AN Another long chapter, guys!

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They all sat in Where Nothing Gathers. Roxas looked sad but Max looked depressed. She didn't sleep, nor ate. She hugged her knees against her chest and buried her face into her knees.

"They have vanished again." Xemnas stated.

"Do we know where they is?" Xaldin questioned.

"They is just a Replicas …a puppets." He said and Max just closed her eyes.

"Puppet? Someone made her?" Luxord asked and they started talking about random stuff Maximum didn't pay her attention too. That was until she heard her brother's name.

"Axel, seeing as how they escaped on your watch, it is your responsibility to capture them and return. I am willing to overlook any nicks or scratches. Just ensure they still function on your arrival." Max looked up at her superior. "Axel, you have your orders."

Immediately Max stood up on her throne and glared at Xemnas. "He's not doing it on his own. I'm going with my brother to find them." Most of the members gasped at this, but Xemnas smirked.

"Oh will you?"

"Xemnas, I'm not afraid of you and I'm much stronger than you!" Xigbar started to chuckle at this.

"You stronger than me? If I had a heart I would be dying of laughter. Maximum you are nothing but a petty fragile nobody." Xaldin and Xigbar laughed at this as Saix smirked. She felt tears burning in her eyes and she growled.

"The same bloody petty fragile nobody who told you about Marluxia and Larxene's plans to overthrow the Organisation. If I didn't hear that conversation that day, things would have been very different. I'm the same petty fragile nobody whom you thanked that night!" She yelled and everyone was quiet.

"Is this the only purpose I serve in this Organisation; to get all the secrets and report to you?!" She asked.

"Of course not, you have only one purpose in this Organisation chosen Keyblade wielder, to capture more hearts." Max growled.

"You are not in this Organisation to have fun; you are not in this Organisation to make friends, you are not in this Organisation to eat sea salt ice cream and you are definitely not in this Organisation to fall in love!" Her eyes widened and her face paled. He smirked at this and glanced at Roxas who had the same expression.

"Yes, what did you think? I would not have found out about your little affair. You both have no hearts therefore you have no emotions, so do not pretend to be in love." Her eyes were burning with tears and she gulped.

"You're nothing but a fragile nobody which knows too much." She clenched her fist.

"You trusted me; you said that you trusted me!" She roared.

"I did have trust in you. That was until you did not follow my orders. When you saw the imposter in Twilight Town, you did not finish him off, when you had the chance, did you no. XIV?" They all looked at her but she kept on glaring at Xemnas.

"Disgraceful nobody, fulfil your duties in this Organisation." Max blinked and looked down with her fringe covering her green eyes.

"Axel, proceed to your mission. Dismissed." Xemnas disappeared and so did Axel. Max also left after to find her brother.

She ended up in the deserted lounge and saw her brother.

"Axel…" She mumbled and he turned to her. She looked down with tears falling down her cheeks. "I'm sorry, for being such a disgraceful sister." She squeaked and he shook his head at this.

"No, don't say that. That's not true." He pulled her into a hug. "You will never be a disgrace." She gripped onto his coat and sniffed. She pulled away from him and he wiped her tears away.

"Promise, you'll be back soon." She mumbled and he nodded.

"I promise." He turned around and opened a Corridor of Darkness. The pyro was about to walk into it until someone called out his name; Roxas.

"Axel!" He ran up to him and stood next to Max. "Xion... and Jonathan… I don't think they are safe here anymore. You're really not gonna do what Xemnas says, are you?" He asked.

"I have to, or else I'm not safe here either." Roxas gasped at this and gulped.

"Well…could you at least try not to hurt them this time?" Roxas asked.

"That's up to them." Axel mumbled.

"Roxas." He turned to the blonde haired nobody. "Xion is dangerous to you."

"What do you mean by dangerous?"

"Have you got all your strength back?" Axel questioned and Roxas sighed.

"Not yet…" The red haired pyro crossed his arms. "How long have you known about her?" Axel looked up at him and glanced at his sister. Max shut her eyes and gulped; she knew what was coming. Axel went quiet at this.

"So…You knew all this time and kept it from me and Max?" Roxas held her hand and looked at her. She pulled her hand away from him and refused to look at him. Max felt her brother and Roxas staring at her.

"Max, you didn't know, right?" He asked and she felt like daggers were being stabbed in every part of her body. She looked up at him and saw those blue eyes sparkling like sapphires. Her bottom lip quivered and she placed her hand on her chest.

"I'm sorry." She whispered and his eyes widened with shock as his face was filled with anger.

"You knew?!" He shouted and stepped towards her. She looked down with disgrace, shame and guilt. "Did you find out just recently or…?" She looked up at him and she gave up; she had to tell him the truth.

"I knew since the day we found out there was an imposter in the Organisation; he told me about Jonathan and Xion." She mumbled so quietly. Suddenly, Roxas grabbed her by the shoulders and she looked up at his raging eyes.

"You knew all this time but you didn't even tell anyone? Why?! Do you not care about them!? Did you hate Xion that much? Were you that jealous of her?!" He yelled and Axel was just about to snap.

"I-I couldn't…" She couldn't even finish because she was too afraid.

"I can't believe you would stoop that low, Maximum! I can't believe that you would do that... I can't believe you lied to me. To think that I fell in love with a person like you." She gasped at this.

He pushed her and turned around. The way he spoke it was like he was throwing out the garbage. Axel was just about to charge at him but Maximum held him back. The pyro looked at his little sister who was crying. She shook her head and mouthed the words, 'No'. He sighed at this and left for his mission.

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Later…

Max stood in her room and saw Roxas lying down on the bed. She hugged herself and tears fell down her cheeks. He was staring at the ceiling with a calm look and she gulped when she remembered the anger which was evident in his beautiful blue eyes.

"Roxas…" She mumbled and he didn't even react to this. "I'm sorry…"

"It's too late for being sorry, Max." He muttered and she looked down.

"I didn't want to hurt you Roxas." He shook his head at this.

"You hurt me a lot Max. I don't know if I can ever trust you again. What if there's something else you're hiding from me?"

"But Roxas…"

"I don't want to hear anything, don't talk to me." A tear fell down her cheek and she sighed. The red haired nobody turned around and left the room.

A few hours later, it was dinner time but Max didn't come down to eat. Xemnas looked to his left to see an empty chair and smirked.

"It seems that the disgraceful nobody has not come to eat her food." He stated and deep inside Roxas growled at this; how could he call her that?

There she was, Max, covered in bruises and cuts. She walked up to Saïx and placed a bunch of papers onto the table. The red haired nobody turned around and was about to leave.

"Are you not going to eat with us, no. XIV?" Saix asked.

"No, I'm not hungry." She muttered. "Why should a disgrace eat at the table?" That was the last words and she ran off with a few tears falling down her cheeks. Axel stood there and watched her run away. He gripped onto his fist and looked at Xemnas.

"Look here, I have you know that my baby sister is not a disgrace. She never has been and she never will be." He picked up his sister's food and went up to her room with Demyx behind him.

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In Max's room…

Max lied down on her bed wearing her nightdress. Most of her injuries were cleaned up and she was trembling; she wasn't cold.

Axel and Demyx entered the room and she got up but didn't look at them.

"Max, come on, I brought your food." Axel smiled and she leaned her head against the wall.

"I'm not hungry, Axel." She mumbled. Roxas hid near the door and looked into the room.

"But Max, if you don't eat then you might starve until you fade away." Demyx said and she turned to them.

"Well, it doesn't matter then." Max muttered and her trembling turned into shaking. Demyx's eyes widened and he tapped Axel on the shoulder.

"Axel, look! She is shaking!" Axel's green eyes widened and he looked up. He placed the plate onto the table and placed his hands onto her shoulders.

"Maximum…" She looked away from him. "Look at me, right now." Slowly, she looked up at her brother with tears falling down her cheeks.

"You're… drinking elixir again, aren't you?" She averted her eyes away from his and sighed. Demyx and Roxas' eyes widened at this and they gasped. Roxas covered his mouth whilst shaking his head.

"Drinking elixir is bad for you Max!" She leaned her head against the wall and closed her eyes. The red haired nobody felt so weak and light headed; she had five bottles of elixir.

"This isn't the first time Demyx." Axel mumbled and Roxas gulped.

"Wait, what?" The nobody with the mullet asked.

"When Roxas was in a coma for the second time, Max wasn't eating was she?" Axel asked and Roxas felt guilt.

'She didn't tell me that she didn't eat when I was in a coma.' He thought.

"Yeah, she didn't come to dinner, but I didn't know why?" Demyx tilted his head to the side. Axel smacked the boy on the head.

"Haven't you realised yet, Dum-dum? Roxas was in a coma, she was worried that he might have never woken up and she felt guilty because just before he fell into a coma, she had an argument with him!" Roxas felt tears brimming in his blue eyes.

"But how does the elixir come into this?" Demyx asked.

"She became addicted to drinking elixir at that time. She was drowning herself in sorrows." Roxas had tears falling down his cheeks. All that time, she suffered so much and didn't tell him.

"I think she's asleep." Demyx stated and Axel nodded. They both got up and left the room. The red haired pyro spotted Roxas and glared down at him. Then he turned around and walked off. Roxas entered the room and closed the door. He ran up to the bed and burst into tears.

"Max, I'm so sorry, I was so selfish. I didn't know how much you suffered when I was in a coma. Max, I love you so much. I'm sorry!" She didn't even budge or react to this.

There was silence for a few minutes and the blonde haired nobody found this odd. He placed his hand onto her shoulder and shook it softly.

"Max?" He asked but she didn't respond. This worried him even more. "Maximum." He placed both his hands on her shoulders but she didn't open her eyes.

Roxas looked down and found a red apple in her hand which was bitten. This made his eyebrows furrowed together and he looked up at her face which was extremely pale.

"Max! Maximum, wake up!" Her face was so calm yet so pale it was as if she was peacefully asleep, but she wasn't. Roxas' blue eyes widened and he yelled. "MAXIMUM!"