Marionette

Author: Daralis Devon

Rating: T

Warnings: spoilers for KHII. Could be thought of as Yaoi (shonen-ai).

Pairing (if considered yaoi-ish): Riku/Sora

Summary: Kairi never wrote the letter. Riku and Sora stay in the dark realm. After Riku gets better, Sora starts to not respond to anything. Riku's POV

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I lean back in the shelter Sora and I found, before he...changed..., resting after doing my daily chores I set upon myself. I open my eyes and stare over at where I set Sora down. The brown haired teen still wasn't moving on his own. I had tried everything I could think of, he just wouldn't respond. I watch as Sora's deadened blue eyes stare out at the ocean. I talk to him, hoping he'll answer, but all was in vain. Nowadays, I only do that to keep myself from going insane, and a little bit of hope that he'll actually answer. I stand up and walk to the fruits I harvested from our garden, talking to Sora, "Hey Sora, you hungry? I know I am. I'll be back, I'm gonna go get us some water."

I grab two of the apples we miraculously grew and grabbed a bottle that came on shore a few weeks ago and another of our collection of bottles. I walk to the little pond that held our freshwater, dipping the bottles in and washing the apples. I go back in, throwing the core of one of the apples I ate on the way back into the hole I labeled, 'bury later'. Grabbing Sora around the waist, I tip his head back and make him drink some of the water. After I had given him about half of the bottle, I go to where I get his food ready. Since he can't eat on his own the way he is, I usually cut it into such small chunks, even a month old baby could get it down without choking.

I start to talk to Sora some more as I cut the apple, "Hang on Sora. Your food's almost ready. I think I gave you the better apple, it looks shinier." After I was sure I had cut the apple into almost baby food, I start to feed Sora, putting two or three at a time into his mouth, tipping his head back slightly, and rubbed his throat. After the apple was gone, I maneuvered Sora's body so he would lean back against me. "Hey Sora, I think it's going to rain tomorrow. Think I should get more food?" I ask the unresponsive teen lying against my chest. I wait a moment as if he was speaking, and say, "Yeah, probably should. I'll be back Sora. I'm gonna go get some more food and water."

I move Sora to the soft leaf bedding we put together before he...stopped moving. As I get more stuff from the fields I started a while back, I remember a time when Sora was still moving around and happy here.

Two years previously (Fragments of the past)
"Riku! You okay?"

"This place is perfect for me... Hey Sora, how 'bout we be the darkness in this world of light."

Smiling, "Yeah, sounds good..."

"Sora, help me get to the water, please."

"Okay."

"Sora?"

"Yeah?"

"I always felt...sort of...jealous of you..."

"Really? I was always thinking of how you were always better at things than me...fighting, swimming, racing...everything... I wanted to be just like you."

"Yeah? I felt the same way. I have something you could never mimic though."

"What?"

"Having you as a friend"

"Yeah?"

"Yeah..."

"..."

"..."

"Riku?"

"Mm hm?"

"I have something you can't mimic either."

A smile, "Yeah, what?"

"Hey Sora!"

Sora looks up from the small hole he was digging, "Yeah!"

"I think I found a good freshwater source! I also found a few empty bottles washed up on shore! There's also an okay source of food, at least for the fruits and vegetables!" I shout to him.

"Hmm...sounds good." Sora looks to the sky, "I think we should get some of that stuff inside the shelter and start on the bedding. It looks like it's about to storm."

"Yeah, I'll go get it now." I reply.

We both went diligently to gather their items, I got the food supply, while Sora obtained the bedding stuff.

"Hmm...there's only enough for one bed..." Sora mused quietly.

"So? It's not like we're enemies! And it's not like one of us are girls," I smirk and add teasingly, "or did you turn into a girl overnight?"

Sora blushes as he gets the leaves and dirt into a comfortable pile on the stone floor. As Sora was finishing, the storm started up. After we ate, they both cuddled up on the makeshift bed under an overlarge leaf that Sora wasn't sure how he even found it. In the morning, I woke up before Sora. We were in an...interesting...position. Our legs were tangled with each other, my right arm was wrapped around Sora's waist, his left arm was holding my right, and his head was buried within my chest. I grin and just lie there, listening to the rain beat upon the ceiling of the shelter, waiting for him to awaken.

We woke up in similar positions many times. I always awoke first. Sometimes before he woke up, I would kiss him lightly on the forehead. As a friend, of course.

...End Memories...
After a year, Sora was less happy-go-lucky, he ate less, then slowly turned into the doll he is now. We live pretty okay now, a home, food, water, combs, a warm bed, and family. Sure the family was only two people, one and a half if you think of Sora's current state, but it was a family. I walk into the cave, calling out gently to Sora, "Hey, I'm back Sora. Let's go get a bath before that storm hits and we go to bed. And after that I need to find some firewood for tomorrow, our supply is almost gone."

I get us both to a small pool of sea water, get us both clean, take Sora back to our house, and search out dry wood for a nice fire tomorrow. When I get back, I look to where I left Sora, lying in bed with his eyes blank and open. His eyes were now closed, I think to myself as a rumble of thunder and a flash of lightning crosses the sky. Hmm...maybe tomorrow we'll have stew...we have vegetables with us, the fish I caught for emergencies are still in the pool I carved out...we have enough water...I made a pot for us...yeah...stew sounds good, I think quietly to myself, as if it would wake Sora if I thought any louder. I ease myself into bed next to Sora, careful to not wake him up. I sigh quietly as you unconsciously curl into me, sighing in content, before I fall asleep I whisper, "Right now all you are is a pretty little doll... My pretty little...marionette..." I hug Sora close to my heart, "Yeah, my...little...(yawn)...marionette..."

...end...
Daralis: Wow...I think that could be considered a long one-shot.

Silvio: No, I've read longer one-shots.

Daralis: Well, compared to my normal ones, it's long. Any who, please don't flame for the yaoi-ish content. It just came out that way. That and it was my first yaoi written one.

Silvio: Even though-

Daralis: Shut up, Silv. R&R people please.

Edit #1

Daralis, still a one-shot, and I'm currently working on the sequel now. I'm moving, though, so I might not update until we get settled in. And if you considered this yaoi, please don't ask me to do anything over making out, ...my mom looks over my shoulder every so often...I'm only below 17...shh...I don't know about any of that stuff...any way, watch for the second in the series (mini-series) and review (you know, the pretty purple button? Please?)