My take on Wishing-Fire's This or That Challenge. For one it sounded like fun. For another, I've been trying to discipline myself with my writing lately, both with word count so I don't end up babbling on for eighty pages and with actually finishing something for once. So, here I go with Chapter One of my first challenge ever.

I remember a particular scene in Re:Coded of a flashback where Riku is holding his hand up while starring up at the moon. No words were spoken at all, but it just seemed like a powerful scene to me; therefore, it provided a little inspiration for this.

Disclaimr: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. Just actual fanfic is mine, though.


Riku: Hero

What did it mean to be a hero?

Riku starred up at the sky between outstretched fingers. What did it take?

He thought about Sora, how he always seemed to know the difference between right and wrong. He made it look so easy. Riku sighed and let his hand fall to his side. I wish I could be like you. Just following my heart.

My heart.

Riku raised his hand again, closing it over his chest. Even after everything, it still pumped with life and purpose.

Maybe I'm a different kind of hero, he thought. A dark hero.

Close enough.