So sorry once again for the delay. I made this chapter extra long to make up for it. And there's Roxas cross-dressing! Woohoo!
Chapter 15 -- THE PARTY!!
"ROXAS WAKE UP ITS THE DAY OF THE BALL!!"
Roxas groaned and covered his head with his pillow.
"Go away, Axel. I don't care."
"But we have to get there early to set up everything and try on new suits and--"
"LET ME SLEEP!"
Axel sighed and put on his pouty face. Then he went close to Roxas' face pulled the pillow away.
"Please? Will you do it for Daddy? You know, Mom can always raise your debt higher. So please, Roxy-kun?"
"Oh shut up." Roxas slowly got out of bed, much to Axel's delight. The red-head then proceeded to wake the other members of the host club. Roxas glanced over at the clock and noticed that it was only 7 in the morning.
That means Zexion isn't awake yet...
"GET OUT OF HERE, YOU IDIOT!!"
Roxas poked his head out the door and saw Axel backing out of Zexion's room. Everyone knew how dangerous it was to wake the Cloaked Schemer from his slumber.
Two hours later, everyone had gathered in the Twilight Town headquarters. Marluxia was happily decorating the room with flowers. The others were forced to try on tuxedoes.
At eight o'clock approached, Axel had the other members stand in line for inspection. Namine, of course, was there to make sure that all the troops looked their best. Then they planned out how they would get Fuu to spill her secret.
"All right, we'll have a dance-off contest between the girls. Whoever wins will receive a kiss from none other than me," Axel explained with a grin.
"Why you? What if someone wants to kiss me?" Demyx whined.
"I'm the leader! Besides, I'm sexier than you!"
Eight o'clock came, and the host club walked out into the ball room in style. The girls all squealed as Axel took the microphone to speak.
"I'd like to thank everyone for coming tonight! I hope all you ladies have fun!" He winked, which of course caused another squeal to erupt from the girls. "We will be holding a special contest tonight, as well! We'll have a dance-off among all the ladies, and whoever wins get a kiss from none other than...ME!"
The girls went wild. Roxas spotted Fuu in the corner of the room, looking around anxiously, as though she wanted to avoid someone. He leaned over to Zexion and pointed her out.
"I suggest you dance with her for a while. That way you can try to get the secret admirer jealous."
"Oh sure, and if he beats me up then everything will be all right," Roxas remarked sarcastically.
Zexion smiled. "Well, it would help us complete our mission. Your goal, then, is to get beaten up by this secret admirer."
"Thanks... I'll try." Roxas sighed and walked over to Fuu.
"Oh, hi, Roxas," she mumbled as he approached.
"How do you like it so far?" he asked her politely.
"He's here," she whispered. "I didn't think he would come."
Roxas looked around at the few boys who were there, but none of them seemed to be watching him. "Are you trying to avoid him or something?"
"Yeah, well... I don't know..."
Roxas grinned. "You look nice tonight. We should dance! Maybe that will get your mind off of him!"
"NO!" She quickly covered her mouth. "Sorry," she muttered, "but I don't want him to see me at all..."
Roxas was utterly confused. "O...kay?"
Demyx, meanwhile, had turned the stereo off and was eagerly tuning his sitar on the stage. "Okay, guys! I'll be singing a couple songs for you all tonight!" he shouted into the microphone. "Okay! Here we go!"
He started off with some upbeat songs at first, and then finally played a slower song. Roxas, who had been dancing with Namine, decided to try convincing Fuu to dance.
"Good luck, Roxy-kun!" Namine whispered. "I was hoping to dance with Marly-chan anyway! I'm sure he won't mind!"
Roxas again came up to Fuu. However, as he was approaching he noticed that she was talking to another man with short, blonde hair.
"Look, Fuu, why have you been going to this club, anyway?" he asked her.
"I like the guys here," she answered. "Look, here comes my favorite! Roxy-kun!"
Roxas didn't want to interfere, but Fuu quickly ran up to him and dragged him away.
"Was that him?" he asked her as they began to waltz.
"Y-yeah. Don't let him see me again!"
"What's his name?"
"S-seifer Almasy," she replied with a blush.
Deep down inside, Roxas was beginning to fear for his safety. Seifer was fairly tall and muscular and could easily take him down if he wanted to.
About halfway through the dance, Roxas had a chance to report to Zexion.
"Excellent, so now we know who the man is. Now we just have to get the two of them alone together."
"Oh crap, so we're really going along with the plan?" Roxas moaned. Zexion nodded and handed him a dress and a wig.
Why couldn't Marluxia have done this? He already looks like a girl!
Roxas ran into the bathroom and slipped the dress on. It was a pink, spaghetti-strap gown, complete with roses trimming the waist (Marluxia had suggested it himself). The wig was blonde to match Roxas' hair. When he emerged from the bathroom, the other club members applauded.
"Good man, Roxas! You make a better girl than I do!" Marluxia giggled.
"Go get him, Roxy-chan!" Demyx shouted.
Roxas sighed. "I'm glad you're all enjoying this. The only reason I'm doing it is to repay that stupid debt before Zexion starts charging interest!"
I'm afraid I already have, Zexion thought as he wrote down his observations on his clipboard.
"Excellent, Roxas!" exclaimed Axel. "Now all you have to do is be seductive and get Seifer to meet you outside on that balcony!"
"You make it sound so easy," Roxas groaned. "How do I act like a girl?!"
"Just follow Namine. She'll know what to do!"
Roxas-chan entered the ball room and spotted Seifer by the punch bowl. Namine walked up to him and whispered, "Shake your hips a little as you walk, Roxy-chan!"
"Stop calling me Roxy-chan! Just cuz I look like a girl doesn't mean I am one!"
Namine giggled as Roxas stormed off. He changed his walk to a more casual, provacative kind as he neared Seifer.
"Hey there, Seifer!" he said in a girlish voice. "You're looking like hot stuff tonight!"
Seifer turned around, a bit surprised.
"Who are you?" he asked as he inspected the girl Roxas.
"Rox... Roxanne," he replied. "You don't know me, but I heard about you from a friend and you sounded pretty hot. Thought I'd check you out!"
Seifer looked confused. "Who's this friend?"
Roxas giggled in his best girly fashion. "Why don't we skip the small-talk? I want to see you alone, baby. Meet me on the balcony, if you wish. I'll tell you everything. I hope to see you there." He winked and walked away, swinging his hips like Namine told him to.
When he found Axel and Zexion again, he glared at them and whispered, "I'm never doing this again! I feel so stupid!"
"Aw, but Roxy-chan, you make such a cute girl!" Axel protested. "We should keep you dressed up like that so you can be our mascot!"
"I refuse. You better get Fuu up there quick so I don't have to keep calling a guy 'baby!'" He rushed off to get to the balcony.
Meanwhile, Axel went over to Fuu, who was in the corner by herself.
"Hello, Miss Fuu! I'm glad to see that you made it this evening!" He smiled politely.
"Hello, Axel. Where's Roxas?"
"Oh, probably dancing with another customer. He's very popular, you know."
"I'm sure."
Axel then took her hand. "But you know who's even more popular? Me!"
"I'm sure..."
"Would you come with me for a moment?" he asked gently. "There's something I want to show you. After all, you are one of our most frequent customers."
"No thanks," she replied.
"Are you sure? I was merely going to ask for your opinion on something. Roxas had said you knew a bit about porcelain and such. I recently found a nice set of tea cups, but I wanted to make sure they weren't copies of the original..."
"Oh yes! I'll come at once!" she exclaimed.
Axel grinned and led her off in the direction of the balcony.
Roxas-chan faked a smile as Seifer finally walked up to the balcony. He approached him and looked at him curiously.
"All right, I'm here. What do you want?" he asked impatiently.
"Let's go out sometime, baby," Roxas giggled. "You're pretty cute, and you're single, right?"
Seifer flinched at the word "single". "Yeah, I'm single. But I hardly know you..."
"We can get to know each other," Roxas suggested. He leaned closer to Seifer. "What do you say, cutey?"
"I... I can't. I like..."
"Seifer?!"
Axel and Fuu were standing on the other end of the balcony. Fuu seemed to be in shock.
"F-Fuu? It's not what you think!"
Fuu ran off the balcony and back inside the building. Seifer hastily followed, leaving Axel and Roxas-chan behind.
"Well, I hope it goes well," Roxas sighed as he took off his wig.
"Let's watch!" Axel exclaimed.
"What? But it's their business! That would be rude!"
"C'mon, we can hide behind the curtains or something!" Axel dragged Roxas back inside the building. They soon saw that Seifer had grabbed Fuu's arm and was trying to talk to her.
"That girl just came on to me! I don't even know her!" Seifer shouted. "Besides, you've been hanging out with all the pretty boys here!"
"Because you were ignoring me!" Fuu responded. "Every time I would try to talk to you, you'd brush me off!"
Seifer blushed. "That's because... I... I was nervous..."
"What?"
"Fuu, I...I like you a lot."
"Tell her you love her, you idiot!" Axel whispered under his breath.
"How do you like me, Seifer?" Fuu asked.
"I love you!" Seifer finally blurted.
"You what?" Fuu blushed. "I... didn't know it was like that..."
"I love you, Fuu! I just didn't know how to say it! That's why I was nervous!"
"You really do love me, Seifer?"
"Yes."
"Oh, Seifer!" Fuu hugged Seifer hard. "I'm so sorry for thinking that you hated me! I love you, too!"
"Aww, it's so cute!" Axel whispered.
"Shut up," Roxas murmured. "Let's get back and leave them alone..."
The rest of the dance went wonderfully. Everyone was praising Xaldin's refreshments, and Demyx's music was the hit of the party. The girls all waited anxiously as Axel took the stage to announce the winner of the dance-off.
"All right, everyone! My friend Zexion has watched all the ladies' dancing, and the club has voted on which one had the best dancing!"
"We did?" Demyx whispered.
"I vote for Roxy-chan," Marluxia giggled.
"I hate you all..." Roxas grumbled. He had since changed back into his tuxedo.
"The winner of the First Host Club Dance-Off is... Miss Fuu!"
Fuu gasped as all the other girls turned to her and cheered. Some applauded in congradulations, while others stormed off and cried in disappointment.
"Zexion will now announce the prize for the lovely Miss Fuu!" Axel stepped away to let Zexion take the microphone.
"Ahem. Miss Fuu's reward is... a kiss from this year's most popular host..."
Axel grinned in anticipation.
"Roxas!"
"WHAT?!" Axel's jaw dropped. Roxas himself was quite surprised.
"What the heck are you doing, Zexy-kun?!" Axel whispered. The Cloaked Schemer only smiled back evilly.
"Miss Fuu, would you please come to the stage to receive your prize?"
It's only on the cheek, it's only on the cheek... Roxas tried to reassure himself.
As Fuu approached, Demyx leaned over to Axel and commented, "Hey, I bet this is Roxas' first kiss!"
"WHAT?!"
Roxas walked up to Fuu and whispered, "It's only on the cheek. Don't worry."
"I know. I'm sure you had something to do with getting Seifer and me together. Thank you."
Roxas leaned over to kiss Fuu on the cheek, when suddenly...
"No fair! I'm more popular than Roxy-chan!" Axel pushed Roxas, in an attempt to push him out of the way, when, in reality, he only caused Roxas to kiss Fuu's lips instead of her cheek.
"Idiot..." Zexion mumbled.
The girls all cheered, including Namine, who probably started the cheer in the first place due to her lingering bouts of fangirl sickness.
"S-sorry!" Roxas whispered.
Fuu only giggled. "Well, it pleased the fans."
"True. That is one of the main purposes of fanfiction, isn't it!"
So, with the fans happily pleased, everyone went home from the dance in a good mood. Seifer ended up with Fuu, Xaldin's recepie for fruit punch became the favorite, and Demyx was compelled to write more songs now that his music was popular. The only ones who were upset was Axel, whose ego had been crushed, and Roxas, who was called "Roxy-chan" for the next couple months.
Okay, I'm sadly running out of episodes to use, so I'm opening it up to the fans. I'm sure I forgot an episode somewhere (besides the last like 5 cuz I'm saving them). So, if you want to suggest an episode, PM me or leave a review. Thanks, and thanks for continuing to read!