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Beta'd by shadowofmyself435


The morning came without any incidents occurring at the small den. But, when Cloud woke up, he panicked when he noticed that Roxas was no longer in bed. The tall blond shot out of bed and sprinted out of the hidden home, skidding to a stop when he almost plowed into his little brother's back.

Roxas was sitting on the floor of the cave. In his lap, there was a tiny girl who resembled Naminé. The girl was curled up and sleeping while Roxas gently rubbed her back. Roxas's blue eyes left the girl's sleeping form and looked up at his brother. "Glad to see you're finally up," Roxas smiled when Cloud sat next to him.

"Who's that and where did she come from?" Cloud didn't bother to hide his disgust.

Roxas frowned. "Her name's Kairi. Axel picked her up from Fran's this morning."

"He just can't stop kidnapping kids, can't he?"

The next thing Cloud knew he was on his back and his check stung. Did Roxas just hit him?

"Look, you jackass, Kairi is Axel's sister. We left her with a friend so we could look for you! I was worried that something bad was going to happen to you if you were by yourself in the woods." Roxas tried to keep his scathing voice quiet so Kairi wouldn't wake. The shorter blond managed to stand up with Kairi in his arms. He walked towards the back of the den and disappeared through the trap door.

Cloud huffed and stood up, rubbing the bruise on his cheek. He didn't like the influence Axel was having on his baby brother. Once the blond was outside he looked around. The sun was high in the sky; it was probably around noon. At the far end of the clearing, Cloud saw something that made his skin crawl. The two Lycanthropes were devouring a half-eaten carcass. Cloud couldn't even tell what it was.

Axel looked up at the blond and grinned at him; with all the blood covering his face and teeth, he looked more threatening. Cloud backed away into the cave when his back hit something solid. He turned around and saw Squall standing behind him.

The Nymph took in the human's pale face. "What's got the revengeful hunter all scared?" He smirked when color returned to Cloud's face.

"How can you not be disgusted by them?" Cloud nearly screamed.

Squall looked from Cloud to the wolves and chuckled. "If you think that's gross, you should have seen your brother out here earlier." The blond's face scrunched up, making Squall laugh some more.

"Roxas has better table manners than those beasts." Cloud scuffed.

"You bet I do," Roxas said as he climbed out of the trapdoor. "I, at least, use a knife to cut it apart." The blond turned towards the brunet. "Did you tell Cloud about the plan yet?" When the Nymph shook his head, Roxas turned towards his brother. "We're all going back." Cloud went to say something but Roxas held up his hand to stop any words. "But I'm not staying. I'm going to talk to Sora and Nami about what's going on. I'm coming back once that's done."

~X~x~X~x~

Yuna moaned and put her head on the cold table top. Things had not been going so well at the Jecht house. First, her youngest son goes missing then her oldest goes out looking for him. Yuna had asked Auron for help but he told her that her kids were lost forever.

Jackass

All Yuna needed was a few moments of silence to clear her head a bit. But fate didn't seem to want to grant her the pleasure as the phone rang. The young mother stood up and walked to the other side of the kitchen.

"Hello, Jeckt residents...Oh hello-...What? Oh my, yes, of course...Okay I'll tell him. Thank you." After she hung up the phone, Yuna rubbed her temples to relieve the oncoming headache. "Sora! Get your butt down here!" She yelled up to the second floor where her son was. A loud thump was heard upstairs and the noise continued till the hyper brunet was in the kitchen.

"Yeah, mom?" Sora panted while clutching his side like he just ran a marathon. His spiky brown hair was messier than usual and green paint was splattered on his cheek. Yuna dropped her hands from her head and started to scratch the paint off of her son's face. Sora winced at the sharp pain from Yuna's nail and he could tell she was mad at him. "Is something wrong?"

Yuna didn't talk until she was satisfied cleaning. "Your teacher called. He said you're failing his class, but he offered to tutor you." Her busy hands moved from the boy's face to his hair as she tried to straighten it. "Starting Monday, you have to stay after school and do extra work for his class."

Sora couldn't argue with his mother. After all, when Roxas left, Sora couldn't copy his notes anymore and was totally lost in all of his classes. Sora nodded then escaped upstairs again.

~X~x~X~x~

Roxas, Cloud, and Riku made their way out of the large forest and towards the small town on the outskirts. Axel had to stay back at the cave or risk Kairi throwing another tantrum. Squall went back to his tree to check up on things before he went to the Outerlands.

Roxas sighed for the millionth time in an hour and looked behind him. This was the farthest he had ever been away from his mate since he came to live in the forest. Riku lead the group, marking a path for Roxas to follow home. He heard the young Lycanthrope and turned so he could face the boy. "You know it's funny," He paused and waited for Roxas to stop looking behind him. "Only a few days ago you wanted nothing to do with Axel and look at you, now you can't even go a few hours without him. You know if I didn't know any better, I'd say you loved him."

The poor blond's face turned bright red and he bowed his head so his hair blocked his blushing face. Cloud couldn't understand all the barks and growls sounding from the silver wolf.

Cloud nudged his brother's side. "What's wrong?" Since leaving the den, the older blond had let his guard down and was less irritable. Maybe without that damn redhead he could finally talk some sense into Roxas.

"I just...it's nothing." Roxas looked away from his brother and called towards Riku. "Are we there yet?"

Riku rolled his eyes. "Don't start acting like a little pup, now. And we should be there in about two or so hours."

"But I can never age." That caught Cloud's attention. "So I can act like a pup as much as I want right?" Roxas noticed his brother's sudden interest in the conversation but didn't call him out on it.

"You can't age once you hit maturity. You can't age; therefore you're not a pup," Riku said as he scratched a tree.

"I'm mature?"

"Well that's why you're in heat. By the way, you and Axel should take care of that soon. Other Lycathropes will pick up on it and do something about it themselves."

A shiver went up Roxas's spine. Cloud saw the movement and, assuming his brother was cold, he pulled the smaller blond in his side to warm him up.

~X~x~X~x~

As the small house that Roxas once called home came into view, the small blond couldn't help but smile. He missed it; he had lived there his whole life.

"This is as far as I can go," Riku said from the outskirts of the forest. "I need to get back to the pack before they suspect anything. Just follow the path I marked or if Kairi cries enough, Axel will come and get you. And Squall should turn up before the end of the day."

Roxas nodded at the silver wolf. "Thank you, Riku."

Riku was about to leave but stopped and said. "I was serious about what I said earlier." With that the wolf left the two brothers.

"What did he say?" Cloud's deep voice said after a while. Roxas jumped at the sudden noise and looked up at his brother with a confused look. "Your face is red again. What did he say?"

"Oh...ummm...nothing." Cloud didn't look convinced. "He said Squall should be here before tonight. Once he gets here, I'm leaving."

Cloud grunted and started to walk up towards the house with Roxas following close behind. As the two got closer, Roxas's ears pricked up at the sound of Naminé's laughter. If the small blond had been in his wolf form, he was sure his tail would have been wagging. Roxas didn't waste any time in running over to his baby sister. Naminé screamed in surprise as she was tackled to the ground. She kicked and hit the person above her with her eyes closed.

"Ow! Nami, stop it! It's me!"

The little girl stopped struggling and cracked her eyes open. Familiar blond hair and blue eyes greeted her. "Roxas!" She screamed and pulled her brother down for a hug. "You're alright! I thought stupid-head Axel did something to you!"

Roxas pulled away from the little girl and gave her a serious look. "Axel would never do anything bad to me, Nami. Why would you ever think that?" Roxas was starting to get irritated at his siblings accusing Axel of things, but he knew they were just worried about him.

Naminé lowered her head and she felt tears form in her eyes, she didn't like it when people where mad at her. "S-Sora said tha-that you were in trouble. Axel promised me that nothing would happen to you." Tears started to pour down her cheeks.

Roxas felt guilty. He hated when his sister cried. "You have it wrong; Axel saved me. I got attacked by a monster while Axel was gone. He came back just in time and brought me to the forest healer before anything bad could happen." The blond couldn't help but smile at how much he had put Axel through. The man never complained and did whatever he could to make Roxas happy. "By the way, where's Sora?" Roxas asked as an afterthought.

It was Sunday so the young brunet wasn't at school. It was a school night so Roxas doubted his mother would let Sora stay out late with friends.

"He went fishing with Uncle." Naminé said, "I couldn't go because mommy said it's not lady-like." The blond girl pouted at the unfairness.

Cloud walked up to his younger siblings and patted the girl on the head. "If you want, I can take you some time."

Naminé smiled at her oldest brother. She was glad to have both of them back. She pulled Cloud into a hug and buried her face in his chest. Cloud wrapped his arms around his sister and pulled her closer to him. Roxas looked at his siblings and for a moment didn't want to go back to the forest. He wanted to stay here with his family. But it didn't last long; he was starting to miss Axel.

Looking up at the sky, Roxas decided he didn't have to leave anytime soon but he hoped Sora would come back soon.

~X~x~X~x~

"When's Roxas getting back?" Kairi whined from her spot next to Axel. The two were at the lake half a mile from their cave.

Axel was scooping water into a big bucket to refill their water supply back at the den. "Hopefully before tonight. Tomorrow at the latest." The redhead frowned a bit. He didn't like Roxas being so far away from him. He could leave Kairi for a bit to get his mate, but he knew Roxas needed some alone time with his family. He sighed as he stood up and balanced the full bucket on his hip. "Ready to go?"

The little girl nodded and grabbed her smaller bucket. The two walked in silence till the cave came into view. Kairi's small voice came through the air. "Am I going to be an aunt soon?"

Axel almost tripped from the sudden question. "Wh-why would you ask that? Of course, you'll be an aunt soon." The redhead didn't know if he was lying to his sister or not but he knew he wanted to start a family; he could wait till Roxas was ready, though.

A large smile spread across Kairi's face and she started to jump out of excitement. "I can't wait! Your pups will be so cute, Big Brother! And, if you have a girl, I can dress her up! Oh, Big Brother, please have a girl!"

Axel laughed at his sister's antics and pulled her in for a one armed hug, still balancing the large bucket. The girl grinned and snuggled into her brother's side. This had to be the happiest she had been since her parent's died.


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