Under my Skin
People today seem more hostile with one another. It would seem that the tiniest thing would set someone off and they would end up dead.
People today, they aren't human.
People today, are cruel
Dragging his feet in the dirt, the clouds hung low in the sky. Sighing his head dropped silver hair swaying in the wind.
An orphan since as long as he could remember, he tried not to think about it. Everyone made him out to be the enemy, the evil one. He was there center of pain. All because he was different, it seemed unfair but to them he was the outsider. He was different and they hated different, different was what got you killed.
Walking his feet taking him somewhere, hopefully. This time it wasn't as bad as other days. He'd been stoned. Though he learned to run fast and to bare the pain. That was exactly what he would do, grid his teeth and bare it, till the very end.
Hearing the waves wash up on the beach the silver haired boys head raises. Was he really so different that he should be punished? Staring at the body of water his hand raises to the level of his eye, as if he were to grasp the object. Watching the waves crash again and again, a thought crawls at him.
Dropping his head he walks not toward the water but along the hill close to the shore. Following the swaying grass to the looks of what was once a prosperous city, but now lay in runes.
His only real home, this was the only thing he had to turn to in the end. Weakly smiling as he approached it soon turned to a frightened look. 'Someone's' been here,' he thinks panicking, 'What if they found me out?' he thinks swallowing quickly hiding behind a pillar.
"You find anything?" a woman barks in a deep voice.
"I thought you said he'd be here," a man barks his reply annoyed, "I thought-,"
"Put a lid on it," she cuts in, "My sources never lie,"
Shaking, 'They're talking about me,' he thinks wanting to disappear, "they have to be," he mumbles on accident.
"What was that?" The man asks excitedly.
Sighing, "Well check it out you dumb ass," shaking her head she walks off in the other direction.
'Oh no," Riku thinks swallowing peeking behind the rubble of a column. His blue eyes widening he ducks sharing at his feet.
Feeling a strong arm grasp around his neck, "Ah," Riku gets out startled.
"So there you are," the man says with a smirk, "And here I thought you were going to show me up,"
The silver haired boy's eyes twitch, 'show him up,' he thinks getting dragged away from his hiding spot. "What are you doing?" he asks stupidly trying to pull away.
"What's it look like?" the man grinned not having any trouble pulling him back.
"Xemnas what do you think your doing?" that same woman says hands on her hips, "He's useless if you rape him now," Sighing she shakers her head, "knock it off," pausing knowing there was a grin on his face, "And not in a sexual way," she then points.
'Raped,' the silver haired victim thinks, "Wait a minute," he speaks up getting both of there attention, "Why me?" he asks tearing from the man's grasp.
"Why you?" the woman asks with a smirk.
Blinking shocked that he got away he motioned towards Riku as if to go get him back. "I'm serious," Riku replies glaring at the man known as Xemnas.
"Because who better?" the woman says taking a step forward grinning, "Isn't that right, Xemnas?"
Shaking his head, "You're asking me that?" the silver haired man says shrugging his arms.
Taking this chance to get away, 'Freaking weardos',' Riku thinks sighing, 'I don't want to know why they were here,' he continues. 'I wonder if they're playing a trick on me,' he ponders.
"Ah where'd he go!" The shrieking voice of that same woman lets out throwing something at Xemnas. "You lost him!"
"I didn't loose him!" Xemnas says coolly, "He's around here,"
"No shit," the woman crosses her arms her short blond hair waving, "Now what are we going to do?" she asks.
Walking off ignoring her babbling, "We're going to find him Laryene," Xemnas says looking behind some rubble.
'No you won't,' Riku thinks annoyed dodging behind a wall that had remained standing over the years. His back to the wall he looks out at the sea. 'No matter where I go,' he pauses staring at the waves the massive body of water created. 'It's always the same,'
"Ah ha," Xemnas says grinning the wall crumbling, "Found you," he says in a cheery voice, "yet again," he adds with humor.
Tripping forward the silver haired boy catches himself before he tumbles over the cliff. Staring down at the waves more ruins lay below. Sighing, "this is getting annoying," he mumbles.
"Well then come here," Xemnas says stepping forward his feet crunching under the new rubble.
"You two," Laryene says appearing throwing some needles towards Riku.
"What are you doing!" the silver haired man screams lunging forward, though it was to late. The silver haired boy's eyes grew wide with shock.
Closing those blue eyes of his Riku gasps feeling warm liquid flowing down his warm lips. 'My head,' his thoughts mumble his head pounding, 'what's going on,' he continues feeling his body get heavy voices swirling around him.
As if he was flying his cares left him. And he felt lighter then air, "What's," he starts too tired to continue on.
The sound of rushing water hits the beach as the sun goes down. There sat a boy watching, crying as he recalled the events from earlier.
"What you don't have parents?" a girl asked, "The where'd you come from?" seeing him shrug not replying, "Oh come on I was only joking," still not getting a respond from him she sighs. Slugging his shoulder, "Cheer up," seeing him jump, ""We're buds aren't we," she says with a smirk.
"Yea," Riku says seeing the girl shake her head.
"Oh come on!" she pipes, "Say it like you mean it!" swinging on him she laughs her figure fading off her laughter echoing off into the dark abyss.
Refocusing a girl falls to the ground her dress scrapped and dirty. "Please stop," she screams covering her head with her arms.
"Give me a good reason at to why," someone says kicking her causing her to weep farther.
"Please, please!" she begs, 'I don't want to say this,' she thinks, 'I made a promise,' she sighs weeping . Getting kicked again she bites down feeling a warm liquid coming from the inside of her mouth. "Riku doesn't have parents, he's the freak leave me alone!" screaming this she feels a smirk lay upon her. 'What have I done,' cracking her eyes slightly she looks up to see no one around. It was as if a dream, but the bruises and blood were all too real.
Flashing back, "Riku I won't say a word!" that same girl cheerfully pipes up. Grasping his hands to get his attention fully, she looked up into his eyes, "Promise,"
The scene disappearing to black all that remained was Riku, "liar," he says fists clenched yelling in the dark.
Scrunching his eyes closed from the unfamiliar sensation, the silver haired boy shivers. Shaking his head slowly from side to side he chokes trying to sit up, only to cough up blood. Moaning he lays his head on the ground he felt paralyzed.
"I have to-," he started trying to get up but falling again. Gasping his eyes crack seeing where he was, waves crashing up to where he lay on a fallen pillar hidden beneath what looked like a hollowed out building with rubble every ware as was water. Groaning Riku tried to turn over his hand flying to his stomach in pain, he couldn't speak the pain was tremendous but how did it happen, he didn't remember.
Droplets of crimson blood dropped in the cool clear waters the sound echoing off the walls of his prison. 'What am I going to do now?' Riku thinks depressed the pain growing in his stomach. Attempting to get up again he hears the sound of water splashing, startled his blue eyes rise feeling moist drops along his arm. There before him were ripples where something once was, blinking, "was that a fish?" he questions going pale, 'that must have been a big fish,' he thinks fighting to sit up.
Hearing another splash behind him his silver hair shifts as he turns his head seeing more ripples, "I'm gonna die," he mumbles to himself feeling a warm liquid embrace his arm, "A fish is going to eat me," he says again upset.
Hearing the splash for the third time he jumps at the fact it was right beneath him, sliding from the pillar Riku gasps as his bodies emerged in ice like water. His arms wrapped around his stomach as the water around him discolored his head bobbed along the surface right next to where the ripples had come from, but nothing was there.