I'll Protect You No Matter What

Tearful Farewell

My Pov

We came a large set of monitors. Suddenly, the pain from before came back as more memories flooded back. One made me gasp in shock. Both Roxas and I were fighting a boy with silver hair. He had a blindfold over his eyes, but I knew who that boy was. Riku.

"Why? Why do you two have the Keyblade?" Riku asked.

"I don't know!" I cried.

"Shut up!" Roxas snapped. We both were about to deliver a final strike when Riku retaliated and knocked us both out. He took to this very room.

"Will it work?" Riku asked. His voice...He was the hooded man! Riku had been watching over me and Roxas the whole time.

"If we can maintain the simulated town until Naminé finishes chaining together Sora and Hikari's memories and until Kage finds all remain shards of the princess's heart." DiZ said.

"What will happen to Roxas and Kirihxa?" Riku asked.

"They hold half of Sora and Hikari's power within them. In the end, they'll have to give it back. Until then, we have to give them new personalities to throw off their pursuers."

"Poor things." Riku said.

"It's the fate of a Nobody." DiZ said. That's when me and Roxas ended up in this fake Twilight Town. My head had stopped hurting. I looked at Roxas. He was just as mad as me. We summoned Kingdom Key and Starlight and began smashing the computer to pieces. I was panting by this point. We went into the next room and a swarm of Nobodies ambushed us. It took about twenty minutes, but we got rid of them all. After we caught our breath, Axel showed up.

"Simply amazing, you two." Axel said, sarcastically.

"Axel..." Roxas said.

"You really do remember me this time? I'm SO FLATTERED..." Axel shouted. A wall of fire surrounded us "But you're too late!.." That's when I remembered; both Roxas and I could use two Keyblades. At that moment, Roxas's Kingdom Key split into Oathkeeper and Oblivion. My Starlight split into Angel's Light and Devil's Darkness. "Two!?" It was a very difficult battle, but we managed to defeat him. I remember the last time we saw Axel.

"If you get on their bad side, they'll destroy both you!" Axel exclaimed.

"No one would miss us." Roxas said.

"We're a lower form of Nobody. No one would even realize were gone." I said. Roxas and I walked forward.

"That's not true... I would." Axel said.

"Axel... I'm sorry, but we can't go back with you." I said.

"That's okay, Kiri. You both have a golden opportunity to get what you wanted. To be whole again. Let's meet again, in the next life." Axel said.

"Yeah. We'll be waiting." Roxas said.

"Silly. Just because you and her have a next life..." Axel said, as he disappeared. We went onward into a hallway lined with thin pods. Inside two of them, I saw two familiar faces.

"Donald... Goofy..." I said. I looked toward the door at the end of the hallway. Hikari and Sora were in there. We entered the room to see DiZ standing in front of one of the large pods.

"At last, the Keyblade's chosen ones." DiZ said.

"Who are you talking to? Me and Kirihxa? Or Sora and Hikari?" Roxas asked.

"To half of Sora and half of Hikari, of course. You both reside in darkness. What I need is someone who can move about the realm of light and destroy Organization XIII." DiZ said.

"Why? Who are you?" I asked.

"I am a servant of this world. And, if I'm a servant, then you both should consider yourselves tools, at best." DiZ said. Was he trying to be funny!?

"Was that... Was that suppose to be a joke? 'Cause we're not laughing!" Roxas yelled. We attacked DiZ with our Keyblades, only for them to got through him.

"My apologies. This is only a data-based projection." DiZ said. Both of us screamed at the top of our lungs and continued to slash at the data version of DiZ. Soon it vanished and we could barely stand. "Over here." He appeared next to the pod.

"I hate you so much..." I said.

"You should share some of that hatred with Sora and Hikari. They're both far too nice for their own good." DiZ said.

"No! Our hearts belong to us!" Roxas cried. He slashed at the projection, causing it to disappear. Then, the pod opened. It revealed Sora. Tears came to my eyes. "Sora... You're lucky. Looks like my summer vacation it... over." Roxas started to disappear.

"Rox!" I cried. He sadly smiled at me.

"Go see if you can wake Hikari. She needs you Kiri." Roxas said. He disappeared and merged with Sora. I nodded to myself. I went to the pod Hikari was in. Her body gently floated down. I cradled her in my arms.

"Hikari, you've got to wake up. Riku needs you. He hurting so much. If he loses you... his heart will break. You're the only one who will be able to heal his heart. Plus, if you don't wake up, so many people will be devastated. Please, wake up." I pleaded. I placed her down and phased into her body.

No one's Pov

A mysterious train entered the station of Twilight Town. The only passenger; King Mickey.

Sora's Pov

"Sora?" a voice called.

"Who's there?" I asked.

"Sora!" Donald called.

"Sora, wake up!" Goofy called. I opened my eyes to the sound of Donald and Goofy's voices. The pod I was in opened. I stretched and yawned. I looked to see Donald and Goofy laughing. I jumped from the pod and hugged my friends. It felt like forever since I had seen them. That's when I remembered my one friend... the one I lost... Hikari.

"Sora, Goofy! Look!" Donald exclaimed. I looked to where Donald was pointing and saw her. Hikari. I ran over to her and scooped her up into my arms.

"Hikari! Hikari, open your eyes!" I cried. Nothing. I took a hold of her hand and placed it on my cheek. It was cold. It was like some kind of horrible nightmare come true. Tears flowed down my cheek and landed on her lifeless face as the truth hit me like an arrow in the heart. She was gone. Hikari was gone.