Sorry it took me so long, I had family difficulties which needn't be
explained. Alrighty now, we're getting into the major plot now that we've
caught up with everything that's going on and all that. Oh and a little
past Riku/Ansem is suggested -cackles- It's supposed to be a straight
story...but I cant help it... yaoi and shounen-ai are so cuuuute!
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN IT ALREADY!!
Can't You Hear It?
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Two weeks ago was the last time I saw Noro, when she had an insanity attack or something. When she sliced her own face. The image was burned in my mind, but I didn't dare go and look for a psychopathic Noro, who knows what she'd do. But a storm was coming, the first of a set of particularly bad annual storms. So here I am, I've been out since dawn and now it's almost the afternoon and I'm still looking.
I had combed all the islands she might of gone to twice at least, with no sign of Noro, and was now back on our usual island I walked down the beach, heading toward the seaside shack where I had left some food. I glanced over at the waterfall, and patch of greenery not far from it.
Just then I felt like I fell face first in the sand. She had to be there, something deep inside of me nodded solemnly and said "Yup, we're screwed." . If Noro was there...in the secret place...with the keyhole to Destiny Islands...
This could be bad, very bad.
"Shit!" I yelled and ran up the ramp and down the pathway that led to the secret place. I pushed the patch of leaves aside and ran in and down the narrow tunnel to the secret place. I glanced around at all the drawings that immediately brought up memories. I then looked to the door trace on the wall in glowing gold. Noro stood there, her hand on the door, her eyes wide and her face still bleeding out of the cuts from two weeks ago.
"Noro!" I yelled, running over to her.
"The door is open again..." She murmured, in a dull emotionless tone. I stared at he blankly for a moment. Anger surged in my head along with blame and hatred for the disruption of the peace that had finally come to me.
"What the fuck are you talking about?! The door is not open the barriers are there and everything is fine!!" I yelled, grabbing her by the shoulders and pulling her away from the door.
"I'm sorry Riku... I didn't open it... He did..." She said, her rare tears mixing with the blood on her face. I stared at her wide eyed for a moment. The door was open... And stubborn, bull-headed, rude Noro was crying?! ...Wait, he?
"He? Who the hell is he?!" I yelled, commandingly, shaking Noro's limp body. Her wings flailed about as I shook her and she withered in pain, suddenly trying to push away from me.
"ANSEM, RIKU! ANSEM!" She yelled then let out a sound that was a mix of a roar and a scream. The only thing I could really tell about that sound was that it was made because of some extreme pain Noro was feeling. She fell limp into my arms, passed out. I looked down at the blue haired girl, panicked. I picked her up with little difficulty and began running out of the secret place.
A voice I knew and hated made me stop dead and caused a shiver to run down my spine.
"Riku...Come back to me..."
I shuddered, tightening my grip on Noro's limp body and started running faster down the tunnel. I stopped at the entrance and ducked down and out carefully, so not to drop Noro. When I emerged outside my jaw dropped to see a familiar figure standing on the beach, facing the water with his long ivory hair billowing back in the wind. I set Noro down carefully and then my jagged edged sword appeared in my hand. One thought ran through my brain, just one.
Vengeance.
I jumped down onto the beach and ran at the white haired man as he slowly turned to look at me. Orange, burning eyes caught mine and I had to stop, for a reason I didn't know. But the control he had over me was very familiar. He smirked and walked slowly towards my temporarily frozen body.
"Riku, don't you want to come back to me?" He taunted, grinning at me as his hand slowly slid to my face, cupping my chin. I couldn't move, I could hardly breathe, but oh how I wanted to smack his hand away. It showed plain on my face that I hated him and was disgusted of him, to his great pleasure.
"You liked it so much before, don't you remember?" He smirked as I stood, unable to answer. His thumb rubbed my cheek, and I would have cringed if I could. I felt a warm rush run through me. He was searching my thoughts, my memories.
"Oh...I see what's preventing you from coming to me..." He grinned and released his grip on me, both physically and mentally, allowing me to collapse to the sandy ground. I looked up, and saw Noro's limp body hovering above. I fisted my hands and made a motion to lunge at Ansem. But he only laughed, his orange eyes staring not at me, but where Noro was, hovering high above and behind me.
I looked back and suddenly felt my heart shake.
Noro was no longer there, but in her place was a purely black horse with large dragon wings and long curved spikes going down its spine. It did not have the tail of a horse but a dragon one, with dark blue hair wafting around it. It was the perfect mixture to make the heartless form best suited to exploit Noro's strength. Ansem laughed as the horse dragon heartless landed, leering at Riku hatefully.
"Come to me Riku...Or will you destroy the girl you...love is it? Or are you just using her to get away from the other girl you thought was yours?" Ansem taunted. I paused, looking at the horse like creature before me, snorting and stomping its hoof. Was what he said true...? Was I really using Noro to get my mind of Kairi...? It couldn't be...
No, I like Noro for one of those weird natural reasons! She isn't a replacement...Is she?
Ansem laughed again, he was reading my thoughts, knowing the turmoil inside me he had arisen.
"This world pains you doesn't it? You're friends are cruel, the girl you loved denied you for your best friend. Come to me..." He whispered to me, but it seemed so loud. I wasn't really listening anyway, but staring at Noro ahead of me. I had to help her... Even if she was a replacement.
"Noro!" I cried out to her, as I searched my memory for any bits and pieces she had said of her home. Then something slapped me hard in the face. Horses. She had often spoken of horses. And as a heartless, she resembled one. I took a moment to relish in the pride of my problem solving the cried out to her again.
"The boundaries are gone if he's here Noro, I'll take you to see the horses! I take you to a place like your home. Don't give up!"
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I was falling in infinite darkness. It was the worst feeling, to be letting go. At first it felt like being thrown into warmth, relief. But then it was all cold, and empty, with the aching that something had been ripped away from your chest. I was used to it by now, since the world outside always seemed so much colder.
I could feel my memories slowly beginning to slip away, piece by piece. It was taking both a great weight and a great part of me away. But I didn't want to turn back, no, not now. It was better to lie in darkness, curl there until I diminished to nothing...
But a light cracked through the dark and I looked away from the blinding white. But what emerged from it made me stare deep into it, eyes wide. A huge, white horse came galloping down towards me, across the ground I knew was not there. It caught me on its powerful back, but I was slipping. I didn't want this...I couldn't go back now...
"So you're giving up just like that?! You've tormented me, Sora, and Kairi to give up like this?! Maybe I should have left you on the steps of Kingdom Hearts!"
My eyes narrowed into a glare. Riku, that cocky little shit. I've softened up to him, come near to taking down my guard for him, and this is what he says to me whilst I fade?! I gripped onto the horse's mane, situating myself on its back and riding it up towards the light from which it came. The beast and I passed through, and the darkness faded and brightened into a void of white. I couldn't see anything...It was all so bright...
My eyes opened. I was lying in the sand on destiny Islands, Riku in front of me with Ansem behind him, trying to coax him to his side. Riku looked at me and grinned, ignoring Ansem, causing his temper to rise. Riku didn't notice. I did.
"Noro you're-" He was cut off as I pounced and pinned him to the ground. He looked up at me, wide eyed then yelped as I smacked him hard across the face.
"YOU LITTLE SHIT! YOU HAVE TO BE A RUDE, ARROGANT LITTLE BASTARD TO ME NO MATTER WHAT?! I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ANY LIVING CREATURE WHILE THEY'RE-" It was my turn to be cut off as a powerful electrifying blue blast from Ansem sent me flying. I made to flare out my wings...
They weren't there.
I toppled backwards, tumbling across the sand from the forceful impact. Riku tried to leap to his feet and swing at Ansem, but he too was knocked backwards. Ansem stood before us, a sword appearing in his hand. ((A/N: did Ansem have a sword x.x I don't remember!))
"My patience with you two has drawn to its end. So in turn I will bring you to an end to put a stop to future problems you will cause me." He said quite calmly, walking towards us. The door to the seaside shack thudded closed and a innocent, but fierce sounding male voice yelled from behind Ansem.
"Stop right there!"
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A/N: Wheee! Cliff hanger! Dun dun dun! -gigglesnorts- I hope this appeases everybody's taste, as I've been wanting to write it.
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN IT ALREADY!!
Can't You Hear It?
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Two weeks ago was the last time I saw Noro, when she had an insanity attack or something. When she sliced her own face. The image was burned in my mind, but I didn't dare go and look for a psychopathic Noro, who knows what she'd do. But a storm was coming, the first of a set of particularly bad annual storms. So here I am, I've been out since dawn and now it's almost the afternoon and I'm still looking.
I had combed all the islands she might of gone to twice at least, with no sign of Noro, and was now back on our usual island I walked down the beach, heading toward the seaside shack where I had left some food. I glanced over at the waterfall, and patch of greenery not far from it.
Just then I felt like I fell face first in the sand. She had to be there, something deep inside of me nodded solemnly and said "Yup, we're screwed." . If Noro was there...in the secret place...with the keyhole to Destiny Islands...
This could be bad, very bad.
"Shit!" I yelled and ran up the ramp and down the pathway that led to the secret place. I pushed the patch of leaves aside and ran in and down the narrow tunnel to the secret place. I glanced around at all the drawings that immediately brought up memories. I then looked to the door trace on the wall in glowing gold. Noro stood there, her hand on the door, her eyes wide and her face still bleeding out of the cuts from two weeks ago.
"Noro!" I yelled, running over to her.
"The door is open again..." She murmured, in a dull emotionless tone. I stared at he blankly for a moment. Anger surged in my head along with blame and hatred for the disruption of the peace that had finally come to me.
"What the fuck are you talking about?! The door is not open the barriers are there and everything is fine!!" I yelled, grabbing her by the shoulders and pulling her away from the door.
"I'm sorry Riku... I didn't open it... He did..." She said, her rare tears mixing with the blood on her face. I stared at her wide eyed for a moment. The door was open... And stubborn, bull-headed, rude Noro was crying?! ...Wait, he?
"He? Who the hell is he?!" I yelled, commandingly, shaking Noro's limp body. Her wings flailed about as I shook her and she withered in pain, suddenly trying to push away from me.
"ANSEM, RIKU! ANSEM!" She yelled then let out a sound that was a mix of a roar and a scream. The only thing I could really tell about that sound was that it was made because of some extreme pain Noro was feeling. She fell limp into my arms, passed out. I looked down at the blue haired girl, panicked. I picked her up with little difficulty and began running out of the secret place.
A voice I knew and hated made me stop dead and caused a shiver to run down my spine.
"Riku...Come back to me..."
I shuddered, tightening my grip on Noro's limp body and started running faster down the tunnel. I stopped at the entrance and ducked down and out carefully, so not to drop Noro. When I emerged outside my jaw dropped to see a familiar figure standing on the beach, facing the water with his long ivory hair billowing back in the wind. I set Noro down carefully and then my jagged edged sword appeared in my hand. One thought ran through my brain, just one.
Vengeance.
I jumped down onto the beach and ran at the white haired man as he slowly turned to look at me. Orange, burning eyes caught mine and I had to stop, for a reason I didn't know. But the control he had over me was very familiar. He smirked and walked slowly towards my temporarily frozen body.
"Riku, don't you want to come back to me?" He taunted, grinning at me as his hand slowly slid to my face, cupping my chin. I couldn't move, I could hardly breathe, but oh how I wanted to smack his hand away. It showed plain on my face that I hated him and was disgusted of him, to his great pleasure.
"You liked it so much before, don't you remember?" He smirked as I stood, unable to answer. His thumb rubbed my cheek, and I would have cringed if I could. I felt a warm rush run through me. He was searching my thoughts, my memories.
"Oh...I see what's preventing you from coming to me..." He grinned and released his grip on me, both physically and mentally, allowing me to collapse to the sandy ground. I looked up, and saw Noro's limp body hovering above. I fisted my hands and made a motion to lunge at Ansem. But he only laughed, his orange eyes staring not at me, but where Noro was, hovering high above and behind me.
I looked back and suddenly felt my heart shake.
Noro was no longer there, but in her place was a purely black horse with large dragon wings and long curved spikes going down its spine. It did not have the tail of a horse but a dragon one, with dark blue hair wafting around it. It was the perfect mixture to make the heartless form best suited to exploit Noro's strength. Ansem laughed as the horse dragon heartless landed, leering at Riku hatefully.
"Come to me Riku...Or will you destroy the girl you...love is it? Or are you just using her to get away from the other girl you thought was yours?" Ansem taunted. I paused, looking at the horse like creature before me, snorting and stomping its hoof. Was what he said true...? Was I really using Noro to get my mind of Kairi...? It couldn't be...
No, I like Noro for one of those weird natural reasons! She isn't a replacement...Is she?
Ansem laughed again, he was reading my thoughts, knowing the turmoil inside me he had arisen.
"This world pains you doesn't it? You're friends are cruel, the girl you loved denied you for your best friend. Come to me..." He whispered to me, but it seemed so loud. I wasn't really listening anyway, but staring at Noro ahead of me. I had to help her... Even if she was a replacement.
"Noro!" I cried out to her, as I searched my memory for any bits and pieces she had said of her home. Then something slapped me hard in the face. Horses. She had often spoken of horses. And as a heartless, she resembled one. I took a moment to relish in the pride of my problem solving the cried out to her again.
"The boundaries are gone if he's here Noro, I'll take you to see the horses! I take you to a place like your home. Don't give up!"
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I was falling in infinite darkness. It was the worst feeling, to be letting go. At first it felt like being thrown into warmth, relief. But then it was all cold, and empty, with the aching that something had been ripped away from your chest. I was used to it by now, since the world outside always seemed so much colder.
I could feel my memories slowly beginning to slip away, piece by piece. It was taking both a great weight and a great part of me away. But I didn't want to turn back, no, not now. It was better to lie in darkness, curl there until I diminished to nothing...
But a light cracked through the dark and I looked away from the blinding white. But what emerged from it made me stare deep into it, eyes wide. A huge, white horse came galloping down towards me, across the ground I knew was not there. It caught me on its powerful back, but I was slipping. I didn't want this...I couldn't go back now...
"So you're giving up just like that?! You've tormented me, Sora, and Kairi to give up like this?! Maybe I should have left you on the steps of Kingdom Hearts!"
My eyes narrowed into a glare. Riku, that cocky little shit. I've softened up to him, come near to taking down my guard for him, and this is what he says to me whilst I fade?! I gripped onto the horse's mane, situating myself on its back and riding it up towards the light from which it came. The beast and I passed through, and the darkness faded and brightened into a void of white. I couldn't see anything...It was all so bright...
My eyes opened. I was lying in the sand on destiny Islands, Riku in front of me with Ansem behind him, trying to coax him to his side. Riku looked at me and grinned, ignoring Ansem, causing his temper to rise. Riku didn't notice. I did.
"Noro you're-" He was cut off as I pounced and pinned him to the ground. He looked up at me, wide eyed then yelped as I smacked him hard across the face.
"YOU LITTLE SHIT! YOU HAVE TO BE A RUDE, ARROGANT LITTLE BASTARD TO ME NO MATTER WHAT?! I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO ANY LIVING CREATURE WHILE THEY'RE-" It was my turn to be cut off as a powerful electrifying blue blast from Ansem sent me flying. I made to flare out my wings...
They weren't there.
I toppled backwards, tumbling across the sand from the forceful impact. Riku tried to leap to his feet and swing at Ansem, but he too was knocked backwards. Ansem stood before us, a sword appearing in his hand. ((A/N: did Ansem have a sword x.x I don't remember!))
"My patience with you two has drawn to its end. So in turn I will bring you to an end to put a stop to future problems you will cause me." He said quite calmly, walking towards us. The door to the seaside shack thudded closed and a innocent, but fierce sounding male voice yelled from behind Ansem.
"Stop right there!"
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A/N: Wheee! Cliff hanger! Dun dun dun! -gigglesnorts- I hope this appeases everybody's taste, as I've been wanting to write it.
