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"You'd love a song, wouldn't you?" Sora asked the young guard, pulling him close.

"Y-yes." the guard stammered.

Sora smiled and pulled him closer before whispering in his ear. The young guard stared in confusion. He then grew even more confused as the young brunette began to sing, or he at least thought he was singing. He couldn't hear anything coming out of the siren's mouth.

Sora was indeed singing. If he was able to, he'd have used the same spell on the others so they didn't hear his song, but it wasn't any easy thing to use on multiple people. Since they had a warning, though, the others had their ears covered and didn't hear him sing. The guards, though, they heard his angelic voice and remained none the wiser.

Sora's voice was gentle, but the song he sang was a scary one. The more he sang, the more it showed its true self. Blood trickled down the men's faces, leaking from their noses and mouths first. As he continued, the eyes started to bleed. The guards never noticed this, though, because they were to mesmerized, hypnotized by Sora's beautiful singing. The young guard watched in horror, falling back and scooting up against the outer, short wall of the tower.

Sora continued singing until blood trickled from the ears of the guards. He rose to his feet and stepped away before ending his song, the men all falling over, clearly dead. With a gentle bow, Zexion knew that was their cue that the song was over and they could uncover their ears.

"Sora… that was scary." Riku said, stepping up and looking at the bodies.

"I'm officially terrified." Axel stated, staring wide eyed.

"What do we do about this one?" Roxas asked, motioning to the frightened guard.

"Hmm..." Sora strode over and crouched in front of him. "What you saw here tonight, you won't tell anyone, will you?" he asked.

"N-no." the guard stammered.

"Not of those with me? Not of those..." Sora looked to the guards he sung to their deaths.

"Nothing. I saw nothing. Nothing here." the guard said.

"Good. Because if I find out you did," Sora smiled, "I'll hunt you down and rip out your liver and have you watch me devour it as you lie there in agonizing pain, wanting death to hold you in its sweet embrace."

"I promise, I won't say anything." the guard managed his say, his voice small and squeaking.

"Good." Sora said as he locked eyes with the guard, singing him a small lullaby to lull him to sleep. He then stood up. "Good to go."

"Riku… your boyfriend is a very frightening person." Kadaj whispered to his younger brother.

"He's not my boyfriend, yet, and… yeah… he is frightening." Riku responded. "Even I didn't know he could get this way..."

"Okay, everyone mind your steps, and let's get ready to get out of here." Marluxia said, finding the supplies Squall left for them. Nodding, he tied one end of the rope to one of the pillars in the tower, holding up the ceiling, and attached the other end to the arrow. He eyed his position and nodded before shooting the arrow. He then watched the rope tense up and vibrate, sign that it was tied off. "We're good to go." he said. He borrowed part of one of the garments Kadaj had and put it over the rope. Nodding, he slid down it.

"Rope held, which means we're good to go." Roxas said. "Sora, you'll be okay getting back to the garden?"

"We'll make sure he gets there okay… for whatever reason he needs the garden to get out." Yazoo said.

"Right." Roxas nodded and went down the rope, followed by Demyx.

"Be safe, Sora." Zexion said, hugging the siren before leaving, followed by Luxord.

"I guess this is… goodbye, huh?" Axel asked.

"Only for now; when things get better, hopefully you'll come back; I'm gonna miss your friendship." Riku said.

"Aw, don't go making this sappy; leave the sap for your dangerous not-yet-boyfriend." Axel teased, hugging his friend. "And be safe… that mark on your face tells me your dad's in a bad mood..."

"He's always in a bad mood it seems." Riku chuckled a bit. He then watched as Axel went down the rope. Once they were all gone, Loz undid the rope and let it slide away, clearly someone taking it so they didn't leave a trail. "We need to get you to the garden then." Riku told Sora.

"You guys go ahead and make sure the garden is secure for us." Kadaj said. "If I walk with him while he looks like this," he motioned to the sheer clothing that left nothing for the imagination, "and if, most likely when, though, we're seen, they'll just think I'm with a prostitute. No offense." he said, then looked down at Sora.

"I used it to my advantage before." Sora shrugged. He then looked to the others. "I need the fountain that's in the garden. That area is where we need to go."

"We'll go ahead of you then." Yazoo said, leaving with Loz and Riku.

"Just… try not to use that scary magic you used before; that's going to give me nightmares." Kadaj said when he was left with Sora.

Sora giggled a bit. "If things go well, I don't think we'll need any of my songs." he admitted.

"Just… what are you even? I've never heard of any magic users using music." Kadaj said as they casually walked down the steps in the tower.

"You'll see..." Sora mumbled.

"You're safe." Saïx said, making sure everyone was there and accounted for. "Xaldin and Lexaeus are in place, waiting for Sora… he can get there okay, right?"

"Don't worry; he's got the princes helping him; they've helped us out in getting to the tower, actually." Axel explained.

Saïx nodded. He then looked to Zexion, smiling. "Ienzo… no… I guess you prefer Zexion, huh? Just as I prefer being Saïx."

"Doesn't change the fact that you're my uncle..." Zexion said, hugging onto Saïx. He missed his uncle, he truly did, and now that he could be there with him, hug him, he felt like he could just collapse, full of emotions; relief, happiness, longing, he truly missed his uncle.

"We should get back to base; we don't want to risk getting caught." Saïx explained.

"Right… Sora will get back to the base? Wherever that is?" Zexion asked.

"Lexaeus and Xaldin will help him get back to us." Saïx nodded as he and Xigbar, who he was with just in case, led the way back to their base. As they neared base, Saïx requested that Xigbar take the others the rest of the way, that he wanted to talk with his nephew. Nodding, Xigbar took the others inside, leaving Saïx alone with Zexion.

"Is something wrong?" Zexion asked.

"Nothing." Saïx shook his head. "I wanted to just… be with you a moment longer before going inside." He found a ledge of a low wall to sit on, Zexion sitting next to him. "You've managed to stay hidden for so long..."

"I couldn't have done it without Sora." Zexion admitted. "If I hadn't met him that day… I would have been drowned by the guards that caught up to me."

"I'm glad you met him." Saïx smiled. "Zexion… whether you return to the throne or not is not relevant… what is, though, is overthrowing Sephiroth."

"I know." Zexion sighed. "I don't know what to do yet..."

"You know you don't need to do this alone, right?" Saïx inquired. "You have the Organization on your side."

"I know." Zexion nodded. "And I know he needs to be overthrown, too… I just… I need time to think of what to do..."

Saïx nodded and put his arm around his nephew. "I missed you so much… When I was scarred after Terra and Aqua was killed, I thought all hope was lost… until I was given a glimmer of hope hearing that you could be alive." he said. "You're alive, you're well… I'm just so happy."

"I am, too." Zexion said. "Saïx… if I wanted to stay in the woods after Sephiroth is removed from the throne and someone else, someone better, takes his place, what would you do?"

"Visit you whenever I can." Saïx responded, no hesitation in his words or voice. "And there would be no stopping me."

Zexion smiled. "Do you think… one of Sephiroth's children would make a good king?" he then asked. "I don't want to be king..."

"Who knows? Maybe?" Saïx shrugged, not sure of the answer. He then smiled. "Sora may know. He knows what lies in people more, correct?"

"Yeah, you're right." Zexion nodded. "I'll ask him… maybe then… maybe I'll think of a solution after I ask him and hear what he says."

"Now then, how about we go inside and wait for Sora, hmm? I'm sure it won't be too long." Saïx suggested as he stood up.

"Right." Zexion said, jumping down and walking with his uncle to the base.

Heyo, lovelies!

I wanted to show a darker/scarier side of Sora when I did his song to kill most of the guards in that tower. While we usually see him sweet and kind, he does show to be a siren and capable of much... and can be frightening, even to people who (think they) know him.

Anyway! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and will enjoy the others to follow.

Ciao!

~ Chibi