I'm sooooo sad! I really didn't want to end it but I didn't know how to continue…I made this chappie extra long to make it all better, though it didn't come out as good as I wanted it to…

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Christmas at Traverse Town was nothing out of the ordinary. It didn't snow, though it was mildly cold; all Christmas usually brought, apart from gifts and merriment, was rain. Lots and lots of rain, though not as much to flood the town. But that didn't ruin anyone's Christmas at Traverse Town. Cloud, Leon, Yuffie, Aerith and Cid all found themselves at Aerith's house to celebrate Christmas.

"Hey Cloud! What did you get?" Yuffie asked excitedly.

"I don't know…I haven't opened mine yet…" Cloud answered softly.

"Stop urging him, Yuffie!" Leon scolded, sitting next to Cloud, unintentionally placing his hand over Cloud's. A light blush crept through his face and Cloud smiled.

"Leon! Earth to Leon! Can you hear me!" Yuffie yelled.

"Huh? What?" Leon answered coming back to reality.

"What did you get, mister grumpy pants?" Yuffie asked, opening her last present.

"Oh…err…let's see…I got a box of cookies…and a sweater you made me, which I am never gonna wear…some stuff I wont bother to open and a motorcycle…" Leon answered bored.

"A motorcycle?" everyone gasped.

"How do you know you got a motorcycle?" Yuffie pried.

"Because I bought it" Leon stated conclusively.

"Meany…so what did you get Cid?" Yuffie asked trying to ignore Leon's smirk.

"Same old, same old…..coal…" he answered. "I hate Christmas"

"Aerith? What did you get?" Yuffie asked her curiously.

"Oh I got many things, but just seeing all your happy faces makes me happy" she answered in her usual cheery, innocent gesture.

"Figures…" Leon muttered and Cloud giggled.

Suddenly, a loud sound was heard from outside and all them stood up. Cautiously, they made their way to the door, but before they got there the door flew open.

"Cloud, there you are" came a deep, menacing voice.

Cloud gasped and Leon stood in front of him. "What do you want?"

"Oh, do forgive me for ruining you little Christmas celebration. All I want is Cloud, let me have him and I'll be on my way" Sephiroth said in a cold manner.

"You have no business here, now leave" Leon said rudely.

"Is that so? In that case-" Sephiroth took out his long Masamune sword and pointed it at Leon. "Move, or die"

"I'd rather die" Leon answered fearlessly.

"Me too!" answered Yuffie.

"And me" Aerith answered.

"Count me in!" answered Cid.

"Oh, and I was hoping to kill only one" Sephiroth sighed. "Oh well, the more the merrier" he said raising his sword.

"No!" Cloud jumped in front of them, Buster Sword in hand. "No more people will die in my account!"

"But, Cloud…" Leon started.

"No" Cloud said, his wing emerging from his back. He winked at Leon and muttered something only Leon could hear.

Go to the Gizmo Shop

Leon nodded.

"Aw…what a touching moment" Sephiroth stated. "Too bad I have to ruin it!" he slashed his sword at Cloud, who protected himself with his Buster Sword. Both took off to the sky and their battle still continued in the air.

"What now?" Aerith asked frightened.

"Follow me" Leon said. They ran out in the rain. "Go to the Gizmo Shop. I'll be right there"

"Leon where are you going?" Yuffie asked.

"Yuffie, just listen to me for once" Leon said seriously, running away in the other direction. He soon came back on his new motorcycle, Gunblade in hand.

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"Cloud, I see your skills have improved" Sephiroth said, dodging Cloud's Buster sword.

"You're not so bad yourself either" Cloud answered smugly.

They were now atop the Gizmo Shop, continuing their battle in the rain.

"What's this?" Sephiroth looked down and saw Leon arriving in his motorcycle, closely behind were Aerith, Yuffie and Cid. "I see we have an audience"

Cloud took this distraction as an advantage and ran towards Sephiroth and was about to strike but Sephiroth had foreseen this and he quickly dodged him, piercing Cloud's right shoulder and pinning him to the wall.

"Oh no!" Aerith cried. They were all now atop the Gizmo Shop. "Leon do something!"

"I…can't" Leon said to her surprise.

"What! Why!" Aerith yelled.

"Because if I move…he'll kill Cloud…" Leon admitted in defeat.

"Ha ha…smart move Leon. I'm afraid you've arrived too late" Sephiroth told them, then he kneeled down beside Cloud an whispered in his ear: "After you I'll go after him. I rather like him, maybe I'll keep him"

Cloud's eyes shot open and rage filled his body. He pulled the sword out of his shoulder and quickly stood up, striking Sephiroth with all his newfound strength.

"You sick bastard!" He yelled, striking Sephiroth hard. He managed to hit him a few times and would have won if it wasn't for one fatal mistake.

Cloud slipped and, as he was standing up, Sephiroth knocked his Buster Sword out of his hand and it fell five stories all the way to the ground. Cloud, weaponless, was completely vulnerable. Cloud looked at Sephiroth, then at Leon and muttered: "I'm sorry" before Sephiroth stabbed him in his chest. Sephiroth's long sword passed through Cloud's back and was dripping a mixture of water (from the rain) and blood.

Time seemed to have been going slowly and Cloud could barely hear Aerith's and Yuffie's wails and Leon's and Cid's yells.

"You know, Cloud, for a minute there you actually scared me" Sephiroth laughed, hanging Cloud over the edge of the roof. Cloud was now hanging five stories above the ground, held only by the sword which penetrated through his chest. He slumped his head and looked down. To anyone, it seemed he was dead until he started laughing, still looking straight down.

"What!" Sephiroth said shocked. "How!"

"Ha ha ha…You think you've won…ha ha ha" Cloud, still looking down, put both his hands on Sephiroth's sword and started pulling himself towards Sephiroth; the sword now digging deeper into his chest. "Ha ha…I thought better from you, Sephiroth" Cloud was now standing right in front of Sephiroth, who was too shocked to respond.

"Wh-what are you" Sephiroth managed to ask, letting go of his sword from all his shock.

"What am I? What am I?" Cloud repeated, removing the sword from his chest. "Sephiroth…I am you" Cloud answered, striking Sephiroth through the heart. "Leon! Point your Gunblade at the sky!"

"Huh? Err…right!" Leon did obediently, still shocked at what had just happened.

"Now shoot!" Cloud ordered and Leon obeyed.

A fireball shot out of Leon's Gunblade straight into the sky, but instead of exploding or disintegrating in the rain, it opened a portal which started sucking in everything.

"Hold on to something!" Cloud yelled to his friends.

Aerith, Yuffie, Cid and Leon huddled close together and held on to the railing on the roof. Cloud, out of energy, had started to be pulled in by the portal but Leon quickly gave him a hand and held him close.

"How!" Sephiroth yelled before being pulled into the vortex of the portal. "NO!"

Once Sephiroth was inside the portal the vortex stopped and the portal closed.

"Cloud?" Leon asked, resting the blonde on his arms.

"What happened?" Cloud asked.

"We were hoping you could tell us" Leon gave a small chuckle.

"Is he gone?" Cloud asked.

"Yes he's gone for good" Leon answered.

"…for now" Cloud said before starting to cough.

"Hold on, maybe Aerith can heal you-" Leon started to say but stopped when he saw Cloud smile and raise his arm, pointing towards the sky.

"Mother…" He muttered, before his body went completely limp and his arms fell.

"Don't go yet! Hold on!" Leon said mentally breaking down.

"Leon, look!" Yuffie said, pointing to where Cloud had pointed earlier.

Aerith, Cid, Leon and Yuffie all looked up to see Leon's Gunblade floating in midair, glowing a shining blue aura. The Gunblade suddenly transformed into the shape of a woman, her eyes shining and her body a glowing blue light. It was like nothing any of them had ever seen.

"Jenova…" Aerith whispered, raising a hand to her mouth.

Jenova floated over to Leon and took Cloud in her arms, chanting and whispering something in Cloud's ear. Then she disappeared, yet Cloud remained levitated, glowing a white aura. Leon, Aerith, Yuffie and Cid approached him and saw that all his wounds were gone and that he was breathing, softly, but breathing nonetheless. When he seemed completely healed, he floated back down to the ground and the white aura disappeared.

"Cloud?" Leon whispered.

The blonde opened his eyes and looked around at his friends and then at Leon.

"So that's why Hades wanted me to kill you" Cloud spoke. "You hold the key to Jenova"

Everyone looked at each other surprised and then at Cloud and Leon.

"You know…in a way…Hades did help me find my light" Cloud said smiling.

Leon returned the smile and looked straight into Cloud's eyes. Not caring that Aerith, Cid and Yuffie were watching, Leon placed one hand on Cloud's cheek and pressed their lips together. To his surprise, Cloud returned the kiss allowing Leon to slip his tongue into the blonde's mouth. Cloud then placed one hand on the back of Leon's head, stroking his hair gently. (A/N: remember all this is happening on the floor of the roof of the Gizmo Shop in the rain .o) Then, with a sudden pang of realization, they recognized what they were doing and suddenly broke the kiss looking wide-eyed at each other and then at the others. Yuffie was waving her camera triumphantly in front of their faces. Cid was giving them a thumbs up and Aerith looked like a proud mother.

"Way to go, kiddo!" Cid said, giving Leon a hard pat in the back.

"Tee hee! Mission complete!" Yuffie said, jumping up and down. "You two looked so cute!"

"Aww, you kids grow up too fast!" Aerith said dreamily. "You're both like little brothers to me, and now look at you, all grown up"

"But, we're older than-" Leon started to say but Yuffie nudged him painfully in the ribs.

Then, out of nowhere, the rain stopped and was replaced by snow.

"Wow…It's never snowed here…" Cid said in awe, surprising everyone.

"Wow, Cid, I didn't know you to be a sensitive man" Leon teased.

"I didn't know you liked other men" Cid said in a triumphant comeback, making Leon blush.

"Wow, Leon's blushing…what an extraordinary color…"Yuffie teased, examining his face closely. Aerith, Cid and Cloud also joined the observation.

"Would you stop it? Let's just go home!" Leon said changing the subject, trying to save himself from further embarrassment.

"Fine, fine, but…do we really have to walk all the way down?" Yuffie said. "We're all so tired…don't you wish we could fly down?" she said, and everyone looked at Cloud.

"Fine…" Cloud sighed, getting the point. His wing emerged from his back.

First Cloud took Cid down. Then Aerith, who almost chocked him because of her fear of heights and then Yuffie, who chatted and teased him all the way down.

"Wonder what's taking them so long?" Aerith asked Yuffie.

"Oh I know…" Yuffie said.

They all looked up and saw Cloud and Leon flying all the way back to Leon's house.

"How come Leon gets to be taken all the way to his house?" Cid asked angrily.

"Hmm…maybe because they both live there" Yuffie answered, then she thought about what she had said. "Hmmm….they both live there…" she stared dreamily into the sky.

Aerith walked quietly, looking towards the sky. "Thank you Leon for saving Cloud. Thank you Cloud for saving Leon" she whispered. "Merry Christmas"

End

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(I told you it ended abruptly!)

Let's see the reviews….are…..exactly 10! Wow…you guys are good….I'll try to submit the bonus chapter by tomorrow…

Plz review!

Other fics that I'll be working on include:

More CloudxLeon

Some RoxasxSeifer

And maybe, if the mood is right, some AxelxRoxas and RikuxSora

(all yaoi and shonen-ai as you can see)

This was my first fic ever…plz tell me if it was any good and how to improve for future fics…Lotta luv from the evil overlord, Once666