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Ok this is the revised version. Didn't like how it turned out since the writing was poor so I'll be fixing that up and changing a few things making it sound better. Oh and I'll be adding extra scenes. Oh and for those who reviewed two the original story and can't comment then email me and tell me what you thought. Just go to my profile k!

Declaimer: I don't own any characters from Naruto and Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.

By: Golden Feathers Edward

Warnings: Yaoi obviously, un-beta-ed, sort of proof read, OCC Naruto and everyone else, small mistakes, and smut as long as I don't get catch and reported.

Note: Go bleep yourself if you don't like it.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Demon talking

/Talking over the phone/

Never Meant to Be

Chapter two

Back at their base in the Forgotten City the two brothers Loz and Kadaj were discussing about what to do with the stolen materia from Cloud. With the biggest of the brothers has a hold on the little girl he just recently kidnapped. Marlene was looking around in fear having no idea why they wanted her but was confident that Cloud would recue her.

"Look at what brother was hiding," Kadaj stated smirk on his lips. "Power forged in the Lifestream," a chuckle escaped from him plucking an orb from the metallic square container. "With this materia those powers will be ours." He presses a sphere of materia into his arm. In a black trail of mist it hisses and sinks into his arm becoming part of his body.

"What do you want me to do with the girl Kadaj?" Loz questioned, tilting his head down at the girl by his side, being the one to watch after her making sure she didn't run away.

"Wait till he comes back from checking on the children and give her to him. He's better at handling them more then we could ever can," their leader said absentminded mostly thinking on what's to come in the near future.

'He?' the little girl thought to herself worriedly. 'There's another one of them?'

Nodding in the satisfactory answer for his leader he continued, "So – those are a gift from Mother?" He releases Marlene, who backs away in fright. The big man made a bee line to the box of materia.

"Yeah, gotta be," the silver haired teen replied with certainty.

"Then brother's hiding mother too?" Loz asked like a child.

"No, it's that Shinra guy," he growled. "Keeping her hidden is something they've always been very good at" the teen holds up his arm, and the materia is visible, glowing inside his it.

"Then all we gotta do is check everywhere that's got anything to do with Shinra." Lox examines one of the materia spheres from the box, sniffing it. Perhaps that helps him work out what kind it is?

"Hm. But we'll have plenty of help soon," Kadaj smirked still admiring the materia in his arm.

"Boy, I can't wait!" Loz said excitedly.

"But first, we need a word with brother. He likes to pretend he's not part of the family," he bit out in loathing. The materia in his are glowed brighter. "How he breaks my heart."

Kadaj casts a spell at a tree, which comes crashing to the ground, cutting off Marlene's escape. Loz yells in surprise and Marlene screams in fright.

"yeah!"

Naruto was checking on the kids they rounded up looking them over valuating how bad the damage was on each individual. To say he didn't like what he saw, the stigma was spreading more, slow but fast enough to cause worry. Sadly the young remnant couldn't do much but take the pain away with what power he had. One by one he used this mysterious power to a least take the pain that Geostigma was causing away from the helpless children for a while, it was better than letting them suffer. Nearly three fourths through he came upon a boy by himself who looked quite familiar to him. Wild light brown hair and those bright blue eyes were what triggered a memory from his forgotten past. His psyche brought forth what he remembered from before he ever appeared in this world.

-Ten years ago-

A small four-year-old wondered the streets, big innocent eyes looking on at the crowds around him. The things that catch your notice about this young small child were his wild spiky blond hair and his one of a kind bright cerulean eye. In this distant memory any observer would take in the people around said boy where shooting hatful glares and sneers towards the small blonde. Going so far as to start throwing rocks at him, fruit, even garbage and calling him cruel names such a kid his age shouldn't even be called.

"Demon!"

"Just die demon child!"

"Monster! Stay away from my shop!"

"Hell spawn! You're in the way!"

"A monster, always a monster!"

"I can't believe the Hokage would let you still live!"

"You should have been put to death the day you were born!"

"Demon trash should be thrown away by now!"

"Keep away from my child you evil creature!"

"My mommy and daddy said don't play with you because you're an sinful monster."

"I don't play with bad people. Mommy said you're bad."

"Who would want to play with a demon like you?"

"Sorry I can't be your friend anymore because daddy doesn't want me playing with an wicked demon."

The insults from the adults and the rejections from the children went on and on like a broken record. All the little blond boy could do was watch with sorrowful blue eyes, every word cutting through his beating heart like a knife. Tears silently coursing down his scared checks as he took it then he turned away not wanting to see those cold glares on him anymore and ran away.

-Present-

Shaking his silver and blonde head, he broke from his trance, a shudder of dismay running through his body. 'That must have been me . . . . . what a horrible memory,' he thought staring blankly at the boy who brought on his long forgotten past. How he triggered such a memory he didn't know, the other didn't even look anything like him except his blue eyes.

"Naruto?" questioned the young boy he was staring at with his pupil lengthen orbs.

Those bright cobalt eyes gazed at him in surprise after taking note Naruto was staring at him.

"Denzel," Naruto whispered softly finally recognizing whom the messy light brown haired boy was. This time he was remembering how they met that day.

-Two-year ago-

The blond sat there in silence pondering over the decision before him, once he made up his mind Naruto got off the bed slowly a bit wobbly, trying to adjust to not using his body for all those months that he was out. Standing on shaky legs he instantly relearned how to use his legs and walked carefully to the bedroom door. He reached for the doorknob but the door just swung open suddenly revealing two pairs of surprised big shining eyes causing his own pair of sky blue orbs to widen with startled surprise. Naruto blinked in confusion at the bright cobalt and warm chocolate eyes staring at him. They were a few years younger than himself, one a boy and one a girl, both had brown hair but different shades. The blond boy felt really awkward just standing in the door way with these kids just staring at him in childlike curiosity.

"Ummmm . . . Hi?" he more asked then said feeling entirely stupid at the moment lost on what to say next.

"Are you an alien?" the boy asked abruptly wide eyed at the thought of it, "That would be so cool!"

"Yeah! We would be friends with an alien and explore the . . . . ummm what was it called . . . . . oh yeah! Outer space and be famous travelers of all time! It would be so much fun!" the girl squealed in excitement

The blond blinked in bewilderment at the kids' strange and bizarre imaginations. Like how the hell did they come up with believing he was an alien anyway? It wasn't like he fell out of the sky or something right?

"Why do you think that?" he finally asked the two children after a moment of hesitation.

"What?" they chorused.

Naruto rubbed his hand through his hair in frustration sighing to calm himself, "Why you think I'm an alien?"

"Well Barret said you fell from the sky after the chosen day," the young boy replied with an excited note in his voice.

Naruto nearly fell over, oh how irony loved to bite him in the ass at that moment.

"Who's Barret? What chosen day?" he questioned scowling at the part of him falling from the sky. Wondering how the hell he was able to survive the fall then.

"Barret's my adopted dad!" the little girl said in a chirpy mood brown eyes shining with warmth.

"As for the chosen day that was the day when Meteor came very close to destroying our planet, but the planet's Lifestream popped out of the Earth and pushed it out to outer space saving itself and us along with it," the boy recalled from the stories that Tifa said to them at bed time.

'My head is starting to hurt me,' the blond thought still tired from waking up to a new environment with only knowing his age and name. 'Too much I don't know about this place. Well might as well ask more when I see Cloud or Tifa.'

Exhale noisily in irritation once more he concentrated his attention on both the young boy and girl standing in the door way.

"So what are your names?" he asked wanting to know the names of his so called 'informants'.

"Mines Denzel and this in Marlene," the boy answered for the both of them, "What's yours?"

"Naruto," Naruto answered back.

"That's a strange name," Marlene pointed out. "What does it mean anyway?"

"Fishcakes," he answered without thought then hand a puzzled expression on his whiskered face. 'How did I know that? . . . and who would name their kid fishcakes?. . . I must have had very strange parents. No it means something else but I can't remember. . .'

They went into an odd silence just staring at each other for a minute with two kinds of expressions on their faces, one in puzzled bewilderment and two in an attempt to not start laughing. Denzel was the first to break it that short silence.

"So are you an alien?" he asked hopefully.

Naruto face palmed.

-Present-

Naruto remembered that day; it brought a small smile to his lips just thinking about it. Heading towards Denzel, he stopped and kneeled down a smile on his face.

"It's been awhile hasn't it Denzel?" he spoke while checking his condition like had with the other children before him.

"Where were you all this time? You just vanished a year ago," the brown haired boy unexpectedly asked looking saddened. "Didn't you like being with us anymore?"

A flicker of startled surprise passed though is eyes then firmed.

"Of course I like being with you guys," Naruto argued softly resting his hands on the boy's shoulders in reassurance.

"Then why did you leave?" he questioned with sad cobalt eyes.

"Sigh. I had a new dream to follow even though it was painful to leave you guys behind," was the silver-blond teen's answer, "and I still have to fight for it to please my most precious person."

"Precious person?" Denzel looked into his short time friend's unusual eyes with curiosity. "But aren't we your precious people too?"

"Yes, you and the rest are still my important people but this is slightly different Denzel," he explained trying to make the other see what he was trying to tell him. Then thought of something he could still share with his young friend a smile crept to his lips, "promise you won't tell anyone what I'm going to tell you?"

"I won't tell! Promise," the boy also smiled at his brother figure willing to listen to the explanation.

"I'm in love with that precious person and would be willing to do anything for that one person," Naruto spoke softly.

"In love?" the brown haired boy inhaled sharply in surprise never would have guessed that the leather clad teen would be in love with said person he left them for. A small hint of understanding came to the small boy's face, "this person must be really special to you, huh?"

"Very," the older of the two looked into the distance with gentle and fond eyes, "Someday you'll also find your most precious people. Remember to always hold them dear to your heart and protect them with all you go even your life. It is them that make you strong."

After taking away the pain from all the children temporarily, he herded them to where the three other silver haired brothers were with a slightly heavy heart but continued on. Only a small or semi-large pond separated them. Naruto went to Kadaj's side after directing the group nodding to the others, then catching Kadaj's eye.

"Naruto."

"Hmm?"

"I want you to hold onto the girl ok?" he enquired smiling softly at the sliver streaked blond teen.

"As you wish," with that he went over to Loz and the little girl. He recognized her instantly, it was Marlene. 'It seems like I'm meeting a lot of familiar faces today,' he thought bitterly. All she did when she saw him was gasp quietly hurt and betrayal clearly in her eyes. The silver-blond just sighed in sadness wondering why it had to be this way. It seemed he was doing that more often lately questioning himself and to say it wasn't health for him mentally. Walking up to them Naruto relived Loz of the girl, pulling her away from the big man with little resistance she was just too hurt to fight back at the moment hit hard by the discovery of her brother figure on the wrong side.

Assured that Naruto had the girl Kadaj stepped up to his audience of thirty or more children on the other side of the pool and began the conversion.

"Mother has given me a very special gift," he proclaimed pausing for a second, "The power to fight against a planet that torments humanity!"

In his grasp he felt Marlene tense up but tried to ignore it along with the urge to comfort her. Forcing himself to stay in control and continued to listen to his not really so secret love speak to the children.

"She gave this gift to all her children," he waited for a couple of seconds for all of them to take it in, "That's right. You and I are brethren. Brothers and sisters; chosen when we inherited Mother's mimetic legacy through the Lifestream!" Every one of the children was taking the words in like a sponge, the silver-blond haired teen noted with satisfaction.

Kadaj's gaze wondered the crowed.

"But . . . "he went on, "the planet doesn't approve of that at all. It's doing everything it can to hold us back. That's why it's been racking our bodies with pain, filling our hearts with doubt!"

With that it brought different reactions from the kids catching more of their attention with positive effects.

"Now I shall heal you," Kadaj softly said with gentle silted eyes, "Then we will go to Mother together." The silver haired teen begins to de-solidify – smoky black coming off him. "We will join as a family and strike back at the planet!"

Power was radiating off him during his speech that it was visible outside the body striking awe in the young children. It looked so beautiful, but deadly soft back flames engulfing their leader's arms first then spread inward while Kadaj himself looked out into the horizon with glowing eyes. Soon he moved his gaze back on the children calming himself and deactivating the materia he was using.

"Do as I do," he spoke in guidance.

Walking at his own pace Kadaj entered the semi-large pool, water coming up to his waist turning black all around him. He cupped his hands while keeping his eyes locked on the children and dipped them in the black water. Bring them to his lips the silver haired leader tilted his head back and was soon drinking what water he had in his cupped hands while looking directly at the kids in satisfaction showing them it will not harm them but save them.

Along with Marlene Naruto watched all this happen from afar, each child walking into the small lake. And one by one each of them downed the clearly black water copying the movements the older teen. The silver streaked blond had his gaze settled on one child in particular. That boy was Denzel and he wasn't the only one watching the boy drink the impure water.

"Denzel," the girl at his side called out to her friend he held her back from rushing to her companion. Said boy take no notice of Marlene's pleas and drinks the black water. "Denzel!"

She didn't get through to him and now he was theirs to command. Deep down Naruto felt guilt for what they were doing for a few seconds but it vanished as quickly as it came. This was for all of their sake and he wasn't going to back down now. Naruto's grip tightened on the little girl's shoulder keeping her in place when so moved to stop her friend once again. When Denzel lifted his head both Naruto's and his gazes met for a single frozen moment. There was a flicker of recognize realization in those cat like eyes, briefly turning back to blue. The silver-blond held his breath when he saw that flicker. Soon it vanished leaving empty blue-green cat like eyes.

Naruto let out the breath he took in, 'for a moment there I thought he was going to break out of our hold, but it seemed I was wrong. I guess I was hoping he was stronger than that.' He thought in disappointment.

Back with the Kadaj he looked on at his handy work with a satisfied smirk, than looked up at the full moon.

"See, mother?" he whispered. "All my new brothers and sisters! They can keep Naruto and I company, just until we find you."

"Naruto," Kadaj called to him getting his attention so he looked up, "I want you to take the children and hide them in the trees and the surrounding forest bushes. We have a guest to welcome."

The whisker scared nodding to confirm he understood; the three older siblings left to greet their soon to be guest. The multi-colored eyed teen sighed and grabbed Marlene's wrist pulling her along with him towards the other kids still in the big pond.

"Why are you doing this Naruto?!" Marlene suddenly shouted after the three older brothers left their sight halting their approach of the other children and nearly making him lose his grip on her small wrist. "Why did you leave and leave us behind not even telling us where you went! Weren't you happy with us? You don't even look the same anymore! You promised we could always be together as a family! Yet you broke it! Even Cloud is drifting away from us ever since you disappeared! Why?!"

'he was already drifting away . . .' a flash of anger past, as soon as it came it disappeared.

The little girl was panting softly with anger, tears welling up in her eyes with pent up hurt and agony. Naruto turned to face her devoid of expression and just stared into her soft chocolate eyes silently. Slowly he kneeled down resting his hands on her shoulders not minding the hard ground biting into his bare knees. His red-blue-green vertical eyes softened at the young girl before him.

"Marlene," he said catching her attention brushing a few stray tears that fell, "I will tell you the same thing I told Denzel. I found a dream to follow that makes me feel like I'm alive again. I was so happy. I just had to do it and didn't mean to make you sad."

"Well you did," she sniffled, "why couldn't you be happy with us?"

"I was happy with you guys, it was just that I felt emptiness in my heart," he tried to explain to the little girl with difficulty, "Something was missing and I had to find it before it destroyed me. If it makes you feel better it was a painful choice for me to leave you all behind."

"But . . . . . ," she paused to wipe some more tears away from her big coffee colored eyes that had fallen, "But you made a promise to me and Denzel."

"I know and we will always be together in here," he replied laying the tips of his finger-covered gloves over Marlene's heart. "You don't have to be there physically to be together."

She didn't look at him and Naruto sighed disappointed that she didn't except his reason. So he just rounded up the children getting them out of the water and instructed them to hide in trees or bushes in front of their base. The silver streaked blond held back Denzel though for a second.

"I want you to hold on to the girl, but when a man with blond hair shows up let her go," Naruto instructed to the boy handing him a surprised Marlene.

Then the teen turned away from the two gesturing Denzel to join the other's in the tree tops or the ones amongst the bushes. He didn't have the heart to keep Marlene here against her will anymore so he would let her go and except the consequences later. Once both of them were gone he found his own spot in the trees to observe the soon to come confrontation, hidden from view. Naruto settled down and waited.

'What can I do to help them . . . help Naruto . . . '

The young blond man was on his way to Kadaj's base with the intention of getting the children back and if possible . . . . Naruto. He was sure that he was with them.

The soft white glowing trees passed by in a blur when he zoomed through on his bike Fenrir, that it seemed to get brighter and brighter. Not too long after entering the white glowing forest he was flung into a white void without his transportation in sight. Cloud looked around seeing nothing but white just stood there wondering.

"-You came-," a sweet voice said in a warm tone from behind him. "-Even though you're about to break, that's a good sign humm?-"

A small hand rested gently on his arm that was infested with Geostigma and he breaths in sharply.

"-So . . . why did you come?-" she asked softly in her friendly tone.

He thought about it for a second a picture of the girl behind him dying in his arms then of Naruto walking away disappearing in thin air in his mind's eyes.

"-I think . . I want to be forgiven. More than anything-," Cloud replied softly nodding confirming his answer to himself.

"-By who?-" she asked playfully.

Cloud looked behind him but suddenly he was thrown back into reality back on his motorcycle. That was when out of nowhere he was showered with a rain of bullets. The young man looked up and saw the three silver haired brothers two of them were the ones responsible for shooting at him. Swerving away from the bullets Cloud pushed open the compartments that held his multi part sword First Tsurugi pulling two parts out blocking some of the bullets to close to hitting him. He decided he was going to fight them head on but he thought too soon. Kadaj summons all the children, Denzel at the front with Marlene, so Cloud is forced to brake to avoid them.

Naruto looked on at the scene before him and then saw the signal for all the kids to come out to block the blond man's path to Kadaj and his brothers. The silver streaked blond teen knew the man on the motorcycle would stop before hitting into the crowd of children for he would never hurt them intentionally. He had to hand it to Kadaj it was a good plan to use them that way, but risky.

He watched Cloud fall off his motorcycle trying to not crash into any of the kids. He lost his weapon in the process cycle sliding slowly towards the three leaders. Kadaj jumped over it and walked smoothly up to the fallen blond man. Fenrir continues skid onto the ground but is stopped by Loz's foot. Naruto continues just to observe this scene with emotionless eyes.

"Glad you could make it," Kadaj said with a cheerful yet smug smirk on his face.

"I only came here for the kids," Cloud stated struggling to his knees glaring at the young teen with hard cold glowing blue eyes, "and Naruto," he added testing the waters with that last comment.

Kadaj's silted eyes narrowed at his last remark. For now he ignored it but anger and rage was boiling inside him.

"See this man? He's our big brother," the silver haired teen sneered speaking to the children, circling the older man with a hint of hate hidden in his eyes, "But alas in out happy flock . . ," Kadaj had his Souba pointed a Cloud, "he's what you'd call a black sheep."

He raises his sword to kill Cloud . . .

The multi-colored eyed boy was a bit stunned that Cloud would still be trying to get him back after their last confronting each other. This lead to second-guessing himself once again and he didn't like second-guessing himself when he promised on his soul he would go through with this till the end.

"Cloud!" he heard Marlene call out in fear for their blonde savoir.

Naruto couldn't stay there any longer not wanting to see the blond man below him, slowly changing his ideals in the wrong direction as he so thought. So he slipped away back into their base to wait till they were done refusing to look back. Walking to his bed he lay down bring his bare legs to his chest curling up into himself eyes glazed over in thought.

'What should I do?'

'They bring you pain, just lash out kill them all kit,' a voice whispered in his head smooth as silk.

'Why?' 'He asked half asleep not bothered by the voice drifting in and out of his mind.

'It is what you are. It's in your nature to eliminate the cause of your agony. Can't you feel it deep inside you? The small urge to slaughter them all for causing you pain?'

'Yes.'

'Then release it! Let it consume you! Embrace your true power! My gift to you my young kit!'

'Not yet. I still must do something.'

'Very well. But don't wait too long kit. It is now your birth right and I'm still hungry for blood don't keep me waiting little kit. I don't like to wait. I can already feel the sensation of warmth gathering in your body. You'll have to act soon.'

'Of course.'

The voice went quiet leaving the teen alone with his thoughts. The memory of the talk with the unnatural animalistic voice was now long forgotten by Naruto for it was instantly erased by an unknown force. Now he was thinking of Kadaj and his feelings towards him. Pondering this topic for a while till soon he drifted into slumber.

"Kadaj . . . . "

Dark bliss over taking him.

In another part of the forest.

"See. I knew I would be no help," Cloud stated softly, sitting on the grass in an open clearing.

To say the fight with Kadaj and his brothers didn't go so well. He ended up almost losing and badly, in the process getting rescued by Vincent. Cloud was more down hearted when he didn't even see Naruto anywhere during the battle. Not really sure if they had Naruto or not. Looking over to the man with the red cloak with his blue-green glowing eyes.

"Vincent. What do you know about this?" he asked the long black haired man, he knew the other knew something.

Crimson eyes opened with a calm but serious note in them, "I come here often. I've seen what Kadaj's group is doing," Vincent replied walking up to Cloud's sitting form and suddenly grabbed hold of the blond man's arm shooting pain through Clouds appendage, "The stigma. It's a symptom of alien mater infesting the body," he explained then let go of Cloud's arm, "The body tries to eliminate it and overcompensates," the red eyed man continued, "Inside our bodies is a current, like the Lifestream. That current is what fights off any malevolent intruders."

"What do you mean by 'intruder'?" Cloud asked looking to the side of him blue glowing eyes showing questions.

"The Sephiroth gene," he said bluntly and to the point, "Jenova's mimetic legacy. Call it what you want," there was silence hinting he was not going to continue till the other said something.

"You're well-informed," the blond spiky haired man said absently.

"Tseng and Elena," Vincent started, "They were brought here half-dead. They must have been brutally tortured. I did what I could to save them . . but . . . you know . . . . we'll see."

"Tortured?" he asked taking in the information that was given with pondering azure blue orbs. Wondered if Naruto took part in it with apprehension.

"They had it coming," Vincent replied leaning on one of the white glowing trees. "They got their hands on Jenova's head."

"Then when Kadaj says he's looking for 'Mother' . . . . ," realization dawning in his eyes.

"Heaven's dark harbinger. The calamity, Jenova," Vincent finished for him. "If they wanted to, they could recreate Sephiroth."

"Kadaj . . . . . . . . what is he?" Cloud wondered out loud.

"I'd rather not know," the long-black haired man answered to the other's musings.

"Where's mother?" Naruto asked a cold edge in his voice.

"We know you hid her, brother."

"You knew Naruto was part of all this didn't you," Cloud stated flatly showing more emotion then usual flashes of their first encounter in a year appearing in his head.

"Yes. I knew," Vincent looked to the side not looking at Cloud in the eye with a blank expression, knowing how much that boy meant to the spike blond through his sources.

Cloud's eyes hardened jaw clenching in silent anger. Knowing the other man did have his ways of knowing he was taking care of another orphan. Neither said anything at all since that single accusation. What broke that eerie silence was the rustling of the bushes nearby. Cloud and Vincent went on alert rising from either leaning or sitting places. What came out rushed into Clouds stomach.

"Marlene!" Cloud said surprised relief.

"Cloud! Denzel and Tifa!" the little gasped then added softly, " . . . Naruto . . . . "

The blond man stiffened at Naruto's name alarmed that he was right after all but pushed that aside, "Tifa is all right," he reassured the young frantic girl.

"I wanna talk to her!" the spiky blond haired man nodded then searched through his pockets giving what the little girl wanted, but came up empty. Marlene looked towards Vincent a bit shyly, "May I?" she asked him. He lifted his cloak to show he didn't have one either, "You don't have a phone?" she said surprised.

"Vincent will you bring Marlene to Tifa? I'm going to go see Shinra and get a few answers."

"I can't do that."

"But I - ," Cloud tried to protest.

"Forget it, Cloud!" Marlene shouted a frown framing her young youthful face, "Why don't you pay any attention to us?"

With those words she dashed away from him towards Vincent taking shelter behind his red cloak.

The blond man felt a little distress, but tried to explain to the young girl.

"Marlene, please give me some time," Cloud pleaded with his calm voice blue glowing eyes showing hints of sorrow and soft vulnerability. "There's a battle to be fought . . . but it's not as simple as just fighting. Understand?"

"No, I don't!" Marlene shouted from her hiding place amongst the soft fabric of the blood red cloak and who can blame her?

"Cloud. Are you sure this is about fighting?" Vincent asked crimson blood eyes pricing glowing azure.

Cloud looked away in thought over Vincent's question.

-Flash Back-

"Where are they?"

"They're at their base now. The Forgotten City."

Silence remained before the four occupants of the room. Rude and Reno standing by the door closest to the window and the spiky blond man occupying the second bed. It continued to be silent for a couple of more seconds till it was broken by said spiky blond haired man.

"Go," he said softly raising from his perch on the bed walking away from it and standing before the two Shinra lackeys. They look at Cloud, so does Tifa, who is sitting on the bed. "I have to talk to Rufus-."

"Stop running!" Tifa blurted out with anger, "I know. Even if you find the kids or Naruto you might not be able to help them. Maybe something will happen that can never unhappen. That scares you doesn't it?" She asked upset with his silence, "But you need to think about now. Really take it in. You really need to think about now! Look at you! You think you have it so damn hard! What about what Naruto went through? Well, You hate being alone so let people in! Don't shut us out because Naruto left! Sure you might not answer the phone, but I don't see you throwing it away either!"

While she was lecturing Reno and Rude have a disagreement in the background. Reno wants to leave – Rude physically turns him around and makes him stay. Is this because he still has a crush on Tifa?

At that moment everyone was tense not wanting to make the first move, but soon the redhead stepped up to the challenge.

"You go," Reno stated with finality to Cloud, "the base is all yours."

The two Shinra Turks soon departed closing the door behind them leaving Tifa and Cloud to the silent tense atmosphere.

"Which is it?" she asked finally chocolate eyes brimming with so much sorrow, "A memory or us?"

-End Flash Back-

The white void surrounded him not minding at all that nothing was in sight.

"-But . . I let you both die-," Cloud whispered thinking of a blond boy with a happy smile blue sparkling eyes filled with joy and laughter then suddenly it changed into a slightly older blond with silver high lights, cold silted red-blue-green eyes in revealing leather clothing. He known that the one he cherished was dead.

A soft sweet sigh filled the white void, "-Dilly-Dally, Shilly-Shally. And are you sure he is gone forever? Isn't it time for you to do the forgiving?-"

His surroundings changed back to the present in the glowing white forest.

"Are sins ever forgiven?" Cloud asked the man before him not looking up.

"I've never tried," Vincent answered truthfully.

He looked up at the vampire looking man in slight surprise, "You mean . . . . never tired?" the blond thought about it. 'I don't want to lose anymore of the people I care for . . . but what can I do? Can I call Naruto I knew a memory?'

-One and a half years ago-

"Cloud-nii-san!" a happy voice rang though the two-story house/bar.

"What is it?" Cloud asked walking out of his room finding Naruto by the stairs bouncing on the heels of his feet with excitement.

"Are we still going to the ocean?" the small blond boy asked eagerly.

"Yes, we still are," he answered the hyper boy a gentle softening of his eyes shining through his glowing orbs.

Naruto smiled even brighter. This brought a small smile from the stoic blond man not minding he was showing more on how he felt then usual these days. Slowly the small blonds smile softened, beautiful big cerulean eyes gentle with pure joy and happiness.

"I can't wait till we set sail," Naruto whispered. "It'll be great. Right Cloud-nii-san?"

"Yeah," he answered.

"Cloud-nii?"

"Hn?"

"If I ever fall will you save me?"

"Yes, I would."

" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . why?"

"Because if I didn't I would never forgive myself for losing one of my loved ones."

"What if I died?" Naruto asked playfully.

"I would not let that happen," Cloud stated seriously glowing blue eyes hardening losing the smile he had on his face, "I'll never ever let that happen Naruto."

"Then save me Cloud-nii-san!" the young blond laughed jumping into the bigger of the two's arms knocking the both of them down.

With that the tense atmosphere of that question was broken and forgotten for the time being. They were now just two people having fun being around each other.

"Never give up on me not matter how bad it is! For I would never give up on you or the others! K Cloud-nii-san?"

-Present-

'No, he hasn't become that yet I can still save him.' Cloud looked up, "Marlene, let's go," she stepped forward out of her cover and nodded with a smile on her face and rushed to his side taking his hand into hers, "Well I'm going to try. I'll phone in the verdict."

He takes the small girl's hand and walks through the trees. Soon Marlene and Cloud were on their way back home where Tifa waited.

Vincent stood in the clearing alone a knowing look in his eyes.

"Just maybe you'll succeed saving him Cloud."

Cuts to Cloud's phone spiraling down through the water of the pool. Various messages are heard all over lapping each other:

Voices:

"It's me Reeve. How's work going? I saw your flyer. How in the world do you stay in business?" came a joking tone. "You never change, Cloud. If it's all right I was thinking about helping you out, but I guess I'll call back another time. Goodbye for now."

"Surprise!" a bubbly voice chirped, "It's me, Yuffie. So, hey, all the kids are suddenly missing from Wutai. Have you heard anything about it? Give me a ring and fill me in okay?" she said then as an afterthought continued on, "Oh! Did you ever find that kid you were taking care of? I never got to meet him! Oh! Got to go have another meeting in two minutes!"

"What up, fool, it's Barret! I am the man! Oil, Cloud! I just found the biggest damned oil filed you ever seen! Surveyin's done, so I should be able to get out there and see Marlene soon. You let her know, all right, spiky? Oh and Cloud I still haven' been able to get squat on little Naruto. . . Sorry spike."

"Reno called again. He says to hurry, and he sounded strange… Be careful, okay?"

The phone reaches the bottom of the pool.

"I never blamed you, not once. You came for me. That's all that matters." Was the other worldly voice that came from the beyond. It was Aeris. "He would also never blame you deep down in his heart. Really. He is a very special person Cloud."

The phone goes dead.

Naruto . . . . . . . .

Go away . . . . . . warm . . don't want to wake up . . . . . .

Naruto . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What . . . . . . . ? Who's there . . .?

Naruto . . . . . . . .

Slowly he opened his eyes to see only white surrounding him. Fully awake Naruto sat up in puzzlement, he was sure he fell asleep in his bed at the base. Bare legs felt the smooth but warm white floor below him and it was strange to him that the floors could inmate warmth, heating his skin that was in contact with said floor.

"-Naruto?-" a sweet female voice called out softly getting his attention.

"-Huh?-" he blinked cutely at the strange woman before drawing a small melodic laugh from her because of his innocent cat like eyes.

"-We finally meet-," she said kindly green emerald eyes smiling gently down towards him. "-It was pretty hard to find you little one.-"

"-Who are you?-" he asked of her, at easy around the woman, not feeling any ounce of any kind of threat from the girl in the soft pink dress.

"-I now know why Cloud was so fond of you-," she smiled eyes sparkling with mirth.

Naruto's eyes widened in realization, "-You're 'her' aren't you?-"

"-Who?-" the green eyed woman asked playfully.

"- . . . . Aeris . . . . -," he whispered softly silted eyes softening when he thought of the time Cloud talked about the last ancient that was standing right in front of him. "-He talked about you once. You were a very kind hearted person and forgiving no matter what the person did wrong.-"

Naruto looked to her for confirmation and got a nod telling she was the very person.

"-Is what you're doing right?-" she asked suddenly with sad green eyes. His eyes widened.

-Flash-

"Naruto!" a voice called out to him. The blonde teen exhaled sharply in surprise.

Snapping his eyes open he saw the wall of the room he was occupying, the time meeting Aeris in his dream fading away like a slow breeze. Rolling off the bed the silver streaked blond walked out his bedroom door coming face to face with an upset Kadaj. He looked at him in alarm. Kadaj rarely was ever thing upset.

"Kadaj? What's wrong?" Naruto asked concerned, walking quickly to the silver haired teen's side.

Said teen didn't say anything just pulled the younger into his arms hugging him tightly to his well-formed chest. Kadaj nuzzled into Naruto's neck taking in his earthly scent putting it to memory, never wanting to let go. In an ironic way both were not aware of their attractions for each other and fear clouding their minds of telling one another. One was slowly dying inside while the other was biding his time in admitting his feelings to the smaller of the two. All of this dancing around each other was basically tearing the two apart inside. But what could they do? One was destined to be a sacrifice, while the other a puppet. Would they want to have a relationship when both knew it probably wouldn't last long? Maybe they just might risk it and be selfish for once.

"Where's the girl?" Kadaj whispered into the shorter teen's ear.

"S-she got away," was the multi-color eyed teen's reply, shuddering from the others warm breathe on the back of his neck, body stiffening automatically.

"How?" the silver haired teen demanded silted eyes narrowing tightening his hold on the other teenager.

"I-I left her with one of the other children asking him to watch her," he muttered truthfully.

"I see," was all Kadaj said then turned the younger to face him directly, face to face.

"Kadaj?"

"I have to know. Will you follow my every order?" the silver haired teen asked.

"Of course I would," Naruto replied confused why he would question his loyalties even though he had a right to be suspicious.

"Will you make sure no one or thing interferes with our Reunion with mother?" he asked again a small hint of insanity shining through his eyes.

"Yes," was Naruto's firm answer a sharp painful ache striking at his heart to even witness that crazed glint in his cat like orbs.

"When I'm gone will you follow Sephiroth's orders?" he demanded this time.

The silver streaked blond hesitated for a second then replied. "Yes."

"Good, mother would be happy to have such a loyal son," he stated the unstable glint fading away as soon as it had come, then pulled the multi-color eyed teen into a kiss.

To say Naruto was taken aback he didn't believe his crush would suddenly kiss him. Ever. Yet here he was lock lipped with the silver haired teen. Slowly the other closed his unique silted eyes bringing his gloved arms around Kadaj's neck pulling their bodies even closer to each other. The other slipped his right hand around Naruto's waist while stroking the whiskered faced teen's bare shoulder with his other hand.

'How long have I wanted this? This feeling of being loved?' tears pooled at the corners of his closed eyes, 'It feels like I was waiting for eternity. I don't care if it's just desire from Kadaj as long as he's near I can deal with being used.'

(Warning! Lemon ahead! Skip if you don't want to read!)

AN: Due to some people on this site I am not allowed to post this on this site and not willing to risk getting kicked out and losing all my stories on here. So go to Archives of Our Own and look for the username 'LokiOdinsonlover' it's the only story I have up right now so you can't miss it and there you will find the lemon you might want or might not want to read. Okay now on with the story. Sorry for this but I really don't want to get reported but some jackass that has a homophobic streak a mile high.

(End lemon)

Collapsing on the smaller of the two the blue-green silted eyed leader was catching his breath softly nuzzling the side of the silver blonde's neck nipping here and there still enjoying the afterglow of their lovemaking. Pushing himself on his shaky arms he looked down at his lover with so much passion, but it was then that he noticed the wild teen's features. Surprised bewilderment shown in his silted blue-green eyes; lifting one of his hands, he traced the thick whisker scars then his lips with one of Naruto's fangs poking out. Kadaj studied every changed feature from his silted eyes to his sharp deadly claws lying on either side of the spiky haired teen's head amongst the shredded sheets. His attention went downward looking for anymore altered features and came across the glowing tattoo eyes widening a fraction with curiosity then returned his eyes towards Naruto's red glazed eyes.

"Naruto?" Kadaj whispered huskily, not knowing what was happening to his lover.

"It is done," Naruto breathed out with the voice of two people one Naruto's the other a deep baritone growling, viscous in nature in every way that it sent shivers down the other's spine. "Our line is secure to continue on."

With those words the wild silver streak blond haired teen's features returned back to their original state. Glowing half lidded multi-colored eyes looked up into his lovers aware of his surroundings once more.

"Naruto?" he questioned wondering what just happened yet intrigued.

The younger smiled gently; this was the truest smile since he came to be with Kadaj and his brothers, emotions filling those unique silted eyes but mostly a distant sadness.

"I love you . . . Kadaj," he whispered before falling into a deep sleep.

Watching his lover fall asleep Kadaj gave a kept in exhalation of sock, he never expected those words coming from the small figure below him, it threw him off completely. Staring for a few more seconds his stunned expression turned into a full loving smile. Slowly the silver leader pulled out of Naruto's body and pulled the both of them onto the bed in a comfortable potion drawing the remaining blanket that weren't shredder by the multi-color eyed lover, over them. Sighing in content Kadaj pulled Naruto closer to his chest nuzzling the silver and blond locks taking in all that he could that was plain Naruto.

"I love you too," he said softly into the cold air eyes closing for sleep, "and I'll never let you go," then he too fell into slumber. If only Naruto was aware of those words he wouldn't have had to feel like he was being used.

XXX

"Will be together forever like a family right Cloud-nii-san?"

To be continued . . . . . . . . .

AN: Ok this is it so review to get me to be motivated to make the next chapter! I know it's a bit fluffy at the end but hey I'm out of my mind give me a break! I'm a little disappointed in this chapter since I didn't know what to change to make it better. Sigh. Oh well. I'm sorry it's taking me forever but I'm just so busy and a lazy ass to finish editing this crappy chapter. I have the most humungous writers block you wouldn't believe! Oh and I'm debating witch story I should put my mind to and put the others on hold and finish one story at a time. Witch one should be finished first? Will someone make suggestions?

AN 2: That's it for what I have so far and hope to finish this story before summer ends. Oh and I would like to say if the people who do want to read the lemon the actual story might not show up for at least three or four days on Archive of Our Own.