Roxas/Relationships

## Friends/Allies

### **Axel**

   Axel is Roxas' first and closest friend ever since the day he encountered Nobody while wandering around in Twilight Town. Axel was tasked to look after Roxas since his induction into the Organization. Axel took a likening to Roxas and spent time chatting with him while eating ice cream on the clock tower. After Roxas slowly developed emotions, the two Nobodies became close companions as Roxas looked up to Axel like a big brother.

As time passed by, Roxas would often come to the clock tower and talk to Axel about his days doing the Organization's daily tasks and wondering about the future. Axel later goes a recon mission to Castle Oblivion to exterminate the traitors, leaving Roxas quite lonely. However, when Axel revealed himself to be alive, Roxas was overjoyed at the sight of his best buddy. He later introduced Axel to Xion, forming an unbreakable trio.

Roxas and Axel's bond further strengthened as the redhead gave both him and Xion advice about the world beyond their homeworld; telling them snippets of what's to come in the future. Roxas even admits that he has grown to admire Axel's persona and often considered him the coolest of all Organization members. The two would later go on several missions together, cooperating like bash brothers with no ease.

### **Xion**

   Xion is Roxas' other best friend ever since he was tasked to look after the young replica under the orders of Xemnas. Originally, Roxas didn't have that much of an opinion towards Xion until the day she started speaking and wished him good luck on a mission. Roxas would then treat Xion to hang out with him on Twilight Town's clock tower to eat ice cream and chat about their dreams of reclaiming their hearts.

From this point on, the two became close friends and bonded over talking about their missions after finishing their everyday tasks. Roxas often displayed a warm-hearted persona towards Xion, expressing great joy whenever she would come to sit with him on the clock tower. The two even got to go on missions together, which strengthened their friendship day after day.

When Roxas fell into a coma during his early days of being an Organization member, Xion visited Roxas and wished for him to spend time with her more often. She even brought in a collection of seashells for Roxas, admitting she'd like for him to have more free time too. The two would soon become deeply close to one another, with Roxas often protecting her against Saix.

### **Sora**

Sora is Roxas' original self and the two boys appear to share a strong connection despite not interacting that much in the series. At first, Roxas wasn't fully aware of his role as Sora's Nobody and rather oblivious of the latter's existence. When he occasionally fell asleep, Roxas started experiencing Sora's memories and dreams of encountering him several times despite being asleep for a year at that time. This view slowly fell apart when Roxas realized the Organization was using him and the fact he wasn't meant to exist at all.

Roxas would later attempt to locate Sora and rescue Xion from oblivion upon betraying the Organization. However, Roxas still wasn't aware of Sora when clashing with Riku. It's even shown that Roxas refuses to accept his identity as someone he doesn't know. A few days later, Roxas soon met Sora upon the end of his summer vacation. The young Nobody realized that it was his fate to be sealed shut inside Sora's body and reluctantly accepted his destiny.

When Sora woke up, Roxas notably appeared to share some of Sora's experiences as well. This was notably shown when Sora shed tears upon leaving Hayner, Pence, and Olette. This was later revealed to be Roxas expressing his sadness over leaving behind the friends he once had. Later on, Axel chose to sacrifice himself to save Sora, which was implied to have aroused Roxas out of devastation over his friend's loss. During their climactic clash, Roxas showed great rage and frustration over why Sora was chosen instead of his existence. Upon being defeated, Roxas finally realized the truth and grew to accept Sora overtime. Sora in return would acknowledge Roxas as his own being a few months later, showing the strong bond between the two boys.