A/N:

I'm so…close to being done. ;A;

Yukia shifted in the bed, shooting up from fear- it smelt of dried blood. It was… nauseating, to say the least. Then the pain shot through her body, crippling her, and she toppled onto the warm body next to her. The body shifted, and groaned under the weight of the girl atop him.

"Yukia. Are you okay?" the serene voice said, making the Replica shudder and jump out of the bed. Top piling onto the ground, she clutched herself in pain. "Yukia, are you alright?"

"A-ah, wh-what's all over my body?" She asked, sitting on the floor. "I don't remember what happened…"

"You started coughing blood and your scars re-opened."

"You… gave me these scars, right, Saïx-san?" she traced over one on her cheek with long digits, wincing at the sharpness of the sting shooting through it. "A-an accident, r-right?"

Saïx didn't respond, but turned on a single lamp to illuminate the small living space.

"Yukia, listen to me now." Saïx said, kneeling beside the girl, staring at her straight in the eyes. Red orbs stared back at him, glimmering with curiosity and fear. "We're going to get you out of here. Away, to a far away World, so you can live."

"I-I don't understand, Saïx-san. Why can't I stay here?" she fiddled with a strand of his blue hair, pushing it behind his ear.

He allowed the gentle touch, almost feeling comforted by it. "It's too dangerous for something like you."

"Don't tell me," Xemnas said, voice laced with poison "if I am right or wrong. That is my job to tell you Saïx."

Yukia looked at the man- the Nobody- in front of her, scrunching her face up into an uneasy expression. "He… hurts you, right? I remember some things, like after I got all these… cuts…" she shook her head. "The silver-haired man. He's the one who wants me gone, right?"

Saïx glared at the door, where he heard a knock. "Enter," his voice commanded, and in swept a babbling Demyx. "What is it you want, number Nine?"

"S-Superior wants to see Y-Yukia-chan…" he sobbed, a tear streaking down his face. "He said, if we don't bring her, he'll come and k-kill…" –hiccup- "h-her…"

Yukia stood up shakily, and walked over to the crying Nocturne. "I-I'll go, so you guys don't worry, o-okay?" she shook, her voice cracking in odd places. She placed a simple kiss on Demyx's cheek, and walked out the door to Saïx's room. Saïx sighed.

"Demyx… you do realize she may never remember everything, right?" the Nocturne nodded. "She has to options in this situation," he began. "She can run away to a different World with our help, or she can fight…"

"B-but she's not strong enough to fight!!" Demyx shouted, grabbing at his hair.

"What are you talking about, Demyx? She has a heart." Saïx looked up at Kingdom Hearts in the sky. "That makes her so much stronger than us."

A/N:

A small update to keel you over until the last chapter.

Unngg… I caught a head cold. -_-;; It hurts to breathe… x_x