keyblade? No... I couldn't have reacted, I mean... I don't even know what the Keyblade is! ... A sword obviously but... I looked at Roxas and Axel, my eyes never leaving the Keyblade. I felt something welling up inside me, and for once, I felt contempt towards Roxas. Wait... He's my friend, why would I feel this way towards him?

I looked down at my hand, which was twitching with anxiousness. I felt like attacking...

"What's wrong with me...?"

Flashes of an image raced through my mind... A spear? Yes... the spear I remember from before. I felt energy pulse through me as what seemed like tendrils of shadows wrapped around my arm. It slid down off my hand, forming the outline of the spear. The compulsion to attack... it was stronger now... The spear outline started to solidify and I was able to feel cool, smooth metal in my palm. The shadows disappeared and the spear from my memory was in my hand. The cold metal felt wonderful against my skin, and the urge to fight made me stand up. Shaking from fear, I looked at the spear that I held. I felt as if I should attack Roxas... No, not Roxas, the Keyblade. Glancing at Roxas and Axel, I shook my head, throwing the spear on the ground.

"No... What the hell!" I yelled this out loud, causing Axel and Roxas to look at me briefly. I ignored both of them, but looked up towards them when a man in red robes suddenly appeared. He was facing Roxas, so I couldn't see his face. Axel smirked and backed up.

"So it was you..."

The man in red ignored Axel and kept his focus on Roxas. "This man speaks nonsense."

Axel glared at the man and looked at Roxas. "Roxas, don't let him deceive you!"

Roxas clutched his head as they both started to shout at Roxas. Worried, I hurried onto the arena, completely ignoring the spear that I had thrown. I gently touched Roxas on the shoulder. "Roxas..."

Roxas shook his head fiercely and shout into the sky. "Hayner. Pence. Olette. Yuki."

I felt my eyes widen slightly from surprise. Why did he say my name? Why did he include me with his list of friends? I know I counted him as a friend, but I didn't expect him to count me as a friend... I shook my head and gasped as Roxas started falling forward, starting to black out. "Roxas!" I caught him carefully and set him down on the ground. Looking at the man in red and then at Axel, I stood up shakily and stood in front of Roxas protectively. "Leave him alone!"

The man in red stared at me momentarily with a thoughtful face. His piercing yellow eyes boring into mine. I shivered slightly as he started to advance. "You... Who are you?"

I blinked and held my hands in front of me, ready to fight. "None of your business! Who are you to come and start confusing my friend?"

The man in red stopped a few feet in front of me. I felt my heart racing as the urge to fight was directed towards the man in red, and once again, the spear appeared in my hands. The man looked somewhat surprised for a moment. "You... You shouldn't be here... How did you get here?"

I blinked and looked at the spear, then returning my gaze to the man. "Wait, you know who I am? Tell me!"

I lowered my spear slightly and my urge to fight left. Instead, my mind was searching for answers. The man smiled to himself and he crossed his arms in front of him. "In your current state, you are no threat... so I guess I am able to leave you be. It's best you don't know who you are, for that person is better off not being here. Begin your new life, and don't interfere."

I blinked confusedly and shook my head. "Please! I hate not knowing who I am..."

I felt someone place their hand on my shoulder tightly and jumped. Looking back, I saw Axel standing there with a smirk. "Come on, you can't even tell her who she is? That's cruel... I'll tell her, and she'll come with me. She could be of use to us."

I felt my eyes widen in shock and fear as I struggled to get out of Axel's grip. "Let me go! I don't want to go with you, creep!"

Axel looked at me with an amused face and laughed. "Huh? I guess you're a creep too, because we're somewhat alike."

I blinked and stopped struggling, giving him a strange look. "Alike? I highly doubt that... now let GO! Leave me and my friend alone."

Axel sighed and looked into the sky. "Oh, I don't think I'll be letting you go anywhere... You need to know your destiny. Well, I guess we should be off now."

I shook my head and started to struggle. "Let me go!"

The man in red looked dangerously at Axel. "I believe you should let go... She isn't supposed to know who she is. It could mean disaster."

Axel smirked and held out his hand to the side, a large portal-like shadow appearing. "Disaster for you, paradise for us. Does it really matter? I mean, she could be the key to our success."

I felt Axel push me into the portal, as a cold, clammy feeling met my skin. I shuddered as I landed in some sort of tunnel that was surrounded by darkness. Looking behind me, I saw Axel appear from the portal, making it close behind him. I looked at the 'ground' under me as thoughts flooded through my mind. What does he want? What did he mean by the key to their success. How was I a disaster? I felt a hand grip my wrist as I was hoisted onto my feet. I looked back at Axel who had an emotionless expression on his face.

"This is how we travel between the worlds... Usually, this place would slowly turn a heart into darkness..." Axel then looked at me with a slight hint of amusement. "...a heart that's already consumed in darkness can't really change, can it?"

I blinked confusedly as Axel started to walk ahead of me. What did he mean by that? Did he mean that my heart was taken over by darkness? What the heck did that mean... I looked down at the spear in my hand as my eyes narrowed. I gripped the spear tightly and charged at Axel. Striking downward, Axel blocked my spear with one of his red chakram like weapons. He smirked as I pushed my spear farther, making his chakram start to fall back.

"Well, aren't we in a rush? Do you even know what you're attacking with? How you know how to fight like this? Who you and I are?"

I narrowed my eyes further and backed up, holding my spear tightly. "Why do you keep saying that crap? I just want to be with my friends... Watching Roxas become struggle champion, hanging out with the gang, and other regular things. Not fighting some random stranger who uses fire and keeps saying random stuff that I don't understand! Why did you have to take me along?"

Axel made his chakram disappear in flames and turned back in the direction he was heading. "Follow me... I'll explain some things once I introduce you to my leader."

I blinked and looked around me. Seeing as I couldn't see a clear way out of this... place, I reluctantly chose to follow Axel. At what appeared to be the end of the dark place, Axel motioned towards a portal of darkness. I sighed inwardly as I looked at it. Just more and more portal things... I think a headache will come in due time. Axel sighed and grabbed my shoulders, steering me forward towards the portal.

"Come on, it's not like it'll kill you."

I felt Axel give me one last small shove as I stumbled through the portal. When I found that I was out of the portal, I had to shield my eyes because of the brightness of the place I was in. Everything was... white. White walls, white ceiling, white everything... Except for outside the windows. When I looked outside, I saw that it was night out. I felt my heart leap when I had a look at the moon. It was shaped like a heart... Why was that? I felt a hand on my shoulder and gave a start, turning around to find Axel standing behind me and watching the moon as well.

"Kingdom Hearts...

I blinked and tilted my head. Kingdom Hearts...? Axel looked down at me and grinned.

"What? You don't remember what Kingdom Hearts is either? Geez... You really were messed up."

I shook my head and brushed his hand off my shoulder, narrowing my eyes slightly. "What is this Kingdom Hearts? It sounds really stupid..."

Axel snorted and looked to the side at my comment. I raised an eyebrow at his behavior. He seemed to notice because he started to respond. "Kingdom Hearts isn't something to scoff at, kid. Without it, none of us would be here..."

I sighed rather angrily at Axel as I blinked the bright light out of my eyes. It was starting to be a pain... Literally. "Well, are we going to talk to this 'leader' of yours, or what?"

Axel narrowed his eyes unenthusiastically and started walking up a set of stairs. "Meh... come one then." I then started to follow Axe through the ever-blinding hallways and stairs, leading to his leader's room.

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Yep, chapter 2 is finished... Like it so far? I hope so... well, I hope to make it really interesting, so please keep reading and review!