Never again
By: Life's Scar
Chapter 10
Sora stood above the bed they had put Riku in, he slept quietly now that the doctor had given him something to calm down his dreams. Riku's face was white; He had lost so much blood.
Riku stirred and it made Sora's heart pound painfully, what nightmares were going on inside his head?
Sora hadn't told anyone what went on in there, that was up to Riku... but it was so obvious that he didn't need to tell Cloud or Leon. Riku laying naked under one of Ansem's sheets... it was all painfully obvious.
Kairi walked in and put her hand on Sora's shoulder then leaned over and kissed Riku's forehead, "Take a seat at least..." She whispered into Sora's ear.
Sora looked at her confused for a moment then sat in the seat he had pulled up earlier but forgotten to sit in. Kairi sat down next to him and took one of Riku's hands. She was disappointed that she did not feel the slight squeeze that had always reassured her when they were together.
She reached out and touched his silver hair and felt tears fill her eyes, "Oh Riku... I miss you..."
Sora wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close as the tears fell once again.
She glanced up as Riku stirred once again, "Is he suppose to be doing that?"
"I don't know... where's the doctor?"
"Talking to Cloud and Leon, telling them how to care for the wound..."
"Why'd you leave?"
"The doctor told me to."
"Oh..."
"Sora... Are you okay?"
He nodded absently and looked at his best friend remembering the looks on his face as Ansem... as Ansem... hurt him. He couldn't bring himself to say it, he couldn't bring himself to even think about it, "Wake up..." he whispered.
The doctor had said it hadn't hit anything... major... that he was lucky to be alive because it should have hit his heart. HE should be dead.
Riku stirred once more and Sora looked at his face looking for any sign that he would wake up.
There was none. No twitch of the eye lids, no movement of the lips. Nothing.
Nothing.
Was Riku even in there? Had he been destroyed?
He would fight... wouldn't he?
Sora looked away for a brief second not sure what he would say when his friend woke up. What would Riku say when he woke up? Would he say anything?
And then it finally happened. His eyes opened at Riku looked at them confused for a moment then it all hit him full blast and his eyes filled with pain, but he pushed all of his feeling back. Back to the back of his mind so he could be his same old self, "Kairi... are those tears for me?" He asked giving her his trademark grin.
"Riku!" She cried out and then hugged him.
He hugged her back grimacing at the pain it caused, as soon as she let go he pushed himself up into a sitting position, "Lay back down!" Sora ordered shocked that Riku was trying to sit up, "You're not well enough to be moving."
Riku smiled at the concern and then said, "Can it Sora, my limbs are stiff let me stretch them."
Sora glared at him then pushed him back down by is shoulder careful not to mess with the wound or the stitches, "I don't care if your limbs start to fall off you're not sitting up until those stitches come out!"
~*~
It's been a week and a half and instead of starting to look better Riku was looking worse. The dark circles under his eyes stood out against his still white skin. He was still losing weight and when he thought no one was looking he'd lean on something to help him stand up.
But Sora was watching him.
Sora was noticing as Riku slowly died on the outside, slowly matching what he felt on the inside.
So Sora pulled him away from the others into a separate room and pushed him down on a chair, "Talk to me Riku." He said all of the playfulness gone form his tone.
"About what?" Riku asked playing dumb.
"What is happening? What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing," he lied looking away from Sora's prying eyes.
"Don't lie to me Riku, I deserve the truth."
"Nothings the matter with me... nothing that you don't already know about!" Riku said glaring at Sora, "How do expect me to feel?"
Sora knew exactly what he was talking about, "Listen, Riku..."
"No you listen to me Sora, he's not dead yet and he's far from done with any of us. He has payback on his mind."
"You killed..."
"Just like he killed me... it didn't work..."
"How do..." Then Sora's brain clicked and he understood, "You haven't been sleeping have you?"
Riku looked at Sora for a long time trying to figure out if it was a wild guess or if Sora had figured out what was happening. His eyes searched Sora's face for any sign of knowledge or if it was something in Riku's appearance that had pointed that out, "No... no I haven't..."
"Ansem?"
"Yes..."
"Riku... Can I ask you something?"
"Sure..." Riku said looking down at his feet.
"How did... How did Ansem become Ansem again?"
Riku looked up at Sora and shrugged, "End of the World is his place... he can control it and... it gives him power..."
"So... can it heal him?"
"Possibly... I really don't know..."
"Riku... I'm here for you... I was there as well don't feel embarrassed to talk to me."
"Sora, Can I ask you just to forget what happened... just don't ever bring it up again."
"You can't keep it bottled up inside!" Sora protested.
"Yes I can."
"It'll destroy you!"
Riku looked up at him, his eyes showing all of the pain that they held, "I already am."
TBC (Of course)
After this chapter or the next chapter I won't know when I'll be able to update, that's why I've been getting chapters out as fast as possible, my com at homes is messed up and I have to get the money to fix it... You see this is what you get when you and your dad decide a cheap off of the counter computer form best buy is a really good thing... Forget that I've had problems with the damn thing since I got it. Hint don't call e- machines tech support after 10 at night the dudes there are completely and absolutely stupid!
Now that I'm done ranting THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS
I totally love that you guys love it! And it makes me so happy that I evoked emotion!!!
Yeah!
Sora stood above the bed they had put Riku in, he slept quietly now that the doctor had given him something to calm down his dreams. Riku's face was white; He had lost so much blood.
Riku stirred and it made Sora's heart pound painfully, what nightmares were going on inside his head?
Sora hadn't told anyone what went on in there, that was up to Riku... but it was so obvious that he didn't need to tell Cloud or Leon. Riku laying naked under one of Ansem's sheets... it was all painfully obvious.
Kairi walked in and put her hand on Sora's shoulder then leaned over and kissed Riku's forehead, "Take a seat at least..." She whispered into Sora's ear.
Sora looked at her confused for a moment then sat in the seat he had pulled up earlier but forgotten to sit in. Kairi sat down next to him and took one of Riku's hands. She was disappointed that she did not feel the slight squeeze that had always reassured her when they were together.
She reached out and touched his silver hair and felt tears fill her eyes, "Oh Riku... I miss you..."
Sora wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close as the tears fell once again.
She glanced up as Riku stirred once again, "Is he suppose to be doing that?"
"I don't know... where's the doctor?"
"Talking to Cloud and Leon, telling them how to care for the wound..."
"Why'd you leave?"
"The doctor told me to."
"Oh..."
"Sora... Are you okay?"
He nodded absently and looked at his best friend remembering the looks on his face as Ansem... as Ansem... hurt him. He couldn't bring himself to say it, he couldn't bring himself to even think about it, "Wake up..." he whispered.
The doctor had said it hadn't hit anything... major... that he was lucky to be alive because it should have hit his heart. HE should be dead.
Riku stirred once more and Sora looked at his face looking for any sign that he would wake up.
There was none. No twitch of the eye lids, no movement of the lips. Nothing.
Nothing.
Was Riku even in there? Had he been destroyed?
He would fight... wouldn't he?
Sora looked away for a brief second not sure what he would say when his friend woke up. What would Riku say when he woke up? Would he say anything?
And then it finally happened. His eyes opened at Riku looked at them confused for a moment then it all hit him full blast and his eyes filled with pain, but he pushed all of his feeling back. Back to the back of his mind so he could be his same old self, "Kairi... are those tears for me?" He asked giving her his trademark grin.
"Riku!" She cried out and then hugged him.
He hugged her back grimacing at the pain it caused, as soon as she let go he pushed himself up into a sitting position, "Lay back down!" Sora ordered shocked that Riku was trying to sit up, "You're not well enough to be moving."
Riku smiled at the concern and then said, "Can it Sora, my limbs are stiff let me stretch them."
Sora glared at him then pushed him back down by is shoulder careful not to mess with the wound or the stitches, "I don't care if your limbs start to fall off you're not sitting up until those stitches come out!"
~*~
It's been a week and a half and instead of starting to look better Riku was looking worse. The dark circles under his eyes stood out against his still white skin. He was still losing weight and when he thought no one was looking he'd lean on something to help him stand up.
But Sora was watching him.
Sora was noticing as Riku slowly died on the outside, slowly matching what he felt on the inside.
So Sora pulled him away from the others into a separate room and pushed him down on a chair, "Talk to me Riku." He said all of the playfulness gone form his tone.
"About what?" Riku asked playing dumb.
"What is happening? What's the matter with you?"
"Nothing," he lied looking away from Sora's prying eyes.
"Don't lie to me Riku, I deserve the truth."
"Nothings the matter with me... nothing that you don't already know about!" Riku said glaring at Sora, "How do expect me to feel?"
Sora knew exactly what he was talking about, "Listen, Riku..."
"No you listen to me Sora, he's not dead yet and he's far from done with any of us. He has payback on his mind."
"You killed..."
"Just like he killed me... it didn't work..."
"How do..." Then Sora's brain clicked and he understood, "You haven't been sleeping have you?"
Riku looked at Sora for a long time trying to figure out if it was a wild guess or if Sora had figured out what was happening. His eyes searched Sora's face for any sign of knowledge or if it was something in Riku's appearance that had pointed that out, "No... no I haven't..."
"Ansem?"
"Yes..."
"Riku... Can I ask you something?"
"Sure..." Riku said looking down at his feet.
"How did... How did Ansem become Ansem again?"
Riku looked up at Sora and shrugged, "End of the World is his place... he can control it and... it gives him power..."
"So... can it heal him?"
"Possibly... I really don't know..."
"Riku... I'm here for you... I was there as well don't feel embarrassed to talk to me."
"Sora, Can I ask you just to forget what happened... just don't ever bring it up again."
"You can't keep it bottled up inside!" Sora protested.
"Yes I can."
"It'll destroy you!"
Riku looked up at him, his eyes showing all of the pain that they held, "I already am."
TBC (Of course)
After this chapter or the next chapter I won't know when I'll be able to update, that's why I've been getting chapters out as fast as possible, my com at homes is messed up and I have to get the money to fix it... You see this is what you get when you and your dad decide a cheap off of the counter computer form best buy is a really good thing... Forget that I've had problems with the damn thing since I got it. Hint don't call e- machines tech support after 10 at night the dudes there are completely and absolutely stupid!
Now that I'm done ranting THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS
I totally love that you guys love it! And it makes me so happy that I evoked emotion!!!
Yeah!