*Humming*
Leon: WTH is she doing?
Cloud: She was listening to Yuugao by Weiss earlier so it's stuck in her head at the moment.
Vincent: So are her plans for the damn story.
Kairi: I finally come in! XD
Naminé & Xion: Not alone you don't~! XD
Sora: Just to tease me! DX
Sora had never felt so happy in his life. It had been a week since Riku's fifteenth birthday; the day the Vampire told him he loved Sora like Sora loved him. He felt so happy and his heart felt so light he had trouble keeping his feet on the ground, literally. Roxas found it rather annoying while Cloud and Leon couldn't help but be happy for their son.
It was decided that Sora and Riku would need to spend more time together so their feelings could grow stronger and hopefully lead to the last thing they need for the two clans to finally be united and at peace, a marriage. However today was reserved for something else, Sora was going to visit his friends in Radiant Garden.
Kairi, Naminé, and Xion requested that Sora would visit them because they had heard about Sora's confession to the Vampire and wanted to congratulate him.
Aerith Gainsborough, the mother of the triplet princesses, stood in the courtyard of the palace with her daughters waiting for their Angel visitors to arrive. She studied her daughters as they talked amongst themselves; Kairi was the oldest with red hair that rivaled autumn leaves.
Naminé was second born with hair such a bright blonde one would think at first that someone took sunshine and put it on her head. And Xion was the youngest, her hair reminded Aerith of black roses, and of them had sparkling blue eyes and pale skin. Aerith indeed felt like a proud mother.
"Mother they're coming!" Naminé exclaimed happily and bouncing in place.
They all looked up into the sky to see eight figures headed towards them, four of them with only one wing. They all landed; Cloud, Leon, Sora, and Roxas in front and the One Winged Angels stood in a semi-circle around them.
"Welcome Higher Arch Cloud, Guardian Leon, and Sora and Roxas. It's a pleasure to see you all once again." Aerith greeted with a dip as did her daughters.
Cloud and his family returned the greeting with slight bows of their own "Thanks you Aerith, it's wonder full to be back again." The Higher Arch said.
"Sora! Come on we wanna hear everything!" Kairi said taking the brunette's hand and dragging him off with her sisters following in a fit of giggles.
"Kairi you just can't drag him off like that!" Roxas shouted as he chased after them.
Leon looked back to the One Winged Angels, pointed to Zack and Angeal, and motioned for them to follow them. The two raven- haired Angels nodded and launched into the sky to keep a secret watch over the children.
Aerith sighed "Well since they're now out of our hair shall we go to the garden?" she suggested with the ever warm smile she always gave.
"I think it's a fine idea." Cloud said returning the smile.
Kairi and her sisters dragged Sora all the way out to the terrace of the palace where they finally stopped and Roxas caught then and they turned to stare at him intently "Okay, now tell us everything about how you and Riku finally got together." Xion ordered.
"C'mon you guys. Don't try to beat everything outta me right now!" Sora whined.
"But we want to know!" the triplets said.
Roxas got between the girls and his brother "He said he doesn't want to discuss it now! Can't we just catch up for now? We haven't seen you in a year." He said.
"You're right Roxas, we're sorry." Xion said.
"We'll spend some time visiting first." Naminé added.
"But then you tell us about you and Riku." Kairi said with a wicked grin.
Although he was the oldest of the two, Sora hid behind Roxas "Don't let them get me." He whined.
"Oh for goodness sake Sora." Roxas sighed.
"So what happened since we last saw each other?" Naminé asked.
"About a week after the last visit it was Hayner's birthday and he had a sea salt ice cream cake, a huge one at that." Sora said.
"How big are we talking here?" Kairi asked.
"You know the table in the banquet hall?" Roxas asked and the girls nodded "It took up half of it and then some."
"That's huge!" Xion exclaimed.
"Yeah. And he ate so much of it he puked before the party was half done." Sora said.
"EWWWWW!" the sisters exclaimed as they laughed.
"And here's the worst, or funniest, part. It got on Sephiroth!" the brunette added.
They all burst into laughter at that bit of information, but Naminé could help but comment on how sorry she felt for the Angel.
"And what about you guys?" Roxas asked.
"Well the only thing worth talking about that we did is when we went to see our aunt Yuffie and aunt Tifa." Kairi answered.
"How are they?" Sora asked.
"They're doing just fine. Yuffie's still as hyper as ever and Tifa's still trying to keep her under control which is proving quite difficult as usual." Naminé explained bringing laughter from the others.
It was while they were laughing that Kairi saw the second necklace around Sora's neck "Ooh Sora! Where did you get that pendent?" She asked.
Sora looked at the red charm that rested next to the silver crown and he blushed lightly "Riku gave it to me the last time we saw each other." He answered.
"And the last time you saw each other was when he told you he loves you right?" Xion snickered earning a deeper blush from the Angel and laughter from the others around her.
A nonexistent castle in a nonexistent city. Nine Vampires meet here to discuss the plan they with commence in the near future. Xemnas, Xigbar, Xaldin, Vexen, Lexaeus, Saïx, Marluxia, and Larxene are all seated in a round room looking at Ansem who was standing on the platform in the center of them.
"On Riku's sixteenth birthday next year Lord Vincent plans to hold a ball where our beloved prince will announce he will marry that Angel, Sora Leonhart. That night is also when we make our move. I will take the prince to Castle Oblivion and perform the ritual." He said.
"But if Lord Vincent should get in the way, if anyone should get in the way, what then?" Xigbar asked.
"What else? There are only two options when someone gets in one's way. Surrender or force your way through by any means necessary." Xaldin said.
"And knowing Ansem he will take the ladder and kill all who may get in his way." Vexen added.
"Even if it may be Lord Vincent." Lexaeus said.
"I have been under his thumb too long. I may have to suffer a little longer but it will be worth it when I sit on the throne with his son as my mate whether by choice or by force. And to make it all the better the Angels will have to bow to us once they see their Higher Arch and his family dead." Ansem said.
Larxene and Marluxia were standing on the balcony that led out from Knight's lounge of the palace, worried expressions on their faces.
"You don't like the idea either?" Marluxia asked.
"I took care of that boy until he was five years old; that was when Lord Vincent decided he didn't need me to help raise him anymore. But he still comes to me for advice even now." Larxene said.
"Well you are the closest thing to a mother he's had since Lady Lucrecia passed after his birth." Marluxia commented.
Larxene let out a shuddered breath "Why am I doing this if I was practically his mother? Why are we doing this Marly? The others I understand but us? We should have done what Luxord did. We should tell someone of this." She said.
"We can't and it's too late to turn back. We'll be traitors." Marluxia protested.
Larxene let out a dry emotionless laugh "Oh Marly, we're already traitors." She said.
*Gasp* Oh no! Ansem means business and so do his followers!
Larxene! Marluxia! What will you do?
Larxene: We don't know, we're not writing this crap!
Marluxia: I hope one of us doesn't die.
Larxene: Don't give her any ideas!