The four kids ran out of the secret spot and found a giant Darkside heartless waiting for them. Sora and Riku took their keyblades out again and prepared to fight.

"Woah!" said Hotaru, standing back.

"Don't worry," said Riku. "It's not that strong."

"Yeah!" agreed Sora. "The bigger they are, the harder they fall!"

The giant heartless responded by pounding it's huge fist towards them. Sora ran and pushed Kairi out of the way while Riku did the same to Hotaru. Sora turned and prepared to face the heartless…

A golden light sliced through the heartless, destroying it in one blow. A small figure jumped down, holding his golden keyblade out in case there were more.

"Mickey! I mean: your majesty!" said Sora excitedly. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to get you guys, of course! How else were you going to be able to leave?"

Hotaru crossed her arms. "Well, someone had the brilliant idea of building a raft…"

"You know, that was Riku's idea about a year ago."

"To ride a raft into other worlds?"

"Yep. And I was the only one who pointed out how silly it was!"

"Oh, shut up Sora!"

"Come on, fellas! We have work to do!" said Mickey.

Sora stood to attention. "Right! We have to save those people out there that are still suffering!"

"That's not all," said Mickey, his eyes narrowing. "You are also coming to train with Yen Sid to become true keyblade masters." He turned. "Usually, children as young as you aren't given the exam, but then again, children your age aren't usually this powerful. And you've picked up on most of your abilities through instinct. And besides, with the current circumstances—

"What circumstances?" asked Kairi. Mickey sighed. "Xehanort's return."

"What? That's not possible!" said Riku.

"We've already beaten him twice!" said Sora.

"Exactly. You destroyed his heartless and his nobody. Now that both of his halves have been destroyed, he'll become whole again! And then…but Yen Sid will explain better than I can. Now, we have to—who's this?" said Mickey, finally noticing Hotaru.

"Uhh…I'm Hotaru. Nice to meet you, your majesty," she said, bowing.

"She arrived on the island one day like Kairi did. She's from another world," said Riku. "And we promised that we'd help her find her home world."

"Well, gosh, I don't know if she should come with us…"

"I think we should bring her," said Kairi. "She seems to know things about us. And about Roxas and Naminé…and the people you mentioned in your letter."

Mickey frowned. "In that case, I think you'd better see Yen Sid with us. Come on!"

"I am me, and nobody else!" said Roxas angrily, the Oathkeeper keyblade coming to his hand. He rushed towards Riku with both his keyblades…

"That's not quite true," came a voice. Roxas was pulled from his memories and turned. Naminé was standing there, radiating a faint light.

"Naminé?" He smiled as he looked at her. "I know that now. I'm a part of Sora. But…what are you doing here?" he said, walking towards her. Then he stopped and looked at his own hands. "What am I doing here? Shouldn't we both be gone?"

"I thought so," said Naminé. "It seems I still have a role to play in all of this. As for you…you were always waiting to wake up. It hasn't quite happened yet." "What do you mean?" asked Roxas. Naminé sighed. "You're not just a part of Sora. There's someone else too. Have you ever noticed how you act like a real person?"

"Yeah, Axel's said it a bunch of times. I thought I was just acting like Sora?"

"You were in part, but it was also because you had a heart. At least, a piece of one."

"A piece…of a heart? Of who's heart?"

Instead of answering, Naminé turned and folded her hands behind her back. "You're always happy when you see me, right?"

"Of course I am, Naminé!" said Roxas. "Why do you ask?"

"It's strange, isn't it? We barely ever knew each other."

"Well, I guess it's because you're Kairi's nobody, and I'm Sora's. Of course we feel something for each other."

Naminé turned and faced him again, shaking her head. "That isn't it. It's not really me you're happy to see. It's never me…It's someone else. Someone who looks like me and Kairi. The person who's most special not to Sora, but to you, Roxas."

Roxas frowned. "Axel?" Naminé smiled. "Well, maybe they're both equally important to you. But…" She sighed, as if not knowing what to say. "Soon, memories of her will start coming back. This is a warning to you and Sora: don't let these memories rule you. You need to tell Sora to keep a grip on himself and not to forget what's most special to him."

"What do you mean? Who will I remember?"

"That's not the only thing," she said, brushing aside the question. "More memories will begin to surface within Sora. They are painful memories, but he has to see them. I know that he'll be able to handle them. Only then will he be ready to save them."

The glow she was giving off began to dim, and Naminé began fading away.

"Naminé!" he reached out towards her. "Make sure he never forgets her," said Naminé, her voice echoing. Then she faded away completely. Roxas was engulfed by the darkness again, and he fell back into his sleep…

But he would soon wake again.

"We are ready to proceed, Saïx."

The girl who had spoken had short blue hair and creepy glasses that shined and blocked out her eyes. Vexen stood next to her smiling and doing a creepy eye-twitch as Saïx wished that Vexen had glasses that covered his eyes.

"Are you sure this will work?"

The girl pushed up her glasses. "Sure? Hardly. Seeing as no one can remember exactly what it's supposed to do..."

"It should work. Knowing myself, the virus I implanted in that Replica should destroy Sora's heart. I would prefer you not to question my work," he said, glaring at the girl. "Sorry Vexen. My mistake."

Saïx turned. "Go on and release the virus, then. When will we know that it's taken affect?"

Vexen smiled. "We will just have to wait, but...as soon as we start sending heartless, Sora should be out of the picture."

"Very good. Carry on, then." Saïx walked away and Vexen turned to release the virus. Zexion, who had been in the lab with them, motioned for the girl to come to him. She smiled and walked towards him.

"You seemed agitated there, Xima."

"Vexen can be a little hard to work with," replied Xima.

"Yes...he's always been a little full of himself. But it seems...almost as if you have your doubts."

"I just don't like to underestimate the enemy. Sora and his friends are resourceful, and his heart strong; anything we send to try and destroy it is most likely futile, and even if we did, what then? When Roxas was part of the Organization, he was just as uncontrollable."

"We eliminate him completely, Xima. Riku now wields a keyblade, and so does the king; they will be enough to gather the hearts we need, as well as your project..."

"Shh! I don't want anyone to know about that until I'm sure it's finished!" she said. He shrugged. "Have it your way. I don't see why you won't let me help."

"It's personal," she said, looking off as she thought about her experiments...

So, we have our first new nobody shown here! I actually had a lot of internal debate about this and the next chapter, as I feel that I may be revealing too much, but I decided this plot needs some moving forward and focusing on villains. Also, I don't think I characterized Xima right...oh well. We'll expand on that later. I'd also like to point out what a bitch it was to create organization names from the senshi's japanese names (cuz the dub sucked, and I've gotten so used to the japanese version that I just use them all the time). I still haven't make Makoto's yet . (ooh unintentiol spolier. Because if anyone wasn't going to be a nobody, it would be Makoto. Right...)

For those who don't know: Xima (Shima)=Ami.