Howdy! Not much to say before the chapter... only that it took me a lot longer than I thought it would . I've been working on this for like.. three days. Oh well, enjoy!

catwwomen47: w00t! More slave- I mean loyal reviewers! (insert evil laugh) Don't worry, I'll be gentle. XD, thanks for reviewing!

kitsunedemon: XD, holy crap, the lemon was so completely random, too. Actually, the whole SeiferHayner thing was random. I just remember I was at my friends' house and I was writing this and I told her that I was putting SeiferHayner in, and she just gave me a weird look. Then I told her I was making Hayner, Seifer's bitch and she stopped talking to me XD. The necklaces will be playing a bigger role.. eventually... but knowing me, it'll be a year before I get around to anything. Thanks for reviewing!

Avacados are evil: No one can deny that Seifer being a sadistic bastard to Hayner is hot. XD, then again, Hayner in pain... yeah, that's hot, too. x-x, I'm just like that. Thanks for reviewing!

Katraa: Hayner won't play quite as big a part as Roxas will, but... hm, he'll still be rather important for a bit. College.. it's evil.. no, no it's worse than evil.. it's ebil! But it's all good... thanks for reviewing!

A/N: Ignore the OC using of Kai... I forgot I stuck him in here and now x-x, I'm keeping him because I love him. Hopefully you won't hate him like I know most people do with other's OCs... everyone else I know loves him XD! That's all.

"Crap, he's catching up!" a spiky-haired boy thought as he raced down an alley. He turned a corner and nearly ran straight into a wall that hadn't been there in the daylight, "What's going on?" He looked around, now panicked. Someone was chasing him; he didn't know who, but he knew he had to get away. Footsteps echoed from all around him so much to the point that he couldn't tell where they were coming from. Sora panted slightly as he skid around another corner and paused, listening for his pursuer. When he heard only silence, he frowned, "Did they give up?" Whatever they were doing, it was quiet and it disturbed Sora more than the footsteps following him. Slowing his pace to a cautious walk, blue eyes scanned the area and finding nothing out of the ordinary. He passed under a walkway that connected the two building on either side of him and as he stepped out into the moonlight, he saw a figure a few meters in front of him. He blinked a few times, "Seifer?" he asked. Was that who had been chasing him.

The blonde glanced up before smirking, "Well, if it isn't Chicken Wuss' better half."

Sora just sighed at the nickname Seifer had given Roxas, "Were you the one chasing me?"

"Chasing you? No, that's Nise."

"Nise? Who's that?" Sora wondered, never having heard the name before, "It's Japanese, though." He recalled, "It means...an imitation?"

Seifer pointed behind the brunette and Sora only had time to turn around before he saw a figure doused in clothes rushing toward him. A glint of metal was the last thing he saw before the body made contact with his. The knife came down, swiping across the young boy's neck. Sora closed his eyes tightly, waiting for the pain of being killed to come, but when it didn't he snapped his blue orbs back open. He saw that the mysterious boy's target had been the thing around his neck as the chain was sliced and the necklace came flying off as Sora went tumbling backwards. The thief once again grabbed his prized possession and darted off into the night, Seifer's low chuckle sounding through the alley walls.

End dream

Sora woke up, lightly drenched in a cold sweat. He immediately grabbed around his neck to assure himself that his necklace was still there. Sure enough, the small half moon was dangling around his neck, swinging back and forth slightly as the boy moved to sit up and let his covers pool around his waist. He swung the window by his bed open and gazed out over the town, much of which was darkened. Only the moon and a few house lights illuminated the streets and Sora could conclude without glancing at the clock that it was in the early hours of the morning.

He sighed to himself and pushed the covers completely off, heading to the bathroom to splash a blast of cold water in his face. That was supposed to wake you up and calm you down, right? It, however, only made Sora want to close his eyes again and curl back up in his nice, warm bed. Sighing, he looked at himself in the mirror before grinning a goofy grin, "Nise, huh?" he asked no one, "Well, whoever it is, I don't know him." He decided that was good enough and stretched, "Besides, it's the weekend and the weekend is no time for thinking!" With that said, or rather thought, the brunette walked out of the bathroom with a slight bounce in his step.

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"You'll retrieve it today." It wasn't a question, but an order.

"Yes, sir." The cloaked jewel thief nodded. He had screwed up by losing the necklace after so craftily stealing it.

"Good, then go." The man ordered, his tan tresses of hair ruffling slightly as he shook his head.

"Just, one thing, sir." The light-haired boy hesitated as golden eyes looked down on him, waiting for him to continue, "What about the other one?"

"You mean Roxas." The elder man sighed, "Leave him for now."

"Sir, is that really wise?" the boy asked, "If Riku reaches him..."

"Do you not trust my judgment about my own son?"

The younger one froze; everyone knew better than to question Kai about his children, "Of course not, sir." He muttered.

Kai chuckled slightly, "Don't worry." He said softly, "Everything will work out and you'll get your reward." He waved a hand, "Now go." Without another word, the boy nodded and jumped up to a high window, disappearing quickly from sight.

As soon as he was out of earshot, another figure emerged from the darkness behind Kai, "So, he's going after Sora?"

Golden eyes blinked as they glanced back, "Yes, what are you doing here so suddenly? I thought you'd be with Hayner."

Seifer chuckled, "No, not at all." He shook his head, "He ran off right after school."

Kai sighed, "Don't tell me you screwed him again in school."

The blonde chuckled, "Yeah, but I locked the door this time."

The elder shook his head once more, "Seifer..."

"Ugh, yeah, yeah..." he mumbled, "I won't do it again..."

"You're going to drive him away." The wiser of the two advised, "If he escapes, we have nothing to keep Roxas at bay with."

"You know," Seifer began, leaning against the wall next to the throne his superior was seated in, "you shouldn't talk so bad about your kid." He chuckled.

Kai just rolled his eyes, "Go make nice with Hayner." He ordered, "We're close now, we can't afford to screw up and chase them away."

"Yes, sir." The younger replied, mockingly, snickering and ducking the hand that was swung at his head. Waving a hand, the teen walked out the door, pulling it shut with a click.

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"Hayner!"

Said boy turned around, blinking and quickly looking down when he saw who had called his name. "Yeah?" he muttered, wanting to be near anyone other than who he was.

Seifer frowned slightly at the attitude, "Maybe he's right.. ugh, if I have to play Mr. Nice-mushy-caring boyfriend much longer..." He sighed and wrapped his arms around the younger one, rolling his eyes as the body next to his tensed, "Relax." He whispered into the other's ear.

"What do you want?" Hayner asked, glancing to his boyfriend. Though, Seifer rarely wanted anything other than a quick screw.

The taller boy kissed his uke's cheek and ran a hand through the spiky hair, "Well, you ran off so suddenly earlier..." he began, tilting Hayner's face up to meet his and flashing a look of concern in his eyes, "Are you okay?"

The emotion in his voice was hard to fake, and the younger one was just naive enough to believe the words being uttered. A soft blush covered the teen's cheeks as he nodded, glancing away once more, "Fine."

"Are you sure?" Seifer pressed on, inwardly sighing in annoyance at his outward display. It was really sickening to him, but whatever was necessary. "You're looking away a lot." He closed his eyes for a brief moment, mentally preparing himself for his next words, "Sorry if I've been taking advantage of you a bit, lately."

The blush grew just that much more at the sweet words. He knew Seifer well enough, at least he thought he did, and he knew that he could never mean any of this seriously. With great difficulty, he shook his head, "Stop." He muttered in a low voice, "You can't mean that, so don't say it."

"Would I lie to you?" he countered, looking as serious as he could while screaming a resounding 'yes' in his head.

"Why wouldn't you?" he wondered, disbelieving.

"Have I ever before?" Seifer asked, licking his boyfriend's cheek and whispering in his ear, "I've never told anything but the truth." He reminded the younger one, "Or at least as far as you know."

"Well... I suppose so..." Hayner spoke slowly, racking his brain for anytime Seifer had deceived him. He couldn't place a single time in his memory, though. The older blonde might treat him badly at times, but he had been as honest as could be. Even though, that in itself was suspicious. Seifer didn't have an honest attitude or a true personality. He was, in every sense of the word, a thug. He dressed like one, talked like one, acted like one. Hayner sighed softly, casting his gaze to the ground, "But he's never done anything mistrusting." He argued in his head, "Maybe he's just like that for a reason?" Everyone had reasons for doing things, so maybe Seifer was only kind to those who he deemed worthy of getting close. Besides, Hayner wanted to believe the person he'd given his body to, if not at least part of his heart.

"Then there's no problem." Seifer concluded, hoping that he could be done with this act for the day. When Hayner nodded silently, the older boy offered a small smile, "Good." He waved a hand, "I'll see you later, then." Before Hayner had a real chance to react, Seifer was gone from sight.

"Yeah." The lone boy whispered, still mingling with doubt in his heart, "No problem at all."

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"Let's see.. Tidus and Selfie will probably be at the ice cream shop, Wakka will probably be at the beach...Namine and Kairi are most likely shopping. Wonder what Roxas is up to today." Sora thought as he strolled through town.

"Hey, kid!" he heard someone call from behind him, though he didn't recognize the voice.

Turning around, pouting in an attempt to glare, Sora complained, "I'm not a kid!" He blinked as he saw a silver-haired boy running up to him. "It's that boy again... so I guess he does live around here."

Riku approached the brunette and stopped, small beads of sweat lacing his brow as a sign that he'd been running for a while. Unlike last time, Riku was now dressed in more modern clothes consisting of a pair of ripped blue jeans that hung loosely off his hips and a blue and black vest that remained unbuttoned to show off his finely tuned stomach and chest. Sora stared for a moment before forcing himself to drag his gaze up to the older one's face. Once their eyes locked, though, he found that this sight wasn't so bad, either.

"Well, it's not like I know your name." Riku told him, interrupting his thoughts, "You never told me, remember?"

Sora flashed back to their first encounter and confirmed that he hadn't given him his name, indeed. However, "You still called me 'Sora'." He accused, turning his attention back to the sex-go-- boy. Yes, boy. Just like him. No, not like him-- better-- but still a boy.

The sex-god-just-like-Sora-boy thing coughed and rubbed his head sheepishly, "Well, I didn't want to call you just 'kid' and the first thing that came to mind when I looked at your eyes was the sky..." That was a good excuse, right?

The sky-eyed boy blinked as a faint rose color spread over his cheeks. Riku had been paying that much attention to him? Ignoring the obvious horrible excuse, Sora nodded, "I guess that makes sense." He agreed, even though logic would tell him it did no such thing, "So... did you want something?"

"Huh?" For all the intelligence his eyes held, Riku seemed dumbfounded at the moment until he realized he had stopped Sora to talk to him. "Oh, right. Well, the truth is..." he trailed off, running a fingerless-gloved hand through soft tresses of hair, "No, not really." He finally answered.

Those sky-inspired orbs glanced up, "So you just...stopped me for no reason?" he asked, confused. Usually when one stopped you, it was for a reason. Especially if that one didn't know you well and had only met you once.

"Kind of." The sea-green-eyed boy muttered, then an idea struck. "Though, you know..."

"Huh?" He asked, once more confused. This Riku boy really liked to trail off and make little to no sense.

"I am kind of new here." He continued, tilting his head and flashing Sora a knee-quivering smile, "Care to show me around a bit?"

One blink. Two blinks. Three blinks. Yes, Sora was once again confused. Why would a se-... cute boy like Riku want the small, little, midget brunette to show him around? Yes, Riku was cute; it was alright to think he was cute, right? Not like Sora was uncomfortable with his sexuality or anything, but every time the word 'sex-god' came to mind he couldn't help but stare for unnecessary long periods of time and blush furiously. He was sure that would raise questions that he didn't have answers for.

That was about the time the blue-eyed boy realized he hadn't said a thing, "Oh, sure." He agreed, having been too distracted by his thoughts to remember quite what he was agreeing to. Right, showing Riku around town. That wouldn't be too hard, and it might even get his mind off that delectable skin that the silver-haired boy was showing.

An eyebrow quirked as Riku chuckled, "Well, whenever you're ready."

"Okay." Sora agreed again, "What is there to do here? Well, it's an island, so..." The shorter one looked up, "Want to go swimming?" Swimming. Genius, Sora, absolutely genius. Why did he think swimming would be a good idea, again? So Riku could see his non-sex-god body? Crushing 101: Don't get naked in front of the boy you like until he likes you back.

"I'm from Egypt." Riku reminded the boy, "I've never been swimming." Ha, he was saved! "But you think you could teach me?" He was ruined. Now, not only did he have to basically strip in front of the boy, but he'd probably be in close quarters with the cute-- yes, cute-- boy.

"Oh...yeah, okay." After a moment's hesitation, Sora beamed at the older boy, "So, let's go!" He was suddenly hyper, though he wasn't sure why. Before Riku could even laugh, he was being drug down to the beaches.

The writing was kind of... weird throughout the latter part of the chapter, I think. A bit more.. Sora-ish than anything, if that makes sense. Kind of childish writing, to me, anyway. But it just kind of happened. Perhaps it's the effect of writing Sora's personality XD. Next chapter... all I know is we'll get to see Riku attempt to swim (and probably fail horribly while still looking awesome). Hm...a bit more with Hayner, Seifer, and Roxas... and anything else you want! See? This is how cheap I am.. give me ideas! XDD, I'll shut up now. Review!