A/N: Alright guys this is it the last chapter! I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing it and posting it. You guys were wonderful! So here we go Chapter 13!
Chapter 13: Epilogue
2 Years Later Roxas POV
"Reno! Stop pestering your sister! Ventus stop biting Terra! Sora where are you!" I cried for probably the millionth time that day. Axel had gone with Marluxia for the day to help him with a large project that needed to get done before one of his clients returned back from vacation, so I was left alone with the kids. The night before Riku and Terra had spent the night with the boys leaving poor Sabine alone.
She was bonding really well with me and helped me order and pick up a pizza for us that night. She was already starting to become a tomboy but she loved wearing her princess dresses as well.
In wolf form she was beautiful! A golden honey color with blood red tips and two different eye colors.
"Daddy!" Sabine called rounding the corner holding a stuffed bunny in her arms. Sora had gotten her a stuffed rabbit as soon as she was born. For the boys he got them stuffed tigers. Well we bought them and told the babies they were from Sora.
"Hey baby what's up?" I asked wiping my hands off on my apron. I had thankfully lost all my baby weight and was back to my normal size. Currently I was in the kitchen making pancakes for all the kids.
"Help Daddy!" Sabine giggled holding her arms up for me to pick her up.
Chuckling I bent down to pick her up and sit her down on the counter where I was working. Handing her the bowl and spoon I was using I helped her stir the ingredients.
"Now we just need to put these on the pan and in a few minutes they'll be ready to eat." I explained pouring the batter on the skillet I had set up.
Eyes wide she nodded as she watched me get the spatula out and flip the pancakes. I knew the smell would eventually reach the entire household and with it would bring five hungry boys. It wasn't long when the first two Sora and Riku started making their way in the kitchen.
The trio was next consisting of Reno, Terra and Ventus. "Alright boys on today's menu we have pancakes! Thank your sister she helped make them!" I stated pointing to Sabine.
"Thank you Daddy! Thank you Sabine!" They called as they all made their way to the table and got seated.
"Daddy 'member! Pway date, pway date!" Sabine cheered as I started to get the plates out.
"That's right! You and Aqua do have a playdate today. Ok after breakfast Sora, Riku would you mind making sure Sabine gets to Demyx's safely?" I asked. Even though they were part of our Pack and only three houses down Sabine tended to get distracted very easily and there was the fact that she was directionally challenged.
As wolves we had a great sense of direction which carried into our human side. But Sabine didn't seem have gotten that. We let her go to Aqua's once by herself and she ended up in a totally different Pack. That's where Reno met his friend Rude. He found the whimpering pup, and made sure he returned her home safely to us. We had finally installed a doggy door so the teen managed to slide his way in and plop her down in front of us. We didn't even realize she had been missing, we thought she had made it Aqua's just fine.
I had never seen Rude in his human form but Reno had once or twice. From the sound of it Reno and Rude were already Bonded. Reno spent most if not all of his time with the teen wolf. When we first heard about I looked to Axel nervously.
"Does that normally happen?" I cried.
"Not normally but it can." He told me. "It's fine I know the Pack well Rude is a recent addition but they said he's quiet and nice. He's just shy and prefers his wolf side."
When Sora and Riku nodded I sighed in relief. I knew I couldn't let Sabine travel by herself and I certainly couldn't take her at the moment. The last time I did that I left Sora in charge of Reno and Ventus. When I came back they had managed to tie him up and leave him crying in the middle of the floor.
Reno and Ventus were wonderful children but together they tended to create a lot of mischief. Reno was exactly like Axel he was wild and always happy. He loved being in his wolf form more than his human so he was often outside running and playing with the older wolves and off visiting Rude.
He once snuck past the older wolves and made it to another Pack. After getting lost and crying one of the teens from that Pack brought him back home to us. It was just like the Sabine incident all over again except this time with another child. He was a large gray wolf only in his teens but he never shifted back to his human form.
Yipping at me he wagged his tail happily as the wolf dropped him to the ground and started off. Turning back he raced between the gray wolves legs and plopped down right in front of him.
Huffing the wolf picked him back up and took him straight back to me. This went on for a good twenty minutes before the wolf dropped him and ran back to his Pack. I recognized that this was the same wolf that had dropped Sabine off and in an instant I felt like a terrible parent. Two of my babies had slipped off to the same Pack and Rude just happened to be the one to bring both of them back.
The older wolf was ok that Reno visited but he did get a lot of grief since Reno was only two. But he didn't seem to mind, every other day our Pack noticed that he would wait outside near the edge of the woods for Reno.
Trotting over he would sit in front of Rude until he was ready to go back to his Pack. There they would play or hunt until Reno all but passed out from sleep. He would then carry him back home and place him through the doggy door we had finally gotten. Making his way in himself he would carry Reno to either Axel or myself so that we knew he was home.
So far I had never seen Rude's human form but Reno said it was a sight to behold.
"He gonna be Mate!" Reno would cheer.
"As long as he wants to be your Mate." Axel would respond pulling Reno in for a hug.
"Wude say be Mate!" Reno would then cry waving his little arms up and down excitedly.
I wasn't sure if he had really said that so I chalked it up to the Bond that seemed apparent between the two of them. The Bond was already working for Ventus and Terra. If Terra wasn't spending the night with us then Ventus was spending the night at Terra's.
Namine and Marluxia didn't seem to mind in fact they welcomed Ventus. Ventus was our beautiful blond pup. He was small but then again he was two, I was just praying that he wouldn't be as short as me. He was very quiet unless he was with Terra or Reno.
Sora and Riku were becoming as close as ever. Now five and nine Riku was extremely protective of Sora. Riku often visited Sora in class to make sure that he wasn't being bullied. I knew it was hard for him being away from the Pack and being around children who didn't even know the existence of Shifters. They were less accepting and there were times Axel and I had to go and pick him up from school early.
The children gave him no slack even when the teacher explained to them that Sora had been in a terrible accident. It was heartbreaking really. Making it home Sora would go straight to his room and throw himself on the bed crying. He hated school and barely had any friends. There was a small group that had accepted him a girl Olette, and two boys Pence and Hayner. But even they couldn't keep him safe all the time.
I was ready to homeschool him but Riku didn't want him to leave.
"I promise I'll look after him! I'll make sure that he's ok I swear! Even if I have to leave class to go check on him I will just please don't take my best friend away." Riku whimpered.
"Riku honey he's in the Pack you'll see him everyday." I responded.
"I know but I just want... I want him to rely on me to a little bit. I want to show him that I really do care about him and I'll make sure that he stops getting bullied. I promise I have a plan." With a mischievous grin on his face he left cackling all the way home. I didn't ask because in reality I didn't want to know.
From that day forward though the children in his class never bothered him again.
A/N: One last update I'm working on a sequel to this but it's going to be all about Sora's and Riku's relationship. Once its done I'll start posting it. So while your waiting go check out my other fanfiction Little Red Riding Hood. Let me know what you think guys!
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