A/N: thanks for all the reviews you guys! It's so nice to wake up in the morning and see that I have a handful new reviews. :D I noticed all of you just LOVED Xigbar in the last chapter, and well, I can't blame you (how can you NOT love Xiggy?). I tried to give him as much time in this as possible, but that's not what I was planning unfortunately. BUT. The mysteries of Xigbar and the turtles should be revealed next chapter. :)
I also hope you all realize that this will not be a long fanfic. Sea World isn't exactly the funnest place on earth, and I don't remember every last little thing there. Soo... you'll get what you get. Mmkay?
I would also like to defend myself and say NO, I do NOT have a polar bear fetish. XD
"Seriously guys... Wouldn't you rather go to the Shamu show...?" Axel gulped again at Roxas and Demyx's remaining smirks. "We're right at a gift store, aren't we? And you did say anything's on you, Axel..." The trio walked into the Arctic giftshop.
"Dammit. Gotta stop making this stupid promises," Axel shook his head, looking at his wallet. "Alright guys, but keep it reasonable, please!" Demyx laughed maliciously and Roxas began browsing.
"Ooh, how cute! A polar bear stuffed animal! I want this," Demyx chirped, snuggling an oversized stuffed polar bear. He buried his face into its fake fur.
"Oh gods no, Demyx... Those things are freakin' expensive! And I'm not lugging that thing around the park everywhere..." Axel realized he had to impress Roxas and Demyx, but that they were not going to cooperate.
Roxas continued his browsing, his eyes rejecting everything in sight. He walked over to Axel and tugged on the man's coat with faux innocence, staring into the cracks on the floor. How he forced a blush onto his face is unknown to Roxas himself, Axel, and last and certainly least, the fic writer. "Axel..." he started. "I want something too... I want a real polar bear..."
Axel slapped his forehead and his eyes searched around the store in need of a gun.
"Okay, after we get off this ride, we find Xaldin. No stops in the middle. Okay?" Luxord whispered to Marluxia. Marluxia in return nodded; it was wisest to make little noises with Larxene in front of them. It was also a good idea to make sure Larxene and her wicked electricity powers didn't do anything funky to the ride, like stop it or something more creative that the author is too uncreative, lazy, and tired to think of what.
"WHERE'S THE DROP DAMMIT?" Larxene hollered.
"We're... about to go over it, Larxene..." Marluxia's statement was returned with a simple but sharp "good," which he found strange, because he was definitely expecting something PMS-y in return. However, he counted his blessings and tried to enjoy the ride.
After all, he was the only one who wasn't. But he didn't tell them he had a horrible phobia of roller coasters. Being the nature fanatic he was, he liked being close to the ground, he felt comfortable. He didn't like the air; he didn't like the idea of falling. And falling at a nearly ninety degree angle was horrifying for him, even though it's a quick drop and looks more awful than it really is (especially when you're looking down on it). That wretched feeling of his stomach twisting and turning itself inside out, almost like his stomach was committing suicide, started as they fell. He was happy Larxene was in front of himself and Luxord; not only did he know that she wasn't doing anything horrifyingly cruel, but she would get that feeling more than he did.
He had a PMSing woman in front of him (not to mention one who controlled electricity, and could summon lots of scary daggers at any given moment), he was living his fear, his beautiful hair was getting ruined in the wind, and he wasn't complaining.
Saïx smirked as he watched Naminé sulk away in misery. He had enjoyed toying with her phony emotions. His smirk quickly faded as he turned to face the older man. "Xemnas, what do you propose we do now?"
"No clue," Xemnas was inspecting a map. "This place is really boring... All you do is watch people make fools of themselves and get paid for it or you watch animals crap. How'd we get here again...?"
"Demyx thought it would be fun, and you agreed for whatever reason." Ah, yes. Xemnas remembered now. He thought he'd get to see Saïx's manly, sexy chest if he agreed to Demyx's little idea of going to Sea World. But nooooooo. Damn Sea World. Damn Demyx. Damn Xemnas' overactive imagination.
"Let's go watched that fucked up clown show thingy," Xemnas sulked away, Saïx soon to follow. He was most definitely surprised in his more-than-just-a-boss-or-friend's mood swing. "There's a show starting soon, let's not miss it."
"Vexen, breathe already," Zexion groaned. They had just gotten off the rapids ride whose name the author cannot seem to recall, and frankly doesn't give a shit because there are more important things to remember. Lexaeus and Zexion stopped at a continently located bench and sat Vexen down on it. Zexion and Lexaeus were very disappointed by the ride, while Vexen...well, he was another story.
"I'm... never... going on... anything... that swift... again..." Vexen proclaimed between breaths.
Lexaeus sighed. He really didn't want to believe that he had to be the adult here; Zexion was acting like a pouty teenager and Vexen was incapable of acting like a sophisticated adult at a place like this. However, he was forced to be the adult. He chose not to make Vexen feel bad and tell him that ride was abnormally pathetic. Instead he just let Vexen complain (there was no winning with this guy). "How about..." Lexaeus tried to recall the park map mentally. "Would you like to head to the weird-animals exhibit?" Vexen nodded shakily and Zexion rolled his eyes.
The trio began their trek from the nameless-for-the-sake-of-this-fic rapids ride to the small aquarium featuring bizarre animals. Fortunately for Lexaeus, he met up with two people he definitely wanted to see.
"Xemnas, sir!" Lexaeus waved with his one free hand, as the other was supporting Vexen. Xemnas caught glance of them and dragged Saïx over in Lexaeus' direction.
"Hello, number five. How are things with you three?" Xemnas wanted to retract his statement as he looked at panting half-dead Vexen and a wandering Zexion. "Number six, get back here!" Zexion scoffed and obeyed Xemnas without thought.
After a long, awkward silence, Zexion decided to break it. "So, what're you two doing here anyway?"
Saïx met Zexion's deep eyes with a glare from his own narrowed eyes. "We're watching the show." He pointed towards what looked like the back of a stadium.
Zexion glared back and folded his arms, one over the other. "Good. Away from us. We're going to the aquarium." Zexion despised Saïx with all his non-existent being. He wanted him to know it, too. He wanted Saïx to remember that he, although lacked respect, was in fact his superior and was in fact one of the original six. Saïx merely nodded. He decided not to take his anger out on someone who couldn't fight and decided it's best not to embarrass himself in front of all these people even though he really, really, really did think that he couldn't feel embarrassment.
"Come on, Xemnas," Saïx dragged Xemnas away by the hand, mid-sentence. In return Xemnas merely waved again at Lexaeus and followed the blue-haired man into the stadium thing.
"DAMMIT XALDIN!" Xigbar wailed. "I HAVE A SCORE TO SETTLE WITH THAT DAMN MIDGET AND YOU FUCKING KNOW IT! SO LEMME FINISH HIM OFF!"
"Xigbar." Xaldin merely sighed and dragged his friend away from the penguins as possible. His friend grunted slightly. The younger man shook his head. "You smell like shit."
"What do you expect, Einstein? Penguins smell like shit and their shit and their MOM'S shit and I was strangling a penguin and therefore I smell like shit."
The lancer's palm met his face in utter frustration. He did not like babysitting Xigbar, but he knew that the older man was quite the handful and that he was the only one capable of controlling him. Er... if you could use 'controlling' correctly.
...Xaldin would like to brainwash you of all your memories of what happened previously.
"Dude, where are we going anyway? You said you'd take me to the turtles..."
Pfffft, yeah right. Of COURSE I'll take you to the turtles, Xigbar! Xaldin thought, eyes wandering around the park. And then the Organization will owe tons of munny to the Sea World people and it will be ALL YOUR FAULT and there will be no more turtles left in any of the worlds... except Atlantica, because no one wants to go there to rid of the turtles in the first place. Not even Demyx. But Xaldin was wise and kept his mouth shut. "Do you want to go on Journey to Atlantis?"
"What would that be?"
"Roller coaster."
"Dude, why'd you even ask!"
While Xaldin was too busy patting himself on the back for talking Xigbar into so many things, Xigbar was already scheming.
"Guys, I'm really running out of munny here..." Axel looked into his empty pockets. Roxas and Demyx had taken great liking to Axel's proposal and took full advantage of it. They took him around the park emptying his pockets on things they didn't even need, but of course, Roxas was clever and said he wanted them "for the memories" and Axel instantly bought the excuse. Sucker.
Roxas tugged onto Axel's cloak once again. "Can Demyx and I get one of those cookies? They're big enough for us to share..." Axel lost it. The thought of Demyx and Roxas sharing a cookie, covered in melting chocolate was way too much. "Hey, watch it Axel! This is a new cloak!" Roxas snapped. Axel had begun bleeding on it.
"That. Was. TERRIBLE!" Larxene commented, while getting off of the roller coaster. "There was ONE FUCKING DROP and from there on out it was a ride you'd find at fucking DISNEYLAND!"
"Larxene, please don't insult Disney... we're part Disney after all..." Marluxia attempted to coax the angry (understatement, I know) woman.
"Don't give a shit. Those dolphins over there are polar bear food now."
Luxord sighed. Such, such idiots. He had to find Xaldin and fast. "Larxene, just a chapter ago you said you would electrify those dolphins. And polar bears don't eat dolphins." He resisted the urge to go "so NYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH."
"Oh they WILL once I get through with them!" Luxord and Marluxia once again took custody of Larxene's arms and walked off with her. Where in god's name was Xaldin when they needed him!
Oh. Wait. Scratch that.
There he was.
Luxord caught sight of an elf dragging his one-eyed elf of a companion by the elfish ear. Yep, that was Xaldin alright, dragging Xigbar. Luxord and Marluxia ran up to him as fast as their legs could carry them with them carrying Larxene and all (the author refuses to imply that Larxene is in anyway overweight or fat, because one: it's not true and two: that could end up being far too scary and poorly written for this fic).
"Oh, it's you guys... XIGBAR DON'T YOU DARE MOVE." Xaldin greeted as amiably as humanly possible while half-choking Xigbar on his hood. "How are things going along with you three?"
"Please," Luxord begged. "Trade Larxene for Xigbar?"
"What are they? Pokémon cards? No."
"NONONONONO. You don't understaaaaaaaand!" Marluxia laughed nervously. "It's, er... that time of month for Larxene, and since you're so responsible and all..." The lancer rolled his eyes.
"Larxene." Xaldin asked, staring down at her.
"Yeah, what?"
"Does your stomach hurt?"
"No, why?"
"Have you been sneaking more chocolate than usual lately?"
Larxene's eyes shifted. How did Xaldin know she snuck chocolate from Xemnas' 'secret' stash? "No..."
"Have you beat up Marluxia more than usual?"
"Nope."
"Hey, not true–" the Graceful Assassin argued.
Xaldin laughed, smirking, and turned to face the two other men (the ones who aren't elves; don't forget good ol' Xiggy's still there). "She's not PMSing."
"You're kidding."
"Nope!"
"I told you neophytes I wasn't PMSing! What, did you think I was joking? I just can't fucking stand Sea World."
Marluxia and Luxord wanted to cry.
"Well, you three have a good day. Xigbar and I are going on Journey to Atlantis now. I assume you just were on it? How was it?"
The Savage Nymph twitched and began shouting, but before she could explore her colourful vocabulary to a volume within Xaldin's hearing range, Luxord and Marluxia dragged off with her.
"Alright, Xigbar, let's get in the line now. Xigbar? Xigbar...?" Xaldin searched everywhere he could within his sight. "Shit, not again."
A/N: Ahhh, that was fun to write. Chaos is so much fun to write, especially Organization!chaos. :D -goes off into lala land-
I said Xigbar doesn't make much of an appearance and I meant it. -woe- I hope to give Axel, Roxas and Demyx some more screentime too. I also plan on bringing Naminé back for a bit. I don't know how I will fit her back in though.
Keep all those reivews coming! My dessert plate's not running out anytime soon. And I have managed to get pictures of seme!Roxas and uke!Axel if you give an uber nice review. ;)