Chapter XXXIII; Others

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Yuki sat on top of a gravestone watching X pace back and forth. He had been silent for the most part since the mission had started. This surprised Yuki as he had admitted to having no clue what they were supposed to be doing. She would have at least thought he would ask questions. Instead, he only paced looking off into the distance with a hard look.

"Are you done yet?" Yuki asked. X glanced at her with an unamused look.

"Why? Are you in a hurry?" He asked. Yuki sighed leaning her chin against her hand. Once she would have cowered away from X's unfriendly behavior, now she didn't care one way or the other. X would be X, and he was usually annoyed.

"No, I just want to leave," Yuki replied. X smirked and stopped his pacing, turning to face Yuki.

"Ok, what are we supposed to do?" X asked. Yuki stood, stretching as she began walking into the town of dark brick.

"There's a scientist in this world who tried to create a heart that could be used to control the Heartless. The boss wants us to check it out." Yuki explained. X rolled his eyes following her into the town.

"Sure, that's their excuse. Probably just want to see if he can actually do it and save us a step in getting ours back." X said. Yuki laughed, nodding in agreement. "Really, they put in too much effort, all for us just to return to being our others."

Yuki frowned in confusion. She had never heard the term other before. She wasn't sure what she thought of the use of it. It was strange and unusual. Yuki couldn't decide what it meant. She glanced over her shoulder at X.

"Others?" She asked. X looked up at her in question.

"You've never heard the term?" He asked. Yuki turned her head away. The way X said it made it seem like it was a commonly used term. A term she should know. As simple as Heartless. Yuki felt her cheeks flush with embarrassment realizing she once again failed to gain so much knowledge.

"No, can't say I have." She said briskly. X stopped walking behind her and leaned against a wall. Yuki too stopped after hearing that X had stopped. She turned to face X calmly, hoping the red in her cheeks had faded. X didn't make any reaction to her turning so she assumed it wasn't noticeable.

"It's who you used to be, back when you had a heart. Your Somebody is another common term used." X explained with a wave of his hand. He was looking past Yuki in a way he often did. Sometimes she thought he could see things no one else could, but she always dismissed the thought.

Yuki frowned once again. If they were identified by some other term that must mean something had changed greatly when the heart was lost. Why else would they not call themselves the same things they once did? But there was still a link to the past. A Somebody was just your other. Someone you could find again. To Yuki, it sounded like a desperate attempt to cling to humanity.

"So, we really are different from our someone's?" Yuki asked. X let his gaze slowly wander over to Yuki. He looked at her for a moment, his calm purple eyes locking with her clear blue ones.

"Sometimes." X finally responded. Yuki raised an eyebrow in question. X sighed and rolled his eyes before continuing his explanation, ignoring Yuki's silent question. "I think the term other was coined because they were basically the other us. Not to say they were exactly the same, but they're usually pretty close."

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