I want to notify you that this will be my last update, as I leave in like, one day... T_T

Chapter Four: Teach me, please

Right after our mission, we got to take a break. We hadn't been requested to do more missions, so I found it the perfect time to read the book I found in Twilight Town. I can tell you now that I spend the whole night reading through that book. It was well worth it, too.

Merixa spend the rest of the day in her room, reading the book she recovered on her first mission. After she returned, Axel said goodbye, as well as Roxas. She nodded, and left for her room. Xigbar came in shortly, and reported that she was done for the day. Xemnas only wanted her to get a feel of what she would be doing for god knows how long, and that the next day would result in a full day of training. She didn't know what was in stores, but she figured it was better to stay quiet for now.

She sat on her bed with her knees close to her chest and looked down at the book, and opened it up. The first word that she saw was 'Aardvark'. It was a large, nocturnal, burrowing mammal, and Merixa wondered if she would see one. She suddenly sneezed, and the book flipped over. She picked it up, and the word her eyes laid upon was 'Aura'. She looked at the description. 'a distinctive air or quality considered to be characteristic of a person or thing.'

The word intrigued her, as the way it was said sounded nice, and the word itself sounded very... mysterious.

As she continued to read, she heard a voice. She looked over to the door, and noticed a dirty blonde, green eyed man standing and his hair was styled rather oddly. She stopped staring and looked back at her book.

"Well that's rude!" he said. "Aren't you gonna say hi or ask who I am?"

"Hi," she said, still reading her book. "Who are you?"

The man raised his eyebrows, and continued to Merixa's bed. He looked at her so she would look back, but she was so interested in her book, that he puffed his cheeks. "Oh, man! Work was horrible! X-Face never leaves me alone about it! Sheesh, all I wanna do is play my sitar!"

Merixa pulled down her book, and looked at the man. He looked at her, and smiled. "Hah! Finally got your attention! I'm Demyx, or number IX."

She looked at him, and only thought that this guy was pretty odd. yet she didn't say anything, and only introduced herself to him. She had completely forgotten about the other members other than Axel and Roxas, and was only focused on her book.

"So, you went on your first mission today?" he asked. And she nodded. "Cool, well, you'll be going on a lot of missions with other members."

"I'm...assuming...you'll be one of those members," she replied, using one of the words in her book.

"Yeah... but I prefer recon," he said. "I'm not cut out for fighting."

"I see," she replied. "I didn't fight yet."

"Well, when you start training," he said, with a mischievous smirk on his face. "Tell me so we can go on missions together."

She raised her eyebrow and nodded, and continued reading her book. In truth, Demyx hoped she was a good fighter, that way if he was ever paired with her for a mission he wouldn't have to do any fighting. He was also curious about her Keyblade, he knew Roxas had one, but he was old news already. Well, to him he was anyways.

"May I ask you a question?" Merixa asked.

"Shoot," Demyx replied.

"Why do we fight?"

Demyx closed his eyes and placed a finger on his chin, he had almost forgotten why everyone in the Organization kept fighting, until he remembered that everyone wanted to become whole. Demyx clung to some of his human memories, such as fixing his hair in the mornings or strumming his Sitar, which of course is his weapon of choice. But he wondered if Merixa remembered anything from her past, but first to answer her question.

"We fight so we can become whole," he said. "We're nobodies, so we don't have hearts, and can't have emotions."

She looked at him, and then at her book, and then back at him. "No heart..."

"Hey, do you remember anything from your past?" he asked.

"Not much," she replied. He knew he wasn't going to get much out of her, she was like Roxas in the fact that they both don't talk very much. At this stage, she reminded him very much like Zexion, they both were pretty quiet, and read books. It was then that Demyx had the smartest idea the world could ever think of, and that's saying a lot since he rarely has good ideas.

"Hey Merixa, you should go see Zexion," he said as he got up to leave her room. "You like to read, he likes to read, you might have something in common."

Merixa quickly looked up at Demyx, and watched as he left. She shifted her eyes from side to side deciding whether or not she should do as he says, and as he literally took his time walking to the door she decided that she would take his word.

"Demyx," she called out. "Where is... Zexion?"

"Probably in the grey area reading a book or two," he replied, scratching his nose. "That's usually what he does, anyways."

Merixa closed her book, got off the bed, and started walking towards her door. Demyx merely chuckled as he knew she would go see him, he thought that once he saw someone reading a book, they were bound to be bookworms. They both left her room, and Demyx pointed out where the grey area was. She walked over to the area, without so much as saying goodbye to Demyx, which he found rude, and saw a man sitting on one of the couches reading a book.

She walked over towards him slowly, and watched as he kept reading. She stared for a bit, and didn't realize how odd she looked standing a few inches away from him. He gave out an annoyed sigh, and looked up from his book.

"Yes?" he asked, looking at Merixa. As much as she was new, he couldn't care less. She was just another addition to the group, and another hand to rid of the heartless. "What is it you want?"

She stared a bit, and then finally walked over to sit near him. She looked at her book, and then handed it to him. He took it, looked at it, and then looked at her as her head was faced down. "What are doing? Giving me a tattered book as a present or something? Is this someone's idea of joke?"

"...Teach me," she mumbled with her head still faced down. She then looked up and met with his eyes. "I want to learn how to speak good."

"First it's speak better, and second, why do you want me to teach you?" he asked rather bitterly.

"Demyx said you like to read books—"

"Of course, Demyx..." Zexion reminded. "Did he tell you to jump off a bridge as well? Because you certainly seem like the type."

Merixa only stared, and couldn't believe the words that this guy was saying. He was rather rude, and she couldn't believe she even asked him to teach her. As she was about to get off the couch, Zexion stopped her by simply saying to sit. She sat down, and waited for what else he had to say.

"We do not have hearts, yes, but we are not dogs," he said. "Don't make a mockery of us, and I'll teach you how to speak better, and properly."

"Okay...?" Merixa replied, not really understanding what he meant.

Zexion sighed, and rubbed his temples. "In other words, think for yourself."

She nodded, and looked at the floor. Zexion looked at the book, and read a little through it. It was just a plain ordinary dictionary and he thought that it was sort of a good start, but it was only a book filled with words, and it didn't say anything on how to actually use those words. So he guessed it was where he came in.

"This book is in horrible condition, where did you even find it?" he asked, examining the exterior of the book.

"I found it on my mission with Axel and Roxas," she replied.

"Ugh, alright then," he said, looking through the book. "We'll start with something easy—nouns."

I paid attention to everything Zexion taught me, and I took in everything he said. I thought it would be hard to like him, with his no-it-all intellect, but we got along great. I can honestly say that his teaching has had an impact on how I speak, but where I was hardly had any room for intellect. It was just kill, kill, kill, and more killing heartless.
Until I actually started becoming heartless myself...

Zexion is so bitter, yet I love it!
And Yay for nouns! I LOVE English class so much, I wish I took it in high school again!(Where teachers actually gave a hoot about my education...)

Ah, well. Today is a rather sad day to be honest. I won't be able to write for a while, and I'll miss it. I'll be on vacation from November 25th, 2010 til February 23rd, 2011.

I also won't be able to draw either...crap.

Well, as I leave I only really have two things to say:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Hope you guys have fun on those days, I know I will!

kingdomdisney:
Yes, and with Zexion's help she'll only get better!
Ahhh, well. I don't want to spoil anything but what I CAN tell you is that the negatively came from someone close to her.

Lele-the-Greek-Geek:
NO MORE DEGRASSI! T_T
Yay for hints! You'll begin to see it more now that she's becoming more in tune with interactions and what-not.
I don't know really, but it would probably be something like Hesirxly, Leslixy, Slirexy, or even worse, Relixys! They all sound so horrible... and I'd be number 18. why? Because I'm lazy and chose my age. XD
And it will change soon... in a very long time since I'm going on vacation! T_T
But in reality it'll probably change in chapter seven or ten since this story isn't going past thirty.
And thank you! Now you'll have to wait an eternity!

warrior of six blades:
Not much of a chapter, and the next isn't coming out for a while.
But I hoped you enjoyed it nonetheless.

dracula-key:
Thank-you!

Kurai-Darkness:
Haha. Since I really don't have any crushes or anything amorous towards any of the KH boys, I don't know if I'm considered a fan. But he's pretty ebil.

sajere1:
Third person with a hint of narrative points! XD
Yeah, you're gonna have to wait a while... T_T
Sporks and I are just very different people and object! DX

burry and bunny:
Thank you, I decided to change it up a bit from my two stories, which were in first view.
And thank you! Nobodies have very simple, yet complex lives, XD. If that makes any sense at all. XD
And oh yes! I completely loved it! I seriously cannot wait for the second part, and I'm just itching to see what happens in it!

Taeniaea:
Thank you!

xLiesOfLovex:
True... well, Xemnas is dead, so poo to him! XD
I really can't wait, I hope they've at least begun to go into rough drafts or ideas for the game.
Yeah I know the feeling, I've had it quite a few times.
Haha yea, everything makes sense when that second character just shows up. XDXD
Oh Xion... yeah, she still exists.
Hmmm... I think I might want Xion's appearance pull a trigger for Aura. I could make her look like Marie since she and Sora were close... but I dunno. Still thinking on it.

fictionalcharacterwish:
Why thank you!

Thequietninja:
Thank you! Here's the latest and last update until February. I hope you liked it though!
Hmm, it probably tastes like salt and sugar together ... eugh.

Alexandria Volturi:
Haha, thank you!
I hope you like the story so far, and That's alright! I understand.
I won't be updating for a while, so unfortunately this is the last thin you'll read.

mysterygirl123:
Thank you! And here is the latest chapter!
Yes you're right! One of them is love!
As for the other, well it wasn't talked about it in Game Over, but it's something that Marie felt towards Sora when she found out(when it wasn't true...yet) that he liked Kairi. The feeling quickly went away after they made up. It really wasn't talked about it in the story, but she did feel this way towards him for that moment.