Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Final Fantasy VII

As well in this story Cloud does not know any KH characters from any past events

Chapter 2

Out of this world

Everyone had gathered in the basement of 7th heaven, well at least everyone that could. Most of the Avalanche group was off doing their own thing however Yuffie, Tifa and Barret could not believe what news Cloud had brought to them.

"Son of a bitch, how the hell do you always manage to get yourself into this kinda shit Cloud. You always gotta be off doin some crazy shit, blowing up shit and....." . "Barret I was just doing the delivery for this morning" "oh...well then". Tifa sat quietly across from cloud with a very serious look on her face and said to cloud "do you really think that those solders are Shinra and what about those shadow creepers, they can't be back, he can't be back, can he?". Cloud sat in the corner " I hope not". It could easily be seen that this was indeed striking fear into Cloud's already weakened state of mind and heart.

"Well you're not going anywhere without me, I have all of the meteria" Yuffie said. "Dammit girl we have to give you the meteria cuz if we don't you'll only end up taking it from us anyway". "Well sorrrry I can't help it if you don't look after your stuff". And that went on for some time until they finally decided that they would leave the next morning.

Everyone retired to their rooms for the night, but one person would not be getting much sleep that night. Cloud tossed and turned the whole night seeing images of an oval shaped ball of purplish black mist and someone coming out of the mist. Who is it or what is it Cloud thought to himself as she dreamed, is it Sephiroth? "Are you Sephiroth" Cloud called out in his sleep to which he was answered only by silence. He then awoke in a cold sweat and jumped to his feet, "what the hell was that?"

Cloud walked over to his dust covered window and looked out to see just up over a ridge and past some old buildings that same oval shaped mist and he could almost pick out 5 or 6 figures coming out of it. He raced to the corner of the room and dug through a pile of old stuff and took out an old telescope and looked through the window. At this point in his life Cloud though he'd seen pretty much everything from huge summoned monsters from Sephiroth coming back from the dead but what he saw next topped everything thus far. Through the telescope he saw what appeared to be a young boy, a large yellow dog and a white duck all of which seemed to be communicating with each other. As well there was a couple of black figures that they were fighting but they quickly defeated them and it seemed as if they possessed some type of power and the boy seemed like he could summon some type of key like looking weapon.

I've seen enough I need to get there now and with that being said Cloud went back over to the corner filled with items he used in years gone by and picked a reflect meteria he had there. It just so happened to be one of the only pieces of meteria left that Yuffie hadn't already taken. I believe this was most likely because unlike the other meteria it wasn't as shiny and I guess didn't appeal to her as much. Cloud then proceeded quickly but quietly over to the window and held out his arm holding the meteria tightly in his right hand he set out a sort of reflective wave which sounded like a low base pulse. He did this because the reflective pulse would rip the window from its housing and send it a couple blocks down the street and the sound waves created by this were also reflected away from the house. I can't risk my friends getting caught up in this because of me, knowing how creaky the stairs are to leave 7th heaven and the fact that there are 3 locks on the door he would of most likely been able to wake up Yuffie. Cloud then got his sword out of the dresser and stepped onto the window ledge.

He looked back at the house as he dropped down out of the window, "stay safe friends and sleep soundly" , then with a thud he landed on the back of his chocobo and was off towards the ridge just outside of sector 7. Leaving the main gate he could hear low painful, heartless moans from just ahead, he looked down at the chocobo and he knew that his companion was aware of the situation but Cloud did not want his new found friend in any danger and forced him to stop a few yards from the ominous sounds up ahead. He tied the chocobo to a tree and began to crawl up to the top of the hill going through mud, grass, and some thorn bushes until he finally made it to the top. What he saw then he knew immediately was not from this world, there seemed to be a party of three but out of the three there was only one human.

These other two beasts were not like red XIII and they were not mechanical as he noticed one was bleeding from the left leg indicating that at the very least these were organic beings and very much living in the physical world. The first looked to be a duck like creature. Knowing that he had to make contact with them before they left he stood up and walked slowly towards the group, he spoke up and said "why have you come here and what do you want?". The boy of the group said "we were drawn in here while fighting heartless" to which Cloud replied "where are those dark creatures that came through that mist with you". They didn't answer and then the dog like creature said " they got away ". Well you all need to leave now and seal that gateway behind you I have enough issues to deal with now as it is so leave. The boy spoke up "No, we need supplies and to find those heartless before we leave so we're going to check into that nearby town".

I can give you some supplies if you want but you're not going anywhere that town, you guys are a risk and you brought those things with you so you are not going into town to lure more of those things in there with you. Midgar is under my protection and you will not be getting any closer to it. The boy then said but we are the only ones able to defeat heartless, that's our job and obviously I don't think you're up to the task. "I'll fight you but only if I must" cloud said softly, sadly but seriously. It's three on one those odds don't seem very good for you ya know. I can have just a one on one battle if you like. Cloud then replied "that won't be necessary" knowing to himself that it soon would be.

Cloud not knowing for sure what the true intensions of these people decided to himself that he would not kill them if at all possible and decided to send them back where they came from, that dark mist. No longer having the thought enter his brain when the dog creature lunged towards him with a shield out in front of his face almost as if he just blindly ran at him hoping that he wouldn't move. Cloud with one slash from the buster sword ripped through the dogs shield and with sparks flying and a high pitch screeching sound the shield lay in two pieces on the ground. The dog stopped and looked at cloud shaking and said " Oh gorsh". Not knowing exactly what that was supposed to mean Cloud held out his arm again and used reflect, with this close a proximity the dog was sent back through the portal at about fifty MPH.

Next the duck like creature began to shake his fist and jump up and down and even though it seemed as if he may have been speaking English, the manner in which it was being said made it impossible to understand what was being said. What happened next was a little surprising, the duck held up a wand and pointed it at Cloud and spoke clearly for the first time "this is for goofy" , cloud first tried to understand if this was an insult or if it may have been the dog's name. At any rate a blue ice crystal shot from the staff with cloud was not truly prepared for and he jumped out of the way with only seconds to spare. The next shot however was not as lucky for the duck as cloud once again used the reflect meteria and reflected the shot back at the duck freezing him in place and the force behind it sending the duck back into the portal.

All of these events taking only over a minute to ensue left the boy speechless all that could be seen was the red in this eyes and the shear fury building up inside of him. His teeth began to grit and a strange aura began to manifest around him, first a pure bright white light and then it would shift to a dark black. Not knowing exactly what this ment Cloud decided that he should attack now before this new power was unleashed by the boy. Cloud stepped forward putting his sword in front of him leapt towards the enemy, then all of a sudden without warning there was a burst of light and dark energy in which the effect was similar to clouds reflect which in turn sent him flying back about forty meters.

Cloud proceeded to go back up towards the boy making sure to stay far enough away as well he then looked over to see something, unnatural, something frightening. It was something no mortal should ever have to witness, it seemed as if there was a being trying to exercise itself from the physical body of the boy. There was an immense pressure around the figure, too much so for Cloud to get near it even if he wanted. The entity which now seemed to have two separate voices could be heard screaming out in pain, crying ,laughing, and roaring out in anger for miles.

He steps back knowing at this point that there is nothing he could do until this thing is finished fighting itself first. He sticks his sword into the ground and looks towards the boy thinking to himself " what have I gotten myself into this time, I just hope I can finish this before any else gets here".

Outside now time stands still for Cloud as he looks at Sora frozen in time yelling out at the heavens, but inside him, inside his soul, a battle is about to start. A battle that will decide who will be able to live out the rest of their life in physical form, this battle will be fought against Roxas and Sora and will ultimately determine who truly deserves to live out the rest of their life by a shear will to live life and want to experience it.