I can say that the last two chapters have been extremely depressing and sad. So, I'm going to try and steer away from all the sadness and get back to more suspense.

I'm gonna try and make...everything...work...

Okay, who am I kidding? We all know what happens at the end of 358/2 Days (I'm assuming.) The sadness is just taking a little bit of a break. Of course, I'll mix things up a bit to work with the story better, but we all know what will happen.

But enough talk with the future. Let's get on with what's going on in the present.

Weeks had passed.

He hadn't seen any of them since he had left.

You could guess he was just that good at hiding, but he wasn't.

He wasn't avoiding them. In fact, if he had the choice, he'd go back to the clock tower and talk with them right now.

He'd explain everything that was going on. Why he had left, what he was doing, what his plan would be to try and keep the group together.

But he couldn't.

...

No, that's not true. He could at any moment.

It wasn't DiZ or Riku that was stopping him. He was.

He didn't want to end up hurting them, if it came down to that.

He especially didn't want to hurt Xion. He had done that enough already, and he knew it.

...

Of course, Namine would try and bring him some comfort, which made those weeks away from the Organization somewhat bearable.

Even though he had lost Xion and the rest, Namine was still there. At least then, he still had at least one friend in the world.

But sometimes, he'd look at Namine, when they were talking or something, and he wouldn't see her face.

Instead of Namine, he'd see her.

Xion.

...

He couldn't bear it those times. He'd end up leaving the room, and Namine would be left in confusion.

...

Saying that he missed her a lot would be an understatement.

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

He was sitting on the edge, his feet dangling off. Yes, he still went up there every now and then, but only after the other three were gone.

Earlier, he had watched Roxas and Axel leave the clock tower.

He doubted that Xion was even going to show up that day.

Even if she did, she wasn't going to recognize him. He had his hood on, after all.

...

He shook his head, "Even after everything, the sunset still doesn't fail."

At least, after everything happens, Kirux knew that he could always come back here and see the sunset.

The sunset wasn't going anywhere. It was not leaving anytime soon.

"This is the only place I have left. The only real place I could even think of as home."

He smiled, "But, that's okay. Better to have something than nothing at all."

He took another bite of his ice cream, and continued to watch the sunset.

...

He didn't want to go back to the mansion. If it were up to him, he'd stay up on that clock tower for the rest of the time he had left.

This was the only place he thought of as home. Up there, on the edge of the clock tower.

He loved it, even though he didn't really understand what love even was.

...

He closed his eyes and laid back, to where his legs were propped up on the ledge.

He let his mind clear, and soon he was dozing off.

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

He nearly fell asleep, but he heard footsteps coming towards him.

He stood up then, and turned towards the footsteps.

When the person came around the corner, Kirux nearly collapsed in shear surprise.

...

It was her.

Xion, was standing before him.

She was taken aback by him standing there, as he was with her.

...

...

...

They were both silent, until Xion nervously broke the silence.

"K...Kirux? Is that you?" She slowly began to walk towards him.

Kirux didn't respond, because he was still in shock.

'Why is she here? Roxas and Axel left hours ago, why would she come now?'

By that point she was only about a foot away from him.

"Please. Say something."

...

Kirux very slowly, reached up to his hood. As he pulled it off, he saw Xion's face light up.

He looked down, to embarrassed to look at her.

It was odd, really. When he left, all he could think about was Xion. But now, he was too ashamed of what he did to face her.

He did eventually look back up at her, to see that tears filled her eyes.

He sighed, "Xion, I'm sorry. I'm sorry fo-,"

Play: La Pace - KH ReCOM

She had closed the distance between the two of them so fast, that Kirux didn't even see her move towards him.

Before he knew it, she was hugging him as tightly she could, her arms wound around his neck. He could her her shoulder shuddering as she cried.

"I've looked everywhere for you." She said through her own tears.

Kirux was speechless, and he didn't know how to react. He had been so certain Xion would have resented him for what he had done, that this action seemed complete unfamiliar to him.

He shook his head, hugging her back just as tightly. He stroked her hair lightly, trying to calm her down.

They stood there like that for what felt like hours.

...

Kirux was still thrilled at the fact that he had actually gotten to see her again. He had kept track of the days that had gone by without seeing her.

Off of the top of his head, he couldn't tell you (he had been writing it down.) But who cares? Xion was here, in his arms, just the way he had wanted it to be.

The two pulled back to look at each other. Xion smiled then.

"I thought I'd find you sleeping up here."

Kirux smiled back at her, pushing her tears away with his thumb, "I'm just glad you're here."

The two of them sat down, right on the edge.

...

"What happened to you, after you left?"

"I mostly stayed quiet. I went back to where we're keeping Sora, and I've been hiding there ever since. Thankfully, I've still got the coat, so the Organization won't find me."

"Sora is closest to waking up than he has been in a long time."

Xion looked down, "Am I all that's stopping it?"

"What? No, of course not. We're still pretty far from that happening, anyway."

Xion just shook her head.

"Well, what happened to you, after I left I mean?"

She shrugged, "Nothing much. Most of the same."

"But I...we all missed you. Nobody understood why you left. Roxas and Axel still think of you as their friend."

'They're not anymore. Not after what's I have to do.'

Kirux kept that to himself, "That's nice."

Xion still had an upset look on her face, which Kirux obviously noticed, "What's wrong?"

She looked back up at him, "Kirux, I...abandoned the Organization too."

He was shocked, "What?"

"I couldn't stand it any longer. Xemnas was looking for members that were willing to find and eliminate you. And I..."

She stuttered, "I didn't want to be the one that hurt you. So...I ran away, so I could find you and warn you."

"How long?"

"About a week or two. I've been searching everywhere I know how to get to just looking for you."

"Kirux. They're coming for you. I don't know who, where, or when, but they are."

Kirux took this all in.

...

'Xion abandoned the Organization...just to warn me?'

'I want to believe her, I really do. But something seems off about that.'

'She had to have had other reasons.'

...

Kirux stood up then, and began to walk away.

"Where are you going?"

He turned around to her, "Come with me."

She stood up, but she was still confused, "Again, where are you going?"

"I'm going to take you to Sora."

Stop: La Pace - KH ReCOM

Kirux entered the room, "DiZ!"

DiZ turned towards the door, "What is it, boy?"

"She's here. It's Xion."

DiZ was surprised, but kept his composure, "Bring her in."

Kirux motioned Xion into the room, where she immediately made eye contact with DiZ.

"At long last, you have arrived. Sora has been waiting for a long time."

Xion looked down at the floor, "Just tell me what I need to do, so I can return Sora's memories back to him."

"Now is not the time for you to return the memories to Sora. We cannot do that until the other Nobody arrives here."

"Other Nobody?"

"He means Roxas. Once you both come here, we can finally return the memories back to Sora."

"Until then, you must remain inconspicuous, as Kirux has done. That is all, for now."

Kirux led Xion out of the room. When they reached the mansion foyer, Xion spoke up.

"That was a waste of time."

"Don't say that. Now, he knows that we're one step closer to waking Sora up. All we need now is Roxas."

"Do you know where Roxas even is?"

Kirux sighed, crossing his arms, "No idea. But maybe we'll get lucky soon enough.

The Next Day...

Giving up already? I thought you were stronger than that.

Roxas shot up, "Riku!"

Axel was surprised by the sudden remark, "Are you alright?"

"What...happened to me?"

Axel rubbed his hair, as he often did, "You collapsed just as you entered the castle doors."

"Don't you remember?"

"I only remember going inside."

Roxas stood up, prompting Axel to speak, "Just take it easy for now."

"I'm fine. Let's go back to Castle Oblivion."

"Don't push yourself, man."

...

He heard footsteps from behind Roxas, "Who's there?"

Play: Tension Rising - KH2

There were two figures in black coats, standing there. Both had there hoods up, so you could not see their faces.

However, one of them, you could see their face partially.

Roxas recognized the both of them, "Xion? Kirux?"

The other one leaned over and said something to "Xion." She hesitated, but ended up walking away, into a portal.

"Xion, wait!" Roxas said, but the other one got in his way, just as the portal closed.

He stopped, "Out of the way!"

He stood there, looking at both Roxas and Axel, before he started walking away.

"Hey!" Roxas ran after him.

"Roxas, wait!" Axel said, running after him.

Roxas and Axel chased him all the way into the tunnels. But Heartless were also scattered throughout the area. For some reason, they wouldn't attack the one they were chasing, and only Roxas and Axel. They would have to deal with the Heartless before moving on and continuing the chase.

They did chase him into a dead end, in the main tunnel. He stopped at the bars that prevented his escape.

Roxas stopped, "End of the line!"

The man just stood there, and a disappeared.

"Wait!" Roxas said, but it was no use. He was gone. Axel ran up behind him.

"I thought the imposter was sighted in Castle Oblivion!"

"Xion...Kirux..."

"No way that was Xion!"

"Xion was the one that ran away first. That second one had to have been Kirux."

"But...why would they run?"

...

Neither of them knew that Xion was listening, around the corner.

The other man walked up to her, removing his hood.

Roxas was right. It was Kirux.

Kirux looked at her, "Do you want to go back?"

She looked down at the ground, then up at him, "Not...not without you."

"You know I can't do that, Xion. It's too late for me."

"I know..." They both walked away, leaving Roxas and Axel in the tunnel.

The Next Day

Roxas had been sent back to Twilight Town, this time to eliminate the imposter they had found the day before.

He found them pretty quickly, and had chased them into a corner in Tram Common.

The one he had been chasing removed their hood.

"Xion."

Roxas walked up to her, "Where have you been? Axel and I have been looking all over for you."

"You have? Sorry."

"Let's go home. If you come back voluntarily, Saix will let all of this drop. He has to."

Xion looked down to the ground.

...

"She's not going anywhere with you, Roxas."

Play: Disquieting - KH ReCOM

Roxas turned around, finding somebody he never expected to see again.

Kirux.

"Kirux?"

He heard a portal form behind him, and Xion was gone.

He walked down the steps, "No matter what you say or do, Xion can't go back to the Organization."

"Why not?"

"She's already learned of what she has to truly do. She's doing what's best for the world, and you should too."

"What are you talking about?"

Kirux put his hand out, "Come with me, and I'll show you."

"If you don't," Kirux summoned his Keyblade, "I'll have no choice but to take you by force."

Kirux looked Roxas in the eye, "Please Roxas. I don't want any of you to get hurt. You may not see me the same way, but I still believe that we're friends. Right?"

Kirux was right, they were still friends.

Roxas nodded.

Kirux began to walk towards him, "Once we get there, you'll understand."

Stop: Disquieting - KH ReCOM

Play: Face It - KH ReCOM

Out of nowhere, a weapon was flying towards Kirux. Kirux swatted it out of the air, and it disintegrated into flames.

Axel walked down the steps, just as Kirux had, "Hello there, Kirux."

Kirux looked back at Axel, anger displayed on his face.

Axel looked towards Roxas, "Go back to the castle. I'll deal with things here."

Roxas complied.

"So, I see you've been busy putting lies into Xion's head, haven't you?"

"Far from that. I'm doing what's best for the world, and she knows that."

"Best for the world, huh? I guess your friends don't matter if you're so willing to just up and give them away like toys."

"You have no idea! I don't want to do any of this!"

Axel scoffed, "Whatever. Oh well. Doesn't matter. Time to get down to business."

Axel raised his arms up, then put them out to his sides. The same two weapons appeared in his hands.

"I've been sent here to eliminate you, by the Organization."

Kirux rolled his eyes, "Hypocrite. You'd hurt one of your friends just because of your obligation?"

"I've dealt with traitors before, Kirux. I'm not changing what I do for them, friend or not."

"Especially the ones who betray my other friends!"

Kirux looked at him, his anger replaced with sadness.

"Axel..."

He stood there, with his head down.

He shook his head, looking back up at Axel, "Alright. You've left me with no other choice."

Kirux lifted his Keyblade, prepared to fight.

Stop: Face It - KH ReCOM

Play: The 13th Struggle - KH2

Quick Note: I have been waiting to write this one fight since I began the story. It's finally happening.

Axel immediately began by throwing one of his weapons at Kirux. Kirux was able to dodge with ease, as Axel caught it back in his hand.

Kirux ran at Axel, swinging at him multiple times. He was only able to make contact on the last two swings, but they hit Axel pretty hard.

Kirux then shot a dark fireball at Axel, which did more harm than good for Kirux. For a second, he forgot that Axel had control over the element of fire.

Axel then teleported behind Kirux, striking him twice. He then went on to hit Kirux with a really long combo, hitting him up to six times.

Kirux had to take some time to recover. He cast a healing spell on himself, and shot ice projectiles at Axel. The projectiles had no effect, unfortunately for him.

Axel then lifted his weapons into the air, yelling out, "BURN!"

He slammed them into the ground, and a massive wall of fire enveloped the ground. Kirux jumped over it, barely, and landed on the ground close to Axel.

'Nothing is working. Better try this.'

Kirux became enveloped in a silver glow, and spun towards Axel. His Keyblade hit him multiple times, but Kirux wasn't done. He then bent down towards the ground, and swiped upwards, hitting Axel with one massive strike.

"Not bad." Axel muttered, but he then became enveloped in his own glow. One of fire.

"You won't forget this!" He yelled, before throwing his weapons at Kirux multiple times. The weapons were enveloped in fire, and came at him faster.

Luckily for Kirux, he had obviously gotten stronger in the short time he was gone from the Organization. One of the new things he learned was to form a barrier around himself, protecting him from all attacks.

He decided now was the time for him to to that. He lifted his Keyblade into the air, and a white shield formed around him. It protected Kirux from Axel's weapons, and the pillars of fire that followed.

Another perk that came with it was that if anything hit it, an explosion would occur around Kirux.

This was the case, and it hit Axel many times. Axel was bent over and panting heavily.

...

Kirux saw it as an opportunity.

"You're finished!" He yelled, and jumped at Axel.

He put his weapons up to defend himself, and Kirux's Keyblade collided with them, a large sound being emitted.

Kirux yelled out then, "I don't want to hurt you, Axel!"

"If you think I don't know what's happening, you're wrong! I know what's happened to Sora, and I want to help you! But this is not the way!"

Kirux's eyes widened, "What?"

Axel threw him off.

Stop: The 13th Struggle - KH2

His weapons faded away, "Good luck, Kirux. Until we meet again."

Kirux reached out, "Wait, Axel!"

But Axel disappeared in a portal.

Kirux's Keyblade faded away.

"What is he talking about?"

He was left there, in that alley. His mind was just as confused as it had ever been.