I decided to update, and I'm glad I did.


Demyx licked his lips tentatively and looked behind himself at the rest of the organization. They were all urging him on. He looked ahead of himself and saw The Greatest Band Ever waiting patiently for him to try and impress them with a solo before they slew him with one of their own. He summoned his sitar shakily and cleared his throat. He plucked at one of the strings randomly, causing it to make an ungodly twang noise. He giggled out of fear and cleared his throat again.

"You can do it, dude!"

He waved a hand back at Xigbar and took a deep breath.

Well, he thought to himself. If I'm going to go down, I'll go down with a fight.

Demyx strummed all of his strings at once and screamed, "Dance water! Dance!"

In The Castle

"Well…" Xemnas had his arms folded across his chest.

Everyone fidgeted uncomfortably.

"At least it's over now."

"THE HORROR!"

Everyone jumped as Demyx screamed from the floor, where he had been twitching for several hours.

"They didn't summon so many dragons last time." Everyone looked at Roxas, who had spoken.

"Yeah," Axel agreed. "And I had no idea the Chernabog was their backup Bass guitarist."

They all nodded.

"Man!" Xigbar was shaking his head. "Where are we supposed to get an Orichalcum shrubbery?"

"We could try the Internet."

Everyone looked to Roxas again. "What?"

Larxene's looked curious. "Where do we get internet?"

Xemnas hid his face in his hand. Roxas shrugged.

"Wireless. Xemnas told me to install it so we could start a Vlog for all the nobodies to watch. We've had it for a while. Hey, speaking of which, why didn't we ever do that?"

Everyone looked at Xemnas. He pulled his face away from his hand and, in an official manner, said, "I decided that that wouldn't be an appropriate use of resources."

Axel glared now. "So… what have you been using it for?"

"… Business…"

Lexaeus only raised an eyebrow, so Larxene asked the question that everyone was thinking. "What business?"

Xemnas shifted his weight uncomfortably. "Networking."

Zexion's eyes became narrow slits. "Facebook whore."

Later

Everyone crowded around Roxas, who had set a laptop on his legs and was waiting for it to start. Everyone waited. Everyone waited some more. Larxene's face started to twitch. Zexion brushed a lock of hair away from his face. Demyx twitched on the ground. Everyone waited some more.

"How long is this gonna' take twerp?"

Roxas shrugged. "I don't know. It's a new computer. They told me it was super powerful though."

"It's a PC, isn't it?"

Roxas looked up at Zexion. "What's that got to do with it?"

"A Mac would be online by now."

"Oh, please! Once it's on it'll be worth the wait. Besides, it's running the newest OS on the market. It's called Vista."

Even Later

Zexion sat on the ground with a Macbook Pro on his lap. Vexen, Larxene, Luxord, Marluxia, and Lexaeus were behind him. The laptop made a cheery start-up noise and Zexion glared across the foyer at Roxas, Xemnas, Axel, Xigbar, Sa'i'x, and Xaldin.

They glared back.

"Say it."

Roxas shook his head. "It probably just takes longer since it's the first time."

"Say it! I won, you have to say it!"

Roxas bowed his head in defeat and mumbled.

"Louder!"

"Macs rule."

"That's right!"

Roxas slowly folded his laptop closed while he tried to stifle a tear.

Zexion smiled and began typing. "Alright. Let's see… Or-I-chal-cum shru-b-b-er-y."

He sounded out the word while he typed it. "And enter."

They waited for a moment.

Larxene leaned in closer and said, "Orichalcum role-playing?"

"Hmmm." Everyone nodded in agreement with Lexaeus.

Vexen typed in, "Orichalcum shrubber."

Again, nothing remotely similar to what they were looking for.

"Wait a minute."

Everyone looked to Roxas, who sitting dejectedly in the PC corner.

"What are we doing? I mean, it's not like they know where we live. We don't actually have to get them a shrubbery. This is ridiculous."

Everyone looked at Xemnas, who shrugged.

"That's a good point."

"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!"

Everyone jumped as Demyx let out yet another cry of horror from his not entirely lucid fetal position on the floor.

Xemnas looked concerned for a moment, then said, "We should forget about the castle in Hollow Bastion. There are plenty of other places to find hearts. And besides, even if they do come knocking, this is a castle."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yeah!" Axel cheered. "It doesn't get much safer than this!"

The front wall caved under the blow of a massive fist. Everyone gaped in awe as Bahamut, The Dragon King, let loose a roar that shook the entire structure like a paper bag in the wind.

Demyx covered his rear with his hands and ran screaming, "NOT AGAIN!"

Bahamut dropped onto all fours and stuck his face several inches away from Xemnas. Xemnas blinked. Bahamut blinked back. Xemnas cleared his throat. "Uh…"

Bahamut reached a hand around his back, pulled something diminutive from what appeared to be a pocket, and handed it to Xemnas. It was an envelope. "Oh."

Bahamut raised his wings and jumped as he unleashed their full force, knocking everyone to the ground. He took several more beats to turn, and then was gone into the distance. Xemnas stood to his feet, trying to be as in control as usual. Everyone crowded around him shakily to read the note. He opened the envelope, pulled out the letter, and cleared his throat again. The font was unmistakably associated with the band they had battled. The letters were made of fire. He read it aloud.

"Bring us the shrubbery or you'll never see your daughter again."

Xemnas blinked. "I don't…"

Everyone traded looks. "Where's Namine?"

Luxord nudged Xemnas in the back. "There's more."

Xemnas read aloud again. "P.S. This note will explode before you finish rea-


Think fast Xemmy. XD

Oh Noes! They took Namine hostage!