Frustration

"Frustration" is the sixteenth chapter of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.
== Synopsis ==
Roxas is eating sea-salt ice cream on the Clock Tower when Axel returns from his classified mission to Castle Oblivion and wonders where Xion is. Xion reports to Xemnas and Saïx about her failure to apprehend the impostor. Xemnas doesn't answer and Saïx dismisses her report, claiming he knew she was a defect. Xion hides in her room, plagued by both her defeat and Saïx's words. 
The next day, Xion asks Saïx for another chance in apprehending the impostor though he refuses, saying they've wasted enough chances on her. Roxas stumbles upon the exchange, but Xion runs past him without a word. Before Roxas can go after her, Xaldin reminds him that they need to leave for their mission. Xion wonders why she ran from Roxas, but is unable to reach a conclusion and doesn't join Roxas and Axel on the Clock Tower. The day after that, Xion collects hearts in Twilight Town, pondering why the impostor advised her to leave the Organization. Roxas finds her, having been assigned a mission to the same world, and the two eat sea-salt ice cream on the Clock Tower. However, after she apologizes for not coming and for running away, Xion asks Roxas why she is allied with Organization XIII. Roxas answers that it's because they can both use the Keyblade and are therefore special. Xion responds that while they may be special, they're not the same and leaves Roxas alone and confused.
Meanwhile, Riku reaches The World That Never Was and recalls his battle with Xion, bewildered that she resembles Kairi. Pluto approaches him, snapping Riku out of his thoughts. As they prepare to leave, Pluto looks back at the castle longingly.
== Worlds and characters ==
Twilight Town	The WorldThat Never Was
;Organization XIII
* Roxas
* Axel	
;Organization XIII
* Xion
* Saïx
* Xemnas
* Xaldin
;Other
* Riku
* Pluto
* Kairi (flashback)
== Production notes ==
=== Series continuity ===
* Axel returns from his mission to Castle Oblivion which he was assigned to in "Watchdog".
* Xion and Riku both recall their battle from "A Matter of Memory".
* Riku tracks the Organization to The World That Never Was, having used Pluto to locate their stronghold in "Watchdog".
=== Differences from the video game ===
* Roxas's mission to Halloween Town and his mission with Xaldin to investigate Beast's Castle isn't shown.
* In the game, Roxas finds Xion at the Clock Tower where she tells him how she failed to apprehend the impostor. The two then decide to combine their missions to finish faster.
=== Goofs ===
* Xion remembers Riku saying the Organization is bad news though he never says this to her in the manga continuity. He does, however, say the line in the video game.
=== Trivia ===
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