Roxas slashed his final blow at the white figures that swivered towards him. The Dusks dissappeared. Roxas breathed in heavily, nearly collasping from exhaust. The Keyblade shimmered in the dim light of the evening sun. He glanced at it as he caught his breath. It was powerful, the Keyblade. It had a golden handle with a keychain dangeling from a chain. The blade part was shaped into, not a sharp slit that was a sword would usually have, but into a key. Roxas was still surprised he had such a weapon like this. It was only a few days ago when it suddenly appeared in his paws while he was battling thoose Dusks. Not only that, he had encountering strange dreams and memories. Memories like never before.

***

Roxas stepped into an empty street of an unknown world. Buildings and cottage like homes seemed vacant and empty like the town tonight. Roxas wore black robes that blended into the night. His head was completly hidden behind a hood, only some of his brunet hair and his snout seemed to stick out.

Roxas took no notice of the vacancy, all he had in his head right now was to make it to the middle of the town. He was meeting someone... Then somewhere from the darkness a shadow leapt towards him. Roxas swiftly turned and the shadow dissapppeared with a dark auroa. Clutched within one of his paws was one of the Keyblades. This one in particuar had bright stars towards it's end. The whole blade itself was a sleek silver that glistened no matter how dark it was. Then from his backside another shadow leapt from the darkness. Roxas turned with grace and it vanished, now clutched within his second paw was a dark blade. The other Keyblade. With every movement it made a dark streak followed it. Soon enough, more shadow beings appeared from the darkness. The Heartless streched out thier sharp claws and leapt again. Roxas quickly striked the Heartless with the Keyblades, they dissapeared with the usual aura of darkness. But Roxas couldn't stay to fend off the Heartless. After delivering another swift strike he ran off towards the Central Square, the Heartless following close behind.

The Central Square was lit up by the lamps that surrounded it. A tall building stood in front of the three street passageways that led to the usual gathering place. Roxas quickly galloped into the open space and glanced on top of the tall building that stood in the front. But the Heartless soon came, spilling into the open space. Soon, to add to the already numerous Heartless, more seeped from from the shadows.

Roxas faced the surrounding Heartless, his two Keyblades in paws. The Heartless stood still, waiting for him to make the first move. He quickly glanced at the circle they formed and smiled to himself. He leapt into the air, several following his air movement. He quickly swiped and wheeled in circles, destroying any Heartless nearest to him. He landed gracefully upon the brick floor and jumped back as the Heartless remaining on the floor swiped with thier dark claws. He ran into the Heartless, swipping and dodging swiftly. He jumped out from the center and landed at the foot of the building, the dozens of Heartless watching him. He glanced upwards and smiled. Up upon the building was who he was waiting for. Another lupe looked down, his face was conveyed by the shadow of his hood, but Roxas clearly knew he was sneering, waiting for what they came here for in the first place. He quickly gave another look at the Heartless and started to run up the building.

His hood wavered in the air that was pouring onto him, but he went up the building with ease. The lupe watched intently, following Roxas's movement. Roxas thrusted his dark Keyblade towards him, the fimiliar dark stream followed it. He quickly jumped from the ledge and caught it in midair and was freefalling. Roxas, still clutching the Keyblade that contained the golden stars ran downwards, towards the remaining Heartless, and the mysterious lupe.

The last Heartless vanished as Roxas striked it swiftly with his Keyblade. All was remaining was Roxas and the hooded lupe. They stood still, knowing each other's presence. After a tensing moment they both at the same time clashed into each other, the Keyblades creating the sound of steel being hit against steel. They both jumped back and Roxas quickly dashed towards the lupe, the Keyblade within midair and ready for a strike. In a split secound the lupe dodged and counterattacked from behind, sending Roxas into the ground. He rose the shadow like Keyblade for another attack but was to slow as Roxas jumped to his paws as the blade scarcley missed him. The Oathkeeper, clutched in Roxas's paws, gleamed in the light of the moon. He jumped upwards and striked down upon the unexpecting lupe that had the Oblivion. The hooded lupe skidded upon the floor. Roxas went up to the fallen one.

Why?" the hooded lupe gasped. "Why do you have the Keyblade?!"

Shut up!" Roxas growled and striked down with the Oathkeeper to finish the job, but was to slow. The hooded one quickly jabbed with the Oblivion sending Roxas hard upon the ground, unconscious.

***

Roxas blinked and shook his head.

Another memory...of my past.... Suddenly Heartless leapt from the shadows. Roxas quickly dodged one's sharp, dark, claws and ran as fast as he could away from them. There was just to many of them. He couldn't fight them for much longer. His energy was already depleted. He took a sharp turn and stopped abruntly. He just ran into three Dusks. He growled slightly and poised the Keyblade in a fighting position. He had no choice but to fight them. They swirled into a graceful circle surrounding him and striked. Roxas quickly got out of the way and started to swipe the Dusks. They dodged and swivered out of the way easily. Suddenly all three aligned and bolted towards Roxas. He closed his eyes shut, waiting for the moment, but after a minute nothing happened. He opened his eyes and gasped. He was no longer in Twilight Town....The world around him was dark. There wasn't any buildings but instead, foundations that, if seen by a distance, had stain glass windows.

Where am I?" he said quietly. His voice echoed into the nothingness. He looked around and found a stainglass bridge that led to more platforms. He looked down to see that he, himself was standing on one. The floor had a large picture that covered it all. It depicted a picture of...Sora... Roxas gazed at it silently. Then a sound started to pick up. Roxas looked up to see more Dusks, swirling towards the.

Great...," Roxas muttered and prepared to battle. For awhile, Roxas had to do everything over. Every bridge he crossed he had to battle Dusks and sometimes Heartless. The platforms and bridges seemed to go on and never end. The Dusks and the Heartless kept on appearing as well.

Roxas stepped onto a new platform. He stood pensively for a moment. He was expecting Heartless and Dusks to appear, but none appeared. Roxas collasped onto the ground in exhaustion. He couldn't keep going on like this... there had to be a way out...

What's the matter, Roxas?" asked a voice. Roxas looked up to see Axel, a few paces away. Spiky orange and red hair laid upon his head. His eyes were a glowing green and he wore black clothing... the same clothing an Organization XIII member would wear.

Axel...," Roxas muttered. Roxas had met him before. Axel always challenged him to duels. He was told from the Organization to destroy him... Not only that, but Roxas had memories of him. When he was in the Organization, he had always seen him there.... but for now, Roxas could only see an enemy.

What does the Organization want from me?!" Roxas bellowed. Axel just sneered at his question. He streched out his arms and in a flash of flames, two spike wheels appeared in his paws.

Prepare to be elimenated!" Axel bellowed and started to run towards Roxas. Roxas followed forth with the Keyblade. A loud screech of metal and fire hitting each other echoed into the darkness. Roxas leapt back as Axel sent a burning strike towards him. but was to slow. He was knocked back, his fur singed a bit from the fire. Axel saw his chance and threw the flaming wheels towards him. Roxas quickly paryed the blow and leapt towards him and swiftly jabbed the Keyblade at him. The battle ragged on between the two. Each sending each other with powerful blows. Roxas delivered the final blow that left Axel weak and exhausted.

Enough!" Axel grinned. Roxas stood a few feet away, the Keyblade clutched tightly. "It seems I underestimated you," Axel said. A portal of darkness formed behind him. He slowly started to back into it. "But remember, the Organization will still be after you." And dissappeared. Suddenly the platform started to shake.

Wha-," Roxas yelled. To be countinued....