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Chapter 08: MISSION MADNESS

The three girls had walked for miles on the lonely dirt path that lead to Castle Oblivion as the sun had set. The stars had started to blink on as they scattered in the sky above the grassy plains. While on the dirt path Kairi and Namine waited for Xion to catch up to them. "Do you think we should camp here?" asked Kairi. "Like for five hours or until Xion is fully rested up."

"Maybe we should. Xion looks like she can't walk any further." said Namine as she watched Xion take a small break. "I don't understand how she could get tired right away."

"We may never know." said Kairi with a smile as she turned to Namine. "Do you still have that collapsible tent?"

"Yeah, hang on." said Namine as she took off her backpack and placed it on the soft grass and started to dig in it as Xion had finally caught up to them. Namine then took out a disk shape pouch and tossed it on the ground as it developed into a large dome tent.

"Why are we stopping?" asked Xion out of breath as Kairi had taken off her backpack and placed it next to Namine's backpack while Namine staked the tent down. Kairi then dug in her bag and found three space blankets.

"We decided to let you rest until your ready to go." said Kairi as Xion took a seat on the grass and started to watch her friends prepare camp. Xion didn't say anything afterwards as Kairi had wondered what she was thinking about while Namine had put in the last stake. Xion got off the grass and dust herself off and took a blanket as she made her way into the tent and had quickly fell asleep as the two girls decided to rest next to her.

Castle Oblivion

Roxas slowly opened his eyes, but closed them again since the bright light that reflected off the white walls and floor irritated him. He blinked a few times to adjust to the environment, but he could feel the back of his head hurt and tried to rubbed it. He noticed that he couldn't move his arm as he tried to move again. "It's no used struggling." said a voice from behind him as Roxas struggled move.

"Where am I?" demanded Roxas as he noticed that his was wearing his old jacket. The person from behind him took a step around Roxas to face him as he stopped in front of him and took his hood off. "Marluxia."

"Surprised to see me?" said the light pink haired man with a smirk on his face.

"Why am I here?" asked Roxas as he gave up struggling and listened to what Marluxia had to say.

"That's one of life's greatest mysteries, why are we here?" asked Marluxia with a small smile. "As for you, I need you and your other half to create the X-blade."

"But I don't know whose my other half." said Roxas out of frustration as the pearl black Corridor appeared. "Who else is here?"

"Yo, Roxas." greeted Axel in a friendly voice as the Corridor disappeared from sight.

"You were supposed to bring back the keyblade wielder." said Marluxia in disappointment as Axel nervously scratched the back of his head. "Why didn't you bring him?"

"He wasn't home." said Axel smoothly. "I checked everywhere, but he wasn't even on the island. Makes one wonder if it was that false member that also wears the coat."

"Why would that person take the keyblade wielder?" asked Marluxia to himself as he rubbed his chin. "Whoever this person is, he or she might come after him."

"What about those three girls?" asked Axel with a smirk on his face. "They'll come for him, too."

"Let them come." said Marluxia.

Three Hours Later: The Plains

Xion gently shook Kairi and Namine awake. She was already prepare and wore a forest green pants that had side pockets with a v-neck black shirt and had on the utility belt with all her jewelry on her, and also wore her black and white sneakers. "Let's go."

"We should get ready too." suggested Kairi as Namine rubbed her eyes as Xion decided to wait outside the tent while Kairi and Namine got ready. After waiting for a few minutes for her friends, Xion help folded the tent after they removed the stakes and continued on walking through the night. Namine was dress in white pants, sneakers, and Kairi's white bustier with a black tank top that she wore under the bustier. Kairi wore a white halter top with a black hood connected and her pink bustier sundress, and purple sneakers. "Castle Oblivion should be over that hill."

"Come on, let's hurry." said Xion as she ran ahead. Kairi along with Namine thought that it was unusual for Xion to be desperate to save Roxas as they ran after her. They continued to run and run until the grass had faded into a rocky dirt path. They stopped running as they stood on the edge of a large open canyon. Xion took a look over the edge and saw nothing but darkness as they all took a step towards Castle Oblivion on the narrow bridge, until they each stood in front of the Castle door. "Let's go in."

"Hang on." said Namine as she took out her MP3 player and switched on the sonar. "There's no one on the first floor. It looks like there's 10 people in there and Roxas could be either on the 12th basement level or on the 13th floor."

"Which way should we go?" asked Kairi as each girl thought for a moment.

"Should we split up?" asked Xion.

"That doesn't seem like a good idea." said Namine since she and her friends knew that they don't know who they were dealing with. "Let's stick together and find Roxas together." Kairi and Xion agreed with her as Xion took a hold of the handle and pulled the door, but it didn't move, so she pulled harder. Kairi moved her aside and turned the door knob and pushed opened the door.

"Don't say this to anybody." said Xion feeling embarrassed as Kairi and Namine both laughed. They entered the first floor as they examined the large white room that had white platforms with white stone rose blooming. "It seems smaller outside."

"Something doesn't seem right." said Kairi as she looked around and noticed something was out of place. She dug in her side pouch and switched on her sonar. Kairi then knew that something out of place and turned around to look at the entrance. "I don't think where on the first floor."

"What makes you say that?" asked Xion as she kept a lookout.

"First, the front door is missing." said Kairi as both girls turned around and noticed that Kairi was right about the door not being where it supposed to be. All they saw was a solid stone white wall. "Second, we're on the 12th basement level."

"I wonder how this castle got its name." said Xion as they turned to face the only door in sight. "I guess we go this way." Xion quickly ran up to the door as Namine and Kairi followed her. Xion gripped the handle and pulled, but it didn't move. So she tried to push it open, but it was still the same result. "Why won't it open?"

"The doors in this castle can only be opened by a card." said a deep voice from behind the girls. They turned around as the pearl black Corridor appeared with a large man stepping out and carrying a large tomahawk that was yellow with red trims. He removed his hood to reveal his bony face and brown spiky hair. He had on the same black coat that Namine and Xion had recognized was the same as Axel and Zexion. "You're not welcome here."

"Who are you?" asked Kairi as the large man position himself to attack.

"Lexaeus." said Lexaeus as he raised his tomahawk on his right shoulder "All trespassers are welcome to leave."

"Whatever happened to a friendly hospitably." said Namine in a annoyed voice as Kairi and Xion both drew their keyblades. Lexaeus then made a fist in his left hand and slam it to the ground as the force of the impact shook the foundation making the girls off balacne. Namine then noticed that he was ready to slam his weapon down also. "Here it comes."

All three girls could feel the force of the impact as the marble white floor shook more rapidly that was followed by a series of large stone spikes raising out of the floor. Namine and Xion quickly moved out of the way while Kairi swiftly back flipped away from the spikes. As she came closer to a wall, she used it as a support to spring off the wall and easily front flipped over the spikes and landed behind Lexaeus. Namine and Xion soon stood on either side of Lexaeus as all three girls surrounded him. Lexaeus again struck the ground with his tomahawk as three large boulders surrounded him that was followed by him swinging his tomahawk in 360 degrees as he shattered each boulder creating a hail storm of deadly shrapnel. Kairi along with Xion and Namine each created a light shield to repel the stone shards as they could feel the ground shake. Kairi noticed that Lexaeus was charging her as he took a full swing of his tomahawk that Kairi blocked with her keyblade, but the force of his attack had knocked her off her feet and forced her into a wall.

Namine and Xion watched as Kairi fell unconscious while Lexaeus turned his attention to Namine. He struck the floor again as Namine felt the floor shake beneath her feet. She quickly moved out of the way in time as a stone spike shot out of the ground. While in midair Namine took a hold of one of her keyblade and spun it into figure eights and shot a bolt of lightning out of her keyblade while Xion shot a fireball out of her keyblade. Lexaeus could feel the tingling and warmth of the lightning and fireball when they had contacted him, but it didn't do much damage as he spotted Namine falling towards him with a keyblade in her hand while with her free hand it looked like she threw an object at him. Lexaeus soon noticed that he was surrounded by five keyblades as Namine became a golden blur as she cut through Lexaeus taking another keyblade while releasing the one she had in her hand and attacking him again from a different angle. She continued her attacks from different angles using a different keyblade as she prepare her final attack with her last keyblade. Namine gripped her keyblade and spun it around her head as she created a current of electricity from the tip that lead to the hand guard and finally cut through Lexaeus. "It's over."

Lexaeus could feel the impact of the keyblade that was followed by a loud sound of thunder that was similar to an explosion. Xion quickly stood in front of Namine and Kairi while protecting them from flying debris with her light shield. Namine's final attack had left the white room dusty as the two girls didn't know if Lexaeus was defeated or not. "It's a little quiet." said Xion as she kept her guard up. "I guess it's okay."

"DON'T MOCK ME!" yelled Lexaeus in a frustrated voice as the two girls could feel the floor shake beneath them. They were then surrounded by a large stone wall as the wall started to slowly close in on them. Namine watched as Xion ran ahead and swung her keyblade hoping to create a hole large enough in the wall for them to escape, but Namine noticed that she was getting tired and did her best to help Xion. Even with the combine force of the two girls, it wasn't enough as the walls slowly came closer.

"Xion! Try the Omnislash!" said Namine in a panic as Xion though about it. Last summer, Xion was taught the Omnislash by a former SOLDIER with blonde spiky hair that could do 15 hits in one swing. Xion closed her eyes as she remembered what he said.

'I've shown you the proper posture. Showed you how to grip your weapon. Now take a deep breath and hold it. Concentrate on the target. Know where the enemy is, don't look for your enemy.'

Xion took a small leap back while at the same time she spun her keyblade behind her and kept it moving as she fully swung her keyblade and cut through the wall and stood behind Lexaeus. Namine smiled and breathed a sigh of relief as the stone wall crumbled down while Lexaeus examine his chest. He noticed that he had three deep gashes that cross sect on his chest as he started to fade. Xion looked back in horror as she realized what she had done as Lexaeus soon faded only leaving behind a single golden card.

"What have I done?" asked Xion as her keyblade disappeared from her hand. Namine didn't know what to say to her as she dug in her pouch and got a small bottle of potion and poured it into Kairi's mouth. Xion didn't move from where she stood as she heard Kairi coughing. "I broke my promise."

"Xion, you didn't have a choice." said Namine in a comfort way as Kairi drank a bottle of healing potion while completely clueless about what Xion was going on about. "If it wasn't for you we wouldn't be alive."

"What happen?" asked Kairi as she could feel her strength coming back to her.

"Xion used the Omnislash against Lexaeus." explained Namine as Kairi finally understood why Xion was feeling down. Xion looked down to the cracked floor as she remembered that promise.

'You mastered the Omnislash very well, but promise me that you'll never used it to kill anyone.'

"I promise Cloud that I wouldn't use it to kill anyone." said Xion with a shaky voice. She felt like crying, but she held her tears back. Kairi and Namine came over to her side and hugged her as they both tried to lighten the mood. "I can deal with slaying a Heartless and Nobodies, but I could never take a human life."

Kairi took the keycard off the white floor. They agreed to move on as Kairi hold up the card to the door and it lit up as the door unlocked. Namine encourage Xion to go on ahead while Kairi followed them into the door. Kairi closed the door and turned to find Xion and Namine missing. "Xion! Namine!" called Kairi as she took a look at her surroundings as there arose a large waterfall that went up while in front of her were some platforms that levitated up to a castle. She realized that she was in Hollow Bastion as she continued to examine the area. "This must be a simulated town. I came through the only door with Namine and Xion, but where are they?"

Meanwhile

"This can't be right." said Namine as she stood on a moving platform that overlooked the city of Hollow Bastion. She examined the castle behind her and realized where she was. "This must be that time we were sent to stop Maleficent. According to the sonar we're still in Castle Oblivion and this must be our memory of Hollow Bastion."

Elsewhere

Xion cut down the last Heartless in half as she breath a sigh of relief and took a look around while grabbing a card off the floor. She stood in a dungeon with damp walls that were dimly lit. "I wish Rikku would've told us about this." complained Xion as her keyblade disappeared from her hand. "I like the concrete, the dripping water. It's very nice. Kairi, come in. This is your best friend, Xion."

"Xion. I'm glad that your alright." said Kairi sounding breathless as her radio static with every word she spoke. "Is Namine with you?"

"No, I'm on my own." said Xion as she came to a large bubble that rose above a pool of water. She took a step on the water, but it felt like a stone concrete. "Were we teleported to Hollow Bastion?"

"No, this is just a memory." spoke Namine with her radio more clearer than Kairi's.

"Namine, thank goodness. Where's are you." said Kairi.

"Was that Kairi?" said Namine as Xion examine the steel gate that blocked her path.

"Yeah, her radio is a little static." said Xion as she leap into the bubble that took her to another location.

"I heard the static and some interference, but I couldn't hear what she said." said Namine as Xion's bubble burst opened to another part of the dungeon. "Where are you?"

"I'm in the dungeon." said Xion as she walked down the lonely empty halls while keeping an eye out for Heartless and Nobodies. "I'm going to meet up with her, if I can."

"Okay, I'm half way up the castle. I'll wait for you two." said Namine as Xion came to a dead end and another large bubble. "Be careful."

"Yeah, sure." said Xion as she leap into the bubble as it went through the pool of water and carried her to another part of the dungeon that Xion knew where she would end up. The bubble had surface above the stone water as it bust to free Xion. She looked at her surroundings as she was surrounded by 10 Soldiers Heartless, but she didn't seem afraid as she noticed the sealed door with no doorknob. She drew her keyblade and position herself as she examine which Heartless would attack first by watching their attack patterns while she steadied her breathing. She was calm, she relaxed her body, and was fully concentrating on the Soldier Heartless that made the first move as she quickly slice it in half and went to the next one that attacked while she continued her slicing and stabbing from left and right as the group of Heartless each disappeared from her. She quickly dodged a kick from a Soldier as she lunged back towards it and cut through it. She was again surrounded by another swarm of Soldier Heartless that appeared as she quickly defeated them while casting her fireball magic out of her hand. She combined her attack patterns with her magic as she was once again surrounded by another large group of Soldier Heartless. Xion was still breathing normal, but she was getting tired of the same Heartless that would appear again and again as she quickly lit her keyblade on fire while the Soldier Heartless all attacked her at once. Xion quickly drove her keyblade into the floor as there arose a large fire dome shield that protected her from the Heartless that increased more until it exploded and disappeared along with the Heartless that were in the same room with Xion while she took a keycard from ground. She let out a long sigh and continued to the door while not worrying about anymore Heartless appearing as she held up the card to door. She waited as the door lit up and was opened. "Time to meet up with Kairi."

Xion stepped through the opened door that lead to another room that had two platforms that rose up and down like an elevator to a second story that Xion remembered would be the library while up the stairs to the other door was another part of the castle that would lead up the upper level of the castle where she knew Namine was waiting. "Hey, Xion! Up here!" called Kairi as she waved at Xion as she looked up and saw Kairi standing on the very top of the small fountain. "Look out!"

Xion turned around in time to dodge a spin attack by a Dragon and quickly scanned the area as there flew a flock of Dragon Heartless that almost filled the whole room. Xion dodged another incoming attack while she chopped the Heartless in half and was quickly joined with Kairi. "We need to hurry." said Xion as she and Kairi stood back to back with their keyblade in hand. "You go that way and I'll head this way."

"Get ready here they come." said Kairi as Xion lunged forward as she defeated each Dragon Heartless while Kairi timed her move as she leap onto a Dragon as it flew around the large room while Kairi managed to hit each Dragon Heartless that flew above the room, only to stun them. Xion than sliced left and right as she defeated the Dragon Heartless that Kairi had managed to stun. The Dragon that Kairi was riding on started to buck as it flew towards a wall and slammed into the wall, but Kairi had leap to safety and continued her attack on the Dragon Heartless from the second story while Xion dealt with another flock of Dragon that appeared. Kairi and Xion soon met back to back again as the flock of Dragons surrounded the two girls. "Now what."

Xion than thought of a strategy and came to a conclusion, "I got it." said Xion as she griped the handle of her keyblade and stood as if she was going to swing at a baseball as a gust of wind whirled into a tornado creating a large funnel of wind. "Here's the plan, Kairi. I'm creating a tornado and I'm going to shoot it with a fireball."

Kairi understood what Xion was saying as Xion swung her keyblade releasing the funnel as it moved to the center of the room, sucking the Dragon Heartless like a vacuum. Xion then cast a large ball of fire at the funnel and it suddenly erupt into flames creating a large flaming funnel and finally burst sending burning Heartless everywhere.. The tornado then died down as the Dragon Heartless disappeared while Xion breathed another sigh of relief and went over to the door with Kairi as she opened it. They continued the journey to another room where they were soon met with another group of Heartless as they both quickly defeated them and continued onward while taking the card off the ground and opened the door.

"Namine, come in." said Kairi as they entered a safe place that wasn't full of Heartless, but they couldn't continued since they didn't have a keycard to opened the door. Xion suggested that they call Namine to see if she had one on her.

"Hey, Kairi you sound more clearer. Are you okay? Did Xion find you?" asked Namine as her radio gave a feedback that hurt Kairi and Xion's ear.

"Yeah, I'm okay and I found Xion. Where are you?" said Kairi as Xion checked her supplies.

"Right now I'm following the opened doors." said Namine as her radio gave a loud feedback.

"Just keep following the opened doors. We'll be waiting." said Kairi as she groaned from the ringing in her ear. While they waited for Namine, Xion ate half a granola bar that tasted like the paopu fruit while Kairi was lost in her own little world as she thought about Sora. Namine soon entered the room as they both stood up. "Do you have a card?"

"I ran into some action on the way here and picked this up." said Namine as she took a golden card out from her pocket. Kairi happily took the card and gave Namine a hug as Xion patted her back. After their short celebration and reunion, Kairi went over to the door and held the card up as it opened the door. Xion let out a long sigh as she followed Kairi and Namine into the door. They soon realized that they stood in a wooden attic with large thorns that ran along the walls. In the middle of the room stood a large black dragon with a green belly and eyes as it let out a loud roar that reviewed yellow sharp teeth.

"Maleficent." said Kairi as she and Xion drew their keyblade while Namine took one out from the air. The three girls watched as Maleficent breathed out green flames as Xion cast her dark shield in time to protect them from the hot flames.

"Blow the roof off." said Xion while she still was protecting her friends. Kairi quickly dug into her side pouch and took out five stars that Rikku gave them as Namine also did the same and took out five from her utility belt. "Get ready to break."

As soon as the flames died down both Kairi and Namine leap from behind Xion and were both standing in different direction while Xion quickly dodged Maleficent's snapping massive jaw. Kairi looked to the ceiling to judge the distance as she saw a flicker that was followed by a huge explosion and then another explosion. Namine had already begun tossing her stars as Kairi soon followed her example and threw her first star. Xion could hear the series of explosion above her and Maleficent as she dodged another snap from the jaw as she quickly cast her dark shield to block an oncoming black scaly tail. Namine had ran out of stars as she noticed that the ceiling didn't cave in nor did it appear to be damage. Kairi had also notice that the ceiling wasn't damage as she held onto the last star in her hand as she drew her keyblade and quickly returned to Xion side. Xion could see that Maleficent was going to breath fire again as she got ready to cast her dark shield, but Kairi push her aside and threw her last star into Maleficent's mouth as she inhale and exhale that was followed by a huge explosion inside the dragon's mouth followed by another explosion. Kairi than cast her reflective shield as the flames swallowed her while Xion was thrown back.

"Kairi!" shouted Xion as Namine called her name while rushing towards Xion. Xion ran up to the raging fire and shielded herself from the heat while looking for any sign of Kairi. "Kairi!"

"Kairi, where are you?" called Namine while looking in the sea of flames when suddenly Kairi carefully walked across the sea of flames with her keyblade firmly in her hand as she also carried a deck of cards.

"Whoa, that was close one." said Kairi as took one last step out of the flames. She was tightly hugged by Namine and Xion.

"What the heck were you thinking?" asked Xion out of frustration and worried.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time." said Kairi nervously as she examined the cards in her hand. They seem to have pictures of different things expect for one golden card.

"Doesn't this seem kind of strange?" asked Namine as Xion and Kairi turned to her.

"What do you mean?" asked Xion.

"According to the sonar we're still in Castle Oblivion, but we're in Hollow Bastion. In theory, I think we're reliving things from our past memories and certain events during our missions." explained Namine as both her friends finally understood what she was saying.

"That's right." said Kairi as she remembered doing something stupid. "I threw an explosive charged into Maleficent mouth as she was about to breath fire. Then Xion asked me the same question."

"Come on, Roxas is waiting for us." said Xion as she took the golden card from Kairi's hand and headed towards the door with Namine and Kairi following after her. They went back to the room they came from and found another door that wasn't there before. Xion walked up to it and held the card up to it as it lit up and opened, she took a deep breath and step through the door with Kairi and Namine.

The large golden door closed behind them as they noticed a flight of white stair that went to another level. Xion took a step ahead as her friends followed her to the next level. "Xion, wait." said Namine as she felt as if something was wrong.

"What?" asked Xion as she turned to face Namine. They stood on the next level and another golden door was facing them.

"Is it me or did it get cold in here?" asked Namine while vapor escaped her mouth with every word she spoke. Just then the pearl black Corridor appeared as Xion and Kairi drew their keyblade while Namine took one from out of the air. The Corridor disappeared as a cloaked figure stood in their path. Whoever the person was his cloak was longer in the sleeves while the flaps were inches above his toes. "Who are you?"

"Where's Roxas?" demanded Xion as the cloaked figure didn't say a word as he gather in energy.

"You control ice." said Kairi calmly as she gripped her keyblade.

"So you've noticed." said the man sounding pleased with Kairi. "So you also seem to control ice, but your just a girl, as for me I know how to used it." A ball of ice appeared in his hand as it expanded more into a large crystal blue shield. "But can you do this?"

The man lunged forward as he sled towards the nearest girl leaving a trail of ice behind him while using his shield as a weapon. Xion position herself as the man came closer to her. She quickly dodged his tackled and swung her keyblade as she felt her weapon hit something soft while quickly getting back into position. The man turned around to face the three girls that were now surrounding him with his hood sliced off. He had bleach blonde hair and green eyes and appeared to be in his forties. He stood straight and turned to Xion with fury in his eyes.

"You'll pay for what you did." said the man as he spoke while gnawing his teeth. Kairi noticed that his was gathering energy again. He suddenly emitted cold air from his body as the floor beneath him turned to ice.

"Stay away from him." said Kairi as she stood her ground and waited. "He has to have a limit." they three girls waited as the cold air that rose from his body suddenly stopped. "Now."

The three girls all charged him, but he didn't seemed worried at all as he dropped to the white floor and melted and reappeared by the golden door as the three friends all collided into each other. While the girls groaned in pain, the man created a ball of energy in his hand again while Kairi quickly recovered and spun her keyblade and threw a ice projectile at the man while he had also threw one of his own. The projectiles both collided and was followed by a large explosion as snow fell on the floor. Kairi then quickly back flipped as she avoid a series of large icicles that appeared from beneath her feet. Namine noticed that Kairi was in danger as she sent her keyblades to protect her while breaking the icicles. Xion then quickly got to her feet and cast a fireball from her hand as the man quickly took a step back while creating a ice statue of himself as Xion's fireball blew up the statue.

"Darn it." said Xion out of frustration as she regrouped with Namine and Kairi. "Any ideas, Namine?"

"He builds ice powers in his left hand while he can either attack or defend with his shield." said Namine as she turned to Kairi. "Can't you do the same thing?"

"No, the only thing I can do is cast projectiles." said Kairi as she tried to come up with a solution. "I can't do anything like he does."

"I got it." said Namine as she had an idea. "Whenever his builds up energy it's a lot slower. That's when we attack." The man smiled at the girls as he build up energy again. "Now."

The girls once again charged him again and came closer to him ready to attack, but as usual he didn't seemed worried. He suddenly froze the floor as Kairi and Namine lost balance and fell on the floor while Xion sled on it and dodged an attack from the man's shield. She regained balance and shot a fireball from her hand as the man blocked the oncoming ball and dodged Xion's attacks. Kairi tried to stand back up, but was having difficulty as she lost balance again.

"You're an interesting girl." said the man with a grin on his face as he blocked another attack from Xion. He quickly moved aside as Xion brought her weapon down upon him and quickly stepped on her keyblade. Xion tried to withdraw it, but it was quickly frozen to the floor as ice build on it. "You're very interesting."

He then gripped Xion chin and licked her right cheek. Xion managed to push him away and started to wipe her face clean. "Ah, what the heck's wrong with you? I mean what person licks a girl?" complained Xion. "That's disgusting."

"Xion Black is your name. Your 5'2ft tall, 93lbs, and your only sixteen years old." said the man with a grin on his face as the pearl black Corridor appeared. "You'll make a interesting specimen." He stepped through the Corridor and was gone as Kairi and Namine were finally able to walk on the ice as Xion used her fire power to melt the ice from her keyblade.

"What's with that guy?" asked Xion as she fling sleet off her keyblade.

"Yeah, I know." said Kairi as she stood still and placed a hand on Xion's shoulder. "I didn't expect that your first kiss would be like that." Kairi let out a small laugh as Namine laughed along with her. Xion than became frustrated that Kairi mistook for embarrassment as Xion slightly shoved her as Kairi lost her balance again and fell to the floor. Xion then easily skated to the golden door and waited for Namine and Kairi as Namine helped Kairi up.

Thirteenth Floor

"It feels like Lexaeus is no longer with us." said Axel calmly as he leaned on the white wall with his arms crossed. "Those three are really something. Especially blondie."

"They are amazing." agreed Roxas as he wondered if they would be okay as they continued up the castle. "Does Marluxia plan to take credit for creating the X-blade?"

"No, not really." said Axel as he scratched the back of his head. "He wants to take over the Organization, but he needs your help and your 'other' to accomplish his goal. But since I couldn't find him, I just came back here."

"Aren't traitors supposed to be destroyed?" asked Roxas.

"Look whose talking." chuckled Axel as Roxas also laughed along with him. "They got a long way to go. Maybe I'll be sent to face them. I would like to meet blondie again. Out of all the three, which one do you like, even though you don't have a heart?"

"Why does it matter to you?" asked Roxas in hope of avoiding Axel's question.

"Well, it's really not my place, but it's does seem like the raven haired girl is the one that is fighting the most to safe your sorry butt." chuckled Axel as Roxas nervously chuckled along with him. Roxas didn't know what to feel as he stayed quiet. Axel had never brought up the topic again as he took a seat in a chair and closed his eyes.

"A far off memory that's like a scattered dream, a scattered dream that's like a far off memory. I want to line the pieces up." spoke Roxas as Axel listened. "Yours and mine."

To Be Continued…

Finally done with this chapter and I hope you all had a great new year. Please review, but no flames. I'm not sure if I described enough detail, but I learn from my mistakes. Next chapter, 'Mission Continues' and see you all next time.

Preview:

"Xion, be careful cause remember what happened last time we were here." spoke Namine into her ear piece, but then she hear a gunshot. "XION!"

Preview may change. See ya.