DAY 395 ~ Task

(Chapter 11)

Along with the rest of the memories came the memory of Xion asking me to free Kingdom Hearts.

How would I do that? How would I even get to Kingdom Hearts? It seemed so…distant.

At least I could attempt to collect less hearts in the meantime. I'd use only magic, or something. That should work, shouldn't it?

Luckily, my mission that day was only to do recon. That meant it wasn't completely necessary to collect hearts.

The world I explored today was called Monstro. It was…the inside of a giant whale, which was kinda gross…but it was better than having to collect a bunch of hearts.

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Afterward, I sat on the clock tower wondering how I'd get to Kingdom Hearts. And, if I did get there, how I would free the hearts.

Then I started wondering who Sora really was. Why was he so important? Why did everyone mention him? Even Xion had…she said she had to go back to Sora, or something. It didn't make sense…a lot didn't.

"Hi Roxas," Axel said, taking a seat beside me.

"Hi," I replied. "You know…I'm sorry about…before. When I said I didn't trust you. But…I needed more answers, and I still do."

"Well…I'm not sure you'll be satisfied when you do get them," Axel replied. "If you found out…what would you do, anyway?"

"I don't know…" I knew that if I found out how to free Kingdom Hearts, I would. But what about anything else?

"I don't know how much you know, or what you want to know," Axel began, "but I might not know it, either."

"You seemed to know why the keyblade chose me," I countered.

Axel sighed. "Would you really believe me, even if I told you??"

"Maybe," I actually wasn't sure. But I wanted to know.

"You know who Sora is, right?" Axel asked.

"Not really."

"He…was a wielder of the keyblade," Axel said. "And you were created from him. Xion was created as another copy of you and Sora, a puppet that the organization made So you were both able to wield the keyblade. Happy now?"

"...Was Sora a Nobody?" I asked.

"He is a human," Axel shook his head. "His memories were…messed up. But they can't be fixed unless…"

"What? Unless what?"

"Do you really have to ask?" Axel sighed. "Or can you figure it out?"

"Just tell me." I wanted to know.

"If he wakes up, you'll disappear," Axel said. "Like Xion. You disappearing and giving the memories back…it's the only way he can wake up."

What Xion had said made more sense, then. That she needed to go back to Sora.

"She told me to free Kingdom Hearts," I told Axel. "Right before she…left."

"What?!" Axel looked…more surprised than a Nobody should be able to be. "Okay, so first you both leave the organization, and her last request is for you to take out Kingdom Hearts?? It would be a suicide trip! Don't tell me you're really going to!?"

"I have to," I replied. "Or at least die having tried to. Xion trusted me with the task of doing so…"

"You're crazy.." Axel let out a deep breath. "I'm not going to go and report you or anything…but I can't promise that I'll help. I don't know what I'll do."

"That's good enough for now," I replied. As long as Saïx or Xemnas or anyone else in the organization didn't know my plans…that would be fine for a while.
I needed that time to figure things out.

"Axel…I have one more question."

"What's that?"

"Where is Sora?" I doubted he'd answer, but it was worth a try, right?

"I…can't tell you that." Axel sighed. "But there's this girl…Naminé…she's the one fixing his memories. She's in the Twilight Town mansion. She might be able to tell you more."

I nodded. "I'll go over there tomorrow." I stood up, ready to go back to the castle. "Thanks, Axel."