Kingdom Hearts – We Run

A/N #1 – I own nothing of Kingdom Hearts series, including characters, locations and all that jazz. Yet, I do own the plot and story.

A/N#2 – This story will be written in short, but frequent, chapters and NO, I will NOT discontinue "Meet me...",this on it's just a stress relief and self accomplishment device. Hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed writing it.

BTW: LOOKING FOR A BETA. All my previous ones tend to disappear. Someone with free time for quick feedback. Also,I think my DocX Add box is some kind of Death Note. So if I can rely on you and you are not afraid to die...

Prologue

We walk

-Part 1-

Everything is changing...

"We are moving."

I still remember the day I received the news...

Cloud seemed extra stressed that day, for he was moving from one room of the house to the other in a frenzy. His footsteps echoed loudly through our small house as he cursed ,not that much, under his breath. The noise had woken me up and since I couldn't fall asleep again due the noise, I decided to start the my day already...

After doing the usual morning activities( bed, teeth, bath...) I went down for breakfast As I climbed down the stairs, I noticed the piles still-folded cardboard boxes and tape rolls thrown haphazardly across the floor and most of the furniture was either absent or in disassembled. Among the mess was my little brother focused on the small television before him,completely ignorant to my presence .

"What the hell is happening here?" I jumped the last 3 steps and looked around. Ventus was on his stomach in the middle of the room, staring at the kitchen's TV. For some reason it had been moved from it's original place, which preoccupied me even more...

"Good morning to you too Sora." my brother said not turning away to face me. "If you don't know what's happening it's your own fault. No one made you sleep past noon." He was in a bad mood, probably from the news again...I threw a glance at the still in the wall watch and noticed it was 13:08 already.

"Pfth, whatever." I yawned. "Where's Cloud?" Ventus pointed to the general direction of the kitchen."Thanks. Good morning by the way." The response he gave me was a low 'Uhum...' from his closed lips. I chose to ignore him as much as he was ignoring me and went to fix myself some breakfast. Or lunch, it works both ways.

I entered the kitchen to find it empty, devoid of both Cloud AND furniture. Again.

The counter where the cereal bows usually were was gone, altogether with the table, the microwave, the fridge and our sad excuse for a stove. The sudden emptiness of our house had grown from a small itch in the back of my hair to a big, red harsh demanding answers. You can take away my Tv, you can take away my sofa, but no on takes away my fridge!

"CLOUD!" I shouted. The emptiness of the building contributed to the echo-effect and desired volume. I was sure Cloud had listened.

"WHAT!" His voice came just as loud, if not louder, from the upper floor.

"Why does our house looks like our bank account?"

"I'm busy!Look around! Use that little brain of yours a bit and than tell me what do you can come up with!"

I looked around once more and gave it some tough. Missing furniture, stressed Cloud, grumpy Ventus..."Are we low on cash again?"

These days, lack of money wasn't such a surprise. One moment we had enough to keep the next 3 months on check, the other an apple would cost 5 bucks... With the new government reform, stores were getting closed one after the other, giving place to a new chain of supermarkets approved by said government. Now certain items were getting nearly impossible to find and others were completely banned.

Everything was changing, but people didn't care...

At first, the changes were small. A sudden ID update, everyone had to fill a handful of papers and so on. But now you were required to have a citizen membership code to order a pizza! The law and censorship were getting insane and there was nothing people cloud do about it. Of course there were protests, strikes, petitions but it was useless. The years passed and now all the hope had gone, giving place to a bitter sense of conformation. It all begun a few years ago, soon after mother died.

After mother passed away, we had to make on our own. Work was something rare these says, almost all of the establishments were owned by the government and working for than wasn't that appealing since you had to sell you soul and all...

Cloud and I had in a 'special' delivery service here in Transverse Town. Special as in stuff you don't really want to send through the now highly monitored mail. Like when you just can't wait for normal delivery to pass though their meticulous process or it just wouldn't pass at all.

This kind of service was growing surprisingly fast lately. The new government also had fallen head on the civil rights, usurping people of privacy and freedom and a few more. It was like totalitarianism all over again...Funny how I still know what that means, since I'm a college dropout. Good thing that now everyone was looking for our help in hope for a little...subtlety, if you know what I mean.

Cloud does all the 'by land' delivery on his motorcycle, taking large packages and wider distances. I, in other hand, take the light ones,going through a bit higher pathways...I do the local delivery but I don't really get the bus, if you know what I mean. Knowing the city as much as I do, you find out much shorter ways to move. Eve if that requires jumping some roofs. People say it's stupid or suicide but I don't care much. Jumping from building to building, rolling, climbing walls and all that stuff, It makes me feel alive, free. Something rare in these days. It's not ilegal, at least not here in Transverse Town and hey ,like what I do and I do what I like. It doesn't pay much but I'm happy. That's what really matters, right?

Ventus sometimes helps us after school. He rides a Glider he brought with five months of allowance, paying and some odd jobs. I hope he enjoys that thing as much as he can because, the way the chariot runs, it just might gat banned too...

"No, you moron. In fact it's quite the opposite." Cloud was moving what seemed to be the pieces of his bed downstairs. His face was completely covered by wood parts but something told me he was frowning. What a shoker.

"So we are loaded?"

"Almost, but not quite. I finally raised enough money so we can go to a better place."

"As if in heaven?Are we dying?"

"God, Sora!.No we are not dying! We are moving."

Little did I know what was to come. I bet if I did, I would have preferred to stay at good ol' TT and live in blissful ignorance. But it's kinda late for that now. I'm buried to the neck in this thing and my chances of getting out are smaller than Cloud's patience...

So what do you guys think?I was needing a little venting from all that futuristic AU from "Meet me..." and this did the trick just right. This AU is only a few years from today. Technology isn't that advanced but still beats the crap of anything we have today.

A/N#3 – a cookie for those who guess witch song I used to write this chapter. C'mon people it isn't that hard. Tell me through Reviews. Please?