. Chapter XI .

. The New Member .

Marluxia waved a hand in the air.

"All right, meeting is in session, boys." Everyone in the room went silent, cutting their small talk with each other. They all looked up at the pink haired heir sitting at the highest chair, holding a folder in one hand. "Now, we are all aware that we last one of our members; Vexen. There are only 12 of us, since he's already graduated. Our title is Organization XIII, and I'd like to keep it that way. So, I've decided upon a new member."

Everyone began to chatter away, now interested in the subject. Marluxia cleared his throat, "All right, all right, settle down. Now, I do have someone to suggest; I'm sure you're all famliar with Sora Strife, am I correct? I believe he's Roxas' roommate." Terra snorted, "The nerd who aced the entry test?"

"He's not a nerd," Ventus countered, "Have you not seen the girls swooning over him lately?" Axel smirked, "And have you heard him sing?" Zexion looked up from his novel, keeping an arm over his mouth, "He's becoming pretty well known. He sounds suitable for the position."

"He looks suitable too." Axel leaned against the armrest and licked his dry lips. Riku twitched, "I sometimes question your sexuality." Marluxia rolled his eyes, "Okay, ladies, so do we all approve of this Sora? It will help our social status, and I've just gone through his file... he has a sister, it seems. A foster sister; its that Namine girl."

Roxas cringed, slouching low in his seat. Marluxia opened the folder, flipping through a few pages, "So, I've reviewed everything about him, and he seems fine. Very athletic too, according to his previous school. The only thing suspicious about him is his grades; they were fairly low before, then he aced the entry quiz, then now... he's doing well, but not as well as anyone would expect."

"So what are you saying? He cheated?" Zexion asked. Marluxia shrugged, "It doesn't matter; his grades aren't that bad. He recently failed a chesmitry test, but we can let that slide after we give him a little help. I don't really feel like comparing his old curriculam to ours."

"You do realize you just said it was fine that one of our members could be a cheater." Zexion pointed out, biting the edge of his sweater. Marluxia glared at him, "Look, if he were a cheater, we'd notice with his grades. No one can help him cheat." Zexion sighed, "Point well made."

"So what exactly have we accomplished in this meeting?" Ventus asked, now feeling bored as he tapped the armrest with his fingers. Marluxia grinned, and gestured Roxas to come forward. Roxas walked towards Marluxia with his hands in his pockets, looking down at the ground. Marluxia gave him a few papers, and gave Ventus a devious look, "A new member."

-

"Roxas, man, talk to me!" Axel whined, shaking Roxas from his shoulders. He remained lifeless, as if his soul was sucked out of him and all that remained was his body, and physical movement. His emotions, his vibrant colour; all gone. His eyes looked as if they were grey, and not the blue they once were.

"Say something, or I will be obligated to remove a very important part of your anatomy!" Axel threatened, only to see Roxas raise a brow from the corner of his eye. Axel sighed, "I was talking about ripping off your--"

"Penis!" Ventus, who happened to be in the same hallway, yelled across to Terra. Terra yelled the same word back at him, but louder. Ventus screamed louder, as did Terra as they yelled out the same word over and over. Zexion came walking out of the meeting room, only to slap his forehead, "They're playing the penis game again, aren't they?"

Axel rolled his eyes and focused back on Roxas, regardless of the disturbing sounds in the background, "Roxas, say something!" The blonde first groaned, and twitched his upper lip, "I-It was such a beautiful night, Axel..." The red head smacked him across the face, "You gotta stop with the chick flicks!"

"No..." Roxas placed a hand on his now aching cheek, "It's reality, Axel." Judging by Roxas' mood, Axel found that he was completely serious. "Roxas, tell me what happened. Does it have something to do with Namine?" The blonde meekly nodded, and at that moment, Axel knew there was nothing he could do to bring the old Roxas back.


"What's with the paparazzi?" Kairi whispered to Sora, who sat beside her during lunch the next day. There was a table of girls right next to them, all with cameras and cell phones in hand. They all seemed to be drooling and dreaming about one thing; Sora.

"Since when was Sora a ladies man?" Tidus asked, feeling a tad bit jealous. Wakka slapped Sora's back, "Nice job scoring the ladies, ya!" Sora rubbed his aching back, and looked at the small crowd of girls passing by, giggling at him. "Are they laughing at me?" Sora asked. Kairi giggled, "No; I think they're attracted to you."

"Hey Sora!" A girl squealed, "Can I get a picture with you?" Sora was at a loss for words, until Kairi pushed him forward, "He'd love to!" Sora grumbled before he was blinded by a camera flash, and deafened by squealing girls. "He's so adorable! Even with the glasses!" One screamed. Another girl began cheering, "I know! Did you see him try out for the blitzball team yesterday? He was so hot! He's gonna make it for sure!"

"Smart, sexy, and talented! Me like!" Someone shrieked, sighing lovingly with a bunch of other girls. "Fangirls?" Yuffie sweatdropped. Selphie placed a hand on her cheek and grinned, "They must've gotten attracted to you when they heard your dreamy singing..." Yuna whacked the back of Selphie's head, "Back to reality, Selphie."

Kairi suddenly froze, and looked at Sora, "Look out." Sora's eyes widened, "It looks like something bad is going to happen." Kairi gulped and nodded, "I'd get down if I were you."

"What did you hear?" Sora whispered. Kairi pointed behind him, and a girl tackled him to the ground. Kairi read another thought, and crossed her arms, "Bitch fight." A girl walked up to the girl on top of Sora and pryed her off, shoving her afterwards, "Back off, Sora's mine!"

The girl shoved her back, only resulting in the student body to encourage them to fight. A boy ran up between them, trying to stop the fight. One of the girls threw a pizza in his face, only to have another guy run up and defend the boy. They began fighting, and soon enough, after a few more pizza slices were thrown and missed, everyone got involved. War had been declared once Tidus and Hayner jumped on their table and yelled, "Food fight!"

Food began to fly everywhere, and the teachers on duty couldn't even stop the students. In fact, Professer Leonhart was already hung upside down about ten seconds into the fight, surrounded by students who acted like savages. Hayner bumped his chest a few times while yelling out a battle cry, and Wakka smeared tomato sauce on the bottom of his eyes, attempting to look like an army soldier.

Kairi hid under the table like majority of her girlfriends, though she did fight every once in awhile. Sora hid next to her, hugging his knees. "I thought you'd be manly and fight," Kairi teased, "Are you scared?" Sora crossed his arms, "I haven't done anything wrong; I don't deserve to suffer."

"This fight started because of you!" Olette growled, scooching away from some pasta that fell near her. "Well I'm going to be modest and not fight. Fighting doesn't solve anything, and I feel calm, collected, and--" Sora was shushed by a cheeseburger to the face, and his eyes began to widen, "Oh, its on now bitch!"

He ran from the table and tumbled to another table, grabbing a sandwich from the floor and throwing it at the student who previously hit him. Hayner was crawling on the ground, defeated, "T-Tidus! Toss me the pistol!" Tidus raised a brow, "You mean the hot dog?" Hayner glared at him, "Yes the hot dog!" Tidus rolled his eyes, "You play Modern Warfare too much."

Sora, now standing on a table, began to throw some rice pellets at another student, now picking up a stale patty from the table. He tossed it up and caught it again, setting it on fire. Kairi's eyes widened as she ran from the table and to Sora, tackling him so that she was on top of him, and on a table. She pinned his hands to the table, and tossed the flaming patty aside, "Sora, are you out of your mind?!"

Sora squirmed underneath her with a hint of blush on his cheeks, whining at how hard her grip was on his wrists, "I-I'm sorry! I couldn't help myself!" Kairi tightened her grip as she continued to scold him, "You need better resistance! Do you wantto get discovered?!" A girl near them was furious, "Hey! Get off Sora!" She threw some pasta aimed at Kairi, which she gladly blocked with a small force field summoned with a swing of her arm.

"Hypocrite!" Sora yelled, releasing Kairi's grip by heating his hands. Sora looked at the girl that had thrown the pasta and Kairi, and sighed in relief when she was picking up some pizza off the ground. Sora smirked, "You're lucky she didn't see that." Kairi crossed her arms as she got off Sora, "You're lucky I wasn't finished scolding you."

Olette rose from under the table, hugging herself. She took a good look at the scenery around her, and whispered, "This is madness... MADNESS!" Yuna sweatdropped from under the table, "Making this more dramatic, are we?" Olette shrugged, "I try." Rikku came rolling out from below, and stood back to back with Yuna, "Wanna fight?"

Yuna gave her a high five before charging towards everyone. Selphie shrieked and held up a tray to dodge food headed at her, and soon enough stood with Sora and Kairi who were hiding behind the dumpster. Sora threw a few pizzas now and then, as did Kairi, but both were spotless except for Sora who still had a hint of cheeseburger on his face. Selphie began to whine when some chili was thrown at her skirt, "Is anyone going to stop this?! This is unreal!"

Students were still flinging food at each other, Professer Leonhart was still hung upside down now with the lunchladies, and no staff was around to help stop the fight. No one was even trying. Kairi shook her head, "I know I've seen this in movies... but I never thought this would actually happen! Do you have any idea how mad Dean Virthyl will be?! Someone has to stop this!"

Sora nudged her elbow, "Why don't you stop it, then?" Kairi sighed and stood up, "I'll do my best." Sora was awestruck; Kairi was actually going to try? Brave girl, Sora thought, and saw a smirk make its way to Kairi's lips. "Admirable quality," Sora added, gripping Kairi's arm, "You gonna be alright?"

The moment wasn't meant to be dramatic; its not like Kairi was going to die, but if she did stop this food fight, she could risk getting hurt ...in a way. She nodded and stood up, walking out towards the middle of the cafeteria. She inhaled deeply, and was about to scream, until a deep voice boomed across the cafeteria, "Stop this instant!"

Everyone froze, and there was no sign of movement. "Finally," Kairi sighed in relief, "Someone to restore order." At the doorway, was Sephiroth, Axel, Marluxia, and a goth boy that was unknown to everyone. "All juniors report to the auditorium!" The dean furiosly yelled, "There will be consequences for your immaturity!"

All the students groaned and headed for the exit, except for Sora, Kairi, Namine, and the rest of their friends. They were the last to leave. Sephiroth placed a hand on the goth boy's shoulder next to him, and said, "Thank you for warning me about this, Roxas." Kairi gasped, "Roxas?!"

Sephiroth left, as did Marluxia following behind him. The cafeteria was silent, and Roxas remained lifeless. Axel stood behind him, seizing him by the shoulders, "Roxas. Let's go."

"No!" Kairi yelled, running up to her cousin, "What happened to him?!" She took a good look at his face, and noticed new piercings on his lip, nose, eyebrow, and ears. "Please tell me they're fake," Kairi prayed, "Axel! Tell me these aren't real!" Axel rubbed the back of his head, "To be honest, I can't tell if they're real or not."

"Well, its for sure that this Roxas ain't real." Sora walked up to his roommate, and pulled on his sleeve, "Roxas, what happened?"

"Namine..." Kairi murmured to Sora. He looked at his sister, who seemed to be heading out the door. "N-Namine..." Roxas sputtered, but she did not hear. She just walked out the door, her back turned to everyone. The girls followed behind her swiftly, asking her what was wrong. The guys, with the exception of Sora, left the scene due to all the 'drama' they didn't want to deal with.

"She actually meant it." Roxas said deeply, a dark aura surrounding him. "Why does he look like that?" Sora asked, "Did Namine do something thatterrible?" Axel sighed, "Roxas dresses this way because he believes it expresses him; emotional and quiet. He listens to screamo, now... he says it screams out his emotions for him." Sora looked at Roxas' additions to his uniform, and gawked; the piercings, the tattered black blazer, the black tie, the skull pin above his heart, the chains on his pants, the dark jeans, the combat boots, and... the make up. The only thing that remained the same was his ninja star looking necklace. Sora shuddered-- what had become of his dear friend?

-

The front seats of the auditorium were occupied by the junior student body, their chattering echoing through the large space. Sora and Kairi sat with their friends, and were discussing Roxas' new decision in style. "If you ask me, its an upgrade." They heard someone mutter in the back; it was none other than Zexion, the emo king himself.

The Organization kept their conversation to themselves as they took their seats behind everyone else, paying no attention to no one but each other. Selphie groaned form her seat, "What happened to him? He looks so... depressed!" Yuna furrowed her brows, "I expected you to say 'Ay me, what happened to him? He used to look so hot!'"

Selphie crossed her arms over her chest, "Now why would I say that? As a caring human being, I'm only concerned for Roxas' happiness, and not only his good looks and charm." Tidus rolled his eyes, "Bull." Wakka laughed, "Who you trying to fool, ya?" Selphie was about to return with a clever comeback, but was interupted by the sound of a mic being tampered with. Everyone covered their ears until the sound settled, and watched a furious Dean Virthyl walk up to the mic.

"First, I would like to say how very disappointed I am in all of you," He began, "I mean... a food fight? How old are you? Sixteen? Seventeen? You are junior students; you've just acted like 4 year olds. I understand you want to have your so-called 'fun', but to destroy your own school in the process?"

Everyone hung their heads down in shame. "Now, does anyone want to confess who started this fight?" The dean asked. Everyone was silent; there wasn't really a certain person who started the whole thing. Sure Hayner and Tidus yelled it out, but they weren't the actual cause. They needed the source; Sora gulped. Kairi, reading his thoughts, placed her hand above his for reassurance, "This isn't your fault, Sora."

He meekly nodded, averting his gaze from his uncle and onto his hand. He blushed, but shrugged it off. Everyone remained silent, but to Kairi, everyone was speaking in their minds. She groaned in pain, and placed her free hand on her forehead. Sora laced their fingers together and gave her hand a squeeze, "Kairi, what's wrong?"

"St-Students... so l-loud..." She sputtered, her head now shaking. Sora suddenly looked worried, and placed his free hand on her shoulder. They locked eyes, and Sora whispered, "Focus on me, Kairi. Focus only on me, not anyone else." It was so hard for Kairi; normally she could easily let this go, but now... why was she so weak? Was it a weakness...?

If so... what was her weakness? Or possibly... who was her weakness?

She obeyed Sora, and focused only on his thoughts. She could see the beautiful sunset again, the same one he had shown her a few days ago. There was the silhouette figure, and the star shaped fruit. She gave him a soft smile, and began to relax. The other voices began to fade, as did the sunset. Sora gave her a grin before looking at the dean again, who was still awaiting an answer.

"Thank you," Kairi whispered, only to receive a suggestive wink. She blushed, and looked at their intertwined hands, causing her to blush even harder. "Cute," Sora teased, pinching her cheek. Kairi huffed, "Don't treat me like a child, now. I thought you were going to stop acting like this." Sora laughed, "That doesn't mean I've let it go. Seeing your red face is just so--"

The dean began tapping the mic, getting everyone's attention; mostly Sora's, though, seeing as the man was staring straight at him, "Mr. Strife, my dear nephew, if you're done flirting with Ms. Hikari, could you possibly give us an answer to this mystery?" Kairi blushed a crimson red as red as her hair as she hid below the seats, feeling embarassed. Some boys whistled and cheered, whereas some girls giggled or sneered. (A/N: omg. that rhymed xD)

Sora also blushed, also hiding under the seats, "That man is evil!" Kairi frowned, "I agree." After Sephiroth was done with his entertainment, his lips that once formed a smirk turned upside down, "Now, back to business. Who started this?" Hayner was about to raise his hand, feeling guilty, but Olette stopped him. The same happened with Yuna and Tidus. Olette and Yuna shook their head with pained eyes, not wanting the boys to receive consequences for something they didn't start.

Sephiroth sighed, and shook his head in dismay, "Very well; if none of you will tell me who started this fray, then I have no choice but to punish all of you. Your winter dance is cancelled." Students rose from their seats and began complaining, but the dean didn't seem to care. He just left without another word, his decision being final.

"This is so unfair!" Selphie whined, jumping up and down on her seat, "I was so looking forward to it! I even bought my dress already!"

The students were all dismissed, and headed to their last period class, where they would probably be lectured by their teachers. Sora and Kairi groaned as they headed for the Math & Science Wing, still hand in hand. "I. Hate. My. Uncle." Sora cringed, tightening his grip on Kairi's hand. She let out a squeak, as to which Sora let go of her hand, "I'm sorry."

Kairi shook her head, "No, no, its fine..." Sora opened the door into the building, letting Kairi in first. Before he let himself in and closed the door, someone stopped it. They turned around and found Axel leaning by the doorway, holding some papers in his hand. "Axel?" The both said in unison.

He extended the hand with the papers to Sora, who took them looking rather confused. "What is this?" Sora asked, flipping through the small package. Axel crossed his arms, looking outside rather than to Sora himself, "Since Roxas couldn't bare to do it himself, he sent me to give you those papers. They're permission slips, details, events... in other words, they're your one way ticket into Organization XIII."


OMG I'm so sorry for the late update! I've got two words to tell you why I updated this late; Modern. Warfare.

Yes, I got it for my birthday and its just so damn addicting! I've been playing with my PlayStation3 all day! I know I'm rather young to be playing this M rated game, but seriously... everyone breaks the rules these days xP. I hope you all got that reference to Modern Warfare in the cafeteria scene with Hayner lol. And I actually got a tad better this time; I don't run towards my grenades anymore! xD. And believe me, it has erased my sanity. I was swearing and screaming so much... I act VERY different when I play video games. Really. No lie.

Its such a good game; I've been playing online with a bunch of unknown people... and some are my friends, too. Like today, I played this mission with my friend... we weren't even doing the mission; we just enjoyed knifing each other lol. Great teamwork, huh? =P And my goodness... my cousins didn't believe me when I said I killed Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts blindfolded, so they're gonna make me do it again... blindfolded, my hands tied to the back of a chair, ice down my back, and tape on my mouth. That should be entertaining lol.

Now, what's new, what's new... well, I'm 14 now :D. Yay! And its almost christmas! Well, to those of you who celebrate christmas. I do :). If you don't, then happy holidays to you! And if you do celebrate christmas... Happy Halloween! Nah, I'm only joking... Merry Christmas! (Wow tht was lame lol) And I had anime club on the last day before vacation (which reminds me... I am on christmas break, so I might update early if Modern Warfare doesn't distract me too much), and the dirtiest thing happened. We were watching 'The Sealed Card', and me and my friend teased my other friend about this ugly looking statue... we're like, "Hey look its you!" He replied saying, "At least I'm not a giant penguin slide" as to which my friend said, "So what? I bring amusement to little children." XDDD And I just noticed... random fact... if you remove the bottom part of a clarinet... its a black flute xP. Yeah, when I said that my friends called me "instrumeracist" xP

And actually, my birthday was pretty awesome at school! It was announced at school (my friends put it on the pa system xP), my locker was decorated, I got the awesomest presents... and those who didn't give me a present chose to dye their hair xD. There were a bunch of people with purple, blue and blonde hair, courtesy of me xP. I love high school! And, I was checking facebook the other day, and I went on the fanfiction group... I'd like to thank my fans for supporting me! I love you guys! -gives all virtual birthday cake- (its fudgy!) Now anyway... lemme reply to your reviews so I can play Modern Warfare 2 again xD.

Craxuan: yeah, i decided to portray Namine's character to a stronger being, since in most stories, people usually make her weak

Kira553: me? throw gummy bears at a movie theatre? i wish xD. I think you mistook me for someone else xP

frozenflower716: vanessa-chan x3 would you like to go to pmall with me, christine, keisha and philip? we're plannin to go soon, but we just don't know when...

DreamTidus: GASP so have you actually met Taylor Swift? And yes... I hate the Jonas Brothers xD -gets attacked by swarming fangirls-

Ruby C Cullen: hm, Kairi morph light away from herself? Interesting idea, but I don't think she can 'remove' in a morph. Just transform, and remember, she gets very weak after strong morphing! Refer to an earlier chapter if you don't remember :)

Naomi G: thanks :) And yes, once my friend made that Jonas Brothers joke... I've never looked at them the same xD. Everytime I see their face I laugh. In fact, there was this guy at school who looked like Nick Jonas... I randomly started laughing at him xD

XIII Riku: thanks :D And yes, lollapalooza was actually a real word xD. I like. Panicked when I first saw it and started obsessing over it xP

lil eve: aww, namine did that? So sad! But I'm going to find a way to add Xion x Roxas in this story... I like them too :) Especially the ending scene... it made me cry T-T

Artism: when you do make an account, please tell me :) I'd love to read your work!

MysticalWriter: oh, I've got my skills now xD My friends have been training me... I've only been playing for about 3 days though xP. But omg, I love stabbing people xD. Well, I believe the term now is 'knife', so my friend would yell at me across the phone going, "KNIFE HIM KNIFE HIM! MOTHERFUCKER KNIFE HIM! XD"

KHgamegirl: yes, sorry for the late update ! And that last chapter was all sniffley :( But i promise it'll get better!

unseenandforgotten: you have no idea how much that means to me T-T thank you !!

YuffieKisaragi001: lol yes, I've started reading Sora x Kairi fics again; I started reading one like 2 weeks ago... I'm still not done xP

Grey vs Ale: thanks so much x3 that means alot to me!

Jared Someone: LMAO REALLY? YOU MADE HIM DRESS UP? Oh god, I wish my guy friends would do that xD. And, as a holiday present... -virtually gives you maroon converse- enjoy them, my awesometastic australian fanfiction friend!

TinaalovesMints: LOL you watched it? You just have to laugh xD. Its mean, but it was too funny! The horse is just like "come on guys! coast is clear!" then suddenly BAM-- CARTWHEEL! XDD and i'm glad you got that flying kh reference ;)

Terrian: with this much support i will NEVER abandon this story! ... Did you get scared again this week? xD And I guess you're gonna beat me up now, seeing as I didn't update early... just lemme get a head start on running here xP

SaphireWaves: thanks :) And yes, I'm still trying to find out who stole me... they took my icon, and my quotes =O

xoxoTwilight269: ohh you're in band too? What instrument?

Swanna: GASP a flute player? I wanna play the flute! I don't want my clarinet anymore xD. Is it real hard? I've recently found out how to hold it and how to blow into it (that sounded dirty xD), and I'm not so sure I can do it xD. And awwies, everytime I see kh merchandise and I have no money... I panic and pickpocket from my friends LOL

xocherry: LMAO I've always wanted to see what it was like to be a guy... I think they have some drama too. Believe me... when you meet new people, you meet new personalities :) So i think both genders have their fair share of problems... but then again, guys dont have to deal with 'girl issues' xD

chibixbabe: aww thanks that means alot ;D

Fanfiction Fanatiction: I'm glad you caught that! I didn't think anyone would lol.

Kisdota the freak gamer: I just noticed you always speak in all caps xD

Now, Modern Warfare time! xD LET'S KICK SOME ASS. EVEN THOUGH I STILL SUCK AT IT. Anyway (lol), Thanks for all your support, please review, and I'm sorry for any grammar errors! I love you all! I'll try and update earlier! Oh, and advance Happy New Year just in case I don't update before then!

- Kyorii