AN: This is a collection of one-shot stories I will be writing for the Fanfic100 challenge at LiveJournal. All of these stories will be about at least one member of Organization XIII and have various genres, lengths, and ratings. Knowing me, on average they will be at least somewhat humorous and around a G or PG rating.

#077- What?

Game Plan

Training new members was normally easy enough to work into the daily tasks of Organization XIII. However, having two recent recruits that both needed extra attention was beginning to stretch their resources. It had been decided that once their assignments were complete, the other members were to take turns showing them everything they would need to know to handle the day-to-day life in the Castle that Never Was.

Tonight it had fallen on Luxord to teach Roxas some of the important skills that would be necessary if he was going to survive in this place with the rest of them. Not wanting to back away from what might be an exciting challenge, Luxord had been taking this on with much enthusiasm. Roxas had been catching on, but his progress was too slow for his teacher's liking. In order to make the game more interesting he had managed to rope Saïx and Axel into assisting him with the training.

Now they found themselves in a circle, their brows furrowed in concentration. Roxas still seemed a bit lost on all of the details, but with the amount of focus required it was a bit difficult to give him any more assistance. It would be up to him to learn the rules of this game for himself now.

Luxord held his cards in front him, grinning like a madman. Across from him, however, Saïx was scowling. Clearly his most recent loss had greatly affected his strategy. Besides, Luxord had secured all four of his latest targets, giving him a clear advantage at the moment.

To his left, Roxas looked at him inquisitively. "So that's the goal?"

"Precisely," Luxord replied. "You take the cards you need from the enemy. In the end, whoever has the most is the winner."

"Um, all right," Roxas replied, staring at his hand thoughtfully for a few moments. Something like this would require strategy, right? He tried to consider all of his options like Luxord had mentioned to him before. Maybe the best move was…

He looked back up, seeming a bit more confident than before. "Axel," he began, speaking as imposingly as he could manage.

"Yeah?"

Roxas thought for one last moment, taking a deep breath before he continued. "Do you have any 3s?"

Axel stared at his cards blankly for a moment before snatching two and holding them up in his other hand. With a small burst of flame, they quickly vanished into a tiny pile of black ashes on the floor.

"Nope," he finally replied.

Saïx turned his scowl to his left. "Axel, how many times do I have to tell you?" he said coldly. "Burning the cards is cheating."

"What?" Axel replied with a grin. "You can't prove they were 3s, can you?"

"You've still destroyed two cards that were integral to the game. It will be impossible to complete it now!"

"Like we ever actually finish a game around here anyway…"

"Er," Roxas began, looking at the tabletop in confusion, "does this mean I'm supposed to "Go Fish" now?"

Luxord sighed. He was beginning to regret his selection of assistants. "Normally, yes. However, before we can continue the deck will need to be replaced. Again."