1A/N; yeah well it's been a while I know. But school and stuff ya know? Well anyways I've been reading some fanfics (even though I should be writing I'm sorry) and I've decided to step my game up some. So here it is.

Knight In Shaded Armor

"What do you think you're doing?" came a strong and irritated voice. Miyuki opened her eyes but saw no one but the expanse of black cloaks and shimmering weapons. She noticed the grip the Demyx had on her had slackened. "Answer me," said the voice again.

Miyuki still hadn't completely grasped what was going on. She started to believe she was dead. "What happened?" she asked no one in particular.

"You were being reckless," said the voice again, with it this time came the sound of echoing footsteps. The dark, hooded figure came slowly into view Miyuki's vision was blurred by her fatigue.

"You saved me?" She asked with a weak voice as she tried to wriggle out of Demyx's ice hand.

"No one else in here would have," the voice said. "Do you even recognize me?"

"Yeah," she said weakly, wincing at the sting from the cut under her eye as she blinked. "how did you do that to them?"

"King Mickey didn't just help you out," said the figure.

"I ve got to finish this," Miyuki said weakly as she continued to wiggle in the ice hand.

"Before or after you make yourself sick from working up a sweat in a hand of ice?" the figure said.

"Riku, stop worrying about me," she grunted weakly. She used her heated Oblivion to melt the ice from the hand. As the last bit of ice thawed away, she dropped to her feet but stumbled backwards. She was nearly swaying to keep herself balanced.

"Look at you, I ve never seen you this hurt before," Riku rushed to her side to attempt to keep her from falling.

"I m fine, I m just scratched up," Miyuki said. She tried to move her right arm but the sharp stinging pain prevented it.

"You broke your forearm," Riku sighed.

"I can t just leave," Miyuki said, holding her right forearm. "Even if I could, I don t have anywhere to go,"

"I ll take care of that. Just come on," Riku said.

Miyuki looked him sternly in the eye. He returned it with a glare of his own, starting a raging silent battle of wills. Miyuki decided to keep her pride and accept her defeat. Her psychical, and mental condition were no good for a fight. She sighed dejectedly and slowly limped toward him. The cut on her leg just started bleeding. She came to a halt right in front of him. Riku looked down at her. His current vessel towered over her. Miyuki looked straight ahead into his abdomen. "I'm not going to argue with you, Riku," she said softly.

"Alright," Riku said, feeling without purpose, expecting a heated argument but instead she actually agreed. In his confusion he slowly wrapped his arms around her frail, battered frame. He could tell that this fight, if had continued for a second longer could have put her in critical, even life threatening condition. He placed his hands gently on her upper arms, feeling small weakened muscles, and softly pulled her away. He made a portal behind them and guided her though it. No sooner did they walk through did time release the Organization. Their attacks exploded into the opposing wall nearly blasting holes into the Nobody stronghold. Demyx looked around and saw that Miyuki was nowhere to be seen. He let out a small smile.

"She'll be back," Xigbar boasted. "She's too bullheaded to leave a fight unfinished."

"Yeah," Demyx said.

Miyuki and Riku arrived in Hollow Bastion, in front of Kagoli and Takemi s house. Riku walked forward, deciding to let Miyuki walk herself, knowing that she would rather not be seen being escorted because of injury. Miyuki hesitantly proceeded. Riku looked back at her. "What s wrong? Are you okay,?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," she said quietly as she walked favoring her left leg.

"Then, what's the matter? Don't your sister and brother live here?"

"Yeah, but they really don t want me around. And I promised Takemi that I would bring you to see him." Miyuki said.

"So what's the problem?" Riku asked.

"You re not all the way Riku, and I don t really like imposing on people," Miyuki said uneasily.

"You just don t want to face down your sister," Riku said.

"I really don't. I don't want to be the one who only comes by when she needs something. I don't want to rely on my younger siblings," Miyuki replied.

"Then rely on me, Riku said. He turned to her and looked her in the eyes and thought how much more effective this would be if he had his own body. Stay here. Wait for your arm to heal, and do what you can to help them. And don t leave right after it heals. Train them, make them want you to stay, leave them when you are positive that they don t want you to.

"But, Riku. . . ," Miyuki sighed.

"I ll go with you," Riku said.

Miyuki was still a bit skeptical. But having Riku with her would make her feel slightly more comfortable. I still don t want to go. I feel like I m using them,

"What'd you get yourself into now, you re a mess," came Takemi s voice from behind.

"Apparently, more than I can handle," Miyuki said sadly.

Riku glanced over his shoulder at Takemi. Takemi shot a quick look at his eyes and walked forward between the two. He stood in front of his sister. "So are you comin' back?" He asked.

"I suppose. I m not in the condition to go anywhere else," she sighed. "How's Kagoli?

"I don t know. She's been up and down. She feels kinda bad about making you leave though," he said keeping a distance between himself and the strange figure behind him. "So did you help your friend?"

"Kinda," she said as she limped along. Riku didn't bother to help because he knew she wouldn't take it.

"You find Riku?" He asked again.

She looked Riku in the face. Riku nodded and stopped.

"Let s say I found who I was looking for. Just not what," she said. She stopped and few feet ahead of Riku. "Riku is right behind you."

Takemi stopped dead in his tracks and spun around. "This is Riku?"

"Yes and no," Riku said. "It s me, just not my body."

"What?" Takemi said. He looked extremely confused.

"I'm borrowing a friends' body." Riku said.

"What?!" Takemi still didn't understand.

"Yeah, I got into quite a bit of weird stuff while I was away," Miyuki smiled. "This is really nothing compared to mostly everything else."

"So who's got his body?" Takemi asked.

"No one. This just might be my body forever," Riku sighed.

Miyuki's facial expression dropped. She couldn't believe it. "You are kidding, right?"

Riku shook his head.

Miyuki sighed. She found her self longing for the strong young boy with the ice blue eyes and silver hair. That she fell in love with years ago. Riku could feel her disappointment. He saw a small loss of the glimmer and fiery determination in her eyes. He felt the same. She would never feel comfortable with him in the body of her worst enemy. This gave him even more drive to get his original body back. Miyuki looked at Riku with masked confidence and he returned it. "So how's Dankuseix?"

"Don't remind me. He and Kagoli have been so lovey-dovey lately." Takemi said.

"Really," Miyuki said. "She's about the same age I was when I met this guy," she said referring to Riku.

"I got a bad feeling about him. I don't know why but I just suddenly felt like this." Takemi said.

"So do I," Riku said. He grabbed onto Miyuki's hand. It felt so small in his oversized hands, which was strange since Miyuki's hands are quite large for a female almost as big as the hands on his original body. He leaned closer to her. "I got some things to tell you," Riku whispered.

"Alright," she whispered back.

Kagoli walked outside with Dankuseix at her heels. "What happened to you?"

"Nice to see you, too, my life is goin' great, how about yourself?" Miyuki said sarcastically.

"I'm sorry can I take a minute to be concerned."

"I went to take care of some business." Miyuki said.

"Looks like you've been manhandled," Kagoli replied. "You might have to stay here until you heal up."

Riku looked at Miyuki as if saying 'I told you so.' Miyuki sighed.

"Thanks, Kagoli, I appreciated that."