Summary: Marluxia, Larxene and Roxas have all witnessed their superiors make sure not to startle Demyx. So they ask some of the older members why they do that. They get an answer, but it's not what they expected…

Curiosity in the Castle

I don't own them, got it memorized? Its Demyx centered, of course; what did you expect? Larxene? My pen name is Psycho-Demyx is Hearted, so duh.

Warnings: Mentions of violence, language, hints of guys flirting with other guys (pretty much ignorable), and Demyx's Somebody

Marluxia and Larxene were watching Lexaeus cautiously knock on the door to Demyx's room and wait until the nocturne had opened it to go in.

"Why do they do that? I mean, they could probably just waltz in using a portal," Larxene asked. She continued staring at the door, watching as Demyx opened it up and smiled brightly at seeing Lexaeus.

"I know. It is odd. What's also odd is that he's of a higher rank than the both of us," Marluxia agreed. The other nodded and they both continued watching.

"You know, I've heard that even Xigbar, Xaldin and Saix knock before going in. None of them just portal in," Larxene said after a bit.

"Because it's true," a new voice answered. It was Roxas, the thirteenth member of their order. "I've seen it a couple of times."

"Why don't we ask someone why they do that; it might be easier to get the answer if we ask one of the older members." Marluxia may have been an ass, but he was a curious one.

"Why not Xigbar? I'm sure he'd tell us," Larxene said. The two boys nodded, and the trio went in search of the Freeshooter.

They found Xigbar right where they expected him to be, at the firing range, trying to make his exceptional accuracy even better.

"Heya, kiddos. Whatcha doin' here?" he asked when he noticed them loitering at the door. "Come in, come in. I won' bite." He dispelled his gun-type-thingies (If anyone can tell me what they're called, I'd appreciate it.) and portaled in a few chairs. He had a gut 'feeling' that this could take a while.

"Xigbar…we want to know…why are we doing this again, Marluxia?" Roxas hissed.

"Roxas, shut up. What we want to know is why all of you don't just portal into Demyx's room like you do the others?" Marluxia said. The three stared at Xigbar in curiosity and fascination.

Xigbar looked at them with a smile on his face; they were like kids, really. "Say, no one's ever told you how Saix got his scar, have they?" Three shakes of the head; three nos. "Well then, how about I tell you?" Three nods and three wide eyes. Xigbar started talking again in a different voice than his normal surfer accent. "Demyx told me once when we were sloshed, so…

"Alright, let's get started…

"It was a normal day in The World That Never Was, and Superior had given Saix the task of getting Demyx. He had checked most of the places that Demyx could normally be found: the Hall of Empty Melodies, the firing range, and the huge-assed library Zexion's always in. He wasn't in any of them, so the only place he could be was his room. Now, no one really knew what was in Demyx's room, including Saix, but that didn't deter him one bit. He just portaled in, which evidently startled Dem, and I'm guessing something over came him, like an instinct, and he attacked Saix. Used items that I'm figuring normally wouldn't be used as weapons; I think it was a flat-head screwdriver or something like that. Anyway, he had this snarl thing on his face and threatening his superior officer. After a few minutes Demyx snapped out of it, wide eyed and definitely terrified. He yelped, and grabbed a roll of bandages from a desk drawer. He quickly wrapped Saix's head up in bandages.

"I suppose neither of them realized that because of that incident, Saix would end up with a X-shaped scar." Xigbar ended his story, but he held up a hand to ward off any questions the three Nobodies might have had. "Now, I know you probably have questions, but trust me, you don't want them answered. I'm the one who found the little dude. He was just clad in pants and you could see his chest. Completely covered in scars, nasty ones, too." Xigbar sighed. "We later figured out it was because of what his Somebody was-a Turk, oddly enough. Meaning, if he snaps and that Inner Turk takes over, he could probably kill us all in our sleep. Now do you see why we tread so lightly around Demyx?"

"That's impossible," Marluxia said. He was more powerful than that little wimp… right? True, Demyx held the ninth spot for a reason, but still. "The only way Demyx could have done that was if he was startled and Saix wasn't expecting an attack. Even then, the damage would be minimal."

"True…if it were yourself. If you want to know more, go bug Zexion, little dudes. He should be in the library," Xigbar made the chairs disappear back to wherever they were from and left the three in the firing range.

"…Okay, that was…weird. Officially," Roxas said. The other two nodded and Larxene opened a portal to the library and led the two males through it.

"Hello Zexion," Marluxia purred. That was just how he spoke to Zexion. It was a flirty manner that disturbed most of the people around them. What was weirder was that Zexion often flirted back.

"Ah, Marluxia. How good to see you again. To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?" Zexion replied, taking on a light smirk and odd accent. The emo looking man placed his book on his lap and stared at his subordinates. It was unusual to see the three of them together and not arguing.

The two blonds looked at Marluxia to ask what they came to know. "Ah, well, Zexion. We would like to know more about Demyx's Somebody. Xigbar told us you would be able to help. So, can you?"

"I can." Zexion made no move in getting up.

"Will you?" Marluxia asked the older member and the two blonds nodded.

"No. That's classified and on a need-to-know basis and none of you need to know." Zexion 'loved' being the one to tell the younger members that they weren't allowed to know things. It was entertaining. "Though, if you must know… we do have access to the Shinra Database. It's from Demyx's home world, so it should have his information. If you can find it." Zexion smirked and went back to reading his book.

This would be…amusing. What the three didn't realize that they didn't have clearance in the Database. Turk information was classified, and the only one who had had clearance to get that info was Demyx himself (And his old superiors), until he told Xemnas how to get it once under unusual circumstances. It was one of the few things Demyx actually remembered. Including how to kill someone with a paper clip without getting blood all over your navy suit. That he learned from one of his co-workers. (Its something Reno would do) It seemed Demyx was in a sadistic and malicious mood when he told Zexion.

The kids would never find what they were looking for.

"The hell is Shinra?" Larxene asked Marluxia, as if he would know.

"How the hell should I know that? There's no one from the same world as Demyx in the Organization," Marluxia responded, giving the only female a light glare. "Roxas, do you have any ideas?"

"Hack into the system?" Roxas deadpanned.

"That just might work. Come on, since there's computers, I'll bet they've got that Database attached to them. Or whatever." (Marly doesn't have a clue as to what he's talking about.)

"Well, that failed," Roxas said about an hour later. The three had tried various ways to get the information they wanted and all of them failed spectacularly. The last thing they tried caused the computer to shut itself down. They could hear Zexion sniggering in a corner, finding their failure amusing.

"We could always ask Demyx, couldn't we?" Larxene suggested. The boys gave her blank looks and turned away, discussing another way to try and hack into the system. "Males." She snorted and procured a portal to the hallway outside of Demyx's room. "Now, let's see. Demyx, darling, it's Larxene." She knocked on the door to his room.

"Larx, how've you been?" Demyx opened the door and ushered her in. The room was plain white and had the same theme throughout. The only thing that Demyx had done was remove the carpet, and place some handguns on his table. Of course there was a sitar stand in the corner, a violin sitting on the chair and a small stack of CDs sitting on the desk.

"I've been better. And you?" It was only courteous since she was in Demyx's room.

"Eh, not too bad, not too bad. I assume there's a reason you're here. You don't make social calls just for nothing." Damn it, Demyx was annoyingly perceptive.

"Um, Marly, Roxas and I wanted to know why the members were so cautious around you, so we asked Xigbar who told us how you gave Saix his scar, and Zexion told us that to get any information we'd have to access your old file. The boy's are still trying to hack their way in." Larxene was explaining to the nocturne.

"So, you came to ask for the info to get in huh? Well, here ya go." Demyx handed her a card that was in his pocket. It was an ID card.

"Myde Valentine? That's who you were?" Larxene asked. The man in the picture looked completely different from Demyx. Black hair, weird eyes and a feather sitting on his shoulder, Myde Valentine was odd looking. "He's… pretty, for a guy."

"Thanks."

Larxene flinched. She should have known better. Gods, the sarcasm bit, even for someone without a heart. "Sorry."

"S'okay. You're not the first to say so, and you won't be the last." Demyx gave her an apathetic look before stating, "I've got a mission to go on and you've got all you need to access the information. Take it and leave." Cold. So very cold.

Larxene took that as her signal to leave before she was hurt. "Right then," she said and portaled out. Sure, she couldn't feel, but that still didn't stop the oppressive feeling in that room.

"Hello boys," Larxene purred once she was back in the library.

"Larxene," they both replied.

"Look at what I've got." She tossed the card at Roxas and watched his expression. Ah, yes, the Keyblade wielder Glare of (perpetual) Doom. "Demyx gave it to me. Like?"

"Oh yes, but what is it?" Marluxia asked.

"Why, it's a key pass. It's got the information we need to access his file." At least, Larxene thought so.

"Then let's try it."

Five minutes later…

"Access denied. Thank you."

"Demyx is probably laughing his ass off at us. Shaddup Zexion!" Marluxia yelled. By then, Zexion was laughing his own ass off and was no longer reading.

"Just admit defeat, you're not going to win. You're not going to get that info until you have to go on a long mission with him," Zexion said smugly. "Now, why don't you forget about this and let the memories wash away…" He said a small spell that would wipe their memories of that day and took the key card. "Now then. Demyx should learn not to be such a sadist. Right, sir?"

"Of course Zexion. But he's such a good assassin, I can't seem to bring my 'heart' into telling him so," Xemnas replied. He then left the library, Zexion in tow.

heheheh

The end, yo. (I've got to stop cosplaying Reno. I've got his accent now.)

That didn't turn out like it was supposed to… It wasn't supposed to even have Xemnas in it. Though it wasn't bad, I thought. Demyx an assassin… hah! That's what I'm talking about.

Edit: I fixed some mistakes (Mainly the lines that weren't there...), so it should be better now.