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CHAPTER THREE

Lights On, Lights Off


"Wait, what?" Saix exclaimed as Leximy finished explaining the rules. He couldn't punch the Superior, no matter what it was for.

Marluxia laughed as Xemnas glared at him challengingly. "Well, Saix, are you going to punch me?"

As Saix looked at him indecisively, Axel shook his head sadly. "What started out as a simple game turned one of the most important Organization members into a Dusk… so sad…" he said.

Saix sighed and made a fist. He leaned over and tapped it slightly against Xemnas' nose. "There. Turn officially over. Next."

Xemnas began to cry.

"Wouldn't it be funny if he really did?" Leximy asked.

"Yes, I quite say it would," Xemnas said, wiping away a fake tear.

"Okay, I'll go!" Leximy exclaimed, spinning the bottle; after a moment, the bottle landed on Chelly and Leximy smiled.

"Oh no…" Axel said.

Leximy walked over to Chelly, whose blue eyes widened in fear. Leximy made a fist and reached it toward Chelly…before wrapping her arms around her in a hug.

"Yay!" Chelly said.

"Hey! What is this! You didn't punch her!" Saix said.

"I changed the rules last minute…sorry, I guess I forgot to tell you."

"Did you want her to punch me?" Chelly gasped.

"Would you rather have hugged Xemnas, Saix?" Xigbar asked.

Saix and Xemnas exchanged glances before shaking their heads.

"So, do we have to hug, or can we still choose the punching option?" Marluxia asked, glancing at Saix.

"No, the rules changed again. Now it's Seven Minutes in Heaven! You have to go in the closet with whoever you land on! Your turn, Marly!" Leximy announced.

Marluxia nodded, thinking, "Maybe my luck will be better than Saix's."

He spun the bottle as everyone watched anxiously.

"Oh the anticipation," Leximy said.

Chelly followed the bottle with her eyes. "It's making me dizzy…"

"I think this bottle is possessed! It's still spinning!" Demyx shouted.

"Oh my gosh, Marluxia, what did you do? Why won't it stop?" Leximy questioned.

"I didn't do anything, I swear!" Marluxia defended.

Suddenly the bottle stopped, landing between Saix and Leximy.

"Well, look at that…" Axel commented.

"What do the rules say about this?" Chelly asked, looking curiously at Leximy.

"It means…all three of us…have to go into the closet?" Leximy said unsurely.

Saix's smile lasted only a moment before it quickly faded away.

"The three of us? Can't you just change the rules again, so it's only us two?" Marluxia pleaded.

"Change the rules? Are you crazy? You can't change the rules for Seven Minutes in Heaven!" Leximy exclaimed.

Saix sighed and stood up. "Let's get this over with…"

Leximy stood up and followed them to the closet.

"Good luck!" Chelly said with a wave.

"Well…this'll be interesting to see how it turns out," Axel said.

"What has the Organization come to?" Xemnas muttered, shaking his head.

Roxas leaned back against one of the pillows. "I want some ice cream…"

"Me, too," Chelly agreed. "But we'll save that for when we watch a movie. We'll have some popcorn, too!"

"Yeah, ice cream sounds great. We should have green tea ice cream!" a voice behind them agreed.

Turning to the voice, everyone saw Leximy as she sat down in the circle.

"What are you doing out here? Aren't you supposed to be…in there?" Axel asked, pointing to the closet.

"Eh, I decided not to go in there. It's small…besides, they won't be able to tell the difference. It's dark."


Seven minutes later, Saix walked out of the closet, looking triumphant.

"What are you so happy about?" Leximy asked.

"I never kiss and tell—wait, what are you doing out here?" Saix asked.

Marluxia followed Saix out. "I feel like a man…"

"No, Marluxia… just no, let's not speak of this," Saix said, burying his face in his hands.

"What? Why no—Leximy? Were you sitting there the whole time?" Marluxia asked, his eyes widening.

Everyone laughed while they sat back down.

"Oh dear…it looks like this is something we'll all keep to ourselves," Chelly said.

"And share with our closest friends," Axel amended.

The two Organization members turned to him with a glare.

"We should move this along so this memory gets replaced by everyone else trying it," Saix said.

"Okay! Someone else spin it! Who wants to go?" Leximy asked, looking around at everyone, who avoided eye contact.

Chelly raised her hand, to which Leximy handed her the bottle. "Okay, Chelly."

"No, I was going to nominate Axel," she said, poking the top of his head and handing him the bottle.

"What?" Axel exclaimed.

"Fine, Axel spin the damn bottle!" Leximy yelled.

Everyone froze and stared at her with wide eyes.

"Now, now…I'm sure that yelling was just…something we're going to forget, too…" Chelly coaxed, trying to ease the tension as Axel obediently spun the bottle.

Leximy watched the bottle with wide eyes when it stopped on her. "Oh dear...This is no good…"

The two stood up as Chelly looked sadly at them. "Well, have fun you two…"

Saix and Marluxia frowned as the door to the closet closed.

"Now would be a REALLY good time for her to pull a rule change," Marluxia said bitterly.

After a moment, Chelly looked nervously at the closet. "I hear them laughing… What are they laughing about?"

Roxas smiled. "They're laughing about how they've been keeping their relationship a secret for all this time, and how you believed them…"

"What!" Chelly gasped.

"It's all on Axel's part, though. Leximy's innocent."

Chelly nodded sadly.


In the closet Leximy and Axel stood awkwardly, unsure of what to do to occupy themselves for the seven minutes.

"So…weather…" Leximy said.

"I don't really have to kiss you, do I?" Axel asked.

"Don't be rude! Of course not!"

"Oh thank goodness," Axel let out a sigh of relief.

"Don't sound too disappointed," Leximy replied, glaring at him, even though he couldn't see it.

Axel laughed. "Sorry. So… seven minutes to kill…"

"Did I ever tell you about my cat? She's really cute."

"I like cats."

"Yeah, my cat is Chelly's best friend. They have conversations online all the time."

"Really? You have a pretty intelligent cat," Axel complimented.

"Smarter than Demyx."

The two laughed.

"This was fun, I'm glad we had this talk," Leximy said.

"Me, too."

With that, the two walked out of the closet, and were met with glares. Chelly threw a pillow at Axel.

"What was that for?" Axel exclaimed.

Leximy turned to Axel and laughed. "We should do that again sometime."

"Yeah," Axel said with a smile.

"Hey guys, what did we miss?" Leximy started before looking at Chelly, who had tears in her eyes. "What's wrong? Was it Roxas? Did he hurt you? I'll kill you Roxas!"

Marluxia ran up and tackled Axel. "What the heck!" Axel exclaimed.

Roxas looked at Leximy innocently. "I didn't do anything…"

"It…was…Axel," Chelly said, wiping her eyes.

"What?"

"We heard the whole story," Marluxia said, turning and glaring at Leximy.

"Well, Axel, you said there was going to be fighting…" Roxas pointed out.

"Don't glare at me, Marluxia! I won't let you be the flower girl at my wedding!" Leximy said.

Saix gasped. "You two are getting married now?"

"'You two?' Who, me and Axel?" Leximy asked before starting to speak sarcastically. "Oh yeah, me and Axel are getting married. We've been having a secret relationship this whole time."

"I told you!" Roxas exclaimed.

"Good thing I don't have a heart…it would be breaking right now…" Marluxia said.

"No!" Chelly cried, jumping into the giant pile of pillows.

"Look what you've done!" Roxas said as he glared at Axel.

"I will not allow this to continue!" Saix said.

"Are you suddenly their parent?" Xigbar asked.

"No…I'm, uh, Leximy's fiancé…" he said with a nod.

"What?" Marluxia exclaimed. "You liar!"

"How did I not know about this?" Leximy asked, turning to Saix. "How dare you get engaged to me without telling me!"

"I think all of this has gotten a bit out of hand…maybe we should quit these games and watch a movie?" Axel suggested, turning to the pile of pillows. "Chelly? Why don't you come out from there…?"

"Or! We could go in there!" Demyx exclaimed excitedly. "We should build a pillow fort!"

"I'm not coming out until I know the truth…" Chelly said, poking her head out of the pillows.

Demyx jumped next to her and started putting together a fort.

"I'm…sorry? Leximy, would you marry me?" Saix asked.

Marluxia's palm became acquainted with his face as Xigbar spoke. "Do you even have a ring?"

"I can't marry you if you don't have a ring…"

"Damn this foolishness…" Saix screamed to the heavens.

Leximy sighed.

"It's okay, Leximy, when I ask you to marry me, I'll have a ring," Marluxia assured her.

"What?" Saix said.

"Movie time!" Leximy announced, jumping into the pillows next to Chelly.

Axel moved into a position to do the same, but was stopped short by Demyx's front gate made of pillows. "Stop!" Demyx said, poking his head up from the pillows and putting his hand out. "What's the password?"

"Uh…Sitar?" Axel guessed.

Demyx snapped his fingers. "I need to come up with a better password…"

Axel joined them, sitting on the other side of Chelly.

"What movie?" Chelly asked.

"I dunno! Chelly, you pick. What would cheer you up?" Leximy asked, snuggling into the pillows.

Marluxia was about to jump next to Leximy, but was beaten by Saix.

"Hmm…though that carrot one sounds tempting, we'll have to save that for our next trip to Sunshine Islands… hmm… we should watch a Disney movie!"

"No," Leximy said, whining. "I want to watch a scary movie!" She moved Saix closer, trying to use him as a man blanket, and when Marluxia took his spot, Leximy laid back against him, using him as an extra pillow. "All set. Someone put on…Larxene's home movies!"

"I don't have any home movies," Larxene hissed, glaring at her.

"Scary movies, huh? Nothing on a movie could be scary," Xaldin remarked with a scowl.

"I agree," Xemnas said. "They're just movies after all…"

Roxas and Axel exchanged a cunning glance.

"Oh? Then I'll just put this one in…" Roxas said, walking over to the giant television screen and putting in a DVD.


One hour later, the Organization sat and watched the credits roll by.

Saix sat in Leximy's lap, eyes wide

"I've never been so scared in my life!" Marluxia exclaimed.

Xaldin smiled.

"This is fun! Hey, where did Demyx go?" Leximy asked.

"I…" Demyx squeaked; he was hiding behind Larxene. "All the…" he continued, shivering.

"Now that's what I call a movie!" Larxene said.

Chelly sat next to Axel, holding him around his waist, and hiding her face in his chest.

"It's over now, Chelly…" Axel said, trying to pry her off him.

"Heh…" Roxas said, moving out from behind Axel. "It wasn't that bad…"

Xigbar turned to Roxas and shouted, "BOO!"

"Ah!" Roxas exclaimed, retreating once more behind Axel.

Xigbar and Xaldin chuckled.

"Let's go to bed now," Leximy said with a yawn. "Let's just sleep here in a big pile." Just as she finished her sentence, the lights went out. "Oh, thanks whoever did that. I didn't even see anyone get up…"

"That's because…no one did…" Axel said slowly.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm like totally freaked out right now…" Xemnas said.

"Well, I wasn't before, but now I am… I've never heard you use the word 'totally' before…" Axel said.

Suddenly a loud scream rang out, leaving everyone to momentarily stop breathing, listening intently.

"Who was that…?" Axel asked.

"I think it was Marluxia…" Saix said.

"That was a very delayed scream, too…" Xigbar pointed out.

"It wasn't me!" Marluxia defended, hiding under the pillows.

"What's going on?" Chelly squeaked.

"Uh…Larxene's just playing a trick on us…"

"I'm right here, Axel," Larxene said.

"Oh…Saix?"

"I don't know what's going on…" Saix said.

"Well, if it's none of us…who could it be? I hope it's not a psycho killer!" Leximy exclaimed. "Take Larxene first, you horrible murderer!"

"Don't worry, Leximy, I'll protect you!" Saix said.

"Weren't you just in her lap crying a second ago?" Marluxia asked.

"Weren't you just screaming like a little girl?"

"I take it back! Take these two first!"

"Please do!" Chelly agreed.

"HEY!" Marluxia and Saix exclaimed.

Axel sighed and ignited a small flame in his hand, illuminating the faces of everyone. "Is everyone okay?"

"I think some of the men are turning into little girls," Xigbar said with a smile.

"I'm pretty sure most of them were girls to begin with…" Chelly remarked, glancing at Marluxia and Larxene.

"Yeah…I've always been a girl…" Larxene agreed.

"Oh…oops…well!" Chelly said, clapping her hands. "Let's try to find the circuit breaker?"

"Yeah Chelly, you do that…" Leximy said with a laugh.

"Sounds good, man," Demyx added.

"Let's all split up and look for it. I'll take Leximy, Axel can be with Chelly, Demyx and Larxene, and Marluxia can go alone," Saix ordered.

"What? I can't trust you to escort a lady alone!" Marluxia exclaimed.

"Sure you can," Saix said, taking Leximy's hand and starting toward the door.

Marluxia ran over and grabbed her other hand. "We'll all go together."

Saix shot him a glare before the three left the room entirely.

Demyx grabbed onto Chelly's sleeve. "Don't make me go with Larxene!" he pleaded, his big, emerald eyes starting to tear up.

"Uh…Roxas, you go with Larxene. Demyx can go with Xaldin and Xigbar," Chelly suggested.

Demyx turned to his new companions as they smiled. "What?"

Chelly sighed and leaned to Demyx. "It's better of the two, right?"

Demyx sighed and his shoulders slumped. "I guess…"

Lexaeus watched the scene unfolding before him and soon became lost in thought. 'This seems like a bad idea…isn't this how all horror movies start out? The lights go out on a slumber party of giggly girls…they split up…and get picked off one by one? Should I say something….? … Nah.'

"Lexaeus, are you coming?" Xemnas interrupted his thoughts. "I need someone to sacrifice themselves for my protection if danger were to occur."

Lexaeus gave a slight nod and followed him out, leaving the silent mountain of pillows behind.


Following closely behind Axel, Chelly looked nervously at the walls. "Are we there yet?"

"Nope…" Axel said, leading her down another hallway.

"Your flame makes everything seem so…shadowy-scary…"

"Would you rather have it out?" Axel asked, extinguishing the flame, plunging everything into darkness.

"No, no…I like the scary shadows on the walls over being eaten by them…"

Axel relit the flame and smiled at her as they continued down the seemingly endless hallways.


Down a different hallway Leximy made her way, hand and hand with Marluxia and Saix, in a direction they suggested.

"How can you tell where we're going? I can't see a thing…" Leximy said worriedly.

"I…can see in the dark," Saix admitted.

"What? Really?"

"It's one of my many perks," Saix said, winking although no one could see it.

"Yeah, well…I can…create flowers!" Marluxia said.

"We all know that, silly… Besides I don't think that'll really help at a time like this," Leximy pointed out.

"Just you wait… If the Boogey Man pops out of nowhere, Saix's creepy werewolf powers won't be the ones that save us. My flowers will!"

"I highly doubt that…" Saix muttered.


"It's hard enough to see without one eye all the time, but now I can't see at all," Xigbar said, his frown invisible to his companions in the dark. "Can't either of you do anything?"

"Just feel the walls until you find an opening," Xaldin instructed. "We should know this castle well enough to get through it in the dark."

Demyx held Xaldin's sleeve, walking behind them. "So…you know where you're going?"

Xaldin silently continued to walk, as Demyx's voice started to get more panicked. "Please tell me you do!"


"This is no good at all…" Xemnas said. "Lexaeus! Turn on the lights!"

Lexaeus silently continued following him.

"Do as I say!"

Suddenly the lights came back on. Xemnas smiled and turned to Lexaeus approvingly; Lexaeus stared back, not sure exactly what happened.


Down in the basement, Larxene closed the fuse box. "Just a little zap here, and there…" she said with a nod. "Now to find the cause of all this…"


"Ah!" Chelly said, tripping; she fell against Axel, who caught her. "Oh…sorry about that…the lights scared me…"

Axel helped her get to a stable position and smiled. "Let's go see if we can find everyone else."

"Okay."


"I can see…I can see…" Demyx said, crying with joy; looking down he realized he was still holding Xaldin's sleeve. Quickly letting go, he smiled apologetically at him. "Er…sorry about that…"

Xaldin looked over and scowled at him.

"Looks like someone found the cause," Xigbar said with a smile.


Down in the basement, Axel and Chelly looked around suspiciously.

"Well…we found the circuit breaker…" Chelly said, pointing at the silver box on the wall. "But why did it suddenly get fixed?"

"Maybe Larxene did it…her power is lightning," Axel pointed out.

"Well…maybe someone else found out. Let's keep searching for everyone," Chelly said, walking up a flight of stairs.

A few moments later, Demyx's group came into view.

"Hey, Demy!" Chelly said, waving at the musician. "Hey! Did you guys bring the power back on?"

Demyx shook her head. "No…what happened?"

Chelly paused thoughtfully. "Let's go find Leximy's group…"


"The lab has been awfully quiet…what do you think Vexen's been up to?" Marluxia asked.

"Maybe he's…coloring?" Leximy suggested.

"No, that couldn't be it. He's terrible at staying inside the lines…"

"I think we should go investigate," Saix said.

"Why do you suddenly get to decide?" Marluxia asked.

"I tell you what to do on a daily basis. Today should be no different."

Marluxia grumbled something unintelligibly as the three walked down a few more hallways, and into what appeared to be a lab.

"Ah, so nice of you to join us…" the man with long blonde hair said as he looked at them with slightly disturbed eyes. "What…what brings the three of you down here?"

"What are you hiding Vexen?" Marluxia asked. "And what do you mean by 'us'? I only see you…"

"Oh…drat."

"Vexen, what have you been doing down here?" Saix demanded.

"Ha!" Leximy exclaimed, holding up a Disney Coloring book. "I knew it… Wow, Marluxia you were right. He does suck at staying in the lines."

"Hey!" Vexen exclaimed, snatching the book from Leximy's hands; Saix growled.

"Could you keep it down? I'm trying to read here," a voice said, seemingly from nowhere.

"Don't do that Zexion! You know that creeps us out!" Marluxia said.

Suddenly a portal appeared and a book was sucked into it. Stepping out of the shadows, a man with long, purple bangs came into view. "What is the meaning of this?" he said, looking around suspiciously.


In the Grey Area, Chelly sat on the floor as Zexion's book fell onto her lap. "That's not what I was looking for… Looks like we're going to have to return this…"

"We? I don't recall doing anything…" Axel pointed out.

Chelly sighed. "But I'll get lost in the castle…"

"You can teleport."

Chelly held up the book. "Look how good I am with that…" she said, trying another portal.


As Leximy set down the coloring book once more, she was suddenly sucked into a portal.

"Noo! Leximy!" Marluxia exclaimed, reaching out as the portal disappeared.

"What just happened?" Saix asked.

"Good… now that I have the two of you alone…" Vexen said. "There's something I've been wanting to try…"


"Chelly! I found you!"

"Leximy! Sorry about that…" Chelly said, holding up Zexion's book. "I have to go give this back to him… I, uh, found it…"

Axel coughed. "Found…"

"Yes, found," Chelly repeated. "Did you ever figure out what the cause of the blackout was?"

"We were about to…then I somehow ended up here," she replied, glaring at Axel.

"What? Why me?" Axel exclaimed.

"Now I'll never know what happened…" Leximy said sadly.

Axel sighed and opened a portal. "My portals are safe," he said, putting out his arm, gesturing for them to go first.

"Okay!" Chelly exclaimed, dragging Leximy through the portal with her, Axel following.


"What is this?" Leximy exclaimed as her, Chelly and Axel appeared in Vexen's lab.

Marluxia, Saix, Vexen, Zexion and Luxord were doing choreographed dancing to Beyonce's 'Single Ladies'.

"What's going on?" Chelly asked, her eyes widening in fear.

"What the…" Axel said.

The group dancing looked over and noticed the three, as the music suddenly disappeared.

"I can expect this from those three," Axel said, pointing to Saix, Marluxia and Vexen. "But really, Luxord? Zexion? You, too?"

Zexion sighed. "I owe him."

The man with short blonde hair and silver earrings grimaced. "I lost a bet…"

"I believe those stories, but it's still something that'll be burned in my memory…" Chelly said.

Leximy clapped. "You guys were great!"

"Why thank you," Marluxia said, with a curtsy.

Saix blushed as Axel smacked his forehead with his palm. "You have got to be kidding me…"

"Definitely something I'll try my best to forget…" Chelly agreed.

"Please do…oh? Is that my book?" Zexion asked, gesturing toward the book in Chelly's hands.

"Oh, yes!" Chelly said, walking over and handing him the book. "Sorry about that…I was trying to get something and it fell through…"

"No problem," he said, glaring down at her. "Just never let it happen again."

"Yes sir," Chelly flinched before walking to the other side of the room and eyed Vexen's coloring book.

"What book are you reading?" Leximy asked, grabbing for the book. "'How to Get Your Crush's Attention'. Awh, how cute!"

Marluxia snickered. "You need a book for that? Isn't it just common sense? Isn't that funny, Leximy?" he said, pushing her so hard that she fell over.

"Ow…yeah…real funny…"

Zexion snatched the book back and glanced at Chelly who was coloring. "This is none of your concern," he said, glaring at Leximy.

"Oh, sorry!" Marluxia exclaimed, reaching down to help before being pushed away by Saix.

"You've done enough," Saix said, helping Leximy up. "I'm sorry for his rude behavior."

Axel leaned over Chelly as she colored. "You're staying in the lines…amazing… I didn't think it was possible," he said, smirking at Vexen who walked over to look at her picture.

"Pah, this is not so great…" Vexen dismissed.

Zexion closed the book and joined them. "I think it looks beautiful, Chelly."

"Really?" she said, holding it up and examining it. "I think it needs more blue…"

Zexion glanced in the book before looking at her picture again. "I think whatever you think is a good idea."

Chelly glanced up at him. "Thanks!"

"Wow, that book really works?" Leximy asked in amazement.

"What?" Axel said, glancing at Chelly.

Zexion smiled triumphantly as he continued to watch her color.

"Maybe you and Saix should read it, Marluxia," Xigbar suggested with a smile.

Marluxia and Saix glared at Xigbar, crossed their arms and looked away before glancing back at Zexion's book.

Looking back, Zexion noticed Marluxia and Saix's eyes staring at the book in his hands. "Seriously…?" he said before sighing and opening to book to show them a paragraph.

They both read it at about the same speed.

Always agree with what she says. Women like guys who are agreeable most of the time, because they already know they're right.

Leximy sighed as Zexion closed his book. "I am so fat," Leximy suddenly said.

Saix and Marluxia exchanged glances.

"Yes…you are?" Marluxia said unsurely.

"That was uncalled for Marluxia!" Saix said. "You apologize, Leximy is not fat at all! She is thin like a beautiful flower!"

Marluxia glared. "You were supposed to agree with me, Saix."

"I'm not stupid, I don't need a book to tell me how to win a heart," Saix said with a laugh.

"You just need a Keyblade," Roxas said, raising his.

Leximy swooned as Chelly looked up from her coloring book. "Whoa, when did you get in here, Roxas?"

"I've been waiting out in the hallway for the right moment to make my entrance," he said, running his hand through his hair which almost seemed to sparkle.

"Oh okay… Do you like my picture?" she asked, holding up a picture of the Cheshire Cat, perfectly colored in. "I thought I stayed in the lines well."

Roxas opened his mouth to reply, but was cut off by Axel and Zexion both agreeing that it was beautiful.

"Thank you…?" Chelly said, glancing at them curiously.

"That's still not how you win Leximy's heart!" Marluxia said, looking at Leximy who was swooning over Roxas. "But we can't compete with a Keyblade!"

"My claymore is much better…"

"Not better than my scythe!"

"Ah! Put the sharp objects away!" Chelly said.

"Yes! Death match!" Leximy cheered. "I told you we would have one later!"

Vexen glided over to a CD player on one of the tables and put on some dramatic music. "Muhaha…" he said as the lights dimmed and purple fog appeared out of nowhere.

"Death match! Death match! Death match!" Leximy and Demyx chanted.

Axel lit some sparklers around everyone to signal the beginning of the match.

"You're not helping!" Chelly said with a frown.

Axel shrugged. "I thought it'd be a good addition…"

"They were very pretty…but we can't have them fighting!"

Leaning against the wall, Larxene snorted. "Sure you can."

"I don't think anyone but Xemnas can stop them…and he's not here…" Roxas pointed out.

"I can!" Chelly decided, standing up; she was quickly pushed back onto her chair by Axel and Zexion.

"You're staying right here," Axel ordered.

"You're not getting hurt," Zexion added.

Chelly crossed her arms and pouted. "Leximy! You're my last hope!"

Leximy sighed. "You're right Chelly. We can't have them fighting with such dangerous weapons…blood is such a pain to clean up. Here," Leximy said, handing them some jello she pulled out of one of Vexen's fridges. "Much better."

She handed the bowls to Saix and Marluxia.

"What are we supposed to do with this?" Saix asked, making his Claymore disappear and poking the jello.

Marluxia's scythe disappeared in a flutter of petals as he smelled the jello. "It's fruity…"

"It's not the only thing," Xigbar said with a smirk.

"Hm…" Chelly said, turning the page of the coloring book. "There are fruits on this page!"

She began coloring them, and Axel snapped his fingers. "This won't be as interesting as it would've been…"

Leximy shrugged. "Oh well…" she said, throwing jello at Vexen with a laugh. "Your hair matches Axel's now."

Axel looked at Vexen's hair in disgust. "I hope that's not what my hair looks like…" he said, touching his hair gingerly.

Chelly kept her eyes on her coloring book as she spoke. "Your hair looks fine, Axel. Red is your color."

"Oh, thank you," Axel said with a smile.

"What about me?" Demyx asked. "What's my color?"

Chelly looked up at him and paused thoughtfully. "For hair color? Platinum blonde," she said with a nod.

"What?"

"I'm just kidding! It's really black."

Xaldin smirked. "Not everyone can pull off black," he said, nonchalantly flipping one of his long, black dread locks.

The group exchanged confused looks, letting a slight uncomfortable silence take a hold of them.