By DestinysSaviour
Warnings: This Fanfiction will contain yaoi/shounen-ai lemon (In later chapters). If the subject matter of male/male relationships offends you do NOT read on any farther.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts. That is property of Disney and Square.
Summary: Same settings, same characters (and a few added characters), different story outcome/situation. Sora, Riku, and Kairi set out on adventures past Destiny Islands. Disaster strikes and suddenly Riku's life begins to flash before his eyes.
In sense, this is also suggesting that Riku never had his heart taken over.
Note: Anything written in double brackets, like such ((words)), is not part of the story!
CHAPTER FOUR: Land Of Discovery -Part 1-
A few more images ran through Riku's mind. Then after a few blurry images a still frame grew to fill the black nothingness.
Riku saw himself lying in crystal sand, washed up upon a dead, nightly shore. No longer was he accompanied by Sora and Kairi. The Riku he saw was worried and didn't know where Sora and Kairi were. However the Riku he is knew and so badly wanted to tell himself where they were.
Riku got up and brushed the crystals off himself. He looked along the shoreline to see nothing but pieces of his raft and a few dying trees. This place was strange… dark and gloomy everywhere. He began his search for his two best friends. I remember how worried I was…
"A new world… I wonder is Sora and Kairi are here too. I wonder if anyone is here at all."
"I'm here." A mysterious unrecognizable voice said out from behind Riku.
"Huh?" Riku turned around quickly to see a strange looking person about. The stranger had a similar gloomy look that told he must have been from this world. He wore a dark cape that bared no opening and was then questioned is it was even a cape at all. His skin was pale, almost a ghostly white. And his face was fragile and framed by his navy hair. "Who are you?"
"You know who I am, but the question you ask is, 'Who am I?' That is the true question you seek answers for." The dark shape revealed a claw like hand out from under the cape. He extended his arm out to Riku making him jump back and almost trip over himself. "Don't be scared one who knows not of ones own identity." He opened his hand to hold out a small gem that shone like the moon when sun hit it perfectly.
"I'm not afraid! I was just startled… Now tell me who you are." Riku demanded still eyeing the beautiful gem.
"I didn't think so… you being scared that is… Here. Take this." It handed Riku the pretty gem and Riku took it willingly over its rare beauty.
"What is this? And why won't you tell me who you are?!"
"You came here with three questions that mean more to you then those two, yet still, you ask the things that mean less."
"Is this some sort of riddle? Why are you talking in riddles?!"
"Again… Two more questions that you don't care much for answers of." The stranger sat down into the crystal sand. "But—if it means much to you, enough to question, then I will tell you. That gem is your key to many discoveries. With it you alone can discover one thing in any world you desire. With that gem… I discovered you… Now you chose. Will you discover me, or will you use that gem for what you know you want to discover?"
Riku eyed the gem widely. "I want… to discover you. Now tell me, who are you?"
"I am Kage the bringer of darkness and mage of night. And you, Riku, are looking for three things that I have found."
Riku watched as the gorgeous gem transformed in his hand to a black stone of coal. "You've found-"
Riku stopped as the young mage jumped into a tree nearby. "Hey WAIT!" Riku chased after Kage as he began to run through a forest of moonlight and dying trees.
Riku stopped at a gloomy tree to catch his breath. The mage was nowhere in sight. Panting for air a few words escaped Riku's dried mouth, "Where… Where am… I?"
Swinging out from a branch just above Riku, the mage hung upside down from the tree meeting level with Riku's eyes. "Oh yes. I was waiting for you to ask… Welcome… To the Land Of Discovery."
The End Of Chapter Four.
Um… let's see, okay first off, sorry about missing an update last night. Expect another chapter later tonight. Sorry for the short-ness...again!
Secondly, Kage is not pronounced 'cage' it is pronounced like this, 'Caw-Gay'. Okay that's all I think. I'm going to my mates to help clean as a b-day present (sorta) so around nine-ish I'll update again.
Thanks for your reviews and for reading so far.
-DS