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-Marluxia's Confession-
Marluxia sat down in a chair in front of the 'Confession Room' camera. "Hm…I hope this is on." He giggled like a girl. "Or the Doctor's not gonna get his shots." He giggled again. "Well, today was something else." Marluxia told the camera, scratching the side of his neck. "I guess the Doctor had a good point when he said that I shouldn't be wearing dresses. I mean, I am a guy, after all. But dresses make me feel pretty! And when I go to clubs in a dress, everyone loves them! I always get so many compliments from the guys. And the girls are something else, too. They always have something nice to say to me…except for this one girl who called me a word that I can't repeat on camera. It means cigarette, though. Why'd she call me a cigarette?" He shrugged. "I will never know. Anyway, I do not like how the Doctor told me that I should quit my job and get a new one. I love my job! There are so many interesting people that come into the shop. Never a dull moment…" He paused for a moment. "That's really all I can say…I don't know what else to talk about…bye!" He waved enthusiastically. "Hey, Riku! I'm done!" Marluxia stood and walked to the door. "How do I turn the camera off?"
"Let me do it." Riku's voice ordered. He walked in front of the camera and picked it up, aiming it at his face. "Damn…where's the 'off' switch…?"
Beeping noises came from the camera as Riku pressed buttons. "Aha!" he exclaimed, finding the power button. "Here we are…" He looked directly into the camera lens. "Is it off? Damn…the light's still on…I'll press it again." He hit the button again. "Damn it!" Riku shook the camera and pressed the 'off' button repeatedly. "What the hell?!"
"Let me try!" Marluxia ordered.
The camera was ripped out of Riku's hands by Marluxia. He began to press all of the buttons. "None of these work." He complained. Finally, he just hit the camera with his fist.
"You're gonna break it!" Riku accused, ripping the camera back.
"No I'm not!" Marluxia grasped the camera and tugged.
Riku kept his grip. "No!" He pulled on the camera.
They both pulled on the camera for a few moments before it went flying into the hallway.
"Now you've done it!" Riku sneered.
"Me?" Marluxia wondered. "You're the one who wouldn't let me see it!" He wiped at his left eye.
Sora walked into the hall, reading over something on a clipboard. Riku and Marluxia continued to argue over whose fault it was, not bothering to go and retrieve the camera. Sora's left toe hit the camera. "Huh?" He wondered, looking down. "Camera?" He turned it over to see the red light on. "It's still on?" Sora flipped the switch at the back of the camera before he noticed Riku and Marluxia. "Uh…guys?"
They both turned to him. "What?!" They wondered as one.
Sora held up the camera.
"Oh…" They both flushed.
"Sorry." Marluxia told Riku. "I'm gonna go and repaint my nails now." He looked over his nails. "Ugh, I need a manicure." He walked off, examining his nails.
"Uh…permission to ask WTF?" Sora wondered.
"No." Riku shook his head and walked over to Sora. He took the camera from his boyfriend. "Thanks." He muttered.
The members of Organization XIII sat on the couches in the living room. Riku stood with the camera in front of them, Dr. Phil in the middle. Kairi was talking with Robin and Sora was writing on his clipboard. Xemnas shifted in his seat and watched Xaldin run in and out of the room. As expected, Roxas was sitting on Axel's lap. Not quite as expected, Zexion was sitting on Demyx's lap. Xemnas wondered what was going on between the sitarist and the Emo, but he knew there was no way to get it out of them. Marluxia was looking over his nails on one couch and Larxene flashed her knives at him every time he tried to touch her.
"Are you ready with that camera, Riku?" Dr. Phil sounded impatient.
"Almost." Riku said. "Damn." He pressed the 'open' button to find that the video compartment was empty.
"Let me guess." Xemnas leaned his head on his hand. "No film?"
"No, there's film…" Riku lied. "I just…left it in the van." He laughed nervously when Dr. Phil glared at him. "I'll…go get the video…"
"Riku, you've got to learn to check these things before you come in to set up." Dr. Phil began a lecture. "You can't take back stupid, you know that."
"Shut up, Phil." Riku muttered, exiting the room and then the house.
Dr. Phil put his head on his hand and sighed. "I need a vacation." He muttered.
"So leave." Larxene said.
The Doctor gave her a small smile, but he wasn't too pleased. "We still have some work to do here, little lady."
She sneered. Riku came back into the room with a tape in hand. "Got it." He announced, walking to the camera. He popped the tape in and hit record. "And in three…two…one! Go, Doctor Phil!"
"Welcome to another addition of the Dr. Phil House. As you know, I am Dr. Phil McGraw and we are still working with our newest Dr. Phil House family: Organization XIII. Last time we were here, we had a major breakthrough with Vexen, who realized that the answers to all his problems are not in the bottom of a bottle." Dr. Phil told the camera. "As the others here seem reluctant to work on their problems, my crew has set up cameras around the castle to video tape their behavior. In addition, I have set up a video camera confessional in one of the other rooms, where Organization members can go to talk about their feelings about what has occurred during the day and in sessions. We have one confessional already done, the first one of the Organization. Let's watch."
"Cut!" Riku ordered, hitting the record button.
"Why are we cutting?" Dr. Phil wondered. "We have to show the footage."
"We can edit the video feed from the confessional in with this video feed later in editing." Kairi said, adjusting her headset. "You should know that. If you want these guys to see it, we need a TV."
"We have a TV." Xemnas said. "In the basement."
"Let's go then, shall we?" Dr. Phil wondered.
They all stood and walked away, grumbling. Riku picked up the camera and followed with the rest of the crew. Dr. Phil brought up the rear with Robin to make sure no one tried to escape on the way down.
In the basement, Riku popped a tape into the VCR attached to the TV. The Organization members shifted in their seats, afraid to know what the footage was about and who it was talking. Xaldin kept running up and down stairs to wash his hands, so Dr. Phil gave him a bottle of hand sanitizer to hold him over until the footage was over. He had only had it for five minutes, but already half of the bottle was empty.
"Now…where's your remote?" Riku turned to Xemnas.
"We don't have one for the VCR." Xemnas said. "Just hit the buttons on the machine." He waved his hand.
Riku groaned and turned the VCR on before hitting the play button. Instantly, the screen went dark.
-Video-
"You've gotta take the lens cap off, Riku." Sora's voice informed.
"It is off." Riku's voice insisted.
"No it isn't! I can see it!"
The screen went bright as Riku's hand pulled away. "Oops." Riku muttered.
Sora groaned. "I can't trust you to do anything."
"Oh stop it." Riku ordered, walking in front of the camera. "Ready?"
"Yep!"
-End video feed-
The Organization burst into laughter, watching as Riku and Sora went at it. Riku flushed and Sora stared with his mouth open.
"Riku!" Sora objected after a moment. "Turn that off! What the hell's your problem?!"
"I didn't mean to put this on! I thought it was the tape!"
"It's the tape alright!"
Kairi burst into laughter, wiping tears from her eyes. "You two are priceless!"
Roxas giggled. "Gives me some ideas…" He told Axel.
Axel laughed and kissed him. "Me too." He agreed.
"No ideas here." Zexion told Demyx after he got a look.
"Aw, so sweet!" Marluxia giggled.
"Riku! Get the tape out, now!" Dr. Phil broke through their arguing.
Riku stopped arguing with Sora and hit the eject button.
"Aw. No more fun." Demyx muttered, folding his arms and crossing his legs.
Zexion rolled his eyes and nudged Demyx. "Stop it." He ordered.
"I guess we can make our own fun later…" Demyx raised and lowered his eyebrows.
Zexion flushed.
"Is the film in the van?" Dr. Phil wondered.
"I don't think we ever took it out of the camera, now that I think of it." Sora said.
Dr. Phil groaned.
"I'll go get it this time." Kairi said, leaving up the stairs.
"So…can we go now?" Saïx wondered. "I don't think we need to be here."
"No, don't leave." Dr. Phil ordered. "I am so sorry about that video."
"Most of us…don't mind." Axel informed, moving away from Roxas' neck.
"I think they can tell." Lexaeus said.
Vexen nodded. "Just look at some of you." His words were slurred, but not as much as normal. He must've taken what Dr. Phil had said to him to heart and tried to slow down his drinking.
Kairi came back down the stairs, tape in hand. "Here you go, Dr." She told Dr. Phil, handing him the tape.
Dr. Phil gave the tape to Riku, who pushed it into the VCR and pressed play. Marluxia came on the screen, fighting with the camera. The camera feed rolled. Riku panned the camera over to Organization, catching Roxas and Axel going at it and Zexion and Demyx flirting, to get their reactions. When the tape finished, Riku focused the camera on Dr. Phil. "Go." He mouthed.
"So what did you think?" He wondered. "Let's go in order by number. Xemnas, you start."
"Uh…" Xemnas didn't know what to say. "Can you come back to me?"
"Okay then…" Dr. Phil sighed. "Number two?"
"Argh." Xigbar commented. "I'm not surprised that yer tech boy couldn't turn off yer camera."
The others giggled.
"Number three?" Dr. Phil wondered, trying to save Riku some dignity.
"Germs!" Xaldin said.
"Four?"
"I think Marluxia looks good in pink." Vexen said.
"Aw, thank you!" Marluxia giggled.
"Five?"
"Uh…I agree…?" Lexaeus slurred.
"O…kay, then…" Dr. Phil stated. "Do you know where you are?"
"Uh…who are we talking about?"
"I thought so." Dr. Phil sighed. "You guys talk on your own. I'm getting too old to baby-sit."
"Marluxia needs to stop being such a girl." Zexion mumbled against Demyx's lips.
"I have no opinion." Saïx shook his head. He appeared to be worried.
"Are you alright?" Dr. Phil wondered.
"Just fine. Why do you ask?"
"Wondering." Dr. Phil shrugged.
"She didn't call you a cigarette, Marluxia, she called you…" Axel tried to speak, but Roxas put his hand over his mouth.
"Stop that." Roxas hissed. "Don't tell him."
"Sorry." Axel muttered against Roxas' hand before removing it and kissing the boy's cheek.
"Continue, continue." Dr. Phil urged them on.
"People compliment you because they think you're a booty call." Demyx told Marluxia.
"I'd bet anything that you don't stop wearing dresses, Marluxia." Luxord said. "Ten to one says I'm right."
"You're all a bunch of morons." Larxene sneered, cleaning a knife on her robe.
"Our Organization really has problems…" Roxas said. "Can we put on another video?"
"Maybe the one from earlier." Axel raised and lowered his eyebrows, making Riku and Sora flush at the hint.
"This is our personal tape." Riku told Axel. "We're not putting it back on."
"Oh, like I'd want to see you two going at it anyway." Axel rolled his green eyes.
"So it seems like one person is on board with the program." Dr. Phil said, making Riku point the camera at him. "But the others are still reluctant. I suggest that you should all try the video sessions at least once."
"And I suggest you shove it." Larxene said.
Dr. Phil groaned. "Anger is nothing more then an outward expression of hurt, fear, and frustration. So what has hurt you, young lady? What has made you afraid or frustrated?"
"I'm not hurt or upset at anything, but you and these idiots frustrate the crap out of me!" Larxene responded. "I think it's about time you left."
"Don't you think that maybe your outer anger reflects some deep, inner turmoil?"
"Yeah, like Larxene's bitchy because she's the only girl here." Saïx rolled his eyes.
"Hey!" Marluxia objected.
"Only biological girl." Saïx corrected himself. "You can dress in drag all you want and get a sex change if you must, Marluxia, but you're still a guy."
Xemnas snickered into his hand.
"Oh, stop being so mean!" Marluxia folded his arms and pouted. "And it's not funny Man Sex."
The others laughed at Xemnas' expense. Xemnas flipped his hood up and covered his eyes. "Leave me alone." He ordered.
Dr. Phil sighed and shook his head. "Hm-hm-hm." He looked at Xemnas. "Xemnas?" He wondered.
"Hm?" Xemnas peered out from under his hood at the Doctor.
"Might I say something?"
"I'd prefer if you didn't, but I know you will anyway." Xemnas answered. "Fine, go ahead."
"Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would." Dr. Phil stated. "You know what I mean?"
Xemnas stared and blinked.
"If you don't respect yourself, how do you expect them to?" Dr. Phil said. "You need to take charge and show them how to respect you."
"Respect him?" Larxene wondered. "That'll never happen, no matter what he does."
Xemnas growled and pushed his hood off as the others laughed. "Hey! Knock it off!"
They all went silent.
"I demand a certain level of respect from you all, and I never get it!" Xemnas insisted.
Larxene and Saïx shared an uneasy look. Why was Xemnas listening to Dr. Phil?
"That good enough for you, Doctor?" Xemnas growled. "Now just leave us the hell alone, would you?"
"Are you kicking him out?" Larxene was hopeful.
"Yeah." Xemnas nodded and smiled. "Yes, I am kicking him out. Him and his entire crew. Out!"
"Xemnas, I swear…" Saïx spoke slowly. "If you kick them the hell out of here, I will love and respect you forever."
Xemnas winked at Saïx, making him flush. "Out." He spoke as though Dr. Phil and his assistants were children. "Now."
"Not until we are finished here." Dr. Phil shook his head. "I haven't spoken to anyone and no one will work with me."
"Out."
"He just wants Saïx to love him." Roxas giggled.
Xemnas and Saïx both flushed dark red. "Zip it, kid." Xemnas growled.
Axel pulled Roxas close by the waist and glared at his leader. "Watch it." He ordered.
"Sorry."
"I should've known that wouldn't last." Larxene sighed.
Dr. Phil sighed and shook his head. "We were making progress." He muttered. "Alright, I think this is enough for now. We'll reassemble in the living room at 5 pm tonight."
The Organization members couldn't get out of there fast enough. Saïx rushed to Xemnas' side and grasped his hand. "Can I talk to you alone?" He wondered as Xemnas looked at him.
"Uh…sure…" Xemnas agreed with a small smile. "Let's go in the dining room."
Saïx smiled and followed Xemnas out.
