Alright, alright, I finally updated. No more begging, peeps, I'm typing I'm typing. XD -slaps self- I'm such a procrastinator.

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"We'll make you a trade," Kadaj offered, blue-green eyes flashing. "Either we kill you all right here and right now, or we get the dog for the Keyblade master."

Immediately, Sora threw himself forward, yelling desperately at the black-clad woman. "NO! You can't do it, Tifa, don't –" Loz's hand covered the brunette's mouth, shutting off the shout. But Sora wasn't finished. Lurching forward, he sank his teeth into Loz's hand. The big man yelped, drawing back reflexively.

"You can't Tifa!" he insisted. Kadaj snickered. "Why not? He's already half-dead."

Sora opened his mouth to argue, but Loz punched him in the stomach, sending him to the floor; gasping for breath. Kadaj quirked an eyebrow, looking at the black-clad woman. "Well?"

Tifa opened her mouth, but a hoarse, pained voice spoke before she could say anything.

"Of course." Riku said, struggling to sit up. "of course you'll make the trade. You're not stupid."

Sora gasped for breath; rasping, "No! Riku, don't, you can't –" Loz kicked him, cutting off his words. Riku laughed softly, pain lancing through his body. "Don't be stupid Sora, you know he's right." He walked past Tifa slowly, fighting to keep himself upright. "I…might die at any second…and yet you want to sacrifice yourself for me." He stood over Sora, smiling, even as blood stained the white bandages, trickling from his mouth. "Thank you."

Sora leaped up resisting the urge to shake the silver-hair. "But I can't let you do this Riku! They're going to kill you!"

Riku struggled upright, shaking his head. "So? I don't care." He put a weak hand on Sora's shoulder. "You don't need me, Sora. You never have."

Roxas struggled upright, one hand around his constricted throat. "And me?" he asked wheezing. "What about me?"

Riku smiled sadly. "Roxas…I'm sorry."

Kadaj laughed, "Don't worry. He's coming too." Yazoo grabbed Roxas, pulling him out the door, followed closely by Loz. Kadaj, disregarding the anguished cry of pain from the silver-hair turned Riku around, placing Shouba's edges against the blood streaked throat.

"Follow us and I'll make his death slow and unbelievably painful," he said, smiling, as he dragged the boy out of the room, while Tifa and Yuffie stared after them helplessly.

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The two boys were dragged out of the ship, over the white sand, headed for the forest. Roxas was dragged between Loz and Yazoo, while Kadaj half-carried, half-dragged Riku.

"Don't worry," Kadaj purred. "Now that you're awake, those wounds will heal fast enough."

"What's the point?" Riku hissed between clenched teeth. "You're just going to kill me anyways."

Kadaj just shrugged. "Maybe."

"Ma – ouch – maybe?"

"We'll just have to see what Sephiroth has to say about it."

Riku thought about saying something else, but he was already tossing far too much blood, and he didn't really want to die all that much, no matter what he'd told Sora.

They entered the forest, and Roxas felt the sense of hopelessness overcome him, becoming stronger and stronger the deeper they went.

"We're going to die…" he thought, a second before a black blur sprang at them from above. Riku crashed to the ground as the first Tsuragi clanged against Shouba as Cloud let out his fury, and Kadaj was forced to back off under the onslaught.

Loz made a move to help, leaving Roxas with Yazoo, but a bullet bit into his shoulder by Oblivion, and Roxas surged up, fighting mad. Yazoo skipped back, feeling one of the ivory tips of Oathkeeper carve its way across his cheek. Loz made a move towards the Nobody's unprotected back, but someone landed on him, smashing him into the ground. Leon stepped off of the broad back a second before Loz surged upwards, leaping to his feet.

Kadaj sized up the odds, hissing through his teeth. "Not good…" he thought, leaping away from Cloud's attacks. Right now, he had no desire to fight these three, especially in their condition…he knew, even though they were hurting, both Yazoo and Loz were still fighting, but he had no idea how long they could keep it up, Yazoo especially.

Hissing again in distaste, he made an instantaneous decision. Avoiding Cloud's attack, he slipped past the blonde's guard. Grabbing Riku around the waist, he whipped the handle of the double katana viciously down on the back of his head, calling out to the other two, "Go! Now!"

Not arguing, Loz and Yazoo disappeared almost instantly, their swift forms devoured by the forest's ravenous shadows. Kadaj followed, along with the three chasing them, Cloud in the lead, fury emanating from him in waves.

Kadaj, burdened by Riku's dead weight, heard the blonde behind him pursuing him. Biting down on his lip, the silver-haired man sped up, but his follower wasn't giving up that easy. He was sure that the blonde was going to overtake him when he ran past a tree whose boughs hung low, barely two feet over his head. Yazoo was perched on one of them, urging Kadaj on as his brother ran past, then neatly falling back, still holding the bough. His black-clad form was virtually invisible against the dark trees, despite it being the middle of the afternoon. What gave him away was his pale skin and long silver hair, which Cloud's blue eyes focused on almost immediately.

Soon after, he regretted it, as Yazoo's foot caught him right in the face, sending him crashing backwards into Leon, who'd been right behind him. They fell in a heap as Roxas, slightly behind, leaped over them, tackling the longhaired brother as his feet touched the ground.

Roxas pinned Yazoo down, raising Oblivion to strike. But as he tried to bring it down again, he found it to be immobilized. He looked up into the grinning face of Loz, hanging upside down from a branch, his fist closed over the dark Keyblade's shaft, rendering it useless.

Yazoo allowed himself a cold chuckle as he brought his fists, clenched together tightly, into Roxas's open stomach, leaving the Nobody gasping for breath as Loz hauled him off using Oblivion.

The three pursuers scrambled to their feet in unison, but the four silver-hairs had disappeared completely, leaving the trio staring at the gloomy trees, the silence ringing in their ears.

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Riku was jerked awake as he was thrown roughly to the ground. He groaned, deciding that it would be in his best interest not to get up, that it would be safer to stay down. At least for now.

He froze as footsteps approached him, slow and menacing. They stopped right in front of him, and he raised his blue-green eyes. Sephiroth smiled at him, sending chills down his spine, and his breath caught in his throat.

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Well there you go!! I finally typed up a chapter. Yay:D

Okay, I have…5 chapters I think…to type up. Chris is really getting mad at me. XD But seriously…homework, drama class, school, videogames, reading, I'm booked!!

Anywho, I don't know much about this story, but there's no boyxboy stuff from what I've read, so I am no pleased. Bad Chris.

Oh yeah! The last time I typed one of these up I accidently called Chris 'Christ'. No people, Chris may write good yaoi smut, but he is no Lord Jesus Our Savior.

Okay, review please! It inspires me to actually type:D