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Part I: Obsession
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"How come I must know
where obsession needs to go?
How come I must know
where the passion hides its feelings?"
--"Obsession", See-Saw
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The door.
The door was closing...
Closing...
He could still hear the screams...
There was blood...
"No!" Sora's voice cut through the silence. He blinked a few times through the darkness, trying to regain his bearings. Where...?
The palace. Donald and Goofy were in the next room - he could clearly hear their snores, even through the wall. He'd been dozing in a chair by the window, after spending countless hours tossing and turning in the too-large, too-empty bed. The faint starlight was a comfort; it reminded him of that place between the worlds, moments before the barrier came up between himself and Kairi, seperating them for all time.
Remembering that place eased his heart a little... but nothing could ease the hollow emptiness that he'd felt after the door to Kingdom Hearts shut, saving the worlds forever. A triumphant event? Not nearly. Riku was still inside.
(Oh, yes, King Mickey was in there as well, but since he didn't know King Mickey, it was hard to feel the same ache of loss that he felt for Riku.)
Riku...
Was it cold in there? Or hot? Had Riku's heart gone entirely to the darkness? Sora prayed not, though he knew his prayers were futile... Whatever happened now was in Riku's hands, and nothing that anyone could do would make a difference.
Even his bold words to Goofy and Donald - that they'd find another way to enter Kingdom Hearts to rescue Riku and King Mickey - were useless. There was no other way. The door to Kingdom Hearts was closed, closed forever, and Riku and Mickey along with it.
It had been the right thing to do, of course. Riku would not have faulted him for doing it. Closing the door was the only way to stop the Heartless; Riku and Mickey had been trapped inside as well, but they'd both pleaded with Sora to close the door.
So if it was the right thing, then why did it hurt so much?
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A/N: Don't know where this came from... I was listening to the orchestral version of "Hikari" (great song, everyone go download it now), and I felt like writing a fic about it. This is what came out. *shrug* Admittedly not my best work ever, but for some odd, masochistic reason, I like it. What do you think? Tell me, it'll make my day!
Part I: Obsession
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"How come I must know
where obsession needs to go?
How come I must know
where the passion hides its feelings?"
--"Obsession", See-Saw
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The door.
The door was closing...
Closing...
He could still hear the screams...
There was blood...
"No!" Sora's voice cut through the silence. He blinked a few times through the darkness, trying to regain his bearings. Where...?
The palace. Donald and Goofy were in the next room - he could clearly hear their snores, even through the wall. He'd been dozing in a chair by the window, after spending countless hours tossing and turning in the too-large, too-empty bed. The faint starlight was a comfort; it reminded him of that place between the worlds, moments before the barrier came up between himself and Kairi, seperating them for all time.
Remembering that place eased his heart a little... but nothing could ease the hollow emptiness that he'd felt after the door to Kingdom Hearts shut, saving the worlds forever. A triumphant event? Not nearly. Riku was still inside.
(Oh, yes, King Mickey was in there as well, but since he didn't know King Mickey, it was hard to feel the same ache of loss that he felt for Riku.)
Riku...
Was it cold in there? Or hot? Had Riku's heart gone entirely to the darkness? Sora prayed not, though he knew his prayers were futile... Whatever happened now was in Riku's hands, and nothing that anyone could do would make a difference.
Even his bold words to Goofy and Donald - that they'd find another way to enter Kingdom Hearts to rescue Riku and King Mickey - were useless. There was no other way. The door to Kingdom Hearts was closed, closed forever, and Riku and Mickey along with it.
It had been the right thing to do, of course. Riku would not have faulted him for doing it. Closing the door was the only way to stop the Heartless; Riku and Mickey had been trapped inside as well, but they'd both pleaded with Sora to close the door.
So if it was the right thing, then why did it hurt so much?
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A/N: Don't know where this came from... I was listening to the orchestral version of "Hikari" (great song, everyone go download it now), and I felt like writing a fic about it. This is what came out. *shrug* Admittedly not my best work ever, but for some odd, masochistic reason, I like it. What do you think? Tell me, it'll make my day!