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CHAPTER FOUR

Making a List

"As fun as this is," Leximy said with a yawn. "I'm getting sleepy. Let's get back upstairs and finish building that pillow fort; we need to make an expansion. And when we're done, Zexion can read us a bed time story!"

Zexion sighed. "You've got to be kidding me…"

"I like Good Night, Moon. That one's my favorite," Saix said.

"That sounds like a cute story," Chelly said with a smile, then paused. "Would that mean that the story takes place before it turns daytime? Because that's when the moon goes to sleep over here…"

Axel put a hand on her shoulder. "Try not to over think it."

"I don't believe I have that book," Zexion said.

Saix hesitated before saying, "I do…"

"Great! Let's go!" Leximy said enthusiastically. "Now who wants to carry me?"

As she finished her sentence, she passed out, leaving the rest of the group in silence.

"Oh dear…" Chelly said, setting down the coloring book and standing up. "Looks like we've got one down…"

Saix picked Leximy up and lead everyone out the door, Marluxia close behind as he glared at the back of Saix's head.

"Would you like to be carried, too?" Axel asked Chelly.

"Because if you did, I wouldn't mind at all," Zexion finished; he smiled and hid his face behind his book.

"You can carry me if you want… I wouldn't mind," Demyx said. "Walking up all those stairs is hard, man…"

"I think today's the day I try to fly," Chelly said, looking around for something to jump off of.

"Me, too!" Demyx agreed. "But we'll have to wait to go somewhere else to try it."

Chelly snapped her fingers. "Okay…well…someone carry me," she said, looking around.

"Yes, that sounds like a good idea," Xemnas said, jumping on Lexaeus' back. "Let's ride!"

Waking up, Leximy blinked several times before the image of Marluxia became clear. Widening her eyes, she realized he was much too close to her face.

"Oh dear, you've invaded my personal space."

Marluxia jumped back. "I didn't realize you were awake…" he said, rubbing the back of his head.

"Yeah…I guess I fell asleep. Thanks for carrying me up here."

"What? Oh, of course. No problem…anything for you."

"Excuse me," Saix said, pushing Marluxia out of the way. "I'm the one who carried you here."

Walking in, Zexion and Axel carried Chelly, who jumped out of their arms over to Leximy. "Leximy! You're awake! What happened?" she asked worriedly.

"You didn't see? Oh well, a huge dragon came flying into the basement! I can't believe you missed it! It attacked me! But don't worry, I didn't die. I was saved by my knight and shining armor, Lexaeus! I flew down on a white Pegasus with a giant sword! He was so dreamy; he picked me up and carried me into this castle of pillows!"

Lexaeus walked into the room panting, as he carried Xemnas on his back.

"Look! Here he is now! Back with another damsel in distress! What a stud," Leximy said, swooning.

"What?" Marluxia and Saix exclaimed in synch.

"Wow, I can't believe that…" Chelly said, turning to Lexaeus. "Thank you very much. If it wasn't for you, Leximy wouldn't be here now… we owe you a lot!"

Lexaeus stared back at her as Xemnas jumped off his back with a glare. "Who are you calling a damsel?"

"It's okay, Xemnas, we're all here to support you," Leximy said encouragingly. "There's no need to deny it."

"I think he's way past denial," Demyx said. "I think he's reached the anger stage. Next is acceptance. I hope that comes soon… He's not very nice when he's angry…"

"Is he ever nice?" Marluxia asked.

"Do not disrespect your Superior!" Saix shouted.

"You started it!" Marluxia shot back.

"I think Leximy started it…" Chelly pointed out. "But Xemnas isn't her Superior so I guess it doesn't really matter…"

Axel smirked. "You would worry about that Saix," he said, which earned him a glare.

"Well…what are we going to do now?" Chelly asked looking at everyone. "Are we going to try to sleep?"

"Eh, I'm not tired anymore, I had a nice nap," Leximy said.

Demyx yawned as Marluxia smiled.

"That's fine with me," Saix said. "I can stay up all night."

"Let's play Monopoly!" Xemnas declared. "I dominate at that game."

He smiled evilly as Leximy narrowed her eyes at him. "I guess you haven't played with me then," she said, smiling and rubbing her hands together.

"Monopoly? Oh! I'll be the banker," Chelly said, creating a Monopoly board and setting it down in front of everyone. "Okay, so everyone gets…that much money," she continued, handing everyone one hundred dollars less than they were supposed to have.

"This is the wrong amount," Saix pointed out.

"What do you mean I can't count?"

"Saix, be nice!" Leximy scolded. "She's just a little girl."

"I'm…sorry."

When Marluxia laughed, Leximy turned to him with a glare. "What are you laughing at?"

"Oh…I, uh, got the little Scottie dog…he's so…cute and small…small dogs make me laugh."

"Nice cover Marluxia," Vexen said, to which Marluxia glared.

"A Scottie dog?" Chelly asked, setting up the board. "That was really random…." She said, taking away a hundred of his dollars back. "This is for Leximy because you were random."

"What?"

Xemnas leaned to Lexaeus, whispering, "Can't you do something about the crazy banker?"

"…"

"Have you ever played Monopoly Chelly?" Leximy asked with a laugh. "The Scottie dog is one of the pieces," she said, picking up the piece. "See?"

"Hey, I was playing with that…"

"Can we please progress with the game?" Zexion asked in annoyance. "I'm at a really good spot in my book and I'd like to get back to it."

"What, did you get to the 'How to Please Your Lover' chapter?" Xigbar asked.

"No, I think that's in the Sequel," Xaldin said. "If you're reading 'How to Get Your Crush's Attention', they wouldn't be your lover yet."

Xigbar nodded in understanding. "Ah, my bad."

Zexion shot them a glare.

"I wonder if those books actually work," Chelly said thoughtfully before turning back to Leximy and Marluxia. "And no, I haven't played before…sorry Marluxia."

She handed him two hundred dollars and he graciously took it.

"What other pieces are there?" Chelly asked. "Are we going to have enough?"

"There are…" Leximy started. "The thimble, battleship, cannon, horse, top hat, boot, dog, car, iron, and wheelbarrow. So five of us will have to sit out, or share. Ooh, we can play teams! I don't want to be on Chelly's since she doesn't know what she's doing."

She turned to look at Axel expectantly; he sighed. "Oh come on… Fine, I'll…I'll be on Chelly's team."

Leximy smiled. "Okay, who wants to be on my team? Not that I need another person…I'll win anyway."

"I can just the banker if you don't want to be on my team," Chelly said sadly.

"No, we want Axel to los—I mean…" Saix said coughing.

"You and Marluxia are great at covering those things up," Vexen said with a roll of his eyes.

"I'll be on Leximy's team," Marluxia announced.

"Oh, sorry, I already am…" Saix said.

"Settle it the old fashioned way!" Xemnas suggested.

Suddenly, their weapons were in hand as they braced themselves to fight.

"No, no, no," Xemnas said. "Rock-Paper-Scissors!"

Marluxia and Saix's weapons disappeared as they turned to him with dumbfounded expressions.

"What? I'm an old fashioned kind of guy," he said, tipping an invisible hat, and doing a jig as if holding a can, and finishing with a heel click.

"I'm just going to assume I imagined that," Leximy said slowly.

"Imagined what?" Xemnas asked.

"Yep… I did. Anyway, I think Marluxia and Saix should be on a team. I saw Saix eyeing the Scottie dog just as Marluxia was," she said with a smile.

"But…Leximy…"

"I protest! I was not looking at the dog! Everyone knows I'm always the thimble!"

"The top hat looks pretty cool…" Chelly said.

"Neither of us want to be partners with each other, we only want to be partners with you," Marluxia said.

"That was almost poetic," Vexen said with a smirk.

"Who wants to be on a team with the Superior~?" Xemnas asked in a singing voice.

"Don't be a cry baby Marluxia! Suck it up!" Leximy scolded.

"But… But…"

"Yes, Marluxia, is it really the worst thing in the world to be partners with me?" Saix asked, glancing at Leximy for approval.

"Come on now, no fighting! I know you all want to be my partner, but there's only one of me and there are…a lot of you. Please put the weapons away," Xemnas said with a laugh. "Not everyone can be a winner."

"I think he's tired…" Leximy said. "Maybe we should put this away, I'm afraid of what will happen…"

"I'm not tired," Xemnas said with a laugh; he tried to slap his knee, but he missed and slapped Lexaeus' instead. "Oh…sorry about that…"

"It may be… well, who are you going to be partners with then, Leximy?" Marluxia asked.

"I pick…" Leximy said, pausing for dramatic effect. "Larxene!"

"Me?" Larxene asked, her eyes getting wet with tears. "But I've never been picked for anything. No one ever wants to be on a team with me. Oh , isn't this great, I feel so wanted!" she leaned over and pet Axel's face.

"Ugh, what'd you do that for?" Axel said, jerking away.

Everyone stared at her, unable to comprehend what Leximy had just done.

"What? Jealous that you weren't picked?" Larxene asked, smiling.

"Yes, actually, I am," Marluxia said.

"What? How come?" Leximy asked, obviously oblivious.

"Oh…because I wanted to win, of course."

"Yes, I also wanted to win, very badly," Saix added with a cough.

"Well, that's just too bad," Larxene said, a smug look on her face.

"Well…we can still try to win, Marluxia," Saix said.

"I hope we can…"

"Okay, fine," Xemnas said. "I guess I'll take the Keyblade wielder."

"Uh…I was actually going to be partners with…Demyx…"

Leximy turned to Demyx who snored. "Uh, I think he's asleep."

"Ah, perfect," Xemnas said, picking up some pieces. "Roxas, boat or wheelbarrow? I quite like the wheelbarrow. Look at these tiny wheels!" he said with a giggle.

Everyone paused and looked at him with wide eyes.

"This is a whole other side of the Superior," Axel said.

"I'm scared…" Chelly said, hiding behind Axel.

"Uh…sure…we can be the tiny wheelbarrow," Roxas said.

"We'll be the horse," Xigbar said, glancing at Xaldin. "Does that work?"

"Whatever," Xaldin said with a roll of his eyes; he held back a smile.

"I think Xaldin secretly likes horses!" Chelly whispered to Leximy.

"Oh good, I was worried he wouldn't like the birthday present I got him," Leximy whispered back.

"Can we start now? I would like to buy Park Place and Broadway. They have a nice blue color just like my hair," Saix said, flipping his hair.

"Yes, and so would everyone else. You have to land on them first, silly," Leximy pointed out.

"So, you try to get the colors that match your hair?" Chelly asked.

"No, you're supposed to get all of the same colors…they don't have to match your hair…" Axel said.

"Okay…I think I understand…"

"We'll win this for sure," Xemnas said with a smile, hugging their wheelbarrow piece.

"Right, but you can't play unless the piece is on the board," Roxas said, prying it from his hand.

"We'll go first because…well…" Leximy started.

"Because I'll kill Demyx if we don't!" Larxene finished.

Demyx continued snoring, sleeping on the mountain of pillows.

"Riiight…" Leximy said, rolling the dice. "Ya! Doubles!"

"I want to roll again!" Larxene said, throwing the dice; they flew over and hit Axel in the face. "Oh, woops… Are you okay?" she said, reaching over to pat him.

"Argh! Would you stop doing that? It…bugs Chelly," Axel said, glancing at the brunette next to him.

"It's true," Chelly said, glaring at her.

"And it kind of creeps the rest of us out," Roxas added.

"I'm sorry, when did I start caring?" Larxene asked.

"When I…threatened to beat you up if you didn't stop," Chelly said.

"You didn't threaten me…"

"Well…that was my threat," Chelly said with a fist shake.

"Our turn~," Xemnas said.

Roxas sat silently next to him, staring down at the board, thinking, 'When is this game going to be over?'

"That's our property, Xemnas!" Leximy exclaimed. "You owe us…" she said, glancing at the card. "Twenty five bucks!"

"Denied," Xemnas said.

"… You can't do that, it's against the rules."

"You dare defy me!"

Reaching over, Saix handed Xemnas twenty five dollars of his and Marluxia's money. Leximy glared at Saix, and then moved onto Xemnas as Roxas smiled.

"What are you smiling at?" Axel asked Roxas.

"Nothing," Roxas said, keeping his smile.

"I don't think that play is legal," Zexion said as he read.

"Put the book down and play, Zexion! We're going to lose if you keep reading!" Vexen said.

"But…reading is good for you!" Chelly said, taking a fairly large book out of Axel's pocket. "It's good for making your brain smarter."

"What the…" Axel said, looking down at his pockets. "There's no way that book could fit in these pockets!" Putting one hand in his pocket, he realized only half of his hand could fit. "They're too small!"

"Silly Axel," Chelly said, putting the book back in his pocket with ease.

"You have manly pockets Axel!" Leximy complimented. "Can you fit a liter bottle of soda in there? I have one I want to save for later."

"I can!" Marluxia said, taking the bottle from her and trying to shove it in his pocket; the top part fit, but the rest had no chance. "Just…give me a minute."

"You're going to shake it up! Stop!"

Saix laughed as Chelly took the bottle from him.

"Oh, I think it'll fit," she said, putting it in Axel's pocket. "See? You can't even see the top!"

Vexen pointed at Axel's pockets. "They defy science!"

"No, science is what allowed them to be like that," Chelly said, holding up her hands with a smile.

"You used magic on my robe…?"

"No, just on your pockets."

"The pockets are part of the robe…"

"Actually, I thought we discussed this. Those are my pockets. You stole them." Leximy frowned.

"I'll get them back for you!" Marluxia said, lunging at Axel.

Axel jumped out of the way as Marluxia hit the floor. "Watch it!"

"Oh yeah, do you still want pockets?" Chelly asked. "I can make them in a jiffy."

"Or you can have me make them," Vexen said with an evil smile.

"Give her back her pockets!" Marluxia said, chasing Axel around the room.

It might have been in the group's head, but a British comedy music played in the background as the two ran around the room.

"Talk to Chelly about it!" Axel exclaimed. "I'm just wearing the robe; I have nothing to do with the pockets! They aren't even filled with my stuff!"

As he ran, a small stuffed kitten fell out of his pocket.

Chelly coughed. "Uh, yeah, that's your stuff, Axel."

"Here you go, Leximy," Saix said, holding up two pockets in one hand, and a needle and thread in the other.

Leximy and Xemnas sat and watched him sew. "What a fruit loop," Xemnas said with a roll of his eyes.

"Manly men sew," Chelly said with a knowing nod before looking around for the source of the music. "I like the music, but where did it come from…? Hmm…"

"Maybe it's how Demyx snores," Xigbar suggested with a smirk.

"We're not really playing the game anymore," Roxas pointed out.

"Yeah, let's just say I won, and find something else to do," Leximy said.

"How did you win?" Axel asked, panting from running. "Only two people took a turn…"

"Well… I'm ahead twenty five dollars," Leximy replied with a smile. "I win. Now what should we do?"

"Tch, this game is no fun… I don't understand it. Why would you spend all the time setting up a game where you can win after two people take their turns?" Chelly asked, obviously baffled at the turn of events.

"You can't, Leximy just quit," Axel said.

"Oh okay," Chelly said, tripping Marluxia, who fell onto the pile of pillows.

Stirring from his sleep, Demyx rubbed his eyes and looked over at Marluxia who struggled to get out of the pillow pile. "Hey!"

Demyx stared at him before putting a pillow over Marluxia's head, forcing him back under the pillows.

"Where'd Marluxia go?" Leximy asked.

"Who cares?"

Leximy turned to Saix and frowned slightly. "Well… I kinda do."

Marluxia tried to yell from the pillows. "Leximy! I care about you, too!" he shouted, but his voice was muffled by the endless pillows.

"Did you hear something?" Leximy asked.

"Nope, nothing at all," Saix said.

"I'm hungry," Demyx said.

Walking over, Axel collapsed on Chelly's lap. "…uh…someone want to help me out?" she asked, trying to push the tall man off of her.

Zexion answered her call for help by walking over and helping Axel onto a few pillows.

"Thanks… He's skinny, so he doesn't weigh that much…but…I'm small…"

"I want food!" Demyx persisted.

"Ice cream!" Roxas suggested.

"Ew," Leximy said.

Immediately following her comment, Axel and Roxas gasped in horror at her words.

"Just…kidding?"

"She'd better be…" Roxas muttered, side glancing her with an expression of distaste.

Axel turned to Chelly. "Has she made this sick joke before?"

"I…don't think so…" Chelly stuttered.

"Oh, so she was putting up a good friend front before…and now she's…" Axel paused, getting choked up. "I can't even continue…"

"Um… It's okay…?" Chelly said, comforting him with a pat on the shoulder before turning to the rest of the group. "What does everyone else want to eat?"

"Kyandi!" Xemnas exclaimed, his eyes lighting up like a child's.

"Oh my goodness…is he always this weird?" Leximy asked.

"…no," was Saix's reply.

"It was an accident, I swear," Vexen said.

"What was that Vexy?" Marluxia asked.

Leximy giggled into her palm. "Sexy Vexy."

Zexion looked up from his book and glared. "No."

"No?"

"No."

"That would work for Zexion, too. Sexy Zexy," Chelly said with a smile.

Zexion looked at her before looking back down at his book, making no comment.

Chelly leaned to Leximy, noticing Vexen, who flipped his hair as he stared into a mirror. "I think it went to Vexen's head…" she muttered; her smile quickly faded as a frown took its place. "Wait, where did that mirror come from?"

"…nowhere!" Vexen said, thrusting the mirror quickly back in Axel's pocket.

Axel sighed. "I don't know how I'm able to carry this robe around…"

"Look! The sun's coming out… wait, is that the sun?" Leximy said.

"…"

Leximy turned to Lexaeus who stared back at her. "Yeah, I thought so, too."

"…"

"Really?" Leximy said, looking at Chelly with a giggle. "That's mean."

"…"

"Okay, now you've gone too far."

Xigbar sighed, obviously having grown bored of a conversation in which only one person was talking—or as far as he heard. "Let's get out of here, all these pillows are making me claustrophobic."

"That's not what's making me want to get out of here," Chelly said, throwing a glare at Lexaeus. "I thought we had…something special…"

"…"

"I understand… I guess it's for the better…" Chelly said, dramatically leaving the room.

"Let's take her lead and get out," Xigbar pressed, following her out.

"I am a little hungry…" Xaldin said thoughtfully, following them.

"Ice cream~!" Roxas said happily.

Walking into the kitchen, Leximy looked through the cupboards. "This is all you have?" she exclaimed, pulling out a can of sardines from the cabinet.

"No… did you check the fridge?" Roxas asked, opening it. "Oh look…see we have… expired milk… yum…"

Axel opened the freezer. "No ice cream!"

"What?" Roxas exclaimed, rushing over to examine it as well.

"Shut the door, Axel," Saix ordered. "You're going to melt all the…ice…"

"He's going to melt the ice? Oh no!" Chelly said with a gasp. "All the ice cream is in Twilight Town…"

"We'll have to go get some!" Axel said.

"But…we're all wearing our pajamas…except you," Chelly said, pointing to his robe. "Why are you wearing your robe again?"

"Leximy needed to put a two liter bottle of soda in here…"

"Oh yeah…well, the rest of us aren't exactly dressed for a night out on the town…"

"That's okay, we can go grocery shopping! No one's there at night. No one will care if we're in our pajamas. Besides, I'm sure Marly wants to show off his pretty footie pajamas," Leximy said with a laugh.

"Don't you know it," Marluxia said, flipping his hair.

"What a funny group we'll look like…" Chelly said, glancing amused at everyone's pajamas.

"Eh, it could be worse…" Axel said, glancing at Xemnas. "Well…maybe not…"

"I want to get candy! No wait, chocolate! NO WAIT! Cookies!" Demyx said, clearly undecided about what he wanted to eat.

Chelly gasped. "I want cookies, too!"

"Demyx is definitely not having any sugar…" Xaldin said. "We'll never get him to sleep."

"I could go for some gummy bears," Leximy said thoughtfully. "How about you Saix?"

"I…like doughnuts…"

"We should get a shopping list together. Chelly! I put you in charge of that! I'll…watch you!" Leximy instructed.

"Okay! Sounds like a good plan!" Chelly said, holding out her hand; a small tablet and a pen appeared in her hand.

"I want to write it!" Demyx whined.

"We can't read your writing…" Axel pointed out.

Demyx crossed his arms and pouted.

"Okay so we need cookies, gummy bears, doughnuts…"

"Popcorn."

"Cotton candy."

"Ice cream!"

"How about more soda?" Leximy said. "I think Axel's pockets ate mine…"

Axel reached into his pocket and began pulling out an array of items: an Odyssey book, a half finished painting, and a Moogle. "Nope…no soda here…"

Chelly gasped and snatched the Moogle from his hands. "How cute!"

"Careful you don't hurt it…they're fragile…" Axel said.

"Oh, make sure you put that Odyssey book back," Chelly said. "I need it for Mythology…"

Axel rolled his eyes before placing it back in his pocket.

"Well, we can get more soda. I have enough money for everything, so I'll buy," Chelly said with a smile.

Leximy turned and glared at Axel and Zexion. "You're not really going to let her pay for everything, are you?"

"Uh, no, of course not…" Axel said.

"I have a piggy bank we could smash open…I guess," Zexion added.

"What? Smash a pig? Are you crazy?"

"Um… I can create munny, so it's best if I pay," Chelly said, holding out an empty wallet; she closed it, and then opened it once more, revealing a wallet full of munny. "Transmuting munny is legal in this world."

"Of course, I'll take care of Leximy's expenses," Marluxia said.

"Actually, I already have it covered," Saix interjected.

Leximy smiled. "Fight! Fight! Fight! I mean…. No, I'll pay… I'm an independent woman; I can take care of myself, thank you."

"I wish you weren't," Marluxia said.

Saix sighed. "So dreamy…"

"What was that?"

"Creamy… I want some… creamy doughnuts…" Saix recovered with a cough.

"Well, I must insist I pay for you…" Marluxia persisted. "As a gentleman?"

"Gentleman…right…" Saix said with a snort.

"What? You think you're better?"

"I know I'm better. That's the difference."

Leximy sighed. "Let's go. How are we getting there?"

"To the Bat Mobile!" Xemnas exclaimed, turning to Saix. "Let's go Robin!"

"Okay, fine, but I insist you don't call me that…"

Xemnas ran to the door, his cape from his super hero pajamas flying behind him.

"Not this again…" Axel said, hitting his forehead with his palm.

"They've done this before?" Chelly asked.

"More than we'd like to admit…" Zexion said.

"Let's just keep this within the Organization plus Leximy," Saix said.

"I don't think we want anyone else to know about this…" Axel reminded him.

"I don't know, Saix…" Marluxia said with a smirk.

"Psh, I see how it is…" Leximy said with a frown. "Just because I decided to get a second job and start a farm, now I've been kicked out? Thanks a lot, Saix. It's not my fault you guys mistook me for a Nobody…it was your mistake."

"Well…I, uh…no…"

"Just for that, I'm going to tell everyone all your secrets! Did you guys know that when Saix was little he—"

Saix lunged forward and clamped his hand over her mouth. "She's…just making up things, it's nothing to worry about…"

"No wait, I want to hear this!" Marluxia said.

Saix turned and glared at Leximy. "Don't tell them that stuff! I have secrets about you that you wouldn't want me to share."

Axel opened a portal. "Let's go get some food."

Leximy nodded, throwing a glare at Saix before leading the way into the portal.

Marluxia popped his PJ collar. "And now it's time for me to make my move," he said with a grin, following Leximy into the portal.

Saix sighed and buried his face in his hands. "What have I done…?"

"Sorry, Saix," Chelly said, patting his shoulder comfortingly. "You'll get her next time!"

"I doubt there will be a next time," Axel said with a smirk.

"Ma'am," Zexion said, motioning for Chelly to go in front of him into the portal.

"Oh, thank you," she replied with a smile, stepping through the portal.

Saix turned to Axel with a smug look. "Looks like you're doing pretty well yourself…" he said, quickly stepping through the portal.

Axel frowned in frustration, clenching his fist by his side before following the rest of the group into the portal, leaving the room behind him quiet and empty.