Warnings: Contains Shounen Ai. Shounen Ai: Fluffy and/or soft core romance between two males.

Disclaimer: I don't own them.

Notes: Please be kind. I'm no writer. I simply write because I enjoy it from time to time. I'm generally an illustraitor. :3 Thank you Kaze, for editing this for me. It looks much better now.

A Message From "Her"

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The wind brushed through the cherry blossom trees slowly, eliciting a sound like the ocean waves from them as the breeze carried off stray blossoms and petals within it. The area was silent, so silent. All that could be heard was that relaxing sound of the sea.

A boy stood and watched as the school bell rang, that same wind catching his spiky brown locks. He only stared, those brilliant deep blue eyes catching particles of light within them. People began to rush out of the rustic wooden cottage they called a school house. The place had been built several centuries ago, and thus had been labeled a still-in-use monument. So they never really remodeled save a few necessities.

Many young teenagers began to wander their way out and around the courtyard, either enjoying the afternoon air or just hanging out with their friends making plans for the remainder of their day. But one boy caught his eye.

Silver shone within the bright summer sun. And those eyes - Oh those eyes! Such deep, passionate green within them! It brought a slight smile to his lips, but that smile soon faded, as was custom, when a group of girls came rushing around him.

Riku. That was his name. He'd been watching the silver haired youth for as long as he could remember, but he was so shy he couldn't approach him, let alone confess. He was a boy after all. And Riku always had the attention of so many girls… He assumed it was hopeless.

As he watched Riku laugh and smile at each of the gawking girls, Sora simply turned away. He didn't have any friends. He was always the outcast. Although people naturally flocked to him, in the end, his depression and very air of negative emotion pushed them all away.

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The pavement clacked under the heels of his boot, as the two boys set home that early evening from their school house. The air around them seemed cooler and cooler as they headed down the street, walls intruding on either side of them as they kept down that street of houses. The trees grew more or more vibrant, while they walked, as they were beginning to near the local park in the center of their little neighbourhood.

He sighed as he flipped through that day's lesson book, a frown pushing down on his otherwise pretty features. "I don't get any of this…" Riku said, closing the book with a quick snap. The blond boy next to him simply chuckled.

"That's because you're always drifting off in class. Maybe you should think about paying more attention then thinking about all those girls everyday." Roxas laughed, pulling a bit on his school uniform.

Riku just glared at him a little through his long silver bangs. "Hey! I do not think about girls all day. I'm not a total space case, like SOMEbody I know."

Roxas just laughed again, waving his friend off. "Yeah, riiiight. Unlike you, I -have- a girlfriend."

"Yeah, how is that working out? I heard you two got into an argument a few days ago."

The blond just sighed, bowing his head in defeat. "Yeah… But we're cool now. Namine' seems to be fine when I just apologize for everything."

Riku laughed, stuffing the offending book back into his sling sack that hung on his shoulder. "Your cute face isn't going to get you out of everything, Roxas. But I'm glad you two are okay. You guys are good together."

That got Roxas' attention. Yes, he and Namine' were very good together, but somehow it was a constant reminder that, despite Riku having the attention of just about every girl in their school, he lacked an actual girlfriend. And Riku wasn't one to just sleep around either. Frankly it just confused him. "...Hey, you know... Kairi's been asking about you. A lot. I think she likes you."

He just huffed a bit, folding his arms. "Roxas, not that again. Come on, I said I'm not interested okay? I'm just focusing on my studies right now…"

"Riku, it seems more to me like you're just avoiding something. What is it?"

"It's nothing okay! Ugh… Just…" Riku stopped, a slight sigh passing through his lips before he gave Roxas a weak smile. "…Just not interested, y'know? I--" He stopped. Roxas looked confused for a second, but thankfully stayed quiet long enough so Riku could focus on what had caught his attention. It was a person, but they were all beaten up! He quickly shoved Roxas out of the way, as he watched the person walk behind a tree leading towards the local park. They had looked so… blank, almost emotionless. Their clothes were all torn and ripped and they looked a little bloody around the arms and face, but even more so on the legs.

Disregarding his friend, he quickly followed that person into the park. For someone walking so slow, possibly with a limp, they seemed to move really damn fast!

"Hey wait!" Riku called, the cries of his friend asking what's wrong drowned out by his own shoes clapping on the pavement sidewalk. The trees just seemed to grow thicker and thicker, less and less light streaming from the leaves gaps. Riku seemed a bit flustered, having seen such a thing and simply having it walk away as if it were nothing at all.

As he entered the park, he had to stop around the center of it. That girl had been walking. Walking! How could he lose her? And why would she just ignore him?

"Hey!" he called out, looking from tree to tree all around him to try and find the girl. It couldn't of been his imagination. "Hey, lady! Where are you? I'm a friend, I wanna help!" He tried again - nothing still.

He sighed, running his hand through the back of his hair. This was crazy. He just saw her. He was sure of it! She had been standing - or walking - right in front of him a moment ago! The trees, these damn trees just seemed to swallow her up, claiming poor Riku to be compleately mad. Perhaps he imagined it. Maybe.. Maybe it was just his imagination. Great. Now he was going crazy. A heavy sigh escaped his lips as he began to turn around towards where he left his poor friend waiting, but stopped short and almost stumbled backwards onto the grass. Very suddenly, out of nowhere, that girl was right in front of him! And really freaking close, too! It scared the hell out of him and he immediately scrambled to his feet, putting a hand to his heart. "What are you trying to do, kill me!? You scared me half to death. Hey… are you okay?"

She only stared at him. Her skin was so deathly pale, and she looked like she'd been beaten down pretty badly. And by the blood on her legs, dripping down from the center of her thighs all the way down to her knees. It implied she went through much more than a simple mugging.He didn't want to think about what else might have happened.

But he couldn't help but notice her eyes. Or eye, he should think. The other was covered by half ripped scraggy blond hair. But the visible eye was lifeless. Such a pretty green, just like his, but completely lifeless.

"...He...lp..." She said slowly, as if she'd been screaming for hours and her voice finally caved in.

Riku looked worried now, and immediately reached down for his cellphone. "H..Hold on! I'll call an ambulance!" He rummaged through his bag a second, before he finally did find it, and flipped it open. As he did, the screen on his cell flickered and fluttered, the images it should of displayed nothing more than static. A second or two it would show up clearer images, but even then there were lines of interfearance dancing across the tiny frame.

"What the hell..?" He looked back up at the girl, biting his lip. "Lady… what happened? Come on, I'll take you somewhere safe."

"...D...ie...d...th...er...e..." she cracked (find a different word) out. Riku just looked more confused, but she simply pointed towards the fountain in the middle of the park.

Riku looked, but there was nothing there. "...What? What's the fountain got to do with it?"

"...Wi...ll...di...e...t...her...e..."

Riku frowned. "...You're gonna die there? Lady, you can't think about committing su--" But as he looked back at her, she was gone.

Only the soft ocean sound of the trees, lapping waves in the leaves, was his company now.