Chapter One

"Accidental Embrace"

A Kingdom Hearts Fanfiction

Note: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or anything affiliated with it. This story will contain yaoi, so if you don't like it, do not read it. Flames will just be ignored. Enjoy~

"Starting today, the lot of you are going to try an exercise." No. 1 looked around at his remaining men as he said this. Some of them looked skeptical; others, bored.

"What kind of exercise?" asked the musician. "You mean like… lifting weights and stuff?" A grimace crossed the face of the Superior. The musician seemed to take no note of this as he added, "'Caaause y'know, I'm no good at that." A short snicker passed among the others.

No. 1 disregarded the question as moronic and continued. "Some of you are going to pair up for an assignment; one I think you will all find rather enjoyable." He smirked. "At least, I will."

With this statement the Berserker felt it necessary to speak up an inquiry he was sure he wasn't alone in. "And what assignment might you have in mind?"

"I am going to pair each of you up with one other, someone you do not ordinarily associate with. This is going to be an exercise in bringing us together. We need to pull together if we are to see through our goal of attaining Kingdom Hearts. As of now, we are pathetic. The Key Bearer has been handing us our backsides on a silver platter, one by one by one."

"Now wait a minute," began the sniper, "We haven't been doing all that bad, Superior. I mean, as if! That puny kid can't hope to beat us!" He sat back in his chair, confident.

"Oh no?" Number I said with an air of superiority. "Might I remind you the reason for our little group's name, Number II? At start we were thirteen. Look around you. Now how many do you see?"

The musician quickly snapped his head around to count on his fingers. "Let's see, there's one… two… three… four… five… six… seven… eight… no wait, seven. There're seven of us!" He smiled brightly, eliciting a laugh from his red-haired colleague.

"Exactly my point, Number IX. Do you see, Number II, what numbers we have been reduced to? This is the point of my exercise. Over the course of the next few weeks you will be given varied tasks to complete together. On each of these tasks I will expect a full report from each of you, not each pair, on what you accomplished. Are there any questions?" When no one said anything, he continued, "Good. Now come forward to receive your partner."