A/n: Yay! The second chapter! Rewritten (by that I mean better portrayal of characters, better grammar, more detail, etc. etc.) and better! (hopefully longer, too)

…Thank creativity for this, everyone. If not for that (and obviously my close ties with music), this fic would have never been born. I suppose that'd be a bad thing for the readers…lolololz. I'm a freaking nerd.

Well, this chapter is mostly about Saïx's relationship with Xemnas. Other than that, the Organization finally goes to Radiant Garden! Alright! x3

….I'm so weird. Anyway (again), on with the second chapter!! YOSH!

This is still dedicated to Jacceh.

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Dance, Dance!
2nd Track: Lazy Day Afternoon

It was the night before the entire Organization was to leave for the Radiant Garden talent show, and almost everyone was stoked. Demyx, Axel and Roxas were planning to enter in a band, Zexion and Vexen were going to work on various things concerning the whole situation, Larxene was going to spend her time in a cage while Lexaeus was to watch her and make sure she didn't break out and attack the other members. Xigbar took up guitar lessons and was playing around just that night, in which the others found a bit annoying until they told him to go practice with Demyx somewhere other than the castle. Marluxia decided to take charge of the wardrobe as there wasn't really anything else he wanted to do. Luxord and Xaldin planned to go help with the first trio, and Xemnas was nowhere to be found, meaning that no one knew what he was doing.

Saïx didn't do anything that night, nor did he intend to.

He was too nervous about the upcoming show, and what Xemnas had said made it a little worse. But really, how does that work? His superior of all people asked him to participate. The one man—the only man—he looked up to and respected had asked him to participate. That would be something to look forward to, right?

Well, unfortunately in Saïx's case, it was a negatively positive effect. It's positive because it was Xemnas that asked. Then again, Saïx was his most trusted subordinate. Was it much to expect? This is also negative because Xemnas left the Luna Diviner in a confused state of mind. Really, what was Xemnas getting out of this?

Saïx sat in the corner of his room, moonlight shining in through the window panes and flooding the room with dim light. His bed was untouched and suitcase was sitting to the side half packed.

What was he going to do? He'd have to go up on a stage, perform something that had to be perfect in front of millions of people... The Nobody was getting dizzy just thinking about it.

"Saïx?"

Said one looked up quickly, seeing his superior stand in the doorway with a half concerned, half amused expression. He was probably watching Saïx for a while now, with his mental spazzing and hopeless case of stage fright. "Yes?"

Xemnas sighed, stepping into the room and closing the door quietly. He approached Saïx, who in turn stood up to address him. "There is no need for formalities. I just came to see what you were doing. There was no noise for an hour since you came in."

"I could have very well been sleeping, sir."

The Enigmatic Man scoffed, nodding his head in the bed's direction. "Not with an untouched bed."

Saïx quirked a brow back at Xemnas, shifting a little in his place. What was with the stare down? Was the silver haired Nobody planning to get something by boring into the other Nobody's eyes? "You came in before now?"

The silver haired man nodded slightly, observing the open suitcase sitting beside the neatly made bed. He glanced over at the digital clock with little interest, seeing a current reading of 1.52am. "Yes. At 10.30, when you're usually sleeping. Why are you up so late?"

There really was no possible explanation that was going to help Saïx's anxiety, especially an explanation to the person who had caused half of it. What was he going to say? He wasn't going to just openly tell Xemnas about his problems. Last time he checked, Saïx didn't have a counselor. "I…couldn't sleep."

Xemnas chuckled at this obvious answer, looking back at Saïx. The Luna Diviner froze in place, trying to seem calm. He was hoping that Xemnas wouldn't do anything else to make this anxiety grow larger than it already was.

"I assumed that much. I meant to ask about earlier."

"Sorry?"

"The announcement," Xemnas said slowly, seeing a strange expression flash in his subordinate's eyes. "When I asked you to participate."

Saïx nodded, looking down at the floor. "What about it?"

"Did I say anything to make you uncomfortable?"

He looked up as instantly as he had at first, a blank look on his features with eyes showing the same. Of course Xemnas said something to make him uncomfortable! Well…it wasn't really considered uncomfortable. It was actually nice to be asked to do something that didn't have to do with killing yourself (questions like such courtesy of Axel, Larxene and Xigbar). But it seemed that Saïx couldn't help but mix his stage fright with other 'feelings'. Then again, how does a Nobody get stage fright? Nobodies have no emotions…

"No. It's just me."

Xemnas arched a brow again, still staring at Saïx. It wasn't like him to say 'it's just me'. Usually he would say what was wrong, and usually it wasn't anything major; it was never anything that caused the shorter Nobody to lose sleep. "Are you lying to me, VII?"

"No-"

"What was that?"

"I'm not lying-"

"I'm sorry; I seem to have missed that."

"Yes, Xemnas, I'm lying."

"Can you tell me what is really bothering you?"

Saïx sighed, lowering his head in shame. There was a well aimed shot to his ego. He had to admit he was lying. When did he ever have to do that? He was a dignified man who could lie perfectly and create the most convincing stories. But not this time, not with Xemnas.

"Why did you ask me to participate in the talent show?"

"Because-"

"And why did you add 'For me'?"

Xemnas blinked, smiling at Saix mysteriously. He was kind of expecting a question like this. But he had no idea that the usually stoic and tough Saïx would be affected so much by just two words. After all, they were Nobodies. Why would any of them in general be affected by anything?

"Because, Saïx, I wanted to know if you would really do something like that for someone in particular, specifically me. I can see now that you would."

The Luna Diviner stared at Xemnas with a blank expression, his eyes widening a bit.

"So…you did that just to test me?"

"Yes."

He nodded, rubbing the back of his head slowly and averting his superior's gaze. For some odd reason, he was hoping that Xemnas had actually meant something other than him just testing him. It almost hurt Saïx…

"So, that's it? You just wanted to test me?" He repeated, looking up and frowning.

The Enigmatic Man nodded back, watching the hurt expression on the other's face. Obviously, Saïx took it the wrong way. "Yes, I wanted to test you. But could you not find anything else out of it?"

"No."

Xemnas sighed, now having a nice view of Saïx standing per-silhouette in front of the moonlight. The most trustworthy person in the Organization, one of the deadliest men to ever live couldn't think of another reason for this particular action. Then again, the Luna Diviner must've taken into account the fact that Xemnas was a scientist. He took a few slow steps forward, waiting for a reaction. For Pete's sake, he was only inches away from the other. Wouldn't he have noticed by now? If he had, Saïx seemed to have no problem with it. Xemnas waited a few moments, then ever so carefully turned the blue haired Nobody around and put his arms around his neck.

Saïx gave no verbal reply to this sudden action. Instead, he looked stunned at being touched. He never did like to be touched by anyone, but Xemnas embracing him? Was the world coming to an end?

"Err…" He raised his arms slowly, and in mimicry of the tanned man's actions hugged him back. For a while, a very long while, both stood still embracing each other. Xemnas was thoroughly enjoying this and Saïx was slightly shocked. Just slightly, since he was also enjoying this as well. Though it was hard to tell who enjoyed this more.

"I have to…finish packing, Xemnas." He muttered, finally thankful that a mental beat down restored his voice. The other let go, his smile still strong.

"I'll see you in the morning, then." And with that, Xemnas opened the door and swiftly made his way out. 'What the hell was that?' He thought cynically, having half a mind to follow the older Nobody and question him on his actions. What was going on? Xemnas had to be aware that with every out-of-the-ordinary action he took, he was leaving Saïx farther and farther submerged in his confused state. Saïx sighed deeply, turning to his half packed suitcase and bed, glaring at both of them.

"This is all your fault."

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"Oi, fang-face, wakey wakey. We're leaving."

Axel knocked fervently on Saïx's door, Roxas and Demyx standing to the far right with both a tired look on their faces. There was a thud in the room, but other than that nothing else.

"Hey! Fang-face! Come on, we need to lea-"

The door flew open at (literally) breakneck speed, sending Axel flying several feet to the left. The two blondes sighed with relief, both smiling and thankful that they hadn't been hit by the speeding door.

"Damn it, Axel, I heard you the first time. Why the hell would you think I didn't hear you the next time?" Saïx grunted crossly, jerking his suitcase out of his room and closing the door. He looked over at the disoriented red head on the floor, rolling his eyes.

"Uh, so should we go meet with the others now?" Demyx asked, seeing as Roxas had gone to fetch Axel.

"He...hit me and….the door it…"

Roxas looked down at his older friend and sighed, grabbing him and proceeding to drag him down the hall. "I know, Axel, but you deserved it for calling him such a stupid name."

Saïx nodded, walking past Demyx while carrying the suitcase over his shoulder.

"Wow, he's strong." The blonde whistled quietly, following after Saïx hurriedly.

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Xigbar yawned loudly, stretching his arms high in the air and thoroughly annoying the other members. Including Xemnas, who was currently waiting for Saïx and the other three to arrive while also contemplating whether he should go get them or not. That was a bit off-topic, but so far nothing has a topic.

"Xigbar, that's the eleventh time you've yawned. In FIVE MINUTES. Will you please shut up?" Luxord complained loudly, sending a death glare in the Freeshooter's direction.

"Hey, can you blame me for being tired? And it's not my fault we had to wake up at four in the morning! Why the hell would you wake us up so early, Mansex?"

Xemnas turned to look at Xigbar, a cold expression on his features.

"Tell me, Bigrax, what is the current time?"

"Six in the morning." The eye patched holder muttered, obviously offended by the name.

"Do you see a pattern?"

"Uh…no…?"

"He means that he just saved two hours of pointless whining, dumb ass." Saïx barked, Xigbar jumping at the sudden appearance of the Luna Diviner.

"Where the hell did you come from?"

"Where do you think I came from? The sky?"

Xemnas smiled at Saïx, turning to make sure the others were here as well. "Alright, may we leave now?"

No one declined this offer, except Axel. And Larxene. But Axel was currently bleeding from the forehead and complaining about how it hurt a lot while Larxene whined about getting out of the cage she was being carried in. Axel had declined due to his injury, and had he not been hit in the head by a speeding door, he would've reacted the same as everyone else.

"Right, well, obviously we're leaving by portal. A gummi ship couldn't possibly handle all of you at once," The silver haired Nobody turned to eye Axel being supported by Roxas, blood still dripping to the ground from his forehead. "Or risk being flooded by body fluids." He finished slowly, turning back around just as slow to make sure the others were now present.

"Alright, let's go now…Axel, stop groaning. We'll fix your forehead later." He sighed, summoning a portal and in turn the rest did the same, Saïx being the last to summon one since he was kind of taking his time. He didn't want to go that much, and having Xemnas embrace him with no explanation? Saïx wished he knew what was going on in Xemnas's head.

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Eleven portals appeared in the middle of Radiant Garden's town square ((a/n: I think that's what it's called?)), one stepping out of nine, two stepping out of….two. Lexaeus continued to drag Larxene-in-a-cage while Roxas was carrying Axel on his shoulders, determined not to ask for help but needing it anyway.

"Yeah! We're HERE!" Demyx cheered, jumping in place and smacking Saïx with his hand. "Omigosh I'm sorry!" He apologized loudly, whimpering and going over to hide behind Roxas.

Saïx glared at Demyx, simply continuing to walk. He followed behind Xigbar, Xaldin and Luxord, seeing as they provided cover from him seeing Xemnas and vice versa. And right now, even seeing Xemnas' back would probably spark something in the Luna Diviner's mental thought process that he didn't exactly want right now.

"Not exactly, IX." Xemnas answered Demyx's last cheer, stopping at a tall, fancy and ornate building decorated with silver vines crawling up the sides and neon lights.

"Now we're here."

Marluxia tilted his head at the pretty building in front of them, smiling slightly. "This is nice looking and all, but I bet I could totally do a makeover to pretty it up."

Saïx looked down at the ground, seeing dark grey asphalt. Damn. Xemnas pulled him into something he didn't want to do. He glanced back up to realize that everyone but the one he was thinking about had gone inside. Xemnas stood in a calm, poised manner and smiled at the lower rank, waving an offering hand at the door.

"May we go in?"

The blue haired Nobody looked back at the ground, walking past his superior, mumbling a curt thanks and quickening his pace to get away from Xemnas as fast as he could.

He didn't want to talk to see him at the current moment.

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As soon as the thirteen Nobodies entered the fancy ornate building, odd stares were thrown in their direction from across the wide entrance hall. Usually in situations like these, half of the cult-like group would've found it offensive and would stare right back at the staring people or do something about it. Since this was a situation like one of the past, Xigbar did what the others were too tired to do and turned on a group of observers.

"What the fuck are you staring at?? You think it's funny to stare at other people when they can plainly see you? How about we stare back at you?! How'd you like that?! Huh??" He yelled, pulling his eye patch up to get gasps and screams of surprise in response. He grinned slyly and put the eye patch back down, spinning a thread of curses and colorful phrases at the shocked people. Saïx spared an uninterested glance in the Freeshooter's direction, rolling his eyes and resuming his inconspicuous pace behind the equally uninterested Xaldin.

Xemnas decided to pay no attention to Xigbar's antics, seeing as the Nobody had resorted to walking upside down around the group he had chosen to harass. Instead, he walked straight up to the receptionist's desk and sighed, coughing twice to get the man's attention. He turned his gaze from Xigbar across the hall to Xemnas, who seemed to equally shock him as he jumped back in surprise. The man wiped his brow when he made sure that Xemnas wasn't a mass murderer and sighed, squinting at the Enigmatic Man through his glasses. "How may I help you sir?"

Without a word, the Nobody handed a small white envelope to the man and turned around to see Luxord dragging Xigbar away from the mortified crowd, Lexaeus standing like a statue in front of Larxene's cage, Roxas still holding onto the disgruntled Axel, and Saïx standing behind Xaldin in what looked like an attempt to hide. Xemnas knew very well why, but preferred to ignore this ongoing scenario until later.

"Oh, you're that bunch that's going to take part in that new show that's coming up, right? Welcome! Your rooms are all ready. Please, take any room ranging from 401 to 413." The man said kindly, smiling at Xemnas and the other Nobodies as they promptly thanked or ignored him on their way to the elevator.

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When the others had gone to their separate rooms, Saïx remained standing in front of his door staring at the gold numbers in front of him. How coincidental that the numbers matched their own rankings in the Organization. The Luna Diviner found it corny. He pressed his forehead against the mahogany wood, closing his eyes and slouching his shoulders gloomily.

At the sound of footsteps approaching him slowly, Saïx jerked his head up and turned to the side to see Xigbar wearing a mixture of caution and his usual snide expression on his face. Thankful that it wasn't Xemnas, Saïx glared at the older Nobody and rolled his eyes, putting his hand on the door knob. "What do you want, Xigbar?"

The Freeshooter shrugged, grinning slyly at the Luna Diviner. "Nothing much, my fine-toothed friend. Just wanted to ask if—"

Before Xigbar had the chance to finish his statement, Saïx wrenched the door open and slid inside the room, slamming it shut and locking it. The other Nobody stared at the door blankly, blinking a few times and rubbing the back of his head. "...The hell was that about?"

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There you have it—the second chapter of Dance, Dance! (REWRITTEN). Like I said before, by 'rewritten' I mean with better grammar, better character portrayal (I noticed that I nearly slaughtered Xemnas's personality in the first version), stuff like that. So…enjoy this improvement! Thanks for the feedback!

This title is from the Plain White T's!