Gathered in a barren wasteland, surrounded by the keyblades of lost wielders, our heroes gather. Mickey looked to the group "It's finally over!" The feeling of finality washing over all of them.

Except one.

"...No" Sora looked onward. Dejected. Remembering the loss of his guiding light.

Riku stepped forward, placing his hand on Sora's shoulder. "We'll find Kairi. Let's head back to Master Yen Sid's tower. We can figure it out there."

Sora shook his head and looked to his friend with determination burning in his eyes. "No. I know what to do." He removed his friends hand.

"Sora…" Mickey squeaked, worried for his friend.

"My whole journey began the day I lost her. And everytime I find her" He clenched his fist, his face contorting into a look not befitting his kind heart. "She slips away again! I thought we'd finally be together! But she's out there! Alone! Not for one more second!" He looked to the sky. The fire within his eyes burning brighter.

"We'll go too!" "That's right!"

Sora jerked his head to the side and his face softened. He saw his companions striding towards him with a similar look on their faces. "Thank you, Donald, Goofy. But this time, I have to go it alone."

Mickey stepped forward and locked eyes with the reckless keyblade wielder. "Sora, listen. The Power of Waking isn't to go chase hearts around! Even if you do locate Kairi, you might never come home to us again!" Worry evident in his voice.

"I will! And we'll both be back home before you know it!"

"Please…"

"Let him go, Mickey." Mickey felt a firm hand on his shoulder.

"Riku…"

Riku shook his head and gave him a sympathetic look, conveying his own doubts. "His Heart and his Mind are made up." He looked to Sora "Now believe in him."

"Yeah…" Mickey accepted that wouldn't win this fight, so he too looked to Sora "Safe journey Sora."

Sora smiled and looked to his many friends. Some old, some new, and some who had been within him for as long as he could remember. "Thank you, everyone!" he turned away and summoned his keyblade, and focused. Searching for the heart he knew best. For a moment he couldn't find her and dread seeped into him, but that moment was short lived. She called out to him and he grabbed onto her light. His keyblade opening a portal to her in an instant. He looked to his friends one last time and jumped through, etching them into his memory.

The portal closed behind him.

His friends continued to look at the space where he had been. They all had a connection to Sora, and through that they knew he would be okay. Mickey and Riku turned to the others. Aqua stepped forward. "I think we should get going. We all need to recover." The other two Keyblade Masters nodded in agreement and so they left. Traveling back to the Mysterious Tower.

"I see…" Master Yen Sid looked to the crowd that had gathered in his cramped chambers. "Sora has gone after Kairi then…" He shook his head and smiled, knowing his pupil would have chosen no other path. "It cannot be helped. This is a journey only he may make. As for you all." He stood up and waved his hands. Weaving magic throughout the castle. "You have earned some rest. Please feel free to take refuge here if you so choose." The door to the main castle opened and the group of Lights stood in shock. The main tower had been expanded. Showing rows of rooms, some with beds, others with couches and bookshelves, and one at the very end of the hall with what looked to be a dining room.

Roxas and Ven locked eyes again. This had been the third time today. It was just so weird seeing yourself walking around. They both quickly looked away and sat with their respective trios.

"Roxas why don't you just go talk to Ven?" Xion questioned. Roxas was usually so direct. It was weird seeing him act like this.

The ravenette looked to Axel to back her up. "Xion's right, ya know. What's there to be afraid of?"

Roxas looked to his two best friends and smiled a little. "Can't I just hang out with my best friends for a bit? Get comfortable before I deal with that elephant? Besides I'm sure Ven wants to do the same with Terra and Aqua-" he turned and cut himself short. There, on the other side of the room, was a mirror image of him doing the exact same motion. But instead of a Redhead and Ravenette sat a Brunette and Blunette. "Dammit…" both pairs of friends started laughing hysterically. Roxas and Ven got up and headed towards each other. Aqua and Terra followed. As did Axel and Xion.

"Hi" both said in unison. Followed by giggling from their friends. Each of the blondes glared daggers at their companions then looked at the other and nodded. Together they started walking away.

"Ven where are you going?" Aqua asked as the giggling died down.

"Roxas?! Wait up!" Xion went to follow but was stopped by Axel and Terra's hands on her shoulder.

Roxas and Ven turned around and though she loathed to admit it, if it weren't for the way Roxas looked at her, she wouldn't know which was which.

"We'll be fine! Don't worry." Roxas said

"We just need some space to talk." Ven finished.

The two walked away and left their friends to do some talking of their own. Xion looked down, slightly hurt. The two men removed their hands and Aqua gave her a look. "Xion? What's wrong?" Her voice was soft and comforting. Xion imagined this is what people meant when they said someone was motherly.

Xion shook her head and pushed away the darkness brewing in her mind and smiled somewhat sadly. "It's nothing. I just...I've missed him. A lot. " She could feel her face become dusted with a slight blush and she forced herself to look away from Aqua and the others.

"I understand what you mean…" Aqua spoke. Looking to where Ven was. Xion looked at her again as she turned to Terra and was surprised to see a similar pink adorn her cheeks.

"Well since they're off doing their thing why don't we do something?" Axel spoke up. He earned a questioning gaze from Aqua, Terra, and Xion.

"What exactly do you have in mind Axel?" Aqua asked.

Ven and Roxas walked down the corridor and stopped at one of the other rooms only to see Riku walking out of it. "Oh! Hey you two. What are you up to?" He looked from Blonde to Blonde and it became evident he didn't know which was which.

"We're having a chat." Ven said

"Yeah, we have to get this" Roxas motioned between them "Figured out."

Riku nodded "Gotcha. Good luck guys." he bade the two farewell and walked away with a book in hand.

The two entered the room and sat across from each other. In silence. Neither knew what to say. "Well this is awkward..." both said at the same time. And both started laughing together too.

Ventus was the first to catch his breath "I'm Ventus. But call me Ven for short." He outstretched hi hand.

"Roxas." The other boy shook. "So where do we start?"

"How about how weird this is?" Ven suggested.

"So weird." Roxas laughed. Like I know you were in Sora's heart for like. Ever. But that still doesn't make this any better."

"Right? And I feel like I already know you because of that time we shared in his heart…"

The two looked at each other and they laughed. Realizing that they didn't even need this talk. They just needed to get over the fact that they looked alike. But they weren't identical. They both knew that. Their mannerisms were different. Roxas' hair was more messy, not that many could tell. And Ven had less tension in his movements, being more like Sora in his cheerfulness. They nodded in agreement and got up.

Walking out of the room Ventus said something that caught the younger boy off guard. "I'm glad I've got another brother."

"Brother?"

"Yeah. Terra's always been like a brother to me. And then there was Vanitas…"Ven trailed off awkwardly. "But now I've got you and Sora."

"Guess you have a couple new sister's then too."

Ven stopped "Xion and…? Kairi?"

Roxas turned to the other boy and shook his head. "Close. But her Nobody. My other twin. Her name's Namine."

"Oh." Ven left it at that and the two returned to the dining room where they couldn't see anyone.

Roxas and Ven looked to each other. Something was off. They proceeded with caution.

"Stop!" Xion and Aqua cast the spell around the two as Terra and Axel dumped buckets of water on them.

A battle ensued as the boys cancelled the magic and retaliated.

"Hey Ven it's time to go!" Terra called from down the hall. Ventus looked to his twin and hugged him goodbye. "I'll message you on the GummiPhone. Okay?"

"Definitely. See you around brother" Roxas released the other boy and walked towards Terra and Aqua. "I'll see you guys too."

"Of course Roxas. You're our brother now too." Aqua embraced him.

Terra ruffled his hair "That's right. You be good kiddo"

Riku had left a few days before. Deciding a week was more than enough time for Sora to have found Kairi. He was beginning to worry. As were they all.

Xion was surprised when Ventus hugged. Her, but she embraced him nonetheless. "See ya Xion." "It was really fun meeting you."

Next was Aqua "Message me ok?" The two girls had formed a very sisterly bond. "Of course." Aqua leaned in to where only the other girl could hear "and good luck with Roxas. I'll try my best too" she pulled away and gave the younger girl a knowing nod.

Terra simply smiled at her and nodded. The older boy had apparently been quieter as of late. Not really wanting to talk much. Spacing out too. Aqua was worried for him. As was Ven. She smiled back and decided to hug him. To her surprise he hugged back. He squeezed slightly and when she broke away and looked at him there seemed to be a bit more light in his eyes than before.

Roxas walked to her side and smiled at her, making her heart lighter and her mind less gloomy.

"Yo, hold up!" Roxas and Xion turned to see Axel bounding down the hall, wearing his organization coat.

"Axel you're sure we can't come with?" Xion looked up to the redhead worriedly.

"I wish you could. But I told you guys that I have to work on restoring our friendship before you guys can hang around him."

"I still don't know why you wanna go find Saix" Roxas grumbled.

Looking at his best friends sadly Axel spoke seriously. "I've yet to leave any friend behind. That goes for Isa too. Got it memorized?"

"Right...Sorry…" Roxas apologized. Xion simply looked down somewhat sadly.

"Don't worry about it guys." He leaned down and hugged the two teens. "I'll be back soon. Besides. I'll call before I go to bed okay?" With his friend's worries eased he stood and turned to the other three keyblade wielders. "Thanks for taking me with you"

"It's no issue Lea." Ven assured him. "We're stopping there on the way home anyways."

"Right". The four boarded the GummiShip and departed the mysterious tower.

Leaving Roxas and Xion alone.

Hey! Thanks for reading! I've been wanting to get back into writing for a while now, and hopefully I'll actually keep up with it this time! Chapter 2 of this Fic is already in progress so hopefully I'll have something more for you later this week!

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