I am exhausted. I have no idea what time it is as I crawl into bed, all I know is that it's late and that should have been in bed hours ago, especially with what we are going to have to face in the morning. But Riku was determined and I didn't want to start and argument.

But his determination didn't do a while lot of good. Kairi wasn't able to summon Namine's Keyblade once. Though she tried. She tried as hard as she could, but it wasn't enough. I'm not sure what is keeping for summoning the blade. Maybe her loss is just too great right now for her to focus.

Sora watched protectively over Kairi while we coached her. He constantly made comments about pushing her too hard. It was Kairi who finally told Sora to go to bed and let us work. Without Sora, there was no point in Roxas being there. Besides he was falling asleep standing up. I figured some of us should try to get some sleep.

In the end, Kairi begged Riku to stop. He finally agreed, knowing that none of us would be of any use if we were dead on our feet.

Right now, we're hoping that the urgency tomorrow will help Kairi. I just hope that we're right.

"Dexlin?" Roxas's voice keeps me from falling asleep. Has he been up this whole time? "Do you think I'm wrong for being mad at Nyzol?"

He's finally ready to talk. I don't know what all of a sudden caused this change, but I'm glad it did. I finally know what he felt like when I wouldn't talk to him about finding out who I really was.

"No, I don't think you're wrong, Roxas."

"Really?"

"You and Sora are like brothers, but closer, just like Riku and I. You share part of a life. It's only natural that you would feel the same way as Sora. You feel abandoned by Nyzol. And in a way you were. If he's really been watching us from the sidelines, he's known about you for a while, but never did anything about it. In a twisted kind of way, you're his son too."

"I've wanted that for so long. A family. A true family."

"And you could have it. I understand why you're mad at him, I do. But I think you need to give Nyzol a chance."

Roxas sits up in the bed and pulls his knees up against his chest. "I want to, but I'm so angry at him. And so is Sora. His anger is so strong that I feel it too."

"Wasn't it you who told me to not let the anger control you?"

"I know, I just can't seem to control it."

I push myself up to sit next to him. "Roxas, I'm not trying to tell you how to feel, but try to think about what it's been like for Nyzol. He's lost everything. He's been a survivor on the run for almost twenty years. It couldn't have been easy to let go of his son. And even harder to know that he could never talk to him, or you, for fear that Hubrin would track him. He's been in hell ever since the war."

"But I don't think Nyzol even thinks of me like that. What if he doesn't?"

"What if he does?"

In the dark, I can see Roxas quickly wipe his eyes. "We should try to get some sleep. We have a big day tomorrow." I don't question his abrupt subject change. This is a lot for Roxas to handle right now and the last thing I want is to push him.

We lay back on the bed and I pull Roxas closer to me, trying to give him some comfort. As I drift off to sleep, I can't help but think that tomorrow could change everything.