All right! Reviews! Thank you very much! Oh! And thanks to Steven Kodaly and eastercat for pointing out the Xigbar and Luxord misspellings. I didn't notice them until I looked back after reading the reviews. I don't know how that happened (or why I spelled the names that way in the chapter), but I'll change it when I can... Anyway, here's the next chapter, since I was motivated to keep going.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts (II) at all...darn...

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Demyx hummed to himself as he entered the bathroom that was in his room. He was glad that Xigbar had stayed that night to make sure no one tried to attack him in his sleep. Demyx shuddered inwardly. Larxene had tried several times, and almost succeded at her last attempt when Xigbar had dozed off.

Demyx glanced around the bathroom silently. He felt bad that Xigbar had gotten kunai slashes all over him from an angry Larxene. Xigbar, however, had merely booted Larxene out of the room without retaliating and had told Demyx to go back to sleep, muttering something about not being useful if sleep deprived.

That had been a few days ago, and luckily the past couple nights no one had tried to attack him. Demyx wondered if Xigbar checked up on him at night to make sure no one tired a sneak attack. Demyx was pretty sure that he did, since he had heard a few thumps when getting out of bed occasionally to go to the kitchen for a snack. Demyx didn't mind if Xigbar was checking up on him, at least he was able to get some sleep.

Demyx lost his train of thought when he realized that something was missing in the bathroom. He had no shampoo! He couldn't take a shower without shampoo! How would he get his hair clean? Demyx's mind raced. What should he do now? After making up his mind, Demyx created a portal and walked through it.

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Meanwhile...

Axel was staring at the shower in his bathroom apprehensivly. He knew that he needed a shower, but he really didn't like to get wet. "Shower..." Axel muttered. He needed a shower! But...

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Demyx stood outside of Axel's bathroom, clad only in a towel. He needed to borrow shampoo, and Axel was the only person he could ask without risking getting attacked (some of the organization members were overly protective of their shampoo, as Demyx had unfortunatly found out about Xemnas, Saix, Roxas and Marluxia). Demyx took a deep breath to calm himself, then knocked on the door, hoping that Axel was in a good mood.

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Inside the bathroom, Axel had stopped muttering, and opened the door to find Demyx standing there. Axel gave a light sigh. "What do you want Demyx?"

"I need shampoo. I'm out." Demyx answered.

Axel sighed again, but withdrew into the bathroom.

Demyx opened the door more, and watched as Axel sorted through multiple shampoo bottles. Why did he have so many?

A moment later, Axel came over to Demyx and handed him a bottle of shampoo, before turning away.

"Thanks Axel!" Demyx exclaimed, and was about to leave when he noticed that Axel was staring at the shower, seeming to contemplate it. Demyx also noticed that Axel only had a towel wrapped around his waist. "Are you taking a shower?" Demyx asked in amusement. Didn't Axel hate water?

Axel shrugged. "Go away Demyx." Axel heard Demyx murmur something, and turned around to see Demyx playing his sitar, grinning. Axel was about to ask Demyx why he had summoned the sitar, when he was suddenly drenched with water. Axel let out a suprised cry.

Demyx laughed. "Now you're wet! Might as well take a shower now."

Axel glared at Demyx, but before he could speak, his expression suddenly changed. "Hey Saix...You out of shampoo too?"

Demyx clutched the sitar and hurried over to Axel, casting a nervous glance at Saix, who had been standing right behind him.

Saix looked at both of them, his expression bored. "Both of you take a long time to get ready in the morning." He stated.

Demyx pouted. "I was out of shampoo!"

"You should use less." Saix countered. He turned his attention to Axel. "As for your question, no, I don't need shampoo. I just came to see what was going on, as well as to tell you that Xemnas wants to see both of you...once you're done and dressed..." Saix finished, glancing between Axel and Demyx. He turned to leave.

Axel nudged Demyx and whispered to him.

Demyx looked at Axel nervously, but at another nod from Axel, Demyx strummed the sitar, and water formed over the departing Saix's head. The water fell.

Saix was about to exit Axel's room, when he was suddenly drenched by water that had dropped from above. He froze, then slowly turned, glaring at Demyx and Axel, who were out of the bathroom.

Axel laughed nervously as Saix just stood there, glaring at them evilly.

Demyx was still strumming the sitar, and glanced at Axel. "Do you think he'll attack us?" He whispered.

Axel shrugged. "I'd put the sitar away...we may have to run..." He whispered back.

Demyx dismissed the sitar, but unfortunatly, that caused a ball of water to drop onto Saix, drenching him again. Demyx let out a small yelp and cast a frightened look at Axel, who was looking back with equal fear.

"Axel...Demyx..." Saix said in a strained voice.

Axel and Demyx saw that Saix was shaking, his hands clenched.

'Head for the door' Demyx mouthed to Axel, who nodded. Both of them wilted under Saix's furious glare.

'Run' Axel mouthed, as Saix summoned his claymore.

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Marluxia, Vexen, Xigbar, and Zexion were speaking with each other in quiet tones in a hallway. One way led to some stairs, where the organization members could reach their rooms. The other way led towards a main hall, which led to anywhere in the castle. Not that it really mattered. They could just create portals and go where ever they wanted to.

All four stopped speaking as Xemnas appeared and approached them.

Xemnas looked around. "Have any of you seen Saix, Demyx or Axel?"

There was some murmuring, then the shaking of heads.

Xemnas sighed, about to speak again, when cries rang out.

"Noooooooo!"

"Heeelllllppppppp! Anyone!"

All five nobodies turned to see Axel and Demyx running down the stairs towards them, clad in only towels wrapped around their waists. They both looked terrified.

"What's...going on?" Xemnas asked, as Axel and Demyx hid behind Zexion and Xigbar.

"Saix's trying to kill us!" Demyx exclaimed hysterically, grasping Xigbar's coat. Xigbar shook his head.

Axel gave a nervous laugh from behind Zexion (who wasn't very good to hide behind, since he was shorter). "Oh, he's not going to kill us...he's going to murder us!"

"Why's that?" Vexen asked, sounding intrigued.

"Well, you see...I got Demyx to drench Saix, but more water hit him after Demyx put the sitar away...a few more things happened...and...well..." Axel tried to explain, but was cut off by a furious roar.

"AXEL! DEMYX!"

Demyx and Axel cowered behind Xigbar and Zexion.

Xemnas eyed the stairs. Had Demyx and Axel gotten Saix to his breaking point?

"Did Siax snap?" Marluxia asked, looking amused.

Saix appeared at the top of the stairs, grasping his claymore. He glared down to where Axel and Demyx were. Once he spotted them, he stormed down the stairs, readying the claymore, an evil grin on his face, just barely hanging onto his sanity.

Demyx and Axel let out horrified cries as Saix nearly reached them.

"Saix!" Xigbar called.

Saix halted, and glanced back as Xigbar shot him in the backside. Saix let out a cry of pain and glared murderously at the freeshooter, as he tugged out what Xigbar had shot him with. Saix grasped the claymore more tightly, and then ran towards Xigbar instead.

Xigbar teleported, momentarily confusing Saix. Xigbar shot at Saix a few times, and led him around in a circle.

Xemnas shook his head as he watched Xigbar strike Saix in his backside again. "Get Lexaeus." Xemnas told Vexen after a moment.

Vexen left without a word, and came back wihin moments, a confused Lexaeus with him.

"What is it?" Lexaeus asked Xemnas.

"Could you restrain Saix before he maims or kills someone?" Xemnas answered.

Lexaeus nodded in aknowledgment and carefully approached Saix.

Xigbar noticed Lexaeus' approach, and teleported again.

Saix paused, trying to figure out where Xigbar would reappear. So very near to his berserk state, Saix didn't notice Lexaeus sneaking up on him.

Lexaeus grabbed Saix from behind, forcing the Luna Diviner to lose his grip on his claymore. Lexaeus glanced over at Xemnas. "What should I do with him?"

"Well..." Xemnas began, flinching as Saix almost bit Lexaeus' left hand.

Lexaeus shifted his grip, careful to keep his hands away from Saix's mouth.

Xemnas shook his head. "We should probably put him somewhere to calm him down..."

Lexaeus tightened his grasp as Saix began to struggle, trying to get away.

Saix wanted to get over to where he saw Axel, Demyx, and Xigbar standing together. All three of them were making rude gestures, which went unoticed by Xemnas. Saix snapped at a paticularly nasty gesture from Xigbar, causing Lexaeus to hold on even tighter, so that he couldn't escape and release his wrath on the three insulting nobodies.

Vexen and Zexion glanced at each other.

"There's an empty room you could use. It's a few doors away from Vexen's lab..." Zexion suggested, wincing as Saix almost broke free of Lexaeus, looking absolutly insane.

Lexaeus created a portal and stepped through it, taking a struggling Saix with him.

Zexion opened a portal of his own, and left, saying something about needing to be alone.

Vexen headed for his lab, muttering about how he was going to go and look around to see if there was something that could bring Saix back to his senses.

Xemnas turned and cast a disapproving look at Demyx and Axel, who were smiling nervously back. "Marluxia." Xemnas said suddenly, indicating a portal he had just created. "I'll meet you in my office. I wanted to talk to you about some of your plants..."

Marluxia stepped through the portal, looking very nervous. He hoped that Xemnas hadn't found out about the man-eating plant yet.

Xemnas cast a final look at Demyx, Axel, and Xigbar, who had just reappeared next to the sitarist. "I'll want to talk to all three of you very soon. In the meantime..." Xemnas paused. "...you two get dressed." Xermnas added to Axel and Demyx, who both glanced down at the towels around their waists. Xemnas shook his head and entered the portal, which closed as soon as he passed through.

Silence.

Xigbar laughed and clapped both Demyx and Axel's shoulders, grinning. "You heard him! Get dressed."

Axel swiped at Xigbar's hand half-heartedly, and climbed the steps to his room.

Demyx sighed miserably. "Saix'll probably come after me first, once he escapes from wherever Lexaeus is taking him..."

Xigbar ruffled Demyx's hair, amused. "Don't worry, he'll come after me first. I was the one that shot him a few times." Xigbar grinned again. "He'll have marks for weeks...and have trouble sitting down without it hurting."

Demyx managed a weak smile, but then fidgeted nervously. "..."

Xigbar nudged Demyx towards the stairs gently. "Go on, go to your room and get your clothes on."

Demyx moved slowly towards the stairs, stopping whenever he heard the slightest noise.

Xigbar rolled his eye. Why was Demyx walking so slowly? Xigbar summoned his weapons and smirked lightly as he put the two weapons together. Time to get Demyx to hurry up.

Demyx let out a yelp as one of the arrow-like ammo from Xigbar's weapon imbedded itself near his feet. Demyx glanced over his shoulder, then slightly up, to see Xigbar walking upside down in the air, grinning and aiming at him through the scope. Demyx ran without a word, up the stairs and right through the portal he created.

Xigbar walked off, still upside down in the air, laughing as he passed over Xaldin and Luxord, who cast curious glances over their shoulders. He passed a room where Saix was detained, and decided that it might be a good idea to stand guard outside of Demyx's room after hearing the racket coming from the room containing Saix. He created a portal, and walked through it.

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A half hour later, Xigbar was leaning against Demyx's door on the outside, guarding it with his two weapons still connected. He figured out that Saix had managed to escape, and that no one knew where he was.

Throughout the day, Xigabr managed to defend Demyx's room from a still slightly unbalanced Saix, who seemed to have forgotten that he could just use a portal to enter Demyx's room.

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Demyx lay on his bed, calming down slightly. He had stopped hearing Saix try to break into his room. Demyx closed his eyes and let out a relieved sigh. When Demyx opened his eyes, he found a claymore hovering over him, and an insanely grinning Saix holding the blade.

"Now for your punishment." Saix raised the claymore.

Demyx let out a frightened cry, and dove off the bed as the blade came down.

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Xigbar began to relax when Saix didn't show up for a few hours. Hoping that Saix had calmed down, Xigbar started to walk away, only to stop at a loud cry coming from within Demyx's room, accompanied by maniacal laughter. Xigbar entered Demyx's room, and found Demyx avoiding slashes from a crazed Saix's claymore. Xigbar shot at Saix, diverting the berserker's attention from Demyx.

Xigbar and Saix fought for awhile, exchanging blows, until several other organization members came and seperated them. Xigbar and Saix were taken away to have their injuries treated, which left Demyx in his room all by himself.

A few hours later...

Demyx snuck along the hallways, and entered a recovery room. Avoiding the sleeping Saix's bed, Demyx went over to where Xigbar was resting in bed. "Xigbar?" Demyx asked tenativly.

Xigbar opened his eye and glanced up at the sitarist. "Next time...try and fight back..."

Demyx looked away. "He caught me off guard, that's all...it won't happen again..." He was silent for a moment. "Thanks Xigbar."

Xigbar grinned. "No problem. I was kind of hoping for a reason to fight with Saix...thinks he's all high and mighty."

Demyx smiled slightly.

Xigbar continued. "He's always pining away at the moon. Xemnas should lock him up somewhere with no windows and see what happens..."

Demyx yawned a bit as Xigbar continued on... and on. An hour or so went by, before Demyx interrupted Xigbar. "Are you all right? You're rambling..."

Xigbar laughed and rolled his eye. "Rambling...as if." He closed his eye. "Though I suppose I should get some rest. Knowing Xemnas, he'll probably send me and Saix on missions as soon as he finds some."

Demyx headed for the door and was about to exit when Xigbar spoke.

"You owe me one Demyx." The freeshooter stated.

Demyx glanced over his shoulder. "Maybe I'll take the mission for you...you know, since you'll probably need longer to heal." Demyx left the room snickering as Xigbar realized Demyx was hinting at his age.

Xigbar snorted in amusement, but relaxed in bed to try and rest. "Funny kid..." He muttered as he drifted to sleep.

Saix glanced over his shoulder in irritation. That man sure knew how to talk. Saix fell asleep as well, knowing that Xemnas would find something for them to do as punisment.

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End of ch. 2! So, how did it go? Please review, any comments would be greatly appreciated. It would also be nice to know if anything should be done differently for the next chapter, or if it was all right the way it was. Seeing what people have to say helps me improve for the next chapter (and writing, in general). So, if there's anything that you'd like to say, please review and let me know!

Also, the summary will stay the same until I figure out what to change it to. I have another idea or so for more chapters, so I'll update this story when I can.