A Kiss of Black and White

By Momonster

Fandom: Post-Kingdom Hearts II
Pairings: Past Seph/Zack/Cloud, Past Squall/Rinoa, Present CLC
Warnings: Crazy DF!Rinoa, Momo's insanity, Seph's hotness, and Zack's utter nonsense making.
Oh, blood and guts and a spine being broken in two and general ew-ness
Rating: M
Summary: That kiss hurt more than it should have.

Zack Fair watched as the brunet turned and walk back to the group of people he commanded while slipping on what was obviously a familiar mask of ice; easily letting the brunet SOLDIER know that the only thing that connected the two groups was him alone.

Leon, huh? Of course Cloud would go from a wolf and a panther to a lion.

Zack let out a soft laugh at the thought; instantly sobering as he turned back to Cloud.

"You might need to leave for a bit." He murmured quietly. Cloud's only response was a flutter of his wings.

For a few moments Zack busied himself with watching the beautiful appendages as they gently flexed; unfurling inch by inch to show Cloud's pinched face.

Face pinched with an emotion Zack had seen and knew all too well. "You feel the itch to fight now, don't you? A burn that only blood could quench?"

Dark eyes flashed as they turned towards Zack, and the brunet SOLDIER tensed as Cloud slowly stood, deep rumbling growl audible as Cloud spun on one heel, holding a hand out.

And right before Zack's eyes, Cloud's raised palm exploded in inky darkness as Cloud jumped towards him, black eyes emotionless in a way that truly baffled the brunet SOLDIER as he dodged the attack, leaping back and spinning on one heel to dodge Cloud's outwards thrusted palm, barely missing a single crème wing as Cloud sailed by.

Skipping back a few feet, Zack watched Cloud land back on the ground and slowly stand, eyes hidden by long bangs as he dispelled the energy within his hand.

"If you stay here you might actually hurt someone." Zack stated cheerfully.

Cloud turned at the words, glazed gaze on the ground. "If…" He started slowly, voice hoarse. "If I leave, I may never come back."

"What are you willing to sacrifice?" Zack asked solemnly, and Cloud flinched, curling in on himself.

"Sacrifice?"

"To protect them." Zack said back. "To protect everything…from you."

The shudder that writhed its way down Cloud's spine made the brunet want to hold the blond close and never let go; but he couldn't do it. Couldn't touch the man he'd given his life to.

Cloud's decision was obvious as he looked up at the people he called family, and Cloud created a portal of Darkness at his back; the sound of this world's edges forced open making them all turn as Cloud let himself fall back.

Cloud was lucky he already had his eyes closed as he fell within the Darkness…because he would have cried at the looks on Aerith and Leon's faces.

"I'm sorry." Zack told them all as the portal closed with a snap. "But…If he stayed here…it would have been so easy for him to slip and hurt someone."Aerith started to shake her head. "He needs space. He needs time, time alone without human contact, to get everything right this time." Zack's form started to fade as he looked away, turning from Aerith's crumbling expression. "Just trust him, believe in him. You know Cloud's far too stubborn to fall for something so simple as this."

And with that, Zack Fair was gone.

And Aerith fell to the ground, curling her hands over her eyes as she started to cry.

An actual update, though those others I did update, and change things. Like four. You should go back and reread Four. I changed four.

I do that. Change things. Drives my muse nuts.

Nuts! Nuts? I like nuts. -... -.-

Anyways.

Some mind fuckery in the next chapter, then the next will be fun too...and the one after that is a complete brain fuck! XD Have a happy summer, CAUSE I'M NOT. XD