Yuki sighed staring out the window of the common room. She had woken up early and decided to head down and wait for her mission rather than stay in her room and do nothing. She wasn't expecting anyone else to be awake, so it was a shock hearing voices in the hall. She looked over her shoulder as she listened, she didn't recognize the voices. That probably meant they were Nobodies. But she didn't hear Axel's voice, she couldn't even make out what the voices were saying. The footsteps accompanying the voices drew closer. Yuki thought about hiding but decided against it. She lived in this castle, she shouldn't be worried about being seen. It's not like she was breaking any rules being up this early.

As the footsteps drew closer Yuki began to be able to make out the voices. One was female the other male. Yuki looked back out the window trying to focus on the voices.

"To be honest I didn't think he had it in him. Only a little more time and the organization will be ours." The female voice said. Larxene. No doubt in Yuki's mind, that was the blonde Nobody.

"Having Axel on our side will be of great use to us." The male voice agreed. Yuki hadn't heard this one before. The voice was calm and soothing. It sounded very comforting, like the voice a leader would use when addressing their people.

"What about the other one? The one downstairs that took out Lexeaus." Larxene asked.

"He is of no importance. After we control the key-bearer we will use him to dispose of the extra, if his own darkness does not defeat him first." The male responded calmly.

His words confused Yuki. The key-bearer? Did that mean one of them had a keyblade like her? Why were they going to use him? And what had Axel done? All these thoughts rushed through Yuki's mind as he footsteps drew ever closer. She hoped they would walk past the room.

"What about the Heartless? Do you plan to instill a rebellion amongst them too?" Larxene asked.

"Maybe. If they too are being lied to, then it would be our duty, though Tayressa may no longer welcome us for causing strife among her people." The male voice said. The footsteps stopped right outside of the door. Yuki bit her bottom lip waiting to see if they would continue on or enter the room.

"I don't think we should tell them anything. After all, it's not our problem if they ever get a heart or not." Larxene said. Her tone indicated she thought herself to be superior to the heartless.

"You forget our relations to them from long ago. Were you and Zakey not best friends? And wasn't Aryum your cousin or something of the sort?" The male's voice asked. They made no sign of intending to move forward.

"Yes, Zakey was my friend. And I used to watch Aryum, we weren't related." Larxene agreed.

"What is the point of being whole if we do not have our old friends to share it with? Surely you would want your friends back, Elrena." The male said. Yuki furrowed her eyebrows. Wasn't her name Larxene? Was there another girl who sounded like Larxene there too? A twin?

"I guess you're right Marluxia. I think I would want my friends." Larxene/Elrena said.

Yuki heard a chuckle and the sound of the doorknob turning. Apparently, they were coming in here. Yuki held her breath hoping they wouldn't say anything to her. She heard the door open. She closed her eyes waiting for anything, questions, yelling, anything like that.

No sound came. Only silence, not the questions she had been waiting for. Yuki glanced over her shoulder. Larxene stood there, no way to mistaken her bug like hairstyle. Next to her was a man with light pink hair that came to his shoulders. His eyes were a light blue. He was studying Yuki interested.

"Well, this is a surprise." The pink haired man, that could easily be mistaken for a woman if you weren't looking closely, said. Y had mentioned the leader of the group looked like a girl. This must be him. Marluxia, that's what Larxene had called him, Y had said that was his name too.

"What are you doing here, you little brat?" Larxene asked, placing her hands on her hips.

"That's enough, show her some respect, she has done you no harm," Marluxia said calmly. Larxene rolled her eyes and crossed her arms looking away from Yuki.

"I thought your name was Larxene." Yuki said simply, showing no sign of being affected by the blondes harsh words. In fact, she couldn't care less about what the blonde had said, it didn't annoy her. Sadly she was used to being called a brat, some of the other Heartless would call her a brat occasionally, depending on their mood.

"It is, what would make you think it wasn't?" Larxene asked raising an eyebrow in question as she looked back at the ravenette.

"He called you Elrena. And you replied." Yuki said, tipping her head to the side curiously.

"Oh," Larxene said. She looked at Marluxia worried, a bit of urgency in her eyes. She had been hoping Yuki hadn't heard any of the conversation. It could turn out very bad for them if she told one of the superiors what she had heard. They could get killed if the wrong person found out.

"It once was her name. Sometimes using it will remind her of our goals and get her to cooperate better." Marluxia explained stepping forward. He was watching Yuki cautiously like she might try to run.

"Your name changes when you become a Nobody?" Yuki asked confused. She looked back out the window thinking.

Marluxia gave her an interested look before answering. "Yes, as do Heartless. We can not claim to still be who we were, so we change our names. Just add a single letter and rearrange the others." Marluxia explained. "Did the other Heartless not tell you this?" He asked, what sounded like concern creeping into his voice.

Another display of fake emotion to get at others. Yuki frowned listening to Marluxia. He must be trying to lead her into a rebellion, assuming she hadn't heard his conversation with the bug lady. Yuki knew Nobodies didn't feel. They like Heartless lacked a heart. So even if he wanted to he could not feel. After all, his goal was to get a heart from Kingdom Hearts, just like the Heartless.

"No, they don't tell me much." Yuki said looking down at the ground, still thinking.

"That is such an odd thing, lying to members of your own organization. Especially someone as important as you." Larxene said. Her voice was full of false emotion, concern and pity maybe. Yuki rolled her eyes.

"I know what you're trying to do, I'm not rebelling." Yuki said simply. She could feel the tension in the room increase. They really believed she hadn't heard them. "Don't worry, I'm not going to tell anyone. I couldn't care less about what you Nobodies are doing." Yuki said, calming the Nobodies behind her.

"You heard us then?" Marluxia asked.

"I think that was pretty obvious, but yes, I did." Yuki replied rolling her eyes.

Her words were greeted with silence. The Nobodies were waiting. For what Yuki didn't know. Maybe they thought she was going to threaten them with this information and were waiting to hear her terms.

"Is one of the intruders a keyblade wielder?" Yuki asked after a long pause.

"Yes, the intended one is. Do you have a purpose for asking?" Marluxia replied.

"Just wondering. I haven't gotten a chance to see the intruders. And I've never seen a human keyblade wielder." Yuki replied. She turned around to face the Nobodies again. A smile crept onto Marluxia's face. Yuki couldn't decide what the smile meant. It scared her though, if it was possible for a Heartless to feel fear.

"I have a way to show you, if you'd like." Marluxia said holding his hand out to Yuki. Yuki looked at his hand for a second considering her options. She took a few steps forward, approaching him cautiously. Larxene had a grin that didn't read well. But Yuki ignored it taking Marluxia's hand. Marluxia's smile grew a slight bit, he seemed pleased by Yuki's decision.

"Right this way M'lady." Marluxia said in a tone that seemed too serious for the situation. It was like he was actually acknowledging Yuki as someone higher than himself in status. Maybe Nobodies just couldn't joke around easily, and it was meant to be a joke. Yuki decided to shrug it off as she followed Marluxia and Larxene out of the common room.

Yuki was taken into another white room. It surprised Yuki how many rooms this castle had. Just when she thought she had seen them all another one was found. This castle seemed to hold so many secrets. In the middle of this room sat a crystal orb on some sort of pedestal. Axel stood looking at the orb watching something.

"How much farther has he progressed?" Marluxia asked as he entered the room, Yuki walking beside him. Axel glanced up.

"He's just about to finish this floor. He'll be here soon enough, give him a few more days." Axel said before looking at Yuki. Yuki made a face at him causing him to laugh. Larxene rolled her eyes.

"Quit acting like a child Axel." Larxene snapped. Axel glared at her.

"Make me why don't you. I like this kid, she has a sense of humor unlike all of you stuck ups." Axel said. Yuki cowered a little hoping to keep the attention off of her. She received a glare from Larxene.

"That's enough, both of you." Marluxia ordered. Both Axel and Larxene looked down a glare on their faces.

Yuki took this opportunity to look around the room more. Close to one of the walls sat a blonde girl. She had a sketchbook on her lap. It was closed and she seemed close to tears. She wore a very plain white dress but still, how had Yuki not seen her when she entered the room? Why was she crying? Was Marluxia holding her captive? Was she a Somebody? Whatever it was Yuki didn't like the look the girl had. She was very upset, something was bothering her. Maybe Yuki should try to talk to her.

"If you wish to see the key-bearer come closer." Marluxia said pulling Yuki's attention away from the girl back to him. He stood next to the crystal looking at her with a small smile. Yuki approached the crystal cautiously, watching the image in the orb.

There was a boy with brown spiky hair holding a rather plan keyblade when comparing it to the others Yuki had seen. With him was a duck and dog that seemed oddly humanoid. They were facing off a very large heartless of some sort. Yuki tipped her head to the side watching. Something about this brown haired boy was familiar. Maybe it was his ocean blue eyes. Or his determined facial expression. But there was something that Yuki had seen before.

"How many floors does he have until he reaches us?" Marluxia asked Axel not looking away from the crystal.

"Two more, as I said, give him a few days he'll probably stop to rest first." Axel replied, his eyes also did not leave the crystal.

"Rejoice Naminé, the time is near for you to meet the hero you've been longing for." Marluxia said looking over at the blonde girl. Larxene crossed the room to stand in front of the girl.

"I'm.....glad." Naminé said. Her words were false. Too much time was in between them. She was forced into this. Yuki pitied her.

Wait, no it wasn't pity. It wasn't possible for her to pity the blonde. She needed a heart she didn't have. She was just imagining these emotions, denying the truth from herself. She needed to stop pretending she had a heart, she was a Heartless. Nothing could be done to change that. Yuki scolded herself mentally, glaring at the crystal as she thought.

"But I'm warning you," Larxene said crouching in front Naminé, "you had better not do anything to betray his feelings. Do you understand me little one?" She tapped Naminé's chin gently.

"I understand." Naminé said shyly.

"All you need do is layer his memories, and bring his heart closer to you." Marluxia said before turning back to the crystal. He watched as Yuki continued to watch the key-bearer. He had finished his fight and was smiling. The smile lasted only a short bit before he turned to his companions and said something before running off. His companions called to him before chasing after him.

"Can you see the other intruder too?" Yuki asked curiously. Marluxia nodded and waved his hand causing the image in the crystal to change.

A silver-haired boy sat against a white wall. In his hand was a card. He was staring at the card thoughtfully. At first, Yuki thought it was like the card Zexion had been given, but it looked different. The card was black with a Heartless emblem on the back. It looked like one of number 10's cards.

"It appears one of your own has made contact with this one as well." Marluxia said calmly staring at the crystal.

The silver-haired boy glanced up. He then jumped to his feet raising his blade, looking around. Marluxia waved his hand again making the image vanish.

"It appears he knew we were watching him." Marluxia said. He looked over at Yuki calmly. She was chewing her bottom lip in thought. Both seemed familiar. But it was more like they reminded her of someone, not that she had seen them before.

"You should return to your common room now. The others are probably awakening by now." Marluxia suggested. Yuki nodded in agreement, still too lost in thought to speak. "Would you like a guide back down?" He asked.

Yuki shook her head. "No, I know the way. But thank you, Marluxia." She said with a small smile.

"Of course, M'lady." Marluxia said with a small bow. Yuki turned to exit the room, she waved to Axel before walking to the door. As she closed the door she sent a small glance back at Naminè. She still looked sad. Yuki gave a small sad smile before closing the door and going downstairs to the common room.

As predicted the common room now had several heartless awake and preparing for missions. X was amongst them.

"Where were you?" X asked, "I went to see if you were in your room but you weren't there." He sounded worried or possibly annoyed.

"Marluxia was showing me the intruders." Yuki answered calmly.

"In person?" X asked shocked.

"No, through a crystal." Yuki replied, smiling at X's shocked expression.

"Oh. He didn't do anything to you, did he? I've heard some nasty rumors about him." X asked giving Yuki a serious look.

Yuki laughed slightly. "No, he was very polite. Kept calling me M'lady." She said.

"Alright. We had better go get our missions from Aysui, before she gets annoyed with us for slacking." X said. Yuki nodded and walked with X over to Aysui.

*<3*

"What was the point of all that?" Larxene asked crossing her arms staring at Marluxia annoyed.

"What do you mean?" Marluxia asked calmly.

"All that M'lady crap. Why were you treating that brat like a princess?" Larxene asked annoyed further by Marluxia's unconcernedness.

"She is. Do you not remember the reading?" Marluxia replied. Larxene's eyes widened.

"You don't mean," Larxene started, shock clear in her voice.

"Yes. And now, she is a queen." Marluxia said calmly, locking eyes with Larxene. Her eyes grew even wider if at all possible.

*<3*

Day 28- The Intruders,
I woke up earlier than normal today so I went to the common room early. I ran into two of the Nobodies, Larxene and Marluxia. They were talking about rebelling. I didn't listen much. They saw me and showed me the intruders through a crystal. They both looked familiar, I don't know why. Another weird thing, Marluxia kept treating me like I was a higher rank than him. Calling me M'lady and bowing.