Ta-da! A new fanfiction this way comes!

I don't know who else owns this idea, but I really liked it when I gave it some thought.

I mean, why not? Organization XIII adopting a bunch of abandoned pets? Sounds fun to me!

Hope you like it!

Disclaimer: I don't own Organization XIII, Pets' Mart, the ASPCA, only the animal names and Sayll.


Axel shuffled into the Grey Area of the Castle That Never Was, bored and seeking excitement. Most everyone else was there, and Roxas saw him come in and waved lazily from his perch on one of the couches. Demyx looked up when he walked in and lazily plucked a string on his sitar, causing a warbled note to float through the room.

"Hey, you guys bored too?" Axel asked, walking over and sitting down next to them.

"Yup." Roxas nodded.

"Uh-huh." Demyx said.

"Everyone get up." a loud, deep voice rose from the doorway. The Nobodies looked around and saw their Superior standing in the doorway.

"Aww, do we have to?" Demyx complained, but nonetheless got up.

"I believe everyone has been suffering from extreme boredom of late..." Xemnas said, walking further into the room, "Therefore, I have come up with an idea."

"Hmm?" Zexion asked, intrigued.

"What, are we getting pets or something?" Larxene joked.

Xemnas actually smiled at her.

"Why yes. Yes, we are. We leave in thirty minutes."


The thirteen Nobodies convened outside of a Pets' Mart in some world somewhere, all rather excited about getting their very own pets.

"Everyone is to find one pet and the required supplies. But remember, this is an extreme responsibility, and I expect everyone to keep with the program of raising their creatures." Xemnas reminded them.

"Aw..." Roxas murmured, looking at the window of the Adoption Center, "Should we really buy pets? Why don't we adopt some instead?"

Axel stopped and thought.

"Hey, that's not a bad idea. Yeah, let's adopt some pets!" he said.

"There's an ASPCA center not far from here," Zexion said, flipping through his Lexicon, "we can go there."

"Okay then." Xemnas said, "We'll go to the center and then come back for the supplies later."

They all filed through a portal to the ASPCA, Roxas feeling proud at coming up with the idea to save thirteen animals! This was going to be so much fun!


"Hi! Welcome to the ASPCA, may I help you?" a friendly-looking woman in a red jacket asked the group when they entered the center.

"Yes, may we see your animals?" Saix asked, "We're looking to adopt."

"Oh." the woman replied, eying the size of the group, "Are you looking for a really good family pet? I'm sure we have some—"

"Actually no," Xemnas said, cutting her off, "we're looking to adopt a pet for each of us."

The woman's smile brightened and she squealed in delight.

"Really? Oh, wonderful! You have no idea how great this is! Yes, please, come this way! We'll undoubtedly find a suitable pet for everyone!"

They all went through into a back room and the Nobodies were somewhat numbed at the animals' conditions. As the lady explained, the center thrived off of donations, and those were becoming scarce. The center could only provide so much food and clean water for all of the animals they found, and the fact that they swiftly overpopulated the cages meant not many of the animals survived through to see a new family.

"It's sad..." the center worker sighed, "That so many animals have to die before they find loving homes. They may be animals, but come on, everyone deserves a second chance, right? You people are doing something really good today: you're giving thirteen animals a second chance. Thank you so much, on behalf of everyone here."

Xemnas only nodded, looking around.

The woman, whose name was Sayll, showed them each of the sections. There was a dog kennel, a cat room, an aviary, and even an exotic animal room.

"It looks like we have a lot of room, right?" she asked, "But we don't. We get about 55 new dogs a week, 34 cats, 26 birds, and about 10 odd animals every other day. We had a lot of space to start out with, but then those other places fell into disrepair and we haven't had the funds to fix them up. And lots of these animals have injuries or are recovering from injuries. The vet...he didn't come today. He's been skipping days now, because we don't have enough money to pay him for his services. We do what we can, but...it's difficult. But please, you're welcome to look around and bond with the animals. I'll be back at the front desk when you're ready to check out."

"Everyone, search out an animal that suits you...I have to go do something." Xemnas said, reaching into his pocket and heading after Sayll.

"I'll be in here." Axel said, disappearing into the exotic animal room.

Xaldin, Zexion, and Vexen went into the aviary. Larxene and Marluxia disappeared into the cat room. And Roxas and Demyx went into the dog room. That left Lexaeus, Luxord, Xigbar, and Saix alone in the cross hall.

"Hm...I think I'll check out the exotics." Xigbar said, going in after Axel.

"I'll go with you." Luxord said.

Lexaeus walked into the dog room without a word, and Saix drifted into the aviary. Why not? A bird might be perfect for him.


Axel was browsing through the weasel section, interested.

"These things are so cool!" he said, reaching out to a black and gray ferret. It backed away from him, looking up.

"Aw what?" he asked jokingly, "Scared?"

His eye was caught by the lonesome rusty-colored ferret at the other end of the cage. This one stood out from the others for its red and black pattern and when Axel walked over, it didn't flinch or flee. It just watched him.

"You're a toughie, aren't ya?" the pyro asked it. He was surprised to see it had beautiful green-gray eyes and he broke into a smile.

"Well guess what, ahh..." he checked the name on the black collar, "Astoni? You're coming home with me."

He picked up the ferret and it scampered up its arm, not at all concerned by its new owner's high body temperature. Axel laughed when it settled on his shoulder.

"Alright, you chill there and we'll go meet up with everyone else at the front."


Zexion was sitting on a bench with a handsome young barn owl that was apparently named Damios, according to the silver collar tied around its neck.

He stroked Damios' head plumage thoughtfully, watching Vexen and Xaldin.

Xaldin soon selected a handsome Oriental falcon named Ridan. He strode back to Zexion and Damios with his new companion sitting on his shoulder, his white colored collar standing out greatly against its black feathers.

Briefly, Zexion wondered where they found such creatures as a falcon and an owl. Then he decided some idiot with too much munny decided to flaunt it and buy a foreign animal, only to abandon them with some injury or another. Damios' wing feathers were slightly bent up and ruffled, showing he was recovering from a broken wing. Ridan's chest feathers were regrowing, as if some accident had rubbed them all off.

"They really care about the animals around here." Zexion commented to him, "I mean, they give all of the animals specialized names, despite how many don't make it."

"I know." Xaldin agreed.

"If I had a heart, I'd be almost grieving for these creatures." Vexen said, appearing with another, larger owl on his shoulder. His was a gray owl of some kind.

"His name is Procyon." the Academic explained. He then walked out in front of Zexion and Xaldin, making their way back to the front desk.

Saix met up with them at the door. None of the birds suited him, so he guessed he would try the dogs next.

"I actually think I'll enjoy this having pets in the Organization," Zexion commented, "it will be quite the eventful change."


Larxene was browsing through the cats, looking for one that suited her.

"Too white, too gray, too brown, too red, too black..." she muttered, moving through the room. "Oh hello, what have we here?"

She bent down in front of a cage and smiled at the feline that stared through the cage back at her.


Saix came into the dog room to see Roxas and Demyx sitting on the floor with two dogs running around them.

"What are you two doing?" the Diviner asked as Roxas was jumped on by a Jack Russell.

"Oh hi, Saix!" the teenager exclaimed. He picked up the Russell and held it to him, "Meet my puppy, Chance!"

Saix noticed Chance had a bone-patterned cast covering his left leg and figured his previous owner had been careless enough to do that. Demyx looked up as his own dog, a Welsh Corgi of all things, sat on his lap.

"And this is Daze!" he explained, hugging the Corgi close. Saix saw that its eyes were almost unfocused, as if it were daydreaming or something. That figured—of course Demyx would pick a dog as aloof as he was.

"Just remember you two, dogs especially are a great responsibility." Saix warned as he set off down the aisle. He heard the overjoyed laughter of the two younger members behind him and couldn't stifle a smile. Boys and their dogs...

His searching gaze fell on a beautiful red husky and he was taken aback when he saw its eyes. One was deep red and the other was sky blue. He was taken immediately. He bent down and stuck his hand through the cage and let the animal lick his hand and he could see the name engraved into the gold name tag: Shinzo. Looking further, he saw that Shinzo's back left leg was swathed in dark red bandages. She must have not gotten a chance to see the vet again.

"Come, I'll take you home." he murmured. He flipped open the lock and eased Shinzo out, closing the gate firmly behind him.

He didn't know what exactly compelled him to choose her. But he was fairly sure it had something to do with the meaning of her name.

Heart.


Marluxia walked out of the cat room, holding a Classicat named Raeld. The cat had caught his eye with the handsome tabby swirl coat color and the piercing orange eyes, and the fact it had literally jumped on his head when he walked into the room.

"Well, Raeld, obviously you are a master of stealth and deception," the Assassin commented to his new pet, "therefore, you and I might make wonderful partners."

Raeld meowed his agreement, batting at the jewelry on Marluxia's coat, watching the crystals sparkle with light.


Everyone met up once again in the front room. Xemnas had a Harpy eagle on his arm, to no one's immediate surprise, but everyone stared at what Lexaeus had found.

"Lexaeus is that a...raccoon?" Saix asked, staring.

Lexaeus nodded.

"Yes, her name is Nimiipuu." he said.

"That's really nice, Lex." Axel smiled as Astoni curled around his neck with a low murmuring sound.

"Nice ferret." Zexion commented.

"Isn't he?" Axel sighed, stroking Astoni's fur.

"Oh good, you all found someone!" Sayll exclaimed, coming out of a back room. Her eyes were wet but she wore a smile nonetheless.

"What happened, Sayll?" Roxas asked.

"Oh, we...we just put down one of our older dogs, Leroy. He's been in here for a year and, well...no one wants a blind, three-legged dog, really." Sayll told him. She looked on the verge of more tears.

"Now I wouldn't say that..." Luxord said. He walked into the room then, carrying a three-legged Cavalier spaniel. "I'm rather taken with this particular dog."

Sayll's face suddenly lightened.

"Oh, you found Elspeth! I was so worried no one would want her! Actually...we were going to put her down in three days. But I'm so glad we won't have to now!" she cried. "Oh, come this way, I'll get your papers ready."

She led them to the front desk and started writing out adoption certificates to all of them. She was very pleased, especially considering all of the animals had been injured or mistreated at some point in their past lives. She stopped when she came to Chance and Roxas.

"Oh, Chance...I'll be almost sorry to see him go, but I can tell he's going to a good owner." she told Roxas.

"What happened to him?" the boy asked.

"He was abandoned, you see. Then I guess he escaped from his yard and started wandering the streets. He was hit by a car and brought to us, nearly dead. Thankfully, the family who brought him in also gave us enough money to fund his operation, so he was given a second chance. That's why we named him that." Sayll replied.

"Oh. That was nice of them." Roxas said, hugging Chance a bit closer.

"Yes, yes it was. Here is your certificate." the worker answered, handing him the paper.

"Thanks! I'll take real good care of him!" Roxas exclaimed, clutching the paper to his chest.

"I know you will." Sayll smiled.

Larxene approached the desk next, holding an Ocelot in her hands.

Sayll looked at it before smiling, "Ah, Zhia. Hers is quite the story. A millionaire a few towns over bought an Ocelot from overseas and neglected to feed or take care of her. Eventually, when he moved away, he conveniently left his pet in the apartment and she got out through the cat door. She was attacked by a stray dog and nearly died before someone found her and brought her here. She's a bit temperamental, but I'm sure you'll help her get over that."

Larxene nodded, hiding a smirk.

Demyx commented to Roxas in a low voice, "Yeah right. Put Larxene with a temperamental Ocelot and you get years and years of hell."

Xigbar's chosen pet was a one-eyed, battle-scarred Basenji named Arquebus. There were a ton of things that made Xigbar want this dog. Obviously, the one eye, the scars, and the fact he was named Arquebus, which, as Xigbar would of course know, was the name of a type of gun.

Sayll looked Xigbar up and down before laughing, "I can see why you chose Arquebus. He got into a street fight with a Rottweiler and a Doberman Pinscher and came out the winner. The Rot took his eye and the Pinscher tore up his face and side, but he was still the winner. I imagine you'll have quite the friendship together."

"I imagine we will." Xigbar grinned, petting the Basenji on the head. Arquebus barked his agreement.

Sayll finished up the certificates for Shinzo, Nimiipuu, Procyon, Damios, Raeld, Daze, Ridan, and Xemnas' eagle, which was named Rauni. She took a little extra time to explain their backgrounds, but no one minded. The Organization thought it interesting just how cruel the human heart could be, and appreciated the fact they all chose animals in need of truly loving and caring homes.

"Thank you so much, you have no idea what this means to me and everyone here at the center!" Sayll exclaimed as she finished up the last of the paperwork.

"No problems, and...we have something for your center, actually." Xemnas said. From their pockets, all of the Nobodies pulled out generous donations of munny, out of everyone's personal savings and the Organization's funding. In all, there was over 150,000 munny going to the center and the donation made Sayll actually break into tears of joy.

"Oh my! This...this will fix up all of those rooms and we can begin funding for the vet to come back! Thank you so much! This has by far been the best day the center has ever seen! I can't even thank you enough!" she cried.

"Then don't try." Luxord said, "Just make sure as many of the animals as possible find good homes."

"And if anyone asks...just say the donation was from a bunch of Nobodies." Xigbar grinned. They all left then with their new pets, leaving Sayll with the money and the joy of the prospect of a bright new future in the center.


An Azariosiza story without serious OCs? I hadn't thought it possible! Sayll isn't a serious OC, she's just the dedicated ASPCA worker.

I wanted to raise a bit more awareness about the conditions of some pounds out there, and the fact that animals are abandoned, neglected, and mistreated every single day. I hope you like this :)

I decided to give some of the members weird pets because just a bunch of cats and dogs wouldn't be as...exciting as a raccoon, two owls, an eagle, a ferret, and a falcon. And Larxene's Ocelot? Oh man, I'm going to have FUN with those two!

See you next chapter! And review, please!

-Az.