A/N: New characters in this chapter:

Roxas and Xion: 14

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The Nobodies Appear and Blooming Love

Previously: "Really?" Mickey nodded. "Okay then, let's go get Aqua and wake up Ven!" he said, determined. Everybody nodded, and they walked through the Doorway to Darkness.

The group, Sora, Kairi, Riku and Mickey, appeared on the other side of the door and were faced with eternal darkness that stretched miles and miles all around. Riku and Mickey were used to the feeling of the darkness since they were here before, but Sora and Kairi weren't. They felt very cold standing there and looking at the surrounding black world.

"Where do we start?" asked Sora.

"We just walk down this path and hope to find her," said Mickey.

"Got it," said Riku. "Let's go. Watch out for Heartless."

Everybody started walking down the path that stretched on and on into the darkness. They battled several Heartless and continued on.

Few hours later, Kairi stopped the group because of Sora. She noticed a while ago that his condition started to worsen as they moved along. "Something's wrong with Sora, guys."

Riku and Mickey stopped and looked at Sora. They noticed that he was pale and was holding his heart.

"What's wrong, Sor?" asked Riku.

"I do not know," panted Sora, "but my heart feels heavy."

"Do you think the darknes is affecting him, Your Majesty?"

"I don't know," he answered. "Sora?"

"No. I got used to it after a while. It is something else. Like there is something that wants outs."

"What do we do?" asked Kairi.

"I do not know. I never seen anything like this before."

Then, they noticed Sora summon his Keyblade and pointed it at his heart. "Sora!" they yelled. Riku and Kairi grabbed his arms, preventing him from stabbing himself. "What are you doing?" screeched Kairi.

"It...wants...out. I...want...it...out," he answered. He was struggling with his friends' arms for release.

"How will stabbing yourself help?"

"Feels...right."

"What do we do, Your Majesty?" asked Riku.

"Let him," answered the King, calmly.

"What! Why? If you haven't noticed, we are in the Darkness! Who knows what will happen if Sora stabs his heart here!" yelled an angry Kairi.

Still calm, Mickey said, "I know where we are, Kairi," said girl's face then turned apologetic, "Don't be sorry. It's okay. You were just worried about Sora," now Kairi became ashamed and put her head down, "Kairi, I said it's okay. Anyway, I say let him do it because I think his heart is pure enough to not be lost in in the Darkness," he ended.

"Sora, go ahead," he gave the command. Sora nodded, though he was a little angry at the mouse king for scolding Kairi, even though he was right and forgave her. As Riku backed away, Sora lifted and positioned the Keyblade again, then looked at Kairi. He gave her a little smile, trying to assure her that he will be all right, and she gave him her smile in return and nodded in understanding.

Sora nodded and proceeded to stab his blade into his heart. A white light then began to emit and cover the area. Riku, Kairi and Mickey had to cover their eyes as they engulfed in the bright light.

Miles and miles away, a blue-haired teenager noticed the light and wondered what caused it in the dark world. She became hopeful of the light and decided to travel to where it came from. Determined, she began her journey.

Back at the group, the light began to fade. As it faded, Riku, Mickey and Kairi uncovered their eyes and stared at where the source of it was. Once it all cleared, they were surprised to see two figures holding up an unconscious Sora.

"Sora!" yelled Kairi, as she ran to check Sora. Meanwhile, Mickey and Riku stayed behind and studied the two newcomers. One was a boy, and the other was a girl. The two unknowns stood next to each other and looked at their surroundings. When their eyes settled on Riku, they just stared at him, and then, with realization, began to glare at him. Riku flinched and was confused of their fury at him.

The boy had spiky, gravity-defying, dirty blond hair and cerulean eyes. He wore a black, zipped-up jacket with the zipper resembling a symbol. Over this, he wore an open jacket, but this time white. He also wore a two-colored pants with the legs being beige and the upper part being black. He had a black and white checkered wristband on his left wrist. On the same arm, he wore a black ring on his index finger and a white ring on his middle finger. He also wore grey and black sneakers with red straps all over.

The girl had short, black hair and ice-blue eyes. She was shorter than the boy. She wore a long sleeved black and white horizontally striped undershirt with a black V-neck, sleeveless shirt over it. The V-neck had a short-sleeved white jacket over it with the torso section stopping with the sleeves. She wore tight, black pants that stopped at the knees and white shoes with black soles. Lastly, she wore a necklace that had the same symbol as the boy's jacket zipper.

Riku then recognized the two glaring at him. "Roxas?" he asked the boy. The girl seemed surprised and looked at the person next to her. "Xion?" he asked the girl. This time, the boy became surprised and looked at the girl, who was staring back at him.

"Roxas?" asked Xion, touching his face with her right hand. Roxas nodded, confirming it was him.

"Xion?" asked Roxas, putting his right hand on her shoulder. Xion nodded, confirming she was real.

Then, huge smiles broke on their faces as they hugged each other. 'I guess they didn't know they were next to each other,' thought Riku as he sweatdropped.

"What? How?" they asked each other at the same time. They noticed and started laughing. "Awesome!" added Roxas. Xion nodded. They then both looked at the unconscious Sora. "I guess he released us," concluded Roxas.

"Yes, he did," said the mouse king. The two Nobodies jumped and stared at the mouse.

"He's so cute!" yelled Xion and hugged Mickey tightly. Riku sweatdropped. Roxas fell down laughing, and Mickey begged for air.

"Xi-Xi, let go of the mouse," said Roxas, trying to save the mouse. Xion blushed and let go.

"Thanks, Roxas. Nice to meet you, too, Xion," gasped Mickey. "I am King Mickey Mouse."

That caused Xion to blush harder and Roxas to laugh harder. 'I choked a King!' she thought dreadfully. She looked at her laughing best friend, glared at him and gave him a good kick.

"Ow!" he said, but continued laughing. Xion continued hitting him, too.

Leaving the two reunited friends, Riku and Mickey went to check up on Sora and Kairi. "How is he, Kairi?" asked Riku.

"He'll be fine, just needs to rest."

Mickey nodded, "We'll have to wait for him to wake up to continue, then." The two nodded, Kairi then noticed the two newcomers.

"Who are they?" she asked.

"The boy is Roxas, Sora's Nobody. The girl is Xion, a Nobody Replica," answered Riku

"Replica?"

"Yeah. She was created from Sora's memories of you."

"Oh. Call them over, then."

"Roxas! Xion! Come here!" he yelled at the two. They came at once.

"Yes?" they asked. Kairi noticed Xion looked a little like her.

"This is Kairi, guys," he said, introducing her.

"Nice to meet you," they said in unison, each shaking her hand.

"How did Sora release us?" asked his Nobody.

"He stabbed his heart."

"Really? Why?"

"He felt that something in his heart wanted out."

"So, that's what that pull was."

"I felt it, too," Xion added.

"I guess you guys have a reason for coming out," said Mickey.

"Maybe it's because we have our own memories since we gave Sora back the memories he needed to reawaken," guessed Roxas.

"You know what? That makes sense," said Mickey. "Since you guys gave back Sora's memories and also developed your own, then Sora's heart no longer needed you in him and made him release you."

"Wow. Even he's smarter than Sora," said Kairi. Riku just laughed.

"My Somebody is dumb?" asked a confused Roxas.

"Pretty much from what I can tell," shrugged Riku. Roxas sweatdropped, and Kairi laughed. Xion, though, shot up in attention.

"Does that mean we have hearts?" she asked. Roxas jumped and immediately touched where his heart is supposed to be. She copied him, but on her own body though. They both felt a beating in their chests.

"Yes!" cheered Roxas, "I have a heart!" He looked at Xion, and she nodded with her own big smile. He quickly grabbed her and started spinning them around. Cheering filled the air.

Kairi, Riku and Mickey all smiled at the best friends. "Congratulations!" they yelled.

Once they calmed down, Mickey explained that they had to wait for Sora to wake up so they can continue. The two nodded and sat near Sora. The others followed suit.

"Hey, Xion," called Roxas. "Can you summon your Keyblade?" he asked the girl.

"I don't know. Let me try," she replied. She tried, but nothing happened. She tried again, but still nothing happened. "I guess not," she said sadly.

Feeling bad for his friend, Roxas summoned his two Keyblades, Oblivion (right) and Oathkeeper (left), and gave her Oathkeeper. "Then this will be yours."

She nodded and de-summoned Oathkeeper. She flicked her right hand to summon it and this time, it appeared. She then jumped Roxas in a hug and said, "Thanks, Roxas."

"Anything for you, Xion," he replied , returning the hug. Everybody smiled at how close their friendship was, but Kairi was curious about something.

"How long have you two known each other?" she asked.

"Exactly 358 1/2 days," answered Xion, knowingly. Roxas nodded, then remembered something and glared at Riku. Riku and Mickey then switched to a defensive stance.

"You've kept count!"

"Yup! Right, Roxas?" She turned to him and noticed him glaring. Kairi also noticed, and both looked in the direction of his glare and saw Riku. Xion then glared too.

"What did you do, Riku?" asked Kairi when Xion started glaring too.

"I believe they are mad when I cause Xion to run away from the Organization and Roxas," he replied.

"And why did you do that?"

"Because she was a Replica and had Sora's memories. We needed her and Roxas to reawaken Sora." He then summoned Way to the Dawn and managed to block Roxas' attack.

"Xion is not a Replica! She is a Nobody like me!" he roared in fury. He kept on attacking Riku.

"I know that now! I just wanted to wake Sora!" reasoned Riku, blocking all the attacks.

"Roxas!" yelled Xion. Roxas stopped and looked at her. "Stop. It's all in the past now." Roxas calmed down and was ashamed of himself.

"Sorry, man," he apologized, holding out his hand in peace.

Riku grabbed his hand and said, "Don't sweat it. I would do that too for the girl I love," he added teasingly. This caused Roxas and Xion to blush and look away from each other. The others laughed and Mickey gave Riku a high-five. Sora, though, started to stir.

"What's with all the noise?" he groaned. Everybody stopped what they were doing and stared at the now-conscious Keyblade wielder.

"Sora! You're awake!" yelled Kairi, then glomped him. "I was so worried," she continued, though Sora was turning blue.

"I'm sorry...Kar. Need...air," he managed to gasp out.

"Do they love each other?" asked a curious Xion. This made Kairi and Sora blush, and Kairi to jump away from him. This just made Xion more confused.

"Yup," answered Riku, earning shouts of "Riku!" from said people.

Sora then noticed his Nobody and a girl amongst the group. 'I guess they are the ones I released,' he thought. He looked at the girl and said, "Hi, I'm Sora."

The girl said, "I know. My name is Xion."

He nodded and turned to his Nobody. "Hey, Roxas."

"Hey, my dumb Somebody." Everybody sans Sora bursted out laughing.

"Why am I dumb?" asked Sora, confused.

"Because Kairi and Riku think I'm smarter than you."

Traitors!" Sora accused his best friends. Everybody began laughing again.

Once all was calm, Mickey decided it was time to go. "Now that Sora is awake, I think we should continue our journey." Everybody nodded, but the Nobodies were confused.

"What journey?" they asked.

"I'll tell on the go," said Mickey. So, the group continued on, and Mickey got the Nobodies up-to-date on their mission.

A/N: Here's chapter 2. The Nobodies, Roxas and Xion, have joined the party. Who was the mysterious teenager? Will more chaos ensue? Yes, to that question! So, you know what to do. Review! DemiNintendoSun out.