Hi. I'm back. It's April now. So I'm what? Four months late on my update? Wow. Sorry. I really didn't mean to wait that long. I did actually mean to update within a few days of posting the other chapter. I was in NYC with my dad though, so you can forgive me for that. Lol. This is a short chapter compared to the rest. I hope you enjoy and I will try to post another chapter this weekend.

Chapter 5: Day Four

That night I spent at Roxas' house again.

And again, we woke up late. "Roxas! Wake up, we're late!" I got up off the floor where I always sleep and shook him awake. "Wake up!"

Groggily he woke up. "Whaa?"

"Struggle Tournament. Today. You're going to be late. Get up." I proceeded to drag him out of bed. This seemed oddly familiar to me even though today was the first day I had to actually drag Roxas out of bed.

After rushing around the house, we ran to the Sandlot. There were lots of people there. I quickly found Olette and Pence while Roxas went to get ready for the Struggle Battle.

"Who are you gonna root for?" asked Pence when I got there.

I looked at Olette. "Both of them, of course," I answered at the same time she said, "Both of them, silly."

After that, the fire works appeared in the sky and we cheered like crazy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Struggle-fiends of Twilight Town! It's time for summers most sizzling clash! That's right! Today is the day for the Struggle and title match! Who will be the one to break through the ranks and take on our champion, Setzer!" shouted the announcer.

"Seifer, y'know!" shouted Rai.

"And who will leave today as our new Struggle Champion!"

"Hayner! Roxas!" Olette, Pence, and I shouted together while the fans cried out Setzer's name.

"Setzer! Setzer!" chanted the crowd.

"Yes, the crowd is fired up, so you know what comes next: Let's—"

"STRUGGLE!" finished the crowd.

And more fireworks go off as the commentator begins.

The first battle is between Hayner and Roxas. And Roxas comes out the winner.

"The next battle is between Seifer and Vivi," called the announcer.

I looked at Olette. "…Vivi…?" I asked.

Olette shrugged.

I was so shocked when Vivi won. I slowly turned my head to Olette. "…How?" I asked slowly.

Then I heard Seifer say that wasn't Vivi. Who it was, I don't know.

"Thrash 'er," I heard Seifer say.

I was slightly worried. Now it was Roxas against Vivi.

The battle was epic but just as Roxas went in for the final blow, he stopped and looked around at the crowd. After I noticed what he was doing, I looked too. Everyone is frozen. It's just like when we first saw Naminé.

"Zipper ghosts!" I shouted jumping onto the platform with Roxas and helped him fight them off.

Once we finished we heard clapping behind us. Roxas and I looked at each other and turned around to see a person in a long black coat.

"Roxas. Xantara. All right. Fight, fight, fight." He walked closer to us. "You really don't remember? It's me. You know, Axel." He removed his hood to show us his flaming red spiky hair. He looked at me. "Demyx is gonna be so crushed when I tell him you don't remember."

"Axel?" asked Roxas at the same time I asked, "Demyx?"

"Talk about blank with a capital 'B'. Man oh man, even the Dusks aren't gonna crack these."

"Dusks?" I asked. "Is that what those zipper ghosts were that we just fought off?"

He closed his eyes and fire appeared above his hands, taking shape as chakrams. He caught them in his hands.

"Wait! Tell us wha—" I never got to finish my sentence because I fell into a dark portal.

Next thing I knew, I was standing on the bell tower with a man that had slicked back blond hair and a blond goatee. He was standing on the edge precariously. And like Axel, he wore a black coat. "Who are you!" I shouted stepping closer to him. "Naminé, Axel, now you. Who the hell are you? And if you try to tell me my name is Xantara, I'll scream! I've had enough of this!"

"So it's true." The man laughed. "You don't remember." He leaped of the edge of the tower. As he was falling, his last words could be heard. "Boy, boy, Demyx is going to be so torn up about this."

I ran to the edge just in time to see wisps of darkness disappearing in mid-air.

"Who is Demyx?" I asked to the empty air. I was frustrated. I'd been asking so many questions and getting no answer at all whatsoever!

"Oh, I forgot to give you this."

I turned around to see the same guy standing in a portal of darkness with a jewelry box in his hand.

"This is for you. Catch," he said and chuckled as he walked into the portal.

I jumped to catch it and caught it, but when I landed I lost my footing and slipped of the edge, causing myself to fall off of the bell tower.

"Luxord! We don't want to kill the lass. Xemnas would have our heads," came a very annoyed voice from…somewhere around me. The next thing I knew I was being tucked into a bed in a very white room. Three blurred figures moved around in my view and the one that had long, dark hair with silver highlights tucked me into bed. "Sweet dreams, Xantara."

A red-headed figure swam into view. "Axel," I smiled.

"Good night, Xana. I'll hurt Luxord for you. Be safe." He walked up to me and kissed me on the forehead.