Chapter 44: Reconciliation

It was a new day in The World That Never Was, no matter how hard he tried, Saix didn't let Roxas see Xion the last night, so he practically couldn't sleep waiting for the next day to talk to her. Unfortunately for him, when he started searching for her, Saix informed him that she was on a meeting with Xemnas.

This worried Roxas even more since he wasn't sure what Xemnas would do to her. He deduced Saix orders to eliminate Xion given to Axel came from Xemnas, so it was only natural for him to be worried. Saix on the other side sick of Roxas attitude send him on his mission once and for all so that he could stay away from Xion during the time being and stop asking him about her.

In the mean time, Xion was on Xemnas Office staring at the Organization leader who seemed to be filling in some papers. What is he doing anyway? I sincerely doubt he's organizing his taxes or something else. Maybe he's checking for the mission reports of other members, but that is Saix job. The girl sighed resigned while these and other ideas came to her mind.

After a long time of silence between them, Xemnas finally spoke and invited Xion to sit on the chair in front of his desk. The girl sighed relieved and sat, who knows what was going to happen to her, maybe this would be her last day of life, or she was going to be turned into a dusk for turning against the Organization.

-So Xion, I do hope you enjoyed your vacations. How was it? –Xemnas asked cordially. This question surprised Xion, why did his leader acted with so much hospitality towards her?

-…Are you…serious?

-I care for you, Xion. You're a valuable member to this Organization.

-Really? So that's why you bother so much in creating me, huh? I'm flattered. –Xion said sarcastically. Xemnas stare directly at her making her feel uncomfortable

-Xion, I know you have discovered a lot of things while you were away. I think you understand why we decided not to tell you anything, do you?

-I don't. You all have treated me like an object since I joined, why didn't you told me first instead of hiding it to me? Do you understand how much did I suffered? –Xion asked hurt, Xemnas laughed when he listened to Xion words.

-Suffer? Do you realize what you're saying Xion? I remind you Nobodies don't have hearts, which means we can't feel a thing, and that goes for replicas too.

-Maybe…you need to do a little research, Xemnas. I know I have a heart, I love Roxas and Axel. They're the only reason which makes being around all of you somehow pleasant. And I know they feel the same way…

-So that's what you have learned? You're so stupid, Xion. I guess Vexen couldn't do a better job while creating you. –Xemnas said laughing making Xion angry.

-Well, that's your fault also. Why do you recruit useless guys into this stupid organization anyway?

-Well this is new. What happened to the quiet shy Xion? –Xemnas said raising his eyebrows while smiling

-What makes you think I would be the same girl after discovering the truth? In any case, unlike other members here, I'm not scared of you.-Xion said staring directly at Xemnas eyes. The Organization leader smiled even more at this.

-Really? –Xemnas said getting to his feet and showing Xion his hand which started glowing. After that, Xemnas hand started emitting a screeching sound as blue electricity started covering his whole arm.

The power on his hand could have scared at whatever person at this time, but not Xion. She just stared directly at Xemnas eyes ready for anything he had in store for her. Trying not to get surprised, the girl summoned her Keyblade and aimed it directly at Xemnas' head making the leader laugh.

-You couldn't beat Axel, what makes you think you can defeat me in battle? –Xemnas said as the electricity on his arm started disappearing making Xion somehow feel relieved.

-I know I can't beat you, but I also know you can't kill me. You need me and my Keyblade. –Xion reminded showing her Keyblade before making it disappear. Xemnas once again laughed at this making Xion glare at him.

-Xion, it seems you haven't discovered the reason we created you. True, thanks to you we have collected a lot of hearts in a short time, but you have a higher purpose, not to mention that as long as you live Sora will stay asleep.

-What…what do you mean? –Xion said confused by Xemnas words

-What I'm saying is: It doesn't matter if you're alive or death, you're helping us in both states. We don't even know if we should eliminate you or let you live, but on the time being, enjoy your life because you don't know when it is going to be over. –Xemnas warned with a big smile, Xion glared to him as she got on her feet.

-Well, thanks for the advice "Lord" Xemnas.

-One more thing, Xion: To avoid you from running away again, we took the liberty to relieve you of creating dark corridors. Your duty with the Organization starts tomorrow again. You can leave now. –Xemnas said getting back to his papers. Xion glared at him while she was leaving the room.

Once outside the office, Xion took a time to think on Xemnas words. What will the Organization win with her death? Maybe Xemnas was just trying to confuse her, or maybe they were hiding something else. With a sigh she decided she had enough because of her curiosity and decided to go to her room to read a good book.

Some hours later, Xion noticed it was time where almost everyone was coming back from missions, so she decided to go to the clock tower to see Roxas and Axel. At first, she doubted if she really wanted to see her friends, she had some explanations to do after all. In the end, she decided to go and look for her friends, but when she couldn't open a dark corridor, she remembered Xemnas words.

With a sigh she went to look for Saix so that he could help her create a dark corridor again, Saix smiled when he saw the girl coming to him.

-Well, well, looks like your life was forgiven…Too bad. –Saix greeted making the girl sigh. If there was one thing in special she didn't missed while she was away, that would be Saix and his stupid sarcasm.

-Yeah, yeah, I missed you a lot too. Hey, I have a problem: I want to open a dark corridor to Twilight Town, can you help me? –Xion asked trying to be as gentle as possible

-Xemnas orders were clear: You can't go anywhere without authorization.

-Come on, I just want to have ice cream with Roxas and Axel. I'm not running away! –Xion said starting to get irritated. She turned around as she saw Xigbar was coming to them

-Hey Poppet, if you're looking for Roxas, we've just came back from a mission. –Xigbar informed, Xion smiled when she heard this

-Oh, really? Thanks Xigbar! –Xion said as she started leaving running

Once she was in front of Roxas' door, she took a deep breath and knocked the door. A few moments later Roxas opened the door and gasped in surprise as soon as he saw her. The girl giggled silently as she waved her hand.

-Hi, do you want to go for some ice cream?

A few minutes later, Roxas and Xion were walking at the top of the clock tower with their ice creams on hand, they gasped when they saw Axel was there eating ice cream. The pyro also looked at his "friends" surprised since he wasn't expecting them to come.

-Hi Axel. –Xion greeted happily as she sat in her usual place followed by Roxas. Axel was surprised to see the girl acting like if anything had happened. Axel greeted back the girl as he kept eating his ice cream.

They stayed in silence for a while, it had been a long, long time since they were together again and now it seemed like if none of them knew what to say. On one side, Roxas felt happy for Xion's coming back, but still he couldn't just forgive Axel for attacking her.

On the other side, Xion was happy to be back with her friends, but she couldn't help thinking in everything that happened to her in the last days. The girl sighed knowing her friends were waiting for an explanation.

-I think…I have some explaining to do, right? –the girl said with a weak smile on her lips. Roxas nodded, Axel just stared at her for a moment, when Xion noticed the pyro eyes were on her, she stared back at him making him turn away his face from her.

-So…-Roxas said trying to make the girl start explaining, but she was still staring at Axel.

-Before I start, Axel, I forgive you. –the girl said still staring at the pyro which turned his head and stare back at the girl

-What?

-I said I forgive you. You know, for all the lies, and the secrets. You were just trying to protect me. –the girl apologized, Axel stared surprised at the girl. On the other side, Roxas couldn't understand what was happening, and couldn't help but to stare at Axel and Xion back and forth.

-Xion… -Axel started, not knowing exactly what to say. Xion then stared at the confused face of Roxas and giggled. He hadn't changed a bit.

-Roxas, I'm not sure how to tell you this…

-Just say it, Xion.

With a large sigh, the girl started explaining Roxas everything she discovered when she went to Castle Oblivion. She started with the most awkward part, telling her who she really was. Roxas was really surprised when she told him she was a "replica" built by the Organization so that they could collect hearts faster. Xion was about to continue with her explanation, but Roxas interrupted her.

-A…replica? But that's crazy! If you were actually my replica, you would look just like me, right? I mean, that's what the word means. –Roxas pointed out, Xion smiled as she listened to Roxas.

-Do you know who Sora is?

-Sora? He is the guy with red clothes from my dreams, and he's the one who can also wield the Keyblade, right? –Roxas asked, Xion nodded

-Yeah. The reason you have memories from him is because you're his Nobody, Roxas.

-What!? I'm his Nobody? Then, that means I died? I was turned into a Heartless? –Roxas said not believing what Xion was saying. Axel for the first time talked doing some explanations.

-Don't mix up things, Roxas. Keep in mind that despite you being Sora's Nobody, you two are completely different people.

-Then…what happened to Sora? –Roxas asked turning to Axel who seemed to know about him.

-Remember when I was on C.O. many months ago? –Axel asked making Roxas nod. Xion smiled when she remembered those days, it was then when she started hanging out with Roxas, and like if they were connected, Roxas thought the same thing too.

-Yeah, it was when I started meeting Xion. –Roxas recalled

-Well, the main reason of the mission was that we knew Sora was heading to that castle. During that mission, Sora's memories were scattered by a witch, that's why you two have memories that belong to him now.

-As a replica without identity, you served as a connection with Sora to me, so when he lost his most important and precious memories, I absorbed them giving me an identity. Right now, Sora's been put to sleep so that he can recover those memories. –Xion added remembering Riku's words. Curiously, Roxas replied the same she did when he was talking with him.

-Except, he can't. Because some of those memories are inside us, right? –Roxas asked making Xion nod in agreement. There was a short silence until Axel spoke again.

-Guys, I'm sorry I hid this from you too. I thought it was best if you two didn't know anything about this. I never imagined it was going to cause all this mess. –Axel apologized; Roxas and Xion nodded accepting his apologies.

-I already forgave you, Axel. Remember?

-I'm sorry for attacking you yesterday too, Xion. I didn't wanted to do it, but I was ordered to bring you back, and obviously you weren't coming back on the easy way. –Axel explained making Xion giggle

-Hey, that stills leave me a question: What were you doing with the impostor? –Roxas asked

-His name is Riku, a friend of Sora. I was with him because he knew from the start I wasn't a real Nobody. He knew my Keyblade was a fake, and that I was a fake too. I somehow felt he was the only one I could be with.–Xion explained.

There was a short silence between them once again. Axel and Xion were giving Roxas some time to think in everything he listened, it was a lot of shocking information after all. After some time passed, Axel decided to talk once again.

-So…what happens now?

-What do you mean? We're finally together again! Everything can get back the way it was. –Roxas said cheerfully, Axel and Xion stared at each other and then at Roxas again

-Roxas, things can't be the way they were before. Anything is going to be the same. –Xion said sadly making the blonde confuse

-Huh? Why not?

-Let's start with us: We can't be on a relationship anymore. I mean, don't you think is weird to have a relationship with your replica? It's like having a relationship with yourself. –Xion said feeling a hollow on her chest, but knowing she was doing the right thing. Roxas shook his head at this.

-I don't care about that! I don't care if you're a replica or not, for me you're the same Xion I fell in love with. –Roxas said holding Xion's hand. The girl stared at the boy's eyes still not believing what she was listening, she expected a lot of reactions coming from the boy, but she certainly didn't expected him to react that way, it was like if she forgot who Roxas was.

-Yeah, technically you WERE a replica of Roxas. Now with a combination of Sora's memories and your own experiences, you have created a whole new identity. A cute, brave and smart girl named Xion which is my buddy's girlfriend, got it memorized? –Axel added making the girl feel even better.

Roxas and Axel gasped in surprise as they saw how tears started falling down from the girl's cheeks while she was drawing a big smile on her face. Without any word, the girl got on her feet and hugged both Roxas and Axel as strong as she could.

-Thank you, thank you so much guys. I don't know what I would do without you. I love you so much. –Xion said as even more tears fell from her eyes. Roxas and Axel hugged her back. Axel as he was used to, he started messing with girl's hair.


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