Oh! Two in one! Actually, I believe that when you start a story, you should begin with more than one chapter to get people into it. Of course, I didn't begin to practice that until now. As it turned out...I lied. I don't practice that at all. I'm such a silly willy...((sweatdrop))

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Disclaimer: I do not own KH or any of the story. I merely find ways to ruin it's characters. As for the ((blah)) thing, I saw another author do something like that. And heck, that's smart!

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KEY:

Italic- thought

Bold- flashback and other

Bold/Italic- dreams

( )- other

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CHAPTER TWO: FLOWERS

Sora decided it would be best if he just forgot about the flower for the time being, but that didn't mean he wouldn't do a search on it later. Right now, he needed to find Riku and apologize for yesterday. He too, had been a real jerk. Sora got out of his bed and walked over to his desk, which was right beside his door, and carefully brushed the flower pieces into a pile. "I'll take care of you later," he told the remains, as if they could hear him. He grabbed his familiar black and white jacket and put it on along with his gloves, before running out the door and down stairs to his mother. "Hey mom!" he yelled as he ran past her, only to be caught by his hood and pulled into his mothers arms.

"Where are you going Sora?" she asked as she planted a kiss on his forehead.

"Mom!" he cried in disgust as he whipped it off. "I'm to old!"

"No you're not. You're still my little Sora."

Sora pouted which made his mother laugh softly. "No fair!" he complained. "Anyways, I'm heading over to Riku's house. I'll be home tonight."

"All right," his mother answered, but he didn't hear her. He'd already ran out the door.

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Sora wasn't even out of his yard, when he found his target pacing in the street. "Hey Sora," Riku said ingenuously when he noticed the brunette.

Sora's face began beaming with excitement. Had Riku already forgiven him? It appeared that way. "Hi Riku. I'm sorry about yesterday," Sora apologized as he approached his silver haired friend.

Riku nodded in agreement. "It's fine. How about we just let it go, alright?" he asked.

Sora smiled and put his hands behind his head. "Sure, no problem."

"Well, I'm going to go now. Later."

Sora frowned as Riku hurried away. Where's he going? It's Sunday... Sora thought to himself, a bit offended by Riku's sudden change in mood. "Oh well, maybe he's got some chores to do. I guess I'm free to go and look up that flower," he said to himself aloud, unaware that he was being watched from the shadows.

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Sora returned home to find his mother had gone out. She probably wasn't expecting him to return five minutes later, and how she left without him noticing was a mystery. He ran up stairs to his room and turned on his computer, which was on his desk of course, and proceeded to looking up flowers. His room was filled with light and smelt of strawberries, Sora's favorite. After hours of endless searching he finally came upon a flower that resembled the ones in his dream. He was surprised to find that they grew surprising close to where he was. The screen read:

CRIMSON PASSION

Rare medium sized flowers that bloom during the spring and summer. Can only grow in certain area's under certain conditions. Said to bring misfortune to all who abuse their beauty.

Sora cringed. Abuse their beauty? Hadn't he just crushed one? He stared at the flower pictured on the computer screen. It had small petals, but many of them. It was a deep red, almost blood colored and the stem was pitch black along with the leaves. The flower was quite lovely despite the gothic appearance. Sora glanced at the flowers remains beside the computer mouse. He was still worried by the warning he'd just read. Was something really going to happen to him? He was to young to die, and he couldn't take care of himself. Don't worry. They cannot bring harm to their creator. Sora almost jumped out of his seat. "Did I really just think that?" he asked himself as he rubbed his temple. "How weird..."

Deciding that he'd had enough with the creepy flowers, he turned of his computer and pushed the flower into his trash can. As it fell, something strange happened, something amazing. The flower became whole again and bounced off the side of the can and fell to the floor. Sora bent down and cautiously picked up the flower. For a second, it seems to pulse, but that second was long enough for Sora to realize their was something special about this flower. He couldn't wait to show Riku.

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Riku was sitting on the cool ground in the secret place, leaning against the wall with his head in his lap. "Man it's cold in here," he muttered to himself. The air he was breathing could be seen collecting in a small cloud and then vanishing...only for more to come.

"Riku?" a voice asked. Riku really didn't feel like talking to anyone at the moment, let alone Sora. "Are you in there?"

"Yes I am. Go away," Riku answered viciously.

Sora appeared in the mouth of the cave and smiled at Riku. "Ah c'mon. I wanted to talk to you about something really neat," he explained.

"Fine, make it quick."

Sora sat down beside Riku and held his legs to his chest. "It's cold in here," he whispered.

"Get to the point."

"Yeah, no problem!" Sora smiled and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, I had this strange dream last night..." Riku raised an eyebrow and stared at Sora, but he let the younger boy continue. "I was in a field with these weird flowers, talking to someone. In the dream I crushed a flower in my hands and when I woke up the same flower was in my hands."

"Think you sleep walk?" Riku asked, it was obvious he didn't believe Sora.

"No, I don't think so. Today when I threw the piece of flower away, it became whole again." Sora pulled the flower out of his glove and showed it Riku.

"Sora!" Riku screamed as he knocked the flower out of his friends hands. "Where the hell did you get that!"

Sora picked the flower up off the ground and backed away. "What's your problem?"

"You know what? I hate you."

"You don't mean that!"

"Screw you! You don't know what I mean!"

"I would if you told me!"

"Just go away and don't ever speak to me again! I don't care what happens to you from now on. You could go die and I wouldn't shed a tear!"

"What...?" Sora was speechless. Riku had never said such a thing to him before. "If that's how you feel, then this friendship is over."

"Fine by me!" Riku roared as Sora ran out fuming. "I...don't care anymore."

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It was dark outside when Sora started home, the night was cold, but not as cold as it was in the cave he'd come from. "I can't believe Riku said that to me," Sora sobbed. The reality was finally setting in, Riku and him were no longer friends. Sora fell to his knees shaking, on the verge of tears when he heard something behind him. Don't worry about it. It's not going to hurt you. As for Riku you don't need him. Sora lifted his head and stared at the figure standing before him. "Who are you?" he asked. You know who that is... Sora shook his head as he tried to shove the strange voice into the back of his mind.

"Your sorrow shall disappear," the figure said calmly. "Let me take you away from here."

Sora's eyes widened as he felt someone take hold of his arms and restrain his movements. "The one," he muttered in awe. "You're the one from my dream." Sora tried to escape the second persons strong grip, but found it was useless. "Let go of me!" he shouted, unable to free himself. Suddenly something hit him on the head and everything went black.

"He's been captured," the second figure said as it picked Sora up into its arms.

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Riku had fallen asleep inside the cave after his fight with Sora. "I shouldn't have said those things," he yelled as stomped through the streets. "I've got to find him." Riku'd left the secret place awhile ago and was now searching for Sora on the mainland. He stopped as soon as he saw Sora's house in the distance. Taking note that his friends bed room light was off. He figured that Sora was already asleep and decided to head home, that's when something caught his eye. Sora's necklace was lying on the ground near his house. Riku knew Sora would never take off his necklace, let alone leave it in the street. Something had to be wrong, Riku just didn't know what.

(flashback)

"Riku!" Sora cried, he was a small child. Only a few years old. "I'm scared of the dark!"

Riku swam over to Sora and took his hand. "Hey it's alright. I'm here," he soothed. It was dark outside and the two of them had snuck out and went to their Destiny Island.

"But Riku! What if a monster gets me!"

"Nothing will get you. I'll always protect you."

"You promise?"

"Oh course, I promise you my protection forever!"

"Then I'll protect you too!"

Riku felt a tear trickle down his cheek. "Why am I having these memories? It's not my fault!" he screamed as he touched his wet face. He picked up his friends necklace and squeezed it tight. "If someone hurt you, I'll kill them." He looked up at the moon and sighed deeply. "Don't worry, I'll find you. I promise."

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Once again RR, and if this story is crap, lemme know so I don't waste my time! XP