INTERLUDE!

This is the beginning of the end. There are no more games. This interlude is the last before the end of the series. Everyone, keep your eyes peeled; the clues I give to solve the story are going to be even more often and more blunt than before. (This interlude will be longer than normal)

Enjoy!

Sora felt the bike skid to a dangerous halt past the finish line as the crowds roared, a buzzer loudly went off, and the bike jammed, sending all five riders flying.

Sora fell flat on his but, and Roxas skidded on his stomach. The boys were both laughing their worries and wounds behind them, guffawing at the fact it was over; they had won!

Cloud was leaning on his elbow, shaking his head. His was still drunken like from that man Morpheus' interference with his mind, which reminded him.

"Thank you." Cloud muttered to Alucard, who was lying on his back staring at the sky. Alucard didn't say anything to Cloud, but he smiled, and his eyes were twinkling with starlight.

"What a perfect moon…" He sighed at the full moon above him. Cloud laughed.

"You and Saix would get along fine." He chuckled as Alucard looked playfully confused.

Sora was rocking on the ground, estatic, and sat up just in time to see the mob coming for him.

Kairi leapt into Sora's lap, tears of happiness streaming from her eyes as she laughed in joy and hugged him, kissing his cheek lightly. Blushing extensively, Sora hugged her back, savoring the moment. Behind him, Alucard wolf whistled.

Yuffie and Tifa attacked Cloud, jumping up and down excitedly and really hyper. Chuckling, Vincent approached from behind. Cloud smirked.

"Finally coming from the shadows?" Cloud muttered. Vincent smirked, and looked down to Tifa. She took hold of his hand.

"Being dragged from the shadows is more like it", he joked as Tifa giggled. "But I think it's about time." Cloud laughed, and the two men shook hands.

"It is about time." Cloud smiled. Vincent nodded.

"Agreed, old friend."

The members of Organization Thirteen attacked Roxas first, Xigbar ruffling the kid's hair and Luxord picking him up and swinging him around. Sora stood, laughing, but wasn't standing long before Riku attacked him, a silver blur that tackled him to the ground, put him in a headlock, and ruffled his spiky hair. The two boys began wrestling as Leon approached, laughing heavily.

Something stomped up to them. Sora and Riku stopped fighting. Cid was standing there, hands on his hips, seething. Roxas and Sora shivered, very much intimidated. But then, the evil frown on his face broke into a smirk. All of a sudden, he clasped the two boys around the shoulders, laughing and cheering.

"Way to go kids, ya did it! And ya didn't even need my onion!" Roxas and Sora laughed and when Cid let them go, he produced an onion. Sora grinned evilly.

"Time to test the theory!" Sora grinned, and then he turned and through the onion at Alucard. The vampire caught it, and with a blank and confused look, stared at the onion in his hands.

"What the hell?" He muttered, looking from the onion to Sora. Sora sighed jokingly.

"Doesn't work!" He laughed, earning a playful glare from Cid and another assault on his hair. Alucard rolled his eyes, throwing the onion at Cloud. Cloud looked at then onion with a playful grin in his eyes. He threw it to Vincent. Vincent scoffed playfully and threw it back. This continued until Yuffie was hit in the head by said onion and went ballistic.

"Do I want to know about the onion?" Alucard muttered. Roxas and Sora shared a knowing look.

"Nope!"

(Authoress just started listening to "Colors" by Utada Hikaru. Officially happy.)

From behind, Sora heard the roar of an engine. Spinning around, another motorcycle came up, but it didn't look like one that had entered the race. It was someone else.

The person had black hair, green eyes, a devilish smile, and a mark under his right eye. His was dressed relaxed like, but fine as well. And behind him on the bike were two well known faces.

"Hey!" Demyx waved from the bike, sweeping off of it. "We found some trash on the road; is it yours?" Demyx nodded towards Sephiroth, who was unconscious. Sora laughed. Behind him he heard footsteps.

Xemnas, looking like Xen of course, strode up, a proud smile on his face. Sora didn't know why, but his heart soared at the sight of the organization's leader. The man turned his cold features to Sephiroth with a light hearted smile. There was no bad blood between the two men; Xemnas' underlings, on the other hand…

Cloud sighed contently, strode up, and swept Sephiroth's muscular form onto his shoulder, smiling.

"He's mine. In a… brotherly sort of way." Cloud chuckled.

"Psychotic brother." Cid muttered, rolling his eyes. Tifa laughed, but Vincent was too busy trying to avoid Yuffie to overhear. He happened to be the one who beamed Yuffie with the onion.

"Kid!" Xigbar laughed sweeping Demyx into a hug and squeezing the life out of him. Demyx grinned trying to push number two off of him.

"Who's your friend?" Leon asked. Demyx patted the green eyed driver on the shoulder, and he smiled.

"Otogi." The driver said, waving with a light hearted grin.

"And speaking of that, who's your friend?" Tifa asked looking to Inuyasha.

The white haired man had been standing dumb founded for quite a while. He seemed shocked and very confused. Sora laughed at the dumb look on his face.

"That's Inuyasha. We kind of… picked him up." Sora chuckled nervously.

"Bloody fantastic." A female voice sighed. Alucard laughed.

Integra, Alucard's boss, the woman who had shot the jute box in the bar and ended the bar fight, strode up with three people in tow. One was an older man, dressed like a butler with a monocle on one eye and a kind, fatherly smile. His black and gray hair was pulled into a small ponytail.

The next was a girl. Inuyasha sniffed the air when she walked up, muttering something on the lines "Another weirdo…" The woman had blonde hair, short and kind of spiky, with red eyes and a friendly but nervous smile. This woman wore a sort of army uniform and was rather busty.

The last was another man, a man with an eye patch over his right eye and long hair in a ponytail. He looked like a younger version of Xigbar, and wore an army uniform as well.

"Master." Alucard stated with a tired grin. Integra nodded, looking to the group.

"Congratulations." The young man with the eye patch behind her repeated what she said in French. He also had a French accent. "You've done well, and we've completed our mission." Alucard sighed, walking up to his boss. Sora's stomach did a back flip.

"Uh… Roxas?" Sora stated. The blonde looked to him. "Did you see that… door… we were supposed to find?"

There was silence for a moment. Slowly embarrassment and panic made its way onto both boys face.

"You mean…" Alucard turned towards the finish line, back to where they had just come, past the rumble of his bike. He thrust his hand out and pointed. "That one?"

Beyond the thin clouds to the night sky above, if you looked just right and the light shone perfectly you could see a silver door, like one of a church. Sora sighed in relief.

"Mission accomplished." He grinned. He and Roxas high fived each other.

"Well then, what shall we do with you, half demon?" Integra stated to Inuyasha. Sora looked back. Half demon? Inuyasha scowled.

"You could always just… leave me here." His words were laced with loathing. "You know… since I'm just a half breed." He scoffed, seething.

"That's just wrong." A female voice stated. The crowd parted, and Ariel came to the front, with Vexen behind her, who was trying to get her to settle down. "Don't assume we're the type who would throw you aside just because of what you are."

"Really?" Inuyasha taunted. "Why shouldn't I? No one trusts me, so I don't trust them. Why would you respect me?" He asked, this time, his words laced with sadness.

"Because!" Ariel protested, sad herself. "In my own womb I carry a half blood!"

Again there was silence. Many mouths fell open. Vexen attempted to sneak away. Inuyasha stared at those around him, who he realized hadn't known about the baby. Would they reject her? Would they retaliate?

All of a sudden, the members of the org. piled onto Vexen, cheering and screaming in joy. Kairi and the other girls came to Ariel, imploring for the details, while Namine watched with happiness from afar.

"Yeah, man! Vexy's gonna be a dad!" Demyx whooped.

"I can't believe your gonna be a father, science boy!" Xigbar laughed.

"I can't believe you got laid." Xemnas joked with a smirk. Everyone laughed.

"How long has it been?" Yuffie pondered happily.

"What will you name it?" Tifa questioned, squealing.

"It is Vexen's right?" Sora asked. Everyone shut up and stared at him like he was stupid.

"Yes, you moron!" someone shouted.

Sora spun around. It had sounded like… but no, it couldn't be… but it had…

Roxas was standing behind him. Roxas was the one that had spoken.

Roxas had sounded so much like… the flame, Axel.

"Come on! Stop standing around like a dope!" Roxas cheered before joining the pile of happy organization members. Sora chuckled, before grinning and joining in.

Inuyasha shook his head whilst he chuckled. His worries had been misplaced. These people would accept the baby… these people would accept him.

Integra stepped up to him.

"My people will take you home once you're ready." She told him. With a content smile Inuyasha nodded.

Cloud watched with amusement. Alucard glanced at him.

"Gonna join in?" Alucard asked. Cloud shook his head.

"Nah. Too tired. Besides…" Cloud laughed. "That's a sort of… family thing. The family of the Organization XIII." Leon, who was now standing next to the blonde, laughed.

"Sora's an Organization member?" Leon chuckled, looking to the pile of boys. As Sora and Xigbar and Roxas pulled each others clothes and punched and kicked and laughed, Cloud sighed contently with a smile.

"Yes, I believe he is."