Disclaimer: I do not own kingdom hearts or a lot of the characters in this story…only some of them. Also some people may be a little OOC. Sorry if that bugs you.

Ch.1

"Help….somebody…..anybody……" Darkness drifted in. A young woman held closely to her mother as the darkness engulfed them. Suddenly a hand appeared. She reached for it, almost there, she grasped it. Still holding her unconscious mother, the girl tried to pull them both out. And succeeded. When she opened her eyes the darkness was gone, replaced by city lights and tall buildings; her mother was gone, replaced by an empty feeling at her side.

"Are you ok?" A young girl with short black hair and a bright smile stood over her.

"I think I'm fine." She replied slowly sitting up.

"That's good! My name is Yuffie. What's yours?" She was a very happy person.

"Um…Yukina…but you can call me Yuki." Yuki stood to her full height which was only a couple inches taller than Yuffie. "Where am I?" She looked around a town she didn't know.

"This is Traverse Town. Normally the gang and I are in Hollow Bastion, but we're here for a vacation. Come on, you can stay with us…I think…if it's ok with Squall." Yuffie led Yuki to a large door with a 2 above it. "This is the second district." The door opened to reveal what looked like a courtyard and a large, beautiful building in the back of the district. "We're staying over here." Yuffie led Yuki to a long, tall building. "It used to be a one story, but they remodeled it a couple years back." Yuffie explained. When they walked in there was a lobby with one couch and a large chair. "Hi everybody! Look what I found!" Yuffie put her hands on Yuki's shoulders and smiled really big. Everyone stared for a moment. Their eyes strayed from her long braid of white hair to her enormous emerald green eyes sharply contrasting her pale skin. Some looked even further down to her full pink lips, full bust and lean body covered meagerly by a tattered and torn yellow sun dress that reached her knees. "That's Cid." Yuffie broke the awkward silence and pointed at a yellow haired man slumped on the couch with his arms crossed over his white t-shirt. His eyes were hard but kind. "He fixes gummi ships. Over there are Tifa and her boyfriend Cloud." A tall brunette woman stood in all black next to an even taller blonde man with piercing blue eyes. "That there is Aerith." There was a girl with long brown hair sitting on the other end of the couch. She smiled politely up at Yuki. "And that's Squal."

"Leon." Yuki couldn't stop from staring at him. His brown hair was choppy and to his shoulders. His voice was deep and agitated, but instead of putting fear into Yuki it made her want to giggle.

"Can Yuki stay with us? Pleeeeeeeease?" Yuffie pleaded ignoring Leon's earlier correction.

"Sure. Whatever."

"Ok. So someone needs to show her around cuz I've got a date tonight." Yuffie announced.

"Really? So do I." Aerith and Yuffie went up the stairs to get ready for their dates.

"I gotta go work on the ship." Cid put his hands in his pockets and walked out of the inn.

"Cloud and I were going to….ehem…" Tifa grabbed Cloud's hand and dragged him up the stairs leaving Yuki alone with Leon in the lobby.

Yuki sat in a big red chair that was so soft she sighed. She lifted her knees to her chest and held them there with her arms and buried her face, trying to forget that there was a very attractive man sitting across from her.

"Do you want to change before I show you around?" Leon finally asked quietly.

Yuki blushed. "I don't have any clothes….or money…"

"How have you eaten?"

"I haven't….."

"For how long?"

Yuki blushed even deeper. "A week."

"Well come on then." Leon stood from his chair and led the way out of the inn onto the street. "This is the second district. There's a clothing store over here."

"But I don't have any money." She argued.

"Yuffie and Aerith will do it tomorrow any way. Might as well get started." Leon led Yuki to a large store with all sorts of clothing in it. She picked out a simple black skirt with a nice red tank top and black wedges.

"Thank you." She whispered as they walked out.

"Whatever." Leon blushed but continued past the inn and toward the large door Yuffie had led her through earlier. "This is the first district. There's a café here." Yuki didn't argue this time and simply sat and ordered food. "There's a general store right there, next to that information place where you can also buy some items. There's a mailing center there and a bunch of other smaller stores." They ate quietly. Yuki had beef stew in a sourdough bread bowl while Leon ate steak but didn't touch his green beans so Yuki ate those too. After Leon paid for there meal he took Yuki back to the second district. There's a bell tower over there." Yuki looked at it in wonder. "I can take you inside and to the top sometime if you like."

They both blushed. "I would like that." She smiled. As they walked by the fountain Yuki dipped her hand in and smiled at the water running through her fingers. She looked up and saw two small children crying at the other end of the pool. "Hello. Why are you crying?" She asked softly. Her voice was kind and loving, the children answered right away that they were lost and couldn't find there way back to their home. "You can't find your way home? Well that's not good. Do you know your address?" One girl nodded. "Well what is it?" The little girl whispered that they lived in the third district but didn't know how to get there. "Well that's no problem at all. We were just on our way there." Yuki smiled brightly at the children and stood to face Leon. "Leon?" Her voice was quiet again, her smile shy and questioning. "They live in the third district."

"Let's go." Leon led the way as the two girls held on to Yuki's hands, talking excitedly. When they returned the girls home their mother thanked them, crying, and embraced her daughters tightly.

"Come on Leon…" The sight made Yuki want to cry. So she turned away from the loving family.

"Are you alright?" He didn't sound genuinely interested so Yuki just nodded her head 'yes'. "Alright. Cid works up there when we're here. And the wizard Merlin lives through that door with the flame on it. You have to use fire to get through. This door will lead you back to the first district. Other than that it's just houses. Leon led her back up a flight of stairs and out to the second district where a puppy jumped into As they walked by the fountain Yuki dipped her hand in and smiled at the water running through her fingers. She looked up and saw two small children crying at the other end of the pool. "Hello. Why are you crying?" She asked softly. Her voice was kind and loving, the children answered right away that they were lost and couldn't find there way back to their home. "You can't find your way home? Well that's not good. Do you know your address?" One girl nodded. "Well what is it?" The little girl whispered that they lived in the third district but didn't know how to get there. "Well that's no problem at all. We were just on our way there." Yuki smiled brightly at the children and stood to face Leon. "Leon?" Her voice was quiet again, her smile shy and questioning. "They live in the third district."

"Let's go." Leon led the way as the two girls held on to Yuki's hands, talking excitedly. When they returned the girls home their mother thanked them, crying, and embraced her daughters tightly.

"Come on Leon…" The sight made Yuki want to cry. So she turned away from the loving family.

"Are you alright?" He didn't sound genuinely interested so Yuki just nodded her head 'yes'. "Alright. Cid works up there when we're here. And the wizard Merlin lives through that door with the flame on it. You have to use fire to get through. This door will lead you back to the first district. Other than that it's just houses. Leon led her back up a flight of stairs and out to the second district where a puppy jumped into Yuki's arms.

"Oh!" She smiled and petted the small spotted puppy.

"That belongs to Pongo and Perdita. They live over here." Leon led the way to a very large house. When he opened the door Yuki saw many white and black spotted puppies surrounding two similar adult dogs. Leon returned the puppy and the adult dog with the blue collar barked and panted in appreciation.

Yuki laughed and patted Pongo on the head lightly. Leon led her back to the hotel. "You'll have to room with me,"

"Ok." He led her up the stairs and to a red door. On the other side of the door was a large bed and a dresser. On the opposite wall was a glass door leading to a balcony.

"Come here." She followed Leon onto the balcony. "If you ever need me or the others and can't find us, try through there." She looked to the water canal that he pointed to and nodded. "I'm going to bed." Leon took off his jacket, belts and shirt to lay in bed. "Sleep wherever you like."

Yuki chose to sleep on the floor at the end of the bed. She wished for a dream, but all she could see when she closed her eyes was darkness.