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Kingdom Hearts: Slave of Love Revised

Ch.5 Start of a New Life

'Where am I?'

Sora fell through an endless abyss of darkness. His body was numb and he found himself feeling really uneasy, as if his body was trying to warn him of something.

Then there was warmth. A comfortable warmth that spread through his body and made him sigh contently. He felt much better than before now, he wondered why.

He closed his eyes before opening them again and finding the darkness to be gone, instead he found himself in what appeared to be a living room. White walls, a few pieces of furniture here and there and windows with a view of the outside world.

"So you finally woke up…"

Sora quickly snapped his head to the side, finding a tall blond walking towards him. He wore a black jacket, black pants with many belts and a white undershirt.

"Well, I guess that you should have woken up since Leon did… that."

The teen raised a brow at that before feeling the warmth wash over him again, this time a lot stronger. His skin began to sting in pain before he jumped down from wherever he was.

Sora fell on the floor to see the couch he had been sleeping on full of flames. He crawled backwards before watching as the blond waved his hand and the fire disappeared, leaving no damage on the couch whatsoever.

"W-what the hell..?" Sora let out in pure shock. Just what the hell had that been about?

Cloud crossed his arms, a smirk playing on his face. "I guess you've never seen magic before..." he then shrugged and sat on the couch, "But then again, that should be normal for someone like you."

Sora scowled before raising to his feet, clenching his fists and giving the blond a glare.

"Where the hell am I?"

The blond rolled his eyes before glancing at the doorway he had come from, "He's awake."

No sooner than he said that Leon entered the room with his usual scowl, "I know. I heard you two talking."

"Y-you…" Sora took a few steps back before gritting his teeth and dropping into a fighting stance, putting both arms to his sides, "You're that guy!"

Leon let out a sigh before digging a hand into his pant's pockets. "I am that guy," he nodded before taking out a small black tablet, " And do you see this on my hand?"

The teen simply glared at Leon.

"I guess you do," Leon continued before pressing his thumb to the tablet.

As if on command, Sora's right arm rose. The teen let out a gasp of surprise before pulling his arm to his chest, looking at Leon in pure shock.

"What the hell was that?"

"S.O.R."

Sora furrowed his brows, "S.O. what?"

Leon scoffed before showing Sora the small tablet. "Slave Obedience Remote or S.O.R. for short," he explained, "This thing here will electrocute you with the push of a button. So if you ever get out of line then there's an easy way to stop you."

The teen gritted his teeth before noticing a bracelet on his right wrist. It was small and black in color. Decorated with yellow patterns that appeared to have no use.

"So, listen carefully to what I'm going to ask," Leon began with his face sporting a scowl, "Why were you stealing?"

Sora frowned, "Why are you stealing?" He smirked at the question, "Not the kind of question I expected an officer to ask. And why are you even asking me this? Don't you guys just get rid of people from Hollow Bastion?"

"Wrong answer," Leon sighed out before pressing on the tablet, activating the bracelet on Sora's wrist.

"AAAHHHH!" Sora fell to his knees as an electrical discharge surged through his body. His whole body trembled before the pain left him all-together before he fell on the ground while panting heavily.

Leon looked down on the teen. "Answer or I'll do it again," he spoke with a disapproving tone, "Why were you stealin-"

"I wanted to help!" Sora interrupted with a glare. He pushed off the ground before getting into a kneeling position. His whole body felt like jelly and it was really hard to move.

"Help who?"

"Help my friends," he let out shakily. "They needed money and that was the only way to get it," a low growl emitted from his mouth as he remembered all of what happened with Aqua, "That's why!"

Leon chuckled. "There's no need to get so worked up," he nodded at him before speaking, "Now tell me why your friends needed your help? Are they those idiots that stole from my home?"

"It wasn't them," he responded sharply, "She needed my help because that asshole was going to throw us out unless she paid or…"

Cloud raised a brow at that, "Or what?"

Sora struggled with his words before scowling, "I don't have to tell you that. She needed help and I gave it to her. It's as simple as that."

"Alright then, you go the job," Leon announced with a smirk.

Sora looked at him incredulously, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"You're my sister's new slave."

"What?" the teen exclaimed with an angry look, "What if I refuse!"

Leon shrugged, "Then you go to jail for at least twenty years. It's either that or being my sister's new slave until she gets out of school, which should be in around two to three years."

Sora frowned. He didn't want to agree with Leon but becoming a slave would mean he would get to home earlier.

"Fine but, I want to ask for a favor," Sora began as he looked between Leon and Cloud.

"A favor?" Leon repeated with a bored look on his face, "Are you serious?"

Sora nodded, "Just take me back to Hollow Bastion so that I can help my friend with her problem."

"Not going to happen."

"Then, go there yourself and help her," he offered with a desperate look on his face, "Just get the guy off her back. Can't you guys do anything?"

"We could be I choose not to do any-"

"I'll do it," Cloud broke in calmly. Leon shot him a look but he only smirked, "Don't worry about it, it won't be much trouble. Just tell me where she lives and I'll help her out."

Sora nodded, feeling a bit of gratitude to this blond officer. Things were still terrible at the moment but he would find a way out. Even though the blond officer had said he would help, he knew he couldn't trust him.

For now he would wait. He had about a month before the landlord had to be paid so he had to come up with a way to leave by then.

He looked at the two officers with a frown.

'I really need to get out of here.'

Kairi was not a morning person, much less when having slept late the previous day. On a day off it wouldn't matter but on a school day it was just terrible for her. Not only did she have to get a few hours of sleep but she needed to make sure not to sleep in class since doing so would make her miss a lot of material.

So, as she walked out of the girl's dormitory with her school bag hanging from her left shoulder, she couldn't help but frown. Selphie and Namine had left late at night and didn't appear to mind since their classes started later than hers though sometimes Selphie would leave as early as her.

She exited the building, eyes squinting upon coming out to bright blue skies. The air was cool and the clean smell of the green pastures separating the school buildings was well welcomed.

'At least it's nice out,' she told herself as she began to walk towards the main building.

It was the only thing she could be happy about since she had to deal with too many things. Sometimes she wished she could just runaway and start a new life somewhere far away where she wouldn't need to worry about living up to anyone's expectations.

She let out a sigh as she fixed the bag she carried while trying to push those thoughts away. A headache was starting to make itself known.

Kairi took in a deep breath of the pure air, letting the cool air wash over her as her eyes closed instinctively.

It was a routine of hers. Welcoming a new day would always make her feel a little better and a small part of her told her that she would need it this particular day.

'Time to get going,' she nodded to herself before increasing her pace.

A new day had begun and she didn't want to be late for class.

Sora stumbled over his steps as Leon pulled on the handcuffs around both his wrists.

"Will you stop it already?" he complained with a deep frown.

Leon threw him a glance before scoffing, "Then move faster. Don't expect me to wait for you to move."

Sora gritted his teeth but said nothing. Instead he looked around the area in mild fascination. It was like nothing he had ever seen before.

Lush green fields, tall healthy trees and mountains behind the large gate that stood in the distance. It was like something out of some fairy tale, a truly beautiful place.

"Come on," Leon pulled against his handcuffs again, making him stumble forward.

The teen glared at Leon but quickened his pace. He could see a tall building in the distance standing between two smaller ones. All of this was surrounded by a blue stone gate.

He looked at the place oddly. Was this where he was being taken? It didn't look too bad. He had expected some kind of dark castle with thunderclouds over it or maybe some lifeless and dull camp with many people working themselves to death.

"That's the school I told you about," Leon commented, having noticed the way Sora looked at the place. "I'm going to leave you there since I have work. Make sure to behave."

Sora scrunched up his nose in annoyance, "What the hell? Don't talk to me like I'm your kid."

The officer stopped dead on his tracks before a look of terror washed over his face. "Wow…" he muttered to himself as he went over his last comment, "Forget I said that."

He noticed the perturbed look on Leon's face and smirked, annoying him would make him feel better.

"What do you mean… dad?"

Leon's eyes widened before he turned to the teen, giving him a harsh glare that chilled him to the bone, "Say that again… come on, do it."

"S-Sorry," Sora muttered while trembling slightly.

The two continued to walk after that. It had been around an hour since they left Cloud's house and he felt a bit tired. He didn't know if it was because of the wounds he received the previous day or something else but he didn't complain.

"… Her name's Kairi."

Sora looked at the officer oddly, "Huh?"

Leon rolled his eyes. "My sister. Her name is Kairi," he told the teen as they neared the school. "She can be stubborn but she's actually pretty self-conscious and doesn't stand up for herself," he stopped walking before turning to Sora once more, "So make sure to take care of her."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"You're going to be at her side for a long time so I want to be able to trust you," he explained in sincerity. "I actually acted outside of our common law and got you to be her slave," noticing the look of anger Sora gave him, he continued, "Now, I actually did you a favor. If any other officer would have gotten you then you would have been put to prison for years or even turned into a slave to some depraved man."

Sora gulped at that.

"So," Leon spoke once more, closing his eyes as a sigh escaped his lips, "Take care of her for me and I'll make sure to help out your friends."

"How do I know you will?" he asked with distrust clear on his features, "It's not like I'll be able to know that you did help them. Besides, I'm already supposed to help Karin, or whatever her name is."

Leon let out a quiet groan before putting a hand on the back of his head. "Listen kid, you're supposed to help her out with the daily chores and stuff like that," he explained, "You're not really required to talk to her which is why I'm asking you to do so. I want you to help her gain a bit of confidence and in return I'll help your friends out. And even though Cloud already said he'll help, I can still make a difference."

Sora furrowed his brows, "And how will you do that?"

This time Leon simply smirked as he began to walk once more. He let out a dark chuckle as the two approached the gate.

"You just leave that to me."

'Scary!' Sora thought in alarm as Leon chuckled to himself.

Roxas sped through the marketplace with a look of worry on his face.

Sora hadn't gotten home last night. He hadn't even left a message or anything of the sort to tell them of any kind of reason as to why he wouldn't get home. It was a good thing Aqua worked early in the morning since she wouldn't find out about Sora's absence until it got dark.

Right now Roxas made his way to Seifer's so called, lair. If anybody knew where Sora was it had to be Seifer.

He made it to the outskirts of town before running to the familiar worn down building, quickly pushing the doors open and entering the abandoned place.

Seifer, Fuu and Rai looked at him in surprise. They were seated across a small table with lots of munny gathered in front of them.

"What are you doin-" Seifer began but was cut off by the worried Roxas.

"Where's Sora?"

The older teen rose from his seat with a grim look on his face. "He was taken," he deadpanned as Roxas' eyes widened in pure shock, "There was an officer waiting for us and he stayed back to help us leave."

"A real hero, y'know?"

"Heroic," Fuu added.

Roxas clenched his fists, trembling slightly. "What the hell are you telling me?" he muttered before snapping his head to the gathered group, "You just left him there!"

Seifer clamped a hand to Roxas' shoulder, reaching under his vest and pulling out an envelope. He placed it on the blond's hand while looking at him in pure seriousness.

"He left this for you," Seifer spoke with no trace of malice on his voice, "He told us to leave so that we could give this to you. I may not care about leaving other's behind but Sora was different. He gained my respect."

He let go off of Roxas before turning to his followers and giving them a nod as he began to walk away. Rai and Fuu followed him out of the building, leaving Roxas alone with his thoughts.

The teen looked at the envelope through gritted teeth.

'You're a freaking idiot!' he knew Sora and doing this was not beyond him. He had always put his friends before himself and had sacrificed himself on several occasions. Be it, skipping meals so that he and Aqua could get their share of food or even taking the blame for something.

Sora was that kind of person.

Their protector.

Roxas pocketed the envelope as his eyes shone in determination. Now it was his turn to help Sora. He would go to Radiant Garden and get him out of there.

He ran out of the building at a fast pace. For this he would need his friends. All of their abilities would be required for this task.

'I'll save you this time Sora.'

Ch.5 End

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