AN: So let's get this started! erm… well chap2! :D

Ice Cream & Rock Band

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Sora's Pov:

"Jwump! Jwump!" Jwumping was fun! My big brother Vani was holding my hand, he's sooo cool! We were heading to my school! School was lots and lots of fun but Riku was always daring me. I'm a strong herwo! I can't lose to him! Vani always tells me not to say yes to dares but it's so hard to say no! I think Vani gets mad at me when I get hurt but I tell him it doesn't hurt so it's okay!

"Vani get we gwet ice crweam when you come and pick me wup?" I look up at him smiling. He nods saying, "Sure" I'm happy, my big brother always gets me a treat after school when he can. He would sometimes come drop me off with Xi.. Sh.. Shi… Shion! She was super nice! I like her a lot.

"Alright, remember don't talk to strangers and stay inside of the gate until you see me, got it?" Vani tells me looking around worried. I wonder what he's searching for. "Mm! Got it!" I let go of his hand and ran off into my preschool . The teacher was waiting for me waving and smiling, I took her hand and saw Vani as he walked off to his own school.

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Vani's Pov:

School was boring as always, no shock there. Tapping away at the lunch table waiting for the damn time to pass by. Xion couldn't come today since she had to help her Aunt, Grandmother and little cousin move in today, I guess she said they were coming from Hollow Bastion or something. I kept checking my cell every thirty minutes to check the time and see if my mother would call. "Why do you look so hasty today, Vani?" Terra came up putting an arm around my shoulder shaking me. I grumbled, "Nothing" I reply. He rolls his eyes and lets go sitting down on top of the lunch table. "Sure, so are you gonna tell me? or do I have to beat it outta ya?" I sighed and told him everything. One thing that I didn't like doing was to tell everyone else about my problems… but Terra had to know before he had a fit that I don't tell him crap. Damn best friend.

He tapped his chin in thought, "So your old man is back in town? What the hell does he want with your kid brother?" He asks in concern. I shrug, I honestly didn't know. Terra frowns, "Be careful man, you know he doesn't have a stable home to even think of raising Sora in" I nod, that good for nothing bastard. "Hey why don't we go and see Ventus about this? Maybe he can do something to your old man?" He winks suggesting we go. I roll my eyes and chuckle, "Hell no" I checked my cell phone for the time and decided I should go earlier to pick up Sora. "I better go. Get me whatever work I have to do" I instruct Terra as he chuckles and slaps my back roughly, "Got it, amigo!"

I got up and headed to the school gate, throwing my school bag over I quickly grab the iron bars, climbed up and threw myself over it landing on my feet. The walk to Sora's school would buy me some time to think of my actions. What would I say to him if he's there? I don't want to cause a scene at the school, there's already enough bad rumors about me going around in this small Island. When my cell alerted me that it was ten 'til Sora would come out I started to see some parents arrive. Some of the elderly ladies were gossiping in the corner, I even managed to hear my name being thrown in there once or twice. When I turned and stared at them silence fell upon them quickly as if the black plague immediately invaded their bodies.

Past them I saw something or rather someone staring from a palm tree, walking closer I immediately knew who it was. His dark brown hair and golden eyes; that uncomfortable body posture threw him off from all the other happy parents waiting for their children to come out. He finally notices me and smiles, "Vanitas my boy! You look good! How are you?" He cheerfully asks. "What the hell are you doing here?" I sneer. He chuckles, "Here to see if Sora wants to come with me of course!" he states like it's the most obvious thing in the world. I stare at him viciously, no matter how cool I tried to be, my blood was boiling within with hatred for this man. "You're never going to take Sora. He doesn't even know you and he doesn't need a good for nothing father in his life!" As cold as I wanted to sound it came out in a harsh whisper. He signs and crosses his arms. "Not here, Vanitas" He slowly says looking at his watch. The school bell rang and out came all the kids. Sora came out with a piece of paper, as much as I tell him to stay inside the gate, he doesn't listen. "Vani! Vani! Look! I was gwood today!" He beams, he then sees the man, "Hi Mister!" He greets. I quickly took his hand, before leaving I coldly tell him, "Never come here again. Stay away from us"

Leaving with Sora, I noticed he didn't even try following us. "Hey Vani, who was that man?" Sora asks, I shook my head, "No one important" He stares at me confused and lets it go switching back to what he was saying earlier "Vani! I was gwood today! I got a gold star!" Sora tells me as he shakes the piece of paper around. "That's good kid" I smile at him, He giggles. "What?" I asked him. "I like it when Vani smiles" He says as I roll my eyes.

I took him to get some ice cream then we headed to the beach. I sat there at the small wooden dock as Sora ran around the water shore. Just staring at him, sometimes I wished I had it easy like him. Kid never seemed to get angry or anything. He then came back running to me, "Hey, Vani why don't you rwun with me?" He asks hopeful. I sigh and protest as he grabs my hand and starts pulling me. Before he pulls something out of place I got up as he takes me to the shore. He lets go and starts splashing me with water. That punk! He runs away from me, "Get back here you twerp!" I call out as he screams and runs away throwing water at me. His little legs were giving out on him, I being faster than him picked him up from his waist and twirled him around. Bending down to the water with him still caged in my arm, I splash water on his head. He laughs and laughs. I chuckle and set him down lying on the sand. "You're hard to keep up with, kid" I say in one heavy breath. He giggles, "I'm cwool! I'm lots and lots of fun to be around!" He claims happily lying down next to me. I ruffle his hair as he complains.

I sat up and stayed there on the sand as Sora got up and started running around looking for something. He came back with a paopu fruit in his hands. "Vani look! I was lucky this time! I can't reach the tree, it's too high for me but I threw a rock and one fwell!" He handed me the paopu fruit as he sat next to me. I took it and stared at it. As many times as I came here I never bothered with the fruit. "So wanna take it?" Sora asks. "Why?" I ask him as he tries to push me, "To give to Xi…Shi… Shh… Shion! Duh!" He states rolling his eyes. I didn't understand what the big deal was about these star shaped fruit. Fruit is fruit after all. "Why don't you give it to her? She likes fruit" I tell him handing it back, he shakes his head. "I can't give it to her! The rules are you have to give it to someone you rweally rweally rweally care for! Then you can be twogether forewver!" I scratch my head as he gives it back. I sighed and stuffed the paopu into my school bag, "Fine. I'll give it her later" I tell him as his smile grows bigger. The sun was setting then, I didn't think we spent a long time here.

Carrying Sora on my back I headed home, inside the kitchen mom was home early today. "Momma!" Sora calls happily as I let him go, he runs to her and gives her a big hug. She rubs his back gently, "So?" She asks staring at me worried. I shrug, "Nothing happened. I told him to back off" I tell her as she sighs in relief. "I'll be back later" I tell her stepping out the kitchen as she gets Sora's dinner ready. "What are ya gonna make, Momma?" He asks. She kisses his head and smiles, "Mac & Cheese, sweetie" Sora jumps up and down. I closed the door and headed down the street to Xion's house.

Xion was outside helping move the last of the boxes into the empty house next to her. She waves as she sees me coming. "You didn't tell me your Aunt bought the empty house next to you" I say staring at the small house. She shrugs, "Oops. Must've forgotten to tell you that" She sticks her tongue out. I roll my eyes and sit in the trunk of the van. She takes the last box into the house telling her Aunt something and then coming back to the van's trunk where I was sitting. "Move" She instructs trying to close it, "What if I don't want to?" I warn her smirking. She grumbles, looking left to right and quickly peck my lips. I moved out of the way yawning, "Still afraid of your pops?" I ask her. She shakes her head, "A little, he talks way too much with those elderly woman that gossip too much. I tell him you're honestly not a bad guy but he still doesn't buy it" She sighs. The whole world was against me, nothing new there. "He can believe whatever he wants of me, not like I care" I shrug it off heading inside her house.

I went straight to her big black couch and took the remote flipping it to Game mode. Xion went into the kitchen and came into the living room with the carton of sea salt ice cream and four Dr. Pepper. She threw one at my face, before it hitting me, I catched it. Turning on her ps3, she put on Rock Band and gave me the drum sticks as she took the bass guitar. When it was too late to go out any where or if we didn't have any plans to take Sora somewhere, we would just stay all day at her house playing. "Ready for me to kick your ass again?" I ask, she laughs finding a song for us to do. "Hey! Last time I broke my wrist!" She defends. "Stupid" I smirk. It's not my fault she broke her wrist, well partially.

After a couple of songs, four sodas, the carton of ice cream, and twenty-two wins later we decided to watch a movie. Xion was annoyed since I kicked her ass, "I was going easy on you" was her excuse for all those times. Sitting on the couch with one hand holding hers and the other holding the remote, I let the remote go and remembered to take the paopu out of my pocket. After I came back with Sora dropping him off home, I took the fruit out of my school bag and put it into my pocket. "Oh yeah, here" I threw the paopu on her lap. Her eyes widen then a sneaky smile crawled up her face, "Why Vanitas! Are you asking me to marry you?" She asks. "Ha, in your dreams. Sora picked it up, he said that only I could give it to you. It's fruit so just eat it" I tell her, "You are so clueless" She states. I ignored her, I didn't think that one fruit was that special, you eat it and that's all there's to it.

Three, bloody gory, guts, screams, nightmare massacres movies later I decided to go home before it got any later. I was glad Saturday was tomorrow, "I better go home before the old ladies start looking out their windows for me. Coming out of your house to them would be blasphemy" I kiss her cheek and head out the door. Xion laughs and waves goodbye.

When I arrived home the tv was still on and my mother was sound asleep on the couch with Sora in her arms. I turned off the tv and the lights in the kitchen, going upstairs I got out a blanket from the cabinet and walked down. Covering them I headed back into my room taking off my shoes and falling into my bed.

The next morning I woke up groggily to the smell of eggs, pancakes, and bacon coming from downstairs. I checked my alarm clock, hmm.. it's nine already. Getting up I headed into my bathroom and got ready for today wearing a black & red checkered Tee and black jeans. Going down stairs Sora was jumping in his seat at the table with a fork in his hand. "Vani! Gwood Morning!" He greets. I ruffled his hair and yawn. Mom smiles and places a bowl with food for him and then setting a plate for me. She hands Sora milk and orange juice for me.

Yawning, taking a bite from my pancakes my phone starts buzzing in my pocket. Getting it out I get a txt from Xion.

Come over w/Sora.

-Xion

I txt her back with a simple reply.

K

-Vani.

Ten minutes later when Sora finished eating, Mom got ready for work this time only having to go to her second job. Quickly rushing saying bye to us she closes the door. "Sora, hurry up!" I call out to him, "Coming!" He calls out slowly coming down the stairs with pieces of white papers and a box of 64 Crayons. Taking my house keys from the kitchen counter, Sora takes my hand and we go out the door. Locking it he wiggles his hand in mine, "Ploop ploops guuup guup Vani and my hand are fishies!" He looks up to me, I smirk and head down the street. The old hags – I mean ladies, were out conveniently watering their lawns. Sora being the happy person he is started greeting them, "Hi! Hi! Oh! Hi!" He said waving at them. They smiled at him, when I stared at them their looks turned into disgust. Wonder what the hell the new rumor about me is now.

Finally getting to Xion's house I knock on her door,her big tall muscular father comes out. He narrows his eyes at me, "Yo" I greet him not caring. He ignores me when Sora spoke up, "Can Shion come out to pwlay?" He asks the big buff man innocently. The sucker had a soft spot for Sora. He smiled at him, nods and called out for Xion. When she finally appeared she patted her dad's shoulder telling him to go back inside. "Glad your finally here!" She smiles and bends down to Sora's level. "Sora I want you to meet someone very special!" She excitedly says. We walked to the next house where her Aunt now resides in. The door opened with a elderly lady coming out, "Hey grandma!" Xion hugged the woman and then went inside while Sora and I waited outside with the lady. "Are you the hooligan that is dating my granddaughter?" The woman asks."Yes m'am" I slowly nod unsure if she was going to get a broom out and start hitting me. She smiled warmly at me, "Good. I hope none of those rumors going around about you are true" She pats my shoulder. "I assure you they're not but how did you find out?" I ask her. She laughs and shakes her head, "My boy, this is small place compared to where I came from. Rumors spread fast like a wild fire" She replies as Xion comes out with someone behind her holding her hand.

Xion gently pushed the little girl behind her to come forward, she was wearing a pale pink dress and looked shy. Sora let go of my hand to go up to her, "Hi! I'm Sora!" He greeted. The little girl stepped back into Xion's side hiding shyly. "Sora, this is Kairi"

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Done! Please R&R! Thankies! I appreciate the feedback!

Well until Chap3! :D