She stood by the window, staring at the constant nighttime sky, touching her hands lightly on the windowsill. Dexla, hands still bandaged, sighed and glanced back at the room behind her, now decorated with a lavish bed and beautiful wardrobe and roses. Marluxia was the designer and he went a little…overboard. The room was beautiful but all the roses were causing Dexla to sneeze more than usual.

It had been about a week since her first mission, and her hands were still hurting. They were healing though, which was a good sign.

What happened during that battle she wasn't sure. What she could remember was a strange feeling of power coursing through her and then she blacked out. When she came to, she was on the couch, Xigbar looking over her.

"Dexla? You ready yet?" Xigbar asked from her door, holding his hand over his eyes just in case she was changing or something.

"Yes…I'm ready." She said quietly from her window. Xigbar removed his hand and stepped inside, staring at the millions of roses all over the place.

"Jesus…guess Marluxia wasn't kidding when he said he'd 'Lighten up' the place. I can't even see the floor anymore," Xigbar said kicking a pile of rose petals out of the way. Dexla sighed and nodded.

"Yes, and they're causing me to sneeze a lot too." Dexla said with a slight giggle and sniffling a little.

"Yeah...when you ask for decorative inspiration from Marluxia, well this is what ya get," Xigbar replied.

"He means well though," Dexla remarked and Xigbar chuckled.

He walked over to the window and peered out at what Dexla was looking at. The sky.

"You're hands feeling better?" he asked and Dexla looked down at them.

"Yes, just a little sore." Dexla replied. She touched Xigbar's hand lightly and he looked at her, turning red. She smiled at him as peaceful as always.

"Thank you Xigbar, for helping me. It means a lot to me," She said and he turned an even brighter shade of red, and smiled bashfully.

"Oh nah, it's nothing really-"

"It was to me…You could have just fled back to the castle, saved yourself. After all, It was my fault that you got tangled into that battle in the first place…but you didn't. You stayed, and you fought to help me and those people…I'm grateful." She said sincerely, staring down at Xigbar's gloved hands.

He didn't quite know what to say. Never had he been thanked for something like this. He placed his other hand on top of Dexla's and took them in his. She looked up at him, the feeling of blood rush to her head as she blushed bright pink.

"You're welcome…" He said quietly and she stared at his face that was so warm and kind looking to her. She moved in a little, still staring at him and he too moved in towards her, eyes connected and closing as they neared each other's lips. But before they could touch, Dexla shrieked and fell to her knees, holding onto the windowsill and grabbing the side of her head in pain. Xigbar, shocked by what was happening, crouched down next to her holding her shoulders.

"Dexla? What's wrong Dexla!" He shouted. She just winced and shook with pain and fear.

She was having a memory but this one was painful and traumatizing. She could see a large battle between two different armies, blood and fire everywhere. She saw someone familiar to her run into battle, red cloak ripped and wounds opened. She saw him charge in along with other armor claded soldiers. She looked down at her hands. They were wearing strange gloves and she was holding a sword connected to a chain over her shoulder. Then she looked up again and saw the red cloaked man get ambushed and beaten.

"AURON!" Dexla shouted as she came back to reality. Xigbar stared at her confused.

"Auron? Who's Auron?" He asked. Dexla blinked a few times, not exactly sure why she screamed that either.

"I-I don't know…" She answered scared. "That's never happened before."

Xigbar helped her to her bed so she could lie down. She looked confused. She had memories before but this one was so violent.

"What just happened?" Xigbar asked and Dexla sighed, glancing at the ceiling above her.

"I had a vision, a memory…" Dexla replied.

"Of what?"He asked.

"A battle I think…I saw people die…and there was this man in red that ran into battle and somehow I knew him. I screamed when I saw him injured..." Dexla answered. "Ever since I woke up in that clearing…the dark shadows around me, I've had memories of a time before this form. But I'm not IN these memories. I'm someone else. A completely different person."

She had a single tear drop from her left eye corner. Xigbar Still looked puzzled about these memories she was having . He unsure of how to handle such a problem, for, he never had a memory of his first life. All he knew was that it was because of something that happened when he was human that took away his eye and left the gnarled scars on his body.

"Xigbar? Where's Dexla? I have her assigned to you as your partner for the day…"Saix remarked checking his files.

"Yeah well, she said she's not feeling well, so I'm going solo today," Xigbar replied rubbing the back of his neck. Saix seemed to scowl a little to himself but handed the file to Xigbar anyway.

"Does she require medical attention? Shall I have Vexen check on her?" Saix asked and Xigbar snapped his gaze to Saix and shook his head frantically.

"N-NO! That's not needed!"Xigbar said waving his hands in decline. If anyone found out Dexla was having these memories and had a beating heart, Xemnas wouldn't think twice about disposing her and making a Dusk out of the poor girl. He had to keep this between himself and her, for her own protection.

"Why so upset? You aren't hiding something are you?" Saix said raising an eyebrow suspiciously.

"Oh gee, would you look at the time! I better get started on this mission huh?" Xigbar said looking at his wrist like he was looking at a watch and then he disappeared into at portal. Saix stared at the place where he disappeared looking annoyed.

"There is no time here…and he's not even wearing a watch." Saix growled. Xaldin stood at the side of a couch, drinking out of a glass bottle what seemed to be Saki. He looked at Saix and groaned a little.

"Why do you think Xiggy was acting all skittish?" Luxord asked as he was flipping cards over and checking the signs.

"I don't know…but knowing that dumb ass, it's probably something bad," Xaldin replied with a growl. He took another swig of his Saki and looked like he was in thought.

"You don't think there's something wrong with Dexla again do you? Oh what if something happened to that sweet delicate flower! Oh I can't bear the thought!" Luxord said shakily.

"And what if something did? She's obviously with Xigbar. They got a thing going on between them, though I don't see why she likes him. The guy's a total idiot! He never takes anything seriously and he's the most annoying person I know." Xaldin said complaining, when Demyx came running in and with his sitar, knocked over a vase in the corner and attempting to hide it by placing the floating moogle in front of it. "Okay…maybe only the second most annoying person I've ever met."

"You know, by the sound of how much you're complaining about their relationship, you almost sound as though you like Dexla too," Luxord said with a slight chuckle and a flick of his wrist as he summoned all his cards to his hand.

Xaldin blushed and looked infuriated.

"I DON'T LIKE HER!" He roared and Luxord grinned wide at his anger.

"Oh come now, there's nothing wrong with having a little secret crush on someone. I don't blame you for thinking she's attractive. I mean she's a beautiful woman." Luxord said smiling.

"I don't like her!"Xaldin said again and Luxord shrugged and sighed.

"Fine fine. Say what you wish. The cards will tell me the truth anyway," Luxord replied standing up and walking toward the hallway back to his room. Xaldin stood where he was, holding his Saki bottle and gripping it almost to the point of breaking it.

"To be honest, I understand why you'd think Xigbar shouldn't be with Dexla. They shouldn't be in love. They are nobodys and they have no hearts to love with,"Saix said not looking at Xaldin and was staring at a file instead, "The fact that you don't like her means you are a perfect nobody and you'll reach your goal…that is unless you do have feelings for her…"

Saix peered over at Xaldin for a moment with a face that said he saw right through Xaldin's shell. Xaldin glared back at him as he walked away down the hall, looking over his files. Demyx glanced over at Xaldin from his couch and next to him sat Zexion, who had looked up from his book he was currently reading to stare at Xaldin as if studying him.

"What the hell are you staring at?"Xaldin snapped and Demyx jolted a little and went back to tuning his sitar.

"Don't let what Saix say freak you out too much," Axel remarked seeming to come out of nowhere.

"It doesn't freak me out! I don't like Dexla," Xaldin growled and Axel raised his hands and shook his head coolly.

"Hey hey now. I don't care if you do or not, but if you do, it doesn't make you any different from the rest of us." Axel said and Xaldin drank another gulp of Saki.

"If you keep drinking that stuff you won't even make it to Kingdom Hearts. You'll die from alcohol poisoning." Zexion remarked.

"Oh shut up! Like I really give a damn what you have to say!"Xaldin said all steamed. He turned and stomped away down the dark hallway.

"Man it's so much fun pissing him off!" Demyx said with an amused smile on his face.

"It's all fun and games until you get smothered by a pillow in your sleep, "Axel said slumping onto a couch to wait for Roxas and Xion to show up.

"Hey! I bet I could take him!"

"The odds of you winning in a fight against Xaldin are around 954,000/1. I highly doubt you could even push him a few centimeters let alone fight him in full combat," Zexion said with his nose in his book again.

"And what's that supposed to mean?"

"It means you suck at both combat and at life"

Demyx growled something inaudible and Axel just chuckled to himself. The organization was like one big "Happy" family.

Roxas and Zion walked in looking a little upset. Axel glanced over at them with a face that read "What's wrong?"

Xigbar emerged from the cloud of shadows into what looked like a big cavern of cold moist air and strange green hued water dripping from jagged rocks. He looked around confused, not sure why he was dropped off here.

"This can't be right…" He muttered to himself as he checked the file again. "But the coordinates are right…but there's no way-"

A Heartless ran past him down a dark passageway like it was being chased by something. It was followed by around five other Heartless who were looking just as freaked out.

"HA! Guess they've heard about my awesome strength! HAHA!" Xigbar said mockingly pointing as they fled, thinking they were running from him.

"Hyah! And take this!"

Xigbar turned to the other voice and saw him, Hercules, bashing the faces of armored Heartless. He picked up a rock and chucked it on top of a fat heartless, crushing it flat. Xigbar stood gawking at the strength of the Greek hero.

"Dear god, this guy is ripped!" Xigbar said now feeling a little less manly in this guy's presence.

Hercules looked over in Xigbar's direction and Xigbar gulped nervously.

"H-hey there! How's it goin'?" Xigbar said with a slight laugh of nervousness.

"Who are you? Never seen you around before?" Hercules said all cheerful and bright. He seemed to be the only bright thing in this dark and depressing place.

"Uh Yeah I am just uh, passing through you know," Xigbar lied shrugging.

"Oh well you shouldn't be down here in the underworld then. The greatest sights are at the coliseum up on the surface world." Hercules replied, "What are you doing down here anyway?"

"Uh…I'm looking for something I dropped down here…in the, I'm sorry did you say underworld? As in dead things everywhere, blood and ghosts and stuff?"

"Uh yeah. This is where Hades lives. I hope you find what you lost quickly, you know before Hades knows you're here. He's got a nasty temper when people trespass. Believe me." Said Hercules as he turned to leave up the staircase to the above world.

"Oh great….ghosts." Xigbar mumbled. He took out his rifles and glanced around him. It was spooky which is only to be expected in the land of the dead.

"Where to start, where to start…" Xigbar said thinking and glancing around the open cavern. It was dark and it was hard to tell what was where but he was sure that there was a passage way just to the right of him. Not sure what he'd find down the extremely creepy passageway that emitted a ghostly moaning.

"Oh I get it. Send me here as a joke huh? Thanks Saix, you're so clever…" Xigbar growled as he pulled on his hood and started down the passageway on high alert for any slight move of sound.

"Why couldn't I go to that twilight town or whatever?" He said to himself when a sudden sound drew his attention just ahead of him next to the stream of water like mist curling down the passages. A figure was crouched next to the water, seeming to be staring at something under the surface. It reached down and grabbed it, pulling out a glowing sphere like object and staring at it intently. The figure stood and removed its hood. The figure was that of a young girl, no older than 15, with long silver-white hair that was tied up in a ponytail and framing her face nicely. Her eyes were deep violet and her complexion. Her entire outfit was black and white to match her hair.

"Hmm that's another one then," She said to herself in thought.

Xigbar couldn't believe what he was seeing. Though this girl was young and clearly not Dexla, she looked just like her, younger version maybe at least. This could just be a weird coincidence and she could have no connecting to Dexla what so ever….

"Hey you!-" Xigbar said pointing at the girl. She squeaked and whirled around to stare at him in shock.

"Who are you?" He asked her, but she started to take a few steps backward, hiding the sphere in her pocket. "N-No wait don't-" too late, she started sprinting away at amazing speed. Xigbar, not wanting to lose this new little discovery, followed sprinting at full speed. The girl ran faster, bounding across walls and leaping over cracks and holes in the floors, Xigbar struggling to keep up. As she ran she looked back at her pursuer, and glared. She slipped her hands out of her long sleeves, holding sharp shuriken which she flung at him to try to slow him down. He dodged most except one, which cut off part of his ponytail. He halted for a moment and grabbed his hair to look at it, sulking and grimaced at it, and then started sprinting after her again.

"Hold on a sec! I just wanna talk, really!" He pleaded.

"Go away!" Shouted the girl. She ran through a doorway, into a green glow. It was the narrow bridge that led up to a throne room. Xigbar stopped as he just passed the opening and tried to catch his breath for a minute. He saw the girl, still running, heading towards the top of the bridge. She never faltered in her footing or slowed down. She had ninja like speed and reflexes.

"Hades! Hades!" She shouted as she sprinted into the throne room. Hades, the gloomy/evil king of the underworld, looked up at her from his battle tactics board, sighing.

"What is it now Doll face? Ya get spooked by a ghost or something?" asked Hades. The girl stopped and caught her breath.

"No! It's..." She looked back at the throne room entrance and stared at it skeptically. No one seemed to be following her now. "It's nothing. Sorry Lord Hades."

She bowed and sighed.

"You sure it was nothing?" He asked staring at her confused.

"yes. I think it was just my imagination." Said the girl.

"Hmm, alright. Don't go running off too far from the throne room. If you get lost, It's your problem, alright Doll Face?"

"Yes sir," She said nodding. He tussled her hair and she smiled.

"Now go on and have fun, okay?" He said and she nodded and sprinted out of the throne room again.

"Pain, Panic. I want you to follow her." Hades said to two little demon minions next to him.

"Sure thing boss, but why?" Pain asked and Hades glared at him.

"Why else you idiot! If that girl gets hurt, even the slightest bit, Maleficent will destroy everything! The underworld is at stake here! That girl is a link to that kingdom hearts thing and I'm in charge of keeping an eye on her."

"Why you though?"Panic asked, hiding behind Pain's back.

"Well, It was a random…thing. Oh just go already! Geez it's like I'm talking to a bunch a rocks!" Hades spat as he turned back around to his tactics board.

The two idiotic minions darted for the dark entrance and were out of sight in seconds.

The girl stopped at the bottom of the large chamber. She glanced down at a green watered puddle. Her reflection shimmered like a ghost and as she knelt down to it, she stared at her eyes staring back. She wondered if all reflections were unclear.

Xigbar peered out from behind a large boulder at the girl that escaped earlier. She seemed to be a rather defensive girl. He didn't want to startle her again. So he slowly crept out from behind the boulder, trying not to make a sound when she turned around and saw him. She gasped and pulled out a knife.

"Whoa whoa whoa there! Easy now. I just wanna talk, alright?" Xigbar said holding up his hands defensively.

"Who are you and why do you keep following me!" The girl said angrily.

"My name is Xigbar. I'm just a…passer by. What's your name?" Xigbar answered.

The girl was quiet for a moment, hesitant to tell anything. She stared at the newcomer and then stood up straight.

"My name is Luna…" She answered shakily. Xigbar nodded to this and Luna stared at him skeptically.

"You're not from around the underworld are you?" She asked and Xigbar shook his head."So you're not dead…are you?"

"Not that I know…But you can't be-"

"I have no memory of past events…For all I know I could have…" Luna answered quickly.

"You've…lost your memory?" Xigbar said almost apologetically.

Luna looked away and didn't answer.

"Do you want to go somewhere else to talk?" Xigbar asked sensing the girl's discomfort. She glanced at the dark tunnel that led to the underworld center and nodded.

"So, if you're not a spirit, what are you then?" Luna asked Xigbar as they walked together down a passage way.

"I'm nobody."

"That's silly. Everyone's a somebody. That's what makes you you." Luna said with a slight smile but Xigbar's face was straight and cold.

"Oh….I guess you're serious. How can you not be anybody?" Luna asked.

"Let's change the subject. Like…how come you hang around that Hades guy? You seem too cute and nice to be an evil apprentice." Xigbar asked.

Luna sighed and kicked at a stone with her leather worn out boot.

"He found me and took me in. I was on the bank of the river styx and he saved me…but…he said I have something missing…and that if I stay around him here in the underworld…he may be able to find my missing pieces." Luna answered. Xigbar seemed confused.

"How can you have pieces missing?"

Luna put her hand on her chest and closed her eyes.

"My heart. It's been broken…my memories have been taken and shattered."

"But Why?"

"I don't know."

Xigbar and Luna reached the center of the underworld corridors which was just a big cavern with a big green water fountain in the center. Luna trotted over to it and sat down on the edge, staring at the reflections. Xigbar stood across from her, studying her. Still not sure how this girl looked so much like Dexla.

"Luna, does the name Auron mean anything to you?" Xigbar asked and Luna seemed to look puzzled.

"Auron?...it sounds familiar….but I'm not sure who that is. Why? He a friend of yours?" She answered.

"No…just a friend of a friend." He said.

Luna tossed a pebble into the green water and glanced at Xigbar again.

"Hey you never answered my question. How can anybody not be somebody? If you're nobody, how?" Luna asked and Xigbar sighed. He didn't wish to give away too much. Saix would surely tear him a new one if he did.

"A nobody…is a being that doesn't have, um, a heart. And this being…doesn't have any emotions, or memories of their real lives. They're constantly wondering who they are…" Xigbar said shrugging.

"Did you get that scar in your real life?" Luna asked innocently. Xigbar touched his face and thought hard.

" Yes but I don't remember who or how. I can't remember anything…" He said sadly.

"Well I guess we have more in common than you thought huh?" Luna answered with an innocent grin.

"Stop stepping on my foot!" Snapped panic as he and pain hid on the wall as stone gargoyles.

"Who is that guy?" Pain muttered.

"I-I don't know. Luna just seems to be talking to him. You think he's dead?" Panic asked.

"Don't think so. If he was, he'd be a wanderer. We don't have any solid souls around here." Pain answered.

"What should we do? Hades told us to make sure Luna doesn't get hurt! What if this guy's one of those crazy heartless guys?" Panic said stuttering.

"You're right. We better go and report this to Hades immediately." Pain said and Panic nodded his head jittering with panic.

Dexla awoke in a cold sweat. She looked over to her side and saw that Xigbar was no longer there. She stood up and looked at the clock on her table. She had been out for hours.

"Oh…I must have missed the mission already. Xigbar must be so disappointed." She said to herself with a sad sigh.

She walked over to the mirror and brushed some hair out of her face. She stared into the reflection in the glass. She felt terrible for her little episode. Xigbar probably thought she was the weirdest person ever, a freak. She closed her eyes and sighed in embarrassment.

In the common room, she walked in to see Axel, Roxas, and Xion, sitting together talking.

"Hey Dex! Come on over!" Roxas said waving. Dexla waved back but looked nervous again. She walked over and sat down slowly, next to Xion who just beamed up at her kindly.

"We heard that you got sick. You feeling better?" Xion asked and Dexla nodded. It was probably a good idea not to say anything about the memories.

"Bummer you missed your little date with Xiggy," Axel said teasingly.

"We're not dating!"Dexla said blushing.

"Axel leave the poor girl alone!" Xion said and Axel just chuckled.

"You know, we could probably go for some ice-cream." Roxas said.

"Yeah, it's not like we're really busy around here." Xion added.

"Really guys? We just had ice cream today already," Axel said.

"Yeah but Not with Dexla! Come on, I'll buy it this time," Roxas pleaded.

"Hmm, well, what do you think Dex?" Axel asked and Dexla looked confused.

"Ice cream?" She said slowly.

"Oh it's really good. You'll like, I promise." Xion said. Dexla thought about Xigbar and the fact that he was alone on this mission. She didn't want to him to come home to greet her and she wasn't there.

"We'll be back before old Xiggy gets back. Don't worry." Axel said, knowing what she was thinking.
"Well, okay…I'll go with you for this…. "Ice Cream"" Dexla said nodding.

They all sat on the top of the twilight town station. Roxas passed out the ice cream. Dexla looked it over interested.

"Eat it before it melts. It's good," Axel said. Dexla took a bit and she smiled and felt how cold it was against her teeth. It was sweet yet salty.

"This is ice cream?" She said happily.

"Yep. It's sea salt ice cream," Xion commented, as she took a bite of hers.

" You like it?" Roxas asked.

"I lOVE it!" Dexla said and the others laughed.

"Well, you could come and hangout here with us if you want. Every day after missions. You're welcome if you're interested," Axel said and Dexla beamed bright.

"Really? I can?" Dexla said and the others all agreed.

Dexla looked back at the sunset that reflected off the waters in the distance. She thought of maybe bringing Xigbar here when he got back. It was beautiful here. And somehow this seemed familiar, like she had been here before, or at least somewhere like this. She sighed calmly and had warm look in her expression. This is how she always wanted to feel, happy, free, and without any worry for the future…or the past.