Letter: J

Pairing: Riku/Sora

Title: Jealous

As Riku and I watch Xemnas fade away, I can't help but feel kinda sad for him. I mean, if he had feelings, maybe it wouldn't have ended like this. I mean, maybe Xemnas would have been a nice guy, if he wasn't emotionless. And who knows, maybe if he was like that, the other members would have lived, too. As soon as Xemnas has completely faded away, I can't help but feel happy that we had stopped this monstrous villain.

"We did it!" I cheer.

"I wouldn't be to sure of that." Riku corrects me as an army of Dusks appears around us.

We face back to back, getting ready for the fight that is about to take place. Waiting for just one of them to attack, beginning this fight. The Dusks make the first move, but before we can fight, a bright light appears. There are now only a few of them left, and they are surely but slowly fading away as well. I look behind me to see Riku dropping to his hands and knees. I kneel down beside him to make sure he is alright.

"Sora, I can't...." Riku starts to say.

"Don't say another word. It's not over! It's just not." I tell him.

I stand up and Riku gets up as much as he can so that I can help him up. I put his arm behind my back so that I can help support him. He then pushes himself up, and Riku turns to me.

"How can you say that?" He asks. "Even if we could go on.....Look where we are."

"Aw, come on, Riku. You've been hanging out in darkness to long. You gotta try and think positive." I tell him.

"Sora."

"Hm?"

"You lead."

"Got it."

I soon start to help him walk, and sometimes drag him along when he ran out of energy. I was leading the two of us as we were trying to find some place to go, maybe even a way out, of this abyss of a battlefield.

"You know, I always figured I was better at stuff than you." Riku tells me as we continue to walk.

"Really?" I reply, not surprised.

"Are you mad?"

"No. I kinda always thought you were better at everything, too." I say as I turn to show him my smile. Just then, something catches my eye. "Riku, look. What's that light?"

Riku looks up to see it, too. A bright light a few steps in front of us. As we walk closer, it gets bigger and brighter, soon taking us out of that horrible place and to a new place. A place that was much better than the last. It was a beach, kinda like what we have back at home. Only, it wasn't bright and cheerful like ours. It was dark and gloomy. The sky was dark with a moon hanging over it, with big, black rocks all over the place. Maybe this was the Nobodies beach. We walk a step or two more before we stop.

"End of the road." Riku tells me.

"Yep." I simply reply. For that is the only thing I can think off.

"Put me down. I can walk." Riku says.

I hesitant for a second, but I finally do it. Riku removes his arm and he stumbles a bit. I grab a hold of him to make sure that he doesn't fall. He regains his balance after a minute and stands up. He looks at me and shrugs. Silently telling me 'I told you so'. I give him a simple nod and I walk towards the waters edge.

"You know....maybe the darkness has gotten to me, too." I say to myself, but also to my dear friend Riku.

I look out to the water for a few seconds before realizing that im all alone. I turn around to find Riku on the ground. I knew he couldn't walk by himself, but I just hand to let him try. Good going Sora!

"Riku!"

I run towards him, and I slid on the sand. Im now on my hands and knees, too. Trying to figure out if he's okay or not. He pushes himself up, but continues to look to the ground. Not looking up at me, the sky, the sea, the rocks, nothing at all except for the dark sand.

"This world is perfect for me." He says aloud. "If this is what the world really is, just this. Then maybe I should fade back into darkness."

"Riku...." I say sadly.

Riku finally looks at me, and sadly, I've got a worried look on my face. I don't want Riku to go back into darkness. I've looked for so long, just to find him. I don't think that I could do it all again.

"If the world is made of light and darkness.....We'll be the darkness."

Riku turns to look back out to the sea. After hearing him say this, there is a long pause between us. I finally sit on the sandy beach and I too, look out to the sea. I couldn't think of anything to say at first, but after awhile, I knew the perfect thing to say.

"Yeah. The other side....The realm of light is safe now. Kairi, the King, and the others are there."

"That's what I mean. Hey, Sora..." I turn to look at him, taking my eyes away from the dark waters. "...could you help me? I want to get down to the water."

I get up and I reach out for his hand. He grabs it and I pull him up. To help make sure that I have a good hold on him, I grab onto his belt as well. The water is a good walking distance away, but it's not that far off. Don't worry, Riku. You'll be down to the water in no time. As I walk, I hear Riku mumble something to himself. I just barely hear it.

"At least the waves sound the same." He mumbles.

I continue to help him get to the water. As we get closer, I can't help but smile at how Riku has changed. He's no longer relying on the darkness, so, Riku is Riku again. The Riku that I know and remember. I no longer have to worry if he'll go back into darkness. I know that Riku has learned now, and that he won't ever do it again. Unless he absolutely has to. Once to the shore, I let Riku down and he gets comfortable. After he's settled, I take my seat right next to him.

"What I said back there, about thinking I was better at stuff than you. To tell you the truth, Sora, I was jealous of you." Riku tells me, his voice having a sad tone to it.

"What for?" I ask, astonished.

"I wished I could live the way you do. Just following my heart." He tells me.

"Yeah, well, I've got my share of problems, too." I say to myself, but also to Riku.

"Like what?"

"Like, wanting to be like you."

"Well, there is once advantaged to being me. Something you could never imitate."

"Really? What's that?"

"Having you for a friend."

"Then I guess, im okay the way I am. I've got something you could never imitate, too."

I can't help but smile at the fact that Riku said that to me. Sure, he's been my best friend sense, like, forever, but still, my smile is coming from another feeling I have, and I don't know what it is. So as I sit with Riku on this dark beach, I feel like im on top of the world. I've got my best friend back with me, this feeling that im not to sure what it is, is making me feel wonderful, and I've saved the realm of light. What more can I ask for? Well, other than going back home to Destiny Islands, but hey, maybe staying on this world with Riku won't be so bad. So as I sit here on this dark beach, the wind blowing on my face and the sound of the waves clearing my thoughts, I can't help but close my eyes and tilt my head back. Letting myself finally relax after this huge adventure. But, I can't get one thing out of my mind. Id love to tell Riku, but, I don't think I should. Id love to tell him, but I don't think I actually can. I mean, how can I tell him that him being jealous of me, actually caused this strange feeling?

Okay, this one had more of a friendship vib than love, but that feeling that Sora didn't know what it was, that feeling was love. So see, it's in there, you just gotta squint to see it. Anyway, I couldn't really think of a way to write for this pairing that was tied into the story, except for in this one scene, so yeah. Anyway, I love this pairing, so for all the Sora/Riku shippers out there, this is for you! Anyway, give me a review, tell me what you think, and hopefully you'll favorite this story. Anyway, until later, bye.