Hey sorry I haven't update in a while; I've been having computer problems and schools been hectic. I hope you all liked the last chapter and I hope you'll like this one.

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~Further Away~

Sora woke up to the birds chirping outside the bedroom window early that morning. He sat up and looked around the guest room of Kairi and Namine's house. After getting off the train last night at Destiny Islands he went to their house to crash. Diz had offered to let him stay with them for as long as he wanted but he knew he couldn't.

If he stayed then his brothers would find him since they knew he had friends here. He went over to the desk and pulled out a map and opened it. He looked over the map and finally found a city that wasn't too far away but that his brothers wouldn't think of looking for him in.

The town was named Radiant Gardens and it wasn't too far away from Destiny Islands. Sora pulled out his wallet and counted how much more money he had. He sighed when he found he only had enough for the ticket there. He'd have to get a job the minute he got there which could prove to be difficult.

He walked downstairs and entered the kitchen where he saw Diz making breakfast.

"Morning." Sora greeted.

"Morning, Sora. Why don't you go into the dining room and wait?" Diz suggested.

"Alright." Sora agreed as he left the room.

He entered the dining room to find that Namine had just finished setting the table and Kairi was nowhere to be found. Sora sat down in a chair as Namine sat in a chair on the other side.

"Where's Kairi?" Sora asked.

"Doing her make-up." Namine answered as she pulled out her sketch pad.

"Okay." Sora replied as he sat there thinking.

"Morning!" Kairi greeted as she walked in and sat down next to Sora.

"Morning." Sora and Namine greeted.

No sooner had Kairi sat down did Diz enter with food. He set the food on the table before sitting down in hi chair. Sora helped himself to the scrambled eggs, hash-browns, and ham. They ate in silence which gave Sora more time to think.

"So did you think about our offer Sora?" Diz asked.

"I did." Sora replied.

"What is your answer?" Diz asked as he pushed his plate away.

"I have to say no." Sora answered.

"What! Why?" Kairi demanded.

"My brothers will look for me here first. So I want to keep moving." Sora explained.

"Have you at least picked a destination?" Namine asked.

"Yes, Radiant Gardens." Sora answered.

"That's a good town." Diz said as he left the room.

They cleared the table before Diz returned with his wallet. Sora looked at him confused as he opened it up.

"You'll need money I'm assuming." Diz stated.

"No. I have enough." Sora answered.

"Well I'll at least give you some just in case." Diz said handing Sora the money.

"I don't know when I'll be able to pay you back." Sora replied as he took the money.

"Just pay me back when you can. I'm guessing your leaving now?" Diz asked.

"Yes." Sora replied.

"WHY!" Kairi and Namine cried in unison.

"Sora mentioned he has to keep moving. I won't hold him back from what he feels he must do." Diz stated.

"Thank you." Sora said with a smile.

"Just know if you ever need anything that we'll be here to help you." Diz added.

"I know you will be sir." Sora replied.

"Good. Go get your stuff we'll take you to the station." Diz said with a smile.

"Alright." Sora replied as he ran upstairs.

Kairi turned to Diz and looked at him angrily.

"Why are you letting him go?" She asked angrily.

"It's either I let him go now and he has money or he'll leave in the middle of the night." Diz explained.

"You think he'd really leave in the middle of the night?" Kairi asked.

"If he felt it was the right thing to do, he would." Namine said.

Before Kairi could say anything else Sora reentered the room with his stuff. Diz nodded and headed to the door. Kairi grudgingly followed after Namine and out the door. They soon arrived at the station and Sora bought his ticket. They waited for the train to arrive and Sora turned to the three.

"Thanks for letting me stay." Sora said.

"You can still stay." Kairi insisted.

"No I can't." Sora replied.

"Why not?" Kairi asked.

"I don't know…" Sora replied with a sad smile.

"You want your brothers to come after you but you want them to work to get you back." Namine suggested.

"Namine…" Kairi started.

"How did you…?" Sora asked shocked.

"It was obvious." Namine said.

"If they work hard to find me it means that I truly belong with them." Sora stated.

"Well I wish you luck." Diz replied.

The train pulled into the station and Sora said his good-byes before getting on. He waved at them from his seat as the train began to pull away. He sat down and looked at his lap as he let a few stray tears fall.

"Please find me…" He whispered as the tears fell.

~Two hours later~

Sora was walking through the streets of Radiant Gardens looking for a place to work. So far all the places he had checked had said no. He had now walked into one of the more non-friendly districts of the town, the district was commonly known as Hollow Bastion. He sighed as he sat down on the curb to take a break.

He looked around the area and saw it was kind of run down in some places but other than that it was nice. Though it was defiantly not an area Sora wanted to stay in for long. He drew his knees to his chest and laid his head on top of them.

"Hey everything okay kid?" A rough voice asked.

Sora turned to see a man standing behind him, noticing that he came from the door of the building next to him. The man had long black hair tied into a pony tail and side burns that went to above his lips, almost into a mustache. His eyebrows were black and looked like black wings and he had blue eyes. His ears were pierced and he stared down at Sora coolly. He wore a black jean jacket and black jeans, Sora could see a dark blue shirt underneath the jacket.

"Yes sir." Sora replied.

"Then what are you doing sitting in a place like this?" The man asked.

"Nothing…" Sora replied.

"Then go home. Your families probably worried about you." The man stated.

"I don't have a home to go to…" Sora trailed.

"What do you mean?" the man asked.

"I had a fight with my brothers." Sora answered.

"So you ran away?" The man asked.

"Yes sir." Sora replied.

"Stop calling me sir. The name's Xaldin." The man stated.

"I'm Sora." Sora introduced.

"So why are you in a place like this?" Xaldin asked.

"I'm looking for a job and a place to stay." Sora answered.

"Well we do have an opening." Xaldin admitted.

"You do?" Sora asked hopefully.

"Yeah but it's a bar. Also some of the people aren't the friendliest." Xaldin said.

"I don't care I need a job." Sora replied pleadingly.

"Alright then come on kid." Xaldin said as he turned to enter the bar.

Sora stood up and headed to the door but before he entered he looked at the sign above the door. It read 'Lucky 7s' which Sora thought was somewhat of a weird name for a bar. He entered the bar and took a look around.

The bar was pretty big for a one story building and the walls were red. The floors were black tiles and there were lights flashing every now and then. Music was playing in the background and the place seemed to not have a whole lot of people at the moment.

Sora followed Xaldin to the bar and stopped as he caught sight of the man behind the counter. He looked like an older version of Riku. He had long silver hair tied back and braided and his eyes were green. He wore a black dress shirt that had the first few buttons unbuttoned and black dress pants. He was mixing together a drink and the way he did it made him look even more handsome.

"Sora." Xaldin called.

Sora snapped out of his stupor to see Xaldin looking at him with slight concern that showed only in his eyes as his face remained emotionless. He gestured to one of the stools and Sora sat on it. The silver haired man turned to look at Sora and Sora felt uneasy.

"Who's this?" The man asked in a velvety voice.

"His names Sora and he's looking for a job. He's a runaway." Xaldin answered.

"A runaway?" The man asked.

"Yes sir." Sora replied.

"Don't call me sir. I go by Sephiroth." The man said as he turned to Xaldin.

"I need to get the boss where is he?" Xaldin asked.

"In the back." Sephiroth answered.

"I'll be right back. Watch the kid." Xaldin said as he left.

Sora sat there quietly as he watched Sephiroth work, which he found very interesting. As he watched Sephiroth he didn't notice as two waiters approached the booth.

"One Sidecar." A man with a gruff voice said.

"One Stinger." The other man said with a somewhat sly voice.

Sora looked at the first man and felt a shiver run down his spine as he looked at him. He had long black hair with white streaks in it that was tied into a ponytail and golden eyes. He had a scar on the left side of his face that came from just below his eye to his chin. He also wore an eye patch over his right eye and had a smirk. He wore a dark blue t-shirt and torn jeans.

The other man had long blonde hair and green eyes. He had droopy eyes and a creepy face that reminded Sora of a scientist. He looked at Sora as if calculating something and this freaked him out. He wore a white dress shirt and black dress pants.

"Who's this?" The blonde haired man asked.

"This is Sora. Sora meet Vexen." Sephiroth said gruffly to the blonde.

"So your names Sora? I'm Xigbar kiddo." The black haired man introduced.

"Nice to meet you?" Sora said unsurely.

Before they could continue discussing this further Xaldin returned with another man. This man had blonde hair with a beard and mustache. His eyes were green and he had three piercings in one of his ears. He wore a white dress shirt with a black vest and black dress pants. He smiled at Sora as he entered the room.

"Sora this is our boss." Xaldin said.

"Hello Sora, I'm Luxord." The man introduced.

"Nice to meet you, sir." Sora replied.

"Xaldin told me that you need a job and place to stay?" Luxord asked.

"Yes." Sora answered.

"Well we have an opening for a waiter and we all live on the floor above and there is an extra room." Luxord stated.

"So I can work here?" Sora asked.

"If you can follow orders, and can deal with pressure." Luxord stated.

"I can." Sora agreed.

"Well then Sora welcome to The Lucky 7s." Luxord said.

~End ch. 13~

Hope you all liked the chapter.

Reviewer's corner:

reader713: I hope you liked this chapter and the other brother is mentioned more in the later chapters but he doesn't appear till the sequel.

Hatsune17: yes poor Sora and Riku. You're correct on the Sora's older twin brother guess.

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Uchiha May: I'm glad you like the story so far thanks for your review (Oh and don't die just because you love this story so much lol).

kage kitsune no yami: Well he did go to Destiny Islands. Also thanks for the suggestions on his uncles.

Senku: Thanks for your ideas on his twin brother. And no Sephiroth isn't one of the uncles it's now official.

..3000: Thanks for the review. I hope you didn't wait long.

CrimsonTrick: A rose you say? Sounds good I'll think about it.

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