Give a Man a Full Moon

The sun had completed its journey for the day, and clusters of stars that dotted the night sky replaced it. Accompanying these millions of specks was a perfect silver disk that bleached the castle into a ghost-like replica of day time. The glow of the moon shined into the many windows, sending beams into a particular Nobody's room. Saix had been in a peaceful slumber as the quietness enveloped him. The light seeped under his skin and into his blood, sliding through many of the systems of his body. At first the light seemed to change the length of his limbs, but it soon changed his face, his body shape, and the inner machinations of his mind. The light heightened his sense of smell and increased his energy as he awoken under a pair of silk pajamas.

Jumping off of his large, canopy bed and onto his four legs, he rushed out of the door in hopes of finding something to play with. The long, empty hallway proved nothing of use to him and instead he made his way down the hall, barking in hopes of something to pop out. A door opened. The long creaking sound startled the poor pup and he ran. He came upon the Gray Area where he found some square monsters to fight. Hopping up onto the couch, he grabbed the soft pillow and began to chew.

To Saix, it was as if these "monsters" wanted to get away. To scare them he started barking at them. A shuffle of footsteps came from the hallway again, scaring the pup. Immediately, he went into defense mode and hopped off the sofa. Xigbar appeared from the darkness and rubbed his eyes to focus on the puppy in front of him.

"Is that- is that a puppy?" He bent down with a smile on his face to pick up Saix, but quickly dropped him after being bit on the nose. "Hey!' He shouted, shaking a fist into the air. Saix realized that this man was weak and began barking at him. When Xigbar started to chase him, the little puppy booked it and made a beeline for the hallway. The barks and the shouting inevitably woke up a grumpy Number Six.

"Xigbar, what is going on?" There were obvious bags under his eyes. It was beyond forgiving to say that he was pissed off.

Xigbar stopped in his tracks and rubbed the back of his head as the puppy made his way down the hallway. "Well you see, Zexion. I was having the best dream of my life. You see, Lucy and I were-"

"I don't care about your pathetic dreams! Just tell me what is going on!" Zexion snapped.

"Well, calm down there, kiddo. Look, I awoken by some barking. So, I went to do some investigating. Agent Xiggy on the job!" He did a salute and laughed. Zexion wasn't amused. "So I find this dog in the Gray Area. He was chewing on those pillows Marly just bought. I thought he was the cutest thing ever so naturally I went over to scoop him in my arms. You know what the little fella did? He bit my nose! So now, I'm after this little guy." Zexion remained expressionless and brushed off the situation, saying that Xigbar was having his "dreams" again. However, he was proven wrong when little Saix came prancing along and barking. Zexion was baffled.

"What is that?" He seemed taken aback and nervous.

"It's just a puppy, Zexion. He won't harm ya."

He rolled his eyes with a sigh. "Why don't you take him outside and go back to sleep. Don't let something pathetic as this-" he kicked the small dog with his foot gently, "-wake up the entire castle." Seconds later, Saix fought back and bit Zexion's foot.

"That son of a-"

"There he goes!" Xigbar shouted, chasing after little Saix. Zexion growled under his breath and hesitantly decided to tag along. Saix had led them into the Gray Area again and was barking madly. Footsteps came from the hallway again and in came Marluxia in a pink bathrobe. A pasty green cream smothered his face.

"What's all the commotion about? I'll have you know I'm trying to open up my pores to get beautiful, clear skin. Skin that looks this good doesn't appear over night you know!"

"Enough, Marluxia." Zexion interjected. "As you can tell, Xigbar and I have run into a little...erm...complication."

"Emphasis on little." Xigbar interrupted as he motioned towards the blue puppy who was chewing on the same pillow.

Marluxia gasped and Zexion immediately covered his ears. "My beautiful pillows!" He ran over, hands on his face in worry, in an attempt to shoo the dog away. "Bad dog! I spent 400 munny on these pillows and they were on sale!" He gave an over-dramatic 'hmph!'. "And I thought they complemented this room perfectly!" Saix growled as Marluxia pointed a finger in his face. "Don't you growl at me!" Xigbar and Zexion glanced at each other with a smirk as they both crossed their arms. As soon as they turned towards Marluxia in sync, he was bitten. "AHH!" He held his finger in pain. Marluxia continued to scream as he waved his hand around violently, running around the Gray Area. Mid-scream, he crashed into the wall and fell over without a noise coming from his mouth.

"That takes care of that problem." Said Xigbar, looking around the room for Saix. "Say, where did the little guy go?" Zexion pointed behind them and they both followed the puppy upstairs where another hallway full of bedrooms were. Their footsteps echoed in the emptiness and a door creaked open to reveal a sleepy Luxord.

"This is not a time for any games, gentlemen." He said, leaning against the door frame. He looked like he could fall asleep at any moment.

"This isn't a game we're chasing a puppy!" Shouted Xigbar without stopping. After his door shut, another one opened with the words 'puppy' being repeated. They knew it was Demyx.

"Puppy!" Demyx comes running and follows them in his ocean themed boxers. "When did we get a puppy?"

"It's Saix, you airhead." Xigbar replied. Saix eventually stopped because the hallway had come to an end. He was cornered. Demyx however, leaped in and grabbed Saix and snuggled him.

"Wow, you're so blue!" He giggled, tickling the puppy's belly. Saix licked the boy's face, causing him to laugh even more.

"No shit." Said Xigbar, crossing his arms. "Anyways, I think Demyx can handle the little guy. I'm going back to bed. He's your problem now, Dem." And with that he turned around and made his way down the hallway.

"I can't argue with that." Zexion followed.

Demyx took little Saix into his room and placed him on his bed. "You like that Lil' Saix?" He patted the pups head. "Hey, I'm sure you want some toys to play with. Are you hungry as well?" Saix barked as if he understood and Demyx laughed. Searching through his closet, he came across a small clown doll and tossed it at the puppy. Saix immediately started to chew the toy. "That's a good boy!" Just as Demyx was settling back into bed, Saix began to howl.

Groaning, Demyx sat up. "What do you want?" Rubbing his eyes he remembered he didn't give him anything to eat. "You want some food don't you." Getting out of bed, he scooped Saix into his arms and made his way downstairs and into the kitchen. "You want a sandwich? A hotdog?" Saix didn't seem to give any reply until Demyx said the word cookie. The puppy began wagging his tail and barking. After scratching his soft head, Demyx reached on top of the fridge to get the cookie jar. While he was distracted, Saix made his way into the bathroom. After closing the lid to the cookie jar, he heard an ear piercing scream.

The bathroom door burst open and out came a soapy Marluxia who was completely naked. Demyx screamed and covered his eyes.

"He assaulted my rubber duck!" Marluxia began wiping his lower eyelid, trying not to smudge his perfect eyeliner. "Oh my god I have been scarred for life!"

"Speak for yourself!" Demyx shouted, still not daring to look.

"That dog tried to copulate with my duck!" He sniffled his nose as if he was about to cry. "Oh my god I can't believe this is happening to me!"

Aggressive footsteps came from the hallway but neither one heard them. In came Zexion, storming in with his hands clenched.

"What did I-" As he was about to shout and scold them he immediately froze when he saw Marluxia. He let out a long sigh and turned around. "Why must I allow myself to get involved in these situations?" He then left silently.

Marluxia went back into the bathroom and tossed out his rubber duck. Saix pounced on it and began to chew. Once he sunk his teeth into the toy, a squeak came out and he froze. Demyx thought this was interesting and grabbed the toy from the dog. He squeezed it and Saix turned around, wagging his tail and panting, but he didn't move a muscle.

Demyx smiled. "I think I've found a way to get you to behave…"

Later on that night, Demyx sat at the edge of his bed with the rubber duck in his hand. He had been sitting there for hours, squeaking the toy every two minutes so that Saix wouldn't get into trouble. At around 3Am, Xigbar popped in to see if things were okay. He found Demyx nearly falling asleep.

"Whoa dude, what's going on?" He leaned against the wall.

"Well, Saix only sits still if you keep squeezing this duck." He gave the toy a squeeze. Xigbar's eyes went from Demyx to the dog.

"Interesting. Well if you want, I can take over."

"That would be-" Demyx then collapsed onto his side and began to snore. Xigbar accepted this and squeaked the toy for the dog every couple of minutes. About an hour later, all three were sleeping. Saix had curled up on Xigbar's back and Demyx was spread starfish on his bed, his arm hanging over the side.

That next morning, Saix- the full Nobody- was on Xigbar's back. He picked his head up and it cracked from the uncomfortable position he had slept in. He groaned from the pain and looked around, realizing that the surroundings weren't familiar to him. It was then that he realized he was in Demyx's room. Quickly, he got up and realized Xigbar was below him. Saix was completely mortified and ran out of the room wondering what the hell happened last night.