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'Riku' Thoughts

/Sora/ Thoughts

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Sora stopped running when he saw the castle's wall not too far away, he can finally be alone. Sitting down behind a tree, he wiped away his tears that fallen along side his cheeks.

"Stupid Riku," He muttered, "I just wanted to help..."

Maybe this idea was a mistake, him and Roxas coming here to evaluate Riku. Sora thought he could do it but it was proven to be difficult, especially with Riku constantly getting after him.

Remembering the hurtful things Riku said earlier really crushed Sora's feelings. I have to watch you because you act like a fucking kid! I find it hard to believe that you're going to be King in the future! What a joke! Ouch...

Sora mentally winced. Was it true? Does he really behave like a kid? He tried so hard to be mature, but in reality, he was just a young teen. No! Riku is wrong, he doesn't anything thing!

He sniffled, "I'm so sorry Roxas. You always defend and fight my battles, this wasn't suppose to happen." Sora said to himself, he felt like he needed to say it out loud.

As much as Sora loved Roxas, he hated when the blonde showed coldness to others. He disliked when anyone got near Sora, so he would tell them to back away from him. The way Roxas would always yell at Riku made Sora slightly disappointed, even though it was for good reasons, Sora still felt bad. Riku is aKing and should be treated with respect, no matter how much of a jerk he is.

"Hey kid? Are you okay?" A stranger asked as he walked closer to Sora.

Sora quickly rubbed the remaining of his tears away, so the stranger wouldn't see he was crying. "I-I'm fine." He uttered out, then gazed at the mysterious stranger, "Who are you?" Sora looked at the clothes he had on, a dark cloak that hardly revealed any skin showing, other than his face and hair. He looked like he could be a thief if he was really covered up.

"Name's Axel. Got it memorized." Axel smirked, "So, why are you out here? All alone?" he wondered.

Frowning, Sora looked away. "I wanted to be alone because I feel like I've been messing everything up." He sighed.

Axel nodding, "Guessing you just realized Riku is an asshole. He should just leave."

"He's not," Sora countered, "Riku just needs guidance and help, he's really not that bad." Sora didn't know why he was defending Riku but he had too. He was beginning to get upset that Axel was telling him this. Just who was he?

"Interesting." He mused.

"What?" Sora inquired.

"Nothing. So, Sora, what do you plan on doing when the going gets tough?"

"Well, I really want to help-" Realization hit Sora when he noticed something. Slowly, he stood up. "How did you know my name?" Sora questioned, moving away from the tree.

"Huh?" Axel raised his eyebrow in confusion.

"I never once told you my name! No one is supposed to know that I'm here, expect the people in the castle." Sora explained, narrowing his eyes at Axel. "I never once seen you in this castle, you're not from here are you." Sora needed to run away now.

Axel chuckled. "Looks like you're not stupid as I thought." Then he glared at Sora, deadly. "I guess we're doing this the hard way then." Sora made a run for it with Axel trailing after him.

"You know you're kinda far from the castle, right?!" Axel sneered, dangerously close to Sora.

Sora kept running even though he knew Axel was right, there was no away he would even make it. He was deep in the courtyard and the trees didn't help either. Sora was really hoping a guard from the top of the wall would notice him, so they can alert everyone that an intruder was after him.

Swiftly Sora turned around, only to crash into something the moment he looked away. He tumbled to the ground and groaned in pain. "Oww..." Sora rubbed his head.

"Sora?!" Roxas exclaimed as he tried to help Sora up.

With widened eyes Sora panic and looked at the direction Axel was chasing him. Only to see that he wasn't there anymore.

"Sora? What's wrong?" Roxas question, growing concern.

"Some- Someone was chasing me!" Sora hugged Roxas, relief that he was safe and away from the intruder. But, the thought that the intruder was around didn't ease Sora's mind. "I was so terrified."

Roxas stiffed, pulling away from Sora and resting his hand on his shoulders, gazing at the Prince. "What?! Are you hurt anywhere?" He exclaimed worriedly. Sora could have been seriously hurt and Roxas wasn't around.

"I'm fine. I thought he was going hurt me..." Sora whispered, frightened.

"Thank heavens you're alright. What happened? How did he look like?" Roxas interrogated, he wanted to find the person that was going to hurt Sora. He'll make sure he pays for it.

"He had red, spiky hair and tattoos on his face. That's all I can remember, his whole body was covered in a cloak. I assumed he was a thief, maybe he is one, after all" Sora explained. "But, the thing that set me off was that he knew my name."

"What?! How would he know?" Roxas wondered, "No one is supposed to know that you're here except Riku and his servants." Nothing was making sense at the moment to either of them.

"I don't know... But, please don't leave my sight." Sora trembled, remembering a dark memory from his past. "What if it happens again, Roxas?" Sora inquired.

Roxas narrowed his eyes. "Stop it, Sora. Don't think like that! Nothing will happen to you, I'll be protecting you. If they want you they have to get through me." He reassured.

Sora didn't respond. He merely looked at the ground, fear coursing through his veins.

...FLASHBACK...

"Please! Stop it, it hurts!" Young Sora winced as he was chain up at the wall, his hands were cuffed tightly to the rusty metal chain. His wrist ached in pain and blood was slowly oozing down his hand. The cuffs were cutting him.

"Shut up!" The kidnapper yelled, kicking Sora harshly towards his legs, which caused him to limp down as he hanged. "You're going to make us rich, Prince."

Another kidnapper entered the secret room where Sora was kept. "Bad news boss. The King answered to the ransom, but he said it will take time for all the munny to come in."

"What? How long?!" He roared, glaring at his henchman.

The guy tensed at his boss's yelling, "Couple of days at most. His only words were 'please don't hurt my son.' What do we do now?"

Sora groaned, he looked at the kidnappers. Barely catching the glimpses of there faces as they were arguing. How did he caught? All he remembered was looking for Roxas and then someone bagged him.

The boss smirked, "Well, send the King a message. All the munny shall be given to us exactly three hours from now. If it hasn't been received by three hours, this boy shall suffer the consequences."

"Boss, he's just a kid-"

"I don't care! Now get out! I'll make sure the Prince understands what we're talking about." Sora shook violently, completely uttered terrified, The boss began to walk closer to Sora.

Sora could only thrashed back and forth, tears welling up in his eyes. /No!/

Praying that someone would recused him and get him away from these bad people, but-

...END OF FLASHBACK...

"Sora?!" Roxas repeated loudly.

Sora snapped his gazed to his body guard. "Yes?" He mumbled, without even realizing he was shaking and trembling. The Prince wanted to go hack to his home, no longer wanted to be at Dawn Kingdom. He didn't feel safe that someone was after him.

"I want to go home, Roxas." Sora quaked, breathing heavily.

His heart was beginning to beat erratic as his breathe began to go faster. It seems like he was having a panic attack.

"Sora, you need to calm down. Nothing will happen to you, okay." Roxas declared, he seen Sora like this a couple of times before, but usually at night when he randomly gets nightmares from the past. Its different now that he's having it out in the open.

"Look at me," He demanded with a stern tone.

Slowly, Sora glanced at Roxas, a little shock by his attitude.

"I will not let anything happen to you. I'm here for you. Please, don't be scared." He hugged Sora, "You won't be kidnapped again. I promise you with my life."

Sora's breath hitched, but he slowly started to feel at ease. Roxas will be there for him, and Sora couldn't help but be happy he has someone like him. How he wished he was like Roxas, brave and strong. As future King Sora needs to be showing no weaknesses, yet he was.

"Thank you," Sora faintly smiled. "And, I'm here for you too." As much as Sora needed protection, he wasn't going to stand by and watch Roxas get hurt. He wouldn't stand by it. Roxas was the most important person in his life, besides his father.

Roxas squeezed him harder. "I know."

At the same time Roxas was getting a bad feeling that something terrible was going to happen soon. His feeling from earler still lingered in his mind. As if his fate between himself and Sora would collide. The one thing he didn't want anyone to find out.

Author's Note... Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Been a couple of months since I updated this one. Wow... But, I've been having ideas for this one and another chapter won't be too long away! I originally had another idea about how Axel met Sora; it was supposed to be a friendly conversation and Sora went back to the castle, and told the others he talked to a guy name Axel; which freaked everyone out because no one like that work's at Riku's castle. But, it sounded kinda boring and too friendly for Axel's taste if you ask me. So I went with this one instead because it was more realistic. On other note, I showed you a small flashback on what happened to Sora. So, now you think of the rest!?

Let me know what you think! And if any ideas please share or make suggestions! I sometimes take them into considerations, if I hadn't already thought of the idea.

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