Finally done with chapter 7! Thought I wouldn't get to it but I did! Hope y'all enjoy it!

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sora x riku (yup there the main paring after all)!

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REMEMBER THE MIND LINKED!

'SORA'

/VANITAS/

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*P.S. make sure you guys read this chapter well cause there's a lot of things going on!

Sora and roxas finally got away from riku, he didn't concentrate on the dark portal so both landed upside down. The brunette didn't want to leave riku behind but the thought of him hurting roxas made him feel angry.

So for now they needed to rest and drink blood since the blonde was still hungry but wouldn't admit it. They transported to the beach that they were on a few days ago. It looked so peaceful watching the waves. Hearing the soothing sounds.

"I can't believe that bastard punch me" he said getting up and touching his bruised cheek, flinching a little. It was healing slowly due to lack of energy and food.

Sora rise up from the ground as well, "I don't know what got into him, he was being nice to me. Why would he do that?" sora wondered.

/because he's an asshole!/ vanitas mind linked. Making the brunette rolled his eyes playfully.

The blonde didn't respond since he had a hunch as too why.

Then both remembered they had to say something important.

"I have to tell you something!" both said at the exact same time.

They laughed.

"go first roxas!" he said happily.

"alright, remember the tall brunette that grabbed us" sora nodded, "Well he knew cloud! That was cloud's guardian, LEON!"

His eyes widen, "really!"

"yeah. But that's not it, he's friends with half-wiccans, that can help us." the brunette looked lost so roxas explained "their like witches but not like in fairy tales, these guys make substance known as poison that can weaken their enemies which are the dangerous vampires and to kill them faster. They have a lot of defenses. There like vampire hunters! And you were shot by the poison."

"so the dart with the strange fluid was... poison" roxas nodded.

"No wonder I was feeling sick!"

"Yeah so you have get away from the stuff, it's really dangerous" he said sternly.

"okay...Oh yeah!, guess what vanitas told me" he said excited, he forgot to tell roxas what the demon told him since they have been attacked and on the run then separated. Not having time to tell him.

"what?"

"cloud is alive!"

Roxas was shock and had a disbelief look. "What?! Really? How? Are you sure?" he questioned unbelievably fast. And how come vanitas never told me, roxas thought.

"yes! Vanitas told me when I was young I witness cloud almost getting kill by sephiroth and other vampires so I guess out of anger I summon vanitas. He killed everyone except him. And for the safety of cloud he put him in a deep sleep and put him in a cave that only demons can enter, to protect him" he explained.

"how come you didn't remember that?" it took roxas awhile to absorbed the news, then at sudden realization he just realized what he said, regretting it.

"I don't remember anything when I was young, I don't even know how my parents look like. It's like my memories are gone" sora said sadly. He couldn't remember anything, he had to ask roxas about his past before since he couldn't recall any of it.

Roxas wince at his master's tone. He knows sora can't remember his past, and it's because vanitas blocked it so he couldn't remember since most of it was bad memories. The blonde knows why... but doesn't want sora to remember everything because there is one memory that left him in true fear and was because of that bastard sephiroth. So any memories can trigger him to remember that horrible incident. But what was is it? He tried to kill sora before but not before doing something horrifying.

He knows sora doesn't like talking about the past since it made him sad knowing its all a blank to him. He wishes he knew or remember at least little of his past.

"I'm sorry sora for saying it" he made a mental not to talk to the demon alone.

"it's okay but I'm happy that I'll finally talk to my dad again" he said happily, trying not to sulk.

"So where is the cave?"

"I don't know I haven't ask vanitas yet, so I'll ask him later"

"This is great, we can go find him"

"I know maybe he can stop sephiroth!" that way the other vampires can stop trying to kill him or have him captured.

Roxas got quiet, "I don't know about that sora?"

"why do you say that?"

"Sora its been a long time that they fought, its been at least more than 500 years! Sephiroth has gotten stronger since then, I don't think cloud is strong enough to stop him alone like he used too"

The brunette gasped, but its true. He remembered vanitas saying something like that as well. But an idea came to sora.

"but he's not alone roxas. Don't you see he has us, his guardian, and the wiccans" he said hopeful. And riku and the red-headed twins with there guardians, sora thought.

"I just don't know sora, were up against a strong enemy and he probably has more high level vampires like riku!" his tone was uncertain.

Both were silence they didn't know what to do. But sora was right, cloud does have help so they're going to go find him!

"first let's get our energy back, then let's find him sora!" Roxas reluctantly agreed.

Riku was beginning to panic since sora left with roxas. He needs to find them but how?, the damn blonde covered their scent making it harder to find them.

The red-head twins were still speechless that riku said he loves sora. They were shock that the cold-hearted riku loved someone. Wow.

"Why?" axel asked confused.

"why what?"

"why do you love sora?"

The silver-haired vampire thought, "because he's the first to actually care and show me kindness"

Axel nodded understanding the answer he'll admit the kid seems nice and innocent, anyone would fall for someone like that.

Reno tried to calm riku down from panicking, "calm down will find him" that pissed off riku.

"how if we don't know where he is?! And there after him remember so we have to find him now before it's too late" he said with a harsh tone. Making reno and axel a little a taken back. He really loves the brunette.

"look riku you have to relax we will find him and wh-" axel was caught off by a sudden hit to his neck. Making the others confuse why he stopped.

"What the fuck?" he touched his neck and felt two darts, he pulled them out looking at it.

"fuck!... Poison" axel said surprise with a slur tone. Then passed out, being hit by two darts took a toll on him. At the word poison riku and Reno took action.

"AXEL" reno shouted, running to his twin. He was out like a rock.

Riku looked around and saw the vampire hunters on the high trees. Great there was four of them! They were out numbered since axel is out. There guardians wouldn't last either. But that didn't stop riku.

He was about to rush off till Reno stopped him. "What are you doing? You won't last there's too many for you to handle cause of the poison" he said seriously.

Riku was pissed but he knew reno had a point. Then one of the vampire hunters jumped down not far from them. Riku immediately recognize the scent, it's the one that shot him and sora.

"it's you!" He said furiously.

Zack knows this was the vampire that was with the brunette the other time.

"where's sora?"

"Like I'll tell you" he said cold heartedly. Don't tell me these guys are after him too, riku thought.

Zack chuckle lightly, "we can do this the easy way" then he narrow his eyes to riku "or the hard way" then the rest of the half-wiccans jumped down as well next to zack. Pointing their weapons at them.

"Damn" Reno said.

He grabbed axel bridal style. While the bat guardians namine and demyx got on reno's shoulders.

"let's get out of here" he whispered to riku, who agreed. Both took off quick while being followed of course but the hunters weren't fast enough to reach them or so they thought?

The wiccans took something that made them faster close to their vampire speed. Wiccans have a lot of defenses and can created substances to enhance their senses than an average human.

"I miss having human vampire hunters!" Reno shouted slightly upset, noticing their enemies are close by after them.

"You and me both" riku said bitterly. "Just be happy there just half-breed wiccans."

"true otherwise we would have been in deep shit" reno sneered.

The real wiccans were five times betters since they could have use spells easily without trouble or cast curses. Or send shadows after them, and even mess with time. But now all were gone due to vampires killing them, only half-wiccans live, knowing so little and what they aren't capable off doing.

Either way they have to lose them or their fuck. Since there outnumbered.

"What do we do now?!" the red-haired panic, then got an idea.

"that's it! Namine you know what to do!" She nodded and got off his shoulder. Reno and riku stopped to watch.

She transform in human form and stopped on the tree. As the wiccans were approaching her, she moved her hand in a steady rhythm then snapped her fingers.

Riku looked confused. What did she do? Then he notice that the wiccans stopped coming to her and instead fell straight to the ground.

"get us out of here" zack yelled, struggling to get free but there was nothing or so it seems?

Namine went back to her master, who was amazed. "Great job Namine!" reno said happily. "you're the best!" Demyx said cheerful.

"tha-nkk you" she stuttered shyly.

"What did she do? I thought she can only see in the future and the past?" He questioned.

"No that's where you are wrong. She has the ability to visualize... Meaning she can also created illusions!"

Riku finally understood and was impressed, Namine can do a lot of things with her ability. Now he knows why reno chose her, she comes in handy!

"What do they see anyway, Namine?" Demyx asked curiously.

"there trapped, they have rope around them. Even though there's nothing on them, they can feel it for real. But its temporary if they know how to escape from it or if there hurt cause that knocks some sense into them" she explained.

"wow..." they all said.

"so what do we do now?" Reno asked. Looking at the trapped wiccans.

Riku smirk, "oh... I have an idea!" Then he jumped to the ground to confront zack. He grabbed him by his cloak collar, lifting him up. The wiccan squirm but no use the illusion feels so real. He couldn't break free from the ropes.

"let go you bastard" zack said furiously. That only made riku laugh half heartedly.

"after you answer my questions. Why are you after sora?"

"I could say the same for you"

"ANSWER! Or I'll kill you right now" he growled, gripping his cloak collar. He has no time to play around, he needs to find sora as soon as possible.

Zack narrowed his eyes, "go ahead and kill me but you won't get answers from me vampire." That angered riku!

"fine! Have it your way?... Hmm I've never tasted a wiccan before..." zack eyes widen, he didn't want to be killed like that, his blood being sucked out. Gross!

He struggle more but to no avail. "Damn it, let go of me!" he shouted.

Riku stuck out his fangs, getting closer to zack's neck. Reno and the others were watching everything from above the trees, surprised.

Then slash!

Suddenly riku felt a cut in his cheek, like a sharp glass slashed him. Then at the corner of his eye he saw someone heading straight for him so he got away at the last second. Letting go of zack. It was a girl, she went straight at riku, giving him kicks and punches. He was dodging them tremendously but this girl was fast like a ninja!

"riku behind you!" reno yelled, just in the right time he got out of the way of being hit by a blade or gun? What was it? Maybe both. But whatever it was it had poison on it.

He locked gaze to an older brunette. The girl got in front of zack, protectively. While leon stood in front of yuffie to guard her while she frees the others.

"LEON,YUFFIE! How I am glad to see you both, even you yuffie!" he said excitedly with a hint of teasing to the last part.

Yuffie pouted. But laughed at zack at the position he was in. "why can't you move? There's nothing on you!" she said confused.

"It's an illusion yuffie, you have to hit them to knock sense to their mind" leon interjected. Yuffie smiled evilly. Zack gulped, and was punch in the face. She punched zexion, tidus, and xion as well, thus freeing them from the illusion.

"OWWW!" all of them said in pain! Even though yuffie was a girl, her punches were five times stronger than a guy. The guys wouldn't like to see yuffie angry or else there dead! "Couldn't you have been gentle!" they complain. "NOPE!"

Great, riku is in trouble now or is he?

All surrounded him ready to attack him! "Leon this is the guy that took sora the other time" zack said.

Leon observed riku, he looked so much like sephiroth. "By any chance are you related to sephiroth?"

Riku sneers, "yes he's my father."

Leon was in shock! He didn't know he had a son. Then again he left the mansion a long time ago so it's no wonder there's a lot going on. Though he knows everything that happen around sephiroth, since cloud told him everything and witness him in action. He thinks sephiroth killed cloud, so for that he hold a grudge against him.

The older brunette then just realized that if riku is after sora then that means so is sephiroth but why? He started to think then remember that sephiroth had a crazy love obsession on aerith, but now that she is gone will he go after sora for that. Sora did look like cloud but his features did remind him of aerith. Both had brown hair, tanned skin, and same smile.

"please tell me that sephiroth isn't after sora as well?" he questioned sternly.

"And what if he is?" he mocked, making leon twitch in anger. They all went to attack him but he disappeared, but not before laughing evilly.

"what the fuck?" yuffie said surprise. Then zack realized what just happened! He looked to where reno and the guardians were but they were already gone!

"DAMN IT! He did it again" zack said fuming and can't believe he was tricked again.

"what did he do zack?" yuffie questioned obviously still confused.

"HE TRICKED ME AGAIN!" he said sourly.

"I'm guessing his ability, which is duplicating himself many times" leon stated for yuffie.

"When did he do that?"

"I don't know? But this vampire is good" zack answered. They left to the go and search somewhere else since this vampire is probably far away from now.

Riku and reno were already far from them since riku sent a clone to go confront zack earlier.

FLASHBACK...

"oh... I have an idea" he duplicated himself and told the clone to threaten the wiccans. While the clone went reno and riku watch the whole thing from above.

"Why are you after sora?" he asked zack who just responded in "I could say the same for you."

When the clone was going to kill him by sucking his blood out someone interfere, the girl. Reno and riku knew she was a wiccan by the cloak she was wearing. Then the older brunette came out of nowhere, the clone was close to being attack till reno warned him.

"riku behind you!"

The clone heard reno and manage to dodge just in the nick of time.

"Why did you yelled?" riku said annoyed.

"yo sorry its just I keep forgetting that your next to me and not that one" he said pointing out at the clone.

Riku signs, sometimes the red-headed was an idiot. Both heard the clone and the others talking and riku was listening to it very well. Then the girl set the others free by punching them.

"Oh yeah... I forgot if you punch or get hurt by someone or something, the illusion will wear off due to the mind in pain" he always forgets that's there's a catch.

"reno now is our chance, let's go" he said, reno nodded and both rushed out of there. Since the others were distracted by the clone they took the opportunity to leave while they can since they were defiantly outnumbered now.

As they were going in vampire speed, riku was hearing and seeing what the clone was seeing. It's a good thing the clone could vanish or disappeared anytime or if riku wishes too.

He was hearing the older brunette asking if he is related to sephiroth which got riku curious. How does he know sephiroth? Who is this guy? He's not even dress in a black cloak but leather clothes instead, so he's not a wiccan as he suspected but his scent reeks of them... Could he be a vampire or guardian instead? But why is he with the wiccans?

Then the older brunette mention if his father is also after sora, which made riku gasp in shock. How did he know? He never seen him around so how could he possibly know! Obviously this guy knows something...

The clone disappeared when they were going to attack him. Laughing evilly before he disappeared.

END OF FLASHBACK...

Finally riku and reno found a spot away from the forest near a waterfall. Both covered there scent since it's close to midnight meaning the vampires should be searching for them and sora.

Reno put axel on the ground and splash him some water to try to wake him up. "axel, axel, get up yo!"

"mmhh..." he muttered weakly. Reno was starting to get worried, this isn't his crazy twin. He hates it when he gets sick or hurt. He sat down cross-legged and was keeping an eye on his twin brother. While both guardians namine and demyx were on axel's shoulder and chest to keep him warm from the night chill.

While riku was on guard on the lookout just to be safe. He got on top of the waterfall and was sitting on a rock near a tree, where he can see a good view. He saw reno watching axel worriedly and it made him feel kind a sad since they care deeply for each other.

He was starting to get lost in thoughts in thinking about what went on today, wondering what happened in the past... and most importantly if sora was okay. He looked up in the night sky thinking about the brunette.

"I hope your safe sora..."

Back to sora and roxas, they slowly got their energy back. After drinking lots of animal's blood and finally trying to sleep or take naps. Both decided that tomorrow there going to try to find cloud. Roxas was a bit uncertain about the whole thing but with the brunette constantly pleading with his bright blue eyes how can he say no to that.

The blond watch sora sleeping soundly and so very innocent. He knew it was time to talk to vanitas about something important... But what is it?

"Vanitas we need to talk?" he told sleeping sora but he knew vanitas heard.

Suddenly sora's eyes flick open revealing golden eyes. "What do you want roxas?" vanitas said annoyed, getting halfway up to glare at the blond.

"first thing first, is sora asleep, he can't hear anything right" he said seriously. The demon rolled his golden eyes, "no shit sherlock! Otherwise I wouldn't have come out."

"but you can come out willing either way?" he rose his eyebrow in confusion. "I know but I prefer when sora wants me summon since it makes me feel loved" he said smirking.

The blonde just stared at vanitas like he was slapped in the face, wow he really changed. That made roxas slightly smile which the demon took as a smirk.

"Wipe that smirk off your face! What is it you want anyway?" he said annoyed with a hint of embarrassment. Making roxas remember what he wanted to talk about.

"Why didn't you tell me cloud was alive?" the demon remained in silent till he knew what to say.

"For sora's sake, and I knew you would have told him long time ago either way so I figured I tell you at the right time... I guess now is the right time" Roxas nodded understanding. True.

"I see... Hey vanitas you think we should returned sora's memories" roxas said with sadness and sorrow.

"FUCK NO!" he snapped, making roxas glared back and yelled.

"why the fuck not?"

"because you saw how he was back then after that incident! He was so traumatized that he was so scared, he became so different! I couldn't talk to him or be summon because of that!... He was like a walking doll so emotionless and empty in the inside. But thank heavens that he summon me when sora saw cloud getting ambush otherwise cloud would have been dead! Then when that bastard sephiroth got near him again but this time he tried to killed him he literally became an empty shell! I'm so happy and grateful that aerith's demon form saved him! And when aerith went to her slumber, I knew that I had no choice but to do it so he can be how he was before... Begin a new life with happy memories this time" the demon panted out of anger at first then died down to softly saying it at the end.

Roxas knows vanitas is right but to keep sora's memories locked was like lying and betraying him, and made him feel completely guilty.

"Look your right, but its awful to see sora looking sad when he can't remember nothing about his past! You must at least give him a few good memories at the least" he said determined.

"I can try but it's no guarantee that those memories will triggered the incident roxas... maybe he will remember everything even that horrible fucking day" he said sadly.

The blonde signs heavily, "what are the chances?" he had to ask.

"at least 60%" roxas nodded. There might be a chance that he will remember the incident but he had to risk it.

"Do it vanitas, I rather have him remembered the past than nothing at all"

"fine! But I'm going to try my best to only give him the preciouses memories" the demon will do anything for the brunette but he didn't want him to become a walking doll or an empty shell like before.

"alright try your best!"

Vanitas went back to his mind, going back to the island he lived in and saw sora sleeping on the sand peacefully. He signs.

He sits down next to him and puts his hand on sora's forehead, and tries to unblock some of the good memories. Draining the demon's energy slightly.

Roxas watches sora stirred in his sleep. Moving around a lot. He hopes it isn't a bad dream or worse any bad memories.

Vanitas finishes giving some of sora's memories back, and hoped that nothing will triggered the incident.

Suddenly sora woke up insanely totally shocked. Both roxas and vanitas watch and were right now completely scared because sora had a terrified expression. Then the brunette said something that they didn't want to hear. The three words that they never ever wanted to hear.

Sora eyes widen, he was speechless till he said the three simple words that they wanted to avoid.

"I remember everything..."

Author's note... Finally finish with this chapter! Yay! Sorry it took awhile to update, but my laptop got a virus and had to be taken to the shop to get it fixed up. Yeah sucks I know.. So sorry about the delayed..

So what did y'all think of this chapter! There's a lot of misunderstandings and twist, make sure you pay attention real good! And if any questions about the story please ask..

And OH YEAH... Sorry about not capitalizing the letter of the names, its just that its easier for me not to do it but when I finish with this story I'll capitalize all the names and correct the grammar, sorry guys...

What else... oh I remember I decided that the story is a sora x riku, since the viewers asked for them the most! SO YAY!

So read and review guys! Let me know what you guys think or if you guys have any ideas in mind! so read and review.