A/N: I want to dedicate this chapter to my good friend, Chloe, who helps me struggle with an addiction that I couldn't get rid of. It's gone now, so thank you Chloe for helping me. And for everyone else's help too.

Chapter Nine

When Leon awoke, he felt a sharp pain in his head, as if he had been clobbered by a large metal pole until beat to unconsciousness. It was black all around him. His gray eyes tried to see through the over reigning darkness, but he could not see a thing. 'Where am I?' he asked himself silently. 'What happened?'

He had no recollection of what happened, and if he did, it would not come to him at the moment. Groaning, he reached up the scratch his head and found it wet and sticky. 'It must be blood…That must be why my head hurts so much,' he decided, wiping the sticky substance on his leather pants.

As he looked around, trying to find something, he fingers brushed something warm, but chilled to the touch. A human body. "Huh? Who's there?" a very familiar, feminine voice asked. Kairi.

"Kairi! What happened? Why are we in here?" Leon asked, not allowing the panic he felt inside to show in his voice. He needn't worry Kairi.

"Leon? Kairi? Is that you?" another familiar voice called out. Sora. "Where are we?"

"I don't know…" Kiari mumbled. "I can't remember anything except for when Leon picked up that dagger, and then everything just went dark…"

Dagger…

A voice. Leon remembered hearing a voice demanding the dagger back. And then it hit him. Gackt! They had been kidnapped. 'Oh shit…the King's probably worried sick about us…not to mention Aerith…' Leon could have hit himself out of frustration. "It was that guy-he knocked us out cold-used a sleeping spell on us… But where the hell are we?" Leon asked the others. "It's pitch black in here!"

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The next morning Grace awoke to feel a very painful stinging in her arm, which she quickly ignored, trying to forget what she had done yesterday, and at the same time, remember it and cherish it. Her escape. She wanted to forget the very thing she had done, and at the same time, she wanted more of it so badly it hurt. 'But it's wrong…' she tried to tell herself, 'I don't want to do something wrong,'

But I do, she sighed to herself as she got out of bed and got dressed, putting on a long sleeve shirt. Then she went downstairs, trying to ignore the throb.

Once downstairs, she was greeted by silence. Blinking with confusion, she wondered where everyone was. As a sense of loneliness settled over her, Grace headed towards the living room, "Mom, Dad?" she called out. "Where are you?"

Making her way into the kitchen, Grace found a note taped onto the door of the refrigerator. Snatching it off, she read the note quickly.

'Dear Grace,

Your father and I have gone to the Midgar ruins. Do not follow us- we are searching for answers and we will come back as soon as possible. Seth and Riku are with us. If you need anything, go over to Sephiroth and Aeris's. I'm sure they will help you with whatever you need.

If you run into trouble, again, go to Sephiroth and Aeris's. And please, for our sake, do not go to Cloud and Tifa's to visit Clark for the moment. Wait until we get back, okay honey?

-Love Mom'

Grace blinked in utter confusion. Midgar ruins? What could they possibly find there?

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Vincent walked silently through the ruins of Midgar, dressed in his usual getup. His red eyes scanned the area around him, searching for the remains of the ShinRa building. It didn't take them long to find the large pile of wreckage. "It's over here," he said in an emotionless tone of voice.

The others turned and stared at the crumpled remains. There wasn't much to dig through and it would be hard to get underneath it. Despite this, they followed Vincent without complaint, knowing that the demon possessed man was reliving nightmares of this place and it was difficult for him. So they left him be.

"All right, we'll go inside and search; but you guys all need to be careful- it looks very unstable." Seth commented as he headed towards the building with great precaution.

"Yes…I can sense…it's instability. There are dark presences within this building. Be on your guard." Riku warned, heading in after Seth. Yuffie hesitated for only a moment, casting a glance in her husband's direction. He was no longer looking at the building; instead, his eyes were cast towards the direction of another crumbled pile of ruins. She could tell just by looking at him that his mind wasn't registering what he was seeing; he was thinking deeply about the past.

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Gackt grinned spitefully as he looked at the woman in front of him. The horror written in her eyes were enough to make him want her; to touch her as he longed to touch Yuffie. Her blonde hair spilling down to her shoulders, framed softly around her face gave her an appealing beauty. Wide blue eyes stared into his, anticipating what was to come. "Naminé," he breathed darkly, moving closer to the cowering girl.

The open window behind him that he had leapt through blew in a chilling wind, adding effect to his forlorn appearance. Reaching outwards, he stroked her face with one of his leather gloves, his thumb tracing her lip. "Wh-What do you want with me?" she whispered, her voice trembling.

A wicked grin twisting on his face, his let his hand trail down from her face to her shoulder. Naminé instantly backed up- crashing backwards into a wall. She was stuck in a corner- in a dark room in a forgotten castle in The World That Never Was, no one would come to her rescue and she could not help herself. This being…was of nothing she had ever encountered. His mind couldn't be broken- his heart…there was none. It was almost like he was a Nobody but not quite…there was life there; a soul perhaps, but it was completely alien to her. She was defenseless.

"I've come to take you to your friends- do you remember Sora?" Gackt questioned, taking a step closer to her, so that his body was so close, she could feel the heat radiating off of him.

Naminé felt cold fear spread through her veins at the name. "What have you done to Sora?" she yelled, feeling a protective desire flood her system.

"He's waiting for you Naminé- in my world. However…I can't take you to him like you are. I need you to do something for me. I need you to do what you did to him to someone else- I need you to twist their mind so deeply that they'll never remember. I want you to create fake memories for me, Naminé." Gackt explained, raising his hand to her shoulder again. His other hand gripped her waist.

Naminé pulse quickened. "Get away from me," she growled, fright making her body quake as Gackt's hand slid up under her shirt.

The twisted grin returned. Gackt's eyes glowed dark in the shadows as his face neared Naminé's. "But you make me want you so much. Why do you do this to me when my heart is for juts one other, Naminé? Is it unfaithful to take the pleasures of another woman when the one you're in love with is married to a scumbag?"

"Wh-What?" Naminé whimpered, but her fears were silenced as Gackt's lips crushed hers.

Instantly his tongue was inside her mouth, his hands trailing over her small form. Working his left hand slowly further up her white shirt, he crushed his hips into hers as he forced the kiss to go deeper. His right hand stroked her thigh, working past the pair of white shorts she had on.

Naminé began to struggle against his muscular form, whimpering for release. "Stop…" she grunted as she managed to break his vicious kiss. Gackt paid her no heed, however, and settled for biting her throat, nibbling the soft flesh with obvious eagerness. His fingers kneaded her breast, roughly twisting her nipples, making her whimper louder. "Please…Stop. I'll do whatever you want just please stop…" she begged as his right hand finally found its mark between her legs.

For a moment, Gackt considered ignoring her as he chewed on her throat, letting his fingers caress her hot flesh between her legs, but then he changed his mind. Jerking his hands away from her body, he pulled away from her. He would save his lust for Yuffie. Next time he had her he would let her feel every ounce of passion he had stored in his body for her.

Meeting Naminé's eyes, he grinned again, "If you're sure you don't want me." he mocked. "Anyway, fine. I will take you to her and you will make her believe she is mine. Then I will spare your precious Sora's life. And if you dare defy me- you'd best reconsider because I have his little girlfriend Kairi with me. From my understanding, you all hold a link to each other. Best if that link isn't broken, no?"

'He's twisted!' Naminé thought, wondering how he would possibly know that she was Kairi and Sora was Roxas. Very few knew it. 'But then again…this is someone who is not of this world…there is no telling what he knows.'

"Now, let us embark on our journey, dear Naminé." Gackt spoke softly, but his touch was rough as he held her body against his and then, as if by magic, vanished, leaving behind no signs of his presence.

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Yuffie turned towards the building that the others were walking into. She wasn't very certain that she really wanted to enter it- it looked…dangerous. 'I've put up with enough damn danger for the rest of my life,' she thought bleakly, his gray eyes sliding over towards the silhouette of her husband. "Vincent," she spoke softly, knowing that his sensitive hearing would catch her words.

The demon possessed turned, his red eyes narrowed with grim thoughts. "Yes, Yuffie?" his tone was hard with stress.

"Are you OK?" she asked him warily, taking a few uncertain steps towards him. His aura…it was suddenly so…depressing. For a moment, the past seemed far behind her and she was reminded of how much she loved this man. How he cared so much… 'He's hurting…' her mind whispered to her.

"Yeah…I'll be…OK. It's just something about this place…doesn't seem right. Almost…contaminated." Vincent responded, meeting Yuffie in her small steps. His real hand reached up to stroke the side of her face for a moment. "It's just weird to be back here, I guess,"

"…" she sighed, "I understand. Last time we were here things weren't very pleasant."

"Are you guys coming?" Seth's persistent shout echoed through the ruins behind them. It was obvious he was impatient to explore the wreckage.

"Yes, yes, Seth! We're coming!" Yuffie flustered, tilting her head a little to look into the gaping black hole that was the entrance to the ShinRa building. Quickly, she whipped her head back around and kissed Vincent swiftly on the lips, smiling reassuringly at him, and then turned and dashed into the ruins.

The demon in Vincent watched her go with a protection that was like no other. How could he have ever allowed a monster to touch her body? 'How could I have ever allowed myself to touch her body?' he thought remorsefully and started in after them, his crimson gaze sliding down to the monstrosity that was his metal clawed arm. 'Bleep Hojo's ass!'

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A/N: Not very long considering I haven't updated in almost a year (due to extremely bad issues and several stupid mistakes that landed me in a world of hurt.) My writing style has altered a little so it may seem strange sometimes. Plus, I can't remember much on my outlines for this story because my computer deleted them…I'm trying to remember what has happened so far, but it isn't easy. I'm terribly sorry and hope that you will all forgive me. Longer chapter next time! Plus, I think I've decided to make big reason as to why this story is rated 'M' for mature in maybe the chapter after the next. Not sure, but I give thee fair warning!

And the thing with Naminé- I don't really know why it's there…I just wanted to induce torture upon my characters because I was in a foul mood and that sorta came out…it was gonna go further but I told myself 'NO IZZIE!' and deleted most of it. Besides, I had to convince the mind twisting girl somehow, no? lol. Bye!