Rating Warning: this chapter is definitely a strong PG-13, for some language and content of a sexual nature. You guys wanted longer chapters? This one's intense.
Disclaimer: Duh. Don't own them or the waterfall on the island!...except Yamiko and her awesome powers. She's mine.
Chapter Eleven: Release, Part Two
Riku and Yamiko sat at the Paopu Tree, gazing at the stars. It was getting late in the evening. The squeals of friends making merriment in the soft evening waves floated to their ears from the other end of the beach. The flames of the bonfire lit up the entire beach. For the first time, since he was a young child, Riku felt at peace with himself. The aching and longing for things he didn't already possess had ceased. The Destiny Islands, for at least that one moment, was right where he wanted to be: Right at that tree, sitting with her.
"As a kid, I was never satisfied with the information people gave me. I hated school. I always knew there was more to know than what adults told me," Yamiko reminisced. Riku laughed, "Hah! Neither was I. I skipped school a lot the last year before…well, you know." There was a bit of a pause as Riku looked at the ground then looked out at the sparkling horizon. "I knew there was more to this universe than what Destiny Islands represented: Always sunny, warm, happy and, well…stagnant."
"Our struggle for balance between the darkness and the light, both within ourselves and around us, is eternal, Riku," she said taking his hand in hers. "The problem with this world is that it has and overabundance of light. Thus the darkness is practically squelched within its realm. But as long as Kairi remains here, the Islands are safe."
"She has a keyblade, too, though. If we are summoned to fight again, does that mean the islands will taken over by darkness?" Riku thought of his father and his friends and pictured them being attacked by Heartless.
"It's an unfortunate possibility," Yamiko said gravely. "But, Kairi is an essential element to keeping the balance in this universe. She is the Princess of Light…which is something that, when we can all get together and talk, I will explain in further detail."
Riku nodded and continued to watch his fingers play gently with hers. Her skin was perfectly smooth and soft. She snapped him out of the daze as she added, "I have had three visions concerning the three of you, and two are concerning the others…one, the first vision I had after arriving here, concerns you, only."
He looked straight into her eyes, as if looking for the answer before it came.
"Do you know of this ancient symbol?" Yamiko began drawing in the sand. She drew a circle, with an S-like shape within it, then added two small dots; one in each half.
Riku contemplated a moment, and then shook his head. "Well, let me explain the vision first. Then, I'll tell you what this means; because I didn't know either. I asked one of the elders on the Isle. He told me what it was, and that it was of the utmost importance that I find you," she began, "so here goes nothing."
She sighed as she collected her thoughts. "I was completely awake when this vision occurred. Everything went pitch black. It was thick, so my voice didn't carry when a yelled out for someone to hear me. The darkness had closed in around me. Suddenly, a bright shining light came down like a spot light and quickly began diffusing. I spread eagle's wings and flew up to the light's source, and went through."
"I came up through a floor into this organic place. My wings had disappeared. There where trees and vines and two thrones made of stone. On both these thrones, there was this symbol. You, Riku, sat on one of these thrones. Beneath me, where I stood what darkness, swirling, and then the portal disappeared. I looked up as you stood and reached out a hand to me. I walked up to you, and walked me to the other throne. The trees mysteriously bloomed in white and pink. I looked down and found myself with child."
Riku blushed profusely at what this may have been suggesting. She continued, "A mage approached me. He touched my belly, and suddenly I gave birth, bloodless and painless, to a silver-haired girl. She bore that mark, in black and white, on her forearm."
She paused and shrugged, "That's where it ended. So I went to the elder, and told him about the vision, and the symbol. It's called Yin-Yang. It's the symbol of Balance between the two energies of the Universe. Masculine and Feminine…"
"Darkness and Light," Riku finished her thought. Riku and Yamiko sat in silence for what seemed like an eternity. Riku exhaled heavily. "You know…I was told that I was the only one who was able to harness both darkness and light. How do they not know about you?"
"I think that's pretty obvious, actually. I have been hiding out on these islands. With Kairi here, I slipped under the radar. Only the 12 on the Isle knew I here…besides, now knowing what the symbol means; it makes a lot of sense that there would be literal masculine and feminine counterparts."
"Speaking of which, Yamiko, how literal was that vision? I mean, that sounds like some heavy stuff to lay on someone you've just met."
"Visions, a lot of the time, are figurative. So, no, I am not here to bear your children. Not yet, at least." She added with a smirk on her face. Riku was taken aback. "Kidding, Riku, just pushing your buttons. I thought you liked my sarcasm."
"Trust me, I love it. It keeps me on my toes. However, all this is a lot to process." He squeezed her hand.
"I know. I sat and meditated on this for a year before coming to true understanding. Let me break it down for you. The darkness represents all the chaos inside oneself and in the world around us. The light is intuition, divine truth and knowledge or discovery. The wings represent breaking free or transcending. The greenery of the throne room suggests the abundance of the life force that surrounds us, and its cycles. The thrones are a symbol of us attaining control of our existence, and adding in the ancient symbolic context suggests that the two of us are a revolutionary team that needs to help the rest of this world attain the same balance. Giving birth is just a figurative symbol of creation. I gave birth to balance. The elder told me that if we work together, if we are one, in harmony with the Yin and Yang, we will perpetuate it for the entire universe! Isn't that nuts?"
"But you believe it, don't you?" Riku asked, sitting closer to her on the tree than before.
"I do. I've trusted my dreams and visions before. This was intense. It was unique to anything I've ever experienced." Yamiko held both his hands in hers, tugging slightly but imploringly. "Please believe me when I tell you that I've never had to tell anyone anything like this before."
"I believe you. Something deep down, beyond all rationality, knows you're right." Riku ran his fingers through her obsidian tresses. "And to think, I thought that I was alone in this journey…"
Riku leaned in and placed a kiss on her forehead. They leaned foreheads against one another a moment, a strange warm sensation crept down both their bodies, to their feet and into the ground. They pulled away to look into each others' eyes and saw a faint white aura building around both of them. Yamiko leaned toward him as he toward her and her ruby lips met his; warm, soft and delectable. Even through closed eyes they knew this strange light had emanated from them. They pulled each other closer, deepening their kiss as dark desires permeated them. There was a giant flash of light and they hit the ground.
For a moment they lay on the sand. Riku opened his eyes. "What was that?"
He helped Yamiko up, who was quite shaken. Riku extended his arm to her and she went to grab his hand….and they froze. There, on both their right forearms, was the symbol from her vision, just like on the baby. They looked from their arms to each other's faces and back in astonishment.
"This is it," Yamiko said, catching her breath. "This is the beginning. Everything has been put into motion, Riku. We need to talk soon to Sora and Kairi, because I think we're all going to have to leave again by summer's end."
"We'll go find them in a minute. Let's just catch our breath." She leaned against him as they sought comfort on the sand at the base of the tree.
The moonlight reflected on the ripples in the pool as the cool cascades sprayed lightly. Sora and Kairi walked barefoot, hand in hand to the pool. When they arrived at the water's edge, they placed their towels on the ground and just stood silent. Neither wanted to speak or suggest first.
"This is silly." Kairi blurted out. "We've been thinking it for so long, and dreaming and talking about it for days. Here we are, and what do we do?" Kairi started flapping her wings like a chicken.
"Well, it was your idea." Sora taunted her. She feigned shock at his words.
"Is that how it's going to be…just like the dream. You have all that courage fighting monsters, and none for your beautiful girlfriend who might get a little…naked."
Sora was speechless. She was right. But before he had time to react, her belt and dress fell to the ground. He caught a glimpse of her cute little posterior as she dove into the water. Oh my gosh…this is actually happening. I am going to jump into that water with a bare-naked Kairi!
He pulled off his hooded jacket and then his shirt, and left his keychain and gloves in his jacket pocket. He ran full blast to the pool and jumped.
SPLASH!
Kairi giggled hysterically. "You are even leaving the pants to me, huh?" She swam over to him. The water was chilly but refreshing for a warm summer evening. He could only see the shimmer of the moonlight upon her wet skin. Sora was incredibly nervous. His body was at full attention. He knew what was about to happen.
"Kairi, Can I...?" She shushed him with a kiss. She pressed her whole body against him. Their skin was slick against each other, but still warm. Her breasts were so soft against his chest. Neither of them had ever felt this before. He wrapped his bare arms around the soft curves of her waist. They simply held each other and kissed passionately. Sora pulled away to catch his breath.
"Sora?" Kairi searched his face. He smiled at her. She took his hands and gently placed them on her chest. He was dumbfounded. He never knew her to be this forward. "Touch me, Sora…I want you to." Holy. Shit. He almost couldn't handle the pressure. But all of a sudden he moved his hand and regained a certain consciousness as to what was really happening. He cupped her soft supple breasts in his hands and began to massage them gently. She leaned into his hands, and bared her neck to him. He leaned in and began kissing her neck, then her shoulder. She shivered at his touch. He is my one and only…only he could make me feel like this.
Finally, she pulled away momentarily. She just smiled at him. She swam away into the waterfall and swam back. She just giggled with excitement.
"You'd make a beautiful mermaid Kairi. We'll have to go to Atlantica someday." Sora gushed.
"Mermaid? Does that mean you've had a dorsal fin before?" She prodded him. Kairi grabbed him by the belt. "It's your turn to lose the pants. You're making me feel silly over here!"
She undid the two crisscrossing belts and the zipper and knocked Sora off his feet and into the water. "Gotcha!" She laughed as she shook his pants in her hands tauntingly. She was trying to have fun with him, but Sora was so afraid of letting his inner animal loose.
Kairi saw that she missed his boxers. She came back over and embraced him, slipping her hands down his back to his butt under the waist line of his shorts. She grabbed him grinded her hips into his. Sora lost his cool. As he devoured her pink, soft mouth with his, he let his shorts fall off and float back to the surface. Kairi just continued to press her hips and against his...He was hot to the touch against her body. She took her hand wrapped her fingers around him. Sora let out a soft moan. Suddenly a flash of light came from the distance.
They both paused and looked at each other. "We weren't expecting a storm, right?" They floated next to each other for a moment to shake off the shock of the energy that had been disturbed. They eyed the sky for a minute.
"Guess, it's not a storm." Sora stated.
"If we see it again, let's get out just to be safe." Kairi suggested, "But for now…where was I?"
Sora let out a hum of delight as their flesh began to make contact again. He smiled against her lips as they kissed. He decided to get brave. He reached down and found a small tuft of hair between Kairi's legs. She responded by kissing him harder. He stroked the crease of her pleasure spot gently. She positioned herself to allow him room to move. His fingers dove farther between her thighs as she let out soft gasps of pleasure. She began nipping gently as his shoulder. "Oh, Kai!" He exclaimed. He was definitely in sensory overload.
"Whoa, guys!" A familiar voice made them jump apart.
"Sorry, didn't know you were having some alone time over here." Riku apologized.
Sora and Kairi's hearts pounded in their ears. Sora stammered, "I, um, we, uh…yeah." Thankfully it was quite dark so no one see how naked they really were. Riku and Yamiko began to walk away. Riku turned and called back to his friend.
"We all have to sit down and talk in the morning, Sora. You two should get some sleep, 'cause this stuff's serious."
What do you guys think? I went a little nuts writing this. All in two sittings. please gimme feedback on this one!