Chapter 27 Road to Dawn

"I have to say, this thing fits quite well." Riku said as he examined the black coat DIZ gave him that he was now wearing.

"Yeah same here." Silas said wearing his black coat as well.

"What about that?" Riku asked pointing to the pieces of armor that Silas was once wearing.

"Well, it wasn't feeling comfortable under the coat, so I decided to ditch it and just keep the black clothing I wore underneath it. Besides, I'm technically not a solider anymore." Silas said

"Fair point." Riku said

"You both ready to head out?" Mickey asked approaching the two. Like the two boys, he was also wearing a black coat. But he had his hood up over his big ears. Not that it hid them or anything.

"Yeah. Let's get out of this crazy castle." Riku said as the three headed out.

After some walking, the three found themselves in a meadow in the dead of night. Before them was DIZ standing at a crossroad.

"What are you making me chose now?" Riku asked a bit annoyed.

"Between the road to light?" DIZ gestured to the left. "Or the road to darkness?" DIZ gestured to the right

Riku just shrugged as he walked right passed DIZ down the path that was right behind the man. "Nether path suits me. I'm taking the middle road."

"Do you mean the twilight road to nightfall?" DIZ asked

Riku stopped and turned to face DIZ. "No. It's the road to dawn!"

With that, the sun began to rise.

"Ah, that feels so nice. And real too." Silas said stretching his arms basking in the sun's warmth.

"Yeah. It certainly dose." Riku said as the two continued down their path.

Mickey walked up to DIZ.

"What do we do about Namine?" Mickey asked looking back to the road that lead to Castle Oblivion.

DIZ looked back at the road as well. "For now, let her be." And with that, the two walked down the middle path after the two boys.

Back in Castle Oblivion:

Namine stared at Sora's pod as she continued to undo the changes she made to his memories.

"Sora…You will forget me because I am taking apart the chains I made. But one day, I hope we can be friends for real." Namine said with a small smile.

Somewhere else in the castle.

"I swear, I've looked in every possible room within this stupid castle, but I just can't find the chamber, and I lost track of Namine. Oh who am i kidding. Like anyone could search this entire stupid castle." Axel muttered in annoyance. "Oh well. I think I'd better pack it up and head home. Don't want to try my luck with the King." Axel said as he opened a corridor of darkness. "I wonder how Roxas is doing?"

Elsewhere in Twilight Town:

A young boy around Sora's age with blond spikey hair, blue eyes and wearing a black coat was sitting on a clocktower with an ice-cream bar in his hand.

Meanwhile in the streets of Nohr:

A young man with blond hair and black and gold armor with purple robes and a purple cape was walking down the streets looking for some type of clues.

"Strange…I know we positioned a guard here." The man muttered

"Xander." Another voice called out.

The man Xander looked to see another man years younger than him approach. He had slightly shorter blond hair and his clothing was very similar to Xander's. Only difference was that he didn't have purple robes, his cape was shorter and he had a big shirt collar around his neck that was...off.

"Leo." Xander greeted

"It's nearly time to head back. What are you doing out here?" Leo asked

"There have been rumors of strange sightings around here, but I have found nothing. Not even the guard that I know was stationed here." Xander said

"He was likely killed." Leo shrugged. "You know how dangerous these parts are. Why Iago decided to send a rookie out here is beyond me."

"Your guesses are as good as mine brother, but I suppose you are right. He is likely dead or he fled." Xander sighed.

"Those rumors are probably just that…rumors. Or someone saw another faceless wandering lose." Leo said

"I suppose so. Very well, let's head back. "Xander said. 'The knight we sent here was Silas. Well, I guess there is nothing I can do about it now.'

"Good. I'm getting hungry." Leo said

"Oh, and one more thing Leo." Xander said

"What is it?" Leo asked

Xander just smirked. "Your collar."

Leo looked down Sure enough his collar was on backwards...agian. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"

In Hoshido:

A young man close to Sora's age, a bit younger with long silver hair tied in a ponytail and garbed in blue and white robes with white fur.

Currently, he was walking down the halls of the Hoshidan castle until he came across a hall with several pictures hanging across the walls. One in particular was a family portrait with him, his parents and all of his siblings at the time, so minus Azura. One in particular was of a younger Corrin.

His thoughts then drifted to a much younger him playing tag with said boy before he shook his head.

"Stop dwelling on the past. He's gone and isn't coming back." He mumbled. "Remembering will only hurt."

"Takumi!" A voice called out.

Looking behind, the boy called Takumi saw a young girl with red hair and dressed in a white and red shrine maiden outfit with a long red skirt.

"Sakura." Takumi greeted his younger sister.

"Mother was looking for you." Sakura said

"Alright, I'll be there." Takumi said as he left to find his mother.

Sakura turned and glanced at the family portrait her older brother was looking at. She glanced at the two siblings with red eyes, pointy ears and silver hair.

"I wish I could have met them." She muttered having only been a baby when Corrin and Kamui were taken from Hoshido. She then left after her older brother.

Back with Riku:

Riku, Silas, and Mickey were still walking down the long path.

"How long dose this road go?" Silas groaned annoyed

"I have no idea." Mickey mumbled also annoyed

Riku felt a small pain in his chest as he fell to a knee.

"Riku! Are you alright?" Silas asked as he and Mickey rushed to his aid

"I'm fine." Riku waved them off as he got up and continued walking.

"Riku…I hope you know that you don't have to tackle everything on your own." Mickey said, though he worried that what he said didn't fully stick in Riku's mind yet.

And that's a wrap!

Chain of Memories is finally done. It got really redundant writing boss fights after boss fights after boss fights, but I am glad for all the love and criticism you guys gave me.

Anyway, next up will be 358/2 Days. It will probably start soon, but I don't have anything set in stone yet. Ether way, I hope everyone looks forward to it. And yes, as I've said before, we will start the Fates characters at some point during the next arc.

Speaking of which, Did you guys enjoy the cameos this time? Since I used Kamui, Azura, and Mikoto last time, I decided to mix it up a bit with some other characters this time.

Anyway, see you guys next time for Of Key and Sword Ice Cream... I mean, Of Key and Sword 358/2 Days. XD

See you guys then.