Hey guys! Some of you may know that this is not an original, but an editation (is that a real word? Ah well, it is now…*evil snicker, taking a marker to a dictionary*) of one of my previous stories. Trust me it's much better now. but you should know by now that I don't own. It is on FANfiction, after all.

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It was raining. Again. Cloud, Leon and Yuffie were stuck in Merlin's house, along with the rest of the gang. It had rained pretty much all week, and it didn't look like it was going to stop anytime soon. Leon looked out the window. Behind him, Yuffie and Cid were arguing about some ingredients in the dinner from that night, Cloud was sulking in the corner, Aerith trying to cheer him up; or at least get him to talk to her. Needless to say, Leon and Cloud both wanted some peace and quiet.

Leon knew it was raining, but he didn't care. Leon just had to get out of the noise in the house. Maybe getting a little wet would be a good way to clear his mind. Without a word, he left the house and stepped into the rain. It was cold compared to the cozy house, but the chill cleared his mind. He looked up to the sky and closed his eyes. Here it was quiet. Here, it was tranquil.

Leon liked it when there was quiet. He was reminded of the old days, in his old home. From time to time, he'd find himself thinking about those he had left behind. When he didn't mean to, he caught himself wondering why it was he that had survived, and not one of his friends. When the memories bubbled to the surface, he'd force them down. There was nothing to be proud of in running away.

After taking a deep breath, Leon looked back around the tiny area. The buildings were close together, and there was dust and dirt being turned to mud in the torrential downpour. Leon didn't miss one detail of the recognizable area. Especially not the silver glint of a nobody, floating by towards the market place. Calling his gunblade into his hands, he ran after it.

"If the rain didn't clear my head, this battle would, I guess. Must be inescapable." Leon shrugged.

With that, Leon chased the nobody through the rain. If one was around, there had to be more hiding somewhere. Chasing nobodies through the rain sounded better to him than going back to Merlin's house anyway. At least he could get something done.

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"Wow, it's really coming down, isn't it?" Sora noticed, stepping into the market place from the gummi ship. "Has it ever rained when we've been in here?"

"Not that I know of. Gosh, it's usually all blue skies. I wonder what's going on." Goofy mentioned.

"Hey, look! Heartless!" Donald pointed.

There was a small group of heartless converged into a spot towards Uncle Scrooge's freezer. They seemed to be huddled over something-something human sized. Through the darkness, Sora could see a hint of some blue. Adrenaline began to pump through his body, and he knew exactly what he had to do.

"I think there's someone there! They're going to turn into a heartless soon if we don't help! Come on!" Sora called out Oathkeeper and bounded into battle.

As the three picked off some of the heartless, more of the person was uncovered. Donald carefully shot blasts of fira on the shadow heartless with out hurting the person underneath them. When all the heartless in the area were destroyed, Sora bent over the person. She was what looked to be an older woman, but she had retained what must have been her childhood beauty. Carefully, Sora placed her head on his lap.

Her pale face was covered in dirt and splotches of blood. Sora let a little rainwater drop on her face so he could clean it. She looked a little bit like Tifa, but she had her own quirks. There was a slight smile playing on the edge of her lips, and she had a certain look about her that made Sora believe she was looking for something.

"Who do you think this is?" goofy leaned over Sora and the woman.

"Who knows. Do you think Leon would know her? She must live here after all." Donald reasoned.

Sora nodded, wiping a few last patches of mud off her face and neck. What had happened to her? As Sora cleaned around the neck, he fingered a small, silver chain that held a couple of shiny rings. Even in the dim light of the storm, he could tell there were intricate designs on it.

Whoever she was, she must have been through a lot. Her hair was matted with dirt, and hung freely around her shoulders. The woman was dressed in a long, blue overcoat. One of her boots was gone. She lay still, unconscious. With some difficulty, Sora and Goofy picked her up and started walking with the woman leaning on their arms in between. Donald walked behind; to make sure she didn't fall.

"Uh oh, fellas, I think we have company!" Goofy pointed to a single nobody, drifting towards the three.

"I'll take care of it!" Donald held up his staff and ran ahead of Sora.

Before he could cast a spell, the nobody was gone in a giant ball of flames. The heat reached all the way to Sora, Donald, and Goofy, it was so large. Sora looked to his duck friend. He was surprised. Usually, it didn't take that much to kill them off, and overkill wasn't something Donald usually did.

"Uh, good job, Donald" Sora hitched the girl further on his shoulders, as she was slipping.

"It wasn't me." he quacked. Goofy and Sora looked at him in confusion.

"What do you mean it wasn't you?" Sora looked to his feathered friend.

Leon walked up to the three and put back his gunblade. He was absolutely drenched. Sora hoped he hadn't been wandering about. Of course, it didn't take long to become sopping in this weather. Leon had a look of confusion on his face as he looked at the woman leaning between goofy and Sora. Her head was down, and her hair covered her face.

"who've you got here?" Leon placed his gunblade on his shoulders.

"I don't know. We found her over there in the marketplace." Sora reported.

Leon put his gunblade away and cupped his fingers around the woman's chin. He couldn't identify her if he couldn't see her face. As a member of the hollow bastion restoration committee, he saw many of the inhabitants of his world. When he looked upon the small face of the woman, he rubbed a small patch of dirt Sora had missed off the cheek. Instantly, flashes of memory came to his mind.

It was Rinoa.

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DUN DUN DUN! What is going to happen. How will Leon react? Please read and let me know how you feel about the story!