Author's notes: IF YOU HATE SPOILERS, STOP RIGHT THERE, WAIT UNTIL 358/2 DAYS AND BIRTH BY SLEEP COME OUT IN ENGLISH, AND RETURN AFTER YOU BEAT THE GAME, BECAUSE TERRA, AQUA, VEN AND XION ARE ALL GOING TO BE IN THIS FIC AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER.

Warned

"Riku…"

Riku looked over his shoulder at his burgundy haired friend, standing in the door way. He was sitting on his bed again, staring out the window.

"Hey, Kai."

Kairi sat down beside him on the bed. "Is there any way into the spirit world to save Sora?"

"I tried. There is none." Riku answered. Kairi sighed. "I'm sorry, Kairi." He apologized. "If I hadn't left the islands-"

"Don't apologize." Kairi shook her head. "If this is anyone's fault, it's Death's." Riku nodded. "Hey, where's Roxas going?" He asked, looking out the window. Kairi peered out. Roxas was walking towards the gates to leave the palace… Where was he going?

Roxas left the palace through the gates. There was something weird nearby… something familiar to him… but he couldn't put a finger on it…

The path outside the palace was badly run down, and it seemed like it hadn't been used in ages. Patches of black fog were scattered around, and Roxas, smartly, avoided them.

He walked for who knows how long, following his instinct, not his logic. As Sora would say, he was following his heart. He did have part of one…

After awhile, Roxas found himself walking with his eyes closed, relying on only his instinct to tell him where to go. Until he ran into something hard and cold, that is. He opened his eyes and looked at the block of ice in front of him. He was in a cavern of some sort, he noticed. The block of ice was frozen to both the ceiling and floor in the center of the cavern, the icy tendrils snaking along the stone like tree roots. Roxas could make out a human figure in the ice, suspended half way between the floor and the ceiling. There was something familiar about the figure…

Raven hair, black cloak, about his age…

He clutched his head as a memory played in his mind…

…He and Axel on the Station Tower. There was the faint outline of someone slowly fading into existence. He was talking to her, and Axel leaned over to state his two cents. Roxas turned to talk to Axel, and the new third person leaned over to listen and comment. She was now completely solid, no longer fading in or out, and then her name…

"Xion." Roxas gasped, looking up at the peaceful expression on the frozen girl's face. He placed his hand on the ice. "I'll wake you, promise." He noticed that something was etching into the ice beneath his hand, so he moved it to see.

I know you will.

"Wait for me."

I will.

Roxas nodded, and then vanished into a portal.

"Riku!"

"What's up?" Riku asked, looking over at Namine. He was wandering about the court yard, and the Memory Witch had just run up to him.

"Have you seen Roxas?"

"Not since yesterday when he left the palace." Riku answered.

"The only thing on the other side is chaos, corrupted Twilight and other things that Ganon and Zant used to attack Hyrule." Link commented, walking towards them, with Midna trailing behind him. "Your friend's as good as gone." His expression softened slightly as he looked down. "You're Sora's brother, aren't you?" Riku nodded. "I'm sorry." Riku looked down at the ground.

"Nothing could be done." He shook his head.

"Something has to be done!"

Everyone looked at the raven haired part-bird part-teenage girl, struggling to get out of Leera and Leran's grips. She was crying.

"If not… I'll die! I'll cease to exist!"

"Hannah! Stop it!" Leran yanked her arm harshly, earning a pained hawk-like call from the girl.

"Leran!" Riku snapped. Leran stared at him for a moment, shocked. He loosened his grip slightly.

"If your Sora's daughter," Kairi began, "why do you have wings?"

"You'll find out after you meet me, Princess." Hannah answered, looking at Kairi. Her legs gave out, and she collapsed, trembling.

"If she vanishes than the balance will be ruined!" A fourth member of the group, a teenage boy, around fifteen, the same age as Hannah, exclaimed, darting towards them. He had cat-like ears, and a tail, which matched his brunette hair. "There is a reason there are three Keybladers of the Twilight. We were needed to balance things out. If one of us, let alone the Keyblade Master specifically, goes, everything falls into chaos!"

"And you would know, Kazuya?" Leran snapped. "Why don't you figure out a way to bring Hannah's father back if you're so smart, you lousy Betwicat." Kazuya snarled.

"What did you just call me?"

"Well I'm sorry, all mighty Heir of the Betwixts." Leran rolled his eyes.

"This is getting nowhere! Shut the hell up, now, or I will personally skewer you both!" Leera threatened.

"Oh shut your mouth, Leera!"

Leera glared at Leran. "Is that a challenge?"

"Maybe!"

Riku darted between the two before they went any further with their threats.

"If you guys want to save Hannah, you're going to need a way to revive Sora, so I suggest shutting the hell up, putting your heads together and finding out how to give the Spirit World back to Fate!" He snapped.

"I don't know who Leera's more like," Namine commented to Kairi, "you or Riku." Her Somebody smacked her over the back of the head.

"Get Hannah inside and come back out here, Din needs our help. After we save her the Hylian Goddesses agreed to help us save Fate." Riku told Leera and Leran. They nodded. Leran picked up his winged cousin and the twins darted inside. "How the hell am I going to cope with those two?" He muttered.

"Well, you kind of leave their lives when they're only five." Kazuya commented. Riku didn't answer. He looked over at Axel, who had been leaning against the wall.

"You willing to give us a hand?"

"Until Roxas gets back? Sure, why not?" Axel answered with a shrug.

"Link," Riku looked at the Hylian Hero, "one of your Goddesses has been captured by Death. Are you up for helping us?" Link nodded.

"Of course. If I don't, Hyrule will fall into chaos."

"Wisely said, Link."

Link looked over his shoulder in shock. The intricately dressed Hylian Princess, Zelda, stood there, her hands clasped together in front of her.

"Princess!" He exclaimed. Zelda nodded. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm not sure myself, but I'm sure there's a reason." She answered. "Come inside, Farore and Nayru are waiting for us."

Introductions were short and sweet. The group met in a soundproof lounge room. Farore watched Riku, almost worriedly, through most of the conversation. The Hylian Goddesses had also promised to wake Sarah up later.

"Hero of Darkness, you have not said a word since you entered." Farore commented. Riku, who was leaning against the wall, continued to stare at his feet. Farore frowned. "Riku, your brother can be saved. Don't lose hope. You know how the puzzle fits; you just need to put it together again." At this, Riku looked up. The puzzle? What puzzle? It was a riddle, he knew, but what did she mean? He looked back at his feet.

The conversation resumed its original course.

"So," Link spoke up, "in addition to the three Goddesses of Hyrule, there are other deities, including Life, Death and Fate, and Death has gotten jealous of Fate and took over the Afterlife, and captured Din." He summarized.

"Yes." Nayru, a young woman about Farore's age with wavy, flowing blue hair, wearing a blue dress and sandals, spoke up. "And if Din isn't saved, Hyrule will be lost forever."

"We'll save her." Tara declared. "We have to."

"Are we ready?" Kazuya questioned. Riku shrugged, and then looked at the two Hylian Goddesses. They were back in the soundproof room.

"What about Roxas?" Axel questioned.

"Dead, probably." Link commented.

"He's not. I'm not in the same state as Hannah." Kazuya retorted.

"Kazuya's got a point there. If Roxas was dead Kazuya wouldn't exist." Riku commented. "Besides," he reached into his pocket. He pulled out Sora's crown pendant. The white crystal was no longer glowing, but the purple amethyst and the blue sapphire both glowed brightly. "The gems stop glowing when that Keyblader dies. The white crystal represents Sora, the purple amethyst me, and the blue sapphire is Roxas." He put the pendant back into his pocket.

"Let's go, before it's too late." Farore commented. The others nodded.

You're not sleeping.

"No."

You need to get some rest.

"I won't rest until I've freed you."

What if it's the death of you?

"I won't let it get that far."

I hope not.

"Where are we?" Axel asked the two Hylian Deities.

"The Master Sword's chamber." Link answered instead.

The chamber had mosses, ivy and what not growing all over the floors and walls, splotching patches of green against the fading yellows and browns of the walls. The ceiling was none existent, and had been for some time. Whatever pattern was on the floor was unrecognizable. In the center of the room was a platform, and on the platform was a rectangular stone pedestal with a symbol formed of three triangles stacked to form a larger triangle was printed on the pedestal. Stuck into the stone, was a sword. The blade seemed to be glowing, and the blue hilt was shaped like hieroglyphic wings. Link stepped forwards, but then looked back at Farore.

"Take your sword, Hero of Time. Take the Blade of Evil's Bane from its pedestal."

Link turned back to the sword and walked towards it. He wrapped both hands around the hilt and pulled on it. It slipped from the stone easily for him.

"If anyone but him tried to remove the Master Sword, it would be impossible." Tara commented. Sarah, who was awake and had accompanied them, looked over.

"How?"

"It's simple. The Master Sword is a blade that can only be wielded by the Hero of Time." Tara answered. "Every time evil appears, one of the swords is call upon to vanquish it, whether it's the Master Sword or the Four Sword. Then there's peace, then evil returns later, then there's peace and so on and so forth. The swords cut through Darkness, as well, such as Zant's magic, or Gufuu, or Vaati, or even Ganondorf. And it also works as a baseball bat."

Nayru, Farore, Sarah and Riku all smacked their faces.

"What?" Tara exclaimed, looking around at the group. "It does! Extreme Baseball, Legend of Zelda style. Ganondorf's the pitcher."

"Yo, you know what? I'm not going to ask." Axel shook his head.

"Guys, Roxas's back!"

"What?" Everyone looked up as Tara darted into the dining room.

"Roxas's back!" She repeated. Riku, Axel, Namine and Kairi all got up from their seats and followed her out of the palace.

When they came out into the courtyard area, they spotted the blond. What Riku noticed first was that he was wearing a black cloak. An Organization XIII cloak. He hesitated, but when Roxas collapsed, followed the group to Roxas's side to check on him.

"Are you okay?" Axel questioned, rolling Roxas onto his back. Roxas smiled. There were dark circles under his eyes, showing that he had little to no sleep in the last week.

"I'm fine."

"Where've you been?" The red-head demanded, Roxas didn't answer. His eyes shut as he fainted from exhaustion.