The blockade had to be commended for trying. It was probably a very vain, very dumb effort, but it was effort nonetheless. A bunch of cardboard flung haplessly over a gummi ship, taped together over the doors and windows, and rolls and rolls of yellow police line tape wrapped from head to tail around the shining metal vehicle. It was a commendable try. But rather pathetic.
Truly, the most pathetic part was the plea written on the cardboard in bold black marker: PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YET! LEAVE TOMORROW
Sora gawked at the sight, his luggage falling to his side.
Riku caressed his temple in frustration. "So much for getting there by noon." He commented. Kairi looked to him with pity, though not being able to suppress a laugh. He glared playfully as Namine joined in on the laughing.
"Well?" Kairi asked, interrupting the laughter. "Should we?"
The four friends looked to each other.
Then they looked to Riku.
The boy sighed. "Fine… we'll go to the Destiny Islands tomorrow."
Sora and Kairi cheered amongst Namine's giggles. Riku shook his head, chuckling at the sight. Only twenty feet away, behind the gummi ship that the organization was using, Demyx and Axel sat crouched on the ground, cheering silently before sharing a high five.
"We did it!" Demyx mouthed to Axel. The flame boy nodded exuberantly as they both grinned. The two turned to look back at the four children across the way.
As soon as they did, they silently stood and began speed walking away, sweating; Riku's glare bouncing off their backs.
Once they were out of the hangar and down the hall, Demyx whooped and grinned brightly.
"We'd better go tell Xigbar." Axel smirked, and the two ran off. The authoress leaves you to ponder what they have to tell Xigbar, and why, as she switches off to something that makes no sense.
"ALFJALFH;'FKFSFLFKFJF!"
The Red XIII is known as the best bar and grill in Radiant Garden, though it wasn't Xigbar's choice because of its reputation, but rather because it had thirteen in its title. Final Fantasy Seven fans will actually recognize the title as a rather random FFVII reference.
Anyways, the owner of the Red XIII was an fatherly, gentle man who never thought he'd have the urge to kill someone, until he witnessed Lexaeus and Zexion screaming "ALFJALFH;'FKFSFLFKFJF" while hurtling across the room attached to a banner; which was attached to the ceiling, which was cracking under the weight.
Of course, the icing on the cake came when Xigbar thought the accident Lexaeus and Zexion had had while trying to attach the banner to the ceiling was rather cool. The owner of the Red XIII had to chant Buddha like chants to keep from severing Xigbar's limbs when he watched the man swing across the room like Tarzan.
"Cool it, Xigbar." Xaldin commanded when he entered the restaurant. The owner sighed; finally someone with sense! Xaldin then grinned. "It's my turn!"
As the owner left to find his shotgun, he thought with a snarl that this was why the Organization was famous for doing what they wanted, when they wanted.
Axel and Demyx ran into the Red XIII just in time to watch Xigbar swinging through the tables, and he almost swing right into a waitress.
"Hey! My two secret agents!" Xigbar cheered, landing on the ground again.
Demyx grinned and ran up, Axel right behind.
"We managed to make them stay another day." Axel told him. Xigbar grinned and clapped as if impressed.
"How?" He asked.
"We duck taped their gummi ship!" Demyx cheered.
And there was silence.
"You… duck taped… the gummi ship?" Xigbar asked, as if slowly down the sentence would make it make more sense. Demyx nodded exuberantly.
Axel shook his head. "It was all we – well, he – could think of on such short notice." Xigbar sighed and brushed his hair back.
"Well, whatever works?" He chuckled. Demyx's smile widened, like a puppy that had just been praised. Xigbar laughed at the sight.
"So, um… What's the story behind that?" Axel broke the silence, looking to the chunks of ceiling on the ground, the banner hung by one hook, and Lexaeus and Zexion "talking" with the owner of Red XIII – a talk that included a shotgun and a very aggravated number six.
"Well, they were hanging the banner for tonight's surprise when somebody bumped into the ladder and they played George of the Jungle for a bit." Xigbar explained with a grin. Axel laughed at the mental image.
With pride and a slick step, Xigbar sauntered up to the arguing party, muttering to himself. "Time to begin stage two." He smirked.
Zexion sauntered outside in a fog, very angry, but so happy it was hard to be angry. With a smirk, he collapsed onto a lawn chair and watched the Radiant Garden residents walk on by. With a scowl, he realized two of them were NOT going to just walk on by.
"Why, hello, there Zexion." Rikku greeted with a sly smile.
"What are you doing this fine day?" Paine added.
"More like, what did you do yesterday?" Rikku giggled. Paine elbowed her, and the two grinned and sat down near Zexion.
"What do you want?" Number six growled, scowling. Rikku shrugged with a fake "I don't know" smile.
"Oh, I don't know…" Zexion rolled his eyes. "How about all the juicy details about someone's date last night?" Paine grinned as Zexion blushed and scooted into his chair.
"Come on!" The two urged. "Tell us!"
"Will you shut up if I do?" Zexion pleaded, aggravated at the two, but also sort of anxious to tell someone about his date. Rikku and Paine nodded exuberantly, and with a sigh, Zexion entered into his story…
The restaurant was one down the street from the Red XIII, a small sort of Hawaiian bar called the Tiki Lounge, which the authoress comments is SUCH a unique name. So special. Setting sarcasm aside, the authoress zooms in on one resident of the Tiki Lounge.
Zexion sat at the edge of the Lounge, legs crossed and icy cold as usual, shaking off the women that were at his heels. He was anxious for his date to arrive, and then embarrassed at the fact he was anxious, and then pissed that the girls wouldn't leave him alone.
That was why he snapped when yet another tapped his shoulder.
"What do you women want? I'm here I'm queer, get over it!" He cried, spinning around.
And there was his date.
"… Hello." Zexion barely muttered. The man before him chuckled.
"Zexion?" The man asked. Regaining his composure, Zexion nodded. The other man held out his hand. "I'm Orpheus."
"From the Monde Race, I remember." Orpheus chuckled at the cross look on Zexion's face.
"I would hope so. You called me!" Orpheus sat down across from Zexion, and the two ordered drinks from a passing waitress.
"So… what do you do for a living?" Orpheus tried to begin a conversation.
"Well… I'm a scientist." Zexion shortened his explanation from 'I'm a scientist who lost his heart to darkness, who then got his heart back, and is now a new and improved nobody who works for Organization XIII and is emo'. Well, he didn't think of himself as an emo, but the others did.
Orpheus nodded. "I'm a fighter for hire." Orpheus shortened his explanation from 'I'm a fighter for hire that happens to be screwed over by a bastard named Crive and has been hired to kidnap you and your friends.' So he wasn't a fire for hire; more like a fighter who is forcefully hired by bitch – I mean, Crive.
The authoress sighs in the romantic moment, seeing as there's such hope for this beautiful relationship.
"So… what else happened?" Rikku implored.
"We talked. We ate. We went home. End of story."
"You didn't tell him the truth?" Paine wondered. Zexion looked at her as if she were insane.
"On the first date? Hell no!" Rikku laughed.
"You sound like a girl!"
Many people in the street jumped at the sound of a large metal table being thrown into a wall, a wall that Rikku had just been in front of. Zexion entered the Red XIII walking past an astounded waiter.
"Ah, Wednesdays." Zexion sighed.
Sora tried to balance himself.
"Can you see it?" Riku asked as Sora stood on his shoulders. Sora shook his head.
"I'm not tall enough. We need another person." Sora sighed. Both boys looked to Kairi and Namine. Both were wearing skirts.
"Your boy, not mine." Namine insisted. With a blush, Kairi sighed, and stepped up to the boys.
"Can you see it?" Riku asked.
"I sure can." Sora joked, grinning with a blush. Namine threw a rock at his head.
Kairi looked into the Red XIII through the window. Since the whole town was talking about the hubbub going on here, the four had decided to investigate. But when the people in the front had refused to let them in, they had to resort to other measures.
"They're putting up some sort of banner." Kairi said. "And… whoa…" She laughed. "Ok, Xaldin just swung on the banner across the room, and this other guy tried to shoot him with a shotgun!"
Namine blinked in confusion. "What the hell's going on in there?" She muttered with a chuckle.
Suddenly, Riku's legs buckled, and the three tumbled to the ground. Riku fell on the earth, and Sora spun to catch Kairi. I don't think I need to say it, but the boy landed on the ground with the girl's knees on either side of him and her wrists in his hands.
Both blinked, not totally realizing what was going on, with all the hormones and all. Let's just say their heads looked like tomatoes.
Riku's wolf whistle and Namine's laugh woke them up, and Kairi scooted off as fast as lightning. Sora sat up, grinning sheepishly.
"Umm… my bad?" Sora joked. Kairi batted his head lightly, but couldn't help but laugh.
"So, how do we figure out what's going on in there?" Sora asked. Kairi grinned.
"Roxas was in there! He's in on it!" She said. Sora, Riku, and Namine grinned evilly.
"Time for stage two." Namine chuckled.
Xigbar sauntered into the kitchen to find it a mess. Many things were being prepared at once, and six spears were flying everywhere.
"Okay… remind me not to get in the way when you're cooking." Xigbar joked. Xaldin grinned.
"So, did he get you?" Xigbar chuckled. Xaldin held out his sleeve, and in the bottom beneath his arm was a hole from a gun shot. Xigbar cracked up, but shut up when a spear carrying six steaks flew ahead of his face.
"Everything will be ready in time. Go." Xigbar smirked and waved, walking off. He had some other things to take care of…
Roxas never thought he would scream like a sissy girl. But when he saw those two huge guys leap out of nowhere as he ran off on an errand for Xigbar, he had to admit it was scary. Very scary.
So he screamed like a sissy girl. And after, when the two threw him down into the alleyway and the four others came up, they all laughed.
The ones that had grabbed Roxas were Leon and Cloud, and I must say that having those two leapt at me would be good excuse to scream sissy like. Sora, Riku, Namine, and Kairi had told them about what was going on, and when the Red XIII wouldn't let them in, they decided to join in on the fun.
"So, kid; what's it gonna be?" Leon began, enjoying the situation. Roxas glared at him, over the first moment freakiness.
"What do you guys want?" The six grinned and looked at each other.
"I vant your blood!" Sora cackled.
Everyone stared at him like "What the fuck was that"? Looking from person to person, Sora shrugged.
Riku smacked him over the head. "No more vampire movies for you." Sora stuck his tongue out at the boy and rubbed his sore cranium.
"We actually want to know what's going on in the Red XIII." Leon told him.
Roxas grinned looking out past the group.
"I'm afraid that's classified information, kitty." The man stepped into the alley, calling Leon kitty. LOL; the authoress laughs at kitty!
Xigbar stepped into the alley with a cocky grin, his guns coming into his hands as the 13th Struggle began to play in the background.
"If you want to know, Lion" Xigbar began, slaughtering Leon's name yet again. "You'll have to defeat me!" Leon grinned and summoned his gun as the 13th Struggle roared on.
Xigbar and Leon stood glaring at each other. All of a sudden, Xigbar sighed, rolling his eyes and dropping his guns.
"Stop with the damn theme music, Demyx!" Xigbar cried. The 13th Struggle died in the middle of a chord with a screechy sound, and Demyx could be seen across the road sitting on the rooftop.
"Sorry!" He waved, and the group sighed.
"Now" Xigbar smirked, turning to Leon. "Where were we?"