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Kaname, Rimi, and Mika © to me!

Sasuke, Momo, and Yamato © to Yamichaos27!


Radiant Garden Renegades


Prologue


Kaname breathed heavily as sweat rolled down his face. As Rimi lied on a medical bed, she smirked at her husband, despite the pain she was in. "Why are you sweating?" she asked with a slight grunt. "I'm the one giving birth here."

"I'm just as nervous as you are." He tensed as his wife gave out a scream of pain. He had been excited when they were gonna have a baby. But now as her nine months were up, even the great Kaname Mae, Captain of the Palace Guard, couldn't help but feel anxiety for his wife and upcoming child. As the moments passed, Kaname just grew more nervous.

Suddenly, two things happened at once; the cry of an infant broke out and Kaname felt the brightest and purest light he'd ever felt. His eyes drifted down to the little pink bundle in the doctor's hands. The nurse wrapped the infant in a blanket and handed the child to the father.

Kaname couldn't help but stare in awe at his newborn child as she was squirming in his arms. He choked back tears of joy. "H-hey Kairi… my little Kairi." He lowered the baby to give his wife a better look. "Rimi, look at her… isn't she perfect?"

Rimi look at little Kairi with a tired but joyous smile. She reached out and touched her daughter's cheek. "She's amazing… So beautiful..."

The nurse then brought over a small tub of warm water. "Sir Kaname, would you like to give the child her first bath?"

"You bet I would." As the guard began to clean his little girl off, he gasped as he realized where the strong light he felt was coming from. Indeed, it was coming from his own daughter. Kaname could not sense a single speck of darkness within her new heart. "Doctor, nurse, would you mind leaving for a moment. I need to speak with my wife."

"Of course…"

Once they were outside, Rimi sat up. "Kaname, is something wrong?"

"No… definitely not." He dried off his daughter and wrapped her back in the blanket. He then placed her in his wife's arms. "Rimi, can you feel it?" The woman looked down at Kairi, who had finally relaxed in her mother's embrace. Rimi could only shake her head at her husband's question. "Rimi, Kairi has a pure heart; there is no darkness within her."

Rimi was surprised to hear that. "What!? That can't be… darkness is in every heart."

Kaname shook his head. "That should be the case, but I can feel none in hers."

The mother's smile brightened. "Then, our little Kairi is very special, isn't she."

The father nodded. "Yes… she is, indeed…"


Eight months later


Kaname dressed his daughter in a little pink dress and pinned a white bow in her hair. "You ready, Kairi? This is your first day going into town!"

The infant clapped her hands, happily. She'd been stuck inside the castle ever since her birth and only had her parents or the castle staff to play with. Everyone loved her and was nice… except for one, who kept taking her toys or playing rough and hurting her.

As Kaname carried Kairi to the front doors and pushed them open, a wave of sunlight hit the girl's face. Kaname laughed at his child's wide eyes; this, probably, was the perfect day to take her outside. The sky was the bluest-blue, dotted with puffy white clouds, and the wind blew all the flower petals from the gardens, all through the air.

"Come on, sweetheart."


The father entered the main gardens, and his little Kairi squealed with utter delight, for the gardens were in full bloom and flowers of all colors spread out before them. "Here you go, sweetheart." He sat down on a bench and set down the infant and she crawled down to the flowers.

"Sir Kaname!" called a voice.

Kaname looked to see a woman with auburn hair approach. "Hello Cissnei, what brings you here?"

"My son," the woman sat down on the bench, beside the man. "He and his friend wanted to come out here."

"How's he doing? I mean, after his father left…"

"He's ok, I think… He doesn't understand how much being a Shinra agent takes from you, especially from Reno." Cissnei sighed.

Kaname crossed his arms. "And Mika, how's she doing? I know Seymour abandoned her and her son."

"She's ok, but I think it affected the boy more."

"Maybe, I can help them both…" Kaname looked out at the garden, eyeing two boys who stood talking.

Kairi crawled through the flowers, loving the colors and smell that floated around her. Suddenly, she bumped her head against something; the infant sat up and looked at what she bumped into. It was a leg.

"Huh? Well, hey there!" she heard a voice from above. "Aren't you cute?"

"What's that, Lea?" asked another voice.

The leg she hit bent down and she saw the person attached to it. A red-headed boy, about 8 years old, smiled down at her. "There's a baby here!" He reached out and picked Kairi up, his green eyes staring at her indigo ones.

Kairi saw another boy, with blue hair, looking at her. "Where'd she come from?"

"I think she's with Sir Kaname. He's over there, talking with my mom." The red-head tickled Kairi. "We can go check." The two boys walked over to Cissnei and Kaname. "Um, sir… is this your daughter?"

Kaname smiled. "Yep, that's Kairi. If she's bothering you, I'm sorry, she's just very curious."

"No," the boy smiled. "I just wanted to make sure her family was in the area."

"Well, thank you Lea. You know, if you want to play with her, I'm fine with that. She's never had any playmates that are younger than 20."

Lea looked to his friend. "I don't mind playing with her; do you Isa?"

Isa shrugged "Eh, sure…"

Kaname nodded. "I'm trusting you two with her, don't take her too far away."

"Yes sir!"


Lea sat in the bailey, bouncing the infant on his knees. The little one was giggling excitedly. "She's so cute!"

"Hey Lea," Isa stood to his feet. "I'm gonna get us some ice cream."

"Why don't you get a smaller one for Kairi too? I think she'd like that."

The older boy sighed. "Sure…" He rolled his eyes and walked away as Lea began playing patty-cake with the little girl. Isa wasn't too fond of little children, but this little girl wasn't too bad.

As he came around a corner, he bumped into someone. "Hey!"

"Sorry…" The black-haired boy got to his feet. "Aw man… my ice cream." His Sea Salt ice cream bar lay on the ground, and already, ants were climbing over it.

Isa breathed a sigh. "Don't worry, I'll get you another one."

"Really!? Thanks!" The two boys then walked into the plaza. "My name's Sasuke, by the way. Sasuke Kazekiri, what's yours?"

"Isa… Isa Gekko…"

"Isa Gekko… is your mom Mika Gekko, the elementary principal?"

The blue-haired boy nodded. "Yep…" He approached the ice cream counter. "Three sea-salt ice creams, and one jr. vanilla in a cup."

"Who's the vanilla for?" asked Sasuke.

"A kid," Isa huffed. After the salesman handed him the ice cream, he quickly handed Sasuke one of the Sea Salt bars. "Here's your ice cream. Nice to meet you, now bye…" With that, he walked away.

Sasuke watched Isa leave, slightly annoyed at his attitude. "Thanks! Nice to meet you, too!" He took a bite out of his ice cream. "You could lose the attitude, you know."


Lea took a bite of his ice cream and held the sweet between his teeth as he fed Kairi a spoonful of her vanilla. "Why are you trying to spoil that kid?"

"Well, Isa, I don't know." Lea took his treat out of his mouth. "She's just so sweet and bright. Can't you feel it?"

Isa admitted, he did feel a certain joy around the infant. "I guess…"

"ISA!" The two boys heard a woman's voice.

"Uh… gotta go," Isa jumped to his feet, "I forgot, Mom and I were going to go school clothes shopping. See you later, Lea." He paused as Kairi waved at him, eyes shining. He smiled at the little girl. "And, bye to you, Kairi."


Kaname looked up at the setting sun; Lea had been gone a long time. He wasn't worried, because he trusted Cissnei's son. His trust was affirmed as the red-headed boy came walking towards him, carrying Kairi. The infant lay dreaming peacefully in the boy's arms.

"Well, looks like you tired her out."

"She ate some ice cream and then just passed out." Lea chuckled, handing Kairi to her father.

Cissnei laughed. "And the bow…?"

Lea looked upwards and saw Kairi's white bow in his hair. "She wanted my scarf and wanted me to have her bow. I couldn't resist…"

"She's already got you obeying her every whim…" Kaname unwound the boy's yellow scarf from his daughter's neck and handed it to Lea. "Hey, Lea. Would you like to play with her again?"

"Yea! I loved playing with her!" The boy took off the bow and clipped it in Kairi's crimson hair.

"Well then, how would you like to babysit her? Rimi and I are always working, and my mother doesn't always have the time to watch her."

Lea grinned. "Yea! I'd love to!"

Kaname stood, smoothing his daughter's hair. "Well then, I'll send you a message when I need your assistance. Nice to see you, Cissnei, and thank you, Lea."

Cissnei bowed. "It was nice to talk with you as well, Sir Kaname."


Rimi smiled as her husband entered the family's apartment. "It looks like you tired her out…"

"Not me," the man admitted, "Cissnei and Mika's boys did. She made some new friends out of them."

The woman giggled. "Already bending boys to her will? Oh my."

"Well, I'm going to put her to bed…" Kaname carried the infant into her room. He kissed Kairi's forehead before laying her in the crib. "Goodnight, my little princess…"


Yami: Hello everyone! This is YamiChaos27 and this my very first collab story. Kristen Verne has become a very good friend of mine. When she asked me if I wanted to do a cowrite with her, I couldn't refuse. And the fact that it revolves around Kairi, Lea, Isa, and my OC, Sasuke, only made me more interested in this project. When Kris sent me the first draft of this prologue, I have to admit I found it pretty adorable. It's a short and simple chapter, but I think it's a good and fitting start to this story.

Kris: Hey! I hope you guys like this chapter! I'm so honored to be working with Yami; he's a great writer and a good friend. This story is going to be so much fun! Please review!

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