Disclaimer: All characters of Kingdom Hearts are property of Square-Enix and Disney.

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"Whoa…" They stood at the center of the ground floor and looked around them. "There are so many peoples here!" Tidus said as he watched peoples shopping in each shop or walking around with their family and friend. The kids were playing with the clown in the mall. Each of them was holding a small balloon.

"I wonder where Wakka is…" Sora said as he looked around. Tidus pouted.

"W-Why don't we do window shopping first?" Tidus suggested, sweatdropped when Sora frowned cutely. "Aww come on!"

"You said you'll do it tonight!"

"I will tonight! But let's have fun first!"

"No! Confess first then have fun after that," Sora said. Tidus crossed his arms and pouted.

"Fine. Fine. Where is he? I want to make it quick," Tidus said, looking around while walking when then he bumped to someone.

"Watch it!" the person Tidus bumped to said.

"Oww…sorry," Tidus said and looked at the person. It was a tall man with spiky black hair. The man was wearing sunglasses so Sora could not see his eye's color and black jacket as well as dark purple trouser. In his hand is a large yellow bag.

"You better be! Next time I'll see you, I hope you're dead already!" the man said before he walked away angrily. Tidus frowned.

"Well I wish you dead first before me!" Tidus exclaimed, loud enough for the man to hear that caused the man to turn to look at him.

"What did you say?"the man returned to them and suddenly clutched Tidus' collar.

"I said I wish you dead before me by then," Tidus said without fear as the man leaned close. Sora panicked.

"I-I'm sorry about my friend," Sora said as he gently pushed the man away from Tidus. "My friend was in bad mood so please forgive him."

"What? I'm not in bad mood!" Tidus said.

"Humph. You better watch oer your friend very well," the man said then smirked. "Or I'll make sure he died for sure," he said as he leaned close to Sora's face. Sora gulped as he stared at a pair of eyes behind the sunglasses. They were cold.

"Y-Yes," Sora said. The man humped then left them. Sora sighed before he looked at frowning Tidus.

"I would have beaten him if it weren't because of you," Tidus said. Sora smiled weakly.

"You shouldn't make a mess with someone like that. He looks dangerous," Sora said.

"Pft." Tidus crossed his arms.

"Come on. Let's look for Wakka," Sora said.

"No. I'm not in the mood to confess now," Tidus said. Sora sweat dropped then looked around.

"Are you sure? You're going to regret it," Sora said.

"I don't care. Even if I tell Wakka about my feeling, I don't think he'll accept me," Tidus said, frowning ever so cutely. Sora smiled.

"How do you know? What if he likes you too?"

"How can you be so sure? You do realize that me, a guy, likes Wakka, a guy, something that isn't very acceptable in the world at the moment."

"Then give him a time to know you?"

"What?"

"Would you like that, Wakka?" Sora asked. Tidus blinked then his eyes widened as realization hit him. quickly, he turned around and came face to face with tanned taller man. He gulped as he stared at the delicious exposed chest before him before he looked at the face of his crush. Wakka was blushing red.

"Uh…I don't know, ya," Wakka said. Sora giggled.

"Wakka, I would like you to meet Tidus, my close friend," Sora said. Tidus was gaping in shock.

"Yo," Wakka greeted. Tidus fell on his knees immediately. "W-Whoa! Are you all right?" Wakka asked as he held Tidus.

"Y-Yeah. N-No. I mean yeah, whatever," Tidus said and clutched his head. Sora laughed. "Shut up, Sora."

"S-Sorry. You're so funny, Tidus," Sora said. Tidus groaned. "Anyway, what are you doing here, Wakka?"

"Shopping with my brother. He left home already though but I have to stay cos I want to buy some ball," Wakka replied.

"Don't you already have the ball given by your friend last week?" Tidus asked.

"How do you know that?" Wakka blinked.

"Uh…"

"Tidus really likes you, Wakka. Of course he knows everything about you," Sora said. Tidus blushed red, same as Wakka. Sora chuckled upon seeing this, until something happened.

In just ten seconds, countless of explosion took place in the mall. The peoples inside screamed and cried before they started to run around in panic. The kids were left behind crying while holding their balloons. Some trampled the other without caring the other's life as they pushed their way towards the exit. However, the door to the exit had been sealed. They banged the exit, demanding to be free.

"W-What happened?" Tidus panicked. Suddenly there was a gunshot. Everyone silent then looked at the man standing at the center. The man is holding a gun in his hand and his other hand is carrying a large yellow bag. Sora and Tidus' eyes widened when they realized who the man was. "H-Hey, that man is---"

"Quiet," the man said in dangerous tone. Everyone quieted. "Now, I want you to listen to me clearly. Do you see this bag?" the man smirked. "This bag contain a virus."

"W-What?"

"This virus, once release, will spread within this building and guess what? This virus will kill you all and yes, I'm going to open it soon," the man said. There was a moment of silent as everyone tried to absorb whatever the man said. When the information registered into their mind, they screamed again. The man laughed evilly as the peoples started to get out from the building.

"What does he mean by that? Virus? You've got to be kidding me! If you release it, you'll be infected too!" Tidus said. The man looked at him and smirked.

"Oh no worries. I have injected anti virus to myself before I come here," the man said.

"W-Why? Why are you doing this!?"

"What else? To kill everyone…and I mean EVERYONE," the man said before he opened the bag. Smokes puffed out from within the bag and slowly dissipated into the air. The man laughed hysterically. "You're all going to DIE!"

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"It's been two hours already. I wonder how many has survived," Cloud said as he checked notepad.

"Sir, some of them tried to escape through the window!"

"You idiot! Don't let them out of the building! Keep them inside!" Leon shouted.

"Y-Yes sir!"

"Ch. Stupid soldier," Leon said.

"You can't blame him. He's just doing his job to inform you about this matter," Cloud said. Leon cursed. "I'm worried. I wonder how's Sora inside…" Leon grunted. "Sorry."

"No, that's okay," Leon said then crossed his arms. "

"Sephiroth will be here in any minute now. He'll help us to negotiate with the man," Cloud said.

"…Does Riku know?" Leon asked as he looked at his husband. Cloud nodded. "Not good." Cloud blinked.

"Cloud!" he turned to see his brother and a redhead young man. "Cloud! Is it true!? Sora is inside!?" Roxas asked, panicked and worried. Cloud bit his bottom lip and nodded. "No! How could this be!? I thought he went to Tidus's house!"

"I don't know why he's in there but from what the soldiers said, they saw Sora with a blonde and redhead young men," Cloud replied.

"Blonde and redhead…?" Roxas frowned. "Could it be Tidus and Wakka?"

"Could be," Leon said. Roxas cursed.

"Damn that terrorist. What the hell does he want!?"

"Has he asked for anything?" Axel asked. Cloud and Leon shook their head. "That's weird. He should state whatever he want by right now. maybe the virus wasn't real…"

"Maybe he just want to kill everyone in the mall," one voice said. They turned to the owner of voice and saw a silver-haired tall man and small version of the man, Riku. Roxas did not miss an unpleasant frown crossed over Riku's face. "How's the situation?" the taller man, Sephiroth, asked.

"The terrorist is still inside. He released the virus already and the peoples inside probably had been infected," Cloud said. "And we're not sure if the virus is real or not."

"Humph. He doesn't requested anything for two hours. I guess he only wants to kill peoples," Sephiroth said.

"Can't we just barge in and kill that man?" Riku asked as he stared at the building before him. Thousands of soldiers are lining up before him.

"We can't. The moment we barge in, the infected people will run outside and this will worsen the situation," Cloud said. Riku frowned. Then he turned to look at the peoples he knows.

"Then, let me go in alone."

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"Sigh…"

"…"

"…Sigh…"

"…Are you all right, Tidus?" Sora asked. He and Tidus are not sitting on one of the benches near toilet.

"Yeah. Just bored," Tidus replied while watching his crush was playing balloon with some kids. "I'm amazed how he still happy when we're all going to die because of one stupid virus." Sora sweat dropped. However, he agreed with Tidus. He was amazed of Wakka because the young man does not seem to be afraid to know that they were all going to die because of one virus released by psycho man just two hours ago. "Oh well. Guess that's what makes me love him more," Tidus said and smiled.

"You don't look so sad to know that you're going to die too," Sora said.

"Oh yeah…well…guess that's because I have done what I should have done - confessing to him about my feeling," Tidus said. "I don't care about anything at all now. I'm satisfied if I die because at least I don't have to regret for not confessing him." Sora bit his bottom lip.

"I wish I have more time…" Sora said. Tidus glanced at his friend. "At least…I want to tell him that I like him."

"Who?" Tidus asked. Sora smiled weakly.

"My old best friend."

"…Sora?" Sora blinked when Tidus stared at him in shock. He never thought the blonde would be so shock after hearing what he told him. But Sora wondered if Tidus knew whom he was talking about. Does Tidus know that he really like a certain silver-haired young man? But that is not a case anymore when Tidus pointed at his face. "Y-Your nose." Tidus gulped.

"My nose?" Sora blinked then touched his nose. He felt something flowing from his nose. He looked at his hand and stunned to see a stain of blood. He took out his handkerchief and wiped his nose. His heartbeats fast when he see stain of large bloods on his handkerchief. He looked at worried Tidus. "Tidus…m-my nose…"

"S-Sora!" Tidus quickly catch the brunet when Sora suddenly fell off the bench.

"T-Tidus…I-I don't feel good…" Sora gasped.

"Shit…could it be…virus?" Tidus' lip trembled then quickly he looked at the man. "You! Could it really be the virus?!" The man's eyes twinkled.

"That's one of the symptoms. Body feels hot. Dizziness. Nosebleed. All body system will become weak and then…he'll die," the man said. Tidus gulped then looked at panting Sora.

"SHIT!"

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A/N: Uh...