Roxas felt weird as they walked to the door of the apartment. Zack knocked, and it seemed like forever but the familiar face came to answer the door. She smiled brightly upon seeing Zack.
"Zack, you never said you were coming back into town," she said as she gave him a hug.
"Yeah, didn't think I would be, though it seems that some family has gotten into some real trouble," Zack said with a laugh as he stepped to the side and she finally saw Roxas and Sora. Roxas watched as tears came to her eyes.
"My boys," she said as she gave them both a large hug.
"Hey mom," Roxas told her with a small laugh.
"We thought you might be able to help us with some questions we have," Sora added.
"Yes, of course," she said as she stood back up but she still looked at the two boys with a smile. "You've both got your father's eyes," she told them with a laugh.
"And apparently, his sense of judgment," Zack said with a laugh as he stepped past Tifa and into the small apartment, as did Roxas and Sora.
"See, that's what we wanted to ask, why is everyone saying we're twins?" Roxas asked. Tifa's smile changed from joy to sympathetic.
"That was the one thing I didn't get to tell you Roxas, before they took you away. Here, sit down," Tifa said as she motioned to the couch and she sat down in a chair that was in front of it.
"So, we are twins?" Sora asked as they both sat down.
"Yes," Tifa said.
"Then why did you say we were cousins?" Roxas asked.
"You don't know the whole story. We had to say that to keep you both safe," Tifa told them.
"Can we hear the whole story, I think we've got a right to at least that," Sora told her.
"Yes, you do. It starts back when I met your father, Cloud. You see, Zack and I were both in this secret organization that was made to keep heavy threats, not little thinks like the police have, but like people who were born with a gift and don't exactly use it right. It just so happened that we were after a man by the name of Cloud Strife. He was after someone named Sephiroth and, well, he wasn't being too friendly to anyone who got in the way, meaning anyone. He had taken out plenty of people in our organization before and we knew he was a big threat," Tifa started but was interrupted.
"Big isn't exactly the word for it. More like, major," Zack said with a laugh as he leaned back in the chair.
"Would you like to tell the story?" Tifa asked looking over at Zack.
"No thanks, I'm not much for story time," Zack told her.
"Anyway, Zack and I were assigned to capturing and eliminating the threat. So we tracked down whom he was after, seeing as he was getting so close. Though, when Sephiroth figured this out, he came after us. We would have been killed if Cloud wouldn't have come," Tifa was interrupted once more.
"You were almost killed, I had the situation under control," Zack told her.
"You were the one who decided to charge right in," Tifa replied.
"It was the best option," Zack retorted.
"Anyway," Tifa said, starting to get fed up with the argument. "He saved us, and we all became friends. He was added to the organization and I fell in love with him. Though when you two and Denzel were born, the organization wanted to draft you. We didn't want that. We wanted you three to grow up as normally as possible, but the organization insisted upon the fact that you should be admitted, or you would become threats. So, we burnt down the bar, and split you three up, telling them you had died. I kept Roxas, Sora went to my sister, and Denzel went with Cloud," Tifa finished explaining and took a deep breath as she finished. Roxas stared at the floor thinking and he looked over at Sora, who didn't look to happy.
"Why did Roxas get to stay here? Why wasn't he sent away like me?" Sora nearly yelled.
"He was sick, Sora, don't you remember. He was really sick," Tifa told him.
"Besides, that ended up getting him taken away anyway. He was in the hospital so much that the city said she wasn't doing anything about his health problems and sent him off to you," Zack reminded him. Sora sat back, his arms crossed across his chest, still not satisfied.
"Whatever, who's Denzel?" Sora asked her.
"Your older brother," Tifa said.
"Wow, in one week I go from having no siblings to a brother, to two brothers," Sora said with a sigh.
"Where is he?" Roxas added, wondering.
"After Cloud died he ran off, no one really knows," Zack told them with a sigh.
"Does he know about all of this?" Sora asked.
"Yes, he was old enough to understand what was happening at the time," Tifa told them. Sora looked over at Roxas and Roxas returned the look. They already had a good idea of where to go next. They both stood and headed for the door.
"Hey, hold up, where do you two think you're going?" Zack asked as he and Tifa stood.
"To find our brother," Sora told him as he and Roxas looked back over at the other two.
"What makes you think I'm about to let you two go off and try that? No one knows where they are, let alone the organization knows you're alive again," Zack told them.
"They may have gotten away with that when we were little but let's see them try it now," Roxas told him with a smirk. Zack looked over at Tifa, a little frustrated.
"Told you they had his sense of judgment," he told her. Tifa laughed a little but then sighed.
"Okay, promise you'll come back to see me though?" she asked them.
"Of course," Roxas told her with a smile.
"No question," Sora added as he smiled as well.
"Fine then, lets go get your friends," Zack said with a sigh and Roxas shook his head.
"No, make sure they get back home," Roxas told Zack.
"What are you talking about? Namine will probably hate you forever if you do that. Besides, you told her we were coming back soon," Sora told him.
"We will be back soon, I think its better that she hates me forever then if I drag her into this and get her killed," Roxas snapped at him.
"Good point. I guess you're right," Sora said as he sighed.
"Fine, I'll take them back, but you two keep in touch," Zack told them as he threw them both cell phones. Sora's was a red while Roxas' was black.
"Right, got it," Roxas said as he put the small phone in his pocket.
"We'll tell you all the information that we've got on where Denzel is, we'll be able to warn you of who's on your trail and what they now," Zack told them.
"Right, right, can we go now?" Sora asked, starting to get a little bored.
"You two take care of one another," Tifa told them.
"Yeah, I'll take care of my baby brother," Sora said with a smirk and Roxas rolled his eyes.
"Call you later mom," Roxas told her with a wave as he walked on out the door, Sora followed them. Sora and Roxas took off running, down the stairs and out of the building toward where they had parked the bikes.
"You know, after we find Denzel, we might want to figure out our other family relations. We could have a fourth brother," Sora said with a laugh as they stopped at the bikes and pulled on the helmets.
"After these past two years, it wouldn't surprise me at all," Roxas said with a laugh as he started his bike and Sora did the same.
"So, we're brothers, how much does that change?" Sora asked as they rode off.
"Uh, not much, you've picked on me like I was your brother for years, nothing really changes," Roxas told him with a small laugh.
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Zack had waited before the door closed before he spoke.
"I told you that those two would be fine," he told Tifa with a laugh.
"They're fugitives to not only law enforcement, but to one of the most powerful organizations in the world, and you call that okay?" Tifa asked him.
"Not to mention they're accused of killing Reno," Zack mumbled.
"What, that's what all this is over?!" Tifa nearly screamed.
"Yeah, we're looking into it but it looks like someone gave a tip to the cops that opened the case again," Zack told her. "But I don't get how they missed one little detail."
"What would that be?" Tifa asked.
"They were traveling with Reno's younger half brother, Axel," Zack told her.
"Well then maybe it is best that you send them back. Even him, I wouldn't want him finding out and thinking it was true," Tifa told him.
"We don't we just tell the cops who really did it?" Zack asked.
"No, we have to keep that a secret too," Tifa said, "Whatever you do, don't let that get out."
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A/N: So sorry guys! We didn't mean to wait so long, but we had to cram for finals and such. Though summer is here! We're going to try and finish this very soon but we're not making any promises because every time we do something seems to come up. Well, we hope you liked, please review!
