Rin: Well, I got it out before July was over… even if it is the last day. Sorry.

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I also love but I need to write them back:

Sorakitty – OMG! Skittles! glomps Me love Skittles. Medieval people rock! (besides they play a major part of this story) heehee

catwwomen47- I love Pirates of the Caribbean! That movie was awesome! (but I think the first one was better) Cirque Du Freak: I heard that was good but I never read them but thanks! I'll try to look for them soon.

Tai Anime- Axel: No, he's not going to be a vampire hunter. That would be really interesting but Axel is going a blood sucking, Roxas glomping, fire freak. I love him.

losthimagain – Yes, Sephiroth is good. He's one of those people who hang out in the sidelines until later. But he's a cool master. And there will be some Axel Roxas in this chapter. A little bit.

AbnormallyWeirdPerson- Sora's past: Yeah, Sora's past will be revealed… sooner or later. But it'll be here eventually. Lio: Her high-tech-ness will be explained in this chapter. Moon: Whoops! Mistake. He's goes into vampire form on a new moon and goes into human mode on a full moon. Got it? The three deaths: They're careful at school but they kinda want to live a normal life too. Also they want to see their lovers!

The master of Morons- OMG! I love Twilight. Yes, that is the greatest book of all times! Anyway, after reading Twilight I wanted to write a vampire fanfic but many people said it reminds them of the book too. I hope it isn't too much like it.

Disclaimer:Finally stops laughing: What was I laughing about again?

Some random reviewer: We think you own Kingdom Hearts.

:falls on the floor laughing… again: ME? Hahahahaha! No! I wish but no!

0o0

Ten reasons why I'm more like my mom than I realized…

1. Two words: Crazed fan

2. Of what you may ask? Well, we are both insanely crazy over yaoi. (Seriously, the best thing known to man … besides sugar and Riku of course.)

3. We both love Riku. She loves him like a son-in-law and I love him like my husband.

4. Hyper as hell.

5. I must have gotten it from her because once someone hands me a can of root beer, there is no stopping me. Which is kind of like my mom- except for the fact that she drinks until she passes out while I just drink until I barf or fall into a drunken state- whichever comes first.

6. We adore chocolate ice cream. It's filled with sugar and it goes great with root beer.

7. We watched Cloud and Leon make out for 3 hours and 24 minutes and never got tired of it. Normally, people could only take two or three rounds of Leon pushing Cloud up the wall. But not us. We sat and got nosebleeds to each of the 324 times watching it.

8. We pout more than regular humans should.

9. I look like her, I act like her, I sound like her, I have the same interests as her, we both get high off sugar…

10. I am her … in a teenage boy form.

It was barely 6 in the morning when I heard my name being called. "Sora wake up. It's time for school."

I grumbled and swatted at the air. "Just let me sleep for 5 more days mommy…"

Iheard a faint sigh. "Didn't you call Yuffie that the other day? It's me… your husband."

I heavily lifted my head up. My eyes weren't adjusted to the light yet so all I saw was a black figure. "Husband…? Wha…? But you look like my mom…" My eyes adjusted and I saw Riku smirking down at me. "Holy shit! You're not my mom! And you look nothing like her! Gah!" I feel out of bed, caught in my blanket. I struggled under my blanket and finally got free. I landed right next to Lio's bed. But it was different.

"Gah! Lio's gone!" I shuffled on my knees to Riku's legs and latched my arms around them. "I'm sorry! I lost our child! She was so young!"

"You're not a morning person are you? I'm holding Lio." Riku said with a laugh, patting my head.

I looked up to see Lio safe in her daddy's arms. I sighed, relaxing a bit. "Good. Um… how long have you been here?"

"3 hours."

"3 hours? Don't you sleep? You're going to be all cranky today if you don't get any sleep!" I jumped up, pushing Riku toward the bed. He wouldn't budge. "Sleep here! You shouldn't go to school all tired! What were you thinking? Staying here all night! … Wait! Why were you in here? You shouldn't be here! How did you get inside? I put on the alarm myself last night. Why were you watching me sleep?"

Riku leaned forward and kissed me. I was talking when he brought his lips to mine so my mouth was wide open leaving him room to stick his tongue in. He wrapped his tongue along mine and followed the edges of my mouth. He slowly pulled back. "You talk too much. First off, I don't need sleep. I could sleep if I wanted to but I have better things to do at night than sleep. Like for intense…" He brought his warm lips to mine again lightly. "Watch you. You're very interesting to watch. You talk a lot in your sleep."

My mouth dropped. "Oh God no. What did I say? What did I say?"

"Something about Riku… smexy… evil… penguins… stupid… mom… nosebleed… video… Lio… my Riku… and Riku."

"Please tell me your lying." I said, slumping down to the floor.

"It doesn't matter really I can read it all in your head anyway." He said with a shrug.

"Oh yeah? What am I thinking about now?" I said with a clear picture of a hot dog in my mind

Riku crossed his arms and said almost immediately, "A hot dog." I pouted pretty much giving it away. Stupid smexy Riku… "Thank you, but you shouldn't be calling people stupid. Especially since your grades aren't that good."

I pouted, turning on my heel and left the room. "Where are you going Sora?" Riku called with a hint of amusement in his tone.

"If you can really read my mind you would know that I'm going to go eat breakfast." I deadpanned going down the stairs. Riku followed me and found my mom sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee.

"Good morning, Sora dear. Oh, I see Riku's here. I'm glad you guys stayed off the couch like I told you too. Bring down the dirty sheets after breakfast."

I turned into a tomato and threatened to write a book about her idea of parenting while Riku laughed. "Good Morning Soya."

Mom looked more than thrilled to have Riku here. "Would you like some coffee, Riku? Oh and you must tell your two brothers to come over sometime! They are just simply delicious! To you think they'll do a free show for me?"

I rolled my eyes in my mom's predictability and snatched some cookies out of the cookie jar. My mom got up to pour Riku some coffee while he talked. "I could ask. They get annoyed quickly, or at least Leon does. Cloud doesn't care too much but he does have limits. Oh, thank you." He smiled generously while taking the mug mom held out to him.

I took a seat next to Riku and stared with great curiosity at him while he sipped his coffee. "Why are you staring at me like that, Sora?" He amusedly asked raising an eyebrow slightly. "Drinking coffee is not unusual for someone to be doing, Sora."

Mom brought a hand to cover her mouth while she chuckled lightly. "Don't mind him. He's probably just staring at your sexi-er I mean smexiness."

I shot her a glare of doom. "That's my word! I own it! Do you think I can copyright it?" I asked no one in particular.

Mom took a sip of her coffee then her eyes lit up. "Oh I completely forgot!" -Like the question I just asked you? -"Sora, I bought you a new shirt." I gave her a look. "It's not bad or anything- no frills, I promise. It's a plain black shirt with writing on it. It's in my room on the dresser."

I grinned and shoved the cookie in my mouth, yanking Riku away from his coffee and up the stairs. I heard my mom call up. "You have 2 minutes. That's not enough time to do anything up there!"

I decided to ignore that comment and pulled Riku into my mom's room. There on the dresser was a black tee shirt, similar to the ones Riku wears, and on it in red writing was the word, 'KUUKIES' I squealed and hugged it. Riku took it from me and tilted his head while he looked at it. "It seems like your mom knows you well. And it matches my shirt."

"It does?" I leaned down and got a good look at Riku's shirt for the very first time. And just like mine, it was in red and spelled, 'BLOOD'. I blinked. "How is blood like cookies?"

"Humans love cookies and vampires love blood. So cookies to you is the same as blood is to me, get it?" He said slowly as if explaining it to a three year.

"But you get blood all the time which means you get to eat your dessert all the time when I just get cookies for breakfast, lunch and dessert!" I freaked, suddenly envying vampires.

"But that's still more than the average human eats cookies a day." Riku pointed out.

"So? You get blood for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert!" I pouted clearly hating vampires and all their evil cookie-like foods.

"Not really. We don't have to eat everyday."

"Seriously? And you don't die of starvation?" I asked completely amazed.

Riku rolled his eyes good naturally. "Honestly Sora, people don't die of starvation without eating for a day. But most of the time we eat 3 or 4 times a week. But that changes, in the week of the new moon, we kill enough werewolves to last us the whole week so I don't need to eat at all this week. But on the week of the Full Moon I need to eat all week to built up strength to fight the werewolves off."

I blinked. "That sounds… complicated."

Riku ruffled my hair ignoring the fact that I was being completely serious. "That's because I'm talking to you Sora. It's not difficult for anyone else to understand."

"What's that supposed to mean? That I'm stupid?" I yelled poking him in the chest.

Riku smiled and snapped his fingers. In an instant he was gone. "Riku? Where are you? I thought only Yuffie could disappear like that!"

"She is." A voice came from behind me. There, Riku stood leaning against the wall, looking exactly the same way when I first met him- his head was facing the ground and his eyes were shut. He leaned, oh so, casually against the door with his left foot on the wall. I drooled mentally. "But her body goes invisible then she leaves. I can only teleport without the portal to a certain place close by. Yuffie can teleport anywhere." He opened his eyes and smiled faintly. "Let's go to school."

0o0

Riku drove my car to school and parked near a tree. Waiting for him was his groupies and just about all the girls in school plus a few hundred boys. They all screamed and waved and acted like Johnny Depp or Orlando Bloom just appeared.

"Riku!"

"OMG its Riku!"

"Riku I love you!"

"Riku! I'm your biggest fan!"

"Riku! Look at me!"

"GAH! IT'S RIKU!

"Will you marry me Riku?"

"OMG! OMG! OMG! RIKU!"

"RIIIIIIIIIKUUUU!"

Some girls screamed, some had big signs, some threw flowers and phone numbers, some guy fainted into a cheerleader's arms (which she threw him to the floor without a second thought) and a few even started to hyperventilate.

I turned to Riku who acted like he didn't even notice them. "Is it always like this?"

Riku looked confused at my question. "What? Oh, them? Yeah, I think they get up at 4 in the morning just to get here before me." He opened the door, got out of the car and the screams got louder. Riku ignored them completely, walking over to my side of the car and opened the door for me. He smiled, pretending to be a limo driver and I gave him a smile in return.

"Thanks." I got out and suddenly everything got quiet. I looked out to the crowd of fans and they were no longer cheering… they were sending death glares at me. If looks could kill I would have died a hundred and fifty-six times already. I gulped. "Uh… Riku? I don't think your fans like me very much."

Riku took my hand and continued walking, as if trying to pull me away from my thoughts. "That's alright, they don't matter anyway, right?"
I nodded slowly never letting my eyes wonder away from the fans. "R-right…" But truthfully, I don't think I've ever been so scared. With exception from the Akira insistent. They all just stared at me with those eyes filled with hatred and revenge. All they need now is a few pitchforks and some torches. I scooted up closer to Riku realizing it was a grave mistake after I moved.

As soon as Riku walked past them, the fans quickly grabbed my arm and yanked me away from him. "Ri-" A freshly manicured hand cut off my scream. I looked up to see the leader of the R.O.T club. She burned holes into my eyes as she spoke, "Did I tell you to stay away from my Riku, you fag?" I gulped. "I warned you before, Riku isn't gay; he belongs to me. I'll make sure that you learn that the hard way." She brought up a hand and I closed my eyes waiting to be hit. But it never came.

I opened one eye to see Riku holding the girl's wrist. His eyes were covered over by his bangs. Even if you couldn't see his eyes, you could tell he was pissed; his aura told it all. The leader shrieked. "OMG! Riku! You'll never guess what! This little fag," She sneered at me. "Was trying to make you gay! Can you believe it? I mean really…"

Riku looked up. I bit back a gasp. His eyes were ten times worse than his fans when they saw me. The only time I ever saw Riku like that was when he turned completely vampire. Even his beloved fans seemed a bit freaked out as the inched away from me. Riku looked directly at the leader and snarled. "If you ever lay a hand on Sora again, I'll see personally to your death."

Riku grabbed my hand away from hers and forcefully pulled me away from them. I opened my mouth but decided to stay quiet. He's really mad right now- I could feel it. But the leader didn't. "Riku! He's trying to turn you into a gay freak! - Not that you would ever become a freak but…- Don't be like that! Because-"

"I do not," Riku interrupted coldly, stopping. "belong to you. I never have and I never will. The only one I will ever belong to is Sora and if you hurt him it any shape or form there will be hell to pay. Come on, Sora." He continued to drag me away from his fans and into the school. As soon as they were out of side Riku spoke again, "Are you alright?" He seemed to have calmed down a little.

"Yeah, they didn't do anything. I'm fine, really Riku. I think you're getting a little bit uptight."

"Uptight?" He repeated angrily, turning to me. Oh great he was still mad. "They didn't get to do anything because I prevented them from doing anything. You don't know what they were thinking; you don't know what kind of cruel, sick punishment they all had planned for you." He calmed down slightly and put both hands on my shoulders. He exhaled. "Sora, please try to understand that just because I may be able to appear whenever you need me doesn't mean that I always can. There may be times where I can't come to rescue you. And being with me is just going to raise your chances of being hurt. Not just with my insane fans but also with the werewolves in the school and other vampires."

I nodded my head. "But why other vampires? You did mention before about a code. Isn't there a code to protect me?"

"Well, kinda. At the moment you're not safe, but just wait. I need to get you one of those necklaces." He mentioned the last part mostly to himself. We started walking down the hall gaining a lot of stares- jealous, angry, sad and shocked.

Waiting at my locker was Selphie clutching onto Tidus' arm. She spotted me and squealed. "Sora! Why didn't you tell me you were with Riku? We would have left you two love birds alone."

"Selphie! Shh! The fangirls will attack again!" I whined looking around for any signs of someone hearing her.

"You already got attacked? That was fast. I told you they'll be out to get you." Tidus said with an all-knowing nod.

Selphie smiled at her boyfriend's ingenious. "So how's your project going? We're doing great; Mogeta is such a darling little boy! He's so well trained, not one accident!"

"Well that's the opposite of Lio." Riku said looking at our child in his arms. "She goes a lot and when she does it does, it smells. And she has already puked all over Sora's house."

"Oh?" Selphie smirked slyly. "And what exactly where you doing at Sora's house?"

"Taking care of Lio." He answered causally.

Selphie's smirk grew. "And is that all you were doing? Possibly… oh, having another baby?"

I think I just got redder. "Selph-ie! Do you mind! You're just as bad as my mom!"

"Well, duh!" Selphie said as if it's the most obvious thing in the world. "We're best friends! Of course I'm going to act like her!"

"Well, Sora." Riku said turning to me. "It's been fun but I got to go. I won't be in homeroom; I have a meet with Tifa. I'll see you in Home EC." He kissed my cheek, nodded to Tidus and Selphie and left without another word.

When Riku was out of earshot Selphie turned to me. "Man, I still can't believe you got Riku at your feet. I've seen people try for 4 years and no luck. Well, he has only been in this school for 4 years so I don't know much about his past but anyway, you got him in one day of going to this school! It's a miracle I tell you!"

Tidus nodded in agreement. "You're going to have every girl and almost 2 thirds of the other population of the school against you. His fan club is insane and will rip apart any part of your body and beat you with the bloody end until you learn to stay away. And they'll probably light your limbs on fire first because you're turning Riku gay."

I sighed. "Thanks for the help guys. This school sure knows how to make a kid feel welcomed."

Selphie just smiled.

0o0

In homeroom, Roxas sat next to me and laughed. "How's the parent life treating you?"

I glared at him. "Don't think your off the hook yet, Tomochi. On Friday you're going to get a partner."

Roxas smirked. "Oh? I don't think we have anyone else in the class for me to be with."

"Not true, Roxas." Kairi turned around, joining in. "We're getting a new student."

"So what? They might not be in that class." Roxas pointed out.

"But he is." Kairi said taking out a piece of paper. "I have his schedule, and I'm supposed to pick the escort and I'm assigning you. And it says right here…" She handed him the paper. "That he's in your Health class and in most of your classes, for that matter."

Roxas shoved the paper back to Kairi and slumped down in his seat with a pout rested on his face. "I don't wanna work with some guy."

"Oh but I heard he's hot." Kairi smiled dreamily. "And that he's related to Riku. That means he must be drop dead sexy!" She added with a squeal.

I rolled my eyes with a sigh. Why are girls so predicable? Wait, if he's related to Riku… does that mean he's a vampire too? "What's the relation?" I asked.

Kairi tapped her finger to her chin. "I think it was cousin or maybe it was another step-brother."

"But anyway, I don't care if he's hot, I'm not gay!" Roxas said with a nod.

"I'd beg to differ…" Kairi gave him a sly look.
Roxas shot one right back. "Start begging."

"Two years ago, at Namine's birthday party we played truth or dare and you were dared to makeout with Tidus -of course that was before he got together with Selphie or otherwise you would be long gone without any remains of touching her precious Tidy-Widy -and you did. You made a bunch of sounds of pleasure then later we asked you if you liked it on a truth question and you said yes."

Roxas was shocked beyond belief. "What? When did I do that? I don't remember!"

"Bad memory, duh."

Roxas rubbed the back of his head. "Oh, yeah…. I did?"

Kairi rolled her eyes, annoyed. "Yes, and I have a picture to prove it."
"What? I demand to see that picture! Where's Tidus?" Roxas looked around for the familiar sign of the blond.

"Right behind you." Tidus said walking in the class with Selphie hugging his back.

"I have a question." Roxas stared ignoring the look Kairi gave him to shut it. "Kairi claims that two years ago at Namine's birthday party…" Tidus gave a noticeable twitch. "we made out during a truth or dare game. And she says I enjoyed it. Is that true?"

Tidus slapped his forehead. "…Yes…" Selphie jumped off Tidus' back, growling.

"What the fuck? I thought I told everyone never to bring that up again!" She yelled, grabbing the front of Roxas' shirt. "Even if you have no memory of it you should know better than to ask MY Tidus about that! Especially in front of me! Of course at the time I thought it was hot and all, considering I'm an insane yaoi addict, but still! I'm with Tidus now and he's mine!" She looked like she about to throw a punch when she blinked. "Oops… sorry Roxas. I forgot who I was for a second. It's not your fault for forgetting." She smiled kindly and when back to clinging onto Tidus' back who was still fuming over a painful memory.
I blinked. Was this girl bipolar? I think she and my mom went to special classes on how to act bipolar to confuse boys. Man, was their money spend well.

Roxas was just as shocked as I was. He didn't move nor speak. Kairi sighed. "I tried to tell you that it was a bad idea. Once they got together she did threaten to kill anyone who spoke of that incident again."
Roxas must have been thinking too hard because he looked like he went through another memory loss. "What… is her problem?" I shook my head. Selphie and mom are bipolar and Roxas is ADD. I have a feeling my friends have more problems than that. "Who does she think she is telling me to stay of HER Tidus!" He glared at Selphie who looked like she was deaf to the world, playing with Tidus' hair. "It was two years ago and I don't even have any memory what happened!" He sat quietly in his seat and pouted. Then barely a second later and…

"WHAT DID YOU SAY, PUNK?"

"Um… I was just kidding Selphie!"

"THAT'S IT! YOU'RE GOING DOWN TOMOCHI!"

0o0 (AN- By the way, this is not (and never will be) a TidusX Roxas fanfic. Just letting you know)

"Okay class. Since yesterday we didn't have Home EC, some of you didn't get the pleasure of meeting Sora. He's from Destiny Islands and he's cute." The teacher said smiling. I blushed and fumed in my head. I'm not cute, damnit!

"Now, where to put you." The teacher clapped her hands together and looked around. She stopped talking for a while and just stood there. I looked up and was once again surprised to see her eyes glazed over. I nearly dropped my mouth. Again?

"Sora…" She spoke slowly. "Sit next to Riku please."

I glanced over toward Riku's table. There were about seven tables around the room with four seats at each table. His table was currently full. I looked at Riku but his eyes were in the teacher's. I suddenly had a prediction. "But Riku's table is full."

I quickly looked at Riku to see his eyebrow's knitted together. The teacher didn't talk until Riku smiled slightly. "Miss. Tama…" I just noticed that crazy leader was in my class. She sat across from Riku and sighed dreamily at him. She snapped from her daydream when she heard her name.

"Yes, Mrs. Chinri?" The leader said with a hint of annoyance in her voice. I snickered in my mind. CHA! That's what you get, loser! That's my husband you're dreaming about!

Riku smirked and it grew when he saw my pout. Stupid smexy mind reading vampire…

"Miss. Tama, will you please go sit next to Mr. Motto?"
The leader's twitched and literally freaked. "Excuse me? I have to sit next to him? Of all people?"

Miss. Chinri didn't flinch at the sound of her tone, unlike the rest of the class, and still spoke in a monotone voice. "Yes, Miss. Tama I want you to sit next to Jochi."

The leader's vein popped and she fumed across the room and sat next to this really geeky looking kid with a brown bowl hair cut and big bulky Harry Potter like glasses. He also at buck teeth, freckles and bad acne. He looked like one of those Star Warz dorks or one of those science fiction freaks that think girls are aliens from the planet, Ukamotania. I almost felt bad for her…

Well, done with that. That bitch deserves it.

"Sora." Miss. Chinri said with her eyes still in a glaze. "Go sit across from Mr. Masaki."

I smiled and happily sat across from my husband. Riku turned his eyes away from the teacher and smiled at me. As soon as she was no longer looking in Riku's eyes, Miss. Chinri blinked and looked around the room. "Where's Sora? Oh, I see your sitting with Riku's table but where's… There you are Kagura. I'm glad to see your sitting with Jochi and giving up your seat to Sora. That was kind of you." She smiled and turned to the board.

I grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled a note down.

You shouldn't be using your powers to do evil, Riku.

I threw it over to him and heard him chuckle.

I was doing you a favor. Do you not want to sit next to me? I also thought you would want to sit with Selphie and Tidus.

I looked over to the seat next to me to find Selphie trying to balance a pencil on her nose. She looked as if the class meant nothing to her. Then I look at Tidus, who was fast asleep and drool hanging out of his mouth and all over the table, and realized that he must hate it more than any of us. Am I the only one who thought Home EC was important? I mean, if I'm going to become Riku's wife, I should know how to cook and stuff. Even though, Riku, being perfect at everything, should take care of it… I have to do something too besides take care of Lio.

I do want to sit next to them and you but still its not nice. You made poor Roxas think he was going delusional. And you were probably using me to get rid of that scary girl.

I tried to pay attention to the teacher when Riku flicked the note on my forehead. I pouted and glared at him. He shrugged and mouthed 'sorry'.

First, Roxas is always delusional. I know him better than I lead on. Second, I never wanted her to sit here and since I'm your husband, why not equivalent trade, right? Third, yes, I am perfect. But I would enjoy coming home from drinking blood to a nice home cooked meal.
I stared shocked at the note. Oh that evil, no good, smexy, mind reader!
Can you stop with the mind reading! It's not fair because I can't read your mind. And anyway, why was that bitch sitting with you anyway? She doesn't deserve you.

I heard Riku laugh quietly when he read my note. I honestly don't see what's so funny. I was being serious.

Selphie threatened to blackmail Mrs. Chinri if she didn't let them pick partners to sit next to. She got her way and sat with Tidus and when I was going to sit with Yuffie then… what was her name again? Kagiie? But anyway, she grabbed my arm and demanded that I sat with her. So I was forced to sit with obsessed freak, hyper insane girl, and the sleeping moron. Joy. By the way, you might not be able to read my mind but I can send you my thoughts.

"What?" I jumped up, letting my chair crash to the floor as I grabbed the front of Riku's shirt. I ignored Kagura's protests to 'let go of her Riku' and the teacher's screams of 'Sora! This is a classroom, not a wrestling match!' and I continued to yell. "Why didn't you tell me before?" I glared my eyes into his calm aquamarine ones and suddenly I wasn't mad at him anymore. "You… big… evil… stupid…smexy person." I sunk farther down with each word and collapsed onto the table; completely embarrassed and scared to know what Riku was thinking. He probably hated me know.

"Mr. Harada." I shot up. The teacher looked mad. "What was that outburst about? What a terrible way to start this year off. Go stand in the hall." She said picking up two pails of water from under her desk. (1)
I slowly stood up when Riku glared over to the teacher. Oh god, not again. Mrs. Chinri was already hooked into his eyes. "Sora," She said calmly. The rest of the class blinked. "I know why you had such a terrible outburst. It's not your fault. On the other hand, Miss. Tama, would you come here please?"

Kagura was shocked to hear her name. She walked over to the teacher cautiously. "Y-yes?"

"You scared Sora and caused him to break down. Go out in the hall." Mrs. Chinri said calmly as she passed to buckets to Kagura.

"But I did nothing! How did I scare him? I did nothing to that bastard! He's the one who's trying to steal away my precious Riku!"

Before I realized Mrs. Chinri was smirking, it disappeared into a disappointed frown. "Harassing a student is a terrible thing to do, by far than scaring them with your insaneness. Go out now." Kagura grumbled taking the buckets, shooting a glare at me before she left. "Oh, and by the way, Riku doesn't belong to you, you should know that by now." Mrs. Chinri added half cheerfully for a mind controled puppet.

Kagura growled and left the room. I sighed in relief and sat back down, not knowing I was still standing up. Riku let Mrs. Chinri back into her own state of mind.

"You know Sora…"

I heard a voice. I screamed. Literally, out loud. Mrs. Chinri twitched. "I've had enough. Sora, what's wrong now?"
I was shaking. "I-I-I think I'm hearing v-v-voices…" I screamed again, still shaking. "I'm going insane! Maybe… I'm delusional. I think I've finally lost it. Who else hears voices in their heads? No one else can hear them but me! Am I going to die? Maybe… it's the Grim Reaper or maybe it's… OMG! It's my dad! I've been with him for so long and now I'm hearing his voice in my head! He's telling me about taking over the family business, and NO! He's bring up the topic about my brother again! HELP ME TOM CRUISE!" I think I'm about to break down.

"You think you're going insane?" The whole class looks at Mrs. Chinri who looks like her house just burned to the ground after the worst day in her life. "What about me? First you're right next to me, and then you're sitting with Riku. Then Kagura, the most obsessed girl I have ever seen switches her seat of a perfect view of her obsession to sit next to a guy she would never talk to in her life! Then you start screaming and shaking Riku and the next minute your sitting in your seat and Kagura is outside holding buckets, when you're the one who's supposed to be holding them! And now, just randomly, you decide to become the class clown and start screaming that you're going insane, but guess what? You're not the only one! TOM CRUISE HELP ME INSTEAD!" And with that final cry, Mrs. Chinri ran out the door.

Everyone looks at me. "But I really did hear voices. And they knew my name." I whispered. They heard me, shrugged and started chatting.

Tidus, who somehow slept threw the entire thing, just woke up when everyone started talking. "… Is the period over already…?"

Selphie whacked him with her Donald Duck pen. "You miss all the exciting things."

Tidus pouted. "Again? Damn, I can't believe I this and when Yuffie blew up the oven last week."

Selphie smiled distantly. "Yeah… Yuffie and I had a great time… er- I mean, that was hilarious!"

I looked at Riku, thinking he was pissed but instead he was smiling and shaking his head, good naturally. "That was me, you idiot."

I blinked. "But…" Then it hit me. I narrowed my eyes. "You're completely evil, you know that? You could have at least given me a warning or something! I made a complete fool out of myself! And now the teacher hates me!"

Riku shrugged. "Hey, free period." I hated him. Doesn't he care about me at all? Riku looked at me with sudden seriousness. "Of course I care about you and I'm basically telling you not to worry about it." He smirked. "I also hear voices in my head."

"Oh!" It just dawned upon me that there were two other vampires who hear voices all the time where in the classroom. "Sorry, I was kinda caught up in the moment, you know?"

Riku nodded. "Sure."

0o0

"Mom! I'm home!" I called skipping through the door. She looked up from her book on, 'How to ruin your teenagers life, the easy way. Part one'.

"Where's Riku? Isn't he supposed to be with you today?" She asked hopefully.

I shook my head. "Not today. Probably later on this week though."

Mom pouted. "And I wanted to see Cloud and Leon smut too."
"But anywho! I'm off taking care of Lio today! It's Riku's turn so I get the night off! Finally!" I gave her a look.

Mom blinked but then smirked when she caught my drift. "So that means…"

I nodded. "Oh yeah…"

(A.N. Sora's cheating on Riku with his own mom! … Just kidding!)

We gave each other a hive five. "Sugar high!"

Mom pumped her fist. "I'll get the ice cream."

I did the same. "I'll get the root beer!"
"I'll call for pizza delivery!"

"I'll call Willy Wonka!"

We jumped to our jobs. I pulled out 30 cans root beer and surprisingly I wasn't surprised to see that we weren't running out of it. And my mom brought out chocolate, vanilla, peanut butter and strawberry ice cream, sprinkles, whipped cream, cherries, chocolate sauce and granola. I took out my cell and called the candy shop down the street (which, oddly enough, was called Willy Wonka) and order 3 boxes of all the candy he owns. While my mom grabbed her cell phone and called the pizza delivery man and ordered 5 X-larges. She then called someone else.

"Who are you calling mom?" I asked.

"Selphie." She answered with a small smile. "Be a dear and call Kairi and Namine for me, will you Sora?" I shrugged and called my two other friends.

In 5 minutes everyone came with lots of food, games and were kid-less.

0o0

The next morning I woke up heavy headed. My whole body ached and I felt as if I put on another ten pounds. I groggily opened my eyes. The room was spinning. Is there an earthquake going on? I looked to the side. I nearly screamed when I saw Namine lying on the floor. I picked myself and wobbled over to her side. I fell next to her

Namine's eyes were shut and I didn't see her chest moving. "Namine?" I whispered but it hurt my ears. She didn't respond. I poked her arm. "Waky, waky!" I whispered softer.

She didn't move and something in me flipped. "Namine! Don't die on me now!" I screamed trying to push her. My head suddenly exploded (not literally but it seriously hurt) and I groaned, falling on top of Namine's lifeless body. I clutched my head.

I felt my body being pushed. I didn't respond, I just laid on the floor where I was pushed, holding my head. "Sora, get off me." I heard a loud grumble.

I groaned, trying to raise my head high enough to see the person. "Namine…? You're alive?"

Namine giggled. "Well, duh. I was sleeping."

"Oh." I said burying my head into the carpet trying to drown out her voice a bit. It didn't work.

"Sora, what are you doing?" She asked, highly amused.

I pouted to myself. "Hiding from the loudness that is your voice."

She made a 'tsk' sound. "You poor thing must have a sugar hangover." I heard her get up and head to the kitchen.

With her gone, I had no other reason to hide my face. I laid my head on its side and tried to get some sleep. I heard a rustle next to me. I opened one eye and this time, I did scream.

As soon as my voice left my mouth, I groaned and grabbed my head again. I curled up in a ball trying to get rid of my headache and the vision I just saw.

Another amused, but tired, voice rang out, too loud for my tastes. "What are you screaming about, Sora?"

"Kairi," I begged softly. "Please, put some clothes on. For the sake of all that is good and decent, please."

I heard her huff. "I'm just not wearing my shirt or pants. I have underwear and a tank top on, you know."

"So? It's still not a pretty sight."

"If you were straight, it would be." She stated, getting up. I heard her laugh. "Guess I fell asleep after strip poker, huh?"

"Strip poker?" I repeated, looking up. Kairi pulled back on her shirt and reached for her shorts.

"Don't you remember? We played last night; I lost my shirt and pants. Selphie lost her sweatshirt and her socks. Namine lost her shoe. Soya lost nothing and you lost your shirt, pants, socks, shoes, and you almost lost your boxers."

"What?" I looked down at myself and I was clad only in my black and blue boxers. I quickly grabbed the blanket from the couch. "Kairi! Why didn't you tell me I was half naked?"

Kairi smiled sweetly but I could tell the devious look in her eyes. Namine came back into the living room with two aspirins and a glass of water. "Here Sora." She said handing me the water. "It'll help against your hangover."

"Aww" Kairi cooed pinching my cheek after I swallowed the pills. "Does wittle Sora have a big bad hangover? Couldn't handle all the sugar, huh?"

I ignored that comment, looking around. "Where's Selphie and my mom?"

"Taking care of your child." Namine said stretching out 'your'.

"Riku has Lio. She isn't here." I pointed out.

Namine shook her head. "Nope. Lio was on the couch when they woke up this morning. She was sleeping and wrapped up in a blanket. But here." She said pulling out a card. "Riku left you this. Your mom and Selphie were generous enough to let you read it first."

I went into the kitchen, away from everyone else and took out the note. It read in old English writing:

'Sora,
Sorry to drop off Lio so early in the morning but, I couldn't hold on to her. You won't understand until later, but I have something important to do and I can't have you worried about me and where Lio is.
All her stuff is in your room and I'll be over when I'm done. I won't be gone long, just about a day. I won't be in school so stay alert. Be close to your friends at all times, preferably Selphie because she scares everyone. I'll feel responsible if one of my fans attack you while I'm out.
Love,
Riku.'

I nearly squealed when I saw that he wrote love but with Namine and Kairi watching me closely, I decided against it.

But where would Riku go? It isn't like him to leave me. It must have to do something with the vampires. And he didn't write anything about it in case my mom read it. But if he were only going to be gone for a day, I wouldn't be that worried about him, right? Don't vampires get sick too? And if Lio was with him, I know she would be safe, so why give her back? Maybe it's something bad.

I growled to myself. He better come back soon. He's already making me worry with this letter. "Hm?" Something caught my eye at the bottom.

'PS… You really suck at strip poker you know that? Not that I have a problem with it.'

I growled under my breath. "You're going down Masaki."
Namine and Kairi were immediately next to me. "What did he say? What did he say?"

"He must have sad something nasty." Kairi giggled to Namine.

"He must have. Look, Sora's blushing! What did he say?"

Kairi got down on one knee and took Namine's hand. "Oh, Sora!" She tried to imitate Riku's voice, failing miserably. "How I miss you. I linger to touch you again. I can't be with you, but how, I need to be! Wait for me, my darling."

"Oh, Riku!" Namine swooned, pretending to be me, and unfortunately, succeeding. "I need you too. My love for you burns with the fire of a thousand suns. Kiss me, my darling, kiss me."

They both fell to the floor, laughing. I kicked Kairi. "It's not funny."

"Yes, it is." She laughed, unfazed by my kick. Fuming, I left them rolling on the floor.

Upstairs Mom and Selphie were cuddling Lio, who was enjoying it. She giggled every time they tickled her stomach.

"What are you doing with Lio?" I asked walking in. Mom looked up, grinning.

"Sora! Lio is such a darling! We feed her and burped her and not one poopie."

Selphie grinned, cradling Lio in her arms, which responded in a giggle. "Mogeta isn't as playful as Lio is. Can I be her godmother?"

"I'll ask Riku." I walked over to Selphie and she gave Lio to me. "Lio!" I cooed lifting her up. "Were you good for Mumise and Auntie Selphie?"

"Wha!" Lio giggled. "Dai-a" I gasped.

"She said dada!" I cheered. I brought her close to my chest. "I wish Riku was here to see this."

Selphie blinked. "She said dada? How could you tell?"

"I'm her father, of course I could tell. It's one of those special bonds you need to have." I said. "Duh."

Mom got up, brushing off nonexistent dust. "And now after that important moment, what to you guys want for lunch?"

I blinked. "…Lunch? But it's five in the morning."

"It's noon, dear." Mom said grabbing my clock from the nightstand, showing it to me.

I gaped. "I missed school?"

"Yup." Mom said heading for the door with Selphie bouncing at her heel. "We were up until four in the morning."

"Four?" I repeated.

"Sugar can do that to ya!" Selphie sang, sliding down the banister.

I sighed. Well, it looks like I don't need to hide from Riku's fanclub. That's for sure. Suddenly, a song came rang out. I looked around. My stereo wasn't on and I don't even have a CD with this kind of music. It was old, kind of like renaissance. I grinned; I love that time period.
I headed toward the stairs. "Who's playing the music?"

Kairi came in front of the stairs. "What are you talking about? There is no music playing." What? But I'm positive it's playing. "Maybe, Sora," She continued. "Your hangover has gotten worse. You're imagining music. Or maybe it's just, oh I don't know, stuck in your head!" She yelled.

I pouted and went back into my room. Stupid girl. Its playing, I know it. But it is a good song. People were singing and guitars were playing. It was actually pretty good. I scooped Lio into my arms and started dancing with her. She started to giggle. I laughed along with her.

That is, until she puked all over me. Damn, it felt weird against my skin. I should have put on a shirt… and some pants. I groaned. "Lio…"
She giggled in response. I sighed. "Why can't I stay mad at you?" I asked her.

"Da…da!" She screeched. I resisted the any thoughts to hug her. I didn't want any barf on her clean fur. The music stopped.

After handing Lio over to Kairi, who was more than happy to take her 'precious little niece', I took a long, hot shower.

When I went down stairs, everyone was stuffing their faces with pizza and more root beer. I joined them and sat next to Namine, grabbing a slice.

"What do you think we're missing in school?" Kairi asked randomly.

"Probably a lot." Selphie sighed. "They're probably throwing a party, drinking champagne, making cotton candy, dancing to music, watching a magic show and dunking the teachers!" She whined as she went through her daydream. "Why is it only when we're gone that they have fun?"

"Yeah." Kairi said with a sly grin, looking at me. "The fan girls are probably all over Riku." Everyone laughed, looking at me. They were surprised to see a smirk rested on my face.

"That would be the case if Riku went to school today." They looked at each other then cracked up. My smirk dropped. "What's so funny?"

"Think about it, Sora." Namine said between giggles. She was probably the one with the most control over her laugh. "You're not in school and Riku's not in school. The fangirls and boys will think that you've been doing something."

"Something?" I blinked. "Doing what?"

They laughed harder and Selphie was now crying. Even Namine couldn't talk. My mom finally got herself under control. "Gawd, Sora your dense. Think about it really closely. You and Riku aren't in school. And he's at your feet like a slave, so the fans will think you two were spending the night together and ruining Riku's innocence, where their dream is to have him take theirs!" She fell to the floor laughing.

I gaped. "What the… Oh, my god you people are sick." But I started laughing too. Lio started giggling just because everyone else was laughing. But the whole time, I had a very strong feeling that I was being watched.

0o0 Regular P.O.V.

"Your boyfriend is well… interesting." Sephiroth commended as they watched Sora drown himself with root beer, the night before.

Riku shot a glance at him. "And what's that supposed to mean?" He didn't spat it at his master, he was simply curious.

"Well, he's definitely not what I thought he would be like." Sephiroth said, studying the boy. "I thought he would be more like… a prince- calm, loyal, smart. But he's hyper, annoying, loud. And he is cute."

Riku released a loud un-human like growl. His lips curled back, revealing his sharp fangs. Even though many would have been terrified, Sephiroth looked at him with calm and amused eyes. "Don't growl at me. I only need him for one thing, and one thing only." He looked back to Sora. "Yet, he is different. Unpredictable."

Riku looked to him, much calmer now. "We're going tomorrow, right?"

Sephiroth nodded, his eyes never leaving as Soya won another round of strip poker. "Yes, but you have to leave your child at home."

"But I can't leave Lio here alone. She's a baby." Riku pointed out as he watched Sora pull off his shirt.

"Deprogram her."

"Never. Even if I allowed it, Sora will never forgive me."

Sephiroth pressed his lips together. "Send her to him."

"Alright." Riku watched the rest of the strip poker, and left when Sora collapsed to the floor, at 4 in the morning. He took Lio into his arms when he got to his room. "Alright, Lio." He said in an unusual high voice. "You're going to be with Dada for awhile." Lio yawned sleepily and fell asleep in Riku's arms. Riku chuckled and quickly wrote a note. He summoned a big portal and stepped through.

In two seconds, he arrived at Sora's house. The lights were on; everyone was on the floor or on the couch. Riku put Lio on the empty love seat and wrapped her in a blanket. He kissed her forehead and put a note next to her.

Riku turned around. Sora was in the same position he was in when he collapsed. He smiled to himself. "You're so cute, Sora." Kairi mumbled in her sleep and turned over. Riku released a breath he didn't know he was holding.

He bent down and stroked Sora's face. The brunette whispered his name and Riku felt another smile tug on his lips. He kissed his forehead and left without a sound.

0o0 Later on that same day. Still Regular P.O.V.

"Ready to go?" Sephiroth called up the stairs.

Riku was down the long flight of stairs in a second, where as a normal person would have taken about 5 minutes. He nodded. "Ready."

Sephiroth lead Riku down the hall and pressed a secret button, hidden in a painting of a fruit. A wall opened, inside was like a black, raging whirlpool. Sephiroth looked down. "Got everything? Did you start the music?" Riku nodded and bravely stepped into the portal. His master chuckled and shook his head good naturally before following.
Leon turned the corner of the hall and closed the wall after they left.

Cloud came bouncing after him. "Did they down already?"

"Yeah. Master told me to close the door after them."

"I haven't been down there in a long time." Cloud said with a distant smile.

"That was back when you where human. Not many humans go down there you know. I think you were one of the first three. You went to get me the necklace." Leon said touching the lion shaped necklace around his neck.

Cloud kissed his cheek. "Of course! You were talking about her too much. You need to know that you're mine and mine only."

"Yeah, but you went through a lot of pain for this necklace."

"It was completely worth it." Cloud said, wrapping his arms around his boyfriend. "Riku's going to get one too, you know, for Sora."

Leon nodded and looked at the wall. "I know. He sure doesn't know about the torture behind the necklace, hm? I hope it take too long. Sora will defiantly ask us where Riku is."

0o0 Sora's P.O.V.

The next morning I seriously doubted going to school. Riku wasn't there to pick me up and my 24 minutes being up were terrible.

I woke to a loud scream. I jumped up. "It was an accident!" I looked over to Lio, she was crying. "Lio… baby, come here…" I said calmly picking her up. She started to whimper. "What's wrong, Lio?" I took a step forward. I suddenly knew what the problem. My face scrunched up, disgusted. "Lio…" I said, ticked. She didn't care. She looked up at me with those big, teddy bear like eyes and whined softly. "I guess you didn't like your food, huh? Considering, it's under my foot."

I could have sworn she smiled. I took her into the bathroom and cleaned off her mouth and stomach (which at puke on). I grinned and changed her diaper (it came out both ends. Ew). She gooed as I put her into the swing Kairi and I made for her. Lio bounced happily in her swing while I cleaned up her mess.

It was easier to clean up than last time, but it was still gross. I wonder if Riku's around here. I looked at the time and my mouth fell to the floor. "Lio." I called over my shoulder. She made a 'gah' sound in response. "You do realize its 3:47, right?" She giggled.

I sighed. She's an evil genius- for waking me up early and that fact that this stain on my carpet probably won't come out. "Riku, could you help me?" I called out. I waited for him to appear behind me or to jump out and surprise me. But it didn't come. "Riku?" I asked the air again, sitting up. I scratched the back of my head. "Where is he? He's usually here by now." I looked over to Lio, who fell asleep in her rocking chair. I smiled at her and picked her up gently.

I turned around and the puke stain was gone. Along with the bag, I put the stuff I could get off the floor. I touched the spot experimentally with my foot. It wasn't wet, it didn't feel like it was puked on, it didn't smell, in fact, in was probably the cleanest part of the carpet. I blinked as I put Lio in her bed, covering her body with the book sox. Did Riku do this?

0o0

The rest of the morning was terrible. I couldn't sleep thinking of the stain and where Riku was. Last time he came at three in the morning and where is he now? He still must be doing whatever it was he was doing yesterday.

At six, my mom came bouncing in with a video camera. "Morning Sora! Where's Riku? Did you get changed yet? Don't move, I'm going to take a picture." She put the camera into focus on me, then realized there wasn't another lump in the bed. "Where's Riku?"

I pulled the covers off of me, stretching. "Not here. He isn't back from doing whatever."

"Awww… That sucks major ass." Mom sulked out the door.

I jumped out of bed and slipped. Falling into a fresh pile of puke. Lio screeched. I sighed. This was not going to be a good day…

0o0

"I praise the Lord that He created lunch!" I declared throwing my tray down and flopping in the plastic chair.

"Geez, Sora." Roxas commented as he sat next to me. "Looks like the parent life is dragging you down."

"Of course!" I said putting Lio on my lap and placed one of her cookies in her mouth. "Lio must have puked a million times today. At three in the morning, at six when I slipped in it, during Home EC all over the chicken soup I was making, in Language Arts on my essay that I worked so carefully on, and in Science all over the teacher! You were there!"

"I still can't believe Mr. Cho has a toupee." Roxas said shaking his head in disgrace.

"Okay, that wasn't exactly a million - five actually- but still! It felt like the millionth time when Mr. Cho gave me his toupee to wash off. And I still think Mrs. Chinri was being a little harsh when she told me to eat the soup Lio ruined. I swear that lady is out to get me." Lio stopped making eating noises and I pulled the cookie away.

"Sora!" Selphie called sitting down. "Can I feed Lio?"

"You're supposed to help me with Mogeta!" Tidus complained with Mogeta in his arm and trying to balance his tray. Selphie grabbed his food before it fell.

"Well, I am her godmother, you know? Right Sora? Right." She said, answering her own question. She grabbed Lio from me and hugged her. "She is simply adorable." She took the bottle and held it to her mouth.

Mogeta started to whine. "I think Mogeta wants to play with Lio." Roxas said. Tidus and Selphie simultaneously blinked and put them on the table. They both giggled and started to talk in some baby language.

"Any problems with the fan club yet, Sora?" Kairi asked, sitting on the other side of me.

"Not yet, me and Tidus created a system that includes walkie talkies, code names, a high tech computer, and hiding in the janitor's closet." I looked to Tidus. "Are there any in this room?"

Tidus already had his laptop on the table. "At the moment, they're all in a lunch meeting in the auditorium. Safe for now but knowing them they're probably plotting your very death at this very moment."

"Hey, do you guys hear something?" I asked suddenly. The music was back- a real nice song with a guitar and violin. Everyone shook his or her head.

"The music's back?" Kairi asked. "Are you sure its not just stuck in your head. You know, that happens a lot."

"No." I said quietly. "I'm positive it's playing live. Its not stuck in my head."

My friends started to ignore me and brought up another topic. Lio whimpered and I picked her up. I nestled her to my chest. "You hear it, right Lio?" She gahed in response.

I figured that was a yes.

0o0 Normal P.O.V.

Riku looked at the list in his hand. "I need, some of his hair, a drop from his tears, three drops of his blood… Blood?" He looked up at Sephiroth. "How am I supposed to get that? I can't let him see me and the only chance is at night… when I'm half vampire."

"It makes it easier to break the skin." Sephiroth said with a smile. Riku shot a glare. "I know… Just trying to be helpful. Why don't you possess his mom and slice his finger? That way, you don't go full."

"Alright. Then I need, all of the stuff I just said, only mine plus one of my bones?"

"It grows back faster than a humans' does." Sephiroth said. "But it still hurts."

"These people are demanding. And the last thing is… a sacrifice? What kind of sacrifice do they need?"

"Human."

Riku's jaw dropped. "How am I supposed to do that?"

"Inject your poison, then drag the body here before the poisoncompletely takes over. But try not to drink any blood. If you do, you'll have to get another." Sephiroth warned. He sat down on the couch in the hotel room they were staying. "It's night time right now. Go and get the things you need." Riku nodded and summoned a portal.

He appeared in Sora's bedroom. Sora lay fast asleep, snoring softly. Riku snuck up and pulled off two hairs. Sora turned over but didn't wake up. Riku mindlessly stroke his face until he remembered his mission. "A teardrop and some blood."

Riku quickly ran into Soya's room. He pressed his hand to her forehead and her eyes opened. Riku smirked. She was his to control.

Soya got out of bed and went into the bathroom, pulling out a razor. Riku was careful not to hurt Sora while Soya took his finger and sliced it. A few drops of blood fell into a small paper cup, Soya was holding. Riku held his hand over his nose and mouth, not wanting the smell of blood to reach him. The razor had an effect must have had an effect on Sora because a teardrop fell. Soya caught in it another cup.
She took a Band-Aid and placed it over his cut. She went back into her room and handed Riku the two cups. She went back in her bed and was soon out of his spell.

Riku went back into Sora's room, which was know safe to remove his hand. He kissed Sora's cheek, tasting the salty liquid.

"Mhm… Riku…" Sora mumbled. Riku was thankful he was still asleep. He brought his lips to Sora's on last time before leaving.

When Riku got back to the hotel room, Sephiroth was already preparing the ceremony. He didn't have to look up to know Riku was there. "Go and kill the victim. It should be easy but stay focus. You just ate so you should be fine."

"I know, I know." Riku said annoyed. "You don't have to pretend to be my mother."

"If not me, who will?"

Riku ignored that comment and left to the streets of Traverse Town.

0o0 Still Regular P.O.V.

Riku came back a little while later, with a petrified body of 35-year-old man. Sephiroth cut the man's neck and threw his body into a large cauldron. "I feel like a witch." Riku complained sitting on the couch.

"That's because a witch made this ceremony up. Now cut your finger and sign your name on the cauldron." Riku did so and Sephiroth followed, signing his approval. The young vampire added his share of things- his blood, teardrop, and a few hairs. "This is the painful part." Sephiroth said.

"If Cloud could do this human, then I can do it vampire." Riku said, closing his eyes. Sephiroth's hand glowed bright blue and he grabbed Riku's arm. He hissed but didn't complain too much. This was for Sora's own good. The bone in his arm came out of his skin and Sephiroth grasped it. Riku collapsed and clutched his arm. "Fuck, that hurts."
Sephiroth dropped the bone in the cauldron. Riku stood next to him and repeated the two words Sephiroth told him to say:

"Kingdom Hearts."

A green light shot out of the cauldron and a silver chain necklace with a crown floated up the light. Riku grabbed it with his good arm.

"A crown, huh?" Sephiroth asked eyeing the pedant. "That's so like you do get that for him."

Riku chuckled as he put the necklace in his pocket. "Too obvious, am I?"

"Pretty much. You'll be home by tomorrow night. You need to rest that arm. Go across the hall and ask Aeris to help you with that arm. She's the best nurse around."

Riku nodded and left. Sephiroth sighed to himself. "I just hope Sora doesn't get hurt."

0o0 Sora's P.O.V.

The music continued until Thursday night. No one could hear them but me and possibly Lio. It was like a soundtrack, playing over and over and over. It kept me up at night and when the last song finally stopped, it started back up again, at the beginning. I was about to go insane.

"Sora…" Mom started. "Drowning yourself in Chex Mix isn't going to fix your insanity."

"So?" I asked shoving more in my mouth. "It tastes good and it helps."

"Is that your substitute for Riku?" Mom smirked. "You miss the sweet taste of his cu---"

"Mom!" I screamed throwing a hand full of Chex Mix at her. "Do you mind? I'm eating here!"

She giggled then stopped. "I think Lio's crying." She said with no effort to help at all.

I put the bag on the table and ran up to my room. "Lio!" She was currently crying and squirming in her bed. I picked her up. "What's wrong Lio? Did you have a bad dream?"

"Ye." She whined.

"Do you want Dada to scare them off for you?"

"Ge!"

"Alright, Lio, get ready!" I said pulling out my imaginary sword. "Let's fight them together." Lio cheered as I pretended to fight them bad dreams away. "I think they're gone now." I laid her back down. "It's beddie by-time."

"Si..neg." Lio whined.

"Sing? You want me to sing?" I asked. Lio made a 'yes' sound. I sighed. Why not? No one's here to judge me.

I tried to think of a good song Lio might like. The only one I could think of was the last renaissance song that was playing. I guess Lio would like it.

"There's a pombush in the garden where the lads and lassies meet, for it wouldna' do to do the do they're doin' it the street. The first time that I went there I was very much impressed, to see the young folks rumplin' it the cuckoo's nest.

"It's hi! The cuckoo, ho! The cuckoo, Hi! The cuckoo's nest, Hi! The cuckoo ho! The cuckoo Hi! The cuckoo's nest, I'll give any man a shilling and a bottle of the best, who'll rumple up the feathers of the cuckoo's nest.

"I met him in the mornin' and I had him in the night, he'd never gone that way before, and had to do it right. He never would have found it and he never would have guessed, If I hadn't showed him where to find the cuckoo's nest. I showed him where to find it, and I showed him where to go, through the prickles and the brambles where the little cuckoo's grow, From the moment that he found it I would never let him rest, till he'd rumpled up the feathers of the cuckoo's nest.

"It's hi! The cuckoo ho! The cuckoo Hi! The cuckoo's nest, Hi! the cuckoo' ho! the cuckoo Hi! The cuckoo's nest, I'll give any man a shilling and a bottle of the best Who'll rumple up the feathers of the cuckoo's nest.

"It was thorny, it was prickled, it was defeathered all around. It was tucked into a corner where it wasn't easy found, I said, "Young man, you're blundering." He said it wasn't true 'cause he left me with the makings of a young cuckoo."

Lio slowly drifted to sleep. I watched over her a second before I stood up and turned around. "You're not that bad as a singer."

I screamed. A hand quickly covered up my mouth. I started kicking and tried to pull the hand away but it was all in vain as the person grabbed me and pulled me up close to their body. A pair of soft lips landed on my own. "Jeez Sora, don't have a heart attack." He said pulling away.

"Riku?"

"No, the boogie man."

I sighed, leaning against Riku's chest. "You really know how to scare someone."

"Well, I am a vampire."

"Not that. You shouldn't sneak up on people when they think they're safe in the comfort of their own home. Especially doing something as embarrassing as singing."

"But you're good." Riku commented. I smiled to myself but pouted to him.

"No. I suck. Just like everything else I do, unlike you, Mr. Perfect."

I felt Riku's chest rumble, a sign he's laughing at me. "I'm not perfect."

"Closer than any human being." I pulled back and took his hand, leading him to my bed. "Where were you?"

"In candy land." He said sarcastically. I pouted. "Okay, I was in hell. Seriously. The place is as close to hell as you can get. It's a place where important vampires go. Like my master, Sephiroth. He's in charge of the whole damn place."

"What were you doing?"

"Filling out papers, signing a form for you…"

"For me?"

"Yes, so they know not to kill you."

"They were planning to?"

"Not exactly but the ones who eat humans might if they think you look good enough."

"Do you eat humans?"

"Unfortunately, I drink a little bit from many different humans so I don't kill any."

"Oh. Did you get me anything?"

"Always thinking about yourself, huh?"

"Well, if your going to be gone for a long period of time you better get me something." I said glaring his way.

Riku smiled and pulled out a sliver necklace with a crown pendant. "Here." He put in around my neck. "It's to prove to the world that you're mine, and mine alone."

I threw my arms around him, kissing him on the cheek. "I love it, thank you Riku!"

He tightened his arms around me. "Glad to hear it."

0o0

The next morning when I woke up, Riku was still there waiting for me. He slept next to me and watched me sleep. I grinned at him. "Good morning Riku."

He kissed my forehead. "Morning Sora."

"Sora!" Mom yelled from downstairs. "Hurry up! The brownies are getting cold." I just noticed that the air smelled like brownies with the faint mix of Riku. It smelled good.

I got up and dragged Riku down the stairs. "Brownies..."

Of course, mom was pissed not telling her that Riku was here and slept in my bed when she could have gotten it on camera. "Sora! I wanted to watch it! What kind of son are you? Not letting me see you have hot steamy man sex!" She pouted.

"What kind of mother are you? You're not supposed to watch me have hot steamy man sex!" I shot right back at her. We argued while Riku calmly watched us fight while eating a brownie.

"That's it!" Mom yelled. "No brownies for you." I stopped in my tracks and whimpered.

"No brownies… B-but…" I started bawling. "I want brownies!"
Mom smirked. "Here, Riku." She said handing him a brownie. "You can have the last one."

I jumped on him. "No! My brownie!" I wrestled Riku on the floor while trying to get the brownie. My mom pulled out her video camera and taped it all.

After words, Riku ate the brownie, I was currently pouting, resting on Riku's lap and my mom looked satisfied. "Here's the real last brownie." She threw it to me.

I ate it in one bite.
0o0

"Sora my love!" Yuffie cried, jumping on me during homeroom. She and Riku were there today, and to everyone's surprise where talking to me and my friends. Even the teacher seemed taken back.

"Yuffie, get off him." Riku growled sitting in back of me.

Yuffie smirked and wrapped her arms around my neck. "Don't feel like it. Jealous, Riku?"

Riku had the look of a murder in his eyes. I decided that if I stayed out of it, I just might be here for lunch. "Get off him. He's mine."

"I want proof." Yuffie said slyly.

Riku pulled on my necklace. "Here's proof. Off."

"Oh!" Yuffie giggled looking at it. "So you did get it. I'm proud of you Riku." She looked at me. "Looks like you belong to Riku- mind, body, and soul." She jumped off. "By the way, I don't like you like that, Sora. Sorry for the disappointment." Yuffie went to talk to Selphie.

"Sorry, Sora." Riku said, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "She's trying to test out my feelings for you. And it's driving me insane."

"That's okay, Riku. She just cares for you… I guess."

The door slammed opened. "Where's Riku?" Roxas asked coming into the room. He spotted him and glared. "Your cousin, or half brother or something is annoying me."

Riku raised an eyebrow. "Oh? So you've met him, huh?"

I looked to Riku. "Who?"

Roxas sighed and sat in front of me. "His name is Ax---"

"Roxas!" A guy ran in the room with spiky flaming red hair, piercing green eyes and two triangles under his eyes. He wore black like Riku's family- a black zip up sweatshirt that looked like the one Riku has to wear in a full moon only shorter and black Trip pants. He also wore gloves. He jumped on Roxas like Yuffie did to me. "Its soooo great to see you again!"

"It's been two minutes, Axel."

"But it felt like 200 years!"

"Axel, get off me." Roxas growled pushing him off.

"Hey Axel." Riku said giving him a smug look.

"Hey Riku." Axel said shooting one back. "I hear you have a boyfriend." He said looking at me. I blinked; those eyes look so familiar.

"Yup. I hear you're looking for one." Riku said, looking at Roxas.

"How correct you are. Sora!" Axel smiled at me. "It's great to see you again! The name's Axel, got it memorized?"

"Again?"

"Riku told me so much about you." Axel grinned ignoring my question. "You really are different than before… Tell me, do you like fire?" Axel asked randomly.

"… Not really…"

Axel pouted. "Aww. But fire is the greatest thing known to man. Right Roxas?"

"Sure Axel." Roxas answered toying with his pencil. "Sure."

0o0

In health, Roxas was paired with Axel and they were handed a bear. They sat in the back, close to us. Many of the kids started to complain.

"What the fuck is up with these bears?"

"Are they a super computer or something?"

"Dude, they smell, puke, and they make loud noises, who would ever want one of these things?"

"Are they leprechauns in an bear costume?"

"How much did these things cost? 2 million?"

The teacher bit her lip. "They're a super genius computer. We got them for free because I'm a friend of the inventor and he send them to us as a test run. I have no clue what they cost."

I hugged Lio. I thought she was a good child. These people are complaining as if their child was the demon.

"I want all of you to bring your child up here when I call your name. I want to know how you're treating your child. Squall Leonhart and Cloud Strife."

Leon and Cloud walked toward the teacher. Cloud was holding their child. The teacher looked at the bear and asked questions.

"That seems easy enough." I said to Riku. "We've been good with Lio and she seems happy."

Riku nodded. "It sure seems that way but I keep thinking there's something else about this whole 'bear child' thing."

"Like what?"

"Riku Masaki and Sora Harada."

We both headed over to the desk. Miss. Fray asked us questions like her name, the gender, anything un-normal that she did from a real human baby… that kind of stuff.

Miss. Fray took Lio and examined her. Lio was giggling non-stop. "Well, boys, I for one am impressed. I didn't think you two would work together so nicely. Lio is one of, or if not the, happiest children I've seen. She defiantly is different than the rest. One child, in another class of mine, was used as a target practice."

My mouth fell open and I think Riku was surprised too. Who would do that to their child?

Miss. Fray handed us our diaper supply for the rest of the week and told us to keep up the good work.

Roxas was staring at me with puppy eyes when I reached my seat. "Sora, you need to help me." He pleaded. "You have to help me with the bear project."

"You mean with your child." I corrected him.

"Yeah, sure. Axel wants to have a girl named Charlie and I want a boy named Wiz. What do you think?"

"I dunno. Charlie for a girl sounds weird but Wiz sounds weird for a boy… Why don't you have a girl named Wiz?"

Roxas thought about it for a while then his face lit up. "That's genius Sora! Thanks!" He ran back over to Axel and they started talking.

"It seems like they're getting along well." Riku said watching them negotiate. I nodded. "That's good. Axel's been waiting."

"Waiting?" I asked. "What do you mean by that? How old is he really?"

"Not very. He's a newbie. It's been five years since he first became a vampire. But he's been catching on pretty quickly."

"Does he have any special powers?" I asked.

"Like…" Riku raised an eyebrow. "We all have the same powers."

"But what about Yuffie? Don't you have something no one else can do?"

"Master Sephiroth said I do but he won't tell me, for some reason. Leon can control time, Cloud can see into the future and Tifa can talk to animals. Axel… well he can control fire. He's completely obsessed with it and burns everything."

"I am not obsessed with fire!" Axel yelled from his seat. "Just because I like it more than most people do, does not mean I'm obsessed."

"Your hair color is the same as fire." Riku shot back.

"It's natural!" Axel looked offended. "What about your hair color? You like the moon light, so why not have it silver?"

"You know perfectly well that my color is natural. And the moonlight is safer than fire."

Axel growled under his breath.

The fire alarm went off. Lio screamed and I covered her ears. "What's with the fire alarm? Is it one of those monthly drills?"

"No." Riku said dragging my arm while glaring at Axel. "We had a few days before you came. This is no test run."

"Where is it coming from?" Riku pulled me out the health room and toward the door, while pushing past all the other students.

"I don't know but I do know who started it."

We were now safely outside. The other students were running out and screaming. They knew too that it wasn't a drill.

"Sora!" Roxas ran up to me. "Sora, I can't find Axel. I don't know where he is. You gotta help me."

Ismirked. Finally, I get to pick on someone. "Looks like you're missing your husband, ne? I thought you didn't like him."

"I don't!" Roxas shouted, blushing deeply. "It's just… uh… he's my partner and I don't want him to get injured when he's supposed to help me."

"Sure… Riku, where's Axel?"

Riku looked out toward the building. "Fixing his mistake."

"What?" Roxas grabbed Riku's shirt and brought him down to face him (Riku is taller than Roxas by a few inches). "What does that mean?"

"He's still in the building." Riku said calmly and pried Roxas' hand off him.

Roxas' jaw dropped. "But what if he gets hurt? I don't want him to die!"

"He's not going to die. Fire is his specialty."

Fire trucks pulled into the parking lot and the men pulled on the hoses. "Shit." Riku mumbled.

"What?"

Suddenly the fire trucks exploded. I covered Lio's eyes. Luckily, the firemen escaped without injuries.

I looked at Riku. 'Did you do that, Riku?'

'Yeah, Axel is still in there and if they catch him using his powers, it would end up disastrous.'

The fire kept going and it went higher. "Where is it coming from?" I asked.

"That bonehead set it in the science room."

"What's so bad about it being in the science room?"

"The flammable chemicals." He gave me a look that screamed, 'Duh!'

"He could burn himself if he isn't careful."

"Can fire kill…" I looked at Roxas who was clutching Wiz and looked fearfully at the building. "Well, your kind?"

"No. But we can get third degree burns. Just imagine, being trapped in fire, it just as painful as a human but you can't die like one? That happened to him once- last year. Axel now has third degree burns all over his hands and on some of his arms. But he doesn't care."

Roxas' face suddenly lit up. "Axel!"

Axel finally came out of the building. He was smoky, covered in dirt; his hair fell in his face, which was covered in black spots. He coughed a bit.

"You're okay!" Roxas screamed, jumping on him. He hugged his torso. "You idiot. I thought you were dead."

Axel grinned and patted Roxas' hair. "Fire can't kill me. Ne, Roxas… Are you crying?"

"No! The dirt on your shirt got in my eye and…" He pulled back and smacked him. Axel stood; blinking then reached up and rubbed the part of his cheek where Roxas hit him. "Don't you ever do that again! That was so stupid! Do you realize that? I…" Roxas just started to sob and leaned into Axel again, who rubbed his back in an attempt to comfort him.
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(1): In many different mangas, a punishment is holding buckets of water outside their classroom. So that's what I did.

The song that Sora sang is not mine. I have a Ren CD and it had that song on it so I decided to use it because I like that one. I don't know who it's by but the song is called Cuckoo Nest. It was a burnt CD, okay?

Rin: That was so long, it was almost torture for me to write it. Don't get me wrong, I love writing this story but last chapter when I was writing out the preview, I didn't care what I wrote as long as it seemed interesting.

Flashback

Me at the last chapter: "Oh! This next chapter is going to be the greatest:evil laugh: Add some of this and some of that! Heehee I can't wait for the next chapter to come out:posts chapter: The next chapter is going to rock! I want to read it! Wait... I have to write it:groans: I can't wait like some fangirl! I have to get going!

End flashback

I knew that Axel was going to be introduced on Friday but then at the time it was Monday and it was just going to be torture. 22 pages. I thought the last one was long. 15 pages without talking. Now it's 22 pages without talking. :stares: God I have a lot of time on my hands. You people better be satisfied. And review. Or I will hunt you down and stab you like the rabbit you are. (heehee just kidding.) But seriously review.

Where I got the names from (I don't own them):

Lio: Full Moon O Sagashite. In one of the manga, there's this little kitten named Lio. I'm not sure if it was a boy or a girl. Riku and Sora's child.

Mogeta: Fruits Basket. The anime show Momiji likes to watch with Kira and Hiro. Tidus and Selphie's child.

Wiz: D.N.Angel. If you've seen the show or read the manga, you know who Wiz is. The cute little bunny-like pet of the Niwa family. Dark's wings. Roxas and Axel's child.

Something...: Leon and Cloud's child. I have no clue what to name him/her so if anyone has a good suggestion that would be really kind.

Next time: Roxas proposes a beach trip. Sora gets a stalker. Riku impersonates Shakespeare. Axel's gloves slip off. Tifa finally makes an appearance. Yuffie joins the pack. Kagura releases her evil mastermind. Soya cries over spilt root beer. Selphie finds the wonders of Red Bull. And Kairi prays for her life. Look for it in… August, hopefully.

Review my darlings. For I will love you forever! And if not, not only will I stab you like the rabbit you are, but also the guilt will sink in and you'll start crying over not reviewing. Believe me, I'll make it happen.

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