This new house was beautiful. Riku couldn't deny that fact. He had thought that over and over every time he'd come back to fill the house with more boxes. The outside was bright and sunny, and the inside was cool, medium shades of various blues and beige. Its two stories held one and one half bathrooms and three bedrooms. They had already decided that the third room would be used for part guest room part study.

Riku's father, Sephiroth, was helping him move a bed into that very room.

"Come now, Riku! I know you're stronger than this!" his father commented already breaking a sweat himself.

"Father, you shouldn't be chastising me when you're the one breaking a sweat!" Riku replied.

Riku loved his father, and Sephiroth loved his only child. They laughed together and quickly pushed the bed into the corner. The only things left were the two bookshelves, the books, the small desk, the lamp, and the chair. It didn't take them more than ten minutes to move those since they were all so light. Riku quickly hugged his father before he left in his black Mercedes to the hospital where he worked on the children's floor as a doctor.

Riku never minded being alone. He liked the comfortable silence that came with being alone. He grabbed a book from the bookshelf and began to read it. Peter Pan was a good book he supposed, but the children should have been more responsible in his opinion. He loved how family like they were, though. For as long as he could remember, it had been just him and his father. His mother had died of leukemia just after his second birthday. He could still remember her voice and scent if he concentrated extremely hard. Suddenly he got the urge to go into the basement.

The room was nothing more than concrete and pipes. He saw some boxes in the corner and went to investigate them. His blew thick layers of dust off of the first one before opening it. Inside the box was a collection of old things. He found an old, tin Spider-Man lunchbox. It was obvious the thing was from the early eighties. He also found some clothes that looked like they would fit a boy around his age.

Carefully taking out the lunch box and clothes, Riku dug deeper into the box. His hands grasped what felt like a picture. He pulled the object out quickly to discover he was right. He looked at the picture immediately noticing the boy. He had soft, dark blue eyes and chocolate brown hair all mused up in spikes. The kid was smiling the biggest grin Riku had ever seen in his life. Riku deduced that this was the boy the clothes and lunchbox belonged to. He caught himself pondering why the boy's possessions were packed away in his new basement.

He ignored his thoughts and dug deeper into the box. In his curiosity, he accidentally crunched up some paper. He carefully pulled this out as well. The headline astonished him.

'Local Boy Run Over By Train'

Riku couldn't help but to read further.

'Local boy, Sora Hirano, was supposedly pushed onto the downtown train tracks by a currently unknown attacker. The police are working as hard as they can to find the culprit. Sora was loved by everyone he came into contact with. It is truly a mystery as to why anyone would want to hurt him. This boy wouldn't have hurt a soul.'

Riku could have sworn he heard the lunchbox move.

Sora's body was found at about 3:00 p.m. by his home room teacher, who was worried because his father had told her he left for school. Sora never made it on school grounds. He was run over around 7:00 a.m. and cause of death was extreme blood loss due to his body being cut in half. The police found only a strand of long white-silver hair and partial prints off the bruises Sora had on his-'

This time he definitely heard metal scrape concrete. He chose to ignore it.

'forearms. The entire town is on watch out for anyone with mysterious behaviors. With the police plus all of us we are hopeful that young Sora's murderer will be caught and put to justice.'

BAM! The lunchbox flew across the room whizzing past Riku's head before finding its resting place in front of the box. Riku looked around in puzzlement before realizing no one was there. He calmly took a deep breath exhaled then slowly asked,

"Sora?"


My long-awaited story! R&R please! This is my very first Kingdom Hearts fan fiction! I would love for you all to give me constructive criticism. I'm pleased with how this fanfic came out, and I feel very confident! The only thing I regret is the size of this chapter. Later chapters will be longer! The only thing I ask for is a review! Thank you! X3