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Roxas's first mission to a new world, outside of Twilight Town and The World that Never Was, begins on his 26th day in the Organization. He is dispatched to Agrabah with Xigbar, and together the two of them investigate the city, finding that all does not appear to be well - the town is full of sand, the stores are empty, buildings seem to have been recently damaged, and lumber and rope can be seen all around the city alongside what looks like quick repairs. All this seems to be the result of sandstorms like the violent one currently raging out in the desert.

[[Xigbar]] and Roxas spy Aladdin and [[Jasmine]] discussing the town's situation, and after finding a vantage point where they can listen without being seen, they overhear that Aladdin has been working non-stop to shore up the city in preparation for the next sandstorm. Jasmine is worried about him, and suggests they ask the Genie for help - but Aladdin is determined to protect Agrabah with his own strength. He and Jasmine head off to continue their work.

[[Xigbar]] decides that there's no need to investigate the palace, so he and Roxas are about to return to the [[Castle That Never Was|Castle]] when [[Roxas]] is suddenly overcome by a strange vision, images of Xion, and a blonde girl drawing pictures in a white room. He falls over, unconscious.

[[Roxas]] takes over three weeks to recover from his sleep, and eventually returns to Agrabah. During a routine mission to release hearts from Heartless, he again comes across Jasmine and Aladdin worrying about an impending sandstorm - and about the recent appearances of Heartless around the city. Roxas also spies [[Aladdin]] scolding [[Abu]] for stealing, but keeps out of sight and returns to the Castle once his mission is done.

Another three weeks later, and Roxas is sent back to Agrabah with [[Axel]]. Upon arriving in the city, he's struck by a strange vision of a boy in red clothes, and feels as if the boy has once stood in the same spot that he has. What was meant to be a simple mission to release hearts is interrupted by the appearance of Pete, who seems to be searching for something. [[Axel]] decides on the spot to change their mission goal - Roxas is apprehensive about ignoring his orders without permission, but Axel assures him that a guy this suspicious is worth checking out. And besides, they can destroy some Heartless afterwards. They sneak around the town, following Pete until he reveals a secret door to the desert, and a path to the Cave of Wonders. Axel says that discovering the Cave is enough work for the day, so after defeating the nearby Heartless, they head home.

Roxas returns with [[Xion]] to investigate the Cave three days later. They rescue Abu from a swarm of Heartless, and it turns out the small gemstone the monkey was carrying is a key to unlock the deeper rooms of the Cave. They fight their way through Heartless to a dead end, where they find a statue holding some kind of treasure. They are confronted by Pete, who attacks them, ranting that they'll never get hold of the magic lamp that is rightfully his. Pete is defeated, but the noise and violence causes a cave-in, and Roxas and Xion escape to the desert.

There they suddenly find themselves face to face with a flying [[Carpet]], and a magical being who introduces himself as the "[[Genie]] formerly of the magic lamp". They were crossing the desert when the Carpet thought it recognized Roxas, though he doesn't recognize either of the two.

The [[Genie]] explains that the two of them had been traveling the world, but had been worried about their friends at home and were on their way back to check up on Agrabah. The Genie is particularly worried about his best friend, "Al". Roxas doesn't understand the phrase "best friend". When the Genie hears of the danger to the town, his first reaction is to rush off to help, but Roxas explains that Aladdin wants to rebuild the town with his own strength. A somewhat deflated Genie concedes that it's important to respect his friend's wishes, but he still magically stops the sandstorm.

Three weeks later, Roxas finds Jasmine and [[Aladdin]] glad that the sandstorm has subsided, since now they can go outside the city again, though the Heartless are still posing a problem. When Roxas heads outside the city limits and into the desert, he encounters a huge Heartless, the [[Antlion]]. He defeats it after a long (and sandy) battle. Soon afterwards, Roxas finds Aladdin commenting that the Heartless's numbers seem to be decreasing. While Roxas spies on Aladdin and Jasmine's conversation, the Genie joins him again to see how things are going with [[Aladdin]] and the [[Jasmine|princess]]. Genie decides not to go and greet his friend so as not to get in the way, claiming that just knowing his friend is safe is enough to keep him happy.

Roxas completes several more routine missions to Agrabah, but when he and Xion visit the city on his 321st day in the Organization, she feels uneasy. He brushes off Xion's concern, and they head to a deep part of the Cave of Wonders that had been uncovered by the previous cave-in. There they find the old, sealed keyhole, and Xion is struck by a vision of a boy locking it. She suddenly realizes that the boy looks a lot like Roxas, but the two are attacked by a large Heartless before she can say anything. Roxas finds himself struggling to wield his Keyblade, but [[Xion]] easily dispatches the Heartless, and helps Roxas to his feet. Roxas assures her that he's just tired.

When Roxas is sent to Agrabah one last time on his 354th day, he sets up a strange, silver, hovering [[Organization XIII Device|device]] in the middle of the room with the old keyhole, though Roxas doesn't know what the device does. Roxas is swarmed by Heartless, and although he manages to fight them off he finds himself struggling and wondering when he became so weak. As he's about to return home, he pauses in the desert, suddenly wondering just why he keeps carrying out missions for the Organization he knows so little about. Roxas thinks to himself that he doesn't know who he really is, or where he came from, and is concerned about his relationship with his friends. He wonders whether he wants to return to [[The World That Never Was]] or not, and as he looks up at the stars, he sheds a single tear. He decides that he's going to find out about himself, whatever it takes.