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Pairings : Riku&Sora, Wakka&Kairi, Tidus&Selphie

Genre : That's up to you to decide

Rating : May go up as the story develops itself

Full Summary : Sora finds himself locked up in a psychiatric institution after claiming that all of his friends got murdered by something that he can't explain. Yet the autopsies clearly show that their deaths were accidental or caused by suicide... What really happened? What's behind the darkness of Sora's heart? Will he find the truth before it's too late?

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or the wonderful characters used in this story and there is no self-profit attached to it, it's purely for my enjoyment and that of others.

The darkness that lies within - Introduction & settings

A small, brown haired young man of barely 21 sat in the middle of an immaculate white room in front of a metallic table. His sapphire blue eyes were staring lifelessly at the silver surface of the table and only looked up as a blonde man with a white jacket entered the room. He directed his eyes back to the table and didn't even move from his slouched position on the chair he was currently sitting on.

The man sat himself on the chair on the other side of the table and looked at the young man with a worried expression on his face. "Could you tell me what's happened, Sora?"

Sora only raised his eyes up to him, looking at him through the locks of his hair hanging in front of his face. A small smirk appeared on his features and his eyes glinted in an almost insane way. "They're dead, doc," Was all he said with a husky voice before his eyes fell back on the table and his face became as lifeless as it had been a few seconds before.

The blonde man waited for a while and then sighed softly; "Sora, please… they're going to take you away, where I won't be able to help you."

"I don't care anymore, Cloud," Sora whispered without looking up, "I've lost everything. They're all gone…"

Cloud shook his head desperately, "But going to a mental institution won't bring them back! It won't bring Riku back!"

A lonely tear appeared from underneath Sora's bangs and he whispered; "After everything that has happened, I don't even know what the truth is anymore… I've been on the verge of insanity for too long… Maybe I have lost it… just like I lost Riku…" A shaky smile appeared on his face and he slightly chuckled. "It should all end with me…"

"Stop this! Pull yourself together! This isn't you!" Cloud cried, honestly getting frightened by his friend's and patient's behaviour.

"How can you tell if this really isn't me!" Sora suddenly hollered, knocking the chair backwards as he stood and putting his fists on the table, looking furiously at Cloud. "I've watched them get killed, Cloud!"

Cloud just sat there looking at him and then closed his eyes in defeat, "The autopsies clearly showed that none of them got murdered… Tidus and Selphie killed themsel—"

With a groan the brunette took hold of his head and walked away from the doctor, "That's what they want you to believe! Tidus and Selphie got murdered! Just like Wakka, Kairi and… and Riku…" Sora whimpered, his breath coming in short gasps as he looked at no point in particular with an eerie look on his face.

Cloud stood up and held his hands up in defence, trying to calm to distressed brunette down, "Ok, ok. Then who Sora? Who killed them? You were the only one there when Riku fell out of that window…"

By now Sora was sobbing softly and sunk on the floor in a corner of the room, "I don't know…" He whispered, holding his head and directing his eyes up to the blonde, "I don't know…"

Cloud bit his lower lip, his conscience telling him that this was compromising proof against Sora's sanity, but his heart not wanting to see his friend lose his freedom for something he thought happened when it didn't. Sora wouldn't just be making things up like this, would he? Losing Riku was a total shock for him, but that happened almost a year ago and he had seemed to be doing really well since then…

"What really happened, Sora? Tell me your side of the story." Cloud gently inquired, sitting himself next to the now anxious brunette.

"You want to hear it all?" Sora shakily asked with a strange smile, fidgeting with the sleeves of his white long-sleeved t-shirt, his once so vital and joyful blue eyes filled with a worrisome indifference.

The doctor nodded and glanced at the large mirror in the wall opposite from where they were sitting, "I want to know everything."

Sora sniffled and then nodded, "O-okay. It's a long story…"

"I have all the time," Cloud whispered back, smiling down at him.

"Okay…"

"Alright… Just close your eyes and let it all come back"

Sora took a deep breath and closed his eyes, bringing back the last happy period of his life…

A year and a half ago, on a private beach in the Destiny Islands Archipelago…

I remember that night when it all started like it was just yesterday. We were all having fun at a beach party. Tidus, Selphie, Wakka, Kairi, Riku and me. It was the perfect night to just hang out and listen to the music while watching the waves rolling onto the shoreline.

Tidus had just returned from the bar with a couple of drinks for us and was talking to his girlfriend, Selphie Kamiko. Wakka and Kairi were sitting next to Riku and me, talking softly to each other. Riku was sitting behind me, telling me about the plans we had made to take his yacht the next day. His warm breath was playing gently against my right ear, his hands massaging the flesh of my hips he was holding. Everything was so perfect then, nothing could've got gone wrong. But it did… it so did…

"Hey Riku," Tidus called out, catching everyone's attention, "remember that house we saw in the woods the other day?"

"Yeah," he responded, his lips leaving my ear, his face directed towards the other blonde in front of us, "what about it?"

"What do you say we go check it out?" Tidus excitedly said, starting to get up.

"Now?" Riku said, and I agreed, "It's too dark to see anything, man."

"We can always ask the DJ a latern?" Wakka then said. I looked at him and I could read the excitement on his face. I had to admit that I was also starting to get curiousabout this house.

"Does anyone live in that house?" I asked, directing my head up to Riku.

"When Tidus and I last went and looked through the dusty windows, it looked quite empty." He answered, shrugging and directing himself towards Tidus again. "There's not much to do there, Giovanni."

"An empty house in the middle of the forest… I wonder why no one lives there anymore." Kairi softly whispered, tucking a strand of her long auburn hair behind her right ear. "It sounds kinda creepy, you guys."

"Don't worry, I'll protect ya from Oogie Boogie…" Wakka whispered to her, enclosing his girlfriend's body into a soothing embrace. She giggled and then squeaked as he playfully planted his teeth in the crook of her left shoulder and neck. "I'll protect ya from everything that will come up and bite you!"

"But who's gonna protect me from you?" Kairi chuckled, pushing his face away from her shoulder and standing up.

"Ok let's just go, I really want to see that house already!" Selphie exclaimed, standing up next to her boyfriend and raising her hands up in the air in total excitement. "Let's go let's go let's go!"

Only Riku and I were still sitting in the sand now and he looked down at me with a defeated sigh. I gave him an amused shrug and a few moments later the six of us disappeared into the dark woods on the other side of the island...

Nothing really is what it seems...

-BDP-