A/N: Hello everyone! Welcome back.

Guest: I'm sorry… If I was supposed to put in your idea, I'm sorry.

With suggestions, I won't fully put them in. Like with how people were suggesting many ways of how Penelope could be nicer to Kairi in the previous story in the end of it. I'll acknowledge those suggestions, but I can't always put them in.

And I mean, they know she's real and she's there, but because of learning all that happened from Naminé, Sora thought Penelope was an illusion.

Silent Searcher: Well… I actually tend to nearly write her name. She appears in a few other stories where her name appears. Hint: It means light, in complete irony.

Guest: Thank you. I don't know how many people named Gilgamesh there are in video games. The only one I knew of was from Tower of Druaga.

Uh….that was long. Sorry.

I own nothing but Penelope.

Here we go!

XxXxX

Chapter 8: Penelope's Story Pt 5

Why was it that Penelope had to constantly see people die?

"AHH!" This room had clearly been messed up by the battle between Riku and Lexaeus, and it had also appeared that Riku had won.

And Lexaeus was also steaming. "Ugh…! To possess your powers and yet fear the darkness. What a waste."

Riku was panting a bit from exhaustion.

"Join us, Riku! You…could even surpass Sora…" Lexaeus realized it was too late.

"…! Zexion…forgive me…I'm finished!" Then Lexaeus died making Penelope sigh until she saw Riku's eyes widen.

"Sora…? No way…you're in here too like Penelope?"

"I'M FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED!" Penelope yelled, which revealed her on accident and she suddenly fell from the ceiling, with Riku catching her in his arms.

"Penelope? Where'd you come from?" Riku asked her. Penelope frowned at him. "Put me down."

"Oh. Sorry." Riku apologized before allowing Penelope to get down.

She brushed herself off before saying, "Sora can handle himself. I'm done keeping an eye on him."

"What?" Riku asked Penelope.

"Sorry to tell you this, 013, but you kind of need to or something bad will happen." The light spirit told her.

"Are you kidding me? Look, Sora's gotten attention for the past few chapters and now this?" Penelope asked.

"Guardian Penelope 013. You're going to miss a battle it you don't come."

Penelope frowned at her. "Still, Sora has gotten four chapters about him already and Riku hasn't got much attention."

"Once Sora falls asleep, you can see Romeo, Juliet." The light spirit argued to Penelope.

"I am NOT Juliet!"

Riku didn't get why Penelope was yelling at a ball of light, but he decided to walk away slowly.

"Look. It's not my fault Sora got so much attention in the Manga and in Chain and Re: Chain of Memories. He had a long story, unlike Riku, who got a rather short one. Blame the writers. Anyway, we're going, and no protests." The light spirit pulled Penelope into the shadows.

When Riku looked back, he quickly noticed Penelope and that ball of light were gone.

XxXxX

Once again, Penelope was going back to her now hated routine of keeping an eye on Sora since Donald and Goofy were a bit incapable of doing so.

In fact, the point she came in was when Donald was saying, "We need a strategy. We have no idea what this Marlsisname is like."

Penelope usually thought out of the party, that she was the smart one that nobody really listened to.

And in this castle, they had to use strategy and the card system, and despite she didn't get to use much of these talents, Penelope was a fairly good strategist.

Yet, Sora, Donald and Goofy kinda needed her.

"Well, 013, what will you do?" The light spirit questioned her.

"Quit calling me that. I'm not James Bond. I'm also going to watch Sora and his friends try to strategize…" Penelope noticed that they were walking away, so Penelope and the light spirit moved after her.

Out of complete convenience, as Sora, Donald and Goofy were just talking about wasting items in the castle (which was relatively strange as they used the card system and we haven't seen them use any items yet).

Oh, and they found a Vending Machine in the hallway, though the strange thing about this is that there was a vending machine in this hallway in specific, and the other rooms nor hallways had any vending machines.

I mean, they had Moogle Rooms, but we didn't get to see any of that.

But I'll quit talking about it. Goofy went to buying Sora, Donald and himself some hot drinks, and Donald muttered, "If we defeat him, we'll get our memories back…won't we?"

Sora looked over at Donald. "Oh! Its not that I don't trust Naminé. We forgot all about who we're searching for." Donald told Sora, sad about it.

"You're searching for Riku and King Mickey!" Penelope yelled at them despite they couldn't hear her.

Goofy kept buying drinks and Sora kept staring at Donald. "When I think about him, I feel this sense of relief. But I just can't remember what he's like." He began before the duck put a hand…wing…whatever, on his heart.

"I remember he's with Riku, Jiminy said, scratching his head."

"No, they aren't yet!" Penelope commentated.

"What's the point of shouting at someone if they can't hear you?" The light spirit asked.

"Everything! Especially to point out their idiocy!" Penelope answered her very fiercely.

"Uh…"

"It's really tough when you lose something precious…And there's a big hole in your heart." Donald said, before whimpering, with a tear in his eye. "I-I think I finally know how you felt, Sora."

Then Goofy ruined the moment, saying, "A-hyuck! Look, look! I won a free drink!"

After some recording, and getting their drinks, Sora was beginning to say something when the light spirit said, "Time to go check on Riku!"

"What?! MMPH?!" Penelope was pulled down with her into the basement when Sora was coughing about warm elixirs being gross.

Well, all elixirs could be warm or something. No need to freak out, Sora.

XxXxX

Riku kept going and going up, still keeping his sword out, and he looked pretty scratched up. More than Sora, who didn't really have a scratch on him.

Poor guy.

Panting, Riku asked, "How long is this going to go on? The next card…"

Then Ansem appeared just as Penelope and the light spirit were coming in. "You do like to talk to yourself." He pointed out as he crossed his arms.

"Ansem!" Riku shouted.

The light spirit narrowed her eyes at Ansem. Penelope understood the grudge (light and darkness), but really.

It kind of sickened her to have this much light and this much darkness in one area, despite they were equally balanced. And it didn't help that they appeared to be enemies.

"You're not using the gift I gave you. Your stubbornness appalls me… The power of darkness will help you, Riku. Open your heart to darkness." Ansem just had to repeat a battle line, didn't he?

"Go away! I won't let you control me!" Riku yelled, slashing at Ansem. Penelope looked at the light spirit, who told her, "Don't even think about it."

Before vanishing, Ansem chuckled at Riku's attempts of attacking him before he said, "I pray that you will find the right path."

Riku was still pretty exhausted before saying to himself, "I'm almost there. I know it." Right, your majesty?"

Then Riku continued onwards and light spirit pulled Penelope somewhere else.

In fact, it was where they just were where Riku had fought Lexaeus, but Zexion was there. "Lexaeus…I didn't think you would fall as well." Zexion said quietly and noticed a half of a puzzle (like those ones that you had to figure out how to pull them away from each other) and picked it up.

However, he chucked it across the room, saying, "…You useless idiot."

Penelope knew that he was next on the to-kill list, and she felt bad for him. "What wrong with them? Just taking lives? He's the only one left on the basement team and I have a sliiight feeling Axel's going to be the one to kill him."

"Either way, we should go check on Sora…"

"Uh, no, I'm going to keep an eye on Axel." Penelope broke away and vanished into a portal of her own, leaving the light spirit alone.

"Be careful, Guardian."

XxXxX

The funny thing was that Penelope was really checking on Naminé. However, the first thing that hit her was the scent of roses and she saw that Marluxia had captured Naminé and that the columns by the door had vines of roses around them.

Penelope decided to reveal herself, but she hid behind one of the columns and had to listen instead of watching in fear of getting caught.

"You were so close to freedom, Naminé." Marluxia told her before pointing a rose at her and then rose petals fluttered around him.

"Yet you closed the exit yourself. You only have one option remaining."

Naminé was in shock when Marluxia ordered her, "Erase Sora's memory completely."

However, that expression of shock changed into a glare. With a smile on his face from that response, Marluxia said to Naminé, "That look on your face. Whatever could it mean?"

Though the question was left unanswered by the blonde, Marluxia told her, "I…wanted to procure the Key Bearer unharmed. You understand, don't you?"

Guess who came in afterwards? Well, it was the second reason that Penelope told the light spirit.

"Hey. Hope I'm not interrupting?" Axel asked. Marluxia's face grew dark.

"It's just, I mean…I'm wondering what we're gonna do. Now that Larxene's gone." Penelope loved the tone Axel was using. She could tell that wasn't the reason he was there.

"Axel…you have some nerve…If it weren't for you and your needless meddling…" Marluxia growled.

Axel just happened to laugh at this before asking, "Were you seriously trying to overthrow the Organization?"

The sound of a shing went through the room when Axel summoned his chakrams. "You know what happens to traitors."

Marluxia narrowly avoided a strike. "Curse you! You agreed to our plan!"

"But I never said I'd join you." Penelope had to hold back from saying anything or it would blow her cover.

How it hurt to constantly commentate and to now be unable because Penelope couldn't hide in the shadows.

"Organization lapdog!" Marluxia shouted at Axel. Penelope peeked out from behind the column and saw Marluxia summon…

His pink bladed scythe? "Then I'll just have to get rid of you!"

Then the two began fighting and Penelope no longer stood up against the column, but she sat down knees up and hugged her legs with her arms.

And Naminé was in panic, in fact, when Penelope heard something hit the wall, and she slowly looked to see that Axel nearly hit Naminé in the head with his chakram.

Oh, and Axel saw Penelope and was unimpressed with her, and she instantly hid again and paled up. "I knew I shouldn't have done that! Damn it!" Penelope panicked to herself.

"You just went after Naminé!" Marluxia shouted.

"If you don't want her to get hurt, get her out of the way!" Axel shouted at Marluxia. Naminé was just as scared as Penelope was.

And then Sora came in like a wrecking ball with his Keyblade…wait. Did I just?

I made that reference again, didn't I?

Darn it….Anyway, since those two were in the middle of it, the whole point of Sora doing that was so he didn't get hurt in the power struggle between Axel and Marluxia and so he could get to Naminé.

Oh, and Marluxia had a hilarious look on his face when Sora simply just leaped over them after that with Axel being confused to go check on Naminé, who had a safety helmet on her head.

"Sora…" Naminé squeaked, as she had her hand on the edge of her helmet and as she sat in a similar fashion to Penelope.

"I told you to wait back there! What happened?" Sora asked her.

Axel gave Sora the answer, you see. "The mean man tried to take her away."

The red explanation mark appeared over Sora's head before he asked, "You guys…Why can't you just leave Naminé alone?"

"At last. The bearer of the Keyblade." Sora knew that voice.

Also, in that moment, as Penelope was standing up, Axel threw one of his chakrams back and it hit Penelope making her fly across the room for a bit before landing rather uncomfortable and hurt her.

"Welcome to Castle Oblivion." Marluxia told Sora as that was going on.

"You!" Sora shouted. Yep, it was the cloaked guy from the beginning.

And now, things were about to go down.

XxXxX

A/N: Finished on the day before I begin school. Sorry if it took so long once again. I feel ashamed because of it, and for that, I am sorry.

The next chapter is the finale! Yes, you hear me correctly.

Also, I think the next chapter will be the shortest, and I will try to upload it today.

However, that depends.

Anyway, like usual, please review if you'd like, please don't flame, and please leave a suggestion, as I'd like to know how I could improve.

I will see you all in the finale!

Ciao!