Title: Riku's Real Reason

Rating: G

Warning: Hints of pre-slash here, people. You have been warned!

Summary: After Riku's first encounter with Sora, he muses over the real reason that he went searching for Kairi.

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Riku hated Kairi.

Hated her with a passion. It wasn't just her looks, or her personality. It was everything about the girl. She was too pretty, too friendly, too cute, too everything.

Riku hated her because Sora loved her. Wholeheartedly.

And that infuriated Riku. What did she have that he didn't? He was stronger than she was, faster, so why did Sora love her?

Riku did not know.

He was so angry at Sora. Especially about this whole 'Keyblade' thing.

Sora probably thought that Riku himself loved the girl.

Which he didn't.

Riku was deeply annoyed that she had so easily taken Riku's place in Sora's heart. In fact, these days, it seemed like the only thing that connected the two together was Kairi, the root of all of their problems.

That was why he was looking for her, after all. So that maybe Sora would come back to him, and that they could at least try to be friends again.

Maybe things could be like they used to be, if they were unable to find Kairi's heart.

Maybe Riku would take center-stage in Sora's life again. Yes. That was what he would do.

He would find Kairi and prove to Sora that she was truly lost to them.

Then Sora would come back. But until that time, the time Sora came back to him, Riku would try to find Kairi his way.

He would gain power along the way, too. After all, this quest shouldn't totally be about Sora, should it?