Nobody Knows

"What? Axel? He's alive?", Sora couldn't believe his ears.
Nobody just nodded and then disappeared into the gate of darkness.
"Well, that's a surprise. I can't believe it!", Sora said excitedly.
"Yes, that was the guy who kidnapped me once," Kairi said only about it. "Right, but he fought on our side later, didn't he Sora?" Asked Riku.
Sora nodded in agreement: "Exactly. He fought at my side against the Nobody. But he had put all his energy into an attack and destroyed all Nobody at once. How did he manage to survive that?"
"No idea. But we'll find out about that and who this person was", Riku was sure of his cause.
"But what exactly did she mean by saying that we should listen to our dark side?" Asked Kairi.
"If I understand correctly, I should listen to Roxas and you should listen to Naminé," replied Sora.
"But how are we supposed to do that?" Asked Kairi."I don't know exactly either ... the girl from right now could certainly help us," said Sora.
Riku was silent and thought.
Kairi noticed.
"What's going on, Riku?" She asked.
It took some time before he answered.
"Who should I listen to? What's my dark side?" He wanted to know.
"Oh, well ... good question", Sora and Kairi couldn't answer his question anymore, because they didn't know either.
"I see," Riku bowed his head.
"Oh, cheer up, Riku. We'll find out. I'm sure of that," Sora wanted to encourage Riku.
"I want your optimism," said Riku only about it.
"Hmm, then we probably have no other choice. We have to find this girl again. I guess only she can answer our questions," said Kairi and looked at the two of them.
Sora and Riku nodded in agreement.
"Well then we'll go looking for you tomorrow!", Sora said optimistically ... but ...
The next morning was first of all school."Why do we have to go to school ???" was Sora's first question when he set off with Kairi and Riku.
"You spent too much time without, studying will be good for you," Kairi said, watching the two boys tugging on their new school uniform.
The two felt silly.
Sora tried to unbutton his shirt again but failed a little.
"Go ahead," he said. "I'll be right there as soon as I get this shirt on ..."
Kairi wanted to help Sora but when Riku said that it would take Sora forever and three days, Sora wanted to get it all on her own and so Kairi and Riku were soon out of sight.
"Damn it!" Sora cursed.
Then he noticed how it was suddenly getting colder.
The wind picked up too, sweeping through the palm leaves.
Sora pricked up her ears, had someone just called his name?
~ Take care of Sora! ~
This time he was sure. Immediately he turned in the direction from which the voice was coming.Right there a heartless appeared 2 seconds later. With a skillful blow, Sora surprised the attacker.
That was strange. As if I had guessed it in advance.
Then Sora heard someone clap their hands behind him. Immediately he turned around.
There she was again. Yesterday's nobody.
"Bravo!" She cheered Sora. But he went straight to her and began with his questions.
"Who are you?"
Surprised, she stopped clapping and looked at him with a sly smile.
"That's not the question you wanted to ask."
Sora swallowed hard.
"How do you know..."
"Stop! First ask the question that is so close to your heart!", She asked Sora.
He was silent for a moment and then asked: "What is Riku's dark side?"
She smiled contentedly.
"I know why this question torments you. You are afraid the dark side of your friend could be Xehanort. But you don't have to worry. His dark side is actually a very nice guy.""Who is it?"
She looked at him in surprise.
"I actually thought you'd figure it out yourself."
"Tell me!"
"You two attract each other. You forget, Riku was once heartless for a short time too. So he has a nobody too. And your nobody attract each other, just like you two. And who do you think was the best, no shall we say Roxas's only friend? Who do you think was the only one who missed Roxas and fought for him to the end? "
Sora widened his eyes in shock.
"Exactly!" Said the girl, "Axel is Rikus Nobody!"
"Axel?", Sora couldn't believe it.
"Yes, it is," she confirmed.
"Well, I wouldn't have thought that possible. But now that I think about it, it sounds logical," Sora said with a brooding expression.
"Fine, but don't tell Riku yet. Keep it to yourself first," said no one and seemed to mean it very seriously.
"Why?", Sora asked curiously. "You will see that soon", she only replied and then disappeared again."Aha, weird answer," he shrugged. Suddenly he heard Kairi's voice: "Man, Sora. Where are you? Otherwise we'll be too late".
"What? Oh yes, school. Wait, I'll come!", He ran as fast as he could and managed to catch up with Riku and Kairi.
"Do you really take that long to unbutton your shirt?" Riku asked jokingly. "Well, well ... it looks like this," he agreed with Riku with a small smile.
"Oh man", it only occurred to Kairi and they continued on their way to school. But Sora found it difficult not to talk about why it had taken so long.
So the three made their way to school, where they got there just in time.
After the class was over, of which Sora had barely understood a word, and after all homework was done, Sora, Kairi and Riku met.
They had arranged to meet after school and resolved to clarify various questions. For example who this girl was.But they also wanted to think about who or what Riku's dark side is ... When Sora walked slowly to the agreed meeting point, the very thought of not talking about what had happened this morning was hard for him. Sora continued on his way and saw his two friends, who had already been waiting for him and who were walking towards him.
"Where have you been for so long?", Kairi asked, "You apparently took your time!"
"I'm sorry," Sora apologized. "Oh well. Forget it. We have more important things to do," Riku called and wanted to get back to the actual topic.
Sora and Kairi nodded in agreement and they looked for a place where they could think about everything in peace.
"So which question is easier to answer ... To find this girl or to find out which Riku's dark side is?", Kairi asked and looked over at the two of them.
"Well, good question", Riku answered and brooded, "What do you think of that, Sora?""What, me? So ..." he started.
"What's going on?", Kairi was worried. "Oh nothing. What should be?", Sora stuttered and had beads of sweat on her forehead.
"You're acting weird somehow," Riku noticed right away.
"I'm acting weird? Oh, what. It just seems like that to you," Sora defended herself.
"If you think so," Riku said only about it.
"Yes," Sora confirmed. Then it became more and more difficult for him not to talk about what he actually wanted to talk about.[i]Man, that's really nerve-wracking. How long should I keep it a secret? Sora thought to herself. Kairi and Riku looked at him worried. They knew something was wrong with Sora.
"Hey, I have an idea!" Said Kairi suddenly.
"Maybe we can find some clues in our cave."
"That's right, that's where the door is," confirmed Riku Kairi's suspicions. And so they went to where it all started.
Once there, they began to think again.
Sora, however, was suddenly somewhere else with his thoughts.Because he heard that voice again that had warned him this morning.
~ Please. Free him ~
"What?"
Startled, Riku and Kairi looked at Sora, who was apparently talking to himself.
"Who should I free?"
Kairi wanted to see Sora but Riku held her back.
"Stay here, something is wrong with him."
Sora walked slowly past his friends and towards the door. His eyes went milky as if he were half asleep.
~ Please. Free him. He shouldn't be alone anymore. ~
[i]What's going on here? My body no longer obeys me, Sora stated in horror.
[i]Riku, Kairi help me!
Out of nowhere, a handle and keyhole appeared on the door. Sora reached out his hand to the handle and pushed it down.
"Don't!", Kairi shouted, but it was too late.
The door flew open and out came a crowd of heartless people.
Riku instinctively stood in front of Kairi and fended off the Heartless. He looked at Sora with an angry look.
"What did you do, idiot?"
Sora stood firm against the heartless and suddenly shouted: "We are here, Axel!"But that wasn't Sora's voice.
Suddenly nobody showed up again.
She reacted quickly and jumped into the darkness.
After a few seconds she came back with someone in tow.
"Close it!" She shouted angrily. Sora came to and closed the door with one skillful blow.
"Man, Sora. What was the whole action supposed to be?", Riku shouted, who was still fighting the heartless, angry.
"I ... I don't know. It just came over me. I couldn't do anything about it," Sora was very pale in the face and didn't know exactly what had just happened.
"Then at least help me get rid of the Heartless", Riku shouted, who was completely surrounded by the Heartless.
"I'm coming on," he let his keyblade appear and together they now fought against the heartless.
After a short while they were all defeated and everyone was relieved that it was over.
"Okay, we would have. And next?", Riku pointed to nobody and the person who was with her.The stranger knelt next to Nobody. His face was hidden under a hood.
"Do I owe you something now?" He asked nobody.
She looked at him angrily and then turned her face away.
"If it hadn't been for that idiot, I wouldn't have jumped in."
She looked at Sora with a look that could kill.
"If you can't get him under control I'll lock him up again!" She said angrily.
"Who do you mean?", Sora asked totally confused.
"Who do I mean? Well Roxas! Didn't you even notice that he took over your body again? Are you ignoring him?"
Sora fell down the pine drawer.
"What? Roxas? But ..."
"But what?", Nobody interrupted him.
"But ... why should Roxas do that?" Sora wanted to know.
"He's a part of you after all,"