Alrighty. Here's an explanation for all of you who are unfamiliar with my work, or were lost last chapter, which, in my opinion, I could have done better on! Stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid...

Where they are is sort of like my idea of heaven. Only you can't die in heaven. But that's pretty much the only difference. They're living in a place similar to where Sora and Kairi are, but it's enhanced in a way. Since Nobodies are the other half of a person's heart, this is like... the other half of everyone's hearts, mixed together to create a whole new world. And when Sora or Kairi are experiencing something that causes them to have a lot of emotion, Namine and/or Roxas will sort of leave their bodies and see everything that's happening to Sora/Kairi/both.

Also, I'm going to be switching the chapters back and forth, from Namine's point of view to Roxas's. Like... How many of you have read the book Flipped? If you have, you know how it switches back and forth from Bryce's point of view to Julianna's? That's sort of what this is like, only it doesn't tell both sides of everything. You'll understand what I mean in a moment.

Important if you've never heard of me! Normally I write randomness, so this is a big change for me. Please try to be supportive 'till chapter 5. Then you can flame me like hell.

Chapter II

I was really worried. For the first time in my life, I had emotion in my heart.

And it felt good.

Not the fact that Namine was injured, of course. That part was bad, very bad. But still...

"Namine?" called a doctor from a thick wooden door, after about two hours of waiting. Namine winced as she tried to stand up. I quickly grabbed her to prevent her from falling, and helped her to the door.

"Ouch. I'm nearly positive that's broken." said the doctor, looking at Namine's ankle. "Still, were going to take an X-ray to see where the injury is. Then we'll patch you up, okay? Oh, and I'm Dr. Haxirme."(AN: an anagram for Meriah, a name I made up off the top of my head, with an "x" thrown in.) Dr. Haxirme smiled sympathetically at Namine. "Excuse me, sir, but I'll have to borrow your girlfriend for a moment."

"Hey, we're not together!" Namine and I shouted at the same time. I felt my face getting hot, though, and Dr. Haxirme simply rolled her eyes. "Okay. So you're not together. Can I borrow Namine for a second? You can wait in there." she pointed to a small room across the hall. I hesitated, but walked in and sat down on a hard wooden chair.

I drummed my fingers on my knee, then stood up, then paced around, then sat down again. I just couldn't sit still. Only two or three minutes had passed, but it felt like twenty or thirty. How bad was it? Would Namine be alright?

Finally, after what felt like several hours, Namine and Dr. Haxirme came back. Namine was in a wheelchair.

"Well, sir-"

"My name is Roxas. I don't really like being called sir, if you don't mind." I said.

"Okay, then, Roxas, Namine's ankle is indeed broken. I'll have to set a cast on it, of course, and she'll be on crutches. But she got lucky. She'll only be wearing it for about four weeks. If it was a really bad break, it could be ten. So she's pretty lucky."

Namine smiled at me. I smiled back, glad to know that she was alright. While Dr. Haxirme was setting a snow-white cast around Namine's ankle, I stood by and watched. Once she was done, she gave Namine a pair of crutches and told us the bill would come in the mail. We left the hospital, and headed downtown.

"Hey, Roxas?" she said suddenly as we were walking along the sidewalk. "Do you live somewhere?"

I was surprised. "Of course I do. I live here."

"No, I mean... well, where do you live live. As in, do you have a house or apartment or something?" she asked curiously. I shrugged.

"I live in an apartment. I've stayed there ever since I merged with Sora. Why?"

"Well..." her face flushed red. "Do you... mind if I stay with you? Just for a little while, until I find a place of my own." Her face flushed deeper, her soft blue eyes downcast. I looked at her for a second, then replied,

"Sure you can! What did you think I was gonna just leave you out here all alone? In fact, I insist you stay with me until your ankle is completely healed." I said the last sentence in a British accent. Namine giggled, and smiled at me. I grinned back, thinking of how pretty she looked. The ocean breeze blew her hair back, the sun seeming like it was lighting up her whole face. Her eyes twinkled with laughter, and... whoa. Wait a second. Back up. I wasn't thinking clearly. Namine... she was my friend. That was all. I couldn't start liking her now... because if she found out, and didn't like me back, things would never be the same.

"Roxas?" Namine waved a hand in front of my face. I snapped back to reality and shook my head vigorously to clear my thoughts.

"Yeah?"

"You... sort of spaced out for a second. Are you alright?" she asked. I forced a smile.

"Yeah. I'm good. I mean... I'm okay. Yeah. I'm okay." I stuck my hands in my pockets and walked ahead a little. Namine stared at me for a minute, then began swinging her crutches faster to catch up to me. I began looking around for the street that my apartment building was on.

Eventually I saw it; a white, four-story apartment building with a small garden in the front and several mahogany doors with brass handles. Grayish black shingles covered the roof, and most of the upper-story apartments had small porches.

"Wow... this place is so beautiful..." breathed Namine, gazing at the building. "And you live here?"

"Yeah." I said, walking up to the door. "This used to be an old mansion, but they did some renovations on the place. Since most people around here want their lives as somebodies to be as luxurious as possible, not a lot of them live in old apartment buildings. So the rent's not that bad."

"Makes sense to me." Namine replied, walking up to the door. I followed. We walked down the hall to the elevator in an awkward silence. I think it had to do with the fact that, for almost a month, Namine would be living with me. The thought scared me.

I pressed the button marked "3" on the wall panel, and the doors began to close. Just before they did, though, I caught a glimpse of someone with red spiky hair charging towards me, yelling, "STOOOOOOP!" I jammed my thumb on the "door open" button and the doors jolted before sliding apart. The person walked into the elevator, and said, "Thanks, Roxas."

I just stared. "A-Axel?" I stuttered, not believing it was him. But it was, though instead of his Organization XIII robe, he wore a black-and-white T-shirt and dark blue jeans, along with black, fingerless gloves and a gray jacket. He looked at me and grinned, pressing the "2" button while he was at it.

"What, you don't want me here? I feel so unloved..." he said mockingly, putting on a fake pout. "You've become really cold, Roxas."

I continued to gape. I wanted to ask what had happened to him, but the answer was obvious. He had died.

"You... how did you die?"

He shrugged. "Protecting Sora, because protecting Sora was like protecting you. Got it memorized?" The doors opened, and he stepped out. "I was looking for the best apartment building in town. This is it. Looks like we're neighbors now, eh?" He smirked, and walked away as the elevator doors slid shut.

I stayed silent until we got to my apartment, turning things over in my mind. Axel was dead, but he'd turned up here, in this world. Slowly it dawned on me. Axel was my neighbor.

My life was about to become hell.

"Oh, man, oh, man, oh, man, oh, man." I muttered under my breath. Namine seemed to be saying something, but I didn't hear.

"Roxas, are you there? Earth to Roxas, Do you read? Over." she snapped her fingers in front of my face. I shook my head to lear my thoughts. "Yeah?"

"Are you okay? You seem to have been spacing out a lot."

"No, I'm... fine. At least for the moment. What were you saying?"

"Don't you have a key or something?" She yawned. "I'm kinda tired."

I fumbled around in my pocket for my key. I pulled it out and unlocked the door. My apartment's kind of small, but it's good for me. At least, there's a place to sleep, place to eat, and place to... take care of business. All in all, I think it's pretty good. But we had a slight problem.

"Where am I going to sleep?" asked Namine, yawning again. I didn't blame her. It was her first time going through to this world, and she'd beed through a lot.

"You can sleep on my bed, if you want. I'll crash on the floor. I don't really mind." I said, walking to the small kitchen. Suddenly I felt a really weird feeling in my head, and I collapsed.

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"Hey, Riku, what do you think it was, the Door to Light?" someone asked. I couldn't see their face, but it sounded like Sora, and I suspected it was.

"This." Riku replied, as he pointed to Sora's chest.

"This?"

"It's always closer than you think." Sora's face became clear to me again. Looking down at my hands, they appeared to be transparent.

Suddenly a voice called out, "Sora! Riku!" Sora and Riku looked up to see Kairi running down to them, holding something that glinted in her hand.

"Hey, Kairi, what's up?" Sora asked. Leaning over and panting, Kairi held up the object she was carrying.

It was a bottle, and inside the bottle there was a piece of paper with the King's seal on it.

"The King?" Sora took the bottle from Kairi and pulled out the cork. Unrolling the paper, the three friends began to read it.

I tried to lean over and read it, too, but the words on the paper were blurred, and I couldn't read them.

FLASH!

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I slowly came to my senses. I was lying on my bed, that I knew, but I didn't know what the soft, remotely light thing lying on top of me. I opened my eyes, and at first was sort of confused. What could a head of smooth blond hair be doing on me?

But as the gears in my brain began to turn again, I realized that it wasn't just a head of hair. The head was attached to a body, and the body belonged to someone I knew all too well.

"Namine!" I yelled, jerking up. The sound of her name must have been enough to wake her, because she jumped, and then screamed a little when she realized what position she'd been in. We stared at each other for a few seconds. Her big blue eyes, bright a sapphires, were wide with shock. Eventually, I muttered, "Sorry..." and rubbed the back of my neck. My face felt hot, and Namine's cheeks were a bright pink. She slowly climbed off the bed, not saying anything.

"Namine?"

She was quiet for a few more seconds, then said, "Roxas, I think something's going on with Kairi. When I fell down, I was sort of... taken back to Destiny Islands. Kairi found a note, and she brought it to Sora and Riku. But... I couldn't see what it said."

"You, too?" I asked, bewildred. "'Cause I saw something almost exactly like that."

She thought for a moment. "What do you think it means?"

"I don't know..."

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YAAY! All done! Was that one any better? I'm sorry, I'm new to wirting serious. Also, how many of you can guess what's going to happen soon? (Hint: Axel's appearance is a clue!) Okay, letting you guys guess! USE YOUR BRAINS!

-Natsyourlord knows you know she knows you know the answer, deep inside your inside.