So….there isn't really a need for an author's note right not *dazed* However! For you fans of Final Fantasy 7, I made a poll. WHO DO YOU THINK IS SEPHIROTH'S FATHER? The choices are Hojo or Vincent. I KNOW that it is Vincent, although there may be no proof, had Lucretia chosen him over Hojo, Sephy would have been a kind and gentle person. Also, Hojo did not act like a father at all to Sephy. Vincent would have *nods*. I think I should start adding chibi heads onto my AN's…Oh well. I'm afraid the Xaldy part of this chapter might have the same unpleasant effect as my original first chapter did, so please PLEASE let me know if it does…

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"This is annoying. Where do we even begin to look for the fairy boy? He's probably not even in this area for all we know!"

Xaldin twitched.

"I know! Why don't we have Emo boy sniff him out?"

Zexion grew a sudden anime vein.

"I'm bored with this. When'll you be satisfied with saying that this is a really big city and it'll be impossible to find Saix anytime soon? I wanna get some Z's. Why are all the signs in, like, not English? I thought this…New York was an American city."

Dear God, I should give myself a medal for enduring half an hour of this. How long can Xigbar go on like this? I wonder how Xaldin's holding up. Zexion thought. He glanced over at the Whirlwind Lancer, but found him…..in a worse state than he had expected.

Oh….this is bad.

The dreaded man was bent over as he walked, so his face wasn't very visible. You could, however, see his long cords of hair quake as the man began to twitch. His fists were clenched in pure anger. If there was a certain point Xaldin was able to ignore annoyances going on around him, he had just reached it.

"And another thing-"

"RAWR!"

Oh, now he's done it. Thought Zexion, as he turned to watch events unfold.

"I have HAD IT with your CONSTANT WHINING NUMBER II! You are not the one in charge of this mission, I am! So I highly suggest that you forget every complaint in that pea-sized brain of yours or else one of my lances just, might…slip."

Finished ranting, Xaldin turned and began the groups march again.

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"Finally"

"What was that Xigbar?" Seethed Xaldin.

"Nothing, your great leader-ness."

Sigh…at least we can stop searching on foot. I think Xaldin is getting tired of all the human interaction this job requires. The small group had spent the entire day following lead after false lead all over this island called New York, and were now stopped along the tree line of a forest surrounding miles upon miles of suburbs.

True to Zexion's thought, Xaldin turned and addressed the Cloaked Schemer.

"Zexion, what does that book say about helping us find Saix, where he might have appeared?"

"Hmmmmm," Zexion busied himself flipping pages. Not here, not this, wrong subject….aha!

"And you didn't think to ask Emonator before we walked this entire island?"

Zexion growled. "Here it is. It says that…our fellow member could have landed at any random point in the dimension,"

"Ah great!"

"However…" Zexion seethed in an irate tone, "it also says that…"A soul afloat between the threads of existence will have no hope of return, unless made to settle at the will of its sender, one who must be pure of heart and who must possess a pure desire."

"So we narrow our search for a needy virgin?" Xigbar tiredly quipped.

"No. I do not believe Saix could have been taken simply by somebody who meets this quota. There is another way a soul may be able to call forth others… they must be Seekers."

"Seekers?" Xaldin said, breaking his silence.

Zexion nodded. "It is a latent power that manifests itself in very few individuals. A human with a strong heart may be able to access their ability during a time of great distress. Seeking can be the power of sensing, spiritual sight, an extreme thirst for knowledge, precognition, etc… It is a power meant to direct the user off the path of self-destruction."

"So we're lookin' for a depressed chick who can….see, sense, whatever?"

Zexion twitched. "Roughly." He then turned to address the mission leader. "Xaldin, if you say Saix was wounded when he departed, that would me he was probably taken to a hospital for treatment. We can start by checking their records."

Xaldin nodded, "We will begin tomorrow. For now, rest."

Zexion turned away and headed away. After spending all day surrounded by people, he craved solidarity more than anything. It seemed to be the one thing that calmed him down, as if the absence of others was just the tonic he needed. But there was one thing dwelling on his mind as the distance between himself and his comrades lengthened, a passage that had caught his eye, about Seekers.

"And those Seekers who bring another over the boundary of dimension may in rare cases exercise complete-"

Suddenly, a branch snapped to Zexion's right. He whirled around, tapping into his magic of Fire and readying a defensive barrier. But all he saw was a slight twitch in the surrounding darkness. "What could-"

A shape leaped off the tree behind Zexion, and attacked.

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"I'm going to…help you get back your heart!"

The room fell quiet, as if even the plants stopped breathing. Saix looked at me like, like I was crazy. The stare on his face meant only one thing, "no funny business."

How long has it been? A few seconds…most likely. But it feels like hours. Why do I feel all jittery all of a sudden? My heart's pounding.

"Nonsense, it is impossible for a simple little girl to restore my heart, psychic or not. All you can do is put things right again, and I'm not even sure THAT'S within your capabilities."

Hearing his voice so suddenly made me jump inside my skin. The force of his intended insult was annulled only by my sheer determination.

"How do you know? You told me what you were planning instead of just using me like a tool, which shows trust, and perhaps an underlying desire not to see me hurt."

"Nobodies do not desire, and if anything my only goal is to return back to my own world. I cannot have you becoming sidetracked in some useless quest."

"Really? I would think that after only encountering hostile foes for so long you would welcome a person who wants to help you. And who knows, perhaps I really do find a way to give you your heart. I can tell you, this world is a lot more advanced technologically than your game dimension. I know people who have reversed fatal illnesses just by thinking about themselves being healthy. I promise I will help you if I also get to pursue this goal, take it or leave it."

"And if I choose to leave?"

"Where will you go? What are the chances that you will find another who believes your story; they'll think you're just some cosplayer gone mad. Life has been easy for you because I know extremely well how to hide. I did it for a whole year and I'm still in hiding! Plus I can't just let you walk out of here when I know for certain that you'll only get hurt!"

When I uttered the last words of that sentence, my voice was practically drowning out my own thoughts. Instead of waiting for Saix's answer, I turned away and bounded up the stairs towards my room…but I didn't get very far. I felt light-headed all of a sudden, and then the pain came. It was an agonizing headache…one that I knew all too well. My vision began to fade and with it, I lost all sense of balance. I slipped on one stair and came tumbling down, my head hitting the handrail on the way. I fell into something…soft, then all I could see was black.

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Cliffhanger! I know I leave you guys with a lot of cliffhangers, but you gotta admit, they're totally epic and action packed :P I actually have a major, splitting headache as I write now and no amount of drugs or whatever seems to help. Coincidentally Riku shares the same kind of pain so we have resolved to draw what this situation would look like in the Kingdom Hearts world…once we stop feeling like our heads are about to explode…In other news, I got a reply back from the person who the last depressing AN was about, and it was very positive ^^ Sorry if I made you feel put on the spotlight or anything, *awkward silence*…..Well! I have to get back to more writing, but before I do, how do you readers think Xemnas would look in a tailcoat? I'll make a poll later. *disappears in a cloud of blue smoke*.