Kingdom Hearts; The Heartless Keeper

Chapter IX; Gambling With Fate

X leaned against a wall and watched the boy with spiky brown hair run past him. A dog and duck struggled to keep up with him. Sora, Donald, and Goofy. The Nobodies target and his loyal companions.

"Sora, not so fast!" The duck, Donald, X believed, yelled.

"We don't have time, they've got Naminé! We gotta rescue her!" Sora, the boy, replied.

Donald and Goofy looked at each other worriedly.

"Gosh, Sora sure does seem like he's upset," Goofy said thoughtfully.

"You'd be too. He just remembered his friend but found out she's in trouble." Donald said.

"Good point. I guess if we heard the king was in danger we'd be really upset about that too." Goofy agreed.

X sighed and shook his head. "Don't you think it's a little weird?" X asked. Sora, Donald, and Goofy turned to face him shocked. They hadn't noticed him. X sighed again, he'd just hope it was because he was wearing white and the walls were white.

"What's a little weird?" Sora asked.

"You didn't remember Naminé until this Castle, but-" X was cut off by Sora.

"Don't you dare suggest Naminé isn't real!" Sora yelled at X.

X glared at Sora silencing him. "I never planned on it. I was just wondering if you remember who you came here for in the first place."

Sora looked confused. "Naminé, right?" He said.

X snickered. "Interesting. You should be careful when showing such loyalty. The organization will take advantage of that." X said casually.

"The organization? What are you talking about?" Sora demanded.

"The Nobodies, Axel, Larxene, them. They plan to use Naminé to control you." X explained walking away from the wall.

"Who are you? How do I know you're telling the truth?" Sora asked drawing his keyblade. X walked past him not giving him a second glance.

"Now you ask the right questions. It's a wonder you're a keyblade wielder, you seem so stupid." X said casually.

"Hey! Just answer the questions." Sora demanded.

"Who am I, hm. What a good question. Now tell me, how do you define who someone is?" X asked turning back around to face the trio. Sora stared at him dumbstruck. Donald and Goofy were thinking.

"What?" Sora asked confused.

"What defines who someone is? What makes them, them? What prevents them from being someone else?" X asked. Sora seemed extremely dense. Maybe this was too much for him.

Sora stared down at the ground. His key hung loosely at his side. "I've never thought about that. Is there an answer?" He looked up at X. His eyes held a curious light.

"But how do you know I'm telling the truth?" X asked with a false frown.

"Well, you haven't tried to kill us yet. And you seem to be trying to help. In the most annoying way possible." Sora replied after a second. X smirked.

"Alright then. It's a simple answer really." X said. Sora brightened up hearing X say that. "It's what this Castle holds so dear."

Sora's face fell. "What this Castle holds so dear?"

"To pass through the halls of this Castle you must pay a toll. For every floor, you advance you lose a certain amount of something. That something makes you, you." X explained hoping someone in the group would catch on.