A/N: Once again, thank you for all the support! I was out of town from July 26th until August 4th, and then again from the 8th to the 9th, and I tried to get this chapter done beforehand, but I couldn't finish in time. I just hope you guys can forgive me for taking so freaking long for this chapter. Please don't hurt me?

And my birthday was on the 10th! Indi is 17 now!

Anyone who catches the Lion King/KH2 special link wins 26 bags of baked goods, and maybe something extra in the writing department. To get the full prize you have to answer both who and why.

Disclaimer: Indi owns nothing of Disney or Squeenix, NOTHING!

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"Die you scum! Die! Die! Die!" Larxene yelled at the top of her lungs as she lashed out at a nearby group of heartless with her knives. "That'll teach you! Looks like that's all.."

Saïx nodded at her side. So far, they had encountered only a few heartless. About as much as would be expected with no abnormal activities, considering that some hearts were bound to fall into darkness no matter what. The two had just arrived in the elephant graveyard, keeping their human forms, when they spotted the small group of heartless. Saïx sat down on a sturdy tuskbone as he drew out a tape recorder from his pocket.

"This is the recording Xigbar made of his last patrol, five days ago, no one's been here since. We may as well see where he left off." He pressed the button.

"Alright, this is Xigbar, number two in the Organization, with an update on the status of the Pride Lands. Ran into two groups of heartless so far in an hour, seems pretty standard for a world this size. From what I could see, the royal family is doing well. Simba's cub is healthy, from some gossip I overheard it sounds like it's a female. I'm in the elephant graveyard now, no sign of hyenas. I heard a couple reports that another tribe of lions has moved into the area, so now I'm HOLYGAHLITTLESPAZYOUGETOFFAMETHATSMYHAIROWOWOWOW!"

-Several minutes of static-

"Ok, ok, I'm alright, some kitten started attacking my hair. Must be from that other pride we heard about. Hang on, little guy is still clawing at my cloak. Hey! I'm gonna need that! Grrrr. Ok, this guy is definitely not going to leave me alone. Let's see, he has darker fur than the lions in the other pride. Green eyes, interesting tuft of fur on his head, keeps on trying to get my ponytail. I guess I can keep him around with me during the patrol. It'll be easier than getting him to stop following me. Isn't that right you little cutie? Hey, he's purring! Didn't know lions could do that, thought it was only house cats. Braig was a scientist but he wasn't a big wildlife specialist. Hey! Kitten! I thought we agreed that you'd lay off the hair! Oh great, is this tape recorder out of battery? Yeah, it is. Damn, I need to stop hanging around Demyx so much, I'm starting to pick up his rambling habit. I'll finish the report on paper when I get back. Xigbar out.

Saïx sighed as he put the tape recorder away. He and Larxene had already read Xigbar's written report, there weren't any other significant findings. "I still cannot believe that such a man is my superior. Come on Larxene, we're almost done here."

"What about the present mission? I'm probably not going to find anything in this place for my person, but what about you? It's not like I know who you've got, they might like something from a freaking jungle."

"Good point." Saïx thought about Vexen and what the researcher would like. It's not that Saïx wanted to get him something nice in order to be kind to his senior member, but the Luna Diviner had an excellent mission performance record and he intended to keep it that way. "Hmm, I suppose there might be something here to suit my needs. Would you mind waiting for me while I take a look around?"

"You're gonna owe me one. Good luck."

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"Hey! You alright kid?" Axel poked the unusually silent Roxas as the two of them patrolled around Traverse Town.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just, well, this place reminds me so much of Twilight Town, and although I know now that those were all false memories, I still miss it a little I guess. Well, as much as a Nobody can miss something."

"Right, then we'll finish this up as soon as possible and go on to our next assignment."

"Well, if there's something here you want to buy I don't want to hold you up."

"Nah, I know where I'm going shopping." From what Axel had found, Port Royale and Halloweentown would be the best places to get a gift for Luxord. "What about you?"

"Same, I know better places to shop than here."

"Well then!" Axel smirked. "We're going to have to find some way to have fun till we're out of this place! I bet I can kill more Heartless than you this patrol."

Roxas looked up and smiled at his friend. "You're on!"

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"Ugh, why did I agree to patrol this world?" Vexen was seated under a tree, nursing a headache. He was allergic to many kinds of plants and pollen, and too many bright colors made him dizzy. Marluxia, on the other hand, looked like he was in heaven. He enjoyed the opportunity to seek out new and unusual plants; plus his superior was looking miserable.

"What's wrong Vexen? You're always so cooped up in that lab. You never have the chance to stop and smell the flowers like this." Marluxia smiled and dangled something that looked like a purple daisy in front of Vexen's nose. The older member sneezed.

"I swear, the more you and your flowers make me suffer here the more I'll make you suffer back at the castle…"

Marluxia laughed and put the daisy in his pocket so he could add it to his collection. "As you say Vexen. Don't worry, I'll do most of the surveying here." He turned and plucked a blue leaf from a green tree. "I wouldn't want to miss it for the world."

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Xigbar and Xaldin ducked under one of the arches on the roof of the Castle that Never Was. They were both watching Demyx, who was sitting a little bit away practicing his sitar. Xigbar grinned challengingly.

"C'mon, let's ask him! We'll never find out unless we do."

"Fine, but you know there's no feasible way that-"

"Heh, you don't know him well. He really is that smart, just not in ways most people think."

"You sure?

"Yeah I'm sure, now let's go!"

"Hmm?" Demyx turned around to meet the two senior members headed his way. They were both snikering like they had a hidden agenda. Demyx was worried, but he trusted Xigbar enough not to hurt him. "Hey guys, what's up?"

"Well, Xaldin and I just wanted to ask you a few questions."

"Shoot! Well- erm, I mean, not literally please!"

"Ok, there are three apples on the table. You take away two, how many do you have?"

"Two?"

"A Heartless and a Nobody are on the back of a truck. The truck takes a sudden turn. What drops?"

"The truck's speed?"

"What do you get if you divide thirty by one half?"

"Sixty?"

"Wow." Xaldin paused and shook his head. "You were right Xigbar?"

"Wait, what?" Demyx looked up at them puzzled.

"Nevermind. C'mon Xaldin."

"Hey! What about me?"

"You can come too Demyx, we were just gonna make lunch. I mean, we're supposed to be a big happy family here."

"Xigbar, we're Nobodies, we can't be happy."

"Oh you know what I mean Xaldin."

The three Organization members teleported to the kitchen together as the sky above the Dark City looked the brightest it had been in months.