Author's Note: I'm sorry. Really, I am sorry that this Fic went so long without an update. College stole my brain.

Aaaannnnnd "BLINK" IS BACK, BABY!!!! (Cue ecstatic cheering and screaming).

Remember how I said I'd write Sephiroth/Ansem the Wise next? Yeah, it wasn't going to happen. All I could write were the vague outlines of a story that refused to fill itself in. So I went back to the handy-dandy list of ideas/prompts I've made for myself just for "Blink," and I decided to do Xigbar/Saix instead. The prompt was "eyelashes."

And thus, this psychotic crackfic was born.

If anyone cares, I decided I'm going to write fourteen stories total before finishing up with "Blink" for good. One story for each member of Organization XIII! (Though of course, not each story will necessarily have an Organization member in it, as I'm sure you guys have already figured out.)

DISCLAIMER: If I owned "Kingdom Hearts," the Saix/Larxene pairing would be canon, dammit! And all the Xemnas/Saix fangirls would be after me with torches and pitchforks. So perhaps it's best I don't own "Kingdom Hearts," eh?

DEDICATION: For the lovely becoafamu. She's started her own crack pairing story collection that you guys should all go and read because it's funny and awesome, and she sent me a message asking me what the hell happened to "Blink" because she missed it. So I felt bad and decided to update "Blink" before "Unforgivable Sins." It's entirely thanks to her that this Fic is getting updated now instead of later. ^_^

NOTES: This story takes place after Saix joins the Organization. Therefore, any OOC-ness on Saix's part is due to his newbie nerves. XD And along with the main Xigbar/Saix pairing, there's also a little bit of XemSai in here for Krystal. (HI KRYSTAL! ARE YOU READING THIS YET!?)

Sorry about the long Author's Note, but it's over now! Story time, yay!

PAIRING: XIGBAR/SAIX

Idle Wishes

Or, How Xigbar Lost His Eye

Xigbar groaned loudly when he got the summons to Xemnas' office. Being sent to the Big Guy Upstairs (as Xaldin had called him one time, after a particularly foul mission inside of a whale, of all places, and the name had stuck behind Xemnas' back ever since) was never a good thing.

Unless you'd just messed something up big time (in which case, you already knew why you were being sent to the Superior's office) it could only mean one thing.

Missions.

Or, as Xigbar thought of them in his head, "Go to this-or-that World and kill as many Heartless or humans as you can for our amazing, fantastic, absolutely perfect and beautiful Kingdom Hearts. Or at least, keep at it until you're about to fade into darkness from exhaustion, in which case, return to my office immediately so I can yell at you for being such a pussy."

Obviously, Xigbar much preferred lazing around the World That Never Was and doing nothing. Sure, it was dark, dreary, and perhaps a mite depressing, but he enjoyed walking on the ceilings. And practicing his shooting skills on the old, crumbling buildings in the Dark City, of course. And what could ever beat popping into the labs to scare the piss out of Vexen and perhaps blast a few of his test tubes into smithereens?

The Freeshooter swatted angrily at the Dusk that had sent him Xemnas' message until it spiraled away into the air, chirruping reproachfully at him. Cursing vehemently under his breath, Xigbar trudged off in the direction of Xemnas' office, taking the long, white marble spiral staircase instead of using a Dark Portal on purpose.

Of course, it would have taken a good hour to actually get to Xemnas' office just by taking the stairs, given the size of the Castle That Never Was. So after a few minutes Xigbar portalled to right outside the Superior's office door. He knew Xemnas would start having a major bitch-fit if he really did take an hour getting to him.

Flipping his silver-streaked black ponytail over his shoulder, Xigbar knocked twice on the tall marble door with the elaborate Roman Numeral "I" engraved into it. After hearing a curt "Enter" from within, he went inside, hoping against hope that Xemnas would give him a reconnaissance job. Those were pretty easy-Xigbar just lounged around on whatever World he was sent to for a few hours, then pulled a report out of his ass for Xemnas later on.

Xemnas was sitting behind his thick mahogany desk as usual, his hands steepled under his chin. Although he'd appeared deep in thought, the Superior looked up the moment Xigbar walked in to regard him with inscrutable (and really creepy) amber eyes. The Freeshooter was reminded once more of why, as a Somebody, he'd never liked Xehanort much to begin with.

"Ah, Xigbar," Xemnas said, in his usual deep, slow voice. "Finally. Do you know why I have called you up here today?"

"Uh…mission, sir?" Xigbar said, his own goldenrod eyes looking everywhere but Xemnas' face. The guy was scary and most likely more than a little insane. He always played these annoying cat and mouse games every time he summoned Xigbar to his office, as if Xigbar was stupid or something. Most likely the guy just enjoyed fucking with people's heads.

"A mission…of sorts," Xemnas continued, leaning back in his chair and smiling at the silver and black-haired man, teeth white in his dark face. "I'd like you to pick out a World, any World, and find the most powerful Heart there for our Kingdom Hearts. Take it, and report back to me immediately."

"R-Really, sir?" Xigbar asked, yellow eyes widening in surprise. That actually didn't sound too bad. He'd only have to get one big heart instead of a bunch of smaller ones, and then he could come right back home and sleep. That could be finished up in an hour, easy.

"D'you want me to leave right now?" He asked. The less time spent around the Superior, the better. And the more sanity retained.

"Not quite yet, II." Xemnas held out a gloved hand to stop Xigbar, who'd already been heading for the door. "I'd like you to take our newest member with you."

"Uh…what?"

Just then, the office door opened and another man poked his head inside. Xigbar recognized him as the Organization's newest member, Number VII. Xemnas had found him wandering in the darkness only a few weeks ago, and had been personally training him ever since. Xigbar hadn't seen the man since Xemnas had introduced him at a meeting just last week.

"You wanted to see me, Superior sir?" Number VII asked quietly.

"Yes, come in, VII." Xemnas lazily waved a gloved hand at the door, and the man stepped inside to stand next to Xigbar. The hood of his black Organization cloak was pulled up over his head, just as it had been at that meeting when he'd been introduced to the rest of the Nobodies. For some reason Xigbar felt a pang of irritation at this. He hadn't even known this man was even here until recently, and he still didn't even know what he looked like!

"Xigbar, you remember meeting Saix, our Luna Diviner," said Xemnas, gesturing to the man standing next to Xigbar. "Saix, you remember Xigbar. He's Number II of this Organization, the Freeshooter."

"I remember," Saix said quietly, and Xigbar glanced at him. Although Saix's face was covered, Xigbar could see that the man was shorter than he was. The black leather of his cloak clung to his body, hiding nothing and showing off what had to be some powerful muscle underneath.

…Had he just been checking out the new member?! Xigbar shook his head slightly to clear it. Sure, he hadn't slept with anyone in awhile, but he wasn't desperate…yet.

Xemnas was speaking again. "Xigbar, be sure to teach him well. He knows fighting well enough by now, but show him the arts of stealth and silence. He needs to learn discretion, also…when it would be better to run rather than to stay and fight."

Xigbar felt more than saw Saix stiffen next to him, and could imagine why. Xemnas had talked about the Freeshooter like he wasn't in the room many, many times by now. "Sure thing, boss," he said cheerfully. "We'll get going right now. C'mon, newbie."

Xigbar took Saix by the arm, feeling him stiffen even more from the sudden contact, and dragged him out of the office.

A few minutes later, after the two men had gathered enough supplies between them to suit a much bigger mission (Xigbar wasn't taking any chances, especially not with a newbie), they met in the Gray Room to leave. Xigbar noticed that Saix's hood was still up, and felt even more irrationally irritated by this. As he held out an arm to form a Dark Portal, though, an idea popped into his head, and the Freeshooter let just the ghost of a smirk cross his features.

"Hey Saix," he said, lowering his arm, "you havin' any trouble with the portals?" Xigbar was hoping this was a given with new members…he himself had taken a week to learn how to form the dark corridors between Worlds when he'd first become a Nobody.

The shorter man didn't answer, but Xigbar took the rustling and shifting of his leather cloak, coupled with a slight turn of his head, as a "yes."

"Well, lemme tell ya a little trick to 'em." Xigbar clapped Saix on the shoulder, now grinning broadly. "Take off the hood."

"I-I'm not sure I'm quite comfortable with that…" Saix muttered, so quietly Xigbar almost didn't hear him.

"As if! Trust me, you can see waaay better with that thing off. Go ahead, try it." Xigbar again gave the man his most comforting grin, the one he knew said "You can trust me, I'm a great guy."

Despite what Zexion and Lexaeus were always telling him to the contrary, Xigbar knew his grin must have worked, because Number VII slowly, hesitantly lifted gloved hands to his hood and pushed it back.

Xigbar had to work very, very hard to keep from staring open-mouthed at Saix. He'd never seen someone so…exotic before, not even back on his homeworld. The man had long, pale blue hair that reached down to his shoulders, and which shone sleekly despite the Gray Room's dull light. He had a very serious face for someone his age (Xigbar judged Saix to be in his mid-twenties, tops) and an X-shaped scar crossed the bridge of his nose. Xigbar, a man of no few scars himself, found himself wondering just how Number VII had gotten that mark.

But what really drew the older man's attention were Saix's eyes. They were a pale golden color, shining like liquid sunlight with an almost animalistic, predatory gleam. The Freeshooter had thought yellow to be a rare eye color, yet he, Xemnas, and now Saix all had eyes in shades of it. Though really, Saix's eyes were far nicer than either his own or the Superior's.

Xigbar now thought that it had been a reeeeaaaallllyyyyy long time since he'd slept with someone.

"Erm…" Number VII shifted a bit in front of Xigbar, snapping the gunman out of his thoughts. "Shouldn't we be going now?"

"Oh…oh yeah, we're leavin'. Sheesh, keep your pants on, dude!" Xigbar laughed, perhaps a bit too harshly in the wake of his last train of thought, and again clapped Saix on the shoulder. "Well, you know the drill. Just hold your arm out and concentrate. Focus on making a path, 'kay, new guy? Just think roads and traveling and all that shit, and before ya know it, a portal's right in front of you."

"Right…" Saix closed his eyes and screwed up his face in concentration, holding out a gloved hand into the air. A few minutes later, blackish-blue tendrils sprung from the ground, pushing out into space to create a corridor for the two to travel by.

Saix opened his eyes, which widened at the sight of a fully formed portal before him when previously he'd only been able to create wisps of dark energy. "I…I did it," he said, smiling and showing off what seemed to Xigbar to be abnormally large canine teeth. Still, the older man had gotten the chance to get a quick peek at Number VII's ass while his eyes had been closed, and had decided that there was no denying that the new guy was incredibly good looking despite the teeth. Had a great ass, too.

There was no denying it now…he wanted Saix in bed. The man reminded Xigbar of an untamed wild animal-a wolf, perhaps. He would probably make for one helluva night.

(In retrospect, Zexion had been absolutely correct when he'd described the gunman as "one kinky bastard.")

"Great job, Saix," said Xigbar, settling for giving the blue-haired man a grin of his own. "Now let's get goin'."

"How much further now, Number II?" Saix asked, after what Xigbar had judged to be at least fifteen minutes of walking silently through the dreary Betwixt and Between. He'd passed the time (and kept himself from ogling Number VII too much) by counting the Nobody symbols that floated by them as they went. And as that was second only to watching paint dry in the "shit so boring I want to shoot my brains out with my own arrowguns" category, he was quite relieved that Saix seemed willing to talk now. The younger man's earlier silence as they'd gone through the portal had quickly destroyed any hopes for a fast courtship. Xigbar would have to work to get this fine piece of ass into bed. And he was looking forward to the challenge.

"Not sure," he replied. "Another portal will pop up for us to go through when we get to a World. But you can go on for awhile in here before you see one. I remember, this one time-."

Xigbar was cut short by a sickening ripple that ran through Betwixt and Between, causing both men to lose their balance and stumble. A ripple that was, unfortunately, all too familiar to the Freeshooter. "Crap," he swore under his breath. Saix turned to look at him, brow furrowed in confusion.

"What is it?"

"Your portal's fallin' apart on us. It happens sometimes to beginners…you just don't have enough energy to make it stable yet. Happened to me the second time I used one. Problem is, you can get stuck in here easy. I was sittin' around this place for three days before I managed to summon up enough energy to make a portal back." Xigbar remembered all too well his time languishing in the area between the Worlds, watching the Nobody symbols float past and wondering if he'd ever get out.

Saix's face went pale. "But-but surely the Superior would-."

"There!" Xigbar interrupted him, pointing wildly at a bunch of blackish-blue tendrils that had appeared miraculously out of nowhere, heralding a portal's arrival. "We must've got to a World! And the timing couldn't have been better on that one, really…hurry up, Saix!" Xigbar grabbed Saix's arm and yanked the younger member through the new portal, the hems of their cloaks whipping through just as the corridor collapsed in on itself.

The two emerged on the creaking wooden deck of a ship beneath a midnight sky dotted with twinkling stars. A fat yellow moon hung low in the sky, and along with the paper lanterns already lighting up the deck, any convenient shadows that the pair could have used to hide were thoroughly obliterated. Below them the dark water lapped gently at the ship's hull. Altogether, the atmosphere was a peaceful one.

Looking around, Saix saw nothing on the deck that would give the older man beside him reason for his current behavior…cursing viciously and looking as if he'd quite like to hit something.

"Uh…Number II?" Saix asked, stepping away in case Xigbar did decide to hit him. "What's going on? Were we not supposed to go to this particular World for the mission?"

"It's not that," Xigbar hissed at him through clenched teeth. "Do you know what World this is?"

"No, the Superior hadn't gotten that far in my training."

"We're in Neverland!" Xigbar burst out, waving his arms wildly in the air. "Fucking Neverland! I hate this place! There's these crazy-ass pirates, and-."

"Ahoy there, bilge rats!" An imperious voice cut in before Xigbar could finish. Looking up, Saix saw a tall, extremely ugly man in a curly black wig and thin, heavily oiled black moustache. He wore a garish red coat with lacy white frills, and a hat with what had to be the biggest feather Saix had ever seen tucked in the band. His hand was resting on a saber at his side as he glared down his hooked nose at them, obviously not pleased to see the two Nobodies on his ship.

"I don't remember you two being on me ship before," the man continued, his beady little eyes narrowing. "What are you doing up on deck? How did you get here? Explain yourselves, before I force the both of you to walk the plank!" With that, he drew the saber, brandishing it at Xigbar and Saix.

"Uh…well…" His mind an inconvenient blank, Xigbar thrust his hands surreptitiously out behind his back, preparing to summon his weapons and attack if need be. He could sense the man's heart was tainted by Darkness, but it was still probably enough to satisfy Xemnas anyway.

"You picked us up at the last town, Captain." Saix's smooth voice cut through the tension as easily as a knife through butter. Xigbar's yellow eyes widened in shock at the newbie's quick thinking. "We showed interest in working aboard your ship…you are, after all, the most prominent and capable captain in this area. And you very kindly took us in." Saix allowed the tiniest of smirks to cross his face. "Or don't you remember?"

The red-coated man flushed an ugly shade of reddish purple that made him look to Xigbar as if he'd just eaten some of Vexen's cooking. Screwing up his eyes and nose in anger, he burst out, "Of-of course I remember! How dare you two question the great Captain Hook! Now get below and start swabbing out the hull straightaway!" The Captain flourished his saber at them before stomping through a door in the paneling behind him, which closed with a loud slam!

"Duuude." Xigbar turned to face his blue-haired companion. "That was awesome. How'd you know what to say to that guy?"

"Simple," was the response. "He was dressed in too much finery for an average pirate, so I knew he had to be a high-ranking officer on the ship or the Captain. After that, it was only a matter of appealing to his ego. Men like him think they are Heaven's gift to Man." Saix allowed himself another smirk. "It's that quality that I'm certain will be his downfall."

"Whoa, you're good." Xigbar thought now that Number VII was full of surprises. Not only was he easy on the eyes, but smart too. No wonder Xemnas had kept this one to himself for awhile before introducing him to the rest. "Anyway, we better get below deck before we get in trouble with Hook again or run into more pirates."

Under the ship's deck, it was a completely different place from up above. The only light came from slanted blue-white moonbeams spilling through tiny, poorly patched chinks in the space where hull met deck. This gave the area a shadowy, miserable gray look. Only a few barrels, boxes, and lengths of rope appeared to actually be stored below, and everything was covered in a thick layer of dust and cobwebs.

"Sheesh, when's the last time they cleaned down here, the freakin' Stone Age?" Xigbar muttered as he glanced around. "Well, let's get lookin' for that Heart already. Sooner we find it, sooner we can get the hell outta here."

Xigbar had only taken a few steps when he realized that Saix wasn't following him. Turning around, he saw the blue-haired man standing still as a statue, golden eyes flashing in the gloom. His teeth were bared in a snarl.

"Um…Saix?" Xigbar reached out to tap the Nobody's arm, wondering if he was having some sort of fit. "You OK?"

"Enemies!" Saix shouted, whirling around as a mass of Pirate Heartless erupted from the graying floorboards, yellow eyes and cutlasses menacing in the dust and darkness. Xigbar watched as his companion held out a gloved hand and summoned a huge spiked claymore, easily as long as he was tall and probably just as heavy, and hefted it with ease.

"As if," Xigbar muttered, summoning his own arrowguns. "These guys are nothin'."

Yelling like banshees, the two men leapt into battle, attacking with the whirlwind frenzy that often accompanies frustrating missions. Xigbar felled groups of Heartless with every shot of glowing purple arrows, spinning and jumping to keep them from getting too close. Periodically he warped to the ceiling in order to get in better shots, laughing and shouting with reckless abandon as he did. If by chance a Heartless did get in close, they were quickly reduced to smoke with a powerful blow from the arrowguns' frames.

Meanwhile, Saix was proving himself a more-than capable fighter over and over again with every swing of his claymore. The Diviner swung his weapon with expert precision, reducing Heartless to nothingness with every blow. Occasionally, and with a loud shout of warning, he and the claymore would pulse blue with energy and smash through the Pirates' ranks, absolutely decimating all in his way.

There were only a few Heartless left when Xigbar felt an itch in his left eye. He rubbed at it, annoyed, as he fired off another round of arrows. But the itch only returned a few seconds later, now accompanied by an irritating burn. The Freeshooter felt his eye start to water up around it, his sight going blurry.

While most Nobodies would have simply continued to fight through mild discomfort such as this, Xigbar needed both his eyes in good working in order to use his guns. Careful aim was very important so that no arrows would be wasted in a shot and the maximum number of enemies could be brought down.

Sighing with aggravation, Xigbar warped away to behind a barrel in the corner to try and rub out whatever had got caught in his eye in relative peace. "Yo, Saix," he called out. "Can you kill Heartless on your own for a minute? I got something in my eye…must be dust or an eyelash or something…" Xigbar furiously rubbed at the yellow orb.

Saix, who had been caught up in the rush of battle, had apparently not been paying any attention to Xigbar at all. "Huh?" He grunted, whirling around to face the Freeshooter.

Unfortunately for Xigbar, Saix had a Pirate Heartless speared on one of the spikes at the end of his claymore, which he'd been about to smash into oblivion against the ship's hull. But when he turned around, the Heartless flew off the end of the weapon and straight towards Xigbar, its silver cutlass extended.

The gunman's eyes widened in shock. "Oh shi-." He managed to get out, before the end of the cutlass embedded itself into his already irritated left eye, and his entire head was wracked with pain.

Although Xemnas had given Saix an overview of what an injured Nobody would look and act like, the blue-haired man had never actually thought he would see a member of the Organization get hurt. Hell, they were the most intelligent Nobodies in the multiverse! The cream of the crop! The best of the best! There was no way in hell some stupid Heartless could bring any of them down!

But seeing Xigbar doubled over in pain behind a dusty old barrel, clutching at his face and screaming profanity that Saix had never even heard before, was enough to change his mind. The Pirate Heartless, apparently sensing that the only thing worse than an angry Nobody was an angry, injured Nobody, dropped the cutlass and vanished in a pool of shadows into the floorboards. Its cutlass disappeared in a puff of dark smoke a moment later, giving Saix an excellent (and entirely unwanted) view of Xigbar's injured eye, now an angry red with inky black darkness streaming out of it.

"FUCK!" Xigbar howled. "Saix, we gotta get the hell back to the Castle, now!"

"But…the mission…and…" Saix glanced around at the Heartless still emerging from the shadows and advancing on them, yellow eyes shining eagerly, as if they sensed easy prey.

"Screw the mission! I'm fucking bleeding over here! Let's go already!"

Saix wasn't sure what it was, but something made him ignore the primal instincts humming through his body, yelling at him to ignore Xigbar and go back to slaughtering Heartless. Shaking his head to clear it, the Diviner ran to the older Nobody, swinging his claymore to fend off the creatures in his way. He dove behind the barrel and grabbed Xigbar's arms, draping them over his shoulders and helping the gunman stand up. Saix then held out his hand and concentrated for all he was worth to form a Dark Corridor. He practically collapsed in relief upon seeing the familiar black tendrils emerge from the hull and spread out to create a portal.

Saix half dragged, half carried Xigbar through the portal, casting Fira at a few Heartless that had decided to grab onto the ends of his cloak and incinerating them. The portal closed behind them just as Xigbar shouted, "You see? You see why I fucking hate Neverland now?!"

Saix didn't see Xigbar again until a few days later. While wandering about the Castle, he ran into the gunman sitting on a balcony outside one of the higher towers, looking up at the sky. His left eye was covered by a black eyepatch.

Saix hung back behind a nearby pillar, wondering if he should approach the older Nobody or not. After all, it had sort of been his fault that Xigbar lost his eye in the first place. Xemnas, however, had seemed to have taken some sort of odd liking to him, and had merely patted him on the head and told him not to worry about it, that these sorts of things happened all the time with rookie Nobodies. (Saix doubted that, as none of the others were missing body parts.)

"You can come on out, newbie, I know you're there," Xigbar called, without even turning around.

Blushing slightly at having been discovered so easily, Saix joined the Freeshooter out on the balcony. "Um…I'm really sorry…" he stammered, finding the cold white marble balcony railing immensely more interesting than Xigbar's face.

"Hey, don't worry about it." A now-familiar clap on the shoulder caused Saix to look up and into the older Nobody's remaining yellow eye, twinkling now with suppressed laughter. "Vexen stopped the bleeding quick enough, and I stole this awesome eyepatch from the pirates before we left, so it's no big deal."

"But still…how will you be able to shoot your arrowguns now?"

"Eh, I still got a couple tricks up my sleeve. Don't worry about me, Saix, I can take care of myself alright."

After a long silence, during which Xigbar hummed some nonsensical tune while gazing up at the flat black sky and Saix examined his boots, the elder man finally spoke again. "Hey, you ever heard the old story about eyelashes?"

"Uh, no," said Saix, starting to wonder now if the Pirate Heartless had damaged some part of Xigbar's brain in addition to his eye. "What about them?"

Xigbar chuckled, shaking his head. "Can't believe you've never heard the old eyelash myth, dude…I thought everyone knew it by now." Saix's own golden eyes widened as he felt the cloth of Xigbar's glove brush his cheek oh-so-gently, coming away with a tiny, pale hair on the fingertip.

"If one of your eyelashes comes off, you're supposed to blow it away and make a wish," said Xigbar, still with a huge grin on his face and leaning in a bit closer.

Saix found himself thinking, with no small amount of shock, that Xigbar actually looked kind of nice out here on the balcony. The silver in his hair seemed to glow slightly, and the white of his teeth offset his dark eyepatch so that he almost seemed to glow slightly. Even his scars seemed to make his face look more rugged and lean.

Saix closed his eyes and gently blew the eyelash away.

"So what'd you wish for, dude? C'mon, you can tell me."

Looking down again at his boots and blushing furiously, Saix stammered, "I-I wished that we could take this conversation somewhere a little more…private."

Xigbar's smile actually seemed to widen, if that were at all possible. "As if," he muttered, leaning in and giving Saix a quick kiss on the cheek. "Let's take this to my room."

Author's Note: I'm eighteen years old, and I still wish on eyelashes when I see them. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the prompt. :3

Plus, I just love thinking of a sweet, innocent newbie Saix wishing on eyelashes with Xigbar…it's so cute! -squee squee-

I am also now halfway done with "Blink." Oh yay, I'm gonna finish another Fic! ^^

I spent the entire month of October with this story languishing on my computer, working on it in bits and pieces. And now that it's finally done…please review? It would make Saix Puppy very, very happy if you did!

REVIEW CORNER Thanks for Reviewing: silentmusic16, moon maiden of time

~LWD~