Note from rarmaster: i have to admit, this chapter was fun to write. Namine surprised me. seriously.

quick question for y'all (yes I did just say that). I need a way to classify the Marluxia and Lexaeus Replicas, and I figured I'd ask you guys. I can't wait to see what you'll suggest!

"Where's 6?" someone asked suddenly. For the life of him, Riku couldn't remember who. However, it quickly occurred to him and just about everyone else that no one had seen 6 in quite some time now. Quite a few people were up and about, searching for him within no time.

"Who's 6?" Namine asked Riku. "He must be important to cause this much fuss."

"Partially insane Vexen Replica…" Riku replied. "We just don't really want him causing trouble. And since he's partially insane… well… not knowing where he is isn't good."

"Oh dear…" Namine muttered, starting to understand the severity of the situation. A thought suddenly occurred to her and she grimaced. "He can't form dark corridors, can he?" she asked quietly

Riku grimaced. "I'm going to go ask…" he said, rising to his feet.

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"Oh dear," 19 muttered when confronted with that question. "He probably can form dark corridors. He has all the other basic functions."

Riku sighed.

"And why didn't you disable that function?" 23 asked, turning to Alpha.

Alpha threw his hands up in defeat. "I didn't realize he had it to begin with! And it's a bit too late now; we don't have access to the Program any longer. I'm afraid there's nothing we can do at the moment."

19 groaned. "Alright… We'll start searching the Worlds then. Hopefully we can find him before he does too much damage. Alpha, in the mean time, try and access that part of the Program. I don't care how, just as long as we can disable that function for 6."

"Maybe I can help," Vexen said. Everyone turned to him, a bit shocked. No one had actually noticed that he had been listening to his conversation (though, Riku wasn't that surprised).

Alpha groaned slightly. "I don't think that will be necessary-" he began.

"Let him help," Riku said sternly. "I don't want to have to deal with 6 running through the Worlds."

Even with his odd feelings toward Vexen, having 6 running through the Worlds was a tad more important thing to deal with. Riku couldn't let his… dislikes… toward Vexen get in the way of that.

Alpha sighed, muttering something that probably wasn't very nice as he walked off, Vexen following behind him. 23 watched them go, and then left out a different door, probably to get started with the search for 6.

"Riku-" 19 began.

"I know," Riku said before he could finish. "I'll help too. Don't worry about it."

"Can I come?" asked a quiet voice.

Riku turned, and slowly frowned. However, his frown was not nearly as deep as it usually was. Namine had been the one who had asked the question.

"It would be-" he began.

"Don't tell me that it's too dangerous," Namine interrupted. "You know my answer to that."

Riku sighed. "I'm just not sure if-" he began, but was again interrupted.

"You should let her go," 19 said. "What harm would it do?"

"Alright…" Riku muttered, forming a dark corridor. "You can come."

And though he still was trying to be slightly against this idea, a smile was threatening to form on his face.

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Olympus Coliseum however, was having its own problems.

"Put that down! That trophy is for heroes only!" Phil scolded, desperately trying to get said trophy away from 6. 6 had wandered his way here.

"But it looks like a bunny…" 6 muttered, examining it. (The trophy did not actually look like a bunny, though).

Phil paused, taken aback by that statement. "Eh?" he asked. Upon receiving no response, he shook his head. "Listen, I don't have time for this," he said. "I've got to get ready for the games!"

"But it looks like a bunny…" 6 repeated.

"There you are!" came a very stern voice. "We have been worried sick about you!"

6 turned, recognizing the voice. Namine stood there, arms folded over her chest and tapping her foot impatiently. And though no one noticed, Riku stood behind her, doing his best not to gape.

"Give it," Namine said sternly, holding out her hand.

"But it looks like a bunny!" 6 said, yet again.

Namine frowned. "Give me the bunny," she said, a bit more nicely.

6 sighed and handed her the trophy, which she then gave back to Phil.

"I am extremely sorry," she told him. "I hope he didn't cause too much trouble."

"Eh… no, I suppose not," Phil muttered. 6 hadn't done any major damage, just caused him to lose a bit of time. After a second he asked: "Do you know him?"

"He's my crazy uncle," Namine explained with a sigh. "He's not quite… okay…"

"I, uhh… see…" Phil replied, unsure what to make of that.

"C'mon, let's go!" Namine said, grabbing 6 by the arm. "We need to get you back home."

"But there's a turtle!" was 6's response.

Namine shook her head and continued to drag him off. Before long, Riku caught up to them.

"Crazy uncle?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.

Namine shrugged. "First thing I thought of," she replied with a smile, completely ignoring 6 as his rants went from turtles to pandas. Now that they were out of sight from any possible bystander, she formed a dark corridor and dragged 6 through.

Riku quickly followed.

"Listen, Riku, I'll take care of 6," Namine laughed. "You can go call off the search." She turned to 6. "Now come on, crazy uncle, we'll go find you an actual panda."

"But I want a puppy!"

Namine rolled her eyes.

"Wow! Nice work!" Joseph called, running over to Riku. "That was the quickest I've seen anyone deal with 6."

"I didn't do anything…" Riku replied slowly. "Namine-"

Joseph started laughing, and Riku turned to him with a glare. Joseph only started laughing harder. Riku shook his head and went to find 19, so they could call off the search for 6.