Yo! I hope everyone's enjoying the last bit of winter vacation... I know I'm cherishing the days where I get to sleep in. Nyaow... Anywhose, here is the polls:

Sora/RoxasxOC: 3

AxelxOC: 1

RikuxOC: 1

DemyxOC: 4

So... Demyx is in the lead... Well, cast in your votes, for soon I shall announce the winner. Well, enough babbling, on to the story. Oh, I definitely do not own anything but Yuki and the plot.

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After stepping out of the portal, Yuki found that the blue haired man had brought her to Xemnas' office. Xemnas was, once again, facing the other direction. She tensed when she heard Xemnas start to speak.

"Did you feel the connection?"

Yuki was about to nod when she remembered that Xemnas couldn't see her. "Y-yes... Is it someone we should consider?"

Xemnas turned around; his stern gaze landing on Yuki. "Yes... we have had problems with this person on occasion, so I want you to go and spy on him. Currently, this boy is in a world called Hollow Bastion. I will be sending another person to watch your movements in case you are in need of help. Saix."

Saix stiffened slightly, his eyes never leaving Xemnas. "Inform him that he may leave when he wishes to; Yuki will be there momentarily."

Saix nodded and walked out of the room. Yuki silently regarded the fact that this was the man Demyx wanted to annoy. She was glad she refused...

"Yuki."

Yuki blinked before giving her full attention to Xemnas. "Y-yes, sir?"

"You are to pretend to be a civilian when you arrive in Hollow Bastion. If the boy starts to talk to you, try to remain discreet. Am I clear?"

Yuki nodded as Xemnas handed her a photograph of the boy. "This is the boy you are to keep an eye on... I will not allow for any mishaps or mistakes. Now, leave my office at once."

Yuki nodded and turned around, not wanting to waste any time getting out of Xemnas' presence. Once Yuki heard the door click behind her, she sighed and took a better look at the photograph. The boy was rather... old, compared to what she expected. He had tan skin and yellow eyes which contrasted greatly with his white hair-...

"Wait a minute... isn't this Xemnas?!"

Yuki blinked and looked at the picture even closer. "This is definitely him... Maybe... Ugh, I'm confused..."

Yuki shook her head in annoyance before using quite a bit of energy to summon a portal. "Another world, eh? Sweet..."

Yuki then jumped into the portal, not knowing what she was to expect.

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Yuki found that she had landed in a rather... old town. The walls were all made of cement brick and the streets were lined with shops and apartments. Blinking, Yuki started to walk down the street with her hands in her pockets. "Hmm, this place isn't all that exciting. When he says another world, I expect something dramatic..."

"Well, that's Xemnas for you. Up tight old man who doesn't give a darn about other's well being."

Yuki jumped and turned around to see who was behind her. She sighed when she found Demyx leaning against a brick wall. "Give me a heart attack, why don't you? Wait... Aren't you supposed to be in hiding or something?"

Demyx shrugged and crossed his arms as he got off the wall. "I'll get too bored if I have no one to talk to..."

Yuki rolled her eyes as Demyx whined, starting to wonder why the organization would send Demyx as a guard. Shrugging the matter off, Yuki turned and started walking down the street. "So, what do we do now? I mean, we don't even know where this guy is..."

Demyx shrugged, watching the shops as they passed them. "Who knows... Oh, what's this place?"

Demyx immediately went up to shop when he heard music coming out of it. Yuki sighed and rubbed her forehead, also wandering up to the shop to see what was inside. Yuki smiled as she saw rows of CD's and other items lining the walls in shelves. Yuki grabbed Demyx's arm and led him inside. "It's a music store. Come on, you'll probably like this place."

Demyx smiled happily as they entered the building; the different gadgets peaking his interest. Yuki laughed to herself as Demyx walked off to wander deeper into the isles. Rolling her eyes, Yuki made her way to a row of CD's under the discount isle. She blinked when she saw a machine that was previewing an album. Yuki took the headphones that were connected to the machine and closed her eyes while listening carefully to the song. It was rather pretty song, with the melody rather easy to get stuck into her head. After hearing a few lines, she was able to know the gist of the melody. Yuki took off the headphones to see what the album was called.

"It says it's from Be Not Nobody... Vanessa Carlton. Hmm..." Yuki glanced at the stack of CD's before her, finding Vanessa Carlton's Be Not Nobody not far from the machine. Grinning, she was happy to see that there were quite a few CD cases there. Yuki nodded to herself and stole a glance around the room, seeing if she could find Demyx. Sure enough, Demyx was browsing by some rock music. Yuki laughed to herself and made her way outside.

"I won't be long..."

Yuki stepped outside of the shop and sighed as a cool breeze went by. Looking around her, Yuki thought of how she could obtain munny when she saw a group of young people starting to walk down the street in her direction. Smiling to herself, she took a spot on the side of the building, waiting for the people to pass. Hey, if I'm darkness, then I may as well do bad deeds, right? Yuki grinned and pretended to start walking past the group, quickly using her craftiness to grab a kid's wallet from his back pocket without him noticing. Yuki grinned to herself madly when the group turned a corner, leaving her with the wallet. Humming to herself, Yuki searched the wallet to find quite a bit of munny. Grabbing all of it and stuffing it into her pockets, Yuki took care to see to the fact that the wallet was disposed of. She then proceeded to reenter the store, her day seeming a bit brighter.

Yuki blinked when she saw Demyx towards the front of the store looking at MP3 players. Demyx caught Yuki in his sights and grinned, pointing to the small box.

"This thing is supposed to remember music for you; isn't it neat?"

Yuki grinned and laughed. She couldn't help it when she saw Demyx acting like a little kid in a candy store. ""Yeah, it's dandy."

Yuki walked over to Demyx and looked at the price of the item. "One thousand munny for that? Geez..." Yuki then took out the munny she had stolen and counted it, finding that she had more than she expected at two thousand five hundred munny. "Man, that kid must be a hard spender or something..."

Yuki grabbed the box from Demyx and read a label on the shelf it was on with a smile. "Hey, when you buy this, you get one CD free... cool."

Demyx grinned and proceeded to drag Yuki over to the rock music. "Yeah! I wanna get this one... Ah, here it is." Demyx grinned at Yuki as he held an album called Affirmation by a group called Savage Garden. Yuki glanced at the CD with a little disappointment before glancing over a the rack where the CD she liked was. Sighing, Yuki nodded her head, signaling to Demyx that he could get the CD. Demyx grinned happily while grabbing the MP3 player and the album while heading over to the cash register. Yuki shook her head and went over to the discount rack. Picking up the CD, she momentarily pondered buying it with the other things, but decided against it and put it back.

"Yuki, hurry up!"

Yuki blinked and looked back at Demyx, who was waving at her anxiously. Yuki rolled her eyes and made her way to the register.

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Yuki had dragged Demyx out of the store after he had used another machine to load the songs into the MP3 player. She looked around the street as Demyx was oblivious to the world, his head filled with music.

"Hey, Demyx. I think you should get out of sight... We don't know when that boy will appear."

Yuki started walking again, hearing Demyx behind her. Sighing, Yuki turned around and pulled one of the headphones off of his ear. "Demyx, you should get out of view now. Got it?"

Demyx rolled his eyes and took the headphone back from Yuki. "Yeah, I know..."

Demyx then disappeared through a shadow portal. Yuki sighed irritably and shoved her hands in her pockets. "That guy's going to get us in trouble..."

Yuki then proceeded to walk down the street with the relief of knowing that it was basically empty. Every once in a while, Yuki would feel as if the person was near, but it always vanished after a few seconds. Sighing, Yuki sat down at a table with an umbrella above it. She was pointlessly wandering when it was obvious that she wouldn't be able to find the boy. Yuki ran a hand through her hair and watched people walk by. She laughed inwardly as a girl not much older than herself argued with a man with brown hair. It was rather amusing, for the girl had pitiful comebacks. Ah well, its entertainment. Yuki then felt the link come back even stronger, which raised her enthusiasm. Yuki ran towards an alley where she felt the link coming from and stopped a little ways away as to not alert the person she was there. Yuki felt her eyes widen as the person walked out of the alley and proceeded past her down the street.

Blinking, Yuki turned and watched the boy proceed into the crowds. "That had to be... Xemnas?"

Shaking her head, Yuki continued after the boy, making sure to keep her distance as she followed. Yuki began to grow puzzled as the boy started walking towards a wrecked part of the town that had been long since abandoned. She none-the-less gave an even greater distance in the pace she followed. Yuki then felt her eyes widen as the boy disappeared from view. Puzzled, Yuki ran up to where the boy once stood when she suddenly felt something sharp at the back of her neck.

"Why are you following me?"

Yuki slowly turned around and took in the boy's appearance. He definitely looked like Xemnas, but something seemed out of place. "Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking questions?"

"Not to an enemy..."

Yuki raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. "What are you talking about?"

The boy narrowed his eyes and pushed the blade closer towards Yuki. Yuki started to feel fear when she felt a familiar feeling around her. Where was it coming from... the boy? Above? Yuki's eyes widened slightly when the feeling was even stronger... The blade. Yuki closed her eyes when a blinding pain took over her head. It was horrible, not unlike lightning. The pain was quick but sharp, and would not stop pestering her. Yuki grunted and grabbed her head, trying to gather darkness to suppress the pain. Eventually, the pain receded and Yuki opened her eyes to look at the blade. This boy was no mere enemy... He was a Keyblade master. Yuki could feel herself start to sweat as her heart raced.

"You... why do you have darkness in your heart?"

The boy seemed taken aback by Yuki's words, for his sword faltered momentarily. "What did you say?"

Yuki looked back up at the boy's face and narrowed her eyebrows. "The Keyblade master isn't supposed to have his heart shrouded in darkness. So why...? Oh, I see..."

Yuki started to walk up to the boy, never forgetting the blade that was being pointed at her. "You are using a facade... this darkness... are you using it for power? We can only wonder, what is behind the facade?"

The boy watched as Yuki put her hand on his forehead. Closing her eyes, Yuki could feel the darkness in the boy's heart parting for her so that she could see the real form of the boy. Opening her eyes, Yuki raised an eyebrow at him.

"Come now, why would someone with such a pretty image want to be in a form like that? This current form is not meant for some young man to have. It is meant for someone of power..."

Yuki froze when the boy put the blade centimeters away from her neck. One move and...

"How do you know that I can wield a Keyblade?"

Yuki rolled her eyes and looked down at the blade that threatened her existence. "Well, I thought the blade was obvious..."

The boy glowered at Yuki; his blade gently pressing the skin on her neck. "Tell me who you are."

Yuki blinked and looked up at the boy before backing up a step. "All you need to know is that so long as the light has the Keyblade wielder, the Heir to the Darkness will always protect the shadows..."

"Stop playing around with words and answer me."

"... Yuki. And may I have the pleasure of knowing your name?"

The boy slightly lowered his blade but never took his eyes off of Yuki. "... Riku. What do you mean by Heir to the Darkness?"

Yuki blinked and shrugged, putting her hands in her pockets as she began to circle Riku. "Hmm, what do I mean? I mean, I don't exactly know myself but... the Heir to the Darkness is the shadow's Keyblade wielder. Get that much?"

Riku lowered his head slightly and gripped his Keyblade tightly. "The darkness' Keyblade wielder?"

Yuki nodded and stopped circling Riku. "Yep. And it's said that the Heir to the Darkness has the ability to return a heart to darkness... and being a Keyblade wielder, you should know what that would mean."

Riku's eyes widened as Yuki looked off to the side uninterestedly. "He could force someone to become a heartless?"

Yuki looked at Riku lazily with a grin. "Now, aren't we a smart one? Wait a minute... people are so sexist..."

Riku raised an eyebrow at Yuki's last comment but brushed it off. "And who is the Heir to the Darkness?"

Yuki blinked and smiled while tilting her head to the side. "Who knows... Are they close? Are they far? Who is this Heir indeed..."

Riku pointed his sword back at Yuki while he slowly approached her. "Tell me!"

Yuki rolled her eyes and put her hands on her hips. "I thought it would be obvious who it is... but instead of telling you, I'll let you figure it out for yourself. Now, it's my turn for a question. What are you doing here? Doesn't the Keyblade wielder have to protect the different worlds instead of dilly dally with a girl?"

Riku gripped the hilt of the Keyblade as Yuki flinched mentally by a sudden sharp pain. Yeah, the Keyblade was really making her scared. I think the lightning-like images are going to cause a phobia soon...

"It doesn't concern a stranger. Why would you want to know what I was doing anyway?"

Yuki shrugged and crossed her arms. "Curiosity. What, one can't be curious about things?"

Riku lowered his blade and let it disappear. "Hn... have you seen this person?"

Riku threw a piece of paper to Yuki, who caught it and laughed mentally. Yep, I've seen him all right...

Yuki blinked innocently and furrowed her eyebrows. "Why are you giving me a picture of yourself?"

Riku rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "He looks like me... but he's someone else. Have you seen him?"

Yuki shook her head. "Nope." Heck yes I have... Yuki gave the picture back to Riku and shrugged while walking off. "Well, good luck finding him..."

Yuki left Riku standing in the wreckage site, pondering about why Riku would need to shroud himself in darkness. Yuki found that she had wandered back into the crowded part of town and sighed. "Now where is my psychotic water wielding friend?"

Looking around the street, Yuki saw no sign of Demyx anywhere. She then began to walk down the street with a bored expression, hoping that she wouldn't have to go back to the castle right away. As Yuki walked down the street, she came across the music store she had been in previously. Pondering for a moment as she stood before the entrance, she went inside and headed straight for the rack where the album she liked previously sat. Grinning to herself, Yuki walked happily to the cash register with the CD.

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Yuki walked around the town with a plastic bag holding the CD. To her surprise, the CD was much cheaper than she expected, only 300 munny. That would leave her with 1200 munny. Shrugging to herself, Yuki turned left into a less populated area of the town when she heard someone scream. Yuki narrowed her eyes and ran into an alley where the scream was coming from. Inside, she saw a teenage girl of about thirteen being attacked by a heartless. Yuki froze. What... do I do? Do I... help the heartless, or help the girl...? Yuki stood stuck to her spot as the heartless approached the girl while preparing to attack. It looked like a Shadow, but... it was stronger. The girl spotted Yuki and looked at her with pleading eyes.

"Help me..."

The girl whimpered as the heartless disappeared into the ground. Yuki felt something in the bottom of her stomach tighten. She knew it wasn't going away... it was preparing for an attack. Yuki turned her head to the side, not wanting to look the young girl in the face.

"I'm... sorry."

Yuki heard what seemed like the girl's flesh being torn as the heartless made its attack. Yuki looked up at the girl's body and felt her eyes widen. The girl looked completely unharmed on the outside, but she could sense a darkness eating away at the girl's core. The heartless practically pounced on the girl's heart as it was released, absorbing it into its body. Yuki silently walked towards the heartless that had just noticed Yuki. For a moment, it was still. It then started to disappear. /My... liege./ Yuki looked down at the girl's body with a little remorse. She could have helped the girl, but... but... Yuki shook her head.

"The heartless are a part of me... I'm... sorry."

Sighing, Yuki knelt down by the girl's body, smoothing some hair away from her face. "I could still give her soul one last parting gift before it's destroyed... I'll let it live on in darkness instead of disappearing completely. She will live on..."

Yuki looked down at the girl's now pale face. Blood dripped down from her mouth, but otherwise she looked like a fragile porcelain doll. Yuki gathered dark energy into her hand and pressed her hand onto the girl's chest where her heart would be. Slowly, the girl's body faded and left a Shadow behind. The newly created heartless looked at Yuki momentarily before disappearing from view. Yuki jumped when she heard a footstep coming from the entrance to the alley.

"What're you doing here?"

Yuki blinked and looked away from the person with sad eyes. "Just some recruiting..."

Demyx watched Yuki for a moment before shrugging. "Whatever. Hey, we should probably leave since you found that boy. It's not like we can do much else if we want to keep our identities secret."

Yuki nodded and started to follow Demyx through a shadow portal. "Yeah..."

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Upon arriving back in the castle, Yuki found that they had landed in Xemnas' office. Xemnas was waiting expectantly and crossed his arms when the two teens appeared.

"Yuki."

Yuki nodded and sighed inwardly. "The boy had started to talk to me, and I had found that he has been looking for signs of you, but I think I have distracted him by telling him that there was an Heir to the Darkness. For now, I think he will be searching for the 'Heir' instead of you."

Xemnas looked at Yuki with narrowed eyes. "Why did you mention the Heir to the Darkness?"

Yuki blinked and clenched her hands. "W-well, I didn't want him to find information on you and the castle, so I thought that I could give him information to distract him... but no one else knows about the Heir, right?"

Xemnas walked up to Yuki slowly. Yuki's heart started to race. He's scary... Xemnas took his hand and held it back, only to swing it and stop a centimeter before it touched Yuki's cheek. He then gently touched Yuki's cheek as her hands shook from the scare.

"Good job, I suppose. You were close to giving away vital information, but somehow escaped detection. Well, let this be a warning for the future; if you ever give out information, you will be severely punished. Am I clear?"

Yuki nodded and felt her heart start to slow down. "Y-yes, sir..."

Xemnas nodded and turned around to go through a door on the opposite side of the room. "Good. Now, leave me at once."

Yuki felt Demyx grab her arm and lead her out of the room, the door shutting tightly behind them. Demyx then turned around and raised an eyebrow at Yuki. "So?"

Yuki blinked and cocked her head to the side. "So what?"

Demyx rolled his eyes and shoved his hands in his pockets. "So, what do you think now of our oh-so-lovely leader?"

Yuki smiled and rubbed the back of her head. "Uh, he's scary?"

Demyx grinned and took out the MP3 player from his pockets. "Yep. That's a given."

Yuki rolled her eyes and made a shadow portal. "Yeah... well, see you later. I'm gonna go do my own thing."

Yuki sighed to herself, for she doubted Demyx even heard her with the music he was listening to blaring in his ears. Shrugging to herself, she created a shadow portal that would take her to her room. I need some time to think...

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Yay! Next chapter is finished! XD I hope everyone is having a good New Years, for I sure am... Anywhose, cast your votes soon because the polls won't last for much longer. Thank you for reading and please review!