MY DARLINGS ! I apologize deeply for no update yesterday! I was just so exhausted I went to bed at 1145. XP AND I overslept. Go figure. BUT! In addition to this, I made Karaoke Night all Extended Addition because it kept bugging me how short Riku's dance scene was, so I added some fun to it. 8D It showed up in my live preview, but nowhere else yet…So if anyone has any difficulty seeing it let me know.

I'm excited for this one. XP

oh yeah Zesty your suggestion wasn't bad its just….dirteh. and that's a GOOD THING. XD

Btw. Subtley-odd as it was, that was Sephiroth. 8D Remember, never played Final Fantasy.

AND Kerrilea! I have never played, BUT I prefer Leon. XP

What If…

Organization XII played a game of strip poker?

((as suggested by the lovely Chained Memories))

Luxord sighed in frustration as he grabbed a late night snack in the cafeteria. This sucks, he thought darkly. There's nothing to do in this castle anymore.

A week before, Xemnas has banned all forms of betting due to the ridiculous monopoly Luxord had over it. Whenever someone had something he wanted, he would convince them to bet it. Now, after convincing the Superior to bet his new pair of fuchsia swim trunks (the Superior secretly loves all vibrant colors and frequently visits his slip-n-slide), he got angry when he lost them in a sports bet. Consequently, all forms of betting were henceforth banned from the Castle.

"Then again," Luxord muttered to the empty cafeteria, "Axel and Roxas were banned from pranking anyone, but that doesn't stop them from throwing all of my cards into Demyx's swimming pool…"

"Talking to yourself again Luxord? It's healthy you know."

Luxord turned around, deep in thought. "Hello, Marluxia."

Marluxia looked at him closely. "You looked deep in thought," he smirked. "This is a rare thing for you."

"Stuff it Marluxia, I'm plotting. It requires a lot of effort."

"Tell me about it," Marluxia sighed. Luxord looked at him, confused. "Nevermind. What, praytell, are you plotting?"

"I'm trying to figure out how to bet in the castle again."

Marluxia laughed. "What, is that all? But that's so simple!"

Luxord looked at him incredulously.

"Don't look at me like that Luxord; your negative chi will disrupt my idea. Just leave it to me!"

Luxord narrowed his eyes, suspicious. "Don't you usually want something in return?"

Marluxia laughed evilly. "Trust me, this game is going to be payment enough."

-----------((the next morning))-----------

Marluxia came in late to breakfast the next day, carrying a pile of bright purple flyers. "Good morning everyone!" Marluxia greeted cheerily as he began to pass out flyers.

Roxas snorted. "Marluxia? Cheery? The apocalypse must be coming." Axel laughed, putting his hand up for a high five. Roxas glared and turned to continue his breakfast. It was too early to deal with Axel.

"What's this?" Zexion wondered, examining the purple-colored flyer closely. "Game night?"

"Rec room?" Demyx pondered, before whispering to Zexion, "We have a rec room?"

Marluxia nodded. "Missions have been a bit slow, and I figured that we all could use some…alternative…entertainment."

Axel choked on his bacon, and Roxas hit him on the back. "He's going to rape us and make us play sex games," Axel stage-whispered to Roxas.

Marluxia glared at Axel and continued. "I think it could be fun," he said, sitting down in his seat.

"Why didn't I get one?" The Superior asked.

"I figured that you would be too busy with more important matters sir," Marluxia replied without missing a beat.

The Superior nodded, appeased. Saix quickly threw the flyer back at Marluxia. "I refuse to participate in anything that the Superior is not involved in," he said, huffing.'

"Me too," Vexen said, "handing the flyer calmly back to Marluxia.

"Lexaeus and I have a mission," Xaldin said, standing up and handing his flyer back.

"Hell, I'm in," Xigbar said, "I've got nothing better to do."

"I too, have nothing better to do," Luxord said carefully, trying not to gain attention from the Superior.

The Superior narrowed his eyes. "There isn't going to be any betting involved in this 'game', is there Number XI?"

Marluxia shook his head. "No sir, we won't even have a deck of cards," Marluxia lied, "Last I checked, Numbers VIII and XIII threw all of Luxords' into the swimming pool."

Axel and Roxas snickered quietly. The Superior looked stern. "Alright," he said warily. "Number VI."

"Sir?"

"I want a full report on what happened on my desk tomorrow morning."

"Yes sir. Demyx, it looks like we're going to game night."

"Yay!" Demyx cheered.

"We'll go too," Roxas said. Axel began to protest, but Roxas smacked him on the back of his head.

"Larxene, are you coming? It's bound to be an interesting affair," Marluxia questioned, giving her the I've-got-something-up-my-sleeve-and-it's-manipulative-and-you'll-love-it look.

Larxene smiled wickedly. "I wouldn't miss it Marly."

Marluxia smiled. "8 o'clock then."

--------((8 o'clock))---------

Axel and Roxas walked down to the Rec room warily. "I feel like we're walking into a lion's den," Axel whispered as they neared the door.

"Nonsense."

"Come on, don't you think it's a bit suspicious that he never told us what came we're playing?"

"Axel, stop being so-"

"Wow! I never knew this was over here Zexy! You learn something new every day! Oh hi guys!" Demyx called out as he and Zexion came visible around the corner. Zexion nodded his head in acknowledgement.

"Do you guys know what game we're playing?" Axel asked them, concerned.

They shook their heads. "Only one way to find out!" Demyx said cheerily and opened the door.

Upon entering, they found that Marluxia, Larxene, Luxord, and Xigbar were already there.

"Great! Everyone ready to play?" Marluxia said cheerily, completely mismatching his sadistic expression.

"What are we playing, exactly?" Axel said, as they began to sit around a table situated in the middle of the room.

"Oh nothing big. Just strip poker," Marluxia replied casually.

Axel missed his chair and landed hard on the ground. Leaping up without missing a beat, he yelled, "See Roxy? I told you he wanted to rape us! It's all a plot!"

"Actually," Marluxia explained, "Luxord here just wanted to bet in the castle again, and I thought that this was the perfect way to show off his talent."

Axel glared at him. "Why you sadistic little bastard. Come on Roxas, we're goi-"

"What if you see the Superior? What will you tell him?"

Axel glared and sat down.

"What the hell am I going to write about then?" Zexion said, concerned.

"You'll write about how Larxene kicked everyones ass at Life and then at High Ho Cheerio," Marluxia supplied.

Zexion nodded slowly. "What the hell is High Ho Cheerio?" Demyx whispered quietly. Zexion shushed him.

"So what are we betting?" Xigbar asked, looking for the chips.

"Clothes," Marluxia said, "Betting will automatically start at one article of clothing; first one naked loses."

"What game are we playing?" Roxas questioned.

"Five card draw," Luxord said, passing out the cards. "Let's start."

Luxord finished dealing, and the game began. Everyone was silent as silent as Larxene started the betting at 1 article, and everyone called with the exception of Roxas and Xigbar, who folded.

"That's right Roxy, you strip for no one but me," Axel said proudly. Roxas smacked him in the face with his jacket sleeve.

"How boring," Luxord said, as he switched out everyone sans Roxas and Xigbars' cards. "I'll raise the betting to 2 articles."

Zexion and Demyx folded. Larxene smiled. "I'll bet my bra that I have a better hand the you three," she smirked. Axel and Marluxia folded warily.

Luxord looked at her closely. "You're bluffing," he said, and showed his cards. "Straight."

"Dammit!" Larxene cursed. "Three of a kind."

"Come on Larxene, take it off," Marluxia said, leering. Larxene glared at him and shifted in her seat, reaching back to unclasp her bra. Luxord and Marluxia whooped and hollered as she fumbled with the clasps. Unhooking them, she pulled her yellow bra out of her jacket sleeve.

"Happy?" she said sharply.

"Actually, the bet was 2 articles Larxene. Take off your jacket." Luxord grinned. Larxene sighed and pulled off her jacket. She only had on a camisole shirt and pajama pants.

"You guys are bastards," she said.

Deal passed to Larxene, who quickly dealt out the cards. Xigbar and Zexion folded immediately, while everyone else took a few cards.

"I'll raise the bet to 4 articles of clothing," Axel said quietly. Luxord looked at him and folded.

"Quite the poker face you have there Axel," he said chuckling.

Everyone but Demyx followed Luxord's lead and folded. Demyx was the only one who was 'wise' enough to see his bet. Sure enough, when the cards were revealed, Axel had a Full House while Demyx only had two pair.

"You thought you could beat him with that?" Zexion said incredulously as Demyx began to strip.

"I thought he was bluffing!" Demyx retorted, and pulled off his jacket, his shoes and socks, and his shirt.

Xigbar catcalled. "What's this?" he said, grinning, "Have you been working out Demyx?"

"Fuck you," Zexion snapped protectively.

Marluxia laughed. "Touchy touchy!" The deal passed to him, and the game continued.

-------------((a few hours later))--------

After a few more hands, everyone but Luxord, who had not lost one hand, was down to either jeans or boxers. Larxene still had her cami on, but had lost her pajama pants and socks the last round.

"This round will decide it," Luxord said as Axel dealt out the cards.

As the cards were passed out, Luxord looked around the table. Zexion seemed to be losing his cool, looking over at Demyx and then at Xigbar every few seconds. Axel seemed to be enjoying the view of boxer-clad!Roxas, while Marluxia took his time teasing Larxene.

As a safety precaution, Roxas, Xigbar, and Zexion folded. Axel took 2 cards while Larxene took three. Marluxia didn't take any, nor did Luxord. Demyx took 4 cards.

"I'll begin the betting at all clothing," Luxord said. Everyone folded but Demyx and Larxene, who were all for it.

"Ready?" Luxord said, eyes glinting. They nodded. "Four of a kind," he said.

"Straight flush!" Larxene said triumphantly. Luxord blinked. They both looked over at Demyx expectantly.

"Royal. Straight. Flush." Demyx said, brandishing his cards with a flourish. Larxene protested, looking at Demyx's cards.

"Good job Demyx! We didn't know you had it in you," A jeans-clad Axel said, hitting him on the back in congratulations.

"Well I have to go start writing that paper," Zexion said, gathering his and Demyx's clothes and standing up. "Why don't you help me Demyx?" Zexion asked sharply.

"Sure!" he said cheerily and they left the room.

"Well, we're gay,:" Axel said, pulling Roxas up, "and I'm pretty sure I'd be traumatized if I saw Luxord strip," he continued, gathering their clothes, "so we're out."

They left, and Marluxia grinned. "Well, that was fun!"

Luxord was in shock. "I lost," he said quietly.

"The poor man's comatose," Marluxia said, tsk-ing. "I think Larxene should go first."

"Kiss my ass Marluxia."

"Is that a promise?"

--------((Zemyx time!))------

Once Demyx and Zexion entered Zexion's room, Zexion collapsed onto his bed, exhausted. "Shit, Demyx, you really had me going there," he said.

"What? Did you think I was going to lose?" Demyx asked.

"Well you could have, and I did not like the way Xigbar was looking at you," Zexion said, turning on his bed to face him.

"Thanks for the faith," Demyx said dryly, lying next to him. "Wanna save your paper for later?"

Zexion grinned. "Sure."

"You'll know I'll only strip off these boxers for you right?"

Zexion laughed and pulled Demyx closer. "Of course." He rolled over on top of him and pulled Demyx up for a kiss.

---------((AkuRoku time!))-------

Axel laughed as he and Roxas entered his room. "That was actually quite fun," he admitted.

Roxas glared at him. "You only say that because I almost had to strip down all the way."

"…True," Axel admitted, and Roxas snorted. "But," Axel admitted, pulling Roxas to him in an embrace, "I wouldn't have liked it if you had to strip down in front of all those people," he admitted softly. "I'll keep you all to myself."

"Is that so?" Roxas whispered. "In that case, you have to finish stripping for me as well," he whispered.

"Done deal." Axel whispered, lifting Roxas up and kissing him while carrying him over to the bed.

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Goddamn that turned out longer than I thought it would. SO YOU KNOW I suck. ass. at poker. XD AND I was reeeally trying not to make Marluxia gay, because I don't think he is. And I haven't even played CoM. 8D

Alright I'm tired. Read and review my darlings and lovelies!

freaky-hanyou