-Vexen's Explaination-

Roxas slowly opened his eyes to discover that it was morning. He yawned and stretched, then sat up.

"Alex!" he called, out of a new habit. He noticed how much deeper his voice had become, and how much more room he was taking up in his bed. Then it occurred to him: he was back to normal. He carefully climbed out of bed, relieved that could walk again, instead of having to crawl. Alex walked into the room, and froze.

"Your big, now!" was all he could think to say.

"Yeah… I'm back to normal again!" he explained, and fully noticed that his ability to speak had returned.

"Sorry… it's just that I've never seen you like this before," Alex apologized, staring at him in amazement.

"It feels weird, being this big again," Roxas laughed, "I'm gonna be hitting my head on everything! I'll have to get used to this again."

"Yeah, I'd better see about everyone else. They might be back to normal, too," Alex pointed out.

"I'll catch up with you later," Roxas called, as the other departed. He stared down at his clothes in awe: they still fit him perfectly. With a sigh, he turned to his closet to get a new, clean Organization cloak.

"Roxy?" a tiny voice called. He spun around to see a toddler version of Axel, staring back at him, confused.

"…Axel? You're still a little kid?" Roxas asked.

"Uh-huh. What happened to you?" the little red head asked.

"I grew back up!" Roxas replied playfully.

"Oh…" Axel nodded, "I see."

"So… what are you doing in here?" he inquired, glancing around, curious as to how Axel had managed to get in, without anyone knowing, or noticing him.

"I wanted to wake you up! I wanna play!" he answered.

"Um… Maybe we should have breakfast first," Roxas suggested.

"Okay, Roxy…" Axel sighed, "Pick me up! Pick me up! Please?" The little red head stretched his arms up toward Roxas, with a pleading expression.

"Alright come here…" he sighed, unable to resist the enormous green puppy eyes staring up at him. With a grunt, he picked up his small friend, and said, "For being so thin and little, your really heavy…!"

"I sorry…"

"It's okay… You don't mean to be that heavy, I… I just wasn't expecting that."

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Roxas carried Axel out into the room known as 'Proof of Existence', to find an adult Larxene chasing a child Vexen. Vexen screamed in terror as she almost managed to grab the hood of his cloak.

"Augh…! When get my hands on you, you little brat…!" she threatened, "I'm gonna-"

"Larxene! Calm down!" Xarvis commanded, blocking her from reached Vexen. The little blond clenched the cloth of their babysitter's pants, hiding behind him.

"But it was him! He was the one that turned us all into kids!" she shrieked, "And it was all because of one of his stupid little experiments that, of course, he just had to try!"

"Their not thtupid…" Vexen mumbled, half of his face buried into Xarvis' pants leg.

"Either way, it's your fault!" she yelled, attempting to lunge at the tiny scientist. However, Xarvis swiftly caught her.

"Let go of me!" she demanded.

"What's going on?" Axel asked, as Roxas carefully entered the scene.

"This little brat was the one who turned us all into kids! It was all his fault!" she replied angrily, pointing accusingly at Vexen, who hid further behind the man protecting him from Larxene's rage.

"I didn't mean to!" Vexen said defensively, "I wath jutht trying thomething, and it happened to go wrong. But I didn't do it on purpothe. I wath going to only make mythelf younger. But… not quite thith much…"

"You got a lisp?" Axel interrupted, curious.

"Yeth! I thomehow managed to get a lithp- and who'th cruel joke wath it to thpell 'lithp' with the one letter I can't pronounthe?!" he exploded, "Anyway, I thought thith would wear off eventually. And it did, for thome of you… You were the lucky oneth…" Roxas simply shrugged. He then turned to see Saix striding into the room.

"You're back to normal, too?" Roxas asked.

"Yes," he replied, and added, "The Superior placed me in charge until he returns to his proper age."

"Oh, so he's still a little kid, for now?"

"Yes," Saix said again, "He s currently in the care of-"

"Come on, Xemnas! Come on!" Demyx called as he walked in, as if urging a pet along. Behind him jogged a toddler Xemnas, giggling- giggling- as he trailed behind the Melodious Nocturne.

"You left him with Demyx?!" the Key of Destiny exclaimed, unsure if he should believe his eyes.

"I did," their temporary Superior simply replied, "It appears he is good with children. So, he was entrusted with looking after the Superior while he is in this state. Xarvis will be leaving, now that there are several of us who can look after the younger ones."

"He's leaving?" Axel repeated, his eyes widening.

"Daddy!" someone yelled, as footsteps could be heard coming down along the hallway beyond. Marluxia ran toward Xarvis, and the man quickly and playfully picked him up.

"So, you're still a child as well?" he asked the little boy, "Then I suppose… I will have to bring you back with me for a while, huh?"

"Yay! Where's Alex?" Marluxia asked, brushing some of his pink hair out of his face, and glancing around.

"He's coming with us, so he'll be here soon, Rauliam," his father answered.

"Rauliam?" Axel inquired, cocking his head to one side.

"Uh-huh," Marluxia said, with out thinking, "That's my name!"

"Why didn't you say so?!" the red head demanded, crossing his arms.

"Why, what's your real name?"

"…Lea," Axel answered hesitantly.

"What about me?" Vexen whimpered.

"We already know that your name is Even," Marluxia said.

"No, not that! That," he said, pointing at Larxene.

"You'll be fine," Lexaeus said, entering the room, a tiny Zexion perched on his shoulder. Vexen rushed over to him and reached up toward him. Lexaeus picked him up and placed him on his other shoulder.

"It'th tho high up…!" Vexen said, his voice weak. He gripped the brown hair of the large man in fear.

"Don't…! Don't do that!" Lexaeus growled, pulling him down and into his arms.

"So, Roxy…" Axel began, tapping his friend on the shoulder, "What are we gonna do now?"

"I guess… we're just gonna have to look after you guys for a little while," Roxas replied.

"You mean we're just going to keep growing… down?"

"I guess…"

"Get back here!" Demyx interrupted, trying to catch the laughing toddler. He snatched Xemnas up.

"This is going to harder than I thought, isn't it?" Roxas wondered aloud.

"Nah," Demyx said optimistically, with a playful wink, "I think… that this is going to be fun!"

-I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter! I expect that the sequel will be up soon. I'm not sure what I'm going to call it yet, but if anyone has any ideas, please let me know. I will say that those still stuck as kids will be: Xemnas, Vexen, Zexion, Axel, maybe Luxord, and Marluxia (though he won't appear very often). Plus, Xion will be in the next story, to help Roxas take care of Axel.- TwilightFairy928