Disclaimer: The following characters belong to Disney and Square Enix except for the idea. This has been rated T for Teen.

A/N: So before reading, let me explain some things. Since this chapter will feature two Xions.

Normal Xion: Xion, she, her, herself.

Xion replica: Xion, she, her, herself, the replica.

Hope this helps and I hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 13: Me, Myself, & Xion.

Castle Oblivion: Floor 12

Kairi held the card up as the door unlocked. Namine stood behind her as loud clashing of mental could be heard from downstairs. Kairi quickly turned her head towards the stairs as more clashing swords echoed up the stairs. Kairi dug in her pocket and pulled out her MP3 and switched on the sonar. Namine stood close to Kairi as both girls watched their friend locking her weapon with the replica. "Looks like they started." said Namine as she walked towards the door.

"I want to help her really bad, but she said she can handle it." sighed Kairi as she and Namine walked through the door to the next rooms to open them while Xion took care of herself.

11th Floor

Xion broke apart from the replica as she was quickly charging her again. Xion was ready for her as she parried her attacks and delivered her own attacks that the replica easily dodged and parried. Both girls swung their weapons at each other and both had manage to catch the others wrist as they both wrestled to conquer the other. Xion decided to used her legs to help her as tried to knee her opponent, but she quickly place her foot on top of hers. Both girls held on to each other as they shifted across the open space while they used their legs to battle. The replica then kicked Xion's shin and follow with a high kick that staggered Xion back. She quickly knocked Xion's keyblade out of her hand. The keyblade clattered across the white room as Xion quickly dodged an oncoming thrust that the replica was delivering, but Xion duck low and used her shoulder and heaved the replica over her. She threw out her hand as her keyblade appeared in her hand and quickly slam her weapon down upon the replica, but she blocked her attack in time as she kicked Xion in the shoulder. Xion sprang off the floor as Xion and her locked weapons again. She push hard and ran up the stair as Xion ran after her.

Meanwhile: 13th Floor

Roxas had entered a room with a lot of Heartless that surrounded him as he stood in the center. "I don't have the time for this." said Roxas as he drew his keyblades and forge them together. The keyblade that Roxas was now possessing had a notched blade with a noticeably sharp edge. Its color scheme is derived from a fusion of Roxas's Oathkeeper and Oblivion keychains, and the handle is composed of the same checkerboard pattern on Roxas's wristband. The Keyblade's design had the Nobody thorns that made up the teeth and rainguard, the chain links are heavily stylized versions of the Nobody Emblem, and the full Nobody Emblem adorns the hilt. Roxas examined his surroundings, and saw that more Heartless were appearing out of the walls and the ceiling. "This isn't a fair match. Okay whose first?" Roxas was quick on his feet as he swung his keyblade a few times and stood by the closed door while the Heartless all disappeared, leaving behind some cards. "Okay, now to get to the next room."

12th Floor: Destiny Island

Xion stumbled through the open door by herself. She quickly got to her feet and searched for the replica, but she was nowhere to be found. "Where are you?" said Xion while she kept her guard up.

Suddenly the pearl black Corridor appeared, as the replica attacked Xion from behind. Xion quickly turned around and parried the replica's attack. They both tried to get the upper hand, but Xion knew herself too well, but so did the replica. They both locked their weapons again and broke apart. This time Xion kicked sand in Xion's eyes as she took the opening. She held her sword behind her back and used her free hand to grab a fistful of Xion's hair and kneed her in the gut and pulled her around by her hair and kicked her in the shin, knee joints, on both sides of her hips. She forced Xion down to the ground by kicking her in the gut once more while still holding onto her hair as she finally swung her hand that held her sword and uppercut Xion in the face with the hilt of her sword. Xion fell on the soft sand with both her legs up to her hips hurting while she bleed from her nose and head. Xion just smiled down upon her as she held up some hair and had the wind blow it away. The replica raised her sword and swung it down, Xion quickly rolled up and stood on her feet as the replica hit only sand. Xion grab her by the shoulders and pushed her back a little. Xion than quickly managed to kick the replica in the side of her head with her right, the center of her chest with her left leg, on the side of her left cheek with her right leg as she stood on one leg while the replica was still dazed. She swung her right leg back and forth across the replica's pretty face as she regain balance and hit the replica's hip using both her legs while switching to stand on one leg as she finished off with a powerful side kick to her stomach.

Xion flew hard into a coconut tree as a lose coconut fell off the tree and hit the replica's head. She was now bleeding from her nose, mouth, and head while Xion quickly drank a small bottle of potion and fully drew her keyblade as she waited for the replica. Xion glared back at her as she picked up her sword and fully stood up. She wiped the blood off her face with her sleeve and stood in the same style as Xion. The replica quickly retreated as she climb up a wooden shack while Xion followed behind her as they both entered a open door.

Xion swiftly turned around while swinging her weapon at the same time as Xion blocked the attack. They stood on a small island as they swung their weapons to overcome the other, but no matter how much they battle they could not land a single blow on one another as they both locked weapons while at the same time used their free hands to cast fire. Heat could be felt licking their bodies as they both tried to keep their weapons locked while a bright light shine came from their hands. A small explosion could be heard as both girls where knocked back away from each other. Xion quickly sprang to her feet as the replica also quickly stood up while Xion quickly rushed towards her as she retreated and opened the corridor in time to escape Xion's attack. She reappeared above Xion as her slammed down attack missed Xion. Xion went for a quick counter, but missed again as the replica teleported behind her as Xion tried for another counter. In every direction that she turned the replica would teleport to another spot, as Xion decided to predict her next move. Xion reappeared behind Xion and gave her a small cut on her arm with her sword as she avoided another counter. Xion could feel the pain coming from her arm as Xion again gave more small cuts across her stomach, left leg, right thigh, lower back, across her right cheek, on her right arm. Xion was finally brought down to one knee as the replica appeared in front of her while Xion used her keyblade to support herself. Xion gripped her sword, raised it above her head, as she attacked, and missed. Xion rolled out of the way in time as she was finally able to counter and connect with her weapon as the replica fell through another open door. Xion staggered through the door and landed hard on the sand. Xion wasted no in retrieving another potion from her pouch as she quickly pour the green liquid into her mouth as her cuts closed quickly on there own. She stood alone on the beach as she looked around, but the replica was nowhere to be seen.

12th Floor: Destiny Island

The giant heartless faded away leaving behind a golden keycard as Namine took it while Kairi checked her sonar again to find that Xion or the replica stood alone in one of the rooms that they opened and cleared for Xion.

"Have you been checking your sonar after every battle you been through?" asked Namine as Kairi put away her mp3 player.

"I've been checking on Xion and I haven't stop worrying." said Kairi in a shaky voice. "What if she was to…"

"Don't say it!" said Namine cutting off Kairi in her sentence. "She will be able to defeat her replica. Don't ever think like that again."

"But you saw how she had this murderous look in her eyes. She probably enjoys other peoples suffering and enjoys killing. That's why I can't stop worrying about Xion." stated Kairi as Namine took a step closer to Kairi. "Maybe we should head back and help her."

"No." said Namine as she gripped a handful of Kairi's hood. "She said she could handle it by herself. Believe in her and she'll be alright." Kairi didn't know what to do as she couldn't bear to lose her friend if she lost her battle. Namine let go of her hood as Kairi turned around to face her. Kairi looked at Namine as she stared back at her. She could see the worried look in her eyes as Kairi saw the same look also from Namine. "I know how dangerous that replica is, but she's not the real Xion. As for Xion she will find a way to defeat her." Kairi didn't say a word as they both exit the room and found the door that would take them to the 13th floor.

Meanwhile

Xion wasn't able to find the replica as she went to the next room that was completely dark as she could faintly see the glow of the open door. She went towards it, but stopped when she hear footsteps behind her as she quickly countered and hit nothing as running footstep were again heard behind her. Xion swung her weapon again, but it didn't hit anything.

"I'm over here." said the replica as Xion shot a fireball in the direction where the voice came from. "Close, but I'm not there no more." Xion again shot another fireball "Hehe."

"You sure like to talk." said Xion as she slowly made her way to the door. "Show yourself so we can talk." Xion snapped her fingers as the palm of her hand lit up. She placed the small fire on her keyblade as it lit up like a large torch along the spine all the way up to the tip. Footsteps could be heard again as Xion block the coming attack as she lock her weapon with Xion's sword. She smiled at Xion as she raised her sword as it caught on fire also.

They broke apart as they both felt the heat with every move they made as they locked weapons again. Xion kept a smile on her face while Xion stared back at her. Xion ran forward as she attacked and parried Xion's attack while countering as she retreated away from Xion. She gnashed her teeth together as she realized that Xion was able to make small cuts with her sword along her stomach and left thigh that left a burnt smell. This time Xion didn't advance towards her as she make a quick retreat towards the open door as the replica followed closely behind her. Xion dug in her pouch as she retrieved a bottle of potion and was about to drink it, but Xion appeared in a flash beside her and slashed her weapon as Xion blocked her attack. She stumbled while dropping the potion on the sand as Xion picked it up while extending her sword towards Xion as she drank it.

"What will you do now?" giggled Xion as Xion stared back at her.

"Heal!" shouted Xion while lifting her keyblade in the air as green leafs surrounded her and heal all her injuries. Xion tried to attack her while she was busy, but her attacks where parried and block as Xion retreated and ran towards the forest. Xion dashed after her as Xion ran full speed while flipping over fallen logs and swung on the branches hoping to get further away from the replica. Xion suddenly felt a handful of her hair being pulled back as she was slammed to the ground while avoiding the sudden thrusts of Xion's sword. She rolled back and was on her feet again as she quickly jumped out of the way of Xion's powerful attack that chopped down a large paopu tree. She stood on a branch as Xion leap up on another tree branch as they both attacked each other and broke apart while landing on another tree as they both sprang from tree branch to tree branch while blocking and parrying the others attacks. They stopped and stood on the same tree branch while facing each other as Xion cut the branch and watched as Xion fell and landed hard on the ground.

Xion could feel the annoying back ache while opening her eyes slowly and saw Xion still standing on the tree branch. The replica stared at her and was pleased to see Xion suffering as she slowly tried to sit up, but it only caused her more pain. Xion didn't waste anymore time as she leap high into the air with her right hand on fire as she shot out a large fireball out of her hand as the flames swallow Xion trapping her while Xion shot another fireball out of her hand that made the first fireball even more larger as she shot a series of smaller fireballs. They all surrounded the fire sphere as she controlled them to home-in at the sphere while the sphere got smaller that was followed by a large explosion that shook the room. Xion was blown back as she turned wildly in the air and slammed into a waterfall as she landed and tumbled hard on the rocky ground.

'She's tough.' thought Xion as she tried to move, but couldn't due to the pain all over her body. Xion came splashing through the waterfall landing on her feet on the rocky ground while staring down at the broken and bruised Xion that laid before her.

"It's over." said Xion with a grin on her face as she grabbed a fistful of Xion's hair and dragged her towards the waterfall. She placed on her black hood that cover her face and jump off the ledge while still holding onto Xion's hair and fell with her into the river. She came up for air as she held Xion under water as she kicked wildly. "It'll all be over soon."

Xion held her breath as long as she could, but the replica choked her by the neck causing her to let out all her air. She didn't know what else to do as everything was starting to get darker. She thought about Kairi, Namine, Olette, Pence, Hayner, Sora, Riku, Selphie, Wakka, Ansem, Marlene, Roxas and all her other friends, but most of all she thought about Roxas. 'I can't give up.' thought Xion as she saw a glimmer of two pull strings. She quickly grabbed both of them and pulled as Xion's hood tighten up around her head causing her not to see as Xion was able to pull her underwater. Xion tried to go up for air, but Xion held on tightly, until Xion kick her and broke apart from her as they both resurfaced and gasped for air. Xion cough out a lot of water as she huff and puff while laying on the rocky shore opposite from Xion. She was able to turn over and looked up into the sky as she slowly raised her keyblade onto the air. "Heal!"

Xion was now finally able to get up without the aching feelings or pain in her body as she stared across the river and watched as Xion loosen the pull strings and took her hood off. She also looked across the river as she patted around her waist. "Drop something?" asked Xion while showing her, her Wutai sword that she took while they were underwater. She tossed it back to Xion as she easily caught it and took out the sword from it's sheath while tossing the sheath aside. They both stood in the same fighting style as they both attacked and locked weapons with each other and broke apart as Xion made a ran through an open door. Xion dodge in time out of Xion's attack as they both stood next to a steep hill as the fighting continued with both girls swinging their weapons skillfully and swaying out of each others attacks. Xion could see the open door on top of the steep hill as she locked weapons again with the replica while thinking of how to get to the door. She quickly scanned the area and found some kind of small makeshift trampoline, she broke away from the replica as she quickly dodged roll from an oncoming attack from her, made a small leap, and landed in the center of the trampoline. She was sprang up into the air and land on the ledge of the hill as she stared down at Xion. 'Don't do it.' she thought as Xion jumped into the trampoline and flew into the air much higher than Xion as she somersaulted over Xion, but before she could land Xion quickly position herself and swung her keyblade in a quick flash as the replica was caught in the attack. Xion stood facing the door with her keyblade held off to the side while Xion stared out at the sky, she dropped to her knees while Xion summoned away her keyblade, since the battle was over.

"I wish it didn't have to end this way." said Xion as purplish-black smoke rose off her whole body. "I really hate you, ya'know."

"I'm sorry, but I had to stop you." said Xion as she went over and stood next to the replica.

"You look like me, but I'm nothing like you." giggle Xion while she took a small look at Xion. "Well, you should get going. He's waiting for you, not me." when she said that she fell off the ledge as Xion tried to catch her, but didn't get her in time and watched as she disappeared in midair. Once she was gone, Xion stood up and buried her face in her hands. Why did she feel sad for something that wasn't real? This replica of her tried to kill her friends and her as she questioned 'why' over many times in her head.

"Why does it hurt." whispered Xion as she headed to the door and through another door. When she opened it, Kairi was the first to hug her tightly followed by Namine.

"I was so worried about you." said Kairi while still hugging Xion as Namine gave her and Kairi some space.

"I told you I could handle it." said Xion softly as Namine examined her clothes that showed where she was cut at and some burnt marks while Kairi gave Xion some space. From the look of Xion, she was a mess.

"It looked like she was a tough one." said Namine as she placed her backpack on the white floor and dug in it. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." said Xion as Namine handed her a brush and a washcloth while continued to look in her bag for a bottle of water. "I'm in one piece."

"I meant psychologically." said Namine as she toss Xion the water bottle when she was finished with the brush that she handed to Kairi. Xion took a swig and poured the water on the washcloth and began to wash all over her face and neck.

"I don't know how to feel." said Xion with her head down looking at the floor. Namine than handed her a black long coat that she had in case of emergencies. "How where you able to bring this?"

"It took the most room in my backpack out of all my other items." said Namine with a smile as she repacked the brush, washcloth, and water bottle back in her backpack while Xion put on the coat and zipped it up. Namine gave Xion another tight hug along with Kairi. "It's okay. We're here for you."

"Thanks." said Xion as she hug them in returned. All three broke apart when they heard footsteps on the stairs as they turned and each drew their keyblades.

"Whoa! It's me." said Roxas as the girls put away their keyblades.

"How did you escape?" asked Kairi as Roxas continued down the steps.

"It's all thanks to Axel, he helped me out." explained Roxas as he step down from the last step. "Besides him, there are two other members Larxene, and Marluxia.

"Marluxia?" questioned Namine.

"He's the master of this castle." said Roxas. "But for some reason he wants the X-blade for himself and become the new leader of Organization XIII. We can't allow him to get his hands on it."

"If he was to obtain it without understanding how it works, he could cause a trigger to start the Keyblade Wars early." said Xion as everyone agree with her. "So, where does that leave us?"

"That leaves you nowhere." said Larxene's voice that came behind Roxas.

"Roxas, Look Out!" shouted Kairi as Roxas turned and was shocked with electricity. He fell on the floor unconscious as the three girls turned to face Larxene with their keyblades drawn.

"Time for some payback." said Larxene as electricity surrounded her body.

To Be Continued…

A/N: Don't you just hate writers block. This took a lot of time because my main focus was on Xion and her replica. So to come up with this chapter I had to look up a lot of references from movies, other games, but I also took the time to spend some time with my family while focusing on schoolwork and you know how that is. So I used some scenes from Star Wars Ep. 3, Ninja Assassin, Ultraviolet, and Jubei-chan season 2 final episode as for gaming references I used two. One from a cutscene from Crisis Core FF7 and Mortal Kombat Deception on the evil island stage. So I hope you like this chapter and please review, but no flames, I tried my best. Next chapter, "The Gathering" look forward to it.

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"Why are you doing this?" asked Namine as she looked at the copycat.

See ya.

P.S. Special thanks to "crystalwaters" for encouraging me to finish this chapter. So, give them a round of applause for their encouragement. Thank you.