Author's Note:

Okay, first of all, I realize it's been along time and now I see why writers take a long time to send in their work considering the rest of your life you have to deal with(take for instance, SCHOOL). I'm really really sorry. This time it took three weeks instead of two. Sorry.

Second, I'd like to know the idiot that posted that review signed "..." that asked if he/she could be my crush since I have none at the momment. You can't be my crush if I don't know who you are!!!

Third, let's take a good look at Miss Aerith Strife. -=pulls out tiny rod, glasses, and a pull out poster of Aerith in a bikini=-

Kiyda: Okay, here we go. Let's point out the obvious: she's hot. For a mother, she is very hot. And still young, to boot. So what do young, hot, STILL MARRIED mothers do? In Aerith's case, she acts very maturely, being the solo owner of a restaurant, and tries to take care of everything without her husband, Cloud Strife. Now, usually, Aerith is quite strong, quiet, and gentle, but when it comes to her lazy, trouble-making son, Aerith gets out of hand. Well, wouldn't you, if your son got into fights almost ever weekend, slept under bridges, and once mooned the principle.

Sora: O.o;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; I mooned the principle?!

Riku: O_O

Kiyda: Well, you will. I think. Lemme check -= flips through the script=- No, I think you did that once in the past. Whatever, MOOing on, I think you guys have noticed Aerith curses alot.

Riku: Eeeeeeyup.

Sora: Definately.

Kiyda: Well, that's what I think Aerith would've done. Or just how I would've done it. You know, Aerith's one of those people that are super nice one minute, then dead seriously angry in a loud way. I bet it frightens Cloud, too. She frightens everyone.

Sora: There's really nothing you can do about it. 'Cept make her more kinder in the story.

Riku: And fix Leon. He went insane with you trying to make him more reticent.

Kiyda: O_o Oopsydaisy. I gotta fix that. But I don't want to!! Nooooooooo!!! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!!!! -=leaps out of the window, laughing insanely into the night=-

Sora: .;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

Riku: _;

Sora: . Um, Kiyda? Kiyda-chan? KIYDA WATSON, PUT YOUR DAMN CLOTHES BACK ON; YOU'RE SCARING THE CHILDREN!!!!! -=leaps out of window and chases after her=-

Riku: -_-; Right, anyway, goodluck with the show. Break a leg, and be sure to review afterwords or I'll have to come to your house n' kill you all.

Readers: -=hee hee hee=- -=evil grin=- You woudn't stand a chance. -=picturing Riku topless and chained to a wall=-

Kiyda: WHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Holy cheese on rye, where the hell is my tazer?! BACK! BACK, I SAY!

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Chapter 14. Anonymous

"Promise what?"

In a split second, they skidded back from each other - actually, it was Riku who shoved Sora away. Riku backed up against the opposite kitchen counter as Sora collapsed into the cabinet under the sink and hit his head on the pipe as he tried to get back up.

"OW!" cried out Sora, immediately grasping the lump rising from his head.

There was Hikari, interrupting their little "kodak moment" by walking in on them in the Jenova's Kitchen. Filled with a little bit of worry and guilt, Riku left his position and leaned down to see if Sora was all right (although he could tell by the loud "ow", that he was not) and to help him out.

"Sora, you okay?" asked Riku, spying underneath the sink. Sora glared at him through on eye open.

"Geez, what do you think, Riku?!" snapped Sora. Riku rolled his eyes, realizing he sort of deserved it and that his question was actually quite stupid. Never-the-less, Riku offered his help in an outstretched hand. Sora took it, without reflecting on the moment, and popped out of the cabinet.

"Hey, I'm sorry okay, Hikari, just sort of surprised me, all right?" explained Riku. Sora winced as he continued to gentle tap his bruised noggin, hoping there was no lump.

"Yeah, yeah, I get it," Sora replied.

Hikari glared at them with narrowed eyes, suspicious of what was taking place a moment ago and why Sora had fallen into the cabinet underneath the sink.

"What were you two doing?" requested Hikari, folding her arms over her chest and looking at Riku questioningly.

"We were just..." Riku paused.

For what stood behind Hikari was the kidnapper, aka, Broken. He stood some feet back, his arms hanging off his body, standing there like a marionette without it's strings. He looked different from before. He didn't look as threatening. Yet, Riku was still very surprised and very unsettled by the kidnapper's presence in the home.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" snapped Riku, shoving past Hikari and appearing in Broken's face. Broken awoke from his thoughts and leaned back from the invasion of space. Sora blinked in surprise as Hikari panicked.

"Wait - Riku - don't-"

"Get out, NOW!!" commanded Riku, shoving Broken back some feet toward the living room. Hikari tugged onto Riku's sleeve, her eyes filled with concern.

"Riku, please, listen to me -"

Sora darted his eyes from Hikari to Riku, a conclusion rising above his clouded thoughts. 'Hikari: worried. Riku: angry. Anger bad. Worry bad. Um....' Sora was so confused. Nonetheless, an angry Riku was worse than a worried Hikari so what did Sora do?

"Riku!"

"What the hell is it- MMPH!!!"

Sora tackled Riku as he turned around, right of the blue, onto the couch. The only problem is that in doing so, Sora also tackled his lips.

'Well, this was unexpected,' considered Hikari as she watched the two boys collapse onto the sofa, mouth on mouth. Broken watched in wonder and amazement. He was so utterly confused. Why did they have their mouths pressed together? Why do they -

In an instant, Broken felt a soft touch at his arm. He glanced down to see Hikari holding onto his forearm. There was sea of concern in her eyes as she gazed up to him.

"Broken, are you okay? Did Riku hurt you?" she asked him. Broken tried to smile, but all that came out was his smirk.

"No. I am unharmed," he told her. Hikari smiled brightly as she sighed.

"Oh. That's good..." Hikari told him. She encircled her arms around his waist, burying her face into his shirt. Broken gazed down at her confused, startled, and at the same time amuse. He felt something warm coming from her. It was beating slower to a soft rate. It felt so strange so wonderful. So warm and soft... if only he could have such a thing...

Meanwhile on the couch...

'Oh shit...' Sora thought. 'Only a few seconds... um.... what can I do, what can I do, what can I do to stall evil Riku for a while? Um, tap-dance is out of the question, telling jokes, erm, impressions, ah - damn, I don't have a lot of time left until I come for air. Forgive me, Dad, I'm just going to entertain him for a while.... why I am always put into these kind of situations... just remember it's for Hikari......' Sora paused as he separated his lips from Riku's. He breathed in his scent of lotion and skin.

'No.'

Sora placed his lips back onto Riku, grinding his hips into Riku's, causing him to gasp.

'This is for me.'

Riku's eyes widened in shock as Sora pressed so tightly against him. 'What's happening? What's he doing? What's he... what's he doing to me? I feel so... kami-sama, I feel like he's arousing something in me..... It feels... so good. Really good. Sora... ah... I...' Riku's thoughts faded as Sora's tongue moved into his mouth, lapping and struggling with Riku's. Sora continued to play at Riku's mouth, causing moans from Riku's throat, only making Sora' harder. Sora never let go of his mission to make him busy, but he never released this growing desire for him and his body either.

Sora's hands traveled down to Riku's pants and lifted his shirt high enough for Sora to hold tightly to his hips as Sora grinded enough harder into him causing Riku to gasp and moan shortly... Sora grinned to himself, mischievously. He tried to hide this smirk, but Riku could definitely see his devious smile. Riku was thoroughly convinced that Sora wasn't his first. Sora was telling the truth. He wasn't a virgin.

Hikari blinked at the gasps and the moans and glanced over to the two boys on the couch. Broken broke away from Hikari and walked over to the sofa. He peered over the couch to find them "inflamenco el grande". (A/N: XD) Broken tossed a look back at Hikari. Hikari was all freaked out. Her brother was getting it on with another boy on the family couch. Not only that, but he was getting it on in front of HER. It wasn't his homosexual desire that frightened her, it was just the fact they were doing in the same room. Hikari tried to overcome this anxiety, shock, uncomfortableness and fear, by walking over and taking Broken's hand.

"Um, here, I'll walk you out!" Hikari declared, she dragged him to the door, but before she could say her farewell, Broken kissed her. He closed his eyes, and he met her lips with his own. She gasped and he took this invitation as he slipped his tongue into the warm, damp chamber of her mouth. For a while, they continued to kiss until Hikari reluctantly broke the kiss. She inhaled deeply before opening her eyes and quickly and energetically said -

"Bai!"

SLAMN!

Hikari pressed her back against the door and heaved a deep sigh as she smiled to herself. She surrendered to a dreamy daze until her brother's moans awoke her. She sighed and marched over to the living room and stood in front of the duo. She glared at the two with narrowed eyes and a look of unamusement.

"So... Sora," murmured Riku as Sora continued to grind into his hips while at the same kissing and licking Riku's face and neck. Riku entwined his fingers into Sora's hair and watched his soulmate with half lidded eyes.

'I can't believe this happening...' stirred Riku in his thoughts

'I can't believe this happening...' Sora mused in his mind

Riku gripped harder to his hair. 'And my one soul mate...'

Sora brushed his tongue against his. 'And the one whom I love....'

'...is-"

"Ahem-"

Both of their eyes shot open, and both instantly leaped away from the other as if the magnetic pull between them was turned inside-out. Hikari rolled her eyes and seated herself on the coffee table as the two boys regain their breath and the few sanity that remained.

'Crap! Hikari just saw the whole thing! Dammit, this really so embarrassing. C'mon, c'mon, think of a good excuse..... uh...' Sora searched his thoughts for an answer.

'SHIT!! Was she there the whole time?! Oh dear gawd, I'm so gonna die.. Dad's gonna kill me....' Riku groaned in his head as he placed a hand over his eyes.

"Hikari! I'm sorry about that. I was just teaching Riku... a..." Sora gave Riku a nervous "help me out here - I'm dying!" look and Riku gave him a blank "what the hell do you want me to say?!" look while Sora replied with a "anything!" look and Riku demanded with another "like what, you ass fucker!?" as Sora looked at him with a pushing look of "something that makes sense, you uncle fucker!"

Hikari glanced between the two, wondering what they were doing while exchanging glances. Still, she just assumed it was some "lover thing" that boys do and waited patiently for an explanation. However, this little internal conversation of "looks" between the boys only lasted for about five seconds.

"A...a few tips! Yeah, Sora was just showing me, um, how to..." Riku was searching for the right words, but Sora broke in to provide them.

"Get laid!" Sora stated bluntly. Hikari's attention was immediately drawned like Riku's. Riku gave him an inquiring look, but Sora ignored him and grinned like a confidant, happy idiot.

"Really?" asked Hikari, resting her head into a hand supported by her folded arms over her chest. "You give lessons?"

"Um, yeah! Of course, I do! Five bucks a lesson!" Sora declared, displaying five fingers. His smile turned into a nervous one as he felt the sturdy, menacing, furious, flaming glare of his bestfriend and soulmate.

"Um, how about a discount...?"

"....."

"... free?"

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"Dammit, we're gonna be late!"

A sea of metal, shiny vehicles was packed and squeezed into the streets of the city so tightly that not one could travel more than a few centimeters. Horns honked and many sounds were made in effort to move traffic, but unfortunately, like a stubborn child, it remained to stay awake and in one defined spot. Going absolutely NOWHERE. (A/N: Ah, the pain....x.x)

Bam! Tidus pounded a fist into the side of the car as he leaned his head out.

"HEY! Don't dent the car!" exclaimed the taxi driver from the front seat. Tidus didn't bother to glance back to him, and instead, he sighed a great pathetic sigh and turned over to Wakka.

"How long de we have to get there?" Tidus demanded. Wakka unfolded an arm behind his head and took a watch from his pocket, studied it, then shrugged as he placed it back in his pocket and folded the arm back behind a head.

"'Bout five minutes..." Wakka informed him lazily. Tidus groaned.

"How can you be so relaxed!? We're gonna be late!!" exclaimed Tidus.

"Don' worry, mon. Whatever will be, will be!" confessed Wakka.

"What the hell do you mean by that?! You may be okay with being murdered by our coach, but I'm not willing to have my ass kicked!" snapped Tidus. Selphie blinked curiously into her thoughts.

"I wonder what's holding up traffic..." mused Selphie.

"Let's check the radio..." Lulu suggested. Tidus impatiently groaned again, covering his eyes with one hand. 'Dammit, how did I get stuck in this mess...' thought Tidus.

{......Traffic is backed up throughout I-40 to the intersection of Poplaur and Greenbrew. There seems to be some car accident between two men that is taking allot of police officers to control. One of them seems to have long white hair and the other short and blonde like a choccobo's... and, shit, they're at each other's throats! They blonde has seemed to pull out some gun from his back pocket and is now threatening to kill the other but the other seems to have pulled out a shotgun from his trenchcoat, oh god - MAN DOWN, MAN DOW-}

Tidus starred wide eyes in horror as the radio station went dead to some Beatles music. Wakka and Tidus both glanced at each other.

"He's back."

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Humming quietly, Yuffie stroked her teacher's hair with her fingers as his head and his shoulders rested between her legs with his back toward her. She smiled sweetly, feeling as if she was in heaven alone. Of course, not alone. She had Professor Squall with her.

But Professor Leon was quiet. He was so quiet. He was just staring. Blankly, silently, as if thinking about something so deeply he could not find the words to describe what he was musing over and over in his brain. So many images and visions flooded into his brain, but his memory still blurred them like colors from the morning. He continued to remain reticent, staring into space with his lips slightly open and his chest rising and falling at his every breath.

Then he spoke. And once he did, Yuffie would never forget these words and what they meant. What they came to mean.

"I was seven."

Yuffie fell silent. Her humming ceased.

"It was raining...."

"My little sister was at home with the nanny. I was going with my mom... and my dad to where they worked. So I could see what they did for a living," Leon explained.

"It was a tall and huge building. There lots of windows. And so many... people. Many, many people."

"Mom and Dad took me up really high. In the last floor. You could see our house from there and all of Zanarkand. Even though it looked so gloomy outside, I was really excited. I was so excited to be there with Mom and Daddy."

Leon paused.

"There was a phone call. And my dad picked it up. My mom put me in a seat and twirled me around in it for a while in front of the window. But she stopped. Everything..."

Leon gulped.

"... it all stopped."

"There was an explosion from below. And there were more. Suddenly the lights went out and so did everything else. The glass windows shattered, cutting my face. Mom snatched me from the windows. She shoved me and her under a desk, but the glass still reached her... She screamed as she held onto me. Protecting me."

"There was more screaming. More explosions. Loud and unbarring sound. The ground was stable one minute then suddenly diving the next. One by one each floor collapsed until the roof caved in and... we were buried."

Leon exhaled deeply before catching his guts and breath again.

"It was dark. Really dark. And hot. My mother laid on top of me, underneath the desk. I shook her, trying to wake her up. But I couldn't."

Yuffie blinked.

"I couldn't wake her up."

'...what?..'

"I screamed, and I screamed out her name. But she would not answer. She wouldn't wake up."

"I started crying. Tears wouldn't stop. I would fall asleep after a few hours of crying, but wake back up, realizing my mother was still dead and I was still stuck, and once again, I would cry tears that wouldn't stop. I screamed for hours until my voice became hoarse, and I fell back to sleep."

"I was finally rescued a day or two later..."

"It was raining."

Silence fell. Leon remained quiet for a moment or two, perhaps waiting for some response. Yet, even though he expected none, he wanted one. But Yuffie.

Tears fell onto his cheeks. Leon glanced up to see Yuffie, crying and smiling down at him. He blinked at her, confused and startled by her tears. Yet, she didn't seem to notice. Not at all. For some reason, she was both sad and happy.

"I'm.. I'm really sorry about what happened. Even if I wasn't the cause for it or I have nothing to do with it all. I'm just really sad that I can't see or meet your parents and that they're not alive to see how wonderful and amazing you've grown up to be. I'm sorry they weren't there to raise your sister, and I'm sorry they weren't there to raise even you. And I'm really sorry that you had to go through that all... but..." Yuffie explained, wiping her tears with the back of her hands.

"But I'm really happy that you survived. I'm really happy that you lived. That you're here today to teach me and all of us. That you were hear to help your sister. That you were there to punish Kairi, to help us out, to tutor me, and to even breathe the same air we breathe today. I'm just really so happy, Professor...!" Yuffie exclaimed. With that, she hugged her teacher closer in a warm embrace from behind. Leon blinked, slightly blushing and slightly still perplexed.

After a few more minutes of sitting around and enjoying each other's silence and presence, Yuffie looked at her watch, realizing it was close to dinner time.

"Oops, I'm gonna be late for supper..." exclaimed Yuffie. Leon sat up so she could get up and retrieve her equipment and ninjitsu instruments. She did so and took her bag to pack it all up. She tightened the band wrapped over her brow and zipped up her gym bag. She stopped for a moment, thinking in silence. Then she tossed the bag over her shoulder and headed towards the door. "Bai, Professor Squall, I'm leaving now!"

Professor Leon glanced over his shoulder at her before pulling the black hooded pull-over over his head. He pulled it over and down over his torso as he walked toward her. Yuffie's heart jumped in her chest, but she grabbed it in her internal thoughts to control it. She smiled cheerfully.

"I'm leaving!" she called again, in case he didn't hear her the first time.

"I heard you," he said, placing a hand on the door frame above her head. He gazed down at her, his eyes some what dazed and lost. "I wanted to..."

"Professor...?"

Yuffie's voice was stopped as his lips touched hers. She blinked, then deepened the kiss, pressing Leon further on by opening her lips slightly for entrance. He took this and slipped his tongue into the warm chamber of her mouth, lapping and smoothing tongue with hers. Yuffie rose her arms around his neck and pulling her body closer to his. A groan emitted from his throat, enticing him more as Yuffie's softness was found so close to his leg. He wrapped his arms around Yuffie's body, sliding her shirt up slightly, feeling her warm, soft skin. He lifted his lips from hers as his eyes became half lidded, and he tasted her lips and skin with his tongue. She entwined her fingers in his hair as he trailed kisses and tongue along her neck. A hand reached for the back of her head...

'She so soft... so kind... so loving... She's such a wonderful, caring person....oh god, if only I could have her...'

'I love him... I have to love... how else can I feel this way? I love him so much... If only this wasn't a dream.. But I could never be with Professor Squall... cause...'

Instantly, they both stopped.

'BUT SHE'S/I'M A STUDENT.'

They both slid back a foot or two from each other breathing heavily.

(A/N: -_-; The natural reaction...)

Yuffie pulled down the back of shirt with both of her hands as she blushed feverishly. She could believe this was happening to her. She was just finished making out with her FENCING TEACHER!!! 'I mean, he's incredibly hot and everything, not to mention a true gentleman, but... THAT'S NOT THE POINT - he's a teacher!! A TEACHER!!! BAD!! VERY BAD!!!' she screamed in her head.

Leon wiped his mouth with the back of his hand as he watched her, consumed in his own loud dictating thoughts. 'You know why there aren't many male teachers here?! THIS IS WHY, DAMMIT!! How could you let it get this far?! How could you let it get anywhere at all!!!??? Dammit, I just broke the most important rule of a teacher: never have an affair outside of school with a STUDENT!!! Dammit, I'm such an idiot.. But I don't want to stop seeing her. I... I kind of like Miss Kisaragi. Yuffie, I mean. But I can't! DAMMIT, I CAN'T!' he swore in his thoughts.

"I'm sorry," Professor Leon blurted out. "I didn't mean to come on to you. What I meant to say I -"

"NO, NO, NO, NO, NOO!!! It was completely my fault! I was already so tired from everything today and got sort of carried away and um, sort of lost track of time!" Yuffie cut him off, waving her arms about.

"Feh. Lost track of time? More like sanity," stated Leon.

"Huh?" wondered Yuffie. Leon ran a hand through his hair.

"Look, you're cute and all, but I could never be serious with you. You're my student; I'm your teacher. It just wouldn't work out," Leon explained, looking down at her with cold blue eyes. Yuffie glanced over at the floor nervously as she tightened her hand on her gym bag shoulder strap.

"I know that... but... do you think... he could, I mean, have a relationship outside of school..." Yuffie spoke more quietly and timidly. "Please...?"

Leon blinked down at her. He spoke, "I don't think you get it. It's illegal for me to date you or to have any anything more than friendship with you. You're seventeen. I'm almost 30..."

"No, you're not..." whined Yuffie.

"Doesn't make any difference... I can't, Miss Kisaragi."

"But..." Yuffie attached herself to his shirt. He blinked at her, once again confused and surprised by her actions. She looked up to him with hurt eyes. "... didn't you feel anything? In that kiss? Or any of the touches? Am I the only one that felt something... please... please tell me that you did, too!"

Leon didn't answer. He hung his head and didn't look at her.

Yuffie stared at him. Then ran.

She ran to her heart's content.....

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Next Episode of Symphony Remix:

Riku and Sora have to come to some agreement: do they feel the same way about each other or was that little "free lesson" just a distraction? And things are certainly moving fast for Leon and Yuffie. Does Leon really feeling nothing from Yuffie or is he just trying to keep her and him out of trouble? Yuffie doesn't care, all she wants is more than a little piece of honey(meaning the WHOLE BEEHIVE). :D And what's happening in the middle of traffic? What are those two lunatics doing?! And why are Tidus and Wakka so scared? Sounds like the cast of Kingdom Hearts are blasting off again!!!! (sparkle!)

Heee.... -=warm fuzz=- Sora's the only one I know that can fall into the cabinet underneath the kitchen sink.

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"Something that went WHUMP- CHUNK then REEEEEEEE..." - Nightcrawler

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