Author's Notes:
Thank you guys so much for reading so far. ::sobs:: The Sora plushie is feeling the love::passes out cookies:: I would have updated yesturday but I decided to update this story with one I was (finally!) finishing up: a big update, all at once. ::dances:: So now I should have more time to dedicate to this particular story. But enough of my silly chatter, that's what the bottom's for! Onward, to the next chapter!
Kamirine
Sephiroth's Guide to Love and Deception
Chapter Twenty-Four: History Repeating Itself
A week.
It had been a week now and Sora still didn't feel…right.
He looked down at the red head that had been latched to his arm for--well since they'd 'met again' and sighed heavily, laying back on the sand and looking up at the stars, listening to the ocean meet with land, Kairi adjusting herself so that she could lay her head on his chest.
She seemed to happy--almost in bliss--just with being with him.
And he wasn't miserable…not really. Just…hallow. Empty. Like something was missing--like something wasn't right.
And then there was Riku.
The silver haired boy had tried the entire school week to talk with him, almost seeming a little desperate before abruptly giving up on him. He hadn't seen him Saturday or yesterday, even though his house was spitting distance away form his and his room was literally across the way.
But whenever he did see him, his heart would speed up and he'd become nervous. They're eyes would meet and he would feel a tug in his chest and remorse.
And then there was everyone else. His sister seemed supportive of him and Kai (His pet name--or so she said) while Cloud was just disinterested. And his mother seemed almost distraught at the idea, giving Kairi ugly little glares when she wasn't looking but stopping when Sora caught her.
His friends seemed flabbergasted and Axel out right asked him if he was high while Roxas seemed…confused by what he said was a 'change of events'.
He'd been confused but he'd learned quickly: apparently, he was dating Riku before…but something odd happened …and according to both Namine and Kairi, they had begun dating. But it must have been very recent because not on of his friends or family could recall the pair being together before Friday night.
"Riku said you guys were suppose to be going out," his mother had explained, looking concerned as she'd fixed spaghetti that Thursday. "And then you didn't come home and Kairi called and said you were with her and you stayed out the entire weekend. And your grounded, by the way, for not touching base and having me call around to find you--but when you came home…it was almost like you didn't even remember Riku. Sora, are you sure she didn't do anything or nothing happened or--"
He'd tuned out then, for the millionth time telling his mother that everything was fine and Kairi hadn't done anything to him.
Or at least, as far as he could remember.
"Hmm…Sora?"
"Huh?" he murmured softly, looking over at Kairi, who was already looking up at him in concern. "Zoey? What's wrong?"
Zoey. Why did she have to call him such an annoying pet name? Why couldn't it be "Zo"? Like Ri. Or Ri--
"Nothing." he said quickly, sitting up. "Nothing wrong Kai. I'm just…I dunno."
She nodded. "Your bored, aren't you? Want to do something else? Go somewhere? How about--"
"Nah, I just…I want to go for a walk," he announced, getting to his feet and dusting himself off before reaching for her. "Walk with me?"
She seemed to think for a moment before shaking her head and laughing a little. "I better get going actually. Professor Xigbar gave us a mountain of homework remember?"
"Already finished."
"Haven't started," she giggled before pecking him on the cheek. "Night Zoey, walk with me to school tomorrow?"
"Don't I always," he sighed and she hunched playfully before ruffling his hair and quickly picking up her shoes, running up the beach, Sora on cue chasing her a ways before laughing, he tackled her down around the waist and they rolled around, locking themselves in a heated kiss…
…or at least for Kairi it was. To him there was a certain…passion missing. Something he yearned for but couldn't put his finger on…
"So-ra!" she laughed, pinching him on the side and he faked a laugh of his own, giving a sheepish "What?" before she picked herself off the ground, leaving him laying there. "I really have to go--see you tomorrow?"
"And you won't have to wake me up this time," he promised and they both laughed. They both knew she'd be the one getting him in the morning--he never woke up on his own.
With a little wave and blown kiss, she was gone, Sora watched her momentarily before letting his head fall into the sand with a heavy sigh.
He knew what he wanted to do…he just didn't know why. Or even if he should.
Something was wrong.
Something was just so…
…wrong.
Something was wrong with him.
Axel knew it. He looked at the parchment and with a flash of his emerald eyes, it was set ablaze, a dark look on his face.
His official paperwork showing that he'd been suspended--no excuse him--that the suspension had been prologued.
'He appears to be temperamental…a danger to the other students. More so concerning Roxas Alexander. He seems to have an emotional…attachment that could become dangerous to this student in the future, as it has already presented itself in my class, and should be dealt with early before it grows out of hand. I recommend that his suspension be prologued for another week, and at night I will sacrifice my own free time to have the juvenile train with myself to learn discipline. I suggest that a notification is sent to Mr. Alexander's guardians of the…danger.'
That's what that blue haired son of a bitch put down on the paper and it actually had the seal of the headmaster, making it official.
Yeah well, they could officially kiss Axel's ass too.
Because whatever that sick pervert was up to, it wasn't going to work.
Nothing would, now that they were on a least civil terms and had been since Wednesday. There was no sexy make out sessions or groping…just simple talking. Understanding. Learning that it was, no matter the excuse, not okay to send a cruise ship to the bottom of the ocean in a 'blaze of glory', no matter how jealous or anal Axel got.
'He caused the trouble then,' Axel thought darkly, watching as the parchment continued to burn in his hand, remembering the entire incident that started the decline of his relationship with Roxas:
They'd spent that Friday night, well, licking honey off of desirable places--and slept in Saturday. That afternoon, Roxas said he wanted to go to the bar to have food so they went together, only to discover two professor's were on the cruise as well: Professor Luxlord, whom was surrounded by spectators and woman (massaging his shoulders) has he played (and won the hell out of) poker, taking on anyone brave enough to sit down and Professor Saix, who was at a lone table, watching the room like he was a beast picking prey.
And he chose Roxas.
They had just taken a seat by at the bar when he'd come over, saying that they were 'wet behind the ass' or something and shouldn't be trying to get illegal booze to which Axel 'politely' corrected him and told him that they were just hungry.
"Then why not sit at a table?" he questioned and before Roxas could answer, Axel was more than happy to oblige, telling the professor that they could, and this is prophesizing, "sit any damn well they pleased when they wanted and to go fuck off".
That went over…well.
Roxas tried to scold him but then the professor simply laughed Axel's insult off and explained to Roxas something about maturity blah blah blah blah that he wasn't paying attention to because at the moment, he was too busy watching that perverted son of a bitch caress his sexy innocent blonds' cheek before gently raising his face up, two fingered, under the chin.
And that went over really well.
Well after that, Axel remembered-- briefly--that he got upset, argued, Roxas was trying to explain or something, everyone was looking, "Burn Baby"…and then they were in a life boat, floating back to Destiny Island, Roxas glaring at him the entire time while he politely ignored him.
And while Professor Luxlord got to 'play' with two of the woman from the bar in his lifeboat, all he could do was stew and get further pissed off--and then they didn't even get a chance to go to Tospy Turvy Day, which just sucked.
Axel muttered to himself just at the thought of it and finally tossed the ashes into the air, reaching around the arm of the chair to get the much need cigarette off the in table just as Kairi came skipping into the living room, pausing to stare quizzically.
"Piss off, I don't have time for you today," he snapped and Kairi gushed and hugged him around the neck, making him glare up at her. "Why are you so grumpy? It's not like you had school and--wait!"
She put her hands on her hips and gave him a disapproving glare. "Have you been burning stuff in here again?!"
"Do you not understand the meaning of 'piss-off'?" he asked in a deadpan tone and snarled in anger when she snatched his cigarette away before he could properly light it and take that much needed drag.
"No smoking in the house, cigarettes are bad for you, and aren't you suppose to be at 'discipline training'?" she fussed without taking a breath.
"I smoke where I please, I don't give a shit, and once again: you and Saix can piss off," he retorted nastily.
"Professor Saix, Mr. Doss."
Both red heads looked up to see the tall blue haired man in their front door way, yellow eyes glaring solely at Axel who now glared back with fury and hatred. "It is professor. I'm sure your parents taught you respect, no?"
"No," Axel snapped sarcastically and Kairi rolled her eyes before putting the cigarette in the ashtray. "He walked me the rest of the way home. My and dad gave him permission to come and seek you out if you didn't show up for your detention because you're a 'renegade'."
"Bull-" he started before a hand written letter was shoved under his nose by the other red head, his eyes scanning it for two seconds before it erupted into flames, making Kairi yelp and jump back as she dropped it. "-shit!"
Saix gave a soft chuckle that captured both red heads attention again, his eyes trained solely on Axel the entire time. "My, how you are in desperate need of--discipline. Come. I have no time to waste with you here further."
"Am I speaking a foreign language today?" Axel exclaimed angrily before getting to his feet and pushing Kairi aside--just because he felt like it. "What part of piss--"
By the time Kairi had gotten to her knees and looked back, Axel was unconscious--or seemed so, and being tossed like a bag of potatoes over Professor Saix's shoulder, his facial expression completely void of any emotion as he stared at her.
"He will be fine, carry on with your night Mrs. Doss," he replied coldly before giving a bow for his departure, headed for the door.
Kairi stared after him a moment, stunned and wondering if a professor was allowed to forcefully remove any student from a home--but then her parents had given permission to seek Axel out--and what the hell did she really care anyway?
It was Axel.
"So that's how you get x MC2 - y1.45," Roxas finished with a slight frown, studying the equation again just to be sure.
Namine stared back at the paper--it looked like gibberish to her--and laughed. "I have no clue what you just did!"
Roxas shook his head and laughed himself. "Me either. But maybe he won't check."
They both paused in their laughter before they each agreed to move on to Social Sciences--which to Namine's dismay, also had math.
"So how have your fencing classes been going?" Namine questioned and Roxas paused in shuffling his papers, frowning. "Fencing classes?"
"With…professor Saix," she replied carefully, looking him straight into his eyes. "How are they going?"
Roxas arched a brow before shrugging. "Namine, I'm not taking fencing classes. Where did you here that from?"
She blinked. "Well, Kairi told Axel that you were taking special classes from Professor Saix. After you and Axel nearly killed everyone during practice last Monday."
Roxas laughed a little but shook his head. "We didn't really try to kill everyone…and I never said I was talking lessons. He did offer it to me while class was letting out but I told him that I was already training with someone else and he bowed out. Kairi must have heard it from someone after class."
"Just rumors then," Namine replied softly with a nod--and an almost transparent smile that Roxas caught.
"What."
Namine blinked. "What, what?"
"What was the smile for? You seem happy I'm not--"
"I am," she replied quickly, nervously, not bothering to try to lie. Roxas nodded softly. "How come?"
"Professor Saix…he's…a very hard person to learn from," she replied and Roxas decided she was wording her sentence carefully.
Too carefully.
"What makes you say --"
"He's very hard on students in class."
"-- it like that." Roxas finished with a soft nod. "Namine, that's not what you meant and we both know that."
There was a small silence between them before she finally spoke again. "He kinda looks like him. Marluxia."
Roxas placed his pencil down. "Who?"
"…Axel. Not exactly…but they sometimes have the same smirk. And their hair: Marx's hair color is the softer shade of Axel's. And they both didn't have--"
She finally paused, shaking her head and giving a forced smile. "I'm being silly I guess, trying to get your mind off of our studies!"
Roxas stared at her confused and troubled and shook his head. "No Namine--what where you about to say? What do they both have--or don't And why is it important? What are you talking about?"
"It's nothing Roxas, just…chatter," she said finally in a soft but stern tone that simply said that the conversation was completely over. Roxas gave a sigh but decided to let it die, since it was obvious she wasn't going to talk.
But he couldn't help be angry. And he hated being angry.
"Alright well, since we're off that subject, let's go to another subject you probably don't want to talk about," he snapped a little harshly and Namine gave a weary sigh and simply stared at him with a troubled frown.
"What did you do to Sora and why are you trying to keep him for Riku?"
There was a dead silence between the two and Roxas felt a small sense of satisfaction. The entire point of asking Namine over was too get what information he could from her for Rikku--for what, he wasn't sure, but Kairi was quickly becoming one of his least favorite people. Not to mention she was once again, trying to dip her hand and ruin his cousin (and quite a few other people's) relationship.
And while he had nothing against the almost fragile looking blond sitting across the low coffee table from him, she was associated with 'the enemy' and therefore had to be seen as such: the enemy.
"I'm not," she said finally and Roxas rolled his eyes. "Sora was fine until he went off with Kairi somewhere. And Selphie already told me that she remembered seeing her over at your house Saturday night when she stopped by to give you her notes for Algebra."
He could tell that she was mentally kicking herself, her ocean blue eyes adverting from his stare for a minute to look at her hands before she looked back up, her face slightly pleading, almost silently begging him not to question her anymore.
But his face remained stern and harsh and finally, she sighed.
"…He told me to."
Roxas frowned. "What?"
"He told me to," she repeated softly. "He doesn't want to make things easy so he told me to go along with it…he told me to do whatever was in the best interest for Kairi."
"But why?" Roxas snapped and she shook her head. "I can't discuss that Roxas, I'm sorry. But he said it was for the best and that the three involved would learn from their mistakes. He promised to help me get him so--"
"Who? Who promised to get what? Who are you talking about."
"If you don't know already then you're not suppose to," she replied softly before getting to her feet and gathering her things.
He stood up too, looking a little desperate. "Namine!"
"He's got everything under control Roxas and he'll help Marluxia. That's all that's important. Sora will be fine--everything will. Just please…stay out of it. " she said finally, glaring at him for a moment before finally gathering her things in her arms, she started for the front door, ignoring his calls for her to stop and leaving.
Roxas plopped back down on the stack of pillows, rolling his eyes slightly and picking up his pencil.
What the hell was going on? And what was she talking about--on both cases?
"Can' t I at least get a 'Thanks for making it so that I could shag your brother again'?!" Ri exclaimed and Sephiroth simply ignored her, continuing with the polishing of his precious sword.
"You did no such thing," Sephiroth replied matter of factly, not bothering to look in her direction.
"Oh the hell I didn't!" she exclaimed, placing her hands on her hips. "Aerith called me and together, we convinced Leon that you were not at fault for what happened to what's his face and that if Cloud came to talk to him--"
"Incorrect," Sephiroth cut in, an amused but small smirk on his face and Ri arched her eyebrows, waiting for him to continue. "In result of her guilt for having a hand in breaking the two of us apart in the first place, Aerith approached me on the matter of making things as they should be. She then asked for your assistance in helping her convince the miscreant that I was no threat, immediate or otherwise, to Cloud and that our relationship was simply, too difficult to understand to those not involved."
Ri looked a bit flabbergast--she actually remembered Aerith saying that exact sentence to Leon at the time.
"She then had Zack deliver the message over lunch period, as I chose to use the gymnasium to practice my sword play-- both in a effort to home in my skills and further worry Strife-- and as a result, I purposely gave Strife the cross right before we departed from school. Knowing Strife as I do, I knew that would rattle his brain enough that he would of course, run to said miscreant to tell him of his troubles."
"But what if they had gotten together because of that?" she demanded, though still looked amazed. "You could have chanced loosing Cloud!"
"Negative," Sephiroth he replied in a smooth, calculating tone. "Leon, as told to me through Aerith and Zack, had already come to terms with his predicament and decided to 'let go'. He had every full intention of running Strife back into my direction. Though Aerith and I had already planned for myself to come over--hence why she called as soon as he arrived and out of eye sight. It was strictly up to Strife on whether our relationship would continue or end, just like it was the moment he doubted his own love and knowledge of me."
"Wait--so how did you know Cloud would confront Leon about his feelings that he thought Leon might have for him--or whatever?"
"In a sense, I admit, I did not." he replied. "I assumed merely that Strife would tell Leon of his woes and ask what should be done, Leon in turn, would send him in my direction. I had no knowledge that Cloud had finally caught on to the fact that Leon was interested in him or that he would confront said feelings. Nor were they suppose to kiss."
"You saw that?" she muttered.
"I did. However, I heard the majority of the conversation before hand and soon after, though I still did not appreciate any other man's lips on my lover's," Sephiroth announced, studying the blade for a moment before beginning to polish the tip. "Though Cloud has already paid for the trespass. And as for the miscreant: I wrote to this Seifer person and opened a channel so the pair could…talk."
"Seifer--that was you too?!" she exclaimed amazed and Sephiroth smirked. "Apparently, the pair had a relationship but broke up under---bad terms. And thus, his feelings for Cloud developed. Though Seifer has never apparently gotten over said feelings and was open to the chance. I got him to write Leon--to take his mind off of my lover--and apparently, the two our now communicating."
"Did Leon--"
"He had no idea. I call it: insurance."
"But how could you know that he would--"
"Aerith. She explained that past relationship to me and her own thoughts of it. I took action from there. A hunch, a gamble, but one I was willing to risk."
His bedroom was quite for a moment before Ri finally gave a long whistle and smirked. "Daaaamn…your good."
"I'm aware," he nodded.
"So what are we gonna do about Operation: K.A.I.R.I.?" she asked finally, plopping down on his bed and bouncing a little, Sephiroth eyeing her a moment and causing her to mumble a soft 'sorry' before he continued with his polishing.
"Continue as you are," he said finally. "Namine has fulfilled her part of the plan. Continue to keep Roxas in the dark fully of our plans so he isn't aware of his 'true' involvement. Axel is already performing his task."
"Yeah, what was he suppose to be doing?"
"What he was told," he replied in cold 'this isn't up for discussion' type of tone and Ri quickly let the matter drop. "Riku's little friends are all playing their roles accordingly, Strife is keeping tabs on Sora as I am on Riku, Zexion is gathering all the information that will be needed for…when the time comes, and you and Tidus are to go forth with your plans for Axel's affair."
"Yeah, his big bash," she nodded., tapping the side of her cheek and looking thoughtful. "Yeah, Tidus and I already know what we're gonna do there. But we have to get Sora to be with in a five mile radius of Riku before it can work."
"That will be taken care of by tomorrow morning," he announced smoothly and she arched her brow. "Are you serious? Riku has all but stopped trying--"
"Because I told Riku to cease all of his efforts. To simply let Sora come and seek him out," he cut in.
"But Sora won't--"
"He will," he snapped, sounding annoyed now and Ri gave a long sigh in return. "Sephiroth, Namine did a great job in convincing Sora that Riku was pretty damn awful. Sora's always been a little hardheaded and has been avoiding your brother like the plague. So why would he seek Riku out?"
"Because there are three factors that you have simply forgotten or fail to realize--both of which wouldn't surprise me," he stated, finally pausing and looking up at the blond. "Sora is still very naïve. He also, can not stop the seeking of his heart, no matter how much his mind has been altered. His feelings, while not remembered, are imprinted in something greater that Kairi's comprehension. And finally: because he's already climbing through his window and trying to jump across to Riku's at this very moment."
"What?" she asked startled before looking toward the window and a little ways downward. Sure enough, there her younger brother was, sand decorating his clothes and hair, sitting on the sill and simply staring toward their side--which would be Riku's bedroom window.
In his hand, was something she couldn't make out and after a moment, she didn't have time as the brunette finally made up his mind and jumped across the way.
She looked back at Sephiroth amazed and he only smirked. "Oh yes…and because I had Cloud force him to give Riku something back for him."
"Crap!" Sora cried as he caught the toe of his left foot on the window sill, scrambling to the floor in a heap--and landing right at Riku's feet, who was looking down at the brunette with a cold glare on his face, his pale aquamarine eyes trained on the brunette through his bangs.
Sora rubbed his bottom as he sat on his feet squatting, slowly looking up at Riku. He was already in his pajamas--or what he 'called' them, as he was only wearing a pair of ebony boxer shorts, his pale chest bare along with those smooth, almost silk like--
Where the hell did that come from?
"Your window sucks," he muttered softly and Riku simply rolled his eyes and stormed toward his bed, plopping down on it. "Why are you here."
"Well I don't want to be, don't get your hopes up," Sora snapped bitterly before thrusting out the small envelope in the silver haired beauty's direction.
"I wasn't," Riku snapped, sitting up briefly to snatch it from him before laying back, Sora simply staring at him as he opened it and scanned it, rolling his eyes again and tossing it toward his desk--which fell short and landed two feet from his bed.
"Ax couldn't have given me that himself," he mumbled bitterly before shifting his eyes to look up, catching Sora still staring at him. "What."
"Nothing," Sora mumbled, quickly adverting his eyes and Riku for the millionth time, rolled his and scuffed. "Whatever. Don't you have a girlfriend to get back and kiss ass to?"
Sora scowled. "So where you always an ass?"
Riku scuffed again and muttered something and Sora stormed over to him and punched him--hard--in the chest, making Riku jump to his feet and get in Sora face. "Your only gonna get to do that for so long before I strike back: watch it!" he snarled but Sora didn't back down.
"What the hell gives you the right to be an asshole to me or Kairi, you're the one that fucked up!" Sora snapped and before he could continue, Riku was already screaming back. "I didn't do anything you idiot! I don't even fucking understand what the hell is going on now! One minute your willing to sail off into obilivion with me and the next you're tongue kissing that manipulative little bitch!"
"Kairi is not--"
"How the hell would you know? You apparently don't even remember what she did to us--or you suddenly don't care," Riku snapped angrily and Sora shook his head. "Namine told me everything, she said--"
"I don't care what the hell Namine said, she hasn't even been here that long! She didn't know what was going on between the two of us or what happened between you and I or Kairi! Hell, she's Kairi friend--of course she'll take her side! You won't even give me the benefit of the doubt--or at least try to defend myself. Just going solely off two of the worst sources there are. You're suppose to know me better than that Zo! How the hell could you just--forget!"
There was a long silence between the pair, Riku's chest was heaving as he was catching his breath while Sora looked downward, staring off into space as it were.
He knows what he was told…and Kairi nor Namine seemed to have any reason to lie to him---but Riku had a point. He didn't give him a chance to defend himself. His story didn't make sense mind you--but then completely forgetting about both Kairi and Riku wasn't making sense either…and while he'd tried to avoid it, what he had been told didn't ring right at all either.
The entire incident was odd and he really couldn't explain anything. He thought back to what Cloud had told him before he'd come over:
"You can't trust everyone Sora--you can only trust your feelings. If you feel right with Kairi, then stay with her. But if there is something bothering you about Riku, then maybe you should explore that too."
It was probably why his brother had all but forced him into bringing Riku that invitation to Axel's party--so he'd have a chance to talk. Or scream. Or whatever it was they were suppose to be doing.
He wasn't sure what was going on…and how anything got the way it did…all he could remember was…well there are blanks spots in a lot of his memory now…but he felt an odd calm…an ease…when he was around Riku. And some sort of…anxiety when he was around Kairi.
He was beginning not to completely trust either…but he couldn't help what he felt and he knew--or felt--that he need Riku's involvement to understand anything. To give this--give Riku--a chance. Or if Namine was right: another chance.
And that's where he wanted to begin.
"I'm…I'm sorry Riku," he replied finally, softly. The older teen standing directly in front of him said nothing, only continued to stare at him.
"Maybe you're right. I-I not saying you're not trying to do stuff…but other than what I've been told, I can't prove you were either."
'Not to mention everyone else I've asked can't recall anything that Kairi and Namine where claiming either…not all of it' he admitted to himself finally.
"I just…maybe we can just…"
"…Start over," Riku finished for him, sighing softly to himself and closing his eyes, Sora nodded.
They stayed quite for a while before finally Sora spoke again. "Tomorrow. After school. Let's…hang out. Just you and me. So maybe…I-I can remember stuff and find out the truth."
"A chance," Riku muttered softly, finally smiling a little in approval. "That's fine Sora. That's all I need."
Outside his bedroom, Mr. London was opening his own bedroom door and walking out into the hall to make a pit-stop at the bathroom before he went downstairs to fix himself some popcorn--only to pause at the sight of Sephiroth, Rikku from next door, and his own wife hunched by his youngest son's bedroom door, ears pressed listening to whatever conversation was going on.
They looked up at him and he simply shook his head, giving them a 'I don't know and I don't care' type of glance before quickly going into the bathroom to get Riku's hair gel.
Roxas slammed the cordless phone down with a grunt of frustration. That was the sixth time he tried to call Axel's cell phone since Namine left and now he was getting pissed off--and worried.
They were on speaking terms so…why wasn't he answering his cell phone?
"I'll teach you," he said emotionlessly, his voice as soft as the smallest pin drop as he advanced toward his prey, his eyes glowing, the pupils seeming to become slits. His ocean blue hair was wild as it moved from side to side with each step he took towards the bed, clutching and unclenching his hands, which seemed almost claw like to the unnerved young man that was chained down to the stiff mattress by his wrist and ankles.
"It's been so long…too long…since I was able to…'teach' someone discipline, their place in the world, " he continued, his predatory gaze on the squirming naked beauty that awaited him--beckoning him.
"He was so fragile…but so well trained. Even from the start, I knew it would be easy…but oh, how boring he became, how bothersome."
There was a muffled reply and then his prey tried to scream as loudly as possible, but the piece of cloth that had been stuffed into his mouth made that difficult.
He didn't care and it didn't matter. He planned on taking it out when he began training him anyway--the screams always fuelled him.
"You--you are different. Difficult. Too stubborn to realize the faults in which you process. Yet too blind to understand what I was truly after." He paused, letting the young man muffle his peace before he continued, chuckling softly to himself. He was certain quite a few ugly words were being strung together and shouted at him.
"He would have been to simple Axel. Too easy: just like him. But you," he smirked to reveal a set of fang like canines, an animalistic smirk forming on his lips. "It will be fun breaking you."
Author's Notes: As for a few hints for the up coming chapters: And that's all I'm giving away, lmao. As always, hug your KH plushie and: Happy Reading!
Yeah, yeah, I know. Worst stopping point ever. But I decided that I would ::clears throat:: wait to actually include exactly what happens there for another chapter. You know...more drama.
In any case, I hope you enjoyed the new chapter thus far (no chasing me with pitch-forks!) and now I shall answer questions!:
I may have over looked or over read it, but is Tifa in here? Knowing that she's Cloud's best friend I thought she might have been.
-Yeah, Tifa is in the story. She had a minor part eariler on (while they were at school) but thus far, she hasn't really played a major role. She will return though, she plans a part in Sephiroth's grand master sch--erm--plan.
1. What happened on Axel/Roxas's cruise exactly? And you better not keep them angry for long. What, did you like, trade out CloudxSeph for AxelxRoxas to be on the outs! Not cool!
-No I didn't intentionally switch Axel/Roxas for Seph/Cloud drama ::lmao::. But I think I answered everything else with this chapter.
2. WHO IS RIKKU TALKING TO? TELL ME IT'S SEPHIROTH!!
LMAO, yeah. It's the one and only Sephy.
3. Is Seifer going to be a problem? Is he gonna be the one from the actually FF8 or the one from KH2?
If you mean for Seph/Cloud, then no. He won't be a problem at all. And it'll be the Seifer from KH2. I like the one from FF8 more but since he seems younger (and I've already got a running jokes for him and Leon) I'm going to make ti the one from KH2.
4. Is Namine a had guy? Will she have to die with Kairi too for ruining my favorite ship??
::Laughs manically::
-The last part of this chapter will be explained and gone in-depth to in the next chapter. Be forwarned!
-The gang will begin their plans.
Kamirine