I do not own FFVII nor any of its characters,however the story idea is mine. I also do not own any Kingdom Heart Characters.

Life's Tough, Get over it

' I cannot afford to lose you to Tifa... ' Cloud's words echoed in her mind, refreshing the tears as they continued to spill from her eyes. Tifa felt like a little girl as Serenity patted her back while she lay on the bed of the guest bedroom. Tifa smothered her face deeping into the pillow to drown out her cries. Sephiroth and Sora had gone, even though Sora didn't exactly have permission to go with his uncle to chase after his father.

' I cannot afford to lose you Tifa...I love you to much ' they echoed completely and fully inside her mind as she clenched her eyes shut. She bit her lower lip to stop the cries, but they would not cease. She knew that he would have better luck regaining they're son if it were just him without her. No matter how much she wanted to deny it, she would be a nuisance. Her motherely instincts would be working against her and cause her to surrender at the slightest threat towards Roxas. She breathed in deeply before emitting a silent prayer.

' Please...keep my family safe...I cannot bear to lose them '.

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Roxas looked around, he was standing on a floating platform with his family's portrait on it. He examined his hand closely, frightend that he could see the ground through it. Looking around frantically he saw tiny black creatures, the demons that would try to capture his soul and drag him down to hell.

" So the darkness really does still exist " Roxas backed off from the tiny creatures, knowing that they would only become bigger if he got to close. He balled his fists and got into a fighter stance.

" Back off! I'm warning you! "

" You would fight the darkness? " a mysterous voice asked calmly, almost amusingly. Roxas's eyes narrowed.

" Yes, to my very last breath ".

" Then it is a shame that your last breath has already passed now isn't it? Surrender to the darkness boy, and all will be well ".

" Never ".

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" Is this really safe! " Namine half screamed as she held onto Riku's arm for support as they slid all across the backseat. She yelped when the car turned a corner with high speed. Namine's nails dug into Riku's arm hard until he was forced to pry her off. Apologizing with as much peace as she could, she continued to hold onto something solid.

" No...no not really " Demyx answered her question as he continued focusing on cooling the engine.

" But it sure is one hell of a way to get places fast " Axel laughed nervously. Riku shared his enthusaism, and his fear as he laughed as well. He blinked his bright blue eyes, before a look of horror masked his features.

" LOOK OUT! " he screamed as a lance powered by the wind sailed through the wind shield and speared Axel right beneath his rib cage. The fire provided boost shut off and they're speed began to decrease. Axel cried out in pain as another lance bagn making its way towards the car. Demyx grabbed the wheel from him and turned hard, allowing them to miss it, only to sail right into a pole. The force of the collision caused them all to retract forward, causing even more pain for Axel than needed. Riku grasped his head, his temples ached, and no wonder. When he brought his hand back, he saw blood had stained his finger tips.

" Don't touch it " Axel growled to Demyx as he tried to retrieve the lance.

" But... "

" You know damn better to do so. Xaldin can control these damn things from wherever. Run...get out and run " Axel gritted his teeth in pain. Demyx extended his hand towards his friend. Axel caught his wrist and looked him in the eye.

" Demyx, go. Your the only one who knows how to safely hide from the organization, now go " Axel released his wrist and grabbed his chakrams before holding them tight to his frame. All three of them slipped from the car silently, slipping into the shadows of the buildings. Namine stayed and moved to the driver's side before lightly touching Axel's shoulder, making him look up.

" Tell...tell me what it is that you would like to remember the most " Namine whispered silently. Axel smiled before touching her face lightly.

" You and Roxas's smiling face on your wedding day...but there is no need to implant that memory,because I will see it " Axel smiled softly before ushering her to run. Namine looked at him for a few moments longer, making Axel ask one more favor of her.

" Give...give this to Larxene...tell her...tell her I'm sorry " Axel handed Namine a small black velvet box. Namine ran after the others and into a number of secret passage ways, waiting to look what the box held until there was enough light to see. Opening it slowly, she saw a ruby cut in the shape of a flame, with an ember lightning bolt running through it. + In case you didn't know, that is they're elements+ .

Xaldin walked up to the car cautiously, lances in his hands. He hadn't seen the others escape from the car, thinking the crash had knocked them all unconscious. Walking up to the driver side he opened the door and bent down to look inside. He didn't expect to see Axel staring straight at him, his green eyes cold and fixed on him, but not dead. Xaldin backed up, he hadn't known who was driving, he only knew that he needed to stop whoever they were to retrieve Namine.

" Hey there buddy " Axel smiled as his green eyes turned crimson red. Xaldin's face became fear itself as he began to try and run away, but heat had made his shoes melt to the pavement.

" Remember Xaldin...don't toy with fire " Axel smiled before letting everything loose. Demyx, Namine, and Riku all heard the sound of a car explosion from their passage way, no doubt it echoed into the next neighborhood as well.

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Cloud pulled up to an all to familar house, one which he had not seen since he was but a mere child. He dismounted his fenrir and walked around to the back of the house. He stopped half way when he saw his son's silver fenrir. His angelic wing twitched un-nervingly as he sauntered closer to it and touched the hood. It was cool to the touch, making a jolt of fear run through him, Roxas had been here a while now. Rushing to the back he closed in on the sliding glass door but stopped as his ever so observant eyes caught a crimson trail running to the ground. Against his will, his mako orbs followed the path a crumpled body on the floor, lying in a pool of blood. Eyes widending, Cloud threw the door back, off its hinges into the grass behind him. Getting to one knee he lifted the body into the light the dark house had to offer. The face revealed to him Sinn himself. Cloud placed the body back on the floor and stood completely straight.

" Dad ". Cloud looked up and rushed towards his son before enveloping him in a hug. The boy hugged him back and smiled cruelly.

" Its ironic, isn't it? "

" Hmm? " Cloud looked down, a confused expression. Roxas smiled as a sudden searing pain hit Cloud right in the gut.

" Its ironic that this is the same spell, you used to kill my son " Roxas changed into Sinn, and the Sinn on the floor changed changed into the cold figure of his son. Cloud looked to the floor in horro and back to Sinn. He let out an inhuman growl as his fist came up and made contact with Sinn's jaw, it flew off with a meaty thud. Blood splattered across Cloud's face as he pushed Sinn away from him and wretched the small blade sticking from his gut. Running to Roxas he picked him up once again and proceeded to shake him, as though it would wake him from ' sleep '.

" Roxas? Roxas! " Cloud bit his lower lip as he held Roxas close to him, silent cries of ' no ' echoed through his mind. Looking around and thinking quickly, Cloud reached into his shirt and pulled out a small vile of vicious green liquid before breaking off the cap.

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Roxas could feel his soul slipping away by the minute, his flesh becoming more transparent. Gritting his teeth, he screamed out in pain as a black demon managed to skim a bit of his soul away from him. Roxas twirled around and ran to the far side of the family portrait.

" Do you surrender yet boy? " the cold voice enveloped him. Roxas fought it off, but his soul was starting to disappear into the darkness.

" NO! " he screamed as he tried to escape it. He could feel his strength slipping away from him, his fingers slipping as he tried to restrain it to himself. The demon then began to scream as a powerful shield shot up and sliced the voice in half, protecting Roxas. Roxas shielded his eyes from the great light and looked at it before extending a hand towards it. His fingertips touched its coolness and then was suddenly hit with what felt like electricity. Opening his eyes he saw so many memories, none that made sense. In fact, they weren't even his memories, but he certainly did reconize the people in them. His parents and his family members, some he knew, other's he reconized. He saw bloodshed, bickering of rivals, the jealousy that played a tremdeous roll in everything, the dangerous fights between siblings, and the unbound love.

" Dad " Roxas whispered as he backed away from the shield. It seemed that the demons could not break through it. Roxas looked up as the shield began to form into a human like figure, stretching a hand towards him. Roxas raised an eyebrow as he stretched his hand out and gently took the figure's. The figure seemed to smile as its voice echoed in his mind.

" I will do anything to protect you ".

" Dad? " the sudden reconization of the voice made tears form in Roxas's eyes, oh how he missed his family. The sickly feeling for his home beckoned to him. He suddenly tasted the coppery film of blood on his tongue. He smacked his jaw together, trying to rid the taste desperately. The light figure embraced into a hug and began to seep through his skin. Roxas bent over, feeling as though he were going to vomit. His eyes tinted a mako green as new strength brought him back. He screamed as the new power fought to control him, to over power him, but also to help him. His eyes narrowed as his hand out stretched from his body and felt power surging from his fingertips. Suddenly both keyblades appeared in one hand, before morphing together and becoming a vicious looking sword.

" Release my soul...now! " Roxas swung the blade down hard, emitting a wave of light which demolished the creatures.

-+-+

Roxas jolted in his father's grip, making Cloud hold him tighter. The tiny flask of Mako was empty now, as Cloud hung his glass cut palm to his son's mouth. Roxas wasn't strong enough to directly take in Mako, but he could survive taking in his father's blood exchange. Cloud focused on holding back as many memories as he possibly could, finding it hard to repress all of them. He mainly focused on keeping the intimate ones with Tifa away from Roxas, no need to tramatize the boy. Roxas jolted again, his body quivering uncontrollably, as though he were having a seizure. Cloud admitted he would rather have this, than the cold unliving son he had had moments before. Cloud bit his lower lip as to keep his nerves under control. Suddenly Roxas jolted upwards, his eyes opening, his aura circling around him darkly. Cloud's arms encircled around him tightly, keeping him close. All reality hit Roxas like a truck, and his head leaned against his father's shoulder.

" Please forgive me daddy " he pleaded silently, tears streaming down his cheeks. Cloud laughed softly, his laugh that showed Roxas how thankful he was that he was alright. Roxas smiled and looked over his father's shoulder. His eyes widend in sudden fear.

" Dad! " Roxas quickly pulled the two of them to their feet as a gun shot rang out, who says you need your lower jaw to live? It was like some really fearsome horror movie as Sinn moved fast, as though the pain of losing his lower jaw didn't effect him. Cloud moved to Roxas's fenrir, only to have it explode when they got closer. Cloud shielded his eyes and blocked Roxas off from some of the flying parts. Roxas's jaw quivered before anger exploded from him.

" That bastard blew up my bike! " He growled and was about to turn around, had the horrible sight of Sinn exiting his house with a gun and no jaw greet him. Cloud lifted Roxas off his feet and ran to his own fenrir before firing up the engine. He had Roxas get on behind him and hold on tight as Cloud peeled out to the streets.

" Dad! " Roxas yelled over the wind. Cloud looked back and did a double glance.

" How the hell does this man get into a car so quickly and not care about a disevered jaw! " Cloud cursed angrily and forced the fenrir to go faster. He was not happy when Sinn rummed the engine behind them, speeding up. Cloud hit the extention on his bike, letting his blade compartment extend, allowing him to take two blades. Cloud released the handle bars and did a quick flip backwards and landed behind Roxas, pushing him up.

" How well can you drive for combat? " Cloud asked as Roxas grabbed the handle bars and began to manuver. Cloud stood on the seat, maintaining his balance. Roxas had to admit, he was impressed at his father's skill. Cloud landed on the hood of Sinn's car before slamming his busterblade through, slicing the engine cleanly apart. He then propelled himself back onto his fenrir and reached around Roxas to push the gas to the fastest it would go, the explosion of Sinn's car rang in their ears.

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" Namine! Keep...moving " Riku huffed as the three ran down the passage way. Namine continued to look back, expecting Axel to follow behind, but already knew he wouldn't. Someone grabbed her hand and pulled her forward, it seemed she had stopped again. Looking forward, she saw Riku's silver hair as it rushed behind her. Her eyebrows furrowed together.

" How come you were spying on the Organization? "

" Figured I'd help out my cousin...you know, get him out of this nonesense. I heard you got captured and figured I'd help him by saving you " Riku responded breathily. Demyx stopped up ahead and clutched his skull hard. Riku and Namine stopped as he fell to his knees.

" Demyx, you alright? " Riku and Namine began to ask, but suddenly a high pitched pressure noise sounded in their ears, bringing them down to their knees as well.

" My my...three very large rats using my passage way. Not very nice at all is it? How do you three like my Lunar Affect? Such a lovely melody, isn't it? Ironically, when I figured it out, I found out that it controlled human nature and could also hurt those who listened to it...let me tell you...its nice being immune to it " Siax strode out from a dark corner, his claymore clutched tightly in his hand. He strummed the harmonic strings and let the eeriy tune echoe across the cavern. Demyx struggled to his knees before pulling out his sitar.

" I prefer hard rock to plain classic " his eye twitched as blood began to stream down his temple. He strummed the strings hard, letting the rockin tune carry out, blocking out the insane peaceful one. Riku pulled Namine to her feet.

" Run! " Demyx screamed over his loud music as he hit another note and began playing a melody so fast and obnoxious that water took the forms of people and began to surround Saix.

" NO! I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MORE OF MY FRIENDS DIE! " Namine screamed back as Riku began to drag her away.

" I'll catch up...I promise " Demyx whispered as his melody began to play. Namine gritted her teeth as her eyes began to grow heavy with sorrow, but they none the less continued to run. Riku squinted up ahead and say another figure.

" Damn...how many are gonna show up in one day! " Riku cursed as he reached inside his cloak before pulling out a vicious looking sword. Namine's eyes narrowed to see further up ahead, and both joy and fear swept her heart.

" Sora! " she yelled and began to move faster than Riku could drag. The figure turned their way and the spell around them shimmered and popped, revealing someone who...wasn't quite Sora.

" Close Namine...but not quite " the Graceful Assassin smiled as he held up his scyth.

A/N: Ha ha! Another update, and so quick to my stature. Anyway, I am loving the fact that you guys are wrapped around my stories. I hope you'll read my new ones coming out. Guess everyone loves my Cloti stuff the most, so should I just stick to that category? Heh. To answer some of the questions I got earlier. Guys/Girls I cannot write about Tifa or Cloud being with anyone else but eachother. I'm sorry, I just can't. Some of you are disappointed, and some are thrilled, because as I've been told " You actually have GOOD Cloti stories, unlike the crap I've seen else where, your cloti stories make sense and put me on edge". The reviewer wishes to remain anonymous, so I will keep them that way. Anyway, please don't ask because I cannot stress enough just how bad I feel when you guys ask me nicely, but my heart could never be into it. Even if I did, it would be no where intresting as my cloti stuff would be. You really have to at least support the couple before you can write about them, know what I mean? Anyway, I'm off to play Valkyrie Profile 2 : Silmeria. AH! That game is addicting and Alicia and Rufus are so cute together!