Part Two: Create
We can never go back to the way we were. I'll never be able to tell if Riku is on our side or not, no matter how much my heart is telling me to trust him. He could probably have a knife to my throat and I wouldn't be able to bring myself to fight back, just because...
I don't know what changed him, or why. All I do know is that he probably isn't on our side anymore. And if that's true, then my lifespan is probably considerably shorter.
I could never beat him. Even when we were just sparring, he would always win. I could come close, sometimes, but I am quite far from his equal. And yet...
And yet.
When we were trapped inside Monstro, facing that Heartless monster that lay within the whale's stomach, we /were/ equals. We fought alongside each other for once, not against each other. I'm still not used to working as a team with Goofy and Donald, but with Riku, it's just so natural. So right.
We didn't have to speak; he could tell what I planned to do and reacted accordingly. If I attacked from above, he slid in below and cut a bloody swath through the monster's belly. When I drew back, pausing to catch my breath, he picked up the slack. I still think of that all-too-brief moment fondly, the one time in recent memory that we were not rivals or enemies, but two perfectly-matched equals, two halves of a whole, two beings and two minds made one.
In all the time that I have spent with Kairi, I have never felt such simple perfection as when I am with Riku. When we were still together on the Destiny Islands, however, I didn't notice it as much. And why should I? Our life was good; I spent the days with my two best friends, dreaming about distant shores, different worlds, places we would someday visit.
I had not planned on our adventure being like this...
A/N: And that's part two. In case you didn't guess, this one was Sora's perspective. That's my plan for the other parts of this - go back and forth between Riku's and Sora's perspective. *shrug* It might work. As always, comments are quite welcomed.
We can never go back to the way we were. I'll never be able to tell if Riku is on our side or not, no matter how much my heart is telling me to trust him. He could probably have a knife to my throat and I wouldn't be able to bring myself to fight back, just because...
I don't know what changed him, or why. All I do know is that he probably isn't on our side anymore. And if that's true, then my lifespan is probably considerably shorter.
I could never beat him. Even when we were just sparring, he would always win. I could come close, sometimes, but I am quite far from his equal. And yet...
And yet.
When we were trapped inside Monstro, facing that Heartless monster that lay within the whale's stomach, we /were/ equals. We fought alongside each other for once, not against each other. I'm still not used to working as a team with Goofy and Donald, but with Riku, it's just so natural. So right.
We didn't have to speak; he could tell what I planned to do and reacted accordingly. If I attacked from above, he slid in below and cut a bloody swath through the monster's belly. When I drew back, pausing to catch my breath, he picked up the slack. I still think of that all-too-brief moment fondly, the one time in recent memory that we were not rivals or enemies, but two perfectly-matched equals, two halves of a whole, two beings and two minds made one.
In all the time that I have spent with Kairi, I have never felt such simple perfection as when I am with Riku. When we were still together on the Destiny Islands, however, I didn't notice it as much. And why should I? Our life was good; I spent the days with my two best friends, dreaming about distant shores, different worlds, places we would someday visit.
I had not planned on our adventure being like this...
A/N: And that's part two. In case you didn't guess, this one was Sora's perspective. That's my plan for the other parts of this - go back and forth between Riku's and Sora's perspective. *shrug* It might work. As always, comments are quite welcomed.