Of Fairytales and Blood Bonds

[Rikugurl]

Ven stomped down the hallway, his blood boiling. He... honestly didn't even know why. Maybe because his brother's were better at him with EVERYTHING.
Sora go better grades. Roxas had a better voice. They BOTH wanted to be something cool when they grew up. Roxas was going to be a fucking KING if they still lived on their home world. Sora would of traveled worlds making everyone happy.

And all Ven was good for was getting pissed of and being the KING of getting grounded.

He wished that Lady-in-waiting had dropped him that day...

He opened the door to the room and walked in. The room was ridiculously huge. The bed was a queen size and was fancy and soft.
Ven suddenly stopped in the middle of the room, his fist still curled and aggravated tears running down his cheek.
He was so angry... that he didn't think he could speak without choking. HE KNEW he couldn't speak without choking.

He slowly let his fingers relax and took some deep breaths. "N-nothing... I'm fine..." He whispered before he pulled his shirt off and tossed it on the floor.


Axel blinked and stood as the other's came out. He blinked when he heard HIS blonde become angry. Oh boy. After seeing your brother's after a year, wouldn't you think... well... siblings could be like that he guessed.

He blinked even more and blushed when he heard Roxas talk about dating. So he was really serious!? He couldn't help but smile but got a shot at Riku who didn't seem so pleased. He bit his lip and frowned.
"Well quite honestly, having to spend a year with Terra must of been hard..."

"Axel!" Riku shot out and Axel winced.
Riku sighed and shook his head. "Maybe... it's just nature for Shee and Atterian's not to get along. I'm sure he feels bad that you both... uh.... got close to us... but um..." He looked around, picking up his empty bowl. "Let's not talk to much more about this... I don't want the king to learn about this..."

[Reno]

Terra sighed. "You're not fine you're crying." agaain damn it! His tail swung smacking into the door and shutting it soundly. He walked over, his horns barely missing getting hooked by a shirt. He walked over frowning, about to snap at the other something along the lines of 'can;t you be happy for at least five fucking seconds?!' but then realized what happened the last time he had yelled at the blonde. He had gotten more upset.

He frowned a little, wishing he was a human because at least then he could hug him. So he'd have to improvise. He walked up close to the other, rubbing his body against the others legs and tilted his head up, licking the tips of dangling fingers. "Come on at least tell me what's wrong."


Roxas sighed, shaking his head. "No, Ven's just... like that. He gets angry a lot..." He frowned a bit sighing some. He still had no idea how to predict his brother's weird temper tantrums though - he had a feeling they'd always stay a mystery.

Sora was frowning worriedly, looking down the hall wishing his brother would reappear and hug them both and - okay well thta would never happen, Ven hated hugs. Suddenly he ehard rikus comment and blinked, glancing over at him. "Not find out about wh-" He cut himself off. "You mean the... kissing?" when he got a nod then, his eyes suddenly narrowed, gritting his teeth.

Now Roxas could ALWAYS tell when Sora was angry and quickly backed away and got close to Axel just in time for the other to explode.

"Oh... I see." The brunette spoke in a controlled tone at first, but it seemed like his own fury was ready to spill over. He suddenly leaned over, pointing his finger at Riku's nose. "If you were so ashamed about it you shoulda just said so. But you know, at least you got your sight back right? Sora was of enough use then right?" He straightened throwing his hands up and stomping down the hall.

"S-Sora?" Roxas tentatively called.

"Good NIGHT." He barked in return.

[Rikugurl]

Ven blinked as he felt the wetness on his fingers. He looked down, his watery blue eyes gleaming down at the gold. He sighed and walked to the bed, sitting down and almost sinking into it. He spread his legs out so Terra could come closer and sighed again, reaching down and rubbing the back of both Terra's ears.

"I...." He started and sighed again, looking off.
15 years ago... his real mother wanted peace with the Atterians. He wondered... what she would think if she saw this scene now? Him rubbing the Shee's sworn enemy's ears.

He shook his head and looked down at the beast who seemed to enjoy his ear rubbing.
"My brother's... they're...." He shook his head, feeling like a girl to be upset over something he always thought was so stupid. "They're in love..." And I'm left out like always...
"I know we kissed and everything... but I feel... like there's this wall... between us... because of our species."

The rubbing became slower as Ven grew deep in thought. "I'm the fierce one right...? I... want to knock down that wall...."
His blue eyes looked down at the golden again. "But... I can't do it alone..."


Riku blinked as Sora asked the question... then his whole face turned. He... never saw this face before. Did he have it once before when he was blin--
His eyes widened as he moved back, a finger in his face. "Wha..." He blinked even more as Sora started to talk... not believing his ears.

He was flabbergasted by the time Sora stomped off to the room. His mouth gaped open and closed, looking back at Axel who only tilted his head.
He looked back at Sora, still in shock.
"S...Sora!"
He called as he dropped the bowl and rushed off after the Shee.

Axel just sighed and crossed his arms and watched until they turned the corner. He looked down at Roxas and grew an impish grin, leaning over and twirling Roxas's hair in a long, black nail of his. "You ready for bed too?"


Riku quickly walked behind the brunette and frowned.
"Sora... Sora please..."
The Shee snapped back with something that made the silverette's heart drop. His light eyes became dark as he suddenly grabbed Sora's wrist and turned the corner, pinning him against the wall.

There was a small struggle before Riku could finally get him still.
"Sora! That wasn't what I meant!" He snapped... for maybe the first time to the Shee.
He sighed softly and shook his head. "I'm worried if Mickey finds out... he won't let me be your guardian anymore... and... if that happens... I don't know what I'd do..." He said softly as his eyes became lighter again.

"I'm not ashamed... not at all...." He slowly leaned over, and pressed his lips against Sora's once more.

[Reno]

Terra blinked as the other suddenly left his side and went to his bed. the wolf walked after once he was encouraged to and the moment the others hands went for his ears his head tilted in one direction, leaning into the scratched. His tail thumped onto the ground, listening to the other's voice curiously.

He took in the curious words of his brothers... being in love? what ficklety they had been with the guardians - what one year? - and already they thought it was love.

His eyes slid open fully, as the scratches stopped and started to comprehend Ven's words fully. He blinked slowly and then sighed. "There's alot more between us then a wall Ventus." He got a curious look. "Try a curse and my social skills." He chuckled faintly. "And my people's customs and beliefs. Love... doesn't exist for Atterians, Ventus. We can't feel it... that's why your people hated us so much. We just never cared." He looked away. "Besides I know you don't even really like me that much. You can find someone much better on your own planet then a... thing like me."


"I would say yes... but I'm afraid of hearing fighting." Roxas said, moving his head away from Axel's touch, hearing the sizzles. "Watch the hair. I still want some of it." He joked before getting to his feet. "Hey can we go up to the tower first? I want to see the stars from up there."


"Sora... Sora please..."

Sora scoffed, not even turning around. "Please what?! Need for me to do somethign ELSE for you?!" But suddenly he was grabebd and he yelped as he was tugged around the corner and PUSHED against the wall. "H-Hey let me go!" The brunette cried, struggling against the other's hold until his other wrist was pinned and Riku pushed him body flush against his, stopping all movement.

The brunette cheeks flushed against his own will and he stared deep into the green eyes before him. His own eyes widened as the other snapped at him for the first time since they'd met - riku had always been so... careful before almost like every word had to be guarded - and then...

then lips were on his. Sora's fingers twotched and he hummed softly, kissing back. Riku broke away from him at first and Sora said, "Heh you think I'd let him take you away from me? I've lost too much, there's no way in hell I'll lose you too." He wiggled his hand out of Riku's grasp, placing his hand on the back of the other's neck and pulling him forward mashing their lips together again.

[Rikugurl]

Ven frowned as he listened to Terra's words. He slowly grew a bad taste in his mouth.
"Love... doesn't exist for Atterians."
He felt his fingers start to shake.
So... that... night... was nothing but the blood taking over.... the kissing... didn't mean a damn thing!?
He grew a blank stare and shook his head.

"You're the only thing that would give their life for me..." He said softly before turning and climbing into the soft bed. He made room for Terra if he wanted to come up.


Axel blinked then smiled happily, straightening and flapping his wings slightly. "Sure!" He looked down the hall, growing an impish grin again. "I'll race ya!"
He got in a stance to start and grinned, licking his lips.
"Ready!? One.... Two...."
He suddenly shot off to the tower. "THREEEEE!"
Imp, imp, imp.


Riku blinked as Sora started talking, a small blush on his cheeks arose. He smiled softly as the other pull him into another kiss, and replied softly.
Slowly his other hand let go of the boy's wrist and ran down the Shee's body. His hands gently rubbed Sora's waist as he slowly started deepening the kiss. His eyes closed as their tongue met.
So much for yelling at Axel...

[Reno]

"I..." Terra looked up, seeing the other's look as he turned away. "That was a bad choice of words." He murmured softly. "Argh see why I need social skills?!" He did jump up onto the bed thought, laying down so his body was right against Ven's.

"Ven..." Terra sighed softly. "I... I would... love to love you." He laid his head on his paws, whispering softly. "but I'm afraid... that when the time comes for that moment... I won't be ABLE to." He sighed softly his eyes sliding shut. "Do you know what types of stories I listened to when going to bed? They weren't 'how the prince fell for the princess and everything was happily ever after' they were stories of wars and battles, stories of tearing people apart and bloodshed and..." He sighed softly. "Mom... even told me the story of how everyone ripped your race to shreds..."

He moved his head away, eyes glimmering darkly. "You shouldn't want to love a monster Ven... because you know what? You desereve someone much better then me."


Roxas blinked but grinned when the other proclaimed the race. "Sure!" He got in his wn little crouch, listenign as Axel counted down.
'One...'
Roxas licked his lips.
'Two...'
His legs tensed - then suddenly Axel took off.
"THREE!"
"HEY!" Roxas cried and suddenly took off. "Axel you cheater!" He laughed though, not minding. Axel had some long legs but...

But Roxas was a three-year track runner back on Akbar. Sure he hadn't for awhile but he still knew the way to do it. He regulated his breathing, making sure not to go so fast, storing his energy.

Just as they were getting close to the door that led up the stairs, he did a little skip-jump and sprinted forward. And quickly passed the imp. he laughed breathlessly, hearing the cry of indignition. "Gotta try harder~" He hurried to the door, snapping it open and taking to the stairs. there was no way Axel could pass him now bevause the stairs were only wide enough for one or two and Axel wouldn;t be able to get close without burning him.

Roxas slowed up as he reached the top of the stairs and laughed breathlessly, leaning against the wall, a big grin on his face and stuck his tongue out at Axel when the other came into sight. "Haha, I won."


"mmm..." Sora hummed again as their tongues met, the sensation weird but surprisingly not gross at all. He wrapped both his arms around the other's neck, tentatively moving his own tongue against the other's. He didn;t know how to do this really well but... well they could wing it.

[Rikugurl]

Ven just laid there, his eyes looking out blankly. Fuck... he really did need some social skills because every word out of his mouth made him feel worse. His heart pounded in his chest, just wishing Terra would stop already. He got the point.

It didn't really fly with him that the whole... night was 'I'm just going to use you for something sexual' kind of thing.
It always pissed him off when guys at school boasted about girls going down on them and them not really caring for the girl. He actually beat up a kid like that before... and made him buy some flowers for the girl.

They actually did get together after that.

And now...
Shit... he would be the laughing stock of the Shee if this had happened... He would of been out casted and his parents...
Even his parents now!
What would they think....?

He gripped onto the blankets as he wrapped them around him a bit. Slowly he pulled them over his head and only stuck his face out. Something he use to do when he was a kid and scared of noises in the dark.


Axel grinned as he rushed towards the stairs and suddenly... was passed. "H-HEY!" He flailed as he continued up the stairs, around and around. He laughed though as the blonde continued to stay in front. Little devil...

When they got to the top, Axel only grinned sheepishly. "Yea, yea... hot shot." He stuck out his tongue... and missed Roxas's by an inch.
He opened the door and smiled, walking out into the crisp night. He shoved his hands into his leather pockets and smiled as the wind brushed through his hair.

He looked up at the stars, remembering the night before. How he wished he could hold Roxas like that again...


Riku leaned in more as the kiss developed. Wasn't he trying NOT to get caught... yet here he was in a hallway making out with the boy he was suppose to be guarding.
Well... he still WAS guarding him right?

He moaned softly into the kiss, his hands still moving at the boy's waist.
His eyes snapped open though as he heard something... coming down the hallway.
He pulled away, saliva wet at his lips. He raised a brow... seeing... a broom?

They watched the broom walk pass them as if it didn't see a thing. A blush ran over Riku's cheeks as he looked back at Sora. "Come on..." He said softly as he took his wrist and led them back to their room.
He opened the door and then closed it when Sora came in.
A smile ran over his face as he slowly walked to the bed with the Shee. He sat down with him and slowly pressed his lips back together with the boy's.

[Reno]

Ven wouldn;t be the only laughing stock - of course mind you Terra already WAS a luaghing stock of his people. His family had gotten cursed by the Shee. That was shameful enough... but to hear him even TALKING about Love - even thinking about wishing to want to feel such a thing... heh well that'd be hilarious too. The Tellus clan would be shamed for the rest of eternity.

His ears flattened, seeing Ventus curling up further as he spoke and snapped his mouth close. "Sorry..." He whispered, facing away from the other, feeling an itch in his eyes and wishing so much that he could just reach up and rub them. He didn't have the anatomy to. He blinked his eyes a few times, seeing everything blur for a second, then something warm and wet moved down the sides of his face, patting down his fur.

What the...?


Roxas smiled as the other walked out, and followed after, looking up at the stars and breathed the night air. He smiled brightly. "Wow... it's so beautful out here." He looked up, feeling the wind whipping at his hair, staring up at the stars. He sighed a bit.

He wondered idly how he still had the energy to smile after a day like today. Learning what happened to Norn and... and then having to deal with Ventus' little tantrum at the end of it all...

He glanced at Axel and chuckled. "We really need to work on your curse. Sora and Riku already got first palce, there's no way in hell that I'm letting Ventus and Terra get second."


Sora's eyes opened as well as he ehard the noise, looking as well. He saw the broom and as it passed, laughing breathlessly. wow, they were scared of a broom?! "W-Whoa!" He said, laughing some more as he was tugged away and into their room.

They went back towards their room and Sora blushed some as the door was shut and he was led towards.. oh the bed.

W-Well thats not so bad! He let the other lead him down in a sitting position, murmuring the other's name and slowly their lips met once more. Sora moaned, reaching up to tangle his figners in the silverette's hair.

[Rikugurl]

Ven sighed as he heard the sorry. He didn't even know if Terra meant that...
Were Atterian's unable to care either?
He clung onto the blanket even more. They laid their for a few moments before Terra started to shift... and wouldn't stop.

Damnit... he just wanted to sleep...
Terra kept shifted.
He finally whipped the covers off and growled, looking back at Terra and was ready to have an argument when his voice caught. His eyes went wide as he saw... tears running down Terra's face.

He blinked, bitting his lip softly. Terra seemed... confused? Had... he never cried before? What... was he crying... about?
Did... he really have to wonder....?
He swallowed and leaned over, looking at the Atterian sympathetically. This... wasn't easy on him either...
Slowly he reached out and wiped the tears from the fur. It wasn't as easy as wiping it off skin, that was for sure.

"I'm sorry..." He said softly after he got the tears off the best he could before taking the other's horns. He gently pulled on them and kissed the wet nose of the beast.


Axel smiled and nodded, looking up at the stairs with the blonde. He blinked though as Roxas brought it up and blushed a bit. Rubbing the back of his head, he blushed and looked away.
"Yea well... both of our cases are pretty bad, you know? I was poisoned and Terra was cursed... We're both gonna have a hard time getting out of this one. I think the only way I can go back to my normal life is well.... to stop acting... like an imp."

He tilted his head and laughed. "Kinda silly. I AM an imp!"


Riku moaned softly as their tongue met again. He wrapped his arms around the boy's waist, pulling him closer. Slowly, he leaned down, making Sora lean down on the bed. He made sure Sora's head was on the pillow before he moved to one side, starting the kiss up again. His silver hair tickled the Shee's cheek softly as it moved from the fingers.

Slowly his own fingers found their way under the brunette's shirt. The shirt gradually pulled up, revealing Sora's tummy... and then torso. Gentle hand ran up and down the bare chest, his moans becoming more louder.

[Reno]

Terra laid there, completely at a loss of what to do as the warmth continued to wet his fur. He blinked and blinked and blinked but they didn't stop. His face was getting uncomfortably warm, prompting him into shifting around, which was quickly agitating the blonde beside him. His ears pressed against his head - god now he was even a bad sleeper.

It was only when he felt the other snap off the covers did he realize he was... crying. He didn't think it was actually possible for him to...

He shut his eyes, ready for Ventus to snap at him, just like he had back when they made it to Dragoon - and they opened feeling the fingers running across his face, meshing the water in his fur - though he had a feeling the other was trying to wipe them off. the expression on the other's face... was an even bigger surprise.

The other tugged him lightly up by the horns and Terra followed the movement. He blinked, even more befuddled as the other kissed him on the nose lightly and got his own apology. He hoenstly... didn't know what to do with it because it was the first he;d ever honestly gotten. "V-Ven..." He murmured, his voice sounding strange to his ears. Thicker... and odd.


Roxas smiled softly. "Your NOT an imp... you were just poisoned into being one." He yawned a bit. "But if you need to STOP acting like one well it's easier then you think. you need to stop - lying, cheating, stealing and being selfish and greedy."

He stretched his arms out high above him, staring up at the stars again. "I wish I could touch you, then I could hit you each time you started to act impish and we could like work out a system until you learned." He laughed softly.


Sora shifted as Riku did, allowing him to guide him down to the bed. He chuckled softly in the kiss as the hair moved against his cheek, reaching up to brush it away but it only fell back. His groans suddenly got gradually louder as he felt the hand running up his stomach, the muscles twitching and pulling back at the new, almost ticklish sensations.

But the minute Riku was at his chest Sora gasped, breaking away from the lip-lock. "R-Riku!" He didn't know what to do with this development. It felt... good.

[Rikugurl]

The blonde sighed. They had both been real.... jerks to each other... Ven only felt sorry for himself... and that wasn't fair. Terra was trying his best. He was still alive... right?

He frowned softly as he heard Terra's voice. It wasn't the same. It actually... sounded human. A choke?
His chest felt heavy as his own eyes started to water. He had never seen Terra like this before... and he could tell that Terra never saw himself like this.

He slowly laid back down and pulled at the horns again softly, pulling the large beast on top of him.
"If you can feel this sad.... you can feel love." The blonde whispered as he brushed his hand to wipe more tears away. He rubbed the other's face gently before kissing his nose again softly.


Axel counted his sins on his fingers and blinked. "Oh boy... ONLY that?" That's all he knew HOW to do. This was going to be harder than he thought...

"I wish I could touch you," Axel grew an impish grin as his eyes became more narrow than they already were.
"then I could hit you each time you started to act impish" He blinked and straightened a bit. Ahem... yes, he knew that was what Roxas meant.

"You think that would work?" He laughed and looked down at the tired blonde. "I suppose you can always spray me with a water bottle when I'm bad. Like a cat!" He giggled but smiled. "Come on... you look tired! You need your beauty sleep... my boyfriend of mine." He smiled happily, loving the sound of that.


Their kisses and moans were soundly, just enjoying one another. Riku blinked as Sora pulled away, a bit in shock. What was... oh. He blushed as he saw Sora's exposed torso. He hadn't even noticed. "Ha... don't worry... I won't go any further than this..." He said softly as he leaned into Sora again, this time his lips not meeting the Shee's lips... but his neck.

He kissed and suckled at it, licking the other's jaw. His hand came back out, slowly rubbing the boy's chest once more.

[Reno]

Terra blinked as the other tugged him forward more and slowly he moved along with it surprised as the other nundged him into lying ATOP of him. He blinked slowly at the others words, and he was silent for a few moments.

He was an Atterian yet... he did things his kind never had been heard of doing. He guarded a Shee, he lived without a clan, he... he hadn;t marked Ven when they came clsoe to mating... and... he could cry....

He'd already broken away so much of the social norms. Maybe... the last and most prominent... wouldn't be so difficult after all.

He whispered softly. "Maybe your right." He glanced at the other, getting another soft kiss for his efforts. He chuckled a bit, the sound deep yet still full of some sadness. He licked the other's cheek - because after all it was the highest amount of affection an animal could return. and that was something both of them had over-looked time and time again. "But you know, pretty soon you won't be feeling anything if you let me crush you like this." He was worried though - afraid his weight really was hurting the other - wolves were a lot heavier then most dogs.


Roxas laughed at the others words but nodded. "Right." He turned, starting to head back. "You know," He called back. "You can't be too impish thought Axel. Cause I'm a reallyt picky person yet I want to date you." He setn the other a soft smile over his shoulder. "We'll break it together~"

The walk back was slow, filled with little bits of covnersation that meant not much, but soon they were back to their room and all was quiet and hushed. It seemed if they two other pairs HAD had a fight they were done with it now. Roxas sighed inside, yawning again and going over to his bed, then paused, seeing Axel was inside, the door shutting behind him. The red-head trooped over to his own bed.

Roxas hummed softly, before tugging off his shirt cipped it into the huge water basin and squeezing out the excess water before patting his face and hair with it, wetting it good then walked over, keeping himself distanced as he leant up and kissed the other softly on the lips. He broke away moments later, smiling. "Good night Axel."


Sora blushed a little at the others reassure and nodded. "k." He gasped in surprise though when the lips came down and onto... his neck. Oh wow... he didn;t have any idea something like that could feel so good.

The brunette tilted his head back, moaning softly again but they got louder once more as he felt the hand running over his chest. He shivered lightly. "H-Hey if you get to explore... I do too." He pulled his hands down reaching the silverette's hemline and tugged up the shirt some, sliding his hands down the hard ridges and planes of Riku's back, feeling how hot the skin was under hos touch. He felt up along the sharp edges of the spinal cord, and fingers soon danced curiously across the bony structure of the protruding shoulderblades. They were simple, inexperienced touches, nothing but curious wanderings.

[Rikugurl]

Ven smiled softly as he heard the wolf above him. Ventus was the passionate one right... shit, if he could learn what love is, anyone could. He smiled more as he got half his face drenched with the wolf's tongue. "I know you can..." He said softly again before rubbing the other's ear.

He stopped though when Terra pointed out his heaviness. Ven didn't notice... until he said something. Terra was pretty big. He was big as a human too!
He nodded and let the wolf go back to his side. He pulled the covers up and wrapped them around his guardian when he was settled.
He spooned the large creature and sighed softly, wrapping his arm around the furry beast.
"Night Terra."


Axel covered his mouth as Roxas pointed out that he didn't want to date no imp. This was gonna be harder than he thought! He nodded, walking after the shorter one.
He walked down the stairs after the boy, then at his side when they got to the hallway.

He sighed happily, nodding and laughing at what the other had to say.
He glanced around, noting that everything was pretty quiet. All the rooms lights were off. Everyone must be sleeping.
He was pretty whooped himself!

Roxas walked in and Axel shut the door behind him. He made a soundly yawn and rubbed his exposed stomach before pulling it off completely.
He had a weird tattoo on his chest that wasn't there before when they were in Atlantica. It was over his heart... and was the shape of a black heart with a red, thorny 'x' over it. It was the sign of his curse.

He sat down on the bed, that was pretty comfy. God... how long had it been? He got up and was about to fix the covered when he saw a pretty nice sight. He licked his lips a bit as he looked at the boy's chest but blinked when he came over... and gave him a kiss.
A big doppy smile ran over his face as he returned the kiss.
"Night..." He said softly and watched the boy leave to his bed.

He rubbed his blush away and sat down on his own, clapping off the lights. He still have power over them.
He pulled the covers up and sighed happily.
Tomorrow... was training.


Riku smiled as his reassurance calmed the other. He guessed the Shee really trusted him. Not that he wouldn't have any reason not too... Riku had always been kind and calm with the boy. He took this guardianship very serious.

He pulled away and blinked as Sora started to talk, nodding and slowly went down to where his shoulder and neck met. He sucked harder, leaving a love bite where one couldn't see it if he was wearing his normal clothes.

He moaned softly as he felt the gentle hands on his back. His finger finally moved over a bead, making the brunette jerk a bit. He smiled and pulled back up, their lips and tongues finding each other again. His finger played around the nipple, feeling it get hard as he slowly moved over the boy. His lips pulled away, his hair a bit of a mess. "Sora..." He said breathlessly before kissing the boy once more.

[Reno]

He chuckled again as Ven seemed to to realize that Terra was, yes indeed, very heavy. He nodded reluctantly and Terra moved off of him carefully, minding his horns and claws.

He laid down on his side, stretching out his paws on his side of the bed, yawning. He blinked as the covers came around him and the blonde came close to him. His tail wagged under the bed a little, making a few muffled pats onto the sheets. "G'night Ven." He murmured softly, his eyes sliding closed.

He hoped Ven was right... he hoped... he really could do this.


The marking somewhat disturbed him each time he saw it. It just looked so ominious. It remidned him of a tatto - permenant and unremoveable. But he wanted to do the impossible. He wanted to remove it - no scars left to be told.

Roxas chuckled softly, seeing the lovestruck smile on the other;s face once he broke away. too easy. He winked a bit, throwing his now wet shirt off to the side and climbed into bed, laying down. He laughed softly as the lights came off with a clap from Axel. He snuffled down into his bed, yawning again and slowly his eyes fell shut. Tommorrow would be an... interesting day.


"Nnn..." Sora groaned softly as the other sucked down on his neck, his body shuddered all over pleasantly. He sucked in his breath though, his body tensed and jolting a bit as he felt Riku's hands meet something... interesting.

The silverette over him chuckled in a devilish way, lips clashing onto his. His moaned loudly against the other's mouth as the hands continued to wander at the top of his chest, making his back arch into the sensual touches.

He tugged softly at the hair, breaking away momentarily for some breath, hearing his name in a ghost of a whisper before the lips were moving over his again, hot and wet and oh so good.

His hands, which he had momentarily forgot about, backed away, only to slip between Riku's working movements and skim obver the hard abs of the revealed stomach. Like his own he felt the muscles jumping under his touch. He swirled a finger around the belly button while the other traveled up, accidently finding one of Riku's most sensitive areas - his ribs.

Sora chuckled a bit when the other made a rather strange noise - something between a ticklish laugh and a pleasure moan. He smiled, breaking the kiss. "We better stop now." He murmured softly. "Or else we aren't going to be able to." He chuckled softly, his cheeks flushed. He couldn't help but notice how much smaller his pants were beginning to feel.

The other above him chuckled in response and then with another soft kiss he rolled off, laying beside him. Sora snuggled up to his side, and they laid there quietly. The one thing the shee was grateful for was the fact that Riku never seemed abjectedly against his 'touchy-feely' nature. Maybe he liked it...

"Good night Riku." the brunette murmured with a tender smile.

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That morning was an interesting one for all six new occupants of the castle. It had been a surprisingly peaceful night - no nightmares, no drooling, no snoring, no sleepwalking, no insomnia...

but that all shattered when brooms invaded there rooms, stripped off the covers and left. Terra and Riku, with their sensitive hearing, had already awoken by the time the door opened - yet they never expected their company to be cleaning supplies that, without a word, stole all their sheets. Sora had barely reacted, still slow on the waking up, and only mumbled in protest, saying something about school, while cuddling closer to the silverette's warm body. Roxas, meanwhile, gave an angry screech that nearly everyone heard. Terra just laid his head back down, considering for a few short moments to just ignore it - he was furry afterall - when the brooms... uphended the beds.

All six occupants gave angry cries - and lucky for Terra and Riku, Ven and Sora landed over him rather then the other way around. Unfortunetly for Roxas his imp was compostable to the touch and therefore he had no warm body to catch him and just went tumbling. His curses could be heard practically down to the courtyard. But after a few complaints and grumblings, everyone decided that after such a rude awakening it was time to get up, and everyone started getting dressed.

It was amazing how in one night (at least for boys) a rather interesting arguement and snappy words was easily forgotten by the next morning. Or at least, Sora held no grudges. Roxas well... he never APPEARED to hold grudges but then next week he'd sneakily go about cutting off your bangs for his vengence. But since he didn't SEEM to have any evil diabloic plans lurking behind his eyes, everything was all good.

Once the sextuplet met up together outside the rooms, Sora - much to Axel and Terra's horror - chirped that they should get some breakfast. Axel made some off-handed comment about only dogs being able to hear a voice that high this early in the morning - prompting a slight growl from said wolf and a glare of doom from Riku. Luckily the brothers were all out of earshot.

Sora was so perky in the morning it seemed he was practically skipping, leading the way all the same. And, because they'd only been here for one day and were unable to catch the layout completely yet, Sora kept walking down the wrong hallways until Terra pointed out that he smelt breakfast in a different direction.

So all in all, it took them almost twenty minutes to get to the dining room, but to the three guardians relief the Holani Triplets seemed to be getting along just fine. No uncomfortable silences or angry glares or jeering remarks (well okay Ven had a FEW remarks but nothing out of his old ordinary taunting way) or anything that even suggested there were any hard feelings. Wow, Ven really DID have a lot of mood swings.

Roxas and Sora stayed wise and kept their distance from both their guardians, much to Axel and Riku's disappointment - and any words of their relationships went unheard and unsaid, though something in Sora's eyes suggested he had a lot he wanted to tell. After the way he had run out on them in such an angry huff it was a wonder on how Riku had been able to fix his mistake. Roxas couldn't wait to hear it - if of course they ever got the chance to.

Once they got to the dining room they found some familar characters already there.

"Oh, good morning everyone! How did you sleep?" The mouse king asked, sounding so very comically normal as if he wasn;t the king of a whole universe.

"Woulda been better if your broom servants hadn't upchucked us." Roxas said sulkily, crossing his arms.

"Oh, not again! Gosh I'm sorry they just have a mind of their own!" The mouse explained, scratching the back of his head. "Welp, me and Donald will work on spelling them to behave after we eat. Spekaing of which, sit down everyone. It's breakfast time!"

Sora was only too happy to oblige and - with a little gudiance from Donald about telling Axel which seat was his - everyone did (luckily for the red-head they had had the foresight to spell the chairs surronding him and the table and all his utensils and whatnot as well). Terra of course could not SIT so he trekked to the other end of the ridiculously long table and just laid down, waiting patiently.

They didn't have to wait long until the broom servants came out, placing plates before each and every one of them - well again sans Terra who got a bowl much to his charign, and everyone happily dug into their food.

Roxas noted that, besides Riku who he never saw eat before (and was surprisingly mannered for one who had been blind), he found that no ones table manners had gotten better. In fact he was certain Ven's had gotten WORSE. Living with a rabid wolf did that to him he supposed. Or maybe jsut eating bugs... ew. He left off on chastising them like normal however, just remembered to be polite and wishing so much his brothers would just mitate him for once especally in front of ROYALTY.

At some point between talking to the others and letting eating, his mind wandering. He couldn't help but wonder about home and the festival. He had gathered that maybe some of Ven's bad temper had come from missing the festival - it was his favorite time of year afterall. It was strange... but Ventus really wanted to be in a balloon and close to the sky... and Roxas had dreams of flying more often than was normal... and Sora wrote fairytales - was all this the signs of their... Shee-ness? He wondered if his brothers... had as much of a desire to spread their wings and touch the sky as he did...

Sora stuffed another bite of a syrup-soaked pancake bite in his mouth, humming from how good it tatsed. He couldn't help but think of home and hismother and father though. This breakfast for some reason... reminded him of the farewell one he'd had over a year ago. He wanted to ask Mickey if they were okay - but didn't want to upset anyones appitite and stored the question away for later. He then curiously wandered over the thoughts of the balloon festival, wodnering if they would miss if again before getting to go home. It changed its date almost every year - but it was always in spring, and even once had started on his and Roxas and Ven's birthday. That had been an exciting day.

The brunette glanced towards the blonde who was eating his meal just like he always had, then snuck a peak at Terra who was laying down licking his chops. He was faster then all of them it seemed. His brows furrowed, noticing that the brooms were coming over to Terra and looking away, figuring they were trying to take his bowl.

But he was wrong.

"Hey what are you doing!" The wolf yelped, making everyone;s heads turn quickly, thinking he was in trouble - and then some of them just burst into laughter. The brooms were all carrying combs and giving the poor wolf a much needed brushing. Lots of stray flicks of loose hair came free and littered the carpets. The others couldn't help but notice that the brooms were also carrying some stlying materials... and ribbons. Lots of ribbons.

"It's not funny! I'm not some grooming practice... animal!!" Terra complained, growling at the brooms. He snapped his teeth at one, threatening to break it.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Mickey warned knowingly. "You don't want to find out what happens when you break one of those brooms apart." He didn't want to see a repeat of what happened to Yen Sid's tower... too. much. water.

The wolf spared Mickey a curious glance, seeing the look in his eyes were utterly serious. He sighed and just laid there, letting the brooms continue their work, finding it almost... soothing. Like a petting except it even took away itchy spots he'd forgotten about thanks to the tangles off the loose hair.

However when he heard the snip, snip of scissors, enough was enough. "Okay grooming time over!" The wolf yelped, barreling through them and running over to Ven, get under the table and laying at his feet, thankfully hidden behind the tablecloth. The brooms seemed to forget about him and left.

Roxas just chuckled and gave a glance to Axel - and grimanced in disgust. "Napkin! Use it!" He grabbed the one laying forgotten under the red-head's silverware.

Unfortunetly it was something donald had forgotten to spell and the moment Axel obediently grabbed it and Roxas let go, the thing burst into flames - and the blonde had to watch yet another poor napkin's ashes fall to the table. Unfortunely both Ven and Sora found this hilarious and burst into laughter.

And that was basically how breakfast went.


They got to the training room shortly after. It was nothing new - they had seen it last time on their miniature tour, but this time it seemed so much... grander. The room was large in width AND height. It was a large circilar room that curved around them and the ceiling was more like a dome above them. The room within had several sections - including an indoor pool-like lake, some (okay MANY) trees, and several small landplaces included gritty ground like a dirt road, grass of a jungle, and the sinking sands of a desert. Vegetation was everywhere in it's spase groupings and in others there were boulders and dead plnatation littering the ground. They would be putting it all too good use.

And right next door was the armory too - easy access for easy practice. Ventus had a gleam in his eye that said he was ready to just take up that offer and go play with every sword and dagger and spear they had.

"Welp, here we are." Mickey said, stopping and letting the other's eyes wander around curiously. Donald and Goofy also stood beside him - they would be part of this exercise as well it seemed. He glanced back towards Riku, Axel and Terra. "You three will start it off. I think its time your protege's see what you can do."

Donald crossed his arms, holding his staff tightly as the tree guardians began to walk towards the training field. "Oh Axel, this area hasn't been spelled - just so you know things will burn. But that's the point."

Terra's eyes roved the area and he tilted his head curiously. It was... very interesting. He climbed down the steps of the marble flooring and onto the grassy plain hearing Donald's small warning to the redhead. He glanced back then slowly stepped further away as the other two joined him, his tail flicking as the grass sizzled upon the red-heads touch until he found a spot of land that was nothing but dirt. The wolf shared a look of uinderstanding with the other two before he continued on, walking towards the desert area while Axel and Riku found their own placements on the field, getting ready for the fight.

Sparring was something they had done before. On top of exploring the worlds in case of emergency needs to move the Shee when they were first appointed guardianship - they had also been given ample choices to fight with one another, test each other's skills and learn each others strengths and weaknesses. And even after they had left for the long two-year stay on Akbar every once and awhile one of them would start a play fight when it was conveinant.

Terra glanced towards the red-head, still knowing how hard it would be to fight him. since the wolf had no weapons, only his teeth and claws he couldn't physically touch the red-head or risk burning himself. He had to keep with spells for him. As for Riku well... now that he had his sight back they were fighting a whole new playing ground. He no longer knew WHAT to expect. He licked his chops, grinning and lowered his front paws a bit, getting clsoer to the ground, looking ready to pounce. Fighting was in his blood and even though he didn't have any intention of hurting the other two, he still couldn't wait to begin.

"Now don't get too crazy you three - this is just a little match." Mickey warned. "Start when your ready." His ears twitched a little as he looked over each. The good thing was each was adapt at some sort of fire magic - they would need it if they were going to fight Xehanort.

Roxas hummed curiously, sitting down on the steps with his brothers, looking on curiously. Each of them had all seemed frozen, just staring at each other, guaging each other's fighting abilities and - maybe - just waiting for the other to start it instead. He'd seen some of the things Axel could do, but he couldn't wait to watch this.

Sora grinned, putting his elbows on his knees, his head in his hands as he watched greedily. something about fighting... was really exilerating. Akbar had hardly any fights on their world... being sch peaceful people they were. Yet, whenever they did have them, everyone from every corner from the campus ran to crowd the fighting ring and watch the events unfold. And besides, he and his brothers had had their share of roughhousing too. This was gonna be exciting!


Meanwhile in a ocean far far away, Demyx strummed the strings of his sitar, carefully trying to get it into the right key. He bit at his lip, his eyes clouded with concentration - so much so he didn;t even notice the friendly dog nibbling at his tail, trying to get his attention.

Luckily a puppy wolf's teeth weren't as sharp as he thought they were. "Mm...mmm...." He bibbling on his lip, glancing at the music sheet then strum and - "Alright!"

He blinked, realizing that he had suddenly became a chew toy and glanced down, petting the puppy. "Hey hey, that's not very nice!" He laughed ruffling the other's fur.


"Tch, fucking cold." A bluette complained, snatching her towel from the hook on the bathroom wall, drawing it around herself. She opened the door, letting the even colder air of the outside hit her, making goosebumps rise to her arms and legs. She paced quickly down the hall, water dripping onto the wooden floors unnoticed.

"Damn, " she cursed again, opening her bedroom door and slipping inside, wiping off all the excess water frantically before giving it a good run through her overly blue hair. She tossed the towel to the side and then quickly threw on her clothes, finally starting to feel less freezing.

She yawned some, walking from her room, noticing how incredibly quiet it was. Usually Xigbar would be in the kitchen at this hour, moving around pots and pans as he prepared breakfast - or if he was in a sour mood he'd just sit at the table, drinking something hot and making jeering comments.

But then if he had been here she wouldn;t have run naked from one room to the next. She shrugged, deciding the skip breakfast - and even putting on her armor as she snatched up her spear, and walked from the house towards the center of town. She really needed to find better ways to entertain herself...

[Rikugurl]

Ven smiled softly as he laid with the large beast. It was nice and warm in the fur and body heat... just perfect. He KNEW his mom HAD to let him have a dog after this.
He nuzzled the fur and yawned, slowly falling asleep...
That was until something horrible happened.
The sheets were RIPPED OFF!

Ven opened his eyes and groaned, the cold air hitting him after a good night sleep. He looked around but before he knew what had happened, he was ON TOP of Terra! His eyes widened as he went flying and groaned again as he fell off the furry guardian.

When he finally awoke, he rubbed his head, his fingers wrapping around his curly blonde hair. He watched the brooms stomp out and huffed. Guess it was time to start the day...


Riku slept softly, his arms wrapped around Sora protectively. When the sunlight came into the room, it wrapped around the two warmly... and Riku's ear twitched. What.... was that? His eyes opened and looked over, seeing shadows of... brooms? The servants? What were they doin----
"YAA!!!"

He suddenly fell over and hit the ground, only to crash into it more as the Shee landed on top of him. He winced softly and felt Sora roll over. He slowly stood and looked around, seeing the brooms leave with the sheets, then over to Sora.
"Morning?"


Axel snored as he sprawled over the bed. He twitched now and then in his dead sleep before.
WHOOSH!
"AH!" He sat up and frowned, his lanky body shaking from the sudden cold. He frowned again and curled up, snuggling back into his pillow when....

"AAAAH!" He hit the floor hard and his body toppled over him. "FUCKIN! WHAT THE SHIT IS THIS!? AUGH!"
He flailed as he sat up and stomped and huffed at the brooms who just seemed to ignore him.


They all managed to get to the dinning room after venturing around the hallway, Axel keeping his comments to himself.... or so he thought. His face lit up though when Terra picked up the scent of food.

They walked into the dinning room and were greeted with a chipper voice. It was only the king and Donald who sat at the large table. They wondered were everyone else was.

Axel rubbed his hands together as the duck showed him where to sit. He did so and looked around, smelling something tasty near by.

Ven frowned as he watched Terra walk all the way down the table as he sat. He guessed... Terra still had to eat like a dog... even in a castle. He sat down next to his brunette brother and drooled when he saw the plate being put in front of him.
"OH BOY!"

He and Axel quickly jumped into their food. Forks and spoons flew all over as so did crumbs. At least Ven didn't snort as he ate unlike a imp he knew.
Riku held his spoon properly and sipped at his soup with all the manners that Roxas had.

Everything stopped though as the brooms came over once more. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over, seeing the brooms. Ven blinked, seeing the brooms suddenly start to comb him out. Out of all the time they had spent together, Ven never thought of combing him out.

But what really got him... was the ribbons.
His eyes grew wide and started to laugh hilariously. He leaned over, holding his stomach and still couldn't stop as he felt Terra retreat under him. He continued to snort as he saw the pathetic look on Axel's face.

Axel's face was COVERED in food. His lips bulged as he tried to keep the food from going out his nose. He blinked when the blonde yelled at him and nodded, quickly taking the napkin. He was about to dab his lips when... the whole thing burst into flames.... and then crumbled onto the floor.
He blinked then scowled as he heard more laughing close by.


When everything was swallowed and finished, the group headed to the training room... where they met up with Goofy who had gotten the armory room ready. He was the King's knight!
They opened the door and Ven's eyes widened. This place seemed bigger than before!

He smiled but sat down as the three guardians walked out, as if they knew that would be starting the training automatically. He looked from side to side, seeing his brother's follow and sit by his side. His eyes narrowed as he watched Terra head towards the desert like area. He had said that his planet was a large desert...

Axel nodded at the warning and grinned, hearing the grass burn under his bare feet.
He found a place in the dirt and stopped, looking around the area. This was gonna be fun!

Riku split as well, hearing the duck and king. He nodded and found himself under the shade of a tree. His black hood came over his head as he peered out at the others.

Axel looked from Riku to Terra, then grinned. Looked like he would have to start.
"Alright! Let's go!"
He suddenly pulled his hands out at his hips and grinned, his green eyes glowing.
"BURN BABY!"

Suddenly, red, ancient signs circled around him, glowing brightly. The grass started to sizzle around him as two large fire rings circled around his hands. A sudden fire tornado swallowed him... like when they were back in Agrabah.
Ven's eyes widened as he felt the power radiant off the other. Oddly enough... he grew a weird sensation.... in his back...

When the tornado stopped, spits of fire flew out over the land, revealing Axel in his true devil form. The larger wings, larger horns, bottom half of his body like a faun with bright red fur.
The Shee, except for Roxas, had seen this form of Axel... and it was a bit frightening...

One of the blondes looked over, seeing what the other's would do. "Ut.... hey!!" He gasped as he pointed to the spot where Riku one stood. He was gone now...
What they didn't know... was that he had become a shadow himself.



The little pup sighed softly as he laid on a rock. He blinked though when he saw something shinny above. A yip came from his mouth as he swam up to it... and started to chew. It seemed that he had forgotten that this THING was his friend's tail.

He blinked when the other yelled and looked up, the fin still in his mouth as he was pet. He let go and happily swam up, licking Demyx's cheek and yipped.

However, a sudden black spiral suddenly appeared close by. The sound it made attracted the wolfish and he looked over, wagging his tail curiously. He quickly swam towards it, yipping excitedly. What was this!?


"Why the long face?"
A woman asked as she placed a coffee in front of an older man who was slouched over the table.
There wasn't an answer though as a scared hand reached out and took it. The woman frowned but quietly left the man and attended to the other customers.

A sip was taken and a soft sigh was admitted. A golden eye looked down at nothing in particular. He could feel it... that.... power wrapping around this place like a sickness.
They were coming.

A flash ran over his mind.
Fangs, snarls, red eyes. The darkness was filled with it.
"Traitor. Traitor. Traitor. Traitor! TRAITOR"
The fangs came down...

The man jumped in his seat, some coffee splashing onto the table. His golden eye widened but slowly closed.
How... could he face him now?