OMG, this is it…
Sora: The last chapter?
I… think so…
Sora: Oh thank King Mickey!
Demyx: But he wasn't in this story.
I'm gonna go cry in a corner.
Cloud and Vincent walked about the gardens of the palace as the land and sky were bathed in the last light of the descending twilight, the cool air sweeping over their skin reminding them of the winter season that was still upon them.
"I must say Vincent, making your garden frost resistant certainly gives off the aura of a warmer climate." Cloud commented as he sniffed a rose.
"Marluxia's doing, you know how he is about plants." Vincent responded.
Cloud chuckled, "That was also a generous maneuver, allowing him and Larxene to live only to be stripped of their titles as Knights. You only have," he counted on his hand "four now."
"It's fine. Larxene was practically Riku's mother, and Marluxia's her brother so I felt I should be merciful." Vincent said.
"You know you should be glad you didn't make a bet with me because by this point you would have lost." Cloud commented.
"Why do you say that?" the Vampire Lord asked.
The Angel looked up at the sky, "I promised you that you would see our son's wedding, that's tonight. You doubted you would live to see it remember?"
Vincent smiled, "That's right. I still feel I owe the Princesses of Heart a great deal."
The evening Riku woke up after his birthday he had watched the sunset from his balcony, the snow chilled breeze waffling against his face, neck, hands, and bare feet. He felt empty when he looked down at the garden he had walked through with Sora the night before; he half expected to see his father walking about in it, taking a peach or a cherry, as was his routine.
But his father was dead, he wouldn't walk the gardens at sunset anymore just to take some fruit or make sure the flowers were blooming properly. He wouldn't come up into his room to sit beside his son on his bed and pet his hair until he awoke, he wouldn't here anymore stories about past battles or his mother.
"Riku, you'll get sick if you don't dress properly." He heard Sora say tiredly behind him.
"No worries, I'm coming back in." he turned and went back into the room, closing the door behind him "I'll have to get use to the difference now I guess." He said.
Sora understood his Vampiric fiancé was still in pain over the loss of his father, and although he said he would be okay it couldn't be expected for him to have recovered right away. But the Angel was determined to help as much as possible "It will be difficult no doubt, but we'll get through it together." He said.
"Don't take on my father's death as your burden Sora." Riku said.
"Why not? He was family to us too, he's Oto-sama's best friend. How can I not feel what you feel? That's like telling me to not love you." Sora responded.
"I don't want you suffering. My pain is enough for both of us, for the whole clan." Riku said.
Sora cupped Riku's face and raised his head so that their eyes met; he could see the pain of loss still fresh in them. He leaned up and kissed him softly, "What's the point of us practically being bonded at heart if you refuse to share the pain you feel in it? Your pain is mine and my pain is yours. If we can't feel it, then we can't help each other to overcome it."
Riku bit the inside of his lip to keep building tears from falling and Sora rubbed his thumbs under the Vampire's eyes "Don't hold it back, it's okay. It's just you and me." He whispered. With that Riku let the tears fall, a few sobs racking his body every so often. Sora wrapped his arms around Riku's neck and Riku held Sora's waist as they slowly rocked back and forth.
After about an hour Riku calmed down and wiped his face of the tears staining his moon-white skin "Thank you Sora, I needed that." He said.
"Of course." Sora said with a warm smile that the other Prince returned, a little of his sadness disappearing.
"Sora, Riku! Are you awake?" Roxas called from the other side of the bedroom door.
Sora went over to the door and cracked it open enough to stick his head out to his shoulders "What is it?" he asked.
"Come down before the food gets cold." The blonde said.
Sora looked back at Riku who had moved to sit on the bed "Do you want to go down and eat?" he asked.
"Not yet. Go ahead, I won't keep you here."Riku said and he heard the door close, letting out a sigh. He felt anther weight beside him and a pressure on his back "I thought you were going to eat?" he asked.
"I wanna stay with you, I get the feeling you need me right now." Sora said.
"Don't let me hold you down Sora." Riku said.
"I'm holding myself down, it's my choice." Sora responded.
Riku gave a small grin, "Okay, let's head down or else you'll starve."
As they walked down the hall Luxord came out of Vincent's room and rushed over to them "Your Highness, I need you to come with me right now." He said frantically.
"Why? What's going on?" Riku asked.
"It's your father." The Knight answered.
"My father? But he died." Riku said.
"You don't understand sir, you see the Princesses of Heart-!"
"Luxord! Did you find Riku yet? Vincent needs his blood like now!" Xion called from the room.
"One moment Princess! Just please come with me." He said taking the silverette by the arm and leading him to the room with Sora following at their heels.
"Luxord what the hell is going on?" Riku growled feeling quite annoyed at the lack of information.
"Finally! Get over to that bed and put your wrist in his mouth." Naminé said pushing the Vampire towards the bed.
"What the hell are you all saying?" he exclaimed from the pent up annoyance.
"Riku?" a hoarse voice called.
Riku turned fast and saw the crimson eyes of his father, the eyes he knew so well for sixteen years, staring up at him "Father?" he asked in disbelief.
"Don't stand there gawking he needs you blood now!" Kairi said.
Shaking his head Riku got onto the bed by Vincent and held his wrist out to him. Vincent bit into the pale flesh and welcomes the red liquid of his son to flow into his mouth; after a minute or two Vincent pulled away with a sigh and looked into the aquamarine eyes of his child with tears welling up in his eyes and a smile on his face.
Riku touched Vincent's face and smiled as well with his tears falling freely, "You're alive."
"My daughters aren't the Princesses of Heart for nothing." Aerith said with a smile.
Riku looked to the woman and her daughters "Thank you, thank you so much." He said and embraced his father.
Sora was smiling from the doorway "Call it a late birthday gift. I love you Riku." He whispered.
"Hey is there a party over here or what?" he heard Demyx ask behind him.
"The Vampire Lord's alive." Sora answered.
"Say what now?" Demyx looked in as saw Riku and Vincent in the middle of an embrace "Holy crap! Lord Vincent's alive! Lord Vincent's alive!" he cheered as he flew about the palace.
"I'm glad you kept your promise my friend." Vincent said.
"I always do, no matter how impossible it may seem." Cloud responded.
"There you are, everyone's been looking for you. The boys are already at Castle Oblivion." Leon said when he found his lover with their friend.
Cloud and Vincent began laughing "Well we lost track of time." Cloud said.
"Hey Axel, how exactly does a wedding like this work?" Sora asked as he put his T-jacket on.
"Quite simply. Riku will drink a little of your blood and you'll put a ring on each other's fingers. We can't have a traditional Vampire wedding because you're an Angel so you don't need to take blood." Axel explained.
"Oh okay. Uh… will we be able to have kids?" Sora said.
"Sure no problem." Axel responded.
"Okay Sora, take a look at yourself." Roxas said after clasping Sora's last pendent around his neck.
Sora looked in the full body mirror. His outfit was white with silver patterns, a shirt with a T-jacket over it and shorts that fell half past his knees and sneakers, basically something casual yet fitting for the occasion. He tucked his Kingdom Key and Wing of Chaos under his shirt leaving only the crown pendent visible then nodded in approval, "Okay I guess I'm ready."
"Hey Sora, you do know Vincent's passing on his title to Riku too right?" Roxas asked.
"Yeah. What about it?" the brunette responded.
"Well it's just… Oto-sama's planning to pass on too. And since you're the oldest…" the blonde trailed off.
"You're just scared Rox. You can handle being Higher Arch when the time comes I know you can. Besides I have to stay with Riku since he's the only heir. Oto-sama and Oto-san knew they would need two children in order for things to remain balanced, every clan needs a leader. I'll be by Riku's side and Axel will be by yours, everything will be fine." Sora said.
Roxas bit his lip and squeezed his eyes shut but one threatening tear fell and he hugged his twin tightly "I'm just going to miss having you around." He whispered.
Sora returned the embrace with equal strength "I'll miss you too. But we can visit each other. We never close the gates on one another." He said.
The blonde pulled back with a small smile and nodded, "Right. Good luck my brother."
The door opened and Cloud stepped in "It's time Sora. Are you ready?" he said.
Sora nodded and waited until Roxas and Axel had left the room then stepped out standing just in front of Cloud. On the opposite side to his room he saw Riku once again clad in black but the outfit was different, from what he could tell the vampire was wearing a black leather trench coat with a silver chain looping in a wide 'U' shape in the front between the ends.
The hood of the coat was up so that it covered his silver hair and half his face. Leather gloves covered his hands and the pants and boots were visible "Why is he wearing that outfit?" Sora whispered.
"It's one of their traditions. They test the one who proposes to see if he truly knows his mate to be by covering all his senses accept for taste and smell. You can't speak and tell him it's you or it will bring bad luck in your marriage. Only let him smell you and taste you blood, and if he knows it's you, you can reveal yourself." The Higher Arch explained.
From behind Riku Vincent nodded at Cloud and the Angel returned the gesture each telling their sons to walk forward until they were in front of the alter facing each other. Sora looked around the room, it was the Ritual Chamber where he fought Ansem for the right to Riku and won. He had expected to feel a dark presence but he felt only the nervousness of everyone watching them.
Riku reached a hand out seeking Sora's shoulder until he grasped it gently. He stepped closer to the Angel to breathe in his scent, testing for a masked scent that he could possibly identify as someone else's finding none. With his free hand he touched Sora's chest and the brunette had to hold back a gasp when he felt his heart jump.
Riku felt the pendants around his neck, the crown, the Kingdom Key, and the Wing of Chaos. He leaned in and bit the Angel's neck to sample his blood tasting the all too familiar citrus flavor he had tasted a few days before after Sora had accidently cut his finger "You're definitely Sora, only you taste like those paopu fruits from Destiny Island." He said with a smile.
Sora smiled brightly as well and slid Riku's hood off seeing the blindfold that covered his eyes, he removed that as well. Riku opened his eyes and allowed them to adjust to the light of the room then focused on Sora. Leaning into the Angel's neck again he took a few swallows of blood and in that time they slipped silver rings on each other's fingers.
Once he felt the Vampire release him Sora leaned up and caught his lips not at all minding the blood that was still there but smiling into the kiss once her heard the room erupt in cheers and applause. The kiss broke and they rested their foreheads together smiling, Sora unable to help the soft giggles he was emitting.
Vincent put a hand on Riku's shoulder and his son looked at him nodding. Sora stepped back as Riku knelt down in front of Vincent and the room was once again silent; the Vampire Lord took a silver crown encircled with rubies and diamonds and held it just above his son's head. It wasn't anything too extravagant, it was quite simple like a ring for someone's head.
"I pass the title to Riku Lucian Valentine, Prince of Darkness, now our Vampire Lord." He said as he placed the crown on him and it hid itself among his platinum hair. Riku stood up only to be embraced by his father and the room erupted again "I know you can handle this." Vincent whispered.
"Thanks Dad. And I mean for everything." Riku responded and he stepped out of the embrace to take Sora into another one, kissing him deeply.
"Oto-sama." Riku turned from the sunset to look at who had called him. A little girl with chocolate brown hair and aquamarine eyes was reaching up with her arms "I wanna see too. Please?"
Smiling Riku picked up the child and kissed her forehead and turned back to look out at the sunset again "How are you today Tsuki? Did you sleep alright?" he asked.
"Yes, thank you." The child answered.
"Is Tai still asleep?" he inquired.
"Yes, next to Oto-san." Tsuki said.
A sudden cry made them both turn back towards the door that led back inside "No Oto-san! Please!" a boy's voice cried followed by laughter.
"I don't think they're asleep anymore." Riku said as he walked in with his daughter still in his arms. He stopped when he saw Sora tickling a boy with no mercy. The boy had silver hair and blue eyes and he was having trouble breathing between his laughter at the moment.
"Do you give up?" Sora asked with a smirk on his face.
"I do! I do! Please s-s-stop!" the boy cried.
"Okay Sora, don't kill him." Riku said.
Sora stopped and hugged his son, "You little trouble maker!"
"I get it from you!" the child responded.
Riku sat beside Sora on the bed and tussled the boy's hair "So how did it happen this time Tai?" he asked.
"It was a sneak attack." The boys answered.
Riku and Sora had been married for nearly half a century, their physical ageing rate slowed to practically nothing once they turned eighteen. Along the line they had their children, the boy being their first; they named him Taiyoh but called him Tai for short and he took much after Sora in many ways.
Tsuki was born three years after Tai and was more like Riku, although she had her own traits that set her apart from her parents; Vincent had made a comment that she reminded him of Lucretcia when he noticed. Vincent had been dead for about a year and a half by now and Riku had taken it better than when he was sixteen.
Tai was nine and a half and Tsuki had just turned seven, they had the powers of both a Vampire and an Angel like their older cousins Ichigo and Lea, Axel and Roxas's children.
"Lord Sora! Your brother is here!" Demyx called from the doorway.
"Okay, we'll be down as soon as possible." Sora responded and the dirty blonde disappeared.
"Hey Tai!" a red hair boy called.
"Hey Lea! Come on let's go see if we can burn something." Tai said.
"Tai, you didn't even say hello to Ichigo and your uncles." Riku said sternly.
"Oops, sorry. Hi Ichigo." He said hugging another boy with strawberry blonde hair, one blue eye and, one green eye.
"Hi Tai." Ichigo said with a small smile returning the gesture.
Tai hurried over to where Axel and Roxas were, "Hi Roxas, hi Axel."
"Get over here ya squirt!" Axel said holding his arms open and Tai glomped him, almost knocking him to the floor "Whoa! I take back the 'squirt' comment." He said after regaining his balance and letting the boy go so he could hug Roxas.
Tai ran off with Lea and Tsuki gave her greetings, going to the library with Ichigo.
"So how are you Roxas? Axel?" Sora asked.
"We're doing alright. No one's complaining about Roxas's hand work as Higher Arch and… I'm not complaining about anything myself." Axel said with a wink only to receive a hit in the arm from Roxas.
"Everything in Twilight Town's going just as they were when we were growing up Sora." Roxas said still throwing Axel a hard glare.
"And Oto-sama and Oto-san? Are they alright?" Sora inquired.
"Just fine. They're doing everything they want to and more. And they want to see you soon." His twin answered.
"We don't mind that, in fact I think we will soon. There's not really much for us to handle right now so I don't see the problem with it." Riku said.
Angels, beings of Light. Vampire, beings of Darkness. It was thought that if the two were to collide in any other way aside from battle they would destroy each other. Yet in Light there is Darkness, and within that Darkness is a stronger Light, the Heart that makes the two one just as when day and night mix they create twilight. It all depends on the circumstances of their meeting.
It's done.
Sora & Riku: Finally!
You guys are mean!
Axel: C'mon Animesaki, lighten up. You finished yet another story for this website.
I guess. Well thank you readers for sticking around for the ride. Maybe I will find the inspiration to continue Magical Mishap in the future and I plan to do a Final Fantasy IV story for callousvixen, a.k.a. Basil or B-tan soon and it will be a yaoi.
Demyx: We just don't know when that will happen.
Riku: At least it isn't any of us.
As usual I never owned Kingdom Hearts, but I do own those OCs I put in. Thanks everyone~!
