AL: I literally think I'm gunna die. o.o; It took almost a whole day to write this. I'm soo proud. This one is longer than the others!

Sora and Riku: Anime-Luver101 doesn't own Kingdom Hearts or Kingdom Hearts 2! X.x;

Chibi Riku and Sora: Happy reading! -grins-

Riku couldn't sleep at all. He yawned mercilessly, turning over onto his side in his bed. His gaze went over to the clock, which read 3:20 am. He had to meet Sora in...2 hours and 10 minutes. Why him? Everytime he would try to sleep, he'd end up just laying there daydreaming..er..night dreaming. He shot upright as he heard the front door open and close.

"Mom...?" Riku rubbed his eyes, before making his way out of his room and down the stairs, looking into the foyer. "Uh..." Riku rubbed his eyes again, trying to at least appear to be awake.

"Why are you out of bed...?" Riku's eyes snapped open at his Mother's tone. She sounded mad, but...a distant sadness lingered there. Riku could also smell something...He couldn't tell what it was. He watched as his mom wobbled, falling back against the wall and sliding down to the floor.

"Mom!" Riku ran over to Yuna, crouching down. "Are you okay?" He had never seen his mother like this. Not ever. He picked her up with as much strength as possible, carrying her into the Living room to lay her down on the couch. He didn't stumble too much, amazingly. He then instantly knew what the smell was.

Alcohol.

---Splurge!---

"Riku...? Are you okay? You seem sort of..out of it." Sora put a hand on his friend's shoulder, and he felt Riku's muscles tense.

"Fine. I was just up all night. Just..." He paused, yawning. "Fine..." Sora saw Riku's head drop. He frowned, scratching his head. Even when Riku hadn't slept well the few nights before, he hadn't been this stressed. Sora sighed in a mixture of frustration and discomfort as the train barrelled it's way to Osaaka. Sora was actually dreading to go back...

"Hey, girly! How about you move so we can play kickball! No girls allowed, remember? Hah!"

"I'm not a girl! Stop calling me that! Why can't I play?" Sora just wanted to play...

"You're a freak! That's why! Go away, girly!" Sora backed up, tears running down his cheeks. 3rd Grade.

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"Hey." A hand reached over, grabbing a fistfull of brown hair.

"Leave me alone, Kishi." Sora's eyes angrily flashed, but his tone was no longer showing that he cared. Of all the torment he had gone through... It just didn't effect him.

"What did you just say? Ah, the girl fights back!" Sora, unable to control his annoyance, shot his fist out, striking Kishi in the jaw.

"I don't think you heard me." Sora said, turning back to finish his homework. Kishi stood, glowering at Sora.

"You'll pay for that." Kishi brought his leg up, kicking Sora in the stomach. 3 weeks before moving.

Sora had ended up in the hospital. But he couldn't have been happier when his mom pronounced that they were leaving for the big city of Osaka. But that was the exact reason he didn't want to go back. In a much stronger note, he was being chased after. By who, he hadn't the slightest clue. His gaze went back to the older boy sleeping next to him. For some unknown reason, his fists clenched, but he made every single attempt to hide it. The Train then stopped, with the attendant announcing that the ride was over. Sora turned to Riku, shaking him.

"Wake up, Riku. We're here." He saw Riku's eyes snap open. The boy looked around groggily, before standing, stumbling slightly.

"My head..." He whined, putting a hand to it. Sora frowned, before putting his hands on Riku's shoulders and guiding him off of the train. All they had to do was take the subway, then they'd pretty much be in his town. Sora sighed, before dragging Riku to the left. He then gasped, causing Riku to straighten.

"What?" He asked, looking at Sora's shocked face.

"Riku..." Sora's voice caught in his throat. Three people that Sora was staring at... "I need you to do me a favor. A big favor."

"What..?" Riku was confused until Sora whispered something into his ears. Riku's eyes widened, his cheeks coloring red. He just sighed, before nodding.

"Fine...You and your crazy ideas..." His eyes then widened as Sora jumped on him, wrapping his arms around him.

"Thank you! Thank you, thank you,thank you!"Sora them jumped off, sighing in relief. "C'mon!" Riku stopped. "No. You're younger than me. I go first." Riku smiled smugly, before marching off towards the little group. "Why don't you go buy some candy over there or something." He jerked a thumb to his right, causing Sora to nod.

"M'kay." He then wandered off. He knew Riku was going to have his fun with this... As Sora ran off, Riku slowly approached the three. One looked evil as all hell. He had slicked down Reddish Brown hair, and leering Emerald Green eyes. The next one looked a bit childish, with blonde hair goingeverywhere, and blue eyes. Almost the shade of Sora's, but a bit icier. The last was one with purple and blue streaked hair, with a set of cruel looking Olive colored eyes.

"...Strange friends ya got around here, Sora..." Riku grumbled. He made it to the three. "Eh...hey! Can you three tell me where the Watakashi residence is?" Riku saw the youngest one turn. "Yeah. But they moved because their son died of liver cancer." He said, shrugging. Riku raised an eyebrow. He was about to say something, when a voice rang out.

"Riku! They only had white chocolate, so..huh? Roxas? Kishi? Ale?" Sora blinked, acting confused. Riku looked over.

"Ah, so sorry, Sora. I was asking these three where your house was since you were away to get some candy. But funny explanation; they said you died of liver cancer. Funny, ne?" Riku's eyes flashed to the three, who in turn frowned.

"Just what are you outsiders doing here?" Kishi narrowed his eyes. Kishi was obviously the cruelest one there, because the red-head and Roxas just stood back. A humorful smirk wormed its way onto Riku's lips.

"Me and my boyfriend just came back to get a few of his things." To emphasize his point, Riku wrapped his arms around Sora, resting his head on his shoulder.

"Riku...not in public..." Sora felt a blush creep onto his face as Riku sent the three a glare.

"Do you...have a problem with it?" Despite being half asleep still, Riku was exploding with humor on the inside. Just the looks of shock on each of the three faces amused him. Sora wriggled out of Riku's grasp, standing beside him. He then looked over at Riku, nodding for him to finish. "Anyways...You three seem awfully shocked. Jealous? Hm?" Riku then put his hands on Sora's shoulders, before slowly leaning forewards and kissing him softly on the lips. The threes eyes widened in a mixture of shock, fear, and a tinge of anger.

"C'mon, Ale. Roxas." Kishi nodded to the two, and they were quick to comply as they ran off. Riku pulled away, smirking.

"Now that, was fun." He couldn't help but snigger as Sora reached up, slapping him on the back of the head.

"A bit further than I wanted." He commented. Riku just laughed as they both walked onto the subway.

---Splurge!---

"Oi. No more train rides! No more subways! Yes, yes, yes!" Riku cheered as they exited the Subway. Sora was in thought, a slightly regretful look on his face. Riku frowned, poking him on the head. "What's up?"

"You got awfully excited back there." Sora said. Riku frowned, but then it clicked; Sora could feel everything he had been experiencing back at that...scene...

"Eheheh...I did, didn't I? I'm sorry... Just got a little smug..." Riku scratched the back of his neck as Sora sighed, shrugging. Riku watched as Sora began to walk, before his thoughts went back to that morning. It was a mystery to him. Why had his mother been drinking of all things? He just couldn't figure it out. From stress, maybe? As they walked, Riku lost track of focus, but luckily Sora noticed the feeling, and, not wanting to disturb the boy's thoughts, slid his hand into Riku's to keep him in line. Riku failed to notice, though. Sora was one brave soul to do that in his area, though. Not many people experienced things like two boys holding hands.

"Riku? We're uh...here..." Riku shook his head. He looked up at the house, the word 'creepy haunted mansion' running through his head. Why did the family always seem to pick creepy houses? He turned, seeing the annoyed look on Sora's face.

"Eheheh...shall we go?" Riku all but threw himself up the steps, waiting for Sora. Sora followed, but at a much slower pace. He seemed almost tired, Riku realized. He slowed to a stop, frowning at his friend. "Are you okay?" He asked as Sora opened the door.

"Yeah, I...I'm just tired..." Sora rubbed his head, yawning. Riku shook the thought of monsters off as they made thier way into what seemed to be an Abandoned living room. Sora continued onwards, starting up a flight of stairs on the other side of the room. Riku was quick to follow, the instant feeling of loneliness getting to him.

"It's..in here...my mom and dad don't know I have this, so I have to hide it..." Sora crouched down, moving a rug out of the way. Riku raised an eyebrow.

"Nobody knows. They don't know...They don't..." Sora mumbled as he lifted up a hidden door in the floor. He reached in, pulling what looked like a pendant on a chain out. "It's a pendant to keep me from reading emotions and thoughts...Doing it out of control gives me migranes." Sora said quietly. Riku blanched.

"Jeez, Sora..I'm sorry." Riku crouched as well, trying to get a good look at the pendant in Sora's hands. It looked almost like a key, except it was all ruby. It was rather pretty, Riku mused. Sora stood, slipping it around his neck.

"I don't want any pity, Riku. I.. I don't know what's going to happen, now. I..I've been told that something dangerous is going to happen with the way things have been going..Maybe not today, maybe not this year...But...Something isgoing to. I never wanted this gift. It's evil, above all things.." Sora trailed off, shaking his head. "Mom and Dad don't know I can read them like books. They're having fights right now because they're envious of eachother. Dad even threatened to move out while I was sleeping. I knew what was going on, though. I wasn't stupid. A child could've seen that they were lying.

"You still are a child, Sora. Rely on your parents. Tell them about it and maybe they can help you..."

"I don't want their help...I want the closest person to me to help...I want your help, Riku." Riku was taken aback for a moment. The closest person to Sora was..him? But why? Riku couldn't help people at all! Whenever he tried, he always failed. He looked down, sighing.

"I'll do what I can. So what do you say we head back, huh? Maybe I can convince you to talk to your parents about it."

---Splurge!---

"Here we are, Sora. Are you going to do it? Or chicken out?" The two stood in front of Sora's door at 12:38 am. Crazy time, but they had arrived back at 12:14.

"I...I..." Sora paused. How had Riku gotten him to agree to tell his parents? Sora then sighed, shakily raising his fist to knock. It lingered in the air, before finally coming down to knock three times on the door. There was silence for a few minutes, Sora being worried that his parents were asleep. The door opened just then, and the moment Siria saw her son, she pulled him to her, nearly squeezing the air out of him.

"Sora! Where have you been? We were so worried about you! We called the police and everything—wherewere you?" Siria then started to sob into Sora's shoulder as Yukaru, Sora's dad walked up. He quirked a brow at Sora, before his gaze narrowed.

"Both of you. In here, now." He said. Siria straightened, whiping her eyes. She ushered the two in, and they both walked to the living room where Riku and Sora spotted...

"...Mom?" Riku asked, disbelief hanging in his voice.

"Where have you been, Riku? Do you know how long you have been gone? Why, if you were younger I would paddle you right now! I could do it anyways!" Yuna said threateningly.

"Guys! Sora needs to tell his parents something! Now, if you would all just calm down..." Riku's eyes went to Sora as he stood there, his whole body stiff.

"...Mom, Dad? ...I have a gift to read people's spirit..."