Hey, I realized something! This story could almost, almost be sequel for my Zemyx-fanfic, Ivory Tower. You can check it out if you want (no, I'm not advertising myself, of course not).

Anyway, thank you all wonderful people who have commented, hope you will again!

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"I've always told you", Xemnas said darkly, staring strictly at the back wall of his office, "to knock before you get in. I've always told you"

"We're really sorry", Naminé mumbled, holding her sketchpad in front of her face, which was deep red all over, "We were in a hurry, we didn't think you'd be…"

"Like I was telling you", Xemnas interrupted, heatedly holding back to not to blush himself, "The fact that Saix didn't have any clothes on doesn't have anything to do with that thing you think it has"

"Of course", Roxas said, embarrassed, hanging his head down. He didn't exactly want to face Saix right now – the look of the bluenette could've sliced him right in the spot.

"Umm… excuse me for asking…" Naminé said weakly, "B-but are you already dressed? So I could but this down…"

"Yes, fine, I'm ready", Saix grumbled, closing the zip of his coat, trying hard to look authoritative.

"Yes, and like I was saying…" Xemnas said again, when Naminé lowered her sketchpad and Roxas raised his head, "I and Saix, we were… doing… just-"

"Inspections of the current condition of the Organization, my Superior", Saix suggested quickly. Nothing in his expressionless face could've given him away, but Xemnas' amazed look could.

"Oh yeah, right", Xemnas said, "We were starting them today. We must make sure that Organization keeps in state you see", the two teens in front of him nodded unison, "We'll be continuing these surveys sometimes… uh-"

"Next year, my Superior", Saix said.

"That's correct", Xemnas finished. Then he looked at the blonds, "Well, that would be all. You may go"

"Ahh…" Roxas and Naminé changed an astonished look.

"Well?"

"Well, you see, Superior", Roxas started carefully, stroking his toffee-coloured hair, "Believe it or not, we didn't rush into your office just for fun. We did have something to tell you about"

"Oh yes!" Xemnas said, sitting in his chair and finally trying to pull himself together. He had done enough stupidity for a day. Now was a time to take it back and remind everybody about why he was a leader of this place, "Yes, what was it, number XIII?"

"Well, we did-" Roxas fell silent when he happened to notice a drawing Naminé was quickly scrawling about Xemnas and Saix getting busy on the office's table.

"Yes?" Xemnas asked impatiently.

"Yes!" Roxas almost shouted, tearing his eyes away from that picture. God, that girl had a nasty mind, "We told Vexen about his baby, and now…"

"He didn't take it well?"

"Not exactly…" Roxas said slowly.

"Well, what did he do?"

"He disappeared", Naminé said before Roxas had time. Her pencil was moving quickly while her cheeks were turning red again, "We don't find him anymore. He isn't in his lab"

"What!" Xemnas shouted and jumped up, "How does he have a nerve?! We must find him before number XI gets back from the Twilight Town!"

"Too late, my Superior", Saix noted, looking outside from the office's window, "They're already here"

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"They're coming! How did it go! I wanna hear it!"

"Demyx, please stop jumping on me"

"But I wanna hear everything! I wanna know if it's boy or girl!"

"Demyx, they can't tell it yet. It hasn't yet been solved"

Demyx slammed his hand on his mouth and stared at his boyfriend with his eyes bloated to the size of two apples, "Are all of the babies transsexuals at first?"

Zexion just looked at him and didn't answer, so Demyx rushed away from his side to the approaching threesome.

"How was it? How was it?" he kept asking before they could even hear him.

"Look! I've got the pictures of it!" Marluxia shouted and reached them to the awaiting hands of Demyx.

"Aww, how cute!" Demyx yelled, "Look Zexy, not all of the babies are transsexuals first, some of them are also shapeless lumps", and with bright eyes he showed one of the photos to Zexion who had followed him.

"That's my BABY you're talking about", Marluxia reminded, sounding a bit defiled.

"Boy, that's a sentence you don't hear everyday", Axel said, rolling his eyes to Demyx, "Did you expect that there would already be a miniature Nobody in Marly's stomach? You should've taught him better, Zex"

Zexion didn't have time to respond, because Demyx wouldn't shut up for a second.

"How you're gonna name it?" he asked next.

"Well…" Marluxia smiled slowly, "I thought it would be nice if we named it Lumaria-"

"What! What kind of a bloody damned idea is that!?" Larxene screamed, "You can't name it after your own Somebody, you twit!"

Marluxia looked like he had gotten what he'd expected, "Thank you, Larx. What a great best friend are you. I'm sure that you will help us pick out a better name as you'll be a godmother"

"What!" she shouted again, even louder than a moment before, "I most definitely WON'T be a godmother! Are you out of what's left in your mind?"

"And that would mean that I and Larxene would be proud godparents", Axel added smirking.

No one else got that joke, and Demyx continued anxiously:

"No, no, no. Wait a minute. Zexy and I will be godparents"

"No we won't, Demyx"

But Marluxia just stared at Larxene, "Oh, come on Larx, if you won't be a godmother, then who else here will?"

Demyx's hand raised fast as lightning, but everyone's attention was now directed to the two small figures, which had appeared to the stairs of the front-door.

"Roxas and Naminé", Marluxia noted happily, when two blondes approached.

"How was it?" asked Roxas, who reached them before Naminé.

"Great", Marluxia said, "Roxas, listen…" he put his hand on Roxas' shoulder, but quickly plucked it away when Larxene shouted 'Marluxia's a paedophile!', "It would be a great honour if you'd be my baby's godfather"

Roxas', as well as Axel's, Larxene's and Demyx's, jaw dropped to the ground. Zexion's expression was plain bored.

"I… guess it would be cool", Roxas finally mumbled after founding his voice again.

"Geez, you're dirty man, Marluxia", Larxene said, "You're practically married now, so you ought to control your nasty habits"

Roxas blushed deeply and Axel laughed, but Demyx seemed to have a panic attack.

"No, that's just plain no fair!" he insisted, "Why HE gets to be a godfather and I don't?"

"Because Roxas is cute", Marluxia said, ignoring Larxene, who was rolling her eyes, and Axel, who was laughing at Roxas' horrified face.

"But I'm cute too!" Demyx distressed, "Just as cute as he is! I AM cute, Zexy, am I not?"

"Yes, you're very cute, Demyx"

"What's going on?" asked Naminé, finally arriving and clearly wondering why desperate-looking Demyx was hanging on Zexion's arm.

"Nothing special", Marluxia answered, "I was just about to ask you to be my baby's godmother"

Unlike Roxas, Naminé just blushed and hung her head, "Thank you. That would be lovely"

"Two kids? You can't be serious", Larxene sighed.

"Of course I am. And Demyx, don't cry", Marluxia continued, "I promise that you can be my best man"

"Really?" Demyx's face lightened up immediately, "Super!"

"Best man?" Roxas repeated, looking worried.

"What? He? And I won't?" Axel said in a fake-offended tone.

"You can be the bridesmaid", Larxene smirked.

"Wedding?" Naminé asked.

"Well…" Marluxia said hesitating, when he saw how sad Roxas, Naminé, Zexion and even Demyx started to seem, "I thought so… that we could, when we're having a child together and everything… that we could be more like a normal family"

"THAT'D be a family I would very hardly fall normal", Axel muttered, but only Larxene chuckled.

"Is there something wrong?" Marluxia asked carefully.

"Is there something that isn't?" Zexion asked back. And since no one else dared to say anything, he had to continue, "I don't actually think that Vexen will help you with your wedding-plans…"

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"Dude, what you have there?" Xigbar asked while entering the kitchen. Luxord was sitting on the table, pouring some liquid to his glass.

"Just a drink, you know"

"What for? You just defeated yourself in a card game?"

"Nah. Just thought that the new proud parents in this castle were a perfect excuse to have a taste of this. You wanna?"

"Sure. So you've heard about Marly and Vexy too?" Xigbar said, sitting next to the blond.

"Lover boys came and told me", Luxord said, reaching a glass to Xigbar, who took and emptied it, "Hey, slow down, that's fancy stuff you have there"

"You think it'll be a boy?" Xigbar mused.

"You'd like?" Luxord said, "I can bet with someone that it'll be. You know I never lose"

"Boy would be nice", Xigbar smirked, "I could teach it to use some guns, y'know"

"How can you live with Larxene and still think that women can't be good with weapons", Luxord asked and poured a new glassful.

"Yeah, u'right", Xigbar laughed, "And when there's part of Marly and Vexen, I don't highly expect them to have a very manly one anyway…"

Just when Luxord was about to answer, Marluxia teleported in front of them and kicked one of the chairs on the wall so hardly it fell into pieces.

"Carefully, dude", Xigbar said, taken aback, while Axel, Larxene, Demyx, Zexion, Roxas and Naminé followed all squashed in one heap.

"Give me that!" Marluxia shouted pointing at the bottle Luxord was holding. Neither of them had ever heard his voice like that; it was shrill and cold.

"You can't drink, Marluxia", Naminé said, "You're preg –"

Marluxia grabbed the bottle and slammed it on the wall. There was a huge crash and chips everywhere.

"That was like totally finest whisky you can find in the whole Twilight Town!" Luxord screamed, jumping up.

"He can't do this to me!" Marluxia shouted even louder. His cheeks were about the same colour as his hair.

"You dudes told 'im 'bout Vexen?" Xigbar asked, but no one had time to even nod their heads when Marluxia reached his hand up.

"Could someone stop him pretty soon?" Axel suggested when Marluxia's twice-metric weapon appeared on the air.

"Where's Vexen!?" Marluxia yelled, pointing his scythe at Luxord.

"Man, don't fight with me, I wouldn't want to hurt your child", Luxord said with the serious voice, taking up his cards.

"I have to find Vexen!"

"No one knows where he is, Marluxia!" Roxas had to shout since Marluxia wasn't even listening. His scythe swung hither and thither dangerously, "We told you, he has disappeared!"

"I'M GONNA KILL HIM! HE HAS NO RIGHT-!"

"That's not doing you any good, got it memorized?" Axel said, stepping forward, "if you really want to help your baby, killing Vexen is the last thing –"

"Shut up! You're the one who killed him in the first place!" Marluxia twirled around and raised his scythe.

Larxene snapped her fingers and Marluxia immediately stopped. His weapon fell on the floor with the low rattle while its owner was rolling next to it with the electric current running through his body.

"Larxene, stop, you might hurt the baby!" Roxas, Naminé and Demyx shouted in unison.

She lowered her hand and Marluxia's tremor slowly varnished. He was laying on the floor, gasping loudly, staring everyone with the pure hurt in his blue eyes.

"Calm down, will you", Larxene said quietly.

"Marly…" Demyx started, sounding almost tearful, "We know that Vexen did a wrong thing but… hurting others won't help you there. All we have to do is find Vexen and…"

"I'm sorry", Marluxia interrupted. He stared at the ceiling, his eyes were empty and lightness, like all the power had been taken away from them, "I know. I'll go find him. I'll talk to him", he glanced them briefly, "I love him"

"Everyone knows that", Roxas said, but Marluxia had already teleported away. He looked at his red-haired friend, who was still staring emotionlessly at the spot Marluxia had been laying on, "You okay, Axel?"

"I killed them", Axel said. His voice was dead, "I killed them all, and I know that. Why does everyone like to remind me about it?"

And he left. Larxene looked after him and shrugged, "'Cause it's fun"

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Next time, will Marluxia find Vexen and will they finally talk?

Review … and you'll get to decide the baby's name :D