Chapter 7

Was it really just a hug?

A/N: Hey guys how'd you like the last chapter. I figured I should let you hang a bit before I continued writing this strange little tale of mine, and I do so love reviews. And a friend recently informed me that shout outs to reviews on a fan fiction was forbidden but then again…I don't care! Maniacal laughter I love doing shout outs. No matter how much its like not allowed. When I see my name on a shout out I feel all special and stuff, and I want you guys to feels special. So every like I don't know, five chapters or so I'm going to put up shout outs cause they're so fun! I do like how things have progressed; I am now going to introduce some more characters that I think have been waited on. I must, unfortunately, change the pairings a slight bit for I am thinking of ousting Cloud. For those who just CRAVE to see Leon and Cloud together then give me a review and tell me. Hey you guys could even give me some ideas...and in my next A/N I might have some guest stars. I hope you enjoy this and R&R people. R&R!

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Kairi's my sister!

It took a moment for Sora's words to sink in, and by then he was already standing in front of me and smirking. I looked at him for a moment before I slid slowly to the side, my balance gone, as my state of shock sank in and before I knew it Wham I hit the floor. I felt my head snap against the tiling and I let out a yelp of pain. I pulled my hands over my forehead and let out a soft moan.

" Ow shit." I growled angrily.

" You actually thought Kairi was my girlfriend?" He asked, a quirky smile taking his lips.

" Y-yes!" I spat in shock.

" Ah shit." I cursed angrily as I pulled my hand back to find that my forehead was back to bleeding slightly.

The wound had yet to heal fully, even though a thin scab had grown over a day or two before. Well I was guessing it just wasn't there anymore. What a stupid move that had been.

I looked up at Sora to find him smiling down at me, the light from the ceiling fan giving his hair a glow. I felt my face turn red and I looked away. Why was it that since Sora had moved in next to that me I always did the stupidest things? I mean first I crack my head open on a window then before it can heal I smash my head into the ground. Oh yeah that was smooth. He seemed to be quite amused as he snickered about my intimate floor moment, and I sort of felt happy to have made him laugh. It may not have been the smartest thing to do, but hey I made Sora laugh. Good enough reason for me.

" I'm glad you find this funny." I said, almost sounding mad." I actually thought she was your girlfriend you know."
" Well I know that now." Sora said as he held out a hand to me." Want some help?"

I took his hand and allowed him to help me up from the floor. And before I knew it we were in a slightly intimate pose, with Sora's hand in mine along with our bodies being close. Our chests were just touching and I realized then that Sora wasn't as short as I had originally thought. Course I knew nothing about height, having never been in school, but now, as we stood close, his nose was touching my chin, I knew he wasn't too short.

I left Sora's hand on my lower back and I drew a hand around his waste, pulling him into me. I heard him gasp slightly, and I smiled. I had wanted this for so long. I had wanted to hold him to me without worrying about hurting Kairi...or Sora for that matter. I pressed a soft kiss on Sora's forehead and watched with delight as his face turned a very dark shade of scarlet.

(A/N: ...XD aha Scarlet get it? ...Ah bad joke)

Ad yet again I had found another happy place. Right here…in Sora's arms.

"If she's your sister…then…uh." I looked away from Sora for a moment then turned back to him.

" Are you single?" I asked close to Sora's ear.

Just then Leon and Kairi entered the kitchen, plates in hand. Kairi dropped them in the sink on her way in, not noticing us, but on her way out she stopped in front of the door and slowly turned her eyes back to us. I let Sora go and backed away a bit. I looked down at the floor; a little embarrassed she had found us standing like that.

" Riku? Sora? Were you two just..."

" What if we were Kairi?" Sora piped up.

Kairi looked at her brother for a moment, paying me no heed before she broke out into one of those girlish sounding awws... I felt like thwacking her in the head for it, but I turned away and coughed softly.

" We were just hugging Kairi, it wasn't anything else. I fell and Sora helped me up. Can't friends hug without it being something?" I asked.

Unfortunately I didn't see the look of shock and sadness that crossed Sora's face.

" I guess not." Kairi said, a comically girly pout coming to her features.

She shrugged and left, letting the kitchen door swing closed, and I looked back at Sora. HE gave me a soft glare and left the room. I jumped slightly to go after him, wondering what I had done now, but before I could Kairi flung the door open. I heard her say something really fast but the only thing I could see was Sora walking toward Leon in the living room through the now open door. He said something, and Leon looked my way. He gave me a dirty look before Sora suddenly threw himself into Leon's arms and began to cry.

' Did I do that?" I thought, still ignoring the shouting Kairi.

I thought for a few moments, realizing I most certainly had done something but be damned if I knew what that something was. I was such a moron. I couldn't believe myself. Normally I was so good at just knowing, I was normally the really guy killer. But no, with Sora I was different, with Sora I was a moron, and hardly able to not step on my own feet. Or smash my head into a window in this case.

Suddenly I heard Kairi shout the words, people, and your house, and my attention came rushing back to her. I looked down at her to find that she was gasping for air, and giving me the dirtiest glare ever. If looks could kill man, I wouldn't even be twitching.

" Riku." She placed her hand on her knee to stop herself from falling to the floor.

I moved toward her.

"What is it Kairi?" I asked.

" Some strange looking people are standing outside your house…"

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" May I help you?" I asked as I closed Sora's chain link fence behind me.

Sora and Kairi had moved into in the large living room window to watch me as I spoke to these strangers in our neighborhood, and if I had seen correctly, Leon had joined them moments after I left. I walked toward the three men standing outside my home. Two of them bore clipboards and were wearing cheap looking suits, and paid my entrance no mind. The third man, the one that turned to look at me, had his hands free and he was wearing a very expensive looking blazer jacket over a white blouse, and a pair of charcoal black slacks. He had long silver hair, with some equally long bangs that framed his face.

He gave me a smile that made my blood run cold, and yet even though this man intimidated me, I felt my face flush. He was very handsome, and I found myself wanting to know who he was, and what I could do for him. I made my way toward him and his clones, and stood before him. And damn was he tall! Sure, I was pretty tale myself, and even though I wasn't sure how tall I really was this guy was a giant. He towered over me by about a head and as we came in about a meter of each other I was forced to tilt my head back to keep our eyes locked.

" Hello, you must be Riku Uzumaki." He said smoothly, extending a slender black-gloved hand.

He is a silver hared God. I thought to myself.

I looked at his hand intently, wondering what the skin beneath it looked like. I almost had the temptation to reach out and remove the glove in one of those oh so seductive ways, but then again Sora was watching from the window, and I didn't want to hurt his feelings anymore then I already had. Sure there was an age difference between this suit and me wearing man but I knew what I felt. I felt a kind of lust for this man, and as he stared deep into my eyes I felt my knees shudder slightly. He looked so cold, and yet...

My hand shook slightly as I moved to take his, and the second our hands were joined he tilted mine sideways and kissed the back of my wrist. I felt my skin crawl, but I couldn't decide if it was a good thing or a bad thing. Hell I couldn't even think. This man was a poison, and I was afraid that he might have been killing me slowly without my knowledge.

" Well I don't know about the Uzumaki part but I am Riku." I replied as I retracted my hand, and placed it at my side.

His cold smile returned and I took a step back.

" Why are you three standing outside my house?" I asked, trying to be cool but faulting in a slight shake.

" We are here form the government to tell you whether your house is stable and safe to live in or not. We will be inspecting each residence on this lane, and any house that does not meet our standards will be torn down effective immediately." The suit replied.

I felt my jaw swing a slight bit, and a stinging reply build itself up on my tongue, but I swallowed hard and clenched my fists together at my sides. These men were here in an attempt at ridding me of my home. The place I had grown up in, the place where my parents had left me. I still had things to discover about that house, that strange white door for instance. I couldn't let that happen. I couldn't lose this place; it was more then just my home. It was my safety. It was where I curled up in at night, and where I woke up in the morning. I just couldn't stand to lose this house.

I cocked my head to the side and looked my home over.

Sure. I thought. The place may not be in the best of shapes, but it's not as if it's unsafe.

" You have no lock on your door?" Came a question from the man farthest from the suit and me.

He had long black hair that covered the sides of his face, and oh how befitting, ivy skin and crimson eyes. The devil in a suit. Now that was funny.

" No." I replied." No need for one. Don't got anything worth stealing."

" How about your home?" The suit asked.

I turned my head so that we were looking straight at each other and I glared.

" Who would want this place?" I asked coldly.

" What about you?" The suit asked, cool as ice...

" Well, may I have the names of the people who will be judging my home?" I asked.

" You most certainly may." The silver hared man replied before beckoning his little clones over.

The first to arrive at his side was a man with long blond hair. He had a scarlet headband holding his wild, but gelled hair out of his face, and he had quite the goofy smile to him. He titled his head slightly and let his black clipboard to fall to his side.

" Hi. I'm Wakka, ya." He said, offering me his free hand.

I shook his hand and was very relieved to find that he didn't have that harsh grip the other man had. The second man that was with him came up on his other side, but he didn't smile. He just as simply nodded, and brushed his hair out of his face. It was the devil in a suit. And now he was close enough for me to make out more detail to him. He had long straight black hair that traveled all the way down to his hips, and tied around his forehead was a scarlet headband, much like Wakka's.

This man had some resemblance to the silver hared suit, but I was sure that if they had been siblings the suit would have killing him before his 10th birthday. I was pretty sure not much could survive with the silver hared God.

" This is Vincent. He's not much for conversation." The silver hared man said.

I turned and looked at him with a quirky smirk, placing a hand on my hip, and I took a single step toward him. His eyes locked onto mine and the tension that arose couldn't have been cut with a knife if you tried...I swallowed and suddenly realized he hadn't told me his own name.

" And you are?" I asked being a bit playful in an attempt at lightening the mood.

" Me?" He asked coolly.

The tension returned to moment he spoke, and I reminded myself that this man was here in an attempt of riding me of my home and any other home on the block that he didn't find safe. I gave him a poignant glare and folded my arms over my chest, titling my whole body back to make myself seem annoyed.

" Yeah you." I said coldly with a slight head tilt.

" My name is Sephiroth Uzumaki."

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A/N: OMFG! OMFG! Did you see that? Could it be, they have the same last name. And you just know that something incest-y will happen between these two. Oh but what is there relationship. Are they cousins, brothers, could this man be Riku's real father? OH THE SCANDALS! XD. PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW, PLEASE! I'M BEGGIN YOU! REVIEW!