A/N- Sooooo, here we are, yet another week, as well as another part. Now I know I said it was the end of the CoM section last chapter, but I will admit I fibbed a bit. I ended part one with the end of Sora's CoM story, this chapter and the next take place in what would be Riku's CoM timeline, which could also consider the Days timeline...eh, this is getting really wordy and complicated. Just sit back and enjoy. XD Thanks goes out to Chibi for betaing and Axelyssa, as well as Mystical for commenting!

Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts is not mine. The only thing here that's mine is the story idea, and hopefully it will stay mine. Oh, and my sarcasm-that's mine, too.

Chapter 10-I'd Say Nice to Meet You…

When the man clad in red entered, she didn't notice until he spoke. The members in the lower levels of the Castle didn't come up often, so she hadn't been expecting anyone, and she was completely absorbed in drawing. "Her" room had morphed since the Organization members using her had been eliminated. Now it was all white, but nowhere near as ornate or empty. She had a vase of colorful flowers on her table and tacked her art to the wall, but the most drastic change had to be the window. The sound of drumming above her head was almost deafening, but she liked it that way, and if you looked outside the "window" which didn't open, you would see a misty green blur in the distance past the water cascading down the glass.

Sometimes it would shift to the forest or other places if she left and came back, but mostly it stayed in the form of the room Axel had taken her to that one time. She liked it there, she found it calming, and that made it easier for her to concentrate and draw for what felt like hours at a time.

So when he asked "What are you doing?" out of the blue, Namine about had a panic attack. She gasped, jumping violently and leaving a long, blue streak of crayon across the paper, and consequently Sora's face. When she looked up, Namine found herself looking up at possibly the most imposing man she had ever seen, even beating Lexaeus in that aspect. He was tall and had a wide chest, it gave her the impression that he was well-muscled in spite of the fact he was entirely covered in clothing—right down to the point that all but one of his eyes and his mouth were hidden. His eyes burned with a fire that seemed to give his scarlet irises a backglow in the dimness of the room. They scared her slightly, to be honest.

"Drawing…" She replied quietly. Who was he? She didn't recognize him, had he been with the Organization? What was he going to do? Wait—how had he gotten there?

"But it's more than that, isn't it? You're not just drawing for fun, are you?" She blinked in shock, how did he know?

"No… It's not just for fun, " She admitted slowly, looking down at the now ruined picture. It's to correct a very, very big mistake I made…

"Your drawings are how you manifest your power over memories, am I correct?" Namine just barely stopped herself from gaping—how had he figured out so quickly what had taken the Organization weeks? It didn't make any sense!

"…Yes. How did you know?" She finally asked him, the large man chuckled at her.

"Because I have been watching this whole ordeal; I know about you, the plans they were all following, Sora, the Riku replica, everything. They don't know it, but I have been watching the Organization for some time now, I believe that it would be beneficial for us to work together." His answer astounded her—he knew everything? The Organization didn't know? How much more did he know than her? Namine's mind whirled with question after question that she knew she would never ask.

"I even know that the one called Axel is still alive, working against the members downstairs, where the real Riku arrived some time ago with a little bit of my help." Namine flinched back visibly at the news, as if she had been struck by a whip. Axel was still alive? Would Sora be okay? Would he come back for her? And just how had this man who shouldn't have been in the Castle without the Organization's knowing brought another there as well, let alone Riku of all people?

"How…? Axel… Riku… You've been watching…?" She felt dizzy as the room with its paper and crayon-covered walls spun wildly around her in spite the fact she knew they weren't moving at all.

"Never mind you how; I have my ways and we shall leave it at that. More importantly, we share a goal—we both want Sora fixed and I can help you with that, though in return I would like you to offer the use of your powers to Riku as well. He has a choice of his own to make. Now, I will repeat: I believe it would be beneficial for us to work together. Do you believe so as well?" He spoke rather quickly and with a thick accent that Namine couldn't place (a fact that didn't really surprise her) but understood and found herself nodding. A part of her mind sang out to the voice, it seemed familiar and yet she could not place a name to the voice, or even a specific memory.

"I…believe so. If you could get him to me, I can offer the use of my powers to Riku," she told him softly.

When he smiled, it made Namine think of a hungry wolf smiling at its prey before it ate the prey and gave her the impression that she had just narrowly escaped an exceedingly unpleasant fate. "You may call me DiZ," the man informed her tonelessly.

"My name is—"

"Namine, I know." DiZ cut her off quickly, denying her the chance to properly introduce herself.

"I would say 'Nice to meet you,' but I'm not thinking this is really very nice." Namine replied, and he gave her the wolf-smile again.

"I believe that your thinking might just be correct," he admitted darkly and caused Namine to shiver as she wondered just what she had gotten herself into now.

A/N: That's all for now, folks! Hope you guys enjoyed this week's update, and are ready for next Tuesday's update. If you enjoyed reading, I would love to see reviews/comments from you!