Semi-AU. Slightly incestuous Yaoi. Sora/Roxas, Vanitas/Sora, Vanitas/Ventus.

Complex

Vanitas officially hates kids and…Moogles.

Oh, should've added Chocobos to the list too but those two remain at the top. And you ask why? Well, first of all, they are 'cute' and 'adorable' in general and of course Vanitas, your No.1 bad boy, hates cute stuff. (Okay, there's only one thing he considers 'cute' in this world - that is his younger brother Sora, but don't tell that to Sora.) But the major reason why Vanitas finds such things loathsome is because of his brothers.

Ventus, the eldest brother in the family, is obsessed with Chocobos. He decorates his room in a chocobo-theme. Basically everything you find in his room has a chocobo on it. His chocobo-mug, his chocobo-pyjama, his chocobo-pillow…He even has dozens of boxers printed with chocobos! Vanitas never understands why Ventus, who was often teased being a 'chocobo-head' when they were little, would end up loving chocobos in such a sick way. Yeah, Ventus' chocobo-complex IS sick. If he was still a little boy, fine, no problem, but now he's a fucking grown-up! Y'know, seeing Ventus in his chocobo-boxers often kills his mood in the middle of their 'session'…

But after so many years of living together with his twin, Vanitas eventually got over the chocobo problem. What annoy him the most at now is kids, especially the spoiled arrogant brat like their youngest brother Roxas.

Seriously. Ventus and Sora have spoiled the kid too much. They would unconditionally give everything he wanted to him. Roxas was born with a condition called "Nobody Syndrome". Basically he's got emotion problems, or rather, his lack of emotion is the problem. Vanitas has to admit, the 12-year-old kid is the most talented keyblade-wielder in this family, and his cold blood might be a great advantage for him to become the best warrior in the world when he grows up. Vanitas used to be very fond of this little brother of his for the cruelty and heartless-ness this kid had showed at a young age. But ever since his beloved Sora decided to devote himself to helping Roxas to gain a 'heart' and to learn how to 'love', Vanitas turned to dislike the kid. Yeah…taking a 12-year-old kid as a rival in love is ridiculous, but he can't help it. Like Ventus can't help his chocobo-complex, he can't help with his brother-complex, or to be more specific, his Sora-complex.

…Just like Sora can't help with his own Roxas-complex. Guess the complex problem runs in the family.

After a one-week-long exclusive training session with Master Xehanort, Vanitas was all beat and couldn't be happier to return to his home sweet home. Plus he couldn't wait to fight Sora to show him all the new moves and tricks he has learned. Ventus is a more fond-of-magic type, which makes Vanitas find less interest to battle with him (seriously, all he does in their fighting is casting a bunch of Tornado. He fucking hates that (1)).

But when he got home, Sora was no where to see.

Ventus was sleeping in his own room. Oh great, he was hibernating again. His twin has this absurd 'hibernation phase' during which he can sleep 20 hours straight in a day and nothing could ever wake him up. So, impossible to ask him.

Then he passed by the living room again and finally noticed his youngest brother Roxas was playing with a…Moogle?

"Kupo!"

Where the heck did he get a Moogle from?

Moogles run special shops in their world but they only appear as hologram through Mognet. These creatures are so cute that many people want to have one as their pet. Yet a real Moogle is rarely found. They hide themselves away from humans because they don't like getting their pom-poms ruffled by people. Speaking of which, was Roxas flicking that Moogle's large red pom-pom right now?

"Kupopo!"

Vanitas watched the scene with his jaw hanging open slightly. He never saw a real Moogle in his life and this one looked somehow quite…different than the hologram ones. Its fur was more brownish than the normal pinkish-white fur of a Moogle you see in the hologram. Its bat-like wings also looked larger. What's more peculiar was this Moogle had a crown-shaped necklace hanging around its neck.

Did Roxas just take one of Sora's spare necklaces and put it on this Moogle? Vanitas could feel the corner of his mouth twitching a little.

Now thinking about it, Vanitas did recall that right before he left home for his training, their youngest brother seemed to have developed an unusual interest in Moogles. It seemed that Sora, who was happy to see their autistic brother finally showing some signs of loving other living creatures, had made a promise to find a Moogle for Roxas. He even brought Roxas a Moogle-plush. And Roxas quickly attached to the doll. He would carry it around everywhere and couldn't get sleep without cuddling it.

Yikes. Vanitas wrinkled his nose at the thought. Okay, he also had a phase when he couldn't sleep without cuddling his Flood-plush. But it was when he was only four! And this kid is 12-year old already for Kingdom Hearts sake! Even though it's true the Nobody Syndrome delayed the kid's psychological development but still…! He used to believe Roxas has the potential to become the most fearsome keyblade-warrior in their world but now he's not sure anymore…

Okay I get it. Looks like Sora has found a real Moogle for Roxas after all. Vanitas thought to himself. Oh man, hope the kid is not going to develop some Moogle-complex like his eldest brother. They already have a chocobo-maniac here. He doesn't want his house to be full of Chocobos and Moogles. That's just UNCOOL…

Oh, but look at the bright side, since Roxas is occupied with his Moogle now, he won't be as attached to his Sora anymore, so he could finally spend more time with his Sora. That could be good news. Brightened by the thought, Vanitas went on his search for his favourite brother.

But after the fourth time he passed by the living room, where the young blond was now carefully feeding sea-salt ice cream to the Moogle, Vanitas finally realize his search is futile.

Where the fuck is Sora?

"Kupo kupo!"

Three days after he returned home, Sora still hasn't showed up.

Ventus, in his 4-hour awake phase, told him that Sora indeed left home to search for a Moogle not long after his departure, but the boy hasn't returned ever since. One day, this Moogle just showed up in front of their door with a message "Take care of me" written on a piece of paper.

Roxas was most cheerful to welcome the Moogle to their house. They became literally inseparable since Day One. In fact, Ventus told Vanitas, he has never seen Roxas being so happy all his life.

Yeah…indeed. I never thought that kid could smile like that either. Vanitas agreed inwardly. The kid used to be emotionless most of the time, never laugh, never cry, never openly showing emotions like other ordinary kids. The only exception would be when he is with Sora. His idiot brother's idiotic bright grin is definitely contagious. Hell, even he himself can not resist to Sora's idiotic grin. You don't know just how much he missed his brother's stupid grin.

Seriously, where the fuck is his Sora?

Vanitas yawned the thirteenth time of the day as he lazily lying on the outdoor longue and watching Roxas beating the mushroom-like creatures (2) in the backyard of their mansion. The kid has been beating the shit out of those black mushrooms with his dual-wielding keyblades for quite an hour by now. All thirteen mushrooms the kid managed to find in their yard were hopelessly running around with tears but none of them could escape from the furious blond boy who casted a barrier spell in the area.

See? I told you this kid is brutal.

"Well, Roxas, I think that's enough." Vanitas finally spoke to his brother out of his boredness.

"But they picked on Sora! I have to teach them a lesson." The child retorted, still having that murderous look on his young face. But he did stop his attacking at the mushrooms and turned to look up at the Moogle who was flying around nearby him.

"Kupo!" Sounds like the Moogle agreed with him.

"Yeah yeah, whatever." Vanitas couldn't help but rolled his eyes again at the name his brother gave to the Moogle. Why the heck did he have to name it 'Sora'?

"Mushrooms tried to play with his pom-pom. Sora hates that. No one touches his pom-pom but me!"

"Ku-po!" Sounds like another agreement.

Vanitas was actually intrigued by the fact that his youngest brother seemed to have this unusual ability of directly communicating with the Moogle who oddly can't speak human language.

"Mushrooms keep coming to bug Sora. Sora doesn't like them. I have to make sure they don't come to our yard anymore."

"Oh please Roxas," Vanitas facepalmed himself, "Stop calling your fat pet 'Sora'! It's disturbing."

"He's not fat!"
"Kupooooo!"

Vanitas swore he heard a voice shouting 'how dare you call me fat!' in his mind just now. Err…maybe he's got the ability of understanding Moogle-speech as well? Nay, he wouldn't want that ability. He official hates Moogles now, for his beloved Sora was missing because he was trying to look for some stupid Moogles!

"Vani, why do you not like me calling him 'Sora'? He is Sora."

After the kid calmed down from his anger, Roxas curiously asked his big-brother the question that has puzzled him for quite a while, his blond head innocently tilting in confusion.

Now it made Vanitas feeling even more disturbed.

"Vani! Something is wrong with Sora! He stopped moving. Roxas is panicking!"

When his twin broke into his room and woke him up from his heavenly slumber, Vanitas swore he would murder someone today.

"Fuck, Ventus! Not you too! Stop calling that fucking thing 'Sora'. Sora is missing! That thing is not Sora!"

"No, you don't get it. He IS Sora! I thought you figured already."

"Huh?"

Speechless Vanitas looked at his twin with widened golden eyes and open mouth like he just saw a ghost.

"You don't mean…"

That kupo-kupo thing was indeed their brother?

"Geez Vanitas, you are slow. Roxas is crying badly. I never saw him crying like this before. He's afraid that Sora is going to die. We gotta do something now!"

How the fuck you want me to believe our brother is a Moogle? Vanitas cursed inwardly, but he did rush to Roxas' room along with his twin to check out the situation. Ventus was right. He too has never seen the kid weeping so sadly. The kid used to not care for anything, but now he was crying over a dying Moogle.

"Ku…po…"

The Moogle in Roxas' arms looked very weak. It could hardly move its forelimbs but it still somehow managed to move his limped pom-pom to touch Roxas' face, as if it wanted to wipe the tears away from the blond boy's cheek.

What a heart-breaking scene. Though still having difficulties to admit, Vanitas did start to believe that 'dying' Moogle might truly be his idiotic brother.

What if the moron couldn't find a real Moogle so he decided to turn himself into a Moogle? What if he did find a transformation magic to do so? Stupid Sora would do anything he could to please his little brother Roxas who he's so obsessed with. It's totally possible. Sora would do anything for his loved ones and never care about any bad consequence that could happen to himself.

Turning himself into a Moogle just to make his little brother happy…This is utterly ridiculous, but it is so 'Sora'.

And, it is also the reason why he loves Sora so much.

Vanitas' suspicion was proved to be true. The brothers rushed to Master Yen Sid's place, carrying the dying Moogle with them. Yen Sid told them a transformation magic might have been casted to their brother through the mysterious Kupo Nut. It is a forbidden magic for it demands too much life energy. While humans can endure such a powerful magic for a while, Moogles can't. To sustain in the Moogle form, large portion of life energy must be consumed. That was why Sora, after turning into a Moogle, was getting weaker and weaker each day. Thankfully it was not too late to cast a counter-spell to turn him back into human.

"Man, it's so kupo good to be human again, kupo." Still feeling weak and half-sitting on his bed, Sora grinned sheepishly to his black-haired elder brother. There was just them two in the room right now.

"Speak. Human. Language." Vanitas threatened word by word, he didn't look very pleased. Yeah, he should've guessed, especially after his raven brother almost choked him with anger when he first turned back into his human self. Gee, he didn't know that Moogle-transforming magic could be so seriously dangerous.

"Don't you ever dare to do that again." Vanitas' voice sounded dark and dangerous, but it only made Sora's grin turn even wider and brighter. He always knows how much his raven brother cares for him even though the raven may act like a total jerk most of the time. Well, he didn't mean to scare his brothers like that, all he wanted was to make Roxas happy.

As he recalled how happy Roxas' face looked like when he first woke up and what the blond boy told him right after, Sora's smile spread even wider that almost split his face. Roxas told him he didn't want a real Moogle anymore because he didn't want 'anything bad' happen to him.

"I love Moogle, but I love Sora much more!"

The kid is no longer an emotionless Nobody. He has finally learnt how to express his feelings. He has laughed, smiled, angered, and even cried. Above all, he understands 'love' now.

Sora couldn't help but grin like an idiot.

"Vani, you don't understand, it was totally kupo worth it."

~FIN~

(1)If you've played Birth by Sleep and beat the secret boss Vanitas' Remnant, you know what I'm indicating here XD

(2)For those who don't know, it's the Organization mushrooms from KH2 Final Mix.

A/N: I'm recently replaying FF9, this moogle idea stuck me and never left me so I have to write it up. Thanks for reading another silly and lame story of mine. I'm having some major writer block right now. I just feel I can't write good stuff anymore…orz