Authors Note: Okay...not quite 10 reviews but it is Wednesday, so here is an update! Thanks to: SexyZexy, ShimmerMist, soraroxas365, TheDarkprincess15, 1st class Soldier Girl13, lunermaster54, and kingdomdisney for reviewing. You guys rock. Also, thanks again to: lunermaster54 for adding TOE to story/author alert. And thanks to all of you who read, but didn't review :) Okey dokey so, here is chapter 4! hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I still don't own anything Kingdom Hearts related. I only own Katy, my OC

Back in the computer room, DiZ and the cloaked man were talking about what happened during Roxas's "dive to the heart".

"Was that Naminé made of data?"

"No. Naminé hijacked the data herself. Look what she's done now. She's totally beyond my control!"

"Blondie did what?"

The two turned around to find a very angry Katy glaring at them with her fists clenched.

"Katyana-" DiZ began.

"Save it. Where is she?"

DiZ said nothing but the cloaked man muttered something about the white room.

Katy tore out of the basement, stomped up the stairs, and ripped the door of the white room open so hard, she was surprised it stayed on it's hinges. She then slammed it with a force that made the walls rattle and Naminé gasp.

"What are you playing at, witch?" Katy spat, invading the other girl's personal space.

"I-"

"You're supposed to be fixing Sora's memory! Not luring his Nobody into the forest where he can be attacked, or messing around with his mind! You'll ruin everything! If you don't bring Sora back soon, the Organization will find him and use him! What do you think will happen to you then? I can guarantee you that they won't let you stay here all safe after you helped betray them." Katy ranted, her face growing hot with anger.

"Don't you even care what will happen to Roxas?" Naminé cried.

"Nothing bad is going to happen to Roxas! Worst case scenario is if he goes back to Organization XIII. Do you know what'll happen if he does that, blondie? The worlds are going to end because there won't be a Keyblade Master!"

Naminé opened her mouth to protest but Katy wasn't having it.

"Look just do what you promised Sora you'd do. Make him the way he was. Don't worry about Roxas he'll be fine, but I swear, blondie, if you pull a stunt like that again, the Organization will be the last ones you need to worry about."

And on that happy note, Katy turned on her heel and stormed out of the white room, leaving Naminé alone once more. She decided to go out into the woods and kill some Dusks. She needed an outlet for all the stress that had been suffocating her lately.

Again with the damn dreams.

With Riku just outside the Castle at Hollow Bastion;

"It's up to me. Only the Keyblade Master can open the secret door and change the world.

With Donald and Goofy just before fighting Riku inside Hollow Bastion Castle;

"But I'm not gonna betray Sora either."

"All for one and one for all."

"My friends are my power."

With Beast after defeating Riku;

"So, your heart won this battle."

With Riku after Ansem took over his body.

"It is I, Ansem. Lead me into everlasting darkness."

"Forget it. There's no way you're taking Kairi's heart."

Just before Sora sacrificed himself for Kairi;

"Give it, Katy."

"No."

"Give it!"

"NO."

After Sora is turned back from being a Heartless;

"Kairi."

Outside the Hollow Bastion Keyhole with Leon, Aerith, and Yuffie;

"We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other."

"No matter where we are, our hearts will bring us together again.

With Kairi in the secret waterway;

"Take this. It's my lucky charm, be sure to bring it back to me.

"Don't worry, I will."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

Roxas woke up and sighed at the lousy sleep he'd gotten. The last words from the dream echoed in his mind and he remembered the struggle match was today.

"Right...promise." he said to himself, flopping back down on his bed. "What a mess."

Meanwhile almost the entire town was already over at the struggle match already, including Olette and Pence.

"Who are you gonna root for?" Pence asked Olette

"Both of them, silly." She replied as fireworks exploded overhead.

The announcer for the event went to the middle of the arena and proceeded to open the match.

"Ladies and gentleman. Struggle-fiends of Twilight Town! It's time for the summer's most sizzlin' clash! That's right! Today's the day for the Struggle and title match. Who will be the one to break through the ranks and take on our champion Setzer? And who will leave today as our new Struggle Champion?"

The crowd cheered and more fireworks went off. Then the announcer continued;

"Now it's time to introduce today's combatants! The four bad boys who struggled their way through the prelims! Regular finalist and head of the Twilight Town Disciplinary Committee: Seifer! Completely out of nowhere—who knew he'd make it so far THIS year? Vivi! An underground favorite and local attitude problem: Hayner! It's his first trip to the finals! And struggle number four, who happens to be my favorite customer: Roxas! So—who will win this sweltering summer Struggle? Who will take home the grand prize? The summa cum laude of Struggle—the Four Crystal Trophy! AND a chance to take on our defending champion Setzer! It won't be long now! I suggest the champions go over the Struggle rules before we begin."

The announcer explained the rules and set up the first match which was between Roxas and Hayner. He patted them both on the back and left to start the fight.

"Hey...sorry about yesterday." Roxas apologized.

"What, you still worried about that? You need to learn to let that stuff go."

"I've had a lot on my mind..." Roxas admitted trailing off.

"Sorry man...wait, what am I sorry for?" Hayner joked.

The two friends grinned at each other and took a fighting stance while the announcer announced their match.

The thing about Hayner was that he was extremley impulsive. That gave him a small edge of being unpredictable, but other than that was usually his downfall. That was the outcome today, apparently since Hayner lost pretty badly.

"And the winner is, Roxas! Not even friendship will bring this kid down. And Hayner put up a great fight too."

Roxas ran over to Hayner, who was lying spread eagled on the ground.

"I lost! Awww I can't believe it!" He moaned, pulling himself into upright and smirking at Roxas. "I guess I taught you well."

"I had a great time fighting you." Roxas said, grinning

"Yeah, well I didn't, wise guy." Hayner pouted, crossing his arms

"Let's find a way to cheer you up." Roxas offered

"Nah, that's all right." Hayner laughed, shoving the other teen playfully.

"Out of my way." Seifer drawled, pushing past the two, struggle bat I hand.

"Why, you in a rush to lose?" Hayner taunted

Vivi took his place across from Seifer and Hayner and Roxas left the arena.

"Don't mess with your elders." Seifer sneered at Vivi who, as usual, said nothing

"Whew, just look at those sparks fly. I guess Seifer didn't expect to fight one of his own boys!" The announcer remarked, commencing the battle.

Vivi immediately lunged at Seifer, who managed to dodge but still looked pretty shocked.

He wasn't the only one.

"Man, when did Vivi get so tough?" Hayner asked Roxas, who shrugged

The struggle continued, Vivi continuing to fight admirably. Finally, Seifer managed to land a hit, causing Vivi to drop one of his blue struggle orbs.

"You're mine!" Seifer exclaimed, running towards it.

This is where it starts to get fuzzy.

Vivi jumped in the air and raised his arms above his head, causing Seifer to suddenly fall over, dropping all of his orbs in the process.

"I-I'm not sure what just happened. Um…but… the winner is, Vivi in a positively blistering comeback!" The announcer said, just as confused as everyone else.

Seifer jumped out of the arena, rejoining Rai and Fuu and starting towards the exit. On the way out he passed Roxas and Hayner, who were also looking a little confused.

"That's not Vivi." Seifer said to Roxas as they passed.

"Huh?" Roxas replied, now more than a little confused.

"Thrash 'im." Seifer said, striding passed them, looking royally pissed off.

Roxas looked over at Vivi who, surprisingly, was staring right back.

Yeah, it was pretty creepy.

Roxas was startled out of his staring contest when the announcer came over to him and Hayner and began speaking.

"It looks like Seifer has withdrawn from the Struggle for third place."

"So I'm in third now? Aw, baby!" Hayner exclaimed happily.

Roxas followed the announcer into the ring and took a stance across from Vivi.

"Keep it clean, fellas." The announcer warned, stepping out of the ring to begin commentary.

"And now, the match you've been waiting for! Roxas vs. Vivi!"

The match began normally, Roxas ran at Vivi with his bat raised. Then, just as it had yesterday, time seemed to stop. The crowd was frozen mid-cheer and the fireworks had stopped mid-explosion. The only ones who weren't frozen were him and Vivi…who promptly turned into a dusk.

"Again?" Roxas groaned as two more dropped on either side of him so he was surrounded.

He was relieved when his struggle bat turned into the Keyblade again, so at least he'd be able to damage them. Having no choice but to fight them, Roxas swung at the enemies, managing to obliterate one before the cavalry came. One of the dusks was about to lash out at him but, a short sword, also shaped like a key, blocked the blow. Roxas followed the sword up and his eyes locked with a familiar pair of light green ones.

"Thanks." Roxas panted, deflecting another hit as he spoke.

"Don't mention it." Katy replied, taking down another dusk so there was only one left.

With the two of them, the last foe was gone in under a minute. Roxas looked over at Katy, who still seemed nervous.

"What's wrong?"

"It's not over yet. Something else is here."

"What are these…things?" He asked her, nodding in the direction of where the Dusks once stood.

"It's hard to explain…and I don't have the time to explain it."

Roxas nodded, not pressing for an explanation. He scanned the crowd, noting that they were still frozen in time.

"Is it gonna go back to normal soon?" Roxas asked, his tone a little desperate.

"As soon as we kill whatever's still here." Katy replied with a nod.

"And then you're going to mysteriously vanish again." Roxas guessed.

Katy laughed and grinned at him

"Look who catches on fast? Since you miss me so much I might stick around this time."

They were interrupted by the sound of someone clapping. They both whipped around in time to see a cloaked man step out of an alleyway.

"Roxas. All right. Fight, fight, fight." He said, sarcastically as he stepped into the struggle ring.

Roxas stared at the man blankly while Katy gritted her teeth beside him.

"I know that voice." She muttered loud enough for only Roxas to hear.

Meanwhile the figure continued speaking.

"You really don't remember? It's me. You know—" The mad began as he took off his hood, revealing his obscenely red hair.

"Axel." Katy finished for him through clenched teeth.

Axel looked over at her and grinned.

"Hello again, Katy. I can't say I'm surprised to see you here. Tell me, what would your boyfriend think of you hanging around with him?" He asked, gesturing over to Roxas.

"Shut up, Axel." Katy retorted, sneering.

Axel raised his hands up in mock surrender.

"Touchy. But anyway…" He looked over at Roxas who was watching their exchange and looking very out of the loop.

"Talk about blank with a capital "B". Even the Dusks aren't gonna be able to crack this one." Axel muttered, more to himself than anyone else, summoning his chakrams as he spoke.

"Wait a sec, someone tell me what's going on!" Roxas exclaimed, looking between Axel and Katy.

Axel smirked and looked over at the ladder

"This town is his creation, right?" He asked, smugly "Which means we don't have time for a Q and A." He turned back to Roxas. "You're coming with me, conscious or not. Then you'll hear the story."

Suddenly the air began to warp around them. Axel looked up, concerned

"Oh, no." He groaned under his breath looking around, warily.

While he was distracted, Katy stepped slightly in front of Roxas, swords drawn.

"What are you doing? Get back!"

"No. I'm here to protect you. Not the other way around." Katy answered, eyes still on Axel and his giant flaming weapons.

Roxas scowled and threw the Keyblade at the ground, hard.

"What's going ON?" He yelled fists clenched.

The Keyblade began to sparkle and was suddenly back in his hand.

"Number 13, Roxas. The Keyblade's chosen one." Axel stated, swinging his chakrams threateningly

Looking from the weapon, to Katy, and back to Axel, Roxas bit back a groan.

"Okay, fine! You asked for it." Roxas said.

Then they all began to fight. Hooray.

Roxas had to admit; he and Katy made a good team. That and that she must have really hated this Axel guy cause she was pretty vicious. Just when he thought that the fight would never end, a portal that was made of computer code appeared behind him.

"So it was you." Axel sneered at the red clothed man who stepped out of said portal.

Axel threw his chakrams at the man, but they disappeared before they touched him. He then turned to Roxas.

"Roxas. This man speaks nonsense!"

"Roxas! Don't let him deceive you!" Axel exclaimed.

"Roxas."

"Roxas!"

Roxas covered his ears to block out the yelling. He was so confused and annoyed and extremley freaked out. Hands still covering his ears, He began to chant;

"Hayner…Pence…Olette…"

When the voices seemed to grow louder he fisted his hands at his sides and yelled at the top of his lungs;

"Hayner! Pence! Olette!"

And just like that, time returned to normal. Vivi, whom he'd forgotten about, slumped to the ground in front of him.

"What? What just happened?" The announcer exclaimed.

Vivi looked confused too

"Huh? How did I get here?" He asked Roxas confused, before shrugging and going off to look for Seifer.

"Roxas!" Olette exclaimed as She, Pence, and Hayner ran over to him

"Ladies and Gentleman, Roxas!" The announcer continued.

It was all a little overwhelming and Roxas looked around nervously, feeling a little trapped. His eyes met Katy's, who was standing in the crowd. She smiled at him and winked. Happy that she was still there, he pulled away from his friends and walked over to her.

"What just—"

"Don't worry about it. It's been taken care of." She reassured him

"But—"

"I said don't worry."

"Whose this, Roxas?" Olette asked, coming up next to him

"Uh…this is Katy. She—"

"I'm a friend of Roxas' from out of town." Katy cut him off with a grin.

"Roxas has a GIRLFRIEND." Hayner teased, clapping him on the shoulder.

Meanwhile, the crowd started chanting and Roxas knew that was his cue for his struggle with Setzer.

"Good luck, Roxas. You'll be fine." Katy called to him as he entered the ring once more.

Roxas, Hayner, Pence and Olette sat on top of the clock tower a few hours later, Roxas holding the struggle trophy. After the match with Setzer, Katy had disappeared again, but Olette told him that she'd invited her to hang out with them tomorrow. Maybe he'd be able to convince her to give him some answers. He absentmindedly pulled each of the orbs off of the Struggle Trophy and tossed one to each of his friends.

"As promised."

"Thanks a ton, Roxas." Pence said with a grin.

"Another treasure for us to share." Hayner said, holding his up to the light.

"I've got a present too, for all of us." Olette said, pulling four sea-salt ice cream bars out of her bag.

Roxas jumped up to get his and lost his footing on the edge. Failing to regain his balance, he fell off the clock tower, blacking out on the way down.

"Kairi! Wait up!"

Back on Destiny Islands, Kairi paused and looked back, a small smile gracing her lips as her friend Selphie ran to catch up with her.

"Hey, do you feel like going out to the island? Tidus and Wakka are all wrapped up in their ballgame and they won't go with me."

"Not today, sorry." Kairi replied, speeding up her walking a bit.

"Aw, why not?" Selphie pouted, jogging to catch up.

"Do you remember those boys who used to hang out with us?" Kairi asked

"Riku?"

"Yeah."

"I wonder whatever happened to him. I sure miss him."

"He's far away. But I know we'll see him again."

"Sure, of course we will."

"And the other boy?" Kairi asked

"What other boy?" Selphie wracked her brain.

"The one that was with Riku and me all the time—we used to play together on that island. His voice always used to be there…but now it's gone. I can't think of his face or his name. I feel awful about it." Kairi confessed, sadly "So I told myself—I'm not going to the island until I remember everything about him."

"Are you sure you didn't make him up?" Selphie inquired.

Kairi nodded, sure of herself

"Naminé?"

Kairi put a hand to her head at the voice. It was familiar…but not at the same time. She could see the faint image of a boy falling.

"Naminé, what's happening to me?"

"Who are you? And that's not my name. I'm Kairi" She spoke back to the voice in her mind

"Kairi. I know you. You're that girl he's friends with."

"Who? Please, a name!"

"I'm Roxas."

"Okay, Roxas, but can you tell me HIS name?"

Then a different, voice chimed in.

"You don't remember my name? Thanks a lot, Kairi!"

Kairi gasped. She knew that voice…

"O-kay. I guess I can give you a hint. Starts with an "S"".

The image of the falling boy, Roxas, fell away and took both boys' voices with it. Next thing she knew, Selphie was helping her off the ground.

"Are you okay?" The brunette asked the redhead and she nodded affirmative before running down to the island.

Selphie followed her firned confused and a little bit worried. When she found her, Kairi was placing a bottle with a note in it into the surf.

"What's that?" Selphie asked.

"A letter… I wrote it yesterday to the boy I can't remember." Kairi replied. "I said that no matter where he is, I'll find him. One day. And when I stopped writing, I remember we made a promise. Something important. This letter is where it starts, I know it."

"Wow…I hope he gets it."

"He will." Kairi grinned to herself. "Starts with an "S". Isn't that right, Sora?"

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