Some would say Roxas was an extremely insane boy for getting up at 6:30 in the morning. During the Summer. A time where EVERYONE slept in to a decent hour, lazing about in their morning routines, waking up when they felt like waking up. But Roxas was not insane. No, in fact, he was extremely clever. Have you ever tried fighting your way to the bathroom, through your deranged brothers, an insane blonde you are some-what proud to call your cousin, and your psychopath parents, as well as your new in-laws ? Have you ever been pushed and pulled from inside said bathroom repeatedly by your mental mother? Have You ever had your twin brother thrown full force at you my your insane cousin and older brother combined, as the pair of the fought to get through the door, practically ready to murder each other for the trophy that was the shower head?

Yeah...Didn't think so.

Roxas had learned from a young age, back when the whole Coreteze family had used to stay, that attempting to use the bathroom when everyone else did was a bad idea. It only lead to casualties, pain and Sora attacking people with the bath towels. Roxas had learnt that Strife's, and Coreteze's for that matter, did not mix well with morning routines.

Fact was, after growing up with Cindy, and being used to having to many people in his house, even more this year, Roxas had wised up to the summer morning routine. Everyone would generally wake up somewhere between 10 and 10:30, and, for some reason or another, each and every Strife just HAD to use the bathroom. Being it to shower, to pee, to brush ones teeth, EVERYONE had to use the bathroom. This formed a rather large, long cue outside the room, and it kept at the same length until everyone was done, because of Elena's '10 minute wash time'. Elena would kick anyone out of the bathroom after their 10 minutes were up, be it her turn or not. This meant at least 3 trips to the bathroom, unless you're Sora, who had some how managed to master the fine art of brushing his teeth in the shower. How he did this, Roxas was still unsure.

Roxas had wised up to this at the age of 9. He had been up a whole night, and no matter how hard he tired, he just couldn't get to sleep. So at around 6:30, he decided he was going to have a shower and get dressed, seeing as he had given up all hope of ever getting back to sleep. So Roxas went about his normal morning routine, though this time without any interruptions. At first he thought nothing of it, and retreated down stairs to watch TV. Come the next morning, young Roxas realised how annoying it was to be kicked repeatedly out of the bathroom. Though it would be tiring, Roxas decided to get up a 6:30 every morning, only in the summer of course, and miss the morning rush, starting off his day rather nicely. Then generally he flopped out on the couch, or sat in his room, writing random lyrics to songs which he never finished. Sometimes He even made breakfast for everyone, when he was in a good mood, of course.

So, as usual, Roxas had crawled out of bed, shuffled over to the bathroom, had his usual argument with the door about how they were over and that this was no reason to lock him out of the bathroom, before realising the door was actually LOCKED. Then he practically threw himself into the shower and finished off with random things like brushing his teeth, attacking his hair, excreta. He then slumped back down the hallway, slipped into his room and got dressed in a pair of light blue denim jeans and a thin navy blue sweater which had a lone white stripe going across his chest. Roxas attached his black and white chequered sweatband and his matching rings before leaving his room again to go get his morning coffee.

After skulking in his room for a few hours, Roxas heard an almighty crash from across the hall.

Sora's awake. He thought to himself, rolling his eyes as the crash set off the chain reaction it usually did. He could hear Cloud's loud, angered groans from down at the end of the hall. He sense the danger in the air as his mother rose from her bed. He could feel the tremble most people experienced before a large stampede or an earthquake. Though I think my life is in more danger here than in the middle of a humongous earthquake or a deathly stampede...

Roxas heard Sora's loud battle cry of 'Muahahaha! The bathroom is mine!' before hearing Cindy tackle him to the ground with an almighty thump.

"Not if I get there first buddy boy!" The blonde girl exclaimed before dashing off to said room. Roxas heard a sharp stop to her thunderous footsteps, shaking his head when he heard his mother speak.

"Cynthia Jamison Coreteze! You are a grown woman, and you're married at that! Married women do NOT go around tackling their cousins and acting like children." Elena all but hissed, clearly annoyed about being woken by the pair. Sora took this time to strike.

"Haha hah haha! You're in trouble, the bathroom is mine!" The teen sang, belting it down the hall and under Elena's out stretched hand. He turned his head to pull a face at Cindy when he ran head first into Cloud. Falling to the floor with a slight 'oof', Sora stared up at the face of doom looking down at him. He gulped and starting laughing nervously like the idiot he was.

"He-He-Hey Cloud...Hows it hanging?" Sora nervously stammered out, laughing slightly. Cloud's response, or lack there of, made Sora jump up in fright and run back down the hall to hide behind his pyjama-clad cousin. Cindy rolled her eyes. Cloud nodded in victory and turned to enter the bathroom. He was stop short when he found his father, Cid, standing in front of the Door.

"Ah ah ah! Elders first!" Cid smirked, causing Cloud to scowl. Cid snickered, making a pivot toward the bathroom door.

"Uncle Cid! Look out, its the Rabid Flying Chocobo!"

"WHERE!?" Cid jumped back, a few feet from the door, looking around wildly for said beast. Cindy smirked in triumph, and began bounding for the door.

"Not so fast Missy." Said another voice. Cindy stopped in her tracks, cursing her Aunt for giving Axel the room closest to the bathroom. The red-headed teen smirked at this, and went to turn the handle of the bathroom door. Sora chose this moment to become brave, and bashed Axel out of the way with one flick of his hip leaving Axel to land face-first on the floor at Cindy's feet. Sora let out another manic laugh and swung open the door before being tackled again, this time by his father.

Cid and Sora began wrestling on the floor in front of the bathroom, shouting meaningless things at each other as they tumbled about. Axel attempted to step over them and secure the bathroom for himself, but he was pulled roughly into the fight below him with a loud, simultaneous: "Don't You dare!". Cindy and Cloud rolled their eyes, before glaring at each other, calculating their chances of getting the bathroom for themselves. They nodded at each other, knowing the only way to win was by working together. They could decide who went first afterwards.

Cindy grabbed Sora by the collar, as Cloud did the same to Axel, pulling them both up and away from Cid, who hopped up shortly after. The two blonde Coreteze-Strife children dropped their pray to the floor, causing Sora to wobble about a bit. Sora, Axel and Cid all exchanged looks for a second.

There was a short silence before the three of them burst out shouting and screaming, ranting and raving at each other about who should get the bathroom. Cid was insisting he should go first, seeing as he was 'oldest'. Sora repeated over and over again that he had been up first, and that he should get the bathroom. Axel reminded them both that he was a guest to their household and that it was polite to let your guests good first. The threesome kept shouting and screeching, waving their arms in the air, and generally causing a scene.

Cloud rolled his eyes.

"One..."

Cindy smirked.

"Two!"

"Three!" Just as that one small word escaped Clouds lips, Elena snapped.

"WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP!" She screamed, stomping down the hall towards the huddle of people standing outside the bathroom. Taking a calming breath, Elena began to speak again:

"Right! We will have no more of this fighting! Sora Stanley Strife! Don't you dare open your mouth and start back-chatting me! I will decided who uses the bathroom first. Cid. Don't even." Elena shouted, ending by pointing her finger at her husband and motioning for him to shut his mouth. Cid did this, although he did it rather grudgingly. Elena smiled politely in Axel's direction.

"I'm sorry about this dear. But Sora and Cid are a bit excitable in the mornings, aren't you Boys?!" She aimed a very scary, very deadly, glare at the two males in question. They made quick, scared replies of agreement, nodding like idiots all the while. Axel laughed lightly.

"No, no, its all right Mrs Strife. Reno and I used to fight like this all the time when we were younger." Axel reassured Elena, still laughing.

"When you were younger? I think not Ax. Remember yesterday? With the bottled water and the twigglets?" Cindy reminded him, smirking. Axel glared at her as the blonde continued to smirk. "Anyway, Who turn in the bathroom Aunt Elena?"

At this, the shouting started again, everyone recounting the numerous reasons as to why they should go first. Elena began massaging her temples, trying to drown out the noise.

Roxas chose this moment to slip out of his room, empty coffee cup in hand. He rolled his eyes half-heartedly at the mess out shouting people in the hall a few feet away from him. The blonde boy began skirting in and out of his family, making his way to the stairs.

"Okay!! Everyone shut up!" Elena shouted, throwing her arms above her head out of frustration. She grabbed a person at random by the back of their shirt. "This person is using the bathroom first. End of!" She threw her pray into the bathroom and slammed the door behind them.

Roxas blinked.

He blinked again to make sure he was seeing right.

Moments before he had been halfway to the stairs, going down to get more coffee.

Now he was standing in the empty, white tiled bathroom of the Strife house, standing very still, blinking at the shower.

There were murmurs of confusion from outside as everyone tried to figure out exactly WHO Elena had throw into the bathroom.

"Good Morning Sora." Roxas said, smirking like crazy.

"Morning Rox. Any idea who Mom just--? Roxas!" Sora cried from behind the closed door.

"Well...Roxas got in there first. He has ten minutes to do whatever he wants in there." Came Elena's calm, controlling voice.

"But Mommmm!" Sora whined.

"Fairs far Sora. I said that whoever I shoved into the bathroom got to use if first." His mother explained. Sora huffed.

"I hate you Roxas."

Roxas snorted.

.3.3.3.

On the other side of town, in a small, yet roomy, apartment, the story was quite different.

Demyx, though he gets horribly cranky when he's tired, was a morning person. He was happy, perky and everything Zexion wasn't in the mornings.

Zexion was NOT a morning person. He was un-responsive, cranky and sometimes down-right mean. But some how, Demyx never seemed to notice. He was almost as bad as Sora...But we'll get to that later.

Fact was, Zexion and Demyx were polar opposites, not just in the mornings either. All the time actually. Demyx liked loud, crazy music, where as Zexion liked quiet, classical music. Demyx liked to party, but Zexion preferred to stay at home. Zexion was SANE, where as Demyx, most probably wasn't.

The pair were the kind of people that were supposed to clash in every way possible. The kind who weren't meant to like each other. The kind who were never meant to become friends because of their complete and utter opposite-ness. Yet here they were, living together in a small apartment in the middle of the town centre of Destiny Islands.

It was rather strange. Zexion somehow managed to put up with Demyx, despite the fact that the blonde annoyed him more than anyone else he had ever known. And Demyx in turn managed to stay oblivious to Zexion's mean personality. They weren't meant to fit together, but somehow, they did.

These thoughts ran through and through Zexion's head as he sat at the small round table set up in their equally as small kitchen. For once, the slate hair man was happy that Demyx was still asleep. It gave him time to muse about things he never seemed to have time to when the taller boy was around. Demyx has a habit of taking up most of Zexion's time, whether he meant to or not. Zexion felt inclined to make sure Demyx was safe and happy all of the time, and when he wasn't, he felt it was his job to fix that.

Zexion also assumed that it was his job to clean up the remains of the lamp Demyx just undoubtedly smashed to pieces. Demyx was, after all, the most clumsy person on the planet. The smash and the high-pitched 'Eep!' that sounded from down the hall alerted Zexion of his room-mates conciousness. The door of Demyx's room clicked open and a happy, perky, 'Too god damn happy' blonde stepped out, yawning and stretched his arms over his head, his fingers spreading wide.

Demyx stood in the middle of the cramped hallway, in just an under shirt and his boxers, stretching and yawning like a cat. Rubbing his eyes, Demyx finally seemed to noticed Zexion from down the hall.

"Morning Zexy!" The taller boy beamed, almost skipping down the small hallway and into the kitchen. Zexion just raised his hand slightly in greeting and went back to his coffee. The lack of enthusiasm from the other boy didn't seem to faze Demyx and he continued to babbling on. Zexion managed to catch onto one of his babblings, rolling his eyes when he caught the topic at hand.

"...And Roxas said he uses Colgate, and apparently its the superior toothpaste brand. But I like Aqua fresh better, because of the cool colours of the stripes, you know the green ones? Those are the coolest..." Demyx bubbled, searching through the cupboards for his cereal.

Zexion just rolled his eyes, taking a sip of his coffee and absent-mindedly looking up at the clock hung on the wall in front of him. Taking note of the time, the slate haired boy tried to catch Demyx's attention.

"Demyx, it's 8:15. You're going to be late." Zexion said dulling, looking over at the blonde, who was, unsurprisingly, still talking.

"...Then Sora said that in a toothpaste fight, Ultra Brite would beat Oral-B any day! Which is probably the stupidest thing he's ever said, I mean c'mon! Everyone knows that if you're having an official toothpaste fight, under the true rules and in an official arena, that teeth whiteners are like FORBIDEN! And he calls himself a true toothpaste warrior." Demyx rolled his eyes, beaming when he found what he was looking for. He pulled out a box of 'Lucky Farms' and nudged the cupboard door shut with his hip. He then grabbed a bowl from the counter, grabbing a spoon from the already open cutlery draw. Humming to himself, Demyx poured out a bowl of cereal and grabbed the milk from beside the kettle, where Zexion had left it earlier.

The man in question sighed and tried again to catch his room-mates attention.

"Demyx. You're going to be late for work."

"I mean, sure he has the jacket, and the gold-plated tooth brush, he's got the badge and all that jazz! But he hasn't got the heart! That's what you need to become a TRUE toothpaste warrior! Clearly its something Sora lacks. He likes the order and everything, but he doesn't feel it! He doesn't live it! I really need to teach what I means to be committed to something like this..." Demyx trailed off, shoving a spoonful of cereal into his mouth as he sat in the chair opposite Zexion.

"Demyx."

"But then again, he didn't even WANT to join the order in the first place. He only joined because me and Marly kept bugging him." Demyx stopped again, chewing in thought. Zexion rolled his eyes again.

"Demyx." He tried again, getting no response from the blonde.

"Roxas would make a much better toothpaste warrior. He's more...What's the word?" Demyx began musing again, still shoving cereal into his mouth, completely oblivious to the fact that Zexion was trying to talk to him.

"Demyx!" Zexion shouted. Demyx still didn't notice.

A sudden beeping from the microwave broke the blonde chain of thought. Blinking, Demyx looked at the microwave, his eyes widening when he noticed the time displayed on the small silver device.

"I'M GONNA BE LATE!" Demyx screeched, jumping up from the kitchen table and rushing into the bathroom.

Zexion hid his face in his palm, cursing his luck. Why did he get stuck with the hyperactive room-mate?

Sighing, Zexion rolled his eyes as he heard crashes and multiple 'ow's coming from the bathroom. What exactly Demyx did in there was still a mystery to him. Going back to his coffee, Zexion managed to block out Demyx as he thrashed about in their bathroom, flicking through the morning paper.

5 or so minutes later, Demyx skidded across the landing, and scrambled into this room, cursing loudly when he couldn't find his work jeans. A loud 'A Hah! Got cha!' told Zexion that Demyx's search were not in vain.

Demyx submerged from his room seconds later, hopping around on one foot, trying to put on his sock as he did so. As mentioned before, Demyx just so happened to be THE most clumsy person on the planet, so this didn't go to well. The blonde 19 year old tripped over the mat in the hall, landing face-first outside the kitchen door.

"Owwwww!" He whined, pushing himself up and rubbing his head. Zexion cleared his throat.

"Gonna be late for work, remember?" He said, peering down at Demyx.

"Oh right." The other boy replied, springing up to his feet, fixing his sock. Zexion raised and eyebrow as Demyx began messing with his hair, a comb in-between his teeth.

"What?" Was the slightly muffled reply.

"You're wearing odd socks." Zexion noted quietly, turning back to his paper. Demyx peered down at his feet, wiggling his toes a little. He shrugged and went back to attacking his hair with the comb this time. Dipping his finger into the hair gel located conveniently on the kitchen counter and began applying it to his hair.

"...Why is the hair gel in the kitchen?" Zexion said, his eyebrows raised. Demyx stopped for a second before shrugging again.

"How should I know? It was just there." He said, shrugging for the third time. Straightening up his neon blue polo shirt, the blonde grabbed his jacket from the back of one of the kitchen chairs and jogged off down the hall, grabbing his beat-up black converse as he went. Stopping at the door to slip them on, securely tying the laces, Demyx waved back at Zexion.

"See you later Zexy!" He beamed, throwing his jacket on and wrenching the door open. Demyx hopped out, throwing Zexion one last smile as he closed the door.

Zexion half smiled, sighing slightly as he reached over onto the counter and picked up 2 small objects. Moments later, Demyx came bounding through the door again, skidding into the kitchen and barely missing the table. He opened his mouth to say something, but he was cut off by his room-mate.

"Wallet and Keys?" Zexion questioned, smirking lightly from behind his paper. Demyx smiled sheepishly down at the slate haired boy, before taking the two objects from Zexion's out-stretched hand.

"Thanks Zexy. I don't know what I'd do without you." Demyx smiled.

Zexion opened his mouth to reply before he stopped, feeling an unfamiliar warmth on his right cheek. Zexion managed to compose himself quickly enough to see a beaming Demyx pull back.

"Well, I must be off! Can't be late for work now can I?" Demyx joked, jogging on the spot as he spoke. "Bye Zexy!" He called as he legged it out of the apartment, leaving a blushing Zexion in his wake.

Zexion touched his cheek where Demyx had just kissed him.

Demyx had just kissed him.

Demyx had just kissed him.

Oo-er.

.3.3.3.

After tormenting his brother for a whole 10 minutes of his life, Roxas had escaped from the bathroom before he could be plumbed to a bloody pulp. Sora was surprisingly hostile in the mornings.

Having successfully gotten to safety, Roxas rolled his eyes as Sora and Axel began pushing and shoving to get through the bathroom door.

"Its my turn!"

"Noooo! It's MY turn! I was here first!"

"Well I'm taller!"

"But I'm cuter!"

"Says who?"

Roxas smirked, taking this as his cue to walk past.

"Riku." He smirked, casually walking past his brother and Axel.

"Yeah! Riku says I'm cute! ...Wait, WHAT?!" Sora cried, gawping after his brother, blushing like a mad man.

"You heard me." Roxas called back, sticking out his tongue slightly.

"But...what...who, when...but he, Kairi said...and...huh?!" Sora said, looking terribly confused. Axel took this chance to push Sora out of the way and leapt, yes LEAPT, into the bathroom. Slamming the door shut, Axel began cackling maniacally from behind said door, shouting of his victory.

Sora, who had fallen face first onto the floor in front of the bathroom, began shouting after his twin, shaking his fist.

"I'll get you for this, Roxas Yancy! Mark my words! I'll get you!" Sora shouted down the hall, still laying on the floor. Cloud rolled his eyes and put his foot on top of his younger brother's head to shush him.

"No evil plotting until AFTER breakfast. You know the rules." Cloud said from above him. Sora muffled an answer into the carpet.

Roxas smirked to himself as he walked down the stairs, swinging round the banister when he reached the bottom. Tormenting his brothers always put him in a good mood. He may even make pancakes...

.3.3.3.

Roxas did decide to make pancakes. He was in such an insanely good mood is was almost scary. Almost.

Roxas was in such a good mood in fact, he began whistling as he poured the pancake batter into the frying pan. Soon enough this tuneless whistling became mindless humming, and the humming soon turned into mumbles of lyrics. These quiet mumbles eventually turned into actual singing and Roxas couldn't help but sing along with the radio.

"Its Nine in the afternoon,

And your eyes are the size of the moon,

You could 'cause you can so you do,

We're feeling so good,

Just the way that we do,

When it's nine in the afternoon."

Roxas stopped his singing abruptly when he heard clapping from behind him. He turned around, his expression souring when he saw Axel stranding in the doorway, smirking like there was no tomorrow.

Axel continued to smirk as he walked up to his blonde counterpart, getting just a little to close for Roxas' liking.

"That's a pretty little voice you go there," He said, his lips right next to Roxas' ear. "...Maybe one day we could make beautiful music..Together?" Axel purred, his words dripping with suggestions Roxas didn't want to think about.

The blonde boy blushed profusely, blinking and and opening and closing his mouth in the great rendition that is 'The Fish'. Axel stepped back casually, burying his hands in his jeans pockets and looking over at the cooker curiously.

"Oooooh! Pancakes!" He cried, sniffling the air with a smile. Roxas blinked again, looking utter confused.

Sora chose this moment to come bounding into the kitchen, his hair still dripping wet. The brunette half-tackled, half-glomped his twin, almost knocking Roxas over. Sora began babbling in his ear, but this went un-noticed by the blonde, who was peering over at Axel curiously.

The redhead in question had taken a place at the kitchen table and was chuckling to himself at Sora's hyperactive antics.

"Oooooh! Pancakes! I love Pancakes! Make sure mine are a bit burnt, 'kay Roxy?" Sora babbled into Roxas' ear. Roxas grunted in response and proceeded to remove Sora from his arms. His twin then turned his attention over to their red-headed guest and engaged Axel in conversation.

The younger Strife twin went back to flipping his pancakes, the situation with Axel running through his head.

The only thing Roxas could think of in response to said situation was: 'What the Fuck?!'

.3.3.3.

Cloud had no time for breakfast.

In fact, he rarely had time for food. He was always busy with something, be it delivering things for his Dad, picking up spare parts or dropping off clients cars, he always seemed to be busy.

See, Cid owned an auto shop. It was one of the most successful businesses on the Island, due to the fact that it was the only decent auto shop around. Cid, being the evil con-man he secretly was, had bribed Cloud into working for him. How, you may ask? Simple. The Fenrir 6000. Possibly THE most amazing motor cycle to ever be created.

Cloud had lusted after the bike for almost his entire life. Ever since he had seen a Fenrir for the very first time, back when he was 6, Cloud KNEW he had to have one.

It was no secret either. Every one in the Strife family knew Cloud wanted that bike. He had even pinned a picture of a Fenrir to their fridge. Seriously.

Cid cashed in on his sons dreams by offering him a job. Cloud would have a well paying job and money pouring into his Fenrir cash fund, and Cid would have someone to boss around. Everyone was happy.

...Well mostly Cid.

But Cloud put up with being stuck with all the work, for the simple fact that he wanted that bike more than anything he had wanted in his whole life.

Having spent most of the morning separating Rossini brake discs from regular ones, ("What's the freaking difference?!" "The difference is: separated, you get paid. Left as they are, you can kiss you pay cheque AND that Fenrir goodbye." "So you want these separated, right Dad?" "That's what I thought.") Cloud was a little bit disgruntled, to say the least.

Ruffling up the hair of the back of his neck, the blonde walked into this fathers over-sized garage.

"Hey Dad, I've got those brake discs sorted out like you...wanted..."He trailed off, blinking at the man in front of him who was clearly NOT his father.

This man, for one, was EXTREMELY good looking. He had long, layered brunette hair that reached his shoulders and framed his stunning sharp blue eyes perfectly. He was a bit on the tall side, with the muscular physic to back it up. His face was expressionless, the only think slightly drawing you away from his beauty was the scar that ran across his face. It started at his brow an slashed diagonally over the bridge of hi nose until it met his cheek. But Cloud was sure he could like with that, I even made him look sexy...

"Cloud! Cloud! Look, look! Yuffie's got two new-!" Cindy cried as she skipped through the open garage door, cutting herself short when she noticed the other man in the room. She was carrying a small yellow bundle with her. She looked between Cloud and the other man a few times before finally resting her gaze on the brunette.

"And you are...?" She questioned, looking at the man confusedly.

"Leon. Leon Leonhart." was the dull answer.

Cindy beamed.

"Well Leon, Cloud here," She motioned to her older cousin, who was standing there, this mouth slightly open, staring at Leon with dazed eyes. "Clearly thinks you are hot and I feel it is my job to tell you that he is free on Wednesdays and Fridays, his number is 078225690," She threw him a little card which had said number printed on it. " And if we don't hear from you within the next week, you will be hunted down by a ninja and a flower girl who just so happens to have a pretty good arm on her. Well, bye!" Cindy beamed again, gave Leon a little wave and proceeded to walk out of the tool littered garage.

She stopped, then took a few steps backwards towards Cloud. The blonde girl pushed her cousins chin up so his mouth was no longer a-gape and then promptly ran out of the room, the small yellow bundle still in hand.

The two men blinked at each other for a few minutes, looks of utter surprise and confusion on their faces. Cloud's expression then turned into one of a murderous villain and he began shouting after his cousin.

"CINDY!" Cloud then heard mad giggling in response, and he stormed out of the garage, a pink tinge coating his cheeks.

Leon blinked again.

"Okay then."

Meanwhile, outside, Cindy and Yuffie were in a fit of mass giggles on the lawn, a slightly amused Vincent standing over them. Clutched n both of the the girls hands were two baby chocobos, one bright yellow, the other dark black. The two little birds looked as confused as birds can actually look, not quite sure why their two keepers were laughing like loons.

Cloud stomped over, looking angrier than he had ever looked, his expression not even fully telling his feelings. The two girls continued to giggle as he walked over to them loudly and opened his mouth, read to shout them down. He stopped short when the cute, tiny face of the yellow chocobo was shoved in his face.

"Look Cloud! Baby chocobo!" Cindy beamed, holding the bird up to Cloud's face.

The bird and the blonde blinked at each other for a few seconds before the little yellow bird let out a small 'kweh' and began nuzzling Cloud's cheek with it's beak. Cloud took the bird from his cousin and nuzzled his nose into his beak.

"Awww! Well aren't you just the cutest thing ever?! Yes you are, yes you are!" The blonde cried, tickling the chocobo's stomach, to which it 'kweh'ed happily. "What's his name?"

Cindy, Yuffie and Vincent sat there ( well stood in Vincent's case) in total shock, watching the usually unemotional Strife boy coo over a chocobo. An awkward silence shifted over the three, only being broken by Cloud's and his fangirlish antics.

The silence, however, was broken by Cindy:

"I knew it." was all she said before Yuffie started laughing again, setting Cindy off too. The pair laughed almost uncontrollably for a few minutes before Cindy started to calm her self down.

"I told you he was a fangirl!" Cindy exclaimed before she was over come by another fit of wild giggles.

Cloud's eyes widened at this and he instantly stopped cooing at the chocobo. He cleared his throat rather awkwardly and looked away, handing the bird back to Yuffie.

"Nice chocobo." he remarked, clearly embarrassed. Yuffie took the bird and nuzzled her cheek into his beak.

"I know! He's so cute! His name is Kweh-Kweh, 'cause he's the only one of my birds that actually kwehs. " The ninja cooed, pulling cutesy faces at the yellow bird. The black chocobo in her lap squawked in an attempt to catch her attention.

"I love you too Vinnie!" Yuffie said, scooping up the black bird, who squawked happily.

"Vinnie?" Cloud and Vincent said together in unison, looking at the black haired girl confusedly.

"Yeah! He reminded me of Vincent, with his huge red eyes and his cute black feathers! Isn't he the cutest chocobo you ever did see?" She cried, hugging the bird tightly.

"Right..." said Cloud, looking slightly worried for Yuffie's mental health. Vincent shook his head at her, rolling his eyes slightly.

At that moment, Sora, clad in a pair of orange surfer shorts (with a white Hawaiian flower print), came bounding out of the house, a beach bag and a multicoloured beach ball under his right arm. He was pulling a very annoyed looking Roxas along by his hand. The blonde in question was wearing a pair of plain white surfer shorts, which had two identical stripes of black and white checkers going down the sides.

Sora smiled brightly when he saw Yuffie and co. and came skipping up the lawn, still dragging his twin along after him.

"Hi guys!" He greeted happily. "Oh My God! Baby chocobo!" Sora cried, falling to his knees in front of Yuffie. "They are so cute!"

Roxas rolled his eyes, prying his hand away from his brother's, as Sora and Yuffie began cooing over the birds again.

"Where are you two going?" Cindy questioned, standing up and dusting off her jeans.

"The beach. We're meeting up with the gang at the docks so we can all go out to island together." Roxas replied.

"Oooooh! I want in!" Cindy exclaimed, catching Yuffie's attention.

"In on what?" The ninja asked, finally looking up from her chocobos.

"Roxy and Sora are going to the beach!"

"Aww, I wanna go, but I have to look after these two!" Yuffie pouted, motioning to the baby birds in her lap. "But it's okay! 'Cause Vinnie is gonna help me!" At this, she jumped up, bringing the birds with her.

"Right." Vincent nodded. It wasn't until Yuffie had started dragging him across the grass and over to her house that he realised what he has just agreed to. Yuffie shouted 'Bye guys!' brightly over her shoulder and kicked open her front door, pulling Vincent, who was shouting obscenities at Cloud to come and help him, in after her.

"Bye!" Sora waved, smiling broadly. He then added as an afterthought : "Ask Riku if he wants to come too!" He wasn't sure if he had heard until a deafening scream come from next door.

"RIKU! YOUR BOYFRIEND WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH!!"

More shouting followed Yuffie's scream, as Tifa (her adoptive mother) began shouting about not shouting in the house. Riku emerged seconds later, slamming his front door, in a pair of 'Taz' surfing shorts and some black flip-flops. His hair was pulled back into a pony tail, which made him look rather sexy, if I do say so myself.

Roxas coughed something that sounded horribly like 'desperate', as Sora blushed a deep red at Yuffie's comment. Cindy and Cloud both stifled their laughs, each making hurried excuses before running off, Cloud to the garage, Cindy through the open door of the house. Her giggles were heard moments afterwards.

Riku raised an eyebrow as he walked over, to which Roxas shrugged with a slight smirk.

Cindy returned a few minutes later, in a yellow bikini top and a skirt, Reno following shortly behind her. Roxas raised an eyebrow at his cousin.

"Oh, Reno's coming too!" She replied, beaming, linking arms with her husband.

"Whatever. As along as -" Roxas was cut short when Axel burst through the front door in a pair of shades and swimming shorts.

"...As he doesn't come." Roxas finished with a slight growl.

"Come on people! The beach awaits!" Axel cried, smirking again.

Roxas came to a conclusion that day.

Cindy would pay.

She would pay for what she had done.

And it would not be pretty.

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Tehe.

I'm so evil.

I'm also EXTREMELY sorry this took so long! I promise it wont happen again. Jessy will make sure of that!

Speaking of Jess, she finally got a FF account! Woo! She is : MrSpoonLovesYou. Go read her story 'Camp Why am I Here?', its totally awesome!

I LOVE this chapter so much! I am so happy with it. Its 12 and a ΒΌ freaking pages. That is the most I have ever written for a fan fiction ever. Yay!

I hope you guys enjoyed this! Again I am SO sorry I took so long to update! Now its time for the boring bit, the disclaimer. (Which I forgot in the last chapter. My Bad!)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Kingdom hearts, or Final Fantasy characters mentioned here. I also do not own the song 'Nine in the Afternoon' By Panic at the Disco. I DO, however, own Cindy. She is my own character and was created by me. Please do not use her without my permission.

Thanks to you guys who reviewed last time, and also thank you to all the people who added this to their faves and alerts. It means alot!

Until next time! (Which hopefully wont be as long as this time ;)

LY xx

Lori