hey people names alchemists20, this is my first fan fic and i hope you all like it. Thanks to my friend and co-writer ChaosOmegaNovaI, this fan fic came to life. We got the idea from a random pic on devient art and we thought what would happen if they were all in daycare together? and so thus this was born. Will post link to that pic at later date. Please read and enjoy, use constructive criticism, flamers will be blizzaga to death.
We do not own anything, All final fantasy right and characters are owns by Square Enix. If we did own it we woulds die of happiness. Oh the things that could happen
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Chapter 1 – Of Children and Daycares
The sun rose slowly casting the city below in a warm pink glow. The sound of people beginning to wake and stir filled the air as they stepped out from their homes to gather the morning paper or let the family pet out. One man however still lay in bed slapping the off button on his clock and stared at the ceiling a frown on his face.
Rising from his bed slowly, his hair instantly forming an afro, he rubbed the sleep from his dark brown eyes. With an annoyed groan he swung his legs out of the bed and stood, then with practiced precision he went through his morning regime. As he finished brushing his teeth, he wiped the fog from the mirror and was met with the wise dark skinned face that was his own. Lifting the trimmer to his beard he began to return it to the pristine form he was familiar with. Satisfied he only had to touch it up, he put the trimmer away with a sigh, and headed back into the room.
He dressed, putting on his usual uniform of a tank top, green pilots jacket, khaki cargo pants, fingerless gloves, and black boots. He checked himself in the mirror to make sure nothing was out of place and smiled as a yellow chocobo chick popped out of his fro and fluttered down onto the dresser. He quickly picked his freshly was fro as the chocobo cleaned its feathers. As he set down the pick down he smiled looking at a picture of toddlers, remembering fondly that it was one of the only days he had been able to get them to sit still long enough to take the picture. The chocobo chirped and the man picked it up and placed it gently on his fro, where it burrowed in and hid.
On his way to the kitchen, a smile breaks across his face as he thought of the smiling faces in the image, and gave a silent prayer to Etro praying that today would not end up with another trip to the emergency room. Grabbing a quick breakfast he headed out the door and walked down the street until he reached a medium sized building with a sign out front that read: Fantasy Day Care "Guaranteed to teach your children to save the world." Taking out a large set of keys, he opened the doors, and turned on the lights.
With a sigh he gazed over a large playroom that was as messy as if no one had even made an attempt to clean. With a quick glance at the wall, he closed the door and began to do a quick clean before the children arrived. Once the room was clean, he gave a satisfied, hmph and dusted off his hands. The chocobo chirped cheerfully and he began to wonder why he even bothered to clean some days.
'It'll just end up messy by the end of the day.' He hung his head briefly giving a slow shake.
He glanced at the clock and jumped, it was almost time for the children to arrive. He rushed to the front desk and waited patiently. As he waited the phone rang and he reached over the counter and picked up the phone.
"Fantasy Daycare, Sazh speaking." He spoke his eyes still on the door.
A silky calm voice came over the line, "It's Lulu, has the fun began yet?"
"No not yet, still waiting for the first to show up." Sazh smirked with a uncharacteristic snort.
"They're not all bad, you know." Lulu chuckled.
Sazh heard the ruffle of clothing along with a soft jingle of metal and knew Lulu was shifting from one foot to the other, "I know, it's just that…"
"Just what?" Lulu asked inquisitively.
"…Fang's been attacking Snow more than usual," Sazh said looking at the ceiling for a moment, "She's sent him to the hospital three times this week by herself, and for Etro's sake don't get me started on Lightning."
Lulu chuckled again, "You know they're just being kids, Sazh. And you know those particular kids like to rough house."
"Ha! I wish, Lulu but this is not rough housing," Sazh laughed his voice raising a bit, "When it comes to Snow, Lightning and Fang are out for blood."
"Things will be just fine, once they get bored and move on to their next victim." Lulu said softly, "In the mean time, just make sure you have plenty of potions and Phoenix Downs on hand or things might get a little dicey."
"I hope you're right," Sazh said as the bell for the door rang, "Got to go Lulu."
"Best of luck, Sazh."
Sazh quickly hung up the phone and smiled at the family of three that entered.
"Good Morning, Mr. and Mrs. Estheim!" Sazh said brightly with a wave.
"Good morning, Sazh." They both replied.
"How are you folks doin' this morning?"
"We are doing well, thank you." Mr. Estheim replied with a smile, "Just dropping off Hope, as usual."
Mrs. Estheim planted a kiss on Hope's forehead as she handed him off to Sazh, who cradled the sleeping toddler in his arms.
"No worries, Mrs. Estheim. We'll take good care of him."
Mr. Estheim extended his hand to Sazh, "Thanks again, Sazh."
Sazh shook Mr. Estheim's hand with his free hand, "No problem."
Both smiled as they turned to leave.
"We'll be picking him up at the usual time." Mrs. Estheim waved as she and her husband walked out the door.
Sazh nodded and took the sleeping hope to the nap room and set him down on a bed. He tucked in the sleeping boy, who was two years old, with light purple hair and blue eyes(when they were open). He chuckled and ruffled the boys hair gently as Hope's summon, Alexander appeared in the corner. Sazh smiled, Alexander was always there to protect Hope in case he became the target of the two trouble makers (A.K.A. Lightning and Fang). A soft snore came from Hope assuring Sazh that he was sound asleep.
He heard the bell ring again and walked back to the front desk, where he was greeted by Jill Nihbat, he sighed with relief. Jill was blonde haired, green eyes, and wore a pair of glasses that made appear to be a sexy librarian(according to Sazh anyway). She always had a way of calming the children down and was often the voice of reason when it came to disputes between the children.
"Good morning, Sazh. Did you sleep well?" She gave a sly smirk, "I know I did."
Sazh coughed his cheeks darkening, "I slept just fine, Jill. Unlike you, I don't need beauty sleep."
Jill smiled knowingly.
"But of course, Beauty sleep seems to be doing very well for you." He smirked and chuckled.
"Now, Sazh, keep talking like that and one might think you're trying to start something." Jill said as she walk past, taping him lightly on the nose.
He rubbed the back of his head, "Well if it don't bother you none."
Putting her hand over her mouth, she chuckled.
Sazh smiled, 'It don't bother me none.'
Jill went into her office and the bell rang once again. Sazh turned to the door and saw the Mrs. Villiers walk in with Snow held tightly in next to her.
"Good morning Mrs. Villiers." Sazy said walking over to the pair.
"I'm doing well, Sazh. However…" Mrs. Villiers smiled sweetly, "Let's just hope that Snow doesn't end up at the hospital again this week."
Sazh chuckled giving a wide smile and patting Snow on the head, "I'll try my best, but I can't make any promises. You know how Lighting is these days."
Mrs. Villiers rolled her eyes and shook her head, "Claire is an angel, she never does anything bad when I am around."
Snow looked at his mother an exasperated look on his face and mumbled, "That's cause you don't see the horns she has on her head when walks in the door."
His mother gave him a stern look, "Snow honey what did I say about mumbling?"
"Not to." He mumbled.
"Hmm?" She asked putting her hand to her ear.
"Not too." He said louder so his mother could hear him.
"Very good," She said pushing Snow over to Sazh, "I'll be back at seven to pick him up."
Sazh grabbed Snow's hand with a smile, "Gotcha, Mrs. Villiers."
Mrs. Villiers bent down and kissed Snow's cheek and then pointed at her own, to which Snow gave a quick peck.
"Be a good boy from Mr. Katzroy." She smiled and stood.
Snow nodded once and watched his mother leave. Once she was out of sight he ran through the day care and out the back door. Sazh watched him go with a light chuckle and noted that no matter how many times he saw the boy, he always wore the same long coat with lots of pockets and a black pair of gloves. Snow had blonde hair, blue eyes, and always wore that ridiculous beanie no matter how hot it was.
Snow hopped on to the swing and began to push off the ground a smile on his face. He was a very jubilant boy for most of the time, that is until the Little violent guardian decided it was time for Snow to go back to the hospital. Snow himself didn't know why he was the object of her aggression, but he tried to avoid it at all costs. Unfortunately luck was against him and she always managed to catch him no matter what he tried.
After checking on Snow to make sure everything was okay, he entered the main office to check in with Jill. Jill however was hard at work checking their expenses while talking adamantly with someone on the phone. Seeing she was busy Sazh quickly left the office just in time to hear the bell ring again and rushed towards the front.
He smiled seeing Mrs. Oerba standing quietly with her daughters, Fang and Vanille.
"Good morning." Sazh said smiling at the trio.
"Good, morning, Sazh," Mrs. Oerba replied with a smile, "I hope everything has been going well."
He chuckled, "Everything's going great."
"That's great," Mrs. Oerba smiled brightly handing a sleeping Vanille to Sazh and directed Fang towards the playroom, "I'll be back around six to them up. You girls have a good day."
Fang just nodded and headed towards the wooden weapons hanging on the wall, Vanille was on the other hand was still sleeping when she received a good bye kiss from her mother. As Mrs. Oerba left Sazh took Vanille to the nap room and laid her in the bed across from where Hope was sleeping soundly. Vanille was three years old, had bright red hair tied into curly pigtails, and striking green eyes which were closed. She was always dressed in a pink sundress and her sunny disposition kept Hope from crying whenever he was upset.
Fang, on the other hand was known as the "Wild Beast of Fantasy Daycare" she was six years old, had black hair with red tips, and the same striking green eyes as her sister. She was always getting in trouble for fighting or being mean to the other kids. Her favorite target was Snow and she seemed to get some sick enjoyment from hurting the poor boy.
Meanwhile in the playroom, Fang pulled two short polls from the wall and connected them forming a five foot double bladed spear. She began to spin the spear slowly in her hands and then, feeling confident in her skills, began to spin it faster. The spear began to slip from Fang's fingers as she lost control and sent it flying from her hands and embedded it deeply into the wall.
Fang's eyes widened in shock and she shouted, "NOT MY FAULT!"
She ran outside to avoid punishment and saw Snow on the swing set. A mischievous look filled her eyes and she approached the swing set. She stood silently next to the support watching Snow swing higher and higher, not noticing her presence.
"Hi, Snow." Fang said, a little too sweetly, obviously planning to do something awful to Snow.
Snow cringed and stopped kicking and nervously responded, "Hi, Fang."
"Whatcha doin'?" Fang asked moving closer to the swinging boy.
Snow's stared at Fang annoyedly, "What does it look like I'm doing?"
Fang glared and picked up a rock and cocked her arm back to launch it at Snow. Inside Sazh left both Hope and Vanille sleeping in the nap room and went to go look for Fang. As he glanced into the playroom he saw the practice spear embedded in the wall and clenched his jaw causing the muscle to jump.
"Oerba Yun Fang! Get in here, NOW!" Sazh roared as she rushed out the back door.
Fang, startled by Sazh, dropped the rock and took off for the tallest tree. By the time Sazh reached the swing set, Fang had climbed to the highest branch.
"It, wasn't me, Snow did it!" Fang yelled down sitting on the branch and hanging on to the tree with one hand.
Snow jumped off the swing and yelled, "I did not!"
Sazh sighed pinching his nose, "Jill! Fang climbed the tree again!"
Jill sighed hearing Sazh's voice through the open window and quickly exited the office. As she walked out the back door and past the swing set she smiled.
"I'll get Fang and you'll fix the wall."
"Deal." Sazh nodded and turned to head back inside.
Jill turned around walking backwards and smiled at Sazh, "If I get Fang out of the tree before you fix the wall, you have to take me out for dinner tonight."
Sazh smiled and nodded heading inside, "You're on!"
Sazh grabbed the tool box from the utility closet and went to where the spear was embedded in the wall. Inspecting the wall he cursed silently and set the tool box down. Grabbing the spear her pulled and grunted as it refused to budge. He leaned closer and spat out another curse, the spear was firmly embedded in a stud. He rubbed the back of his neck and kneeled down to open the tool box, because of this it would be the third time in the month that he had to knock out the wall to remove an object.
Pulling out a hack saw he sighed, "How does one little girl manage to do this much damage?"
As Sazh began to saw the spear in half, Jill walked in with Fang in hand.
"So dinner at seven?" Jill smirked and gently pushed to go play with the building blocks that had been pulled out for the kids.
"Yes, ma'am." Sazh replied sawing through the spear. Fang heard the snap and rushed over, tears streaming down her face.
"My spear!" She squealed through her tears.
Suddenly Vanille came running out of the nap room and hugged Fang tightly.
"It's okay, Fang," Vanille soothed nuzzling her sister, "We can have Sazh make you a new one."
"Really?" Fang sniffed rubbing her eyes.
Vanille nodded letting go of Fang and skipped over to Sazh who had just put away the hack saw, "Can you fix it?"
Sazh looked at Vanille a sad look in his eyes hoping the little girl would understand, "Now Vanille, your sister keeps destroying the wall. So it I fix it, she'll just destroy something else."
Vanille's eyes began to water and she sniffled, "But, Fang really likes her spear and if she doesn't stop crying…"
Waving his hands in front of him, panic in his eyes, "Don't cry Vanille, I'll fix it. I promise, just let me fix the wall first."
Vanille smiled and hugged Sazh, as he patted her on the head. Seeing Sazh needed to get back to work, Jill walked over and took Vanille by the hand and led her back over to Fang, where she sat with the two young girls in order to keep them calm. Once Fang, Vanille, and Snow were all playing nicely with the building blocks she rose and made her way back to her office.
But before she could get there, the bell rung and in walked Mrs. Nora with her four children; Gadot, Lebreau, Yuj, and Maqui. Jill smiles taking the kids as their mother gives a hasty good bye and runs off already late for work. Gadot was six and the oldest of the four, he was large for his age , and was always looking for a good fight. Lebreau was a year younger than Gadot and was the more cheerful of the bunch. Yuj and Maqui were the youngest and as far as anyone could tell, Yuj had a thing about looking well kept and Maqui…Maqui was the clutz. Yuj was a serious young boy where as Maqui was the jovial one who enjoyed having fun and playing war games with his siblings and Snow. Between the five of them, they called themselves team Nora(Too which Hope voiced his disgust, several times.).
Jill lead the four siblings over to Snow who immediately included them in his building block scheme. As Sazh finally managed to patch up the hole in the wall, he watched the kids and Jill with a faint smile on his face. Jill turned noticing his smile and giggled to herself, Sazh was a sucker for kids, and ever since they had opened the day care he had gone out of his way to make sure the kids were taken care of.
It happened in an instant and Sazh almost didn't catch it. Dark storm clouds rolled in and there was a feint rumble of thunder in the distance.
Sazh picked up the pieces of Fang's spear and looked out the window, worry lines stretching his face, "It's supposed to be sunny today."
The bell rung and Jill ran off to great the patrons at the door.
Sazh felt his stomach drop as dread filled him.
From the corner by his friends, Snow whispered in pure fear, "She's here."