A/N: This story just gets better and better. Not much to say in this authors note, except thanks for the drawings that a couple of you made of Hope for me on DA. You guys rule! Now, this chapter is just as sad, so….I'm sorry. But all in all, please enjoy!

"Xion is no more." Saix said as he portaled into the round room.

"It is probably for the best. Get me back my Keyblade wielder. Fetch me Roxas."

"Sir, since Xion is now gone, does this mean that the new project is now commencing?"

Xemnas smirked when Saix mentioned it. "As of now, it is. Have someone send Hope in as soon as possible. It's time to see how we can harness that light in her heart and use it to our own use. Project Hope will not be a failure like the last project."

Behind the closed doors of the round room, Demyx gasped as he heard their plan, quietly running down the hall with the intentions to find the girl before anyone else did.

Hope sat on her bed, her knees pulled up to her chest, and her face buried in her arms. She silently continued to cry, the grief inside her never seeming to end. She stared out the window at the full heart shaped moon, frowning after a moment of staring. After everything that had happened, why was she still here?

It's not safe here anymore….

The voice inside her head was right. It wasn't safe anymore. The Organization was not a safe Organization, and she knew that from the beginning. She felt like a fool for not leaving sooner.

"Hope! HOPE!" Demyx exclaimed, throwing Hope's door open and shutting it behind him quickly, running over to her bed. "Hope…not….safe….ugh…." Demyx panted, putting his hands to his knees as he tried to catch his breath. "Hope, Xemnas is planning to use you as his next project!"

"What?" Hope asked, confused as to what Demyx was saying.

"He's gonna take the light in your heart, Hope. He's gonna use it for his own use. Hope, he's gonna kill you!"

Hope's mind went blank, everything finally falling into place as to what her purpose was in the Organization. "That's the only reason he's kept me here. So he could watch me….I've been just a little toy this whole time." Hope growled, clenching and unclenching her fists. "Lemme guess…he's gonna send someone after Roxas, isn't he?" Demyx nodded, and Hope's frown deepened. Roxas was in just as much danger as she was. Their situations were the exact same. They were only in the organization so they could be used. Hope had a silent debate with herself before nodding. "Demyx, I need you to promise me something. Promise me that you'll make sure Axel doesn't do something stupid."

"I promise, Hope….I promise."

Hope smiled at the sitar player, before latching onto him and hugging him. "I think…this is the last time we're ever going to see each other, Demyx. You're a great friend. Now…go, before someone realizes what you know."

He nodded, patting her shoulder before leaving, closing the door quietly. Hope sighed, grabbing a backpack and stuffing a few clothes in it, and some other stuff, like pictures she had taken while she had been living here, most of them with Roxas, Axel, and Xion. She smiled as she placed a few of them in her bag, along with her music box and iPod. She reached for her diary, but stopped herself from placing it in the bag, and instead, opened it up, tearing out a page and grabbing a pen.

She spent a few minutes writing on the paper before clutching it in her hand and grabbing her bag, walking out of her room and into Axel's, smiling at him sadly as he slept soundly. She walked over to him and bent down to his face, pressing a light kiss to his lips, smoothing back several spikes as they laid in his face. She looked down at the paper in her hands, and several tears fell from her eyes, landing on Axel's shirt. She stayed like that for several minutes. Just crying silently. Finally, she reached up and wiped away the tears, kneeling down next to Axel. "We'll see each other again, one day…I promise." She stood back up and placed the paper onto Axel's nightstand, walking over to the door, opening and turning around to glance back at Axel as he slept. "Later, Axel…" With that said, she walked out and opened up a portal, walking through it and letting it close behind her.

Hope had left the Organization.

Day 358~Believe~

Roxas walked out of the alley way, hood up and all. He threw both hands out, summoning his now two Keyblades, both transforming into Oathkeeper and Oblivion. Immediately, several neoshadows appeared. Roxas got into a stance and darted forward, slashing all of them with incredible speed. He took back off into another set of alley-ways, defeating more neoshadows along the way, before he finally reached Memory Skyscraper, several more neoshadows appearing behind him, before many surrounded him in a large circle. He ran forward, and slashed them all within seconds.

Once they were gone, Roxas looked up at the top of the skyscraper, where Riku stood on top of, staring down at Roxas. Roxas frowned for a moment before jumping up and running up on the front face of the building, launching Oblivion up into the air. Riku jumped off and caught the Keyblade, the memory of Xion slowly fading away. He passed Roxas and landed on the ground, the neoshadows surrounding him as they noticed he was weak. Roxas jumped back down and the two began to fight alongside each other, before all the neoshadows were gone. Once they were, they both jumped back a few feet and faced each other.

"Who are you?" Roxas asked, his tone demanding.

"What does it matter? I'm here for you." Riku explained, his tone sounding uncaring.

"Why are you trying to stop me?"

"Because I want back the rest of Sora's memories."

Roxas growled as he heard Sora's name mentioned, anger surging through him. "Sora, Sora, Sora! Enough about Sora!"

"Do you have some kind of plan?" Riku asked calmly.

"I'm going to set Kingdom Hearts free! Then, everything can go back to the way it was! Me, Axel, Hope, and….and her can go back on having ice cream together…."

Riku looked down at Oblivion. "Her? You mean Xion? It's a struggle just to remember the name now, isn't it? Either way, I can't let you go doing anything crazy."

Roxas remained silent for a moment before yelling, "I have to find this Sora person, and freeing Kingdom Hearts is the only way! I want Xion back. I want my life back!"

Riku scoffed, "If you try and make contact with Kingdom Hearts, the last thing you'll get is your life back. The Organization will destroy you."

Roxas's patience finally broke loose. "SHUT-UP!" And with those last words, he ran forward and engaged in battle with Riku.

In the end, Roxas came out as the victor, and Riku was left sitting on the ground. "Why! Why do you have the Keyblade?"

Roxas ignored his question and got ready to slash him down once and for all. "Shut up!" He made the move to hit Riku, but Riku blocked his attack and sent Roxas flying back

"And then, she went flying into a wall!"

"Axel, I thought we agreed we'd never bring that story up again!"

"Aw, c'mon, Hope! It was funny!"

"At least it wasn't like the time Roxas tripped over his coat and fell into the garbage can!" Xion exclaimed, earning a flick on the back of her head, courtesy of Roxas.

"Yeah, well Hope was waving her arms around like a bird trying to fly!" Axel exclaimed, demonstrating for them and causing them all to laugh.

Riku's theme begins~

Riku stared down at Roxas for a moment, before aiming Oblivion at him and throwing it to the side, next to Roxas. He remained silent for a minute, until gasping when Roxas sat back up, using Oblivion for balance. He pulled the Keyblade out from the earth and stood up, trying to slash Riku, only to have him jump away. Roxas glared at him as he ran forward, blocking the ball of energy that Riku sent his way, trying to slash at Riku again, but the silver haired teen jumped out of the way. "Why don't you quit?"

"….Come on, Sora. I thought you were stronger than that." Riku asked, his tone teasing and playful sounding.

Roxas's face turned into a playful looking one. "Get real. Look which one of us is winning." Roxas said, gasping and putting a hand to his mouth as soon as he realized the words had come from his mouth.

"So it's true. You really are his Nobody. Guess DiZ was right after all."

Roxas growled angrily. "What are you talking about? I am me. Nobody else!" He summoned Oathkeeper and ran forward, hitting Riku head on, causing the silver haired teen to grunt in pain as he was pushed back, falling to his knees.

"Riku, please! You have to stop him!"

"How many times to I have to beat you?" Roxas asked.

Riku nodded his head in determination while he held his side. "All right. You've left me with no other choice."

"What?"

He stood up slowly, reaching for the blindfold covering his eyes. "I have to release the power in my heart-" He began to pull the blindfold off, "the dark power that I've been holding back." The blindfold silently landed on the ground and Riku looked at Roxas. "Even…If it changes me forever." He let out a yell and was immediately consumed by darkness, disappearing fast and ending up right in front of Roxas in a dark form that reminded Roxas of Xemnas in a way. The monster that stood behind him grabbed Roxas, and squeezed him and till Roxas was no longer conscious, Xehanort's Heartless staring at him. "I have accepted it."

"Axel says that if you don't go to sleep, that something called the sand man come and throws sand in your eyes to make you shut them."

"Not just sand, magical sand! Sleepy sand!" Axel exclaimed.

"Axel, I though I told you to stop telling people that story!" Hope exclaimed, whacking him upside the head playfully, causing all of them to laugh

A dark portal opened up, and Riku pulled his hood up as DiZ walked out. "DiZ…he could feel Sora."

"Oh, he told you how he "felt," did he? Ridiculous. A Nobody cannot feel anything." DiZ stated, shaking his head.

"If he had met Sora, things might've been different."

Roxas's theme begins to play~

"Roxas, don't be sad. I came from you and Sora. I am you…the same that I am Sora. You'll forget me, but the memories themselves will never go away. Memories of you and me will always be together…forever, inside him.

Axel woke up, still exhausted, but he still got out of bed anyway. He walked over to his dresser and grabbed a comb, beginning to comb his spikes down as they stood all over the place. As he was combing, a piece of folded up paper caught his attention from the corner of his eye, causing him to put the comb down and grab the paper and unfold it, beginning to read it slowly.

Axel,

I can't even think of the right words to describe how much you mean to me. You're my special person, Axel. You'll always be my special person. So much has happened, and there has been so much sadness. I've come to realize that I can't stay here anymore. I know that it probably hurts to even read those words, but it's true. I'm not safe here anymore. The Organization will only go after Roxas, and if they do, they'll kill him. I don't think that I could live with myself knowing that I had the capability to save him when I just sit around and do nothing. And that's why I am acting on it. I'm going after Roxas. I know that it sounds foolish of me, but Roxas…he's just a kid still. He depended on us when we first showed him the ropes. And he still needs someone to depend on. I love Roxas just as much as I loved Ienzo. I'm not going to tell you where I'm going, or where I'll be, because I know the Organization will send you or someone else after me. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me. Actually, I don't want you to find me, Axel. I'll find you. I'll find you and show myself when the time is right. We'll see each other again someday soon…I promise. When you find me, or if I'm close by, you'll know. I won't tell you how you'll know, but you'll know. I love you, Axel. I've always loved you. I just…I never got the chance to tell you in person. But I love you. And no matter what, I always will. That's one thing that will never change. I know you'll be mad at me, but don't do anything reckless or stupid, ok? Promise me, Axel.

I love you, Axel.

~Love, Hope~

Axel crumpled the paper up in his hands as they began to shake slowly. The empty place in his chest began to hurt, and it hurt so much that he had to sit down. He dropped Hope's letter next to him on his bed and clutched his head in his hands, closing his eyes and trying to keep his calm. But the hurt inside him didn't subside, and he let out a loud, agony filled scream, creating a fireball and throwing it at his window, causing it to shatter.

Shards of glass blended into his grief filled scream.

A/N: Heh, sorry that I didn't post it up sooner, but I was busy with some work on Deviantart, and I got really distracted with that. Plus, I went shopping for a costume to wear to my friends party! I'm going as Esmeralda! Yeah…So, this chapter seemed a bit dark in the ending, but I think I did pretty good. This chapter officially marks the ending of the Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days in this story. Next chapter, we officially move onto the Kingdom Hearts 2 plotline. So, since we only saw Hope in the first part of this chapter, we won't be seeing her again for awhile, just so I can give you guys something to think on J! Heh-heh, I know, I'm pretty evil when it comes to cliffhangers, but I want you guys to dwell on where she is in the next few chapters! So, review, send me a message, ask me a question, whatever! LATER TATERS!