Kizu's Point of View

I fell.

And I panicked. I closed my eyes and braced for impact, but it never came. I felt light for some reason.

I opened my eyes to see Roxas peering over the edge of the rock with a small, relieved smile. Before I could smile back, I saw a flash of purple fly above him and dive down toward me. I scrambled as quickly as my body would let me and turned around, still afloat, flying away as quickly as I could. Because of the countless amounts of rock pillars and my inexperience at flying, I made turns that were too close for comfort but the closest I got to harming myself was a small cut on my cheek, which stung badly. The wind itself would have been enjoyable if only without the constant beating of the Heartless' large wings right behind me. After what felt like hours later, I heard the Phantomtail screech in pain. I turned my head and saw Roxas slashing at my pursuer. I smiled but then felt myself bump into something really, really hard. I blacked out almost instantly.

I groaned and slowly opened my eyes to see a blond blur. My eyes took a few seconds to refocus and the blob of yellow and peach became Roxas, who had a look of concern on his face.

"Good, you're finally awake," he sighed, leaning back slightly on the chair he was sitting on.

"Ugh," I replied, sitting up and rubbing my head only to flinch when I touched a bump on my head. I carefully felt my wound, noticing a freshly healed scar. I then traced my face with my fingers, feeling another healed wound on my cheek. "What happened?"

"When you flew away from the Phantomtail, you didn't look where you were going and hit a rock with your head. I had to heal you with Cura to stop the bleeding."

"Oh, thank you," I replied, thinking "Wow.. that was dumb of me." I then noticed that I was on my bed, covers resting at my legs, while Roxas was sitting on a chair nearby.

"Are you feeling any better?" Roxas asked, staring at me with eyes full of concern.

"I think so."

"Good," Roxas stated. It remained quiet for a few moments. "Kizu?"

"Hmm?" I responded.

"Why were you first interested in us? I mean us as in Axel, Xion, and me."

Thousands of thoughts rushed through my head but I simply pushed them to the side of my brain and shrugged, "I'm not sure really. You intrigued me I suppose."

"Intrigued?" Roxas repeated.

"Interested. I was interested in the Keyblade wielders. When I saw Xion pass out that day, I was curious. What about you? Why are you always so worried about me? You're not supposed to… because you don't have a heart."

"I'm not sure," he replied, "Axel says that we might not have hearts, but we remember what we felt when we did have them.. But.. I don't remember anything about my past, before I was a Nobody.. I just can't stand to see anyone in trouble…"

"That's… Sora," I whispered to myself.

"What did you say? Sora?" Roxas asked.

I quickly shook my head, "Never mind."

Roxas sighed, "No one will tell me anything about Sora…"

"You're not supposed to know. Just don't trouble yourself over it. Didn't you have other things you wanted to talk to me about? Oh and what happened while I was locked in my room?"

Roxas filled me in on everything that occurred within the last month and a half. "And now, I've been losing my strength.. I can't seem to fight properly or as well as before," he said, finishing off his story.

"So things have begun," I whispered to myself with my hand holding my chin as I thought, "I expected things to take much longer before anyone did anything critical. Saix and Xemnas seem to be impatient due to the awakening of Sora. I have to put a stop to this though or… Roxas will disappear."

"Kizu?" Roxas said, waving his hand in front of my face, "You okay?"

"Wha?" I responded, being snapped away from my thoughts, "Oh sorry. I was just thinking about some stuff."

"About what?"

"Just.. stuff. Don't worry about it Roxas. Did you see Xion or Axel today?"

"No. You passed out so I had to rush you back to the Castle. They might still be there."

"We should check then."

He nodded and responded, "Okay."

Roxas then opened up a black portal. As I walked through first, he followed close behind. And this time, I wasn't falling miles down onto the ground. He made the portal lead directly onto the clock tower. The sun was setting once again.

"Twilight Town always has a setting sun…" I thought and then asked "Are we getting ice cream?"

"I'll make sure to get you an ice cream next time," Roxas' voice echoed.

"Oh yeah! Sure. I'll go get you some." He then walked off and I sat at the edge at the clock tower, waiting.

A few minutes later, Roxas sat to the left of me and handed me an ice cream with a small smile, "The icing on the cake."

I took a bite of the ice cream and a smile instantly appeared on my face, "It's.."

"Salty but sweet," Roxas said, finishing my sentence, "Right?"

I nodded then continued eating my ice cream, "You didn't get one?"

Roxas shook his head in response, "I'm not in the mood for it today." He then stared at the sunset.

"Any idea where Axel is? Or Xion?" I asked after swallowing another bite of salty ice cream.

"No idea. It's a bit late for them to come anyway."

"Oh…" I replied, somewhat disappointed. I then quickly finished off my ice cream, noticing someone on the Popsicle stick. I looked closer and saw a crown and the outlined word "WINNER." I stared at it awhile longer before I asked, "Hey Roxas. What's this?"

He looked over at me and his eyes widened, "You got one too?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh. Axel told me that we can get a free ice cream if we find popsicle sticks that say winner on them. I got one too. I was hoping to save 3: one free ice cream for Axel, Xion, and me." My mind instantly noticed that he didn't include me while my heart instinctively dropped. "Now that you have one, you don't need to save one for yourself."

"Wha?" I blurted out before thinking.

"I mean… I only need to get two more and then we can all have free ice cream together," Roxas explained with a smile… a sad smile.

"What's wrong Roxas?" I asked, noticing the smile I usually plaster on my own face.

"What do you mean?"

"Is something troubling you?"

"I've been thinking a lot. Xion and Axel have been acting differently lately."

"Maybe something is weighing down their minds too."

Roxas nodded but kept his head low, "That might be why Axel wanted to go to the beach. We need another vacation…"

"I might be able to arrange that…" I thought. "Well, we should collect the popsicle sticks together." I then added to myself, "And on the day we treat everyone, we can also go to the beach."

"You'd help me?"

I smiled and nodded, "Sure."

Roxas' face brightened a little. "Thanks."

"Shouldn't we go back to the castle by now?"

"Yeah. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Definitely."

Entry 26: Awaiting Vacation

Roxas and I went on a mission today and he saved me again. The strange thing is… I don't feel indebted to him… I have a feeling that I should help him out of good will and… friendship.

I found a "WINNER" popsicle stick. Roxas says that he's collecting them so I'm going to help him. When we collect them, I'm planning on arranging a vacation for Axel, Xion, and Roxas. After all… They do deserve one for their hard work. I just hope everything will go well.

Me: -bows down to all fans- I'm so sorry for posting late again! -gets run over by millions of angry fans- x_x

Kizu: -laughs- By the way, Eve does not own Kingdom Hearts. Just me.

Me: Please review! I wanna know your opinion :D!