Chapter 2

The Cloaked Schemer

Later that morning…

Everyone was gathered in the dining room. They had long outgrown the dining room table, (it only seated 6) so most of them were standing, scattered about. Only a select few were allowed to sit at the table, one of them being Number VI. He had been staring at his bowl of cereal, when he heard a commotion at the door. He looked up to see Xemnas walk in, looking extremely pissed and a little singed. His eyes widened slightly and he quickly looked back down. There was a wave of complete silence around the room. A few snickers were heard, but were quickly deadened by a look so dark, it could have killed them all. The first one to speak up was a blue haired, funny looking, suck up.

"Superior! What happened?" Number VII asked, concerned.

"That is none of your business," he said gravely. Crestfallen, Saix looked down, upset that he had been rejected by Number I. By now, the only 3 left in the room were Xemnas, Saix, and Zexion, who was still staring intently at his now soggy cereal. Little be known to them, Axel and Roxas had joined them, hidden away in the shadows.

"You're right, he's perfect!" Roxas murmured in a barely audible voice. Axel's bright green eyes gleamed even brighter with anticipation.

"Told ya' so!" Axel muttered back.

That afternoon…

"Where did you get that?" Axel said suspiciously, staring at the hypnotism book Roxas was reading.

Without looking up, he airily replied, "Zexion's library."

"What! H-how did you get in there?" Axel stammered, unbelievingly.

"Hey, just because you got banned from the library, doesn't mean I did."

"Just because I burned down that one shelf…" Axel said heatedly. He walked over, snatched the book, and slammed it shut.

"HEY!!! I was reading that!" Roxas bellowed, jumping up.

"If you're going to sit there and read, then I'm going to do this without you." Axel was tormenting Roxas by holding the book higher and higher every time Roxas jumped. Hearing this, a look of horror passed across Roxas's face. He stopped jumping and with a sweet, innocent, puppy-dog look on his face, he begged Axel to reconsider. Axel stood there, stroking his own chin, still holding the book high in the air. He pretended to think about it, then looked down and sighed, "I suppose…" Instantly, the look on Roxas's face went from pitiful to joyful.

The dynamic duo sat down to begin planning their dastardly deeds.

One hour later…

The entire organization was gathered in the conference room, awaiting the arrival of their leader. Finally, after waiting for about 10 minutes, he portaled into his chair. All the chatter instantly stopped. Xemnas still had that grave, ticked off look on his face, and everyone knew not to mess with him.

"This meeting will now come to order," he growled menacingly. "Our first matter of business is how we plan on killing that incompetent keyblade master." A look of dismay flashed across Axel and Roxas's faces when the superior didn't say the activation word. A small, somewhat squeaky "NO!" came from Roxas's direction. Everyone turned to look at him in wonder and disgust.

Axel rubbed the back of head, messing up his already crazy hair. "You do mean Sora, right?"

"Yes, that incompetent, brainless, gullible little, keyblade swinging disaster!" Xemnas said, his voice growing louder and angrier with each word, the last one coming out as a yell.

"Yeah, but his name's Sora, right?" Axel implied.

"I already answered that number VIII! Yes, his name is SORA!!!" Xemnas roared frustratedly. A ghost of a smile flickered across Axel's face.

BAWK!!!!!! BAWK!!!!! The random sounds of a chicken sounded throughout the room. Everyone turned towards the direction the sound was coming from. At first Roxas and Axel were just laughing, but they realized, if they didn't want to blow their cover, they should probably play along.

Eventually, as the noises continued, Vexen came to the conclusion that Zexion had been the one making the chicken noises. "Um, guys, I think it's Zexion," he shouted over the noise.

"Zexion! Zexion! NUMBER VI!!!" Xemnas bellowed. The noises stopped instantly.

Zexion's POV

I shook my head, wondering why the last 1 ½ hours had been a blur. I soon realized that everyone was staring at me. I looked at them, just as confused as they were. "What???"