Chapter 11

The organization was gathered in the meeting room waiting for there leader to appear, most were talking amongst themselves. A small group, composed of Neox, Calixa, Roxas, and Xion were huddled in a corner playing truth or dare. "Dare," Calixa said.

Neox smirked, "I dare you to do something you really want to do, except hitting me."

The red head smirked devilishly, "Ok," then called across the room, "Yo Zexion! Guess what Neox did yesterday?"

Neox tried to hush her as the schemer walked over, "No, no!"

"Do I even want to know?" Zexion asked.

Neox was about to speak, before Roxas covered his mouth and nodded. Calixa, looked over at Neox saying without works, "Want to take that dare back?" and she knew that Neox understood her. Neox shook his head with a glare making her raise her eyebrows at him. Then with a shrug she said, "He was the one that hung all of your underwear up in the hall of empty melodies," only she knew that it was actually her that did it.

The younger nobody blinked, having no idea what she meant. Zexion, on the other hand, looked furious, "I should have known it was you!" he shouted.

The boy shook his head. "It wasn't! It wasn't!" he cried in his defense.

Zexion stood there for a moment, looking back between him and Calixa. Neither could be very trustworthy, so he decided something else, "Roxas, did he really do it?"

Roxas smirked. Neox had pranked him earlier, so now he had his payback, "Yeah, I think so."

The silver haired man turned back, and glared at the boy. Neox gawked at Roxas, speechless.

"I'll deal with you after the meeting," Zexion told him then teleported back to his chair. Just as Zexion resumed his seat, Xemnas appeared in his seat above them all. He looked down at them, not looking too happy.

Everyone went silent waiting for him to announce what this was all about. Out of nowhere he announced over the loud speaker that there was a meeting. No one seemed to know what it was about, and all were curious. Xemnas cleared his throat announcing the beginning of his speech. "Basically, I have had it with the rivalries in this Organization. We are going to have a competition to settle all disputes... or make you all argue about something sensible. Whichever suits you?"

The room was suddenly filled with soft murmurs. Xemnas continued, "So we are going to have, a cook off." Most of the members groaned at hearing that, and Xemnas almost smiled. He expected this, "The ones not participating will be numbers one through six."

All five of them started cheering, while everyone else groaned. "You will all be able to work in groups of up to four people. Now go choose your partners, and send one person back with a list of the team members," the superior ordered.

"Well, I guess we're a team," Calixa announced to Roxas, Xion, and Neox.

There reactions varied. Neox smiled, Xion hugged him from behind then lifted him up, while Roxas just shrugged and nodded. "So what are we going to cook?" Xion asked.

Neox smirked and was about to speak before Zexion dragged him off. Xion and Roxas watched with mild sympathy, while Calixa smirked at getting away with it. The boy pleaded with Zexion, but soon disappeared from their sight. This made Xion sigh and looked at Calixa, "Was that necessary?"

"He dared me to do something I really wanted to do, and I really wanted to do that," she replied.

The black haired girl rolled her eyes, "Well I think we should cook something simple. Like homemade Ramen Noodles, we make the noodles and everything!"

"You know how to make noodles?" Roxas asked in surprise.

Xion nodded, "I watch too much TV in Larxene's room, and she watches cooking shows."

The blonde looked at her in shock, "Since when do spend time in Larxene's room?"

"You are hereby the head chef of our group," Calixa declared, without waiting for the girl to reply.

She squealed with joy and completely forgetting Roxas's question, "Let's go make plans!"

They all left for Calixa's room, with the red head leading the way. Once they reached the room, she walked in and kicked aside all the clothes and stuff that littered the ground so they could have a pathway. Roxas shook his head at the mess, "For someone who's crazy about there personal hygiene your rooms pretty messy," he commented.

"It explains why her room smells like an over scented perfume shop," Xion added with a cough.

"Shut up," Calixa told them with a glare, then they all sat on her bed and discussed what they were going cook.

Awhile later Neox walked into the room, his face wet, and his eyes red. Xion looked at him with sympathy. The boy wiped his face and went over to Xion so he could sit in her lap. The girl hugged him tightly, and kissed him on the forehead making him smile. "So what are we doing guys?" he asked, his voice still broken a little.

"What's it called again Xion?" Calixa asked unfazed by what Neox had just endured.

Xion looked at Calixa, and secretly took her boots off, "Ramen noodles."

"Yeah what she said," Calixa replied.

Xion then threw both her boots at Calixa, both hitting her in her head. One fell to the ground and the other stayed on the bed with her. "Hey, what was that for," the younger girl asked angrily while rubbing her head.

The black haired girl smirked at her, "For being a jerk to this poor cutie," she said, holding Neox closer.

"What about Roxas, he's the one that gave him away?"

"I'll get Roxas when he least expects it," Xion replied with a devilish smirk.

Calixa then noticed a slight unusual smell in the air around her. It smelled reeked and was starting to choke her, so she started to cough violently, "What is that smell?" she asked.

Xion blushed deep red and pointed to her high heeled shoe that landed next to Calixa, "M-my shoes..." she said shyly.

"Oh god don't you ever clean your feet," Calixa asked and kicked the shoe away from her bed shivering violently.

The older girl answered by lifting her feet and showed that her socks were covered in a layer of sweat, and then wiggled her toes. "Not once since I been in this Organization."

"That is so sick," Calixa's face quenched in disgust, "Now I have to take another shower."

"What! You were hogging the bathroom for three hours this morning!" Xion shouted in outrage.

"Um can we get back to the recipe," Roxas asked feeling awkward.

Neox grimaced at the smell and nodded, before giving Roxas a swift kick in his skull. "We're making ramen? I know an excellent soup recipe," the youth said innocently.

"Ow," Roxas cried out rubbing his head, "What was that for?"

Neox glared at him as Xion put both her boots back on, "For getting me in trouble," he said with venom in his voice. "Be lucky it was only that."

"I only did it to get back at you for that prank," Roxas yelled with just as much of venom dripping from his lips, and then slugged the younger boy in the arm, and not softly either.

Neox wailed in pain, and Xion slapped Roxas across his face. "ROXAS! Don't do that again!"

The blonde glared daggers at her, but was polite enough not to hit her because she was a girl, "You know, I'm not even sure if I want to be on this team. I'll go make my own master piece," Roxas yelled, and stormed out of the room.

"You know what I'm starting to agree with him," Calixa yelled almost everyone had forgotten she was in the room, "Maybe I'll go and join his team."

Neox looked at her with his signature cute boy eyes. This worked on everyone, but he rarely used it so people didn't get used to it. It even worked on the sixteenth member, hell it worked on Larxene! But maybe not this time, she glared at Xion, still upset after the shoe incident, "If you really want me to stay then she has to go, its me or her."

Neox looked about ready to cry, "Please Cali? Don't be mad...Xion is sowwy," Neox said in a horribly cute voice.

"Not going to work this time," Neox had never seen her so mad, "I'll go help Roxas and we'll win, and show you that we don't need your friendships," With that she left the room.

Neox locked the door then looked at Xion, "Where's she going, we're in her room?"

"Probably to go find Roxas, and help him," Xion replied.

The youth then took the opportunity to liftup Calixa's bed and stuff a book into his Organization cloak, "C'mon Xion lets go."

"Where are we going and what did you take?"

Neox looked at her and smirked, "Going to make ramen noodles, and I took her diary, which she keeps all her prank ideas."

"Are you sure that's actually it? I heard that she has a few fake ones lying around," Xion warned, and Neox opened the prank book to reveal the words "NICE TRY NEOX" written in it. The rest of the pages were blank.

The boy, in a blind rage ripped the book to shreds, before walking to Calixa's underwear drawer and taking out another book. This one revealed to be a fake one also, "Neox you underestimate how smart she really is, she wouldn't leave it just anywhere," Xion said.

"Then where could it possibly be?" he inquired.

"Mostly likely somewhere locked up," Xion continued. "Look we don't have time for this, let's get going or they really will beat us."

Neox nodded and ran out of the room with Xion. After they put they're team in the box containing a list of teams. They then made their way into the kitchen. The two walked in to find that most members were already there. The room was in a bustle of energy as everyone got in each other's way, while trying to cook at the same time. Marluxia was a team with Larxene and Luxord, while Demyx was working with Axel and Saïx. The two younger members went to the cupboard and got some flour, "So what do we do first," Neox asked Xion.

The raven haired girl got a bowl and placed several cups of flower in it. Then she added water, stirring frequently until it slowly became dough. Neox watched her not really doing much. Finally the dough became solid and she started to kneed it with her hands for a few minutes, and then made a crater in the center of the dough. "Now we fold in the eggs," Xion explained more to herself then to the boy.

The girl left to go and grab some eggs, and Neox stared at the dough with interest. Suddenly he had a thought on some stuff he could add to the recipe to make it better, so he walked over to the spice cupboard. After a few minutes of rummaging though the cupboard and smelling a few spices, he came back to the bowl with Basil, Parsley, Coriander, Garlic Powder, and Season All. Xion came back just as he was shaking in an amount of Parsley. "What are you doing!" she hissed, for he just ruined the recipe.

"Um… I'm cooking," the youth replied innocently.

"The recipe doesn't call for any of those spices!"

"Xion, haven't you ever heard of experimenting?"

"Not when we're being judged!" Xion almost screamed at him. "You could mess up the entire thing and we'll lose!"

"Don't worry, I know what I doing," Neox reassured, then added doubtfully. "I hope… go get me some onions and two stalks of celery," he ordered before she could reply.

While Xion left to get the vegetables, sighing with exasperation, Neox added the rest of the spices, then cracked the eggs into the center. When the female keyblade wielder returned they cut up the onion and celery, then added it to the bowl. "If you ruined it, I'll kill you," Xion warned him.

Neox made a cute face and smiled, and she instantly melted into him, "Aww your soooo cute!"

Meanwhile, Calixa was barking Orders at Roxas. The two of them were in the secret kitchen in the basement. Roxas didn't even seem too upset; he just did whatever she told him to do. After a brief squabble, Calixa decided to make Spaghetti and Eggs.

"Roxas stir that sauce, its boiling over!" Calixa barked while stirring the noodles.

While the blonde did as she said, Calixa tried one of the noodles to see if they were done, "Needs another minute," she mused to herself. "Roxas go to the kitchen and get eggs."

Roxas nodded, and went up the stairs like a trained dog. He ran through the hallways, and it wasn't until he was huffing and puffing that he decided to teleport to the busy kitchen. Instantly he saw the rival team, and glared. They glared back. "Get out!" Neox ordered with venom.

"Yeah what are you trying to do, check out the competition, try to steal our secrets," Xion added with equal venom.

Roxas glared. All eyes were on the three, "I'm just getting eggs," he said in a low deadly voice.

"Then get them and get lost!" Neox yelled

Roxas told him to do something that cannot be printed for this rating and teleported out after grabbing the eggs from the fridge. Marluxia and Axel had to restrain Neox from following. "Neox forget about him, I need your help," Xion called.

Later that night, it was time for the judges to taste the food. Roxas and Calixa's dish was what looked like baked spaghetti shaped together to look like the Nobody symbol, which greatly pleased Xemnas of course. Then he looked over at the plate next to it, which was Xion and Neox's dish. It was a large pot of noodles in a yellow broth with herbs here and there. The smell was divine.

Xaldin and Lexaeus were the designated judges, and they started with Axel's group. After tasting the cheese stuffed meat ball, there group made, they both nodded with approval, and continued onto Roxas and Calixa's dish. Both took a bite of the fried spaghetti, and paused. It was the most interesting thing they ever tasted, but was so delicious. Xaldin actually moaned with delight, "What is this?" he asked.

"Spaghetti and eggs," Roxas replied.

There was a short silence, until Zexion spoke, "Isn't that a Hebrew recipe?"

"How would you even know something like that?" Xaldin asked.

There was another silence for several moments, and finally Zexion shrugged. "That is very strange," he told Calixa and Roxas.

"But very good," Xaldin added.

Roxas and Calixa beamed, then threw a smug look at there rival team, who glared evilly. Lexaeus and Xaldin continued with Xion, and Neox's meal, and both tired it. Their eyes lit up, it was just as good as Roxas's. They could only hope that Marluxia's team was better otherwise it would be a tie. The judges tried Marluxia's dish, a fried fish recipe, but it didn't even compare to there younger members meals. After a brief discussion, it was announced, "We have made the decision," Lexaeus started.

"It is a tie between the Spaghetti and Eggs, and the Ramon Noodles," Xaldin continued.

Everyone looked shocked. The two rival teams glared at each other, "It can't be a tie," Roxas shouted.

"There has to be a winner!" Neox yelled

"Yeah!" Calixa agreed.

Xion suddenly smiled, "I hear someone but I don't see anyone. What about you Neox?"

"Yeah, I don't see anyone, so as far as I can tell we won because there is no one else," the boy replied.

Roxas nearly lost his temper but calixa decided to play the 'invisible' game too, "I don't know why anyone would say they won, when its clear that it was us, right Roxas? The judges even said so," she said.

Roxas nodded in agreement. "C'mon Cali, lets go celebrate our victory."

With that the two groups left. Zexion looked at axel, "Any idea what that's about?" the Cloaked Schemer asked.

"Something tells me that we just got a lot more work to do…" Axel replied.

Zexion sighed, "I think your right," he agreed.

To be continued.

Here's chapter 11, sorry it took while