This does not go with Painful returns, okay. just another little story
about Riku coming back
Warning: this does have some.. Violence. in it..
Disclaimer: KH belongs to the people who made it not me, =-( too bad then I'd know if there was going to be a sequal in which they ssave Riku
Never Again
By: Life's Scar
~*~
Riku slowly walked down the dark halls of End of the World, his whole body was stiff everything seemed to be one big nightmare. How could he have messed up this bad this time. His whole body was filled with pain and he felt like passing out right where he stood.
The weeks he had spent here under Ansem's control were hell. He lived in hell now, and he didn't deserve any rescuing. He had chosen the wrong path and now he would have to suffer the consequences. There was no way out of it.
He didn't want Sora to come looking for him but he knew that he would. How should he act when his best friend comes to the place of his pain?
He hoped Sora never found a way to the deepest part of End of the World. He hoped that his friend would give up on the search soon. He didn't want to be found, he didn't want his best friend to see the horrors he had seen when Ansem had dragged him here, beaten and bruised. Weakened from fighting off the Heartless in Kingdom Hearts for weeks. Ansem would never be truly defeated, not as long as he lived deep inside Riku's heart. Or the darkness in everyone's souls.
Ansem was smart, he always would be. Centuries alone in the darkness with nothing to do but solve the problem of your imprisonment could make you a genius. So now, it was Riku's turn to serve the role of slave and submit to his masters every wish. That is until he found a way to take him from all of this without Ansem following him.
He heard his name being called but he chose to ignore it, leave me alone. He silently pleaded, scared of what would come tonight. What scars his body would hold for later days. The punishments for going against his master and not submitting like a loyal dog.
A wall opened up and Ansem stepped out in all of his evil glory, he laughed and it echoed through out the hallways. He made it do that; he could control this place and do what ever he pleased to it. It was like an extra limb to him now. As long as it existed so did Ansem, "Where is my little pet going?" Ansem asked as he grabbed a hold of Riku's shoulders.
"No where, there is no where here that I can go with out you knowing about it."
"You getting smarter boy, maybe we can lessen your punishments soon."
"Whatever pleases you," Riku said, wishing he could die, "I am yours and you do as you please with me."
Ansem smiled at how Riku submitted to him now, after a month of pure torture to the boy he now held his tongue. How much longer until he'd do whatever he wished him to?
Ansem put his hand on Riku's neck and led him through the newly formed hole in the wall. Riku's heart clenched in fear at what new thing he would be forced to suffer through this night. His skin held no color in it from the lack of sun and what little blood he had flowing through his veins were much busier trying to keep him alive than put any kind of color into his skin. He was anemic, he knew it, all the cuts and wounds on his back that would start to bleed again had caused him to loose his much needed lifeblood.
Riku stumbled as they walked, his vision was getting blurry and his head felt like it would fall off his head any moment. He stumbled one last time before he fell down onto his knees waiting for his vision to clear.
It didn't do exactly what he expected it to do.
He fell into Darkness, not the kind that he had been trapped in for months, the soft kind that would allow him to rest his broken body and give him the time to replenish some of his strength that he needed to survive this ordeal with Ansem.
Visions began to fly through his head after a while of being trapped in the kind Darkness. He saw his mother and father sitting on a blanket on an island; they were having a picnic as a family. It was one of the rare times they were all happy. He was still little back then.
Then the images of the first day that he met Kairi showed and him and Sora were having the best day of their lives. They got along with everyone back then. Kairi had given them the toy swords as a gift, she said that it was one thing that they'd never lose interest in. She was always right. She has always been right, there was very few times when Riku could remember that she had been wrong.
Then his father came into the picture, glaring angrily at the happy trio who were only 13 years old. His father grabbed him roughly by his arm with bruising strength and dragged him back to the house, Riku didn't bother to struggle on the boat ride, he knew it would be only worse when he got home.
It seemed to him that he was very good at being submissive; to save his own skin he'd take whatever he got and then hide from the rest of the world until his wounds were healed and he could face everyone with out having to hide anything physical.
Riku's eyes opened slowly, but he was so stiff and still so very tired that he could barely move his head form the soft pillow that it laid on. Soft pillow? He didn't own a pillow in End of the World, he slept where ever Ansem told him to, "Whe.." Riku tried to ask but his voice was so dry and so hoarse that it hurt to even say what he had.
Ansem's face came into view and he felt sick at the emotion that was in his amber colored eyes, how could one person be so evil?
"My little pet, so you're awake. you've been out for a good week. you missed out on a lot of fun."
Riku looked at him confused, he wouldn't have said he missed out on the fun, he would have said he had stopped him form having fun but not missed out. that meant that something happened while he was locked inside his mind where the kind Darkness resided.
"You're friend came to visit you, I had to turn him away though. you weren't well enough to see him. He didn't believe me though."
"Sora." Riku said pained at the thought of what could have happened to his best friend.
"He wouldn't leave until he saw you. but he wouldn't come in either. what a shame." Ansem laughed wickedly, "I had to let him see you though. he thought I had killed you."
"No." was all Riku could say.
"It's rude to interrupt people Riku, I had to show him a taste of what happened to you so he could see that you needed it. so you could be a loyal dog," Ansem said running a hand down Riku's bruised face, "but he wouldn't stay long for the fun."
Riku let out a pitiful laugh, he wanted to tell Ansem that if he had fought him he would have been defeated and would have to lay in hiding in Kingdom Hearts until is strength returned once again.
Ansem grabbed Riku's silver hair and pulled it, "what are you laughing at?" He demanded.
"No. nothing." Riku struggled to say as he instinctively grabbed for Ansem's hands, pain filling his body from the pain of movement.
He needed more time to rest, just a little more time to sleep before he had to go through everything all over again.
He needed a break from it all.
"You are a stupid Boy!" Ansem yelled as he stroke Riku in his face, "You have no right to touch me unless I tell you to!"
Riku was pulled from the soft bed he had been in and realized he was in Ansem's room. Why the hell was he here? "This is the thanks I get for letting you heal in my bed? You ungrateful dog!"
Ansem threw Riku into the nearest wall as hard as he could, He gasped in pain and got ready for the next blow that he was sure to receive. It came in the form of a boot hitting his chest, breaking newly healed bones. Riku cried out in pain holding onto his chest that was radiating an awful type of pain, "please." Riku begged before the boot hit his stomach causing him to curl into a ball.
"You dare ask me to stop? Why should I? Why do you not deserve this?" Ansem demanded as he pulled Riku to his feet by his neck.
"Sorry." Riku struggled to say as he tried to get in some air.
His lungs were crying out for air, his eyes were blurring and tears formed at the end of his eyes. God, why have you forsaken me? Why do you put me through this? What lesson do I need to learn? How does this effect the destiny that you have laid out for me?
There was a blast of light in the dimly lit room and both Riku and Ansem went flying into the opposite wall.
Riku's head connected with the wall and he was back in the kind Darkness where he wished never to leave again.
~*~
Cloud stood over the silver haired boy who laid in his bed. From the pictures that Sora had showed him it was obviously the boy but he had lost so much weight and now looked as if he hadn't eaten a full meal in weeks. Cloud wiped a wet cloth across fevered skin, hoping to bring down the fever just a bit. The boy reminded him of someone but he couldn't remember who.
Leon walked in and looked at the boy who Sora had been so intent on finding for a year, "Have you changed his bandages? "
"Yes. how much longer till Sora arrives?"
"A couple of hours at the least. if they don't run into any problems."
"Kairi is coming with him?" Cloud asked intrigued.
"She wouldn't stay behind, she didn't think Sora was ready to travel by himself just yet and she wants to see Riku desperately,"
"Do you realize you're talking more then you have in a while."
"I've gotten a letter from some one very important to me." he said quietly.
Cloud knew not to push, his attention went to the stirring boy on the bed, "Hey there, how you feeling?" He asked the sixteen year old.
"Please no more." Riku said as he sat up quickly moving to a corner in the bed as far from the two men as he possible could get.
Cloud realized he was still stuck in a frightening nightmare, "Hey, Riku, calm down, don't worry we're not going to hurt you. we waiting for Sora to come."
Riku jumped at the name and had Cloud by the throat, "Don't you dare harm him!" He screamed.
Cloud easily pried Riku's hands away from his neck, a little shocked at the boy's action, "we're his friend, why would we hurt him?" Cloud asked gently.
Riku was shaking form the effort it took him to do that, he had used up what energy he had gained while he was floating in his mind. Cloud gently pushed him back onto the soft bed, which reminded Riku of his last encounter with Ansem, "No. leave me alone!" He screamed as he ran past a shocked Cloud and Leon.
Leon looked at Cloud for a second surprised that the boy had found the energy to run that fast out of the place when just seconds before he looked like he was going to collapse, "We better find him." Leon muttered as he grabbed his rain coat and ran out into the raging storm. Cloud quickly followed drawing his coat close as the cold rain soaked his blond hair. Riku wouldn't last long in this storm.
Riku ran without thinking, he didn't know where he was. He was completely lost and the rain was soaking all of his clothes making him shake from the cold. He didn't want to be any where neat Ansem, no where.
He ran and ran till the gradually rising pain in his chest caused him to double over, he slowly crawled behind some crates that sheltered him from the pounding rain and the freezing wind. At least now he was safe from Ansem, he couldn't mold this world to do his bidding.
~*~
Sora knocked on the door where Cloud was suppose to be holding Riku. There was no answer. What if Ansem had gotten him back? What if Riku was being punished for them saving him? How many more scars would his body hold now? How many of them would be Sora's fault?
His best friend was going through hell a whole year before he could find him, and this could have all been stopped if he had had time to think of a way to close Kingdom Hearts with out Riku behind the door.
"Is there something wrong?" Kairi asked her purple coat pulled closely to her trying to keep the chill away form her bones.
"they're not answering." Sora said worried.
Had he traveled this far for nothing once again?
"Cloud!" Kairi yelled seeing a blond haired man in red drenched.
He turned to face the two, the fear in his eye evident even in the darkness, "Where's Riku?" Sora asked looking around.
"He ran off, he was delusional when he woke up. he thought I was Ansem and he ran off into this storm."
"We have to find him!" Kairi said as she began to turn to run.
Sora knew that Kairi knew her way around the streets of Traverse town, "Be careful Kairi, call us if you find him."
Kairi was running looking for any sign of life in the deserted streets, she had to find him. He would die if he was left in this weather.
She heard a whimper of pain to the left of her and she instantly began to push boxes and barrels out of the way to find if he was there or not. She pushed one finally box out of the way and say her best friend laying there in a ball shaking form the cold. He was dripping form the rain, his skin pale. he looked different then she last remembered him.
"Oh Riku," She said as she took off her coat and laid it over him, "I found him!" she yelled as she picked up his head and laid it in her lap scared at how hot his skin felt against hers.
Cloud was the first one there and he looked at the tears that fell from Kairi's face, "Come on, lets get him back to my place so he can dry up."
Cloud picked up the light boy and waited for Kairi to stand up, she put her coat back on and the both raced back the way they came.
By the time they had gotten back into Cloud's house they were both out of breath and Leon was looking for Sora. Cloud laid Riku down and began to strip him of his wet clothes, he left the boy in his boxer but covered him up with blankets to try and get the boy warmed up. He turned to Kairi and handed her a blanket, she shook her head and motioned for him to wrap it around Riku. Cloud looked at her sternly before taking one giant step to her and wrapping her up in it forcefully.
~*~
Riku opened his eyes and found him self unable to move, he was trapped! He tried to free him self but he slipped off of the bed and realized he was wrapped up in a bunch of blankets, "what the hell?" He asked not expecting an answer.
He looked around shocked to see four people asleep on chairs. Then he saw Kairi and Sora and his smile widened they were both looking at him, "You're safe!" He cried out at the two before jumping on the two who shared a chair because there was only three in the room.
Sora and Kairi woke up instantly at the sound of their friends voice and then they saw the smile on his face. Even though he was on op of them, Kairi reached up and wrapped her arms around Riku tightly tears coming to her face.
"Hey watch the ribs," he said sadly, "sorry for having made you worry."
"I missed you Riku!" She cried out loosening her grip on him.
"I missed you too," He looked at Sora who say past the smile to the pain in his heart, "you too bud, come here I need a hug form you aswell."
"Never again." Sora said into Riku's ear.
"Never again," Riku promised
~*~
So what did you guys think? I'm thinking of leaving it there but I could go on. it's up to you guys tell me what you think.
Warning: this does have some.. Violence. in it..
Disclaimer: KH belongs to the people who made it not me, =-( too bad then I'd know if there was going to be a sequal in which they ssave Riku
Never Again
By: Life's Scar
~*~
Riku slowly walked down the dark halls of End of the World, his whole body was stiff everything seemed to be one big nightmare. How could he have messed up this bad this time. His whole body was filled with pain and he felt like passing out right where he stood.
The weeks he had spent here under Ansem's control were hell. He lived in hell now, and he didn't deserve any rescuing. He had chosen the wrong path and now he would have to suffer the consequences. There was no way out of it.
He didn't want Sora to come looking for him but he knew that he would. How should he act when his best friend comes to the place of his pain?
He hoped Sora never found a way to the deepest part of End of the World. He hoped that his friend would give up on the search soon. He didn't want to be found, he didn't want his best friend to see the horrors he had seen when Ansem had dragged him here, beaten and bruised. Weakened from fighting off the Heartless in Kingdom Hearts for weeks. Ansem would never be truly defeated, not as long as he lived deep inside Riku's heart. Or the darkness in everyone's souls.
Ansem was smart, he always would be. Centuries alone in the darkness with nothing to do but solve the problem of your imprisonment could make you a genius. So now, it was Riku's turn to serve the role of slave and submit to his masters every wish. That is until he found a way to take him from all of this without Ansem following him.
He heard his name being called but he chose to ignore it, leave me alone. He silently pleaded, scared of what would come tonight. What scars his body would hold for later days. The punishments for going against his master and not submitting like a loyal dog.
A wall opened up and Ansem stepped out in all of his evil glory, he laughed and it echoed through out the hallways. He made it do that; he could control this place and do what ever he pleased to it. It was like an extra limb to him now. As long as it existed so did Ansem, "Where is my little pet going?" Ansem asked as he grabbed a hold of Riku's shoulders.
"No where, there is no where here that I can go with out you knowing about it."
"You getting smarter boy, maybe we can lessen your punishments soon."
"Whatever pleases you," Riku said, wishing he could die, "I am yours and you do as you please with me."
Ansem smiled at how Riku submitted to him now, after a month of pure torture to the boy he now held his tongue. How much longer until he'd do whatever he wished him to?
Ansem put his hand on Riku's neck and led him through the newly formed hole in the wall. Riku's heart clenched in fear at what new thing he would be forced to suffer through this night. His skin held no color in it from the lack of sun and what little blood he had flowing through his veins were much busier trying to keep him alive than put any kind of color into his skin. He was anemic, he knew it, all the cuts and wounds on his back that would start to bleed again had caused him to loose his much needed lifeblood.
Riku stumbled as they walked, his vision was getting blurry and his head felt like it would fall off his head any moment. He stumbled one last time before he fell down onto his knees waiting for his vision to clear.
It didn't do exactly what he expected it to do.
He fell into Darkness, not the kind that he had been trapped in for months, the soft kind that would allow him to rest his broken body and give him the time to replenish some of his strength that he needed to survive this ordeal with Ansem.
Visions began to fly through his head after a while of being trapped in the kind Darkness. He saw his mother and father sitting on a blanket on an island; they were having a picnic as a family. It was one of the rare times they were all happy. He was still little back then.
Then the images of the first day that he met Kairi showed and him and Sora were having the best day of their lives. They got along with everyone back then. Kairi had given them the toy swords as a gift, she said that it was one thing that they'd never lose interest in. She was always right. She has always been right, there was very few times when Riku could remember that she had been wrong.
Then his father came into the picture, glaring angrily at the happy trio who were only 13 years old. His father grabbed him roughly by his arm with bruising strength and dragged him back to the house, Riku didn't bother to struggle on the boat ride, he knew it would be only worse when he got home.
It seemed to him that he was very good at being submissive; to save his own skin he'd take whatever he got and then hide from the rest of the world until his wounds were healed and he could face everyone with out having to hide anything physical.
Riku's eyes opened slowly, but he was so stiff and still so very tired that he could barely move his head form the soft pillow that it laid on. Soft pillow? He didn't own a pillow in End of the World, he slept where ever Ansem told him to, "Whe.." Riku tried to ask but his voice was so dry and so hoarse that it hurt to even say what he had.
Ansem's face came into view and he felt sick at the emotion that was in his amber colored eyes, how could one person be so evil?
"My little pet, so you're awake. you've been out for a good week. you missed out on a lot of fun."
Riku looked at him confused, he wouldn't have said he missed out on the fun, he would have said he had stopped him form having fun but not missed out. that meant that something happened while he was locked inside his mind where the kind Darkness resided.
"You're friend came to visit you, I had to turn him away though. you weren't well enough to see him. He didn't believe me though."
"Sora." Riku said pained at the thought of what could have happened to his best friend.
"He wouldn't leave until he saw you. but he wouldn't come in either. what a shame." Ansem laughed wickedly, "I had to let him see you though. he thought I had killed you."
"No." was all Riku could say.
"It's rude to interrupt people Riku, I had to show him a taste of what happened to you so he could see that you needed it. so you could be a loyal dog," Ansem said running a hand down Riku's bruised face, "but he wouldn't stay long for the fun."
Riku let out a pitiful laugh, he wanted to tell Ansem that if he had fought him he would have been defeated and would have to lay in hiding in Kingdom Hearts until is strength returned once again.
Ansem grabbed Riku's silver hair and pulled it, "what are you laughing at?" He demanded.
"No. nothing." Riku struggled to say as he instinctively grabbed for Ansem's hands, pain filling his body from the pain of movement.
He needed more time to rest, just a little more time to sleep before he had to go through everything all over again.
He needed a break from it all.
"You are a stupid Boy!" Ansem yelled as he stroke Riku in his face, "You have no right to touch me unless I tell you to!"
Riku was pulled from the soft bed he had been in and realized he was in Ansem's room. Why the hell was he here? "This is the thanks I get for letting you heal in my bed? You ungrateful dog!"
Ansem threw Riku into the nearest wall as hard as he could, He gasped in pain and got ready for the next blow that he was sure to receive. It came in the form of a boot hitting his chest, breaking newly healed bones. Riku cried out in pain holding onto his chest that was radiating an awful type of pain, "please." Riku begged before the boot hit his stomach causing him to curl into a ball.
"You dare ask me to stop? Why should I? Why do you not deserve this?" Ansem demanded as he pulled Riku to his feet by his neck.
"Sorry." Riku struggled to say as he tried to get in some air.
His lungs were crying out for air, his eyes were blurring and tears formed at the end of his eyes. God, why have you forsaken me? Why do you put me through this? What lesson do I need to learn? How does this effect the destiny that you have laid out for me?
There was a blast of light in the dimly lit room and both Riku and Ansem went flying into the opposite wall.
Riku's head connected with the wall and he was back in the kind Darkness where he wished never to leave again.
~*~
Cloud stood over the silver haired boy who laid in his bed. From the pictures that Sora had showed him it was obviously the boy but he had lost so much weight and now looked as if he hadn't eaten a full meal in weeks. Cloud wiped a wet cloth across fevered skin, hoping to bring down the fever just a bit. The boy reminded him of someone but he couldn't remember who.
Leon walked in and looked at the boy who Sora had been so intent on finding for a year, "Have you changed his bandages? "
"Yes. how much longer till Sora arrives?"
"A couple of hours at the least. if they don't run into any problems."
"Kairi is coming with him?" Cloud asked intrigued.
"She wouldn't stay behind, she didn't think Sora was ready to travel by himself just yet and she wants to see Riku desperately,"
"Do you realize you're talking more then you have in a while."
"I've gotten a letter from some one very important to me." he said quietly.
Cloud knew not to push, his attention went to the stirring boy on the bed, "Hey there, how you feeling?" He asked the sixteen year old.
"Please no more." Riku said as he sat up quickly moving to a corner in the bed as far from the two men as he possible could get.
Cloud realized he was still stuck in a frightening nightmare, "Hey, Riku, calm down, don't worry we're not going to hurt you. we waiting for Sora to come."
Riku jumped at the name and had Cloud by the throat, "Don't you dare harm him!" He screamed.
Cloud easily pried Riku's hands away from his neck, a little shocked at the boy's action, "we're his friend, why would we hurt him?" Cloud asked gently.
Riku was shaking form the effort it took him to do that, he had used up what energy he had gained while he was floating in his mind. Cloud gently pushed him back onto the soft bed, which reminded Riku of his last encounter with Ansem, "No. leave me alone!" He screamed as he ran past a shocked Cloud and Leon.
Leon looked at Cloud for a second surprised that the boy had found the energy to run that fast out of the place when just seconds before he looked like he was going to collapse, "We better find him." Leon muttered as he grabbed his rain coat and ran out into the raging storm. Cloud quickly followed drawing his coat close as the cold rain soaked his blond hair. Riku wouldn't last long in this storm.
Riku ran without thinking, he didn't know where he was. He was completely lost and the rain was soaking all of his clothes making him shake from the cold. He didn't want to be any where neat Ansem, no where.
He ran and ran till the gradually rising pain in his chest caused him to double over, he slowly crawled behind some crates that sheltered him from the pounding rain and the freezing wind. At least now he was safe from Ansem, he couldn't mold this world to do his bidding.
~*~
Sora knocked on the door where Cloud was suppose to be holding Riku. There was no answer. What if Ansem had gotten him back? What if Riku was being punished for them saving him? How many more scars would his body hold now? How many of them would be Sora's fault?
His best friend was going through hell a whole year before he could find him, and this could have all been stopped if he had had time to think of a way to close Kingdom Hearts with out Riku behind the door.
"Is there something wrong?" Kairi asked her purple coat pulled closely to her trying to keep the chill away form her bones.
"they're not answering." Sora said worried.
Had he traveled this far for nothing once again?
"Cloud!" Kairi yelled seeing a blond haired man in red drenched.
He turned to face the two, the fear in his eye evident even in the darkness, "Where's Riku?" Sora asked looking around.
"He ran off, he was delusional when he woke up. he thought I was Ansem and he ran off into this storm."
"We have to find him!" Kairi said as she began to turn to run.
Sora knew that Kairi knew her way around the streets of Traverse town, "Be careful Kairi, call us if you find him."
Kairi was running looking for any sign of life in the deserted streets, she had to find him. He would die if he was left in this weather.
She heard a whimper of pain to the left of her and she instantly began to push boxes and barrels out of the way to find if he was there or not. She pushed one finally box out of the way and say her best friend laying there in a ball shaking form the cold. He was dripping form the rain, his skin pale. he looked different then she last remembered him.
"Oh Riku," She said as she took off her coat and laid it over him, "I found him!" she yelled as she picked up his head and laid it in her lap scared at how hot his skin felt against hers.
Cloud was the first one there and he looked at the tears that fell from Kairi's face, "Come on, lets get him back to my place so he can dry up."
Cloud picked up the light boy and waited for Kairi to stand up, she put her coat back on and the both raced back the way they came.
By the time they had gotten back into Cloud's house they were both out of breath and Leon was looking for Sora. Cloud laid Riku down and began to strip him of his wet clothes, he left the boy in his boxer but covered him up with blankets to try and get the boy warmed up. He turned to Kairi and handed her a blanket, she shook her head and motioned for him to wrap it around Riku. Cloud looked at her sternly before taking one giant step to her and wrapping her up in it forcefully.
~*~
Riku opened his eyes and found him self unable to move, he was trapped! He tried to free him self but he slipped off of the bed and realized he was wrapped up in a bunch of blankets, "what the hell?" He asked not expecting an answer.
He looked around shocked to see four people asleep on chairs. Then he saw Kairi and Sora and his smile widened they were both looking at him, "You're safe!" He cried out at the two before jumping on the two who shared a chair because there was only three in the room.
Sora and Kairi woke up instantly at the sound of their friends voice and then they saw the smile on his face. Even though he was on op of them, Kairi reached up and wrapped her arms around Riku tightly tears coming to her face.
"Hey watch the ribs," he said sadly, "sorry for having made you worry."
"I missed you Riku!" She cried out loosening her grip on him.
"I missed you too," He looked at Sora who say past the smile to the pain in his heart, "you too bud, come here I need a hug form you aswell."
"Never again." Sora said into Riku's ear.
"Never again," Riku promised
~*~
So what did you guys think? I'm thinking of leaving it there but I could go on. it's up to you guys tell me what you think.