After a few weeks, Maximum just finished her mission and was so excited to join the boy she loved, her partner in crime, and her brother for sea salt ice cream. It's been such a long time since they've eaten ice cream together, because of the constant missions Saïx were barking at them. Each time he would do this, Max got extremely angry, but decided to keep it in and not say anything. The red haired nobody ran up the steps and giggled. It would just be Axel, Roxas, Jonathan, and her.

But just as she got to the top of the Clock Tower her eyes widened and she gasped with shock. There she saw Axel, Roxas, Jonathan, and Xion. They were laughing together and Maximum sighed. A tear fell down her cheek until she heard Axel.

"Oh, hey Sis!" The said nobody was snapped out of daze.

"Huh? Oh, hey…" She mumbled and Axel started fumbling around for something. They all watched him, especially Max.

"Oh crap! I forgot to buy your ice cream…again! Heh, sorry!" That was the fifth time this has happened. The green eyed female looked at the ground and her fringe covered her eyes.

"It's…okay…" She turned around and breathed out.

"Max, where are you going?" Roxas asked and she opened a Corridor of Darkness.

"RTC." She said and went through.

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She ended up in her room and sighed. She sat on her bed and hugged her knees against her chest. Ever since Xion has joined the Organization, things have started to change. And now, whenever she hung out with Xion, Jonathan, Axel, or Roxas, it would feel really awkward for her. So since then, she's been spending less time with them.

Someone entered the room and the red haired nobody knew who it was. "How was your mission?" Saïx asked emotionlessly and her eyebrows furrowed together.

"What's it to you? I've done what I was supposed to do. Leave me alone." She growled.

"Hmph. And to say that you said that you had deep respect for me." He stated.

"Not anymore I don't. As I said before leave me alone." She said through her teeth and Saïx turned around. He was about to leave but froze when he reached the door.

"Don't vent all your anger on me just because no. XVI has stolen your brother and best friends." What Saïx said crossed all limits. She jumped off the bed and was running towards the blue haired nobody with a punch. He grabbed her fist and she glared at him with such cold eyes with hatred. He squeezed her fist but she didn't react to this.

"I said leave me alone." She pushed him and slammed the door in his face. Saïx stared at her door and walked away.

She spent five hours by herself in her room and she couldn't take it anymore. It felt suffocating not to mention extremely traumatising. It was as if she was a mental person isolated in a white room. She stood up and opened up a Corridor of Darkness.

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She stepped onto that island, the island she ended up after meeting Xion. It was sunset and Maximum decided to sit on that leaning tree. The green eyed girl noticed these fruit on the tree. They were star shaped and yellow.

"Hey…" She heard a voice say her name and turned to the boy who saved her at the Clock Tower. "…What are you doing here?" He asked and she frowned.

"I wanted to be alone." Riku sat next to her and raised an eyebrow.

"Don't you have any friends?" This was like a dagger to her heart. She shut her eyes and felt a tear fall down her cheek.

"My friends, they are elsewhere, I just needed sometime to myself." She said and Riku's mouth formed an 'O' in understanding. "But…what about your friends? Where are they?" Now this felt like a million knives stabbed Riku's heart. All he could see was Sora and Mai.

"My friend Sora he's asleep and there's this girl…she's…" Max blushed at his name but looked at the silver haired boy as he was talking about Mai.

"What happened to her?" She asked curiously.

"…She's no longer with us…" Max gaze softened and she sighed at this.

"I'm so sorry for your loss. But, how did she…?" Max trailed off quietly.

"Because of a stupid mistake I made, something I regretted." Riku looked down and placed a hand on his heart. "I don't know how to live anymore." He mumbled.

"Well," Riku looked up at Max. "I bet she's up there and she's looking over you and this Sora. Maybe, all she wants is for you both to be happy, not sad." She said.

"Yeah, you might be right." Max smiled at this.

"There's something inside me, that's saying that she is." This made Riku a bit suspicious.

'That sounds a bit fishy.' He thought and kept it in mind.

"Hey, you know those star shaped fruits on this tree, do you know what are they called? It's called a Paopu fruit and there's a legend behind it." Max's eyebrow rose.

"Oh, really? What is it?" She asked.

"They say that if two people share the fruit, their destinies become intertwined. They'll remain a part of each other's lives no matter what." She smiled at this.

"Is it true?" Maximum asked.

"I don't know, I've never tried it." He said.

"Did you…want to try it with that girl?" She asked quietly and he sighed at this.

"Can't... Even she were alive, she would want to share it with..." He smiled at the thought. She nodded in understanding.

"So cute..." She looked at the fruit and smiled, 'Maybe Roxy a I will share a paopu fruit...'