This is a Kingdom Hearts story, crossed over with the fairytale "Rapunzel". Warnings are AU, Shounen-Ai, Yaoi, Supernatural Activities, M-preg., Cross dressing, possible OC(s), OOC (especially for Sephiroth), more warnings may come.

Summary: When Cloud was young, he wondered into a beautiful garden, filled with wondrous rare flowers. Wanting to impress everyone back home, Cloud picked up a bouquet full of flowers and began to leave. But, he was stopped by Lord Ansem; soon realizing that he had stumbled into the garden of Oblivion Castle. Lord Ansem threatens to kill Cloud, but Cloud promises that he would give Ansem anything he wants, just spare him. Ansem tells Cloud that he would have to give him his first born child; Cloud agrees, thinking that he would never have children. Leaving the garden with his life; Cloud soon forgets the whole event. Along the way home, the flowers help him win the heart of someone he loved for years. Ten years later, married to Prince Sephiroth, who is now King of Kingdom hearts, Cloud rules over the kingdom as a trustworthy king. Sephiroth soon gives birth to their first and only child, Riku. Only months after Riku's birth, Ansem abruptly enters Cloud's life again, that time to ruin it; he takes baby Riku and disappears, leaving behind the distraught parents. Fifteen years passed and Riku is Ansem's pupil in dark magic, but he's not the pupil Ansem would like to have but he tolerates him. Ansem claims that he's Riku's blood parent, but Riku feels that the man is lying; but has no choice but to really believe him, seeing that they do sort of look alike and that he was the only other person Riku had ever seen, besides Ansem's occasional prisoners. One day while he's in the garden, he feels something hit him in the back of the head; turning around to see what did, he's surprised to see a boy around his age peeking over the brick wall…

Pairings: Eventual Sora/Riku, Cloud/Sephiroth, possible slight (most likely none) Kairi/Sora, Roxas/Axel, more pairings may come.

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Prologue

It was a long bad day for Cloud and to top off the day, he was lost in the middle of the forest. He didn't know where he was going at all; he didn't know which direction was north, the direction to his home, Kingdom Hearts.

As he continued to walk, something up ahead caught his attention; blue light glowing off in the distance. Curious and hoping that he'd soon be able to find help, Cloud rushed down the pathway towards the light.

The forest, especially deep into it, was always dark, no matter what time of day it was. Cloud knew that the light up ahead wasn't sunlight; due to the fact that sun didn't shine in the forest and that sunlight wasn't light blue.

When he got to his destination; he was surprised. What he saw was a beautiful field garden of flowers, extremely rare flowers called Luminas Flowers. They were impossible to find, yet Cloud was standing across the way for the garden staring at a huge field full of them. They looked like white roses at first in light, but when it got dark, they'd glow blue; no one knew where the name came from, but it seemed the fit the rare beautiful flower.

The flowers were behind a tall dark gate. Cloud was surprised at how tall the gate was and wondered just who put it there. The gate was made of thin dark rods that had spikes at the very top; the door to the gate was chained with a lock connecting it. In the center of the door was an odd looking red heart symbol; it vaguely reminded Cloud of the Kingdom Hearts symbol back at home.

Cloud stood there looking at the garden for a moment before he made his mind; he'd take a bouquet and get out of there. There were so many flowers in the garden, whoever owned the garden would hardly miss the flowers. He didn't look forward to meeting anyone, just incase they didn't welcome the thought of him sneaking along and taking such a rare flower.

Quickly and cautiously, Cloud rushed over to the gate and hopped on, quickly climbed up. At the top, he was careful making his way over the spikes, not wanting to rip his clothing or cut himself. Finally, he jumped down and he was in.

He looked at the flowers in amazement; he had only seen pictures of the flowers in drawings in books he read at school. The teacher practically jammed it into everyone's heads that it wasn't possible to find any flowers because they hadn't been seen for years anywhere; Cloud couldn't wait to pick some up and prove his teacher and everyone wrong.

He rushed around picking up perfect ones; all of them were beautiful, but he was still careful in his selection. Soon after a short while, he had a beautiful bouquet of roses in his arms. Looking around, he quickly turned to leave. He didn't go any more than two feet from where he was standing when the wind suddenly kicked up. He carefully gripped the flowers so he wouldn't loose them or crush them; he looked around to see just what was going on, what he saw made him gasp and jump back.

Suddenly appearing in front of him was a tall man with long silver hair and a pair of gleaming amber eyes. The man glared down at Cloud, his eyes burning in to the already nervous teen's soul. If it weren't for the glowing flowers, Cloud wouldn't have seen the man standing before him.

"L-L-Lo-Lord An-Ansem…" Cloud stuttered as he looked up at the man towering above him.

"Just what are you doing in my garden?" Ansem asked.

"Your garden?" Cloud almost squeaked; he knew his luck was too good to be true.

"Yes my garden." Ansem said in a calm manner. "You know, my penalty for thievery is death."

Cloud's blood ran cold in his veins.

Ansem's eyes started to glow and the wind kicked up again. Their eyes locked and Cloud could already feel strength leaving his body; he dropped the flowers and fell to his knees, clutching his chest.

"Please…" Cloud croaked. "Let me live, I'll give you anything!"

Slowly, Cloud felt his strength coming back to his body and he looked up at Ansem almost confused, but relieved.

"Anything?" Ansem asked in a sly tone.

Cloud began to feel even more scared and uncomfortable from Ansem's tone.

"Anything." Cloud said.

"Alright then." Ansem said. "I'll let you leave, unless you agree to one thing."

Cloud stood up on shaky legs.

"What would that be?" Cloud asked cautiously.

"You give me your first born child." Ansem said.

'I won't even have any children in the future.' Cloud thought to himself as he looked up at Ansem. 'He probably wants to eat it.'

"Well?" Ansem asked as his eyes began glowing again. "Will you give me your child, or shall I take your life?"

Cloud tensed.

"I'll give you my child!" Cloud yelled.

The eyes ceased glowing instantly.

"Good." Ansem said; then he turned on his heel. "You have one minute to leave here before I change my mind."

Cloud picked up the flowers and made a mad dash towards the gate; he threw the flowers over the fence and quickly climbed them himself. He jumped off on the other side, picked up the flowers and took off into the dark forest, never to return to again.

Ansem looked on as Cloud ran off; an evil smirk at his lips.

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It took Cloud a couple more hours before he found his way home; by the time he made it there, it was nightfall. He used his coat to hide his flowers; at that time of night, no one ever knew if a bandit would come and take something valuable away. All Cloud wanted to do was get home, take a quick bath, and get into bed; it was a long day and he just wanted it to end. Then tomorrow he'd take the flowers to school and show everyone that the Luminas Flower wasn't extinct; he'd have to make a creative lie about how he found them though.

As he walked home, he saw something up ahead; it was the Hearts Castle. The kingdom was ruled by Queen Lucia; her husband, the former king, had died years before and everything was left to her. Her husband was a tyrant, King Hojo ruled the kingdom in the most unfair and cruel ways, no one liked the king, but couldn't leave because he wouldn't allow it. Then came the fateful day when he passed on in his sleep, no one was really sure if that's what truly happened, but no one minded or complained. As soon as Queen Lucia took over, everything came into order; she terminated almost all of the rules her husband established and replaced those with more reasonable rules; everyone agreed with them because they actually made sense.

Throughout everything, the queen wasn't able to really help one person, her own son, Sephiroth. Sephiroth was corrupted by his father; he never enjoyed the man's company and was constantly abused by him. Hojo wanted Sephiroth to become a tyrant like him; Sephiroth tried everything in his power to be the exact opposite. After Hojo's death, the damage was already done; Sephiroth wasn't very social, he didn't believe in himself, and he was violent when angry. No one knew what to do.

Cloud was a childhood friend of Sephiroth's; but because of Hojo, their friendship was terminated. Even after Hojo's death, Cloud didn't really have the courage to go up to Sephiroth and be friends with him again. He was actually afraid of how much Sephiroth had changed over he years; he knew that he'd be different, but worried about how much more different.

Because of the abuse that he had suffered from his father, Sephiroth was weak. Though he was tall, he was thin, almost no muscle mass on him. He was fawned over by both genders because he was breathtakingly beautiful. With his long silver hair and beautiful green eyes, he looked like a girl at times; if it wasn't for the fact that he was known to be a prince, most people would automatically assume that he was a woman.

As Cloud stared at the castle, he saw that there were only two windows with light; most likely one of them would be Sephiroth's and the other Lucia. He looked down at the flowers he had covered in his arms and made his decision; he briskly started walking towards the castle.

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Cloud and Sephiroth as children had managed to keep their friendship going for a short while after Hojo had said they were to keep away from each other; Cloud back then used a little secret passage way onto castle grounds that no one knew of for awhile, that's how Cloud met with Sephiroth. Then one of the guards found the passage and told Hojo; Cloud had an unfortunate encounter with Hojo the next day and Hojo threatened to behead him if he was to return; that was the last day he had been on castle grounds, until that night when he was a teen.

Cloud was surprised that the passage was unguarded, but he still snuck his way through, just incase. He was soon under the two lit windows, trying to remember which one was Sephiroth's. When he made his decision on which window he would use, he placed the bouquet onto the ground beside him and picked up some pebbles; like old times, he threw them up at the window and hoped that Sephiroth would notice.

After three handfuls, the window opened and someone looked out and down towards him.

A smile came to Cloud's lips when he saw it was Sephiroth.

Sephiroth looked shocked when he saw Cloud down there staring up at him. It has been so long since Cloud had come to visit; Cloud was the only friend he had ever had and it had been years since he had even seen Cloud.

"What are you doing here?" Sephiroth asked surprised.

"What? No hello?" Cloud asked playfully.

Sephiroth mocked glared down at him.

"Why should I say hello when you hadn't visited me since my father's death?" Sephiroth asked.

Cloud wanted to ask Sephiroth why he hadn't come to visit him, but that was obvious. Sephiroth was the prince; he was always busy with something.

"I'm sorry." Cloud said; then he bent down and picked up the bouquet, unwrapped it and raised the flowers up for Sephiroth to see. "Forgive me?"

Sephiroth looked down at the glowing flowers that Cloud held up to him in shock; he knew what those flowers were, but they were impossible to find, how did Cloud find them, and why was he giving them to him?

"Yes…" Sephiroth said. "Wait a couple of minutes; I'll get one of the guards to let you in."

Cloud smiled and nodded.

Not even two minutes later, a guard was escorting him away from where he was standing into the castle. When he entered, standing at the stairway was Sephiroth; he stood there wringing his hands together, just looking at him nervously.

Cloud walked up to Sephiroth and gently handed the flowers over to him. Sephiroth blushed as he took the flowers into his arms, the blush intensified when Cloud kissed his cheek.

For years Cloud had loved Sephiroth; because he was afraid he never acted upon his emotions; but now, he wasn't going to let Sephiroth go.

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Ten years later…

Cloud sat on his chair at the dinner table, his mouth was opened in shock at what Sephiroth had just told him. Food was forgotten, all that mattered was what Sephiroth had just said.

"Y-You're wh-wh-what?" Cloud stuttered.

Sephiroth had his head down, his cheeks covered with a light blush, but a light smile graced his lips. He looked up towards Cloud and looked right into his eyes, his own eyes twinkling.

"I'm pregnant." Sephiroth said.

Cloud let the information sink into his mind a bit more. It had been only four years since they married; just last summer, Queen Lucia passed away, leaving the kingdom in the hands of both her son and son-in-law; and now Sephiroth was pregnant. Cloud didn't know how to feel about it, his heart was singing regardless; but, in the back of his mind, Cloud felt like he was forgetting something, but the news he had just learned now was keeping him from remembering.

"Are you angry?" Sephiroth asked worriedly.

Cloud stood up suddenly and cupped Sephiroth's face in his hands; then he placed a gently kiss onto his husband's lips. Sephiroth placed his hands over Cloud's hands and kissed him back. After a moment, the couple pulled out of their kiss and looked into each other's eyes lovingly. Cloud gently rubbed his thumb against Sephiroth's cheek as he looked into his eyes; Sephiroth smiling up at Cloud.

"Do I look angry?" Cloud asked.

Sephiroth shook his head and grabbed Cloud into another kiss.

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Seven month's later…

After a whole day of labor, he was finally here, little Riku Strife was born.

Sephiroth sat down on his bed with his hair in a messy braid over his shoulder, he looked tired, but he was beaming. In his arms was his baby; it was so hard to believe something so small and beautiful had caused him so much pain for so long; now he was slumbering as he was held.

Cloud sat down on the chair beside the bed and just looked at his family. He was so proud and happy for Sephiroth; so happy that he had lived such happy years with him, and that their son was going to bring even more happiness into their lives.

"Just look at him Cloud." Sephiroth whispered as he brushed his fingers over Riku's little cheeks.

Riku's eyes slowly opened, revealing a pair of beautiful breathtaking aquamarine eyes. He looked up at his mother and let out a large small yawn before he giggled; Cloud and Sephiroth chuckled at that.

"Do you want to hold him?" Sephiroth asked.

Cloud began stuttering again.

"Come on Cloud, he's your son." Sephiroth said. "You'll have to hold him sooner or later, so why not sooner?"

With Sephiroth's help, Cloud had a gentle hold on his son. Riku just stared up at him, his eyes searching him.

"Hello…" Cloud whispered as he held his son.

Riku looked up at his father and just cooed; a soft gently toothless grin formed on his face.

After a few moments, Riku drifted off to sleep again; and soon, Aerith came back into the room.

Aerith was Sephiroth's midwife throughout the pregnancy, and was going to be Riku's nanny.

"I'll put him to bed." Aerith said as she gently took Riku into her arms. "Sephiroth, you should really be resting, it's been awhile since you last slept." With that, she turned and walked over to the little bed on the other side of Sephiroth's room.

Cloud helped Sephiroth lay down and gently held his hand as he drifted off to a well deserved slumber.

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Five months later…

Sephiroth was in his son's nursery sitting in the rocking chair, in his arms little Riku was almost asleep. Humming a gentle tune and with all his attention on his son; Sephiroth didn't notice that he wasn't in the nursery alone anymore. As suddenly as a blink of an eye; a figure clad in a long dark cloak appeared behind the rocking chair and peered over Sephiroth's shoulder to look at the bundle in his arms.

"My, he's beautiful…" A deep voice said.

Sephiroth instantly recognized the voice as unfamiliar; as if the chair was burning, he jumped from it and whirled around, with Riku still in his arms.

Sensing his mother's sudden distress, Riku started to cry.

"Who are you?!" Sephiroth asked harshly as he rocked his son in his arms.

Taking off the hood, the cloak clad figure revealed himself; Sephiroth recognized him instantly.

"What are you doing here Ansem?!" Sephiroth asked, again in a harsh tone. Memories of the wicked man before him working for his father, creating awful potions for people to drink for a quick, unwanted death; the man standing behind the rocker was Sephiroth's nightmare, he just wanted the man to leave so he could be at peace.

"I'm here to collect what's mine." Ansem said.

"There is nothing here that is yours!" Sephiroth spat. "Leave this instant!"

"That is where you are wrong." Ansem said. "What's in your arms is what has been traded to me for a life." With that, he suddenly whirled around and raised his hand to send a blast of powerful magic at the one who was trying to attack him from behind; the body went flying to a wall, crashing into it and crumbling to the floor.

"Cloud!" Sephiroth yelled as he tried to rush to aid his husband; but as he tried to move, he found he couldn't; his heart beat rapidly within his chest.

Riku, sensing that everything was just worsening by the passing seconds, cried even harder and louder. Sephiroth wanted so much to comfort and hug his son, but he couldn't move the smallest muscle; and Ansem was advancing towards him; he wanted to scream and shout, but he couldn't.

"Like I said before…" Ansem said. "I've come here to collect what's mine." With that, he plucked the crying Riku, who once was touched by Ansem started to cry in a loud screech, out of Sephiroth's motionless arms.

"You fucking bastard, keep your fucking hands off of my baby!" A deadly voice said from behind.

Ansem smirked and turned around, his smirk grew when he saw how beat up Cloud already was, he had bruises and blood cuts all over him, his clothing was torn.

"You agreed to let me have your first born child in turn to let you keep your life." Ansem said.

"I'd rather die than let the likes of you take my child." Cloud said. "That was ten years ago, he didn't know any better!"

"Too bad." Ansem said as he shifted little Riku in his arms; he glared down at the baby when his crying only got louder. "Oh shut the fuck up you little…" With a wave of his hand over the baby's face, he put him to sleep. "He will make the perfect apprentice."

After that, all Cloud saw was red; he charged forward with sword drawn, charging towards Ansem; but he didn't get close to him. With a sudden flash of Ansem's eyes, Cloud found himself blasted back across the room and crashing into the wall again; he let out a piercing cry when he felt the bones in his body burning. Feeling so weak all of a sudden, his world just turned black.

Ansem turned back to Sephiroth.

"My, oh my…" Ansem said. "You have grown into a beautiful angel."

Sephiroth wanted nothing more than to rip the man before him into treads; his mind was racing about Cloud, he didn't know if his husband was dead and a live; and the bastard before him was still holding his child.

Ansem leaned forward and crushed his lips to Sephiroth's; in his mind, Sephiroth was screaming bloody murder.

"Too bad you aren't mine." Ansem said when he pulled back; with that, he disappeared in a dark swirl of magic, with Riku in his arms.

The moment Ansem left, Sephiroth suddenly found he could move again; instantly he rushed over to Cloud's side. Gathering his husband into his arms as he was on his knees, Sephiroth gently stoked Cloud's cheeks and called out to him; after several minutes, Cloud awoke. Looking into Sephiroth's eyes, he knew exactly what had happened; he sat up and grabbed Sephiroth into a tight hug just as he broke into sobs. As Sephiroth cried, Cloud explained what had happened ten years ago; he expected Sephiroth to hate him and make him leave afterwards, but he was surprised at the result.

"We'll get our baby back…" Sephiroth said as he held Cloud's hand. "Somehow, someday…"

Cloud looked into Sephiroth's eyes; then grabbed him into a breathtaking loving kiss.

To be continued…

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Will they ever see their child again?

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