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Good morning everyone! I am up at five a.m. before a school day, here bored, typing away. Well, first I tried to watch Naruto, but the TV wasn't working, and then I went to you tube and watched some really funny and really dumb movies, and now, I am here.

So, today, since I said that if someone could tell me what clue I left to say that Xemnas won the battle would get to have both a cookie, and choose a character for a centric story, that is what I am doing today. Sahxyel is the winner and her character that she chose is Marluxia!

STORY BEGIN!

He could hear the voices downstairs, the voices of the newcomers and his friends. When the odd friends of that "Seto" fellow had shown up, he had split in the distraction. He was now sitting in a balcony upstairs, laxly watching the stars far above.

Marluxia sighed when he heard Demyx yelp downstairs, and someone else's voice grow louder. Chuckling, he went back to his brooding.

He missed the plants and the people and the world back home. Ok, he only really missed his friends, and mainly Larxene.

The only damn reason he went on vacation was because of her. Her and her stupid mood swings. She had insisted that he go, and when he outright refused, he found he quickly changed his own mind from her violent persuasions.

"You need to stop shitting and ignoring the world and actually get off your ass." Larxene barked. She seemed saddened by something, but it was slathered in anger, so it was terribly hard to tell.

"What the hell? What is this?" Marluxia complained.

"Go. Now. Leave before I send you off in pieces!" That, along with the knives she had thrown to accentuate her point, convinced Marluxia to go.

Why the woman had wanted him gone was still bugging him. She wasn't one to do something on a whim, or for nothing. She thought everything through, weighing all pros and cons, and seeing how she could bend the situation. What the hell would she gain from his disappearance?

Perhaps he just annoyed her. Huh.

It actually disturbed Marluxia to think he missed her. He never missed anyone. Not those from his past life, or, until recently, now.

His past life. Oh, his past life. What could be said of his past life? Marluxia chuckled at the thought.

"You are an heir. You will always be an heir. That is all you are worth; and once you've inherited your title, you will not be needed. You are used, otherwise meaningless. No more, no less."

Shaking the thought from his mind, Marluxia growled a bit. He needed to stop brooding on the past.

Downstairs, Roxas was talking, explaining the situation to those downstairs. It sickened him; what right did they have to burst into their lives? Well, he supposed they had some right after being dragged into it by Demyx and Xigbar, and Ariel and Vexen. Vexen looked rather odd today, Marluxia thought. Sort of pale looking, really.

Lifting his hand, Marluxia let a rose grow in it, floating above his palm ever so gently. The stem grew longer and became a vine, twisting down around his arm…

"Whoa." Marluxia looked to the doorway. The little boy from earlier was there. It seemed that he had sneaked off as well, seeing as he was supposed to be asleep.

"That's amazing!" The boy chimed, running up and admiring the flower. Marluxia looked to the rose in his hand, watching it, studying it with blank interest. He never showed much feeling outside, but he usually was emotion filled on the inside.

At least, now he was.

"Marluxia?" She called. He turned slightly, grunting. She was there, standing in the doorway, prepared. It was the beginning for them, and the beginning of Organization XIII's plans.

"Time already?" Marluxia chuckled. He walked out into the foyer of his castle, Castle Oblivion. Summoning his scythe, he prepared himself.

"The beginning of the end, finally." Larxene commented. Marluxia chuckled.

"But are we ready for the end?"

Marluxia shook his head. Why was the past chasing him today? Looking back to the rose, he closed his hand around it, and it glowed and turned to starry dust, floating away. The boy groaned sadly.

"It was so beautiful." Marluxia heard his comment.

Hair, gold as sunrise, eyes bright like stars and deep as the ocean. A soul as light as air, as flowing as the rivers, and stronger than the mountains. The woman so beautiful danced and twirled amongst the flowers, laughing and playing in her floral wonderland.

"I will always love you, Marluxia. My one and only, Marluxia."

"Beautiful things die. No exceptions." Marluxia didn't even try chasing away his last thought.

"I know you'll be an heir someday, and you will do better than those before you did. I hope I live to see it, Marluxia."

"I love you, mother."

"You okay?" The boy implored carefully. Marluxia looked down at him from the corner of his eye.

"I'll be fine." Standing, Marluxia created a dark portal and disappeared. The little boy watched him go before running off. But before the portal disappeared, another person appeared there, one in a red cloak, and he walked through the portal.

Cloud sighed as he watched Xigbar fly off in the gummi ship. After that first and second ride, there was no way he was going to try his luck a third time. Besides, he didn't need or want a vacation.

Walking towards the castle gate, Cloud headed to the Dark Depths.

Marluxia didn't have to wait for long before the gummi ship landed. He was hoping he'd get home sooner, but he would deal with it. As soon as it landed and Xigbar stepped out, he rushed inside. But in doing that, he only bumped into someone else.

Looking up, Marluxia's troubled eyes met red ones. A man who looked almost exactly like Xemnas stood before him.

"Lord… Xemnas?" Marluxia backed up. The man nodded, as if answering his question, and then walked him by. Marluxia was a bit in shock. How was he supposed to act? What was he supposed to do?

"Lord." He called out before Xemnas left. He paused, looking behind him. "I apologize. For everything I did. And… thank you. For what you did for me."

And with that, he disappeared into the gummi ship, flying off into the sky, while Xemnas and Xigbar walked away, both grinning like hyenas.

Marluxia: The heart of "care" has been born.

Well, Axel, how many people have hearts now?

Xaldin, Xigbar, Saix, Vexen, Demyx, Marluxia, Anyone I miss?

Nope. But Larxene's heart will hopefully grow soon.

Larxene with a heart? Now that's really nuts.

Marluxia landed the gummi ship with ease and hopped out, waving to Cid and walking through the gate. Cid waved back drunkenly to the ship, since the Playboy magazine sitting on his head kept him from seeing.

Shaking his head and chuckling, Marluxia continued down the hall. He decided to visit the hospital first, and so made a right towards Tifa's room.

Knocking on the door, Marluxia stood waiting. It was opened by Aerith, who smiled kindly and beckoned him in.

IN the room, three children were crowded around the bed, playing with Tifa. The girl had no blindfold on, but she wasn't looking to anything in particular.

"Time to go, kids." The children groaned. "Tifa has a new guest now." Shuffling off, the kids laughed and played down the hallway as Marluxia took a seat next to Tifa.

"Wait a moment, let me guess…" Tifa tried to look at Marluxia, focusing her eyes. "You're male, definitely…" Marluxia snorted.

"Oh, well, that slims it down." Tifa glared at him playfully.

"Thanks for coming, Marluxia." Her glare softened and she smiled. He smiled very slightly, and only slightly.

"I… care, I guess."

Larxene yawned. Things were boring around her, as usual, but today she was enacting her plan. It had to be finished before Marluxia came back, and who knew when Marluxia would decide to come back?

Perhaps she'd been a little harsh on him before. Oh, well; she wasn't going to regret it now, it was too late. So, she snuck off to the garden, her prizes in tow, smirking.

Marluxia was headed to the garden, and stopped when he saw Larxene sneak in. He decided it would be worth it to follow and see what she was doing.

Slowing the cart behind her to a halt, Larxene flipped the cover off. The cart was full of exotic plants, and a shovel. Rubbing her hands, Larxene got to work.

When Marluxia saw what Larxene had on the cart, his stomach did a back flip. The cart was full of a rare plant called Shikyohana, or "Death Flower". It can only be grown on worlds that have been touched by darkness, and even though Radiant Garden had been touched, none grew because of the desert like soil.

Then it occurred to him; the reason Yuffie chose that world. It had been touched by darkness. Larxene must have asked Yuffie to get some of these plants, and then forced him to go on vacation with them so that she could plant them in secret.

Marluxia couldn't have created a better plan himself.

With a smirk, Marluxia strolled into the garden behind Larxene, so that she couldn't see. She bent down to set one of the plants in the ground, and when she did, he bent down behind her, leaning against her and placing his mouth at her ear. She gasped, and prepared to leap around, but Marluxia held her firm.

"Now what makes you think you can play with my garden, hn?" The playful tone in his voice was easy to hear. Larxene was blushing since she got caught, feeling awfully like a child planning something for a mother and he mother coming in and seeing it, and then telling the child how to do it correctly, with a loving smile.

"I don't play." She growled, trying to keep composure. Marluxia rolled his eyes.

"Thank you." Larxene was taken back. She didn't expect that! Ok, she didn't know what she had expected, but certainly not that.

Marluxia leaned forward and gave her a peck on the cheek, and then stood.

"Let's plant these, shall we?" He offered, standing like a farmer with the shovel in his hand. With a smirk, Larxene nodded, and the two got to work. Of course, the work was put off for a mud fight, but then work began again. The Shikyohana were planted by moon fall, and the black petals were beautiful against the midnight sky. The two friends star-gazed together.

Larxene brooded a bit on the happenings of the day, sort of sad that it hadn't been a surprise, but surprising glad that Marluxia was back.

Larxene: The emotion "give" has begun to grow.

Giving? As in generosity?

That's right.

I didn't know she could even say the word "generosity".

Cloud stood staring at the stars. The figure in red walked up behind him.

"I've got what you needed." The figure named Vincent spoke. Cloud looked behind him.

"Are you sure about this?" Vincent asked. "You know the risks." Cloud didn't respond, and simply walked up to the jewel that Vincent had thrown to Cloud's feet. Bending, he picked it up and placed it in his pocket.

"I need to know the truth. Before anyone else is hurt." Vincent sighed.

"I am as upset as you are about Tifa, but this could wind up hurting you the same way it did her." Cloud glared at the ground thinking.

"Better me than anyone else." Cloud then turned towards the Depths. Holding the jewel out, a whitish silver portal appeared.

"Do not get lost." Vincent demanded. Cloud nodded.

From afar, a silver haired man watched his rival talk with the other man, and then jump into what he knew as the Twilight Horizon.

OHHH! Cliffy! I hope you guys enjoyed this one, and the next one will sort of be Cloud centric. Actually, it will be Sora and Cloud centric. I love centrics, and I love song fics. So much fun.

Anyone play Runescape? If you do, look for me: my Runescape name is the same as my Fanfiction name.