Fan Fiction ❯ Brightness and Darkness ❯ The Fun Has Only Begun ( Chapter 12 )

Brightness and Darkness
Chapter 12: The Fun Has Only Begun

Pairings: Sora/Kairi, Riku/OC, Cloud/Aerith, Leon/Yuffie, and maybe Sora/Riku

Author's Note: Sorry for the oh so long wait as usual! *grins* But school will be ending soon and I have a lot of shit to do until then so…enough with my ramblings. Here's chappie 12!!

¤-¤

"Well, my unconfirmed son-in-law," Ansem began with a wicked smile. "I'm her father."

The whole tranquil state of the Dark Depths erupted with yells.

"You're her WHAT?!" Riku bellowed.

"No way," Laiktu said, "No fucking way I'm claiming you as my grandfather!"

Sora, who had tried to remain calm, just couldn't find the words to speak. He, unlike Riku, didn't take too well to yelling and fighting like others.

Ansem rolled his eyes, "You're all a bunch of idiots. I've already explained this to your before. I guess short term memories run in your family."

Kairi, on the other hand, was more shocked than anyone was. She glanced at Kaze, whose facial expression hadn't changed, "Why…didn't you tell me, Kaze? I thought we were friends!"

"If I had told you," Kaze said solemnly, "any of you, would you have honestly remained by my side? Your hatred for Ansem was so great, that I knew if I uttered a word of our relation, then all of you would've up and left."

Kairi gasped, "You don't know that! You should believe in your friends and--"

"Kairi," The older woman breathed, "I haven't believed in anyone for almost twelve years. I haven't been given a reason to believe in anything for almost twelve years. So, I believe it would be in your best interest to shut up now before I rip your vocal cords to shreds."

Laiktu, forgetting Ansem's little outburst, smiled, "Now this feels like home."

Ansem smirked, "Too bad it won't last for long, grandson."

"Don't fucking call me that!" Laiktu screamed, snapping at Ansem. "I don't consider you part of my family, mother fucker!"

Ansem laughed cruelly, looking at Laiktu then back at Kaze, "I didn't fuck my mother…"

Laiktu, although gifted with the art of swearing, did not fully comprehend Ansem's indirect statement. His meaning of "mother fucker" and Ansem's presumed meaning of the word had to be very different.

It was expected out of someone of Laiktu's age not to understand Ansem's twisted meaning, but Kaze on the other hand fully comprehended what he was leading on to. Kaze's eyes widened and, before she could stop him, Ansem finished his sentence, "I fucked my daughter."

Not one sound was uttered at that moment.

-

Yuffie paced around the room quietly muttering to herself about the current situation while everyone else had chose to sit in their seats. Everyone was evidently worried, but it was a fine line between being concerned and being plain annoying, which Yuffie was doing a good job of. Leon, who had had about enough of the girl's actions, finally spoke up.

"Yuffie, sit down and be still, if you are capable of such a thing. You're annoying the piss out of me."

"Well excuse me Mister Annoyed!" Yuffie said, pulling her hands from her mouth. "I can't help it if I'm worried! I mean, no one knows what's going on in there! Kairi, Cloud, and Kaze could all be dead!"

Aerith smiled, "No, they're not."

Yuffie snorted, "Okay Miss Know-it-all, share with us your 'infinite' knowledge."

Leon, King Mickey, and Yuffie had her full attention.

"Simple," The ancient started, "I believe in them. I believe in Kaze, Kairi, and Cloud. I believe that they won't die; that they will prevail."

"Wisely spoken, Aerith," King Mickey said approvingly, nodding his head at Aerith. Aerith glowed, having being appraised by her wisdom.

"Yeah, yeah," Yuffie said as though she had not heard one thing Aerith said. "What if she's wrong, is all?"

"You've just got to believe," King Mickey said. "Always believe, even if it seems impossible, think the possible."

"I don't think like that," Leon spoke up, looking at King Mickey with beady eyes. "Call me pessimistic if you will. If anything a pessimistic person hates most is an pessimistic person who is masking their own pessimism by pretending to be optimistic."

"For what reason do you have to be pessimistic?" Aerith inquired.

"Because all optimistic means is to have blind faith in things that don't work out. Why fake that you believe you can fly, or that the world will become a peaceful place when you can take the negative route and actually stay inside the boundaries of reality?"

"You shouldn't think like that," Aerith said quietly.

"Well, I do," Leon said bluntly, folding his hands almost defiantly over his chest. "And nobody can tell me otherwise."

Aerith pressed her lips together. King Mickey grew oddly still. Yuffie bit on her bottom lip and paced the room again.

It wasn't the fact that Leon was so negative, it was the fact that they all felt it is why the room became mute.

-

Kaze could have ripped his nut-sack in half, and she was inclined to do so as her hands itched to her sides. She had never, never told anybody what Ansem did to her, not even Cloud! And to have that destructive secret revealed to her kid and her lover (well…sort of) was nothing short of horrifying.

Riku's eyes were blazing on her skin. The whole heat to the room became oddly intensified. Everyone was scrutinizing her, and it was ticking the hell out of her unbelievingly.

"How," Kaze said, voice cracked with rage, "how dare you tell everyone your disgusting act with pride?"

"Easily," Ansem said silkily. "Because I'm a prideful man."

"You," Kaze said, charging for him like a bull on the rampage. Ansem wagged a finger at her and pointed to Laiktu. Halting in her tracks, but paling every second due to rage, she glowered at him.

"Kaze," Riku's soft voice came to her. "Why… why didn't you tell me?" He was most stung that she never breathed a word of this to him, when they were supposed to be lovers, when they had a kid together, when he's confided all of his secrets to her.

"The same reason I never told anyone," Kaze said through gritted teeth. "Because it's my business!"

"I would have understood!" he cried indignantly. Kaze may not have been social friendly, but Riku thought he was a person worthy of trusting. He wouldn't have laughed in her face or anything of that manner. He would be quite shocked for a while, but would still stay by her side.

"Like you would have understood that Ansem, the one person that you completely hate, was my father, and that he enjoyed fucking me before you, my beloved?" Kaze said cruelly.

Riku soundlessly opened and closed his mouth, his face one of utter surprise. When said with that kind of attitude, it sounded worse than the crime itself. Riku didn't take kindly to her tone, but understood she was upset. He said nothing further.

Kairi looked at Kaze, then back to the ground again, longing to say something but questioned her safety. She knew how Kaze hated for her business to be thrown in the air, and tended to be rather violent at times like this. She didn't want to send Kaze to the breaking point.

"Kaze," she began softly, fishing around for the right words to say. "Is this what happened, what you wrote in your diary?"

Revealing very little information wouldn't cause her that much amount of pain would it?

Kaze glared at Kairi, the power of her eyes boring into Kairi much stronger than her words would. Of all times, Kairi would mention her diary, which she broke into without authorization.

One out of the group had heard enough.

"You sick fucking bastard!" Sora spat, entirely out of character for him to say such a thing. Ansem truly disgusted him, and when all the shit hit the fan, he would make sure he said his peace first. "That's your daughter, for fuck's sake! If you were feeling horny, fuck a whore out on the street, but not your flesh and blood!"

"I didn't do it because I was horny you buffoon," Ansem stated, his face slackening. He thought Sora to have better sense out of the whole group, but he had not proved his intelligence to him. "I had to, if I wanted my power to wreck continuous havoc on this puny world."

"What are you--" Sora began angrily, but Ansem cut him off abruptly.

"My powers can only be transferred with direct contact with another being. My powers have to actually blend in within a body. And my daughter here helped to demonstrate that. Sex turned out to be a very useful means of getting my powers into her body, and helped to get me off all at once. Although, I have to say, I've had better."

"You!" Riku yelled, his transparent figure charging towards Ansem. He would pay for touching Kaze that way, he would beat him to a bloody pulp if he could manage it. "You fucking sick pervert!"

"Riku!" Kairi yelled warningly to her friend. Ansem would no doubt stop his rampage before it started.

Ansem raised his index finger, "I see that you still haven't learned your lesson, Riku." A small energy bubble appeared on the tip of his digit, and, as soon as Ansem was about to let the blast go, he was flung up against the wall.

Riku stopped his assault, blinking confusingly. One minute, Ansem was ready to fire on his "son" again and the next he was thrown up against the wall. He didn't know how it could've happened that damn fast, but Laiktu and Kioko's gasps got his attention, diverting his eyes away from Ansem.

"Kaze!" Sora shouted, seeing what she did with wide eyes.

Kaze…Riku thought. He slowly turned around, and his eyes widened in shock. At that moment, he knew Kaze was Ansem's daughter.

She was standing in the middle of the dark depths clinching her fists so hard, crimson liquid dripped to the floor. Her hair flew behind her, blinking from stark white to pitch black. Her eyes sporadically changing from ice blue to black. Her face was twisted in rage as a brief wind picked up in the room, lightning flashing in front of her.

Cloud, although not wanting to comment, couldn't help but let out a low whistle. He could feel his half-sister's power pulsing through his veins, and, his pride aside, it was scaring the hell out of him. He wrapped an arm around Kairi's waist, and bent down. Once she had reached this far, it wasn't any conning out of it, and he had experienced that first-hand.

"We need to leave."

Kairi nodded in agreement, not once taking her eyes off of her friend. So this was the power she felt after she had lost consciousness. No wonder she had been jerked back into reality. The immense force of her power was so great it was astonishing. She shuddered when Kaze let out a blood curling screaming.

Laiktu watched as his mother, the only person he truly loved, hunched over, screaming like a banshee. The seven-year-old watched his mother clinch her teeth as her self-control slipped from her grasps. Screaming, she threw her head back, inky black eyes wide open. From the corners of her mouth, her canine's started growing immensely. She unclenched her fists as her hands stuck out at her side with her fingers fanned out, as long, sharp black nails grew. Her breathing became erratic as her black-feathered wings ripped through the back of her shirt causing her hair to cascade over her shoulders. A black aura was surrounded her body as she finished transforming.

The sight Laiktu was forced to see almost made him cry. What happened to her? That wasn't his mother…he didn't know WHAT that was.

"Mom?" He called out to her, but she didn't answer. "MOM! What happened to you? Why won't you answer me?" He slowly shuffled towards Kaze.

Kioko gasped, "No! Laiktu don't!" She was frightened with her aunt's sudden transformation. Kioko hardly thought that she would greet Laiktu with open arms in her current state.

But the boy didn't hear her. Not wanting to get any closer, Kioko stood cowering in her spot, letting Laiktu approach his mother. His feet carried him to his mother, and he stared up at her with those big aquamarine eyes. "Momma?"

A sadistic chuckle from behind everyone made everyone turn around, "Foolish boy. She is no longer you pitiful, loving mother. She has transformed. Be lucky, mind you, she didn't use one hundred percent of her power."

Sora snorted at Ansem, "Don't you ever get tired of talking?"

"No," Ansem retorted as he stared at Kaze lovingly. "Beautiful, isn't she? The perfect embodiment of evil. That's why I chose her, you know. She was my princess and I refused to let anyone have her, until…"

Riku saw Ansem's gaze stop on him, "What the fuck are you staring at?"

"You took her away from me," Ansem snapped. "I was the only man in her life after Cloud had left. She was there with me when I controlled the Heartless. But you…she met you in Kingdom Hearts and felt pity for you, a poor boy that lost his sight and best friends all because he wanted power. She took you in and nursed you back to a somewhat good health. I may have been locked away, but I always knew what my Kaze was doing. And the night she fucked you, I was so disgusted. I was even more so when I found out I had a grandson, who looked just like you."

Sora's eyebrows furrowed, surprised at the amount of abhorrence Ansem allowed his voice to take in discussing Riku. Sora never thought Ansem loathed him that strongly. "Is that why you kidnapped us?"

Ansem cackled, "Someone finally figures it out. I knew the only way to get to Kaze would be to take what she loved most. Which happened to be those two: Riku and Laiktu." He laughed morbidly.

"Ansem!" Kairi shouted as she jumped from Cloud's grip. A bright white light surrounded her body. Just when she assumed Ansem could sink no lower he surprised her. Endangering her family was way out of line, and she would be happy to cut him short from his goal. "That's enough! You've had your fun! Let us out!"

"Oh, my dear Princess of Heart," The man of darkness begun, "The fun has only begun. Once I get rid of Riku, Sora, and everyone else in the world, I can finish passing the rest of my powers onto Kaze. I will perish, but she will rule in my place. She will destroy the worlds and rule with supreme darkness."

Riku growled dangerously low. Ansem was really starting to tick him off, but a shout from Laiktu stopped his thoughts.

"Why can't you just leave my family the FUCK ALONE?!" The child dropped to his knees. Although he was somewhat transparent, it was apparent that he was crying. "All my life, I wanted a father. I always wondered where he was, what he looked like, and what he was like. Mom and Aunt Kairi never told Kioko and I about our fathers. We only knew their names: Riku and Sora. Even though she wouldn't admit it, my mom killed herself everyday because of my dad. She wanted him back. Aunt Kairi showed her emotions openly, weeping every night. Kioko and I heard. We always heard…"

The boy's confession made all eyes in the room stop on him. He beat the ground, tears pouring down his cheeks.

"And now, when I finally get to meet my father, I find out I have a backward man for a grandfather who stole my life away from me, my mom, and my father. Not to mention my father is just as much as an asshole as you are, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that Kioko and I have fathers," Laiktu sniffled, wiping away some of his tears. "Even though she was too stupid to realize that the porcupine was her father."

Kioko blushed out of embarrassment, "H-h-how was I s-s-s-suppose to know?! Y-you didn't e-even realize that that Riku guy was your d-daddy!"

Even with the somber mood amongst them, Laiktu and Kioko still managed comic relief.

Laiktu smiled, "I had my suspicions…"

"Liar! You didn't know he was your father!" Kioko hollered, her embarrassment fading away. She cleared her throat and mimicked Laiktu. "Laiktu was too stupid to realize that Riku was his father. Even though they looked just alike."

"Oh please," Laiktu grunted, "I do not sound like that!"

Kioko pointed at him, smiling, "Yes you do."

"No, I don't."

"Uh huh. It's just like that time you kicked Kaori in between the legs and he was hurt. You always sound like that!"

Laiktu glared at his best friend, "Shut up."

Even though death was at everyone's door, no one could suppress a smile at watching the two children fight. Even Sephiroth's lips twitched up. Everyone was smiling, except Kaze, who was just standing, eyes closed as she inhaled and exhaled. It seemed that everyone had forgotten about her.

Ansem, who wasn't so easily amused as the rest of the lot, broke the cute scene, "I hate to interrupt, but the inevitable will happen, boy. Your mother is mine."

Before anyone could open their mouths, a deadly, cold voice reverberated off the walls.

"You will only have one thing, dear father," Kaze said as she titled her head to the side, smiling evilly, "and that will be death."

Ansem laughed cruelly as he locked eyes with Kaze. His daughter was following in his evil footsteps and he liked it. He soon snapped out of her revere when he saw Kaze's body rotate slightly.

"Oh, but don't you see, Kaze, I'm already dead. You cannot kill someone who has no heart."

Kaze smirked, "You may have no heart, but your flesh can melt of your bones and those can break with a decent amount of force."

Everyone gaped at Kaze's statement, except Sephiroth and Cloud. They knew how cruel the white headed woman could be. They had, after all, experienced it once before.

"So you see, you don't have to have a heart to die. Humans are feeble creatures, papa. You say that you outrank us, but you don't. Your bones can snap as easily as anyone else's. Shall I demonstrate for you?" Kaze gracefully held her arms out as the dark aura around her body started to pulsate.

Ansem frowned. Kaze was indeed the pure embodiment of evil, but she was starting to slip from his grasps. He had to think of a plan before he met his end.

"Unless you want to keep the lives of everyone in this room, dear daughter, you better think about what you're doing. Because you see, I'm the only one who knows where your precious son is being held. If you kill me, you won't find him," Ansem smiled wicked. There, that was his plan.

Kaze laughed, "Do you think that I'm that naïve? Father, give me more credit. Once you die, I can easily torment Sephiroth until he tells me."

"What makes you think I'll tell you?" Sephiroth replied.

"Because," She crossed her arms over her chest, "you do want to keep your balls, don't you? Oh wait, my half brother already took care of that. I'll just rip your penis off if you don't. How's that for a comprise? You're already half the man you use to be, dear Sephiroth, I'm sure you would want to keep what little pride you do have."

Laiktu cover his mouth with his hands to keep from erupting with laughter. He had never seen Sephiroth's face so pale since he'd met the man. He knew he could always rely on his mother to keep everyone in line.

"ENOUGH!" Ansem's shout bounced off the walls. The Dark Depths structure started to change rapidly as Ansem's body was engulfed in the same black aura that Kaze was in. "If you want to see your families die, then keep talking Kaze. I didn't come here to bring everyone together, I came to make a compromise."

Kairi felt the ground shaking beneath her feet as she fought to keep her balance. Glancing at Ansem's, her anger started to bowl over as he body started radiating a bright white light. She closed her eyes and bowed her head, concentrating on trying to drown the darkness, but before she knew it, the Ultima Weapon appeared in her head.

"A KEYBLADE?!" Ansem shouted.

Sora and Riku gaped at the motionless Kairi. They didn't know she had a Keyblade. Kairi, of all people, was a keyblade master--er mistress would be the better term. The two friends watched as Kairi's head shot up quickly and she leaned back and propelled herself in the air, twirling a couple of times and landing beside Kaze, pointing the Keyblade right at Ansem.

"Alright Aunt Kairi!" Laiktu cheered, "Shove it up his ass!"

Kioko momentarily stopped her cheering to pop Laiktu in the back of the head before proceeding back to what she was doing, "Go momma!"

"I'm tired of your games, Ansem!" Kairi yelled defiantly. "I want you to tell me why you kidnapped our families before this gets really ugly."

Ansem raised his hands above his head, laughing manically, "What power do you think you have here, girl? This is the darkness! The light shall be drowned."

"She's stronger than you think, father," Kaze retorted, holding out her right arm vertically. She popped it to the side quickly before her staff shot out and extended in her hand. "And I'll gladly help her to take you down!" She twirled the metal staff before bringing her knee up and grasping onto the pole with both ends. Then, she slammed the middle of the staff down onto her knee, breaking it apart. The metal covering on the staff rolled back to reveal two glimmering katanas. She lowered her knee again and twirled the two swords over her head before stopping and slipping down into a fighting stance.

"And the Princess of Darkness comes to the aid of the Princess of Heart. How ironic that light and dark seem to work together now, but within the next two hours, they shall be up against one another," Was Ansem's cool reply.

Kaze, who had gotten to her senses, narrowed her eyes. Cloud had noticed that she was fighting back the evil inside of her, although she still looked like a creature from the pits of hell. Her eyes were no longer black, but shimmered with their normal ice blue color. He was happy with that revelation at least.

Kairi bent her knees and held the Keyblade up in an offensive maneuver. Everyone in the room still could not believe she was wielding a Keyblade.

"And what, pray tell, will happen in the next two hours?" Cloud asked as he readied his buster sword. Everyone getting out their weapons had made him uneasy and he drew his just in case. He was, although, itching for a fight.

"Simple, stepson," Ansem pointed right to Laiktu, "If Kaze doesn't show up at my castle by dusk, I will assume she doesn't want to rule in my place and pass my power onto her son."

"SAY WHAT?!" Kaze bellowed.

"Then, I'll kill the girl, Sora, and Riku to insure no one will stand in my way."

"Oh the hell you say!" Riku shouted as he placed himself in front of Laiktu, "I'm not letting you hurt anyone else, Ansem!"

Sora narrowed his sapphire eyes and stepped in front of Kioko defensively, "In order to get to them, you'll have to go through us first."

Kaze and Kairi were both gaping at Ansem's statement and Riku and Sora's sudden valiant stand. They were actually protecting their children. And as much as they wanted to stay in that moment forever, they couldn't, for as soon as Ansem raised his finger and blasted to two fathers, Kairi and Kaze lost it.

"STOP IT!" Kairi yelled. She knew if she charged for Ansem, the punishment could be worse.

"Please! Please stop!" Kioko yelled through her tears. "Stop hurting my daddy!"

Sora, even through his pain, peered down at his daughter, tears streaming down her face and pleading with Ansem to stop his torture. He faintly heard Laiktu growl.

"Leave our fathers alone!" The seven year old screamed. "You sorry son of a bitch! Stop with the magic tricks!"

Kaze, having had enough yelling, reared back and threw both of her swords at Ansem, who was too preoccupied to see it coming. He did, however, feel the pain as they both shot through his shoulders, making him stop his assault on Riku and Sora and also pinning him up against the wall in the process. This giving Kairi enough time to jump for him, placing the sharp end of the Keyblade against his throat.

Sora and Riku dropped to the ground, both breathing harshly. Sora clutched onto his shirt, the stinging pain in his chest not subsiding. Kioko was at her father's side immediately, clutching onto his arm. Laiktu knelt down besides Riku, worry written all over his features.

"You gonna make it?" Laiktu asked his father.

Riku nodded his head meekly, "Yeah. I'll-I'll be fine. I'll be even better when that mother fucker dies."

Kioko, who had heard Riku's statement, stuttered her words, "I-I d-don't th-think you'll have to wait for long. Look!"

Sora, Riku, and Laiktu all looked up to see Ansem pinned to the wall, two katanas through each of his shoulders and Kairi standing in front of him, the Ultima Weapon under his throat.

"I'll give you to the count of five, mother fucker," Kairi growled, "to get the hell out of here before I bathe in your blood."

Ansem winced slightly, "And I suppose I'll be taking Riku, Sora, Laiktu, and Kioko with me then."

"Hell no!" The red head shouted.

Kaze appeared at Kairi's side and pushed the younger girl out of her way and grabbed each hilt of the katanas and started to turn them slowly. Ansem winced again, but did not scream out.

"What I want you to do is release them," Kaze's low voice was filled with malice and hate. "Or do you want me to continue wrapping your muscles around my swords?"

Sephiroth made no move to help Ansem. He knew Ansem would find a way out of the situation. He always did, but the urge to fight someone was becoming enticing. He glanced at Cloud and smirked. If this fray was not ended soon, he may start one of his own.

Ansem laughed through his pain, "I suggest you stop what you're doing, darling."

Kaze sneered at his words and quickly twisted the swords, "Or what?"

"I will take away the innocence of your son just like I did you all those years ago."

"You…fucking bastard!" Kaze growled. "You can't touch him if you're dead."

Ansem smirked and used his KI to send Kaze flying back, releasing him from the wall, "And you can't stop me if you're dead."

"Then I'll take you to hell with me if I have to," Kaze's eyes once again morphed into an inky black as she ran forward and grabbed Ansem's throat, digging her razor sharp nails into his flesh.

Sephiroth noted that if Kaze used her power to blow herself and Ansem up, then he would more than likely be taken prisoner and killed. He growled and disappeared from his spot before reappearing behind Kairi and placing his sword under her throat. Kairi yelped in surprise.

"SEPHIROTH!" Cloud yelled as he charged for his nemesis, but stopped as soon as he saw a trickle of blood sliding down Kairi's throat.

Sora stood up from the ground, fists clinched, "LET HER GO RIGHT NOW!"

"Momma!" Kioko shouted.

Kaze wasn't the least perturbed with Sephiroth's actions and continued to dig her nails into her father's throat, intent on killing him. But stopped when Kairi screamed out in pain.

Sephiroth smirked, "If you want your friend to say alive, Kaze, drop him or I'll slit the girl's throat and rip off her head."

"You wouldn't!" Riku yelled.

Cloud held out his arm to stop the younger man, "He would and don't think otherwise."

Kaze looked between Ansem, Sephiroth, and then into Kairi's pleading eyes. It was a hard decision. She could kill her father and risk her friend dying or let her father live and risk the life of her son and everyone else. She growled at her evident show of emotions towards the other girl. When had she become so weak?

"What will it be?" Sephiroth spoke coolly and pressed the blade harder into Kairi's throat.

"Fuck!" Kaze burst out and slammed Ansem onto the ground and turned to Sephiroth, intent on stripping him of his pride, but came to a sudden halt when Laiktu and Kioko cried out in pain. She turned to see Ansem standing behind the two children and Riku and Sora.

"Now Kaze, you've made me angry," Ansem stated and lifted the two children up. "I remember telling you once when you were a little girl that making me angry wasn't very wise."

"And pissing me off is worse!" Kaze retorted becoming very impatient with the situation. She looked between Ansem, who had her child, niece, lover, and friend, and then at Sephiroth, who had her comrade. She had to make another decision. Dammit, why was everything so fucking hard?! But before she could make one, Ansem made it for her.

"You've go till dusk, Kaze, to return to me before I strip your son of his innocence and kill your loved ones," He turned to Sephiroth, "And to insure my victory, I'll take the Princess of Heart along with me."

"Oh hell no you won't!" Kairi said and started to struggled under Sephiroth's grip, but stopped when she yet again felt the cool blade of Sephiroth's no datchi.

Cloud's patience had bowled over its peek. Just when he was about to charge for Sephiroth, Kaze raised her hand and shook her head.

"What?!" Cloud shouted, his annoyance evident. "You're going to let him take her?! Kaze, how cruel!"

Kaze lowered her eyes, "We have no choice, Cloud. If we fuck up, then someone is going to die. And I don't want that."

"A wise choice, my dear," Ansem stated and looked into his daughter's eyes. "Dusk."

Kaze noticed Ansem's form become hazy as Laiktu screamed out for her and Kioko screamed out for her mother. Sora and Riku had long given up fighting knowing that they could cause someone to get hurt if they made a wrong move. Kaze wanted to know…

"How do I get there?" She asked to her depleting father.

"I'll leave behind a gateway," Ansem raised his hand and pointed to the center of the room. A inky black hole was forming in the middle waiting for someone to step through. "Take it or they die."

"You have to promise me. Promise me if I show up you'll let everyone go," Kaze said. "This has nothing to do with him!"

Ansem smirked, "You have a deal. That is, if you show up."

Kaze smiled evilly, "You better believe it, mother fucker. And when I do get there, we'll go to hell together."

"We shall see, dear daughter," Ansem's evil voice echoed as he disappeared, "We shall see."

"Mom!" Laiktu shouted and started kicking and throwing punches. "Let me the fuck go you mangy, sorry ass mother fucker!"

Kaze cringed at her son, "Don't worry, Laiktu! I'll come for you. All of you!"

"MOMMA!" Kioko shouted as she reached out for her mother, tears once again spilling over her eyes.

Kairi, who was still captive by Sephiroth and fading along with him, reached out for her daughter, "Kioko! Sora!"

"Kairi!" Sora's figure completely disappeared along with Ansem and the others.

And the last thing that reached Kaze's ears was Riku calling out to her with his heavenly voice. Once they were all gone, Kaze reverted back to her normal state and dropped to her knees, crying for the first time in twelve years. Cloud was at her side immediately, trying to comfort her somewhat.

"Dear God…" Kaze choked out, "What have I done?"

¤-¤

Author's Note: Holy hell! I'm so so so so so so so soooooo sorry for not updating sooner! *hides away from everyone* Please don't kill me! As for this chapter, I hope you guys liked it. It was a little longer than I thought it would be, but that's my present to y'all! As for as the next update goes, I can't promise an exact date, but it will be soon, hopefully. I think I just screwed myself over because I didn't expect the chapter to turn out this way. Honestly, I didn't. ;_;…but was it good? I tried really extra special hard for you guys. I want to thank Silver for helping me out with this chappie! She always does! ^_^ GO AND CHECK OUT HER STORIES, DAMMIT! *shakes fist*

§~§

Reviewers Corner: Eh…hehe…I don't have time to do one right now, but to all the people who reviewed: THANK YOU! ARIGATOU! [insert other 'thank you's' from foreign languages here]. I appreciate all you guys for reviewing! I hope you'll never lose interest! ^_________________________________________^

§~§

Next Chapter: Ansem has taken Kairi captive, what will he do with her? Kioko, Laiktu, Sora, and Riku have a revelation in their relationships. And how in the hell are Kaze and Cloud going to explain to Leon, Aerith, Yuffie, and King Mickey exactly what happened in the Dark Depths. But the real question is, will Kaze go through with her promise and rescue the others? Stay tuned!

~~Winter Peacecraft-Yuy