Title: He Lives In You

Author: Metal Goddess

Summary: Strange visions haunt Leon's sleep and waking moments...All he sees is Cloud...where others cannot...Is he losing his mind, or has he gained another's light? (Cleon)

A.N: Yay...someone actually read and reviewed my fic (I'm the type to get excited even when I get only 1 review). Same warning from the prologue applies. So, with that out of the way, enjoy.

Disclaimer: The Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts and Dissidia characters that will appear in this fic belong to their respective owners.

Thanks: To Have-A-Little-Hope, for helping me post this and to Wingsong5555 for giving me my first review for this fic. It only a pity that you didn't do a signed review, I would've replied.

When the light has sharply faded
And you have lost your way
Let another's love guide you
It can turn blackest night into day.
-Unknown-

Chapter 1: Visions Of Pure Light

Pure light...It was everywhere, shining bright, illuminating the body floating in suspension, a blip, a spot in the otherwise perfect luminosity.

A voice suddenly came from everywhere, yet nowhere. It was familiar...painfully familiar.

"It lead me to you...I have come across many boundaries to reside within you."

"...But why me?"

The light suddenly got brighter, its brilliance almost engulfing the floating form within its warm compasses.

"It's because I care...and you do too..."

The surrounding light suddenly melded into a shining orb, leaving the space around it barren and black. It raced toward the form and directly hit it, fusing it with pure, brilliant light.

He felt light pool at his chest, resting within. It was so pure, he felt his heart was going to burst...

Leon sat up suddenly, body throwing the blankets off his body as he gripped his chest, taking big, heaving breaths. That dream sparked something he hadn't felt in a long time. Why did his heart feel so full, so fit to burst?

"You're up."

Leon turned his head to see that, leaning against his bedroom door was Cloud, and he was sporting, the biggest wing he had ever seen on the blonde. It was a dazzling shade of pure white, and it contrasted beautifully with his black garb.

Cloud walked up to Leon as he took in Cloud's new feature.

"...What happened?"

"You suddenly collapsed in the middle of a battle. Those Heartless would've engulfed you if that light didn't shine. You've been out for two days now."

Leon suppressed the shame the feeling of shame at inadvertently letting his guard down in combat, and tried to remember the battle in question. Try as he might though, all he could remember was a bright light and a familiar voice. Leon impulsively looked over to Cloud and he suddenly had to ask...

"When did you get that white wing, Cloud?"

Cloud said nothing and just looked at Leon. He then, quite uncharacteristically, raised his hand and hit Leon around the back of the head. Leon grasped at his head as pain blossomed at the back of his head and neck.

"Look's like you're not quite awake yet, kid."

Leon suddenly widened his eyes in horror as he slowly looked up at the person in front of him. The man he had wholly mistaken as Cloud was none other than Cid. At Leon's horrified expression, the mechanic laughed loudly.

It just got worse for Leon, as suddenly, none other than Yuffie Kisaragi burst into the room, nearly breaking off the door in her haste.

"What happened? Is he awake yet?"

"Yes, but the kid's still out of it. As soon as he woke up and looked at me, he thought I was Cloud."

Yuffie and a 'fangirl-moment' expression on her face as she jumped onto the bed on her knees, bouncing the bed in her enthusiasm.

"Aw, so you had a dream about your Cloud, did you? Come on, you can tell me."

Leon groaned as he pushed Yuffie off the bed with one hand. She got up and glared at Leon, but he ignored her. He was NOT about to deal with one of Yuffie's 'Miss Yaoi Obsessed Fangirl' moments when he had just woken up.

"Judging by all this noise, I would think that Leon has just woke up?."

Leon saw that Aerith had entered the room, probably because of the noise caused by the hyper-active ninja.

"Yeah, and the dumb kid thought I was Cloud."

Leon did a face palm as annoyance flashed over his normally stoic face. Did Cid have to tell the whole world? Aerith offered him a sympathetic smile.

"He'll be fine after a hot meal."

Aerith couldn't help but giggle as Yuffie began pestering him anew about his 'dream', saying that she needed 'inspiration' for her next 'work'. Cid slapped Leon on the back, laughing teasingly, but in a good-natured way, to which Leon glared.

Aerith also couldn't help but become worried about what Leon had supposed to have seen in his mind's eye, because, in the midst of Yuffie's fangirly banter and Cid's teasing, Leon had a expression on his face.

It was the expression of a man who was absolutely, 100 percent sure of what he had seen...