~.. Teen Hearts .. ~
Sora, Riku and Kairi were on the beach, simply thinking. Thinking of their adventures (One for All) and their re-acquaintances (Two for All) and their fights (Three for All) they had all affected each other's lives so much.
But they couldn't start that mushy stuff. Riku was 18, and just not the same Riku they used to know.
He had simply changed. Maybe after all that time of being the leader, and then breaking down simply because Kairi was missing was too much of a strain.
For a moment, Kairi believed it was his age, but when she was 8 she knew she's never be like him.
Overbearing, stubborn, even rude. Where was the Riku she knew? The one she remembered from countless hours sitting on the beach watching the vibrant yellow sun set behind the horizon.
The Riku that she'd meet at the secret place and share problems with.
And Sora thought the same thing! He wasn't Riku. It was if he was being possessed again. As every night, Riku stood up from the beach and walked silently into the Secret Place. They dare not disturb him.
Did he even return home at night? Kairi and Sora returned to their parent island long before midnight, and when they returned in the morning, there he was, on the beach.
He wasn't waiting for them, or watching. They rarely talked anymore. Why did this one-year age difference affect them so much? Why couldn't things be back to the way they used to be?
When Sora sought pleasure in fighting Riku, he almost never obliged. And when he did fight Sora, it seemed more a way of conquering him than playing.
At night, when Sora and Kairi listened to ocean in seashells, Riku would roll his eyes, jump to him feet and slowly wade into the water.
"He's not the same." Kairi said one night was Riku walked to pick a Paupu fruit.
"I know. Ansem is good now, so what could be wrong with him?" Kairi had almost forgotten Ansem's betrayal and reenrollment in their group over the years.
"Maybe, he's just changed." Kairi suggested.
"Maybe." Sora said. "But I still think that something's wrong."
"What could possibly be wrong?" Kairi and Sora turned around and looked at the new kids on the island, Sean and Brent.
Sean had blonde hair with bright blue eyes while Brent, a good year younger at 16 years old had a brownish blonde hair deemed 'dark blonde' by his friends and darker blue eyes.
Sean's hair was totally spiked and Brent's hair was spiked in the front. Brent was a good 3 inches shorter than Sean. They ach had a millennium item.
"I don't know," Kairi said, "But we gotta find out. Brent, you're the youngest, go talk to him."
Brent nodded and charged off towards Paupu Island.
...................Paupu Island..................
"Riku!" Brent called. Riku was sitting on the bent tree. He turned only his head and then turned it back to the ocean.
"What do you want?" He asked.
Brent looked at Riku's back, hoping he would at least face him. "look, I just wanna talk."
"About what?' Riku asked, getting progressively ticked off.
"Uh, I don't know. Life. Problems." Brent came up with something to say quickly. "Uh, I look up to you and I wanna know if you have any advice?"
"Yeah kid." Riku said, jumping from the tree and walking past him, "Be careful what you do. You never know what might ripple off it."
Brent thought for a moment. Millions of ideas rippled through his mind. Heartless? Kairi? Sephiroth? Keyblade? Maleficent? Darkness? Mickey? Ariel? Friends? What could it be?
"Whuddaya get outta him?" Sean came up behind him.
"I don't know. He said 'be careful what you do."
"What could he have possibly done?" Kairi asked.
A sudden look of horror crossed Kairi's face. Sora caught the drift. "Uh, Kairi. How many times in the last month have you been. alone. with Riku?"
"It isn't that." Kairi said, looking disgusted at his vulgar thoughts. "I think I know what happened. I wasn't supposed to tell you. See, Riku has the power to resurrect darkness. That attribute stayed with him after Ansem stopped possessing him."
"Oh no!" Sean exclaimed. "He bought the darkness back?"
"That." Sora said, "That's why he goes into the Secret Place! To protect the new keyhole!"
Everyone took all this sudden danger in for a moment. "That means-" Sora said.
"THE HEARTLESS ARE BACK!" Kairi and Sora screamed in unison.
................~Secret Place~......................
"RIKU!" Kairi called into the secret place. "We're her for you! Come on out We know about the keyhole."
Sean activated his millennium rod. Riku came out of the secret place in a trance.
"Whoa, you've already learned how to use that thing? We only gave it to you yesterday!
"Fast learner," Sean mumbled.
"Listen Riku, We know about the whole darkness thing, and we're gonna help you." Brent said.
"Then let's go." Riku created a portal of darkness. One by one, they stepped in.
******Thanks for letting me use ya Sean! Thanks bud! I have a good feeling about this. Oh, and Cosmeor, your going to hate me, but I'm not having Teen Titans in this story.
Sora, Riku and Kairi were on the beach, simply thinking. Thinking of their adventures (One for All) and their re-acquaintances (Two for All) and their fights (Three for All) they had all affected each other's lives so much.
But they couldn't start that mushy stuff. Riku was 18, and just not the same Riku they used to know.
He had simply changed. Maybe after all that time of being the leader, and then breaking down simply because Kairi was missing was too much of a strain.
For a moment, Kairi believed it was his age, but when she was 8 she knew she's never be like him.
Overbearing, stubborn, even rude. Where was the Riku she knew? The one she remembered from countless hours sitting on the beach watching the vibrant yellow sun set behind the horizon.
The Riku that she'd meet at the secret place and share problems with.
And Sora thought the same thing! He wasn't Riku. It was if he was being possessed again. As every night, Riku stood up from the beach and walked silently into the Secret Place. They dare not disturb him.
Did he even return home at night? Kairi and Sora returned to their parent island long before midnight, and when they returned in the morning, there he was, on the beach.
He wasn't waiting for them, or watching. They rarely talked anymore. Why did this one-year age difference affect them so much? Why couldn't things be back to the way they used to be?
When Sora sought pleasure in fighting Riku, he almost never obliged. And when he did fight Sora, it seemed more a way of conquering him than playing.
At night, when Sora and Kairi listened to ocean in seashells, Riku would roll his eyes, jump to him feet and slowly wade into the water.
"He's not the same." Kairi said one night was Riku walked to pick a Paupu fruit.
"I know. Ansem is good now, so what could be wrong with him?" Kairi had almost forgotten Ansem's betrayal and reenrollment in their group over the years.
"Maybe, he's just changed." Kairi suggested.
"Maybe." Sora said. "But I still think that something's wrong."
"What could possibly be wrong?" Kairi and Sora turned around and looked at the new kids on the island, Sean and Brent.
Sean had blonde hair with bright blue eyes while Brent, a good year younger at 16 years old had a brownish blonde hair deemed 'dark blonde' by his friends and darker blue eyes.
Sean's hair was totally spiked and Brent's hair was spiked in the front. Brent was a good 3 inches shorter than Sean. They ach had a millennium item.
"I don't know," Kairi said, "But we gotta find out. Brent, you're the youngest, go talk to him."
Brent nodded and charged off towards Paupu Island.
...................Paupu Island..................
"Riku!" Brent called. Riku was sitting on the bent tree. He turned only his head and then turned it back to the ocean.
"What do you want?" He asked.
Brent looked at Riku's back, hoping he would at least face him. "look, I just wanna talk."
"About what?' Riku asked, getting progressively ticked off.
"Uh, I don't know. Life. Problems." Brent came up with something to say quickly. "Uh, I look up to you and I wanna know if you have any advice?"
"Yeah kid." Riku said, jumping from the tree and walking past him, "Be careful what you do. You never know what might ripple off it."
Brent thought for a moment. Millions of ideas rippled through his mind. Heartless? Kairi? Sephiroth? Keyblade? Maleficent? Darkness? Mickey? Ariel? Friends? What could it be?
"Whuddaya get outta him?" Sean came up behind him.
"I don't know. He said 'be careful what you do."
"What could he have possibly done?" Kairi asked.
A sudden look of horror crossed Kairi's face. Sora caught the drift. "Uh, Kairi. How many times in the last month have you been. alone. with Riku?"
"It isn't that." Kairi said, looking disgusted at his vulgar thoughts. "I think I know what happened. I wasn't supposed to tell you. See, Riku has the power to resurrect darkness. That attribute stayed with him after Ansem stopped possessing him."
"Oh no!" Sean exclaimed. "He bought the darkness back?"
"That." Sora said, "That's why he goes into the Secret Place! To protect the new keyhole!"
Everyone took all this sudden danger in for a moment. "That means-" Sora said.
"THE HEARTLESS ARE BACK!" Kairi and Sora screamed in unison.
................~Secret Place~......................
"RIKU!" Kairi called into the secret place. "We're her for you! Come on out We know about the keyhole."
Sean activated his millennium rod. Riku came out of the secret place in a trance.
"Whoa, you've already learned how to use that thing? We only gave it to you yesterday!
"Fast learner," Sean mumbled.
"Listen Riku, We know about the whole darkness thing, and we're gonna help you." Brent said.
"Then let's go." Riku created a portal of darkness. One by one, they stepped in.
******Thanks for letting me use ya Sean! Thanks bud! I have a good feeling about this. Oh, and Cosmeor, your going to hate me, but I'm not having Teen Titans in this story.