Katari: For the last time, Lorwen, its Katari, not Ketari!

Lorwen: I gave you the nickname, so I get to spell it how I want! Besides, Katari means talking in Japanese.

Katari: Are you implying something?

Kataris POV

"Dont worry, Axel-san, well be good," I assured him. "Besides, Lar-Lar just wants to give you a hard time."

Axels trademark snicker was creeping up again. "Lar-Lar!"

Larxene, on the other hand, was not so amused. "Why you little witch!" She lunged at me, but Axel caught her by the hood.

"Calm yourself, Larxene. They're not so bad."

Larxene gave him a look of pure venom, the stalked off moodily.

"Yeah, you just walk off!" Lorwen shouted after her. I could tell Larxene was exercising every ounce of her self-control.

Axel then turned to us, his face harder. "So how much do you know?"

"A lot," Lorwen replied. I nodded and leaned against a column.

"We know all the members who are employed at Castle Oblivion. You, Larxene, Zexion, Vexen, Marluxia, and Lexeaus, "I told him, counting off each member on a finger. "We know there are more members, though, but so far we only know of Xaldin. And we know about Namine, and that Sora and Riku are both in this castle."

Axel seemed to be both impressed and very shocked. "Hmmm how do you know all this?"

"We have our sources," said Lorwen smugly.

"Marluxia will find this interesting wait a minute do you have a nickname for him?"Axels voice seemed very excited.

"Hana-san," I replied quickly. For those of you who dont know any Japanese, hana means flower.

Axel was grinning. "How nice"

"Hold on," Lorwen said abruptly. " How did you know we were here?"

I was wondering when you would ask that. You see, Zexion-

"Caught our scent because we are not figments of either Rikus or Soras memories", I said, "the words spilling out of my mouth without warning."

"Clever," Axel said. "And actually, you are right."

"Axel!"

All three of us turned. Vexen was coming towards us. I immediately grabbed Lorwens arm.

"What is the meaning of this?" He demanded.

"Well, its nice to see you topside, Vexy. And what is the meaning of what?" Axel asked cheekily.

Vexen pointed forcefully at us. All of a sudden, I heard a squeal come from Lorwen.

"Must snog!"

"Lie, Lorwen!" I shouted, shaking her.

"Must snog Vexy-sama!" It took all of my strength to hold her back. Axel was almost doubled up with laughter, while Vexen held a look of complete and utter disgust.

Finally, I lost my grip and crashed to the floor (that concrete is harder than it looks). I looked up and saw Lorwen hugging Vexen very tightly.

"What the-? Get off of me, you pest!"

But Vexens little protests were futile. Lorwen just hugged him tighter, probably tight enough to break ribs.

Axel finally came to the rescue (rather reluctantly) and helped me pry Lorwen off of Vexens midriff. The scientist looked extremely livid.

"Who is that girl!"

"Thats Lorwen," Axel said. "And this is Katari."

"I see but why in hells name are they here?"

"They seem to know a lot about the Organization, and Marluxia may be able to find a use for them."

"I would have killed them on the spot," Vexen said bitterly.

"Yes, well, thats why I retrieved them. Come on you two," Axel said to us. We followed him through many unfamiliar halls, and I was getting very lost. We stopped at two doors.

"These are your rooms for the night," He told us.

"Wow, we get rooms?" Lorwen said happily.

"Wait a minute, its night?" I asked.

"Well, it was night in Traverse Town."

"Its always night in Traverse Town."

Axel groaned and shoved us in the first room and slammed door the behind us.

"I guess he got tired of us talking," Lorwen said.

"What was your first clue?"

Lorwen shrugged and looked around. There was a bed and a closet, but not much else distinguished the room from the rest of the castle. "Not exactly spacious, is it?"

"Lie, it is not. Well, you finally got to glomp Vexen!"

Lorwen grinned widely. "Yeah! But you didnt get to see Zexion!"

This made me feel slightly put out. "Ill get to snog him eventually." I yawned deeply and started towards the other room. "Well, Ill see you in the morning, Lory-san."

The Next Morning

Morning finally came, or at least, I think it was morning. This place really needed a few windows. I got up and stretched, wishing that we had bought some new clothes during the short time we were Traverse Town.

"Uhhhh."

I smiled slightly. It seemed Lorwen had gotten up, and it also seemed that she had a splitting hangover.

I went over to her room and grinned at her. "Thats what happens when you drain two bottles of saki, aiya."

She opened up an eye and glared at me. "Your mean, Katari," she groaned. She gave a short look around the room. " Am I still dreaming?"

"Nope."

"Oh so I did snog Vexen" she said sleepily. It took her the good part of an hour to get up and running.

We began walking down the hall and pointing out every little thing, laughing. But then Axel came and ruined our fun. "There you are. Come on, time to see Marluxia." He grabbed us by the arms again, but we wrenched free of his grip.

"We can walk on our own, you know," Lorwen said indignantly.

By the end of our little trip, I got really tired of the white décor. We came to a large room, where Marluxia and Larxene both stood. In the corner I saw Namine with her head down. I felt a painful surge of sympathy for her.

"You have brought the intruders?" Marluxia asked.

"Obviously," Axel replied impatiently.

"Sierra would have loved this," Lorwen whispered in my ear. I grinned.

Marluxia walked up to us and looked us over. "They cant be over fifteen! How can they know so much about us? And they are existent!"

"That is apparent," Axel said.

"How can they be of use to us? Cant we just dispose of them?"

Watching our lives go down the drain was too much for me. " No, you cant dispose of us!"

"Why not?"

"Because we dont just know about the Organization. We know about the heart." I could see Lorwen nodding rapidly beside me.

It seemed I had caught Marluxias attention. "Go on"

"We have researched the heart, and we have read the Ansem Reports."

A wave of silence swept over the room. Even Axel seemed shocked.

"How is that possible? How could-?"

"Its no use asking questions, Hana-san," Lorwen piped up.

"Well this is quite unexpected now we have to spare you"

"Yay!" Lorwen shouted enthusiastically.

"But you cant leave either."

"What!" Lorwen yelled.

"Your options are limited all you can really do is join us."

Larxene looked at Marluxia. "You want them to join! But theyre annoying!"

They are knowledgeable of the heart, perhaps more so than us. They can be of use. So," he said, turning to us and holding out a hand. "Will you join the Organization, or face worse consequences?"

I thought it over; running away from the Organization would be like running away from the Mafia. I shook Marluxias hand, vaguely aware of the fact that I was now shaking hands with a traitor.