AN: Part 3 and last one for now... enjoy... and if you have any possible suggestions of what you might like to see in the future let me know... Im always open for suggestion

Miya and anything not KH cannon (c) myself

Kingdom Hearts Cannon (c) Disney and Square Enix


Part 3

It had been twelve days since the King of Radiant Gardens had found the baby in the garden and nine days since she had been given a name. In the days since ,Miya and Ansem had spent many, many hours together. It was very rare that Miya wasn't in his arms, but there were those times that she would be sound asleep in her cradle. Ansem had begun to put miya in a cradle beside his bed at night, and a cradle in his office during the day. The closeness gave her security and him the ability to properly tend to her infant needs.

The change in his night schedule was barely affected by her presence, for he had always been a night owl, working on experiments, writing notes, and crunching statistics. But with Miya's arrival he'd let those things go and had begun to sleep more than before. So... maybe his night schedule had changed a little bit. His quarters would be quiet and dark, a peaceful place for her. To him it was strange but he adjusted.

On the fourteenth morning, as Ansem took Miya from her cradle and was changing her he noticed her soft black locks no longer rested on her head, but on the blanket in her cradle. He frowned at the sight, worried and puzzled as to why her hair had fallen out.

Miya stared up at him, her eyes taking in his expression. She was unaware of what troubled him, for how could a baby understand what he did? There was no way. Ansem decided he'd look into plausible causes for infantile baldness later. Right now she needed her diaper changed, fed breakfast, and given a bath.

Those tasks took about two hours for him to accomplish, for he took his time with those task. Finding joy in the simple things. She fell asleep after her bath, fed and wrapped in her blanket. He placed her in the office cradle, departing to go down to the library. Miya's naps lasted two to three hours so he had some time to look for possible causes for her unexpected loss of hair.

The King was rummaging through his extensive library in his normal haphazard way, meaning he'd pull out four or six books at once, and flip through them with a trained eye. If he found something slightly pertaining to his current topic of search he'd place it in a pile with others, and discard the ones he had nose use for at the moment.

Ansem was so absorbed in his work that he didn't notice two figures enter and stand over him. It was a the loud, gruff clearing of the throat that brought Ansem out of his engrossed work. He glanced up and scowled immediately at the sight of two Parliament counsel members. Manny and Karrie, two men he greatly disliked and were complete opposites, their only similarity was their common interest; keeping him in line.

Ansem hated the Parliament counsel as a whole, though he only liked one individual, and she was family. Parliament was a group of four people the general population had voted for and they never changed. That was unless the people asked, and that had yet to happen. This set had been in Parliament shortly after the war and had worked along side his father. They'd gotten along with his predecessor, but three out of four shared his disdain, except theirs was pointed at him.

As King, Ansem had always tried to move Radiant Gardens forward on all fronts, but these men always refuted, rebuked and ridiculed him each time. It made Ansem very unappreciative of Parliament and feel like he was just an image to keep tradition while they ran the kingdom. He hated it, loathed them and fought against it.

He could only imagine what these two wanted to berate him for now.

Ansem closed the book he was reading and placed his hands over it, closing them together, giving the two a pleasant, polite look.

"How may I help you gentlemen?" He said in a light, polite tone.

The tone that let them know they had interrupted him and he wasn't pleased. It was Karrie who spoke first.

"We have noticed a great decline in you fulfilling your duties as King. The documents you need to read and sign are stacking up and falling behind."

Then Manny butted in with his two cents. "We know it because of that infant you've taken in. Its ridiculous how much time you spend with that child. Its not productive what so ever!"

The attempted faced of politeness melted away as they began to hound him about Miya and how he was spending his time. Listening to a plump, balding man in a fancy waistcoat and his fathers old war sergeant was grating on his last nerve. The two continued to talk over each other, finding anything and everything to complain about. From his work ethic to his new little daughter.

He sighed and stood up, clearing his throat at the two men.

"Please gentlemen, I've made my choice. Miya will be staying and I will raise her as my very own." Ansem's voice was strong, his tone saying this was final.

The two men gawked at him, through it was Manny who recovered first.

"And what do you intend to do for an heir hmm? You know that each generation of Kings have been passed down through your bloodline. You have to marry. And no woman would marry a man with a child. Specially one that isn't his own. You'll have to send her to the orphanage or raise her has a servant."

The young King's brows furrowed together, a dark scowl appearing in his eyes.

"I've already informed the Counsel that I refuse to marry. I have not time or desire for such role of relationship as husband. Miya will neither be sent to the orphanage nor raised and treated as a servant. She will be my daughter, and the Princes of Radiant Gardens and she will be my heir. This is final and not up for any form of discussion or debate. Do I make myself clear gentlemen? "

The two Parliament members nodded with enraged, scowling faces, fuming in their silence. This gave Ansem great satisfaction and a sense of empowerment. He gave the two men a pleased smile and turned back to his work.

"Now if you'll excuse me gentlemen, I have work to do. Please escort yourselves out of the library."

The sound of retreating footsteps made Ansem sigh in relief when they had completely faded away.

He turned and pulled out his gold pocket watch and glanced at its ticking face, confirming that one hour and thirty minutes had passed by. After grabbing a stack of his books he went back up to his office. He was pleased to see his little princess was still asleep.

Ansem pulled up a chair to her cradle and got comfortable. Sitting there in his office, reading his books to pass the time till she awoke from her peaceful slumber. With the sun waning through his windows he found the office to be very peaceful, the sound of a breathing, sleeping baby making it all the more blissful.


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