Cloud felt his body being slammed against the wall, a man holding him painfully against it by his neck. He choked and tried to pry at the hand, but nothing was working. He closed his eyes and his body started to go weak.

"You killed my brothers,"

Cloud didn't know this voice, he didn't know who it belonged to.

"You want me to take your brother? Want me to take anyone you love?"

Cloud dug his nails into the wrist of the arm that was holding him, and he tried to kick the man, but he was too weak. And the arm there seemed to be the only part of the man that was actually there.

"I didn't love them," the voice said, a little laugh in his voice, "but they were useful to me, now I can't go on with what I have to do to retain power of the Kingdom Hearts,"

Kingdom Hearts? What was that? Cloud didn't know, and he really didn't care at the moment. He gasped for breath, and he felt something brush his lips.

"I understand why my brothers wanted you so much,"

Cloud felt something start to slither up his thigh.

"I think I'll keep you as my personal little...servant,"

Cloud shot up in bed, the scream that was coming from his throat ending. He was in a cold sweat, and he was breathing heavily.

"Cloud,"

Cloud jumped nearly out of his skin and scrabbled away, falling off the bed and pushing himself against the cold wall. He closed his eyes and told himself to calm down. He felt a hand on his shoulder and he jumped and looked around.

"Calm down, it's me," Leon said, calming down Cloud. He pulled Cloud to him so that the blonde's head was on his chest. He was rubbing up and down his love's back and making soft, calming words. Cloud didn't know Leon could be so comforting. He couldn't hold back his body shaking while he clung to Leon, his breathing harsh.

"Shh," Leon whispered, rubbing Cloud's back while wrapping the blanket off the bed over them both. He laid down and pulled Cloud closer, kissing Cloud's forehead, "Shh, it was only a dream..."

Cloud clutched at Leon's shirt so hard that his knuckles were going white. He was still shaking, and he knew that he wasn't going back to sleep again. He breathed onto Leon's neck shakily and rubbed his cheek against it for reassurance, he really didn't want Leon to be gone, especially in times like these.

"I won't let him get you," Leon said, as if reading his mind. Cloud had told Leon nothing about the dream, yet Leon could already know that it was about that man, "I swear, I will never let him get you,"

---

Cloud jumped into the train happily, just had having three large cups of coffee. Sora had begged Leon not to give it to him, but Leon did anyway. Leon thought that the man would be too sleepy after that night. But...Oh...was he wrong. The only flaw in his plan was, that he'd never seen Cloud hyper. Sora had. Leon should really listen to Sora more.

"OOO!" Cloud exclaimed, clapping his hands and looking out the window, "Look at that! And that! And over there! And that! OOO! A piece of dried gum on the window! COOL!"

Leon sighed, and ran a hand through his hair. Cloud already knew that his boyfriend only did that when a headache was coming on, but right now, Cloud didn't have anything in that mind of his except for caffeine.

Cloud jumped off the soft interior of the seats of the train, and jumped around, a smile plastered forever on his face. He jumped to Sora and flicked his brother on the nose, sticking his tongue out at the brunette.

Cloud jumped behind Riku, who was listening to something over the speaker. Haha! He didn't notice Cloud yet! Cloud laughed evilly to himself in his mind and pulled out his pocket-knife. He'd kept it ever since Leon had given it too him for a little present. Cloud sßßßßßßed and popped open the knife, picking up a lock of Riku's hair.

"Riku!" Sora yelled, seeing what his caffeine-educed brother was about to do, "Watch out!"

Cloud quickly swiped his knife and cut the gleaming lock off, smiling triumphantly. They should have known by now. He already did this to Leon, Sora, and a random passerby.

Leon sighed and wanted to cry. Where'd his calm, collected, sweet, and adorable Cloud go? He must have been replaced. Because this crazed, hyper, jumping, and laughing Cloud was NOT his cloud. Leon looked over slowly when he heard Sora mumbling something.

"Five..." Sora mumbled, a smile growing on his face.

Cloud stood slowly, walking over to where Leon was sitting.

"Four..."

Cloud sat next to Leon.

"Three..."

Every one in the train was watching the crazed man sit.

"Two..."

Cloud sighed contentedly.

"One..."

Cloud suddenly fell over, his whole body laying on the un-taken space of seat next to him. He was breathing heavy, his whole body calm...he was asleep.

The whole air of the entire train held one saying: W-T-F?

Sora smiled triumphantly, throwing his hands up in the air, "Woo! Cloud is down for the count!"

"What did you do to my boyfriend?" Leon asked, slowly picking up the sleeping Cloud and resting him in his lap, stroking his hair. He really needed this calm Cloud.

"He always used to sneak into the stash of chocolate when he was younger. He'd go crazy for about an hour, then go into a complete caffeine coma. He actually did it enough that we were able to count it down to the exact second. He learned to control his need for sugar and caffeine quite well. This was the first time in a year that he's gone sturr-crazy," Sora laughed, then picked himself up and sat next to Riku. He leaned on the Silver-head and sighed, "Is your hair alright?"

Riku smiled and kissed Sora on the forehead, "It is now,"

Leon sighed, then went back to looking down at Cloud. His love sure was weird. With his ramble when nervous, his shyness, him being hyper like no one else. Leon sighed with a true smile, then reached down and kissed Cloud's temple slowly, wishing for his calm Cloud to come back, "Cloud..."

"Hnnn..."

Leon was surprised that he was able to answer.

"I'm never giving you caffeine again,"

---

Cloud woke up on a train...or rather, being carried off a plane. He remembered having Leon forcefully make him drink Coffee, then everything was really fuzzy. All he remembered was cutting people's hair and jumping. He turned into the embrace and sighed, not really wanting to get up yet. But the person set him down to quick.

"You must be hungry, you were asleep that whole four hour ride," Leon said, then looked around, "where are we anyway?"

"Soup." Cloud said, rubbing under his eye. Leon looked at him like he was crazy. Wait...was there still a bit of hyper in there?

"Were in soup?" Leon asked, leaning down to Cloud's eye level and placing his hand on his love's shoulder.

"No, I want soup," Cloud said, walking forward.

Leon looked after him, and smiled warmly. Ok, that was another thing he needed to add to things that his boyfriend did.

1) Hyper-beyond-all-reason when he's had sugar/caffeine

2) Rambles when he's nervous

3) Adorably shy

4) cute

and

5) Grumpy in the mornings.

The italics mean it's new. And it WAS new, since whenever Leon had woken up seeing Cloud, it was close to the afternoon, or Cloud was still asleep, or Cloud was already up and pepped.

To Leon, that was absolutely adorable beyond all comparison. Heck, Leon thought it was kinda cute when Riku was grumpy. (In a brotherly way)

Leon followed Cloud, and was met with Cloud staring at someone. Not really in a attracting way, but in a way you glare at someone you're not too happy with. And right now, Cloud was staring at this man with a demonic glare that said: I already don't like you, get the hell out of my way.

Cloud just continued to stare at the man, because the man was in his way to get somewhere. But, the man was staring back in shock. Cloud was shocked out of his glare when the man started yelling,

"The PROPHESY!" He yelled, putting his hands on Cloud's shoulders and nearly screaming his head off, "It's the Prophesy! Everyone! The spiritual Golden warrior has come to save us!"

Cloud walked backward, but the man refused to let go.

"I'm sorry, I have no idea what your talking about. I'm Cloud, Cloud Strife. And I have no way, in any way, connected with any kind of prophesy of any kind. I'm sorry. Please forgive me. I'm not trying to be mean by saying that I'm not in any way connected with something like that. I'm sorry. I'm just not."

Leon jumped to Cloud's defense, seeing that Cloud was flustered and ranting. Leon was pulling Cloud away, holding onto his boyfriend. He glared daggers at the man, when the guy saw him and then cupped his hands around his mouth, "The golden warrior AND the Mage have come! They have come to save us!"

He stopped screaming, and people started to stampede out of the homes lining the roads. The man looked at Cloud and Leon like they were saints, then saw Riku and Sora. O, crap, he was going to scream again, wasn't he?

"The Silver Maiden and the Attacker Soldier have come as well! This truly is the prophesy!" The man yelled, spinning around and gathering people.

Riku placed his hands on his hips, glaring at anyone who looked at him, "Maiden? MAIDEN!

How in the hell," He gestured to himself. Which, in fact, he looked like a handsome MAN, he had well built arms and abs, he was even tall and had nice legs like a man, "Does this, look like a maiden?"

Sora just gleamed happily, having people telling him that he was an Attacker Soldier.

"Are you four warriors going to save us against Jenova?" They all asked, surprisingly at the same time, "Are you here to save us from the mystical being that fell from the sky? Mother of the Wizards Sephiroth, Solstice, and Ansem?"

Cloud clenched Leon's shirt until his knuckles turned white, "We'll help you,"

Leon looked at Cloud, then sighed, "We can't, we don't know how, I can't even use that Gunblade yet,"

Cloud stared into Leon's shirt, or rather his chest, his nose nearly pressing to Leon's chest, "we can't just sit around...when it involves him,"

Leon patted Cloud's back, sighing, "I don't-!"

The villagers stared at him with bid puppy-dog eyes. Gees, at first they were talking about the prophesy, now they were begging him.

He sighed.

"We can't, what if Ansem shows up? What if one of Solstice's or Sephiroth's goons show up? I'm not putting you in that kind of danger, we have to leave," Leon sighed, then felt Cloud hug him deeply, and murmur something...

"can't we do something that will help them?"

Leon felt as though a great lightbulb lit above his head.

"Aha!" Leon yelled, his arms still around Cloud. His arms always stayed around Cloud instinctivly. He looked around and smiled wide, "We'll put a seal around your village!"

Cloud looked up at Leon with eyebrows raised. He shivered when Leon reached down and whispered into his ear,

"My mother taught me and my two brothers how to place a light seal on a large area. She was a Psychic, that's how we earned our money," Leon said with a light laugh.

Cloud froze and clenched at Leon's shirt, not planning on letting go of Leon this whole day. Something just struck him then. He didn't really want to think about it, but it was stuck to his mind. Even after all the townspeople agreed happily and let Leon to his work. Leon made him let go, but Cloud still clenched on the edge of Leon's shirt, not answering any people's questions.

What struck him, made him silent in thought was...: he knew nothing about Leon's family life, nor anything that had happened before He met Leon. Leon knew all about his parent's death, his trouble with Solstice, his earlier life. Cloud knew nothing about Leon. Did Leon want to tell him? Did Leon trust him enough?

"Cloud?" Leon asked, standing up and brushing the dirt off his jeans. He saw that Cloud was looking away, with a sad look on his face, "Cloud...are you alright?"

Cloud looked up at Leon, seeing his concerned eyes, then looked away. Why was he so scared to look Leon in the eye? Why was...was he so scared of what Leon would tell him if he asked? Cloud looked up at Leon again, and then sighed, "Leon, what happened to your parents? What happened before you met me? I want to know?"

Cloud was shocked beyond belief when Leon turned and started walking away from him. He didn't even say a word. He just started walking away.

Cloud felt a pang in his heart. But all he could do was watch Leon walk away.

---

Cloud noticed that Leon was very distant, even when they landed in the pride lands, a place Cloud had been before. A strange thing though, this time, on the strange purple train, they...changed. Not clothes, but forms. They changed into...lions.

Cloud thanked god that they didn't change into dogs. He looked around as he stepped off the train, and turned back to make sure that all were accounted for.

Riku, he looked like a prize. He still had that beautiful gleaming silver fur. He was a lean and beautiful lion, with a full mane of hair, with surprising aqua eyes(for a lion). He had black paws, that led up and cut off in the middle of his legs. Like socks.

Sora was just coming out, and he looked like...more of an...adorable lion. He had a darker brown spot over his eye, making him look sort of like a dog. His whole snout was white as well, leading to a white stomach. He had a full mane of a rust color. He had a long tail, with that same rust color on it. His whole body looked like milk chocolate. (AN: I know he looks different than in KH2. But, I couldn't find any pictures of him in that place, and I didn't have enough brain power to remember)

Leon came off last, and Leon thoroughly reminded Cloud of a lion he met the last time he came here, his name was Scar. Leon even had the scar in between his eyes! But, his nose was shorter and more curved and nice looking. Leon, in lion form, his face almost looked like porcelain. His eyes stood out among his dark fur, and darker mane. His tail was long, and tipped with dark chocolate color.

Ok, everyone was here. But something hurt Cloud even more, making him turn around. He'd never really cared before...but...where did Leon get that scar? He must have been hit real hard for it to leave a scar like that. Who gave it to him? When? Why? Where? Cloud sighed.

And finally: Cloud. He didn't have a mane, and on top of his head was a little fluff of spiked hair. He looked like a girl (lion wise) but people could tell that he was a boy by looking at him. He was also a bright golden color, and was quite beautiful. He also had a poof of dark rust colored hair at the tip of his tail. His eyes were also a dazzling color of blue.

"Where are we going?" Sora asked, walking up next to Riku and nuzzling him with his nose, "This feels so weird, I wanna get out of here as soon as possible,"

"I thought you've been here before," Riku asked, looking over at his boyfriend. He stood and hopped around on his feet, then crouched down like he was going to pounce on something, "Come on! Let's go explore!"

"I never knew you were so adventurous," Sora said, standing and jumping around. Riku jumped after Sora, and soon they were speeding away, nipping and jumping at each other, looking like two little cubs.

Cloud looked at Leon and walked up to him, a fake smile on his face. He was so ashamed and guilty at the fact that he could barely stand up to Leon and talk to him, "So, Leon, you want to go look around too?"

"Sure, whatever,"

Was it just Cloud, or was Leon giving him a serious cold shoulder? Cloud could have sworn that the only reason Leon came was that Leon had nothing better to do. Other than sit around a bunch of cat's he didn't know.

Cloud walked up to Leon and nudged him slightly. Leon moved a step away and walked forward with a fast pace.

Cloud felt like he wanted to cry.

---

Riku jumped in front of Sora and hunched down, ready to tackle, when he was tackled himself. He got pinned down by the other brunette lion,

"Pinned ya'," Sora said with a triumphant smile. He reached down and licked Riku's ear, making the other squirm.

"That tickles," Riku said, crawling out from under the other.

"It makes you squirm wether your in human form or not," Sora said, with a laugh, then went bounding away, leaving Riku to stare at him stupidly. When he caught on that Sora had run away, he went running after, just getting the hang of running on his new legs.

He caught up to Sora in under two minutes and tackled him to the ground. Them both rolling on the ground and Riku pinning Sora this time, a smirk on his handsome lion face, "Pinned ya',"

"Feisty, aren't we?" Sora said in a seductive tone.

To his great surprise, Riku burst out laughing.

"What?" Sora asked, his hair standing on end and his head dipped in curiosity as he walked up to Riku, "What is it?"

"What you said," RIku said, finally calming himself and looking at Sora, "that sounded so weird coming from a lion,"

Sora thought about it, then laughed. He scooted up to his boyfriend and nuzzled up, "I wanna snuggle,"

"When did you turn five?" Riku asked, laughing at the brunette's bold yet blunt statement. He raised a paw and set it on the other's back, licking Sora's cheek, "You look cute as a lion,"

"But even cuter as a human," Sora said, closing his eyes while Riku moved to licking his mane, "This feels so weird, a lion licking my neck,"

"Don't we have a bloated ego?" Riku asked, stopping for a millisecond, obviously a reply to Sora's statement about how he was cute, "But yet...I agree,"

Sora smiled in his mild and laid down yawning and rolling around in the dust and dirt on the ground.

Riku just looked at him with a gaze that screamed: I-can't-believe-I'm-going-out-with-an-idiot. His bored eyes gave that all away.

"Come on!" Sora said, rolling again flicking some dirt in Riku's way with his tail, "It's fun!"

"I've just confirmed that you, are in fact, five," Riku said bluntly, his voice in a monotone.

Sora huffed and stopped for a moment, thinking.

"Don't think to hard, you might hurt yourself," Riku said with a hint of a smirk.

Sora grunted, then started wiggling around again, "I'm only going to be a lion for a while, might as well live it up!"

"And this is the person that said that he wanted to leave here as soon as possible?" Riku asked, laying down, crossing one paw over the other.

"Yup!" Sora exclaimed happily, looking at Riku, "Please?"

Riku sighed, then flipped on his back, rolling in the dirt. Every once in a while, chasing Sora and licking him on the cheek.

---

Cloud ran to keep up with Leon, who was walking so fast Cloud had to jog. Cloud huffed, this was going on too long!

"Leon,"

The brunette didn't stop, and Cloud growled. Cloud ran up to beside him, "Leon!"

Still no answer. Cloud ran in front of Leon and skidded to a stop, turning around and hunching down like he was going to attack, "Listen to me!"

"I'm listening," Leon said, glaring down at Cloud.

Cloud gave a shiver at that intense glare, but held it back, and just glared into Leon's eyes, "Why aren't you listening to me?"

"I just told you, I'm listening," Leon said with a hint of annoyance in his voice. Dirt puffed under Cloud's paws as he fought to keep from clenching them. He would had laughed at Leon's comment if it weren't a serious situation.

"Why are you so mad at me?" Cloud asked, loosening his stance and walking forward a bit, "why aren't you telling me about your past? You know about mine. Your's can't be much worse than mine,"

Leon's eyebrows connected in anger, "What do you know? I don't want to tell you and I don't have too!"

Cloud's next statement shocked Leon out of his anger.

"Who are you..."

His Leon would never yell at him. His Leon would never get angry. Cloud's Leon wouldn't do something like this.

"You...you aren't the Leon I know," Cloud said, turning his head away and walking around Leon to the edge of a large cliff they were standing near, him having just noticed it, "When the real Leon comes back...will you please tell me?"

Leon walked forward and Cloud turned around, "Right? My Leon...he wouldn't do this,"

Leon saw the hurt in Cloud's eyes and regretted not telling everything to Cloud the minute he asked. He regretted yelling. And he regretted hurting Cloud the most.

Cloud stepped backward lightly, feeling the slight feeling of rock crumbling because his paw was on the edge. He looked down...and noticed something. A...crack...in the rock. He didn't know why that mattered, but he really didn't have any time to really think about it.

He stepped to the side...and then felt something give beneath him. He looked down and saw that the piece of ledge he was standing on was breaking away. He looked up at Leon with scared eyes and tried to run back on the safe ground, but the ledge gave before he could.

"CLOUD!" Leon yelled at the top of his lungs, lunging forward. But all he saw was Cloud's eyes, and all he heard was Cloud's scream.

---

Sora stopped when he was about to tackled Riku when he heard a long and heart-shattering scream ripple though the air. He turned and looked the way it came from, his ears pricking in realization.

He looked back at Riku and had a panic stricken look on his face,

"Cloud! That was Cloud!"