Revenge of the Hearts

Chapter IV

"Even if things are painful and tough, people should appreciate what it means to be alive at all." ~Yato (Noragami)
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I stood on the circular platform as DiZ typed away on his keyboard. The laser above me began to glow and I saw pieces of my body began to disappear into code. "You know what do do," DiZ reminded me.

"Yes," I nodded grimly. "Take Roxas to Sora."

"I want you to know that I had never had any intention to get you involved into this," DiZ tried to assure me as more and more of my body began to convert itself into code. "With the wretched Organization's interference, I had to pull you into this. I cannot believe I am saying this, but protect Roxas at all costs."

"Understood," I nodded once more as my body disappeared from this world entirely.

I teleported into the virtual Twilight Town which looked exactly the same as the real Twilight Town. As I appeared, glitches here and there on my body as it adjusted to the new environment, I speed-walked around, looking for Roxas, which turned into a jog when I couldn't find him. I ran down an alleyway to see Roxas, Keyblade drawn with Axel, prepared to fight. As Axel drew his chakrams back, he froze in place. Roxas stood there, confused on what just happened. "Roxas!" I shouted.

He turned towards the direction of my voice. "Who are you?" He asked. "And, why are you so familiar?"

"There's no time to explain," I replied. "To the Mansion! Now!"

Before he could protest, I grabbed his arm and dragged him to the Mansion. Along the way, Dusks and various other Nobody monsters appeared but I ran around all of them, avoiding them.

Once we arrived at the Mansion, I walked up to and shook the gates. "Come on," Roxas groaned. "Don't bring me here to have us locked out."

His eyes widened for a moment, as if he was remembering something. He pulled out a Keyblade, and held it at the lock. I did the same with my Keyblade. Yellow stars swirled Roxas' Keyblade while blue stars swirled mine, and two beams of light shot out from the tips of our Keyblades. The gate unlocked and Roxas took off into the Mansion. "Roxas, wait--" I cried, going after him.

He ran into the mansion and straight into Naminé room. He looked at the drawings in the room, a flash of familiarity going through his eyes. He turned around and Naminé sat on her usual spot at the table. "Organization XIII...is a bad group," He stated.

"Bad or good, I don't know," Naminé replied. "They're a group of incomplete people who wish to be whole. To that end, they're desperately searching for something."

"What?" Roxas asked.

"Kingdom Hearts," Naminé informed. Roxas chuckled a bit. "Funny?" Naminé raised a brow.

"It's just...I think-I've been running away from the question I really wanna ask: What's going to happen to me now?" Roxas gripped the edge of the table. "Just tell me that. Nothing else really matters anymore."

"You are--" She started.

Before Naminé could finish, she disappeared into code, as if she was made of data. "Naminé!" Roxas cried.

She was just a hologram message. DiZ appeared through a portal made of code, "There's no knowledge that has the power to change your fate."

"Even if it doesn't, I wanna know," Roxas demanded. "I have the right to know!"

"A Nobody doesn't have a right to know," DiZ snapped. "Nor does it even have the right to be."

"But what IS a Nobody?!" Roxas cried.