I didn't bother staying around after that. I walked straight into the gummi, into my room, and summoned an acoustic. I sat on the floor leaning against the door, playing a familiar tune and mouthing along to the words. Again and again I repeated it. Around the third go-round I felt someone knock on the door behind me. "Aanyx, are you in there?" I quieted my strums but didn't acknowledge him. Here comes the fun part.

"Look…" I heard him sigh, "…I'm sorry…"

WHAT? No! you stupid idiot! You're supposed to be mad at me! Suggest I stop tagging along!

"I never realized how much this must be stressful for you. Xcaiyet said that he was important to you…and, well, I guess I should have considered your feelings in this."

Oh you traitor! Stupid mutt…

"We're heading to Atlantica next, just to let you know. If you don't wanna come with I understand, but…well, I guess I'll just leave this here…"

I waited until his footsteps retreated before setting down my guitar and opening the door a crack. On a folded piece of paper sat my most prized possession—a brass pendant in the shape of a keyblade. It was crudely done, but I knew the cross on the end was supposed to be the Nobody symbol, and the blob in the center of the handle was supposed to be a heart.

It was something back from my days in Twilight High. Roxas took a welding class and made it for me for my fifteenth birthday.

I put a hand around my neck, half expecting it to still be there—when had it fallen off?

As I put it back around my neck I noticed my name on the paper underneath—But why was it Roxas' handwriting?

Aanyx

I found this after you ran off. I'm not sure what it's a key to but I figured it must be important to you. I'm sorry I never really realized how important finding your light is to you. I guess that's something I'll have to work on before I help.

I'm not exactly sure how to make it up to you, but I'll try.

By the way—you're really good at the guitar. I don' t know what song it was but it sounded pretty.

He didn't sign it. Does that mean that maybe Roxas is still in there?

I closed the door and leaned against it, clasping a hand over my pendant. "Hang in there, Roxas. I'll bring you back…Somehow…"

A/N:

Sorry it's so short! . After a long period of absence I've at long last updated...and it's this short...^^;

well, bear in mind that I'm working on the next chappie as we speak!

And I can pretty much garuntee that this will be one of the shortest chapters on here.

But that also means that the longer it is, the longer it'll take to write it.

Man, Aanyx sure has been through a lot lately! And any respectable KH II fan would know that all that happens in Atlantica is some singing, right? Does that mean Aanyx'll open up and belt out a few notes? Or will she just belt the life out of Sora instead? And who's that other newcomer--someone from another world is visiting Atlantica?

Tune in and find out!

Xcaiyet: Ain't she a stinker? XP