Organization Cheese

A/N: HELLO ALLL!!!!! IT'S BEEN SO LONG!!!! TO ALL YOU LOYAL READERS OUT THERE----THANK YOU FOR READING AND STICKING WITH ORGANIZATION CHEESE!!!

It's ilovefetacheese here. My life has just been extremey hectic lately and I offer my immense apologies for not updating sooner—I take the full blame, as ilovefetamorethanyou had her part written more than two weeks ago…but, eureka, I have REGAINED INSPIRATION!!! We are ready to make the OC end with more epic-ness than all the previous chapters COMBINED! YEAH, BABY! But, we still have more story to go, so don't stop reading! Pleeeeeease review, too!

Disclaimer: We do not own KH, FF, GG, Disney, or any of their characters or worlds. Thank you.

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Chaper 23: Red Carpet Ruckus

The guests didn't start arriving for another half hour, and during that time, night fell, and the courtyard was turned into a glittering wonderland which looked more like the setting of the Academy Awards than the front yard of an ominous and evil castle, complete with a red carpet.

"PRINCESS JASMINE!"

"OVER HERE!"

"LOOK THIS WAY!"

The Princess, clad in a teal Arabian outfit, waved to the paparazzi and smiled gently, escorted by none other than…

"PRINCE ALI!" a few rabid female paparazzi screamed as they took photos like mad. The young man, clasping the elbow of the princess, smiled and took off his cap, bowing to the crowd. The pair stopped to pose in front of an elegant castle backdrop, with the words Queen Minnie's Birthday Extravaganza arched on the top. A strange monkey wearing a peculiar hat posed on Prince Ali's head, much to the delight of the paparazzi. As soon as the paparazzi had their fill, the royal couple continued on their way down the red carpet, followed by the Princess's father and the royal attendants, as well as a blue floating genie.

"Oh my God it's Prince Ali!" Naminé whispered to Kairi conspiratorially. All of our friends and heroes who had gathered to save Cloud were seated around an enormously long table, decked out with expensive, solid silver place settings. Cloud's five waiters flitted around, taking drink orders and assisting the famous guests to their seats. The gang could only ogle as they watched the celebrities walk along the red carpet. Sora actually dropped his crystal goblet (which was filled with only water, luckily), shattering it to pieces, when Hercules walked by and waved at him. Xaldin quickly came and cleaned up the mess, replacing Sora's goblet with a new, shiny one.

"Riku. Hercules. Just. Waved. Hi. To. Me," Sora gushed, slightly in shock. "He's… my hero."

"I thought Cloud was your hero?" Riku looked at Sora skeptically, but was also quite awed by the mythological hero's greeting.

"Cloud's evil now," Sora said resolutely, frowning, "Hercules has always been another of my heroes!"

"Wait," Riku stated, just realizing something, "Hercules was totally waving at me."

"No, he was waving at me," Sora insisted, waving a hand in the air, "Why would he wave at you?"

"Because I'm obviously much better and stronger than – nevermind, forget it" Riku gave in, distracted by the celebrity who just entered the archway, on her way to the photo stop. "Whatever, he was waving at you. Now she, however, is definitely waving at me." The eyes of Sora and Riku (and Demyx and Repliku and Hayner and Pence and Tidus) were drawn to the regal Asian woman, accompanied by a man who appeared to be a soldier and tiny dragon the color of fire.

"No, doofus, she's waving to the camera," Sora hissed, a bit miffed.

"Both of you are BUFOONS." Kairi glared at them, a bit jealous.

"ALL of you are buffoons," Naminé sent a second glare at the rest of the boys who were ogling the pretty Asian woman.

"MULAN!" the paparazzi screamed, and then, "SHANG!"

"HOW DOES IT FEEL, KNOWING YOU SAVED CHINA?"

"Now, now, let's not get into politics at the Queen's birthday party," Mulan, the woman, answered amicably, waving and posing with Shang and the dragon.

"WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO IMPERSONATE A MAN?"

"That's enough," Shang commented, and escorted Mulan away from the press and towards the table marked "The Land of the Dragons," their home world.

"She is so cool! She's like, my hero!" Selphie squealed, looking to Tifa, their earlier feud forgotten now that they were sitting next to each other at the most elite party in all the worlds.

"I know! I heard she took down a giant heartless and a maniac villain!" Tifa whispered animatedly to Selphie before both turned to stare at the next arrival.

"Ladies and gentlemen," the golden-eyed, silver-haired, tan announcer spoke into a microphone, "If I may now formally welcome our esteemed and honorable guest, the Emperor of China. Please pay your respects."

"Is that… Xemnas?" Axel asked Roxas quizzically, referring to the announcer, dressed in a snazzy purple suit.

"I… I think so…" Roxas stared for a moment as the two rose with the rest of the party attendees, and bowed as the Emperor passed. The only guest who did not bow was the Sultan of Agrabah. The two men formally shook hands and greeted each other amicably as rulers of allied worlds.

After the Emperor seated himself next to Mulan, the press turned their attention to the Limousine which had just driven up. Tifa quickly grabbed Selphie's shoulder as the Limousine's passenger, along with her companion, were revealed , and yelped, "Selphie! Look!!! It's Princess Aurora!!!"

"No way! She hasn't been seen in public for a hundred years!"

"PRINCESS AURORA!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"

"YOU'VE BEEN MISSING FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS! HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THIS ABSENCE?"

"PRINCESS! HOW IS IT THAT YOU DON'T LOOK A DAY OVER TWENTY? WHAT IS YOUR SECRET TO ETERNAL YOUTH?"

"PRINCESS AURORA!"

"PRINCESS! LOOK THIS WAY – AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

All of a sudden, the paparazzi started screaming, and not in the "OMG I LOVE YOU LET ME TAKE YOUR PICTURE" kind of way. They were screaming in the "OMG RUUUUUN!" kind of way.

"AHHHHHHHH! IT'S A BEAST!" The photographers started running away.

"ROAAAAAAAAAAAR!"could be heard over the din, and one photographer looked back.

"WAAAAIT! LOOOK! IT'S BELLE!"

There was a collective gasp from the screaming photographers who all stopped in their tracks and looked back, torn between the want to take a picture of the latest celebrity, Belle, and the need to run from the beast.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Xemnas's voice rang out clearly, "Please remain calm. The man to whom you are referring as a 'beast' in a most insulting manner is actually the ruler of the Enchanted Castle, escorting his beautiful companion, Belle."

"Gasp!" gasped the paparazzi and all the onlookers, as the crowd reassembled around the posing Belle and Beast, who had reached the photo station. The camera flashing resumed.

"I wonder who the next celebrity is going to be," Tifa whispered to Selphie, and both girls looked expectantly towards the entryway. Suddenly Tifa's eyes grew wide and she covered her mouth with her hands. "O.M.G. IT'S --- "

"AERITH?!?!?!!?!?!??!?!?" Every person in the vicinity screamed, their jaws dropping to the floor.

Cloud, stunned, ran up to the red carpet and pushed all the paparazzi out of his way. "Aerith! Aerith! I thought you were…." Cloud gave his ex-companion a large hug.

Aerith looked up dreamily. "Oh, Cloud!!!"

-Corniness omitted to better your reading experience-

Roxas stood back from the commotion, not wanting to get involved in this very…*insert some adjective* reunion. Axel also stood back with him, eyeing the shrimp cocktails recently set down on the buffet table. Suddenly Roxas jolted upright, his eyes wide: HE REMEMBERED.

"CLOOUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Roxas shoved past Axel and many onlookers in front of him. Then the most difficult obstacle for the angsty teenager: the paparazzi. "CLOUD!!!!! CLOUD!!!!!! OW! I'M GONNA SHOVE THAT *BEEEEP* CAMERA DOWN YOUR *BEEEEEEEEP* THROAT IF YOU DON'T MOVE OUTTA MY WAY, *BEEEEEEEEEEP BEEEP*!!!!! THIS IS LIFE OR DEATH INFORMATION HERE!!!!!!" Despite Roxas's odd mental breakdown (is this the….hundred and third one now?), the paparazzi seemed unfazed and kept taking pictures of Aerith and this blonde man…Roxas had only one option left. He looked at Axel, who immediately recognized that look in Roxas' eyes, and nodded.

"!!!!!!! FIRE!!!! AH!!!!!" As you may have guessed, Axel lit one of the cameraman's pants on fire, and in that tight-knitted throng of people, it spread quite easily.

"CLOUD!!!!!!" Roxas continued on. "CLOUD!!!!! CLOUD!!!!! CLOUD!!!!! CLOUD!!! CLOOOUD!"

Cloud turned his head toward Roxas with an evil glare, who looked very anxious, like a kindergartener who had to go potty.

"Yes? I heard you the first hundred times, if you cared to know." Cloud narrowed his eyes as Roxas stuttered.

"..Uh….I came to tell you…"

"SPIT IT OUT, CHILD. CAN'T YOU SEE I'M BUSY?"

Aerith looked at Roxas as well, slightly annoyed that attention had been diverted from her and Cloud, and that the paparazzi were now all jumping into the fountain a distance away.

Roxas looked down to his oversized sneakers. "I…forgot..."

-silence-

Axel, as well as many others who were paying attention to this spectacle, dropped to the floor, terribly embarrassed on behalf of poor Roxas' stupidity and memory loss.

Lexaeus, who realized now what Roxas was going to say, stepped forward and whispered something in Axel's ear, who nodded furiously, eyes wide.

"HIIIIIIIIII…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Axel jumped ten feet in the air, spinning around while pulling out his multiple pairs of scissors from his frilly inside coat pocket and twirling them around while making a ninja-esque pose.

"CLOUD!!!!! ROXAS WAS TRYING TO TELL YOU THAT THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR HAIR AT THE NAPE OF YOUR NECK IS 2 MILLIMETERS SHORTER THAN THE RIGHT SIDE, AND THAT YOUR FIFTH SPIKE FROM THE LEFT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAHA!" Axel zoomed forward, slightly squatting for aerodynamic purposes, although his heavily gelled hair completely defeated any momentum he could have gained.

"GASP!" Every person in the vicinity turned to look as Cloud's eyes widened, realizing Axel was dashing towards him, scissors raised.

"GAH!" Axel jumped, tackling Cloud and pinning him down on the floor and turning him over, face-down. "EVERYONE! THIS IS AN EVIL DEVICE! STEP AWAY!!!" Axel screamed as he struck a dramatic heroic yet devilish pose, then stabbed at Cloud's neck with a pair of sharp, red scissors…