Rhiannon: Bear with me... This is my first KH fic... There are no couples... just... advice...
"I take it you want to save them both?" It was a simple enough question.
"That is none of your business Leon." The small teen replied.
"You can call me Squall. For now." He replied.
"What made this change? Did the sewer smell get to you?" He asked cocky with a bitter laugh.
"Watch it Sora. We don't want to attract heartless." Squall face was straight.
"What did you do on your planet? In your world? I know that Yuffie, Areith and Cloud are all from the same world. That they save it. Are you from there as well?" He asked fingering the charm on his keyblade.
"No. I'm not from their world. I'm from another. There was a sorceress and a friend became her knight. Much like Riku for Maleficent. Sorceresses are all the same. They twist your desires." He bit out angrily.
"Was he your best friend?" Sora asked feeling pity for the lone gunblade master.
"No... We grew up together. Of course... he hated me. He was my rival." Squall explained softly.
"Yuffie tells me you usually don't talk so much." Sora whispered.
"Because I've never had anyone worth talking to here." He replied.
"Sure you do!" Sora cried happily.
"They don't understand. They aren't alone. Yuffie, Areith, and Cloud. They don't understand at all. Our worlds vary so much. They could never understand." He whispered.
"I don't understand." Sora admitted.
"But you do. You're allies. Donald, Goofy. Do they know what the Destiny Island look like at Sunset? Or the way the tide can rush in just right?" Squalled asked.
"No... But I'll be going home when this is all over! And then I'll have Riku and Kairi!" He cheered.
"True... I guess you wouldn't really understand either. I misjudged you." Squall whispered.
"I guess it's because I haven't been gone as long as you." Sora replied.
"Or maybe it's because you can remember. The summons or guardian forces as we called them back in my world, erases memories. I don't remember much of my past. The place I grew up in, the people who raised me. All I know is that I was an orphan." Squall replied.
"That's awful." Sora whispered.
"When the heartless came I was learning... Learning how to be happy. I had found my father. I had managed to save my friend. And so many countless others. I had traveled to the future of my world and back only to realize that future wasn't coming." Squall whispered eyes shutting tightly.
"Oh my God." He whispered.
"I shouldn't have told you all that." He replied.
"No, it was better that way. You needed someone to talk to. And this helped me understand just exactly what position I was in." Sora replied.
"You know... I take back what I said." Squall whispered.
"And what was that Squall?" Sora asked as they walked towards the exit of the sewers.
"Call me Leon. About you not being cut out to wield the blade. There's a lot more to you then I thought." Squall, no Leon now, murmured.
"So what now?" Sora asked.
"You have to decide if your going to make an extra mile. If you do everything with in your grasp you will save Kairi but loose Riku. If you turn your back on Kairi you cane save Riku." Leon spoke as he looked at the constant night sky.
"And how do I save both?" Sora asked determined.
"Disregard what I just said. Use your all, everything that comes with being a keyblade master. And when you've done that. Fight even harder until you can't even think. Only then will you save them both."
"Is that how you saved your friend?" Sora asked.
"Yeah... Oh and here. This may help." Leon spoke as he pulled a charm out.
"What is it?" Sora asked.
"Call me getting soft. It's a trinket, the lionheart, like the one on my gunblade. I want it to remind you of what we talked about. And me, when we say goodbye." Leon replied.
"We'll be saying goodbye?" Sora asked started.
"The worlds didn't know about each other before. And only us handful of people will know when it's over. We'll all go... home." Squall replied.
"How will you remember me?" Sora asked looking at the taller boy.
"I think I could remember a hero." Leon smiled.
"But you're a hero in your own right."
"Not here."
"And I won't be in your world. Take this... It's a rune stone, from the Destiny Islands." Sora spoke pressing the stone into Leon's hand.
"I'll be sure to have Cid engrave it. Sora, the hero of all worlds." Leon whispered and then laughed, "I'm getting soft and corny in my old age."
"I won't tell if you won't." Sora smiled.
"I can see heartless coming. You go on. You have much more important things to do." Leon replied.
Sora took off for the exit before looking back at Leon watching him fight.
"I can see why you were the hero of your world... Squall." And then he was gone, off to Hollow Bastion to fight for all worlds.
