Title: Timeless
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Sora/Riku
Warnings: Yaoi or boyXboy love, little bit of OOC, and references to intense situations, rating may change later
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own anything from Kingdom Hearts. I don't own any characters or places or anything.
Summary: After the doors were closed, Riku has been in the shadows but in the shadows, there is no such thing as time because time is meaningless. So what happens when Sora opens the door five years later? SoraxRiku
Timeless
He had taken Riku into a room, a small conference room that he had used only once himself, and sat the boy down. Riku had seemed happier than he had the entire time he was here but Mickey had to push aside his joyous thoughts and cleared his throat.
"Riku, I've brought you here to discuss your situation."
Riku eyed the mouse king warily.
"What is that suppose to mean?"
"I want to know if you are okay being a fifteen year old boy." Mickey stated directly and firmly.
Riku glared at the mouse.
"I don't know about you, but being kept in the dark for five years wasn't fun. Being in this body is pure hell Mickey. There are certain... obstacles that I cannot surpass in this body." Riku stood up from his seat. Not realizing what he previously said about certain "obstacles," he glared harder at the mouse. "I would prefer to be the age I am suppose to be. I would at least stand some chance then. But there's no way to change that is there?"
Mickey was taken back by the harsh voice. He had never heard the silver haired teen speak with such hate and resentment. Riku must have spoken the truth when he said being in his young body was hell. But what kind of hell was it? Why was it so horrible? Yes, his friends may be older than he, but... Mickey nodded his head in a quick understanding. He straightened his shoulders and then stared directly into fierce aqua eyes.
"What if there was?"
Riku's glare didn't faltered.
"What if there was a way to restore you to being your rightful age? A way to make you become the man you are suppose to be and not a teenager? Would you take it?"
"I would, but I would want to know what price would I have to pay." Riku said without hesitance.
"What if the price was love?"
Riku was taken back. What was love suppose to do with the price? What did that mean? He stared at the mouse king with confusion clearly written on his pale face. If he was going to follow Mickey's pretend story, he should at least understand it to play along.
"I'm not sure on the entire meaning, but love is the key to changing you back. Along with a few... other accessories, but love is the main ingredient."
"Explain everything Mickey. I don't want to be in the dark with this."
Mickey nodded.
"Merlin has been doing constant research about Kingdom Hearts and the keyblades. He's determined that the keyblades stand for time while Kingdom Hearts stand for the exact opposite. Kingdom Hearts is timeless, the reason why you and I didn't age for years, nor were we consciously away that it had been so long. Merlin then took a hypothesis on how to change the timeless effect of Kingdom Hearts. He came up with an idea that combining the powers of the keyblades and the power of hearts, friends and love the timeless effect would be gone. The only problem is, Merlin is still unsure of what is meant by love."
Riku nodded towards the mouse king. "Fine. I'll do it, just tell me when."
"A matter of days Riku. Five to be exact. And on the fifth is when all actions will commence."
"Whatever." Riku then turned his back on the king and walked out.
But that had been yesterday. Now, Riku only had four days. He didn't want to think about it. So he took off to train, something he hadn't done for what felt like weeks. And the only good training areas were outside.
So he went and did just that. He left the castle without telling anyone and he went and across the endless hills that surrounded the castle. He secluded himself in hopes of getting serious training time in and not just pitiful magic spell he hadn't yet learned fully.
Taking a deep breath, Riku tried to clear his mind. Thoughts of the shadows and Merlin and Mickey were shoved aside. His daydreams about his Sora were...
Aqua eye blinked furiously.
HIS Sora? What in shadows name was he thinking? Sora didn't belong to him! Sure he wish the older boy did bu- NO! That was wrong. He didn't want to own Sora. He didn't.
Rubbing the side of his head with cold and rough hands, he drove away his unwanted train of thoughts. He then let his hands drop to his slimming sides and he couldn't help but to think back. He used to be so thin, well, he still was but now he didn't look so sick. That potion that he was being given, it was helping a lot. His appetite came back to him and his taste for food was changing. He no longer craved the liquids of soup or stew, he was finally craving things like apples and strawberries. He had yet to acquire the taste for chicken though. Just looking at the white, featherless bird made his sick to his stomach.
"Concentrate Riku!" He scowled himself.
Shaking his head, his hair whipping his face in the process, he shook the distracting thoughts away from his mind again. He then closed his bright eyes and dug down into his heart. He searched for that certain door and opened it.
Immediately, two familiar weights settled into his hands. A small smile twisted it's way on his thin lips. He opened his eyes and looked down at his held weapons. They were magnificent. They had saved his life numerously in the shadows and now he would be able to use them just to train. He really enjoyed that idea. He wouldn't have to fight anymore. It almost seemed to lift his heavy heart.
With a quick and unnoticeable nod to himself, he lifted his weapons to the side of his body, and began.
**--**--**
Mickey was frantic. He had ordered an all world search for two keyblades a day and a half ago and nothing had been found yet. The princesses would be here in three days! He could not fail in his duty to find those blades! It was critical in restoring Riku's body.
"Have you brought the messengers here yet Donald?" Mickey said a bit irritably at the white duck.
"I have called them your majesty. They should be here shortly!" Donald bowed Mickey and made a hasty exit.
Mickey paced the room. He was very agitated.
"Where are they! I called for them ten minutes ago!" Mickey shouted at no one in particular.
"We are here your Majesty!"
"Yes we is!"
"Here is us!"
"We have arrived!"
"Yay! At Majesty's side is I!"
"You too?"
"Yeah."
Mickey turned on his heels and looked at each glowing pixie. Bright colors of purple, white, blue, yellow, green, pink and red radiated from each floating creature. All of the creatures were smiling and waving enthusiastically at him and he couldn't help but let his anger slip away. He smiled back and motioned for them to land on the table.
The bright colored pixies zoomed across the room, crossing each other in their paths and swooping up towards the ceiling and then to the floor. One flew around the table leg until making a jerky stop on the table while another flew under the table and made a high loop before landing safely on the table. Others would take the more direct approach and just land, tapping their bare feet in annoyance at their fellow show offs.
It didn't take much longer before all seven pixies were standing on the table and smiling up at their king. The first to speak was a girl. Her brilliant yellow glow to hear illuminated the effect of her chin length blonde hair. Her tiny mini skirt and what looked like a strap of cloth to covered her chest area both seemed to glow also. The pixie had golden eyes and olive colored skin.
"Hello your majesty! Chichi is my name and here I am to do your biding!" The high pitched pixie's voice barely reached Mickey's ears so he bent down. He saw Chichi bow down at her waist and then straighten up and grin at him. "I will introduce you to the others!"
"I would appreciate that." Mickey spoke softly.
"Right oh!" Chichi placed her hands on her hips. "Line up pixies!"
Tiny bare feet patted along the desk until six pixies were lined up in a horizontal line facing the King. Chichi walked up to the left most pixie and pointed at the glowing green girl. "This is Trinity!" Trinity had should length pale green hair and emerald green eyes. Her dark skin contrasted with her light color but it gave off a mysterious feeling to the girl also. She wore a odd length forest green dress. One side went only to her thigh while on the other, fabric traveled to a point down to her knee.
"I is happy to see you Majesty!" Trinity beamed up at him with a toothy grin.
"And this white fairy is Starlette!" Chichi said before Mickey could respond.
Starlette had thigh length silver hair, much like Riku's, that was tied up in a pony tail at the top of her head. Steel colored eyes sparkled and moonlight colored skin made the pixie look as if her name was the truth. Starlette looked to be just like a shinning star, even her dress sparkled. It was a long dress that went down to her ankles and had two slits up the sides to her mid thigh. She wore a silver anklet on her right foot and a silver bracelet to match on her left wrist. She gave Mickey a peace sign and bounced on the balls of her feet.
"I's pleased to meet you sir!"
"This small red pixie is Kali! She liked human clothing so much, she made her own outfit!"
"Nothing wrong with that says I!" Kali stuck out her tongue. She had short flaming red hair and pale red eyes. She had a nice brown tan on her skinny body and she wore what a ballerina would wear. It was a crimson red tutu with white poofing fabric underneath.
"Next, is Jewel. She's another weird one. She saw a human comic book once and couldn't help but make that weird costume." Chichi laughed.
"Quiet says I! No need for your nasty mouth says I!" Jewel scowled at Chichi and hit the other on the back of her head.
"HEY!" Chichi glared.
"Nice next time says I!" Jewel grinned. Her knee length violet hair swished at her movements and her lilac colored eyes glittered with mischievousness. She wore a tight white body suit and a deep purple cape that attached to her shoulders with two golden pins.
Moving on, Chichi then pointed at the light blue pixie. "This is Ruby. Weird name for a blue pixie but her eyes are blood red. Her mother and father are of different cultures so she is a mix! She is nice though!"
It was true too. Ruby had crimson eyes and light blue shoulder length hair. On her hair was a silver tiara with a white gem in the middle. She wore a flowing white dress that had a silver chain around the stomach and a silver lining along the bottom of the dress. Ruby bowed to Mickey.
"Hello King Mickey."
"And last and strangest is Taku. He's the only boy pixie we know!"
"There's nothing wrong with that Chichi!" Taku growled out even though it was hardly intimidating. He crossed his small arms over his chest, rumping his sheer white vest. His pale pink eyes narrowed at the girl and he 'humped', stomping his foot on the ground. His baggy, genie like pants rustled in his movements before settling down again.
"No, nothing is wrong, it's just strange." Chichi giggled and pulled on his spiky pink hair.
"Ow! Hey, lay off!" Taku slapped her hand away and glared at the pixie. "At least I'm not a dumb yellow pix!"
"I'd rather be yellow than ugly pink!" Chichi shot back.
"Please, no fighting you too. I need to get messages sent out at once."
"Yes your majesty!" Chichi saluted him and fell into line next to Taku.
"Thank you." Mickey cleared his throat. Mickey reached into his robe pocket and pulled out seven tiny scrolls. He placed them all down on the table, close to the small beings, and started to talk once again. "These messages are late, so I need each of you to be very quick. Each one of you will take a message to a Princess of Heart and read it to them. You are to stay with them until three days and then return with them to the castle. You will meet in this throne room and then you will be officially done. Is there any questions?"
"Who are we going to?" Ruby asked politely.
"Let's see. You will be going to Cinderella's home. Chichi will be going to Belle's place while Trinity leaves for Alice's home. Starlette, you will go to Princess Aurora's. Kali, you go to Snow White's palace. Jewel, you're off to Princess Jasmine's place and Taku, you will go to Kairi's house."
"ALLLLL RIIIIGHT!" Chichi cheered. "Let's go pixies!"
Seven tiny beings grabbed a tiny scroll of paper before zooming out of the room.
**--**--**
Sora drummed his fingers on the table impatiently. He rested his head down on the wooden surface and drew in a deep breath. He exhaled loudly and groaned. He was really hungry and lunch was still cooking. He really wanted to eat. That chicken sounded really good right now.
"Hungry there Sora?"
Sora glanced at the gleeful voice of Yuffie.
"Yeah. Starving!"
"Don't worry. Lunch will be here soon! I hope it's soup!" Yuffie's eye's gleamed. She did a sideways glance and her smile twisted into devious. Sitting next to her was the unsuspecting Cloud and across from him was his nervous lover.
Sephiroth was nervously glancing at the short brunette. He had regretted agreeing with the energetic girl for a whole day and he was kicking himself in the butt for ever even thinking about it. He fidgeted in his seat and looked back into his lover's baby blue eyes. He gave a small, forced, smile and shifted in his seat again.
"Something wrong Sephiroth?" Cloud asked. He was a bit worried about his lover. He has been on edge for a whole day now. He didn't understand what could possibly be wrong with him.
"No, no. It's nothing, I'm fine."
"You sure?" Cloud responded, not believing the other a single bit.
"Perfectly."
"Lads and lass! Come and git it!!" The cook called while setting four bowls of soup on a counter.
"YES! Food!" Sora jumped up from his seat and bounced over to the bowls. He nabbed two of them and went back to his spot. He slid a bowl towards Yuffie before digging into his own bowl. He never saw the devious smile on Yuffie's lips or the sweat slipping down Sephiroth's face.
"I'll get ours." Cloud excused himself.
Sephiroth quickly glared at Yuffie. "Don't you dare."
"But you said it was okay!"
"I lied!"
"Too bad!" Yuffie tossed her head and ignored the look of fret passing over Sephiroth's face.
"Here Seph." Cloud handed a bowl to his lover before taking his spot across from him. He picked up the metal spoon and stirred the soup around a bit. He then scooped some up and placed it in his mouth. He swallowed the hot broth and sighed. He really did enjoy soup.
Yuffie grinned. She quickly stirred her soup, some splashing over the edges, and took the most liquid she could get into the spoon. She was about to slurp it all up when the door opened. She glared at the intruder. She had to hold her temper or else she'd would throw her bowl at the person.
Riku was the one that walked in and took a seat next to Sora. He looked underthe other's shoulder and nudged the taller man. Sora blinked at him with innonocent eyes.
"Yeah?"
Riku glanced at the yellow soup again. "What is it?"
"Chicken noodle soup!"
Riku's pale face went five shade lighter.
"Hey, something wrong?"
Riku held a hand over his mouth and shot up out of his seat. "I'm going to be sick." Riku rushed out of the room.
"Hey!" Sora shouted. He was about to take off after the shorter teen but was stopped by Sephiroth.
"I'll check on him. Just... stay here and enjoy your meal." Sephiroth grinned nervously before bolting after his son.
Cloud raised his eye brows at his lover's strange behavior and shrugged it off.
Sora shrugged and dug back into his food.
Yuffie was about ready to die with excitement. She hastily scooped up more liquid and brought the spoon to her mouth. She tilted it just enough before slurping it all in.
Cloud, he was just about ready to place more of his food into his mouth, gripped his spoon so hard that his hand began to shake. All of the liquid and the noodles fell out. He gritted his teeth and glared at the girl from under his bangs.
Yuffie kept on going as if nothing happened. She was half way through her bowl before Cloud exploded.
"DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT???" Cloud screamed, slamming his hands on the wooden table.
Yuffie looked up at him with innocent eyes. "Do what?" She took another slurp of soup.
"THAT, YOU INSANE WOMAN!"
"Yeah!" She grinned.
Sora gingerly got up from his seat and tiptoed to the door. He grabbed the knob and exited with silence. As soon as he was half way down the hall, an enormous scream rang throughout the castle.
"SEPHIROTH! YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!!!!"
**--**--**
Sephiroth darted down the halls and to the closest bathroom he could remember. If he was lucky, he would be able to find his son in no time, or he would be unlucky and spend the rest of the day looking for him because the castle was too big.
"Riku? Are you in there?" Sephiroth walked up to a wooden door and knocked. He heard the sounds of retching and sighed. He placed his hand on the cool brass knob and pulled it open. He saw his son kneeling down in from of a porcelain toilet. One hand was holding onto the side while another was holding back silver hair.
Sephiroth kneeled down beside his son and placed a hand on the teen's back. He felt a small jump from the boy before aqua eyes met his. Sephiroth gave a small smile.
"Hey. How are you feeling?"
"How does it look?" Riku shot back. He reached up and grabbed a paper towel and wiped off his mouth.
"Point taken."
Riku shook his head. He attempted to stand but his head and stomach wouldn't allow that. His vision swam and his stomach fell. With a groan he suck back down to his knees. He mentally cursed all that was good and glared at the floor.
"Slow down Riku. Take it easy." Sephiroth rubbed a soothing had on Riku's lower back. He grabbed the boy's elbow and helped tug him to his feet. He took the used paper towel from his son and tossed it into the toilet and flushed it. Turning his son around, he walked him to the sink and let him lean against it.
"Thanks." Riku mumbled.
"You're welcome. Want to tell me what that was all about?"
"Chicken is the most disgusting... thing I've ever eaten. It makes me sick just thinking about it, let alone smelling it or eating it." Riku's mouth furrowed with disgust. "I won't eat it and you can't make me." Riku glared up at his father.
"Well, if you're going to have that reaction to it then no, I won't. I don't need to clean up anything like that. I'd rather you just eat something different."
"Good."
Sephiroth was going to say something else before a loud scream cut him off.
"SEPHIROTH! YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!!!!"
Sephiroth's face paled. He was soooo dead.
"What was that?" Riku asked.
"Trust me. You don't want to know."
**--**--**
Taku hummed to himself. He dodged a falling coconut and then twisted in air. He grinned as he pulled up and traveled along a coconut tree before clearing the top and jetting back down. He once again rolled in his flight before slowing down and landing on a small window sill. He placed his hands on his hips and peered in through the glass. The room was quite big. It had a full sized bed with red sheets and at least five pillows settled on it. There was a dresser directly in front of it and to the left of the dresser there was a desk. Behind the desk was a walk in closet and piles upon piles of clothing.
Taku smiled to himself as he spotted a girl walking out of the closet. She was the princess. He then brought up a pale hand and knocked on the window as loud as he could. Fortunately for him, the girl wasn't too preoccupied and heard the small tapping.
Kairi walked to the window and pulled it up. She looked down at the small person and smiled. It was so cute! A little fairy man with pink hair! It was like a dream. She leaned down on the sill and crossed her arms and bent her head down.
"Hello there."
"Hi!" Taku grinned. He waved at the girl and reached to his side where he stuck the brown scroll.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Taku. I've been sent here to give you a message." Taku unraveled the scroll and began to read.
-Princess Kairi,
You're help is needed to restore your friend Riku back to his true self. In three days, your pixie messenger will take you back to the castle. There, Merlin will explain everything. If you wish to contact any other Princess, sent your pixie to them and make sure to tell them to come back.-
"Well that's a bit mean. Of course I'd come back. I'm not some bird!" Taku glared at the paper.
-Please clear any scheduling you had previously. This is a matter of the utter most importance. I appreciate all of your efforts. Sincerely, Mickey Mouse-
Taku rolled the scroll back up and looked at the human. "And there you have it. Until then, I'll be staying with you."
"Thank you very much Taku." Kairi grinned. "Would you like to come in?"
"Yes please!" Taku's bright pink light surrounded him as he floated into the room. He landed on Kairi's head and sat down, crossing his legs. "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome!" Kairi grinned. She walked to her bed and sat down. She couldn't wait to go back to Mickey's palace. Although her mother wouldn't be to happy, it didn't really matter. Her friend was in the need of her help and she wasn't going to let him down!
"So Miss Kairi, how are you doing?" Taku chirped.
"Very well. How are you doing?"
"Oh, not bad here. I'm really enjoying myself to tell the truth. This is a wonderful island you live on!" Taku motioned to the outside. "It's huge with water all around! It is amazing!"
"I'm glad you like it. I enjoy living here too. It's calm and peaceful. I like that." Kairi fell back on her pillows. She saw a pink light floating above her head and then settling down on her knees.
"That too!" Taku grinned before sitting once again and imitation Kairi's actions. He fell backwards and spread out. "How refreshing!"
Kairi couldn't help but hide a giggle. Her pixie friend was very cute.
"Are you hungry?"
Taku lifted his head at her and thought.
"Not at the moment. Thanks for asking!"
"Let me know when you are and I'll get you something to eat. Maybe some coconut."
"That would be delightful!" Taku let his head thump back down.
**--**--**
At the end of the day, Riku was utterly exhausted. He had trained after his little episode at lunch and had barely made it to dinner. There, he witnessed one of the most hilarious scenes in his life. Cloud had finally found Sephiroth and had given him a thorough run down. He screamed, he yelled, he glared, and even pulled on Sephiroth's silver hair to glare directly into his eyes. But that wasn't all. Cloud then took a cold bowl of chicken soup and poured it on Sephiroth. Before he left, he turned around, with the most innocent voice he'd ever heard, and said, "If you think that was bad Sephie-baby, just wait until I get you alone tonight. You'll wish you never would have known me. Oh, and you also get to sleep on the floor for a week when we get home. The couch is too good for you this time."
It had taken Riku many minutes to stop laughing at his father. He had pointed and laughed at the soggy man and even fallen off his chair. Of course he wasn't the only one. Sora had tears running down his face and Yuffie was rolling on the floor with him. Leon, who hadn't seen anything like this before, was in a state of total shock and could only gape at Sephiroth and blink. That alone added to everyone's laughter.
By the time everyone had calmed down, dinner was cold and Riku was tired. He hate half of his plate before leaving with a stuffed Sora behind him. They both walked into their shared room and dressed for bed.
At the moment, Riku was curled in the covers, snuggling himself in the warmth. He had fallen asleep almost instantly. Sora, on the other hand, was just slipping under the covers and laying down. He rested his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. He was brought out of his second sleep when two hands fisted into his shirt and a head rested against his chest.
Sora smiled down at Riku's tiny body and let one arm drape along a shirt clothes back. He nestled into the mattress more before closing his eyes once again. Soon, sleep over took him.
Next to him, an awake Riku smiled to himself and snuggled deeper into his Sora. His smiled widened when he thought about his Sora. Yes his. After much training and thinking today, he had decided he would make Sora his, no matter what.
With those thoughts to guide his sleep, Riku drifted off into a dream of pure bliss and a lot of snuggling with his Sora.
TBC...
HAHAHAHA!! I want to be Sora now really badly! I want Riku to snuggle up to me! **sniffles and grins** He's so cute! But aside from that, I have a GREAT excuse why this chapter too so long, It's because of those pixies! I had to do details with them! Well, at least one because I'm going to work with Taku more. But I couldn't just let one have a description and others to not! That would be horrible of me. I even DREW Taku, but no one can see it cuz I don't have a scanner. -_-' Oh well though.
1]Pixies... they are cute! I had to put them in there somewhere.
2]Not all pixies will be used to their full potential. ((Meaning: I'm only going to really use Taku. He's my favorite.))
3]Yes you can get sick by looking at chicken. I do all the time. ^__^
Anyways, on to the thank you's!
Sora Lover: Angel of Darkness: Wow. That's allota love. **glomps you** Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm really happy you think my work is good! Woohaw!
christie: Yes, Riku has a sense of humor now. Hehe, and a deep loathing of chicken. Boy, and I agree with him. Chicken is the seven circle of hellish foods. It's disturbing how someone can just eat it. **shudders at the thought** But I know about the secret ending... don't know if they OTHERS do but they might know now. LoL. Many thanks!
Sheol: Yay! I got five stars! Woohaw! I love stars! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for reviewing!
Waya: Hahah. If you think about it, yes, he did strip him. **glares at Leon** No more of that. Can't have incest going on in this. **Leon glares back** :P To you Leon! Anyways, yes, there is fluff. I didn't even know I could write fluff but it's there. Hehe. And the keyblades situation is wicked cool. But I can't give that plot away until next time. **sighs** I wanted to this time but I was running out of thinking space in my brain. Oh, and THANKS!!!!!!!
PrincessSwifty: Don't worry about reviewing all the chapters! It's all gravvy! I'm just really glad you would review on this chapter! LoL. I don't think I can make Sora suffer anymo-... wait. I have a really good idea. **grins evilly** Oh I can't wait. This will be delicious. Thanks for the inspiration! Thanks a million for the review too! **pinches Sora's cheek** Hehe.
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saki5: Those rude people. **grits teeth** I really hate listening to people it. It made me ticked off writing the scene with Yuffie because I hate it that much. It could just HEAR her slurping. ACK! **slams head on desk** Make it stop! **blasts music** Thank you for reviewing, I appreciate it a lot!
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Much Love!
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Sora/Riku
Warnings: Yaoi or boyXboy love, little bit of OOC, and references to intense situations, rating may change later
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own anything from Kingdom Hearts. I don't own any characters or places or anything.
Summary: After the doors were closed, Riku has been in the shadows but in the shadows, there is no such thing as time because time is meaningless. So what happens when Sora opens the door five years later? SoraxRiku
Timeless
He had taken Riku into a room, a small conference room that he had used only once himself, and sat the boy down. Riku had seemed happier than he had the entire time he was here but Mickey had to push aside his joyous thoughts and cleared his throat.
"Riku, I've brought you here to discuss your situation."
Riku eyed the mouse king warily.
"What is that suppose to mean?"
"I want to know if you are okay being a fifteen year old boy." Mickey stated directly and firmly.
Riku glared at the mouse.
"I don't know about you, but being kept in the dark for five years wasn't fun. Being in this body is pure hell Mickey. There are certain... obstacles that I cannot surpass in this body." Riku stood up from his seat. Not realizing what he previously said about certain "obstacles," he glared harder at the mouse. "I would prefer to be the age I am suppose to be. I would at least stand some chance then. But there's no way to change that is there?"
Mickey was taken back by the harsh voice. He had never heard the silver haired teen speak with such hate and resentment. Riku must have spoken the truth when he said being in his young body was hell. But what kind of hell was it? Why was it so horrible? Yes, his friends may be older than he, but... Mickey nodded his head in a quick understanding. He straightened his shoulders and then stared directly into fierce aqua eyes.
"What if there was?"
Riku's glare didn't faltered.
"What if there was a way to restore you to being your rightful age? A way to make you become the man you are suppose to be and not a teenager? Would you take it?"
"I would, but I would want to know what price would I have to pay." Riku said without hesitance.
"What if the price was love?"
Riku was taken back. What was love suppose to do with the price? What did that mean? He stared at the mouse king with confusion clearly written on his pale face. If he was going to follow Mickey's pretend story, he should at least understand it to play along.
"I'm not sure on the entire meaning, but love is the key to changing you back. Along with a few... other accessories, but love is the main ingredient."
"Explain everything Mickey. I don't want to be in the dark with this."
Mickey nodded.
"Merlin has been doing constant research about Kingdom Hearts and the keyblades. He's determined that the keyblades stand for time while Kingdom Hearts stand for the exact opposite. Kingdom Hearts is timeless, the reason why you and I didn't age for years, nor were we consciously away that it had been so long. Merlin then took a hypothesis on how to change the timeless effect of Kingdom Hearts. He came up with an idea that combining the powers of the keyblades and the power of hearts, friends and love the timeless effect would be gone. The only problem is, Merlin is still unsure of what is meant by love."
Riku nodded towards the mouse king. "Fine. I'll do it, just tell me when."
"A matter of days Riku. Five to be exact. And on the fifth is when all actions will commence."
"Whatever." Riku then turned his back on the king and walked out.
But that had been yesterday. Now, Riku only had four days. He didn't want to think about it. So he took off to train, something he hadn't done for what felt like weeks. And the only good training areas were outside.
So he went and did just that. He left the castle without telling anyone and he went and across the endless hills that surrounded the castle. He secluded himself in hopes of getting serious training time in and not just pitiful magic spell he hadn't yet learned fully.
Taking a deep breath, Riku tried to clear his mind. Thoughts of the shadows and Merlin and Mickey were shoved aside. His daydreams about his Sora were...
Aqua eye blinked furiously.
HIS Sora? What in shadows name was he thinking? Sora didn't belong to him! Sure he wish the older boy did bu- NO! That was wrong. He didn't want to own Sora. He didn't.
Rubbing the side of his head with cold and rough hands, he drove away his unwanted train of thoughts. He then let his hands drop to his slimming sides and he couldn't help but to think back. He used to be so thin, well, he still was but now he didn't look so sick. That potion that he was being given, it was helping a lot. His appetite came back to him and his taste for food was changing. He no longer craved the liquids of soup or stew, he was finally craving things like apples and strawberries. He had yet to acquire the taste for chicken though. Just looking at the white, featherless bird made his sick to his stomach.
"Concentrate Riku!" He scowled himself.
Shaking his head, his hair whipping his face in the process, he shook the distracting thoughts away from his mind again. He then closed his bright eyes and dug down into his heart. He searched for that certain door and opened it.
Immediately, two familiar weights settled into his hands. A small smile twisted it's way on his thin lips. He opened his eyes and looked down at his held weapons. They were magnificent. They had saved his life numerously in the shadows and now he would be able to use them just to train. He really enjoyed that idea. He wouldn't have to fight anymore. It almost seemed to lift his heavy heart.
With a quick and unnoticeable nod to himself, he lifted his weapons to the side of his body, and began.
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Mickey was frantic. He had ordered an all world search for two keyblades a day and a half ago and nothing had been found yet. The princesses would be here in three days! He could not fail in his duty to find those blades! It was critical in restoring Riku's body.
"Have you brought the messengers here yet Donald?" Mickey said a bit irritably at the white duck.
"I have called them your majesty. They should be here shortly!" Donald bowed Mickey and made a hasty exit.
Mickey paced the room. He was very agitated.
"Where are they! I called for them ten minutes ago!" Mickey shouted at no one in particular.
"We are here your Majesty!"
"Yes we is!"
"Here is us!"
"We have arrived!"
"Yay! At Majesty's side is I!"
"You too?"
"Yeah."
Mickey turned on his heels and looked at each glowing pixie. Bright colors of purple, white, blue, yellow, green, pink and red radiated from each floating creature. All of the creatures were smiling and waving enthusiastically at him and he couldn't help but let his anger slip away. He smiled back and motioned for them to land on the table.
The bright colored pixies zoomed across the room, crossing each other in their paths and swooping up towards the ceiling and then to the floor. One flew around the table leg until making a jerky stop on the table while another flew under the table and made a high loop before landing safely on the table. Others would take the more direct approach and just land, tapping their bare feet in annoyance at their fellow show offs.
It didn't take much longer before all seven pixies were standing on the table and smiling up at their king. The first to speak was a girl. Her brilliant yellow glow to hear illuminated the effect of her chin length blonde hair. Her tiny mini skirt and what looked like a strap of cloth to covered her chest area both seemed to glow also. The pixie had golden eyes and olive colored skin.
"Hello your majesty! Chichi is my name and here I am to do your biding!" The high pitched pixie's voice barely reached Mickey's ears so he bent down. He saw Chichi bow down at her waist and then straighten up and grin at him. "I will introduce you to the others!"
"I would appreciate that." Mickey spoke softly.
"Right oh!" Chichi placed her hands on her hips. "Line up pixies!"
Tiny bare feet patted along the desk until six pixies were lined up in a horizontal line facing the King. Chichi walked up to the left most pixie and pointed at the glowing green girl. "This is Trinity!" Trinity had should length pale green hair and emerald green eyes. Her dark skin contrasted with her light color but it gave off a mysterious feeling to the girl also. She wore a odd length forest green dress. One side went only to her thigh while on the other, fabric traveled to a point down to her knee.
"I is happy to see you Majesty!" Trinity beamed up at him with a toothy grin.
"And this white fairy is Starlette!" Chichi said before Mickey could respond.
Starlette had thigh length silver hair, much like Riku's, that was tied up in a pony tail at the top of her head. Steel colored eyes sparkled and moonlight colored skin made the pixie look as if her name was the truth. Starlette looked to be just like a shinning star, even her dress sparkled. It was a long dress that went down to her ankles and had two slits up the sides to her mid thigh. She wore a silver anklet on her right foot and a silver bracelet to match on her left wrist. She gave Mickey a peace sign and bounced on the balls of her feet.
"I's pleased to meet you sir!"
"This small red pixie is Kali! She liked human clothing so much, she made her own outfit!"
"Nothing wrong with that says I!" Kali stuck out her tongue. She had short flaming red hair and pale red eyes. She had a nice brown tan on her skinny body and she wore what a ballerina would wear. It was a crimson red tutu with white poofing fabric underneath.
"Next, is Jewel. She's another weird one. She saw a human comic book once and couldn't help but make that weird costume." Chichi laughed.
"Quiet says I! No need for your nasty mouth says I!" Jewel scowled at Chichi and hit the other on the back of her head.
"HEY!" Chichi glared.
"Nice next time says I!" Jewel grinned. Her knee length violet hair swished at her movements and her lilac colored eyes glittered with mischievousness. She wore a tight white body suit and a deep purple cape that attached to her shoulders with two golden pins.
Moving on, Chichi then pointed at the light blue pixie. "This is Ruby. Weird name for a blue pixie but her eyes are blood red. Her mother and father are of different cultures so she is a mix! She is nice though!"
It was true too. Ruby had crimson eyes and light blue shoulder length hair. On her hair was a silver tiara with a white gem in the middle. She wore a flowing white dress that had a silver chain around the stomach and a silver lining along the bottom of the dress. Ruby bowed to Mickey.
"Hello King Mickey."
"And last and strangest is Taku. He's the only boy pixie we know!"
"There's nothing wrong with that Chichi!" Taku growled out even though it was hardly intimidating. He crossed his small arms over his chest, rumping his sheer white vest. His pale pink eyes narrowed at the girl and he 'humped', stomping his foot on the ground. His baggy, genie like pants rustled in his movements before settling down again.
"No, nothing is wrong, it's just strange." Chichi giggled and pulled on his spiky pink hair.
"Ow! Hey, lay off!" Taku slapped her hand away and glared at the pixie. "At least I'm not a dumb yellow pix!"
"I'd rather be yellow than ugly pink!" Chichi shot back.
"Please, no fighting you too. I need to get messages sent out at once."
"Yes your majesty!" Chichi saluted him and fell into line next to Taku.
"Thank you." Mickey cleared his throat. Mickey reached into his robe pocket and pulled out seven tiny scrolls. He placed them all down on the table, close to the small beings, and started to talk once again. "These messages are late, so I need each of you to be very quick. Each one of you will take a message to a Princess of Heart and read it to them. You are to stay with them until three days and then return with them to the castle. You will meet in this throne room and then you will be officially done. Is there any questions?"
"Who are we going to?" Ruby asked politely.
"Let's see. You will be going to Cinderella's home. Chichi will be going to Belle's place while Trinity leaves for Alice's home. Starlette, you will go to Princess Aurora's. Kali, you go to Snow White's palace. Jewel, you're off to Princess Jasmine's place and Taku, you will go to Kairi's house."
"ALLLLL RIIIIGHT!" Chichi cheered. "Let's go pixies!"
Seven tiny beings grabbed a tiny scroll of paper before zooming out of the room.
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Sora drummed his fingers on the table impatiently. He rested his head down on the wooden surface and drew in a deep breath. He exhaled loudly and groaned. He was really hungry and lunch was still cooking. He really wanted to eat. That chicken sounded really good right now.
"Hungry there Sora?"
Sora glanced at the gleeful voice of Yuffie.
"Yeah. Starving!"
"Don't worry. Lunch will be here soon! I hope it's soup!" Yuffie's eye's gleamed. She did a sideways glance and her smile twisted into devious. Sitting next to her was the unsuspecting Cloud and across from him was his nervous lover.
Sephiroth was nervously glancing at the short brunette. He had regretted agreeing with the energetic girl for a whole day and he was kicking himself in the butt for ever even thinking about it. He fidgeted in his seat and looked back into his lover's baby blue eyes. He gave a small, forced, smile and shifted in his seat again.
"Something wrong Sephiroth?" Cloud asked. He was a bit worried about his lover. He has been on edge for a whole day now. He didn't understand what could possibly be wrong with him.
"No, no. It's nothing, I'm fine."
"You sure?" Cloud responded, not believing the other a single bit.
"Perfectly."
"Lads and lass! Come and git it!!" The cook called while setting four bowls of soup on a counter.
"YES! Food!" Sora jumped up from his seat and bounced over to the bowls. He nabbed two of them and went back to his spot. He slid a bowl towards Yuffie before digging into his own bowl. He never saw the devious smile on Yuffie's lips or the sweat slipping down Sephiroth's face.
"I'll get ours." Cloud excused himself.
Sephiroth quickly glared at Yuffie. "Don't you dare."
"But you said it was okay!"
"I lied!"
"Too bad!" Yuffie tossed her head and ignored the look of fret passing over Sephiroth's face.
"Here Seph." Cloud handed a bowl to his lover before taking his spot across from him. He picked up the metal spoon and stirred the soup around a bit. He then scooped some up and placed it in his mouth. He swallowed the hot broth and sighed. He really did enjoy soup.
Yuffie grinned. She quickly stirred her soup, some splashing over the edges, and took the most liquid she could get into the spoon. She was about to slurp it all up when the door opened. She glared at the intruder. She had to hold her temper or else she'd would throw her bowl at the person.
Riku was the one that walked in and took a seat next to Sora. He looked underthe other's shoulder and nudged the taller man. Sora blinked at him with innonocent eyes.
"Yeah?"
Riku glanced at the yellow soup again. "What is it?"
"Chicken noodle soup!"
Riku's pale face went five shade lighter.
"Hey, something wrong?"
Riku held a hand over his mouth and shot up out of his seat. "I'm going to be sick." Riku rushed out of the room.
"Hey!" Sora shouted. He was about to take off after the shorter teen but was stopped by Sephiroth.
"I'll check on him. Just... stay here and enjoy your meal." Sephiroth grinned nervously before bolting after his son.
Cloud raised his eye brows at his lover's strange behavior and shrugged it off.
Sora shrugged and dug back into his food.
Yuffie was about ready to die with excitement. She hastily scooped up more liquid and brought the spoon to her mouth. She tilted it just enough before slurping it all in.
Cloud, he was just about ready to place more of his food into his mouth, gripped his spoon so hard that his hand began to shake. All of the liquid and the noodles fell out. He gritted his teeth and glared at the girl from under his bangs.
Yuffie kept on going as if nothing happened. She was half way through her bowl before Cloud exploded.
"DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT???" Cloud screamed, slamming his hands on the wooden table.
Yuffie looked up at him with innocent eyes. "Do what?" She took another slurp of soup.
"THAT, YOU INSANE WOMAN!"
"Yeah!" She grinned.
Sora gingerly got up from his seat and tiptoed to the door. He grabbed the knob and exited with silence. As soon as he was half way down the hall, an enormous scream rang throughout the castle.
"SEPHIROTH! YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!!!!"
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Sephiroth darted down the halls and to the closest bathroom he could remember. If he was lucky, he would be able to find his son in no time, or he would be unlucky and spend the rest of the day looking for him because the castle was too big.
"Riku? Are you in there?" Sephiroth walked up to a wooden door and knocked. He heard the sounds of retching and sighed. He placed his hand on the cool brass knob and pulled it open. He saw his son kneeling down in from of a porcelain toilet. One hand was holding onto the side while another was holding back silver hair.
Sephiroth kneeled down beside his son and placed a hand on the teen's back. He felt a small jump from the boy before aqua eyes met his. Sephiroth gave a small smile.
"Hey. How are you feeling?"
"How does it look?" Riku shot back. He reached up and grabbed a paper towel and wiped off his mouth.
"Point taken."
Riku shook his head. He attempted to stand but his head and stomach wouldn't allow that. His vision swam and his stomach fell. With a groan he suck back down to his knees. He mentally cursed all that was good and glared at the floor.
"Slow down Riku. Take it easy." Sephiroth rubbed a soothing had on Riku's lower back. He grabbed the boy's elbow and helped tug him to his feet. He took the used paper towel from his son and tossed it into the toilet and flushed it. Turning his son around, he walked him to the sink and let him lean against it.
"Thanks." Riku mumbled.
"You're welcome. Want to tell me what that was all about?"
"Chicken is the most disgusting... thing I've ever eaten. It makes me sick just thinking about it, let alone smelling it or eating it." Riku's mouth furrowed with disgust. "I won't eat it and you can't make me." Riku glared up at his father.
"Well, if you're going to have that reaction to it then no, I won't. I don't need to clean up anything like that. I'd rather you just eat something different."
"Good."
Sephiroth was going to say something else before a loud scream cut him off.
"SEPHIROTH! YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS!!!!"
Sephiroth's face paled. He was soooo dead.
"What was that?" Riku asked.
"Trust me. You don't want to know."
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Taku hummed to himself. He dodged a falling coconut and then twisted in air. He grinned as he pulled up and traveled along a coconut tree before clearing the top and jetting back down. He once again rolled in his flight before slowing down and landing on a small window sill. He placed his hands on his hips and peered in through the glass. The room was quite big. It had a full sized bed with red sheets and at least five pillows settled on it. There was a dresser directly in front of it and to the left of the dresser there was a desk. Behind the desk was a walk in closet and piles upon piles of clothing.
Taku smiled to himself as he spotted a girl walking out of the closet. She was the princess. He then brought up a pale hand and knocked on the window as loud as he could. Fortunately for him, the girl wasn't too preoccupied and heard the small tapping.
Kairi walked to the window and pulled it up. She looked down at the small person and smiled. It was so cute! A little fairy man with pink hair! It was like a dream. She leaned down on the sill and crossed her arms and bent her head down.
"Hello there."
"Hi!" Taku grinned. He waved at the girl and reached to his side where he stuck the brown scroll.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Taku. I've been sent here to give you a message." Taku unraveled the scroll and began to read.
-Princess Kairi,
You're help is needed to restore your friend Riku back to his true self. In three days, your pixie messenger will take you back to the castle. There, Merlin will explain everything. If you wish to contact any other Princess, sent your pixie to them and make sure to tell them to come back.-
"Well that's a bit mean. Of course I'd come back. I'm not some bird!" Taku glared at the paper.
-Please clear any scheduling you had previously. This is a matter of the utter most importance. I appreciate all of your efforts. Sincerely, Mickey Mouse-
Taku rolled the scroll back up and looked at the human. "And there you have it. Until then, I'll be staying with you."
"Thank you very much Taku." Kairi grinned. "Would you like to come in?"
"Yes please!" Taku's bright pink light surrounded him as he floated into the room. He landed on Kairi's head and sat down, crossing his legs. "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome!" Kairi grinned. She walked to her bed and sat down. She couldn't wait to go back to Mickey's palace. Although her mother wouldn't be to happy, it didn't really matter. Her friend was in the need of her help and she wasn't going to let him down!
"So Miss Kairi, how are you doing?" Taku chirped.
"Very well. How are you doing?"
"Oh, not bad here. I'm really enjoying myself to tell the truth. This is a wonderful island you live on!" Taku motioned to the outside. "It's huge with water all around! It is amazing!"
"I'm glad you like it. I enjoy living here too. It's calm and peaceful. I like that." Kairi fell back on her pillows. She saw a pink light floating above her head and then settling down on her knees.
"That too!" Taku grinned before sitting once again and imitation Kairi's actions. He fell backwards and spread out. "How refreshing!"
Kairi couldn't help but hide a giggle. Her pixie friend was very cute.
"Are you hungry?"
Taku lifted his head at her and thought.
"Not at the moment. Thanks for asking!"
"Let me know when you are and I'll get you something to eat. Maybe some coconut."
"That would be delightful!" Taku let his head thump back down.
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At the end of the day, Riku was utterly exhausted. He had trained after his little episode at lunch and had barely made it to dinner. There, he witnessed one of the most hilarious scenes in his life. Cloud had finally found Sephiroth and had given him a thorough run down. He screamed, he yelled, he glared, and even pulled on Sephiroth's silver hair to glare directly into his eyes. But that wasn't all. Cloud then took a cold bowl of chicken soup and poured it on Sephiroth. Before he left, he turned around, with the most innocent voice he'd ever heard, and said, "If you think that was bad Sephie-baby, just wait until I get you alone tonight. You'll wish you never would have known me. Oh, and you also get to sleep on the floor for a week when we get home. The couch is too good for you this time."
It had taken Riku many minutes to stop laughing at his father. He had pointed and laughed at the soggy man and even fallen off his chair. Of course he wasn't the only one. Sora had tears running down his face and Yuffie was rolling on the floor with him. Leon, who hadn't seen anything like this before, was in a state of total shock and could only gape at Sephiroth and blink. That alone added to everyone's laughter.
By the time everyone had calmed down, dinner was cold and Riku was tired. He hate half of his plate before leaving with a stuffed Sora behind him. They both walked into their shared room and dressed for bed.
At the moment, Riku was curled in the covers, snuggling himself in the warmth. He had fallen asleep almost instantly. Sora, on the other hand, was just slipping under the covers and laying down. He rested his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. He was brought out of his second sleep when two hands fisted into his shirt and a head rested against his chest.
Sora smiled down at Riku's tiny body and let one arm drape along a shirt clothes back. He nestled into the mattress more before closing his eyes once again. Soon, sleep over took him.
Next to him, an awake Riku smiled to himself and snuggled deeper into his Sora. His smiled widened when he thought about his Sora. Yes his. After much training and thinking today, he had decided he would make Sora his, no matter what.
With those thoughts to guide his sleep, Riku drifted off into a dream of pure bliss and a lot of snuggling with his Sora.
TBC...
HAHAHAHA!! I want to be Sora now really badly! I want Riku to snuggle up to me! **sniffles and grins** He's so cute! But aside from that, I have a GREAT excuse why this chapter too so long, It's because of those pixies! I had to do details with them! Well, at least one because I'm going to work with Taku more. But I couldn't just let one have a description and others to not! That would be horrible of me. I even DREW Taku, but no one can see it cuz I don't have a scanner. -_-' Oh well though.
1]Pixies... they are cute! I had to put them in there somewhere.
2]Not all pixies will be used to their full potential. ((Meaning: I'm only going to really use Taku. He's my favorite.))
3]Yes you can get sick by looking at chicken. I do all the time. ^__^
Anyways, on to the thank you's!
Sora Lover: Angel of Darkness: Wow. That's allota love. **glomps you** Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm really happy you think my work is good! Woohaw!
christie: Yes, Riku has a sense of humor now. Hehe, and a deep loathing of chicken. Boy, and I agree with him. Chicken is the seven circle of hellish foods. It's disturbing how someone can just eat it. **shudders at the thought** But I know about the secret ending... don't know if they OTHERS do but they might know now. LoL. Many thanks!
Sheol: Yay! I got five stars! Woohaw! I love stars! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for reviewing!
Waya: Hahah. If you think about it, yes, he did strip him. **glares at Leon** No more of that. Can't have incest going on in this. **Leon glares back** :P To you Leon! Anyways, yes, there is fluff. I didn't even know I could write fluff but it's there. Hehe. And the keyblades situation is wicked cool. But I can't give that plot away until next time. **sighs** I wanted to this time but I was running out of thinking space in my brain. Oh, and THANKS!!!!!!!
PrincessSwifty: Don't worry about reviewing all the chapters! It's all gravvy! I'm just really glad you would review on this chapter! LoL. I don't think I can make Sora suffer anymo-... wait. I have a really good idea. **grins evilly** Oh I can't wait. This will be delicious. Thanks for the inspiration! Thanks a million for the review too! **pinches Sora's cheek** Hehe.
VampssAmby10210: Haha. Yes, reunion at last! **holds up peace sign** It's neat. And nope, not the couch. LoL. It's the floor. Woohaw. Thanks!
saki5: Those rude people. **grits teeth** I really hate listening to people it. It made me ticked off writing the scene with Yuffie because I hate it that much. It could just HEAR her slurping. ACK! **slams head on desk** Make it stop! **blasts music** Thank you for reviewing, I appreciate it a lot!
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