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No One Knows ThemselvesSummery: (AU) Sora's family abuse him and everyone at school hates him. His best friend is Riku. What else can you ask for? Rated for suicide, and language. (Shonen Ai) RikuSora (CloudSquall) All characters are OOC.
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Chapter Three
"Why survive when you can live?"(Sora POV)
As we walked into the house Riku looked around for his mother and father as Nii-sama shut the door," Kaa-san, Too-san!" Rei called as he let go of my arm and walked toward the living room.
"Riku!" I heard Kaa-san say loudly," What happened to you?"
"Turns out Ansem decided not to go to school today." Riku said as Sephiroth and I walked in.
"Oh my god." Too-san said as he walked in," Are you three alright?"
"Pretty sure we've been better." Sephiroth said.
"Yah." I said offhandedly.
Just then there was a knock on the door and someone started to ring the doorbell a lot," Coming!" Kaa-san said as she dashed out of the living room to the door," What do you want?" she snapped at someone. I snuck over to the hallway entrance and took a look at the person in the doorway. It was my Too-san, and he looked mad.
"You know full well why I'm here you ignorant witch." He said," I'm here for my son and to talk to you about what your children did to my older son."
"Don't call her names!" I yelled stepping out and showing myself," She's twice the person you could ever be!"
"Be quiet Sora and come home now!" my Too-san snapped.
"No…" I breathed as Riku come over toward me and put a hand on my shoulder.
"Sora-kun is staying here." Riku said," And I don't care what you say about it."
"Did you hear that officer?" my Too-san said.
"Yes sir." Said a man with blonde hair," Release the boy to us or I'll have to arrest someone."
"You don't understand Cid!" Kaa-san said," You know what the Aoi family do to Sora-chan! Please don't make him go with them."
"I don't have a choice," Cid said," As much as I don't want to I have to take Sora-chan home."
"He is home!" Sephiroth said," Regardless of who he's been living with for so long he belongs here."
"Sora come here or I will have Riku arrested for assault on Ansem…I could forget about it if you come." My Too-san said.
"Don't listen!" Riku's Too-san said," Riku would soon die then let them have you."
"That's right." Riku said.
"NO!" I yelled," I'm….I'm coming…" I said to my Too-san," I'm sorry Riku…Nii-sama." I said to the two silver haired teens as I walked over to my father.
"Sora!" Sephiroth said," Don't go!" he grabbed my arm. I quickly snatched it back and ran out the door past my Too-san and got into the car that belonged to the family.
"Good boy." I heard him say before I slammed the door shut. I watched out the window as Kaa-san began to cry and Riku was held back by Sephiroth-nii, crying too. Riku's Too-san was glairing a death glare at my Too-san. Cid looked sad that he had to be part of this, he really is like an uncle to me yet he has to obey and enforce the law. My Too-san finally turned waving to the Kai family and walked to the car, he opened the door and slid in next to me, smirking.
"Well Sora," He said," This is the last that you will be seeing of that bastard family."
"Don't talk about my family like that." I said without thinking first. I knew I said the wrong thing when I was slapped across the face.
"That bunch of rags are not your family. You are an Aoi not a Kai and you will remember that." He said staring me down daring me to say another word.
"I'm tired of this shit!" I yelled," You and Nii-san, and Kaa-san all just started to hit me for no reason that I can think of! Tell me what I did!"
I was hit again as the driver began to pull out of the Kai estate," You want to know what you did?" he asked as I held a hand to my cheek," Your Uncle picked you as a corporate CEO."
"Uncle Vincent?" I asked staring at him in shock.
"That's right," My Too-san said," That day you ran off was the same day he told me he wanted you to take up the CEO position when he decided to step down, but we all expected him to pick me or your Nii-san, but he picked you." he paused as I was in utter shock," He said he picked you because of the joy he could see in you, because he said that the company needed a Corporate Executive that could bring a happiness to the place. Of course your bother and I were enraged the only vent I had was you. When you ran away that day I got an idea, if I made you as miserable as possible so then he would pick your Nii-san or me."
"You did this to me for a job?" I yelled loudly, I braced myself for another hit but when it didn't come I looked at him confused.
"That's right…" my Too-san said," I wanted the job and I will get it. You will be quiet for the duration of your uncle's visit. And if you so much as utter a word to him about the way you've been treated the Kai's will find themselves…well use your imagination."
We arrived at the house to see my Uncle standing at the front door, as we stepped out of the car I kept my eyes to the floor as he and my father spoke," I told you he was just at his friends, although it seems that he not a very good friend to let his older brother beat him up." It took all of my nerve not to yell at him about what Riku really was to me.
"I see, Sora look at me." Vincent said.
I slowly raised my head to look at him, he was smiling at me, it reminded me of how the Kai's would smile at me. A smile tugged at my lips but I pushed it away as I looked him right in the eye," It's nice to see you again Oji-san."
"Sora are you alright you look like you've been more then hit a few times." Vincent said.
"Wha?" it hit me what he was talking about," No, no, no, no! I'm fine." I faked a smile. Like hell if I was the same happy kid he met so long ago.
"That's the Sora I remember." He smiled again," Let's go inside."
"Alright." My Too-san said," Sora why don't you go and clean up."
"Yes Otoo-san." I said as I walked toward the bathroom. I heard him and my Oji-san laughing and talking all the why up the steps of the house and to the bathroom door. I opened it and walked inside, I got a good look at myself in the mirror and I had the biggest black eye ever. I was lucky not to have my eye pop out of my head. I took my shirt off and winced as my broken ribs drove me nuts, I started to think weather or not I should tell my Oji-san about them and say I fell playing sports or something but I thought better of it then that. Then there was a knock on the door.
"Sora?" It was Vincent.
"Yes Oji-san?" I asked trying to pull my shirt back on.
"Come out here a minute." He said.
"Yes?" I asked stepping out.
"Lift up your shirt."
"Wha…why?" I stuttered.
"Do what your told boy." He said. I paused for a minute then lifted showing my bused chest," Sora…Did Ansem do that?"
"How'd you—?" I said, but I immediately wished I hadn't. Now he new that he was right.
"I made your father tell me what he'd been doing and I placed an employee of mine here to watch you." Vincent said," Your moving with me."
"What?" I said," Where?"
"Tokyo," he said," Actually a bit out side if it on a nice estate but its still in the Tokyo province."
"No!" I yelled," I won't leave Riku!"
"Who?"
I couldn't believe it, he was actually going to ask the Kai family if they would come with us. He said the place was big enough but…I'm still in shock. Both of us walked up to the door and he rang the door bell. He had to ring it again when someone finally came to the door.
"Sephiroth-nii!" I said as he opened the door and the first thing I noticed were red puffy eyes, obviously from crying.
"So…So-chan?" he said weakly," Why are…you here."
"Hello," Vincent said," Are your parents here?"
"Who the hell are you?" Sephiroth asked.
"I'm Sora's Uncle, Valentine Vincent."
"What do you want?" Sephiroth asked suspiciously.
"Let me say this to your parents as well to answer your question." Vincent said.
Sephiroth looked at me to check if it was okay to trust him and I nodded tell him it was. He then stepped back and let us come in," Kaa-san, a man named, Aoi Vincent is here and Rara-chan is too." The green eyed teen said.
"Sora?" Kaa-san said coming out of nowhere, in my opinion, and hugging me lightly.
'She remembers my broken ribs.' I thought as she let me go.
"Sora are you alright?" she asked me on the verge of tears.
"Yah," I said," Kaa-san this is my Oji-san, Valentine Vincent, he's a good man I swear."
"You brought Sora home?" Kaa-san asked," Thank you."
"Is your husband home?" Vincent asked.
"I'll call him, he left with Cid for a little while." Kaa-san said running into the kitchen as I heard a crashing sound from the stairs and then saw Riku getting up and running toward me.
"Sora!" he said as he too hugged me lightly, he released then looked at me," Looks like your Too-san gave you a bigger black eye."
"Yah," I said rubbing under it," Rei, this is my Oji-san, Valentine Vincent, he's a good man."
"Surprising that those exist in your family," Riku said," I'm Kai Riku."
"Pleasure," Vincent said shaking Riku's hand," Sora's told me about you. Sora why don't you and Riku go hang out somewhere while I talk to his Kaa-san and Nii-sama."
"Alright." I said as Riku and I started toward his room. We entered the dark room and went to our usual places in the room, I sat in his computer chair and he lied on his stomach on his bed, the light still pouring through the ceiling window. The light made him look paler then normal and gave his hair an eerie white glow.
I sighed as I looked around his rats nest. Riku did not like to throw things away, he still had a half burnt picture of me and him from a few years ago. I remember when it was taken and when it was burnt.
/Flashback/
(Third POV)
A young Sora was running down the street as the sun was shining high in the sky, as he tried to catch up to his brother and his brothers friends.
"Come on, Sora-ototo." And twelve year old Ansem said," If you don't hurry we'll miss the opening!"
"Gomen nasai Nii-sama!" Sora said loudly as he finally caught up with the older boys.
"Come on Ansem-kun don't be hard on him, he's what? Six?" on of Ansem's friends said.
"Seymour, if you knew how spoiled this damn brat is you'd act like me too." Ansem said," I'm just kidding squirt. Come on."
They walked into the theater, Seymour and a red head named Wakka went to get popcorn and soda while Sora, Ansem, and a blonde named Rufus went to go get seats.
"Ok so we don't want front for strict matter of the pain your neck could feel from having to look up so lets try the middle," Rufus said grabbing a booster seat for the sort Sora, and handing it to him.
"Okay." Ansem said," Come on, shorty."
"Coming." Sora said as a pair of boys with matching silver hair walked in. One was about Ansem's age and the other was about Sora's age.
"Here Riku." The teller one said handing the small boy popcorn.
"Thanks Sephiroth-nii." said Riku to his older brother taking it and following the older boy.
"Lets try middle seats." Sephiroth said.
"Alright." Riku said as he pushed open the door to the movie.
About halfway through the opening credits Wakka and Seymour walked in holding two big bags of popcorn and a small one ditto with the soda's. they handed the small things to Sora and then split the larger items among Ansem, Rufus, and themselves. Sephiroth and Riku were seated next to them, Riku munching away at the popcorn his older brother had given him.
The movie soon started but the only problem with it was it was a scary movie," Ansem-nii!" Sora said clutching his older brother.
"Go hug someone else." Ansem said as he pushed the brunette away and watched as a woman had her head ripped off.
Sora covered his eyes and tried to plug his ears to block out the screaming," Ansem-nii! I'm sacred!"
Beside Sora, Riku was quivering just as bad as the brunette, Sephiroth had told Riku the same so both boys were scared out of their minds. At one point in the movie Ansem and Sephiroth decided to scare their little brother by poking them in the side.
When they did both boys screamed and hugged each other. Ansem and the others then started to laugh their asses off while Sephiroth laughed by himself.
"Ansem-nii! Not funny!" Sora said as he squeezed his eyes shut then realized he was hugging someone he didn't know, same with Riku as the two boys let go and turned away blushing with embarrassment.
"Ansem-kun, Rufus-kun, Seymour-kun and, Wakka-kun." Said a female voice," Why are you four causing so much trouble for Sora-chan?"
"Yuna-chan!" Seymour said turning around to look at the female brunette," We didn't know you were here and Yuffie! What a pleasure."
"Surely you could have taken poor Sora-chan to a more suitable movie." Aries said bringing her being there into acknowledgement.
"Nope…" Ansem said," No way in hell am I sitting through a kid movie."
"And Sephiroth-kun!" Yuffie said," Your just as bad!"
"Riri wanted to see it, I was going to take him to go see that—" He was cut off as an usurer tapped him on the shoulder.
"Damn it Sora why'd you have to be so loud?" Ansem said hitting Sora on the head.
"Not my fault!" Sora said grabbing the top of his head," You're the one that took me to the movie! I'm telling mom and dad about it too!"
"Good maybe they can tell you that its all fake!" Ansem said," And while your at it," He added as Sora started to run down the street toward home," Tell Vincent-oji I said hi!"
When Sora made it to the gates of the large estate that he and his family lived on he spotted a certain black haired man getting into a car and his father looking rather mad. His mother too, he vaguely wondered why as he watched his uncle Vincent drive away.
"Kaa-san! Too-san!" Sora said running over to them," Ansem-nii took me to a scary movie and then—" he was cut off by his father punching him," T…Too-san?" he stuttered as his mother then kicked him causing him to slide across the grass.
Clouds were now rolling in as Sora stared at his parents in horror as they advanced on him ready to strike again," NO!" he yelled loudly and got up. He started to run away as the first drops of rain hit the ground. He ran for what felt like hours, his legs were screaming at him to stop and rest.
Sora shook it off and pressed on toward the park, he was drenched from head to toe and looked horrid as the blood from his nose refused to stop pouring. The rain washed it away but a stream of blood still existed. His pale blue shirt that he had been wearing was turning a sick red color as his shorts stuck to his legs, one of which had a deep cut in it from falling a ways back when he began running.
When he'd finally had enough of running he collapsed in the rain in the very center of the park. His breathing was sharp and his chest was roaring in pain as if something had actually crawled in and ripped his lungs into shreds. His legs felt like lead as the mussels were ripped from running so much and so far.
He never noticed someone walking over to him and kneeling down, the only time he noticed was when the person put a hand on his back and asked him if he was alright. Sora looked up into sea green eyes and shook his head telling the green eyed boy he was not.
Off in the distance stood another silver haired boy, Sephiroth, whom was standing under an umbrella a look of concern on his face.
/End Flashback/
That's how I met Riku and his brother after that night I became close friends with Riku, but I also went through some dramatic changes in my personality. I became distant of others, colder, started not caring what people thought of me, started to wear darker clothing that the Kai family had bought me.
"Sora?" I heard Riku say snapping me back into reality.
"Yah?" I said looking toward him.
"What is it that your Oji-san is going to ask my parents?" Riku asked. "You know don't you, and why is he helping you out? What is he going to get from you?"
"Well I'll answer one of your questions." I said taking a shallow deep breath. "Which also explains why my family has been beating on me for all these years."
"And that is?" Riku asked rolling his hand in thin air.
"That day you and your brother found me in the rain, my uncle told my parents that he wanted me to be the CEO of his company when he was ready to step down." I told Riku and his jaw dropped.
"No way." Riku said finally closing his mouth.
"Way," I said," So it turns out my Too-san, wanted either wanted himself or Ansem-nii to be it. He said that it pissed him off that my uncle picked me because I was a happy fun loving child. A lot of good for that I am now."
"Hey you could always change back." Riku said.
"I don't think so." I said shaking my head. "But I won't be all cold to people as much as I was."
"That's a start." Riku said hopefully.
"Stop hope for the impossible." I said then got up. "I have a question though. Why do you still have this?" I held up the brut picture of Riku and me when I went with the Kai family to their family reunion.
"Because," Riku said," it was the first day that you started calling my family your own."
"Is that all?" I snorted a laugh.
"Yah!" Riku said. "and stop laughing about that! I thought it was a very important day!"
"For you maybe." I said still laughing a bit.
"If you didn't have broken ribs you'd be on the floor right now." Riku said.
"I'm scared." I said playing around.
Riku smirked closing his eyes then turned over to lay on his back," I have a good feeling about the way things are going."
How wrong he was because I knew for a fact that someway somehow, something terrible was going to happen.
--End Chapter--
Well that took a while to type up. Sorry it took so long! Well I hope you don't mind too much what's going on. But the next chapter will have something key in it! So do read it!
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