"Ah hah! Ha! Yes! You've got it now, you do!" That was Vivid speaking as she fought wooden sword to wooden sword against Demyx while the others watched. Roxas had a large gash on his face after a duel had gone awry between Vivid and himself when she tripped. Klutz. Larxene was nursing an injured arm she had gotten from Axel, and Axel was just as healthy as Vivid and Demyx. Apparently, Roxas and Larxene weren't so cut out for it. Finally, Vivid knocked Demyx's sword out of his hand right before he knocked her to the ground. Both were panting, and Vivid was patting Demyx on the back. Between breaths, she said, "Good job, you Three…"
Squirt then toppled her to the ground and began babbling in his own language. The other four listened carefully, but understood not a word. Vivid, on the other hand, was stroking the squirt gun's 'head' and was trying to calm him down. "Oh, so, they've awaken," She said, nodding and sitting up, holding Squirt in her hands. She looked up at Larxene and Roxas, "Since you two aren't so lucky with the sword-"
"You tripped, it wasn't my fault!"
"Okay, since Larxene isn't as good with the sword as the rest of us, she must report to Captain Doe for further orders." Larxene nodded slowly, but she was giving Vivid an icy stair. She turned and stalked up the stairs, leaving Squirt, Roxas, Axel, and Demyx to look at Vivid. Waiting.
"What about us, FMV?" Demyx asked, sitar in hand. "What should we do?"
"Well, I do believe that that is enough practice for the day. But it just so happens that there is one more trick to learn…" She stood up and walked over to a random cupboard and pulled out a small bottle. Inside was a fairy that much resembled Tinkbell from Peter Pan. "This." She said, holding up the bottle, "This will allow us to fly."
"Why do we need to learn how to fly?" Axel asked.
"I… Have no clue. It's just fun." She pulled out the small fairy who was turning red with rage. Still, the wee fairy did her bidding and returned to the bottle to pout. "Tink is still upset the Peter left her for Wendy, you see, and so I was asked to keep her for him while he was on a date with her. I've had her for about a month so we best learn to fly as best we can."
"Do we get to sing?" Demyx asked hopefully.
"We could, but we haven't much time. Next time, though, Demyx, we'll have a concert of Peter Pan songs. Once we reach Phantom Bay, we will." Now, Vivid was with Sashi in simply believing the Phantom Bay existed. "Now…" Vivid tossed the pixie dust in the air and it landed on their head. "Ready? One, two, three…" As the four lifted into the air, Squirt left, deciding to return to his fellow squirt guns.
The four flew around the room a couple times before a certain Roxas rammed right into a wall and fell to the ground, unconscious.
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Xemnas and Xaldin were continuing to fight for rule over the small domain of a barrel they had. Well, it was more of Xaldin trying to get Xemnas to react. It went a little something like this.
"Think of the presents you've brought…"
"Xemnas…?"
"Any merry little thought…!"
"Hey, Mistour Leader!"
"Think of Christmas, think of snow, think of reindeer, here we go!"
"Come now, you really are acting like a child…!"
"Like a reindeer in the sky- you can fly! You can fly! You can fly! You can fly! … I'm done. What is it, Xaldin?"
Xaldin, who'd actually been getting into the song, continued: "Soon you'll zoom all around the room, all it takes is faith and trust, but the thing that's a positive must is a little bit of pixie dust…!"
A group of squirt guns had crowded around them to watch in awe, as two men of pure evil sang the children's song from Peter Pan You Can Fly! Xemnas turned and looked at his counterpart, and, grinning, they continued one last bit before finally stopping: "The dust is a positive must! You can fly! You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!"
"When there's a smile in your heart, there's no better time to start, it's a very simple plan; you can do what the birdies can! You can fly! You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!" The pair laughed a bit at the end and watched the crowd disperse as the song finished. "So, Xaldin, what did you want?"
"For you to shut up…"
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Luxord was at the ship's hold against quite a competitor- an ancient Moogle, Luxord figured. He had explained to Luxord that the two insane 'pirates' had captured him because they'd been enticed with the pompom that was atop his head, and that he made a bet. If the Moogle won a card game against Sashi- now Luxord because Sashi did not know how to play cards- he could take all of their cargo, food, and anything else willing to go except the ship. But, if the Moogle happened to lose, then, well, he would allow Captain Doe and Vivid the absolute joy in playing with his pompom. Luxord responded, telling him that the squirt gun crew would not leave no matter what, this Luxord knew for a fact, but the game suddenly felt a lot weightier.
Luxord, as it so happened, did not quite understand the game Spit completely, but he'd told Captain Doe what that he would win, and, as he laid the last card in front of him, the Moogle counted to three. Then the game began. Ace, Two, Ace, King, Queen, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace, One, Two, Three, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Five, Four, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Jack, Queen, King… Eventually, the game was over. Luxord had managed to lose against the Moogle's quick hands. Moments later, the Moogle left with everything on board. The food, the cargo, almost everything.
"How can I break this to the Captain?" He muttered, beginning to move up the stairs only to be confronted, at the top, by First Mate Vivid, Axel, Demyx, and Roxas. Where's Larxene? Luxord thought, nervously, noticing that she was absent from the group. Oh no…
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Xigbar realized his predicament only when he made it to the Crow's Nest- Xigbar didn't control the wind; Xaldin did! He shuddered, realizing that he wasn't armed either, and he would soon be confronted by that sea dog of a squirt gun, Oranhj. He stepped onto the crow's nest, the boards beneath him creaking. There was a gray, almost faded silver squirt gun perched at the edge of the railing circling them, he even had some sort of… Mustache beneath his spout. He turned round immediately, and aimed at Xaldin who waved both hands as if to say 'I come in peace'. The squirt gun lowered its spout and waited.
Marluxia was playing with Captain Doe's long, dark brown hair for a while before finally plaiting it a few times, then put a bandana around it, and finally, the Captain's hat. She turned around and beamed at him, then glomped him, "Oh, Marluxia, it's perfect!" She exclaimed, and Marluxia beamed, too, unbelieving. It had taken ages for him to decide what he'd do, and, at one point, he'd nearly panicked. Sashi pulled Marluxia up, "You have been upgraded to Second Mate- Toasters!- you've clearly proven yourself worthy." Marluxia was ecstatic, "Now, then, go see how Xaldin and Xemnas are fairing- off with you!"
Just then, Larxene appeared from the hold. "I am not as good a pirate as I planned," She said, angrily, glowering at the ground.
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Zexion was having all sorts of fun steering that old ship. "One. Two. Three… One. Two. Three…" The ship must have been going in a large, long circle for the past hour or so, but, since they were in the middle of nowhere, and there was no one to really pay attention, no one could tell poor Zexion that he was headed the wrong way. His story, though, is yet to be in full bloom.
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That tomahawk was making progress, but it wasn't too late to save it. If only someone would notice…
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Lexaeus and Saix were struggling after the ship, but they were much too exhausted to shout for help, or to try and fight the other in case someone should notice them. They were half a mile behind the ship, and had realized that they were going in circles. "Lex…" Saix said, breathily, "What if… The ship makes …. A whirlpool?" He gasped, trying to keep above the water.
Lexaeus managed a gasp before starting to sink into the water; Saix helped him, but it was soon to be of no avail. Oh, how the pair were in desperate need of help.
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Vexen fought with the map, and, finally deciphered something. "West!" He began shouting frantically, running out of the Captain's Cabin, "West! We need to go west!" He burst through the door only to run right into Luxord, both toppling, dramatically, to the ground.
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A/N This chapter was not too great. Just showed that I didn't get Xaldin and Xigbar mixed up.
Axel: She lies! She just tweaked it so she wouldn't have to fix Ch. 2!
-smacks Axel-
Anyway, I just needed to make a chapter to point out what everyone was up to. The Fourth Chapter will be great, though. Promise!
Also: For those reading Off To School We Go, I am not sure when that'll be updated because I suddenly turned it into an angst and am currently trying to turn it back. Oh, and I am writing a fanfics of RikuOC for any of you who might be into it- I promise good quality!
The End of Vivid's Adverts.
