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Ok so don't hate me but Sora is kind of a jerk in this one. Ok not, kind of, he is a jerk. Hope you enjoy... The next Chapter should be up soon I'm hoping in the next few days possibly tomorrow. Enjoy and please review. This is a newer version. I edited it. There are a couple of changes, but not too many. The story line is still the same. I just made the writing itself better.
Chapter 1: The Calm before Tragedy
Man, my life's been a complete wreck since I got back from The Place That Never Was. Kairi won't talk to me; every time Riku and I talk, we end up fighting. Sora thought to himself as he walked through the tunnel to the Secret Place. I wonder if it's changed at all. He had been back on the islands for about thirty days now and this would be the first visit. His Hair had grown longer, and spikes had gotten spikier. He also could not wear the clothes that had been made for him by the three fairies; he had grown an entire foot.
The shadows were hostile and darkness engulfed him. As he neared the cave a single streak of light shined into the cave. He cautiously entered the cave and crept silently to the center. Screams and scratching filled the cavern and Sora's ears. As the sounds grew louder, he began to panic. A hand reached out to him, Sora saw no body and everything began to go black in his mind. He couldn't feel anything, only darkness made sense to him. "NO THE WORLDS CAN'T BE TAKEN BY DARKNESS." Sora yelled, though his speech was so slurred that if anyone had heard him they would have thought he was drunk. The young brunette with sea blue eyes began to fall uncontrollably towards the floor.
Sora slowly began to come back to consciousness. He had been brought back to his bed in his room, or he had never left it in the first place. "Man you pulled some crazy stuff back there, Sora," Riku joked as he leaned back in the wooden chair next to the bed.
"Riku?" Sora asked bluntly cracking his eyes open. Riku buried his head in his cupped hands and sighed.
"NO! Who else would have carried you back to you room, put an icepack on your head and sat here aimlessly staring at the walls for hours?" Riku shouted sarcastically. The boy in bed rolled gingerly on to his side to face his silver haired comrade.
"What happened?" Sora asked as he pushed the icepack back to the top of his head.
"What happened? You don't even say 'thanks a lot Riku for rescuing me' or 'thanks Riku you're the best' or even 'you bastard why the hell'd you bring me back?' What happened?" It took a few seconds for Riku's anger to subside enough to speak and then they both cracked up laughing. A couple minutes later, tears began streaming out of their eyes. "Man, we haven't laughed like that in a while, but you haven't been drinking water enough so your dehydration explains what was going on in your head. You began yelling out in Gibberish in what sounded like 'no fish bad water' whatever the hell that means to you and then you passed out. Then I carried you back here and fix you up all nice with an icepack." Riku finished and crossed his arms to show dignity.
"Thanks Riku but-" Sora began.
"I'd love to stay and chat but I got to get back before the sun sets. See ya 'round." Riku called as he rushed out of the room and let the door slam behind him. Sora began to slowly drift back to sleep when the icepack fell off and landed on his chest in front of his face. There was a poorly written note pinned to it. He reached for the water by his bed and gulped it down like there was no tomorrow.
Sora read it aloud, "Hey Sora, Sorry for being such a dick since we got back. Meet me in the usual place and we'll sort things out. –Riku," Sora paused "What the-" The door flew open knocking the posters off the walls. Sora's head snapped towards the door to see two familiar friends.
"Heya Sora," Goofy said.
"Sora we have a problem," Donald began before Goofy cut him off.
"Sora what happened to yer head?" He had a nice lump on his head causing a section of spikes to stick up farther than normal.
"Oh nothing major," Sora mumbled sitting up to see them easier. "How'd you find me?"
"It wasn't easy but Maleficent survived and she's-" Donald began.
"Maleficent?" Sora exclaimed.
"As I was saying, she's trying to-"
"Where is she?"
"Ah phooey, as I was saying she's back, how we don't know, and she's-"
"She's trying to open the Keyhole again?" Sora interrupted.
"Not only that but-"
"We'd better stop her."
"She's got the King and-"
"The King?!" Sora shouted jumping to his feet.
"She said if we interfere she's going to kill him," Donald yelled finally getting to finish a sentence. He dropped his head towards the floor and breathed heavily for a minute.
"Is that all?" Sora asked sarcastically.
"No, she's on her way here for Kairi!" Goofy said.
"Well why didn't you just say that?"
"I was-" Donald started.
"How long do we have?" Sora asked.
"Ahem! BUT YOU KEPT CUTTING ME OFF!!" Donald yelled angrily.
Sora's eyes widened out of shock as Donald began yelling. Goofy turned to Donald, "Hey Donald I'm sure Sora didn't mean to cut you off like that. Did ya Sora?" Sora shook his head.
"Hopefully you don't need me to go anywhere until after tomorrow," He paused, "I won't be available until after tomorrow." Sora finished and Donald and Goofy both gasped.
"Are you crazy?" Donald yelled. As Goofy yelled,
"Are you sure you didn't do anything to your head?"
Then they both yelled in unison, "What happened to our old Sora?"
"What do you have to do that is more important than saving the King? What do you have to do that can't possibly wait?" Donald sneered.
"Sorry to disappoint you but I have a thing set up tomorrow with-" Sora started.
"With Kairi?" Goofy asked.
"No, with Riku," Sora corrected.
"Sora, are you… gay?" Donald asked.
"NO!! Riku just wants to make up for being such a jerk." Sora hastily explained, as a light blush rushed to his face.
"Oh…You might not have until tomorrow." Donald protested, wiping sweat off his brow.
"Well, we'll just have to see. I'm tired; you guys can sleep on the couch," Sora said as he shoved them out of the door and slammed it closed. He took the chair Riku was using and propped it up against the door to keep them out.
The two animal-like creatures sat on the couch together. "I wonder what's gotten into Sora lately," Goofy asked rhetorically.
"Yeah. We'll talk to him in the morning. Go to sleep Goofy," Donald said annoyed.
The next morning Sora woke to pounding at his door yelling, "SORA WAKE UP!! WE NEED TO GET GOING IF WE WANT TO STOP Maleficent!" Sora rolled out of bed and hobbled to the door. He pulled the chair out from under the doorknob, and Donald fell to the ground as the door disappeared from under him.
He glared at Donald and said drowsily, "Like I said yesterday, Maleficent will just have to wait until later." He pushed the duck aside and staggered down a hall.
"Morning Sora," Goofy said as Sora rounded the corner.
"Good morning, I'll be back later," Sora said and he turned to the front door and ran out headed for Riku's normal hang out spot. Once he got to the mini island, Riku jumped out of a tree and landed beside Sora.
"Hey you actually got the note," Riku teased.
"Yeah and I have bad news-" Sora began. They sat down in the sand by a tree in the shade.
"Before you go off on whatever it is that Donald and Goofy want, I have a challenge for you. That is if you're man enough to accept," Riku teased. Sora stared at him waiting for him to continue. "I bet you that I can still kick your sorry little ass at fighting. The winner gets to take Kairi on a date. Loser has to-"
"That's not fair!" Sora exclaimed with his mouth wide open.
"Fair or not, what does the loser have to do?" Riku asked with a monotone.
"Loser has to follow the winner around and do whatever the winner commands." Sora said with an evil smirk on his face. Riku nodded his head in agreement. "Anything at all."
"So are you ready to lose Sora?" Riku challenged.
"No. I am never ready to lose… But you sure need to be ready to lose," Sora said with a smile. Riku tilted his head to the side. Both of them drew their Keyblades. "The rules are?"
"No killing each other and no complaining when you lose. Got it?" Riku stated with short pauses to think. Sora nodded and the fight began. The Keyblades were clashing and moving so fast that you could see the trails of where the Keyblades had been. The fight raged on hour after hour. Riku charged at Sora and hit the Keyblade with all his might, Sora's Keyblade flew into the water and he fell to the ground. Riku put his Keyblade to Sora's neck, "Told you I'd win." Riku said removing his Keyblade and he offered a hand to Sora.
"What the-" Sora started.
"Sora!! How much longer are you going to be?" The impatient duck asked running to his side.
"Well I'd say I get to keep him until after the sun sets. We have a date," Riku said simply. Donald stared at Riku wide eyed.
"Are, you gay?" Donald asked Riku. The dog-like create ran up to Sora and began looking on the ground for the missing Keyblade.
"No, we had a deal. I'll be back soon, you'd better not chicken out and run away, Sora," Riku called running towards Kairi who was strolling along the shoreline.
"Ah, Sora, what exactly did Riku mean when he said you two had a deal?" Goofy asked returning to Sora's side.
"The winner of that fight gets to go on a date with Kairi, that's Riku. And the loser, me, has to follow them around and do whatever they say," The Keyblade bearer quickly explained.
"Why would you take a deal like that?" Donald asked. Sora shrugged as Riku walked up without Kairi.
"So?? Where's Kairi?" Sora asked.
"We set up the date for later today. Now what was the problem that you were going to tell me?" Riku asked standing up straight so that he was taller than Sora.
"Forget it," Sora said as he turned around to leave.
"Five o'clock," Riku called after him.
Thanks for reading. I have recently gone back and reread my awful writing and edited it. Reviews are always welcomed and highly appreciated. I tried to keep as much the same as I could. What I really wanted to do was to actually delete this story and start over, but I voted against that. Anyway, chapter 2 will be edited soon.