Soras on Parade
By: Hitokiri Musei
Rated: T
Summary: Riku is curious as to what Sora's like when he uses his forms, and so they spend a week on the islands together, and it's Soras on Parade! Hyper Valor, studious Wisdom, bad-ass Master, oh my! And will new emotions come out of this? Eventual RikuSora.
Warnings: This is my own take on what the forms would be like. They've always intrigued me while playing the game, and I'd like to think that they do sort of have their own personalities, and I do tend to refer to them as their own selves! Please keep this in mind as you read!
This is yaoi, eventually, so there's that…
I'm doing my best to be in character, but we never really did get a big look into Riku's character. I'm trying to write him in character, but this does take place a few weeks after their adventures, so they might be a little different, ne?
This is my own interpretation of all of the forms, it's stuff I've made up. I hope that you enjoy!
I don't own Kingdom Hearts I or II. I cry.
Chapter 1
Valor
"Hey Sora?"
The brunette turned his head towards his friend where he sat on the tree branch. They had been back from their adventures for about 3 weeks now, and the two of them tended to spend a lot of time out here at the edge of the beach, sitting in their favorite tree and talking about what had happened to them during their own separate adventures. "Hm?"
Riku was silent for a moment, searching for his words, but then he spoke. "You never did tell me much about those forms of yours. You always seemed… different when you used them."
Sora blinked, and then realized what the silver-haired boy was talking about. "Oh, them!" He grinned. "You never asked, Riku, how was I supposed to know you wanted to know about them?" He elbowed Riku's knee. "How come you want to know?"
He shrugged. "Like I said, you acted different when you used them. I was just wondering why."
"That's cause I was different." Sora clarified. "They have minds of their own, you know."
Riku frowned, looking down at his brunette friend. "They what?"
"They're their own selves." Sora said. "I don't know how to explain it, really. At first it was still me, just with the extra powers and all, but after a while they started thinking and acting on their own, and now they're… well, they're people."
"So you have multiple personalities?"
Sora nodded. "You could say that. It's not the same, though."
Riku frowned. "Oh… Can you still use them?"
"I don't know. I suppose I could. I can feel them, so I guess I could call them out." Sora said thoughtfully, his blue eyes scanning the twilight sky above them. "Why?"
"I wanted to meet them. See what they're like."
Sora frowned. "I don't know about that, Riku. It might not be a good thing. Some of them are a little… Odd."
Riku shrugged. "So. Can't be any odder than you, can they? Come on, there's only four, right? One for each day until you're done, then I won't ask again. I just want to know what they're like."
The brunette still frowned, staring up at the sky. "There's six, technically."
Riku blinked. "Six?.!"
"Yea. Valor, Wisdom, Master, Final, Anti, and then Roxas."
Another frown snuck on to Riku's face. "Roxas? He's still with you?"
"Yea." Sora murmured. "He's not as… loud as the others, but he's definitely there. He doesn't like to talk much."
"Interesting…"
Sora nodded. "I suppose so."
Riku jumped down from the tree branch, looking down at Sora from his taller height. "Well?"
The boy sighed. "Alright, alright. But only cause your birthday's coming up. This is your birthday present, so don't be expecting anything from me, okay?"
Riku nodded with a grin, and then looked out to the sky and the island across the open water. "Well, I guess if we're going to do that, we might want to get permission to stay out here for a week or so."
Sora agreed with him. "Yea, that would be best. Let's head back; it's starting to get dark."
Together the two of them leapt down from the tree, heading towards the beach, where they got into their boats and headed towards the main island. Sora occasionally swept water towards his friend, starting a huge water fight that lasted all the way across the expanse of water.
Sora struggled inside the whole way back, telling himself that this was a good idea, that Riku was only curious, and that it might be fun to change again.
Even so, something was telling him that something big was going to happen, whether it be bad or good…
Sora hauled his bag out of his boat, tying up the little wooden vessel securely as he hopped onto the dock on the beach. The sun was high overhead; it was just past 2 in the afternoon. Sora walked up the dock and Riku followed not far behind, and together the two friends trudged up the beach and to the tree house, throwing their things into the building where they had stayed many times as kids.
The brunette breathed in deep as he put down his stuff, smiling. "It's been a while since we've stayed the night here; it's going to be pretty cool to hang out here for a whole week."
Riku nodded. He enjoyed staying out here on this island, nothing but him, the sand, the waves, and Sora. It was especially fun at night, when the sound of the waves was the only thing coming through the darkness of the beach. The stars were especially clear on those nights, and Riku enjoyed sitting out on the sand in the dark.
"Man, I'm glad my Mom didn't put up a fuss." Sora said with a grin. "She's always so awesome when it comes to letting me stay out here."
Riku grinned as well. "She only does it cause you're with me. She knows that I'll look after you."
Sora punched his friend's arm, pushing out his lower lip. "Shut up!"
The older boy laughed at that, and then turned his aquamarine eyes to Sora. "Well?"
The brunette sighed slightly, and then nodded. "Alright then, here we go. And if anything serious happens, knock me out, that should change me back."
Riku's silver brows twitched together at those words, his mind questioning that. What's he talking about?
Sora closed his eyes, his eyebrows twitching together, and then Riku felt power circulating off the small brunette. His clothing rippled in an unseen wind, and then Riku was forced to close his eyes as a bright light consumed the boy in front of him.
When it cleared Sora was still standing there silently, his clothing, however, had changed to a fiery shade of red. He opened his blue eyes, looked around, and then focused on Riku. A wide grin instantly spread across the cherubic face, and Riku blinked in shock as Sora spoke.
"Hiya!"
Riku blinked. "Um…"
The boy stuck out a hand quickly, thrusting it almost into Riku's stomach. "I'm Valor, nice to meet you! You've played with me before, I remember that! You were good too, and you made it easier to fight sometimes! It's a lot of fun to play with you; I hope we get to do it again!"
Riku's head was spinning with how fast the boy was talking, but he grabbed the proffered hand nonetheless. Instantly Valor began to pump it up and down as fast as he could, leaving Riku staring shocked and a little weirded out.
"So this is the tree house, huh? I saw it in Sora's memories, I always wondered what it would be like, wow, it's kinda dark in here isn't it? Oh yea, cause there's only one window, that's why!"
Riku tuned out Valor's insistent babbling, chuckling inwardly. Well, he's certainly like Sora in one way; always so cheerful.
"Come on Riku, let's play!" Valor suddenly cried, wrapping a hand around Riku's wrist and tugging him off the edge of the tree house. Riku let out a shout as they fell through the air towards the sand below, but Valor just laughed childishly, bouncing lightly off a lower level and then landing with a rush on the sand.
"Come on!"
Thus Riku found himself dragged all over the island, Valor hooting and shouting the entire way, a huge smile on his face.
Riku finally collapsed to the sand around twilight, breathing heavily on his back.
Valor was still standing, the huge smile still on his face, bouncing slightly on his toes. "Oh come on, Riku, you can't be tired already! Get up, get up, get up! Come on, come play with me!"
Riku shifted in the sand, shaking his head. "No, I'm tired Valor. We've been running around all day."
Instantly a pout came onto the boy's face. "Riiiiiiiikuuuuuuuu!"
The older teen groaned, reaching out and grabbing Valor's jacket. "Shut it."
Valor squealed as he was tugged down to the sand beside Riku, landing halfway on his stomach. Riku threw and arm and a leg over the other as he made to get up, huffing out a breath. Valor struggled briefly, but slowly began to settle.
Riku snorted slightly as the other began to grow still. He was almost always moving; even his body was shivering slightly in his grip. Hell, even his breathing was fast.
"Aren't you ever still?"
Valor shrugged with a smile. "Dunno."
The silver-haired body snorted faintly. "Of course you don't."
He fell silent, keeping his arm and leg over Valor as the other struggled briefly every now and then. Riku simply watched the falling sun, his aquamarine eyes calm and peaceful.
The warmth of Valor against his side was comforting in a way; reminding him of the other's presence. His thrumming body was warmer than Sora's, as odd as that seemed. It was a little strange to Riku already to not be able to refer to the form as Sora, though he looked like the brunette. They weren't exactly the same, after all.
Riku turned his head, looking to the head that rested against his shoulder. He blinked in shock as he saw that Valor's eyes were closed, soft lips parted as he breathed a little slower than he had been.
He was asleep.
Wow, I didn't think he would ever go to sleep; he's got so much energy… Riku grinned, stretching himself out on the cooling sand. The sun had left the sky now, and he knew that they should probably head back to the treehouse rather than sleep out on the sand. Maybe we could do that later; sounds comforting.
Now came the only problem, not waking Valor. Riku knew that if he woke the form that he probably wouldn't go back to sleep and that could cause problems. He carefully slipped himself out from beneath Valor, keeping an arm beneath him so he could lift him from the sand.
Valor made a soft sound as his body left the sand, but he didn't wake. He simply curled in Riku's grip, snuggling against the warmth of the other's chest. Riku blinked in surprise as he felt the boy's nose against his collarbone, a faint pink dusting his cheekbones.
He shook himself, walking up the slope and up the stairs. Employing muscles he hadn't used since they'd come back from their adventures, he easily cleared the problem of the ladders and landed lightly just outside the door to the treehouse.
After laying out their sleeping bags and tucking Valor into his, he lay silently in his, arms folded behind his head as he thought. What a day… I wonder what the others will be like, if Valor was this hyper all the time… Only the new day will tell…
Okay, first three chapters now, next three when I finally get them written. Shouldn't be long, I only have one left!