This is my second complete fic Light Within The Dark. As it's in first person, I suppose that automatically qualifies it as a mary sue. Don't judge her until you've read the whole thing. Then feel free to supply me with warmth in the form of flames if you still desire afterwards. Reviews are appreciated either way.

As everybody knows by now, Kingdom Hearts isn't mine. Though I do own KH I, II, and Chain of Memories. I did happen to see a trailer for Dream Drop Distance and let me tell you, what were they thinking when they gave Riku a haircut? I really liked him in II. And I mean really. But I suppose I'll get used to his new look like I'm getting used to Dante's new look for the new DMC game. Those who have seen the trailers know what I'm talking about. Vergil didn't change much besides getting a new outfit and to me, Vergil looks good in black.

As a heads up some of these guys may be OCC, don't know. It just flowed from my brain to the computer.

I've said what I need to so you guys read and enjoy.

This is the full summary as I know it won't fit in the preview box.

Remix is a special kind of Nobody. She wasn't created when someone loses their heart, like the rest, but when Light finds someplace to gather within the Dark. Within Organization 13, Remix is the Midnight Diva, capable of using sound to suit her fancy. Xemnas disbands the gang and Remix runs off, ending up on Destiny Islands and bonding with one cute as hell silver haired keyblader. With Riku's coaxing Light, will she finally find out who she used to be? RikuXOC Hint of XigbarXOC

Chapter 1

I wandered into the common room, wondering what the hell was going on. Axel had just told me to come to the common room for a game. I had told him I wasn't interested and he just replied that I didn't have a choice. I enter the room to find the storage closet open and the boxes that were inside now sitting against the wall. The only thing left inside were coats hanging up. I was, however, pleased to see beer on the side counter and Luxord popping the top on one.

I lifted a hand. "Toss one my way Ace!" I called, using my nickname for him. With me, every one of them had a nickname, be it a shortened version of their name or something that had to do with what they were. Because of his thing with cards, Luxord had become Ace. I called Saix Wolf because he reminded me of one, especially when he went into Berserk mode. Both callback and ringtones for him was She Wolf by Shakira, just to annoy him. And he took it all in stride, knowing I found it funny and bust out snickering every time I knew he was calling. If we were in the same room and I wasn't happy, he would deliberately call me, just to hear me laugh. I had to admit though, when it came to cheering me up, it worked every time. For laughs, Vexen had become Bill, as in Bill Nye the Science Guy. I got snickers every time I used that one. Whenever we knew he was around, Axel and me would burst out into the theme song, just to piss him off. Yeah, even though I had no memory of who I was before I joined Organization 13, life was good.

He chuckled removing another bottle from the open carton and throwing it at me. "If there's beer involved, we're in." He grinned at me. I blame him for getting me into beer, but hey, everything was fun when you're wasted. Except the morning after. But the fun the night before often made up for it.

"You got it." I laughed catching the bottle out of the air and tearing off the top before lifting it to him and taking a swallow. "Just don't make it strip poker."

He pouted at me. "Why not?"

"She cheats." Xigbar answered coming up behind me and I felt a hand on my lower back as he passed.

"You just don't know how to win against me." I told him with a grin.

Luxord looked me over from head to boots, lingering on my breasts and curves. "Maybe you should try your hand against me." He mused, green eyes glinting. I rolled my eyes, knowing exactly why he was saying it.

"If you didn't cheat, I'd think about it." I replied. I would admit though, it would be fun to play against the Gambler of Fate. That is, if he wasn't known to cheat at every game that involved cards. But then again, if any game involved stripping, I cheated to avoid removing clothing. As Xig had found out the other day when he tried it. Nobody would EVER know I thoroughly enjoyed that game! For those of you who may not know, the guys looked good without the coats and I was perhaps the only one who had the guts to appreciate the eye candy. I jerked my thumb at the open closet. "What's Axel got planned now?"

Luxord shook his head. "No idea. He just told me to bring the beer."

"If he told you that then best bets are we won't like it sober." Marluxia commented, getting a beer himself. I felt him tug my ponytail in passing. He was the only one I allowed to do that because of the special bond we had. From the beginning, he had become my mentor and we remained close even after my powers had been mastered. Out of all of them, I looked up to him. Why? Mar may look girly but he could kick your ass and take your name at the same time. Which proved looks weren't everything.

Zexion arrived with Lexeaus at his back, took in the open closet and its cleaned out condition then looked at me. I shrugged.

"Haven't the slightest idea Zexy. It's Axel's idea." I told him. "But there's an upside to whatever it is."

"Which is?" I lifted my bottle in reply and grinned. He rolled his eyes and I witnessed a small smile float across his face. I was perhaps the only one who could get the Cloaked Schemer to crack a smile, albeit a small one. Larxene entered then and searched for me. As the only females in a group of guys, we tended to stay together.

"He got you too?" I asked her.

"What's going on?" She asked.

"Haven't the faintest idea Larx. Might wanna grab a beer though. You're probably gonna need it for whatever he's got planned." I replied.

"Why do you think I had Luxord get so much beer?" A voice grinned and we all looked toward the entryway to see the red haired demon himself, Demyx at his back. Judging by the look on Dem's face, he was the only one that was in on whatever his friend had planned.

"Plan on getting us drunk before you dumped your game on us?" I inquired; having a feeling it was what he had planned. And by the look on his face, I was right. Summoning Nightmare Melody, I began to play, casting a musical spell on them. My powers involved manipulating sound to suit my fancy and my guitar allowed me to cast spells out of music, giving me the name Midnight Diva. Axel stood straight and his green eyes glazed over as the spell took effect. As Demyx was behind him, he was spared the full effect of the song. My keen eyes caught movement behind Axel and I heard the rushing of water, indicating Dem was summoning Arpeggio to counter as he was the only one who was able to counter my music spells. As often as we played together in the Hall of Empty Melodies, he should. Before his fingers could hit the chords to start, I shifted, catching him more fully under the spell. I made them both walk forward so they were completely immersed in the spell weaving.

Still playing, I spoke. "Axel, what did you have planned once we got drunk?"

"Once you all got drunk enough to be unable to comprehend anything that happens, I was going to announce we were going to play Seven Minutes in Heaven." He answered, voice flat. I noticed the others exchange looks. Larx and I looked at each other and mimed gagging. Being the only two females in the gang, we hated these kinds of games as the guys got all sorts of funky fantasies with the two of us. Well, to be fair, we got the fantasies as well, just not involving us if you know what I mean.

"Why Seven Minutes?" I asked even though I wasn't surprised. It would be a game Ax would spring on us when we got drunk as we wouldn't object to it. He knew without a doubt I would be objecting for all I was worth. If we did, I would try to rig it to where I landed with Larx then when it was our turn, deliberately talk loudly about the guys just to deflate their fantasies about what they hoped we were doing. In all seriousness, messing with the guys was fun, especially with the ones who played right back.

"Because I hoped to get into the closet with Remix." This from Demyx, voice also flat.

That, however, surprised me. "Why Remix?"

"She's pretty and I've had a crush on her since the first day I saw her."

"Demyx told me about his crush on Remix and how he was too scared to say it outright. I came up with the idea to lure her into the common room with beer and begin playing Seven Minutes in Heaven. We knew things might not go as we planned but we had to try anyway." Axel explained.

"As I wasn't good with words, it was a chance for me to tell her how I felt without embarrassing myself." Demyx added. I was prompted to stop playing and release the spell to do just that to both of them. Teach them to set me up like that. But I didn't. In fact, I had another question for him.

"What if she doesn't return the feeling Demyx?" I asked him. I saw him as a brother, nothing else. In fact, I saw them all as family. The only one I was closer to than that was Mar. It was more of a father/daughter thing with the two of us. I had no romantic ties with any of them. The reason was simple, I didn't want them fighting over me for my favors. They may not fight over Larxene and I didn't want them to start with me. So I kept my distance and carefully tried not to nurture romantic feelings.

He sighed. "Then at least I told her and can stop worrying." I did stop playing then and slammed my hand down on the strings, breaking the spell and releasing my hold on them. They blinked and looked around, wondering what had happened before focusing on me.

"Dem, you've told me and here's my response, I see you all as family, nothing more. I'm sorry." I dismissed Nightmare Melody and looked away, not wanting to face him. After doing that, I felt guilty. Summoning a portal, I departed from that world and headed for my favorite, Port Royal. My portal came out at Isla de Muerta and I plopped down on a pile of gold and jewels. I felt so guilty for doing that to Dem. I didn't want to hurt him yet I had by rejecting his crush on me. Reaching down, I picked up a ruby jewel and gazed at it, liking how the moonlight reflected off of the gem. It was true, I did love all of them like family, as they were the only family I had. I had been brought to the Castle a few years before they had regained their other selves. After I had recovered from my injuries, I remained nameless, as I had no knowledge of my past beyond being brought to the castle. Then when I discovered what I could do, I was called Remix and given the title of Midnight Diva. When they did regain their hearts, they remained in the World that Never Was because they had retained their individual powers and the ties to the Corridors of Darkness as well as not really having anywhere else to go.

I jerked in surprise when an emerald landed in my lap. I looked up to see Xiggy standing over me. He was perhaps the only one who knew besides Mar I favored this world above the others and so would come here if I needed to be alone. "Knew you'd be here." He smiled, sitting next to me. "You alright?" I didn't notice I was crying until he lifted a hand and wiped the tears away.

"I feel guilty Xig." I replied, falling against him.

An arm goes around me. "You know, he's not as disappointed as you'd think. When you left, he said he knew you saw him as a brother and knew he was setting himself up for rejection. But he had to try anyway. So don't feel so bad about it and stop crying, it doesn't make you look pretty."

I look up at him. "It's not supposed to." I sniffed and got a hold of myself.

"That's better." He rose and held out a hand to me. "What say you we head back and let Dem know you're alright? He was worried when you left."

Taking his hand, I let him help me up. Once I was standing, I hugged him. "Thanks for coming after me Xig."

He wrapped both arms around me. "Once I saw your face, I knew where you were headed and followed. I had to make sure you were all right."

'I think it's a good idea if you two stayed put.' Came Zexion's voice.

'What's up Zex?' I asked.

'Larxene is thoroughly drunk and demands we play spin the bottle truth or dare. Lexeaus and I just managed to escape prior to her announcement.' He replied.

Xig chuckled. 'Who's left?'

'Axel, Demyx, Xaldin, Luxord, Marluxia and Saix was unfortunate enough to enter the common room just as she said it.' Lexeaus answered.

'I don't wanna join but I really wanna see Saix play.' I giggled. Saix playing spin the bottle, that would be Youtube gold.

'Should be funny as hell.' Xig chuckled.

'I suppose I could cloak us in an illusion of invisibility. As drunk as they are, I doubt they'll sense us.' Zex mused.

'Saix is drunk already?' I asked.

'Said he had to be to endure that kind of torture.' Lexeaus replied.

I laughed. Now I knew I had a gold video before me. I just needed a video camera. Lucky for me, I knew who had one because I used it frequently. 'Oh I have GOT to see this! Still got that video camera Xig?'

Xiggy grinned, catching my idea. 'I know a place we can hide.' Taking my hand, he created a portal with the other. Excited, we raced through to come out in his room. "Grab that memory card plugged into my laptop. It should be empty, which leaves plenty of room for us to record on."

Still giggling, I lifted up his laptop and located the port for the small SD cards. Not feeling anything where the port was, I lifted it to look underneath and discovered it empty. "You sure you plugged in the card?"

"Yeah as I was planning on moving some stuff over to the hard drive. Why?"

"It's not here. The port is empty." I told him as he came over and looked himself.

"Huh. Maybe I left it in the camera." He mused and removed the sleek black Kodak from its case, popped open the battery compartment and looked inside. "It's not here either." He looked around the room. "Wonder where I put it?"

"Where did you last have it?" I asked, looking around the room for possible locations where the small memory chip might be hiding.

"I could've sworn I had put it in the computer." He replied, evidently stumped. I put my hands on my hips, annoyed. I had wanted so badly to record Saix's part in the game.

"Looking for this?" Came a voice from the door and we looked up to see Saix there with Xiggy's chip between his fingers. He wasn't fully drunk, but I could smell the alcohol, meaning he had had a drink or two but not enough to get drunk yet.

"What are you doing with it?" I asked, stepping forward to take it.

"I agreed to play only on one condition." He announced and Xig and I looked at each other, wondering what it was. "Instead of finding blackmail material, the two of you shall join us." The Luna Diviner smiled fangs. "And no opting out either." Our looks turned to identical grimaces. Crap.

I sighed. "Escape one game only to be trapped in another. Dammit. Come on Xig." Grabbing his hand, I tugged him after me as I followed Saix back to the common room.

"Any way we can get that chip back Saix?" Xig asked.

"After the game is done then you will get it back." He looked back at me. "I know you Rem, as soon as I gave it back, the two of you would vanish only to return and do what you had planned." He smiled fangs again at me and I winced. I would have done just that too. "And I figure it will be very interesting to learn about the secrets of the Midnight Diva."

"I have no secrets Saix, all of you know this." I told him.

"I am aware of that. I also know you're smarter than you let on." He replied as we entered the common room to find the others arranged in a circle around an empty beer bottle in the middle of the floor. The furniture had been moved back to make room for the group. Knowing I would need the fortification, I grabbed a full carton and sat down besides Marly, placing the carton behind me before grabbing one and opening it. Xig sat next to me and grabbed beer from the carton behind me. Saix retrieved his beer and sat on his other side.

Axel grinned and I knew without a doubt he was drunk. "Now that we're all here, let the game begin."

And did it begin. I made sure to drink less than I usually did so I could keep my head. Xiggy must have caught on to my plan as he was also drinking less than the others and his speech wasn't as slurred. A few hours passed and only Xiggy, Saix and me remained while the rest were passed out. Funnily enough, Axel had fallen backwards and Demyx had passed out on top of him. The thing I found funny was as soon as he landed next to Axel, Demyx had curled up to the pyro. Larxene had passed out against Xaldin while Marly was spread out on the floor. Luxord was swaying and I knew it was only a matter of time until he passed out. Speaking of which, there he goes. Saix slowly moved to sit across from me while Xig didn't so much as budge. I scooted over a little to place me at angles to both of them, which would clear up the question of the bottle's next target.

"No more dares Diva, we get the truth now." Saix slurred, swaying a little. I had taken dares up until now, not wanting to reveal the truth Saix might have been aiming for.

'Ten to one says he goes down next.' I commented to Xig.

'Dunno, I'm feeling kinda lightheaded myself.' He replied slowly. His speech was slurred and I knew he was drunk. Great, I groaned silently, two drunk guys alone with me. The worse that could happen is one of them dares the other to make out with me. Well, I guess I'll just have to beat them to it. I'll try to get one to make out with the other while I escaped to my room. Which would prove difficult as they both had turns before me. I had only one option: hope to hell the bottle didn't land on me both times. Now that I thought about it, there was only a 33% chance of that happening. I was so screwed.

Saix flipped the bottle and it spun around and around. I watched it, willing it to not land on me, but alas, it did anyway. Sighing, I looked from the bottle to Saix. "What you wanna know Wolf?" I asked, taking a swallow of my fifth beer. Oh, I was feeling buzzed all right, but I wouldn't be in trouble until my sixth.

"We all know you treat us like brothers, but there is one of us who you like more. No lies Remix! The bottle demands the truth!" He demanded. That's what I thought his reason was for dragging me into this game. Despite what I had said, I did show a little favor to one of them. The favors were subtle though; I didn't think anyone would catch on. Guess I was wrong.

I went to open my mouth to tell a lie and paused. Saix was swaying even more so now and I watched him carefully. Finally, after glaring at me for a few minutes, those yellow eyes drifted shut and he fell backwards, head hitting Larxene's lap. The Savage Nymph grunted but didn't move besides curling closer to Xaldin.

"You gonna answer the question?" Xig asked, speech slurred.

I smiled at him. "Saix won't be awake to hear it."

"But I am." He replied.

"It's not your question." I rose unsteadily. The floor swirled below me and I stilled, waiting for the room to settle down before I moved. I wanted to go back to my room and sleep this off. I knew I was going to have one hell of a headache in the morning. I slowly made my way over to the counter where Saix had placed Xig's memory chip and turned to hand it to him to find him right behind me.

"It's my turn and I'm making it mine." Placing hands on the counter on either side of me, he trapped me between his arms with the counter at my back. "Answer it Rem." I wanted to duck under his arm and escape but under his gaze, I found I couldn't. I found myself trapped in that gaze. His eye was glazed yet he was steady and it occurred to me he had drunk even less than I had and wasn't as affected by the amount he had consumed. I also noticed his speech now wasn't as slurred, it was slightly but not as much as it had been during the game. I was on the verge of drunk, yet he wasn't even near it. Compared to me, he was sober. If he had acted around the rest, my instincts told me something was up.

"What kind of game are you playing Xig?" I asked softly.

"My game." He answered, cupping my cheek with one hand and kissing me.

And there you have it, the first chapter of my second complete fic, Light Within The Dark.

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