I'm back, yet again.

Now, when I wrote this story, I wanted to keep it as accurate to Days' story as possible. But with what I've got planned, I simply can't do that. I'm gonna have to change some things up story wise. But hey, this is an AU after all.

That's all. Please continue.

It had been three weeks since his fight with Ansem. Since then, the darkness inside him hadn't caused any trouble. He was able to wake up everyday, complete his mission, head to the clock tower, check in with DiZ and Riku every so often, and head back to the castle without any problems.

He had also gotten to know Roxas, Axel, and Xion. He learned that both Roxas and Xion could wield the Keyblade, the same weapon that Riku told him about. Unfortunately, Xion had lost the ability to wield it the day her and him had met. Since then, her and Roxas had been going on missions together until she gained the ability back.

And so far, she still hadn't gotten it back. The concern was growing between the other three, but Kirux remained confident that she would be able to wield the Keyblade again soon.

Because of course he did.

The two had a connection...no. All four of them had connection. They were all connected by friendship.

But Kirux and Xion, there is something special about the two of them. The two of them have the most special connection of the four Nobodies.

The two of them didn't understand it then, but they would eventually.

Play: At Dusk, I Will Think of You... - KH 358/2 Days

Kirux stared off at the sunset, Axel taking another bite of his ice cream to his right. The two had returned from their missions earlier than normal. Axel had to handle a special Heartless in Agrabah in place for Xion, because Saix was going to split her and Roxas, and she still hadn't gotten the power to wield the Keyblade back. Axel was able to convince Saix to let him handle it.

"Axel," Kirux said, holding his own ice cream in front of him, "Tell me. Do you think she'll get it back?"

"What? Her Keyblade?" He said, "Well, I sure hope so. Saix isn't going to budge if you try to convince him again."

"I've just been thinking. It's been three weeks since she lost it, and she's still not able to summon it."

He turned towards Axel, "So, if she doesn't get it back, what would Xemnas and Saix do to her?"

Axel's face showed little to no emotion.

"I don't know. They certainly wouldn't be too happy."

"I know that. That's what worries me so much."

Axel smiled, "You've been thinking about her a lot lately, haven't you?"

Kirux looked away, a little embarrassed, "Of course I have. She's my friend and all, but...-,"

"But, I can't help but think that her and I have a special connection. I can't quite make out what it is, but I can just...sense it."

He laughed a little, "It's funny, really. I'm not supposed to have any feelings, because I'm a Nobody. But-,"

He was interrupted by footsteps from behind him. He turned, and found Roxas and Xion standing there with smiles on their faces.

"About time." Axel said.

"What happened?" Kirux asked, noticing the looks on their faces.

Roxas stepped aside, and Xion put her hand out from in front of her. Out of nowhere, a burst of light appeared from her hand, and a Keyblade appeared.

Kirux and Axel were taken aback, while Roxas said, "Ta-daah!"

"Wow," Kirux said, before a smile developed on his face, "I knew you'd get it back one day."

Xion's smile only grew, "Roxas, Axel, Kirux, thank you. All of you."

Axel looked away, "We didn't do anything. Roxas took the entire workload." Kirux agreed, but he didn't say anything.

"You made it possible for the two of us to go on a mission together."

Roxas spoke up then, "If it weren't for you, Xion might never have remembered how to use the Keyblade."

Xion then looked at Kirux, "And Kirux, I was just about to give up a few days ago. But you were the one that gave me hope that I'd get it back one day."

Kirux smiled, rubbing the back of his head, "Yeah. I guess I did."

"So, thank you. Both of you."

"How 'bout another sea salt ice cream, then?" Axel said, waving the first's stick.

"Huh?"

"Buy me one, and we'll call it even."

"Okay. What about you, Kirux?"

Kirux waved his hand, "Come on. You don't owe me anything."

"Really?"

"Of course. Isn't that what friends are for? We help each other out with each other's problems."

Xion's surprise immediately faded, and she smiled yet again.

"Right. Now, I'll be right back!" She turned around and ran.

Roxas sat between Kirux and Axel, "She really appreciates everything we did."

"I know," Kirux said, "I can tell. Pretty rude of you to make her get you more ice cream, Axel."

"Hey!" Axel responded, receiving laughs from Roxas and Kirux.

Xion returned not long after, sitting to Kirux's right. The four sat in silence for a good while, until Roxas spoke.

"I hope we can always be just like this forever."

"Me too." Xion said.

Kirux stayed silent, his mind going to Sora.

Oh, if only you two knew.

"What's that all about?"

"I just...want these days to last forever. Hanging out, the ice cream, the sunsets..."

"Nothing lasts forever, though." Kirux said out of nowhere.

The others looked at him.

"We can't always be like this, sitting up here. For us Nobodies, our existence doesn't mean a thing to the outside world. And, there's the likeliness that some of us may set out on missions, but never come back."

"Whether we'd be destroyed, or... we'd fall into the darkness."

He clutched his ice cream a little harder.

The thought of falling into the darkness terrified him. Because, if he did, what if he wasn't able to hold onto his own memories. Sure, there weren't many, but those he did have he didn't want to lose.

Because those were the ones he has here, on the clock tower, with his friends. If he lost them, he'd be lost himself.

He felt Xion's hand on his left shoulder, "Forget about that."

"But,-"

"No buts. We told you, if you end up falling into it, we'd be there to help you, remember?"

He did remember that.

"Yeah."

"Xion's right. You've go to let this darkness stuff go."

"But I can't," He let his hand out, and his sword appeared, "Darkness is what I am. It flows through my body like a river."

His sword disappeared, "Sooner than later, it will take over. And I don't want to think about what would happen after that."

He looked down at his feet, feeling Xion's hand slip off of his shoulder.

"Kirux." She said, but couldn't think of anything after that.

Kirux shook his head, and stood up, "Sorry for all of that. I killed the mood."

He walked off, ignoring Xion's call to him.

When he was gone, Xion turned towards the other two.

"Do you think he'll ever get over it?"

Axel looked back towards the sunset, "I hope so. Whatever that Ansem guy tried to do got to him hard. It looks as if he'll never get over it."

Xion looked the same direction, "Kirux..." She whispered, looking out towards the sunset with the other two.

Stop: At Dusk, I Will Think of You... - KH 358/2 Days

Kirux walked up to the doors of the mansion, but stopped before he could enter. He thought about going back, telling them what was going on. With Sora, Riku, DiZ, everything.

He didn't want to keep secrets, especially not from his friends.

It's best they don't know what's going on. At least, not now.

He opened the door to the mansion, making sure no one else had entered before him.

He heard a door close to his left, but he found nothing in the area.

"Is anybody here?" He called out, not receiving any response.

'Somebody must have snuck in.' He thought.

He walked up the stairs and stopped right in front of the door that he heard shut.

"If anybody's hiding in there, just come on out." He said, putting his hood on. He opened the door, entering the completely white room. The table was still in the same condition it was before, but the room was different now.

There were pictures hung up all over the room. Most of them he couldn't recognize, but there was one that caught his attention.

There were two figures in black, one with black hair and one with brown hair, sitting on a beach. There were black pillars sticking out of the water, and there was a blue "sun." The figures' arms looked as if they were close together, and the one with black hair was resting their head on the other's shoulder.

"Is that...who I think it is?" He said quietly.

It was Kirux and Xion. The place he didn't recognize, but he knew that it was the two of them.

"You must be Kirux." A voice said from behind Kirux, and when he turned he saw a girl with blonde hair and a white dress. She looked very similar to Xion and Kairi.

"Who are you?" He said.

Play: Namine - KH ReCOM

"My name is Namine. I've been here since the beginning. I don't think we've met though."

"No, we haven't. How come I don't see you?"

Namine smiled, "Well, right now you can see me, but I can't see you."

Kirux was confused, then remembered, "Oh, right." He removed his hood and rubbed his hair. "Sorry about that."

Namine giggled lightly, "The reason you don't see me often is because I'm mostly at Sora's pod, trying to rearrange his memory."

"So, you're the one who's fixing his memories. Not DiZ."

"No. DiZ does not have that kind of power, but I do. I'm a witch that can take away people's memories, and create new ones."

"In fact, I'm the reason Sora is asleep in the first place."

Kirux gasped lightly, "That was you? Riku told me it was the Organization."

"It was, somewhat. They gave me the order, I had no choice but to comply. If I didn't, I'd be locked in Castle Oblivion forever."

"That's awful. Why would the do that?"

"One of the members, Marluxia, wanted to take control of Sora and the Keyblade's power. If I changed his memories, he'd become Marluxia's pawn. But, Sora put an end to that. I gave him the choice to forget Castle Oblivion and get back his old memories, or keep his new ones and lose his old ones. You already know what he picked."

"So you put him to sleep until you can put his memory back to normal, right?"

Namine nodded.

"I see. That must explain the Organization's members being so small. Sora and Riku's journey throughout the castle was what caused their numbers to fall."

"Correct. It's because of them that the numbers are small."

"Okay. Now, this picture," he said, pointing to the one he took notice of, "what's going on here?"

Namine walked over, "Yes. This is of you and Xion, but you already knew that. You two have fallen into the realm of darkness, and are waiting for rescue to come from the outside world."

"Wait," Kirux interrupted, "So I'm going to fall into darkness, and Xion will too?"

"I'm not exactly sure, but it's a likely possibility. You can fight it all you want, but...there's no denying that it will be there."

"I get that. But what about Xion?"

"Well, the two of you have a special connection, just as special as Sora and Kairi. No matter what happens to the both of you, you will always be connected. And if you're trying to reach one another, all you'd have to do is follow that connection."

She knows about this connection I feel. But how?

"How...do you know that?"

"Xion is closely related to Sora. She's a special Nobody created from apart of him, much like yourself with Riku. How she was created though, is beyond my knowledge."

"You seem to know a lot about Sora."

Namine smiled again, "Well, I had control over his memory for a while."

Kirux laughed, "True enough."

He put his hand out and summoned a portal, "Tell DiZ I've got nothing new to report for me. I'll see you soon, Namine."

She nodded, giving him one last smile before he walked through.

Stop: Namine - KH ReCOM

Kirux was walking along the hall towards his room, but he was stopped by Xion running towards him.

"There you are! Where have you been all this time?"

"Uhh...I was,-"

"There's no time. Xemnas wants us all at the Alter of Naught, right now."

She grabbed his hand and they took off.

Play: Organization XIII - KH2

All ten of the members were standing there, looking into the sky.

Xemnas spoke then, "The time has arrived."

He put his arms in the air, "And at long last, we see before us the great collection of hearts. Hearts full of hate...hate...sadness...and bliss."

"Shining down upon us it the crystallization of all hearts-Kingdom Hearts."

"There, in the sky, hangs the promise of a new world."

He turned towards the other members, "My friends! Let us gain further power, to conquer the human heart, and claim it as our own."

"Let us remember why we are here and what we hope to achieve. Hearts shall be gathered, and be made our own. Hearts shall never again have power over us."

The other members dispersed around him. He hadn't moved from his spot.

He was mesmerized by the sight.

"Kingdom Hearts." He whispered, "Be made our own."

He heard footsteps come towards him, but he recognized it was Xion immediately.

"Amazing, isn't it?" He said, "So much of yours and Roxas' work has gone into this."

"Yeah."

"But, I don't understand the purpose of it. Why do the hearts all gather here, in the shape of a moon in the sky?"

Xion walked next to him, "I don't know. Kingdom Hearts is a collection of hearts. Maybe that's why."

"Well," Kirux said, "At least it gives us something to hope for."

"And something to look at in the sky."

Kirux laughed, "True. It doesn't beat the sunset at Twilight Town, but it'll do."

The two remained there, staring up at "Kingdom Hearts."

Finally done with this one. Thanks for waiting!

Until next time!

-Broncozfan623