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A Kingdom Hearts oneshot collection

YAJJ

"Journey"

Summary: That kid really needed to take a break sometime.

Date: 9/19/2014

Warnings: Cloud's potty mouth.

Disclaimer: Do not own.


Aerith really didn't want to question what she was seeing. She wanted to go on ignoring it, because really, would it be the weirdest thing that she'd seen in this house? It was just… there was something off about it. Something she couldn't quite put her finger on… it was right on the tip of her tongue…

"What are you doing with Sora?" asked Yuffie, bounding over to Cloud and Leon, who were carting the young Keybearer between them. Leon led Cloud over to the couch and stood at the head, while Cloud stood at the foot. "On three," Leon directed, not sparing a glance for his female companions.

Cloud nodded stiffly, arms shaking with the effort of holding Sora up. Even though he was only holding his legs, Sora was compact. He could fit a lot of weight into a small amount of Sora. Plus those clown shoes weighed more than they looked.

"One," Leon grunted, arms circling beneath Sora's pits. The boy, supposedly snoozing, didn't notice his bearers' struggles.

"Two," Cloud followed.

"Three!" As one, the two men dropped Sora onto the couch. The boy didn't move, even as his limbs flopped to the side, his head lolling off of the couch like a rag doll.

Aerith made a squeak of protest and made to wiggle over. That couldn't be good for his neck, at all.

But Leon was already on it, swiftly tucking the throw pillow in tight, catching the one Cloud tossed to him, and making a comfy place for Sora to rest his head. He carefully maneuvered Sora into place, grabbing his arms so they were both resting on his stomach. Cloud did similarly, taking hold again of the teen's ankles and putting them on the couch. Without a command or question, Cloud untied and removed Sora's shoes, setting them down beside him.

"What are you guys doing?" Aerith finally asked, approaching the boy. Sora was sleeping awfully calmly. The few nights he'd spent with them, she had noticed that he slept lightly and tossed and turned. But that was nothing like this. He seemed... oddly peaceful.

Leon looked at Cloud, who wouldn't look up at them. The brunet looked up at Aerith, chin high, yet he looked sheepish. "Letting Sora rest." The conviction behind his voice was not only fake, but wavering as well.

"Uh huh. And, what. Did you find him sleeping in an alleyway again?"

Cloud turned further away. If there was absolutely anyone that he couldn't lie to, it was Aerith. Something glistened in one of his deep pockets.

"What is that? Is that—what, did you get him drunk?" Aerith couldn't believe that the two men, who were supposed to watch out for the little hero, could be so irresponsible! She also couldn't believe that Sora was such a lightweight—there seemed to be more than enough liquid left in that bottle judging by the sloshing stuff inside—but that was an issue for another day.

"Drunk?" Leon sounded appalled, Cloud looked disgusted, and Cid, who was carrying in a thick blanket as if he'd known this would happen, looked to be considering the possibility.

"Now that, Aer, is an idea. For another stop, o'course. Here you go, boys, spread out. And give me back the stuff!" Cid tossed Leon the blanket, who unfolded it, snapped it out, and laid it across the sleeping child.

Cloud shrugged, took the bottle from his pocket, and tossed it to Leon, who passed it to Cid. "Don't worry, Aer. Leon and I wouldn't do that. We're not that dumb. Cid, however..."

"Shut yer trap, boy, or I'm kicking ya out. I helped ya, didn't I?" He pocketed the bottle, but not before the label was read.

"Wait... you knocked him out?! Like with chloroform and everything?! Awesome! Man, I wish I woulda been there! It woulda been right in the middle of a battle, I woulda just covered his mouth, an' then a Heartless would come outta nowhere and I would kill it with a shuriken and then we'd be saving him, instead of the usual!"

"Yuffie! We're trying to get him to rest, not kill him!"

"I said I would have saved him!"

Aerith didn't point out that it was normally they who saved Sora, just sighed a long-suffering sigh. "You knocked him out?" She cast her gaze to the tiny brunet, who hadn't moved. "No wonder he's sleeping so peacefully. Why did you need to do this?"

When Leon looked at Cloud this time, Cloud looked back. The blond shrugged, and the brunet replied, "It was the only thing we could agree on."

"And what is that?" Aerith asked. Now, she was genuinely curious. Normally, the only thing the two men could agree on was how much they didn't want to be in the same room.

This time it was Cloud who replied. "The kid needs to take a fucking break."

Aerith gave another, more prominent long-suffering sigh. She glared at Cid, and then waved them all out of the room. "Fine, fine. Whatever. At least let him rest." Not for the first time, she wondered why she'd been stuck with these people for friends.


When Sora awoke many hours after the battle, he found that his head was pounding harder than a hundred jackhammers. He moaned, but didn't open his eyes, leaning back on the cushy thing instead.

The air was awfully still, for being outside. Plus, the thing he was laying on was awfully cushy.

He shot awake with a shout, unsure of where he was. He almost called the Kingdom Key into his hand, until he noticed the domestic decorations and the all-around warmth of the place he was in.

It was a house. One that he recognized, even. And it was… very warm. Very nice.

To his right, there was a wooden coffee table. On it, he could make out through the darkness, there was a glass of something, or maybe a vase, plus a square of a flat something, and maybe two tiny round somethings.

So he didn't have night vision.

He reached up, scrabbling uselessly, until he located a switch above his head on the wall. He flicked it, and a light turned on, burning straight into his eyes and worsening his headache. Awesome.

The glass of something was a glass of water, he discovered when his eyes finally cleared and he could see again. The flat square was a note, written in someone's calligraphy-esque handwriting. The two tiny somethings appeared to be white pills. Ignoring the pills and water in favor of the note, Sora reached over to pick it up.

'Good morning, Sora,' it read. 'No doubt, you've got a headache. There are two pills on the table for you. Take them. They should make you feel better. I apologize for Cloud and Leon—their hearts were in the right place. Please, go back to sleep. You need the rest. And come get us before you leave, we'd like to say goodbye. Sleep tight, Aerith'.

Sora quirked a smile, reading the note over again. He reached over for the pills and the water, downing them all in one go. He considered getting up to continue his journey, but… this couch was so warm, so soft, and she had asked him to go back to sleep…

Sora flicked the light off, scooted down on the couch until he found a comfy place for his head to rest, and turned over. He pressed his nose into the backrest, and let the warmth and the familiar scent of family lull him back to sleep.


I have no idea where Donald, Goofy or Tifa are. I was going to include Tifa, but she just forgot to make her entrance and I couldn't find a way to make her work.

Okay, this is going to be a one-shot collection starring: Cid Highwind, Squall "Leon" Leonhart, Yuffie Kisaragi, Tifa Lockhart, Aerith Gainsborough, Cloud Strife, Sora, Riku, and Kairi. So far, I have 330+ prompts, around 70 of which have summaries. I doubt there will be 330+ chapters, but hey, you never know.

This came about because I wanted to practice my romance, so I was going to write a romance one-shot collection of my favorite KH pairing: Rokunami. So I went to LiveJournal and found a page of like 10 different lists of prompts, took a 50 prompt list, and am using it. I wanted to continue, so I did another 50 one-shot collection for SoKai, and another for RiXi. All three of which are in progress. But there were still a s***-ton of prompts left, and I fell back into my comfort-zone: Family. And this came about. Donald and Goofy probs won't be in it much, but they might be in a few.

Also, it's even weirder because it's not about Roxas. I mean, he might be mentioned, but it's not starring Roxas and it's throwing me off crap. I do have a chapter for him, so it should be good, but still. It's weird.

Anyway, thanks for reading! I don't know when the next one will be out, but I'm working on like 5 as we speak, so it shouldn't be long. Please remember to review; I'd like to know how this will be received, and remembe; all reviews will be answered via PM.

Finally, requests are accepted. I've got 270-ish open prompts, I'm sure I can fit it in somewhere.

Until next time!

YAJJ