Separated Hearts
Riku spun around, cutting a Neo Shadow in half. He turned back to see Mickey finish off the last one. "Riku," called Mickey. "Let's take a break." Riku walked over to the king and sat down, thinking.
Riku wasn't sure how long it had been since he had helped close the door, since he had last seen Sora. However he knew it had been a while. Riku wondered if Sora had made it back to Destiny Islands. He felt his heart hurt as he imagined Sora and Kairi sitting on the Paupu Island, talking and laughing. Sora would have no idea how Riku felt about him. Riku made a silent promise to himself to tell Sora his feelings for him. If he ever found him, that is.
Mickey gazed curiously at Riku, who seemed to be deep in thought. Mickey wondered what he was thinking about. Probably about his friends. Especially Sora. Mickey wasn't a dumb mouse. He was pretty sure that Riku had feelings for Sora. He could see it in his eyes, when Riku told him about his friends and Destiny Islands. Mickey sighed as he thought of Riku.
The silver haired boy was much of an enigma to the king, even though they had been traveling together for a while. Even though Riku had told Mickey about his home and friends, the boy still wasn't exactly the talkative type. He was more of a thinker.
Still though, what Riku had told the king had been enough to figure out that he had feelings for Sora. Riku never spoke particularly fondly of that girl Kairi. But Mickey always saw a certain feeling in his eyes when he spoke of Sora. Mickey recognized that feeling. For it was the same way he had felt ever since he had left Minnie. But that was different. Mickey had had a choice to leave. Riku hadn't.
Don't worry Riku, thought Mickey. I'll find some way to bring you and Sora back together.
****
That night Sora, tired after a day of fighting Heartless and being bossed around by Donald, had a dream.
"Sora?" said a voice. Sora recognized it as the king's.
"Is that you your Highness? Is Riku with you?"
"Calm down Sora. Yes he is. There is a very old magic that I learned that would let me transport you and Riku back together. If all went right then it would take you, Donald Goofy, Riku, and me to the door to the Present World. However there are know records of anyone ever doing it successfully. Would you like to take the risk?"
"You said that there's no recording of this warp travel thing ever being done successfully. What do you mean?" Sora heard Mickey sigh.
"Several people ended up not having their whole body warp. Another person didn't warp to the right place. They ended up in a tropical world and were killed by a strange, blue, four-armed creature. Supposedly it was some monster called Stitch."
Sora imagined himself being shot down by a blue monster. Then he imagined how it would feel to be back with Riku.
"Okay your Majesty. I'll tell Donald and Goofy."
Sora felt the king leaving his head, and fell into a dream full of thoughts of him, Riku, and Kairi all together again.
****
A small, silver haired mage sat on his throne, sipping wine. He was in a huge airship, looking through a red orb that resembled an eye. He finished the wine just as the orb finished replaying Sora's dream. The mage looked up at two jesters that were beside his thrown.
"So Zorn and Thorn, think I should interrupt this tear jerking reunion?"
"Yes you should your sire," said the blue jester, dancing around.
"Your sire, yes you should," said the red jester, also dancing around.
"Stupid clowns," muttered the mage. "They'd agree with me if I said that Gaia was square. Oh well, at least they're obedient."
"Zorn, Thorn, tell the Black Mages to pilot the Invincible to door to the Present World. We're going to pay our favorite king a little visit."
****
Sora woke up the next morning to see Donald and Goofy all ready up. "About time you're up!" snapped Donald.
"Good dream," muttered Sora tiredly. Suddenly he remembered his dream time visitor. "Donald Goofy," Sora yelled excitedly. "The King talked to me in my dreams last night. He said that he was going to reunite me and Ri-. I mean he said he was going to reunite us all!"
"Gawrsh Sora," said Goofy. "Are you serious?"
"You should be joking around with stuff like that," said Donald crossly.
"I'm not joking around!" yelled Sora in frustration. "He really did say that!"
"Well then why are we still here and not with his Highness?" asked Donald, feeling that he had found a hole in Sora's story. But unfortunately he hadn't. Suddenly Donald felt himself being lifted up from his feet.
"Aghh!" he yelled, and grabbed on to Goofy's leg. Then Donald felt himself falling, and then hit the ground. He put his head up to see him, Sora, and Goofy all in a heap. Then, to his disbelief, he saw Mickey and Riku lying not too far away from them. Then, to his sheer amazement, he saw a huge, golden door to the side of them. This was too much for the duck mage. He fainted.
Sora, with a groan, pulled himself up. He looked to his side and saw a dazed Goofy and unconscious Donald. He looked in front of him and, to his amazement and joy, saw Riku and the King not too far away. However unlike Donald, Sora didn't faint. He pulled himself up and started running toward Riku.
"Riku!" he yelled.
****
"Riku!"
Riku heard a familiar voice yelling his name. Could it be.? Riku was almost afraid to look up, afraid to see that it wasn't who he hoped it was. But Riku still pulled up his head and looked.
And he saw his beloved Sora running toward him.
"Sora!" Riku yelled, and leapt up, running toward Sora. The two met and happily embraced. "Sora, it's good to see you."
"It's good to see you too, Riku. But I need to ask you something," said Sora nervously.
"I need to ask you something too," said Riku, also nervous.
"Then we'll ask each other at the same time," said Sora.
"Then on the count of three."
"One, two, three! Do you like me?" the two boys said at the same time. They stared at each other and then, at the same time again.
"I love you!"
Sora shrieked with joy, hugging the older boy. Riku also put his hands around the younger boy's back. It felt so good to know that his beloved loved him.
****
Goofy, Mickey, and the passed out Donald stood by the side, watching Sora and Riku. "Don't you just love happy endings, Donald," said Goofy to the duck, not understanding that Donald couldn't hear him.
Then without warning a huge airship passed over all of them. Everyone, including Sora and Riku, looked up just in time to see a small, white figure fall from the airship. The figure landed and turned to Goofy.
"But unfortunately for you, my dog faced friend, this story isn't quite over."
Riku spun around, cutting a Neo Shadow in half. He turned back to see Mickey finish off the last one. "Riku," called Mickey. "Let's take a break." Riku walked over to the king and sat down, thinking.
Riku wasn't sure how long it had been since he had helped close the door, since he had last seen Sora. However he knew it had been a while. Riku wondered if Sora had made it back to Destiny Islands. He felt his heart hurt as he imagined Sora and Kairi sitting on the Paupu Island, talking and laughing. Sora would have no idea how Riku felt about him. Riku made a silent promise to himself to tell Sora his feelings for him. If he ever found him, that is.
Mickey gazed curiously at Riku, who seemed to be deep in thought. Mickey wondered what he was thinking about. Probably about his friends. Especially Sora. Mickey wasn't a dumb mouse. He was pretty sure that Riku had feelings for Sora. He could see it in his eyes, when Riku told him about his friends and Destiny Islands. Mickey sighed as he thought of Riku.
The silver haired boy was much of an enigma to the king, even though they had been traveling together for a while. Even though Riku had told Mickey about his home and friends, the boy still wasn't exactly the talkative type. He was more of a thinker.
Still though, what Riku had told the king had been enough to figure out that he had feelings for Sora. Riku never spoke particularly fondly of that girl Kairi. But Mickey always saw a certain feeling in his eyes when he spoke of Sora. Mickey recognized that feeling. For it was the same way he had felt ever since he had left Minnie. But that was different. Mickey had had a choice to leave. Riku hadn't.
Don't worry Riku, thought Mickey. I'll find some way to bring you and Sora back together.
****
That night Sora, tired after a day of fighting Heartless and being bossed around by Donald, had a dream.
"Sora?" said a voice. Sora recognized it as the king's.
"Is that you your Highness? Is Riku with you?"
"Calm down Sora. Yes he is. There is a very old magic that I learned that would let me transport you and Riku back together. If all went right then it would take you, Donald Goofy, Riku, and me to the door to the Present World. However there are know records of anyone ever doing it successfully. Would you like to take the risk?"
"You said that there's no recording of this warp travel thing ever being done successfully. What do you mean?" Sora heard Mickey sigh.
"Several people ended up not having their whole body warp. Another person didn't warp to the right place. They ended up in a tropical world and were killed by a strange, blue, four-armed creature. Supposedly it was some monster called Stitch."
Sora imagined himself being shot down by a blue monster. Then he imagined how it would feel to be back with Riku.
"Okay your Majesty. I'll tell Donald and Goofy."
Sora felt the king leaving his head, and fell into a dream full of thoughts of him, Riku, and Kairi all together again.
****
A small, silver haired mage sat on his throne, sipping wine. He was in a huge airship, looking through a red orb that resembled an eye. He finished the wine just as the orb finished replaying Sora's dream. The mage looked up at two jesters that were beside his thrown.
"So Zorn and Thorn, think I should interrupt this tear jerking reunion?"
"Yes you should your sire," said the blue jester, dancing around.
"Your sire, yes you should," said the red jester, also dancing around.
"Stupid clowns," muttered the mage. "They'd agree with me if I said that Gaia was square. Oh well, at least they're obedient."
"Zorn, Thorn, tell the Black Mages to pilot the Invincible to door to the Present World. We're going to pay our favorite king a little visit."
****
Sora woke up the next morning to see Donald and Goofy all ready up. "About time you're up!" snapped Donald.
"Good dream," muttered Sora tiredly. Suddenly he remembered his dream time visitor. "Donald Goofy," Sora yelled excitedly. "The King talked to me in my dreams last night. He said that he was going to reunite me and Ri-. I mean he said he was going to reunite us all!"
"Gawrsh Sora," said Goofy. "Are you serious?"
"You should be joking around with stuff like that," said Donald crossly.
"I'm not joking around!" yelled Sora in frustration. "He really did say that!"
"Well then why are we still here and not with his Highness?" asked Donald, feeling that he had found a hole in Sora's story. But unfortunately he hadn't. Suddenly Donald felt himself being lifted up from his feet.
"Aghh!" he yelled, and grabbed on to Goofy's leg. Then Donald felt himself falling, and then hit the ground. He put his head up to see him, Sora, and Goofy all in a heap. Then, to his disbelief, he saw Mickey and Riku lying not too far away from them. Then, to his sheer amazement, he saw a huge, golden door to the side of them. This was too much for the duck mage. He fainted.
Sora, with a groan, pulled himself up. He looked to his side and saw a dazed Goofy and unconscious Donald. He looked in front of him and, to his amazement and joy, saw Riku and the King not too far away. However unlike Donald, Sora didn't faint. He pulled himself up and started running toward Riku.
"Riku!" he yelled.
****
"Riku!"
Riku heard a familiar voice yelling his name. Could it be.? Riku was almost afraid to look up, afraid to see that it wasn't who he hoped it was. But Riku still pulled up his head and looked.
And he saw his beloved Sora running toward him.
"Sora!" Riku yelled, and leapt up, running toward Sora. The two met and happily embraced. "Sora, it's good to see you."
"It's good to see you too, Riku. But I need to ask you something," said Sora nervously.
"I need to ask you something too," said Riku, also nervous.
"Then we'll ask each other at the same time," said Sora.
"Then on the count of three."
"One, two, three! Do you like me?" the two boys said at the same time. They stared at each other and then, at the same time again.
"I love you!"
Sora shrieked with joy, hugging the older boy. Riku also put his hands around the younger boy's back. It felt so good to know that his beloved loved him.
****
Goofy, Mickey, and the passed out Donald stood by the side, watching Sora and Riku. "Don't you just love happy endings, Donald," said Goofy to the duck, not understanding that Donald couldn't hear him.
Then without warning a huge airship passed over all of them. Everyone, including Sora and Riku, looked up just in time to see a small, white figure fall from the airship. The figure landed and turned to Goofy.
"But unfortunately for you, my dog faced friend, this story isn't quite over."