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Yuki had been wandering around the Castle for about half an hour after her little ruse with Demyx. Yuki was just glad that she hadn't run into Axel since she left the room. She always had a knack for running into people.

"Oof... Sorry, wasn't looking-," Yuki rubbed her nose gingerly, for she just ran into something, or someone, on her little walk down the hallway. She rubbed the back of her head sheepishly when she looked up to see who it was, "Oh... Uh, hey... Axel... Hah hah... Fancy meeting you here?"

Yuki grinned at the hot-tempered nobody as she tried to figure out a way to get away from him. Who knows if he was still mad about the whole closet thing... Axel raised an eyebrow and shrugged. "Whatever... Have you seen Xaldin?"

Yuki blinked and shook her head. "I don't even know who Xaldin is..."

"Oh... he's some big guy who has long hair... sorta like dread locks. Seen him around?"

Yuki shook her head and smiled, glad that Axel wasn't talking about the prank. "Uh, nope. Can't say that I have. Why?"

Axel's face wore an exasperated expression as he shoved his hands into his pockets. "Oh, Xemnas wants to see him about something."

Yuki shook her head and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "I told Demyx that this place was too darn big... Anyway, I hope you find him! Well, gotta go, sayona- oof..."

Yuki shook her head, for Axel had sidestepped to stand in her way when she had tried to walk around him. Axel crossed his arms and grinned. "Oh, did we think that we were getting away that easily? We must be forgetful..."

Yuki blinked and grinned nervously at Axel. "Uh... what do you mean?"

Axel gave Yuki a flat look and shrugged. "Oh, I don't know... how about my closet?"

Yuki blinked and turned around, making way to sprint down the hallway. "Nope, not a clue, see you late- Ack! Axel, get offa me!"

Yuki cringed after Axel had tackled her to the ground. "You're not going anywhere. Now, where's Demyx?"

Yuki huffed and blew some stray strands of hair out of her face, seeing as Axel was restraining her from doing anything else. "I thought you were looking for that Xaldin guy?"

"Hah hah, you're hilarious. Now, spit it out."

Yuki let her forehead fall to the floor, the cool marble feeling nice against her skin. "I dunno, I abandoned him a while ago."

Yuki sighed inwardly. She was telling half of the truth. She had left him, but she also knew where he was at the moment. She just didn't want to receive punishment... Axel sighed and dragged Yuki up by the back of her shirt. "Come on, you're gonna help me find him then."

Yuki huffed and crossed her arms as Axel steered her down the hallway while keeping a firm grip on her shoulders. Yuki narrowed her eyes and huffed. "What am I, a dog? You may as well put me on a leash..."

Axel shrugged, turning to the left down a flight of stairs. "I dunno, maybe I should talk to Xemnas about that."

Yuki rolled her eyes. "Har har, my sides are splitting."

Axel smiled and made Yuki turn right down a seemingly endless hallway. "I'm glad you agree with me. Now, tell me where he is."

Yuki shrugged, thinking of multiple ways of escape, but coming up with no solution. "I told you, I abandoned him a while ago."

Axel sighed, stopping in the middle of the hallway. "Well then, I guess I have to force the information out of you..."

Axel let go of Yuki and summoned his chakrams. Yuki felt her stomach sink as Axel wore a mad grin. Yuki back up slightly and blinked when Axel disappeared. She then felt her stomach sink even deeper when her back hit something soft...

"Uh... isn't this unfair?"

Yuki felt her heart pound when Axel leaned down to talk in her ear. "Nope!"

Yuki jumped back, barely missing a flaming spike from his chakram. Axel grinned and twirled his weapons dangerously. "Now, lets see how well you dance..."

Yuki blinked as Axel charged at her, twirling around while slashing at her with the weapons. Yuki yelled slightly when a spike almost hit her arm. Yuki blinked slightly and felt her hands shaking as Axel grinned down at her. "Now, are you going to tell me where he is?"

Yuki shook her head and started running in the opposite direction only to fall to the ground once again. Yuki huffed and let her chin fall to the floor as she felt Axel's weight on top of her. "Dude, for being really skinny, you're awfully heavy..."

Both people blinked when a shadow portal appeared in front of them, Luxord stepping out. Luxord raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms; an amused expression sprawled across his face. "Well, aren't we a little aggressive, Axel? I can understand the possessiveness, but don't you think this is going a bit too far?"

Axel scowled and Yuki grinned madly. Axel got off of Yuki, who jumped up and hugged Luxord around the neck. "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! That guys a madman I say, a madman!"

With her last words, Yuki was pointing at Axel, who was wearing a bored expression. Axel glared at Yuki, who in turn stuck her tongue out at Axel. Axel grinned and pointed at her. "Next time, there won't be anyone to come to the rescue. I'll get you and Demyx..."

Yuki rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Oh, what ever will I do?"

Luxord blinked and turned around while summoning a shadow portal. "Come, Yuki. It's time for our training."

Yuki blinked and looked back at Axel, and then at Luxord. Yuki then sighed and let her shoulders sag. "Ugh, I don't know if I'd rather be beaten to a pulp while being burned or getting frustrated over my inability to summon a heartless. One little heartless!"

Yuki followed Luxord regardless, silently musing over her upcoming training session.

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Yuki blinked as she found herself in a different place. It surprised her, for Luxord had brought her to a landing on a flight of stairs that was outdoors. Luxord turned and raised an eyebrow, his gaze going past Yuki. "Ah, did you want to join us as well, Axel?"

Yuki felt her stomach sink and looked back at Axel, who grinned madly at Yuki. "Yeah, it seems like a good idea to help out until you're through with her."

Yuki glared at Axel with a darkened expression. Luxord... that traitor...

Luxord shrugged. "Do as you wish..." Luxord then turned towards Yuki, holding out the bracelet he had taken from her the previous day. "Now, in our warm up, you have a chance of redeeming yourself and winning back your trinket. If I win though..." Luxord pointed at Yuki, who blinked with a vacant expression. "... You'll have to do my bidding. Do we have a deal?"

Yuki blinked when she heard Axel laughing behind her. Yuki turned around and gave Axel a flat look. "What's your problem?"

Axel smiled at Yuki and crossed his arms. "You don't have a chance. We don't call Luxord 'The Gambler of Fate' for nothing, you know. He's the master of games."

Yuki blinked and looked back at Luxord, who was twirling the string that held the charm. "Say what? You've been duping me this whole time!"

Luxord smiled and shrugged. "There's always a chance that you'll win. It's just gambling with luck; you need to use your brain to get through most of my tasks. Trust me, if I were out to make you fail, you would have lost everything in our last session. I'm just picking things that could be an incentive for you to work harder."

Yuki shrugged and put her hands in her pockets. "Well, doing your bidding doesn't exactly sound all that painful. It's not like you're on a vengeance streak like Axel."

Axel coughed, but Yuki ignored his interruption. Luxord raised his eyebrow and put his hands behind his back. "Well, that's an interesting proposition..."

Yuki blinked and felt something bad coming on. "Uh... what is?"

Luxord paced around the landing as he explained his thoughts. "Well, you just said that I wasn't all that... persuasive in working matters. Then you said that Axel was more frightening to you... Let's change my wager. If I win, you'll have to deal with Axel's decisions. I can force you to do it too, with my power."

Yuki felt her eye twitch and crossed her arms. "Well then, I don't agree to your terms."

Luxord raised an eyebrow and shrugged. "Fine then, I get to keep your trinket forever."

Yuki looked at the small charm in Luxord's hand. Yuki sighed irritably and glanced over at Axel. Axel just stared back at Yuki with a blank expression. She then crossed her arms and glared at Luxord. "Fine, I agree."

Luxord smiled and pocketed the bracelet. "Good. Now, this exercise shall be easier than the last one. You will have to figure out where I am hiding."

Yuki raised an eyebrow at the game master. "Come again?"

Luxord summoned three card nobodies and gestured towards them. "It's just like how I was able to turn you into a die. This time, I'll enter these cards myself. However, I am able to move around from card to card. Watch closely."

Luxord jumped up into one of the cards. The cards then spun around as Luxord jumped to the next card. Luxord jumped out of the second card and landed in front of Yuki. "So, in this game, there will be twelve cards. I will be hiding somewhere. You have to figure out where I am when five minutes is over. Ready?"

Yuki nodded, she was quite confident in her sight. She would probably be able to see which card he jumped to easily. Luxord nodded and summoned nine more cards before jumping into one. Yuki felt her eyes widen as they spun around quickly, coming together in stacks and spinning around again. Yuki crossed arms and saw a blur of black and blonde before the cards started to spin around her. "That's so unfair..."

Yuki blinked and tried to look at all the cards, but they were moving to quickly. She saw the blur of black and blonde again before the cards came together in a stack. The cards then spread out in a row in front of her, all of them facing away so that only the backs were seen. Yuki took it as a signal that five minutes were up.

Yuki looked at all he cards with a worried expression. This is impossible! How am I supposed to know what card he's hiding in? This is such a rip off... unless... Yuki looked down at her hands. He never said that someone else couldn't look at the cards... Yuki smiled and closed her eyes; the small heartless appearing on the other side of the cards. The heartless disappeared after a few moments. /Not... there./ Yuki blinked and furrowed her eyebrows, huffing at the childish antic. "Now that's not fair, you aren't even inside the cards in front of me. Liar..."

The cards in front of her disappeared leaving no trace of Luxord. Yuki heard clapping behind her and spun around to see Luxord standing by Axel. "Well done. You've thought outside the box. Now, I do believe this belongs to you."

Luxord tossed the bracelet to Yuki, who smiled while tying the string around her wrist. Luxord then started to make his way towards Yuki with Axel behind him. "Now, seeing as you mastered the technique that we were going over last time, we'll continue onto our next lesson.

Yuki felt her eyes widen when her realization dawned upon her. I summoned the weakest heartless... I did it!

Luxord gestured to Axel as he continued to speak. Now, today we are going to go over using shadow portals. Axel has told me that you have a knack for getting lost...

Yuki blinked and grinned sheepishly. "Well, it's not like I can help it... this place is way too big."

Luxord brushed off Yuki's response and stepped a few paces away from Axel. "Now, Axel is going to help us in this exercise. Now that you seem to know how to limit your energy to an extent, you will learn to moderate your energy depending on how far away you wish to go from your starting point. For example, if Axel wanted to go from his spot to you, he'd use a minimal amount."

Axel jumped backwards into a portal and appeared inches away from Yuki. Yuki restrained a blush at the close proximity and took a few paces back. Luxord then continued with his lecture. "And if Axel want to go from his spot by you to the bottom of this flight of stairs, he'd use a good amount of energy to get there."

Axel grinned and walked into a shadow portal that appeared a few inches away from Yuki's face. Yuki blinked when Axel wasn't there, assuming that Axel had appeared at the bottom of the stairs. Luxord nodded and crossed his arms in front of him.

"Now, lets see you try to summon a portal first."

Yuki blinked and held out her hand, the dark energy concentrating until a small oval started to form. Luxord nodded at her attempt. "Good, but it's not enough energy. This takes a little more energy than summoning heartless."

Yuki nodded and added more energy, making the oval a little taller than herself.

"Good. Now, when you go through the portal, concentrate on appearing next to me. This should be easier than going farther away like Axel did."

Yuki nodded and stepped through the portal to find that it was still the same dark place she had first experienced when Axel brought her to this place against her will. Yuki ran, unsure of what the place really was. All the way there, Yuki concentrated on Luxord. When she got to the end, She found that she almost ran into his front. Yuki let the portal close behind her as Luxord nodded. "Good. Now, after a while, you'll be able to use a portal without having to spend time in the dark realm. It will merely seem as if you stepped from one spot to another. I believe you have experienced this when traveling through other portals, correct?"

Yuki nodded, remembering the portal that Demyx always shoved her through, as well as the portal Luxord had used to bring her to the landing. Luxord crossed his arms and looked at the stairway. "Now, this time I want you to try to use a portal to get to where Axel is. We'll be here in case you make any mistakes."

Yuki blinked and felt her stomach tighten. "Mistakes...?"

Luxord rolled his eyes and waved her off. "Come now, we don't have all day."

Yuki nodded and put forth more energy into her next portal. Yuki took a breath and concentrated on Axel. This time, it seemed like the path was shorter than before. Yuki ran and jumped out of the other end. When she appeared, Yuki felt her heart sink as she lost her footing. Yuki had landed on the very edge of the stairwell, and she was about to fall off the side. Yuki yelped as she started to fall back, her footing betraying her as she felt gravity pulling her off the edge. Yuki felt relief wash over her as a hand grabbed her arm, yanking her off the edge. She sighed as someone caught her in his or her arms.

"Whoa, trying to get yourself killed that quickly? Geez, I could have done that for you..."

Yuki looked up to see Axel smirking down at her. Yuki blushed slightly and got out of Axel's grasp. "Oh yes, you're so funny... So what if I'm concentration impaired?"

Axel rolled his eyes as Luxord appeared beside him in a shadow portal. "Well, it seems you have a bit of work to do... So for the rest of our session, we're going to play a game of tag."

Yuki blinked and shook her head. "Excuse me? Isn't tag a bit... kid-ish?"

Luxord smiled and waved his finger at her. "Ah, but it isn't. You see, in this game, you are going to be following Axel and I using shadow portals. Of course, we aren't going to practice out here. We're going back to our previous room to do this. Come."

Axel and Luxord disappeared into their own separate portals, showing Yuki that she had to use a shadow portal by herself to get there. Yuki sighed and summoned a portal. "Let's hope I don't get myself killed...

Yuki took a breath before summoning a portal, concentrating on going to the room she was used to practicing in. Yuki blinked for the path seemed even shorter than before. Smiling to herself, Yuki stepped out of the other side and landed in front of Luxord and Axel. Luxord smiled and held his chin thoughtfully. "Good. Now, are you ready?"

Yuki nodded. "Yep... I think so."

Luxord nodded. "All you have to do is try to catch one of us. Now, let us start."

Both Axel and Luxord jumped backwards into shadow portals. Yuki sighed and jumped into one of her own. "I swear you're all a bunch of show offs..."

Yuki landed in front of Axel and Luxord, who immediately reacted and once again jumped through their portals. Yuki followed suit, hoping to tackle them the next time around. This time, Yuki landed closest to Luxord by the wall under the booth. Yuki attempted to lunge at Luxord, but he smirked and disappeared through a portal. Yuki crashed to the ground and huffed, watching as the two men appeared on the opposite side of the rather large room. Yuki got up and was about to use a shadow portal but stopped, deciding to see where they went first. They reappeared in the center of the room, looking at where they previously stood. Yuki grinned; they were expecting her to land there. Yuki disappeared through a shadow portal and jumped out, tackling whoever was first to the ground. Yuki grinned madly and looked down at whom she had tackled. Yuki blinked, for all that was left was a black jacket, but no person. Yuki huffed and looked up to see Luxord standing there with a smile, looking rather different with a black t-shirt replacing his jacket.

"Your getting better, but you shouldn't dilly dally." Luxord disappeared in a portal and appeared beside Axel in the far corner of the room. Yuki growled and disappeared in her own portal, thinking about both people. To her surprise, she landed at the same time as the person in front of her. Yuki grinned madly and lunged at Axel, whose back was turned so he was facing the opposite direction. Yuki laughed inwardly as they both of them crashed to the ground. Axel looked up at Yuki with a smirk. "You know, for someone so skinny, you're awfully heavy."

Yuki gave Axel a flat look when she realized that her face wasn't too far from his. Yuki scrambled to her feet and looked for Luxord, hoping that her face wasn't too red. To her surprise, Luxord wasn't there. Yuki turned around to Axel, who was currently getting off the ground. "Where's Luxord?"

Axel shrugged. "Dunno, we agreed to split up after that last attempt. Besides, can't you just find him with a shadow portal now?"

Yuki shrugged. "I guess... Hey, where are we anyway?"

Axel pointed to a door behind her. "We're right outside of the training room... you tackled me out of the room."

Yuki blinked. "Oh... well, that was... interesting."

Yuki looked to Axel's side as Luxord appeared. Luxord clapped twice before putting his hands behind his back. Yuki noticed that he had now put his jacket back on.

"Good job. Now, since you've seemed to grasp our lesson for today, you're free to go. Oh, that's right... Axel, didn't you say something about when I was through with her?"

Axel gave the gambler a questioning look before facing Yuki with a mad grin. "Yes, I believe I did..."

Yuki sent Luxord a glare as he smiled and disappeared through a shadow portal. "Traitor..."

Yuki then 'eeped' as Axel cracked his knuckles. "Now, where's Demyx?"

Yuki blinked and backed up as Axel approached. "Uh... he's... look! Gullibleiswrittenontheceiling!"

Axel blinked and looked up, where Yuki had been pointing. Yuki grinned when Axel fell for it and jumped backwards into a shadow portal. "Oh yes... I'm getting good at this."

Yuki grinned as she watched Axel disappear from view. When she blinked, she found herself in a white bedroom. "Alas, the white never ends..."

Yuki turned around to see Demyx lying down on the bed with his eyes closed. Yuki blinked and crossed her arms. "Hey, wake up, Demyx."

Demyx didn't respond. Yuki gave Demyx a flat look and walked up to the side of the bed. "Hey, you might want to get up. Axel is looking for us at the moment. I doubt he's too happy about earlier."

Demyx cracked open one eye and looked at Yuki. He shrugged and closed his eyes once again with a smile. "Hah, Laxative probably won't even guess to check my room. He always thinks that I'm on the run... and besides, didn't we have this little discussion about fire and water before? Water beats fire, no?"

Yuki rolled her eyes and sat on the floor by the bed, her head leaning against the mattress. "It depends... But in most cases, yes. I mean, can't fire turn water into steam? That would get rid of water..."

Demyx shrugged and rolled onto his side so that he could look down at Yuki. "Not unless the water puts the fire out first."

Yuki thought for a moment before closing her eyes and crossing her arms. "True... Whatever. So, what do we do now that we're fugitives?"

Demyx closed his eyes and rolled back onto his back, his hands behind his head. "Dunno... it's really boring in here."

Yuki nodded and sighed. "Is this what you guys do every day? I mean, just sit around waiting for missions?"

Demyx opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling. "Yeah... basically. The organization isn't exactly a fun filled center. I mean, look at who's in the orgy. Well, besides me anyway."

Yuki grinned. "Heh, well aren't you special..."

Demyx gave Yuki a flat look and hit her lightly in the head. "Of course. No one can replace the great Melodious Nocturne."

Yuki blinked and looked up at Demyx. "Hey, what are the rest of the organization's code names or whatever...? I know Luxord is the Gambler of fate, and you just told me that you're the Melodious Nocturne... and why is it called Organization thirteen?"

Demyx blinked and sat up, crossing his legs and facing Yuki. "Well, we're called Organization Thirteen because we were made up of thirteen people. Numero Uno is Xemnas, or the Superior. Number two is Xigbar, or the Free Shooter."

Yuki nodded. "Well, that makes sense..."

Demyx rolled his eyes. "Lemme finish... Number three is Xaldin, the whirlwind lancer. Four was Vexen, but he's dead. He was the Chilly Academic. He was a crazy old man who had control over ice... he loved experimenting too. Number five was Lexaeus, the Silent Hero. Well, the hero didn't last very long... Zexion, or Zexy as I like to call him, was number six; he was also KIA. We called him the Cloaked Schemer. Basically, he was really intelligent... Number seven is Saix, the Lunar Diviner. Axel's Number eight, also called the Dancing Flames. Heh, girly, isn't it?"

Yuki laughed a little. "Yeah, hah... he does sort of dance when he fights. I mean... the whole twirling thing."

Demyx nodded and grinned. "I'm number nine. As you know, I'm the Melodious Nocturne. My whole musician thing earned me my name. Number ten is Luxord, and you know he's the Gambler of Fate. God, he always wins... it's annoying. Anyway, number eleven was Marluxia, or the Graceful Assassin, but he died too. Hah, he had flower petals and pink hair. I swear most of the older guys are girly... okay, number twelve was Larxene, the Savage Nymph. She was the only woman, and the saying 'Hell hath no fury like a woman' is undoubtedly correct. God, she was mean... She was another one who was killed."

Yuki blinked and tilted her head. "And who's number thirteen?"

Demyx blinked and smiled. "Oh that's... um... not important. Now, what else is there to talk about...?"

Yuki furrowed her eyebrows and crossed her arms. "Why can't I know who number thirteen is?"

Demyx looked over at Yuki, noticing her irritated look. Demyx sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Because Xemnas ordered it as classified information that you weren't allowed to know."

"Number thirteen was Roxas... The Key of Destiny."

Yuki's eyes widened at the voice that came from behind her. "Roxas...?"

Demyx also wore a surprised expression when he saw Axel standing before him. "Axel! You shouldn't have said anything... What if Xemnas finds out?"

Axel looked over at Demyx and shrugged. "Then he finds out... Anyway, we have some business to take care of, don't we?"

Axel was grinning at the two people in front of him. Yuki blinked and turned to Demyx. Demyx was grinning and summoned his Sitar. He suddenly started to strum a few chords and jumped to his feet on the other side of the bed. "Dance, water, Dance!"

Yuki watched in surprise as a bunch of water appeared in thin air and shoot towards Axel. Axel's eyes widened as he attempted to duck, but got wet in the process. Demyx grinned and yanked Yuki off of the ground. "Come on! You're so slow..."

Yuki was about to follow Demyx out of the room when she felt someone tackle her as she was about to jump over the bed.

"You're not going anywhere..."

Yuki gulped and looked over her shoulder to see Axel pinning her against the bed. "Uh, hi, Axel! When did you get here...?"

Axel grinned and grabbed both of her arms. "We're going to be playing treasure hunt..."

Axel then started to drag Yuki out of the room and after a water happy Demyx.

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Axel was dragging Yuki down a stairway as he attempted to catch Demyx. Demyx had been shooting water At Axel, who had tried to use Yuki as a shield. We can only say that she wasn't exactly happy at the moment. Yuki sighed and grumbled inwardly at the never-ending flight of stairs. She blinked and held in a laugh when she saw Demyx trip and fall down the last step. I mean, how Ironic is it that you practically fly down the stairs only to fall over at the last one? Well, I think it's funny... She then started to feel a link that was similar to what she had experience with the lady. She shrugged it off and returned her attention to Demyx.

Axel grinned and stepped on Demyx's jacket, preventing any chance of escape. He then held Yuki in front of him so he could look at both of them.

"Now, how many times must I say to stop involving me in your little ploys?!" Yuki blinked and shook her head, pointing at Demyx. "He's the one who dragged me into it! I had nothing to do with it!"

Axel raised an eyebrow. "Oh? But aren't you the one who was in my closet?"

Yuki wore a worried expression and rubbed the back of her head. "Hey, it's not like I like to be suspended by a hanger! It's all Demyx's fault!"

Demyx looked up at Yuki with a mock hurt expression. "Yuki! How could you betray me like that?! I thought what we had was special..."

Yuki dramatically put the back of her hand to her forehead and turned away from Demyx, ignoring what he said. Both teens started to snicker when Axel started to get angry.

"Will you two stop that?! Demyx, you're being such a bad influence on Yuki."

Demyx grinned lazily and shrugged. "So, you want me to have act like I have a stick up my a-..."

"Demyx! Don't even start with me... Now, this is your last warning... Stop involving me!"

Axel let go of both of Yuki and Demyx, allowing them to leave. Yuki grinned and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Ah, you had me going... I though you would have gone fire happy..."

Axel raised an eyebrow and grinned. "Oh, I can always do it if you want me too..."

Yuki shook her head and was about to respond when a shadow portal appeared beside Axel. Out of it came a man with long blue hair and an x like scar on his forehead.

"Yuki, Xemnas requests your audience immediately."

Yuki blinked and looked at both Demyx and Axel before nodding. The man nodded back and led her through a shadow portal. Looks like that link was important after all...

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Whoa, that was more than I usually write... I felt like giving everyone a nice, looong chapter... Anywhose, I hope you all liked this chapter! It was actually pretty fun to write... Who do you think caused the link? Hmm... Oh, don't forget to vote for the pairing you want when you review. As said above, I will let you know who wins in a few chapters... Or I might just pick who I want her to be with XD. Thanks for reading!