A/N:

Hey, all! Valentine's Day is coming up! :D *squeal*

So! I honor of this wonderful day, I have a request!

I need some inspiration… So, as the faithful reviewers, I want YOU *points* to come up with a scenario for Chapter 13! Whoever's idea I use gets to request a song for an extra-special-super-awesome history chapter in the Replicas: History story. So, INSPIRE ME, DUSKS!!!

Vexen scoffed as Repliku was sent off to Castle Oblivion. It was bound to happen, but so many members hadn't come back yet… at least, not as a human nobody. Most came back as Dusks. Marluxia had laughed as Repliku had gone up against him, and had destroyed him.

"Just you wait," Marluxia had told him. "Yukia will suffer the same fate- after, of course, she serves her purpose."

The thought made Vexen shiver in fear.

Yukia was reading a story from the immense bookshelf in the Back Room. Most of them were things that she either read, like Anatomy of the Dusks or something that uninterested her, like Nobodies and Somebodies- theories and physiology [which actually didn't sound too bad when you're bored like she was].

"I wonder where Repliku went…" she ran her fingers over the spines of the many books, feeling the different fabrics and accents on each one. "And Marluxia, too…"

Someone had walked into the room, and their footsteps went unnoticed by Yukia. That is, until she felt the hand on her shoulder. Demyx and Zexion went on a mission today, so it can't be either of them. She thought vaguely. Marluxia and Larxene are gone, as well as Axel, Xigbar and Roxas…

"What are you doing in here?" the man turned her around, and she was face-to-face with golden eyes and long, blue hair.

"W-who are you?" Yukia didn't bother to try and move the hand on her shoulder, or to push him away. Just… to know who this man was.

"I am Saïx."

Saïx had merely stumbled upon her in the Back Room- which was off limits to anyone who wasn't himself or the Superior. So to find her in this room, touching and examining the vast collection of encyclopedias and novels, to say the least- made Saïx twitch involuntarily. Her movement were light, gentle… and overall unaffected by this world. He walked over to her, rather loudly in fact [but, being the airhead she is, didn't hear him], and placed a gloved hand on her right shoulder. As he turned her around the first thing that caught his attention was her eyes.

Such a vibrant red, with its undertones of brown… it was slightly demonic.

And he liked it. A lot.

"You're not meant to be here," he began, releasing her shoulder and gazing into her eyes. "This is off-limits without permission from me or the Superior."

She blinked, once, twice, three times before the information set in.

"O-oh!" she bowed low, so her face almost met the floor. "I'm so sorry! I'll get out right away…" she made a move to get around Saïx, but he stopped her again with his arm.

"I never said you had to leave." Saïx said blatantly. Did I seriously just say that? He thought. That was so cheesy...

Yukia looked at him again, and then smiled warmly. "I'm Yukia. Do you want to read with me?"

Saïx had randomly grabbed a book without looking, and sat down with Yukia at the small couch that usually he and Xemnas sat on. He looked at the cover of the book [which was simply titled Heartless] and sighed. He had read this book the first time he came to the organization. Well, Xemnas read it to him, anyway. They read the book together for a while, until Yukia interrupted.

"Saïx-san," the girl next to him tugged on his sleeve childishly. "If Nobodies don't have hearts, and Heartless do- why don't they just switch the titles around? It would make more sense."

Saïx had actually never considered this before. Nobodies didn't have hearts, and Heartless did. It could just be a way to mock us, he thought, then looked down at the black-haired child beneath him. How… simple.

After a few moments of not getting a response, Yukia shook her head and apologized. "I'm sorry. That was rude of me."

Yukia shook her head again. W-what a stupid question…! She shouted to herself. I shouldn't ask unnecessary questions…

"I hadn't thought of that." Yukia spun her head around to look at him. "I suppose… it's a way to tell us we are still inferior to that of things with hearts."

Yukia began to tear up. Life must be so hard for them… she gently placed her hand upon his chest, where his heart should be.

"Yukia. What are you doing-"

She took his hand and put it over her heart. "I'm sorry."

Saïx then understood. "You don't need to be, Yukia. You are not the problem."

Xemnas walked the halls of the Castle, wandering the corridors he created long ago. He had been lonely lately- Saïx went on many missions, and he really didn't have a very close bond with any of the other Organization members. Suddenly stopping, he heard sobbing from the Back Room. Nobody is allowed back there but me and Saïx, but Saïx can't cry…

Opening the door, the expression on his face showed shook, for lack of a better term.

Yukia pressed her hand harder against his chest, trying to feel a heartbeat through his skin and muscle. She sobbed uselessly when she found none, and let her hand fall to her side. She bowed again, and apologized.

"Stop apologizing. You…" Saïx held her in his arms "…have nothing to do with this."

Shaking her head, she clung to him. "I want to be. Let me help you, please…"

Saïx didn't say anything, but noticed the Superior standing in the doorway with a unique expression on his face.

Yukia looked over to where Saïx was staring, seeing the silver-haired man whom she remembered from her first time here. She shot up from her spot in Saïx's arms, and ran to the door, quickly getting out and speeding down the hall.

I hope he didn't hear me, Yukia thought as she ran through the Castle. That would be… embarrassing.

Saïx looked after Yukia as she ran away, and then to Xemnas when he sat down beside him.

"How much did you hear, Superior?"

Xemnas glanced quickly in his direction, then leaned back and closed his eyes. "Nothing. I happened to hear crying, so I came in to investigate."

Saïx nodded and looked at his hands, which were placed neatly in his lap. Why would she run away like that…? He sighed. She must hang out with Demyx often.

A/N:

Hope you enjoyed my update. ;D

Please, take my request in!! I need inspiration immensely.