I'M SO SORRY. I have a bunch of projects for school right now, and I haven't been able to type much. Also, two of my cats just got pregnant at the same time and one had kittens a few days before Easter, and the other had them on Easter, so now I have twelve little kittens to take care of and protect from the dog. But anyways, things are going to start getting a little dramatic in this chapter, and you have no idea how confused word got at the very end with all the names at the end. Speaking of which, there may be some really light BBS spoilers in here.

Demyx awoke a few hours later, late in the afternoon. In most other worlds the sun would be setting, but the only light that illuminated the World That Never Was was the pale yellow glow of Kingdom Hearts. Otherwise night was eternal, with no sunrise or sunset. He had snuck away sometimes to other worlds, where he could see all the beautiful colors the sun made as it prepared for it's rest.

He sat up, stretching his arms above his head. He wished Xigbar had stayed, leaving Demyx to wake up to the face of his new lover. But he had left, so as not to arouse any suspicions among the organization's other members. He got dressed, and threw his dirty sheets into his closet so he could do away with them later.

Walking outside into the castle's white hallways, he saw nobody-no pun intended- outside. He walked through some more of the castle, and still, none of the other members were to be seen. They should have been back by now, he had seen the missions posted on the board this morning and none of them seemed to be so difficult that they'd last until this late in the evening.

"Where did everyone go?" Demyx muttered to himself. As a last resort, he poked his head inside Saix's room, to see if the superior's loyal dog was in there resting. No one was there. Which could only mean that he was off with Xemnas somewhere doing whatever, or there was a meeting taking place; and he hadn't been woken up for it.

He opened a portal into the meeting room, gently sitting down in the seat marked with a small IX. Everyone stared at him, Xigbar giving him that 'oh no' look. Roxas kept his gaze on the ground, looking like he really didn't have a heart, no, more like it had been torn to pieces.

"How nice of you to join us, number IX" Xemnas's voice echoed throughout the white room. "We were just discussing the fate that befell the members sent to castle oblivion." He said, turning his head away to look at everyone else. Demyx got this sudden cold feeling, like the room had turned to ice.

Fate?" He questioned "What happened to them?" He asked.

"All gone. The keyblade bearer did away with all six of them." Luxord said, pulling out thirteen cards from his deck. He dropped six of them, and they fluttered slowly and silently to the ground below.

"What?" Demyx said in disbelief. "What do you mean all of them are gone?!" Demyx yelled in frustration. Now everyone, including Roxas, had their eyes fixed on him. "They can't die, they can't!" Demyx screamed, opening a portal, he disappeared inside, leaving the remaining members of the organization behind. He found himself sitting on a giant mushroom in Wonderland, his favorite world.

This couldn't be happening to him. No more Vexen, Lexaeus, Zexion; No more Marluxia and Larxene? No longer would there be any massive explosions coming from the castle's basement, no more rough training with the Silent Hero, no longer would anyone use language that made his head spin, no more transvestite jokes, or cracks about the Graceful assassin's hair color, and no longer would they be tormented by Larxene's mood swings? Demyx couldn't believe it. Even though Axel was gone as well, that didn't mean all of the others had to suffer the same fate.

He curled up into a tight ball, crying his eyes out, sobbing loudly. The area around him lost a little bit of it's vibrant color, because of the sadness that saturated the air.

"Why so down, it's unusual to see some like you with such a frown." Demyx lifted his head to see the Cheshire cat lazily hanging in a tree.

" It's nothing for you to worry about." Demyx replied, tears still flowing from his aquamarine eyes.

"Nothing can't be nothing, surely it must be something." The cat replied, swinging his tail about lazily.

"A lot of my friends just died, and I can't believe it. I can't take the fact that all of them are gone forever." The nocturne said. The feline's smile never left his lips, although his tail stopped swinging.

"Not to worry, I'm certain someone better that I shall be here to help in a hurry." With that, he disappeared. A portal opened next to Demyx, and Xigbar's familiar form sat down next to him on the abnormally large plant. He looked at him with worry in his gaze.

"Listen, I'm sorry." He said after a moment of silence. "I didn't wake you up for the meeting because I knew this would happen." More silence. Demyx leaned over, resting his head on the other man's shoulder.

"I can't believe it. They're all gone…" Demyx said, silent tears sliding down his cheeks. Xigbar placed an arm around his shaking form, gently running his hand along the boy's back. It seemed like they sat there in that state for hours.

"C'mon Dem, let's go home." The Freeshooter said, but Demyx didn't move. Upon taking a closer look, he found that the nocturne had fallen asleep. He smiled, picking the boy up and taking him back to the castle through the corridors of darkness. He reappeared inside the nocturne's room, placing him down on the bed. He kissed the boy on the forehead, leaving the room.

Xigbar was also shaken by the whole ordeal, he had lost some dear friends. He hadn't only known Vexen, Lexaeus and Zexion as nobodies in the organization, but he also work alongside them in Radiant Garden under Ansem the wise, when they were Even, Aeleus and Ienzo. Aeleus had even been one of his fellow guards. He had even run into Lumaria and Lerena at some point in time. And he was all too familiar with Lea and Isa, and it was hard to believe those two kids had grown up to become what they were now.

He sighed, knowing that was all over. Those days as an apprentice were long gone, and the people he had worked alongside had changed entirely. They were not who they once were, and neither was he. Braig was long gone, now nothing but a shadow of the past.

He turned into his own room, marked with the number II. He sat down on his bed, knowing it was useless to sleep with all the thoughts running throughout his mind. But he stretched out and sat his head on his pillow, closing his eye.

Alright, just for the sake of this let's say Roxas was there when everyone found out about castle oblivion, and he knew what happened. But, I do have some ideas for some new KH fics I may start once I finish this one (and write a little more for my Kuja X Sephiroth one) one of which is Xemsai, and the other is sort of a Xigdem crackfic. But anyway, please review!