Kingdom Hearts: Re-Chain of Days

Chapter Two: Training

By: Karma's Slave

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.

Warning: Spoilers for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, 358/2 Days and Re-Chain of Memories.

Note: this will be Scene by Scene

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Roxas and Axel stepping out of the dark corridor and into a tunnel system, "Roxas, this is where training begins." Said the tall red head while Roxas just stared at his comrade; "Alright let's start by talking about what missions really are. Missions are a...uhh...they're you know...hrm"

"..." Roxas looked confused, "You know what? Talking is dumb let's go and get our hands dirty, shall we?" Axel then said, really not knowing how to teach a barely functioning person. "Come on, follow me" he added as he began to walk over to a platform. Roxas just simply watched.

"Alright Roxas, let's see if you can reach my position." Said Axel with his arms crossed, Roxas ran to the platform and jumped up, his hands reaching the top of the platform, "That's good _-_-_-_ now pull yourself up" said a woman's voice but he took the advice and pulled himself up onto the platform.

"Was that a memory?" Roxas asked himself in his own head.

"There ya go, good job, Roxas" Axel's voice interrupting Roxas's thoughts.

'...Thanks..."

"But don't go around thinking that you can run and jump your way through every mission. You've got to be aware" Axel said to the younger organization member.

"What...what do you mean?" Roxas asked the red head.

"You have to look around. Sometimes what you're after is right under your nose. Got it memorized?"

"Y-yeah...I think so" Roxas nodding his head.

"Alright then, time for your road test. Somewhere in this tunnel, there's a treasure chest somewhere in these passages. I want you to find it." Axel ordered.

"That's all I have to do?" asked Roxas.

"Yeah, don't hurt yourself. Anyway remember to look around" Axel said to Roxas as he sent him off his way.

Roxas walked through the passages looking for what Axel called a treasure chest. Axel followed Roxas to make sure the younger member didn't get lost or worse. The last thing Axel need was to be turned into a dusk for losing the organization's keyblade.

"Axel...what's this?" Roxas looking at a huge 'X' blocking a path.

"A barricade, it means you're not supposed to go this way." Explained the Red head.

"So you mean there's nothing down there." Roxas making sure of what he was hearing.

"Well that's the gist of it; they were made to keep us on task or hell it was maybe it was made to keep us out of trouble. I mean hello; a big menacing 'x'? I'll take the beaten path. Thanks"

Afterword,

Roxas stopped when he came across an object. "Is this the chest?" asked Roxas.

"Sure is, well done"

"..."

"Roxas, what are you waiting for?"

"Um, the mission was to find the chest right, so aren't I done?" Spoke Roxas just as Axel dead-panned for a moment.

"Uh, Roxas...The thing about the chests is, they have something in them."

"So, I should open it then?"

"Yes, that is generally what we do Roxas."

Roxas turned to the gold-purple colored chest, in his head Roxas saw a boy opening a similar chest by tapping it with the keyblade that they both seemed to share. "Who is that?' but Roxas had mimicked what he has seen in his mind and Roxas received a potion.

"Good work, Roxas. You can keep whatever you find in the treasure chest but now it's time to RTC.

"RTC?"

Return to castle. Go ahead lead the way to the dark corridor that brought us here." Said Axel, so Roxas lead the way back to the dark portal; Roxas stopped once he made it to the corridor.

Axel clapped the young organization member. "Bravo!" spoke Axel with such sarcasm into his tone of voice. "So, what do you think? Got the hang of this mission business" asked Axel.

"Uh-huh"

"Speak up kid, couldn't quite catch, that!" taunted the red head.

"I said..." an image of that boy popped into his head again but this time he was surrounded by another boy and a woman with blue hair and there was this girl with dark red hair.

"Hmm?"

"I said, I could so that blindfolded." said Roxas.

"Ha-ha, I don't know if I want a blindfolded Zombie running around; alright smartass, you did well on your first training mission but no mission is complete without the icing on the cake! Come on, follow me"

"Aren't we supposed to RTC?"

"Later, Don't you remember the hangout place I showed you, when you first showed up"

Axel had taken Roxas to the clock tower of the world known as Twilight Town. The two organization members sat on the edge of the building, Axel then handed Roxas what looked to be blue ice cream. "Here ya go! The icing on the cake!" said VIII

"..." as Axel already started to eat his own while Roxas simply stared at the ice cream.

"Do you remember what this ice cream is called?" Axel then asked,

"Um"

"It's Sea-salt ice cream. Come on already I told you once, get it memorized."

Roxas took a bit of his ice cream, "it's really salty but...sweet too"

"Ha-ha, you said the same thing, the first time too."

"Did I? I don't remember" the confused

"What has been, a week since you'd showed up" asked Roxas.

"Maybe?" answered an unsure Roxas.

"It's okay, I mean it's today that should really begin to matter" said Axel

"Yeah?" questioned the younger organization member.

"Yeah, look at you; you're out in the field, working for the organization. Today your one of us" said Axel.

"I guess, it's a start"

That was my day of working for the organization, they gave me missions and I carried them out but if you asked me what my job was, I would have stared at you. Thought Roxas

Axel and I went to twilight town today, he taught me a lot before we returned to the castle and then we swung by the clock tower and then we had some sea salt ice cream. He said it was the icing on the cake for a successful mission but there was no cake just ice cream!

I just don't know what to write in this thing! -Roxas

"Sora, come at me with everything you got" Aqua yelled at him as master and student were sparring in the open field as Donald and Goofy watched on like any spectator.

Sora charged at the blue haired woman, with his kingdom key in his hands. Aqua dodged the charge by side stepping and grabbing Sora by his shoulder tossing him to the ground. Sora looked up to his teacher from his stop on the ground. Aqua took a quick peek to see if Sora was alright but Sora took the advantage and started to swing his keyblade at Aqua's ankles; Aqua managed to jump away in time.

"Good, Your learning" she said to him. "Now come at me again!" Sora then getting up from the ground and charging at Aqua once more.

The next day, Roxas found himself back in the missions' room to once again meet with number seven, Saix where he was accompanied by number eleven, Marluxia. Number Nine, Demyx was also in the room, sitting on one of the couches, playing with his weapon. That looked to be a sitar.

Roxas came up to the two organization members, "Roxas, today you will be working with, Marluxia." Saix turned his back to Roxas and Marluxia, "Report to me, when you're ready to leave."

"Well there you have it, welcome to the fold Roxas" greeted the pink haired member as the duo began to

A dark corridor opened in twilight town, Marluxia and Roxas stepped out from the portal.

"Roxas, was it? I never had the chance to properly introduce myself." Marluxia speaking with such a gentleman's tone, "I am Marluxia, Number Eleven" Roxas took a moment to register what Marluxia said to him. "Okay, so what do I have to do today?" Asked the thirteenth member of the organization.

"Today your task is to collect hearts" answered Marluxia. Roxas looked at the taller man with confusion, "um...how am I going to do that?'

"Roxas, could you summon your keyblade for me." proposed Marluxia. "Well, sure...alright" Roxas replied as he summoned the keyblade into his hand

As Sora continued his spar with his keyblade in hand, as Master Aqua was now fencing with their keyblades, Sora tried to defend himself from Aqua's on coming assault, Aqua had taken a few steps forward toward Sora. "Come on Sora counter!" Aqua said to him, Sora was getting frustrated; he knew there was no way he could win one on one with Master Aqua. Sora tying to get an attack but she was too on the defensive but adding that with her own natural speed. So again it was hard to almost impossible for Sora to land a contact hit on, Aqua.

Sora backed away from his master, but again she was there in front him, Sora ready to block the coming attack as Aqua raised her keyblade.

The kingdom key disappeared, leaving the apprentice defenseless.

Aqua's keyblade would have taken off Sora's head clean off, if the keyblade master didn't see that keyblade disappear on its own.

"Lucky number XIII, at last a chosen wielder of the Keyblade amongst our ranks" spoke the man. Roxas didn't say anything to Marluxia as the taller man admired the keyblade. It made Roxas uncomfortable; he wouldn't let the other man know that.

In the awkward silence that was created, three hearts had risen up into existence. "Whoa! What are these things" said Roxas, "Hmph, these are nothing to be feared, I can assure you that" spoke Marluxia. Roxas looked the creatures'. "So, Roxas, shall we put that power of yours to a little test" spoke Number eleven.

"Use your Keyblade and defeat those heartless" and just like on his first mission with Axel, Roxas saw the image of that boy again expect this time he was fighting the very same creatures. Roxas took a small breathe and headed to the heartless, swinging the keyblade at them, watching how they would disappear after contact with the keyblade.

"Very good, Roxas" said Marluxia as the younger member of the organization, headed back to Marluxia, "Those were heartless, however that common breed, was the shadows." Added Marluxia.

"What exactly are heartless?" asked Roxas

"Dark creatures, who roam about searching for hearts, they come in much larger varieties." Explained the older man, "the ones you defeated are known as 'purebloods' when defeated the purebloods don't release hearts. In other words, don't bother with them; the mission is to collect hearts." Marluxia further explained. "

The other variety of Heartless are..." as Marluxia spoke, three thunder based heartless appeared, both organization members turned to the creatures, "Hmph, are right over there, Forget about the shadows, these are your real targets" and again Roxas sent off after them.

Roxas couldn't explain it as he fought the three small creatures. Something about this was feeling like a second hand nature. And within a matter a seconds the small creatures were defeated. "Those are the emblem heartless" called out Marluxia.

"What makes them so special?" asked Roxas, "you mean you didn't notice? The hearts appeared after you've defeated them"

"Right" replied the boy, "remember your job is to collect those hearts" Marluxia reminded Roxas.

"Is there any trick to it?" questioned Roxas

"None. So long as the hearts are slain by your keyblade, the hearts will be captured."

"I see, so then what happens to the hearts I collect?" again asked Roxas.

"They will gather as one and create an almighty force known as Kingdom Hearts"

"Which is...good right?" Roxas said in confusion, he could feel something pulling in his mind at the mention of 'Kingdom Hearts'

"The completion of Kingdom Hearts, is the Organization's first priority and to do that Roxas, we need to collect hearts when and wherever we can" said the pink haired man

"So that's what the organization does, is collect hearts." Roxas stated to be sure.

"Actually, you are the first among us to collect some" Marluxia pointed out to Roxas

"Wait...What?"

"The Rest of us can defeat the heartless, but however we cannot release the hearts for their collection and those hearts become heartless once again." Marluxia explaining the process. "Do you now see, how vital you are to the organization" added Marluxia,

"Hmm,"

"With Power like yours..." started off Number Eleven, more emblem Heartless appearing, "Heh, here come more of them. Each one of them is a gift Roxas, squeeze every last heart out of them!" ordered Marluxia. And once more, Roxas did what was asked of him, he destroyed the heartless, and the hearts were collected.

"Excellent Roxas, your work for today is done" spoke Marluxia, "I am amazed, that keyblade...the things that could be done with that sort of power"

"Hmm?"

"I have high hopes for you, Roxas, all of us do; just defeat the heartless and help the organization achieve its goal"

"Um, alright..."

"Shall we return to the castle then?" the two organization members, walked into the opened dark corridor.

"And that was how I found out the organization's goal; they wanted me to collect things, called hearts. I don't know what a heart was or why it even mattered but at least I knew what my part was." Thought Roxas.

On my tenth day in the organization,

"Good Moring, Roxas." Roxas turned to see, number six, Zexion. "Today, I shall be joining you on your mission; I am all ready to go, take care of what you need to and then you should check in with Saix." Roxas nodded his head as he followed Zexion over to Saix, who had opened the corridor.

Again Roxas found himself back in Twilight Town. "Your mission for today is to eliminate a set quantity of heartless. The Organization may call upon you to meet other objectives, to perform recon as an example. But Regardless of whatever task you are given, Roxas, your primarily order still holds; you and your keyblade serve us best by collection hearts."

"So even if, I'm given another task, I should take out heartless while I do it?" Roxas wanting to be clear on what he heard. "Correct, Today however the two coincide." Replied number Six. As the heartless began to appear, and Zexion sent Roxas off on after them.

After the heartless battle, "Done, I defeated the number of heartless, that you asked me. Do we return to the castle now?" pondered Roxas.

"Leave already? I for one would apply myself a bit more." Spoke Zexion.

"But, I?"

"Yes, yes, you did as asked. Mission accomplished...but" more heartless appearing, "As you can plainly see, there are still more heartless wandering about. You don't have to eliminate them all; it's your choice Roxas. Just like I don't have to respect you for slinking back to the castle when there is still work to be done!" Said Zexion, Roxas's eyes rose up at the insulting comment but he didn't say anything. "And if that doesn't matter to you, just remember the organization rewards those, who do the extra effort. " Zexion added.

And so Roxas went off on his own to eliminate anymore remaining emblem heartless, "Much better," Zexion speaking upon Roxas returning to the corridor site. "I'll trust you'll exhibit equal diligence in each of your coming missions." Roxas nodded his head at the original member.

The dark corridor opening, "Now that mission is really over, do you have any questions?" Zexion asked the newest member.

"Yeah, um...just what is Kingdom Hearts? Marluxia said it was some kind of...force"

"Yes...?"

"And when I defeated those heartless, the hearts popped out and became a part of kingdom hearts, right? So what's the point?" asked Roxas. Zexion looked at the boy, "Kingdom Hearts will complete us. that is the goal of the organization." answered the cloaked schemer, "Complete us? Complete us how?" Roxas asked with such curiosity. Zexion sighed at the boy, "Roxas, you and I and all the organization members are what we call, Nobodies."

"...Well, that's not very nice..." Zexion sighed again.

"With a capital 'N' it's a name; for those of us who have lost a vital piece of who we are; our hearts." Zexion explained.

"...I don't have a heart..."

"Correct, like us, you have entered the world without one but you can help us get them. Kingdom Hearts is made of the very thing we lack. Hearts, it has the power to complete us." Roxas looked like he had trouble trying to take that information all at once. "Are you beginning to understand why you are so important? Each of us has a vital role in the organization; yours is collecting hearts."

"Yeah, I get it"

"Well, I just hope we can count on you to 'get it' done." Roxas didn't say anything after that, "any more questions" asked Zexion.

"No...Sorry"

"Then we should be getting back, come on" and so they entered the corridor, returning to the castle that never was.

End Chapter 2