Part. two / three
Part title. Faded
Authour. ~sushisama~ (sushivice@netscape.net)
Notes. This was originally going to be a lemon, but... don't know.
Just couldn't finish it when I had it half done. It didn't seem to fit. So I wrote a better scenario. *shrugs*
I still have that lemon to write for 'Fangs', so my fellow perverts will
get their fill soon enough. And sorry I
didn't get this out sooner - I was going to be done with it last night, but I
fell asleep... Hieh.
/ / =
thoughts
::*~~*::
Sora lay
on his back in the calm waters that lie underneath the streets of Traverse
Town. His eyes were closed, his bare
chest moving as slow as his breath as he relaxed. This moment was such a rarity that the brunette did nothing but
try to enjoy it. No Donald... No Goofy...
It was truly peaceful.
The Keyblade master couldn't
help but feel like he was being watched, though...
On the stone shore of the
underground passage a silver-haired male stood, staring intently at the teen in
the waters. His crystal blue eyes were
empty of emotion, his lips pursed together in an indifferent line.
When Sora came back to the
shoreline to get out of the cold waters, he searched for his jacket to find
that it was gone. Shit. And it was starting to get really cold...
"Looking for
something?" a cold voice asked from behind him. Sora whipped around to see whoever it was.
"R...riku?"
Before him stood his rival and
best friend, holding his jacket loosely at his side. He had his normal smirk in place. "Hello again, Sora."
"Riku..." He came closer to embrace his lost
friend. Though he had really found him
earlier that day, the older boy had disappeared suddenly before they could
finish their conversation. His arms
went tightly around him but Riku did not return the hug. He pulled back to look into his friend's
eyes with concern. "What's
wrong...?"
Riku was silent for a moment
before he answered, "Don't act so friendly with me..." He shoved the smaller boy away. "Did you even bother looking for Kairi
or me? Or were you too busy playing
with your new friends?"
"How... how can you
accuse me like that, Riku?" Sora
looked down at the ground, not sure why Riku was acting in such a way. Riku had always understood the circumstances
to everything... He wouldn't misunderstand
this, would he...? "I was looking
for you! But... but I have to help
Goofy and Donald as well..."
Riku looked disbelieving. "It still seems to me that you forgot
about us..." He turned around,
Sora's jacket still in hand, and started to leave.
"Riku!" Sora
shouted, reaching out for his friend's hand.
"Riku, I would never forget you!" He wrapped his arms around the taller male's waist, pulling him
closer so he could lay his head on Riku's shoulder blades. "...don't you remember the Paopu fruit? We're stuck with each other..."
Riku stiffened in Sora's arms,
remembering that night... And the
morning after. The one where he woke up
and thought on what he had done. He
didn't think Sora would have understood the full impact of the fruit nor the
kiss. So, when Sora had awoken, he
treated it like any other time they had stayed out and just asked him to a
fight when he was awake enough. Not a
word of the night before had come to his lips.
And Sora didn't say anything, either.
/ He forgot... I even asked him later when the last time he
had tried the Paopu fruit was and he said the same thing he had that one
night... 'A few years ago'... /
"I thought..." Riku
slowly turned around so he was facing Sora.
"...you had forgotten?"
Riku shook his head. "I didn't forget anything about
it..." He lowered his head,
loosening his grip on Riku's frame.
"It's just... you didn't say anything... and it looked like you
kind of regretted it..."
Riku put a finger underneath
Sora's chin and tilted his face upwards and a bit to the side as he pressed a
light kiss to his lips. "I didn't
regret it... I just thought you wouldn't understand."
Sora wrapped his arms around
the taller boy and laid his head on his chest.
"I understood... and I felt the same. You should've said something..." He tightened his grip, to be closer to Riku and his heat. Though he would've clung to him anyway, he
was starting to get really cold and wanted to steal some of the warmth that was
coming from his friend.
Riku returned the embrace,
pulling the boy as close to him as he could.
"Sora..." he whispered into his ear in a low voice, "you
don't know how long I've wanted to hold you like this... To touch you..."
Riku held onto the younger boy
for a long time, just enjoying the feeling of him so close. He had what he wanted now. Nothing could stand in his way. Except... Maleficent would demand his
presence soon. And Kairi...
"Sora," the
silver-haired boy called softly, pushing Sora back a bit so he could look him
in the eyes, "will you join me?"
Sora shook his head
regretfully. "I can't. I want to... but..."
Riku's brows furrowed a
little. "But what? Your new friends? Are they more important than finding Kairi?"
The brunette shook his head
more violently. "No! I want to find Kairi. And I'm doing it, along side of helping
them. I have the Keyblade, Riku... I
have to seal these worlds." He
clung tightly to his friend. "Why
don't you join us...?"
Riku had considered the idea
before. Of asking Sora if he may join them. And then the boy had started to converse
with them freely, and for a moment, he felt that he had been forgotten. So he left.
He felt bad about leaving, though, and thought he had over-reacted to
such a simple thing. So, again, he
sought Sora out to talk to him. When he
found his friend, though, he was chatting with more of his new friends. It seemed like he wasn't even making an
effort to find him.
That was when he had decided
to join Maleficent. And he would not
change his mind.
"No... Maleficent is helping me, Sora. Helping me to find Kairi. I will not leave her."
"Maleficent...?" Sora looked into his friend's eyes with
surprise. "Riku... I'm supposed to
stop her. That means... that we're
enemies..." His grip tightened
around Riku's neck. "I don't want
to be your enemy..."
"That's why you should
join me."
"I can't leave my other
friends behind, Riku. No matter what I
feel for you."
"...I see." The taller boy shoved the brunette away,
taking a few steps back. "They do
mean more to you than I do."
"No!" Sora reached for Riku's arm, trying to get
closer to his friend. "Riku,
that's not true. You mean a lot to me. But I still have to help them. Why can't you understand that?"
Riku pulled his arm to him,
pulling Sora along with it. He placed a
harsh, bruising kiss on the surprised teen's lips. Sora opened his mouth in protest as the initial reaction which
allowed Riku to slip his tongue into his mouth, deepening the kiss even
further. He wrapped his arms around his
waist and pulled him close, exploring and outlining the wet chamber into his
mind.
The silver-haired boy finally
pulled away, and whispered into the brunette's ear, "I want you all to
myself." He nipped at his neck,
making Sora moan quietly in pleasure.
"Join me."
"...I can't..." Sora
said with much effort, honestly wanting to take Riku up on his offer.
Riku pushed away from home
once more and turned away. "Then I
guess we're enemies." He turned
his head around for a moment to say, " Don't take it too personally,
Sora." He turned back and began to
wonder off.
"...is this how we're
going to spend our eternity together?" Sora asked quietly, head lowered.
Riku stopped. "I hope not," he admitted. "I still love you, Sora. But there are things I have to do."
"When this is all over...
will you still care about me the same way?"
"How could I not?"
Sora didn't answer.
Riku sighed. "Sora... when this all
ends..." He turned to face the
sullen boy, "I will be the best lover you could ever dream of." He took a step closer to him. "I will give you everything you
want." Another step. "And I will take better care of you
than even your mother could." He
stopped right in front of him. "I
promise." He kissed the top of the
brunette's head. "So don't forget
this time, all right?" Riku smiled
lightly.
"I... I won't..." Sora stuttered, looking up at his
friend through his thick bangs. "I
won't forget again."
"Good." Riku took something off his neck and placed
it around Sora's. Sora picked up the
silvery object and inspected it. He
looked at it questioningly before giving Riku the same look. "For luck. From me to you."
Sora nodded solemnly. "I hope this ends soon..."
"I know. I can't wait to be with you."
::*~~*::
Sora put
a hand to his chest as it ached a little.
"Kairi... Kairi's inside of me...?" He looked to his fallen companion then to the entity before
him. It looked like Riku, but... it
couldn't be...
"I know all that there is
to know." Riku's crystal blue
eyes, the ones that had been so full of affection that night in the alleyway,
were now empty as a void. He wasn't the
same person.
"Riku... How can you act like this? Why are you against me now?" He lowered his gaze to the floor. "I thought..."
He understood when Riku had
told him they would be enemies. But
now... he wanted him destroyed?
No... He wouldn't do that... nor
want that...
"This is only for my
benefit, Sora," came the harsh reply.
"But... but what about
the other night? Everything we
said?"
Riku slowly approached his
friend, only to have Donald get in his path.
The obstacle was easily removed as he shoved the duck outside of the
barrier. He was now left alone to be
with the Keyblade master, which is what he had wished for - this battle was
meant only for the two.
"I have no idea what you
are talking about," Riku said coldly.
"You...
forgot...?" Sora looked up at the
now-stranger Riku. "How could you
forget...? Everything we did...?" He felt like crying. He had finally admitted all of his feelings
for Riku only for them to be forgotten.
/ This must've been how he felt after he thought I'd forgotten the Paopu
fruit... /
"You aren't my
Riku," Sora stated firmly.
"Who are you?"
"It is I, Ansem, seeker
of darkness."
Sora lowered his head again,
feeling helpless suddenly. His Riku was
gone...? It couldn't be... not
forever...
While the brunette was in
thought, the older boy readied his weapon to strike him. "So, now I shall release you,
Princess. Complete the keyhole with
your power. Open the door, lead me into
everlasting darkness!"
As he brought down his sword,
a voice cried out in Sora's mind, shouting his name, stirring him from his
reverie. He deflected the strike with
his keyblade and threw the imposter Riku away.
He stood up and glared at him, shouting, "Give me back my
Riku!"
He ran forward, initiating the
battle. They fought for what seemed
like forever with graceful moves and techniques, Riku displaying his new dark
powers and Sora showing his skills as the Keyblade master.
Riku was the first to run out
of stamina, dropping his blade and falling to his knees. "No... I can't lose..."
"Riku..." Sora
called gently, kneeling beside his friend.
"Don't let him win... push him out..." He wrapped his arms around Riku's neck,
pulling him close. Riku fell easily
into his embrace, blood staining Sora's clothes. "Come back to me...
Please..."
/ He's begging... / Riku fought his way through the darkness
that was Ansem to the front of his mind, brought there by Sora's calling.
"Sora..." Riku said
weakly, reaching a hand out to touch his face.
"I'm sorry... that I can't keep my promise..."
"Riku...?"
The silver-haired beauty's
image began to fade. Sora tried to hold
him closer, begging him to stay. But
soon, the fighter was gone completely.
Sora stayed in the same
position as Donald and Goofy made their way next to him.
"Sora..." Goofy
whispered, sympathy in his voice.
"It's okay, Sora,"
Donald reassured, putting his hand on the teen's shoulder. "We'll get him back... he's not
gone."
Sora didn't answer. "...let's... get Kairi back her
heart. And the other princesses'. And lock the keyhole..." His voice was scarily monotone. Donald and Goofy backed away from him, half
surprised by his indifference, half frightened by it.
As Sora stood up, he thought,
/ I'll find you again, Riku... And I'll
bring you back to me... / He sighed,
choking back the need to cry. /
Because... /
The image of Riku's smile the
other night came to his mind. When he
had said all those things. Everything
he would do when this was all over.
/ ...you have to keep your
promise... /
The ending was a bit rushing there, but that's all
right. Some of this was forced because
I really wanted to get it up for everyone.
I'm working on the other fic after this. Yaya.
Thanks to anyone and everyone that reviewed and gave me ideas for the next part
of 'Fangs'. It helped muchly so. It should be up by the end of the week. As for this fic, it'll be completely when I
finish the game. Which will hopefully
be soon.
Anyway, shout-outs!
[To Fantasysangel - Eh, I was wanting something other than a merman. Something more original, you know? *shrugs*
Ohwell. I'll be fine with a
merman, though, because I can't think of anything else. Thanks for the suggestion. ^_^]
[To LadyRune - Yes, fishies have scales.
And black would suit him well, along with red. Don't you think? ;)]
[To Molly-chan the Anime/Game fan - And more you shall get. Hieh.]
[To Kaya - I just hated fighting there.
It was pretty difficult. I had
the same troubles with flying in Neverland.
Grr. Ohwell. At least I'm beyond it now. Shark seems to be popular with
everyone. So I will submit to the
audience's will, and make him a man-shark.
Yaya.]
[To Linael - Doesn't yaoi just make you smile? ^___^]
[To KawaiiAngel4 - I'm going to start hating the word 'cute'. It's a great compliment, but everyone uses
it... Oh, that's no offense to you. I
just wanted to say that. ;) Thank you for you compliment.]
[To Ash-chan - Sweet is what I go for.
I prefer angst, but I've decided to do romance for awhile. I'll do an angst fic for these two when I'm
done with this. Hieh.]
[To Snowy - I wanted to a lemon, but...
*sigh* Damn block. Maybe next time.]
[To Millenia - That they are. That
they are.]
[To Thunder Angel - Thank you. ^_^]
[To the no named - What is sick?
Was that meant as a flame? Come
on, give me more to comment on. I love
cracking on flamers. ;D]
Keep the reviews coming. ^_^