So, this is my first real fic. Be nice. It's a Cloud x Squall/Leon fic. With a bit of Sora x Riku, and lots of Kairi bashing. Not because I exactly like Sora x Riku, but because Kairi is an annoying little bitch. Read and review, read and don't review, do some constructive criticism... However, read and flame and you shall pay. Be warned O Flametongues. For my tongue is much sharper than any of yours.

Now. Enjoy!

"Leeeeeoooooooooon! Ohhhh, Leeeeeeeoooooooooon!" Damn it, the annoying little red head had found her way into one of his refuges away from everyone else. "Leon, my love, where arrrrrrrrreeeeeeeee you?" Okay, so maybe not from society but mostly to escape the little red's infatuation with him.

I ducked behind one of the many crates in the storage warehouse that I was currently hiding in, in an attempt to buy some time and figure out 1) How to get away from Kairi, and 2) Find out who had betrayed my whereabouts. Probably Yuffie. She was still calling out to me as I slunk across the catwalk suspended about thirty feet in the air over the other crates below. Looking down through the small holes in the catwalk, I saw her wandering around between the crates searching for me. Disgust colored my face, and I looked forward to the end of the catwalk: freedom.

It led directly to the outside via a conveyor belt that brought supplies up to said catwalk. Quickening my pace slightly, I heard her huffily say, "Leon, if you don't come out I'll…" The stupid red-head seemed at a loss as to what punishment she would use against me. "I'll…I'll tell Yuffie you like her." I almost laughed out loud for the hilarity of it. Me, like Yuffie? About as unlikely as me being gay.

The conveyor belt had been lowered a bit for whatever reason, but the jump was nothing for me. I breathed a sigh of relief as I reached the end of the belt and looked around at the open blue sky, and the big brown industrial buildings surrounding me. I worked with metal, so I guess that'd make me a metal smith. As I was about to head back to the main building, someone jumped onto my back and wrapped their arms around my neck. I was going to beat the shit out of whoever it was until, "Ohhhhh Leeeon, I found you!" The high pitched, giddy voice in my ear was very painful, like someone sticking an ice pick into it. The thought of beating the shit of Kairi was quite appealing but… Well, for obvious reasons I couldn't do it.

The stupid red head tightened her arms around my neck squealing delightedly as I continued to walk towards the main building as if nothing were happening. However, when she began to squeeze so hard that I couldn't breathe, I reached up, pried her arms off from around my neck, and held her up next to me. She dangled and squirmed like a fish caught on a line, giggling. "You were choking me." And with that, I dropped her to the ground and kept walking.

When I finally made it safely to the main building without the little brat attacking me, I stepped into a room brighter than the outdoors. I don't mean light wise, I mean decoration wise. Yuffie and I worked together and, unfortunately had to share an office which she insisted on decorating. Bright colors and ninja things adorned every service, but thankfully she had not brought up making anything pink. I would have drawn the line there. But right now, I needed to find Yuffie and figure out if she had told Kairi where I was.

Skulking around the building, I quickly found her out in the front making a mess of the paper work which I had so painstakingly organized. "Yuffie," I said darkly. Yuffie looked up at me with a huge grin and before I could continue began to babble.

"Oh Squall," the use of my old name made me twitch but her mouth was running a mile a minute. Much like Kairi's did sometimes… "We've been doing so much good work lately, Cid decided to let us – you and me – have the next two weeks off. Isn't that wonderful Squall?"

Not really, I liked working, but didn't say so much to Yuffie. "One, stop calling me…that name. It's Leon now." Yuffie made a sad face at me, but I continued. "And two, why did you tell Kairi where I was?"

Yuffie brightened up. "Oh, but I didn't. It was Sora. I saw him a little while ago, he asked me where you were. I told him and then asked why and he said to get rid of Kairi. Sora said that he has no interest in her, and that he's in love with Riku." Yuffie got a bit dreamy on me then, and I gave her a disgusted look. Not only was Sora a fag for dumping Kairi on me, but he was also a real fag for loving Riku. Which made his fagness all the worse. And it made Kairi the little slut. Attacking Sora and me at the same time. I sighed and looked away from Yuffie's face, trying to figure out what I was going to do with two weeks off. "OH!" Yuffie's exclamation brought mye eyes back to er, and she stood up abruptly. "There's a new guy coming later. He's a friend of Cid's. Maybe you heard of him Cloud…um…Cloud Strife I think it is."

A friend of Cid? So, maybe things wouldn't be so bad. Cid was a great guy, so why wouldn't his friends be some fun too? Not in a gay way. Because as I've already established, I'm not gay. Maybe we could train together… My mind raced away with me and face got appreciatively lighter as Yuffie seemed to have noticed for she pounced on me with a hug. "Oh Squall, you'll have fun! I just know it!" Before I could retaliate on her, she ran off into the back room and slammed the door closed.

But just before I heard the door close, I heard a terrible voice. "Yuffie! I've lost Leon! Where is he?" Not waiting for the terrible conversation I bolted from the building and headed for home faster than usual.

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Once back home, I didn't really know what to do with myself. Cid would still be back at the building, as would Yuffie and, hopefully, Kairi. Sora and Riku…well, I'm not sure I really wanted to know where they were and what they were doing. And Riku used to be such a good sparing partner… Much better than Sora. He must have turned Riku over to the dark side… My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. "No one's home," I shouted, reclining back on my bed with my hands behind the head, legs propped up on the end rest of the bed.

"Leon, open up the damn door before I break it down!" Cid roared at me from behind the door and I contemplated seeing whether or not the old man really could knock down the door. Then again, I wasn't sure if I really wanted to pay for a new door. And it would be so easy for Kairi to get into my room…

"Alright, alright old man, I'm coming." Cid growled at me from behind the door that he was not old, merely older than the rest of us. Smirking slightly, I opened the door and Cid swaggered in, cocky as ever, chewing on the straw in his mouth.

"Make tea, or coffee or something," Cid demanded, and only offered, "Please," in a sarcastic tone after I gave him a scathing look. He seated himself at the little round table in my as if it were his room as I wandered into the kitchen to get some tea on the stove. "Ya heard that my friend, Cloud is comin', from Yuffie righ'?" He didn't give me time to reply though, merely continued talking. "He's a good friend of mine. An' old friend of mine." Cid paused before saying, "We've been through a lot together, and he's come on some hard times recently. Figured I'd pull him out of slump like he did for me." As I walked back into the room with a poor excuse for tea, Cid looked as if he was remembering some times long ago. Once he realized I was there though, he focused back on the now.

Accepting the tea, he drank it without complaint. It was probably more than he expected of me; I wasn't much of a homemaker. "Anyway," he began again, "You're both excellent swordsmen, and you should both spend some time together. Get to know each other, spar and whatnot." He waved a hand in the air as if it was unimportant what we did as long as we did something. I shrugged and nodded my head, drinking my own tea. Which I almost then spit out. Bleh, how did the old man drink this? "So let's getta move on! Cloud should be here any moment. He'll be living a few rooms down from you for now." I again nodded as Cid replaced his empty cup to the table and swaggered out the door with me in tow.

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So, how was it? Mleh, I think too much detail, eh? lol. Constructive criticism welcomed. Have fun children!