I am updating 3 days before my bday!! i will soon be 19 bwahahaha! nothing has really happened except that i went to florida for a couple days. it was cool. on the way back, i was a suspected terrorist in the airport. not really but my backpack did set off the thingy and had to be searched and i had to be pat-frisked lol. ahhh the adventures. k anyways, contrary to some beleifs, this story actually does have a plot line. i just have to get all the dumb adventures out of the way first lol. i swear that there really is a plot line. anyways ill babble more at the end..

Song To Listen To While Reading This: Polkamon- Weird Al Yankovich!! lol


Chapter 9: Parents and Pack Rats

We met up with Axel in the Grand Hall. He was taping his foot with impatience. He caught sight of us.

"What took you so long?" he asked.

"She was too busy being hyper to walk in a straight line." Demyx said gesturing to me. Axel looked at me. I was basically jumping up and down with excitement. I think those Cocopuffs from this morning were spiked. But I was going home. If only for a split second but it was better than nothing.

"What are you so excited about?" Axel asked looking at me with his almost neon green eyes.

"I'm going home!"

"Only for a few minutes."

"So! I'm excited!" Axel looked around the room as if asking himself why-me. Demyx and Axel than went over the game plan for a couple minutes. However, I was EXTREMLY impatient. I quickly grabbed Axel by the collar of his coat.

"Come on get that portal going!" I said excitedly, also slightly shaking him.

"I will once you let go!" He said trying to pry my fingers off. I released him and he smoothed out his jacket before summoning the portal.

"Ok. When we get there, take only-!" Axel started but I interrupted.

"SQUEE!" I said jumping into the portal with my hands in the air. I'm going home!! Though I'm sure my parents had called out the National Guard or sent out an Amber Alert trying to find me. Back with the guys….

"I don't think that we should give her chocolate anymore." Axel sighed as he looked in the place where I once was. Demyx nodded as Axel began to walk into the dark portal.

I couldn't believe it! I was home! I basically jumped out of my mirror, too excited to feel the sickness, and landed happily on the ground. I glanced excitedly around my room. All my stuff! I was just so happy! Spiked chocolate I tell you. I heard the rippling of the mirror that told me that Axel and Demyx were coming through but I barely paid attention. They climbed out gracefully, this time Demyx was actually careful of my anime stuff.

"Don't run off when someone's talking to you." Axel said. He was teaching me manners? HAHAHA! I didn't really pay attention. Where was everybody?

"Ok like I was saying. Take only what you need-! Hey come back here!" Axel yelled as I shot out of my room. I galloped down the stairs with the guys following me. I ran into the kitchen and looked for my parents. My dad, who was usually watching TV, was not in his Lazy Boy like always. I quickly walked to the office. My mom wasn't in there and neither was my dad.

"What are you looking for?" Demyx asked he and Axel watched me dart around my house in an excited frenzy.

"My family. I wonder where they went?" I wondered aloud.

"Who cares? Lets hurry up!" Axel said.

"I care!" I said. I caught sight of my mom working in the garden by the pond and gazebo. I quickly opened the patio door and ran out to go see her.

Along the way, I was almost mowed down by my two dog beasts.

"Sesshomaru! Kouga!" I cheered happily. Their real names were Wylie and Cookie. Wylie was a white German Shepard, henceforth he was dubbed Sesshy-kins. And as you can guess, Cookie reminds me of Kouga. I gave them each a pat on the head before pushing past them and letting them jump on Axel and Demyx.

"Hey mom!" I yelled my greeting as I jumped up onto a big rock. My mom's head whipped up.

"Megan? Where on earth have you been?!" She yelled. I blinked in surprise. Demyx and Axel approached but remained at a distance. There was no wrath like the wrath of a mother.

"2 days and no phone call?! It's called common curtsey!" She yelled again, now scooping the dirt with heightened vigor. Anger makes the world go round. Axel and Demyx watched in silence.

"I didn't have my phone with!" I said loudly jumping to another big rock. I liked rock jumping.

"Are you telling me that they didn't have phones where you were?!" my mom yelled.

"No they actually didn't!" I said jumping yet again.

"Where were you anyway?" she asked now catching sight of Demyx, who was now throwing a stick for Kouga to fetch. "YOU!" she yelled. Demyx pointed to himself. Oh crap she recognized Demyx.

"Yes you! You kidnapped my daughter didn't you! Are you here for a ransom? Because you won't get shit!" she thundered. Demyx stood stock-still. Axel idly swung on the swing set nearby, trying really hard to get the dog beast hair off his jacket.

"Mom." I said trying to avert her attention from Demyx.

"You didn't rape her did you?! Because if you did, you will never live to see another day!" My mom yelled hysterically. I had never in my life seen her act this obnoxiously before. NEVER! She was in a whole different ballpark! But I guess she did have every right to be spazzy right now.

"Mom!" I said louder as I jumped to yet another rock.

"And you with the freaky red hair!" Axel stopped swinging. "You're the accomplice aren't you?!"

"Well-!"

"AREN'T YOU?!"

"MOM! STOP IT!" I finally yelled at the top of my lungs. She stopped with the verbal abuse and turned to me.

"They are not rapists and they are not kidnappers." I explained calmly and slowly. Well I guess they were kidnappers. But that aside.

"Then who are they?!" she asked loudly. Jesus Christ simmer down mom! Ok think fast! Umm…uhh…got it!

"They were recruiting me for a special study abroad trip for college." I explained. Perfect! College was bound to buy me time!

"Study abroad? During the summer?" she asked, returning to her planting.

"Yeah. It's for my art classes. It will help me graduate sooner. We're going to…Paris!" I thought quickly.

"Really? Paris?" My mom asked. Axel and Demyx looked at each other with looks that said what-the-hell-is-she-talking-about?

'Just let me handle it guys!' I thought, sending it to them telepathically. Knowing them, they probably wouldn't get it though.

"Yeah you know, they have the Louvre and all of those street painters and stuff like that. I was at the orientation for it." I explained.

"Well why didn't you just tell us?" My mom said, instantly relieved.

"Slipped my mind. But I'm gonna go pack for it. As unbelievable as it sounds, I'm leaving tonight." I said.

"Tonight?! How long are you gonna be there?" my mom gasped. Hmm…good question.

"A year."

"A year?! Megan why didn't you tell us? Do you need any money or anything?" my mother shrieked, dropping the small shovel.

"No. It's…a school sponsored event." I lied through my teeth.

"What are you gonna be doing there?"

"You know…looking at famous works of art, drawing, painting, learning about stuff." I explained, now backing away from my mom.

"Well tell me where you'll be staying." My mom said wiping sweat from her brow.

"Uhhh…we'll be moving from hotel to hotel." I explained.

"I thought you were just staying in Paris."

"Erm…that's only one of the places that we are going. We are also going to Spain, England, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy! But I'll have my cell." I said.

"Really. Ok well…tell me when you're leaving." She said returning her concentration to her work. I walked over to Axel and Demyx and then walked with them back to my house.

"You're mom is scary!" Demyx said.

"No she's just protective. She still thinks that I'm her little girl. But as bad as that was, you haven't seen protective until you've met my dad." I explained walking up the steps. I then turned quickly to my mom.

"Hey mom? Where's dad?" I yelled.

"He's with Andy at T-Ball! They should be home any minute." she called back.

"Who's Andy?" Axel asked.

"My brother also known as spawn of Satan." I explained. I walked back into my house with them in tow. Axel suddenly grabbed my shoulders and whipped me around to face him.

"What are you doing?" I asked loudly.

"Making sure that you listen to me this time! Take only what you need to survive. Even though we're moving you to a different room, we still don't want all of you're crap around." He explained. I was gonna mess with him really quick. He noticed my spaced out look.

"Did you hear anything I said to you just now?!" he asked loudly and slightly shaking me. I snapped out of my trance.

"Huh?" I replied. Axel's hands were getting extremely hot on my shoulders.

"Calm down man!" Demyx said slapping Axel's hands away from me, noticing that they were actually steaming. Axel then began to look around for something.

"What are you looking for?" I asked as he walked down into the family room and grabbed a pillow. He then promptly set it ablaze.

"GAH! PUT THAT DOWN!" I yelled running up to him. I tried to get the pillow out of his hands but he kept holding it away from me. Damn his tallness! By now our smoke detectors were going crazy and he was smirking evily.

"AXEL! DEMYX HELP ME!" I yelled. Demyx nodded and sprayed the pillow with a shot of water. The fire was gone but now, there was a big burn spot on the pillow. I was finally able to rip the pillow out of Axel's grip. I looked at it. I'm dead.

"YOU CANT JUST GO INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE AND BURN THEIR PILLOWS YOU SPAZ!" I yelled as chucked the pillow at his head. He caught it easily and watched as I fanned the smoke detector to make it stop that shrill beeping. I watched Axel the whole time with a glare. He glared back. The beeping finally stopped.

"Why did you burn the pillow?!" I yelled.

"Because you weren't listening to me!" he yelled back, his green eyes blazing.

"Yes I was!" I yelled my green eyes blazing also. Demyx watched us yell back and forth to each other. How I love verbal banter.

"Tell me what I said then!" Axel said crossing his arms over his chest.

"You said 'Making sure that you listen to me this time! Take only what you need to survive. Even though we're moving you to a different room, we still don't want all of your crap around.'" I repeated word for word. Axel blinked in amazement.

"So you were listening!"

"Duh! I was just messing with you since you like to mess with me all the time." I explained. Axel huffed.

"Fine. You win this time. Now hurry up and get your stuff." He said. Wow! He was actually admitting that I won? Ama-za-zing!

"Is this you?" Demyx asked pointing to a picture on the wall. It was of me when I was 5 or 6 years old and I was sitting with my 2 dogs.

"Yup." I said walking up next to him to look at the picture. Axel came up behind us.

"Cute. But…not as cute as that pink bunny costume!" he said. I could hear him smirking. HE DID NOT JUST GO THERE!

"What pink bunny costume?" Demyx asked, instantly intrigued.

"It was soo cute. It was for Halloween. She had these cute ears and this big poofy tail." Axel crooned. I told you he would never let it go.

"Be quiet!" I growled.

"But why? You looked so cute. Do you still have the costume? I'm sure we could always make another one." he continued.

"YOU ARE GONNA GET IT!" I yelled as I launched myself at Axel. As you can see, I was easily irritable today. I caught him by surprise and tackled him to the ground. Soon, it became an all out brawl. We were rolling around on the ground trying to pin the other down.

"Guys! Stop it! Megan calm down!" Demyx said trying to break us apart but not daring to touch us. That would result in him getting hit as well.

"Would you get off me!" Axel yelled as I bit his arm.

"Ne-uh!" I grunted as he tried to burn my leg. That was supposed to come out as 'never' but due to me gnawing on his arm, some of the syllables were left out.

Eventually, Axel stood up. However, I was still attached to him for I had wrapped my self around his leg and was now chomping on his kneecap. What an odd place to bite. He was trying to pull me off by the hair. It hurt, yes, but I refused to let go. RAWR I ARE THE VAMPIRE!

"What are you doing?" A voice suddenly interrupted. I looked up, still gnawing on his kneecap, to see my little brother staring at me like I was finally off my rocker. I removed myself from Axel's leg and quickly stood up and wiped the spit from my mouth.

"Axel?" my brother asked. Axel blinked and looked at me for help.

"It's ok you can tell him."

"Yea that's me." He said. Andy looked at him in amazement.

"How does he know me?" Axel whispered to me.

"He recognizes you because of Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts 2." I explained.

"Forgot about those. Those games are the reason I'm so popular with the ladies." He smirked. You just keep telling yourself that Axel. Even though it was true. He did have a large fan base. Though half of it was Yaoi related. I hated Yaoi. I was just a normal fan thank you very much. Andy rounded onto Demyx.

"Who are you?"

"That's Demyx." I said.

"Hey." Demyx greeted. Andy then looked back at me. Silence.

"You're weird." He said suddenly to me before walking away to go hide up in his cave. Also known as his room. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Proud of it!" I retorted. Suddenly, Axel grabbed me by the wrist and started to drag me in the direction of the stairs.

"We're wasting time. Now hurry up and get your stuff." He said as he dragged me up the stairs.

"You know? I'm perfectly capable of walking on my own." I said as I stumbled up behind him.

"True, but you dawdle to much." He said finally reaching the top of the stairs and dragging me into my room. "Start packing."

"Well…how long am I going to be with you guys?"

"A long time."

"How long is a long time?"

"A LONG TIME!" he suddenly yelled taking a seat on my bed. Ok, ok calm down! Yish. Someone is crabby today. Demyx then took a seat in my computer chair and started spinning around in circles.

"Should I get a bag or something to carry all of this in?" I asked.

"No. I'll open a portal that leads right into your new room." Axel said conjuring a portal. "Just throw your stuff through the portal." I nodded and then began to scour my room for all necessities. I threw almost anything I laid my hands on into the portal. This included things like cloths, notebooks, sketchbooks, my art supplies, my scrapbooks, my stories, this here computer, my ipod, books, cell phone, all of my cds, pictures, a few dvds, and stuff like my toothbrush. I wonder if they would let me smuggle my cat Cloud in? Probably not. Yes her name really is Cloud. No I did not name her after Cloud Strife. My neighbor, who had given her to me, had named her that way before I knew who Cloud Strife was. She wouldn't be too happy being stuck there. Plus, Axel would probably set her on fire. She would end up as a kitty kabob. Cat…the other other other white meat.

I then moved onto throwing in all of my Anime stuff. That was uberly important to my survival.

"Is all of that really necessary?" Demyx asked as he played with a stuffed animal that I had chosen to leave behind.

"Yes. I need it to survive." I said throwing some shoes in the portal. I pity who ever was watching all of this come out the other end.

"I think you have enough stuff now." Axel said as he glanced around my almost bare room.

"Not yet." I said trying to kick a large pile of cloths through.

"What on earth do you still need to grab?" Demyx asked, amazed that I had even more stuff. What can I say? I'm a pack rat! I keep a lot of crap.

"I just have to go downstairs to see if I missed anything. Are you guys hungry or thirsty?" I asked going out the door again.

"God forbid that you would forget something." Axel said trudging down the stairs. "It's not like we can't come back here."

"You mean I can come back and visit?"

"If you really want to or you need to. And plus, if by some stroke of horrible luck, Castle Oblivion is over thrown by someone, we can always use your house as a safe haven." Demyx said. My house as a safe haven? I don't have enough room for what, 8 guys? Plus, my parents forbid guys sleeping over. I don't even wanna start thinking about dad. He would probably bust a capillary. Probably would think it would be like a giant orgy or something…I cant believe I just said that. The mental images are disturbing! GAH!

"Think again. My parents forbid guys sleeping over." I explained opening up the cupboards to find some food.

"Are you guys hungry? Thirsty?" I asked again as they were now meandering about my kitchen. Axel shook his head but Demyx didn't.

"I'm a little hungry."

"Ok. I'll make some popcorn then." I said taking out a bag and sticking it in the microwave. We waited around till it was done. I opened the bag and reached in for a handful. I then held the bag out to Demyx and he did the same.

"MEGAN!" My brother yelled from the porch. So he hadn't gone up to his room.

"HELP ME!" he said. How much you wanna bet it was with Kingdom Hearts. He was just retarded and couldn't make it past the Seaside Shack. But I shouldn't be talking since I couldn't get past it for a good week. I sighed loudly and trudged into the porch.

"Make yourselves at home." I said to the guys. They really didn't need to follow me wherever I went.

"Help me beat Riku." He said. He was still at the race part? What a noob! LOL!

"Fine." I said snatching the controller up and entered the little race thinger majiger. I beat him after a few tries and cursings at Riku and then returned to Demyx and Axel.

"Are you ready yet?!" Axel asked.

"Not quite." I said. Axel then connected the dots.

"You're stalling aren't you?" he said.

"The jig is up. You're just too smart for me." I said shaking my head. Alas it was true, I was trying to stall.

"Hurry up and say good bye." He said as he took a seat in a kitchen chair and put his feet up on the table. Stop that!

"Fine." I sighed. Suddenly my dad came in through the patio door. He took one look at me. Ho damn! Hide the fine china! One look at his face and I knew I was in deep shit.

"MEGAN! WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN? WE'VE BEEN WORRIED SICK ABOUT YOU! NO PHONE CALL, NO NOTE, NO ANYTHING! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?" He thundered. I think I heard a glass shatter somewhere in the house. I had never actually had my dad yell at me like that before. It was scary! Hold onto your butts people we're in for a bumpy ride!

"Uhh…" I tried to think of an answer but I honestly couldn't. At the moment, I was trying to not piss my pants.

"IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY? MEGAN JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A LEGAL ADULT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE! SO WHERE WERE YOU?" my dad yelled again.

"Uhh…" I said again.

"AND WHO ARE YOU GUYS?"

"They're-" I began, only to be interrupted by dad again. By now, my brother had come to see what all the commotion was about. He was standing just behind Axel, wondering if he should touch his hair. You have to admit that his hair is rather fascinating. I wonder how much gel and hairspray a day he uses? He's probably burned his own hole in the Ozone layer.

"YOU'VE GONE INTO PROSTITUTION HAVENT YOU?!" My mouth dropped. Dad? What a scandalous idea! LOL!

"YOU QUIT THE BUSINESS RIGHT NOW YOUNG LADY! ARE YOU GUYS HER PIMPS? I DEMAND THAT YOU RELEASE MY DAUGHTER AT ONCE!" he yelled. Dad calm down!! Axel and Demyx looked at each other. I have never had this much family drama before! This would make a good Oprah episode! Actually screw Oprah! Sign me up for Jerry Springer!

"DAD CALM DOWN! THEY'RE NOT MY PIMPS! I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!" I yelled finally getting his attention for only a split second.

"OH MY GOD YOU'RE PREGNANT!" He yelled obnoxiously. He then rounded onto the guys again. My forehead face planted into my palm.

"ALRIGHT WHICH ONE OF YOU DID IT? WHICH ONE OF YOU RAPED MY DAUGHTER?! YOU HAVE CAUSED HER EMOTIONAL TRAUMA!" That's the second time today that I had been accused of being raped while poor Axel and Demyx were being accused of being the sexual fiends. Fiends is a fun word.

"What does rape mean?" My brother asked.

"Tell you later kid." Axel said.

"DON'T TALK TO MY SON! GET AWAY FROM MY FAMILY!" my dad yelled. Was he done yet? I hope he doesn't go for his gun that he hid under his bed. All right, that's enough dad.

"DAD THEY AREN'T RAPISTS! STOP YELLING!" I screamed. I would be amazed if I had any vocal chords left after today due to the large amount of screaming that I have been doing.

"I AM NOT A PROSTITUTE AND I AM NOT PREGNANT!" I yelled again this time making sure that my dad heard me.

"Well then who are they?" he asked angrily. At least he was using his indoor voice. I explained the whole "college study abroad trip" to him and explained to them that they were just the recruiters helping me get ready. My dad calmed down considerably but still stormed off to the basement to let his frustration out by lifting weights.

I let out a frustrated huff and glared daggers at the basement door.

"That was intense." Axel said. You're damn right it was! I'm amazed that I survived! I think I'm bleeding from the ears though. Thanks a lot Pacino!

"Is your dad always like that?" Demyx asked.

"Of course not. He's actually a lot like me." I explained.

"You mean hyper and idiotic?" Axel asked playing with a pencil he found.

"No. We have the same sense of humor and we would rather be at home then be with a bunch people." I explained. It was true. I looked like my mom but had the personality of my dad. I preferred to be alone and sit at home…DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME EMO! Ahem. Axel and Demyx looked at each other, trying to absorb the fact that I would rather keep to myself than cling to a bunch of friends. Har har guys.

"K well I'm gonna go say goodbye." I said heading out to my mom first. Might want to let dad cool down first. My mom enveloped me in a bone-crushing hug.

"Call us if you need anything!" She said as she waved at me. Ok now I had to go down to dad. He too wrapped me in a large bear hug. He was actually pretty close to suffocating me.

"Choking…not breathing!" I squeaked out. My dad was better at accepting my departure than my mom. Finally, I was released.

"Are you sure that those 2 guys up there are really recruits? They seem like they're in a cult or something." My dad asked suspiciously.

"I'm positive." I said trying not to look off somewhere else. That was always a sign that I was lying. They were kind of in a cult though. I bet for initiation, they spike the celebration punch with rat poisoning. I trudged back up the stairs to see the guys waiting for me and Andy staring at Axel in awe.

"What is his problem?" Axel asked clearly annoyed by the constant staring.

"I don't know. It's not everyday that you see a couple of video game characters appear in your house." I explained crossing my arms, sarcasm dripping off every word.

"I don't like you." My brother said to Axel before turning and walking away. I gave him a weird look. I of course knew the reason that he didn't like him. It was because he kept getting his ass handed to him in his Chain of Memories game by Axel. I laugh at his misery.

"Lets go. I don't know how much longer I can handle your family." Demyx said running a hand through his hair.

"You haven't even seen how bad it can get." I said reaching for a handful of popcorn. Its true. My mom's side of the family was obnoxious when they got drunk, which was a lot, and my dad's family belonged in the psych ward at the local hospital. Demyx snatched the bag out of my reach. I gave him a puzzled look and tried to reach for it again. He held it out of my reach again.

"Hey what gives?" I asked trying to get it. Basically I was just chasing the bag in circles.

"My popcorn." Demyx replied. Uhhh…right. I tried one more time to grab it and once again, my reach was not long enough.

"Ok you can have it." I said backing away…very…very slowly. Demyx seemed rather unstable about his popcorn at the moment.

"I'm sick of this lets go!" Axel said getting up and grabbing my arm and then, yup you guessed it, began to drag me up to my room. He wasted no time when we got to my room, and actually picked me up. He then did the unthinkable and actually threw me into the portal.

"He is gonna get it!" I said loudly to myself as I floated about in the darkness. I hated it when people picked me up. It just…annoyed me! Prepare to feel my wrath Axel. No one picks me up and gets away with it!


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All Readers- suggestions are welcome!


sry if the chapter bored u guys. i didnt like it much myself. the next chapter is better i promise. why? cuz i already have it typed so start bugging me to post it lol. i found a stray cat out in barn a couple weeks ago. since it hasn't left, it is now ours lol. its name is chex. my bro named it and i think its a dumb name but he wanted to name it cuz i named every cat and dog that we have had lol. i wud have named the cat Snack Pack. but yea we were quite shocked when we found out it was pregnant!!! to bad we dont get to keep the kittys. dude today i totally fell down the stairs! not surprising but i actually succeeded in hurting myself. and then i went and played DDR after...don't do that!!! it hurts!!!