-1Title: Dirge

Pairing: CloudXRiku!

Rating: M

Warnings: Yaoi , and violence, and bad language, lots of language. And Rape, which will not be included in the fan fiction version. You must read the media miner one (when I get it up) to read the rape scene.

Music: Meant to Live: Switchfoot

Prompt: Sin

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update!

Dirge: Chapter 21

A fatal decision

Riku awoke in the middle of the night to fins two bright blue eyes staring into his own. Startled, he let out a small yelp before Roxas's hand covered his mouth.

"Shhhhh…" the blond hissed, letting go of Riku's mouth, "Come on, we need to talk."

Riku could only stare. Finally, he nodded slowly and got up, careful not to disturb Cloud and Squall, who were still asleep in their beds. When they got out into the main room, Riku crossed his arms and stared at Roxas.

"What's this all about?"

"Shhh…" Roxas replied, motioning him toward the stairs to the roof. "Come on, we'll talk up there."

Roxas and Riku made their way to the top of the stairs and onto the roof. The sky above them was clear, without any clouds, just stars shining brightly. The moon was full.

"What's this about Roxas?" Riku asked, crossing his arms once more. He was tired, and being woken up in the middle of the night was not something he enjoyed.

"It's Sora," Roxas replied. He held up Rku's sword. "Here, I got your sword, now come on; we have to go help him."

"What do you mean help him?" Riku asked again, staring at the sword as if it were a foreign object. "He's fine isn't he?"

"No he's not." Roxas growled, shoving the sword into Riku's face. "Now come on, we're going to the East side."

"Be we aren't allowed to go to the East-" Riku started, but Roxas cut him off.

"That's too bad. Sora went, during the middle of the night. If I know him, he's going to go after Kairi…If I had stopped him, I could have told him."

"Told him what?"

"Kairi is gone," Roxas said, looking over at Riku sadly. "She left yesterday. She got the money."

"From who??"

"….Tidus."

Riku's breath hitched. He stared at Roxas, disbelief evident in his eyes. "You have to be kidding me…"

"I'm not, now move it." Roxas growled. "I'll explain on the way."

They started off across the buildings, Riku still confused about exactly what was going on. "So…why would Tidus pay Kairi's way into the city?"

"Because the baby she's carrying is his." Roxas sighed. "Sora didn't know it, but Kairi worked in the House exclusively for Tidus. Where the little brat got the money from, I wouldn't know. When I found out, Kairi begged me not to say anything to Sora. She may have had to sleep with Tidus, but she didn't love him."

"So…why would Tidus want to pay Kairi's way into the city? If he's using her, I would think he'd want to keep her around."

"He found out about Sora's relationship with Kairi," Tidus growled. "He's just waiting for Sora to show up with the money by himself, so he can cut him down."

"Then why didn't he do that last time? When he was at the House? Tidus could have easily taken care of Sora then."

"Yeah, and he would have gotten killed by Cloud." Roxas paused a moment to look up at the moon and the stars. "He's not that stupid."

"So Sora doesn't know that Kairi is gone...?"

"No, and that's why we need to find him. If Sora gets to the House looking for Kairi, Tidus will kill him for sure, and there is nothing we can do about it. We have to find him before that and get him to stop."

"But what if this ends up in a fight? Why didn't you bring Cloud?"

"Are you kidding me? The argument we'd have to pull off to get Cloud or Squall to come with us would take forever. We don't have that kind of time."

"But none of us stand a chance against Tidus and his whole gang. We could all end up dead."

"Not necessarily. You beat Tidus before."

"That was a fluke…" Riku groaned and ran a hand though his hair. This could get ugly, very, very ugly.

"Well…let's just focus on finding Sora. If we're lucky, we can grab him and get out before anything bad happens."

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"What were you saying about getting out before anything bad happens?" Riku growled as he held his sword in front of him for defense. Riku Sora and Roxas were surrounded by Tidus and four of his goons. Tidus was standing in the front, a smug smirk on his face.

"Well well, if it isn't Strife's lap dogs," he smirked. He cast his gaze over to Riku and frowned. "Nice earring."

Riku growled in response. "Just let us go and well leave. We don't want anyone to get hurt."

"That's too bad." Tidus replied, pulling out his sword. "Because I do."

"You touch us, and Cloud will come down on your head," Roxas growled. "We weren't here to do anything, just to visit a friend."

Sora said nothing; he simply stared at the ground. On his cheek was a good sized bruise from where Tidus had struck him before Riku and Roxas had shown up. Things were definitely not going the way they wanted.

"I don't care why you're here." Tidus spat, advancing the few feet to stand in front of Riku. He placed his hand under the silver-haired teen's chin, lifting his face up slightly. "I hate you're guts, and that means, I'll have to kill you."

Riku slapped Tidus's hand away and took a step toward him. "Back off and let us through before you find yourself dead."

"Oh yeah? And how are you going to manage that? You're outnumbered." Tidus grinned and nodded his head back at the boys standing behind him. "You so much as blink and they'll kill you."

Riku had his sword out in a flash, ready to slice Tidus's neck open, but was stopped when his cronies pulled out their weapons as well.

"You wanna risk it?" Tidus growled his eyes boring into Riku's. Even though they were the same height, Riku got the feeling that Tidus was looking down on him.

"Riku…" Roxas started. "Come on…let's…try to talk our way out of this…"

"Oh, you aren't getting out of this one." Tidus sneered. "I'll make sure of that. Cloud isn't here to save your ass."

"I don't need Cloud to save anything." Riku replied, flicking his sword up to point menacingly at Tidus's throat. "I can take care of myself."

"Is that so?" Tidus laughed as he pushed the sword away with the tip of his finger. "Prove it. You're the one I want anyways. You beat me, and we'll leave your little party alone, but if I beat you…well, I suppose I can do whatever I want."

Riku paused a moment and looked back at Roxas and Sora. Sora already had a few bruises on him, and Roxas looked like he was about to puke. Riku knew that a fight would be disastrous.

"Alright…"

"Riku don't!" Roxas started, but Riku cut him off with a glare.

"I'm sick of this Roxas, I'm stopping it now." He turned his attention back to Tidus. "Alright, but you have to let them go before we fight."

Tidus smirked and took a step back, "Alright. Fine by me. The brats can go, but you stay and fight."

Riku nodded and looked back at Roxas and Sora. Roxas was frowning. "Riku stop it, this isn't smart. We can get out of it if we all fight. You can't win on your own."

"I beat him before didn't I?" Riku spat. "Just get out of here, tell Cloud. I'll be fine."

Sora was silent, just staring at Riku. Finally, he set his key blade down and turned away. "Come on Roxas, let's go."

Roxas stared at his brother in disbelief. "You can't be serious…Sora?"

"I said come on." Sora growled. "Riku can take care of himself."

"You're little pals better get out of here." Tidus sneered. "Before I change my mind."

"Go on." Riku hissed. "I'll be fine."

With one last look back at Riku, Roxas sighed and allowed his brother to drag him off. He knew this would not turn out well, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Riku turned back to Tidus and glared. "Alright asshole, let's get this started."

"Not so fast." Tidus smirked. "We can't fight here, it's an alley. We're taking this to the wharf."

Riku cursed silently under his breath but decided to follow along. Besides, he was used to the water; it might serve as an advantage.

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Riku was shoved violently into a grassy clearing a ways away from the main docks. There were no boats in this area, just grass and the river bank. If it wasn't for the full moon, there wouldn't even be enough light to see.

Tidus nodded his head at Riku and smirked. "You ready?"

"Are you?" Riku shot back with a sneer. "Come on."

Tidus only smiled and stepped forward, his sword at the ready. "I hope you learned how to fight this time, wouldn't want this to end too quickly…"

Riku allowed his anger to take hold. Tidus was really pissing him off, it was about time someone wiped that cocky grin of his off his face. Riku rolled up his sleeves, shivering in the cool night air. But he knew he wouldn't be cold long.

Tidus made the first move by slowly starting to circle his opponent, like a shark. Riku watched him carefully, backing away slowly. He was stopped when he felt a sharp pain in his ankle. He whirled to find one of Tidus's goons behind him. "What the hell?"

The blonde took that as a chance to strike. Before Riku could overcome his shock, Tidus rushed forward, slashing quickly at Riku's midsection. Riku just barely managed to stumble away, but he still got a good gash to his side.

"What the hell?" he cried, holding his side and wincing as he felt the blood come out. "That wasn't fair!"

"Who said anything about fair?" the boy smirked, lashing out again and catching Riku on the side of the head with the blunt end of the sword. Riku's head swam and he stumbled back, trying to get his bearings.

Tidus didn't let him recover though, he sliced at him again, barely missing as Riku dodged clumsily to the side and lashed out. Tidus dodged the attack easily.

"What's the matter? Too slow?" the blonde chuckled, circling slowly again. By this time, Riku had gotten his bearings again, but the throb in his side was clouding his thoughts, making it hard to come up with some sort of plan. Things were not going well at all.

He backed up again, and felt another pang of pain in his ankle. He didn't have to turn to know one of the cronies was behind him, slashing at his feet to keep him in the circle with Tidus. Stepping away so as not to get hit, he kept his eyes one Tidus, the main problem.

Tidus jumped in, feinting a slash at Riku's neck. Riku fell for it and moved to block, then yelped in pain as Tidus slashed his arm forcing him to drop his weapon. Tidus followed up by slamming the flat of the sword into his already wounded side, forcing Riku to his knees.

Tidus stepped forward and grabbed a fistful of Riku's hair, pulling it back and exposing the teen's neck. "Not so tough now are ya?" he laughed as he pressed the blade of his sword to Riku's throat. Riku choked.

"I thought not." Tidus smirked and pulled the sword away, then kicked Riku sharply in his injured side, sending him sprawling to the ground. Tidus pressed his foot to his chest and leaned down, his eyes shining with malice. "Now I think we'll teach you what it really means to live out here, and not in Cloud's soft bed."

Riku's eyes widened, unsure of what Tidus had in store for him. He had figured that losing would just mean he'd be killed….but…

Riku let out a shrill scream as the tip of Tidus's sword impaled his ear, just above the earring Cloud had given him. Tears formed involuntarily in his eyes at the pain of the flesh being severed.

Tidus leaned over and picked up the piece of ear, examining it closely before smiling and throwing it at one of his cronies. "I think Cloud might like to have that back, since he can't have you back. When we're done with you, that ear will be the biggest piece left."

Riku choked back a sob. Pain was still throbbing out of the side of his head, and blood was flowing from the cuts he'd received in the fight. What more could Tidus do to him?

Tidus laughed and moved his foot from his chest so he could lean down over the teen. Riku closed his eyes tightly, tears streaming down his face shamelessly. Tidus only smirked and pulled out a knife, running the blade slowly down Riku's neck to his collarbone, then sliding the blade under his shirt. "I think I have the perfect punishment for you. You see…I don't like to be stood up to." The fabric tore silently as the blade of the knife worked its way down the shirt. "And I resent the fact that you're Cloud's favorite toy." The knife stopped at the end of the shirt, and then flicked up, tearing the last of the fabric off and exposing Riku's upper body to Tidus's gaze.

"Please…" Riku choked. "Please don't…"

"I saw how you balled when that man kissed you in the House. What's the matter? Don't like being touched?" Tidus ran his hand down Riku's chest, pushing hard against the gash he'd made in the boy's side. Riku's breath hitched in fear and he tried to pull in on himself, away from Tidus's touch.

"N-no…" he pleaded, opening his eyes slightly to look at his attacker. Tidus simply laughed.

"No what? Don't touch you? Well, I'm going to do more than that, much more."

Riku's eyes widened and he tried to pull in on himself again, but Tidus simply grabbed his shoulders and pinned them to the ground, then sat on his stomach, using his weight to pin Riku to the ground.

Riku closed his eyes again, letting the tears fall freely. He pulled against Tidus's grip, but stopped when he received a blow to the head that made light flash behind his eyes. He groaned and went limp, submitting to whatever Tidus had in store for him.

Tidus began working on removing Riku's pants, sitting up so they could be pulled down around his ankles. When he had Riku all but naked, he motioned for one of his cronies to come over. "Seifer," he said. "How about we teach him what it's like to live in a House."

Seifer grinned and motioned the other boys over. "Sounds good to me."

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Poor…Poor Riku. Eventually, I'll get the actual gang rape up on mediaminer. I will not put it on here though. It is far too graphic for the M rating, and really only belongs under X. I don't want to risk this story getting kicked off of Fanfiction for violating the terms. So if you want to read the rape, you are welcome to on my mediaminer account. I won't have it up for a while, but eventually I'll get it up and I'll tell you when you can look.

Happy I updated? I'm sure you are, but I'm also sure you hate me for…cutting off Riku's ear, having him get the crap beat out of him, and letting him get gang raped….I know. But I'm not heartless! I just love angst, and you can't get much more angst than that…or can you? Hmm…well, you'll have to see. I've finally gotten back into this story, so expect more soon.

R&R!