Hey everyone! Fluffs here! This is the second chapter; hope ya like it! :3 By the way, thanks to sonicdisney for the review!
I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Beat It (By Michael Jackson), or the German Chocolate Cake recipe. (I got it from one of my mom's cooking books.) It's a real recipe, so go ahead and make the cake if ya want to! Lemme know how it turns out though. :D
Candy, Cake, and More!
The Supermarket!
A couple days after the "Orange Juice" incident, as it was now called, our favorite trio was actually...asleep.
"Axel..." a sleepy Roxas called. "I think someone's knocking at the door...Axel, get up."
"No, get Demyx." Axel said, then rolled over and went back to sleep.
Roxas scowled and looked at a nearby clock. He yawned and said, "Axel...it's your room. Get...up." His head nodded a little, then, "It's 1:47...we might make lunch in time...if we hurry up-" and his head hit the pillow again and fell asleep.
After a minute more, Saix opened the door and roared, "YOU THREE BETTER GET UP RIGHT NOW! THE SUPERIOR WANTS YOU IN HIS SIGHT IMMEDIATELY!"
Faster then you could say 'scared', Axel, Roxas, and Demyx were fast-walking to Xemnas' room. Usually, Saix was calm, especially around Demyx. Those two got along really well. But on the occasion that he got angry, well, it was not a pretty sight.
"Thank you, VII." Xemnas said. Saix bowed and left the room closing the door behind him.
"Now, VIII, IX, and XIII. I have called you here for a very important mission. It should not be taken lightly. Not a second after lunch, you must be out of this castle. Am I understood?"
"Yes Superior." They said as one.
"I am assigning you to this mission for three main reasons:
#1 To prove yourselves worthy for greater missions,
#2 To attempt to make you better nobodies,
and #3 no one else wants this mission.
So, I hope you three will do well."
Axel and Roxas groaned. They knew what mission it was. However, Demyx didn't.
"What is it?" Demyx asked innocently.
"It is this:" Xemnas answered. "I will give you a list for what we need for the year. You three will go to a 'supermarket' and get these things. I will give you the munny needed; however, if you see something you wish to acquire, you may spend your own munny. That may make this mission more enjoyable. I will see you after lunch."
Axel, Roxas, and Demyx left the room soberly. None of them had ever gone on that mission before, but it had a horrible reputation.
"Well..." Demyx said, "What's for lunch?"
"The usual." Axel replied.
"Ah."
So, after 'the usual'—which consisted of soda, pizza, and a few cupcakes, the trio headed off.
"Where is the hair gel?" Axel asked. "It's the first thing on this huge list."
"Uhh...I don't know, let's try here." Roxas said, and turned down a nearby isle.
Our trio was at a supermarket. But not just any supermarket. This was your huge, buy in bulk, can't see the end of it, SUPERmarket.
Roxas was pushing the cart, Demyx was riding in it, and Axel was walking next to Roxas trying to figure out where the hair gel was.
"How much do we need?" Demyx asked.
"It says here...50 gallons." Axel said, analyzing the enormous shopping list.
"Aww man. We went back down to 50?" Roxas grimaced.
"Yeah. I wish it was still 75."
"I see it!" Demyx called from the cart. "It's right there!" He said, pointing. Spotting it as well, Roxas turned down the isle. Roxas and Axel grabbed gallon after gallon and loaded it into the cart. Demyx helped stack it all, and when it got too crowded he got out.
"Well," Demyx said, "There's still a bit more room. What's next on the list Axel?"
"80 lab rats."
"For Vexen, I'm guessing." Roxas replied, disgusted. "Well, I think we'll find those in the pet section. Come on." He said and headed off. Axel and Demyx followed closely, staring at all the stuff that towered above their heads.
After a few minutes, something caught Demyx's eye. He stopped walking and said, "Lollipop."
"Not right now Demyx—Axel, do see the pet section?"
"No I don't...try down that isle." Axel replied.
"But I think I saw it over there." Roxas pointed.
"Then why are you asking me?" They continued walking and talk/arguing, but Demyx stayed put.
"Lolli-POP~!" He said, and ran gleefully towards the lollipop that was bigger than his head. He checked his pockets. Inside were many things, but the thing he pulled out was 2,500 munny Xigbar had given him. He smiled. "LOLLIPOP! You shall be MIIIIIIIINE! Yay!" He danced around, grabbed an empty nearby shopping cart, and ran down the candy isles, dumping all the candy that could fit into it.
Ten minutes later, Axel and Roxas were still arguing about where the pet isle was, while wandering through random isles. "Axel. I've told you and told you. The pet isle is that way."
"NO, it isn't. We passed the frozen isles looking for the hair gel. Then, I said, 'Oh hey. Fish.' Those fish weren't dead, they were swimming. Therefore the pet isle is THAT way."
"Fine then, Demyx should be able to sense water, so let's let HIM guide us. Demyx, where is the—Demyx?"
Axel and Roxas looked around. Demyx was gone.
"Demyx! Demyx! DEMYX!" They called.
"Where did you last see him?" Roxas asked. "He was here when we got the hair gel right?"
"I don't...yeah he was." Axel said. "Maybe...uh, no I don't remember seeing him after that. Do you?"
"No...What do we do?" Roxas asked, very worried.
Surprisingly calm-headed Axel said, "Let's start at one end then slowly work our way to the other. We'll go through every isle. He has munny with him if he gets hungry. He'll be fine. In the meantime, if we see something on the list, we'll get it. Ok?"
"You're right. Ok, let's start over at that corner." Roxas said. Axel nodded, took the cart, and went to the corner and started looking for Demyx, and looking for the things on the list.
"Ooo! There's the coffee. That was on the list, right?" Axel said.
"Yeah, looks like we're gonna need 30 of those sized containers."
"The ones over there?"
"No, the big ones up there."
"Ah. Well, let's get to work then."
After piling them into the cart, Axel asked, "Ok, the cart is practically full, what did Xemnas say Saix did?"
"Oh, he said that he reserved the east corner of the store...and we're supposed to go there and dump all the stuff out, then go and get the rest."
"Then let's go—Hey Roxas, I found the pet isle." He laughed and pointed. "It's right there." They laughed and stacked the rats, carefully, on top of the coffee. After a couple minutes, they arrived to the east corner. Demyx was there, sitting on a mountain of candy.
"Hi guys!" He said. "Ooo! You got the rats! And the coffee! I got my lollipop!" He said gleefully.
Axel and Roxas sighed with relief.
"Thank God." Roxas said.
"You were here the whole time? Axel asked.
Demyx grinned. "Yep! So what's next on the list?"
"Oh, uh...dry ice and lasers. I wonder who that's for..." Axel responded.
"I don't know. Probably Xemnas or Xigbar."
"That should be two isles behind the candy isle." Demyx replied. "I think I saw it there. Isle 7."
"Let's go then." Roxas smiled. They passed isle 65, then 55, then 45, then 35, 25, 15, then finally 5. From there they moved up to 6, but there was a crowd at 7.
"What's going on?" Roxas asked a random guy watching.
"It's so COOL! There is this buff dude with long silver hair and a long thin sword! And he's fighting this other buff dude with yellow gravity-defying hair! And he has a HUGE sword!" The guy went back to watching, leaving Axel, Roxas, and Demyx confused and amazed at the same time.
"Ooooookay. What's the next thing on the list? We'll get the lasers later."
"Uh, coke. That sounds easy enough. Does anyone know where it's at?" Roxas asked.
"Oh yeah, I saw it." Axel said. "It should be a couple isles down."
Demyx got in the cart again and Axel pushed it down the isles.
"You guys, I was wondering, do you know a reason why everyone would hate this mission?" Roxas asked.
"I don't know..." Demyx said. "I mean I got my candy, which I haven't had in years!"
Roxas and Axel looked at each other, "It's actually been about a month..." Axel said. "But that is a good point. I mean, we could get anything." All three stopped and stared at each other...they could get anything.
Axel spoke up, "Ok, it's 2-ish, at 5 o' clock we all meet at the corner Saix reserved us. In the meantime...we stock up on everything we want. But, to make sure we get everything..." He took the list from Roxas and ripped it. "You take that piece Roxas, you take this one Demyx, and I'll keep this one. Everyone get it?" With an evil grin, they all nodded, and then set off.
Back at Castle Oblivion...all the older nobodies were feeling pretty bad. They all were at the big kitchen table staring at the three empty seats. Even Xemnas, Larxene, and Zexion were there.
"I feel bad for letting them go." Saix said.
"Yeah," Xigbar added. "We should have taken that terribly boring mission."
"Even I feel sorry for those twerps. It only takes half the day." Larxene said.
"Yeah." Luxord said, surprisingly sober. "After those awful hours, we could have just partied."
Zexion stood up on his stack of books that were on top of his chair. "We should bake them a cake!" Everyone stared in amazement as the teen jumped of his chair, injured his ankle, for it was a bit high off the ground, got up, and ran into his room. He limped back with a cookbook. "What do you guys say?"
"We should." Xigbar said.
"You're right Zexion." Lexaeus said.
"I'll help." Luxord said.
"I'll supervise to make sure good ol' Luxy doesn't put rum in the cake batter." Larxene said.
"Well...so as long as it's chocolate." Xemnas said. The others agreed on that.
"Ok, how does a Devil's food cake sound to everyone?" Zexion asked.
Luxord walked over and grabbed the cookbook. "That's too simple. What about...Lemon-Poppy-seed pound cake?"
"There's not chocolate in that." Saix said as he snatched the cookbook. "What about...ooh! Chocolate sponge cake?"
Marly grabbed the book from Saix. "Nah, what about..." His eyes lit up. "I've got it! German Chocolate Cake!"
"Great." Xemnas said, and then walked out of the room. "Get to it."
"Ok, then." Zexion climbed up on his chair again, and started giving orders. "Saix, get 4 ounces of German sweet cooking chocolate." Saix started for the pantry. "Larxene, flour and sugar. Lexaeus, baking powder and baking soda, yes there's a difference, no it's not soda that is baked." They headed towards the pantry as well. "Luxord, three eggs." He searched the fridge. "Marluxia, 1 teaspoon of vanilla." Marly grinned ear to ear. "Not the grown plant, the liquid." Marly pouted, than walked to the cupboards. Zexion rolled his eyes, then continued giving orders. "Xigbar, a ½ a cup of butter, softened. Vexen, some buttermilk." They nodded and started for the fridge, but bumped into Luxord who dropped the eggs. Zexion sighed. Saix came back and put the chocolate on the table. "Thanks Saix. Can you clean that up? More eggs Luxord." He turned to Xaldin. "We'll need a saucepan, a bowl, an electric mixer, and an 8 by 1½ inch round pan." Xaldin nodded solemnly and walked off. Eventually everyone cleaned up and came back to the enormous dining table.
"Ok... Larxene." Zexion said. "I need you to put the chocolate and a 1/3 cup of water in the saucepan over... low heat till melted." She nodded and did so. "Ok, in the meantime, Marluxia. I need you to measure out 1 2/3 cups of flour into that bowl." Marly started getting into the flour. "Xigbar, measure out 1 1/3 cups of sugar and put it in that bowl. Lexaeus, measure out 1 teaspoon of baking powder and put it in the bowl...Luxord? I need you to put down the rum and put in ½ teaspoon of baking soda."
Larxene came back with the chocolate. "That's great Larxene." Zexion replied as she set it on the table. "Can you put a...1/8 of a teaspoon of salt into the bowl? That looks great. Now Saix, stir in the chocolate." Saix grabbed a wooden spoon. "While he is doing that, I need someone to put in 2/3 of a cup of the buttermilk. Thank you Marluxia. I need another nobody to add ½ of soft butter." Xigbar started for the butter. "Let's see... XI, where is the vanilla!"
Marly finished pouring in the buttermilk, then shrugged. "I have no idea. I didn't see it."
Zexion rolled his eyes. "If you would, Xaldin?" Xaldin went to the pantry and came back with a bottle of vanilla. He measured it out and put it in. "Ok, Saix that looks good, I'm going to need you to get the electric mixer and beat it-"
Saix, Xigbar, Luxord, and Marly burst out in song, "Just beat it! It doesn't matter who's wrong or right! Just BEAT IT! JUST BEAT IT! BEAT IT!" And Marly added a, "WHOO!" They continued through the whole song, singing at the top of their lungs.
"Good times, good times." Luxord said, laughing.
Saix laughed, then said, "Remember when Marluxia tried to-" Then Saix busted up laughing.
"Yeah!" Xigbar said. "He was trying to sing that high note and he was like, 'Eeeee—ah—KAW! Oh...shoot.' That was the funniest thing I have ever seen!" They were on the floor laughing so hard they were crying. Marly then stood up and tried to recreate his stupidity, but collapsed halfway because it was so funny to him. That resulted in everyone else laughing except Zexion.
Zexion mumbled something about 'morons' and 'vacation' to himself then climbed up on his chair again. "Everyone. I need you all to calm down and—" He rolled his eyes; no one was listening. "EVERYONE!" Nothing. "SAIX! YOU CALM DOWN OR I AM GETTING THE SUPERIOR IN HERE!
Saix wiped tears, stood up shakily, then collapsed and laughed again.
~*~20 Minutes Later~*~
"Now, mix the ingredients in the bowl with an electric mixer. Just for two minutes Saix. Very good. Ok, now we need...Lexaeus, I need you to add two eggs. Uh...you need to crack them before you put them in...Oh wow. It helps if you crack them over a bowl...Uh...Xaldin, will you clean that mess? Thanks, and Larxene add two eggs while Saix mixes it for two minutes. Ok, we are almost done! Pour it into the two greased and floured baking pans. Xigbar, put it in the oven please."
"How long does it have to cook for?" Saix asked.
"30 to 40 minutes." Zexion answered. "So, someone set a timer. In the meantime, let's make the castle look like an actual party. We will need: streamers, soda, pizza, icing for the cake, confetti, and balloons. If you think of anything else, bring it."
"Imagine their faces!" Xigbar said. "They'll be so tired and worn out and disappointed from that mission, but when they see this!" Everyone nodded in agreement, except for Luxord, who had mysteriously passed out under the table.
"That was so FUN!" Axel said.
"I know right?" Roxas answered.
"And I got my lollipop." Demyx smiled, half-eaten lollipop in hand.
Our trio was as happy as could be. They were walking out of the SUPER-market, a couple dozen carts in tow. In addition to what was on the list, Axel had bags of cheese whizz, silly string, the new Final Fantasy, and chips. Roxas had cool whip, taco sauce, some manga he wanted to catch up on, and a personal 5 month supply of mountain dew. Demyx had candy, candy, candy, candy, candy, and a baby gray and white kitten.
"Isn't he cute?"
"Yes Demyx, he is cute." Axel smiled.
Roxas took a gulp of mountain dew, and then asked, "What are you going to name him?"
"Hmm...I don't know. Can you guys think of anything?"
"What about Fatty?" Axel suggested.
"No, how about Cherry Pie?" Roxas said.
"I got it!" Axel said. "What about smoky?"
"Nah..." Roxas and Demyx said simultaneously.
The unnamed kitten was dozing on Demyx's shoulder. He stretched and slowly opened his bright blue eyes. "Miw?" The kitten whispered sleepily.
"What about 'Prince?" Roxas suggested.
"Aww, that sounds good." Demyx agreed.
"Ok, let's go home." Axel said.
The trio portaled into the kitchen of Castle Oblivion, where everyone was waiting for them.
"SUPRISE!"
Axel, Roxas, and Demyx simply stood and stared. Prince jumped at the sound, but then got a bit embarrassed and curled back up into a ball of fluff.
The castle was in full party mode. There were streamers everywhere, and balloons on the ceiling. There were bowls of chips, and boxes and boxes of pizza. But most of all, there was the cake.
"WOW!" All three said at once.
"You all did this for us?" Roxas asked. "I thought you all hated us...well except for Saix and Xigbar that is."
Axel spoke up, "You let us go on that AWESOME mission, and then throw us a party? This is SWEEEEET!"
Xemnas silently moved over to Larxene, "Awesome?"
"Superior, awesome means a thing that—"
"No, I know what it means, but they said the mission was...awesome?"
Everyone blanked, leaving our trio a bit confused.
"You liked the mission?" Xigbar asked. "That's great! Anyway, we think that even though you three give us the most problems, you three deserved a party."
"Nice save Xigbar." Larxene whispered.
The rest of the evening was spent putting the groceries away and, well, partying. The pizza was gone in a minute, and the cake in a second. Then someone, probably Marly, asked Zexion if he had ever sang karaoke. Of course the answer was no, so we leave our nobodies with a very messy castle, everyone sleeping on chairs and tables and even the floor, karaoke music blasting, and a very happy ball of fluff.
"Miw!"
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