I finally updated! And half of this was done already, and I just finished it tonight. So around the middle, it gets really serious. Don't ask about it, okay?

-Az.

"Xigbar, are those lights hung up yet?" Xemnas asked his very annoyed insubordinate.

"It's not like shooting a target, dude, I don't even know how to do this! Does this piece go here? Or—or here?" Xigbar asked, holding up a wire.

Wait that's not a wire.

"XIGBAR, THAT'S A SNAKE!" Xemnas shouted. He turned tail and ran.

"What? OWCH!" Xigbar screamed and dropped the very p*ssed off snake, letting it slither away.

"VEX! VEX! HELP! HELP!" Xigbar shrieked. He ran, or rather—fell, down the 13 flights of stairs to the basement—another flight of stairs, to Vexen's lab/clinic/freakish-research-facility (he forgot he could use portals.)

"Xigbar? Did...did you fall all the way downstairs?" the surprised scientist asked.

"Nah, just from the top floor outside Xem's room..." Xigbar said.

"That...would mean all of the stairs, Xigbar, what's wrong?" Vexen said, not immediately concerned. Xigbar fell off of things all the time.

"I hate Christmas." was the first answer.

"Mhmm, and?"

"Oh yeah—a snake bit me."

"WHAT?"

Immediately, Vexen set to work examining the bite, determining the exact amount of poison that was injected into the Freeshooter's bloodstream, and...yada, yada, yada.

"...Was that a real snake, or was it rubber?" Roxas asked his friend as the two wandered away from Xemnas' office.

"It was rubber. Or...was it real? No, it was rubber, I'm sure. Of course...it COULD have been real..." Demyx answered, racking his brains to remember.

"It was either real or rubber, Demyx, pick one." Roxas groaned.

"It was rubber."

"You sure?"

"Uhh..."

"Poor Xigbar..."

Xaldin and Lexaeus were putting the final touches on the chimney. Xaldin stood back as his burly partner fit the last stone into the fireplace and they stood back, admiring their work. For a couple of Nobodies, they really knew how to fix up a fireplace!

"Good work, you two." a voice from the doorway said. Xaldin and Lexaeus turned around to see Marluxia standing in the doorway, a decent-sized Christmas tree behind him.

"Now help me set up the tree." the Assassin said. Complying, Lexaeus walked towards him and hefted the tree onto his shoulder, following the gardener as he swept towards the fireplace.

"How did you manage to grow one so quickly?" Xaldin asked him as Lexaeus set the tree down right next to the chimney.

"I didn't. I visited a little yard called 'Christmas Town Trees' and I bought one." Marluxia said, a rare smile flicking across his features. "Normally, I would never have condoned using another's plant...but I suppose, in a way, this is a special occasion."

"I suppose it is." Xaldin nodded. "I have an idea. I'll go get the tree ornaments while you two round up the others. We'll decorate the tree as an Organization."

Marluxia and Lexaeus nodded.

"Good idea." Marluxia said before disappearing into a corridor. Lexaeus nodded his goodbye and left as well, leaving Xaldin to take his own corridor.

Saix and Luxord were putting up the last of the tinsel when Lexaeus found them. Silver garlands wreathed around the white hallways of the Castle, adding a festive cheer to the normally gloomy place.

"Yes, Number—I mean...Lexaeus, what do you need?" Saix asked.

"We're decorating the tree." the Silent Hero said.

"Fantastic!" Luxord said as he took a portal to the living room.

"I will be there in a moment." Saix said before turning around to fix something with the tinsel. Lexaeus stared at his turned back for a second before leaving to find the others.

Alone, Saix tugged the last of the tinsel into place and looked at his work. A little uneven in some places...but the holidays didn't have to be perfect.

With a sigh, the Diviner turned and disappeared to the living room, to help with the tree decorations.

Thirty minutes later found all thirteen Nobodies of the Castle standing around in the living room, with festive tunes playing in the background. Someone had brought cookies, punch, eggnog, and other sweets out and set it up on the coffee table, where everyone could reach them.

Laughter rang through the room as the Organization picked out different decorations and hung them from the tree, and the beautiful centerpiece was near done.

"Hey guys! Look what I got for everyone!" Demyx called as he walked into the room, carrying a box of ornaments with him. Curious, his compadres gathered around to see what the Nocturne had brought.

"Demyx, what're these?" Roxas asked as he looked inside the box.

"Well..." the musician said, shuffling his feet, "I wanted to say thanks to everyone for helping out with making a Christmas here. I wasn't sure you'd be with it, think I was just being a stupid kid, but...the Castle looks great, and it is Christmas Eve, so...here. Thanks everyone."

He reached into the box and pulled out thirteen tree ornaments, all specifically designed to match someone in the Organization. There was a Nobody symbol for Xemnas; a skull and cross-guns symbol for Xigbar; an eagle for Xaldin; a snowflake for Vexen; a Sword in the Stone for Lexaeus; a stack of books for Zexion; a Kingdom Hearts moon for Saix; a pizza for Axel; a musical note for Demyx; an Ace of Spades for Luxord; a sakura blossom for Marluxia; a lightning bolt for Larxene; and an Oblivion Keyblade for Roxas.

Everyone took their decorations and admired them, wondering where in the worlds Demyx had gotten some of them. An Oblivion Key? A Nobody symbol? A Kingdom Hearts moon?

It was then that they noticed the spotty paintwork and the chipped clay underneath them, and the unevenness of the baked clay in some places. They were all homemade.

"Demyx...did you make these?" Axel asked, turning his Pizza over. He was surprised to find his numeral, VIII, engraved into the back. Likewise for everyone else's.

"Uh-huh." Demyx nodded, "I bought some clay and paint at a craft store and I baked them all in the oven. I hope you guys like them."

Roxas smiled and gave his friend a big one-armed hug.

"They're awesome. Thanks, Demyx!" he said. Everyone else was too stunned to do anything.

"Come on!" Roxas went on, "Let's hang these!"

"And even though you nearly killed me with a snake bite," Xigbar chuckled as he helped hang Demyx's decoration next to his, "you sure know how to make a Nobody's holiday great, Dem."

"I thought you were completely insane when you suggested this, Demyx." Vexen said as he hung his snowflake, "But I must say...this wasn't AS bad as I had imagined it would be."

"In other words, this is awesome." Axel nodded as he patted Roxas on the back and the two looked up at their pizza and key, hung side by side.

"Merry first Christmas, Rox." the Flurry said to his little friend.

"Merry Christmas, Axel." Roxas said. "Merry Christmas to everyone, especially Demyx."

"You know what, Roxas..." Luxord sighed as he sat down on the couch, "I think this is everyone's first as well."

No one needed to ask him what he meant.

I guess even Nobodies can have a pleasant Christmas.

I hope yours is great as well. :3 Merry Christmas!