"Let the games begin!"
The games begin today, the games begin today...
Shut up.
You. I'm happy! Meany Axel isn't gonna ruin it.
Just move on to the damned story!
Gasp! Again with the potty mouth! Go to the corner!
Shut up!
Huff. Fine. On with the story!
(Nobody belongs to me. Whoops! I mean, none of these, including the nobodies, belong to me. Only the OC, who is currently nameless, belongs to me.)
Sora awoke groggily, groaning as he sat up in bed. With a yawn, he sat up off the bed and walked up to the dresser. He dressed rather quickly, and once he was finished, stood straight in the old, dusty mirror.
"AHHHH!" Sora screeched, waking Roxas with a start. He searched the room frantically, accidentally throwing himself off the bed. Sora placed his hands under his eyes, drawing the skin down so that he looked like a jack-o-lantern.
"XIGBAR!" Sora growled loudly.
Through the wall and in the other room, a certain blonde with a mullet turned in his sleep, clutching his pillow. There were only two beds in the room, and the night before, a pillow fight (a very violent one, which also included Luxord turning pillows into his attacking cards and Xigbar coming out of the ceiling to bombard those below. Poor Demyx was the only one who had played fair!) had decided who got the beds.
Demyx earned the floor.
Turning again and running into the metal bed pole with his face, Demyx awoke with a yelp. Sitting up and rubbing his forehead, the boy yawning, wiping the sleep from his eyes. Just as he did, a certain brunette ran into the room and towards the farther bed from the door. In doing so, he trampled the poor musician.
"XIGBAR! WHAT IS THIS?" Sora screeched, landing on Xigbar's bed on his knees as disgruntled Freeshooter sprung up, glancing around. For a moment, Sora was distracted.
"You sleep in that thing?" Sora pondered, turning his head to the side. Xigbar blinked, and then realized what he meant. He pointed to his eye-patch and nodded.
"Never without it." He mumbled sleepily, yawning. Sora then remembered what he was doing and grew angrier.
"What is this?" Sora repeated angrily, pointing to his forehead. Xigbar blinked, focusing his tired eyes, and then grinned sheepishly.
Groaning, Demyx stood, looking around Sora to look at his forehead.
Written in bold, black mark on Sora's forehead was "Xigbar pwns you all." A circle was drawn around Sora's right eye, and he was given Luxord's facial hair in black ink. As soon as he saw it, Demyx cracked up, clutching his stomach and pointing at the young keyblade master. Grimacing angrily, Sora tried to ignore him.
Xigbar shrugged with a smug, amused look on his face, and a mischievous twinkle in his eyes… err, eye.
"You didn't chug, so I had to introduce you to the group somehow." Then he groaned, his head falling back. "Which reminds me, I have to tell the Superior all about that today…" He mumbled under his breath before falling back onto his back and rolling away from Sora.
"What are you doing?" Sora grumbled, steaming.
"I need more Z's if I have to tell Xemnas that his most hated enemy is now in the gang. 'Night." He waved, and then pulled the blanket over his head to block the sunlight. Sora growled.
"Yeah, right!" Sora cheered angrily. "You're not getting away that easy!"
Sora snatched a pillow off the bed and raised it to attack. Demyx grimaced, trying to sneak away quietly. Poor Sora didn't know what he was in for…
Demyx met Roxas at the door as Sora attacked and aggravated the Freeshooter, who grinned, grabbed his own pillow, and began his onslaught. With a sigh and a heave of his shoulders, Demyx looked to the other bed. Roxas followed his gaze and leaned into the room to see Luxord, deep in sleep and perfectly content.
The two looked at each other in surprise.
"He sleeps like a log." Demyx muttered, walking away shaking his head. Roxas laughed, hands in his pockets, walking next to the water user.
"I've never seen you like this. Not a morning person, huh?" Roxas chuckled. Demyx moaned and sleepily hung his head.
Demyx and Roxas walked out of the hotel and out into the Radiant Garden sunlight. With a grimace, Demyx rubbed his eyes with the edge of his pajamas shirt.
(Insert cute pajamas of your choice! And no, he can't be naked, pervs. I picture Demyx in a baggy baby blue shirt with wide-ish sleeves and a cut off neck, and plaid boxer shorts, with his org. boots on. How do you take your Demyx in the morning?)
Roxas and Demyx quickly made their way through the small morning crowds, each getting a bit of attention. When Demyx tripped over a random rock, the girls fawned over his adorable dorky qualities, and when Demyx tripped over a random rock, the girls drooled over Roxas' smug, amused temperament.
When the two arrived at their breakfast destination, the Radiant Garden Restoration Committee headquarters, they found Aerith and Leon in the kitchen. Leon had bags under his eyes, a coffee cup in his hands, and was reading the paper. Out of curiosity, Demyx peered into the coffee cup. Leon immediately sensed it, and took a big sip before setting it right in front of him, glaring daggers at Demyx. He was practically hugging the coffee.
'Ok…' Demyx muttered in his head, backing away slowly. Leon snarled a little, and Demyx jumped, dashing after Roxas, who was across the room with Aerith.
"Mr. Big-shot likes his decaf." Demyx murmured to the two. Aerith giggled, shaking her head.
"Leon isn't a morning person. And coffee helps. Not decaffeinated, mind you." Aerith joked quietly. Demyx grinned.
Roxas walked up to a cabinet, examining its innards. Demyx looked over his shoulder. The two went bug eyed when they saw a bag of donuts.
"Donuts…" They drooled. Aerith shook her head, sipping her coffee.
"Boys." She muttered quietly, picturing in her mind what her best friend would probably say. Thinking of that, her best friends were going to arrive today. Excited, Aerith walked up to the window, sitting down and examining the beautiful sunrise view of Radiant Garden.
Three hours later, and all of the RGRC and Org. XIII were outside, at the edge of the city before the Great Maw, awaiting the arrival of a certain gummi ship. Sora, Roxas, Kairi, Namine, Demyx, and Xigbar were off to one side. Xigbar was grinning widely, leaning against the railing, sitting with his hands behind his head, his legs crossed at the ankles, looking away from the maw.
Kairi, Namine, Demyx, and Sora stood with Roxas, as he happily recalled that morning while Sora grumbled and interjected here and there, trying to spare his pride as much as he could.
"Xigbar killed him!" Roxas finished, belly laughing. Red in the face and disappointed, Sora tried to think of a good comeback, failed, and just sighed. To the side, Xigbar grew even smugger, if that were possible.
"Xiggy's the pillow king, from the sounds of it." Kairi stated, giggling.
Demyx's eyes grew wide, Roxas gawked, and Namine just smiled knowingly.
"XIGGY!" Demyx called, pointing at Xigbar and then Kairi. "It's perfect! I've been thinking up nicknames for every member of the organization, and Xiggy is perfect for him! You rock Kairi!" Demyx whooped, his fist in the air. Kairi laughed.
"Anytime, Demyx." She stated. To the side, Xigbar had lost his smugness and sighed, shaking his head.
"Kids." He groaned.
To the other side of the large group, Xaldin, Luxord, and Riku were playing a card game on the ground that Riku had taught them, a game he and Sora and Kairi had played on the Destiny islands when they were children.
"A three." Xaldin asked, looking from his hand to Luxord.
"Go fish." Luxord stated. Grumbling, Xaldin added another card to his large hand.
"Damn threes." He grumbled.
Something in the distance was growing closer. Leon stepped up to the railing, standing proudly next to Xigbar, who opened his eye to peer at him. Leon grinned.
"They're here!"
A Gummi ship came down through the clouds, a rather large, red, and black ship, careening down towards the maw, making a sharp turn to avoid the ground and flying straight for the group. It turned at the last second, send a large gust of wind at the group. Luxord's hand was knocked out of his fingers, and Xaldin growled.
"You did to have a three!" Luxord chuckled.
"Ah! Confound it." Luxord sighed. "But it seems I'm not the only bender of the rules since you used the wind to see my hand." Riku smirked, looking to Xaldin, who looked dumbfounded.
"No I didn't! That was the ship!" He growled. Luxord grinned, drawing all his cards back to him and standing.
"Ah, well, that round is forfeit, let us leave the guests." And with that, he sauntered off, quite pleased with himself. Xaldin was on the verge of angry, frustrated tears. Laughing, Riku awkwardly patted his shoulder.
When the ship came up, Xemnas backed away from the group. Xigbar leapt up and ran out of view, Saix following him. Luxord was already gone, and Xaldin flew off after him. The rest of the members made quick escapes, except for Marluxia, who had been oblivious until Larxene hauled him off.
So when the Gummi ship door opened, there were only two nobodies there to greet the King and his friends.
With a steamy hiss, the door popped open, and a ramp slid down to the wall. A bit of mist floated out, followed by the sounds, "click, click, click,". It sounded like someone had tap shoes on.
A pointy haired blonde appeared in the doorway, a cloaked of light red flowing around him. With a quick emotionless glance around, he stepped down off the ramp, with a "click, click".
"Cloud!" Sora cheered, waving his fist in the air. The blonde Cloud glanced at him, nodded towards him, and then turned away to watch whoever was next walk out.
The next was a dog-thing who gasped, leapt of the ramp, and flew at Sora.
"GOOFY!" Sora yelled, running to him. The two bashed their heads together, falling to the ground, laughing. Sora rubbed his head, but Goofy just leapt up and hugged the boy.
A duck appeared in the doorway, and ran for Goofy and Sora.
"Donald!" Sora cried. The three stood, holding hands, dancing in a circle and laughing insanely. The others in the area laughed at the tom-foolery.
Another exited the ship with a light smile. It was a woman with reddish eyes, dark long hair, and a black suit, with a strong build.
"Tifa!" Aerith called happily. The two girls were great friends. Tifa's eyes fell on Aerith, and she grinned, running over to her friend. Yuffie joined, estatic.
The next was short, in red, and had big, black ears.
"You're Majesty!" Sora cheered. The King smiled at the three friends, who had stopped dancing to greet him. The king hopped off the ramp and walked over to Leon and Sora and the others.
"You're Majesty; let's leave the others to chat. You and I need to do the same – alone." Leon instigated. Mickey frowned slightly, nodded, and followed Leon as he walked away. Sora sighed.
"I hope the king takes it ok." He muttered to Kairi. She nodded apprehensively, praying the same.
"Hey, where's –" Sora began, when a click broke the silence. Someone was walking out the ship.
The last person to exit the ship was an older man. He had ruffled black hair, his face partly hidden by his jacket. A long red jacket hung over his black suit, and one of his arms was out of the sleeve, hanging in the bag of the front of the jacket. A black belt went around his jacket, holding his arm back. His sword hand held his long blade over his shoulder, a bit slack.
"Auron." Sora murmured, in awe for a moment, before blinking and waking up, running to the older man. "Auron!" The man named Auron perked at his name, and turned just in time to see the three friends leap at him. Auron grunted as he and Sora, Donald, and Goofy were thrown from the ramp.
Leon looked back just in time to see Auron sent flying, and chuckled at the childish behavior. Mickey laughed, looking up to his cold friend.
"Gosh, it's good to see them in good spirits again. 'Specially Riku. He was pretty down for a while there." Leon nodded with a smug grin.
"I don't think that will last for long. Come in here, I'll explain." And with that, Leon stepped inside Merlin's house. The king followed quietly after.
Leon and the King began to talk inside the house as something, a pop-up, silently beeped on the computer screen. The red box flashed, reading:
"Now that my advocate has arrived, he'll brief you on the first game! He will tell you everything you need to know. Thanks for waiting.
Dream-Catcher
P.S. He goes by the name "Auron".
OHHH! Cliff-hanger! I gotcha, didn't I? Don't worry; I'll probably have the next one up tomorrow. Tomorrow as in 07/29/06. I had to include Auron in this. The first RPG I ever played (I know, I'm a grasshopper, I apologize!) was FFX, and I fell in love with Auron! He is so cool! I screamed and began convulsing when I learned he would be in KH2. Well, gotta go, I've got a lot of family coming over next for my brother's wedding, and my sister has already arrived. She's making me watch Harry Potter Four, since she's never seen it. It's not like I'm reluctant; not everyday you see a jerkwad bounce up and down as a white ferret!
Toddles… SULHADAHNE!