The one that had sat five chairs away from number XIII approached him. The gloved hands reached up to its hood and pulled it down to reveal his fiery red hair and piercing green eyes. What made him look even more strange were the brown, triangular markings; one under each eye. He flung an arm over the shoulders of number XIII and the last number turned his head up at number VIII. The red head gave him a smile.

"Geez." he said with a little chuckle. "Why so serious?" Number VIII withdrew his arm when he felt sure that Number XIII was glaring at him from the shadow of his hood. "It isn't that big of a deal, is it?" asked Number VIII, backing up a bit.

"Axel..." said the youngest number as he sat up straighter and removed his hood. Axel smiled down at the young blue eyed nobody.

"Come on, Roxas!" said Axel ruffling up Roxas' dirty blonde hair. "Chill out some! We won't be doing much for a while and this plan won't be as bad as it sounds! Trust me!" Roxas grimaced.

"Every time I trust you, Axel, something bad usually happened." Axel's smile faded until Roxas put one, a very small one, on his face. "But it's a lot of fun when that happens." Roxas jumped out of the chair and Axel patted him on the back.

"There!" he said happily. "That's the Roxas I know! Don't start acting like Zexion now!"

"Who's being Zexion?" asked a voice from behind them. The two nobodies turned to face three other nobodies. The others had also removed their hoods to show their countenances. The tallest of the three had a smile of mischief plastered on his handsome face. His hair was spiked up like Axel's but a bit longer and it sported a nice blossom pink color. Next to him was a smaller girl who sat next to Roxas. Her hair was pulled up into two very small ponytails on her head. Lastly, standing a little behind the other two, was a baby-faced nobody with a dirty blonde mullet and shining blue eyes.

"Eavesdropping, Marluxia?" Axel asked the pink haired one.

"We just overheard." he replied. "Firehead! You sure are loud!"

"Watch your mouth!" snapped Axel but he still kept his smile. "I'm a higher number than you, Number XI." Marluxia laughed bitterly before turning away from them.

The girl watched him go before giving Axel a light punch in the arm. "He was just trying to have a little fun in this boring castle." she said. Axel laughed softly.

"Number XII." he said. "Go keep that fool in line. Even if you are a lower number than him, you've got more strength and brains." She laughed before nodding a hello to Roxas. "Hello, Larxene." said Roxas and she ran off after Marluxia.

Axel turned his direction to the nobody with the mullet. "You're awfully quiet." he said slapping the baby faced nobody's cheek softly. The nobody looked at him with big blue eyes. "You were acting so serious during that little meeting!" said Axel attempting to mess up his mullet. The nobody pulled away.

"I always screw up when I don't pay attention." he said watching Roxas curiously. "I care about this organization...more than others maybe."

Axel's smile left his face and he stepped threateningly towards the nobody. "Is that an insult directed at Roxas, Demyx!?" he snapped and Number IV jumped.

"N...no!" he squeaked. "I'm just saying! Wouldn't it be best to listen to the Superior?"

Roxas looked over at Axel. "He's right." said Roxas motioning for his friend to back off. "I was distracted at the wrong moment."

Demyx looked at Roxas and gave him a silent "thank you" before rushing off.