OH god. OH GOD DON'T KILL ME PLEASE *hides in fear* I know I know its been
almost three months I'm a loser *sobs* I just haven't felt inspired, then
suddenly my muse struck, it struck me over the head and screamed YOU IDIOT
WRITE so that's what I did and here it is. Please forgive me I'm sorry.
*whimpers*
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the incredibly sexy Riku or the cute but short Sora ^_^
Rating: Still PG-13
NOW ON WITH OUR SHOW WEEEEE
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It has been almost 3 years since Riku awoke in the dark cavern of the mysterious place. He remembered nothing of the strange experience all he knew was that when he woke, there was a painful bump embedded in the palm of his hand. He didn't know how long he had lain there, he just knew that when he left the cave it was dark and the people of the village were frantically searching for him.
They asked him many times what he had been doing but all he could do was shrug and say he didn't remember. The people decided after much tireless interrogation that Riku must have just hit his head and forgotten about the incident. As for the bump in his hand, he kept that to himself assured that it would only cause more questioning, and suddenly, he didn't like the idea of people prying into his life anymore.
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August 28th, a date like all the others to most people, but not to Riku. It was the day he was born, the day of his 12th birthday. But unlike any normal child, Riku despised his birthday. It was only another day for him to feel lonely and sad. He really didn't have any family, there was no one to sing him Happy Birthday and make him a cake. There was no one to give him presents or birthday hugs, he was alone, like he had always been. Riku bite his lip hard and kicked at the ground as he silently cursed the day over and over.
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Riku starred at his reflection in the surface of the slowly swirling ocean water. He had changed a lot in a year he thought to himself. Whether it was bad or good he didn't know, all he knew was that something was different. He reached his hands out and slowly brushed his fingertips across the water's mirror like surface making it ripple. As he watched the small waves move out in steady circles he realized that once the tiny waves had started, they could never stop. They would keep going until they hit an obstacle like another stretch of land. Sometimes he felt that way, so caught up in his emotions that he thought he could never escape. And then just as suddenly as it starts, it all stops.
Suddenly he felt like he was being watched, spinning around quickly he saw Sora and Jade smiling down at him. A wave of happiness suddenly washed over his body, had they remembered him?
"Hiya there Riku!" Jade waved happily at him as she rocked back and forth on her heels. Riku sat up and smiled at them, the first time he had smiled in a long time.
" Hi Jade, Hi Sora, what's up you guys?" Riku sounded so pleasant that it almost alarmed them. almost.
"WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU ALL DAY RIKU. right Sora?" Sora nodded and Jade continued. " We have something to tell you. or ask you or something like that."
Riku's chest swelled with happiness, they had remembered his birthday, finally, someone cared enough about his existence to wish him a happy birthday. "Yessssssssss?" he urged Jade on.
" We have been looking for you to ask . If you have seen Meiko any where I mean." Jade rambled on, but Riku didn't hear the rest of her mindless chatter. His sudden happiness had turned into instant anger and hate, and his heart broke in two.
" NO I HAVENT SEEN HER!" Riku snapped sharply at Jade. " I haven't seen her and I don't care if I never see any of you again! You don't care about me at all do you?" He was yelling at the top of his lungs now and advancing slowly towards her. "You have never cared about me, you're the same as everyone else, all of you! You just enjoy toying with me. WELL I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF IT ALL!" He raised his hand as if he was going to slap Jade hard across the face, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. So instead of facing the world, he ran, ran like he never had run before in his life.
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Riku ran aimlessly. What was happening to him, how come he had gotten so angry at his friends? Would he have really hit Jade? His mind was crowded with thoughts of doubt and hate, what was happening to him, why was he changing like this? He stumbled into the entrance of the secret cave blindly groping about for something to hold onto before he collapsed. His head throbbed with a piercing pain, it was like his skull was being torn apart, and then he saw it.
A door, the same door he had seen 3 years ago. Suddenly it was as if a wave hit him, all the memory of that night flooded back into his mind. The pain of the spikes in his hands, the nausea he felt when he couldn't get them out, the coldness he felt in his heart, and a fear he was going to die.
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Meiko happily hummed to herself as she sat with her legs dangling over the edge of Riku's Island. She tilted her head back to catch more of the suns warm rays on the soft skin of her face. The warmth helped her think.
Riku had been so upset lately. She hated to see him like that, she especially hated to see him like that today of all days. It was his birthday, he should be happy. There must be something she could do to cheer him up, but what.
It was then, from her perch on the edge of the land she saw a form running faster than she thought it was possible for any normal human to run. It must have been Riku, he was the only one who could run like that, so fast it seemed he was flying. What was he running like that for, she wondered. Maybe he was running from something, maybe he was upset again.
She followed the form with her eyes until it disappeared into the yawning cavernous mouth of the secret place. Now she was certain she had to do something to make his day better. But what could a small, clumsy 11- year-old girl like herself do?
She couldn't bake, knowing her if she tried she would end up burning down the whole island. How about giving him a present, but what? She stood up from her resting-place and stalked over to the paoupo tree. What could she possibly do to make Riku happy? Maybe a cake! No, she already established she couldn't cook. She sighed heavily in frustration and bashed her head against the tree. "What can I POSSIBLY do?" she muttered softly to herself.
Something fell out of the tree a knocked her on the head. Meiko cursed and looked around angrily. But suddenly her anger turned to complete glee.
One of the star shaped fruits had fallen out of the tree and knocked her on the head. It was bright yellow and ripe, she couldn't believe her luck. She didn't exactly know what these fruits where for, but the adults always warned them not to touch them without good reason. Cheering Riku up was a good enough reason, right?
Meiko remembered how Jade always talked about eating one of the fruits, but not knowing when was the right time. Meiko had no clue what Jade had been talking about. The fruit looked normal enough to her, what was so special about them?
But now, for some reason it seemed right. The fruit seemed like the perfect thing to give Riku for his birthday. Maybe there was hope for him yet.
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Riku awoke rubbing his head. He was still in the secret cave, he must have passed out or hit his head or something. At first he didn't remember why he was in this place, but that didn't last for long.
As the memory of the door came back into his mind, Riku began to feel panicked, sick, and anxious. He looked around, but the mysterious door in the rock was gone. He moaned and sank to the ground.
"What's happening to me?" He muttered as he clasped his head in his hands. "Why am I like this? Am I going insane?" He felt like screaming his mind was so clouded. On one hand he felt like this was all-wrong, he wanted to go back to the carefree days where he just hung out with his friends and was happy. He missed fighting with Sora, he missed racing Jade, and he missed hanging out with Meiko. But on the other hand, he didn't care about them he wished they would leave him alone.
"NO! Why am I thinking like this." He couldn't stop these thoughts, but he wanted them to go away so badly. What was going on?
He was so absorbed in his sorrows he didn't notice Meiko had entered the cave.
"Uh.. Riku?" Meiko called softly.
Riku's head snapped up at the sound of her voice. He couldn't let her see him like this.
She walked deeper into the cave towards him, something held behind her back. Riku looked into her hazel eyes. There was something about them, a certain mixture of joy and mischief. What did she have with her?
"Riku, I.. I brought you something, for your birthday." She stepped closer to him and sat down, the gift still hidden behind her back.
"For, my birthday?" He asked cautiously. His heart skipped a beat, he couldn't believe she had remembered, where his other friends had forgotten, she had remembered.
Meiko nodded. "I mean you were upset and I felt bad so I tried to find you something only I couldn't think of anything then I found this and I knew it would be perfect you know when you know something's gonna be perfect and you can feel it and well I don't know and . here!" She closed her eyes and thrust the gift towards Riku.
Riku looked at the fruit, then to Meiko, her face red with embarrassment. He looked at her and then back to the fruit and happily laughed.
Meiko opened an eye and looked at him. A big smile played across his lips as he took the fruit from her hands. She opened her other eye and clapped her hands with glee.
" I knew you would like it Riku!" She yipped at him.
He nodded happily and responded "It's the best present I have ever gotten in my life Meicha." He put the fruit down next to him and looked at the elated girl.
It was then that he noticed how pretty she really was. Her smile seemed to brighten the whole dark cavern. Her hair falling gracefully down onto her shoulders her skin glowing with pride.
He was so caught up in the moment, he forgot the feelings he was having before. He forgot about feeling upset and angry all he knew was the joy of the moment.
He reached down and took the fruit in his hands. With a crisp snap he broke it in half and pushed one of the pieces towards the girl. Meiko looked at him curiously and took the fruit in her hands.
"What are you doing Riku?" She asked, slightly confused.
He smiled at her and said, " It is only fair that you get to share in my birthday celebration right?" He nodded towards the piece of the yellow star she held in her hands.
"Oh Riku, thank you, but I can't. It was your gift right?" She tried to give him back her half of the fruit but he wouldn't take it.
"Please Meiko, eat it, for me?" He pushed it back to her. Meiko nodded. "On the count of three." Riku said smiling at her. "One," they brought the halves up to their mouths. "Two," they looked each other in the eyes. "Three!" at the same time they sunk their teeth into their halves of the fruit, took a bite, chewed and swallowed.
It was done, although both of them didn't know it at the time. So innocent to the fruits true nature, neither of them knowing it would bind them together for ever. But then again maybe it was a good thing. Maybe being bound to Meiko would keep part of Riku's heart safe from the now invading darkness. Maybe love would save him.
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Now wasn't that great *coff* not really worth the wait ugh I know it isn't that great but it's here. I know not really an excuse. I SWEAR I will try a lot harder to get an update faster thanks for reading please comment he he oh and about that super long sentence. I know you grammar freaks probably noticed it but its supposed to be like she is talking really fast without breaths. See?
Meiko
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the incredibly sexy Riku or the cute but short Sora ^_^
Rating: Still PG-13
NOW ON WITH OUR SHOW WEEEEE
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It has been almost 3 years since Riku awoke in the dark cavern of the mysterious place. He remembered nothing of the strange experience all he knew was that when he woke, there was a painful bump embedded in the palm of his hand. He didn't know how long he had lain there, he just knew that when he left the cave it was dark and the people of the village were frantically searching for him.
They asked him many times what he had been doing but all he could do was shrug and say he didn't remember. The people decided after much tireless interrogation that Riku must have just hit his head and forgotten about the incident. As for the bump in his hand, he kept that to himself assured that it would only cause more questioning, and suddenly, he didn't like the idea of people prying into his life anymore.
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August 28th, a date like all the others to most people, but not to Riku. It was the day he was born, the day of his 12th birthday. But unlike any normal child, Riku despised his birthday. It was only another day for him to feel lonely and sad. He really didn't have any family, there was no one to sing him Happy Birthday and make him a cake. There was no one to give him presents or birthday hugs, he was alone, like he had always been. Riku bite his lip hard and kicked at the ground as he silently cursed the day over and over.
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Riku starred at his reflection in the surface of the slowly swirling ocean water. He had changed a lot in a year he thought to himself. Whether it was bad or good he didn't know, all he knew was that something was different. He reached his hands out and slowly brushed his fingertips across the water's mirror like surface making it ripple. As he watched the small waves move out in steady circles he realized that once the tiny waves had started, they could never stop. They would keep going until they hit an obstacle like another stretch of land. Sometimes he felt that way, so caught up in his emotions that he thought he could never escape. And then just as suddenly as it starts, it all stops.
Suddenly he felt like he was being watched, spinning around quickly he saw Sora and Jade smiling down at him. A wave of happiness suddenly washed over his body, had they remembered him?
"Hiya there Riku!" Jade waved happily at him as she rocked back and forth on her heels. Riku sat up and smiled at them, the first time he had smiled in a long time.
" Hi Jade, Hi Sora, what's up you guys?" Riku sounded so pleasant that it almost alarmed them. almost.
"WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU ALL DAY RIKU. right Sora?" Sora nodded and Jade continued. " We have something to tell you. or ask you or something like that."
Riku's chest swelled with happiness, they had remembered his birthday, finally, someone cared enough about his existence to wish him a happy birthday. "Yessssssssss?" he urged Jade on.
" We have been looking for you to ask . If you have seen Meiko any where I mean." Jade rambled on, but Riku didn't hear the rest of her mindless chatter. His sudden happiness had turned into instant anger and hate, and his heart broke in two.
" NO I HAVENT SEEN HER!" Riku snapped sharply at Jade. " I haven't seen her and I don't care if I never see any of you again! You don't care about me at all do you?" He was yelling at the top of his lungs now and advancing slowly towards her. "You have never cared about me, you're the same as everyone else, all of you! You just enjoy toying with me. WELL I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF IT ALL!" He raised his hand as if he was going to slap Jade hard across the face, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. So instead of facing the world, he ran, ran like he never had run before in his life.
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Riku ran aimlessly. What was happening to him, how come he had gotten so angry at his friends? Would he have really hit Jade? His mind was crowded with thoughts of doubt and hate, what was happening to him, why was he changing like this? He stumbled into the entrance of the secret cave blindly groping about for something to hold onto before he collapsed. His head throbbed with a piercing pain, it was like his skull was being torn apart, and then he saw it.
A door, the same door he had seen 3 years ago. Suddenly it was as if a wave hit him, all the memory of that night flooded back into his mind. The pain of the spikes in his hands, the nausea he felt when he couldn't get them out, the coldness he felt in his heart, and a fear he was going to die.
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Meiko happily hummed to herself as she sat with her legs dangling over the edge of Riku's Island. She tilted her head back to catch more of the suns warm rays on the soft skin of her face. The warmth helped her think.
Riku had been so upset lately. She hated to see him like that, she especially hated to see him like that today of all days. It was his birthday, he should be happy. There must be something she could do to cheer him up, but what.
It was then, from her perch on the edge of the land she saw a form running faster than she thought it was possible for any normal human to run. It must have been Riku, he was the only one who could run like that, so fast it seemed he was flying. What was he running like that for, she wondered. Maybe he was running from something, maybe he was upset again.
She followed the form with her eyes until it disappeared into the yawning cavernous mouth of the secret place. Now she was certain she had to do something to make his day better. But what could a small, clumsy 11- year-old girl like herself do?
She couldn't bake, knowing her if she tried she would end up burning down the whole island. How about giving him a present, but what? She stood up from her resting-place and stalked over to the paoupo tree. What could she possibly do to make Riku happy? Maybe a cake! No, she already established she couldn't cook. She sighed heavily in frustration and bashed her head against the tree. "What can I POSSIBLY do?" she muttered softly to herself.
Something fell out of the tree a knocked her on the head. Meiko cursed and looked around angrily. But suddenly her anger turned to complete glee.
One of the star shaped fruits had fallen out of the tree and knocked her on the head. It was bright yellow and ripe, she couldn't believe her luck. She didn't exactly know what these fruits where for, but the adults always warned them not to touch them without good reason. Cheering Riku up was a good enough reason, right?
Meiko remembered how Jade always talked about eating one of the fruits, but not knowing when was the right time. Meiko had no clue what Jade had been talking about. The fruit looked normal enough to her, what was so special about them?
But now, for some reason it seemed right. The fruit seemed like the perfect thing to give Riku for his birthday. Maybe there was hope for him yet.
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Riku awoke rubbing his head. He was still in the secret cave, he must have passed out or hit his head or something. At first he didn't remember why he was in this place, but that didn't last for long.
As the memory of the door came back into his mind, Riku began to feel panicked, sick, and anxious. He looked around, but the mysterious door in the rock was gone. He moaned and sank to the ground.
"What's happening to me?" He muttered as he clasped his head in his hands. "Why am I like this? Am I going insane?" He felt like screaming his mind was so clouded. On one hand he felt like this was all-wrong, he wanted to go back to the carefree days where he just hung out with his friends and was happy. He missed fighting with Sora, he missed racing Jade, and he missed hanging out with Meiko. But on the other hand, he didn't care about them he wished they would leave him alone.
"NO! Why am I thinking like this." He couldn't stop these thoughts, but he wanted them to go away so badly. What was going on?
He was so absorbed in his sorrows he didn't notice Meiko had entered the cave.
"Uh.. Riku?" Meiko called softly.
Riku's head snapped up at the sound of her voice. He couldn't let her see him like this.
She walked deeper into the cave towards him, something held behind her back. Riku looked into her hazel eyes. There was something about them, a certain mixture of joy and mischief. What did she have with her?
"Riku, I.. I brought you something, for your birthday." She stepped closer to him and sat down, the gift still hidden behind her back.
"For, my birthday?" He asked cautiously. His heart skipped a beat, he couldn't believe she had remembered, where his other friends had forgotten, she had remembered.
Meiko nodded. "I mean you were upset and I felt bad so I tried to find you something only I couldn't think of anything then I found this and I knew it would be perfect you know when you know something's gonna be perfect and you can feel it and well I don't know and . here!" She closed her eyes and thrust the gift towards Riku.
Riku looked at the fruit, then to Meiko, her face red with embarrassment. He looked at her and then back to the fruit and happily laughed.
Meiko opened an eye and looked at him. A big smile played across his lips as he took the fruit from her hands. She opened her other eye and clapped her hands with glee.
" I knew you would like it Riku!" She yipped at him.
He nodded happily and responded "It's the best present I have ever gotten in my life Meicha." He put the fruit down next to him and looked at the elated girl.
It was then that he noticed how pretty she really was. Her smile seemed to brighten the whole dark cavern. Her hair falling gracefully down onto her shoulders her skin glowing with pride.
He was so caught up in the moment, he forgot the feelings he was having before. He forgot about feeling upset and angry all he knew was the joy of the moment.
He reached down and took the fruit in his hands. With a crisp snap he broke it in half and pushed one of the pieces towards the girl. Meiko looked at him curiously and took the fruit in her hands.
"What are you doing Riku?" She asked, slightly confused.
He smiled at her and said, " It is only fair that you get to share in my birthday celebration right?" He nodded towards the piece of the yellow star she held in her hands.
"Oh Riku, thank you, but I can't. It was your gift right?" She tried to give him back her half of the fruit but he wouldn't take it.
"Please Meiko, eat it, for me?" He pushed it back to her. Meiko nodded. "On the count of three." Riku said smiling at her. "One," they brought the halves up to their mouths. "Two," they looked each other in the eyes. "Three!" at the same time they sunk their teeth into their halves of the fruit, took a bite, chewed and swallowed.
It was done, although both of them didn't know it at the time. So innocent to the fruits true nature, neither of them knowing it would bind them together for ever. But then again maybe it was a good thing. Maybe being bound to Meiko would keep part of Riku's heart safe from the now invading darkness. Maybe love would save him.
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Now wasn't that great *coff* not really worth the wait ugh I know it isn't that great but it's here. I know not really an excuse. I SWEAR I will try a lot harder to get an update faster thanks for reading please comment he he oh and about that super long sentence. I know you grammar freaks probably noticed it but its supposed to be like she is talking really fast without breaths. See?
Meiko