A Tale of Two
Author's Notes: Well I think I'm off to a good start so far. I hear that a lot of you are wondering where I'm taking this story. I didn't want the characters to fall in love at first sight. That would be totally cliché. I don't really care for clichés. I do feel that some of you are reluctant to read it though. Are you scared that I won't update? Lol. Well 10 reviews on the first chapter is pretty good. Keep em' coming
Chapter Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Since I didn't do it last chapter I shall do it this one. Sigh I claim KH all to myself. Secretly, I own KH and told the guy who's claiming it to say he made it so that I can keep a low profile . . . oh. That's not a disclaimer is it? I do not and probably never will own Kingdom Hearts in any way, shape, or form. Happy now? Better be . . .
Chapter 2: Three Times In A Row
'Damn Riku and his damn gang and getting me in a damn fight. Damn everything!'
The brunet dragged his feet on the ground lazily as he thought about the past few events. It felt weird for him to be out walking around when he was supposed to be at school. As well as feeling weird, he felt nervous and paranoid. Sora couldn't help but think he was going to trample another 'Seagull' and end up dog food.
'When I woke up this morning, I didn't think I would get in the middle of a gang fight!' He scolded himself while rustling his hands in his hair out of frustration.
He sighed and then looked around for a place to rest. The book bag that he had been carrying for the past 15 minutes seemed to gain about 20 extra pounds. Besides, the awful feeling in the pit of his stomach still hadn't gone away. Sora strolled down the sandy thing the people of Destiny called a street trying to find a place to rest. After about 10 minutes of looking, he came to a small café that served some of Destiny's best coffee and hot chocolate. 'East Side Coffee' was the best ever! They even had little tables outside that you could sit at while you enjoyed their coffee.
Licking his lips, Sora walked up the stand and waited in line. While standing there, he dropped his bag down so he didn't have to hold is for another unnecessary 10 minutes. As the line shortened the brunet became even more anxious to get his hot chocolate. When he was finally able to order, he asked for a tall hot chocolate with extra whip cream and vanilla powder in it. Yum!
Sora took a seat at a table about two tables over from the stand and slung his bag over on it. As he sat down he let out a relieved sigh. He felt a lot more comfortable now that he was seated. Instantly his thoughts drifted back to Kari and Riku.
'Come to think of it, if she wasn't so mean, Kairi would actually be pretty cute. And Riku-wow, Riku looked like he could model!' Sora felt a small blush begin to creep up on his face. He chuckled to himself and shook his head. 'I've got to stop thinking about Kairi' but as he thought more about her, his blush began to fade. Noticing this he was a bit taken back. If thinking about Kairi wasn't what made him blush then what was? 'Riku!?' As he thought the name blood began to rush to his face again. 'No way! Sora what re you doing!? This is way too weird! Stop it! This guy tried to beat the shit out of you and you blush!? And since when do you blush at other guys!?' Sora rustled his hair in frustration and groaned.
His eyes drifted over to the deep blue ocean that surrounded Destiny from all angles. No matter where you were you could always see the ocean. Sora often sat an admired the view on his free time. When you thought about it Destiny was a petty small island that had only grown in population. Just last year did people really start moving to the small island. And with them as you can see, they brought trouble. There was no way the Riku and Kairi were both born and raised on Destiny Island. If they were, they'd have no reason to be in a gang.
'Why would anyone want to be in a gang when they could stare at the ocean all day?'
Noticing that his hot chocolate was getting cold, Sora quickly devoured it all in a few gulps. Once he was done, he grabbed his bag and threw the cup away.
"So, where do I want to go now?" He asked himself out loud.
Looking back at the ocean he decided that it would be nice to get his mind off of things and relax by the shore.
Sora walked over to the beach and sat down. Instantly he began to admire the view. As the waves played and teased the sand, sun reflected off the wave caps illuminating the water. The brunet took a long inhale of the salty air and then let it out slowly. After breathing the air, he threw himself against the sand and laid there on his back. Closing his eyes he lost himself in the sound of the ocean and seagulls.
One drop fell on his face and then another. Slowly he opened his eyes coming out of a deep slumber. As his eye opened, a drop of water fell in. instantly he blinked his eye and sat up. The sky was dark and tiny drops of water fell from it. It had started raining while Sora had dozed off. Looking at his watch he noticed that it was almost 5 o'clock. He had slept the whole day away.
"No way!" He yelled as he stumbled to stand up. His legs were wobbly and unstable from being on one position for so long. When he was upright he noticed that his clothes were almost soaked. Grabbing his bag, he noticed that that was wet as well.
"Well, isn't this just peachy keen?" he sarcastically said.
Putting the pack over his shoulder, Sora began to run home. This time he looked around making sure he didn't bump into anyone although the streets were ghostly empty. No one would go out when is rained. Destiny was prone to getting hurricanes so the people decided to stay in just in case one appeared. As he came around a corner, he noticed someone walking in to rain and he stopped. At first he was just going to rush past them but he noticed something familiar. They had purple hair. In the rain, no silver highlights showed and the light color turned dark with the dampness. It almost made Sora sad to see how the rain could make such beautiful hair dark.
Riku turned around when he thought he heard someone behind him. When he did, his eyes met bright cerulean ones. The others hair was wet and dark but it still managed to stand up to the rain.
'Such bright eyes even in the rain . . . ' Riku thought to himself as they stared each other down for the longest.
Sora felt a blush creep up on his face like earlier. Looking away, he focused his gaze on the ground beneath him. When he looked back he noticed that the other started walking off again.
"I'll be seeing you again. And you can bet on that."
Those words played over in Sora's head. Well he definitely saw him again but . . . there was certain sadness in the other's eyes.
'He didn't want to kill me?'
Trying not to think on it too much, Sora jogged home in a different direction.
"Sora! You're soaked! Why were you out in the rain?" His mother frantically cried as he walked through the door dripping wet. "Ok, take you clothes off now! And leave them by the door."
"Mom!" Sora protested. He was 14; he didn't need to be treated like a baby. His mom wanted him to get naked in from of her!
"You heard me! Take them off now and get into something dry! There isn't anything that I haven't already seen. I changed your diaper for goodness sakes!" She said. Walking to the kitchen she continued to ramble on about him catching pneumonia and the black plague if he caught a cold. Sora took this time to take his clothes off and run upstairs before his mom saw him naked. It was just odd.
Once he was done putting on dry clothes, he waked back down stairs and into the kitchen.
"Are you happy now mother?" He asked her while rolling his eyes. He walked over to the fridge and pulled out a carton of milk and started drinking from it.
"Sora, honey, don't drink from the carton! I didn't by glasses for nothing!" She said as she pulled the carton from his mouth almost making him choke.
Coughing, he patted his chest trying to get air flowing to his lungs again.
"Mom! Now you're trying to kill me!" He coughed a few more times.
"Hey honey, listen to this," She said ignoring his accusation. Picking up a folder magazine next to her on the counter, she pointed to a paragraph. Sora peaked over her shoulder trying to see. "It says 'Fate is an odd thing and destiny is even odder. Bumping into someone once means that sooner or later they'll play a significant roll in your life even if it is small. Bumping into someone twice in the same day mean that the change they make will make a bigger impact," She looked back at him. Sora was still intently looking at the magazine. "And bumping into someone three times in one day means that you two are destined to be in each other's life; whether it's and new friendship, a new rival, or even a blooming romance.'" She finished with a smile on her face. Sora just looked at her with a blank expression.
'So wait a minute . . . I've seen Riku twice already. Obviously we're going to impact each other's lives . . . or maybe not. Don't believe it Sora!' He scolded himself.
"You really believe in this junk?" Sora asked her while picking the carton back up and drinking from it.
"Sora, I'm not going to tell you again. Please don't drink from the carton." She said pulling it down again. "And it's not junk! Fate and destiny is real. Isn't it just romantic though; two people meeting three times in the same day and falling in love!?" She exclaimed.
Walking out of the kitchen, Sora grabbed him umbrella.
"Yeah, that's really Shakespeare." He sarcastically said to her.
"Hey, where are you going?" She asked him.
"I'm going to the store to get my own carton of milk. Would you like anything, mother" he asked her giving a cheeky grin.
"Bring back some lettuce and bread. And be back by 8 ok?"
"Yes mom." He sighed and then left out the door.
Sora walked back home with the items he went to retrieve from the store down the street. The rain had stopped while he was in the store so he no longer needed his umbrella. The young boy looked up to the sky and deeply sighed. No matter how hard he tried, his thought kept going back to Riku.
'Riku . . . I've only met you briefly and during that meeting you almost killed me but . . I can't help but feel a connection to you . . .damn the hormones!' He cursed. What his mom had told him earlier about fate hadn't helped his situation much either. It was as if she had known what happened today and was trying to send him a message.
'Shoot! She may have been! Mothers for some reason always seem to know everything.'
Sora turned his head and looked over at the ocean which now looked black in the beginning of night. As he walked he saw the lamp lights flicker and turn on. Since it had been raining earlier, the clouds still covered the sky making it a lot darker than usual for 7:30.
Once again for the second time today, Sora found himself on the beach staring off into the distant ocean.
"You like the ocean don't you?" He heard a sensual voice coming from his right.
Snapping his head around he noticed the same person he had seen for the third time that day. He stumbled back falling on the ground and dropping the groceries.
"What the hell are you doing!? Following me!?" Sora asked the other is utter shock while propping himself up on his arms.
"I could say the same for you, dork. Tell me why I've seen you three times today? Are you trying to start trouble?" Riku glared while starting towards Sora. "I was going to let you go when I saw you earlier in the rain. But now I don't know; you seem to pop up everywhere. And if you popup and I don't do something about it, you could ruin my reputation. You wouldn't want to do that now would you?" By now he was right over Sora. He bent down and stooped right next to him.
Propped up on his arms, Sora stared into Riku's blue-green eyes. His hair was still messed up from the rain but he had a sort-of just rolled out of bed look to him.
"What's your name kid?" Riku asked him.
'Man this kid has such a childish look to him. He's pouting and not even knowing it!' The platinum-haired teen thought to his self.
"S-Sora" He stammered out.
"Sora huh? Is your name in Kanji or Katakana?" Riku asked him. (1)
"Kanji."
"So you're name means sky huh?" Riku said looking up. He began chuckling to himself. "And here I thought I was the odd one who had a weird name. I write mine in kanji too, you see. It means land."
Sora gapped in awe. Was this the same guy who not to long ago was about to clobber him. Maybe he has mood swings or something.
"Um are you ok?" Sora asked.
Riku looked at him confused. It was a rather out of place question at the moment.
"Um, you're not going to still kill me are you?" He asked shakily.
Riku laughed at him.
Sora poked out his bottom lip and gave a pout. He didn't really see what as so funny.
"Hey!" He complained. "What's so funny? I need to know so I can quickly write out my will. It's wouldn't be nice of me to leave my mom nothing!"
Riku laughed even harder at this. His pearly white teeth flashed as he clutched his stomach in hysterics.
'Wow, this guy is perfect. He even has pearly white teeth!'
"You're pretty funny." Riku coughed out trying to stop his laughing. Standing up he brushed some of the sand off his pants. Sora stood up right after him, gathering his groceries off the sand. He knew his mom was going to wonder why they were all sandy.
"I'm serious! You know, you really scare me when you get all buff and tough acting." Sora laughed out.
"Listen," Riku said; his features darkening. "I'm not tough acting. You forget your place around me. No matter how cute you may be I still don't want to see your face around me again. This may be your turf but I can still do what I want."
Sora topped laughing and looked directly at him. When their eyes met for the third time today there was a different connection. There was a spark that wasn't there the first time. And once again Sora felt the blood rush to his face. But instead of looking away, he continued to stare.
Riku took notice that the other one was blushing. It made his heart skip a beat and speed up.
'What the heck is happening to me? And did I just say he was cute!? What the fuck, I hope he didn't catch it.' Riku thought while clenching his hand.
'Did he just call me cute?' Sora asked himself
"You know," Sora started "They say when two people meet three times in the same day, their destinies become intertwined and they impact each other's lives."
Riku closed his eyes and smirked.
"The two become friends, enemies, or maybe even lovers?" He continued for Sora.
For some reason, the brunet felt his heart flutter with unknown hope.
Riku felt a slight hope as well but noticed that he couldn't let it show. He was already getting closer than he wanted to with the other teen.
"Yeah, a girl in my gang is into all of that sappy shit" Riku frowned at him. "Why don't you feed that BS to her? I don't believe a word of it. Don't get your hopes too high."
Sora's heart sank at those words even though he didn't know why.
When Riku saw the younger's face fall it made him a little sad.
"Believe whatever you want." The younger of the two smugly said.
Riku just looked at him a little longer and then walked away.
'What is going on with me? Since when do I care about another's emotions? At this rate I'll loose my title of Second leader and I'll never save what is mine . . .' Riku sighed as he briefly looked back. He noticed that Sora was still looking at him so he broke into a jog and jogged away.
'Why am I feeling strange when I'm around Riku? One, he's a gang member, two, he cares for nothing or no one, and three, it's obvious to see how much he hates me! Even if he did call me cute. I don't even know what I'm feeling.'
Sora sighed and started back home. It was almost 8 and his mom was going to be pissed if he wasn't back in time.
Author's Notes: (1) Kanji and Katakana are two Japanese alphabets. Kanji are Chinese characters that have different meanings. Katakana are for foreign words in Japanese. To spell the name Sora with Katakana would just be a name but to spell it with Kanji would mean Sky. In the game though, Sora's name is written in Katakana. Same with Riku.
Well did you like the chapter? I'm still trying to stay away from that love at first sight thing. Please R&R.
