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Leo: I'm starting the second last chapter of Solo Voice… it's so sad…

Molokai: Yea, but on the plus side we get to work on our fanfics once this is done, so in the end it's a win / win situation…

Leo: Yea, well let's go on with it shall we?

Chapter 11 – Where all the new beginnings end (Part Two)

Riku and Namine's eyes were wide in shock as Sora clutched his now aching left cheek, which was struck by the right hand of Roxas, whose eyes was now coloured red with fury. Sora was down on one knee in shock, despair, anger and misery all rolled into one emotion.

"Why… WHY THE FUCK DID YOU TURN TO ONE OF THEM?" Roxas screamed as he kicked into the ribs of Sora, who was now in tears about the insults and the torture that his peroxide blonde haired friend was dealing to him.

Namine and Riku instantly went into action as the girl held back her enraged brother, whilst the singer's lover helped him to his feet. Riku quickly carried Sora out to the road where they hailed a nearby cab, their footsteps quickly followed by Namine, who managed to calm her brother down slightly before rushing off the help Sora immediately. However, Sora wouldn't talk to anyone as the cab began to pull away from the house, leaving behind the memories that were under a lot of pain and torture over the current episode that just unfolded.

The silver haired male tended to Sora's wounds which consisted of a gash above the singer's right eyebrow, a couple of bruises to his cheeks and ribs, which were probably broken due to the kicks received, and a sprained wrist, from trying to stop the onslaught that he was dealt.

"Gods Sora, I'm so sorry…" Riku said as he gave a small kiss to his lover's lips, but there wasn't any reply from Sora. No emotion was in the male's eyes, nor any movement as the singer stared off into the lush environment that they were now entering into.

"I told you… I fucking told you this would happen…" Sora trailed off as he stared at the landscape. His tears were enough words as they continued to fall from his sapphire blue eyes onto his black jeans making small splotches on the material.

"Sora…" Riku couldn't think of the words to comfort him, so all he could do was hug the ex-brunette who gave no emotion back into it. Instead, he just sat limp in his lover's arms as he kept picturing the look on Roxas' face as he kept throwing punches, one after the other into him.

Sora couldn't muster the strength to break out of Riku's grip, and he didn't want to either. All he wanted to do is lay in a solid state and wait for time to kill him off from the world, even if it meant waiting for ages for it to happen, or whether he did it himself he couldn't care anymore. For the singer, he just lost all hope in life, all hope in people, all hope in himself…

The two of them arrived at their hotel in silence, and packed up their clothes and all of that for the early arrival home. Riku decided that it probably would be best for his love to get home and probably attempt to shake off this experience. The thing he really needs most would be to talk to Leon or himself so he could try and overcome this whole ordeal. And a quick drive back to the airport saw this happening a lot quicker than anyone probably would have anticipated. For this whole entire time, Sora remained completely silent, he hardly even made a sound when he breathed.

Riku quickly rearranged their flight tickets and paid the fee of the renewal of their tickets went back to his love, who was in the nearby café drinking down a coke to soothe himself. The silver haired male ordered himself the same as Sora, a coke and chips, and sat down next to Sora, trying to comfort him as best as he could.

What made matters worse, if they could possibly become any worse, was when a really depressive song began to play in the background of the café, and which Sora began to sing along to it, whilst taking occasional chips from his plate, or taking a few sips of his drink.

(AN: This song is Monsters by Something for Kate, I don't own this song, though I wish I did, cause it's a good song)

I was hanging upside down from the overpass
Waiting to discover something about the world
I couldn't get with the program
And I couldn't listen to them
It was like trying to think in reverse
And I don't want to slide into apathy
And I don't want to die in captivity
But these monsters follow me around
Hunting me down, trying to wipe me out

Wipe me out
Wipe me out
Wipe me out

I was hiding away under water
Waiting for distance and buying some time
Trying to be two hundred thousand years younger
So I could excuse myself from humankind
'Cause I don't want to be a container
Or a bastard with a ten page disclaimer
But these monsters spin me around
Get me down, just try and shut me out

Shut me out
Shut me out
Shut me out

Hold it in your head
Hold it in your head
Hold it in your head

Believe and make believe and make believe

(Shut me out) I was hiding away under water
(Shut me out) Waiting for distance, waiting for time
(Shut me out) And I don't want to slide into apathy
(Shut me out) And I don't want to live in captivity

Shut me out…

Shut me out…

Shut me out…

Riku gave a little sigh as he heard Sora's majestic voice sing softly throughout the entire song, each word dipped in the pain and suffering that he was in at the moment.

However, a message about their plane snapped both males out of their own trances as they headed towards their boarding gates in order to catch their plane back to Hearts Vale, where, for Riku's sake, Sora would hopefully get better…

On the plane ride back, Sora sat quietly, listening to some music that they had on the in-flight services, whilst Riku looked over his lover with fear and with worry. Riku knew Sora would never forget this day til the day he dies, and knowing Sora, he would try and make sure that happened as quickly as possible to prevent anything worse to happen to him.

Touching down in Hearts Vale, Riku quickly called up Leon for an emergency band meeting, much to the surprise of the guitarist, but he managed to call the other band members up and get them to come along as well. However, they would exclude Sora from this meeting as he needed to time to sleep over the events of the two days.

So Riku, dropped off Sora at his apartment, and then went to Cloud's place for the emergency meeting that immediately started as soon as the singer's lover arrived. Almost instantly the questions started to fire at him.

"What happened?" Tidus asked, soon to be followed by Cloud.

"Why weren't you there the entire two week?"

"More importantly, what happened to Sora?" Leon asked looking straight at Riku, who gave the fifth sigh of the day as he began.

"Well we arrived at Central City easily enough, and then we caught a cab to the hotel near the beach, which Sora recommended. Then we went straight to work finding Roxas to Sora's request as usual. We tried for a couple of hours to find his last name, and then we found one that seemed to be right. By this time it was early morning, so Sora wanted some sleep, so we decided to leave it to the afternoon. (AN: I left that bit out last chapter by the way…) So by the afternoon, we arrived at this house and were greeted by Namine…"

"Who's Namine" Tidus interrupted, who was soon on his arse due to a flying pillow that struck him in the face by Yuffie.

"Thanks Yuffie. Namine is Roxas' sister, who knew that us two were together, but she insisted to wait up for Roxas, who would come any time soon, and ironically after she said that, Roxas' car pulled up in their driveway. Unfortunately he didn't take Sora the right way…"

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Cloud asked, raising his eyebrows at Riku's comments.

"Well… he kind of… beat him up because of his sexual preference…"

The entire room went quiet after that statement. Yuffie and Cloud were in shock, Leon continued to rest himself against one of the walls as he usually did, but even he emitted an aura of confusion from himself, and Tidus was sitting there in silence, not really knowing what to say.

"So how's Sora taking it?" Leon spoke as he joined the rest of the group, by sitting next to Riku, intent on knowing the answer.

"Not well, he hasn't said a word, and when he did it was saying that he knew that this would happen, either that or he would sing a really depressive song." Riku dropped his head in defeat, knowing too well how Sora was at the moment, and also knowing that Leon was the only person to be able to read people like books.

"That's not all…" Leon stated as he looked at the silver haired person over.

"I've got a feeling that Sora may commit suicide…"

"WHAT!" Cloud, Yuffie and Tidus both yelled out in chorus at Riku's statement, while Leon just looked at Riku with concerned eyes, knowing that he spoke nothing but the truth on that one.

"I'm being serious, I could see the hurt in him and it wasn't shallow… it was deeper than I could imagine. I could see his heart in his eyes, and I could also see how it was split in two by what happened." The singer's boyfriend said, tears nearly beginning to flow from his eyes, but he didn't let them fall. He needed to be strong for Sora and the rest of his band.

For the rest of the afternoon and into the night, the band and Riku talked about strategies to try and alleviate Sora's depression, which wouldn't be easy. Once they had a plan, they broke for the night and headed their own ways. Riku needed to get back to Sora as soon as physically possible, knowing what Sora could do by himself.

At his lover's apartment, Riku was relieved to find Sora sound asleep in his bed, but to be cautious, Riku checked for any wounds that he could have made while he was alone. Fortunately there were none that were apparent, meaning that Riku could peacefully sleep with Sora by his side for the night, without any worry…

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Leo: Well that's it for the second last chapter… the climax is coming to its peak next chapter… so please review and stay in touch, because the next chapter is coming really soon…