Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts or any of their characters. I do however own Retune, Tora, and Moogly.
A/N: Hello, all. I have returned with a sequel to my Cloud's Priceless Treasure Fanfic. I hope you all like it.
Cloud's Priceless Treasure
Tora sat on the rooftop, her hair rustling gently with the cool wind the night brought. She loved the smell of the ocean breeze at night. She smiled and closed her eyes as she leaned back against what looked like a large shadow, "My dark angel…" She whispered, almost secretly. "Why are you here?"
A man's voice rumbled with a chuckle as the shadow placed his hand on top of Tora's head. "It seems I cannot stay away from you." He said almost breathlessly.
Tora opened her eyes a little, her smile fading. "You were right, angel. My brother did return to me."
"Hmm…" The man said thoughtfully. "Is that right?"
Tora nodded, "It makes it that much harder for us to be together."
"Tell me, what keeps us from finally becoming one." He said rubbing her head gently, wrapping the other arm around her, pulling her closer.
"It's always been because I love Riku, and you. You know that. But now…" She gave a deep sigh before continuing. "My brother doesn't even approve of Riku and me. He will never let me be with a dark angel."
He turned her around, wrapping her legs around him.
She looked at him, trying to see his face, but as always, the darkness and the moon fought against each other, only allowing her to see the silhouettes of his features.
"You shouldn't be with Riku." He said knowledgably. "As you said before, he seems to care more for Kairi than you. And tell me. Has he made love to you since the time that he went to the shadows?"
Tora blushed and looked down, "That was the first and only time."
"So, it has been about two years?" He asked.
"About…" She said nervously, her face getting hot.
The man smiled, and put his hands on her face, gently easing her back, as his body followed to lie on top of her. "Let me make love to you Tora. It will not end between us like you and Riku. But I must say that, to have made love to you will make my errands much easier, and allow me to come back to you quicker.
Tora's breathing went heavier in those few seconds, "But dark angel…I can't do that."
The man thought it strange that he wasn't angry, but didn't dwell on it; instead he kissed her lips softly. "I will wait however long it takes." And then he was gone, leaving Tora laying there, her body on fire, and her breath gone.
When Tora's breathe returned, heavy and short, she got up, not knowing where her legs or her heart was taking her.
Cloud lay in his bed, eyes closed, dreaming but not sleeping. He envisioned a girl, brown tendrils of hair hanging down her shoulders, eyes black as night, naked but clothed by darkness swirling to her body, almost like she was a part of it, and a strange symbol on her forehead.
"The darkness…" Her cold but pure voice echoed in his mind. "Is not always what it appears. Heed my warning young warrior. Look to the darkest hearts you know when the darkness is near, there is more light in their hearts than darkness, hidden, waiting to be freed." And then she disappeared.
Cloud opened his eyes, and looked at Tifa lying next to him. She looked so peaceful, he smiled happy she was laying there next to him. Happy she was carrying their child. Then his senses caught up with him, he frowned, quietly hurrying himself to the window and looking out. He thought he sensed Sephiroth…hadn't he? He only saw a dark bird sitting in the tree outside his window. He looked at the bird curiously; he'd never seen a bird like that on the island. Then, the bird spit at him, a dark slime on his face, he growled loudly wiping it off, slinging it out of the window.
"Cloud?" Tifa sat up, looking at him concernedly. "What's wrong?"
Cloud looked to her then back out the window where he had slung the goo, he couldn't see it, then he looked back to the bird, but it wasn't there.
"Cloud." Tifa said his name.
Cloud looked back at her, "Just a bad dream, I thought it was real, I had to check." He smiled at her.
Tifa yawned, "Okay…" She said laying back down.
Cloud laid back down, his thoughts returning to the girl in the darkness. 'She sounded like she was in pain…' he thought. 'But what did she mean? The ones with the darkest hearts…have more light in their hearts than darkness…it's just waiting to be freed.' He looked down at Tifa as she snuggled his chest, he shrugged, 'There's always tomorrow.' He smiled, falling asleep.
Tora fell in through Riku's window, "Ooof!" She exclaimed as she hit the floor.
Riku jumped out of his computer chair and ran over to her, "Tora, what are you doing? My mom isn't home. You could have just used the front door." He stated, helping her up.
Tora smiled at him, standing up, "I know, but it's a lot more…sexier if I climb in through your window. Makes it look risky." She smiled at him.
Riku's face went red, "I guess…" He said scratching the back of his head as he looked away.
Tora blinked at him, "Why do you always do that?"
Riku looked at her, his eyes narrowed, "I don't know. Why are you always pushing me to look at you like that?"
Tora frowned, "I'm…not pushing you to look at me in anyway." She sounded hurt. "I thought guys were supposed to be attracted to their girlfriends. Not date them because they can't get the hottest girl on the island." She wasn't sorry she said it, but she was sorry she came, she should have just gone ahead and let the dark angel make love to her, obviously Riku wouldn't have cared…
"Why would you say that?" He asked angrily, either not noticing or not caring that she was hurt.
"Because it's true, you're only with me because you can't have 'her'." Tora meant to yell, but she couldn't.
"Who is 'her'?" He countered.
Tora looked at him, her large blue eyes covered with sadness, "Kairi." She shook her head looking back down.
Riku rolled his eyes at her, "I don't know if you're aware of this but I don't really have a thing for, Kairi. I give Sora a hard time about it, sure…but I don't really want her. She's my best friend."
Tora stood there for a minute, thinking of something to say. "Then she and I are in the same boat." She said walking towards the window.
Riku's eyes softened, "What do you mean, Tora-Chan?"
Tora's heart almost broke when he called her that, "You're playing with both of our hearts. You have no use for either of us, bodies or hearts." She said disappearing into the darkness.
Riku stood there, staring at the window. He wasn't playing with her. Hell, he loved Tora. He just didn't want to mess anything up by having sex…again. Not that their first (and only) time hadn't been amazing, but he was so afraid of losing her, he was trying to keep her close by acting like a gentleman. But he pushed her away; by making her think he didn't want her. He shook his head, grabbing his jacket, and leaving, out of the front door to follow her.
