Sometimes…I think I'm on crack.
Yes, it's obviously gonna be based on 17 Again.
This idea all started b/c I was going to make a trailer of the movie's trailer but with KH. I still plan to make the trailer but I somehow ended making the story first.
This fanfic will not follow the movie line by line b/c I know that's boring and it's too much trouble for me anyway.
Relationships and such will not be exact like it was in the movie.
For those that only know Kingdom Hearts and nothing on Final Fantasy, just a heads up that a couple characters from Final Fantasy 7 but not in Kingdom Hearts will appear.
There will also be things from FF7 that was never mentioned in KH.
Leon is gonna be called Squall at different points in the story.
The only Japanese reference I'll make is probably "Otosan" which is basically 'father' but in big respect.
"Mako…"
"What's a mako?"
"It's, oh gosh, Squall…I'm sorry I never told you…"
"Cloud, it shouldn't be a problem. Whatever it is just tell me."
"…I'm sorry, I'll tell you later! I promise!"
"Cloud…"
"Hey Clo-" the blonde ran past his raven-haired friend without a word, "…Squall what did you say?"
"N-Nothing…"
"Well…guess we can talk to him later. Come on, swordsman, let's go."
"Right…" Squall nodded as he got pulled by the raven-haired friend but he stopped, looking back towards where Cloud ran before he got the friend to release the grip so he can run after Cloud.
In the next few moments, mixed emotions ran through both Cloud and Squall. Confusion, shock, and love…
"I still and forever will love you, Cloud…"
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"GET UP!"
The scarred man fell out of the bed, cursing his dream that caused him to move so close to the edge.
"Ugh…"
"Come on, Squall!"
"Shut up…it's Leon…" he growled and pushed himself up.
"I don't care. Get out of my guest bed, whatever-your-name-is."
Breakfast:
Silence fell between the scarred brunette in his usual leather-attire and his raven-haired acquaintance in red.
"Um…thanks for letting me stay here, Vincent…even though you're more of Cloud's friend," Leon thanked as he poked his eggs.
"No problem…I guess," Vincent shrugged as he ate, "I mean, you're more pathetic than I appear for having no one to go to but me."
"Right…"
"…"
"…"
"…Alright look. I can tell you're down. You're looking at: Cloud kicking you out of the house and your kids wanting nothing to do with you right?"
"…Yeah?"
"Then that means you have a chance to be like me," Vincent pointed out.
"What? A stoic man that lives alone and remains alone not to mention will die alone?"
"Doesn't that sound great?"
Leon wasn't sure how Vincent can even say that sentence in such a monotone voice.
"No…no it doesn't. I mean it's probably great for you! But…not for me…"
"Your loss."
"Er, yeah…"
"Now get out of my house until you need to come back," Vincent ordered and Leon groaned, picking up the toast from his plate before putting the plate into the sink and going to work.
Just like his life, his work sucked. Sure working at the Radiant Garden committee is good pay but incredibly annoying (working with Yuffie) and boring (whenever he's not working with Yuffie). Like Vincent said, his life is not going well…
Cloud kicking him out of the house: Right, did the blonde forget whose house it belonged to in the first place? But apparently that didn't stop Cloud from making him sleep on the couch so he guessed that won't stop Cloud from kicking the man out of the house.
The kids. Oh god the kids…
After work, Leon headed towards Hallow Bastion High School. He hasn't been there since…well, since graduation. He strolled through the halls of the school until he passed a case which caused him to go back and look at the pictures and trophies. That's when he spotted himself in one of the photos.
"I don't remember my hair being that spiky…" he muttered out loud to himself.
"You're Squall Leonhart?"
The man jumped, his back hitting the case.
"…Who are you?"
"Oh just a janitor. Name's Merlin," the old man with a long white beard replied. Judging by the age, Squall only assumed he's been around for a while.
"Okay…"
"Why are you here, Squall? Trying to relive your past?"
"Pth, I wish I was still IN the past!"
"You sure about that?"
"Of course…" Leon turned back around to stare at his younger self, "I was actually happy back then…"
The bell rang, indicating the end of the day and students piled into the hallway.
"Father?"
Leon looked away from the case to see his blonde-haired daughter and her friends,
"Oh how lucky. I was looking for you, Naminé," said Leon and she only raised her brow in confusion,
"…Why?"
Leon gave her a blunt stare,
"Just get your twin and let's go."
Leon took them to an ice cream parlor. The three sat outside together outside as they poked their giant sundae that they're sharing. This place held a place in Leon's heart as this was one of his favorite places to take Cloud on their dates. His kids loved it here too…well now they aren't as enthusiastic to come as they used to.
"…Okay I know you two are siding with your Dad but that doesn't mean you have to completely make me feel like I'm intruding on your lives," Leon announced to his blonde twin children who hasn't said a word.
"Um…you kind of are intruding on our lives," Naminé stated, trying to sound polite about it.
"…I never said I was siding with Dad," the son stated, trying avoid talking about the topic. Leon only sighed, hating how he's lost touch with both his kids. Naminé's phone went off and she picked it up; now she's officially went into texting-land so Leon directed his attention to his other child.
"So Roxas, the Struggles Tournament is coming up. Are you going to compete in the singles or teams? Actually are you gonna try out at all?"
Roxas only shrugged as he ate his ice cream,
"I guess so," he nodded.
"Well that doesn't sound very enthusiastic."
Roxas only shrugged again as he took another bite,
"I'm just naturally good."
"Oh, well that's something. Naminé how is it going with your art…? Naminé?"
Naminé was focusing on her phone until Roxas lightly kicked her to get her attention.
"Ow! What was that for?" Naminé only kicked her brother back and Leon regretted ever having this idea of bringing his teenage twins to spend time with him. Even if it may be the last few times they'll ever get to spend time together.
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Driving them home was as bad as trying to stop the two from fighting. Roxas turned up the radio as loud as Leon would allow it and Naminé continued texting without even hearing a word Leon tried to say to her. Reaching the house almost hurt Leon as he watched his kids go.
"Bye Otosan," Roxas stated as he jumped out of the car with his checkered backpack and ran inside the house. While he appreciated that Roxas still showed respect by calling him that, the boy could've at least waited for a few seconds for a reply.
"Later," Naminé slowly got out of the car as she continued to text and walked into the house. Leon only sighed as he, once again, received no gratitude whatsoever. The man was about to leave if he didn't hear a sudden gunshot. He groaned and got out of his black car, heading towards the backyard where the sound came from. Walking into his backyard, he saw Cloud…shirtless…and wearing HIS baggy pants that's getting ruined! Not only that, Cloud's putting down HIS gunblade before reaching for the buster sword.
"Hey! You told me you couldn't find it!" Leon exclaimed, eyes leaving Cloud's body, and walked over to pick up his gunblade.
"I couldn't," Cloud replied and adjusted his black sunglasses that covered his eyes, "I just did now."
"Ugh…" Leon shook his head and noticed trees cut down, or shot down, whatever Cloud did, "What are you doing to our yard?"
"Correction: MY yard now," Cloud stated and raised his sunglasses to place on his head and then leaned on his sword.
"Alright, fine, YOUR yard. But if you find anything that's mine, DON'T touch it!"
"Sure…I'll just leave it in the attic where it will remain as mine," Cloud taunted with a smirk.
"Fine! Bring it down from there and put it somewhere safe and THEN don't touch it!"
"Right, sure, whatever," Cloud picked up his Buster Sword, ready to cut down another tree.
"Cloud, until we're divorced, I think I still have a right to the yard so stop killing nature."
Cloud lowered his weapon again to glare at Leon,
"Yeah sure, when we're about to get divorced, THEN you care about the yard! You didn't give a sh$& about it half a year ago!"
"Cloud, come on, don't be like that. I'm not even sure why you're tearing up our yard."
"Well maybe you should! I've talked about it with you for maybe…gee I don't know…years now?"
"You have not!"
"I have so!"
"Not!"
"So!"
"Okay this is getting immature. I don't even want to know now."
"Good!"
"Good!" Leon mimicked.
"Get out."
"I will!"
"See you in court!
"I will!"
The two turned their backs to each other, Cloud heading back into the house and Leon leaving the yard and into his car. His day was just getting better and better. First the kids and now he has dealt with Cloud. The only good thing he got out of today was getting his gunblade back.
Feeling a slight raindrop, Leon looked at the sky that suddenly turned grey.
"Wonderful…just wonderful…" the man muttered as rain started pouring. In a matter of minutes, anyone can say a storm flew in.
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Leon spent the ride talking to himself; such as questioning how much of a mistake it was to ask Cloud to marry him since it blew up in his face. Having sex with Cloud even AFTER the man told him about Mako was stupid as well. It was scary enough the first time Cloud told him he was pregnant because of mako except the first time was a false alarm. But no, being a stupid, hormone-driven teenager made him continuing having sex with Cloud until he was informed a second time, one year later, that the blonde was pregnant except it was real this time!
LETTING Cloud give birth to twins was another thing he questioned. Yes, he loves Naminé and Roxas but…he never exactly wanted to have kids. Then Leon questioned why they had to be blonde. Why couldn't one of them be a brunette? It makes him look like he's adoptive into the family.
The train of thought stopped when he saw a familiar old man standing calmly, a little too calmly, on the bridge staring into the rushing waters below him.
"What the…?" a flash of lightning showed Merlin giving a mysterious grin at him but when the light faded and a second lightning came, the old man disappeared. The car stopped by this point as Leon rushed out to see what happened to him. Looking over the bridge he's on and into the water below him, lightning flashed again and he saw a blurry figure with bright blue eyes and spiky brown hair.
"Wha…" Leon couldn't think straight as the the brief image of the figure before him reached a hand out to him and Leon found himself reaching for that hand until they touched…
Notes:
-You know the funny part? Larxene was my original choice for one of their kids but was changed to Naminé.
-For those that didn't catch it: Mako was the cause of the pregnancy. This is fan fiction, I can totally do that(as if I wasn't the first to do this)
-Once I make the trailer, I'll direct you to it.
-Vincent was originally supposed to appear in Kingdom Hearts along with Cloud but was cut. And well…ever since finding that out, I couldn't help but drag the man into my stories. I love him, he's awesome.
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