Hi! Stuff…

Has anybody heard of Wolf's Rain? It's an Anime show and my friend's obsessed with it. So I got online and made her watch her favorite characters die over and over again.

….I'm so mean. On with the chapter!

When I wake up I'm lying on a bed. The room I'm in isn't familiar at all and the man that knocked me out was standing against the wall, close to the door. I guess he was standing there so when I woke up I wouldn't try to escape.

"So…you're Xeiria, aren't you?" He asked.

I nodded. "And you're a stranger that I don't know, aren't you? Or are you someone I do know that decided he was going to knock me out for no reason?"

He sighed and walked closer to me. "My name is Leon. I'm sorry about that, but we need to know who you really are. Aerith wants to make sure you're not going to try to kill Sora, or anything."

I scoffed. "Oh please," I stood up off the bed and walked closer to him. "If I wanted to kill him I would have already. But I've run away from the Organization, so that says something. And that girl, Airie, I'm her. Well, her nobody. But since the Organization wanted me to merge with her she went along with my plan and now I'm in her body. She's comatose right now. I can't help want I'm doing…" I realize I've just spilled everything and I break down and start crying. "Please, don't tell anybody! I really don't want to hurt Sora. I just want to get Airie back to him and this was the only way. Once I get there I promise that I'll go away forever."

Leon only stared at me. "Okay, I got all the important stuff in that explanation, I think. So, I'll tell Aerith and I see if she thinks that you're safe enough to let go," he walked out and locked the door from the outside again.

I sat back down onto the bed and wiped the tears off my face. Nobodies aren't suppose to cry, I reminded myself. But you're different, after all.

I sat quietly, surveying the room when he came back in.

Leon sighed and shrugged. "Aerith says that you're safe. She just wants you to promise not to hurt Sora. So, can you do that? If not, I'm afraid I'm going to have to destroy you."

I nodded. "I'll be okay. I won't hurt him. I'll protect him, for sure."

He rolled his eyes. "Okay, go. Sora's in Betwixt and Between. You better hurry. He won't last long there."

My eyes widened and I nodded again. "Right! Thanks!" I opened a dark corridor and ran through quickly into the Betwixt and Between. I looked around and found Sora surrounded by Lesser Nobodies. I summoned my bow and ran over to help him.

"Hey Sora, how ya doin'?" I asked, staying behind him. "I gotcha back!" A Dusk jumped up and I shot it. "See?"

Sora looked back and nodded. "I've been worried about you! Come to help me out with these guys?"

"Hell yeah!" I tilted my head to the side and smiled. "Ready?"

"Always!" he called back. A shot a few Dusks and a Samurai or two. But the more I shot the more popped up.

"It's no use!" Sora called, looking back at me.

"Don't stop moving, or Darkness will over-take you!" I heard Axel's voice and I looked over in front of Sora and saw him slice through a Dusk. "Get goin!"

I glared at him. "Axel! You left us!"

A looked a regret crossed his face but it quickly faded before Sora could see it. He jumped closer toward us and sliced through a few more Nobodies. I was about to go over and beat the shit out of him, but I was still preoccupied with shooting Dusks to death.

"Why?" Sora asked.

"Don't ask, just leave!" Axel commanded, knocking a Dusk away. But another one just came and pinned him down. I over and shot it.

"Leave him alone!" I screamed. I looked back over at Sora and nodded. "We can use him! It'll get rid of the Dusks faster!" I motioned to Donald and Goofy. "Because we both know that they aren't going to help much!"

"Hey!' Donald cried. "Let me tell you something Missy-"

I didn't paid attention to him. I went on fighting the Nobodies and I think Sora decided that Axel was safe to fight with, for now.

Well, it didn't work much. After a while we all were in a triangle, but we didn't bother to fight.

"I think I liked it when these guys were on my side," Axel said, panting slightly.

I smiled when I heard Sora say, "Feeling a little…regret?"

Axel scoffed and shook his head. "Nah, I can handle these punks. Watch this!" he jumped into the air and fire exploded everywhere and that was all I could see for a minute. Just a reddish orange, everywhere. When it faded I noticed I had put my arm in front of my face and I saw that Axel was on the ground, black wisps of Darkness flying off of his body and into the sky. I ran over to him and bent down on my knees. When I looked toward his face I saw Sora had joined me on the ground.

"You're…fading away," he whispered, stating the obvious.

Axel smiled. "Well, that's what happens when you put your whole being into an attack. Not that Nobodies really have beings…right? Anyway, I digress, go find Kairi. And, sorry for what I did to her."

"See? All about Kairi."

"Shut up." I commanded silently. "My best friend is dying, and you have to be that selfish?"

"When we find her, you can tell her that yourself," Sora said.

Axel scoffed. "Nah, I'll pass. Don't think my heart would be into it. Oh, and by the way…" he reached up, putting a hand on my cheek. "This one here, she's special. She feels. She knows what it's like to hurt. As for Airie…" he let his hand fall off my cheek and he pointed to my Heart. "She's here too. Sorry Airie…I never wanted to hurt you, either."

"It's okay, Axel."

"Axel, what were you trying to do?" Sora asked.

"I wanted to see Roxas," he looked back over at me, smiling. "Y'know, getting the gang back together? You two were the only ones who made me feel like I had a Heart…" he looked back to Sora. "Funny, you make me feel…the same way…" he cringed slightly. "Kairi's in the Castle dungeon…now, go!" he held his hand up weakly and opened a dark corridor, but it fell limply into his lap again.

I bit down onto my lip and shut my eyes. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked up at Sora.

"What did he mean…Airie's here too?" he asked innocently.

I sighed and put my hands over my face. "I am Airie. I took over her body because I knew she was to weak to come to you by herself. She thinks you don't care about her anymore because of Kairi…I am her. I'm sorry Sora!"

Sora bent down, brushing hair off my face. "It's okay. Is there anyway for me to see her?"

I shook my head. "Not yet. Not until my job is done…"

He nodded. "That's fine. Don't worry Xeiria, Airie, whichever one you are right now. Let's go."

I stood up and walked over to the dark corridor, Axel's last dark corridor, and walked through into my home world.

I looked up at the castle and shook my head. "Oh Axel…of all places…" then I remembered that he said Kairi was in the Castle and I braced myself for something terrible.

Cliffhanger! But this is going to be over soon, I think. Unfortunately. There may be two or three more chapters left of Driven my children.