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[h2]The Keyblade’s Chosen[/h2]

[b]Word Count:[/b] 986
[b]Level 9 Roxas:[/b] 9/90
[b]Exp Gained:[/b] +2
[b]NEW EXP Balance---[/b] 11/90

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“To tell you the truth, I’m not even really sure what happened.” Sora admitted to Roxas. The two were sitting in the room that was to be shared by Roxas and Pit, with the latter still out and about which left the two Keybearers on their own. Of course, nearby, Scamp was curled up and taking an evening nap. And then there was Shocker, who was just aimlessly floating around and looking at things with curiosity. Maybe he was thinking about possessing an object? Hard to say, but the Rotom was not the main focus here.

Instead, the main focus was Roxas effectively grilling Sora about what had happened to him. The last time anyone had seen Sora was when he literally vanished into thin air in front of everyone while they were all celebrating their victory at the Keyblade Graveyard. Sora’s closest friends had been frantically looking for him ever since. Riku was getting help from Leon’s group to investigate data left behind by the Organization, while Kairi had been working with Ansem and Ienzo to search her own dreams and memories for clues. Even Aqua and her two friends from the Land of Departure had volunteered to venture back into the Realm of Darkness to help with the search.

“The Xehanort from the past had been warning me about paying the price for overdoing it with the Power of Waking. So at that point I just sort of accepted that that was what he meant.” Sora explained, not sounding sure of what he was saying. “And the next thing I remember, I’m here in this world instead.”

[color=gold]”That part was Galeem’s doing.”[/color] Roxas said. [color=gold]”It’s a pretty similar story for me. One day I’m in Twilight Town with Axel, Xion, Hayner and the others. And then suddenly I feel like I’m waking up for the first time in a Twilight Town that I barely recognized, and the others are nowhere to be found.”[/color]

“Wait, they’re gone?” Sora suddenly asked, “All of them?”

[color=gold]”All of them.”[/color]

“So you went looking for ‘em…” Sora said, able to surmise the rest of the story on his own, “...and that’s how you found the Seekers and eventually, me! Right?”

[color=gold]”More like they found me.”[/color] Roxas admitted. [color=gold]”But you’re spot on, otherwise.”[/color]

“What made you so quick to join them?” Sora asked. “I always figured you were a lot more cautious than me.”

[color=gold]”Mostly because they mentioned I dressed like the Organization.”[/color] Roxas said. [color=gold]”So I knew I had to stick with this group and investigate them for myself.”[/color]

“Ah, that makes sense.” Sora said, nodding his head. And then the implications finally sunk in after a short delay. “Wait, what? The Organization? Here?”

[color=gold]”You mean you hadn’t heard?”[/color]

“Sorry. We’ve been kind of… out of reach for a while. So I guess I sort of missed that news.”

[color=gold]”Well, it gets even worse than that.”[/color] said Roxas before he finally dropped the real bombshell. [color=gold]”Xehanort’s behind them.”[/color]

“No way!” Sora said, now suddenly starting to actually be serious for a change. “After all the trouble we went through to beat him for good? But why?”

[color=gold]”What do you mean, ‘Why’?”[/color] Roxas questioned. [color=gold]”It’s Xehanort, remember? Obviously he wants to take another crack at his Kingdom Hearts plan.”[/color]

“It’s just that, it seemed like he was actually done for good when I beat him.” Sora said. “Don’t you remember? Eraqus was the one who finally convinced him to stand down and give up. So why would he be going right back to his old ways?”

[color=gold]”Does that really matter?”[/color] asked Roxas, being surprisingly cold about this. [color=gold]”I doubt Xehanort ever actually regretted anything he did. I’ll bet the only thing he was ever actually sorry for was that he lost.”[/color] Clearly Roxas wasn’t nearly as willing to forgive people as Sora was.

“I mean, maybe you’re right.” Sora admitted. “But what if there’s more to this than just that?”

[color=gold]”Either way, we can’t just sit back and not do something about it.”[/color] Roxas asserted. And with this, Sora could definitely agree. [color=gold]”By the way, Sora. Do you know anyone called the Master of Masters?”[/color]

“Master of… Masters?” Sora asked with a scrunched up facial expression, “Nope. Never heard of them. Why? Who is that?”

[color=gold]”I don’t know yet, I’ve never met him myself.”[/color] said Roxas, [color=gold]”But the Seekers told me about him. They said he’s a Keyblade Master who wears a black coat like the Organization does, and apparently he knows a lot about this world and other things because of something called the ‘Gazing Eye’. I was hoping that was something you might have heard about before.”[/color]

“First I’m hearing any of this.” Sora replied apologetically. Then he got an idea and checked through the journal entries in his gummiphone in case there was something in there about this Master of Masters guy, “Nope, sorry. Not even my gummiphone has anything on that guy.”

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[color=gold]”It was worth a try.”[/color] Roxas reassured him, [color=gold]”We’ll just have to meet this guy and ask him ourselves, right?”[/color]

“Sure.” Sora agreed, “And look for any of our other friends that came to this world, too!”

[color=gold]”Yeah, them too.”[/color] Roxas agreed. For the first time since he joined up with the Seekers, Roxas was finally not alone. Not that he had ever actually been alone, but he had been feeling pretty down about not seeing anyone else from his own world, so now he was obviously feeling a lot better about all this. And the fact that he found Sora, of all people! Riku and Kairi would flip when they heard. [color=gold]”Thanks, Sora.”[/color] Roxas finally said. [color=gold]”I was right back then, you know? You really do make a pretty good Other.”[/color]

“You make a pretty good Nobody, yourself.” Sora replied. “Wouldn’t trade you for anything.”