Chapter Seven:

Lenne came running out of the portal. She had a slight smile on her face as she ran up the many steps to the thirteenth floor. Once she got there, she was out of breath. Suddenly, an idea popped into her head.

'Hm? Maybe I should take a peep in Rinoa's room to see what she's doing?', Lenne thought.

She walked down to the twelfth floor and knocked on the door. Millions of thoughts flooded her mind. She knew that she didn't even check to see if Sora died. She really didn't want to kill the boy. She got her thoughts together and decided to that she had another reason to visit Rinoa. She heard no answer and knocked again.

"Rinoa? Are you there?", she asked.

It was deathly quiet all over the castle. She sensed that something wasn't right, but shook it off. She got tired of knocking and opened the door. She saw her friend lying on the bed, staring up at the ceiling, humming slightly to herself. Lenne walked over to her.

"Rinoa? What's wrong? I knocked on your door, but you wouldn't answer", Lenne said with a hint of anger in her tone.

"Who is this Rinoa you speak of?", her friend asked.

"That's your name…", Lenne said, confused.

"No, you're very mistaken. My name's Nixora" she answered.

"Alright, Rinoa. Stop playing around…this is serious. I need your advice", Lenne said, laughing.

Nixora sat up and began to get up from the bed, looking at Lenne angrily, "You think I'm lying? Wretch!".

Nixora grew angry and slapped Lenne harshly across the face. Lenne's head spun in the other direction, and Lenne could have sworn she saw stars. She quickly shook it off and glared at Rinoa angrily, rubbing her cheek where she hit her.

"Why'd you do that for? What have you done with Rinoa?", Lenne snapped.

"There was a Rinoa here, but she died a…painful death", Nixora said with a smirk, getting into a fighting position.

"I don't want to fight you. Please! You're my best friend!", Lenne said with tears threatening to fall out of her eyes. "Who did this to you?".

"Who did it is none of your business. You're lucky I'm in a good mood. I'm giving you five seconds to get the hell out of my room", Nixora said, turning her back to Lenne and lifting up a hand to count. "Five…four…".

Lenne sniffled and ran out of the room. Nixora continued to count. She had a huge smirk on her face as she closed her eyes. She only glanced back once to see if Lenne was gone. Lenne ran frantically down the hall to look for Marluxia. She wanted to see him badly, knowing he would know what was up with Rinoa. She heard a loud battle cry and footsteps behind her. She turned her head and saw Nixora running after her quickly.

"Better run, girl!", she heard Nixora shout.

Lenne quickly ran up the stairs and dashed towards Marluxia's room at the end of the hall of the thirteenth floor. When she got there, she just barged into the room. She saw Marluxia by his bed without a shirt on about to get in the bed. He looked at her and smiled.

"You completed your mission?", he asked.

Before she could answer, she felt something tackled her to the ground. She was flipped over, and she saw Nixora on top of her with an evil smile on her face. She struggled under her, and Nixora lifted her fist to punch her. She closed her eyes, and just as she was about to punch her, she heard a gasp coming from Nixora. She opened her eyes and saw Marluxia holding Nixora's hand in his.

"You hurt her, Nixora, and you die", he growled, making her get up quickly.

"I'm sorry, sir. No one gave me orders to not hurt the human", she apologized.

"Marluxia, what happened to her?", Lenne asked him, looking up into his midnight blue eyes.

He looked at her and smiled again. He embraced her in his arms and put his nose on her hair to smell her sweet scent again. She tried to struggle, but his strong embrace slowed her reactions a lot. She closed her eyes and rested against his strong chest. Abruptly, he grew angry and grabbed her shirt. She gasped and looked at him, shocked. He threw her on the bed. She watched the angry look on his face disappear.

"Your friends are dead. All of them. They are Nobodies now…beings with who are not really existing but do exist. They have no human emotions", he explained to her, looking into her sad and confused brown eyes.

"Wha-? How could you!", she yelled, crying.

"I was thinking the same thing when you failed to kill the boy", he said calmly.

"But I killed him! He's dead!", Lenne yelled; her tears fell heavily down her cheeks.

Nixora looked at them questionably. She looked down at her hands. All of the words they said to each other were flowing through her mind. She clenched her fist and glared at them. She turned to walk out of the room and bumped right into Larxene. Larxene growled and pushed Nixora on the ground.

"Is this little wretch annoying you, lo- I mean Marluxia?", she said with a faint blush (she couldn't believe she was about to call him something else).

"Leave, Larxene. Gather the others and brings them here. I don't believe this wench killed Sora at all", he said.

Larxene left immediately. Marluxia turned back to Lenne only to get hit by a fireball. He groaned as he tried to block his face with his arms. The fireball scarred him deeply, and it knocked him back a couple of feet. Once he recovered, he saw Lenne charging after him. He sighed amusedly and looked at Nixora.

"Nixora, go outside and lock the doors. Don't let anyone in. This will get a little violent", he said as Nixora nodded and ran out.

Lenne threw a fist at him, and Marluxia caught it. She pulled her fist back and sent a furry of punches at him. He dodged all of them and slapped her harshly across the face, ending her into the wall headfirst. He watched as she hit the wall and didn't get up. He smirked and approached her slowly.

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"What's taking Sora, Goofy, and Donald so long?", King Mickey asked, still in the ship with Riku.

"I don't know. I'm going to see", Riku said as he walked towards the exit.

"I'm coming too", King Mickey said as they walked out the exit together and entered Hollow Bastion.

The first person they saw was Cloud, leaning against the wall. He looked at them, and the two of them returned the stranger's glance. The blonde chuckled and ran a hand threw his spiky blonde hair.

"You two looking for Sora, Goofy, and Donald?", he asked.

"Yeah, but how'd ya know?", King Mickey asked.

"A guess…", Cloud said, getting up from the wall. "Follow me…".

"That guy look suspicious…", Riku whispered to King Mickey.

"He might just lead us to Sora, Goofy, and Donald", King Mickey said as he ran after Cloud first.

Riku sighed and followed them. Cloud walked slowly and at his own pace. King Mickey and Riku followed behind, preparing for anything. The three of them entered the Merlin's house. They saw the Merlin going from injured person to another hastily while Cid was on the computer, running things through. Merlin turned around and saw them at the door.

"You two must be Riku and King Mickey? How good of you to come!", Merlin said half-happily.

"How'd ya know?", King Mickey asked.

"I can tell by your clothes that you're a king, and Sora, Goofy, and Donald talk about you two all the time", he answered. "Come…see your friends".

The two of them walked over to the wizard instantly and looked over the body of Donald. They were all in separate beds next to each other against the wall. Donald was sound asleep with a big knot on his head. They noticed the same thing on Goofy's head. King Mickey grimaced in a slight temporary horror. Riku saw the scarred, bruised, and scratched up body of Yuffie, Aerith, and Leon. He was the first to see Sora's body in the middle. He stared at Sora, hoping that he was going to be ok.

"Oh, great. Now I have to play nurse…again…", he joked with a slight chuckled.

"By the look of their wounds, it'll take almost a week for them to heal as long as I continue to use my cure spells on them twice a day", Merlin said to Riku who nodded.

"Ya mind if we stay here? To see them when they're well?", King Mickey asked.

"Of course! It'd be my pleasure to let you two stay!", Merlin said. "Cloud, Cid, and the other three you saw laying down on the beds with Sora, Goofy, and Donald usually sleep in the castle. You can stay there. It'll get kind of crowded if we all stay in this house. Cid or Cloud will show you how to get there".

"Alright", King Mickey said as he took a seat on a nearby chair.

Riku continued to stare at the injured people. His blue eyes would always fall on the spiky brown-haired boy who seemed hurt the worst. He didn't want to admit it, but he was deeply worried about his friend. He knew if he didn't return Sora home safely either Kairi or Sora's mother would kill him for sure. He felt eyes on him and looked up. He caught Cloud's gaze on him. The blonde looked at the silver-haired youth with distrust and walked out of the door. King Mickey got up and watched the blonde walk out.

"Wait up!", he cried as he ran after him. "Come on, Riku. I'm tired. You can come with us if you are too".

"I'm staying…", Riku said calmly.

"Suit yourself…", King Mickey said as he caught up with the impatient blonde.

Riku took a seat and watched the injured people. He couldn't and wouldn't take his eyes off them. He felt that if he did they'll get hurt again or maybe even killed. Hours passed, and he began to doze off. He tried very hard to stay awake, but it was useless so he fell asleep in the chair.

"Sonny….sonny…wake up!", he heard a loud voice shout at him.

He groaned loudly and tried to open his eyes. It was a hard task, seeing that he was very tired. Once he got them open, his vision was blurred, but he could see a blonde middle-aged standing in front of him, waving his hand in front of his face. When his vision finally focused, he saw the blonde smiling at him.

"'Bout time, boy! I thought someone had drugged you or you'd gone rabid!", the man said, chuckling a little. "The name's Cid, and you must be Riku".

"That's me…", Riku said softly.

"Come on. Let me take you to your room in the castle. You're tired, and you don't need to sleep here", Cid said, reaching his hand out to help lift the youth up.

"Thanks…", Riku said as he grabbed the man's hand, and the man lifted him on his feet.

"Let's go…", Cid said as he began walked towards the door. "Goodnight, Merlin".

"Goodnight", Merlin said, reading a book.

The blonde man and silver-haired boy walked out into the night in Hollow Bastion. Riku thought it was more pretty that way. He was surprised no heartless crossed their path, and he was thankful for that. Cid was ahead of him, and he was lagging behind slowly. Every time he noticed, he'd run after Cid. He was so happy when he finally laid on the soft sheets in the castle of Hollow Bastion.

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"Marluxia, why?", she asked. "Why…why did you have to take my friends? They were the only things I had left".

Marluxia observed Lenne carefully as she slept beside him on his bed. He was laying on his side, staring at her closely like a hawk does its prey. She was turning furiously in the bed, and tears fell down her cheeks constantly, but she never woke up. He almost feared she was going to drown or choke on her own tears. He finally grew tired of her moving and held her in his arms tightly, so she couldn't move. Because of that, he was also able to sleep.

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Larxene stared outside of her window, thinking heavily to herself. In the corner of her eye, she caught of the young girl she knew by the name of Silvia. She looked completely different to her now. Larxene only glared at her, and the girl smirked in response to the evil glare.

"What is wrong, Larxene? You don't look happy", the girl said.

"We don't have "real" emotions, kid", Larxene said angrily. "What is your name anyway?".

"It's Slixvia, and I remember that your name is Larxene", the girl said.

"Very good… now get the hell away from me", Larxene snapped.

"I want to help you. You seem stressed", she said.

Larxene only turned to glare at the girl. Slixvia returned her glare with a blank look. She sat down on the bed and laid back against the headboard, never breaking the blonde's glare. Larxene finally sighed and broke the gaze.

"Why do you even want to help me?", Larxene asked, sitting on the bed.

"You let me stay in your room, even though I died anyway like you said, but you still haven't kicked me out yet", Slixvia answered, smiling.

Larxene got up and headed towards the door. Slixvia watched her, wondering what she was doing. Her movements were slow. She opened the door and looked back at the white-haired girl who continued to stare at her. Slixvia noticed a faint sadness in her eyes.

"Follow me unless you just want to get blown into the darkness by Marluxia", she said with a smirk and walked out of the door.

"I'm coming", Slixvia said as she got up quickly and ran out the door after her.

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Marluxia was in a deep slumber. Flashes of random memories kept appearing to him in the darkness. Most of them were of his past life. Once again, he saw himself in a quiet flower shop on an island. This time, he had a small baby cradled in his arms. The baby looked so peaceful in his arms as he looked up at his father with big midnight blue eyes. He had curly blonde and brownish hair.

"One day, Marvin, you'll own this shop AND this island", he said to his son.

"Mauliar (A/N: Pronounced Ma-lee-ar), make sure you-", said a woman with long brown and blondish hair as she stepped out from the room in the back of the shop.

She saw her husband with her son in his arms and smiled happily. She approached them slowly and hugged her husband from behind. The man chuckled, and she put her hands over his eyes. The baby looked up at them and cooed softly.

"Guess who?", the woman said to him.

"Hm…I dunno. Could it be, Irvina? Or maybe her brother, Irvine?", he said with a laugh.

She laughed and pushed him away from her, "Mauliar! My brother and I aren't that alike!".

Mauliar suddenly turned towards her, putting his index finger to his lips, "Sh! Marvin's sleeping".

Irvina gasped and rushed over to him, taking the baby out of his arms, "Oh, really! About time! It took you hours to get him to sleep!".

Mauliar smiled and walked out of the flower shop. He watched as his wife entered into the back room and disappeared. He sighed and saw the beautiful orange horizon and the setting sun. He walked out on the beach of his island and sat right where the waves hit the sands. He was so happy and at peace.

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Marluxia groaned in his sleep, trying to wake up from the happy memory that he thought was a nightmare. His vision alternated, and he saw a woman in a black cloak. He squinted his eyes, noticing that the woman was not Larxene. Immediately, she twisted around, facing him, and took off her hood. He saw that the woman had long brown hair and brown eyes.

"Lenne, what are you doing here? Where did you get that cloak?", he asked her.

She chuckled and said, "From you. You gave me one, remember?".

His dream faded out after that. He felt something cool and hard pressed against his neck. He groaned as he woke up, and his eyes fell back on the brunette girl he was watching earlier. He looked down and saw a big, metal knife pressed against his neck. He looked back up at Lenne who had a sinister look on her face.

"You killed my friends…and now you have to die", she growled.

He smirked, "You can't do it".

She gasped, then got focused again, "Yes, I can".

He put his hand on the hand that held the knife as a reflex, "How come you haven't done it already?".

"I…", was all she could get out.

He noticed her grip on the knife was loosening. He smirked again and grabbed the knife from his neck without even cutting himself. She gasped, then burst into tears. She fell back on her knees and cried her eyes out. He looked at her and sighed. He almost pitied her. He sat up and held her in arms again, making her sit on his lap. She cried even harder, but he didn't care. Once again, he took in her intoxicating scent and closed his eyes. He hugged her tighter without even realizing it himself.

'What am I doing?', he asked himself.

He kissed her head and laid her back down on the bed on her back. She hit him in his strong chest rapidly in a temporary fit of rage. He let her, knowing she was filled with sorrow at the moment. He looked into her sad, brown eyes as he got on top of her. He put his index finger on her lip.

"Hush…", he whispered softly to her.

Lenne silenced herself, and Marluxia removed his finger from her lips. She noticed the moonlight on him made him even more handsome. He smirked when she stopped crying and began to ran his hand down the curves of her body to her hip. She flinched at his touch, and he leaned down to kiss her softly. His kiss was passionate and slow, almost making her want to fall asleep. He removed her shirt with swiftness and instantly reached down at her skirt. He tugged on it and started to slide it down her small hips.

Underneath the pretty skirt she had were a pair of light blue panties with a purple rose on them. He looked at them with amusement. She noticed the look on his face and smiled. He looked back at her and shook his head as he leaned in to kiss her again. She just laid there, confused and shy about her feelings. He took off his cloak and the remainder of their clothing.

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Larxene and Slixvia knocked on the door of the room on the tenth floor. A girl with long blonde hair answered. She looked at them with distrust immediately. Slixvia had to look under Larxene's arms to see the blonde since she was so short.

"Who are you?", the blonde asked.

"I am Slixvia, and-", Slixvia began, but Larxene shut her up with a low growl.

"The name's Larxene, and you're coming with us. If you don't like that, then the master of this castle, Marluxia, will be very angry", Larxene said bluntly.

"Oh, I'm so scared! Who is this Marluxia anyway?", the blonde said, faking fear.

"Yaxa, I'm about to go", said another blonde who approached them at the door. "Ah! Just what we need…more blondes…".

"Marluxia…", Larxene said, getting angry, "is the master of this castle. If you don't want to come, then I'll just handle you myself".

"Oh, yeah! Marluxia! I remember a girl named Rinoa telling me about him. What does he want?", the blonde with the shorter hair said.

"Stixquis, you can't be actually interested in going?", Yaxa scoffed.

Larxene grew quiet and began to walk off with Slixvia and Stixquis following her. Yaxa growled loudly and stomped her feet in a fit of rage. She followed them, and Stixquis got happy and hugged her friend. Larxene stared at the floor. She knew something was not right.

'I just proposed to them that I was going to fight them, but I never did. What's wrong with me? I fight all the time when I say I'm going to! It's this fuckin' wretch who gave me her power! Irvina…why did you give me your powers? As if I need them!', Larxene thought to herself.

The four of them came to the steps of the tenth floor. Slixvia told them that Larxene had to get every Nobody to the thirteenth floor, so the four of them decided to split up. Slixvia went with Larxene, and Yaxa went with Stixquis.

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Marluxia position himself before Lenne's entrance. She could not help but feel the nagging feeling of being uncomfortable and frightened out of her mind. He read her emotions based on the scared look on her face and smirked.

He put her legs on either side of his waist and plunged deep within her tiny, virginal hole. She screamed and dug her nails into his shoulders instantly. He ignored her screaming and began thrusting in and out of her at a quick and swift pace.

"Oh, Marluxia! Stop please! It hurts!", she screamed and begged.

He looked at her with an angry look on his face, and she bit her lip. He kept going and got on his knees so he could position himself better. She felt tears stain her cheeks and tried to hold them back as much as possible. He threw her legs over his shoulders and got back on top of her, pulling himself even deeper inside her.

The pleasure soon conquered the pain, and she found herself moaning beneath him loudly. She gripped and sheets and arched her back as the pleasure ran through her like a mad virus. He grabbed her hips and pulled them on him, and she bucked her hips against him.

Suddenly, she felt a great wave of astounding pleasure and liquid dripping down her leg. She let out a loud pleasurable scream, and he grunted even louder when he felt her lady juices spill on him. He continued to thrust in and out of her until finally he pumped his fluids into her.

He let out a sigh as he continued to pump into her, even when he was done. She grew very tired and passed out underneath him. After he was done (this time), he laid his head on her flat stomach, feeling the heat of her body.

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Larxene and Slixvia gathered Luxlu, Kaxren, and Laxus (A/N: If you don't know these people, refer to the first chapter. It'll have their names then their Nobody names) and stood at the steps of the thirteenth floor. As the five of them, excluding Larxene, were having random conversations with each other, Larxene stayed quiet. She suddenly felt sad, but knew it could not be real since she was not real herself. They all heard footsteps.

"Could that be them?", Luxlu asked.

"More than likely", Slixvia said.

They saw that it actually was a gray-haired man and a red-haired man. The men both looked at them with confused looks on their faces. Luxlu gasped when she first saw them and bowed partially.

"Zexion! What are you doing here?", she asked.

"Damn, did Marluxia order all of us to come here?", came the voice of Stixquis as her, Thextlea, Neexse', and Yaxa walked up the steps.

"Lexaeus is even here", Yaxa pointed out.

"What do you mean Marluxia order all of us to come here?", Zexion asked, looking at all the girls, and stopping at Larxene. "What is wrong with you, Larxene?".

"Marluxia order me to bring the girls here. I wasn't expecting you at all", she answered and started walking down the hall to their master's room.

The girls and men followed her down the long hall in the thirteenth floor. It was the longest hall out of all the floors in the castle. They all traveled in one big group, and Lexaeus and Zexion were in the back. They stopped when they saw a raven-haired girl with brown streaks in her hair. She was leaning against the wall, sleeping. Larxene took a step forward, and the girl instantly woke up groggily. She looked at them all and gasped.

"Marluxia said no is allowed in the room right now. He told me that tell you all to wait here until he comes", the girl said.

"Nixora, what the hell are you talking about. Who's in there with him?", Larxene asked with a growl.

"That sorceress", she answered.

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Marluxia groaned in comfort and pulled out of the sleeping body of Lenne. He heard loud yelling outside of his room and growled. He punched the bridge of his nose as if he had a painful headache. He looked back at her naked and peaceful body and sighed. He grabbed his clothes and put them on slowly, not wanting to leave and deal with his followers. Once he slipped his cloak on (which was the last thing he had to put on), he walked towards the door.

A/N: Another glorious chapter! I hope all of the readers still like it. If you have any questions, email me. I'm still stuck on which pairing I should choose. Should I pick either Lenne/Marluxia or Larxene/Marluxia? I know that I put Marluxia/Larxene at first for the categorizing thing, but I don't know if I want it to stay. Email with your suggestions. I'll be typing up the next chapter tomorrow! Sayonara!