Once again all members of the heartless organization gathered in the meeting room. All was silent as the group sat in their chairs waiting. Some members would glance at each other every so often, having silent conversations with their eyes.

Yuki looked down at the floor, avoiding eye contact with any of the others. Since she had entered the room she felt the others watching her. It was unnerving, making Yuki feel almost unwelcome. But there was something else in those stares. She just didn't know what.

Footsteps on the floor beneath them drew the attention of all. Yuki tilted her head slightly, curious of the new arrival.

Standing in the middle of the floor was a young girl wearing the same white coat they all wore. Her hood was up obscuring her face. Her head was angled down to avoid eye contact. She seemed nervous.

"We welcome yet another new member to our organization. Another chosen of the keyblade." Tayressa said her eyes locked on the new girl. "Let her light help the darkness grow."

Whispers broke out amongst the seated members. Next to Yuki, the member with light purple hair spoke quietly to the girl with light brown hair.

"Light? Is she saying this girl controls light?" The purple haired woman asked.

"I don't know. A little weird don't you think, two with a keyblade in such a short amount of time?" The brown haired girl asked. The purple haired woman nodded.

Yuki looked down at the girl. The girl had clasped her hands together and was moving her fingers around. Yuki felt sorry for the girl. It was hard having everyone stare at you while you could not look at them out of fear.

"Treat her with respect, she has earned her place amongst us. Now go and complete the days' tasks. We have much work to do and a short amount of time to do it." Tayressa ordered. The members nodded and vanished, following their orders without question.

Yuki walked the halls of the castle silently. She was not lost, just learning. She had one hand on a wall, dragging it along as she walked. Her mind wandered, thinking of the other girl. The other keyblade wielder.

"Wandering the halls?" A voice asked startling Yuki. Yuki turned and saw Aysui watching her. Yuki nodded.

"I see. You look like you're thinking about something. Might I ask what it is?" Aysui asked coming and standing beside Yuki.

"The new girl looked nervous." Yuki said calmly her eyes refusing to meet Aysui's out of respect. Or, maybe it was fear.

"Appearances can be false. I assure you she was not nervous." Aysui said, beginning to walk away. Yuki followed a step behind.

"How can you be so sure?" Yuki asked curiously.

"Nervousness is an emotion. We as heartless do not feel emotion." Aysui explained as she continued walking. "We may act as though we feel, but we do not. It's simply an act."

Yuki slowed her pace falling a few steps behind. She chewed her bottom lip as she tried to think of a moment where that wasn't true. But she could think of none. All emotion she had ever seen could have well been an act. She didn't know. And she rarely saw any of the other members anyway, she didn't have much to consider. She only spoke to X the one time. And all the others she only saw during meetings. Yuki frowned at the thought.

"Your first mission will be tomorrow. Meet in the common room tomorrow morning to meet up with your partner." Aysui said casually before turning a corner. Yuki stopped walking and looked after her surprised.

Her first mission. Yuki turned and went back down the hall heading to her room. She had been here for over a week and they were just now giving her her first mission. It probably had something to do with her unresponsive behavior for the first few days. But still, it seemed odd for it to take so long for her to receive her first mission. For some reason, her first mission seemed like a daunting task. Even with a partner, she would feel the pressure. Yuki continued to think as she walked into her room and sat down.

Who would her partner be? She didn't know many of the other members. For most members, she only knew their appearance. She only knew Aysui, Tayressa, and X by name. All the others were remembered by hair or eye color. There was the woman with silver hair. The woman with short dark brown hair, one who had almost pink hair, and a blonde. There was one with purple hair and one with dark blue hair. And then two with red hair, but one redhead had gold eyes. And then there was the girl with light brown hair. Yuki listed them all off in her head, thinking of her possible partner.

Yuki tilted her head to the side thoughtfully, like she often would. She went through the members once again before smiling. Almost all the members were girls. X was the only boy. Yuki laughed a little at the thought. Poor X, or maybe not. It really depended on how she looked at it. That could be both a good and bad thing.

Yuki reached beside her bed and retrieved her diary. She opened the book up to the next blank page and began to write.

Day 8-Entry 2,
Today we got a new member. She kept her hood up at all times but I could tell she was nervous. Or seemed that way. Heartless don't have emotions, or, so I've been told. I wonder why. Something else I find interesting, most of us are girls. We have one boy. Does that mean boys are less heartless? Or is it just a coincidence? I don't know. Aysui says my missions start tomorrow.

Yuki closed the book and put it back in it's hiding spot. Yuki layed back on her bed staring at the ceiling, her mind wandering like it always did. Yuki frowned while she thought. Why did it feel like she was forgetting something?

*<3*

The next morning Yuki stood in the common room waiting. The common room was a large room that was grey in color. There were a few chairs and couches scattered around the room. A few of the members were seated in these chairs, going through supplies being sure they were ready for their missions. Even the new girl was there talking to the girl with light brown hair. In a corner by the door, there was a thing that looked something like a pig with a red ball on its head and wings. It too wore a white coat. Yuki thought it was very cute.

"That is a moogle." A voice said causing Yuki to jump. "Wow, sorry if I startled you." The woman said.

The woman looked to be in her early twenties. Her hair was a bright red and went just passed her shoulder blades. Her eyes were a bright turquoise color. She wore the same coat all other members did. The Heartless emblem on the back of her hand was red outlined in blue.

"Anyway, the name's Sykitune, and I'm stuck with you today." The woman said with a smirk. Yuki nodded her head remaining silent.

"Not much for talking are you? Oh well, come on we have a job to do." Sykitune said. With a snap of her fingers, she summoned a portal of black, blue, and purple smoke. She motioned for Yuki to go through with a sort of mock bow. Yuki smiled slightly and stepped through the portal.

Yuki looked around the new world in awe. It was a town of some sort. Most buildings were made of a tan colored brick though some were red brick. The road was paved with a reddish-brown brick. There were stores all around selling all sorts of things, from clothing to ice cream of some sort.

"Wow," Yuki said breathlessly. This place was amazing. And so bright. Behind her, Sykitune grinned.

"Welcome to Twilight Town," Sykitune said, casually walking forward. She turned and looked back at Yuki. Catching sight of the ravenettes awestruck face she smiled. "You've never seen anywhere outside of that castle have you?" Sykitune asked. Yuki shook her head. Sykitune smirked. "Well, sightseeing is going to have to wait. I have to show you the ropes."

"Show me the ropes?" Yuki asked looking at Sykitune in question.

"Yeah, show you what you have to do. Teach you the rules." Sykitune said then walked towards a secluded section of the town. "Come on kid let's go."

Yuki followed Sykitune looking around. They stood in an open circular area that was surrounded by buildings.

"Ok, so your job will usually be collecting hearts. You'll be given other tasks eventually but today we'll focus on the simple stuff." Sykitune explained. She motioned with one hand while her other hand rested on her hip.

"Collect hearts? How do I do that?" Yuki asked confused.

"Using that fancy key of yours. All you gotta do is kill the little Heartless with that key and you release the hearts we need." Sykitune answered. The smirk she had never seemed to leave her face.

Yuki looked down confused. "But aren't we Heartless? Why would we kill our own kind?" She asked.

"There's something we really need and the only way to get it is to gather hearts. The only way to gather hearts is to kill the little Heartless. Anyway, there are so many of the little ones it's like population control. And we're working with another group to get what we really need and we need to pull our weight." Sykitune explained.

"What is it we need so bad?" Yuki asked.

Sykitune sighed, "Kingdom Hearts." Her smirk seemed to fade a little.

"What's that?" Yuki asked nervously. She didn't want to get Sykitune mad but she was curious.

"It's the heart of all hearts. The place all hearts come from. If we can open it it will give us a heart, we can have a heart of our own." Sykitune said, her smirk was replaced with a small smile. Yuki nodded understanding. Or trying to understand.

"Don't sweat it, kid, you'll catch on. Now we got Heartless to fry." Sykitune said, her smirk returning. Yuki nodded with a determined look.

Sykitune waved her hand summoning a large group of heartless. The Heartless were blue and wore a helmet like thing. The Heartless emblem was on their chest.

"These are Soldiers. Stronger than Shadows but still pretty low down on the chain. They should give you a decent challenge." Sykitune said, "Now let's see that key of yours."

Yuki flicked her left wrist summoning the black key. She prepared herself for the Heartless attacks. She watched them get aggravated at the sight of the key. One of the Soldiers ran at her. Yuki swung at it a pushed it to the ground then hit it again. It vanished releasing a pink heart into the air. The other Soldiers ran forward. Yuki dispatched of them as easily as she did the first. She looked up at the hearts released into the sky.

"If they're heartless, what are those?" Yuki asked thoughtfully.

"Those are captive hearts. Don't ask me cause I don't know." Sykitune replied watching the hearts herself.

Yuki stared at the sky after the hearts had vanished. She thought for a moment before looking down at the key. The key made the smaller Heartless angry. But it didn't seem to bother the elites.

"Why do they attack the key?" Yuki asked lifting up the key to get a better look at it. She studied the entire thing. From the teeth to the chain. The chain held a charm that resembled a heart. Like that which the Heartless released into the sky.

"They know." Sykitune said simply.

"Know what?" Yuki asked looking up at Sykitune. Sykitune's eyes were locked onto the key. Yuki stepped back nervously, maybe the key did bother the elites.

"The keyblade is linked to Kingdom Hearts. It's the only thing that can truly kill a Heartless. If another weapon is used the hearts wander for awhile until they become Heartless again. Heartless know that and fear it. They're afraid of Kingdom Hearts. They don't want to die." Sykitune explained somberly. Her eyes never left the key.

"Then why do I have it? If Heartless hate it so much?" Yuki asked. She looked down at the keyblade curiously. She felt no fear of the keyblade.

"The keyblade chooses its wielder. No one knows why or how, but it does. Each key seems to have its own standards. And you've matched this ones." Sykitune said. She crossed her arms over her chest.

"There are more keyblades?" Yuki asked.

Sykitune nodded, "A lot more. The one your holding now is called Heartless Keeper. Seems to fit you pretty well."

Yuki looked at the keyblade chewing her bottom lip. She looked at her other hand and flicked her wrist summoning her second keyblade. She looked at Sykitune, who looked impressed.

"Do you know what this one's called?" Yuki asked holding it up. She looked at the chain. The charm was a silver heart with a crown.

Sykitune grinned, "That one, I do believe is called Twilight Keeper."

Yuki nodded and flicked both of her wrists, causing the keyblades to vanish. Heartless and Twilight Keeper. What interesting names. And how interesting they choose her.

"Alright kid, that's all for today. You get more tutorials tomorrow." Sykitune said, summoning another portal. Her smirk had reappeared once the keyblades were gone. Yuki smiled slightly and went through the portal back to the castle.

*<3*

Day 9-Entry 3
Today was basically to 'show me the ropes.' According to Sykitune that's what the next few days will be, nothing interesting.
I found out what my keyblades are called. Heartless Keeper and Twilight Keeper. Sounds kind of cool. Wonder if it means anything.