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I'm so sorry everybody! The holidays were busy and school just started again. I was so busy but I'm back and I'm here to put up the awaited chapter. I wanna say that I'm gonna be redoing the first couple of chapters. Don't worry I'm not changing the plot. It's just when I started this story I had no idea what POV to put it in and I was just starting as a writer and I noticed so many mistakes then that I wanna fix. So I'll be telling you all in my next chapter's memo and so on if I finished fixing one in case you all wanted to read the non messed up version.

Here you all go!

(I don't own anything but Raene.)

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"You wanna bet!" I yelled after giving ample time for Axel's threat to soak in.

"It's the only way since you refuse to let Kairi know the truth!" he yelled back.

The room fell silent. Neither Axel nor I said anything. Only our loud breaths could be heard. We both had our eyes narrowed into slits, glaring at each other.

All of the sudden a door opened. We both turned to see one of our least favorite members standing in the doorway flustered.

"What do you want, Saïx?" I said harshly.

"Xemnas requires your presents in his private quarters, Xarene," he replied just as harshly.

"Me? In there?" I asked surprised.

He simply nodded and ushered me to follow him out the door.

There's no way I'm leaving this spot. I'm not letting Axel out of my sight. He'll leave and hurt Kairi if I go anywhere that I can't see him, I thought to myself.

"Well?" Saïx called over after I stood there, staring dumbfounded at him for a few minutes.

I shot my big blue eyes back at Axel to see him still glaring at me but this time the corner of his lip was curled in a evil smirk. "Well go on, Xarene. You don't want to keep our Lord waiting," Axel said clearly, still smirking at me.

I whispered so only he could hear me, "I'm not leaving! You're not going anywhere and neither am I."

Suddenly an arm snaked around my waist and I was lifted into the air. Saïx threw me over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

"Put me down, Saïx!" I yelled pounding my fists against his back. My hair fell over my face as the blue-haired Nobody carried me out of the room. I looked up and brushed my fiery locks away from my eyes and stared angrily at Axel as he smiled maniacally at me before disappearing into a portal. "No!" I yelled as I continued to hit Saïx's back but he just brought me through a portal and into a room where Xemnas stood waiting.

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I stood there in the light crashes of the waves like I did everyday. I had been coming here and staring out at our island hoping to see his bouncing brown spikes in the distance. Was he ever coming home? What about Riku? What if I never got to see them again? How could I survive?

I remember that these islands were always happy but now they seemed downright depressing. The sky was always cloudless and blue—blue like his eyes…the ocean was always the same blue green as Riku's. The sun was always out and shining brightly and the sand would bake ones bare feet.

But now everything was different. The sky was filled with large puffy clouds. The seemingly always-setting sun turned the sky shades of shelly pink and lavender purple. The ocean was never sapphire anymore but like a sea of blood. It was dark and saddening. The beaches never had the warm yellow color but now a soft peach to light brown. The life had left the islands.

I stood quietly thinking. The small waves soaked my shoes and surrounded them by tiny broken shells. The soft breeze that no longer smelled like the sweet sea blew through my cranberry colored hair as the depressing feeling continued to weigh down on me. "Maybe waiting isn't good enough," I spoke softly to myself.

"That's just what I was thinking myself! If you have a dream, don't wait. Act," came a handsome voice from my side. I turned to see a large black cloud of mist erupt from the ground and a tall man stepped out. He was thin and had spiky red hair and sharp, captivating green eyes. "It's one of life's simple rules. Got it memorized?"

I paused staring at him curiously. He looked so familiar. "Who are you?" I managed to say.

"Axel." He replied calmly. Axel. Nice name, I thought. "I happen to be acquainted with Sora." He spoke again in a very handsome voice. He held his hand out. "I can take you to see him."

"S—Sora? You—you can take me to see him?" I stuttered. He nodded. I gazed at him. Where did I know him from? He seemed so familiar… I considered a lot about taking his hand. I would do anything to see him again.

"No!" I heard a voice yell. It seamed so near but so far away. I kept a straight face. "No!" It yelled again. It was a female voice. About my age I guessed. So familiar… "You have to let me go! If you don't he's gonna get there and he'll hurt her! He's gonna hurt Kairi!"

That was enough for me. There was no way I was gonna go with this guy—no matter how familiar he seemed and even if he said he could bring me to Sora. All of a sudden I heard barking and a large yellow dog with a stringy black tail, thin floppy ears, and a bright green collar bounded over to me. He spun around happily.

Then suddenly a bunch of swaying white creatures appeared around us. They were with Axel. I heard someone whistle and another black cloud erupted outta the ground. The dog leaped in. "You and I have something in common, Kairi," Axel said from behind me. "We both miss someone dearly that we care about. Heh, I feel like we could be friends already."

I started running after the still open portal. I spun around and said, "Well, you're not acting very friendly!" And then I jumped into the black mist.

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"What are you talking about?" Superior asked as I continued to struggle out of Saïx's grip.

"Axel is gonna kidnap Kairi! You have to let me go!"

"Oh what does it matter if he kidnaps her? How would that profit him?" he said laughing.

"He's gonna lure Sora into a trap and destroy him to revive Roxas!" I said desperately.

Superior ceased his laughing. "Saïx," he said.

"Sir?" Saïx said straightening up.

"Sora is on his way to Twilight Town," Xemnas said. Saïx nodded. "I want you to take Xarene with you. Kairi is there unless Axel has gotten to her."

"Why would Axel be in Twilight Town?" I asked.

"Trust me," Superior said.

Saïx nodded. "Yes Superior," he said grabbing my arm and pulling me to a newly opened portal.

"I'll just Luxord to go on the mission," Xemnas said as the room disappeared and the orange scenery of Twilight Town came into view.

Saïx let go of my arm and summoned several Dusks around the square as three teenagers came around the corner. The three immediately started to fight them.

"Why are the Dusks fighting them?" I asked him angrily. He was wasting my time—I could be using these valuable minutes to find Axel.

"Sora will come. Be patient," he answered.

He tapped me on the shoulder after a few minutes. The three had failed to notice the two of us standing off to the side. I turned from the fight. Saïx was standing in the shadows ushering me over. I reluctantly followed. If I had tried to run away to find Axel I would have to pay worst consequences then I could imagine.

I walked over to Saïx and stood beside him just as Sora and his gang ran into the square to help the others. Sora obviously was having more luck in the battle and easily took the Dusks out.

"Impressive," Saïx spoke. I turned to find him no longer standing beside me. I looked over to Sora to see him spinning around looking for the owner of the voice. Suddenly Saïx appeared between Sora and I with his hood down,

I walked over to Saïx and stood by his side. "Raene?" Sora said. I smirked slightly. "Man, do you have payback coming from what you did to us back there in the Underworld.

"Do I, now?" I said.

"Xarene, enough. Sora, have you seen a man named Axel?" Saïx asked. "He should be here somewhere."

"What does it matter to me if he's here or not. Why should I care?" Sora said getting into a fighting stance.

"He's no longer doing what we ask of him."

"He a member of the Organization too?" Goofy asked from beside Sora.

"Yes," I said.

"You guys in some fight or something?" Donald asked.

"Don't seem to be a very organized Organization, do you?" Sora said.

"Don't let your guard down. Axel will stop at nothing to turn you into a Heartless," Saïx said.

"No he won't!" I said defiantly to Saïx.

"Silence No. XIV!" Saïx whispered harshly. Saïx pulled his attention back to Sora. "Anyhow, just to let you know—it would break our hearts to know that something happened to you."

"Hmph! You don't have hearts!" Sora said.

"True. But we do remember, don't we Xarene?" Saïx said looking at me from under his hood. I looked back at him deeply with no expression. I could see him smile right before he turned back to Sora and removed his hood allowing his long blue hair fall over his shoulders. "See, Sora—that's what makes us special."

"What do you mean, exactly?" Sora asked as Saïx summoned a portal behind me.

"We know the ways of how to injure a heart. We know what weekends it and what breaks it."

"Let's jump in after him," I heard Sora whisper to Donald.

"Why?" the duck questioned.

"Maybe he'll take us to their world," Sora replied.

"Don't be so reckless," Saïx warned. "You don't want to end up like Riku, do you?"

"What!?" Sora said.

Saïx grabbed my arm and attempted to pull me into the portal. "No! Sora, you have to hurry! Axel…he'll—" but I was cut off by Saïx's hand being placed over my mouth. I pulled it away quickly and said, "You have to save her, Sora…for all of us. Don't let Axel get to her! Axel is dangerous and he won't stop until he has completed his goal!"

Saïx pulled me against him and slammed a hand over my mouth once more. He bent down and whispered harshly in my ear, "Why are you trying to help him, Xarene? Remember what he did to our family! He and his friends have killed more than half of us! Remember what he recently did to Xaldin!"

My eyes widened and my breath stopped. I was sure that my heart had stopped if I had one. He killed them. He killed them all. I thought over and over again. He ruined everything. He and his bratty friends took everything away from me. Xaldin, Vexen (even though Sora didn't kill him, I could blame his death on the fact that he existed), Lexaeus, Zexion, Marluxia, Larxene, and then Roxas and Naminé were gone because of his being the Keyblade wielder. He must be stopped.

I looked up and glared at the brunette. His face disappeared and was replaced by Roxas'. That's when I knew that I had to make up my mind. Was I going to help him and stop Axel from fulfilling his task of saving me—or would I finally let all the anger that's been building up inside of me for the past year go and destroy the boy that took my family away?

Saïx removed his hand from my mouth. I opened my eyes from glaring and stared at him asking 'why?' over and over again in my head. My lower lip started to quiver slightly. As Saïx pulled me with him into the portal I lowered my eyes to the ground and whispered, "You've got payback coming too, Sora."

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Hey everybody! Once again, sorry for the wait. I'll update soon. Next, we're off to Hollow Bastion! Yay!!!

Now, I don't mean to sound like selfish or whatever, but I just noticed that I haven't been getting as many reviews as I usually get. I guess it's mostly me to blame with the slow updates. And for crystalfeathers, Akito17, and pumpkin8150 I love you all! You guys have like been with me from the beginning. Thank you! If you have any friends though that you think might like this story, would you recommend it. I'm night trying to be selfish I just need motivation that more than just a few people are reading it. Thanks for reading!

Love, Sarah