disclaimer : Yo yo!! I DO own Kingdom Hearts!!! In my own little world in my head....

A/N : I'm gonna change the storyline a LITTLE bit, not much, but a little bit!! ^_~

A/N2 : I got my first flame!! I'm so proud! But the person (who flamed) is an idiot cuz I've said it once, and I'll say it again, IF YOU DON'T LIKE EVIL ANGSTY YAOI, THEN DON'T READ THIS FIC!!!! Now, if the person flames me again for calling them an idiot, well, we'll talk.

Darkness Within by rin_lockheart

Sometime later, Sora, Donald and Goofy had found their way back to Traverse Town. They had gone through a few worlds, like Wonderland and Tarzan's Jungle, so they thought they'd head back there to see what was going on*.

They arrived at the front gate and wandered into the item shop. They had a chat with Huey, Dewy and Louie, bought a few items and left.

The trio wandered into the Third and Second Districts before going into the house where Leon introduced them to Yuffie and Aerith. 'Hey,' Sora thought. 'doesn't Cloud work with them?' He pondered on this for a moment before his thoughts trailed to the handsome blond swordsman himself. Cloud had been so kind to him, so friendly, so-

*You can't hide behind him forever, Sora,* a voice said in his mind. Sora jumped as the voice went on. *Soon, he will leave you. And the only person you will be able to turn to is me, the FIRST one to love you...*

"Where are you!?" Sora asked out loud, looking around. Donald and Goofy looked puzzled.

"We're right here, Sora," Goofy said with a chuckle.

Donald tilted his staff towards the boy. "I think you're loosing it."

"You mean you didn't hear the voice just now?" Sora asked, confused. The two shook their heads. "Oh well, must be hearing things," he lied. For in his heart, he knew exactly who spoke to him; how could he forget?

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Cloud watched the boy who stole his heart from a rooftop. The wind blew his blond spikes backwards, off his face. Sora, Donald and Goofy had walked into the Leon's so called "hideout". It couldn't even be called a hideout really. It was basically a one room house.

"Clooouuuud!" A voice behind him. 'Sounds like Yuffie.'

He turned around and faced the petite ninja. 'Yup, Yuffie.'

"What?" he asked.

Yuffie gave him an evil smirk. "Don't think I don't know what you were doing! Cuz I know exactly what you were doing."

Cloud raised a blond eyebrow. "And what was that?"

Her face went into an even eviler smirk; if that was possible. "You were watching Sora, weren't you?"

"W-what..?" he said, blushing.

Yuffie fell to the floor in laughter. "Hahahahahahah!!!!!!!" she laughed. "You were, weren't you??!?! I can't believe it!!!!"

"Yuffie, please don't make fun of Cloud," a voice from the shadows said. A girl in a long pink, strapless dress emerged from the shadows' embrace. Her hair reached down just past her waist in a ponytail that turned into a braid. Aerith**.

"And why not? It's so much FUN!!!" The small ninja giggled some more.

Aerith shook her head. "Because. I don't think Cloud needs that at the moment. He is trying to decide whether or not to go to him." She turned to look at Cloud. "Are you not?"

"Yes..." came the faint reply. "I am deciding..."

Yuffie put her hand on his shoulder. "What are you waiting for? Go after him!!"

Cloud shook his head. "But, he's so young..."

"Who cares? If you love him then go after him before someone else gets to him first!! And if that age stuff comes up in your head again, all you have to remember is that love is more important that age difference or any of that other crap."

Giggling could be heard coming from Aerith. "What?" Yuffie asked, annoyed.

"It's just that what you said made a bit of sense," she giggled.

Yuffie laughed a bit at this. "I did, didn't I?" She stepped away from the blond man and went towards Aerith. They laughed together.

Suddenly, Cloud jumped off of the roof, bounced off of a barrel and landed on his feet on the ground.

"I wish he'd stop doing that and use the stairs like a normal person..." Yuffie sighed as she and her best friend ran down the stairs after him.

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Sora heard a faint thump from outside. He looked out the window but saw nothing and that made him a bit worried. Goofy and Donald were right behind him at the window and ready to attack if necessary. They must have heard it too.

The doorknob jiggled a bit and both the two went to either side of the doorway. They were ready to whack whatever came through the door.

Finally, the door opened and inside walked a blond haired man. On a reflex, Donald and Goofy brought their weapons down on his head and he fell to the floor.

"Cloud!" Sora cried. The boy went to the older man's side and shook him slightly. "Come on, wake up!"

He stirred and slowly sat up. "Whoever the hell hit me had better not still be here," he said threateningly.

Donald and Goofy ran out of the house as fast as they could.

~fin of ch.4~

*=that's the reason I went back to Travese Town!

**= I spelled it 'Aeris' every single time this chapter until I edited! I've played WAY too much FF7 and not enough KH... :P

A/N : how is it? TEEEEEELLLLLL MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! R+R and I will love you forever!!! *^_^*