Disclaimer: Read the disclaimer for the last five chapters and you'll know exactly what this is going to say. I don't KHII, I own the OC's, I own the plot. You probably could've guessed that on your own.

Chapter VI

Skyler paced back and forth in front of a small line of palm trees. As Sora and Riku walked up to her, they realized she was mumbling something to herself.

"Uh…Hi Skyler," said Sora. Skyler head snapped up.

"Don't interrupt me while I'm talking to myself!" she shouted, then sat down with a huff. Riku and Sora exchanged glances, and then sat down with her. Skyler continued muttering to herself, then looked over to Sora again. "Hey, Sora, could you stand up for a minute?" she asked sweetly.

"Um…Why?" he asked.

"Just do it," she replied. Sora stood and Skyler followed. She marched up to him and measured her height compared to his. "Darn it! You're taller than me!" she complained. Riku got up and measured the two.

"Actually, his hair is taller than you," he said. Skyler turned to him and now compared his height with hers.

"You're taller than me, too!"

"So?" both boys asked.

"I'm gonna have to live with the ants!" Skyler whined.

"No you won't," said Riku.

"I'm gonna have to live with the bees!" she continued.

"I doubt it," said Sora.

"I'm gonna have to live with the spiders!" She shuddered. "I hate spiders."

"Why?" Riku and Sora asked in unison.

"Because I'm short! I'm too short! When you guys are older and I bother you, you'll just be able to step on me and then scrape me off on the sidewalk!"

Her new friends could only blink with confusion. In truth, Skyler was a little short for her age. But notice the word 'little'.

"I'm short!" Skyler screeched, followed by fake sobbing. Riku put a hand on her shoulder and she abruptly stopped. "Yeah?"

"You're not that short," said Riku. Skyler looked at him with disbelief, but let it slide.

"Fine," she muttered.

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Kaylee and Axel had been getting along pretty well. Axel still seemed a little upset when someone mentioned that she was number thirteen now, and Kaylee didn't like how arrogantly Axel presented himself, but other than that, they could be considered friends…well, probably more like acquaintances, but they were still on good terms with one another. They had been sitting in the hallway have a conversation about how weird the other Organization Nobodies could be.

"-Seriously, I think he may talk to the flowers in that little widow box of his," Axel was saying, talking about Marluxia.

"Really?" asked Kaylee, holding back laughter. Axel nodded. "Hey have you ever noticed Saïx's ears?"

"What about 'em?" Axel asked.

"They're all…pointy," Kaylee explained, "Is he part elf or something?"

"Uh…Kexlae?" Kaylee ignored him.

"I mean, does he really live in a society of elves?"

"Kexlae?"

"He-he…he's hiding the fact that he's an elf-man!"

"Kexlae!"

"What?"

"Turn around." Kaylee did as she was told and a shiver went down her spine as she saw that she was now face-to-face with said elf-man. She gulped with total and complete fear.

"Uh-oh," she muttered before getting up and darting past Saïx, screaming in horror. Saïx clutched his claymore and started stalking after her angrily. Kaylee was in trouble.

As she ran and screamed in terror, Kaylee managed to slam into an open door. Demyx's open door, to be precise. She fell to the floor, and then looked up at the confused Nobody.

"Hi Myxy!" she said cheerfully, waving her hand like a lunatic. He smiled and waved back. That's when they both heard an angry Saïx stomping down the hall. "Bye Myxy!" Kaylee yelled in a rushed voice.

She sprang to her feet and rounded the corner, ending up smashing into a wall. She stumbled backwards and sprinted forward, meeting up with the wall again, then again, and again, and again. It was a never-ending cycle, really. Saïx stood there for a moment, watching her. He shook his head.

"Well," he said, "I have nothing to do here." With that, he turned on his heel and walked off, still keeping a firm grip on his claymore. Axel, who had been following out of boredom and pure amusement, watched Kaylee for a moment then looked to the side to see that the door next to the new member was to her room. He rolled his eyes and pushed open the door. He gripped Kaylee's shoulders and redirected her to face the room then, with a small push, he let her run inside and fall face-first onto her bed.

Demyx, who was now extremely confused and curious, had ventured out of his room and was now standing next to Axel in Kaylee's doorway. He looked at Axel then to Kaylee, back to Axel, Kaylee then Axel again.

"Is she dead?" he finally asked. Axel stared at him in utter disbelief. But, he had no time to answer considering Kaylee answered Demyx's question for him.

"Squeeple!" she shouted, lifting her head slightly. After that, she let her head collapse back onto the bed and continued to stay immobile.

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Nicolette was sitting in her room pondering over what she was told about Leon. Since she'd gotten here she'd noticed that he was distant and cold, but she just thought it was only his personality. She never would have thought that he was once open, even to just one person. As she thought about she realized what a hard time he must be having, especially since everyone seemed to be giving up on him. Cid had portrayed himself as an insensitive jerk when he talked about Leon and Yuffie almost treated it like a game.

Just an hour ago Nicolette had heard Yuffie bugging Leon. She called him Squall, made light comments on Rinoa, and laughed when he slammed his door in her face. Nicolette hadn't heard any noise or sign of life in his room since, except for some music he had turned on earlier to drown out Yuffie's constant annoyance. He turned it off after she got bored about twenty minutes ago. The person Nicolette wasn't entirely sure about was Aerith. The two of them hadn't talked much, and Aerith pretty much spent all her time in her room or the kitchen.

She couldn't image how he must feel. She could understand for the most part, but she'd never truly felt that way. It must feel like the world's working against him, like nothing would go right for him. Nicolette finally got up and exited the room; she walked until she was face-to-face with Leon's door. She knocked gently.

"What?" was the gun blade wielder's cold response.

"It's me," she said innocently. She heard a sigh of relief, which was most likely because Leon was glad it wasn't Yuffie. It took a minute before he opened the door. When he did, she noticed the broken computer on the floor. Most likely the inanimate object Yuffie claimed he got mad at.

"What do you want?" his voice was still cold, but he managed to make it softer than before. He looked upset, angry, distant and a little confused.

"Yuffie and Cid told me about Rinoa," she replied. He glanced at her. For a brief moment she saw a flicker of anger in eyes, as if they shouldn't have said anything. Then, those blue eyes held the upset, distant, and confused look they had before.

"So?"

"So I wanted to know if you were okay." They looked each other square in the eye.

"I'm fine." She shook her head.

"Whatever you say." As she turned to walk away she was stopped by his sudden question.

"Why do you care?" She sighed.

"Because it didn't seem like anyone else did."

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Skyler had been sitting in her Gummi ship for a few hours now. She was incredibly and bored and couldn't think of anything to do. She opened her lap top and checked her e-mail. Nothing. She clicked on the 'compose mail' icon and a small window appeared. She typed in Nicolette's address and wrote,

'Hey Nikki! What's up? I'm fine. Have you heard from Kaylee? Bye.'

A response came within seconds.

'Hi Skyler. Nothing's new here. I haven't heard anything from Kaylee. Glad to hear from you.'

Skyler smiled.

'I met someone here.'

'Someone?'

'A guy.'

'Cute?'

'Very.'

'That's cool.'

'How's it going for you?'

'So, so.'

'What do you mean by that?'

'It's okay. The people are nice. But I still miss you.'

'I miss you, too, Nikki.'

"Hey, Skyler!" Skyler heard Donald's voice from behind her.

"Yeah?" she asked the duck. He grinned.

"Sora wants a rematch with you." Skyler looked at him quizzically.

"He wants to get to beat again?" Donald laughed.

"He wants to prove that he was just having an off day." Skyler shook her head.

"Give me a few minutes. I'm busy." Donald sighed.

"Okay, I'll tell Sora." Skyler smiled. As she turned back to the computer she said,

"Thank you." Donald nodded and walked away, leaving Skyler to talk to Nicolette.

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Kaylee was walking past the meeting room when she heard various voices discussing something. She stopped to listen.

"-it would help. Someone needs to show her the inner workings of the Organization, show her what it's really like," someone was saying. She recognized it as Xemnas's voice.

"Like a trainer? Or tutor?" Saïx asked.

"Yes. Exactly like that."

"So, who should do it?" asked who she thought was Xigbar. Kaylee pressed her ear against the door to hear better. She knew they were talking about her.

"I'm not going to." It was Axel's voice.

"Why not?" asked Xigbar, "You afraid?"

"Axel has done enough for Kexlae. He doesn't have to do anymore," stated Xemnas.

"So who?" asked someone else. Kaylee tried to make it out. Her best guess was Marluxia, and she was right. There was a pause. She figured Xemnas was scanning the room, looking for someone. She pushed the door open a crack, hoping no one would notice. They didn't.

"It has to be someone experienced," Larxene commented.

"Silence," Xemnas muttered. She glared at him but soon thought better of it and turned away. "Zexion." With that statement, the room began buzzing with conversation. "Silence! It is decided. Dismissed."

The members got up and started filing out of the room. Kaylee ran back to her bedroom out of fear of being discovered.

A/N

Okay, well, that was fun. Oh, and that whole rant Skyler had at the beginning of the chapter was something that my friend Sarah does all the time. It's kinda fun to watch!

Wolf