Warnings: Cursing, Yaoi Male/Male relationships. Cursing, craziness, and other things to come.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my plot.

Riku didn't even spare a glance backwards as he walked briskly forward.

Kairi and Yuffie were a few steps behind him, so he didn't worry about them taking a detour. Besides, the promise of Cloud frying their ass's if they were late would keep them in line. The section of the village that they were currently in mainly housed the shops. The streets were nearly congested at some parts because it was early afternoon, prime time for shopping around here. He hated having to walk down this street but it was the fastest way to Cloud's shop since his shop was at the corner of this street.

He walked forward without pause, not even slowing when he ran into a crowd.

Yuffie and Kairi ended up further away from him because of his weaving through the crowds, but he was confident that they would keep walking to Cloud's, so he didn't bother slowing down and waiting for them.

Finally, after torturous minutes of walking through the crowded street, he managed to make it to the front of the shop, named Lockhart's Emporium, though it didn't sell the usual stuff.

The place was usually empty because of the things it sold, putting many people off of it. It sold the services of a person for a price. The rules were simple enough. Anyone could hire any person offered, for nearly anything except for sex. You could hire a person for up to a week, any longer and you had to keep coming back to refresh the hire. Jobs ranged from fixing up fences to babysitting someone's kids. As a result, not many people came in daily, coming in mainly on the weekends.

Riku stood at the base of the stairs leading to the front door, waiting for Kairi and Yuffie to catch up. As he waited, he studied the store to pass the time. The shop was made of wood, only one story high, with a large window on either side of the centered front door. Blue curtains had been pushed opened, leaving any passerby with a nice clear view of the insides, though it was too dark to see inside right now, unsual considering that the windows were three feet in length and two feet wide.

He was interrupted from his staring by footsteps coming close and then suddenly stopping instead of passing and then receding as was usual. A red head and a dirty blond were standing not even a foot away, staring at him expectantly. While it wasn't the red head that had been following him, it was another two people who were expected to be present for the meeting. One of them, the redhead, was only an inch or two taller then Riku himself, and the dirty blond next to him was shorter then either of them. The red head had the biggest shit-eating grin on his face that Riku had ever seen.

'Axel and Demyx'

The redhead, Axel, was staring at Riku with piercing bright neon green eyes. The dirty blond, Demyx, was grinning ear to ear straight at Riku, and it made him surprisingly nervous to be around him.

Demyx was known for his goofy attitude and sometimes absentminded ways. Axel on the other hand, was known as a prankster and a 'joker' with a carefree attitude that tended to get on people's nerves. Axel and Demyx were always together and collaborating on how to either freak people out or make people laugh. For that reason Riku had always felt uneasy around them and today was no exception.

Axel ran his hand through his hair, making it stand out even more.

His hair went a little past his shoulders, and was pushed behind them. His hair stuck straight out behind him and was layered.

His companion on the other hand, was grinning stupidly at nothing and seemed to be in a daze. His hair was weird, looking like he had gotten a mullet but shaved off the back too. So really, it was like a cross between a mullet and a mohawk, though it was more mohawk than mullet. Riku rolled his eye's, and turned away from the two 'idiots'.

Yuffie and Kairi would get to the shop eventually, and if they didn't, it wasn't his problem 'cause there was no way he would stay out here any longer with these two. Walking up the wooden stairs, which were only three in total, he didn't look back to see if Kairi and Yuffie were any closer to being present. He just wanted to get into the shop so he wouldn't be labeled missing.

Sora watched the silver haired god walk away with a forlorn look on his face.

The girl that had been hanging off of Squall gave him one last peck on the cheek, and then walked away with the redhead, trailing after the silver haired young man. Sora found himself wanting to follow 'silver hair' but Seifer's presence besides him reminded him that he needed to stay with the duo he had come to town with.

The whole time the silvered haired man had been present, Sora couldn't have kept his eyes off him and Seifer had been straining to hear what the small group had been saying. Seifer had goteen a suspicious feeling in his gut when the guy had mentioned a shop but he had shrugged it off as his naturally distrusting self.