Abused

"Sora!"

"Ma'am, we're going to have to ask you to stay back." One of the cops was restraining back a woman with shoulder length brown hair. She replied with glaring at him defiantly. Sora sighed.

"I don't know her." He muttered. Truth was, it was his mother. He guessed she had seen his stunt on the news. Don't you hate live TV?

"I think she's going to end up in trouble." Kairi whispered to him.

"So?" Sora shrugged. "That's her problem, not mine. She'll have to deal with the stunts I pull from now on. I'm sick and tired of having to hide my abilities from the world." Riku snorted in amusement.

"Heh, mind if I tag along on your rebellion?" He asked. "Start by showing off at school tomorrow?"

"I was planning on that anyway." Sora shrugged.

"You two are unbelievable…" Kairi shook her head.

"Your point?" Riku and Sora asked her in unison.

All it took was a few minutes and the three were instant friends again. Weird, huh? Sora and Kairi had been having problems with Riku for a few months now… and suddenly it all cleared up. Riku was amazed that Kairi and Sora had forgiven him so quickly, while Sora insisted that Riku had always been his friend.

"Let me through!" Snapped Sora's mother.

"She won't shut up until you do." Sora said in a monotone. "You might as well let her through." She seemed surprised by his dull tone.

"Sora?"

"Roxas."

"Huh?"

Riku snorted to hold back a laugh. Kairi shook her head with a smirk.

"Sora?" His mother repeated.

"XIII."

"It was funnier the first time. Now it's just getting old." Riku commented.

"Dang." Sora snapped his fingers.

"You know her?" The cop asked Sora.

"She's my annoying mother, yes." Sora nodded matter-of-factily. "She probably freaked out when she saw my stunt on TV. I've done more impressive."

"The Nobody or the Somebody?" Riku called up to him teasingly.

"Shut up." Sora laughed. "Both of us."

"Name one thing you've done."

"Killed a thousand Heartless singled-handedly." No one would understand what he was saying, besides Riku and Kairi.

"Is that all?" Riku seemed unimpressed.

"If I mentioned everything I doubt anyone would bother talking to me."

Riku rolled his eyes. "Half people don't even know what a 'Heartless' is. Or a Keyblade, or a Nobody for that matter."

All of the adults seemed to cast each other nervous glances.

"Did you mention… Heartless?" Asked the interviewer.

"And Keyblades too!" Exclaimed a cop.

"How do you kids know about that?" Exclaimed Sora's mother. Sora glanced back at Riku, who nodded. Both raised their right hands out in front of them, summoning their Keyblades. Everyone gasped in wonder.

"And I'm the Seventh Princess of Heart." Kairi announced.

"I though the children were safe…"

"But we knew that as long as Ansem lived, the Heartless would find them." One of the cops sighed. "Wait… how do you spell 'Roxas'?"

"R-O-X-A-S, why?" Sora asked.

"If you rearrange the remaining letters, Sora, you get S-O-R-A." Riku told him. Sora let out a whistle.

"Organization XIII's naming system makes sense. I'm shocked." He commented. A small pang of amusement welled up inside him. "Wait… what about Namine?" He glanced at Kairi.

"Namine wasn't part of the Organization, remember?" Kairi replied.

"Hey, if both you kids have Keyblades, who's the Keyblade Master?" Asked the interviewer. Sora nervously raised his hand.

"Heh heh… Hello?"

So their secret was out. FINALLY! They could do what they wanted! No more keeping the whole Keyblade thing a secret! Wait a minute…

"How did you guys know?" Sora asked.

"The Heartless War in Radiant Garden years ago. Ansem came to us for help." Answered Sora's mother. "Everyone who was old enough to remember it knows about Heartless and Nobodies. King Mickey… I wonder what happened to him…"

"The King?" Sora, Riku and Kairi instantly perked up.

"This has to be kept quiet. Only these kids can know about this." One of the cops declared. "It was fate that taught them about it, so let's leave it. This was all banned to be taught to children for a reason. We want the whole story on everything you kids have been through."

Riku moaned. "I really don't want to relive that…"

"Neither do we, Riku." Sora glanced back at him. He understood how much harder it would be for Riku, with the whole giving into the darkness thing. Sora's left hand clenched into a fist as he grit his teeth.

"Sora?" Kairi asked him. Sora didn't respond right away.

"Hmm? Oh, sorry." He unclenched his fist and let it fall to his side.

"You alright?" Riku asked him. Sora glanced back and nodded as if nothing was happening.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" He smiled. Sora was really starting to hate Roxas' influence on him. It was making him less him, even though he was 'still all you' according to Riku. That was false. He and Roxas seemed to have that personality that didn't get along with itself.

Sora's hand suddenly strayed to his necklace, pendant, whatever you wanted to call it. He yanked it off his neck suddenly and held it up in front of his face. Kingdom Key disappeared, and Sora climbed into the ambulance to be away from the world.

"Let's hurry up." He said in a monotone.

"Sora?" Riku blinked in confusion.

"Kid's right, we should get going." One of the medics commented. Rachael climbed into the ambulance quickly and helped Riku into one of the seats, and he ended up beside Sora. Kairi got in after that, sitting across from them.

The medics wordlessly closed the door, and soon after the engine started and they were moving.

"Sora?" Riku glanced at the brunette. Sora showed no signs of response, which Riku found weird. "Sora!" He repeated, louder this time.

He's always pushed you. You've always been rivals. He said it himself. You don't need him! He's been teasing you for the last few months! Why help him? You have your own problems.

Get out of my head!

"Sora!" Riku repeated, even louder. Sora was jolted from his thoughts, and glanced back at Riku, before he turned away, giving him the cold shoulder. "What's your problem?"

"It has a name."

"Roxas." Kairi looked at the ground. "Roxas' memories are keeping you from your own life, your own freedom." No response. "That's it, isn't it?" Sora nodded.

"Sora…" Riku put a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Don't let Roxas get in your way. Let him think what he wants to." Riku knew that Roxas had a sour taste about him, ever since the skyscraper battle. Then there was the virtual Twilight Town to make things worse. Sheesh, for not having emotions, Nobodies could sure hold a grudge. Riku pondered what would've happened if he hadn't been wearing a blindfold in that fight.

"You know, when you can tell everyone about a secret, then you have to keep it quiet, the frustration builds up. Then suddenly you can tell the world, and it's just an explosion." Sora commented. Riku nodded.

"I know the feeling. I know the feeling."