ADVENTURES IN COSPLAY

Chapter 2 : the plot thickens

In the last episode of AIC Zexion and Demyx dressed as Riku and Sora strike mayhem in the depths of the castle provoking Saix and Vexen to chase them.

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The scene: an 18th century gothic style room, candles are everywhere and faintly you hear the soundtrack from Beauty and the Beast playing. I said faintly. Because the whipping is drowning out the beautiful song of Belle and Beast finding out that there's something there that wasn't there before. The cackling of the person doing the whipping isn't helping either….

"Larxene, can we just call it a day? I'm really sorry for barging in on you in the shower, but I'm going to be late for work and…" "Shut it Xaldin! If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen and if you can't be late, then don't barge in on me!" Larxene cackled yet again as she whipped Xaldin one more time. "There I'm done." she smiles and drops the whip. She turns to the CD player and turns the music up, just in time to hear her favorite song about being someone's guest. She begins to dance around, singing the words, dancing in her homemade Belle ballroom dress.

Xaldin wearily gets up, takes off the Beast costume Larxene made him wear and put on his Wendy's uniform, dark portaled out of there and made his way to his part time job. He failed to realize, however, that his time card wasn't with him…

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Two cloaked figures made their ways through the halls of the Castle That Never Was. To the rest of the Organization, they were Zexion and Demyx, Numbers 6 and 9 respectively. Their companion with them, dressed in white, would be their mutual friend and fellow Nobody, Naminé. However, this was not the case. As we all know, the REAL Zexion and Demyx were dressed like Riku and Sora and were roaming the same halls on a different floor with Saix Moon and Tuxedo Vexen hot on their trail. These imposters however were…..

"Riku! These robes are HOT!" Sora grumbled as they made their way through the castle. Riku whipped around, his one visible eye staring angrily at Sora. "Shut up! Do you want to get our cover blown? The only reason we're doing this is to finally defeat the Organization so quit whining!" "But why do YOU get to be Zexion?" "Because I have the hair for it, I've met the actual Zexion and know his personality, and Demyx is on a constant happy high like you." Sora pouted. "You're too TALL to be Zexion." Riku smirked at Sora. "I had a growth spurt, DEMYX." Naminé, or we should say Kairi as it was Kairi and not Naminé, laughed at the too boys as they continued to argue, unawares they were being followed…..

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Demyx had to admit, Zexion was REALLY good at making plans. He WAS known as The Cloaked Schemer after all. Upon realizing Saix and Vexen were indeed following them, Zexion had developed a trap involving the said items the two were missing and a large hole. They set the trap and left it while they continued on their way.

Saix Moon sniffed the air. "I smell…Phoebe!" he smiled and ran down the hallway where said dream catcher was hanging in the air along with Tuxedo Vexen's precious items. Tuxedo Vexen ran after him and of course as soon as they grabbed the items, they fell in the hole. "Damn Sora and Riku! I will kill you both!" Tuxedo Vexen started yelling cussing along the way.

"Looks like you two need help." a gruff voice said above them. They both looked up and saw Lexaeus looking at the two of them. "Uh, yeah. Help us out." Tuxedo Vexen grumbled. "Say the magic word." Lexaeus grinned. "Pweeese?" Saix Moon did the puppy dog pout. "That's the one." Lexaeus summoned his weapon and the two grabbed onto it. He pulled them out like it was nothing.

The three, careful not to fall in the hole again, made their way through the hall. "So let me get this straight, Riku and Sora have infiltrated the sanctity of our humble abode and are reeking havoc throughout the place and you want me to help." "That would be the case." Tuxedo Vexen mused. Lexaeus sighed. "Stand back." He then began grunting and yelling and he began glowing. Soon, his muscles were more ripped, his hair was sticking even more up and blonde, and he was wearing a bright orange uniform. "Call me Super Saiyan Lexaeus." he grinned.

Meanwhile Zexion and Demyx were walking down a funny stretch of hallway that was painted in weird colors. "Where are we?" Demyx whined. "To get our third member of this group. Just a short bit ago I noticed strange scents and determined Riku, Sora, and Kairi are in the building dressed up as us and now we need to even the odds." Zexion said as he knocked on the only door in this hallway. A girl, looking eerily like Kairi answered it.

"Good. You're here. I've just made the finishing touches on the drawings." Namine grinned. "Namine? That's you?" Demyx asked incredulously. "Yep. Good thing I look like Kairi, being her Nobody and all." She snapped her fingers. Three drawings lifted up and began to flutter, taking shape as….. A REALLY bad rendition of Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey. Demyx stared at them in shock. "Those are…" he began. "A good idea in case we happen to run into the real Riku, Sora and Kairi." Zexion said matter of factly. Demyx just shook his head.

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"How the fuck do you call a damn guitar a weapon?" Sora kept grumbling, holding the very well made replica of Demyx's sitar. "It's a SITAR! If you can't even get the name of your own damn weapon right, then why the hell are you in the Organization?" Riku shouted. "Because I'm NOT IN THE DAMN ORGANIZATION! I'M JUST DOING THIS BECAUSE YOU WANTED ME TO COME WITH YOU AND HAD I KNOWN YOU WERE GOING TO PULL THIS DRESS UP SHIT ON ME LIKE SOME FUCKING GAY FRUIT, I WOULDN'T HAVE COME!" Sora yelled so loud that it was bound to draw the attention of at least half a dozen of the REAL members of the Organization.

Too bad it did alert one, the one following them. "Well little dude, can't believe the great Sora could get mad." The three kids turned around to find Xigbar standing there chuckling. "Great job! You blew our cover dipshit!" Riku growled. "I did not, you damn mother fucker!" Xigbar chuckled as the two boys continued their name calling until he put a stop to it just as Sora was doing the ultimate of name calling. "Barbara Streisand with Elton John and Phil Collins in the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Michael Bolton and the cast of Hairspray cleaning up after while the cast of RENT and Cats are watching eating popcorn and blurting out tunes to The Rocky Horror Picture Show!"

"Hey dudes, no more name calling now. And I won't tell on you if you do me a favor." "What?" Riku looked at him suspiciously . Xigbar grinned and handed them a camera. "See Larxene likes Disney…a lot. Only Xaldin has seen Larxene in her costumes of the characters she makes and I would love to see it. Trouble is Larxene doesn't talk about doing it and Xaldin's so fucking in love with her that he won't take any pictures. I want you to sneak in and take pictures of her in those costumes."

The three weighed their options. Finally Riku grabbed the camera. "We'll do it." Xigbar grinned. "Good. Just watch out for Marluxia's pets. He's got some strange ones." The three kids walked the direction Xigbar told them to go. He chuckled. "The plot thickens doesn't it master?" Said master Xigbar was talking too walked up. Fully dressed in dark clothing, the master spoke, "Yes, I've got Lexaeus joined up with Saix and Vexen while they are chasing Zexion, Demyx and now Namine. Oh yes, this will be very interesting once the pieces fall into place."

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I end it here. So sorry Axel, Roxas, Marluxia and Luxord are not in this one. They will be next chapter though. I've got PLANS for them. Muhahaha, I'm evil.

This actually took longer to write than I thought. My friend that moved away came in for a few weeks and we are trying to do as much as we can with her before she goes back.

And about the ultimate name calling line, my friends and I actually say that, because of the fact we all LOVE Broadway musicals. And come on, it IS a pretty bad line.

And Riku fans….FORGIVE ME! I did not mean to call him a gay fruit. I have nothing against gay people and hopefully no one will be offended by the statement. I actually let my two gay friends read this to see if they were offended and they weren't so if you are, I apologize RIGHT NOW so do not give me a bad review saying I'm insensitive about gays, because I'm not.

Well, look forward to next chapter and don't forget to review.