This is part of a series of XalLux fanfics Predatress and I are writing. This is my part; I hope you enjoy it!

Warnings: …A bit Oocness? A little AU?

Disclaimer: If I owned Kingdom Hearts, the Organization wouldn't be dead.

Summary: No matter what happened, Fate kept bringing them together. Not that they minded, of course... (Implied DilanRuold, XaldinLuxord)

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Their first meeting was when they were toddlers. The blonde had been lost at the time; and the black haired boy had led him back to his parents. Alas, the blonde had forgotten to get the other's name before he left, so he spent all his time wondering what it was.

Several years later, the two met up again, at the age where they weren't kids anymore, but they weren't yet teenagers. And, of course, this time they got each other's names. For a year they couldn't be separated; you couldn't find one without the other. Unfortunately, the blonde moved to another place, and the two promised to meet each other again.

Even more years passed before they found each other again. The black haired one had grown taller, and had grown even sturdier; he had also grown a bit more apathetic, somehow. The blonde had pierced his ear several times, had gotten into gambling, and had discovered the wonder of 'rum'. Nonetheless, like when they were little kids, they couldn't be separated. Until the letter came.

The raven haired couldn't believe that he was being asked if he wanted to be an assistant to one of the most powerful scientists in the world. Naturally, he accepted, ignoring the feeling he had. The blonde was happy for his friend, although he couldn't shake the feeling that he wouldn't see the black haired boy again.

One year, then two. Three years, then four. Five years had passed since he had seen his friend. He was worried since the letters stopped months ago. He was confused when he was told no one was at the mansion anymore. And he was scared when he finally snuck past the guards and found the mansion wreaked, and that seven scientists were nowhere to be found. He didn't fight the guards that hauled him away because, despite the feeling he had years before, he had another feeling that he'd see his friend soon.

So that's why, the next year, when he was attacked by those creepy shadows, he fought back, just knowing they were the reason his friend was gone. And yet, as the creatures took something red from his chest, he knew he would see his friend again.

This was the reason why he only mildly surprised when an eye-patched man with gray streaks in his hair found him lying on the streets of a city lit up by nothing but neon lights and a half-finished heart shaped moon in the sky. He was, however, struck dumb when his friend was waiting on the other side of the portal.

"…Dilan?"

"It's Xaldin now, Ruold."

He caught on. "Well then, it's Luxord to you, Xaldin."

The other smirked. Waving his arm, a dark portal appeared besides the two. The taller of the two walked over and put an arm protectively around the shorter one, and together the two walked into the portal, this time vowing to stay together forever. No more meetings.

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…Did it make sense…? To me, it does…um, there's a second part, of course, and then that'll be it… ;;;