Chapter 1 Roxas

"No, my skills, failed me?" Ansem-Riku grunted as he vanished into thin air again.

"Riku…" Sora said worried to his friend's fate.

"Sora! Sora look!" Donald cried out getting his attention.

"The Keyhole!" Goofy said

Sora walked up to where Donald, Goofy, and Corrin met up with after waking up upon being knocked out from falling down the stairs.

Sora held up the Keyblade to the Keyhole, but nothing happened. "It's not working." Sora said

"Probably because the Keyhole is incomplete." Corrin said remembering what Ansem-Riku said

"So, what do we do?" Donald asked

"Maybe, we have to go and wake Kairi up first." Goofy guessed.

"Makes sense, considering what that Ansem freak was trying to do." Corrin said

"If we could free her heart, but how?" Sora asked before he spotted Ansem-Riku's Keyblade that still laid on the ground. "A Keyblade that unlocks people's hearts…I wonder." Sora mumbled to himself as he approached the Keyblade.

"Sora?" Corrin asked

Sora then picks up the Keyblade and gets a good grip on it as the others realized what he was trying to do.

"SORA HOLD ON!" Goofy shouted

"NO! WAIT!" Donald shouted

"DON'T DO THIS!" Corrin shouted as the three ran towards him. Sora just smiled at them before he raised the dark Keyblade up to his chest, and stabbed himself with it. The three stopped dead in their tracks in shock to wait happened.

The dark Keyblade shattered releasing six balls of light went flying across the room to return to the bodies of the six women in the pods that lined the halls. One last ball exited Sora's body and went to Kairi's causing her to awaken immediately and the final keyhole sparked a glow to show it was finally complete.

Kairi slowly got up to see Sora's body covered in a bright light with Corrin and Donald rushing towards him shouting his name.

Kairi immediately got to her feet and ran towards her friend. "Sora!" She cried out, but as soon as she touched him, Sora vanished in a flash of light that started to raise to the air and vanish like an ember spark.

"SORA! COME BACK SORA!" Donald cried out as Corrin and Kairi were frozen in shock to what had happened.


Around that time...in another town:

A young teenage boy around Sora's age wearing a white short-sleeve jacket with a black shirt underneath it. He wore beige white pats with black closer to the waist. He had black shoes with red laces and a black and white arm band on his left wrist.

The boy awoke from on the floor all confused and empty. However, a black portal opened before him and a man in a black coat stepped out. His face was completely covered by his hood, but when he closely approached one could see tan skin and yellow eyes.

"You seek answers." The man said in a deep voice. With a wave of his hand the word Sora appeared before him.

"You feel nothing. Nothing is real." The man said as he brought his hand forward again. "I can give you a purpose."

The letters around the boy started to swirl around him until an X appeared before him. The letters that once spelled Sora then rearranged themselves to form a new name.

"Roxas." The boy said blankly

The man smirked under his hood. "That is right. The new you."


Day 7

In a large white castle that stood around a dark yet empty city, the boy now known as Roxas was now dressed in the same black coat that the man who gave him his name was wearing. Roxas was currently asleep on his bed rather peacefully.

Or at least he would be if the white slender creatures known as Dusks weren't putting a cloth pin on his nose.

"OI! KNOCK IT OFF!" A voice shouted as the Dusks fled out of the room. The red spiky haired Axel walked into the room and removed the cloths pin from Roxas's nose.

"Stupid Dusks…always picking on the new guy." Axel said tossing the cloths pin aside. "Alright, rise and shine Roxas."

Roxas awoke with a still blank look on his face he had since his birth.

"Still no lights on up there huh? Well, we're suppose to meet in the round room today so let's get going." Axel said as he guided Roxas out of his room.

"So, have you got my name memorized yet?" Axel asked as the walked

"Ax…ess" Roxas muttered

"EL!" Axel corrected

"el." Roxas said

My, my. If it isn't Number XIII himself. The Keyblade's chosen one." Vexen said spotting the two.

Axel just simply walked pass Vexen without saying anything.

"HEY! HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME!" Vexen shouted finally getting Axel's attention.

"What?" Axel asked uninterested

"You just walked right by your elder without even a simple hello. Don't you have any level of common sense?" Vexen scolded

"Oh, right. Haven't seen you in a while. I thought you died." Axel dismissed and continued walking with Roxas.

Vexen just growled. "He thinks he's so hot because he was chosen to look after the Keyblade wielder." Vexen grumbled a bit jealous as a man with his hair combed down and in a ponytail with an eye patch on his right eye and scar on his left cheek walked up.

"If you ask me Vexen, Axel's really a big softy despite his tough appearance and attitude." The man said three other members walked by. One was Marluxia with a rose in his hand, one was blond with a beard that had cards in his hands and one was black haired with dreadlocks.

"I'd say he's perfect for the roll." The one with dreadlocks said

"Definitely." The man with the cards said

"Fits it like a glove." Marluxia commented

"You guys just didn't want to do it." Axel muttered annoyed

The group walked into a large room with thirteen chairs all placed in a circle and each member of the organization walking to their respective chairs except Axel who was still helping Roxas into his chair.

"Hey nanny!" Larxene called out

"SHUT UP!" Axel shouted before turning back to Roxas. "Alright. Sit still and don't fall off." He said as Roxas's chair began to rise and Axel made his way to his.

"Number XIII still isn't fully functional." Lexaeus commented to Zexion.

"It isn't that surprising. Unlike the rest of us, XIII doesn't have his memories of his past self. Without a heart and memories, it's unknown how long it will take for him to react to anything.

With that, the Organization members were all seated with their chairs rised to different levels. Their leader with his chair furthest from the door and rose higher than any of the others began the meeting.

Their leader Xemnas the Superior. Number I with long silver hair and yellow eyes.

Number II Xigbar the Free shooter was the one with the eye patch.

Number III Xaldin the Whirlwind Lancer was the one with the deadlocks.

Number IV Vexen the Chilly Academic.

Number V Lexaeus the Silent Hero.

Number VI Zexion the Cloaked Schemer

Number VII Saix the Lunar Divider was a man with long blue hair and an X shaped scar on his face

Number VIII Axel the Flurry of Dancing Flames

Number IX Demyx the Melodious Nocturne had a blond mullet and a large blue guitar in the shape of the emblem the Dusks had on their foreheads in his hands

Number X Luxord the Gambler of Fate was the one with the blond hair and beard that also had cards in his hands

Number XI Marluxia the Graceful Assassin

Number XII Larxene the Savage Nymph

And finally, Number XIII Roxas the Key of Destiny

Organization XIII. A group of Nobodies. Beings that are all that remains of those who have become Heartless. Yet those who possessed a strong heart and willpower to keep on existing even as they fade back into darkness. Empty husks that lack a heart and can't feel emotions yet they can act on it by relying on their memories from their times before becoming Heartless. They act like normal people, but in truth…

They feel nothing.

"Good times friends. This is a momentous day. I am pleased to announce that a new comrade has been chosen to wear the coat. Number XIV. Another chosen wielder of the Keyblade." Xemnas said with his voice booming as ever.

A new figure stepped forward at the center of the room. The person was around Roxas's height but its face was covered by its hood.

Roxas stared at the new figure rather curiously as the figure seemed to have a small smile upon seeing Roxas.

A fated encounter that would change their lives forever.


Day 8

"Two Keyblade wielders in a row. Sweet luck there." Demyx said from on the couch of a rather casual room with two couches around a small wooden table, and a massive window that showed the eternal night sky outside. "But with XIV members, will we be called Organization XIV now?"

"How should I know?" Xaldin asked annoyed.

Roxas glanced at Number XIV who was staring at him intently. Roxas hid behind Axel who was talking to Saix.

"What? A mission?" Axel asked

"I can't have him sitting around here stare off into space all day." Saix said

"Well yeah but…will he be okay?" Axel asked a bit concerned due to Roxas's inability to really do anything by himself at the moment aside from some bare basics like eating and sleeping.

"Not to worry, you will be accompanying him." Saix said

"WHAT?!" Axel shouted

"Everyone else has their missions. You are the only one available." Saix said

"The only one huh?" Axel muttered glancing at Demyx who unlike the rest of them wasn't even getting ready to leave. Rather he was strumming on his guitar or rather sitar without a care in the world.

"I don't think I need to explain why I didn't choose him." Saix said flatly as he turned towards the ninth member. "And he does have his JOB to do."

With that, Demyx yelped and left.

"Whatever. Let's go Roxas." Axel said, but Roxas wasn't moving. Rather, he was still staring at the new member who was standing by Saix. "What's up? Curious about the new kid?"

"Get going." Saix ordered

"Hang on a second. This is the first time Roxas has shown any interest in anything." Axel said. "So, what is Number XIV's name again?"

"Number XIV is Xion." Saix said a bit annoyed

"Right Xion. I knew that. Let's go Roxas." Axel said dragging Roxas into the corridor.

"You weren't listening to a word Lord Xemnas said yesterday did you." Saix commented

"Sorry, gotta go." Axel said quickly closing the corridor.

Saix just sighed. "Idiot."


And that's a wrap!

So now we begin Of Key and Sword 358/2 Days. This story will be handled differently than Chain of Memories did.

I may not do all the Disney Worlds, but I do plan on actually doing them in this fic unlike in Chain of Memories that was skipped.

I will not be doing every mission in the game, and will follow more from the manga more since I don't like the game (And my copy no longer works) and the movie in the HD collection cuts out too much to properly use. Plus the manga dose give a bit more personality to the characters in my opinion.

I will be using the days stamps throughout the fan-fiction for this arc. It also helped me plan this arc out pretty well. Probably the best out of all of my plans so far when writing.

As for the Fire Emblem characters, they won't appear till much later since their appearance is suppose to tie into Kingdom Hearts 2. So it will be a while.

Speaking of which, I am NOT making a Corrin replica. Corrin doesn't wield a Keyblade and...I'll at least say that Xemnas's interest in Corrin comes more to the scientist side of him than for Kingdom Hearts. But there is something or some people from Corrin's home that Xemnas has taken interest into and you will see it in this arc.(It's not Anankos) I do have plans for his DNA, but it is not going to be a replica of him. I appreciate the suggestion Ed, but I don't need more characters please.