Very Important A/N: Okay. Thank you for taking the time to read this. It's very important. I've redone the first two chapters completely, adding more detail so the story could become more understandable. And you remember how Axel had Vexen as his partner a couple of chapters back? I changed it to Demyx. So please, re-read the first two chapters so you can fully understand what's going on. And now on with the show.

Saïx settled next to Xemnas, who had fallen asleep after he came. He didn't have the guts to finish taking him, for he looked so peaceful. Smiling, Saïx draped his arm over his slave's stomach and went to join him in the land of sleep.

The next morning, the slaves that had been chosen for the trip met Saïx in front of the house. Saïx, Lulu, and Sora were waiting in the first carriage while Xemnas was making sure the other slaves were comfortable in the other. Saïx loved this about his head slave, how he put the rest of the world in front of himself. Once he was done with this chore, he took one last look at the luggage racks to make sure they were secure before hopping in next to Sora. Saïx tapped on the glass so the driver knew he could return to the king.

The road was bumpy and silent. Xemnas took up staring out the window.

"This is so exciting!" Sora exclaimed, trying to kill the silence. "I haven't been in the city in three years! I wonder if my brother is still there," he pondered.

"Brother?" Xemnas asked, his attention grabbed.

"Yeah, he also was a cook's aid at the castle. His name is Roxas." When he said it, Xemnas remembered that he had knocked out a Roxas to get away from his old master. And he looked kind of like Sora...

"Wait, we're not going to Mr. Roxe, are we?"

"Yes, we are." Saïx was confused. Why was Xemnas suddenly so nervous? And why did Lulu suddenly tense up? This was strange. "Are you okay?" The head slave didn't answer right away. He glanced over at his master's side of the carriage, eyes wide, head withdrawn into his shoulders.

"The capital has always scared Xemnas, sir,""Lulu answered for Xemnas, trying to take her master's quiet eye away from the tense slave, which was successful. "Too many people in a single place." Glancing over, she asked "Right, Xemnas?"

"That's right," he said, leaning against the window. Saïx could see the nervous look that stayed in his slave's eye. He sighed, wondering what had happened to him in the land's capital for him.

They arrived after a few weeks travel. The slaves of the castle welcomed the traveling party, awaiting the orders to take the bags to their rooms. Xemnas helped take the bags down before instructing the castle slaves to take the bags off to the appropriate rooms. As the slaves walked into the castle, Lord Axel came out, his arms opening wide as he approached.

"Ah, Lord Moon, you're here!" he called, his voice carrying. They hugged, kissing each others cheeks. "How was your trip?" He locked an arm around his visitors and began leading him towards the castle, leaving the slaves to follow.

"Oh, it was lovely. We met some interesting characters on the way. Would you like to hear about them?"

"That would be very interesting."

Xemnas wasn't paying attention to the conversation between the two men for he was too interested in looking around him. He had thought he had left this place behind him. The hustle and bustle of the castle was just like how he remembered it.

As they walked around the castle, Xemnas noted that they weren't going directly to the guest rooms, even though there was at least a dozen main corridors that lead there and just as many for the servants to travel. But this was really wrong. Really wrong indeed.

They turned a corner and Xemnas stopped dead in his tracks. There was the kitchen entrance, and through the door Xemnas saw a bob of blonde flashing around, putting things on trays. The blond mess disappeared and reappeared, dancing through the islands of tables. He couldn't move. He was just stuck there.

"Are you okay?" Xemnas' eyes snapped over to Lulu, who had her hand on his arm. All of the others had stopped too, looking at him with a confused look. All but Lord Moon, who's face was worried, and Lord Axel, who was smirking. He had lead them down this way on purpose. Xemnas knew that.

"No," he answered, shaking his head. "I'm fine." Saïx smiled, nodding slightly. Just when they were starting to move, someone exited the kitchen without looking, accidentally nudging Sora.

"Oh I'm sorry, I wasn't – Sora!" Sora turned around, and his eyes lit up.

"Roxas!" The blonde put the tray on a table just inside the door before wrapping his arms around his brother. The blue eyes scanned over the gathered group before they finally rested on Xemnas.