Daughter Of The Revolution: Alright here's my first fanfic so be nice peoples. 'Cause if you do then faster updates ;) Tell me what you think 'cause if no one likes it well I don't think there's a point in updating and I've written a lot to this fic, so like I said . . . the more awesome comments the more quickly I'll update ;D

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"Seriously guys . . . you should settle down," Riku nodded, knowing that was the answer for his friends standing before him right now.

"What? And miss the fun of being single? I don't think so Mr. Taken," the redhead, named Axel, snickered at his comment, loving the look the silver-haired male was giving him.

Riku let out a sigh, continually bouncing the young pup in his arms, his aquamarine eyes quickly darting to the other male he had been addressing when he had said "guys". At first the brunette said nothing, and kept his eyes away from the silver-head's gaze, often glancing at the pup in his arms or the others running around with their other parent—the silver-head's mate.

"Well?" Riku persisted; he at least wanted a reasonable answer out of the brunette. "What about you Terra?"

"I . . ." the brunette tried to speak, but a sudden squeal from one of the younger pups caught him off guard and his attention was solely on the squeals as Riku's mate tackled the little one and began to tickle it to death, soon getting attacked by the little one's brother and sisters though, bringing their "mama" down in a fury of giggles and squeals.

"Damn Riku, are you even sure it was such a good idea for you to settle down?" Axel asked, his emerald eyes also gazing down at Riku's mate who was currently rolling around with four young pups as if he was a young pup himself. "You do know we Dominants don't have to right? It's not our job to take care of the pups. The Submissives do all that."

"I know, but . . ." Riku let out a small fond smile as he turned to his giggling mate who had now captured all their pups in a tight embrace and began licking each and every protesting face.

"Daddy, daddy stop!" the young pups squeaked out, giggling up a storm, soon their big round eyes cast to their other parent who was nestling their youngest sibling to sleep in his arms. "Papa, papa! Get daddy to stop!"

Riku let out a small chuckle before rolling his shoulders and sighing. He turned back to his two friends and held out the sleeping pup in his arms.

"Here, could you hold her for a sec?" he asked, waiting for one of them to take up his young pup.

"Don't look at me man," Axel replied, holding up his hands, signaling he wanted nothing to do with pups.

Riku frowned at Axel's gesture before turning soft eyes upon Terra who looked quite unsure of what to do around the pup held out before him.

"Please?" Riku asked, hoping to get at least one of his old friends to like pups.

"Hhh, alright," Terra nodded before taking the slumbering pup in his arms and cradling her close before he and Axel watched Riku come up to his mate and pups and tackle the brunette, soon he began squealing like a pup leaving Riku to only giggle at his mate's actions.

"I don't even know if Riku's mate's certified to be bearing pups—he still looks and acts like a pup to me," Axel muttered toward Terra who only chuckled and nodded his head, agreeing with is redheaded friend.

"Alright you guys, your meal isn't finished yet. You'd better go," Riku said, shooing his pups back to their meals to finish them—it seemed that's what started the whole "chase" between them and their "mama".

"Thanks Riku," Riku's mate, Sora, smiled as Riku pulled him to his feet and smiled fondly at him. "They seem to listen to you more than me."

"Maybe," Riku suddenly let out a purr, his arms coming to wrap around his mate's waist. "It's because I'm the Dominant parent and there's a lot of Dominant pups."

"Uh! That's not true!" Sora's cheeks puffed out as he crossed his arms with a grump. "Both litters have more girls than boys."

"Sora, you do realize that even girls can be Dominant right?" Riku asked, looking down at his mate sadly, shaking his head.

"Oh—I forgot," Sora answered dumbly with a shrug, leaving Riku to let go of him and face-palm himself.

"See what you chose to live with?" Axel spoke up, chuckling at his friend's choice in life.

"Oh, Axel, Terra, didn't see you guys there." Sora looked their way and gave each a wide smile. "Did you see the pups? They've gotten big haven't they?"

"They have," Terra replied with a nod. "I can also see you've had another litter."

"Yeah," Sora replied, his cheeks tinted a light dusty pink as he scratched the back of his brown spiky head.

"Tsk, tsk, someone's been busy," Axel jokingly replied, placing his fists on his hips, looking in Riku's direction who was returning back to where they stood after getting his pups to sit down and eat their meals. "Just how many litters are you two lovebirds planning on having?"

"Well . . ." Sora's face was turning a brighter shade of red now, his words all caught up in his throat.

"As many as we want," Riku replied, placing a comforting hand on his mate's shoulder. "It's not so bad when you get used to it."

"That's what I figured," Axel let out a sigh, slumping forward. "We're not going to be the 'Triumphant Trio' anymore are we?"

"'Fraid not," Riku replied, coming up to take the pup out of Terra's hands, muttering a "thanks" for holding her.

"Well," Axel straightened and elbowed Terra in the side with a small chuckle. "It looks like it's just going to be you and me now Terra—the 'Dynamic Duo'."

"Don't act so disappointed Axel," Riku replied, turning to Sora to give their youngest daughter to him so he could place her in her nest. "We all knew our 'Triumphant Trio' couldn't last forever; that one of us would eventually find a mate sooner or later."

"Uh, no, we didn't," Axel replied, tapping his foot as he crossed his arms. "I told you that pups only need the Submissive to take care of them, not the Dominant."

"I know, but . . . pups who are raised by both parents turn out better," Riku nodded, turning to watch as his mate sat down with the rest of the pups who willfully ate their meal.

"What? Come one Riku," Axel snickered before shaking his head. "Look at us three, we were raised by our Submissives, and we turned out great."

"I don't know if you'd call us great," Riku replied, crossing his arms and lowering his eyes. "All we did was prowl around not giving a damn about anyone. I didn't know what I wanted in life. That is, until I met Sora."

"Yeah, yeah, we heard it already about your little love escapade with the Submissive," Axel replied, waving it off.

"I'm serious though," Riku said turning towards the stubborn one of their group. "I was raised thinking that Dominants just knock-up a Submissive and then leave, hell our sires did it. But after meeting Sora I began to see things in a different light—I fell in love with him, with our pups. I didn't get any feeling of abandoning them. The only feeling I felt was that I wanted to stay and watch them grow, have more litters with Sora, grow old together—and teach our pups the same."

"Jeez . . . what the hell kind of bug did you eat to make you act this way?" Axel muttered, slumping forward again, looking hurt that the friend he knew just isn't coming back anytime soon.

Riku sighed out again and narrowed his eyes at the redhead. Once his eyes turned to the quiet brunette he smiled softly again and nodded.

"You understand me, right Terra?" Riku asked, hoping that at least one friend would understand.

Axel turned his gaze towards the male on his right and narrowed his eyes. He saw what Riku was trying to do and so shook his head and pushed at Terra's shoulder a bit to get him out of eye-lock with Riku before something horrible happened.

"Oh no you don't," Axel replied, trying to cling on to the only other friend he could—the one that wasn't into "families". "You're not going to drag Terra into this. He's all I got left since you decided to leave!"

"What are you talking about Axel?" Riku scowled, wishing the redhead wasn't so thickskulled all the time. "You're the one being so stubborn! You think I've changed because I found a mate and created a family with him, but that's not true. I haven't changed at all. I'm still me, but—complete."

"Yeah, well we're not like you Riku," Axel replied. "We don't feel any 'attachment' to anyone or anything, but our brotherhood. I thought you felt the same."

"I still am Axel, that's what I'm trying to tell you," Riku pushed on.

"Are not," Axel muttered, crossing his arms, and sticking his nose a little higher in the air. "You won't come back to us—you won't leave your family for us."

"Maybe if you guys started families of your own then you'd understand!" Riku pushed, clenching his hands into fists, the redhead had always been like this for as long as he had known him—nothing's changed.

"Axel," Terra suddenly spoke up, placing his hand on Axel's shoulder to stop him from continuing this argument that was getting them nowhere. "Let Riku alone. Can't you see he's happy? Nothing's going to change his mind alright."

"Hhh, whatever then," Axel replied, shaking his head and turning around to wave Riku off.

"You know Axel, Riku," Terra smiled apologetically with a shrug at the silver-haired Dominant who only sighed and shook his head sadly.

"Yeah . . . that's the reason why I'm trying to make him see to this 'family' thing. I know it'd change him—for the better," Riku nodded, looking at the understanding Terra who smiled softly at him.

"Maybe," Terra replied. "But it's like Axel said earlier—Dominants don't often stick around with any one Submissive. It's just the way things are. You of all people know that Riku."

"I know," Riku sighed out, running a hand through his hair before rubbing the back of his tense neck. "But still—I mated myself to Sora and he to me. There are those that stay, and I'm going to be one of them."

"That's good for you," Terra said, the smile on his lips truly happy for his friend but the reality was in his eyes, explaining to Riku that most of the time, what he is doing, isn't done. "It's a shame we're not reared up like this huh?"

"Yeah," Riku replied. "Imagine how we would have turned out like?"

"You mean how Axel would have turned out like," Terra replied, both Dominants letting out laughs knowing that the redhead was the rebel of the group and having actually turned out—well—nice, would have been odd to say the least.

"We're not animals Terra," Riku suddenly deepened his tone, his gaze drifting to the ground. "So why should we act like them? That was my main reason that got me to stay with Sora after I had pupped him. Maybe you and Axel should think about that the next time you go out prowling for more Submissives."

Terra let out an inward sigh, his shoulders slumping a little before he patted the silverhead on the shoulder in a silent act of approval.

"I'm happy for you Riku, really, and I wish you and your mate well, but I can't leave Axel now. Someone's got to keep an eye on him," Terra replied with a serious nod.

"I know," Riku nodded, glancing over Terra's shoulder to see the redhead leaning against a tree with his back turned to them, obviously waiting for Terra to be done with Riku so they could leave. "Just promise me to take care—the both of you, and to think about what I've said. I know you Terra, you were always the better tempered out of all of us."

"What are you talking about Riku?" Terra gave out a chuckle. "I thought you were the better of us."

Riku smiled at the sweet comment but blinked and pressed on.

"You never prowled after the Submissives like me and Axel," Riku replied. "You could have, I know you could have, but you have a chance to enter into a relationship with someone you might very much like—with no baggage attached."

Terra smiled sweetly at Riku before his smile turned into a frown after hearing Axel turn and call to him, asking if he "was coming yet?". Riku and Terra sighed at the same time, earning an equal chuckle from the other before Terra motioned how he had to go. Riku nodded in understanding before wishing him a fond farewell.

"You two have fun now, you hear?" Riku called back.

"Unlike you Riku, we're single. Of course we'll have our fun," Axel replied with a wink before he turned around and headed off, Terra trailing behind, glancing back at Riku with a knowing shrug before waving goodbye and following after the redhead.

"Good luck you guys," Riku whispered, hoping they too could find their soulmates like he had found his.

"Riku!" Sora's call suddenly reached the silver-head's ears. "All three of the girls are Submissive, they're not Dominant!"

"Hhh, why can't he see that the reason why the pups don't listen to him is because he acts like a pup himself?" Riku groaned, rubbing his face—the guys were right—maybe Sora shouldn't have had pups since he too was just like a pup.

"Ven? Ven where'd you go?"

You'd think looking for your twin was easy, especially if you were identical, but that wasn't the case for this twin as he searched around his and his brother's nesting place in search for his younger twin. Roxas, the older of the two, had to look out for his younger brother since the day their parents had died all those years ago—yes, they were pups who had been raised by both parents, unlike most.

"Ven seriously," Roxas groaned, straightening and placing his fists on his hips. "You're acting like a pup!"

"But I am a pup," came a small, but audible reply, giving Roxas way to his brother's hiding spot which was by some thick bushes.

"There you are," Roxas smiled, seeing his timid brother huddled to himself in the thick bushes. "Now why the heck are you hiding like this—especially from your own brother? That hurts you know."

"I . . . I don't want to leave the nest," Ven replied, continuing to stay where he sat, biting on his thumb nail and looking away from his twin's gaze.

"Well you don't want to be stuck here come heat. Mom and dad's scent has long since faded from this nest. Those Dominants will be swarming all over this place looking for you," Roxas replied, leaning back with a sigh and looking around at their old nesting ground they had lived in for so long—even after their parents had passed on.

"T-This will be my first time," Ven replied, twiddling his fingers together nervously. "I don't know what to expect."

"That's why you have me," Roxas replied with a big smile as he bent down and picked Ven up by the hand out of the bushes and back towards their nests. "Now it's only natural to be nervous your first time in heat. I sure as hell was."

"Yeah, but Roxas you've been going through your heat for years—a lot longer than me," Ven said, glancing down timidly from his lack of experience.

"You think I liked starting early though?" Roxas replied with a slight whisper, one that Ven caught.

"Oh I—I didn't mean it Roxas," Ven replied, reaching out slightly to touch his twin, he of all people knew how scared Roxas had been at starting his heat at the young age of 12.

"No, it's okay," Roxas replied, turning to his brother with a smile that only an older sibling could pull off to encourage their younger into easiness. "I'll be sure to not let what happened to me happen to you, okay? Hell I'll even fight off those damned Dominants if I have to before we reach the Safe Place."

"Right," Ven nodded and smiled back at his brother warmly, making Roxas come up to him and place his arm around his shoulder and guide him back to their nests so they could pack for their trip ahead.

"You know . . . 16 is a perfect age to start heat," Roxas replied, making small talk with his brother always calmed the both of them down whenever they realized something dangerous was heading their way.

"Yeah, but we just turned 16 only a week ago," Ven replied, helping his brother pack up what belongings they needed for the trip to the Safe Place.

"Yeah, so you have nothing to worry about alright," Roxas said, fitting his belongings in his sack before slinging it over his shoulder, Ven following in suite. "I swear, ever since I started my heat early you've always been worried you would too."

"You were worrying along with me," Ven bit back, placing his fists on his hips and narrowing his eyes at his brother.

"Oh, guess you're right," Roxas chuckled, sticking his tongue out before looking at their nests. "Got everything you need?"

"Yeah, you?" Ven asked.

"Of course," Roxas replied. "Alright now all we have to do is fill up on water at the creek and then we can head out."

As the two walked down the creek Ven decided to lighten both their moods with questions about the Safe Place.

"So what's it like there?" Ven asked. "Is it just you or is it a refuge for other Submissives who don't want to have Dominants come around them?"

"They're others as well," Roxas replied, looking at his curious brother. "Most of them though are going through their first heat. Like I said before—first heat is always the scariest. So they go to the Safe Place until they're ready for the Dominants."

Ven nodded in understanding before clasping his hands on his canteen, he and his brother kneeling next to the creek now and filling up on water. He glanced at his brother who seemed focused on filling up his canteen. This question in Ven's head had always been there since Roxas' first heat, but he was unsure of when he should ask his brother—he guessed now was a good enough time as any, since he was soon to be going through heat and all.

"So . . ." Ven began to speak up, willing his teeth away from biting into his bottom lip so he could speak more clearly to his brother. "When . . . do you think you'll be ready for a Dominant?"

Ven mentally flinched as he watched his brother stiffen, halting to put his cap on his canteen. After flinching to himself Ven was now mentally kicking himself for trying to ask such a question. He should know Roxas was still hurt by what had happened to him during his first heat—he supposed he'd never get over it.

Ven dared his eyes look into his brother's face. He thought he'd be getting glared at like before, but Roxas was only staring off into the distance, as if recalling a memory. He probably was.

Ven then watched his brother's moves suddenly quicken. A quick shrug was seen as Roxas stood up and capped his canteen before placing it at his side. Still, his gaze never met his brother's; it only continued to stare out into the creek's waters.

"I don't suppose I should ever be ready for one," Roxas replied, surprising Ven with the easiness in his voice about such a subject that had been so sensitive to him in the past.

"Why not?" Ven asked, slowly capping his own canteen, his blue eyes still transfixed on his brother's form.

"It'd be a waste," Roxas replied with a sigh, fixing his pack around his shoulder better. "Since I might not be able to have any pups."

"Oh," Ven replied, casting his eyes down, understanding. "Do . . . do you think I'll be able to have pups?"

"What?" Roxas said, looking down at his brother with slightly wider eyes. "Of course, what made you think that?"

"I-I don't know," Ven admitted with a shrug. "I—I was thinking that since . . ."

"That you're like me?" Roxas groaned, letting out an annoyed sigh. "Ventus how many times do I have to tell you twins aren't ALWAYS alike? Did you enter into heat early like you thought?"

"No," Ven replied honestly.

"Then you'll be able to have pups," Roxas replied with a curt nod as he helped his brother to standing. "Still why on earth would you want pups? The mating process isn't pretty."

"You only say that 'cause most Dominants leave afterwards," Ven chuckled slightly as he and brother headed off towards the trail marked out by Roxas himself toward the Safe Place.

"And it's true! They do," Roxas nodded surely. "Mom and dad were different from the others Ven. Don't expect everyone else to be like them when they're not."

"Is that what you thought your first heat?" Ven asked.

"Yeah," Roxas muttered lowly. "But that idea quickly got slung from my brain. I just learned the hard way."

There was now a silence between the twins as they continued on the marked trail. The uncomfortable silence didn't last too long as Roxas suddenly snickered and jabbed Ven in the ribs with his elbow.

"So . . . still thinking about having pups?"

Ven blushed and turned away from his smirking brother's gaze. Crossing his arms he stuck his nose in the air.

"M-Maybe," came Ven's reply.

"Nah, you're too young," Roxas chuckled, ruffling his twin's golden locks as he protested him to stop.

"Maybe I am," Ven smiled softly back at Roxas knowing he was. "What age do you think's a good age to start having pups?"

"For you?" Roxas asked, suddenly glancing upward in thought, his fingers drumming his chin as well. "I saaaaaaay . . . 35."

"WHAT? !" Ven choked, coming to a halt with wide eyes. "You're kidding!"

"For my baby brother, no, I think it's a perfect age," Roxas nodded. "And I want a Dominant as old as you too."

"Stop calling me your baby brother!" Ven protested, raising his fists. "I'm only an hour behind you!"

"That's still 'baby' as far as I'm concerned," Roxas chuckled, continuing on, not even bothering with arguing back with his brother.