No One Knows Themselves
Summery: (AU) Sora's family abuses him and everyone at school hates him. His best friend is Riku. What else can you ask for? Rated for suicide, and language. (Shonen Ai) RikuSora (CloudSquall) All characters are OOC.
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Chapter Five
"A memory is a fading thing unless you hold it dear to your soul."
(Sora POV)
"What are you doing here?" I asked them as they continued to smile.
"I came up with a great plan." My father said. "Allow me to show you." He said as he reached for his pocket.
Everything in my world right then and there came to a screeching halt. My too-san pulled out a black gun and pointed it right at me. He smirked as he pulled back on the trigger and the bullet was fired. All I did was blink, when I opened my eyes Vincent-oji was shielding me and Riku had let out a loud yell. I looked up into my oji-san's red eyes to see blood coming from his mouth. I felt two pairs of hands pull us into the house as the door swung shut and we were dragged away from it.
"Vincent-oji!" I cried as I held my uncle in my arms. I felt tears coming as I heard Riku's father yelling at his wife to call the police and an ambulance.
"Sora…" he said touching my face with his hand that had somehow gotten blood on it," be strong. Don't let your father win…no matter what… fight him." He said then his hand fell smearing blood on my cheek and his body began to drop in temperature.
"NO!" I yelled loudly as I hugged my uncle closely.
"Sora." Riku said touching my shoulder. I pulled away from him as I hugged the only man in my real family and loved me.
A few days after my uncle was killed and the funeral was over, Riku's mother thought it best that we try to carry on with our lives. We were heading to school today. Sephiroth-nii called his friend Cloud to make sure that we wouldn't get jumped coming to school by Ansem.
Reason being, Ansem swore that he would pay us back for getting father placed in jail. I didn't feel comfortable going anywhere but Kaa-san was right, we had to carry on if we wanted to live, even if I wasn't feeling like I wanted to.
"Hey Sora-kun!" called a familiar voice from ahead. I looked up to see Cloud standing at the corner with his little brother Roxas.
(A/N: You all know about BHK from KH2 right? Well I got his name so I just had to but him in the story! His eyes are blue and his hair is blonde so he fits well as Cloud's brother.)
"Ohayo gozaimasu Roxas-kun." I said as we walked up. I looked from Roxas to Cloud. The blonde hair and blue eyes they each had made it obvious that they were brothers. Like how Riku and Sephiroth both have sliver hair and green eyes. It makes me wonder how in the name of hell I could be related to Ansem. He's got silver hair and gold eyes, where as I'm brunette with blue eyes. If he would have had red eyes I could have called him albino.
"Ready?" Cloud said as he adjusted his pack that was slung over his shoulder.
"Yeah, let's get moving." Sephiroth said. "Squall told me he would meet us at the school."
"I know." Cloud said.
"Let me take a wild guess and say he was at your house when I called his cell phone?" Sephiroth asked as he rolled his eyes.
"How'd you guess?" Cloud asked smirking.
"Those two are attached at the hip." Roxas said as he walked forward.
"So you are feeling okay Sora-kun?"
"I'm fine." I said smiling. "Domo arigatou for asking." I said getting a bright grin from him.
"Well let's get it to school. We don't want to be late." Roxas said as he turned and began to walk toward the direction that school was in.
We got to school and the first thing that Squall did was give me a hug. He seemed to be more full of energy then he normally was. "
So I take it from the hyperactive-ness that Cloud gave you a night off?" Sephiroth asked with a hint of laughter.
"Do you want to get hit?" Cloud asked loudly curling his hand into a fist. Roxas, Riku, and I started to laugh while Sephiroth put his hands up in defense, and Cloud raised his fist while Squall held him back. I looked at my friends laughing and tossed aside my darker thoughts from before. I don't think my life could get any better. Even with dark parts I know that there is light.
"Alright!" Sephiroth said. "I take it back damn." He rolled his eyes. "Now let's go."
"Right behind you nii-sama!" Riku said as he threw his arms around me and Roxas and started to pull us down the street. I looked behind be to see Cloud wrapping an arm around Squall's waist. I shook my head then looked back to what was in front of me.
Roxas, Riku and I had to bid the older three a farewell as the bell rang and we had to go to class. I looked around at the people in the class as they talked in whispers after looking at me.
"Hey stop talking smack about Sora-kun!" Roxas said loudly making everyone look at him. "Or you'll have to answer to me! Got that?"
"Shut up." said someone from the back of the class. "And keep that freak away from me, with his bad luck it could rub off and get us all killed."
"Hey you wanna get punched?" Roxas yelled at Tidus.
"Bite me!" Tidus said standing up.
"Sit down children." The teacher said coming in. Roxas chewed the inside of his cheek before he glared at Tidus before I tugged on his arm making his come and sit between Riku and me.
"Ignore him." I whispered, I didn't show the fact that the other blonde's words cut deep and hurt a lot. "He's not worth it and you know it."
"I know but that guy really gets my blood boiling. Every time he opens his mouth another insult flies out; I just want to chop his tongue off." Roxas said as he culled his fist up and banged the desk.
"Take a chill pill and simmer down buddy." Riku said putting a hand on his shoulder and squeezing it slightly.
"I want to knock that guy for a loop just as bad as you but we both promised Sora-chan that we wouldn't." I looked at Riku with a kind of glare when he called me chan. He and Roxas are the only ones that can call me that without me attacking them.
Now that I think about it he and Roxas are the only ones in my year that call me Sora. Everyone else calls me Aoi-kun or kohai. No one in my own year talks to me. Only the older kids that think picking on people is trivial call me by any name other then weirdo, and freak. If I hadn't met Riku and Sephiroth that day a few days back I probably wouldn't have any friends at all. I sighed as I scribbled on a piece of paper in Japanese and passed it over to Roxas. The teacher that we had right now was still learning Japanese so he couldn't read it. Besides he was supposed to be teaching us English. What use does he have for knowing how to write in Japanese? He just keeps writing in romonji on the board anyway. Roxas looked at the paper and passed it over to Riku. I had asked them what we should do after school. Riku looked it over then took out his pen and wrote something down before having Roxas look at it and nod with a wide grin. I knew it was something I probably would rather not do but with these two as my best friends I can't fight with them. I got the note back and Riku said that it was a surprise. The top half was ripped off so whatever he said to Roxas was a mystery to me.
It was lunch time when thing starting going down hill. Every one was sitting around me. Squall had found a comfortable spot on Cloud's lap and was eating some fries. Cloud looked a little bored so he buried his face in Squall's neck. I turned away shaking my head. I only looked back when Squall laughed. I had to start laughing as well when I saw that Squall had shoved a fry up Cloud's nose.
"I hope you still plan on eating that, koi." Cloud said looking at Squall in the eye.
"A little more salt and maybe." Squall laughed. He then held up a ketchup packet smiling slyly. "Need some ketchup with that fry?"
"Yah." Cloud said taking the packet and opening it. He aimed it up his nose and I seriously thought he was gonna do it until he turned it at Squall and squirt it all over his face.
"HEY!" Squall yelled closing his eyes. When Cloud had emptied the packet he smiled and put the empty packet on the lunch tray. Squall cleared his eyes of the tomato sauce and glared at Cloud who began to laugh his ass off. Squall pointed to his face and said," You can clean this up. And I would make it snappy."
"Alright." Cloud said. I averted my eyes to something else when Cloud began to lick the brunettes face to clean it.
"That was an interesting show, ne?" Roxas asked me as he sat down to my left and Riku took my right.
"Sure was." I said. "Just like a gay show."
"Let me think what the word I'm looking for is." Riku said touching his head and closed his eyes. "Ah!" he said popping his hand away from his face and snapping his eyes open. "DUH! They are gay."
"That is a remarkable way to put it." Roxas said sarcastically waving around a fork. I laughed as I should have. I knew that this was the best day of my life. Everyone was here for me, and acting as normally as they should. I knew deep down though. That somehow it was going to be ruined. Then a voice interrupted my thoughts making it so.
"Hey you little brat." Ansem's voice entered my mind. "I've had it with you and the way you walk around with your little posse like you're bad ass or whatever." I turned to look at my older brother.
"Leave him alone Ansem-sempai!" Roxas said as he stood up. One thing that I never could understand about Roxas is his undying valor. Also the fact that not matter what he would not leave me hanging. He was, if not as bad, but pretty close to being like Riku. Always watching my back, willing to get the shit beat out of him for me, and always being there…I guess you want to know how I met Roxas right? Well long story short, Sephiroth and Cloud have been friends since they fought in the fourth grade. So when I started to hang out with Riku, I met Roxas when the two silver haired boys had dragged me to the park to have a brake from my parents. Back to what's happening now.
"What's wrong?" Ansem asked smirking.
"Bug off!" Roxas said. "We're not doing anything to you so just leave us alone." Roxas looked pretty pissed off.
"Then I'll see you all later!" Ansem said loudly as he noticed the teacher walking toward us.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"Nothing." Sephiroth said as he put a hand on Roxas' shoulder causing the short blonde to sit. "We were just talking with Aoi-san."
"Alright…" the sensei said before walking away.
"So-kun…" Sephiroth said to me getting my attention. "After the bell rings today I want you, Riku, and Roxas to wait for us before you even leave the building. Do you three understand?"
"Yah." I said nodding.
"We got ya!" Roxas said as he hugged me around my neck and resting his head on my shoulder. "We'll be waiting at the doors…inside."
"That's right." Riku said. "Do you think that they're going to attack us?"
"Who knows…" the older teen said. "Let's just be safe. You two gonna be there?"
"Yah." Cloud said speaking for both himself and Squall. I looked back at my friends as Roxas was still attached to my neck.
"Thanks guys."
"Hey," Roxas said in my ear. "I told you three years ago that I would protect you no matter what."
"Yah…" I said calmly, a I began to remember how Roxas found about my problems, and when I really began to darken.
(A/N: Okay guys this is going to be the LONGEST chapter that we've written for this Fic. Sakura-chan please don't hurt me but I have been nuts about Roxas so he's gonna be a key character, and a reason Sora goes a little kuku. In other words, there will be RoxasSora chibi love! This will be good, and remember people! Everyone in this Fic is OOC! Just think of this as an apology chapter for Sakura taking months!)
((Flash Back Third POV )) "Hey!" Sephiroth called as the three boys walked into the park. "Cloud! Roxas! Squall!"
"About time you got here!" Cloud called.
"You took so long I was about to go and look for your ass." Squall said scratching his head.
"Well we had to pick up Sora." Sephiroth said point to the short brunette.
"Well then I guess we can forgive that." Cloud said as he looked around. "Roxas where did you go?" he called.
"Is this Roxas?" Sora sounded as the short blonde boy was really close to Sora looking at him like he was an alien.
"Sorry So-chan," Cloud said picking up the short boy and putting him on his shoulders.
"That's alright!" Riku said for Sora. "I know Roxas and he's a good guy."
"Right." Sora said as they walked over to have a picnic.
A few days later Sora was walking to Riku's house because the sliver haired boy had gotten sick. As Sora walked he looked around and saw three older teens following him. They looked vulgar and flagrant. Sora picked up his pace walking into the park where he broke out into a run the three teens following him and catching up quickly.
"Leave me alone!" Sora yelled when one of them had grabbed hold of the brunette.
"Don't think so." The one that grabbed him said as he picked him up off the floor.
"We've been hired to hurt ya." One with a big nose said as he cracked his fist.
"Stop it!" called a familiar voice to Sora as, in a flash of blonde, Roxas jumped from a tree and landed on the third guys head and began to pull it out. "Leave Sora-kun alone!"
"Little brat!" The third guy yelled as he ripped Roxas off his head and threw him at Sora.
"Roxas-kun are you alright?" Sora asked as he pulled Roxas to his feet. Roxas nodded his head before standing up and pushing Sora behind him.
"Okay you bullies! If you want to beat Sora-kun up you gotta beat me up too!" Roxas yelled spreading his him arms out to defend the brunette. "Sora-kun is my friend and I'll protect him!" The guys all sneered before they began to beat the two boys.
After they left Sora managed to pull himself up and look at Roxas breathing heavily next to him. "Why are you helping me? You don't even know me at all."
"Because the look in your eyes." Roxas said sitting up as well. "You looked sad, so I thought I'd help you out from now on." He paused before he stood up and helped Sora up. He smiled then gave the boy a hug. "I'll always be around to protect you, no matter what okay?" he said as he looked the brunette in the eyes.
Sora nodded his head not wanting to say anything. He didn't know what he could do to make the other boy stop before he got hurt.
/End Flash Back/
(Sora POV)
That was the day I decided to start acting darker. When I started to push people away and act like a gothic person; even after all of that though Roxas, Riku, Cloud, Squall, and Sephiroth all stayed by my side. Helping me out and making sure that I wasn't killed by my own family. I've got friends that I never even wanted. I wanted to push them away until they just left me alone. I knew that Riku liked me as more then a friend, Roxas, Sephiroth, Cloud and, Squall thought of me as a brother. I've gotten everything I was trying to push away.
I guess when someone tries not to get something it smacks them in a face. I didn't want these people around me, but they're there anyway. I don't know if I should count my blessings or curse my bad luck.
Either way, I have people that care deeply about me.
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Kaiyuku: That was a longish chapter!
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