Family Dollar Chapter 3, a kingdom hearts fanfic

Story: Family Dollar.

Chapter: 3 out of ?

Main Characters in said Chapter: Axel from Kingdom Hearts II, Vincent Valentine and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, and Dante and Vergil from Devil May Cry 3.

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

Second Disclaimer: I don't own the character Miyakai. Miyakai Valentine owns her role play character.

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

Random Author Notes: This is possibly going to be the longest chapter. And the things down at the bottom vary. The last one was 'Chapter Three Teaser'. These are just to keep your interest, and help you to choose to read the next chapter. they will either be 'Teasers', 'Trailers' or 'One-Sentence Summaries.' And sometimes, even word meanings. Be sure to read the bottom. And, As the Author, and with all these... Authory-Feelings of doing stuff to stories, I'm starting a warning thing at the tops of each chapter. Because I caused a friend to laugh orange Kool Aid out her nose.

And I apologize if their meal seems boring. I didn't want to make them talk with their mouths full or anything. And. If I hadn't chopped it, this chapter would be longer than it should be.

Warning: This CrackFic may result in beverages clearing out your sinuses. Medical professionals advise that any food and/or beverages be removed from the room before reading. Or at least set across the room. Author and/or Characters take no responsibility for Kool Aid/Beverage nose bleeds. Except Axel. Axel takes full blame for your nose bleeds. And he might even clean it up for you. Might. Or he'll burn you to a crisp, laughing. Medical professionals also advise not blaming Axel for your nose bleeds.

Thanks for reading!

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Now that Vincent had come out of his room to visit civilization, Cloud had found clothing to cover up his chocobos, and Axel and Taka had changed out of work clothes, the gang was ready to get to Vin's car. And that does not mean Cloud's 'Little Green Men'. Though he was bringing them with. Carefully tucked into their barrel. They were the one who were hungry after all. Anyway. Out the door, down the stairs to the parking lot. To Vincent's car. A black Pontiac G6. Everyone liked riding in his car. Even if he didn't like everyone riding in it. They got into the car. Cloud and Takara in the back, Axel in passenger, and Vincent driving. Since it was, His car.

They pulled out of the parking lot, turned left and headed off to their normal Perkins. Which had almost become their hang out spot once. In high school. When no one had money, jobs or lives. But. Their spot became an old abandoned tree house. That promptly collapsed. Giving Cloud a concussion, Dante a broken-in-three-places left tibia, and Vincent a large-gash-that-needed-twelve-stitches on his forehead. Taka, Axel, and Vergil had escaped with only minor cuts and bruises. Though. Vergil blamed himself for Dante getting hurt and they got all mushy for awhile. No one really could stand to be around them. Then they gave up, when Dante's cast was removed, and they went back to being normal. Anyway. They were going to Perkins. It wasn't that far from their apartment. Only about fifteen minutes.

They pulled into the Perkins' parking lot and into a parking space. They filed out of the car and headed for the door. Vincent took a second to lock his car, but then soon followed. Taka and Axel had once discussed Vincent's car's security system. Taka had said something about a gun shooting somebody when the alarm went off, but then threw the idea out the window because Vin worked at Hot Topic. No way he made enough money to get a gun built into his car. Well. Everyone had waited for him before even opening the door to go inside. They then walked inside and stood silently, waiting for a person to appear and ask how many was in the party. Sure enough. Seconds later. A smiling young man had walked up.

"Party of four?" he asked, still smiling. Takara raised an eyebrow. No way that that smile was real. Fake smile alert. Axel spoke up.

"For now. Two more will be joining us." he said with a nod. Taka nodded too.

"A large booth is preferred." she said, looking up at Axel. The young man grabbed six menus and ushered them to follow him. And follow they did. To the back and to a large booth. Taka slid in, and Axel sat next to her. Cloud slid into the other side, and Vincent sat next to him. Temporarily. Whenever Dante and Vergil showed up, Vincent would sit next to Axel, and the twins would sit next to Cloud. The waiter set each of the menus down in front of them, leaving the two extras on the end.

"What would you all like to drink?" the waiter asked, keeping his fake smile. Taka frowned. Not even she could hold a fake smile that long. Axel and Taka ordered Mountain Dew. Vincent ordered water. And water was ordered for Cloud. By Taka. Since he had already opened his Barrel of Monkeys, and was proceeding to spread them over his table space. Axel and Taka watched him, eyebrows raised in slight surprise, as Vincent seemingly ignored them all. Lost in his own thoughts.

Upon the return of the waiter, a minute later, they now had drinks. And Cloud had move to something else with his monkeys. He was collecting them, stuffing them into the barrel, shaking it and dumping it out. Like the dice game, Yahtzee. And every time, he'd look at them and say 'Damn. Monkeys again.' and then repeat his actions. He did this five times before Axel leaned toward Taka and started a whispered conversation.

"Do you think he actually thinks that they won't be monkeys if he keeps rolling them like Yahtzee dice?" he asked her. Taka paused. She wasn't exactly sure. This was Cloud. She knew his favorite food, color, animal and everything like that. But when it came to his weird ways, she never had any clue. Sometimes she thought that she was the only reason he wasn't in an insane asylum.

"Maybe. I wouldn't know. He's never had a Barrel of Monkeys game before." she paused. "I told you that you should've put socks in his stocking last Christmas." Axel laughed. They both took to ignoring Cloud and turned their attention to Vincent, who had his elbows on the table, hands in front of his chin, fingers laced together and eyes closed. They had never been able to remember how, or when Vincent had become a part of the gang. But. He was. And he was a little weird. Well. So was Cloud, but Taka remembered exactly why she was his friend. Well. Whatever. What matters is that he's a friend, right? No matter how weird and anti-social he might be.

The waiter reappeared. But not to take orders. He had ushered the Twins over to the awaiting group. Vincent stood up as Axel pushed Taka closer to the wall, sliding over, and Vincent sat down beside him. The Twins took a second to stare at Cloud, who was still playing Yahtzee with the monkeys. And still getting monkeys. Mentally Vergil decided he didn't want to sit next to the monkeys-- And. Well. Cloud. -- so he pushed Dante into the booth and sat down. Semi-Sandwiching Dante between himself and Cloud. Dante frowned and lightly elbowed Vergil in the side. Water was brought to both of them, along with a Pepsi to settle Dante's need for sugary-caffinated-things.

The waiter then asked for their orders. And, Being there many times before, none of them had even touched a menu, except to pile them at the end of the table. Takara ordered a large basket of fries, her usual because she adored Perkins fries. Well. She adored french fries in general. Axel ordered a large cheeseburger, with lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, the works. Dante ordered a chicken tenders platter, and a side of pickle slices. Taka spoke up for Cloud once again, ordering two of the little pizzas that were kept on the children's menu. It didn't matter. Cloud got the pizzas because he looked mentally handicapped to age four, and then Dante got the chicken fingers, because Cloud loved chicken fingers. Dante and Cloud always switched so Dante could have his pizza. Since Dante adored pizza. Vincent and Vergil didn't order. They were fine with their waters. The waiter walked off to fullfill their orders.

The gang proceeded with small chatter. Well. Axel, Taka, and Dante did. Vergil was silent, Vincent was silent, and Cloud was still playing monkey Yahtzee. They were soon brought their meals, surprisingly fast. But it was assumed that Perkins wasn't busy that night. Well. Evening. They ate their food quietly, and every now and then, between bites, Cloud would put little chicken tender pieces into the little green barrel which currently contained all the monkeys.

Now that their meal was done, and the gang had officially decided not to ask why Cloud was feeding little plastic monkeys chicken tender pieces-- Monkeys were, after all, herbivores, except for the occasional bug or two, and definitely shouldn't be eating chickens. And there was this little lingering fact that Cloud's monkeys were tiny little pieces of plastic, and really couldn't eat anything. -- They all, Well, Axel and Taka, turned to Dante. Taka spoke first.

"So. Which mini golf place did you have in mind?" she asked, lightly cleaning off her fingers with her napkin. Dante sipped his Pepsi.

"There's this place." he started, pushing his drink a bit away from him. "That we haven't gone to. Some guy at work told us about it." he nodded toward Vincent, seeing as they worked together. Vincent spoke up.

"Jeffery. Jeffery told you about the establishment. He did not tell me. I was simply standing near you." he said, nonchalantly. Dante made a childish face at him.

"Fine. Jeff told me about this place. It's supposed to be really huge and really cool. And it's got like three levels of difficultly of the courses, and this arcade, and pop machines." he said. Taka rolled her eyes. Of course Dante had to add the pop machines in there. Well. Even if it was Dante describing the place, it sounded alright.

They paid for their meals and walked out of Perkins. Dante and Vergil went off to Dante's 2006 silver Mustang GT. That happened to be purchased by Vergil as a present for Dante. Taka had always wondered how Vergil had the money for that thing. Anyway. The four got back into Vincent's car, Taka now in the passenger because Vincent had told Axel it was only polite to let the lady of the car sit there. Taka really didn't care where she sat, because the only difference to her was the amount of leg room. They watched Dante and Vergil take off, before they left. Since they had no idea where they were going, they had to follow him. Speeding slightly to keep up with Dante's need-for-speed additude, they followed him for about twenty five minutes before they pulled into a parking lot, that was relatively empty, because not many people play mini golf at this time of day. Which was about 8:12pm.

They all got out of the car and walked over to Dante and Vergil. (Vincent had stopped to lock his car) 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. Taka nodded. This place was pretty big for a mini golf course. They all walked across the rest of the parking lot, went through this little open-gated fence and to this hole in the wall. Where three workers were, sitting inside, waiting for more customers. The only girl of the three stood up and walked over. She gave half a smile, unenthusiastically.

"Welcome to Putt-Putt Mini Golf. How may I help you?" she sighed. Taka took a mental note that this girl either did not want to be here that night, or just out right hated her job. Probably the latter. Dante stepped forward.

"Six for the medium course, two rounds, please." he said. Taka raised an eyebrow at him. She then looked past him at the wall. It had a list of courses, prices, and everything. So that was how Dante knew everything. Hmph. Cheater.

"Thirty dollars, please." the woman said, looking at all of them. She paused, looking at Vincent with some interest. Everyone dug into their pockets. They each put a five dollar bill in a small pile on the counter. Taka looked to the lady's name tag as she set her five on the counter. She paused. She knew that name. Where did she know that name. Oh. She remembered.

"Miyakai. Miyakai Kala." she said, slight surprise in her tone of voice. The girl was collecting the money off the counter. She paused, looking at Taka with a 'How the hell do you know my last name?' look on her face. Taka gave a slight point at her. "Miyakai Kala. Oh my god." Taka gave a half laugh. Miyakai tilted her head.

"How do you know me?" she asked, opening the register that was to her right and inserting the money. Taka smiled.

"Middle school. Takara." she held up her right hand, swearing that was her name. "Takara Sasaki." she said. Miyakai paused, giving the name some thought. She gave a shocked expression.

"Taka? Oh my god." she looked the Taka up and down. "What did you do to you hair, Kitten?" she asked, referring to how short Takara had cut it since they last saw each other. Taka gave a half smile.

"Cut it, duh." she replied. Axel took the liberty to add his two cents into the conversation.

"How do you know each other?" he asked. He paused shortly. "And why did she just call you 'kitten'?" he asked, confused look on his face. Taka and Miyakai laughed.

"This was before we got close, Axel-kun. She was one of my best friends. And Kitten was one of my nick names back then." Taka explained. Miyakai looked Axel up and down.

"So. This is your brother? " she asked. Taka laughed and nodded.

"Yeah. Sorry that I never introduced you. You know how much I hated him back then." she said. Miyakai nodded.

"Well. You guys go play your game." she said, pulling six black golf clubs off a rack that was to the left of the register. She set them on the counter and watched everyone take one. She gave a slight point to a bucket that was on the counter. It was filled with multi-colored golf balls. Everyone picked one and the guys headed off to play. Taka stood still, watching them for a second. She turned back to Miyakai, feeling a light tap on the shoulder. Miyakai was holding out a small slip of paper and a pen.

"You have to give me your new phone number. I'd add it into my phone right now if it wasn't at home on the charger." she said, making a childish face. Taka laughed. She leaned down and scribbled her number on the piece of paper. She handed it to Miyakai. She then reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone. She held it out to Miyakai.

"Add your number?" she asked with a smile. Miyakai nodded, took the phone, flipped it open and start typing stuff in quickly. Taka looked back to the guys. She paused noticing that Vincent was looking this way, but as soon as he was noticed, he turned back to watch the game. Taka raised an eyebrow.

"Here." Miyakai said, handing her phone back. Taka took it and put it back in her pocket. "Lets keep in touch this time, ok?" she asked with a smile. Taka nodded. "Ok. Good. Now. Go play your game. And, oh. Tell the blonde one to not chew on the golf ball." she said, pointing at Cloud, who was in fact biting the golf ball. Taka nodded, grabbed her ball off the counter and dashed over to the guys. She faced Cloud.

"Cloud-san, Don't chew on the golf ball, please." she said. Cloud looked at her and took the golf ball out of his mouth. She nodded, with a slight smile. She watched Axel take his turn. She paused and looked at over at Vincent. He had turned his attention back to the hole-in-the-wall-paying-area, where she had just come from. She raised an eyebrow again. She looked over to the area and saw Miyakai giving him the same attention that he was giving her. Taka smiled slightly and decided to let them stare at each other. A little attraction never hurt anyone, right? She turned back to the game, just in time to see Cloud lob his ball off the course and into an artificial pond across the golf course. She raised an eyebrow again.

"Cloud. You're supposed to keep it on this one green." Axel said, pointing to the green turf that was in front of them. Cloud smiled innocently before going off to retrieve his ball. Needless to say, They enjoyed their game of mini golf. Dante had won the first round and Taka the second. All in all, playing the two rounds had taken them a few hours. After their games, they returned their clubs and balls and proper introductions were made between the guys and Miyakai. Soon after they gave their good-byes and walked into the parking lot, pausing once to watch Cloud pull a handful of grass 'for the monkeys'. They gave Dante and Vergil their good-byes and got into Vin's car. Home they went.

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One-Sentence Summary of Chapter Four:

Cloud's insanity spreads into laundry day and Vincent surprises everyone.