A/n: Yes, I changed Sai to Isa because, I'm sure, a lot of you know that Lea and Isa are going to be in Birth by Sleep and I found out recently that Saix's Somebody isn't called Sai but is called Isa.

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Lea didn't sleep so well last night, mostly it was from the loud thunder and lightning crashing about outside. The snow was piling up heavily on the ground, creating a thick, white sheet across the ground. There was no rain, but still so much thunder and lightning. It was some strange storm that Lea had never experienced before. Whenever there was any thunder and lightning there'd always be rain, not snow. It was peculiar weather and Lea didn't like it...

The same thought about what Isa said yesterday was still bugging him, too. What was tomorrow supposed to be? Or today, rather... Lea was positive he'd find out sooner or later, nodding his head in decision that he wouldn't worry about it as he collected important books for school that day.

Lea assumed that his mother was out in the town that day shopping, and his father was probably out working as usual, or doing whatever that jerk wanted to do.

The snow was powdery but heavy and thick as Lea stepped through it, the crunching sound almost causing the redhead to be somewhat amused. He caught glances of children playing out in the snow, making snow angels and having snowball fights- Lea considered them lucky, they didn't have to attend school anytime soon.

Lea was curious of where Isa was, usually the dark-haired male would appear sometime soon next to him and talk to him on the way to Lea's school, but for some reason he just wasn't here.

And Lea really wanted to know what Isa was talking about for what today was... What was today supposed to be anyways? Lea continued to contemplate this when he was suddenly snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a laugh- a rather happy sounding laugh, and it sounded actually kind of cute to Lea's ears.

The redhead glanced up and noticed a small group of young boys, all Lea's age, and they were having their own little snowball fight. They weren't wearing the same nice uniform that Lea was dressed in, so they didn't attend the school that Lea was going to- they must've been the poorer people of Mori Suna.

But one boy had caught Lea's attention fully. It was a golden-haired boy, and his face had to have been one of the most pretty faces that Lea had ever laid eyes on. Lea found himself actually unable to look away from this blond boy with the big blue eyes.

His smile was something else, too. It was a great big smile that Lea could never hope to give, however he wished he could. The boy laughed loudly when the white snow pelted against his arm, powdery bits of the pure ice blowing against his pale cheek.

Lea couldn't take his eyes away from him and actually felt the corner of his mouth curl up slightly in a small smile. That's when Lea felt a presence next to him which caused him to flinch in slight surprise. There was Isa, standing next to him with a small smile on his lips.

"Good morning, Lea," he smiled.

"Oh, hey..." Lea murmured, looking up at him before back at the pretty blond boy playing in the snow nearby. "Hey, Isa? Do you know who that boy is over? The blond."

Isa didn't stare at the blond for very long before shrugging, "The hell if I know, Lea." He then rolled his amber eyes and then suddenly reached down to grab Lea's arm and jerk him harshly forward. "C'mon, you'll be late."

"Don't pull on my arm like that," Lea said with a stern voice, jerking his arm back out of Isa's grip. "I won't be late."

Lea turned his attention back to the blond boy out in the snow with his friends. He just couldn't look away. He had never felt this kind of strange way towards another male before, and he wanted the urge to just go over there and introduce himself and hug the blond boy so tightly.

"I've never found another guy so...well, cute," Lea said, giving a little smile.

Isa looked down at Lea and cocked his mouth, a look of mild anger and jealousy on his face. "Seriously, Lea, you'll be late."

Before Lea could say anything, a tall woman had come out of a nearby home and was calling the young boys to go back inside and be out of the cold snow. Once that beautiful blond boy was out of Lea's sight, the young redhead continued to walk forward.

"So what was today supposed to be?" Lea asked, looking over at Isa curiously.

"What?" Isa asked, sounding confused. But then Isa laughed gently and shook his head. "Oh, nothing's happening today- I was just messing with you."

Lea stopped and gave Isa a scowl before continuing on, "I've been thinking about it almost every second since yesterday when you mentioned it!"

Isa laughed again, "I knew you would, that's why I mentioned it. You think about things too much, Lea."

"Yeah...maybe I do..." Lea muttered.

"So I hear that storm that's coming is pretty bad," Isa mentioned. "So bad it could wipe us off this planet." Lea chuckled when he heard this, rolling his emerald eyes.

"Oh, I doubt that," said Lea, noticing he had arrived at his school. "Hey, I'll talk with you tomorrow, okay?"

"Yeah," Isa said before waving to the redhead. "See ya." And then Lea vanished into the school building, leaving Isa alone on the snowy streets. He crossed his arms and stared forward before slowly walking away. "Yeah, that storm really will change our lives- I know it will..."

In all actuality, I couldn't careless about that storm Isa kept talking about, all I was thinking about was that cute blond boy that I saw before school. He looked so nice and compassionate, just the right kind of attention I wanted and needed. It wasn't really fair what happened to me to me next, with my mother and Isa...

The classes had ended that rather quickly, and Lea left as soon as he could. He was planning on going straight home because the moment he set foot outside of the school, the sounds of thunder banged through the sky like a gunshot hitting a cymbal. Lea all but ran home that day, his only focus getting home and being with his mother.

"Hey! Wait up!"

Lea gasped and came to a sudden halt when he heard a gentle voice call at him from behind. The redhead turned and glanced behind him, his green eyes widening and heart pounding when he saw that pretty boy from earlier come to a running stop in front of him.

He was panting gently and resting his hands on his knees before he slowly rose back up and passed a book to Lea, "You dropped this. You were running so fast I could barely keep up." The boy giggled gently and Lea actually felt his cheeks get warmer.

"Oh, th-thanks," Lea smiled, tucking the book back away into his carrying back over his shoulder.

"You're name's Lea, right?" the blond asked, a perky little smile on his lips.

Lea nodded his head, his throat too dry to form coherent words that would make him feel goofy if he tried to speak.

"My name is Xia," the blond said. "You must be real wealthy to go to that school, aren't you?"

Lea nodded again, still unable to speak any words, his cheeks growing darker and darker by the second.

"Hmm, you don't talk much do you?" Xia grinned, leaning in close towards Lea's face.

The redhead swallowed thickly and felt his head go to nod but he stopped himself from nodding and said clearly, "Sorry. I'm just... a little nervous is all--"

"About the storm, right?" Xia finished Lea's sentence with a smile.

"Yeah..." Lea responded. "Just...a little nervous..."

Xia laughed gently, "There's nothing to worry about. Just a storm. Hey, lighten up, will ya? It's snowing and everyone's happy, so you do the same, alright?"

Lea nodded his head, cheeks crimson.

"And don't run so fast anymore- I don't want to be constantly returning your school books," Xia chortled behind a hand. "I'll see you around, okay, Lea?"

Lea nodded again, seeing that boy's smile once more before the blond turned and disappeared over a snowy hill and out of Lea's sight. Once the redhead knew he was alone, he gave a very wide smile and laughed gently to himself, his heart fluttering and stomach hopping- it was no other kind of emotion Lea ever felt before and it felt wonderful!

Lea continued on his way back home, a bright smile on his lips. There was hardly anything that made Lea this happy, unless he had just gotten a good grade or his mother was an extremely happy mood, or Isa actually talked about something that interested Lea that day. But this - this was something that Lea had never experienced before- utter happiness and bliss from just that little talk he had with the beautiful young boy he guessed he had a crush on.

Lea reached his home quickly, sliding open the front door and stepping out of his shoes and setting his bag of books aside and peering around the spacious home. He didn't see his mother, or hear her in any of the other rooms.

"Mother?" Lea called.

There was no response still, and Lea was getting a rather bad feeling about this. "Mother?" He called again, moving through the house in search for her. She wasn't in the kitchen, nor the living room, the dining room, or even her bedroom.

Lea checked everywhere- every room, and even the outdoors of his house. But right as Lea was about to give up, he heard a distant hissing groan come from the garden, where Lea had just finished looking. Lea hurried outside to where the gardens were, gasping in surprise when he saw his mother laying on the snowy ground, holding her side.

"Mother!" Lea cried, running over to her side and helping her sit up a bit more.

Her lip was bloodied and there were more bruises on her face. Her fingers were gripping at her side, and to Lea's horror he saw red staining her clothes.

"Oh, Mother, what happened?" Lea breathed, absolutely terrified by the codition his mother was in.

"I-I'll be fine--"

"No, you won't!" Lea yelled at his mother. "It's that bastard who keeps hurting you, isn't it?! I need to get you to a doctor."

"Don't, Lea!" his mother cried as loud as she could. Lea looked back at her, his face firm and very serious as of why. "Listen to me, darling... I can handle this... It's happened to me before, but I would much rather him hurt me...than you..."

Lea couldn't form words again, feeling his eyes become wet from what his mother was saying. He shook his head, "No...I can't allow him to do this to you anymore..."

His mother reached out and gripped Lea's hand, squeezing it gently, "Tell me...how was your day?" She gave him a gentle smile.

Lea's eyebrows rose timidly and he felt his cheeks warm up again, "I met this...really pretty boy today... His name was Xia, and he was really nice. He was...probably the nicest person I've ever met, besides you, of course... He made me feel so happy, the happiest I've been in such a long time..."

Lea looked down at his mother and noticed that her eyes were closed and her head was leaning back against Lea's thigh. Lea blinked and gently shook his mother, "M-Mother?" Lea's eyes widened a bit and he shook her gently again. Lea pressed his ear against his mother's chest, and Lea gave a very relieved sigh when he felt his mother's heart beat.

Lea wondered if his mother had heard anything he had just said to her, about Xia and how good the boy made him feel. Lea decided that it was probably best for his mother to rest, considering the condition she was in. As carefully as he could, Lea had managed to lift his mother into his arms, finding her to be surprisingly light for her size, or maybe it was just because of how tall Lea was and how strong his arms were. Lea had carefully made it to his mother's bedroom, laying her gently down onto her bed before sighing gently.

Lea wasn't exactly sad, but more angry... Angry at his stepfather for treating his mother this way when there was nothing she had done wrong. Lea wanted to beat the living daylights out of that man. Lea sighed and shook his head, staring down at his mother sadly and shaking his head. She'd be okay- she was just sleeping...

Lea slowly stood to his feet and left his mother's bedroom, deciding to step outside and see how the weather was turning up. Lea looked up towards the skies and saw the clouds, a horrible grey color with lightning crashing through them...but that wasn't the thing that made Lea's eyes widen... It was the fact that the lightning bolts were purple. That wasn't normal...

From what Lea could hear he could tell that there people out in the town, and they were all talking amongst themselves, their eyes looking up high at the stormy sky. Lea glanced back at his home, wondering which he ought to do- stay with his mother and keep her safe, or go into the town and see what all the buzz was about.

Lea was confident his mother would be alright- she was sleeping peacefully and was away from his stepfather. Lea quickly hurried into the snowy town, noting that there were, indeed, lots of people in the town, huddled together and staring up at the sky.

Lea spotted Isa standing a few feet away, eyes staring directly up at the black and purple sky. Lea approached him and spoke casually, "So, do you know what's going on?"

"The storm," Isa responded, his voice strangely monotone as he stared up at the sky unblinking. "It's coming now, Lea..." Isa's amber eyes slowly adverted back down to the redhead next to him, a slight smirk on his face. "This is the fate of the unknown..."

Lea looked at Isa with a slightly disturbed face, "Why're you talking so weird, Isa?"

"So I heard you talked with that boy today," said Isa, suddenly sounding normal again.

Lea blinked, puzzled and nodded his head, "Yeah...why?"

Isa didn't answer immediately, but instead looked away, as if he was thinking for the right words to say, or that he was hiding something. "Come here..." Isa took Lea's hand and tugged him towards the inner most parts of the town where there were less people.

"What's going on, Isa?" Lea demanded.

"What's that boy's name, then?" Isa asked, almost demanding to know himself.

"He's really nice," Lea replied, still confused as of why Isa was acting this way. "Pretty happy, too."

"I guess that I'm not a good enough friend, am I?" Isa said, sounding rather stern.

"Isa, what is going on?" Lea asked loudly, staring up at Isa with angry eyes. "You're keeping something from me and it's making me really...confused!"

Isa stared down at Lea with those piercing amber eyes, and for once Lea actually felt a little scared of the taller male in front of him.

"Keeping something..." Isa murmured. "All I'm keeping from you is the fact that I've never told you the way I truly felt about you, Lea..."

Lea blinked his confused emerald eyes and stepped back slightly, "Whaddya mean...?"

"I mean this..." Isa spoke, reaching down to grip Lea's shoulders and pull him closer. Before Lea had any time to do anything, Isa had pressed his lips against Lea's mouth, kissing him there firmly. Lea's eyes widened and he squirmed slightly underneath Isa, shoving the older male away and wiping his mouth with the back of his hand.

"What're you doing?!" Lea exclaimed. "I...I don't like you in that way! You're my best friend!"

"Not anymore," Isa spoke. "I've kept my true feelings hidden away for too long- and after I saw the way you reacted to seeing that boy earlier I knew I needed to tell you how I felt."

"No! I don't need this!" Lea cried. "I don't want you in that way- I want you as my friend and friend ALONE!"

"If you don't accept me this way then I'll have to just do what I want by force," Isa said firmly, stepping towards Lea suddenly.

Lea gasped gently and quickly turned, "All I want is to be away from here! Be away from you!" Lea felt Isa grab his wrist, the redhead crying out desperate, hand shooting out to jerk Isa's hand off his wrist before rushing away, back towards the crowd of people where he knew he would be safe.

Lea came to a skidding stop when he heard the people in the crowds scream out in horror as one certain lightning bolt shot out of the huge patch of clouds in the sky and struck the land and causing the earth to quake underneath their feet.

Lea gasped out and tried to steady himself, hurrying back towards the crowd of people, eyes widening when he noticed Xia, looking terrified, in the crowd.

"Xia!" Lea called, catching the boy's attention immediately.

"L-Lea!" Xia called, actually forming a smile and running to him.

"Listen, I may not have known you for very long," Lea began, but was cut off by another lightning bolt striking the earth again. The whole ground shook harshly and caused many people to actually fall over, and now things were getting much worse when the purple lightning bolts began to strike out of the clouds nearly every second.

The lightning bolts were beginning to make the earth shatter and break to pieces, causing fires in the snow and shaking the ground at a tremendously hard rate.

"What is going on!?" Xia cried out over the loud roar of the wind and lightning strikes.

"I don't know!" Lea called back, eyes wide and terrified. "Listen to me, Xia! I want you to know that, even though I haven't known you for very long, that you're probably the nicest person I've ever met and possibly one of the best people I've ever met in my life. Go and try to find somewhere to hide!"

"Lea!"

"Just do it!"

Lea left Xia's side and ran back into the crowds of people, who were, by now, frantically trying to get back to their homes, crying out in fear as more lightning bolts crashed to the ground and shook the earth. Lea had to make it back to his home where his mother was- he wanted to be with her, and only her. Once in his life the only place he wanted to be right now was in his mother's arms.

Lea reached his home quickly, nearly tripping when another lightning bolt hit the earth. Lea threw open the door and ran to his mother's bedroom, seeing her standing up and looking out the window, her eyes wide and shoulders trembling.

"Mother!"

Lea's mother instantly turned when hearing her son's voice, "Lea! Oh, Lea, you've got to get out of here! And now!"

Lea blinked and shook his head in confusion, "Wh-what? Why?"

"This is the storm everyone's been talking about," said his mother, running over to Lea and placing her hands on his shoulders. "If you don't leave right now and find some place safe to stay then you're going to die!"

"Mother, what is going on!? I'm so confused!" Lea cried. "I just want to be with you! If I'm gonna die then I want to die with my mother!"

His mother stared at him, her eyes filled with tears. She smiled and Lea wondered why... If they were about to die then why was she smiling? Slowly, she reached out and placed both of her palms on either of Lea's cheeks and pressed her lips to his forehead.

"You have such a powerful heart..." she whispered, wrapping her arms around Lea's body and bringing him close. "With a heart that true and full of light, you'll live through this..."

"B-But what about you, mother?" Lea breathed, bringing up his own arms and wrapping them around her body. "You have a strong heart, too."

"Not strong enough..." she muttered, tears running down her cheeks. "You were couragous enough to go out into that storm and help some of the people there. You were determined enough to take on your stepfather. You were loving enough to care for me when I was hurt... And you were so happy today when you spoke with that boy..." She giggled gently and nuzzled into Lea's neck. "He maybe was, perhaps, the first love you've ever had..."

Lea found his cheeks turning dark when his mother said that to him. So...she had heard him...

"But listen to me, Lea," said his mother, pulling away and staring into the redhead's slender, handsome face. "You will find another love, and they will be the best and most special person in your entire life." And then everso gently, she placed a feather-soft kiss against Lea's cheek and smiled at him.

"I love you, darling. Got it memorized?"

The ground shook harsher than ever and suddenly the ground had split, causing Lea's house to break apart, the roof falling in and slightly off. Lea gave a gasping cry when he felt his hand connected with his mother's slip slightly.

"Mother!" Lea cried, feeling the earth breaking behind him. The redhead gave a terrified yell when he looked over his shoulder and saw what awaited him, a black and purple swirling abyss, lightning shooting all around inside of it. The wind was blowing hard against them, and Lea looked back at his mother and saw that the very same exact fate was happening behind her as well.

"Mother! No! Don't leave me! I'm sorry!"

All his mother did was smile at Lea, and after much hanging on Lea tried, it just didn't work as suddenly the tips of his fingers slipped from his mother's hand, Lea crying out as he began to fall back into the swirling abyss below him, the last thing his eyes saw was his mother smiling and crying at the same time as she too fell back into the black abyss.

Lea continued to fall and fall, watching as his home, Mori Suna, was destroyed in front of his eyes. Tears streamed down Lea's face as he watched this, knowing that everybody he cared for was being slowly erased from existance as well.

His mother was gone forever, and his best friend Isa was gone, and Lea didn't even get to enjoy knowing Xia, the most beautiful person he had ever laid eyes on.

They were all gone...and so would Lea soon, too. Very soon.

That was the last I ever saw of Mori Suna. I thought I was going to die... Everyone I cared about was gone forever. The funny thing was, was that I didn't die at all, but I really did live what I said to Isa- "All I want is to be away from here." It was quite literal once I had woken up...in a new world...