Snow
-Squirrel Tamer


Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.


Chapter 8: Suicide fails



Point of View: Squall/Leon



I groan and then grasp at my heart. My chest feels like its going to explode. I don't remember anything that happened. Why am I in the Waterway? Where is everyone?

I rack my brain for memories. All I can seem to remember is a face and then a pain erupts through my body.

I feel something on my right hand. I turn to see my Gunblade lying in it. Slowly a sense of dread fills me.

"Yuffie?" My voice is hard and cracked. I look around but there's no sign of her.

I have to find her. What if I hurt her again?

I turn to leave but then stop. What if when I see her I go crazy and attack her? I'll never be able to live with myself after that.

I have to do it. I have to kill myself. Leon would do it, Leon would do anything to protect Yuffie and Aerith. Leon's not a coward like Squall. But Squall doesn't want to. He's afraid. Squall doesn't want to die to save Yuffie. Squall is a selfish coward.

But I'm Leon now. And Leon is ready to die. Dying for his friends. A noble death fit for Leon.

I pick myself up and run as fast as I can out of the Waterway. If Yuffie catches me then everything is lost.



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Deep breath in. Deep breath out.

I'm standing on top of the gizmo shop. I plan to throw myself off and plunge to my death. But it doesn't seem to be going well. My legs refuse to obey what I tell them. They refuse to go near the edge of the building.

"Damn..." I curse my legs and their weakness.

Through sheer force of will I manage to put myself at the very edge of the tower. I swallow hard and close my eyes afraid I'm going to faint.

"Squall?"

"Ack!" I yell as I whirl around and fumble over my own feet. Curse these legs of mine. I sway for moment and then I fall off the edge.

Somehow I manage to grab onto the edge with one hand.

"SQUALL!" Yuffie cries. The next thing I see is her face looming over the edge. She grabs onto my hand and attempts to pull me up. Sadly I outweigh her by at least 60 pounds.

"You better go on a diet!" She yells at me. I help her out by placing my feet against the wall and attempt to walk up it. It works for a moment before I slide back down.

"Don't worry guys!" I hear someone yell from behind Yuffie. Suddenly Sora's face comes into view. He reaches for my other hand and I grab his. Together Yuffie and Sora manage to pull me back up.

"...Thanks." I tell them.

"No problem Leon!" Sora chirps happily, "You would have done the same for me."

"And I wasn't going to let you die before giving you the big news!" Yuffie says excitedly.

"Big news?" I wonder aloud.

"I gotta go guys! Donald and Goofy are waiting for me. I'm going to ask Donald to let me drive the Gummi Ship." Sora then leaves.

Alone with Yuffie again. It seems like this hasn't turned out good for the past two days now. I wonder what big news she's talking about?

"I think I know where Cloud is!" She tells me happily.

"Y-you do?" I ask her, praying that she isn't joking.

"Mmm-hmm." She says.

"Where?!"

"At another world called the Olympus Coliseum. It's a training place, where you can learn to become a hero, or something like that. We'll have to ask Cid for a Gummi ship. This is going to be great! We'd better go tell Aerith."

"No." I tell her.

"No?"

"We can't tell Aerith."

"Well why not?"

"Because she lives for him. If we get her hopes up and he's not there she'll be crushed. And its been ten years...he might not remember us." I say sadly.

"I guess you're right," Yuffie whispers softly. But then she smiles, "But we can still go right?"

"...Yeah."

She then grabs my arm and yanks me towards the world exit. I vaguely think about asking her to stop so we can tell Aerith where we're going but she pulls me to fast for me to speak.


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A/N: Now you get to see them reunite with Cloud. Ain't it exciting?