I do not own FFVII nor any of its characters,however the story idea is mine. I also do not own any Kingdom Heart Characters.

Life's Tough, Get over it

Kairi flipped the page of a book that was for class. A rake of claws against her door made her put down her book. She opened the door to allow a dark wolfish puppy to bound into her room happily and jump to the foot of her bed. After getting fustrated that she couldn't reach the Strife's, in any way, Zack had boughten them a dog to make the two years go by quicker. He let Kairi pick it out, and she had chosen a breed mixed with wolf. It had been so adorable that she decided to get it. Besides...its deep blue eyes reminded her of a certain boyfriend. She patted his head and rubbed his ears affectionately. He growled happily and his leg twitched. Ever since they had been gone, Kairi and Namine had been ' on the market ' to guys. Both girls dated a few, but nothing serious. They considered it a pity date, or merely something to do. Axel and Demyx had offically taken both girls away from horrible dates. The Organization had become quiet, and the member's of it seemed to have gained freedom for the time being. Kairi sucked in air through her teeth as she slammed her foot into her bedpost while trying to climb back into bed.

" Stupid...fucking...bedpost " she mumbled as she hopped up and down on one foot. She stopped hoping and sat next to her puppy. His tongue lolled out and looked like a demonic smile.

" My little boy Arch Angel...I see you've got a wicked smile blooming...do you know something I don't? " Kairi smiled. The puppy barked as it got into a pouncing stage. Kairi caught him as he glided through the air into her arms. She smiled as he licked her face happily. Hopefully having this puppy would make the two years go by faster.

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A random mailman walked up to the door of the Gainborough. He knocked twice before jumping backwards from the large thunderous barks inside. He could see cold misty blue eyes staring at him from the glass panels in the door. He shuddered and surpressed the urge to run away screaming like he always wanted to. A twenty year old woman opened the door. Her dark hair twisted into a braid behind her head. She wore a white top with blue jeans. She was holding her famous ' Arch ' by the collar as he strained to get a taste of the mailman. He snarled at the intruder and tugged a little harder.

" Arch, Sit! " Kairi commanded. The dog complied as he watched the mail deliverer give the envelopes to Kairi. He made sure this man would not harm his prescious owner. Kairi thanked the mailman before shutting the door and going through the list of junk.

" You've just won 50,000 gil...bill...bill...want to be slimmer? Monthly...junk...huh? " Kairi stopped as she came across a letter addressed to her and her alone. The address was unknown, but her heart stopped as she read the last name. ' Strife '. Kairi could feel the blood rushing in and out of her heart as she tore open the envelope.

' Kairi,

I have missed you so much. You've no idea. Being here...its weird. I'm allowed to send you this letter only because the address will not matter anymore...Kairi...I will be waiting to see you and our son/ daughter at the beach in our secret spot. -- Sora '. Kairi clutched the letter tightly, he still didn't know it was a false alarm. The time he desired to meet was at the bottom, as well as the date. That date was tonight. Kairi picked up her cell and used speed dial.

" Hello ? " Namine's voice picked up on the other side.

" Their coming home...tonight ".

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Namine jumped around frantically and wildly happy all around her room. She did summer salts off her bed, and ran in tiny circles. All that threatening of Riku must've paid off some how. She remembered shaking the boy violently, but he didn't break. Although he was pretty sure she had snapped his neck with the much violent shaking. What scared her though was when Kairi had told Namine that Riku had asked her out. He liked her to? Then that changed his feelings on how he felt for his cousin being away. He had admitted he had mixed feelings about his cousins being gone...this was also before he asked Kairi out. She remembered Riku had merely said that he felt Kairi needed to get out of her house to have some fun. Kairi had relied on the simple fact of ' Staying away from Strife's '. He had completely understood, but it had been Namine to tell him that Kairi felt uncomfortable. Riku had felt bad and kept his distance. But all in all, Namine jumped around excitedly, then suddenly stopped. Wait, Sora had wrote to Kairi, saying he wanted to see her. Roxas didn't write her a letter...or did he? After all, the mail had not come to her house yet. So did he? Namine watched as he mailman walked up to the house and rang the doorbell. Namine jumped off of the top of the stairwell, hey, all those training sessions did not leave her to be a wimp. This would impress Roxas, seeing how much stronger she had gotten. After all, she had poured every fiber of her being into school to distract her from the starving loneliness, creeping into her heart. She crouched low to the ground as she landed, letting no noise escape into the hallow house. Unlike Kairi, her parents did not approve of pets, and there for, the only company she got was from Axel and Demyx. Namine however passed the time by drawing and painting. She opened the door quickly and swipped at the mail, looking at it greedily. She thanked the mailman hastily before flipping through the list.

" Bill, Bill, junk, crap, bill...wha? Where is my letter? " Namine looked through the pile again but found nothing. Her heart grew heavy and eyes grew sad as she didn't find her letter. She pouted as she put the assorted mail down on a cabnet. She walked past her mother as she came to get the mail.

" Namine? "

" Hmm? " she looked up as her mother held out a letter. Namine's eyes widend. She had skipped right over it. She tore the letter from her mother's grip before running upstairs like a squirrel with an acorn, protecting it cautiously. She slammed the door behind her and ripped off the letter's seal. Her smile went as wide as her eyes.

' Namine,

I have a surprise for you. It has been two years, and I await to see you. So much has changed...think you'll be able to reconize me? Not by looks...but by how I act? And ok, maybe by looks. Unfortunately, we will be arriving late...and how very freaky, we're getting our house back. Apparently dad just rented it to those pompuous jerks...did I just use that word? Apparently I did...anyway...I will see you at school tomorrow. You want to call Kairi and tell her not to go to that beach place like Sora intended. He sent his letter before I did and realized that we wouldn't be getting back until three in the morning. I can't wait to see you. Love- Roxas '. Namine repeated her previous dance from before and called Kairi. She was a little disappointed but they were coming home for real. It was a while away from night, but all this excitment seemed to have drained her strength. Besides, the sooner she fell asleep, the sooner it was tomorrow.

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Despite it being another school day, Namine found herself bouncing with joy that she was really there. Axel was tapping his finger's impatiently. He and Demyx hadn't really changed. They had gotten stronger and their faces leaner and more masculine. Kairi and Namine had completely finished maturing, and were always on every boy's mind. They drove every other girl into an insane fit of jealousy. Neither of them didn't care for any other guys though, even though most males had tried to convince them that the Strife twins were having so much fun with other women at their new school. Demyx was messing with his sitar, playing a usual game of ' name that tune ' with Axel.

" Dream on ...B.Y.O.B...Blood, empty promises...sweetness...ok...now I'm bored " Axel sighed as he leaned against a wall. It was amazing that all four of them shared a class.

" An I've run out of things to play " Demyx smiled.

" Not that you could remember to play to much by famous artists anway " a cool and calm voice interjected its opinion. Demyx's hands tightend on his sita, ready to swing it around and wack whoever said such a thing right in the head. He stopped in midswing to see who it was.

" ROXAS! " Namine threw her arms around him, making him stumble back and nearly lose his footing. He did look older. In fact, if you did a quick glance at him, you'd think he was Cloud gone back in time. But his spikes were different, shifting to one side.

" My god man! This place has been so dull without you! The...umm...' club ' has kinda not been up and running ever since you left " Axel smiled.

" Then lets try to keep my being back from Xemnas, shall we? So ugh...Kairi...whats my ugh...nephew or niece's name? " Roxas asked hesitantly.

" Thats just it. You guys left before I got my results. False alarm, and mix up ".

" It figures " Sora yawned coming up to Roxas's side. Kairi smiled brightly as she let herself be embraced by him, she missed him so much.

" I think my parents need to apologize to your parents...and to you ".

" Yeah...hell will freeze over first " Sora had grown a few more inches since last seen. His own chocolate spikes had grown, two of them running down his temples, framing his face and making his eyes stand out. Kairi was all to aware of the girls staring at him and Roxas, longing in their eyes. She felt a beast inside her soul flare up, they were not about to take him away from her. She just got him back. She would literally kill one of these girls, she was after all trained to. Her arms encircled around his waist and tightend before flicking off the girls that looked his way. They scowled at her and kept walking.

" If your dad going to come back to teach? " Demyx asked.

" ...no...he's done ".

" He's going to be very bored " Axel pointed out.

" We never said he wasn't going to do something else " Sora pointed out.

" What was he planning? " Axel asked, he couldn't keep a grin off his face. His best friend was back and everything was going to be alright. Roxas shrugged, his arms still firmly wrapped around Namine, his own grin set in place.

" He hasn't figured that part out yet...it'll kill him to be a stay at home dad ".

" What about your mom? "

" Mom took up being a material art trainer. She's...scary good ".

" Yeah...I know that " Demyx rubbed his neck in the memory of getting his ass served to him on a platter by both Cloud and Tifa. Kairi tugged on Sora's sleeve.

" Did you want to have a kid ? "

" Eh. Believe it or not I was kinda looking forward to it ".

" I'll keep that in mind...we're gonna be late for class. Did you two enroll back into this school? "

" Yeah " both answered in unision.

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Roxas yawned as he blinked wearily at Mrs. Gremlin. Why, oh why did she have to up her classes and teach more than one subject? It was madness. MADNESS! That or a conspiracy. Roxas didn't bother taking notes, he had learned more than enough from Mercenary Academy to let him pass with flying colors for any thing that was thrown at him. What sucked was, he still needed the credit for this class. A paper ball hit the back of his head, making him turn fast. Axel smirked at him, motioning him to wake up. Roxas smirked as well as he flicked him off.

" Come on children, this is not rocket science ".

" Yeah, that actually sounds easier " Axel whispered, loud enough for the class to hear but not Gremlin. The class snorted back laughter as they continued to write notes, their hands aching from the pain.

" Alright...one more shot...If no one answer's this question then I'll have to start randomely selecting students to tell the answers. Now...Why is it important to form alliances with other origins? Brandon? "

" Ummm...because...your chances are greater in large numbers? "

" You obviously never took C. Strife's class of ' pushing the limits of war '...James? "

" Got me on it, sorry. Can't answer it...moving on ". Gremlin rolled her old eyes and shook her head,her graying dark hair shaking violently.

" Roxas? " she asked, half expecting to have to move on.

" Being in with an alliance of different origins, means there are different techniques that the enemy wouldn't be expecting. Each origin has something special to offer the cause of the war. Its important to form an alliance because you want to know what the origins are capable of on your side, before the enemy gets to them first " Roxas yawned as he leaned his chin into his palm.

" Nice try...but I guess no one knows the actual...wait...what did you say? " Gremlin's eyes widend.

" I said the correct answer " Roxas blinked up at her. He hated this class and hated this day. Hated this school and hated this teacher.

-+-+

Thank god that lunch came around quickly. Demyx, Axel, Namine, and Roxas all decided to go out for lunch. Kairi had declined for both herself and Sora. When he had looked at her funny, she had grabbed his hand and dragged him somewhere.

" Umm...where are we going? " Sora asked as he allowed her to pull him down halls and to a classroom. He raised an eyebrow as she knocked twice, paused and opened the door.

" I'm not letting anyone make up tests today...so you'll have to try tomorrow " someone said from inside.

" Dad " Kairi spoke, making him look up. Zack got up from his chair and the gradings of papers. He still did teach, but didn't help out the office so much.

" Kairi? What are you... " he stopped as she opened the door completely, and behind her stood Sora. Zack raised his eyebrows, Sora had indeed grown up.

" Sora...been awhile... " Zack said awkwardly. Sora scratched the base of his neck nervously. Kairi rolled her eyes.

" Well if the two of you can't be men enough... " Kairi reached into Sora's pocket and pulled out his cell before scrolling down to find ' home '. Pressing the dial button she waited, if Cloud stopped working, he's be the one home.

" What do you need Sora? " Cloud didn't even say hello. He thought it was his son, not Kairi. He was after all, reading the caller I.D.

" Hey Mr. Strife ".

" Kairi? " he reconized her voice, even though she had gotten older.

" Yeah. Listen...you guys moved back into your old house right? "

" Y...yeah ".

" Good. Your getting company after school...there's ugh...apologies that must be said " Kairi glared at her father.

" Ok " was all he said and then hung up. Kairi handed his phone back to her before putting her hands on her hips, staring straight at her father.

" What? " Zack asked as he crossed his arms.

" I believe you owe every Strife, an apology ...you can start with Sora ". Zack looked as though he had been punched in the stomach, but she was right. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes briefly before opening them.

" Kairi, your right...Sora...I'm so very sorry...think you could forgive me for jumping to conclusions? "

" That depends...think you'd allow me to marry your daughter? "

" Heh...heh...I don't want a heart attack yet... " Zack laughed nervously. Sora smiled.

" Heh...I think you better work up a good apology for my father ".

" Yeah...not looking forward to that ".

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Cloud looked up from a punching bad, his fists wound tight. He felt sweat slide down from his temple. He heard the door open and close. He let out a breath before slamming his fist once more into the bag. He wiped the sweat from his brow using the back of his arm. There was no need to set up the house again to how it used to be. It stayed basically the same. Serenity's relatives had come and live there for awhile while they were gone. Let us just say, Serenity was the miracle child in that family, because she was the sweetest woman related to them. They had restored what they had taken with them, the good sheets and silverwear because, Serenity's family were a bunch of greedy pricks. Cloud exited his gym and made his way to the front door, looking around the house as he went. Yeah, he was still a little paranoid from his younger years. The thought occured to him that, he was pushing forty. He blinked, life had gone by so quick. But looking in the reflection of one of the hallway mirrors showed that his mako had kept him from aging. He smirked, people would hate him for this secret. Even Tifa didn't know, but then again she wouldn't notice either. Cloud had purposely gotten her drunk a few nights after their honeymoon. He knew it was dangerous, but he had taken a needle shot and drained some blood before injecting it into her body. His blood would keep the mako from harming her in anyway, but would allow it to protect her. She wouldn't notice that other's would age because, she didn't to easily. Cloud grabbed a towel off the stand near the hallway of the gym before putting it around his shoulders. He walked to the door and pulled it open slowly before looking around. He saw a small daggar on the wood for the opposite side, it was holding up a slip of paper. On it was written cruedly ' I found you Cloud ' .

A/N: Cliffhangers make you reviewers come back and scream at me. And who's the villian now? Or...what makes you think the previous one completely died? Not telling! Anyway, just letting you all know

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