Hey everyone, I'm back. I haven't been on this website in forever, but I decided that I definitely need to redo this story. I looked back at all the reviews I got and decided that I was going to give this a shot once again. My writing has matured (considering I'm now a sophomore in college, woot!) So hopefully I won't have as many mistakes as I used too. Ok, a few things are going to change. I'm going to change some of the personality of the character I originally based off of me, Jess, along with her name. I got tons and tons of complaints, and I guess it was a bit of a selfish move to do? Eh, whatever. And I'm also going to better Sora's personality so it's a bit more like him. Most of the story will remain the same, but I'm going to try to add more detail because the chapters were sooo short o_o. Well, here it goes, enjoy! (again :) ) (and I apologize in advance. All the stuff you learn in hs is making me not write just to write. Like I want to write an essay rather than a leisurely story. ) Point of view will remain the same, still in Sora's since that is what the story was originally in.

Summary: Sora and Riku have been friends for as long as time existed. But ever since he was younger, Sora has been dealing with a few family issues, and usually ended up taking it out on himself, with self infliction. Few people can stop him from continually hurting himself, but the only one that can stop him from suicide is Riku. Will Riku get to him in time before Sora gets to himself first?

Disclaimer: Obviously, I don't own anything to do with Kingdom Hearts. It all belongs to the creators, Square Enix and Disney (and whoever else was involved).

SAVE ME, RIKU

CHAPTER 1

A few dark clouds begin to circle my small town, I notice while I'm frantically running away. I momentarily glance up at them, to realize that I wish I could be like them. I come across a tree nearby that's easy to climb so I speed up to it and quickly force my way up the branches. I finally have a chance to catch my breath, and then I see it, the thing that I've been running away from, just trying to hide from, coming closer and closer, but yet I can't make out completely what it is. I have no clue what it is, but whatever it is, its giving me unbelievable throbbing pain in my chest, I just wish it to disappear, but I know that it can't. Suddenly I hear the beep of my alarm clock, and I awaken.

Why school, do I have to attend you? Sigh… I sluggishly tell myself as I hit my alarm clock off. I really hate having to get up this early, can't we switch times with the younger kids? Come on, we need sleep more than they do! "Oh well, gets me out of this hell-hole, that's for sure. This place is my home? Ha, yeah right. I'd get more protection and security living with a bum than I would in this place," I remind myself again, like I do every morning. Every morning is the same routine: I wake up (although sometimes I wish I didn't…), get dressed in what clothes I have laying around, and then I try to sneak out the front door, but almost always, the true situation is this.

"Where the hell do you think you are going" my poor-excuse-of-a-mother yells at me while I'm coming downstairs.

"I have to get to the bus stop! If I don't leave now, I'm going to be late, yet again! I can't afford to miss another day, I won't graduate if I do!"

"Well that's your problem isn't it! Its not my fault you can't get out of this house quick enough-" she begins to yell again, but is broken by the high cry of my baby sister. "Oh now look what you've done! You woke up your sister! Get the hell out of here, NOW!"

Well mother, I've been trying to get out of this house ever since I could walk. Oh goody, now the neighbors are waking up, for another rude awakening of screaming ridiculous nonsense. Apparently neighbors don't like waking up at 5:30 in the morning by outrageous arguments? Who knew? I sigh once again as I remind myself of this family I grew up with. This has always happened, ever since I first saw the abuse first-hand…

I realize that I have a few minutes to get to the bus stop before it arrives, so I rush over to it, to just in time get on. I want to go back to sleep, but I remember that I have a huge test this morning so I stay up doing a last minute cram-session. I hate this life. I just wish people would see the real me, see what I have to deal with at home. But in reality, all that people notice is the act that I pull. I act like I'm a straight A student, I act like I have all the love in the world, I even act like I would never cut or burn myself. Well, okay, maybe I do enjoy getting the straight A's. Hey, they'll help me get out of this situation someday, right? But everything else, no one sees. No one sees because I don't allow them to. No one's bothered to ask why I wear cuffs, or why I wear long sleeves. Because no one expects this. That's why. But there is one who knows, and that's Riku. He, kind-of-unfortunately-on-accident, caught me in the act of cutting. I don't mind him knowing, I trust him with my life, and he'll always be the one that plays my subconscious and tells me to stop. One thing he doesn't know, however, is that I love him. Not like a brotherly-love because I've known him all my life, but love as in I crave him, I want him to have my babies, although that's a bit impossible. I'm just glad that he accepts me for it, even if no one else will, including my parents. I like that he, and only him, can take me away from this life, and make me feel like I belong…

"Sora….Sora…SORA! Wake up sleepy face!" I hear this voice, I can't recognize who it belongs to yet though. It sounds so familiar, yet unknown at the same time. I think this voice is starting to shake me now, wait, it is! "Sora, get up! We're at school, you need to get up! Sleepy face, I'm going to lick you if you don't!" Haha, I recognize this voice now. It's Danica, one of our crew so to speak. She's always with me or Riku, or both. She knows just as much as he does, well except the stuff he only knows.

"Huh? Danni? School?..EXAMS! Oh no I missed them, I'm going to fail, I'm not going to be a straight A student anymore," I cry out, thinking that I slept through the whole day. Apparently that last minute cram-session was a fail this morning.

"Haha, no silly. It's 7. In the morning. Your good, love. Unfortunately, we still have to take them though…" She says while spacing out. "Can we get off already, school is about to start," she quickly says while pulling me out of my seat. "Let's go!"

"Alright, I'm coming, I'm coming…ugh let go of my arm!" I tell her, somewhat rudely. Obviously today isn't my day.

"Okay, okay, jeeze. Did you get in a fight again, or are you PMSing, eh?" She begins to tease me, like always.

"Oh yes, because I can PMS, right? And yeah, unfortunately there was another fight…"

"Okay, fine I won't be so mean to you today, haha. Take it easy, promise? Hey look, Riku!" I nod while she runs off to catch up to Riku. I barely manage to catch a glimpse before I start to mentally drool. He looks so hot today, I simply can't resist… He's wearing his infamous white shirt with a golden yellow vest on top, just enough to reveal his nicely toned muscles. As for his bottoms, eh, there just blue jeans. But those blue jeans just make me melt, they show his curves just nicely, but yet they remain baggy. I snap back into reality just in time before Riku sees me glancing over at him. I don't want him to know that I crave him, well, yet anyway. I smirk to myself thinking this, just as Riku and Danica appear in front of me again.

"Hey Sora, ready for those dreaded exams?" He says to me somewhat excitedly as he nudges me in the shoulder and his hand slips into my pocket. Wait, his hand is in my pocket? Why is his hand going into my pocket! I try to think of a happy thought that doesn't include him (which is quite hard actually) to avoid making, ahem, let's just say a scene, happen. He leans closely into my ear (Ugh, this is not helping the situation!) and softly whispers "don't read it now, read it later, got it?" I nod in confusion and shock, but relax as soon as I realize he was just giving me a note. Wait, why is he giving me a note? Eh, guess I'll figure that one out later.

The school bell dings not even a second later. "Guess it's time to go take on those exams, eh?" I say to the group of us. We take our time getting into the building and our classrooms. For some reason, the teachers seem to not mind us being late. Is it because we're the one of the few students who still obeys the rules? I start to fall behind, as I begin to think more about that note that he gave me. I want to know what it is, what it is about. Does it confess some gooey love secret? Or is it him telling me about his new favorite video game, but who would write a note about that? "Hey Sora, are you coming?" Danni questions me.

"No, you two go ahead, I'll catch up in a bit." I bluntly reply.

"Okay! Yay, Riku just you and me. We gotta get to class though, let's go!" Well, she seems a bit cheerful today. She grabs Riku by the arm and drags him away while skipping. Well, he's obviously not enjoying this, just by the look on his face. I feel like a ninja as I sneak over to the bathroom, just to get some privacy. I want to know what this note is about! I look around, once again to make sure no one is watching me, as I walk into one of the stalls. That note is driving me insane! I stumble over myself as I pull the note out of my pocket, my hand shacking in nervousness and fear, my heart pounding like it's a bass drum. The note is folded into a delicate square, with every corner and turn perfectly pressed. Sora's eyes ONLY-Riku is written on one side, looking like Riku spent hours upon hours perfecting just this little piece of print. Did he spend that much time for the rest of this note? I carefully flip the note over, scared that I would break it. I was about to start opening it, just as soon as I realized that the note was covered in even more decorated hearts than the beauty of the print and folds combined. By now, I feel like I'm having a heart-attack, my heart is beating so fast and hard. Why are there hearts….

Ok, so it's me again. I'm not going to go on because if i do, i'm ruining future chapters. (or previous? however you want to look at it.) But I want to add as much as possible, if possible.

And obviously this adding more content thing was a huge fail. -_-

And haha, cliffhanger :3

And to those that are re-reading this story, well, you already know what happens next. ;)

Oh, and let me know how I'm doing. Still needs improving, it sucks, its great, whatever! I can take it this time, haha.

(I plan on deleting the old chapters as I submit their revised form. I don't know if that still notifies people, does it? I haven't been on here for sooo long, been to focused on school. D:)

Hope you enjoyed it, I'll start revising the second chapter soon!

~ Jess.