Yuki stood on top of one of the buildings in Hallow Bastion. She scanned the city looking for what had been killing the Heartless lately. Yuki had been assigned here to discover why all of the Heartless where vanishing. It seemed that the Heartless in the area were vanishing with no explanation. Yuki didn't see any explanation anyway.

"Cid!" A girls voice yelled. Yuki saw a girl with short black hair wearing black run to the door of a building. A man with brown hair followed after the girl a little slower. "Is it working yet?" Yuki heard the girl ask. She didn't hear a reply.

"Well hurry up, the Heartless are starting to gather at the Bailey again. We need to get rid of them before they cause too much trouble." The girl said turning away. She looked around and ran off. The brown-haired man sighed and followed the girl. Yuki jumped from roof to roof in pursuit, following the pair across the town.

They stopped in an area overlooking what was the castle. Yuki jumped off the building and looked around a building's corner. The two people seemed to be waiting for something to happen. The girl kept looking around expectantly.

Suddenly circles appeared on the ground and air creating a cylinder of light. Where ever they touched Heartless the Heartless vanished shrieking out in pain. Yuki watched in awe and disgust. She had never seen something like that. It was fascinating but terrible to see. Her own kind being destroyed and harmed by whatever things were.

A searing pain from her left arm caused Yuki to hiss and jump back. One of the cylinder things had appeared by her arm. Another cylinder appeared both under and above her. Yuki felt nothing but pain before she cried out and fell to the ground. She slowly lost consciousness as she heard footsteps run towards her.

*<3*

"Hey, guys!" A younger Yuki called out. "Come check this out!" She stood on the beach, holding in her hands a yellow star-shaped fruit. The other three gathered around. The silver-haired boy was first to reach her, looking at her curiously. He was followed by the red-haired girl who looked concerned. Lastly was the brown-haired boy, who walked over casually without a care in the world.

"What is it?" The red-haired girl asked. Yuki held out the fruit in answer. The three looked at each other in question trying to figure out the meaning of Yuki's action.

"It's a paopu fruit." The silver-haired boy said slowly. "They grow all over the island. What's the big deal?" Yuki rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"Don't any of you know about the power these things are supposed to have?" Yuki asked, placing a hand on her hip. The red-haired girl and the silver-haired boy shook their heads. The boy with brown hair laughed nervously and rubbed the back of his head.

"I know I haven't." He admitted cheerfully. Yuki sighed with a faint smile.

"They say if you share a paopu fruit with someone your destinies become intertwined." She explained looking at the fruit in her hands. "I figured that since we were going to find a way off the island we should all share one between the four of us. That way if we end up separated we'll be able to find each other again someday." She looked up at the group shyly, waiting for their reactions.

"That's a great idea Yuki!" The red-haired girl said clapping with glee. The brown-haired boy shrugged with a smile, offering no objections. The silver-haired boy smiled softly.

"Yeah, that is a good idea." He agreed. "But are you sure it will work for all four of us?" He asked. Yuki shrugged.

"Only one way to find out." She said. Without waiting for any other comments she broke off a piece of the fruit and handed it to the red-haired girl. The red-haired girl took it excitedly. Yuki broke off another piece and gave it to the brown haired boy. He took it with a goofy grin. She broke the rest of the fruit in half, giving part of it to the silver-haired boy and keeping the other for herself. The silver-haired boy looked around at the others nervously.

"Well, here goes nothing." The boy said. All together the kids took a bite of the fruit. It was sweet and juicy. The kids laughed after the bite before finishing off the fruit. They smiled at each other broadly.

"I really hope this works." The red-haired girl said. Yuki nodded in agreement.

"Me too."

*<3*

Yuki blinked her eyes groggily, trying to get them to open. She felt something soft wrapped around her, like a blanket of some kind. It brushed up against her arms, which told her she didn't have her cloak on.

"Hey, I think she's waking up." A girls voice said. Yuki didn't recognize it, though it did sound familiar. Her eyes finally managed to remain open. She was in an unfamiliar room.

Yuki sat up quickly and looked around in a panic. She was sitting up straight in a bed. Beside her was a desk with a chair. Her cloak was draped over the back of the chair. Sitting in the chair looking at her in interest was the girl with short black hair she had noticed earlier. The brown-haired man was leaning against the wall by the door.

"Hey, you alright?" The girl asked concerned. "When we found you, you were just kinda laying there."

"I'm alright." Yuki said. She nervously rubbed her left arm. She glanced at the back of her hand. The Heartless emblem stood out against her pale skin. She flipped her hand over trying to hide it. She glanced at the two Somebodies to see if they had noticed. Neither of them gave any indication if they had.

"That happen to you often?" The man asked calmly. Yuki gave a nervous laugh.

"Increasingly so." Yuki said looking away to the floor. There was a pause in the conversation. The two in the room with Yuki had a silent exchange between each other. They held eye contact for several minutes, waiting for the other to give in. The girl finally rolled her eyes looking away.

"Where are you from?" The man asked. Yuki shrugged glancing up at him.

"I don't know." She said honestly. Her blue eyes met with his. He seemed to be studying her carefully, trying to decide something about her. His eyes eventually fell on her left hand. He seemed to smirk seeing her try to hide it.

"Wow, did ya lose your memory or something?" The black haired girl asked. Yuki thought about this for a minute. She eventually nodded in admittance. "Do you know your name?"

"It's Yuki," Yuki replied.

"That's kinda funny." The girl said. "Well Yuki, I'm Yuffie. And he's Leon." She smiled broadly. Yuki couldn't figure out what was funny. Was it that their names sounded so similar? Or was it something else?

"Why are you here?" Leon asked. Yuffie glared at him like they had come to an agreement and he had broken the deal. Yuki looked off to the side shyly.

"I can't tell you." Yuki said softly. Leon and Yuffie had another conversation with their eyes. Yuki could tell they had been friends for some time if they could read each others looks so well. Almost like X reading one of the looks Axel got.

"Yuki." Yuffie began slowly. "We saw that thing on the back of your hand. Why is it there?" She looked at Yuki expecting an answer. Yuki looked away and flipped her hand back over so the emblem was clearly seen.

"It's what I am." Yuki said softly, not looking up. She heard the girl gasp loudly. There was movement, but it stopped short of Yuki, almost like it had been held back. Yuki glanced up to see Leon glaring at her, but Yuffie had her hand on his arm, stopping him.

"I haven't seen a human looking Heartless before," Yuffie said softly. "Are you different from the other ones?" Yuki nodded.

"We can think. Some remember being human." Yuki explained. Yuffie looked at her interested. Yuki looked away from her. "But we still don't feel anything."

"Interesting. Are you responsible for the presence of Heartless here?" Leon asked. He sounded hostile. It wasn't hard to tell he didn't have any care for the Heartless. Yuki tried very hard not to look at him.

"No, I'm not the one who put them here. I just had to find out where they were going." Yuki answered. "Now that I know where they're going I can leave."

"And you won't come back?" Leon asked. Yuki shrugged.

"Who knows. Maybe another day." She replied she stood up and took the cloak off the back of the chair. The sleeve of the coat was damaged, Yuki would probably have to get rid of it. She threw the coat over her shoulder before pushing her way past Leon to the door. He didn't try to get in her way, Yuki thought she might have felt something off of him. Something that seemed a lot like fear.

Yuki left that room only to find herself in a room with two more people. A brown haired girl in pink and a blonde man. Yuki paused looking at them.

"Oh, she's awake." The brown-haired girl said with a warm smile. Yuki looked at her cautiously. She didn't have to look to know this girl had a very kind heart.

"She's a Heartless, watch out." Leon said from behind her. The brown haired girl stepped back and brought her hands up to her chest. Yuki rolled her eyes, realizing why they weren't fighting her.

"Are you afraid I'm going to steal your heart? Is that why you're not trying to stop me from leaving?" Yuki asked turning to face Leon. Leon didn't reply but Yuki knew that was a yes.

"We don't have a keyblade to fight you, so not like it would do any good if we tried." Yuffie said with a smile.

"Yuffie! Now she knows we can't kill her! We needed her to think we might have been able to!" The blonde man yelled. Yuki tipped her head to the side.

"I'm not afraid of keyblades. Nor do I steal hearts." She said confused. These people really didn't seem to know much if they were relying on a keyblade. Other weapons would still get rid of her, why not just use those? The group looked at her confused.

"What kinda Heartless are you?" The blonde man asked. Yuki looked up trying to think.

"The elite kind?" Yuki answered though it sounded like a question. The group shot looks at each other, trying to decide what to do. The brown haired girl stepped forward slowly.

"Are you an enemy, or a friend?" She asked. Yuki looked at them curiously. Why would they ask her that? She was a Heartless after all. But if they were friends would be helpful. She could try to become friends with them. She really didn't want to have to fight any of them.

"Neither. But, I think, maybe, being friends would be better than enemies." Yuki said. The brown haired girl smiled softly.

"I agree. Since you really haven't done anything, I think we can manage to be friends." She said with a sweet smile. Yuki returned the smile softly. "I'm Aerith, and this is Cid." She said, motioning to the blonde man.

"Well, kid. Looks like you got places to be. But know, if you cause any trouble around here we'll become enemies." Cid said. Yuki nodded.

"Right. I'll see you some other time then." She said before leaving. As she walked out the door she glanced over her shoulder. To her surprise, everyone but Leon waved to her. She smiled softly and waved back. She knew she wasn't supposed to be seen, but that didn't matter currently. Finding friends was always a good thing. Yuki thought there would come a day she would need them. For what she didn't know.

*<3*

When Yuki arrived at the clock tower she was surprised to find only X and Y there. The twins glanced back at her curiously. Y smiled at her before looking back to the sunset. X watched as she came to sit down.

"See any of those Nobodies around today?" X asked in a joking manner. He probably didn't expect Yuki to have seen them. He was just asking to ask. Yuki shook her head, sitting down beside Y.

"No Nobodies." Yuki replied. Y frowned.

"Wonder where they are." She said absentmindedly. X shrugged in response.

Behind them, footsteps approached. Yuki glanced over her shoulder to see Axel looking at them while leaning against the wall.

"There's a Nobody." X said casually. Axel smirked at the blonde Heartless.

"What? You guys weren't worrying about us were you?" Axel asked. X looked away, acting offended. He crossed his arms stubbornly.

"As if. Don't have the heart to." X said. Axel chuckled at his response.

"Sorry to be so late, and that the other two won't show. Xion just woke up and Roxas isn't leaving her side since she passed out on our mission today." Axel explained. Yuki smiled softly. That sounded just like something Roxas would do.

"So Xion woke up, then passed out again?" X asked confused. Axel nodded. X shook his head looking away. "I don't want to know what you were doing." He stated. Axel shrugged.

"Well, anyway. I should probably head back. Just thought you guys should know where we were at." Axel said turning away.

"Why go the extra mile? Could've just told us tomorrow." X said, looking at Axel suspiciously. Axel shrugged once again.

"I figured our best friends should know." He said simply before vanishing onto the stairs leading down. Yuki looked after him in shock.

Best friends? Hadn't they said before they weren't best friends? Just friends. Did it change over time, or was it sudden? Yuki couldn't decide. But it seemed right. They were almost always together. It reminded her a lot of the kids in her dreams she could barely remember. But the feeling still remained. A memory that told her this was right.

"Took him long enough." Y muttered. Yuki and X both laughed at her statement. It was true to them. It had taken long enough to realize this. They were always together. Always there for each other. What else could they be but best friends?

*<3*

Day 193- Best Friends,
Today I was in Hallow Bastion. I met some Somebody's there. I figured they would just chase me off or try to kill me. But instead, they offered to be my friends if I didn't hurt them or cause any trouble. I agreed.
Speaking of friends, Xion woke up. We didn't get to see her though, Axel just came to tell us at the clock tower. He said we were best friends so we should know. I'm glad that they think of us that way, I think of them that way too.
I passed out again in Hallow Bastion. I saw the same kids as normal.