Night Must Fall

by Zemia

Slightly AU. AxelxRoxas and RikuxSora. Sora needs the half of himself that is now Roxas, in order to awaken and become whole. However, neither Axel, nor Riku, are willing to budge on giving theirs up for the other. How will they solve this mess?

1. Chapter 1

Night Must Fall

by: Nemia

Disclaimer: Nobody in the Kingdom Hearts universe belongs to me. I claim no kinship whatsoever and sing Square Enix praises. May they forever toss my money into their giant pool of cash. The only thing I'm getting out of writing these is sick sadistic pleasure out of making the character's lives even more difficult. , Nemia

Chapter 1 – Darkness Is With Us

"Darkness is with us. And soon, night must fall."

It started with a dream. A hand being held out, a name being called, and then… weightless water, dark as the stars engulfed him.

A faceless whisper, "Help me … need him.", then all was gone.

The silver-blonde teen sat up in bed with a groan, holding his forehead to the heels of his palms, muttering to himself, "That same dream again. Whose hand was that? Who were they calling for? What the hell do they want?!" One of the hands slammed down onto the mattress that he rested against, before Roxas got up and restlessly paced to his closet. Glancing at the clock, he tugged on a black tank, white baggy shorts and a white baggy half-sleeve jacket, he shoved his boots on and headed out the door.

The gang was waiting for him by the usual spot and since they were planning on doing something today, rather than just hanging out, he didn't want to keep them long. Roxas ran down the block and past the Moogle's shop, heading for the alley that would take him to their meeting place. He dodged past lazily-walking shoppers with practiced ease, a bright smile on his lips and in his eyes.

Stepping out of the shadows, a dark cloaked figure turned its hood towards the boy, watching his departure. "So. There you are." the figure murmured to itself, chuckling softly. "Enjoy yourself while you can. We shall meet again, and soon." The shadows behind the figure swirled and grew darker, then engulfed the robed one, leaving no trace behind that anyone had been there.

TBC

Author's Note: Short, sweet and to the point. I'm plotting out how this is going to go.. considering what I'm doing to it, it's not so easy. I couldn't just do random AU fluff, had to make my life harder than it had to be. LOL. But alas, I can't seem to write fluff, not very well anyway. And I hate putting 'myself as a char' into the stories. I think they're … well.. eh. Usually don't read them either. Oh well! Plodding onwards to Chapter 2.