Topazia: Hey everyone! Back again, isn't wonderful?
Riku: *sarcasm * Yeah...wonderful.
Topazia: Cheer up! This is a good chapter for you. Speaking of chapters I'm dedicating this one to fantasymichelle14. It was one of her reviews that gave me the inspiration for this one. ^^
fantasymichelle14- Thanks, that's just one of the many stupid phrases me and my friends managed make up. I'm not sure why though. Lol...
Xiao- Riku can lose many things; I just have to figure out what first. Starting with this chapter!
linainverse2005- Thanks for the e-mail, I like getting letters from reviewers. ^^
CLOud- Hello again! Lol, I'm running out of things to say, can you tell? Anyway, thanks for reviewing.
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Slipping
Riku's POV.
The stars lay scattered above me amongst the black velvet that was the sky. I don't know how long I lay there looking at it. I just knew that I was comfortable. The body curled against mines shifted a little and I looked down with a smile on my face.
Sora was so cute when he slept. He usually curled up like a kitten, clinging to the nearest thing he could find. I found it very annoying back when we were little and we had sleepovers but now, for some reason it was cute. Hell, he was cute.
We had stayed up here most of the day, leaving to race along the beach, or swim in the water. Kairi showed up every now and then, watching from her 'hiding place' in the shadows of the bridge.
I guess she thought I couldn't see her. That was a bunch of bull. You couldn't miss her. I watched her carefully now, just to make sure she didn't hurt Sora again. He didn't need that.
But there was something about her that bothered me though. Maybe it was the look on her face, or the way she stood, looking like an abandoned child. But what did she expect? She had committed an unforgivable crime. I personally had nothing against her (for now) I just didn't like the way she treated my Sora.
I chuckled, shaking my head. I was talking about him as if we were together. We weren't, yet. He just started showing signs that he might be ready, but I want to wait a little while. Annoying as it may seem I'm in no hurry. I want to make sure that all his wounds have healed and then...I'd take him as mine.
As wonderful as this sounded to me, my mind wouldn't let it rest. Would he still be the same? Would he change over time? I didn't want that, I wanted him to stay Sora. Aw damn...now I couldn't get back to sleep.
Sora groaned in his sleep, grabbing onto my shirt and scooting closer. His head was resting in the crook of my neck, his warm breath sending shudders down my spine. As much as I wanted to stay I had to get up and walk around, to clear my mind.
Shifting slightly, I managed to pry his iron grin from my shirt and push away from him. His face contorted into confusion, but it soon melted away when I replaced what used to be my body with my guitar. He gave a sigh of contentment, and clung to that too, much to my amazement. I didn't think it would work.
Careful not to make any sound, I tip toed from the island, jumping down to the beach below. The cool air from the ocean brushed against my skin, relaxing me a bit.
My eyes traveled back up to my island, all was still. With a shrug I walked along the beach, kicking up a little water as I went. A soft sound drifted to my ears and I instantly went into a defensive stance, looking around until I spotted something moving in the shadows under the bridge. "Who's there?"
"Me..." the voice replied. I blinked, standing up straight and letting my hands drop to my sides.
"What do you want?" I asked.
Kairi pushed off from the wooden wall and into the light, her head down. "I wanted to...to talk. That's all. Nothing more I promise." She sighed.
I studied her for a moment; her eyes were cast downward and she seemed uncomfortable. Not once did she raise her head to stare me in the face. "Go on." I replied simply.
"Riku...is Sora...okay?" she asked softly, and I tilted my head to the side, curiosity getting the better of me.
"What do you mean?" I put on a mask of innocence, one that screamed 'I haven't the slightest clue of what you're talking about but please feel free to run your mouth anyway!'
It didn't take a genius to figure out what she was going to say. I just wanted to hear what happened with Sora from her mouth. Just thinking about hearing her say it made my blood boil.
She sighed and pushed a few stray hairs behind her ear. "You see, it all started when Selphie was teasing me about something. She got mad and said that I was flirting with Tidus." She cringed. "Don't get me wrong, Tidus is nice but..." she shrugged a frown on her face.
I nodded, crossing my arms across my chest. "I see, so what happened next?"
"I get angry and told her that I didn't want Tidus and that I could get a boyfriend anytime I wanted." She rubbed at her arm. "That's when she dared me to date Sora."
I nodded, didn't know this part of the story, but now I was regretting that she had told me. The sudden urge to beat the shit out of her seemed to be trying to take over me. But do you blame me?
She must have seen the angry look on my face because she reached forwards, grabbing at my shoulders. "Riku! I didn't mean to hurt him, I really didn't, but I didn't want to have Selphie mad at me either!" she pleaded. Wait did she, no, did IT just touch me?
I gently (too gently if you ask me, but hey...I'm trying to be nice) removed her hands from me and stepped back, a cold glare on my face. "You broke his heart over a stupid bet for a bitch's boyfriend?" she paled a bit but I didn't care, she had gone to far.
"Yeah, I knew about your fucking plans Kairi, I'd hear you and your so called friend talking about it as you walked along the beach!" my hand flew outwards, pointing towards the shore to emphasize my point, that and to keep me from strangling her.
Tears of crystal formed in her eyes and her lip trembled. "Riku, I loved him to death, I'd never hurt him or you!" she pleaded. "How do you think I felt when he came to me that night...that night he showed up on my doorstep with a paopu in his hand." Okay, now I'm pissed.
"It was your choice! You broke his heart; you should have known what would happen! You dare come up to me with such a stupid question?" I advanced towards her, my hands balled into fists at my sides. Kairi backed up towards the shore and I let her, wanting to rub her face into the floor of the sea.
"You tell me Kairi...how is he? How is Sora doing after you've told him lies and betrayed him! How the hell is he?" I thundered. I couldn't help it and I hoped the whole damn island heard me and more. I didn't care, she had done wrong and I was going to right it.
"Don't yell at me! I thought you'd understand! You're supposed to be my friend." She cried, trying to push me away.
Maybe that was what did it, that last little part. I don't know, but what I do know was that all the damn anger that had been building up inside was suddenly released as the back of my hand struck her across the face.
She yelled, falling back into the ocean, but I wasn't done with her yet, no not yet. "You thought I'd understand?" I stomped forwards, bending down and grabbing the collar of her shirt, bringing her out of the water a bit. "Sora was supposed to be your friend too, but I guess he just didn't understand neither!"
She kicked and struggled, clawing at my arms with her nails. "Stop it!"
"Why should I stop?" I roared, shaking her again. She was like a rag doll in my hands... "You didn't stop..." I muttered in a voice that almost didn't sound like mines.
"Riku! Stop!" Several arms suddenly wrapped around my own, yanking me off the girl and dragging me onto the beach, still streaming obscenities. "Riku!" I calmed down a bit, looking up into the endless blue that was Sora's eyes.
"Sora...I"
He shook his head, a frown on his face. "Don't worry about it." Selphie and Tidus ran to help Kairi, the girl hadn't moved since she was dropped.
"You've really done it this time, ya?" Wakka asked, running a hand through his read hair. He shook his head suddenly. "It's sad though...what's she's becoming." He mumbled, and then as if just remembering our presence he turned back to us and flashed his trademark grin.
"I...I...got to go." I grumbled, shaking off Sora and trotting off. Don't get me wrong, I felt no remorse what so ever about what I did to Kairi. I just wanted to calm down. What's done was done...there was no use still being upset about it.
Racing up the walkway, I pushed back the branches and headed into our secret place. The soft sound of water greeted me, dripping down from the ceiling somewhere. Walking to Sora and Kairi's picture I knelt besides it, rubbing out the girl's picture. Kairi's picture...
There was no more need for it to be there. The story behind it was nothing but a left over fairy tail that was never fated for a happy ending.
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Sora's POV
I didn't know what to think or say for that matter. It all seemed to happen in slow motion. My eyes traveled to the shore where they were calming down a hysterical Kairi. Poor girl.
From where I slept it suddenly got cold, the warm presence that held me a few minuets ago seemed to have disappeared.
Then I heard yelling, interrupting the quiet sanctuary that was our island. Sitting up a small pout formed on my face upon realization that Riku had left me, his body long since been replaced by a...guitar? How romantic...
The yelling voices on the beach, I recognized them instantly and crawled towards the end of the island for a better look. Sure enough when I reached it, they were there. I wanted to call out to them but my voice failed me as I saw Riku's hand strike out and hit Kairi across the face. It had been so fast, I couldn't believe it. Riku never hit Kairi!
I watched helplessly as my ex-lover was knocked from her feet and into the water. Riku advanced again, his face cold and I felt a cold shiver go down my spine. Never in my life had I seen him like this.
My mind made up, I got up and raced across the bridge, not bothering to go through the door that led to the stairs but jumping from the roof to the platform below instead.
My race to the shore was soon joined by Selphie, Tidus and Wakka, each coming from different ways. We managed to pull him away from her and he looked up at me, with shock written in his face.
I shook my head. What had caused him to act that way...it must have been something she had said. "That Riku is one strange guy, ya?"
I blinked looking up at Wakka, for a moment he had been forgotten. "Huh? Oh, yeah...I guess so." I shrugged in reply, watching as Selphie and Tidus helped Kairi back to her house.
The older teen tilted his head to the side slightly. "You two seem close, ya?" he flashed me a grin and I felt my cheeks heat up. Did he know?
Okay, that was enough; it's time to leave, like now. "I'm going to go look for Riku now, see you later Wakka!" I waved before jogging off. The last time I saw Riku he was heading towards the waterfalls. So the most logical place to search for him was at the secret place.
I quickly darted inside, checking first to make sure no one was watching. Knowing Riku the last thing he wanted right now was people following me. Besides, I wanted to talk to him myself.
I could hear sounds in the distance and I leaned to the side as the tunnel curved hoping to just catch a glance. "Riku?" I called softly, my voice echoing a little. The tunnel ended and I found him sitting in his old spot opposite of what used to be me and Kairi's drawing, it was destroyed. Well, her side anyway.
It was smudged and unrecognizable. "Riku..."
"That door," he nodded to the old wooden one with the weird key symbol on it. "If only I could open it, I know I could leave, leave this place and all bad memories behind." He stared at it wistfully.
"What would you do if did somehow lead to somewhere else, what would you do? Where would you go?" I asked.
He shrugged. "I don't know, just somewhere new...to start over. Make new memories..." he winked at me and I looked away, a bad attempt to hide my plush.
My eyes traveled back to the old picture me and Kairi made as children. "What happened to it? I asked, nodding my head in its direction.
"That picture was a lie." He muttered. "Fragments left over from a star-crossed fairy tail." He shrugged.
I chuckled. "So basically you were sick of looking at it and it brought bad memories, right?" I grinned.
He grinned to, getting up to his feet. "Yeah...something like that." He replied ruffling my hair. "So what's up?"
"I'd ask you the same thing, were you trying to kill Kairi?" my hands found their way to my hips, kinda in that way your mother does right before she slams down the death penalty: punishment.
He leaned his back on the cool gray walls of the cave, his arms crossed over his chest. " I didn't know what came over me." He replied. "I just couldn't take it anymore...she sat in my face and told me everything that happened then tried to make it seem like anyone would do the same thing in her situation." He spat.
I took a few steps forwards, stopping when I stood in front of him. "Would you do the same thing?" I asked quietly. He stared at me in disbelief and didn't say anything for a while and I couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking.
He took me into his arms and held me close, not something I was expecting but this works too. "No...never." Whispered and I smiled softly, pulling myself away far enough so that I could look at him.
"I didn't think so." I replied reaching up to make our lips brush. "Playing with fire isn't so bad." I smirked. "Just as long as you know went to burn back." He chuckled before closing the gap between us, sending me back into that peaceful bliss where only he mattered.
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Topazia: Hope you liked it. I noticed that I'm not getting any reviews and I boring you guys? Sorry! Give me input I need inspiration! Lol...anyway, see you in four days, hopeful I'll try but with six weeks tests and semester exams it might be delayed on or two days.
Riku: *sarcasm * Yeah...wonderful.
Topazia: Cheer up! This is a good chapter for you. Speaking of chapters I'm dedicating this one to fantasymichelle14. It was one of her reviews that gave me the inspiration for this one. ^^
fantasymichelle14- Thanks, that's just one of the many stupid phrases me and my friends managed make up. I'm not sure why though. Lol...
Xiao- Riku can lose many things; I just have to figure out what first. Starting with this chapter!
linainverse2005- Thanks for the e-mail, I like getting letters from reviewers. ^^
CLOud- Hello again! Lol, I'm running out of things to say, can you tell? Anyway, thanks for reviewing.
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Slipping
Riku's POV.
The stars lay scattered above me amongst the black velvet that was the sky. I don't know how long I lay there looking at it. I just knew that I was comfortable. The body curled against mines shifted a little and I looked down with a smile on my face.
Sora was so cute when he slept. He usually curled up like a kitten, clinging to the nearest thing he could find. I found it very annoying back when we were little and we had sleepovers but now, for some reason it was cute. Hell, he was cute.
We had stayed up here most of the day, leaving to race along the beach, or swim in the water. Kairi showed up every now and then, watching from her 'hiding place' in the shadows of the bridge.
I guess she thought I couldn't see her. That was a bunch of bull. You couldn't miss her. I watched her carefully now, just to make sure she didn't hurt Sora again. He didn't need that.
But there was something about her that bothered me though. Maybe it was the look on her face, or the way she stood, looking like an abandoned child. But what did she expect? She had committed an unforgivable crime. I personally had nothing against her (for now) I just didn't like the way she treated my Sora.
I chuckled, shaking my head. I was talking about him as if we were together. We weren't, yet. He just started showing signs that he might be ready, but I want to wait a little while. Annoying as it may seem I'm in no hurry. I want to make sure that all his wounds have healed and then...I'd take him as mine.
As wonderful as this sounded to me, my mind wouldn't let it rest. Would he still be the same? Would he change over time? I didn't want that, I wanted him to stay Sora. Aw damn...now I couldn't get back to sleep.
Sora groaned in his sleep, grabbing onto my shirt and scooting closer. His head was resting in the crook of my neck, his warm breath sending shudders down my spine. As much as I wanted to stay I had to get up and walk around, to clear my mind.
Shifting slightly, I managed to pry his iron grin from my shirt and push away from him. His face contorted into confusion, but it soon melted away when I replaced what used to be my body with my guitar. He gave a sigh of contentment, and clung to that too, much to my amazement. I didn't think it would work.
Careful not to make any sound, I tip toed from the island, jumping down to the beach below. The cool air from the ocean brushed against my skin, relaxing me a bit.
My eyes traveled back up to my island, all was still. With a shrug I walked along the beach, kicking up a little water as I went. A soft sound drifted to my ears and I instantly went into a defensive stance, looking around until I spotted something moving in the shadows under the bridge. "Who's there?"
"Me..." the voice replied. I blinked, standing up straight and letting my hands drop to my sides.
"What do you want?" I asked.
Kairi pushed off from the wooden wall and into the light, her head down. "I wanted to...to talk. That's all. Nothing more I promise." She sighed.
I studied her for a moment; her eyes were cast downward and she seemed uncomfortable. Not once did she raise her head to stare me in the face. "Go on." I replied simply.
"Riku...is Sora...okay?" she asked softly, and I tilted my head to the side, curiosity getting the better of me.
"What do you mean?" I put on a mask of innocence, one that screamed 'I haven't the slightest clue of what you're talking about but please feel free to run your mouth anyway!'
It didn't take a genius to figure out what she was going to say. I just wanted to hear what happened with Sora from her mouth. Just thinking about hearing her say it made my blood boil.
She sighed and pushed a few stray hairs behind her ear. "You see, it all started when Selphie was teasing me about something. She got mad and said that I was flirting with Tidus." She cringed. "Don't get me wrong, Tidus is nice but..." she shrugged a frown on her face.
I nodded, crossing my arms across my chest. "I see, so what happened next?"
"I get angry and told her that I didn't want Tidus and that I could get a boyfriend anytime I wanted." She rubbed at her arm. "That's when she dared me to date Sora."
I nodded, didn't know this part of the story, but now I was regretting that she had told me. The sudden urge to beat the shit out of her seemed to be trying to take over me. But do you blame me?
She must have seen the angry look on my face because she reached forwards, grabbing at my shoulders. "Riku! I didn't mean to hurt him, I really didn't, but I didn't want to have Selphie mad at me either!" she pleaded. Wait did she, no, did IT just touch me?
I gently (too gently if you ask me, but hey...I'm trying to be nice) removed her hands from me and stepped back, a cold glare on my face. "You broke his heart over a stupid bet for a bitch's boyfriend?" she paled a bit but I didn't care, she had gone to far.
"Yeah, I knew about your fucking plans Kairi, I'd hear you and your so called friend talking about it as you walked along the beach!" my hand flew outwards, pointing towards the shore to emphasize my point, that and to keep me from strangling her.
Tears of crystal formed in her eyes and her lip trembled. "Riku, I loved him to death, I'd never hurt him or you!" she pleaded. "How do you think I felt when he came to me that night...that night he showed up on my doorstep with a paopu in his hand." Okay, now I'm pissed.
"It was your choice! You broke his heart; you should have known what would happen! You dare come up to me with such a stupid question?" I advanced towards her, my hands balled into fists at my sides. Kairi backed up towards the shore and I let her, wanting to rub her face into the floor of the sea.
"You tell me Kairi...how is he? How is Sora doing after you've told him lies and betrayed him! How the hell is he?" I thundered. I couldn't help it and I hoped the whole damn island heard me and more. I didn't care, she had done wrong and I was going to right it.
"Don't yell at me! I thought you'd understand! You're supposed to be my friend." She cried, trying to push me away.
Maybe that was what did it, that last little part. I don't know, but what I do know was that all the damn anger that had been building up inside was suddenly released as the back of my hand struck her across the face.
She yelled, falling back into the ocean, but I wasn't done with her yet, no not yet. "You thought I'd understand?" I stomped forwards, bending down and grabbing the collar of her shirt, bringing her out of the water a bit. "Sora was supposed to be your friend too, but I guess he just didn't understand neither!"
She kicked and struggled, clawing at my arms with her nails. "Stop it!"
"Why should I stop?" I roared, shaking her again. She was like a rag doll in my hands... "You didn't stop..." I muttered in a voice that almost didn't sound like mines.
"Riku! Stop!" Several arms suddenly wrapped around my own, yanking me off the girl and dragging me onto the beach, still streaming obscenities. "Riku!" I calmed down a bit, looking up into the endless blue that was Sora's eyes.
"Sora...I"
He shook his head, a frown on his face. "Don't worry about it." Selphie and Tidus ran to help Kairi, the girl hadn't moved since she was dropped.
"You've really done it this time, ya?" Wakka asked, running a hand through his read hair. He shook his head suddenly. "It's sad though...what's she's becoming." He mumbled, and then as if just remembering our presence he turned back to us and flashed his trademark grin.
"I...I...got to go." I grumbled, shaking off Sora and trotting off. Don't get me wrong, I felt no remorse what so ever about what I did to Kairi. I just wanted to calm down. What's done was done...there was no use still being upset about it.
Racing up the walkway, I pushed back the branches and headed into our secret place. The soft sound of water greeted me, dripping down from the ceiling somewhere. Walking to Sora and Kairi's picture I knelt besides it, rubbing out the girl's picture. Kairi's picture...
There was no more need for it to be there. The story behind it was nothing but a left over fairy tail that was never fated for a happy ending.
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Sora's POV
I didn't know what to think or say for that matter. It all seemed to happen in slow motion. My eyes traveled to the shore where they were calming down a hysterical Kairi. Poor girl.
From where I slept it suddenly got cold, the warm presence that held me a few minuets ago seemed to have disappeared.
Then I heard yelling, interrupting the quiet sanctuary that was our island. Sitting up a small pout formed on my face upon realization that Riku had left me, his body long since been replaced by a...guitar? How romantic...
The yelling voices on the beach, I recognized them instantly and crawled towards the end of the island for a better look. Sure enough when I reached it, they were there. I wanted to call out to them but my voice failed me as I saw Riku's hand strike out and hit Kairi across the face. It had been so fast, I couldn't believe it. Riku never hit Kairi!
I watched helplessly as my ex-lover was knocked from her feet and into the water. Riku advanced again, his face cold and I felt a cold shiver go down my spine. Never in my life had I seen him like this.
My mind made up, I got up and raced across the bridge, not bothering to go through the door that led to the stairs but jumping from the roof to the platform below instead.
My race to the shore was soon joined by Selphie, Tidus and Wakka, each coming from different ways. We managed to pull him away from her and he looked up at me, with shock written in his face.
I shook my head. What had caused him to act that way...it must have been something she had said. "That Riku is one strange guy, ya?"
I blinked looking up at Wakka, for a moment he had been forgotten. "Huh? Oh, yeah...I guess so." I shrugged in reply, watching as Selphie and Tidus helped Kairi back to her house.
The older teen tilted his head to the side slightly. "You two seem close, ya?" he flashed me a grin and I felt my cheeks heat up. Did he know?
Okay, that was enough; it's time to leave, like now. "I'm going to go look for Riku now, see you later Wakka!" I waved before jogging off. The last time I saw Riku he was heading towards the waterfalls. So the most logical place to search for him was at the secret place.
I quickly darted inside, checking first to make sure no one was watching. Knowing Riku the last thing he wanted right now was people following me. Besides, I wanted to talk to him myself.
I could hear sounds in the distance and I leaned to the side as the tunnel curved hoping to just catch a glance. "Riku?" I called softly, my voice echoing a little. The tunnel ended and I found him sitting in his old spot opposite of what used to be me and Kairi's drawing, it was destroyed. Well, her side anyway.
It was smudged and unrecognizable. "Riku..."
"That door," he nodded to the old wooden one with the weird key symbol on it. "If only I could open it, I know I could leave, leave this place and all bad memories behind." He stared at it wistfully.
"What would you do if did somehow lead to somewhere else, what would you do? Where would you go?" I asked.
He shrugged. "I don't know, just somewhere new...to start over. Make new memories..." he winked at me and I looked away, a bad attempt to hide my plush.
My eyes traveled back to the old picture me and Kairi made as children. "What happened to it? I asked, nodding my head in its direction.
"That picture was a lie." He muttered. "Fragments left over from a star-crossed fairy tail." He shrugged.
I chuckled. "So basically you were sick of looking at it and it brought bad memories, right?" I grinned.
He grinned to, getting up to his feet. "Yeah...something like that." He replied ruffling my hair. "So what's up?"
"I'd ask you the same thing, were you trying to kill Kairi?" my hands found their way to my hips, kinda in that way your mother does right before she slams down the death penalty: punishment.
He leaned his back on the cool gray walls of the cave, his arms crossed over his chest. " I didn't know what came over me." He replied. "I just couldn't take it anymore...she sat in my face and told me everything that happened then tried to make it seem like anyone would do the same thing in her situation." He spat.
I took a few steps forwards, stopping when I stood in front of him. "Would you do the same thing?" I asked quietly. He stared at me in disbelief and didn't say anything for a while and I couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking.
He took me into his arms and held me close, not something I was expecting but this works too. "No...never." Whispered and I smiled softly, pulling myself away far enough so that I could look at him.
"I didn't think so." I replied reaching up to make our lips brush. "Playing with fire isn't so bad." I smirked. "Just as long as you know went to burn back." He chuckled before closing the gap between us, sending me back into that peaceful bliss where only he mattered.
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Topazia: Hope you liked it. I noticed that I'm not getting any reviews and I boring you guys? Sorry! Give me input I need inspiration! Lol...anyway, see you in four days, hopeful I'll try but with six weeks tests and semester exams it might be delayed on or two days.