Some things belonging to shadows

By: Sissy

Chapter 14

"Sora!" the four males arrived at the kitchen to see Shadow on the floor and Sora above him, trying to make the demon wake up.

Aside from those two, Selphie laid on the floor unconscious as a silver haired man floated above her.

"Ansem! How dare you enter this place!" Cloud yelled at the floating man above them.

"Why not? You've obviously let that stupid demon in here, so why can't I enter?" Ansem asked mockingly.

"Because you're not invited in here!" Squall yelled.

"Oh, prissy boy is here. Tell me, how's the romance with the bastard?" Ansem grinned.

"Get out of here!" Shadow screamed using his magic to throw Ansem away.

"Shadow!" Sora went to the demon to see to his wound.

"He's hurt?" Tidus asked, surprised.

"Shadow, you didn't say anything about finding your human body." Auron stated.

"Yeah, well. I couldn't keep sending my minions to the hospital for sustaining me. I had to do something." Shadow scoffed as Auron help pick him up by the arm.

"Well, let's get you some bandages anyway." Auron said as he carried him to the living room, followed by Sora, who managed to carry Selphie with him, as they passed by Riku and Kairi, who looked extremely confused.

"What happened?" Riku asked, entering the kitchen.

"Ara?" Ansem grinned before he disappeared.

"Tch. Looks like he ran away." Squall scowled in infuriation.

"…" Cloud stared at Riku angrily before biting his lip.

"Cloud? You okay?" Tidus woke him up.

"Huh? Yeah, why?" Cloud asked confused.

"You're bleeding." Tidus pointed to his lip, which was bleeding in one side where he had bitten it.

"Oh, sorry." Cloud cleaned off the blood and said, "I'm gonna go see the elders." before leaving.

"You coming?" Squall asked Tidus who nodded and they followed Cloud.

"What's going on?" Riku asked himself as Kairi looked sadly at him.

"Ansem is free?" she murmured.

"Kairi?" Riku looked at the girl, who fell to the floor, hiding her face behind her bent legs.

"…" the girl didn't respond.

"Kairi? What's wrong?" Riku asked, kneeling down to an almost eye level with her.

"Ansem…free…?" Kairi let some tears fall before she threw herself on top of Riku, crying her eyes out.

"Kairi?" Riku was confused.

"…" from a distance, Sora watched them sadly.

… …

"What are we going to do now that Ansem knows Riku is alive?" Cloud asked the elders.

"We will need to keep him under more surveillance." the elder with the blue scarf said.

"More than he already has? I mean, we threw Kairi at him and she keeps him somewhat safe." Tidus told them.

"Actually, we were thinking more along the lines of miss Yuffie Kisaragi." The red scarf elders told them.

"Wha-?!" all three were surprised.

"Did you already call her to come?" Tidus asked nervously.

"Yes. She'll be arriving within one hour, so please go pick her up Cloud, Leon." the yellow scarf elder told the older boys.

"Yes sir." Cloud and Squall agreed, hiding how mortified they were to know that that girl was coming.

All three left and as soon as they were inside the house, they sighed greatly.

"What's wrong you guys? I heard you all the way over here." Auron poked his head out of the living room asking.

"Yuffie's coming in one hour and Cloud and Squall have to go get her." Tidus said miserably and went to the living room, followed by Auron, Cloud and Squall, while Auron muttered something about karma.

"You guys look like hell." Riku said as all three boys sat together in a sofa.

Riku had taken possession of a chair, where he had in his lap a now finally calm Kairi. Selphie laid on one sofa and Shadow in the next one. Auron stood by Selphie, finishing a cleansing spell on her while Sora sat on the floor staring worriedly at Shadow.

A few minutes of eerie silence passed before Selphie woke up.

"You okay now kid?" Auron asked as Sora crawled towards the girl.

"Yes. Sora?" Selphie looked towards Sora, who worriedly looked at her.

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry." Selphie cried and hugged Sora at the same time.

"It's okay Selphie. It's Ansem's fault anyway." Sora assured her.

Riku was about to ask something but four glares stopped him.

'Fine, fine. I won't ask then.' Riku thought.

A few minutes later and Selphie had calm down.

"Alright then. Since Selphie's all right now, she's coming with us." Squall said as he stood up.

"Why? And where to?" Auron asked menacingly at him.

"We have to go pick up Yuffie." Cloud said, staring at air.

Sora and Selphie quickly perked up happily, "Yuffie's coming?!" they both asked excitedly.

"Yes, she's coming. Now come on." Squall said, dragging Cloud as Selphie followed them happily.

Sora wished he could have gone too as he sat in the sofa where Selphie had been earlier.

The rest of the moment ended up being pretty boring for them.

… …

Squall, Cloud and Selphie got out of Squall's car at the airport as bystander girls drooled at both boys.

"You're attracting attention." Selphie giggled as some girls glared at her enviously.

"Yeah, well… It's not like we want to." Squall said boredly as they entered the airport.

A few minutes later and they waited in front of the entrance of the arrivals.

"I wonder if she's here yet." Selphie looked around anxiously.

"Her flight just arrived, so she should be coming soon." Cloud told her, trying his best not to sound too nervous.

"Hopefully not too soon." Squall said through gritted teeth.

"Cloudy-chan!!!! Squallypoo!!!!" the ear piercing scream startled all of them in the place as a young girl dressed in a ninja outfit ran towards Cloud.

Before Cloud had any time to react, Yuffie was on top of him, uninvitingly locking lips with Cloud. Cloud then quickly realized what the girl was doing and very rudely threw her to the floor.

"I told you not to do that!!!" Cloud yelled and the girl, who quickly stood up and kissed Squall next.

Squall quickly grabbed her a second later and held her up in the air, "I have someone." he glared menacingly.

"And that someone is me, pet." Yuffie tensed when she heard the familiar voice that picked her up higher from Squall.

"Ahhh, hello Seifer. Nice to see you again." Yuffie said aloofly.

"Go play with your little friend." Seifer put her on the floor and Yuffie ran to say hi to Selphie in a very annoying way for the boys.

"It's good to see you again Seifer-san." Cloud said to Seifer, bowing slightly.

"Good to see ya too Cloud. I brought something the elders asked for." Seifer smiled, showing them a duffle bag he carried with him.

"To fight against Ansem?" Squall asked.

"Of course honey. Now, you and me need to talk. But not here." Seifer grinned and Squall looked a bit nervous.

But before Squall could get a say in, Yuffie and Selphie came and told them that they should get going.

… …

"Nnnnn……" Shadow slowly opened his black eyes to see Sora above him.

"Shadow! You're awake!" Sora said cheerfully.

"…" Shadow sat up and looked at his surroundings.

He knew Sora was next to him, but he didn't see Selphie, Cloud or Squall in the room so he imagined they stepped out for the moment. Why? He didn't care.

Auron and Tidus were serving tea in some far away corner of the room, in their own little world perhaps. And then there was Riku and Kairi. Riku still sat in his chair with Kairi sleeping in his lap, Riku holding her so she wouldn't fall.

But what attracted Shadow the most was that Riku seemed to be staring at both him and Sora intensively. As if they had the answers to some questions that plagued his mind. But Shadow knew better. That was only the surface. Underneath it, was something Shadow knew all too well.

Smirking at Riku, who was startled by that, he grabbed Sora's head and pulled the boy into a deep kiss in front of all of them.

Tidus and Auron were very shocked, seeing as they almost let the teacups fall to the floor, and Riku looked a bit pained at what was happening in front of him. Riku looked down and bit his lower teeth.

When Shadow separated, he smugly smiled at Riku, who after looking up, looked away very quickly, hiding his angry blush and pained face. Sora just stared shocked at Shadow before fainting.

"Oops…" Shadow smiled, catching Sora before he hit the ground.

TBC…

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Sissy: (sings happily) Yay!! I finally finished!!!! God, it took me toooooo long!!

All: Happy early b-day Sissy!

Sissy: Thanks guys!! Though my birthday ain't till tomorrow, thanks!

Kody: Well, it'll be your birthday by the time this is put up.

Sissy: True that.

Aoi: Now let's party hearty!!!!

Ryu: Amen to that!!!

(wasted people play with coke)

Replies:

Freak'net; I hope I update soon too. But, you know, that's why they're called 'cliffhangers'.

yuffiegal013; hey thanks! But I won't stop until I finish it!!! The story I mean.

Sorceress Sakura; don't worry. Everything will eventually be cleared up.

Sai-ryo Aura Feana; I'll try to be faster, but, I'm such a lazy-ass…. Yet, Kairi makes a good slut, does she not?

LovelyRikaru; hmmm, not sure if I can agree there with you about the whole Sephiroth thing. I have to include him here. Or maybe not. Who knows?

Sissy: I –hiccup- looooove you –hiccup- aaaaaaaaaaaalllll!!!!

Kody: Dudette, stop pretending to be drunk.

Sissy: Sorry. XD