Part 2

Xemnas said that we should take a few days off, seeing as the snow wouldn't melt that fast. Things were going a little smoothly, at first…

"Okay, I've seen the members, but I don't know some of their names or their personalities."

"They'll all appear to you eventually. Hopefully the more annoying ones don't show."

"Were you saying something?"

"Oh, nothing."

"…and that's how you not get on Xemnas' nerves." I concluded

"I didn't know there were so many things that could tick him off." Xunakiy said while fidgeting. "Umm…anyone else I should know about?"

"PLEASE don't ask tha—"

"Ahahaha!" Someone shouted.

"AAAIIIIIEEEE!! Who's there?!" Xunakiy said, shivering in her boots.

"Hell no! He's here!" I really didn't like him.

"You are quite poor in recognizing people of high stature!" He continued.

Suddenly, there was a storm of petals in the hallway.

"THIS IS SCARY!!"

"Fear not my lost little lamb! For it is I, the youthful, beautiful, and graceful…"

The petal hurricane receded, only to leave behind him.

"…Marluxia!"

"So you're another member!?" Xunakiy asked happily, apparently free of her fears.

"Why of course, my young child! What is your name?"

"I'm Xunakiy!"

"Xunakiy…"

"Eh?"

"What a beautiful name for a beautiful girl! Say, you look like a girl who appreciates some of the finer things in life!"

"You could say that."

"Well…" Marluxia took Xunakiy's wrist. "You absolutely MUST take a look at my garden!"

"Everyone else didn't like your garden, why would she like i—"

"I'd love to!"

"All right then, goodbye Zexion!"

"Wait!" But I was too late. Marluxia had already dragged Xunakiy off. I was about to walk off, but Xunakiy came running back and held my hand. Once again, I blushed.

"I'd like if you came along, Zexion!"

"Okay, umm, sure."

She dragged me to Marluxia's greenhouse. Despite the fact that I showed Xunakiy the entire castle, I had never seen the inside of the greenhouse before. I felt kind of embarrassed.

"Here we are!"

"Wow."

"I know!"

It looked better than I expected. It had every kind of flower you could imagine. There were roses, daisies, violets, forget-me-nots, and a whole lot more. It was like a sea of colors all in one place.

I kept staring for some time, until Marluxia laid his hand on my shoulder.

"Judging by your silence, I take it you like my greenhouse!"

"Well, sort of."

"I had a feeling you'd like it here!" Xunakiy's voice called out from the other side of the plants. She popped out from a patch of tall sunflowers and started hugging me. Again, I blushed.

"You like Marly's flowers! I'm so happy!"

"Why, Zexion, you're blushing!"

"No I'm not! I-i-it's just the fever I had yesterday! Yeah!"

"But, Zexion-kun, didn't you say you were feeling better when I gave you the warm milk and honey?"

"Oooooh! Zexion's blushing! AND he's telling lies!"

"Shut up!"

"I didn't know I was getting on your nerves, Zexion-kun…"

"I wasn't referring to y—"

"You're a bad person, Zexion! To trample on her spirits like that, tsk tsk."

"You know what never mind!"

We all stood quiet for about five seconds before Xunakiy started tugging on my arm.

"Zexion-kun, we need to meet all the others! Oh, and Marluxia-chan, thanks for letting us take a look at your flowers!"

"No problem, darling!"

And Xunakiy pulled me out of the room. We walked for about five minutes before Xunakiy started talking again.

" So you really liked the greenhouse?"

"Of course I did."

"Oh, okay then."

"Why did you say –kun after my name and –chan after Marluxia's?"

"Heh. Old habits are starting to come back."

"What old habits?"

"You see, in my home world, it was common to add 'kun' or 'chan' at the end of people's names."

"Oh."

"There are actually other suffixes too. There's "dono", "sama", "sensei", "shishou"…Well, it's either those are the rest, or there are more.

"Okay then."

"Aww. Isn't that cute: a bookworm and the newbie are havin' a date!" Someone called out from above.

"Can it, Larxene."

We were in the Hall of Empty Melodies, and Larxene was on one of the balconies. She quickly jumped down right in front of us.

"Hello!"

"Shut up newbie!"

"Don't be rude, Larxene"

"You're in no position to talk!" She was as quick as a whip when she pointed her knives at my neck. "If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna teach the what's-her-face some lessons in MY book!"

"If you touch her—"

"You'll what?"

In response, I took my book out. I was about to launch an attack at her, but Xunakiy intervened by getting in the middle of Larxene and me.

"Please don't fight!" Xunakiy yelled. "If you're both teammates, then you wouldn't fight like this!"

Larxene then lowered her knives.

"Tch. Leave it to a newbie to have the guts."

I was expecting Larxene to lower down her weapons, but instead she readied a lightning bolt.

"Unfortunately, I hate people with guts. You gonna run?"

Xunakiy should've just run and left us to fight, but instead, she just shook her head.

"Oh well."

I closed my eyes so I wouldn't see the pain inflicted on her, and then I heard the lightning crash. Xunakiy was done for sure. Instead, when I opened my eyes, Xunakiy was still standing and smoke was rising up from a different spot in the hall. Apparently, Larxene had intentionally missed.

Larxene withdrew her knives and walked over to Xunakiy. I was thinking that she was going to hand-to-hand combat, but Larxene just put her hand on Xunakiy's head.

"You're one of the only people to stand up to me. You've got 'stuff'."

"Thank you!"

"I think we get along quite nicely."

"I think so too."

"Well, I gotta do my 'errand', so you guys have fun on your date!"

"It's not a date!" I objected.

"Whatever bookworm!" Larxene called as she was walking out.

"I think she's interesting."

"To me, she isn't. She nearly fried me on her first day here."

"You don't get along very well?"

"We're not on good terms, but we're not on bad ones either. Before you came, she was the only other member coming to the library."

"Oh. Let's keep moving shall we!"

Ever the optimist, she was skipping while I was just walking. But, I noticed that she was skipping with her eyes closed. I was shuddering at what might happen if she somehow bumped into Saïx, or even Xemnas for that matter. I looked down while thinking, but apparently, we bumped into someone worse than Saïx and Xemnas. It was Xigbar.

"Yo! Wassup Zexy!"

"AAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!" After her usual startled response, this time, she broke out into a run.

"Look at what you did, Xigbar! Xunakiy, wait!"

I was surprised at how far she could run in only a couple of seconds. She kept running in a straight line, and didn't stop to make turns. So, after tiring out, I thought I just needed to warp right in front of her.

I just had to wait for her to pass and I would catch her by the hood. She was coming, and I needed a couple more seconds. Suddenly, she tripped and we bumped into each other in a way that was unexpected: a kiss.

We fell on the floor and we were blushing like mad. We quickly got up and sat on the floor, and we were still blushing. Unfortunately, Xigbar was actually on the ceiling, the entire time.

"You guys kissed!"

"It was just an accident!"

"But you guys still kissed!"

"If you tell anyone…"

"Don't worry. I'll only tell…the entire Organization! Hahahaha—"

I looked behind Xigbar to see what caused him to stop laughing. It was actually…Xunakiy. She was pinching a space between Xigbar's shoulder and neck. And she also had red eyes instead of her deep blue ones.

"Ouch ouch ouch!"

"If you tell anyone, Zexion-kun will be embarrassed and I'll have to kill you…"

"Okay! Okay! I won't tell anyone!"

And with those words, Xunakiy released her grip.

"Geez! What's your problem!"

"What was that?"

"Nothing!"

And Xigbar ran away.

"That wasn't necessary, Xunakiy."

"Eh? Wha-?"

"Are you…actually confused about what just happened?"

"What happened? I mean-besides the whole 'kiss' thing."

"You were pinching the space between Xigbar's neck and shoulder. And you had a murderous look in your eyes."

"Oh…"

"What's wrong?"

"Ooohh! She came out again!"

"Who's she?"

"Well, there's another side to my personality. She is actually a lot more violent than me. All she wants to do is cause pain to people that are near her. She will even kill people to do so. She only makes exeptions to a small number of people."

"Well, 'she' was acting defensively over me."

"So, you're one of those people that she makes an exception to."

"Oh, okay."

"Okay, well, enough chit chat. We need to move on!"

"If you say so."

Xunakiy seemed happy, but she wasn't skipping. There was something on her mind, and I think it was her. Coincidently, I was pondering the same thing. Maybe she was the one that finished off the heartless two days ago on her first mission. I would like to say more, but Xunakiy just screamed out something.

"VALENTINES DAY!"

"WHA-I mean, what's Valentines Day?"

"It's a very special day and it's in a week!"

"So why are you getting worked up?"

"Because, I need to make chocolates!"

"Chocolates?"

"We need to go to a store and buy ingredients!"

"Eh?"

Xunakiy started dragging me by my arm and took me outside.

"Let's go to my home world!"

"What's your home world?"

"We'll only be there to get a few things, so it's of trivial importance."

"Umm…okay."

She opened up a portal, which I didn't think she'd be able to do so early in her nobody-hood. We went inside and cam out to a quiet world. Not many people were out, but it was probably because it was nighttime. The world was filled with a bunch of tall buildings right next to small ones. There were a lot of bright lights around and there was also wide roads made of stone. It was very different than Hollow Bastion.

We were walking around until Xunakiy tugged at my sleeve. She was pointing at a small store. We went inside, but the shopkeeper was asleep.

"Are you sure we should be doing this?"

"Of course!"

"But the shopkeeper's sleeping."

"Oh, he always sleeps. And that's how I usually get stuff from here!"

"So, you steal things."

"It sounds bad, but it's the only way I used to get stuff."

We poked around, even knocked over some things, but the man was still asleep at the register.

"Okay, does the Organization like nuts in their chocolate?"

"I not so sure."

"Okay, I'll just stick with milk chocolate."

She took about a dozen bags of chocolate mix and we went outside. I was going to open up another portal, but she just started dragging me somewhere.

"Come on, I'll show you my favorite part of this place!"

"Umm…sure?"

"Let's go then!"

Xunakiy and I were running past the large city and she took me to a big, long tunnel.

"It's not so big. It's just the bad lighting." Xunakiy was telling me. "When we get to the other side, you'll see something really cool!"

We were walking, and walking, and walking, unti lwe came out of the other end. And it really was "cool". We were at a high cliff, overlooking the entire city, and all of it's glowing lights. We also had a great view of the moon, which seemed to rival Kingdom Hearts back home.

"It's…amazing."

"I know!"

"This cliff isn't exactly stable, chance are, it'll collapse sometime soon. But, I still go here anyway."

"Anyone else know about this?"

"My old friends, but I had a feeling that they don't come here anymore."

"I see. So, what's 'Valentines Day'?"

"It's a day when people give chocolates to people they care about. And most of the time, the chocolate is homemade. Also, some people even make a very special chocolate for that special someone who's going to be their Valentine."

"I don't think this holiday will work out with the rest of the Organization."

"Why?"

"Because, Larxene is the only other female in the Organization."

"Oh, family members can give each other chocolates too!"

"We aren't a family."

"But, you guys all seem like it."

"In what way?"

"Well, let's see…oh, you guys fight with each other!"

"How does that make us a family?"

"All family members fight with each other from time to time, or even all the time!"

"Now that you think about it…"

"Well, time to get going!"

"But—it's only been five minutes!"

"We need to get home and make those chocolates!"

"But, it's getting sort of late."

"Oh, okay."

We got home, everyone else being asleep. Xunakiy was about to get into one of her screaming fits, but I just covered her mouth with one of my hands. Good thing I was wearing gloves. We said goodnight to each other and we both went off to our rooms.

That night I had a short, but strange dream.

I was at the cliff, with the city lights all aglow, with the moon still shining. I was beginning to like the dream, at first. I realized that someone was sitting next to me, and it was Xunakiy.

"So, Valentines Day is coming up. Who's going to be your Valentine?"

I was about to reply that it was going to be her, but…

"Zexion-chan isn't going to choose you!"

I looked behind and standing there was…another Xunakiy. Most likely, it was she.

"You're going to choose me, right Zexion-chan? Besides, I'm the one that saved you from freezing to death!"

"Well, at least I don't kill people on sight! You're going to choose me right?"

"Zexion-chan, don't choose her!"

"Zexion-kun!"

"Zexion-chan!"

Both of them were arguing over which one I would choose, and their constant screaming was splitting my head in two.

"WHY CAN'T YOU TWO SHUT UP!?" I yelled out.

I woke up in my bed, startled at what supposedly happened. When I heard a knock on my door, I heard Xunakiy's voice also.

"Zexion-kun, may I come in?"

"Sure."

"You overslept."

"I did?"

I took a quick look at the clock and it was 11:00.

"HOLY CRA—Wait. Don't we still have a few more days off?"

"Yeah."

"THEN WHY THE HELL DID YOU WAKE ME UP!"

"It's bad too sleep too much while you still have the day ahead of you."

"Alright already."

"Hey, you might wanna take off your boots."

"Why?"

"Because I just waxed the floors of every hall last night!"

"You really like doing these kind of things don't you?"

"Somewhat."

I took off my boots, leaving socks behind. I never realized the boots weighed so much. Because when I stood up again, my body felt lighter. I wanted to take a step outside but…

"G'morning sleeping beauty!" Demyx said as he slid past me. Wait—slid?

Turns out, Xunakiy waxed the halls so much that we would slide whenever we moved. I just wanted to stay back in my room and watch everyone else. Vexen liked sliding in the fact that he looked like he was ice-skating. Marluxia liked it also. Axel was downright annoyed with Demyx's playful movements. Larxene was chasing Roxas and she used sliding to her advantage.

Then I spotted Xigbar, who sucked at sliding and always falling down. Then Vexen pushed him hard, which made him slide into Axel and Demyx, and all three crashed into the wall. It caused me to break out in laughter.

"Zexion-kun! You're laughing!" I heard Xunakiy state.

"That's the first time you've laughed in front of us!" Marluxia said in astonishment.

"You—HAHA—shut—HAHA—up! HAHAHA!" I said, unsuccessfully stifling my laughter.

"This is your first time laughing with others around you?" Xunakiy asked.

"Ye—KOFF—yeah." Apparently, I was laughing so much, I forgot to breathe.

Everyone else erupted in laughter.

"Zexion-kun, daijobu—I mean, are you alright?"

"Yeah."

"So, you gonna help me make some chocolates?"

"Sure."

We walked, I mean, slid over to the kitchen and got all the chocolate mix, some bowls, and a few other things. Things got a little messy, and I mean messy. It took a whole lot of time, mostly because Xunakiy knocked over a bowl, and became frantic, and knocked over most of the other bowls. Which caused us to start over. Eventually, we got done making the chocolate.

"Now all we need to do is pour the chocolate into the molds."

"Okay."

"I'll use these for all of them." And she held up a star-shaped mold. "But I'll use this one for just one." And then she held up a heart-shaped one.

"That heart shape…is that one for your Valentine?"

"You'll see." She said with a playful tone.

"Let's finish this up."

"Okay!"

We went ahead and poured the chocolates into the molds, and she put them in a fridge.

"Okay, seeing as your fridge is kinda old, the chocolates would probably solidify by the day before Valentine's."

"Okay."

"Hey!" I heard someone shout. "What are you guys doing?"

"Xaldin, we're just cooking."

"You're Xaldin-san?! Nice to meet you!"

"Yeah yeah."

"Be nice to her."

"Oh, you're the kid who saved little Zexy from the heartless a couple days ago, right?"

"I didn't exactly—"

Before she could finish, Xaldin went over and gave her a handshake.

"You're modest, I like that! I bet we can get along nicely."

"To me, that's not much of a surprise. Heh."

"And you should be proud of that! Oh, sadly, I'm needed elsewhere. See you later!"

And Xaldin warped out.

"That was quite short, and interesting."

"Well, Xaldin's kind of strange. He seems mean to some people, but he acts differently to others."

"'Different' as in nice?"

"You can say that."

"Oh well, time to put these in the fridge."

We put the chocolates in the fridge and we spent the rest of the day without worry. At least, I think Xunakiy didn't. Because I still had my mind on that strange dream I had last night…