The Chasers: New World Locket

[Reno]

Lucina giggled a bit, grabbing a wand from her halloween costume she had gotten when they visited Halloween Town. "you will nevr defeat me evil Xehanort!!" She grinned "Me and all my friends will defeat you!"


Seifer glanced at Aerith. "that sound 'alright', to you?"


Aqua, who had also heard the yell echoing down the hall, knew it was an instant cause for worry and rushed from her room, her long skirt flowing around her legs. She blinked, looking towards the bathroom, then looked around. "Uh... is everything alright?"

Seifer just shrugged, still standing by the thershold. "They'll figure it out. or kill themseleves doing it." There was a long pause then, "Uh Aqua...?"

"What?" The woman asked crossing her arms.

"Can you get on a shirt?"

"...." The sound of rapid feet running back to a room could be heard, a second door slamming shut, Seifer's laugh following her all the way there.


Terra growled suddenly as the other pulled away and screamed at him. His anger bristled again. "No, no I won't fucking get out of here."

"I don't know what the hell your problem is - well no actually I DO sort of..." He shook his head slowly. "But damn it... being jealous of your own brother... come on Ven that's PATHETIC."


"Really?!" Demyx said excitedly. He had always loved the shells on Regole's beach but he never took them. He thought it would be mean... like stealing gnomes and flamingos from someone's front yard. "The pictures too?!" He grinned. "Yeah lets do it!"

He let Saix lead him outside and the hyper blonde broke away to go dashing down the beach picking up seashells here and then. Saix followed him at a much slower pace.

A few of them Demyx rasied to his ears, hearing the ocean ringing. After collected about ten he sat down on the beach, just listening to them, smiling. Saix came next to him.

"Do you want to know...?" Demyx started hesitantly, glancing at the other. "About my somebody?"


The brunette stirred at the caressing on his cheek and his smile widened. He reached up, placing his hand over Riku's and his eyes fluttered open. He caught the other's sentence.
"Always." he repeated. He grinned.


You... need to lay off the ice cream.

"W-Wha!!!" Roxas cried. Was Axel saying he was FAT?! He looked back, eyes narrowing. But before he could yell at the other a picture was stuffed in his face.

The blonde scoffed, grabbing the picture to hold it away so he could look at it properly. He recognized it instantly. "You want to go to Beast's castle...?" He glanced at the other for a few moments. "Sure why not." He kicked him in the shin suddenly. "And don't call me fat."

[Rikugurl]

Gunnar blinked and started to back away, looking panicked. "NO NO! Not that! Please!" He hid his face as his sister started to wave her wand. He suddenly collapsed to the floor and started to giggle. "You got me!"


Aerith blinked as Aqua came out, her face turning a bit red and started to giggle. When she saw the look on her face, she couldn't help but laugh out with Seifer. How could anyone not realize!?
The brunette turned back to Seifer and smiled softly. "Well... I hope they'll be ok... though, I'm sure they will."


Ven growled as Terra still stood there. His hands made fist as he clenched his teeth. "You obviously don't have fucking siblings... it's actually very fucking common for them to be jealous at each other."

Silence grew between them, only the sound of the water hitting clothes could be heard.
Slowly, the fist opened up and a sigh came from the blonde.
"You know... I was wrong.... I do have something... that Soran will never have. Something to call my own." A soft smile ran over his features.
"Something unique... and rare. The last of its kind."

The blonde slowly turned back to Terra, his blue eyes being bright once again.
"And that's you."


Saix couldn't help but smiled as the blonde ran around like a nut, picking up all sorts of shells and placed his ear to them. Sai himself found some rather beautiful ones that looked like dragon horns.

After a good few hours, he looked to see Demyx sitting by the shore, a shell to his ear. The Berserker walked over, slowly sitting down next to his lover. Their robes were caught by the water, but neither seemed to care. The breeze of the ocean blew the blue hair as he smiled softly.

Golden eyes shifted as Demyx started to talk. He was a bit surprised at the question, but a larger smile appeared on his face. "I'd love to."


"'Sure why not'!? Don't act like meeee!" The redhead flailed and then suddenly flailed more, now holding his shin and bouncing around. "OUCH!" He pouted and stopped, looking down at his lover. "Well.... you are getting love handles... but I suppose that's not a bad thing!"

[Reno]

Lucina giggled, watching her brother fall over. "Yay! the universe is safe once again!!" He nodded triumpahntly, throwing her wand in the air and then catching it again clumisly like some sort of victory pose.


Seifer shrugged, grinning. "Yeah hopefully." He glanced at Aerith with a shrug. "you'll get used to it all."


Terra rolled his eyes. Of COURSE he didn't have siblings. Ven knew he was an only child. Did he HAVE TO RUB IT IN HIS FACE?!

He blinked through when the other;s demenaor suddenly... changed. It was rela odd. Once moment the blonde was wallowing in self-pity the next... he was calm and... almost happy.

The brunette rasied an eyebrow, cheeks flushing lightly. Maybe due to the heat, but most likely due to the other's words. Heh, he was rare and unique huh? He smiled wolfishly. "Yeah and you better be treating this rare and unique being with the utmost care. And that includes not making him run into a fucking hot shower to yell at you." He leant forward, placing a soft kiss on the other's lips.


Demyx smiled softly. "Okay... I'll try then." He looked at the octher then back out towards the ocean. "Lucintia... is my home world. My name was Edmy Tavi and I was born a gypsy. And well I guess I had lots and lots of family cause of it." He tilted his head. "I think I don;t really know but Gypsies stick together and all that...They called themseleves the Liberators." He frowned. "I guess my planet was in war... like their were there two sides. Against uh... um... the Meti and Mesia... or uh something like that?" He bit his lip.

It was really hard remembering things he didnl;t remember. "Well anyways I guess I grew up to be some sort of anti-war... singer. I guess I made this band called ummm... well I don;t remember what they were called either... or any of my band mates really. that girl though, the one who helped get us back to the ship. Her name is Ajay... and she was a real close friend of Edmy's. Um... REAL close..." Well this was getting uncomfortable even for him.

"Wow I really suck at storytelling."


"love handles?!" The blonde cried. He growled, smacking his ice cream into Axel's face and stomping from the room.

He wasn;t ACTUALLY angry. He just wanted Axel to think he was cause it was kinda cute when Axel got all beggy and weepy and stuff trying to make him feel better.

[Rikugurl]

Gunnar opened an eye and giggled, getting up and throwing the blanket onto his sister. He tossed her the wooden sword too and grinned. "Now I wanna be Sora!" He cried happily.


Aerith giggled and nodded, looking back at the computer. "Alright... I adjust pretty well to things." She smiled more and Seifer started going back to showing her simple things.


Ven grinned as he saw the wolfish smile.
"But it's fun to see you get all wet." He said softly before he felt the soft kiss. An arm reached up and wrapped around the other's neck, pushing him into a more passionate kiss. His other hand reached back, blinding looking for something on the wall. When one of his fingers hit it, he pressed the button, making loud death metal blare down at them as Ven pulled his hand back and started to unbutton Terra's shirt.


Sai tilted his head from one way to another every time Demyx couldn't remember anything. He kind of smiled, hearing that his lover was of a poor class too. They were both poor growing up...

He laughed softly as the other one got flustered. "Well... I guess Edmy had a lover then?" He asked softly, already knowing the answer. "That's good... at least... when your real heart gets releases... someone will spit themselves.... so I can have you back." He nuzzled the other softly. He slowly reached into his large obi and pulled out a familiar looking fruit. It was star shaped and rough skinned.

"I want to share it with you this time because... I realized that... nothing could ever hurt worse... than not knowing if you're okay..."


Axel's eyes went wide when all he could see was blue. He pulled the wooden stick away from his face and pouted, blue ice cream all over. "ROXAS! DON'T BE MAD!" He sobbed as he quickly followed his lover and wrapped his arms around him. "I didn't mean it! I love you! Get as fat as you waaaaaaaant!" He cried and whined.

[Reno]

OOC: I love you II? That was adorable sweetheart XD
AND!
According to my word count = 4,000 words XD

Lucina giggled. "Okay." She threw him the wand.


"He-mmmph!" Terra started to protest when the other's lips met his own. He made a noise of curiosity before his eyes slid shut and he leaned into the kiss, their tongues sliding together sensually. He didn't even flinch as the music came on. In fact he chuckled some. He reached up tangling his fingers in blonde hair.

It was a good thing their was a first aid kit inside the bathroom...


When the party started, no one was really surprised that Terra nor Ven could make it.


Demyx smiled a nodded. It was kinda strange knowing his Somebody liked girls and well he... liked guys. He couldn;t wait to meet him... but was kinda scared they;d be polar opposites.

However the other;s words made his hesad turn and his eyes widened seeing the fruit. "You... are you sure Sai?" The beserker only nodded and the blonde smiled, reaching out and placing his hand over the fruit. "alright... let's do it."

Together they split the fruit, and ate their pieces quietly, and it was almost like... they could feel their souls mixing.

They never did back to decorating that night.


Roxas couldn't help it. He burst into laughter, shaking his head. "Axel!" He turned in the other's arms. "Alright I will." He leaned up, licking at the ice cream. "Mmmmm my soon-to-be husband tastes so yummy."

~~~~~~

It started with a simple question. 'Can I see your home?'

But it was one that he had found most baffling. 'You've seen the ship a million times. Hell you LIVE in it.'

'No I mean... your home home. The town on Atteris.'

Only a week had passed the ship slowly working around the connections, the chasers setting themseleves off on easy missions - mostly where keyblades were lone and just hanging around the worlds without a master. They didn;t feel up to challengeing anything yet...

And just as they were making their way back to the connection Atteris was Ven asked the question.

It was the first time Ven had ever asked. Beforehand, whenever he had let anyone come down to visit his world - which hadn;t been often because most of them hated the heat of it, they always danced around the town - except for when Aqua had chased him but that didn't count. Instead, he had shown off the quicksand, the sand dunes, and even the specticle of the rare red moon that would shine at certian times in the year. He always knew when - during the fall and spring equinox. There was a little oasis further back on the planet, a small place with warm trees and a little lake.

And yet... it was odd. He found himself agreeing to it. Even though he kenw what Ven wanted to see was probably a HOUSE... and he couldn't show him it. Because technically none of them... were his. And yet EVERY one... was his. The whole town was his home. It was going to be a long tour. But in a way... he wanted to share it with Ven, wanted the other to see his world... inside and out.

Even still, he had told Seifer to head for Atteris and once they had gotten there, he had softly declined letting anyone but him and Ven come down to the town. This was uncomfortable enough as it was.

But even once they got down their... Ven wasn't the only one getting a surprise. Terra looked upon the town and gasped. The other gave him a concerned look and the brunette shook his head. "It just... It's like... it looks like it did before the heartless attacked." It was like the whole town had been reserructed... everything unruined, buildings standings, vegetation unhurt.

But no one was there. It was a beautiful ghost town...

"Come on." He murmured softly, leading the blonde into the town. The sand quickly fell away to cobblestoned roads. The buildings around them were very close together, reminiscent of Twilight town's close proximity and they had been carved out of rock. "It's pure granite." He murmured, seeing the blonde looking around curiously. "They say our ancestors built the town centuries ago... that before it was a town this place was nothing but granite mountains... I don;t know if I believe it but" He shrugged, moving on. "The windows-" he pointed out. "Are made out of clear quartz. I'm not even sure how they did them... as for everything else, like doors and handles and stuff like that... most were made from marble and other sorts of rock. There's a mining area close by where they found all of the materials..."

Ven asked him a simple question. something about wood.

"We didn't use wood much. It's in real sort supply." Terra answered. "the trees from the oasis and the few spares ones in town are the only ones we have... in fact you could say... wood for US is like... gold for you." He said. "All sorts of precious gems like that had been really cheap in my town. nothing speacial about silver or plaitnum or anything. Metals and precious rocks and stuff were easy - they're all in the mining area. But if you could afford something made out of pure wood that was well... something speacial." He shrugged. "That's why when we started camping out in forests and stuff I couldn't get enough of studying the trees. It was just so... strange seeing more them... then three."

He grinned hesitantly, shrugging once more. He paused, looking around. "I um... I can't really point out a single house to you. In fact it'd probably be a challenge pointing one out I HADN'T lived in." Ven looked at him silently. The brunette grinned guiltily and led him further. As he did he started to speak... and... soon he was telling the other memories. Things held never really TOLD Ven before. Or anyone really.

He relaxed after a few more minutes, just shwoing Ven around. He pointed out the playground - the only one in town. It had grass growing around the small area - one of the few places WITH it.

Terra, maybe 11 at the time, rushed through the park, laughing ruthlessly as he was chased a bigger kid, even though he were the same age as him. He was going to be a late bloomer. He was rather small for his age.
The brunette jumped catching on of the monkey bars and weaseled his way to the top of them, standing up proudly.
He waved the item he had stolen from the creep. It was the leader's lunch. "Mmm, gonna come up here and get it back?" He teased.
The other snarled. "Get down here you little bastard!"

Terra just laughed, even as the other easily jumped onto the monkey bars, yanking himself up to it. The little brunette stuck the bag of food in his mouth to keep hold of it and rushed across the top of the bars, agile and graceful probably due to his small size, and JUMPED at the end of them. He reached out, grabbing on the metal chain of a swing and reached climbed up it, yanking himself up onto the bar above. He sat on it, swinging his legs and opened the lunch bag, starting to eat the food inside.
The other kid could only look at him dumbly.

He showed the other the center of town, where the sand fountain stood. He explained that water was pretty short too at times. Especally in the summer season. The foundtain was beautifully crafted from white marble, the sand pouring in a waterfall and shifting in the 'pool' like quicksand did but much more harmless.

"Mom...?" Terra, only four, as he walked along the edges of the fountain where people sometimes sat. His arms were outspread his mother holding onto one of them as they traveled around the fountain, circling it again and again.
"Yes Terra?"
"If I fell into the fountain would the sand suck me in?"
"Of course not. It's not that strong."
"But if it DID... you'd get me out right?"
"Of course I would sweetheart."

He pointed out the library made of red rock. It's front doors were sealed shut as if fire had melted the rock together. He explained to Ven the place had been closed down for... well ever since he was a kid even. Before THAT even. But he had found another way in. "It was... kind of my secret place. My paradise. which I guess might be why i like reading books so much."

Terra, 14 years of age, walked across the roof of someone's house towards a larger red building. Their were some windows on the top of the building, gleaming in the sunlight. But one was broken - possibly by a rock. He had done that eyars ago.
He slipped through the broken window, and jumped down. The flight was short before he landed atop a bookshelf. He climbed down carefully shelf by shelf until he was on the rock-like floor.
He looked around for an intruders - nothing but him and the spiders - before dodging off towards the scenice section. He had found soemthing rather interesting. Something about magicology.
And Atterian ancient magic.
It was no wonder the library had been closed down.

He showed Ven the school colored in beige, answering quite a few questions here. Mostly about simlarities he shared with other's. and differences they had to humans. "Atterians... never really solved their problems with words." He murmured. "Well no that's not right. Families did commonly and parents still thought fighting wasn't exactly approved of especally if you LOST the fight... or if you weren't really part of their family. 'Packs' stuck together but for some reason... if you weren't of their blood or not a mate it made things very complicated. Mainly for me. I was being much known all over as a troublemaker, a lone wolf, and someone who wasn't allowed to fight back."

Terra, 15, shouldered his pack. He was much taller now, finally having hit his growth spurt and his muscles were becoming more apparent each day. He had been training.
He sidestepped two fighting girls near the bathroom. He heard the ringing smack of another pair of angry atterians throwing each other in the lockers and yelling something about some female.
He paused another group, sharp ears picking up on the conversation.
"So your gonna mate with her tonight?" The taller asked the shorter, a grin on his face. "Where you thinking about marking her?"
"The leg. She always shows off her shins so I want it in a palce where everyone can see it."
Terra shook his head, rolling his eyes. It was just another day of normalcy for him.
"Yo, bird hair! Saw you visiting your poor dead mother again. Why don;t you fucking dig up her bones like the dog you are."
Terra paused, his eyes gleaming as he glanced down the hall, grinning maliciously once he found the other teen who had insulted him. He dropped his bag and charged.
Yep, just another normal day.

"I got in a LOT of fights. And others... enjoyed starting them with me... probably becaise I hardly ever lost, even when they ganged up on me. I guess thats why I never needed much training after I was given a keyblade. I always hated it when I lost though."

Terra gasped as he ran down the alley, nosebleeding and a cut stinging on his leg, scraps on his palsms and elbows and knees. He heard his oppoents behind him. they were older then him by a few good years. Maybe 17. And there was about five of them.
He was only 13, still really small for his age. He panted, not getting enough air. He looked up, seeing a horrible sight in front of him. A fence. Who strung a FENCE in the middle of an alley?!
It was chainlink, but he had to go for it.
Terra jumped, the metal ringing as he grabbed on. He started climbing at a rapid pace, barking out in terror as it rattled, the other's behind him and climbing as well.
He rushed up it until he got to the top, loose metal cutting at his hands. He thre himself atop the bar uncaringly. His eyes searched widely, seeing something that could save him. An escape route - it was built like a fire escape except... they never had FIRES or at least not any that burned down buildings. So he wasn;t sure why some buildings built them in.
He jumped down landing atop a garbage can, before jumping again, his arms reaching out high. He heard the trash can fall on its side below him.
His fingers stretched sliding against the metal and-
he missed. He was too short. Terra grunted as he fell back to the ground, stumbling and falling over. He ehard the others landing behind him and knew this was a fight he was going to lose almost instantly.
He got to his feet, snarling even still. He wouldn;t go down without trying to fight back first!

He showed Ven to the foster care office, telling him he had spent a lot of time going in and out of this building. "It was run single-handedly by some woman named Yori. Heh... her name means trust... but in the past it meant snake. I think it was apporpriate." He tossed his head. "She carted me around to so many homes and always complained when she saw me again and again."

"AGAIN Terra?" The woman snapped, black pony-tailed hair flipped as she pulled out some papers of available homes.
The wolf scoffed, arms crossed on her desk, watching her riffle through the papers. He was 14. his demeaner had changed a lot over the past year. It had turned anger, hateful and violent - to everyone. Teachers, peers, kids, pets, adults... His fights had increased - to such an extent he was being thrown into new homes almost monthly. People were growing to fear him or loathe him... and he... was slowly losing his very character to this uncharisteric and almost maniac rage and hate that had fallen over him.
"Can't you be GOOD for once? You'll never find a good home if you don't calm the fuck down. Im running out of homes to take you too."
"Then why don't YOU take me in?" Terra asked, looking at her, eyes gleaming. Silence feel between them, tense and frightful. Then Terra shattered it. "That's what I thought." He laid his head in his hands, looking out the window. "Just keep fucking looking." He heard the sounds of papers riffling.
His blue eyes had turned dark, full of pain and lonliness. No one wanted him anymore... did they?
Even still, somehow Yori cotninued to be able to find him home after home... and eventually Terra's violence was thrown down a notch. After he had been thrown in the closet and went through a panic attack that lasted for hours, he learned to keep his hate to a boiling low, terrified of it ever happening again.

He continued to lead Ven around, pointed out houses that he had lived in, giving little snippets of memory from them. Like the one that he had first dyed his hair in. Or the one where he had his first kiss - revealing later he had only done it to piss of his caretakers. It worked and he had been thrown out without a second thought. He pointed out the first one he had ever been in, explaining how he had lived their seventh monthes - his record time. And then he pointed out the one he had been locked in the closet, telling how he had been only in that house for a week tops - his other record time. He pointed out his last house, the one he finally ran away from.

And then finally... he led Ven to the only house he could tentatively call 'home'. He led the other inside this one, memory after memory coming back to him.
He showed Ven the kitchen, murmuring softly. "If you ever wondered why I liked muffins so much... I guess it's because of my mom. She made me them all the time." He pointed out a few pictures hanging on the walls, pointing out his mother to Ven.
He showed Ven the living room and his old room and even the attic... but he didn't dare enter his mother and father's room.
When Ven asked why, he only whispered, "Thats where he killed her."

Eventually time found Terra and Ven lounging back on a bench, the world changing because the sun was lower in the sky. The rocks were being colored differently, almost beautifully because of the setting sun. Nearby was one of the few trees of the land, it's leaves whistling softly in the breeze.
Ven had swung his legs out and over one of the edges of the armrest. His head was in Terra's lap. The wolf humming looking around one hand idly running through the other's hair. "After I ran away this was the place I usually slept." The other glanced up at him in shock.
Terra shrugged. "It's where I slept when I ran off for those three days too. You know how warm it stays here even during the night so it was never really bothersome."
He looked back upwards, towards the sky. "It's also where I had my Awakening... Heh... I even remember some of the things i was told. They told me... that 'I was the One who would break away from the past'."

Silence fell between the two for a few short seconds, before Terra mumbled, "Come on theirs one more place I want to show you before we go back."
The blonde nodded, slowly getting to his feet and Terra led him away towards the only other place that seemed to cultivate grass. The place was instantly familar. A cemetary.
"Heh, I'm probably the only Atterian alive who ever visits someone of the dead... You don't have to come in if you don't want to. I just wanted to say hi." Terra mumbled softly leaving Ven's side and walking into the area, his steps practiced and easy. He stuffed his hands in his pockets as he walked a familar path to his mother's gravesight, looking down at the stone. It wasn't speacial or even detailed. their were no loving words, not even dates of life and death. Just her name and the body beneath. He considered her lucky. Some stones didn't even HAVE names. Some Atterians cared about death as deeply as humans, but most did not. Most weren't even buried in the cemtary and the ones that were were usally used as a marker so that an old plot wouldn't get dug up again... not as... loving nameplates that humans lived by.
And most certainly did NOT revisit the place of a dead family member. But Terra had always been different... and was always viewed as weird and strange... his habits had always set people off. He loved fighting as much as the next person, but he had phobias which wasn't common, he visited his mother almost weekly, he didn't have followers even though he was a borne leader, and he LOVED to read...
He pulled his hands out of his pockets, kneeling down, fingers running over the words of the tomb. "Hey mom." he murmured quietly. He was far enough away from Ven, that the other couldn't hear him. "Sorry I haven't come by. The planet was kinda of... gone. But... Xehanort's gone so we don't have to worry about that happening again huh?" He ran his hands through the grass, hearing the stems whisper together. "I uh... showed Ven around finally. You remember him right? I told you about him... the bastard finally admited he loved me... ummm...." His mind had drawn a blank, which wasn't unusual. Sometimes the words came easily when he spoke to her... other times, they were impossible.

But this time... it was a bit different. Terra placed a hand over his heart, were he could feel it throb in pain. Leading Ven through town, telling him about his past, bringing up bad memories he never really dwelled on before... and the few good ones he had to share were few and far between had been hard on him. An Atterian's life was hard and hardly ever happy. And his seemed impossible. Half of it, the wolf half, wanted to travel through life being the Atterian his father had pronounced him to be like... the other half... wanted to be human. It was like walking a tightrope, and whichever way he fell would determine which one he would become.
The brunette bowed his head, shoulders shaking with sudden sobs. His blue eyes were wide watching tears fall to the grass at his feet. He didn;t know why he was crying... everything just hurt...
He heard grass crunch beside him as someone dropping down next to him, and was soon wrapped up in warm arms. "I'm sorry I-I just..." He trailed off, not knowing what he wanted to say. But he didn't need to say anything. Ven knew.
~~~

That night, the ship was on a slow idle speed in auto-pilot, heading towards Akbar upon Ven's request now. The lights on the ship were dark and dim as they all slept.
But one pair was about to get a rude awakening.

♪ I'm a nightmare, a disaster
That's what they always said
I'm a lost cause, not a hero
But I'll make it on my own ♪


"Nnngh..." Terra grumbled, tossing his head. He licked his dry lips, Ven sprawling out over him. He cracked his eyes open, looking towards where Ven's phone lay and the song slowly began to replay - and the blonde wasn;t making much movement to answer Roxas' call.

He reached out, snapping it open and hissed. "Go to bed!"
"It's 1 in the afternoon!" The blonde on the other complained.
"Yeah for you."
"Well it's not my fault you guys don't live in a set time zone. And what are you doing answering Ven's cell anyways?"
"Did you call just to bug us?"
"No! I called to tell you guys me and Axel picked a date for the wedding."
Terra pulled his ear away suddenly, grumbling something about perky blondes in the morning. Why was it roxas sometimes was as moody as Ven and other times as fucken chipper as sora? He was bipolar. "Talk to your brother I can't handle his amount of fucking bunnies and rainbows this late at night." He said, shoving the phone in Ven's face.


Roxas meanwhile was walking around Radiant, phone in his ear, realziing Terra wasn't listening to him anymore. He rolled his eyes. "Hello is anyone there?"
He sighed, waiting for someone to take the phone again, glancing around. while he and Axel had been setting the date and getting ready for the wedding on top of taking care of the town, Roxas had figured out they probably wouldn;t be able to actually HAVE the wedding until fall. Whcih was okay - Delshad was beautiful in the fall and would make for romantic atmospheres in later anniversaires. It was just a few monthes away. Unlike Sora and Riku who had no life and could make a wedding happen in... four days.
Of coruse they had ended up being engaged nearly two years instead but that wasn't the point. they HAD planned on getting married in four days. Oddly enough they still got married on the same date Riku had originally chosen.
The blue-eyed keyblader glanced around town, his eyes sweeping across the occupants. Radiant had expanded a lot as well... and trying to find one person out of the bunch of them was well... IMPOSSIBLE.
He had been searching for Xigbar for what seemed like FOREVER. He'd tried asking everyone if they;d seen him and gotten a few clues but for some reason either Xigbar was purposely evading him...
or his searching skills sucked as bad as Sora's.
He hoped it was the first one.

[Rikugurl]

OOC: INDEED I LOVE YOU II!
WOO MEMORIES~~~~~~~~

A brunette woman with long, curly hair yawned as she put her feet up on a keyboard that wasn't in use.
"Ooooooh, this is no fun." She whined as she looked over at a blonde man who was lounging as well.

The airship was landed on the hot, sandy desert with nothing to do!


Gunnar smiled as he watched the water sprinkle down onto the flowers. "Not too much." A woman said softly as she was across the room with his sister, playing in the dirt.... or potting a flower.
Gunnar pouted as he stopped. How come SHE got to get all dirty! That was a boy's thing!

He crossed his arms with the watering can but blinked when he saw something on one of the leaves. He looked closer and giggled. "I found something!"
Aerith stood and smiled at the little girl before walking over to Gunnar and leaning over so they were the same height. She blinked but smiled, seeing what Gunnar was seeing. "Oh, that's called a caterpillar. He must be a stoleway."

Gunnar's eyes widened and started to become upset. "DADDY! DADDY! THERE IS AN INTRUD--"
Aerith clasped her hand over the boy's mouth and giggled. "No, no... not an intruder. He can't do any harm."
Slowly she reached down and pulled him up on her finger. "You see... soon it make a cocoon and then... become a butterfly."
"No way!"



The hot sun beat down on the only two people on the surface. Blonde spikes swayed in the dusty air as they walked into the town. His blue eyes widened as he looked around. The last time they had been on this world was when they went under training... and from what they could see of it from the distance... it was in ruins... but now... everything seemed perfect. Not a toppled over stone anywhere. It was like... everyone got up and just left.

If Atteris was back to itself... did that mean...?

He was stopped in his thinking as Terra started to talk. This was going to be a long tour. He looked up at the houses and buildings, seeing that they were all made from the same material. It wasn't impossible that there could of been a mountain there... they had seen worlds where homes were built in landmarks... like the coral homes in Lucintia.
He was amazed though... that even with those homes in the landmarks... it was never as well crafted like this. Everything was made of stone. EVERYTHING.

"You guys... didn't use wood?" He asked, pulling his hands to the back of his head like Sora did quite a bit.

His hands came down as Terra explained though, making the blonde look around. Yea... he noticed that now. There wasn't a tree around. That was until they reached the playground. He watched the swings move slowly in the desert air and smiled slightly. It was funny... every single world seemed to have its own playground for the kids to enjoy... but Akbar didn't have one.
He also thought it was a bit strange to see one on this world... due to the people who once lived there.

They continued to walk though till the got to a large courtyard where a large fountain was... and to Ven's surprise, it was sand flowing from the top instead of water. It was... very weird. They walked closer to see the pool of.... quicksand. It was all very strange to him... just the sight of him made him want to find a drink.

They walked on to they got to a red building that stood out a lot compared to the others. He looked up, seeing the doors that looked melted and... even a broken window in the back. He laughed and shook his head, looking up at the brunette. "You really were a trouble maker, huh?"

They moved on to a larger building. Terra pointed out that it was the school. He looked at the row and row of windows, nodding slowly. He looked back at the land keyblader and nodded, grinning a bit. "I'm not surprised... you seem like you'd be the trouble maker." He teased. They slowly left the school, even if Ven had a hankering to see what it looked like inside.

Next was another building, this one much smaller that he school. He looked up at a sign over the door and frowned slightly. Was it common for Atterians to be foster children? Orphans? That was something he, Seifer and Fujin had in common.

They slowly left and started to go to MANY random houses. He could help but chuckle at some, hearing Terra had kissed a girl on spite. His face grew a bit red with rage when he heard about that woman locking him in the closet. He wondered if that was where he got his claustrophobia from.

Slowly they reached the end, classic scene... of a cemetery. He frowned though... it wasn't like the one in Destiny that had flowers all over it with little flags and notes to the dead. It was very plain and well... cold looking. He nodded softly, staying on the outside as he pushed his hands into his pocket.
Slowly... he felt a phantom emotion sprouting up. His eyes grew darker as he looked down, a hand coming from his pocket and placing it over his heart.

His eyes started to water and that was when he knew... he was needed. He quickly dashed into the cemetery and easily found Terra. He was by an old tree, in front of a grave. Ven watched his step as he passed the tombstones... some not even having names on them. He fell down next to his lover and slowly pulled him up.
"Terra..." He said softly as he held his lover.
Blue eyes looked over, seeing the tomb stone and the name of a woman sharing the same last name as Terra was engraved. It was worn out though.. and only could be read if one looked at it closely.

He ran his hands through brown hair and smiled. "Shh..." He spoke softly. "It's ok..." He pressed his face into the brunette hair and nuzzled him. "H-hey... how about I show you Akbar? If... it's back to the way I was before?" Maybe it would cheer Terra up... or not. Ven's.... early life was much more peaceful before... Xehanort ripped it up. Hopefully... everything was back together.... and the quiet winds found their way home.


~~~


Akbar oddly enough wasn't very far from Atteris.... however Akbar was much more smaller than the other. How the Atterian race not suck the close world dry in the ancient days... it was unknown.

The ship was quiet, the lovers all sleeping in their beds together, the kids sharing a bed once more and Aerith slept alone... but was accompanied by her flowers, the framed picture of Zack over her bed.

However, the silence was awaken in the room all the way in the back.
A loud sound of a whining chorus filled the room, the sound of the cellphone vibrating on wood.
"Mmmmmuuh...." The blonde mumbled as his body sudden moved over the brunette's neck to him. However, the comfortable position was disturbed as he was leaned on an almost crushed as Terra grabbed the phone.

He refused to open his eyes and moaned a bit more as he tried to find another comfortable spot. He opened his eyes in protest, about to tell Terra to get off the damn phone when he noticed that it was in his face. "Wha....... about....... bunnies?" He rubbed his hair and moaned again, finally sitting up in bed.

He put the phone to his head.
"Hello?"
No answer. He raised a sleepy eyebrow and looked down at the phone, realizing he was holding it upside down.
He flipped it around and tried again.
"Hello?"


A few blocks from Roxas, a wagon was being pulled with one hand by a tall man. Inside the wagon were five little pups, looking around and yipping happily as they watched things go by.
Walking along side was not one... but two adult moombas. One had deep red fur as the other had a lighter shade. The lighter one was well known... Xio... but the darker one was a new one that they were finally able to meet. A female that Axel and Roxas has called Maxey.

Axel looked up and smiled as he saw the sign. It was a new pharmacy that opened and well... they said it had the lowest prices than anywhere... and the pups needed some formula since Maxey seemed to refuse to nurse them.

He walked in, hearing a little bell toll letting the owner know they had a customer. He walked up to the counter and looked around, seeing some things here and there on the shelves.

"So, I see you can't read." A rustic voice came from behind the counter.
"Huh?" Axel blinked, looking around the store.
"No pets allowed."
Axel realized the voice was coming behind the counter and looked back to see---
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" His hair stood on end as his face twisted.

Golden eyes widened as he saw the man started to freak out and flail about like... he really DID need some medicine. "Uh...."

Green eyes finally sharpened as he leaned in, becoming uncomfortably close with the pharmacists. "What are YOU doing here!"

A man with darker skin blinked. He had long black hair with grey streaks in it, only held up by a small ponytail and letting the rest flow over. A scar came from his eye and widened as it went to the side of his left jawline. Golden eyes and pointed ears were what really stood out.
"Huhwha! Get out of my face!" He pushed the other away and frowned. "What's all this about?"

Axel blinked as he tilted his head. Then something caught his eye. A name tag. He leaned in a bit closer to read it.
"B-R-A-I-G"
"I guess you can read." A sarcastic voice came from the man in the lab coat.
"Braig? You're not Braig! You're... You're.... Oh.... you're Xigbar's Somebody."
".........What exactly are you suffering from? I don't know if I have something so strong to cure you."

[Reno]

The brunette laid in the other's arms quietly, slowly calming down. "Yeah." he murmured. "Yeah I'd love to see your home."

The wolf hesitantly pulled away, rubbing at the falling tears even if they wouldn't stop falling. "You know..." he murmured, not sure who he was talking to anymore. "Next time... I think I'll bring flowers."

~~~

Terra just groaned, glancing over towards the blonde as the other shifted and sat up. He burst into laughter as Ven tried to speak in the phone upside down. "Nice job there genius." he commented, throwing his arm over his eyes. He suighed, trying to get back to bed.


The blonde on the other end blinked when he heard a muffled hello. "Uh...?" He lsitened closely, hearing laughter in the background and a few buttons getting pushed as the phone was man-handled. Roxas smiled when he finally got an answer from a sleepy sounding voice. "Hey Ventus!" He said cheerfully, probably a little too chipper for Ven's good. "I was just calling to tell you guys the date of our wedding. Uh... you gonna be awake enough to remember this?" He teased.

"Anyways it's gonna be in fall, about four monthes from now. October 3rd." The happy blonde continued, lifting his left hand, watching the ring glimmer in the sunlight. He smiled contently. He knew Axel had wanted to get married a lot sooner, but with work how it was and the place he wanted to GO to as going to take some convicing on both his and Sora's part...

besides the moomba pups were going to be keeping them busy as well. They would have to wean them and find them all homes in a matter of four monthes. They had too much on their plate.

"Oh yeah I've been searching for Xigbar but it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. I haven't seen him at all. Are you sure he's here?" Roxas asked.

[Rikugurl]

Ven rocked back and forth, falling in and out of sleep but shook his head to stay awake as Roxas started to talk again. "October 3rd?" He repeated. If it was four months from now, that meant the Gardens were in the month of June.

He nodded as he grabbed a pen that was on the nightstand and carved it in the wood, not really realizing it. "Ok... I wrote it down..." He said sluggishly before falling back to his pillow.

At his brother's next statement, he frowned, thinking as best as he could. "Weeeeeell, Xigbar's original home was Radiant Garden right...? Maybe you're look looking for the wrong place... maybe he's his Nobody again. But uh.... good luck with that.... and stuff."

The phone suddenly dropped onto the floor as the blonde started to snore.


Axel blinked and bit his lip a bit. "Uh.... well..... er.......um......yea..... NICE STORE YOU GOT HERE! BYE BYE NOW!" He waved franticly before rushing out the door. He panted and looked back at the store before running down the street like a mad man, the wagon behind him bouncing all over, making the pups jumped and fall on top of each other.
"ROXAAAAAAAAAAAS!"


~~~~


In a large castle on top of mountain, the downstairs was filled with people, standing around and talking to each other as glasses were held in their hand. The sun shown down radiantly and flowers bloomed all around. It couldn't of been a more beautiful day.

The Entrance Hall was full of decorations and some places for people to sign in. The Ballroom was also filled with decorations but didn't have much else in it.

It was the courtyard that was filled the most. There was a handmade altar and row after row of chairs with little name tags on them. Some women from the Disney Castle were busy at work tending the last touches as people started to pour out of the entrance into the yard.


A sigh admitted form a blonde who was working on his tie. When it was fixed and centered, he pulled a brush through his spikes, watching them bounce back into place. He reached back and pulled longer spikes down into a ponytail. It was slowly getting less and less pathetic looking.
"Another one getting married." He said softly, looking at himself in he mirror. He would of never thought he would be attending so many weddings.

Riku fixed his silver tie, and nodded to himself in the mirror. He looked back at the brunette working on his suit and smiled, walking over and helping with his tie. He smiled at his husband though their reflection. "This brings back some memories huh?" He smiled fondly. Another wonderful day.

A redhead was lounged on a chair, a paper bag at his mouth as he breathed in and out. Sweat ran down his neck as he pulled at his tie.
Xio's ears lowered, seeing his master so.... panicked.

[Reno]

Terra chuckled, hearing the pen carving into the word, but too lethargic to stop the other. Well that was one date they'd never forget.

The blonde suddenly fell down next to him, snoring. He heard the phone fall to the floor. The brunette sat up and reached over to grab at the forgotten phone, picking it up, barely paying attention to the other's voice. "Good night Roxas." He snapped it closed, setting it down.

He laid down, nuzzling up against his sleeping lover, drawing the covers around them once more. The blonde strands tickled his nose. He smiled and soon was asleep again as well.


Roxas blinked. "But-" suddenly he heard the phone fall. "Ven...? Ven? VEN?!" He yelled.

'Good night Roxas' He heard Terra call before the line went dead. Roxas pulled his phone away to look at it dumbly seeing the words 'call ended 1:37' on the screen. "pff, jerk."

He looked up however when he heard something... strange:
"ROXAAAAAAAAAAAS!"

".......Axel?"

The blonde looked up, and his eyes went wide when something bright red circled the corner and, upon seeing him shot down the street. It was like watching a crazed horse charge after not getting enough sugar cubes...

"Axel calm down!" He waved his hands francitcally. "You'll hurt the pups!!!"

Well at least they found Xigbar.

~~~

"Heh, just wait. Maybe one day you'll attend your own." A voice teased from behind, but the mysterious person walked over, getting in range of the mirrior. His brunette hair framed his blue eyes, also dressed as nice as could be. He himself had never dressed up quite so many times in his life.


Sora licked his lips, trying to get his tie to agree with him. His fingers weren't wanting to cooperate today however. but he was so excited! Roxas and Axel were getting married!!

He blinked when Riku came over and helped him with his tie, raising his head and grinning at him. "Yeah it does. I wonder how they're doing."

He remembered how nervous he had been, and for no real reason too. Maybe it was just stage fright nerves?


"Uh Axel as funny as it would be to watch you hypervenilate and faint I don't think Roxas would like it very much if you're late to your own wedding." The blonde musician said, sitar strangely absent. This was going to be his first wedding, and it was kind of exciting. "Oh and uh your messing up your clothes."


Roxas took a few calming breaths, the little shots of panic coming from Axel NOT helping in keeping him calm.

"Rox you look like your constipated."

The blonde shot a second one a mean glare. So he was a LITTLE nervous. that wasn't a big deal right... everyone got nervous on their wedding day right?

"If you weren't my best man Hayner, I'd kill you." He wondered if it bothered Sora or Ven that he hadn't asked them first. Then again he new Sora hadn't chosen Ven or him first either. If he had had the choice he would have had Riku walk him down the aisle but considering he was MARRYING him... he asked Kairi, but the red-head had declined saying she didn't want to waddle down the aisle.

The other blonde laughed, brown eyes gleaming. "Well lucky me."

Roxas scoffed, looking back towards the mirrior, taking a few more deep breathes. "I can do this... I can do this."

[Rikugurl]

The blonde blinked and looked back, seeing Terra behind him in the suit. He hadn't seen him in that thing for years.
His face blanked as he heard the other's statement, only blushing slightly. "Hah.... nice one Terra." He shook his head and walked pass the man. "It''s be starting soon huh? I guess I should go see how that fucking quack is. Save me a seat huh?"

Ven waved as he left the room, walking across the entry hall towards another door. He knocked on it before letting himself in, seeing Roxas and Hayner.
Blue eyes met another pair and smiled.
"Hey, you're still alive! I guess that's a good sign." The twin joked.


Riku shrugged. "Who knows.... they've been together long enough, this shouldn't phase them in the bit." He was dead wrong.
"Why don't you go check on your brother? I'll be in the courtyard with everyone else." He kissed his husband on the cheek and headed out. He walked down the Entrance Hall, seeing Ven for just a second before disappearing into Roxas's room.

He smiled softly before he continued walking, accidentally bumping into someone. "AH.. h-hey!" He blinked and looked, seeing who he bumped into. "Oh... hey Terra." He said softly. It seemed they were headed for the same place.
"Uh.... nice castle huh?
It was true.... Riku was still on the antisocial side. He hardly spoken to Terra... and wasn't all to sure what to talk about while they walked to the courtyard together.


Axel's eyes sharpened as he stood up suddenly. It seemed to get a bit hot in there. "AUGH! YOU JERK!" He suddenly grabbed Xio, pulling him up and was about to THROW the poor thing at Demyx before quickly stopping. Xio whimpered as his belly was being shown off to Demyx.

"DAMNIT! NOW I HAVE FUR ALL OVER MY SUIT!" He plopped the moomba down and started to pat down his tux, red fur fluffing out into the crackling fire.
He pouted and sighed, looking at the blonde.
"I can't do this.... especially with your world of assurance."

There was a sudden knock and the door opened, a small mouse popping in. "Just to let you know.... it will start in 5 minutes." She smiled happily then closed the door, making her next stop to be Roxas's room.

[Reno]

Terra laughed. "Yeah yeah got it demanding fucker." He said, watching Ven hurry off to Roxas' room. He shook his head, traveling out towards the courtyard, only to run smack dab into someone else.

He stumbled a bit, about to snap at the person he had nearly run over when he realized who it was. He relaxed some, looking at the silverette curiously. "Hey." He answered, the two walking towards where the seats were.

However he rasied an eyebrow at the silverette's next sentence. "Nice... castle?" Wow someone sucked at conversation. He scoffed. "It's becoming highly unoriginal. I don't see what's so grand about marrying in one." He looked around at the walls of stone and brick. It made him wonder idly where Ven would of liked to get married at...

If they ever got to that point. Of course... his sense of marriage was a lot different from Ven's or anyone elses really...


Sora meanwhile quickly took Riku's advice, dashing off to run to his brother's room.
"-a good sign."
"Hey! I'm not gonna die!" He heard Roxas cry just as he poked hios head in the room, seeing his brothers and Hayner crowding around in the room. "Hey you guys are making fun of him without me?! no fair!"
"Oh great." Roxas groaned, glancing over to see Sora cheerfully enter as well. "Are you guys trying to make me want the floor to swallow me?"
"No man!" Hayner said, slinging an arm around his shoulder. "We're moral support! Truly!"
Sora laughed. "Besides, why are you so nervous?"
"I'm NOT! Axel is!" The blonde grumbled, crossing his arms. "Okay well... I'm a LITTLE nervous..."
Sora grinned, remembering the words Roxas had used with him. "Just remember 'I' and 'Do'"
Just then the little mouse came by the echo the same words she gave to Axel. The moment she was gone the blonde seemed to get even WORSE.
"Ah god." He bit down on his thumb nail looking at his reflection nervously. "I can't do this!"


The blonde watched Axel freak out and put a hand to his mouth. the minute Minnie poked her head in and laughed, causing a truely devestated look to pass over the red-head's face Demyx could hold it in no longer. The water mage fell over in his chair, laughing his head off. "Oh man Ax! Your pathetic!!" He rolled around, only to hear the red-head whine.
Demyx sat up, grinning reassuringly. "Come on what are you so scared of? You know he loves ya and you love him. This is nothing but a big ceremony with lotsa people watching you two as you make out. And all you gotta do is say a few words!"

[Rikugurl]

The silverette opened the door, revealing the beautiful courtyard. His aquamarine eyes shining like his own ring on his finger. He grinned at the other, seeing Terra look around. "What's wrong with castles?" He stopped, looking at Terra and placing his hand on his hip. "Oh, that's right... yours isn't all girly or a total nut."

He looked up at the sky but grinned. "At least we have the balls to purpose." He teased before leaving the brunette's side to find the chair that was marked for him.


Ven looked back to see Sora and smiled. "Sorry Sora... couldn't resist. Our brother just looks so cute in his bride outfit." He winked at his twin then looked at Roxas, becoming more flustered. They all stopped and looked back, seeing the familiar mouse announce the time and quickly left.
"I can't do this!"
The three looked back at their brother then grinned at each other. They suddenly grabbed the blonde and started to carry him out.


Axel blinked, looking at Demyx laughing hilarious. He felt fire brew up in himself but only pouted more and started to whine, not making any sense at all. He blinked when Demyx started to talk and sighed, nodding slightly. "I guess you're right... though it's no one's business to watch us make out!"
He sighed once more but puffed out his chest. "Alright. Let's do this!"

He opened the door and started to march out, when when he heard the music from outside, he marched right back into the room. However, he didn't make it back inside, feeling his collar being pulled as Demyx dragged him towards the courtyard.


The funny thing about the whole thing was... well... Axel was the one to walk the isle.
"WHY ME! I'm TALLER than you!"
"I top more AND I wear the PANTS in this house!"
"..........I wear pants too....."

Ven sat next to Terra and Sora who sat next to Riku. Other people that were close to the leaders of Delshad were in the front too like Pence and Raj, Fuu and Aqua and of course Seifer and with Gunnar. There were tons upon tons of townspeople from Delshad Garden, Radiant Garden and Twilight Town. There chatter was soft as everyone waited, Ven and Sora giving Roxas a thumbs up as he waited at the altar.

That was when the music started... and everyone grew quiet.
The large doors of the castle opened and out came a little girl in a cute little dress with ruffles all over it. She carried a basket full of face rose pedals... seeing that some people were allergic to real ones!
She walked down the stairs slowly and behind her walked her mother in a very familiar dress. Belle had let Olette borrow it! The green eyed woman smiled brightly at Roxas as she followed her daughter. Some people were confused... was.... Roxas getting married to HER!?

Obviously... they knew she was already married... and for awhile now. SHE wasn't wed at a castle. No, her wedding was on Sunset Hill. It was very small and personal... seeing that a lot of people still didn't like Seifer back then.
She was just so happy... to see Roxas like this. When they got to close to the altar, they took their seats next to their family already waiting.

That... was when the redhead as kinda.... pushed out at first. He bit his lip as the sun caught his green eyes... but when he looked at Roxas waiting...as soft smile appeared. He didn't want to keep him waiting...
Slowly he descended from the stairs neck to Demyx who was dressed in a sharp blue suit. They slowly walked over the fake rose pedals towards the alter.... and the blonde left his side before they reached it.
He found his seat next to another man with a sharp suit and blue hair.

Axel's legs seemed to shake as he walked next to Roxas but let out a soft sigh when he finally made it. Their hands joined... and they both knew... everything was going to be ok.

Minnie smiled as she looked down at the two.
It was time to begin.


The wedding went much like Sora's and Riku's. The vows were shared and rings exchanged. Bright green looked down into bright blue, some water in each of them.
It came up to the finally last words of 'I do' when the crowd started to cheer. Their lips met... and stayed that way for quite awhile.

They all headed towards the right side of the courtyard where the food and tables were. The meals were amazing... a big thanks from the chefs for Sora for helping them all out.
What made Axel and Roxas's eyes widen more... was the cake.
IT WAS HUGE! And white... with red fringe on it. There was even some faint flame designs in it.

The pyro and blonde cut the first slice together and shared that piece, feeding it to each other. Best yet... the ice cream they served... was Sea-salt.

Axel seemed to be almost as excited about the presents as Sora was. They... or course, received quite a few more seeing that a whole half of a WORLD was there... but they were all small... Some free coupons here, samples there, little trinkets and many home warming gifts with the Nobody symbol on them. There were even some gifts for Xio!
One of the best presents though... was from Sora.

Axel pouted as Sora walked over, handing Roxas.... a small box. THEY GAVE THEM VI FOR THEIR WEDDING AND THEY GET A SMALL BOX!? It didn't even move!
But... when Roxas opened it, they both raised their brows.

It was a set of keys.

Neither of them knew how drive... seeing that there were no cars in the Gardens. Everything was for walking.
"Uh.... what's it for?"
Sora only smiled fondly. "They're keys... for the Gummi Ship."
Axel grinned happily. "YEY! WE GET IT FOR ANOTHER WEEK!"
"No, no!" Sora corrected them. "The Gummi is yours now. You can use it whenever you want. If I wanna get anywhere, Riku can help."
Both Axel and Roxas's eyes widened.

With gifts set aside, Axel grabbed Roxas and pulled him towards the Entrance Hall again. Everyone followed the two inside and up a small flight of stairs... to the Ballroom.
Everyone found a partner pretty quick.
Gunnar giggled as Luci took his hand and started to dance playfully. They weren't even born when Sora and Riku were married... so this was their first time and having a great one!

Terra glanced at Ven and the blonde looked back.
"Oh.... no way. Not again. You know what happened last time, don't you."
"But Ven..."
"No!"
"DAMNIT! YOU'RE GOING TO DANCE WITH ME IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!"
The blonde was suddenly pushed into the middle of the dance floor and huffed.
Slowly he got into a silly position, warning Terra but the land keyblader didn't budge.
That was when Ven started to dance his weird and crazy moves like long ago.... but when made him stop.... was Terra was started to dance in stupid ways too. He blinked then started to laugh hilariously, now dancing next to his lover like a nut.
"We need to buy them some class." A female siverette whispered to her lover from afar."
"Nah, I kinda like them like this...

Axel and Roxas though... still won the dancing contest even if it wasn't a contest at all. They were the last ones to leave the ballroom, their eyes never leaving each other as they moved as one. It was so passionate and still everyone became dumbfounded on how the two learned how to dance like professionals on their busy schedule.

The sunset was rolling around but unlike Riku and Sora... they really didn't want to leave... but people needed to get back home and the pyro and blonde thanked everyone for coming. They also gave a huge thank you to now PRINCE and Belle for letting them use THEIR castle.

When everyone was gone, the newlyweds walked out into the Entrance Hall and was headed towards the courtyard to pick at some more cake when they stopped, hearing a voice come from behind them.

"Yo! Congratulations."
The two turned and Axel's eyes lightened. "RENO!" He raced over and almost toppled over the other redhead. He was quickly pulled away by a bald man and straightened it.
"You made it!"
"Of course I did, Turks don't back down on their word, yo."
"Uh... where's Rufus?" The blonde asked.
Reno looked down at the blonde and snickered. "The boss, well, he can't be going all over the place, yo. He's still well protected and stuff."
Axel smiled and crossed his arms. That was right... Reno or Rufus didn't exactly want anyone else to know they were well.... sleeping together, figuratively speaking. During the day, it was all business.


Back on the airship, the kids played with their party goods and Seifer continued to compliment his wife on how beautiful she looked in that dress. Fuu and Aerith were occupied with Aqua's hair, saying they were going to make HER into the next flower girl. Honestly enough... Aqua didn't seem to mind being made up pretty

Down below, in a familiar room, a red balloon shaped lollipop was held up to the window, bopping up and down as if it was really floating in the sky. His blue eyes were calm, his long hoodie covering over his briefs. They had found a swarm of new keyblades in Connection 4 and were on their way to 'chase' them.

Arms wrapped around his waist and a smile ran over his lips. He leaned back into the hard yet warm body, his blonde spikes pressing forward was he cuddled into the other's warmth. They both watched the balloon float, the nebula they were passing looking like an ocean of stars...






The ocean looked like a sea of stars, the sun hitting it just right to make it glisten. The sound of the ocean filled the ears of the young man. The sea breeze shifted his spiky brunette hair.
A picture was in his hand as he squatted at the end of a dock. Behind him, a large city rose up, some domes could be seen in the further distance. A future metropolis.

The picture... was one that was taken on the beach.
A man with spiky brunette hair in the front. One one side was a blonde with spiky hair, the other side, a woman with blue. Next to the blonde was a woman with brown curly hair, and next to the blue hair woman was a another blonde. Under the leader was a woman with silver hair... and in her arms were two children.
They were all in a salute pose, though it was just for gags.

The man turned the picture over, a symbol catching his eyes quickly. It was an odd symbol but it... was warming. In rich handwriting next to it read:

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved worlds.

Join The Chasers in the fight to save worlds.
#0053-1160826

The picture was then flipped back over to the picture side, and a smile smile arose over his features... but quickly disappeared as he heard a static in his ear.
"TIGER! Tiger are you there? Tiger, come in!"
A cheeky smiled appeared as black gloves reached up to a receiver.
"Yea, yea... don't get your fucking panties in in a bunch. I'm here, Princess."
There was some more static. "Yea well, if you don't get your asses back up here, don't you think I won't just leave you down there! So hurry up! We need to get back to Connection 16!"
"Alright, alright. I'll see you in 10." He said as he heard a giggle behind him.

He sighed softly, reaching to one of many hip bags, pulling out a bottle. It was an old glass bottle with nothing in it. Slowly he popped the cork and rolled the picture up, placing it inside. The fastened the cork back on tightly and smiled, lowering down and placing it into the water gently.
He stood slowly, watching the waves catch the bottle... and started to float out into the sea. His brown spikes shifted in the wind more as he looked up at the sky but quickly turned.

A long black coat flew as he turned, a large red symbol on the back of it... matching the symbol on the back of the picture. Before his coat could flutter down, the sun picked up a shinny possession on his hip. It looked like a sword with an elaborate revolver at the top.

Mako eyes looked left, then right. Two people were in front of him now.
The woman to his left had bright strawberry blonde hair that was haired out cutely, her hazel eyes bright with adventure. A blue ball was pressed on her hips, a short pair of shorts hugging her thighs as a half skirt covered her back side. Her clothes were bright but thing to painful for the eyes.

To his left was another man with mako eyes, his hair being silver. He wore all back leather with very flared bottoms.

"Alright. Heart, Materia, time to move out." He smiled was he walked passed them but stopped in front of the silvertte. "Maybe.... just maybe, your Mother will be on Connection 16."
The silverette's eyes glowed and a grin appeared on his face before he and the woman fallowed their second in command to their airship.