EDITED!! June 26, 2008
When the World Stops Spinning
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts. I just own this idea, which I probably don't own either because someone likely already did a fanfiction with this idea in mind. I haven't read one like this yet but who knows?
Warning: This is a Riku/Roxas fanfiction. If you are a homophobe (though I don't know how any Kingdom Hearts fanfiction reader could be) or don't like the pairing Riku/Roxas than don't read.
Chapter 1: Sora's Idea and Riku's Plan
Sora squirmed and shivered in his bed. It was in the middle of the night and the full moon made his tan skin look grey and sickly.
His hands pulled at sweat-soaked sheets and his toes curled until they popped.
"ROXAS!" Sora yelled, waking himself up. The brunette gasped for breath, sweat covering his body making the sheets stick to his skin. The covers and pillows had long since been thrown onto the ground during the night.
Sora put his face into his hands and groaned. Rubbing his head the teen muttered to himself.
"Roxas. Roxas, where are you?"
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Riku absentmindedly twirled a pencil between his fingers as he looked at the chemistry question. Sora was supposed to be working on his geometry homework but couldn't stop his eyes from wandering to Riku every few seconds.
Sora knew that Riku worked with DiZ and Namine to put Roxas in Sora's body and he knew that Riku was the one to bring Roxas to DiZ. Therefore, it makes sense that Riku would have had to have contact with Roxas at one point even if it was to fight against the blond.
"Riku?"
The purple-platinum haired teen quickly looked up, startled from his homework.
"What is it Sora?" he asked annoyed.
"What – what was Roxas like?"
Riku raised an eyebrow at the seemingly random question. "Well, I can't really answer that. I didn't exactly hang out with him, Sora. You know that."
Sora felt disappointment go through his body. He had to know more about his nobody. How can he ignore his other half?
"Is that true?" Sora asked desperately. Riku was the only person he knows that is still living who had contact with Roxas. If Riku can't tell him anything, than no one can. "Didn't you like talk to him a little? Have any conversation at all?"
"Well, we talked somewhat…nothing important. Why are you so curious all of a sudden?" Riku sounded like wanted a change of topic but Sora wasn't going to let that happen.
Hey, if all else fails; tell the truth!
Sora leaned forward on the couch; textbook nearly falling off his lap. "I had this really, really weird dream last night. It was kind of a flashback to when we were about to defeat Xemnas. Roxas and I held hands while he did that disappearing into sparkles thing but in my dream his … face looked different. He looked kind of … scared. And than I was in the middle of nowhere and all I could see is darkness and Roxas lying on the ground. For some reason, he looked faded and than slowly he disappeared."
Sora looked back down at his geometry book. It was sticky from chocolate stains Sora put in there accidentally while snacking. That dream really freaked him out but it made him think. What happened to Roxas when he went into Sora? On that note what happened to Namine too? Sora groaned softly and smacked his head into his hands with a soft smack. This is getting complicated.
"Do you…" Sora paused, not sure what to say. "Do you think he's happy? Wherever he's at."
Sora looked up at his best friend; a spike on his head falling into his vision.
Riku was staring at the dark maple carpet and after awhile he sighed. Instead of answering the question; he gave Sora his own question. Slowly he asked, "Sora, has Roxas ever tried to talk to you?"
Sora scrunched up his face; not knowing where this was going. "Um…no."
Another sigh. Riku set down his pencil onto the coffee table beside his textbook and binder. "I was hoping you weren't going to say that… Ansem or Xehanort's heartless can't go two days without blabbering about darkness or whining about his situation… You and Roxas have a slightly different relationship seeing as you're the same person but I don't see why you two shouldn't be able to talk like we do. Have you ever tried reaching out to him in your mind?"
"Well, do you mean like talking inside my mind? I tried that and talking out loud… When I'm alone!" Sora said the last part quickly.
"And he's never answered." Riku ended.
"No." Sora said quietly with a sigh. "I wish there was a way to see Roxas in person. I want to know him so bad. And he deserves to live his own life."
Sora twiddled with a spike on his head as he stared depressingly out the window. A sunset could be seen and it reminded him of Twilight Town. Roxas's town. "Riku, do you think Roxas will ever have a chance to live his own life. He deserves to be more than just a memory. I used to think that he's living his life through me. Like I'm living for the both of us or something, but now I'm not so sure."
Sora grew determined and turned his whole body towards Riku. "Ri, we have to find a way to give Roxas his own life. I remember how I felt when I was a heartless. I couldn't think clearly, I couldn't move clearly. It was a horrible, detached feeling. What if Roxas feels that same way? And even if he doesn't, he still should get to live. I don't know where to start but I will find a way to have Roxas become his own person."
There was no answer for awhile and Sora scratched at the edge of his textbook, not sure what to say next.
"There is one way that you and Roxas could be separated, Sora."
The brunette jumped in place a little, not expecting Riku to talk after the long pause.
"Really! What?" Sora asked, eyes blinking owlishly obviously not expected Riku to already have an idea in mind.
"… Maleficent has been sending me messages lately. She wants me to join her forces again. Apparently she's getting desperate for some henchmen. You know how "good" a worker Pete is." Riku said wirily. "It's possible that she might know and tell us a way to separate the two of you if I help her out…" Riku let the last part fade out.
The younger teen's smile slowly faded away and he gained a pensive expression. He knows from fighting her and hearing about Riku's experiences that Maleficent is dark and manipulative. There are many different consequences for talking to Maleficent about Roxas and not all of them are good but … there isn't another way. And Riku has experience with the darkness so it's not like he's going to drown in it again and Sora would be with him this time. No way is Sora going to leave Riku alone with that bitch…and it's the only way to save Roxas.
"Let's do it."
Author's Note: Sorry it's so short. This is pretty much just a prologue to the story. All I wanted out of this chapter is to establish that the whole plot of the story is Sora and Riku trying to give Roxas his own life. I already have the rest of the story outlined but I don't mind people putting ideas in their reviews. In fact, I encourage that. I can't promise your ideas will be put into the story but I'll consider all of them.
I would like to know if anyone has any ideas for any other pairings for this story. The big pairing is Riku/Roxas (even though the story is from Sora's point-of-view) and a few others I won't say now so I won't spoil anyone but if anyone has any ideas than please tell me.
Also, I already know who I want Riku's parents to be but I'm not sure about Sora yet. I would like his parents to be Final Fantasy characters but if anyone has a plausible way for Disney characters to be Sora's parents than that's fine with me. I just want to have some options to choose from.