Disclaimer: I do not own KH. If I owned Kingdom Hearts, Saix would be number two, Demyx would be bald, Zexion would be much taller, and Axel wouldn't be "Flurry of Dancing Flames" he'd have a "The" before it just like everyone else in the organization.
A/n: It's a family story and most of them are kids, while some of them are fathers. Well, just read if you're interested. and please review if you like it or if you just want to say that it sucks. I don't mind... I think. Enjoy~
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Chapter One: The "Adaption"
Kairi had always assumed that no one would ever adopt her. Back at the orphanage, she was constantly told that she was not cute enough for adoption -- which also included Yuffie, Demyx, Olette, Hayner, Pence Aerith, and Leon. Sora, of course was too cute for his own good -- it really was a shame that all the parents mistook him for being socially retarded. It wasn't his fault that everything that came out of his mouth was either thrown up chunks of food (especially cookies) or sounds that gave everyone headaches.
"Come inside, dear." The man who'd adopted her earlier that day, stood aside and gestured her to enter her new home.
Hesitantly, Kairi walked into what looked like a kitchen, and she quickened her pace to stand next to the couch in the living room. "Naminé, she's here." the man called out, shutting the front door. Kairi looked up at the ceiling and listened eagerly as the sound of footsteps made their way quickly down the flight of stairs. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a pale face with a blonde mop of hair peeking from the hallway.
Kairi smiled faintly, trying to be polite. The girl smiled back, and slowly approached, extending a hand when she reached her. "Hello, I'm Naminé! What's yours?" she asked, in a soft voice.
"Um, my name's Kairi." she replied, nervously shaking her hand.
"Kairi," the man called out as he began to prepare lunch. "I'd rather you call me 'dad', but if you're too uncomfortable with that, you may call me Xemnas, ok?" he exclaimed, his eyes directed on chopping the carrots.
"So how old are you, Kairi?" Naminé asked, twirling the ends of her hair with her finger.
"I'm five and a half."
"Oh, me too!" Namine uttered, her cheeks shading pink in excitement. "C'ept I'm five and three-quarter-"
"Naminé, we're here to play." A polite voice called out from behind the front door. Alarmed, Naminé looked in the direction of the sound. "Daddy!" she shouted, surprising Kairi with the strength of her voice. "Open the door!"
Xemnas chuckled under his breath and wiped his hands clean with a cloth. "Bring yourself in, dear." he called out.
For a brief moment, no one responded, until suddenly, another voice answered. "Mister Naminé's dad, who's dear?" this voice sounded a bit rude and playful.
Kairi cocked her to the side, curious as to who the people in front of her new home were. "He's referring to us, you dummy." came the sound of the first voice. "He calls everyone that."
Xemnas turned towards the door, slightly alarmed. A small thud was heard, as the door shook for a brief moment.
"Ow, that hurt! MARLUXIA!"
"Boys, just let yourselves in. "Xemnas sighed, with a smile tugging at his lips. Naminé giggled, turning to Kairi with an over sized grin. "They're lots of fun to play with, Kairi!" but Kairi was still confused. Who were they exactly?
"Ok, Mister Naminé's dad. If you say so!" A loud voice beamed. The door knob shook, as if the person opening it had difficulty turning the knob, and finally, after several attempts at turning the know, the door swung open and a little boy with wild, red hair, walked in, carrying a large box in his arms.
"That door knob you got there is pret-ty tric-ky, Mister Naminé's dad." he pointed out, pursing his thin lips sourly at the door knob.
Another boy walked in; a boy with a polite demeanor, and messy but tamed strawberry blonde hair. He was carrying a pot filled with soil; and growing from it, a plant that well exceeded the boy in height. "You're just jealous cause you're not tall enough to reach it properly." he stated flatly and quickly turned to Xemnas with a wide grin spread across his cheeks.
"My papa told me to give this to you as a gift for adapting a child." he said, ignoring the other boy's whines, and extended the plant to Naminé's father. Xemnas quietly chuckled under his breath upon hearing the mispronunciation of the word "adopting" while the other boy fumed.
"HEY! He's my papa too, you know!" the boy with red hair seemed to be flushing red with anger.
"Marluxia!" Naminé shrieked, frantically. "Naminé." the strawberry blondie responded, politely and walked into the living room, grinning. "Axel, c'mere!" Naminé cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted.
"Cool it, Naminé. I'm coming!" Axel replied, carrying the large box and setting it down on the floor every other step to fix his pants by pulling them up. "Hurry it up, Mr. Turtle!" Marluxia shouted, imitating Naminé and cupping his hands around his mouth as well.
"Marluxia!' Axel frowned, setting the box down on the floor once again to place his hands on his hips. "Axel." Marluxia replied calmly, with a smug grin on his lips. Kairi arched a brow and leaned over next to Naminé. "Hey," she whispered. "Why does he always say Axel's name every time Axel says his name?" she questioned, noticing some sort of pattern in Marluxia's responses to his brother.
Naminé cocked her head to the side and realized that Marluxia responded that way to everyone every time they said his name. "I dunno." she shrugged, casually. "I guess he's dumb."
"He doesn't know my name -- so what will he say when I say his name?" Kairi asked.
Naminé's eyes lit up. "Oh, I know! Say his name and we'll find out!" she suggested, snapping her fingers and pointing her index finger up into the air, trying to look clever.
Kairi gave her a slight nod and shifted her eyes to the boy who smelled of rose petals. She cupped her hands over her mouth and took a deep breath before uttering.
"Marluxia!"
The strawberry blondie quickly averted his eyes to the source of the sound and gazed at Kairi, briefly scanning her from head to toe.
"Willis."
"Willis?" Kairi and Naminé replied in unison. "Does she really look like a 'Willis' to you, Marly?" she leaned over in front of Kairi to closely examine her face. Axel rolled his eyes. "Yeah. C'mon, Marluxia, she's not a walrus!"
"He said, 'Willis' Axel." Naminé pointed out. Axel paused and slowly leaned in front of Kairi, examining her face. "She don't look very Willis-y to me, either. Nope, none." he exclaimed loudly and shook his head.
Marluxia whined, bouncing hastily in frustration. "But that was the first word that popped in my head!"
"It's ok!" Kairi grinned. "But I don't wanna be no Willis. No sir. " she stated, firmly. "Speaking of Willis," Axel snapped his fingers trying to gain everyone's attention. "What's your name?"
She grinned. "I'm Kairi."
"What else?" Axel responded with his quick tongue.
Kairi arched a brow and slowly turned to her sister with a questioning look -- to which Naminé responded with a simple shrug of her shoulders. "I'm... five and a half?" she said uncertainly.
"Continue, continue." Axel waved his hand in the air and nodded as if he were intelligent. Marluxia slapped the palm of his hand against his forehead and shook his head disappointingly.
"I'm... a girl?"
"Well, I'm a boy." Axel retorted proudly. "And I just turned seven!" he quickly added. Marluxia rolled his eyes and folded his arms across his tiny little chest. "You're name, you dummy!" he reminded, dryly and slapped his younger brother in the back of his head.
"OH! And I'm Axel. Nice to meet ya!" he grinned, his cheeks shading a rosy shade of pink. "And what's your name?"
Kairi arched a brow. "But didn't I just..."
"Save it, Kairi. He's only joking around." Marluxia exclaimed, raising his index finger to her lips. "I'm Marluxia and I'm eight." he stated. "And no I'm not a girl."
Naminé giggled. "I remember I mistook him for a girl because his hair was pink-"
"STRAWBERRY BLONDE, NAMINÉ!" he cried out, tugging at the ends of his hair. "There is a BIG difference between the two!"
"Pink, Strawberry blonde, I see no difference, Marly. You're clearly in denial." Axel rolled his eyes.
"NUH-UH!" Marluxia was clearly in denial. Kairi hid her mouth behind her hands and snickered. "Naminé was right! You guys are real fun to play with!" she exclaimed. Axel's face lit up. "Really? Well we're glad that Mister Naminé's dad adapted you!" he threw her two thumbs up. "If we're fun to play with, you should meet our other friends!"
"There are more of you?"
"You'd better believe it!" Axel threw his arms in the air.
A loud sound began to ring throughout the house. Naminé was quick to respond. "I'll get it daddy!" she called out, and ran barefoot to the dining room table, and came back into the living room, dragging a large chair behind her. She softly grunted, as she pushed the chair up against the wall and climbed atop the chair.
"I got it!" she said in a straining voice as she tip toed to reach the wall phone. "Hello?" she answered, still standing on the chair.
"...Naminé?" the person on the phone answered back. "Uncle Xaldin!" Naminé shrieked, excitedly. "I'd like to speak with your father, Naminé. May you please give him the phone?"
Naminé braced herself before jumping off the chair and landed with a soft thud on the carpet floor. "Ok, Uncle Xaldin! I'll go get my daddy right now!" Naminé said in an assuring voice and ran into the kitchen.
"DAD!" she let out a scream so loud, Xaldin cringed. "Daddy, Uncle Xaldin's on the phone and he wants to talk to you!" she shouted, presenting the phone to her father. "Thank you, Naminé. Don't yell so loud." he warned and pressed the phone against his ear.
"Yeah?" he answered.
"Would you tell your daughter that I am not her uncle?" Xaldin said, sharply. Xemnas chuckled under his breath. "Your an uncle in her eyes, Xaldin; whether you like it or not."
"My children are coming over. I hope they won't be too much of a hassle for you." Xaldin said, quickly changing the subject. "Your children? They behave so properly. They won't be any trouble at all; I'd like them to meet Kairi, too." Xemnas replied.
"Of course my children behave properly. I'm their father, and say hello to your new daughter for me. Good day to you."
Xemnas turned the phone off and called out to Naminé. "Naminé! Will you put the phone back for me?"
"Coming, dad!" Naminé shouted and ran into the kitchen to retrieve the phone. "What did Uncle Xaldin say? she bounced excitedly. "His kids are coming over-"
"YESS!" Naminé shrieked and ran back into the living room. "Guess what, guys? Uncle Xaldin is sending his kids over!" Kairi arched a brow. "Uncle Xaldin? Does that mean he's my uncle now, too?"
"Uh-huh." Naminé nodded. "But Uncle Xaldin makes a funny face whenever I call him that. So just secretly call him our uncle, kay?" she winked at her. Kairi nodded. "Right!"
Then she stopped to think. She was very upset that she had to leave her friends back at the orphanage. She even missed the security guard with the eye patch; and even though she didn't like him too well, she also missed the manager of the orphanage. All the kids called the manager 'Mr. X' because of his face.
The orphanage was a place she could call her home -- but living in her new home, with Naminé and Xemnas, she felt happy too. It felt just like the orphanage, except that she had to call the "boss man" of the house, "dad"
She stared at the door and smiled. She couldn't wait for Uncle Xaldin's kids to arrive.
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A/n: I'll try to post chapter two up by next week Friday. So please, please review by then, please?
Next chapter will be about the kids playing together and Kairi telling stories about the orphanage she came from.
