Chapter 2
What is it that your heart desires most?
Within the Forgotten City, a white forest that was found just outside of Midgar, a group of hunters were tracking down their prey,
"Keep close men" one of the men called, as they advanced they were unaware of a darkness creeping upon them,
"Err boss is this a good idea?" another man asked, the one they called Boss turned to them,
"We're gaining distance on our prize, we have to keep going or we'll loose it" he said,
"But what are we looking for?" the man asked, Boss smiled as he brought out an old photo out from his pocket,
"We're looking for this…" he said as he held it out, the men gasped at the picture, standing by the life stream lake, was a huge white wolf, it's piercing gold eyes stared at whoever took the picture, but seemed to leap out of the image,
"This is huge!" the men called,
"Yep and she's going to be ours" Boss cheered, the men gasped,
"It's a she?" the men asked, Boss nodded, the men took another look at the photo,
"It's too big to be a female"
"It's too big to be any kind of animal" the men discussed, Boss sighed,
"Alright this is what we're going to do men…" as Boss explained his plan, a pair of golden eyes spied upon the group of hunters.
Back at number 13, Roxas had gone downstairs allowing Sora to rest,
"Hey little buddy where's Sora?" Reno chirped as he walked into the kitchen,
"He's in bed, I think he's exhausted from fighting all year," Roxas replied,
"Ah yeah, it must be hard fighting everyday for a whole year" Reno stated, Roxas sighed, Cloud then walked in behind Roxas,
"How's Sora, he didn't look too good when we were riding back?" Cloud asked, Roxas turned his gaze,
"He's asleep" he stated, Cloud nodded his head as he exited the room, Reno patted him on the head,
"Don't worry; he'll be up before you know it" Reno assured, Roxas smiled,
"Yeah I know" Roxas replied as he to left the room and climbed back up the stairs. He entered his room to find Sora still asleep, Roxas quietly crept up to the bed and gazed down on Sora's form, his face looked so peaceful, his brown hair spread out around his head and face, a stray hair started to bug Roxas, so tenderly he brushed it aside, his hand lingered, Sora looked more mature then he did last time, yet more cute,
"Wha…" Roxas gasped as he quickly withdrew his hand, Sora frowned, and he then opened his sapphire orbs to look up into Roxas's eyes,
"Hey…" he said tiredly, Roxas smiled at him,
"How ya feeling?" he asked, Sora attempted to sit up in the bed but his head felt so light and the room began to spin,
"Err kind of dizzy" Sora said as he gently shook his head, Roxas sighed as he sat on the edge of the bed,
"Listen…I'm sorry I snapped at you like that…" he began, Sora watched him as he stuttered,
"No I'm sorry I yelled at you" Sora said, he lowered his head, Roxas turned to him, gently he placed his hands upon Sora's shoulders,
"Don't worry about it ok, just go back to sleep" Roxas said, suddenly they were interrupted by a knock on the door,
"Who is it?" Roxas called,
"It's me" Clouds voice echoed through the door, Roxas sighed,
"Come in" Roxas yelled, the handle turned and the door was pushed open to reveal Cloud, he smiled kindly to the two boys,
"So how you feeling now?" he asked, Sora smiled at him,
"A bit dizzy still, but I feel a lot better" Sora replied, Cloud nodded,
"Dinner will be done in a minute ok, I'll get Reno to bring it up" Cloud stated as he headed towards the door,
"Roxas" he said, Roxas turned to face him,
"Yeah?" he asked, with his back faced towards them Cloud slightly turned his head,
"Look after him ok" Cloud said as he closed the door behind him, an awkward silence filled the room.
Back in the Forgotten City, the group of hunters had made camp by the Life stream lake, Boss had set out the plan and all was going according to it,
"Come on… stop hiding" he said quietly to himself as he gazed around the surrounding forest, something powerful filled the atmosphere, like electricity, all the men became weary,
"Boss something don't feel right" one of men stated, Boss turned to them, he glared at the group,
"Don't be cowards" he said, his green eyes peered into the darkness. What the men didn't know that from high above they were being watched, a kestrel watched from its perch, it's proud kestrel head held high, its gold eyes pierced through the forest,
"Fools" its calm voice sniggered, it then opened its mighty wings and took to the sky. The proud bird flew over the white forest, its eyes gazed over the landscape, suddenly it began to hover, below it was a large white wolf, the bird screeched as it dived to greet the wolf. The wolf raised its head in response of the screech,
"Ah Falsar… do you bring news?" the wolf asked, the bird perched on a branch near the wolf,
"Oh Great wolf, daughter of the elements and protector of the Forgotten city, I bring news of intruders" the bird screeched, the wolf's ears flicked back, her golden eyes never faltered,
"Intruders within the forest… Probably hunters" she stated, the great bird flapped its wings in distress,
"Yes they are, and who they are after is you" Falsar cried, the wolf stared at it,
"Is this true Falsar?" she asked, Falsar nodded, the wolf then turned and continued on her way, Falsar rose to the sky again, the wolf's gaze followed the bird for awhile until it was no longer in sight,
"This should be interesting… I thought I sensed something foul in air" she told herself.
Sora and Roxas stayed in the room all afternoon talking about Sora's adventures,
"And then I found Riku, but he was Ansem, if you get what I mean" Sora added onto his story, Roxas nodded,
"What happened after that?" Roxas asked, Sora sighed, his stared at the wall in front of him,
"We thought the rest of the organisation and well sealed them away" Sora finished, Roxas sighed,
"What happened to your two friends?" Roxas asked, Sora smiled,
"They went back home to the Disney castle with King Mickey" Sora explained, Roxas smiled,
"Well that's good then" Roxas stated, Sora turned to him and nodded, and then another knock was heard from the door,
"Room service" Reno's voice called, Roxas leapt from the bed and opened the door to find Reno holding a tray of two bowls full of Chicken soup,
"Now you boys better eat this you need it" Reno said as he placed the tray at the bottom of the bed,
"Why?" Sora asked, Reno smiled at them,
"Well it just turns out that a group of hunters were spotted going to the Forgotten city, and everyone knows that it's illegal to hunt there" Reno started, Roxas nodded, he frowned at the red head,
"So?"
"Well we have been asked to go and retrieve them and take them to the authorities" Reno finished, Roxas's eyes widened,
"You got to be kidding, Sora only just got here and is not fully recovered, and already you making us go on a mission!" he yelled, Reno quickly backed up towards the door,
"Yeah well eat your dinner!" he said as he ran out of the room, Roxas growled as he slammed the door shut.
Reno leapt down the stairs, he had managed to escape the wrath of the teenager, which usually is very difficult, and he walked into the living room, where Zack and Cloud sat on the sofa,
"You survived then?" Zack teased, Cloud stifled a chuckle,
"Well obviously… hey guys can't we wait for another day?" Reno asked with caution, the two swordsmen stared at him,
"I'm afraid not Reno, we have been given strict orders to go and get these men" Zack said, Cloud nodded, Reno sighed in disappointment,
"Does Sora have to go?" Reno asked, Zack nodded,
"Unfortunately yes he does" he replied,
"But why, he only just got back and he's exhausted" Reno cried as he raised his fist up, Cloud shrugged his shoulders,
"We'll see how he feels in the morning ok?" he suggested, Reno dropped his fist to his side,
"Fine… but don't get me involved any more" he scoffed as he walked out of the room, Cloud sighed,
"I have to agree with hot shot for once" he said, Zack glanced at him,
"Me to, but we have our orders so we have to do it" Zack said, Cloud shook his head,
"We never always followed the rules" Cloud said, Zack smiled slightly,
"Yeah, well we live in a better world now and rules that are more decent to follow" he said, Cloud rolled his eyes,
"Roxas isn't going to like this… but Sora's a good kid, so Roxas will get involved" Zack stated,
"True, but are we willing to put Sora in this mission in his state" Cloud said, Zack stared at the floor,
"It's not my decision" Zack said as he stood and made for the stairs, leaving Cloud all by himself,
"Poor kid" he said simply, he then rose from the sofa and headed for the front door,
"Hey where are you going?" Reno called as he poked his head from the kitchen,
"Just for a ride" Cloud simply said, Reno nodded, and with that Cloud left the building.
Roxas peered out the window to see Cloud climbing onto his bike, he revved the engine and turned the bike around, he suddenly turned his head and looked up at Roxas, with a smile and a nod he drove of,
"Where's he going?" Roxas asked out loud,
"Who?" Sora asked, Roxas turned to him; Sora had finished his meal and laid under the covers,
"Cloud, he just drove of somewhere" Roxas replied,
"Oh that's cool" Sora stated, Roxas sat at the edge of the bed,
"How you feeling?" he asked, Sora shrugged,
"I've felt better, but I'm getting there" he chuckled, Roxas smiled,
"Are you going on the mission tomorrow?" Sora asked, Roxas looked at, Sora had a neutral look on his face, now he was only in boxers and a white top that Roxas had lent him,
"Yeah I have to" Roxas replied, Sora nodded,
"Then I'll go…" Sora said, Roxas gasped,
"You don't have to go if you don't want to" Roxas said quickly, Sora smiled at him, he then glanced around the room,
"I'm not staying here, I'm not letting you go without me" he said, Roxas giggled a little,
"Fine, however if you're not feeling better in the morning you're staying here" Roxas said, Sora rose his hand to his head in a salute,
"Yes sir" he said jokingly, he then chuckled, Roxas nodded,
"Good then go to sleep" Roxas said, Sora looked around the room again,
"Where are you going to sleep?" he asked, Roxas stood from the bed and walked to the other side,
"Dude I have a double bed, it can fit two people and more" Roxas replied calmly, Sora blushed and quickly turned his head away,
"Oh… I don't mind sleeping on the floor" he quickly suggested, Roxas shook his head,
"Nope… we're both staying on the bed" Roxas said, he then removed his white jeans, socks, his black top, all he was in now were his black boxers, he then climbed under the covers, he caught a glimpse of Sora's form and quickly lifted his head from the covers, a deep blush upon his cheeks, he turned so his back was facing Sora,
"Good night Sora" Roxas said, Sora glanced at him,
"Good night Roxas" Sora said, Roxas then switched the light of by the switch, however Sora didn't fall to sleep, he turned his head so he could see the moon rising over the ledge, the moonlight filled the dark room, Sora smiled at this, for once he could fall asleep without worrying about fighting heartless or the organisation,
"Yep Good night" he said as finally his eyelids slowly became heavy and he was overcome by sleeps embrace.