Sora stood over Riku with worry. He couldn't keep the feeling away from his thought. He still cared for Riku even after what he did. Riku stirred in his sleep. Sora furrowed his brow and glanced at Riku's arm. A spark lit in his mind and he immediately rolled Riku's sleeve up and there it was. The mark of the heartless. Yet it was white. The exact opposite of Sora's mark. "Leon, come here and look at this." He said. Leon entered and looked at the mark. His eyes glazed over as he went into deep thought. What did this mean? They weren't sure at all. Leon walked back out and called to Sora from the living room. "Sora, what's the number you can reach Cloud at?" he called. Sora walked over to him and pointed at a notepad by television. Leon took it from his hands and began dialing his number but before he could speck Sora pressed his finger to the receiver and made the phone hang up. Leon glared at him. "What was that for?" he asked. Sora had pleading eyes when he answered. "Please don't call him! If he finds out that Riku is over here then he'll kill him and then me for letting him in!" Sora said. Leon sighed and put the phone up. He massaged his forehead in annoyance before sighing. "Fine but you're going to be the one to explain everything to him." Leon said. Sora hesitantly nodded his head. He didn't really want to be the one to explain everything to him but he didn't want him to know just yet.
Riku woke with a headache. He sat up slowly and looked around the room. He recognized Sora's room in an instant and stood up. His headache grew bigger slightly as he did this. Riku fell back onto the bed with a sigh. He felt his arm where he felt pain. He looked at it and saw a white mark of the heartless. His eyes grew big when he saw this and he stood up again. He walked out into the hall and saw Sora and Leon sitting on the couch. He slowly made his way over to them and sat down. "Does it hurt?" Leon asked. Riku nodded slightly as not to make his headache bigger. They looked at him with furrowed brows, Sora's was hinted with worry for him. He felt responsible for the mark on Riku's arm. He didn't know what he could do. More importantly, what triggered it? Was it like Sora's or was it the opposite effect like the color. There was only one way to find out. Yet Sora was reluctant to try it because of his mark. He stood up and grabbed his coat and headed toward the door. "Where are you going?" Riku asked. "Out." He answered as he looked at the ground. He closed the door behind him as he left two men in his living room.
Sora sat down on a bench by the park. What was he to do? He felt responsible for the mark and he didn't know what to do. He felt so helpless. He wanted to help him but he couldn't. What kind of keyblade master was he? He looked up at the stars that had just started to show themselves. They seemed to relax him. He sat back and watched as more stars appeared in the night sky. He remembered when he was sixteen and he had finally beaten the heartless. Did the mark mean they were back? He didn't know what he it meant but he wanted to find out. He stood up and walked to Merlin's office where he had started to do research on the heartless after not being able to remove the mark from Sora's arm. When he entered, Merlin looked up at him. "What is it? I'm busy." He said with a glare. Sora smiled slightly and walked over to the desk. "I want to know if you can figure something out for me." Sora said. "Like what?" he asked. "Why the mark reappeared." He said. Merlin immediately jumped up and pulled Sora's arm into his reach and began examining the mark. Sora rubbed his arm once Merlin allowed him to have it back. "I'll start working on it right away!" he exclaimed as he walked to the back of his office. He already knew about Riku's betral of Sora and didn't need to ask questions. "Come back tomorrow and I might have it." He yelled from the back. Sora sighed and exited the building with one last glance. He walked back to his house and entered it to meet two curious men. "What did Merlin say?" Leon asked. "How did you know I went to Merlin?" Sora asked as he took off his coat. "It's not hard to figure you out Sora. Besides, Merlin has gotten a lot of information on them since he started. He's the perfect person to ask." Leon replied. Sora sighed as he walked with them into the living room. "He said to come back tomorrow. He might have information tomorrow." Sora said as he sat down. The two older men nodded and left it at that. They would see tomorrow.
Sorry if it seems kinda suckish. Tell me what you think.