Yuki looked up surprised. After hearing all the stories, and the other members try to put into words how great and powerful Kingdom Hearts was. After they all practically worshipped the place that was just a dream when she had first joined the Organization. She was rather disappointed to see the plain heart-shaped moon.

The members of Organization 14 had gathered on top of a very tall tower, looking to the sky in the realm of darkness. Usually, the sky was dark and endless. An eternity of nothingness. But now there was a heart shaped moon floating above them, filling the realm with a new light. The Heartless of the realm seemed to be more active as if sensing the moon's power.

The different members had all grouped together. But even so, they still seemed separated into small groups. In front of everyone stood Tayressa. She had her back turned and was looking towards the sky. Off to the side of her was Syrine and Aysui. Both looked very serious and thoughtful, though Syrine looked like she was planning something evil. Her sapphire eyes were alight with a chaotic fire. On the other side of Tayressa, Zaya stood next to Hysui. Zaya was smiling brightly, obviously pleased with the appearance of Kingdom Hearts. Hysui was smirking and sending an occasional glance back towards the keyblade wielders. Rimyei stood alone, close to the edge of the tower. She was looking up at the moon with an impassive face. It appeared as if she didn't care at all. Arykii stood beside Zakey, both of which were silent with calculating looks. Occasionally they would whisper to each other, but not very often. Sykitune was leaning on Myruai's shoulder with a bright grin. Aryum was frowning beside them, as if unconvinced by the moon all others were adoring. X and Y stood just a few steps in front of Yuki. They shared several knowing looks that made Yuki question what was going on.

"My friends, we can finally see the fruits of our labor," Tayressa said, her voice sounding out strong and clear. "Kingdom Hearts finally shines upon us with its light. That light is the promise of a new world. A world in which we have regained what we have lost. Remember why we fight, what we hope for. The vast strength of the human heart will be ours, no more will it hold power over us."

Most of the others smiled and nodded. But for some reason, Yuki couldn't force herself to. She knew something was off, she just couldn't decide what. She noticed X and Y both remained motionless, as did Aryum. They looked as if they knew something the others didn't. Something that changed everything.

*<3*

Yuki cut down the last Heartless she needed to meet her quota effortlessly. She had been sent to Halloween Town again to manage the Heartless population. Or maybe it was just to fill Kingdom Hearts. Either way, it was a simple mission. The same type she received every day. She had been slow today, her mind too filled with thoughts. The heart-shaped moon haunted her mind. Something wasn't right about it. She hadn't been given the chance to ask X and Y what they thought, so she was still at a loss about their knowledge of the matter.

Yuki sighed and shook her head. No use worrying about it. She snapped her fingers summoning a dark corridor to Twilight Town. Maybe the Nobodies knew something about Kingdom Hearts. After all, their goal was just the same as the Heartless.

Yuki arrived at the clock tower to see the three Nobodies had already arrived. She sat down near silent next to Xion, waving in greeting to them. Axel did a little mock salute while Xion and Roxas waved in return.

"Did you see Kingdom Hearts earlier?" Xion asked curiously. She looked at Yuki with a soft expression. Yuki found the expression comforting for some reason. Or at least thought it should be such.

"Yeah, we saw it," Yuki replied. She looked off towards the sunset still thinking. She frowned at the thought of the strange moon crossed her mind. It still didn't seem right.

"I don't know why we need to continue fighting Heartless like this," Roxas said. Yuki glanced towards him in shock. Was he reading her mind? Or were they just thinking the same way?

"Sure you do," Axel said looking at Roxas with his usual grin. "We have to finish Kingdom Hearts. We finally got our first glimpse of it today, remember?" He said. Yuki frowned.

"But why? What is Kingdom Hearts exactly?" Yuki asked. Axel and Xion looked over at her surprised. Roxas though looked at her with a thankful look, glad that someone had the same questions as him.

"It's where all the hearts we collect wind up," Xion said simply. To her, that answered all the questions she had. It was simple enough to understand, why were the other two having such problems?

"Exactly." Axel agreed leaning back. "It's because of you three, Y, and the Keyblade that we're finally making some progress. We might finally get hearts of our own." He continued. Yuki had heard this time and time again. In fact, that was all she ever heard. Nothing more, nothing less. To the others, nothing else need be said.

"'The strength of the human heart is vast', is what Xemnas said." Xion quoted. Yuki frowned. Tayressa had said something similar. Was there a reason for that?

"Yeah, but what do we need it for?" Roxas asked. He sounded frustrated and confused. Yuki bit her lip in thought. More emotions that weren't supposed to exist out on display.

"What sort of discussion did we walk into?" The four already there looked towards the new voice. X and Y stood side by side watching the group curiously. Y had her hands on her hips with a smirk playing on her lips. X was frowning with his arms crossed, as usual.

"These two don't get what's so important about Kingdom Hearts." Axel explained motioning to Roxas and Yuki. X and Y shot each other a look the seemed to hold an entire conversation within it.

"I just don't understand why having a heart is so important." Roxas tried explaining. "Do you?" He asked, looking at everyone else on the clock tower. Beside Yuki, X and Y sat down. X still looked calm but Y was frowning trying to find an answer, or perhaps something else.

"Kind of a strange time to bring it up." Axel said sounding unsure. He looked down to the ground. For some reason, Yuki was convinced he didn't have an answer.

"Not at all if you think about it." X commented. The others looked at him in question. "What better time to ask such a question then the halfway mark? Better find out if you're still on board before it's too late to turn back." He said. Roxas took in X's words before looking to Axel.

"Why are we fighting for something we don't know anything about?" Roxas asked. Axel met Roxas' gaze and sighed.

"We're fighting because we want to know what it's about." He said. Roxas looked away and nodded. But it still made no sense to Yuki. What if it backfired on them? It would be a disaster for more than just the Heartless and Nobodies. Countless worlds would pay the price for that one mistake.

"What about you two?" Xion asked looking at X and Y. "Are you two still on board?" Y nodded slowly, Yuki got the feeling she hadn't even heard the question. X chuckled.

"I haven't been on board form the start." He said. He stood up and walked around the corner away from the others. They all looked after him even more confused than they had been before.

"Well," Yuki said after he was gone for a moment. "He's quite the riddle."

*<3*

Day 94- Kingdom Hearts,
This morning Tayressa showed us Kingdom Hearts. She said that soon we would reach our goal. I don't know why but a few of the others looked put off by the moon. It was like they didn't want it around.
We talked about it at the clock tower. Roxas and I seem to be thinking the same. We don't get why we need a heart. All of this Kingdom Hearts stuff is confusing me. Is it really that hard to understand?

*<3*

Yuki rubbed her temple staring around the crossroads in Wonderland. X stood beside her with his hands in his pockets. He was frowning as he looked around as well, but since that was his normal expression Yuki couldn't tell if he was as annoyed as she was. The Heartless they were trying to track down had managed to escape their sights and vanished somewhere around here. Where exactly was a mystery, and with so many paths to take it wasn't going to be easy.

"Sometimes this world is a pain," X muttered. He summoned one of his daggers and flipped it up into the air. Yuki expected it to just fall and hit the ground. Instead, it hovered midair and pointed towards the path leading back to the lotus forest. X took the dagger out of the air and vanished it. Without a word he began to follow the path the dagger had pointed to. Yuki hesitated before following him.

"How did you do that?" Yuki asked. X sighed not glancing back at her.

"It's a trick I learned a long time ago. I just used the darkness to track the Heartless down." X explained. Yuki nodded thinking. She remembered Aryum mentioning X spending time away from the Organization when he first lost his heart. Not only that, in Aryum's words 'he had a way with the darkness'. What did that mean? Pair that with his strange words at the clock tower yesterday, X was hiding something. But what was he hiding?

"Hey X." Yuki started, a little unsure of how to word her questions.

"What?" X asked calmly. He again didn't glance at her.

"When you just became a Heartless, you didn't join the Organization right away, did you?" Yuki asked cautiously. X was silent for a few seconds, considering his answer.

"No, I didn't join right away." He finally said. It was short and curt like he didn't want to have this conversation. Even so, Yuki pressed forward.

"Where were you?" She asked. X stopped walking and turned to face her. His purple eyes studied her as she looked at him cautiously.

"I was taken in by a master who knew a lot about the darkness. That's where I learned most of my tricks." X explained. He studied Yuki trying to figure out her motives for asking these questions. It was more than likely her curiosity and someone saying something more than they should have.

Yuki nodded at his words still thinking. Aryum had clearly stated X had a powerful darkness. Somethings different than what all the other Heartless had. Surely he couldn't just learn that from a master. There had to be something more. But Aryum's last warning prevented Yuki from asking. 'Trust me, he can be scary.' What made her say that? What if he got mad at Yuki and showed that power?

X noticed Yuki's turmoil and sighed. "I won't bite, so you can ask whatever it is you're thinking about." He said. Yuki looked up at him slowly, still thinking.

"Aryum said you have a powerful darkness that was different than all other Heartless. What did she mean?" Yuki asked. X tensed up immediately. His purple eyes filled with a whirl of different emotions. But it passed in a flash.

"It's nothing. I was just always close to the darkness, even before losing my heart." X replied before turning and walking away from Yuki. There was something new in his voice. Like he was panicked about that question. Yuki followed after him with a determined look.

"What does that mean?" Yuki asked.

"Just what it sounds like." X replied in a brisk manner. The panic was still clear in his voice.

"Was Y the same way?" Yuki asked. X's odd behavior convinced her something was up. And her curiosity always got the better of her.

"No, in fact, she was the exact opposite." X said. He now sounded calmer, like he had regathered himself. Yuki thought about what he said. It didn't make sense, but then things rarely did for her. Deciding she had learned enough on that topic, her mind wandered to his reaction to Kingdom Hearts. Never on board with to start. Did that have something to do with his darkness?

"Have you seen Kingdom Hearts before?" Yuki asked. X merely nodded. "Does this darkness of yours have anything to do with you not wanting Kingdom Hearts?"

X came to an abrupt stop causing Yuki to nearly run into him. He turned to face her slowly. Yuki stepped back from him as quickly as possible suddenly understanding what Aryum meant when she said X could be scary. The air around him seemed to darken, and power radiated off of him with such force Yuki felt like an insect before him.

"Just shut up, and leave it alone. It's none of your concern." He hissed out. His fists were clenched and shaking with fury. His purple eyes were filled with anger and rage. Yuki stepped back looking down to avoid his heated gaze.

"I'm sorry." Yuki whispered. X didn't reply but turned around stalking off to find their target.

*<3*

Yuki arrived at the clock tower a little later than normal. The rest of the mission with X passed in absolute silence. X didn't acknowledge Yuki in any way and left before she did. Yuki figured it would be better to just let him be and hope it would pass. His moods were usually fleeting things.

When she arrived she heard laughter from the four already there. Y was sitting beside Xion with a goofy grin. Yuki sighed sitting down beside her. Xion and Y waved at her while Roxas and Axel just smiled at her. She smiled back despite her great desire not to. No need to worry them about what was happening.

"You know Roxas, that's not cool," Axel said fighting hard to keep a straight face. Yuki noticed Y was also attempting the same.

"But look at him! All he does is play his sitar all the time." Roxas countered. Yuki looked at Y confused. Y waved it off mouthing, 'one of their members'. Yuki nodded slowly still confused.

"I don't think you give him enough credit. He works just as hard as," Axel cut off thinking. He frowned after a minute not able to find the thought he was looking for. "Okay, no he doesn't. But I'm pretty sure he has a job." He insisted. Yuki laughed a little.

"You don't sound very convincing you know." She said earning a glare from Axel. Yuki just shrugged innocently. Beside her Y laughed.

"You know, I've seen Demyx out in the field rocking out on that sitar of his." Xion commented trying to assist Axel.

"What does that accomplish?" Roxas asked confused. Yuki shrugged, just as clueless as him. Y stopped her laughter trying to find an answer.

"For all you know he's out there fighting Heartless and doing recon, just the same as all of us." Axel said with a wave of his hand. Roxas frowned.

"But I've heard him say he wasn't cut out for combat." He said thinking. He sighed seeming to decide not to worry about it. "I guess everybody's good at different things."

"That's right. Everybody's unique." Axel agreed. To Yuki, it sounded as if he was talking to a child. But then again, Roxas and Xion were a lot like children.

"Even Nobodies? Don't you need a heart to be unique?" Xion asked looking at Axel skeptically. Y laughed a little at her words.

"We have a lot more that set us apart." Y said with a soft smile.

"Like our past." Axel supplied. Y nodded in agreement.

"What past?" Xion asked confused. Yuki looked at Xion surprised. Xion didn't remember her past? Yuki thought she was the only one with memory problems.

"You remember stuff from before?" Roxas asked just as surprised. He didn't remember either? Why was it some could remember and some couldn't.

"That's one of the things that makes us organization members special. Unlike lesser Nobodies and Heartless, we remember who we were." Axel explained. Roxas and Xion looked down thinking.

"Most of the time anyway." Y said casually. The others looked at her confused. As if she had said something in a foreign language. Y rolled her eyes. "Yuki doesn't remember anything." She supplied. Yuki just nodded, frowning at the thought.

"I don't remember either." Roxas said slowly.

"Me neither," Xion said.

"Well, maybe that right there is what makes you guys unique." Axel suggested, trying to brighten the suddenly tense air.

"What kind of person were you two? Before you lost your hearts?" Roxas asked looking between Axel and Y. Axel rubbed the back of his head looking off to the side.

"Me? I dunno, same guy, more or less." He said like it was no big deal. Maybe the past only mattered to those who couldn't remember it.

"I'd say a little less, seeing as you used to have a heart." Y said earning a laugh from all the others. "But yeah, wasn't all that different." She said with a sad smile.

"I wish I could remember," Roxas said looking down. Yuki followed his gaze. It would be nice to remember. But at the same time, what if she was completely different?

"Trust me, you're not missing much. Who needs baggage?" Axel said nonchalantly, trying to get off the subject before it got any more uncomfortable. Yuki knew it wasn't going to work. Roxas was stubborn when he wanted to be.

"But I can't remember anything," Roxas said. "Not even my first week as a Nobody." Yuki smiled sympathetically. She knew how he felt. She still couldn't remember what happened that first week.

"Man whatever. You have trouble remembering things from five seconds ago." Axel said brushing it off. Roxas laughed and gave Axel a playful shove.

"Oh, thanks." He said through his laugh. Yuki and Y laughed along with the two boys.

"I'm like you Roxas. I don't remember much from the beginning either." Xion said sadly. She looked down at the ground frowning.

"Don't feel so bad Xion, I'm the same way." Yuki said. Xion glanced at her and smiled, if only a little.

"You three seem to have a lot in common." Y commented casually. Yuki frowned thinking. They really did. Was there some reason for that? Or was it a coincidence. What made them forget, and why did they seem so different from others? Her mind wandered to her conversation with X earlier. He remembered what his life was like. And he didn't want to answer questions about it. Axel and Y didn't seem comfortable talking about it either. They tried to get off the topic as quickly as possible. Maybe that made all the difference in the world. Knowing where you came from, and knowing you could never return as you were now.

*<3*

Day 95- The Past,
Me and X were sent to Wonderland today. I tried to ask him about the dark powers that Aryum had told me about. He got really snippy and stopped talking to me about halfway through the mission. To be honest, he kinda scared me.
On the clock tower, we got to talking about who we used to be. Turns out Xion and Roxas don't remember, just like me. But the ones who could remember didn't want to talk about it. The past must really weigh on them.