Tying Knots

[Reno]

Sora stared, his eyes widened a bit. What kind of spell... what would Atterians ever need such a thing for?! His stomach grew sick at the though. It was like a miniature cage...

Did they honestly trap their 'prey' so cruelly?


Donald frowned a bit and Mickey's ears lwoer slightly. Being animals they had never liked the idea of cages - knowing what happened to their smalelr, less intelligent brothers and sisters. Bird cages. Aqurium tanks. Hamster wheels and dry food.


Roxas stood next to Axel, silent as he stared as Saix was locked in. he sighed, shaking his head. Well... at least they knew Terra was going to let him out. Besides he had only been protecting himself and teaching them some of the things that could happen...


Demyx's shoulders slumps. "thats horrible!" he cried. Poor Saix! He didn;t deservee that! He was alright... right!?


Terra was sweating a bit, his magic seriously drained from all these spells - especally the one he used to chain down Saix. He was strong so the spell had to be strong too...

But seeing Aqua's angry face he was beginning to think maybe he shoulda just let her take over the fight. At least he hadn;t completed the spell. That would have pissed her off more. once you enchained the 'prey' and the sand was over the dome it was customary to use spitfire to turn the sand into metal - reenforcing the barrier a third time over.

He swallowed nervously as Aqua started to apporach him, a threatening look in her eyes. "Terra..."

"Uh..." He laughed nervously, eyes flicerking this way and that. "Now, Now Aqua... calm down! It;s okay! He;s just fine!"

"You chained him... like he was some sort of animal!"

"He was trying to kill me!"

Aqua snarled, blue energy outlining her, rippling off her, stronger and stronger with each ripple. "There's one thing about training but another thing about injustice!" She slashed and stream of water shooting out and hitting Terra dead on.

"Ack!" Terra yelped in surprise falling back, tumbling hard into the ground. He coughed a bit, spitting out some water that tasted strangely salty, getting to his feet. "Damn it Aqua calm down!"

Aqua growled, hearing her brother scream and howl. each sound enraged her more. "you wanted to see everything we have right? Well, you fucking asked for it." She charged for him, her eyes glowing with something a little more... lanterny.

oh shit RUN. Terra spun on his heels, dashing across the sand, hissing about how unfair that was! Aqua, Ven and him had always tried to STOP their sparring matches whenever one of their eyes started to change - now Aqua was forcing it. Well at least he knew she'd be one fierce fighter if Hatori even dared touch Saix.

"GET BACK HERE YOU SON OF A BITCH!" A swipe of her keyblade, streaming of water snakes bursting forth, even from this dry land. Terra ducked into the ruins of his old home, wincing as he heard the water crashing into the building, the already crumbling buildings toppling easily to the ground. He was glad he hadn't been near any of them.

Was she seriously going to chase him down like this?!

Oh well... he could say goodbye to his ruined down home...

More and more streams came for him, and he waved a hand, sand rising to meet the water, the two canceling each other out. Unfortunetly, Terra was more exhasuted, and could already feel his hands shaking at the excessive magic use.


There was silence and then Sora frowned, watching Aqua flip out and start chasing the poor brunette down. "Uh... should we uh... stop her?" He wasn't sure if they were still 'training' or not.

[Rikugurl]

Everyone saw the... almost comic scene... and were a bit at edge on what to do.... but that all broke when all of a sudden they heard laughing. Uncontrollable laughing.


Ven held his stomach as he leaned over, laughing his ass off. That had to been the most funniest thing he had ever seen in his LIFE. He couldn't stop laughing and finally fell on the ground and started to roll around, kicking his feet in the air.


When everyone saw this happen, their nerves all relaxed.

Fran rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Training he said..." Her now swords glowed as he took them and put the two pieces together, forming her bow again. "What a bunch of children."

Fuu glanced back and her and frowned. She then looked back at the town and shook her head. She never saw Aqua like this and wasn't sure if it was a comic relieve or if she had gone berserk herself... but the cries of Saix were still heavily in the air.


Goofy rubbed his head and looked at Riku and Sora for some answers. But Riku seemed as shocked as everyone else. When he heard Ventus laugh, he frowned and sighed, Way to Dawn disappearing. He crossed his arms and watched the town go up in smoke. "Let's just see what happens first"


Axel and his moomba shivered as they saw all the water. They were SO glad that it wasn't them she was chasing after!

[Reno]

Sora pouted, seeing his twin burst into a can full of giggles. Well... he didnlt think it was too funny. Aqua was really mad. She really stuck up for her brother. His keyblade snapped away.

Roxas chuckled himself. More because Axle looked like a damnw scardy cat because of all the water more then anything else. His keyblades disapepared.


Donald shook his head at the two;s childish actions. "buncha palookas!"

Mickey just chuckled. "It's okay Donald. We all need a break from the serious sometimes."


Invidia's ears flattened, pressing her body against Riku's legs, not liking the sound of the horrible cries.


Demyx was very quiet for a few moments, before he started descending from the hills they were standing on. Some people glanced at the water-(ex)nobody curiously.

He approached the dome, frowning a bit, hearing saix inside. He shivered nervously. He wondered how Aqua did it - calming him down that is. He strummed nervously on his sitar, more a habit then anything, but the soft music was almost soothing to his nerves... "Saix...?" He murmured. It was truely his first time ever seeing the other go berserk and it was really scary.


Meanwhile...

Stream after stream smashed into the ground or into a building, creating quite a rukus. But nothing was as loud as:

"WAAAAH! AQUA!" Terra cried, the ground bursting under his feet, water shooting him up in a true geyser. He flipped, landing on a roof - that crumpled under him. He yelped and groaned, smacking into the attic. He blinked, coughing dizzily.

"Terra...?" A voice asked from above, making his hairs bristle. Aqua was looking down inquiring - but... something about this place had snapped her out of her rage. something... evil and forbidding. she... hadn't felt a feeling like this since Regole's ocena got contamined by the heartless.

"I'm sorry I'll let him out!!!" the brunette cried, waving his hands frantically.

She scoffed, jumping down, her eyes flashing back to normal. "Yeah you fucking better." She looked around. "What is this?"

Terra looked around, wondering what caused the sudden change in her attitude. "Huh? Oh..." he recognized his surrondings almost instantly as if the pictures were in front of him and not in his mind. "It's my home. No one ever moved in after... mom died because they didn't know if her disease was contagious and no one wanted to chance walking inside."

He shrugged, standing up, brushing himself off and jumping back onto the roof carefully. fuck his back hurt from te fall. "damn it all!" He jumped down carefully, grumbling.

Aqua paused, looking around the desolute home, before walking forward, seeing the packed boxes and dust easily. she paused seeing somehting small and brown sitting on top of a box, lifting it up experimentally. It was a picture frame.

Aqua's eyes widened.

"Come on Aqua!!!"

She jumped, dropping the frame, hearing the glass shatter. she looked up at the roof then frowned, jumping out seeing Terra already stumbling back for the others. Her eyes narrowed a sudden stream shooting up, wrapping around Terra in a firm, squeezing grip.

"AH!"

She jumped next to him. "Ever do that to my brother again and you'll be walking home in a body bag!" she started walking, the stream and captive Terra ahving no choice but to follow.

"Ah no let me go!"

"Let him go and I will!" She snapped.

Terra sighed, too tired to argue, and just let Aqua drag him back, grimancing at the uncomfortable feeling of the water soaking his clothes. Even from here he could ehar Ven's laughter. "Fucker." He hissed . He was about to die and Ven was laughing?!

[Rikugurl]

Fran blinked as she saw Demy leave her side. She tilted her head and her long ears twitched. What was a scared cat like him doing? Going to see what was with the beast? She gave a look to Fuu but it didn't last long since the moment Fujin saw Aqua drag Terra out of the town, she rushed down the hill.


Ven blinked as he saw Aqua drag their leader by a water spell. His eyes winded and started to pound on the sandy ground. "AAAAAAAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHA!" He pointed at the wet land keyblader and started to kick his legs. Yes... he really thought it was this funny!


Inside the 'cage', blood soaked the sand as his wounds attracted it. Blood dripped from his face and he continued to growl and twist in his restraints, feeling trapped and in some sort of danger.
His eyes suddenly perked as he heard something... outside. Music....? His eyes softened a bit and his snarls and growls turned into soft whimpers.

It was true that music soothed the beast. His hair started to relax and he stopped fighting the restraints.


Riku sighed as he leaned down and pet Vi. "Come on...." He started to walk down the hill as well and heard Goofy's heavy feet behind him.


Axel pouted and looked away. "Pffft.... like you wouldn't shit your drawers if someone went after you with fire? HOW ABOUT SOME!" He grinned as a small fire ignited in his palm. He raised his eyebrows a few times, flicking the fire and seeing a little spark fly off... and onto Roxas' shirt.

[Reno]

Terra's eyes twitched violently, hearing Ven still. "ragh..." he flicked a finger and a small wave sand burst up behind the other... then buried the other under it. "JACKASS!" he snapped. He didn't care if the was hanging upside down and wet as a dog.

Aqua smiled, seeing Fuujin as she came down the hill towards her. But her eyes looked slightly troubled. she enveloped the other in a hug.


Demyx smiled fainlty, hearing Saix quiet, and continued to strum the light chords. He knew must of the times when he played it seemed like he was tone deaf. He hummed quietly, smiling faintly.


Aqua looked over towards Demyx, rasiing a curious eyebrow. She... had calmed him down? How was that...?

She snapped her fingers and Terra went tumbling to the ground. "alright, let him out."

The earth keyblader grumbled, brushing himself off.


Donald and Mickey were at Goofy's sides. their feet must lighter sounding on the sand. Sora strung his hands behind his head, following after, Inviadia walking at his side, her pads completely silent on the sand.


Roxas looked at Axel, seeing that evil grin on his face, tensing. Fire wha - "AHHHH!" his shirt was on fire!!!!

He flapped his hands panicking, slapping his chest to disperse of the little flame.

[Rikugurl]

Ven continued to laugh until he suddenly heard something behind him. He looked up.... and got a body full of sand. He flailed and got out, coughing and rubbing his eyes. "AUGH! BASTARD! SON OF A---!!!" He stomped around, getting all the sand off him and trudged over to the others.

He stomped right next to Terra... then smiled evilly. "Maximum Blow Dryer~~~~" He teased as a sudden powerful gust of wind blew over Terra, making his hair and clothes go flapping.


Fujin blinked as she saw the two but shook her head. She hug her lover tightly and soon pulled away. Her red eye blinked as she looked into the blue. She could see.... something was the matter. "Uh... what's wrong?"


Fran looked around, seeing that she was long. Her long ears lowered as she sighed but they perked back up as she started to head towards the now forming group.


Riku stopped and chuckled at the sight of Terra and Ven. His eyes moved to the sky though as the twilight started to dim off and the normal day started to come back. That was ok... he doubted he needed it anymore.


Goofy butted in and rubbed his head. "Gwarsh... is that what we're really in for?" He knew it wouldn't end the same way though...


The glowing eyes moved a bit as he heard more music. His whimpering slowly stopped as a odd new tone came from his throat. Purring? His body calmed down and he slowly laid his head on the sand. The music and hymning came to him easily with his hearing and slowly his eyes closed.


Axel watched Roxas and started to laugh, nudging Xio. "Haha, look at him. So scared of fire, pffft" He chuckled but then blinked, remembering that fire was MUCH more dangerous than water.

He grinned as he moved away from Xio and wrapped his arms around the shorter, easily putting the fire out. "Here baby... lemme put that out for you." He leaned down and nuzzled the blonde's face. He didn't care all too much that they were the only three not in the group below.

[Reno]

"GAH!" Terra cried. "Ven!!!" He growled, catching the other in a headlock. "Jerk!"


Aqua glanced towards Terra, then leaned closer, murmuring in her ear. "I'll tell you later." She smiled softly, then glared at the roughhousing land keyblader. "Get your ass to freeing my brother or i'll go back to kicking yours."

Terra rolled his eyes at her, letting go of Ven. He walked up to the barrier. the day was back. He slowley let the sand slip away, blinking curiously at Saix who was within. he was... asleep?

He glanced across seeing Demyx leaning against the barrier, not bothering in the least by the sand slipping around him as he played, a content smile on his face.

He tapped the barrier and they snapped easily, the sand chains falling away easily.

Aqua blinked, but hurried over quickly to her brothers side, kneeling down. Was he really asleep?!


"Yeah." Sora answered Goofy. "but probably ten times worse. I mean Terra was being nice to us."

"Welp, no one said it was gonna be easy!" Mickey said, trying to seem optimistic.

Donald just crossed his little feathered arms, shaking his head. It was going to be a nightamre - and wait didn;t they still need to fight Sora?!


Roxas growled. "Jerk. If i didn;t lvoe you i;d have Demyx drown you!"

[Rikugurl]

Ven blinked as he got into the headlock and growled. "FUCKER! LET ME GO!!" He pushed and pulled until he pulled and Terra let go, making him fly back. He hit the ground and pouted, just sitting there.


Fujin frowned as she heard Aqua, but nodded, her silver hair moving with her. They walked over to the barrier together and watched as Terra blew the sand away.

Her eye widened as she noticed what her lover did. The beast... was asleep? She looked to see Demy sitting on the ground, facing away and absorbed (no pun intended) in his music. She smiled softly and looked back down at Saix. "Looks like you found someone who likes you playing." She chuckled softly as she nodded. She was really starting to get use to talking...


Riku looked down and nodded to Mickey. This, unfortunately... was just a taste. They could talk about it tomorrow... because right now... he just wanted to get off this world.


Axel grinned as he nuzzled the other's neck. "That would waste a life though~~~"




They did happen to get off the planet... and quite soon. There was an eerie chill under that hot sun... knowing that it was the world where horrible demons use to live. Even if demons lived there... no one believed that Terra would ever become one. His heart was already surrounded in Darkness once... and he didn't change.

When they arrived back at the Chaser base, they were all sore from the battle and sand whips on their skin... and they really weren't all too happy to stay in a crowded place again for the night.
So it was decided... Terra and Ven would stay on the base while the rest... headed to Destiny for the night. Aqua and Fujin would of stayed too... but Aqua wasn't leaving her brother in the shape that he was in... So she would go with him and Fuu would of course follow.

Ven and Terra needed to follow up on some things anyway. Ventus had to find Hatori's location and Terra had to do an analisi on the training and set up a game plan for tomorrow's meeting on Riku's island AKA Destiny's island.

The computer was now hard at work. All five monitors bring up stuff here and there now that they had confirmed that Saix was quite alive. His blue eyes were hidden under his favorite sleeping hoody... not minding the random holes that Terra put in them. His bare feet curled on the leather of the seat as he yawned soundlessly.


In Destiny, Riku split everyone into the houses that were already built in the Kilika District. They were all quite impressed about how the district was coming out... very tropical looking. Riku and Tidus were doing an amazing job!

The air here was warm too... but not too hot. It was moist and relaxed their tense muscles. The ocean as well was soothing along with the sound of the night birds. Quite a few houses were already made but no one lived in them yet since they wanted the WHOLE District to be done before people moved in.
Each house already had wooden beds in them, just incase anything happened to a family and they could just spend the night, so that was convenient.. also them all having two bedrooms.

Axel was with Roxas and Xio in house A.
Aqua, Fujin, Saix and Demy were in house B. Demy seemed to want to stay with Saix that night to.
Donald, Goofy and Mickey were in house C.
Fran was in house D. Most people were wary to leave her alone... but Riku knew she justed wanted to get back to her own world... and they needed them to help her do so.

Riku and Sora... were finally able to go back to their own home.


Axel yawned as he laid on the bed. He could never live here... too much wood! You couldn't have a crackling fire here. The houses were quaint though and he was sure people would love them. The only thing he really didn't like... was that the houses were build OVER water. CREEPY!

Xio laid on the wooden floor, content with the warm atmosphere. There were no soft cushions for him to sleep on except for the spare bed... but he wanted to be close to the two of course.


Fujin sighed as she leaned over the side of the bed. Again... she didn't think she did well in the battle. It stressed her muscles and even in this soothing heat... her body still ached. She looked up whe Aqua came into the room and smiled softly. She was happy that she had ended it all... even if it was a weird way of doing so. She pulled off her eye patch and let it flutter to the floor. "How is he?" She was referring to Saix of course who was in the other room. She had just come back from tending to his wounds...

Saix laid on the bed, on the side against the wall. She had calmed him in his sleep by touching the 'X' on his face. Hair settled, fangs disappeared along with claws and the 'X' turned back to the normal scar. His wounds were horrible since he pushed himself through Terra's attack as if it was nothing. Bandages soaked in blood were wrapped around his chest and some on his head. She knew when he awoke, he would be in much pain.


Goofy was already snoring in the bed next to Donald. Mickey took the other room since he would be up for awhile more, thinking among other things.


Fran laid in bed, staring at the ceiling. She was having a hard time falling asleep... a bit scared that Hatori would appear and steal her life from her. She shifted in bed and sighed, shaking a bit. She shouldn't be so scared... it wasn't very... pirate of her right? God... she wanted to be back on that airship...


Not in the Kilika District was another house that finally had a light glowing from the window.
Silver hair fell back on a comfy black comforter. He closed his eyes and sighed happily. He was able to make a small, light dinner for him, Sora and Vi before heading to the bedroom.

He opened his eyes and looked over at Sora who was changing. He just smiled as he watched though his silver hair as his husband got undressed. He was so beautiful...and alive.

[Reno]

"tch..." Terra commented to himself, biting the eraser of his pencil, eyes narrowed in thought. He werote some more things. the session was ONLY so long.

But he had picked up a multitude of things despite that.

Invidia first of all, he noted should probably stay in the back of the fight - aiding with her curative and reflective magic.

Axel had a temper that flared whenever anyone he knew got hurt - and could be used as good fuel for attacks but also made him rather sloppy.

Xio was a good partner but could become a quick casulity if the little lion wasn't careful about staying back from the more heavy spell casting times.

Roxas was still having trouble fighting with two-handed style and had an even worse temper then Axel. He and Axel had some good combination attacks and their caring for each other made them fiercer fighters. Xio could aid them more easily if they were together.

Fuujin wasn't very quick in both physical speed and magical, though her spells were powerful, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to have her on a team so that she would have ample time to cast and be protected. She and Ven could possibly double cast with wind and that could help upset a few things in the fight.

Sora and Riku - well he didn't care where they were in the fight. Riku just had to remember to keep moving in the battle and not try to guage his opponent from afar - and Sora needed tog et more used to the weight of his keyblade. There greatest strength was their combination attack - but he knew the two could spread across a battle field quickly. Sora had some good spells and Riku was ruthless with his opponents.

Donald and Goofy... weren't going to be fast enough. He didn't want to tell them this - but they could still aid with magic along with Invidia and he made a note of Driving with Sora. that was going to be the biggest advantage one that Hatori's life draining ability wouldn't have picked up on simply because those abilities hadn't been in Sora's soul but within his friends. The best thing he could think of was to keep them back, having them aid with magic and save theiwr energy - then the moment they needed a quick turn around or a lot of strength the driving would be the biggest shock, one that not even Hatori would expect.

Saix... had to warn them when he berserked. Or else he risked hurting everyone around him as well. Other then that Saix was insanely quick and powerful whther in his human form or beastial form.

Mickey was quick and sneaky with some good attacks in him. He knew the little mouse could hold his own and he and Riku and Sora all had a close connection - Light, Dark and Twilight.

As for Aqua, Ven and himself, they knew each other the ebst. they could fight together and combine magics the quickest with one another. Ven's wind ability would only be so useful but he knew his friend had other talent. Aqua's water spells would be helpful they could cut through a lot of ground spells - and when that didn't work he could counter the spells with one of his own.

As for Fran... he still didn't know what to expect. She was sneaky and sly. She seemed to have a multitude of weapons in her arsenal - from bows, to swords to whips. She could adapt situation to situation. the thing that worried him was obvious Hatori had alreayd beaten her once if she had been 'kidnapped'. Even still she had a pirtate's cunning, always going for the blind spots or for the sneak attacks. Thats only IF she wnated to join the fight however.

Demyx...

He was undecided for Demyx. The other hadn;t shown anything besides cowardice. He was dodging between keeping him in the back... to just leaving him out of the fight altogether. He kKNEW the other had pwoerful water spells, but if he didn;t fucking use them it wouldn't help. Otherwise he would have told Aqua and Demyx to start learning each other a lot better cause thwey could combine their water attacks rather stunningly.


Terra sighed, looking the list over, unsatisfied because it just didn't seem like...

Like he was what? being fair? not giving everyone a fair chance to DIE? He knew donald and Goofy were great fighters - but Donald was a mage and not a close-combat fighter. He could spellcast from far away. Goofy was just well... goofy. he got distracted a bit too easily and a lot of his attacks were easily defenadable against. As for Invidia... and Xio...

They were pets. Strong little things but still they would tire quicker and be exploited if they didn;t keep out of the way at certain times.

Terra set down his pencil. everythign was abject to change. He still didn't know enough about so-and-so and still was be surprised by what's-his-face and... He laid his head on his desk, groaning tiredly, eyes hurting and body stiff. He felt like he had died for 20 seconds and got rigormortis. His whole fucking body ached because of all that damn magic use. He wasn't used to casting so many dark spells and certainly not in a row like that. It seemed his body disagreed as well. Blue eyes shut slowly, hearing Ven shifting around in his seat as if trying to get comfortable.

Maybe it was time for bed...



Roxas missed his own bed. Missed hs own home with his and Axel and Xio little special touches at every corner. Missed the sound of Delshad's quiet nightlife (the insects were usually the only nosie). He missed cuddling up in that big warm bed with his lover.

Pff only been a day or two and he was already fucking homesick. wonder how he would of felt to of been Sora, rushing around for monthes on end not even knowing if his world was still surviving.

The blonde shuddered before yawning. the little place was quaint but neither he nor Axel were into the style.

He retreated to the bed, being careful to step over Xio. Unlike Axel he never stepped on the poor lion. He hpped onto the bed, the quick movement, making it shudder, before snuggled up against the others warm side, smiling contently. "Mmm... nice and warm."


Aqua approached, her eyes still troubled. "He's gonna be okay... He just needs lots of rest and we just need to watch for infection." She nodded. "Strangely enough Demyx is in there, syaing he wants to watch and make sure he'll be okay. she shrugged.

She didn't udnerstand the blonde muscision at all. He had been a pure coward when fighting Terra... but when it came to facing a real beast, even between walls, he had stepped forward without fear. Something was wrong with that kids heart. It was fuckign defective or something. She stepped up beside the other, kissing the scar over her eye tenderly. "I know that look Fuu. You did fine." she knew her lover had some... self-concious issues. she kept thinking she wasn;t good enough but Aqua thought she was perfect. She had ingenious ideas, strong spells... and a good heart.


Demyx was humming lightly under his breath, the same sweet tune he had used to coax Saix into sleep in the first place. He didnlt remember what the tune was exactly... something from his yesteryears. His eyes shut frowning a bit. He had been no help at all today. He had frozen up completely and looked like nothing but a fool! While Axel roxas and Saix... they foguth with everything they had. God, Saix right now looked terrible!!

And this was just practice. Brutal, unforgiving... practice.

"Shit." He mumbled sadly, shoudlers slumping. "What CAN i do?" He could fucking sing everyone;s ears out. would that help?


Donald quacking every so often, happily nested in his bed, content. He wasn't worried about the king. He would go to bed when he found it necessary.


Mickey looked out the window from his room, his eyes troubled. He replayed over and over how the battle had gone. All in all... they had managed to gain a hit on Terra about three times. 13 people... and only three hits. And Terra had been going easy on them. If it had been Hatori... Demyx would be dead. He would be dead. Saix would be dead. And Riku, Fran and Ven would have been more heavily wounded then they had been. And this was only his Atterian magic.

Mickey's ears lowered, shutting his eyes in though. the were facing an adversary... maybe not greater then Xehanort but possibly more cunning and more resourceful. he had a whole army of people in his brain. They would have to pull some fancy attacks and score some lucky hits if they even hoped to win this fight.

"We have to believe." Mickey murmured. In each other. Ine the keyblades. In the light. They had to win before this monster destroyed any other worlds.


Sora blushed, feeling Riku's eyes on him. He smirked a bit, tugging off his shirt a bit slower then normal. He strapped off his pants, wiggling his butt a bit as he slipped them over, letting the make home on the floor as he turned, seeing the aquamarine male's eyes staring intently at him. He walked over, straddling the other to the other;s great surprise. "You know what I just realized?" He purred, leaning down to kiss Riku. He got a murmured 'Mmm?' in return. He rolled his hips against Riku's grinning. "We haven't had sex for FIVE whole days." He grinned. "Want to?"

[Rikugurl]

The computer whizzed and beeped here and there, looking for a strong power much like Terra's. It was crazy how smart the computer was. It was all thanks to Ven, mostly, and Aqua. Ven was the whiz and Aqua scouted, placing all their microscopic chips on each planet they passed. Terra just ate muffins.

A sigh came from the shorter soon enough, slowly standing. He typed some things down before leaving his stop at the controls. They would be working all night. Thankfully they didn't have to worry about paying them.

Slowly he shuffled to where Terra was sitting, a stack of book next to him. He peered over, focusing on the paper that Terra was writing on. He crossed his arms and though. No... Invidia and Xio should probably stay out of the fight. They were lovable pets and he knew that Xio had powerful claws and Invidia had powerful status changing spells... they would become more of a distraction if they got hurt. Hatori was no normal character. Ven had never seen anyone so brutal since Xehanort and the Black Knight...

Demyx should also stay out of the fight... what good was he if he was only going to run away? As for Fran... she might become a main target for Hatori since she escaped from him... if you put it in some light. What Terra had so far was good though... and he was sure everyone would have a say tomorrow at the meeting.

A hand reached down and touched a strong shoulder. "Come on... you look beat. You need rest... and there's no way I can carry your fat, muffin loving ass to bed." Who knew when the computer would find Hatori. It could be tomorrow... a few hours.... a week, a month... who knew. Maybe they'd never find him again. Maybe he was off on some far world in another connection that they never even saw. Maybe he'd disappear like Xehanort...

His eyes darkened as he though of it. Xehanort.... Shaking his head, he walked to their bedroom and flipped on the light. Their bed was never made... why bother? They were just gonna sleep in it again... and they never had company. He yawned as he felt his eyes become bricks. Quite honestly... Ven didn't do much today.... but Terra knew Ven's strength. He was a quick decision maker... probably because he was a problem solving maniac.

He got into his side and pulled the blue tan covers over him. Terra had picked them out obviously. He cuddled to the pillow and sighed, waiting for Terra to join him.


Axel blinked when he felt the hop next to him and smiled. Yea... homesick. Unlike most leaders of other worlds... they liked the huge homes or castles or palaces.... but not at the Gardens. Nope. Leon, Yuffie, Aerith, and Cid of Radiant all had quaint little houses. Axel, Xio and Roxas of Delshad had their little town house too. They weren't special... well... they were in their own special way... but they didn't need a huge home to be respected.

The only thing they REALLY splurged on... was their king size bed. WHO DOESN'T WANT A KING SIZE BED!? Besides, Axel was tall and he needed it. That was a horrible excuse next to the real reason why they bought it... hehe.... but he used it. Oh... and Axel and Roxas sure did love their sleep since they were always on the verge of getting killed.

He smiled warmly as we wrapped his long arms around his lover and pull him in closer. He was slowly not having fantasies about Roxas and Ven... which would probably make Roxas very happy. Roxas was his baby... and he didn't need two of them... Roxas was all he needed. He kissed his baby on the lips softly and nuzzled him lovingly. "Night~~"


Fuu smiled as she felt soft lips on her old scar. Aqua had asked about it... but honestly... it had been so long ago that she didn't even remember what had happened to her other eye. She pulled her hand behind her ears as Aqua sat down next to her. "Thanks..." She said softly as she slowly looked over at her.

She could see the look in her eyes again... and she could tell it wasn't her brother. Apparently he had been hurt many times as they grew up... so she knew he would pull through. She couldn't imagine being a Berserker herself... or even related to one. She could see now how hard it must of been on her to have a brother like that.

A hand moved over and took Aqua's. "What's troubling you?"


In the other room, Saix was still out of it... that was until the moon slowly moved to the window as the world spun. The rays came down on him... and Demy'x hum stopped. Slowly, golden eyes opened, blurred vision took a bit to focus on the moon.

That was when he felt it. The horrible pain over his chest and head. It was achy and distant. Where was he? How did he get here? He must of... berserked...
Slowly his eyes looked over, seeing the back of horrendous hair. It had to be Demyx. What was he doing here...? Where was Aqua...?

He shifted and moaned as he felt the main run down him again. This type of pain was so distant... he knew what it was. He did berserk... and got terribly wounded. But how...? He hated having these black outs.


Riku smiled as he continued to watch, chuckling soft as he saw Sora wiggle his butt. He leaned up, pulling off the black hooded throw over and threw it on the floor... oddly enough, landing on Vis' head as she walked in. He laid back on the pillow as Sora walked over, a bit surprised that he didn't get into his pajamas.

His eyes darkened as he was straddled and smirked, looking up into his lover's eyes. He smiled as Sora came in, asking a question and felt sweet lips on his own. "Mmm...?" He asked before their lips parted again.

He moaned softly as his eyelids lowered. "Ha... it's been longer than that." He replied, his arms coming up and passing over Sora's shoulders. Fingers rubbed on the soft skin of his bare back and licked his lips. "Our destinies are intertwined.... we share a soul... and we're married.... do you really have to ask if I want to?"

[Reno]

Hey! eating muffins was very prorductive. It... it... lowered the universe's muffin count one at a time! He was doing the galaxy a great favor by eating so many!!!

Terra knew a lot of revisions... and arguements were going to happen tommorrow morning. He could just imagine it now...made him wish sometimes that he wasn't a born leader.

The brunette lfited his head to look up at Ven, brows brurrowing. At the ass comment his eyes widened, acting as if he was acandilized. "Fat?! My ass is not fat!" he stood, patting his rump evem as Ven walked away. "It;s shapely and wonderful - course you know that." he joked.

He walked after Ven, yawning. the comptuers caught his eyes and he glanced at them, seeing them all still hard at work, whirring like crazy. sometimkes he wondered how they never broke down from all the work Ven had them do.

He rubbed his eyes tired, already in some leisure clothes since everyone had left. He and Ven had changed almost immediately - it wasn't like they were going anywhere for the night and it wasn't ill-normal for them to walk around in their bare feet and pajamas for a whole day.

He laid out on the bed, throwing the covers over himself as well- reaching out to flip off the light. In the quiet he could still hear the computers working but it was soothing to his nerves. He looked towards the ceiling, the darkness above unchanging. "What if... we can't beat him?" he mumbled to the still air, waiting for Ven to answer him.


He smiled, nuzzling back, yawning once more. "Good night Axel." Roxas sighed happily. As long as he had Axel by his side though he knew slepe would always find him much easier.


Aqua just smiled, nodding at the other's grtitude. It's not like she was lying, she knew fuujin had a lot of potential and a lot of skill. Anyone with eyes sould be able to see that.

She blinked when the question was asked though. she squeezed Fuujin's hand lightly and sighed. she had to tell someone and she knew fuujin would keep it quiet - because... oh god she just prayed she was wrong.

"When I was chasing Terra through town... He landed on a roof and it sort of... broke under him." Aqua began, growing more and more uncomfortable by the moment. "I guess i sort of snapepd out of it then... and when I jumped up to make sure he was alright... I don't know Fuu that whole HOUSE had thisd... permenance of darkness around it. Like... Like something terrible had happened there. Something so... unforgiving that the ghosts of the past still lived there." she bit her lip. "Terra told me it was his old home - the one he lived in with his mom..."

She glanced at the other uncomfortably. "He left then and i was gonna follow but then... then I saw an old photograph lying around. So I looked at it... There was... three people in it. A woman with brown hair and blue eyes and a really kind smile. Holding onto her was a little boy with brown hair... it was kinda spiky and I knew it was Terra almost instantly. He was only maybe... 3 or 4... And then there was a man..." Her words choked on her and she had to force them out. "It was Hatori. Thats who I saw."

She knew exactly what it implied. And ever since she couldn;t help but keep... pieceing together these striking resemblances between Terra and Hatori. A similar face shape, a similar build...


Demyx stopped humminh when he heard the other stirring. He jumped to his feet, looking down at the other curiously. "Hey Saix... take it easy." he mentioned lightly. "You kinda fgot yourself tor up ratehr badly." He grinned at the other cheerfully. "but Aqua said you'd be just fine!"


Invidia made a soft noise of protest, distangling herself from the clothing. she shook her head, looking up only to see her master and his lover already... atop each other. invidia's ears twitched, smelling the testtosterone in the air and quickly vacated the room. she knew what that meant. Were humans ALWAYS in heat?

Sora grinned. "Good point." He leanted over, kisisng his jawline sweetly. "guess we should just jump each other every hour of the day anywhere we are." he joked.

He wondered if he was going to top tonight. Sometimes riku fought him and that was fun wrsetling for dominance and what not. He didn;t really mind in being in erither position but Riku liked to try and 'guard' his dominant position until either Sora got to his ears or his neck.

[Rikugurl]

Ven's eyes opened slightly as Terra's voice rang through his ears. She nuzzled up to the pillow more as he pulled the covers closer to him. He was facing away from Terra... but he could hear him just fine. A few moments of silence rang through the room before Ven closed his eyes again.

"We don't have a choice." He said with as much determination as possible. "We have to win." That was definitely easier said than done but... they couldn't worry about the 'what ifs' of the situation.

"We've gotten this far together. We survived Xehanort... in a way. We survived the Darkness. We survived Sora and Riku... Survived the fallen Riku.... and all the other battles in the middle. I know you know the Atteris race better than I do.... but we can do this if we work together..."

He curled his legs and opened his eyes again, seeing the blue clock staring back at him.


Fuu frowned as she watched and listened to Aqua. She nodded as her lover talked, letting her know that she was listening. When she heard about the photo... and Terra's mom, she smiled faintly and her eye became soft.... but her heart raced as she heard Aqua choke.

That was when it hit her. She gasped and her eye went wide, the moon reflecting off the red. Hatori... was in....? She had a flash back to the fight at that moment. She could remember Hatori being emotionless as he fought. His body language and his appearance... and then remembered the training.

She looked down, silver hair falling from its place behind her ear. "My god..." She whispered. Hatori was Terra's.... father? If he found out... Terra would be crushed. The ancient truths already bothered him so much down to his soul... She looked back at Aqua and blinked. "We can't tell him..."


Saix's eyes watched Demyx quickly as he jumped up. His eyes narrowed as he looked up at the other, still having a hard time concentrating from all the faded pain. Aqua was ok.... that was good. "She did... did she?" He asked with his usual monotone voice. He slowly looked away and nodded.

He looked back up at the moon and smiled slightly. "Hmm... there's a melody stuck in my head... I like it a lot.... but I don't know where it came from."


Riku grinned as he looked at Sora, leaning his head up as Sora kissed his jaw. He glanced over, seeing that Invidia was gone. She was pretty smart. He looked back at Sora and smiled. He was always worried who would top... but quite honestly, Riku didn't care anymore.

What did it matter? He finally got over his macho problem and realized being on the bottom... was actually amazing... seeing Sora change so dominating... mmm.... he could already feel blood starting to rush as he thought about it.

He suddenly got up and pushed Sora on the bed. His silver hair and twilight necklace fell on Sora's chest. "Hmmm.... it's been awhile since out wedding... and we haven't used one of our gifts..." He suddenly got up and walked to the closet. On his way there, he pulled his buckle from his pants and pushed them off along with his boxers. He stepped out of his clothes as he slid the closet opened and reached up to the top shelf.

He pulled down a box and opened in, blushing brightly and putting it back. Wrong one. He grabbed another one and opened it, looking in to see the lube and handcuffs.

[Reno]

Terra wasd quiet as he listened to Ven then smirked. "okay." he turned on his side hands wrapped around Ven suddenly, bringing him in close. "You win." He nuzzled the other. "We'll find him, kick his ass and have a fucking celebration."

"good night Ven." he murmured finally, smiling a bit more easily. He didn;t know what was going to happen... but they;d train hard. there was no way they could be ready for everything but if they were smart and worked together...

They should be able to do this. right?


"I know..." Aqua whispered, bowing her head. She couldn;t imagine what it would do to terra if they DID tell him. The brunette, no matter how strong he is, had a pretty fragile psyche.

And everyone had a breaking point. That would probably be it.

"It seems so wrong to do that though..." Aqua murmured, looking up at her. "We're... protecting him though right? It's for his own good right?" She wondered idly... if even Hatori knew who Terra was... to him

Or if he would care. From experience she knew just how little parents could care. Terra didn't need that in life. It really hurt having a mother who didn't love you. And the reminder still bugged her at times.


Demyx blinked a bit, watching the other. He didn;t seem too bother. Aqua had told him this wasn;t uncommon after one of his rages and Saix seemed pretty... accustomed to it.

He was just glad he wasn;t freaking out. Her would have been if he had been in Saix's position.

He blinked at the mention of the melody. He smiled, shutting his eyes. "Did it sound like this?" He started to hum the same tune he had played to the other.


Sora blinked in susprise as their positions suddenly swapwped. He looked up at Riku. Huh... presents? what was riku talking about? He watched the other get up and go to their closet just as his mind clicked and he started to blush heavily. Selphie;s gift... was flavored lubes and... and...

"Riku?" He sat up, crossing his legs in front of him, waiting for his lover to return. He hoped Riku was wanted to use the lube. He listened to the other rummage around but contined to wait patiently, his heart thumping as adrenline spread through his body, his blood pumping. Handcuffs come on that was... honestly a gag right?!

Though... that would be... interesting... Fire was building in his stomach and his legs twitched wanting Riku to get back there right now so he could jump him or... or so he could be jumped either way!

[Rikugurl]

Ven's eyes widened as he felt Terra shift and wrapped his arms around him. He smiled softly at the warm and couldn't help but chuckle when the other said he had won. That was easier than usual. He was starting to learn a lot from watching Sora... he really gave him strength. He supposed... that was what big brothers did.

He twisted in Terra's arms and faced him, his blonde hair tickling the other's face. "Good night" He said softly and he slowly nuzzled into the snitch in Terra's shoulder. He blinked a few times then laughed. "Terra... is that celebration going to have bunnies and fucking rainbows?"


Fuu nodded softly. "We can't tell him... we might lose him if he knows. It's already eating him up inside that one of his race is still practicing the ancient ways of their kind... it would kill him if he knew it was his father. Especially when it comes to Ven... he loves that boy so much... and if his own father is unloving....

"It would break his heart... and we have to remember... him and Ven are connected by the paopu fruit... if he goes down... so will Ven." She said softly. She looked at Aqua, seeing the hurt in her face. She pulled her hand away and wrapped her arm around her lover, bring her close and planting a kiss on her forehead.


Saix blinked and looked over as he heard the melody. So... it wasn't just in his head? He really did hear it before? He smiled softly and nodded, slowly pointing to the sitar with all his strength. "Play it for me...?"


He smiled as he pulled away and started walking towards Sora, grinning as he already saw how excited Sora was.
He sat down at the edge of the bed and placed the box on it. He opened the cover again, revealing the flavors. He picked some up and read them. Watermelon, Banana, Strawberry, Mint, Berry... and so much more. Did Selphie by a whole grocery worth of flavors!?

It had to be a year supply... a year supply for them that is. They were good sized bottles and thankfully... all squeezable like soap... so they could keep it by the bed. He grinned, looking at their empty nightstand, seeing it with endless amount of lube bottles on it.

He looked back down then took the handcuffs. "Hmmm...." He grinned at Sora... and suddenly pounced on him. Hot pink fur wrapped around the iron cast bed frame in a hurry. Since Sora was already naked... this was going to be a lot more easier. He sucked at his lover's neck as he tightened the fluffy handcuffs and slowly pulled away.

He smiled as he straddled the other, their members rubbing deliciously together as he got comfortable. He reached over to the night stand and pulled out... something that he had hidden away. A camera. He grinned as he turned it on and focused on Sora, snapping it. Finally something to hold him over while Sora was at school and he couldn't visit him on his break.

"This one is going on our mantel." He joked as he placed the camera on the nightstand. He leaned back, picking up the box of goodies and shifted through them. "Hmmm.... how do I want you to taste tonight?" Pulling out the passion fruit bottle, he tilted his body and watched as the lube dripped down onto Sora's nipple. He licked his lips slowly as he watched another dip going down to Sora's other one.

He pulled the bottle up and let a drip go onto his tongue as he eyes Sora sensually. He licked his lips again as he placed the bottle on the nightstand next to the camera and leaned down, lapping at one of the nipples. Delicious....

[Reno]

Terra grinned slowly. "Yep. Yep it will." He chuckled deeply, shutting his eyes. He had a feeling... everything would be better once Hatori was gone.

Well... not everything. But maybe...

Yeah maybe Ven would...

maybe he would...

It could happen.


Aqua snuggled up against her, nodding slowly at her words. "you're right..." They were Terra's friends... they were supposed to keep him from getting hurt.

She smiled at the kiss. "We should get some sleep." she mumbled finally, trying to shove the new information from her mind. "Long day ahead tommorrow."


Demyx blinked, then smiled. "Kay" He walked up to his instrument, hefting it with eash. It was a large looking instrument heavy too and some were surprised such a scrawny guy could lift it. Slowly he began to strum the notes, smiling contently.


Sora watched Riku silently as he was.... decided... on lube. Oh jesus...

His muscles tensed a bit as riku suddenly looked at him, predatory and all. He yelped, suddenly getting his wish. He got pounced on. "R-" He started when he felt his arms yanked back and... something furry kinda like a stuffed animal was wrapped aorund his wrists.

Oh fuck those handcuffs weren't a gag. He tugged at the bonds. "Riku!" He started to protest but what really came out was "Ri-nngh..." His eyes darkening as their members were rubbed together. "Ah..." He shut his eyes, his hips twisting and shifting with Riku's.

His face was flushing when he heard it. a snap. His eyes opened baffled... and then saw Riku... holding a... CAMERA?! Sora went bright red. "Riku!! Y-you... You!!"

He blushed even more darkly. What the hell did he want that for?! He watched the sneaky silverette pull out some lube getting a glispe of the title. Passion? Eh...?

He flinched at the drips on his nipples, the liquid cooler then her body by far. "R-Ri..." His eyes slowly grew wider as Riku went down... and licked and... "Oh god..." He groaned, his arms by reflex, tried to move to bury themseleves into silver hair - and a jangle of chains and tugging back of his hands reminded him he was chained. He looked back at the handcuffs. Oh shit this was gonna be... torture!

Slowly his blue eyes turned back to Riku, watching him intently. It's not like he could do much else.