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~Almost Time~

~Sephiroth~

Sephiroth sighed as he followed Rygdea into the hotel. Immediately their little group was noticed by Xehanort and Kefka. They walked over and he glared at the two older me as they tried to look all innocent and pleasant to their younger brother.

"Rygdea! It's good to see you got here safely. No trouble finding the place?" Kefka asked.

Rygdea frowned, "Not at all."

Lexaeus and Edea stood as Xehanort showed them to where they'd be sitting at. They sat down and as Edea looked over their group she frowned in annoyance. Her glare mainly stopped on Riku and Hope, who were dressed in semi-formal attire. Though she looked away when Sephiroth trained his own glare on her.

"So why are we here?" Saix asked.

"Just to have lunch and talk the day before," Xehanort answered.

"You know there is nothing I'd rather do right now then…oh wait ignore you guys," Rygdea said in a tone of annoyance.

"You shouldn't speak to your older brother's that way," Xehanort reprimanded.

Rygdea glared at him, "At the moment I can speak to you any way I want."

Edea cleared her throat, "Why don't we begin eating?"

Despite the older men claiming to have wanted to talk they ate in silence. The two seemed to take turns turning to the door as if waiting for someone. Their eyes widened as if they saw the person who just arrived, and Edea seemed to notice as well.

"It seems Mr. Katzroy has arrived," She said coolly.

Sephiroth and the others turned to see the lawyer approach the dining area with two small boys with him. One was obviously his son, around six years old. The other was a boy with shaggy brown hair and blue eyes; he looked to be about eight. Sazh looked around though he froze when he saw them. Sephiroth and his group smiled, but they noticed he looked nervous as he looked at Xehanort's group.

"Sazh?" The young brunette boy asked.

"Yeah?"

"What's wrong?"

Sazh smiled, "Nothing, we're just going to wait here."

"Will I get to meet my other brothers?"

"Other brothers?" Sazh asked as he sat them at a table, regrettably nearby.

"Yeah! Sora's older brothers! They're technically mine as well right?"

"Well…I guess they would be…they are Cissnei's children and you being from her second marriage…so yeah."

The boy shook his head, "I'm not from her second marriage."

Sazh looked confused, "What do you mean?"

"I was adopted before my dad married her."

"Oh…right…but still you're family."

"Sora would say the same thing!" Denzel smiled happily.

Sazh smiled back, "I kind of figured he would."

~Saix~

"Did that kid just say…?" Sephiroth began.

Saix nodded watching the kid, "He's Sora's step-brother…"

"What will this mean for you guys then?" Riku asked Rygdea.

"I don't know…Sora might want us to adopt him…"

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves. You haven't won the trial yet," Xehanort sneered.

Saix and Rygdea both glared at the two men in anger. Xehanort just looked smugly at his watch and his smirk grew even larger. He turned his attention to Sazh's table where they all noticed he had checked his watch too. He stood up and excused himself, telling Denzel to watch his son, Dajh.

"Is it time?" Kefka chuckled.

"Yup, should be any minute now," Xehanort stated with a smirk.

They waited in silence, Saix and his group wondering just what they were waiting for. They seemed to have planned something, and from Sazh's reaction to seeing them it wasn't a good thing. Saix turned his head back to where the two children sat to see they had moved he could faintly see them at the giant fish tank in the center of the hotel lobby.

As he glanced around once more he stopped as he noticed a familiar spiky haired brunette walk into the hotel. His eyes widened as he stood in shock and just stared at the brunette as a pink haired girl appeared next to him. They were chatting excitedly as they began to make their way to the dining area, not really paying attention to who sat there.

"What's wrong?" Rygdea asked.

"Sora…"

"So they've arrived…" Xehanort smirked as they all turned to where Saix was looking.

~Sora~

Sora smiled at Sazh as he came out of the hotel, while Lightning asked him where the two guests, Sazh had apparently brought with him, were. Sazh mentioned they were in the dining area and Lightning said they could go in and to the table then. Sazh seemed awfully worried about something and looked to be about to stop them if Snow hadn't interrupted by arguing with Vanitas again.

They made our way to the table, though Sora blinked as he realized no one was there. Sora began to look around just in case they had the wrong table; he froze though as his eyes locked on a table nearby. Sure he was relieved to see his father and eldest brother, Riku, Sephiroth and Hope but he also felt fear as he saw Xehanort and Kefka.

"Oh no…where are they?" Serah said worriedly.

Sora ignored her as if he was frozen, "Sora? Earth to Sora!"

"Huh?" Sora snapped out of it and looked at her.

"Do you know where Denzel would go?"

"Denzel? What's he got to do with this?"

Serah sighed, "Lightning had Sazh bring him here as a surprise. She thought it'd make you feel better."

"Denzel!" Sora said just slightly a little lower then a yell.

They waited for a few with Serah growing impatient. Sora smiled as he noticed Denzel approach, pulling Dajh along with him. Denzel looked happy to see him and ran over as soon as they were close enough that Dajh wouldn't go off again. Denzel wrapped his arms tightly around Sora's waist and Sora smiled happily hugging him back.

"Denzel! How are you! You're looking great! I missed you so much!" Sora said excitedly.

"I missed you too! I'm great; Tifa's been taking good care of me! I made several friends!"

Sora began to say something but was interrupted by Serah, "Excuse me!"

Denzel let go off Sora and looked at Serah, "Yes?"

"Where were you two?" Serah asked Dajh and Denzel.

"Dajh went to the fish tank…"

"Didn't Sazh tell you to stay put! What if something happened! You should listen to what people tell you! We were worried! We came over here expecting to see you to find you aren't here! I mean really what were you two thinking?" Serah scolded.

Dajh looked about ready to cry, while Denzel looked sorry, "Hey Serah, it was an honest mistake," Sora defended them.

Serah rounded on him, "Sora! You can't go easy on kids! If you let them get away with it without a scolding they'll keep doing it! Don't you know that?"

Sora sighed but smiled, "I know, I know…"

"Don't you use that tone with me!"

"Ma'am, yes ma'am."

"Sora!"

Sora smiled as Serah began to laugh and she ruffled the kids' heads giving them each a piece of candy. Sora turned slightly as he felt eyes watching him and gulped as he saw Xehanort smirking at him. Sora looked away, hand grasping his arm a bit where he was still injured.

"Sora?" Serah questioned.

"I…"

"Yo what are you guys doing?" Snow said as he lifted Sora off his feet by his waist.

"Snow!" Sora cried in surprise as he was held to Snow's chest.

Snow chuckled as he watched them, though Serah didn't look too pleased. Snow rolled his eyes and put Sora back down on the ground reluctantly. Sora quickly moved away looking down at the ground, Serah seemed to become a shield between him and Snow, though that put him closer to Xehanort.

"Snow! I was just thinking of something!" Serah said excitedly.

"What?"

"Well this is the best place for a nice date! Want to go on one?"

"You're right Serah!"

Sora looked hopeful that Snow would go out with Serah, "Great you two have-"

"Sora will you go on a date with me like old times?"

Sora froze in shock at this as did Serah. Snow just smiled happily at the two of them, unaware of the tension he just caused.

~Snow~

Snow smiled at Sora and waited for his reply, though his smile dropped as he noticed a few things. One he noticed Serah clench her hands into fist and her smile turn into a frown, and two he noticed Sora's shocked look. Though both these went fairly unnoticed as he felt someone staring him down. He looked towards where he felt the heated stare coming from directly at a silver-haired boy, about Sora's age.

He stared the boy down, not liking how the boy was glaring at him. The kid reminded him of Vanitas at that moment and that was pissing Snow off. Though he smirked as he also remembered this was Sora's hometown now. That meant that the kid was probably Sora's boyfriend, if his glare was any indication.

His eyes swiftly moved over the other members of the table and felt a little bit more intimidated by those that sat nearest the silver-haired boy. A man with blue hair, slightly older then Snow was staring him down. The brown haired man, who resembled Sora a bit, didn't look too pleased but was more preoccupied with looking over Sora, probably Sora's dad. Snow frowned as he noticed another silver-haired guy, looking like an older version of the kid, glaring at him in disapproval. The last one was a kid with blonde hair, Snow could tell from looking at him that he seemed to be like Sora in a way.

Snow's gaze traveled to the other occupants that had caught his attention, and he was immediately on guard. The first, an older man, looked like a villain from one of those videogames. While the second looked like a clown but Snow could tell he was just as menacingly looking as the first man. It didn't take Snow long to realize they were probably Sora's uncles, what with the way they were watching Sora.

~Riku~

Riku glared at the blonde haired guy that joined Sora's group. How dare he ask Sora out on a date, it was obvious from how Sora was acting he didn't seem comfortable around the guy. Also what was that old times stuff? Did Sora date him before he moved? The guy really got on Sora's nerves. Riku could also tell there was some tension between the girl, Serah, and the guy.

~Serah~

Serah was getting really fed up with how Snow was acting. He and Sora break up agreeably and she begins to see him, they weren't technically dating yet. Then he begins to become distant and when Sora returns he's all over Sora. Serah wasn't mad at Sora; it wasn't his fault after all. She looked at Snow with a glare that caught his attention.

"You stupid jerk!" She shouted before slapping him.

Before anyone could say anything she had grabbed Sora's hand and Denzel's and was pulling the two of them towards the exit. They passed Lightning, Vanitas, and Sazh entering as they did so.

"Where are you going?" Lightning asked.

"Out! Away from that idiot!" Serah said with a huff.

~Lightning~

Lightning watched as her sister left the hotel angrily before turning to where Snow now stood with just Dajh. She sighed annoyed as she began making her way over there. Snow seemed to notice her anger and tried to leave but Vanitas beat her to him.

"What the hell did you do now?" Vanitas demanded.

Snow glared at the younger boy, "I just asked Sora on a date."

"Haven't we already told you he has a boyfriend? Also didn't you learn your lesson from yesterday?" Vanitas continued angrily.

Lightning blinked, "What happened yesterday?"

"This moron," Vanitas pointed at Snow, "Tried to kiss Sora by force."

Lightning heard a chair pushed back hurriedly as someone stood and noticed Rygdea standing up along with Saix and a boy, she guessed was Riku. She shook her head at them as if asking them to stay out of it.

"Snow, I brought you with me because you're a friend of Sora and Serah. I don't particularly like you especially with the way you treat them. First your with Sora, then you two break up because you like Serah, you're seeing Serah but not together, then you're wanting to be with Sora. Can't you make up your mind?" Lightning asked annoyed.

"Light-" Snow began.

"No, I'm tired of you hurting them. The only reason you're here is because you're intimidating. Now you'll be rooming with Sazh and Dajh, Sora and Denzel will have a room with Vanitas, and I shall share a room with Serah."

"Will you-" Snow began again.

"No I won't listen now take the bags to your rooms. I have something I must discuss with someone."

Lightning walked past them and straight to where Rygdea and the others sat. She grabbed a chair and pulled it up before sitting down. She ignored the others as Sazh led them to their rooms.

"It's nice to see you again, Uncle Rygdea," She greeted.

"Same to you," Rygdea smiled.

"So the trials tomorrow, till then I want all of you to stay away from Sora and Vanitas," Lightning stressed this by glaring at Xehanort and Kefka.

"What about-" Riku began.

"That goes for you as well."

"You can't boss us around!" Kefka snapped.

"I know I can't but I can threaten you."

"What would you do?" Xehanort asked.

"I could always arrest you for several things," Lightning threatened.

Xehanort glared at her and she stared back at him coolly. Xehanort stood with his lawyer and Kefka and they left angrily. Lightning stood as she smiled at her uncle and cousin before saying goodbye and heading off to find where her sister had dragged Sora away too.

The trial was the next day.

~End ch. 12~

Finally finished! Sorry it took so long to update! I've been busy with school and work. Also I went to Naka-Kon…I had a panel for that so that took up my time as well. So sorry to make you all wait!

Reviewer's corner:

MrCoopCake formerly SIHN: I am planning on doing yaoi…it'll most likely be in the side-stories. I'm trying to fit it in!

RenUzumaki: Right! Trial starts soon!

Mrs. Zach Porter: Well they didn't meet but they did see each other. Looks like Riku hates Snow too. Vanitas probably just punched Snow…

Totalanimeloverno1: I might have the fight in a side story.

Shr0ud: More than the uncles?

PUMPKINMASTERETTE: Thanks for the review.

yuki rimer: I already have someone in mind, thanks for the suggestion though!

Bloodred 321: Thanks for the review.

Animedprincess: Ha-ha no problem! And he will get a break soon…hopefully.

darkmoonfairy16: Neither can I…I'm trying to give Riku a good rival though…

Kaede Kuro: Thanks for the review.

shebacatb10: The court case will go well…if the uncles back off though? Possibly.

Well till next time folks!