A/N: The story lives! I know it's been a very long hiatus, but chapter three is here at last.

LittleBrick: Thanks I'm glad you like the story. You'll find out a bit on other members in this chapter.

Disclaimer: If I owned Kingdom Hearts all the Organization members would get hearts!

In the Next Life

Saix tore through the woods at inhuman speed, panting and snarling like an animal. Biting the inside of his cheek to remain coherent, the blue haired man winced at the feeling of sharp canines piercing the inside of his mouth. 'I have to get away from here…Nira and Kamada are in danger.' The thought kept churning in his mind as he sprinted. Saix screwed his eyes shut as another wave of white hot pain racked his body and he fell to the forest floor in convulsions. The scared man felt his hands begin to burn, and looked toward his hands nearly convinced that they had caught fire. Saix saw his nails becoming sharp claws and he panicked. Knowing unconsciously that he didn't have much more time to think, Saix used the time wisely. Wracking his brain for a way to cover a lot of distance fast in his condition, another jolt of pain tore through his changing body. Hearing a faint noise behind him, Saix turned around as fast as his pain wracked body would allow. Seeing something that looked a bit like a black hole, the blue haired man felt a strong sense of déjà vu. Using what was left of his endurance Saix rose and made his way to the strange portal. Before his last step through the portal, an inhuman howl tore through Saix's throat.

Nira and Kamada sprinted through the woods desperately trying to follow their friend. It was fairly easy to follow Saix's path, foliage had been ripped out by the roots and even trees had been pushed over.

"We have to find him Kamada! We don't know what he's capable of in this state." Nira sounded concerned. Unfortunately the terror written in her face overtook most of the concern in her burgundy eyes. Before Kamada could answer, they heard an ear piercing howl further up the path. Running faster they saw Saix fall through what looked like a black hole. Without thinking about the consequences, Nira dashed in after Saix. Kamada didn't move fast enough to stop her. There was no way he was going to leave Nira and Saix in this weird dark hole, so he walked into it as well.

Tumbling into, what seemed like the same forest path, Nira shook her head to clear the dizzies and looked around. Kamada landed in the same ungraceful manner.

"Nira do you see him?" Mere seconds after he spoke, the emerald haired boy heard a growl from behind him. Both Kamada and Nira turned as one to the source of the guttural sound. Nira gasped in shock and barely suppressed horror as she looked upon what she could only guess was once Saix. The only things that were still recognizable were his strange blue hair and the scar on his face. Saix's face had elongated into a snout, his hands had become sharp and frightening claws, and he was covered in dark navy fur. Kamada stared in disbelief at his friend. "…Saix?...Are…are you ok?" Saix leaned forward slightly as his now canine nose twitched a bit. Crouching down, Saix let loose a threatening snarl at the two. Kamada jerked backward. He whispered to Nira carefully keeping an eye on their friend. "Don't make any sudden movements…Let's just back away. He doesn't recognize us." Before either of them could move however, they heard a faint howling in the distance. It caught Saix's attention and he turned from the intruders in his territory. Hearing another, more insistent howl, Saix howled back and took off towards the sound.

Collapsing in relief, Nira still looked shaken by the experience. Kamada kneeled down next to her and placed comforting arms around her. Nira buried her face in her friend's shoulder.

"Kamada…what happened?" Her voice was muffled by the cloth on his shoulder. Kamada shook his head silently.

"I don't know Nira. He just went nuts…" He felt it was better to forget for the moment that Saix now looked like an over sized navy blue wolf. There was nothing in his life that compared to this…His newest friend had just transformed into a wolf…. "I knew Saix was a little strange, but not this strange." Nira tore herself out of Kamada's grasp.

"This is no time to be making jokes Kamada!" Nira was in near hysterics at this point. The both heard a rustling in the foliage behind them. Both whipping around at lightening speed as the sound got louder, they both dreaded Saix's return.

"Are…Are the two of you ok? You look like your lives just flashed before your eyes." It was a small and timid voice that broke through the bushes. The small voice revealed itself to be attached to the body of a boy who didn't look like he was much older than them with wild blond hair and aqua blue eyes. Nira looked about ready to collapse but managed out a question.

"Who…Who are you?" The strange boy gave a small shy smile rubbing the back of his neck not looking at them directly in a show of shy embarrassment.

"Oh me? I'm, um Demyx, nice to meet you." Demyx was fiddling with the edge of his light green t-shirt while shifting from one foot to the other. "Um…Yeah…It's uh…dangerous out here…Why don't the two of you come with me. I know somewhere safe we can go." Hearing howling in the distance Kamada's violet eyes went wide. Nira bolted up from her spot on the ground and looked around wildly.

"You know where we can get away from that?" The burgundy eyed girl made a vague gesture towards the location of the howl. Demyx looked startled from her quick movements and nodded bewildered. Kamada stood and put a hand on Nira's shoulder to try and calm her.

"Ok then, lead the way." Demyx nodded and made a motion for them to follow. It wasn't too long until Nira and Kamada both realized they weren't in the woods behind Kamada's house anymore, if for no other reason than the fact that they discovered that they were in the shadow of a great mountain. As they approached said mountain a large cave came into view. Once safely inside the cave, Nira and Kamada turned as one towards Demyx who had begun to play music on what looked like a shoddy handmade sitar. Nira peered curiously at the blonde boy.

"Not to say that your music isn't pretty, but I thought we came in here to hide." Demyx looked up at Nira with a secret smile on his boyish face and motioned to the mouth of the cave without ceasing his song. Kamada and Nira both looked to the cave mouth and gasped in shock as it covered itself with what looked like water from the other side of a glass tank. Nira looked at Demyx with unmasked shock. "How? How did you do that?" Demyx shrugged, it seemed that he was much more at ease now that he was presumably safe in the cave.

"I've been able to do it for as long as I can remember." Without thinking about what she was saying Nira proceeded with another question.

"And how long is that?" Demyx looked surprised at her inquiry, but smiled all the same.

"Haha you're a smart one aren't you? It's been a month or two since I found myself in this place. I don't remember much besides my name and that I really like music. I can make water do anything with a little music." Demyx looked pleased with himself at his explanation. Kamada's expression however, was perplexed.

"You lost your memory?" Demyx nodded then shrugged as though it was no big deal. Violet eyes turned contemplative for a moment. "Demyx…Do you know anyone named Saix?" Demyx missed a note in his song and the barrier that covered the mouth of the cave rippled. Nira made the connection that Kamada was alluding to in a heartbeat. Demyx shook his head in the negative but looked lost in thought.

"I don't know anyone with that name…but it sounds familiar, one of the first things that has since I wound up out here actually. Why do you ask anyway? It kinda seemed out of the blue." Nira answered for Kamada.

"Well we knew someone else who lost their memory named Saix. It was a long shot but we thought we'd ask if you knew him." Demyx nodded in understanding.

"Well like I said, the name sounds familiar, but I can't say I currently know anyone by that name." Nira looked deflated and sighed. Demyx looked at her in concern. "You should sleep some you look exhausted. There's an old bed roll in the back of the cave you can use." Black and white hair fluttered lightly as Nira turned to Kamada in silent question as to whether they could trust Demyx or not. At his silent nod she stood and made her way to the back of the cave to get some sleep.

A/N: Huzzah! Demyx is alive! Of course he is. He's too cute to kill. Yeah I made Saix a werewolf, with the way the moon affects him in the game I got the idea that because he didn't have a heart the transformation didn't take place, but now that he has a heart he changes at the full moon again.

R&R it makes me smile and you will too.