Walking through an unknown path isn't necessarily an easy thing to do. For one, you don't know what will happen or if something will jump out at you. For these reasons, Roxas walked with caution and made sure he was on his guard at all times.

He looked to his sides having already seen the very tall hedges practically towering over him. "The perfect place for someone to hide and attack," he thought to himself.

As he walked deeper and deeper into the path, voices arose in his head. They were quiet, so he couldn't hear them very well. He stopped walking, trying to see if he could make out what the voices were saying. He heard one say, "…ever you're ready." The voices stopped, leaving Roxas confused. He looked all around him, as the area surrounding him grew quiet.

"Now!"

Roxas turned around wondering what voice had yelled that. "Xion?" he asked, hoping that it was really her. No one was there though.

Out of nowhere, Roxas's head began to ache terribly. It felt as though someone was stabbing it over and over again. He grabbed his head with both hands, trying to withhold the agonizing pain. He grit his teeth as hard as he could and squeezed his head harder than ever, however, the pain just kept rising and rising. Roxas hunched over looking at the ground, screaming as loud as he could. He couldn't take it anymore. It was too much. As he stopped his screaming, he fell to the ground. He lay on his side with his eyes closed. The pain had gone away, but the aftermath left Roxas out cold.

The woman walked out of the hedges, looking at Roxas. She walked over to him noticing that he had passed out. She kneeled down and grabbed his hand, making sure he wasn't gone forever; he was alright. Relieved, she put her hand on his forehead beginning to cry lightly. "Roxas, I can't believe… it took you this long to get here." Her tears began to fall to the ground as she chuckled. She hadn't seen him in a very long time, and just looking at him made her happier than her love for animals.

Roxas's eyes began to open a bit, still in a horrible daze. He looked at the woman, but she was too much of a blur. He couldn't make out whom it was. "X…Xion?" He asked quietly, still recovering from his episode.

The woman put a finger to his lips, signaling him to stop talking. "Everything is going to be alright, Roxas." She paused as she cupped his cheek with her hand. "I have to go away now, so I wont be able to see you again for a while. I just… I really wanted to see you again, Roxas." Her tears had halted as she started to smile contentedly. She leaned in close to him and kissed his forehead gently. "See you again." She said, keeping her smile intact.

Roxas was growing tired and knew that he couldn't stay awake for long. He looked at her, still seeing a blur, and tried to speak once more. "X…Xi…" His eyes began to close slowly as his body relaxed itself. He was in deep slumber now, unable to feel a thing.

The woman stood up on her two feet and gazed towards the sunset, hoping that everything would be ok. She took one more look at Roxas and walked away in the hedges, leaving him on the floor… alone.

Day 4

Roxas jolted up, breathing heavily. He glanced around, trying to reassure himself of his location. Looking around, he took note of everything he saw. White walls, the white bed he was sitting on, and a window that gave him a clear view of a heart shaped moon. He was in his room. Roxas let out a sigh of relief. "Just a weird dream," he told himself looking out his window. As he sat on his bed, he tried to recall what his dream was about, but he couldn't remember it at all. He knew it was weird dream, but of what?

The door to his room opened. Saix walked in with his clipboard and looked at him. "Roxas, get to your training. Axel is waiting for you in the grey area." With that, Saix walked out of his room and continued to wake the others.

Roxas immediately got off his bed and began to walk to the grey area. "I wonder what today is going to be like," he thought to himself on the way.

When Roxas arrived, he could already see that some of the members had already woken up. Some were walking around half asleep, some were sitting on the couch awaiting orders, and some were even standing in line for Kupo's world famous pancakes.

"Yo, Roxas!"

Roxas looked over at the couches. He saw Axel waving at him, gesturing for him to come and join him. He sat down next to him and noticed that Axel was eating Kupo's pancakes, and boy did they smell delicious.

"Want some?" Axel asked, noticing that Roxas was eying his food.

"No thanks, I'm not hungry right now," he said, cheery as can be.

"Whoa, since when can you form sentences?"

"I," Roxas stopped and wondered, "I don't know. Why can I form sentences, but yesterday I couldn't even say one word?"

"I'll tell you why, it's because you've got one of the best trainers in the world," Axel said jokingly. "Not to mention one of the most gorgeous."

Roxas began to laugh. "Yeah right! I'm pretty sure the best trainers in the world don't sleep all day." They both shared a laugh and Axel continued to eat his food.

"Hey Roxas, I was wondering. Since you know how to make sentences now, why don't we just take the day off and relax?"

Roxas looked at Axel confused. "Can we do that? Won't we get in trouble?"

"Nah. I'm only supposed to teach you how to talk and give you a lesson on Kingdom Hearts today, but since you've already done the hard part, we could go get ice cream, go to the clock tower like we always do, and I'll give you the lesson there. How's that sound?" Axel asked happily.

"Yeah, it's a plan."

With that, Axel finished his pancakes and they were off to get ice cream.

The man at the shop always looked at the two closely. He found it odd that they were wearing those strange black coats.

"Two sea salt ice creams for the road, sir," Axel said handing the clerk his munny.

"Certainly!" The man reached for the ice creams and handed them to Axel. "Will that be all?"

"Yep. Thanks and have a great day." Axel nudged Roxas. "Roxas, What do you say to the man."

"Thank you." Roxas said to the man.

As they walked farther from him, the clerk couldn't help but glare at the two. He could hear the little one say "You don't have to treat me like a child you know" from a distance. He smiled and began to clean his cart. "That little one looks nothing like his father. He must take after his mother," he thought to himself whistling away to a catchy tune.

Axel began to lay down against the clock tower with his ice cream in his mouth. Roxas sat next to him licking away at his delicious ice cream. They sat there quietly for a while enjoying their ice creams.

Roxas looked to his empty side, feeling like something was missing. He looked back to the distance and then back again to his side. He did this for a while until Axel finally gave in. "Ok, what's the matter? Why do you keep looking to your left?"

He looked at Axel and then back to the spot on his left. "I know this sounds weird, but… I feel like we're missing somebody. Like, maybe were not supposed to be the only two up here."

"Are you saying you want another friend to join us up here?"

"Friend?" Roxas looked at Axel wondering if they were friends.

"Yeah… we're friends, Roxas." Axel responded a little awkwardly. "Get it memorized, ok?"

Roxas smiled and looked to the distance. "Yea. We're friends."

"Listen, if you want to bring someone else up here, that's fine. Just don't bring Demyx or Larxene. Those two can get really annoying at times."

Roxas thought about whom he could invite up to the tower with him. It didn't take him long to realize that no one from the organization would want to go with him and Axel to the tower after a mission. And, to be honest, Roxas didn't want any of them there at all. He looked at Axel with a smile. "You know, I think I like it the way it is now. Just the two of us."

Axel chuckled. "Yeah, me too."

Roxas looked back at his ice cream and continued to eat it. He then looked to his left one last time, wondering why looking at that spot made him feel gloomy, but happy at the same time. He put his hand where his heart was supposed to be. It felt warm, almost as if there was a heart in there. Roxas put his hand back down and stared out into the openness. "Why am I feeling this if I have no heart?" he thought to himself.

The two then continued to talk for the next few hours. Axel taught Roxas everything he knew about Kingdom Hearts and why it was so important to complete it fast. After that, the two started to joke around and before you knew it, the day was over, and the two had to return to the castle.

Axel opened a portal leading back to the castle. "Come on Roxas. It's time to RTC."

Roxas sighed and stood up. He didn't want to leave. He was having a lot of fun.

"Hey, put a smile on that face." Axel grabbed both of Roxas's cheeks and forced him to smile. "We're not leaving forever. We'll come back tomorrow too and the next day, and the next day, and the next day…"

Roxas took Axel's hands off of his cheeks and began to laugh. "I know. I just wish it was tomorrow already."

Axel chuckled as he lightly pushed Roxas into the portal. When Roxas went through, Axel stopped and turned around. He looked at the sunset in admiration and smiled. "That sun gets more beautiful every time I look at it." He turned back around and walked inside the portal, knowing that he could finally go to sleep.