Chapter 4, hmm, anyway, Zaetyne comes into play more in this chapter, I hope so anyway. The same razz and jazz, I don't own Kingdom Hearts or anything affiliated with it.

Chapter Four:

(Sora)

Sora was stiff for a while but the walk helped him think and clear his head. What had happened last night? He'd been walking certainly, but he didn't think walking would or could tear him up like that; besides, Cloud had been hurt, too.

Hmm. That would require some more thought once he had time. Right now he was half-listening to Yuffie, most of it he knew, some Heartless apparently one that strongly resembled a human had been around attacking, but they wouldn't have flesh on the bones until Cloud came too.

Sora knew he was easily distracted and probably didn't have the best memory, but he'd never really had problems with his memory like this before…well, okay, when Organization 13 had first started messing around with memories he'd lost nearly all of them, but that was a different scenario and had effected everyone.

Not wanting something else to mull over, Sora let that lay as it was. Actually at the moment he really didn't want to think. He only had to things to think about: The Human Heartless and The No Bodies Kingdom hearts. Both would send his head spinning, The Human Heartless brought no real emotion, just curiosity. The No bodies Kingdom Hearts…that only lead him in a fast spiral down to the depths of his emotion and farther. Breaking his fragile confidence again and again.

For the moment, Apathy seemed like a good thing, but Sora hoped his easily distracted mind from a reprieve from it, it was way too easy to enjoy or at least, prefer, Apathy.

"So, Your awake?" Leon asked.

Sora only nodded. He didn't feel much like talking and he knew which way conversation was going to go. It wasn't hard; Leon always acted the same way. He almost didn't respond to the obvious question. Where had he been and why had he been there.

The most Sora could do was shrug. "I was out walking, then I woke up. I don't remember anything else."

That was true, but he felt like it was a bad omen. So far, each time this thing…for lack of a better term, had attacked he'd turned up without remembering where he was, and only a vague idea of what he'd been doing. But the others didn't know he couldn't remember his first disappearing act. Something he decided he would keep to himself.

Sora didn't know it, but by deciding to lie to his friends he had died a little more on the inside and Apathy looked all the more appeasing.

(Zaetyne)

Zaetyne was tired. She'd done more in the last few days then she could remember doing in her life. Albeit most of it was clouded, locked behind some door she couldn't open. She was simply content to settle down in her makeshift bed, hidden away where no one could easily find it for a nap.

Just as Zaetyne's eyes started to close, she thought she heard voices, but didn't care, they couldn't get to her, chances were they didn't even know where she was, or that she was even there. Settling deeper into the lichens and moss, Zaetyne fell into sleep as dark as the cave she was resting in.

(Along the Gorge to Hollow Bastion's Castle)

A Boot scoffed the ground, looking at the gorge walls with vivid blue eyes that looked skeptical. He was dressed in almost all black, and the coat made little noise as he walked several paces ahead of his companion.

"Your sure she's here?" He asked, again scanning the walls of the gorge, full of cracks and crevices it was likely she had hidden in.

"It does seem like the best place for her." His companion, replied, bright red hair standing out noticeably in the dull purple and blue of the gorge, pale green eyes returned the skepticism. " I mean, who would think to look here, or spend the time to search each and every crevice."

"Isn't that what we're planning to do?" The teen asked, looking annoyed with his companion.

"Yeah, but," He held up a hand and a small silvery device winked in the little sun that made it through the clouds. "We have this."

"What is that?"

"Just a neat little trick for finding our friend, It shouldn't take long, just don't lose sight of it, Got it memorized?"

Rolling eyes and getting a slightly annoyed look, the younger of the two nodded. "Yeah, I've got it."

"Good, here goes."

The disk unwound into something like a snake, only obviously a machine, it chased it's own tail for several moments, yearning questioning looks from the two watching it before, suddenly shooting off, startling the ones who were supposed to follow it.

"After it!" The younger called, and took off, leaving the older to catch up.

The crevice it dived into was no wider at the mouth then a few feet, nowhere near enough space for the older to get into, so the Younger scrambled into the opening and followed it, trying not to get to banged up along the way.

He stopped and looked around. It was dark within the cave, the entrances light, feeble and weak, but his vision could still make out a shadow. If he hadn't known what he was looking for he'd have thought he'd stumbled on a dark fire, embers floating up, but this was the sleeping Zaetyne.

The Would-Be saviors of the No bodies, if the legends and records were true.

(Zaetyne)

Zaetyne blinked open her eyes slowly. Still very tired, but suddenly, as the tiny silver snake wound around one wrist, she remembered. She remembered a lot.

Her eyes gradually changed from Yellow to Deep Ice (Glacier) blue. And she stretched, standing, letting shadows fall away.

Among the things she remembered, she knew who she had been. And why she'd been locked from her memories.

Oh. The irony of it all was sweet as blood.

Twilight keeper

I'll leave you here, for now. Sorry, the update was late. It's always later then I think when I start to type. It's just getting dark and almost 9:00. and graduation…sigh the joy of all joys that is….well, anyway, hope you like the chapter, and I'll try to have the next one done soon.