Kingdom Hearts: Re: Chain of Days

Chapter 3: Training Part Two

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days or Re: chain of Memories and Birth by Sleep.

Warning: Spoilers for Birth by sleep and 358/2 Days

Note: Castle Oblivion starts after Day 22

Question to the readers, In Re: chain of memories when Sora is going through his side, when do Riku's events take place during Sora's story. So I can piece it together as a whole.

"I found out that I was a Nobody. That I was incomplete just like the rest of them, I came into the world without a heart. Would it have made a difference if I had a heart? Would that make me a somebody?" Roxas thought as he lay in his bed, slowly drifting in and out of sleep.

Sora was shaking with nerves when his master's keyblade stopped an inch away from his neck. The keyblade he had to defend himself somehow managed to dismiss it's self. His eyes widen with fear and his mind in shock of what just occurred and what nearly occurred.

"Are you alright?" Aqua immediately asking Sora, as she too was in disbelief.

"Wh...W...What just happened" Sora stuttered,

"I don't know but we're going to find out" Aqua declared as she dismissed her keyblade while she offered her other hand to Sora, to help him up.

"Gawrsh, Aqua, uh maybe we should start moving now" Goofy speaking up from the sidelines,

"Your right, but after Sora gets some rest, who knows when we'll encounter Heartless again

Day eleven, Roxas came into the lounging room only seeing Saix and Xigbar.

"Roxas, Larxene will be your partner for today" Saix said to the boy. "Larxene...right, um?" Roxas said as he looked for the female nobody.

"Larxene has already left, you are to meet her on site at Twilight Town" answered Saix.

"Oh, all right!" replied the boy as he started at Saix.

"Today, you'll be training for magic. So you can adapt from solely using the keyblade" explained Saix.

"Magic? I know magic?" Roxas questioning as he was confused by the concept.

"Only if you are smart enough to use that power while you are on your mission." Spoke Saix as he opened the corridor for Roxas, who quickly stepped in.

Roxas stepping out into Twilight Town once again, he heard footsteps coming up behind him. "We'll look who finally decided to show" said the female member, her tone of voice sounding annoyed and angry. "Um...Hi?" Roxas said unsure of himself, he never really got to know any of the members; they all weren't chatty like Axel or Demyx.

"Ugh, this is the worst! Whose stupid idea was it to send me on your baby level mission? Do I look like I run a nursery?" ranted the blonde female as Roxas stayed silent really not knowing how to respond to her. Larxene let out an angered sigh, "why can't they have Demyx handle this baby stuff, it's not like that coward slacker is good for anything else." Raved Larxene as she verbally abused the non-visible Demyx.

Roxas looked at Larxene like he was about to open his mouth, "What" she sneered at Roxas, "WHAT! You've got something to say?" she then shouted.

"...No..."

"Pfft, you'd be nothing without that keyblade" She said to Roxas, "Oh-Ho-uh-ha" Larxene mocking a happy tone of voice. "That's right you have to do today's mission without your precious little keyblade." as she laughed at Roxas.

"Wait! Why?" this Roxas really spoke up.

"Because I said so that's why!" Larxene yelled, "Besides, that pain in the ass, Saix must have told you all this didn't he?" added Larxene as crossed her arms, bringing her hand to her face as gave Roxas that fake smile of hers. "Yeah well, sink or swim, kid"

"Yeah, sink, I don't know how to use magic" replied Roxas.

"Yeah and you won't ever will if you keep relying on that oversized key of yours" Larxene stating the obvious in her own special way.

"Yeah...but" a heartless appeared on the sandlot of Twilight Town. "Ah, a heartless, perfect" Roxas looked glanced at the flower resembling creature. "Go on! Take it out and you have to use your magic." Ordered the blonde, "I'll stand here and supervise" she added with a mocking grin.

"...thanks..." Roxas sarcastically muttered under his breath as he went toward the lone heartless. Roxas summoned the kingdom key from out of habit. "How am I supposed to this?" Roxas thought to himself as he stared at the flower heartless.

"Looks like you need some help." Roxas heard a boy's voice, the voice sounded nearly identical to his own.

"What?" Roxas spoke aloud as he looked for a boy, but it was only him and Larxene and she was giving him a menacing glare for taking so long.

"Roxas focus, besides you can't see me." Said the voice, "How? Who? What? Roxas thought all at once.

"Look, do you want to learn magic or not?" The voice sounding a little antsy, "Yeah, I do"

"Here's a basic spell for you. Take the keyblade in your, point it at the creature and say 'fire'" the voice said to him. Roxas pointed the keyblade, "Fire!" the heartless was destroyed on the impact of the flame that Roxas had made, "Hey, I did it!"

"Good"

In that same moment, more heartless appeared in front of Roxas, "Ooh, ooh, here come some more. Go on wipe em' out. Ugh at the speed you're moving we'll be here all month. Go ahead; you can use your keyblade this time" said Larxene, "Wait what about learning magic?"

"Look! You want to finish this awful mission don't you, so just get to it" Larxene snapped at the boy.

"Well gee, since you asked so 'nicely'" Roxas sarcastically muttering under his breath, turning his attention to the heartless, as he went to attack the heartless head on, destroying the lesser heartless in a matter of seconds.

"Sheesh kid about time. This has to be the worst mission ever. And if you really are our 'big-shot' keyblade wielder, then we're all in deep shit" Roxas didn't respond to her attitude, "Ugh, can't you even hold your end of the conversation!" Larxene turning her back to Roxas

"..." Roxas lowered his eyes to the pavement of the sandlot. "Unless of course we put somebody else on keyblade duty," she said. That clearly gotten Roxas attention, "What! We have somebody else?" Roxas asked with surprise. "None of your damn business kid! You just worry about defeating heartless and maybe one day you'll be mediocre at it; ugh lets go before you kill anymore of my time and brain cells." Larxene snubbed.

"They taught me that my keyblade releases hearts. But why do I have it? How did I learn to use it? The more I've learned the less I seem to know." Roxas thought to himself as he entered the dark corridor but most of all Roxas wanted to know who or what was speaking to him.

Day 12

Roxas walking into the lounge seeing Larxene, Saix, and number four, Vexen.

"Today, you are mine Roxas" said Vexen.

"Wow! Creepy much" Roxas heard the voice going off but he simply chose to not respond to it."

"...uh...alright" replied Roxas.

Again Roxas found himself in twilight town with the chilly academic by his side, "Now listen carefully boy, your mission today is to perform reconnaissance in this area"

"Reconna-huh? What about fighting heartless and collecting hearts." Spoke the now confused Roxas.

"Oh, there is far more to the Organization than that, boy" said the nobody scientist. "Our work wouldn't go half as smoothly if we didn't gather the needed intelligence beforehand. Fortunately, you are in good hands. I will be by your side today to help stimulate that insensate mind of yours; as for your mission, you'll first look around the immediate area and report anything unusual you find" Explained Vexen. "And don't go wandering too far off until you've examined the clues closest at hand" he then added.

Roxas just simply nodded his head at the chilly academic.

"Wow, so this is a Recon mission."Thought Roxas as he and Vexen explored Twilight Town,

We need to gather clues to complete the mission. There were clues we needed to find in order to complete the mission, for example. Shop in front of the Dark Corridor, Brick path in between the shops, Shop on the island building SW of the Dark Corridor, The Underground tunnel with the label 4 on top of it at the southeast corner of the map, Follow the brick path from the south side towards the east side of the map and examine the stairs-like building before the arch, Keep following the path and when it forks, check the northern black wall.

And along the way, I came across a blazing shard. And then after word, Vexen said we had to return to the castle now as the mission was completed.

"That concludes, today's mission any questions or concerns?"

"How often do I need to do this?" asked the younger member.

"Whenever the Organization needs information on a world, naturally" Roxas nodding his head at Vexen's answer. "Every world is unique with its own characteristics and values, heartless populations are any number or variables that could be turned to our advantage in the missions ahead."

"Wait, every world? There's more than one?"

"Yes boy! You didn't think you'd be mulling around here forever did you?" said number four. "You'll visit many worlds for many reason regardless our ultimate the goal remains the same." He added.

"Kingdom Hearts" said Roxas.

"That's right, now come along." As Vexen turn towards the now open dark corridor and entering it with Roxas right behind him.

Later on in the late evening after the evening meal time, Roxas was in his room on his bed thinking. "I discovered the job was more than a commute from the castle and that town. The walls of the worlds are steep, so we created our own ways: dark corridors, which lead to every place imaginable." Thought the boy nobody as he began to drift off in to a sleep.

Day 13,

Roxas's recent mission was in Twilight Town, but this time with Organization member, number five, Lexaeus, the silent hero.

"So, um?"

"Do you know what a limit break is, Roxas?" Lexaeus asked the key of destiny.

"No"

"A limit break is the most powerful move at your disposal, one that only works when you are on your last legs" spoke Lexaeus. Before Roxas could even ask anything further, a shadow heartless appeared however this shadow was different than the others it was much larger in size.

"A Heartless" noted the silent hero, "Time for some practical application." Then adding.

"Huh?" the wording confusing Roxas. Lexaeus took his hand and smacked Roxas up sided the back of his head."

"Ow...mutt muzz for! Nngh...

"Roxas, are you alright?"

"There you are now on your last legs. Let's see you use your limit break and defeat that heartless." Roxas stood on his legs and somehow manage to bring himself over to the oversize shadow heartless. Roxas wasn't too sure of what he was doing as he fought the lone giant heartless as Silent Hero watched from the sidelines.

Roxas looked at the keyblade in his hand, he was giving off a blue-ish glow, and Roxas could feel something racing in his body, as an adrenaline rush overtook him like a seconded wind but in a total of five connecting hits the giant shadow heartless disappeared.

"Well fought" entered Lexaeus's voice,

"Really?" Roxas asked as was bended over with his hands on his legs to hold him up as he breathed heavily through his mouth.

"Organization members are often asked to conduct solo missions. The only person you can count on is yourself."

"So, I've noticed." Replied the panting boy.

"You and that keyblade are invaluable to the organization. With your job however comes risk. Each mission will pit you against more and more heartless.

"And I have to face them, so that Kingdom Hearts can be completed, right?"

"Correct" answered Lexaeus.

"So what's going to happen when kingdom hearts is completed? What good does that do us?" Roxas asked with such wonderment.

"We will unite with it and each of us will gain our hearts back" answered the muscled built man.

"I don't understand" spoke Roxas, still breathing heavy

"In time, you'll better understand in the meantime there are deeds that need to be done and only you can do them" said the fifth member of Organization XIII

"So you need me" clarified Roxas

"Yes"

"Are they good deeds?"

"Good for the organization"

"Right..."

"We should return"

"Our group had its good apples just like it had its bad but everybody wanted the same thing to complete kingdom hearts. What is kingdom hearts? What happens when we gather enough hearts and finish it?"

"I didn't know then and still don't. But I'll fight for my chance to be someone whole to fight against the darkness. For however long it takes."

End Chapter Three