Yuki shivered looking up at the dark ominous castle. There were gargoyles placed around the courtyard, each on the edge of a square of darker brick. It didn't help the creepy feeling Yuki was getting from the castle. It was very difficult for her to focus on her mission. Unfortunately for her Arykii was not tolerating her distraction.

"This world is called Beasts Castle. That's all we know at this point." The Heartless with dark blue hair and a red Heartless emblem outlined in black said calmly. She walked a few steps ahead of Yuki then turned to look at her. "No getting distracted." She said. Yuki nodded then looked around. There were various footprints on the ground that looked like a very large animal had walked there. Spots of the bricked ground were broken like something had been pounded into them.

"It looks like there was some sort of fight out here," Yuki commented. Arykii nodded walking towards the door.

"We can assume the beast this castle is named for is battling the Heartless." She said. She entered the castle with Yuki trailing after her. The inside of the castle was just as dark as the outside. Strange scratch marks were seen on the walls. They didn't look like any Heartless Yuki had seen before.

"More marks from the beast?" Yuki asked looking to Arykii. She nodded walking up the stairs. Her white cloak stood out in the room. Yuki thought it might difficult for them to blend in here. Yuki sighed going up the stairs after Arykii. They entered a bright room that shocked Yuki. At the other end of the room was two people in black cloaks. One was Roxas and the other Yuki didn't recognize.

"Xaldin, I was unaware your organization was conducting reconnaissance here." Arykii said calmly. The man with dreadlocks who was with Roxas looked at Arykii with something close to disgust.

"That goes both ways." Xaldin said. His eyes narrowed at her. He obviously didn't like having the Heartless in the area. Yuki raised an eyebrow at Roxas. He read her look easily and just shrugged. He had no clue what Xaldins deal was.

"Have you discovered anything of use?" Arykii asked. Roxas was about to answer but was silenced by a look from Xaldin.

"I don't see why we should tell you anything we know." Xaldin said. He looked at them with a condescending look. Arykii rolled her eyes.

"You may not have a personal liking of Heartless, but we are allies. It is only right we should help one another." She said calmly. None of Xaldins behavior had ruffled her at all. She was still calm while Yuki was getting very annoyed. Xaldin glared at Arykii. He didn't want to help her, but couldn't find a way around her words. She had a good point.

"There's been nothing of particular note yet. All the servants of this castle have taken the form of some kind of object. A teapot, a clock, etc. The master of the castle is a beast. The only human is a young woman." Xaldin explained bitterly. Arykii nodded.

"Have you investigated the beast himself yet?" She asked. Her dark eyes looked at Xaldin expectantly. Her eyes always unsettled Yuki. Pure black, impossible to tell the pupil from the iris. They were cold and harsh, making Yuki even more unsettled. But Xaldin didn't seem to notice or care.

"No, I was just about to have Roxas lead me there. Perhaps you two should accompany us." Xaldin said. Arykii waved off the offer.

"How rude that would be of us. You two need not trouble yourselves. We will finish reconnaissance and report what we found to you. A thank you for saving us the time of searching the entire castle." Arykii said. Xaldin stared at her for a moment trying to decide if it was some trap.

He sighed. "Very well. Roxas, take them to the beast chambers to ensure they don't get lost." Roxas nodded and smiled at Yuki. Yuki smiled in return.

Roxas took them to the west wing of the castle. He led the way through various halls to a room with its door cracked open. He stepped aside and motioned to the room, marking it as the one belonging to the beast. Yuki stepped forward and peaked in cautiously. The room was all but destroyed. Every piece of furniture was smashed and lay in pieces. The only thing that seemed to be untouched was a table with a rose on it. The rose was glowing, like some sort of magic was on it.

"What do you see?" Arykii asked. Yuki pulled back from the door to look at her.

"It looks like the beast has some serious anger issues. The entire room is torn up except for some rose." Yuki replied. Roxas smiled at little at her description. Arykii frowned. She passed by Yuki and entered the room. Yuki looked at her confused. "You could have done that from the start." Yuki muttered.

In the room, Arykii stepped forward and investigated to oddly protected rose. Yuki and Roxas stayed outside watching her. Yuki glanced at Roxas.

"What do you think about this rose?" Yuki asked. Roxas shrugged trying to get a better look into the room.

"I don't know. But Xaldin said the ballroom wasn't torn up because the beast didn't go in there. He felt he didn't belong." Roxas replied thinking. "Maybe it's the same sort of thing for the rose." Yuki frowned and shook her head.

"Then why not put the rose in the ballroom? Why keep it in his room?" Yuki asked. Roxas tapped his chin, considering her words.

"He's protecting it." Arykii said as she rejoined the two. She was frowning glancing over her shoulder at the room. "That rose is very precious to him for some reason." She said walking down the hall. Yuki and Roxas looked at each other in confusion before following after Arykii.

Back in the ballroom, Arykii was deep in conversation with Xaldin. Both Yuki and Roxas were trying to decipher the meaning of their conversation. They didn't understand it.

"This could be put to our advantage." Xaldin said. He had been very interested in the discovery of the rose. Arykii smiled viciously.

"I had thought you would say as much. We can use this against him." Arykii said. "I'm fairly certain this rose has something to do with the abnormal forms of the inhabitants of this castle." Xaldin nodded in agreement. It seemed his detest for the Heartless was gone. Maybe he had just forgotten due to the possibility of useful news. Or maybe it had been an act all along.

"Roxas we're returning to the castle." Xaldin said summoning a dark corridor. Roxas nodded and joined him waving to Yuki.

"See ya Yuki." He said. Yuki nodded and waved to him. The two Nobody's disappeared leaving the Heartless alone. Yuki looked to Arykii for instructions.

"We can return as well. We have everything we need." Arykii said. She turned away from Yuki and summoned a dark corridor. Without a word, she vanished into it. Yuki looked at the ballroom one more time before leaving, disappearing into the dark corridor.

*<3*

When Yuki arrived at the clock tower Roxas and Xion were already sitting together. From what Yuki could tell, Roxas had just arrived. He had barely started on his ice cream bar while Xion had a decent start.

"Hey, guys." Yuki greeted. They both glanced at her and smiled as she took her place beside Xion.

"Hey, Yuki. Where were you sent today?" Xion asked cheerfully.

"I was at Beast Castle with Roxas." Yuki replied casually. Xion looked at Yuki surprised. She moved her gaze to Roxas with just as much shock. Roxas shrugged innocently.

"I didn't know we ever assigned members to the same world at the same time." Xion said.

"Neither did we." Yuki and Roxas said in unison. Their eyes met in surprise, but they didn't say anything else. Xion returned her gaze to the sunset. After a moment Yuki and Roxas joined her. A few moments later X and Y arrived together. They sat beside Yuki without a word more than the usual greetings.

"Oh, by the way, Xion, you were right about the beast wanting to protect something," Roxas said offhandedly. Y glanced over at the two a little confused. Rather than asking she looked at Yuki. Yuki shrugged.

"Really?" Xion asked. "What's he trying to protect?" She looked at Roxas with interest.

"A rose," Roxas replied. "But Xaldin and the other Heartless with Yuki said it was a weakness." He looked down frowning. He was confused by what the older elites had said.

"Why would caring about something be a weakness?" Xion asked. Roxas shrugged. Y let out a sad sigh.

"People can threaten what it is you care about or hurt it to get to you." Y explained looking down towards the ground. X was looking away from her, for once not adding his own commentary.

"How?" Yuki asked. Y rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

"It's hard to explain. But it's not something you want happening to you. It's not fun." She said softly. Yuki wasn't certain, but she thought Y was speaking from experience there.

*<3*

As the sun slowly disappeared beneath the horizon the Heartless and the Nobody's left the clock tower. Roxas and Xion were the first to leave. They were followed shortly by Yuki who decided to go on ahead of the twins. The twins sat silently after the others had gone, both lost in their own thoughts.

"I'm sorry," X said suddenly. Y smirked and nodded.

"Yeah, I know." She replied. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the orange wayfinder she had just recently fixed. She held it in her palm staring at it. "I think he'd like to know you're sorry too." She said holding the wayfinder out to her brother. X looked at it before reluctantly taking it from her.

"What do you want me to do?" X asked. Y rolled her eyes like it was a stupid question.

"Easy, when we finally rescue Terra, you're going to be the one to return his wayfinder to him and you're going to apologize for being a jerk." She replied. X sighed heavily.

"I don't have a choice do I?" He asked. Y laughed and shook her head.

"Nope."

*<3*

Day 119- Something To Protect,
Today I was with Arykii at Beasts Castle. We ran into Roxas and another member of Organization 13. Together we found out the beast of the castle is protecting something. Both Xaldin and Arykii said that was a weakness. But me and Roxas couldn't figure it out. Why would protecting something be a weakness? Y says it can be used against you and it's not fun. I wonder how she knows.

*<3*

Yuki looked around at the trees growing in the forest. She was outside of Twilight Town once more. It was strange considering the last time she was in Twilight Town she had been forbidden from going into the forest, now they wanted her there. Her goal was to find a way into the old mansion at the edge of the forest and explore it for any suspicious activity.

Yuki reached the mansion gates and stopped. How did they expect her to get in? Yuki frowned looking at the gate. Inside the gate, the yard looked unkept, like no one had been here for years. We would they think something strange was happening? Yuki snapped her fingers summoning a dark corridor. In the yard, another corridor opened. Yuki smirked.

"Why did they treat this like some impossible task?" Yuki asked. She took the dark corridor into the yard. She paused to look around the yard. Seeing nothing interesting she proceeded onto the mansion.

Inside Yuki paused to take in a shocked breath. For being abandoned the entryway was surprisingly clean. Yuki ran her finger across the top of a dresser off to the side. There was no dust collected on it. She frowned looking around the room. Maybe there were people here.

Yuki went up the stairs to the left, looking around at the decor. Whoever had made this place was really into unicorns. There were engravings and statues of the things everywhere. Yuki started counting them as she walked down the hall. At the end, a door was left open. Yuki stopped her counting as she approached the door trying to peer inside. The entire room was white.

Yuki pushed open the door and looked around. There were a few drawings on the wall. A long table was in the center of the room. Yuki didn't look at it too much. An entire wall was windows with white curtains. Yuki walked to one of the walls looking at the picture on the wall. It looked like the back view of the Heartless and Nobody's at the clock tower.

"That's one of the things I can do." A voice said, causing Yuki to jump. At the end of the table was the blonde girl from Castle Oblivion. She was watching Yuki, her blue eyes were filled with a curious light. On her lap was a sketch pad.

"Naminé," Yuki said. Naminé looked at her quizzically.

"How do you know my name?" She asked softly. Yuki smiled at her and walked over to her.

"Marluxia said it while I was in the room. Don't you remember?" She asked. Naminé frowned and looked down.

"Oh, I remember now." She said. She moved her pencil across the paper, adding detail to an image Yuki couldn't see. Yuki watched her for a moment with a smile. Just watching her was calming.

"What did you mean that's one of the things you can do?" Yuki asked. She sat on the table looking down at Naminé. Naminé stopped her drawing for a second considering the question.

"I can see memories and things that are going to happen." She said. Yuki nodded still watching her draw.

"Are you a Nobody? Or a Somebody?" She asked. Naminé just smiled faintly.

"I'm a Nobody." She said. Yuki leaned forward a little trying to catch a glimpse of the drawing. Naminé pulled the sketch pad to her chest watching Yuki. Yuki sighed leaning back with a grin. Naminé seemed to try to avoid smiling but eventually gained a soft grin.

"Why are you here?" Yuki asked. Naminé looked up at her for a second.

"I have to undo what I have done. I have to piece his memory back together, at least, what I can of it." She answered, returning to her drawing. Yuki frowned.

"Whose memory?"

"I can't tell you. I'm sorry. His memories of you are gone." Naminé replied. Yuki furrowed her eyebrows together trying to decide what that meant.

"Naminé, are you the memory keeper?" Yuki asked. Naminé again paused in her drawing. She was silent for several minutes, trying to decide how to answer Yuki.

"I am a witch who has power over his memory and the memory of those connected to him." She finally said. Yuki opened her mouth to ask what that was supposed to mean but froze hearing footsteps. Naminé looked at her concerned. "You should leave before he catches you." She said. Yuki nodded and snapped summoning a dark corridor. She looked at Naminé before stepping through.

"I'll come visit you again sometime," Yuki said before leaving. Naminé looked after her shocked but smiled looking back at her drawing.

*<3*

Yuki arrived at the clock tower after reporting back. She told them the manor was empty. For some reason she wanted to protect Naminé and whoever she was helping. It just felt like the right thing to do.

Sitting at the clock tower was Roxas, Axel, X, and Y. Xion was nowhere in sight. Yuki sat her spot looking between the other four who were oddly quiet.

"Where's Xion?" Yuki asked. Roxas shrugged.

"She's not here yet." He said. He looked at the sun worriedly. "It's getting late. This isn't like her." Yuki frowned nodding in agreement. Something must have happened.

*<3*

Day 149- The Memory Keeper,
I was sent to Twilight Town today. I had to investigate that old manor. There wasn't much interesting things. A lot of unicorn stuff.
But there was someone that was interesting. Naminé, that girl from castle oblivion. She talked to me a bit. She's trying to fix something she did. She said something about memories of me being missing. It kinda confused me. I didn't tell the boss about her though. I want to protect her for some reason.