My first ever fanfiction, please comment!
3 months after the end of Kingdom Hearts II, Riku, Sora, and Kairi are back to school and their normal lives before the events of Kingdom Hearts. Until the darkness taints one islander again.
Sky = Sora's POV
Water = Kairi's POV
Earth = Riku's POV
' ' = Sarcasm
Italics = Thoughts
" " = Speaking (duh xD)
*NOTE* I don't own KH, or Final Fantasy… yet… :3
----Sky----
I collapsed onto my bed, hearing the familiar groan of the old springs. "Oh man, if I knew high school was this bad, I wouldn't have come back." I groaned, muffling my complaints with my pillow.
"I hope you don't mean that Sora." I looked up to see my mom walking through my bedroom door. She was carrying a platter of my favorite snacks, star-shaped chocolate cookies and cinnamon toast. Of course now I felt completely guilty.
"Of course not Okaa-san, it's just that school is so annoying!" It's definitely no joke to try and make up the equivalent of 2 years of missed school. I munched on a cookie as my mom sat down on the corner of my bed. She placed a soft hand on my hair and ruffled it. I scowled at her playfully and moved my head away. "Okaa-san!" I whined.
She smiled, standing up and starting to walk out of my door before stopping. "Oh, Sora, I baked a pie for Riku-kun so could you drop it off later?" The silly grin that had been set on my face vanished at the mention of my best friend. I almost forgot about him, the poor guy. Although, I'm sure if he knew that I thought that he would kick me from here to Hollow Bastion. I felt horrible; it was my fault that he was stuck in his home. That blow he had taken for me in our fight with Xemnas was apparently really serious. I had known it was bad, it takes a lot to keep Riku down, but I hadn't realized how bad it really was.
"Of course Okaa-san, how about I drop it off right now! I can tell Riku about our lessons so he's not completely clueless." My Okaa-san smiled at me, a sad look in her eyes. I knew she felt bad that we couldn't have Riku stay at our house, but his parents, even if they don't care about him, would never allow it. Riku had the most horrible uptight family. His father was a business man, luckily he was never home. However, his mother and brother were horrible to him. Riku always had to be the 'perfect' son, because his older brother was the 'perfect first-born'. If anyone had known that Riku had run off to other worlds, his father's 'reputation' would be ruined. It hurt my mom's soft heart to think of Riku being stuck in his room, not even allowed to talk to any of his friends. Luckily, my father, who passed away when I was just a baby, was a very influential man, and Riku's father can't offend the family of my 'superior' father. I picked up my dark red backpack and rushed over to Riku's home, snatching the tin of pie from my kitchen.
"Hello?" I was greeted with an icy cold voice that quickly turned to sickly sweetness. "Oh! Sora-kun, what a surprise. I'm sure that you're here to see my son aren't you?" I nodded, pretending not to hear the barely-there sarcasm in Riku's mother's voice as she said 'son'. Riku's mother was beautiful; the silver hair that Riku and his brother had inherited fell to her slim waist. Her icy, green eyes seemed to pierce the soul.
"Ah, Sora-chan!" I heard another horribly sweet voice ring down the stairs. I turned to see a silver-haired male striding down the spiral staircase.
"Kadaj-san." I nodded towards him, my polite exterior not revealing the feeling of disgust deep in my chest. I started up the long staircase, calling that I would be in Riku's room. As I passed Kadaj, I almost felt the icy chill emanating from his pale skin. Kadaj had inherited Riku and his' mother's eyes. I felt the stares of the two green-eyed demons follow me into Riku's room.
Riku's bedroom was pitch-black. I heard a voice from the bed, "Ah, Okaa-sama, what do you want now?"
"Riku?" I called into the darkness, relieved when a lamp was switched on. Blinking at the sudden brightness, I looked around at Riku's picture-perfect bedroom. Riku was laying on his small bed, looking relieved.
His voice sounded a little hoarse as he spoke to me, "Sora! Thank god, I've been going crazy in this hellhole." I looked at him, a sliver of sympathy showing on my face. "No, don't give me that look." He rolled his eyes, "I'm fine in here, it's just a little annoying. Anyways, how's everyone at school?" I sighed, I knew that I couldn't get a truly honest answer easily.
"Everyone's fine. Kairi's having a fun time back at school. Tidus and Yuna are nauseating the entire school populace with their 'love at first sight.' Oh, and my cousin Cloud is coming over tomorrow." Riku nodded, and I went over to sit next to him. "Hey, you okay?" He was holding his side and grimacing a little. Suddenly I felt a little liquid splatter on my gloved fingers. "Wha-. Oh my god, Riku, you're bleeding!" He pulled away, an automatic response.
"I've been bleeding, my wound keeps opening up." He fumbled with his first aid kit until his bleeding wound was covered with fresh bandages. I stood up, wanting to help. "No, I'm fine."
"Haven't you been to the hospital yet?" My brows furrowed angrily.
He shook his head, "Nope. The perfect son is never injured in a 'juvenile' fight." I stared at him, puzzled. He gave me a sarcastic grin, "That's apparently the reason both of us came back with wounds everywhere." This made me see red.
"So, all of our battles, our pain, our sacrifices to defend the world, are being dismissed as JUVENILE FIGHT!" My voice rose to a hysterical pitch. He shushed me, and I made a small oops noise.
The sickly sweet voice of Riku's mother, Jenova, rang up the stairs, "Sora-kun? What's wrong up there?" Riku rolled his eyes, clearly noticing that his mother asked me instead of him.
I quickly called back, "Oh, nothing!" I turned back to Riku. He had sat down on his bed again, breathing heavily. "I have to take you to a hospital!" I hissed at him as I noticed the fresh bandages turning crimson.
"No." His voice was firm, "Even if that wouldn't get you in a lot of trouble later, I'm not even allowed to leave my room."
I gave an exasperated sigh, "When have you ever worried about what you're not allowed to do?" He gave a small smirk, poking my forehead.
"Cause I'm sure that my parents will somehow relate either you or Kairi to me disappearing. I don't want to have the trouble of you guys weighing on my conscience. And before you say anything, yes I have a conscience." I scowled at him. At least he's acting like his normal self. However, I can't believe that I didn't notice how different Riku really was. My thoughts were interrupted as Riku gave a horrible cough.
"Riku? Hey man, you okay?" I looked worriedly at him as he coughed continually. He nodded a bit as he coughed. He finally steadied himself and wiped his mouth. Suddenly, the bedroom door flew open. Kadaj stood there, a grin on his face. I looked back at Riku in time to see him go a little pale.
Kadaj gave a triumphant cry, "Riku, Otou-sama is home!" Time seemed to slow, Riku's face showed a split second of… defeat? Another second and it was gone.
Riku stood up, "Well I will have to go greet him won't I." He started pulling me down the stairs with him as he whispered into my ear, "It'll be better if you're not home." He pulled me out of the back door, and I saw him coughing into his right hand again. I looked at him, worried. "I'm fine, I'm fine." He seemed to be denying something. He grabbed the tie of our school's uniform and dragged me onto the sidewalk. He smiled a little, and patted my shoulder with his right hand, then turned away and walked into his house. I started walking home, hearing shouting resonating from Riku's home.
"Sora, did you see Riku?" My mom was out watering her garden.
"Yeah. His Otou-sama just came home." My mom noticed the bitter tone in my voice. She ruffled my hair again and told me to go up to my room.
I collapsed onto my bed again, burying my face in my pillow. I started crying a little, feeling like a little child again. I wish Riku could just join my family. I started changing into my casual clothes as I noticed blood on my shirt. "What the-? Where did this come from?" Crimson splotches colored the right shoulder of my shirt. Puzzled, I threw the shirt into my laundry hamper, wondering about the mystery. I crawled into my bed and fell asleep, my last thoughts being of Riku's horrid cough.
This is where I'll be leavin little comments and dropping some hints on what's going to happen next :D
Ohmygawd Riku! More on his condition in the next few chapters.
The next chapter will be in Riku's POV :D