Kingdom Hearts
Walking With Strangers
Ch.1

Description: A -somewhat- sequel to Kingdom Hearts II. As heartless begin to appear in an unknown world, Riku and Sora journey on to help rid itself from the darkness. RikuxOC for a main pairing. Rated T, because I can.

Disclaimer: Kingdom Hearts, and any other characters that appear here do not belong to me. They belong to Square Enix and their rightful owners.

A/N: Some spoilers for the Kingdom Hearts series. Death, angst, some guy on guy fluff, and all that good stuff. You've been warned, don't like it, then don't read it. Enjoy!
Also, yes I'm re-writing this story because I really didn't like where my other plot was going. Sorry for those of you that had this on your watch list, some stuff might stay the same but I'm mostly making everything new and improved.

Out in the endless limits of space flew a small ship, in that ship there were three familiar passengers. One was the hero of light, the other was a master of the darkness, and the last was a princess of heart. It had been some time since the three were all together at last, and now they were on a small trip to go and visit the world of Twilight town. It was one of the last worlds that Sora thought he would never see again, but clearly he was wrong. The hero told his friends in that world that he would come and see them again; and he always kept his promises.

Sora bounced about in his seat as he watched the stars zoom past the window of the small Gummi Ship. His blue eyes were wide with excitement as he sat in the pilot's seat, feeling as if he were a leader for an important mission once again.

"It was nice of the king to let us go visit Twilight town again." Kairi said, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear. "I wonder how everyone has been; the last time I saw them well...Axel kind of kidnapped me."

Sora seemed to flinch when she said that. "Yeah…but you're safe now. I can't wait to see the look on their faces when we show up and surprise them."

He turned to see his silver haired friend sitting in his seat, arms folded with his eyes closed. He wasn't asleep, that's for sure because he seemed alert and stirred a bit when the tip of his Keyblade made contact with his knee.

The older boy opened one eye and grumbled, kicking the weapon away. "Stop that, or I just might end up kicking you next time."

"Oh c'mon Riku get up here and enjoy the ride with us." Sora half whined sitting in his seat facing his friend, "It's no fun without you."

Riku sat up right and shook his head softly. "I'm okay back here."

The smaller teen gave up quickly, and with a small pout he turned back around and started up a chat with Kairi. Riku gazed out the window closest to him and watched the sky float on past. It felt good to be going back to another world, not having to fight off heartless. At the same time it almost made him feel like he didn't have a purpose anymore; like he didn't have a right to be in someone else's home without having a reason.

He laughed at himself; the boy who wanted to get away from his island didn't want to go anywhere further than his doorstep since they returned home. Most of his reason was because he didn't have any friends in the other worlds like Sora did. He wasn't ready to be all smiles and rainbows after all that happened. But as Kairi had been telling him, (way too often for his taste) it was just his normal grumpy attitude keeping him from wanting to venture away from their paradise.

"Hey, we're almost to Twilight Town!" Sora exclaimed jumping up in his seat. His wide grin showed how much more excited he was getting.

Riku took a wild guess and also thought Roxas was part of his friend being so happy. Twilight town was his "home" after all. His friends nobody must have been adding to his feelings of excitement the whole trip there. It was nice seeing Sora happy again though. He always seemed so drained of energy when he was fighting the heartless, it was almost sad.

"I bet Hayner and Riku will get along well," Kairi was saying, "They're both hard headed and stubborn."

Riku rolled his eyes and walked over to the girl, ruffling her hair making sure to mess it up well. "I'mstubborn? Who kept insisting she come along on this trip, even though it could, for some reason, be dangerous?"

The cherry red head closed her mouth, and her cheeks reddened from embarrassment. She smiled sheepishly and turned back in her seat. The girl always knew Riku was the first one to not tolerate any nonsense that came from her mouth. But she didn't mind, it had always been that way since they first met.

"You guys ready to land?" Sora broke in, waving an arm about getting his friends attention. When they both nodded he grinned, "Okay. Sit back and fasten your seatbelts, lady and gentleman. We'll be arriving in Twilight Town shortly."

Kairi quickly fastened her seatbelt, slightly sad that her first Gummi ship ride was about to come to an end. Riku sat back down and strapped in, watching as the small world before them grew bigger as they came closer. It looked so peaceful and quiet; maybe he would enjoy the trip after all...as long as a certain brunette wouldn't force him to make friends.

"The town is so beautiful." Kairi said in awe. Her blue orbs seemed to be dancing in excitement, "I can't wait to see everyone!"

Riku felt a small amount of excitement in his chest, but nothing really out of the ordinary like his two best friends. He had spent some time here, watching over Sora, but he never really got to relax and explore the town.

"Hey Riku, you okay?" Sora asked sincerely, looking back over to him.

He's too kind for his own good.Diz had mentioned, boy was he right.

A thin smile crossed his lips, "I'm fine, Sora. Really, you don't have to worry about me. I'm a big boy." He teased.

When Sora laughed he felt at ease. His friend might have been too kind, but at least being around the boy made everyone who came in contact with him calm. Well, most of the time at least. Even when Riku did get irritated, he never loathed Sora for it. It was just in his nature.

"Landing in T-minus 30 seconds."
"Do you even know what that means you bum?"

The brunette grinned. "I've always wanted to say it. But Donald never let me."

Sora was bringing them into land, the smile never leaving his face the entire time. For a spilt second, Riku could have sworn he saw his friend's other half. He was smiling right besides him, waiting to return home.