Rin: OMG we're done in the double digits! Well, we were last chapter but this is like… the real double digits!

Also, sorry about the long wait. I'm so evil…

OMG. It's been over a year since I started this! It's been a year and seven days!!! –throws confetti- Thanks to everyone who ever reviewed!!! Sorry, if I never got back to you… I'm trying to make a better habit.

Beware! There's a lot of Cloud in this chapter. He's literally like everywhere; there's only one part with no Cloud. But, everyone loves him, right? Right.

Disclaimer: I would be Japanese if I owned Kingdom Hearts. I wish, but I'm not. Also, if I owned the song in here, I would be a guy. I'm not. I would be dead if I owned the game rummy. I'm still alive if I'm writing this. I'm Polish, female and alive. I don't own anything but the plot.

I'm doing something new here that I found the information on Word…

Date started: October 2

Date finished: November 21

Pages (font 12, no spaces and no talking): 13

Words: 7,382

Time spend: 444 minutes or 7.4 hours

Now, isn't that cool!

0o0

"Toya Harada has survived the explosion and is still alive and missing." The anchor said.

"There aren't many details ready to be presented at the moment, more information later on at six. Now on to weather!"

Everyone looked at either Cloud or Soya. No one even looked at the one who was hurt by this more than anyone. Only two people even bothered to spare him a look-Cloud and Rin.

"Cloud?" Leon asked wearily. "Are you okay?" Cloud was too busy watching Sora to even notice his question.

"Soya?" Ayu started, glancing at Cloud and Sora once in a while. "That means…"

"I know." Soya answered quietly. "I know."

Riku, on the other hand, growled under his breath, unconsciously hugging Sora tighter.

"That ass is still alive! I'll kill him." He mumbled.

Rin bit her lip as Cloud stood up, without a word. He grabbed dazed Sora's hand and pulled him forcefully and quickly out of the living room. Leon didn't know exactly why Cloud chose Sora to talk to but he trusted his boyfriend.

He was just going to have to believe in him.

Cloud pulled Sora up the stairs and into the bathroom that Ayu and Riku shared. The bathroom was huge. Bigger than the kitchen; just the way Ayu likes it.

Sora still seemed kinda out of it. "Sora? Sora?! Snap out of it damnit!" Cloud yelled, shaking him.

"Aniki?" Sora whispered. Cloud had a bad feeling about this. Sora used to never call him aniki unless something was terribly wrong. "He's back." He looked up into Cloud's eyes for the first time; his own blue eyes fearful but his crooked smile told him he was also confused. His voice was a little high. "Has he ever been back before? Dad, I mean. Did he ever return in the past while I was gone? No? Of course he didn't." He laughed dryly of course with no humor what's so ever in it.

"It's kinda funny, don't you think?" Sora continued his voice getting higher and his eyes forming tears. "That that the only reason why dad is suddenly back, is because I'm here? Some evil demon is out to get me, so he sinks low enough to get dad- the person who killed me? Well, since he can't get any Twilights or demons to get the job done, why not the original person?"

"Sora." Cloud started, ruffled his younger brother's hair. "Sora, it's just a-"

"Why?" Sora screamed, pushing his hand away. "Why does this always happen to me?"

At that moment, the lights in the room flickered on and off, and the air turned into strong gusts of wind. Cloud covered his eyes, to shield them from the winds. He soon heard the rustle of wings, and peaked one eye open.

"Sora?" He whispered amazed. Sora's wings had come out and flapped about. Although, the bathroom was big, it wasn't large enough for Sora's wing span with out knocking over Ayu's expensive hair supplies and makeup all over the floor and ripping the shower curtain right off of the bar.

That's when the real winds started. Cloud was sure that if he didn't stop Sora now, he'd blow the house up. He tried to reach out to grab his brother but the winds got stronger and pushed him back. He tried to throw a shampoo bottle but it was thrown across the room. Cloud even tried to call out to him, but it was lost under the sound of the gusts. The lights went out.

It seemed just like the door was about to fall down when Cloud did the only thing he could think of-throw his whole body in there and tickle him.

It worked.

Cloud soon had Sora pinned to the ground, tickling his sides. He gave in quickly and the wind stopped and the lights slowly came back on.

"C-Cloud!" Sora whined, trying to squirm away from him. "S-stop! I can't breathe!"
Cloud laughed, getting off and helped his brother up. Sora laughed a few seconds more before noticing the bathroom was destroyed and looked depressed again.
"Did, did I do this?" He asked. Cloud nodded. "I'm sorry. I can't seem to get a hold of wings or my magic these days."

"That's alright Sora." Cloud said cheerfully. "Your wings are awesome!"

Sora scratched his head. "Really? You think so? I guess they are really pretty, but it still doesn't cover for ruining the bathroom. Ayu's gonna kill me for spilling her makeup!" He went on his knees and hurriedly picked up the bottles.

Cloud bent down and helped. "Well, why is your magic unstable?"

"I don't know. Usually, I'm great with magic and I can get all the spells down right, but I seem out of practice these days. They seem to respond to my emotions."

"I don't know what to say. I'm no angel." Cloud admitted.

"I wish Aeris was here." Sora sighed. "She would know what do to. Aeris knows pretty much everything. Maybe I need more practice to destroy whatever is after me."

They finished cleaning up the bottles just as someone knocked on the door. "Cloud? Sora?" Soya called. "Are you two alright?"

Cloud opened the door just as Sora put the last lip-gloss on the counter. "Hey, Mom. How are you doing?"

"I'm fine, just fine. How about you two?"

"Well, I'm fine but Sora isn't really involved with this so I don't really know why he wouldn't be fine." Cloud answered.

Soya chuckled. "Well, back there he seemed so surprised and I thought that maybe, a loved one or something was in the explosion and died. I wasn't sure, but it doesn't hurt to ask right?"

"I'm fine thank you." Sora bowed. "It was a shock that's all. I heard the story before and I'm very sorry."

"Why, thank you dear. I must be going now. Don't take too long, Riku and Leon are getting a little confused."

"Wha?"

When they got down stairs, Leon and Riku both looked furious. "Are you cheating on me?" Leon demanded, pulling Cloud away from Sora. "He's just a little kid!"

"Like hell, Sora will ever go out with Cloud." Riku yelled as if he was the one insulted and grabbed Sora. "And he's younger by three years, so what? Cloud's old!"

"I am not old!" Cloud protested, struggling under Leon's grasp, wanting so badly to smack Riku across the face. "And why would I want to go out with my younger br---"

Leon and Riku both looked at him, waiting. "Um." Cloud blushed. "That is why would I want to go out with someone that's like a younger brother to me?"

"Exactly!" Riku agreed. "Cloud doesn't want to go out with him! And Sora doesn't either."

"Are you saying Cloud isn't good enough for Sora?" Leon challenged. "Because if you ask me-"

"I'm not asking you. I was just pointing out that, Cloud isn't in Sora's league. But if you ask me-"

"Which I'm not. Cloud just said that Sora's like a younger brother, you… there's no way they'll ever go out. Not like he would anyway."

"Are you indicating something?" Riku asked through gritted teeth, pulling on Leon's shirt.
Leon growled and pushed him away. "Maybe I am. Want to start something?"

Smirking, Riku rolled a sleeve back. "With pleasure." Just as he took a step forward, someone grabbed his collar and pulled him to the floor.

"Stop." Sora yelled, jumping between them. "Look, Cloud's my friend. And he knew that my uncle was in that prison and died during the explosion. He thought nothing of himself and tried to comfort me first, okay? Leon, Cloud loves you more than anything and has no feelings for me whatsoever, alright? So that makes this argument completely and totally stupid."

Leon and Riku blinked. Riku got off the floor, and brushed off any dirt on him. "Sorry." He mumbled.

"Yeah, me too."

"There, isn't that better?" Sora grinned. "Now who wants some waffles? I want waffles. Who can make waffles? I don't know how to make waffles. What's waffles made of anyway?" Everyone laughed. Sora's sugar hasn't worn out yet.

0o0

It was lunch time and once again, everyone was completely bored. Sephiroth and Ansem didn't stay long, due to Leon's death glares, but it's not like anyone cared much anyway.

"Did you start on your song yet, Riku?" Yuffie asked randomly.

"Huh? Oh, that song. Mmm." He thought for a second. "No. I haven't had a good inspiration yet."

"But Riku," Cloud whined. "You always have an inspiration or something good for a song."

"I just can't find what I'm looking for." Riku said.

"That's odd, though." Leon agreed with his boyfriend. "You can think of a song in a heartbeat when you really start to think. Especially about Sora."

Sora wasn't paying too close attention but his ears perked up when he heard his name.

Riku bit his lower lip. "I know. But it isn't working anymore. Like I dunno, my heart's been filled up." He paused then laughed. "How cheesy did that just sound?"

"I thought it was cute." Sora peeped, blushing. "And besides, you need to get working on your project, I'm not helping you for nothing."

"I'm half way done." Riku deadpanned.

"It's due next week!" Sora sang. "Get it done."

"You sound like my mom."

"You sound like a lazy teenager."

"You two sound like an old married couple." Namine giggled.

"Just get that done." Sora started. "And I'll take care of the rest."

0o0

Later that night when Sora finished all of his homework, Cloud and Leon were around so they stopped by. Riku stayed upstairs because Sora wouldn't let him down until his project was completely finished.

"What do you want to do?" Sora asked, bored out of his mind.

"I dunno. What do you want to do?" Cloud asked equally as bored.

"I dunno. What do you want to do?"

"How about you two shut it?" Leon growled, trying to read the newspaper.
Cloud blew away a random strand of hair when he got an idea. "I know! Oh, oh! I know! Let's play rummy!"

Sora immediately said yes. After all, ever since he was little he always wanted to play rummy with Cloud and Leon. His brother said that he would teach him when he was older but a few months later, Sora passed away.

This was one of those life time opportunities.

Cloud pulled out the deck of cards Ayu had in the kitchen drawer that's been there for a long time. He shuffled the cards up, giving seven cards to himself, Sora and Leon.
Leon immediately looked at his cards and rearranged his hand. Sora blinked and slowly examined them.

"Alright Sora. This is that you need to do." Cloud started, picking up his own cards. "In rummy, the point of the game is to match three cards together. They got be, in order by the symbol, like a three, two and an ace of hearts. But they must all the same. You can't have two hearts and a diamond. The only way you can have the different shapes is if the number is exactly the same. Like three sevens, got it?"

Sora nodded. Cloud smiled and continued, "You start with seven cards, and when it's your turn you either pick up a card from the deck." Cloud placed the rest of the deck in the middle of the table. "Or you can pick some from the thrown out cards." He flipped over the first card-it was a Queen of Hearts. "Say, you have a king and a jack of hearts in your hand, you can take the pile and combine them for points, got it? But if there are cards in front of the queen, take the entire pile and you have to keep them. Then after each turn put one of your cards into the discard pile; if you took the pile or not, got it?"
Sora nodded again. "And the game ends when the first person runs out of cards. But the person with the most points-based on the type of cards you have out- is the real winner. Anything you want to add, Leon?"

"Look at other people's combinations. If Cloud has three eight's out and you have the remaining eight, don't throw it out. Put it in your own pile for points. Also, look around before you place a card down in the pile. Make sure you don't throw out a card that can go to someone else's combinations. If that happens, the two other players -if they spot it- yell "Rummy" and put the card in their pile, Cloud and I are experts at this so it's not like we'll throw it out. Just a head's up."

"Alright! And if that started we'll start the game. Leon, you go first."

Five minutes into the game, Sora was having lots of fun and losing. Cloud and Leon both had at least three different combinations in front of them. All Sora had was a lousy seven that connected to Leon's heart combination.

"I'm finished mom." Riku yelled, coming down the stairs. "Is there any chance I can start?"

"Not now, we're right in the middle." Cloud answered, picking up a card. Frowning, he put the card he just got in the pile. Sora grinned and took it.

"Thanks Cloud. More points!" He cheered, putting down three aces.

"Next round, I'm in." Riku said sitting next to Sora.

"You can help me." The brunette offered. "I'm still a little stuck."
Riku gladly accepted and pointed out some things to Sora.

"So on the next turn you should put this down, take the pile and this can be added to Leon's combination. See?"

Sora nodded and on his next turn, followed Riku's word exactly.

0o0

It was now Friday, and Cloud continued to watch Sora carefully. He showed no signs of being depressed at all. But that was the kind of person Sora was. He kept his problems to himself, not wanting to put anyone out of their way to help him.

It was independent yet completely stupid. Cloud wished secretly that he would change.
Yet despite the fact that his father was now no where to be found and he most likely has a strong grudge against him, Sora continues to smile and makes sure no one expects anything.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Cloud asked when it was just the two of them.

"Huh?" Sora blinked. "Why are you asking that? Of course I'm fine, I just got an A on my math test!" He shoved the test in his brother's face, grinning.

"That's great Sora, really. But, what about dad? I know you're still thinking about it."

"I'm fine. Yeah, I still think about it, but I'm going to worry about that later. Wait till the time comes and live life now. Who knows when I might have to come back."

Cloud really didn't want to think about that. "Just stay alert, okay? Promise me that."

Sora smiled one of those every rare real smiles. "Sure. Thanks Cloud."

At that time, Kairi came around that corner. "Sora? Cloud? The guys are waiting for you.

You have practice tonight, right? Well chop, chop guys! The car awaits!

0o0

Practice was at Cloud's house again. Soya was in the house, putting in a microwave-able pizza. She smiled.

"Practice here again, guys?" She chuckled. "Good thing I have some pizzas. I don't feel like cooking much anyways."

Cloud gave her a dirty look. "What did you do?"

Soya blinked. "What do you mean?"

"You never cook those pizzas unless you did something wrong and this is your way of begging for forgiveness." He shot back, putting his hands on his hips.

"Ah…I love you honey?" She tried, laughing nervously. "No? Alright, when I got home from work, your band room was on fire."

"It what?"

"It was very small of course! But, it's going to need some repairs and that's going to take a while especially considering we really don't have the money but on good news, the instruments were saved and so were the sheets of music. Just the room was kinda destroyed."

"Are you serious? But that was" Cloud started.

"My room." Sora whispered mostly to himself.

"What was that Sora?" Yuffie asked.

"Nothing!"

"Anyway all of your stuff is in the living room, and that's free to practice in of course!"
Disappointed, they went into the living room. Sora tagged along hesitantly.

'The living room' He thought to himself. 'The one room I hate the most. The room I died in.'

"You coming Sora?" Riku asked. "You're dazing out again. Like the first time you were here."

"Yeah! Just thinking how disappointing about the room!"

"Did you write the song Riku?" Yuffie sang, already knowing the answer. She jumped to her drums and started to twirl her drumsticks.

"I was working on my project so Sora wouldn't get on my case." Riku glared at Sora, who was sitting quietly in the back.

Sora eyed the walls cautiously. He jumped when Riku put a hand on his shoulder. "Are you sure you're alright?"

"Fine! Just uh looking at the walls. Such a pretty color off white with uh-"

"Sora's blood stains." Riku finished. "Anyway, you got me into this mess and you're getting me out."

"Huh? How?"

"You're singing in my place."

"What? N-no! I can't sing! I said I'll write the song, but I can't sing!" Sora stammered.

"You have five minutes to get ready." Riku declared, leaving worried Sora to get his guitar.

Cloud looked over at Sora and frowned. "Sora? Could you come with me for a second? I need to find some sheets of music I left upstairs." Sora nodded and followed his brother up the stairs and into his room.

"Wow." Sora mumbled. "It's so much the same." He walked around Cloud's room, touching almost everything. "What did you need me for anyway?"

"You need something from me, correct?"

"How did you? Yeah, I did." Sora walked over to him. "Close your eyes."

Cloud obeyed and shut his eyes tight. "You can relax." Sora said. He brought his own hand up and concentrated hard. A little blue fire sparked from his fingertips. He gave a small smile and pressed it to Cloud's forehead.

"Don't move. I'm sending you the guitar part for the song I'm stuck playing. I wrote this and the lyrics so don't be hard on me!"

Cloud could hear the song play through his head. He's never heard it before but it was really nice, he couldn't wait to play it.

Sora pulled his fingers back and Cloud opened his eyes. "There's one more thing for you do to!"

Three minutes later, Sora took his shirt off and Cloud was taping his entire torso with medical tape.

"Tell me why I'm doing this again." Cloud asked, pulling more tape out of the roll.
"You've heard what does bastards did to your practice room! They knew I was singing and I don't' know how but they know the song too. And just to get me worked up, they burned the room so we're forced to play in the living room. You know why I hate that room!"

"But I still don't get why that helps them at all."

"Because my emotions will get out of control and when I'm singing my wings will appear and I'll have no way to explain to the rest why I have those wings coming out of my back. That's why if I have tape, they won't come out."

"Will this really work?"

"I have no clue. Just keep taping!" Sora ordered, grinning to himself over his evil master plan.

"I think you should just tell Riku."

"Huh?"

"Tell him." Cloud repeated, cutting the medical tape. "He'll accept you." He threw Sora his shirt.

"Are you kidding me?" Sora asked, putting on his red shirt. "What am I supposed to say, 'Hey Riku! Yeah, you might not know it but I'm your best friend from eight years ago. Remember me? The one who you cried over and blamed yourself for his death? Well I'm here, right under your nose the entire time.'? I don't think so Cloud."

"You never know."

"He doesn't believe in angels, remember? Ever since, I don't even know when! He used to believe in them when Ayu would tell us stories about them coming at midnight to visit the children."

"He waited, he did believe in that story but once he realized that you're not coming, he started to care less about angels."

"I visited him once! I even bugged Aeris for two hours that night!" Sora whined.

"He thought it was a dream, to make him stop being so depressed all the time. He did stop, believe me, but he still complained about it being his fault and he did cry a lot still."

Cloud told him. "We really need to go."

"What? But I want to hear more!"

Cloud smirked, opening his door. "You can from Riku. Once you tell him."

0o0

"Um Master?" Taki asked hesitantly.

"Yes?"

"Um the angel is gone."

"What?" He spat out. "You mean that woman is gone?"

"Y-yes! And that one T-twilight, is missing too. D-d-deymx."

Growling, the head demon sat back in his chair and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "That little punk helped her, huh? Contact Sephiroth right away, bring him down here at once."
Taki got up quickly, tripping over his feet. "Y-yes! Right away, Master!" He ran to the side wall and pressed a red button on the wall. "Sephiroth. Master needs to see you."
A grunt was his only reply and in a few minutes, faint footsteps were heard in the corridor.

The door opened and Sephiroth stepped inside. He gave a bow at the waist. "You wanted to see me, Master?"

"Come here. Taki, you may leave."

Taki bowed as well and hurriedly left the room. The doors snapped shut behind him.

"Sephiroth I have another task for you." The head demon spoke up once he was sure Taki was out of hearing range.

"I did what you asked and burned the room. May I ask why that was important."

The master moved forward in his seat, a bit. He rested his head on his hands. "I want that brat on the streets, his esteem down and his magic lower then ever."

Sephiroth didn't want to admit it aloud, but he knew that the head demon was afraid. Sora was extraordinary powerful- if not the greatest magic user ever. And that's spoken without the extra help from his soul mate.

"I know that boy-the angel's soul mate." The demon started again. "Once he sees the wings, he won't know what to do and will most likely kick the angel out. He's you can call it, scared of those types of things."

"But Sora! Surely he's smarter than that!" Sephiroth exclaimed.
"Oh, he is. Right now he's taping his chest to prevent his wings from coming out. But little does he know I stole the song from Aeris' memory. If that's the song he's singing, the wings will come out. He rested back into his big, leather chair. "It will be amusing to see what he does."

Sephiroth bit his lip, uncomfortable under his master's evil smirk. "And now

Sephiroth." The Twilight flinched lightly under his name. "About that task."

0o0

Sora swayed from one foot to another. He wasn't the most comfortable under people's gaze. "Do I really have to do this?" He asked.

"Because of you and your mother-like attitude, I didn't get a chance to write a new song. You owe me." Riku stated, eating a slice of pizza.

"And getting an A isn't being owed enough? I was doing you a favor!" Sora shot back.

"Too late for that. Just sing." Sora bit his lip. "I've heard you sing before, you're not that bad."

That made him feel a little bit better. He turned to Cloud. "Are you ready yet?"

"Yeah, go ahead." Cloud started to play the song Sora had sent him before. It sounded much better than it did in his head. He couldn't wait to hear the words.

"Prison gates won't open up for me
On these hands and knees I'm crawlin'
Oh, I reach for you.

Well I'm terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can't hold my soul in
All I need is you

Come please I'm callin'
And oh I scream for you
Hurry I'm fallin."

"Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be.

Say it for me.
Say it to me.

And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me."

Sora flinched lightly. He felt his wings, trying harder and harder to break free. He tried to keep his wings in check while singing.

Not exactly easy to do.

Just as he opened his mouth to sing the next part, his wings broke free, ripping the bandages along with two holes in his shirt.

Sora couldn't stop singing. He just might be able to think of something to tell the stunned Riku, Leon and Yuffie at the end of the song. For now, he didn't want to face them. So he continued to sing.

"Heaven's gates won't open up for me
With these broken wings I'm fallin'
And all I see is you.

These city walls ain't got no love for me
I'm on the ledge of the eighteenth story
And oh I scream for you

Come please I'm callin'
And all I need from you
Hurry I'm fallin'."

"Show me what it's like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I'll show you what I can be.

Say it for me
Say it to me

And I'll leave this life behind me
Say it if it's worth saving me."

Cloud finished playing the rest of the song, while Sora closed his eyes.

"OMG." He heard Yuffie breathe.

"No way." Leon whispered.

"Sora?" Riku asked under his breath.

When Sora opened his eyes, they were dark blue and his pupils in little slits. The three of them gasped just before a purple light covered the entire room.

When it faded away everyone but Sora was on the floor sleeping. He blinked and his eyes were once again normal. He smiled to himself. "It looks like I'm getting better." He laughed sheepishly. "Aeris has never taught me that one!"

He walked over to Cloud and poked his forehead. A second later, his pale eyes were open. "Ngh Sora? What happened? The song and the singing and was there pie involved?"

"My wings came out and I knocked everyone out. And since you're still alive it effected you too."

"Then what are you going to tell them when they wake up?" Cloud asked, sitting up.

"It was all a dream I think. Or maybe that demons are messing with their heads."

"Do you really expect them to believe it?"

"Riku did before. I'll use that one again. But you're going to have to play the part too. Can you act?"

"I'm sure I can try." Cloud laughed. "To be or not to be, that is the statement." He said dramatically.

"Question." Sora giggled. "It's question. Not statement."

Cloud pouted and quickly changed the subject. "When do they wake up?"

"In about an hour?" Cloud's mouth dropped. "How about some rummy? I'm getting better, no?"

0o0

Sora yawned sleepily. It was night now and he was tired. He had a lot of explaining to do. Cloud helped him as much as we could but the three still seemed confused. They kept asking questions about the purple light. Sora explained that the curse the demons once put on Riku, can spread and went into Yuffie, Leon and Cloud too.

Cloud and Sora wasn't sure if they believed it but they didn't speak of it again.

Sora crawled into bed after Riku. He fell on top of him. Riku gasped for air. "You're heavy!"

Sora rolled off him to his side of the bed and giggled. "Sorry! I'm just really tired."
Riku rested his head on Sora's. "You're a pretty good singer. Not to mention song writer."
"Thanks." Sora blushed.
"Good night." Riku said sleepily.
"Night."

0o0 Night Dream Sora's P.O.V.

I found myself in a black room. I must be dreaming, I told myself. I wasn't exactly sure of where I was but I had a feeling that it wasn't good.

Suddenly a bright light shone to the left of me and the room was lit up. My eyes widened when I saw the familiarity of my old living room. But what really scared me was of whom was in the couch. My dad, was there reading the newspaper. I wanted to scream and run out the room but the thing that kept me was the person who came in.

Sora. Myself when I was six. The six-year-old Sora was smiling brightly and skipped around the room.

"What are you so happy about boy?" My father's sharp voice rang out and I felt a sting in my heart.

The six year old Sora looked at him and grinned. "I found out what love means." He rolled back and forth on his feet.

My father folded his newspaper and leaned forward. This was the only time he had any real interest in what I've said. "Really? Have you now? Tell me, Sora, what does love mean?"

The past me threw his arms up in the air. "It means you really, really like someone and they make you really happy. You want to spend forever with that person! Have you found someone like that makes you feel that way, Daddy?"

To this day, I still don't know what possessed me to ask that. I've never asked my father many questions before. He always hated it when I asked pointless questions. I think, I thought this question was okay to ask him.

His reaction still surprises me even today. He gave me the first smile I've ever gotten from him and said, "Yes, I have. I love that person very much."

I remembering feeling so brave that day. My father had never been kinder to me than on that day. We never had a real conversation like this one. He's had many with Cloud and my mom and even to Riku. We just never connected. That day, I felt so happy and I though that maybe my dad might change for the good.

But I can't seem to remember the rest of it.

Little Sora stopped rolling on his feet and ran up to father. But he didn't climb onto his lap like most little kids do. Instead he put his hands on his father's knees and asked, "Who is it daddy? Who do you love the most?" My father really looked like he was about to answer when the boy continued. "I found the person I love the most. Riku!"

My father's face cringed and it all came running back to me. Memories of everything that happened on the day that I thought was the best day of my life.

That was the day I died.

This was the thing I said that ticked my dad into insanity.

The next thing I saw was my father grab the former me by the hair and throw him across the room. He quickly ran into the kitchen and grabbed a knife. Little Sora stumbled to get up, just looking up in time to see father coming toward him, his eyes sparkling in an evil like way.

When Little Sora screamed, I turned away and covered my mouth, afraid that I was going to puke. I glanced up and saw two Riku's standing in the corner, watching. The older Riku stood chatting with his younger self. They both stood smiling and laughing at something Little Riku said. They both turned my way and glared hatefully before walking away.

The room melted into black abyss. The only thing lighting up the room was my own two wings. I wanted so badly to rip them off my back.

I heard Riku's laughing voice echo through the darkness. I started to run. I didn't know if there were any walls or cliffs but I wanted to find Riku.

The room lit up again and there was Aeris. She smiled gently at me as I ran into her arms and started to cry. She put a comforting hand on my back and whispered, "Awaken your power."

I looked up to ask her what she was talking about. But Aeris was no longer holding me, my father's face came into view and he smirked down at me. "I've missed you Sora. You haven't been any trouble while I was gone have you?" He wiped away a tear.

I tried to escape his embrace. But the next thing I knew, the two Riku's were behind me and holding me down while my father took out a knife- the one from before still stained with blood. He slowly started to shred my clothes apart using the knife. I struggled harder.

"Calm down Sora," The older Riku purred in my ear. He traced a finger down my spine. I shivered. "This won't hurt a bit." He bit my shoulder, hard. I felt the warm blood drip down from my shoulder to my exposed chest. My father licked the blood away.
I screamed, loud and repeatedly. The older and younger Riku tried to clamp my mouth shut and I bit them and continue to scream. A different voice called my name and both of them ran out.
My father looked around before growling at me and taking off as well. I continue to scream, my shoulder hurt and my whole body felt so dirty. In the distance, there was a little boy with two bright wings; he had a strong magic like fire glow around him. He extended his hand to me and smiled. "Sora."

I didn't stop screaming.

0o0 End Dream Normal P.O.V.

Sora felt someone shake him and he feared for the worse, screaming louder than before.

"Sora! Sora! Wake up!" Sora opened his eyes to find a pair of concerned aqua eyes staring back at him.

"Get away!" He yelled, pushing the other off the bed. Riku fell on the floor with a loud THUMP. Sora blinked and looked down. "Riku?"

To his surprise, Riku didn't yell at him, he smiled gently and asked, "Did you have a bad dream?"

Sora nodded his head and cuddled back into the bed, pulling the warm blanket over his head. He felt the bed sink when Riku got back in and gasped lightly when he felt Riku's arms around his waist, pulling him closer to him. "Was it really bad?"

Sora nodded again and moved toward Riku's body. "Was I in it?" He asked again. Sora replied a muffled 'yes'. "I hurt you, didn't I?"

Sora pulled off the covers, looked him straight in the eye and said, "In more ways than you will ever know." He felt like crying when Riku embraced him almost lovingly and whispered 'sorry' until Sora slowly fell back asleep.

0o0

"Come on, come on! Gather around now!" Mrs. Yuuhi snapped, trying to get her talkative class together. She coughed. "Today, we will start to share our mystical creature project. So?" She looked around the classroom, excitedly. "Who wants to go first?"

Of course, no one raised their hand. The teacher looked at her student list and started to call up random people.

"I didn't know it was due today." Riku whispered over to Sora.

"Well, it's a good thing I told you to do it, and bring it in today, isn't it?" Sora smirked. It was, Sora had a feeling they were going to need it so he immediately got on his case, and practically begged him to bring it to school. He couldn't really tell him that he could use his magic for seeing somewhat into the future, so he had to make up the most believable story.

"Rin, you go." Mrs. Yuuhi said. Rin skipped up to the front of the classroom and put up a black poster board filled with facts written in red ink and dark pictures.

"Vampires!" She started dramatically. "Have been around since the early 1800's, biting the napes of humans and some animals, and sucking all their blood until they have none left and shrivel up. Then they send the wrinkly body to their Ruler, either a king or queen, and they eat it, instead of going out and getting their own food.

"Vampires have many special powers, like climbing walls, and turning invisible. It has also been a known fact that vampires can turn into bats and fly around looking for its victim. Which is false, they can't turn into a bat. Some old people just made that up because bats have pointed teeth and drink blood. They are, though, a relative of the vampires though."

Rin talked for a little bit longer and finished. Riku was called up on next.

He brought up his red poster board and stood in front of it, facing class. He cleared his throat. "Demons aren't just the mythical creatures everyone thinks they are. Nor are they the animal-like creatures that take over your body. They look like humans with huge black wings. They usually have black hair and red eyes.

"They can only do black magic such as fire, water, lightning and Instant Death. They can't heal like angels but they can take magic from others to use for their own.

"It is believed that the first demon appeared to an old man on last day on earth, many, many years ago. The old man asked the demon to just kill him quickly. The demon thought about it and instead, offered him a proposal. He would keep him alive at a young age if he helped him. The old man agreed and he became thirty again. Along with it, better health and magic powers. The demon told him to go to the local public bath and kill everyone there. The old man was always hated by village and happily did it. While the spirits of the dead rose up, the demon transformed them into demons.

"The original demon was sent to Oblivion- where the dead go after they die twice- and the old man was appointed leader. He hates the angels for killing the demon and vowed to get revenge on them, no matter what.

"Since that time, the old man and his followers have killed and made nearly two hundred thousand demons. But most of the demons come from bad humans who died. They go to hell and become demons themselves. The good become angels and the mixed or confused become Twilights. Twilights often help the demons because they want to become angels but they know they can't so they side with the opposite of their desires. To the demons, Twilights are often called, 'Hell's Angels'.
"Demons are at constant war with the angels. No one really knows why it started or how it started but we do know that the demons want to capture one special angel. Although, I'm not supposed to get into angels. The special angel is sometimes called the 'Chosen One' who only comes once every 100 years or so that will save everyone from the demons and Twilights. That's why the demons keep attacking and that, we know, is positive."

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"I'm so glad I didn't have to go today." Sora cheered, sitting down at his usual spot. It was lunch and Sora couldn't be happier. One of the best parts (besides not having to present his project yet) was that he hasn't seen Sephiroth or his creepy friend Ansem at all today.
Riku was gloating over his A plus project. He, of course, thanked Sora. Kairi, on the other hand, was quite annoyed. "I can't believe that bitch." She cursed, stabbing her spinach with her fork. "She gave me a B! A fucking B!" Her tray cracked and the spinach leaked out of the crack and onto the table.

Kairi was a straight A student and wouldn't settle for anything less. Even if it was an 89. "I can't believe her even Rin did better than I did!" She cursed their English teacher to heck and fumed silently her seat for a while.

"Riku!" The gang looked up to see Leon running over to them. "Have any of you guys seen Cloud? We were supposed to meet at the vending machines ten minutes ago."

Riku shook his head. "Sorry."

"I'll help!" Sora jumped up and grabbed Leon's arm. "He can't be that far."

Sora knew what Leon was thinking. That he couldn't be of much help. But you would probably think that too since Sora has no sense of direction and hasn't found his way

around the school yet. But unknown to Leon, Sora had Cloud's scent down so he could find him easily, like a lost puppy looking for his owner.

A few turns and short cuts later, Leon and Sora both heard Cloud's voice. "You wanted to speak to me, Sephiroth?"

Sora could feel Leon's anger already. He really didn't like the Twilight.
"Yes, in a matter of fact, come over here with me, Cloud." Sora and Leon looked around the corner. Sephiroth had his hand on a small part of Cloud's back and was walking him past a closet when before anyone could do anything, Sephiroth shoved the blond in and shut the door behind him, locking himself and Cloud inside.

Leon and Sora ran to the door, and started to bang on it. "Cloud! Sephiroth, get out of there! Give us back Cloud!"

Cloud was also upset. "Get away from me!" The door handle jiggled. "It's locked! Gah! Sephiroth, unlock the door!"

Sora heard Sephiroth's laughter clearly. "I have a better idea." He heard steps and Cloud's shriek.

"Get away damnit!"

"Don't you dare touch him!" Leon yelled, trying to get the door open.
Cloud screamed again. "Don't touch me!" Sora, frustrated, pushed Leon out of the way and put his hand on the door handle. His hand glowed blue and the lock made a soft click sound. He pulled open the door.
Cloud was backed up into a corner, with Sephiroth standing over him, his hands on each side of his head. When the Twilight realized the door was open, he touched Cloud's forehead and he fell over, unconscious. Sephiroth held Cloud in his arms and threw him over his shoulder.

"Sephiroth!" Sora yelled. "What are you doing? Give him back!"

"Sorry, Sora. But my work here is done. I'll be seeing you later." Sephiroth smirked as a bright red light covered his body and he disappeared with Cloud.

Leon was shocked. He didn't know what was going on. Cloud's gone; Sephiroth disappeared into a light; and why wasn't Sora as shocked as he was?

But soon, it all came to him.

"Damnit!" Sora resisted the urge to punch the wall next to him. "When I get my hands on him legend or not! He's going to die."

"You're him aren't you?" Leon asked quietly, still looking in the closet.

"Look, I'm really sorry Leon. I'm going to help you get Cloud back! Really I'll-"

"You're Cloud's brother aren't you? Sora Everheart. Not Harada-that's why I couldn't find you in the records."

"How did you?"

"I don't know really. I guess it was yesterday when we were watching the news. I would have thought Cloud would have come to me but instead he quickly pulled you out of the room. And now I know why." He turned to look at Sora. "I might not know what's going on exactly but I want to help. I want to get Cloud back."

Sora nodded and grinned. "I'll explain everything I know. It's not much but I'll get Cloud back. Even if it sends me to Oblivion."

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Rin: Okay, so this was shorter than usual but I like it. A bit rushed and awkward but good. And it's not technically a cliffy, isn't it?

Next Time: Since we're getting close to the ending, I'm running out of ideas. So we'll have Aeris and Deymx, Yuffie and her ninja ways and Sora's turn for the project.

Rin: Drop a review! Or two! Three if you really want to! I don't care! Just send one because they make me happy!!

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