Hey guys! So here is my next chapter...as you can see...anyway!

I have a question for you guys, do you mind if I kind of skip over most of the KH: CoM story? I haven't really mentioned anything about Sora, cuz I kind of just wanted to focus on Riku and Alex and how their relationship progresses. Would that be alright? You can leave me a message with your answer. Thank you!

And for the reviewer named Pali, please look below for the answer to your question.

As always, I don't own any of the characters except Alex.

Xaldin made the first move. Swiftly, all his lances were shot in the air and, all at once, came down on the same spot that Alex was standing. Intending to finish her off in one shot, he sent them down in full speed and power. Each sharp point was aimed directly at her, and she didn't even flinch. As the lances came down, they created a cloud of smoke, you could hear the sharp clank of each lance being lodged into the ground.

'Hmph, that should do it…' he smirked.

"Not even close."

"What?!" The surprise in his voice matched the shock on his face. He looked once more to the spot, and each of his lances were in the ground, but there was no Alex.

"Up here, tough guy." The voice came from above, and when Xaldin looked, there was Alex, floating in the air, holding her sword in her gloved hand.

"You can fly? And how did you know where they were going? Aren't you blind? Well, this definitely changes things…" With that, he grabbed his lances and sent them shooting up towards Alex.

"Perfect." She whispered quietly, and as if she were standing on the ground, she did a back flip in the air and spun around coming down on the ground hard. The lances each bore deep into the ceiling, and as Xaldin watched Alex come down, he didn't have the chance to grab them as she bounced effortlessly off the ground and came after him. Faster than lightning, she took the sword and aimed directly towards his body, but Xaldin still managed to call his lance and block her attack. They collided head on, both their weapons pointed towards the other. Then, Alex laughed.

"Tch, what are you laughing about?" he shouted angrily. She stopped laughing and looked at him, with a look that said that she knew something that he didn't.

"Che, 'cause you're so stupid." She stated simply. Then from the motion of her face, you could tell that she was looking at something behind him. He shifted his glance to look as well, but fully turned when he saw what she was looking at.

Behind his back was Alex, standing and watching them with a smirk on her face.

"Wha...?" He looked back at the girl in front of him and she smiled coyly and said, "Bye-bye!" and with that disappeared in a cloud of smoke. He turned quickly to face the girl behind him, but it was too late. Her sword was embedded in his stomach.

"Like I said, don't under estimate me."

"Wha…How…" then the pain took over. "NOOO!!" his voice rang throughout the castle. His body slowly dissolved in a black portal.

And with that, Xaldin faded away, leaving Alex alone in the hall, or so he thought. She was the only one to notice the silver haired boy watching them from the door.

Riku walked aimlessly around the corridor, just thinking. He thought about Ansem, and how he had almost fallen into darkness again. He thought of Sora, and how he had betrayed him. Then, his thoughts fell upon Alex, the mysterious girl who helped save him. Why was she even here in the first place?

"Arghh!!" He shouted in frustration. "Stop…it…stop…" He banged his head consecutively against the wall. After recovering from the sudden shock, he opened the next door slowly, and left only a sliver for him to see, because the first thing he saw was Alex's back further down the hall along with a member of Organization XIII.

"You would be correct, sir. I know everything about everyone. For instance, you are Number III, the Whirlwind Lancer. Whether it is you name, or your destiny, I know everything. In this case, I already know the outcome of this battle. It's quite unfortunate that we meet on such a basis." She said. He watched as she pulled something from her pocket, and whisper quietly, "Kai."

Riku watched from the door as a sword grew from something she was holding. It was huge. 'Bigger then my Keyblade.' Riku thought. 'How can she hold something that big? Hell, it's bigger than me!' But he watched as she swung it over her shoulder easily.

"Hmph. So you know that I am going to win this battle, yet you still choose to fight me?" the member had long dreadlocks hanging all around his face, and even though Riku couldn't see his face, he could tell that he was confident in winning.

"Che, baka. Why would I fight you if I was going to lose? Don't under estimate me." Riku couldn't help the smile that came on his lips when he heard that. For some reason, he didn't seem so worried. He felt that she had the power to beat this guy. He did watch her beat those other two members without breaking a sweat.

As Riku watched her battle, he watched how strong she truly was. She fought effortlessly. She was powerful, but at the same time graceful. He watched as she seemed to know how he fought. What really got him was the fact that, one, she could fly, and two, she could become two people. Although Xaldin hadn't seen it, he watched as Alex passed a hand over a spot in the air, creating what seemed like a clone of herself right before she charged straight for him. What he noticed very discreetly was that she had not gone off charging at him, but the clone did. He couldn't see much because of the cloud around them, but he could hear her laugh. Riku heard the Organization member get angry, but he couldn't hear the words. As the cloud dispersed, he watched as one Alex, the one in front of him, caught him head on. The other one stood unknowingly behind him. He heard one Alex say, "Bye-bye!" and the Alex in front of him disappeared. He couldn't help but laugh a little when he heard the shock that came from the man. But it quickly faded as he watched Alex destroy the Nobody.

As Xaldin disappeared, he watched as Alex stood tall, and her sword faded away. What he didn't expect was for her to say, "You can come out now, Riku."

Slowly, he opened the door, revealing himself to the girl, the shock apparent on his face. "How…?"

"I know everything, remember?"

He remembered the conversation she had with the man. "Oh, right."

She sighed lightly, and rubbed the back of her neck. "Well, come on." She said. "The others will definitely be coming soon to see the damage. And I suppose you'll want some answers, huh? I kind of cut you off last time." For the first time, she smiled shyly at him. Riku couldn't help the small blush that crossed his face.

"Huh? Oh! Right. Yeah, sure…" He stuttered incoherently.

Alex almost started laughing at the boy. She could make him angry and embarrassed so easily! But, honestly, a small part of her (deep, deep, way deep down!) was actually happy to see him. But she didn't know why!

"Well," she said to him, "Let's go. Here." With that, she held out her hand for him to take. He hesitated slightly, but grabbed it in the end. "Now, hold on tight!" And they both disappeared into the shadows.

…………….

"Hey, you can open your eyes now."

"What? Hey, where are we?"

Alex turned the light on in the small room, so the other boy could see. "It's ok. I found this room when I first came to the castle. Apparently none of the Organization members know of it. We'll be safe here."

Riku looked up to the small girl, realizing that this was the first time he was actually looking at her. She was small and lithe. Her arms seemed a little bony, but at the same time strong. She wore baggy pants with a fitted shirt, both black. Her fingerless gloves were both misshaped. Most mysterious of all was the blindfold that covered her eyes completely.

She turned towards him and nonchalantly said, "What, you lookin' at me?"

Without thinking, he said, "Yes." At that moment, Riku would have done anything to keep that moment. For the first time (for him, anyway), she had a small blush across her face and stuttered from the sudden proclamation. But unfortunately for him, she quickly recovered. She sat down on the floor next to him, propped her elbow on her knee, and said, "So. What do you want to know?"

Yay! So the next chapter is all-about-Alex time so for you readers who've been dying to know more about Alex (and I know you have been :) ) this is her chapter next.

Author's Note: this is for Pali, who had left a review for me. It didn't have a return reply URL, so this is for you.

1. Physically, Alex is about 15.

2. I used Japanese words cuz this is my story. Sorry if you don't like it. But seriously, I only used, like, two words. Baka means stupid and kai means release.

3. This is for everyone. I'm not really going scene by scene in KH:CoM, in case you haven't noticed. Heck, I killed off Xaldin. While writing that part, I was like, 'Wait, doesn't Sora kill him in KH2? Whoops.' Truthfully, I haven't really played that game. I don't have a GameBoy Advance nor do I have $50 to spend on the game. Sorry. I'm trying to zip past KH:CoM so that I can get to KH2. I've played that an I know everything in that.

And for the readers who enjoy my story, thank you very much -bows- I really do appreciate it. But I would love love love if you left me a review so I know that people actually do like it...please?

Thanks!

-Hybrid