Declaimer: "I do not own Kingdom Hearts…"

Kiome-Yasha: "I'm back from vacation! I got a tan and I had a good time! I did get buzzed over there, dancing to the most random songs on the balcony of the hotel from my ipod radio XD. I also heard that I had laughed at everything. Anyway, here to update! I've decided I don't want this story to be too long since I'm working on my IU Namixas fic; which is a much longer series. But don't worry, this story isn't going to be short, it shall be a good length to enjoy =D!"

Chapter 7 Villains of a Sort

It has been a week in half already since Namine's move into the Hikari twins' apartment. The boys had been working nonstop to Roxas's new song, practicing it over and over until they felt like the cords were right. That was last week though; today was the day of their recording.

The three residences though had a tough previous week. Namine's meeting with the Alantica Industry last week was pushed back to her meeting them today. They had mentioned to her that they were receiving a new head chairman to the department, and wanted her to meet him when he arrived on Monday. She was perplexed over the news, but agreed to wait. It gave her time to work on her newest piece that she had been working on for over a week.

Roxas and Sora's end weren't in any better shape though. Hikaru was having difficulties in convincing the bargain hunter from buying her studio. She continued to persist, becoming placed into many meetings with the person. Roxas tried to persuade her for him to be involved, considering whom his family was; but she still continued to let herself handle the matter. With this going on, Roxas and Sora were under much unneeded stress. Hikaru assured them that everything was going to be fine though, wanting them to just work on their album. She even promised them a concert opening to their first album in Twilight Central Park; which has it's own stadium stage there.

Namine knew things looked pretty busy and disoriented at the moment, but she had faith that things were going to look up. The great Nobuo Uematsu was part of the head directors to Destiny studio, so there shouldn't be too much problems; it's Mr. Uematsu after all.

Today though was the day of the recording to Kingdom Hearts's new song, and Namine's first day to Alantica. Olette was to go with her, finding time to go with Namine on her first day before she had to go to work.

It was 9am in the morning and Namine had fixed fresh batches of pancakes. Sora was sitting patiently at the kitchen table to eat. She smiled at him, "Here you go. It should be good, it's one of the only things I know how to cook." She produced a nervous laugh, placing two batches she had made onto his plate.

"I'm sure it's delicious." She passed him the honey syrup and bucket of butter, blushing from his confidence over her cooking. Sora began eating right away, cutting big slices to put in his mouth after he had placed some butter and syrup in his pancakes.

"So, what time are you supposed to go to Alantica?" Sora asked, his mouth filled with food.

Namine giggled, making another batch on the stove, "I'm suppose to be there by eleven. Olette is coming to pick me up at ten since she doesn't have to work until two." She backed away from the stove, feeling the heat from the flame to be too strong.

"Yeah, we're suppose to be at the studio by twelve. Finally getting this song done and over with. After that, we just need one more song to finish the track set." He spoke, his pancakes being nearly gone as he took a drink of his orange juice.

"That's good to hear. Hopefully after that, this whole thing of someone trying to the buy the studio would be over with." Namine flipped the pancake over, finding a nice brown color.

Sora looked downcast to his plate, becoming silent from what she said. He ignored the feeling though, looking up with a smile, "Yeah, I'm sure it isn't too serious. Besides, if it's someone that me and Roxas knows, it shouldn't be too much of a problem."

"Speaking of Roxas; I wonder where he is? I really wanted him to try my pancakes since it's always him making breakfast in the morning." Namine looked concern; finishing up the pancake she was making and adding another one in the skillet.

"He's in his room, he's working on a new song before we leave. It will be our last song too for the album. It came to him last night since a special day is coming." Sora said the last part in a quiet tone, Namine becoming concerned.

"What's so special about that particular day?" She asked; flipping the pancake over in the skillet as she placed the one she had made onto a plate.

Sora was quiet, shaking his head as an indication that he didn't want to answer her question. She took the message, turning over to concentrate on her cooking.

After everything was done, Namine had finished making two new batches of pancakes for Roxas. She became silent and perturbed over not seeing him at the table still; so she mixed his pancakes with butter and syrup, adding a fork and knife onto the plate before beginning to walk out of the kitchen.

Sora slid back from his seat, looking at her retreating figure, "Namine, where are you going?"

She spoke, turning her head to the side as to not lose sighting of where she was going, "I'm going to give Roxas his food!" She hurried off down the narrow hall, ending up at the last door that was his room.

Sora slid back in his seat, stabbing a fork into the last piece to his pancakes. He muttered quietly, putting the sweet taste into his watering mouth, "I really need to ask her out…" He became silent after that, his mind becoming filled with many other thoughts.

He looked towards the calendar that was in the kitchen, a red circle surrounding the date of September 24, which was two weeks away. Next to the red marked circle, a short message was written; saying 'Don't forget'.

How could he forget such a special day of his brother's?

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Namine skillfully held the plate with one small hand, lifting the other to open the door to Roxas's room. She prayed that he was decent, not wanting to see him half-naked or anything. She blushed from the thought, squinting her eyes shut to shake away such perverted thoughts.

She found Roxas sitting on his star-shaped chair, a pair of headphones in his ears as he was writing something down. She could hear the music blaring out of his headsets, catching the song loud enough for her to distinguish who was singing it.

She gently made her way across his room where he sat, peeking slightly over his shoulder to see what he was writing. She knew he hated people looking at what he was writing, especially when he wasn't finished with it. She felt disappointed on the fact that she won't be able to see them play their new song today, finding the other days to just be demos.

Curiosity got the better of her when she couldn't see the words he was writing down; kneeling forward so deep that she didn't catch notice of her breasts pressing up against his stiff shoulders. He reacted automatically from feeling the soft plumped pairs, jumping back and scaring Namine to fall over; they both seem to fall in these types of situations quite a lot.

Roxas being so skilled in his reflex though caught Namine from falling to the ground, along with the plate of food she so kindly had made for him.

She quickly straightened herself up from his arms, holding the plate with both shaking hands, "Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you. I seem to do that a lot."

He chuckled, resting an arm on the table while the other on the chair, "You seem to have a habit of that, along with your falling; don't worry about it though." She blushed from his words, catching notice of him looking back at the paper, "You didn't happen to catch what I was writing, did you?"

She shook her head hastily, "No, though I must admit I was trying to." She couldn't lie; it provided to be one of her weak abilities in doing.

"Good, because this one is really special to me. I rather you hear the song when it's done." He answered, flipping the paper around just to be safe from her prying eyes. He smiled at her, "Nothing personal, Namine."

She smiled back, "It's alright, I feel the same when it comes to my artwork. I rather keep it concealed until it's done. You never know when changes could occur. I'm the type to be the first to see my work before showing it to others." Roxas was content from her words, finding a similar meaning to his own feelings towards his writing.

"I have the first part of the song done; I think. I need to make sure the words express every detail on how I feel before practicing it with the band. It'll be our last song to our first album." He got off from his seat; Namine being silent as she let him speak, "This song is for someone who was really important to me and Sora."

"Sora mentioned something like that, can I ask who it is?" She had asked, feeling unsure though if it was the right decision to do.

Roxas ignored her question as well though, Namine finding his expression to be blank. He looked to be stuck in another time when she had asked that question, his eyes becoming misty from his own thoughts. He shook the expression off his face though when he caught the smell of pancakes from Namine.

"Is that supposed to be for me?" He pointed at the plate of pancakes that was in Namine's hands.

She nodded timidly, handing it over to him, "You were in your room, and so I decided to make breakfast this morning." He took the plate from her, "I know it may not be in the same level as your Papou pancakes, but I did try."

Roxas found her small timorously voice to be cute, looking down at the mash made pancakes, "I'm not really hungry…" He noticed her saddened expression right away from his words. He quickly continued, "…. But I'm willing to give it a try." She smiled, nodding gleefully as he took a bite.

He moaned from the taste, "It's really sweet, you mixed the pastry really well." She blushed from his compliment, pancakes being one of her most limited dishes to make.

He sat down in his chair, making it creak from his weight. He began to devour the food she had made for him, "Glad to hear that, I'm really not a good cook when it comes down to it. I make good cake though!" She concluded quickly, feeling more refreshed in Roxas's presence.

"Really? We need to work on you then. Although…" He blushed, speaking in a low tone, "I really don't know how to make a cake." Silence comically filled the room at that instant.

Namine stared down at him, "Honestly?" He nodded, making her produce a huge smile, "I'll teach you then!" He looked up at her with great confusion over her new happy nature, "But you have to teach me how to cook some real food! Deal?"

He laughed lowly; taking his hand out as she grabbed it, "Deal." They shook on it, finding they were still smiling at each other. When they realized that their hands were still locked, their faces heated up. They let go of each other's hands out of embarrassment; but they both had to admit that it felt rather nice to be this close.

All of a sudden, they heard Sora shout down the hall, "Namine, Olette is here to pick you up!"

She quickly looked over to Roxas's alarm clock, becoming surprised that it was already 9:45am, "I didn't know that time had passed by that fast." She quickly made her way to the door, not wanting to make Olette wait too long for her.

She quickly turned around to Roxas before stepping out of his room, "Good luck on your recording today! I can't wait to hear it when the album comes out!" She then vanished into the hall, hearing Olette call out for her to hurry up.

Just then, Sora entered Roxas's room, slouching himself onto his door, "She's really a sweetheart, isn't she?" He nodded in agreement, finishing up his pancakes before putting the plate to the side on his desk.

Sora scratched the back of his head, "Hey, Roxas." He turned to his twin, letting him know he had his attention, "The new song your working on…is it for who I think it is?"

Roxas only nodded, picking himself off his chair, "Yeah. It's the anniversary of that day after all." After that, his face took on a stoic look, turning away from Sora to look at his own calendar on the wall.

Sora just stared as his brother's image, catching it to be someone else. He hoped all he was doing would ease all the pain away; he was after all the oldest and only wanted the best for his little twin brother.

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Olette and Namine walked down the busy street of New Twilight City, catching the bright rays of the morning sun. The city still held a rich golden color, windows from buildings sparkling from the sun's reflection.

Namine smiled from the scenery, still being amazed over the setting; despite living there for a week in a half already. They weren't far from the studio from their apartment, so the girls decided to walk it. Namine had her new painting tucked safely under her arms, brown paper wrapping covering the canvas from getting ruined. She had Olette hold her large portfolio, not being able to carry everything herself.

As they continued over their stride down multiple lanes, Olette gave Namine a sly look, "So, Namine…" The blonde haired girl was nervous from her friend's sudden change of posture, "Which boy are you getting in the sack with?"

Namine almost tripped from Olette's informal question, glaring at the giggling girl, "Olette!" She continued to giggle, until her light chuckles burst out into a loud laugh.

"Oh come on, Namine. You have to admit; they're both attractive to the eye. You're one lucky girl. See, I didn't leave you hanging when I said you couldn't live with me and Hayner." She covered her mouth with her hand, trying not to burst out laughing from her best friend's reaction.

Namine's face continued to beat red, making her feel dizzy. She muttered with a small pout, "It's not funny. Can't believe you would ask me about such a thing…" Olette put a hand on her shoulder, "I'm sorry, but you know I always look out for possible love."

"Yeah, and I know you like to get involved in them when it deals with me; but I ask kindly that you don't." Namine accused, picking up her wrapped up painting underneath her arms; seeing as it slipped from her trip.

She smiled though, finding comfort in being with her best friend after such a long time in being apart. It was also hard for them to really hang out since Olette was getting her wedding arranged out. Although Aerith was her wedding planner, Olette seemed to serve the title even better to her own wedding.

She only smiled, remembering how innocent Namine could be at times. The girl needed a man, considering she never really had one. That's right; Namine was a virgin as can be when it came to guys; besides her first kiss from Sora when he was drunk.

Olette struck up another conversation, remembering what a little birdie had told her, "So, have you thought of Sora being a possible candidate?" Namine looked at her quizzically, "A candidate for what?"

She gave her an obvious look, "Duh, as a boyfriend! I mean I heard you two kissed." She shoved Namine's arm, but not too hard as for her to drop her art piece.

Namine stuttered, her face becoming her usual second shade of skin, "He was drunk! And I didn't kiss him; he kissed me! From who did who hear that from!?"

"If you must know, I heard it from Hayner who heard it from Sora. From what I heard, he seems to have obtained a liking to you. I think you should go for it." Olette smiled sweetly, hoping to convince her friend.

"Yeah, but…didn't Sora get out of a relationship? I really don't want to be a rebound girl." Namine spoke with an unconfident tone, looking down at the sidewalk.

"Yeah, but you may be the girl for him, Namine. Although, there is something about you and Roxas that I like better." Olette gave a thoughtful suggestion, both Hayner and her having different opinions over the matter of the 'Sornamixas love triangle', which they had dubbed it to be called. They lived down the hall; it was difficult not to observe what was going on between the three.

"Yeah, but, doesn't he have a girlfriend? Seriously Olette; stop getting ideas!" Namine scolded her, wanting to put a brave face on. Olette only poked the right side of her round cheek, "You know you're no threat to me, Namine." The girl sighed sadly, knowing her assumption was right.

They finally reached the large automatic doors of Alantica, entering inside the air-conditioned building. They had a chill rundown their spine, finding the cool air to be unbefitting to the weather outside.

"By the way, Roxas really isn't into his girlfriend as you think; and Sora definitely has the hotz for you, I mean, he got a taste of that Namine sweetness! They both count as possible applicants to date you. I shall get their applications and Hayner and I shall work it out on who we approve of more." Olette had whispered, placing a hand by her lips to lower her voice into Namine's ear.

Was she really being serious or was she just joking around like always? When it came to Olette, Namine never knew; scary thought if she was being serious though.

She only sighed with great distress, hoping her best friend would just drop the subject as she was receiving a slight headache from it.

She was already nervous as it was for coming on her first day to meet with the manager and chairman to Alantica. She didn't need the added stress from her friend over the 'candidates' to her love life to pile over her mind.

The girls walked up to the secretary's desk, spotting a white haired girl whose hair covered the left side of her eye, blocking it from view. Her eyes were a blood red color, giving both girls an icy chill about her demeanor as they pierced through them.

The girl stared at them with a blank look, mindlessly clicking on her keyboard, "Name?"

Namine caught notice that the girl's name was Fuu from her tag, "Oh! Um, Namine." She answered hesitantly, backing away a bit from the desk.

The girl picked up the phone, stating only one word, "Namine." After she got her orders, she placed the phone back down.

She looked back at Namine, "Elevator." She was silent, before saying her next choice of word, "Twentieth." She coldly remarked, bringing her head back to her computer's screen.

They both nodded, containing unpleasant looks of gratitude, "Thank you." Namine said timidly, walking off with Olette to the elevators.

"Welcome." Fuu replied, still not looking up from her screen. Namine figured she couldn't be that scary, considering she replied to her 'thank you'.

Olette pressed the button for up, "I must say, you really outdone yourself, Namine. This place looks high class!" She looked over the décor of the place, finding mastery of sculpted blue marbles of cement covering the walls and floor.

They heard the bell chime to the elevator, entering inside the rather large compartment. Olette pressed for the twentieth floor, the doors closing as soon as she pressed it. They stood in silence as they were brought up, the door coming to a calm stop to their floor.

Namine and Olette stepped out, gasping over the large space of the room. It was a large living room area, with slick black and blue couches that had a see-through glass table at the center. There was a large aquarium that surrounded the windows, giving the element of the name Alantica.

Namine had to keep herself from dropping her painting from the look of the place; Olette failed though, dropping Namine's portfolio and creating an echo around the room. The poor girl squeaked in terror, Olette apologizing soon after she had picked it up. She expected everything inside to make sure the drawings and small sketches were in place, reliving a sigh of relief from both ends.

"I'm so glad you can make it here, Namine." They turned around, spotting a short man with dark grey hair, one side to his face covered with long bangs.

"I am Zexion, manager to Alantica. I'm one of the heads here. I'm very pleased to have you with us." Namine shook his hand, finding him to be very formal and pleasant. His suit showed great professional image, her common blue-strapped dress making her feel rather indecent.

"Thank you, I'm glad to be an artistic value to you." She smiled, letting go of his hand.

He directed them to sit, "Please, sit down. The new executive director to our company shall be here shortly. He's running rather late, so I apologies."

"No, not at all. It's quite alright." She and Olette sat down on one of the cushion couches, Zexion sitting across from them.

"I can't wait to see one of your works that you have brought with you. We shall come to see them when the chairmen arrives." He crossed his leg over the other, pouring himself a glass of wine that was on the table. He offered some to the girls, but they declined the offer.

"May I say; you got a great place running here. Everything looks so polished and perfected." Olette chimed, looking around the room once more.

"Hmm, yes. We do look for perfection when it comes to Alantica. This year's exhibition shall be our best yet, now with Namine in our staff." He brought up his glass to her, making her blush over his commends to her ability.

"I'm hoping to present your work for next month's gallery opening, Namine." He asked, taking a sip of his wine.

She nodded with enthusiasm, "Yes, I pray so as well." She smiled with delight, her dreams of owning her own art studio becoming another step in being a reality.

"While we're waiting, may I ask where you are staying?" He asked, looking up at her from the brim of his glass.

"Oh, well, I was supposed to be living with my friend, Olette here." She indicated Olette next to her, "But with her wedding coming up, things got out of control."

"Oh, congratulations."

"Thank you." Olette smiled, never getting enough of being congratulated, staring down at the diamond ring on her wedding finger.

"Anyway, I'm living in an apartment right now with two roommates that are males." She clarified, Sora and Roxas coming to her mind.

"Ah, glad to know you have somewhere to live. I know you traveled all the way from Destiny Island, so I thought you were living at a hotel or something." He asked; feeling pleased to know she had found appropriate living quarters.

"No, nothing of the sorts." She giggled, appreciating the fact that she had somewhere to live as well.

It was then that they heard the chime door to the elevator ring, causing them to look at its direction. The doors opened to reveal a tall bald man, who had a small white beard underneath his pointed chin; but what really caught Namine's attention of his appearance was his bright yellow eyes.

She looked over to Olette, who muttered in fright, "It can't be! He's the new chairmen director to the board? Wait until Sora and Roxas hear about this."

Zexion got up from his seat, "Ah! Master Xehanort, glad you can finally join us!"

End Chapter

Kiome-Yasha: "Dun-dun-DUN! Yes, Xehanort is the new director to Alantica! But who's the one trying to buy Destiny Studio? Going to have to read and find out! And what's this special anniversary day that Sora and Roxas are talking about? Again, wait and see! Oh, in case you guys are wondering when the wedding is going to be, it will be explained in the next chapter. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter as much as I did in my vacation! Hopefully, expect the next chapter soon! It might take time since I need to update my other Namixas story like crazy; for that one has a deadline XD."

Namine: "Oh no, it's Xehanort from birth by sleep! Please review and I'll give you plushies of me!"

Roxas&Sora: "My Namine plushie! (Fights over the last one)"