Finally! He was done with this stupid mission. What a waste of time it was.

Marluxia watched as the other opened up a dark corridor back to the castle. He only half listened to what the other was saying the entire time, not really caring for what was going on around him.

He in fact spent most of his time wondering what was so great about their leader (all while conveniently forgetting the fact that he knew next to nothing about the man and had joined just the other day). He was willing to bet that he could do a better job at running their little group.

Finding himself in the Grey Room again, Marluxia remembered that he wanted to ask the other Nobody about the redhead he ran into last night. Though how to ask without sounding creepy or suspicious. Ah screw it! He was going for the direct approach.

"Xigbar, the other day when I was exploring the castle I ran into another one of our members. A redhead to be exact. Could you by chance tell me who the man is? I didn't get a chance to ask him."

Xigbar internally winced. Yeah, he knew about the encounter (witnessed it himself), and didn't feel comfortable telling the other about Axel. However Marluxia would eventually learn about the pyro, and at least he can control what the other learned about the man.

"You must be talking about Axel as he's the only one who matches that description. He is the eight member of the organization and wields fire," out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Saix watching the two of them closely. Hmmm, could be a good thing…hopefully. Oh! He just got a great idea!

"Hmm, so that's his name…Axel…" Marluxia mumbled to himself, unaware of the presence of the Organizations second.

"He also happens to be buddy-buddy with Saix, out second. The two are tight so if you want to befriend one you need to make a good impression on the other," which might be never if the glare Marly is getting is anything to go by.

"Well in that case I have nothing to worry about," Marluxia responded, a plan forming in his mind. "I'm quite adept at charming people."

With that said the neophyte turned and walked back to his room, completely oblivious of the glare he was receiving.

Sorry for the long delay, but life was a bit hectic and busy so no time to write (also all my muses died temporarily). I'm going to be writing chapters on the weekends so there will be a bigger break between updates.

Anyways, here is a short chapter, just to say that I haven't abandoned this story.