A few days passed with Roxas and Xion training under Xemnas. The training was not hard, both he and Xion were picking things up fast.

Roxas could sense that the Superior was very pleased with him and Xion, even Roxas could see that both of them had come a long way. The Superior promised that their training would be intensified soon, and not only physically, Roxas wasn't sure what he meant by that but both him and Xion were very excited to start.

His mission finally ended for the day and he was ready to go back to the castle before a familiar voice stopped him. "Nice job."

Roxas' head snapped towards the voice, seeing that Axel was back. Roxas' eyes widened, and a sense of joy took over him.

"Axel!" he yelled happily and ran towards the redhead hugging him. Axel flinched, surprised at Roxas' reaction to him being back. He raised his hands to remove Roxas from him but stopped.

"I was so worried," Roxas whispered.

"Worried? About me?" Axel asked with a laugh, not believing his ears. Roxas looked up at Axel's eyes and nodded.

"Of course I was," he answered. "I was worried I would never see you again. Saix said everyone in Castle Oblivia was terminated."

"Well I wasn't, so," he let out an amusing huff which Roxas respond to with a bigger smile. At that moment, Axel knew, he was screwed, he became truly attached to this kid, but something in him really didn't care. The redhead just blamed it on having no heart to care with anymore, and simply refused to think about it further.

"So what have I missed while I was away?" Axel asked after Roxas finally let him go. The blond boy thought for a second.

"Well, Xion and I became friends," he said excitedly.

"Xion? The new kid?" he asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yup," Roxas replied with an excited nod. "She and I became really good friends."

"She?"

" Yeah?"

"Humm…"

"Saix is very terrible with her though."

"Is that so?"

"Yeah, the Superior told her not to talk it from him anymore, but she still hasn't said a word to him yet."

"Wait, the Superior?!" Axel asked confused.

"Yeah," Roxas nodded.

Axel raised his eyebrow in confusion. Usually all the superior does is give speech after speech after speech, and hail Kingdom Hearts, the fact that he took enough of an interest in his time to remotely talk to one of the members on something that isn't related to Kingdom Hearts is very strange.

"Why would Xemnas care?" Axel asked.

Roxas started saying something before basing, he looked sad for a moment before shrugging. Axel's suspicions of course rose, but for now, he saw no true alarm in the situation.

"Very well, lets RTD, shall we?" Axel said.

Roxas nodded happily and opened a corridor of Darkness. "You wouldn't mind if Xion joined us for the icing on the cake right?" Roxas asked a little nervous.

Axel chuckled. In response, and shook his head. "No I guess not, she's your friend too after all."

"Thanks, Axel!" Roxas said, eyes filling with joy and happiness. "Oh, and welcome home." Axel's lips were graced with a soft smile looking at the happiness in Roxas. It had been a truly long time since someone actually cared about him enough to be this happy at seeing him

or as happy as they could be without hearts.

After both Axel and Roxas gave Saix their report they both headed to the Watchtower. When they arrived someone was already sitting there, their hood was up, so Axel wasn't sure who it was, but Roxas merely smiled and greeted the person with a "Hi, Xion."

Xion turned to them and gave Roxas a smile, or at least Axel believed so.

"Look who's back," Roxas said pointing at the redhead.

"Welcome back, Axel," she said with a nod, and yes that was definitely a girl's voice.

"Thanks...it's nice to see you too, Xion." Axel wasn't sure, but he thought that she sent him a smile under that hood.

"So, ice cream?" She asked.

"Sure, I'll go," said Roxas. "I'll be right back." Before Axel could stop him Roxas was already running down the stairs, and Axel was left alone with Xion. The redhead gave a sigh but sat down beside the girl anyway.

Roxas' new friend. He wondered if he would like her too, or if she would annoy him like the rest of the Organization.

"So, you and Roxas huh?" He finally asked.

"Umhm," she answered, " Roxas and I went on a mission together, then he said that I earned the Icing on the cake."

"I see." The kid just parroted him to her.

"Roxas really missed you," she said suddenly, and Axel's head turned towards her. "He asked about you every day. Made me very excited to finally meet you." He could tell that she was quite sincere in what she said. Even knowing her for so little a time he could see that she and Roxas shared a lot in common. There was a sense of innocence and wonder from both of them and Axel felt the need to protect it.

"I really hope we can be friends too," she whispered timidly.

Axel gave her a smile. "Don't be silly. We already are."

Her head snapped towards him in surprise. "Really?" She asked, hopeful and excited. "Of course. You're Roxas' friend, which makes you my friend too. We gotta have each other's backs."

Seconds passed and Xion's hood came down. Axel's eyes widened. The girl looked almost exactly like Namine, only with shorter black hair. She had the softest smile, and happiest eyes, eyes that reminded him of Roxas.

And that was when said blond came back with their ice cream. Roxas didn't seem to comment about Xion's hood being down, he simply gave her her awaited ice cream with a smile, one that she returned tenfold.

Axel received his ice cream and Roxas sat between the two of them, giving Axel the same smile. The redhead returned his smile gratefully, and all three sat down watching the sunset, a bond being created between the three.

The three of them returned to the Castle that Never Was. Axel headed to his room unaware of his two friends' other nightly plans. He simply threw himself on his bed and slept.

Roxas and Xion headed towards Xemnas' chapters as usual in this time of night. Roxas nocked and a voice answered with "Enter."

The two of them came inside to see Xemnas standing up.

"Good evening, Superior," Xion said with a smile.

"Evening," Xemnas answered with a nod. "Has anything new happen today?"

"Axel's back!" Roxas said excitedly almost jumping of joy.

Xemnas nodded "I heard. I hope that from now on, your mind will be at ease." Roxas nodded happily.

"Axel said that he and I are friends now too!" She said excitedly as well.

Xemnas nodded with a small smile. That was good, with them attached to Axel and him both, it would make them more tied to the Organization.

"What's the training today?" Roxas asked.

"Are we going to a new world today?" Xion asked just as excited.

"No, there is no need for that today," he answered them.

"Aww," they both replied disappointed, and Xemnas simply had to smile at the two of them.

"However, you will be learning something new today."

Both of their heads snapped up in excitement at him.

"You both understand that every world is made from both light and Darkness, correct?" They nodded in response. "And while both of you are very powerful in the light, as Nobodies, made from the Darkness, you have the potential to use it." He paused, to see if they both understand.

"Like opening Corredores to Darkness?" Roxas asked. Xemnas nodded, pleased.

"That is correct. Your attacks come from your hearts, which I'm sure are filled with light, however, what you are going to try today, is tap into your own Darkness, and start using it alongside your light."

"Is that possible? Aren't light and Darkness opposites?" Xion asked.

"Darkness and Light should exist in balance. However the denizens of the light often reject the Darkness, and the denizens of the Dark reject the Light in retaliation, and in so, the war between the Light and Darkness never ends. There is never a balance, Light controls most, and Darkness is left weak, so it strikes back against its rival."

The children nodded in understanding, so Xemnas continued. "That is what you must not do. You must embrace both, reject nither, use all that you have, and be the strongest you could be, do not turn the Darkness into Light, and do not turn the Light into Darkness, let both grow inside of you. Is that understood?"

"Yes, Superior."

"Good." He nodded. "Now, close your eyes." They did as they were told. "Do not think, simply listen to my voice." They nodded. "Fall. Do not fear it, simply let your selves go. When you are standing again, speak."

A few seconds passed then they spoke at the same time. "We've arrived."

"Good. Do not open your eyes. What do you see?"

"How can we see if we do not open our eyes?" Asked Xion confused.

"Simply look," he answered softly.

"I see...Xion," Roxas answered.

"She is there with you?" Roxas nodded.

Xion flinched suddenly and gasped.

"Xion?" Xemnas asked.

"Someone… is holding my hand. Roxas?"

"Yeah, that's me," Roxas whispered with a smile. Xemnas' eyes widened, he wasn't too sure what it meant that they both share the dive to the heart, but maybe that should be a question for another day.

"It's okay," Roxas whispered again, only to Xion this time. "Just look."

Xion's eyebrows knit together in a frown, she relaxed them and smiled. "I do see you!" she said with a giggle.

"Very good," Xemnas said. "Do you see anything else around you?"

"No, not really," Roxas said. Everything around him was just endless Darkness except the shiny platform that he and Xion are standing on.

"I do see something," Xion said, tilting her head, which Xemnas saw. "I can't see what it is though...It's very far away."

"Yeah, I see that too. There's another one though. Wait, no, two others," Roxas exclaimed.

"Yeah, there are three, we can't see them that well though," Xion continued.

Xemnas frowned in confusion. He had a lot to think about due to these revelations this night.

"Very well, look for the Darkness."

"There is Darkness all around us," said Roxas in confusion.

"No, you have to look for your own Darkness, little as it may be, look for it, grab it. Hold your hand up." Roxas raised his hand presumably the one that isn't holding Xion's own. Both Roxas and Xion flinched, their heads started turning to several directions, as if looking for something. "Do not fear the Darkness."

Something was there, a presence both Xion and Roxas could sense it. They listened to the Superior's words, they didn't fear what was there. Then in front of them, something formed, unclear, and not solid. A part of it wrapped itself around Roxas' hand, and Roxas grabbed it gently.

"Hello?" Xion asked.

The shape started to solidify, the Darkness that was wrapped around Roxas' hand became itself a hand, the shape became a bod of Darkness, a little taller than Roxas, spiky locks of Darkness were in place of hair even more wild than Roxas', his eyes had no pupils they were fully red.

"Hello," Roxas whispered with a gentle smile. The Darkness tilted it's head, looking at Roxas -Xion believed- in confusion. The Darkness' hand slid down Roxas' arm until it reached Roxas' own hand, then placed it's palm gently against Roxas' own.

The black haired girl came closer to it and raised her hand. The Darkness flinched away but it didn't let go of Roxas. Xion didn't lower her hand, simply kept it raised with a gentle smile. The Darkness hesitated but grabbed her hand none the less.

Roxas and Xion blinked their eyes open, for a split second Xemnas could swear their blue eyes had turned gold. Both of them fell to their knees.

"We're sorry, Superior," Xion said.

"We're tired," Roxas continued a little confused as to why.

Xemnas shock his head. "No," he smiled at them. "You two have done, extraordinarily well. It's time for both of you to rest. If you are both still too tired tomorrow simply refuse Saix's mission, and send a dusk to tell me."

Both of them smiled gratefully and nodded. "Thank you, Superior." Without thinking the moment both of the children stood up, Xemnas ruffled their hair. The silver-haired Nobody froze and removed his hands from both of them. Roxas and Xion however only smiled brighter at him. The two children went back to their own rooms, happy.