Hey everyone! From here on out, I'm going to stop using, "I," and say Yuki. Okay then, on to the story!

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Yuki slowly made her way down the never-ending hallway. So far, it had been half an hour since she decided to find Axel. She could have sworn she was circling, but she couldn't say for certain. The only thing that was a constant to her was the fact that there were always windows showing Kingdom Hearts. Sighing, Yuki looked at her shadow. For once, there were no yellow eyes following her.

"Great, the one time I need help, he isn't here... Or is it a she? Whatever. I'm so bored..." Yuki slid down against the wall on her right and sat on the floor. It was nice and cold, feeling nice against her warm hands. Yuki decided to wait and see if anyone would come down the hallway. She doubted that anyone would, but she knew better than to keep wandering and wasting energy. Yuki leaned her head against the wall and closed her eyes.

"Geez, why is this place so darn big? I mean, you would think that they get tired of so much space. How do they keep from getting lost?"

"I don't know... I guess we just kind of got used to it."

Yuki's eyes snapped open and she turned to her right. Standing in front of her was another organization member, except his hood was up so she couldn't tell who it was. Blinking, Yuki stood up and dusted her pants off.

"Finally, a life form. So, who exactly are you?"

The hooded person took off their hood, revealing a young man not much older than she was. He had funky hair though... Was it a mullet? Or was it just... there? Yuki shrugged off the thought.

"The names Demyx, number nine in the organization. Why are you out here? I thought you would be somewhere else... I mean, the whole training thing, right?"

Yuki shrugged, still confused with Demyx's hair. "Luxord said our session was over, so I was trying to find Axel... and here I am now."

Demyx smiled and started walking down the hallway. "Well, you wouldn't be able to find him anyway. He was just sent on a mission during your session with Luxord. Dunno when he'll be back."

Yuki blinked and jogged up to Demyx, walking by his side. "Hey, don't leave me behind there! Who knows when I would find any other people."

Demyx shrugged and shoved his hands in the pockets of his cloak. "Whatever. Why don't you just use shadow portals? I mean, you have dark powers, so surely you would be able to get around easily with them, right?"

Yuki furrowed her brows and crossed her arms. "You mean those dark oval-ish things you guys dragged me here with? Didn't know what they were... Nope, I can't use them. Never tried."

Demyx looked at Yuki with a strange look. "You're the Heir to the Darkness, and you can't even summon a simple shadow portal? God, who knew you'd be so useless..."

"Hey! It's not like I even knew about this whole Heir to the Darkness thing until I came here. I didn't even know what heartless were until Xemnas explained them to me."

Demyx laughed and shook his head. "Wow, you really are dull. How could you not know that kind of thing?"

"Well, I don't know... I mean, if I don't even know my own age, family, or home, I guess I should be able to know about something like this..."

Demyx rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Whatever... So, what are you going to do now?"

Yuki blinked. "Huh? What do you mean 'now'?"

"I mean, what are you going to do now that Axel isn't here?"

Yuki shrugged, following Demyx around a left turn. "I dunno... guess I'll just explore... and get lost some more."

"You're so boring... I know! Let's go bug Xigbar!"

Yuki cocked her head to the side. "Who's Xigbar?"

Demyx grinned, putting his hands behind his head. "He's some strange dude who's fun to annoy... Wanna come?"

Yuki shrugged. "Sure, not like I have anything else to do..."

Demyx nodded and grabbed Yuki's arm, pulling her backwards through a shadow portal.

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Demyx and Yuki appeared in a white room... How original in the place. Yuki found a man with a long ponytail using some sort of gun to shoot at huge nobodies. The thing that really got Yuki was that the man was in the air shooting downwards at them Yuki blinked and the man disappeared. She then heard someone land behind her. Yuki turned around and saw that the man also had an eye patch over his right eye and a scar under his left cheek. He raised an eyebrow and turned to Demyx.

"What are you two doing here?"

Demyx grinned and crossed his arms. "I was bored and dragged a victim into the mess of fun."

Xigbar shrugged and looked at the oncoming nobodies. Yuki felt her stomach sink as they raised gigantic swords at them. Yuki felt someone pull her back as laser like shards pierced the nobodies in front of her. Unfortunately, they only hit the swords. Xigbar disappeared again and appeared behind the nobodies, shooting them in their backs. All of the nobodies vanished and Xigbar's weapons disappeared. Yuki blinked and watched Xigbar walk over to Demyx. Whoa, I'd hate to have this guy as an opponent... I can't even follow his movements! Are all organization members this powerful? I know Axel is, and here Xigbar seems unbeatable... I wonder if Demyx is this good. As if to answer her question, a yell broke Yuki from her thoughts.

Yuki blinked as she saw Xigbar shooting after Demyx, who was trying to run away while holding onto a large instrument resembling a Sitar. Yuki stepped back as Demyx started running towards her; Xigbar grinning as Demyx ran. Demyx grabbed Yuki and started to use her as a shield, grinning over Yuki's shoulder. He watched as Xigbar thought from his place in the air.

"Just try to get me now, old man! Xemnas will have your head if you get her in the crossfire."

Xigbar shrugged and grinned once again. "I know how to fire at you without hitting her anyway."

Demyx smiled nervously and Yuki was looking nervously at Xigbar as he shot to the side. The shards disappeared in a portal, leaving Yuki confused.

"Hit the deck!" Yuki's ears rang as Demyx yelled right next to her ear. Yuki's eyes widened as the shards appeared out of a portal behind them. Demyx dropped to the ground to avoid the shards, and Yuki froze in her spot. She instantly reacted and held her arm out in front of her, the Dark Vein appearing as she blocked the shards with it. Yuki's heart pounded in her ears as she looked down at Demyx.

"What the hell are you doing?! Don't get me caught in your mess!"

Demyx looked up at Yuki with sad face and pouted. "But Xigbar was attacking! I needed help, so you're my reinforcement."

Yuki stepped back as Xigbar's guns reloaded. Yuki looked back at Demyx and shook her head. "You're crazy! I can't fight him!"

Demyx smiled. "Two weak people can make a strong team!"

Yuki jumped as she heard Xigbar begin to speak. "Well, if your joining in, then you better run."

Yuki panicked and yanked Demyx up from the ground. "You got us in the mess, you're sure as hell going to help out instead of running."

Demyx blinked and smiled nervously. "Yes, Ma'am." Demyx tightened his grip on his weapon and Yuki started to allow the darkness to flow within her once again. She felt the adrenaline rush as the feral instinct returned. Yuki felt herself grin madly and felt her pupils dilating. Demyx looked at Yuki strangely.

"What are you looking at?" Yuki gasped mentally when she heard how offensive she stated the question. Demyx pointed at Yuki.

"You're pupils are like slits now. Sorta like a reptile's... or something like that. Not to mention you have... fangs? No... They're not that big... but they're prominent." Yuki faced Xigbar and grinned. "Cool..."

Yuki felt the Dark Vein disappear and shrugged mentally. It would come when she needed it. Demyx faced Xigbar as well and started playing his instrument. Immediately, a bunch of clones of Demyx appeared, except they were made of water. Yuki disregarded it and charged at Xigbar. Xigbar was calm, carefully keeping an eye on both the clones and Yuki. Yuki jumped up at Xigbar and started clawing at him, as she did with the cards. Xigbar retained a few of the swipes but blocked most of them, keeping his calm demeanor. Yuki landed and scowled at Xigbar, watching as he disappeared. Yuki raised an eyebrow and turned around as she saw Demyx shoot a bunch of bubbles at Xigbar, who was, in turn, shooting at Demyx. Yuki cocked her head to the side.

"You're using bubbles? Well, if that isn't weak at all..."

Xigbar snorted and vanished again, reloading his guns when he appeared in the corner of the room. "Yeah, exactly what I thought the first time he shot them at me. Those actually have some sting to them."

Yuki laughed to herself and felt the dark energy she had used going away. "What? Come on... Why are my powers going away...? Is that a temporary boost or something?"

"Yuki! Quit mumbling to yourself and duck!"

Yuki's head snapped up as she saw shards flying at her. She crossed her arms in front of her but didn't feel any impact. Instead, a bunch of water hit her face. Blinking, Yuki watched as a water clone turned into a puddle of water. Yuki smiled at Demyx and faced Xigbar again while summoning the Dark Vein.

"All righty then... What else can this thing do?" Yuki gripped the spear tightly as the gem on the blade glinted dangerously. Suddenly, Yuki felt a little faint. Yuki closed her eyes as it seemed like there was a blinding light in front of her.

Yuki reopened her eyes and started to worry. She was definitely not with Xigbar and Demyx. Surrounding Yuki was darkness, save for the floor of light beneath her. In front of her was a stone pedestal, and atop it was a woman, who was sitting in the opposite direction. The woman's hair was silvery and metallic, falling short at her chin and quite layered. She was wearing a simple white dress that had a single black sash. The woman turned her head towards Yuki, revealing one lilac eye.

"So you came..."

Yuki blinked. This is the last place Yuki expected to find such a nice looking woman to be. Wait a minute... double take.

"Wait, did you bring me here?"

The woman simply stared at Yuki, sizing her down with a hawk like stare. The woman nodded, standing atop the pedestal. She lightly jumped down and started to walk towards Yuki. "I was wondering when you would respond to me... You know me very well, and yet you don't know me at all. I was wondering if my call would reach you. Now, tell me, Yuki. Do you know who you are?"

Yuki blinked, the woman's gaze was unwavering as she waited for Yuki to respond. Yuki nodded. "Yeah, I'm Yuki. Except everyone keeps telling me that I'm this Heir to the Darkness. Now, who are you?"

The woman smiled and placed her hand on Yuki's forehead. "You already know who I am... yet, it seems your knowledge of me has faded. I guess it's pointless to try to revive your knowledge, so I guess I need to re-introduce myself. You know me as the Dark Vein, but my real name is..."

Yuki didn't hear what the woman sad after that. It was as if something was blocking her words. Yuki cocked her head to the side. "I didn't quite catch that... could you repeat your name?"

The woman sighed, crossing her arms in front of her. "I guess you don't truly believe... It seems your resurrection will have to wait until later, when you are truly willing to acknowledge the truth."

Yuki shook her head. "I don't know what you're talking about. What do you mean by the truth?"

The lady blinked smiling sadly at Yuki. "I'm sorry, my friend. I cannot answer you, for our time is running short. I can only suppress the real world for so long as we talk. I will talk to you again soon, but for now, you must leave. Before you go, though, I shall give you one hint of knowledge. Come, lend me your hand."

Yuki looked at the lady with wonder. What the heck was she talking about, and where is 'here'? How can she suppress the real world? Yuki shrugged off her question and held out her hand. The lady smiled and gently took it in hers. "Good, you still trust me. Now, I grant you the knowledge of the Dark Palm."

Yuki watched as shadows crept up her arm in weird patterns. It then faded into her skin while leaving a stinging sensation. The lady let go of Yuki's hand and stepped back a few paces.

"Until we meet again."

The floor seemed to glow with a blinding intensity, forcing Yuki to shield her eyes from the light.

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Yuki once again opened her eyes. Before her was Xigbar and Demyx, both in the same places as before. Xigbar had started to run at Demyx, his weapons vanishing into the air. Yuki watched as Demyx fended Xigbar off with a bunch of water clones. Xigbar then grabbed one and swung it around him, knocking it into the other clones surrounding it before releasing it where it vanished into thin air. Yuki smiled to herself and gripped her spear, ready to be Demyx's reinforcement.

"Two weak people make a strong team... Alrighty then, lets see what this Dark Palm is..."

Yuki clenched her free hand and watched the shadows that fused into her arm reappear with the same stinging sensation. Yuki then charged towards Xigbar, her palm facing him while she gathered dark energy into her palm. She then forced her hand into Xigbar's back, releasing the built up energy. Xigbar gave a yell and jumped to the side, his arm clutching his side.

"What the hell was that?!"

Yuki blinked and looked at her hand. "I don't really know myself... a new technique, I guess. Did it hurt that much?"

Xigbar scowled and rubbed his side. "I felt that throughout my whole body. It was sort of like a cold shock or something..."

Yuki looked down at her hand with interest. The lady must have given her the knowledge of something powerful for it to hurt Xigbar. Yuki glanced at her spear and smiled. She quietly whispered 'thank you' to it and looked up. "I think this is enough for now, don't you? I'm pretty tired..."

Xigbar grinned and scoffed. "What, you're tired already? Man, Luxord has a lot of work ahead of him... Well, so long for now, dudes. I have to go tend to some business if we're through."

Xigbar disappeared, leaving both Yuki and Demyx behind. Demyx blinked and grinned at Yuki. "That was fun. Maybe next time we should bug Saiix."

Yuki blinked, giving Demyx an inquisitive look. "Is he stronger than Xigbar?"

Demyx thought for a minute. "I dunno... he might be a little stronger, but not by much. If anything, I'd say they're equals, save for he's not as nice as Xigbar. He must have a stick up his or something..."

Yuki gave Demyx a flat look. "Then no, please don't bring me into this again. I'm beat, and I doubt I would have lasted any longer. I swear, you people are crazy if you have this kind of strength."

Demyx shrugged. "Well then, I guess you and me are the only ones who aren't crazy because I'm not that great of a fighter. Yep, two peas of a pod..."

Yuki laughed slightly and followed Demyx as he started to walk out of the room. "Me like you? That's an interesting thought..."

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Hey people! I hope you like this chapter. I know it's a bit choppy. But I'm trying to hurry and get to her missions from Xemnas. Oh wells... Remember to vote for who you want Yuki to be paired with (unless you want her to be alone, which is fine) when you review! Thank you!