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All But A Dream
By
x3 Apolla
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Disclaimer:
Here it is plain and simple:
I don't own Kingdom Hearts!
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Summary:
"This time, I'll fight." Weren't you always told, to be careful what you wish for? Well this is no wish, but somehow it became true, the tables have turned. Now the girl is saving her lover, while he waits, trapped in the darkness...One night, one dream, is it her turn to do the fighting for her loved one? (SxK)
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Author's Note:
Mmmpph. Emily is forcing me to update, she wants me to finish before June 20th so I can give her the entire story as a 'going away' present. XD (She's going to this Academy for high school, so I won't get to see her that much anymore. / )
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Chapter Eleven
The Separation
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They were back together again, only this time it wasn't the type of reunion they would have hoped of. Chains bound them each against the wall in a room, which was the total opposite of the murky caves they were once trapped in. Sora, was used to this type of torture from earlier that day, or week, maybe even a month, but to see her struggle there, both of them defenseless, put him into pain as he watched.
The wood floor, the blood red walls, the silver accents on all the objects in the room made them both wonder how a room like this could end up in a place so dark and dirty. Riku's endless footsteps echoed around the room, his head hung low deep in thought, while the only things that could set them free, their weapons, were locked away on the opposite side of the room.
Words mumbled under his breath, which were barely heard by Kairi and Sora, they looked at each other, puzzled about what he could be saying and what he was going to do to them. But they remained silent, afraid that if they did speak, he would do something worse than binding them against a wall. As they watched their newfound enemy pace back and forth, stop every now and then, glare at the two sitting in the darkest corner of the room, and then continue, you'd think that he was insane.
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't. It was just something that would never be explained.
Kairi adjusted herself against the wall, her necklace falling to another side of her neck, making where the metal had moved onto a different part of her flesh feel cool. She looked down at the silver amulet, and remembered when Sora had given it to her for her first birthday celebrated on the island. She was six years old that day, and nobody really knew for sure her exact birth date, so they assumed it to be on the day she came, September fifteenth.
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"Kairi! I found this the other day, I thought you might like it…" A small boy with bright sapphire blue eyes ran over to a girl with vibrant red hair, holding out a silver chain with a charm dangling off the center. Her eyes widened as he placed it in her palm, and she examined the item he had just given her.
"It's so pretty!" She exclaimed, poking her head through the center of the necklace, fitting perfectly over her head and resting on her neck. It was a bit long for such a small girl, but she didn't really mind.
"Thank you Sora." She blushed, facing the ocean, the cool September breeze flowing through her hair. "Your welcome, just don't wear it around my mom." He said, looking in the same direction she was now facing.
"Why not?" She asked, frowning, "Where did you really get it?" She raised an eyebrow at him, as he turned to face her, "It was on the floor, I didn't think she wanted it anymore, so I gave it to you. Keep it, she won't mind, really. She has about a gazillion more anyway." He finished, and she smiled at him. "You're the best Sora." She said, embracing him tightly, then sitting back to where she was before on the warm sand.
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Her arms started to ache from the chains she was bound too tightly in, Sora seemed to be off in his own little world, probably trying to think of some day to get out of this mess. Riku was still pacing the floors, pausing every now and then to stare at the two that he had finally captured, or at their weapons that were bewitched to float in mid air, far away from the grasp of any of them.
Then he stopped, her violet eyes looked up from the floor, meeting his in an awkward gaze as he looked from her, to Sora, and back again.
"That's it." He mumbled. "Separation. They must never meet again!" His voice was powerful this time as he brought up one of his fists surging with dark energy.
"Riku!" She cried, "What happened to you? Why are you doing this?" Her eyes watered over, but he showed no emotion for her whatsoever.
"I'm doing this, because I want control. You never knew Kairi. It was always Sora you wanted to be with, but now it'll be different. I loved you Kairi. But with him gone, never will you have to think of him again."
"That's not true!" Sora shouted, "If you kill me, you kill her too. You know our hearts are connected. You can't do this Riku." The words that flew from him hit Riku like a dagger. Of course he knew. But he wanted a way around it. He was tired of Sora 'saving the day' he wanted to be the only one Kairi ever had to think about.
She still remained speechless, she never knew that he felt this way about her, but suddenly she felt horrible because she never felt the same about him. She knew that she was meant to be with Sora, even before she knew about their destiny.
"How about we settle this?" Riku broke the silence, "Once and for all. Lets see who wins." His expression was serious now; he wanted to go against him. He wanted to win. He wanted her.
"Let's go." Sora said, and his keyblade was set free from it's locked force field, along with Kairi's weapon, and she stood there, not knowing if she should be apart of this duel as well.
"Winner takes all."
And before her eyes, she watched both of her friends start a battle she wished she would never see. Their weapons hit one another with the dreadful sound of metal against metal. A sound she would never be able to get out of her head.
"I can't do this anymore!" She shouted, entering the middle of the fight, just as Riku was lunging forward towards Sora, but instead of hitting him, his blade hit her, and in that instant she fell to the ground, her sword scraping against the floor until it finally hit the wall.
And she lay unconscious across the floor, the two continued to fight, this time it was fiercer.
"Don't think she's going to get in the way of this." Riku narrowed his eyes, his key blade still clanging against Sora's.
"But you said you loved her." He became angrier, his fighting stronger, but he couldn't stand seeing her in this state.
"Yeah, well I lied." This led Sora to pure madness, and he aimed the key blade right for his heart this time, and Riku didn't have any time to respond as he fell to the floor. Sora pulled back, the tip of the blade stained crimson, and he watched his childhood friend gasp for air, choking out his last moments. "Y-you f-finally wi-n." And that was it. It was the last thing he saw, Sora's tense blue eyes watching him fall, and the one that he did once have emotions for on the floor next to him, unaware to the fact that he was gone, and never to be seen again.
Sora reached into his pocket and pulled out the charm, Kairi's charm, the one she gave to him in the caves underneath Traverse Town, he had no idea what to do now. He sat down next to Kairi's body and held her hand, he could feel the pulse, and he tried to shake her awake but it had no effect. "Just take us back to Destiny Island already." He whispered, her hand in his, and the next thing he heard was the ocean waves crashing against the sand.
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End Note:
So, I started the beginning of this chapter in January of February, and I didn't have any inspiration until a few nights ago as I was lying in my bed in the middle of the night. Why do I get inspiration so late at night with no access to a computer? I have no idea. XD There's going to be one more chapter in this story before it's over, so stay tuned, I should have it up this week!
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