Thank you to everyone who reviewed!! I feel loved. My initial plan didn't work (or hasn't worked as of yet) but I'm going to continue on because I really do like this idea!! I apologize in advance if I don't update too often… blame my parents… From now on I am going to refer to the cosplayers by their character names to cut out the confusion, save for Ian, who will shortly be reverted as well, no worries… Also, Axel is referred to as a she. THIS IS NOT A TYPO.

I love my spell-checker for the following reasons:

Xemnas: Lemons

Xigbar: Cigar

Xaldin: Balding

Zexion: Sexton

Marluxia: Malaria

Larxene: Larceny

I may write a one-shot with characters named like this…

Cut the rambling! I give you Chapter Deux!

XVI

Chapter Two The Secret Meeting

His whole body felt as though it had frozen. He couldn't move anything except for his eyes, which were darting everywhere. And Marluxia was still standing over him, still smirking. It seemed an age before anything actually happened.

Axel got up and was at Marluxia's side in a heartbeat, glaring down at Ian with those familiar catlike green eyes.

"The hell are you?!" he spat, but Ian noted the tone of femininity in his voice. This Axel was actually a girl.

"Oh Axel…" Marluxia giggled as other members got to their feet; curious, outraged or otherwise. "Can't you see that this is the Zexion I was telling you about in study hall?"

Axel's face split into a grin. "Oh, right… Did you invite him, Marly?"

"Nope! Must've heard about our meeting from someone else…" He stuck out a hand, and Ian allowed himself to be pulled up off the cold classroom floor.

"He sure does look like the lil'emo…" Xigbar chuckled, "although we may have to do something with his hair…"

"I… I… wait… Uh…" Ian was lost for words.

"Who invited him?" Demyx asked, chewing childishly on a thumbnail. A murmur of curiosity swept through the room, which intensified when everyone realized that no one had invited him.

"I – No, I just – I mean…" Ian hung his head, completely lost for words. He was in shock; this was an actual Organization XIII cosplayer meeting! And it was missing a Zexion, he noted as his eyes swept from member to member, stopping on Vexen for longer upon realizing that the Chilly Academic was actually his Chemistry teacher, Mr. Fox.

"You cam across us by accident, is that what you're trying to say, Ian?" Marluxia asked, smirk replaced with an uncharacteristically kind smile. Ian nodded, eyes wide.

"So I take it you're an Organization XIII fan like us, eh?" Vexen got to his feet. Ian barely registered the question, just nodding his head to everything now.

They have the coats, the hairstyles, the weapons even… They're holding a meeting, for Christ's sake! They must be hardcore fans! And it looks like there's no Zexion!

His brain was buzzing with the after-shock excitement of it all; it took him a full minute to realize that Marluxia was waving a hand in front of his face and shouting in his ear.

"Helloo-ooo…? Earth to Ian…?"

He leapt back with a slight shriek, and the whole room burst into laughter.

"So…" Axel waited for the laughter to die down before speaking. "Are you a cosplayer or do you just like the wacky Zexion hairstyle?"

"Ah, I was a full-time Zexion cosplayer at my old school, but nobody was really into Kingdom Hearts… so I was kinda an outcast. I wanted to make friends here, I thought I'd start over, so I sort of gave up cosplaying…"

"Oh, please don't; we need a new Zexion!" Luxord piped up, his fake British accent thick and cocky.

"Yeah, our old Zexy graduated last year," Demyx added, a hint of sorrow in his voice.

"Oh," was all Ian could say.

"Please don't give up cosplaying…" Marluxia begged. "We really do need a new Zexion."

Ian thought about it… for about a second. "Okay. I'll be your Zexion."

Marluxia squealed in delight. "Wonderful!" He grabbed Ian by the arms once more and steered him to the empty chair between Axel and Vexen, then skipped lightly over to the chair between Demyx and Roxas.

"Let's introduce ourselves to the newest member!" he giggled once he was seated.

"Wait… I know these kinds of things," Ian said uncertainly, "isn't there a sort of initiation test, like to check if I'm a real fan or not?"

"Oh." Marluxia's grin faltered. "There is, actually…"

"We can leave it out," Xemnas interrupted, smiling wickedly. "I'm just glad to have my full Organization again…"

"Right! Well obviously Ian you already know me from Chemistry, and Vexen too," Marluxia babbled on. "Vexen is our staff supervisor for all the meetings and outings because he's a teacher and every club at this school needs a teacher to oversee it – it's in the rules somewhere - but generally we treat him like one of the gang –"

"Especially you, Marly," Larxene cut in with a small smirk.

" – because here he's not a teacher but rather a fellow Organization member." Marluxia shot a death glare in Larxene's direction, who stood up and swooped gracefully into a bow directed at Ian.

"Name's Larxene. Nice to meet you, Zexy."

"I actually meant introduce ourselves properly…" Marluxia growled.

"What's the point?" Larxene shot back. "He's going to be calling us by our Organization names anyway…"

"XI, XII, please… control yourselves!" Xemnas barked.

"Yes sir…" Marluxia muttered.

"Sorry Superior." Larxene took her seat.

"If this keeps up, nothing will ever get done at this meeting," Xemnas continued, glancing from member to member, expression cold.

"It's nine-thirty already, Superior…" Vexen pointed out.

Xemnas sighed. "I guess this meeting will be taken up with explanations…"

"Aww… but I wanted to talk about yaoi…" Xigbar groaned.

"Quiet, II!" The Superior's amber eyes flicked to his newest recruit's face. "We meet at nine pm every Friday in here to discuss the matters of importance to the Organization – "

"Namely yaoi, missions and field trips," Axel put in, earning a grin from everyone.

"Yaoi?" Ian raised an eyebrow.

"You know about Organization XIII pairings, don't you…?" Xemnas asked, a frown creasing his forehead.

"Oh, of course I do, I just didn't think…"

"That we were into that kind of stuff?" Demyx finished.

"What sane Organization XIII fan isn't into that kind of stuff?" Xigbar laughed, eyeing Luxord pointedly.

"I never said I wasn't!" Luxord protested. "You just all think I'm a homophobe because of that damn fic!"

Ian allowed himself a small smile; he might have known the particular fic Luxord meant…

"Is it really okay for me to join you guys, I mean, just like that…?" he asked nervously.

"Sure it is!" Demyx chirped. "We need a Zexion!"

"You've got a lot to live up to though," Lexaeus put in. "Our last Zexion was the one who organized all of this. Xemnas was afraid we'd be lost without him…"

"Well now we don't have to be!" Marluxia said brightly.

"All in favor of accepting Ian into our Organization without initiation?" Xemnas called, to a rousing response of twelve hands held high in the air. Ian couldn't help but grin like an idiot; he didn't have to give up his old lifestyle after all…

"Meeting dismissed! See you all bright and early tomorrow!"

Sorry guys, short chapter… I have some fun planned in the next one though!

Reviews and concrit welcome as always.

Currently working on some Vexen-x-Marluxia-x-OC, some AkuRoku and some Zemyx if you're interested…