Hello readers! This is KHGiggle. This is my first entry too. I'm not used to writing in this format so please excuse me if it's a little stale. I'm working on it. Now for a quick explanation. In various fics, Sora is living with some FF characters, usually with Cloud in some way, shape, or form. Then I wondered why the Tsviets never show up in Kingdom Hearts. Hence, this fic. Thing is, I tweaked the Tsviet rosters a bit. I removed Argento and Shelke. I removed Argento because I know nothing about her. I removed Shelke because, well, maybe I better save that for a later chapter since I actually have a good reason. I did replace them though. I even added in some more Tsviets. Let's just say that the worlds were unstable long before Kingdom Hearts and it caused several individuals with potential to end up in Gaia and get picked up by Shinra. On to the story!

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"Hm..."

Chris 'Hm'ing was not something you wanted to hear. Kimihiro knew her well enough to know that this meant she was stumped, and she was the one in charge of medicine. "That bad?"

"I do not recognize the symptoms. If it was degradation like with Weiss, we could have Sora give you blood transfusions until it was stopped and you would just recover in time. This is not degradation though. It has several symptoms in common, but I know nothing that would cause you to cough and vomit up black liquid. I cannot even identify the liquid."

Funny, he'd think even that would cause her to break her usual monotone pitch or at least show some form of emotion on her face. Then again, this was Chris. "Well, I know you'll tell the other Tsviets even if I ask you not to, but could you at least keep it from the lower ranks?"

"I see no reason to tell them, but the Tsviets will need to know," she said still in monotone as always.

"That's good enough for me."

Chris opened the door to the infirmary and raised an eyebrow when she saw Sora sitting in front of the door. "Sora, what are you doing here?"

Kimihiro mentally swore. He'd been hoping to break it gently to the younger Tsviet. Sora was only seven, and he still hadn't recovered mentally from what happened before he'd been brought to DEEPGROUND. He could only hope that the mako didn't have the same effect on him as it had on Elric and Chris. Two people stuck as kids were enough thank you.

Sora's reply was pretty simple. "I heard Kimihiro is sick. Is he gonna be okay?"

As always, Chris was blunt and didn't even try to gloss anything over. "I do not know. I do not recognize this disease. I must inform the others of his condition." With that said, she walked off to find the Tsviets. Sora walked in.

"Is it bad?"

"Well, it could be."

"Are you gonna die?"

"...Maybe."

"But I don't want you to die!"

Sora was starting to tear up. If it was anyone else, they would have told him that Tsviets do not cry and to stop it. Kimihiro still hung on to his previous life though, and he'd had his share of bad times. The older Tsviet ruffled Sora's messy hair. "Hey, relax. We're not Tsviets for no reason. I'll still be around for awhile."

Sora looked up sniffling. "But you're gonna die?"

Kimihiro winced. "If I do, it won't be for a while."

"But you're gonna die!"

That was true. Unless someone could figure out what was up with him, he would die eventually. Sora had figured that out, and it was upsetting him. Kimihiro thought for a moment before coming up with something that would hopefully calm Sora down. "Tell you what. If I do die, I'll be your guardian angel. How's that?"

"It's not the same! I won't be able to see you anymore!"

"You can't say that for sure. Have you ever seen an angel?"

"Does Nero count?"

"No way!"

"I guess I haven't..."

"If it does come to that, it won't be for a while, so you're stuck with me for a while yet!"

"Okay..."

Sora was still upset. Well, there was only so much Kimihiro could do, but he could think of one thing that worked with most kids. "Chris said it wasn't contagious. Wanna help me make some cookies?" he asked with a grin. Kimihiro was a great cook. Too bad he wasn't allowed in the cafeteria.

"Yeah! Cookies!"

At least Sora still had a normal reaction to that. And so the day continued as it normally did with the two Tsviets unassuming of the change that would be set into motion later that day.

End of the chapter. Now for some closing remarks.

Well, that's Chapter One. On a side note, one of the Tsviets is an OC. See if you can guess which one it is when you actually get to see the other ones. Most of the others are from anime and manga but will be acting OOC due to the training and experiments. Feel free to guess who's who. Maybe one day I'll reveal who everyone is.