Radiant Destiny

Chapter 17: “What’s the big deal?”
“I will not calm down Heart! Give it up now!” Byakuya yelled. “Byakuya there is no demanding in this house.” Cloud said warningly. “Cloud’s got a point Byakuya, this is his house and you shouldn’t be so mean to my friends.” Ichigo counter-acted. “Forgive my woodiness Strife but all I want is that picture your boy toy took of us without permission.” Byakuya said with his eyes closed. “I’ll give it back once Cloud sees it.” Leon said taking a picture out of his back pocket. “You will do no such thing!” Byakuya demanded. “It’s such a good picture though… It should be shown.” Leon said handing the picture to Cloud.


Me and Sora rushed over to Cloud to look at the picture with him. The picture was of them in the very closes they were in right now, which are as follows… Byakuya had on a grey shirt with blue pants and wrist cuffs. Ichigo had on a green top with a black belt, blue boxers and golden shorts… Ichigo was laying on Byakuya’s lap, both of them smiling. “You know Leon has a point, you two just enjoying each other’s should be shown.” I said smiling at them as the both blushed.


“The base is no place for playing around, it is there for soldiers to train and should be taken very seriously!” Byakuya responded. “General Kuchiki I might not have chosen the life of a soldier but that doesn’t mean I do not take it seriously. You on the other hand take it too serious, lighten up a bit.” Leon said handing the picture to Byakuya who he was now standing in front of…

I’m pretty sure that I speak for the rest of us that the mood has went to dangerous as Leon and Byakuya stared at each other, neither showing emotion. “Um… Bya-baby… Leon is a dear friend to me… He was just having fun.” Ichigo said running his hand through Byakuya’s hair.


“I take my duty seriously because I have a very important duty for the military. I am a general and generals have to be examples of how to act.” Byakuya said without emotion. “Kuchiki I get that, really I do… but sometimes they need to know that its okay to have fun sometimes… All work and no play equals a shorter life span.” Leon said moving away from Byakuya and sitting next to Cloud squeezing his hand with his on top of the table.

“…What’s the big deal? I mean so Leon took a picture of you two smiling… It’s not the end of the world…” Sora spoke up which surprised even me and Cloud. “Man one day and this Riku has you opening up more than you have in years… I really need to meet this kid.” Cloud said to Sora. “…Riku…” Byakuya said in thought. “Oh yeah! Not to change the subject or anything but it seems our little Sora has a crush on General Sephiroth’s youngest son! Ichie, Sephiroth is Hojo’s son!” Leon said excitingly, which was pulling a 180 in the mood of the kitchen. “What!? No way! He looks nothing like him! Wait… it does explain why just looking at him can scare you… I can see it now.” Ichigo responded.


“Well that explains his belief in duty and respect… I had a talk with him about his ideas for all of us… He seems like a Hojo by what I’ve heard of him.” Byakuya said. “Wow… to us he seems to hate his father… He even called him Hojo instead of father… Now that I think about it Hojo never called him son, just Sephiroth…” I said thinking back.

“Really?… That seems odd… I wonder what happened?” Ichigo said. “Riku and Yazoo don’t know…All
They now is that Sephiroth promised to make a mends with Hojo. They even said that when they asked him he said he really couldn’t remember what it was…” Sora said texting on his cell-phone, well at least I think that’s what he was doing… “Sora?… who are you-” I was cut off short by Sora. “Oh my freakin’ God!” “Sora?” Cloud said in a worried tone. “I can’t believe she figured out what she wanted that fast!” Sora yelled texting some more. “Okay! Who want what?” I said as I took Sora’s cell away from him. “Hey!” Sora responded.


I went through Sora’s texts as he yelled… “It private Roxas!” That was when I saw it… “Oh…my…god! Kairi is in love with Yuffie!” I said in complete shock. “Wait, hold it! Kairi’s gay?” Leon asked. Sora just starred at Leon. “No… she’s bisexual… She still likes men, it’s just here lately she’s been having these feelings about Yuffie…” Sora corrected. “I can’t believe this!” I said still in shock. “Please guys don’t let this leave here.” Sora begged. I rolled my eyes. “It goes without saying Sora…” I answered. Sora smiled. “Good because I’m the only other one who knows right now…” Sora responded.

Things calmed down after that… Leon finally promised to not take pictures without permission first as long as Byakuya promised to lighten up sometimes and have some fun… After Cloud made Ichigo, me, and Byakuya some food, Ichigo and Byakuya left for home… “So besides the new neighbors what happened yesterday?” Leon asked. I sighed. “Well the party itself was like all the others, ending with Marluxia drunk and the passing out… The gifts on the other hand… Lets just say Vexen has no boundaries…” I explained. “I don’t think I want to know…” Leon said. “How did Axel like his gift from you Sora?” Cloud asked. “Are you kidding me?… He didn’t want to stop playing!” Sora answered, extremely happy. “Well good, it took you a long time to find one on the internet.” Cloud responded with a smile. We spent the next few minutes telling Cloud and Leon more while Leon did the dishes.

At around 4:30 in the afternoon we were all watching television in the front room, enjoying are last free night before the school week started all over again. Cloud and Leon were sitting or should I say laying on the couch cuddled up in a blanket… Sora was laying half off the chair eating pop-corn upside down and I was sitting in that same chair throwing the pop-corn into Sora’s mouth. We were watching a marathon of Bones (love it! XD).


All of the sudden we heard scratching on the front door… We all looked at the door, and we heard the scratching again… We all looked at Leon. Leon sighed. “Fine…” Leon said as he throw the blanket off him and walked towards the door… Leon slowly and quietly unlocked the door and turned the knob. Sora sat down on the floor as Leon peeked out from a crack of the opened door… All of the sudden Leon was pinned in between the wall and the door with a gasp, and a big black dog ran inside to his work boots sniffing them like crazy. We all froze with the exception of Sora who seemed to be trying to see the dog better in the dark.


That’s when we faintly heard someone outside… “Boss… Where are you Boss?…” “Boss? Doesn’t Axel’s new neighbors have a big black dog named Boss?” I asked only loud enough for Sora to hear. That’s when Riku peaked in… “Boss! I am sooo sorry! He has never ran away before!” Riku said to Leon who came out from behind the door rubbing his chest. “No it’s okay.” Leon responded. “Boss some military dog you are!” Riku said. “Military dog?” Cloud asked. Riku looked at Cloud on the couch and that’s when he saw me and Sora. “Oh… hello again Roxas, Sora. Um yeah, military dog. Boss here is an ex-bomb sniffing dog.” Riku answered. “Well I know why he’s stuck at my boots now… I’m in charge of the bombs and alike at the base… My boots must smell like them.” Leon explained. “Oh well in that case… Boss front and center!” Riku commanded. Just like that Boss stopped sniffing Leon’s boot’s and sat down next to Riku. Riku pet Boss’ head. “Good boy… You can retire a dog, but that doesn’t mean the dog will quiet.” Riku said smiling down at Boss…