PO: Hello again. Thanks for the reviews! Sorry for not updating in such a long time! My computer was being a dork.

Akiumi Yoshida- I dunno what Leon, Aerith and everyone else are doing there, except being teachers… This fic doesn't take place in a specific time period, now that I think about it. And I do know that Nobodies don't have hearts. So…yeah.

Sakurafang: That was a really long review…

PO: Once again, sorry that this took so long. Enjoy…

Axel: Wait, wait, I want to say it! ENJOY THE CHAPPIE!

Zexion: -rolls his eyes- Idiot…

Callie smiled at Zexion and turned back to her book. He blinked rapidly, and turned back to Roxas and Axel, his mind racing. Had her heart been strong enough to make her look human? If so, why had he just seen a Dusk in her, like her skeleton? Did Vexen know this would happen? His confusion must of shown on his face, because the redhead sitting next to him nudged him in the side to get his attention.

"…Zexy? What's up?" Axel asked uncertainly.

Before the silver haired boy could reply, the bell rang, signaling the end of class. The students got up and filed out, chatting amongst themselves and rummaging through their backpacks. Callie waved at Alexis and headed to the art room. Alexis glanced at her schedule uncertainly, looking lost.

"Okay, let's see…gym? Where's the gym?" Alexis mumbled to herself.

Roxas, being the good person that he was, walked over to her to help her sort out her classes.

"I'm going to gym next, with my two buddies over here. C'mon, we'll show you where it is."

He walked back over to Axel and Zexion, Alexis following timidly behind him.

Axel waved and grinned. "Yo! My name's Axel! But you can call me Axel!"

Zexion wondered if this girl was anything like Callie. "I'm Zexion."

"And my name's Roxas. Nice to meet you…Alexis, right?"

"Y-yeah. Nice to meet you guys too." Alexis smiled shyly.

"Well, anyway, come on. Time for gym. And be prepared to play dodgeball…it seems to be the coach's favorite game." Roxas nodded at her, and set off through the gray double doors at the end of the hall.

The brunette girl hurried after the trio, shoving her class schedule into the pocket of her jeans.

A few minutes later, gym had started, and Roxas had been right. They were playing dodgeball, as they did so often. Zexion was sitting on the sidelines, having already gotten out. Alexis was talking to the coach.

"Hi, uhm…Coach Kisaragi. I'm Alexis, and…"

"Oh, please. Call me Yuffie! And I've heard about you. You're one of the new girls, right?"

"That's right. Is there anything I need for gym? Or do I just…"

"Just join the game, Alexis! And good luck, we got some strong players here!" Coach Yuffie made a victory sign with her fingers. "Go on, you can be on that team." She pointed at the team that had the dirty blonde boy on it that she had met this morning. Tidus.

Alexis quickly joined Tidus' team just in time to barely miss getting hit in the face by a ball. She ducked and dodged to the right in a way that caught everyone's attention, especially Zexion, Roxas, and Axel's.

"Oh-ho-ho. Looks like we have some potential here." Seifer sneered. Being…well…Seifer, he loved to pick on the new kids. "Go for the new girl!"

Coach Yuffie had decided to make this fun and had thrown in about twenty dodgeballs, and most of them were within the reach of Seifer and his unnamed gang buddies, so immediate chaos followed as soon as the words left Seifer's lips. The number of kids on Tidus' team had been significantly reduced within minutes, and Axel and Roxas had joined Zexion on the sidelines.

"Man, that guy throws hard…" Roxas whined, hands cupped over his bloody nose.

Axel couldn't help but snicker a little. "That's what you get for taking a ball in the face to defend someone. Chivalry is dead, man."

"And it looks like Alexis doesn't need the help anyway…" Zexion said. "Look at the way she's moving and tell me that doesn't remind you of something."

The cloaked schemer had certainly been onto something, because the way Alexis was dodging was very similar to the way a Dusk moves…without the stretching. She picked up a ball and threw it, hitting Seifer in the stomach. No one had ever gotten a direct hit on Seifer before.

"$#&$#&$#$!$…." Seifer grumbled and walked off the court. Without their glorious leader, Seifer's buddies were easy pickings for Alexis. Tidus, the last one left on the team besides Alexis, was helping her pick off the bullies. A few minutes later…

The sound of the coach's whistle echoed against the gym's high ceiling. "Game over! Team Blitzball wins!" Coach Yuffie called out. Tidus' teammates rushed back onto the court, whooping and cheering. This was the first time in quite a while that Team Blitzball had won a game against Team Seifer. Axel, Roxas, and Zexion exchanged worried looks, all thinking the same thing. "What the heck is up with this mission?" The bell rang before any of the three could go talk to Alexis.

Meanwhile, back in the laboratory of Castle Oblivion…

Vexen watched a monitor of the three confused-looking Organization members. "This is better than I could of imagined…Nobodies that aren't quite Dusks, but not quite human either…the experiments are doing exactly as I thought they would. "

Larxene scoffed. "You're sure laying it on thick, Vex. I know about the test subjects…you mind filling me in on how this'll go?"

"Time will tell, Larxene. You shall have to be patient."

The savage nymph raised an eyebrow and groaned. "You'd better think of something fast. One of them will surely come back to ask you about it. Despite their looks, especially Axel, those three aren't dumb."

"I realize this, Larxene. I have it all planned out, so stop worrying." The chilly scholar continued watching the screen with a satisfied smirk.

Back at Twilight High…

Axel, Roxas, and Zexion had just gotten out of their third period class and were headed to the lunch room. "Okay, which one of us is going back to Castle Oblivion?" Axel asked. "Not me, because I'm starving." Roxas smacked his forehead. "Jeez, Ax. I'm gonna have to stay and keep you from drinking all the hot sauce again. Zexion, I guess you're going…Zexion?"

Zexion was staring blankly ahead, his murky blue eyes glazed over. He was lost in that dark, smoky realm again, following the Heartless snake with his eyes. What startled him was that it was following Alexis and Callie to the lunchroom. Zexion cupped his hands around his mouth to warn them, but he couldn't find his voice. This was the second time he had seen the snake. Neither of the girls seemed to notice the dark entity right behind them. The cloaked schemer's thoughts jumbled together and he tried to make sense of it.

'A Heartless…following two Nobodies that look human…there's no way that could be THEIR Heartless. Yet, they're supposed to have strong hearts to look human. But why can we still see their Dusks?' Nothing was making sense to Zexion. He slowly realized that he was being nudged and someone was talking to him. Or trying, anyway.

"Is he zoning out again? Man, what's wrong with him?" Roxas sighed in sorry and frustration. "Zexion, what's going on with you? I know something's wrong, and I know you're not telling us something…"

Before either Axel or Roxas could interrogate Zexion further, he opened a dark portal to return to Castle Oblivion. He wanted answers, and he wanted them now. Who better to ask then the person who had given them the assignment in the first place?

PO: Ooh, another cliffhanger! -evil little grin- You know the drill. 5 reviews until the next chapter.

Sakurafang: Yes, we authoresses are uber evil. -maniacal laughter-

Zexion: WHY THE HECK DON'T I GET ANY ANSWERS? -goes on a rampage-

Axel: Eeee….Zexy's scaring me.

PO: Oh boy. We'll cool Zexy down so I can write the next chappy. Until then, ja ne!