Day 183

December was the coldest time of the year on destiny islands. Luckily for the organization they didn't go to destiny islands. Instead they stayed in the castle all day with out any missions and having no clue what the heck was going on until…

"Hey aren't we doing anything for Christmas?" Zexion asked interrupting Xemnas's praising of kingdom hearts, Axel and Demyx's DDR match, Roxas waiting anxiously for his turn, Xigbar, Xaldin, Lexeaus and Luxord's poker game, Xion's procrastinating, Larxene painting her nails, Marluxia naming his frangipanis and Vexen feeding Saix some doggy treats.

"what's that?" Roxas asked.

"it's a time to spend with family, friends, turkeys and pudding and we get to give each other presents" Luxord explained

"I like the sound of that!" Roxas grinned.

"why don't we do secret Santa" Larxene suggested. "we pull a name out of the hat and we buy that person a present"

"good idea!" Xemnas said grabbing a hat out of no where and every wrote their names down and putting them in the hat.

Secret Santa list

Xemnas – Xion
Xigbar – Axel
Xaldin – Zexion
Vexen – Larxene
Lexeaus – Xemnas
Zexion – Demyx
Saix – Vexen
Axel – Roxas
Demyx – Xaldin
Luxord – Xigbar
Marluxia – Luxord
Larxene – Saix
Roxas – Lexeaus
Xion - Marluxia

Xion twitched at the thought. "Marluxia?!" She thought "Oh dear".

Marluxia had always been picky with presents like on his nobody day, which was the equivalent to birthdays for humans, he rejected almost all of his presents and ever since then nobody even bothered to get him a present. Axel on the other hand was happy that he got someone he knew very well. Roxas didn't know what to get Lexeaus, weights or a new teddy bear? Xemnas was pleased that he got Xion, he was going to get her something pretty little girls should have (poor Xion) and Lexeaus was not going to get Xemnas something nice on account of he's still pissed off at Xemnas for stealing Pooky. Everyone else was pretty satisfied except for Saix because he was still a dog and if he wanted to say "Superior you are an idiot" it translates to "bark! Bark! Bark!"

"now that everyone has picked a person it's time for……" Xemnas opened a portal. "CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!!!"

Destiny islands shopping district

It was freezing. Everyone was loosing feeling in their fingers and their ears except for Xion who was wearing ear muffs.

"WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE?!!" Larxene screamed.

"Try being normal for once and go out with the girls" Xion said.

"Normal?" Larxene raised an eyebrow. "You call spending your munny on clothes, food and phone bills normal"

"well…yeah"

"Larxene…why don't you follow Xion's example and go out with the girls?" Xemnas asked.

"BECAUSE SHE'S SEEING BOYS!!"

"I AM NOT!!"

"ladies please!" Axel grinned. "there's no need to fight over me"

"we're not fighting over you!!" Xion and Larxene yelled.

"…oh" Axel sulked.

Xemnas was getting annoyed. "JUST GO FIND GIFTS ALREADY!!"

"Yes superior"

Roxas, Demyx, Xion and Axel: Mega mart

"what should I get Xaldin?" Demyx asked himself. "hey Axel what do you think…um Axel?"

Roxas was jumping up and down and he was pointing at a silver skate board yelling "THAT ONE! THAT ONE! THAT ONE!"

"Axel" Demyx growled.

Axel sighed. "I didn't want to get Roxie something bad, do you know how bad his look of total rejection is? IT'S UNBEARBABLE!!"

"totally gay for each other" Xion muttered.

"we are not"

"you are so"

"why are you looking in the make up section?" Demyx asked. "are you Larxene's Secret Santa"

"no I'm Marluxia's" Xion said.

Demyx nudged Axel. "I betcha 100 munny she's getting Marluxia cosmetics"

"you're on!" Axel shook Demyx's hand.

"you guys are doing Secret Santa?"

"WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?!!" Demyx, Axel and Roxas screamed.

"I've been here the whole time" Scarlet sighed. "you guys are a bunch of idiots"

"but you're our idiots!" Neko cheered.

"how do you know where we are?" Roxas asked out of curiosity.

"we stuck microchips on your necks while you were asleep" Axel, Demyx and Roxas screamed and ran around the toy store like maniacs. "…I was kidding! We spotted you by the park" Neko said.

The 3 nobodies sighed. "so why are you here?" Roxas asked.

"Christmas picking" Scarlet said.

"you mean Christmas shopping"

"no picking" Scarlet pointed at Neko who was deciding on a gift.

"THAT ONE!" Neko declared and the clerk gave it to her straight away, "yes Miss Jenova"

The three nobodies felt their eyes twitch. "uhh…don't you need to pay for those"

"pay?" Scarlet asked. "never heard of that word…wait…I have… 'you'll pay for that' and that's all I know"

"These sisters aren't normal" Demyx whispered

Xemnas and Saix: down the street

(since Saix is a dog his lines will be translated from dog to English)

"I can't find a good present for my daughter" Xemnas sighed.

"Try being a dog"

"you're right I should get her a dress"

"I didn't say that"

"but she never wears dresses…I should get her that Birth by Sleep album from TAV that she wanted"

"yes get her that" Saix suggested.

"No I should get her that dress"

"JUST BUY THE FREAKING ALBUM!!!" Saix barked viciously.

"GAAAAAH!! WHY MUST WOMEN BE SO CONFUSING??!!" Xemnas sobbed receiving strange looks from the public and when a little kid came near their mother dragged them away from the crazy nobody. Just then he spotted the perfect (?) present.

"oh dear god" Saix thought. "poor No.14…HEY A BONE!!"

Larxene and Zexion: bargain store

"I guess since Saix is still a dog I'll get him some doggy toys" Larxene thought aloud.

"Y'know" Zexion said. "I wonder if Saix will ever be a normal nobody again, I wonder if Xemnas will turn back to normal and I wonder if Riku was so smooth with the girls back in freshman year why is he too shy to even go near Xion?"

"I heard that!!"

"WHERE DID YOU COME FROM SPOON HEAD??!!" Larxene yelled throwing the doggy toys out of pure shock which hit Riku on the head.

"oww!" Riku rubbed the back of his head, "you guys seem to have a strange habit of somehow giving me an injury, If I was like Tidus I would've joined the hate club but you guys are pretty cool"

"so why are you here?" Zexion asked and at that moment Riku's cheeks turned pink.

"well…uh…I was…looking for a good gift for…uh"

"SPIT IT OUT BOY!!" Larxene yelled.

Riku gulped. "I wanted to get Xion something for Christmas"

"oooooooooohh" Larxene smirked. "you want to get Shortie a present huh? Ohohohoho"

"you got to wonder why he hasn't made a move on Xion yet" Zexion thought. "If I liked a girl with a family full of retards I wouldn't go near any of them"

"weeeelll why don't you just give her a kiss"

Riku's face reddened further. "NO WAY!"

"c'mon it'd be worth the try" Larxene smirked. "and maybe you'd actually…score with her, OHOHOHOHOHOHO!"

"Larxene" Zexion said bluntly. "you're embarrassing yourself, your family, your ancestors, your decedents, in fact, anyone who even knows you"

"geez Zexy, I was just toying around with spoon head"

"don't call me Zexy" Zexion growled. "anyway just get her something sweet like chocolates or maybe even flowers"

"isn't that stuff you'd get your partner on Valentines Day?" Riku asked.

"well…yeah…but if you get her that stuff she might actually think of you as more than a friend"

"oh looks like Zexy has become the love expert" Larxene giggled.

"you call me Zexy one more time I will destroy your heart shaped panties" Larxene's eyes widened.

"you wouldn't!"

"I would" Zexion smirked. "by the way she likes lilies"

"oh" Riku said. "okay I'll get her those" he waved. "see ya"

"Don't you think the superior will freak out?" Larxene asked.

"let him have a chance" Zexion suggested. "This is the first time he has ever felt this way about anyone as I have heard. Same for Xion, I think she should have a chance to know what love feels like even if she has no heart or no memories. I think they should spend what little time they have together or else they'll regret it for the rest of their lives"

"wow" Larxene could only blink. "that was pretty deep"

"I read a lot of literature and you can learn a lot about human emotions from it" Larxene looked around and her eyes fell on…

"ah ha!"

Xigbar, Lexeaus, Marluxia and Xaldin: Urban stop

"Hey dude!" Xigbar yelled from across the store. "I found the perfect surfboard!"

"No.2!" Marluxia yelled. "We're buying presents for each other not for ourselves!"

"relax!" Xigbar smirked. "this is for Axel"

"I'm sure he will make great use out of it" Marluxia said with a sarcastic tone to his voice.

"awww!" Xaldin said. "I don't know what to get Zexion!"

"how about a book?" Lexeaus suggested

"I'm trying to find something smart enough for him but these are just comics!" Xaldin cried.

"try the book store next door" Xigbar said.

"Okay!" Xaldin ran out of the store.

Meanwhile Lexeaus made a maniacal laugh. "I will get Xemnas this crappy cup for his present! That'll be revenge for taking Pooky"

Marluxia sighed. "how does a cup that says 'No.1 Dad' be the source of sweet revenge"

"well…it's crappy"

Marluxia face palmed. "all muscle…no brains"

Luxord and Vexen: National Geographic store

"urgh! Vexen!" Luxord whined. "why are we in this place?"

"because I'm going to buy Larxene some childish experiment kit so she can actually like science"

"that's not going to work" Luxord said. "I need to find Xigbar something" Luxord's eyes fell on a snow globe. "oh my god this is perfect!" Luxord smiled.

"urgh these kit stuff is for wannabe scientists" Vexen said. "but it's better than that TAV album that she also wanted"

Xion and Riku: the park

Xion wandered around the shopping district watching all the little children running around throwing snow balls at each other and a couple building a snow man. She sat down on a nearby chair waiting for the others to arrive.

"hi Xion" She turned around and saw a familiar face.

"hey Riku" she waved. "what are you doing here?"

Riku immediately hid the lilies behind his back. "uh…Christmas… shopping"

"So was I"

there was a long silence between them. "well…um…I hope you like it" Riku handed her the bunch of lilies. Xion was a bit shocked.

"Riku?" She asked. "how did you know these were my favourite?"

"Zexion told me" Riku said. "I wouldn't blame you if you didn't like it, flowers bloom better in spring"

"I love it" Xion smiled.

"oh…" Riku said. "…okay then"

"oh no!" Xion sighed "I didn't get you anything"

"it's fine"

"no it's not! You got me a present, it's unfair if I don't get you one"

"I'm okay with that" Riku reassured.

"are you sure?"

"absolutely"

"positive?"

"yep"

"If you say so" Xion gave in.

"I better be off then" Riku said placing a hand on her shoulder.

"good bye" Xion said but before she could move he placed a quick peck on her forehead and walked away.

As he walked off Riku thought "wait…did I just…? oh (shadow)".

Xion on the other hand covered her mouth in pure shock while her cheeks were as red as a cherry. "Did he just…?".

"I SAW THAT!!"

Xion turned around and saw Larxene jumping up and down squealing and Zexion giving her the look that said "I don't know you, I don't think I want to know you and I feel sorry for those who do know you"

The Demons: In the mall

Cobalt and Inu walked out of the electronics store just as Scarlet and Neko were going out of the Mall.

"You!" Inu yelled.

"wow! You guys have so many presents" Cobalt said.

"what ever" Scarlet said and pointed at Inu's new phone. "that one!"

Suddenly a man dressed in black took the phone away from Inu and gave it to Scarlet. "hey! That's my phone!"

"It now belongs to Miss. Scarlet Jenova. Anything in this mall can belong to the Jenova sisters" the man explained.

"does that mean?" Cobalt smirked. "PLEASE! MAKE ME YOUR SLAVE!!"

"masochist" Scarlet muttered.

4 days later

The World That Never Was

It was Christmas time. Everyone sat around the tree in the lobby and passed each other their presents.

"aw sweet!" Demyx yelled. "the encyclopaedia of guitars!" Demyx hugged Zexion. "THANK YOU ZEXION!!"

"your welcome. Now get off me"

Demyx let go immediately. "heh! Heh! Sorry"

"Awesome!" Roxas yelled. "A skateboard! Thanks Axel!"

"no problem buddy" Axel winked. Roxas hopped onto his Skate board and rode it all around the castle.

Xemnas passed Xion a present. "here you go darling"

Xion unwrapped it to find. "a…pink… frilly… dress" Xion sweat dropped. "thank… you…superior…???"

"I knew you'd like it!" Xemnas smiled.

"She doesn't like it you (heartless)tard" Saix barked but no one understood him. Saix grabbed a bone and gave it to Vexen.

"oh…a bone…thank you Saix"

"revenge!!" Saix barked.

"Saix! Here boy!" Larxene called out and patted Saix as he came along.

"oh boy! Something I never got as a nobody, attention from the ladies" Saix barked as Larxene put a collar on him. "what a nice collar" he barked but then he was electrocuted. "oww!!"

"MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Larxene laughed. "It's a shock collar"

"YOU ARE CRUEL!!" Saix barked.

Luxord gave Xigbar his present. "thanks dude!" Xigbar unwrapped his present. "I have always wanted a…snow…globe"

"I KNEW YOU'D LIKE IT"

"…yes" Xigbar threw away the snow globe.

"my turn!" Roxas yelled and passed his present to Lexeaus. He opened it to find

"POOKY THE SECOND!!" Lexeaus yelled with joy. "THANK YOU NO. 13!!"

"OH. MY. GAH!" Marluxia yelled. "YOU GOT ME A MINITURE HERB GARDEN?!"

"yep" Xion smiled.

"I love it!" Marluxia squealed. "it's gorgeous"

"100 munny hand it over" Axel said.

Demyx growled with anger and passed Axel the munny.

Everyone by now had gotten their present except for Xemnas who was unwrapping his present. Lexeaus was thinking evil thoughts. "he will not get a good present from me!!"

"I LOVE IT!" Xemnas screamed. Lexeaus's jaw dropped. "THANK YOU NO.5!!"

"…………no…problem…superior" Lexeaus could only blink and stare…and blink again. "you're kidding"

End