Bound By Darkness
Warnings: Angst, Riku-Abuse, Violence, Dark, Ansem + Riku, Yaoi, Sora + Riku, this chapter has some LIME!
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*: Sorry about leaving you guys hanging out there (especially Riku); Anyway, here's the next chapter which I hope you will all enjoy. Also I feel that I must warn you all that anyone expecting a fluffy romance should probably makes plans to stop reading my fic least they get offended. I enjoy a dark playful relationship between Ansem and Riku but it isn't going to end like that, Ansem is after all a crazy villain and will be treated as such. Therefore, keep this in mind since I don't want to offend anyone if I can help it.
Disclaimer: I own nothing from Kingdom Hearts except my own copy of the game, which I play all the time ^_^
Chapter 8: Cruel Intentions and Dark Games
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Riku awoke to find himself in total darkness. Thankfully he was no longer bound to a bed, however, he wasn't sure as to where he was. The darkness seemed to burrow into him, he couldn't find a light source of any kind as he began to move about. Then suddenly a flicker of soft light appeared before him, it took shape and formed into an image of Kairi. She looked sad and flickered softly like that of a dying flame. She solemnly pointed to her heart before fading out completely. Riku didn't understand what it was he had seen, a warning, a message, or perhaps a hallucination? Riku looked around to find that he was back in Ansem's room but Ansem wasn't anywhere to be found. Riku walked a little ways towards the exit before tripping and falling to the ground. Riku thought it strange for there was nothing to trip over but before he could gather his thoughts, he was struck by and unseen force and held firmly to the ground. It felt as if two hands were gripping his throat. He tried to scream but was unable to do so. What felt like more pairs of hands seemed to grab him all over his body and hold him still. Riku began to panic from the assault, he couldn't see anything but he was definitely being attacked. Riku felt the raking of claws over his chest and he twisted about as much as he could, blood began to seep through his yellow shirt and the beating of his heart became frantic as it echoed in his ears. Then he saw them, a horde of hungry heartless demons attempting to devour his heart. Riku cried out again but his voice was muffled.
"Riku!"
Riku opened his eyes; he was being held down by Ansem, who had a hand firmly clasped over his mouth. He was still in Ansem's room, but this time he was still manacled to the bed.
"My goodness but you are a vocal dreamer." retorted Ansem.
Riku was quiet for a moment; the haze of his nightmare was ebbing away as fast as he could attempt to recall it. Riku tried to rub his eyes but found that to be impossible due to his predicament. Ansem grinned at him in his usual cocky manner before reaching over to release the boy. Riku sat up and gave Ansem his trademark glare.
"Did anyone ever tell you that when you glare, your eyes give off the most stunning little glow?" teased Ansem.
"Did anyone ever tell you, you're the most irritating ass-hole; not to mention sick pedophile?" retorted Riku as he readjusted his clothes and fixed his hair. Ansem chuckled softly before answering, "None that still draw breath."
"Oh piss off! Don't give me that crap!" snapped Riku as he turned to confront Ansem. Ansem was a bit taken aback by the sudden challenge. Riku leaned in close to Ansem and gently stroked Ansem's face in a teasing manner, "The way I see it Ansem, you're threats amount to shit if all your talk about us sharing the same heart is true. In other words, if you were to kill me, you'd also kill yourself." Riku gave a light slap to Ansem's face before turning to leave but his arm was forcefully grabbed before he could take a step further.
"My my, seems my dear brat is feistier than usual if he dares to taunt me." remarked Ansem in a low voice that hinted a warning.
"Let go of me Ansem!" demanded Riku.
"And since when do you give orders? Slave!" taunted Ansem, his last word emphasized with a tightening grip on Riku's arm. Riku grunted and tugged, attempting to free himself; oh how he wished he knew how to keep his big mouth shut.
"I'm nobody's 'slave' you bastard!" yelled Riku angrily.
"Well you're nobody's friend either! Or have you forgotten how that Sora kid betrayed you?" growled Ansem, his crazed orange eyes bore heavily into Riku's own. Riku's eyes lit up in grief, what Ansem had said hit him hard and he fell to his knees in self-defeat.
"Now stop that Riku! You must be stronger than that!" demanded Ansem. Riku looked up at him, his eyes glistened like shattered glass.
"Know this Riku, just as I share your heart, you also share mine." Ansem knelt beside Riku and cradled Riku's face gently, "Please, find strength in me, you can be stronger. Let me help you my dearest." Ansem laid a soft kiss on Riku's forehead and released the boy. Riku got up and wiped his tears away and once again made for the exit. However, before he could do so a dark pool appeared before his feet and it rose to meet him at eye level. Its shape contorted and the heartless that formed before him turned out to be Anti-Sora.
Riku froze in terror, his memory of his previous encounter with Anti-Sora suddenly struck him with full force. Riku took a shaky step back but Anti-Sora simply proceeded towards him.
"It's been a while hasn't it?" said Anti-Sora.
"W…What do you want?… Ansem!" said Riku.
"Didn't I just say you were stronger? Handle it yourself Riku!" demanded Ansem who stood by and watched.
"Yeah, like he says Riku, you want to try and handle me?" teased Anti-Sora as he closed the gap between them and reached out to run his pitch black fingers through Riku's silver hair.
"Ansem! Do something dammit!" screamed Riku.
"Either you do something about it or I'll have you after he does!" yelled Ansem. Anti-Sora grinned wickedly and leaned in to claim Riku. Anti-Sora used his body to pin Riku against the wall, one had grabbed firmly to Riku's hair, forcing his head to the side as Anti-Sora leaned in to suck on the base of Riku's neck. Riku whimpered pitifully as Anti-Sora's other hand reached down into the front of his pants and seized his manhood while at the same time biting him violently in the neck. Riku cried out but was quickly silenced as his mouth was sealed by Anti-Sora's; Riku shuddered at the taste of his own blood as Anti-Sora's tongue thrust into him as if to hint at what would be next. Riku's mind was on the verge of shattering at this violation but his heart fought back and somehow he managed to bite the invading muscle in his mouth and cause Anti-Sora to cry out in anger and pain. Riku didn't have time to think, but rather, he acted on impulse and pushed Anti-Sora away from him. Surprisingly, Anti-Sora fell to the ground and was about to leap back onto Riku but Riku summoned his new power and in a burst of emerald green light, Anti-Sora fell helplessly to Riku's feet. Riku stood trembling in fear and shock and glanced over at Ansem who seemed to have been watching him contently through the whole ordeal.
"How? How can I do this?" asked Riku, his glance aimed at Ansem.
"Simple, remember when Malificent gave you the power to control the heartless? Don't you understand now? Your or rather our heart is much stronger now, now you have nothing to fear for you can now control fear itself!" explained Ansem.
Riku stood stunned for a moment, trying to digest what had just been said to him. He then turned to Anti-Sora and held out his hand, "Be gone!" he commanded, and the heartless vanished in a violent blaze of dark mist.
"Is he gone for good?" asked Riku.
"No." answered Ansem.
"W… What do you mean?" stammered Riku.
"Darkness never vanishes. That heartless merely returned to his master, the one who betrayed you in every possible way. You will never be rid of that heartless as long as that boy Sora still lives. Now then, it's about time you returned to your task at hand. Malificent wants you to bring that girl, Kairi back to Hollow Bastion." Explained Ansem.
"How come?" retorted Riku.
"You ask too many questions but I'm feeling generous so I'll indulge you. That Captain you were assigned to is a fool, he didn't manage to find a Princess of Heart and now his life is forfeit. You however, need to bring Kairi to Hollow Bastion, where all the Princesses of Heart are currently being kept. When all of them are gathered, the way to Kingdom Hearts will open and Kairi will at last regain her heart and wake up." explained Ansem.
Riku nodded his head and followed Ansem to the door that would lead him back to the pirate ship. Upon returning to the ship's deck Riku caught sight of something far off in the distance. As it got closer, he could see that it was a gummi ship heading his way. Riku wondered if it might be Sora, he clenched his fists in anger at the thought of seeing such a traitor. As the ship came closer, it became evident that a collision would be unavoidable, especially with the way the mad Captain was steering. Riku braced for impact and held tight to a pole. The impact was hard but there was no damage since gummi ships tend to absorb impact. When the dust cleared Riku could easily make out the star-like haircut of his former best friend.
"I didn't think you'd come Sora," said Riku as he looked down on Sora in disgust.
"huh?" Sora glanced about before spotting Riku standing on the higher deck.
"Good to see you again." said Riku sarcastically.
"Where are Donald and Goofy?" shouted Sora. The anger that festered in Riku seemed to double. How could Sora think about them? Didn't he care about how Riku was or what had happened to him? Tch… of course not, after all, wasn't it the hidden dark part of Sora that had raped and beaten Riku? That's right, Sora hated Riku from the bottom of his black heart and the sheer manifestation of that hatred had just recently made a second assault on Riku. But this time it would be different, Riku had the upper hand now, he would deal with Sora like he would deal with any heartless.
"Are they that important to you? More important than old friends? Instead of worrying about them, you should be asking…" Riku lowered his eyes, even as he condemned his former friend, a part of him seemed to be dying deep inside of him, "about her!" Riku stepped aside to reveal a shell of Kairi, seemingly devoid of any awareness.
"Kairi!" Sora cried out as he took a step forward.
"That's right, while you were off goofing around, I finally found her." declared Riku. Sora started to approach but was halted by Captain Hook who said, "Not so fast, No shenanigans aboard my vessel boy." Sora glared at the Captain but turned his attention back towards Riku. His gaze softened, it was the look of someone whose heart was breaking.
"Riku, why are you siding with the heartless?" pleaded Sora.
"Heh. The heartless obey me now Sora. Now I have nothing to fear." said Riku.
"You're stupid! Sooner or later they'll swallow your heart!" cried out Sora, desperate to reach his lost friend.
"Not a chance! My heart's too strong." answered Riku. This was getting nowhere, Riku wanted revenge on the boy who had caused him so much grief. He wanted to expose the boy for what he truly was, a creature of darkness and treachery. Sora reached out hopelessly towards Riku; he could tell that his words were not getting through to his friend. "Riku…" he called out solemnly.
"I've picked up a few other tricks as well, like this for instance." declared Riku as he attempted to summon the darkness from within Sora's heart. When the Anti-Sora appeared before Sora, Riku felt a sharp pain in his heart, seeing the two of them together was too much.
"You can go see your friends now." said Riku as he dismissed Sora by signaling a trap door to open beneath Sora.
So Sora and Anti-Sora were the same after all, to think he had been put through so much evil at the hands of someone he trusted so much. Riku turned toward the Captain and his henchman, "Let's get under way already. And keep Sora away from Kairi until we're ready to land." Riku ignored Captain Hook's reference to him being a brat and stormed off to get some fresh air.
When Riku came back, he decided now was as good a time as any to get back to Hollow Bastion. Being so close to Sora was bothering him more by the minute, the same violent memories of being tortured replayed in his mind's eye over and over again. He made his way to where Kairi was being held. He ignored the other girl who was also being held captive, right now nothing mattered to him except getting away from Sora.
"Where do you think you're going?" came Captain Hook's raspy voice from behind.
"Malificent has ordered that this girl be brought back to Hollow Bastion, the other girl is to be released; we have no need of her." said Riku as he held Kairi gently in his arms.
"What! After all the trouble I've gone through?" yelled Captain Hook angrily.
"Not my problem, anyway, I'll be going now." said Riku as he stepped into a vortex of darkness. Riku went straight to Hollow Bastion, he carried Kairi to Malificent's throne room and was unnerved to see so many young women seemingly trapped in glass coffins and in the same state as Kairi. He felt as huge wave of guilt when he happened to see the Princess Jasmine; but it didn't matter anymore, he was way beyond the point of no return. He had gone this far; there was no turning back now. Riku laid Kairi on an alter as Malificent watched in amusement.
"Soon," she thought to herself, "soon his heart will belong to us." Riku approached Maleficent and said, "Now then Malificent, you said when they were all gathered, you could help Kairi. Well?"
"Hush child, I shall do as I said but in order to open the door I need one more thing." said Malificent.
"And that would be…?" said Riku.
"A keyblade." answered Malificent.
"But Sora has it." said Riku.
"So what? Is your heart not as strong as his? You could wield a keyblade too if you were to take it and embrace your power." said Malificent.
"What are you talking about?" asked Riku.
"Go now, your enemy will soon come to stop you, you must face him and take back what he stole from you! Take the power that should be yours and leave him to his own ruin." demanded Malificent.
Riku nodded and made his way out of Hollow Bastion to meet his enemy, the boy he once trusted and loved. This time, he would prove who had the stronger heart and have his revenge.
To Be Continued….
Author's Note* Things are boiling down to climax! It's gonna be dark, angsty, and contain violence, an evil Ansem, possibly bondage, torture, and other bad things…. However, I will not kill Riku, and there is hope in the sequel. Anyway, I just want to warn you guys so that nobody gets offended with my upcoming chapters. Thanks for all the reviews thus far, I'm sorry I can't respond to them individually; but I want you all to know that I read them and I appreciate them.