Chapter 1: A Dark Greeting
"Sora, why do you keep appearing in my thoughts?" Riku asked as he left footprints in soft wet sand, the sun passing the horizon making the water of the never ending seas glisten, "I wanted to ask the same." Sora said turning his head towards Riku blushing only to down cast it nervously. The two boys stood lone on the beach, their feet being brushed by the cool water, "All I know, is that my heart belongs to one person, and one person alone. You. Help me out of the darkness and into the light." Riku walked closer until he was face to face with the young key blade master, "R-Riku-" Sora mumbled before falling into a deep passionate kiss, his soft pink lips touching the older boy's, a dream come true. "Riku…I want it to stay like this forever…" Sora whispered before moving in for another kiss, "Me too." Riku opened his mouth at the same time as Sora, and slowly they rolled their tongues along one another the night slowly closing in.
It wasn't until a few minutes into their kiss did a large gust brush past them, allowing Riku to lower both himself and Sora to the soft ground. "I want you. No matter what. I want to feel the most pure body in all the worlds. Yours. The key blade master's."
Riku rolled his hand under Sora's top feeling that soft body he had been dreaming about for some time now, how it was so smooth and warm, "Mmn…" Sora moaned loving the touch of the other, trying not to hasten anything, he wanted this, but on his mind he was denying it and accepting it at the same time.
Riku was on top of Sora, looking at him with eyes of desire, Sora looked like he was ready to faint from breathing o heavily, "I want all of you." Riku peeled off Sora's jacket and dropped his head down and bit onto the zipper of Sora's red top pulling it down revealing his soft young body, "Riku, I'm scared. I mean, this world is only an illusion, we are going to have to leave it someday." Sora bit his lower lip and glanced at Riku then away as if ashamed, "We'll run away. We can go explore other worlds together." Riku was also having the same worries, but he didn't care, "Forget about all that let's at least have this." Riku brushed Sora's now rosy cheek.
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Sora wasn't able to sleep for three days, since every time he fell asleep he dreamt of falling into the grip of darkness. "Ahh, what to…what to do?" Sora yawned wandering through the districts of Traverse Town alone, slightly waggling around from sleep deprivation.
Donald, Goofy, and Cid were doing something with the Gummi ship so Sora was left to wait until their return. He opened the doors to the second district looking around, noticing something different. It wasn't anything big, just that the mosaic by the keyhole had changed into a beach layout, "It looks like the islands." He muttered before finally crashing to the ground exhausted.
"Sora…let's stay here forever." A voice spoke, Sora couldn't tell who it was, his eyes were squinting from so much sunlight, "Let's never leave. Just me and you, here forever." The voice got closer until Sora was able to depict one thing, soft green eyes staring at him caringly, "Just me and you." It said once more before Sora felt lips touch his own.
"Mmnn…" Sora moaned before his dream turned into a nightmare, and as the kiss ended Sora's eyes were opened and the figure was gone, leaving him to be swallowed up by a pool of shadows, latching onto him like a leach. "No!" he leapt up still laying before the same mosaic, "Why can't I get that out of my head…" he looked up to that beautiful beach to notice something else had changed, there was a setting sun and a rising moon in the sky. "Where is that place I wonder?" he lifted himself up wearily and brushed his clothes down, and wandered on.
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"Sora…mmnn…" Riku whimpered before throwing himself up out of his bed. "What-why? Why is he in every one of my thoughts and dreams?" Riku bit his thumbnail now sliding out of his bed nude, his body drenched in sweat.
"How did I-" he leapt onto his feet frantically, he remembered going to sleep in his shorts, but now they were gone. "I have to leave. My mind is too flustered to deal with all of these creeps." He said rushing around the room finding his clothes thrown all over the place.
Riku stood in front of his door and a vortex of shadows ensnared him taking him to another area. "This will do." He found himself in the cemetery of Halloween Town.
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"Sora…" that voice from his dream echoed inside his head with every step, "…Sora."
Sora was on the roof of the Gizmo shop staring into the night sky leaning on a pillar, he was about to talk when suddenly three shadows turned into heartless, and three Green Requiems appeared, "Leave me alone." He grumbled summoning his key blade and slashing at the six, taking them out easily, "I would really like to be able to take a nap you know." he attempted to smile.
As he sat down on the edge of the building another heartless appeared, but this time something different happened. Sora didn't notice the shadow right away letting it shock Sora, who swung his key blade leaping into the air bouncing around, "Ow!" he yelped letting the shadow disappear.
Unknown to him the shadow left a small heartless emblem on the back of his neck.
"Sora!" Donald called from below, "Hey Sora, we're ready to go!" Goofy hopped up once waving his shield around, "Ow…okay…" Sora rubbed his neck quickly following with a leap off the building and slowly caressing to the ground landing on his feet.
"So where to?" Donald asked turning to Sora, "Wh-what?" Sora looked around, he was trying to take a catnap, but he still couldn't stay asleep. "Cid said there was something weird going on at Halloween Town." Goofy pointed in the direction he thought was Halloween Town. "Yeah, he did." Donald pointed in the opposite direction, "Okay…" Sora was stuck between being awake and not.
In a moments notice the ship blasted away into warp speed, and not even a minute later, the ship reappeared right by Halloween Town. "Gawrsh, would you look at that." Goofy pointed to the world which was radiating an odd purple and black aura. "What's going on down there?" Sora asked as they landed on the planet.
As the trio entered the town a pack of shadows appeared, and a few Bigs as well. "Well, this isn't the best welcome wagon." Sora said summoning his key blade and slashing at the heartless. Donald and Goofy followed.
"Sora!" Riku looked over to the three heroes fighting off the heartless, "Bring him here." Riku crossed his arms watching the fight.
A shadow crawled under Sora without any notice, and absorbed him. Sora yelped, but his voice was cut short as he was engulfed by the shadow. "Hi there." Riku smirked looking down at the baffled Sora.
Riku jumped down from the tombstone and walked up to Sora, "Why do I keep thinking of you?" he asked as if expecting an answer. Sora was about to speak but he turned red and his voice went hoarse. "Sora…" the voice Sora had been hearing rang again, and he matched two and two to come to the conclusion that Riku had been in his dreams haunting him.
"I should ask you the same." Sora grunted jumping back readying his weapon for a fight." You know you'll only lose." Riku said shrugging, and summoned his own weapon. But Sora couldn't stand any longer, his knees got weak and his ankles let go, he fell to ground like a rock.
"What the heck?" Riku asked walking up to Sora perplexed as to what had just happened. He looked down at his prey, wondering why he had fallen, only to mindlessly kneel down and caress the boy's soft face. "Wh-why am I doing this?" Riku mumbled taking his hand away hesitantly.
"Sora…Why are you always in my thoughts?" Riku lowered his head until he could hear the soft breathes taken by the brown haired boy, "What is it about you that makes me think so much?" Riku lowered his head even closer. "Why are your lips-so inviting?" he pecked Sora on the chin before also falling into a deep sleep.
In Sora's mind the nightmares were gone but his eyes were still shut, and that soft caring voice was still comforting him. In Riku's mind his eyes were shut but he knew what to say.