Wretched Revenge

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Kingdom Hearts characters. Ho-hum.

Warnings: Yaoi, OOCness, Rape

Spoilers: If you haven't played KH2 there are Organization XIII people in my fic you probably won't know.

Pairings: Axel:x:Roxas:x:Riku, Axel:x:Roxas, Riku:x:Sora, Reno:x:Demyx

Plot: Cloud raped a boy named Sora two days ago. Sora's friends have decided to seek retribution by kidnapping and raping Cloud's little brother, Roxas. Sorry, Roxas, seems like you've become a victim of wretched revenge.

NOTE: As I said before, I do NOT approve of rape. I don't think rape is funny or right in any way, and I also do not think rape can be considered enjoyable in any way (unless it's BDSM/role-playing)! I wrote this as a purely fictitious fandom. I hope everyone knows and/or realizes that. :x:Myou:x:

Part XIV

Time seemed to stand still, Leon and Cloud staring at one another for the longest time before the darker boy turned back towards the room and began to speak. "I was the one who convinced Cloud to join the military."

Roxas turned to look at Leon, disbelief in his eyes. "You what?"

Leon nodded, looking from Roxas, to Sora, then to Cloud. "Cloud came to see me a few days after what had happened, begging to see Sora. I, of course, refused. He stood his ground for over an hour out in the rain, convinced if he asked me enough I would eventually let him in, but he was sorely mistaken."

"But you never told me he stayed for that long…" Sora said meekly, sorrow in his voice, "You would just say he came to see me and you wouldn't let him. You never said he…he tried so hard…"

Leon looked over at his cousin for a moment, before turning back to the room and continuing his revelation, "Eventually, when it was clear he wasn't leaving, I made a deal with him. If he would work for me, I would allow him to see Sora again…in time."

"Work for you?" Axel asked, glaring at him across the room. "Leon, you never told us any of this."

"You're not Sora's guardian." Leon said, his eyes flashing. "You do not understand what it is like to be a cousin, a brother, and a father constantly. I hold so much responsibility…" He looked away from Axel. "There are so many emotions when it comes to Sora, so many strong, overwhelming emotions. I would do anything for him. I would die for him." He turned, meeting eyes with Cloud. "And I would kill for him."

The blonde boy returned his gaze, then said in a dark tone, "You said how I came to you that night, begging you, as you say…but you left out the job description, Leon."

The two boys glared at one another for a moment, before Leon said, "Cloud was to work for me, to do my dirtiest jobs. The military is an excellent training program for home-grown assassins."

"What he failed to mention at the time," Cloud said icily, "was he was expecting me to learn how to kill people, but not just any people, entire families. Women and children, mothers and daughters... I had no problem killing bad men, and that is the only reason I agreed to do something so reckless and evil. But the first time…" Cloud was shaking, Roxas and Sora watching him with worry, "When I looked into that girl's eyes and Sephiroth expected me to pull the trigger..."

"You turned on him." Leon said, smirking slightly. "You turned on him, and by doing so you turned on me. You threw away the deal we had made, that you had signed in blood…because you were too weak to kill the daughter of an international crime lord."

"It's not weakness to spare innocent people's lives you sadistic prick!" Cloud lunged forward, pulling his gun from his back, cocking it at the ready right as Zack grabbed his wrist and stopped his movements. He had moved so fast Cloud hadn't even seen him, not that he had expected the raven-haired boy to rush to Leon's rescue.

"You said you would behave." Zack said softly, squeezing Cloud's wrist when the blonde boy tried to move again.

"Didn't you just hear what he said? He has his men kill women and children! He thinks not killing innocent people is a sign of weakness!"

"Cloud please…" Roxas whispered, grabbing his brother's arm gently. "Please, you said you wanted him to tell us everything." The words came automatically, his brain racing to create a meaning; something, anything to calm his older brother down. "You have to let him finish. You have to tell us what happened…"

Cloud relented, giving Zack his gun, Roxas sighing in relief and turning to look at Sora. The brunette was shaking, watching with sad, wide eyes. The younger blonde reached out and wrapped an arm around his shoulders, looking across the room to Riku. Ice-blue eyes were watching with concern, the silver-haired boy holding Axel back as the red-head tried to move forward once again. "You told Cloud if he would be one of your assassins he could see Sora again? In time?"

"The idea was for Sora to never want to be with Cloud again, even if Sora did eventually want to see him." Leon clarified, as if it were the simplest thing in the world. "Sora would never be with someone who would kill an innocent."

"And you really thought I would actually do it?" the blonde boy chuckled darkly, shaking his head at Leon. "I love Sora, but nothing could ever make me kill an innocent girl." At this the brunette looked up, surprise in his eyes. Cloud seemed to sense the younger boy's distress, looking down at him. "Yes Sora," he whispered tenderly, smiling at him softly, "I love you. I will always love you."

"Oh god…" Sora sobbed, Roxas wrapping his arms around his shoulders and holding him close, looking over to his brother and catching the sadness in his eyes.

"So what happened?" Roxas asked softly, searching those deep sapphire eyes. "What about the explosion, Cloud? I have your dog-tags. You were dead…"

"First, there is something you must know." Cloud said, looking from his brother to Leon. "This man has under his thumb an overwhelming amount of power. So, when I was sent to the army and thrown immediately overseas without any prior training, it was because he had arranged it. He has control of things no man should have control over, and still I haven't figured out exactly who he is, or how he has obtained all this power. All I know is, once I was in the desert a man came to me. A lethal trained assassin, Leon's right-hand man. His name was Sephiroth.

"Sephiroth trained me for three months, built me into a stealthy war machine, taught me how to kill a man in ways I didn't even know were possible. He tried to drill dark things into my head, to make me forget myself; no mercy, no remorse, no emotion…but I couldn't forget why I was there. I couldn't forget Sora. Even as we drove across the desert in the dead of night to our first mark I still couldn't bring my heart to harden and drive out my soul. So, after Sephiroth had killed the husband, our true mark, and he turned to me…telling me I was the one who would take out the wife and daughter…I forgot the promise I had made to Leon and I retaliated.

"Sephiroth and I had sparred before in hand-to-hand combat while he was training me, but it was nothing compared to this. I had never actually wanted to hurt him before, and he was intent on killing me then and there for betraying him and Leon's orders. We fought with knives and hardened fists, breaking bones and battering one another into a bloody mess. I don't know how long we fought, or when it ended, but eventually I broke away and headed for the convoy. The jeep was the only vehicle we had, and I was sure if I could get away from Sephiroth I would be able to escape back to the base, and I could figure out what to do about everything from there.

"We had a bazooka with us; as I was running Sephiroth used it to blow up the mansion, destroying the evidence of the assassination. While he was burning the place down I stole the jeep and took off through the forest, heading back towards the desert and away from that place… I knew Sephiroth would try something, something drastic, but I never thought he would actually fire the thing at me."

Roxas' breath hitched. "He fired the bazooka at you? They said it was something like a missile that caused the explosion…"

Cloud nodded, his jaw set as he continued. "I heard the shot being fired. It's a sound I'll never forget. That whistling, high pitched warning of imminent death to come… I jumped out right before it hit, the jeep driving by itself for a few more yards before the charge detonated. The jeep was thrown into the air, exploding into shrapnel. I had cuts all over me from the fight, but there was a new gash in my chest. Part of my jacket and shirt was gone, and my dog-tags. They must have gotten caught on the jeep's frame or something when I jumped out."

"For a while we thought he was dead," Leon said, taking up where Cloud and left off, "Sephiroth told me what had happened, and what they both had done, but he couldn't find a body. No mangled skeleton, no trace of human remains. He was convinced Cloud was alive somehow, having found blood in the sand outside of the debris…so I gave him permission to go dark and find Cloud. He's been incognito over in the sand-pit for months now, tracking down Cloud to finish what he started."

"But that's where things get interesting." The other boy said, a wicked grin on his face, "You see; you had Sephiroth train me so well, in fact, that we played cat and mouse for almost half a year before we had our final confrontation two weeks ago. Your boy is dead, Leon, and I'm back for good."

Leon smiled somewhat eerily. "He told me you'd say that."

Cloud's face went blank, a hollow look in his eyes. "You're sick, Leon. I shot him in the head; I emptied a whole clip on him. Sephiroth is dead."

"You're dead too, you know." Leon said softly, "You have been for a year now."

The blonde boy just shook his head, dismissing his words. Roxas looked between them; still holding Sora as he cried, then he looked to Leon. "If Sephiroth is still out there, somewhere, you would tell him to stop chasing Cloud now, right?"

Leon looked over at the younger boy, Cloud glancing over at his little brother as well. "Yes, Roxas. Sephiroth contacted me last week when he returned to the country, and we reestablished communication. I called him earlier tonight and told him his contract with me was no longer active. I'm sure he's taking a long-needed vacation. Probably somewhere involving white sands and lots of sunshine."

Cloud's teeth were clenched, fire in his eyes as he grit out, "I shot him in the head, Leon."

The man smiled, his chocolate-brown eyes shining. "Sephiroth has his ways."

The blonde boy looked over at Zack, contemplating the difficulty in retrieving his gun and blowing the smirk off of Leon's face, before he sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Something about his whole demeanor seemed to soften under the realization that everything was over finally, no more killing, no more fighting, no more paranoia in the back of his mind. He looked over at Demyx and Riku, then Axel, and stepped towards the red-headed boy. Green eyes watched his approach warily, but Axel stood his ground, swallowing when the tall blonde boy stopped before him. He looked so much like Roxas it was uncanny, and Axel absently thought to himself whether or not the younger boy would look exactly like his brother in a few years.

"You raped my little brother." He said softly, searching Axel's eyes.

The red-head nodded, waiting for whatever punishment was about to come.

"Roxas says that you're different now, that you're his friend. Perhaps even, his boyfriend."

Axel swallowed, nodding again, shuddering under Cloud's intense gaze.

The older boy stared at him, searched his face and his eyes, seeming to war some inner debate before he said softly, "If you ever hurt him again, I will kill you."

"I won't hurt him, Cloud," the other boy finally said, glancing past Cloud to the younger blonde who was watching their interaction with wide blue eyes, "I care about Roxas, I would never do anything to hurt him ever again." He looked back to Cloud, smiling softly, "I swear, Cloud. I swear to you. I would never hurt him."

The taller boy nodded, finding this answer acceptable. He looked over at Riku, then Demyx, the two boys exchanging a glance before Riku said, "Roxas is our friend. We would never do anything to hurt him."

"If anything we'd kick someone's ass to protect him," Demyx added, grinning sheepishly.

When Cloud looked over at Tidus, the boy raised his hands defensively. "I'm not planning on stalking anyone again anytime soon. I've got a girl now. I want to start a family."

The tension in the air seemed to lessen, everyone's demeanor a bit more relaxed as they exchanged looks of understanding and agreement. Zack stepped forward, holding out his hand and offering Cloud back his gun. "I mean it this time." The violet-eyed boy said.

"I'll behave." The blonde replied, laughing softly for the first time.

Zack smiled at him, something twisting in his chest. He looked so much like Roxas, but his personality was completely different. There was something about him, something in his eyes that reminded him of himself. A lone warrior, trained to fight, haunted by a terrifying past… When he caught those sapphire eyes watching him he turned away, feeling heat burning his cheeks. Luckily Cloud wasn't watching him anymore, he had turned to Leon, stepping towards the other boy and sighing softly.

"We were friends once." He said, "When I asked you if I could date Sora, you gave me your blessing."

Leon nodded, his hard exterior dropping ever-so-slightly as he openly talked to the other boy. "There was a grave misunderstanding between us over this past year. Before Sora was assaulted, I trusted him with you. I have found only a handful of people I trust that much. I think perhaps that is why I took everything to such an extreme with you. I felt you had not only betrayed Sora, but you had betrayed me as well."

Cloud nodded, a fragile understanding forming between them. "I would like to rebuild that trust someday. If my brother has forgiven those that have hurt him…I can learn to forgive you as well." He leaned in slightly, and then added, "But if I ever see that platinum-haired pretty boy again, I'll empty two clips into his skull."

Leon laughed at this, the whole room turning and staring at the older boy's booming mirth. After a few moments the dark, foreboding man composed himself, and replied, "I assure you, Sephiroth will not be an issue from now on."

Sora had been watching their exchange from Roxas' side, the brunette sniffing and wiping his face, a small smile gracing his lips. "You never knew Leon when he was like this," the younger boy whispered, hugging Roxas, "Cloud always brought out the best in him. He's the only one Leon ever really trusted me with. He's always been so overprotective; he never gave anyone a chance…until your brother."

Roxas smiled down at Sora, looking across the room to the other boys. Demyx had his cellphone out, texting Reno no doubt. Riku and Axel were talking softly, the red-head looking up and catching Roxas' eyes, cat-green grinning back at him. Riku seemed to notice his gaze as well, looking over at the two boys and walking across the room, Sora moving from Roxas to the older boy, Riku wrapping his arms around him comfortingly. "Are you alright?" the silver-haired boy asked gently, Sora sniffing and nodding against his chest.

"I'm alright…"

Riku looked over at Roxas, offering out an arm. The blonde smiled at him sweetly then hugged the two boys at once, Sora giggling and sniffing again. Ice blue eyes glanced back at the wall where Axel and Demyx stood, Riku saying merrily, "I think your brother scared Axel shitless."

Roxas laughed, shaking his head. He left Riku and Sora to themselves, Axel watching his slow approach, a soft smile on his lips as the blonde boy leaned back against the wall at his side. "I think Cloud approves." Roxas said teasingly, Axel barking out a laugh and looking down at him.

"Oh, you think so?" he asked, smiling as he reached over and took Roxas' hand, squeezing lightly. "I'm glad your brother's back."

"Me too…" Roxas replied, looking over at the taller blonde boy talking with Leon, Tidus, and Zack. "He hasn't really said anything to me…" he whispered, a faint pout on his lips.

"Give him time." Axel whispered back, his thumb stroking across the back of Roxas' hand. "He's still winding down from everything with Leon. I'm sure he'll want to talk to you later, when the air has settled."

Roxas nodded. He knew that was true. Cloud had always been like that, waiting to talk to Roxas until he was fully composed. He didn't like Roxas to see him upset, or angry, or when he'd been out partying and came home a tiny bit wasted; afraid it would ruin the younger boy's perfect "older brother" image of him somehow. Cloud couldn't have been more wrong. It was those flaws in his perfection that Roxas felt connected them the most, and made him love his older brother all the more.

-x-x-x-

Somehow or another everyone got suckered into watching a stupid comedy and eating pizza at two o'clock in the morning. Tidus and Demyx took the dirty-blonde's car to the bar and picked up the girls, Tidus driving his car back to the studio while Demyx followed after him. Yuna and Paine were giddy and happily singing together when they came through the door, Zack rolling his eyes as Paine came and sat on his lap, taking his face in her hands and squeezing his cheeks, giving him "fishy fish lips" as she informed the entire room.

Leon and Cloud talked for a long time, under the watchful eye of Zack and Tidus, the four older boys not really paying attention to the slapstick comedy playing out on the big screen. Sora was curled up between Riku and Roxas, holding one of each of the boy's hands. Axel was at Roxas' other side, his arm around the smaller boy's waist, holding him gently. Every now and then he would lean in and kiss his forehead, stroking his fingertips along the boy's side. It was comforting and loving, Roxas quickly falling into a half-sleep as he sat on the couch between his friends…or was it his friend and his boyfriend? Roxas blushed lightly, remembering Sora's innocent words. "Axel is Roxas' boyfriend…"

"Hey, you okay babe?" the older boy whispered in his ear, rubbing his side gently. His breath was hot on his skin, a pleasant shudder passing through the blonde boy.

"Yeah, do you want to go upstairs?" Roxas whispered back, blue eyes flitting over and catching smiling green.

Axel got up from the couch, taking Roxas' hand, the younger boy blushing and following after him as he made his way past the older boys and upstairs, Cloud giving Roxas a questioning look when he passed by. Roxas just blushed deeper, embarrassment washing over him like a tidal wave; it was like his brother knew what was going on between them. Cloud always had a disturbingly accurate intuition like that. Glancing down the stairs, he caught his brother's eyes again. Cloud just smiled, a soft twist in his lips that radiated affection, and nodded. Roxas ducked his head; feeling so embarrassed he thought he might die, squeezing Axel's hand like a lifeline as they walked through the darkness upstairs.

When Axel pulled him into the second bedroom and shut the door behind him, pressing their lips together, Roxas' embarrassment quickly faded away. A soft sound escaped his lips, Axel moving the younger boy away from the door and towards the bed, kissing him all the while. He laid Roxas down gently, hovering over him on hands and knees on the comforter, kissing his lips and neck before pulling back and meeting those intense blue eyes. "The other night, I wanted to be back…when you woke up…"

Roxas blushed, smiling shyly. "I knew you hadn't been gone long. The bed was still warm."

Axel chuckled lightly, leaning down and kissing Roxas again, before he asked softly, "Do you…I mean, do you think we'll ever..."

"Do something like that again?" Roxas finished for him, searching his eyes. Axel watched him silently, nodding at the boys words. "Axel…I want to be with you. I want what we had that night again, and so much more."

A soft sound akin to a whimper escaped the older boy's throat, such sincere happiness in his eyes Roxas thought he might begin to cry. "You have no idea how much I want that Rox, how much I want to be with you. I think I-" He caught himself, fighting back those words. He couldn't, not again. He couldn't fall this quickly, he couldn't let himself hurt like that again.

"What Axel?" Roxas asked gently, reaching up and cupping the red-head's face in his hands, fingertips dancing across the small tattoos on his cheeks. "Tell me, please?"

He sighed silently, dropping his head so his eyes were hidden behind fiery locks, trembling under Roxas' hands. "I think I'm falling for you, Rox…"

Roxas' chest tightened, a fluttering sensation unlike anything he'd ever felt beating in his chest, drums pounding in his ears. What that his heart? Such aching and hurting and throbbing, but at the same time it felt as if his very soul had grown wings. "You're falling in love with me?" he asked, voice trembling as he dared speak that four letter word.

"Yes…" Axel whispered in turn, looking up and meeting Roxas' eyes. "I didn't think it would happen this fast but…I have no other explanation for the way I feel about you. You make me feel so different, so alive. I never thought I would be able to feel this way for anyone ever again. Not since I lost Kairi."

A tear coursed down Roxas' cheek, Axel smiling softly and kissing it before it fell. "Axel, I…" His voice faded, having no words to describe the emotions in his heart.

Axel searched his eyes, arching his brow, whispering, "It that okay? Is it okay that I'm falling for you?"

Roxas laughed, a sweet pure sound that had Axel smiling as well. "I've never felt this way…about anyone but you." The blonde boy whispered, lifting himself up from the mattress and connecting their lips in a gentle kiss. "I've never felt like this, not in my entire life. I don't know if it's love, Ax, but whatever it is…I want to be with you."

The older boy reconnected their lips, Roxas kissing him back fiercely, hands moving to strip away shirts and pants and socks and roam across bared skin. Axel kissed down Roxas' neck, sucking at his pulse-point for a moment before continuing down his chest, the younger boy panting and threading his hands through the other boy's hair. They moved quicker than they had before, discarding boxers and throwing the comforter off the bed to wrap themselves in soft, clean sheets and the taste of one another. Roxas, all his fears forgotten, pulled Axel down on top of him, the older boy pressing him down into the mattress and ravishing him hungrily. The fire between them was intense, Roxas' lips kiss-bruised and his snake-bites throbbing, along with certain other things. Axel wrapped a hand around his weeping arousal, stroking him quickly, Roxas moaning and clutching the older boy's shoulders, shuddering at the sensations overwhelming him.

"Yeah, just like that…oh god…" Axel bit his neck gently, earning a surprised yelp that faded into a moan. "Ah! Ax…"

"I want to take you again, Rox…" Axel panted, breath hitching as the younger boy's fingers wrapped around his length, squeezing him and beginning to jerk.

Roxas moaned, licking his lips, stroking him faster. "I want you to, too…"

Axel reached to the bedside table, retrieving that small bottle of lube and unscrewing the cap quickly, coating his fingers and reaching between Roxas' legs. The younger boy gasped softly, lifting his hips when he felt Axel's fingers there, spreading his legs a bit more and watching the boy above him with pleasure-clouded eyes. Axel prepared him slowly; sliding one finger into that tight heat and waiting for Roxas to relax before adding another, scissoring his fingers slowly and taking care to make sure the younger was adequately stretched. Roxas stroked him steadily, fingertip playing across the head, smearing precum down his shaft. The texture of Roxas' dark gloves against his rigid heat was almost too much for him to take. "Baby, you're gonna have to stop that…" Axel whispered, an edge in his voice, his cock twitching in Roxas' hand.

The blonde boy grinned sensuously, whispering, "I'm just trying to make you feel good…"

Axel chuckled softly, leaning in and kissing the other boy. "Trust me, babe. You make me feel good." The older boy pulled his fingers away, lifting Roxas' hips and looking down at him with smoldering eyes. "Now spread your legs a bit more and relax for me."

Roxas complied, moaning softly when he felt the tip of Axel's cock at his entrance, a shudder wracking through him. He reached up and latched onto the red-head's shoulders, arching his back and wrapping his legs around Axel's waist, looking up and meeting those amazing cat-green eyes. Slowly the older boy pushed into him, every inch of that hard, throbbing heat burning inside of him, Roxas biting his lip and fighting his body to relax.

"Easy babe, easy…" Axel soothed, holding his hips and moving slowly, waiting for Roxas to adjust to him before he pushed the rest of the way in.

"Ah! Fuck, Ax…" Roxas whimpered, digging his nails into the taller boy's shoulders and biting his lip. The older boy leaned down and kissed him gently, Roxas returning the kiss and wrapping his arms around Axel's neck, the buckles on his gloves chiming. When he relaxed again the boy above him pulled back and thrust in once more, hitting something inside of Roxas that made all his tension melt away. "Hn! Oh god…"

"You like that?" Axel whispered, licking the top of his lip and watching the boy writhing beneath him with fire in his eyes.

Roxas made an affirming sound, arching his back and meeting Axel's next thrust. "So good…"

Axel began moving, the fire between them quickly growing into an all-consuming inferno. Every touch had Roxas moaning and panting, every thrust and he was seeing stars. This position had their lips pressed together almost constantly, Axel kissing the younger boy hotly as he pounded into him, drinking in every sound of pleasure that left the boy's lips. Suddenly Axel pulled away, Roxas opening his eyes and looking up at the older boy questioningly, the red-head smiling at him as he lifted his left leg and hooked it over his shoulder. When he thrust in again it nearly pushed Roxas over the edge, the smaller boy crying out and clenching the sheets, tears forming in the corners of his eyes as Axel assaulted him with pleasure.

"Axel, I can't…I can't…" he begged, moaning and throwing back his head.

"Yeah baby, that's it," Axel coaxed, thrusting into him again, "Cum for me…"

Roxas clenched every muscle in his body, fighting that fire inside of him until it overwhelmed him, cumming violently against Axel's chest in hot spurts as he cried out his release. Axel's breath hitched, the older boy driving into Roxas again and again until he too was falling over the edge. Groaning, he came hard inside of the boy beneath him, Roxas whimpering and moaning his name. Axel lowered his leg a moment later, fingers trembling as he held the boy's hips and pulled out of him gently, the smaller boy making a soft satisfied sound as Axel lay down beside him and wrapped an arm around him, holding him close. Roxas opened his eyes, looking up at Axel and trailing a hand down his chest before sighing and saying softly, "My gloves are sticky again."

The red-head laughed softly, but then the smile faded from his lips, the older boy taking Roxas' hand in his own and stroking a thumb across the fabric. "Rox…can I take these off?"

Roxas watching him for a moment, and then whispered, "It happened months ago. I don't do it anymore."

"I know that…" Axel whispered, lifting his other hand to the boy's elbow, dipping his fingertips beneath the knotted fabric. "I just… I want to see." Cat-green flitted over to azure, Axel waiting for Roxas' consent. Roxas hesitated a long moment, then nodded. Slowly Axel pulled back that fabric, eyebrows arched and his eyes quivering as he took in each and every scar. "Roxas…" he whispered sadly.

"It's alright." The younger boy whispered, smiling softly as Axel kissed his palm, then cupped his hand against his face. "Don't be sad, Axel. It happened in a time of darkness. I never plan on cutting myself ever again."

The older boy nodded, leaning in and kissing Roxas gently. He hesitated for a moment then took the boy's other forearm and slid that glove off as well, setting the stained fabric aside and clasping both of the boy's hands in his own. "Never again, Roxas. Promise me."

"I promise, Axel."

They held one another, kissing gently and stroking sweaty skin, basking in the comfort of one another's warmth. After a while Roxas stretched and lifted himself up from the mattress, leaning over Axel and resting an elbow on his chest, propping his chin in his hand and smiling down at the red-head wirily. "What's that look for?" Axel asked with a laugh, pulling the blonde down for a kiss.

"I'm just wondering how difficult it would be to walk naked to the bathroom and take a shower. I really don't feel like getting dressed to walk to the next room."

Axel quirked an eyebrow at him, "Well, I'm sure everyone's distracted by the movie. I bet you could sneak into the bathroom without anyone noticing."

A sultry smile spread across Roxas' lips. "How difficult do you think it would be…if I wanted you to come with me?"

-x-x-x-

"You're not so bad when you're not threatening to kill people."

Cloud sighed, rolling his eyes at Zack. The dark-headed, violet-eyed boy had finally broken away from his tipsy friend and had made his way to the tall blonde boy's side. "You'd better watch yourself," the boy replied teasingly, "I could always change my mind."

The two talked for a while about the military, and then martial arts, quickly forming a friendship. They stood together against the wall, talking softly now and then and half-watching the movie. The pizza had been quickly devoured, the last few slices piled on Sora's plate, the brunette giggling as Riku stole a piece. Cloud's chest felt heavy watching the two, but Sora seemed happy with tall, lean, silver-haired boy. That was all Cloud ever wished for; Sora's happiness. Zack seemed to sense the other boy was upset about something and decided to distract him from it, asking softly, "So, what are you going to do? Move back in with Roxas?"

The blonde shook his head, looking over at the other boy. "I'm dead, remember? I can't go back and live in the same house. I don't want to even think about what would happen if anyone found out I was still alive, it would cause an endless amount of problems for Roxas." He smiled fondly at the thought of his younger brother. "I've already caused him enough grief."

"You could stay with me." Zack said casually, the words leaving his mouth before he had meant them to. Cloud looked at him, a stunned expression across his face, but Zack just smiled. "I have my own place, no one would wonder about some guy staying with me. They'll think you're my roommate, or my boyfriend." Cloud caught Zack's mischievous look. "Either way, it's fine with me."

"I might just take you up on that." Cloud replied with soft laughter, nodding his thanks to the other boy. Those violet-eyes watched him for a moment before turning back towards the movie, blue eyes glancing over at him curiously. Then, something else caught his attention out of the corner of his eye, Cloud looking past Zack upstairs to the second floor, his eyes going wide for a moment before he quickly looked away, planting a hand over his red face.

He so did not just see Axel's naked ass giving Roxas' naked ass a playful swat before closing the bathroom door, his little brother giggling gleefully. Nope. He did not just see that.

When Zack looked over at him and noticed the other boy's blush he just smiled.

Hehe…hehehe…hehehheeheheeheeh… Anyway. I had to throw in a little something funny/cute at the end there. This entire chapter was so dark! /dun dun dun

Now you finally know what happened with Leon and Cloud! And where the hell Cloud's been all this time! I can't help but think about Sephiroth in sunglasses and a speedo, lounging on the beach sipping some fruity drink. You naughty assassin, you!

Also! I have a new story, Noir Papillon! The first chapter is out! Please read and review!

More Wretched Revenge to come! I hope you keep reading! :x:Myou:x: