Prolouge
Disclaimer: I own nothing but a really pretty rock named Alf.
Pairings: RikuxSora, AxelxRoxas, maybe some more.
Summary: I didn't have a doubt that he was mine, and that I was his. I held my breath reaching out to him. His lips with a soft ease on them. Only to reveal fangs, that sunk into my skin making me bleed red.
The sky on that particular day was a clear and warm for most normal days, but Sora seemed to think differently. It was quiet in the house like always and so many awkward silences. He spent in the morning always missing the bus by seconds. Just like always. For some reason when Sora opened his eyes to the morning that day, it met him with a grin. Almost saying that something bad, something he didn't quiet expect to happen. He didn't know why that was or didn't really care. It didn't seem to hold his interest long when he realized his alarm clock had read the time, he sat up quickly already planning his day.
Sitting up like a child trying to ignore the burning figures on the clock; He tried to ignore it. He stifled a yawn and mused his unruly mass of hair his eyes still leaking of tears from a bad night, and crust from sleep. He didn't put any thought into his dream he had that night. It hadn't made any sense to him in the first place. So he tried not to bother with it at all. When he climbed out of bed, he quickly made it. Pausing for a second before deciding on a shower now instead of after school. He lazily crept over to the shower. Today was his 17th birthday. But there was no one to greet him today. No presents and no happy birthday, just an empty house like always. He want to give this silent morning it's due, but he couldn't help but brood on the fact that today was his birthday.
After all, wasn't it suppose to be a celebration? Something to be honored? He shrugged off the thought. He never saw his parents in the morning or during the day at all. It was weird, after all the years of just notes. He couldn't put a face to them. Sure there were pictures around the house. But none of them had him in it. In fact, it was like he didn't exist in his parents world at all. Only one thing reminded him he had parents, a nice little cursive letter always at every morning left there for him to read. He shook the thought off when he rolled his shoulders and stepped into the shower, allowing the water spray hit him as he turned it on. After, adjusting it to the right temperature. He closed his eyes, growling slightly in his throat. Why didn't he get a normal life of parents waiting for you when you got up? Why couldn't things be exactly like a normal life? Was this even normal? No parents to sit at home and eat with you, instead of their off at work ,or gone all the time. It wasn't fair to him now was it?
Stepping out of the shower he toweled off, shaking his head wildly after patting it down. His hair instantly poofed in a certain way only to gel it up, though he didn't really need help with it at all, it naturally spiked on it's own. The gel helped it keep its shape and form without being too messy. Next he dressed himself in normal jeans and a patterned shirt. Closing his eyes he grabbed a piece of toast, backpack, and headed towards school, not bothering for the bus today. He was already too late to catch it.
"Is that him?" A feminine voice spoke very softly. Her interest seemed to turn away from the boy to something more interesting that seemed hidden among the shadows of another.
"Of course it is, that's our savior! Exactly on the 17th moon when it rises in the Gemini dusk, that's when the savior will awaken. Idiot... don't you know anything?" The shadow spoke very lightly almost like Naminé had insulted him. "I've been taking care of him since he was little. I'd know what he'd be capable of.
"Well then, lets go get 'em!"
"Naminé, hold tight. After all it is I who shall watch over him and be his shellan," the tallest whispered. "Stay in the shadows, idiot!." He spoke harshly hitting Naminé, the smaller one, on the head.
"What was that for?!" Naminé growled.
"Go back to the society, I'll watch over him. After all, he will need me when the times comes, his blood will call for me."
"Just cause your a pure bred don't mean shit!" Naminé hissed slightly glaring at the older, wiser figure.
She was hit on the head again.
Sora yawned closing his eyes, as his teacher rambled on and on, making Sora loose interest. His eyes drooped lower each time the teacher brought in a bigger word than he already knew in his vocabulary. He turned his head slightly, watching his classmate, Zexion. He was always so quiet and always looking at him as of late, as if waiting for something, perhaps? But what exactly what was he waiting for? And that seemed to perk Sora's interest better then the teacher had. But the way that Zexion moved. It was unnatural, almost fluid motion, something, not really there. As Sora, evaluated Zexion, something seemed to send shivers down his spine.
'He's creeping me out!' Sora thought a bit uneasily.
Sora watched him even more as if he was hooked, openly watching the teen who sat across from him. That is, until he was caught. Zexion smirked at him, almost as if saying he knew the reason why Sora was alone all the time. In a rush, Sora looked down embarrassingly. No one ever paid attention to him...so why now? His bottom lip jutted out and he closed his eyes. He didn't need pity for having no friends. In the end no one wanted to be seen with him and when someone did the next day, it was like they had forgotten all about him, almost not even recognizing him. Incredibly cruel trick to do to such an innocent child.
His eyes opened wide and when his teacher smacked his desk with a ruler; He yelped gaining laughter from the other students.
"Now that Mr. Koishii has decided to join us in the real world, why don't we have him give an answer to this question. Shall we?" The teacher asked with an irritated tone to his voice.
Sora stood up, walking to the black board, while his classmates whispered behind his back. Doing it vaguely to hide their voices, but only to a point. Sora caught every one of their conversations, which didn't surprise him on how badly disliked he was. Before he could tune them out, he sighed, attempting to ignore them. For some reason, he couldn't. The voices of his classmates were getting louder and louder. Until he realized once he had turned around, no one was speaking. Yet, he continued to hear their voices.
"God, look at him. What a freak!"
"Look at his school uniform; it's so old and trashy. Just like him!"
"Oh my god, why is he staring at me."
"Freak, freak, freak!"
Sora turned to the teacher, his eyes wide when he heard the teacher's voice but...couldn't believe what he saw.
"What is he looking at..?"
Sora dropped the chalk feeling the chalk descend from his hands. Falling on the tiled floor, but hearing no sound from it at all. Double checking this time he still couldn't believe it not a single student were moving their lips. Something was going on here! He panicked as the voices grew louder and louder, his eyes darted around wildly. No one was talking. What was going on?! Closed his eyes almost wishing for silence.
Before anyone could say anything to the reaction he had, which apparently was out right weird; he swore he heard a voice loud an clear, that cut through all the panicky voices that filled his head.
"NOW RIKU!"
Everything in time froze. Sora, suddenly looked up only to see a fraction of a person, and as if from some sort of magic; had blacked out and hit the floor with a resounding thud that echoed throughout the classroom.
The one named, before hand stepped out of the shadows. Watching carefully as time stood still. He reached down and picked Sora up, he glanced down at the savior, holding his breath slightly. He than turned his head towards Zexion. He bared his teeth and glared at the younger male.
"You're suppose to be watching him." He growled out. Placing Sora head down on the desk to seem like he was dreaming from all of this. That was the plan after all. To make him believe this was the imagination of a Seventeen year old. He turned his head towards Zexion at the exact moment he cleared his voice to speak up against Riku.
"I know that." Zexion's monotonous reply came back.
"It's your job as a doggen to watch over him. Don't you understand nothing, you stupid slave," he snarled at apparently the younger one. "You lose at your job."
"I was only suppose to watch him. Not to make friends with him." He pointed out.
"Well things have changed. You now have to have 24 hour surveillance over him." The shadowed one grinned. "And if you don't I can personally spill your blood."
Zexion nodded bowing slightly, "We're gonna have to move around their memories."
"Very well." The stern reply came.
Zexion bowed once more in submission, with that said and done, everything went back in five minutes.
"Sora Koishii!" With that Sora jerked up-right, wiping his eyes in a haste. He must've dozed off during the teacher's lecture. They directed towards the teacher standing in front of him.
"Now that your awake. Go to the board and answer these questions I've set up. Oh, and join me after class for sleeping." The teacher smugly grinned, watching with a shrewd glare as Sora stood up and walked towards the black board.
This seemed almost like the dream he had dreamt. Was everything he had dreamt surreal? Or was it real? He wasn't sure anymore, but he had been having these weird dreams, almost nonstop. Dreams of people stopping time and changing everything that "supposedly" happened. He wasn't sure, but maybe, it was all a dream. He couldn't understand it correctly. It was like living in a dream, only to wake up the next moment later. His eyes closed as he repeated what he wrote on the black board.
"The 'like' and 'as' are very much a part of the English writing language. They are also used as similes for poetry of English. And thus, he looks like a bear, swooping his sword down as a man." He closed his eyes wondering exactly why he was the only one to be picked on, he had excellent grades, but things just didn't turn out the way he wanted them to be.
"Very good. Now take a seat and next time, choose an easier understanding simile that the class can actually understand." The teacher dead-panned back after Sora's answer.
The day was slow even for Sora, who seemed to day dream the day away. Opening his locker, placing his books inside for the day, closed it shut and padding his way towards the exit of school. He covered his eyes as he walked in the hot sun. It was too hot and for some unknown reason, it was burning him more than usual. Man, he hoped he got home quickly. Cool air-conditioner would be very lovely right now. He turned his head watching things, taking them in almost, as if he had nothing better to do
He stood silently for a few seconds, watching the cars go by, people walking by him: couples holding hands and even friends sharing a joke together. He was and always would be different, even the bullies wanted nothing to do with him. He was nothing. Nothing but a fragment in this world he had known over the seventeen years of growing up. Was there something more to this life he wanted to get a hold of?
What if...he wasn't meant for nothing more than some ordinary job where he got stepped on everyday? He walked down the sidewalk, humming to himself in a soft tone, just wishing if there was something fun to do; He found nothing. Summer was around the bend and he defiantly wasn't looking forward to a boring summer like most expected an exciting summer of Beaches, Camping, Hunting, or anything else they could think of.
"Hey...!" A voice seemed to cut the silence like butter, before another engine started.
He was pulled out of his thoughts and he looked towards the source from where the voice had been carried from. He turned to see Zexion running towards him, only to pause.
"Uh...hey." Sora responded back a bit uneasily.
"You doing anything tonight?"
Sora grinned somewhat glad that at least someone was paying a bit of attention to him.
"Ah! No...why?"
"Ah... just be careful. Tonight is a full moon. Bad things happen on full moons, "The silver haired male said in a boring tone.
Sora could've sworn that he also hear a whispering tone from him added to his words. "...and besides, we need you..." but he dismissed it as Zexion talking to himself.
"Uh. Alright, I'll be careful." He grinned slightly.
"Alright, later then."
What a weird person... just telling him to be careful? Why? What was so dangerous about tonight? Well he guess he could find out eventually. He headed home, separately from Zexion.
Once home Sora took off his shoes, body aching from the long walk home. He yawned while turning to the clock. He wasn't expecting his parents to be home. His parents took care of him yes, but in all of his years he never talked to them. Ever. He was always left alone and he didn't understand it. He hung his head as the tears slowly fell from his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah. Happy birthday to me." His lip trembled as he looked out his sliding door to his yard. He didn't want anything big...just someone to be there for him, to at least wish him a happy birthday.
Sora treaded up to his room. Closing his eyes, sighing softly whilst looking out his window. Wondering why he was so lonely.
"If I had one wish, it would be to have someone with me for all times, a friend. Someone. Someone special..." He rolled over and laughed slightly. "Yeah right. Me? Having a friend or someone meaning something more to me...?" His lips clamped shut from the painful thoughts.
He wished in vain, nothing would change and couldn't be better or worse... could it? Rolling over he'd rather fall asleep than be awake for another minute. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes and let sleep take over him. Quite unaware of the change taking over his body.
"Sora...Sora? Sora, Wake up." The voice whispered in his ear, it was sweet, soft...but very deep and masculine. Sora scrunched his eyebrows together. Someone was talking to him? Who? It wasn't his parents.
"WAKE UP DAMMIT!"
In a jolt Sora sat up. It wasn't a dream. Sitting next to his bed, with long trench coat cover that seemed to hide his face in shadow only allowing a few silver locks to escape the mouth of the hooded coat. Was a body of a man appearantly. A man? Apparently so, with long silver hair and aqua eyes. He was gorgeous. And apparently touching him. Touching me?! And how the hell did he get into my house! It was locked with an alarm and everything!
The male chuckled. "Lets go...you can't stay here anymore."
Sora stretched a bit, his body felt fine. He returned his gaze to the man. He didn't trust him one bit. He raised an eyebrow,"How can I trust you? I don't even know your name..."
"My name you'll learn later. And you can't really trust me, but what other choice do you have? They're coming after you." The male turned and pointed out the window the stars were spinning around the Earth in a vast movement, "Those aren't stars Sora... those are monsters. Beasts. And they want your blood. Come with me and you'll be safe."
Sora glared at the other male, "Bullshit. Those are stars. And why would they want my blood."
"Ask questions later. When we actually have the chance to. But until then... come with me." Riku held out his hand after getting off of the bed. "Aren't you the one who wished for adventure? A companion to help you along the way...? Come."
Sora looked at the other man, he wasn't sure what to do, he was being hesitant. Should he trust him? Could he trust him? He reached out and took the offered appendage and with that done, suddenly his fear disappeared and a comforting warmth filled his body. The silver haired beauty smiled. Fangs. He saw fangs. His eyes widened and held back a breath. What was this Halloween? Slowly releasing his breath and taking another to replace the previous one, he stood up. "A-are those real?" Sora asked, afraid to know the answer but curios all at the same time.
"Real enough. Don't be afraid, though. I don't drink Human blood. Much too sweet. And it doesn't have what I need." The other pulled Sora into a tight embrace. "Are you frightened?"
Sora nodded, his body shaking and shaking as trembles coursed his small frame. He didn't exactly know why he was shivering like that...
"Riku! They're here!" A voice suddenly shouted.
"Shit... I thought I told you to hold them back, until I got him away from here?!"
"I did! But there's too many of them!" A blond female jumped through the window, shattering the glass panes. "Hiyas, I'm Naminé...!"
"Naminé! Damn it! No time for introductions, lets go!"
The female grinned. "Aye, Aye!"
Riku, or so Naminé called him, picked Sora up bridal-style and jumped out of the window.
"Unreal..." Were the only thoughts that could drift through Sora's shocked mind.
"Now Naminé!"
Naminé held up gold playing cards and threw them towards the sky. "I'll distract them until Roxas and Axel get here!"
The small blonde jumped up on the roof as shadow creatures surrounded them. And for some reason Sora felt safe in Riku's grasp. But the question remained.
Why does this have to happen to me? Why me? First I have no friends and now some shadow creatures are after me? Why? Why me? Why does something of the extreme have to come after me? Why should I be different? He looked up at Riku and gasped as one of the shadows suddenly managed to get a hold on him and cling onto his neck, his heart pounding the entire time. It felt cold and empty, like it was sucking out his soul. It was an easing pain, but it still hurt, and he started to feel empty inside. It felt different...it was the best way to describe it; it was good...wait, what was calling him? A voice? It seemed like he had heard that voice along time ago, but where?
He looked up at Riku and Naminé. Riku bent down pulling Sora closer, "Don't you dare let them steal your soul. Fight it off! You have to! You are the keyblade master! FIGHT THEM OFF SORA!"
A light filled Sora's mind and he took a breath, his vision clearing. The shadowed monster dissolving into smoke only leaving a few marks on his throat. "H-how do you know my name?"
"In time... good, they're here!" Riku was cut off and finished exclaiming.
A red ship landed in the middle of the street as Riku took Sora towards the ship. The door opened, standing in the door way was a blond with blue eyes leaning on a tall long haired red head with bright green eyes. "Sorry we're late. Axel decided to mess around again."
"Whatever. Lets just get him on the ship and towards the Castle." Riku spoke up.
"But... it'll take a year to get there, they changed the location again."
"Damn Society. Then to Traverse Town. Hurry Naminé!"
"Roger!" The younger blond did a back flip and got on the ship grinning. "Sorry, but see you later Shadows!"
The door closed in front of Riku.
"We're gonna miss the ship..." Sora spoke up a bit timidly, confused by all of this.
"We're not taking that ship. We're taking this one." he turned his head and in a flash a black and silver ship appeared on Sora's front lawn.
"That's what we're taking."
Though before this plan could be put to action, the shadowed creatures once more surrounded the two. Sora looked up at Riku. "Put me down. I don't want to be held anymore."
"No, They've got the area surrounded and the ground is the last place I want you to be." Riku turned and grinned. "Hold on tight. We're gonna charge it."
"You wouldn't..."
Riku stepped back in a second, wind gusted around his face, messing and blowing his hair around wildly and rapidly.
"Open, damn it!" The ship opened it's door compartment. Shadows scratched at them until they were on the ship, the door closing instantly behind them. Riku grinned and placed Sora on a cushioned couch. Riku turned to Sora still slightly smiling. "Sorry about that."
Sora blinked wildly his eyes turning to the shadows outside.
"THEY'RE GONNA EAT US!?"
"Not necessarily. Rhage? Blast off please." Riku issued as a command.
A robotic voice sounded off, "Yes Riku.."
The ship took off with no warning, making Sora sick.
"Uhh Sora?"
"Yes?"
Sora never finished as he threw up all over the floor and blacked out without another thought or word.
To Be Continued...
A/N: I'm fixing up a few things on the fan fic, Please give my lovely Beta her due. She's been working hard on this and Hopefully We'll Get the next few chapters up and running after beign edited. Soon My Lovely Readers, soon. Thank you and here's a few things, that might help you out with understanding the characters a little better now. So Enjoy your New Beta'd Prolouge.
Riku is a vampire... last of his race. (you'll find that out later)
Namine is a witch, of course,
Axel and Roxas, you'll find out later.
Zexion is also a Doggen: a Slave or Servant of the Vampire race.
And Sora, he's our protagonist and what not. So Uhh much to say, Sora was adopted, which wasn't mentioned before. It will be later and for the jumping scenes... I'll try not to do that too often, but I will do it if I get bored with it and see it as pointless.
THANKS FOR DEALING WITH ME! and Review! And thanks to my Beta .Schizophrenic.Artlessness.13 , Who's doing a magnificent job at fixing this up!