Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Soul Calibur - Series Fan Fiction / Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Physical Darkness ❯ ...Cloud's Storm ( Chapter 7 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Ooo-wee! Now, it's gettin' interesting enough for me to continue. (Yes, it was getting a bit boring. I HAD to spice it up with my OC's disappearance.) This chapter's not finished yet, but as a spoiler (SKIP TO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH IF YOU DON'T LIKE SPOILERS!), Tifa's going to get her ass kicked in one HELL of a funny way. (Buh-buhlz...) ^o^

I've never seen Cloud show any emotion toward ANYone, so this was very appealing for me to type up. Light's a pretty cool character for me to continue a story of. I really liked creating his past. I'll have to make sure that I explain how the other OC's came to meet their boyfriend's.

The OC's in this story are Rein Froste', Light, Taiyoyama Shinku, Tsukishi Muun, and Xander LeBranche, who will appear much later [apparently]. Shinku is from my InuYasha FanFiction "Barks of Interest." I later found out that "Ko" is not the word for "crimson." "Shinku" is "crimson." Also, the "^" is the same as a hyphen over a vowel, and it's called a Hepburn symbol. ("Yay!" to my dictionary!)

The traditional way of forming a Japanese last name, which is written first in their format, is but using a nature-based word or color BEFORE a location word. For example, in my Fullmetal Alchemist FanFiction, on my YaoiNova account (This is RainbowPretear's, remember?), my Representative character's last name, Tsukigawa, means "Moon (Tsuki) River (Kawa)." Shinku's is "Taiyo (Sun) Yama (Mountain)." Muun's is "Moon City (Shi)." "Taiyo" has a Hepburn symbol over the "o," but in names, there is the option of removing the Hepburn symbol or changing the letter under it to a double letter, but NOT making it a stretched letter, like "oo" makes the same sound with the same length of the "o" in "hold." With Shinku's last name, I decided to drop the Hepburn symbol.

Well, enough of my mini-lesson on traditional Japanese last names. PLEASE Read & Review, people, or throw me a bone (?) at myspace.com/arekusukagetsuya. Thanks for your patronage. (LOL)

Non Anime: Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction / Soul Calibur - Series Fan Fiction / Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.19.2006 | Updated On: 09.18.2006 | Pages: 6 | Words: 5.6K | Visits: 199 | Status: Work In Progress

Author's Words: This might end up having, like, 2 Ficcies' worth of sequels.

FUCK you, RainbowPretear! This is OUR—mostly MY—multi-cross! Don't go advertising this ficcie in a review for one of my other Fan/ClaimFiction!

Freezing in midair, just as before, Light shifted his head left and right in some apparent confusion. His wings were beating rapidly like before as well. Noticing his boyfriend's behavior, Dark turned to him, treading the air.

“It's… like, gone…” Light whispered, his voice echoing in the silence of the abandoned, dome-covered track for train 337, “The source of the magic has died out, suddenly…” Cloud's bellow of fury vibrated along the steel of the dome. “…and there's Cloud, screaming in utmost anger,” Light added. The angels swooped out of the dome and flew toward the cry.

Upon their arrival at Cloud's location, they caught sight of Riku and Alphonse rushing over in reaction to Cloud's audible rage. Rein was nowhere in sight.

Dark came to a landing. “Yo, Cloud, what happened t—?”

“They GOT him, damn it!” Cloud was heavily sweating and steadily nearing hyperventilation with his huffing of anger. “They got Rein RIGHT when I turned my back for only TEN FUCKIN' SECONDS! DAMN IT!” He lifted the Buster Sword and hurled it into the stained glass window that Rein was leaning against. Multi-colored fragments dispersed in the air. The other four dared not say a word. “That damn Tifa!” Cloud continued grumbling, “She may have Rein now, but I'M bringing her the storm, and once I find her, I'm going to unleash my TEMPEST OF VENGEANCE!” Pure of heart as always, Alphonse approached and extracted the Buster Sword and dragged it over to Cloud. “Mm…” Cloud… grummed as his way of saying “Thanks.” He took the sword back into his grip, turned, and walked a few steps away from the others, then suddenly spun around and pointed his sword at Light, nearly hitting him. “Seraph, fly up and find out where the magic energy's gone to!” (A/N: “Grummed” = grunted + hummed. I mean, I've no clue WHAT to call it when someone gives you a simple “Mm…” for a “Thank you,” or an ANSWER, for that matter.)

RainbowPretear: That's a MESS, right there.

YaoiNova: Shut up, Miss “White” Ghetto Girl!

RainbowPretear: You tryin'a be RACIST, NOW!?!

YaoiNova: “WHITE” is not a RACE, stupid!

RainbowPretear: Don't hate, just `cuz I'm a sexy “White” chick.

YaoiNova: *blink, blink* (slaps forehead, then melts in seat) Oh Goddess… Keep reading, my—

RainbowPretear: —OUR!

YaoiNova: …OOOUUR still-sane readers.

RainbowPretear: HOLLA' ATCHA GIRL, BOYS, IF ANY'A Y'ALL ARE READIN'!

YaoiNova: I'm sorry for this author/authoress interruption, and “authoress” isn't a word, so don't use it.

RainbowPretear: I'M COPYRIGHTING IT!

YaoiNova: (slaps RainbowPretear upside the head and drops the Curtain of Interruptionlessness)

RainbowPretear: [in the distance] NOOOO! My big debut… My DREAM! Don't take away my DREAM! (vanishes beyond yonder horizon known as “The Step Back to Reality”)

“HEY!” Dark snapped, clearly out of a reflex-similar whim, “Don't yell orders at my Light!”

Light backed away from the giant blade, then flew heavenward. Cloud waited impatiently in the meantime; the others stood by, watching the sweat roll down his face. Light reacted to the magical energy more quickly than before. Seconds after scanning the city, he picked up the signal.

“Where is it?” Cloud roughly asked.

“The… Station of Calm…?” Light answered, wondering. The air of the Station of Calling grew heavier in very little time. As darkness swept across the tracks, the light of Light's Halo Choker faded. The Halo Choker was Light's only source of life energy, considering his inability to adapt to the carelessly polluted air of the human land. In The Heavens, he inhaled the purity of Aether. (A/N: In many RPGs, you see items called Ether, which recovers Magic Points. Aether, pronounced the same way as Ether (long “e” sound), is the air that the gods breathed; technically, since it was named after Aether for its purifying properties, Ether should be a gas, not a liquid. ^_^) While a black smoke was forming around the five men, Light was attempting to call for the others' help. However, his voice was being stifled by the lack of holy energy in the flow of his choker. If only I had all six of my wings… he thought. With all of his wings, Light would no longer need the energy of the Halo Choker. After struggling with the darkness for his breath, Light finally gave in. The stilling of his wings, in turn, alerted Dark. He looked behind himself to become a witness to his boyfriend's drop from hovering beside Riku. The Seraph's KO grabbed the others' attention when he fell forward, onto the wooden platform, beside Cloud's foot.

Again, Cloud gouged the floor with the Buster Sword. “GREAT!” he roared, possibly more pissed off than he'd ever been, “The BEST fighter against darkness here's knocked out!”

“Light…” Dark whispered to his love while bringing him into his arms, “Light, we're going to help you. I promise.”

Alphonse twirled his laser pen around his finger with a smirk. “I've already gotten that covered,” he said smugly, pointing the pen to a huge hole that he'd alchemically carved into the ground, behind the others, “Once we're in, I'll seal the entrance and build a tunnel that crosses the city to The Veil.”

“Nice work, Alphonse,” Riku laughed, messing up Alphonse' hair and running for the pit. Dark looked at his angelic lover with a growing smile, then nodded at Alphonse and swooped into the tunnel's entrance with Light in his arms. Riku jumped in afterward, politely.

“I don't really like having `run,' `flee,' or `retreat' in my vocabulary…” Cloud grumbled, “…but the shadows are solidifying into huge Heartless.” He joined Dark and Riku in the tunnel without putting up much of a fuss about it than he normally would've. Rescuing Rein was his first priority, but he couldn't help feeling a tad (?) sorry for Dark… without expressing it, of course. After all… it's Cloud!

Crossing the city via underground, the group steadily grew exhausted. The backtracking due to Alphonse' unearthing of intrusive city pipes was no help. Riku's and Dark's cell phones were no help, considering where they were. They received no signals as long as they were underground, and it was a serious risk to breach the surface, whether it be done for resuming the retreat on the streets or making a phone call to Ran and RockMan. Alphonse blindly guided (Sort'a… contradicting?) the group through the alchemically dug tunnel, clueless as to their means of escape.

“I bet that, if he was still conscious, my Light could guide us out by sensing the traces of darkness,” Dark mumbled, looking sadness and sympathy down at his precious Seraph.

Cloud cocked (heh heh…) an eyebrow. “You mean, like, he can use the spots of darkness around us and The Veil as landmarks?” he asked, “Does he remember the strengths of the dark spots from above?”

Dark sighed. “You always underestimate my boyfriend's powers simply because he's not a fully mature Seraph, Cloud, but news up for ya': you're not a Seraph AT ALL, so quit your bitching!”

“Ey! I asked a very simple, one-word-answer question! I didn't say ANYthing about your damn four-winged lovey angel's Seraphic immaturity, you fuzz-ball-dependent delinquent!”

“Don't make fun of WIZ, now, you seemingly apathetic bastard!”

“Maybe I just don't LIKE showing my emotions, idiot!”

“What's wrong with showing your feelings? You trying to be tough for your Rein-bow?”

“I summon thee, Princess Aurora!”

“HUH!?!”

“WHA—!?!”

From Soul Eater came a thick steam that spiraled around a fixed point before him. After a few seconds, the steam exploded and turned into rose thorns swirling about a beauteous, blond maiden clad in a violet dress. Her closed eyes opened—not too slowly—and turned to Dark.

“Dark, forgive me,” Riku pleaded, “If you want to save Light NOW, you'll need to accept a kiss from this princess.”

“WHAAAA!?!”

“It'll grant you the power to aid Light, so quit bitching!” Riku explained with a surprisingly stern tone, “Once you've received the kiss, you transfer it to Light; only the fallen's true love can revive them.” He paused to think, them said, “In your case… I'd advise that you quickly pull back after kissing Light; he suffered from suffocation, so the revival will open his windpipe and make him gasp for a rushing breath. With that, he'll probably jerk forward, possibly even abruptly shoot up to his seat.”

Dark grumbled, but decided to go through with the moment of suffering for his love. NEVER again… he thought, closing his eyes [tightly] and leaning into the princess. A soft pressure against his lips became a puff of shining air in mere seconds.

“Was THAT so hard?” Riku asked with all maturity.

Cloud grinned (!) and chuckled (OH my GODDESS!) lowly. “You looked straight for the first time since I've met you,” he teased, making Dark grind his teeth in ire, “Wait `til I tell Light—”

“SHUT UP, STRIFE!!!”

“Holy Chocobos, just kiss your boyfriend so that we can get out of here!”

Just as Riku had said, a kiss was all that it took to bring the life back into Dark's lover. The Halo Choker regained its luminescence with a flash. Light coughed in his throat (I don't know how else I can word that…), which Dark took as a signal to move away. Again, just as Riku had said, Light shot up to a curled seat, gasping and wheezing. (A/N: “…curled seat…” my way of wording the position that you're in when you sit up after lying down, like when you get up in the morning.) Light slammed into his boyfriends and gave him a big hug. (Awww!)

“Great,” Cloud said impatiently, “Now, let's get out of here.”

Dark gently pushed Light away from him and sweetly asked, “Hey, can you help us find The Veil from down here?”

Light nodded and replied, “I can try to detect the dark spots on the surface. I'll figure it out from there, if I remember the spots. We just have to hope that the spots haven't grown or moved.”

Light told Alphonse where to dig according to his mental map of the surface. The only hardships were the occasional pipe lines, but digging over or under them was all that it took to erase Cloud's, Riku's, and Alphonse' doubt of Light's memory. Some time later, Alphonse parted the soil above him and breached the surface before Ran and RockMan, who were just getting into their moment of privacy on the couch.

“Did you get Tifa?” Ran asked, mentally volleying profanity at the group of five.

…Wait, FIVE!?!

RockMan sifted through the small group. “Yo!” he sparked, “Where's Rein?” (Notice: Get ready for it.) Cloud roared in fury as he hurled the Buster Sword into the ground at a few feet before himself, gouging much earth. “Uh… Sensitive question?” RockMan asked the others. Light approached the boys on the couch, pulling the NetBattle operator off of his Navi and leading them away from the others.

“From what we could comprehend through his swears of rage to Tifa—who we didn't find—Rein was dragged into the darkness while he was leaning against a stained-glass window,” he explained to the boys, “This is his dangerous way of showing how greatly he cares for Rein. The best thing to do is to mention neither Rein's nor Tifa's names.” Ran and RockMan nodded with understanding of the situation. “One of our members has been captured by the enemy; you know what to do.”

“I'm on it, Light!” Ran declared cutely, throwing a Marine salute to the Seraph, “I'll get online and summon backup ASAP! Do you have anyone specific in mind?”

Light crossed his arms and thought about the other Masqueraiders. “Call on Hayner and Seifer. This is going to be a battle, and they know how to fight. See if you can contact Senel Coolidge and Boe Lauer while you're at it.”

“Senel and Boe… They might be in the Radiant Garden,” RockMan suggested from memory, “I saw them walking in that direction while we were going to buy some lu—”

Ran slap his hand over RockMan's mouth and held it there. “OOOOH-kaaay! Thanks for that, RockMan. We'll check there,” he defensively intruded.

Light cocked an eyebrow at the boys, completely understanding their doings. It was nothing new to him, really; he'd been witness to their underage sex in what felt like a myriad of times, especially after his missions. One's a teen and the other's a Navi in a super-highly-powered CopyBot that makes him practically a real human. It's only natural that they experiment with sex. The teenager's hormones make him horny, and the Navi commits all kinds of sweaty-hot sins with his operator as the first actions of his own free will. Ahh, the love… lust… passion and desire… and craziness. The Masqueraiders team certainly is awry in the humans' society. Thankfully, we're an UNKNOWN organization. Such were the words that sometimes ran through Light's head whenever he saw Ran and RockMan seriously going at each other. Humans are SO strange!

~~~

Hollow Bastion, Ostrheinsburg Monument Park, Northern Manhattan District…

“Get it, Senel!”

“Oof! Ah hell!”

“Don't you DARE bodyslam onto Senel, you fat llama!”

Slice-slice-STAB!

Poof!

Senel, lying on his back, sighed at length after his boyfriend, Boe Lauer, slew the Large Body [Heartless] with a couple of assassin slashes, followed by a foot-turn/left foot swing dodge and sneaky side/under-the-arm stab from his spiny full-spiral conch flute. “Need a hand, babe?” Boe asked, standing over Senel with a lowered hand.

Senel smiled and accepted the hand. “Thanks, Boe…” he semi-shyly said. (Comment: OH MY GODDESS! I can create Boe Lauer on Soul Calibur 3. If anyone who has the game would like the recipe to make Senel's man [Aw!], leave me a message @ myspace.com/arekusukagetsuya OR e-mail me at sora_ohnokoibito@yahoo.com. E-mail RainbowPretear at jordancansleydancepretear@hotmail.com. Remember: She's helping me on this story, which is why she hasn't posted any of HER stories for a while.)

Boe smiled warmly at his boyfriend, sweeping grass out of his silvery hair. “You're so reckless, Sunny,” Boe laughed lightly, putting an end to the irritating waves of his azure-blue hair, as well as the ends of his cerulean headband, “Still, don't you EVER change.” Senel became mesmerized by Boe's vivid, crystal-azure bedroom eyes. Their level of beauty was the equivalent of the power of the Raging Nerifes. Senel had never thought that he'd be “the strong man” of a relationship, especially a gay one. He was only physically strong for as long as he and Boe remained lovers. He didn't mind being the uke, but it was a bit on the awkward side of his spectrum.

“`Sunny…?'” Senel asked, “I've heard `Senny' from my friend Norma, but… `Sunny…?'”

Boe further messed up Senel's hair and happily professed, “You're my sunshine, babe. You know that.” Senel smiled with an entirely blushy face. “Aww, you look like popcorn; your face is JUST about to blow up,” Boe teased, pointing at the blush that Senel was trying to hide. (Comment: I don't know why “popcorn,” but it was the first cute-&-random word to pop into my head… like popcorn. o_O)

“Uhh, right…” Senel mumbled while indulging into the sanctuary of Boe's sexy, finely built arms. He snuggled his face into his boyfriend's warm chesty and hummed tiny giggles of comfort. “Mmm… feels… so good…” he moaned, oblivious of his actions and… *ahem* “…amusing” behavior.

Boe found Senel to be too adorable to leave alone, so he gently pushed Senel away from him, uplifted his face with a finger, leaned forth, and kissed his lips, steadily slipping into a tongue battle. “I love you, Sunny,” he whispered after the kiss.

Senel blushed in response to the profession, but he had just enough courage to tell Boe, “ I-I… love you too, Boe…”

“Hey, you two!” Senel and Boe turned to the Radiant Garden gate. They saw Ran and RockMan standing there in wait. “There's no time to be getting romantic,” Ran sternly stressed with his hands prissily at his hips.

“Right!” RockMan added, “Rein's been captured by one of the girls. Cloud's gonna need some help!”

Boe turned to Senel and nodded. ”We're on our way,” he declared, “Sunny and I have to stock up, first.”

Senel cocked an eyebrow at his boyfriend. “…on…?” he asked, seeking a more specific answer.

Be counted the supplies with his fingers as he named them. “Gels, bottles, magic lenses, and the like.”

“Oh, right.” Senel untied the pouch of Gald from his belt and poured the contents into his hand, beginning to count. “1900… 2000… 2100… 2200 Gald.” Senel and Boe stared at the pathetic amount of their collected currency, blinking twice. “This is SAD!” Senel commented.

“Nothing and nobody in this city uses Eres Stones, so we can't get any Gald here,” Boe noted, “The shops probably won't accept Gald.”

“I guess we're just gonna have to rely on your Diamond Eres,” Senel sighed, securing their extraterrestrial monetary units in the pouch. (A/N: I was NOT trying to look smart; that's simply how I wanted to word it.)

Ran had to interrupt by raising his index finger forth, grabbing the other couple's attention. “Actually, there's a universal trade center near our destination. You can stop there and exchange your Gald for American units,” he informed then Erens, “The thing is that you won't have the time to go back to the shops, so you're going to need your Eres anyway.”

Senel tipped his head completely to one side and scratched the back of his head in thought. (His doing that is so CUUUUTE! [heart]) “It looks like we'll have to, Boe,” he said, shrugging.

Boe nodded. “Where to, lads?” he asked in a gentlemanly manner, as he had always spoken to those other than Senel.

“The Station of Calm,” Ran answered straightforwardly.

Senel held up a silencing finger and asked, “Why'd you come out HERE to tell us this?”

Ran and RockMan immediately threw piercing glares of anger at the Iron Eren. “YOU HAVEN'T SET UP AN E-MAIL ACCOUNT YET!” they yelled.

Senel was set aback by the in-sync response. “Oh, I… Really? I thought… I dealt with… um… Didn't I set one up already, Boe?”

Boe shook his head. “You fell asleep at the computer.”

“Oh…”

“Well, we know where to go, so let's rumble!” Boe, unable to contain his urge to battle more Heartless, dashed for Ran and RockMan with glowing fingertips, which indicated his readiness in the use of his Diamond Eres. Diamond Eres is a combination of the physical Iron Eres and the magical Crystal Eres. (A/N: I only made up the Diamond Eres; Iron and Crystal are actual forms of Eres in Tales of Legendia (PS2). In the game, only Will, Norma, Grune, and Shirley [an enemy in this story] can use Crystal Eres, while only Senel, Chloe, Moses, and Jay can use Iron Eres. I just thought that I should tell everyone that…)

“Heavenward!” Boe jumped, flashing his hands down at his feet. His rainbow-glowing nails spread their light to his boots, allowing him to successfully leap over the boys at the gate. “Come on, Sunny-babe, we've gotta hurry!” Boe turned and continued his rush toward the Station of Calm.

Senel sighed with a smile. “I sure am lucky to have such a unique and energetic boyfriend,” he told Ran and RockMan, who were amazed by Boe's ability to jump over them so skillfully. (A/N: They don't completely understand Eres.)

I'll say…” RockMan commented as he watched Boe make speed down the sidewalks to the destination.

“I'm glad that he hit our ship,” Senel then told the stars, “Thanks, you guys.”

Ran turned around, hearing Senel's low words. “What's this about Boe hitting a ship?”

Senel shook his head and said, “Nothing. Forget it. Let's go to the Station of Calm.”