Chapter Nineteen: Day 50

Kingdom Hearts: Re:Chain of Days

By: Karma's Slave

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.

Warning: Spoilers for Birth By Sleep, Chain of Memories and 358/2 Days.

Short chapter, mostly because I'm busy and editing Days as I type this. And other stories to think of; Queen of Hearts, Felt, That same old story.

Roxas has been asleep for quite some time now, and I've the best as I could to make him comfortable as possible.

In the beginning it started out odd as some of the lesser nobodies had begun to take on this 'prankster' personality and would do wired things to Roxas as he stayed in his comatose state. When it first started I thought it was Demyx who was doing this to him as I once found him leaving Roxas's room, laughing but to my surprise it was the dusks that had managed to draw on Roxas's face; they'd even mess with his hair into odd styles. One time , they turned him into our fellow comrade Number Two, Xigbar.

Oddly enough, I was the only one to want to take care of this odd Dusk problem but I had to admit, I was impressed with how the dusks had done this seeing as they had no fingers, like us upper nobodies. So after my missions I would come to check on Roxas and find him made up and I would take the time to wash his face, despite how tired I would feel after a mission.

Vexen, Number Four of the Organization, once told me that despite how powerful Humanoid nobodies were, we still had to be careful because without our hearts. Our bodies became fragile and unstable and that any amount of our own extreme power could cause us to fade back into the darkness.

Roxas was the first of the organization that wanted to get to know me, granted I don't remember much about myself; all I know is that my name is Xion and I am number fourteen of the organization. I became a part of the Organization seven days after Roxas and we both look to be around age fourteen. I suppose we have those facts in common...Oh, and there is one more, we were both found by our leader, Xemnas.

Perhaps that's why we connected to each other so well because we are young. Though aside from us, Demyx is the only other younger member of the group. Vexen is clearly the oldest, while numbers Three, Five and Ten have to be mid-thirties at the most. Marluxia, Saix and Axel had to be around 25 . as for Larxene and Zexion they had to be 20 years old. And that just leaves Xemnas at 30, he does look quite young for someone with grey/silver hair.

But none of that matters, all it did was give me something to think about. Just recently we've gotten word of losing some our comrades at Castle Oblivion. Xigbar was sent over to investigate the tragic event.

Aqua, Mickey and Riku had walked a good distance from the castle, "So after all that, Sora chose to retain his true memories." Stated Mickey. Aqua giving the mouse a light nod of her head "That's Right, he won't remember anything about Castle Oblivion as neither will Donald, Goofy and Jiminy." Said Aqua.

The trio continued walking as the sun slowly began to rise, "He left his journal in my item bag, I figured I would take the initiative to write about Castle oblivion. Just because they're choosing to forget, doesn't make it any less important." She said.

"huh? Aqua how are you going to do that, I mean after all Jiminy's journal is quite small" pointed out Mickey. The mouse king had gotten to know the cricket when he came to Disney Castle, and eventually became a royal scriber.

"Magic" she simply responded.

Riku turning his head to look as his master and king Mickey. "How about we stop here for the night?" Riku asked the two master keyblade wielders. "Ever since we left Castle Oblivion, I've been feeling this form of jet-lag." added Riku.

Mickey agreed with the young wielder, "Yeah, now that you mention it. I have been feeling a tad tired" he said while looking to Aqua; the bluenette master tired to keep her eyes open as she lightly shook her head.

Aqua raised a eye brow before coming to an conclusion "Must be a side effect from leaving the castle. After all time doesn't exactly exist in Castle Oblivion. So the jet-lag could just be us catching up with time." Explained the female Master.

And with the being said, the trio of Aqua, Riku and King Mickey began to set up camp.

Day 49

Roxas remains asleep. Xion wanting to visit to her..."What was is it he called me that day?" Xion stopping to thing. The dark haired girl softly speaking to herself as she began to drift into her own thoughts. "Oh Yeah, that must have been it...Friend" she said to herself as she kept on heading over to Roxas's room.

Xion entered Roxas's quarters; quickly going to his side, "I went to a new world today." She told the sleeping boy. "Roxas, you should've seen it. It was so beautiful." She told her young friend as Xion began to dig into one of her pockets looking from something.

She places something on his bedside "Well, I'll visit you tomorrow, okay?" as the dark haired nobody back away from the bed. "Bye, Roxas" Xion told him.

She leaves Roxas bedside, and the small sea shell she placed down near his pillow and under that pillow is twenty seashells.

In his sleep, Roxas sees a boy with spiky hair clutching an item tight as he's encapsulated in a white pod. Roxas also sees another boy...no himself? While on the outside of his body. The fingers of Roxas's right hand are twitching.

The next day, Day 50.

"I knew that I'd find you snoozing down here." Spoke a unfamiliar voice, it sounded like a young girls voice. Roxas eyes snap open, he gives himself a moment as he is waking up and he eventually tries to sit up. Roxas noticed the his body felt very stiff and it was hard to move but eventually he gains back the feeling of his arms and legs and soon enough leaves his bedroom.

He walks into The Grey Area and sees no one around. He walks out and decides to go over to Twilight Town to sit on the clock tower.

Roxas is sitting in his usual place among the clock tower the only difference being was he didn't have any sea-salt ice cream with him.

"Roxas!" cried a young voice. The boy turning his head, looks over to see Xion as she walks over to him. the girl surprised to see him awake after so many days. "Xion..." replied Roxas,

"What happened to me?" the boy then asked.

"You were sleeping a long, long time" answered Xion. "Saix told us not to get our hopes up. That you might not..." Xion tried to say but then dropped it "Well, you're awake now. That's what counts." She then said.

Roxas putting a hand to his head, "Ugh, I still feel like a zombie. Guess there's some things a nap can't cure." He said to his companion; they both laugh out loud at that one

Eventually Xion sits down next to him after pulling something from her pocket.

Xion stretching her arm out "Here, I brought you this. It's a seashell." She gives it to him; Roxas takes it. "I've been picking one up every time I go out on a mission. Hold it up to your ear." Roxas does. He gets a flash of a girl and a boy on the docks on Destiny Islands.

The blonde boy shook his head after that flashing image, "Hey Xion, let's get some Ice-cream" he asked the girl, She smiled at him and nodded her head.

Roxas spent most of the day listening to Xion explaining all the things he's missed since he was asleep.

I must have missed a lot. It's like I had the longest dream. I woke up to find a bunch of seashells by my pillow. I counted them one for each day they said I was asleep.

I was wondering who left them there, but then when I got to the clock tower, Xion gave me another one. I held it up to my ear, and I could hear the ocean... Why did it sound so familiar?

The stuff I dreamed about felt strangely familiar, too. I remember being in a white room with somebody the same age as me wearing red clothes...and then he sort of disappeared into the white and there was a girl's voice she said I knew I'd be "snoozing." Why would she know that? The voice was a little like Xion's.

-Roxas

Roxas woke up today. I think he was dreaming the whole time. Being with him feels strange. Familiar. Like listening to the waves crash up against the shore. But why?

-Xion

"Aw great! He's on another one of his field trips" scoffed Xigbar as he went searching for the Organization Leader. "He's been pulling this bullshit on for too long. It's time someone more qualified took over" thought the one eyed man.

Xigbar stopped walking down the long hallway "Xehanort or Terra," 'Tsk' making a sound with his teeth. "I should have disposed of him the morning I found him in Radiant Garden" a gloved hand running over the scar on his face and then to the eye patch; he scowled in the memory of that day when Terra dabbled into his darkness and costing Braig not only his face but his eye which nearly rendered the crack-shot shooter useless.

Xigbar knew his losses wouldn't matter to Master Xehanort because it still got the old man what he wanted. The scared man snorted "Some masterful plan" he mocked the old key wielder.

Xemnas entering a chamber he knew all too well, The room of sleep; sitting immediately into his chair which had the designing chains around the room glowing with light. His golden eyes looking down on the suit of armor along with its forsaken keyblade.

"My friend" was how he always greeted the armor it's what kept him attached to not only to his past but to her; the armor it's self had begun to glow and light began to form around it then that very light began to take a form of it's own. The leader of the nobodies getting up from his chair heading over to the glowing armor; the shape the armor had taken was that of a twenty year old girl with short bluenette hair. "Hello Terra" said Aqua's Lingering sentiment.

The sentiment had been lying on the ground of the chamber, she laid on her stomach but sideways taking on the position of the armor; having an arm stretched out. Soon after Xemnas joined the sentiment on the floor on the same position but facing the illusion of the young Aqua. his gloved hand going through her non-corporal one.

Riku had been managed to sleep soundly for once not worrying that Ansem could take over his body and he wasn't the only one to sleep peacefully that night, Mickey as well as he now knew that Sora, Donald and Goofy were alright. Now Mickey need to focus on finding his faithful and most loyal companion, Pluto.

Had Aqua opened her eyes at some point during the night she would have noticed that her armor pieces were glowing and for the first time in nine years Aqua had a sleep that didn't make her feel so haunted as she dreamed of her good old days with Terra, Ventus and Master Eraqus.

Her dream was of them training with the master but then the dream had changed to only her and Terra. Reminding her of the days when it was just them two. In fact the dream was of them, simply out and watching the stars as the laid on the ground and simply just talked to one another about anything, sometimes they didn't even talk.

The Terra in her dream simply took her hand and held it.

While the Aqua in reality had one silent tear form and roll down her face.

End Chapter.