Summary:: After her parent's bitter divorce Naminé Strife has had trouble accepting love. After falling into a state of depression, her mother decides to send her to Destiny Island to live with her father all summer. Will this summer be THE summer or will Naminé go back with an even bigger broken heart? Loosely based off The Last Song by Nicolas Sparks R and R please :)
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"Will you just shut the hell up and let me talk!" a man's voice boomed through the house.
"How long do you think it'll last this time?" a six year old blonde haired girl asked hugging her Teddy bear close to her chest trying to fight back the tears that were plaguing her eyes.
"I don't know Nami, just close your eyes now and go to bed," her older brother Cloud said pulling her closer to him trying to offer her some comfort.
"Don't you dare tell me to shut up!" their mother's voice rang followed by the sound of a loud slap that echoed through out the house and a high pitched scream and the sound of glass shattering. Naminé held tighter to her brother now, the tears flooding from her eyes.
"That's it I'm leaving I can't handle living with you anymore!" their father yelled before slamming the front door. The two children walked over to the window meekly and helplessly watching their parents make the decision that would change their lives.
"Ansem, you can not do this! You can not just leave your two children like this!" their mother yelled grabbing onto his wrist.
"I'm not leaving them, I'm leaving YOU!" he said back, his voice like acid as he pulled his arm way. He climbed into his jeep and started to back out of the driveway before rolling down the window. "I'll see you in court Mally," he said pulling away from the house and onto the dimly lit street.
…12 years later…..
"Hey Cloud," Naminé said answering her cell phone and pulling away from her latest painting. "What's up," she asked falling onto her bed.
"Nothing really, I wanted to talk to the baby sister I apparently have," he said back. "I haven't seen you in four years and this is the first time in months I've actually have had contact with you. Mom told me you got into the prestigious university for your art, congrats,"
"Thanks, how has everything going there?"
"It's great! Nami, I really wish you would take at least a weekend and come visit dad. The island is beautiful, you could do some really great scenery sketching here and-"
"Cloud for the last time, I'm staying with mom," Naminé said rolling her eyes. 'When will he get it through his head I don't want to see the man I once called daddy, not yet at least' she thought to herself.
"Fine, how's the love life over there, will I have to kick any asses next time I'm in the big TT," he being the typical big brother.
"Oh Aerith is fine, a little heart broken but still as sweet as ever. She misses you," Naminé responded knowing exactly what her brother was talking about but wanting to avoid that subject.
"You know what I mean,"
"It's still as non existent as ever,"
"You really need to do something about that Nam. You are almost eighteen years old; you can't keep yourself locked away,"
"My love life is none of your business!" she said shocked. "And besides no one has shown much interest in me,"
"Maybe if you didn't hide yourself from the world people would actually notice you. Besides I remember Seifer had a thing for you,"
"Seifer is a pig that would have sex with a water bottle if he could. I can't believe you'd even think about me going out with him,"
"Calm down I'm just looking out for you,"
"Well stop," she shouted before taking a deep breath before continuing. "I'm sorry I still have to summit one more piece of artwork to Ultimatum University before August and I'm getting frustrated, I can think of boys right now,"
"I'm sorry Nami. I've gotta go, Tifa is coming over soon,"
"Tifa?" Naminé said curiosity getting the better of her.
"Yeah, my girlfriend. You should meet her,"
"Sure when are you bringing her here?"
"Nam, one day you will have to break out of your bubble and leave home,"
"One day," she half whispered to herself.
"I'll talk to you again soon Nam, I love you,"
"Okay, bye," she said hanging up and walking back to her painting standing in front of it to get a better view. It was dark with a single gray castle in the center. The castle itself was floating above a dark city lit only by the light of one skyscraper. A yellow heart shaped moon hovered in the distance.
"Naminé!" her mother called from the kitchen.
Naminé let out a groan before walking toward the painting, and throwing it on the floor.
"Naminé?" her mother asked walking into her room.
"Yes, mom," she said balling her fist at her sides.
"I think you need a break,"
"I just had one, I'm going to start all over," She replied picking up a new canvas and placing it on the stand.
"No Nami, I mean you need to get away from the city," her mother stated putting a pale hand on her daughter's shoulder before walking over to pick up the thrown painting. "Baby, you need to see your father," she said walking over to her daughter and putting a stray blonde hair that escaped Naminé's tight bun behind her ear.
"I don't want to mom," She said turning around abruptly.
"It'll help you get your mind off things and as much as I don't want you to, you need to see your father,"
"But mom-" She began to protest but stopped.
"No buts baby, I already called your father, he is excited to have you all summer and Cl-"
"All summer!" Naminé yelled.
"Yes but I did tell him that when you wanted to come home you can come home no questions asked. All he wants is at least two weeks with you,"
"But-"
"No, Nami do not try to get out of this or make it harder than it should be. Now get packing," Her mother ordered leaving the room closing the door behind her.
Naminé ran to her bed, brought her pillow to her face and screamed. After screaming for what seemed like endless hours, Nami got off her bed and started packing.
"Your sister is coming to spend the summer with us," Ansem said walking into the open kitchen where his son Cloud was seated.
"I called her and she didn't want to come. What changed her mind?" The young adult said walking over to the fridge.
"Your mother," Ansem said pouring himself a drink before walking onto the patio overlooking the sea.
"Eh, that woman, what did you ever see in her dad?"
"Believe it or not, your mother was one of the most eligible bachelorettes in all of Hallow Bastion," that statement send a shiver down Cloud's spin.
"That is a very hard picture to imagine,"
"Well she was, we were very happy in the beginning. So happy in fact that you came along and we couldn't be happier and then two years later Naminé was born and we were one happy perfect little family," his voice got lighter. "And then came the lies and the cheating." there was a moment of silence before Ansem started again. "On a lighter note, we need to get your sister's room ready she leaves Twilight Town tomorrow,"
"What room should she get?"
"I was thinking that we could give her the back room, since she will probably want to work on her art while she is here. Might as well give her the best view," The elderly blonde sipped his drink.
"That's a good idea she's going to love it,"
"I hope so," the man said with a sigh. "It's been a while since I've seen your sister,"
"A while it has been over ten years,"
"Yes it has, if only the court agreed to another shared custody,"
"Mom was very persuasive though,"
"Yes, that she always was," he said drinking the last of his drink. "You do not know how happy I was when I founded out you wanted to live here with me. This house is too much for one person,"
"I don't understand why Naminé continues to live there," Cloud mumbled but Ansem heard it.
"What do you mean by that?" he enquired rotating his cup in a circular motion looking at the ice.
"I think that's for Naminé to tell you, I don't know if it's gotten any better,"
"What are you talking about? If something is wrong with my daughter, I deserve to know. I have a right to know,"
"She should be the one to tell you, not me. I got out of that house before it got worse," Cloud said standing up. "Besides, if she wants to leave all she has to do is say the word," He walked off the patio and back into the kitchen.
There was a knock on the door right as Ansem walked in. "I hope you don't mind dad, I invited some friends over to swim," Cloud said walking to the door.
"I don't mind. If you need me though I'll be getting your sister's room done,"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Cloud, you never told us your sister was coming into town," a red haired guy said.
"I just found out Axel,"
"Well, why don't we help your daddy-oh fix her room up," Axel replied.
"I've got it Axel," Ansem said putting his hands up in defense.
"Alright call if you need us. We'll be outside," Cloud said leading his group of friends outside.
Ansem walked upstairs and into the room. With one quick nod, he put himself to work.
"Naminé dear, it is time to get up," Mally said looking at her daughter's sleeping form hunched over her suitcase. She stirred before her eyes fully opened. She groaned once more before standing up.
"Pete and I are giving you a ride to the airport. Your flight leaves in two hours so put a spring in your step," Mally said before leaving.
'I guess, there is nothing else I can do now,' Naminé thought to herself as walked into the bathroom to get a shower.
It wasn't long until she was dressed in her white sundress and blue flip flops. After carrying her luggage to the car, Naminé looked around her room one last time. 'I'm going to miss these white walls, the blue curtains and everything' she thought to herself before grabbing her sketchbook and with one air kiss, said goodbye to her room.
"Is that it?" Pete asked gripping tightly onto her arm. Naminé looked up at her mother's boyfriend. He was tall, with long greasy black hair and five o'clock shadow with stubble growing, his eyes were black as coal and he smelt like beer and other things that Naminé has grown accustom to since her mother started dating him. He was wearing a stained white t-shirt that just barley covered his rather large beer belly.
"Yes, that is everything," Naminé said pulling her arm away.
"Good now, all we have to do is wait for your mother to get done applying her make up so we can get this show on the road," he said leaning closer to her. The smell of alcohol lingering on his breath caused Naminé to flinch and turn her head. "That's one thing I'm not going to miss, a brat hanging around the house. Now your mother and I can- "
"Please spare me the details," Naminé said climbing into Pete's pick up truck.
"It's a natural human action, it's not bad,' He said grinning wickedly at her. "In fact I think you'd be a lot less crabby if you had some," Naminé just turned her head to hide her face of embarrassment and disgust. Just then Mally walked out and climbed into the car.
"Ready?" She asked receiving a nod from her daughter in reply. When Pete climbed in he started the engine and they were on there way. 'I'm defiantly not going to miss him,' Naminé thought to herself looking out the window.
"Cloud I'm leaving to pick up your sister," Ansem said walking into the living room and shaking his son, or who he thought was his son.
"Hey, ," another blonde said sleep still lingering in his voice.
"Sorry Roxas, I thought you were Cloud,"
"No problem, he's sleeping by the TV," Roxas said going back to sleep. Ansem walked over to where Cloud was.
"I'm leaving to get your sister," he said nudging his son.
"Okay dad, drive safe," he said yawning.
"What are you guys planning on doing today?" Ansem asked looking at all the sleeping kids in the living room.
"I hope you didn't mind they slept over,"
"I can see that,"
"We are probably going to go swimming, maybe take the boat out,"
"Alright well be safe,"
"You too,"
With that said Ansem walked out the door and into his Jeep.
…
After grabbing her luggage Naminé walked outside the airport in search of her father. She noticed his jeep in the corner of the parking lot and walked over to him. "Hey dad," she said catching him off guard.
"Hi, Naminé," he said looking at his daughter for the first time in ten years. She defiantly wasn't the little girl her remembered having every other week up until she was eight. "Need help with that," he said watching his daughter struggle to lift her biggest suitcase into the car.
"Thanks," she said as he threw it in for her. He stared at her arm, where there looked to be a hand bruised onto her upper arm.
"Where did you get that?" He asked pointing at the purple bruise.
"Oh, I ran into my bureau this morning," she lied looking at him.
"Alright," he said with disbelief. "We better be on our way now," he said climbing into the driver's side as she climbed into the front seat.
….
"We are home," Ansem said turning the car off. "I will forewarn you, your brother has a couple friends over,"
"That's alright; I'll probably spend all day unpacking," Naminé said staring with marvel at the house 'when did he move?'
"Do you like the new house?"
"Yeah, I was just wondering when you moved, I remember the quaint little house you have right. On. The. Beach." Naminé said with realization.
"I rebuilt it,"
"It looks amazing," she said smiling at her father. 'I always knew dad was a great architect but this is outstanding' she thought with a smile.
"Well are you going to go in or just stare?" Ansem asked leading the way into the house. Naminé followed close in pursuit. "I show you your room," Ansem said walking up the steps. "I designed this room with you in mind," he said opening the door. The inside was humongous. The first thing Naminé noticed was the far wall; it was made up of four large floor to ceiling windows each giving her a marvelous view of the ocean a gossamer yellow curtain and a lace white one were pulled to the left side of the windows in order to offer her privacy when needed. The other walls where white, a white vanity was to her left and the king sized bed to her right was adorn in the softest blue mattress set she had ever seen. Two little white nightstands were on either side of the bed and one large bureau was on left on the same wall as the vanity.
"Your closet is through the door next to your bed, other than that this is all yours. Feel free to scatter your arts stuff around, move anything and if you need me just-" Ansem started but was cut off by his daughter.
"Thank you," she said timidly pulling her dad into a hug taking Ansem by surprise.
"So, did you eat?" Ansem asked looking at Naminé, her stomach answering the question for her. "Well unpack later I'll make you something," he said leading her to the kitchen.
While Ansem was busy making French toast Naminé decided to look around. Walking past the living room she noticed a group of people lying all over the room. Curiosity getting the better of her she walked in trying to avoid tripping over the obstacle of bodies on the floor. On her way through she noticed two boys a flaming red head and a spiky blond unintentionally spooning in their sleep this caused Namine to laugh to herself as she proceeded through the mass of people tripping over someone in the process and landing right on top of them causing them to wake up.
"Am I dreaming?" the boy asked looking into Naminé's cerulean blue eyes. "She noticed that this boy looked strikingly similar to the other one that was cuddling with the red head. The bond boy brought his hand to her face and caressed it causing her to slap it away.
"Hey Nami, when did you get here?" Cloud asked standing up. "I see you met my friend Ventus,"
By this time everyone was up and staring at the blonde girl still on top of Ventus. A scream was heard from the end of the room causing everyone including Naminé to look, it came from the red and the blond who had just woke up next to each other.
"Axel, why the hell are you so close to me?" The other blonde shouting at the red head and trying to move away.
"The feeling is mutual Roxas, lets just pretend this never happened," Axel stated. "What do we have here?" he asked looking at Naminé who was still on Ven. She blushed after taking notice and jumped up.
"Sorry about that," she apologized her face turning bright red.
"How come we didn't get a wake up call like that? I would have loved to see your face rather than that," Axel said pointing a finger at Roxas.
"Breakfast is ready!" Ansem called from the kitchen causing everyone to stand up and stretch.
"Well I guess I should introduce everyone," Cloud said standing up. "This is my little sister Naminé. Naminé these are my friends, you have the twins Ven and Roxas," the two nodded at her. "Axel, Demyx," He pointed to the red head who winked at her and a boy who looked like her had a mullet. "Then there is Terra and his little brother Riku and Leon and his younger brother Sora," He said pointing to the last of them.
"We are all going swimming later. You should join us," Axel said grinning.
"No thanks," she said starting to walk away.
"Why not it'll be fun," Axel said putting an arm around her shoulder.
"Because I don't want to," she said getting agitated.
"Fine be like that," Axel pouted. "Oh by the way Cloud are the others coming?"
Cloud nodded. "Yes, the girls said they'd come over around one,"
"So, Nam, if it makes you feel any better our girl friends are coming over. I mean girls that are friends… not girlfriends because they are just our friends," Axel said starting to lose his cool. Naminé caught this and played along.
"Maybe later, I have to unpack so depending on when I get done I'll see if I can" she said walking out of the room.
"Damn your sister is hot," Axel said turning to Cloud. "Why did you keep that from us?"
Everyone looked at him with a glare particularly Ven and Roxas. "Hey, we were all thinking it I just said it,"
A/N: Wow that was long If you didn't catch it their mother Mally is Malificent. Why? Simple it was originally suppose to be Aerith but then I decided it sounded wrong to have Ansem and Aerith as a couple so Mally was the most creative I could come up with. We still have a ton of character appearances to be made very soon. Ansem's house is modeled kind of like this out I found on google just take you the parentheses and follow the link. (http:/)()(.org/wiki/File:Lake_of_the_Ozarks,_MO_Houses_)
Also the rating is M for many reasons: first off is the beginning when Ansem hit Mally (domestic violence is bad) second is for language. Third is themes and forth is the possibility of a lemon in the future but that is just a possibility if you want one let me know. Thanks and I hope you all enjoyed this :) review.