OKAY GUYS! This is my LONGEST chapter yet! Time to celebrate! ::starts dancing around:: YEA! WHOO HOO!! Of course this means I have to try to write even longer next time. ACK. Meh, oh well. I'm sure I can do it. Ok, so have fun!
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Troubled Waters
"Uh huh...yes...I see. Well, are you sure?....Oh, ok. Yes, I understand that he was banned, but he still could have snuck in like he did last year...Could you at least keep an eye out for him? Ok...ok, thank you...sorry about the whole 'Tigger' incident. Yes ok. We'll keep the restraining order in mind. Thanks again. Have a nice day, bye."
I sighed as I hung the phone back onto its cradle above the kitchen table. Well he's not at Disney land again. Where else could he be? I ran my fingers through my hair as I tried my best to figure out what happened. About a week ago I got a frantic call from Tidus's mom. She told me that he didn't show up to her house for milk, cookies, and a 'good luck, go get 'em tiger' kiss like he usually did every morning. She went over to his house to see if he was ok, but no one came to the door. She turned the door handle and found it unlocked, so she walked in only to discover what looked like a struggle scene and small drops of blood on the floor. She totally spazed and ran to the neighbors, who just happened to recall hearing him screaming for help last night. The neighbors said they didn't check to see what was happening because they figured he was just freaking out over a spider or a hair in his food like he usually did. Ever since his disappearance he's been all over the news and newspapers. Hell, he's even on one of those 'Amber Alert' billboards near the freeway. The sad thing is that everyone thinks he's dead. I mean, usually when someone is kidnapped, the best time to find them alive is somewhere within the first 24 hours of them being abducted. Any time after that time they're usually found dead floating in some lake or something, but he hasn't even been found there. The police are of course looking for a 'body' now. They figure Tidus was kidnapped, raped, killed and cast aside somewhere in the woods, but I don't believe that. I also don't buy the 'he was sold off to prostitution' bit either. I know Tidus better than anyone...better than his mom even...and that's mostly because I could never get him to shut up about himself. There's no way he would go down without a fight...not that he's a good fighter. He'd kick and scream through everything he was told to do and make life for his abductor a living hell...which brings me to the abductor. There's no doubt in my mind that the same man that attacked Sora that night is the same man that has Tidus. I figure he must have taken Tidus as some type of warning or maybe to use him as a hostage until he finally gets Sora. If that's the case, then I honestly have no idea what the hell im going to do. There's no way im giving up Sora. He means a lot more to me than anything else I can think of...but I also don't want anything to happen to Tidus. I mean, I kinda feel really guilty because I know I haven't been a good friend to him lately...at all. I would feel like a complete shit head if Tidus wound up dead because of me and Sora...hell, he doesn't even know about Sora...just as Sora doesn't know about Tidus. I decided not to tell Sora about Tidus, because then he would probably go into one of his panic modes again. He would probably never get a wink of sleep thinking that the man would come for him any day now, and that his days were numbered. Oh well...what he don't know wont hurt him. I got up and walked from the kitchen area into my bedroom where I found Sora desperately stomping on the dance matt trying his best to keep up with the arrows that went across the screen. He finally gave up and flopped onto the bed behind him as his letter grade appeared on the screen.
D....Oh well, all's well that ends well
"AARGHHH! This is WAY too hard!"
I walked over and noticed that Sora had picked a pretty hard song "well you didn't expect to win playing THAT song did you?"
"Meh."
I laughed and flopped down next to Sora, who was breathing heavily from all his rapid stomping. I had taught him how to play Dance Dance Revolution so he wouldn't be bored while I was at work, or taking a morning jog like I usually did. He's been doing pretty well so far...for a beginner, but so far no A's. The best he's ever gotten is a C. He sighed and leapt off the bed to turn off the PS2. After he did so, he put the mat away and began to undress himself. Once done, he carelessly tossed his shirt to the corner alongside the rest of his dressings and turned to me.
"I'm sweaty. I'm gonna take a shower"
He grabbed the towel he had left laying on the floor yesterday and headed towards the bathroom with it slinked over his shoulder. I inwardly kicked myself for being so perverted as I carefully watched his bottom wiggle and jiggle the adorable way it did as he walked away. Once the door was shut behind him, I lay all the way down and allowed myself to drift into a silent restful sleep.
What I don't know is hurting me, and hurting me badly. I don't know why, but for some weird reason there has been a blonde haired boy trying to contact me in my dreams. I see him screaming...I see him crying...I don't know how much more of this I can take. So far I've been doing a pretty good job of hiding it from Riku. I act as I usually do and try to seem very cheery and content. Lies. All lies. I can't remember being so stressed in my life. Without my help, I fear that this lonely boy will surely die. He told he was kidnapped from his home a while ago and hasn't been able to talk to anyone since. The only person he can seem to make contact with is me, and we both don't know why. I've asked him a million times where he is and who he is, but every time he's about to answer we get disconnected. He begs me to help, but I don't know how. I mean...I know who has him. It's rather obvious. Leon. He told me so himself. Sometimes when Riku's not here, he shows up. He tells me exactly what he's going to the boy that night; just to scare the shit out of me. Then to make matters worse, sometimes he shows me what he does in my dreams. In order to not wake up screaming and scare Riku, I don't wake up. I watch the whole thing and try my best to pretend I didn't... but of course Leon won't let me forget. He tonts me...tells me that im next...tells me once my 'guardian angel's' out of the way im finished. I honestly have no clue who my angel really is, but I do remember him saving that night. I wish I had seen his face or something. Then surely I could find him and ask him to help me help the boy...but of course I didn't, so I cant. I sigh as I step out of the shower and begin to dry myself off. If only I could tell Riku...but I don't want him to get all into panic mode or anything like I do...but its killing me! I have to tell someone! Just as I wrap the towel around my waist and reach for the door handle, a familiar short pain shoots through my head.
(H-llo?)
(Boy? Hello? Are you ok?)
(No...No, I want to go home! I want to see my mom and my friends and reflection with my face the way it used to be before...before that MONSTER beat me!)
(He beat you again)
There was a long silence and then a few sniffs. (Yes...he wont stop...no matter what I do, it doesn't please him. I'm always messing up and getting punished for it.)
(Where is he holding you now?)
(On the bed...im chained to his bed...awaiting his arrival so he can have his disgusting way with me again...and again and again and again...I-NO!-)
I felt an even stronger pain shoot through momentarily as another voice came through, booting out the previous one.
(Mmmmhm...Sora my dear...and how are you?)
(Disgusted)
(Hmmph. That's a shame. hey, about your little angel. I cant find him, so I've decided just to come and get you...I'm sure that little prick will show up anyway to be the damn hero)
I felt like I was going to faint. (wh...Why do you need me anyway?)
(Sora my love, you really don't know what happened back at your little home do you?)
(wha...?)
(Sora, your world has gone to hell. Ursula's brother Ursilios got together a major, and I mean MAJOR army. They took over before your father even knew they were there...and this was all on the night you left, my dear. Now all of your 'peaceful' kind have been locked away and/or placed into slavery)
I was so dazed I had to sit on the toilet to contain myself. (.......And my father...)
(Dead...hmm...could've sworn you knew. Eh, oh well... so anyway, now all the kings seahorses and all the kings men are searching for you. I just happen to be one of the kings men...and I've found you, and now you have to die. Simple.)
(Bu....wha...why...)
(Sora are you getting this? The real king is dead. You're his son. Now your king...well the real one anyway. We need you out of the way so take over will go a lot faster and we wont have any of those annoying 'im gonna save the day and be the hero king' things, which is totally gay...Hey speaking of gay, did that Riku kid fuck you yet?)
My stomach lurched and felt faint. Oh god Oh god Oh god...puhpa's dead...my dream was real...oh god...im king...what do I do? Oh god...Oh puhpa, I need you...
(Hello? so did he or not?)
(LEAVE ME ALONE!!!)
I ran out of the bathroom and collapsed onto the bed beside Riku in tears. Within seconds Riku woke up and began trying to soothe me and see what was wrong. I wanted so much to tell him about the battle in my head, but knew I shouldn't. It could be too risky, and I couldn't bear it if anything happened to him because of me. I already knew that because of me, he had to break up with his old girlfriend because she knew too much about me and wanted to give me up to science. I instantly calmed myself down knowing that the voices were now gone and busy with other things. Oh great...now Leon's probably beating that boy again...I want to help him so bad...but how can I when im in danger myself?
"Sora? Are you ok now?"
"Yes...Yes, I'm fine now. Thank you Riku"
He nodded and embraced me into a loving hug. He slowly began to rock me back and forth quietly singing a lullaby which helped me calm down almost all the way.
"Thank you, come again."
I took the bag from the woman and passed it over to Sora, who grunted and tossed it into the back seat. Totally frustrated with his random mood swings he's been having lately, I pulled over into the parking lot of the McDonalds and turned the car off. He glared at me for a second and then looked away.
"Sora, what's your deal?"
"I don't know what you're talking about"
"Yes you do. What's wrong? You've been acting so strange lately-"
"Riku, just get off it"
I stared at him with disbelief. "What's gotten into you?"
"Nothing, just leave me the hell alone"
Trying my best to keep myself from hauling off and slapping him, I looked away from him and put my hands in my lap. "Sor-"
"SHUT IT RIKU"
I was facing him now. "Excuse me? EXCUSE ME? YOU DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE WITH ME, AND YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO"
"WELL GET OF MY BACK!"
I could no longer control my anger at this point. I grabbed him by the shirt and brought his face to mine. "Sora lets just get some things straight. I don't take well to people yelling at me, and you my friend are no exception. I love you to bits and I just want to know what's wrong! You've been bottling yourself up lately. Don't think I didn't notice. I hear you crying at night Sora. You're hiding something from me. What the hell is so bad that you can't just tell me?"
"Nothing! I'm not hiding anything, so FUCK OFF"
That was it. That was the last straw. I slapped him so hard his head hit the glove compartment that was in front of him. He picked his head up slowly and stared at me with sorrowful eyes. They quickly filled up with tears and allowed them to flow out. I sighed and shook my head.
"Sora, no, you're not going to make me feel bad. You can't say you didn't deserve that"
He glared at me again and tried to get out, but I had the doors locked. "LET ME THE FUCK OUT!"
"Sora..."
"NO! NO! NO! NO!! LET ME OUT!"
"Sora, please..."
"NO!..."
He broke down into sobs and pounded at the door with his fist. "LET ME OUT RIKU...Let me go...why...why won't you let me go?"
"Because you're being crazy, that's why"
"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SLAPPED ME"
"Because you were disrespecting me!"
He wouldn't listen to me. He started thrashing about madly and squealing, just the way he used to do when we first met. His own squealing seemed to have surprised him, because he stopped thrashing and just started to quietly cry to himself.
"Oh god Riku...I'm a monster..."
"What? No, your not a monster...your just upset is all"
"My people...they're MY people now...and they need me. They could be dying right now, and I'm not there to save them..."
"...what are you talking about?"
He looked up at me with his shining eyes; which now displayed a deep blue from all of his sadness. I winced inwardly as I saw the red spot on his cheek left from my hand. "...I...I'm king now..."
"What!?"
"My dream I had...it was real. My dad...my dearest puhpa...he's dead and gone now. That makes me king."
I watched as Sora wiped away his tears which were only again replaced by new ones. "A lot of people are looking for me now, Riku. Leon is only one of them. They all want me dead"
"But...I don't understand. If you're the new king, why would they want you dead?"
"Because they took over. The bad people. I don't know who they are really yet, but I know they want me out of the way."
"Well can't they just let you live out your life here on land?"
"No. they don't want take any chances...and anyway there's no way I'm ever going to abandon my people...what would my father think of me if I did that?"
"Probably bad things...but, then what are you going to do?"
"I don't know. I was never allowed to go to other lands or anything, so I don't know anyone that can help. I'm pretty sure that all the friends I did have were captured...even Ariel."
"Well...what if I took you to some other oceans and you asked around?"
"No...to risky. All of the other oceans would probably know about me by now and would give me up to avoid any trouble...I know my fathers done that plenty of times before"
"But not everyone is like your father, Sora. I'm sure we can find some sort of help...aren't there any kind of...I don't know...magical unicorns or giants on bead stocks that can help you?"
He chuckled lightly and shook his head. "No. those are only made up...although...now that I think about it..."
"Yes?"
"Well...I heard of people that lived in the sky...have you ever seen any of them?"
"No...at least I don't think so. Are you sure you aren't getting that confused with heaven?"
"No, I know. Heaven and the land above land are totally separate. I've heard only so much about it...not enough to actually get there though. Are you sure you don't know anyone? What about that 'grass' guy?"
"Huh?"
"You know...grass?"
"...? Ohhh! You mean cloud?"
"Oh! Yea, him."
"How did you get grass from cloud?"
"Riku, please, this is serious"
"Oh, sorry. Anyway, cloud is a pretty secretive guy. He never tells anyone about anything, so I'm sure if he knows anything about 'magical flying people' he wouldn't tell me, or even you for that matter."
"Well what if I make him?"
"What do you mean, how?"
"Like, what if I'm talking to him and then I ask him about it and read his mind to see what he really knows?"
"Well that sounds like a good idea, but I don't know where he is. He's been gone ever since the whole 'Leon' attack, remember?"
"Oh...yea...I wish I hadn't accused him of being bad...maybe he ran away because of me..."
"Sora, don't be ridiculous, he didn't 'run away'. He just disappeared. He does that some times."
"...well are you sure he's not magical too?"
"Huh?"
"I sensed power coming from him. He's not normal."
"Sora, come on now. You didn't sense anything when we met him to go get ice cream"
"I know...but I still think he's not normal"
"Well..."
"Come on Riku, think about it. When he was at your house he had booboos. He was probably there when I was attacked. And you said he disappears...well maybe he could be off flying some where, or swimin in some ocean with other merpeople"
I thought about for a while. He did have a good point. No one really knew what it was that cloud did when he was alone. Me and Tidus would always ask why he would never go on dates or hang with us at the mall, but he always just said he was too busy. He never would tell us what it was that he was preoccupied with...just said that it wasn't our business. We never really tried to ask too much into his personal life because then he would get mad at us and tell us to leave him alone.
"Well Sora, as soon as I see him I'll invite him over and we can see what he knows, ok?"
He smiled warmly, now all traces of anger and sadness washed away. "Ok."
I gave him a hug and held his face in my hands. "I'm sorry for hitting you. You know I never like to hurt you"
"Yes I know...that's why we only sleep during the night and do nothing else"
I raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Oh? And what's that supposed to mean?"
He turned a little red and turned away from me. "Nothing..."
"Oh, it meant something alright. You'd better tell me or I'll tickle you to death"
He laughed and scooted away from me until he was leaning against the car door. "No, really. It meant nothing."
I leaned in closer to him and gave him a light kiss on his forehead. "Sora, I know what you want and I'm sorry, but you have to wait."
He pouted and groaned. "Aww...how much more waiting do I have to do?"
"Until the time is truly right sweetie"
"But what if Leon comes to get me before then?"
"Then we make him stand outside and wait while we 'do it' real quick before he takes you away."
We both laughed and I put the keys back into ignition. I turned to Sora and gave him another light kiss. "Don't worry Sora, you'll have your night...and Leon won't get you either. Believe me you, there's no way I'm letting him get his grubby little hands on you."
Sora looked me up and down and sighed. "This 'time' had better get right real soon, or I'm gonna have to rape you in your sleep or something..."
"Don't you dare even try. I'm a light sleeper and would probably confuse you for a robber or something and throw you out the window"
We laughed again and started heading back towards home so we could eat our now probably cold meal. As soon as we had pulled into the parking lot of the apartments I opened the door to get out, but Sora stopped me.
"Riku wait!"
I turned around and smiled. "Yes?"
He started to fidget around in his seat as he thought of what he should say. "Riku...I'm sorry. I should have told you as soon as I found out instead of trying to keep it to myself...and...well...that leads me to the next thing...I've been hiding something else too...actually a few something else's....well one is...well...I've been seeing this boy in my dreams..."
OKAY!!! This chapter shouldn't suck as much as other b-cuz I wrote it during the day...well some of it anyway. Hey, you know, there was actually gonna be a lemon in this chapter. But then I couldn't figure out how to write it in...I mean...I knew how I was going to do it, but then everything changed and I didn't know what the hell I was doing. I figure it will be in the next one. I already know EXACLY what's going to happen and how, but it just takes a while to find a good spot to put it in. meh, oh well.
Sora: you mean we were actually gonna do it in this chapter? I WAS ROBBED!
Deal with it. You'll get yours next time, don't worry.
Sora: I better for your sake.
Disclaimer: I don't yadda yadda yadda blah blah blah yak yak yak. You guys know.
Troubled Waters
"Uh huh...yes...I see. Well, are you sure?....Oh, ok. Yes, I understand that he was banned, but he still could have snuck in like he did last year...Could you at least keep an eye out for him? Ok...ok, thank you...sorry about the whole 'Tigger' incident. Yes ok. We'll keep the restraining order in mind. Thanks again. Have a nice day, bye."
I sighed as I hung the phone back onto its cradle above the kitchen table. Well he's not at Disney land again. Where else could he be? I ran my fingers through my hair as I tried my best to figure out what happened. About a week ago I got a frantic call from Tidus's mom. She told me that he didn't show up to her house for milk, cookies, and a 'good luck, go get 'em tiger' kiss like he usually did every morning. She went over to his house to see if he was ok, but no one came to the door. She turned the door handle and found it unlocked, so she walked in only to discover what looked like a struggle scene and small drops of blood on the floor. She totally spazed and ran to the neighbors, who just happened to recall hearing him screaming for help last night. The neighbors said they didn't check to see what was happening because they figured he was just freaking out over a spider or a hair in his food like he usually did. Ever since his disappearance he's been all over the news and newspapers. Hell, he's even on one of those 'Amber Alert' billboards near the freeway. The sad thing is that everyone thinks he's dead. I mean, usually when someone is kidnapped, the best time to find them alive is somewhere within the first 24 hours of them being abducted. Any time after that time they're usually found dead floating in some lake or something, but he hasn't even been found there. The police are of course looking for a 'body' now. They figure Tidus was kidnapped, raped, killed and cast aside somewhere in the woods, but I don't believe that. I also don't buy the 'he was sold off to prostitution' bit either. I know Tidus better than anyone...better than his mom even...and that's mostly because I could never get him to shut up about himself. There's no way he would go down without a fight...not that he's a good fighter. He'd kick and scream through everything he was told to do and make life for his abductor a living hell...which brings me to the abductor. There's no doubt in my mind that the same man that attacked Sora that night is the same man that has Tidus. I figure he must have taken Tidus as some type of warning or maybe to use him as a hostage until he finally gets Sora. If that's the case, then I honestly have no idea what the hell im going to do. There's no way im giving up Sora. He means a lot more to me than anything else I can think of...but I also don't want anything to happen to Tidus. I mean, I kinda feel really guilty because I know I haven't been a good friend to him lately...at all. I would feel like a complete shit head if Tidus wound up dead because of me and Sora...hell, he doesn't even know about Sora...just as Sora doesn't know about Tidus. I decided not to tell Sora about Tidus, because then he would probably go into one of his panic modes again. He would probably never get a wink of sleep thinking that the man would come for him any day now, and that his days were numbered. Oh well...what he don't know wont hurt him. I got up and walked from the kitchen area into my bedroom where I found Sora desperately stomping on the dance matt trying his best to keep up with the arrows that went across the screen. He finally gave up and flopped onto the bed behind him as his letter grade appeared on the screen.
D....Oh well, all's well that ends well
"AARGHHH! This is WAY too hard!"
I walked over and noticed that Sora had picked a pretty hard song "well you didn't expect to win playing THAT song did you?"
"Meh."
I laughed and flopped down next to Sora, who was breathing heavily from all his rapid stomping. I had taught him how to play Dance Dance Revolution so he wouldn't be bored while I was at work, or taking a morning jog like I usually did. He's been doing pretty well so far...for a beginner, but so far no A's. The best he's ever gotten is a C. He sighed and leapt off the bed to turn off the PS2. After he did so, he put the mat away and began to undress himself. Once done, he carelessly tossed his shirt to the corner alongside the rest of his dressings and turned to me.
"I'm sweaty. I'm gonna take a shower"
He grabbed the towel he had left laying on the floor yesterday and headed towards the bathroom with it slinked over his shoulder. I inwardly kicked myself for being so perverted as I carefully watched his bottom wiggle and jiggle the adorable way it did as he walked away. Once the door was shut behind him, I lay all the way down and allowed myself to drift into a silent restful sleep.
What I don't know is hurting me, and hurting me badly. I don't know why, but for some weird reason there has been a blonde haired boy trying to contact me in my dreams. I see him screaming...I see him crying...I don't know how much more of this I can take. So far I've been doing a pretty good job of hiding it from Riku. I act as I usually do and try to seem very cheery and content. Lies. All lies. I can't remember being so stressed in my life. Without my help, I fear that this lonely boy will surely die. He told he was kidnapped from his home a while ago and hasn't been able to talk to anyone since. The only person he can seem to make contact with is me, and we both don't know why. I've asked him a million times where he is and who he is, but every time he's about to answer we get disconnected. He begs me to help, but I don't know how. I mean...I know who has him. It's rather obvious. Leon. He told me so himself. Sometimes when Riku's not here, he shows up. He tells me exactly what he's going to the boy that night; just to scare the shit out of me. Then to make matters worse, sometimes he shows me what he does in my dreams. In order to not wake up screaming and scare Riku, I don't wake up. I watch the whole thing and try my best to pretend I didn't... but of course Leon won't let me forget. He tonts me...tells me that im next...tells me once my 'guardian angel's' out of the way im finished. I honestly have no clue who my angel really is, but I do remember him saving that night. I wish I had seen his face or something. Then surely I could find him and ask him to help me help the boy...but of course I didn't, so I cant. I sigh as I step out of the shower and begin to dry myself off. If only I could tell Riku...but I don't want him to get all into panic mode or anything like I do...but its killing me! I have to tell someone! Just as I wrap the towel around my waist and reach for the door handle, a familiar short pain shoots through my head.
(H-llo?)
(Boy? Hello? Are you ok?)
(No...No, I want to go home! I want to see my mom and my friends and reflection with my face the way it used to be before...before that MONSTER beat me!)
(He beat you again)
There was a long silence and then a few sniffs. (Yes...he wont stop...no matter what I do, it doesn't please him. I'm always messing up and getting punished for it.)
(Where is he holding you now?)
(On the bed...im chained to his bed...awaiting his arrival so he can have his disgusting way with me again...and again and again and again...I-NO!-)
I felt an even stronger pain shoot through momentarily as another voice came through, booting out the previous one.
(Mmmmhm...Sora my dear...and how are you?)
(Disgusted)
(Hmmph. That's a shame. hey, about your little angel. I cant find him, so I've decided just to come and get you...I'm sure that little prick will show up anyway to be the damn hero)
I felt like I was going to faint. (wh...Why do you need me anyway?)
(Sora my love, you really don't know what happened back at your little home do you?)
(wha...?)
(Sora, your world has gone to hell. Ursula's brother Ursilios got together a major, and I mean MAJOR army. They took over before your father even knew they were there...and this was all on the night you left, my dear. Now all of your 'peaceful' kind have been locked away and/or placed into slavery)
I was so dazed I had to sit on the toilet to contain myself. (.......And my father...)
(Dead...hmm...could've sworn you knew. Eh, oh well... so anyway, now all the kings seahorses and all the kings men are searching for you. I just happen to be one of the kings men...and I've found you, and now you have to die. Simple.)
(Bu....wha...why...)
(Sora are you getting this? The real king is dead. You're his son. Now your king...well the real one anyway. We need you out of the way so take over will go a lot faster and we wont have any of those annoying 'im gonna save the day and be the hero king' things, which is totally gay...Hey speaking of gay, did that Riku kid fuck you yet?)
My stomach lurched and felt faint. Oh god Oh god Oh god...puhpa's dead...my dream was real...oh god...im king...what do I do? Oh god...Oh puhpa, I need you...
(Hello? so did he or not?)
(LEAVE ME ALONE!!!)
I ran out of the bathroom and collapsed onto the bed beside Riku in tears. Within seconds Riku woke up and began trying to soothe me and see what was wrong. I wanted so much to tell him about the battle in my head, but knew I shouldn't. It could be too risky, and I couldn't bear it if anything happened to him because of me. I already knew that because of me, he had to break up with his old girlfriend because she knew too much about me and wanted to give me up to science. I instantly calmed myself down knowing that the voices were now gone and busy with other things. Oh great...now Leon's probably beating that boy again...I want to help him so bad...but how can I when im in danger myself?
"Sora? Are you ok now?"
"Yes...Yes, I'm fine now. Thank you Riku"
He nodded and embraced me into a loving hug. He slowly began to rock me back and forth quietly singing a lullaby which helped me calm down almost all the way.
"Thank you, come again."
I took the bag from the woman and passed it over to Sora, who grunted and tossed it into the back seat. Totally frustrated with his random mood swings he's been having lately, I pulled over into the parking lot of the McDonalds and turned the car off. He glared at me for a second and then looked away.
"Sora, what's your deal?"
"I don't know what you're talking about"
"Yes you do. What's wrong? You've been acting so strange lately-"
"Riku, just get off it"
I stared at him with disbelief. "What's gotten into you?"
"Nothing, just leave me the hell alone"
Trying my best to keep myself from hauling off and slapping him, I looked away from him and put my hands in my lap. "Sor-"
"SHUT IT RIKU"
I was facing him now. "Excuse me? EXCUSE ME? YOU DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE WITH ME, AND YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO"
"WELL GET OF MY BACK!"
I could no longer control my anger at this point. I grabbed him by the shirt and brought his face to mine. "Sora lets just get some things straight. I don't take well to people yelling at me, and you my friend are no exception. I love you to bits and I just want to know what's wrong! You've been bottling yourself up lately. Don't think I didn't notice. I hear you crying at night Sora. You're hiding something from me. What the hell is so bad that you can't just tell me?"
"Nothing! I'm not hiding anything, so FUCK OFF"
That was it. That was the last straw. I slapped him so hard his head hit the glove compartment that was in front of him. He picked his head up slowly and stared at me with sorrowful eyes. They quickly filled up with tears and allowed them to flow out. I sighed and shook my head.
"Sora, no, you're not going to make me feel bad. You can't say you didn't deserve that"
He glared at me again and tried to get out, but I had the doors locked. "LET ME THE FUCK OUT!"
"Sora..."
"NO! NO! NO! NO!! LET ME OUT!"
"Sora, please..."
"NO!..."
He broke down into sobs and pounded at the door with his fist. "LET ME OUT RIKU...Let me go...why...why won't you let me go?"
"Because you're being crazy, that's why"
"YOU'RE THE ONE THAT SLAPPED ME"
"Because you were disrespecting me!"
He wouldn't listen to me. He started thrashing about madly and squealing, just the way he used to do when we first met. His own squealing seemed to have surprised him, because he stopped thrashing and just started to quietly cry to himself.
"Oh god Riku...I'm a monster..."
"What? No, your not a monster...your just upset is all"
"My people...they're MY people now...and they need me. They could be dying right now, and I'm not there to save them..."
"...what are you talking about?"
He looked up at me with his shining eyes; which now displayed a deep blue from all of his sadness. I winced inwardly as I saw the red spot on his cheek left from my hand. "...I...I'm king now..."
"What!?"
"My dream I had...it was real. My dad...my dearest puhpa...he's dead and gone now. That makes me king."
I watched as Sora wiped away his tears which were only again replaced by new ones. "A lot of people are looking for me now, Riku. Leon is only one of them. They all want me dead"
"But...I don't understand. If you're the new king, why would they want you dead?"
"Because they took over. The bad people. I don't know who they are really yet, but I know they want me out of the way."
"Well can't they just let you live out your life here on land?"
"No. they don't want take any chances...and anyway there's no way I'm ever going to abandon my people...what would my father think of me if I did that?"
"Probably bad things...but, then what are you going to do?"
"I don't know. I was never allowed to go to other lands or anything, so I don't know anyone that can help. I'm pretty sure that all the friends I did have were captured...even Ariel."
"Well...what if I took you to some other oceans and you asked around?"
"No...to risky. All of the other oceans would probably know about me by now and would give me up to avoid any trouble...I know my fathers done that plenty of times before"
"But not everyone is like your father, Sora. I'm sure we can find some sort of help...aren't there any kind of...I don't know...magical unicorns or giants on bead stocks that can help you?"
He chuckled lightly and shook his head. "No. those are only made up...although...now that I think about it..."
"Yes?"
"Well...I heard of people that lived in the sky...have you ever seen any of them?"
"No...at least I don't think so. Are you sure you aren't getting that confused with heaven?"
"No, I know. Heaven and the land above land are totally separate. I've heard only so much about it...not enough to actually get there though. Are you sure you don't know anyone? What about that 'grass' guy?"
"Huh?"
"You know...grass?"
"...? Ohhh! You mean cloud?"
"Oh! Yea, him."
"How did you get grass from cloud?"
"Riku, please, this is serious"
"Oh, sorry. Anyway, cloud is a pretty secretive guy. He never tells anyone about anything, so I'm sure if he knows anything about 'magical flying people' he wouldn't tell me, or even you for that matter."
"Well what if I make him?"
"What do you mean, how?"
"Like, what if I'm talking to him and then I ask him about it and read his mind to see what he really knows?"
"Well that sounds like a good idea, but I don't know where he is. He's been gone ever since the whole 'Leon' attack, remember?"
"Oh...yea...I wish I hadn't accused him of being bad...maybe he ran away because of me..."
"Sora, don't be ridiculous, he didn't 'run away'. He just disappeared. He does that some times."
"...well are you sure he's not magical too?"
"Huh?"
"I sensed power coming from him. He's not normal."
"Sora, come on now. You didn't sense anything when we met him to go get ice cream"
"I know...but I still think he's not normal"
"Well..."
"Come on Riku, think about it. When he was at your house he had booboos. He was probably there when I was attacked. And you said he disappears...well maybe he could be off flying some where, or swimin in some ocean with other merpeople"
I thought about for a while. He did have a good point. No one really knew what it was that cloud did when he was alone. Me and Tidus would always ask why he would never go on dates or hang with us at the mall, but he always just said he was too busy. He never would tell us what it was that he was preoccupied with...just said that it wasn't our business. We never really tried to ask too much into his personal life because then he would get mad at us and tell us to leave him alone.
"Well Sora, as soon as I see him I'll invite him over and we can see what he knows, ok?"
He smiled warmly, now all traces of anger and sadness washed away. "Ok."
I gave him a hug and held his face in my hands. "I'm sorry for hitting you. You know I never like to hurt you"
"Yes I know...that's why we only sleep during the night and do nothing else"
I raised an eyebrow and smiled. "Oh? And what's that supposed to mean?"
He turned a little red and turned away from me. "Nothing..."
"Oh, it meant something alright. You'd better tell me or I'll tickle you to death"
He laughed and scooted away from me until he was leaning against the car door. "No, really. It meant nothing."
I leaned in closer to him and gave him a light kiss on his forehead. "Sora, I know what you want and I'm sorry, but you have to wait."
He pouted and groaned. "Aww...how much more waiting do I have to do?"
"Until the time is truly right sweetie"
"But what if Leon comes to get me before then?"
"Then we make him stand outside and wait while we 'do it' real quick before he takes you away."
We both laughed and I put the keys back into ignition. I turned to Sora and gave him another light kiss. "Don't worry Sora, you'll have your night...and Leon won't get you either. Believe me you, there's no way I'm letting him get his grubby little hands on you."
Sora looked me up and down and sighed. "This 'time' had better get right real soon, or I'm gonna have to rape you in your sleep or something..."
"Don't you dare even try. I'm a light sleeper and would probably confuse you for a robber or something and throw you out the window"
We laughed again and started heading back towards home so we could eat our now probably cold meal. As soon as we had pulled into the parking lot of the apartments I opened the door to get out, but Sora stopped me.
"Riku wait!"
I turned around and smiled. "Yes?"
He started to fidget around in his seat as he thought of what he should say. "Riku...I'm sorry. I should have told you as soon as I found out instead of trying to keep it to myself...and...well...that leads me to the next thing...I've been hiding something else too...actually a few something else's....well one is...well...I've been seeing this boy in my dreams..."
OKAY!!! This chapter shouldn't suck as much as other b-cuz I wrote it during the day...well some of it anyway. Hey, you know, there was actually gonna be a lemon in this chapter. But then I couldn't figure out how to write it in...I mean...I knew how I was going to do it, but then everything changed and I didn't know what the hell I was doing. I figure it will be in the next one. I already know EXACLY what's going to happen and how, but it just takes a while to find a good spot to put it in. meh, oh well.
Sora: you mean we were actually gonna do it in this chapter? I WAS ROBBED!
Deal with it. You'll get yours next time, don't worry.
Sora: I better for your sake.