A/N: Ok well here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy!!^_^

Disclaimer: We do not own Kingdom Hearts, just Lexi and Kurai.


Lexi watched amazed and in awe as Riku fought the giant heartless. She knew he was strong from when she watched him fight Axel, and she had asked Roxas a little about him the other day. But she hadn't known he was this strong! He was fighting the heartless like it was nothing! The Invisible-which had been incredibly hard for Lexi to even scratch-was easily being overpowered by the silver-haired boy.

Finally, after a few more minutes of Riku attacking and dodging the Invisible, he ducked to avoid an attack, then jumped up and sliced through the heartless' head, landing swiftly on the ground as the heartless disappeared.

Lexi watched the giant heart come out of it and float up and disappear, going into Kingdom Hearts. Well, that would be a significant help. That heart was huge, so that meant Kingdom Hearts would be that much closer to being completed.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Lexi looked over to see Riku standing in front of her. She had been so caught up in the fight and watching the heart, she hadn't seen him come over.

"Oh…yes. I'm fine." She said smiling. She was very grateful Riku had come and saved her. If it wasn't for him, she probably would have been dead right now.

Riku smiled and nodded. "What were you doing fighting that thing anyway?"

Lexi sighed and looked down. "I was on a mission."

"You had to fight that thing by yourself?" the silver-haired boy asked shocked. "Why?"

"It was my punishment for sneaking out the other night." She said quietly, looking up at him and smiling slightly. However, Riku was not smiling anymore.

"So they sent you out to get yourself killed?!"

Lexi's eyes widened. "No! Well….that's probably what he had in mind, since he really hates me but…"

"Who?" Lexi looked up slightly shocked when she heard the anger in his voice.

"Um….Saix. But its fine. Really. Axel offered to help me, but I told him no. I had to prove to Saix that I didn't need any special treatment." She sighed and looked down. "I guess I needed the help anyway."

There was silence for a few seconds before Riku finally sighed. "Well, I'm glad I came when I did. If I had been any later…."

Lexi stared at him, still kind of confused. She wasn't used to talking to people who weren't Nobodies, seeing as how she was never allowed out of the castle, and when she was she didn't have time to talk to others anyway. And also…she was glad there was someone else who didn't hate her.

"Thank you." She smiled, and Riku looked up at her. "I'm really glad you saved me."

Riku smiled. "You don't have to thank me."

"Of course I do! If you didn't come, I wouldn't have been able to beat that thing." Lexi said.

"It was just your luck I was in this world today." Riku said. "I heard fighting and decided to check out what it was. Imagine my surprise in finding you." He smiled slightly, and Lexi couldn't help but smile back. There was just something about him that interested her, other than the fact that he could use darkness too.

As she watched him, she stared at the blindfold over his eyes, still wondering why he kept them covered. She really wanted to see what they looked like. "So, are you going to tell me why you keep your eyes covered?" she asked, also wondering how he could see.

He smile turned into a small smirk. "No."

Lexi sighed and looked down. "I figured that…."

Riku chuckled, and Lexi looked back up at him smiling and giggled, feeling a lot better than she had been.

The two looked over as suddenly a darkness portal opened in the room. Lexi's eyes widened, thinking maybe Saix sent someone to see if she was dead yet. She noticed Riku shift slightly so he was standing almost defensively in front of her as two people walked out of the portal.

"I still don't see why you had to come with me!" Kurai yelled annoyed, at an equally annoyed Marluxia.

"Because you just joined us! You think we're just going to let you go out on your own?!" he yelled back.

"Well anyone but you would have been fine!"

Lexi peaked around Riku with a confused look on her face. "Um…"

The two newcomers stopped arguing and looked over, now noticing the other two.

Lexi stepped around Riku so she was standing next to him. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We came to make sure you were okay." Marluxia said, still sounding annoyed as Kurai stared at the other boy in the room with a shocked expression.

"Riku?!"

"Kurai?" the silver-haired boy said confused. "What are you doing with…them?"

Kurai shrugged. "Oh you know, just hanging out." Riku stared at her and she just sighed annoyed. "They kidnapped me okay? So now I'm working with them." She glanced between him and Lexi. "What are you doing here?"

Riku looked down at Lexi then back at Kurai. "I was looking for something when I heard fighting. So I came to check it out and found Lexi."

Marluxia looked at him, eyes narrowed, not sure if he should trust this boy, since he was the enemy. "So you saved her?"

"Was I supposed to just let her die?" Riku glared at the pink-haired man.

"Well that's less work for me." Kurai said stretching, then looked over at Lexi who was watching them all confused. "You okay?"

Lexi looked over at her and smiled. "Yeah. Thanks to Riku." She said looking up at said boy.

Kurai nodded and looked up at her old friend. "So how've you been Riku?"

The boy shrugged. "Okay I guess…..you?"

"How do you think?" she said bitterly, glaring at Marluxia out of the corner of her eyes.

"Oh right." Riku laughed.

Kurai turned her glare to him, noticing something she hadn't seen him wearing the last time she saw him. "Dude what's up with the blindfold?"

Riku froze slightly. "That's not important."

"Oh really? Then take it off." The dark haired girl smirked, crossing her arms.

"No." he said quickly, and Lexi looked up at him, even more confused now. Why was he so against removing his blindfold from his eyes? She really wanted to see them, and she thought maybe he'd take it off for Kurai, since it seemed they knew each other, but apparently she wasn't going to get that lucky.

"Well now that that's all settled, lets go." Marluxia said opening a portal, clearly not wanting to be here any longer.

Lexi nodded and looked up at Riku. "I guess we have to go."

"Yeah. Take care." He said turning to go.

"Thank you again for saving me!"

Riku turned to her and smiled. "I told you, you don't need to thank me." he turned to Kurai and waved. "Guess I'll see you around Kurai."

"Yeah yeah." she said grinning, and Riku sighed before creating a dark corridor and disappearing in it.

Lexi watched where he left for a few more seconds until someone coughing made her turn. Marluxia was giving her an annoyed look. "If you're done spacing out, then lets go."

"Right!" she said smiling, before walking through the portal.

Kurai stared after the girl, not missing the new bounce in her step. She seemed a lot more happier now than she did before, and she had a pretty good idea it had to do with a friend of hers who had silver hair.

"Hey. Lets go." She looked up and saw Marluxia glaring at her. She glared right back as she walked past him and into the corridor.


"Are you alright? You didn't get hurt did you? Did Marluxia and the girl get there in time?"

Lexi sighed as her father bombarded her with worried questions. As soon as she returned, he had Vexen check her over to make sure she wasn't too hurt, and he hadn't left her alone yet.

"Yes Father. I'm fine. Honest. Kurai and Marluxia got there just in time." she said smiling. She hadn't told her father or anyone else about Riku being there, and she was surprised Marluxia hadn't said anything either.

Xemnas sighed. "I'm just worried about you. I don't want you to get hurt. And don't worry. Saix will be punished for sending you on a mission like that alone."

Lexi's eyes widened slightly, not sure if she should be happy or upset about that. If Saix was going to be punished, he was going to hate her even more than he already did, if that were even possible.

"Um, you don't have to do that Father." She said quietly. "It's not really that big of a deal…"

"Yes it is. You could have been killed." Xemnas said sternly, noticing how worn out his daughter looked. "Now, why don't you go to your room and rest up? You must be tired."

Lexi sighed and nodded, not having the energy to argue with him. She gave him a quick hug before walking out of his room and down the hall. She yawned, realizing she was actually very tired. Fighting that heartless took a lot out of her, what with it being so strong and all. And even though Riku was the one who beat it, she hadn't regained her strength by just sitting there watching him fight.

The Half-Nobody walked down the hall, wanting to get back to her room to relax when she heard someone calling her. "Lexi!"

Lexi turned and saw Roxas walking up to her and smiled. "Hey Roxas."

"Hey." he said once he caught up with her. "So how'd the mission go? I heard Kurai and Marluxia went and helped you out."

"Um…yeah. They really saved my life!" she said smiling happily. She really hated lying to Roxas, especially since he was one of the only ones in the castle that actually liked her. Then again, she hated lying period.

"Well that's good." Roxas smiled. "I'm glad you're okay."

Lexi smiled and nodded. "Me too." She giggled and Roxas laughed. "Well, I'm really tired so I'm gonna get to bed okay?"

"Yeah okay." Roxas said. "Get some sleep. Good night."

"Good night!" Lexi called already running back down the hall towards her room.


Yawning again, Lexi opened her door and walked in, only to freeze seeing someone already in there. "I was wondering when you'd get back to your room. So did you pass all your tests?"

Lexi sighed, shutting the door behind her and looking at the girl standing by her window. "Yes. I guess so. What are you doing here?"

Kurai turned to her and grinned shrugging. "They haven't really shown me my room yet so I figured I'd check out what the other rooms are like."

Lexi stared at her, before walking over and sitting on her bed. "Well, if you want I can show you your room. Or you can just sleep in here, I don't mind." She said smiling.

"Thanks but no thanks. I like sneaking into people's rooms and snooping in their stuff." Kurai said, picking up a photo that was on the nightstand. "Who's this?"

"My mother." Lexi said and Kurai gave her an odd look.

"Your mother huh? Well where is she? I mean did she and your dad split or something?"

"She died right after I was born." Lexi said looking down sadly.

"Oh, that sucks." she dropped the picture back down on the nightstand, not really caring. She wasn't really one to get sentimental over stuff. "So you seemed a lot happier earlier when we found you at Wonderland than you did this morning." Kurai glanced at Lexi, and noted it when the other girl blushed slightly.

"Did I?" Lexi said, not looking at her. "I guess I was just happy someone came and helped me out. I wouldn't have been able to beat that heartless."

"Yeah but I bet you wouldn't have been half as happy if it was someone other than Riku, right?" Kurai grinned, as she got the reaction she was hoping for.

Lexi blushed more and looked up at her. "What?"

Kurai rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Oh come on. You're not very good at hiding your feelings are you?"

"Well…." Lexi looked down. She guessed that was true. She had never been very good at hiding how she felt, but then again living around people who didn't feel emotions her whole life, she didn't need to really hide them. Lexi shook her head.

"See?" Kurai grinned.

"But….its not like I like him or anything." Lexi argued, though not very well. "I mean….I've only met him a couple times. But he's just…..there's something about him…."

Kurai shrugged. "Yeah I've known Riku a long time. He does have that mysterious thing going for him. But don't worry. Not my type." She said, causing the other girl to blush slightly again.

"It doesn't matter anyway." Lexi sighed looking down at her lap. "Its not like we could see each other whenever we wanted. I'm stuck in the castle all the time, and he's our enemy."

Kurai crossed her arms, staring at the other girl sitting on the bed. She knew if they tried to keep her locked up here like they did Lexi, she'd go insane. She'd find some way to break out if that was the case. And after what happened with Lexi sneaking out the other night, they were probably going to be keeping an even closer watch on her, meaning she'd be locked up even tighter than she already was. This, however, gave Kurai a very interesting idea.

"We're sneaking you out."

Lexi looked up shocked after the momentary silence. And she couldn't believe what she just heard. "Um….what?"

"I'll help sneak you out. So you can see him." Kurai said grinning mischievously, like this was the best idea ever.

"But….what? You can't! And besides you'll just get in trouble too." Lexi argued and the other girl scoffed.

"Not if we don't get caught!"

Lexi stared at the girl very confused. She was grateful to her for trying to find a way to help, but there was no way she'd be able to sneak out again. At least not anytime soon. Her father would probably have someone watching her at all times now. And if he found out she'd snuck out again…..

"If my father found out he'd be furious! He's already upset enough as it is!"

Kurai smirked. "Well then, I guess we'll just have to make sure he doesn't find out now won't we?"

Lexi continued to stare at the dark haired girl confused as she apparently tried to think of a way to sneak out. She just couldn't understand this new girl. She was strange and rude, but Lexi couldn't help but kind of start liking her. After all, she didn't seem to hate her like most of the others, so why not give her a chance? The Half-Nobody sighed and smiled, knowing no good could come from whatever this new girl had in mind.


A/N: Well thats it for now. Please review and letu us know what you think!!!