The Chasers: New World Locket

[Rikugurl]

Dust blew into the wind as the sound of a screeching tire was put into action against dry land. The sound of a motor blared through the barren wasteland as tracks started to be left behind in the dirt.
A motorcycle sped away from a deserted town, broken and beaten down from power and destruction.

The bike moved fast over the desert, heading for a large cliff that was about a mile away. It was the only moving thing around.
Two people were on it, one hunched over the handles and one holding tight around the driver's waist.

The bike continued on it's way until black swirls formed around it, odd looking birdlike creatures coming from the darkness. They flew after the bike that seemed to pick up more speed... but it wasn't long until they caught up. The biker in the back looked up, feeling a creature peak at the helmet they were wearing. A black glove moved from a waist, pushing up and hitting the creature in the beak.

As the bike continued to go down the plain, the driver suddenly held out an arm, driving with only one hand now. In the driver's arm, a sudden light appeared around his hand... and an odd shaped weapon appeared in it. It looked... like an oversize key. When the odd creatures started to attack the driver, they slashed at them, making them puff into black clouds of smoke. Crystal hearts slowly started to fill the sky as they slashed more and more of the creatures until there was none left.

The bike and its riders were coming up to the cliff now and the key disappeared. It was straight up from the bottom... and how they were going to get up there seemed impossible.
The passenger slowly let go of the driver's waist and a light formed in both gloves. Suddenly the light turned into round weapons with spikes around the edges. An ancient weapon know as a chakram. There was one in each hand and slowly they were sent out pass the bike.

They hit the base of the cliff and stuck deep into the ground. The bike didn't stop... even if it was headed right for the cliff. If anyone was watching, it looked like an attempted suicide. However, when they passed the chakrams in the ground, a powerful wind blew up. The bike jerked and the driver pulled up quickly, making the bike do a wheelie.

The front tire hit the cliff wall and the bike jerked again... but the pedal was slammed down on... and the wind from the chakrams pushed the motorcycle up the cliff. The passenger wrapped their arms around the driver tightly as they drove up the side of the wall and suddenly broke top. The bike went flying into the air and slammed down on the dirty top.

At the edge of cliff was another figure... as if it was waiting for the bikers. More black spirals appeared and more odd creatures started to form but the bike continued to drive towards the figure now. The key like weapon appeared once more and slashed easily through the new creatures. As the bike got closer, the figure seemed to panic.

When they were close enough, both passengers jumped off and landed easily on the ground. The bike continued off and drove itself off the cliff. It fell down and down but when it was about to smash into the ground, a wind stirred and it spiral to a halt at the bottom.

The figure who was waiting was a man... and he seemed quite panicked as the two bikers walked towards him. One was slightly taller than the other... it seemed like it was a man due to the body structure. A helmet hid his face as he walked closer, the key appearing once more. He wore a zip up black jacket with two belts looping over his chest. Where the belts originated from, a silver symbol shown proudly.

More belts were wrapped around his waist, much more than needed. Pants too held some belts of their own matching with black boots. His passenger was much more simple. All they wore was a skin tight black leather suit. It was obviously a female since they had signs of breasts.

The two stopped in front of the man who now formed a key weapon of his own. "Get back! I'm warning you!" He swung the key forward but neither of the two flinched. The man's eyes were crazed golden as they shifted from one figure to the other.

The driver suddenly spoke, his voice much more smoother and calmer than the panicked figure. "Look what you've done to this world."
The figure blinked, looking around. It was nothing but desert. "So!? It's mine to take! With this keyblade, I can have everything! No one will make fun of me anymore! No one will tell me how horrible I am... they're all quite now huh!?" He started to laugh, a crazy yet still panicked laugh.

The driver didn't flinch but slowly raised his hand. "Hand over the keyblade. You've done enough damage." The man looked at the driver, as if he was crazy. "What!? Never!" He cried as he swung again but neither of them moved.
Slowly the woman came closer and looked at the man. He watched her carefully but all he saw was the inside of the helmet shield turn red... and suddenly....

"AUGH!" He shivered, suddenly falling to his knees. Pain ran through his every muscle. It was so overwhelming. What... what was happening. The inside of her helmet continued to glow red and the man continued to squirm in pain.
"ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! PLEASE STOP!" He called and the driver yanked the key weapon from the golden eye one.

Tenebrex
The blade was looked at behind the helmet shield and the glowing in his partner's helmet stopped. This keyblade... was very dangerous... who it got into this man's hands... they didn't know.
It suddenly disappeared though and the driver looked back down at the man who was now panting. The pain leaving him.

"Make things right again." He said calmly as a foot went out... and kicked the man over the side of the cliff. The golden eyes suddenly turned back brown as he fell off the cliff. "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
Before he could hit, the wind too picked up and saved his fall. He landed next to the bike.... that once belonged to him. He blinked, quickly getting up and looked up at the cliff he had fallen off of. He shook as he picked up his bike and suddenly drove away towards a nearby town.

The two at the top of the cliff nodded to each other and the key the man had of his own appeared. It was sliced and a computerized portal opened. There was no ripple as they walked through it...





They walked into a steel room that was cluttered with all sorts of travel wear. Slowly the woman pulled off her helmet. Long silver hair flowed down the leather suit and she swooshed it back and forth to get the stiffness out of it. A red eye peered through the soft silver hair, a black eye patch cover the other with a silver symbol on it like the one her partner wore.

Name// Fujin Fairholm
Age// 28
Chaser// 4
Stance// Negotiator

She walked passed her partner, placing her helmet on a hanger.

Her partner slowly pulled his helmet off, revealing spiky blonde hair that never seemed to tame. Bright blue eyes glowed under the long blonde spikes. In the back, a very small ponytail was tied up tightly with a black string.

Name// Ventus Holani
Age// 32
Chaser// 2
Stance// Second in Command

He sighed softly as he put his helmet up on a hook and walked out of the room. They walked into a hallway and then into a larger room.
Bright green eyes welcomed them with a happy cheer. "Alright! Good Venny and Fuu!" She cried happily as she swung her hand in the air. Her long brown hair bounced as she jumped, seeing them come closer.

Name// Olette Almasy
Age// 29
Chaser// 6
Stance// Communications

Ventus smiled as he walked by, shaking his head. "Why so happy this time?"
"What do you mean!? That was the 4,000th keyblade! You know what that means!"

Before anyone could answer, the chair she was standing next to swirled around, revealing two young children crouched in it. They were siblings, obviously since they shared the same look. One was older than the other, only about a year though.
The younger one popped out of the chair, his hair very dark brown, spiked up very much like Ven's and his eyes an off green. He tugged on Ven's arm and smiled. "That means it's a party tonight!" He cried happily.

Name// Gunnar Almasy
Age// 4
Chaser// 8
Stance// Pilot aid

Blue eyes looked down at him and he laughed softly, messing up the boy's hair. "Its that right? Well... I guess I should change for the occasion." He nodded and slowly started to leave.

"Oh! Venny!" Olette waved to grab his attention before he left the room. "Terra and Seifer are still out on their mission... but they should be back soon." She smiled softly.

The blonde stopped and looked back at her. A small smile appeared and he nodded again before he left.
The brunette looked at the silverette and smiled. "Aqua's in the kitchen already working on the meal. I'll be in when Seifer and Terra return ok??"

The silverette woman rose an eyebrow but nodded. "You're too happy at times Olette." She joked as she walked by the three towards another room. She walked down a hallway towards a closed door and pressed the button to the side, making the door open. It was a large room that was plenty big enough to be called a kitchen. She looked around and smiled as she saw a familiar woman working over a table.

She slowly walked to her and leaned over, wrapping arms around her waist. "I'm home..." She said softly into the other woman's ear. The smell of the food was quite delightful. She was starving.


Ventus walked along a longer hallway, one that was more open. He grabbed the railing and suddenly jumped over it, landing on steel stairs swiftly. He walked down them to the lower level and walked down yet another wider hallway. This ship was much bigger than their last one. A few doors lined the walls but he walked to the last one and pulled off a glove. The hand under it was scared badly... looking as if he had quite a nasty burn there once before. He placed his hand on a monitor and a small computer started to act up. A light peered over his blues eyes.

"Access Granted"

His named flashed and the door suddenly opened. He walked in and some lights flickered on revealing the room. It was a large yet cozy bedroom with two twin beds on the side. They were both a dull color to match the dull room but they looked soft and welcoming. He walked in and the door closed behind him. He passed the first bed and to the furthest on way. It was close to a window that showed... space. Stars glowed in as he passed a door that let to a small bathroom.

Slowly he fell on top of the bed and sighed. His eyes closes as he just laid there. Whirling of computers could be heard... but besides that... it was silent and peaceful... until...

♪ "When you walk away
You don't hear me say please
Oh baby, don't go
Simple and cle--" ♪

His blue eyes shot open and he looked at his nightstand, seeing a cellphone vibrate. He quickly reached for it and opened it, placing it to his ear. "Hello?" He paused for a moment before a smile arose from his face. A familiar voice came from the other side. "Ah, hey Soran..." Pause. "The ad?... uh, hold on a second." He put the phone down and opened a drawer, pulling out a rather tick newspaper.

It read: Connection 1 News. It was the newspaper that the connect worlds that Sora knew made all together. It was printed in Radiant Garden and distributed all around the connection. The Chasers too were able to pick one up... even if they were in Connection 4 now. He flipped through the pages until he reaced Destiny's section and looked through it. His eyes widened as he suddenly saw an ad and smiled.

He picked up the phone and nodded. "Yea, I see it. It looks great!" He smiled more as his eyes wondered over it. It was a picture of Riku and Sora holding a large tub full of Paopu fruit. The ad read:
!Destiny Happens!
Paopu fruit are delicious fruit that will bring loved ones together for all eternity. Those who share one will be intertwined as one. If you are interested in intertwining with a true loved one, please fill out the form below and mail it the following address:

The address was given and under that:
These fruit are only given for wedding gifts or for anniversaries, please make sure you let us know which one it is!
He smiled softly as he looked at the picture. This was Riku's new job... his own little business as Sora continued his teaching job... and of course helped his husband with the cute idea.

[Reno]

A form rushed through the dark forest. The trees were all black and dripping some disgusting substance. Every time a drip hit the floor, a hiss was heard as if it were acid. The trees' trunks were a violent red like an enflamed wound. Someone dangerous had poisoned this world pretty badly - it would need a long time to heal.

He paused on the trail as it forked, looking left and right, bringing his legs closer together so that he didn't touch any of the furious acids littering the floor. He was obviously a male with a thin frame - only seeming large behind his flowing large coat. Red crosses decorated the sleeves.

He heard the sounds of metal smashing together firiously off to his right. He took off in that direction. His chase came to and end however as strange creatures with spiny bodies came from the ground - they appeared to be like hedgehogs. He held up his weapon with one hand - it was sharp and long, but light in weight with a gun attached. A gunblade. "No Mercy." He held out his other towards the creatures, blasting them with fire. He spun his blade in his hand, green coloring it instantly, making the once dark forest bright. He stoppped spinning it moments later as it glew bright green, yellow swirls of energy collecting around him like wind and a ball of energy forming around the blade. He slashed and the ball flew, slashing into the creatures tearing them all apart with a big explosion. He hurried on.

Soon he was shown the seen of two others fighting. One was a blonde, hair done up in pigtails that swirled around with her whenever she dodged her opponents strikes. Her eyes were a brilaltn gold. Her oppoanent was a broad-shoulder person who towerred over the other - obviously male. even if he did wear pants that made it look like he was wearing a skirt. A silver symbol around his waist shined proudly whenever their blades met, creating sparks. Both of their blades were strange - they apepared to be oversized keys.

Her breath was panicked and she gave a cry and the taller suddenly was shovered her back. Land suddenly flew up, wrapping around her legs and wrists, yanking her into the ground.

The other, who had been watching, walked forward, merclessly holding the blade up to the throat.

"No! stop!" She cried, struggled against her keyblade.

"give up?" The one with the key asked, approached the two.

"Never!" She hissed venometly.

He made a sharp arm movement and the ground under her shifted and started to drag her under.

"NOOOOO!" she screamed, tears running down her face. "I GIVE I GIIIIIVE! Please let me go!"

The male hovering above her scoffed, cracking his gunblade against her keyblade, and it flew into the air. The taller caught it without effort, the name coming to him, unbidden.
Viper Strike
Well... that was probably why this world was dying of poison. Not a fun way to go. He jerked his hand, and it disapepared in a flash of light, joining it's predecesser as the 4,001th keyblade.

He spun his keyblade in his hand, jabbing it down. a soft golden light shot outwards, hitting some of the nearby trees, slowly purifying them. He had to atleast allow for the girl to be able to be able to leave alive.

The girl's eyes were watery as they changed back to green and the one in the coat yanked her from the ground. "Fix the mess you made." He snapped, before joining his companion. "If you don't... well we'll be back for you."

The keyblader shrugged, slashing and creating a computerized portal, walking through it silently. the two stepped forth and were gone without another sound.

The girl sat there shakily, rubbing her eyes, then slowly start to climb through the forest. She had a lot of work to do.


"whoo!" The shroted breathed, tugging off his helmet. He had bright, flatten down blonde hair, a rebellious strand hanging in front of his forhead. He hyad a strong chin, sharp blue eyes and a pointed nose. The only thing that marred his handsomeness was the deep scar that ran between his eyes - a scar gained long, long ago in a fight he hardly remembered. "Another wussette down!"

Name// Seifer Almasy
Age// 30
Chaser// 5
Stance// Pilot

The other chuckled lightly at the other's exerberance, tugging off his own helmet. His face was made up of sharp angles and a strong visage. His brunette hair spiked up at the top the rest falling to frame his cheeks softly. "that one had been easy."

Name// Terra Tellus
Age// 35
Chaser// 1
Stance// Leader


The two continued to laugh and tease each other about how pathetic the girl had looked until they reached the larger room.

"Dad!" A hyper voice cried, and a young girl jumped from the chair she had been cuddling with her brother in, hugging Seifer's leg. she had blonde hair that curled at her shoulders much like her mother's did, her own eyes a forest green. She wore a pretty orange shirt with flowers on it and yellow shorts.

Name// Lucina Almasy
Age// 5
Chaser// 7
Stance// Pilot Aid


"Hey there." Seifer said, lifting her eaily. "how;d my princess!" He kissed her cheek.

She giggled. "Good!" He set her down, walking over to his son, lifting him up as well. "And my tiger?"

"I think i'll leave you to your... family reunion." Terra teasted, hurrying off in the opposite direction.

"Ven's in his room!" The daughter called after him, and he waved to her in thanks, taking off almost instantly.


The blue-haired woman shivered in the other's arms as the other spoke in her ear. she grinned happily, turning her head. "finally, thought you'd be gone forever!" She had really sharp blue eyes to match her hair, and a soft face only lightly dabbed with makeup.

Name// Aqua Umi
Age// 33
Chaser// 3
Stance// Scouter


Aqua kissed the other lightly, smiling softly. "Want some?" She murmured, holding up some pieces of carrot that she was gonna make into a soup. she knew the other was starving. in the oven some chicken was cooking, delicious smelling only because of the spices she had used.


"Yeah! I thought so too!" A chuckle wafted over the phone, childish excitement in the other's voice. I'm thinking of framing it just for the hell of it. And... you know me and Riku agreed if you or any of the other Chasders want one even if its not for a speacila occasion well you know we can make exceptions."

Terra walked in, hearing Ven happily jabbering away on his cellphone - and from the tone of voice he could tell immeditaely that it was Sora on the other line. Ever since the gateways had opened more communication had become so much easier.

He chuckled, hearing the other;s happy tone of voice. ever since Ven had slowly allowed his ehart to reopen he started acting more and more like his old self. And each new emotion or each new expression he readded to his personality only made Terra fall for him harder.

Terra wandered over, collasping onto the bed and laid his head on the other's stomach as if he was a pillow.

[Rikugurl]

A brunette popped her head out from the hallway once she heard a familiar voice. "Haha! My man is back!" She laughed happily as she bounced over to the blonde male. She smiled as she wrapped her arms around his waist since his neck wasn't available at the time.

"I'm so glad you're home!" She smiled as she kissed his cheek. She was always worried when he went out on missions... but she knew he was always a bit worried when she went out on her own missions as well... even if he always tried to play it cool. She always tried to keep up the good spirits... that was probably where everyone got theirs from too. She was a ball of energy.

Sora had told her she reminded him a lot of Yuffie... only she wasn't a klepto. Roxas was amazed how much she had changed. She was always good at organizing and still was... seeing that she was the head of the communications... but she was usually so shy and down to earth. Seemed like getting married and having kids of her own really brought out the sunshine in her.

She knew Seifer was happy too. He had changed... even if he didn't want to admit it. Seifer was an orphan like Fuu and Rajin... probably why they all stuck together with Vivi. But now he had a happy wife and two happy and healthy children to call his own family. He'd never be lonely again and she also had quite a respectful job on top of it all.

Her orange dress pressed up against his white jacket and she nuzzled him. Lucina was born loving orange just like her mother! And Gunnar wanted to be macho like his father and have 'awesome' hair like Venny. "Hey! Guess what tonight is!" She finally said happily.

Before she could finish, Gunnar smiled.
"Party!!"
"That's right! We got 4,001 keyblades now! That's so impressive!" She let go of Seifer and put her fist in the air happily.
Gunnar was placed down and blinked when his stomach started to rumble.

Off green eyes looked up at Olette and pouted. "Mommy... when is dindin gonna be ready?"
Olette blinked and smiled. "Well, Aqua is working on it right now... but Fuu just went in there... so who knows how long it will be!" She giggled and shook her head.

Bringing children up as Chasers was dangerous. Each of them put their life on the line sometimes when they went on missions... but there was one thing that Olette loved about raising her children on the ship. She knew her children would grow up with tolerance. They would grow up around a heterosexual couple, obviously, a lesbian couple and... ONE DAY a gay couple whenever Venny decided to pull his head out of his ass! She knew that no sexual preference would bother their children as they grew and would follow their hearts to whatever the gender might be that they fell in love with.

She stopped and blinked. "Oh! That reminds me! I have to go help!" She laughed before she gave Seifer one last kiss and a kiss to Gunnar's and Lucina's forehead before she raced down a hall to the kitchen.
The best part of it all... Seifer never called her a wussette after she kicked his ass one day with her own weapon before they were married.



Fujin smiled at the kiss and pulled her silver hair behind her ears. She loved it here. It was so peaceful and full of life. Having the two children around kept things lively and it was hard to stay down about something with them and Olette around.

A red eye looked at her then at the carrot. She smiled as she took the piece of carrot and popped it into her mouth. "Delicious." She leaned in and gave Aqua another soft kiss before leaving her side and looking around at all the counters. There was already a bunch of food made and her own stomach seemed to start grumbling. She never knew Aqua could cook like this... but the blue haired woman explained that she was the one that made the meals when she was growing up because her father was so busy and her mother never gave a shit about anything.

That was... if they even had any food to make.

She pulled up a top of a pan, looking in to see some rice. She smiled as she took the spoon in it and slowly pulled up a spoonful. She blew it and was about to put it in her mouth when she felt a tap on her hand.

"NO NO NO FUU!" Olette smiled as she took the spoon away. "No eating until dinner! You're going to spoil your appetite!" She laughed as she shoo her away. "Go stir the noodles!" She pointed at a pot on the stove next to Aqua.
Fuu groaned but walked over. The heat in the kitchen was a bit overwhelming in this skin tight leather suit...

Olette smiled as she worked on the other side of the kitchen. She opened another over and pulled out a delicious strawberry and pineapple cake. Yes... the kitchen was that big. There were pigs on this ship she swore! She walked to the large fridge and opened it, taking out a package of pre-made muffins that Venny had made and placed them on a sheet, popping them into the oven next. Terra refused to have desert if it didn't consist of a muffin or two.

Silver hair was pulled up in a pony tail as she took a wooden spoon next to Aqua. She looked down at the noodles simmering and started to stir them. Glancing at Olette fixing up the cake she pulled up some noodles blew on them quietly before putting them in her mouth.



Ven smiled as he heard the frame thing. Sora framed EVERYTHING and anything that cou;d be framed. Their home looked like it could be a Nooks and Cranny shop for frames it was so loaded. He remembered Sora telling him the story about Castle Oblivion and that he had to regain all his memories while asleep... and he still didn't feel like he regained them all. He figured all the framed things would help him remember everything if he happened to lose his memory again.

Blue eyes shifted under long blonde spikes as he looked at the door opening.
"Access Granted"
A figure walked through the room and Ven looked out the window, listening to Sora as he continued to talk. He blinked though as he felt something heavy on his stomach.

"Haha, yea? Well, maybe we could take one the next time we visit huh? I think Aqua and Fujin are getting a lot more closer now a days... they might just need one." He grinned as he looked down at blue eyes looking at him.
"But uh... hey Soran, I'll let you go. I have some weird looking thing laying on my stomach." He laughed and nodded a bit, getting a response. "Alright, have a good one. Bye." He snapped his cellphone closed and placed it back on the nightstand.

He looked back down at Terra and smiled, wrapping his finger's in the other's hair. "You owe me 100 munny. We finished our mission before you AND we got the 4,000th keyblade." He stuck his tongue out and suddenly pushed him off the bed. "And get the fuck off my bed!" He grinned as he pulled up his pillow.

It was decided when they moved to their new airship that Terra and Ventus would get separate beds. They figured it would be the best for them... It took them quite awhile to get use to falling asleep without the other's warmth... but as long as they were still pretty close while sleeping, they managed.

[Reno]

Seifer smiled softly as his wife pressed against him. "why hello there." he purred, accepting the kiss and giving her one back.

"Ewww." Lucina complained. She was a weird girl - weren;t they supposed to like the romantic love-docy fairytale... type kiss stuff? Maybe Aqua and Fuujin were getting to her too much.

He didn;t mind too much though. He was actually happy his children had an equal number of female and male influences in their life. the only rule was no cussing around the kids - one of which Ven and Terra had found very hard. But hoenstly he didn;t want his baby girl and boy's first words to be 'damn' or 'fuck'.

Thats why he was thrilled when Lucina's (Who they nicknamed Luci most of the time or just plan Ci) first word was 'Dado' (Daddy) and his Gunnar's first was 'mum'. No cussing here.

As far as the relationships went... well... he wasn;t thinking about that yet. He wasn;t bothered by it of course. Fuujin was his BEST friend - and he had always sort of known something was... different about her (besides the fact that she spoke in one word speech, liked to kick things and was very agressive).

He chuckled happily at the mtnion of a party. "Oh?" Did they have to celebrate EVERYTHING?

Yeah it appeared so. Pff, they're were probably gonna have some big huge thing when Terra and Ven finally matched up. Jesus their was so much sexual tension between them even HE could see it - and face it when it wasn;t fighting he wasn;t the most observent person in the world. He wasn;t some in depth character who thought long and hard about other people's feelings.

He shared one final kiss with his wife (who was a hellofva lot stronger then she looked) before she hurried off to go finished dinner before collasping in his chair, bringing his kids close. "so what did you two do while i was away?"

Lucina snuggled up to his side. "Waited!" she giggled. "I pretened i was on the mission with you daddy fighting off all the mean evil blackies" That's what she termed heartless. She was gonna be quite a fighter.


Aqua giggled behind her hand as she saw Fuujin sneak some food when Olette wasn't looking. That was her girl~ She chopped up the rest of the carrots, then started on celery next.

One by one the vegetables and meat were added to the soup she was making and it began to shimmer and cook. It was going to taste great. she did indeed know how to cook - someone had to in this place! Terra did too to an extent but nothing he made was every very... tasteful. and the brunette had admitted that more oftern then not he stole food when he wanted it.

Ven knew more techniques when it came to campfires and catching and cutting live food having lived on his own for so long and learned tricks of the trade for so long - that or he was given food by royalty.

Olette had learned from her mother. Fuujin and Seifer, bith being orpahsn, knew enough to get them by without dying but had no one to learn recipes from.

Aqua was gonna make sure Gunnar and Lucina got a good culinary education from her. They were probably going to need it if they planned on staying chasers.


Sora on the other end laughed fondly at his brother's comment, knowing exactly who he was talking about. "okay Ventus. Don't hurt Terra too much." He knew his twin had... mellowed out in years. His cussing had decreased dramatically - thanks to both the kid;s influences and opening his heart once more. He was... happier. SAnd even though he still cussed at Terra constantly (and vice versa) Sora was beginning to think it was a fondness issue. Eh, to them, they showed they cared by punching each other in the face.

It wasn't exactly a method the brunette stood for but hey... if it worked for them....

The two brothers said goodbye and Terra, who was lounging out on his friend blinked at the mention of munny. "But V-ah!" He cried as he was suddenly shoved off. Should have expected that. He rubbed his tailbone, scoffing. "Jackass. You got lucky thatls all!" He always hated it when Ven won their bets - usually it was in the range of... money giving while whenever he won he demanded muffins. Hey they weere simple people with simple needs.

Ah~ the seperate bed thing. Fuujin had said it would be a good idea. The less contact the more clear Ven would be able to think. That had been a horrible first month without the blonde as a constant companion at his side but at LEAST they were in the same room.

And Fuu was right it was... healthier. For both of them.

That didn't mean they never accidently... found each other in one another's bed ever. Ven sometimes awoke with Terra spooning him - the only excuse ever being was sleepwalking. And Terra sometimes awoke with Ven in his bed complaining of night terrors. It didn;t happen too often but opften enough that Terra noted that the closer they were.,.. the better they felt.

And Terra didn;t want to admit it but lately... he had been wishing for the chance to share a bed once more. He eyarned for that constant nightly contact once again. Too many mornings lately he had been waking up feleing cracnky and as if he were missing something and he knew what it was. Ven.

Pff - love was pathetic!

[Rikugurl]

Olette danced a bit as she decorated the cake. They didn't celebrate EVERYTHING but they did celebrate birthdays and of course 1,000 hits on keyblades.... plus a little party when Gunnar and Lucina walked... and said their first word... and little things like that. She didn't see a problem with it! She wanted her kids to be happy in this stressful job. They wouldn't be brought up like most children...

The cake was strawberry with pineapples on top, a little recipe that she learned on the beach of Twilight Town. It was so tropical and oddly delicious. She put strawberry frosting around the pineapples and put a frosted 4 before three pineapple rings. She smiled when she heard a ding, opening the oven and bring out the muffin. She grinned, knowing of their bet and put some frosting on the top that read:
-100

Giggling, she sniffed the air and licked her lips. Now even her stomach was growling! It smelt so good! The good thing about making HUGE meals like this was that there were leftovers for quite some time... and no one fussed about that!


Gunner smiled as he was pulled close. He loved his daddy a lot. There was one time when the little boy asked about the scar on his face... and said he wanted one just like it!

He popped off the chair and laughed. "Yea! And I was her body guard!" He cried happily as he started to run around and make his hand into a gun. "Bang bang! Boom!"



It wasn't easy sharing a twin size bed with two fully grown men. The only reason Ventus didn't fall off the bed when Terra sneaked in was because the strong brunette had his arms around him. Olette said she put cameras in the room to make sure they weren't sleeping together... and neither of them knew if she was kidding or not... but they didn't want to find out either.

Ven indeed grew taller thankfully... but unfortunately.... not that much. He was barely taller than the females, Aqua only a few centimeters away.... but at least he felt somewhat... taller. He was still the shortest man out of the two others though. Eh, strong things come in small packages right? He had his brothers to back him up with that one.

He actually got some muscles too. Not like Riku or Terra, but nice muscular arms that swung his keyblade with ease. His relatively boyish body had changed too... growing a small sign of abs. Terra had noticed them first of course... when Ven came out of the shower on day in a towel. It took him until he pulled over a muscle shirt for Terra to stop staring at him... and even after he caught some glances.
He was still a prissy boy when it came to his soup though. He used the same kind the girls did so that his skin was still soft like a boys'... and he smelt... more floral than Terra or Seifer.

Blonde spikes bounced as he watched Terra get up and sit on the side of his own bed. They started chatting about the mission they went on. Ven thought their missions should of been swapped since the foe of theirs decided to hid ontop a cliff.... but their wind did them good.

"Venom huh?" Blue eyes narrowed as he listened but stopped when he heard some static behind him.

"Venny! Terra! Dinner's ready!" A chipper voice came from the intercom that was put on the wall. Ven blinked and leaned back, pressing a button as he hung upside down from his bed. "Coming!"
He got up and stretched then blinked. Oh... he was suppose to change. Oh well... this was his normal get-up anyway.

Blue eyes looked down at the brunette and a grin arose. "Race you..."



"Dinner time!" A voice called out to the pilot 'lounge' where Seifer, Ci and Gunnar were.

Gunnar's eyes widened as he heard his mother's call. "FOOD!!!" He cried happily and suddenly rushed towards the dinning room. He could see it from the hall... the table full of fresh food! Steam was coming off the chicken and the bowls stuffed with food he had never even tasted before... and probably wouldn't like.

He was about to bust into the room when he hit a woman in a orange dress and fell backwards. He rubbed his head and looked up, seeing his mother blocking the door. "Did you wash your hands?" The boy blinked and pouted. "Nooooooo" "Go wash your hands first! Let Ci help you!"

The boy pouted as he got up and quickly ran to the closest bathroom, seeing his sister was already in there. He rushed in and pulled up his sleeves and showed his hands to his sister.


Fuu stirred up some rice before she placed it down on the last available spot. What a feast... She couldn't remember seeing so much food since the 3,000th keyblade was put to rest. She smiled though as she got into her usual spot. They all tried to eat dinner together as much as possible... but with their busy schedules, breakfast and lunch were totally different things all together.

She waited quietly as she looked around, thinking of what she was going to grab first. Of course... the chicken. The minute the men got in here, she knew it would be gone. They were such carnivores she swore if muffins had blood in them, Terra would eat them more than he already did.


Olette blinked when she suddenly heard a bunch of racket coming from down the hallway that lead downstairs to the sleeping quarters. She looked over and gasped as she saw a blonde and brunette almost killing themselves to get to the dinning room first.
"DID YOU GUYS WASH YOUR HANDS!?"

"FUCK THAT! I'M STARVING!"

[Reno]

The blue haired woman went about setting the table - making sure there were eight places with eight glasses, eight plates, eight bowls, eight napkins, eight knifes, eight forks and eight spoons.

Aqua was grinning happily as the second dinger dinged. Chicken was ready. she slipped on her oven mitts taking it out carefully, setting it down on the hot plates already set on the table. Soon the pasta and soup were ready too. She placed it in a seperate flowery dish, pouring on some sauce and stirring it in good before adding it to the table.

It was going to be quite a feast!!

She slowly took every bowl, ladling in the soup. If anyonne wanted seconds it wouldn't be hard to get up grab. she did this with each bowl, setting them nearby to the plates. Steam rose from all over the table, the food still deliciously hot. Her own stomach grumbled. Hey she had spent a hard day at work too!

Cooking for so many was not an easy task. She couldn;t imagine if she had to do something like this alone - it was just too many people!! And the helpings were so large... one thing was for certain. they'd DEFINITELY have leftovers.

Fuujin added the rice soon thereafter and Olette was setting aside the deserts for later. It was going to be delicious.

She added a bowl of pre-made bicuits and some butter to the table, along with a good array of drinks for everyone to choose from. "Alright lets get this party started!!"



Yes - because they had to celebrate every little detail of Ci and Gunnar's life instead of photographing it or taping it like NORMAL parents - Seifer stood firm by the fact that yes they celebrated EVERYTHING.

Lucina laughed, jumping down. "Oh protect me knight!" she swung her hand around like she was wielding a blade. "It's all up to us to save the world!"

Seifer laughed, watching his creative kids ddance a play - until dinner was annouced.

"Yay!" Ci cried, before she took off - not for the kitchen but for the bathroom. she was used to her mother's rules by now. Gunnar, unfortunetly was not.

Luci jumped onto the little stool that had been set in the bathrooms to help her and her brother reach the sink, practically crawling voer the desk to turn on the water, waiting for it to come on. Moments later a sullen Gunnar with unclean hands came into the room and she giggled. whenever was he going to learn.

She took his hands in hers, guiding them under the warm water, until both their hands were wet. then she grabbed the bar of soap and lathered it up between them until they were foamy and little bubbled popped between their fingers and rinsed again. "See it;s easy!" She turned off the water, drying off her hands then her brother's. "Dinner time!"


Terra scuttled back to his bed, leaning against the frame, listening to Ven as he shared his story and giving his own back. So this one had turned his world into a wasteland - and his own had poisoned it. Tenebrex and Viper Strike weren;t exactly the average keyblade... especally not for a beginner. They were strong buyt there was no telling how long the wielder had actually had them.

Was it just him or was every new mission more dangerous then the last? the keyblades were getting more and more deadly - harder to find, harder to obtain... and lethal.

He nodded to Ven's question. It had been like nothing he had every seen. the trees had so much poison they had been unable to contain it and almost all the grass was covered in the gunk and hissing as if it were acid.

The whole world had been a death trap. Ven and Fuujin probably would have been better on his mission - the wind could have protected them much better. Terra had been without most magical spelling for the simple reason that everything around him was unusable in large quantities. And most of Seifer's spells actually helped to bring the poison closer - or burn it so it wafted in the air.

It was a good thing they had high tol;erance and were very careful and sneaky. the fight could have quickly turned into a disaster.

Suddenly, Olettes perky voice announced that dinner was ready... and Ven brought up a new challenge that forced Terra to take his mind off of his own thoughts. He smirked. "you're on!"


Aqua nearly fell over hearing the sound of tigers coming. Damn did Ven and Terra have to compete about everything?! Sora said it was a good sign - it showed the true friendship of males. ff, yeah whatever.

She heard Olette chastising them when Ven snapped back angrily. She got a firm look on her face, walking over to the thershold and crossed her arms, looking at both her longterm friends. Terra had ahold of Ven so that he couldn't go any furhter (musta been losing the race) and both boys were starting to snap at each other.

"Bastard you cheated!" Terra snapped.

Aqua counted a few numbers on her fingertips. "that;s 2 munny for you Terra, and 4 from you Ven." Yes they had started... a swearing jar. It was actually Luci's idea - she had read about it somewhere and wanted to see if it worked. So to amuse her they started to abide by it. It seemed to be easier for the girls then the guys however.

"Yay!!!" Lucina called from the bathroom. She was getting rich of this!

"What?! fuck no!" Terra barked.

"Six." Aqua corrected. "Now go wash your hands or your desert is going down the garbage disposal!!"

Terra, paling at the thought of losing his beautiful muffin - let go of Ven and ran for the bathroom. Seifer, who was already there started to laugh at him. Lucina and Gunnar vacated the bathroom.

"Thanks Uncle Tewwa!" She said in the most sickly sweet voice possible, before hurrying off for her seat at the table.

"You dug your own grave." Seifer said, walking in to wahs his own hands.

Terra rolled his eyes. "Oh shut up."

Aqua glanced at Olette, grinning. "you might wanna change the frosting abit."

They all, for the most part got along. Of course there were fights (fist fights between Terra and Ven and occasionally Seifer - he was a hothead himself), their were arguements (hey just because they had more bathrooms now did NOT mean the eight still had to struggle to find one unaccopied at times), silent treatments (Aqua swore she didn;t break that ugly vase of Olette's on purpose, no matter how much she talked down about it!) and of course, childish teasing (And no, believe it or not most of this originated with Terra and Ven too, though Gunnar and Lucina did their fair share).

Hey, but it was life and they lvoed each other and were happy for the most part. they were friends first and Chasers second - they never forgot that.

[Rikugurl]

Gunnar smiled as he let his sister help him clean his hands. He'd learn soon enough. He was already pretty well off when it came to his age. He smiled when she dried them off for him. "Thanks sis!"
It was a godsend that the two got along pretty well. Seifer wanted to wait a few years before having a second child... but Olette read that having them close would make them closer. Besides, it would get everything done and over with.

She even stated about a third but all the Chasers said in chime: "NO!"

That was settled quickly. The dark brunette boy looked back, hearing Terra and Venny's voice from outside and then his sister cheering. She was getting so much munny! He pouted but left the bathroom with his sisters, almost getting run over by Terra and his father to wash their hands.


Ven almost choked when Terra wrapped his arms around his neck and pushed himself forward. "You're the fucking cheater..." He choked and was suddenly let free. He blinked and growled. Damn women... you're only going to get your hands dirty again from eating. WHAT WAS THE POINT!?


Olette grinned as he looked at Aqua. "Rodger that!" She giggled and rushed back into the kitchen. She was really gonna do it!
Ci came up with the idea... and Gunnar was pretty jealous about her getting so much munny... but Olette explained that if he came up with a good idea, he would reap the benefits too! They got his little mind to think more.... but nothing seemed more genius than the swear jar.


When everyone's hands became shinny, they all accompanied Fujin in the dinning room. Mouths drooled as they smelt the amazing food and the steam coming off of it. Olette sat next to Fujin and Seifer and Aqua sat next to Fujin and Terra. Next to Terra was Ven and then next to Ven was Gunnar and then next to him was his sister.

Gunnar leaned over his chair and tried to pull himself up onto his booster seat... but he was having quite a difficult time. Ventus looked down before he sat next to Terra and smiled. "Come on." He reached down and pulled Gunnar up from his underarms. "Up we go." He then placed the small boy on his booster and smiled, sitting down. "Thank you Venny!" The boy cried happily.

Before the men could act like wolves on the poor chicken, Olette banged on all their knives and forks. Two pairs of blue eyes and one pair of green blinked as they looked at her frown.
"Ut uh. Let the girls get their meat first tonight huh?" The three growled as they backed down and Olette, Fuu and Aqua got their own share of the bird first. Olette also took chunks for her children and cut them up so it was easier for them to eat.

She placed some rice and pasta on their plate and pushed their sippy cups with juice in them closer to they could reach it better. "Alright boys..." She said softly but yelped as she felt the table almost flip over when the three launched for the chicken. Of course, since the bird was more towards the front of the table, Terra got a lot of nice pieces. He sure was a wolf, because he stuck his fork into a piece, ripped it off the bone and flung it on his plate, doing it over and over.

The girls could only watch in horror as the poor bird became only skeleton in a matter of seconds.

Blue eyes narrowed as he saw the wolf pile his plate more than he needed and while he was still looking for some, Ven reached over and stole some from Terra's plate.... unfortunately, he wasn't fast enough. His eyes widened and he laughed. "Oh shit!" He suddenly shoves the chicken he stole in his mouth, too big for it to all fit. His hands were all greasy and he couldn't help laugh, making some pieces of chicken fall on his plate.

A red eye narrowed as a disgusted look came over the woman's face. "................ew."


The rest of the dinner went smoothly after some choice words over the chicken ended.
Olette put some soup in her mouth and smiled, feeling the warm liquid ease her day of chipper speaking. It was quiet, only the sound of silverware hitting bowls and plates as they ate.

Fuu put some lettuce and tomatos in her mouth and pull her silver hair behind her ears that had fallen out of her pony tail.

Gunnar struggled to get some rice on his spoon without using his fingers.

Ven wrapped his fork around the noodles and was about to draw it into his mouth when he suddenly stopped. He blinked slowly as he looked at his plate and slowly put his fork down.

Olette blinked as she caught the odd view. "Venny? What's wrong?"
The whole table seemed to stop and looked at the spiky haired blonde.
Ven blinked and looked up, looking at everyone looking at him.

Something... something suddenly went missing.... in his heart. A sudden feeling of emptiness. It wasn't related to Sora or Roxas or Terra... but something else... He shook his head, not sure what it was. He seemed to lose his apatite though... which wasn't like him at all....

[Reno]

Lucina, who was going to be a tall woman everyone could tell, easily got in her seat with practiced ease. Her ltitle brother still couldn;t do that either. One day though he;d find it as easy as her!

As they sat around the table - made pretty by the girls who worked hard to cook it - the three men raised their knifes and forks, looking absolutely predatory.

Aqua sighed, her fingers twitching, ready to fight for her share if she had too. They just got so excited about this stuff. It was just food for christ's sake and there was definitely enough to go around. They just didn;t understand anything about aesthetics.

But then suddenly Olette jumped in and with a well placed smile and a few choice words (the 'Or else i'll castrate all three of you' was laden under her tone) the floor was given to the females and children.

Aqua grinned. Genius! Everything was slow at first, wonderfully so as drinks were poured, chicken was carefully cut off and chopped for the kids, pasta and rice spilled onto plates in neat little portions. Ahhh this was a good dinner.

And then they were done - and all hell broke lose.

Aqua probably should have rethought were she had placed the chicken - nearest to their leader probably wasn;t the smartest ideas. Like the inner wolf he was, the brunette tore for the chicken, leaving poor Seifer and little Ven to fight for their share. they had to get past lots of Terra's growls and sharp movements though.

Even if he was for the most part human he still showed those little signs - signs Aua had never noticed before - of Terra's animalistic nature. He WAS a little over-protective of food...

Ven was getting a good idea. Seifer could see it forming in the blonde head - he got that weird assed dazed look roxas or sora got whenever they were thinking hard.

Then suddenly Ven snatched at a piece of chicken. Off of TERRA'S plate! Holy shit! He was obviously suicidal!

Terra's sharp eyes caught it, and he looked at the other sharply. "Ven-" Then the blonde tried to stuff the whole thing in his mouth and Terra grimanced. "No forget it... you can keep it . Just don;t choke."


The rest of dinner progressed pretty quietly. there wasn;t much to talk about. Aqua had forbidden talk of misisons at HER dinner table. She just didn;t want anyone getting depressed on her while they were eating... or disgusted.

Lucina was fumbling with her own utensils as well. both were still to weaned to their hands that lengthy tools didn;t work well with them yet.

Seifer munched on his share of the chicken. even for as little as he had gotten it was damn good! He had to hand it to the girls. they could cook!

Aqua sipped up the now lukewarm soup, enjoying it very much. t tasted wonderful. Which was good. last time she had had too much salt.

Ven was in his blind spot. Terra only caught glimpses of the blondes hands when his fork was reaching a fair amount ofer the plate or going for his glass or soup bowl. It had taken a long time for Terra to get used to the lack of sight in his left eye - but thats what training was for. He still sometimes got the hell shocked out of him at times when someone soundless came up on his left side in a place his brain kept thinking he should have seen. He doubted he;d ever get fully used to it - however in a case like this he just knew something was wrong.

He must mostly tipped off on it when the other stopped moving... and the second was a pseudo-feelings of something missing filling his heart - but definitely too faint to be his own.

The boy looked completely baffled... and just a ltitle bit scared. Terra frowned and reached out, hand hovering - almost wanting to cover the other;s hand but knowing instinively such a move was too intimate and he;d be told off for it later. so instead he opted for the other's shoulder. "You okay?" he asked cocnernedly. he just wanted to plain out ask 'What's missing' but it didn;t seem apporpriate.

[Rikugurl]

Gunnar munched on his rice as he looked over, seeing everyone look at Ven and he did so too. Ven didn't look very good. Was he sick?


Ven blinked as he felt a heavy hand on him and slowly looked up, seeing the brunette with a blind eye looking at him a bit oddly. It was hard to remember about his blind eye. Terra didn't cover it like Fuu... and he was just so use to the land keyblader to have his sight in tact.

He looked back down at his plate and shook his head, blonde spikes following it. "It... it feels like there's something missing. I... I don't know what it is. It's not Sora or Roxas.... nor mom or dad... but something.... big... and faint." His blue eyes moved as he taught... but nothing came to mind.

"I'll call Sora." Olette suddenly stood but Ven reached out for her. "No!" He blinked again as she stopped and slowly sat down. He shook his head and smiled. "If it's faint... then maybe it's nothing important. Let's just enjoy our meal huh? You guys put a lot into it..." He picked up his fork again and push the pasta into it.... even if he didn't feel like eating anymore.

The rest just looked at him for a few moments before they continued to eat again. When Ven felt something, everyone would listen. He was connected with Sora... and a lot of evil things found Sora.... they had to keep an eye on the keyblade master.

When dinner was done, the three women took the dishes into the kitchen and Olette came out with the desert. Her strawberry pineapple cake! She placed it down and smiled, taking a smaller plate and placing it in front of Mr. Wolf. It was his favorite flavor muffin with pink frosting that read:
-106
She couldn't help but giggle at the look on Terra's face... but a muffin was a muffin!

Ven only took a small piece of cake and of course, the kids wanted the biggest. It was pretty tasty! Mommy made the best deserts!


After the cake was finished, Olette took that away and started helping the other two clean the dishes. They weren't always like stereotypic women. It was just their turn! Keyblade 3,000th, the men washed the dishes while the girls sipped on some wine. As for preparing food... that rather not get food poisoning and decided to just handle that.

While they cleaned the dishes, Seifer was to put the two in bed and Ven and Terra headed to their own room.



Gunner smiled as his night shirt was popped over his head with his father's help. He wore a navy blue pajama set and the two shared a full size bed in a room next to their parents. They didn't like the metal doors blocking their children... but there wasn't much they could do. If one of them had a nightmare, they would confront their sibling... and if that didn't work, they would have to get up, press the button to open their door and pound on the door next to them for one of their parents to let them in.

A stuffed moogle was handed over to the little boy and he took it happily. "Thank you daddy!" He smiled as he held the moogle tight and raced to the bed. The mattress was on the floor so that the kids could easily climb in and out of it if they needed to use the bathroom and so that neither of them fell off and hit their head.
He jumped in and got under the covers, his own pillow having some planets and fish on it to prove that it was HIS side.


Ven sighed softly as he sat down on his bed. He burped as he pulled the straps around his chest off and placed them on a hook next to his bed. He stood and unzipped his shirt, pulling that off too and throwing it down the laundry shoot. He looked over, hearing the door open and Terra walked through.

He gave the other a small smile before he pulled off his pants and tossed them down with his shirt. Black boxers stayed low on his hips as he walked over to the closet and looked through it. He smiled as he pulled out a familiar sleeping hoodie was that ripped here and there. Since Fuu did most of the laundry, she advised him to throw the old thing out... but Ven bluntly said 'I advise you shut up'. There was no way he was going to toss this thing.

It held a lot of memories... and it was comfy.

Before he put it on, he winced a bit, looking at the oddly shaped raw wound on his shoulder. He frowned as he studied it.

"Venny? What's that?" A brunette woman ask as she pointed at the wound.
Ven stopped as he looked down at it. It was raw and really discussing looking. He was going to say something before Olette cut him off.
"I don't remember that wound being in the data file."

All their major wounds would be noted in a data file... so if anything were to come up with it, they would know what it was from, when they received it and on what mission.

He frowned as he looked at it again and quickly covered it. "It's nothing. It's old."
"It doesn't look old..."

He shrugged a bit and pulled the hoodie over his head, pulling over the hood but still rebellious blonde spikes poked out of it. He sat back down on the bed and looked up at Terra. He wondered... if the brunette missed bringing him out of his chair in the old main room... He knew he sure did miss his chair...

[Reno]

Terra placed his hand away, listening to the other quietly. If Ven said it was nothing... then it was probably noticing right?

Somehow he had a feeling it wasn;t even close to that. He could feel it too... if it was nothing then he probably shouldn;t of been able too.

Aqua looked at him suspiciously but left it alone for now. Ven knew what he was doing. The other was smart - if it was something important... he'd tell.

Lucina blinked, not exactly understanding, only knowing that she should imitate the adults, that such actions were important in life. Caring and... what not. It signified that you cared for the other and was curious about what they said - thats what her mommy had said when she had asked. These sorts of scenes happened a lot apparently.

Seifer looked at Ven quietly, wondering what the blonde was feeling. There was a pause and then his wife moved to go and tell Sora but was instantly denied. He wondered why. Maybe it was for the better - no need to freak out the overly hyper brunette when it wasn;t needed. Sora could get paranoid when he wanted to be.

So dinner continued, with glares being shared when Terra say his muffin. "Defiled!" he had called teasingly to Olette, grinning playfully. "you have destroyed all that is muffin!" He thanked her and ate it happily. Yeah he had some money to owe~

The others all ate at the cake, Aqua playfully feeding Fuujin and Olette laughing at Seifer as he got some frosting on his nose. The kids were an absolute mess after they ate and had to have their hands washed AGAIN but... well other then that it was nice.


While the boys ran off to do their own things, the girl did their job happily. Aqua hummed as she washed the dishes. Olette was scrubbing, she was rinsing and Fuujin was drying. Hey they had a system - and looked less like like bumbling idiot. which was less then she could say for the three idiots when it was their turn. Two blondes and a brunette apparently didn't mix well.


Seifer laughed helping his little boy get on his nightclothes and gave him his moogle, getting an appreciative thank you in the process. Little Ci was next and he helped her in her cute little orange gown. she grinned at him, showing off some pretty, just brushed teeth. "See! i remembered!"

Seifer laughed. "good girl. here you go." He handed over her stuffed animal. A cactaur. Hehe, silly as the thing looked Ci loved it just like Gunnar loved his Moogle. He wouldn't complain.

Lucina hurried to her side, decorated with horses and stars to show off her side. She got into bed chuckling.

Seifer came out looking at his two kids fondly, then grinning. "Bedtime story? It;s your turn to pick Gunnar."


Terra, who had taken a detour to put his and Ven;s munny into the swear jar (Olette would hurt them if they didn't) walked in on a very... familar yet still sexy sight.

Terra watched Ven get undressed, his own cheeks flushing a bit when he saw the boxer's... riding low... The brunette hurriedly looked away, looking his lips. Damn. fuck. shit!

Sometimes i think you torture me on purpose! Even still, out of the corner of his good (and only) eye, he saw the flinch and glanced at the other once more. He was staring at that wound again... Ven seemed to just shrug it off as he out on his hoodie.

Terra shook his head, slowly beginning to remove his own clothes, placing his shoes aside so neither he nor Ven would trip over them, and throwing the rest, sans his navy boxers which he sorta needed..., into the hamper, pulling on some sleep pants. When he was finished he turned to see Ven staring at him. He blinked slowly, then treked over to his own bed, sitting down looking across at the ohter. "Everything alright?" he asked again. he couldn;t help but ask though - he knew the feeling hadn;t gone awya. He could still feel it himself. "it's... still there." He mumbled. "what is it?"


"So Mr. um Holani-"

"Please. Sora's fine." the brunette said with a wide smile.

"Um yes well... Sora," the timid woman began. Her little girl peeked out from behind her dress. "I just have one last question."

"Anything." Sora said with a nod as he led her to the door of his classroom, smiling a warm smile.

"How are you with... shy children?"

Sora blinked. But the question wasn;t uncommon. He had plenty of shy kids. And no one believed it... but his first friend EVER had been shy at first - yes that was right. Riku had been shy. He doubted the silverette even remembered those days - then minute he and him were friends, the others real personality blossomed and shown outwards. Hey, he was a greta influence on his best friend! And vice versa. Sora had been so withdrawn at first cause of... Ven. But riku helped him gain his old self again - even if he had to forget some things to get there.

"Don;t worry." He said, then looked down at the little girl. "Cagalli will be in good hands. I won;t push her to do anything she;s not comfortable with."

The blonde haired girl smiled up at him shyily. The parent, a little more confidant, smiled as well. "thank you Sora."

Sora nodded, seeing them off. Cagalli was gonna be one of the girls who would blossom into a social butterfly. He could see it in her eyes. He sighed, shutting his door when they left, wandering back to his desk. He looked at his rouster. "One more day..." And look at that. scheduled right at 3:00 was... none other then Kairi herself, along with her stumbling husband Tidus and their wonderful little girl, Namine! He grinned, excited that he would be having hid god-daughter in his class.

He was going to have to work real hard this year not to play favorites. Then again if she started pouring on the 'Uncle Sora! Pleaaase get me this' well he'd melt faster then seasalt icecream on a hot summer day. He had absolutely no resistance to her.

Riku had a problem with that - but then again he couldn't resist her too much either.

He chuckled, setting the calender aside and leaned back to wait. Riku would be here shortly... He came to pick him up now after these conferences after a little... unfortunate accident last year. He had been coming home real late one night and someone made the mistake of picking a fight with him. tolerance was in short supply for some still and had only gotten shorter.

Yeah... Sora kicked his ass but he still had to explain how he had split his lip to Riku. It really hadn't been a big deal - and it raised sympathy ratings with most of the mothers of his kids! But Riku thought it was a big deal and didn't want him walking home alone anymore.

It was cute really. Sora yawned tiredly, glancing at the clock - seven at night jeez! - and then he felt it.

Something was gone. Sora blinked, beginning to panic. He looked around his desk frantically, not understand the suddenly feeling of.... missingness. He started to move papers around, frantically looking for something that wasnt there.

And that's how Riku found him, close to tears and furiously pulling out things in some of the cupbboards and drawers in the classroom, looking like he had lost Invidia or his prized necklace. Something was gone - but he wasn;t going to find it in this classroom - not even on this world.

Yet he still wanted to delude himself - wanted to think it was behind the next chair or under the next desk.

[Rikugurl]

The boy yawned as he looked up at Seifer and smiled. "Hmmm.... how about... when you and mommy met!?" It was more of a girl bedtime story... but he heard so many knight and dragon stories that Seifer started using the same ones. He knew his sister would enjoy this one too!


Fuu smiled as bouts of wind wrapped around her as she dried the plates. It made everything a lot faster... and night time after dinner usually meant it was time to relax and spend time with loved ones. She loved this time of day... Because like Ven had noted to his brother in the afternoon, Fujin was really over in love with Aqua anymore. The years had passed on and they grew even closer than before.

In any case, if she had been in that room when Ven was changing... she would know EXACTLY what that raw wound was. Everyone bugged him about it when they saw it if he took of his shirt... even she did until she happened to have the most.... 'I want to really forget what I saw' day.

Seifer and Aqua had gone out on a mission as well as Olette and Terra. They left Fuu to watch the kids with Venny. That was no problem... Venny was really good with the kids.... oddly enough. She thought maybe because he lost his childhood with growing up with Sora... that this somewhat made up for the time.

She was pouring some juice for the two into their small cups and brought them out into the pilot lounge were the kids liked it the best. It was where their father worked and a place where the launch pad was closest to. She walked in and blinked, looking around the room. The two were in their father's large chair playing with a video game that Venny had uploaded for them.... but there was no sign of the blonde anywhere.

She walked up to them and handed them their drinks, getting thank yous in returned.
"Where did Venny go?" The silverette asked the little ones.
"He said he had to go to the bathroom for awhile." Gunnar looked up at her and smiled. "I guess he needed to take a poopy?"

Fuu blinked at the statement and shivered a bit at the though of that. Too much information... She shook her head and sighed. "Alright... I'll be doing the laundry so just stay here until he gets back ok?"
"OK!" Both chipped out as they started to drink their juices.

She left the two to play their game as she walked down the nearby stairs towards the laundry. They had a shoot in each room so it was easy to just get everyone's things done and know where they were from in the first place. It wasn't very hard to tell after awhile.
The kids clothes were small... they were either girls clothes (Ci's) or boys clothes (Gunnar). Then there was that white jacket and casual jeans with muscle shirts (Seifer). The bright clothing was always Olettes'. The more casual yet pretty clothing was for Aqua, the earthy toned clothes... and horrible pants were Terras'. And Vens were usually dark and classy.

She yawned as she walked towards the laundry room and pressed a button. They didn't need an identity checker for that room... but after what she saw next... she kinda wish they did.

She wasn't expecting anything as she walked in but stopped when she heard something. Panting....? She blinked when she saw a foot shift from behind the dryer... as if someone was sitting behind it. Her first reaction was.... Ven got hurt... and stumbled into the laundry room?? She quickly rushed over and looked down, gasping.

Ven was sitting on the floor all right. His legs were slightly spread and his shirt was ripped down half way so that his shoulder was exposed. Almost his whole member was pulled from his pants.... and with the other arm... nails dug into his shoulder roughly. Blood seeped from it as he clawed at it deep as the other hand pumped himself. "Ha..... ter...." Blue eyes opened, seeing a shocked woman almost instantly.

"Fuu!" He cried as he quickly closed his legs and covered himself with a dirty sheet.
Her mouth was gapped open... and stayed like that for hours.

Every time Seifer, Olette, Aqua and Terra went out on a mission and asked them to watch the kids, Fujin would always give Ven a look and the blonde always looked away. That wound was always raw for a reason...


Ven frowned under his hood as he heard Terra. He shook his head though. He knew Terra could feel something too... so he wasn't going to say it was nothing. "Yea...." He said softly. "I don't know what the fuck it is though. It's some deep... like... a beginning was just lost... or something. I... I can't explain it." He sighed as he looked up at Terra, as if maybe he would have an answer, but there was only silence.

The blonde laid back on his bed and sighed. "I guess I'll find out sooner or later..." He reached up and turned off lamp before pulled the covers over him. "Night Terra..." He said softly as he turned away and closed his eyes.



Later that night, blue eyes opened slowly. There was.... a beeping? He had been around computers all his life and was a wiz at them. If one of their computers needed to be fix, Ven was the one to do it. He closed his eyes again but the beeping returned. He opened them once more and looked out the window at the stars passing by. Something suddenly hit him.

"Every star is a world! Can you believe that!?"

He frowned as he continued to hear the beep. It was so faint... but he could hear it. He slowly got up and took his cellphone with him as he walked quietly towards the door. He heard Terra still snoring so he figured it was safe to say he hadn't woke the other up as the steel door opened.

He walked out, seeing the dim lights on the ceiling. The ship was asleep as so was everyone in it. Slowly he walked down the hallway and pass the other rooms. Pass the stairs and towards a smaller room that had more computers in it. This was Ven's small little computer room that he used for his own studies.

His computer was beeping.
He frowned as he looked at the screen, seeing that there was a pop up.
Attention:
Connection 2:// World Missing

His eyes widened a bit. Connection two was where the connected worlds were that the original chasers had come from and then some. Worlds went missing all the time... because they lost their hearts to Darkness... but it had been awhile since a world from Connection 1 or 2 went missing.

He sat down in his old chair and started to type. He wasn't so small in it anymore. He looked as the map of Connection 2 popped up on the screen and a red square highlighted a spot that was missing.

Ventus' heart.... dropped.

"Akbar...." He whispered as he looked at the map. Akbar was missing. His and Soran's home world. The world they were born on... gone. He knew.... because of the shape the world was in... that it would lose its heart eventually... but he wasn't ready for it now. He could only think.... that... some of it was his fault. He too... destroyed some of the world when he fought Sora there.

Akbar wasn't just their home land... but it was a world that he went to to get away from everything... to feel calm with the once famous 'Quiet Winds'. It always calmed him to sit at the edge of a broken, floating piece of land and just look out into space... now... it was all gone.
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


Fujin was asleep on a sweaty upper chest. Her own sweaty bare back was exposed to the dark night around them. She was half laying on Aqua's chest, sleeping soundly as her sweaty silver hair stuck tight to her lover below.

A red eye opened slowly as she thought she heard something... a scream??




It was 3:00 and saddles padded down a dirt road proudly. By her side was a taller woman with long reddish brown hair and by her other side was a dark skinned blonde man. In her hand, she held a folder with some tropical flowers on them.

It was a nice sunny afternoon as they walked to the school. The woman smiled fondly, knowing the school pretty well. She worked there of course.

The woman smiling was Kairi Ankahuli, the OFFICIAL Queen of Hearts. Take that you nasty one of Wonderland! She was also the daughter-in-law of a late high guardian, Sir Jecht. She had noble written all over her... she didn't live nor wish to be treated any different than anyone else.

The dark skinned fellow was Tidus Ankahuli, the King... and Hearts and the son of the late high guardian, Sir Jecht. He had become the coach of the Destiny Blitzball Team, Destiny Slammers and had some very talented team members... including the youngest... his own daughter.

Namine Ankahuli.
She was a mid toned color girl, right in the middle of her mother's fair skin and her father's dark. She had strawberry blonde hair that flared out at her shoulders, a more tamer style of Selphie's old hair. She had bright hazel eyes and was extremely gorgeous. However, her pretty looks only covered her rough and proud interior. She had a wicked kick that she had inherited from her father.

She was going to make a star blitzballer when she was older. The term princess was used lightly. Even if she was among the pretties girls in the class and a star in sports already, she was friendly and loved to draw like her mother... and she was only really spoiled by her two uncles who lived next door!

They walked into the school and towards Sora's classroom. The door knob moved and the little girl jumped in. "Uncle SORA!!" She cried happily as she raced to the brunette and wrapped her arms around him. Kairi walked in next and then Tidus.
"Hey, good afternoon Sora." Kairi smiled happily as she walked in. "Just tell me what we have to sign! We wanna get down to the beach while there's still some time left before sunset!"



The sun was setting over the tropical ocean and a man left his desk. A pair of leather pants hugged close to a pale, muscular frame. Silver hair was done up in a loose pony tail and fell over ocean colored eyes. It was about that time...
A smile ran over his face as he opened the front door and got a whiff of ocean breeze. He loved their new home...

He blinked as something caught his eye though. Sora's cellphone? He left it there? Hmm, that wasn't like him. He shrugged and pushed it in his back pocket, slowly trekking down the wooden stairs and down the boardwalk. He watched the water swoosh under him as he walked over the small bridge. The boardwalk was filled with shops and baskets holding all sorts of tropical fruit. Bags for items and other things. The Kilika district was alive and booming... all thanks to him and Tidus.

He reached the dirt road when he suddenly felt something. A vibration... in his butt pocket.

♪ If you feel so filthy
So dirty so fucked up
If you feel so walked on
So painful so pis-- ♪

He reached back and pulled the screaming cellphone from his butt pocket and flipped it open. "Hello?"

Blue eyes on the other end blinked, not expecting to hear his brother-in-law's voice. "Riku?"
"Yes?"
"Is... Sora around?"
"No... he left his cellphone at the house, he'd at work right now and I'm on my way to pick him up."
There was silence then Riku spoke again. "What's up, Ven?"
"Nothing... just tell Sora that we'll be stopping by tomorrow in the afternoon."

Riku blinked but nodded. "Alright, I'll let him know. See you then!"
"See you..."
He snapped the cellphone closed and placed it back in his pocket before entering the school. It was empty and quiet as he walked down the hallways. God... he was still happy that he never had to walk these halls as a teen or child. Though those school uniforms were sexy...

He reached Sora's room, the door reading
Mr. Holani
1st Grade
Even if they were married, Sora didn't take Riku's last name.... Riku took Sora's. He smiled as he walked in, ready to see a happy face but was shocked to see a messy desk and a stressed brunette.

"Sora?" He asked walking up the to shorter one and wrapped his arm around his waist. "Sora...?" He took the man's chin and looked down into his watering eyes. "What's wrong...?" He asked lovingly as he ran a hand down his lover's cheek. "Venny just called... he's coming over tomorrow afternoon with the others."

Sora always loved it when Venny and the other Chasers came to visit for the day. He loved Gunnar and Ci and they loved playing with Namine. It was always made him happy to see his brother was doing fine along with Terra, Aqua, Fuu, Seifer and Olette. He didn't get to see Venny as much as he saw Roxas... so it was always a special occasion. Hopefully that news would cheer up whatever was bothering Sora.

[Reno]

OOC: so pissed off! you're not the only only one refusing to go down your not the only one so get up!! LET'S START A RIOT XDDD

Lucina giggled, hugging her cactaur closer. That was a perfect story!! "Yeah! I wanna know too!"

Seifer blinked, then grinned. "alright..." Pff this wasn't exactly the happiest of stories though. "As you know, me, Auntie Fuujin and Raijin were all friends when we were kids. We grew up together in the orphanage and one day we stumbled upon this other group of kids..."

An angry and 'troubled' blonde as many would call him, was stalking down the sidewalk. He was a small little thing really - only ten. There was a deep scar down his face. Saddening to many who gazed at it. He probably would have grown to be a really handsome guy if he didn't have it. He just radiated a guy with a bad attitude.

Beside him was a dark-skinned male with a heavy habit of saying 'ya know?' after every sentence. He was taller then the first and a little older, but none too bright. He was going to grow to be someone very phsyically strong. For now though he was like... a bodyguard.

Another person - a girl in boy's clothing - strut next to them. she, like the other, also had a horrible scar marring her face, but it was hidden behind an eyepatch. she had very eerie silver hair and a red eye. Some thoguht she was a demon. She would grow to be something exqiste and beautiful though, that was certain.

The three of them, know as Seifer, Raijin and Fuujin respectively, were headed for the sandlot. The blonde had already claimed the space as his. He was an orphan so the idea of possession was a little warped to him. No one could really own a public place - but he still wanted it anyways. It was the perfect hangout for him and his posse.

Thats why when he say three OTHER kids hanging around them, he was instantly furious. "Oi, get lost!" He snapped, advancing on them quickly.

The first was a dirty blonde haired boy who seemed to like green. He had a very chubby face but it would grow into something leaner and sharper in later years. his glares were a bit scary and he seemed to have grude issues.

The boy next to him had black hair that he kept behind a headband and it shot up like blades of grass. He looked like a peaceful sort of boy who didn't exactly like to tussle, rather perfering to use his mind, and he was hefty. He would ggrow out ratherr then up in his later years. Not fat exactly, just... husky.

The third was a girl with brunette curls and a sweet smile, with a love for orange. Like the other boy, she didn't seem like one for violence. She rather seemed to be someone who cared more on what people felt, and would probably grow to be rather sensitive woman yet she still had an air of strictness about her.

Pff, buncha pushovers.

"Who are you losers?" Seifer snapped. "Get off of our turf."

"Your turf?!" The blonde said, already showing a sign of anger.

"Uh... 'cuse me," the other boy started tentatively. "but this is a place for everyone."

"Yeah you can't just own it!" The girl said, showing a bit of bite that was unexpected.

Raijin scoffed. "don;t mess with Seifer ya know? If he says it;s his, it;s his ya know?!"

"Definietly!" Fuujin said.

The blonde;s eyebrows knotted together. "Yeah? well you-" he pointed to Seifer, "Scarface, got to deal with ME if you think you can just steal stuff from other kids."

"Oh, I'm so scared." The other blonde said. "Of a chicken wuss."

"What'd you say?!" The blonde said, rolling up one of his sleeves, He was ready to take this punk out!

"Hayner. Hayner calm down." The black-haired boy started, waving a hand.

"Yeah, he's not worth it. come on." The girl said taking his arm. "We'll get some ice cream, k?" She started to lead him away, the black-haired boy following.

Seifer laughed suddenly. "Yeah you take him away chicken wussette."

The girl paused, then slowly let go of her friend;s arm and walked right up to him, staring at him silently. "You think your so tough huh?" she growled and suddenly punched Seifer in the nose - hard! "Well this 'wussette' has a name. It's Olette don;t forget it!"

She stalked off, her boy compaions stunned into silence as they followed after, leaving the blonde to to holding his now bleeding nose and groan in pain.

"Seifer! You alive, ya know?!"

"OKAY?" Fuujin asked.

"Lucky shot!" Seifer explained.

"And that;s how we met." Seifer explained, looking at his kids. Both of them were fast asleep. Looks like he was a boring story-teller. He walked over, kisisng each on the forehead and tucking them in. "Night princess.... night tiger." He walekd from the room, closely the door quietly and headed to his room.

Olette was already waiting for him.


Aqua smiled faintly, looking at the woman at her side, her heart beating strong. Every day she fell more and more in love with her - if that was even possible! She never knew feelings could be this strong.

Her smile was soft, just watching the other as she dried the plates with her magic. She didn't know why but... the scene was just taking her breath away. It was like one of those romantic movies were the girl is swept up in a wind that made her even more becoming...

even if she was only drying dishes.

Aqua giggled, leaned over and kissed her lover. Then she was soon chastised by Olette for not doing her job. What she couldn;t help it if Fuu was being aborably sexy right next to her without trying!!


Terra looked at the other as he looked back, eyes searching for guidance and felt a bit of shame fall over him because he was unable to answer him. He was the leader here - he was supposed to know everything or at least offer some reassureance - but with the feelings coursing over him too it was harder to muster the words. He wondered how sora did it - dealing with Riku's emo times and still being able to sprout speeches as if he didn't feel it.

The brunette shook his head, only offering silent comfort. What else could he do. As Ven sighed and got into bed, Terra did as well and darkness fell over them. He sighed. "Goodnight Ven."



Terra awoke with a jerk ebfore the scream ever happened. He shot up in bed, feeling like his heart was in his feet and just hurting so badly. His hand was over his chest, gasping for breath. "Ve-"

"NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"VEN!" Terra cried in panic, shotting from the bed, racing outside. He ran as fast as he could to the one place he instively knew the other would be. The blonde was definitely in pain. He looked ready to cry. "Ven, what-" He hurried to the other's side, scooping him up in his arms almost mechanically as he looked towards the screen. Then his eyes widened.

Akbar....

was gone?

A shot of sympathy as well as pain shot through him. He knew what Ven was going through. Atteris had disappeared from the map over two years ago. Just... blew into nothing but dust. It's what happened when it was completely abandonned. He missed it terribly though even if it was just nothing but bad memories. He still... it was still his home - a place he had escaped too just to feel the hot sun on his shoulder again, to run through the ruins of an old town and remember what used to be...

Terra was pretty sure the only reason such a broke apart world like Akbar lived so long was all the herat Ven had oput into it - visiting it so often and relaxing their like it was a real land. But it seemed those days were over.

He comforted the other as best he coukd, then mumbled sadly. "Sora's gonna have to know..."

The blonde nodded silently, taking out his cell-phone (why was he carrying it so late at night) mechnically making the call. Apparetly though he never reached him. Terra could hear Riku's voice on the other end. So they were visiting tommorrow...

Oh this wasn't going to be fun.


Aqua was startled awake as if she had had a bad dream - but it was the screaming that drew her. She blinked. "Whats zat?" she slurred, more concious of how close she and Fuujin were... and how sweaty... and slightly sticky.


Seifer stirred at the noise, his fingers twitching around his; wife waist, but they were even farther away. It barely affected his sleep very much. and the kids? dead to the world. They usually were when they slept unless they had night terrors.


Sora had been lounging against his desk contently, smiling as the clock ticked in his silent room. then the door opened, at #:00 sharp. that was Kairi the prompt for you.

"UNCLE SORA!" His exerburent god daughter called, coming to hug him as if they hadn;t seen each other in years - even though it had probably only been a few days. she was quite a darling. and very talented. she showed much promise in later life. she was a player and a drawer with a wonderful, sweet attutiude and beautiful looks. Yeah this gal had it made.

Sora lifted her up, hugging her. "Hey there Nami!" He kissed her cheek. "My darling little 'niece'" he said, grinning.

He looked over at Kairi's words and laughed. "What timeline are you living in Kairi - there's at LEAST four hours before sunset."

"Yeah, thats why we gotta use em! go surfing or something!" tidus proclaimed easily, falling in friendly speech almost instantly. He wasn;t in coach mode - Sora had seen him be a coach... and he was scary... yet a great motivator surprisingly. He was a great dad too.

"And get sunburned." Sora pointed out. i'm gonna have a lobster for a student!" He laughed, nuzzling the girl in his arms. He was so excited, his heart twisting in happiness just by having the chance to teach his 'child' in all respects. "Come on, I'll show you guys what you need to sign." He grinned. They already knew of his credibilty with kids, and had no fears and no doubts. Well hell he wouldn't be a god-father if he wasn't trustworthy right?!

The meeting was surpriringly short between then - he usually alloted for a half-hour between meetings. some lasted longer, some shorter. This one was definitely short. He didn't mind though, he wished them well on their beach excersions and told them he would be happy to see his star pupil first thing monday morning.

It was shortly after they had left... that a small hole in his ehart opened telling him something was missing. He only twitched about it, unable to pinpoint it. He wanted to call home - but realized he was missing his cellphone and the school one was used for 'emergencies only'.


Sora nearly jumped as the door opened, having completely forgotten about Riku - due to the increasing pressure in his heart. Riku seemed genrally surprised to see him upset.

So it wasn't traveling through their connection... what did that mean? Was he feeling it from someone else?

Sora relaxed at his lover's touch instantly, sighing a bit. then he mentioned Ven and the brunette fell silent. They were visiting... tommorrow? Well that was a random... wait...

He blinked slowly, reaching up to rub his eyes. "I'm okay... I just feel like I... like I lost something but..." He put his hand over his ehart. "It hurts real bad. Like something in life went missing forever. I... I'd been feeling it for hours now. I thought maybe you were gonna come here and tell me Vi ran away or... the stove went up in flame or... something." He chuckled. "I think... it's Ven." He mumbled finally. Ven knew something. Knew something bad. "I guess we;ll find out tommorrow."

He looked at the other, then smiled lightly, trying to bring some humor out into the occasion. "Riku you don't have to come pick me up you know. I know you'd much rather be staring at all those sexy pictures of me you took, little perv of mine." Yeah... Riku had made a COLLECTION of Sora-sex poses and pictures. And most of them took Sora by surprise. Only a few were ever... well planned.

But of course Sora had gotten back at the other. By borrowing Kairi's camcorder and then he lured Riku into the bedroom, had HIM handcuffed... and made sure the camera was on to catch every wonderful bit as he tortureed the silverette into sexual submission.

He kept that tape as blackmail - and Riku would NEVER find it. Ever since handcuffs had been brought to the table, an array of things began to happen. Roleplaying being a main one. In forms of a kitty costume - that one was fun. Riku licked putting him in collars and leashes too... and lets not get started on the whole school outfit thing.

Jeez they were in their mid-life and still this horny. Heh, maybe it was a keyblader thing.

Out of the corner of his eye, Sora could see his desk, now a mess of papers and random objects that had adorned his desk strewn about in his frantic searching. Ah well... it would have to be cleaned up anyways. sora bit his lip to keep the evil smile from forming, an idea blooming beautifully in his mind. Oh yes, this would be fun.

[Rikugurl]

OOC: xD! I'M SO SORRY! My internet just randomly died and I was too tired for it to start working again just to say good-bye. TAT/ *hugs*

When the steel door opened, Olette was sitting on the bed with her orange night gown on. It was cute AND sexy at the same time! She knew Seifer loved it. She looked with her big green eyes and smiled. "So... you told them how we first met?" She couldn't help but chuckle. She remembered that day as if it was yesterday.

It was the first and last time she had ever punched anyone and really meant it. She felt horrible the next day and her mother seemed to find out and scolded her pretty bad. She took the only munny she had and went down to the stand to buy a sea-salt ice cream and returned back to the sandlot. She offered the ice cream to Seifer but her refused and started to pick a fight again when Fuu and Raj got in her face too. Fuu was pretty scary back then...
She ended up running away and just let the ice cream melt into the ocean water. Maybe the fish would appreciate what she tried to do.

She giggled again and stood up, walking over to him and kissed his nose. "You know, maybe you should of told them about when we started liking each other." She smiled up at him and slowly left the room. Before she did, she looked back at him again. "And maybe when they get older, you can tell them about waking up next to me naked in Traverse Town!" She laughed more and left, going next door into the kids room. They were sound asleep.

Luci was snoring and drooling on her plushie cactaur and Gunnar had the ball on top his moogle's head in his mouth. They were so adorable... She walked over and knelt down, kissing them both on the forehead. She sighed softly as she looked at them with a mother's fondness.

She would of never guessed she'd be living this life.

"WHAT!?" The dirty blonde man explained.
"You have to be kidding!" A huskier man said quickly after.
A woman looked down, blushing a bit. "You heard me!"
"Oh man! I can't believe this! I knew there was something up! You said you had to work and every time we wanted to go to the beach, you said you had no money! You never got a job! You just always went to see him!

"Hey! He's not so bad ok?" She pouted as she looked at her friends.
"I guess not if you're getting MARRIED!" The taller rolled his eyes.
"Can we come to the wedding??" The black haired man asked.
"Of course! You're all invited! Even if he likes you or not!"

Seifer didn't hate anyone... he was acting too macho to be friendly.
"Alright, so when is it?"
"Next month! Oh... and I have something else to tell you."
"Oh come on Olette! First it's your leaving to become a Chaser, and then it's you're leaving to become a Chaser because Seifer has decided to follow Fujin in being one because Rajin now takes care of Twilight Town... AND THEN that you're getting married to him... now what!?"

The woman smiled and looked down, placing a hand on her stomach. "I'm pregnant!"
There was silence as the two men looked at her in shock. Ew! She slept with the guy too!?
But the silence was shattered when Pence butted in. "Oh wow! I get to be an uncle!"
The woman giggled and nodded. "Yea! And we found out it was a girl too!"

Seifer... raising a girl? Hayner couldn't even imagine.

She sighed happily again and tucked them in a bit more since they had shifted since Seifer had.

"I'm scared Kairi..." A brunette leaned over a wooden table a bit.
The redheaded woman smiled as she sat a baby girl on her lap. She was a few months old now. "Don't be Olette! Everything will work out fine!"

The brunette sighed a but as she looked down at her VERY full belly. "But what if Seif--" "Oh don't start that! He'll be there for you! I saw you guys at the wedding... he loves you a lot! He'll be there for you, I promise!" She laughed as she bounced her little girl a bit, seeing her laugh happily. "Just hope that Seifer doesn't faint like Tidus did!"

Olette smiled and nodded but blinked when Terra walked through the wooden door. "Come on Olette, we're heading back."

That night on the ship, her water broke.

"OH COME ON! This is fucking disgusting! Why the fuck do I have to stay!"
"You're the fastest so if we need more towels, you need to get them for us."
"FUCK! Why can't we just fucking get her to a hospital!?"
"Venny! Shut the fuck up!" Another blonde peered over at him then looked down, running his hands through the brunette's hair. "It's gonna be ok... I'm here for ya."

"Alright, Olette, you're gonna have to push ok?" Fujin siad softly as her and Aqua helped down below.
After a few hours, crying of a baby filled the room... and Ven pushed his hands over his mouth before finding the closest bathroom."

And then there was her boy.

"Fucking christ Olette! Stop going into labor on the ship!"
The same routine happened but Ven was able to keep his stomach down this time and helped clean the little boy off. Aqua handed the wrapped up baby to Olette as Fuu left the room.

Green eyes looked down at the little boy, smiling fondly.
"Gunnar Nova Crystallis Almasy. Welcome to the world little guy..." She said softly as she brushed her fingers over his little head. She blinked when Fuu came in, holding Lucina in her arms. She smiled though, seeing her baby look at the towel curiously. "Hey Luci... this is your little brother. You need to take good care of him ok?"

She stood and walked out of the room, turning off the light and back into her and Seifer's room. She was glad... that Kairi was right. Everything did turn out perfect.



"Daddy!!" A littled girl yelped as she fell off her surf board and into the water. She came up and shook her head, grabbing her board and returned to the beach where her mother was watching. "Come on Namine! You can do it!" She cheered as she saw her daughter a little washed up.

The little girl looked out at the ocean, seeing her father riding a wave like a pro. She pouted as she stuck her board in the sand and sat next to her mother. She yawned as the sunset started to form. It was a fun day at the beach... and she even kicked some blitzballs passed Tidus today! She would learn how to surf soon though... she just needed more practice! She just needed to remember that she couldn't do EVERYTHING now. She was still very young... she would learn in time.



Ven frowned as he was suddenly pulled up by the stronger man. He was so use to it too that he didn't reject.

He remembered the pain Terra had gone through when he lost Atteris. Many people that where aware of the old land that held such demons were a bit glade that world was gone... even if it had been abandoned for so many years... but Ven wasn't happy... even if it was a just a world full of dust and broken homes... it was still a world... and no world should ever lose its heart to the Darkness.

It was where his best friend grew up... and he knew... once Atteris was gone, Akbar wouldn't be far behind it.... since he was already in Terra's pain, Akbars' would only mix with it... and then it would be all done. But Akbar stayed for much longer... and now... it was gone. Just cause Atteris was nothing bust dust and Akbar was nothing but shredded land.... they were still worlds... and people still loved them.

He pulled away from Terra and sat back down at his chair in defeat. He called up Sora... and only got Riku instead. When he hung up, he placed the cell on the table and sighed. "It's all my fault..." He said softly as watery blue eyes looked down. "I... I hadn't visited it lately... because of this stupid, never ending job." He clenched his teeth and shook his head.


Fuu looked down as she felt Aqua twitch awake and asked a question. Slowly the silverette sat up, her silver hair pulling from the other woman. "Don't know..." She softly spoke and got up, grabbing a nearby robe and wrapping her naked body up before she left the room. There was a light on in Ven's research room and she hurried to it quickly.

Looking in, she saw Ven and Terra in their sleeping wear. "What's going on?" She asked softly.
"Akbar... is gone..."
There was silence before Ven stood and passed them without saying a word.
He walked towards the stairs and hopped up them, going into the pilot lounge. He sat down at Seifer's chair and started to hit the coordinates to Destiny...



Riku raised his eyebrow as he listened. Something missing? Then... wouldn't he feel it too... He felt fine though... He frowned, hoping that something with their connection wasn't wrong. He blinked though when he heard about Ven. Yea... maybe that was it. The thought of happy visit was probably going to turn gloom.

He grinned a bit and shook his head. "Na... I have all day to look at those if I want to... why not pick him up instead?" He leaned down and kissed his lover's neck softly. Yea... as for that video... Riku growled at the black mail. He said he was once kinda interested to watch it... but he chickened out... he couldn't see himself like that!

He blinked again as he saw Sora looking at his desk, seeing all the papers messed up. "Did you want me to help you clean up?"

[Reno]

Aqua blinked as fuujin vacated her side, then slowly got up as well, pulling on her own robe, tying it tight and followed after her lover. She padded across the cold ground glancing into the reasearch room over the woman's shoulder - seeing Ven with a horrible look on his face - like something really bad had just happened.


Terra frowned at the other's words. Sure, he knew that feeling too. The one were you blamed yourself for the loss. But... in the end there was notuhing that could be done. "Ven it's not your fault." It really wasn't. the world had been destroyed for so long... over two decades, It was amazing it had even lasted this long...

And the heart had to gvie out on every world eventually. One day maybe... every world in the universe would be gone. Maybe one day, the space would be empty of stars or bases or ships or heartless or light and dark... Maybe one day everything would be gone.

He looked up as shadows filtered into the room from the door.

Fuujin stood there, and maybe a few steps behind a sleepy Aqua had joined her side. Ven announced the bad news, mechincally getting up and walking past them. He seemed to be in shock.

Aqua silently stepped forward, looking at the screen and the res dot that indicated the missing world - it reminded her of two years ago when a very similar thing happened to another world close to the one of the Chasers.

If it had been her world... she wouldn;t know what she would do. It wasn;t home but it was still... the place she grew up and learned from and loved for so very very long. As long as the dragons were still standing tall though Dragoon would be fine.

Terra sighed, reaching out, placiing his fingers lightly against the screen before standing moving oast the two women to follow Ven. He stood at the thershold, leanng against the door, watching the blonde as he worked. "Ven..."


A slow, mischevious gleam began to sparkle in Sora's eyes and he began to smile. He looked towards Riku, and the silvertte knew almost instantly the look on his face meant nothing good.

"Yes Mr. Holani I do. You've been a very bad student - didn't even start school!" Sora said, his voice both playful and husky as he straightened, wandering fingers running up the other's side. "you know this means you must be punished."

[Rikugurl]

Ven sighed softly as the airship started to wake up and the engines started to turn. He knew the motion would wake up Seifer since he was the one usually flying the ship. He looked down and shook his head. It was his fault.... he hadn't visited for so many months... so busy tracking down keyblades. He was the only one who could reach Akbar... the only one who seemed to remember it... and he turned his back on it. On his own hometown...

He heard his voice called from the frame and glanced at Terra's shadow. "Do you.... know how many keyblades are out there?"



He looked down at his lover and blinked, a shocked look running over his face as he saw Sora's look. One minute he was almost in tears that something was missing in his heart... and now...

His eyes darkened as he listened to his husband. A bad student? Needed to be punished...? A small grin ran over his face.

He didn't know what had gotten into Sora throughout the years... but even if they were getting older... their sex life had gotten more active... and if anyone heard that, they couldn't believe it. However, missionary and other positions were getting boring after awhile... that was when they discovered roleplaying... and it was extremely delicious.

Kairi even had to tell them to keep it down one morning... it had woken little Namine up and she thought they were hurt next door.

"Oh....? Punished.... sensei?"