Gomen nasai! Thanx so much for the people who reviewed and as you wish, I have chapter 2! I'm sorry you had to wait all summer for it but I was so busy with my job and my mother was stuck in a hospital in PA most of my summer so I was babysitting my siblings… I didn't have a summer. Moving on, this is like I said chapter 2 and well, enjoy… (and review! )

About two weeks later

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"Leon, this is getting old."

"Tell me about it. You'd think these things would have tried something new by now," he said, hacking through a few more Shadow Heartless. They were in front of the Dalmatian's door leading out to the Alleyway. The night breeze cut through, playing with their hair as their swords sliced through the enemy. Cloud looked over to the brunette.

"Damn.... Hey, Leon, you go ahead. I'll finish this." Leon lifted his blade over his shoulder, closing his eyes and sighing.

"Whatever," came the dull reply. "But I'm not leaving the Alleyway without you. Maybe they will get smart; they have been getting a bit stronger. Maybe Sora is getting closer, even though he told me he only visited two worlds." He shrugged, running off. Cloud spun, his sword taking out almost the rest of them. The others fled in order to try and fight another day.

"Weak," he murmured, hoisting the blade over his shoulder. He scanned the area a bit more; the sound of Leon's blade slashing the air was not too far off. Other then that, it was quiet. He closed his eyes a moment, enjoying the eerie silence.

"Beautiful night, isn't it?" Cloud's blue eyes snapped open, darting to locate the source of the deep voice.

"Who's there?" The blonde gasped, dropping the buster sword as a pair of cold hands found their way on his shoulders from behind. He pulled away, turning to face the intruder. It appeared to be a tall man with a dark shade of blue for a skin color and ......blue flames for hair. "Who are you? Tell me now," Cloud demanded.

"Chill out. I'll tell you once you calm down." Cloud took a deep breath, continuing to glare at the man. "Oh, boy, if looks could kill. Anyway, name's Hades, Lord of the Dead." Hades held his hand out only to have it hang there, the blonde refusing to shake. Cloud eyed him, hesitantly deciding to give his name.

"I'm ---"

"Cloud Strife, yes, I know." He glared at him harder, his brow twitching a bit. Hades took a step closer causing the blonde to retreat a step back next to the water's edge, still glaring. "Anyway, I'm going to get right to the point. I need you to 'take care of someone' for me." He emphasized 'take care of someone' as if Cloud wouldn't know what he meant. At this, the blonde rolled his eyes. "See, there's this guy. Name's Hercules and he's been causing me some problems----"

"What would be in this for me?" He didn't think there was anything he could give him but he needed to know.

"For you? Well, I believe there is someone your hoping to find. Name's Kira...."

"Kira....?" Hades grinned at his sudden snap in attention.

"She's still alive, you know." He stared at him a moment, Mako eyes glowing.

"How do you know?" The deity slapped his forehead, looking up at him slightly annoyed.

"Hello! God of Death here!"

"Even so..." Cloud's eyes wandered off to the side a bit

"Look, you're going to have to trust me."

"It's very hard for me to trust people," he interjected, taking up his glare again.

"Well, you're going to have to try. For her sake," he said, waving his hand. A smoke figure appeared. It was a girl, on her knees, crying into her hands. Though it was only smoke, she struck Cloud as familiar.

"Kira...."

"Yes, you have to find her. She looks so alone. You have to get to her before something else does." Hades said, grasping at the figure, making her vanish. "So, you kill Hercules, I'll help you get your babe. What's it going to be?" He stared at where the figure was for a moment, finally looking up at the god.

"Deal." He smiled, waving his hand again. This time a quill pen and papyrus formed in mid-air, hanging in front for Cloud's face.

"Great! All you have to do is sign and we can get started." Almost hesitantly, Cloud took the pen. He looked at it a moment, seeing the point was exceedingly sharp. Switching the pen to his left hand, he pricked his finger, replaced it and signed in his blood. Once signed, the contract disappeared, leaving Hades smiling face in his view. "Oh, and there is one more thing..." Hades came up, looming his seven-foot frame over the ex-SOLDIER. He placed his hand in front of Cloud's face, pulling up slowly. It felt as if he was draining the life out of his body. Soon, once he was able to focus, Cloud saw a ghost version of himself in Hades' arms.

"What did you---" He felt woozy, trying to keep his balance, nearly falling in the water behind him. The ghost vanished as the god explained.

"Just something to be sure you get me what I want. Once it's done, your soul will return to you."

"My --- Ahhhh!!!" He clutched his sides, collapsing to his knees, hugging himself. Tiny lightening bolts swarmed around his body, his left shoulder blade beginning to burn. He heard rapid footsteps approaching, hearing Leon's voice over his screams.

"Cloud?! Cloud?! What's wrong?" He rushed to his side, kneeling next to him, placing his Gunblade on the ground.

"Squall, ...I --" Leon ignored the name, more concerned with what was wrong with his best friend. Cloud continued to scream as a leathery, jet-black wing sprouted from his back through his shirt, feeling blood trickle down his skin. Leon shielded his eyes as a spray of blood flared up, speckling his clothes and face.

"What the hell?!" the brunette exclaimed, still unsure of who the tall man next to them was or what was going on for that matter. The blonde suddenly seemed exhausted, falling over into the Gunblade expert's arms, staining his clothes with more blood. Angered, Leon turned toward the figure. "Who the hell are you? You better answer me or I'll --"

"You'll what?" He glared, causing Hades to smirk. "Name's Hades, Lord of the Dead. How ya doin'?"

"Did you do this?"

"In a sense," he replied, seeing Leon hug Cloud tighter as he took a step closer. The brunette gave him a death glare. "Hey, pal, he asked for this." The glare died as he looked down at the form in his arms. Cloud stirred a bit, anger and exhaustion in his voice.

"You..... never.... mentioned this...."

'Then it's true!' Leon thought, eyes wide.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," the death god muttered, snapping his fingers. Cloud vanished from Leon's arms. The brunette at this point got up, sword in hand, to face the deity, gray eyes flashing dangerously.

"No! What did you do, you bastard!? Bring him back!"

"No can do. See, he now belongs.... to me." His stance faltered a bit, his brow creasing in confusion.

"What are you...." In a blue puff of smoke, the signed contract appeared in Hades' hand, clearing showing 'Cloud Strife' written an the base in red....

'Chi....' Leon thought. It then vanished in the same manner it appeared.

"This little baby says he's mine. He is now my Angel of Death," Hades announced, quite pleased how everything was going exactly how he wanted it. "Till the time comes, he should rest. We'll be heading out tomorrow..."

"Where?" Hades held up his hand.

"Uh-ah, business information only. Anyway, it's been fun but I really should be going---"

"Not until you bring him back!!"

"Oh, don't worry. My little assassin will be back. It just might be... for you." He vanished in a puff of smoke, leaving Leon to think about what he'd just said.

"For.... me?"

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TBC…

A/N: And that's chapter 2. (Wow. It was short... gomen nasai!) I know it's a little short but the good news is that I have the third chapter already typed up! I'm just gonna wait till I have a good number of reviews… Anyway, use the pretty button on the bottom left and review… I would like to know if I should bother continuing.

Oh, by the way, this OC mention (Kira) there are sketches of her on my DeviantARTaccount ) Please visit.

Minor note: In the sketches she has short hair but that's later, right now her hair is about waist length. Obviously she cuts it later.