Organization Cheese

A/N: Hello all! I AM SOOOO SORRY WE HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SO LONG. Things have just been busy busy busy busy busy! However, the end is in sight—ilovefetamorethanyou and I actually have some rough idea of how it might end! Isn't that just bedazzling? This chapter is leading up to .epicness. Oh yes. Please stick with us until the end! Well, without further ado, Chapter 24! Please enjoy AND REVIEW!

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Chapter 24: THE CURSE

"CLOUD!" Aerith screamed, hands over her mouth, as she stared at the wild man attacking her precious companion. "EVERYONE! HE'S HURTING CLOUD! GET HIM!" Aerith pointed wildly at the two men, struggling on the ground.

At the last minute, Cloud had summoned his strength and flipped himself and Axel over, grabbing the wrist of the hand that held the scissors, clutching Axel's other arm ferociously and attempting to keep them away from himself. The two were engaged in a test of strength now, Axel attempting to overpower Cloud to reach the evil device on the back of his neck and Cloud attempting to keep Axel from murdering him.

"WHAT?" the celebrities in the crowd gasped, and several stood. Many of them – the Beast, Hercules, Mulan, Shang, Jack (King of the Pumpkin Patch), Simba (the Lion King), Aladdin, Captain Jack, Will Turner, Dumbo, and others (including some Atlanteans, but they were stuck in their giant fishbowl) were outraged, and ran to help Cloud, for they owed him a favor – Cloud had done many good deeds and defeated many straggling heartless in the days following the defeat of Organization 13 (and, of course, they were all big fans of his). Axel's eyes widened as he saw a demi-god, a beast, a lion, and an elephant all running towards him.

Yeah, this just wasn't Axel's day.

"Axel!" Roxas cried out as he saw the stampede headed in his friend's direction. He crouched low, summoning his keyblade for battle. "BACK OFF!" Roxas ran towards Axel in a mad dash to help save his friend.

"Roxas!" Sora and Riku yelled, watching as the tiny blonde boy held his keyblade up in the path of the rampaging elephant.

"We have to help them! Come on guys!" Sora waved broadly at his comrades seated at the table, his keyblade appearing in hand. Sora ran off bravely, followed closely by Riku, Demyx, Tidus, and Wakka.

"Cloud!" Tifa called as she watched the struggle between the redhead and the blonde continue, throwing her chair back and sprinting toward the red carpet, dashing over tables and knocking over chairs.

"Sora! Cloud! Oh no!" Yuffie squealed, obviously distressed. "HIYAAA!" she cried, hurling shuriken into the mass of people and creatures rushing towards the two wrestling men, not caring which side she aided, only trying to protect her friends.

Unfortunately, the barrage of throwing stars threw the riot into a frenzy, causing an all-out brawl in the middle of Queen Minnie's birthday party.

"EXCUSE ME! AHEM! EXCUSE ME!" Ansem called over the microphone, to no avail. His voice could not be heard over the rumble of fists flying, punches connecting, and the occasional book dropping onto Demyx's head. Ok, that only happened once, but hey, you have to give Zexion credit for being original, alright?

By that time, no one could tell who was fighting whom or who they were defending: Cloud or Axel. Cameras flashed and for a moment it seemed as if Axel was getting the upper hand.

Suddenly ghastly purple smoke filled the courtyard and oozed thickly into the mass of rioters. The fighting slowly stopped as the celebrities and heroes became aware of the ominous substance.

"Tell me, Xemnas," a low, female dark voice asked, oozing with malice, "Have all the guests arrived?"

The combatants brushed themselves off and turned to stare at the raised platform where Xemnas was standing with his microphone. Facing the man in the purple suit was a tall, thin, sinister woman, ghastly pale and wearing a flowing black dress.

"Maleficent," Riku hissed in a fierce whisper, raising his weapon.

"Uhh… errr…" Xemnas glanced through the scroll in his hand, scanning the names. "I believe so, Miss…?"

"Maleficent," the woman answered eerily, "Just Maleficent."

"I don't see you on this list, I'm sorry," Xemnas apologized nervously, "All the seats have been filled."

"I see," the woman smiled venomously, poison in her words. "There's no way to make space for one more guest?"

"….Ummm…err…no, my deepest regrets Madame I – "

"That's enough." She cut Xemnas off with a wave of her hand. "I understand the situation. In that case, I'll just leave my gift for the Queen with you. Where is Cloud?"

The crowd parted, revealing Cloud, pinned to the ground by Axel, who had his scissors raised in the air, ready to strike

"Cloud," Maleficent began, walking slowly towards him, "So dear to Queen Minnie. So dear to all those gathered here today. Such a pity I wasn't invited to this grand gala." She swept an arm out, gesturing. "But since I can't be in attendance, I might as well leave my mark now." Maleficent cackled for dramatic effect.

"CLOUD," she declared, pointing, "On your 25th birthday, you shall poke your hand on a needle and DIE."

The crowd was silent, all fearful of this powerful, terrible woman.

"Cloud," Sora whispered innocently, "When's your birthday?"

Cloud scrunched his eyebrows together and thought deeply. "Uhhh… ummm… I think it's…" he began counting on his fingers, "Oh! Today! Hee hee. Happy Birthday to me I guess! And Queen Minnie!" Then his eyes bugged out as he realized the implications of his sentence. "OH $#*#&!"

(#*$%(#$*%($)#EWSDFFDSS

"Ahem, this is the Eradication of All Needles and Syringes Services Hotline, may I help you?"

"Yes, hello, I am, uh, in need of your company's assistance. Immediately. This is a dire emergency. When are you next available? In five minutes?" Ansem had relocated to his office quickly and had telephoned this hotline. Hey, no need to worry about this curse at all if there were no needles anywhere in the vicinity, right?

"Ahem, sorry, sir, our earliest opening is in three and a half years. Would you like me to schedule you for then?"

"WHAT? WHAT IS THIS NONSENSE! THIS IS FOR THE SAKE OF QUEEN MINNIE'S SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY! DOES THAT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU?"

"Ahem, sir, I'm sorry, but as a quality business, we do our job very thoroughly, and, usually, that means it takes an extensive amount of time to completely rid an area of all needles. I might be able to squeeze you in in two and a half months, but I can do no more."

"COME ON, YOU SCROOGE! THIS IS FOR YOUR BOSS!"

"Bah humbug! Good day, sir!"

-BEEP-

*$#%RJFDFOT)))))))))))))))((((((RFD)F))F)S(DF)A

"LISTEN UP, EVERYBODY!" Ansem had made his way back to the party, and approached Cloud, who had been pacing back and forth anxiously and avoiding anything that came within twenty feet of him, even the wind…

All heads turned to face Ansem as Cloud jumped at the presence of someone within his large tollbooth of space.

"Yes…?" Cloud whimpered.

"Cloud, I know it may look embarrassing, but until we break this curse, I think I'm going to need you to put this on…" Ansem reached into his cloak and magically pulled out a large transparent blob (what could it be?).

"YOU MADE ME A SUIT OUT OF BUBBLE WRAP? OH BOY! THIS IS LIKE A DREAM!"

Sora looked up from the small cookies he was snacking on, gasped, and ran up to Cloud and Ansem giddily, as Cloud was stepping into the bubble wrap body suit.

Pop.

Pop pop pop.

Pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop.

"SORA, STOP IT! CLOUD NEEDS PROTECTION FROM ALL POINTY OBJECTS!"

"….Sorry…." Sora looked down, ashamed, and went over to see why Axel was punching himself.

"GAH! MAN! WHAT AM I GOING TO DOOOOOOOOOOOO? NOW I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR CLOUD! But we have to unbrainwash him! But there's a curse on him! Oh man, Roxas, this is a tough one." Axel was now lying on the ground, twirling his chakram in the air. That is, until Cloud glared at him. Then Axel was forced to pull out his hair gel and start reapplying it for something to do.

Suddenly a voice boomed out of the speakers set up around the large vicinity. "ATTENTION EVERYONE!" It was Ansem. "THE KING HAS JUST NOTIFIED US THAT HE WILL BE ARRIVING WITH THE QUEEN IN APPROXIMATELY 5.5374063016057398467 MINUTES! EVERYONE, PLEASE CALM DOWN AND STAY ON THE SIDELINES OF THE RED CARPET UNTIL AFTER THE QUEEN GRACES OUR PRESENCE. WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO BE COMEPLETELY PREPARED FOR HER." There was a long pause, and Ansem turned his head to have a private conversation with some official-looking people. "Aw, *BEEEEEEEEEEP* this, we're *BEEEEEEP*ed…." The microphone went off.

Larxene then made her way over to Axel, still lying on the ground. Roxas and Sora were having a bit of trouble breathing, and sweating profusely because of the mad, fiery, yet extremely thick and depressed aura Axel was emitting.

"Gather 'round, boys. I got a plan. Teeheehee…."

Zexion, who had casually and gracefully leaped over there, gulped deeply, and whispered to Demyx, who had joined him, "I don't know if I like the sound of that…."