~~Chapter 13~~

Xemnas Report: 909

1:00am

Finally Christmas day has arrived and it started as embarrassingly as expected.

One of my subordinates had decided to put mistletoe up in some of the most annoying places. I don't think I will ever find out who put the mistletoe up because a few of my other subordinates weren't too pleased about this either.

I first discovered the mistletoe on my way to the kitchen. I was walking along, my silver hair bobbing in time with my steps. I noticed Demyx coming the other way. He was wearing a red and green elf costume and a nervous expression on his face; he suddenly stopped and looked up.

"What is it IX?" I asked.

Demyx pointed up at the ceiling. There was a huge bundle of mistletoe above us. Demyx slowly started to move his face closer to mine - he had a disgusted look on his face.

"Don't even think about it" I snarled taking a step away from him.

"But what about the mistletoe?" Demyx asked concerned.

"It doesn't matter, now if you don't mind." I said bringing up a portal to the kitchen.

Xigbar, Xaldin and Roxas were in the kitchen when I arrived. Xigbar and Xaldin where wearing Santa hats on their heads. As for Roxas's he was wearing a reindeer costume. He was hard to miss because he wore a fake nose which would continuously flash bright red.

"Have you opened your presents yet superior?" asked Roxas sincerely. I couldn't but notice a mischievous grin spread across Xigbar's face at the mention of my presents.

Every one jumped as a loud crashing noise rang into the room followed by shouting and swearing.

It was hard to make out what was being said over the crashes and clanks, but it was something along the lines of "how dare you, it was mine," and something about a poster.

As quickly as the noise had started it suddenly stopped.

"Finally" I muttered, but I had spoken to soon. At that moment Marluxia stormed in to the room closely followed by Axel. Marluxia glared at Axel irately. Axel just returned the glare, flames erupting from his hands.

The room filled with a tense silence. Everyone was waiting to see what was going to happen next.

It was Axel who delivered the end to the deadly silence.

"So Petal, do you have any more pictures of me that I should know about?" Axel snarled. Marluxia just narrowed his eyes in response.

"What?" queried Roxas, confused by Axel's earlier statement.

"Are you going to tell them or am I?" Axel asked, watching Marluxia in the same way that an animal would watch their prey just before they attacked.

"You had no right to go through my stuff like that" growled Marluxia, standing up, ready for a fight.

"And what right do you have to have posters of me in your room?" demanded Axel, taking a step closer to Marluxia.

"I don't know what you're on about" lied Marluxia taking a step toward Axel, so that the two where now only inches away from each other.

This is going to be interesting I thought when I noticed that they were both standing under some mistletoe. It seemed I wasn't the only one who noticed this, Xigbar and Xaldin both started guffawing.

"What's so funny?" Axel and Marluxia hissed. Xigbar and Xaldin laughed even louder.

"Why don't you two kiss and make up?" Xigbar suggested irreverently. Axel and Marluxia glared at Xigbar, confused, the fuel for the fight extinguished for the moment.

"From the looks of where you're standing you get a kiss" Xigbar said, giving VIII and XI a clue to what is so funny.

They both looked up at the ceiling in unison. Then something unexpected happened. Axel grabbed Marluxia by the scruff of his neck and pulled Marluxia towards him. Axel then pressed his lips against Marluxia's.

Everyone's mouths fell open. I couldn't believe that Axel actually did that.

Axel let go of Marluxia and took a step away from VIII. Marluxia just stared at Axel shocked at what had just happened. Marluxia's eye's where so wide I thought they might pop out.

"That was unexpected" a surprised Roxas stated. An awkward silence filled the room.

"I'm going to go now" I eventually said, mainly to myself. I still had to find Saïx and give him his Christmas present.

I wonder if he will like it. I thought as I started to hunt him down.

The first place I looked for Saïx was the lounge. The only people in there were Luxord and Larxene.

It seemed I wasn't the only one that didn't dress up for Christmas. Larxene was wearing the usual organization outfit, even her blonde hair was the same, unlike Luxord's which had been died green and red.

"Do you know where Saïx is?" I asked them.

"Nope" Luxord said "Do you want to play a game?"

"No" I replied, Luxord looked a little disappointed.

"Why are you looking for him anyway?" Larxene queried.

"No reason" I said casually before leaving to continue my hunt for Saïx

I went to the hall of empty melodies next. Zexion and Lexaeus were there opening their Christmas presents. Lexaeus was wearing a Santa Claus costume and Zexion was wearing an elf costume.

I was about to ask them if they had seen Saïx when Lexaeus let out a little squeal as soon as he had opened one of his presents. Lexaeus bought up a portal to his room and quickly ran through it with the Harry Potter book I had given him in his hand.

"Why did you have to give him the last Harry Potter book?" Zexion said glumly "I won't see him for the rest of the day now."

"Have you seen Saïx?" I asked, ignoring Zexion's remarks.

"No" Zexion snapped, while starting to open another present.

Maybe he's in his room, I thought. I left a very moody Zexion to go through a portal to Saïx's room.

I knocked on the door, there was no answer.

Where else can he be? I wondered.

I suddenly realized that I hadn't seen Vexen about the tests he's been running on Kingdom Hearts in a long time.

Vexen's room was covered in tinsel and Christmas lights like the rest of the castle. Vexen was not wearing a Christmas costume which was surprising considering the state of his room.

"How have the tests on Kingdom Hearts been going?" I asked him.

"They are still turning up negative" IV said snidely.

"Very well, have you seen Saïx?" I queried.

"Yes, I saw him at the Altar Of Naught. Vexen snapped, getting back to his work.

I bought up a portal to the Altar of Naught and left Vexen to his work.

Saïx was at the Altar of Naught like Vexen had said. He was staring up at Kingdom Hearts.

What should I say? I wondered starting to panic.

Ok I don't think he's seen me, it's not too late to escape, I thought.

"Merry Christmas," Saïx said to me.

Crap, there goes that idea, I thought angrily.

"Er… Merry Christmas," I said, moving to stand next to him.

"Did you like your Christmas presents?" Saïx asked.

"I haven't opened any of them yet," I said awkwardly.

"Oh," Saïx said flatly.

Ok, all I've got to do is give him the present, then I can escape before he has time to open it, I thought trying to pump myself up to give Saïx his Christmas present.

"Um, here is-is a great spot," I commented, quickly hiding Saïx's present under my black cloak.

Maybe I could just chuck the present at him then, escape I tried to reason with myself.

"Yea, yea it is" Saïx responded.

"Um…. Here, here is your Christmas present" I said awkwardly, taking the present out from under my cloak and handing it to him.

Saïx did not say anything he just stood there looking stunned.

"Well….er, bye" I said before disappearing through a portal to my room.

Well, that was not as awful as I had expected, I thought, once in the confines of my room.

Several hours had passed since I gave Saïx his Christmas present. A part of my mind wondered if he liked it or not but I was happy here reading through reports on different worlds that had been written by my subordinates.

I had just started reading a report by Demyx when I heard a knock at my door.

"Come in" I said nonchalantly. I heard the sound of the door opening but continued reading the report. I hated reports written by Demyx and just wanted to finish reading it.

"Yes?" I asked after a few moments of silence. I glanced up and saw Saïx standing there. I put the report down and stood up.

Maybe he didn't like my present, what should I do? I wondered.

Saïx took several steps towards me, until there was a short distance between us.

"Th-thanks for the present" he said reservedly. Saïx then did something I hadn't expected he leaned in towards me , I closed my eyes then…..

Nothing.

I opened my eyes to see what was happening. What I saw was not at all what I had expected. I was lying in Vexen's lab with all these different monitors hooked up to me. Vexen was standing in front of one of the monitors, writing something down on a chart.

"What the hell is going on?" I demanded.

"Ah, your awake, about time" Vexen said flatly. "You've been ill, due to a virus that Roxas bought in from the land of dragons."

"Has the virus been contained properly?" I asked him with a serious tone to my voice.

"Yes, yes, and I've documented all the symptoms" Vexen said. "I just need to know if you had any alternate reality dreams why you were unconscious?"

"Yea, I did" I said, noticing Vexen scribble something down on his clipboard.

"Well then all your symptoms seem to be consistent with the others" Vexen said matter of factly.

So this is why I have decided to document everything that happened while I was unconscious, so I can reference back to those events if the need arises.

~THE END~

I'm sorry it took so long to post the final chapter but here it is and I hope you all like it.