HALF-ASSED ROXAS WRITING, BUT I REALLY HATE THE WHOLE SEVEN WONDERS CRAP. SUE ME, BECAUSE I REAAAALLLLLYYYY HATE THAT PART.

BIG EXPLOSIVE TRUTH TOLD SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE, YIPEE!

AND THE EPIC I'M-GOING-TO-KILL-YOU-SWIRL3Y-FOR-DOING-THAT TWEEST!

Chapter Three
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The 5th day

The fifth day approached, and Roxas hung around at the usual spot with his friends. He was quite out of it, and couldn't really focus on much. He did hear Hayner talk about there only being three days left until the end of summer vacation, and the talk about their assignment. Roxas took this chance to ask about the station tower.

"I didn't fall off the station tower, did I?" he asked, Hayner looked at him as if he had lost his mind, and told him he would've been dead if he did. Pence tried to change the subject, but Olette refused.

Hayner sighed, and agreed to finish their homework. It was an independent study, and they needed a topic. Roxas suggested the weird things that had happened to him, but Hayner refused.

"you know, things have been weird with you and the town since the photos have been stolen, right?" asked Pence. "Well, tomorrow, we're going to find out what's been going on."

Roxas was happy to know they were doing this all for him, and he agreed to get them ice cream. As he returned with them, Pence went on talking about the rumors that had been going on around the town called, "the seven wonders."

Hayner advised that they should split up, that he and Olette would find new rumors, while Pence and Roxas investigated the wonders. They all agreed, and left to go.

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Marie

I looked at the crystal in my hand, and smiled at it. Yesterday was such a feat, that I couldn't stop smiling. I was still smiling, but who can blame me? I won the tournament!

I was working today, so there were no plans for fun today with the gang. I didn't mind, though. Since they had work as well. What had caught my mind, however, was how close my birthday was. I didn't know what I was going to wear that day, but I had to find something soon.

As I rested my elbows on the counter, I noticed someone pass by. I blinked for a moment, and he was gone. I couldn't quite figure him out, but I did see blonde hair, and beige clothing...

maybe it was Seifer?

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DiZ and Riku

"It was a good thing Stella managed to erase the memory Marie had of Roxas," said Riku, who was leaning against the wall behind DiZ. "she also erased the memory of that guy... Axel, was his name?"

"yes," replied DiZ. "If those memories had stayed with her, she would no doubt remember everything before Sora has a chance to wake up."

"If anything," said Riku. "It appears as if Sora doesn't remember much of Marie. All his memories are mostly of just Kairi, and his friends..."

"I do worry about it," stated DiZ. He cleared his throat, not wanting to show any emotions whatsoever. He cared a lot for the girl, but he had to remain strong and cold if he wanted to overthrow Xemnas. "It doesn't matter, just so long as the boy awakes."

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Roxas

Not being able to gain any new rumors, Hayner and Olette joined Pence and Roxas on their investigation. They were all on the train, and Olette decided to take out her crystal. Hayner and Pence also took out their crystal, and placed it towards the sun to see them shine. Roxas smiled, and tried looking for his crystal as well.

When he couldn't find it, a look of utter sadness, and isolation appeared in his face. What was happening? He didn't know. He didn't understand, and because of it, he was sad. He couldn't enjoy his fun time with his friends, because there had just been...

Too many things going wrong. Nonetheless, the investigation had started, and they all needed to be quick on their feet.

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Marie

I hate doing deliveries, I really do.

I had to bring a box of Popsicle sticks over to sunset terrace, and this was the really big box. Though, thankfully, the sticks were light, so it made the box light as well.

Anyways, I was already on the train heading to the next street, so I was half-way done. As I got off, I headed towards the deeper end of the street. I had to go to the last house, the one near that waterfall fountain. I really did like sunset terrace a lot better than market street, just cause it looked a little more peaceful. But I liked the clock tower out of everything there, just because so many memories were there.

I stopped in front of the house, and I knocked on the door. The man opened the door, and I greeted him. He smiled at me, and he joyfully took the box. I don't know why they couldn't get someone else to do this delivery, but I guess that's because everyone else on staff loafs just as bad as I do.

"Thank you so much, dear," he said, holding onto the box. "We have to reserve these winner sticks for next year. It's a lot of money to place an order on these darn things."

"Oh, okay," I said, giving him a weird look. I didn't know sticks cost so much to order. "I'll be off now, see ya!"

as I walked away, the man waved and said goodbye. I sighed, and decided to take a break by the waterfall fountain. As I walked there, the air changed. For some reason, I felt as if someone was here. I shook my head, and walked a little closer to the fountain. As I stopped to look at it, I saw my reflection, which scared me at first. These reflection things can sure scare someone alright.

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Roxas

Roxas gasped as he looked at the waterfall again, and thought he saw a girl with blonde hair and green eyes staring at him. He blinked, and she disappeared, going back to his reflection. He shook his head, and couldn't believe all of these things happening to him.

He and his friends went to investigate the supposed, "seven wonders of Twilight Town," and the reflection one was on their list. Roxas was always the one to investigate deeper, and when he did, odd things happened. The fountain that he had just stared at turned into a dark shadow of himself, making him even fight the thing.

Or the balls mysteriously flying out of the wall. Roxas had seen them, but Pence didn't, thus calling it a silly rumor. Another rumor that Roxas was only able to witness it's truth was the eery noises people heard in the tunnel, he had to fight several monsters that resembled Vivi, and when Pence arrived, there was just one Vivi.

Roxas sighed, and looked at Pence. "That last wonder wasn't exactly wonderful."

Pence laughed, and looked at him. "I understand, say no more. But this next one's gonna be really great!"

Pence told Roxas that there was a ghost train that past by every so often, so they went to check it out. Hayner and Olette tagged a long, and they sat by the sunset hill, and waited. Olette reminded them that they needed to go to the beach next year, and Hayner agreed, telling them they all needed to gain jobs the moment vacation started.

Seifer appeared not too long, and the gang got up. He asked them what they were doing, and they told them that they were waiting for the ghost train. Seifer laughed at them, and Roxas glared at him.

"Why does staring at you always tick me off?" asked Seifer.

"I dunno, maybe it's destiny," Roxas looked at Seifer calmly, and Seifer merely laughed. He told them he didn't believe or cooperated with destiny, and they all stared into the sunset. He scoffed, and walked away after. Olette reminded him about tomorrow, and he waved it off saying he already knew.

Roxas looked out into the train tracks, and saw the ghost train. He gasped as he did, and he turned to Pence, telling him that he saw it. When they all gave him a weird look, and he ran towards the station, hoping it would still be there.

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when Roxas arrived at the train station, he saw the train. His friends arrived, and he smiled at them, telling them to go in. Hayner grabbed his wrist as he began to walk, and he told Roxas that he would get hurt. Roxas turned around, and noticed that the train was gone.

The real train approached them, and people got on and off the train. Roxas looked at his friends, and told him he saw it. Hayner grew annoyed with him, and pushed him into the train, so they could all go to the spot.

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As Hayner Pence and Olette walked towards the usual spot, Hayner told them that they should just write that the rumors were fake. Olette suggested to write about the work they put into investigating, and Roxas suddenly asked about the last rumor.

"Who cares?" shouted Hayner. Roxas told him he cared, and asked Pence about it. Hayner grew annoyed, and left the gang. Olette and Pence told Roxas that the last wonder was at the mansion. They didn't want to upset Hayner any further, so they followed him back to their place, leaving Roxas behind. Roxas sighed, and walked to the mansion, curious about the last wonder.

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As Roxas walked up the mansion, he took a closer look at it. He stopped, and he was suddenly surprised when he heard the voice of Pence. He turned around, and Pence came in telling Roxas that they were going to investigate the mansion the next day. Roxas asked him what the rumor was about, and Pence told them that there was a girl who appeared on the second floor.

Roxas took a closer look into the window, and all of sudden, he found himself standing in a room that was white and covered with drawings. He looked at the drawings, and noticed that some of them looked familiar.

He looked around, and that was when he heard Naminè's voice. No one was in the room, and he continued to look at the pictures. He looked at one particular picture, and noticed himself standing beside a man with red hair, and a girl with brown hair. "Is this.. me? And Axel's here too."

"you are best friends," she replied.

Roxas looked at the other drawing of the girl, and wondered. "What about her? I've never met her."

"She's your friend, too, a very special one," replied Naminè. "Her name is Merixa, but she changed her name to Aura."

"What makes her a special friend?" asked Roxas, who was confused and curious at the same time.

"you two had a special connection," replied Naminè. "But it's strained, because of the positions you two were in. so don't you want to know the truth about who you really are?"

Roxas told her that no one knew him better than himself, and Naminè agreed. Roxas continued on saying that things had been rather off, and he went to look at the other pictures. He noticed a picture of four people, Donald, Goofy, Sora, and a girl. "Who is she?"

"you should know," replied Naminè. "She's really important to Sora."

Roxas told her that he didn't understand, and Naminè explained. "About a year ago, some things happened. I had to take apart the memories chained together in Sora's heart. But now, I'm putting them all back exactly the way they were."

Naminè told him that Sora would go back to his old self, and that the process affect Roxas as well. He asked her why, and she told him that in order for Sora to be completely whole, he needed Roxas.

"Me? What for?"

"you hold half of what he is," replied Naminè. "He needs you, Roxas."

a bright light appeared, and Roxas sat across from Naminè. He asked her who she was, and she told him that she was a witch with powers over Sora's memories. She told him she didn't know why she had the powers, and Roxas joked saying he couldn't help her there.

"It's funny," he continued. "It's like suddenly, I don't know who I am anymore."

Naminè looked at him, and he continued. "I guess I would like to know... what do you know about me that I don't?"

Naminè looked down at the table, and creased her forehead. She didn't really want to tell him straight forwardly, but she had to. "You.. you were never suppose to exist, Roxas."

As suspected, Roxas grew annoyed, and asked how she could say such a thing. Naminè apologized, and told him that some things were indeed better left unsaid. A light shone brightly, and Roxas began to hear Pence's voice.

Roxas shook his head, and found himself standing outside of the mansion. Pence asked if he saw her, and he told him to look at the window. When Pence did, the curtains moved, and he scoffed, saying they were just the curtains. He told Roxas that they should head back, and that Hayner and Olette were already waiting. Roxas nodded, although reluctantly, he didn't want to leave... he wanted to find out more.

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Aura

"Don't be hard on yourself," said Aura, who was leaning against the wall of the room that Roxas had previously been with Naminè. "There's no other way of saying it without being honest about it."

"I know, but," replied Naminè. "I don't know.."

Aura looked out into the window, and noticed the boys leaving. She sighed, and closed her eyes for a moment. Naminè looked at the table, and saw a drawing of Marie and Aura together. She looked at the drawing of Sora and Roxas together, and looked at Aura. "Riku told me that if Marie met Roxas personally, she would remember faster, if not, instantly about herself."

"But...?" asked Aura, knowing there had to be some catch.

"...She risks forgetting about Sora forever," replied Naminè. "So DiZ wants to keep them as far as possible."

"So it's okay if they let me suffer knowing Roxas will never remember me?" asked Aura. "While Sora gets the luxury of having Marie, someone he likes, remember everything about him?"

Naminè stuttered a bit, and looked at Aura without having much to say. Aura sighed, and punched the wall. A small indent on the wall appeared, and she growled. "Well, I'm not having it! I'm gonna make Sora suffer!"

"But Aura—"

As Naminè called out to Aura, she had already disappeared through her portal. Naminè was concerned for Aura, and she didn't know what to do about it.

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The 6th day

"Those worlds will be restored if we beat Ansem, right?"

"You see, darkness is the heart's true essence."

"That's not true! The heart may be weak, and sometimes it may even give in. But I've learned that deep down, there's a light that never goes out! And that light.."

"Is Marie!"

"I'll make you taste ten years of bottled emotions, you loser!"

"You're wrong! I know now, without a doubt. Kingdom Hearts... Is light!"

"We'll come back, I promise!"

"Marie, you're disappearing!"

"I think...I'm disappearing just like that door."

"You can't disappear! Marie, please! Don't disappear!"

As Roxas got up from his bed, he looked around and then back at his feet. He sat in silence, until he took a deep breath. "Marie..."

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Roxas walked into the usual spot, and scratched the back of his head, while complaining how he couldn't get any sleep the other night. When he reached for Hayner's shoulders, his hands went through him. Roxas gasped, and watched as the three of them ran through him.

Roxas sighed, and walked up to where Hayner would sit, and picked up a photo of Hayner, Pence and Olette. He dropped it, and walked outside.

Once outside, Roxas looked at his surroundings, and suddenly, the white monsters that appeared so many time before appeared again. This time, however, a familiar face appeared, and Roxas immediately recognized it as Axel.

"Look at what it's come to," said Axel, who looked at the young teen. "I've been given these icky orders to destroy you—if you refuse to come back with me."

"We're..." Roxas started, looking at Axel. "Best friends, right?"

"Sure... but I'm not getting turned into a dusk for..." Axel's eyes lit up once he realized just what Roxas had just told him, and he smiled at the boy. "Wait a sec! You remember now!"

Roxas told him he did, but Axel, following procedures, told him he needed to make sure. When Axel asked Roxas what their boss' name was, Roxas could not give an answer. Axel sighed, and couldn't believe it. Roxas took out the Keyblade, and he started attacking all of the white monsters that appeared before him.

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Aura

Aura walked towards the usual spot that Marie always hung around at, and stopped when she reached it. She clutched her hand, and started breathing heavily. The feelings of pure hatred appeared in Aura, but they weren't for Roxas.

They were for Sora.

Aura couldn't control them, and so she decided to give in to them. She was out for trouble, and the first person she was going to attack, was Marie. Although she managed to keep them in, she has always resented Marie. She didn't like how she was born with feelings of hate for a boy she could care less for, but Aura knew who the real person was to blame, and that was Sora.

His existence was to blame for everything that happened to Marie after her home was attacked. His nativity was to blame for him finishing the second part of the drawing Marie left without thinking over the consequences. He was to blame for making her hate him for that one moment, and he was to blame for Roxas.

So Aura wanted him to feel the way she left. She was going to make Marie forget Sora forever, just so he could feel the pain she felt knowing that Roxas could not remember her.

And how was she going to do that? She was going to make Marie follow her into meeting Roxas. She lifted her hoodie, covering her face so that Marie wouldn't see her. She walked into the place, and as suspected, she saw Marie alone sitting.

Marie turned to face Aura, and she smiled at the brunette. "Hello, may I help you with something?"

Aura looked at her, and smirked. "Yes, you can. Follow me."

Marie tilted her head, and sat there for a moment. Aura turned back, and glared through the hoodie. "There's someone who claims to know you and your past."

Marie gasped, and Aura knew she had her attention. Marie got up from her chair, and told Aura to lead the way. Marie walked a little in front of Aura, and she stopped. Aura quickly summoned her portal, and Marie jumped at the sudden summon. Aura pushed her through the portal, and chuckled.

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Roxas

Roxas had defeated the monsters, and Axel glared at him. He prepared to attack Roxas, but suddenly, time froze still. He closed his eyes for a moment, and then suddenly a voice appeared.

"Roxas, to the mansion. The time has come!"

Roxas looked up into the sky, and shouted out the names of his friends. When nothing happened, he sighed, and looked down at the floor.

At that very moment, a dark portal had appeared. He jumped a bit, because the appearance was so sudden, and prepared himself for whatever happened. When he heard someone yelling, he loosened his position, and stared at the portal.

A girl with blonde hair and green eyes suddenly came falling out of the portal. She gasped as she hit the floor, and groaned in pain. She rubbed her lower back, and got up slowly. She came face to face with Roxas, and raised her eyebrow.

"Who are you?" she asked, walking a little slower towards him. "You look so familiar..."

"Uh, I'm Roxas," he said calmly. "who are you?"

The girl giggled, and raised her hand while smiling at Roxas. "I'm Marie!"

As she smiled at him, Roxas gasped, realizing Marie was the girl in his dreams. She was the girl that Sora really liked, and traveled around the world with. But what was she doing here? Why was she in a place like Twilight Town? Marie noticed Roxas being out of it, and she called out his name. "Roxas?"

"I know you," he said. She looked at him, and questioned what he meant. He looked at her, and looked intently at Marie. "You're the girl he cares for, the girl Sora really likes."

"Who's... Sora?" asked Marie. Roxas looked down, unable to give a proper answer. But before he could say anything else, Marie began to shout in pain. She grabbed her head, and bent down to her knees. Roxas stared at her, and then looked around as if looking for answers.

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Aura

Aura stood on top of a building near where Marie and Roxas were, and she was clutching her hand. She was hearing Marie's shouts of pain, and she suddenly bent down, having felt as if something controlled her. She shook her head, and got up. When she heard Marie's shouting, she gasped, having realized what she had just done.

She placed a hand over her mouth, and a feeling of pure guilt passed over her. Her hateful feelings toward Sora placed Marie in harm's way, something that she didn't want to happen. Aura quickly got up, and ran towards Marie and Roxas.

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As she ran towards Marie, she didn't have the chance to put up her hoodie. She ran past Roxas, without even thinking about him, and bent down beside Marie. She held onto her shoulders, and picked her up with some difficulty. Roxas gasped, and realized Aura was the girl he saw previous times. She turned her head slightly, and it was enough for Roxas to see her face.

He gasped again, after seeing her face. As she walked into a portal with Marie, he extended his hand towards her. He didn't know why he was doing this, but he felt the need to stop her. As Aura stepped into the portal, Roxas ran after her. "Please, don't go! Please, stay!"

As he ran towards the portal, it disappeared. He abruptly stopped, and he sighed rather loudly. His hands were shaky, and suddenly, he felt a tear roll down his cheek. He went to touch it after, and looked at his wet finger. Why was he crying, if he didn't know that girl?

But in truth, he did know her. But his memories had been erased... so he would never know about Axel, or about Aura.

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Kingdom Hearts

She quickly looked at the screen, and noticed that Marie was remembering all of her memories. She panicked, and tried to stop it before she could remember everything. She had just finished placing general memories of Sora within Marie, but the memories of Marie ever loving Sora were still left untouched. The man who had been with her came walking up, and widened his eyes at the sight of all the memories going back with Marie. "What's going on?"

"Why don't you ask Aura," replied the women coldly. "She purposely made Marie meet Roxas, knowing that she would remember. Ugh, why did she have to give in to those hateful feelings now, all of a sudden?"

The women tried to see if she could place the memories in her, but she didn't have enough time. As she placed the memories inside Marie, they kept being pulled out. The woman cursed out loud, and stomped her foot on the ground. She gave a loud and annoyed sigh, and did the second best thing she could think of, and that was to place the other memories in an isolated place.

As the women typed in some codes, everything went calm. She sighed, and sat back in her chair. The man, who had been watching what she was doing, asked her a question. "What happened?"

"Well, Marie just fainted," she replied, pointing at the screen of Marie lying on her bed. Aura had been there as well, but she had left. "When she wakes up, she'll remember everything. Well, she won't remember the memories of Castle Oblivion, since I completely erased those."

"What about Sora?" asked the man, who looked overly concerned. The woman explained saying that fortunately, Marie remembers Sora. However, the memories that she doesn't remember, are the ones that involved her ever liking Sora.

"So, in other words, when she meets Sora, she'll just think of him as a friend?" he asked, concerned for Marie. "And she won't remember ever liking him more than one?"

"Poor Sora," replied the women. "These feelings that Aura posses towards the boy are unhealthy."

"She reminds me of—"

"Don't you mention her name! You know I hate her!" retorted the women.

"But she's my—"

"So?"

The man sighed, and looked at Marie sleeping, he creased his forehead, and sat down in a chair beside the woman. "What do we do now?"

the woman crossed her arms and sighed while frowning. She didn't like the feeling of not being able to do anything, but she really couldn't. If she wanted to place those memories back into Marie, she would have to place her in another coma, and she didn't want to. The only hope she had was Sora. "We wait, and hope that Sora has the power to bring those memories back on their own."

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Roxas

Roxas had no time to be standing and wondering about a girl he was randomly crying over, as he was trying to figure out what exactly was going on. He had made it to the mansion, and opened the door with his Keyblade, though only after seeing memories of Sora doing it.

As he walks into the mansion, he looked around. The place had been all crumbled, and it did indeed looked old. He walked around the place, hoping to find some clues to where he should be heading.

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Aura and Riku

Aura sat on top of the clock tower, and covered her mouth with her hand. She slouched a bit, and sighed. She couldn't believe how powerful the feeling of revenge and hate were, and she really didn't like them. She made the person she was suppose to protect forget about the one person she really loved, and it was her fault.

"Why did you do it?" Aura slightly turned around, and noticed that a man wearing the black cloak appeared walking behind her. He stood beside her, and waited for her reply. Aura sighed, and didn't want to tell Riku, the man in the cloak, about why she did it. They were his friends, too, but she guessed he had a right to know.

"I was born with the feeling of hate towards Sora," she explained. Riku had asked why, and she explained that Marie at one point hated Sora for liking her when he also liked Kairi, and the feelings were strongest when Aura was born, thus making her born with them. She was also born with the feelings of love, but those were directed at Roxas. In fact, both those feelings were directed at Roxas, but Aura was able to overcome the hate for Roxas. But why couldn't she overcome the ones for Sora?

Riku looked down at the floor, and took a deep breath. He explained to her that it was his fault for that, since he had tricked Marie into thinking that Sora liked Kairi. Of course, now he was thinking it was true, since Kairi was the memory that Sora held onto the most while in his slumber. But he didn't want to tell that to Aura.

She scoffed at him, and didn't have anything to say. An awkward silence grew in between them, and Aura sighed in annoyance. She got up from her sitting position, and began to walk away, however, before she did, she looked at Riku.

"I did something wrong, and I know I can't fix it now. But I will protect Marie, and I won't let these stupid feelings get in the way."

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Roxas

Roxas had searched around the mansion, and there was nothing interesting to note about them. Of course, that was until he reached a certain room on the second floor. It was the same room he saw the drawings of himself with Axel, and the girl named Aura. And it was where he also saw Naminè.

He walked around looking at the other pictures, and stopped when he saw a picture of himself walking away from a place. He grabbed his head, and began to remember some of the things he couldn't before.

As Roxas left outside the castle, Axel stood at the entrance. He leaned against the wall, and didn't bother to stare at Roxas. "Your mind's made up?"

"Why did the Keyblade choose me?" asked Roxas, who also didn't turn around to face Axel. "I have to know."

"You can't turn on the Organization!"

Roxas stopped grabbing his head, and he turned around, only to face Naminè sitting on the chair across from him. He looked at her, realizing something. "Organization XIII. They're a bad group."

"Bad or good, I don't know," replied Naminè, who looked at Roxas. "They're a group of incomplete people who wish to be whole. To that end, they're desperately searching for something."

Roxas has asked what they were looking for, and Naminè told them that it was Kingdom Hearts. Roxas laughed, and she question what was up. He told her that the question he was concerned about, was what was going to happen to him. She began to answer, but she disappeared, digitally. In her place, appeared the man that he saw and heard many times; DiZ.

He told Roxas that there was nothing he could do to change his fate, and Roxas told him that he wanted to know, that he had the right to know.

"A nobody doesn't have the right to know," replied DiZ. "Nor does it even have the right to exist."

Roxas retorted asking what a nobody was, and then all of a sudden, a man in a black coat appeared. He told DiZ that they were out of time due to there being too many nobodies. A portal appeared, and out of it, Naminè came through.

"Roxas, nobodies like us are only half a person," she said, looking at him. "You won't disappear, you'll be whole!"

DiZ grew annoyed with the young blonde, and prevented her from talking when he placed his hand over her mouth. Roxas ran to her, but the man in the black coat stopped him from doing so. Naminè took DiZ's hand away from her mouth, and she looked at Roxas. "Roxas! We will meet again. And then we can talk about everything. I may not know it's you, and you may not know it's me. But we will meet again. I promise!"

Roxas watched as they brought her further into the portal, and he extended his hand out to her. He called her name, but suddenly, the three of them disappeared, and he merely watched. He shook his head, and figured that maybe they were still in the mansion, so he ran outside.

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Kingdom Hearts

He stared through the screen, and watched as Marie slept silently on her bed. In soon time, she would remember everything... everything but ever loving Sora. The man sighed sadly, and felt bad. Even though it wasn't his fault, he still felt responsible. He looked behind him, and watched as she walked into the room.

"I still don't understand why you lied to her," he said, looking at her with such sadness. "You told her that were were just the voice of this place, and we have no form. What if... what if I ever wanted to meet her? Meet Marie?"

"We already did enough damage to her by passing the power of Kingdom Hearts to her," replied the woman. "I thought I was doing the right thing by passing them on to her, so that this power would be protected... but.."

"She's suffering.." replied the man. "My little girl is suffering..."

"I admit it's my fault," replied the woman, looking down. "But if I hadn't given her those powers, Xehanort would have killed us both by now."

"And the only way for us to ever leave this place is if Marie opens the door herself, huh?" asked the man, looking at the screen.

"I don't want her to open it," replied the woman. "It'll only cause her more confusion if we told her the exact truth, and I think we would only be a burden for her."

"I guess," replied the man. "B-but you turned out okay, though! Your mom was also in this place, so we should be okay?"

The woman shook her head, and sat down in front of the screen. "Everyone is different, and sadly, Marie isn't as strong as everyone makes her to be."

"How would you know?" asked the man.

"Who knows Marie better than her own mother?"

Ack, okay. I gotta stop here, or else I'll be tempted to write the whole story in one chapter.

Well, well. I also spilled some beans at the end. But I'm not gonna be any more generous than I was from now on, lol. I've decided that Stella will not appear as much in the story. Why will be explained in the story soon.

Lele-the-Greek-Geek:
Ah, yes. The fans. Although I don't really like calling anyone fans, just because I don't like the who superior thing, you know? Like a celebrity and how her fans worship her, it's too much. So I like to call everyone friends. XD And porque, indeed? Riku is quite unwanted at times. XD Thank you, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Starlightmint72:
Ahaha, thank you! And your quite welcome! Yeah, it confuses a lot of people. And I was a little afraid of writing this part because of the confusion. But fear not, the confusion will go away soon. XD

Shadow 1n2:
Aww, thank you! Oh, goodness, thank you for that! That was very nice of you, and I hope you like this chapter. It took me a while, but I hope it's okay.

Lvl-ZeR0:
Thanks! Ahaha, well actually, compared to her other workers, she's hard-working. XD LOL, aww here, I'll give you another hug. -hugs-

sajere1:
Close! She remembers Sora, but the love between them is gone! Aura does sneak around and helps Marie behind the scenes, only because she feels the need to so that she can owe her for what she did. And well, he would, but he knows that Aura would be unwilling.

Pomegranata:
Thank you! I'm glad you think it's not the same old thing like other stories. And thank you, I hope you stay for the other chapters I have coming along.

Mysterygirl123:
Thank you! And well, I gotta add some drama, and I gotta make somethings stay in the KH2 plot. XD

Kurai-Darkness:
lol, aw, your welcome! I've been good, a little drama in my life. But nothing too serious. How are you?

TheAngelFromYourNightmares:
Ah, well. She remembers him, just the memory of loving him is gone. Which is going to make Sora loco. And muahahaha! I hope you like this chapter!

SisterOfScarletDevil:
LOL, yes, indeed! If there is no drama other than fights and enemy stuff, like it already is in the game, then it's boring. I like life and love drama, it's so deliciously evil. XD

kingdomdisney:
My dear friend, only one of those things happened in today's chapter. Sora is still a little far from waking up, and Aura and Roxas still need to meet. Still a ways, my friend. XD

AlexMontgomery:
Yeah, I agree that Game Over was a bit rushed. Lol, I hope this chapter makes up for it. I plan on making it close to 60 chapters. LOL, the tweest has been made. XD Well, I don't think it'll be any more different, just that Marie will be there, lol. Thanks! I hope you liked this chapter!

InuyaKoneko:
LOL, oh no! I completely forgot I have to think of how Marie looks in pridelands. Ack, fml. And thank you! Stella is quite interesting and complicated, but I'm sure some people will love her.

Grapejuice101:
Thanks! And yes, it is KH2. XD

Anonymous person?:
Lol, I don't want to see Yuffie on a sugar high. And I fear the drunkard Yuffie. Thanks! Well, it's a little unprofessional to hate on Kairi, Naminè, and Xion when you are writing a fic. Although I think Kairi is big damsel in distress, and I hope she fights in kh3, I don't place it anywhere near my stories. Well, that depends, if it's Yaoi, I've seen A LOT of Saix stories. Lol. But me personally, I would like to see a OcxSaix story, just cause it would be interesting to see how they make the emotionless mess named Saix turn into a loving guy. Or something similar to that. XD