Hello everyone. I'm running out of things to say at the start of my AN's! ;.; Death to the transgressors!

Sorry for the late update, I've had a half of a writers block recently. n.n; But YAY! An actual long(ish) chapter! I'll try to keep my chapters this length, but I'm not promising anything.

jcola0823 – xDD I'm glad you liked that. Yes, toe socks are awesome. YAY! But my story ain't the best!

Aly-Melon – Yes, I know you love Jesse. xD Yes, even I admit Axel is cooler than Jesse.

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Ondalayyy!

Sleep: to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake; a natural periodic state of rest for the mind and body, in which the eyes usually close and consciousness is completely or partially lost, so that there is a decrease in bodily movement and responsiveness to external stimuli. During sleep the brain in humans and other mammals undergoes a characteristic cycle of brain-wave activity that includes intervals of dreaming. Dormancy or inactivity; the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.

The meaning of sleep, plain and clear for all. Perhaps this is true, but in many cases this is not. There is sleep, and there is sleep; sleep which is so chaotic that there is not a meaning in any dictionary that can explain. There is sleep, and there is sleep; the sleep that drives you to go insane at the breakfast table and even during the long hours of the darkest night; sleep which keeps you at your wits end. There is sleep, and then there is sleep with three human (or possibly alien) beings. Three teenage girls (or possibly aliens) who tend to make your sleeping patterns change dramatically. Four male video game characters just happen to have the pleasure of finding the meaning of this new definition of sleep that no-one has even dared to try and explain. Enter: the sleeping monsters.

Aly put a few blankets and a pillow on the lounge in her lounge room, smiling as she thought about how Axel, and only Axel, would be sleeping at her house, in her lounge room, only a few rooms away from her room. She giggled. That means that she could sneak into the room during the night and pay him a visit. Of course, when she asked her mother if he could stay with him, she was cautious that she didn't mention any of her plans to her. Her mum just nodded and said it would be fine if nothing like that would happen. But Aly, being the deceptive little girl she was, smiled a reassuring smile and agreed.

Axel walked into the room and saw Aly just standing there, obviously daydreaming. He chuckled and crept up behind her, to poke her sides.

She jumped and screamed, but then seeing it was Axel, she smiled and laughed. "Don't do that, it hurts,"

"A lot of things hurt you, hey?" Axel asked, not expecting an answer. He snaked his arms around her automatically and grinned. "Now that we're alone together…"

Aly smiled and snuggled into his chest, craning her head up to look at his face. "Yeah," She stood on her toes and planted a kiss on his lips. "My brothers are still here though,"

"That's their problem," Axel smirked.

At that moment, both Ekaj and Nahtan walking in and screamed in horror, seeing the position the two were in. After they quickly leaped apart, Nahtan gasped and pointed at Axel. "Look! It's AXEL! WHAT THE HELL?"

Ekaj gasped and screamed again. "It is too! How is that possible…?!"

Axel just blinked. "What…?"

Aly sighed and started pushing the two twins out of the door. "Leave us alone, retards," After shutting and blocking off the door, Aly returned to Axel. "Don't mind them, they were dropped on their heads at birth so they're assholes,"

After blinking while thinking, Axel grinned again and laughed.

Sirhc attempted to set up the fold out couch. Cloud was staying at her house, and she couldn't quite come to terms with it yet. Cloud Strife, the Cloud Strife, was staying with her. It wasn't enough that he knew her, but more that he wanted to stay with her. He had requested. She laughed almost insanely at the thought. Why would he want to stay with her of all people?

While in mid-thought, Cloud had wandered into the room and watched as she struggled to concentrate on what she was doing. "Sirhc, you're trying to spread your dog on the bed,"

Sirhc quickly broke her daze and realized what she was doing. "Oops… Sorry Ssehcud," She murmured as her small apricot poodle scurried away in a panic.

"What's wrong? You seem… well, you are out of it," Cloud rested his arm around her shoulder.

She sighed and rubbed the back of her head. "I just still need to get used to the fact that you're actually here…" Sirhc laughed.

Cloud smiled. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

Nodding, Sirhc returned the smile. "It has. It really has,"

He quickly pulled her into an embrace. "I couldn't believe that you were gone… You know, after you disappeared," Cloud held her tighter. "I couldn't help feel that I would never see you again,"

Sirhc sighed, slightly yawned, into his shirt. "I felt the same… I mean, I was glad that I was home, but…"

"Yeah, I understand,"

"At least you're here now," She smiled contently.

Cloud nodded the affirmative and placed his lips on her forehead briefly. "I don't want to be with anyone else," Sirhc couldn't help but blush. "Now, let's get this bed ready," He muttered, before releasing her and making his way over to the blanket sprawled on the floor. Picking it up, he flicked his wrists and let the purple-blue quilt float down onto the comfy looking bed.

Sirhc smiled, the red still present on her face, and took a pillow from the cupboard.

Neru rubbed her temples with one hand. "Why do I have to baby sit both of you?" She asked to herself, giving a soft unnoticeable sigh.

"Baby sit? We're older than you!" Sora protested, crossing his arms together. Roxas' voice came out as a mutter. "How is that baby sitting? It's more like we're baby sitting you!"

The three walked into Neru's front door and she waved her hand. "Doesn't matter how old I am compared to youse! It's the fact that you don't know how to act in this world and I do,"

"Well, at least one of us doesn't," Riku murmured, turning his head to look around the room they were in. It looked normal… at least.

Neru smiled and changed the subject quickly. "Where do you two want to sleep? Out here in the lounge, or in my room?" She laughed at the weird looks from both males. "If you sleep in here, you both have to share a bed," After further scared looks, she continued. "And if you sleep in my room, well, you're sleeping in the same small room as me. Your choice!"

Minutes went past as they stood there and tried to figure out what place was better to sleep. In bed together, or in a girls room. Neru gave them some pokes. "Hurry up and decide!"

"Hmm…" Sora hummed, putting a finger to his chin. "What would be less awkward? I call the bed out here!"

Riku glared at him, sending a few chills down the brunette's spine.

"Do you want to sleep with him, or do you want to sleep in my room?"

After further glaring, Riku replied. "Anything to get away from him,"

"My room it is!" Neru sang, marching out of the passage.

Sora gave the silver haired boy a pout. "Why don't you want to be with me?" Roxas' voice popped up. "Because you smell!"

The dark night fell, blackness engulfing the space outside the houses. Here the monsters of sleep come out to play with their unsuspecting victims. Soon, they will know why people go screaming from their houses, forbidding themselves from sleeping over their houses for any reason.

Axel turned over on the couch, grunting as he tried to get comfortable. This couch smelt weird, and the blankets were tucked in so tight that his movements were restricted. He just couldn't get to sleep. A weird buzzing noise drifted out from the refrigerator, and made the red head feel like he was being watched. It was going well before, until Aly's mother came home and spoilt their party – making them go to bed. He sighed. "Aly must be asleep by now. I should go in there with her… but I can hardly even move on this couch! And I'll probably make enough noise for her mum to wake up…" Axel thought, still trying to get some comfort out of the cushions.

Suddenly, something shifted from behind the couch. Axel froze his thoughts and stayed absolutely still. What was there? Was it a monster? Was it a dusk? Had something else come out from his world and wanted to kill him? As all these thoughts flashed through his mind, more rustling sounded. Then, after the noises stopped, something snorted. Axel's eyes flew wide open. Something was there, and it was coming to get him. It was coming to kill him. It was coming to eat him. Crap, it was coming to rape him! He refrained from shaking with fear. "Monsters can smell fear… Can't… be… scared…" His mind raced.

After a few minutes of nothing happening, Axel let out a breath. Was it just his imagination? Was he that tired that he was hearing things? The thing shifted again. It sounded like it was walking… around the couch… to get him. He almost squealed in horror, but stopped himself. Closing his eyes, Axel tried to think of something else. But what else could you think about when you were about to get eaten by a monster?! He began to hum to himself. "Sunshine, lollypops and rainbows, everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together…" No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't block out the thoughts of being mauled by a terrible creature with sharp long dripping fangs and huge deathly claws and seven eyes and…

Another snort and Axel couldn't help but squeal softly as a large something jumped onto the bed. He closed his terrified eyes and awaited the inevitable, the monster crawling towards his head. It was rather heavy… and rather big… and kept creeping forward more and more. It sounded as if it were howling gruffly. Crap! It's a werewolf! Axel's mind keeled over in horror. "Goodbye cruel world…" He whispered as the creature came closer and closer.

Something made his eyes fly open. A wet something touching his face. Crap! He was getting raped! After a moment's evaluation, he looked at the creature and his mouth flew open. It was Aly's staffy. Aly's huge overweight dog was licking his face repetitively. After the shock wore off, Axel sighed. He got worked up over a dog? A stupid dog had made him almost wet his pants? A few minutes passed, and once the dog had finished licking his face, she lied down right next to him, or more on top of him. Axel could hardly breathe! But as hard as he tried, he couldn't get her off. She began to sleep, her breaths all heavy. Axel tried to get comfortable. He would never get to sleep at this rate.

Cloud gave a heavy breath as he began to tire further. He breathed in the unmistakable scent of Sirhc and smiled drowsily, his eyes refusing to open. It was as if he were in a dream. The blonde couldn't believe that he was in this strange new world. How long had it existed without their knowledge? He shifted slightly, snuggling into the covers. For now, at least, he wouldn't think about it. Cloud breathed slowly again and awaited his dreaming to come, welcoming it with wide arms and an even wider mind.

Jerking him from the sleep he hadn't even received, came a pattering noise. It was quite loud and made Cloud wake from his half asleep state. It became louder still, sounding as if it were coming closer. The blonde didn't even want to lift his head from the comfort of the bed, but he decided that he had to know what it was. As he glanced around the dark room, he could see a shadow. He became instantly alert, and reached out for his sword. Cursing, he grabbed for any sort of weapon, realizing that his sword hadn't come with him. Before he could do anything further, the kitchen light was turned on. Cloud snapped his eyes closed as the bright light almost blinded him.

Some strange noises sounded and Cloud desperately wanted to know who it was. Forcing his eyes into a squint, he found that it was an almost asleep Sirhc, pouring herself a glass of milk. He sighed and watched her for a few minutes, until she had finished and turned off the light. Cloud shrugged this off and tried to get back to sleep, but little did he know that this was only the beginning.

Riku sighed in his tired state. Sleeping in Neru's room wasn't such a bad idea, even though he had to sleep on a mattress on the floor. Neru had offered for him to sleep in her bed, but he'd declined. That bed was tiny! Her feet were almost touching the metal at the end of it, and she was about a head or so smaller than him. Besides, this mattress was rather comfortable and warm. He heard Neru sigh in her sleep and turn over. Riku had almost laughed when Neru put on a CD to listen to while she slept. She still did that? Only little kids did that now! When he had joked about having a nightlight on too, Neru had given him a punch and told him it was because she watched a not supposed to be scary (it was actually a comedy) movie and got scared, so she had been listening to CDs for a long time after that. It 'calmed her nerves' at night. He snorted. What, listening to a Japanese man who sounded constipated was supposed to calm your nerves?

The silver haired boy turned over and got himself comfortable. He didn't know why, but sleeping in the same room as someone made him stay awake. He just couldn't go to sleep. It had been about two hours since they had begun trying to get to sleep, and he was sure Neru had only just fallen asleep. Riku wondered if Sora was asleep? Who knew what he was doing out in the lounge room by himself. Neru's mother and father were sleeping in the next room to the lounge room so he wasn't allowed to make much noise. Sora? Making little noise? That was a laugh.

Riku could feel his mind slipping into a light sleep. After not even a few seconds, a noise awoke him. He listened and grumbled softly. There was a scratching noise, and he could hear whining. Crap, Neru's poodle puppy was scratching at the passage door – separation anxiety. It seemed it was only her, and not their older poodle. Then, as if it never started, the noises stopped. Riku smiled and tried to get back to sleep. But alas, waking him again was the whining and scratching. How could anyone sleep through this?! He almost laughed as he thought about Sora. He was closer.

Sora was fast asleep, snoring quietly. He could sleep through anything.

The next morning, when all the girls awoke, they all asked the same thing. "How did you sleep?"

"Terribly!" Every boy had the same answer. They had found out what awaited them every night, and now they wished that they were back in their world. Were they ever going to get any sleep? Each and every boy was grumpy. All of the boys, that is, except Sora.

Sora smiled happily. "I had an awesome sleep!"

The boys turned to him with bloodshot eyes, all sending death glares.

"What?"

Yeah, gonna end it here. The ending kind of sucks though… Whatever. Live with it.

Hope to see you next time!

-Lozzieh.


(I'm really making Roxas kind of offensive... I'm going to try and change that, okay?)