Chapter 4: Call the Squad Together

~Sora Leonhart~

'Whew! Finally done!' Sora stretched, finished with his worksheets that he needed to complete for his homeschooling. 'Maybe Hayner has a job that I can do for a little bit of money.' Getting up, he walked past a tall blonde that was moving towards Leon. Blinking rapidly, Sora gaped as pure white wings, six of them, spread from his back. "They're nice, huh?" Jumping, Sora turned around to see a blonde that looked surprisingly like himself, also having a quartet of wings on his back. "They actually don't do much in the way of protection, but shows their bearers power. So, Sora." The blonde walked up to him, grabbing hold of the brunette's hands. "Glad we could finally meet. Roxas Strife, deamon hunter, and your personal angel." The other blonde came out from the back, his face blank.

"Roxas. We're leaving," the elder said as he walked past the two.

Roxas looked dejected, but said, "In a minute, Cloud!" Roxas turned back to Sora, then, with a wink, pressed their lips together. Sora melted into the kiss, allowing Roxas to lead him, opening his mouth when a tongue prodded his lips gently. Their tongues twined together for a second before Roxas pulled away. "See you soon, Leonheart." Two pendants were pressed into his hand before Roxas let go.

Sora watched Roxas follow after Cloud with the other three that came with them, with happiness in his heart that he never thought he'd have. Sighing wistfully, he looked down to see a crown pendant on a leather cord, and a lion head as the top of a Celtic cross on a silver chain. He sighed again and walked off to find Hayner; they'll figure out who they were for later.

-Heaven's Base-

There are five people in the room. The redhead sat in a seat, staring at a lighter with his chakrams next to the seat; the four blonde's were separated, two on a couch looking after their weapons, a key-like sword and a gunblade, one on the floor with a sitar, and the last leaning against the far wall, brooding. Kairi sighed and looked at her twin, Namine. The blond girl nodded, and they entered the room. "Have you established contact, boys?" Kairi asked professionally. The elder Strife nodded for them all from his place on the wall. "Good. We need to convince them to come here." Namine took over the explanation.

"We know you all have had feelings for them." Demyx, Roxas, Axel and Seifer flushed a little, while Cloud turned his head away to hide his blush. "It's only natural to. After all, you all have watched them from birth, unlike all the others." Namine held onto Kairi's hand tightly, which she returned just as tightly. They were separated at birth because Namine was an angel. "You'll just need to tell them all of the points of coming here. Including the cold, hard, painful facts."

"We're in the middle of a war with Hell's deamons, Namine," Cloud said quietly. Bright blue eyes with a ring of green around the iris looked up at Namine. "Shouldn't we bring them here as soon as possible to protect them from their deamons?"

She chuckled as Kairi said, "Did you see any of their deamons there?" They shook their heads. "Then their workplace is safe, along with the house that they are staying in."

Namine joked, "Always the SOLDIER, now aren't you, Cloudy-kins?"

Cloud blushed as everyone chuckled - or in Axel's case, in hysterics. "I never should have introduced you and Yuffie," he mumbled, followed quickly by him kicking Axel in the groin. "You have more than enough blackmail on me, now."

~Zexion Norse~

August 21, 2045

Why is it me? Why do I have to deal with being a telepath? What makes me so damn special? I have to deal with Marluxia, still, but I do have two safe havens now. Ifrit, I'm tired of this.

Zexion closed his journal just as Riku entered the room they shared. Because there wasn't a room ready as a bedroom, they shared a small bedroom with two twin size beds, a small closet, and a nightstand for them to share. "Hey there, Zexi," Riku said. Zexion nodded, slightly amazed that he wasn't being picked on for having a "diary".

Then Riku pulls out his own journal. Looking up, Riku said, "You can write more if you want." Zexion blinked before nodding. He opened the journal back up and continued writing.

It seems as if almost everyone is against me. Leon, Sora, Hayner and Riku are really the only ones that are in the same situation as me. At least, I can tell that Sora knows about Marluxia, so I'm certain about him. But, why else would they be scared shitless to exit this house I'm staying at or the work place we work at?

Most of the time, I try to stay away from people that I don't know, but today was new: I let the blonde that I described yesterday kiss me and have conversation with me. His name is Demyx Nocturne, and he acts like a little kid half the time. Demyx said that he was a deamon hunter, and that he was going to help me with Marluxia. It doesn't explain what he was thinking at the time: "He's cute when he's flustered... cuter than when he was a kid. No wonder I fell in love with him." I actually agree with him on that, because I fell in love with him when I had the vision last night.

That wasn't what freaked me out, though. The next thought, though, was what did: "I don't even care that he's reading my mind probably. I want to be open with him; Kairi will most definitely order it, anyways." After he left, the residual thoughts he left behind were about a war with the deamons; there was too much information to write it all down in here, but I did in a separate journal. After I analyze it, I'll probably write my summary down in here.

Zexion out.

~Riku Norse~

He opened his diary that he started when he was seven. This particular journal was started, as usual, on January 1st of that year, 2045. Not much changed from the apocalypse of 2012, from what his mother's childhood diaries said. He sighed and started to write.

August 21, 2045

Axel Flame. That's who my angel is. I never would have thought that I would meet him today.

I had another premonition today. Around... 10:30 am, while I was at the register. It felt like fire was rippling through my veins, hovering underneath my skin. Arms wrapped around me, and a cool "breeze" dealt with the fire. I leaned into the arms, and when I looked up, it was Axel. I remember him saying, "Don't worry; I've got you now. Shh..." That was where it ended.

Will Xemnas attack me again? Is that what it means? I have no idea.

Norse out.