Here's the next chapter guys. Thanks to those of you that took the time to read and I hope you liked it.

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Kingdom Hearts: Slave of Love Revised

Ch.3 A Small Victory

Sora took deep breaths through his mouth as he followed after Seifer, Rai and Fuu. They were currently walking through the sewers and the smell was horrible. He had his nose covered by his left hand while taking the occasional gulps of air needed.

"We're almost there."

He heard Seifer speak calmly. 'How the hell can he talk so easily?' Sora though in annoyance, 'I'm almost fainting here. That guy must have an iron lung or something. Wait, are iron lungs good or bad? Maybe it's some kind of disease.'

Sora gave Seifer an odd look, wondering if he was sick at the moment.

"This is it," Seifer spoke once more as the group finally made it to the end of the tunnel. Sora could see a bit of moonlight coming from the outside along with what looked like a giant wall. "Sora and Rai are up first, get going."

The brunette seemed a bit taken off but complied, walking along with Rai to the end of the tunnel. By now he could see the night sky and tall impressive buildings in the distance. A cool breeze washed over him as soon as he peeked out of the tunnel.

His eyes closed almost instantly before he felt a large hand on his back. He glanced over his shoulder to see Rai giving him an impatient look.

"S-sorry about that," he muttered sheepishly, realizing he had just been standing there, before jumping out of the tunnel.

A gasp escaped his lips almost instantly as he gazed at their neighbor town up close. There was a tall wall right behind them that stretched for a great distance though he couldn't see the whole thing due to buildings blocking his view.

They were in the bottom of a small concrete hill with a large building right next to them, casting a large shadow over the surrounding area. He had to admit that the place looked relatively safe with the many buildings blocking them from view.

"Welcome to Radiant Garden," Seifer said with a smirk as he walked by Sora and placed a hand on his shoulder. His eyes, glimmering in excitement, looked ahead into two buildings just above the hill, "The residential area is just behind those buildings."

Sora nodded slowly, "That's where we're going, right?"

"Right," Seifer nodded, "We've hit a few houses there so we'll have to move deeper in the area so that we don't get caught. Going to the same place would be really stupid of us."

"And we're not stupid, y'know?"

"That's debatable…" Sora muttered to himself.

He looked at the area warily, feeling nervous about the whole thing. "Let's get going," he spoke in a clear voice, Seifer nodding to the other two teens.

The group walked up the hill while their eyes darted about just in case they were spotted. Their backs were hunched as they finally made it to the top of the hill before trotting between the two large buildings Seifer had talked about earlier.

They found themselves in an alley. Seifer was quick to take the lead of the group and motioned for them to follow him through the narrow passage. Sora's heart was beating wildly as they moved between the buildings. What the hell was he doing? He wanted to slap himself for his stupidity but didn't do so due to the fear of being heard. He would just need to suck it up and hope to make it out.

Seifer led them to the end of the alley, coming to an open space between more buildings. There were alleyways in almost every direction, like an intersection that connected various paths. Sora couldn't help but wonder just how they had found this path. It's not like they had the time to explore the town.

"Yesterday we took the right one…" Seifer muttered to himself thoughtfully before turning to the three teens, "We're going left this time. Let's go."

With that, they were set into motion once again. Their footsteps echoing in the empty alleyway with Seifer on the lead, stopping them every time they heard the slightest noise.

Minutes passed before the group finally made it to the end of the alley. They were in front of a group of homes separated by gates and gardens. There weren't many homes, which Sora thought was odd. He could probably count the number of houses in the area but, looking at the calm look on Seifer's face, this was probably normal of Radiant Garden.

"Follow me and try to look natural," Seifer spoke in a harsh whisper.

Sora felt like his heart was going to beat out of his chest. The lights of some houses were on and he could actually see a few people walking among the streets. They looked so… normal, he couldn't help but realize.

His train of thought was broken by Seifer, Rai and Fuu beginning to walk away. Sora let out a short gasp before trailing after them in hurried steps.

Seifer turned to Sora with a harsh glare, silently telling him that he had done something wrong. Sora visually flinched before swallowing a lump. He knew he was messing up but Seifer didn't have to be such a jerk about it.

The group made it to a home to the side, not very big though it wasn't small either. A simple one-story home standing behind a blue stone gate. There was a meal door on the gate, its lock glistening in the moonlight.

Seifer scowled, clicking his tongue in annoyance. "Let's find another house," he snarled as his fists clenched, "This one is locked and it doesn't look like he can jump over the gate."

"Wait," Sora broke in, taking a step forward. Seifer, Rai and Fuu looked at him oddly, the leader of the two narrowing his eyes at him. "I think I can get the door open," he fumbled with his right pocket, taking out a single lock pick before approaching the door's lock, "I'm good at this. Just watch my back."

Seifer let out a sigh, crossing his arms with a disapproving frown on his face, "This is stup-"

"Done," Sora interrupted with a smirk on his face, the metal door opening and showing a small garden leading to the house.

"That was good, y'know," Rai praised with a grin.

"Skilled," the quiet Fuu muttered.

Seifer for his part patted Sora on the back as they entered the garden, making sure to close the door behind them as to not raise any suspicion. "I had my doubts but that was great Sora," he admitted before pointing at the door leading inside the home, "Get that one open now. The longer we stay here, the worse."

"Right," Sora nodded before getting to work on the next lock.

It was one of the things he was good at. No matter what kind of lock, with enough time, he could get it open. It had taken time to get to his level of skill but now he could open any kind of door with ease. This particular skill had gotten him in trouble every once in a while though he didn't think much of it. It wasn't like he had a police record, right?

Sora was snapped out of his thoughts as he pushed the door. It creaked as it fully opened to reveal the inside of the house, its wooden floors and creamy walls greeting them.

Seifer smiled in excitement, glad to have taken Sora along. "Let's get to work," he declared while clasping his hands together, "Take anything valuable, I'll be looking around for something good."

With that their 'leader' walked deeper into the house, leaving them behind in the entrance. The remaining three teens quickly entered the home before closing the door. Sora's stance relaxed slightly as he turned to the remaining teens, watching as they took out a couple of large bags before looking at him.

"You're getting on Seifer's good side, y'know?" Rai smiled as he looked around the room.

The brunette chuckled nervoulsy, "That's great I guess."

Everything was silent after that, save for the rustling sounds coming from Rai and Fuu as they gathered the valuables in the large bags. Sora kept on glancing out the window while all this happened, he was scared out of his mind. They could have left but he had opened the door for some reason.

'I can be such an idiot sometimes,' he thought bitterly.

"Sora come here!" he heard Seifer call from the other room.

Sora panicked at the sound of his loud voice, his head quickly snapping towards the window, wondering if someone had heard them.

"Come on!"

He was on his way to Seifer instantly, not wanting to have the idiot yelling anymore. He passed by a set of stairs before arriving at a small room that had the appearance of an office. A small desk filled with papers, bookshelves, a coffee table with a small couch and windows with a clear view of the backyard. A pretty standard office space.

Seifer leaned against the wall behind the desk with his arms crossed. He pushed off the wall before showing a safe to the newly arrived Sora. "Look what I found," he smirked while patting the safe, giving him a firm nod, "Open it."

"W-what?" Sora let out in shock. Stealing whatever was around was one thing but completely stealing someone's savings or anything they kept in a safe was a whole different thing. They could have important documents there or even their life savings. He just couldn't take something like that.

"Open the safe," he repeated a little louder.

Sora took a step back. "L-look Seifer, um… knock, knock?" was his lame attempt at distracting the teen.

Seifer glared, "What the hell are you doing? Open the safe already."

"I don't think –want. We, uh... We shouldn't do this," he muttered while shaking his head.

The blond teen crossed his arms with his eyes staring right into his, daring him to not follow his order. "Why not Sora?" he asked in a firm voice, "Are you chickening out? Are you telling me that you're whole tough guy attitude is just an act? That you can only act 'tough' when Roxas is around?"

"I-it's not that!" he protested with a bit of panic, "I uh… I heard someone coming. That's right! Someone was coming here and I wanted to warn you."

Seifer's eyes narrowed before widening in panic upon hearing the creak of the gate's metal door. Rai and Fuu were there in an instant carrying their bags of goods with panic written all over their were busted. This was it.

Sora looked around the room for any kind of exit before his eyes fell on the large window on the room. He looked at the garden intently before finding another door on the far end, covered by the shadows.

His movements were swift as he charged at the window before opening it, getting looks from the other teens. Sora simply motioned them to follow as he climbed out of the window.

They didn't need to be told twice and instantly fell into step behind him, rushing through the backyard with the contents of the bags hitting against each other rather loudly.

Sora was the first to make it to the door before taking out his pick and fumbling with the lock. His hands shook in adrenaline as he tried to pick the lock, finding it really difficult under this situation. Which is why when he heard the usual, 'click,' he felt like crying tears of joy.

He pushed the door open before running out of the backyard with Seifer, Rai and Fuu following behind.

Leon had gotten a break from work after another officer showed up, wanting to work a few more hours. He didn't have trouble with leaving work since he felt tired on this particular day. Cloud was still there anyway, if he ran across someone for his sister he would tell him.

He made it to the gate of his home, taking out his key as he approached the metal door before his blood ran cold. The lock on his door was open though the door was still closed.

'Did someone break in?' he thought in anger before opening the door.

Leon trotted over to his home's door before hearing a variety of clanging sounds. "Not happening," he growled as he turned the knob of the door, finding it to be unlocked, before opening it and rushing inside.

His eyes widened when he noticed some of his stuff was gone before instantly thinking of his safe. He ran to his office as fast as his legs could carry him and, to his relief, found the safe to be closed.

The officer noticed the open window and managed to see a group of people running out of his backyard. He could not see their faces though he clearly made out the shape of one of the thief's hair. Had he not needed to be sure his safe was, well… safe, he would have hunted them down.

"This isn't over…" his voice was icy cold as he began to unlock his safe, "I'll catch you bastards."

Sora panted as he leaned against the walls outside the sewers, now safely back in Hollow Bastion. Seifer, Rai and Fuu did the same, with the bag of valuables on the ground.

That had been way too close. Sora had to thank his lie for getting out of there. Had it not been for it then they would be in prison at the moment.

"G—good job… Sora," Seifer panted with an approving grin. He dug a hand into the back pocket on his pants before taking out his brown leather wallet.

Sora watched in curiosity as Seifer fumbled with his munny before pulling out a few bills. The blond pushed the munny into Sora's hand, the latter looking at him oddly, "What's this?"

Seifer put his wallet back before speaking, "That was your pay for coming with us. With a bit extra for getting us out of there, or course."

"You saved our asses, y'know?"

"Thanks."

The brunette looked at the munny on his hand before his eyes widened. Just how much had Seifer given him? It was enough to pay all of their bills plus buy some food.

"There'll be more if you come tomorrow," Seifer guaranteed before turning to his two followers, "We'll be going now. Consider yourself one of us from now on."

Sora watched as the three teens left. He looked back at the munny on his hand and knew that he would definitely be going the following day. As long as he could help Aqua with the bills he didn't care about what he did.

She had been taking care of him and Roxas for a long time. It was about time he did something to help her out. He had been doing a bunch of odd jobs the last few months but the pay was next to nothing.

He had seen how much Aqua struggled with the bills and how hard she worked. It made him feel useless, watching her work like that. It wasn't fair to her, to be living her life like that. She was still young, she deserved to have fun and go out to all sorts of places.

Sora nodded to himself. With this kind of munny he could make a difference, he could actually help. Who cared if what he was doing was dangerous?

Staying with Seifer was the only way he could help Aqua.

Ch.3 End

KH: Slave of Love Short

"Hey Roxas let's play a game," Sora declared with a smile as he and Roxas sat inside Seifer's 'hideout.'

"Hmm?" Roxas looked at his friend in confusion, "What kind of game?"

The brunette chuckled before taking out a stack of munny. "We bet money on this. Whenever Rai says 'y'know' I get twenty munny and if he doesn't say it then you'll win," he explained with a grin.

Roxas turned to the other teen, sitting to the side with a bored expression on his face. "Sure," he finally spoke, "I'll bite."

'What an idiot,' the brunette though with a smirk, 'I've got this one in the bag.'

"Good!" Sora cheered before he and Roxas walked over to Rai, chuckling as they looked at him.

"Hey Rai, how are you doing?"

"Pretty good."

Sora -20 Roxas +20

Sora's right eye twitched before continuing, "Um... where's everyone else?"

"I'm not sure. You..."

Sora's eyes glowed in excitement, he was finally going to say -

"... see, they didn't tell me where they were going."

Roxas smirked while Sora slapped a hand to his forehead, not believing what Rai was doing.

Sora -40 Roxas +40

"H-hey Rai..." Sora began hesitantly.

"What's up?"

Sora -60 Roxas +60

"What's wrong Sora?

Sora -80 Roxas +80

"Goddammit Rai!" Sora yelled in anger, finally having enough. "Can't you just say y'know?"

"You... know?"

Sora -60 Roxas +60

"Yes," Sora cheered with no enthusiasm, tears streaming down his face.

Rai looked at Sora in puzzlement, "What's wrong with him?"

Roxas sighed, "You'll get used to it."

That's it for this one guys. Next chapter might take longer to come out since I have midterms coming. I'll try to get it out as soon as I can though.