Title: Timeless
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Sora/Riku
Warnings: Yaoi or boyXboy love, little bit of OOC, and references to intense situations
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 fidgeting again. He was pulling at the yellow long sleeved shirt he had borrowed from Sora and readjusting the blue jeans again and keeping them up by holding on to them. He curled his toes and shifted his weight from foot to foot. The stone floor was very cold and with his bare feet, it was only amplified.
"Hold still Riku. Mickey should be here soon." Sora bent down to speak in his newly acquired boyfriend's ear and turned to nibble on it. He felt, rather than heard, the smaller boy suck in a quick breath.
Unattaching himself from Riku's ear, Sora stood up once again and tugged Riku back into him. He wrapped his arms around the silver haired teen's chest and smiled. He glanced down to see Riku with aqua eyes closed and mouth slightly open. He felt Riku's head fall back against his body and tilt to the side. Sora had to fight the urge to attach himself to Riku's pale skin.
"Hey, now. Don't go to sleep on me Riku." Sora teased, squeezing his boyfriend's chest. Riku gave a groan of disappointment.
"It's to darn early though." Riku mumbled and rubbed at his eyes. He forced his lids to open half way. He blinked drearily and stifled a yawn. He then lifted one of his hands up and settled it on Sora's. He let his chin drop to the other's forearms and he sighed.
"Cheer up Riku. Today is the day you become you... er, well, an older you." Sora corrected with a gleaming smile.
Riku didn't say anything. He just tightened his grip on Sora's forearm and took another deep breath.
Sora gave Riku a concerned look. "Something wrong?"
"No, not really."
Sora eyed the shorter boy. He was sure Riku was lying but he let it slide. When he heard the sounds of approaching feet, Sora turned the two of them around and stared at the overly large doors. Within a moment, the smaller door within the larger swung open. Sora grinned. King Mickey, Leon, Sephiroth, Cloud, Yuffie, Donald, Goofy, Queen Minnie, and Daisy were all present.
"Good morning you two. I see you were here bright and early." Mickey grinned. His black eyes twinkled as he watched the couple nuzzle each other. He saw a faint blush across Riku's pale cheeks and the mouse king had to bit his lip to conceal a chuckle.
"Morning Mickey!" Sora chirped.
"Good morning my as-"
"Riku!" Sora nudged the silver haired youth in the chest.
"Hm."
"I see that you're not a morning person." Mickey stated.
"Hmm, seems like it doesn't it?" Riku said sarcastically.
"Riku, be nice." Sora glared at Riku but the aqua eyes refused to meet his. A wave of worry passed over Sora. He didn't know what was going on in his boyfriend's head, but it didn't seem like it was pleasant.
"You're more like me than I imagined." Sephiroth said, coming up next to Sora and Riku to stand to their right. Cloud followed his lover and intertwined their fingers together when he reached his destination point.
"That really isn't a good thing Seph." Cloud said nonchalantly.
"I resent that remark Strife." Sephiroth narrowed his green eyes.
"You would you old bag." Cloud teased.
"How dare you call me old!" Sephiroth was appalled.
"You know I'm only teasing." Cloud turned to face his lover and stood on his tip toes and dragged Sephiroth's face to his. He pushed their lips together with a passion filled kiss.
"Oh, hey, you can stop that anytime now. I don't appreciate my father making out in front of me." Riku joked.
"Heh, you know you like it." Cloud said after breaking the kiss.
"Please." Riku rolled his eyes and gave a half grin.
Mickey cleared his throat and gained the occupants attention. His black eyes shifted from Riku to Sora two times before landing on Sora's periwinkle blue eyes. "Sora, I received your message yesterday."
"Good. I knew Donald couldn't screw up something important like that." Sora grinned.
Donald was about to speak up but Mickey beat him to it.
"Ha ha. How right you were."
Riku twisted in Sora's grip and looked up at the towering brunette. Confusing was painted across his delicate face. He hadn't remembered Sora sending a message to Mickey yesterday and he certainly would have remembered if that loud duck had came into the room.
"I sent a message to Mickey when you were sleeping yesterday. I talked to Donald outside of the room so he wouldn't bother you." Sora grinned down at his love.
Riku nodded his head and tugged up his pants.
"Let's get down to business Sora. So where are they?" Mickey asked politely.
"Well, first of all, let me call the rest. It will be easier for me." Sora stepped away from Riku's small body and closed his eyes. With deep concentration, a white light flashed in the room. A gasp from Yuffie rang in the room and a sharp intake of breath from Riku was heard.
Stand only a foot away from Sora, lying on the ground in a perfect row, were thirteen gleaming keyblades. The people around the room stared in awe at the sight of all keyblades. Sora smirked and motioned Riku to step closer to him.
"Sora, I still don't see the last two keyblades. What are you getting at?" Mickey's voice had a sharp edge of impatience.
"Don't worry, they're here."
"Then where are they?" Mickey demanded.
"Sora." Riku's aqua eyes pierced Sora's periwinkle blue. A sudden understanding dawned upon the fair skinned teen and he sighed. He searched deep within his heart. After a moment, he found his desired objections and pulled them out. A small flash of white and black surrounded his outstretched hand. He gripped two handles. Since the weapons were heavy to begin with, his arm fell towards the ground before getting accustomed to the weight.
"H-how is that possible!" Mickey uttered in disbelief. In Riku's hand was the two missing keyblades. He was positive Riku had not held them when he was in Kingdom Hearts, so why would he have them now? Was it something to do with Sora?
Riku glanced at the mouse king. With a soft voice, only loud enough to be understood, Riku began to explain.
"Mickey, when you and I were in... in Kingdom Hearts," he flinched at the name but keep going, "I had you to protect me and my magic to help us. While my magic skills improved, you suddenly were gone. I was lost in Kingdom Hearts without your help. I don't know how long I was alone there before I was caught in an overwhelming battle. I was surrounded on all sides, I was weakening fast, and I was injured from a previous battle. While I fought, I kept feeling this tug at my heart, but I pushed it aside. I didn't understand it so I fought it too. I fought for a long time, days it seemed like, until my strength gave way and I collapsed. I was about to be consumed by the monsters, when I felt two handles... materialize in my hands. I somehow felt revitalized and I was able to beat the odds and finish all of the shadows. When the battle was over, I was able to inspect them closer. They were keyblades. They saved me." Riku offered a half smile to the mouse king before looking at the two blades gratefully.
"I have had them ever since then. I trained with them every chance I could get until I mastered them. With my new weapons, and my magic, I was truly a force to be reckoned with in Kingdom Hearts."
"I see." Mickey smiled and nodded his head.
"So what now?" Yuffie asked, rocking back and forth on her feet.
"We wait." Leon interjected.
"What for?" Goofy asked.
"For me." All eyes turned to the new voice. Merlin stood at the doors. His wooden cane was tucked under his arm and his blue pointed hat was being placed atop his balding head. His old face wrinkled when he gave a grin and his cloth shoes were silent on the stone floor. Tiny spectacles were perched on his nose and a hand came up to adjust them on his face.
"It is truly a delightful sight to see everyone again." Merlin said cheerfully.
"Thank you for coming my friend." Mickey greeted the old wizard.
"My pleasure."
Taking a few minutes to fill in the wizard about the two keyblades, Merlin set up a white chalk circle in the room. He made a heart in the middle of the circle and then twelve lines from the heart to the edges. Where line met line, Merlin began to fill in names. First it was Belle, then Alice, Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, Aurora, and Kairi. He bit the side of his mouth at the last five. He placed Mickey, Sephiroth, Leon, Donald, and Goody at the last and smiled to himself. He walked to the heart and put Riku then Sora back to back.
"There. It is done." Merlin slapped his hands together to strike away the chalk dust and smiled towards Riku. "All we must do is wait again. The princesses will show in due time."
Riku nodded. "I have a question, Merlin."
"Go ahead."
"I understand why you put the princesses in, but why the others? Why Mickey and Donald and Sora and the others?"
"It is simple my boy. It is your friends, your company, and your family. Mickey is your friend. Donald and Goofy are you company. Your family is Leon and Sephiroth."
Riku nodded. "But what about Sora?"
Merlin's eyes twinkled. "That is your love."
Riku blushed and buried his face in Sora's chest. Sora just grinned down at this love and patted his back. Merlin wasn't an outstanding wizard for no good reason. He was an excellent mind and was notorious for finding things in people that they didn't even know about themselves.
Minutes later, strange noises filled the room.
Bing.
Pop.
Bop.
Bam.
Blink.
Thump.
Bump.
"OW! Taku! You should have warned me about that!"
"I'm sorry! I forgot! I don't transport many humans with me!"
Sora's eyes went wide as he heard the voice of his childhood friend. He felt Riku shift away from him and Sora flew forward.
"Kairi! You're here!" Sora caught the girl in a rib breaking hug and she responded with equal force.
"It's so good to see you again Sora. I've missed you!" Kairi beamed back. She was vaguely aware of a sudden weight on her head but she paid it no mind.
Sora pulled away with a ear to ear grin. "I've missed you too." He attention was caught by the small figure on the girl's head. "Taku! How are you?" Sora laughed when the pink pixie stood up on Kairi's head and flew over to him. He held out a hand to let the pixie land.
"I'm wonderful Sora. Your friend Kairi, is a very nice human. I've loads to talk to you about!" Taku shot off quickly.
"That's great. We'll have to talk soon."
"Yeah, but not before then." A tiny voice said.
Sora looked over to see a yellow pixie floating next to him.
"Oh be nice Chichi! I know I can't tell him now." Taku stuck out his tongue.
"Stuff it Taku. Come on, we have to go." Chichi glared at the pink pixie.
"Stop being such a brat you fairy!" Taku glare back just as hard.
"ARGH! I'll get you for that Taku!" Chichi roared before chasing Taku. The people in the room laughed as they watched the two lights zipping across the room and then finally out of the window. Four more pixies left after them, only much slower.
"I'm going to miss him." Kairi sighed.
"You'll see him again." Sora smiled and turned Kairi around. "But let's go see someone else, just for a second. Okay?"
Kairi was about to comply when her violet eyes settled upon aqua. An ear piercing scream of joy rebounded off the walls. She lept over Riku's small body and tugged him into her body. His keyblades slipped from his fingers, but before they could reach the ground, they disapeared with a flash.
"Riku! Riku, I'm so glad to see you. I can't believe you're here. It's been so long. I've been so worried. How are you? Are you and Sora still friends? Can I talk to you after all this is done?" Question after question was shot off and poor Riku's head spun. If it wasn't for her bear hug, Riku would have fallen to the ground.
Laughing at Riku's situation, but having mercy up the poor teen, Sora disentangled Kairi from Riku and cradled him to his chest. Riku was gasping for breath and clinging to Sora like a vice.
"Calm down Kairi. You about killed him." Sora chuckled at Kairi's blushing face.
"Sorry, I was just overwhelmed."
Riku twisted away from Sora and let his eyes drift over Kairi's changed body. After careful scrutiny, and a deeper blush from the red haired girl, Riku nodded to himself and smiled. He walked up to her and wrapped his small arms around her.
"Hello Kairi." Riku muttered happily.
Kairi smiled and hugged her short friend back.
"Ahem." Mickey cleared his throat and the two friends separated. Mickey smiled and motioned for Kairi to take her place among the other princesses.
"I want to thank all of you for coming here. This means so much to me and to Riku." Mickey's voice was full of sincerity.
"It was of no trouble you majesty. We are here to help our friends." Cinderella gave a smile to the king and then to Riku.
"I agree. I mean, why would we help someone as cute as Riku!" Alice chimed up.
Riku flushed.
"Alice, keep your manners." Snow White tried to be serious but had to hold up her hand to hide a small chuckle.
Jasmine, standing next to Alice, bent down and nudge the girl. "I think you had a very accurate statement."
The two giggled before Mickey raised a had to hush them.
"Again, thank you. Merlin here will instruct you further." Mickey stepped away and Merlin stepped forward. He cleared his throat.
"If you please, princesses, on the ground, you will notice a circle. Around this circle are your names. I need each of you to take your rightful spot. Also, King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Leon, and Sephiroth, I will need you to also take your place." Merlin motioned for everyone to move.
Belle was the first to reach her spot and next to her Aurora stood, smiling. Belle struck up a lively conversation with the blonde haired woman. Around them, Jasmine and Alice where giggling across from each other and Kairi, Snow White and Cinderella were silence. Sephiroth was the first male to take his spot and remained silent, arms crossed over his firm chest. He didn't bother to look to his right to see Leon and Mickey take their spot and then Donald and Goofy to his left.
"Very good. Now, Sora, I need to you to go in between Sephiroth and Leon to your place." Merlin waved his hand in the general direction before fixing his glasses on his nose once again.
Sora shrugged at the weird directions but did as he was told. He shifted his weight from foot to foot once he stood in place. He was getting extremely anxious to see how everything would work and how soon he would be able to see Riku as he was suppose to be.
"And Riku, I need to you call upon your keyblades for me please."
"'Kay." Riku brought out his keyblades. A wave of dizziness hit him hard. He gasped for breath and stumbled forward. He quickly caught his balance before he could hit the ground and blinked his eyes furiously.
"Are you okay?" Sora called out.
Riku just nodded.
"Do not worry Sora. This is to be expected. This ceremony is very trailing on the human body and uses excessive amounts of energy."
Sora narrowed his eyes. "Why weren't we told of this before?"
"Because I was still working out all the bugs. I was still unsure of it until now to be precise." Merlin brushed off the glare Sora was still giving him and turned his attention back to Riku. "Now, I need you to take the blades in each hand before we can continue."
Riku looked down at his pants, his keyblades, and then back at Merlin. He was NOT going to let his pants fall off just for this ceremony. He didn't care if it would help him, he wasn't going to do it.
Merlin noticed the boy's hesitation and smiled. "Tuck your pants in like a towel my boy."
Riku nodded. After struggling for a minute, he finally got his pants to stay. He shifted the keyblades to both hands and relaxed as the weight equaled out. He sighed to himself and swung his gaze back to Merlin for his instructions.
"Now, please, tell me what blades those are, if you will."
Riku blinked. He had never really known the names. They just came to him, that's all. "I-I'm not really sure. I've never questioned that before."
"I see. Sora. Would you please enlighten us?"
"Yeah. The one in his right is Oblivion, and the left is Oathkeeper." Sora grinned.
"Thank you. Now, Riku, I need to you to walk through Belle and Aurora. When you get to the Heart, put your back against Sora, but you still keep moving. And Sora, you need to face Riku forward so when he backs up, you'll stay balanced until you two are "connected" as it stated on the ceremony paper."
Riku's face flushed but did as he was told. He walked between the two very tall princesses and then to the outside of the heart. He quickly pivoted and turned before backing up slowly. When he bumped into Sora's chest and hips, his face began to glow red with embarrassment.
"Good. Now. Everyone. If you haven't seen, or noticed, there are keyblades on the floor. I need everyone of you to close your eyes and concentrate. You will need to find your heart and pull it to the surface."
The room went silence. All eyes were closed. It all began to happen very quickly. Light after light flashed in the room. Small squeaks of surprise escaped a few girls mouths and heavy grunts from others. There were a few late flashes of lights before Merlin clapped his hands in delight.
"Well done my friends, well done." Merlin grinned happily.
"Wow, this is amazing Merlin. I have a keyblade!" Aurora gasped. She held the keyblade called Three Wishes.
"Precisely. Every princess shall wield a blade and so will the special chosen. Just as you hold the Three Wishes, Belle holds Spellbinder, Alice wields Fairy Head, Kairi with Lady Luck, Cinderella holding Wishing Star, Jasmine with Olympia, and Snow White with Divine Rose."
A few murmurs rang through the room but Riku paid them no mind. He was gasping for breath with his head hung down. It felt like his chest was tightening more and more every second. He was faintly aware of Sora trying to speak to him, or to someone, but he couldn't care at this point in time.
"Amazing. Even I hold a blade again." Mickey grinned.
"Yes, yes. Of course you would. You hold your Kingdom Key Mickey.
"And the rest?"
"Leon holds the Lionheart while Goofy wields Pumpkinhead. Sephiroth has Jungle King, Donald with Crab Claw and Sora with Metal Chocobo. Just as it should be."
"Should be. You mean it was suppose to happen like this?" Sora asked.
"Yes. The diagrams I have found in ancient scrolls have foretold the placements of the keyblades. This only proves that this will work."
"Cool." Sora grinned.
"Let's continue." Merlin paced around the circle before ending straight in front of Riku. He felt pity for the young boy. Riku was sagging horribly, having spent much of his energy. Merlin would have to hurry before the silver haired youth's strength gave out.
"I need everyone to lift their blades to the ceiling and close your eyes. Let the keyblades do their magic after that."
Riku struggled to raise his arms. He felt so heavy right now. It was like there was a ton of bricks on each arm, restraining him from moving. He tried with all his might to raise the blades once again, but he couldn't. He began to sweat with desperation and he forces his arms up. He couldn't help the agonizing moan escape his mouth and he about screamed when his arms began to sag.
With the last of his determination, he thrust his hands up and a loud humming noise began to fill the room. The blades surround Sora and Riku began to glow. They pulsated from white to black, faster and faster until the colors blended and the room was filled with the haunting color of grey.
Before a second passed, a beam of white shout out from a single blade, then another. More followed until all surround blades had a white light attaching to Sora's and Riku's blades. Sora's blade shot upward a beam of white. The light rebounded off the ceiling and collided with the mass of light gathered now of Riku's blades. A giant white burst of energy pulsed at the collision and then fell directly onto Riku's tiring body.
The young boy's body went rigid with tension. His back arched and his mouth fell open in a silent scream. His eyes were wide with pain and his grips on the keyblades made his hands bleed. His mind shut down as the light engulf it. He was not aware of the sickening sounds of his bones growing and flesh tearing, only to be replaced my new skin. Blood seemed to stop pumping and his heart stood still. His body was now screaming in agony yet no one was aware of it, not even himself.
When the light began to fade, all feeling and thoughts began to resume in him. His heart beat and his blood rushed through his veins. His hands released the bloodied keyblades and clanged loudly to the floor. He could faintly make out a voice screaming, but he wasn't entirely sure who it was.
With a blink of aqua eyes, all conscious thoughts were gone, sight was blinded, and feelings shut down. The only thing he could recall was periwinkle blue eyes filled with concern looking at him before the shadows engulfed in.
**--**--**
It had been several hours since Sora had watched Riku fall to the floor as he looked helpless on. He was so caught up in worry, that he had not been able to see the changes in the silver hair boy before his father and Cloud had taken him away.
He was currently pacing outside of the room where those two had locked away his beloved and refused to let anyone enter except for a haggard looking Goofy carrying a body length mirror, and that was nearly a hour ago. Since then, no one was allowed in.
So Sora wasn't really counting the time, no, he was just counting his paces. And so far he was at six thousand and counting. Not too bad, considering it had only been three hours and twenty-five minutes and thirty three seconds since he had seen Riku. But like stated before, Sora wasn't counting.
A creaking door snapped Sora out of his pacing and he was immediately in the face of an unfortunately Cloud Strife. His eyes had narrowed to fine slits and his lips were in a taunt line. His fists were clenched, ready to battle to see his lover if need be and his knuckles were slowly beginning to turn white.
Cloud gave an audible gulp before speaking.
"He's okay Sora. He woke up about ten minutes ago and Sephiroth and I found him something decent to wear. No offense, but you have some strange tastes in clothes." Cloud said solemnly.
Sora relaxed and grinned. "Yeah, I know. But can I see him now?"
"Yeah, just let me get Sephiroth out of your way. He's trying to be too much of a pest right now than a father." Cloud smirked before heading back inside. He quickly returned with a heavily protesting lover and then disappeared down the hallway.
"Strange family." Sora muttered to himself before entering the room. When his eyes landed on his lover, his breath escaped his lips and his heart jumped two beats. Sitting on a giant bed with one leg propped up on the mattress and the other resting on the ground and one head racking through long silver hair, was his lover. His lover who was dressed in black leather pants with three buckles on the calves of each leg with a silver zip from his knee to the bottom, black combat boots with a silver chain connecting the back of the boot with the front, and a blissfully tight metallic silver muscle shirt.
As periwinkle blue eyes roamed over the attire, his eyes stopped and traveled down silky silver hair that cascaded down a lean back and rested a good three or four inches on the top of the bed. His hand twitched to run fingers to feel the strand but his mind screamed at him first to make his presence known.
"H-hey Riku." His voice stuttered unwillingly.
"Hey Sora." Riku adjusted his gaze to fall on Sora's face.
"Gods Riku, you look... you look, so beautiful." Sora breath. He closed the distance between him and Riku and grabbed him in a tight embrace.
"Do you really think that?" Riku mumbled.
"Of course! I wouldn't have said it if I didn't." Sora grinned and held Riku's pale face in his hands. "You're more beautiful than I ever thought possible."
Riku snorted.
"I'm serious Riku. You've seen yourself by now, you're gorgeous. Anyone would kill to have what you have." Sora placed a chaste kiss on his lover's pink lips.
"Not really."
"What?" Sora was confused. Not really as in he didn't like his body or as in I haven't seen myself.
"I haven't exactly, well, looked in the mirror... yet." Riku mumbled. He pulled away from Sora's hands.
"Why? I thought you would be thrilled to see the new you."
"So did I, but I began to think about it, really think about it, a day ago and I'm afraid of what I'll see." Riku hugged his arms around his body. "I just grew up five years without really experiencing any of it. I've changed so much, I know that, but I'm afraid of what I'll see."
Sora sighed and pulled Riku into a hug.
"What are you afraid of? It's only you. That's all. Just you."
"I know, but..."
"No buts Riku. Now come on, let's get your first glance at the hottest guy I've ever seen." Sora laughed and pulled his lover up. He saw that Riku was now only two inches taller than he. "Seems to me that your mother's side of the family kicked in."
Riku looked at Sora and shrugged. "She always was a short woman. Figures that I wouldn't be as tall as my father though. He's almost abnormally tall." Riku let a small smile cross his mouth before being dragged to the mirror. He turned his eyes away from the mirror before he could see his reflection.
"Come on Riku. You have to face yourself some day, why not now!" Sora walked behind his lover and gripped his waist. He rested his head against a lean back and breathed. "Show yourself who you are now."
Riku reluctantly turned his eyes upon his reflection. What he saw brought tears to his eyes. He chocked back a silent sob and twisted into Sora's grasp. He buried his head in Sora's neck and let his tears flow freely.
"Hey, shhh, it's okay. It's okay. Don't you see now, why I called you beautiful? Do you see why now?" Sora rubbed slow circles on Riku's back and kept whispering sweet nothings in his lover's ear. He continued to do so until Riku sniffed and brought his head up to Sora's. He placed their foreheads together and Riku smiled.
"Thank you. Thank you so much."
"Hey, no problem Riku." Sora smiled and pressed his lips against Riku's. There was a moment of awkwardness before the kiss settled into a deep and passionate one. A low moan echoed in the room and Sora grinned. He let his tongue slide along Riku's bottom lip, asking for entrance. Riku immediately obeyed and opened his mouth to the welcome intruder.
Sora explore Riku's warm mouth and pulled their bodies together. Riku let out another moan and tentatively he allowed his own exploration of Sora's mouth. At first he was hesitant but as Sora urged with a small moan, Riku grew braver and plunged deeper.
Before long, oxygen was needed and the two broke apart. Riku leaned heavily against Sora's body and he grinned.
"This works much better when I'm not standing on my toes to reach you." Riku spoke softly.
"Yeah. A lot easier." Sora brought their lips together for a butterfly kiss. "Hey Riku?"
"Yeah?"
"Love you."
"Love you too Sora." Riku sighed as Sora captured his mouth once again.
**THE END!!!!**
**Author's Note** I'm DONE!!! **screams and jumps up and down with happiness** OMG I can't believe it! I've finally finished it. I love me so much! **hugs self** Gaw, this is such a good day today. Not only did I have two A's in school, I now have a complete KH fic! **sniffles** Gosh I'm good. LoL. Oh, and I know I said there was a possible chance of two chapters, but I also said one, so this is the LAST CHAPTER if you hadn't already caught that. **grins** But now, to the thank you's.
SupaSaiyajin: I thank you so much for your review! I love Taku too!
Ellannor: Thank you a lot!
Sorceress MoonBlader, aka CHRISTIE: And yes, we've went over the whole princesses have schedules thing through email, so I won't bother to say much about that again. ^__^ Thank you!
Liebchen: LoL. I'm sorry for not updating. I was grounded. **groans** This time I was able to get away without punishment so it was all good. Hehe. A LEMON? **grins nervously** I really can't write those... I've never done one before. Sorry. That would be a really good ending to this story, but... er... once again, I just don't know HOW to write lemons. **sighs** Sorry, but I appreciate the review!
Dreamer: Woohaw! I hope you liked what happened this time. I'm sure I did. **grins** Thanks!
Uzumaki-sama: Heh, it took me so long to figure out what Riku would wear in the chapter. I was surfing web pages to get ideas because I just couldn't think. ^__^ This outfit in this chapter is similar too because I got a request from another reviewer who wanted leather... and buckles.... yay! Argh. But thanks for the review!
PrincessSwifty: Haha. No, they aren't going to play the blanket game. But you're more than welcome to think they did. Thanks a million!
Hitori: Wow. Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked this story!
Crimson-cruel: Wow, what a coincidence! I love me too! **huggles self** Yeah, they're lovers. Well... they just won't be DOING anything along the lines of nose bleeds or anything like that. **grins** Much appreciated that you took your time to read and write a review!
too shy: Hehe. Thank you so much! I like a naughty Riku, it suits him.
Grey Elven-Eyes : OH OH! I remember you! I do! Wow. That's so cool! Hi! Hehe. I added the leather in there for you and the buckles. **drools** I think Riku is darn drool worthy right about now. **glomps Riku** Ohhh.. the boots I like too. I love boots. **dreams of boots and Riku gets away** Ack. Darn. I have to go catch my hottie, errrr... Sora's hottie. Thanks for the review!
And there you have it folks. That's the ending of the long story and I hope you've enjoyed every bit of it just as much as I have enjoyed typing it. At long last, I want to thank everyone who has ever reviewed so.... THANK YOU SO MUCH! I LOVE YOU ALL!
AND BEHALF OF MY REVIEWERS, I DEDICATE THIS LAST CHAPTER COMPLETELY TO YOU!!!!!
And without much further adieu....
Much love!
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Sora/Riku
Warnings: Yaoi or boyXboy love, little bit of OOC, and references to intense situations
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 fidgeting again. He was pulling at the yellow long sleeved shirt he had borrowed from Sora and readjusting the blue jeans again and keeping them up by holding on to them. He curled his toes and shifted his weight from foot to foot. The stone floor was very cold and with his bare feet, it was only amplified.
"Hold still Riku. Mickey should be here soon." Sora bent down to speak in his newly acquired boyfriend's ear and turned to nibble on it. He felt, rather than heard, the smaller boy suck in a quick breath.
Unattaching himself from Riku's ear, Sora stood up once again and tugged Riku back into him. He wrapped his arms around the silver haired teen's chest and smiled. He glanced down to see Riku with aqua eyes closed and mouth slightly open. He felt Riku's head fall back against his body and tilt to the side. Sora had to fight the urge to attach himself to Riku's pale skin.
"Hey, now. Don't go to sleep on me Riku." Sora teased, squeezing his boyfriend's chest. Riku gave a groan of disappointment.
"It's to darn early though." Riku mumbled and rubbed at his eyes. He forced his lids to open half way. He blinked drearily and stifled a yawn. He then lifted one of his hands up and settled it on Sora's. He let his chin drop to the other's forearms and he sighed.
"Cheer up Riku. Today is the day you become you... er, well, an older you." Sora corrected with a gleaming smile.
Riku didn't say anything. He just tightened his grip on Sora's forearm and took another deep breath.
Sora gave Riku a concerned look. "Something wrong?"
"No, not really."
Sora eyed the shorter boy. He was sure Riku was lying but he let it slide. When he heard the sounds of approaching feet, Sora turned the two of them around and stared at the overly large doors. Within a moment, the smaller door within the larger swung open. Sora grinned. King Mickey, Leon, Sephiroth, Cloud, Yuffie, Donald, Goofy, Queen Minnie, and Daisy were all present.
"Good morning you two. I see you were here bright and early." Mickey grinned. His black eyes twinkled as he watched the couple nuzzle each other. He saw a faint blush across Riku's pale cheeks and the mouse king had to bit his lip to conceal a chuckle.
"Morning Mickey!" Sora chirped.
"Good morning my as-"
"Riku!" Sora nudged the silver haired youth in the chest.
"Hm."
"I see that you're not a morning person." Mickey stated.
"Hmm, seems like it doesn't it?" Riku said sarcastically.
"Riku, be nice." Sora glared at Riku but the aqua eyes refused to meet his. A wave of worry passed over Sora. He didn't know what was going on in his boyfriend's head, but it didn't seem like it was pleasant.
"You're more like me than I imagined." Sephiroth said, coming up next to Sora and Riku to stand to their right. Cloud followed his lover and intertwined their fingers together when he reached his destination point.
"That really isn't a good thing Seph." Cloud said nonchalantly.
"I resent that remark Strife." Sephiroth narrowed his green eyes.
"You would you old bag." Cloud teased.
"How dare you call me old!" Sephiroth was appalled.
"You know I'm only teasing." Cloud turned to face his lover and stood on his tip toes and dragged Sephiroth's face to his. He pushed their lips together with a passion filled kiss.
"Oh, hey, you can stop that anytime now. I don't appreciate my father making out in front of me." Riku joked.
"Heh, you know you like it." Cloud said after breaking the kiss.
"Please." Riku rolled his eyes and gave a half grin.
Mickey cleared his throat and gained the occupants attention. His black eyes shifted from Riku to Sora two times before landing on Sora's periwinkle blue eyes. "Sora, I received your message yesterday."
"Good. I knew Donald couldn't screw up something important like that." Sora grinned.
Donald was about to speak up but Mickey beat him to it.
"Ha ha. How right you were."
Riku twisted in Sora's grip and looked up at the towering brunette. Confusing was painted across his delicate face. He hadn't remembered Sora sending a message to Mickey yesterday and he certainly would have remembered if that loud duck had came into the room.
"I sent a message to Mickey when you were sleeping yesterday. I talked to Donald outside of the room so he wouldn't bother you." Sora grinned down at his love.
Riku nodded his head and tugged up his pants.
"Let's get down to business Sora. So where are they?" Mickey asked politely.
"Well, first of all, let me call the rest. It will be easier for me." Sora stepped away from Riku's small body and closed his eyes. With deep concentration, a white light flashed in the room. A gasp from Yuffie rang in the room and a sharp intake of breath from Riku was heard.
Stand only a foot away from Sora, lying on the ground in a perfect row, were thirteen gleaming keyblades. The people around the room stared in awe at the sight of all keyblades. Sora smirked and motioned Riku to step closer to him.
"Sora, I still don't see the last two keyblades. What are you getting at?" Mickey's voice had a sharp edge of impatience.
"Don't worry, they're here."
"Then where are they?" Mickey demanded.
"Sora." Riku's aqua eyes pierced Sora's periwinkle blue. A sudden understanding dawned upon the fair skinned teen and he sighed. He searched deep within his heart. After a moment, he found his desired objections and pulled them out. A small flash of white and black surrounded his outstretched hand. He gripped two handles. Since the weapons were heavy to begin with, his arm fell towards the ground before getting accustomed to the weight.
"H-how is that possible!" Mickey uttered in disbelief. In Riku's hand was the two missing keyblades. He was positive Riku had not held them when he was in Kingdom Hearts, so why would he have them now? Was it something to do with Sora?
Riku glanced at the mouse king. With a soft voice, only loud enough to be understood, Riku began to explain.
"Mickey, when you and I were in... in Kingdom Hearts," he flinched at the name but keep going, "I had you to protect me and my magic to help us. While my magic skills improved, you suddenly were gone. I was lost in Kingdom Hearts without your help. I don't know how long I was alone there before I was caught in an overwhelming battle. I was surrounded on all sides, I was weakening fast, and I was injured from a previous battle. While I fought, I kept feeling this tug at my heart, but I pushed it aside. I didn't understand it so I fought it too. I fought for a long time, days it seemed like, until my strength gave way and I collapsed. I was about to be consumed by the monsters, when I felt two handles... materialize in my hands. I somehow felt revitalized and I was able to beat the odds and finish all of the shadows. When the battle was over, I was able to inspect them closer. They were keyblades. They saved me." Riku offered a half smile to the mouse king before looking at the two blades gratefully.
"I have had them ever since then. I trained with them every chance I could get until I mastered them. With my new weapons, and my magic, I was truly a force to be reckoned with in Kingdom Hearts."
"I see." Mickey smiled and nodded his head.
"So what now?" Yuffie asked, rocking back and forth on her feet.
"We wait." Leon interjected.
"What for?" Goofy asked.
"For me." All eyes turned to the new voice. Merlin stood at the doors. His wooden cane was tucked under his arm and his blue pointed hat was being placed atop his balding head. His old face wrinkled when he gave a grin and his cloth shoes were silent on the stone floor. Tiny spectacles were perched on his nose and a hand came up to adjust them on his face.
"It is truly a delightful sight to see everyone again." Merlin said cheerfully.
"Thank you for coming my friend." Mickey greeted the old wizard.
"My pleasure."
Taking a few minutes to fill in the wizard about the two keyblades, Merlin set up a white chalk circle in the room. He made a heart in the middle of the circle and then twelve lines from the heart to the edges. Where line met line, Merlin began to fill in names. First it was Belle, then Alice, Cinderella, Snow White, Jasmine, Aurora, and Kairi. He bit the side of his mouth at the last five. He placed Mickey, Sephiroth, Leon, Donald, and Goody at the last and smiled to himself. He walked to the heart and put Riku then Sora back to back.
"There. It is done." Merlin slapped his hands together to strike away the chalk dust and smiled towards Riku. "All we must do is wait again. The princesses will show in due time."
Riku nodded. "I have a question, Merlin."
"Go ahead."
"I understand why you put the princesses in, but why the others? Why Mickey and Donald and Sora and the others?"
"It is simple my boy. It is your friends, your company, and your family. Mickey is your friend. Donald and Goofy are you company. Your family is Leon and Sephiroth."
Riku nodded. "But what about Sora?"
Merlin's eyes twinkled. "That is your love."
Riku blushed and buried his face in Sora's chest. Sora just grinned down at this love and patted his back. Merlin wasn't an outstanding wizard for no good reason. He was an excellent mind and was notorious for finding things in people that they didn't even know about themselves.
Minutes later, strange noises filled the room.
Bing.
Pop.
Bop.
Bam.
Blink.
Thump.
Bump.
"OW! Taku! You should have warned me about that!"
"I'm sorry! I forgot! I don't transport many humans with me!"
Sora's eyes went wide as he heard the voice of his childhood friend. He felt Riku shift away from him and Sora flew forward.
"Kairi! You're here!" Sora caught the girl in a rib breaking hug and she responded with equal force.
"It's so good to see you again Sora. I've missed you!" Kairi beamed back. She was vaguely aware of a sudden weight on her head but she paid it no mind.
Sora pulled away with a ear to ear grin. "I've missed you too." He attention was caught by the small figure on the girl's head. "Taku! How are you?" Sora laughed when the pink pixie stood up on Kairi's head and flew over to him. He held out a hand to let the pixie land.
"I'm wonderful Sora. Your friend Kairi, is a very nice human. I've loads to talk to you about!" Taku shot off quickly.
"That's great. We'll have to talk soon."
"Yeah, but not before then." A tiny voice said.
Sora looked over to see a yellow pixie floating next to him.
"Oh be nice Chichi! I know I can't tell him now." Taku stuck out his tongue.
"Stuff it Taku. Come on, we have to go." Chichi glared at the pink pixie.
"Stop being such a brat you fairy!" Taku glare back just as hard.
"ARGH! I'll get you for that Taku!" Chichi roared before chasing Taku. The people in the room laughed as they watched the two lights zipping across the room and then finally out of the window. Four more pixies left after them, only much slower.
"I'm going to miss him." Kairi sighed.
"You'll see him again." Sora smiled and turned Kairi around. "But let's go see someone else, just for a second. Okay?"
Kairi was about to comply when her violet eyes settled upon aqua. An ear piercing scream of joy rebounded off the walls. She lept over Riku's small body and tugged him into her body. His keyblades slipped from his fingers, but before they could reach the ground, they disapeared with a flash.
"Riku! Riku, I'm so glad to see you. I can't believe you're here. It's been so long. I've been so worried. How are you? Are you and Sora still friends? Can I talk to you after all this is done?" Question after question was shot off and poor Riku's head spun. If it wasn't for her bear hug, Riku would have fallen to the ground.
Laughing at Riku's situation, but having mercy up the poor teen, Sora disentangled Kairi from Riku and cradled him to his chest. Riku was gasping for breath and clinging to Sora like a vice.
"Calm down Kairi. You about killed him." Sora chuckled at Kairi's blushing face.
"Sorry, I was just overwhelmed."
Riku twisted away from Sora and let his eyes drift over Kairi's changed body. After careful scrutiny, and a deeper blush from the red haired girl, Riku nodded to himself and smiled. He walked up to her and wrapped his small arms around her.
"Hello Kairi." Riku muttered happily.
Kairi smiled and hugged her short friend back.
"Ahem." Mickey cleared his throat and the two friends separated. Mickey smiled and motioned for Kairi to take her place among the other princesses.
"I want to thank all of you for coming here. This means so much to me and to Riku." Mickey's voice was full of sincerity.
"It was of no trouble you majesty. We are here to help our friends." Cinderella gave a smile to the king and then to Riku.
"I agree. I mean, why would we help someone as cute as Riku!" Alice chimed up.
Riku flushed.
"Alice, keep your manners." Snow White tried to be serious but had to hold up her hand to hide a small chuckle.
Jasmine, standing next to Alice, bent down and nudge the girl. "I think you had a very accurate statement."
The two giggled before Mickey raised a had to hush them.
"Again, thank you. Merlin here will instruct you further." Mickey stepped away and Merlin stepped forward. He cleared his throat.
"If you please, princesses, on the ground, you will notice a circle. Around this circle are your names. I need each of you to take your rightful spot. Also, King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Leon, and Sephiroth, I will need you to also take your place." Merlin motioned for everyone to move.
Belle was the first to reach her spot and next to her Aurora stood, smiling. Belle struck up a lively conversation with the blonde haired woman. Around them, Jasmine and Alice where giggling across from each other and Kairi, Snow White and Cinderella were silence. Sephiroth was the first male to take his spot and remained silent, arms crossed over his firm chest. He didn't bother to look to his right to see Leon and Mickey take their spot and then Donald and Goofy to his left.
"Very good. Now, Sora, I need to you to go in between Sephiroth and Leon to your place." Merlin waved his hand in the general direction before fixing his glasses on his nose once again.
Sora shrugged at the weird directions but did as he was told. He shifted his weight from foot to foot once he stood in place. He was getting extremely anxious to see how everything would work and how soon he would be able to see Riku as he was suppose to be.
"And Riku, I need to you call upon your keyblades for me please."
"'Kay." Riku brought out his keyblades. A wave of dizziness hit him hard. He gasped for breath and stumbled forward. He quickly caught his balance before he could hit the ground and blinked his eyes furiously.
"Are you okay?" Sora called out.
Riku just nodded.
"Do not worry Sora. This is to be expected. This ceremony is very trailing on the human body and uses excessive amounts of energy."
Sora narrowed his eyes. "Why weren't we told of this before?"
"Because I was still working out all the bugs. I was still unsure of it until now to be precise." Merlin brushed off the glare Sora was still giving him and turned his attention back to Riku. "Now, I need you to take the blades in each hand before we can continue."
Riku looked down at his pants, his keyblades, and then back at Merlin. He was NOT going to let his pants fall off just for this ceremony. He didn't care if it would help him, he wasn't going to do it.
Merlin noticed the boy's hesitation and smiled. "Tuck your pants in like a towel my boy."
Riku nodded. After struggling for a minute, he finally got his pants to stay. He shifted the keyblades to both hands and relaxed as the weight equaled out. He sighed to himself and swung his gaze back to Merlin for his instructions.
"Now, please, tell me what blades those are, if you will."
Riku blinked. He had never really known the names. They just came to him, that's all. "I-I'm not really sure. I've never questioned that before."
"I see. Sora. Would you please enlighten us?"
"Yeah. The one in his right is Oblivion, and the left is Oathkeeper." Sora grinned.
"Thank you. Now, Riku, I need to you to walk through Belle and Aurora. When you get to the Heart, put your back against Sora, but you still keep moving. And Sora, you need to face Riku forward so when he backs up, you'll stay balanced until you two are "connected" as it stated on the ceremony paper."
Riku's face flushed but did as he was told. He walked between the two very tall princesses and then to the outside of the heart. He quickly pivoted and turned before backing up slowly. When he bumped into Sora's chest and hips, his face began to glow red with embarrassment.
"Good. Now. Everyone. If you haven't seen, or noticed, there are keyblades on the floor. I need everyone of you to close your eyes and concentrate. You will need to find your heart and pull it to the surface."
The room went silence. All eyes were closed. It all began to happen very quickly. Light after light flashed in the room. Small squeaks of surprise escaped a few girls mouths and heavy grunts from others. There were a few late flashes of lights before Merlin clapped his hands in delight.
"Well done my friends, well done." Merlin grinned happily.
"Wow, this is amazing Merlin. I have a keyblade!" Aurora gasped. She held the keyblade called Three Wishes.
"Precisely. Every princess shall wield a blade and so will the special chosen. Just as you hold the Three Wishes, Belle holds Spellbinder, Alice wields Fairy Head, Kairi with Lady Luck, Cinderella holding Wishing Star, Jasmine with Olympia, and Snow White with Divine Rose."
A few murmurs rang through the room but Riku paid them no mind. He was gasping for breath with his head hung down. It felt like his chest was tightening more and more every second. He was faintly aware of Sora trying to speak to him, or to someone, but he couldn't care at this point in time.
"Amazing. Even I hold a blade again." Mickey grinned.
"Yes, yes. Of course you would. You hold your Kingdom Key Mickey.
"And the rest?"
"Leon holds the Lionheart while Goofy wields Pumpkinhead. Sephiroth has Jungle King, Donald with Crab Claw and Sora with Metal Chocobo. Just as it should be."
"Should be. You mean it was suppose to happen like this?" Sora asked.
"Yes. The diagrams I have found in ancient scrolls have foretold the placements of the keyblades. This only proves that this will work."
"Cool." Sora grinned.
"Let's continue." Merlin paced around the circle before ending straight in front of Riku. He felt pity for the young boy. Riku was sagging horribly, having spent much of his energy. Merlin would have to hurry before the silver haired youth's strength gave out.
"I need everyone to lift their blades to the ceiling and close your eyes. Let the keyblades do their magic after that."
Riku struggled to raise his arms. He felt so heavy right now. It was like there was a ton of bricks on each arm, restraining him from moving. He tried with all his might to raise the blades once again, but he couldn't. He began to sweat with desperation and he forces his arms up. He couldn't help the agonizing moan escape his mouth and he about screamed when his arms began to sag.
With the last of his determination, he thrust his hands up and a loud humming noise began to fill the room. The blades surround Sora and Riku began to glow. They pulsated from white to black, faster and faster until the colors blended and the room was filled with the haunting color of grey.
Before a second passed, a beam of white shout out from a single blade, then another. More followed until all surround blades had a white light attaching to Sora's and Riku's blades. Sora's blade shot upward a beam of white. The light rebounded off the ceiling and collided with the mass of light gathered now of Riku's blades. A giant white burst of energy pulsed at the collision and then fell directly onto Riku's tiring body.
The young boy's body went rigid with tension. His back arched and his mouth fell open in a silent scream. His eyes were wide with pain and his grips on the keyblades made his hands bleed. His mind shut down as the light engulf it. He was not aware of the sickening sounds of his bones growing and flesh tearing, only to be replaced my new skin. Blood seemed to stop pumping and his heart stood still. His body was now screaming in agony yet no one was aware of it, not even himself.
When the light began to fade, all feeling and thoughts began to resume in him. His heart beat and his blood rushed through his veins. His hands released the bloodied keyblades and clanged loudly to the floor. He could faintly make out a voice screaming, but he wasn't entirely sure who it was.
With a blink of aqua eyes, all conscious thoughts were gone, sight was blinded, and feelings shut down. The only thing he could recall was periwinkle blue eyes filled with concern looking at him before the shadows engulfed in.
**--**--**
It had been several hours since Sora had watched Riku fall to the floor as he looked helpless on. He was so caught up in worry, that he had not been able to see the changes in the silver hair boy before his father and Cloud had taken him away.
He was currently pacing outside of the room where those two had locked away his beloved and refused to let anyone enter except for a haggard looking Goofy carrying a body length mirror, and that was nearly a hour ago. Since then, no one was allowed in.
So Sora wasn't really counting the time, no, he was just counting his paces. And so far he was at six thousand and counting. Not too bad, considering it had only been three hours and twenty-five minutes and thirty three seconds since he had seen Riku. But like stated before, Sora wasn't counting.
A creaking door snapped Sora out of his pacing and he was immediately in the face of an unfortunately Cloud Strife. His eyes had narrowed to fine slits and his lips were in a taunt line. His fists were clenched, ready to battle to see his lover if need be and his knuckles were slowly beginning to turn white.
Cloud gave an audible gulp before speaking.
"He's okay Sora. He woke up about ten minutes ago and Sephiroth and I found him something decent to wear. No offense, but you have some strange tastes in clothes." Cloud said solemnly.
Sora relaxed and grinned. "Yeah, I know. But can I see him now?"
"Yeah, just let me get Sephiroth out of your way. He's trying to be too much of a pest right now than a father." Cloud smirked before heading back inside. He quickly returned with a heavily protesting lover and then disappeared down the hallway.
"Strange family." Sora muttered to himself before entering the room. When his eyes landed on his lover, his breath escaped his lips and his heart jumped two beats. Sitting on a giant bed with one leg propped up on the mattress and the other resting on the ground and one head racking through long silver hair, was his lover. His lover who was dressed in black leather pants with three buckles on the calves of each leg with a silver zip from his knee to the bottom, black combat boots with a silver chain connecting the back of the boot with the front, and a blissfully tight metallic silver muscle shirt.
As periwinkle blue eyes roamed over the attire, his eyes stopped and traveled down silky silver hair that cascaded down a lean back and rested a good three or four inches on the top of the bed. His hand twitched to run fingers to feel the strand but his mind screamed at him first to make his presence known.
"H-hey Riku." His voice stuttered unwillingly.
"Hey Sora." Riku adjusted his gaze to fall on Sora's face.
"Gods Riku, you look... you look, so beautiful." Sora breath. He closed the distance between him and Riku and grabbed him in a tight embrace.
"Do you really think that?" Riku mumbled.
"Of course! I wouldn't have said it if I didn't." Sora grinned and held Riku's pale face in his hands. "You're more beautiful than I ever thought possible."
Riku snorted.
"I'm serious Riku. You've seen yourself by now, you're gorgeous. Anyone would kill to have what you have." Sora placed a chaste kiss on his lover's pink lips.
"Not really."
"What?" Sora was confused. Not really as in he didn't like his body or as in I haven't seen myself.
"I haven't exactly, well, looked in the mirror... yet." Riku mumbled. He pulled away from Sora's hands.
"Why? I thought you would be thrilled to see the new you."
"So did I, but I began to think about it, really think about it, a day ago and I'm afraid of what I'll see." Riku hugged his arms around his body. "I just grew up five years without really experiencing any of it. I've changed so much, I know that, but I'm afraid of what I'll see."
Sora sighed and pulled Riku into a hug.
"What are you afraid of? It's only you. That's all. Just you."
"I know, but..."
"No buts Riku. Now come on, let's get your first glance at the hottest guy I've ever seen." Sora laughed and pulled his lover up. He saw that Riku was now only two inches taller than he. "Seems to me that your mother's side of the family kicked in."
Riku looked at Sora and shrugged. "She always was a short woman. Figures that I wouldn't be as tall as my father though. He's almost abnormally tall." Riku let a small smile cross his mouth before being dragged to the mirror. He turned his eyes away from the mirror before he could see his reflection.
"Come on Riku. You have to face yourself some day, why not now!" Sora walked behind his lover and gripped his waist. He rested his head against a lean back and breathed. "Show yourself who you are now."
Riku reluctantly turned his eyes upon his reflection. What he saw brought tears to his eyes. He chocked back a silent sob and twisted into Sora's grasp. He buried his head in Sora's neck and let his tears flow freely.
"Hey, shhh, it's okay. It's okay. Don't you see now, why I called you beautiful? Do you see why now?" Sora rubbed slow circles on Riku's back and kept whispering sweet nothings in his lover's ear. He continued to do so until Riku sniffed and brought his head up to Sora's. He placed their foreheads together and Riku smiled.
"Thank you. Thank you so much."
"Hey, no problem Riku." Sora smiled and pressed his lips against Riku's. There was a moment of awkwardness before the kiss settled into a deep and passionate one. A low moan echoed in the room and Sora grinned. He let his tongue slide along Riku's bottom lip, asking for entrance. Riku immediately obeyed and opened his mouth to the welcome intruder.
Sora explore Riku's warm mouth and pulled their bodies together. Riku let out another moan and tentatively he allowed his own exploration of Sora's mouth. At first he was hesitant but as Sora urged with a small moan, Riku grew braver and plunged deeper.
Before long, oxygen was needed and the two broke apart. Riku leaned heavily against Sora's body and he grinned.
"This works much better when I'm not standing on my toes to reach you." Riku spoke softly.
"Yeah. A lot easier." Sora brought their lips together for a butterfly kiss. "Hey Riku?"
"Yeah?"
"Love you."
"Love you too Sora." Riku sighed as Sora captured his mouth once again.
**THE END!!!!**
**Author's Note** I'm DONE!!! **screams and jumps up and down with happiness** OMG I can't believe it! I've finally finished it. I love me so much! **hugs self** Gaw, this is such a good day today. Not only did I have two A's in school, I now have a complete KH fic! **sniffles** Gosh I'm good. LoL. Oh, and I know I said there was a possible chance of two chapters, but I also said one, so this is the LAST CHAPTER if you hadn't already caught that. **grins** But now, to the thank you's.
SupaSaiyajin: I thank you so much for your review! I love Taku too!
Ellannor: Thank you a lot!
Sorceress MoonBlader, aka CHRISTIE: And yes, we've went over the whole princesses have schedules thing through email, so I won't bother to say much about that again. ^__^ Thank you!
Liebchen: LoL. I'm sorry for not updating. I was grounded. **groans** This time I was able to get away without punishment so it was all good. Hehe. A LEMON? **grins nervously** I really can't write those... I've never done one before. Sorry. That would be a really good ending to this story, but... er... once again, I just don't know HOW to write lemons. **sighs** Sorry, but I appreciate the review!
Dreamer: Woohaw! I hope you liked what happened this time. I'm sure I did. **grins** Thanks!
Uzumaki-sama: Heh, it took me so long to figure out what Riku would wear in the chapter. I was surfing web pages to get ideas because I just couldn't think. ^__^ This outfit in this chapter is similar too because I got a request from another reviewer who wanted leather... and buckles.... yay! Argh. But thanks for the review!
PrincessSwifty: Haha. No, they aren't going to play the blanket game. But you're more than welcome to think they did. Thanks a million!
Hitori: Wow. Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked this story!
Crimson-cruel: Wow, what a coincidence! I love me too! **huggles self** Yeah, they're lovers. Well... they just won't be DOING anything along the lines of nose bleeds or anything like that. **grins** Much appreciated that you took your time to read and write a review!
too shy: Hehe. Thank you so much! I like a naughty Riku, it suits him.
Grey Elven-Eyes : OH OH! I remember you! I do! Wow. That's so cool! Hi! Hehe. I added the leather in there for you and the buckles. **drools** I think Riku is darn drool worthy right about now. **glomps Riku** Ohhh.. the boots I like too. I love boots. **dreams of boots and Riku gets away** Ack. Darn. I have to go catch my hottie, errrr... Sora's hottie. Thanks for the review!
And there you have it folks. That's the ending of the long story and I hope you've enjoyed every bit of it just as much as I have enjoyed typing it. At long last, I want to thank everyone who has ever reviewed so.... THANK YOU SO MUCH! I LOVE YOU ALL!
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