As the two lovers arrived at Sora's house, they stopped to unlock the door. Sora unlocked the door but leaned against it, blocking Riku's path.
"If you want to get in you'll have to kiss me." Sora looked up at Riku playfully.
"Is that all?" Riku pushed himself against Sora, who was pressed up against the door. Sora stood on tiptoes and Riku leaned down, so their lips met. Riku's hand moved to Sora's chin and he tilted the brunette's head back slightly, for easier access to the boy's mouth. Riku slowly inserted his tongue into the younger boy's mouth and their tongues began a battle for supremacy. They could have, and probably would have stood there all night, but the door was yanked open and the two boys fell in a tangled heap on the floor.
"Aww, it's so good of you to have my Sora back at a reasonable hour." Larissa was playfully sarcastic.
"Well, if he hadn't insisted on having wild, passionate, rampant sex in the park we would have been here two hours ago." Riku played along, moving so he wasn't flattening Sora, but was just above him.
"Was it good?" Larissa asked.
"I would have enjoyed it more if Riku wasn't so huge." Sora had joined in, his hands sliding over Riku's firm ass as Larissa turned and walked towards the kitchen.
"You two hungry?" she asked over her shoulder.
"Were you hungry after hours of rampant sex in a park?" Riku shot back.
"Riku!" Sora chided.
"Well, if going by how I felt after sex, I guess you'll need double helpings!"
"Mom!" Sora exclaimed. Riku and Larissa just laughed. As the kitchen door shut behind Larissa Sora looked at Riku sternly.
"Do you think she thinks we really had sex?" Sora asked.
"Does it matter if she does?" Riku retorted.
"But we haven't though."
"We can soon change that." Riku smiled devilishly as he pressed his body against Sora and started to kiss his neck.
"Riku, we shouldn't be doing this! What if my mom walks in?" Sora made no attempt to push Riku off. In fact, his arms went around Riku, his hands stroking the back of his neck.
Riku reluctantly stopped and looked down at Sora. "I'm not finished." He pouted as he got off of Sora and helped the younger boy up.
"And you won't be for a long time." Sora was smiling and he started to laugh as he was chased into the kitchen by a sexually frustrated Riku.
Sora was sat opposite Riku at the dinner table. Larissa was at the head.
"Did you two really do it in a park?" Larissa asked at she picked a sandwich from one of the two heaps she had made.
"No." Sora replied with a mouth full of chicken.
"Don't talk with your mouth full." Riku chided. "No, we just took the long way home." Riku turned to Larissa as he spoke.
"Okay, but if you do 'do it' don't make too much noise, some of us need to sleep."
"Mom!" Sora was turning a pale shade of pink.
"Don't worry," Riku smiled, "I'll try to keep him quiet."
"Riku!" Sora was absolutely shocked that his boyfriend and his mother were discussing sex over dinner.
"Sorry babe," Riku grinned at Sora, "I'll stop discussing our sex life with your mother."
"Oh God why me…" Sora moaned as his head fell into his hands.
Riku and Larissa started to laugh but it was cut short by an ear piercing scream of agony.
Sora jumped up and ran to the door. "That's Kairi!" he shouted over his shoulder as he ran out the door. Riku ran after Sora, with Larissa hot on his heels.
As he got to the door the keyblade appeared in his hand, startling Larissa.
"What the hell is that thing?" Larissa asked. Riku didn't even turn around. He was focused on finding Sora and protecting him.
"Stay here!" Was his answer to Larissa's question. He ran into the darkness. "Sora... Sora..." Riku cried, trying desperately to find him.
Sora was already running through the forest opposite his house, trying to find Kairi, or whoever screamed so agonisingly. He had felt the pain, the agony, and the heart breaking sorrow in the screamer's cry. He ran into the clearing to see Kairi in the centre, lying on her back, unmoving.
"Kairi," Sora called tentatively, "it's me, Sora. Are you okay?" he asked as he knelt by her and checked her pulse. His eyes widened as he couldn't find it. His eyes widened even more as Kairi opened her eyes and sat up.
"Hey Sora, how are you on this perfect night?" Kairi smiled at Sora's confused expression. "Oh who the hell am I kidding? Sora honey, I'm-"
"Not Kairi." Three voices said in unison. Sora and the inhabitant of Kairi's body turned to the edge of the clearing to see Riku, bathed in the moonlight. With his pale silver hair and porcelain complexion he looked angelic. Sora was entranced by the breath taking beauty in front of him. Kairi just smiled.
"Sora dear, pull up a tree!" As she said this Kairi held up her hand and Sora flew backwards and hit a large oak tree, and as he did so branches flew around his wrists and ankles, pinning him to the tree. He looked on as Kairi walked over to Riku.
The keyblade master raised his weapon menacingly.
"Would you really hurt me?" Kairi asked.
"It won't work, you're not Kairi, so I don't care about you. Actually I don't care about Kairi either, so I won't mind this at all."
Riku raised his weapon, meaning to strike Kairi in the head.
"NO!" Sora shouted. Riku hesitated. Kairi effortlessly knocked the weapon out of Riku's hands and grabbing Riku's shoulders, flipped him over and landed on top of him.
"So, big boy," Kairi purred, "exactly how big are you?" Kairi smirked, as Riku tried to push her off. She grabbed his wrists with inhuman strength and pinned them above his head using just one of her hands. She smiled and moved herself lower, so she was sat astride Riku's waist. She then moved down and claimed Riku's lips in a gentle but passionate kiss, that wasn't unlike Sora's. Riku closed his eyes, trying to fight the wave of passion that came over him. He then realised that closing his eyes wasn't the right thing to do. With his eyes closed, the being on him could be Sora. They were so alike in weight, and the way they kissed, the position they were in, and even where they sat was identical. Riku found himself kissing back, and he heard a deep, loud moan. He was shocked to find that it was him that moaned. Then he felt the being on his brush his crotch and he arched into the hand.
Sora was struggling against his bonds, and as Kairi's roaming hand brushed his lover's crotch, and his lover arched into another person's hand Sora lost it. The bark of the branches was rubbing against Sora's joints and his bare wrists were bleeding. With one last inhuman grunt Sora broke free, and as he ran towards Kairi he felt something materialise in his left hand.
He swung at Kairi, hitting her head and knocking her off Riku. He then put himself between Kairi and the slightly stunned Riku.
"No one does that to Riku but me!" Sora's voice was low and laced with anger.
Kairi just laughed under Sora's intense glare. "Lighten up!" The voice was not Kairi's. The new voice was deep, definitely male. "You really should learn to share." Kairi clicked her fingers and a dark circle appeared at her feet. As shadow enveloped her, her final words lingered in the air. "We'll meet again Riku, and next time, the brat won't be there to stop me from having my fun!"
"ARGH!" Sora dove at the shadows, but Kairi had disappeared.
"You'd better stay away, you arrogant bitch!" Sora shouted into the night.
Sora felt arms slip around his waist.
"If you think I'm going to forgive you that easily then you'd better dream on, Riku. And don't even think I'm coming anywhere near you until you wash your mouth out and take a shower." Sora made no attempt to remove the hands; however, he made it clear that he was angry by the tone his voice took.
"It's not Riku." Sora screamed and broke free of the figure behind him.
"What the hell do you want now?" Riku and Sora both raised their weapons menacingly.
"Are you always this polite?" The sarcasm only pissed Riku off.
"State your business and leave, Maleficent; I have no time for you and your games."
Maleficent turned to Sora. "You'll listen to me, won't you?"
"That depends on what you have to say." Sora met Maleficent's calm stare with one of his own.
"I just wanted to tell you about your weapon. While Riku's has the power to seal worlds, yours is a little different. Yours is a little gift, from me to you. I know it's not much, but it's all I have right now."
"Is that all you have to say?" Sora asked.
"Well, I was going to tell you what it does, but I suppose you can figure that out. Experiment." She smiled. "And now I've stated my business, I'll leave." And with a click of her fingers she disappeared in a puff of black smoke.
"What the hell just happened here?" Larissa asked, storming into the clearing.
Sora and Riku quickly explained what had happened in the last few months as the trio walked back to the house.
When they were sat on the sofa, Larissa and Sora on either end and Riku in the middle, Riku finished explaining.
"Wow, I don't know what to say." Larissa was stunned.
"We've been putting off sealing the world because I don't to leave."
"But Sora, now we have to seal the world, or whatever happened to Kairi might happen to other people." Riku said, turning to his lover.
"But Riku, this is my home! I don't want to go."
"You have no choice Sora. Stop being so selfish! I'm going to seal this world tomorrow, and if you don't like it; tough. Deal with it."
Sora jumped up and ran up the stairs to his room. The door was slammed so hard the vibrations broke the window in the kitchen.
"I guess you're sleeping down here tonight." Larissa said softly. "Riku, I know you want to protect the people here, but Sora is only a child. He's not as mature as you are. These changes are a bit much. I'm all he has in the world, he doesn't want anything to happen to me, but he doesn't want to leave me."
"That's just it. You're not all he has. He has me."
"So go tell him." Larissa stood to go clean up the mess in the kitchen.
Riku walked into the room he shared with Sora to find the young brunette lying on his bed, facing the wall.
"Sora."
"What do you want?" Sora immediately regretted the bitterness in his tone. Well, he regretted most of it.
"Is it okay if I come in?"
"Do you really care?" Sora knew he was being a little childish, but that's what he was. A child. A child who didn't want to leave his safe, secure environment to travel into the unknown.
"Of course I care. If you want me to leave, just tell me and I'll go."
The silence seemed endless.
After a minute or two Riku ventured into the room, turning on the light.
"Turn it off." Sora commanded.
"But you're scared of the dark." Riku argued.
"Why should I be scared? My mum's downstairs-"
"Sora, your mother isn't the only person you have." Riku interrupted. "I'm here for you to."
"Riku, if we seal the world tomorrow, we'll be whisked off somewhere, right?" Sora turned to look at the silver haired boy.
"Yes." Riku was unsure of where this was going.
"So, when I go, who will be left to look after my mum? I know she's not the only person I have, but I'm all she has. If I go, who will stay with her? That's why I don't want to leave Riku, but you have to have things your way, so go, seal the world, but just know that if you do I'll never forgive you. Now get out." Sora turned back to the wall.
"But Sora-"
"GET OUT!" It was Sora's turn to interrupt Riku. As he heard the door shut quietly behind him, Sora regretted shouting, but he didn't want to talk to Riku, it was just making him angrier than he already was.
The door opened again.
"Go away Riku." Sora said emotionlessly.
"Can I come in?" Larissa's voice was soft.
"Oh mum…" Sora turned to her and she walked the short distance to the bed and hugged her son.
"I heard what you said to Riku just now," Larissa began as Sora's sobs died away. "You shouldn't worry about me so much; I'll be fine on my own. And it's not like you'll be gone forever. You'll be back before you know it. And I'll be waiting right here. What could happen to me? We live in a safe neighbourhood. And with you gone, I'll be able to go out a little more."
"But…"
"No buts Sora. I'll be fine. Riku needs you more than I do."
Larissa comforted Sora until he had regained his composure. She then turned to go.
"Mum…" Sora called softly.
"He'll be up in a minute." Larissa knew her son well, and she knew what he was going to say.
Sora heard the door open again, and felt an arm slide around his waist. He turned and hugged Riku tightly, and didn't let go, however his grip weakened as he drifted off into the land of dreams.
"Sora, I'm sorry, it wasn't my fault. She would have done it anyway!" Riku was pleading Sora to forgive him for his indiscretion with Kairi.
"So either you moan in protest every time we kiss, or you were enjoying it, and I don't think you were protesting." Sora had woken up in Riku's arms, snuggled closer, then remembered Riku and Kairi in the clearing and pushed the sleeping Riku off the bed, before getting up to make himself breakfast. Now they were in the kitchen.
"But that's just it. It felt as if I was kissing you! I closed my eyes and it was you on top of me, not her."
"With one major difference!" Sora pulled a bowl out of a cupboard and filled it with cereal. He then poured milk over it and walked into the living room, with Riku in tow.
"And what would that be?" Riku asked, although he knew what was coming next.
"She's female! She hasn't got what I have! That's the difference. She-"
"Isn't a she anymore!" Riku shouted, "That's why I was enjoying it! She has exactly what you have. My god Sora if you thought I was enjoying it because she was a girl, why the hell do you think I'm still with you?" Riku was on a roll.
"What?" Sora was stunned. "Kairi isn't Kairi anymore? I thought she looked different, but that's just insane." Sora looked thoughtful for a minute. "Do you think it could have anything to do with the screaming?"
"I don't know." Riku walked out into the hallway, opened the front door and picked up the newspaper and returned to Sora in the living room. Sora walked into the kitchen to wash up his dish, as he had finished eating. He felt arms slip round his waist.
"I still haven't forgiven you Riku."
"It's not Riku."
Sora screamed and broke free of the arms.
"What the…" Riku ran into the kitchen.
"Gets 'em every time." Maleficent laughed. "Don't worry," she said turning to Riku, "I'm not staying. I just wanted to tell you about your little friend."
"What did you do to Kairi?" Demanded Sora, eyes turning to slits.
"Much less than you did. I took all her pain away. The pain that you caused her." She pointed accusingly at Sora.
"By changing her gender?" Riku was confused.
"No, I released her soul. Now she is in a world free of pain. But that left her body without a soul. And I couldn't have an empty body, so I filled it."
"So the Kairi we saw yesterday…"
"Wasn't Kairi." Riku finished Sora's sentence.
"Precisely." Maleficent confirmed. "Now, you'd better rush if you want to seal the keyhole. Riku's father gets back from his business trip at 4 o'clock. Well, I must be getting off now, wouldn't like to leave my guest alone for too long. Behave, you two. And don't do anything I wouldn't do!" She walked through the wall and was gone.
"Shit! I forgot about my father!" Riku cursed.
"Language Riku!" Sora chided.
"Good morning you two. How are the little lovers today?" Larissa asked cheerfully as she walked into the kitchen, pushing past Sora, kissing him on the cheek as she did so.
"Not too bad mum, how are you?" Sora asked, taking a seat on one of the chairs around the little table.
"I'm fine." As Larissa spoke the phone rang. "I'll get it!" She called and she swiped it out of Riku's hand. "Hello? Oh, hi, how are you? Yes, that's right, I know, at 12:00 pm did you say? Yes it's fine. I'll make it. Thank you, bye."
"Who was that?" Sora asked as Larissa went back to making herself breakfast.
"Just the travel agent."
"Why is the travel agent calling you?" Sora blurted out.
"I've planned to take a round the world cruise. My ship leaves at twelve. Wanna help me pack?" She asked.
"We'd love to, but my dad gets back from his business trip at four." Riku said.
"I'll take that as a yes then! Besides, you two can advise me on what to take." Larissa marched the two boys up the stairs, having abandoned all thoughts of breakfast.
"Bye mum! I'll miss you!" Sora shouted at the top of his voice, struggling to be heard above the huge crowd, all waving and shouting to their loved ones on the ship.
"See you soon Larissa!" Riku shouted, waving maniacally.
"Hey Riku, call me mum!" Larissa shouted back. "And try to postpone the wedding until I get back!"
At this quite a few people turned to stare at Sora and Riku. The former blushed and looked down at his feet, but the latter pulled his lover into a deeply passionate kiss. As they broke apart several wolf whistles were heard, Larissa's included.
"I thought we may as well give them something to stare at." Riku whispered.
Sora blushed as he looked lovingly at Riku. I don't think many people are staring at our faces…"
For a moment Riku looked puzzled, which made Sora giggle. Then he realised what his lover was referring to. His eyes widened, and Sora giggled even more. As they had been kissing, Riku had pulled Sora to him and his hands were firmly grasping Sora's supple ass. Riku started to pull his hands off but Sora stopped him, smiling devilishly.
"Don't get me wrong, I wasn't complaining." Sora whispered seductively as he pulled Riku in and kissed him again.
The ship started to sail out of the harbour.
"BYE!" Larissa called, waving maniacally. Sora turned in Riku's arms and waved back. Riku quickly moved his hands up so they were around his waist, and removed one briefly to wave to Larissa, and then he put it back around Sora's waist. Sora, who had stopped waving, leaned against him.
"She's gone." Riku whispered.
"Yep. There's no turning back now." Sora sighed.