Warning: Well… instead of a warning I shall say…. MONKEYS
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the Final Fantasies… if I did… well… I don't think your minds are ready for something this big.
A/N: Sorry that I took so long to add a new chapter. But you can guess what I've been doing. You when you fight with Riku in the final stages in the game… I have the strange feeling that I know what he sounds like in bed… Hmmm… ENJOY!!!
Chapter 6: The Brothers
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-"Pearls and Rubies soaked in blood. A veil darker than desperation, covering a dress and a tiara of thorns. They are all yours."-
(Angel Sanctuary, Vol. 9)
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Sephiroth parked his car and killed the engine. He looked at the small shop in font of him with a sign that read: "Strife Motorcycle Repair." The silver-haired man leaned back in his seat and waited patiently. He didn't have to wait long for after a few minutes a blond haired man walked out of the shop. He was dressed in black jeans and a white T-shirt with a gray wolf on it. His mako blue eyes peered out from behind gold bangs. Sephiroth pulled off his Ray-Bans and watched the young man walk across the street. He sighed and stepped out of the car.
"Damn… I wanted to talk to him this time. He did tell me that next time I felt like following him I should wait until he closes and come to speak with him." Sephiroth muttered to himself. Cloud was more perceptive than he had originally thought. He tied back his hair so that it was out of his eyes. Sephiroth walked to the door of Cloud's shop and examined the lock. It was just a substandard lock, nothing extraordinary, and by the look of things, no security system. Not that he couldn't disarm it anyway. Sephiroth pulled a small thin knife from his coat pocket and inserted it in the lock. He jiggled it a around a bit before he heard a small click. Sephiroth removed the knife, put it back in his pocket, and opened the door. He knew that Cloud would return soon so he went into the back office to wait. After a few minutes, a chime rang through the shop announcing Cloud's arrival. Sephiroth leaned sat on top of the desk, facing the door. Cloud burst into the room, expecting someone to be wreaking his office, looking for money he didn't have. What he did not expect was Sephiroth sitting on top of his desk, smirking at him. He calmed slightly and tensed again.
"What the fuck are you doing here?!" Cloud snarled. Sephiroth just flipped his hair over his shoulder and continued to smirk at him. Cloud began to get annoyed. "I swear to God! First you follow me everywhere, thinking that I don't notice! Now you break into my store and refuse to answer my questions. I should call the police on you." Sephiroth's smirk turned into a smile. He slid off of the desk and walked slowly towards Cloud. The blond-haired man back away from the other male. He hated how those emerald green eyes burned into him and seemed to be stripping away all the clothes he was wearing and the peeling away his skin, seeing every thing he had on the inside. "G-get out!" He stammered. Sephiroth kept walking. The chime went off again. Cloud looked out to see if it was a customer. What he saw was even better than a customer. He spun around and all but fled from the office. Sephiroth peered around the corner, amused, to see what was so important to Cloud. What he saw surprised him.
"Cloud, are you okay? You're all red and stuff." Sora said, reaching up and placed a hand on Cloud's forehead. "Well, you're not feverish… so you're not sick…" Cloud pushed Sora's hand away.
"Stop acting cute and worrying about me. Worry about yourself. How are you holding up at the orphanage?" He asked.
"I'm fine. HEY! I wanted to tell you. Tidus and Yuna are finally dating after all this time." Sora exclaimed. Cloud scowled.
"I hate how you change the subject every time I bring up your well-being. As soon as I get the money, I'm getting you out of that place. It will only be a few more months." He said. Sephiroth was puzzled by Cloud's words. Why did he want to adopt Sora? No one wanted to adopt Sora, Lord Ansem had assured that. He watched the two closely. Cloud was ruffling Sora's hair and Sora was swatting his hand away, laughing.
"My hair is messed up enough without your help!" Sora whined. His older brother laughed.
"Whatever, kid." He said, lightly punching Sora's arm. Sora rubbed the spot where the older male had hit him. "God Sora… you're such a little girl. Hell, you even look like one." Sora scowled
"I do not!" He yelled. "Besides, you look just as much of a girl as I do!"
"That may be. But I repair motorcycles and you spend most of your time in a confessional. I think that constitutes being more girly than me." Cloud teased. "Are you sure you're not a little angel?"
"Shut up, Cloud! You were there when I was born!" Sora cried, angrily. Sephiroth only became more confused. Why would Cloud be there when Sora was born?
"I'm joking, Sora. J-O-K-I-N-G, joking. I'm your older brother! I'm supposed to tease you!" Sora giggled as Cloud poked him in the stomach. Sephiroth smirked. This made everything better. If he reported this to Lord Ansem then he would surely be rewarded. And Riku would look even more worthless. Riku's only use was a stress reliever for himself. Sephiroth was aware that Ansem was attracted to him and his younger sibling. Ansem knew that Sephiroth would refuse him… but Riku was easily influenced. He would do anything if it meant being in Ansem's good graces, even go as far as to bed him. And that was something Sephiroth could not, would not, tolerate. Riku belonged to no one but him. A particularly loud giggle tore Sephiroth from his thoughts.
"Cloud, I need some advice. What do you do when you think someone is following you? Like all the time." Sora said, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. Cloud's eyes narrowed and darted towards his office.
"Who's following you, Sora?" He demanded, grabbing his brother's arms roughly.
"Owwww… no one is following me! Stop! It hurts!" Sora cried. Cloud let go of him,
"I'm sorry, Sora. I freaked out." He said, feeling stupid and embarrassed for overacting and hurting his brother.
"It's okay." Sora glanced at the clock. "Oops, I have to go. I promised Sister Catherine that I would help her arrange flowers for a funeral mass later." Sora ran out of the store, waving. Cloud waved back until Sora was out of sight. He stormed back into his office where Sephiroth was sitting at his desk, waiting.
"Are you following my brother, too? What does your little cult want with Sora?!" Cloud yelled at the silver haired man. Sephiroth casually leaned back in the chair, pressing his fingertips together. The blonde-haired male slammed his hands on the desk. "What the fuck are you guys doing to him?!" Sephiroth stood slowly. He took a deep breath before speaking.
"We aren't doing anything to your brother." He lied. "We aren't interested in Sora… that's his name, right? Well, anyway… Cloud… is there anything else you want to yell at me about? Something you need to get off your chest?" The silver-haired man smiled. Cloud growled in annoyance.
"What do you want from me?" He asked. Sephiroth sat back down.
"Nothing in particular… Just bored I guess. Nothing worse than being bored." He replied. "In fact, the entire organization is bored. Ansem hasn't given us an order in months. Life is pretty much dreary. At least Riku is young and can amuse himself. What about Sora, what does he do to amuse himself? Besides pray?"
"Get out!" Cloud ordered. "Don't speak so casually to me! You stalk me, break into my store, and listen in to my conversation with my brother! Get out now, Sephiroth! Don't come near me or Sora again!" Sephiroth smiled.
"I'm afraid that I can only follow through with half of that Cloud. I'm not interested in your little brother, no, no… I'm interested in you." He stood and brushed imaginary dust off of his clothes. "I'll see you soon." Sephiroth walked out of the office, leaving behind one angry and annoyed Cloud Strife. Sephiroth rolled his eyes as he exited the store. Leaning on his car was Axel, the Fallen's most renegade member. With spike flame red hair, chartreuse eyes, and a teardrop tattoo under each eye, Axel looked like an escaped inmate from a mental ward.
"Yo, Sephiroth." He said, waving slightly at the silver haired man. Receiving a cold glare from Sephiroth, he tucked his hand into the pockets of his long black trench coat. "I've got a message from the boss." Axel glanced around the empty street. "Damn Seph, you sure know how to clear a street. This place was full of people while I was waiting."
"Shut up and tell me what Lord Ansem wants!" Sephiroth snapped. Axel winced and held up his hands defensively.
"Hey. Calm down. Who shoved a royally large pole up your ass?" He asked. Sephiroth growled at the flame-haired 18-year-old. "All right, all right. I get it. Lord Ansem wants you to report to him immediately. Something about Riku." Axel told the silver haired male. "Alright. That's all I needed to do. See you, Seph. I'm going to see Roxas." Sephiroth watched as Axel disappeared into a side alley. Disappearing was Axel's specialty, next to anything fire related. Ansem liked to use Axel as a spy since he had a talent for creeping around and escaping in tight situations. Plus he wasn't a half bad fighter. But he was annoying. People would have thought that hanging around with the always stoic, always-serious Roxas would calm him down. Roxas was seventeen years old and one of the higher ups of the Fallen Family. It was a well-known fact (with the exception of Roxas himself) that Axel had feelings for Roxas. Axel too was a higher up and like Sephiroth and Roxas, he answered to Ansem directly. And everyone knew that Ansem would never allow two of his higher ups become more devoted to anyone other than himself, especially each other.
Sephiroth opened the door of his car and slid in to the driver's seat. He didn't need to worry about anything like that. There was no one whom he was more devoted to that Lord Ansem. The silver-haired man started the car and drove away from Cloud's shop. 'I wonder what Lord Ansem wants to see me for.' Sephiroth thought. If it was about Riku than it couldn't be good. What had his little brother done that he needed to be summoned. Riku may be disobedient at times but nothing that would reflect badly on him. When he stopped at a red light, he closed his eyes and rubbed his temples with one hand. If Riku had done anything to embarrass him, the little brat would pay.
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A/N: Well, here we are at chapter 6… yep… I finally added Cloud to the story… Hurray!!! Hey I bet most of the people reading this have beaten the game and discovered that… THERE IS NOTHING KAIRI/SORAISH IN THE ENDING!!! It's all SoraRiku, all of it. No one argue with me. If you do will face unspeakable wrath the likes of which you have never seen... R&R!!!!