Bound By Darkness

Warnings: Angst, Riku-Abuse, Violence, Dark, Ansem + Riku, Yaoi

Summary: After Riku let the darkness take him from Destiny Island, what happened to him? While Sora went on his quest, what was happening to Riku, Why did he end up with Malificent, what shattered his heart, what was the deal he made with Ansem and why doesn't he remember it? This is Riku's side of Kingdom Hearts and it isn't pretty. It's an attempt to explain what could have happened to him that made him give into the darkness of his heart.

Categories: Action, Adventure, Angst, Drama,

Author: Nyxe

Author's Note* ^_^ Thanks again for all the wonderful feedback! Sorry this chapter came a bit late, college and work tend to have a nasty habit of interfering with my devious plans. Anyway, read and enjoy and please take the time to review me, it makes my wicked muses happy ^_^

Disclaimer: I own nothing from Kingdom Hearts except my own copy of the game, which I play all the time ^_^

Chapter 4: Possessed by Nightmares

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Waves gently rolled across the white sand, palms rustled gently in the breeze, and the sun bathed the beach with warmth. Riku was at his favorite spot, his own little island that stood only about eight feet from the main island. This was his favorite place to think and take naps. Suddenly, Riku felt something leap onto him from behind. He turned his head slightly to see Sora grinning at him in his usual playful manner. Riku felt his heart beam with joy at the friendly sight before him. He immediately responded to Sora's sneak attack by pulling him into a headlock. Sora and Riku both laughed as they began to wrestle each other on Riku's island.

"Hey guys whatcha doin?" called out a familiar girly voice. Riku and Sora paused and looked up to see Kairi laughing at the two. Kairi leaned over and patted sand off both boys' faces in a motherly fashion.

"How is this possible?" thought Riku, hadn't he just been in the clutches of darkness? Wasn't this world destroyed? Riku looked again at Sora and Kairi, Sora was shaking sand out of his hair and Kairi was pacing while humming her favorite song. "Surely this is real," thought Riku desperately, perhaps all that he thought had happened to him had just been some sort of terrible dream or the result of a paopu gone bad.

Riku was just about to initiate round two with Sora when the sky suddenly went dark as if an eclipse were occurring. The wind also picked up and the water became choppy as if making way for a hurricane. Riku looked again at Sora and Kairi, something was wrong; the two of them stood deathly still while staring up at the sky. Riku placed his hand on Sora's shoulder, "Hey Sora, I think we should all go home before this storm gets any worse." Sora didn't answer. Riku went to Kairi, "Hey Kairi?" Kairi simply continued to stare blankly at the sky.

Riku had a bad feeling about all this, what in the hell was going on? A violent quake arose without warning and Riku collapsed to the ground. He watched in shock, as his island seemed to tear itself from the main island.

"What's going on?" said Riku to himself.

"Ansem's coming for you." Spoke Kairi in a dull, toneless manner. Riku couldn't believe his ears, or anything else for that manner. Sora turned to him slowly and approached him, "You don't belong here with us, you belong to Ansem." Riku got up to face Sora, something was wrong, this wasn't at all like Sora and Kairi. The weather became even more hostile as Kairi and Sora closed in on Riku. Together, they spoke in the same monotone, "Ansem is coming for you. You belong to him."

"Shut up both of you! This isn't funny! We need to hurry up and go back, we're not to far off yet, we can still swim to shore at this point!" pleaded Riku, he was desperately trying to find a way back to normalcy. Sora and Kairi stared at him with blank expressions; it was extremely unnerving; like having two corpses standing in front of you. Riku turned his back to them to see how far from the main island they were and the next thing he knew he was being forced onto his knees. Sora had him in a harsh full-nelson lock, forcing his weight onto Riku so Riku had no choice but to kneel. Before Riku could barely register what was going on he felt a powerful thrust to his stomach. He looked up as he gasped for air, Kairi stood before him with a crazed look in her eyes.

"Didn't you hear us? Ansem is coming, you must wait here for him patiently." Kairi ended her sentence by kicking Riku once again in the same spot. Riku gave into a coughing fit; his eyes watered in both hurt and shame. "W…Why?" he whispered.

"Why not?" answered Kairi. "After all, you deserve it, you were the one who betrayed us!"

"But I didn't!" yelled Riku desperately. He received a sharp slap from Kairi.

"Don't give us that crap! You were the one who wanted off this island so badly; well you got your wish didn't you? You allowed the darkness to take you away from this island and you even let the darkness take possession of your heart!" accused Kairi angrily as she pulled at Riku's hair causing him to hiss in pain.

"You're wrong! I never meant for any of this to happen!" cried out Riku, Kairi's hatred and Sora's ever-increasing grip on him was becoming too much for him to bear.

Then suddenly, a light tore through the darkness and a tall graceful figure approached from the horizon. The figure walked just above the water as if the laws of physics (or any laws for that matter) had no power over him. Riku felt Sora's grip disappear, he couldn't believe what happened next. Both Sora and Kairi had become transparent, like phantoms. He didn't understand what was going on; Kairi and Sora stood before him, their expressions were now those of despair, pity, and remorse. As the figure on the horizon came closer, Kairi let out a violent scream as her form began to disintegrate. She gave a last glance at Riku, her eyes were tearful and she gave him a gentle smile, "Don't give up Riku, fight the darkness, you must…" She was cut off as she disappeared into nothingness. Riku was frantic, what the hell was happening! The figure continued to approach and the weather continued to increase its fury. Riku looked at Sora who was just starting to disintegrate. "Sora! Don't go! Don't leave me here like this! I don't want to belong to Ansem!" Sora looked at Riku lovingly but sadly, he placed a ghostly hand against Riku's cheek and smiled. "Be strong Riku, I promise that I'll save you and Kairi but you must fight the darkness." Riku knew he was crying but he didn't care, all that had happened to him had been an endless spiral of half-truths, lies, and confusion. Riku was afraid that he wouldn't be able to withstand the lies and the darkness for much longer. Sora continued to vanish just as Kairi had, but even when he was finally gone, Riku could still feel the ghostly touch to his face where Sora's hand had been.

"I've been looking for you." Came a smooth voice from behind. Riku turned to see Ansem standing before him.

"Wh...What do you want you son of a bitch?" stammered Riku full of anger, hurt, and resentment. Ansem took another step toward him and grabbed him roughly by his shoulders.

"Why, to take that which belongs to me!" growled Ansem before pouncing onto Riku and pinning him to the ground. Riku felt Ansem's hot mouth on his neck as his wrists were raised painfully over his head. Riku's mind flooded with panic and he let out a desperate cry.

"STOP IT!" screamed Riku as loud as he could. He fought with vigor as his world fell into darkness. He cried out once again when he felt the sudden pain of being thrown from a distance; he looked up to find that he was tangled in his sheets and had fallen out of bed.

"It had all been a crazy nightmare." Thought Riku, his mind trying to recalibrate the current situation. He was in his room at Hollow Bastion, it looked to be rather late in the day, and the memories of his dream seemed to dissipate as he tried to recall what had caused him to wake up so violently. His attention was then averted to a sudden loud and demanding knock at his door.

"Who's there?" he asked as he struggled to his feet.

"It is I, Malificent. I demand to have a word with you as soon as you are dressed and fed." The witch spoke with authority and left as silently as she came. Riku rolled his eyes and made his way to the bathroom. A nice shower was what he wanted; it would wake him up and hopefully put his tortured mind at ease for even just a little bit. Good thing his room had it's own bathroom, Riku proceeded to discard his boxers and step under the cool spray of water. The sensation of ice cold water spraying against his naked skin made him think of the waterfall on his home world. He remembered the times when he and Sora would stand under that waterfall to see who could stand the cold water the longest. Then there were the countless water fights the two friends had shared, and it was in that water hole that Riku and Sora were taught how to swim for the first time when they were very young.

"If only things could just go back to the way they were." Thought Riku to himself.

Riku finished his shower and dried himself off. As soon as he was dressed he made his way down a dark hallway. He wasn't sure how to find Malificent's lair but then it seemed to him that he was being led by an unseen force. Tunnels would seem to conveniently appear whenever he felt lost, eventually he found himself at the entrance to Malificent's throne room.

"Ah there you are, I've been so worried about you." Said Malificent, a wicked grin spread across her face.

"Tch," Riku muttered, "What is it that you want?"

"In a foul mood as usual I see." Remarked Malificent.

"Gee, I wonder why that is…" responded Riku sarcastically.

"Enough, I have a job for you, if you succeed I will reward you quite generously." Declared Malificent.

"There's nothing that you can do for me." Retorted Riku, arms folded across his chest.

"Silly boy, I can grant you the power you need to save that girl you like. The boy may have left you, but if you find the girl, surely he'll come back to you as well." Explained Malificent.

Riku didn't say anything, but he arched an eyebrow at Malificent with slight interest.

"Don't you see, that other boy is also after the girl, but if you find her first, he'll have no choice but to come to you." Spoke Malificent in a soothing tone. Riku wasn't sure why, but while he knew that wasn't true, a part of him that he didn't seem to be able to control feel under Malificent's persuasive spell.

"What must I do?" asked Riku.

"I see you are finally becoming reasonable." Coaxed Malificent, "Very well then, I'm going to send you to another world known as Agrabah. It is a desert land full of magic and heartless, the demons that wander and devour all worlds. There you will seek out a woman known as Princess Jasmine, bring her to me."

"What will you do with her?" asked Riku, his voice touched with concern.

"That is not something that you need worry about, you just worry about bringing me that princess." Replied Malificent.

"And what if I don't wish to par-take in this scheme of yours?" inquired Riku, testing his limits with the witch. Malificent's features took on a rigid appearance as she came up to Riku. She snatched him by the throat and jerked his face towards an open cauldron that had suddenly manifested before him. Riku gasped in shock, the cauldron was filled with black scorpions writhing in a venomous frenzy. Malificent held his face mere inches from the lethal arachnids.

"Let this provide you with a little bit of incentive. I really don't want to have to kill you but I will not tolerate your insolence any longer." The cauldron vanished and Riku fell to the floor, panting heavily, he had always been somewhat terrified of spiders and the like.

"Now then, you'd best get going, Ansem will surely direct you to the door to Agrabah." Instructed Malificent. Riku didn't fight back as he was lightly pushed into the portal that led to Ansem's domain.

Sure enough, Ansem stood before him expecting his arrival.

"Welcome back my dear fallen angel." Spoke Ansem with his usual half-crazed grin. Riku looked up at him with his most vicious scowl.

"Once again, need I clarify that I ain't your damn anything!" spat Riku. Riku stormed past Ansem but was roughly caught by the arm and slammed against a wall. Ansem spoke to him softly into his ear causing chills to race down Riku's spine.

"You might just want to watch that pretty little mouth of yours, all that venom and I'll just have to clean it for you." Riku wasn't given a chance to reply before his mouth was once again filled with Ansem's tongue. Riku mumbled obscenities against Ansem's invasion but Ansem was not thwarted, he simply pressed himself against Riku in a more possessive and more suggestive manner. Ansem forced his leg between Riku's and spread the boy who was helpless against his strength. Riku tried to struggle but it was ineffective. However, Ansem suddenly released him and he fell to the floor rather gracelessly. Ansem looked down at him with an amused look.

"Now then, do I make myself clear yet? You are mine. Every part of you is mine. From your pretty green eyes, to your gorgeous silver hair, and even your little acid laced tongue, it is all my property, right for the taking if and when I choose to do so. Now then I'm going to lead you to Agrabah and you're going to bring back that princess." Riku just looked at Ansem dumbfounded, he was relieved that Ansem had released him but he was also a bit unnerved by the fact that Ansem wasn't a bad kisser. This revelation scared Riku more than Ansem's attempts at him. Ansem leaned down and scooped up the frightened youth into his arms. Riku decided it was pointless to argue since it had never worked in the past but he did give a scoff of disapproval, which earned him a light smack to his rear.

"Hey! Watch it buddy! I'd appreciate you keeping your hands away from my ass!" stammered Riku.

"Hmph, like I said before, every part of you in mine." Replied Ansem nonchalantly. Riku shot another nasty glare but said nothing else.

At last Ansem brought Riku to a door that he could only assume was the door to Agrabah. As Ansem lowered Riku gently he did something rather unexpected. Instead of making another suggestive advance on the youth, he simply embraced Riku in a firm comforting manner. Riku wasn't sure how to react so he merely stood still and accepted Ansem's warm embrace. Ansem released him and looked him in the eyes, "You don't need to be so fierce, why not open yourself to me, after all, you might just be surprised, I'm not quite the evil bastard you think I am. I can be quite gentle and patient when it comes to something I truly desire." With that said, Ansem gave Riku a chaste kiss to the cheek and opened the door to Agrabah for him.

To be continued…

*Author's Note: Once again another chapter that has no real basis with the game but rather is an extension of my creative liberties. However the next chapter promises to have a more direct relationship to the game. In any case, I hope you enjoy it and check for chapter 5, which is coming soon. ^_^