Daxam turned to me, "Saix should be in his room. It is just down the hall a bit, number VII, remember. The number is on the door."

"Yeah, okay."

He turned and left through the office's door, and I hurried out after him, not wanting to be left alone with Xemnas... Walking down the hall, I looked at each door, searching for the one with a VII on it. As soon as I found it, I paused, knocking lightly on the white wood.

"Axel, if that's you do not even bother me unless you want a Claymore shoved down your throat!"

Wow... harsh... "Uhm... Saix... It's me, we met earlier."

The door swung open, those cold golden eyes were glaring again, "Ah, yes, the little one that was traveling with Daxam." He let out a deep breath, "What do you want from me?"

"Xemnas said that I have to study under you... 'cause of the moon."

Saix smiled, the bloodthirsty fangs showing again. "Ah, I finally have my own trainee, hmn?"

"Yeah..."

"Great." He looked at me for a moment before stepping out into the hallway, "If you will excuse me, I must go speak with Superior Xemnas."

"Oh... 'kay..."

He shut the door and portaled away, to Xemnas' office most likely. I looked around for anyone before rushing off to Xemnas' door, cracking it open and looking inside to see Saix and the Superior.

Saix slammed his hands down on the desk and growled low, "Why do I need to look after her? Have I done something wrong? Why are you doing this?"

"VII," Xemnas started, "She has your power, and you are the only one in our Organization with knowledge of it. Just try to tolerate the company."

He snarled, "You know I do not want to deal with this! I told you this when Daxam first told you about it!"

Xemnas spoke calmly, "I know, I know. I just thought you would want to see her again, Saix... You aren't completely emotionless."

"We cannot feel, Xemnas, I cannot care, I cannot love, and I cannot hate. Why are you doing this?"

"I'm doing this for you." He lowered his voice slightly, an almost... sad tone, "I know you wanted to see her since we got notice. Why won't you accept it?"

"Because everything has changed. Why can you not see that, Superior. No one is the same, we are not like our past selves anymore."

"That may be true, VII, but we can still remember it, some of us more so than others. We need to train her," Xemnas rose his voice to a loud and angry tone, "and it doesn't matter if you want to or not, you are doing this!"

Saix stood straight up, taking a step back. He held his hands behind his back respectfully. "Yes, Superior, I apologize for arguing..."

Xemnas' amber eyes widened slightly, "No, Saix, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to shout."

He took another step back, "No, not your fault, Sir."

"Saix..."

"I will get out of your way, Sir, thank you for meeting with me." He gave a low bow.

I backed away from the door, rushing back to Saix's room. Getting there just in time for him to portal back.

He let out a sigh, "Looks like I am stuck with this." He growled at me, "Just do not get in my way. We will be leaving on a training mission now, Superior's orders."

I didn't hear him say anything about that...

"Okay..."

He swept his hand to the side making a dark portal, "Time to go."

We both stepped out of the portal in the forest that Daxam found me in. Saix looked down at me, "We will begin your training here. Your weapon will be called a Claymore," He outstretched his hand and a huge blade appeared out of no where, the tip of it was wider than the rest, and was a cool design. He leaned on the handle, the point digging into the dirt, "it will look like this one."

"Okay..."

"Xemnas will give you your own weapon during our next meeting." He tossed the weapon in the air and it disappeared in a swirl of darkness. "We are on a scouting mission today, investigating anything odd."

"What do you mean, everything looks odd to me, I've never been here before."

"Then just investigate anything you want. I do not care. I just want to be done with this mission."

I nod, "Yeah, okay..."

I began walking behind Saix, looking at everything around me. Trees, trees, trees, a rock, some grass, a bush. Boring.

Another rock, some more grass, some dirt... a house? "Saix...? What's that?"

He stopped, looking at the small building, "That would be a house, Alehyyx..."

"Yeah, I know that."

"Then why are you asking what it is?"

I sighed, "You told me to examine things, why can't we examine that?"

"I am not going anywhere near that house. Feel free to go on your own..." Saix turned and began walking into the forest.

I started walking behind him until... flashes started up...

A boy was curled up on the floor of the barn, red welts tearing up his back, blood dripping onto the hay. A dark figure brought his arm back and snapped it forward, a sickening crack in the air, and a scream coming from the boy. A whip... The boy curled into a tighter ball. He was struck again and again, until the pained cries didn't come anymore, they got stuck in his throat.

My joints buckled and I suddenly fell to my knees, "Saix!" I nearly toppled over, catching myself just in time.

Screams coming from the darkness of the barn, pleas for safety carrying through the air. Yowls and bubbling cries coming from what seemed like all directions. Blood trails were on the ground, surrounding grass crushed by heavy boots. It was all leading up to the dark shape of the barn.

The sound of Saix's boots rushing over, crushing leaves and snapping twigs. "Are you okay? What happened?"

The same boy from last time, this time he's crying, hot tears streaming down his cheeks. His wrists and ankles are bound with rope. Blood falls from his chest and neck slowly. The dark man was back, taking the boy's chin in his hand, dropping a knife beside the boy's body.

"I think your little friend is watching, we don't want her to worry do we? No, of course not. Now, will you disobey me again, Isa?"

I felt numb, my whole body limp. I struggled to open my eyes, looking up to see Saix carrying me. "Saix...?"

He looked down, "We need to see Xemnas."

"Okay..." I let my head fall against his chest, and closed my eyes, wishing to both see and not see those visions again. I wanted to know more... but that boy was in so much pain... And who was that man talking about? A friend...?