Party!

"What do you mean by-Holy crap, just how many of you all are here?" Marluxia and Sora went back up to the patio and noticed just how many of their new friends have arrived. The formerly pink-haired teen also noticed Luxord amongst the crowd. They must've invited him, they figured.

"Uh…There's me, Leon, Axel, Demyx, Zexion and Luxord…Plus the three of you makes nine of us." Cloud answered, holding up nine fingers

"Hey Marluxia, do you have any alcohol around here?" (Give you all three guesses to see who said that)

"Uh, I think so…Wait, Roxas, what about Mom and Dad? They're gonna wonder why there're so many people; they only thought Cloud was coming!" Marluxia said to his younger brother, starting to panic about his parents' reaction to the nine teens possibly getting drunk in their house.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. They're on a business trip and aren't gonna be home for about two weeks. If the trip gets extended or shortened, Mom'll call." Roxas informed him, as if this new fact was of little importance. The artist gave him a look that clearly said 'I'm-annoyed-that-you-didn't-tell-me-sooner-but-we-have-guests-so-you-can-live-a-few-hours-longer'. As they all went back inside, Sora said, "I think we've still got some of that fancy liquor Mom likes so much. We can just buy a new bottle later. Belle du Brillet, that was it, right Mari-nii-san?"

"That crap's freaking expensive! And Mom marks the liquid levels to make sure we don't drink any!" he shouted at him, going into total big brother mode, "Unless we can find a way to mark the exact level that she had last put in, we are not to touch it!"

"Whoa, are you serious?" Leon asked, an amused smirk playing in his features

"Well, if a certain someone—coughcoughROXAScoughcough—hadn't drank a whole bottle and started to dance on the dinner table, then she wouldn't have had to." The eldest Hayashi spat at the blonde twin, who in turn stuck his tongue out at his big brother

"Pff, who cares now?" Axel asked, "You guys have two weeks! That's more than enough time to buy a new bottle and mark it up!"

"Pyro-freak's right. For now, let's PAR-TAY!" Demyx shouted, throwing his ands up in the air

"And so it begins…" Zexion muttered, a weary look in his eyes

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Only three hours had past since the arrival of the many guests and already they had all been through the rest of the Belle du Brillet, a bottle of Absolut raspberry vodka, and a bottle of merlot wine. They had played all of the Hayashi brothers' video games at least twice (few video games they played more than two times like Super Smash Brothers Melee, Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and Guilty Gear XX Slash) and they had made about twenty drunk prank calls to poor, unsuspecting people. The nine teens now laid on the floor in various positions (not like that…pervs), all in a drunken stupor and saying things that they'd never say when sober. Take Zexion and Demyx for example:

"Demyyyyyx………I wanna give ya a present…"

"Whoa…What…What is it, Zex?"

"It's a waffle…made out of lotion…and oranges…heheheheheh………"

"Cooooooooooool………………!"

Well, that was certainly not pretty…Maybe Cloud and Leon were faring better?

"Hey, hey Cloud!" Leon said, standing on the coffee table

"Wha' is it Leon?" he asked, is speech a bit slurred

"I think…I think I can…" he raised his arm up and jumped up in the air, shouting, "I think I can FLYYYYY!!!!!!!"

"Yaaaaaaaay!" The blonde clapped in a childish way before he got knocked down by Leon, "Hey Squally…Why're yer cheeks all red…?"

"Uhhhh…………I dunno…"

Ahem…I guess they're not doing so well either, since Leon didn't burst out when Cloud called him 'Squall'. It was a tell-tale sign when Cloud even had the nerve to call him that. Now…What about Sora, Roxas and Axel? They passed out like the lightweights they are.

Marluxia sighed at the sight of his brothers and Cloud. He was holding his glass with his palm above the opening and was also tilting it around slightly in a counterclockwise motion. It was amusing to look at, but at the same time also pathetic.

"I'm surprised you're still sober." The former Pinky looked to his right and saw Luxord

"Dad would sneak me to the kitchen once every two weeks to get a glass." He told him, "I'm kinda used to it."

"I see…"

There was silence between them as they watched the group in their crazy drunken antics. Zexion and Demyx ran around in circles around Cloud and Leon. The brunette tilted his head before grinning and intentionally running into the two, knocking them down. Cloud, thinking it was a pile-on, joined in as well.

Marly chuckled softly to himself and took another sip of the beverage. Luxord did also, a few seconds later.

"So…What was it like in Destiny Islands?"

"Huh?" the scythe-wielder was taken aback by the question a bit.

"I mean, I've heard about it from Cloud. It seems like a good place to live."

"It was. Almost…almost like a paradise." He said, closing his eyes in remembrance. Memories raced in his mind. When he, Cloud and his brother were lazing about in the shore or when they had thrown the elder blonde on the water when he fell asleep at the base of a paopu tree. The time when they threw him in the thorn bush and Marluxia started to pummel him back in it whenever he tried to get out. When Sora and Roxas were having stick battles and Marluxia would watch them. All the good times they had went through…But they were only memories now.

"Then why did you move here?"

He sighed, "Times changed…Everything got difficult for all of us. The school board there found out that Sora and Roxas' teacher was a former sexual assaulter. There was also our family. One of our aunts went insane and a cousin of ours committed suicide. They tried to keep it from us, but Sora found out. We moved here so that we can get away from all that. So that we can leave our troubles behind. Besides, within paradise always lies chaos."

Luxord nodded in understanding.

"So, what about you? What's England like?"

"England? Eh, it's okay. But a bit to uptight with rules and schooling. I like it better here; it's more exciting."

"Exciting, huh…"

It was at that moment that Cloud pounced on the elder Hayashi and screamed, "KWEH!" in his face with Zexion shouting "Kupo!" and Demyx shouting "Doink!" all over the place. Leon was just saying, "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

"Cloud, get off!"

"Kweh, no!" he answered, clinging onto the teen's sleeve

"Rrg…" He kicked the teen off, making him slam into the three other drunken teens, "Lucky I didn't even kick that hard…"

"That wasn't hard?" the Brit asked

"Hell no."

"…I'm afraid now…"

Chuckling lightly, Marluxia stood up and went towards the door, "Luxord, would you mind watching over everyone while I get a new bottle?"

"No, go ahead."

"Thanks." He said as he walked out the door.

Later…

Marluxia came back with a new bottle of Belle du Brillet. It was a good thing he had saved up some money. Walking inside the house, Cloud, Leon, Demyx and Zexion finally passed out. Luxord had taken the liberty of placing the seven drunken teens on the couch. He was sleeping on the chair next to it. The artistic teen went to the kitchen and hid the bottle somewhere where they wouldn't find it, just in case they get another idea of a party with alcohol in it.

He went back to the living room and carried the twins to their rooms before writing a note telling where everything is, in case they were going to eat breakfast there too. Also, they need to know were the bathroom is. After all was taken care of, the boy went up to his room and plopped down on his bed, letting sleep take over.

TBC

Yay! Finally done! Alright, here's how it goes. I write odd-numbered chapters while Forte writes the even-numbered ones. Just so you all know. Stick with us for Ch. 5!