Oh wow, I feel awful you guys! I have been on Winter break for such and long time and I am JUST NOW updating a fanfiction. But i find myself getting Word set up and the fanfiction ready to go but then I'm like, heeeyyyyy...I wonder if there are any fanfictions with some Cleon in them...I swear I stalk this couple! -.- OH I did write another Cleon with Sora as their kid, but it's under Leon and Sora and it's call Christmas Shoes. So go read it please! if you would so kindly do so! Well i hope that everyone had splendid holidays! I got a 3ds! for Final Fantasy Theatrhythm and Kingdom Hearts 3d! (no duh) XD but right now i just had nintendogs 3D. I have a white female husky named Cloud(I didn't know the dog was female when i bought her...i forgot to check...) and I have a boy husky named Leon! XDDD yay! and today i got a lip ring! i have been wanting one forever! like since i was twelve! thats...five years? yeah! so yay! ^^
I hope you all enjoy this new chapter of October 31st!
Disclaimer: I do not nor will i ever own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy! oh, or This is Halloween preformed by Marylin Manson. (that version is the one used in this fic.)
and Thank you to all of my reviewers, seriously you all were so passionate in your hate for Leon! i was like WOAH! O.O XD seriously it was awesome. keep it up guys! motivates me so much!
Roxas rubbed his head where he hit it on the pole, 'Where the hell is Halloween Town?' or more like 'what' is it… "Yes, I must be dreaming." He sighed, shaking his head, which in turn just made him cringe more due to the throbbing pain. When he got up to follow the image of his brother's hair someone came up to him and poked him in the side, "Ow!" he yelled, "Yes if you were wondering, that indeed did hurt." Roxas turned to scowl at the person who poked him, whom he immediately wanted to run in fear from once realizing that it was not a human at all. He instinctively went pale and tried to sprint toward the spiky brown hair that was still in view.
The creature grabbed onto the back of his shirt, "Whoa! A real human!" it spoke rather loudly.
Roxas quirked an eyebrow, "What? Of course I'm real! Now put me down!" he wailed. "Dad! Sora!" he yelled frantically, wanting to be anything but the new plaything in this weird place. Right now he just wanted to go home. More creatures started coming up to him and playing with his hair and poking his head and stomach.
"Wow!"
"Ahh!"
Roxas glared at their fascination. In fact, some of the people that were coming up to him looked just like a regular human: two eyes, one nose and a mouth, two hands, ect. Why were they all acting like he was some fascinating relic? "Ow!" he yelped when one pulled exceptionally hard on his still sensitive head.
"Roxas!"
He blinked open one eye and saw his dad running toward him with Sora behind him. "Let go of him he's not an object!" Leon broke through the crowd of onlookers.
"No, but it's a human!" a one eyed creature turned to him.
"That's my kid!" he growled out correcting him. He quickly ripped away the creature's hand that was held firmly on Roxas's shirt. He took the trembling blonde into his arms, which he was surprised at how Roxas automatically clinged to him. His arms were shaking as he tried to keep his hold around Leon's neck, eyes wide with shock at what he was experiencing.
Leon's eyes became soft as he carefully hoisted up Roxas, placing his hands on his bottom, holding Roxas in place, whose legs were currently glued together around the older brunette's waist.
"Roxas! What are you doing here?" Sora asked, clearly excited, following his dad and brother to their house.
"I-I uh-" he stammered.
"Let's just wait until we get home and get him settled down and rested on the couch." Leon chuckled, loving the feeling of having his other son in his arms.
"I-I-I-I-" was all Roxas could say as he was obviously overwhelmed with being molested and manhandled by nonhuman beings. Not really the greatest 'sane' welcoming to another realm.
"Sshhh." Leon soothed, "We'll get you more comfortable once you are inside okay?"
Roxas just continued staring out at the new world, inwardly gaping at the new sights and stores. There were broom shops where some teenage girls were freaking out over a new broom that was supposedly "The newest thing in the air", some potion shops that had some creatures of different species walking in and out of it randomly. Then there was a…dentist office? Roxas just wanted to get to a place where he felt safe and was out of sight of the people and monsters stocking him. Sora just kept grinning, glad that his brother was with him.
"Roxas?" Cloud called upstairs after using a whole tissue box to soak up the excretions from his eyes and nose.
He sniffled his nose, red from being blown so much. The same with his eyes being blood shot from crying. "Rox?" he croaked out, voice hoarse from screaming angry versus into the pillows on the couch.
He still didn't hear anything. 'Maybe he's asleep…' Cloud thought. He climbed up the stairs to give his son a 'goodnight Roxas' and a kiss. Hell, it was still early for him and all this emotional stuff has drained his energy completely. He knocked a couple times on his door, still nothing. "Roxas?" Cloud whispered as he slowly opened up his son's door.
"Rox." Cloud's eyes went straight to the vacant bed that was supposed to be holding his baby. Then his eyes were trained fixed on the opened window. "Roxas." He breathed out. Cloud dashed over to the open window sill and yelled out his son's name into the unresponsive night. "Roxas!" Cloud yelled again. He frantically swiped his eyes from side to side. "Where are you? Roxas!" Cloud desperately cried. He was wildly looking around outside, trying to smell his son's blood in the night air. It was times like these where he wished his scent was as good as a werewolf's. He turned to the side again, "Speak of the devil." He outwardly spoke his thoughts. "Zack!" he called, jumping down from the window, trying to close it in the same process. He swiftly dashed down the sidewalk. He was actually surprised that he had recognized the lycan after all of this time. Granted the black haired werewolf was his ex-boyfriend in high school before he met Leon and he also was the one that took away his virginity, but that's not the point. A werewolf's scent was indescribable and somewhat unpleasant to a vampire's nostrils, having its own pungent and distinct aroma.
Said man stopped in his tracks at the sight of the person running toward him. He cocked an eyebrow up, "Cloud?" he grinned. "Hey buddy! What's up?" he had to close his eyes his grin was so big. "You goin' home too?"
"Oh, what?" Cloud asked confused.
"Dude what do you mean 'what'? You know, Halloween Town? Home?" he emphasized.
"Oh." Cloud chuckled, rubbing the back of his head. Zack never knew that Cloud moved to the human realm to live a new life. Once they both went to different colleges they parted ways, although they managed to stay friends when Cloud was dating Leon in their last year of high school.
Zack smirked over at him while opening up the portal to his old home. Cloud stared at it in awe. He totally forgot how to open up the portal for home. He even forgot that he lived this close to one! "You're acting really weird." Zack chuckled, refraining from ruffling Cloud's hair. He honestly never really got over their breakup, even though they were on and off all the time as teenagers.
"I'm actually living here now. My house is just down the street." Cloud smiled, sticking his thumb in the direction that he came from.
"Oh wow man! You finally did it? Was it difficult? You live by yourself?" Zack couldn't help himself from asking questions. Cloud got around to answering the 'do you live by yourself' part when the panic set in again, 'Roxas!' "Um, hey Zack, can you do me a favor before I answer your questions?" Cloud asked in a hurry.
Zack's eyebrows rose, "Hm? Oh yeah sure. Anything for you." He grinned again.
Cloud blushed and looked down sheepishly, something he hasn't done in a long time, "Oh, um well. Can you smell anything on me that…you know, isn't me?" he asked shyly.
"Huh?" Zack chuckled, "What kind of question is that?"
"Just please." Cloud's eyes were now worried. They were wasting time just talking.
Without another question Zack leaned over to Cloud's neck and took in a couple sniffs, closing his eyes in contentment being this close to Cloud again. But then his nose crinkled as he did so, indeed smelling something that was not Cloud. "Um, yeah. But it's not anyone I recognize. It actually kinda smells like you. And some pretty sexy cologne too." Zack winked playfully.
Now it was Cloud's turn to raise his eyebrows, "What?" Then it hit him, Leon had on some cologne, he smelled it when he answered the door. 'Bastard.' He seethed. He couldn't think about that right now though. "Well, can you at least tell me where the smell is going?" he was becoming desperate, but at the same time he was trying to mask his extreme worry.
"Yup, sure thing Cloud." He gestured toward the portal, "It's right this way."
"Are you kidding me?" Cloud had a distressed stare in his eyes. He wanted Roxas to be just about anywhere but in Halloween Town! ...well, within reason of course.
"Nope." Zack chuckled again, slowly putting his hand on Cloud's shoulder, guiding him in, "Why? Someone you know in there that you're looking for?"
Cloud was taking shaky steps toward the world he wanted so much to escape, clutching onto Zack for dear life. "Um, yeah." Cloud gulped as they got closer to the other side, "One of my sons."
Zack almost tripped as he entered the other side, followed by a trembling Cloud. "One of your what?" he scoffed.
Cloud was pulled from his terrifying thoughts as he laid his eyes on his old home, and he winced at the setting sun. Halloween Town was about five hours behind the human realm so it was around six to seven o'clock. "Hm? Oh, my son." Cloud smiled, "I think he may have followed his brother in here." 'Along with his father.' He snarled. He didn't even want Roxas to be a part of him anymore. What Leon did was absolutely unforgivable; it made his eyes start to water again.
"Hey Cloud." Zack bent down a little to become the same height as the blonde. "You okay?" he touched Cloud's cheek. His eyes were becoming red and wet, "Hey, we'll find him." he took Cloud in his arms in a warm embrace.
Cloud let out a small choke of air as he felt warm arms wrap around him protectively, a gesture that hasn't happened to him in twelve years. A stray tear fell. 'Dammit…' he grunted. It's been so long since he was held like this; he loved it, his body loved it, even if it wasn't Leon.
Zack took a moment to squeeze tighter before letting him go, looking back into Cloud's cerulean orbs, he smirked, "So, when exactly did you have these tykes, huh?"
"Hn, oh, well," Cloud rubbed at his eyes, "Sixteen years ago." He chuckled. Wow he felt old.
"Really now? But you don't look a day over twenty-five!" Zack played.
Cloud smiled at him, "Yeah well I could say the same for you."
Zack smiled back as he took Cloud's hand, following the smell of Cloud's son throughout the town, "So just exactly who did you have them with?" he inquired. He knew that Cloud was a Frail, and that at some time or another he would get pregnant. But a Frail could only get pregnant by their mate, the person that they were meant to be with for life and even after that. And that was someone that you had to love whole-heartedly, even if the vampire has never even met them before. Their souls just…knew. A vampires mate was not just someone to have an extreme crush on and then think its love. In fact some vampires find their mates before even knowing that they were beside them the whole time. Zack looked over at Cloud, who still had the fair skin and innocent features like the last day he saw him, though now he was about eight years older.
Cloud bit his lip, he was silent long enough. "…Leon." He bit out. Cloud kept a fixed stare forward.
Zack had a concerned look on his face. The way Cloud said his name, "Are you guys fighting or something?" he asked.
Cloud looked down, his voice lowering, "Yeah…something like that."
"Roxas? Do you want anything to drink?" Leon asked, making sure that his blonde son was comfortable on the couch. Sora took the cushion next to him.
"Hm? Um…oh, yes actually." He said dumbfounded as he looked around the house. "This place is huge."
Sora grinned over at his brother, "Not really, it's just about as big as yours."
Roxas gave him a small smile.
Leon came back with a couple of glasses of water, handing one to Sora and the other one to Roxas.
Roxas took a couple swigs, before placing it in his lap. They all waited silently in the living room, Sora just looking awkwardly around the house, Leon staring at the ground and Roxas looking back and forth in between the both of them.
"So uh…dad. What is all this? I'm really confused." He slightly chuckled, staring into his glass of water.
Leon took a look at Sora and then over to Roxas. There really was no way of hiding it now, especially due to the fiasco that just happened and the fact that Roxas was already here.
"Um, well, this is a place called Halloween Town."
Roxas stared with a dead look in his eyes over at him, "Yeah, uhuh, I kinda figured that out already."
Leon chuckled and ran a hand through his hair. "Well, this is just the town that's called Halloween Town. It's the main city in this realm."
Roxas just opened his eyes more and poked his neck out forward, urging his dad to continue. "Please don't stop to see if I'll understand. I'll just ask questions later."
Leon looked up at him, 'Wow, he acts more like Cloud and I everyday." He smirked. "Alright, well there are two realms, supposedly a third, but that's just a rumor going around. The main two realms are the human realm and this one, where 'creatures'" he said, motioning his hands in quotation marks, "or people with gifts, such as seers, witches and lycans etcetera, live. Your brother and I are sorcerers. And your father…" he bit his tongue. "Well I'm sure you already know…" He looked down ashamed at the floor, "after my immature outburst." He put a hand up to his face and rubbed his temples. He still couldn't believe that he said that in front of his sons! 'What the hell was I thinking?' he brought his hand down over his face and back around his neck. 'Oh that's right, I wasn't. Ifrit how could I have been so stupid?' he scolded himself in his head.
Roxas was moving around uncomfortably on the couch, grabbing the blanket from the back of the sofa and bringing it around in front to wrap around himself. It was a comfort mechanism. "So…my dad is a vampire?" he asked hesitantly. "And you and Sora are…sorcerers?"
They both nodded.
Roxas was silent for a good two minutes, "I'm sorry, but this is all really hard for me to understand. I mean-I'm not…I'm a normal person! Raised in the normal world where all of this stuff is supposed to be fake!" he shouted, curling himself up even more into the blankets.
Leon let out a heavy sigh, "I know Roxas, but it's true." Leon said, flipping open a book that was on the coffee table without even touching it. Maybe that would get Roxas to believe that this stuff was actually real and that he wasn't in the least bit dreaming. He just swiped his fingers across the air and it opened.
"Oh." Roxas said in a high pitched voice, staring dumbfounded at the opened book. "Um, uh…well then…um…are you really my dad?" he asked. He would believe anything out of the man's mouth after seeing him open up a book without even being near it.
Leon let out a loud chuckle, almost to the point of a laugh…almost. "Why Roxas? Do you think you're adopted?"
The blonde shifted again, "Well I mean…it's not possible for me to have two biological dads, well at least where I'm from it isn't...I think." he said cautiously.
Leon leaned forward, "Exactly. It looks like while I'm at it, I have some explaining to tell Sora too."
"Hm?" the brunette twin looked up from his phone.
"While you both are here, I'll tell Roxas how you both were born, and everything else." He looked over at Sora who had a disgusted look on his face. He hated birthing stories, especially his own one that he had already heard. Just the whole thought of it creeped him out. "And also…I'll tell you why Cloud is so protective of you around Halloween. Maybe then you'll grow to understand him some more."
(FLASHBACK)
"Hey Squall!" A girl with long brown hair sing-songed as she ran toward her friend who was sitting on a bench.
"Hey Rinoa." The eighteen year old looked up from his books.
She huffed, trying to catch her breath. "Whew! Okay good, I made it!" she beamed up at him.
Squall looked at her with confusion, "What do you mean you made it? Are you running from something?" he smirked.
She looked around hesitantly, "Well you know." Her voice dragged out on the last word. She nudged her head backward for Squall to look behind her.
He quirked up and eyebrow as he looked past her to see the arrival of the vampire school population. The vampires went to school around six o'clock in the evening, right when the sun was starting to set, except for during daylight savings time when it was dark at five p.m. Their school session ended at one in the morning, unlike the 'regular' kids' school day which started at seven a.m. and ended at three in the afternoon.
Squall and Rinoa were currently meeting together to work on their sorcery class's final project when they showed up. Squall's eyes scanned the crowd of the solitary community in interest as they arrived to the school. He caught a glimpse of blonde hair that walked in front of the school doors. It was a teenager about his height, who seemed to be walking with another black haired adolescent, although, Squall recognized the one with black hair. 'Zack, was it?' he thought. 'Oh yeah, the lycan! He's in my history class.' They both seemed to be arguing over something trifle, due to their matching annoyed expressions. Even though his facial expression seemed exasperated, the brunette's heart jumped into his chest as the blonde's face came even closer into view. He was gorgeous, so gorgeous that he almost couldn't breathe. Though the blonde vampire seemed to be paying no attention whatsoever to the brunette sorcerer, which was a first. He was always being admired and stalked by half of his school's population during the day when he attended classes. His heart sank however when he saw the lycan and the vampire exchange a kiss before the blonde beauty disappeared into the school. He let out a feral growl at the lycan's back as he walked away in the opposite direction. Squall felt an immense amount of jealousy consume him as he watched him walk away.
"Um hello?" Came Rinoa's voice, then the sudden appearance of a hand snapping in front of his face.
"Wait, what?" Squall said, now coming back into reality.
She sighed, "You need to stop spacing out and help me on this project! Or else I'm telling Ms. Yuna that I worked on this by myself and that I should get all of the credit!"
"What?" he snapped at her in disbelief, playfully hitting her in the arm, "You would not."
"Try me." She stuck out her tongue.
Squall rolled his eyes, and they continued working on their project until nine o'clock at night. While outside flipping through their notes, they overheard some vampires that were going from one class to the next.
"Did you hear? Cloud is going to be doing the opening ceremony performance tonight!" The other chuckled, "Don't you mean this morning?"
"Huh? Oh well duh!" she hit her friend, "But you know what I mean. So are you going?"
The other spoke in disbelief, "Are you kidding me? Hell yes I'm going! I never miss out on the Halloween ritual!" she spoke in an almost menacing manner.
'That's right.' Squall thought, 'Tomorrow is Halloween.'
"I wonder how epic this year's performance is going to be."
"I'm guessing it's going to be pretty bomb if Cloud is the one doing it."
And that was all that Squall could catch of their conversation as they made their way into their next class for the night.
"Whoa!" Rinoa whispered in awe, "Did you hear that? The vampire's are having some kind of ceremony tonight." She bit her lip, excitement in her eyes. "I wonder what it's about. I'm actually really curious."
"I don't know." Squall shrugged, returning his attention to packing up his books.
Rinoa tugged on the sleeve of his shirt, "Oh come on Squall, come with me tonight. I want to see what it's like!" she begged.
Squall bit the inside of his cheek, "Rinoa, I don't really like that idea."
"Oh come on!" She pleaded some more, "pretty please?"
Squall sighed, "What time does it start?"
"Oh yay!" she squealed, "I finally get to see what the vampire life is like!"
He rubbed his temple, was this seriously the girl that just hours ago was trying to run away from said vampires?
"Hm, and I actually don't know what time it starts." She brought her right index finger up to her bottom lip. "Wait! I've got an idea!" she said, muttering an incantation under her breath. Squall rolled his eyes as he saw her start to become transparent. They weren't even supposed to know that spell yet. He felt something press up against his cheek. "What the-" then a kissing noise resonated from the pressure on the side of his face, "Oh ew Rinoa." He said rubbing at the place where Rinoa just kissed him.
"Yes it works!" she inwardly squealed. Squall would have not ever let her do that if he knew where she was. She hurriedly skipped over to the school.
Squall sat there on the bench, silently waiting for his friend to get finished excavating the vampire invested high school. He pretended to still be doing his work while he was studied by the other population switching into other classes.
After about five awkward minutes of being stared at he finally saw some papers shuffle next to him. "So, how did it go?" he asked to the still invisible person.
"Oh it went great! Apparently the concert slash ritual thing is going to be at three in the morning." She yawned.
Squall smirked over at her. "Want me to come get you around two-thirty then?" he asked.
"Yes!" she flung her arms around his neck, "That would be perfect!" she squealed once again.
Squall groaned, "Alright, alright." He gathered up his things." So, see you around two-thirty in the morning."
(2:30 in the morning)
"Alright Squall are you ready?" Rinoa clasped her hands together.
"Hn" he turned his head in the direction of the way all of the vampires were going, leading his friend.
"So are you nervous?" she whispered, clinging to Squall's arm as to feel safer around the secretive inhabitants of Halloween Town.
Squall's eyes scanned the crowd again; hopefully since this ritual was such a big deal around vampires he would be able to see the blonde again. He has never felt his heart race so fast by just the mere glimpse of a person before. "No, I'm not nervous. I'm interested though, I wonder what it's going to be like."
"Mmhm." She nodded, still griping his arm. They walked in silence as they followed all of the vampires to what they assumed was the place where this ritual was going to be held. All of the vampires were dressed in black and blood splatters were all over their clothes, nothing at all like the wardrobe they wore when going to school. Some had on thick dark make-up around their eyes and chains on their pants. And everyone of them had their incisors visible.
Rinoa gulped as they went into the building that all of them were occupying, waiting for the ceremony to start.
"Just calm down." He spoke gently, unwrapping her arm from his.
She slowly nodded as they found their permanent spot to stand in. The only thing going through Rinoa's mind at the moment was that she hoped that none of the vampires were hungry. Once everyone was inside, the doors shut with a sharp clang of metal. Everyone was cheering, while Rinoa was greatly starting to regret her suggestion of them coming. Squall just kept a placid expression on his face, waiting for the show to start that was supposedly going to be infamously preformed by a vampire named Cloud. After about two minutes of complete darkness, heavy metal music started to play in a catchy beat. On the stage before them were red and green spotlights moving frantically around, while bright white strobe lights occasionally flickered on and off. At the top of the stairs of the stage, a figure was walking down the steps, each time he planted a combat boot on the stairs the beat of the song would go off. Squall's breath got caught in his throat as he realized it was the attractive blonde who was on stage, wearing what looked like a black belt in the form of a choker around his neck, a black short sleeved trench coat, a black muscle shirt, matching fingerless gloves, and black baggy pants held up by a dark belt. His pants were tucked into his midnight black combat boots. When he turned to the side as he came fully down on the stage Squall got a better look at the left side of his head, he had a good amount of his bangs died red, while the bangs that came just before his ear were died black, matching his outfit very well indeed. He took the mike up to his lips, everyone was screaming out his name, some of the vampires were showing off their fangs, sticking out there arms in anticipation for what was to come.
"Boys and girls of every age, wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see, this our town of Halloween."
He stuck out his free hand, as if he was beckoning the vampires down below to follow him. He was walking across the stage, a proud and confident spring in his step.
"This is Halloween. This is Halloween. Pumpkins scream in the dead of night! This is Halloween. Everybody make a scene. Trick-or-Treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright!"
Squall studied him. 'So this is Cloud?' he smirked as he went on to the next lyrics. The guy that he practically had to have CPR for was the infamous Cloud.
"It's our town, everybody SCREAM!" at the command, all of the vampire's shrieked.
"In this town of Halloween, I am the one hiding under your bed; teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red! I am the one hiding under your stairs, fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair."
Squall was impressed at how he could alter his voice like that, he was also impressed at how mesmerized all of the vampires were by this song and the shear darkness of it.
"This is Halloween. This is Halloween. Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween."
Cloud scanned the crowd, his eyes wanting to roll back into his head as he knew what was to come once this song was finished, but he still had a while till that time would come.
"In this town, we call home. Everyone hail to the pumpkin song. In this town, don't we love it now? Everybody's waiting for the next surprise! Round that corner, man hiding in the trashcan, something's waiting now to pounce and how you'll scream! This is Halloween, red'n'black and slimy green. Aren't you scared? Well that's just fine." He groped at all of the hands that were reaching toward the stage, sharing in there blood lust.
Squall could not keep his eyes off of him, until Rinoa tugged on his sleeve, a horrified look in her eyes.
"Say it once, say it twice, take a chance and roll the dice. Ride with the moon in the dead of night. Everybody scream, everybody SCREAM! In our town of Halloween!" He put his hand up over his face to cover it up, only to act like he was ripping it off. "I am the clown with the tear away face, here in a flash and gone without a trace. I am the who when you call, who's there? I am the wind blowing through your hair. I am the shadow on the moon and night, filling your dreams to the brim with fright!" He took a couple steps to the edge of the stage where the stairs were located that led down into the crowd of thirsty vampires. Squall looked over to Rinoa, then back at all of the vampires, trying to make sure that none of them wanted to try a free sample of her blood.
"This is Halloween. This is Halloween. Halloween. Halloween. Halloween. Halloween. Halloween. Halloween." He took the first steps down, the vampire crowd slowly making room; an isle for Cloud that led to the door they all came through.
"Tender lumplings everywhere, life's no fun without a good scare. That's our job but we're not mean. In our town of Halloween." As Cloud started to make his way to the back, he was turning in the crowd, going every which way and that, making sure to interact with his audience as the red spotlight shone down upon him.
"In this town, don't we love it now. Everybody's waiting for the next surprise!" Cloud turned again as he sang, his voice throaty as he turned. When he almost started the next lyrics he caught sight of a brunette teenager with a girl. They obviously weren't vampires. There was this tightening in his chest that started to ache as he thankfully recovered on cue for the next line, though he tried to not get the brunette out of his sight. That feeling wasn't normal. He went to the back and turned the handle on the door, revealing their town's main decision holder, Jack Skellington.
"Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back and scream like a banshee make you jump out of your skin! This is Halloween, everybody scream! Won't you please make way for a very special guy!" Cloud motioned toward the tall skeletal figure who walked languidly behind Cloud. Now this was the part all of the vampires were waiting for, as Cloud and Jack started making there way up to the front, two cages came down from the ceiling of the stage, revealing two horrified human's, obviously panicking for there lives.
They stared down upon the vampires' bloody irises, the color of their main food supply.
'Our man Jack is King of the Pumpkin patch. Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now!'
All of the vampires were prying and wildly trying to scamper toward the helpless victims in the cages. The humans that they took against their will were humans that had accidentally wandered into their realm. But since the security to hide their secret world has been considerately upgraded they could only find two sacrifices instead of their normal five-eight. But the vampires were not complaining. It was the adrenaline rush that got them excited.
"This is Halloween! This is Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!"
Cloud caught sight of the brunette again. 'Shit! He's looking at me!' his heart jumped again. It felt heavy and like something was moving in his chest.
"In this town we call home, everyone hail to the pumpkin song!"
He confidently started to make his way toward the front of the stage, with Jack following close behind. He had another spring in his long strides as his footsteps matched the rhythm of the last part of the song.
"La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la EEEEEHHHH!" On the last note all of the vampires let out a deafening shriek, eager to get to their fresh meal, something they hardly ever got to have.
"Now all of my fellow vampires, I give you Jack Skellington!" There was an uproar amongst the crowd. But Cloud's previous hunger was quickly replaced by panic as he saw the brunette and the girl making their way out of the door. His heart jumped again. 'What is this?' He was starting to get really worried about his chest. But he had to wait for Jack to give the signal, then he would sneak out in the back and try to find the brunette.
Jack got up to the stage, his brows making his dark wholes seem menacing. He held out his hands as the vampires went silent. He looked around the crowd, taking in the vampires' hunger level. He planted an evil smirk on his face. "Feast."
That made the vampires let loose and pounce on the stage, tackling and clawing one another to get to the fresh feast in front of them. The humans were struggling to get out, screaming profanities and about how they didn't want to die. It never fazed Cloud, or any other vampire. The way they looked at it, the humans that traveled into their realm were free game, a hunting season of some sorts. As the blood curdling screams ripped through the air, Cloud took off his jacket and left it backstage as he dashed out the door to find the person that made his heart start to move.
Squall was taking Rinoa outside. She couldn't take all of the cries from the humans wanting to live. He tried to calm her down from her intense shaking and wide eyes. It was even too much for him as he heard the ripping of flesh and cries from the humans inside. He didn't want to imagine what was going on in that place. He walked over to a nearby park and sat Rinoa down on one of the park benches. "Ssshhh." He soothed. "It's going to be alright okay?"
"B-b-b-b-b-but wh-why didn't t-they eat u-us t-ttoo?" she shook, rocking back and forth.
"I don't know Rinoa. But you need to rest."
"Hey."
Squall turned his head at the new comer. His eyebrows rose as he saw it was the vampire performer that was on the stage, Cloud.
"Oh…hey." Squall turned back to Rinoa. A part of him was getting on the defensive. If this vampire wanted to suck their blood dry he was going to have to go through one hell of a fight first.
"Don't worry. I'm not here to 'suck your blood' or anything." He made hand quotes on the 'suck your blood' part.
"Then why are you here and not….feasting?" Squall narrowed his eyes as he looked back up at the blonde vampire.
"Hm…well." Cloud let out a small nervous laugh, "Um, I saw you guys leaving and I wanted to know if you were alright." He looked to the side.
Squall abruptly stood up, "I am fine. She however is traumatized." He motioned toward his friend.
Cloud rolled his eyes. "It's not like you guys had to come you know? It was your choice entirely to see it."
"Well…" Squall tried to think of a come back, but he couldn't. Cloud was right unfortunately. "We didn't know."
Cloud stepped forward closer as Squall stood protectively in front of the still shaking Rinoa. "No one is supposed know. That's why it's mostly kept a secret as to what we do on Halloween."
Squall sighed. Really, who was he to judge vampires of who they were? They drank blood. That was all there was to it. "So do you guys just torture humans or what?"
Cloud chuckled and brought his hand up to his mouth to cover up his laugh. "No. That's what our ancestors used to only drink though. Human blood. My great great grandfather still refuses to drink anything but the stuff. It's just a tradition that we drink human blood on Halloween."
Squall eyed him again, "So…you don't drink human blood? Is that supposed to make me feel better? I'm not human." He shook his head, fingering the small pocket knife in his back pocket that he always carried outside of school in case of emergencies.
Cloud let out a small smile. "Don't worry about it." He turned his head to the side, but still kept eye contact. "I already ate."
That made Squall's stomach churn, but he didn't know if it was because of the fact that he pictured the blonde violently smacking down on someone's neck for food or that smile that would make anyone's heart beat up to unusual speeds.
"So," Cloud brought his hand up to the back of his head, rubbing his neck, "Does your girlfriend need any help?"
Squall's eyebrow rose, 'Girlfriend? Oh! Rinoa!' He smirked as he went back down to his friend. "She's not my girlfriend, but…I think she just needs some rest." He brushed back her hair as he turned and tried to lift her up piggy-back style.
"Here, let me help." Cloud walked forward, but when he touched the brunette Squall flinched away from him. That stung.
Squall didn't say anything about it. The flinch was a natural reaction, it's not like he meant it, but he let it go. Squall was silent as he started to walk, secretly hoping that Cloud would follow.
The blonde waited a while before following the brunette and the girl. He wanted desperately to talk to him, and he also wanted to make sure that the brunette's friend got home safely.
After about two minutes of walking Squall turned around to see Cloud still following, he glared at him, a hidden pout on his face, "Come on and get up here."
Cloud blinked his eyes for a second before letting out a small smile and ran up to the teenagers.
"So." Squall started, keeping his eyes straight ahead, "Your name is Cloud right?"
"Oh, uh, yeah that's right." He smiled again. "What's your name?"
Squall was silent again before responding, "Squall Leonhart."
'Squall' Cloud thought. That name sounded so right in his mind, "Squall." He smirked again.
Squall tried to hide the minuscule blush on his face when the blonde said his name. It sounded so right coming from his lips. "Yeah."
"Well, do you think she is going to be okay?" Cloud asked, trying to avoid another silent moment.
Squall looked over his shoulder at his now unconscious friend, "Yeah I'm sure that she'll be fine in the morning." He turned up a driveway toward a door. "This is her house."
Squall let go of one of Rinoa's legs, grabbing out a key from his pocket. He unlocked the door and started to bring Rinoa upstairs to her room. He turned around and saw Cloud still standing outside.
"Well aren't you going to come in?"
Cloud looked at the entrance skeptically, then looked down at the ground, 'No Welcome mat…damn' and shook his head. "I have to be let in first. Permission."
"Oh…well then I give you permission to come into her home and help me."
Cloud shook his head. "Is this your house or her house? It doesn't work that way Squall. I need someone to tell me it's okay or a generic 'Welcome' mat that basically says that the home owners are welcome to let anyone in."
Squall looked confused and left to go upstairs, "Whatever."
Cloud smiled and waited patiently for Squall to get downstairs. He brought his hand up to his heart again, and he started literally freaking out when he felt it beating. 'What the hell is it doing?' Cloud panicked. His heart has never beaten before. His dad said that a vampire's heart starts to beat only…whenever you are with or thinking about your mate. Cloud immediately tensed up…his mate? But he saw tons of people tonight, so maybe he looked at a person and then saw Squall right afterwards and that is why his heart started beating right then. So maybe it wasn't Squall. Cloud looked down cast at the ground thinking about that. Squall was no doubt insanely attractive, but no matter what your mate looks like physically to everyone else, to the person that they are mated to they look more beautiful than anyone they have ever seen.
"Alright I'm done." Squall said coming back down the stairs. "I tried not to wake up her parents though." Cloud looked up at him and his heart started to beat again. 'Fuck…Squall Leonhart is my mate.' He couldn't help but beam back up at the brunette. Cloud was normally so stoic and calm collected but knowing that he found his mate made him so excited. Although he wouldn't tell Squall about that until they became friends first. He didn't know how the brunette would act after just meeting each other.
"So uh, what are you going to do now?" Cloud questioned.
"I don't know." Squall locked up the house. "I'm not really tired, especially after that." Squall motioned back toward the center where the traumatizing event took place.
"Well, we could just hang out." Cloud suggested, starting to walk forward.
Squall quirked an eyebrow, "So what are we friends now or something?" he deadpanned.
Cloud turned back with his normal calm expression on, "Why? Is something wrong with that? Not aloud to be friends with a vampire?"
Squall blushed, but he thanked Hyne that it was dark so Cloud couldn't see it that well. But what he didn't know was that because Cloud was a vampire his eyes were specifically trained for night. He could see Squall's blush clear as day, but he kept quiet about it.
They ended up walking back silently to the park again, though instead of the bench they found their way over to a big hill. Cloud laid down in the soft green grass, while Squall took a seat next to him, one of his knees bent upward with his arm resting on it.
They sat in a comfortable silence for quite some time, with Squall sneaking a couple glances over toward his new friend. "Hey Cloud."
"Hmm"
"Uh, this question may sound dumb, but…" he ran his hand through his hair. "What made your hair red and black?"
"Oh." Cloud sat up and fingered his multicolored hair on his left side. "The red part is made with newly coagulated blood, and the black has been blood that is so coagulated that it turned black. We had to keep it in special storage for it to be able to maneuver and work with my hair though."
That made Squall about to throw up; he unconsciously put his hand over his mouth and stopped breathing, bile rising in his throat.
Cloud shot up at Squall's ill expression. "Squall I was just kidding okay?" he was patting the brunette's back as Squall was coughing, "I swear its just hair dye! Okay? Just red and black cheep hair dye I swear!"
Squall turned back to him and hesitantly touched his hair, it indeed was hair dye. "You bastard!" he punched Cloud's arm hard, but not enough to seriously hurt him. "You almost made me sick!"
"It was just a joke you dork." Cloud smiled over at him and returned to his laid back position.
Squall's composure quickly returned to his normal state, though a smile was forcing itself onto his face, but he turned his head away so Cloud wouldn't be able to see it. "Well it was a pretty convincing one."
The rest of their morning was spent silent, both more than content to just enjoy one another's company. Cloud pulled out his cell phone to check the time, "Well it's getting pretty early, I should probably head back home."
Squall turned toward him. He didn't want him to leave, they were having such a great time. "Well what do you say we do this again sometime then?" Squall turned over getting up.
"Yeah that sounds great. And next time I'll come out during the day on a Saturday maybe whenever you don't have school. I don't want to keep you tired all the time by coming out at night."
Squall graced Cloud with one of his almost never seen smiles, "That sounds great. Hey can I have your phone number? So we can settle a time later on in the week?"
"Yeah." Cloud gave him his phone number and Squall gave him his.
"I'll walk you home. You know…because it's still night out and I don't want any hungry vampires hurting you."
Squall rolled his eyes as they made their way toward his house, "Geez I'm so flattered."
(End Flashback)
"So that's why dad doesn't want me out on Halloween…he was afraid that I might end up in this realm and then be sacrificed…like all of those other helpless humans." Roxas glared at the table in front of him. "I didn't know that vampires were such monsters."
"Roxas your father is not a monster." Leon retaliated in defence. "He loves you more than anything!"
"Hey, what about me?" Sora scowled at his dad.
"Well yes, you too Sora. But I'm just trying to make a point here." He folded his arms.
"Well that was a pretty…horrific story of how you two met." Sora considered. He was glad that he didn't grow up with that kind of Halloween.
Leon shook his head and rested his hand on his chin, "It was brutal."
"Well when did you find out that Cloud was mated to you right when he met you? I mean, this was before you knew about it right?" Sora asked. Leon just nodded his head, "Cloud told me after I found out about it."
"Well I'm just glad that Aunt Rinoa has recovered from all of that trauma!" Sora sporadically exclaimed with wild hand motions.
Rinoa never liked the idea of Squall being with a vampire after that fiasco. She was hesitant about them being friends but once they started dating she kept her distance. She still hung out with Squall and even helped raise Sora, so Sora considered her his aunt and Rinoa thought of Sora as her nephew even though there was no sharing of biological blood to connect them in such a way. Ellone was also Sora's aunt, but she never came by too often, only on holidays and birthdays.
"So, how did you guys end up dating?" Roxas asked. He was actually curious about his parents' past intimate relationship. It might help him fix things in the future.
"Well, we-"
'DING DONG'
"I'll get it!" Sora jumped off the couch and ran toward the door, Leon close behind. Roxas just stayed on the sofa.
Sora threw open the door to reveal a tall man with spiky black hair. "Uh…who-?"
"Sora?" Cloud politely pushed back Zack to reveal the older of his sons.
"Dad!" Sora jumped into Cloud's chest. "You're here!"
Cloud smiled down at his brunette son, and rubbed his head with one hand while the other massaged his back. "Hey Sora. Yeah I'm here."
"Cloud." Came Leon's voice. He was leaning up against the door frame.
"Leon." Cloud glared not wasting any time, "I'm here for Roxas. He needs to come back home."
Leon's brows furrowed together, "Can't you at least just come in so we can talk?"
"We already had enough talking back at my house dammit now where the hell is Roxas?"
"I'm right here dad." Roxas said behind Leon, touching his arm.
"Oh Shiva Roxas are you okay?" He moved, with Sora still attached securely around his waist, to go hug his blonde son. "Hyne you had me scared to death. Please don't ever leave like that again."
"Dad…I-can't breath." Roxas choked.
"Oh sorry." He still rubbed Sora's head as he looked up at Leon, still having one of his arms around Roxas.
Leon let out a broken sigh.
"So these are your kids huh?" Zack spoke up from behind Cloud.
That was the first time Leon even noticed the other man on his doorstep. He automatically went on the defensive.
"Zack. What are you doing here?" Leon deadpanned.
"Don't talk to him like that Leon." Cloud raised his voice slightly.
"Well if you must know, Cloud asked for my help to find his son." The lycan stood proudly. "And it looks like I did my job right! Unlike someone over here…" Zack glared over at Leon. "You suck at the job of being Cloud's mate, and his husband."
Leon let out another glare and a growl. He was all too well aware that Zack still had feelings for Cloud. One time Zack found Leon in the supermarket and all he could talk about was how great he and Cloud were even though they fought most of the time when they were together as teenagers. Leon could practically smell that Zack was lusting over Cloud right now too. Hyne it was disgusting and it made his blood boil. No one lusts over his Cloud, especially Zack.
"Roxas come on now. We need to get back home. I'll explain everything later."
Roxas hesitantly shrugged out of his father's grasp. "But Leon was...dad was already telling me about everything. And I…" Roxas paused; he wasn't sure how his father would take this. "I want to spend some time getting to know him and Sora…please."
Cloud's look was pure hurt. He did nothing but raise and love his son with all of his being and he wanted to spend time with Leon? The father that left him? But once again, he still had no control over this. This decision was Roxas's choice, no one was forcing him.
Cloud stared longer at his son before slowly pulling back, trying to hide the dampness forming at the edge of his eyes.
"Alright Roxas." Cloud turned away. "I'll call you in sick from school…stay as long as you want."
"D-dad that's not what I meant! I mean, it's not like I'm going to stay here forever! Please don't sound so sad." Roxas pleaded, taking more steps toward his dad.
Cloud let out a sarcastic laugh, he felt like everyone was leaving him. Now Leon had everything Cloud lived for, both of his boys. He didn't know what else to do. All of a sudden he felt so alone, so hurt. He just kept walking; he knew that Leon would take care of them. Cloud brought up a hand to his eyes, covering any evidence of what may come out.
"Hey Cloud come here, you can stay over at my place for a bit okay?" Zack took Cloud's shoulders in one arm, trying to do his best to comfort him. He knew that he was receiving glares from Leon and Roxas, though much harsher ones were resonating from the adult. Sora was just standing there confused and concerned with what had just transpired.
Cloud hesitantly brought his arm up behind Zack's back, grabbing onto the backside of his shirt and making him feel more secure in the elder's hold.
The trio watched the men retreat. Leon wanted to scream. He wanted to go and beat up Zack and take Cloud into his own arms to comfort him. But he was not about to take part in such violent activities in front of his kids. But that look on Cloud's face, how hurt he was that Roxas didn't want to go back home with him. The violence was worth trying to make him feel better. While watching Zack and the love of his life walk away in such an intimate embrace, how easily Cloud held on to Zack for dear life, he realized just how bad he had messed things up. How he hurt the one person in the world that he never wanted to see hurt. He didn't know what to do to make it better. He just wanted to make Cloud's pain go away. And he had no idea how to do it.
"Come on boys, back inside. I still have a lot to tell you."
yay! More Flashbacks in the next chapter, and possibly a lemon, depending on how far i get in the flashback. (Leon won't talk about him and Cloud having sex in detail to his kids though...that's just gross. XD) Now I need to know something important, should i update Forget Me Not, Silver Wings, or this fanfiction next? Forget Me Not only has one more chapter/epilogue left, but i have lost all inspiration for it pretty much...so I need to know which one you guys want me to update next! and soon please! Please Review! :) They give me good ideas and make me update faster! (update...not type up...that normally takes me the longest because i don't like looking over at my journal then back at my laptop. it fucks with my eyes. D:) but for you all i do it! ;) and don't forget about The Christmas Shoes story I made for well...Christmas.^^ Review if you would so kindly do so! and if i miss any typos, TELL ME PLEASE! XD
