Disclaimer: I own nothing but the complete set of Squall Leonhart jewelery items. LOL. I'm so pleased with myself you have no idea. I wonder if they'll make a bracelet any time soon...?

Title: The 13th Hour

Authoress: Tysonkaiexperiment

Couplings: RiSo, AkuRoku, Zemyx, LeoClo, and XemSaï

Warnings: Vampires, blood, incest, gore, violence, supernatural, yaoi, cussing, and random stuff

Summary: Organization XIII were strong vampires that used the Strife clan for support. The biggest challenge? The Leonhart Vampire Exterminators. RiSo, AkuRoku, Zemyx, LeoClo, and XemSaï.

Dedication: To KitaraStrife, who is awesome and is getting back into fanfics. Yay, she's back!!

Beta'd By: Shrouded-Obsession! Who has been busy with school lately, but that's okay, because as long as she's still there and I can still internet poke her, I'm happy. LOL. Yay for internet poking!

Song Title: Vertigo
Artist: Midnight Syndicate
Album: The 13th Hour
Track Number: 10 of 25
Link: From now on, all links to the songs can be found from my youtube account. Tke, not Tysonkaiexperiment. As Tysonkaiexperiment is my old (and probably will be deleted) account.

The 13th Hour

Bite 10:

Vertigo

Demyx craned his neck just slightly, muttering to himself as each student passed him with just a slight nod. God, they all knew what was going on, they were vampires for heaven sakes, they weren't human. Sora was rare, he was the descendent they all looked to for the answers of life and how they were to go on the next couple of centuries, he wouldn't die by something so measly. Yet here they were, acting like a bunch of humans, several groups of girls even sobbing, get a grip, over-acting much?

"Hey." Axel replied, plopping his lunch down next to Demyx and across from Zexion as he sat, "How's everyone doing?"

The blond shrugged, chewing on a piece of chicken as he looked anywhere but the redhead. He knew he was going to have to erase or at least change Axel's memory at some time today, but the later the better.

"Get a call or text from Roxas?" Axel attempted again, glancing at the blond before taking a swing from his water bottle.

Demyx bit his lip, shaking his head, "I got a call from Xemnas though." Lielielie. "He said Roxas hasn't moved from Sora's beside the whole time."

"It must be rough." Axel answered, staring down at his food, he lacked an appetite today. "For Roxas to loose Sora so suddenly."

The blond nodded, running through it like Axel was right. If only he could tell the truth, if only he could just tell and have Axel and his family deal with it. But he had to remember, they lacked memories, they were useless until then.

He just wished Sora would be able to tell them exactly when they would get their memories. And that Sora would be awake and safe, god he hoped that too.

"Hungry?" Xemnas smirked lightly, handing Sora a crystal goblet. The red liquid swirled in its place before Sora finished it in one gulp. "I take it going to the past is hungry work?"

Sora didn't even bother to dignify it with a response, "So, how long was I gone? What's happened?"

"You're dead." Xemnas replied calmly like they were talking about the weather, it caused Sora to raise his eyebrow in question. "All the humans learned of your tragic death and all the vampires are awaiting our orders."

Sora's lips pursed for a second before his gaze turned upward, "And let me guess, Roxas is in the cells downstairs?"

The silver-haired man had a look of curiosity on his face, "Who told you? Marluxia?"

"I've been with you the whole time." Sora replied flatly before brushing a piece of hair behind his ear, "Besides, it was obvious." His eyes were just a shade lighter, the distant look of them glowing, "I can smell his blood on you, and Roxas always puts up a fight."

Xemnas laughed, "You just know your brother too well."

"Is it alright if I go check on him?" Sora asked, not even glancing up from his fish. When Xemnas mumbled his confirmation, Sora stood and dusted off his clothes.

The silver-haired man latched onto the brunet's wrist, golden eyes piercing into the brunet's blue gaze, "I love you." He muttered, truly, confidently, without hesitation, and truthfully. Sometimes it scared Sora.

"I know." Sora replied, slipping out of his grip, before leaving the room.

Xemnas said nothing, his lips quirking upwards into a small smile as the last sign of Sora disappeared behind the door. It was always the same, every time he'd said it during their lifetimes.

And Sora never said it back.

"HOW DARE YOU!!"

Riku winced, glancing behind Reno to gaze into the house. Kairi just slipped by, unnoticed, and Squall should be in there, somewhere. Why weren't they helping him?!

"Do you have any idea how worried I was?!" Reno hissed, grabbing the silveret and tugging him inside, "God Riku, scare me like that again and I'll murder you myself!"

"Gee, thanks dad." Riku muttered sarcastically, rolling his eyes before he was smacked upside the head.

"And you're soaking wet, did you fall into the river again?! You were just sick last night, what happened to that fever?!"

"Well I—…"

"I didn't know where you were, I was going to call the cops!!" Reno looked to be on the verge of tears, if one didn't know him they'd think he was going crazy or something. Unfortunately this was natural and happened often.

"Can I just go up to my room?" Riku asked, letting out a breath of air, "I'll sleep off my sickness and I dunno… think about what I've done!" God, such a lie, obviously.

Kairi snorted, slipping by on the way to living room, Riku lightly punched her in the shoulder.

"Kairi, do me a favor." Reno pleaded, "You're Riku's sister, make him understand."

"Thank god you're adopted." Kairi reminded quickly, laughing when Riku flipped her off, "Gosh Reno, take a breather, you're yelling so loud!"

"I was worried!" Reno protested, eyes watery.

Kairi's grin was wide, "Careful Reno, you just might wake Squall, he just got back from work."

Reno began to scream again, about how he wanted them to be perfect teenagers so that life would be normal (as if that would ever happen). Suddenly he was grabbed by the back of the shirt, Reno gasped out loud before Squall dragged him to the front door, placed him on the doorstep, and then closed and locked the door behind him. He gave Riku a stern look, "Don't do it again." When Riku saluted him he turned to Kairi, "Don't let him in for several more hours." And with that he slipped back to the confines of his lair-room.

"Poker?" Kairi asked Riku as they slid into the living room and flipped on the TV.

The news was playing softly behind him, but Riku paid it no mind, his thoughts focused on today's events. He'd found nothing, but they'd barely searched a fourth of the park, it was huge. He'd go back tomorrow, bright and early, and leave no stone untouched. "Yeah sure." He replied, hoping to get his mind off of it so he could get some actual sleep tonight.

"It's too early in the morning."

Xemnas wanted to roll his eyes. He leaned down and placed four feather-soft kisses to Sora's temple, "It's a light reading, I promise." Tanned fingers lay softly on the fabric of the kimono's obi, the silks hiding his true treasure underneath.

Unfortunately for him, he never got to that treasure. Sora gripped his hand tight, pulling it out just as it started to slide into the kimono, "It won't be accurate in the morning."

"I plan to attack Squall Leonhart first." Xemnas supplied, as if ignoring Sora's earlier statements to get the children. "When do you think I should do it?"

"Uhh… I dunno…" Sora muttered, burying his face into his pillow, "Second Tuesday of next week?"

The silveret chuckled, "Now you're just having fun."

"It's not fun when you come to me at three in the morning and on a day when I've had no sleep!"

Xemnas laughed again, kissing several other areas of Sora's face before burying his nose into the chestnut spikes, "Mmmm, chocolate…"

"How the hell do I smell like chocolate?" Sora muttered, glancing back to the man.

"You always smell like chocolate." Xemnas muttered, eyes clouded with amusement as his lips were in a large grin.

Sora smacked him lightly in the arm, turning his back completely to the man before spluttering as he was spooned.

"I just want to rest like this for a while." Xemnas muttered again, legs winding into Sora's, hands clasped around his waist as his nose and mouth were buried in the short hairs at the back of Sora's neck, "The final battle will be soon, and whatever the outcome I know I won't make it out of the right with Riku Umino without heavy damage." His lips slid into a lazy grin, "Let me enjoy this moment, just for a little while."

Sora rolled his eyes, huffing as the other's light chuckles tickled his neck. But as soon as the silveret was asleep Sora calmed himself down and closed his eyes. He would allow Xemnas, just for this little while, to be near him and cuddle him as if he was his destiny. But he learned something in the past, of another, besides Xemnas, who would do this exact same thing forever. The cuddles, the smiles, the lovemaking, the loving looks, and those three words to be repeated over and over by the man in his visions. His hair wasn't as long as Xemnas's, maybe just to the shoulders, and his eyes were narrowed by birth but they would always be warm and were lit with an inner fire. And every night, either just before bed or after they spent their nights together, the man would lean down to him and whisper those three words.

And Sora could faintly remember always saying it back.

"Love you." Xemnas muttered, his breath warm against the brunet's neck.

Yet Sora's mouth never opened, and the brunet felt uncomfortable in the man's arms.

He wasn't the one.

"Hey, Demyx?" Axel asked, flipping a side of the paper before he held up his origami crane. Well… what was supposed to be a crane, it looked more like a dead duck from that duck hunting game that came out a long time ago.

"Hmm?" Demyx blinked, glancing up to see his friend's glowing gaze, "What's up?"

"Roxas…" Axel started, "Is Sora the only family Roxas has?"

"Yeah." Demyx muttered, glancing down at the crane that had Roxas's name all over it. It was his way of a good luck charm, now he just had to find that one lucky flower… "Ever since they were ten, Sora is the only one Roxas has left."

The redhead lifted his head to stare at the ceiling of the classroom. "I wonder how that is…" He quickly grabbed another paper and attempted to fold again. "How do you think Roxas feels about it?" God, Roxas, Roxas, Roxas, Axel was really starting to dig into his old memories…

"I'd rather want to know how Roxas felt when Sora killed their parents…" Demyx mumbled.

"What was that?" Axel, who'd been cursing another failed attempt, glanced up.

"Nothing." Demyx whistled an innocent tune.

If only it were nothing.

"I can't believe you're stuck in here."

Roxas rolled his eyes, elbowing his brother in the side. Sora hummed a tune in amusement, his head resting on Roxas's shoulder. "You're getting your clothes dirty." Roxas muttered, knowing both Xemnas and Sora liked to take care of their things.

"Spare me the horror." Sora grinned as Roxas smirked back, "So are they feeding you?"

"You really think I'm going to tell you that?" Roxas chuckled, poking his brother in the stomach before Sora squirmed and playfully smacked his hand. "I know you, you'll raise up hell with Xemnas."

"And you won't?" Sora teased, he leaned back and sighed, "I saw mom and dad again…" Obviously.

"I bet they still looked good, didn't they? Of course they don't age, it's the past…" Roxas chuckled to himself. His hand latched onto Sora's; fingers tight against the other's hand.

"They were good until I came along." Sora muttered, his voice attempting to be light and airy but Roxas could hear the hidden pain in it.

"Sora…" Roxas whispered, not even glancing back as the brunet stared at him in question, "Did you relive that moment?"

"Oh…" Sora paused; blinking a couple times before his grip tightened and he leaned up, placing a kiss on the corner of his brother's mouth. A secret sign of affection, of brothers in true nature, even the gods or savior couldn't destroy their brotherly bond. "Yes… but I still don't mind, you're my brother, I wouldn't treat you any other way." He smiled softly, eyes warm as he met his brother's defeated ones. "I trust you with my life Roxas, we may only be brothers in this century, but nothing would ever stop me from keeping you by my side."

Roxas nodded, smiling softly "As your brother of this century, I hope you know I'm going to start taking advantage of that to tease you."

"Oh, shut it!" Sora pouted, slapping Roxas's arm before reaching into the robes of his kimono, "Well, I figured you'd be hungry…" He replied, getting on track before he'd forget.

Roxas took it from his brother's grasp, pausing to examine the vial in one second before he popped it open and drank it down faster than a drunk man in a bar drinking shots to impress a girl. "How'd you know?"

"You're a vampire, Roxas, it's pretty obvious that, that kind of blood is going to attract you." Sora grinned, standing. "It's pure, I had a vial of it, damn tasty."

Roxas laughed, throwing the vial back to his brother before Sora opened the door to the cell, "Just shut up and get me on Xemnas's good side so I get out of here sooner."

Sora grinned, mock saluting him before he left.

"I'm going to punch you in your little face!"

Yes, Riku was angry, it was obvious to every passerby that saw him looking on the verge of murdering something. They all wondered what he was angry about but no one dared questioned him as he stomped across the whole park.

After the next couple left, Riku quickly turned back behind the tree, glaring at the fidgeting heartless. "How the hell does a beer bottle have magical energy?" It seemed as if the black mass shrugged before dropping it and disappearing. Riku wanted to slam his face into the tree but held it in, instead he waited for the next heartless to find him and bring another item.

Not even minutes later another appeared, something firmly in its grasp as it bowed its twitching head. Golden eyes closed for a second before looking up at its master hopefully.

Riku's eyes shone bright, his hand holding out as the heartless dropped it into his pale palm. He was not expecting to see seventy-five cents in nickels and dimes. Suddenly he smacked the heartless on the head, it let out a wail before he screamed at it. It must've looked odd, he was screaming to something behind the tree so from afar he looked to be yelling at the tree.

Suddenly a heartless came forth; it's nervousness obvious in it's twitches and twists. When Riku held out his hand the heartless dropped it into his hand and scooted back to avoid the anger. (A/N: Why does this seem so cute to me??) It was gold, a small and thin chain of gold with a medium sized locket. "Thanks Dark, I owe you the piece of heart then." It was oozing magic, there were small bits of Roxas in there, Riku could tell, and maybe, if he knew him more, a bit of Sora. He wondered why their items had magic on them but he decided to wait for later. With a quick twist and turn, the locket was opened as all heartless disappeared into the ground and went back to wait to be called again.

The gold was detailed amazingly, like someone put their soul into it, and above each small picture were names. One side 'Sora' and the other 'Roxas'. Both pictures seemed to be old but in perfect condition, and both dressed in Victorian era clothing, he remembered Roxas mentioning that once. Maybe both brothers loved that era? Roxas always talked so fondly about parts of it. Slipping it into his pocket with a large grin, he raced home, intent on letting Zell examine it.

Zell Dincht was probably the biggest klutz you'd ever meet, was Seifer's self-proclaimed rival, and had about as much energy as a puppy. He was always hyper, always crazy, spoke before he thought, was a complete goofball that cared about his friends and his fists were so powerful he had even broken Seifer's nose at times. Which is probably why Riku and Axel loved him, he was the best cousin, ever.

The blond got into more trouble in a day than a criminal got in a lifetime, but he had a heart of gold and protected anyone he cared about. Although he wasn't exactly working, he did have a little side job, making and crafting jewelry and buying and selling antiques. It was oddly something he loved and enjoyed, random, but as long as he was doing what he enjoyed and he lived off of it, no one minded.

"Hey." Riku muttered, slipping into the shop as the door's bell jingled merrily.

"Well if it isn't my favorite cousin, Riku." Zell grinned, the exocentric tattoo on the side of his face crinkling as his face twisted into a look of happiness.

"I'll have to rub that in Axel's face." Riku replied, causing Zell to laugh, loudly.

"So…" Zell smiled, he looked overly amused, probably because Riku was the only one in his store and would be an easy target, "Does Reno or Squall know you're ditching school?"

"I'm sick." Riku informed him, as if on cue he sneezed.

"I can tell." Zell laughed, allowing Riku to pull up a seat to the counter before he leaned forward, "What can I do for you?"

"I need you to find out some history about a piece." Riku muttered, he dug into his pocket before pulling out the locket, eyes calm but intent as he gazed at the curious blond across from him.

"Where'd you get this from?" Zell breathed, tanned fingers grasping the locket.

"You don't want to know." Riku muttered quickly, trying to look everywhere else considering he just made it obvious that he wasn't just given it.

"It's a Victorian era one, only a few were made, less than one hundred, every few years one or two make it into my shop. You going to sell it to me?"

Riku's headshake was fast and sudden, "No, it's important, I need to give it back."

Zell whistled as he opened the locket, his gaze filled with curiosity, "One of them your boyfriend?" He asked, looking between the pictures of Sora and Roxas.

"You wish." Riku eye rolled, he knew the blond did wish, another reason to tease him. But somewhere, in the back of his mind, he wished too. Sora intrigued him more ways than one.

"These are real…" Zell looked surprised, "Wow Riku, this is worth real serious money! Please sell it to me!"

"I can't, Sora will get pissed at me."

Zell's eyebrow rose, "Sora? You got a new friend?"

Riku shifted, "Sort of, I've only met him once."

"Let me get this straight…" Zell blinked, glancing from Riku, to the locket, and back, "You've only met this Sora kid once, he gave you his really expensive locket, and now you're wondering what it's worth?"

"I'm not looking to sell it!" Riku hissed, "And he dropped it, I haven't seen him to give it back!" He leaned forward in the chair, it creaked underneath him lightly, "Besides, I'm not asking what it's worth, I wanted to know if it was authentic."

"Why?" The blond pressed again.

"Because look at the name above the right picture." Riku replied, above the black and white photo (which was slightly yellow of old age) was Sora's name in elegant writing, "It's the exact same person with the same name."

"Maybe Sora just got reincarnated?" Zell set the locket down and wiggled his fingers, "Like those magic things they always talk about on those ghost stories."

"Or maybe Rinoa's just summoning ghost again to scare the shit out of you."

"Possible." Zell replied, waving him off.

Riku rolled his eyes, grabbed the locket and closed it as he left the store with Zell's loudly shouted goodbyes ringing in his ears.

"I can't believe this."

Xemnas smiled lightly, flipping the page of the book in hopes Sora would move onto the next one. The brunet huffed and switched back, "I told you not to read it, love."

"But the way they describe us is so wrong!" Sora protested, not even glancing at the cover that read Vampires: Who They Are And How To Defeat Them. "Garlic? Are they seriously stating a vegetable can kill us?"

The silveret laughed, leaning down to kiss Sora's temple before eyeing the page, "What about the fact that we don't have a reflection?"

"Someone was drunk when they started these rumors." Sora muttered, glancing to his wall mirror where in fact he could see himself in the arms of the silveret, back to his chest as he glared at the book's cover in the mirror.

"That's why we control humans, we'll allow them to think whatever they want." The silveret shifted, his arms loosely wrapped around Sora's waist. "Besides, we have the real book on us."

"I hope it's a better read than this…" Sora waved the book in the air before he closed it and chucked it across the room. There was so much force behind it, even though it wasn't seen, that it broke through the concrete of the wall and just sat there, half sticking-out of the wall.

Xemnas chuckled, "Sora…"

"Yes?" The brunet looked up quickly, eyes unblinking as if he was trying to ignore everything he read in the book.

"I plan to go meet—."

"The savior?" Sora asked, eyes blinking for a second before he awaited an answer.

Xemnas nodded, "I remember, when I was just a child, Riku Umino was an adult, it's going to be odd now that I'm an adult and he's a teenager."

"Reincarnation is odd that way." Sora reminded as the silveret held him tightly.

"Do I have to fear his power?" The silveret asked quickly, breath on Sora's ear, "Or would I be able to kill Riku Umino with just a flick of my wrist?"

Sora's lips pursed, his tanned fingers brushing across Xemnas', which were still wrapped tightly around his waist, "There is still a lot I'm not sure of." He answered honestly, but somewhere in the back of Xemnas' mind, he knew Sora was hiding something. "But if you don't get rid of the entire family soon, things will start to happen against you." He tugged on one of the cords of his obi in thought, "However, if you can eliminate one of Riku Umino's family members now, the better chance you have." He was never one to play completely for either team, he'd give a little here, and a little there, but all Sora planned for was to gain his freedom, after that would he decide which team to help. It didn't matter who won, the light or the darkness, they'd still need him.

"So if I were to kill, say… Axel Nakango?"

"You'd injure his defense." Sora responded lightly.

"And Reno or Kairi Nakango?"

Sora paused, "They aren't for battle, they are his support system, people to protect. They give him his power, his inner strength."

"Zexion Umino or Squall Leonhart?"

The brunet leaned his head back, closing his eyes, "His attack power, those would be tough battles." Xemnas removed himself from behind Sora, and the brunet leaned back onto the bench as he gazed at the silveret, "Any of those people are good to attack if you're trying to severely cut Riku Umino's chances of winning, however…" This caused Xemnas to pause, waiting for the next sentence. "I would suggest using someone to get close to Riku Umino, someone to find their weaknesses and the loop holes in their family bond."

Xemnas' grip against the robe was tight, Sora could tell just by looking. "Sora, if I were to introduce you to Riku Umino, what could you do?"

He'd recognize me… Sora thought to himself before speaking, "I'd have to get him alone, but I could hide his memories deeper. He wouldn't awake as the savior for some time."

"You couldn't destroy them completely?"

Sora's headshake was light, "I tried that last time, never again." He touched a hand to the left side of his stomach, just above his hip. The scar was there, always, a permanent reminder of the powers he'd misused.

Xemnas said nothing, folding his arms against his chest before going deep in thought. Sora gazed quietly, wondering just what was going on in the man's head.

"I can't, remember?" Roxas teased, finally out, even if it was for just a few minutes. He gave Demyx a grin, "Sora's dead and I'm supposed to be mourning! Or something…"

"You've never mourned over anything before…" Demyx huffed, crossing his arms.

Roxas rolled his eyes, "Does it matter? Riku and his entire family think Sora's dead, it's all playing into Xemnas's plan now, and then Sora's plan will come to play and Xemnas will be gone along with Riku. It doesn't matter who lives, Sora and I will kill them all."

Demyx winced, "About that…"

Roxas wanted to cry; he thought everything was working out while he was locked up. God, why couldn't things just happen the way they wanted to for a while? And for the love of god, would Xemnas just let him out completely? "What?"

"Riku and his family don't think Sora's dead…"

Roxas whirled around, eyes gazing darkly onto Demyx's face, "Did you say anything?!"

Demyx was quick to shake his head, "Axel told me that Riku was talking, over texts, about how Sora's still alive and this was all some dark plot or something and…"

"How does he know?" The blond asked quickly, eyes dark as they narrowed.

"I think maybe he remembered something Sora said when they met, and it didn't match up with what Xemnas posted on the news and stuff."

Twisting his napkin around, Roxas chewed on his lower lip. "This isn't good…" He glanced from the table to Demyx. "If they find out for real that Sora's still alive it could create some big problems…"

Demyx nodded, his fingers tapping against the wood of the table just briefly, "What do you suppose we should do?"

"Get ready faster." Roxas breathed.

Tke: It seems odd, whatever computer I want to go use, the person before me that uses it gets a virus. Somehow. My mom's computer has a virus where I can't open itunes or internet explorer without it fucking up. (I now have to use Mozilla FireFox, and even though I've barely started to use it, I'm starting to like it more than explorer). And my grandpa somehow got a virus so that whenever I log into my hotmail account it says it can't connect to the server, I can log in, but when I click on anything in the mail area it says to try again later. I just want my computers to return to normal…. All I do on it is write stories and go on my devi, and sometimes youtube. DX Why be mean to me????

Anyways, went to visit Frank today (the only anime store owner in my town, who is godsend) and he owned the only Squall Leonhart item I do not own, earrings of Griever. I didn't even know they had earrings! LOL. Goes to show me XD. So anyways, I walked in with twenty in my pocket, and he gave them to me for ten, he even cut away tax! I am in such a happy moment, hahahaha, and he was telling me he got a DVD of the Watchman movie in Director's cut (only given to inside people, haha) and he said it had about an hour's worth of not-seen-in-theaters plot. I can't wait, I don't mind that it'll make the movie three hours now, it was damn GOOD!

So… enough of me… review, please?? I'll… I'll update faster! Damn… everyone uses that… ummm… I'll make you sea salt ice cream…? LOL, though I'd probably end up eating it before I ship it out. Damn, need to buy more blue food coloring to make it, too. Oh well, off to the store! Oh, what? It's one-thirty in the morning? Really...? ... Does 7-11 sell food coloring...? ... Damn... Oh well...