"Everyone needs to work together!" yelled Sora.

Everyone nodded.

Sora and Kairi charged at another group.

While Naomi stood her guard against another group, Liang came from behind and attacked with a thunder spell.

April and Hiroshi both worked together and charged at another group of Heartless behind Sora and Kairi.

Everyone else all charged at the last group and finished off the Heartless.

"How…did…they," huffed Liang.

"Know?" asked Hiroshi.

"Where…we…," said April

"Were?" finished Naomi.

"They're Heartless, what do you expect?" asked a voice and a man stepped out in the shadows."

"How…do…you…know?" asked Kairi.

"I was an expert," said the man.

"Behind you!" yelled Sora.

The man defeated the Heartless in one swing.

Everyone stood in awe: The man's sword was a huge blade, but the weird part was that his sword was actually shaped like a gun. Almost like a gun was attached to it.

"What is that sword?" asked Hiroshi.

"It's…" said the man.

"A Gunblade," finished Sora, "Leon!"

The man pulled off his hood and charged at Sora with the Gunblade.

Sora blocked it and countered it with a side swing. But Leon stopped his swing and used the hilt of his Gunblade and hit him in the stomach.

Sora groaned and he couldn't fight anymore.

"Hmph, it's been years and you still suck at fighting!" exclaimed the man named Leon.

"Yeah whatever," sighed Sora.

"Oh sorry, hey Leon this is Liang, Hiroshi, April, Naomi and Kairi," said Sora, "Guys this is Squall Leonhart."

"Yo," said Leon.

Everyone shook hands with Leon.

"Okay well you guys. We can't take the plane now," said Kairi.

"Yeah we can't. So what do we do now?" asked April.

"Where would we go?" asked Naomi.

"We have to go to a hideout." said Leon, "Cid's hideout."

"Cid's hideout?" asked Sora.

"Mmhmm," said Leon.

"Dude so how long has it been?" asked Leon.

Sora and Leon were sitting apart from the others while the others were talking about the hideout.

"Dude you don't know?" asked Sora, "It's been like 7 years."

"So Sora you're like 21?" asked Leon, "So I'm…"

Leon thought for a moment. He jumped and put his hand to his mouth. He shrunk back into the shadows and Sora thought for a moment that he had wrinkles in the darkness.

"I'm 32!!" exclaimed Leon. Leon weeped.

Sora laughed hard, "Oh! I can't breathe, my stomach hurts! AHHHH!"

"It's not funny man!" said Leon, "I hate being old!"

Leon frowned.

"Okay dude chill and let's get back to the group," said Sora.

Sora and Leon walked together back to the group.

"So what's the story behind you two?" asked Hiroshi.

"Well we're almost like childhood friends. It's been 5…"

"No it was 7. Man oh man. 7," sighed Leon.

Sora laughed, "Anyway we met in Traverse Town and we ended up fighting so it came to every time we see each other we fight and he usually wins."

Liang and Hiroshi laughed hard and they both fell to the ground.

"Hey I'm getting better!" said Sora stomping his foot.

"Well if you guys are done we can't take the Plane anymore and so we need to go to a hideout. Cid's hideout," said Leon.

He turned when a young woman's voice whined, "So you get an introduction and I don't. Hmph, unfair."

The woman stepped out. She wore a black and white ninja suit. The black mouth piece with a white figure on it was up and her face was concealed.

"So how 'bout it I get an intro," said the woman.

"You don't need one, jerk," said Leon.

"I am not a jerk!! You're the one who dragged me down here in the first place!" yelled the woman.

"Well it's not my fault but you were the only one there," said Leon, "Geez."

"Hey, Yuffie Kisaragi. Age 32. Nice to meet you all!" said Yuffie.

"Nice to meet you," said Liang.

"Yeah," said Naomi.

Everyone said hi to Yuffie.

"So we have all the introductions all finished and done lets get going. To Cid's hideout. I think Cid is there; we were to meet him there after we found you guys," said Leon.

Sora and Kairi looked at each other. "Ummm…Leon, Yuffie, when did Cid tell you to come over here and how long have you been here?" asked Sora.

"Umm…a long time, we don't really keep track of time but I think it was just yesterday. And I think we got here a month ago," said Leon.

Sora whispered to Kairi, "Remember time here and in the other world can be different so…"

"I know it makes sense," whispered Kairi.

"What?!" demanded Leon.

"C'mon you guys what?!" asked Yuffie.

Sora heaved a sigh, "Cid is…"

"He's dead," finished Kairi, "For us he died 7 years ago, I'm not sure about you guys but the fact is he died."

"NOO! No…No…" Leon cried and he knelt down, "He was like a father to me."

Yuffie's eyes filled up with tears and she knelt down and took out one of her daggers and struck it into the ground. Surprisingly the dagger stayed in. Yuffie's strength was usually underestimated by enemies. She got ticked off by that. She set down a jeweled dagger and a bracelet that obviously came from the Accessory Shop that Cid owned. Leon set down a glove that had one jewel and it shined brightly and he then set down a few potions and mythrils.

"He was the greatest 49 year-old Grandpa," sighed Yuffie.

"I told you a hundred times kid, I ain't your Grandpa."

Yuffie turned around and a man stepped out of the shadows, "Cid!"

Leon turned around too and ran to the man and immediately crashed into him knocking the man to the ground, "Dude why'd you do that?! You scared both of us!"

"Yeah!"

"GEEZ!"

"Well the Heartless were after me, so I knew I had to hide." answered Cid.

"But…" stuttered Leon.

"Yeah it's called years of making, building, and faking stuff at the Accessories shop."

"Huh. Well we have to go somewhere," said Yuffie.

"Well there was always that hideout that you mentioned, Leon," said Cid.

"Yeah but what about the Heartless?" asked Leon.

"Well this one is secret, you only found about it because I told you. Face it you can't survive while the Heartless are out without me can you?"

"NO!!" exclaimed Leon.

"Here we go."

Yuffie picked Leon up like how firemen pick up victims of fires and carried him to a car which apparently was theirs. It was an old pick-up truck.

The six saw the car and burst out laughing.

Soon Leon and Cid quieted down and wondered what was going on.

There was pointing and rolling on the floor because of the car.

"Why are you laughing?" Cid finally asked.

Hiroshi tried to come out all that came out was, "Th…Th.." and coughing, struggling to bring his breath back.

Liang tried to finish Hiroshi's sentence, "e c…e ca…" and then gasping for air.

Kairi shook her head, "Leave it to the boys to go all stupid and laugh so hard they can't breathe. Literally…"

April sighed, "It's your car."

"So what about it?" asked Leon.

"Well…" said Naomi, "It's old. Well and it's just old!"

"Hey this was all we could afford! Geez!" said Yuffie.

"Well okay I guess so," said Kairi.

It took two whole minutes to try and get the boys to stop laughing.

The boys stood up and breathed heavily. "Okay we're good now," said Sora.

Kairi chuckled and punched Sora lightly on the arm, "You sure?"

"Yes! I'm sure!" said Sora.

"Okay…" said Naomi suspiciously and giving him a cute suspicious look.

"I am honestly!" exclaimed Sora panicking.

"Hey relax!" said Kairi and laughed.

"Well if you say our car is like so old and dirty….and maybe needs a new paintjob…" answered Cid, "How'd you get here?"

"Well now that you're asking," said Hiroshi.

"You wanna call 'em Kairi? Sora?" asked Liang.

Kairi and Sora nodded and brought out a pair of keys. They pressed a button and at the far end of the corner two circles of lights lighted the parking lot. They pressed another button and the lights moved. Two new Malibu's came into view. One was Pure White and the other was Slick Black.

Cid, Yuffie, and Leon were speechless; all had their mouths open and dropped down.

"Okay so…7 years…Dammit! 7 years and you get a car!" exclaimed Leon and then he laughed and sighed, "and all we get is crappy old pick-up truck.

Yuffie laughed and then Cid.

"No one's driving except us," said Sora.

"What?!" exclaimed Cid, "I'm the oldest here! Besides I know where the hideout is."

"Well," answered Sora calmly, "It's my car. And besides you can sit in the front at least."

Cid sighed and then laughed, "I tried."

"Okay so Guys with me and Girls with Kairi," said Sora.

The cars approached them and the doors opened up. They opened upwards like sports cars or the Japanese cars. Again Yuffie, Leon, and Cid's mouths were open,

"Don't say anything, just get it," laughed Kairi.

She placed the suitcases in the back and she sat in the driver's side.

The car's engine was already roaring. There was a navigational system. "Okay," sighed Kairi when everyone was buckled in (automatically), "Where to?"

"Shibuya," answered Yuffie.

Now it was Kairi, April, and Naomi's turn to drop open their mouths, "You…You…have a hideout in Shi…Shibuya," stuttered April.

"Well yeah. We had enough money then," said Yuffie.

April and Naomi chuckled.

They climbed into the car and Kairi said, "We'll just follow you okay?"

Sora nodded.

"Be careful!" said Kairi, her eyes shining.

Kairi sat back down and asked Yuffie, "Hey do you want to sit shotgun?"

"Sure," said Yuffie as her eyes brightened.

Sora drove out of the garage and Kairi followed.

"What was that Kairi?" asked April and April said in a high-pitched voice, "Oh, be careful!"

Kairi laughed, "Oh come on, you guys, not again. Seriously I didn't want anything to happen. Trust me you would've said the same to Hiroshi."

April laughed, "Okay, you got me."

Yuffie had a quizzical look on her face, "What?"

"Oh, it's a long story," said Kairi.

"Well, we are going to Shibuya and it might take awhile Kairi," said Naomi.

Kairi sighed, "Okay."

Meanwhile with the Guys

"Did you hear that Sora?" asked Hiroshi and then he said in a high-pitched voice, "Be Careful!"

Sora laughed, "Stop geez, you probably would've said the same to April.

"Okay you got me."

"Yeah, that's what I thought."

Both Leon and Cid were confused, "What?"

"It's a long story," said Sora.

"Dude, we're going to Shibuya, relax man we have time," said Liang.

Sora sighed, "Fine."

Girls

"Where do you want me to start?" asked Kairi.

"Well, I guess the beginning," answered Yuffie.

So Kairi started her story about where she had met Sora and how they adventured to find the Beast and Mickey and the others. When Kairi came to the part about how Kairi and Sora were alone together in the ship, April, Naomi, and soon Yuffie started to giggle, whoop, and tease Kairi. "Hey, Hey remember I'm driving!"

Kairi continued her story.

Boys

"Dude, where do I start?" asked Sora.

"Start from the beginning," answered Cid.

"Okay, well I was born in a hospital and I remembered..." said Sora but soon Leon interupted and said, "No! Idiot! When you met Kairi," Leon laughed and gave Sora a punch.

Sora laughed, "Oh, well you could've told me that!" So Sora started from when he met her at the hospital and had led her to the mission. When Sora came to the part where Kairi had fainted and Sora saved her, Leon and Cid were whooping. Sora laughed and continued on.

Girls

When Kairi finished her story all the girls went silent. There was an awkward silence then the girls started to tease Kairi.

"Stop," laughed Kairi.

"So, I guess you've been through a lot with him," muttered Yuffie.

"Ha, I guess so," sighed Kairi.

"You like him!" teased Naomi.

"Shush!" laughed Kairi and tried to give her a push but couldn't for she was driving.

The girls giggled, "Hey, come on I told you guys mine so I think you should tell Yuffie yours." said Kairi.

Naomi sighed, "Okay."

"Well, we met in high school."

"Yeah like senior year," said April.

Naomi laughed, "Yeah, well anyways it was two weeks before prom. It was kind of sweet how he asked me to prom. He gave me a text telling me to meet up at the mall taking the usual way. Well, on the way I saw the billboards. Of course, they said Congrats Seniors or something aobut Graduation. But then on the last seven billboards they said with vibrant colors: Naomi Narita will you go to the Prom with me? -Liang Takahashi"

"Aww," sighed the girls.

Naomi laughed, "I met him at the usual spot."

"Yeah, the food court," laughed April.

Naomi forced a laugh and continued, "I said yes and we ended up buying our prom clothes that day. Since then we've been together for three years. Even through college."

"Aw so sweet," said Yuffie.

Boys

When Sora finished his story the guys were giving him light punches telling him he got her. "Okay, I told you guys mine so now you gotta tell me yours."

"Okay fine here, I'll tell you mine," said Liang. He told the same exact story.

Soon all the boys were whooping and hooting!

"Dude geez," said Leon.

Cid laughed, "He's just jealous, he's had a lot of mishaps."

"Did not!"

"Do you want me to tell them or do you want to?" asked Cid.

Leon sighed, "Fine I'll tell you. Okay I was 25, 6 years ago. I was in college and one night while I was jogging, a young woman, blonde, blue eyes, nice body."

Liang and Hiroshi both cleared their throats. Sora started to laugh but Cid kept quiet. If either of them stopped laughing they would've seen a tear trickle down his cheek.

But Leon wasn't listening instead he continued, "She jogged right up to me, we didn't say anything for awhile. When I stopped she stopped and so we sat down to rest. She finally spoke and we started small talk, soon we were laughing and joking. I asked her to dinner and she did. But then a month later she told me she had pneumonia, and it was really bad. At that moment I asked her to marry me. But right duiring the wedding she died. She died with that ring on her finger and smiling."

The boys were silent.

"Dude, we're sorry."

"Yeah man sorry."

Sora sighed, ashamed.

Leon and Cid were silently crying and they drove on in silence. Leon was twirling the ring on his left hand.

Girls

"That was a cute story, true too," laughed Yuffie.

Mimi waved her hand and tried to bow, "Glad you enjoyed, but what about you?"

Yuffie laughed then sighed.

"Why what's the matter?" asked April.

"You really want to know the story?"

"Well if you don't want to tell us then that's okay, I mean April could tell hers right Ap?" laughed Kairi.

April gave a tug of Kairi's hair, "Fine, I'll tell you. Well unlike Mimi I met Hiroshi at college, Tokyo U. It was my sophomore year. We had like all our classes together."

"Aw, that's sweet," said Yuffie.

April laughed, "Yeah, it started you know like I dropped my pencil and he picked it up then a few days later we talked and he asked me to dinner that day. The next few months or so we became boyfriend and girlfriend and so since then it was like that. I've been best friends with Mimi since the 8th grade. Right Mimi?"

Mimi sighed, "We've been through way too much."

Yuffie laughed, "That was cute, I'm guessing you want to hear mine now?"

"Yeah!" said Mimi.

"Mimi!" exclaimed April and Kairi.

Yuffie giggled, "That's okay, I'll tell you."

There was a silence, Yuffie sighed.

"Okay well, I was 27, five years ago. I met him at a coffee shop, I went there regularly and he was new. I went there so much that everytime I went to the coffee shop he already had my order and sometimes he'd give me a piece of cake or a muffin."

"Aw," sighed Kairi.

"Yeah, so one day he gave me my order but with a piece of cake and this time with a note. He had asked me if I was busy tomorrow morning, 9. I thought, 'kay I'll go along, so I returned the note with my money and I had said no. He gave my order and the note said to wait. So, I waited. When he got on his break he came to me and we started small talk. The next day we ate dinner together. So we dated for the next month but always talking through coffee and pastry. One day he gave me a cake and I took a bite at one of the tables. I felt something hard I took it out and cleaned it. It was a ring, a diamond ring."

Yuffie heard the girls sigh and then, "Aww!"

"Oh my gosh, Kairi are you crying." laughed April.

Kairi sniffled and then giggled, "No and she turned away and looked at the road."

"Don't mind her, keep going," said Mimi.

"Well, I was so astonished I started to quietly cry. I was happy. I didn't know what to say. So, I kind of just walked out."

"What?!" exclaimed the girls.

"But I came back the next day, ready to give my answer. I found out he died. A friend of his told me, he was there. He told me that the Heartless had killed him. He was killed on his way to my house, he was confused about why I had walked out of the store. His friend was there to be his wing-man. From that day on, I told myslef I was never going to walk out on anything ever again!" Yuffie finished, "That's why I'm with Leon and Cid. Avenging Zane's death."

The girls in the car sniffled.

Yuffie laughed, "It was my fault." A tear fell down her cheek and landed on the diamond of her ring.

the rest of the ride was silent.

Boys

The boys stayed silent for the rest of the ride.

After 25 minutes they arrived at Shibuya.

Authors Note: Okay I'm the worst author in the world !! AHH !! It's my first fan fic and I leave my readers witout a chapter for at least a year !! I should be awarded the worst author in the whole wide world I'm sorry !! My family got a new computer and my USB crashed and I need to rewrite Chapter 11 and ahh im soo sorry !! I'm sooo very very very very very sorry sorry !! AHH !! please forgive me and continue reading my stories please ?? I'm soooo soryy -FnlDistance P.S. thank yous for reading tho !!