Alive -Kairi and Riku-

[xion]

She wondered if she could sense their presence. Mostly Roxas’s presence, but she wouldn’t mind if she could feel Sora’s too. Finding Sora would mean finding Sora’s companions. Such as the girl who resembled her, Kairi, and Riku. She didn’t really care if she found Kairi or not, but she had many questions for Riku. If she managed to find Kairi, well, wouldn’t that be better? But she was disgusted. With herself. With how easily she stood out here with everyone here. It hadn’t been long, or she hoped it hadn’t been long, since she had come back form wherever she had disappeared to when she had died last time, but she knew now that she would probably never share that ice cream with Roxas and Axel like Roxas had promised. Maybe it was that she was spending to much time by herself, but Xion had it in her mind that she could never have a happy ending. She was a fake, and her life would probably only ever be a cast off of Roxas’s and Sora’s. She hated that, but she couldn’t say she hated them for that. Still, the burning rage, if she could even call it rage, was there and she couldn’t really figure out how to make it go away.

She was just so angry. She wanted to hit something, to hit someone. To break them and make them pay because they could probably feel when she couldn’t. Xion summoned her Keyblade and slashed angrily at some of the stuff that was around her. Where was it, she wondered. Maybe somewhere underground. Where had she been created? Where had she been created to replace Sora? Was Sora even still alive? Was he still out there, being a hero, or had he finally achieved whatever he had wanted to and returned home with Kairi and Riku? How long had it been since she had even fought Riku? Since the nightmare on the island? She wanted, no needed, answers now, but no one was even here to be able to give them to her. Vexen. He was a hope. It was either Vexen, or one of the hero’s. Preferably Riku or Namine. But, Axel had killed Vexen, hadn’t he? Just when she had needed the Nobody most. “Fantastic!” She hissed hitting the wall with her still-summoned Keyblade. If she could come back, could Vexen?

She threw her Keyblade in frustration. It hit against the wall ahead of her and disappeared into the darkness she had summoned it from. She took a deep breath and kept going herself. She took deep breaths with every breath she took, preparing herself in case any encounter should arrived. She summoned a dark portal, finding it easier for herself than walking and appeared on the first floor of Castle Oblivion. She’d been here several times before. All times searching for the same thing. Searching for answers. She walked forward, towards the door, blissfully unaware of everything that was going on around her. She climbed the stairs heading toward the second floor, but she didn’t opened the door that would signify her arrival. She hated this place so much, but here she was standing in front of the doors that would lead her to her future, to the answers she longed to know.

[Riku]

"I never imagined I would come back to this place after what happened...", Riku said as he sighed and walked out of the Corridor of Darkness. It's been a long time since he visited that place, the last time he came here was with Xion, in hopes to find answers to questions who didn't want to be answered... Riku was puzzled to why Xion was created for, he knew she was the one who would be used as a substitute, just in case Roxas abandoned the Organization, or was unable to do his job. She wasn't one to give up, although what she wanted to find was too well hidden to be found. Before she died the last time, Riku told her what she held, the memories of his best friend. She needed to disappear in order for Sora to awaken, although Riku couldn't finish her off, she reminded him too much of his best friends, Sora and Kairi. It was lucky for him, although unfortunate, that Roxas defeated her, but now Roxas was probably holding a grudge against him because of the choice that Xion made.

Riku took his hood off, still wearing his black blindfold so that he wouldn't take on the form of "Ansem", and gave a quick glance at his surroundings, making sure no Heartless or Nobodies were around. Frankly he didn't want to be there, that Castle transmitted a very strange "vibe".
Riku was on the first floor. Like all the floors of Castle Oblivion, it was all white and it had blue signs all over the place, a blue sun was drawn on the floor at the middle of the room, some stone pillars were on the edge of the room and at the other side of the room there were some stairs that led to a big yellow door. Memories of the time Riku spent on that Castle started surging from within the depths of his mind. It was as though he was reliving the events. The Nobodies he killed, the Replica they made, the darkness that was stalking him and the acceptance of darkness... Those memories were all coming back. He sighed as he looked back at the corridor of Darkness. He was waiting for Kairi to show up, he told her to hold back a bit so he could see if it was safe or not. Riku didn't want to bring her here, although she made him promise he would bring her. She had a point though, she was better off by Riku's side, then on a world she didn't know in which Heartless could pop up.

[Kairi]

Kairi hated traveling using dark corridors, but that she kept for herself. After all the discussions she had with Riku and the arguing he finally agreed to let her travel to other world with him. Kairi was happy to be with a friend and for that matter she didn't complain even when Riku was still over protective and worried too much about her safety. Riku and Sora were always like that ever since they were children but Kairi didn’t mind as long as that didn’t prevented her from being with her friends.

Kairi smiled maybe now she would get the chance to practice using a keyblade. She intended to do that before but never could seeing as Riku was not around so she could't summon it. Maybe now she could even convince Riku to show her a few moves and teach her how to fight sometime.

Xion would be in this world, Kairi was excited. She heard a lot about her but never got the chance to meet her before…. She walked faster to catch up to Riku and stopped once she saw her friend ahead. "Is it safe to continue?" She asked as she stood and waited for his answer.

[xion]

Xion’s eyes widened as she quickly summoned a dark portal around her, and then had it leave her behind a pillar, hiding her from view. She threw her hood over her face, and tightened it so it wouldn’t fall down when it wasn’t supposed to. She thought this castle was supposed to be disinherited. That meant no one was so supposed to be here. Besides that, the voice wasn’t like any of the members of Organization, yet it was familiar to her. She narrowed her eyes in frustration as she tried to remember who’s voice it was. She glared down at her shoes. If she even took a step back, they would make too much noise and would give off her location. And, if whoever was here moved up to the door, then glanced back, they’d see her too. She stood out in her black coat against the white walls, and she hated them for that. She had to wait until the person, or people, moved on without looking back so she could see who they were without them looking at her. Meanwhile, she’d try to see who the voice belonged to, and why it seemed to familiar. It might have been Roxas’ voice, but she knew it wasn’t. His was lighter than that, wasn’t it. And much more serious. Besides that, Roxas hadn’t ever entered Castle Oblivion this far in. According to Axel and him, they had barely made it in before Roxas collapsed. That had been because of Sora, hadn’t it? Because of Sora and herself? Sora had been here, and she had been born here. In that way, it was connected to all three of them. She grit her teeth together. If they did manage to see her, she could easily disguise herself as Larxene. Whoever it was, they couldn’t have met Larxene, could he/she have? No, it wasn’t really possible.

She gulp and lowered herself. She was on her knees now, and she peered around the pillar, trying to see who it was. All she could see was a figure in a black coat, much like the one she was wearing. An Organization coat. That took DiZ out of the picture. So it must be one of the other members, and she didn’t quite think it was as she didn’t get the vibe she would have gotten, or it was Riku. Her eyes widened at the possibility. Riku, here? In Castle Oblivion? What luck! Maybe she didn’t need Vexen after all. She nearly jumped out of her hiding spot and ran over to him, but, then again, she couldn’t even be sure it really was him. For all she knew, it really could have been a different member. She moved back and leaned against the pillar.

Still, she didn’t know, and she had to be certain. She had hoped it was Riku. She almost begged it to be Riku. Taking a deep breath, she started to move to stand in front of him. Something stopped her, though. Another voice. The voice also seemed familiar, but she was certain she’d never heard it before. It was light. Out of the two girls she knew, she would say it would have belonged to Naminé. Still, she wasn’t going to let that stop her. With registering that it was another girl, she started to think. She knew of another girl, but she had never met her. She merely held memories of her. Maybe that was why the voice seemed to familiar. And, if the other voice was Riku, then wouldn’t it make sense that this voice belonged to the one and only Kairi. Making sure that her hood really wouldn’t fall off, she summoned her Keyblade, which was still a simple Kingdom Key, she stepped out from behind the pillar and walked calmly to where she had been standing before the interruption. Once she was there, Xion turned around swiftly and held out her Keyblade, pointing it at the two people. Now that she could get a better look, she was certain it was them. There was no mistaking Kairi for Naminé now. Kairi’s hair was red, and it was longer than her own hair, but her eyes were still blue, and she, Xion, still resembled Kairi slightly. Riku was easier to identify. He was still wearing the coat, and he was still wearing his blindfold. She smiled wryly to herself. Would she ever be able to see his eyes herself?

“Hello, again, Riku. It’s nice to see you again.” She bowed slightly before turning to Kairi. “And it’s nice to finally meet you, Kairi. I can honestly say I’ve been looking forward to our meeting. Although, I can’t say this is exactly the location I would have chosen.” She shrugged before switching hands. Now, she was holding her Keyblade in her left hand. “However, I must as this of you two. What are you doing in Castle Oblivion?”

[Riku]

Riku narrowed his eyes as he took another look around. Something felt odd. He felt like he was being watched. Wasn't Castle Oblivion supposed to be deserted? Although, seeing that the Organization came back, they were probably wondering around. During the time spent at the Castle, Riku found out that Xemnas had an obsession about two mysterious rooms. One called "The Chamber of Repose" and the other "The Chamber of Waking". Riku also had been searching for these rooms, he wanted to know what Xemnas wanted from them. The rooms were so mysterious, that not even DiZ knew what they were meant for.

Riku looked back at the portal, hearing the voice of Kairi asking if it was safe. Riku held his hand up to Kairi, he summoned his keyblade and took yet another look around. A guilty feeling starting surging from his insides, he started asking himself if it was one of the organization members... How could he bring Kairi to a dangerous place as this? Riku would protect her with his life, but what if that wasn't enough? If it was Xemnas or another Organization member as strong as him, Riku would find it hard to fight him and protect Kairi at the same time.

Riku heard steps coming to wards them, he went into his usual battle stance and was about to charge up at whoever was there, but he stopped, he couldn't feel any hostility in whoever was there. Suddenly, a very familiar voice spoke to him. Was it Xion? But how could she be alive? Well, the Organization was back, so it was obvious she would return as well, but if she was here, standing in front of him, then what about Sora? No... He was fine, if something happened to him, Kairi would probably know. "It's nice to see you too Xion., Riku said with a faint tone of happiness in his voice.
Riku signaled Kairi to come, Riku then turned to Xion when she asked what they were doing at Castle Oblivion. Riku's keyblade rested on his shoulder," I came here to see if my Replica was back... I can't have him walking around and destroying everything. Kairi came with me because she made me promise I would take her whenever I traveled... Isn't that right?", Riku said as he looked at Kairi and gave a soft smile.
" What about you Xion?... You're still looking for answers?", Riku said and frowned slightly, he couldn't even imagine what Xion was going through.

[Kairi]

Kairi waited till Riku signaled that it was safe before she continued and emerged of the dark corridor and glanced around. "Where are we?" She asked turning back to glance at the dark corridor as it faded with in the next few seconds.

A castle was this a world? It seemed like any other but Kairi was sure there was something to this place and for that she wanted to explore it and get the chance to see more. A world like this she never knew excised but before she got a chance to ask anything else she heard footsteps coming their way.

Was it an enemy? She stood as a figure appeared in front of them with a keyblade in hand. She took a closer look at the one standing there and noticed the resemblance they had in common she was surprised just like the first time she saw Namine.

"Xion?" Her question was soon answered as she introduced herself and Kairi smiled. "Its nice to finally get a chance to meet you I heard alot about you."

[xion]

Xion smirked at them. What a pair the two of them made. Riku, the supposed soul who lived in darkness, the one who dressed like he was from the Organization, the one who had asked her to give her life for his best friend. Why, she wondered now, did she listen to him back then. Sure, she did it to save Roxas too, but why had she really chosen to save them over herself? Because she cared about them more than herself? Maybe not Sora, but Roxas yes. But she had something telling her that really wasn't the reason. The decision wasn't just to save Roxas, or wasn't just to save Sora. Another reason she had done everything she had done was because of the two people that was standing on front of her. For Riku, who reminded her of Axel in a way. He was protective of his friends the way Axel was protective of Roxas and herself. And Kairi was like herself. The one that would get left behind. The girl in the trio. The one that wasn't added into the trio until after the other two had already met. She'd done everything for them.

After all, if she had taken Roxas' place, no one would really miss him. No, that would be an emotion and everyone could agree they didn't have any. But if she had done that to Roxas, she would have stopped Sora from waking up. That would cause Riku and Kairi to miss him, not to mention all the other friends Sora had made that Roxas couldn't have. That was the true reason she had done what she did, or the reason she was going to keep telling herself. She threw her Keyblade at the wall next to her and watched as it landed. She wondered if anyone had bothered to clean this place up since the last time it was inhabited. Since the Keyblade Master had last been here. She honestly didn't think so, but she'd have to go to the upper floors to check. Not like Xion could do that now considering the two people who were standing in front of her. She couldn't let them press on, no matter what they had to do here. It wasn't their place. This was Organization XIII territory. And, even if she did let them head up, they'd only forget about everything as they headed up.

She rolled her eyes and mentally sighed with relief that they couldn't see her facial expressions. Judging by Riku's expression, he was probably panicing about Sora. Well, she wasn't an expert, but she was pretty sure he was fine. She honestly couldn't tell considering she had never met him, and had therefore never seen how strong her was. But she was sure her was pretty strong considering he had killed majority of the Organization. She had to wonder, though. Would he be able to do it all over again? Defeat each member all over again? And this time he also had her to deal with, not like she'd give him that hard of a time, but still. She was glad she'd get to meet him this time around. Face to face and actually get to meet him. "Are you sure? What about Sora, Riku. Aren't you worried about him right now?" She smirked at him. She wasn't really mad at him for pretty much convincing her to kill herself, but she wasn't going to let him know that. Oh no, she was going to give him a hard time. Still, she found it unnecessary to keep her good up when the two of them already knew what she looked like. After all, this wasn't the first time she had met Riku, and he had probably already told Kairi what she looked like. "RR?" she asked tilting her head to the side.

"Why would he be in this dump? I would imagine this would be the last place he'd want to be." she raised her hands and lowered he hood, allowing for her mop of hair to fall forward. It covered most of her face until she pushed it backwards to leave her face open. And, after Riku's last question towards her, she gave him a look. "Now, why would be here if it weren't for the fact that I'm still looking for answers." She gave him a sarcastic look. She didn't mean to be mean, and she didn't want to be mean either, but she was angry. Or thought herself to be angry. Here she was looking for him, for him, but he didn't seemed to worried about finding her. Not when he had Kairi here to keep him company, and that annoyed her to no end. When Kairi addressed her, she couldn't help out snap back. "Well, I can't say the same about you, princess."

Ooc: haha. She's jealous.

[Riku]

Riku was a bit ashamed of himself... When Xion returned he should've been there, he should've been the one to welcome her back, after all, it was thanks to her sacrifice that Sora awakened from his slumber, it was thanks to her that Roxas went to seek revenge and thus being defeated by Riku and brought to DiZ so Naminé could fix Sora's memories. He was ok with this back then, but now that he looks back and thinks about it, what gave them the right to sacrifice Roxas and Xion for the sake of Sora? He was Riku's friend, but so was Xion, was it ok to sacrifice Xion so Sora could awaken? Riku spent most of his time pondering about this. If he was in Xion's position he would resent those that made him sacrifice himself. Was it worth it? That was a question Riku couldn't answer.

Riku felt really bad for this, he hated his guts for doing this to Xion, but he didn't have a choice, if there was another way to awaken Sora, but there really wasn't. Riku looked at Xion, an expression of guilt could be noticed on his face, " He's a big boy... He doesn't need anyone taking care of him. Plus I bet he's goofing off on some world...", he spoke like he wasn't really interested, but he was slightly concerned. He then looked away from Xion, he looked at the ground and frowned slightly while he spoke to her, " I'm sorry Xion... I'm sorry you had to go through that all, I'm sorry there wasn't any other way and I'm sorry for not being there when you came back... I looked all over for you, I even visited The Realm of Darkness again so I could find you. That's where I found Kairi. Not only did I came here to find my replica, I also came here, even though it was a long shot, to see if you were here...", Riku said. He wanted to avoid saying he searched for her all over the place, seeing that he only began to do that when he remembered her. It was strange that he would remember someone from his past so suddenly. When Xion faded away, Riku forgot about her, it was like Naminé said it would happen. Riku was mad at himself, even though it wasn't really his fault for forgetting about Xion.

Riku looked at Xion while she was talking about the Replica. Riku never liked him, although he couldn't help to feel sympathy for him, just like he does to Xion, he couldn't imagine what they were going through, but his replica was dangerous, he could fully use the power of darkness and that would prove troublesome. "Humph, he would. He wouldn't hide from me, he would go to the most obvious place he could. The place where he was born. And if he couldn't return here because of the Organization, he would go to Twilight Town outside of the mansion, the place where he faded. If he's alive, he'll want a rematch...", Riku said with a blank expression on his face.

Riku raised an eyebrow when she answered his question. Was she angry at him? If so, then Riku couldn't really blame her, she deserved to be angry at him, after all, he was the one that convinced her to sacrifice herself to save someone she didn't even know.
Riku didn't even show a sign of remorse when she gave him the sarcastic tone, although he was so angry at himself. "This is just an abandoned castle Xion... The only things that you'll find here are the ghosts of the past and memories you want to forget., Riku said and frowned slightly as he mentioned the 'memories'.

Riku raised an eyebrow and did glare at her when she snapped at Kairi, although the glare couldn't be seen because of the blindfold. Xion could be angry at Riku for what happened to her, but she didn't have any reason to be upset with Kairi. The old Riku would probably say something like 'jealous much?' or something like that, but the new Riku decided it would be best to just let the girls solve their problems. Riku only said "Xion.".

[OOC: LMAO XD]

[Kairi]

Kairi only listened as those two talked and glanced around to take a closer look at the room they were in. Though this world was a mess she still was fascinated by it. Maybe that’s because she hasn’t been to other worlds as much as Riku and Xion had. Even though it’s been two years since then Kairi still held on to the dream to explore other worlds out there and now she finally got the chance and with a friend what more could she ask?

She wished Sora was there that way the three of them could be together but she was sure they would meet him soon, and just like Riku said he was probably just goofing off in another world. She chuckled “Sora is always like that….” she just hopped he was alright.

Kairi turned to Xion and smiled again but at her worlds she saw pain and confusion in her eyes. ‘Searching for answers…. For what?’ She wanted to ask but it wasn’t her place to and so she just remained quite.

“Xion…..?” Why did she snap at her like that? Could she have done something wrong she thought back but nothing came all she said was that she was glad to finally meet her. “Um ….” What could she say? She didn’t know Xion they have only just met, so she couldn’t guess why she was angry. Was it at something she did or the past? “I am sorry if I said or did something to….. to upset you I didn’t mean that…..” Even though she didn’t know the reason she still apologized.

[xion]

Xion frowned at the two of them. She hated being the ceter of attention and she hated being stared at. She wished, now, that she hadn’t taken her hood off. At least then they wouldn’t be able to read anything her eyes might betray. It was at times like this that she wished she could see through a blindfold like Riku was. Since she couldn’t, it made things difficult. But, thinking about what Riku was wearing, she wanted to know. Back then, the first time she was alive, he had worn that same coat. He had had a reason to wear it back then, so what was his reason to wear it now? He wasn’t in the Organization, she knew that much. Of course he wasn’t. He hated it more than she did, than anyone did. It was the Organization that took apart the memories of one of his best friends. “Why do you still wear that coat?” She asked him, although it came out as more of a growl. Her eyes were narrowed and she was slowly moving the fingers on her right hand, in case she had to summon her Keyblade to defend herself or attack them. She had threw it away from her because she had felt that they wouldn’t attack her, but Riku still had his Keyblade. Xion turned her head and glanced at the doorway behind her. It was easier for her to just go running through the door and lock it behind her so they couldn’t follow.

She took some steps back and leaned against the wall. She also crossed her arms and gave them a rather bored look. She lifted up on of her arms, keeping the other one as if her arms were still crossed, and started playing with her hair. She had seen the somewhat guilty expression on Riku’s face, but she didn’t care. She didn’t care if he apologized to her a million times. She had come to realize, really. He was selfish. He and just about every other Somebody she had met. DiZ was a Somebody to, wasn’t he? He had to be to be that cold to her when he had met her. They were both selfish. They had made her, and Roxas, give up their lives in order to save one. Sure, Sora was the Keyblade Master, or was one of them, but weren’t Roxas and her combined better than him? Weren’t two Keyblade wielders better than one? It didn’t matter anymore, but she knew what Riku and Kairi would ask if Sora were to fall asleep once again. “A big boy? Really? Wow…How do you know they won’t try what they tried before? All the members are back, once more. All of them. Including Roxas, and even Naminé is back. What about her? Is she with you? I don’t see her, so I’m going to take that as a no. Which means she’s probably alone, and likely to fall into the Organization’s hands once more. Well, would you look at that? It seems you managed to save the Somebody, but doom the Nobody. Big surprise.” When he continued on, she gave him a skeptical look on top of her earlier look of boredom. “Oh sure, that’s right. Xigbar would probably say something along the lines of…As if! You probably completely for got about me until just now. When you heard my voice. So, don’t feed me make believe lies, Riku.”

She couldn’t help herself. These words were just coming out of her mouth. She didn’t want to be like this, but she couldn’t stop herself. Besides that, she was furious! Or at least, this was what she thought being furious would be like. Her mind was recalling the memory, probably Sora’s, where anger seemed to be the focus. Her words were probably slicing through them, and she thought herself to be as mean to them as Saix had been to her. She didn’t care if they hated her now, as she had ‘hated’ Saix when he had called her a puppet. It was all for the best, in the end…Her eyes widened slightly as she turned her head back towards the door at his words. In a way, she was born and, ultimately, perished in the same place her fellow replica. After all, hadn’t she been born within these very walls herself, and hadn’t her fate began to be sealed after she had been defeated by Axel at the very same place? Come to think of it, hadn’t Vexen, their creator, faded into the darkness there, too? “Way to go, Axel.” She mumbled to herself, although she hadn’t been quiet enough. They’d probably heard her, and she didn’t care. “And the rest of us, Riku, Kairi? Assuming you’re going to help him on whatever journey he has taken now, Kairi, my question is this. The rest of the Organization, the rest of the Nobodies and replicas, are you going to kill us, too? We’ll all want rematches too. Aside the fact that neither RR or I have souls, we’re not that different from them. I’m not different from them.” She made a point to specifically stare at Riku when she said this.

Her eyes, she tried to make them as cold as possible as she stared down at them. She was relieved she was where she was. Relieved that she had more control over the dark corridors and where they led her and where she wanted them to go more than Riku. If she ever needed to escape or leave, she could simply open a portal around her, or one next to her and run into it. Since it would probably close after she entered it, they wouldn’t be able to find her. She smirked at Riku’s words and let out a laugh that was almost as cruel as one of Larxene’s laughs. “Of course it’s abandoned. Your little friend, Sora, and Axel made sure of that, didn’t they? Oh, I guess I forgot. I guess you had a hand in that too, didn’t you? Nice choice of words, too, Riku. Considering most of the memories in my head still aren’t even all mine! Sure, you took Sora’s memories from within me, but they’re still there. I can still see them. They’re still in my head, even though I don’t want them to. And, of the last time I was alive, I barely have any recognition of that. Unless I was with Roxas, the rest of it is blurry. Funny how it’s his memories I remember.”

She uncrossed her arms and pushed herself off the wall, standing defiantly. She didn’t care if she had snapped at Sora’s “precious” friend, or Riku’s friend. She didn’t care. She wouldn’t have if she could have anyway. If all she thought about was the past, how the Organization had treated her, and how the ‘hero’s’ supposedly treated her, she’d have to say she chose the evil side, the Organization. At leas they didn’t try to hide their methods of hating her and criticizing her. Saix openly admitted how horrible and useless she was. The hero’s though, hid it. She knew she had just been a replacement for Sora in case he had failed. She knew that, and she had still been alive though they had been trying to kill her. They would have given up, in the end, of that she was certain. But the hero side, the light side, they had actually killed her. They had convinced her to die for someone she didn’t know. The dark side had given her life, and the light side had ended it. Ended it for her the same way they had ended it for the rest of them. “Don’t apologize for things you don’t understand. Don’t apologize to me, ever, for something as stupid as ‘upsetting me.’ Don’t you know, oh Princess of Hearts, that I can’t feel anything? I’m not like you, not at all. I’m like Naminé, like Sora, like everyone else your friends killed. If your going to apologize, apologize because it’s your fault I’m here, right now, alone. When I should be out trying to find my friends. Friends that, mind you, I shouldn’t even have to be looking for. But, since your friends kindly did the favor of killing, yes massacring, everyone who didn’t want a heart, I have to go and look for them. Really, tell me because I’m so curious to know. What’s the crime in trying to get your heart back?!”

[Riku]

Riku felt Xion's gaze passing over him. He raised an eyebrow when she asked the reason why he was still wearing that coat. Ever since DiZ gave him that coat, he as been wearing it. When Sora and him defeated Xemnas, he didn't wear it for a while, but with the coming of this new darkness, he had to use the Corridors of Darkness and as such, he needed to protect himself from the Darkness. He had enough Darkness within his heart, he didn't need anymore. The blindfold was essencial... It was a fail-safe so he wouldn't turn into Ansem, The Seeker of Darkness. A while past since he last used the blindfold, but for some reason, he couldn't turn back to his normal form and to avoid letting Kairi see him like that, he started using it again. Although something was wrong with Xion... her tone wasn't the one he remembered. She seemed very angry, but she had reason to. Riku stood there with a blank expression and answered her question saying, "Don't know... I kind of like it. Plus it helps against the darkness when I travel through the corridors...", he said as he put his arms behind his neck. Suddenly Riku felt something in Xion, something he never expected to see... She seemed to be preparing in case Riku attacked. Riku started to wonder why was she thinking he was going to attack her. He had no idea it was because of his keyblade. After all these years of having it on his hand, he grew accustomed to it, he didn't even realized he was still with it.

Riku however, didn't remain in that loose position for long. He felt hostility in her voice, she was starting to sound more and more like the other girl at the Organization... The one Riku hated with every fiber of his being. She was arrogant and cocky and Riku hated that.
Riku went back to his normal position, facing Xion who was talking as she was leaned against the wall. Riku's free hand tightened, he was starting to get upset. Sure, Xion had the right to be angry at him, although she didn't have that right if she knew what happened after... Riku's hand was still tightened as she talked, he didn't even say a word, but when she stopped, Riku looked at her, the corner of his mouth showed his anger. "Your talking like you know everything... You don't. Naminé is safe, she's back at DiZ's side. When all of them came back they ran to the hills as fast as they could to get away from the Organization. And Xion... You have every right to be angry at me, I'm sorry for what I put you up through, but you don't know a thing of what happened when you faded away... And don't say I didn't remember you. Don't ever say that again. The moment you came back, I remembered you. Naminé told me if you faded you would be forgotten by everyone, with the exception of Roxas for some reason she didn't tell me. Don't you think I would go to you if I knew where you were?! Don't you think I would want to be there when you came back?! You sacrificed yourself for Roxas and for someone you didn't even knew! Don't you think I would want nothing more but to be there?!, Riku said as he threw his keyblade at the ground. He threw it so hard that the handle was almost inside the floor. " I went to the realm of darkness to find you Xion... You don't understand what it's like for me to go there! I went there to find you, Xion! I came to this god forsaken place with hopes to see you here! After I escaped this place I vowed never to return here! I figured you would want to try and find some answers in the place where you once were created. I don't give a damm about my replica! I can battle him anytime! But I guess you didn't figure that out!", Riku said as he looked down, the keyblade vanished into thin air.

Riku tightened his hands even more when she laughed... That cold, cruel laugh... Riku hated that laugh so much. It reminded him of Ansem's laugh when he was in control over Riku's body. "I didn't take your memories... I never wanted to do that. When you faded away, your memories went to Sora and to Roxas. You don't know a thing of what happened after you faded away...", Riku said as he looked down and bit his lip, he could still remember that day... DiZ pushed him to convince Xion to sacrifice herself, saying that Sora and Roxas were being hurt by Xion's existence. The only reason why Riku didn't punch DiZ was because he was disguised as Ansem because of his encounter with Roxas.

Riku looked up at Xion, she had every right to snap at Riku, but not at Kairi, she didn't do anything to her, but XIon didn't seem to get it... Riku was fighting with all of his strength to not walk up to Xion and punch her or slap her across the face, "She doesn't have anything to apologize for, because she wasn't even there when it all happened. She didn't even knew what was happening! And you Xion... You talk about your "friends"! But guess what? Your only friends at the organization were Axel and Roxas. Everyone else just saw you as a puppet, a reject, an object with a purpose. They wanted to open Kingdom Hearts, thinking that they would gain a heart. But they were wrong, you were all foolishly tricked to follow Xemnas' orders! Kingdom Hearts would not give you a Heart! Kingdom Hearts is not about that! I've been inside it with the King. You wanna know what's kingdom hearts? Nothing! A fool's errand! You were all tricked to fulfill Xemnas' orders!, Riku said and bit his lower lip. Riku as been inside Kingdom hearts once... It wasn't what it sounded like. It was where the heart of all the worlds were. It was there where Darkness and Light were kept. It was powerful, but it could not be used for anything.

[Kairi]

Kairi only listened as Xion talked she sounded more and more like other members of Organization XIII, or was she really like them Kairi didn’t know. She never met Xion before and only knew her from the things that Riku told her. She glanced back and forth between Riku and Xion as they talked. Why did she suddenly summon her keyblade did she think there were there to attack? She turned to Riku and listened as he too apologized for everything.

All Xion did was laugh a cold laugh, one that reminded Kairi of Xemnas. The leader of the organization and who tried to use her to get to Sora and Riku. It was good he knew nothing about her being a princess of hearts or things would have been worse.

“Xion why are you mad…. Why are you acting this way? Its true I don’t understand but that because I don’t know anything….. I was waiting on the island for Riku and Sora to come back but when they didn’t I decided to go and search for them I wanted to do something to help.” She paused turning to Riku she already explained all this to him before and he agreed to let her come. “That’s why I don’t understand why you are upset?”

She didn’t accept her apology and the way she talked, what was wrong why the sudden change in her mood? “I don’t know a lot about Nobody or Heartless…. only what I found out a few months ago….. I am sorry you lost your friends but why are you blaming me for it?”

[xion]

Xion took a deep breath to calm herself. She couldn't decide whether or not it was true. Whether or not she truly had emotions. She wanted to think that, yes she did. Especially since she was jealous of Kairi, and she was angry at Riku. Maybe, maybe something had happened to her when she was inside Sora, maybe that was why she could feel the way she did. She yearned to ask Riku, to laugh with him and tell him secrets. To ask him what had happened while she wasn't gone. To ask if he had missed her. To ask if everything was alright, and see if she could finally meet Sora, himself. But, she was ashamed now. Ashamed of acting the way that she had acted. She didn't even deserve to be talking to them. To even look at them. She wanted to look down, in shame, but she could bring herself to do that. She really couldn't. Her eyes probably showed them what she was feeling anyway, and she didn't want that either. She turned swiftly on her heel and placed a hand on the door. It was worn. Used. Wasted. Like herself. When he started talking, she turned her head back to give him a saddened look. "You should even be able to wear that. You didn't earn it, and I even hate mine. Yet, you like it?" She shook her head. In a light tone, she added, "Why don't you just join the Organization instead of me?" She turned back to the door and took her hand off it. It let out a long creak, but she didn't flinch at the sound. It sounded almost welcoming to her. She wished more than anything she had the courage to go passed it and into the other rooms. Still, she made no movement other than gripping her Keyblade harder than she was. It might have been mistaken for anger, to her guests, but it was really to keep herself from running away, as she was accustomed to doing. Riku and Kairi didn't know that though, did they? They couldn't possibly realize what she was doing. Riku, though, might have held a clue, but he wouldn't figure it out until later. By the time, she could have already been on the third floor. But she couldn't escape, she never could. The person she always tried to leave would usually chase her down. Axel and Roxas did, so what made Riku any different than them?

She grit her teeth together as she turned around and faced them once more. Her hair had danced it's way into her face again, but her blue eyes could be seen from behind her black hair. She made no move to push it behind her ears, and she made no move to apologize, either. Why should she, anyways? She had a reason to be angry, a reason to snap. For once, she was going to be the one who was listened to. She eyes, she felt, shined when she came up with this little realization of hers, and she almost jumped up and down. Still, she couldn't help but notice how Riku had tensed up when she had laughed, and how he had gone back to bring relaxed. He had waited for her to finish talking before she started, she realized.

He was angry at her, she noticed that to. He had no right! And that made her want to snap back. So her words had hurt him, big deal. He had killed her? "You talk as if I don't know anything. DiZ doesn't like Nobodies, doesn't like Replicas. How do you know he won't just dispose of her himself? Besides that, I'm pretty sure Larxene and Marluxia want to get a hold of her once more." She stopped to give him a somewhat sarcastic look. "You're sorry? I died, for your friend, and you're sorry? No, I don't know what happened to me after I faded. I'm sorry no one really knows. Normally, you aren't supposed to come back. I wish I hadn't, but I can say what I like. And it doesn't matter if Naminé was right or not, or if you remembered me, you still forgot." Her voice dropped down into a whisper as she answered him. "No. I don't think you would have. I still don't, despite the fact that you're here. Because you forgot. You may not have wanted to, but you did. Don't you know how much that killed me to find out? So no, forgive me if I'm fakely aggravated and annoyed at you, that I didn't think to wonder if you cared about me enough to find me." She flinched when he threw his Keyblade and raised her arms, dropping her own Keyblade, to protect herself. She was waiting for a blow that wouldn't ever come. When she peeked through them, she dropped her hands. "No, I don't suppose I would know what it's like for you, considering i'm there majority of my days." but she flinched again when he raised his voice. Still, when she heard him talk, she wished she had a heart. She felt that it would break in two after his little speech. A small smile broke the almost permanent frown that had been on her face. She didn't bother to try to hide it, either. She almost apologized for being the way she was, but she bit her tongue. She almost started to cry, to. Thankfully, the teardrops that had formed on her eyes hadn't fallen. She almost rushed at the two of them to wrap them into hugs, but she didn't. Xion did, though, sway. Slightly as her small smile extended upon her face. She was glad they were here. Glad Kairi could become her friend, despite their rough beginning.

Her giant smile quickly faded from her lips and formed a small smile once again. He was still mad at her. Extremely mad at her. Maybe she should just apologize before anything else bad happened. After all, she was happy. But she didn't and soon her small smile dropped from her face, too. It was replaced by a hurt look. "No, you didn't. You only persuaded me to practically commit suicide so that Roxie could take my memories. When that happened, you forced him to want to take his revenge. He wanted to avenge me, but he was already forgetting me. That's when you fought him, right? When I asked you to stop him from trying to kill Xemnas. Then, you forgot me, too, and you took Roxas captive." she stopped speaking and raised a hand to her head. "My memories become dim, then, and I don't remember anything after that." she closed her eyes, trying to remember, but nothing came.

She frowned at Kairi. "I'm sorry. I guess I just let this place take me captive once more. This time in the mind. I didn't mean to take it out on you, and I really am sorry." She smiled brightly at the girl before turning to Riku. She opened her mouth to begin her apology, but she was cut off. She blinked at him, but her smile was still there. Her smile fell from her lips, and her mouth parted. She took a wounded step backwards, and she was against the wall once more. Quickly, she slid down as her legs gave out from under her. Riku...he was saying all this to her. Her Riku, the one she held so highly. He was the one insulting her this time around. Although he probably hadn't meant it, he had called her a puppet, and, what's worse, a reject. She hung her head, and she felt tears start to slide down her face. Silently, she started sobbing. "You're wr-wrong, Riku. They may have been my best friends, but they weren't my only friends. I got along with Demyx, Luxord, Xigbar, and Lexaeus just fine. It's when I started listening to you when it all w-went wrong." Xion brought her hands up to her face as she started openly sobbing now. How could he! Wasn't he the one who had been preaching about caring for her, and here he was making her cry. An object with a purpose! Not even Saix's words had been so cruel. Her lips moved, but no sound escaped. She mouthed at him, but what she truly said, she didn't know. She just laid her head down.

[Riku]

Riku didn't even made a move when she replied to his comment about his cloak. He wasn't being serious about it, he was playing around a bit to break the ice a little. "I was only kidding... I don't like it, but I don't hate it. It keeps me protect from the darkness as I travel through the corridors. DiZ got it and gave to me and the king. And you know what I think of the Organization and some of it's members..., Riku said as he gritted his teeth slightly. he was remembering that weird looking guy, the one who fought Riku and got defeated. Riku could still remember the mind games that little freak tried to pull on him.

Riku looked down as she talked to him. She had every right to be upset with him, but he couldn't help but feel a bit aggravated.
"Humph, it's true, DiZ hates Nobodies, but he doesn't hate Naminé. And as far as the Organization is concerned, I'm sure DiZ can manage himself out.", Riku said as he shrugged lightly, although he frowned and looked away, he was really ashamed of himself, how could he forget the one who saved his best friend from a eternity of slumber?... But why was she only angry at him? Roxas and Axel forgot about him too. " Like I said Xion... I'm sorry, there isn't anything I can do to repay you for what you did, I know that. You lost so much to save a guy you didn't even know. I didn't want to forget you Xion... I'm angry at myself for forgetting you, you didn't deserve to be forgotten. I hated myself so much when you came back and memories of you started flowing back... After I captured Roxas, I was forced to live in darkness. I forgot about everyone, all I aimed for was Sora's awakening and his quest to battle the Organization...", Riku said as he frowned, he then looked at Xion, his frown still noticeable and said, "I don't hold it against you if you don't believe me, I understand... After all I've done to you, I know I don't deserve neither your forgiveness nor your trust..., Riku said and looked down again.

Riku was happy that Xion apologized to Kairi, but he went too far. He shouldn't have said what he said to Xion... He was just said what the members of the Organization called his Replica, he thought they treated everyone of their creations the same. Riku felt like killing himself right now... How could he do that to Xion? He walked up to her, he sat by her side and said as he frowned,"I'm sorry Xion... I didn't mean it. I was upset, I shouldn't have said it. I spoke out of anger. I just keep messing up...", Riku rubbed his forehead so hard, his fingers left marks on his forehead, "I can't blame it on this place... I'm not affected by it. There is no excuse for what I've said to you. You don't deserve it. You didn't deserve what I put you through... No one deserved what you went through. And the reward?... For some it was worth it, for me, I seriously don't know... He is my best friend, but. I didn't want to sacrifice a friend to save another..., Riku said and looked up. "DiZ said it was for the greater good. That Sora was destined to save all the worlds... He was pushing me everyday, making me convince you to do it. I didn't want it, but I also wanted it. I wanted to find another way, but DiZ started cutting every path I wanted to take. Saying that I was only wasting time, that I should do what was right. And as much as I didn't want to do it... I did... I know apologizing won't fix anything. But unfortunately it's the only thing I can do... But if everyone knew what you did, what you sacrificed to help save them. They would probably thank you. Thank you Xion...", Riku said as he continued to look up. If it wasn't for Xion's sacrifice... The worlds would probably be doomed, Xemnas probably had opened Kingdom Hearts and opened both the doors, meaning trouble for all of the worlds. With Xion's sacrifice, DiZ's plan to awaken Sora continued and was successful. ALthough now Riku was tormented by his actions...

[xion]

She let out a snort and closed her eyes lightly, tilting her head downwards. She knew he had been kidding, she had been kidding herself. True, she did hate her coat, but he would have hated it more than her anyway. After all, she hadn’t been the one who had decimated, or helped decimate, anyone who had worn it. “You don’t hate it?” She repeated in a doubtful tone before glancing up at him with a look of disbelief. She could have sworn, and would have had he not said he didn’t hate it just a few seconds ago, that he hated the coat more than anyone. “Now, how did he get a hold of the coats…?” She wondered out loud to herself. DiZ hadn’t been a member, he couldn’t have been, so how had he gotten the coat? Xion shook her head slightly and gave a smirk. “Only some? What am I, the exception? Haha. Doubt it.”

She had emphasized the laugh to show that it was fake. She had laughed the fake laugh to prove to Riku that she didn’t think she was an exception, and to show him she had thought he had hated them all. After all, hadn’t they all caused him problems? Especially Roxas, herself, and anyone who had gotten sent to Castle Oblivion? “Are you so sure about that? After all, he had been the one who called her a witch. Seems to me like there’s more than just a little hatred there.” She shrugged. She honestly could care less about what happened to Naminé. Although, she knew how close the ‘witch’ had gotten to Roxas because of who their Somebody’s had been. “Really? I mean, DiZ is just one man, right? One man against, oh, say…twelve people? No, eleven. Eleven? Hmm. I don’t know. It depends if what Axel said was true. If he did abandon the Organization like he said he did, then they were down 3 members. Wait, I wasn’t really a member. Augh.” She brought her hands up to her head. “This is so annoying.” Xion scowled. “Oh yeah. Roxas.” She trailed off thinking. She didn’t know why she was taking it so hard on Riku when everyone else had forgotten about her, too. She supposed it had something to do with the fact that Riku had been the one who had convinced her to sacrifice herself. “Sora.” She repeated clenching her fists together. Did everything revolve around him? It was always about him. Everything. He had been the savoir of the story, Roxas and herself were just the parts that hindered him. “Talk about pitying yourself too much, Riku. No, I don’t trust you, but I forgive you…somewhat.”

Xion lifted her head up and extended her hands, pushing him away from her before standing up and backing away from him. Tears were still streaming down her face, and she quickly retracted her hands before he got the idea to grab them. She cupped her hands together and put them in front of where her heart should have been, making them act as if they were a shield. What hurt the most was that he was somewhat right. Majority of the Organization did see her as nothing more than a puppet. Hell, even Vexen and Saix saw her as a measly small person with a hood on. It had taken Axel a long time to see her face, too. Which meant, at some point, he thought she was a simple puppet as well. “You know what, Riku? Keep your stupid apology. I don’t want it. I don’t need it. Because, you’re right. I am nothing more than an object with a purpose, and that purpose is to ‘replace’ your friend. You hate the Riku Replica for exactly this same reason…” She laughed slightly when he said he wasn’t affected by it and thought it to be unfair. She was affected by it, mainly because it was the place of her birth. “Friend? Friend!?” She went hysterical. “You would call me a friend?” She looked down. “There was a time where I thought the feeling would be mutual. Where I would call you a friend, and maybe want to call you something more, but, I can honestly say that feeling is dead. Like the rest of them.” She looked up sharply. “DiZ this, DiZ that. Would you do anything he said? It sounds to me like you’re the puppet, not me!” She rolled her eyes when she realized that he had mentioned Sora. “And stop talking about him! Isn’t it bad enough that I have to live with the fact that I’m supposed to be him that now you have to go and bring him up in everything? I don’t care about Sora, I didn’t do it for Sora! I could care less about whether or not he woke up. I did everything I did for Roxas…” her voice dropped intensely. She wasn’t even aware of the fact that she had mumbled. “and you, too.” But she clenched her fits once more when he thanked her. She shook her head and, without meaning to, threw one hand against the wall, punching it. The aftermath was her hand bit in pain, but she ignored it. Within a matter of minutes, anyway, it wouldn’t hurt as bad anymore. “I could care less about the worlds.”