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Leo: Hello fellow KH fans!
Molokai: Howdy…
Leo: Yea here's another one of my fanfics, I have a habit of starting stuff and never finishing it, so don't expect much out of this one… seriously… alright so let's get underway!
WARNING: This is a fanfic (Male x Male) pairings so if you don't like then get out and don't flame…It is also AU (alternate universe) if you don't like get out as well… well now that we've managed to lose about 90 of our audience let's continue…
Chapter One – The beginning of a new life
Sora stood in the middle of the kitchen room, blood leaking down his right cheek where the cut on his face was. His head turned to the right, frozen from where his mother had hit him, normally this wouldn't leave a cut, but one of her rings on her fingers was broken and the jagged metal cut across his face.
That was all that it took
Sora looked back at his mother, gritting his teeth he stormed out of the room, ignoring the rampant shouts from his mother and the sounds of his stepfather's footsteps. He went into his bedroom, grabbed a bag, stuffed his best clothes into it and his guitar and headed for the front door.
He passed by his sister's room, which he found he sister with the door slightly open as she peered out at Sora, tears threatening to spill. Sora looked down at the ground, he didn't want his sister to suffer from this but he had to do what he must. He dropped his guitar case, went over to his sister and kissed her on the forehead, promising her that he did this out of love, not anger, as well as promising to write to her.
He recollected his stuff and headed towards the front door once more which was now blocked by the pleads from his mother not to go, but it was too late. She had driven him past the point of forgiveness and caring, now he was going to leave them and there was no stopping him.
Sora looked at his mother to step aside, but she would not obey. The brunette boy was getting even more frustrated to the point to which he threw his mother aside and exited the house and onto the street, leaving his childhood and his 'family'. Leaving behind all of his memories, the good and the bad, as well as the only person on whom depended upon him.
This left him a little guilty that he had left his sister when she needed him the most, but he couldn't stand to be in the same house as his parents anymore, he needed to take a stand and to be a man. He didn't know exactly what he was going to do from here, but he was confident that he could survive.
In his mind, being in that house was punishment enough, and to survive it means that he could survive anywhere… we at least that's what he thought.
Walking around the streets of the city was daunting, he saw plenty of people with big coats on, probably smuggling drugs for money. Others look like that they would love to end his life right now without hesitation. And the occasional people that looked like that they would have your way with you, before they ended your life.
Sora pulled his jacket closer for comfort and security, however it didn't provide much as he felt the eyes of the other people walking the streets watching him, ever watching him. The sky above him swirled as clouds covered the never-ending abyss of the space above him.
The sky, it seems, fitted the mood of the situation as the clouds opened and rain started to fall from the heavens, causing people to find shelter from the storm. Sora just kept walking, he didn't seem to care about the weather, he was in a foul mood and it couldn't get any worse.
Just like a bolt of lightning through his brain, Sora remembered that some of his friends promised to house him, whenever he needed. They all knew that Sora and his parents didn't really see eye-to-eye and they saw how much the brunette was suffering through this, so they offered him a haven.
He headed down the street of one of his closest mates and found his house, knocking on the door repeatedly, waiting for a response. The mother of his friend arrived at the door and ushered Sora into the house and told him to wait as she got him a towel to dry him off with.
While he was waiting, another brunette boy came into the entranceway of his house, his hair extending down to his waist when it spiked out in different directions. His name was Leon, he went to the same high school as Sora did and he was looking at Sora, no emotion flashing through his face, or his eyes. (AN: I know Leon/Squall is a lot older than Sora in the game, but I needed a good person to use… you'll understand why…)
"So…" He began, getting Sora to look at him
"I'm not going back there, it's over." Was all Sora said, Leon nodded in approval, he was the first person that Sora trusted and looked to for advice and to keep his secrets to, he was always there and Sora thanked him a lot for it.
"I see you remembered it." Leon stated, nodding at the guitar case in Sora's left hand.
"I couldn't let those bastards get it, I had to take it." Sora said, frustration filled him as he reminisced about his parents.
Leon's mother came back with a pile of towels that she shoved in Sora's face. He thanked her for it as he began to dry off the water from his hair and arms, letting the warmth from Leon's house reached the now dry skin, warming the brunette. He then used the other towel, to attempt, to dry his clothes but all he could do was dry them to a point where they weren't dripping with water.
Leon led Sora to his room, where he laid some mattresses on the ground and grabbed some quilts and some pillows and laid them on the mattresses for Sora to sleep on. Sora nodded and hugged Leon, thanking him for all that he's helped him with over the years that they have known each other.
Sora pulled the covers over his body and laid his head against the pillows, soon to fall into a slumber.
- The next day -
Sora awoke due the light being emitted through a crack between the curtains in Leon's bedroom. He shifted in the makeshift bed, trying to fall back to sleep to no avail, he was up and now he couldn't get back to bed. He rose slowly from his bed and found Leon already awake, sitting at the edge of his bed staring at Sora.
"Hey Leon, what's up?" Sora said, being cheerful.
"Did you know that you cry in your sleep?" Leon said, getting straight to the point, seeing through Sora's façade, this in turn caused Sora to look away from Leon, trying to hide the truth that wanted to escape, "It's okay you can trust me."
"I… I've cried in my sleep for about four years, since my parents split up and moved from my old town, leaving my father and my friends behind." Sora said, still not making eye contact with Leon, who was studying Sora.
"You miss him… don't you? Not just your father but… him…" Leon asked still intently looking at Sora, waiting to see his reaction.
All Sora did was nod in response, no words were required, the look on his face and the eminent tears that were about to fall from his eyes told the picture. Leon felt guilty for bringing him up, but he just wanted to make sure that the other was okay and to what is causing him so much pain.
Both boys headed towards the kitchen room where they had breakfast, Sora had cereal, while Leon grabbed some toast. When they were preparing to go to school, Leon's mother insisted that they stayed home so Sora can recover from what happened the night before.
Leon had an idea from this, so he jumped onto the computer and started typing up emails to three other people, as fast as he can, both boys hoping that they can get to them before they headed off to school. Luckily for them the three other people replied all with positive results for the two.
It wasn't until eleven in the morning, before the two boys started to make their way out of the house and off to another of their friends house, where they met the three other people, Tidus, Yuffie and Cloud.
The five of them have been great friends for years, all of them sharing their secrets, all of them knowing exactly what the others were up to in their daily lives. They chatted for a while before they got settled down to business, Sora, pulling out his guitar from the case along with five sets of paper, one for each member and one special one for himself. He placed his guitar back into the case, considering that he didn't need it yet.
Everyone got into their positions, Yuffie, behind her drums, ready to countdown for the intro of the song, Tidus picking up his bass guitar and re-tuning it the way he likes, the same went for Cloud and Leon as they picked up their guitars and tuned them accordingly. Sora, however, did not have an instrument, but of course he didn't need one, and he became alert as Yuffie struck the two drumsticks for the countdown.
Then it became magical, Leon and Cloud, began the introduction of their guitars with precision to the guitar tabs in front of them, Tidus soon to follow with his bass, providing the background rhythm to the song. Sora closed his eyes as he heard the music surround the area, creating the scene for the song with only the music. Sora, re-opened his eyes as he began to sing:
(AN: My song, I made it… no copying it please… my song… for my band… back off!)
I'm drowning in this world
Cause everyone passes me by
They can see that I'm suffering
But they won't lend me a hand
I can see you there smiling at me
Laughing at how I'm falling down again
You can see that I'm dying
But you still stand there, laughing at me
I'm living a lie
Nothing I say is worth your time
Nothing I say matters
Cause you ain't listening to me
I don't care if you think you know me
Cause I can't understand myself at times
Don't think you got me understood
When you can't even see that I'm eroding in time
Here you are again, looking on as I crawl
Struggling through my life
I can't see your face now as it's lost
In the forever passing crowd that walk on by
Cloud stepped forward, with his guitar and played the solo of the song, his fingers moving along the frets while his other hand moved across the strings with the pick, creating the heightened feeling as he belted out the notes out of his guitar, before he sunk back into the natural rhythm of the song as Leo began to finish the song.
I'm living a lie
Nothing I say is worth your time
Nothing I say matters
Cause you ain't listening to me
I'm living a lie
Nothing I say is worth your time
Nothing I say matters
Cause you ain't listening to me
The song ended as Leon and Cloud finished up the ending guitar for the song, the practise went perfectly and everyone felt it.
"Wow." Was all that Tidus could muster.
"Definitely." Said Tidus' older brother Cloud (AN: I just took it on their hair colour, meh)
Sora didn't say anything, he was still lost in the song, the words, the words that he wrote due to his hatred for his parents, the beat that came with Yuffie, the rhythm that Tidus brought and the melody that Leon made from his experience in playing guitar, as well as Cloud's masterful playing all brought a sense of achievement and fulfilment in Sora, it was the happiest moment in his life.
Molokai: Nice going hikari, you summed up your current life in one chapter, well done
Leo: Thanx :P, I put a lot of effort into it, well except the running away part… that's hasn't happened…
Molokai: Yet…
Leo: Anyways, please review, I'd like to hear your comments… til next chapter bye!