A/N: Hi huns! Here's the latest chapter, and the result of my second job, sitting outside a room, doing nothing for up to three hours at a time - so my laptop is now my best buddy!:P


"Danni, your breakfasts on the table!"

"Coming now!"

Danni yawned quietly as she quickly scanned her room in search of her faded black hoody…it was all she had left of her home… … …two months had elapsed since she'd awoken to find herself in the ShinRa Headquarters' medical wing. In those two months, little, almost no new reports had been issued regarding Sephiroth or the three Remnants, many had begun to believe that the once-upon-a-time Hero had been defeated, after all; there were still two known 1st Class SOLDIERs MIA…that was nothing but foolish wishful thinking on the peoples part…she knew herself that Angeal and Genesis were still MIA, Genesis having disappeared several months before Angeal and her, between Sephiroth's disappearance and ShinRa itself, the red-coated 1st Class, had had enough of the monopolising and corrupt company, and had simply just not shown up one day…though she was sure he had said something to Angeal, Genesis hadn't been the kind of person who would have just upped and left without dropping the smallest of hints to his best friend… … …and as for her and Angeal, she didn't remember much from that night, only going to sleep early because she'd been ill, brought on by the Mako in her system being raised again, bringing on a minor form of mako poisoning…she kind of remembered Angeal waking her, but that memory was a blur…then waking up in her own bedroom in Gongaga, with her parents standing at her bedroom door… … …

"Gotcha!"

The young female smiled lightly as she pulled her hoody up from the ground, where it had been making its' way under her bed…yawning once again as she pulled it on over her head, catching her long ebony locks and slinging them up in a rough pony-tail as she did so…it was ten in the morning, meaning Denzel and Marlene were probably at school, Cloud on deliveries, and Tifa downstairs running the bar.

For the truth to be honestly told; it had taken Danni a while to settle into the household, she'd felt like an outsider and a nuisance to begin with, they'd all had their own lives and ways of getting through the day, and next of all she appeared, not willingly evidently, and had been thrown into the mix…but she had soon come to learn that the family at Seventh Heaven went far beyond those who dwelt in it, everyday you were likely to catch glimpses of AVALANCHE, ShinRa or WRO inside of the bar, along with customers and neighbours, all of which were welcome no matter what the hour…and that she had been stupid to assume that she wouldn't fit in, for they were all a family, and never a larger family of misfits had Gaia given birth to!

Danni paused at the top of the stairs as she finished tying up her hair, though she was positive some bits had escaped being bound up by the elastic-tie, she twisted slightly as she tried to put on the second one of her sneakers without opening the laces, knowing that if she did, she wouldn't have the patience to tie them back up again - for once; she actually saw the logic in Velcro straps! Another minute or so and the sneaker went on smoothly, only for the nineteen-year-old to trip headlong over Denzel's skateboard…the kid honestly didn't believe in putting his stuff away! He much preferred to leave them scattered throughout the house in a bid to create his own little obstacle course - or so; that was how it seemed!

The youth slowed slightly at the end of the stairs, her hearing having picked up on several unfamiliar voices…true; she had only been living at Seventh Heaven for two months, but it hadn't taken long to take note of the usual inhabitants, be they; ShinRa, WRO, AVALANCHE, or regular customers…but these voices were none of those…she'd never heard them before, it set her on edge slightly as she picked up on Demyx and Axel's unmistakeable voices in the mix… … …Danni silently grabbed the plate that Tifa had left on the kitchen table for her, and made her way to the door separating the bar from the house section of Seventh Heaven….still alert for the first sign of danger - she knew herself that she was more than likely over-reacting, but she couldn't help it…ever since what had happened in Gongaga, they had all been expecting trouble to leap out from any corner… … …without another though on the subject; she pushed the door inwards… … …

"Heads up at the door - oooh; too late!"

Axel hid a laugh as Danni suddenly found herself on her butt on the floor…as did Demyx - in all honesty, he could be as thick as two short planks of wood put together at times…it was still funny though, even he had to admit it! Danni had just walked in at the wrong time…though them knocking heads had looked painful…it was amusing to bear witness to how much more different the, usually, clueless blonde seemed to act when he was around the Gongaga-native, he wasn't as clumsy, or quiet…he smiled and laughed, taking part in the conversations, not afraid to point out his own point of view on the subject, as opposed to what he was usually like in the stronghold - keeping his mouth shut, keeping himself to himself…never one to argue his opinion…just let others go with theirs, even when he knew they were wrong… … …

"Sorry Danni…you okay?"

The nineteen-year-old nodded her head as someone helped her to her feet…smiling lightly as she thought of her own foolishness at jumping to conclusions - she smiled all the wider as she saw whom was pulling her to her feet…for some odd reason; she trusted Demyx more so than the others - for what reason; she honestly didn't know, but she just seemed more at ease with him… … …Danni allowed her smile to drop slightly as she glanced over Demyx's shoulder, to where Axel sat…along with three others that she had never seen before…they must have been the sources of the unfamiliar voices she had picked-up on just before entering the bar…

"Who're they?"

Demyx glanced back over his shoulder, then shook his head - numerous smart comments having sprung to mind as he'd glanced back towards the rest of the gang…it was the first time in a while that the five of them had been capable of leaving the stronghold at the one time, without raising suspicion…Danni was pretty much the only person who hadn't met the other three before, which meant; she was still oblivious to what they were; Nobodies… … …

"Danni - meet; Roxas, Marluxia, and Zexion…we're all Nobodies, and members of Organization XIII…"

A correct term for the look he received from the young woman, would be; what-the-fuck…but technically speaking, we shall leave it as; a confused glare… … …Danni shook her head as she tried to understand what Demyx may have meant to say, finding it somewhat, difficult to know what he had meant by nobodies

"Come again?"

Several inhabitants of the bar, Tifa, Barrett, Cid, Shera, Yuffie, and even the enigmatic Vincent Valentine, all seemed to hide slight smirks as Danni voiced her eminent query…it had been confusing enough trying to explain it the first time to them…and had been twice as confusing trying to comprehend, but now to have to go through it again, they were just thankful that the task of explanation had not been placed upon their shoulders! Demyx sighed as he tried to explain the easiest way he knew possible…

"A person needs two elements to exist; a body, and; a heart. When a heart is overcome with darkness, it leaves the body behind and becomes a heartless…a being of darkness who's only desire is to track and capture hearts. When a heart gives way to becoming a heartless, the body left behind, more so; the consciousness left behind, begins to act on a will of it's own, it becomes a nobody. Only those, who possessed strong hearts originally, keep their basic appearance, with a few minor differences…we're all nobodies…all of Organization XIII is, none of us possess hearts, so none of us feel emotions…we're just nobodies… … …"

Silence followed his explanation…a silence that was contributed to by all inside the bar, mainly due to the accuracy of the, normally, inaccurate Demyx. But it was one of the most understandable, and straight-to-the-point, explanation that had been given to them, any of them.

Danni shook her head in disbelief, how was it possible for someone, who had become a good friend of hers, and whom she saw almost everyday, someone she had just knocked heads with - to be nothing? It just wasn't possible in her opinion…if she could touch it, see it, and be friends with it - then it was there, heart or no heart!

"Ah cut the bull - you're here, you all are…so how can you all be nothing? And look at it this way; if you are all actually nothing, then nothing must exist, which makes it something - so you're not nothing…and as for not being capable of emotions - I refuse to believe that, you have to feel something!"

"Well - ya just confused the hell outta me kid!"

At this, Danni allowed a grin to adorn her features for the first time that morning…though he had been the first person willing to leave her in Gongaga, so Yuffie had delighted in revealing to her, while having been shooting the chain-smoking pilot a deathly glare at the same time…Cid Highwind had proved to be a rather good slagging partner, not to mention a weird kind of uncle figure - the kind of uncle who was always there to listen, and get you into trouble at the same time!

"It's easy confuse an old man though Cid!"

"Brat!"

"Old fart!"

A light laugh went around the bar as the door was pushed inwards, revealing a seriously confused Cloud, having walked in just in time to catch the old fart comment being thrown across the bar…all the blonde hoped for; was that it wasn't meant to be directed towards him!


Danni hid a yawn behind her hand, whilst still gripping a dirty pint glass in it, as the last of the customers left the bar, and Cloud began to bolt the door shut, and do the same to the windows - shutting the hatches until early the next morning when the bar would be opened again…it had become, somewhat, of a routine; he bolted the windows and doors, while Tifa and herself cleaned up… … …she wasn't tired, at least she didn't think she was, yeah; she liked her sleep, but was never tired at night time…a slight throbbing was present in her head, but the young woman had just put that down to the whole; Nobodies and Heartless, explanation from earlier, something she still found hard to believe that those lads were…nothing. Even the look in Demyx's eyes was heart-wrenching as he'd explained…almost as if admitting to something horrific - but it just seemed stupid in her point of view… … …she had spent a good few hours hanging out with those five lads, granted; she had already known Axel and Demyx, but getting to know the other three hadn't been that bad; Roxas was, at first reserved, but the blonde had quickly come to show his true colours; passing smart comments, cracking jokes, and having a laugh…Marluxia had been a bit arrogant…that had been until she'd gotten pissed off of his demeanour and had seen fit to drop several ice-cubes down the back of his black coat, of which seemed to be a running thing with them all - she'd definitely nab one of them over it and query why the next time… … …and as for Zexion, he had been extremely silent, and had kept to himself, watching the actions of all the others…she'd felt a little awkward around him first of all, he always seemed to be watching them all, observing everything at once…but after a little bit; he'd talked, mainly just to contradict one of the others, or to point out something - looking rather smug as he had done so and all!

Danni sighed as she lifted her half filled tray of dirty glasses up from the table, heading to the next one to clean it off, and put the glasses in the dishwasher, then just the floor to sweep and mop…then all the jobs would be done for the night…

"Ahhh…"

The nineteen-year-old exclaimed sharply as a thundering headache reared up, closely followed by a sickening sensation in her stomach…a twisting pain…and harrowing unsteadiness… … …before even another sound could pass her lips - Danni felt herself falter as her vision went sideways for a stomach-turning second…but only until a hard edge had made forceful contact with the right-hand side of her temple…rendering the youth unconscious… … …

Tifa spun on heels as the relative silence of the bar was broken by the deafening shattering of a tray of glasses, within seconds; the female's wine-hued irises had landed upon where shards of glass seemed to litter the floor, then to the youth who had been carrying them - the mothering female felt her breath immediately catch in her throat, threatening to choke her… … …

"Danni!"


A/N: So, any thoughts huns? Anyone know what happened Danni, anyone have any ideas even?:P Reviews would be appreciated huns, thank you!