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Xemnas sat under a tree by the beach, watching the waves roll off the sand. Why did no one in this Organization took him seriously? If it wasn't for him, there would be no Organization…technically. He was their leader, wasn't he? Xemnas heard a coat brush across the sand and looked up. Marluxia walked over, pink mirror in hand. He sat down next to Xemnas.
"What cha up to?" Marluxia wondered. He noticed the tears on Xemnas' face. "You want to tell Marly what's the matter?"
"No one takes me serious, Marluxia." Xemnas admitted to the girly male. "What kind of an Organization doesn't take their leader seriously?"
"A very unorganized Organization."
Xemnas blinked. Where had he heard that before? Maybe on the TV?
"I guess you're right." Xemnas sighed. "I just wish at least one person could take me seriously."
"I take you seriously." Marluxia stated, handing Xemnas his mirror. "You want to use my mirror?"
"Uh…no? Thank you, though." Xemnas lightly pushed his hand away.
"Hey, don't let them get to you." Marluxia wrapped an arm around Xemnas' neck. "You are a good leader and you know it."
"Well…I suppose I do think pretty highly of my leadership abilities…"
Marluxia giggled. "See? Marly's here to cheer you up. Any time you need it!" Marluxia giggled.
Xemnas pushed his arm away. "Mind not calling yourself Marly?"
"But I like the name Marly." Marluxia stated. "If I was a girl, I would definitely get my name legally changed to Marlene or Marla, just so I could be called Marly."
"Why not just name yourself Marly?"
"Because it's so much cuter when it's a nickname!"
"Uh…" Xemnas trailed. "If you think so…Marly…"
Marluxia gasped. "You called me Marly!" He latched onto Xemnas' neck, making Xemnas regret calling him that. "You're my new best friend, you know that?!"
Okay. Now Xemnas really regretted calling Marluxia 'Marly'.
"Get off." Xemnas ordered.
"Aw…" Marluxia sulked and pulled away. He pouted. "But…best friends always hug each other!"
"Yeah, well it's creepy. Stop, please. I think I felt something."
Marluxia blinked. "Like what?"
Xemnas blinked, but didn't answer. No way Marluxia was this stupid…er…never mind…
Axel and Roxas walked by together, barefoot, loosely holding hands. Xemnas sighed. They were lucky to have fallen in love with someone else…even if it was another guy. Xemnas very much doubted he'd ever feel that for someone else. But he was pretty sure Marluxia felt that way for a lot of people…Larxene, Saïx…Xemnas…
Ew. The more he thought about it, the more it made him sick.
Think happy thoughts, Xemnas. Xemnas thought to himself. Happy thoughts. Like Kingdom Hearts…everyone here respecting you…the guy with the camera not videotaping us…wait, what?
Xemnas looked to the beach house a few yards away. Riku stood, trying to conceal himself, with a camera focused on Xemnas and Marluxia. The sun glistered off the camera, which was what caught Xemnas' eye in the first place, but Riku didn't seem to notice too well. Xemnas stood. "Excuse me Marluxia." He stated.
Marluxia nodded and waved enthusiastically as Xemnas left. Xemnas stalked over to where Riku was. When the boy noticed Xemnas' approach, he picked up his camera and dashed to the other side of the building. Xemnas went around front. He came up behind Riku, who was looking to the back of the house to see where Xemnas was.
"Catch anything interesting on film?" Xemnas whispered into Riku's ear.
"Yeah." Riku stated. "That guy with the pink hair freaks me out."
"Ah. He does the same to me, too." Xemnas nodded. "What about the other one who was with him? The one with the silver hair?"
"Shush! I'm hiding from him now. He caught me taping."
Xemnas tapped him on the shoulder.
"Not now, Phil." Riku swatted his hand away.
"Do I look like a fat, middle aged, balding man to you?" Xemnas snarled.
"What? I didn't say…" Riku turned. When he noticed who it really was behind him, he chuckled uncomfortably. "Hey." He greeted slowly. "You're Xemnas, right? I never forget a name."
Xemnas nodded. "Give me the tape."
"No way." Riku shook his head. "Phil wants candid shots of everyone in the Organization. I'll loose my job if I hand it over!"
"You're still recording. Aren't you?" Xemnas wondered, noticing the small red light on the front of the camera.
"No." Riku denied with a shake of his head. He turned the camera to face him. "I'm not…shit…" He hit the 'stop' button at the top of the camera.
Before Riku could do anything else with the camera, Xemnas plucked it from his hands.
"Thanks a ton." Xemnas stated, turning the camera around in his hands. "Now, how do I open this thing and get the tape?" He tried to pry it open with his fingers.
"No!" Riku gasped. "You'll break it!" He ripped the camera away. "This is how you open it." He pressed the 'eject' button on the camera and handed the camera back over. "See?"
"Yes, I see." Xemnas peered inside when the tape didn't come out. "There's no tape in here." He informed.
"Oh, yes there is." Riku stated with confidence. "I put a fresh one in there this morning, and another one after the taping session earlier." He took the camera away. "It just doesn't come out on the first try. Sometimes you have to hit the button a few times after it opens for the tape to pop out. Watch." Riku pressed the eject button three more times. "Uh…four normally does it…" He pressed the button more. "Uh…it's just being stubborn today."
Xemnas chuckled and walked away. No film, no problem.
"Damn it!" He heard Riku curse and watched to see the silver haired boy stalk off towards the van at the bottom of the hill.
Xemnas chuckled and walked, hands folded behind his back, into the house.
Riku thrust open the back door to the Dr. Phil Road Crew Van. Sora was inside, looking over some files.
"Please tell me that the feed transmitted to the van, Sora." Riku muttered through clenched teeth.
"Huh?" Sora took off the headphones he had had on. "Oh, I'll check." He flicked on a silver switch and the console's screen flashed. A very suggestive shot of Sora and Riku going at it was displayed on the front before all the applications came up and blocked all 'clothes-less' spots. Riku flushed, but the flush quickly went away.
"Well?" Riku wondered. "Is there any footage on here?"
Sora typed something on the computer and a file opened up. He scanned through the files quickly. "Sorry, Riku. There's nothing in here from today." He shook his head. "Well, except the session earlier…"
"Damn it!" Riku pounded a fist on the keyboard.
"Hey, watch it!" Sora ordered. He covered the keyboard. "You'll ruin it and then we won't be able to do anything until we get back to Twilight Town."
"Sorry, sorry." Riku muttered. He sighed and shut the van's back doors. He sat down on an overturned bucket on the van's floor. "Man, I screwed up."
"What's wrong?" Sora wondered.
"I forgot to put a new tape in before I went and did candid shots. And I got some great shots, too!"
Sora removed his headphones from around his neck and set them on the console. He walked behind Riku and massaged his shoulders as Riku put his head in his hands.
"I mean, how can I be so stupid? I'm no good reporter."
"Oh, yes you are! So you forgot the tape once. And this morning you forgot to stop recording when we were done, and you recorded our conversation about planning on selling this footage and making a reality show. And the other day you forgot to turn the camera off when we were going at it in the van…and…"
"Alright, alright. You're making me feel worse. Thanks a ton." Riku snarled. "Wait…I left it on when we were going at it the other day? When Kairi locked us in here?"
Sora nodded. "Yeah. I separated the feeds and put the 'accident' on another video. I watched it last night when you were sleeping." Sora winked. "Maybe we can watch it together tonight?" Sora left Riku and walked to the console he sat down and scanned the files again. "Or now. I have it saved on the console here."
Riku stood and screamed in frustration with one movement, before he ran out of the van, thrusting the doors open. Sora watched him run off before turning back to the console.
"Oh." Sora flushed. "Here's the candid shots he was looking for…"
Marluxia looked through the closet in the room he shared with Larxene. She was out at the beach, avoiding Doctor Phil, so he was alone. A pink dress caught his eye and he pulled it off the rack.
"Ooh!" He squeaked, looking it over. "I didn't know Larxene had this!"
Marluxia took it off the rack and stripped down to the panties he wore underneath. He slid the dress on over his head and looked at himself in the mirror attached to the door. The dress was low cut in the front and even lower in the back. Sparkles made a pattern on one side and a slit was cut for the left leg. Marluxia stuck his leg out.
"I look cute!" He complimented himself, turning in a circle. "Now I just need the right shoes!" He crouched down and looked through Larxene's shoe rack. "Ooh" He pulled out a pair of silver heels and slid them on. He turned around in the mirror again. "I'm hot!" He exclaimed.
A knock came on the door. Marluxia turned around to find Kairi standing in the doorway.
"Um…" She flushed. "Am I interrupting something?"
"No, just playing dress up!" Marluxia told her. He sat on the bed and crossed one leg on top of the other. "Come on in!" He pat the bed. "Have a seat!"
Kairi walked in and shut the door. "I'd rather stand."
"Oh, okay. What do you need?" Marluxia wondered.
"Well, on the Doctor Phil House, we have a Confessions Cam session." Kairi informed him. "It's where you go into a private room and make a little…video diary, if you will."
"I love diaries!" Marluxia told her. "Sign me up!"
"Now, this isn't just any kind of video diary." She shook her head. "You're supposed to talk about the stuff that has been going on in sessions with Doctor Phil and things that occur throughout the day that you feel are important to talk about."
"So it's just a place for people to whine and bitch?"
"…Yes, if you want to put it that way…"
"Sign me up!" He raised a hand into the air.
Kairi wrote his name down on the clipboard she held in her hand. "Thank you." She beamed. "No one else has agreed yet. I think the idea's wearing down on that Roxas kid, though."
"Oh, they'll come around." Marluxia stated, sure of it. "I know they will. I've ben here a long time, you see."
"I'm aware." Kairi stated. "Well, I better get going. I've only asked four people so far, including you, so I've gotta go find the rest."
"Well, Larxene is down at the beach, but I'm not sure about the others."
"Okay." Kairi smiled. "Thank you." She started to leave. "Oh, and that dress looks amazing on you."
Marluxia smiled widely, eyes big. "Thank you!" He told her as she left.
"Hey, Axel! I have a question for you…"
Larxene lay stretched out on a beach towel. She wore a two piece black swim-suit and was face up, letting the sun tickle her face. That Doctor Phil nut-job hadn't shown up to bother her yet, which was good. She had a feeling that he had something else planned for her. Suddenly, her sunlight was covered up. She slid her sunglasses down on her nose and looked up to see who it was that was interrupting her tan. It was Saïx.
"May I help you?" She wondered.
"Marluxia got into your closet and he's parading around in a pink dress." Saïx informed.
She sat up. "What?!" She wondered. "And what makes you think it's mine? Maybe it belongs to Kairi or Robin!"
"No, it's yours." He smirked. "Why else would you have reacted like that?"
Larxene growled and stood. "Where is he?" She wondered.
"Dining hall." Saïx responded. "I'd hurry if I were you."
She ran off towards the house. If he ruined her dress, so help him Kingdom Hearts…