If there one thing Roxas wished he remembered about Sora, it was how much of a terrible driver Sora was. When Yen Sid lead them to the gummi ship, he was relieved to just be able to do nothing for a while. The secret compartment was rather small, especially for someone like Axel. oddly enough the compartment had a couple of handles on the walls Yen Sid said they could use for the journey. Roxas hadn't quite understood what the wizard had meant.

Until he heard Sora, Donald and Goofy aboard the ship. At first Axel suggest suggested he and Xion rest during the journey. The two kids curled up and tried to go to sleep.

It was a mistake.

They could here commotion coming from the cockpit before the ship began to jerk around and experience severe turbulence. Judging by the screaming duck upstairs, it didn't take long to figure out that Sora was the one driving. Instead of sleeping, Roxas and Xion spent the trip clinging onto Axel for dear life while Axel was forced to grip on to the handles.

'My somebody is going to kill us, my somebody is an idiot and he's going to kill us all.'

'So this is how I die... trapped in space with my two kids by my side... I wonder what Isa would think.'

'Did they just say meteor? Why would they even let him drive? I thought Donald and Goofy were suppose to be the responsible ones! Axel would never let us drive!'

The trio held onto each other for almost an hour before the felt the gummi ship come to a screeching stop. Axel, Roxas and Xion were flung to the other side of the compartment.

"Gawrsh, did you hear something?"

"Yeah, the sound of Sora losing his driving privileges. I wouldn't be surprised if he broke part of the ship!"

"I got us here in one piece didn't I?" Sora's voice rang out. A couple of laughs followed, along with sound of a very grumpy duck. The laughter got fainter as the doors of the gummi ship opened and closed. The hidden Nobodies stayed in place until the sound of laughter completely faded away. Finally they all let out the breath they were holding the whole time.

One by one the trio shakily fell out of the gummi ship with the almost of grace of an intoxicated Dusk. There was a distinct green tint on their cheeks. Axel tumbled over to the nearest bush, painting it a colourful brown. Roxas threw himself onto a patch of grass, mumbling something about never wanting to fly again. Xion, she just leaned her body against the gummi ship for support. They took a moment to catch their breaths.

Radiant Garden, once the Capital of Light, was now a struggling world. No longer did it shine like it once did long ago. Smoke still lingered in the sky and there was a faint scene of darkness that tainted the air. Axel grimaced. Sure, he had been here with Roxas not too long ago. But this was not the Radiant Garden he knew, no to him this was still Hollow Bastion.

"Xion look! Look how many flowers there are!" Roxas pointed out.

After regaining their balance, he led her to a nearby flower patch while Axel messed around with the gps. The gps was simple enough. It had two modes, an in-world mode and an outer-world mode.

There was a blinking crown symbol near the Marketplace. Which meant Sora was already a few blocks away from the ship. He turned his gaze to the two kids picking flowers when he spotted a flash of white in the distance. A couple of Dusks moved in the distance before turning the corner, and out of sight.

Axel frowned, 'What are the Dusk doing here?'

He looked back at Roxas and Xion who didn't seem to notice the Dusks. He looked down at the gps and back to where he last saw the Dusks.

'They're going after Sora.' If he remembered correctly, the house Merlin lent him was on the opposite side of where the Dusks were heading. "Roxas, Xion, come on. We'll rest at an old hideout."

The kids just looked at him in confusion. "Hideout?"/ "What about following Sora?"

Axel shrugged, "Sora will be fine, he has plenty of friends here to help him out. But we stick out like a sore thumb. Xion you're good at tech stuff, help me figure out this gps thingy."

Sora wiped off the sweat that began to accumulate on his forehead. They just barely made it into town when they ran into Donald's uncle, Scrooge. There was hardly any time to chit chat when a flurry of Nobodies and Heartless appeared. Taking down the heartless seemed more difficult than it usually did. Yen Sid did say he would be weaker than he was due to his long sleep. But Sora didn't expect to feel this weak. It worried him, he doesn't want Donald and Goofy to do all the heavy lifting for him. Not to mention how much harder it be to find Riku and the King. Still something wasn't right. His power felt scattered.

"SORA!"

Sora ducked just in time as a giant shuriken passed over head. There sound a heartless being destroyed rang in his ears. He looked up to see who just saved his back.

"Yuffie!"

The dark haired ninja smiled and waved him over. "Sora! Donald Goofy! You're back!"

"And just in time." A new voice added.

Sora looked up to the sound of a gunshot. "Leon!" The older man acknowledged him, there was a slight smile on his face before he went back to fighting the hoard of both Heartless and Nobodies. Sora grinned. Even he was weaker than before, he still had his friends by his side. They were his strength, and now he was stronger than before.

-x-

The last of the Heartless disappeared in plume of black smoke. Sora finally dismissed his keyblade.

"Hey you guys!" Yuffie called out as she approached them, "I see your still in top shape."

Sora chuckled, "Of course what did you expect." Though his voice shook a bit. He was not anywhere near top shape, but they didn't need to know that. He didn't want to worry them. "Hey, where'd Leon go?"

Goofy and Donald walked up behind him. Goofy looked around, "He was just here earlier."

Yuffie smiled at them, "He probably went to Merlin's house to talk to Cid about the town's defense system."

Donald crosses his arms in confusion, "Defense System?"

She nodded eagerly at them, "Yeah come on! I'm sure Cid would love to tell you aalll about it."

Xion looked around the small house in wonder. It was small, but cozy. Just as Axel had hoped, the house was still empty when they arrived. However there was a distinct lack of dust that did not go unnoticed. Roxas had grabbed Xion to show her around of the house as he explained to her the events that happened in her absence,

"-And then Merlin offered to teach me magic because he thought I didn't have a weapon. It was horrible, but now I don't completely suck." he explained.

Xion giggled, "You were always better with your keyblade than your magic. But why didn't you just use the keyblade?"

Roxas stopped to think, "Hmm a lot of people here know about the keyblade, Axel thought it'd be suspicious if people saw me with one." When he and Axel first arrived at Hollow Bastion. He didn't mind going without the keyblade. He may have been subpar at magic, but it was better that wielding the weapon that nearly cost him everything. There was a strange pulling sensation in his hands. It was almost as if he was summoning the keyblade, or if someone else was summoning it for him. He turned to Xion, only to find her looking at her hands as well.

"Roxas? Do you feel that?"

Roxas reached out his hands and tried to summon his keyblade. Instead of feeling power surge through him, he felt as it was draining him.

"Roxas! What are you doing?! Stop it!" Xion cried out. She could feel the pull of power from Sora to Roxas. It didn't hurt her, but she could still feel the effect it had on Roxas.

He could feel his power stopping just short of summoning the keyblade. He tried harder, but he could feel getting weaker and weaker. "Come on. Why can't I- ARRGHH!" There was a quick flash of light as he collapsed on his knees panting. In his hands Oblivion and Oathkeeper. They shun brightly for s split moment before they disappeared. Roxas felt confused and tried to summon them again only to produce to Kingdom keys.

Xion was shocked. She couldn't believe her eyes "Two?"

In each of Roxas's hands was a keyblade. Not even Sora was capable of wielding two keyblades at a time. She took a glance down at her own hand. She could still feel power there, but when she bought it forth, she was bombarded by memories. Memories of her attacking Roxas and Axel, of when Xemnas forced her to transform into Sora. she panicked and the power in her hand cut off. It was probably for the best. So instead she turned her attention to Roxas and his new keyblades. "Roxas? How do you have two keyblades?"

Roxas was smiled sadly at her, "I got them when I tried to get you back the first time. They just appeared on my way back to defeat Xemnas in order to get you back. Nothing else mattered, even though I couldn't remember you, I knew I just had to get you back." They took a moment to enjoy each other's company, "Of course Riku had to show up and fucked it all up. But something's wrong… these aren't mine."

"Roxas!"

He could help but to laugh at Xion scolding him. "Sorry, I guess I've been spending too much time with Axel."

"You make it sound like that's a bad thing." The two looked up to Axel outside the room. "If I had a heart, I'd say you two would have given me a heart attack. Heard a thump, mind filling me in?"

Roxas and Xion looked at each other hesitantly. Roxas showed Axel his keyblades before he dismissed them, "We felt weird, like someone was using our power. So, I tried to summon my keyblade, these showed up instead."

"Just summoning the keyblade almost wiped him out, I don't I could summon mine if I tried." She admitted.

Axel opened his mouth to speak but the sound of explosions coming from outside cut him off. The trio looked at each and nodded. The trio creeped towards the window. There was a battle happening below. A heartless was flung upwards near the window and destroyed by a thunder spell. From below they could clearly see Sora and his friends battling with the heartless and nobodies.

For the first time ever, Roxas and Xion got to see Sora in action. The brown haired boy was a bit clumsy in his fighting style and his stance left much to be desired. Still this was the boy who their very lives depended on. For a second Roxas felt respect towards the boy.

Until a Dusk smacked Sora so hard the boy when flying back into Goofy and Donald. 'This is suppose to the Keyblade Hero? What a joke.'

Xion, however had other thoughts. Seeing Sora was surreal especially after seeing and living through his memories. She took a moment to study his eyes, so full of emotion. A never-ending blue sky, just like Roxas's. That's when they made eye contact. Xion yelped as she grabbed Axel and Roxas, pulling them away from the window.

"Xion?"

"Sorry Axel, but he almost saw us."

Axel looked past the curtains towards where Sora and another man were heading. The Bailey. The perfect place for an ambush. He glanced at the two kids by his side. "So what's the plan?"

Roxas rolled his eyes, "That idiot is gonna get himself killed if he keeps rushing in like that."

Axel let out a chuckle and nudged Roxas, "Sounds like someone we know, right Xion? What do you think we should do?

Xion pretended to think before grinning, "Let's go protect Sora."

And protect Sora they did. The trio followed behind Sora as his group in the shadows, occasionally sending off a magic spell when the trinity trio had their backs turned. They would hide in the shadows or dive into the abandoned houses in the borough. As per usual, Xion and Roxas were forbidden from using their keyblades until they recovered a bit more. Unless it was an absolute emergency, they relied on their magic. Although they didn't need it much. Any heartless or nobodies they encountered were left over from Sora. Mostly just Shadow and Dusks. However, there wasn't that many places to hide, this was made extremely clear when Sora entered the bailey

Roxas let out a frustrated sigh, "What now? He'll see us if we enter the bailey."

For now the trio was hidden behind the stone steps leading up to the bailey. However, according to the gps after the bailey they would soon begin to run out of places to hide in. A major setback if Sora decided to push forward. Axel compared the map in the small device with his own memory of his former home, but Radiant Garden has simply changed too drastically in the decade he gone for his memory to be of any use. The world was simply too different. "Well there is a second set of stairs that lead to the bailey, it's blocked by a gate if I remember correctly. But Sora moves around too much, so it's a risky move." He offered lamely.

The trio stopped to think for a minute but they had no choice. This was a stealth mission after all. Begrudgingly they pulled up their hoods and quickly followed behind Sora into the bailey. Just as Axel said there was a small set of stairs that led to where Sora was. Luckily it was a small space that was separated by a wall which kept them out of view as they followed the sound of conversation.

"So Sora, do you know what's going on, then?"

The sound of Sora talking became clear, "There's this guy, Pete, who's been plotting with the Heartless. But he's not smart enough to tie his own shoes. The ones we need to worry about are the Nobodies"

Axel and Roxas turned to each other. "Did he say Pete?" Roxas whispered.

Axel gave a quick nod, "The guy we tracked down in Agrabah? Yeah that weirdo."

Even Xion joined in, "The one looking for the lamp? What's he still doing hanging around?"

Roxas wanted to mention something about the Heartless when he was cut off by Goofy's voice coming from around the corner. "And those Organization XIII in charge, too!"

What happened next chilled all three Nobodies to the bone. A clear deep voice cut through the air.

"You called?"

Theywere here, the very bane of Roxas's existence, the whole reason they were in this mess to begin with.

Organization XIII was here. They had finally found Sora, and soon very soon they would find the Rouges.

A/N: Oof this chapter was a long one. A two parter actually. So to give context. Think of Sora as cell tower, the closer you are the better the signal. And to answer why the Sea-Salt Trio refuses to met Sora, they're worried Sora won't hesitate to give up his physical form to save Xion and Roxas if he found out about them. He has a habit of giving himself up for the sake of others; sharing his newborn heart with Ventus in BBS, releasing his heart to save Kairi in KH 1, his abuse of the Power of Waking to save everyone in KH3 that well…. You know

And now introducing ORGANIZATION XIII! Complete with disembodied voices, mystery hoods etc.

Anyways, what did you think? I'd love some feedback.