Preface

The superior's golden eyes narrowed under his cowl, glaring at the remains of his organisation, seven now that five were long gone and number XIII was 'missing', it had been a hard blow to Organisation XIII to loose so many of so few in such a short time, they had been powerful allies… Or maybe not so powerful, they'd fallen quickly under the strength of the Keyblade.

Number VII, sitting prim on his high backed, alabaster chair twitched and blinked his yellow eyes at number I, who's grip was rapidly tightening on his armrests, Saїx scowled, "Shut up!" he snapped, "You are a bunch of animals, can you not see your superior is addressing you!?" Xemnas shifted, watching Saїx with renewed interest, "Listen to him!" the arguments and complaints had halted, they didn't restart, instead the eyes of the other organisation members trailed back from Saїx to Xemnas. Number VII settled back in his seat.

"Thank you, VII. Now I know you are all opposed to my plan for this man; you are all taking the view that a Somebody can not help us, Nobodies, however—"
"If he holds connections with the Keyblade Welder companions, might this not be entrapment?"
"Sharp as eva Lux!"
"Thank you, Xigbar."
"X, you make a valid point, but it would seem our man considers his friends to be of less importance than his own 'sins' whatever they may be," a murmur rippled around the hall, "He will go out of his way in attempts to make up for those sins."
"Why do we need him?" VIII called out, the others turned to look at him, "Why's he so special?"
"He holds great power with him, and he is from another world, one which is so separate from any other in this universe that we have no access to it, his companions are also from that world, but his connection to it, unlike theirs, remains, tenuous though it is. He is the link between the two worlds, the longer he remains in this world however, the weaker the link becomes, he is getting closer to his friends, and that is further aggravating the scenario, if we wait too long soon their only way back will be when the wizard opens a new gateway, but if we get to him soon we can use his link to get to their world, any action will further open the path. Their world is highly populated, or rather; it is larger, with more room for people, more hearts.
"He is an intelligent fellow, X, I shall send you to fetch him, he currently resides in the Underworld, but something has disturbed him, he maybe on the move, follow him, if need be, to any world he may go to, reach him and bring him over to our cause before his friends find him and turn him against us."
"I shall leave after him at once, may I enquire as to his name?"
"The man we are after is called Vincent Valentine."
"Valentine," Xigbar sneered, "How very fitting for our purposes."