A/N: Bleh, I have nothing productive to do, except write. But, I like writing, and that is something productive, right? LAWL, I'm a dinosaur! RAWR! …Ok, ignore my stupidity and enjoy this chapter, and there shall be a major time skip next chapter, to get me closer to the end of this plotline!

Disclaimer: If I owned Kingdom Hearts, I would totally own Axel, cuz he's just that awesome, but I can't, cuz it's impossible T-T

Dear Diary,

This whole week, we've been searching for Xion, but, alas, we have not found a single trace of her. But we're not going to stop searching until we find her.

Day 296~ Confessions~

"We've checked Halloween Town, Agrabah, Wonderland, Neverland, Deep Jungle, Atlantica, Hollow Bastion, though it should still be called Radiant Garden, The Coliseum, Twilight Town, and still, we have not found Xion." Hope stated, counting off each world that they had searched. "Is anyone here beginning to see a pattern, or is it just me?"

"Yeah. None of the worlds we've been to don't have Xion." Axel said, smirking slightly, only to earn a glare from Hope. "What? It's true…"

Hope groaned, laying her head on Axel's shoulder, "It's like she disappeared into thin air!"

Roxas sighed sadly, "It's no use. We're never gonna find her."

While Hope ate her ice cream with her head on Axel's shoulder, he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, in hopes to comfort her. "You sure there isn't someplace you're forgetting to check?"

Roxas shook his head, "I've been everywhere I know how to get to."

Axel scratched his head sheepishly. "That's right, you can only travel to so many worlds…."

"The only place I haven't checked yet is Castle Oblivion."

Hope and Axel both stiffened as the name of the very castle was mentioned. "Castle Oblivion?" Hope asked.

Roxas nodded, "Xion was asking about it, remember? And the day before she disappeared, you said she was put on an important mission."

Hope looked up at Axel, "That's right…"

"Yeah, but…The place has been cleaned out, man. There's nothing there."

Roxas frowned sadly, "Xion might be there."

"You know…that's where she comes from. Castle Oblivion." Axel said after a moment of silence.

"What? Really?" Roxas asked, surprised by the new information.

Hope frowned at Axel. "I didn't know that."

"That's probably why she was asking about it."

"I had no idea…"

"Me neither." Hope stated, eating another bite of her ice cream.

"Hey, neither did I. I only found out about it a little while ago myself." Axel said, hugging Hope closer to his side.

"She must have a lot of questions." Roxas said sadly.

Hope closed her eyes, her face taking on a sad frown. "Poor Xion…"

Day 297~Contact~

"The impostor has been sighted again." Oh, joy….

"Impostor? You mean the one that Xion…" Saix, Axel, and I, all turned to look at Roxas, who had appeared out of nowhere.

"He's prowling about Castle Oblivion as we speak." Saix explained.

"Castle Oblivion? I'll go."

"Not by yourself, you won't. This target is extremely dangerous."

"Oh, so now you agree with me, huh?" I asked, crossing my arms across my chest.

"Then how 'bout we tag along?" Axel suggested, causing me to look at him in shock. "We know C.O. better than anyone else in this outfit."

"All right, better. Go, then, and teach this fraud what Hope and Xion both failed to do the last time: the price for wearing our coat."

I looked away sadly as he mentioned my failure, watching Axel open up a portal and following him and Roxas inside it, exiting out of it onto some floor inside Castle Oblivion. "Great. Looking for my last favorite target in my least favorite castle. Could things possibly get any better?"

"So, this is Castle Oblivion…" Roxas asked as he looked around the room we were in. I wasn't paying attention to my favorite little blonde, until I heard him groan in pain, causing me and Axel to both turn and look at him as he grabbed his head.

"Roxas!" Axel exclaimed.

Roxas fell to the floor on his knees, causing me to panic. "Roxas!"

"Agh, my…my head!"

"Hey, easy, man! C'mon lets retreat for now and-"

"No. We have to…find Xion…" Roxas said, his voice sounding defiant, "Wh…what's happening?"

"Axel!" I exclaimed, looking up at him worriedly, silently begging him to do something.

"Roxas!"

Roxas let out a scream of pain, "All these…pictures…rushing into my head…"

"Hope, can't you try and do something?" Axel asked, looking at me with a worried glance.

Without a second thought, I put a hand to Roxas's head, and was immediately met with immense pain and pictures flashing through my head. I quickly pulled my hand away, panting heavily as the feeling of being drained of energy hit me.

"Hope!"

I looked back up at him, shaking my head weakly, "Axel…I can't."

"We're leaving. Now!"

"No, wait…There's something…I can almost…" He didn't finish his sentence, because he fell forward, unconscious, with a loud thud.

"ROXAS!" I exclaimed, moving forward and pulling him into my arms. "Roxas! ROXAS!" I felt tears forming, and I did my best not to cry.

"Calm down, Hope." Axel said, picking Roxas up and slinging one of the unconscious boys arms over his shoulder. "Let's just get him back, ok? Can you get up?"

I nodded, getting up and Helping Axel drag Roxas through the open portal.

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

Roxas shot forward, causing Hope to yelp slightly and fall onto her back. "RIKU!"

Axel bent down and helped Hope back up, while looking over at Roxas in concern. "Whoa, you okay there?"

"What happened to me?"

Axel scratched the back of his head, "You collapsed right inside the castle doors."

"Don't you remember?" Hope asked.

Roxas shook his head, "I remember going in, that's it."

Roxas stood up, Axel scolding him. "Hey, you should take a breather."

"I'm fine. We need to go back to C.O."

"Hah, I don't think so." Axel said.

"After what just happened, you must be crazy to think we'd let you go back there." Hope stated, her hands on her hips.

All the sudden, Axel turned to glance at the alley way, gasping when he saw someone. "Who's there?" Axel demanded.

Hope and Roxas turned their attention to what Axel was shouting about, Hope growling when she saw two figures wearing the Organization's coat, instantly recognizing one of them. "It's him! The impostor!"

"Xion?" Roxas mumbled as he stared at the second figure. Said figure turned around, opened up a portal, and began to walk through it. "Xion, wait!" Roxas exclaimed, running forward in hopes to jump in after her, only to be stopped as the second figure stepped in front of it, blocking Roxas and allowing the portal to close. "Rrgh…Get out of the way!"

"…" Was all that came from the hooded figure, before he took off.

"Hey!" Roxas shouted, taking off after him.

"Roxas!" Hope shouted.

"Hey, wait up!" Axel exclaimed, both Hope and him taking off after Roxas, summoning their weapons. "Where'd they go?"

"The underground tunnels! Let's go!"

0o0o0o0o

Eventually, they got down to the very last tunnel, but once they rounded the corner, the impostor had already taken off, causing Axel to growl. "I thought the impostor was sighted in Castle Oblivion! What's he doing here?"

"Xion…" Roxas mumbled sadly.

"Ain't no way that was Xion!" Axel exclaimed.

Roxas nodded his head, "The other one was. The one who escaped before. But…I don't get it. Why would she run from me?"

"Or, better yet, why would she run from us?" Hope asked, leaning against the wall. She was worn out from earlier, when she tried to locate the problem with Roxas, and after running all over, chasing the impostor, was beginning to take a toll on her. She closed her eyes, putting a hand to her head. "Ugh…"

"Hope?" Axel asked, noticing the change in Hope's behavior, before running forward and catching her as she collapsed.

"What's wrong with her?" Roxas asked worriedly, staring at Hope as Axel held her in his arms.

"She's used up a lot of energy today. I guess after that chase the impostor led us on, it took it's toll on her. Let's get back."

"Yeah." Roxas said, opening up a portal, Axel and him walking out, carrying the unconscious Hope.

The next day~ Day 298~ Fracture~

"Xion has betrayed us." Saix explained to Hope and Roxas, while Axel was leaning against the glass window.

"What? No!" Roxas exclaimed.

"I don't believe it…" Hope mumbled, her jaw clenched down.

"You saw the creature consorting with that impostor. What more evidence do we need?" Saix asked, his tone not sympathetic.

"That's not evidence!" Roxas objected, glaring angrily at Saix, "Who knows why she was with him?"

"I think we all know, and you just don't want to accept it."

"He might be forcing her."

Saix laughed cruelly, "Ha! Spare me your repulsive displays of would-be-sentiment."

"It's not a display! Why is it such a crime to give each other the benefit of the doubt?" Roxas exclaimed, ready to lunge at Saix, only to have Hope put both of her hands on his shoulders from behind and Axel shake his head, silently telling him that arguing about it wouldn't help a bit.

"The impostor has resurfaced in Twilight Town. Go and destroy him, Roxas-like I expected you to do yesterday."

"Rrgh…"

"Axel, Hope, you two bring Xion back. Gagged and tied up, for all I care. If that proves to be too troublesome, then you are both authorized to adopt a more permanent solution."

"What? Saix, no!" Roxas exclaimed.

"Get going."

"Well, this is pretty icky, huh?" Axel asked Hope, who nodded in agreement.

"You got that right…"

"You guys aren't actually gonna follow those orders?"

"Relax. We'll think of something clever once we find her." Axel said, reassuring Roxas.

"Just be careful. That guy, the impostor…he isn't a walk in the park, ok? If you're not careful, he'll kill you." Hope warned.

Roxas nodded his head in understanding, "I know. "

Hopefully, he did…

0o0o0o0

Once we were in Twilight Town, Axel decided that once Roxas located Xion or the impostor, that we would follow him until he had them cornered. Then, we would move in and attack. Well, it didn't really take long for Roxas to go off chasing Xion, who he thought was the impostor, but Axel and I knew it was Xion, so we followed after him, stopping when Roxas had her cornered in a nearby alley way, and hiding behind a wall.

"Xion. Where have you been? Axel, Hope, and I have been looking all over for you." Sometimes, I really doubt that Roxas doesn't have a heart…

"You have? Sorry…" Xion said softly, sounding somewhat guilty.

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

"I'd like to see that happen…" I mumbled quietly, Axel shushing me as Roxas continued.

"I don't care what he said to you. I'll be there. Me and Axel, and Hope will make sure-" I watched as Roxas held his hand out to Xion, only to have her flinch away from him, shaking her head sadly.

"I really can't."

"Why not?" Poor Roxas. "Come on!" He tried to grab her again, only to have Xion flinch away from him once more. This time, she tried to run from him, only Roxas managed to grab her arm. "Wait!"

It wasn't until she summoned her Keyblade and directed it at him that he released her, and that I moved in. "Xion! Thank goodness we found you…." I exclaimed, giving her a smile. She stared at me blankly, before giving me a small, sad smile. But it was soon short lived when the sound of a Chakram rushing at her was heard, and she whipped around, blocking it and letting it hit the ground instead. It disappeared into ash, and I turned around to see Axel walking down the steps.

"Well, hello there…Xion."

"Axel?" Roxas asked, confused as to what Axel was actually doing. Hey, I couldn't blame him. I was confused too. This wasn't part of the plan… "No, wait!" Roxas exclaimed as Xion rushed forward at Axel, trying to slash at him.

And so, the battle began, with Roxas and I sitting in the middle of it. I had to knock the both of us out of the way when a Chakram almost hit the both of us. "Both of you! KNOCK IT OFF!" I screamed, earning Xion's attention, but soon regretting even saying anything, because Axel used it as the opportunity to hit the back of her head, and knock her unconscious. Axel hoisted her over his shoulder and opened up a portal, looking back at Roxas and sending me a look that said, 'let's go.' Sighing sadly, looked at Roxas. "Sorry, Roxas…" I mumbled, before walking in after Axel, the biggest feeling of guilt resting on my shoulders.

A/N: Eww, yuck, gross! This chapter was a piece of crap! I was so lazy when I was writing it, and I'm too lazy to go back and fix it! Sorry if it's icky…