Chapter 20:

Together

Roxas ran at Naminé and grabbed both of her arms, before pinning her against the wall.

"Sora! Riku! Help me hold her down!" Roxas yelled.

Riku and Sora ran over to where the two blondes were. Sora took Naminé's right arm, and Riku took her left.

"What're you gonna do?" Sora wondered.

"You know how Kairiasked what her favorite song was?" Roxas asked.

"Yeah, what you're gonna sing?" Sora said.

"Uh-huh. Kairi! Can you make the music?" Roxas yelled.

"I can try." Kairi shrugged, before using magic to turn her keyblade into a guitar. (IDK if she could actually do that, but this is fanfiction, anything can happen ^^)

"On the way down
I saw you
And you saved me
From myself"

Roxas put Naminé's hand in his.

"And I won't forget
The way you loved me
On the way down
I almost fell right through
But I held onto you"

Naminé began to blink constantly, when her eyes were purple she looked tortured and would begin kicking and trying to break free. When her eyes were blue, she'd look at Roxas with affection. Roxas knew it was working, slowly, but it was definitely working.

"I've been wondering why
It's only me
Have you always been inside
Waiting to breathe
It's alright
Sunlight
On my face
I wake up and yeah, I'm alive 'cause

On the way down
I saw you
And you saved me
From myself
And I won't forget
The way you loved me
On the way down
I almost fell right through
But I held onto you"

Naminé's eyes closed and her head fell. Roxas stopped singing, and lifted up her head with his hand on her chin. She looked peaceful, but not dead.

"She has to do the rest." Riku stated.

In Naminé's mind.

This thing won't get out unless I destroy it. Roxas did great, but Riku's right, the rest is up to me. I thought.

I was fighting the monster that had taken over my body ever since Auseaperformed those experiments on me. It had slowly been eating away at who I was, and making me turn into it. It made me hurt so many people, including the one person I never wanted to hurt. I thought about the cut I saw on Roxas' face when I had control for the little time that I did. I felt so guilty, and I wanted to destroy this monster for making me do that to Roxas.

"You can do it Nami!" I heard Sora say.

I laughed to myself, only to be attacked by the thing that was trying to be me. I must've flinched because I felt something squeeze my hand. Roxas was next to my body and trying to help me. I thought about when he kissed me, I was able to overcome this monster for a while when he did. I remembered how warm he'd felt. I snapped out of my fantasy when the creature tried to attack me again. I dodged it and summoned up all my power, I hit the monster in just the right spot. It faded into nothing and I sighed with relief.

Finally

Out of Naminé's mind

Naminé lay still. Roxas was beginning to worry. Then, she moved her head ever so slightly. Roxas had her hand in both of his. He was only focused on her face, when he felt something odd. He looked to his hands and saw that Naminé's hand was now gripping his.

"Naminé!" Sora gasped.

Roxas looked at her quickly, her azure orbs were looking into his, and there was a smile on her face.

"Na-Naminé?" Roxas said in shock.

"Yeah, we did it Roxas, I'm me again." She said with a smile.

Roxas pulled her up into his arms and buried his face in her hair. Naminé smiled and hugged him back.

"Th-this can't be! She was the perfect weapon! Why isn't she attacking?" Ausea screamed.

"I've had it with you." Roxas said, he faded into a dark portal and landed in-front of Ausea. He swung his keyblade at her, but she easily dodged it.

She threw punches and kicks at him while cartwheeling all around.

"You really think you're strong enough to defeat me?" She laughed. "Do you have any idea how much stronger than yo-" She was cut off when a different key stabbed through her back.

"Looks like one person is stronger than you think." Roxas said.

"You really shouldn't have made me as strong as you did, normally, I would be on the sidelines. But you taught my body how to fight, so now I'm stronger, and I can defeat you easily." Naminé teased.

Ausea spat some of her blood onto Roxas' pants. Naminé twisted the blade quickly, and pulled it out.

"Now now Naminé, you have to think about poor little Robbie, and how you felt after you finished him off. Do you want to feel that again?" Ausea laughed.

"Shut up! Just shut up!" Naminé yelled in a pained voice, before stabbing Ausea again, and killing her.

Naminé fell to the ground and wrapped herself into a little ball, and she was shaking. Roxas knew she was crying, but he didn't know why.

"Nami, what is it? What's wrong?" Roxas asked, as he kneeled before her.

Naminé threw herself into Roxas' arms and cried into his shoulder.

"I-I ki-killed hi-im Ro-oxas, I-I ki-illed him. Wh-why did he have to d-die, wh-why d-did I kill him?" She cried.

"Who'd you kill?" Roxas asked.

"Ro-Robbie. H-he w-was j-just a l-little b-boy a-and I k-killed hi-im. H-he had s-so m-much ahead of h-him, and A-Ausea m-made m-me k-k-kill him." Naminé's sobs were getting even worse.

"Why'd Ausea make you kill him?" Roxas said sweetly.

"T-to te-test m-my st-strength. I-I k-killed s-so m-many p-peop-ple."

Roxas looked over to Kairi and gestured for her to leave. Kairi nodded and grabbed Sora and Riku's hands and ran out the door.

"Naminé, were there other people here being put under the same experiments?" Roxas asked.

"Y-yeah, th-there were t-ten others." Naminé reported.

"How many are left?" Roxas asked.

"N-none. I k-killed them a-all." She began to cry harder again.

"No, you didn't kill them Naminé, that thing that Ausea made you become did." Roxas said soothingly.

Naminé didn't say anything, Roxas understood. He rubbed his hand in circles on her back, and she soon calmed down enough to look up at him.

"I'm sorry." She said, putting her hand on the cut on his cheek.

"It's ok. I'm just glad you're ok." Roxas smiled.

Naminé blushed and began to take her hand away from his face, but he stopped her with his hand. He tookhis other hand off her back, and used it to pull her face to his. They rested their foreheads on each other, looking into the others eyes. Roxas soon closed his eyes, and made their lips connect. Roxas felt Naminé's lips form a smile, and then he also smiled. They parted for a moment, before they rejoined their lips together. Naminé's arm slid around Roxas' neck, keeping him where he was, and he wrapped his around her waist. they parted when they needed air and smiled at eachother.

"Naminé, I'm so glad that we're together again." Roxas said.

"Me too, I missed you Roxas." She put her hand back on his cheek and rubbed it with her thumb.

Roxas put his finger on her upper lip, and traced her mouth with it. She closed her eyes and smiled. Roxas noticed that there was still a tear on her cheek, and he wiped it away with his thumb, only to begin rubbing his thumb over her eyelid.

Roxas kissed her forehead gently, "I missed you too."