The Chasers: Darkness' Fold

[Rikugurl]

Fuu growled as her red eye clashed with two blue ones. But... more blue clashed INTO the blue eyes.
Fuu blinked as she saw the water come smacking into the men, making them lose their handling on their guns.
A quick wind grabbed them and threw them out to sea.

The silverette gave a glance to Aqua and chuckled. "You shouldn't waste words on Chicken-wuss."
Zell coughed as he got up, his blonde hair a mess. "WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!...... Did you just say.....wife!?"

The silverette walked over and grabbed Zell's collar. "That's right." She pulled him to face Aqua and frowned. "This is Aqua Umi, my wife... and you better apologize to her for making her upset."
Zell blinked and waved a bit at the blue haired woman... that he remembered saving. "Uhh----ah.... Sorry!"
Fuu pulled him violently back and grabbed his ear. "HEY! OUCH!"
She looked at Aqua and smiled. "And I guess you already met Zell Dincht. We grew up in the orphanage on our home world before it was destroyed... and we all know what a big chicken-wuss he was."

She blinked though as she heard something in her ear. She pressed the device with on hand as the other continued to hold Zell's ear. "Come in Terra."
She nodded, her eyes widening. "We're on our way."
She looked up at Aqua and smiled. "Sigurd is coming in for a landing." She looked down at Zell and grinned. "And I have someone you might want to see."
She pulled on his ear so he would follow... all the way back to the city.
"OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!"


Olette continued to look around at the shop and saw the CUTEST NECKLACE IN THE UNIVERSE. "Hey! I can tell you abouuuuuuuuuuuuut!" Seifer pulled her away and she huffed. "H-Hey!" She pouted but blinked as she heard something from her husband's ear.
"MY BABIES!?" She cried happily as she stood on her tippy toes to listen in.


Ven frowned as he heard Luci talk about landing the ship somewhere. Well... they had found a place for them to land where some ships fueled up. Seifer said that was the best place.... seeing that between Terra and Olette, they 'bought' enough fuel to fill the tank.

He got Terra's drift and nodded, pulling away and pulling up his arm. He sent the coordinates of the landing port to Silgurd and it was accepted. He smiled, happy to know they they were finally going to leave this place soon.
Though... he couldn't wait to come back... he never saw Terra so happy with it came to social outing. For once... it seemed like Terra really fit in here...

His blue eyes moved to the others as he was addressed again. "But what about you?"
"Your so fucking indecisive. Hurry and go you fucking baby."
Ven spat out his tongue but kissed the brunette before getting up. "Fucker.... you better hurry up too."
He then ran off towards the launching pad, wondering if anyone would be there before him.


A red blush ran over the redhead's face as he leaned on Roxas over the sink. "Mmmmh...." His erection was pushing through the blonde's cheeks, some precum seeping through the cracks as Roxas grind back. His fingers ran pass the other's stomach and reached down for the other's member. He sucked on his husband's neck as he felt the familiar tugs on his hair but....


"RABBIT ONE AND RABBIT TWO, GET YOUR FUCKING ASSES IN GEAR! SIGURD'S HERE!"

"ACK!" Axel was sent back, his erection making a 'pop' sound as it came away from Roxas. He hit the wall and blinked. GOD DAMN IT!
He blinked as Roxas huffed and started to grab his clothes.
"H-hey Rox!"
The man whimpered and displayed his member in a 'come on!' fashion.
But the blonde commented and was out the door.

The red head grumbled and quickly turned towards the shower. He quickly pumped himself and envisioned Roxas talking to him dirty.
He spilled pretty easily.
He grabbed a cloth and wiped himself down quickly before grabbing his new pants, not bothering with the shirt and rushed off and out. He caught the blonde in the crowd and raced after him.


Aerith emerged from below with Roxel and Tensai by her side as they all gathered in the Pilot Lounge.
They were quickly entering the Archades world. He looked at the coordinates and programed them in, the ship pointing itself towards it.

He pushed the controls down and pressed some more buttons. "Alright! Hold on!"
Silgurd flew down and broke through the atmosphere.
The oxygen and gravity was taken off and the filters were turned on, bring in the world's oxygen.

"Whoa!" Namine and Roxel exclaimed as they looked out the window, seeing all the flying SHIPS and other flying air crafts. They saw crystals shoot up from the mountains and a good amount of fog around a large city.
They were finally here!

The ship was driven skillfully by the others as it headed down to one of the landing ports.
"Alright! SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS! HOLD ON!"
Gunnar gripped onto the controls and pulled them back as they got closer. The lights dimmed and the boy frowned. The lights never dimmed when his father landed...

The city was coming up faster and Gunnar pulled on the controls more, pressing another button quickly as the air chamber opened, slowing them down immensely.


Ven reached the port, seeing quite a few people there and some other crafts fueling. Shit... he hoped Gunnar knew how to park!
He looked around, seeing Seifer and Olette. He ran over to them and blinked when Olette pointed up in the sky.
"THERE! THERE!"

The blonde looked up, seeing a very familiar ship coming down towards the port. He smiled... never thinking how nice it would be to see their.... home again.

He blinked though as he heard others coming. Roxas... and trailing behind was a redhead who seemed to he panting.
When they came up to them, Ven pointed Sigurd out before looking up at Axel. "I thought you were in shape..."
Axel panted and swallowed, trying to catch his breath. "Well---"

"SEIFER!"
"WHAT!? NO WAY! OUCH!"
Everyone blinked, looking out at the crowd to see a silverette waving towards Seifer, a blonde's ear in her hand and a bluette next to her.
What the?

[Reno]

Aqua smirked happily, watching her wife manhandle the blonde appreciatively. Now thats how it was done! She chuckled, wishing she had a little flag with her wife's name on it that she could flap around like some deranged cheerleader.

"Yeah thats more like it." She grumbled when she got her sorry - and then laughed ad Fuujin dragged Zell of by the ear like some misbehaving child. She followed after with no complaint - catching the good news. The kids had made it!


Roxas danced out of the bathroom, tugging on his clothes quickly. He laughed at Axel's complaint, shaking his head. "We'll have time for it later!!" He hurried off. How could he think of sex at a time like this!?


Lucina yelped. "Daddy! Gunnar's landing the ship!"

"Okay," Seifer called back. "Honey watch the status and making sure all systems stay green at all times. If any of them go yellow or red at any time - well you know what to do. Just remind Gunnar to pull up hard okay? I'm here if you need any help."

"Thanks daddy!!" Lucina glanced at her brother nodding at the warning and jumped in her seat. She frowned also as the lights went down. The only times they were supposed to do that was in re-entrace to space and going into hyperspeed. She wasn;t sure if maybe Gunnar was doing something wrong... or it was the lack of fuel. She looked worried at the controls but they said all was good. "You can do it Gunnar!"

Tensai whimpered as Gunnar yelled. Hold onto...? He looked at Roxel and suddenly clung onto him. There now he was safe!


Terra found his way to the launching pad pretty easily, and soon 3/4 of the Chasers had all collected there, looking up towards the sky and for the status of the ship. He glanced up as well, seeing it zooming through the sky, more ungracefully then normal - but he knew Gunnar and Lucina could do it.

Seifer pulled his eyes away from the sky when he heard the yell and his jaw dropped. "No way..." He breathed stepped away from the Chasers a malevolent grin on his face. "CHICKENWUSS!" He smirked, snatching from from Fuujin's hands only to put him in a headlock and give him a vicious noogie. "Come to see my kid's terrific landing? I'm so touched!"

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Roxel cried as he held onto the window and blinked as he felt arms around him, looking down slightly to see Tensai holding onto him! "It's ok Ten, we'll be ok! I won't let no booms hurt you!"

Gunner nodded as he continued to pull hard on the controls and swallowed. It was easier landing when nothing was in your way... but there were a few ships around.
He licked his lips and his mako eyes started to react.

Aerith sat on the floor, holding some of Vi's pups to calm them. She closed her eyes, praying for a safe landing.


"ACK! NO! LET! ME! GO!" Zell struggled as he got into a crazy strong headlock by his old rival.
Olette looked over and blinked... and if it wasn't for the kids landing, she would of gone over there and help the poor blonde. The scene kind of reminded her of him and Hayner.

Everyone looked up, the wind from the ship blowing down from them as it slowly stopped and hovered over the vacant spot.
Even the natives looked up, seeing a ship that they never saw before.
Slowly the large ship descended on the space, more air being let out and the wheels came from the bottom.

And touched down.

The engines were turned off and the door was opened, the lift falling down soundly.
Everyone blinked and waited to see what was happening... and suddenly....

"YIP!"
A large fire lion rushed out, followed by pups and a green fox. The natives gasped as they saw the odd creatures as they rushed to Axel and Roxas.
"XIO!" Axel spread his arms wide as Xio pounced on him. He fell onto the ground and laughed, being licked all over his face.

A blonde-red head walked out, a boy with black hair clinging onto him.
"TENSAI!" Ven waved happily as the boys walked down and the wind keyblade pulled his son up and nuzzled him affectionately.

"DADDY!" Roxel rushed away from them towards Roxas and wrapped his arms around his waist. "DADDY I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!"

Gunnar and Lucina came running out before Namine.
"MY BABIES!"
Olette opened her arms wide as her two children rushed to her and wrapped their arms around her. She held them tightly as she kissed their heads. "Oh my goodness... I'm so glad you're ok... AND you smell nice!"

Namine smiled as she walked to Terra and saluted him. "Back and safe, Uncle Terra!"

Aerith was the last to step out and smiled, looking around the city and down at the other Chasers. They were all in one piece.

[Reno]

Everyone watched with bated breath as the ship came in, the air blowing up violently around the space as it did. Lots of faces appeared nervous and scared but the minute the wheels touched and the ship slowly shut down, their was a collective sigh of relief.

And then the doors opened - revealing the most wonderful sight to the happy parents. Their children.

Oh yeah and their pets.

Tensai blinked and he stepped from the ship tentatively - but at the sudden cry he looked up, suddenly snatched away. Had it been anyone else he would have whined in complaint - but these were two people he had been waiting awhile to see. "Daddy!" He cried, curling his fingers in the other's shirt. "You you just disappeared and and I was scared you wouldn't come back!"

Roxas laughed loudly as Axel got tackled mercilessly by the over-joyed fire lion, but a familar cry lit up his eyes and the minute Roxel was latched to him he carefully pried him off and up into his arms for a firm, loving hug. "Oh Roxel!" He kissed the boy onto of his head several times. "I'm so glad you're alright!"

Seifer laughed, pushing Zell away. "Let's see your kids do that - of course doubt you have a wife. No one would go for a chickenwuss like you." He laughed before leaving the blonde with Aqua and Fuujin for company so he could go say hello to his son and daughter.

"Moooom." Lucina whined. "Whats that supposed to meeean?"

"It means good job you remembered your hygiene."

The boy and girl turned around and unlatched themseleves with their mom to hug their dad. Seifer laughed ruffling the tops of both their heads - getting a complaint from Luci about how hard she had worked on it.

"I'm so proud of you both..."

Terra watched his mate and Tensai with a smile, then blinked as Namine came over and chuckled. "As I can see. Good job." He teased. He glanced up further seeing Aerith standing and looking out. Everyone was accounted for.

"Come on Axel let up on Xio and give y'know your SON a hug!"

"Heh, wait till you see all the stuff your mom found you."

He hesitantly went over to Ven's side reaching out and running his fingers gently through the black hair. Tensai sniffled looking up from where he buried his face against Ven. "Daddy!" He cried, his fingers unlatching and reaching for the brunette.

Terra shifted a little nervously before reaching out and taking the young boy from his lover and hugging him. "Hey there little guy."

~~~

All and all it was happy reunions for all - except for Zell of course.

"Well now what do we do with him?" Aqua asked.
"Well we can't have a police officer running off to his little buddies and causing us any MORE trouble now can we?" Terra said logically. "Therefore... he'll be our hostage until we're ready to leave."
"WHAAAAT?!"
Seifer chuckled evilly. "Works for me!"

Now though they were getting ready for depature. Seifer was working on refueling while the ship within was doing a full status check making sure everything was in working order before they took off. Olette was nearbby and Lucina and Gunnar were talking animately about their experience flying and finding them.

In the research room Ven ahd set up the computer to oirganize all the data colelcted over the past five new connections into something understandable and it was once again warming u[ at it;s hard work. Ven and Terra however were just sitting in the shade, watching Seifer's family, Tensai between them also talking about the exiciting times he and Roxel had had while they were gone.

Roxas had gone of with Roxel to restock their food supplies - Terra was not very happen at his missing muffins. Axel of course had to go with because 'Roxas shpping is a dangerous thing'. Roxas had a feeling he was never going to live down those 8 boxes of ice cream.
That of course meant Xio followed in which Invidia followed in which the pups followed. Roxas mentioned something about possibly considering to sell them now - they were at the right age. Invidia had growled fiercely at the suggestion, not liking to think that her babies would be so far away.

Aqua and Fuujin were not far away from Terra and Ven, and between them was Fuujin favorite thing ever to bug. Zell. They were, of course, watching over him like a hawk. He wasn't going to get away or call for any help - not if they could help it. They just wanted to get set and leave.

Namine and Aerith had gone down into the merketarea as well - doing as Olette had and broswing the delicacies of this new world. Aerith was also looking for herbs and plant food and the like - and Namine was thinking far ahead to something for her parents. Christmas, when in space, was just around the corner!

As it was, Terra had alloted everyone two hours to do what they needed to do. And that time was nearly up now. Everyone who had disappeared should be heading back shortly.

"And then - and THEN we played monster in the hall and tried to scare each other! I got Roxel really really good! And the best part? No lessons!" Tensai squealed.

"Heh that won't last long." Terra said.

The boy pouted. "But daaaad you said so yourself. I have the vocabulary of a ten year old!"

"You do and you've got some exceptional math skills too, but that doesn't mean you can't learn how to read or write."

"Why not!" Tensai pouted slouching back sulkingly - oddly... very Sora-like. "I hate reading and writing. I'm never gonna get it!"

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Ven smiled as he looked at his son and shook his head. "Don't worry Ten... I'd fly through space to come find you. No way you're losing me." He chuckled but blinked as the boy picked his head up as familiar hands ran through his black hair.
He was careful when Ten went from his arms to Terra's and smiled slightly. He could see how nervous he still was with Tensai and giving him the affection.

He knew Atterians weren't like that... plus... no one had wanted him as he was developing. Parenting for him must be tough... but he knew he was trying. Terra held all the knowledge as Ven was more of the emotional part.... though he was excited to teach Tensai about computers and how to use some wind majick.

Roxel squealed happily as he was picked up and kissed. Even if he was six, he loved the baby attention. He blinked when the redhead finally stood and dusted himself off. Axel patted Vi on the head before looking over at Roxas and his son. He smiled and took Roxel, hugging him close. "Oh yea! I almost forgot about Roxel~~" He winked playfully.

They nuzzled each other and Roxel wrapped his arms around the tall man, sighing happily. It was fun playing with Tensai when he shouldn't be... but... he really missed his parents.

Zell was let go and almost fell over but Fuu pushed him up before he could. "H-HEY!" He growled as he watched the blonde walk over to a woman and two children. No.... no way! Seifer.... with a wife and kids!? HOW THE HELL DID SOME JERK LIKE HIM END UP WITH SUCH A PRETTY WOMAN AND MAKE BABIES WITH HER!?
Where was he? Twilight Zone?

The blonde turned and looked at the silverette and the blue haired woman. "Don't tell me YOU have kids Fujin!"
The silverette rolled her eyes and shook her head.

Gunnar's eyes widened as he heard his father's voice. He turned and left his mother's side, rushing to his father's. He wrapped his arms around him like Luci and smiled, getting his hair all roughed up but not caring like his sister. Served her right to try and look pretty!

~~~~~

"Man, I can't wait to have a warm shower again." Gunnar smiled as he sat on the gas pump, watching the meter. He was pretty interested in this world... seeing that he and the other kids didn't see many worlds as much as the grown-ups.
What also interested him was that if they actually lived here... they would ALL be rich! His father got a whole tank of fuel... for NOTHING! Just some stories!

Ven sat in the shade under one of Sigurd's wings. They ignored some people that had come up to ask some questions about the ship. The two were explaining-out.
Ven blinked as he looked down at his son and smiled. "I hope you weren't too mean to Roxel. You know he's really fond of you." He poked the boy but laughed as he saw the pout.

He looked at Terra and grinned then back at Tensai. "Ah... only great Chaser's know how to read and write. I know you'll be even greater because you're going to work extra hard to learn how to do it. Right Tensai?"

Axel smiled as he held two large paper bags in his arms. Wow! They had gotten a lot... for nothing! This place was awesome! How could people be poor in a world where currency is knowledge!?
Behind him followed Xio, his mate and puppies as Roxel held onto Roxas's hand, both him and his blond father carrying some bags as well.

Luckily... this place didn't have ice cream at all.
He knew Roxas would never be able to live here.
But they were headed back to Connection 1 soon for Christmas so they could stop by Delshad to pop in and say hello to everyone and... of course, stock up with ice cream to last them a year.
Axel's eyes had widened as Roxas suggested to sell the pups here. He considered it... but... there were some things that didn't work out well.
For one, Vi got protective again which made Xio protective and he couldn't even get NEAR the pups unless he assured both parents that he wasn't selling the pups yet.
And two, these people didn't have money. Even if they had money, they didn't have Munny... and gil was less value than Munny.

Axel wasn't money hungry... but they needed money to survive on the ship. Everyone had to chip in.

They walked up towards the ship and Axel ducked to see the Tellis's. "Hey Terraaaaaaa~~ I got you bunches of muffins~~~"
He teased as he walked up the lift and inside.

Zell gruffed as he was tied post that wasn't being used at the time, Fuu and Aqua sitting on both sides. And... because he wouldn't stop complaining, he had a cloth wrapped around his mouth.
Fujin grinned as she looked at him. "I'm shocked a Chicken-wuss got himself a job as an officer~~"

Namine smiled as she headed back to the ship, holding a basket with some greens in it. Aerith had picked up a lot of things and gathered some neat informations from the locals. She sighed softly, thinking about Christmas coming up. She had 'bought' her mother a sandcastle made out of seashells and her father an antique sword that was shaped like waves.

[Reno]

"And hot food!" Lucina piped up, licking her lips. She loved this planet already. You could buy anything with a few words alone. She wondered how much her eleven-year old knowledge was worth.

Well you two are in luck. The ship's finished fueling." Seifer piped up, walking around the side over to his small family. In the distance he could see the others coming back. Good now they could just get off of here - as exciting as it was to see a familar old face that he used to torture when he was a kid, he really didn't want round 2 with the heartless to come around.


Tensai sighed a bit but nodded. "Yes dad." But he honestly and truly... didn't think it was possible. The words ket changing on him and how was he supposed to remember them that way?!

Terra sighed softly, but ruffled the boy's hair. He could tell how frustrated Ten was getting over the whole issue - but if they gave up now any motivation the boy had had would be completely gone. Even if it took them years and years he was going to make sure his boy could read! Now he just had to figure out how to transfer that enthisiasm back to their son.

The sound of crinkling plastic made him looked up, seeing the Xipil family returning several bags of food being carried by them. Behind them, Invidia proudly flicked her tail as she watched next to her pups, looking like she had won a battle. Heh looks like their would be no selling today.

Terra's eyes lit up at Axel's words. "Muffins?!" Oh HELL yeah! He grinned contently laying out on the ground and sang, "Oh this is going to be wonderful ride home~" He wondered idly if that was Axel's way of saying 'Sorry I nearly killed you three times'.


Aqua just laughed. "Well I guess you really never can guess who people are from first impressions... and beating them up through their childhood." She looked over, seeing that Aerith and Namine were returning as well.

"Oh lucky you Zell you'll be free pretty soon."

[Rikugurl]

Gunnar laughed. "YEA! Hot food is always good too!" He blinked though as Seifer walked up and he jumped from the pump. He looked at the gallons and the number of gil that was owed. It was... a lot. But he had to remember that 100 gil = 50 munny... but it was STILL A LOT!

The make eyes looked to his sister then back up at the blonde man. "Hey dad....? Since we took care of Sigurd for a whole week with no problems.... could we get our own ship for Christmas!?" He smiled happily and put on a HUUUUUUGE smile.

Olette just blinked and giggled. This was starting to sound like Ven's stories on wanting to ride an air balloon!


Fuu blinked at Aqua and nodded. When she saw Namine and Aerith, she stood and brought Zell up with her. She untied his hands and cloth. "Well... it seems that orphans really can make something of their lives." She put softly.
Zell panted and growled, pointing at her. "WELL!..... The next time you come here, I'm STILL going to have you arrested!"
"And we'll just take you hostage again."
Zell blinked. "W-WELL! I'll have you arrested for kidnapping!"
Fuu crossed her arms. "Before we do it?"
Zell blinked and froze, not sure what to say.

Fuu took Aqua's hand and started back to the ship, waving. "See you later, Chicken-wuss."

Namine walked by and smiled at Zell. "Nice meeting you Chicken-wuss!"
"H-HEY!"
Aerith just shook her head and giggled as she and the girl walked up into the ship.


Ven looked down and blinked as Terra got comfy on the ground. "Home? Isn't home here already?" He looked up at the ship and smiled.

Roxel poked his head out one of the windows and looked down. "HEY TEN! DADDY GOT SOME POPS! COME AND GET ONE!"

[Reno]

Lucina grinned stepping up beside her brother and clasping her hands in front of her in that dainty cute way shy girls did. "Yeah, yeah pretty please with suuugar on top?"

Seifer blinked, glancing from one child to the other and laughed. "H-Hey! I don't think so! Besides you know what Ven said, not until Namine is 16 at least."

Lucina huffed.


Aqua laughed at the look on the confused blonde's face, waving to Zell as her wife led her away. "See ya."


Terra cracked an eye open, one blue eye regarding Ven languidly. "Hey, you're messing up my song with little details!" He said playfully, but then sudden their sattention was caught by a yell overhead.

"Really?!" Tensai squealed and raced out from between his two father's and up into the ship without any hesitance. There was that old famous Holani sweet tooth. 'Only ONE Ten!' The two aghast parents called - getting a 'uh-huh' in return before the mop of black hair disappeared. The whole box better not be gone by tonight...

Terra blinked then yawned, watching his shipmates pass him and Ven and cross the threshold. He threw an arm over his eyes lazily.

"Hey Seifer!" Aqua suddenly called. "Start the ship hurry we can flatten our leader!"

"Har-de-har-har Aqua." Terra grumbled, hearing the woman's footsteps pass with Fuujin, then a smaller pair with an elder woman - Namine and Aerith. Shortly after he heard a family of four pass by.

"Pff, lazy ass." Seifer grumbled.

"If I, the leader, want to lounge under my ship I damn well will." Terra said.

"Ven you better make sure he gets up soon or I might just follow Aqua's instructions." Seifer said. "And hey my kids can do the driving!"

Terra sighed dramtically as the family disappeared inside, moving away his arm only to pillow it under his head. He glanced at his mate. "Good help is so fucking hard to find these days." He joked.

He glanced towards the sky wistfully. It was time to leave. He knew they'd return to this world one day of course - there had to be keyblades in the connection and of course this world would become their next checkpoint world for fuel. Traveling further out into the universe was going to become just that much simpler.

[Rikugurl]

Gunnar growled too as he got the let down. That was so not fair! NAMINE HARDLY DID ANYTHING! He crossed his arms and frowned but Olette got up and smiled. "I'll see what I can do." She winked at her two children before heading to the ship.

Gunnar glanced at his sister, a wide smile on his face. "AH! I LOVE MOM!"
He quickly ran after her and jumped a bit, asking if she really meant it.


Ven grinned as he looked down. "Isn't that my job?" Before he could relax much more, he heard a cry from above and looked out. "HEY! GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE WINDOW!" The blonde called up and the boy disappeared.
Their son got up and rushed out, only for Ven and Terra to call out 'Only ONE Ten!'.
Ven only chuckled, knowing what might happen.

"But... I only heard the TEN part!"
Boys will be boys.

He watched everyone walk by and stuck his tongue out at Aqua as Fuu and her walked by and up into the ship.
He leaned on one of the wings, ignoring the rest as they walked by. A content smile crossed his face as soft winds blew through his hair.
His blue eyes opened as he heard his name and grinned at Seifer before slowly getting up and stretching. Man... it was going to be nice to get into his new clothes again.

He looked down and kicked Terra's side. "Alright Alpha, let's get going." He chuckled before going into the ship.


When everyone was in and comfy, the engines were turned on and the wheels pulled in.

Ven hit some keys on his keyboard below as Seifer worked the controls above and Axel double checking his controls above that.
There were three keyblades on this world... which wasn't too bad at all for a place that was so big.

Roxel, Tensai and Namine looked out the window, all having lollipops in their mouth.

Fuu was in her and Aqua's room, changing into her clothes. God, it was nice to actually WEAR something.

Olette, Gunnar and Lucina were in their room, looking at all the things Olette had bought and trying to find room to put them.

Aerith was in her room, sorting herbs and putting them away.

As Silgurd climbed up and up, the ship seemed to be happy that Seifer was driving once more. It didn't groan or pull like when the kids flew it. They would master the controls sooner or later though.

Roxel sighed as she watched the city become smaller and smaller as Namine left to check on the new items they had bought down there.
He leaned on his friend slightly when all of a sudden something horrible popped up into the window.

Hehehehehehe....

"NAAAAAAA!!" Roxel grabbed Tensai and pulled him down.

Axel blinked as he glanced out one of the windows, seeing yellow eyes looking back at him. RANT!?
"SHIT!" He rushed from Xio and onto his controls. The radar picked up the two being. Shit... this wasn't good! WERE THEY WAITING FOR THEM TO COME BACK INTO THE SKY!?

Up and up you climb
It took you enough time!
Now we can continue our play
And you thought you'd get away~

[Reno]

Aqua looked at her reflection in the mirrior, reaching up slowly to touch the bandages around her head. She could still remember how pale she had been when she had still been recovering at first. She brushed her hand across the wound, flinching at the slight pain it caused.
Even still she continued to reach back, fingering the edges of the white material, intending on taking them off.
A cry however stopped her.

Under the dining room table Xio's family lay. Three pups were happily nestled against their mother's feet, a large tail embracing themw armly.
The fourth however - and Tensai's favorite - had wandered his way atop his mom's back and the little pup had his head resting between Invidia's ears.
However a yelp from her young charges roused her and Invidia's head shot up. the little moombacle gave a yelp of surprise, tumbling off and onto his brother and sisters.

Lucina hummed in thought while watching her mom try to stuff some stuff on the top of their closet shelf. "Maybe its time to give some of the older stuff to Ten and Roxel?" She murmured wisely.
However she couldn't help but think of something a little more mysterious. Maybe daddy could cut a hole in the ships wall in their room and create a secret compartment - like the ones seen in those old victorian-style haunted mansions. Yeah, yeah and it could be like an Almasy secret! Not even Terra would know!
She opened her mouth to voice her opinion when she noticed Gunnar looking towards the door, tense. "What's wrong Gun?" From here anyone with normal hearing could not hear Roxel's cry.
Yet Gunnar was not normal.

Seifer hummed some, looking over the controls quietly, surprised nothing was broken or hurt in any ways. He was still somewhat shocked his kids had managed to fly it - without any supervision either. Well unless you counted Aerith but Aerith couldn't really help them drive the ship or anything...
He was still a bit iffy about the whole 'them getting their own ship' thing - but he supposed he and Olette would be discussing it tonight.
He had a feeling Lucina had taken a lot of control of the ship - his seat smelt like perfume. Wonderful.
However a cry made his hands tighten around the controls and moments later he ehard the radar from upstairs beeping and he glanced at the information that was tranferred - two people... outside.
Fuck.

Tensai licked his lollipop languidedly, watching the clouds float by. From up here they never took any shapes like they did when he was on the ground - he wondered why that was. Why did the bottom of the clouds have happy shapes like rabbits and stars when the tops looked like nothing but masses of fluffyness?
'You have to look deeper down into something to see its true beauty.'
Tensai blinked. Huh? He looekd around a little startled - when suddenly Roxel gave a cry. The black-haired boy jumped, his ehad whpping around and he gave his own cry of panic - both from the sight of the yellow eyes and the feeling of Roxel dragged him down.

Roxas yawned, placing the last of the groceries away, and turned around, only to see Terra stuffing his face with a muffin - and he seemed to eat it in two bites.
... Ew.
The only other time he saw such unmanneristic eating was back before he taught Axel a little something called manners. However he was growing quite used to this... animalistic way Terra sometimes handled himself. It was kind of funny - he never noticed the wolf within the brunette until he had seen it with his own eyes. Now it was just so... obvious.
Roxas' eyes narrowed as he saw a hand reached for another. "You oughta pace yourself Terra or you'll bloat."
The leader looked a tad offended - and opened his mouth as if about to respond when sudden two sharp cries had then turned on their heels.
"Tensai!"
"Roxel!"
And the two worried fathers took off, easily crossing the distance to where their sons were.

The boy outside waved to Axel, grinning before suddenly he held his hands out in the usual 'diver's pose' and bent his knees. The boy jumped from his dark cloud and 'dove through' the white fluffyiness like it was water.
But from the way he was headed... one could easily guess where he was headed. The bottom of the ship.

[Rikugurl]

Like everyone in the Under Carriage, no one heard the cries except for Gunnar.... and Ven.
Blue eyes widened as he heard the faint cry. The Research Room didn't have doors...
The large chair swirled as he shot from it and up the stairs. He reached the pilot lounge before Terra and Roxas. He saw the boy hiding under the window and only caught a glimpse of a shoe.

He growled and looked over at Seifer.
"Stop climbing! We'll have a better chance at fighting them up here than in space!" He whipped his hand out and Aero Maxim appeared. "Also, stay away from the other ships! We don't want what to happen last week happen again!"

By the time he was done calling the quick orders, Terra and Roxas arrived.
He gave them a glance before the warning light came on, letting everyone know they were under attack.


Gunnar rubbed his head, looking around the room. Now where could he put that cool journal? His eyes widened though as he stopped and looked at the door.
He blinked and looked back when he heard his sister. "You... didn't hear that?"

Both Olette and Luci shook their head.
That was when the warning lights came on.
"ACK!" Olette frowned and quickly rushed to the door and out towards the Pilot Lounge, her children on her heals.


Axel growled as he turned his controls, maneuvering the main gun. "Where are you..."
He blinked though as he found the boy... and he... disappeared? He growled though as he looked back through the scope... and saw nothing but darkness. "SHIT!"

Hehehehehe....

The pink haired Heartless tapped the major gun, covering the lenses with Darkness.

[Reno]

Seifer only nodded to the orders, strsaightening the ship out quickly and flipping on the warning light. He cursed a few times under his breath - what the fuck were they gonna do from up here?!

Roxas sighed as he rushed onto scene - seeing Roxel and Tensai were both just fine. He looked up however when he heard Axel's rather loud cursing coming from above.

However Olette and her children never made it to the lounge, and no one was able to gvie further orders or even think up a plan before an explosion rocked the ship. There were some cries as people stumbled.

"Shit!" Aqua snapped grabbing onto the door handle of the bathroom door and fell into a sitting position against it, holding on tightly.

"Mom!" Lucina yelped, scrambling around a bit before she fell against the wall.

Invidia growled, the charm on his head glowing as she threw a protect spell over herself and her children.

Rant laughed from under the ship, another ball of dark energy appearing and he shot it at the bottom of the ship. The fireworks it created made his eyes light up.

"WAAAH!" Tensai squealed as the second explosion sounded and sent everyone to the ground.

Roxas gave a yelp of pain as he hit the ground, momentarily stunned.

"Fuck! SEIFER LAND THE FUCKING SHIP!" Terra yelled in the middle of the chaos. He glanced over at the kids and slowly scrambled forward on his hands and knees over to them. The two boys were holding onto each other, fear in their eyes and he reached out, tugging onto them both before bringing them against his chest. Seconds later the third explosion rocketed over them.

Seifer held onto the wheel tightly trying to keep his body from falling over the controls. "Land he fucking says. Shit!" He pushed the wheel down and aimed them towards the ground and started to descend the ship rapidly.

[Rikugurl]

Axel got up and was about to look at the window when he was suddenly thrown to the ground. "AAAH~~"
Xio yipped as he stumbled over but his claws dug deep into the steel, keeping him up. He rushed over to Axel and PASSED him as another explosion sent him flying.

The redhead growled as he got up and... fell back over. Luckily, his head landed on Xio's back instead of the hard floor... or yet ANOTHER head wound would occur.
He got up though... and was flung forward. He crashed into his control panel and frowned. "THAT'S ENOUGH!"
He held out his hands, chakrams forming. What the HELL was going on!?


Aerith down below was getting thrown every which way, trying her best to save her flowers from falling... but no such luck. Some pots hit the floor, making dirt fly all over.


Fuu was thrown from the bed but got up quickly, holding herself to the bed for the second and third hit. FUCK! This had not been because of Chicken-wuss!
She got up when the ship started to move quickly, her own chakrams appearing.
"AQUA!?"


Roxel held onto Tensai as they were thrown around. "AH! TEN! HOLD ON!" He cried but blinked as he and his friend were pulled close to Terra. He looked up and swallowed, seeing how brave his uncle was. He winced as he yelled, bringing Tensai closer.


Gunnar almost fell down the stairs at the crash but his hands gripped the railings before he could tumble. "WHAT THE HELL!?"
Namine fell over, some potions falling from her hands. They rolled around as the crashes came... and some smacked back into her face as they started to head down.
"LUCI!" Olette cried as she was thrown close to her daughter, only to reach out and wrap her arms around her.


The door to the side opened, the blonde looking out. He looked up, hearing some giggling and growled. He turned and slammed his keyblade into the side of the ship and pulled himself up, closing the ship door shut with his foot.
He climbed up to the top of the ship as quickly as he could and over the top.

The wind whipped violently around him as he looked at the head of the ship. They were... landing? But that wasn't what caught his eye. It was... far worse.
Rave.
He growled as he held his keyblade out at her. "GET THE FUCK OFF THE SHIP!"

The pink haired girl only looked back at him.
Hehehehehehehe...
She seemed to nod in agreement before her feet and legs started to float and she reached down to the ship, holding it.
Her sleeve gripped into it with a powerful force.... and suddenly flung in towards the ground.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!" Ven slipped from the power and grabbed onto a wing, looking up in horror at the Heartless, waving, who was becoming smaller as they were shot away.

[Reno]

Rant laughed watching the ship take off thanks to his sister's 'helpful' push. He floated up next to her.

Tensai shuddered in his dad's arms, tears dripping down his cheeks. He was terrified.

Suddenly though the whole ship tilted. "Shit!!" Seifer cried as he fell over the controls. He fought against the gravity, grabbing his seatbelt and trapping it around himself. He didn't want to go flying through the window next. He struggled to slow their descent but it was no use. He could smell something rancid - and new with horror that they were leaking gas - one of the pips had broken. Two more areas had gone into red - five of their thrusters were damaged as well as the boiler room. Fuck the ship was out of control! He hit the speaker button. "EVERYONE HOLD ON!"

Terra grunted smacking into the wall beside the threshold to the lounge. He heard the gunblader's warning and curled around the children protectively. "We're gonna be okay." He murmured to them.

Up ahead Roxas was scrambling around to catch his footing, taking a flying leap and grabbing onto a leg of the dining room table - luckily it was bolted to the floor. Invidia and her pups slipped on the floor but the blonde reached an arm out, grabbing onto them. he winced as their claws and teeth locked into his clothes and arm but at the moment he could disregard it.

"Fuujin!" Aqua cried from the bathroom, just moments before she heard Seifer's voice over the intercom and the ship started to tilt down at an incredible rate. She grunted, her body sliding sideways and she placed her feet against the wall, holding onto the doorknob for dear life.

"Mom!" Lucina cried, grabbing onto her mom's shirt tightly. She heard her dad's frantic cry and she grew even more scared. Suddenly the lights on the ship cut off, shadowing everyone in the darkness.

Seifer looked up suddenly and his eyes widened in horror, seeing a field up ahead - and it was getting closer and closer by the minute. "We're gonna crash!!" He warned before planting his feet down and tugging the wheel up harshly, doing everything ht could to pull up. "Come on lady luck come on...."

What little gas was left was left in the engine took effect. The last of the thrusters did what it could without its sisters to aid her - pushing all its energy into helping the ship tilt. It was enough. The nose of Silgurd pointed up just as the met the ground. The body took the brunt of the impact but it was still enough to bring most bodies from their positions before smacking back into the ground.

The ship slid acrossd the ground, making it rock uncomfortably, and slid onto it's right side, breaking the windows and damging it badly. Luckily most people were further away from that area - especally Ven who had slipped closer to the left side of the ship.

Seifer grunted, not letting go of the wheel even as his body was yanked around. His teeth clattered against each other, feeling the violent trembles.

Terra growled as he started to slip and drew an arm away, Quicksand apepared and he slammed it into the ground - the metal giving way. He held onto the kids and the handle of his blade tightly so they didn't fall against the opposite wall.

Roxas grunted as his body slid and his knees smacked into the opposite leg of the table, and some of the moombacles slipped only to lock their claws into his pants and hold on for dear life.

"Wah!" Aqua cried, her hands twisting the knob and the door opening. She yelped, unable to hold on. She fell the short distance to the opposite wall where the shower was, sliding around some more before she reached up and grabbing onto the showerhead tightly.

But then it was all over. The ship was at an incredibly uncomfortable angle now that it was tilted and unfortunetly the deployment door was now against the ground making it impossible to leave in any normal sort of way. Amazingly though nothing seemed to of caught on fire - most likely because they didn't have any gas and the boiler was destroyed.

Terra panted a bit, looking around as he feet slid on what used to be the ground. He hung there, glancing down at the two boys holding onto him as tightly as he was holding onto them. Just below them was another wall and carefully he twisted his body around before he let go, his backside meeting the slanted ground and sliding to the right wall. His feet planted against it but luckily he didn't tumble over. Slwoly he set the two boys down against the wall that was now the ground so they could sit there on their own. "Is everyone alright?!" He called over the din of everything.

"I'm suing those fucking kids for whiplash." Seifer called back - but at least he was alive. Lucky for them the windows were thick enough even that violent impact hadn't broken them. HYe struggled from his seat belt and slowly climbed from the seat and fell into the front door. How the fuck were they gonna get out of here?

"I-I'm alright." Roxas called back shakily before he did as Terra did and slipped down the side until his body met the wall. The animals all yipped at him but he carefully pulled them off of his body one by one and let them stand on their own. The family's fur had bristled with fear and panic. "Roxel?!" The blonde cried, wanting to hear his son's voice.

[Rikugurl]

The girl looked at her brother and giggled again before looking back to watch the crash.
Let's sit back and watch my dear bro
Let's just enjooooy the show.


Axel's eyes widened as he saw out the window... and then Seifer's call. Shit... they were gonna crash.
He looked down at Xio and nodded, quickly racing to him as his loyal friend dug ALL his claws into the steel. The redhead wrapped his arms around the moomba's waist... and didn't let go.

When they crashed, his teeth clenched and the moomba yelped... but both held on even as Xio was pulled down a bit. The lights flickered... and went off. The smell of gas could already reach him all the way up here.
Axel looked down, only using the light from the window above them to see where he'd fall.
He let go and hit the computer monitor, smashing it. "AUGH FUCK!" He growled but sighed. He clenched onto one of his chakrams and it disappeared, only for him to hold up the hand and a small fire went aflame.

He looked around, seeing that the other computers seemed to be working fine.
He blinked as he heard a call from.... next door? Terra?
He watched Xio climb down a bit. "Hey! Whoa..." He walked up to the lion and put the fire up, wrapping his arms around the lion's waist again. "Let's get to the stairs huh?" He pointed up where the stairs were.

The lion nodded and started to climb up, pulling Axel up with him. THANK GOD he was as skinny as he was. The large paws wrapped around the edge, his head poking out and looking at the scene. He could hear his pups cry... but he heard ALL their cries... meaning they were all safe. He let out a yip that rang over the other's, letting his little family know he was ok.
He blinked as he felt the arms leave his waist as Axel gripped onto the side and pulled himself up.

He panted but flipped over the side and fell the length down, hitting the wall soundly. "I am.... getting WAY.... to old for this." Another soundly drop came from behind him and he could feel Xio rush past him. The lion rushed to his family and licked his pups, leaving a nuzzle and lick for Vi.


Fuu cried as she was thrown OVER the bed and hit the dresser hard. Her silver hair fell over his face as she tried to pull away, hearing the cries of her wife. She slammed her chakram into the steel and tried to climb herself up towards the bathroom... but the lights went out and the ship crashed.

Her lower body was flung to the right and the dresser fell. The wooden thing slammed into the silverette's legs and pelvic region, making her scream in pain.
As the ship rocked steadily, she let go of the charrams and slid down with the rest of her body. She laid there for a moment before getting up slowly, trying to pry herself away from the dresser.


Aerith cried as she grabbed onto something. There was no way she could save her flowers now. She quickly rushed to her closet and closed the door. She was pushed into the wall, but her clothes kept her safe for the most part. She winced and covered her ears as the glass started to break... but it was all over in the matter of minutes.

She slowly opened the door, letting it bag on the wall from the gravity. She slowly looked out, seeing all her things on the wall. Dirt covered everything... and in the whole mess was a large frame. The glass had shattered and a pot had gone right through Zack's face. Her eyes saddened greatly but shook her head, looking around in the dark silence.


Olette and Lucina were only thrown so far. The woman wrapped her arms around her daughter protectively, her heart crying out for her son in which she couldn't see, nor hear. Last time she saw him, he was right on her heels.

When they landed, she looked around, slowly prying her grip from her daughter. "We're ok!" She cried out to Terra but swallowed. "GUNNAR!?"


The dark brunette boy was thrown from the stairs and had hit the wall violently. The mako in his body let him hit impact without snapping a rib. However, he got some cuts from the glass that had shattered next to him.
He panted, his mako eyes reacting as he looked out, instantly getting use to the darkness.
"Ahn...." He winced as he tried to get up but failed.

His eyes widened though as he looked up at the stairs. "MOM!?"


Roxel continued to whimper as he and Tensai were crunched and squeezed tight by Terra. He in turned squeezed Tensai to protect HIM. When they halted and let down on the wall which was now a floor, he continued to cradle his black haired friend. His eyes were wide with fright and tears started to well in his eyes.
That was when Roxas called.
"nnnnnnnDADDY!" He called out, bursting into tears.


Outside, Ven had held onto one of the thrusters. Unfortunately for him... it was one that blew up. And it do so... in his face.
"AAAAAAH!!" He cried as he was blasted out. Aero Maxim slammed into the ship, ripping some of it open. He was flung around violently... and was thrown off when they crashed.

The blonde flew out and hit a nearby tree. He coughed and shook his head, trying to clear the blur. Slowly he looked up, the sight of the ship swirling. "Eehh...." His eyes widened as he saw something floating down.
His eyes widened as he saw where the twins were headed.
The keyblades...