Eve: Ugh.. School and homework and boyfriend and friends and more school and more homework have gotten to me! I just don't have the time to relax, sit down, and TYPE TO MY HEART'S CONTENT! MIDTERMS ARE COMING UP TOO! -twitch twitch- ...I'm so sorry it took so long to get this chapter posted! But the bright side is that it's longer than the rest!

Roxas: And this time, I'm the one talking. Been awhile since we changed to my point of view!

Eve: Yup. The sad thing is though.. I don't own you! D:

Roxas: ...Wha?

Eve: Nothing nothing. I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Roxas, Axel, Xion, and/or the Grey Room! If I did, they'd all be having tea parties in the Grey Room! Not talk to Saix about missions and get yelled at and stuff. And you'll LIVE!

Roxas: ...I still don't get it...

Eve: Ignore my fan-girl rambles :3! Anyway! Kizu is MY character! And at the end of this chapter, that scene was taken off of 358/2, I only tweaked it here and there but the parts I didn't tweak, I don't own. Well, onto the story! I won't be posting for awhile again D:! Well.. I bet you're sick of my rambling... READ THE STORY NOW!

Roxas' Point of View

After a long day of chasing after an Emerald Serenade, I looked forward seeing Axel, Xion and Kizu at the clock tower. Axel and Xion were there, but Kizu never showed up. Axel had left, I started getting anxious and asked Xion where she was, hoping to find out that she was in the castle.

Xion replied, "We were on a mission here, in Twilight Town, but she wanted to talk to someone."

"Who?" I asked.

"Oh well," Xion paused, "The guy in the black coat."

Only one thing went through my head, "She's going to leave too.. Just like Xion did..."

I instantly was reminded of the time Axel had to attack Xion to get her back into the Organization and panicked. Quickly sending out five Samurais each to other worlds, I put on my hood and did a through search of Twilight Town only to find nothing. Moments after, one of my Samurai appeared, kneeling and bowing his head low.

"My liege, the girl has been spotted in Destiny Islands but with another man. My fellow scouts have been destroyed by him."

"What!" I almost yelled and then took a deep breathe, "Thank you. You have done well."

After the Nobody disappeared, I hastily opened up a portal and sprinted into it.

~What should have been done...~

I walked onto a small circular island, facing toward the large ocean. The scenery was the same as the last time I saw it, palm trees and all. I saw two figures with familiar builds and Organization outfits. Both of them had their hoods on but I recognized one to be Kizu and the other to be the impostor from before. Both of them were standing there, looking at the direction of the bridge I was walking on. The impostor was already ready for my arrival with his weapon in hand.

I quickly summoned my Keyblade and stated with a serious tone, "My scouts told me that Kizu is here."

The impostor responded, "She's not here. But, you're scouts decided to attack me."

"They were sent to find her and one came back saying she's here," I stated. Then I pointed at the shorter of the two, "Isn't that her? My scouts wouldn't mistake you for Kizu."

"So what if it is?" he replied, taking a step forward with his weapon in hand.

I took a step forward, ready for a fight, but Kizu jumped in between us and quickly took off her hood, with fans in hand, "I'm right here, safe and sound."

"Kizu?" I said, making my Keyblade disappear, "So my scouts were right.."

She quickly nodded at me, and then turned toward her head at the impostor, "Put away your weapon. There isn't any need to fight."

He stared at Kizu for a second and later made his sword disappear, stepping out of his fighting stance, "Why did you send those Nobodies to attack us?"

"I only sent them for recon," I replied, "I commanded them to search and return with Kizu. Their default is to destroy anything that gets in their way, and you must have tried to stop them or they thought you were a threat. Anyway, Kizu, we have to go back now."

Kizu simply nodded. I quickly made a portal and grabbed her wrist, pulling her in.

~What should have been done...~

"Is something the matter Roxas? You seem frantic," Kizu asked.

She was obviously angered at the abrupt yank on her wrist, which pulled both of us into the Corridor of Darkness. We walked into the Grey Room, which had its lights off. Only the luminescent glow of the eerie Kingdom Hearts made it possible to see at all. I pulled down my hood and saw Kizu's clear blue eyes sparkle in the light.

"Promise me something, Kizu," I said, both desperate and serious. After she nodded slowly, I continued, "Don't do anything reckless."

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Promise me, Kizu," I repeated.

"Not until you explain," she commanded.

I sighed heavily and paused for a minute before I was prepared to respond, "Xion left with that Impostor and ever since, she's been different. I don't want you to disappear like she did.. That fake member changed her."

She stared at me, "You think that'll happen to me?"

I nodded, looking her straight in the eye, "Just promise me."

She nodded, "I promise you."

"What is this.. feeling?" I asked myself. "Thank you."

"It's getting late. I'll see you in the morning," She stated, walking out of the Grey Room.

~What should have been done...~

The next say, I saw Xion and I walked up to her, greeting her with a smile, "Hey, Xion, good morning,"

"Good morning," She simply replied.

"Listen—"

"Sorry, I gotta go," she cut in, looking down. Then she walked away.

"What's wrong with her?"

Saix gave me my mission, which was to destroy an Orcus in Halloween Town. I walked out of the Grey Room and toward my room.

After I finished preparing, I knocked on Kizu's door, "Kizu?"

In her room, I heard, "Yeah?"

"I have a mission in Halloween Town. You want to come?"

"Not today. I have work to do. Sorry So-… Roxas."

I looked down, slightly disappointed. "I'll see you at the Clock Tower then.. Right?"

"Not sure. Maybe."

"Oh.. Okay," I sighed. Then I opened up a portal to Halloween Town. "Bye then."

After a few moments of silence, I just walked into the portal.

"First Xion, now this…"

~What should have been done...~

I stepped out into the Halloween Town. The sky was black and brown bricks tiled the floor toward the town. There were walls lining the path, also made from the same brick. Black, metal spikes were on top of them. I walked to the center of town and looked around, scanning through the several wooden houses, fountain, and guillotine.

"Maybe in the graveyard…"

I walked into the Graveyard and as I was walking, I realized that there were no heartless appearing, at all.

"That's strange…"

I looked around again and still saw nothing. But then, a large black Heartless appeared right in front of me. It had a humanoid figure, with dark purple skin and red tipped horns and feet. Purple wings sprouted from its back and yellow ones were also at its elbows. As I glanced at it, I also noticed its pendulum-like blade at the tip of its long, black tail. A dark purple aura emanated from it.

"Wh-what! How could it get this close without me noticing?" I said to myself as I summoned my Keyblade in my right hand.

The Orcus swung at me with its orange sword and I quickly blocked. It then flew into the air and shot down several pink balls of energy. I barely rolled away but as the balls hit the ground, it exploded, launching me aside.

I stood back up at yelled, "Thunder!" A zap of lightening shot down from the sky, but it didn't affect the Heartless for some reason. "So.. No thunder spells."

It then disappeared.

"Where..!"

As I was thinking, its sword flew at me. I didn't dodge in time and it pushed me back against on of the gravestones. I stumbled forward only to feel the same sword jab my back. The stinging at my sides wouldn't stop as I started breathing very heavily. The sword then dove toward me a third time and I lifted my Keyblade, blocking it. As the sword rebounded, the Orcus materialized above me and slammed the ground, creating a shockwave that knocked me off my feet. I turned around on the floor to see it swing down at me. I braced for impact but I heard a "Kling!" sound and saw a clear shield around me.

"The ring..!"

The Orcus, confused, flew backward away from me and I used that time to yell out, "Curaga!" A green bell chimed over my head and I felt revitalized.

I then glided toward it and swung a few times, but the Heartless kept backing away from me, making me miss. After I landed, it flew above me and sent another barrage of energy balls at me. Unable to recover in time, I got hit by a few, but another clear shield appeared around me.

"I need to thank Kizu later," I thought as I jumped up again and tried to swing at the Orcus. My body felt heavy for some reason, so I couldn't put much force into the hit.

As I landed, I said to myself, "It's… It's too powerful. I've gotta finish this now before it wears me down any further. It's all or nothing." I put all of my energy into my next swing but only heard the "Klang" of metal.

"S-stop it!" Kizu exclaimed. She had blocked two Keyblades with her two fans.

"Kizu!" I stated, then looked over to the person holding the other Keyblade, "And Xion!"

"Roxas? Kizu? Wh.. what are you doing here?" Xion responded, withdrawing her Keyblade.

"The two.. The two of you…" Kizu breathlessly said as she sank down onto the floor.

"Kizu!" Xion and I yelled out while helping her up.

"This mission…" she continued after she stood up, "Xemnas.. He set you two up… So you two could eliminate.. each other."

Xion looked down, "The Organization would do that…?"

I looked down too while Kizu said, "I'm… sorry.. I couldn't get to you two in time… I was looking for you two everywhere after I found out."

"Thanks Kizu," Xion smiled sadly at her.

She nodded, "Let's just go back."

I quickly shook my head, "We should check the Clock Tower first."

"To check for Axel right?" Kizu asked. After I nodded, she sighed, "I have a feeling he won't be there."

"Why's that?" Xion questioned.

"Just.. trust me." She stated, "I'm going back to the Castle. Hope you find him."

"Wait Kizu!" I yelled after her as she opened into a Corridor of Darkness.

"Yes?"

"Didn't you want to have ice cream with us?"

She paused. "Sorry Roxas. I have business to attend to." Then she walked into the portal without looking back.

~What should have been done...~

Xion and I sat down on the ledge of the clock tower. Axel silently sat down to the right of me. Silence.

"Been a while since we all hung out like this, huh?" I said.

Axel replied, "Well, we have had our own share of drama."

Silence once again.

"The sun sure is beautiful," Xion stated, "I know we've seen a lot of sunsets, but today's puts them all to shame. If only.. things stayed like this."

"What if.. we all ran off? With Kizu too," I declared, "The four of us. Then we can always be together."

Xion looked down and shook her head, "We don't have any place to run."

"I know. Heh, I was just thinking out loud."

"Well, even if things change, we'll never be apart–" Axel started.

"As long as we remember each other, right? Don't worry Axel, we got your hokey speech memorized," Xion smiled at him.

Axel chuckled, "Just checking."

"I'll have these moments memorized, for a long time. Forever, I hope."

I nodded, "Me too, forever.."

Day 352: Us and the Sunset

Kizu was acting weird when I asked her if she wanted to come with us to the clock tower. This time, me and Xion and Axel had ice cream. The sunset was beautiful.

I don't have to write anything else down, because I'll never forget this day.