Second Chapter-Yay! I Would've Had It Posted Like… Thursday… But I Was Being Lazy, And Then I Said I'd Do It On Friday, But I Wasn't Allowed On The Computer… So, It's Sorta Been A Month Since I've Posted Anything… Heh Heh, Sorry... So Yeah-Here It Is~! Hopefully I'll Be Able To Post New Chapters Every Saturday (Or Sunday) And Possibly On Wednesdays Too! Hooray For Organization!

Zexion: That Was The Worst Pun I've Ever Heard.

What..? Oh Wow. I Didn't Even Think Of That…

Zexion: Sure, And I'm The Easter Bunny.

You're The Easter Bunny? By Gawd-That Must Be ONE HOTT Easter Bunny… *Drifts Off Into Fangirl Land*

Zexion: *Sigh* She Does Not Own The Organization Or Anything That Is Obviously Far Too Creative To Be Hers. Also, If You Wish To Waste Your Time Elsewhere, Please Do So. No One's Stopping You.

Hey-That Also Wasn't Very Nice Mr. Easter Bunny!

Zexion: *Glares*

Also, The Song Used It "Simple And Clean" By Utada Hikaru~!

~.~.~.~.~.~1~Found Again~1~.~.~.~.~.~

"Oh snap, oh snap, OH SNAP!" Mae yelled as she came running around a street corner. She was carrying a strange, green vine-like potted-plant, and listening to her MP3 as she ran. She was wearing a black long sleeved shirt, and over top of that, a sleeveless long coat that went down just above her ankles, left it open so she could run, and a semi-baggy pair of black jeans, with a few chains on it. She had folded up her black bandana and was wearing it as if it were a headband. On her feet she wore regular black shoes with red shoelaces. Around her neck she wore a long silver chain that has a silver and red pendant on it, resembling the heartless symbol. Nothing too fancy.

~When you walk away, you don't hear me say please, oh baby, don't go, simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight, it's hard to let it go~

She quickly checked over her shoulder as she ran, the distance between her and her foster mother slowly becoming larger. She began running faster.

~You're giving me too many things, lately you're all I need, you smiled at me, and said~

A girl about the age of 18 with maroon hair spiked down walked through a park towards a more forested area. She was wearing a regular black vest over a maroon coloured long sleeve shirt, black skinny jeans along with a pair of black and white converse. On her cheeks were two slightly curved triangles-the points ending downwards. Upon hearing her name called, she looked up to see her friend waving at her. She had short brown hair but had to long wavy bangs on either side of her face, and looked to be about 17. She was wearing a brown long sleeved shirt, faded purple skinny jeans and some white sneakers. The red head ran up to greet her friend.

~Don't get me wrong I love you, but does that mean I have to meet your father? When we are older you'll understand, what I meant when I said "No, I don't think life is quite that simple"~

Ahead of Mae there was a fence. She ran and jumped, slamming against the fence, and quickly climbed up the rest of the way, and hopping down on the otherside, she ran off into the forest down one of its many paths.

~When you walk away, you don't hear me say please, oh baby, don't go, simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight, it's hard to let it go~

Just as Mae ran into the forest, her foster mother skidded to a stop at the fence. Then frustrated, she began looking for another way around. Or in her case, through. She spotted a part of the fence that was lifted up, just enough for her to squeeze through, and so she did, continuing into the forest after Mae.

~The daily things, that keep us all busy, are confusing me, that's when you came to me and said~

The two friends continued on down the path towards an opening, where plenty of sunlight shone in. They were totally oblivious to the fact that behind one of the larger trees they passed, stood Marluxia, eyes closed as he leaned against the tree smelling a rose, listening as the girls exited the forest.

~Wish I could prove I love you, but does that mean I have to walk on water? When we are older you'll understand, it's enough when I say so, and maybe some things are that simple~

Mae kept running down the path, making a quick last minute turn when she came upon a fork in the path, a shallow puddle freezing over completely as she stepped in it making the turn.

~When you walk away, you don't hear me say please, oh baby, don't go, simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight, it's hard to let it go~

Mae's foster mother came up to the fork in the path and stopped. Shaking her head, she looked down in defeat, but then saw her footprints leading down the path on the right, and ran off in that direction.

~Hold me, whatever lies beyond this morning, is a little later on~

The two girls were walking out towards the center of the field, talking and laughing.

~Regardless of warnings the future doesn't scare me at all, nothing's like before~

Together they sat in the middle of the oddly square shaped field, the grass being almost the height of their shoulders. Marluxia watched them from behind them, at the edge of the forest.

"She's late again," sighed the redhead after a few minutes of waiting. She picked up a piece of the grass, and set the end on fire with her finger, "Tayl, I'm bored~"

"Yeah, same here," she said, pausing for a second watching her friend burn the piece of grass, then smiled, "isn't it ironic?"

"Isn't what ironic?" she replied without looking up.

"Well, your name is Réne," Tayl explained, "like, water rain-yet you can control fire…"

"Oh," Réne said, finally looking up, "I never really thought about that."

Moving her hand quickly in a circular motion, Tayl created a small whirlwind that lifted up all the feathery milkweed fluffs, sending them drifting off in the summer breeze.

"Nice," Réne complimented.

"Thanks," she replied, smiling proudly, "So what do you want to talk about now, while we wait?"

"Hmm… Boys?"

"Oh yeah-you can totally tell Sayr's still into Mae," as Tayl said this, Marluxia appeared behind them silently, undetected, and obviously at the wrong time.

"Totally."

"Does she know?"

"Yeah-She's in denial."

"Why's she refusing to go back? He's not such a bad guy compared to some."

"Meh, hell if I know,"

"Why does she refuse to date, anyways? Some of the guys here are pretty hot."

"Yeah-some of them be downright smexeh~" she said, grinning almost catlike, as she joked with her friend, "Man, I wouldn't mind getting into some of those boys' pa-"

"Ahem," Marluxia interrupted a slight blush visible on his face as looked away to regain his composure. Both girls jumped slightly and froze in place.

"Oh dear lord…" Réne muttered before they both turned to face this strange man simultaneously, "…Hi…"

"…Hello…" he replied. There was an awkward silence between the three of them before anyone dared to speak a word.

"So…" Réne began, trying to break the silence.

"Who're you?" Tayl asked, curiosity getting the better of her. Réne rolled her eyes as she stood up and stretched. Tayl followed suit, having felt so small and insecure sitting there before them.

"My name is of no importance, however," he said, looking back and forth from Réne to Tayl, "I have been sent here to recruit you two."

"Wait, recruit us?" Réne asked, rather suspicious, "Recruit us for what-"

She was cut off by the sound of a distant yell, calling her and Tayl's name. They simultaneously spun as Marluxia looked over, only to see someone dressed in black run around the corner of the forest, and into the meadow, heading straight towards them. She was yelling and waving her arms frantically, though none of them could hear her clearly.

"WHAT?" Réne called, as the person was almost halfway towards them, in the huge meadow, "We can't hear you!"

"She's coming, she's coming!" she called.

"Who's coming?" Réne called back, laughing alongside Tayl at what they were saying, trying hard not to let her laughter get the better of her, "Who's 'coming'?"

"F-foster mom!" she replied, now about one hundred feet away from them, "she's coming! We gotta hide! NOW!"

Réne looked around frantically, as Tayl was trying to think of something, and Marluxia stood there confused, yet also alert and ready to summon his scythe, thinking that this "foster mom" might be some sort of dangerous heartless on this world. Of course she's heartless, but, not that kind of heartless. Sorry Marly, not this time.

Just as her foster mom was rearing around the corner, Tayl thrust her arms out to her sides, creating a huge gust of wind that went on through the meadow, acting as some sort of wave, knocking them all off their feet, and into the grass, completely hiding them as they layed down. Through the grass they could just barely see the woman standing at the edge of the meadow, looking around. Marluxia-not very pleased with being knocked to the ground so unexpectedly over some human being-was about to get up, but Réne put her hand on his arm, shaking her head. Tayl slowly and stealthily crawled over to them, making sure not to rustle the grass any more than the summer breeze was. They were all leaning on the forearms to hold them up slightly.

"Sorry about that…" she whispered, stopping in front of Réne and Marluxia, "Last minute thought… We CANNOT be seen here, especially not by her…"

Before Marluxia could reply, they heard a soft rustling sound that was slowly approaching in front of them, and Tayl and Réne held their breath. They soon saw an outline of black crawling towards them, and sighed in relief. Between each person there was a wall of grass, and they could only see a few streaks of colour of eachother, but the ones who were closer could pretty much see most of the person. She stopped a few feet away from them, and across from Marluxia, but there was a wall of grass before them.

"Hey guys~" She whispered, "Sorry I'm late…"

"Meh, we're used to it," Réne retorted, shrugging, "Umm… Mae? Why is she chasing you this time? What did you do? And, uh…. Why are you… carrying a demented house plant?"

"That not very nice!" she half whispered, half yelled, gently petting the vine's leaves as Marluxia began listening in at this point, slightly curious, "It's not demented, it's just-"

"Hah! That's the one you forgot to water for a whole year, isn't it?" Tayl commented, Marluxia sort of finding that some what offensive as he felt bad for the plant.

"Maybe…" she replied. They all looked up/back to see if her foster mom was still there. Sure enough, she stormed off very displeased, back into the forest. They let out a sigh of relief, and Mae collapsed to the ground, holding the plant in one arm, and burying her face in the other, while the others stood up.

"So what did you do this time?" Réne repeated.

"Mm m mm, mm m mmmmmm-"

"Can't hear ya" she muttered, rolling her eyes as Mae lifted her head off her arm slightly.

"She heard me say I was leaving to my foster brother, he told her, she came in my room and told me to leave, and when I went to get some clothes, she said I wasn't allowed to leave with anything other than the clothes on my back, I said no way that was happening, she refused to move when I tried to leave after putting on my long vest coat thingy, so I grabbed the nearest thing I saw, which just so happened to be my plant, jumped out the window, she chased me down the streets, through the paths and all the way here, and now I have no place to go, yet again," she took a large breath of air before plopping her head back down and sighing. Upon hearing Mae's voice, Marluxia began pondering, questioning himself as to how her voice somehow sounded ever-so-slightly familiar to him. Crouching down, he put his hand on her shoulder.

"That's… Unfortunate…" he said, a small grin on his face. His voice so familiar to her, yet not familiar. Mae jumped slightly at the sound, not knowing someone else-more specifically a male-had been there, and he was touching her shoulder. She's not too fond of physical contact. His voice, however, echoed through her mind as she tried to pinpoint it's familiarity to her. Slowly looking up slightly, she saw a pair of black boots. Looking up some more, her silver eye met that of a pair of blue. They were almost face to face.

"Hello," he said politely.

"Y… You… You're…" she muttered, getting to her knees, at a loss for words. Suddenly, mental images of him flashed through her mind, but, they were of when he was a bit younger. "M… Marluxia..?"

"Hm?" he replied. 'So… She remembers my name…' he thought, adding sarcastically, 'How touching…'

"Is that you?" she asked, and as he replied with a small nod, a smile spread across her face slightly before dying away.

"Do you remember me? It's… It's… I'm…" she cursed herself for forgetting her own name, "It's… Xema."

"Xema, huh?" he repeated slowly remembering her. Tayl and Réne however, were so confused that they sort of sat down and decided to go along with it for now, and ask questions later.

"Yeah-it's been... A long time…" she muttered, thinking about everything-Marluxia, her superior, the Organization-all of it. It's been ten years since then. Marluxia had already picked up on that. "Do you remember me?"

"It's been ten years since the last time I saw you..." he spoke, his tone showing no emotion. Xema looked down, slightly disappointed.

"And you haven't changed a bit~" he smirked, ruffling the teenager's hair, causing a smile to cross her face. Taking him totally by surprise, she leapt up, tackling him in a hug, and knocking him over, laughing all the while.

"Okay…" Réne interrupted, "Now that that's all out of the way-You two know eachother?"

"Well," Mae began as they sat up, her more or less sitting on him, "It's a long, long story… We'll tell you later," she said before turning to Marluxia, "So, why exactly are you here anyways?"

"Well…" he began. He explained everything to her, and about how he was sent here on a mission to recruit-ironically-her friends, shortly after the Organization discovered this world, and he was to do recon while he was here. When she asked if anyone else, or rather, their Superior knew, he said that as far as he knew, no, since he was told to recruit the two nobodies on the world, and had not mentioned anything about her being here. A devious grin spread across her face, which earned a 'you've-got-to-be-kidding-me, you-had-better-not-do-anything-that-will-get-you-killed' sort of look from Marluxia. In return, she smiled innocently, and he sighed.

"So…" Tayl began, "your leader… Wants us to join you guys? And you want us to go with you to 'some other world' so we can be apart of said group?" Marluxia nodded in reply. "Oh, well that makes perfect sense-sign me up!"

"Yeah, me too, we're being evicted from the apartment anyways…" Réne muttered.

"Wait-you guys are being evicted? Why-what did you do?" Mae asked. Tayl and Réne had been living with eachother for the longest time. Ever since Tayl's parents were murdered by the heartless, she'd been left to fend for herself. Until she met Réne, of course. They'd felt a strange connection, a strange sense of belonging. Since then she'd been living with Réne and her family, and when Réne moved out, Tayl went with her.

"Well… you remember that party I told you that we had at my place?" Mae nodded, "Well… It got a bit out of hand… Let's just say that the whole news story about the 'mattress being thrown off the roof, crushing a car' was us…" she finished, smiling sheepishly. Mae burst out laughing, earning a confused look from Marluxia. She was still more or less sitting on him. He then playfully pushed her off him, earning a glare as he stood gracefully.

"Shall we get going then?" he asked, offering Mae a hand.

"Wait-going where" Tayl asked.

"Back to the castle… Superior is awaiting your arrival…" he said, opening up a strange portal of black flame-like tendrils of darkness, and stepping through. Mae followed him in, seemingly excited. Tayl and Réne looked at eachother hesitantly before finally stepping through; totally unaware of what is to come…

Okay~! Second Chapter Done And Posted~! Sorry It Took So Long! Please Review, It Would Be Much Appreciated!