A/N: EEEP! 107 Reviews! This is my very first story to have even gone past 58, and now 100? Yeah, totally unexpected, I'll tell you that! It's even a miracle that I got past 20, but to actually have a story with over 100 reviews feels like a big accomplishment to me! And I also did I really brand new and coolio pic of Hope! PLEASE GO LOOK AT IT! Now, while I happily celebrate to commemorate this moment, you should go and enjoy this new chapter! WHOO!

Hope slept peacefully in her room, bundled up in her various blankets and hugging her pillow to her, burying her face in it. She had always slept like that, Axel noted as he watched her from his place against the wall. Although he had planned to be able to say bye in the morning before he left, he wouldn't get the chance to because Saix had sent him orders to leave tonight. He really didn't see why he had to go now. It was his vacation, and he could take as much time doing what he wanted without having anyone else bother him about it….well, he could do that, only if it didn't involve the consequence of being turned into a Dusk. Sighing quietly, he glanced over at the clock resting on the nightstand by the bed, mentally groaning when he saw that he had to leave. Quietly, he moved to Hope and placed a soft peck on her cheek.

"Try not to kill yourself while I'm gone, yeah? Wouldn't want you ending up with another scar…." He whispered into her ear. His breath was warm, causing Hope to softly sigh as she turned away from him, pulling the pillow over her head. He silently chuckled at her action for a moment before opening up a portal as quietly as possible and walking through it, exiting to the lower part of the castle. He began to finally head out, when he was stopped by someone impatiently scoffing.

"Hmph. What took you?" It was Saix.

Axel whipped around, an angry look on his face, "It's my vacation. I can take all the time I want. Since when do I have to check in with you?"

Saix frowned at the red-head. "You're letting yourself get too attached to them, and letting your memories of your former attachment to Hope get the better of you."

Axel's eyes narrowed, "Former memories? What memories I have and act on aren't any of your concern, so leave Hope out of this."

Saix turned his back to Axel, "You and her…the both of you have changed."

Axel didn't reply back, only watched silently as his former best friend walked away.

Dear Diary,

Axel must've left after I went to bed last night. I didn't even get a chance to say bye again. Oh well…he'll be back soon though, so there really isn't any need for me to worry. My mission today was with Demyx to Agrabah for heart collection again. Although having Demyx around kinda brightens things up a bit, but I already miss Axel. Well, I guess I'll go wait for Xion and Roxas up on the tower. Bye.

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About 2 months later-

"You're sending who with me?"

"Xion. Having a master of the Keyblade by your side will help get rid of this impostor sooner." Saix explained, while Hope only grew more frustrated.

"But…she shouldn't be going on an assassination without the proper experience of being on one before, and you know it. You've never had her kill an actual person before, so what makes you think that she can do it right now?"

Saix closed his eyes, his face remaining expressionless. "Stubborn as always…"

"What was that?"

"Just go already. We've located him to be at Beast's Castle. Hurry on before he gets away. And if he does, Hope…you're to pursue him alone."

She mumbled curses under her breath, "Fine…"

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Xion and Hope both exited the portal, hoods up. Saix had demanded Hope to wear an Organization coat in hopes to keep her identity safe from an outside force. Hope sighed when she saw how big the place was, making it harder to search quickly. To make it worse, it was dark out, so they'd have a hard time seeing anything.

"Where should we start?" Xion asked Hope, causing her to glance down at the younger girl.

"Hmm…See that roof top up there?" Hope asked, pointing to the roof top, "It's high enough for one of us to sit up on and keep watch. That's your job. Meanwhile, I'll look around. Unless you see someone wearing the coat that you don't recognize as being one of the members, you're to approach him cautiously, and somehow notify me, ok?" Xion nodded, "Now, get up there!"

"Right!" Xion exclaimed, running off and up to the roof top while Hope remained on the ground. After watching and making sure Xion was in a good place, she turned around and stared up at the gates that led to the castle, deciding that if anywhere, the impostor was probably inside the gates.

"Xion, I'm going to look around inside. Remember what I told you to do if you see this guy." She didn't wait for Xion to reply, but instead ran on ahead, opening up the gates and slipping in, glancing around cautiously. She had intended on keeping the gate's open just a tiny bit so she could squeeze back out quickly if she found the need to, but once she had stepped about a few feet away, they closed on her, causing her to summon her sword. "There's no way that the wind just closed them…." Hope mumbled quietly to herself. She turned back to face forward, her eyes widening a bit when she saw she was no longer alone. "You!" She exclaimed, jumping back a few feet. In front of her was a well built boy who wore the organization's coat and a blindfold like thing around his eyes, and looked to be no older than 15 or 16 years old. The little bit of wind that there was blew several wisps of his silver hair around, reminding Hope a bit of Sephiroth. Hope frowned when she sensed the conflict his heart was struggling with between light and darkness. This kid….he'd been through a lot.

'Why's he just standing there?' Her question was soon answered when the boy shot an orb of magic at her. Surprised, she jumped out of the way, part of the coat she was wearing getting torn away by the orb. In the back of her mind, she couldn't help but get the idea that Saix would be mad about the coat later on. She glanced at the ruined part for a moment before looking back at the silver haired boy. "I guess I don't really need this anymore." She grabbed the collar of her coat and threw it off, running forward and launching herself in the air, bringing her sword down on the boy, only to have it blocked by his.

Riku easily pushed her back moving back a few feet himself. He knew that whoever this girl he was fighting, she hadn't come here alone. This girl had experience with magic and swordsmanship, making her outrank him somewhat. She would be difficult to get rid of easily. Riku figured that he'd get rid of her last, after he got rid of the other one first.

"Tell me, who are you?" Hope exclaimed, running forward again. Riku stood there, moving out of the way at the last moment, and slamming his hand into Hope's back, knocking her back a few feet and down.

Hope groaned as she managed to crawl back up onto her knees. Riku stared at her for a moment before snapping his fingers, a giant Heartless, a Behemoth to be exact, appearing as he did so. While Hope's attention was turned to the Heartless, he got away and went to find Xion.

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"Damn! Why does a Heartless always have to pop up in the most worst possible time?" I asked myself, throwing my sword down at the Behemoth and successfully killing it after what seemed like hours, when it had been at least 10 minutes. The impostor was gone….At least, that's what I figured, until I heard the sounds of weapons clashing outside of the gates….where Xion was. I knew she shouldn't have been sent along.

I ran and pushed the gates open, just in time to hear Xion let out a scream of what seemed like emotional pain while the impostor began to move away and leave. I did the only sensible thing I could do. I followed after him. "Xion, go home!" I ordered her as I ran past her and after the impostor. "HEY! STOP!"

Of course, he ignored me and ran through a portal, me running in right behind him.

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Roxas sat on the clock tower alone, ice cream in hand, awaiting for Hope and Xion to show up from their mission. He'd been there for about 10 minutes, and still, no sign of them. "Hey, Roxas!"

Roxas whipped his head around to find Axel standing in front of him, his usual smirk on his face. "Axel…You're back!"

Axel nodded his head, walking over and taking his seat on the edge, next to Roxas, "Yup, I just got home. So, how ya holding up? Where's Xion and Hope?"

Roxas frowned, sighing a bit sadly. "They're not here yet."

Axel frowned, glancing to side. "Hunh….that's odd. Usually Hope is here by now.

"Yeah, Xion, too. And it's getting late." Roxas looked over at the corner of the tower, expecting both girls to walk around it happily, ice cream in their hands. But no matter how much he expected it to happen, it didn't. "This isn't like them…"

Indeed, it wasn't like them at all….

Xion sat on her bed, hugging her knees to her chest. "How could he say that…" She asked herself, closing her eyes and remembering the scene that had happened between her and the impostor. He had defeated her and told her that her Keyblade wasn't real…that is was a sham instead. He even went to the lengths to say that the organization was bad news, and for her to find a new crowd. But not everyone here was bad in Xion's view. Roxas, Axel, and Hope were her friends, and they weren't bad at all. But still…..

'This Keyblade, it's a sham-worthless.'

Xion shook her had sadly, burying in her arms. "He's wrong. It's not a sham…and neither am I."

With Hope~

Riku stood with his back facing Hope, who was struggling to remain standing after taking a strong hit from him. In the end, she was so weak, she fell to the ground, moaning in pain softly. Riku recalled his sword and turned around on his heel, moving over towards Hope. He knelt down next to her and lifted part of his blindfold up, opening an eye to look down at who he had just taken out. He knew he had never met her before, but he recalled seeing someone that looked like her once…Ah, yes, in a room he had wandered into while at the Hollow Bastion Castle. There, he had found a picture of the exact same girl in front of him. But now was not the time to dwell on how why she was working with the Organization.

Riku instinctively moved back as Hope sat up, opening her eyes to stare at him. "I don't think…you understand….the danger you're putting yourself into by impersonating an Organization member," Hope began, standing up without stumbling in the least, wiping her hand across her stinging cheek, bringing it back to find blood on it. "If you don't disappear off the radar soon, they'll keep sending someone to get rid of you. I don't like killing people, and I really don't wanna start now. That's why…I've failed another mission. If you're as smart as you look, kid, you'll do the one smart thing and that's stop running around wearing the coat."

"Who are you, and why is someone that still has their heart working for the organization?" Riku asked, watching as she opened up a portal.

Hope closed her eyes and shook her head. "Figure it out for yourself. It's not that hard, if you really think about it." She said, walking through the portal and leaving, returning to the castle and nearly falling out of the portal upon her return.

"Did you get rid of the problem?" Saix asked as soon as he saw her portal in.

She turned and shot a glare at him, "Do you think I would be covered in bruises and cuts if I had? No. I wouldn't. He managed to get the slip up on me. I went through at least 7 different worlds chasing after him, until he managed to give me a beating in Agrabah. He's much stronger than we gave him credit for."

"You failed, again. Xemnas will not be happy about this."

"Xemnas can't be happy with anything because he cant feel, and neither can you. I'd like to leave now and go up to my room if you don't mind." Hope said, her tone low and dangerous. He moved out of her way, watching her move up the stairs until she was out of his sight. Shaking his head quietly, he left as well, leaving to go tell the Superior of their Princess's failure

A/N: Originally, I had this whole Riku/ Hope encounter scene planned out that I thought was genius, but when I started typing it down, it sort of didn't seem all that great anymore. So, yeah, um incase people are wondering, because I know that some people might've not yet done this, I've played 358/2 Days already. I got it from my aunt for Christmas, and I finished it in 2 weeks. I've played through the whole game at least 30 times already. So, because this part of the story involves the plotline of Days, it will definitely contain spoilers. So, unless you've already got past day 255, I suggest that you finish the game quickly before reading on, unless you want me to ruin it for you, which I really don't want to do. Although I'm pretty sure most of you have completed it, it never hurts to give out a warning of what's to come. Ok, so, review, send me a message, ask me a question, whatever! LATER TATERS!