Author's note: Ok, really sorry for the wait but writer's block is a pain. Reading over this I realized compared to the first chapter this one is extremely short. Oh, I like this size chapter so don't expect them as long as the first one.

Disclaimer: If I owned Kingdom Hearts do you think Saïx would be dead?

Chapter Two: Alarm

(Aeris's POV)

I'm really worried about Yuffie. Lately she's been getting fed up easily with the way the others treating her and how I have been trying to comfort. I think it's just the teenager in her calling for independence and equality. Yesterday things got real ugly though. It was right after Sora left, finished with his battle with the MCP. Things were settling down but then suddenly Yuffie and Leon got into a bitter argument. By the time I arrived it was getting dark out and Yuffie ran off upset to the Bailey.

"Let the brat be, she just needs to calm down," Cid had reasoned when I started to follow after her. Reluctantly I agreed.

That was yesterday and no one has seen her since. There is the possibility that she stayed up late battling heartless and is now just sleeping in but something tells me it's more than that. After a while Leon finally seemed to notice my anxiety and fixed me a curious look.

"Have any of you seen Yuffie since last night? I'm worried something might have happened to her," I explained anxiously.

Leon and Cid shared a look before Leon left to go in search of our ninja. Relieved someone else was worried I followed after to help. I checked her apartment but she wasn't there. Further concerned I checked the market place before heading to the Bailey. Leon said he would search around Maleficent's castle and Ansem's castle so that left me to double check the ruined Bailey. There was no sign of Yuffie and I was ready to go looking for Leon when he entered a Bailey looking grim but with no Yuffie. Instead he carried something that froze my heart to ice.

He had Yuffie's giant shuriken.

(Yuffie's POV)

Okay, I thought 'Master' was crazy before he kidnapped me now I know he fell off the deep end and hit his head several times along the way. He orders me around like I'm his slave or something (well I am his prisoner but that's beside the point), slaps me hard for refusing to call him master, and then softens like a bar of soap and seems almost apologetic… as he rubs away my tears and kisses me. The guy has an anger issue. Oh oops, I mean master has anger issues. I think he's mentally battling between being cruel to me and nice to me but why he wants to be nice to his prisoner is beyond me. Well since he's busy training I might as well go explore his room and try and dig up some dirt on him. Maybe if I'm lucky I'll find a diary or something. Can anyone say revenge? Or better yet, blackmail?

Even though 'Master' is pretending not to care what I do I know he watched me leave to go into his room. I started to search underneath the pillow and the mattress of the bed when something dawned on me. There was only one bed. Oh hell no. Rage bubbled up in me as I tramped back into the room he was training in and took a deep breath.

"Hey! There's only one bed. Where am I supposed to sleep?" I asked furiously. There was no way I was sleeping on the floor.

"With me in the bed naturally, and what did we just get done discussing?" he demanded coldly turning his wolf eyes on me. Suddenly the floor seemed very comfortable.

"Err… sorry, master. How about I just sleep on the floor?" I inquired hopefully.

"No. Also in order to prevent further incidents, do not question me or suggest anything to me," he ordered before going back to his training and ignoring me.

"Whatever you say, master," I added sarcastically before returning to the bedroom. Apparently I could get away with saying master in any tone I wanted and escape trouble as long as I say it.

With that in mind I decided I would do everything possible to twist or belittle his orders. That way he couldn't hurt me and I'd get the upper hand. Humming happily at my new plan, I almost didn't notice what I had in my hands. It was a book. Not just any book though, it was the kind that held information like oh I don't know… a diary. I almost cried out happily at my discovery but then I remember my captor's pointed ears and thought silence might be best. Plopping on the bed I opened the book and started to read. To my disappointment it was not a diary but a dream journal, still useful though. Apparently nobodies have random dreams like everyone else but nothing really caught my eyes until I was halfway through the book.

For the past several days I've had the same nightmare over and over again. Nightmare in the respect it is anything from a pleasant dream. It is of the first time Xenmas claimed me as his. I would almost call it a vivid memory except it is distorted too much to be a memory dreamed about. In the dream version, Xenmas carves up my body, even my face, claiming that I am his alone all the while…

I couldn't read past that for two reasons. One being I was too horrified and sickened by what I read to go any further and the other was that the owner of the dream diary was entering the room. Hurriedly I hid the diary where I found it. Thankfully he didn't notice but I looked at him nervously anyway. He seemed to mistake my nervousness to mean something else as he lied down on the bed and started to use me as a pillow. I opened my mouth to complain but he held a finger to my lips to quiet me as he wrapped his other arm around me.

"Be quiet Yuffie and let's get some sleep," he ordered almost pleadingly before removing his hand from my lips to also wrap it around me.

I knew I was blushing madly after he did that. How could he be so cold and cruel one moment and then so warm and kind the next? It was creating mix emotions of hatred and friendship in me and after reading his dream dairy I also felt sympathy. Not in the mood to argue I only nodded and shifted in his arms to get comfortable before falling asleep.

Like it? Hate it? Love it? Review and please let me know. Ideas and suggestions are also welcomed.

Ok, I'm sure Yuffie isn't the only one noticing Saïx's split personality issues right? As for the dream diary thing… well I needed something that will help pull them together. I also put that in there for all the Saïx/Xenmas fan girls (or boys) out there. Oh just out of curiosity, is Xenahort's voice (the one that is briefly used in the flash back meeting between the real Ansem, Mickey, and Xenahort) actor the same as Reeve's (you hear him briefly during the phone scene of the movie) in FF7? I tried to find out by reading the credits to the game but I missed it.