Chapter 7

Note: A few made-up characters will be appearing in this chapter. They are there because I want to put them there.

"Yeah whatever," Sora replied. He really didn't feel like arguing with Kairi at the moment. Actually, he didn't feel anything except for the quickly growing emptiness inside of him. Kairi wasn't very satisfied with Sora's, shall we say, less-than enthusiastic response. However, she had a plan to fix that.

"Well," the evil one said smugly. "Since I'll be the only one to kiss you ever again, pucker up." The red-head forced her lips onto Sora's unwelcoming but unresisting mouth. To Kairi, it was the most wonderful feeling in the world. She was finally staking claim to what belonged to her…that was all she cared about. She never really cared about our cinnamon-haired friend, just that he belonged to her. Now Sora was feeling something much, much different. The kiss was repulsive and couldn't hope to ever come within a million miles of how great Riku's felt. But he couldn't go back, so Sora figured he would have to get used to the repulsive feeling.

Riku's Lair

Riku hadn't moved an inch for the past three hours. His head was bent forward, the forehead resting on his knees which were pulled up to his chest. His long dark silver locks fell past his shoulders, hiding his face from the outside world. And there was a great dark aura of sadness emanating from his entire being. If Riku knew how to kill himself, he definitely would. Unfortunately, he had left the vampire counsel before learning that valuable secret.

And who should appear of all in the world at the worst time in the world? Demyx of course!! And who doesn't notice the mood Riku is in? Demyx. Therefore, who wishes himself to an early grave? Demyx.

"Riku," the blonde sang happily. "Your Beloved Demyx has come to keep you company. We noticed that your latest meal was gone and, I decided to come and see if you need anything."

"Yes," Riku replied without even bothering to hide his emotions. "There is something I need, and only you can do it."

"And what would that be Darling Riku?" Demyx asked.

"Leave," Riku said. "Just leave and never come back. I'm not and never again will be in the mood to deal with your stupid antics. So just go."

"But Riku," Demyx said, sounding just a tad desperate this time. "I love you."

"And now we both share the pain of a broken heart," Riku replied. "Just let me lead my life of isolation. Good-bye Demyx." With that, he stretched out, got up, and headed toward his room. He had often seen broken-hearted females on television cry into their pillows for comfort. He had always believed that to be stupid, but now, it felt like the best thing to try.

Castle Destiny

"I don't know what was wrong with him," Demyx cried in the arms of Marluxia. "My darling Riku was just sitting there like he was the most pitiful creature in the world."

"It's ok," Marluxia said soothingly. "You'll get over it and find someone else."

"But whooooooo?" Demyx whined.

"Anyone you want," she replied in a motherly tone.

'Does she realize she just gave herself away for wooing?' is what every single member of the vampire counsel was thinking. It is a sad day when the most interesting thing for a counsel of the most powerful vampires in the world to do is watch an annoying dumb blonde cry in the arms of an equally dumb pink-head.

"That means," Demyx said. "I can go after you."

"Um no," Marluxia said letting go of Demyx while backing away slowly.

"But you're included in anyone I want," Demyx said happier this time. Marluxia had a look of pure terror on her face. True she had been dumbed down, but not so much so that she forgot what Demyx had done to Riku. Not wanting to share his fate, Marluxia ran. She ran very very very fast.

Upon reaching the top floor of the castle, she ran into Xemnas's room. If there was one place Demyx wouldn't look for her, that would be it. However, Xemnas wasn't very happy about the unexpected visitor in the room. He liked his peace and quiet and therefore was the only vampire who had not been watching Demyx and Marluxia.

"What are you doing in my room?" Xemnas said somewhat irked by the girl's presence.

"Hiding from Demyx," she replied.

"Why?" he asked.

"Well," Marluxia responded hesitantly. "Demyx finally gave up on Riku and while I was comforting him, he got the idea to start chasing after me. But I don't like him. I like Xemmy-sama."

Fate Isle

Over the next two weeks, Sora was basically just an empty shell. He didn't talk to anybody. He didn't eat much, and he didn't even voice how repulsive it was to be with Kairi. She had become increasingly aggressive ever since she had heard about Riku.

"So-ra," Kairi whined. "Why don't you pay more attention to me? I am your girlfriend." They were sitting down under the shade of a giant tree during their lunch hour at school.

"Yeah," said their friend, Toya. "You've been really out of it lately. What happened to you while you were gone?"

"You dummy," Sakura said whapping Toya on the back of the head. "Some witch seduced Sora into staying with her. He obviously feels guilty toward Kairi and mad at himself."

"Oh Sora," the red-head said in a fake sweet voice. "How sweet of you to be thinking of me." To this, Sora made no response. His head was still back at the tree house. After two weeks of nothing but thinking about Riku, Sora couldn't take it anymore. Without bothering to say a word, he ran off toward the forest. He didn't care anymore if Riku might take his life at any moment. Sora would risk anything to be with Riku.

"Sora what's wrong?" Kairi asked racing after him for a second time. "Sora come back."

"Do you really think that whoever that Riku is," Toya asked. "That she really seduced Sora?"

"No, not anymore," Sakura said as they abandoned their usual lunch spot to never return again. "I guess Kairi tried to stake her claim just a little bit too late."

Riku's Lair

Our favorite silver-haired vampire hasn't eaten anything in those two weeks since Sora went away. His stomach rumbled, and he knew that he needed some animal blood. Riku already knew what happens when a vampire goes hungry. So with a sigh, he went out hunting intent on spending as much time in the forest as he could.

Sora had reached the tree house just a few minutes after Riku had left. However, he didn't give up. For some reason, he just knew that Riku would be back soon. Since he was a little tired, Sora headed straight for his favorite vampire's bedroom. As Sora lied down in bed and wrapped himself in the sheets, he felt like he had come home.

A few hours later, our silver-haired friend returned to the tree house and instantly sensed something was different. Likewise, a certain sapphire-eyed boy chose this exact moment to wake up and go yawn and stretch in the doorway just as the other one came walking into the hall. Riku's eyes widened in disbelief as he managed to form one word with his mouth and voice, "Sora?"

Said human looked to the left, and his eyes lit up with happiness. Sora gave a squeal of delight and smiled. Riku, overwhelmed with the fact that Sora was back, could not control the irrational part of his mind. The rational half of his brain told him to be confused and inquisitive as to why Sora was back. The other half was just burning with joy. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, our silver-haired friend didn't listen to the rational side.

Riku rushed over to Sora and pinned him against the nearest wall. His body ached with need for the young teenager. Riku's hands went up to cup Sora's face and pulled him in for a sweet, gentle kiss. However, the gentleness didn't last long as Riku's tongue begged for entrance into the other's mouth. Sora, all too happily, granted the entrance his partner desperately wanted. Riku's tongue explored Sora's moist caverns and then started to massage itself against Sora's. They battled for dominance, a battle which Sora quickly lost. Soon, Sora found himself moaning at how good it felt to finally be back in Riku's embrace and kissing Riku's soft, yet firm and gentle, yet passionate lips.

When they finally broke apart, Sora's face was completely red, but at that moment, he really didn't care. Sora's heart was putting itself back together. The simple act of seeing Riku had already started that.

"Why?" the vampire asked breaking the silence. "Why did you come back?"

"I couldn't take it anymore," Sora answered honestly. "I love you Riku. I couldn't stand to be away from you any longer."

"But-" Riku started.

"But nothing," Sora said smiling. "I don't care if you do end up killing me. It just means that my life was given to keep yours going." Riku smiled even more brilliantly than Sora as he pulled his cinnamon-haired love closer to him.

"I love you to Sora," Riku whispered into that cinnamon hair he loved so much. "And don't expect me to ever let you go." This was all they both needed. Nothing else mattered. They loved each other and that was what was important. Riku was also confident that he would never hurt Sora ever again. He would never again forget to feed. Sora was back even though he knew everything, which meant he didn't care what Riku had to do to stay alive. To Riku, this meant more than anything else. Sora trusted him completely and, that's all he needed to be sure that he would never again harm the one he loved.

Castle Destiny

"Oy Xemmy-wemmy-kins," Roxas shouted coming into the room without knocking. "Namine said that Riku's not alone again."

"I really don't care anymore," Xemnas said rubbing his temples. Mere seconds ago, Marluxia had said something he never expected to hear. Now the second most annoying member of his counsel had barged into his room with no prior warning. "Just assume that it is the human Demyx mentioned and leave me alone. I have something I need to work out."

"Yes sir," Roxas shouted. "Oh and don't forget the advice a while ago."

"Just leave," Xemnas near-shouted as Roxas left the room. He, of course, had attracted the attention of the aforementioned vampire. Demyx came trotting in the room and was overjoyed at the sight of his new beloved.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!" Marluxia shouted as she attempted to run away. Demyx was closer to the door, but she was faster. For the next seven hours, no one in Castle Destiny had any form of peace. Marluxia was running away from Demyx, and during her flee, she had successfully run throughout every floor of the entire castle at least ten times. All the while, Demyx was flying through the air on his citar chasing her and shouting for her to come back. The other counsel members weren't sure which of the two they wanted to kill, they were just positive that they wanted it to stop. After all, Demyx hadn't been nearly this annoying with Riku because more often than not, he had been knocked unconscious courtesy of the silver-haired vampire.

"That's it," Axel said finally getting so fed up with the two that he couldn't stand it anymore. "Larxene come with me."

"YAY!!" Larxene shouted evilly. "Time for some vampire torture!" The first one they caught up to was Demyx. Considering he was the main cause of the problem, they figured they could just let Marluxia go and take out their frustrations on the dumb blonde.

A few minutes later, Marluxia was back on the top floor when she finally noticed that Demyx was no longer on her tail. This time she headed to her room to set up all kinds of booby traps. True she wasn't very smart anymore but at least she had gotten a little of her brain back and was smarter than Demyx. So, even though the traps she was planning weren't very good, they would work on Demyx. That was provided she ever got the chance to set them up. As she was walking to her room, she was pulled by someone to somewhere other than her planned destination.

"AAAAAAAAAH!!" she screamed thinking it was Demyx, but a hand quickly covered her mouth.

"Just be quiet okay?" asked a voice she recognized. Smiling slightly, she nodded her head and the hand uncovered her mouth. Marluxia looked around and saw that she was in Xemnas's room. Said vampire placed her on the bed and sat across from her. Then he asked, "What you said earlier. Was that true or just a way to rescue yourself from Demyx?"

Now Marluxia didn't remember what she had said, and was therefore not able to answer the second part of the question truthfully. But she was kind of offended at the first part. "Of course it is true," she huffed angrily. "I would never lie to you. Besides, I'm not smart enough to come up with a decent lie." Then, she started rambling other nonsense and, Xemnas decided that maybe just this once, he should take Roxas's advice. So soon, Marluxia had shut up courtesy of Xemnas's lips on hers.

When they broke apart, Marluxia had a smile on her face that was bigger than any ever seen on this earth. When Xemnas looked down at the smiling vampire, he couldn't help but give a tiny one of his own. Maybe, just maybe he liked her to, and maybe, just maybe he could get used to following a certain blonde vampire's advice. Of course, he would never tell anyone that. Unfortunately for him, Roxas already knew that his advice had worked.

Thing: You evil, evil, evil woman. Sora's MINE!!

Chatter: looks innocent Really? That's not what it looks like to me.

Thing: What do you mean?

Chatter: points at Riku and Sora who are making out

Thing: growls in annoyance

Riku: stops kissing Sora but his arms are still wrapped around the younger male possessively No, he's mine. And I'm pretty sure he'll agree with me.

Sora: blushes and nods

Thing: stomps away angrily

Chatter: smiles

Sora: Didn't I tell you that Chatter always keeps her promises?

Riku: pulls Sora back into a passionate kiss

Chatter: Don't you just love a happy ending?

A/N: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! I'm sooooooo excited!! This is the first time I have ever completed a story that wasn't a one-shot. Thank you to all my loyal readers and I hoped you enjoyed the final chapter of Chances. And I hope you all enjoyed the entire fanfic. I know that the entire story is done, but I would still greatly appreciate any and all reviews. Here's hoping to seeing you in any future RikuxSora fanfics I might write. BYE!!