Disclaimer: I don't own, or claim to own, Kingdom Hearts or Freaky Friday. Not mine. If I did own Kingdom Hearts, there would be a lot less darkness and a lot more buttsecks. 8D A lot more buttsecks. n.n
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Author's note: Riku/Sora early on and then later some Leon/Cloud and minor Zemyx… in case you've forgotten. XD
Bwahaha I just had so much fun writing this chapter that I posted it as soon as I could. Screw updates once a week… XD Man this is my favourite chapter… but anyway, yeah. n.n Thanks again to Tayelsie for reading several versions of this chapter before I finally came up with one I liked. xD Oh and it took ages to post this, I couldn't log in… probably fan fiction paying me back for the LAMEST joke ever in this. It's about corn. You'll see it, trust me.
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Warning: Rated for male slash, language, a clichéd plot, stupid jokes and a whole lot of other reasons.
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Freaky Tuesday
Chapter 2
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Sunlight.
Evil, blinding, sunlight - shooting straight into his eyes.
Sora buried his head under his pillow, the cotton stifling his tired groan. He fully intended going back to sleep before his alarm went off… or, he would've, if it hadn't chosen that moment to sound.
Wait – his alarm didn't sound like a little kid screaming…
When the door slammed open, he knew it wasn't his alarm. In fact, he could've sworn the squeal was louder and more annoying then his alarm could ever be and that was pretty bad.
His eyes slid open to catch a blonde blur shooting towards his bed. What the-
"WAKE UP! WAKE UUUP!"
He opened his eyes, just in time to register the pillow being lifted off his head. Sora grabbed for it, but it was jerked out of his reach before he could get a grip.
Then it was promptly slammed down onto his head.
If he wasn't awake before, he was now, making another frantic grab for it. The kid that held it danced out of his reach. His gaze finally focused. That… was not his brother. He wasn't tall, he didn't have silver hair and he definitely wasn't sixteen. No, no matter what strange, parallel universe this was, that was definitely not Zexion.
"Who're you?" Sora asked blatantly, taking a look around. This wasn't his room.
He'd been kidnapped!
He scrambled backwards, slamming his eyes shut and yelling. "DON'T TOUCH ME! I HAVE MACE!!"
The kid burst into tears.
Sora stared at the sobbing blonde. He looked… a lot like Cloud, actually, spiky blonde hair – blue eyes. But while Cloud was fifteen, the kid couldn't have been more then six or seven. He was – for lack of a better word – adorable.
"DEEEEEEEMMMMMYY!"
Except when he yelled like that.
Sora winced. Between the whining and the sunlight, he thought he'd be better off without his senses thank you very much. It was then another blonde came into the room. This one was definitely older then Sora, but had missed out on the blue eye gene.
"What is it Roxy-Woxy?" He cooed, bending down to pick up the kid. Roxy-Woxy, as he'd been called, stopped crying instantly and sniffed.
"Cwoud… Cwoud…"
"Yeah? What did the evil bastard do this time?" 'Demy' said, eying Sora with a decidedly evil smirk.
Did… he just get called Cloud?
Or was it a baby talk thing, and he just couldn't say Sora properly, so he settled for… What, Cwoud? Where was the logic in that?
"He… he…" Okay that had to be put on. Roxy-Woxy sniffed a couple of times, his bottom lip trembling. "HE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHO I AM!! AND HE YELLED AT ME!"
Oops.
Demy raised an amused eyebrow at Sora, but was met with only an expression of feigned innocence. Not a very good one at that.
"Don't worry, he's just silly, forgets these things." The mulleted one tapped a finger on his forehead, ignoring the yelling bit. No doubt he'd heard Sora and was putting it down as a bad dream – slowly suppressing the memory so he'd never have to think about it again.
"Why don't you re-introduce yourself?"
The sorrowful expression was suddenly gone. Roxy-Woxy smiled brightly and finally managed to get free of Demy's grip, jumping down on the bed.
"I'M ROXAS!" He said happily, sticking out a slightly podgy hand. Sora eyed it in case it exploded, wondered what diseases he was about to contract, then eventually shook it. He wasn't used to kids, and Demy noticed because he shook his head lightly as he lifted Roxas down from the bed.
"Right now, you know how grouchy Cloud can be in the mornings, so you go help mum make breakfast and I'll bring your big brother down in just a minute, kay?"
"OKAY!" Roxas bounded off without another word. At least kids had short attention spans.
Sora hesitantly let go of some of the blanket bunched around his chin, glancing upwards at Demy with his eyes innocently huge.
Demy blinked at the strange expression on his brother's face, but recovered quickly.
"Hey what's the deal Cloud? I think he was really upset there for a minute. If it was a joke, it wasn't funny."
Okay, THAT time it'd definitely been Cloud.
"Who are you? Why do you keep calling me Cloud?" Sora asked suspiciously.
He had, by now, ruled out the possibilities of him having been abducted, molested or raped and was genuinely curious… not that he suspected he'd been kidnapped by some guy and his illegal love child… or something like that. No… no, not at all.
The blonde stared at him, sticking a hand in the pocket of his ripped up jeans.
"Man, Cloud, you're feeling alright yeah? Riku said there'd been an accident in the science lab yesterday. I think you might've lost your memory or something."
Sora stared back. The accident? Yeah he remembered the accident; watching as Cloud had poured chemical after chemical in the sink. He remembered the explosion, and remembered hearing Riku and Leon running in, but… that was all.
"Do you..." he hesitated, "remember me? Demyx? Your older brother?"
He shook his head. He remembered fine, his older brother was Zexion, not Demyx. Demyx was Cloud's older brother… right?
Demyx sighed. "Right well… you'd better get ready for school anyway Cloud. You won't be able to get outta that no matter what you don't remember. Feel better man."
The door shut and Sora slid out of bed. He didn't know what was going on, but he figured, if he had to, he might as well.
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Cloud rolled over in bed, pulling the covers tightly around him, a light smile etched onto his face. He wasn't asleep, but was savouring the moment before he had to get up and go to school.
Any other day, his siblings would've jumped on him by now. His younger brother loved to jump on his bed before he left, and his older brother was notorious for hooking his amp up right in front of Cloud's face and strumming a note on his sitar early in the morning.
He hadn't even woken up to Namine's crying. With a baby in the house, it was a wonder he got any sleep at all.
Curse growing up in a family of early risers.
The creaking of the door disturbed the silence and Cloud tensed, eyes peeking open to sneak a look. Through his eyelashes he could see tight leather pants moving towards his bed, feet thumping with every step. Hang on; Demyx didn't wear tight leather pants. Did he?
The bed dipped as someone sat on the end, his sleep fuddled brain still unable to distinguish the figure. Maybe…
"Dad?" He muttered vaguely.
A dry chuckle. "I don't see the resemblance."
Cloud recognised that voice. It was deep and almost grating… putting it together with the leather pants… two plus two equals four…
….
"HOLY SHIT!"
Horrified, he grabbed the sheets and held them tightly around himself, rolling off the bed to get away. But of course, Leon was sitting on them, which meant he couldn't hold them and fell off with about as much grace as a dying elephant.
Cloud scrambled to the other side of the room, pressing his back against the wall to get as far away as possible. His eyes were about to pop out of his sockets. He pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming and yelped at the pain.
So it was true, the leather-panted, furry-jacketed teenager was really there – and not only that, but looking at him with… was that concern?
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM?!" Cloud yelled with a mixture of confusion and horror. Confusion on how the hell Leon had gotten into his house and at why he was sitting on his bed and looking at him like THAT.
Horror because he was fully aware he was clad in nothing but a pair of shorts that left nothing to the imagination. He didn't want Leon seeing anything! Leon stood up and regarded him, his expression once again back to its usual stony look.
"First off, Sora, this is my room. I thought you would know that by now. Second, I didn't mean to wake you up. I just came to see if you were alright after yesterday."
Sora?
Cloud blinked.
Twice.
He opened his mouth and closed it again when nothing came up. He subconsciously repeated the movement until he'd done a suitable impression of a fish.
"Look, if you're worried about your parents not knowing about you staying here – it's okay, I called Zexion and he said he'd let them know. Get dressed and I'll take you to school, alright?"
Leon backed up a step, waiting for a reaction. After a couple of minutes he knew he was waiting in vain and left. It might've been five or fifteen minutes later, Cloud blinked out of his trance.
Leon hadn't even glared at him, not once. He hadn't insulted his mother, he hadn't started an argument… he hadn't stabbed, suffocated or otherwise caused any harm to Cloud.
He'd actually… been… somewhat… half… decent.
But he'd called him Sora.
He frowned, wondering what Leon had been smoking and what had spurred this reaction, turning towards the other doorway in the bedroom. If this was Leon's room, this had to be the ensuite… he couldn't really imagine the stoic brunette sharing his bathroom. Sure enough, when he pushed the door open he found a modest bathroom with a shower, a small bath, a toilet, a sink and… a…. mirror.
Cloud stopped and stared.
His short blonde spikes had gone, replaced by an unruly mop of longer brunette ones. His eyes were a darker blue then usual and he'd shrunk a little more then a few inches.
He looked…
He was…
Unmistakeably… Sora.
Shit.
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Over at the Strife household, Sora himself was in exactly the same predicament.
Actually, that wasn't true. He hadn't gathered himself enough to speak actual words yet and was conversing in a language yet unknown to man.
"Garh.. gahf.. ahhhg…"
The eyes that stared back at him weren't his own. The skin wasn't his, the height... everything from the hair on his head to the boxers he wore and below were all on rental.
Because, for some reason, he'd decided he was bored with his body and had woken up with Clouds' instead.
He glanced downwards. Despite the looming prospect of facing a day of school, he was actually pretty okay with the swap. It wasn't that Sora didn't like his body… he wasn't a girl. But the muscles, the toned stomach and the height were all a definite plus. None of his old body's baby fat here.
If only he could change the hair…
A banging at the door interrupted his train of thoughts and he immediately felt guilty. It was like perving on Zexion getting changed; wrong and highly disturbing.
"Come in!" He said, feeling like a kid with his hand caught in the proverbial cookie jar.
The door opened and Demyx peeked in. "Oi, you ready to go? I'll drop you there today 'cause I think you'd get lost on the way… but hurry up, okay?"
Sora nodded and turned, taking the other door out of the ensuite back to the room he'd woken up in. His gaze flitted over the bed, the posters, the guitar propped up in the corner, the amp and the pile of CDs on top of it – before coming to rest on the dresser. Unless he was really, really abnormal… that had to be where Cloud's clothes were.
The former brunette walked over and opened the first drawer tentatively. It was filled to the brim with belts, so he moved onto the next drawer down and found… boxers?
Sora stared.
He didn't wear boxers.
Boxers were loose and baggy and… ech. Plus they didn't provide the support and comfort he so sorely needed.
He wrinkled his nose and sorted through the underwear, finding everything from pink silk boxers with little love hearts on them to some that were falling apart and some that even had holes in the crotch.
Boxers were everywhere, but no briefs.
Sora frowned. He couldn't wear nothing under his pants – that was just wrong… but the thought of boxers made him itch. Eventually he closed his eyes and chose a plain blue pair before throwing them on the bed and sliding the drawer shut. This whole dressing thing was harder then it looked. Plain jeans, a loose shirt and a watch soon joined the boxers on the bed and he got dressed quickly, slipping on sneakers just as someone honked the horn outside. He didn't need to lean out to know it was Demyx.
He grumbled under his breath, grabbing the bag that was by the foot of his bed (as he assumed it would be the one with Cloud's essentials in it) and glancing in the mirror.
Good enough.
With seconds he'd left, not noticing the black backpack that had been carefully placed beside his dresser – books just visible sticking out at the top.
Too bad, cause he was going to need it.
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Cloud definitely had more success. He'd had to borrow Leon's boxers, since the briefs he'd worn the day before were still dirty. Despite the fact that they were Leon's boxers, they were actually quite comfortable.
Otherwise he'd had no problem with clothes. One good thing about being at Leon's house instead of Sora's was that apparently Spiky kept half his wardrobe at the guy's house. So he'd made it downstairs in one piece, dressed for school and actually in a pretty good mood.
Until he entered the kitchen and saw who was sitting at the table.
Damn, he hated life.
Cloud turned and made to scoot past the doorway in a lame attempt to get away – but was stopped in his tracks by a voice.
"I made you toast."
He shuddered, definitely not used to that tone. He would've felt a million times better if it'd been spoken with menace, or he'd been glared at, or anything besides that almost happy voice. It made him sick to his stomach.
"Uh..." He turned back into the kitchen and slowly lowered his eyes to the table. Sure enough, there were two places set out. One plate was already empty, crumbs scattering the surface. The other held two pieces of wholemeal toast.
Actually, he was kind of surprised. Was Leon health conscious?
Not something he wanted to think about.
"Ahh. Thanks… Leon." He managed, in a high pitched voice that he thought was as close to Sora's as he was going to get. Leon blinked but said nothing as Cloud sidled up to the table and looked warily at the burnt bread.
There had to be something wrong with it. It was poisoned, or there was a blade hidden in it, or it had some rare bacteria that would kill Cloud the minutes his mouth came into contact with it. Then he remembered that Sora and Leon were best friends and probably wouldn't want to kill each other, and sat down to eat.
"So…" He said, around a mouthful of toast. Leon was watching him but he ignored it, averting his gaze to the curtains. They were covered in pictures of corn. Pretty corny if you asked Cloud… no pun intended.
"So..." Leon replied, watching him carefully. "You never answered my question Sora. Are you okay?"
"M'fine." Cloud replied, spraying crumbs over the table. It wasn't true, of course, but the last person he wanted in on his predicament was Leon.
He thought about cleaning the crumbs properly but remembered who would clean up his first and wiped them onto the floor instead.
"You didn't seem like it this morning."
"Leon, I'm alright, I swear." Cloud said quickly in a normal voice and realised it sounded exactly like Sora's. Good, the voice he put on was hurting his throat. A lull in conversation made him look up and they met gazes, ocean blue eyes clashing with stormy grey.
It was almost a full minute before Leon looked away and shrugged, muttering a "whatever."
There was the bastard he knew and hated.
He finished off the toast and stood up, grabbing the backpack that he'd been given and slinging it over one shoulder. Leon followed his lead and gathered the plates, putting them in the sink before striding out the door silently. Either he still hadn't forgiven Cloud, or this was normal behaviour.
Cloud didn't know and didn't care to know, whistling happily as he followed. This day was turning out alright.
So far, anyway.
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The car park was completely full when they got there as Demyx cruised for a spot. Sora peered out the window. He hadn't seen anyone he knew yet, but he still felt different. Nervous, yeah, but something else as well.
He glanced at Demyx, but the blonde was too intent on driving for conversation. He'd just gotten his licence and didn't even have the radio on in case it disturbed his concentration. Sora had gotten his hand slapped as he reached for the on button.
More then once.
Suddenly the car jerked forward as Demyx found a parking spot and he flicked on the indicator, turning slightly to manoeuvre into it.
That was before a blue Honda ripped past them and took it first. Sora started as the screech of brakes cut through the air, accompanied by some well chosen swear words and an angry honk. Demyx muttered angrily under his breath, pulling away.
Sora was too busy staring at the car to pay attention.
It was one thing to wake up in the morning and look completely different. It was a whole other thing to see yourself getting out of your best friend's car. He bit his lip, staring.
"Demyx, I'm going to get out here, alright?"
Demyx turned around, saw where his gaze was fixated and shrugged slightly. He knew of the animosity between his brother and Leon Leonhart – and privately shared his opinions of the guy – plus he'd cut him off. So any graffiti, window breaking or other vandalism was completely okay with him.
"Sure." He said cheerfully, stopping the car.
Sora almost leapt out of the car, grabbing his bag as he headed towards where Leon and… he… was.
"HEY CL- er… SORA!" He called, praying that Leon would just ignore it and keep walking. Please… don't look around… don't loo- ah shit. He should've been expecting that.
He stopped stock still as the brunette threw him the dirtiest look he'd even seen. He should've been expecting it, but it didn't lesson the shock. Leon had never looked at him like that before…
Cloud, meanwhile, had turned around and waved. He was in way too good a mood. Grumpily, Sora reasoned that was because he didn't have to wear boxers.
"I need to talk to you." Sora said uneasily, glancing at Leon who was still looking at him like he'd murdered his entire family. Damn, he was glad he was friends with the guy.
Cloud shrugged slightly. "Yeah okay, but we're running late, so let's be quick okay?"
He nodded, looking pointedly at Leon. Leon rolled his eyes and stalked ahead.
"Damn," The former blonde muttered, looking after his mortal enemy. "I thought he was just like that to me. It's a wonder he has any friends…"
Sora shrugged. "He's just in a bad mood, you must've ticked him off."
Silence fell for a minute as neither of them spoke. What were they supposed to say?
'It's weird but I love your body!'
'Haha, you have to hang out with the person you hate most in the world!'
"Look I don't know what happened, but I think we should just play along with this." Cloud said eventually, nibbling a nail. The former brunette nodded in reply.
"It's not too hard. I've already met your family, anyway."
He was sized up with his own gaze. It was unnerving.
"Yeah. We can research in the library for... a cure or something…"
It wasn't much of an answer to their problem but Sora nodded anyway. What else could they do? They'd get carted off to a nuthouse if they told.
Behind them the shrill ringing of the bell pierced their ears and the different groups started moving towards their respective classes. He wanted to ask so many things, like how he coped with his brothers and what his locker combination was, but they just didn't have the time.
"We can't tell anyone about this." Cloud said, echoing Sora's earlier thoughts.
"Not even Leon and Riku."
"Because that's the one person I want to spill my secrets to." He said sarcastically.
Sora shrugged. "If you get the urge, don't. Leon has a way of finding out what he wants to know."
Silence fell again. It was too awkward for any real conversation, until Cloud finally sighed and ran a hand through the spikes. He couldn't help but still be momentarily surprised at how long his hair was now.
"Right, so, I'll meet you in the library for lunch, okay? I don't want to have to spend any more time around Leon then I absolutely have to."
"Fair enough," Sora agreed, "So I'll see you around then?"
"Yeah. Later, Sora."
"Cya Cloud."
A split second passed before they both turned away and started walking – Cloud to catch up with Leon and Sora leaving in the opposite direction.
They didn't know what was in store for them in the next few days.
Then again, who would?
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Extra Author's Note: Again, I'm sorry about that corn crack. That was really, really bad. xD Oh and the last bit of the chapter. It was absolutely necessary, even if it was as tedious to write as it probably was to read. Hrm… oh well. At least now that bit's over, I can get down to the bit I really want to write. n.n
Preview of next chapter: Cloud gets his revenge, accuses Sora of heaping on the pounds and… a lot of other things. Is Sora going to put up with that? No way. xD
