Passion -After the Battle


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- Kirux


Chapter Two: My Heart's a Battlefeild

I don't remember how long I stayed there, staring into the nothingness before me. But that image just kept burning in my mind. Sora…holding Kairi so very close as they kissed. In here, of all places. In the secret place that we had first explored.

I don't know why I was so devastated, I knew that he loved her. He had told me. I just kept telling myself that it wasn't true. There had to be at least a slim chance of him liking me in the way I wanted him to. I heard them yelling my name, but I didn't care. I didn't look at them. I didn't move, well not intentionally. My body fell to the side as I passed out onto the cave floor. Finally all my thoughts stopped as my mind shut down.


"Sora, when we grow up, let's get off this island! Than we can go on real adventures! Not this kid stuff!" I said firmly to the brunette.

"Yeah, but what do we do until than?" he stood there, cute as ever.

"Have you met that new girl at the mayor's house?" I started to leave the cave, bringing it up only as a conversation starter. I turned around once more and saw the strangest thing, the door had a keyhole in it. Odd.

"No, who is she?" he seemed truly intrigued.

"No one really knows, she appeared the night of the meteor shower. She doesn't seem to remember anything; like where she came from or how she got here. All she knows is her name. Weird, huh?" I chuckled a little, I thought she was a complete freak.

"I wonder what she's like? Is she pretty?" Once again, he seemed entirely captivated by this girl he had never met.

"How would I know? Anyways, let's go spar or something!" I wanted to change the subject quickly. Maybe a little play fighting would get his mind back on me.

"No, I wanna meet the new girl!" he said with such…demand that I had to give in to the spoiled brat.

"Fine we'll go see the weirdo!" I said crossly, I didn't like where this was going already.

"It's not nice to call people names…especially when you've never met them," He said scolding me.

"Just for that I'm making YOU row back to the island!" I ran off to the boat we had shared to get here.

"No fair Riku!" he ran after me. That would be the last time it was just him and me.


I groaned and felt a tinge of pain in the side of my head. I opened my eyes and looked up. I saw a little wooden boat with three dolls in it. One had spiky brown hair, the other long silver hair, and the last short red hair. I recognized it in an instant, and knew where I was. I sat up and looked around some more. Sora's room was still a god awful mess. I was actually surprised to see that he stilled lived with his parents. He would be 18 soon, so I figured he would have moved out already. I know I did. Than again my parents sort of made me. They were furious that I had disappeared for so long. Even after I explained it all to them, they were still mad. I knew it was because they were worried about me, so I didn't mind it to much. I lived in a small apartment on the other side of the island now. It's a nice place really, just big enough for me. I got lonely sometimes, but it passed.

"What are you doing sitting up?" Sora stood there with a tray of food.

"Um…..sitting up?" I didn't know why he was freaking out until I got suddenly light headed and felt something trickling down the side of my face.

He rushed over and pushed me back down onto the bed. "You hit your head on a rock when you passed out. It didn't cut you too deep, but it's still a nice sized gash," he turned my head and look at the wound, than shook his head and got up. "I'm gonna need more bandages, and some anti-biotics. The rock you landed on was covered with slime and mold, can't be too careful."

I chuckled. "You sound like my mother, Sora," I looked up at him and he scowled.

"Well, someone has to be now that you've gone and moved to the other side of the island," he seemed sad for moment, but got right back into lecturing me, "I made you some tuna samwiches and some chicken noodle soup. Yes, the tuna has relish in it and yes, the chicken noodle soup as minimal noodles in it. I do remember some things about my best friend," and with that he seemdd to huff out of the room as though I had accused him of something. I sat there confused for a few seconds before my stomach went; "MMMMMM TUNA!" And I realized it had been awhile since I last ate.

I got out of the bed and grabbed the tray of food. I was kind of shocked, though. It had been quite a long time since Sora and I had even a remote chance of getting together and having lunch. I sat down on the bed and put the tray on my lap. I begand eating the food, making sure not to rush and devour it all in record time. I ate as much as a could before my head started throbbing and I had to lay down. I only managed about half a samwhich and I felt really bad, so I forced myself to drink at least half of the soup before laying back down just as Sora returned with a roll of gauze, a bottle of anit biotic gel, and a damp looking cloth.

"Sora, seriously, I really don't think all of that is going to be nessassary. It's just a scrape.

"A scrape that is spilling blood all over your face. Now hush and turn your head so I can put this balm on it," I did as he said and he came over to me, taking off the previous bandage and wiping it with the cloth, "It looks like the bleeding is stopping," he said absently, while dropping a gob of the anit biotic on the wound. It stung a little, but I didn't mind the pain. I was in my own little heaven right now. Sora hovering over me, and being so close to me I could feel his breath on my neck as he began to put the guaze of the wound than to tape it on. This is close he must have been to Kairi….

"There, you're wound is now freshly bandaged!" he seemed proud of himself for having taking care of it so nicely. I looked at him, the tears backing up in my eyes again.

"Thank you, Sora," I smiled at him. It must have been a sad looking smile cause he looked at me funny.

"What's wrong?" He sat down on the edge of the bed.

"What do you mean what's wrong? I'm fine, besides the head wound of course,"

"Riku, you're a horrid liar. It's about Kairi, isn't it?" He looked me square in the eyes. I looked away, probably confirming his suspicions.

"Where is she anyways? I would have thought she'd be clinging to your arm…" I couldn't hide the spite in my voice. I wouldn't want to either.

"Riku! What is your problem? Ever since we got home, you've done nothing but heckle her. She was worried about us you know! She just wanted all of us to be together again. Imagine what it must have been like for her, not knowing where her two best friends were, or if they were even still alive. Imagine how sad she must have been…"

I sat up and looked at him with a cold stare, "Oh yes, poor Kairi! It must have been so tragic for her to be here, with her family, and her other friends. Especially when she couldn't remember us for most of it! Must have been pure hell! I mean that's far worse than being lost in the darkness, or maybe having all your memories fucked with. Whatever was I thinking for being upset?" I was really yelling at him this time. Not just playing it cool.

"Riku…" he seemed lost for words an hurt. I didn't care. I wasn't going to hide all of my feelings this time. I needed to tell him about how I felt. I needed to tell him everything I was thinking, and had been thinking for so long.

"Sora, I need to tell you something," I looked straight into his eyes and knew that there was no going back after this.


Okay, I know that this is the end of the chapter, but I'm gonna start on chpater three right away. I won't post it up until I get some feed back, because when I started to type this I had no direction for the story. Please review again! Thankyou everyone!

- Kirux