I'm Nobody

by free man writer

He didn't have anything when he was born. Just a name and number. But over time, what he had grew. He, with his friends began to understand that there was more to their existence then just their name and number. They will prove that they were meant to be real. To exist. To become something more than just a Nobody. Co-written and created with Jebest4781. Fem Shepard. Now on Ao3.

13. Show Us Around

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I'm Nobody Chapter 13: Show us Around

It was comforting to be back on the Normandy after what felt like too long a time.

Though he had been gone for maybe a day or two, turns out, from his friends and teammates perspectives it was much longer.

So that means he had a lot of explaining to do.

Where he was, what he was doing, why he left and more importantly, who were these two new guys that he had brought back with him.

And that's what he was about to do right now.

Standing in the middle of the meeting room, Roxas was in the center with Axel and Xion by his sides whilst the rest of the crew were seated around them.

They were all silent for the most part but clearly antsy to get into it.

Axel, however…

The red head looked around at all the seats

"Huh… from one Organization to another." Axel remarked. "Just one seat short of thirteen and far less stylized. Quite the intervention room we got here."

Roxas soon saw what Axel was talking about and couldn't help but agree.

"Least they're not raised all weirdly." Came No. XIII's comment, earning odd looks from everyone not in the know.

Axel only chortled aloud. "That's a good point. Always felt like overcompensation."

"Our comm room serves as our meeting room." Said Shepard.

"You say comm room, to me it's an intervention room." Axel said with a shrug.

"Roxas." Ashley cut in. "Who is this guy? And her also."

Xion felt herself shyly shift over slightly to Axel as she was still somewhat nervous around all these new faces.

As this went on, Tali was staring at the two former Organization members.

'Those cloaks.' She internally thought. She remembered seeing them. In that dream of that white room with the odd throne-like chairs.

She remembered these two especially as when she first saw them, she almost freaked out upon seeing Axel's striking red hair. It was only Xion who remained a mystery as in that dream, only she kept her hood drawn up while everyone else had theirs down.

It was so… frightening to see it if she was being honest with herself to see that… they weren't visions or dreams.

She then turned to Roxas who was speaking with Axel and then looked to Shepard.

"Ok now… Roxas." Shepard began. "Let's start from where you up and left. Where'd you go?"

"Why'd you leave?" Ashley asked a moment later. "You could have told us at least. You just vanished on us. Do you have any idea how worried we were?"

"Never seen a human get so twitchy like that before." Wrex remarked.

"Oh please Wrex." Ashley rolled her eyes. "I saw you looking around the Mako bay half the time."

"And?"

"I think a certain battle master was hoping his aging eyes were hoping he'd spot our missing teammate." Garrus said with a smug tone.

All he got was an annoyed growl out of the Krogan. "Shut it Vakarian."

"I'm not hearing a 'No'."

"Alright, enough." Jane said in slight amusement. "Much as it feels good to hear the crew like this again, we still need Roxas to explain just where he went off to."

She looked back at Roxas. "So, Roxas, mind telling us?"

Releasing a sigh, he spoke. "I needed to find answers. Answers to who I am and my purpose."

"And?" Alenko leaned forward.

"I didn't like what I found."

The team was unsure as to what he was talking about.

"What did you find?" Tali nervously asked, speaking for the first time.

"Hey, Roxas." Axel suddenly spoke up, tone serious. "You sure about this?"

Roxas nodded with a convinced look. "My friends here have been looking out for me since I got here. I owe them more than the Organization."

"What, so what Xion and I did for you meant squat?" Axel asked in a joking affronted manner.

Roxas' eyes widened and opened his mouth to apologize only for his head to get shoved down lightly.

"Just kidding there ya zombie." Axel said with a wide grin, ruffling No. XIII's hair.

"Zombie?" Jane repeated in slight amusement.

"Yeah, when I first met him, he had little to no reactions at all to anything. Deadest voice there ever was." Axel said. "Could've put a Nihilist to shame. Then again… he had only been around for a week since his birth so, meh, whaddya gonna do."

"...I'm sorry what did you just say?"

Axel blinked. "On what? The Nihilist?

"After that."

"Oh~ You mean… Roxas…"

"Yeah?"

"You didn't tell them everything, did you?"

"I… didn't know how."

Axel rubbed his chin in thought. "Yeah, that's not an easy thing to discuss. Figured with you being so chummy with them and all..."

"Ok, enough with the vague crap." Garrus said tiredly. "Just, spell it out clearly."

Axel exhaled a sigh, scratching the back of his red locks. "Want me to rip the band aid or should you, kid."

"Er… yeah, you do it Axel." Roxas said, holding up his hand that held his Omni-Tool. "I have my own load I got right here."

"Alright~" No. VIII coughed into his hand and bore a simple nonchalant smile. "We're Nobodies."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Is this some sort of joke?"

"...Oh for the love of- you didn't even tell them about Nobodies either?"

"Only the Heartless."

Axel slumped a little with a groan. "Boy you really want to make things more difficult for me, don't ya?" Composing himself, he addressed the people in the room. "Ok, so, Heartless, he got that out of the way, yes?"

He received nods of confirmation from everyone.

"Great, that takes care of half the issue." Axel said patiently. "So keep up with the rest, and please get it memorized. I'd rather not repeat myself."

"I think we can handle it."

"...You won't." Axel said, snapping his fingers.

In an instant, a Dusk appeared right next to him in a plumb of silver and white vapors.

…

…

…

"WHAT THE FUCK!"

"DID YOU JUST SUMMON A HEARTLESS?!"

Nearly everyone present quickly went on guard. Biotics flared with weapons drawn. As those without weapons, they wished they had them right now.

"Relax~ look at the symbol." Axel said, lightly nudging the Dusks head forward to show off the emblem of the Organization. "This is a Nobody, a Dusk to be specific; lowest of the bunch."

"The fuck is a Nobody?" Ashley asked, not lowering her weapon.

"Huh, guess that's where Roxas learned it from." Axel commented.

"Guys." Roxas stood in front of the Dusk and Axel. "Trust me, you guys are ok."

Slowly, the team lowered their weapons while keeping an eye on the swaying Dusk that seemed unperturbed by the weapons pointed at it.

"Axel." Xion looked concerned. "Won't this Dusk-"

"Why Xion, I'm surprised." Axel said. "Don't you recognize this one? After all that effort he put into tidying up your room."

Realization dawned upon the puppet Nobody. "It's you!"

Oddly enough, the Dusk whirled around the room and ended up by her side before patting her head. After that, it whirled back to Axel.

"Now you understand what happens for a Heartless to replenish their numbers, acting on instincts and all that. What you don't know is what happens to the bodies left behind, their 'shells' function in a higher standard."

Axel didn't need to look at the crew's reactions to see he caught their unique interests.

"At certain times, if someone with a strong Heart and Will -doesn't matter if they were good or evil- becomes a Heartless, the empty shell they leave behind begins to act with a will of its own. An empty vessel whose heart has been stolen away… acts on its own as it clings onto existence in order to prevent themselves returning to the darkness. For you see, ladies and gents, Nobodies never exist in the first place."

"What?" Several of the crewmates said.

"How does that make sense?" Garrus asked.

"Is this like some abstract thought or Avant Garde type of explanation?"

Axel rolled his eyes with a shake of his head. "And here I thought you people would try to keep an open mind after learning about the Heartless."

"I'm sorry, you just said something about nonexistence." Ashley said. "How can you say that when that… Dusk there is literally existing right in front of us."

Axel smirked. "I know, and therein lies the contradiction."

"What?" was the response.

"You see, Nobodies are best described as accidents, if you could call it that." Axel said. "Cause that's what I always figured. If you were never meant to be yet you are, perhaps your accidental existence is what best describes you as a Nobody."

"But… that empty shell that acts on its own…" Liara murmured, feeling a bit jumbled in the mind from all this. "I… I don't understand."

"No one truly gets it the first time around. I sure didn't when I became who I am."

"Meaning?"

"I'm a Nobody." Axel thumbed to himself. "Just like Roxas and Xion here. I'm not entirely human you could say. I don't have a heart cause I was never meant to be. My destiny, like the destiny of all Nobodies, was to sink and disappear into the darkness. But we didn't. Our willpower had us cling onto our existence, getting past the next life and staying rooted here."

This sent a disturbing chill down everyone's spine.

"Are you telling us you were meant to pass on?" Liara whispered. "And your willpower forcibly kept you alive?"

Axel tilted his head with an enigmatic grin. "In a manner of speaking. In our new existence, we lost the ability to feel any emotion."

"Huh?" was the united reaction.

"Us Nobodies may seem to have feelings, but we act on the memories left behind in our shells. Sadly yet, it's not meant to be as we pretend to have Hearts for there's none at all within us." Axel said.

"You… "pretend" to have hearts?" Tali wasn't really understanding what he was talking about.

"Oh yeah." Axel nodded. "Most Nobodies just remember what it was like to have hearts. So they just go off their memory. But in reality, it's nothing more than a falsehood. A lie to convince themselves and others that they exist."

Axel then threw his arm around Roxas' shoulders.

"But Roxas here is a bit of a special case."

"Meaning?"

"He was born about… how long has it been now Roxas?"

Roxas brought up his Omni-Tool. "71 days."

"Whoa, 71 days?!" Axel nodded his head in a thoughtful frown. "Time flies. Any who, Roxas here has only existed in those 71 days."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"And that means?" Shepard was unsure of how to ask for clarity.

"Roxas," Axel gestured to him. "Has only existed for 71 days. Plain as that."

The crew wasn't sure as to how to respond to that.

"Oh for God sake. It's as simple as that." Axel threw his hands up. "He just came into being 71 days ago. And what made him a special case was that Instead of having his 'memories' right away like the rest of us, he had to develop ones of his own and take it from there. If you guys don't get what I'm saying, let me spell it out as plain as the sun is red. Roxas is only two months old and has no memories to fall back on cause he was born with nothing."

While the team tried to make heads or tails of what Axel was talking about, Shepard had an unusually slow dawning of realization.

Somehow, by some bizarre reason, everything in Shepard's mind was falling into place. She didn't see it at first but as she continued to observe Roxas and from hearing what Axel was revealing...

First came the odd behavior when he first came aboard and joined her team. He quite literally questioned everything. There was nothing that he didn't ask about with him treating everything that was explained to him as the most fascinating thing he had ever heard.

Nothing was off the books for him.

Second was the medical results with the extremely unusual heart readings. And by unusual, it was the lack of a heartbeat at all.

After every mission, she had Chakwas examine Roxas to see if his heartbeat would appear. And there was only one recorded instance of it but it was so brief and barely noticeable that it was chalked up to a fluke.

And the mention of the lack of emotion.

There were times when Shepard looked directly at Roxas and found a disturbingly unresponsive and unphased look at what most would categorize as justifiably emotional situations.

Especially after Benezia's death.

Now, everything was starting to make too much sense. The bit with the amnesiac thing Roxas had to play through was a lie as he honestly had no memories prior to his existence.

And from what Axel was insinuating, if she were to hazard a guess, was that Roxas here wasn't born in some test tube or a lab. He's not some clone or whatever.

No, he quite literally came into being when someone with a strong heart lost themselves to the Heartless.

And his "memories", developing ones of his own…

Shepard rubbed her forehead on trying to understand that last one was causing her to have a little headache. Overworking her head and all that.

The only other person that was as close to understanding this like Shepard was is Tali.

She had slightly similar thoughts though missing a few details like his heartbeat and such. Yet, the pieces were all there. His blank looks, overly curious nature, lack of common sense and that was coming from a naive young girl on her pilgrimage.

All of it just somehow fit.

And it was maddening.

She was about to say something when Axel continued to speak after he dismissed the Dusk, having it disappear in a plumb of silver and white vapors.

"-And at first, I thought Xion fell into the same category as Roxas was just a coincidence. But then came the evidence."

"What exactly are you talking about?" Shepard asked quickly.

Axel looked down at the shorter Nobody. "Roxas…"

Pulling up his Omni tool, Roxas quickly pulled up the audio file and played.

"-Her experience is a very slow climb without No. XIII around. It's a miracle now that she can barely handle things on her own. Yet she failed on a few of her past missions… Had to jump in and save her or else she would've been destroyed."

"Who's that?" Asked the commander.

"Vexen, our scientist. A real nutcase, that one is."

"Couldn't we just use another Replica of yours?" Came a smooth, hotly voice.

"As if it were that simple, Xigbar. Her present condition would be hard to make another replacement should she fall. All that power she gained from Roxas before his abrupt disappearance and her current experience would be utterly wasted." Vexen said bitterly.

"And this Xigbar?"

"Number II in the Organization."

"He's second in Command then?"

"No, that'd be Saix." Axel clarified.

"Who?"

Jane held up her hand to refrain the others from further questioning. "Let's… just keep listening. Specific questions can be asked later."

"Then what is it that you suggest we do, No. IV." A deep brass toned voice slowly, methodically even said. "We have the entire Organization scouring multiple Worlds for Roxas while unleashing Heartless across them all and we have found nary a trace or hair on our wayward Keybearer."

Upon hearing that voice, Tali practically froze in her seat. She shook a little, which nobody really took notice of as they were more focused on the recording.

"At least we know the kid's alive." Said the Sharpshooter. "Been getting an influx of Hearts as of late and Kingdom Hearts is progressing nicely as we speak."

"We must figure out where they're all coming from." Vexen mused aloud. "If you would excuse me, Lord Xemnas. I have work to attend to in Castle Oblivion."

"Oh~" Xigbar said aloud. "I heard some interesting rumors there, Vexen. Is it true? About Riku being in the castle?"

"Indeed, Xigbar." The Chilly Academic confirmed. "I have recently clashed with the young man and have acquired a great deal of necessary data that will prove useful in the future. Even Axel fought with him, out of sheer boredom before asking for his input. Even Zexion contributed."

"Then by all means, Vexen. You may go." Xemnas said, soon the crew could faintly hear the familiar sound of the Dark Corridor appearing, signifying Vexen's departure.

"Is that it or-"

"There's more." No. XIII said.

"Without Roxas here, Xion is now a more valuable piece in our goals." Xemnas said in his deep tone.

"Heh~ From sidelines to center stage. I'm so proud of her."

"She will continue to perform as she is instructed until Roxas is found. Afterwards… we shall dispose of the Puppet."

"Really? That soon?"

"Vexen has proven to us that he still needs to work out many details with his replicas." No. I declared. "Xion's lack of progress is more of a hindrance than a benefit. And from what I have observed… she appears rather hesitant going about her duties."

"Are we on that much of a timetable?" Xigbar asked.

'Timetable?' Thought many of the ground team.

"How much longer do you think we can keep up the act? They may buy it for now, but sooner or later, they're gonna realize this whole 'Kingdom Hearts for our own Hearts' plan is bogus, you know?" No. II Remarked.

'Kingdom Hearts?' Was the collective thought the Normandy crew shared. It was the second time it was mentioned now.

"They will continue to serve if they value their existence."

Xigbar snorted aloud. "You mean non-existence right? Heh~ My Munny's gonna be when they're just about to kick the bucket."

"It might just be for most, if not all who are not in the know." The Superior of the Organization then voiced an inquiry. "What do you think of our puppet?"

"Don't worry, Xemnas. Our spare 'Key' will do as we commanded." Xigbar chuckled. "And by 'we' I mean 'you'. After all, either 'Key' is all a part of your plan. Using the Keyblade's power and all that."

Xemnas only hummed aloud. "She's barely meeting our expectations. And still without Roxas's presence, the transfer has been halted."

"I say we should just follow Larxene's idea and snatch Sora up, wherever he's at, and let Xion get the power directly before we off her." Xigbar said. "When we make a new replica, easy transfer right there. Fully powered up and ready to do our dirty work."

As much as either crew member wanted to ask what exactly was being discussed, they kept silent and continued listening.

"If only it were so simple."

"Right… still got no idea where he up and disappeared to after he beat your Heartless self." Xigbar groused out. "Seems both Somebody and Nobody are more similar than we would've thought."

"Somebody?" Kaidan muttered out. "First Nobody and now Somebody?"

"Shush!"

"Have you heard any news from Castle Oblivion?"

"Aside from what we already know, not much else." Xigbar said. "Why? Still thinking on having Riku as one of the others?"

"His link with Darkness is… potent, strong. And if given proper time and guidance, will become worthy once again."

"If I remember correctly, your other half already made the connection with the other islander. He could be another candidate to fill the role."

"Indeed."

The crew caught onto this "Riku" person again as he seemed to be rather important.

"So, even if things got out of whack, we can still realign the board in our favor." Xigbar stated. "Just gotta make a new Poppet and send it out and take care of our wayward 'Key' and see who comes out on top." No. II said before becoming a bit more serious. "Think we'll find Roxas anytime soon?"

"It shall only be a matter of time." No. I stated. "And when that time comes…"

"We'll have the next vessel." Xigbar stated.

"We only require one with the full and complete powers for our plans… in the end, it doesn't matter which one."

After that was said, the recording came to an end as Roxas shut off his Omni-tool.

"...The Geth recording sounded a whole lot easier to understand than listening to that." Wrex said bluntly.

"Right?" Garrus said suddenly.

"At least it was just a few sentences we were hearing. But this…"

"Ok… number of questions from that alone." Jane stated.

"How many?" Ashley dryly added on. "Do you want the novel or the collection? Right now, I'm pretty sure we're on volume three with four on the way."

Axel shook his head in amusement on hearing their reactions. At least it helped ease the seriousness wafting in the air; in his perspective, that is.

"Can we at least start with the easiest one?"

"Which is?" Axel asked the group as a whole.

The Normandy crew immediately had their mouths clamped shut.

"Er…"

"Uh…"

"Well…"

"Um…"

"Did you get all your vowels out kids?" Axel mocked. "Caused you missed 'A' and 'I' and I believe we're missing 'O' as well. 'Y' doesn't count this time."

"Oh shut up." Ashley grumped.

"Wonderful, you included 'O'." Axel clapped. "Well done Ms. Williams was it? You get a cookie."

"Will you knock it off?" Ashley snapped. "I thought you said you didn't have emotions."

"You don't need emotions to piss people off."

"That's… unironically true." Kaidan couldn't help but admit to that strangely sound logic.

It was at this point that Wrex took note of the lone girl in the trio, staring at her intently.

"What about her?" Wrex spoke up. "What was that about her being a 'puppet'? Is that some sort of figure of speech?"

"That's true in a literal and figurative sense." Axel said, mood abruptly shifting into one of grim countenance. "Xion here is the best question to get out of the way."

"Ok, so, puppet." Jane said. "That… what was the name of the guy with the bassy voice?"

"Xemnas." Axel stated. "X-E-M-N-A-S. Got it Memorized?"

"Are you just gonna say that every chance you get?" Garrus pointed out.

"I dunno Garrus, are you gonna say calibrated every other hour of the day?" Ashley quickly countered.

"I'll stop after Tali stops saying Keelah, Liara with Goddess, Wrex with Quads and Pyjaks and Roxas with… whatever it is he says."

"Ok, ok, enough with the distractions." Jane said, a small smirk playing on her lips. "So… uh, Xion dear… and Axel, this whole Puppet business. Please… elaborate… to the best of your abilities."

"The Replica Program." Axel revealed.

Rather than interrupting or repeating whatever it was Axel just said, the crew just silently listened.

"In some manner, you could say it's a cloning program, but it's not as simple as that. See, we don't use something like a hair or a blood sample (though that would be easier or difficult depending on the tech) but data." Axel said. "And how we collect data is really bizarre and weird and I'm not a scientist so I don't fully understand it that much to begin with. Will need to go back and collect some notes when I get the time or feel safe enough to survive. Only then can I get a far clearer picture on this whole Program."

"And how did you discover all this?" Liara asked, beginning to get drawn into the conversation.

"Shortly before Roxas went missing and apparently ran into you guys, I was deployed in being stationed at Castle Oblivion, our second base of operations. One day when I was utterly bored out of my mind, I went through the library and began reading all sorts of books there. One in particular I didn't take much interest in at first, thinking it was just some random jargons Vexen was spewing. But after hearing the recording the first time around, things started to make sense."

"Alright, don't leave us in suspense…"

"The Replica Program was heralded by our scientist, Vexen. The goal was to create empty vessels that could contain a heart and outwardly reflect its original appearance. Out of this project of his were a pair of 'individuals', a replica of Riku… and Xion."

"Then what was the purpose behind this program, for real."

"I still don't understand what Xemnas' endgame is, but he ultimately wanted -at this time- a completely loyal Keybearer under his thumb. In order to do so, he wanted to duplicate the memories of the Keyblade wielder and through them his powers- into a puppet. And the target of this was towards Sora, a Keybearer we met."

"And how does this Sora person fit with all this?"

"Don't exactly know for sure, but… Xion had to absorb the strength and powers from either him… or Roxas in order to complete Xemnas' little passion project for his bigger plan." Axel said with a conflicted expression as he still had no idea what his former superior intentions were. "As of right now, the only Replica they have in their thrall is no doubt Riku Replica and by my guess, he's a successful copy of the original."

"Then what's that about a replacement?"

"From what I was able to piece together, Xion wasn't meeting up to the 'Superior's' expectations and wanted to scrap her and begin again. So he wanted to use all the power she has and dump it into a new Replica and continue from there and make said Replica far more loyal and obedient."

"There seems to be more to this-"

"Look," Axel had his hands on his hips with his head facing up at the ceiling. "Everything we know," Axel then looked back down at the crew. "We know as much as you do. We only learned about all this literally a few hours ago… I think. Time flows differently here I guess when you mentioned Roxas had been gone for a few days."

"Well, we did just discover a talking duck that comes from a different galaxy." Alenko wryly brought up.

"And let's not forget about… well everything we've been doing the past few weeks." Wrex drawled.

"By this point, I think we should just let go and expect anything." Garrus conceded.

Roxas and Xion all the while turned to their friend.

"Why didn't you bring this up before, Axel? When we were with Sora and the others back in the mansion?" Roxas inquired.

"In all honesty, I was about to consider bringing it up, but that DiZ asshole wanted them to learn about Nobodies from this Yen Sid guy first. And with that happening, it would've been confusing to really dwell into the details without them knowing what Nobodies were beforehand." Axel then adopted a thoughtful pose. "Though I believe Riku could fill in a few pieces here and there, due to him fighting his Replica a number of times in Castle Oblivion's basement levels."

"DiZ?" Liara asked aloud. "Who's-"

"Can we not?" Axel held up a hand with an irritated face. "I'm kinda getting tired of explaining all this. And I really don't want to get off tangent here from the initial details."

"Axel is pretty much right on that."

"Thank you."

"So… what now then?" Ashley asked, looking around. "Cause I'm not gonna lie, even with all that we've faced and learned, I'm still trying to wrap my mind around all this. None of it makes sense to me, hard as I try to think about it."

"I'm… kinda at a loss myself." Garrus admitted. "This stuff is way above my paygrade."

"Well we told ya everything and ya heard what we had to say." Axel said, throwing his hands up in 'what else do ya want' manner.

The Normandy crew was unsure of what to say or do next when...

"What if… what if it could be seen?" Liara said nervously.

Everyone turned to the Asari who was gazing at the trio of Nobodies.

"I think… if one of us sees it, feels what you all are talking about, then maybe it can be believed." Liara said with growing confidence though her voice was tinged with uncertainty.

Shepard, having experienced what Liara possibly may be suggesting, caught on quickly.

"Liara, are you sure about this?"

"Wait, what's she talking about?" Axel asked, looking between Jane and Liara, clearly not in the know.

"A mind meld." Garrus finally deduced it. "That way, she can see and feel exactly what you've all been talking about."

"She would be able to see everything." Shepard chipped in. "If you allow her."

Roxas stared at Liara in wonder. He had read about the whole mind meld thingy that Asari were supposedly capable of but he never truly studied it as extensively as he did other matters.

Scrunching up his face in determination, Roxas nodded.

"Do it."

Though she was nervous, Liara managed to repress it as her curiosity overwhelmed her hesitation.

She had come to learn that nothing was what it seems with Roxas being around. That meant that perhaps not even her meld with him may go in an unexpected direction.

"Embrace eternity."

How right she was.

-Scene Cut-

Darkness…

There was nothing but darkness as far as Liara could ever see.

It honestly terrified the asari doctor for a few seconds, which became a bit much more than that.

She expected to start seeing Roxas' memories right away so she could perhaps understand things a whole lot better on her original intention. Yet something was wrong.

So there she was, walking through the darkness on an invisible path to parts unknown.

She continued walking, not sure what exactly had happened or why she was even walking in this dark and endless abyss.

Only that she was here and rather had nothing to do other than wander aimlessly.

It was… terrifying.

-Insert Kingdom Hearts 2: Dive into the Heart Extended-

"He… Hello?" Liara called out, hoping something, someone would respond. "Hello~? Is anyone out there?"

She heard nothing at first. Just this… ambience.

"Hello!" Liara louder this time. "Someone! Please, answer me! Roxas? Roxas, are you there?"

It took a few seconds but at long last, she heard something responding. A distant voice.

"Hello! I'm over here." Liara said, desperately looking around to find the source of the voice.

"...ra! Liara!"

Wait… she knew that voice.

"Liara! Is that you?"

"Shepard?"

Sure enough, somehow, Commander Shepard had appeared before her, running right towards her.

"Commander." Liara said in relief, rushing to her as well.

"Liara." Shepard stood before her now. "What the hell is going on?"

"That's what I wanted to ask you." Liara said. "What are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here?" Shepard asked incredulously before her face fell into deep thought. "What am I doing here? Liara… what do you remember? Before this?"

Liara stared at the Commander, wracking her mind to answer the question.

"I… I was about to perform a mind meld with Roxas." Liara recalled which appeared to trigger Shepards memory.

"Yeah, that's right." Jane said with a snap of her fingers. "And then everything went to shit… or at least, that's what it seemed like."

"What happened afterwards?" Liara asked with a curious look on her face.

Jane frowned for a moment. "Something… went, well, haywire if that's how I could describe it. You initiated the mind meld with Roxas… and then your Biotics just erupted with this weird light that came from Roxas that…"

"..."

"That what?" Liara desperately wanted to know.

Shepard instead opted to look around.

"We need to find the others."

"Others? They're here?"

"I don't know but I'm not discounting it if I'm here." Shepard pointed out. "Wherever here is."

Liara could only absently nod when she tilted her head.

"Do you hear that?"

Jane looked to Liara quizzically when her ear twitched.

"Yes." Jane turned in the direction of the sound. "Come on!"

Shepard and Liara broke into a run, going straight for the source and after a few seconds of running they both saw…

"Tali!" the duo said aloud with relief.

The Quarian whirled towards them. "Shepard! Liara!"

She jumped towards them, hugging them closely. They shared a small group hug when the Quarian pulled away.

"Keelah, what happened Shepard?" Tali asked straight away.

"Isn't that the burning question." Shepard retorted. "Come on, if the three of us are here than the rest are undoubtedly somewhere nearby or through this… darkness."

With not much else needed to be discussed, the trio rushed off in a random direction.

Eventually, bit by bit, they found the rest of the Normandy crew who were all just as dazed and confused as anyone else would be when presented with this sort of situation.

The only people that were missing were Roxas, Axel and Xion.

"So, anybody got any ideas what madness we fell into this time?" Garrus asked, looking around the void.

"What are we even standing on?" Ashley asked, stomping her foot on the ground.

"That's what you ask?" Wrex said disbelievingly. "Williams, in case you haven't noticed, we're in a blank abyss."

"I have noticed, thank you very much." Ashley snipped. "Just… going with what's off the top of my head."

"Oh yeah, then why haven't any of us asked where Roxas, Axel and Xion are." Garrus stated. "If all of us are here then it should be believable in assuming those three are around here somewhere."

"Good point." Shepard raised a hand up to her chin in thought.

"So that begs the question then, where are they?" Kaidan asked.

"We'll have to keep moving and maybe we'll find them. Like we did each other." Tali said.

"Can't think of anything else to go on." Shepard said with a shrug. "Let's keep moving then."

And so, the group of seven trudged forward within the endless dark void that appeared to stretch on endlessly.

They just kept on walking in what felt like an aimless direction. They weren't even sure if it was straight or all over the place.

"Where the hell are we going?" Wrex asked aloud irritably.

"Yeah, this is starting to become less creepy and more annoying." Ashley groused out. "I'm starting to lose my mind here."

"You mean you haven't already?"

"Bite me, Garrus, you know what I'm talking about."

"Bite you… is this another human thing?"

"Just load up human phrases on your Omni-tool, Garrus." Tali suggested. "I figured it'd help later on."

"Goddess, why didn't I think of that?"

"Are you sure?" Garrus inquired. "Think there'll even be enough space for that?"

Before anyone could make another comment or quip, Tali saw something, or rather someone in the distance.

"Guys!" Tali said, pointing ahead.

The group turned to where Tali was pointing to and somehow were able to make out someone in a familiar black cloak and hood standing off in the distance.

It looked like…

"Roxas!" Tali said aloud, running towards him with the group following after her.

As they drew closer, the hood figure turned to them. Once they were a few feet away, the figure vanished with wisps of light floating about before falling to the ground.

"Wha-?" Tali looked around, desperately trying to find Roxas.

Having had enough of this, Jane simply looked to the skies.

"HEY!" She shouted with all her might. "What the hell is going on here?!"

"Uh, Skipper, I don't think yelling at the sky's gonna solve anything." Ashley said.

"Oh yeah, Gunnery Chief. And what would you suggest?" Jane shot back in a deadpan. "I'm all ears here."

As the group bickered, Tali was still trying to locate the hooded individual in the darkness. She knew that it was Roxas. Had the same body posture and everything.

Just… where in the world did he disappear to?

The moment Tali took one step forward, light appeared below her foot.

She looked down only to shield her eyes, the group following suit as the light was blinding. All around them, shadows retreated, shaping into what looked like birds.

Once the illuminating light died down, their eyes adjusted to the darkness. And there they saw the source of the light.

It was a large platform filled with lights like that of the sunrise and sunset. The colors of twilight were very gentle and soothing in contrast to the unsettling darkness.

As their eyes took better focus on it, they reared back in surprise on what they were seeing.

It was a stained glass platform filled with the twilight of colors. Along the edges was the repeating symbol of the Nobodies. And in the far background was a beautifully constructed clocktower with roman numerals on the clock face.

But this wasn't what really drew their attention, but the people designed into the stained glass platform.

At the center of it all was Roxas as he grasped his Keyblade with a determined look on his face. Surrounding his head in small head portraits were four individuals. One was the smiling Axel, one was Xion with a melancholy visage, another was Tali with her bright cheerful eyes and the last was Shepard with a straight, determined visage.

From there, the others saw other portraits hanging around Roxas' body of the rest of the Normandy ground team of Kaidan, Ashley, Wrex, Garrus and Liara. And apparently Joker, Stitch and Dr. Chakwas seemed to have sneaked in there as well.

"...Okay what the hell is this?"

"Not that I mind how beautiful this is designed, but this is really freaking me out." Ashley said aloud.

"Why are we all here surrounding Roxas like this?" Kaidan asked, kneeling down to examine his portrait that was next to Ashley's. This picture of him was giving off a calm expression whilst Ashley's had a large, brimming smile. He looked over to the others, noting the image of an easy-going Garrus (somehow), a feral grinning Wrex and Liara with a kind smile.

Tali silently gazed down at the face of the teen she had grown to care for so much since she had first met him.

His eyes were not as hollow as they once were but they still held a blankness to them that showed how much Roxas had to learn.

She felt great internal conflict, eyes shifting over to the portrait of her nearby Roxas's head. Her eyes drifted over to the other three closest to him. Xion, Axel and Commander Shepard.

What did this mean? There are the others of course but these four seemed to be the most prominent.

Did… did they signify something? Like… they were the ones closest to Roxas?

Tali'Zorah Nar Rayya was unsure as to how she came to this conclusion but it just… felt right.

She had subconsciously placed a hand over her chest without realizing it.

Looking up, Tali blinked upon seeing a stained glass platform appear before her which began multiplying and forming upwards until she saw it reach another platform that was elevated higher than the one they stood on.

"Whoa!" Several of the Normandy Crew said in unison, having seen what Tali had.

"Where… where do you think that leads?" Kaidan asked a bit hesitantly.

"Only one way to find out." Tali said determinedly, taking the first step forward towards the stained glass staircase.

Knowing they had no other alternative, the team trudged on, climbing up the winding staircase

They soon arrived at another platform, similar to the floor from the last one yet rather than the colors of a setting sun, the primary coloring was that of a rising one with bursting pigments of yellow and blue.

"Ok, what-"

"Power sleeps within you."

The entire team jerked, quickly forming into a circle with their backs to each other.

"The hell was that?" Wrex asked in a growl.

"The path… has changed. The Destiny of all… obscured."

"Can you guys hear that?" Garrus asked.

"We all can, Vakarian." Wrex snarked.

"No." Garrus shook his head. "Did you hear that?"

They were unsure at first what Garrus was insinuating when that strange, disembodied voice spoke again.

"Your Journey starts at the end."

Though it took a moment, Alenko voiced what most of them were thinking.

"Is he… talking without saying anything?" Kaidan asked nervously. "You can all hear that right?"

The group was silent for the most part.

"We gotta keep going." Shepard declared. "Nothing gained by just standing around here."

Without another word, the group went on, having seen yet another long winding path of stained glass that would lead them to the next platform.

However, upon arriving at the next platform, the Lieutenant of the group was the first to see what was on the floor this time around.

"...The hell is this?"

The others looked over to the lieutenant and quickly bore shocking looks on what they were seeing.

It was another stained glass platform. But instead of Roxas, it primarily focused on Kaidan.

Everything seemed similarly the same as the first one they saw, but the colors were switched out with bright blue and cobalt blue colors. Instead of standing, he seemed to be relaxing with his form laying across the platform's edge. The portraits at the top were focused on a number of individuals, which Kaidan muttered out in surprise.

"Mom… Dad… Rahna… Commander… Roxas? How-?"

"What is all this?" Ashley asked, now becoming anxious. "Is this some trippy self-reflection trip we're on? I thought we were supposed to learn about Roxas, not go on a fever dream."

Stepping back in her surprise at seeing this platform, the back of Tali's foot impacted something over the edge and another pathway was formed. Looking back, she saw it connected to a platform… with her as the focus. And the other her rested comfortably with her Omni-tool out with the background being grey and purple as the prominent colors. And in the far background was the Migrant Fleet.

Surrounding her with the portraits of Roxas, Shepard, another Quarian, Garrus, Ashley, Liara, Kaidan and Wrex.

"What… what is all this?" Tali asked in complete and utter bewilderment.

More and more followed suit where the other Normandy ground team saw their very own platforms. Each designed in their own ways and colors with familiar faces for the most part though each one had a few add ons.

Like Ashley with her sisters, Liara with Benezia and Garrus with his father and sister.

Shepard had her own as well, having the crew for the most part and Anderson and her mother with her late father and late younger brother, something the others heard her mutter out from under her breath.

Even Wrex had one dedicated to him with him having only the Normandy ground crew… and Stitch somehow.

"What is this all supposed to mean?" Liara asked, somewhat becoming overwhelmed by all that they were seeing. "Why are we seeing all of this?"

Garrus hummed aloud, thinking critically on this matter with his detective skills coming into play.

"Each of these platforms we stood on had all of us at one point with Roxas appearing twice." Garrus surmised. "What was the main thing that was always constant?"

Everyone took a moment to pause and consider Garrus' words.

"All of us are usually present." Shepard pointed out after a few seconds. "In one way shape or form, practically the entire Normandy ground team is always there on each platform around those artsy versions of ourselves."

"Meaning?" Wrex asked impatiently.

"They are those we are closest to." Tali stated. "Those who we've connected to the most."

"Is that supposed to be some sort of sappy metaphor, or…" Ashley asked, slightly amused, slightly curious.

"No, no…" Liara rubbed her chin, deep in thought. "Tali may be right. Think about it, every platform we've been to has shown all of us along with several distinct individuals in our lives outside this team that we have bonded with over this journey. Tali may be on to something."

"But that doesn't really explain just how this happened, why it's happening and what we're even supposed to do." Kaidan pointed out.

"Not gonna lie, starting to get a bit antsy in here." Wrex openly admitted.

"So what? Should we keep moving then?" Ashley inquired.

"Seems to be the only real option right now." Shepard said. "We've seen the entire team now."

"What about Axel and Xion?" Tali asked.

"I'm not sure." Jane admitted. "We've only met them recently after all. Who knows, that may change later on."

So, they had no choice other than to keep walking.

The next stained glass staircase was laid bare before them so no other place to go towards. The others just led backwards.

Then they saw this platform.

For the briefest of moments, they thought they were looking at Roxas once again, but something wasn't right on a number of details.

For one, he wasn't wearing his Organization coat and wasn't standing, but in fact leaning back and was seemingly asleep. And in his grasp was an oddly designed Keyblade in a reverse grip.

With his attire, it vaguely looked similar to what his casual attire was, but only on a number of aspects. The rest seemed to have him wear several odd armor pieces like a pauldron on his left shoulder, something around his waist and his boots were armored up as well.

Said weapon had a black handle that was offset with its guard being in a dull gold color and joined with the shaft of the sword to fully enclose the handle. The shaft is grey, thin, and has a very slight curve outward. There were three thin, dull gold lines that decorate the middle of the shaft. Two short bars connect the main blade to the teeth, which are grey like the blade and have a wing-like shape as they are composed of five cured bars that decrease in size the lower they are to the weapon.

The main color scheme on the platform was predominantly green with a touch of light-blue. In the background, there was some sort of rocky desert. And in the portraits had a brown haired with his eyes closed, a blue haired woman who brightly smiled, and a black haired man with a high ponytail with a few scars on his face. The other portraits, however, seemed to have been hazed out for some reason.

"What's this supposed to be?" Garrus asked. "Another rendition of Roxas?"

"I don't know." Shepard said with a frown, going down to one knee while analyzing the platform. "Is it weird that… this doesn't feel like Roxas."

"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?" Ashley asked in bewilderment.

"You heard what I said." Shepard said more firmly. "This may look like Roxas but it doesn't feel like it is. Like it's a different person entirely."

"You're right." Tali confirmed. "This isn't Roxas. This is someone else."

"Then who is this supposed to be?" Wrex asked.

"How should any of us know?" Tali countered. "I know as much as you guys do."

"I find it strange how I feel no exhaustion." Liara suddenly said. "It feels like we've been here for hours now without any rest."

"It is strange." Kaidan murmured.

"Then that means we still need to keep moving." Tali declared. "I know we're close. We'll find whatever it is that brought us here."

"What brought us here?" Ashley murmured. "Didn't it have something to do with Roxas?"

"So we find Roxas, and maybe our way outta-"

"Well finally, found ya guys."

The team turned to see none other than Axel walking towards them with a sleeping Xion in his arms.

He immediately walked right up to Liara with a suspicious look on his face.

"Alright, spill it lady, what the hell happened?" Axel asked straight away, making Liara jerk back in surprise. "You leaned your head against Roxas', next thing I know, I'm waking up here with Xion out cold and Roxas nowhere to be seen."

"Hey, lay off her." Ashley got in between Liara and Axel. "She didn't know that this would happen. None of us did. This is a first for all of us."

Axel frowned before relenting. He then took a moment to look over the group.

"Where's Roxas?" Axel asked.

"You haven't seen him?" Tali said in concern.

No. VIII shook his head. "Nada. just been me and a sleeping Xion here."

"Why is she sleeping?" Jane asked, slightly worried for the young girl's condition.

"No idea." Axel said looking down at her with a melancholy expression. "Maybe she'll wake up soon after. Maybe she won't. I'd rather not stand around idle really."

Wrex snorted aloud. "Something I could agree on."

Once again, the group resumed their pace, walking off the strange platform and arriving at yet another platfo-

"Roxas!" Tali cried aloud in an instant.

The entire team saw the Quarian running forward and falling to her knees next to the body of an unconscious Roxas.

The rest soon gathered around the two a moment later, Tali gently lifting Roxas' head up.

"Roxas! Roxas!" Tali said aloud in concern.

"Easy there Tali." Shepard said, kneeling down to the two.

"What happened?" Kaidan asked.

"I think that's a question on all our minds." Axel stated, not getting any denying comments from the others.

There was a groan that came from the young blond, signifying his return to consciousness.

From Roxas's point of view, everything was a blur until it slowly began to clear up.

He blinked, taking sight of the concerned eyes of Tali'Zorah.

"Tali?" He muttered. "Wha-What happened?"

"Something weird involving you, unfortunately." Came a familiar dry tone.

"Garrus?" Roxas was helped in sitting up as the teen saw the entire Normandy crew plus Axel and Xion were around him.

"Where are we?" Roxas asked aloud, upon realizing that they were no longer on the Normandy.

"You tell us." Ash said expectantly, arms crossed. "I remember a flash of light coming from you the moment Liara initiated her meld."

Roxas shook his head.

"Sorry, but this is honestly a first for me." He took a better look of his surroundings, seeing the abysmal sky to the stained glass ground where everyone else stood.

Wait a second… he's seen this before.

'Sora.' Roxas internally thought to himself.

The thought alone appeared to trigger something when the entire team heard winds began to pick up around them.

"What's going on?!" Liara asked in alarm.

When the wind ceased, the surrounding individuals looked around and saw that they were surrounded by what they could best describe to be decorated screens of some kind. And they reached up to the abysmal sky above.

"What is…" Shepard stared at the screens, eyes widening in confusion.

The screens then brightened up for a brief moment, revealing what appeared to be odd screenshots of various events.

Multiple images and small "clips" began to show, some distinct and clear while others were hazy if not impossible to see due to the bizarre static on display.

The screens kept on moving, making it a little hard to keep track of, yet the lieutenant marine was able to catch onto something.

"That's… that's us on Feros." Kaidan pointed out. He watched as the memory played with Roxas and Kaidan attacking Thorian Creepers together.

"And that's the first time we encountered Heartless and met Roxas." Shepard added next.

"And that's him fighting against the Thresher Maw." Wrex stated, watching Roxas cleave through the Maw's skin.

"Damn, only hearing and reading the report does not do justice after seeing him cleave that thing." Said Garrus.

"That's where we first met." Tali whispered, eyes boring into the first ever memory she had with Roxas.

When he helped save her life.

"What are these things?"

After gazing at a number of them, Liara gave her theory. "These… These are Roxas' memories."

"Really?"

The Asari nodded as she gazed at a "clip" of Roxas helping her out on a past assignment. "Granted these appear to be of a different fashion than what Asari typically view them, and others when put through the mind meld; but the targeted result is right before us."

The assembled group nodded as they kept viewing the screens before them.

Tali had her eyes trained on one in particular.

'Keelah!' She thought to herself in shock. 'That wasn't a dream?!'

She saw Roxas and Axel standing in a room surrounded by thirteen throne-like chairs with the two looking up at the one in the center.

Once again, Tali shuddered upon seeing the orange eyed, silver haired man.

This made the Quarian wonder how that was possible in seeing the memory beforehand. She looked at Roxas who had stood up to his full height by this point, having walked forward in slight wonder.

"Hang on a second." Ashley said aloud, waving her hands. "If you're telling me these are Roxas' memories, then explain to me who's that?" Williams points to the image of a boy in red clothing, blue eyes and brown hair.

Axel, who quickly spotted the "clip", answered. "That would be Sora."

"Who's Sora?"

The series of "clips" they were now viewing were of the three former Organization members meeting Sora, Donald and Goofy at Castle Oblivion before having to fight against Vexen, Zexion and Riku Replica. This was prior to the real Riku and King Mickey appearing and joining in on the fight.

It was quite… stunning to see such wild powers on display from those they knew and those they were unfamiliar with.

Are these the types of fights and people Roxas is usually associated with.?

They couldn't even begin to fathom the type of power these individuals could wield or what even Roxas was truly capable of.

After viewing the battle sequence… things started to go awry.

Things shifted from Roxas' perspective to that of Sora's.

Roxas frowned as he gazed at a number of images and "clips" now flowing before them. "I… I don't even remember any of these."

The series of images and "clips" depicted moments of Sora's adventures of traveling from world to world.

"Hold on, why am I seeing the Queen of Hearts?" Ashley spoke out. "Or at least a rendition of her."

"With the Mad Hatter, March Hare and the Dormouse." Said Shepard.

"Is that a Husk?" Kaidan inquired.

"I think that's just a skeleton… an animated one at that." Garrus commented as he shivered a little on seeing the decayed being.

Many more gazed across their eyes as Sora traveled from World to World in combating the Heartless. Eventually the segmented "clips" came across the time of the brown-haired islander coming across Hollow Bastion and his conflicts which occurred at the Heartless filled world.

After that, things shifted once more as the many screens floating about were having a hard time presenting the images and "clips."

They were foggy, really hard to distinguish.

But one thing was clear.

He saw himself several times in scenarios and other worlds he had never ventured to.

"Roxas?" Jane was next to him now, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Instead of answering, No. XIII had his head down, deep in thought.

"You know, after this, I'm gonna have no expectations." Ashley declared suddenly.

"Huh?"

"Seriously, what can get trippier than this?" Ashley exclaimed, throwing her arms up to emphasize their current location. "We just went on a trip that drugs can't even come close to replicating. That's it, no more surprises for me."

"You wanna bet?" Wrex rumbled with a large grin.

"You're on you old dinosaur."

Garrus merely groaned. "Please, I would rather not."

Axel snorted. "I believe you guys will get more than you'd bargain for."

Eventually, the screens faded away into nothingness.

"Roxas." Jane turned to him. "This feels like something only you can break us out of."

"But… I don't know how to do that." Roxas said aloud.

"You can do it, Roxas." Shepard encouraged, hand once again on his shoulder. "You just gotta… focus."

Roxas gave the Commander a dry look. "And what would that be?"

"I don't know, it feels like we're literally in your head." Shepard accentuated by thumping her knuckle against his forehead. "You figure it out."

Roxas gave her a grumpy look until he relented.

Looking to the others, he saw them waiting on him expectantly.

Xion was still out cold in Axel's arms and Tali was… well he could tell there was a mixture of emotions radiating off her.

He couldn't really think of a way out of this.

"Within you lies great power."

Roxas jolted, surprising the team with his reaction.

"But to bring it forward, you must let go of thought."

"Do you guys-"

"The power that resides within you only needs be called upon with feeling. Not thought."

Upon hearing those words, a strange haze in his mind began to clear up.

Nodding to himself, Roxas held out his hand.

Summoning Oathkeeper, he twirled it around and jabbed it into the sky. Before anyone on the ground team could comment about the Keyblade's new form, a beam of light shot out of the weapon's tip. A moment later, the beam impacted something, resulting in a large shattering noise to appear in the darkness above.

From that, the assembled group saw a large keyhole appear in the darkness before everything faded into white.

-Scene Cut-

Groaning awake, Roxas held his head as he pried himself off the floor. Sounds greeted his ears with everyone else in the comm room waking up from their shared experience.

"Err… My head…" Ashley moaned aloud.

"Don't know if my little headache is due to the odd mind meld or something else." Garrus groaned out.

"I think mine was just because of how I collapsed." Shepard complained, rubbing her aching head.

"This is worse than my amp flares." Kaidan muttered out.

"Everyone alright?" Shepard asked, getting grunts and grumbles for confirmation.

"Give me an hour and I'll come back to you." Said Ashley as she still laid on the ground, curled up as she clenched her head.

Eventually, everyone was getting back onto their feet. Some needed a little bit of assistance, but nothing all that bad.

"Xion." Roxas softly said, kneeling right next to Axel who was holding her up.

A moment later, Xion's eyes slowly opened up with her grunting softly.

"Roxas? Axel?" Xion murmured. "What happened?"

"That's a story we'll tell ya in a bit." Axel said, helping her to her feet while holding her to keep her steady. "How ya feeling?"

"A bit dizzy." Xion admitted.

"You're alright." Axel said, lightly patting her back as she regained her balance.

"Thanks."

"I can agree with everyone else that we don't need Liara's input to confirm things." Shepard informed, earning nods and grunts from the room's occupants.

"Yet we ended up getting more questions than answers, if I'm being honest here." Garrus inputted.

"Damn right." Snorted the Krogan.

"What now?"

"Now?" Shepard merely shrugged. "Just recuperate most likely. Until the Normandy is fully patched up, we're grounded here on Earth."

"Shore leave then." Kaidan stated rather than ask, getting a nod from Jane.

"Always wanted to visit Earth." Liara said with a small smile.

"Wonder what grub this planet has." Wrex asked aloud, already taking his leave with several members of the crew.

Most had left for the most part save for Roxas, Axel and Xion with Tali waiting over by the entrance with Shepard not far away.

"Speaking of grounded…"

Shepard gazed at Roxas, earning a confused look from him.

"What?"

*BONK*

"Ow!" Roxas whined aloud, rubbing his head.

Most punches wouldn't really phase the Nobody for the most part but Shepard had her Biotics coating her fist to really give him a good bump on the noggin.

It wouldn't bruise or anything.

Just enough of a jolt to help in getting the message Jane was about to convey to him.

"That's for up and ditching Tali in front of her face and not telling us you were leaving."

"I said I was sorry-"

"Since you're aboard my ship, I don't care if you're considered a civilian, Roxas. I'm your superior officer as long as you're taking part of this mission of stopping Saren. And I can't have that happen on my watch."

"I'm not in the army."

"Did I not just say I'm your superior officer."

"But if I didn't leave then-"

"No excuses."

"Aw come on! Everything I just found out was a lie. My whole reason for existence was a lie, Shepard."

Jane opened her mouth only to close it a moment later.

He did have a bit of a point there. And apparently he brought back these two newbies with him because he considered them worth saving since they were his friends.

She sighed in slight defeat.

"Alright, you were right in going to save your friends." Shepard admitted. "But you were wrong in how you did it. You should have said something before pulling that disappearing act in front of Tali. Especially after that little outburst. We were all worried about you Roxas. Just be more considerate next time."

No. VIII and XIV were silent alongside Tali as they witnessed the N7 commander chew out No. XIII.

"Still, I just gave you the rundown so you're still getting punished." Shepard declared, a tone that brokered no arguments. "Because of your actions, I'm shelving you for the next few ground missions. I can't have you running off like that on us again." Shepard stated. "Not to mention you'll be having double cleaning duty until I say otherwise."

Roxas frowned as he gazed at Shepard's glare, but he did notice a particular glint in her green eyes that made him hold his tongue on arguing back.

"Two ground missions?" Roxas held up two fingers.

"Four."

"Three."

"Deal."

Soon enough, he exhaled a sigh and nodded, accepting his punishment.

"Good to see you accept it." Said Jane. "Be glad you aren't military or else I'd give you a worse punishment on what you pulled."

Axel snorted upon hearing this as he can imagine the possible outcomes.

Next thing Roxas knew, he was enveloped in a hug by Shepard with the Nobody blinking in surprise by the action.

"You dummy. Don't worry us like that again, got it?"

Roxas wasn't quite sure how to respond to this. Yet, he felt warmth spreading within his chest. After a few moments, he slowly leaned his head against her shoulder with his two arms moving around Jane's back.

"I'm sorry." Roxas said quietly after a few seconds.

He felt Shepard place her hand on the back of his head, ruffling through his hair again with him laughing lightly.

"Now get outta here." Shepard said with a kind smile. "Guess you'll wanna explore this city with your friends."

The Spectre regarded both Xion and Axel, the former of which was looking on curiously while the latter gave her, specifically an intrigued look.

And this wasn't one of those intimate or attracted types of looks.

No, this was a look of analysis, gauging as to who it was that caught their attention and interest.

No doubt Shepard will be talking to her fellow redhead in order to figure him out sometime soon. Just a means of figuring the man out, gauging him on what to do with him in the foreseeable future alongside Xion.

Jane soon departed, wanting to find the anthropomorphic duck on her ship and discuss a number of topics she wanted to properly ask on a one-on-one basis.

Seeing the commander off, Roxas turned to the Quarian and made a proper introduction to his first two friends.

"Tali, this is Axel and Xion." Roxas said with a small smile. "Figure you should at least meet them under more proper circumstances."

"Hey there." Axel said pleasantly enough.

"Hello." Xion was much more kinder.

"Hi." Tali said. "Roxas told me a lot about you all whenever he was able to."

"Oh, so he didn't forget about us after all." Axel remarked, flipping the blonde teen's hood over his head and pulling it down. "I'm so flattered."

Tali couldn't help but giggle at the way Roxas threw his hood back with an annoyed look to his face that he directed at the redhead who whistled innocently up at the ceiling. Xion had let out a small laugh at their antics with Axel doing the same to her a moment later.

Xion soon voiced an inquiry. "Is there perhaps anything you want to ask us?"

"Plenty come to mind."

No. XIV nodded. "And you obviously can tell we'll have plenty to ask of you since we just got here."

"Most definitely and I'll answer all that I can."

"Thank you."

Xion then left as she wanted to start exploring the Normandy, her possible home for the unforeseeable future.

Axel, meanwhile, moved some distance away as when he saw the tense atmosphere between Roxas and his Quarian friend, he had a feeling he didn't want to interfere.

"Tali… listen, I didn't mean to leave you like that."

"It's ok Roxas." Tali's voice was distant, something Roxas immediately took note of. "I just… I just have to handle a few things right now."

With that, Tali walked away leaving a very sullen and confused Nobody.

He heard Axel inhaled a bit sharply while also letting out a bit of a snort.

"Yikes."

"What?" No. XIII turned to his taller friend who had an amused cringey expression.

"Oh boy, Roxas." Axel said sympathetically. "Looks to me like you flipped a few wrong switches."

"...Wrong switches?" Roxas repeated in bewilderment.

"Yup." Axel elaborated. "Girls have these switches and if you flip the wrong one, you're out. Got it memorized?"

'A switch?' Thought Roxas. 'I… I don't get it… where was the switch?!' He then turned to the tall redhead. "Do only girls have this 'switch'?"

"It's nothing like that. Ya see, girls and their switches are kinda complicated. I wouldn't know where to begin."

"...I see…"

"You'll both understand when you're older." Said Axel, wondering where Xion could have gone off to. "Now, I'm actually kinda curious about this whole ship you've been staying in."

Leaving Roxas alone for him to contemplate on a number of things, Axel went off to properly explore the Normandy just like Xion.

To begin his little self-tour, No. VIII made his way towards the cockpit before making his way back and all over.

Upon reaching his first destination, he saw Xion conversing with the pilot, who he soon learned his name -or at least nickname- was Joker.

Before he could possibly join the conversation, Axel saw the blue furred alien scurry up to the cockpit from parts unknown.

Upon entering the space, a brief silence quickly surrounded the cockpit. For Xion was staring at Stitch with a silence befalling the pair.

Stitch, wanting to break the silence, greeted the black haired Nobody.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-HIIIII!"

On the side, Axel saw the odd sparkles appearing in Xion's eyes. Seeing what was about to happen, he clapped his hands over his ears and was ready for the inevitable.

"Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~!"

The black haired Nobody then latched onto the blue furred alien and let out the loudest 'squee' she could ever muster.

"Holy hell she's loud!" Joker whined out, clenching his ears in response.

Xion was squeezing Stitch with all her might, rubbing her cheek against him with said alien flailing in his grasp.

"HE'S SO CUTE!"

"...I think I'm seeing Stitch reach a new shade of blue now." The pilot commented before he let out a snort. "Heh, I wonder if she'll do the same thing with Mosh."

"Who?" Axel asked.

"A Moogle who hangs out in the hangar bay. Even wears the same coat as you three wear."

"Really?" Axel hummed.

The only Moogle he knows was the one who used to hang out in the Grey Room back at the Castle That Never Was.

Could it be the same one?

Filing that bit of info away for now for his impromptu tour, Axel spoke up as he gazed more at the scene before him and Joker. "Regardless, it seems that this Stitch guy here ended up flipping Xion's switch."

Stitch tried pushing her away yet Xion remained firmly latched on until she nuzzled his face which appeared to make Stitch jolt until he relented and hugged her back.

Jeff chuckled at the scene before looking at the red haired man. "So is that hair done all natural or do you use product?"

Axel scoffed. "Please~ This is all natural, my good sir. I don't want to waste all my Munny on buying cosmetics all the damn time. I'm not like certain people out there."

Out in the universe, a certain Savage Nymph, a Graceful Assassin and several silver haired individuals loudly sneezed.

Joker snorted. "Right, that's what they all say."

"What and the trimmed beard of yours is the look you went for?"

"Huh? What's wrong with it?"

"Ever heard of a douche strap?"

Joker quickly jabbed an accusing finger at the man. "Take that back!"

"Make me."

The two entered into a staring contest until they broke down, chuckling heartily at one another.

Joker couldn't help but notice there was something that was a bit off about the way Axel had laughed but he just laughed it off.

"I think we're gonna get along just fine." The pilot of the Normandy held out his hand. "Name's Jeff Morreau, but I like going by Joker."

The redhead, green eyed Nobody took the offered hand and gave it a firm handshake.

"And you may call me Axel." He then tapped the side of his head as he widely smirked. "Get it memorized, bub."

"Wouldn't be too hard with such a name."

"Hope to see you do."

-Scene Cut-

Outside, within the old city of London, three individuals in matching black cloaks were walking through the streets of the capital of the isle of Britain.

It was quite the sight to see.

While Roxas, Axel and Xion had seen and walked through a city before, that was back in the Organizations world.

This one however was much more crowded, bustling and livelier.

People were everywhere with the occasional Asari, Turian and Salarian for the most part.

Not a lot of people stared at them for long periods of time, only passing glances. Mostly due to viewing the unique matching attires they wore.

The Nobody trio briefly heard mentions of "new lines of fashion" or "advertising" about something. Didn't really pay too much attention as their focus was elsewhere.

"Geez, where do we even begin with this place, Roxas?" Axel asked, looking around the bustling city.

"We could try finding the others." Roxas remarked. "But that could take a while."

To their knowledge, almost everyone on the Normandy was out and about in the city for shore leave for the next day or so.

The only ones that weren't out were Stitch and Della.

For Stitch, the ground team learned the little alien didn't exactly get along with large gatherings of people all that well. He admitted he'd been getting better over time, but only in certain circumstances with the right conditions.

And besides, it would be hard to properly keep Stitch out of trouble, even if he was supervised. And his "genetically modified pet" cover can only go so far without giving himself away.

For Della, it was far more obvious in one particular detail.

She was, in all intents and purposes, a new first contact alien; no way hiding that fact. If she were to go out in public now, she would be turning heads and not in the good way. Far from it.

Della was quick to understand and she wasn't exactly in the mood to go out.

In the meantime, she was staying on the Normandy and waited for Hackett to personally bring over her ship, which was still on the nearby moon so she could begin repairing it. And Della will be staying on the space vessel until it's completed.

"Then… what should we do?" Xion asked, her senses being rather overwhelmed by all the sights and sounds before them.

"Well, let's see.." Roxas brought up his Omni-tool before pausing to look at it.

A moment later, a wide grin broke out as he turned to Axel and Xion. "Let's get you both some Omni-Tools."

The two couldn't help but beam in anticipation at the thought of finally getting that crazy useful device Roxas had on his arm.

And if memory serves, Sora and the others would probably want one as well; given their quick fascination with the device.

It took a while to find a proper store selling Omni-tools. But once finding it, purchasing one each for Axel and Xion and getting things set up; the group went out once more.

"Alright, gotta admit, this is pretty cool." Axel openly declared, sifting through his Omni-Tool like a madman. He didn't even know where to begin with this astonishing new device.

Xion nodded as she looked at a variety of details.

She'll be needing help, that's for sure, given the amount which was confusing her.

Like what was done for Roxas, Tali might help her out.

For some time, the trio walked about and saw all sorts of places.

The many bridges in the city, small dining establishments everywhere with a heavy emphasis on pubs and taverns.

Several times, Roxas and Xion were steered away from these places by Axel with the older Nobody simply stating, "When you're older".

Eventually, they managed to find a place to sit down and eat together, Xion commenting on how this is basically their first time ever eating like this with something not involving Ice cream for once.

"Oh yeah." Roxas and Xion turned to Axel who reached for something behind him and quite literally pulled out three wrapped bars of sea-salt ice cream.

"Gotta celebrate our reunion, right?" Axel said with a grin, handing one over to Roxas.

"They sell those here?" Xion questioned, retrieving hers as well.

"Still have a few more in store on the Normandy from when I last bought them on the Citadel." Roxas said. "Where'd you get these ones, Axel?"

"Always have some on me." Axel shrugged. "But now that I know we can find them here, makes getting them a whole lot easier."

"But… where can we eat these?" Xion asked.

Suddenly, the familiar chimes of bells echoing across the city was heard by all its inhabitants.

Looking up, Axel smirked.

"There's an idea."

Following suit, Roxas and Xion saw where Axel was gazing towards and came to a quick agreement.

Once entering a nearby alleyway, the three used a Dark Corridor to end up at the higher areas of the residential clock tower of London.

Big Ben.

The large British monument was one of the many structures that had been preserved by humanity over the centuries. New technology was integrated into the historic landmark, yet the integrity of it all remained the same.

Firmly sitting at the highest ledges the clock tower provided them, the trio gazed at the environment before them.

Despite the nice day the city had, the skies were foggy; so trying to see the present sunset was a little hard. Only the sky color is brightened to a certain color but not all the way great.

As they silently watched things progress, the trio took better note of where they were sitting and couldn't help but do some comparisons of the place they would've gone to for a time like this.

The dials of Big Ben faced in all four directions of the world. It greatly differed with the Twilight Town clock tower as it only faces the sunset. Whereas Twilight Town connects to the train station, Big Ben connects to London's Parliament building and some distance away from the London Eye, a giant Ferris wheel, and Tower Bridge. Also no big hanging bells on the sides unlike Twilight Town.

"It's not like the one back in Twilight Town." Axel commented, chomping on his ice cream. "But~ it'll do for this time around."

Roxas and Xion chuckled lightly, nibbling on their own ice cream bars.

There wasn't much that they spoke of for the majority of their time atop the tower, gazing out at the city and sky whilst eating their ice cream.

"This place ain't like the other Big Ben." Roxas remarked.

"Other Big Ben?" Both his friends looked at him.

"Yeah." He nodded. "The other Big Ben. Sora, Donald and Goofy once went there with this kid who could fly named Peter Pan. It was from this World called Neverland."

...Now that he thought about it, the name Neverland didn't exactly fit with what he saw in his dreams.

He only saw the time on Captain Hook's ship as it was soaring London's skies.

For some reason, however, the island he went to in order to find his answers seemed like the better place to properly be called Neverland.

Probably when he goes there next time, like he promised Tinkerbelle, he'll ask for a clarification.

Silence wafted in the air as passing thoughts occasionally came to and for. Yet one remained prevalent in the Fiery Nobody.

"You think we'll be safe here, Roxas." Axel suddenly asked, tone being devoid of his usual sarcastic and easy-going self.

No. XIII could only shake his head, taking his friend's question in stride.

"I dunno." He admitted. "I wish I could believe that but… if the Heartless could find me…"

"The Organization can." Axel finished grimly, not exactly liking that reality.

"But how long until they'll find us?" Xion asked in concern.

"Only time will tell, I suppose." Axel muttered out, chewing on the last of his ice-cream.

Roxas didn't respond to all this, only holding out his hand to call forth his transformed Keyblade. It had yet to revert back to its original form in and frankly, Roxas believed it possibly never will.

For some part of him, the Key of Destiny preferred it that way. But for the rest of him, it didn't matter.

This Keyblade is named Oathkeeper for a reason as it reflected Roxas' most deepest and personal desires.

To keep the ones he had grown to care for safe. This was his promise to himself and to them.

He would fight tooth and nail to make sure all the friends he's made these past two months would be safe.

Roxas wasn't a fool in believing that they couldn't protect themselves.

The Normandy squad and his two friends right beside him were more than capable of fighting on their own.

But that did not mean he was gonna have them fight alone.

With all the power he had, he would stand by his friends to the bitter end.

This, he promised.

-Scene Cut-

Inside of the white and grey room Where Nothing Gathers, a meeting was taking place.

The topic was of the recent developments and events which took place not long ago.

Out of the thirteen chairs, only eleven had their occupants seated in their respective positions.

The seats of No.s VIII and XIII were those that were empty.

"Zexion."

No. VI tilted his head up to the leader of the Organization, Xemnas.

"Tell us." The man's deep voice was slow and methodical with a dangerous edge. "What has transpired in the halls of Castle Oblivion."

Zexion knew that this was nothing more than a formality. That he himself had to state this out loud.

However, he knew now wasn't the time for such petulant and petty thoughts.

"It is as Vexen had reported, Lord Xemnas." Zexion said simply. "Axel, Roxas and Xion turned against us in the Castle. They assisted the Keyblade hero, the King and the Hero of Darkness. We were lucky to survive at all."

"So you turned tail and ran like a coward?" Larxene said with a stingy scoff.

"Would you have been able to take on four Keyblade Wielders at once?" Zexion retorted in a sharp tone that made No. XII 'hmph', turning her nose away.

"To have all of those separate parties converge in Castle Oblivion." No. VII, Saix, pointed out. "That is more than an unprecedented coincidence. The king and his subjects, The Keyblade's chosen one, the Hero of Darkness, our puppet, two of our members and Namine all under one roof? Something was amiss. We just failed to see it."

No. III growled aloud from his seat.

"Never would've imagined Axel, of all people, to become a turncoat." Xaldin spat out.

From his seat, No. XI firmly grasped his armrests as he shifted his eyes away from the others. For he had planned on turning against the Organization, on his terms. Though it seemed No. VIII did the act before him.

"Believe it was just a spur of a moment." Luxord commented as he shuffled his deck of cards. "He took a gamble and now he's paying for whatever hand he played with."

"What reason would there be for him to act as such?" Vexen inquired.

"Why don't you go out, find and ask him yourself." Demyx said offhandedly, tuning up the strings on his signature sitar-like weapon. "Oh wait, you can't as you don't even know where he ran off to."

"How dare you?! In this Organization, I am No. IV, you are number-"

"Oh brother, again with the numbers? Give it a rest, Vexen."

"Silence, No. IX!"

"Make me, old man!"

"Enough." Xemnas said aloud, ceasing the quarrel between the Nobodies of Ice and Water.

A pair of dice was tossed and up and down in No. X's hand. "The die has been cast, no way to change the outcomes now. We must play on what's on the board now."

"I couldn't help but agree more." Xigbar chuckled out. "Axel, Roxas and Xion made their move, so we must make ours."

"But to lose both our Keyblade wielders." Lexaeus pointed out. "A great blow has been struck to the Organization."

"This has happened too soon." Saix said aloud, head inclined down.

"Perhaps, had you had still left the castle under my control, this outcome wouldn't have happened." said a sly voice from his chair.

"Know your place, Marluxia." Saix stated, bluish-white wisps emanating off of his form. "Be thankful that we deemed you as a valuable member and kept you around at all. Had you and Larxene been anyone else, both of you would have said goodbye to your existences."

No. XI only smirked in a condescending manner. "Guilty as charged. But perhaps, had I still followed through with my plans, we would've had a third Keyblade master under our thumb. The real one at that. Not his Nobody or incomplete Replica."

"But you geezers and crazy coots just couldn't let us go." Larxene said in a bored voice. "I can't tell if I should be touched or disgusted."

"Maybe disgusted." Xigbar said. "Hey, if you hurl, you can shave off some of that weight you've gained since coming back."

The Freeshooter tilted his head to the side as one of Larxene's electrified knives flew past him and embedded itself into the back of his seat.

Though she was a Nobody, it was easy to see that No. XII was positively fuming at that comment with lightning crackling all around her. She was truly living up to her moniker of the Savage Nymph.

"Touched a nerve there, didn't I?" Xigbar couldn't help it with Larxene's lightning becoming more erratic.

"Hey!" Demyx hastily ducked under a stray bolt. "What'd I do?"

However, all that was drowned out by the explosion of power that came from the second-in-command of the Organization.

"If you wish to send one another back into Oblivion, you shall not do it here." No. VII all but growled out, his eyes glowing, X shaped scar on his face growing and becoming more jagged and his expression overall being more feral in appearance with sharpened teeth to match.

Xigbar chortled to himself whilst Larxene simmered down.

"Vexen." Luxord spoke up, looking to the Chilly Academic. "Is it not possible to utilize the data we have left in creating a new Replica."

"More or less." No. IV admitted. "But it would be vastly inferior to No. XIV."

"Speaking of Replica, how's it going with our new recruit?" Xigbar asked.

"The Riku Replica is progressing fine so far." Vexen explained the details. "The data I acquired from our bout back at Castle Oblivion proved essential. Our Replica is downloading the information nicely."

"And how soon will it be strong enough to go toe to toe with the traitors?" Saix requested. "Let alone the Hero of the Keyblade, the King and the Hero of the Darkness?"

"All in due time." Answered the scientist. "We just need to gather more data as what I have isn't enough to make our Replica stronger than our present opposition."

"Then we better find the traitors and the three aforementioned combatants to get the necessary data for your project, Vexen. Sooner that happens, the sooner the traitors can be dealt with." Xemnas declared. "You all have your assignments. Dismissed."

Soon after, ten pillars of darkness encompassed the ten members inside the Place Where Nothing Gathers.

All the members had disbursed.

All but one.

Zexion stayed behind and stayed silent, seated in his chair as he was in deep thought.

The gears in his mind were working overtime as he was processing everything out accordingly. It was in order to figure out a number of inquiries that were present that he wanted answers for.

Calling forth the corridor of Darkness, Zexion was teleported away to his destination.

He soon appeared where he wished to be, spotting the Luna Diviner standing at his glass window that gazed out into the eternal nothingness of their world.

"Saix."

No. VII turned to the Cloaked Schemer.

"Zexion?" Saix's expression was cold though not dismissive. "Are you not supposed to be going off on your mission?"

"A moment of your time." Zexion said. "There are several questions I wish to ask pertaining to what had happened in Castle Oblivion."

"And what would they be?"

"Axel's betrayal came out of left field for sure… but before that had happened, he and I conversed on a particular matter that has been on my mind since that time."

"And what have you conversed about?"

The Illusionist crossed his arms as he recalled his conversation with the Flurry of Dancing Flames.

"Some time ago, Axel had come to me seeking answers that I was unable to provide and perhaps he himself knew he would not find." Zexion began.

Saix was silent, patient as No. VI went on.

"The subject was on the matter of the last days in our world." Zexion revealed. "The final day in Radiant Garden before darkness consumed us and our World, labeling it as the Hollow Bastion we know today."

Saix narrowed his eyes, yet still remained silent.

"He spoke of how the Master having gone insane didn't make sense to him." Zexion's tone shifted into one that held a slight tint of venom when speaking about their former master. "How all of us becoming Nobodies didn't make sense to him. But… from what he was inferring, I believe Axel was looking for something that he quite didn't understand yet."

"I see… and how did you come to that conclusion?"

"Call it intuition." Zexion said. "But I have another question for you Saix."

"Oh?"

"You and Axel knew each other in your previous lives as Somebodies." No. VI stated, noticing No. VII's fist clenched up tightly. "You both apprenticed under the master shortly before the destruction of our World."

"What is this about, Zexion?" Saix asked, tone colder than Vexen's ice.

"Does Axel seem like the man who would betray the Organization like that? Without good reason?"

Saix said nothing for a moment or two, thinking about the details. "And what does that concern you?" He said, redirecting the question with another.

"I believe we are missing something here." Zexion said with conviction. "Axel asking me about the past, all those that gathered in Castle Oblivion and then his sudden betrayal? All of these events are too much to leave to chance. To mere coincidence. There was a part of me that partially understood Roxas and Xion's betrayal. After learning about the purpose of their existence, revolt is rather natural. Yet Axel? Something, I feel, has not been told to us."

No. VII remained silent as Zexion went on.

"Vexen told us that Roxas overheard his reports to Xemnas about the Replica program." Zexion said. "That's what he told the entire Organization. But what Vexen did not tell the group, he told me and Lexaeus in private. That Xigbar was there as well."

No. VII's eyes widened slightly.

"What does Xigbar have anything to do with this matter at all?"

"That's just it… what does he have to do with this?" Zexion questioned rhetorically. "Even as Braig, Xigbar was always particularly "close" with Xem- I mean, Xehanort. They always spoke to one another more candidly and personally."

Saix's mind was ablaze, finding this one-sided conversation rather… unsettling.

The Lunar Diviner drummed his fingers on his arms, thinking on various new bits of information.

"As of now, I am only as knowledgeable as you are on this matter."

Zexion only inclined his head.

"What brought this about?" Saix suddenly queried.

The Cloaked Schemer only hummed aloud. "A theory perhaps. Or maybe curiosity. I myself have yet to find the answer."

Not giving Saix the chance to respond, Zexion teleported away with a Dark Corridor, leaving the Seventh member of the Organization alone to stew in his thoughts.

The Cloaked Schemer sought after answers, only to receive more questions in his wake.

What to do with this now?

All he can do, honestly, was contemplate and figure things out on his own.

Elsewhere, Saix found himself growling, fuming and raging all internally at the thought of Axel having betrayed both the Organization and most of all, their purpose.

Were they not supposed to do this for the sake of finding their lost friend?

Did everything they go through not mean anything in the end?

When he sees his "old friend" again, Saix vowed to beat the answers out of him personally.

AN

WOOO.

There's another one for ya guys.

More and more we diverge from the path of canon towards a much murkier and unpredictable future that only the two of us know.

Jebest4781: How much it diverges, you can only guess, fellow readers.

FMW: Surprises and wild rides don't even begin to cover just how much has changed overall with both of these universes. J and I can't convey enough just how things are going to shift, alter and change for everything and everyone in this story. Naturally, there will be some familiarity overall to retain the feel from both universes. But they're influencing and bleeding into one another. Eventually, shits gonna change drastically.

Jeb: And with said changes leaves more challenges for free man and I on how to make this all work. Boy these days will be quite fun.

FMW: Fuck yeah. You guys loved Della Duck, but she's literally the tip of the iceberg. Strap in because FUCK you guys are in for a crazy ride.

So our good readers, thanks again for choosing this completely different crossover to read. Means a lot to both of us.

Be sure to read our other experimental KH crossover A Song of Fire, Ice and Hearts.

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