Kingdom Hearts Truth Behind Truths Chapter 1: Departure, a kingdom hearts fanfic

Author's Notes:

Yep, my first RikuxSora story So be nice!! And comment! I worked on this for a while in the summer, (alittle more than a month) then I stopped.. I just finished it recently and got my (male) English teacher to read it over with me D He's so cool! (though he didn't make any corrections ; ) But anyways, I really hope you like it!! If you do, I may make a sequel (it'd take place after KH 1 when they're in Castle Oblivion from Chain of Memories)

What inspired me was a story by slashable! Send me an email if you want the link to the story, for some reason my com's freaking out and it's not letting me add the link...

Disclaimer:

I don't own Riku, Sora or any other Kingdom Hearts / Disney character. I just have fun manipulating them

Warning:

YES, this IS a shounen-ai story. If you don't like RikuxSora, then please don't read this, it'll most likely make you very angry, causing you to bitch to me under the Reviews. (look at the first comment) Just keep your distance from me and my stories, then go on your merry KairixSora way.

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Destiny Islands Part One

The two boys sat side-by-side on the pier, watching the clouds pass by, and the waves roll in and out of the sea. This was Riku and Sora's normal hangout, other than the cave they had discovered about a year ago. They often sat there without a care in the world – just watching the days go by.

It was on one of those lazy days that it started.

"Sora?" said the silver haired boy, his aquamarine eyes fixed intently on the vast ocean before them.

"Mm?" Sora replied lazily.

"I've been wondering for a while now… do you think there're other worlds out there? I mean… Don't you think that there are other people and places off of this island that we haven't seen?"

Sora looked up at Riku, his blue eyes growing wider — not from fear, but rather, from confusion. Sora never was the sharpest crayon in the box.

"What d'you mean?" he asked. "You don't like the islands anymore?" His expression changed from confusion to a pout. Why wouldn't Riku like the islands anymore? Sure, they're small, but… it's still home.

Riku smiled at Sora's pout. Anyone who knew Sora found his pout absolutely adorable - especially Riku. He had feelings for the hopeless boy ever since they first met – not that he could actually remember when they met; for all they knew, they had known each other their whole lives.

"It's not that I don't like it here… you know that. I just want to see what's out there — I don't want to spend my whole life cooped up on this island…don't you want to know what else there is, Sora?"

Riku's eyes met Sora's and they silently agreed to get off the island together.

Destiny Islands Part Two

"Did ya hear about the girl at the mayor's house??" Sora asked Riku, his eyes shining with excitement.

"Yeah, what about her?" Riku asked stoically. He hated it when Sora got excited about someone other than himself. Sora did belong to Riku after all.

"She floated up on shore, Riku!! From nowhere!! From—," he looked around to make sure that no one was listening, and whispered in Riku's ear, "another world!"

Riku shivered as Sora's hot breath mingled on his ear. Sora blinked stupidly.

"Riku? You ok, you're turning all red… Oh, I get it, you like the new girl, huh?" He grinned cheekily.

Riku swatted Sora on the head. "I do not!! You're the one that wants to marry her!!" Riku could've kicked himself for that one.

Sora turned a deep shade of red and stuck his tongue out. "At least I know she wants to marry me too!" Sora didn't realize what he just said. "Race ya there!!" he yelled and ran off.

Riku stood where Sora had left him. He felt as if his little heart might crack in half right then and there. Sora's voice kept echoing in his head, "At least I know she wants to marry me too!" His eyes filled with tears. It's not fair… It's not fair… Riku repeated to himself.

He cursed under his breath, trying to keep the tears in his eyes from falling as he ran to his and Sora's cavern. He never knew how long he sat there, trying to regain himself enough to face his best, oblivious friend.

Destiny Islands Part Three

"Wake up, you lazy bum!"

"..huh? Where am I..?" Sora asked sleepily.

"You're on the beach, dummy! You planning on sleeping here all day?" pestered the red-haired girl.

Sora lay down again. "Maaaaybe!" he said, giving her a classic carefree grin.

"Hey!! Why aren't you two helping me with the raft?" Riku yelled.

Kairi giggled, and Sora yawned. Of course Sora felt bad for not being more useful; it always was their childhood dream to get off the island and all, but he had very, very important matters to attend to. Like getting the right amount of sugar every hour. And, uh… sleeping.

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"C'mon Sora, help me! Here, hold me log!" Riku ordered, and threw the log he was carrying onto the half-asleep brunette. Kairi giggled at Sora.

"Hmph, and what're you giggling about? You're just as lazy as he is," Riku said, nodding to Sora.

Giggle. "So you noticed," Giggle. It was amazing how much this girl could laugh. You'd think she'd eventually choke on air or something. Secretly, Riku wished she would.

For now, Riku rolled his eyes and sat next to Sora. He was hoping to converse with the younger boy, but Kairi would not be ignored.

"Hey guys, let's have a race!!" Kairi said in her hyper Kairi-ish voice.

"Are you kidding?" Riku muttered bitterly. He hated having her tell him what to do. Especially when Sora was around, because Sora always obeyed her.

"Fiiine!" said Sora.

Giggle. "3, 2, 1, GO!" she shouted. And they were off! Riku and Sora ran side-by-side, leaving the giggling moron in the dust. For a second it felt like before Kairi had arrived at the islands — when Riku didn't have to worry about sharing Sora with anyone else.

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Destiny Islands Part Four

"Sora!" Riku called the younger boy. They had just finished talking with Kairi about their plans for the next day — the day they set sail. Riku had to be alone with Sora for just a little bit longer — Kairi would be on the raft as well, and we all know how thrilled Riku was about that idea.

"Yeah?" Sora turned around in time to catch something bright and yellow. Riku watched Sora as realized that he was holding a paopu fruit! He blushed and stammered, "Riku, wh-why're you giving me this?"

Riku smirked. He loved the way the brunette looked when he was embarrassed.

"If two people share one, their destinies become intertwined. They'll remain a part of each other's lives; no matter what." He laughed at Sora's shocked look and ran his fingers through his silvery hair, "C'mon, I know you wanna try it."

"Oh. You mean with Kairi…right?" Sora said half to himself, staring down at the fruit.

Wrong. Riku's face hardened. How thick could this boy be?

"Sora, I have to tell you something…" Riku edged closer to the spiky haired boy.

"What is it?" Sora looked up at Riku innocently. Damn, he was not making this easy. Riku adored everything about Sora; from his sky-blue eyes, to his baby-ish voice, to his crazy hair, to his ass. But ever since Kairi came along, Riku didn't dare to touch Sora in a more-than-friendly way. For the past 6 years Riku had kept a box around his feelings, making sure that they never, ever got out. Lately, however, the box had been getting weaker and weaker, until it finally…

…collapsed.

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Sora saw a flash in Riku's eyes; a new emotion — one he'd never seen there before.

"Riku?" Sora asked hesitantly.

Riku was getting closer to Sora. He was even close enough to-

Riku pulled Sora into a fierce and passionate kiss. Sora's eyes widened and his body tensed.

What. The. Hell. Was. He. Doing?!

Sora tried to pull away from Riku, but it seemed that the more he struggled, the tighter Riku held him. Sora could feel himself growing hotter – in more places than one. Riku's tongue explored Sora's mouth while his hands explored Sora's body, and neither of these motions were helping to cool the brunette down.

Sora's struggle was useless, and he knew it. He could feel himself relaxing, and soon enough his eyes were closed. It was starting to feel… good. Riku's skin was soft and warm, his scent was making Sora feel nostalgic, and his lips were like--

Wait, WHAT?!

Sora's eyes opened again. This was Riku. Riku's a boy. HE WAS FREAKING KISSING RIKU!!

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"Stop…" Sora muttered. Riku ignored the spiky haired boy's plea. "Stop, stop… Rikuu, stop it…" he begged.

No stopping.

"GOD DAMMIT, STOP TOUCHING ME!!!" Sora screamed.

Riku opened his eyes quickly and finally let go. Riku glanced Sora's way cautiously, to see a horrified look on his face. A rush of guilt ran through the older boy. He had forgotten the three reasons why he wasn't supposed to touch Sora:

1- Sora's straight

2- Sora's straight and has a girlfriend

3- Sora's straight, has a girlfriend and Riku didn't want to ruin their relationship as best friends by scaring the boy shitless

Whoops.

"Riku!! What the hell was that?! I – You – YOU'RE DISGUSTING!! I can't believe you'd… you'd… ARGH!!" Sora threw the paopu fruit down by Riku's feet, and stormed off to his house.

Ouch.

"Shit…" Riku muttered to himself, softly touching his lips. "What have I done now?"

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Sora rolled over. He couldn't fall asleep. He couldn't get those shining aquamarine eyes out of his head. He shivered. The look on Riku's face wasn't his usual "I'm better than you" smirk, or even his infrequent "I can't believe you beat me!" pout. Oh no, no, no. This was much different. This was… lust.

Sora felt himself growing red, and buried his head into his pillow.

But why would Riku, his best friend in the whole wide world, do anything like that to him? Sora knew everything there was to know about Riku – at least he thought he did before – now he wasn't so sure. And to think that they would be alone on a raft in a few hours!!

Oh.

But Kairi would be there too. Kairi… Riku wouldn't dare to do anything in front of her, right? Riku, along with everyone else on the islands, thought that they were a couple after all. Little did they know that Sora had already, very gently, told Kairi that he wasn't interested. He loved Kairi as a little sister, nothing more, nothing less. And she was never as close as… Riku. Blush.

And the worst part of it all was how right it had felt at the moment. How good it had felt to have Riku's strong arms wrapped around Sora's body; how nice it had felt to have Riku's breath lingering on Sora's lips; how natural it was to know that their hearts were beating in the same rhythm – ugh, it was all so wrong! They're both guys. GUYS! Sora was doing things with a boy that he'd never even done with a girl! For Christ's sake, his first kiss was with that boy!! And there's no way that he was ever going to turn out to be ga–

Tap tap.

Sora lifted his head from his pillow to see the silver haired boy sitting on the windowsill next to his bed. Sora's face reddened, and he scrambled out of his covers running to the other side of the room. He looked around his room for a weapon to help him protect himself – and all he found that could be useful was a comb. Hm, it seemed brand-new, too… "Oh shut up, brain…" he said to himself, and shook all thoughts of the comb out of his head while holding it out defensively against Riku.

"Don't touch me, I'm armed!!" Sora threatened. He knew how stupid this might seem to Riku, but he was not about to let his room turn into a gay-sex harem. No way.

Riku's eyes darkened. Luckily for Sora, they didn't change from a longing to get into his pants. It was from – sadness.

Sora's glare softened. He put the comb down and took a few steps towards Riku.

"I'm so sorry, Sora…" Riku whispered softly. "I know you're with Kairi and all, but you needed to know sometime, and… I'm so sorry, this isn't how I wanted to tell you…" He sighed.

Silence.

Sora didn't know what to say. Riku was hardly ever sad, and when he was he'd do his best to conceal it. And Riku was never famous for saying "I'm sorry."

Riku smiled weakly.

"Oh, and don't worry about the raft thing, you and Kairi can go alone. I'll find a different way out of here. You don't have to worry about me doing anything to you, ok?"

Sora frowned. No, it wasn't "ok." There's no way Riku could make his way in the world alone. Especially if he was in a new and unknown world. He needed Sora and Kairi to set him in the right direction. And Sora couldn't help but think that he needed Riku too. The dream of leaving the islands was shared by the two of them originally, and it just wouldn't be the same if they were separated. The whole point was to leave everything behind them and be together. Wait a second…

"I'm sorry." Riku repeated. He jumped out of the window, and started heading towards the small island off shore. Sora plopped down onto his bed again, and watched the older boy run away.

This was too much for Sora's little brain to process at one time. Not only did Riku like Sora, he believed that Sora and Kairi was a couple, and he wanted to leave them alone on a raft while getting off of the islands his own way. How does that work?

Sora's thoughts were cut off by a loud crash of thunder. He looked up at the night sky. A crack of lightning and another blast of thunder erupted beyond the clouds. This time it was louder.

"Riku!" Sora said, spotting his friend's silhouette. It was on the far edge of the island off shore, facing the unsettled sea.

"What's that stupid kid doing now..?" Sora muttered. He got up and leaped out of his window, running toward Riku. He could faintly hear his mom calling him to go eat dinner, but he continued running. Riku was being reckless again, Sora could tell.

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Riku sensed Sora coming. He turned around in time to see the brunette running toward him on the boardwalk.

"Hey! Riku!! Go inside, it's dangerous out here!!" Sora shouted.

Riku shook his head and remained where he stood.

"I found another way out," he told Sora. Sora stared in disbelief.

"What do you mean? To get off the island? How? Where??" he asked impatiently.

"A door…" Riku replied. Sora looked around as if expecting to see a door in a palm tree or something.

"A… door?"

"Yes. A door has opened for us, Sora! Now we can go to other worlds!"

A dark aura began to surround Riku. He could feel the darkness slowly consuming more and more of his body, but he ignored it.

"But what about Kairi? I thought she was with you!" Sora shouted over the darkness.

"Kairi's coming too," Riku said quietly. Why was it that every time Riku wanted to talk about just the two of them Kairi always came up? To quickly get off the subject he said, "Come with me! This is our only chance! That raft won't get us to other worlds, but I know this can!" He reached out his hand. "Come on, Sora! I'm not afraid of the darkness!"

The darkness rose higher in the air. Sora struggled to get through the shadows and grab Riku's hand. They were close, their hands almost joined together when suddenly the darkness consumed both of them whole.

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Whoot, Chapter 1 is done!

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See ya in Chapter 2!