Story: Family Dollar.

Chapter: 2 out of ?

Main Characters in said Chapter: Axel from Kingdom Hearts II, Vincent Valentine and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Axel, Vincent, Cloud, Dante, or Vergil. They belong to their highly respected artists. Capcom, Square Enix, and probably a few others.

Copyrightations: I own the character Takara. She is indeed my role play character.

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Random Author Notes: I think this chapter's a bit boring, but it may not be to you guys. Chapter two is here for you! Thanks for viewing!

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After a fun bike ride of two stoplights and a stop sign ran, almost getting pulled over twice, and scaring the crap out of this kid on the sidewalk, Axel and Takara reached their lovely four bedroom apartment. Taka climbed off the bike, and stood neatly waiting for Axel to do the same. She turned toward the apartment building. She didn't mind living with her brother, they were always so close. All through elementary school, they'd despise each other, but when they got into the second year of middle school, Axel had protected her from these two punks. They got closer than ever. Even shared the same bedroom for a year. That close-ness lasted through high school, and still remained today. And since their parents had died some years back, in a deadly car accident, they were the only family that each other had. Ok. Enough sappy reminiscing. Taka turned back to Axel, who was putting the kickstand down. She frowned impatiently.

"Well, Come on. Hurry up. I'd go ahead but you stole my key." she commented. Axel climbed off the bike, laughing. He walked past her, heading for the security doors of their building. She followed him. Well. Close by his side, not behind him, but same thing. She looked up, and at the building. It was a small building, with only four apartments in all, but they were nice, four bedroom apartments and they each had their own floor. Theirs was the top floor. She was looking at the windows that didn't belong to her or her brother. Two of their friends lived with them, and she was wondering if either were home. She looked to Axel.

"Do you think Red and Hair-Gel are home?" she asked, referring to Vincent and Cloud. She had made up their nick names awhile back. Some time in high school probably. Though, She couldn't help thinking about Axel's head of hair when she said that. Red and Hair-Gelled. Hm. Whatever. Axel shrugged in reply to her question.

"Doesn't matter to me. But I think Vin got off at three today." he looked at his watch. Six something. The rest didn't really matter. it was just the first number that he liked knowing. It could be '6:55' and it'd still be six. Of course then someone would correct him by saying 'Come on. It's almost seven.' and he'd just ignore them. He looked down at her. "So. Yeah. Vin should be home." he said. She nodded. They got to the security door, Axel pulled the key out of his pocket, unlocked the door and held it open for her. She paused.

"Why are you being so nice today, Axel-kun?" she asked, walking past him into the building. He yanked the key out, took a few steps in and made sure the door didn't slam behind him. He shrugged.

"Can't a guy be nice once in awhile? Jeez." he laughed. She shrugged. She climbed the set off stairs ahead of her, reaching a door, wasn't theirs. She turned, facing the other way, walked up those steps and reached a door. Wasn't theirs. She turned around again, walked up those stairs. Still wasn't theirs. These steps were so annoying after a long day. She turned, went up one last set of stairs and stopped. Axel stood behind her, unlocking the door around her. She walked in, he followed. He shut the door quietly.

Taka looked to her right, where their kitchen happened to be. She paused, thinking of what should make the guys for dinner. Axel plopped down onto their couch and immediately started removing his shoes. Of course, he just used he feet to push them off, being tired and not at all willing to bend over, untie his shoes, pull them off and sit back up. But his feet worked just fine too. He looked over his shoulder at Taka, who had walked into the kitchen and was not really in view anymore. Taka leaned her head out of the kitchen, and back into view. Axel opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Taka.

"Red! Hair-Gel! You guys home!" she shouted, making Axel cringe slightly out of her sheer volume. He frowned rubbing his ears while she waited for replies. One reply was 'Yes, Takara. I'm home.' Presumably Vincent. and the other was a bit more confusing. It was a loud 'Shit! Taka! Look what you made me do!' Taka paused. wondering what the heck she'd made Cloud do. She stepped out of the kitchen, and walked down the hall. She knocked on the first door on her right. Cloud's room. There was a small repeated clinking noise, followed by soft footsteps before the door opened and revealed Cloud in white boxers with little yellow chocobos printed on them. Taka stayed quiet, knowing that Cloud would eventually tell her what happened. He rubbed the side of his head frowning. She waited.

"You made my chain of monkeys fall apart." he said, keeping his frown. Taka raised an eyebrow. Monkeys? Oh god. Was he-- She leaned around him and looked into his room. In the middle of the floor was a pile of small green plastic monkeys, next to an equally green barrel. He was playing with a Barrel of the Monkeys game. She stood back up straight. She looked up at him.

"I refuse to ask." she told him with a oddly serious face. She pivoted on her heel and walked back down the hallway. Axel was watching her.

"What did he do?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. She looked over at him.

"He's playing with a Barrel of Monkeys." she paused. Axel stared.

"Are you serious?" he asked with a 'Oh my god. Is he on drugs?' look on his face. Taka nodded. She paused. She hadn't heard the door close. She looked back down the hallway and saw Cloud, still standing in his doorway. They stared for a second. She tilted her head, waiting for him to say something again. He smiled innocently.

"Can I borrow some socks?" he asked. Taka smacked her forehead. Everything that came out of his mouth was weird. If anything came out of his mouth at all. She'd been expecting something normal to come out of his mouth since she'd met him. The first thing that he had ever said to her was 'Takara. Where did you get your nails done?' She'd never seen him before in her life, wondered how the hell he knew her name, and her nails weren't even painted that day. It had imprinted a 'I am a weirdo... And maybe a stalker' sign to his forehead. But yet, Because of her need to hear him say something normal, or to smile, they'd become friends. She looked back at him, from staring into space.

"I don't have any clean socks. You'll have to wait until tomorrow after I get off work. It's laundry day, so gather your stuff. Ok?" she asked. There was a long pause from Cloud. She stood there, waiting for his answer. He gave a short nod.

"The gang's hungry. What's for dinner?" he asked. Taka paused, for a second she'd thought he asked something normal until she realized that he'd said 'The Gang'. She tilted her head.

"Cloud. Who's 'The Gang'?" she asked, not really sure she wanted to know. He shrugged.

"The little green men of course." he nodded. She paused again. Martians? Oh. Wait. No. The monkeys were green. But those weren't men. What the hell? Cloud. What are you on? She gave a hesitantly slow nod.

"We're... Going out to eat. I'm going to call the Twins and ask them to meet us at Perkins." she said, referring to Dante and Vergil. She didn't really want to cook. Cloud nodded. He had turned to go back in his room when Taka noticed he was wearing socks. She raised an eyebrow. What the hell did he need to borrow a pair of her socks for then? Ok. Ok. This, She really didn't want to know. She went to turn away, but stopped in mid-step.

"Hair-Gel! Clothes! Red! Perkins! Thank you!" she shouted and then walked into the living room. She plopped down next to Axel on the couch, waiting for the two of them. Axel looked over at her.

"We're going to Perkins, huh?" he asked, crossing his arms. She nodded. She reached into her pants pocket, pulled out a small black flip phone and flipped it open. She scrolled through her list of contacts. She paused at Dante and hit ok. She put her phone to her ear. She listened to it ring a few times. She frowned until a 'Hello?' caught her ear. She opened her mouth to say something but heard something in the background.

"Dante?" she asked, into the phone. She paused listening. She raised an eyebrow, and put her phone in front of her. He'd hung up. He'd never done that before. Axel raised an eyebrow.

"Maybe his phone died?" he asked. She shrugged. She put her phone on speaker phone and called again. This time the annoying sound of ringing filled the living room. There was a slight click and an answer.

"Hello?" Dante's voice asked. Taka looked at Axel, wearing a expression that said 'I knew his phone didn't die' and a tad of 'Please be quiet while I talk to him.' But her expression change in a blink of an eye as a loud moan came through the phone. Axel and Taka stared at the phone, both wearing a 'What the FUCK was that!' look. Taka spoke first.

"Uh. Hi Dante. It's Taka. What the hell was that moan about?" she paused. "And who moaned?" she paused. "And why?" She added again. She watched the phone with extreme interest as to what the answer would be. There was a laugh.

"That was Vergil. And he moaned because I just cracked his back for him." Dante's voice said. Axel and Taka didn't look to convinced. The Twins had been caught making out before, so it wouldn't be a surprise to have them screwing each other while on the phone-- Wait. What? Gross. They're twins! They shouldn't be screwing let alone making out! Though, Taka had to admit, even if they were twin brothers, they make a gorgeous couple. Anyway. Dropping the subject.

"Alright." she said, raising an eyebrow. "I called to see if you two wanted to meet us at Perkins for dinner?" There was a long-- Well. Not long, Maybe medium --silence. It was Vergil who spoke next.

"We could do that." he said simply. There was a faint voice in the background saying 'We should go mini putt-putting too!'. Taka laughed.

"We could do that, Dante. I'll make sure everyone brings some money. We'll see you at Perkins in half an hour, Ok?" she said. Her response was an 'Alright. See you then.' with a distant 'Alrighty then!' and a click of the phone. Vergil never liked staying on phones long. Taka hit a button, taking her phone off speaker phone. She flipped it shut and slide it in her pocket. She looked toward the hallway. Axel promptly dug his fingers into his ears, knowing what she was planning on doing. "Hair-Gel! Fifteen minutes to get dressed! Red! We're taking your car!" she shouted and then slouched down against the couch. Axel yanked his fingers out of his ears, and laughed.

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Chapter Three Teaser:

The friends stood in front of the mini golf course. They stood there staring. Axel was the first to talk. Though he didn't say much.

"Whoa." he said.