The Misadventures of the Organization

by MOTTAINAI

When a Nobody and Somebody join the Organization, what kind of chaos could happen? How about slumber parties, high heel races, late night grocery trips, proposals, stranded ships and love triangles. And it gets better. AXELxOCxZEXION, MARLUXIAxOCxSAIX

11. A Picnic Poem

[Disclaimer: ...we obviously don't own Kingdom Hearts...if only we were that good... ;) ]

CHAPTER ELEVEN

A Picnic Poem

Leximy was the last to arrive at the restaurant; she was met with Axel's angry voice.

"What do you mean our reservation was canceled?" he exclaimed.

"I'm sorry sir," the waiter said in a patient, controlled voice. "But you are over three hours late, we had to give away your table."

"What is this nonsense? Who else could have a group as large as ours?" Saix asked impatiently.

Everyone turned to see their table filled with Heartless.

"What the hell…" Axel said, summoning his chakrams. "What are Heartless doing on this cruise?"

Saix pulled out his Claymore. "I have no idea, but there are a lot of them."

"Ugh…what a drag…we're on vacation and work still seems to find us…" Demyx said with a sigh.

"Now, now…maybe they're friendly…" Chelly said; she glanced at them. "They don't look like they'd hurt us…I mean, they're having a nice meal!"

Leximy looked over at one of the Heartless who stared at Chelly hungrily; he pointed at her and beckoned her with a long pointy finger. "Uh, I think that one wants to eat you."

The rather large Heartless rubbed his round belly.

"He definitely wants you…" Marluxia confirmed. "I wouldn't say 'nice' meal, more like… 'Chelly meal'."

"What is this nonsense? That doesn't work… 'Chelly meal'? What kind of pun is that?" Saix demanded.

"One that's better than whatever you could come up with!" Marluxia countered.

The Heartless started moving closer to the group.

"This is not the time for that!" Axel said, running forward with his chakrams.

"Uh…why is the Heartless looking at me like that, anyway…?" Chelly asked. "I don't have a heart to eat…"

Demyx sighed and looked around for a place to hide as Saix stood in front of Leximy and held up his Claymore, Marluxia at his side with his Sickle.

Leximy sighed. "Can't we just ignore them? I'm hungry…and I got all pretty. I don't want to waste my efforts. Well, I guess Marluxia's efforts would be more appropriate."

Marluxia replied by winking at her. Saix rolled his eyes.

Axel killed a Heartless, and all the other diners in the restaurant ran out.

"Now, was that really necessary?" Leximy asked impatiently.

"Well…at least we'll get the restaurant all to ourselves?" Chelly said with a smile and a shrug.

One Heartless jumped in front of Demyx and took a swipe at him. Axel struck it with his chakram and moved onto the next one.

But that didn't stop Demyx from panicking. He pulled out his Sitar for protection and hid under a table. "Kill them! Hurry!"

Marluxia hit one of them that jumped at him, and smiled at Saix.

Saix turned to kill a Heartless that attacked from the side, and then turned to Marluxia with a smirk. Marluxia glared back.

"This isn't a competition…" Chelly pointed out.

Leximy walked past Marluxia and Saix and sat down at a table. "Waiter!" she said, snapping her fingers.

"Leximy! Don't be reckless!" Saix exclaimed, running over to her.

The waiter walked over and, in a nervous tone, said, "Y-yes?"

"I would like a glass of Chardon please, and could we get a few menus?"

"Right away ma'am." The waiter walked away to fetch the requested items, but was eaten by a Heartless.

"Maybe I should help, too…" Chelly said.

Suddenly a Heartless jumped in front of her and looked at her with wide, yellow eyes.

"Hello little guy," she said with a smile.

Axel jumped over and killed the Heartless before looking at her. "Are you okay?"

She nodded, walked behind him, and killed a Heartless that was in mid-air.

Xaldin looked around. "I'll go take care of the meals," he said, walking into the kitchen.

Saix sat down in the booth Leximy sat in and laid his claymore across the table.

Marluxia moved on Leximy's other side and laid his scythe on the table, and, in the process, knocking off a few glasses. They shattered instantly.

"Smooth," Leximy said.

Marluxia smiled and reached his arm up to put it around Leximy's shoulders just as Saix did the same. Leximy picked up a menu on the table and began looking it over as Saix and Marluxia thumb wrestled behind her.

Demyx peeked out from under the table as a Heartless appeared in front of him. "Oh no!"

"Demyx!" Chelly said, jumping over and killing the Heartless.

"Thank you!" Demyx said with a smile.

Axel killed the last Heartless and looked around to make sure they were all gone.

Xigbar smiled at Chelly and Axel. "Nice work you two."

"No sweat, Xigba~," Chelly said.

Demyx slowly got up from under the table. "Can we eat now? I'm starving…" he said as he held his stomach.

Roxas looked down at his Keyblade, then at everyone else. "I probably should've helped…"

Leximy swooned at his Keyblade.

Roxas took notice of this and gave a quick pose before sitting down next to Demyx.

"Way to be stealthy kiddo," Xigbar said.

Marluxia and Saix crossed their arms and glared at Roxas.

Suddenly a large crashing noise came from the kitchen.

"That doesn't sound good…" Leximy said. "Maybe someone should go check on him…"

"Not me, man," Demyx said.

"I'll go!" Chelly said, starting toward the kitchen, but was caught on the arm by Axel.

"What if it's dangerous?" Axel asked.

Chelly waved her hand dismissively. "I'm a tough girl," she said, lightly punching his arm and walking toward the kitchen.

"I hope it's nothing serious….I want food," Demyx said before pulling out his Sitar once more and playing a short tune.

"Do you take requests?" Leximy asked.

"Sure…I do."

"How about…I don't know, play something romantic."

Demyx nodded and began to play the 'Happy Birthday' song.

"Not the song I would have pegged as romantic…but okay."

"Sorry, it's the only request song I know…"

Xaldin walked out of the kitchen. "Y-you remembered my birthday?" he asked with a smile.

"Uh…" Demyx said with a dumbfounded look.

"Of course we did," Xigbar said. He smiled and pulled out a party hat before placing it on Xaldin's head.

Xaldin looked around. "I…don't know what to say…"

Demyx continued playing the song.

"Where's Chelly, Xaldin?" Axel asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Who?" Xaldin.

"I miss her…" Leximy said.

"You mean she never came back there…?" Axel asked.

"She probably just got lost…" Marluxia suggested.

"The door's right there, it's pretty much a straight shot…didn't anyone see her walk in?" Axel asked.

"I saw her…walk in that direction," Saix said.

"Wait, where's Zexion?"

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In a hallway of the ship Zexion led Chelly through a dark hallway.

"Are you sure this is the right way?" Chelly asked, looking around. "It's kind of dark here…"

Zexion smiled and took her hand. "It'll be fine…I know where we are."

"But…you don't even know who you are…"

"Hm…you have a point…okay, well, we got lost a while back, but I was hoping if we came across familiar territory, you'd be able to lead us…" Zexion showed her a page in his book. "That's what it says here, anyway…"

"Oh dear…"

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Leximy pulled out a 'My Little Pony' figurine from her bag and handed it to Xaldin with a card that read "Happy Birthday, Big Guy!".

"…thanks…" Xaldin said, turning around and smiling, then turning back to everyone else with a scowl.

"I thought you could enjoy it."

"I'm going to go look for Chelly…" Axel said. "If she shows up before I get back, make sure she doesn't wander off again!"

"Maybe Saix should accompany you…" Marluxia said, putting his arm around Leximy's shoulder. "I'll take care of things here."

"Really, you think you can handle it?" Leximy asked.

Marluxia looked her up and down. "Ooooh yeah," he said with a smile.

"Cool, I'll go with them, too, then. Sounds like you've got things covered," Leximy said, sliding out from under his arm and taking Saix's arm.

"Let's go, Axel, Saix."

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"You know this isn't so bad…the two of us wandering around together…" Zexion said. "I like being lost and confused with someone. It was getting lonely."

Chelly smiled. "I'd rather know where I am, and not be confused, but…I guess if this is all we can do for now, it's not that bad. I would be very scared if I were lost by myself…"

Zexion smiled.

"But I'd really like to know why there aren't any lights in this hallway…there are lights in every other hallway…"

"…does it feel like the floor's wet to you?" Zexion asked, sloshing in shallow water. "My survival guide doesn't have anything about dark hallways filled with water on a cruise ship…" He flipped through the pages in his book.

"Please don't tell me the ship is sinking…we have to go save everyone!" Chelly exclaimed, pulling his arm forward.

"I'm sure the ship isn't sinking…maybe there's a leak somewhere."

Chelly stopped pulling him. "Maybe…" she said, turning around a corner. "I wonder where everyone else is…"

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As Axel, Saix and Leximy walked through the hallways, Axel noticed something strange.

"Look, that door is open," he said, pointing at the door labeled 'Warning: Do Not Enter.' "You don't think…"

"Let's check it out," Saix suggested.

Leximy walked past the two of them through the door. "It's really dark in here…is there a light switch?"

"I don't see one…let me lead the way," Saix said.

"I think I'm leaking…" Leximy said, splashing in the water.

"I don't think it's you…" Axel said.

"This can't be good…" Saix said.

"Chelly!" Axel called, his voice echoing down the hall.

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"Oh dear…I just heard my name…" Chelly said with a shudder. "Do you think it's a…ghost?"

"A ghost? Don't be silly, there is no such thing…"

"Um…" Chelly said, taking a deep breath, and yelling, "I'm…sorry Mr. Ghost! I didn't mean any harm! I didn't do anything, I promise!" She stopped to turn to Zexion expectantly.

He coughed. "She…really didn't mean any harm."

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"I think I heard something," Axel said.

"I sure hope it's not a giant squid monster," Leximy said.

"If it is, I'll protect you!" Saix said, looking manly.

Axel suddenly grabbed Saix's arm. "Boo!"

Saix yelped. "Axel, I swear I will cut off your arms!" he yelled, raising his claymore.

"It was a joke, got it memorized?" Axel laughed. "Lighten up, Saix."

Saix grumbled something under his breath.

"Shush, I think I see someone…wait, never mind, I can't see anything…" Leximy said.

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"…I think I heard someone scream…" Chelly said with a panicked look.

"I'm sure it was just…the wind."

Chelly turned and yelled behind them, "If you come any closer ghosts, I will have to resort to violence!"

"How do you kill a ghost?"

Chelly turned to him. "Is that a riddle…?" she said, pausing a moment to think.

"I think the ghosts are getting closer. Let's get out of here."

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"Ugh, my dress is getting all wet. I think the water's getting deeper," Leximy said.

"Wait! Did you hear that!" Axel exclaimed, starting to run. "Zexion, you loser, get over here!"

Zexion realized what was happening and began running, dragging Chelly behind.

"Stop! You keep splashing me!" Leximy exclaimed as Axel took off.

Saix tried his best to shield her.

"Wait, it's Axel! Zexion!" Chelly said.

"It's the ghosts trying to get you to go to them!" Zexion exclaimed. "They're disguising themselves as people that you like!"

Axel laughed. "So you admit it!"

Zexion turned to glare at him. "Shut up, ghost!"

"Don't be rude to the Axel ghost!" Chelly said, turning to smile at Axel. "You do look a lot like the real Axel…have you met him? He's very nice."

Axel nodded, then had an epiphany. "Oh? Tell me about him."

"Well, he has red hair, and pretty green eyes, just like you!" she started pointing at him as she was being dragged along. "And…he's really nice, and always has a worried face." She paused a moment to copy his worried expression. "And his best friend is Saix!"

From back where Saix and Leximy were, Saix yelled, "Don't make up stories!"

"Oh, the real Axel sounds like a good guy," Axel said.

"He is," Chelly said with a nod.

"Are you two…dating?"

Chelly opened her mouth to respond, but was interrupted by Zexion. "I see what you're getting at 'Axel', but it's not going to work!" He started running faster.

"Chelly, wait!" Leximy exclaimed. "Don't leave me with these guys!"

"Hey!" Axel and Saix shouted.

Leximy began to run after Zexion and Chelly. "I'm going to have to start swimming soon, where is all this water coming from?"

Suddenly a siren started to sound.

Axel turned to Saix. "That doesn't sound good…"

"We better go rescue them… I don't think it's a good idea to be heading toward the water."

Axel started running after the two again.

"Zexion! I don't want to drown!" Chelly cried.

Zexion paused and stopped running.

Chelly let go of his hand and tried to catch her breath.

"Oh no…!" Axel said before running over Chelly, knocking them both over into the water.

"Ahh! I'm drowning!" Chelly exclaimed, flailing around.

Axel held her up. "It barely goes up to our ankles, Chelly…"

"Oh…heh…thanks," Chelly said giving him a hug. "You are Axel!"

"How do you know?" Zexion asked, giving Axel a suspicious glance.

"You can't hug a ghost, silly!"

Axel hugged her again and smiled at Zexion.

"Get a room you two…" Leximy said with a roll of her eyes. "Let's get out of here. I don't know what that siren means, but it can't be a good thing…I hope everyone else isn't panicking."

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"OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!" Demyx exclaimed, pacing around in a circle anxiously.

Xigbar sat back and watched him run around, Xemnas yawned, and Xaldin had his back to everyone as he played with his pony on one of the tables.

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"I'm sure everyone is fi-" Chelly paused. "Oh no…"

"What?" Axel said.

"We'd better hurry back!" Chelly exclaimed, starting to run back to where they came from.

"What the…where are we going?" Axel exclaimed, running to catch up with her.

Zexion looked up from his book and followed.

Saix offered his hand to Leximy. "Shall we?"

"No, I want to stay here and take a bath…psh," Leximy said, taking his hand, rolling her eyes, and dragging him to catch up with everyone else.

Suddenly there was a message over the intercom. "Please, nobody panic, this is only a drill…." There was a pause. "Oh…really?" He turned back to the mic. "Never mind, this is not a drill. Repeat, this is not a drill. You can start to panic now."

"That's fun…" Leximy said.

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"I TOLD YOU! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE BY THE WATER!" Demyx exclaimed.

Marluxia, who sat comfortably on one of the booths, watched Demyx flail around. "I thought water was your thing, Demyx."

Demyx stopped running around and nodded slowly. "You're…right. Does that mean I have to do something?" he asked; he sighed and his shoulders slumped. "I don't want to do too much work…"

"Well, since it is your specialty, you're kind of obligated to help…"

"What?"

Chelly rushed in at that moment, followed by Axel, Zexion, Saix and Leximy. "Demyx!"

"Chelly!"

"Are you okay?"

"No!" Demyx cried.

"What's wrong?"

"M-Marluxia said…I'd have to…"

"What? What did he say you have to do?" Chelly urged.

"He said I have to work!" Demyx said, sobbing on her shoulder.

Axel hit his forehead with his palm.

Leximy walked up to a row of seats and opened the lid. "Here Saix, I don't want you to drown," she said, handing him a big, puffy, orange life jacket.

"Y-you don't?" Saix said with a slight smile.

Leximy pulled it over his head and tightened it before laughing at his inability to put his arms down all the way.

"So are we getting out of here or what? I think there are some life boats…or we could swim for it…maybe we could build a raft! It'll be just like Castaway*…" Leximy said.

"But if we try to get away from the ship, then we may end up on an island…and start from scratch…that's a lot of work," Demyx said.

"Well, we wouldn't have to worry about building a fire," Axel said with a smile.

"I'm sure there's some way to fix this ship…I'll go figure it out!" Chelly said, opening a portal and running through it.

"This'll probably end up bad…" Demyx said, watching the portal close.

"Damn it…" Axel cursed.

"Well, while she's trying to figure this out, I'm going to build a raft! Come on Saix, let's go pull an Odysseus*," Leximy said.

The two set off around the ship, picking up useful supplies out and about. Using Saix's claymore, they broke down large wooden benches on the boat to use for the main part of the raft, curtain parts, and random rope. The light over the two turned dark, back to light, as it poured rain outside the ship, then the light turned to dark, as it became sunny, then rainy, then sunny. Two hours of work later and they were finished.

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Walking around the ship, Axel and Demyx set on their own adventure to find Chelly.

"Where do you think she went?" Axel asked.

"I don't know, maybe to fix the leak in the boat? Better her than me…" Demyx replied.

"But she was still wearing a dress…"

Demyx shrugged. "Woman do crazy things…"

Axel nodded. "You've got a point…"

"Let's try the lower decks."

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"Alright Saix, let's set sail," Leximy said, lowering the raft into the water.

"Sounds like a plan," Saix said.

"It'll be like we're running off together," Leximy said happily.

"If you say so," Saix said with a smile as he helped Leximy into the raft.

"Aye! You shant be takin' my lady!" Marluxia exclaimed, jumping off the ship and landing in the water next to the raft.

Saix sighed and lowered himself onto the raft next to Leximy. He took off his life jacket and threw it to Marluxia.

"My hero," Leximy said with a smile.

"My hair…my beautiful hair…" Marluxia said, looking at the soggy mess that was his hair.

"You can't expect to set sail without me!" Xigbar shouted to the three. "What are you thinking?"

Leximy giggled. "He said 'are'. What a silly pirate."

Xigbar furrowed his brow.

"Are you coming? Be sure to untie the rope," Leximy reminded him.

Xigbar nodded and expertly untied the rope and hopped down with them.

Saix stared dumbfounded at him.

"I'm sure he's a pirate…" Marluxia mumbled.

Demyx leaned over the boat and noticed the group setting sail. "Look Axel! Leximy, Saix, Marluxia and Xiggy are planning on escaping!" he said, waving. "Hey guys! Where are you going?"

"What are you talking about Demyx?" Axel said, then looked over and saw the group. "Why are you guys leaving?"

"No reason…just maybe because…WE DON'T WANT TO DIE!" Leximy called back.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time…" Saix said.

"Are-" Xigbar started.

"Oh my gosh, he said it again!" Leximy laughed.

"Well…see you later, I guess?" Axel said.

"To the Bahamas!" Leximy shouted.

"…do you even know the way to the Bahamas…?" Saix asked.

"Of course she does! She's all knowing!" Marluxia said, patting her on the shoulder.

"Don't touch her when you're soaking wet!"

"Bye bye!" Demyx said before waving and turning back to Axel. "Let's continue our journey to find Chelly!"

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At the bottom of the ship, Chelly had just finished fixing the hole that was causing the ship to sink. The Captain stood next to her in awe. "No more running into random things, please," Chelly said.

"Y-yes ma'am. But, tell me, how did you do that…?"

"Uh…magic," she said with a cough. "I think I'm going to have to ask you to step down from being Captain and ask someone with a little more experience to take over."

"W-who?"

At that moment Axel and Demyx walked by.

"I found her! Ten points!" Demyx exclaimed, holding out his hand.

Axel sighed and slapped his hand.

"Who's your friend?" Demyx asked Chelly.

"This is the former Captain," Chelly said, taking off his hat and putting it on Demyx's head. "Now you're the Captain."

"Maybe I should have gotten on that raft…" Axel muttered.

"What?" Demyx asked.

"Nothing…"

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"Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!" Leximy shouted.

"Maybe we should have made ores…my arms are getting tired," Saix said.

"STROKE!"

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Ten minutes later, Leximy hopped off the raft onto the sandy beach. "I wonder if everyone else knows how close we were to shore…"

"Who knows?" Saix agreed.

"Land, sweet land! I thought I'd never see you again!" Marluxia exclaimed, kissing the ground.

Xigbar stepped off the boat with a faded piece of paper in his hand.

Leximy leaned to Saix. "Is that a treasure map?"

"…I don't know."

Xigbar looked at the paper's contents and continues walking forward. Leximy gasped excitedly.

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On the ship, Chelly walked off of the ship once it had docked. "We finally made it! Have you guys seen Leximy, Saix, Marluxia or Xigbar? I haven't seen them for a while…"

Axel and Demyx exchanged glances.

Larxene stretched and pushed past them. "I could go for a nice nap in the sun on the sandy beach…"

Xemnas followed her. "Me, too."

Chelly looked down at the beach. "Hey…is that them…?"

Demyx squinted as he tried to see them better. "I think so…let's go see what they're doing!"

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Xigbar glanced at his paper again, then walked forward 50 paces. Following closely behind him were Marluxia, Saix and Leximy.

"I think we're getting closer! This is so exciting!" Leximy said happily.

Chelly, Demyx and Axel joined them.

"Whatcha up to?" Demyx asked as he glanced over Xigbar's paper curiously.

"I believe we're looking for buried treasure," Saix said.

"And getting close," Marluxia added.

"Shouldn't we have a metal detector…?" Chelly asked.

"We've got Xigba~, we don't need a metal detector!" Demyx said with a knowing nod.

"What? Buried treasure?" Xigbar repeated, glancing at his paper, then back at the group. "You guys think this is a treasure map, don't you? I'm not a pirate, and this here..." Xigbar held up the piece of paper. "Is MapQuest directions to the hotel."

"That's disappointing," Leximy said.

"Aw…you know what? I'm going to find my own buried treasure!" Demyx announced.

"Are you leaving us, Xigba~?" Chelly asked with a pout.

"…I just don't want to sleep on the ship…Xaldin has been a little weird lately," Xigbar explained.

"What do you mean?" Axel asked.

Behind the group, Xigbar watched as Xaldin ran by with a horse, shortly followed by a man chasing after him. He thought he heard the man yell, "Give me back my horse!"

"…no reason," Xigbar said to the group, who stared at Xigbar with puzzled expressions.

"Look, a star fish!" Leximy said, running over to a rock.

"I think we lost her…" Saix said, watching over Leximy as she poked the orange star fish.

Xigbar looked at his paper again and continued onward.

Axel glanced at Xigbar suspiciously before turning to Chelly. "So what do you want to do first?"

Chelly tapped her chin thoughtfully.

"Let's go find food! We never did eat…" Demyx said, clutching his empty stomach.

Chelly looked down and realized she hadn't changed out of her wet dress. "Oh…I'll be right back…don't move!" She pointed a warning finger at them before running into a portal.

Axel turned to Demyx. "I'm glad we changed back into our robes earli—Demyx, what are you doing?"

Demyx stood with his arms halfway in the air, one foot forward, and a goofy smile on his face. "She said not to move…" he said, barely moving his lips.

"She didn't mean literally…"

Leximy twirled around. "I'm still wearing my dress, too. I think I lost part of it…" she said thoughtfully, realizing it was much shorter than it had originally been.

"It looks better that way," Saix said with an attempted smile.

"Where should we eat?" Leximy asked. "I'd really like another one of those umbrella drinks…"

"Don't those have alcohol in them…?" Axel asked.

"Let's get wasted!" Marluxia exclaimed.

Leximy giggled at his frat-boy sounding voice.

"That's…not a good idea…" Demyx said.

Chelly walked out of a portal, wearing a normal, summer-like dress. "Okay, that's better…so what are we doing?"

Demyx sighed and moved around a little, getting into a more comfortable standing position. "Marluxia and Leximy want to get some drinks."

"Hm…I could use some water, too," Chelly said.

"Not those kinds of drinks, Chelly," Axel said.

Chelly paused. "Oh…but we just got here! We should save that for…later on! Or never…"

"But it's already getting late…and we had so much fun last time!" Leximy said.

"I don't even remember last time," Marluxia said.

"I do," Saix said with a smile.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Marluxia exclaimed, looking between Leximy and Saix worriedly.

"Don't worry, Marly, you got more action than Saix did," Vexen said.

Marluxia smirked, then frowned. "Wait…action from who…?"

Vexen smiled. Marluxia gagged.

"It was only a joke, it was Leximy."

Everyone gasped.

"What? It was just a kiss on the forehead…my goodness…" Leximy said, waving a dismissive hand.

"Sounds like you had fun," Axel said, nudging Marluxia in the side.

"Ooh, scandalous!" Chelly said.

"I don't remember anything that happened either…" Demyx said.

"You kept laughing and talking in your sleep…" Roxas reported.

"Well, he does laugh a lot when he is awake…" Chelly pointed out.

"Yeah!" Demyx agreed.

"Okay now what?" Chelly asked.

"Dinner!" Demyx shouted.

"We should probably go get something to eat since our dinner plans were kind of ruined…" Axel suggested.

"Should we try for something here?" Chelly asked, looking around. "I don't know where we'd find out…"

"Let's go fishing! We can have sashimi!" Leximy said.

"Or I could make a bonfire…we could roast the fish," Axel said.

"Someone should go out into the Bahaman jungle and find fruit," Leximy said.

"Bahaman…jungle?" Saix repeated.

"You know we're not really stranded on an island…we can pay for our food like the rest of society…" Zexion said.

"Zexion is right, why don't we sit down and have a nice dinner?" Chelly agreed.

"We tried that already and look how it turned out," Axel said.

"I can magic up some food," Chelly suggested.

"That won't teach us survival skills!" Marluxia said, looking into the distance and posing. "We need to be able to fend for ourselves if we're ever stranded!"

"We can open portals and go anywhere we want," Saix pointed out. "We'll never be stranded."

Marluxia ignored him and continued looking into the distance.

"Unless…" Leximy said, looking at her index fingers. "I turn off the portals!" She pointed at Saix.

Saix turned and opened a portal.

"What the heck!" Leximy exclaimed, hitting him.

"Ow…"

"I feel inferior…"

"That's because you are," Xemnas said, giving Leximy a serious look.

"No really guys, it'd take me a moment to make us food…" Chelly said, clapping her hands.

Axel grabbed her hands. "I think we should try to find a way to do it without magic."

"Well…why don't you guys start running everywhere without using your portals, hmmm?"

"That's…different…"

"Just let her make us some food! I'm hungry!" Demyx whined.

"It doesn't look like we're going to be eating any time soon…" Roxas said with a sigh.

Leximy kicked Saix in the knee, who pulled out his claymore.

"I know I can always depend on your reflexes…" Leximy said, taking his claymore. "Time to go boar hunting. Who's with me?"

Demyx shot his hand up. "Me!" He paused. "Wait…that'd mean work, wouldn't it?" He slowly lowered his hand.

"Aw…there's no need to hurt the poor boars…"

"Are there even boars on this island…?" Roxas asked.

Axel cracked his knuckles. "I'd love to roast some pigs."

"…that's not what my claymore is for…" Saix muttered.

"Don't worry, the blood will come right off…" Leximy assured him.

"…"

"Let's go! I think I see one!" Leximy said, pointing at a fat kid in a Speedo.

"…I don't think that's right…" Axel said.

"Looks like good eatin'," Leximy persisted.

"I don't think we want to represent our organization by becoming cannibals…" Saix said.

"Nonsense, I support the striking of fear into others!" Xemnas applauded.

"But not death…fear every once in a while is good, but not death…" Chelly amended.

"I agree…but he doesn't look like he would be hard to catch…" Demyx said.

"I think I'm going to agree with Axel on this one. This isn't right…" Saix said.

Chelly gasped and pointed at him. "You guys are still getting along? I'm so glad!"

Axel glanced at Chelly. "Yeah…and?"

Chelly pulled out the ransom note. "How are all the demands coming along?" she asked, smiling at everyone expectantly.

Axel hit his forehead with his palm.

Saix glanced at Leximy. "Great…" he said, patting Marluxia lightly on the shoulder.

Marluxia forced a smile.

"What's that?" Zexion asked.

Leximy smiled. "Well Zexion…"

"Chelly and Leximy had some kind of…incident…of which the details are unknown to the four of us," Axel explained, pointing to himself, Saix, Marluxia, then Zexion, before glancing at Leximy and Chelly suspiciously. "And we had to sign the ransom note that doubles as a contract so that they'll stay alive…but we have to meet the demands…I would ask if you remember, but you have…amnesia."

Zexion nodded before taking the note and reading it over. "'An essay, book, or poem…?'"

Chelly pat him on the back. "That's your area of expertise!"

"Oh I'm so excited, you all get to recite your works over dinner!" Leximy said.

"I suddenly lost my appetite…" Axel said.

"Did I mention I flunked out of high school?" Saix asked.

"That's no excuse," Leximy said with a glare.

Chelly glanced at Axel. "I hope you passed…"

Axel put his arm around her shoulder with a smile. "Just barely."

Chelly shrugged and smiled. "Good enough," she said, glancing at Zexion. "And you?"

"High…school?"

"I hated high school, man!" Demyx said with a sigh. "They were always yelling at me to pay attention…"

"Well, were you paying attention?" Chelly asked.

"No…but that didn't give them the right to yell at me!"

"Ah…I remember high school, back in the jolly good ol' days," Luxord said, a hint of nostalgia in his tone.

"That's where I lost my eye…" Xigbar said.

"I was class president!" Xemnas said.

"I was prom queen! Twice!" Marluxia exclaimed.

"Prom…queen? What's prom?" Chelly asked, looking at Axel.

"It's a dance," Axel explained.

"Dance…we never had dances at my academy…"

There was a pause.

All eyes turned to Marluxia.

"Wait, queen?" Axel asked.

"That's right, none of the other girls stood a chance," Marluxia said, flipping his hair.

"How did you lose your eye in you school, Xigbar…? I thought normal high schools were less…violent?" Chelly said.

"He went to a private high school, of course," Leximy explained.

"…actually, I fell on a pencil, but believe what you will…" Xigbar said.

"Chelly! Magic up some food! We need to hear these essays and hey…where are all our pens?" Leximy asked.

Chelly snapped and the food appeared.

Zexion glanced at the ransom note, then at Saix, Marluxia and Axel. "It says pens on here…"

Axel and Saix exchanged glances.

"Uh…yeah…" Saix said.

"We, uh, still need to take care of that…" Axel said, glancing at Chelly.

"Did you bring the sugar cubes?" Chelly asked Leximy.

"Of course!" she said, pulling out some sugar cubes from Xaldin's pocket.

"Hey, I was saving that for…never mind," Xaldin said with a scowl.

"It's okay, I'll buy you some carrots later," Leximy assured him.

Xaldin turned away and smiled.

"Who wants to go first?" Leximy asked as she sat down on the blanket Chelly had placed the food on.

Zexion looked inside the book in his hands and pulled out a paper. "I guess I did write something…"

Saix, Marluxia and Axel followed suit and pulled out their papers.

"So…who wants to go first?" Chelly repeated.

Axel glanced at Xemnas before turning to the other three. "Rock paper scissors?" he asked, smiling at Marluxia.

"Rock…paper…flower!" Marluxia said.

"Fire!" Axel exclaimed.

"…you win, you get to go first."

"Wait, what?"

"Let's hear it Axel," Leximy said with a smile.

Axel coughed and turned to Zexion. "I'm sure Zexy over here has been dying to share his."

"My what?"

Chelly pointed to the paper in his hands.

"Oh…well…" He stood up and walked up in front of everyone. "Please note that this was written during a time when I knew what was going on…and now I don't, so you cannot hold whatever I'm about to say against me…"

Demyx grabbed tomato and prepared to throw it.

"Drop it, Demyx," Chelly said with a glare.

Demyx pouted and set it back down.

Zexion cleared his throat. "I'd do anything to see all the beautiful things in the world, like a red rose blooming in the Sahara, like a river twisting through a dusty land, all the beautiful things in the world; but I also know I am looking at the world's most beautiful creation, every time you smile, and every time I look into your eyes," he read from the paper.

Marluxia wiped a tear away from his eye.

"Aw!" Leximy squeed.

Axel stared at him with wide eyes. "How the hell are we supposed to follow that?" he asked, turning to Saix.

Chelly leaned to Leximy. "I think Marluxia thinks he's talking about him…"

Marluxia turned and glared at her. "What, do you think it was dedicated to you?"

Saix turned to Axel and glanced at his paper, then at his own. "We have no choice…"

Axel looked at Saix's paper and snickered. "Wow, really Saix?"

"What?" Saix exclaimed, hiding his paper from Axel's eyes. "I put a lot of thought into this!"

"So I can tell," Axel said with a smirk.

"What about yours?" Saix asked, pointing at a line. "Now, do you really think that's going to swoon her?"

"Better than that line," Axel said, pointing at a line on Saix's paper.

"At least I have TWO lines!"

Axel burned Saix's paper, leaving just a pile of ashes in his black glove. "And now you have none."

Saix brushed the ashes away, grabbed Axel's paper, and ripped it in half.

"Yay improv!" Leximy exclaimed.

"Aw…go up there and give us a two-for-one show!" Chelly encouraged.

Axel and Saix exchanged glances before hesitantly walking in front of everyone.

Chelly picked up the pieces from Axel's ripped paper and started putting it back together.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!" Demyx chanted.

"They're not even angry…look they're blushing," Xigbar said pointing at them with a smile.

"H-hey! Don't tell lies!" Axel shouted.

"Y-yeah!" Saix agreed.

Leximy turned to Chelly. "Maybe we should help them out…okay guys, we need a suggestion from the group…give me a weird job."

"Ant eater!" Xigbar shouted.

"Underwear model!" Vexen said.

"…sure…and uh, give me a weird…film style."

"Bollywood!" Demyx said.

"Hmm…okay, Axel, you're an ant eater and Saix is your wife, an underwear model. You two are having marriage problems because you just found out Saix is pregnant but it's not yours. Axel, you suspect Saix was recently abducted by aliens, who have impregnated…him. And you'll be doing this in the Bollywood style. Demyx, music please."

Saix looked at Axel. "…what the…!"

"Where does she get these things…? How is that expressing our feelings for them?"

Saix looked down at his stomach and muttered, "I don't look like I'm pregnant…"

"And I don't eat ants…" Axel added.

Chelly finished fixing both of the letters, using her magic, and began reading Saix's aloud. "Oh, my dearest Leximy…" she started.

Saix leaped across the group and tackled her.

"What the…" was all she could say as Saix fell on top of her, trying to get the paper out of her hands. "Saix! What are you doing?"

"Give me back the paper and no harm will come to you," Saix said in a surprisingly controlled voice.

"I want to intervene…but at the same time, this is kind of amusing," Axel said.

"I'll bite you!" Saix suddenly exclaimed, his controlling voice completely gone.

"Nooo! Don't infect Chelly!" Leximy shouted, reaching down and grabbing the note from Chelly.

Saix froze and looked at Leximy. "Don't…do it…"

But it was too late. Leximy scanned over the note as a wave of different emotions overcame her. She blushed, started crying, then laughing, then folded it and put it in her pocket. "Well, that was a treat."

"What did it say? What did it say?" Marluxia exclaimed.

"Don't tell him!" Saix shouted angrily.

Chelly shoved Saix off of her and picked up Axel's note, reading it silently. Axel took note of this and patiently stared at her. She looked up at him, opened her mouth to say something, then closed it again, looking back at the note.

Demyx suddenly appeared behind Axel. "The anticipation!"

Axel jumped and glared at Demyx.

"Ah-ha!" Demyx exclaimed.

"…what?"

"Nothing…just a theory I'm working on…" he said, putting his hand on Axel's chest and pausing.

"Oh…kay…" Axel said, taking Demyx's hand off of himself and taking a step away from him.

"This was fun…what does Axel's note say Chelly? Your face looks all funny…" Leximy asked.

"The awkward silence is killing me…" Xigbar said.

"…" Lexaeus sat quietly in the back of the group.

"Me, too," Leximy agreed with him with a smile.

Chelly looked up at her. "My…face looks funny? Aw…"

"What she means is it looks lovely," Axel said with a smile.

"Oh, okay."

"Don't read it out loud, it's not safe for children," Saix said, walking over and covering Demyx's ears.

"But Saix-"

"No buts. Keep whatever is written on that note to yourself."

"But…"

"What did I just say?"

Chelly stared down at the note and pouted. "Yes sir…"

"I think it's best that we all keep this to ourselves," Leximy said. "And never speak of it again."

"Agreed," Saix said.

"Hai, hai," Axel added.

"Hey, that's my line!" Chelly said.

Axel shrugged.

"Got it memorized?" Chelly asked with a glare.

"Stop this nonsense!" Saix exclaimed.

"Saix is the only one who got it right…" Demyx noticed.

Axel leaned to Chelly. "You can tell me what you thought about it later," he said with a wink.

Marluxia leaned to Leximy. "And you're going to tell me what he said in his letter, right?" he asked with a wink.

Demyx tried to wink, but blinked instead. "Aww…"

Xigbar winked at him.

"That's not fair!"

"Be quiet! No one will be telling anyone anything! Marluxia! Shush! Axel, quit bugging Chelly, she obviously doesn't want to talk about it! Saix…good job, keep it that way!" Leximy took a deep breath.

Saix proudly smiled at Marluxia, before turning to Leximy. "Breathe, Leximy!"

"I'm not bothering her…" Axel said, turning to Chelly. "Right?"

Chelly looked up from the note. "What's going on?"

"…nothing," Axel said with a smile.

Marluxia smiled.

"What are you smiling about?" Saix asked.

"Nothing…"

"Marly hasn't gone yet!" Demyx exclaimed.

"I'll kill you Demyx!" Marluxia exclaimed.

"Bring it on, flower girl!" Demyx said.

Marluxia lunged at Demyx, who hid behind Chelly.

"Enough! Let's enjoy our meal in pieces!" Leximy ordered.

"Don't you mean in peace?" Saix asked.

Leximy smiled maliciously. "No…"

"Look at all the nice food…" Zexion said with a nervous laugh.

Marluxia smirked at Demyx.

Demyx glared back and muttered, "You'll get what's coming to you…"

Saix nonchalantly nodded.

"Peace or pieces…" Chelly said, looking at Axel. "Which do you prefer?"

Axel smiled. "Pieces."

Chelly put her hand under her chin thoughtfully. "I thought the opposite of peace was war, and the opposite of pieces is a whole…or was I wrong?"

Axel shrugged. "Leximy wants it in pieces, and Saix in peace. Pick a side."

Demyx gasped. "I don't want to pick sides!"

"I didn't mean-"

"I can't handle it!"

"But Saix is on my side…so his side kind of gets cancelled out…" Leximy pointed out.

"Pieces it is then," Axel announced.

"I did not agree to this…" Saix said.

"No one asked you."

Saix sighed in defeat.

"I'll take your side without being a bitch about it," Marluxia said.

Axel laughed. "You? Not being a bitch?"

"Jeez, Marluxia! Way to have some self dignity!" Leximy said. "Choose your own side, don't be such a follower!"

"What? But…Saix…!"

Saix hid his tiny smile.

"Why you…" Marluxia said, glaring at Saix. "You'll get it…sooner or later, you're going to slip up…"

Axel leaned to Saix. "You'd better watch out or he'll put some ugly flowers on your front porch and scare the neighbors."

Marluxia glared at the two.

"That wouldn't be good…" Chelly said, picking up a tea cup and pointing her pinkie out in a Luxord-like fashion. "The Heartless next door to the Castle that Never Was would not appreciate it. They have good front lawn decorating sense…"

Xigbar pulled out his map, looked over it, then stood in front of Saix.

Saix looked up at Xigbar from where he sat.

Everyone watched the two silently.

Xigbar poked the spot in between Saix's eyes, then glanced at his map. "This can't be right…where's the pool…" he said, walking away and looking at his map.

Leximy leaned to Chelly, and whispered, "I knew it! Xigba~ is a pirate! X marks the spot, right?" she said, looking at Saix.

"It seems that way, yes…but if that were true, MapQuest would have a tracking device on Saix…" Chelly said thoughtfully. "Maybe Marluxia works for them…"

Saix watched Xigbar walk away, then noticed Chelly and Leximy whispering. "What are you two talking about?"

Chelly straightened up. "Nothing…" she said, looking around. "This is good food…"

Demyx nodded and bites into half of a watermelon. Axel took the other half and smiled.

"That's a lot of watermelon for just two people," Chelly noticed.

Demyx held it out to her. "Want some?" he asked, smiling with black seeds covering the area around his mouth.

"No thank you," she said, sipping her tea.

Leximy picked up a sugar cube and brought it to her mouth when Xaldin ran over and slapped her hand away, sending the cube flying. "What the heck? Why did you do that?" Leximy exclaimed.

Saix pulled out his claymore.

Xaldin scowled. "No reason…" he said, running over to pick up the sugar cube.

Axel rolled his eyes. "Every time something goes wrong, we have to deal with this," he said, brushing his hair, causing a pile of petals to fall into his lap.

"They look lovely on you," Chelly complimented with a smile.

Zexion sighed and brushed the petals off his book. "How can I read with all of these burdens?"

Demyx held his watermelon away from Marluxia and glared at him. "Flower petals would not taste good with watermelon."

"It's like it's snowing…on the beach," Leximy said.

"I…can't stop…someone help me!" Marluxia shouted as more and more petals started falling from what seemed to be the sky.

"Did you hear something? The petals keep coming, it's getting really windy…" Saix said.

"I can't see anything! Too much pink!" Leximy yelled.

Suddenly someone screamed.

"Oh no! It's the kidnappers!" Demyx screamed.

"Who ever got kidnapped, raise your hand!" Leximy instructed.

"What? That doesn't work!" Axel said.

Chelly raised both hands.

Axel grabbed her hands. "Why are you raising your hands? You're not kidnapped!"

"Oh, all I heard was 'raise your hands'! Someone got kidnapped?"

"Not yet…"

"I'm drowning! And not the good kind!" Demyx yelled.

"What's the good kind of drowning?" Axel asked.

"In water! Drowning in flower petals is cruel and unusual!" Demyx cried.

Finally the flowers settled on the ground, the wind stopped blowing, and Leximy opened her eyes. "Phew, finally….what was that Marluxia?" she asked, looking around. "Marluxia? …hey, where did everyone go?" She looked around and realized everyone was gone.

A little kid ran by and noticed Leximy sitting on the beach. "What are you doing here by yourself lady?" he asked.

The little kid's mom walked up behind him, and grabbed his hand. "Don't be rude, Jimmy, and don't talk to strangers."

"But moooom…" he whined as he was dragged away.

"What happened? Did everyone get kidnapped…?"