i do not any of these characters, and all that jazz, but if i did you so know all this would happen... especially when i get to part 2 daydreams

oh yea, and this flips from 3 diff perspectives: Sora's Riku's and Kairi's... mostly Sora and Riku (and since this thing is retarded, and won't put my stars in, the lil (xXx) are surrounding a flashback... i'll go back and change them when my mom's not fussing at me)

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Sora's POV:

"RIKU!!" Kairi's terrified shriek echoed through my head as she dashed away from me. I turned slowly toward them, my entire world seeming to fade around their forms.

"… Ora… SORA! He's on fire, help me get him inside!"

Everything came crashing back into focus, as the realization came to me that Riku was really in trouble. I ran over, taking his arm to help Kairi get him inside. The chain fell from Riku's hand as he grabbed my wrist, mirroring the expression of pain that was held in his clenched eyes.

xXx

I glanced back from the door to Riku lying on the couch. His breaths were coming in short groans, now heavy with an unknown agony. Kairi, kneeling next to him, ran a cold rag across his forehead in an attempt to cool his fever. Her expression appeared torn by the sudden attack, still shaken and very confused as to why Riku was hurting. "Just hold on Riku. You're gonna be all right." I simply sighed, glancing down at the small device in my hand. My thumb brushed over the blue crystal before pressing it.

(xXx)

"Hey Sora." I looked out to see two familiar faces, running to the beach to greet them. "Leon, Cloud. What are you guys doing here?"

Cloud glanced out to the end of the pier where Riku was watching us. "Just stopping by, I suppose… so is that the Riku kid you keep talking about?"

I glanced over, to make sure we were both on the same location. "Uh… yea… why?"

"……… No reason." He made his way over. I watched him in confusion for a while.

Leon shook his head, soon speaking to snap my attention back to him. "So, Sora, how've things been lately? Haven't seen you for some time now."

"Yea, uh good." I finally looked back to him, wavering a bit. "What're you two doing here? How's construction going on Hallow Bastion?"

He sighed. "Progressing. As for what we're doing here…" His eyes wavered over to Riku and Cloud. I looked as well noticing them both leaning against the tree, apparently deep in conversation. It was somewhat eerie how fast they seemed to click.

"So has anything weird happened lately?"

"Uh… define weird?"

Leon turned my head back to him. "I mean out of your normal life. Not like Heartless or something like that, just… anything… bizarre?"

I thought for a moment, trying to find something that might be classified as "bizarre." "Can't say I have. Then again, nothing seems unusual to me now."

"So, nothing's happened?"

I glanced up at him to see his eyes diverted towards Riku and Cloud again. "Why?" I was beginning to feel a bit suspicious. Like there was something he was hiding from me. "Is something supposed to be happening?"

Leon sighed deeply. "I doubt it. The King's probably just being paranoid. I'm sure things will be all right." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small golden orb with a blue crystal in the middle and several smaller jewels surrounding it, all of varying colors. "Cid just came up with these, been racking his brain trying to come up with a clever name. The blue button here in the middle is a distress call. Push that and it alerts all the others of trouble." He turned it over, revealing a tiny screen with a smaller blue crystal under it. "A map will appear here showing the location of the call. It works kinda like a video phone—where you can talk to people seeing them on the screen."

I stared blankly at the device, slowly taking in what Leon was telling me. (In other words zzt (the sound of his brain frying))

"Each is assigned a different color. Yours is blue, obviously. If you want to contact someone, just push their color and it'll connect you. If someone calls you, yours will beep or vibrate. All you do is press this little button under the screen."

All the information seemed to hit me at once as Leon placed the golden orb into my hand. I stared at it for a while, then up at Leon. "Which color is for whom?"

He looked baffled by my question for a brief moment. "Well, Cloud's giving the green to Riku, I think." He reached into his pocket, pulling out another one. "Kairi can have this yellow one. The king is that silver-ish one, and I'm red."

I blinked at him, questions still swirling through my mind. "Uh, what about these others?" I ran a finger over the orange, black, white, violet, brown, and pink crystals.

"Don't know, haven't assigned them yet." He exclaimed it almost proudly.

Cloud soon popped in (almost literally) next to Leon, who looked at him, callously annoyed, "Well?"

"He's a bit of a smart ass, but I like him."

"Well, aren't I special?" I turned to see Riku coming toward us. "I can die happy now that I know Cloud likes me."

"Careful what you wish for, kid."

I turned now to Cloud. "Hey Cloud, do you know who else has these besides The King and Leon?"

"Uh, lets' see." He rummaged in his pocket to check his. "Well, I'm black… and I think Cid said he wanted orange." He stared off trying to think of any others. "…… eh, sorry, think that's it."

Leon hit Cloud's arm to get his attention. "Come on, we gotta go. We'll see ya later, boys."

"See ya." Riku and I waved as they left.

I turned to look at Riku. "So what did Cloud want?" We started off to find Kairi.

"Not sure. I guess he just wanted to see what I was like. Said he'd heard a lot about me." He stared over at me skeptically. "So, how many people have you told about me?"

I scratched my head, laughing awkwardly. "Uh well… y'know, I was lookin' for you and all… and well… I had to know if- if anyone had seen you, so uh…. Yea pretty… pretty much everyone I met."

Riku laughed. "You know what that means, don't you?" He threw an arm casually around my shoulder. "I'll have to meet these people now. Can't have them thinkin' I'm still lost, right?"

"Ha, ha, you will. I'll see to it."

He pulled me closer. "You better."

(xXx)

I sat on the branch of the paupu tree to await their arrival. When the Gummi ship got there, I pointed Cloud and Leon in where Riku was. Kairi and I went along as well.

xXx

She sat up front with the others. I stayed in the back of the Gummi ship, sitting in the corner with my knees up to my chest as I watched Riku struggle for breath, lying on the cot bench thingy in the wall. My mind reeled with everything going on at the moment, trying to determine how to react or feel in this situation. Riku's been my best friend since before I could remember, but I was so mad at him right now that I was finding it hard to be concerned. Then again, why should I be? Riku's been through a lot anyway and he never seemed to think he needed my help, so why should now be any different? I had just buried my head in my knees, trying to comprehend what kind of horrible person I was when I felt Kairi's hand on my shoulder. I didn't bother to look at her.

"Sora, are you ok?"

"Perfect! Why wouldn't I be?"

Her hand moved away, startled. "Sora, you're not still mad are you?" She paused, waiting for a response, but I didn't know what to tell her.

"Sora. Please. You need to know, it's not Riku's fault…please don't abandon him like this… I think he's really going to need you this time, and you-"

"I DON'T KNOW, ALL RIGHT!" My head shot up to see the startled expression on her face. I sighed, laying my head back down to look away from her. "I just need some time alone for a while."

Kairi placed a shaking hand on my shoulder. "I'm-I'm sorry, Sora." Her voice was shaking as much as she was. I buried my face again, as her footsteps drifted away, pushing back the tears threatening my eyes.

My head snapped up with the sound of something hitting hard on the ground nearby, soon followed by Riku's scream. I stood, watching in horror as his body thrashed violently, his scream becoming more unbearable. "R-Riku?"

He practically stood on his head, seemingly trying to avoid his back from hitting the floor, then fell in a crumpled ball to the floor, struggling for breath, then screamed again. The king ran in, his Keyblade in hand. "Sora! Hold him!"

I ran over to Riku, grabbing his arm as it flung towards me. I had managed to gain control, wrapping my arms around his, and grabbed his wrists. It felt like if he moved too much, both of our arms would break. Kairi and Cloud ran in to help. Riku kicked a bit, then dropped his head back on my shoulder and screamed, now louder than before, tears streaming into his ears. I turned away, closing my eyes and hoping my ears wouldn't burst. The king thrust his sword into Riku's heart—a bright light pouring from where it connected—and his screams soon faded into a light groan, eyes opening slightly. He sighed as the king removed the tip of the blade, his head falling forward and tears still glistening on his cheeks. I let Riku fall to the floor, not noticing my own tears as I tried to catch my breath, unable to stop my heart thumping against my chest.

The blood on the front of my shirt soon caught my eye as I looked up to Riku and saw two deep pools of blood streaming from his shoulder blades. Cloud had lifted him back onto the cot, and was beginning to mend his wounds. Kairi and I looked to each other, then to the king, both wanting to ask the same thing, neither being able to find the words. Words were not needed anyway as he merely sighed, saying, "I'll explain everything when we get Riku safely to the castle."

With Riku now sleeping soundly, Kairi and I both sat quietly in the back until Leon pulled us into port at Disney Castle.

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yea... i do actually have a helluva lot more than this, it's just not typed yet. the second chapt should be up whenever i figure out how i can do it w/o making Kairi sound so retarded... in other words, it's never getting up... i'll probably just BS my way through it, so don't kill me if the next chapt sux.