Title: Khristmas

Author: Shini Strife

Rating: PG-13

Pairing Mainly AkuRoku and RikuSora, but hints of Zemyx and others.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts nor its characters.

Description: Khristmas is a series of 25 drabbles, each with their own artwork. One drabble posted for each of the 25 days leading up to Christmas! The drabbles are sent in a time where everyone has been reborn. The characters do remember their past, but the drabbles will all focus on a single theme that differs each day of the month.

Theme – Family Photo

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It was December 7th and the self appointed day, made by Xemnas, for group photos for the holiday seasons; also known as 'Family Photo Time.' At the mention of taking the holiday portrait many of the Organization members couldn't help but reminisce about their own families around the world. Terra was one of the largest worlds on this side of the universe. Probably the only other planet that could compete was their twin, Gaia. Both two planets practically acted as moons for one another beside their shared sun, Ramuh, and their other moon, Shiva. Many members of the Organization had plenty of family on either planet, though they themselves lived in Dusk City.

Roxas couldn't help but let a small smile form on his lips as he glanced once again at the recent letters from his three siblings. Ven, who was his twin, currently resided in Lindblum with his friend Aqua and his lover Terra. He was currently studying at the private university down there, but also worked on the side with his two friends with the odd jobs. Cloud was his older brother and he lived down in Midgar with Sora's elder brother Squall. Cloud did deliveries and on and off jobs for ShinRa (having close ties with the President), while Squall was the current Headmaster of a large university called Balamb. Finally there were the eldest twins Quistis (his only sister) and Rufus. Rufus had taken over their bastard father's job and was now the President and CEO of ShinRa Electric Corporation. Quistis on the other hand worked as a teacher and Headmistress over at Balamb U. with Squall.

Though his family was quite large, not even including his cousins, Roxas was happy that each of his siblings always made time to send him at least two letters a month. Their parents were never the greatest. Their first mother had died giving birth to Roxas and Ven, while the second wife their father had married had suddenly vanished after only two years. After the second wife their father had begun to hire nannies and the like until finally he too mysteriously died and Rufus took control of the business. But even with their difficult lives they had all found happiness somewhere and their bonds had never falter. It was this time of year that made Roxas probably the saddest as he knew he wouldn't get to visit any of his family during this family oriented holiday.

Of course Roxas wasn't the only one who felt saddened around this time either. Axel had his elder brother Reno over at Midgar as well, working as a Turk for the president. Neither of the red heads knew their father and they could have cared less about whether their mother was alive or not. But even with the distance between them Axel always made sure spend at least two hours on Christmas day talking through the web cam with his brother and neither of the two ever allowed ANYONE to disrupt them, lovers or not.

Larxene usually hid it well, but many of the Organization new she missed her mother and father at this time of the year. She had spent eighteen years with them and they had always made sure to have family time; though she did manage to find mild comfort when it came to Demyx, Luxord and Namine as they were the closest family she had at the Organization, especially with her parents living in Alexandria over on Gaia.

Demyx was someone who always enjoyed time with his family, whether it was with his cousins or that of his older brother Seifer. It was something he always looked forward too. When he and the other two families of his cousins got together it was always a chaotic mess, but a fun chaotic mess. Of course being called a chicken wuss by his brother was a must always.

Namine was probably in a whole different group when it came down to it. Her eldest brother was none other than Luxord, though they both shared one other brother (the middle one) who was equally shifty like the eldest. Zidane could normally be found switching from homes on both Terra and Gaia always, though he normally stayed with his acting group 'Tantalus' and his lover Blank. Namine loved her brothers dearly and to lose them like she had lost her father would probably break both herself and her dear mother who she visited at least once a week if not more.

Xemnas had always been an only child and the brightest star to his parents. But just because he was the only child of his parents didn't mean he didn't have a large family either. His cousins on his father's side were perhaps the strangest, but most intelligent beings existing on Gaia and Terra. The eldest of the group of five was perhaps Sephiroth. The man was strong and held an equally strong position within the ShinRa Corporation and its army. Below Sephiroth was the second eldest Loz. The man looked deadly, but Loz was perhaps the most emotional of all. He always held a strong heart to go with his strength. Next was probably Yazoo though Kadaj followed close behind with only 9 months apart. What could they say? Their parents were probably as bad as rabbits. The youngest of the brothers was Sora's dear boyfriend Riku. How the boy ever managed to handle four crazy brothers was beyond Xemnas's imagination but he truly could have cared less.

Almost every member of the Organization had a sibling or cousin of some sort. Saix had his precious little sister Aqua, Marluxia had his younger sister Selphie, Xigbar had his cousin Yuffie (the Great Ninja!), and Lexeaus was had both his younger brother Hayner and his cousins on Marluxia's side to always hang with. Even Zexion and Vexen had their separate families though Vexen would never admit being related to Zell and Zexion rarely enjoyed bringing up his strange older brother Kuja. The only one perhaps without a large family was probably Xaldin, though the man loved his family dearest, especially his recent baby sister.

Even if the group of thirteen former Nobodies lived far away from their family they knew the that each one of their loved ones were nothing more than a phone call away and it was perhaps this knowledge and the constant love they received that had helped them become the new people they were. Perhaps Nobodies could not love without hearts; but there was no doubt in any of their minds that they weren't loved. Never ever.

Of course even with their separate families the memories of their lives before had always managed to bring each member closer together. Maybe that was why Roxas found himself being dragged by Sora and Demyx to stand nicely with the rest of his 'family' as Xemnas checked the camera over again to make sure it was working. So what if their families were spread across two planets, the Organization XIII would always have one another to go to as well. Family didn't have to be related.

Though, Roxas thought with a scowl as he felt Larxene mess up his and Demyx's hair, some people he could do without. But where was the fun in that?