Kingdom Hearts

Dark Angel Sora

Chapter 1

2019

The sleek black Ninja 112 cruised down Destiny Boulevard, not halting at the street lights. The slim figure on the bike increased it's speed, hoping to lose the pursuing Manticore Hummer that was doing about 120 mp/h behind him. The bulky machine had trouble maneuvering in the tight streets of Destiny City, but the Ninja was built for speed and incredible agility. The biker turned suddenly onto another street, smiling grimly as the Hummer screeched by, unable to perform on the same level as the Motorcycle. Idiots he thought

All his life, Sora had been trained to be the perfect soldier. He wasn't born. He was harvested. A secret government agency called Manticore, who had created almost forty children within the years of 1997 to 2003. Sora had been the last to "born". All of the X5 units, as they were called, were created with animal DNA, such as dogs, wolves, tigers, etcetera. Sora himself was bred with cheetah DNA. From the age of two, X5's were trained for combat and to make full use of their abilities. The mistake that Colonel Lydecker, Manticore's head officer, was that he thought he could control all of them with out any kind of problem. But the Colonel was wrong. Dead wrong.

In 2009, when Sora was six years old, a small group of X5's, all older than him, devised an escape plan, and put it to action on a cold February night. Sora had stuck with one of the older members, named Seth, who led him safely to the out skirts of River Falls, Wisconsin. At the time, the United States economy had been sabotaged by terrorist, creating an era called the post-Pulse. For next year, he lived in deserted tree house, stealing what he needed until a family had moved in the house in which the tree house stood. The woman, who could not have children of her own, gratefully adopted Sora and for three years, he lived a good, wholesome life, never revealing his past with Manticore.

His mother loved him dearly. He could look at her, know it. But when he looked at his father, he saw a man that only saw him for what his body could offer. He would come in the middle of the night and take him in the basement. He said, that if Sora wanted his mother to live, he would be quite, and never tell anyone what happened at night. Then the next hour or so would be a blur of pain and misery for the young X5. He did not question what his father did, thinking that it was how a normal people lived, and Sora wanted desperately to be normal.

But one day, he came home from school and his mother was not home. At ten years old, he had never once come home to an empty house. His mother was always home. But this time, it was his adoptive father who was home. He led Sora into a dark room, and removed the boy's shirt, and began to touch him. At the time, Sora understood that this was not how normal families acted, and though he did not know what the man was doing, but he did know that it was wrong.

Manticore training taking over, he quickly devised that the easiest way to kill the pervert was to snap his neck. He grabbed his "father" by the throat, and in one fluid movement, snapped the neck in two places…

…Just as his mother walked in. She took in the seen, apparently not surprised by the act committed against Sora. What did surprise her, was that this boy, this child, had actually killed his attacker.

Leanne hugged the boy close, crying, and saying how sorry she was that he had experienced this. He told her he loved and that he was sorry for any problems he had caused, then left the house, never to return again. Manticore had been chasing him ever since his escape.

Dismounting his bike, Sora pulled of the black helmet freeing his spiky brown hair that seemed to stick out in all directions, and wheeled the Ninja 112 into a dark shed. It would hopefully be safe here. Hopefully he would be safe here. Manticore had chased him half way across the Nation. Destiny City was just a stopping point. Turning around, he headed for the Cherry Apple. It was a pre- pulse era bar, that most of the middle class people hung out at. It smelled strongly of old alcohol. Almost as soon as he entered, people were checkin' him out. He patiently ignored them, his sight automatically adjusting to the bars lighting. Sora headed for the stairs that led up to a landing which held tables for the customers to sit at. In the far back corner, two men sat talking. They could not have been older than twenty-five, and by the way they were talking, they seemed to be close friends.

Sora recognized one of them. He was tall, and muscular, but not bulky. His hair was platinum, and his eyes were a mesmerizing sea green. His name was Riku, and Sora had know him from his days in River Falls. They had been next door neighbors, and they had been close friends, even though Riku was three years older than him. Sora had actually considered telling the platinum haired boy about his past at Manticore, but that was just before he was sexually assaulted by his father.

Walking with a purpose, he approached the table, just as Riku looked up. His eyes flashed with recognition.

"Sora? Is that you?" he rose to meet the X5.

"Yeah, long time no see, huh?"

"Are you kidding it's been, what, five years?" Riku said, looking over the boys body, noticing that he had come a long way since elementary school. In more was than one.

"Yeah, it's been a while." Sora said, feeling happy to be around some he could actually trust.

The guy behind them coughed, and Riku turned to introduce hem. "This is Cloud, we work together at-" he was cut off by the spiky haired blond.

"At the Starbucks on Main Street. Jobs are to come by these days." Cloud was looking at Sora with serious interest.

Luckily, before he could say anything further, Riku interrupted. "So, where are you staying? How long are you staying?"

"Well, to be perfectly honest, I have no idea. I didn't even know I was going to see you." Sora said, ignoring the flirty looks Cloud was throwing him. "I was just gonna rent a hotel room I guess."

"Hell naw." Riku exclaimed. "You're gonna stay with me and Cloud. We've got an extra room, and I'll be damned if my friend stays in some musty ass hotel when he could be some where safe."

You don't have to worry about me being in danger, Sora thought wryly. Out loud he said, "Riku that's very generous of you, but I wouldn't want to impose. And I don't have a job."

"He could work at Starbucks with us," Cloud pointed out. "We are under staffed as it is."

"There, see Sora, you've got a place to stay and a job." Riku said, a pleading look in his eyes. "Come on Sora, please?"

Sora sighed. This totally violated all of his self rules, involving other people in his life. But then again, he longed to around people he knew and that he was comfortable with. There was really only one thing he could say. "Okay, but only if I pay half the rent and I help take care of the apartment."

"That fine with me. Lets go." Riku said, grabbing his coat.

"I've got to get my bike." Sora said, standing up. "I'll meet you around front."

"I'll come with." Cloud offered, and Sora rolled his eyes, but said nothing.

Outside, Sora led Cloud around the back of the building toward the shady shed that held his bike. As the rounded the corner, they saw two large gangers, who were pulling the Ninja 112 out of the shed. Sora instantly became thoroughly pissed and confronted them instantly.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" the X5 said, boldly approaching the gangers. "Get away from my bike!"

"Who the hell are you?" the one the bike said, raising an aluminum bat.

"Do you really wanna throw down out here?" Sora said, hoping that he would not have to reveal his Manticore nature. The Gangers began to move toward him, and knew that he would have to fight. Relying completely on his training, he moved before the even realized it, grabbing the closest one, throwing him up against the wall. The other one swung the bat at Sora's head, but he easily danced under it, hitting the man with a flat palm in the chest. This was all down in under twenty seconds.

Jumping on the Ninja 112, Sora started the ignition and rode toward Cloud, who was looking at him with an expression of total wonder.

"Your one of the crazy mutants, aren't you?" he said, after staring at him for a moment longer.

"I am genetic soldier, if that's what you mean." Sora said, not even trying to hide it. Cloud had seen him lift a guy at least three times his body weight and throw him. There was no around that. "Cloud, you wont tell Riku will you? I don't want to put him in any danger."

"I wont," the blonde said, "For a price."

"Name it. How much money and how soon?"

"Who said anything about money?" Cloud asked, and he moved closer to Sora. "What I want is clean and simple. Just a brief kiss."

Sora's mouth dropped. He was not definitely expecting that. "Why?"

Cloud considered the question. "I've known Riku for a long time, Sora. And in that time, I have come to realize that Riku can get what ever he wants, when he wants. I can't. After a while I kinda grew tired of being in his shadow. I want to have something that he can't have, even if it's just for a second."

Sora understood Cloud's explanation immediately, having been acquainted with those same feeling on more than one occasion. Being what he was, he had to hide his abilities and allow others to pass him up. "I understand. And I'll give you three seconds."

"What does that-" Cloud felt his ignorant comment smothered by Sora's mouth capturing his own. Sora counted down the seconds that he had promised to Cloud. 3…2…1…the X5 shoved him hard, determined to keep a grip on his better judgment. He already violated it twice in the last twenty-four hours. First he had agreed to move in with Riku, then he allowed Cloud to live, after witnessing his Manticore power, and then KISSED him, no less. What is wrong with you, Sora? He thought. The old him would have killed them both, and would have been half way to Antarctica by now. You are one messed up sixteen year old. Behind them, Sora's genetically enhanced hearing heard the faintest stir from one of his earlier victims.

"We should go," Sora said, "Riku's waiting."

The mounted the Ninja, rode around front to Riku, and he knew found life.

His senses were abnormally dull, this morning. The was a particular throbbing in the back of his head. Sora reached out to grab his pillow…

His eyes flew open. This was not his room! He recognized none of it. Where the hell am I? He thought. Then, like being hit up-side the head, the X5's memory came back.

After the alley incident, he came to Cloud and Riku's apartment. They had showed him around, and Riku went immediately went to bed. Sora, being used to staying up for days at a time, had stayed up and talked with Cloud. Mostly about stupid stuff, like who had the worst grades in high school, which turned out to be Sora, since he had never finished the fourth grade. Cloud was shocked to hear that Sora was only sixteen. With in an hour, Sora had consumed fourteen beers, and three bottles of wine. By which time, he was seriously drunk. He would laugh if Cloud even said the word pudding. By five in the morning, he passed out, and here he was.

Sora sat up in the twin sized bed, shrugging off the thin comforter. He was in the pajamas he had pack in a back pack. But if he remembered correctly, he had passed out in his biker outfit. That posed an interesting question. Riku had gone to bed almost as soon as they gotten to the apartment, Sora himself had passed out so that only left…

"CLOUD!" Sora leapt out the bed and yanked the door open. "CLOUD GET YOUR SCRAWNY ASS OUT HERE!"

The blond boy did not answer. Sora ventured down the hallway, towards the bathroom, where he heard the shower running. Without knocking, he threw open the door and yanked back the plain, black shower curtain and was shaken to see that it was not Cloud who was in the shower, but Riku. They stood there for a moment, Sora inadvertently drinking in the whole of the sight.

"Um…Sora…can I help you with something?" Riku said.

Sora plastered a fake smile on his face. "Sorry, I thought you were Cloud."

He quickly closed the curtain, and exit the bathroom, heart thudding against his chest.

"Pull yourself together Sora," he told himself. "You're okay."

"Do you always talk to yourself, or his this a new habit?"

Cloud had appeared behind him, fully clothed, apparently getting ready for work.

Sora whirled on him, ready to punch his face in for all the problem he had caused in the last twelve and a half minutes.

"I AM GOING TO KILL YOUR ASS!" Sora yelled, leaping at the tall blonde, trying to knock him over, but the effects of the hang over he was experiencing caused him to over step, tripping over Cloud's foot and landing flat on his face.

"Don't so great when you're pumped full of alcohol, are you?" the blonde said, flashing a cocky smile.

"Even drunk I can beat you ass," the X5 lashed out with his foot, connecting with the older boy's ankle and sending him toppling to the ground. "How's that for a drunk, you donkey?" He leapt on top of Cloud in an attempt to strangle him.

At precise moment, Riku emerged from the bathroom, towel rapped Around his waist. He did not say anything, but gave them a look that said, 'One night together and they are already making out on the floor.' Sora and Cloud read this look and sprang apart.

"WE ARE NOT TOGETHER!" they both yelled.

"Did I say that?" Riku replied coolly.

"No but you thought it." Cloud said.

Riku shook his head and went into his room. Cloud got to his feet running a hand over his spiky blonde quills. He offered Sora hand, but the X5 ignored him, refusing to accept anymore help. Using the wall to steady himself, Sora demanded to know what Cloud had done to him in his sleep.

"What are you talking about?" Cloud said, genuine innocence in his eyes and voice. "Sora, after last night, thought you would trust me."

Sora knew that Cloud was telling the truth, but did not like the fact that he had been wrong. After a few minutes of thinking, Sora said, "Look, I am sorry that I've been a ass hole to you. I thought the only reason you were being nice to me is so that you could… uh…well…" his words deserted him.

Cloud picked up on what Sora was trying to say almost as soon as the first words came out of his mouth. "You thought I was just tryin' to get onto your pants. Right?"

Sora blushed, and looked away. "Yeah, basically."

"Sora-san, I know I seem like the type to do something like that, but I'm."

"Sorry, Cloud. So, what did you do with my clothes?"

"I put them in the laundry. You didn't have anything have anything else, so I was gonna let you borrow a few of my outfits. They are to tight on me and I thought you might be able to wear them."

Sora was once again astounded by the blondes kindness. "Thanks."

"You might want to hurry up. You've got an interview at Starbucks in twenty minutes."

FINALLY FINISED! This is the longest chapter I have ever written for Fan Fiction. Pleas r & r.