A/N: Oohh… People are actually reading this…. Interesting… I really wonder sometimes if people even know I'm on here. Anyway, thanks to MercuryGold, hoobastank3003, Kurai Shidosha (Ai Shiteru, Kurai-ai), Kitsune107, Yersi Fanel, emerld-rei, Sai-ryo Aura Feana, Reigning Hobbitess, and Yu Motou
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Chapter 7
Blood and Love
Leon's eyes cracked open, feeling Kumi lying on top of him. She looked up at him, her nerves shot. He rested his hand against his forehead, peering up at her, a dizzy spell passing.
"You okay?" he murmured. She nodded, looking down. She gasped, causing Leon to push them both off of...
"Oh my God...," the girl whispered breathlessly.
"Cloud?" Leon lifted the blonde's head slowly, blood dripping down his hand and onto the ground in pools. "Cloud, say something! Oh God... it was... it was him. He broke our fall..." He pulled his glove off, quickly searching Cloud's throat for a pulse. It was there... but it was weak. Kumi gently placed her head on his chest, listening for his heart and breathing. Leon watched as Cloud stirred, his eyes opening slightly.
"Squall...," the blonde murmured. Kumi leaned up, looking down at him.
"Shhh... don't talk. We're right here..." Leon muttered as he felt tears stinging his eyes. "Kumi, we have to get help...The Mako in his system won't heal this in time..." She wasn't sure what 'Mako' was but she ignored it, finding her voice to speak.
"B-but you told Cid not to answer u-unless it was you..." He paused a brief moment before helping Kumi take Cloud into her arms. He then stood, wiping his face of tears with the back of his wrist.
"I'll be right back. You better stay alive, you bastard."
"I'll... haunt you... if I don't...," he murmured between coughs, blood trailing down his chin, his blue eyes fluttering. Leon turned and ran, leaving Kumi and Cloud alone.
"Cloud..." He coughed, more blood rising from his throat. She kissed his forehead, brushing his bangs aside, hearing distant footsteps and the giant doors opening and closing. "Y-you never told me who this person you were looking for was... Who is she?" She needed to keep him awake. He blinked a bit, staring up at nothing in particular, his gaze distant.
"Her name is Kira... I... She lived with us at Hollow Bastion. I.. know she's alive... that's why... I signed on with that fucking bastard..." His eyes fluttered, causing her to shout his name to open them again. "I will find her. She's... waiting for me..."
"CID!" Leon's voice roared through the Third District like a storm, causing the blonde pilot to come stumbling out of the house without a second thought.
"What the hell! Leon, you trying to give me a fuckin' heart attack?" He took in Leon's flustered appearance. "What the hell happened to you?"
"Where's Aerith?"
"Why? What happ---" Leon grabbed his shirt, pulling him closer.
"Where is she, dammit?" He pointed inside, nearly falling as Leon let him go. "Aerith, come out here, quickly." She raced out, urged by his voice. "Cloud's dying and he needs help. Fast." Her eyes widened, giving him a quick nod as they began hurrying to the Gizmo Shop.
"Cid, what's going on," Yuffie blurted, rushing out of the house.
"Something about that damn blonde. Come on." They hurried off, following them, their rushed footsteps echoing off the walls and through the vacant Third District.
The Second District remained deserted aside from the two figures near the Gizmo Shop. Kumi cradled Cloud's head, trying to think of how to keep him conscious. His blood pooled around him, ripples forming now and then from droplets falling. A faint wind blew causing Kumi to shiver, feeling as if Death was over her shoulder waiting for the blonde to die.
"Cloud, please, you have to stay awake. Uhhh... what does she look like?" She wiped the blood from his chin only to have more pour from his mouth. She noticed a teardrop fall onto his face, wiping her eyes.
"She has... long, dark blue hair and... amber eyes... she..." he drifted off.
"Cloud!"
"I'm ...tired...," he mumbled. Kumi heard the sound of rapid footsteps, looking up to see Leon and the others running over.
"Cloud, just a little longer... You guys, hurry, he's blacking out!" Aerith rushed over, placing her hands above him, beginning the spell. Leon leaned on his knees, breathing hard.
"He'll be okay," Aerith mumbled, a white glow emitting from her hands. Once it vanished, all of Cloud's wounds ceased to exist, only the blood stains remaining. "He should rest though. He's lost way too much blood." She stepped back as Leon knelt down beside him and Kumi who was still holding his head up. He groaned, his eyes fluttering open.
"Cloud..." Kumi leaned him up slowly, Leon leaning over to look at his face. "He'll really be okay?"
"Of course, he's Cloud Strife," Yuffie said. Leon suddenly hugged him, causing Cloud to wince.
"I'm so sorry. I never should have doubted you... I..." Cloud pat his back, leaning on him, exhausted.
"It's okay..." The brunette pulled away, glaring.
"No, it's not okay! You could have died, Cloud." He looked up at the Gunblade master, blue eyes glowing slightly in the dark atmosphere due to the Mako that ran through his veins.
"Inside, I have, Squall." Leon stared at him in disbelief until Yuffie and Cid came over, helping the blonde up.
"Come on, Cloud. You should rest. You hit that damn head of yours too hard." The four began heading back to Cid's house, leaving Leon and Kumi, but when he turned to face her she was already walking away.
"K-Kumi!" She jumped up on the bench and up on the higher level, racing into the hotel. Leon clenched and unclenched his fists, cursing at himself for his mess before following her.
"The red room? Arigato." Leon walked down the long hall after finding out Kumi had rented a room.
"Your welcome, young man," the hotel manger said, continuing his work.
'She probably rented so she wouldn't have to stay at Cid's... with me...' He came up to the door knocking lightly, getting no response. He waited another two minutes before trying again. Fed up, he tried the knob seeing it was open. 'Hmm...weird..' He wandered in, seeing that she wasn't in there... or so he thought. Out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel came Kumi. Once she noticed Leon standing in the middle of the room she froze, staring at him wide eyed.
"Uh..." Her hair was wet and clung to her face and her hand grasped at her towel as she noticed his frozen stare. He was paralyzed, frozen, unable to move. He continued to stare at her until she blushed hard, stammering. "W-what are you d-doing in here? You hentai..." He walked up, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Wha--?"
"Shh... just listen. I never hated you..." She glared, beginning to try to pry herself from him though she never wanted to leave.
"If that's true then ----" He placed a finger to her lips, silencing her, ceasing her attempts.
"I found out that you're not from my world... " he said softly, making her look at him. "When Sora defeats the evil threatening us... the world barriers go up... preventing us from ever seeing each other again. So I tried to make you hate me. ...That's why I did it. That's why I pushed you away, but you have to know it was so hard. It hurt to do what I did to you, what I said." He buried his head into her shoulder. "How I wanted to hold you like this and fix it. I couldn't take saying goodbye to you... I hope you can forgive me."
'Please don't let this be a dream,' she thought, feeling him kiss her.
"Ai shiteru, Kumi," he whispered, kissing her neck. He could feel her heart pounding as he held her close, holding her as if she'd disappear if he let go.
"Ai shiteru, you can't leave me..." she murmured, clutching onto him, tears forming. He kissed them away, laying her on the bed. "Leon..."
"That's not my name... "
TBC…
A/N: I like that chapter's ending… If anyone's confused about anything, please tell me because my boyfriend, Kurai Shidosha, read most of it and when he got to this part he was confused about the name thing…. (Kurai-ai you should get the game, it's good) I will admit that I have made Squall/Leon OOC but hey, who really does nowadays…..
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