Summary: 'They're hurting, and you're the only one who can end their sadness. They need you.' Before Sora, Kairi and Riku became Keybladers, there were three others - three so similar to them. But there was one more - one forgotten Keyblade Master. This is her story.

Before I start, I want to say thanks to my reviewers:
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Author's Note: Finals start on March 18, and I've got an operation coming up on March 23 + a week recovery, which means I'll be pretty busy for the next three-ish weeks. No updates during finals and until I get out of the hospital, so I'm apologizing in advance for that.

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Now, on with le story! =D

Instinctively, Raixa reached out a hand and prayed for the familiar coolness of metal to touch the underside of her palm. She didn't know if it was going to work at all, since she hadn't tried summoning her weapon since she woke up, but with luck, it would still answer her call.

The relief she felt when she grasped the handle was indescribable. With a grin, she flicked away the two rapidly spinning wheels of doom that were headed towards her. Seeing both Axel's and Roxas' astonished looks, she merely shook her head and glanced at the Keyblade in her hand.

Its name? Absolution.

It was her first ever Keyblade and the fact that she could still summon it meant a lot to her. Grinning, she readied her stance and basically dared Axel to attack her again. The redhead was only too eager to comply as he called forth his weapons once again and dashed towards her.

She had to smirk as she crouched and dodged his attack neatly. For the next few seconds, all she did was jump around and get used to being in battle again. Axel was getting aggravated and tired, she could tell - he was starting to breathe heavily, and there was sweat dripping down his brow. Raixa changed her stance from defensive to offensive in an instant - her opponent was weak, and she needed to take advantage of that.

Years of training flowed back into her mind as she charged at the redhead, her weapon poised to strike. Since she didn't know Axel's fighting style that well, she wasn't too sure of herself, but she had faced quite a number of opponents on her journeys, so she would be able to hold her own, at the very least. As she neared him, she kept her Keyblade at her side before suddenly feinting to her left and catching him off guard.

He was left open as he followed her movements, and didn't have time to block her attack from his left side. Raixa winced as he flew a few feet away from the impact but shook it off and forced herself to focus - the battle was far from over. While Axel was still recovering, she ran at him again, this time planning to hit him from above.

To her surprise, he parried her blow and pushed her back. She slid backwards a bit but launched herself forward again as soon as she had stabilized herself. Her muscles were quite strained, since she hadn't had this much exercise in quite a while, but she forced herself to ignore the pain and managed to disarm Axel before hitting him again - it didn't look like she was going to give up anytime soon.

In the end, her fatigue won and she collapsed on the ground, her breaths coming out loud and slightly strangled. "Haven't had that much fun in a while," she let out in one breath before quieting and waiting for herself to recover. Axel had done pretty much the same some ways away, but he stayed in a sitting position - he wasn't as tired as her. At first he had played with the idea that she had been pretending to be tired, but when her Keyblade suddenly vanished from her hold, he knew that she was as exhausted as she looked.

Roxas ran over to them, his blue eyes showing emotion? Axel quickly looked at his partner and frowned - was that concern he could see in the blonde's eyes?

"Are you guys okay?" the younger Nobody asked, his eyes drifting over the other two Nobodies with him. He had been on the side-lines the entire fight, and he had seen how Raixa had held her own against his partner. Axel was not an easy person to tire, he knew, but she had managed to wear him down quite a bit, which was quite the feat for a newbie - if she even was a newbie.

"Yeah, I'm alright. Raixa?" Axel slowly got up and stretched his muscles, his green eyes drifting to the female in their midst. When no reply came, the two crept up to her and had to hold in their amusement - Raixa wasn't just lying down, she was actually sleeping!

"Looks like you tired her out more than you should've," Roxas commented, wondering how were they supposed to bring her back to her room. Should they carry her? When he looked at Axel, the redhead seemed to be thinking about the same question.

With a sigh, Axel opened up a corridor and glanced back at his partner. "Carry her to her room - I need to tell Xemnas that we've got another Keyblader on our hands," he said before slipping into the swirling black mass, just so that Roxas wouldn't have time to butt out.

Albeit a bit confused, since they usually did stuff together, Roxas knelt down and carefully collected the female into his arms. He noted that she seemed to fit perfectly into his arms and opened up another corridor - one that would bring him to her room directly.

"Mm," Raixa groaned as she shifted, her nose nuzzling the junction between his neck and his shoulder. The Nobody stiffened at the foreign contact and remained frozen for a while before walking into the corridor - the sooner he put her down, the sooner he could get away from her - and the weird things she was doing to him: just now, even for just a single moment, he felt his non-existent heart beat faster, and that wasn't something he was familiar with.

He had to hold in the grunt of relief he was about to make when he stepped into her room and placed her on the bed - he didn't know whether Raixa was a light or heavy sleeper, but it was still better to be silent, just in case she was overly violent when she woke up - like Larxene.

"Ventus.." he heard her mumble as she turned to face the other side. Subconsciously, he wondered who this 'Ventus' person was - he had heard her when she said the name the first time, and now that she had said it a second time, he was becoming more curious.

However, that was a question for another day. Turning around, Roxas opened another corridor and left, it was nearly time for his and Axel's usual ice-cream routine.