This episode is going to be sort of an intermission from the main story (like the last holiday special). Enjoy!

"I thought it had been made clear that there was to be no recording during the meetings," Saïx's low voice said as the camera shifted wildly.

"It's not on," Xion whispered, "I was just trying to- oh, it is on." The camera angled up just enough to show a flash of the meeting room and its bored inhabitants. "Sorry…"

"No need," Xemnas said, causing the camera to fall down into Xion's lap. "Meeting adjourned." At that there was the sound of the doors to darkness opening. Xion got the camera steadied just as the last of the strange violet vapor dispersed and Xemnas was gone.

Saïx sighed and raised a hand to take his leave as well when Demyx shouted, "Wait!" All attention snapped to him. "What about the gift exchange?"

There was a loud groan from most of the members at this reminder.

"What? C'mon you guys! We have Secret Santa every year! How do you always forget?"

"We don't," Larxene answered. "We just hate wasting good, hard-earned munny on idiots like you."

"And now we know who drew Demyx's name," Axel muttered.

"Maybe I did, and maybe I didn't," Larxene glared at Axel.

"I for one am unhappy with who I drew," Vexen interrupted. "Are you sure you still won't trade with me Luxord?"

"Choosing to play the game was gambling enough. I do not wish to risk another go and possibly draw…" here his eyes darted to Saïx and back impulsively, "The name of someone possibly less amiable."

"I told you, it's not... just trade with me!"

"No."

"I was not aware that we were still in the trading stages of this game," Zexion stated and flipped a page of his lexicon. "Was I not supposed to bring this with me then?" He shifted and drew a sleek, new iPad from behind him.

"Wait," Demyx pulled out a sloppily wrapped, overly taped Christmas present. He looked from it to Zexion's gift and shouted, "What?!"

"Wasn't there a price cap?" Xigbar also retrieved a gift- this one in a gift bag- from behind his back and eyed Zexion's gift.

"Shut up, old man," Larxene said, "That's going to one of us, you know."

Xaldin asked, "Why isn't it wrapped?"

"Hold on, guys," Axel finally jumped into the conversation. "By a show of hands, who actually brought a gift with them today?"

Larxene rolled her eyes and muttered, "Who died and made you kindergarten teacher?" She lifted her hand just the same. Larxene was followed by Zexion, Demyx, Xigbar, Xaldin, Roxas, Xion, Lexaeus, Marluxia, Luxord, and a reluctant Saïx.

"So all we're missing is… Vexen?"

"Only because he refuses to give me what it rightfully mine!" Vexen pointed an angry finger at Luxord. "I called that name long before you did!"

"I never called his name," Luxord countered coolly, "I drew it from the cup the same way you drew whatever name you have, and I told you that I do not wish to trade!"

"(Polonium Oxygen)^2 brain!"

Everyone in the room stared at Vexen quizzically. "What…?"

Demyx started picking at his lazily-wrapped gift. "How did he say the parenthesis?"

"Really, Vexen," Zexion crossed his arms and studied the older man, "I would never have expected such a childish insult from one of your intellectual background."

That seemed to push Vexen over some sort of invisible ledge because he squeaked in what could only be irritation but sounded like pain then vanished through the doors to darkness.

"He'll be back," Xigbar said. "Now, are we gonna exchange gifts or what?"

"Wait," Roxas looked over at Axel. "I thought the point of Secret Santa was that we were supposed to give gifts to each other and not tell them who it was from. We're supposed to sneak it to them, right?"

Axel answered, "Well, yeah, we used to do that but…"

"After the second or third time Vexen tried to poison someone the Superior made it a rule that we had to know who the gifts were coming from," Larxene said. "Now we all know that if the fruitcake is from Vexen we shouldn't touch it."

"I wouldn't touch a fruitcake made by any of you people to be honest," Xigbar laughed.

On that note everyone took their leave through the doors to darkness to the mission room to exchange gifts. Xion was last to leave and kept the camera on as she walked through the purple portal and the dark hallway that followed. She emerged just as everyone was taking a seat with their gifts. The camera quickly found Axel and Roxas and she moved to sit with them, angling the camera towards the rest of the group. "Why would Vexen want to poison someone on Christmas?" Xion's whisper was caught on camera, but not by the majority of the group.
Axel answered, "We're not sure, we think he hates Christmas."

"How could anyone hate Christmas?" Roxas sounded shocked.

"Well, at first we thought he just hated us, but he never went out of his way to kill us at any other time of the year. Maybe it has to do with all the cheer? Though we're not the most cheery group to begin with-"

"Yay! Presents," Demyx shouted.

"Let's just say he wasn't made for happiness."

"So…" Xion hesitated before saying, "Vexen's heart is too small?"

"What? No. He doesn't even have a heart."

Xion gasped. "What an awful thing to say!"

"Neither do you," Axel said defensively, "None of us do!"

"I know, but it's still an awful thing to say…"

"So…" Roxas mused, "Vexen's 'heart'," here he added air quotes, "Is two sizes too small?"

"Guys, no," Axel, said, "Let's keep it Disney…"

"Maybe he just needs to be included in the holiday cheer," Xion said. "I mean, he's all alone the whole year long up in that cold, lonely, lab."

"His lab is downstairs."

"That doesn't matter," Xion said, "Someone needs to go get him!"

"If you go then who's going to record the gift exchange?"

"Oh yeah… never mind."

"Really? Just like tha- whatever."

"It doesn't really matter all that much if I go to get him or not," Xion said. "It was either me or the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future."

"You hired ghosts?" Roxas cocked his head.

"No she means like in that one story-"

"Of course I hired ghosts," Xion interrupted. "Moogle!"

Moogle flew over and shouted a cheery, "Kupo!"

"Never mind plan A; we're switching it over to Vexen, okay?"

"Kupo," Moogle nodded and donned a pillowcase with two holes cut out of it for his squinty eyes. He flew off towards Vexen's lab.

"Wow," Axel said, "That should be fun to watch on the hidden cameras later…"

"Alright," Xigbar rubbed his palms together excitedly, "So who got me?"

"I want to go first!"

"Here you go Xigbar," Marluxia spoke over Demyx's whines. He handed him a bright pink-wrapped box. "I got you something you can use every day."

"Oh boy," Xigbar looked at the gift skeptically before tearing it open. Once he opened the box he lifted out a pink rhinestone-covered eye patch. "Uhh…"

"Ta-dah! Isn't it marvelous? I made it myself you know." Marluxia leaned in so the camera got a better shot of him. He flipped his feathered layers and flashed his idea of a winning smile. "You too can have one for the inexpensive price of only five hundred munny! Call-"

"Here, Poppet." Xigbar handed the plain organization emblem gift bag to Xion.

The camera jerked to the side as it was handed off to Roxas. Xion leaned forward to accept the bag. "Thank you, Xigbar."

"Ooh, never say thank you until you open it," Axel laughed, only half joking.

Xion pulled out the black and grey tissue paper until she reached the gift at the bottom. She pulled it out. "Is this…?"

"A USB card," Xigbar nodded in appreciation of his own thoughtfulness. "I figured the memory on your camera's current one had to be running low by now."

"My camera uses SD cards…" Xion mumbled. "But, thanks."

Xigbar shrugged, "Don't mention it."

"Okay, I got… oh. Should I go take this to Vexen?" Xion lifted a darkly wrapped box with a white bow on it.

"I'll come with to record it," Roxas said and followed Xion out of the room amid shouts for them to hurry and Demyx's whines.

Xion laughed when she got to Vexen's door. "You know, maybe I shouldn't have sent Moogle after all." She pushed open the door and crept inside, only to immediately stop in her tracks and cause Roxas to slam the camera into her back. "What in Kingdom Hearts…?"

Vexen was lying down on a sofa clutching a box of tissues in his hands and sobbing a story to the ghost-moogle who now wore a pair of smart-looking glasses. He jotted notes and muttered "kupo's" when appropriate as he listened to Vexen's childhood tales.

"How is this anything like what I- oh never mind. Moogle, you can go now. Uh, good job."

"Kupo!" Moogle took of the glasses and pillowcase and flew past the two Nobodies in the doorway.

"Vexen…" Xion inched toward the sobbing man. "Are you okay?"

"I only wanted to give Axel a fruitcake! But stupid Luxord won't trade with me! It's not like I can just kill- I mean make a fruitcake for Lexaeus."

"Uh… okay. Well, I'm glad to hear you're doing better. Here's you present from me, Vexen. Merry Christmas."

Vexen snatched the box and tore at the paper savagely until he ripped out a shiny, new beaker. Vexen looked up at Xion. "This… you bought this for me?"

Xion nodded, "Of course. Now will you come join us to exchange the rest of the presents?"

Vexen admired the small gift and nodded. "Yes I think I'd- ack!" Vexen collapsed on the floor and clutched at his chest. "My heart! It's growing-"

"Come on, Vexen," Xion laughed, "You know we don't have hearts."

"Oh, yeah." Vexen stood and followed Xion and Roxas back to the mission room.

"Here, Lexaeus," Vexen handed Lexaeus a plate of fruitcake when they got back and he was seated. "Don't eat it."

"I won't." Lexaeus immediately tossed the plate in the trash. "Zexion."

Zexion accepted the tiny box Lexaeus handed him. He undid the tape to open it. "A gift card for my nook- I mean lexicon. Thank you, how thoughtful."

Lexaeus shrugged.

"This is for you, Saïx." Zexion handed the iPad to him while everyone else groaned disappointedly. "I am sure you will find some use for it. Perhaps it will come in handy with the amount of scheduling you do."

"Yes, I believe it will." This earned quite a few dirty looks from the agitated members who had yet to receive their gift. "Here, XIII." Saïx tossed a pouch to Roxas who dropped the camera into Xion's lap to catch it. Xion got the camera adjusted and Roxas undid the knot on the pouch to look inside.

"Oh, thanks Saïx."

Saïx nodded. "Twelve munny. Enjoy."

Roxas smiled weakly and tied the pouch shut again. "Uh, Luxord?"

Luxord reached out and accepted the small, white-wrapped box with a black ribbon on top. He opened it and smiled appreciatively. "New recreational poker cards. One never can have too many. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"And this is for you, Axel." Luxord pulled a crumpled piece of paper form his pocket and handed it to Axel. "You are also welcome."
Axel raised an eyebrow and smoothed the paper to read, "I did not trade with Vexen. Merry Christmas. Thanks." He pocketed the paper. "Here, Xaldin."

Axel tossed Xaldin a red-wrapped cylinder which he eagerly tore open. "New shaving cream. How did you know I needed this?"

Axel shrugged, "Lucky guess."

"Thank you. Here, Larxene."

Larxene grabbed the gift bag Xaldin handed her and fished around for the gift among the tissue papers. She found it and lifted out the small thing with her fist closed around it. She opened her hand enough to reveal the twitching nose of a furry, white mouse. "What is this?"

"I would have gotten you a puppy, but I figured it might be more upsetting if you killed something that large so I bought you a mouse instead. I spent a lot of time picking that out so try not to kill it today if you can."

Larxene studied the twitching nose but did not relax her grip until the mouse discovered her thumb and bit it. Xion gasped but Larxene only smiled. "I'm going to name you Moxuse." She turned her hand so that the mouse's twitching nose was directed at Axel. "See that one? We don't like that one."

"Okay," Axel said awkwardly, "Who's next?"

"Here, Demyx." Larxene nudged a box at her feet in his direction as she eased her grasp on Moxuse to stroke his back.

"Why am I always last?" Demyx had been sulking in his seat for a while now. He leaned forward to grab the gift, smiling despite himself. What is it?"

"Open it you moron," said Larxene.

Demyx tore at the paper and smiled at the videogame he unearthed. "Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance?! Yes!"

"And there goes the fourth wall…" Axel mumbled.

After Demyx was finished admiring his gift, everyone stood to return to their rooms, happy for the most part. Axel and Roxas stood last with Xion who turned the camera to face all three of them. "From the Organization this is Xion."

"Roxas."

"And Axel."

They all said simultaneously, "Merry Christmas!"

Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoyed this extremely random holiday special. Don't eat the fruitcake!

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Oh and by the way, Vexen was referring to the periodic table of elements when he insulted Luxord. He called him a PoO PoO brain.

Random side note: How many of you guys have a 3DS? I have one and would LOVE to exchange friend codes! PM me with yours if you want to swap. :)

Here's mine: 2793-1617-3743

Once again, Merry Christmas!