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, LANGUAGE!!!!!!!!!
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
Riku was wandering around the castle. He had his hands behind his back, clasping each other tightly. He moved with perfect grace and deliberate ease. His aqua eyes were half lidded and unfocused. So when he bumped into a body, he was jolted out of his hazy mind and crashed back to reality. He shook his head to get rid of the traces of fog in his head and peered up. Steel grey eyes looked straight back at him.
"Sorry Leon." Riku muttered.
"No problem." Leon shrugged. His cool gaze drifted across Riku's pale face and he couldn't help but have a small smile tug at the corners of his lips. He shifted his weight from foot to foot and place his right hand on his hip. His leather pants groaned in protest and his shoes screamed against the floor.
"You're shoes are wet." Riku pointed at Leon's black boots and looked down at them. The boots were coated in slivers of grass, a bit of mud around the edges and dripping liquid.
"Yeah, that happens when you take a walk outside in the morning and after it rained too." Leon replied with ease.
"Oh." Riku brushed off Leon's words and delved back into his thoughts.
"Something wrong Riku?" Leon questioned, slightly concerned.
"......"
"Riku?"
"Huh?" Riku looked up at the older man and gave him a forced half grin. "Oh, nothing. I'm just thinking."
"All right."
"Talk to you later Leon." Riku muttered again and sidestepped the man before continuing along his way. He didn't look back at the confused man and let his thoughts drift once again. He was currently thinking of ways to get Sora's attention. He had never tried to get a girlfriend or boyfriend before so it was quite hard to think of anything. He knew there was flirting but he had never flirted before, so how would he know if he was doing it right?
Stopped in mid-step, an idea popped into his devious mind and he couldn't contain his smile.
"That's it! I've got it!" Riku muttered triumphantly. He then sprinted down the halls and back to his and Sora's room.
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Kairi was walking down the shore line, watching the waves come in and out. Her violet gaze traveled further down the sand and she grinned. She see saw a pink light diving in and out of the water. She chuckled behind her hand and Taku shot straight up a good two feet above the water before his bright pink light surrounding him disappeared and he plunged back into the water. His tiny body made a miniscule splash and whispered laughter could be heard coming from the boy pixie.
"Kairi! You should join! The water feels wonderful!" Taku yelled to his human friend. He waved at the girl and grinned. He brushed away his strands of pink hair that had fallen into his eyes because of the water and dove underneath again. He barely held his breath when he saw a fish eyeing him. He scurried back to the surface and flew out of the water.
Taku glared at the water and saw the fish surface and flop its tail at him and dive back underneath. He stuck his tongue at the slimy fiend and grinned. He floated to the surface again and let just his feet dip into the cool water. He threw his head back to get Kairi's attention when he saw the red haired girl sitting on the beach laughing.
"You think that's funny do you?" Taku narrowed his eyes, trying to hide his obvious amusement. "I could have been lunch for that monster!" Taku waved his arms about widely with eyes shinning and full of playful loathing. "It would have went CHOMP, CHOMP," Taku clapped his hands together to make a scene of fake teeth, "and then goodbye to Taku!" Take fainted backwards into the water dramatically. He resurfaced just as fast and was greeted with a loud sound of joyous laughter.
"Hahaha! Taku, you're too funny!" Kairi was holding her stomach and wiping away tears from laughing so hard. She gasped for breath and continued laughing even as Taku flew over to her and sat crossed legged on her head.
"Why thank you I suppose. If getting eaten by a monster is funny than I should try it again. Want to join me next time?" Taku asked completely serious.
Kairi just laughed harder.
"Ah. The pains of being me." Taku sighed and flopped to his stomach. He bent his knees to let his legs stick up in the air and he crossed them. His bare feet hooked together, his baggy pink pants clung to his skin like glue and his sheer white vest was ridding up on his stomach and back. He bemusedly flicked his short pink hair off of his forehead and ran tiny fingers through it. He then rested his chin on his propped up hand and smiled.
"Thank you for the entertainment Taku." Kairi grinned at her pixie friend. "But if you want to get eaten by a monster, you go right ahead and do that. I'll watch."
"Oh but half the fun is experiencing it! Come on! We'll find a nice big monster in the water and you can escape it too!" Taku grabbed on to Kairi's red hair and pulled himself down to the girl's forehead and in between her eyes. He watched as violet eyes went cross and then a hand came and pushed him off.
"Hey! Now that's not fair." Taku flew to Kairi's thigh and settled himself down once again, only this time on his back and his hands behind his head.
"I know, but that's okay. And, I'll definitely not join you on your quest to be eaten. I'd prefer to live for a long time."
"Well you're no fun." Taku stuck out his tongue at the girl and gave a small chuckle.
"Deal with it." Kairi grinned.
"No choice too. Big oversized human meanie!" Taku joked.
"At least I'm not a fairy." Kairi shot back.
"I'll have you know I'm nothing like a fairy!" Taku glared.
"Really now? You look small enough to be one and you can fly." Kairi poked Taku in the chest and smiled.
"Fairies are totally different. They all have wings on their back and carry around that stupid golden dust. They can't even teleport or transport anything. How boring!" Taku said exasperated.
"Fairies aren't that bad. Tinkerbell is nice."
Taku's face contorted in disgust. He shot a glare at the human and sighed. "Tinkerbell is more like Tinkerhell. She's really mean to me! She's always throwing her stupid fairy dust on me and then flying away after sticking her tongue out at me."
Kairi was shocked. Tinkerbell was really nice to her. "Why is she so mean? There has to be a reason."
Taku shrugged and pushed himself up to sit. He crossed his arms over his chest and stuck his nose in the air. "She always comes at the wrong times. Like when I'm changing or eating or trying to take a bath. She'll go all red and then I'll tell her to get out. She doesn't so then I usually throw something at her... or a few things." Taku thought for a second. "Most of the time it's a book or two, a shirt, a bar of soap, or anything in reach. She then gets all mad and throws it back before leaving. It's really annoying."
Kairi had to force herself not to laugh out loud. She felt sorry for Taku about Tinkerbell's timing but she also felt bad for Tinkerbell. It sounded as if the girl fairy had a crush over Taku and he was just too thick to acknowledge it.
"I see. Well, maybe you should try NOT to throw things at her and she'll be nicer." Kairi suggested.
"Pfft!" Taku scoffed. "If she would stop showing up like that then I wouldn't!"
Kairi couldn't help but think that even with pixies, men were still stubborn now matter the species.
**--**--**
Cloud laid spread eagle on the large king sized bed. He was upside down at the bottom on the bed, hanging half way off with his arms dangling down and his hands touching the floor. He kept watching the floor, examining the stone as much as his bored mind could. He couldn't help but begin to count each one of them.
"One, two, three, four, five..." Cloud mumbled to himself.
Knock, knock.
"Seventeen, eighteen..."
Knock, knock.
"Twenty-four, twenty-five..."
"OPEN THE DARN DOOR CLOUD!" A voice hollered.
Cloud jumped at the voice and fell off the bed. He growled in frustration and rubbed his sore nose before getting up and walking himself to the door. He slowly unlocked the latch and was about to reach for the handle went the door flew open.
"I knew you were in here!" Riku launched himself into the room and closed the door. He grabbed a startled Cloud's hand and pulled him to the bed and pushed the older man to sit. Riku stood in front of the blonde and placed a hand on his right hip.
"Come in." Cloud said a little too late.
"Yeah yeah. Look, I need your help." Riku stated getting to the point.
"What do you want?" Cloud asked, only slightly interested.
"I would like to borrow a set of clothes."
"Clothes? What for?"
"Well, you're short... skinny... and you look like the type that would go for skin tight pants and shirts. That's why I would like to borrow a pair from you."
Cloud's right eye twitched. Short and skinny eh? He's show that brat short and skinny. He narrowed his eyes at the silver haired teen and opened his mouth. He was about to tell Riku off when the teen shoved a hand over his lips.
"No. Consider it. Seriously. I'm trying to get someone's... attention and I would like to do it subtly but not so much that the block head misses it." Riku grinned.
Cloud pushed Riku's hand away from his mouth and grunted. He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back on the bed slightly. "Why should I help you?"
"Well, I could always... persuade my Dad to do a few," Riku thought for a second, "favors for me and it could just, I don't know, happen to be a really good thing for you."
Cloud's eyes twinkled with mischief.
"I'll do it."
"Good. Now show me what you've got."
**--**--**
Mickey was slightly irritable. It had been another day and there was no such luck in finding the missing keyblades. He would have to do something drastic if it came down to it. He slumped into his throne and bonelessly slid further down the hard stone. He grumbled about 'stupid darkness' and 'irresponsible people.'
"What am I going to do? It is two days away." Mickey gave a moan of regret. Sora and Kairi were counting on him to bring back those keyblades to help Riku. They would be disappointed in him if he wasn't... able...
"That's it! I never even realized I could speak to Sora about it!" Mickey threw himself from the thrown and bolted out of the large room.
**--**--**
"How about these?"
"To big."
"How about that?"
"Hmm... those could work."
"This shirt?"
"No, won't go with the pants."
"Hm... this one?"
"Perfect."
Riku beamed in joy. "I'll put them on now."
"Whatever. I'm going to change my sweater, it's to damn hot in here." Cloud grabbed a red tank top from the jumbled mess on the floor. He watched as Riku pulled his shirt over his head and toss it next to the door. Cloud grinned at the kid's eagerness and grabbed the edges of his grey sweater. He pulled it over his head and her heard the door open.
He glared at the intruder. It was Sephiroth.
Sephiroth's eyes were impossibly wide. It looked as even though he had stopped breathing all together also. Cloud didn't understand why until the realization hit him. He was half way naked in the same room with his lover's son who was currently undoing his pants and kicking off a pair of shoes. He just couldn't help but smile.
"Hello love." Cloud purred.
"Wh-what are you doing in here?" Sephiroth snapped out of his surprised shock and glared at his lover. He couldn't believe the gall of Cloud! How could he take advantage of his son like this?
"Well, obviously we are getting undressed." Cloud's light blue eyes shined. He looked at Riku, who had stopped in his attempts to take on his pants, and wink at the boy. Riku grinned back at him and waited for Cloud to make his move.
Cloud sauntered over to Sephiroth, hips swaying seductively and lust filled eyes half lidded. He trailed a hand down Sephiroth's leather clad chest and down to the top of black leather pants. Cloud tugged at his lover's hair with his free hand and pulled the taller man down to whisper his ear.
His warm breath sent shivers down Sephiroth's whole body and Cloud let his mouth descend upon the unsuspecting man's ear. He nibble Sephiroth's lobe and licked it in silent apology. "Lovely, isn't he?"
"What?" Sephiroth questioned dumbly.
"Riku. He's lovely isn't he? Just like you. Ghastly white skin, passion filled eyes and beautiful silver hair. It's almost like a carbon copy of you. Only younger and just as pretty." Cloud breathed.
Sephiroth couldn't speak.
"I can't wait to see how he is in endurance." Cloud spoke slyly.
"You wouldn't." Sephiroth gasped.
"No, but he would." Cloud pulled away and walked over to Riku. He draped his arms protectively over the teen's shoulders. He let his head drop to Riku's right shoulder and he nuzzled the boy's neck. He felt Riku tense in the slightest at his antics before relaxing into them and pushing back to gain more.
"Mmmmm... Cloud." Riku moaned.
"Hehe. And he tastes just like honey." Cloud grinned against Riku's pale neck.
Sephiroth growled.
"Want to taste?" Cloud looked up from the teen's neck with a seductive look in his eyes. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind just this once."
"CLOUD! HOW COULD YOU?" Sephiroth hollered.
"He's just so young and gorgeous. How could I not?" Cloud was loosing it. He was fighting to hold back his laughter and his smile. This was just too good. Sephiroth would regret ever crossing him.
"But - but - but! What about us?"
"There still is love." Cloud lifted his arms away from Riku and strolled back over to his lover. He once again grabbed a long strand of hair and tugged him down to speak in his ear.
"Cloud!"
"Gotcha." Cloud whispered.
"What?" Sephiroth blinked.
Cloud let out a laugh and released his lover's hair. He flopped himself on the bed and let out another round of laughter along with his partner in crime.
"I can't believe you fell for it! The look on your face when you found us... priceless!" Cloud whooped and laughed again. He forced himself to calm down and look at his tall lover. "Did you actually think I would ever go after your son when I have you?"
Sephiroth glared. "You were pretty convincing on my part."
"Oh stop it you old fool." Riku butted in on the conversation with a smile planted on his lips.
"OLD?" Sephiroth roared.
"Yeah. Old." Riku stuck out his tongue. "Besides, it's not like I'd go after Cloud myself." Riku grabbed the shirt he was going to wear and pulled it over his head. "I like my men tall, dark, and handsome, no offense to you Cloud."
"None taken."
"You mean... you're..." Sephiroth struggled for words.
"Yeah. Looks like I take after you a lot more then you thought huh?" Riku let out a hearty chuckle before dropping his pants and slipping on the new ones. He grabbed his old clothes and shoes, winked at Cloud and exited the room.
"I... he's... wow."
"Heh, amazing huh? Now then, come in." Cloud shut the door and pushed his lover to the bed. "Now that my revenge is done, you can sleep with me again." Cloud smiled and descended up his lover's lips.
"Does that mean no floor when we get home?"
"I'll think about it."
"Damn."
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Riku looked back and forth quickly to make sure the coast was clear. He had to find Leon without being noticed by anyone else, especially Sora. That would ruin his plans. He checked the hall again before rushing down and hiding in a doorway. He bolted again before coming to another turn in the halls.
"What are you doing?"
"Aaaahh!" Riku fell forward and spilled onto the floor. His clothes and two shoes scattered around him. He flipped on to his back and glared at his surprise guest. At seeing steel grey eyes and jumped up and grabbed onto the other's waist. "It's you!"
"Yeah, it's me." Leon replied with sarcasm. "Will you let me go now?"
"No! I need your help."
Leon raised one eyebrow. "What for?"
"Not here. Let's talk in your room."
"Fine."
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Sora was watching King Mickey pace the room. The mouse king had told him about the problem with the two keyblades and had begun to pace without an answer. Sora still didn't really know what to say about the missing blades. He had never really known where they went or why, so he just didn't question it.
"Do you know anything Sora? Anything at all?"
"No, not really."
"Darn it! I must find them. It is extremely important."
"Hmm... I could try reaching out to them." Sora suggested.
"You can do that?" Mickey stopped pacing and faced the tan skinned boy.
"Yeah. It's like calling the keyblade to me but it helps me feel where it's at."
"Please, do it."
"No problem." Sora closed his eyes and concentrated. He reached out to his two missing blades and tried to make a connection. His face screwed up in his concentration and he opened his eyes. He looked at the King with a slight look of disbelief.
"Well? Did you find them?"
"Sort of. I don't know the exact location, but I can tell you for a fact, they are in this kingdom."
**--**--**
"Are you sure you want those?"
"Yes. They look the best, not to mention they fit."
"I thought they would. I grabbed the wrong pair while packing. Hey, want these?"
"Sure, why not."
"That all?"
"Should be."
"Go get him."
"No problem."
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Kairi nodded her head and moved to her bed. She had just recently talk to her mother and got the okay to leave. Her mother didn't put up as much of a fight as she thought she would and Kairi could only be happy that she didn't.
"Kairi?"
"Yeah Taku?"
"Is there anything to eat?"
"Yeah. Oh, yeah, before we do, I have a question."
Taku flew back to the bed and landed on the pillow next to the girl's red hair. He picked up a few strands of hair and gave them an experimental tug.
"Hey, stop that."
"Sorry."
"Anyways, since you came from the palace, did you happen to see Riku or Sora there?"
"Hmm... I saw Sora. I know I did, he stopped me in the hallway and we chatted for a while one time. He's a really nice fellow."
"Really?"
"Really really!"
"Did you see Riku?"
"I don't know who Riku is."
"Umm... short boy, shoulder length silver hair, and aqua eyes. Anything ring a bell?"
"I think I saw him walking around a bit but I didn't stop to make conversation."
"How did he look? Was he really skinny?"
"He looked fine, a little skinny, but still fine." Taku shrugged and walked across the pillow to the wall. He hovered about the bed and looked at a picture tacked to the wall of Kairi, Sora, and that silver haired boy. "That's him isn't it?" Taku pointed.
Kairi craned her neck to look and nodded. "That's him alright. He's a great friend of mine."
"I see." Taku descended back to the pillow and sat cross legged on it. He snapped his fingers and a pink light erupted in his lap. Two golden bracelets fell into his lap and he smile. "I almost forgot about these."
"What are they?" Kairi watched as the pixie push one golden bracelet to his bicep and one on his ankle.
"They are communication devices. I usually don't wear them because I'm not usually sent on missions. I can contact other pixies if I want to or if they want to talk to me. Chichi told me to put them on before we went to the palace but I totally forgot." He looked considerate for all of two seconds before shrugging. "Oh well. It's not like they talk to me anyways."
"Why's that?"
Taku thought. "I guess because I'm different. The only boy pixie ever seen."
"Really? How is that possible?"
"I don't really know. Some think I'm a cross breed but no one really knows. Since all pixies come from flowers, no one can tell why. Nor can anyone explain why all pixies, except for me, are girls."
"Flowers? All girls? This is amazing."
"It sounds like it doesn't it? I just feel a little left out when I'm at home." Taku sighed.
"Ahh, sorry Taku. I didn't mean to make you sad." Kairi scooped up the small pixie into her hands.
"Don't worry. I'm fine really." Taku's stomach grumbled. "Well, kinda. Food would be good."
Kairi chuckled. "Okay. If you stay hidden in my pocket, I'll take you downstairs and you can chose what you want. How does that sound?"
"Delicious!"
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"What do you mean in this kingdom?" Mickey all but shouted.
"Exactly what I said. They are here." Sora spoke with an even voice although he was just as surprised as the king.
"Is there anyway to find their exact location?" Mickey asked impatiently.
"Not really. I can search for them constantly though. The closer they get, the more I feel them." Sora tapped his chin slightly and looked to be deep in thought. He didn't stay there long before a small, shy knocking came from his door. Sora just grumbled a bit irritated and walked to the door. He reached for the small knob and twisted. He pulled the heavy wooden door open and all mental functions ceased.
"Hello Sora." Riku whispered shyly.
Sora couldn't breath. Riku was in an impossibly tight metallic silver shirt with long grey mesh sleeves. The shirt itself rode up past his navel and showed milky white skin all the way around. Loose fitting, yet very snug, fake leather pants clung to his thighs and calves. A long silver chain came around his waist and clipped together at the right side. Extra links hung loosely down to mid-thigh with a metal lion pendent attached to it. Black buckle boots completed the outfit with large silver buckles and a chain on the left shoe.
To put it simple, Sora's dreams of a sexy Riku came true right in front of his eyes.
Riku was really rethinking his plan. The shirt was making him uncomfortable, not to mention cold, and the pants were the tightest he's ever worn, and the shoes were the only thing he really liked. At least those covered his feet and weren't tight. On his way here he had pulled the shirt down at least fifteen times.
"Hello Riku!" The forgotten mouse king smiled brightly.
"OH! I didn't realize you weren't alone Sora! I'm so sorry! I should go!" Riku quickly flipped around and ran away.
Mickey chuckled. He went to the still silent Sora and elbowed the man in the side.
"Ow!" Sora glared down at the mouse.
"Go after him."
"Wha-?" Sora looked at the empty doorway. "HEY! Where'd he go?"
"Were you really not paying attention?" Mickey raised an eyebrow and gleamed at the brown haired youth.
"Err... I was, uh, a little busy."
"Yes, I noticed. And he went that way." Mickey point to the right and crossed his arms over his chest. "So go after him already."
"You definitely don't have to say that again."
"Oh! And keep searching for those blades!" Mickey called out to Sora who had taken off down the hallway.
"Okay!"
Mickey smiled to himself. He was just happy that Riku was starting to show his affection for the older man.
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"Riku! Hey, Riku, where are you?" Sora called out to the hills but there was no reply. He had been sure that Riku had came this way, but he supposed he could have been mistaken. He sighed heavily and walked further along the dirt path. He saw a nearby tree and decided to wait there for a few minutes before starting again.
"Looks cozy." Sora muttered to himself as he leaned against the rough bark. He crossed his arms over his chest and took a deep breath. He periwinkle blue eyes scanned the vast area of hills and the enormous castle. No movement caught his eye.
"Where are you?"
"Where's who?"
Sora jumped away from the tree and yelped in surprise. Riku was hanging from a branch just to the left of where he was previous standing at. The teenager was kicking his feet in air like he was trying to walk and slightly humming to himself. Sora, being the ever observant one, notice the metallic shirt was now lifted to Riku's waist, and inching up further the longer the silver haired boy stayed in the air.
Snapping out of his drooling thoughts, Sora smiled. "You! You ran out of the castle so fast I couldn't even think straight!"
"Oh." Riku stopped kicked his feet and bit his lip. "You were already occupied. Sorry again about that."
"Hey, don't worry about it. Mickey and I were pretty much done anyways."
Riku nodded and gave a forced grin.
"So why are you hanging around here?" Sora asked, waving his hand in the air to motion to Riku's position.
"Dun know. I just came to think first place I thought of." Riku re-gripped the thick branch and settled his weight again.
"Interesting." Sora walked up to Riku and strolled around the lean boy. His eyes drifted over Riku's chest, down to his thighs, and feet and back up again. He licked his dry lips. Riku, no matter how young, was a very sexy person.
"Yeah." Riku shifted nervously away from Sora's penetrating gaze. Those eyes looked like they were undressing him. It was almost scary.
"Mmmm." Sora reached out, before he knew what he was doing, and wrapped his arms around Riku's waist. Riku gave a startled yell and lost his hold on the branch. He slid down Sora's body and his feet slammed on the ground. He was sure he was going to fall but Sora's arms pressed him tightly to his warm body.
"Sorry about that." Sora smiled. "I couldn't resist."
"Jerk." Riku grumbled.
"But I just saved your life!" Sora exclaimed.
"Oh my handsome savior! How will I ever repay you?" Riku paled at his words. Handsome! He wasn't suppose to be giving everything away now. He was suppose to tease the other boy and THEN start with some flirting words.
"Hmm, let me think. A kiss would do!" Sora smiled. He knew his words came across as playing, but deep inside, he only hoped Riku would.
"Oh yeah? Fine." The words escaped his mouth without hesitation or thought.
"What?" Sora didn't expect Riku to say that. Maybe a 'hell no' or 'maybe later' or just flat out no! Anything but fine!
"You heard me lover boy." Riku smiled. He grabbed Sora's startled face and pulled him down to his level. With some hesitance, considering this was his first kiss, he placed his lips on Sora's. He couldn't help but feel relieved when Sora responded to his touch.
Sora was in pure bliss. He had only dreamed of kiss his best friend like this. He see fireworks going off in his head and stars bursting around him. He pushed back against Riku's mouth with more passion and tugged the boy closer to his body. A grunt of surprise came from Riku's occupied mouth before silence reigned once again.
Just before the kiss reached another level, a flash of blinding white light came to Sora's mind. He pulled back from Riku's hands and into the tree. He held his head and gave a small groan. He completely missed the look of utter pain and confusion crossing Riku's face.
"I'm sorry Sora. I shouldn't have. I'm sorry!" Riku fought back tears. He backed away from Sora's body and got ready to bolt.
"What? Sorry? What do you mean?" Sora rubbed his head and opened his eyes. He knew he saw the two keyblades flash in his mind, but he didn't know what it meant.
"I shouldn't have done that. Forgive me." Riku choked on his words. Tears poured over his eyes cascaded down his cheeks. He back up a few more steps before his instincts to flee overcame him. He was gone so fast, Sora couldn't even open his mouth.
"NO! RIKU! COME BACK!" Sora knew the younger boy wouldn't hear him. That was a horrible misunderstanding. He had to find the silver haired teen before it was too late.
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Stupid!
That was the only word to describe what he did. He never should have tried to kiss Sora. Sora didn't want him. He was stupid to ever think he could be with the older man. He should have given up the second he had thought of the idea.
He rocked back and forth in the small ball he was huddled in. He berated himself over and over. He cursed his very being and cried out in frustration when the events he had just taken part in replayed in his mind.
"Stupid idiot. He could never love you."
**--**--**
"Leon! LEON! Open the damn door!" Sora pounded on the man's door. He was dancing from foot to foot in anticipation. He knew he was pissing the silent man off but he really didn't give a damn at the moment. He was more concerned about Riku.
"LEON! OPEN UP!"
"Shut UP Sora!" Leon shouted from behind the door.
"Just hurry!" Sora shouted back.
The door swung open. Leon's hair was sticking out in all directions, his eyes were half lidded, and his clothes were wrinkled beyond recognition. The poor man was clearly just rudely awaken from a deep slumber.
"What do you want Sora?" Leon growled dangerously.
"Have you seen Riku?" Sora brushed off Leon's threatening voice and peered around the man, trying to get a glimce of silver hair or white skin.
"I saw him a while ago. He came looking for some shoes." Leon yawned and scratched the back of his head. "Why?"
"I have to find him! We had a huge misunderstanding!"
Leon's steel grey eyes narrowed to tiny slits. "What did you do?" His voice was cold as ice.
"I swear I didn't mean to! I just need to find him! Please help me!" Sora begged.
"Fine. But if he's hurt, I'm putting you solely responsible."
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Hours later, Sora was on his knees. He was cradling his head in his hands and tears were leaking out of his eyes. Leon stood next to him, glaring down at the younger man. Both had searched the castle for any sign of Riku but nothing. They had even interrupted Cloud and Sephiroth's time together and had them search. Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Daisy, and Minnie were all checking the boundaries of the castle too. Even Yuffie was scaling ever tree for the silver haired youth.
But there was still nothing.
"Riku." Sora whispered. He chocked back a sob.
"Sora. Stand up." Leon growled.
Sora didn't move.
"Sora, I said stand up." Leon waited a second before grabbing Sora by the back of the shirt and yanking the man up. He tossed him against the way and grabbed shaking shoulders. "Listen to me Sora! Don't you dare give up! Don't you dare fucking give up on him!" Leon's face was red with rage.
"I'm trying." Sora spoke softly.
"Try harder! It doesn't help Riku in the least if you decided you can't do anything. If you do, then you're no better than the darkness that help destroy your friend!" Leon glared at the weak man in front of him and stood away.
"No! I'm nothing like that!" Sora screamed. His periwinkle blue eyes snapped open in horror and then narrowed with hate.
"Then prove it. Keep searching." Leon swiftly left Sora to stand there.
"How will I find him?" Sora felt so lost. He wanted to help Riku, he did, but they had looked everywhere. Sighing to himself, he let his fingers drift across his lips. He could still feel Riku's soft lips pressing against his in their moment of passion.
Suddenly, a single thought sprang to his mind.
"It's unreal, but it might work." Sora concentrated hard and felt for his connections. He reached out to the faint pull of two keyblades and began to follow them. As he twisted down halls and turned with corners, he felt the connections grow stronger.
Before he knew it, he was standing at a stairwell and looking into darkness. He was feet away from where Riku had been kept in shadows for a week to regain his eye sight.
"Sora?"
Sora turned his head away from the stairs. He saw Leon, Cloud and Sephiroth standing behind him. All looking worried and confused.
"What's going on Sora?" Cloud asked.
"I can feel them."
"Feel what?" Leon said impatiently.
Sora shook his head and descended the stairs. When he reached the bottom, a cold chill ran down his spine. Goosebumps covered his arms and legs and the hairs on the back of his neck stood up. He fought back the shivers from the cold hallway. He didn't ever remember it being this cold when he came down here before.
"It's freezing down here. Are you sure about this?" Sephiroth shivered.
"Yeah." Sora breathed. He stopped when he stood in front of the door. He moved up one hand and knocked on the door with two small taps. He waited for an answer but none came. He tapped again.
"Try it louder." Cloud suggested.
"Not yet." Sora tapped once again and pressed his ear to the door. He felt the cold seeping through the wood and freezing his ear. He pulled away quickly. "Shoot. He froze the door!"
"Do you have any fire magic with you?" Leon asked.
"A little." Sora let go of his connection with the keyblades and reached for his magic. He held out one hand in front of him. A red ball of flames began to form in mid air. He waited until the flames were as big as a baseball before stopping.
"Riku. Can you open the door for us? Will you let us in?" Sora tried to call out to his friend. He didn't want to have to burn the door down.
"Come on Riku. Let us come in." Leon pleaded.
"Open the door son."
"Please." Cloud whispered.
In an instant, there was a loud cracking noise followed by an enormous 'BAM!' Shard of ice bashed against the floor and flew against the stone walls inside. Tiny pieces slide under the door and melted just as quickly as they came.
"Let's go, I guess." Sora was still shaken up from the bursting of the door. He reached out for the door with a shaky hand and was, once again, surprised when the door opened.
"What do you want?" Riku asked with a deadpan voice.
"Riku! We were so worried about you!" Cloud smiled at seeing the teen.
"Sorry." Riku mumbled.
"Why did you ice the door?" Sephiroth demanded.
"I didn't want anyone to come in without my permission." Riku shrugged.
"Let's talk Riku." Sora spoke softly. He reached out to Riku and grabbed the teen's arm. He tugged him out of the cold room and brought his freezing body to his. He wrapped his arms around Riku's unresisting waist and held him.
"'Kay." Riku muttered.
Leon, knowing Sora would like to be alone, grabbed Sephiroth and Cloud by their wrists and drug them out of the hall. Sephiroth protested against Leon's unwanted pulling and Cloud just followed Leon, knowing the man had his reasons.
"Want to go to my room?" Sora whispered.
Riku nodded his head. He didn't really care. He just wanted to get everything over with. Sora would probably yell at him but it was nothing less than he deserved.
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Riku was pushed down to the comfortable bed. He didn't feel the warmth radiating from the sheets though, his thoughts where going to deep. He was barely concentrating on anything but numbing the pain.
"Here." Sora draped a green cotton blanket over Riku's shaking shoulders. He crossed the fabric over the teen's chest and slipped behind the boy. He pulled the youth into his lap and wrapped his arms around Riku. He tried to meet aqua eyes, but silver hair shadowed Riku's face.
"Thanks." Riku mumbled and pulled into himself. He curled up tighter and leaned against Sora's muscular chest.
Sora nodded and rubbed up and down Riku's arms. Even through the blanket he could feel the cold coming through.
"Riku, I want to apologize, for earlier."
"You didn't do anything though. It was my fault."
"It wasn't your fault." Sora shifted Riku around so the boy was straddling his legs. "It was mine."
"Liar." Riku mumbled and lowered his head.
"Hey, look at me." Sora lifted Riku's chin with his hand and gazed into pain filled aqua eyes. "I didn't mean to pull away from you. I never wanted to."
Riku bit his lip.
"Please, understand. I never wanted to hurt you. When we kissed, something happened. The images of two keyblades flashed in my mind. It hurt. That's why I pulled away. Not because I didn't like you." Begging was the only word to describe how Sora's voice sounded.
"Don't lie." Riku closed his eyes. He tried to turn his head away from Sora but Sora grabbed both sides of his head with soft hands.
"I'm not. I wouldn't hurt you like this. Ever." Sora leaned forward. He was inches away from Riku's lips. "Never Riku." He closed his eyes and pushed forward. His lips connected with Riku's petal pink lips. He felt Riku jump in surprise.
Riku was hesitant at first before slowly getting into his second kiss. He pressed into Sora's mouth and gave a low moan in the back of his throat. This seemed to encourage his partner because Sora held him tighter and ran his tongue along his bottom lip. He gasped in surprise and opened his mouth to the intruder.
Sora explored the warm cavern of Riku's mouth and moaned. He had never thought Riku would allow him such access. Before he cared, the need for air arose and he had to break the kiss. He pulled away with a gasp and placed his forehead against Riku's. The pale teenager sucked in deep breaths and was looking at him with half lidded aqua eyes.
"I'm sorry Riku. For hurting you like that." Sora breathed.
"Mmm hmm." Riku gave a small smile. "Thank you."
"Anytime." Sora gave Riku another quick peck on the lips. "Riku?"
"Hmm?" Riku stifled a yawn.
"I-I..."
Riku smiled and snuggled into Sora's chest. "Love you too Sora."
Sora grinned. "Yeah, love you too." His grip tightened on Riku's thin body and he sighed. A sudden thought of the keyblades crossed his mind. He didn't want to interrupt Riku, but this was important.
"Riku?"
"What?" Riku blinked tiredly at Sora.
"Do you have two keyblades?"
"Yeah. Now shhhhh. I'm going to sleep."
"Sorry."
"You better be." Riku mumbled before settling down once again.
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Taku tugged on Kairi's hair. He accidentally pulled a long red strand out of her hair and paled.
"Woops." He tossed the strand away and flew to the girl's neck. He made sure not to step on her windpipe before crawling on her face. He sat down on her cheek and flicked her nose.
"Oh come on! Kairi, WAKE UP!!!" Taku yelled.
Nothing.
"Fine. Be that way." Taku crossed his arms and scowled. "Ohh. IDEA!" He reached for the human's nose again and pinched it close. Within seconds, Kairi bolted out of bed and fell to the floor.
"Taku! You brat, what was that for?" Kairi glared at the pixie.
"It's time!"
"Time? For what?" She grumbled and rubbed her sore bum.
"Time to go to the castle."
TBC...
**Author's Note** Okay people, there you have it. A lot of humor and some definite depressing situations with a silver lining at the end. Gosh, I loved writing this one. Oh, and I know there's a lot of spelling errors, but bear with me. I'm trying. This is by far, the longest chapter I have done. Also, it was complicated to write. I had a lot of things going on and now, I'm down to two more chapters, maybe one if I can pull it off. So hold on people, the end of the ride is coming up!
Now, to the thank you's!!!!!!
Waya: The fluffy feeling?? I love that feeling. Woohaw! **smiles** I can't give my plot away because... well, then everyone would know what happens! Half the fun is the unknown. LoL. And, sorry for the horribly late update. My author note explained it all. **is glad she was finally able to take it down** Thank you!
christie: LOOK!! I'm back! Hahahaha! Oh and yes pixies. I happen to think they are really cute. LoL. Lilymon. Kinda, yeah, it does remind me of her. LoL. And YES! Five days. Come on! I had to. I had to let the Princesses clear their schedule and stuff. **smiles** I swear, that was always my valid reason. I just forgot to put it. Oh and no, Mickey doesn't know Riku has the two keyblades. Riku didn't get them until after Mickey left because... well, I'll explain in the next chapter. LoL. Sorry. I have an explanation, but I'm not going to say just yet. But I swear I will. Thanks for the review christie!
Taikuru: Why thank you! You rock too! Don't worry, I won't tell anyone you were here. Oh and don't worry about not reviewing. It's all gravvy. I'm just happy you review at all. Thank you a lot.
VampssAmby10210: Yes, I thought Cloud should definitely be in control of the relationship. Hehe, and I think that Sephiroth would be used to the couch by now so I couldn't let him be comfortable. The floor just had to do.
Elven-eyes: Hehe. Wouldn't YOU like to know if Riku gets hotter. LoL. OF COURSE he does. How could he NOT? I really enjoy the pixies too. Taku is my favorite also. So cute! I liked Cloud's hissy fit. He deserved to have it I believe. Oh and yes, Riku is practicing with the missing keyblades. But shhh, don't tell Mickey. **grins** Thanks for the review!
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Life's Scar: A MONTH!??!?! I'd die. Yup. But then again, school is in session now so I would just go on then. LoL. Many thanks to you! And be strong and suck up to your mom!
too shy: I think Sephiroth would be a great father too. And yes, I love Cloud in this. The power that man has! Yay. And Riku with long hair??? OF COURSE! Woohaw. Thanks a lot!
Oh, and as I explained to christie, I'll explain to everyone.
1] No Mickey doesn't know that Riku has the two keyblades. I have a valid reason.
2] The princesses were given five days to clear their schedules so they could get to the kingdom to help Riku. I couldn't just have them drop everything so I had to give them time. Also, I had to have an excuse for time to get Riku and Sora together. Okay, bye bye now!
P.S. This story was written in 23 pages! Eek! I hope no one kills me because of it! ^__^
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, LANGUAGE!!!!!!!!!
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
Riku was wandering around the castle. He had his hands behind his back, clasping each other tightly. He moved with perfect grace and deliberate ease. His aqua eyes were half lidded and unfocused. So when he bumped into a body, he was jolted out of his hazy mind and crashed back to reality. He shook his head to get rid of the traces of fog in his head and peered up. Steel grey eyes looked straight back at him.
"Sorry Leon." Riku muttered.
"No problem." Leon shrugged. His cool gaze drifted across Riku's pale face and he couldn't help but have a small smile tug at the corners of his lips. He shifted his weight from foot to foot and place his right hand on his hip. His leather pants groaned in protest and his shoes screamed against the floor.
"You're shoes are wet." Riku pointed at Leon's black boots and looked down at them. The boots were coated in slivers of grass, a bit of mud around the edges and dripping liquid.
"Yeah, that happens when you take a walk outside in the morning and after it rained too." Leon replied with ease.
"Oh." Riku brushed off Leon's words and delved back into his thoughts.
"Something wrong Riku?" Leon questioned, slightly concerned.
"......"
"Riku?"
"Huh?" Riku looked up at the older man and gave him a forced half grin. "Oh, nothing. I'm just thinking."
"All right."
"Talk to you later Leon." Riku muttered again and sidestepped the man before continuing along his way. He didn't look back at the confused man and let his thoughts drift once again. He was currently thinking of ways to get Sora's attention. He had never tried to get a girlfriend or boyfriend before so it was quite hard to think of anything. He knew there was flirting but he had never flirted before, so how would he know if he was doing it right?
Stopped in mid-step, an idea popped into his devious mind and he couldn't contain his smile.
"That's it! I've got it!" Riku muttered triumphantly. He then sprinted down the halls and back to his and Sora's room.
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Kairi was walking down the shore line, watching the waves come in and out. Her violet gaze traveled further down the sand and she grinned. She see saw a pink light diving in and out of the water. She chuckled behind her hand and Taku shot straight up a good two feet above the water before his bright pink light surrounding him disappeared and he plunged back into the water. His tiny body made a miniscule splash and whispered laughter could be heard coming from the boy pixie.
"Kairi! You should join! The water feels wonderful!" Taku yelled to his human friend. He waved at the girl and grinned. He brushed away his strands of pink hair that had fallen into his eyes because of the water and dove underneath again. He barely held his breath when he saw a fish eyeing him. He scurried back to the surface and flew out of the water.
Taku glared at the water and saw the fish surface and flop its tail at him and dive back underneath. He stuck his tongue at the slimy fiend and grinned. He floated to the surface again and let just his feet dip into the cool water. He threw his head back to get Kairi's attention when he saw the red haired girl sitting on the beach laughing.
"You think that's funny do you?" Taku narrowed his eyes, trying to hide his obvious amusement. "I could have been lunch for that monster!" Taku waved his arms about widely with eyes shinning and full of playful loathing. "It would have went CHOMP, CHOMP," Taku clapped his hands together to make a scene of fake teeth, "and then goodbye to Taku!" Take fainted backwards into the water dramatically. He resurfaced just as fast and was greeted with a loud sound of joyous laughter.
"Hahaha! Taku, you're too funny!" Kairi was holding her stomach and wiping away tears from laughing so hard. She gasped for breath and continued laughing even as Taku flew over to her and sat crossed legged on her head.
"Why thank you I suppose. If getting eaten by a monster is funny than I should try it again. Want to join me next time?" Taku asked completely serious.
Kairi just laughed harder.
"Ah. The pains of being me." Taku sighed and flopped to his stomach. He bent his knees to let his legs stick up in the air and he crossed them. His bare feet hooked together, his baggy pink pants clung to his skin like glue and his sheer white vest was ridding up on his stomach and back. He bemusedly flicked his short pink hair off of his forehead and ran tiny fingers through it. He then rested his chin on his propped up hand and smiled.
"Thank you for the entertainment Taku." Kairi grinned at her pixie friend. "But if you want to get eaten by a monster, you go right ahead and do that. I'll watch."
"Oh but half the fun is experiencing it! Come on! We'll find a nice big monster in the water and you can escape it too!" Taku grabbed on to Kairi's red hair and pulled himself down to the girl's forehead and in between her eyes. He watched as violet eyes went cross and then a hand came and pushed him off.
"Hey! Now that's not fair." Taku flew to Kairi's thigh and settled himself down once again, only this time on his back and his hands behind his head.
"I know, but that's okay. And, I'll definitely not join you on your quest to be eaten. I'd prefer to live for a long time."
"Well you're no fun." Taku stuck out his tongue at the girl and gave a small chuckle.
"Deal with it." Kairi grinned.
"No choice too. Big oversized human meanie!" Taku joked.
"At least I'm not a fairy." Kairi shot back.
"I'll have you know I'm nothing like a fairy!" Taku glared.
"Really now? You look small enough to be one and you can fly." Kairi poked Taku in the chest and smiled.
"Fairies are totally different. They all have wings on their back and carry around that stupid golden dust. They can't even teleport or transport anything. How boring!" Taku said exasperated.
"Fairies aren't that bad. Tinkerbell is nice."
Taku's face contorted in disgust. He shot a glare at the human and sighed. "Tinkerbell is more like Tinkerhell. She's really mean to me! She's always throwing her stupid fairy dust on me and then flying away after sticking her tongue out at me."
Kairi was shocked. Tinkerbell was really nice to her. "Why is she so mean? There has to be a reason."
Taku shrugged and pushed himself up to sit. He crossed his arms over his chest and stuck his nose in the air. "She always comes at the wrong times. Like when I'm changing or eating or trying to take a bath. She'll go all red and then I'll tell her to get out. She doesn't so then I usually throw something at her... or a few things." Taku thought for a second. "Most of the time it's a book or two, a shirt, a bar of soap, or anything in reach. She then gets all mad and throws it back before leaving. It's really annoying."
Kairi had to force herself not to laugh out loud. She felt sorry for Taku about Tinkerbell's timing but she also felt bad for Tinkerbell. It sounded as if the girl fairy had a crush over Taku and he was just too thick to acknowledge it.
"I see. Well, maybe you should try NOT to throw things at her and she'll be nicer." Kairi suggested.
"Pfft!" Taku scoffed. "If she would stop showing up like that then I wouldn't!"
Kairi couldn't help but think that even with pixies, men were still stubborn now matter the species.
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Cloud laid spread eagle on the large king sized bed. He was upside down at the bottom on the bed, hanging half way off with his arms dangling down and his hands touching the floor. He kept watching the floor, examining the stone as much as his bored mind could. He couldn't help but begin to count each one of them.
"One, two, three, four, five..." Cloud mumbled to himself.
Knock, knock.
"Seventeen, eighteen..."
Knock, knock.
"Twenty-four, twenty-five..."
"OPEN THE DARN DOOR CLOUD!" A voice hollered.
Cloud jumped at the voice and fell off the bed. He growled in frustration and rubbed his sore nose before getting up and walking himself to the door. He slowly unlocked the latch and was about to reach for the handle went the door flew open.
"I knew you were in here!" Riku launched himself into the room and closed the door. He grabbed a startled Cloud's hand and pulled him to the bed and pushed the older man to sit. Riku stood in front of the blonde and placed a hand on his right hip.
"Come in." Cloud said a little too late.
"Yeah yeah. Look, I need your help." Riku stated getting to the point.
"What do you want?" Cloud asked, only slightly interested.
"I would like to borrow a set of clothes."
"Clothes? What for?"
"Well, you're short... skinny... and you look like the type that would go for skin tight pants and shirts. That's why I would like to borrow a pair from you."
Cloud's right eye twitched. Short and skinny eh? He's show that brat short and skinny. He narrowed his eyes at the silver haired teen and opened his mouth. He was about to tell Riku off when the teen shoved a hand over his lips.
"No. Consider it. Seriously. I'm trying to get someone's... attention and I would like to do it subtly but not so much that the block head misses it." Riku grinned.
Cloud pushed Riku's hand away from his mouth and grunted. He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back on the bed slightly. "Why should I help you?"
"Well, I could always... persuade my Dad to do a few," Riku thought for a second, "favors for me and it could just, I don't know, happen to be a really good thing for you."
Cloud's eyes twinkled with mischief.
"I'll do it."
"Good. Now show me what you've got."
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Mickey was slightly irritable. It had been another day and there was no such luck in finding the missing keyblades. He would have to do something drastic if it came down to it. He slumped into his throne and bonelessly slid further down the hard stone. He grumbled about 'stupid darkness' and 'irresponsible people.'
"What am I going to do? It is two days away." Mickey gave a moan of regret. Sora and Kairi were counting on him to bring back those keyblades to help Riku. They would be disappointed in him if he wasn't... able...
"That's it! I never even realized I could speak to Sora about it!" Mickey threw himself from the thrown and bolted out of the large room.
**--**--**
"How about these?"
"To big."
"How about that?"
"Hmm... those could work."
"This shirt?"
"No, won't go with the pants."
"Hm... this one?"
"Perfect."
Riku beamed in joy. "I'll put them on now."
"Whatever. I'm going to change my sweater, it's to damn hot in here." Cloud grabbed a red tank top from the jumbled mess on the floor. He watched as Riku pulled his shirt over his head and toss it next to the door. Cloud grinned at the kid's eagerness and grabbed the edges of his grey sweater. He pulled it over his head and her heard the door open.
He glared at the intruder. It was Sephiroth.
Sephiroth's eyes were impossibly wide. It looked as even though he had stopped breathing all together also. Cloud didn't understand why until the realization hit him. He was half way naked in the same room with his lover's son who was currently undoing his pants and kicking off a pair of shoes. He just couldn't help but smile.
"Hello love." Cloud purred.
"Wh-what are you doing in here?" Sephiroth snapped out of his surprised shock and glared at his lover. He couldn't believe the gall of Cloud! How could he take advantage of his son like this?
"Well, obviously we are getting undressed." Cloud's light blue eyes shined. He looked at Riku, who had stopped in his attempts to take on his pants, and wink at the boy. Riku grinned back at him and waited for Cloud to make his move.
Cloud sauntered over to Sephiroth, hips swaying seductively and lust filled eyes half lidded. He trailed a hand down Sephiroth's leather clad chest and down to the top of black leather pants. Cloud tugged at his lover's hair with his free hand and pulled the taller man down to whisper his ear.
His warm breath sent shivers down Sephiroth's whole body and Cloud let his mouth descend upon the unsuspecting man's ear. He nibble Sephiroth's lobe and licked it in silent apology. "Lovely, isn't he?"
"What?" Sephiroth questioned dumbly.
"Riku. He's lovely isn't he? Just like you. Ghastly white skin, passion filled eyes and beautiful silver hair. It's almost like a carbon copy of you. Only younger and just as pretty." Cloud breathed.
Sephiroth couldn't speak.
"I can't wait to see how he is in endurance." Cloud spoke slyly.
"You wouldn't." Sephiroth gasped.
"No, but he would." Cloud pulled away and walked over to Riku. He draped his arms protectively over the teen's shoulders. He let his head drop to Riku's right shoulder and he nuzzled the boy's neck. He felt Riku tense in the slightest at his antics before relaxing into them and pushing back to gain more.
"Mmmmm... Cloud." Riku moaned.
"Hehe. And he tastes just like honey." Cloud grinned against Riku's pale neck.
Sephiroth growled.
"Want to taste?" Cloud looked up from the teen's neck with a seductive look in his eyes. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind just this once."
"CLOUD! HOW COULD YOU?" Sephiroth hollered.
"He's just so young and gorgeous. How could I not?" Cloud was loosing it. He was fighting to hold back his laughter and his smile. This was just too good. Sephiroth would regret ever crossing him.
"But - but - but! What about us?"
"There still is love." Cloud lifted his arms away from Riku and strolled back over to his lover. He once again grabbed a long strand of hair and tugged him down to speak in his ear.
"Cloud!"
"Gotcha." Cloud whispered.
"What?" Sephiroth blinked.
Cloud let out a laugh and released his lover's hair. He flopped himself on the bed and let out another round of laughter along with his partner in crime.
"I can't believe you fell for it! The look on your face when you found us... priceless!" Cloud whooped and laughed again. He forced himself to calm down and look at his tall lover. "Did you actually think I would ever go after your son when I have you?"
Sephiroth glared. "You were pretty convincing on my part."
"Oh stop it you old fool." Riku butted in on the conversation with a smile planted on his lips.
"OLD?" Sephiroth roared.
"Yeah. Old." Riku stuck out his tongue. "Besides, it's not like I'd go after Cloud myself." Riku grabbed the shirt he was going to wear and pulled it over his head. "I like my men tall, dark, and handsome, no offense to you Cloud."
"None taken."
"You mean... you're..." Sephiroth struggled for words.
"Yeah. Looks like I take after you a lot more then you thought huh?" Riku let out a hearty chuckle before dropping his pants and slipping on the new ones. He grabbed his old clothes and shoes, winked at Cloud and exited the room.
"I... he's... wow."
"Heh, amazing huh? Now then, come in." Cloud shut the door and pushed his lover to the bed. "Now that my revenge is done, you can sleep with me again." Cloud smiled and descended up his lover's lips.
"Does that mean no floor when we get home?"
"I'll think about it."
"Damn."
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Riku looked back and forth quickly to make sure the coast was clear. He had to find Leon without being noticed by anyone else, especially Sora. That would ruin his plans. He checked the hall again before rushing down and hiding in a doorway. He bolted again before coming to another turn in the halls.
"What are you doing?"
"Aaaahh!" Riku fell forward and spilled onto the floor. His clothes and two shoes scattered around him. He flipped on to his back and glared at his surprise guest. At seeing steel grey eyes and jumped up and grabbed onto the other's waist. "It's you!"
"Yeah, it's me." Leon replied with sarcasm. "Will you let me go now?"
"No! I need your help."
Leon raised one eyebrow. "What for?"
"Not here. Let's talk in your room."
"Fine."
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Sora was watching King Mickey pace the room. The mouse king had told him about the problem with the two keyblades and had begun to pace without an answer. Sora still didn't really know what to say about the missing blades. He had never really known where they went or why, so he just didn't question it.
"Do you know anything Sora? Anything at all?"
"No, not really."
"Darn it! I must find them. It is extremely important."
"Hmm... I could try reaching out to them." Sora suggested.
"You can do that?" Mickey stopped pacing and faced the tan skinned boy.
"Yeah. It's like calling the keyblade to me but it helps me feel where it's at."
"Please, do it."
"No problem." Sora closed his eyes and concentrated. He reached out to his two missing blades and tried to make a connection. His face screwed up in his concentration and he opened his eyes. He looked at the King with a slight look of disbelief.
"Well? Did you find them?"
"Sort of. I don't know the exact location, but I can tell you for a fact, they are in this kingdom."
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"Are you sure you want those?"
"Yes. They look the best, not to mention they fit."
"I thought they would. I grabbed the wrong pair while packing. Hey, want these?"
"Sure, why not."
"That all?"
"Should be."
"Go get him."
"No problem."
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Kairi nodded her head and moved to her bed. She had just recently talk to her mother and got the okay to leave. Her mother didn't put up as much of a fight as she thought she would and Kairi could only be happy that she didn't.
"Kairi?"
"Yeah Taku?"
"Is there anything to eat?"
"Yeah. Oh, yeah, before we do, I have a question."
Taku flew back to the bed and landed on the pillow next to the girl's red hair. He picked up a few strands of hair and gave them an experimental tug.
"Hey, stop that."
"Sorry."
"Anyways, since you came from the palace, did you happen to see Riku or Sora there?"
"Hmm... I saw Sora. I know I did, he stopped me in the hallway and we chatted for a while one time. He's a really nice fellow."
"Really?"
"Really really!"
"Did you see Riku?"
"I don't know who Riku is."
"Umm... short boy, shoulder length silver hair, and aqua eyes. Anything ring a bell?"
"I think I saw him walking around a bit but I didn't stop to make conversation."
"How did he look? Was he really skinny?"
"He looked fine, a little skinny, but still fine." Taku shrugged and walked across the pillow to the wall. He hovered about the bed and looked at a picture tacked to the wall of Kairi, Sora, and that silver haired boy. "That's him isn't it?" Taku pointed.
Kairi craned her neck to look and nodded. "That's him alright. He's a great friend of mine."
"I see." Taku descended back to the pillow and sat cross legged on it. He snapped his fingers and a pink light erupted in his lap. Two golden bracelets fell into his lap and he smile. "I almost forgot about these."
"What are they?" Kairi watched as the pixie push one golden bracelet to his bicep and one on his ankle.
"They are communication devices. I usually don't wear them because I'm not usually sent on missions. I can contact other pixies if I want to or if they want to talk to me. Chichi told me to put them on before we went to the palace but I totally forgot." He looked considerate for all of two seconds before shrugging. "Oh well. It's not like they talk to me anyways."
"Why's that?"
Taku thought. "I guess because I'm different. The only boy pixie ever seen."
"Really? How is that possible?"
"I don't really know. Some think I'm a cross breed but no one really knows. Since all pixies come from flowers, no one can tell why. Nor can anyone explain why all pixies, except for me, are girls."
"Flowers? All girls? This is amazing."
"It sounds like it doesn't it? I just feel a little left out when I'm at home." Taku sighed.
"Ahh, sorry Taku. I didn't mean to make you sad." Kairi scooped up the small pixie into her hands.
"Don't worry. I'm fine really." Taku's stomach grumbled. "Well, kinda. Food would be good."
Kairi chuckled. "Okay. If you stay hidden in my pocket, I'll take you downstairs and you can chose what you want. How does that sound?"
"Delicious!"
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"What do you mean in this kingdom?" Mickey all but shouted.
"Exactly what I said. They are here." Sora spoke with an even voice although he was just as surprised as the king.
"Is there anyway to find their exact location?" Mickey asked impatiently.
"Not really. I can search for them constantly though. The closer they get, the more I feel them." Sora tapped his chin slightly and looked to be deep in thought. He didn't stay there long before a small, shy knocking came from his door. Sora just grumbled a bit irritated and walked to the door. He reached for the small knob and twisted. He pulled the heavy wooden door open and all mental functions ceased.
"Hello Sora." Riku whispered shyly.
Sora couldn't breath. Riku was in an impossibly tight metallic silver shirt with long grey mesh sleeves. The shirt itself rode up past his navel and showed milky white skin all the way around. Loose fitting, yet very snug, fake leather pants clung to his thighs and calves. A long silver chain came around his waist and clipped together at the right side. Extra links hung loosely down to mid-thigh with a metal lion pendent attached to it. Black buckle boots completed the outfit with large silver buckles and a chain on the left shoe.
To put it simple, Sora's dreams of a sexy Riku came true right in front of his eyes.
Riku was really rethinking his plan. The shirt was making him uncomfortable, not to mention cold, and the pants were the tightest he's ever worn, and the shoes were the only thing he really liked. At least those covered his feet and weren't tight. On his way here he had pulled the shirt down at least fifteen times.
"Hello Riku!" The forgotten mouse king smiled brightly.
"OH! I didn't realize you weren't alone Sora! I'm so sorry! I should go!" Riku quickly flipped around and ran away.
Mickey chuckled. He went to the still silent Sora and elbowed the man in the side.
"Ow!" Sora glared down at the mouse.
"Go after him."
"Wha-?" Sora looked at the empty doorway. "HEY! Where'd he go?"
"Were you really not paying attention?" Mickey raised an eyebrow and gleamed at the brown haired youth.
"Err... I was, uh, a little busy."
"Yes, I noticed. And he went that way." Mickey point to the right and crossed his arms over his chest. "So go after him already."
"You definitely don't have to say that again."
"Oh! And keep searching for those blades!" Mickey called out to Sora who had taken off down the hallway.
"Okay!"
Mickey smiled to himself. He was just happy that Riku was starting to show his affection for the older man.
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"Riku! Hey, Riku, where are you?" Sora called out to the hills but there was no reply. He had been sure that Riku had came this way, but he supposed he could have been mistaken. He sighed heavily and walked further along the dirt path. He saw a nearby tree and decided to wait there for a few minutes before starting again.
"Looks cozy." Sora muttered to himself as he leaned against the rough bark. He crossed his arms over his chest and took a deep breath. He periwinkle blue eyes scanned the vast area of hills and the enormous castle. No movement caught his eye.
"Where are you?"
"Where's who?"
Sora jumped away from the tree and yelped in surprise. Riku was hanging from a branch just to the left of where he was previous standing at. The teenager was kicking his feet in air like he was trying to walk and slightly humming to himself. Sora, being the ever observant one, notice the metallic shirt was now lifted to Riku's waist, and inching up further the longer the silver haired boy stayed in the air.
Snapping out of his drooling thoughts, Sora smiled. "You! You ran out of the castle so fast I couldn't even think straight!"
"Oh." Riku stopped kicked his feet and bit his lip. "You were already occupied. Sorry again about that."
"Hey, don't worry about it. Mickey and I were pretty much done anyways."
Riku nodded and gave a forced grin.
"So why are you hanging around here?" Sora asked, waving his hand in the air to motion to Riku's position.
"Dun know. I just came to think first place I thought of." Riku re-gripped the thick branch and settled his weight again.
"Interesting." Sora walked up to Riku and strolled around the lean boy. His eyes drifted over Riku's chest, down to his thighs, and feet and back up again. He licked his dry lips. Riku, no matter how young, was a very sexy person.
"Yeah." Riku shifted nervously away from Sora's penetrating gaze. Those eyes looked like they were undressing him. It was almost scary.
"Mmmm." Sora reached out, before he knew what he was doing, and wrapped his arms around Riku's waist. Riku gave a startled yell and lost his hold on the branch. He slid down Sora's body and his feet slammed on the ground. He was sure he was going to fall but Sora's arms pressed him tightly to his warm body.
"Sorry about that." Sora smiled. "I couldn't resist."
"Jerk." Riku grumbled.
"But I just saved your life!" Sora exclaimed.
"Oh my handsome savior! How will I ever repay you?" Riku paled at his words. Handsome! He wasn't suppose to be giving everything away now. He was suppose to tease the other boy and THEN start with some flirting words.
"Hmm, let me think. A kiss would do!" Sora smiled. He knew his words came across as playing, but deep inside, he only hoped Riku would.
"Oh yeah? Fine." The words escaped his mouth without hesitation or thought.
"What?" Sora didn't expect Riku to say that. Maybe a 'hell no' or 'maybe later' or just flat out no! Anything but fine!
"You heard me lover boy." Riku smiled. He grabbed Sora's startled face and pulled him down to his level. With some hesitance, considering this was his first kiss, he placed his lips on Sora's. He couldn't help but feel relieved when Sora responded to his touch.
Sora was in pure bliss. He had only dreamed of kiss his best friend like this. He see fireworks going off in his head and stars bursting around him. He pushed back against Riku's mouth with more passion and tugged the boy closer to his body. A grunt of surprise came from Riku's occupied mouth before silence reigned once again.
Just before the kiss reached another level, a flash of blinding white light came to Sora's mind. He pulled back from Riku's hands and into the tree. He held his head and gave a small groan. He completely missed the look of utter pain and confusion crossing Riku's face.
"I'm sorry Sora. I shouldn't have. I'm sorry!" Riku fought back tears. He backed away from Sora's body and got ready to bolt.
"What? Sorry? What do you mean?" Sora rubbed his head and opened his eyes. He knew he saw the two keyblades flash in his mind, but he didn't know what it meant.
"I shouldn't have done that. Forgive me." Riku choked on his words. Tears poured over his eyes cascaded down his cheeks. He back up a few more steps before his instincts to flee overcame him. He was gone so fast, Sora couldn't even open his mouth.
"NO! RIKU! COME BACK!" Sora knew the younger boy wouldn't hear him. That was a horrible misunderstanding. He had to find the silver haired teen before it was too late.
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Stupid!
That was the only word to describe what he did. He never should have tried to kiss Sora. Sora didn't want him. He was stupid to ever think he could be with the older man. He should have given up the second he had thought of the idea.
He rocked back and forth in the small ball he was huddled in. He berated himself over and over. He cursed his very being and cried out in frustration when the events he had just taken part in replayed in his mind.
"Stupid idiot. He could never love you."
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"Leon! LEON! Open the damn door!" Sora pounded on the man's door. He was dancing from foot to foot in anticipation. He knew he was pissing the silent man off but he really didn't give a damn at the moment. He was more concerned about Riku.
"LEON! OPEN UP!"
"Shut UP Sora!" Leon shouted from behind the door.
"Just hurry!" Sora shouted back.
The door swung open. Leon's hair was sticking out in all directions, his eyes were half lidded, and his clothes were wrinkled beyond recognition. The poor man was clearly just rudely awaken from a deep slumber.
"What do you want Sora?" Leon growled dangerously.
"Have you seen Riku?" Sora brushed off Leon's threatening voice and peered around the man, trying to get a glimce of silver hair or white skin.
"I saw him a while ago. He came looking for some shoes." Leon yawned and scratched the back of his head. "Why?"
"I have to find him! We had a huge misunderstanding!"
Leon's steel grey eyes narrowed to tiny slits. "What did you do?" His voice was cold as ice.
"I swear I didn't mean to! I just need to find him! Please help me!" Sora begged.
"Fine. But if he's hurt, I'm putting you solely responsible."
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Hours later, Sora was on his knees. He was cradling his head in his hands and tears were leaking out of his eyes. Leon stood next to him, glaring down at the younger man. Both had searched the castle for any sign of Riku but nothing. They had even interrupted Cloud and Sephiroth's time together and had them search. Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Daisy, and Minnie were all checking the boundaries of the castle too. Even Yuffie was scaling ever tree for the silver haired youth.
But there was still nothing.
"Riku." Sora whispered. He chocked back a sob.
"Sora. Stand up." Leon growled.
Sora didn't move.
"Sora, I said stand up." Leon waited a second before grabbing Sora by the back of the shirt and yanking the man up. He tossed him against the way and grabbed shaking shoulders. "Listen to me Sora! Don't you dare give up! Don't you dare fucking give up on him!" Leon's face was red with rage.
"I'm trying." Sora spoke softly.
"Try harder! It doesn't help Riku in the least if you decided you can't do anything. If you do, then you're no better than the darkness that help destroy your friend!" Leon glared at the weak man in front of him and stood away.
"No! I'm nothing like that!" Sora screamed. His periwinkle blue eyes snapped open in horror and then narrowed with hate.
"Then prove it. Keep searching." Leon swiftly left Sora to stand there.
"How will I find him?" Sora felt so lost. He wanted to help Riku, he did, but they had looked everywhere. Sighing to himself, he let his fingers drift across his lips. He could still feel Riku's soft lips pressing against his in their moment of passion.
Suddenly, a single thought sprang to his mind.
"It's unreal, but it might work." Sora concentrated hard and felt for his connections. He reached out to the faint pull of two keyblades and began to follow them. As he twisted down halls and turned with corners, he felt the connections grow stronger.
Before he knew it, he was standing at a stairwell and looking into darkness. He was feet away from where Riku had been kept in shadows for a week to regain his eye sight.
"Sora?"
Sora turned his head away from the stairs. He saw Leon, Cloud and Sephiroth standing behind him. All looking worried and confused.
"What's going on Sora?" Cloud asked.
"I can feel them."
"Feel what?" Leon said impatiently.
Sora shook his head and descended the stairs. When he reached the bottom, a cold chill ran down his spine. Goosebumps covered his arms and legs and the hairs on the back of his neck stood up. He fought back the shivers from the cold hallway. He didn't ever remember it being this cold when he came down here before.
"It's freezing down here. Are you sure about this?" Sephiroth shivered.
"Yeah." Sora breathed. He stopped when he stood in front of the door. He moved up one hand and knocked on the door with two small taps. He waited for an answer but none came. He tapped again.
"Try it louder." Cloud suggested.
"Not yet." Sora tapped once again and pressed his ear to the door. He felt the cold seeping through the wood and freezing his ear. He pulled away quickly. "Shoot. He froze the door!"
"Do you have any fire magic with you?" Leon asked.
"A little." Sora let go of his connection with the keyblades and reached for his magic. He held out one hand in front of him. A red ball of flames began to form in mid air. He waited until the flames were as big as a baseball before stopping.
"Riku. Can you open the door for us? Will you let us in?" Sora tried to call out to his friend. He didn't want to have to burn the door down.
"Come on Riku. Let us come in." Leon pleaded.
"Open the door son."
"Please." Cloud whispered.
In an instant, there was a loud cracking noise followed by an enormous 'BAM!' Shard of ice bashed against the floor and flew against the stone walls inside. Tiny pieces slide under the door and melted just as quickly as they came.
"Let's go, I guess." Sora was still shaken up from the bursting of the door. He reached out for the door with a shaky hand and was, once again, surprised when the door opened.
"What do you want?" Riku asked with a deadpan voice.
"Riku! We were so worried about you!" Cloud smiled at seeing the teen.
"Sorry." Riku mumbled.
"Why did you ice the door?" Sephiroth demanded.
"I didn't want anyone to come in without my permission." Riku shrugged.
"Let's talk Riku." Sora spoke softly. He reached out to Riku and grabbed the teen's arm. He tugged him out of the cold room and brought his freezing body to his. He wrapped his arms around Riku's unresisting waist and held him.
"'Kay." Riku muttered.
Leon, knowing Sora would like to be alone, grabbed Sephiroth and Cloud by their wrists and drug them out of the hall. Sephiroth protested against Leon's unwanted pulling and Cloud just followed Leon, knowing the man had his reasons.
"Want to go to my room?" Sora whispered.
Riku nodded his head. He didn't really care. He just wanted to get everything over with. Sora would probably yell at him but it was nothing less than he deserved.
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Riku was pushed down to the comfortable bed. He didn't feel the warmth radiating from the sheets though, his thoughts where going to deep. He was barely concentrating on anything but numbing the pain.
"Here." Sora draped a green cotton blanket over Riku's shaking shoulders. He crossed the fabric over the teen's chest and slipped behind the boy. He pulled the youth into his lap and wrapped his arms around Riku. He tried to meet aqua eyes, but silver hair shadowed Riku's face.
"Thanks." Riku mumbled and pulled into himself. He curled up tighter and leaned against Sora's muscular chest.
Sora nodded and rubbed up and down Riku's arms. Even through the blanket he could feel the cold coming through.
"Riku, I want to apologize, for earlier."
"You didn't do anything though. It was my fault."
"It wasn't your fault." Sora shifted Riku around so the boy was straddling his legs. "It was mine."
"Liar." Riku mumbled and lowered his head.
"Hey, look at me." Sora lifted Riku's chin with his hand and gazed into pain filled aqua eyes. "I didn't mean to pull away from you. I never wanted to."
Riku bit his lip.
"Please, understand. I never wanted to hurt you. When we kissed, something happened. The images of two keyblades flashed in my mind. It hurt. That's why I pulled away. Not because I didn't like you." Begging was the only word to describe how Sora's voice sounded.
"Don't lie." Riku closed his eyes. He tried to turn his head away from Sora but Sora grabbed both sides of his head with soft hands.
"I'm not. I wouldn't hurt you like this. Ever." Sora leaned forward. He was inches away from Riku's lips. "Never Riku." He closed his eyes and pushed forward. His lips connected with Riku's petal pink lips. He felt Riku jump in surprise.
Riku was hesitant at first before slowly getting into his second kiss. He pressed into Sora's mouth and gave a low moan in the back of his throat. This seemed to encourage his partner because Sora held him tighter and ran his tongue along his bottom lip. He gasped in surprise and opened his mouth to the intruder.
Sora explored the warm cavern of Riku's mouth and moaned. He had never thought Riku would allow him such access. Before he cared, the need for air arose and he had to break the kiss. He pulled away with a gasp and placed his forehead against Riku's. The pale teenager sucked in deep breaths and was looking at him with half lidded aqua eyes.
"I'm sorry Riku. For hurting you like that." Sora breathed.
"Mmm hmm." Riku gave a small smile. "Thank you."
"Anytime." Sora gave Riku another quick peck on the lips. "Riku?"
"Hmm?" Riku stifled a yawn.
"I-I..."
Riku smiled and snuggled into Sora's chest. "Love you too Sora."
Sora grinned. "Yeah, love you too." His grip tightened on Riku's thin body and he sighed. A sudden thought of the keyblades crossed his mind. He didn't want to interrupt Riku, but this was important.
"Riku?"
"What?" Riku blinked tiredly at Sora.
"Do you have two keyblades?"
"Yeah. Now shhhhh. I'm going to sleep."
"Sorry."
"You better be." Riku mumbled before settling down once again.
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Taku tugged on Kairi's hair. He accidentally pulled a long red strand out of her hair and paled.
"Woops." He tossed the strand away and flew to the girl's neck. He made sure not to step on her windpipe before crawling on her face. He sat down on her cheek and flicked her nose.
"Oh come on! Kairi, WAKE UP!!!" Taku yelled.
Nothing.
"Fine. Be that way." Taku crossed his arms and scowled. "Ohh. IDEA!" He reached for the human's nose again and pinched it close. Within seconds, Kairi bolted out of bed and fell to the floor.
"Taku! You brat, what was that for?" Kairi glared at the pixie.
"It's time!"
"Time? For what?" She grumbled and rubbed her sore bum.
"Time to go to the castle."
TBC...
**Author's Note** Okay people, there you have it. A lot of humor and some definite depressing situations with a silver lining at the end. Gosh, I loved writing this one. Oh, and I know there's a lot of spelling errors, but bear with me. I'm trying. This is by far, the longest chapter I have done. Also, it was complicated to write. I had a lot of things going on and now, I'm down to two more chapters, maybe one if I can pull it off. So hold on people, the end of the ride is coming up!
Now, to the thank you's!!!!!!
Waya: The fluffy feeling?? I love that feeling. Woohaw! **smiles** I can't give my plot away because... well, then everyone would know what happens! Half the fun is the unknown. LoL. And, sorry for the horribly late update. My author note explained it all. **is glad she was finally able to take it down** Thank you!
christie: LOOK!! I'm back! Hahahaha! Oh and yes pixies. I happen to think they are really cute. LoL. Lilymon. Kinda, yeah, it does remind me of her. LoL. And YES! Five days. Come on! I had to. I had to let the Princesses clear their schedule and stuff. **smiles** I swear, that was always my valid reason. I just forgot to put it. Oh and no, Mickey doesn't know Riku has the two keyblades. Riku didn't get them until after Mickey left because... well, I'll explain in the next chapter. LoL. Sorry. I have an explanation, but I'm not going to say just yet. But I swear I will. Thanks for the review christie!
Taikuru: Why thank you! You rock too! Don't worry, I won't tell anyone you were here. Oh and don't worry about not reviewing. It's all gravvy. I'm just happy you review at all. Thank you a lot.
VampssAmby10210: Yes, I thought Cloud should definitely be in control of the relationship. Hehe, and I think that Sephiroth would be used to the couch by now so I couldn't let him be comfortable. The floor just had to do.
Elven-eyes: Hehe. Wouldn't YOU like to know if Riku gets hotter. LoL. OF COURSE he does. How could he NOT? I really enjoy the pixies too. Taku is my favorite also. So cute! I liked Cloud's hissy fit. He deserved to have it I believe. Oh and yes, Riku is practicing with the missing keyblades. But shhh, don't tell Mickey. **grins** Thanks for the review!
SupaSaiyajin: Hehe... ya like my "soon" update? Sorry. Thanks!
Uzumaki-sama: Yup! Riku is finally getting/has a backbone! I like him like that. Thank you very much!
Your Master: You never review? I'm honored that you have reviewed to this story. I appreciate it so much. I can't TELL you how happy I am to read what you wrote to me. I'm stunned that you think I am talented and I really, deeply, thank you for everything!
PrincessSwifty: Is that enough SoraxRiku goodness for now? I liked it. LoL. I like to make Sora suffer. Hehe. Thanks for the outstanding review!
Deity of Sorrow: Sorry for the wait! I hope you enjoyed this! Thanks!
Life's Scar: A MONTH!??!?! I'd die. Yup. But then again, school is in session now so I would just go on then. LoL. Many thanks to you! And be strong and suck up to your mom!
too shy: I think Sephiroth would be a great father too. And yes, I love Cloud in this. The power that man has! Yay. And Riku with long hair??? OF COURSE! Woohaw. Thanks a lot!
Oh, and as I explained to christie, I'll explain to everyone.
1] No Mickey doesn't know that Riku has the two keyblades. I have a valid reason.
2] The princesses were given five days to clear their schedules so they could get to the kingdom to help Riku. I couldn't just have them drop everything so I had to give them time. Also, I had to have an excuse for time to get Riku and Sora together. Okay, bye bye now!
P.S. This story was written in 23 pages! Eek! I hope no one kills me because of it! ^__^
Much Love!