- - : Story Co-authored by Zarya and Wolf Fangs : - -
- -: Even chapters by Wolf Fangs : - -
- - : Odd by Zarya : - -

Zarya: Ha ha, both me and Wolf Fangs have almost no confidence in our writing. Aren't we losers? This whole thing is about five pages long. Including the author's note without is about four and a half. Be glad I got this out this quickly, even if it was short. With my great-grandmother's funeral and my –beep- brother, I think it's okay.

Yura: One, I guess.
Yuriku: Three. o.0

Come one people, we need those votes!

Disclaimer: I only own my defective MP3 player. Wolfie owns… something. I'm too lazy to ask.


Chores. Aerith made them do chores. As punishment for hitting on Yuffie, Riku had to do a chore. And just who got to decide what he was going to do?

Cloud.

The blonde warrior was still mad at him and Sora. Apparently Leon was lying and it really was Cloud's drawer. Stupid Sora spilling his pancakes. Stupid, stupid, clumsy Sora. The exact opposite of a ballerina. A clown. Especially with those shoes.

Well, Cloud apparently was baby-sitting Aerith's little cousins that week (Aerith had overtime at the hospital) and thought, 'Hey, Riku's not doing anything except pinning for Yuffie. Why not dump him with the brats?'

There were two, both boys, but they acted like fifty. The oldest was only five. He was an annoying JERK (inset more colorful vocabulary here) and always insisted Riku play 'Horsy' with him. Poor Riku had a sore back from the mini-devil jumping on him when he refused. The youngest, three, always agreed to whatever the other said. They both had the darkest of dark brown hair. The color was even weirder then Riku's.

Riku thought the boys learned some new words that day.

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"Don't you do anything besides jumping on things?"

The kids were currently in Riku's room, jumping on his bed. So far the had destroyed, in the span of an hour, his entire CD collection (the half that Sora and Yuffie didn't take, err, borrow), his favorite spinney office chair (NOOOOO!) and his ULTIMATE hair-care products. Hey, how did you expect him to keep his hair so shiny?

"Yeah we do!" the little one shouted. It, err, he bounced off Riku's bed and landed with a loud thump. Riku winced. Who knew those little monsters could be so heavy? The thing… or little boy… started running around the room, chanting for the other boy to join him. It didn't take long for the older one to jump off the bed in the same manner.

"Hey, Mr. Old guy," the older one said. Riku couldn't place where he heard that voice before. "We're hungry, right V?"

"But I'm not – Oof!" the older one elbowed 'V' in the ribs. Rubbing the sore spot, 'V' said, "Yeah, yeah, I guess I am hungry. But, Jay," He turned to the other kid. "What if I don't want food?"

"You're gonna want food 'cause you're hungry! Old Dude!" Riku was close to clobbering 'Jay'. "Get us some food or we're gonna tell Aunt A you're mean to us!"

"Aunt A? Oh, You mean Auntie Aerith. You should say so Jay!"

"Shut up, Vance! I'm trying to make a deal here!" The younger boys eyes widened.

"I told you not to use my real name! I'm V now, remember?"

Riku tuned the rest of their argument out. He was too busy trying to place where he had seen their antics before. An evil smirk crossed his face when he got it. They reminded him of him and Sora when they were their age.

"Do you like ice cream?" Riku asked, an evil plan on his mind. These kids could be the key to Yuffie's heart. Wait… Yuffie did like little kids, right? Or was that Selphie? No, Selphie was the one who said kids were annoying and a waste of her time… or was that Yuffie? Whatever.

"Yeah, lets get ice cream! I love ice cream! Right, Jay?" said V.

"It better be chocolate."

"Err," Riku paused. Did they have chocolate? "Is cookie dough good with you?" Yuffie was obsessed with that kind so they always had some.

"Sure, whatever." It looks like Riku was winning over Jay.

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Sora sat, unmoving, in front of the pile of death. How had he gotten stuck with Yuffie's job? Sure, he had said, since Yuffie wasn't allowed out of her room for a day or two (Aerith's overprotective mother instincts) she couldn't, to her joy, wash the dishes. He said he would do it for her, but… He should have thought before he offered.

A stamped of small footsteps came into the kitchen. Sora looked up from the pile of doom. Staring back at him was a pair of aquamarine eyes. Before he could open his mouth to greet his (ex)best friend, a small pair of hands tugged at his hair.

"How'd you keep it all spiky?" Sora reached behind his head and tore the little boy's hands from his hair.

"It's like that all the time." He growled. Sora really didn't like people insulting his hair. He tried everything in the book to keep it down, but nothing worked. Besides, he kind of liked it the way it was. Lots of people liked. Namely his mom and Selphie, but that was just them.

"I think its weird." One kid walked to his side. Sora looked down at the kid. Chubby. It was super chubby. Sora looked back over at Riku and frowned.

"Since when did you become a father?"

"What do you mean by that!" Riku's normally cocky smirk turned into a discontented frown.

Sora had to hide his victory smile. "Well, they're following you and teasing me. Besides, they seem a lot like they… well, I won't say it."

"You know you have an over-active imagination, right?"

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Dear diary,

Well, nothing to do today. I've been restrained to my room. I don't know why, because its Sora and Riku who are crazy, not me. I'm not after someone who doesn't love me back! On second thought, I am. But, still! They are the ones who want to be around me all the time. I'm not crazy. I think. I heard they had to do the dishes I never finished. Why? Well, there are lots of cussing and crashes and banging coming from the kitchen. Hey, maybe I can work this to my advantage. No more course, that could be fun. But how would I boss them around? Defiantly not from being confined in this room I'm not.

Aerith was talking to me earlier today. She said Kairi is coming over at about three and I won't be alone for a while. I can't help but I think on of the boys are going to try and make her on their side. Hmm, does she even know of the appropriately dubbed Paopu incident? Well, I guess I'll find out later. Wait, doesn't she like Sora or something…? Aw, screw it. I'm taking a nap.

Much love, dairy.
Yuffie

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"Dr. Ansem!"

Aerith skidded down the hallway of a research facility, calling her teacher's name. She needed to know if there actually was a way to reverse the affects of a paopu fruit. What better way then asking the island's leading scientist? Well, he was a little crazy, but he was the only one who had a degree in science. He also was the only one authorized to teach medical since, so Aerith was forced to be near him on almost a day-to-day basis.

She slowed down when she neared Ansem's door. She paused before opening the door. Her teacher did not like to be disturbed while running experiments.

"Ah, Aerith! So good to see you!"

Of course, when he wasn't doing anything in particular, he was overly friendly and overly annoying. Aerith truthfully couldn't decide who she liked better. Before she knew what was happening, Aerith was ushered in his fairly large office. The door slammed with an intimidating boom. Aerith gulped.

"So, you're here because of the two boys who drank the paopu juice, correct?" Ansem asked, shuffling through his pile of papers.

"Yes, but how did you kn—"

"I know everything, dear Aerith." Ansem interrupted. He took a small pile of papers and shoved them in her hands. "Now, you need to tell me when and where they drank it, their ages, names, physical appearances, whatever. And you must tell me who they are in love with. Take notes on their behavior. Let them interact with on another and the girl, if they like her, of course." Here he stifled a snicker. "You MUST tell me how ripe the fruit was, if you can get that information. In order to create a reverse serum, I must know how effective it was."

"Dr. Ansem," Aerith glanced at the papers. They were just a bunch of blanks forms. "Why do you need all this information? Weight? Height? Relationship status? Parents?" she shook her head. "Is this needed for the serum?"

"No," he gave her a very goofy grin. "I just need to know if they are… well, to my liking."

Emerald eyes widened. "Okay, yes, I'll go and fill this out. Thank you for your time, Dr. Ansem!" Aerith quickly opened the door and exited. There were always those rumors that he was gay, but she was never the type to pay attention to gossip. And he wouldn't joke around. He was always a serious no-horse-play kind of teacher.

As she passed the secretary, she waved a quick good-bye. Aerith had a long day ahead of her.

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Ansem closed the door quietly behind his star-student.

"Why do they always run?' He shook his head. "I was only going to see if they were interested in my niece."

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Stupid kids. Stupid Riku. Stupid stupid stupid… me.

Sora let himself fall onto a worn couch. He covered his eyes in disgust. Just how could two little kids be so evil? Thankfully Aerith just came home. After a lot of hugs, Aerith asked Sora why he was stuck with the kids when Riku was supposed to take care of them. Sora said he was just getting them out of his hair (literally) when Riku ditched him. She went to drop them off at their home.

Slowly, Sora rolled over to a sitting position. He might as well play some video games while he suffers.

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Yuffie yawned. What a peaceful nap she thought. She rolled over to get comfortable, and –

She fell of the bed.

"OW!" Yuffie quickly sat up, and successfully hit her head on her bedside table. She just had to leave the drawer open when she put her diary away, didn't she? She just gave up and stayed down. What was the point of getting up again of she just was going to hurt herself?

"Yuffie!" The door to her room banged open. The ninja groaned. Why was she avoiding the boys again?

"Yuffie," A pair of bright sapphire eyes peered down at her. She scrunched up her nose in disgust. "I heard something fall. Are you okay?"

"Why am I supposed to stay away from you an' Riku again?" Yuffie asked, letting Sora help her up. "Wasn't it something I did?"

"Err," the brunet paused. "Um, what do you mean, ignore us? You're, uh…"

"Oh, yeah! I remember now!" Yuffie shakily stood, letting her 'savior' grab her elbow and help her up. "You guys are supposed to stay away from me. Now, out!" the stubborn ninja pointed a gloved finger to the door.

"But—"

"I said out!"

When the boy left her room, it was all Yuffie could do to not giggle. She liked that power. She liked it a lot. And evil grin crossed her face. This could work to her advantage.


All right, how was the third chapter? And "brunet" is the masculine form of "brunette." I should know. I did the research. I'm SO sorry for the shortness/suckyness of this chapter. Like I said in the first A/N, I had a funeral for today and yesterday. Well, yesterday was the viewing, but… Who gives? I told Wolf that this would be out late next week, but I guess I lied. Ha, don'tcha love it when things go your way?

Hmm, I wonder if we, me and Wolf Fangs, should answer reviews. Sure, it'd take up time and lie about the word count, and Wolfie may want to answer the reviews on her chapter, but… I'll just shut up now. Much love! ;)