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Good point. Can't argue here

If it is the case with you answer, than I'm glad that she would want him to find the answers and make the decision instead of being forced into it, and her asking to Riku and Namine to watch over Roxas did save their friendship for me. But I don't think her absorbing Roxas would make it impossible to wake Sora up, since Namine offered to return Xion to Sora during their talk, just like she would eventually end up doing to Roxas in 2, and I don't see how she would be able to return a Roxas who absorbed Xion and not a Xion who absorbed Roxas. Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I hope that I will be finding other answers in here. I would be interested to hear them.

There is something that has been bugging me for awhile. At the end of days, when Namine and Xion had their little talk and Xion revealed that she knew Roxas would have to come back to Sora just like her. Did she want Roxas to come back to Sora, or did she want Roxas to be informed of the whole situation and be given a choice just like Riku did for her? She did ask Namine and Riku to look after Roxas once she was gone, presumably the same way Riku did for her and she apparently knew that Roxas would be able to sense Sora once she herself was gone so he would be able to understand the whole thing better. She also did seem to commit suicide by losing to Roxas, which the lines like "You will be better of now, Roxas", and "It was my choice to go away", her making Riku and Namine promise to look after Roxas once she was gone (when she made Namine promise that, she said that she asked someone else to, which would be most likely Riku), and her entrusting Roxas with the promise to set kingdom hearts free seems to indicate which would support the whole giving him a choice thing, since defeating Roxas and absorbing him would make completing Sora a whole lot easier, since she herself could then go back and be absorbed by Sora. I also have heard that it was written in a secret report that the whole wanting to absorb him thing was a ruse or something similar, but I can't find that one (or maybe I'm not noticing that one, can someone please tell me where I can find that secret report?). I do think she wanted for Roxas to have a choice in the whole thing, but part of me is afraid that it is not and I can't shake it off. It is bugging me. The reason why is that it would than just seem like she is dehumanizing one of her closest friend if she insists that he would have to give up his individuality, identity and freedom whether he wants to or not, especially since Riku did give her the time to think about the whole thing and let her decide on her own. It would then just come off as her thinking off Roxas, her friend who has his own identity thoughts and feelings, as more disposable than Sora, a guy she didn't even speak to, and I hate that because they are supposed to be friends, that's how the story presents them. I don't want her saying that Roxas should go back whether he wants to or not, because that would sour their whole friendship to me, and I would never be able to look at it the same way again. I don't want that to be the case, it would just be difficult to stomach for me. I am not counting her saying that Riku should stop Roxas or her saying that Roxas shouldn't be sad at day 358 since Roxas was going on a suicide mission then, she probably didn't expect him to be reckless enough to just walk in and going on a rampage (grief definitely played a role there) and her saying that Roxas shouldn't be sad just seems like her trying to comfort Roxas. I don't think she wanted Roxas to be forced to fuse back with Sora against his will, but I want conformation. Maybe it's just me being a Roxas fanboy (it makes me very biased and can very easily blind me, which might be why I write everything down here), but while I can understand why Riku, who is Sora's best friend and barely knows Roxas personally, and Namine, who was mistreated by the organization and was treated with kindness by Sora after that despite the fact that she rewrote his memories, would be willing to reluctantly sacrifice Roxas, I have a hard time understanding why Xion, Roxas' best friend, would want to do that for a person she didn't even speak to if this is indeed the case. Can someone please explain it.

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. It helps me understand the whole thing a lot more I do agree that Roxas can be very stubborn at times. While the sheer amount of trust he had in her is what made me think he would believe her and try to understand the whole thing at first, you are right in that he can be very stubborn. Also, having some last good times could also be a possible motivation. While selfish, it is also a very sympathetic and understandable motivation.

I think you got a point there. At the time she said that, Roxas was lost and confused, and his best friend saying that he should merge back into Sora would be too much for him.

At the end of 358/2 days, Xion had a talk with Namine about how she and Roxas would need to get absorbed back into Sora, and they both agreed on that Roxas wouldn't understand the whole situation and why they need to do everything they do because he doesn't feel Sora yet. Why would they say that? At day 321, Xion and Roxas had ice cream again at the clock tower, and Roxas asked himself how Axel could attack Xion on day 298, even calling him a jerk. But on that same day, Xion raised her keyblade against him, and yet, he doesn't seem to hold it against her. He seems to trust her a lot, so he probably would believe her if she said the truth and he would understand it if she explained it properly. This might be my bias, but it seems incredibly unfair for Roxas that Xion is explained everything about the whole situation, while Roxas is kept out of the dark, especially since he wants his answers so much and since the decisions they make is something that will have a big impact on both Roxas and Xion, not just Xion and they all know it. While I can understand her not telling him since he trusts Axel so much and he would most likely tell Axel, who will then stop her, what Roxas said on day 321 did make it clear that he did not trust Axel as much, so she could have told him everything and convinced him not to tell Axel everything. I don't hate Xion at all, in fact, I like her, but this is something that has been bothering me.

You make a really good point there.