A/N: So, I've had a couple people (cough) Serenitychan13 (cough) dantesdarkqueen (cough) asking about what is going on in Costa del Sol with Niki, Akalara, Reno, Revan and Azrael. I started thinking...'Hmmm, what IS going on with those guys?' Let's find out!

Disclaimer: Not mine, don't sue, drink sake, eat pocky, be happy, me no slappy, okay? OKAY!

Akalara watched with pride as her son showed up both Revan and Reno with his surfing skills. Just like his father, Azrael was a natural athlete and exceeded at every physical activity he attempted. Reno had wiped out a total of fifteen times and Revan had taken to just laying on his board in the waves. Azrael was riding wave after wave with the skill of a professional.

"Mini-Seph rocks," Niki said, watching him from beneath her large sun bonnet. She grinned over at Akalara. "He's going to be a total heart-breaker when he gets older."

Akalara nodded in agreement, rummaging in her beach bag for some more sunscreen. "He already is," she said with a smile. "Andria and Axys are both crushing on him." She handed Niki the sunscreen. "Here, put more on. Your new face isn't used to seeing the sun."

Niki giggled and took the bottle of lotion. "Thanks, Ak," she said with a genuine smile. "Hey, you know, I'm glad things are good now."

Akalara took the little rookie's hand in hers and squeezed. "Me too," she said. She gestured to Reno. "Besides, he's really not worth all the trouble, is he?"

"Well, I wouldn't say that," Niki said, playfully squirting a little lotion onto Akalara's leg. She laughed. "Sorry. Now you're going to have a white splotch on your leg!"

The green haired woman laughed as well, rubbing the lotion into her skin. "Ah, that's okay," she said, jumping as Azrael's phone began to ring.

I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul

Niki squealed. "That's Roxas!" she said excitedly, singing along with the song. "How cute! Demyx should let him sing more often!"

Akalara smiled and reached for the phone. "Hello, Andria," she said sweetly.

"Hi, Aunt Ak!" her friend's daughter said cheerfully. "How's Costa del Sol?"

"Great," she answered. "We're having a great time. Would you like to talk to Azrael?"

A pause. "Yeah, if that's okay?" she asked.

Akalara laughed. "Of course, Sweetheart. Just a second," she said, placing her hand over the receiver. "Niki, would you call Azrael please?"

Niki giggled and stuck her fingers in her mouth, letting out an ear piercing whistle. "AZRAEL! ANDI'S ON THE PHONE!"

"Whoa, Niki-chan's got some lungs!" Andria laughed. "Thanks, Aunt Ak!"

"No problem," she answered as Azrael swam toward the beach. "How are things back home?"

"Daddy Rude finally moved in!" Andria squealed. "Mom, of course, freaked out and ran away for a few hours. I think she went to talk to Daddy; she came back and unpacked everything for Daddy Rude and had movers bring the rest. She trashed his recliner though."

Akalara gasped. "Rude loved that thing," she exclaimed.

"I know!" Andria giggled. "Don't tell her, but he went down to Best Intentions and got it back. He's gonna bring in home tomorrow!"

"Serves her right," she said, tossing a dripping Azrael a towel. "Dry off first. You'll short it out."

"Mom, give me my phone!" Azrael said, quickly patting himself dry.

Akalara grinned. "Tell your mom 'hi' for me--"

"And me!" Niki squealed.

"Okay, I will!" Andria laughed. "Bye!"

"Here's Azrael," Akalara said, handing her son the phone.

"Finally," Azrael said, rolling his eyes and putting the phone up to his ear. "Hey Andi."

Akalara watched as her son walked up to the juice bar and talked on his phone. If things were this bad now, when he hit puberty...

"Shit," Akalara said, burying her face in her hands. "I'm in trouble."

"When are you guys coming home?" Andria asked, plopping down on her bed. "Summer's no fun without you."

"Middle of next week, I think," Azrael answered, stirring his drink with his straw. "Niki's doing really good and Mom is, too. It's cool here, but I'm ready to come home."

"Oh! Guess what?!"

"What?"

"Mom got me in working at the labs in ShinRa!" Andria told him. "You will not believe how cool it is in there, Az. She says it's completely different than it was before we were born. Everything is done ethically. There is no animal or human testing. I toured a little bit today and I start next week."

"That's so cool!" Azrael said. "I wonder if my mom will let me hang out this summer?"

"I don't see why not," Andria told him. "Everyone else is. Nate even got to go on a mission with N.C., Wei and Kai! He said it was awesome!"

"No way!" Azrael exclaimed. "He got to go on a mission?"

"Yep!"

"Did he get any action?"

"Um, not really," she replied. "He was sweeping and stuff, but still...he got to go! N.C. offed the target."

"How?"

"Nail polish."

"Lame."

"I know, right?" she giggled. "Wait until we get older. They won't know what hit 'em!"

Azrael smirked, but it quickly fell to a glare when he saw two guys ogling his mother and Niki. "Bastards," he grumbled.

"What?"

"Some assholes are checking out Mom and Niki-chan," he said softly. "Hey, don't say anything for a minute. I want to hear what they are saying about them."

"Okay."

Azrael smiled and nodded his head, pretending he was listening to the person on the other line. He got up and went to get some napkins that were next to the two guys.

"The brunette's hot," one said, gesturing to Niki.

"Nope, I like that exotic looking one," the other moaned. "I've never seen green hair before. Wonder if it's natural?"

"Huh?"

"Does the carpet match the curtains?"

"I don't follow."

"Nevermind, Idiot," he grumbled. "So, their little boyfriends are out trying to surf. We can go over there and just...take them."

"What? You mean I don't get to try out my pick up line?"

"Those things never work!"

"I've got a good one this time!"

The smarter one sighed. "What is it?" he asked in exasperation.

The idiot cleared his throat. "Nice shoes, let's fuck."

He was answered with a slap upside the head. "Moron!" he growled. "We're on a beach. She's not wearing shoes."

"Oh."

"Okay, I'm gonna hit the john and then we're gonna grab 'em."

"Oh, good! I gotta go, too!"

"Dude, we're not girls. We don't go to the toilet in pairs."

"But I really have to go!"

"Fine! But...don't look at me this time."

"Fine."

Andria was stifling a giggle on the phone. "Did they leave?" she asked.

"Yeah," Azrael said, making his way back over to his mom and Niki. "Hang on a sec, Andi. I've got a plan."

"Okay."

The silver haired boy went over grabbed his mom's beach bag, setting it next to Niki's. "Whoa, Az," Akalara said, watching him. "What do you need?"

"Lip balm," he said. "My lips are dry."

"Okay, just...ask next time," Akalara said as she leaned back against her beach chair and closed her eyes. Azrael glanced at Niki, who was napping. Grinning, he reached inside the clinically insane Turk's bag and snagged her bottle of pain pills.

"Thanks, Mom," he said, pecking her cheek before heading back to the juice bar and the unattended drinks of the two losers. "Hey Andi?"

"Yeah?"

"Percocet," he said. "How much to knock a guy out?"

"Where'd you get Percocet?" she asked.

"Niki's pain pills," he answered, opening the bottle. "And they're in capsule form."

"What's the dosage?" she asked. "It should be on the bottle in milligrams."

Azrael looked. "Uh, it says 1000mg," he told her. "I'm gonna dissolve it in their drinks."

"Are they alcoholic?"

"More than likely."

"Hmm," she said. "Put about six in each one. The maximum daily dose for an adult is 4000mg, so 6000mg with alcohol should knock them out, but not kill them."

"What if I want to kill them?"

"Az..."

"Just kidding," he said mixing the grains from the capsules into the drinks. He then snuck around to the back of the juice bar and grabbed one of the bottles of vodka. "Vodka has no taste or smell, right?"

"That's what Aunt Trina says," Andria told him."She says she puts it in her water bottle and Tseng doesn't know the difference."

"Bet he does," Azrael said, watching as the Percocet dissolved. He ducked back around the counter and sat at his stool again, watching as the losers came back from the bathroom and started downing their drinks. "Let's just hope this works, huh?"

"I'm sure it will, General," Andria said with a smile. "Listen, I gotta go. Fill me in on the details later?"

"You bet."

"Okay, I'll see you when you get back, then. Bye!"

"Bye Andi," Azrael said, flipping his phone closed and taking a sip of his drink.

He watched as the guys ordered another drink, trying to get up the nerve to go and grab his mom and Niki. After about their third sip of their drinks, they began to slow in their movements. Azrael smirked as he grabbed his drink and headed back over to the two unsuspecting women, dropping Niki's pills back in her bag. She hadn't been taking too many of them. Surely she wouldn't miss...twelve pills?

The stupid guy passed out first, the smarter one falling on top of him. A couple of lifeguards hauled them away to a medical clinic. They were arrested later on for being under the influence of a perscription drug. And, after Niki discovered that she was missing twelve pills (Reno kept a count on them to make sure she didn't overdose), the guys were formally charged with theft of a controlled substance as well.

And as they boarded the chopper to head back home, Azrael smirked.

No one messed with his friends.

And no one messed with his mother.

A/N: Azrael kicks so much ass! And Roxas was singing a Jesse McCartney song! I lol'd at that! Reviews are loved!