Advent: The beginning

Sora rushed out of seventh heaven all the while flipping his phone open he rushed through his contacts and for the first time ever he called Vincent it rang only twice before he picked up

"Hello…" His voice was dark and uncaring almost as if he at one point just stopped loving everything and died from the inside out

"Vincent do you have any idea where Cloud might be, we haven't seen or herd from him for two days"

The phone was dead quiet for seconds Vincent after thinking mused an answer "Try the church in town or the outskirts of town. It'd be best to start with the outskirts first since it'd take more time going through that than just to get to the church since it's a larger are., If you see a sword in the ground without him there head towards the church" Vincent responded

"Thanks, Vincent" Sora said cheerfully

"If you plan on thanking me, don't sound so happy it ruins my sleep"

"Oh c'mon its not that bad is it?" Sora asked

"Do you not hear Yuffie talk…?" He asked rhetorically

"She's not that bad she's-"

"For my sake, don't finish that sentence" He was serious

"Alright, if I find him I'll be sure to let you know" He didn't know what else to say or what else to think of the enigma of a man Vincent was. He hung up quickly before reaching the outskirts of town he called Yuffie, only to remember the last conversation they had and quickly regretted it.

"Guess I have to face the music eventually"

In the middle of the first ring she picked up as if she'd been expecting this call

"H-Hello" Her voice arbitrarily betrayed her eagerness to speak to the brunette

"Sorry about before-" He spouted out quickly "I'm looking for Cloud right now"

He heard coughing he assumed she almost chocked

"What the hell are you thinking you should be in bed you're in no condition to go running around and playing hero w-what if you got hurt?" Her voice betrayed her again this time it hurt him more than he would've guessed simply because he knew he was just causing her problems

"I'm sorry…first my random question now I'm running off to find Cloud….Heh I guess you'll have to keep me under lock and key won't you?" He tried lightning the mood

"I…don't want to lose you Sora" It was honest, true and most of all it made Sora's heart skip a beat

"What…do you mean by that Yuffie…just…what am I to you-"an explosion dislocated himself from his phone and he was sent flying.

"Nice shot brother" Yazoo

"Sora? Sora? SORA!" Yuffie's voice was heard through the phones speaker

After the sudden explosion, the odd ball out of the group of three came rushing at him mid-spin. When his face was about to meet a fist seconds before it came crashing into him his keyblade was summoned and deflected the attack. At the consequence of sending him, back a few yards.

"SORA!" She screamed once more to hopefully get a hold of the brunette if he didn't respond she'd call Tifa she didn't want to worry her but it was Sora, she heard the phone being lifted to an ear she hoped with everything it was him.

"Hello, Sora!"

"Sorry, you're friends a bit busy at the moment, I'll be sure to let him know you called…after we have our fun with him"

Kadaj soon after hung-up and dropped the phone without a second thought and after waiting a few seconds shot the materia in his arm at the blonde buster blader. It dazed him long enough for Loz and Yazoo to get close enough to attack him, he defended expertly as he should in any given situation but this time was different from any before. This fight - they made him remember…remember things he wanted so hard to forget so he could move on with his life…but it seems the past would always catch up with him.

Yuffie felt her heart sink, she knew something would happen to him but he never listened she'd just have to keep him on a leash. On the other hand, maybe telling him how she felt would work...she knew she couldn't do it, not yet especially since she didn't even know if he was ok...but he was always ok...but this time was different. That man reminded her of the man they faced before...every now and then ever since she started liking - no loving the brunette she couldn't help but wonder what the whole endeavor would've been like with him there fighting side by side saving the world...sometimes she couldn't help but dream about it

"I hope your ok...Sora my light"

"Who are you, what do you want!" Sora demanded

"What we want is mother, nothing else on this measly planet matters but her so give her back!" Kadaj shouted in anguish

"What do you mean, whose mother?" Sora asked

"Don't play dumb, the people who've been branded have the taint of our brother the taint of her but most of all the people who have the taint are people who have a connection to mother, in some way but you, you have it even worse than the others don't you?" Kadaj asked in a playfully twisted tone

Sora didn't answer, he couldn't he'd be playing into a trap that he really didn't want to fall into he just wanted to get Cloud home, that's all he wanted to do. However, this person obviously had some agenda that he was somehow sucked into. Even still it gave him the perfect opportunity to try out the equipment he received he summoned the blade he received from Vincent the name of it flew into his mind Dirge of chaos. in his other the Fenrir as the aura of darkness came about his right hand had a golden glove on it, a purple cape quickly appeared on his neck as it draped around his back. it reminded him of the first time he met Cloud, all he had in his eyes then was darkness…and it seems even now he's still searching for the light. Even when it's right in front of him he struck quickly realizing that the Fenrir was weaker with this form because of the light but an idea came to his mind as he dogged a strike aiming for his sternum.

He recalled the Dirge of chaos and summoned Hydra's love when the blade formed the bright light made him feel stronger faster, and for some reason happier. The darkness dimmed quickly but it was still there but that did not stop him he leaped over Kadaj and attacked his mid section the silver haired man guarded; a stalemate or well it would have been. Sora amped his gloves up and even more power surged it was enough to send the insane swordsman a full yard without using all of his strength. Simply because of the boost Sora gained would diminish quickly or not at all, it depended on Clouds attitude as well as his own which…Cloud's was quickly becoming the prominent of the two.

Kadaj was quickly intrigued but didn't let it show he raised his hand and the two others of the party came rushing back to the obvious leader before Sora could even get close enough to even attack they vanished. Cloud made it back in time to see the Sora's clothes return to normal with a tired look on his face he looked towards the blonde with a glint of something he thought he'd never see on the boys face; anger

"Where the hell where you!" The keyblader shouted

Cloud quickly did a double take to see if he heard that right

"Do you realize how worried Tifa is how worried Marlene and Denzel are do you realize how pissed I am at you for not even thinking of their feelings before your own or thinking about how much your breaking Tifa's heart by doing this!" Sora shouted in frustration

"I know…" Cloud said softly

Sora's body trembled in irritability and the newfound anger held within his heart

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!" Sora shouted his eyes flaring golden

"YOU LEAVE HER WITH TWO KIDS THAT THE BOTHOF YOU PROMISED TO TAKE CARE OF AND DENY THE LOVE SHE PATIENTLY WAITED FOR A STUPID REASON, TO THINK I LOOKED UP TO-"

"It's because of Aerith!" Cloud shouted

Silence complete quiet Sora, for once in his life wanted to punch Cloud until he regained his senses or at least until he felt better

"You're…kidding…me right?"

"No…I…I let her down she died because of me and because of that I can't let them in…I can't let them get close to me because I'm afraid…they'll get hurt!"

"Do you really think they'll get hurt?! Sure Aerith died, true but that wasn't because of you! You're only taking the blame because you allowed her to travel with, you when you were never liable for her death it was her choice. Quit hiding in the past when your future is right back in that bar waiting for you to come home; crying herself to sleep wondering if you're okay don't you do this to her. Don't deny her what she's been waiting for, for god knows how long the fact that your letting her suffer you're just like-"

"Don't you compare me to him!"

"Why it's the truth isn't it!?" Sora said in a smart-ass manner

"I'm nothing like him!" Cloud defended

"You sure are acting like it! Why make her suffer when the only one who can take the pain away is you. All you're doing is running away from her, your family. The people who care when whatever comes your way you can take down, if you keep running it'll only catch up to you faster. Its only when you move on and create a life will the past be the past and never haunt you…but you'll make it difficult ether way, won't you?" Sora gave him one last look as he walked back to the Seventh Heaven not even looking back as Cloud sighed and walked towards his bike.

"I'm sorry Tifa…I'll return to you, to our family as soon as this is taken care of…I promise"

Sora felt the darkness recede - as he grabbed his phone from the dirt and cleaned it off and sent a message to Yuffie; - to whatever part of his mind it came from. However, he was flabbergasted as to why it appeared and why he felt anger more and more often. Sure, it was true that he was mad but not mad enough to yell at Cloud of all people yet…every thing he said was right but he still didn't understand where the darkness came from, and why it was even there in the first place.

"What's…happening to me?"