(Riku: Roxas - Somewhere In Time continued…)

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As soon as he finished talking, Xemnas disappeared.

In the darkness in-between, Axel and Roxas headed towards Hollow Bastion. This ability to traverse the corridors of Darkness connected to various places in various worlds was another one specific to Organization XIII.

“Man… Give me a break!”

Roxas quietly trailed after an irritable Axel with his hood up.

Sora… Keyblade…… How confusing……

“When this is over we’ll definitely get some ice-cream! Got it memorized?”

Axel turned on his heels and faced Roxas.

“…… Sora.”

As Roxas pronounced that name, Axel sulked.

“Don’t worry about anything Xigbar says.”

“It’s not like I want to worry but… it’s just nagging me…” replied Roxas, who stopped.

“Axel… you know Sora, right?”

Axel looked troubled for a moment and then gazed into Roxas’ face.

“I don’t know. Even if I did, I wouldn’t tell you.”

“Why?”

“…… Because you don’t need to know.”

Axel turned his back to Roxas. There was no need for Roxas to know of the connection between Roxas and Sora… No, he didn’t want him to know.

Roxas, the special Nobody… and the Keyblade Wielder…

Axel wondered how long he would have to continue to lie to Xemnas.

And how long would he have to continue to lie to Roxas?

“Axel!”

“What?”

(Riku’s guess: “Roxas stood silently for a moment.”)

“I want to know.”

“What?”

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“……I don’t know.”

Roxas looked bewildered again.

He had nothing… He understood nothing. He felt uneasy because something seemed to be happening to do with a part of himself he didn’t know of.

“Why does the Organization exist?”

“To gather hearts.”

Axel answered Roxas’ question so fast he had probably been preparing for it. Roxas remained perplex.

“Hey, there’s no point thinking about that sort of thing… Lets go. We’ll have some ice-cream when we’re done.”

Axel put a hand on Roxas’ shoulder and looked ahead.

That Darkness ahead of them gave out onto Hollow Bastion.

Roxas and Axel walked through the castle that was falling into ruin.

“I wonder what there is around here?”

At that moment, there was a sudden change in the surrounding atmosphere.

“…Heartless.”

Two Keyblades appeared in Roxas’ hands. As if interpreting it as a signal, Heartless surrounded them.

“What a bore…”

Setting himself back to back with Roxas, Axel’s Chakrams appeared in his hands.

“Don’t tell me our mission consists of eliminating this lot?”

“Don’t ask me!”

As Roxas answered Axel, he gave a Keyblade a swing. Axel looked impressed and whistled.

“Alright Roxas!”

“Don’t waste your breath. Give me a hand!”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Axel charged forward and struck. In no time at all, the two had defeated all of their foes and the castle was silent once more, void of any presence.

Thanks to KHUltimania’s Mors for translating this, and thanks to our forum member Kh3fan02 for posting it. I edited and corrected spelling and grammar. It continues on the next pages.