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Angel Memories: Chapter 2

That Glimmer in Your Eye

"Oh my god…"

Voices…

"By the looks of him…he should have been dead days ago."

Dead?

"And this wound…"

"We should try and heal that up."

"Stand back I need to cut his shirt loose."

Movement and a bright light. The brightness made my eyes push against my brain.

"Urgh…"

"Good. He's alive. Let's take a look at this wound."

"Looks like he…urp…"

"Hold it in. Stand back if it makes you nauseas."

"Yea…urp…ok."

More movement, something like footsteps. Someone sighed.

"Very odd…it was made by a sword but there are no exit markings at all."

"What does that mean?"

"It means someone cut into him but the blade never left."

"Weird."

I felt energy rushing past me.

"Stay quiet for a second Riku…I need to use Curaga for this one."

"Sure."

More energy rushed past and I felt a hand gently probe the wound on my side. It hurt really bad but I couldn't even move.

"Curaga."

The forceful words thrust white hot rods of pain into me. Golden and green light flashed in front of my eyes. My eyes flew open and a crimson fountain exploded from my mouth. My body flew upward in an attempt to grab at the lancing pains tearing through my side.

"Oh my god!" The sound of torrential vomiting came from my left. The crimson droplets that had escaped my mouth splashed in tiny spheres about my person. A hand flew out and thrust against my chest. I felt myself fall to the ground once again. A round head with enormous ears appeared over my face. The king looked me in the eyes and spoke through gritted teeth.

"Stay down. I'm not done yet."

I struggled against the powerful grip and received a sharp slap across my face.

"I said stay down!" Mickey glared at me with cold eyes. I lessened my struggling and eventually laid still. "Good." He smiled at me and lightly wiped my wound. "Ok…so I won't be using that spell anymore…it may have helped but it looked like it put you in a lot of pain…" I let a sigh of relief fall from my lips. "So instead I'll just have to-CURAGA!"

The pain returned and I bucked wildly, sending the king hurtling away from me. I gasped wildly and clutched at my side. With anger coursing through my veins I flipped onto my knees and struggled to my feet. I was breathing heavily and I took my hands from my wound. The mouse was sitting, rubbing his head with one eye closed in a wince. I closed the distance between us and picked him up by his suspenders.

"What were you thinking?"

The suspended mouse looked at me quizzically for a moment and then shrugged.

"That really hurt!"

"But your wound is healed."

I sputtered for a moment and then glanced at my hands. They had been gripping my injury only a moment ago but had no blood on them. I dropped the king and looked at the actual area that had been affected. All that remained was a small discolored line of skin. I prodded it carefully and then stepped back from Mickey.

"Erm…I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it."

"What the hell is going on here?"

Mickey and I turned to look at the speaker. Riku stood above a small puddle of vomit. His hand wiped a small trickle of it from his mouth and he stared at me with enormous distrust and confusion in his eyes.

"Who is this guy? Why is he here? How the hell do you know my name and what did you mean by what you said before?"

The king stepped forward with innocent eyes. He held out his hands and said, "Listen…Riku you need to-"

"Shut up Mickey! I want to know what the hell is going on!" He looked at me with frightened eyes. Eyes like that would slowly turn to hatred. The Mako danced and twisted into his eyes and they slowly changed from a boy's eyes to that of a being filled with anger. "What are you doing here? Are you some sort of spy from Ansem?" He shook his head and laughed derisively. "Well your master is dead so you can just bugger off."

I stared into those coiling eyes they darted back and forth, avoiding my own. The bright green faded to electric blue and then briefly to black before they returned to their usual aqua color. His hands twitched uncomfortably and his lip trembled with indecision as to what to say next.

"Well what do you have to say for yourself?"

A small smile crept onto my lips. He really was just a boy. He was simply a boy trying to grow up to fast. He looked for just a split second at me and our eyes met. His breath came up short and then he turned his head to the ground. Such a young boy. His gloved hands curled into fists.

"What's with that look?"

Mickey stepped forward but I raised a hand to silence him. He looked at me again and then nodded, retreating from the area. Riku shook his boot to remove some vomit from it and stepped toward me slightly. He raised an arm and swept his silver strands from hi face.

"What do you want? Who are you?"

He looked intently at my chest, afraid to meet my eyes. He scratched absently at my elbow and began to chew his bottom lip. Again he ran a gloved hand through his hair and let loose a small sigh. He stared at my bare chest and I could see his eyes once again dancing in a decision of emotions. When he looked up at my face, anger possessed his glowing orbs.

"If you can't give me an answer then I'll have to-"

"Look me in the eye."

His breath came short once again and he stepped back in alarm. His head rose slightly and then fell to stare at the floor. He shook his head which sent silver shimmers shining across the dark floor. I smiled again, slightly wider than before. I could feel his childish fear emanating from him.

"I can't"

"Why?"

Riku clenched his hands into tight little fists and then raised his head to gaze upon my chest again.

"Hell, I don't know! I just can't do it!"

"That's not good enough."

"Shut up! I don't owe you anything!"

"You own me a reason."

"No I don't. You can't…you can't tell me what to do." He looked briefly into my eyes and they flashed brightly before he averted his gaze.

"Why can't you look at me?"

"I don't know…whenever I see your eyes…I…get scared."

"Why?"

He trembled slightly and turned away. "I feel…I don't know. It feels like I…know you from somewhere." He ran his fingers through his hair. "It sounds stupid just saying it."

"Not at all."

His body tensed and went rigid. "I feel like…like we share something. Something unbreakable…but…it's not like we ever met or anything." He turned around and looked skywards. "I've never felt like this…and it's scary…so…that's why I guess." He continued to look skyward and then sharply glanced at my chest. "But it's not love. I'm not gay or anything."

The notion made me laugh.

"What? I'm not."

When my laughing had died down I looked at Riku once again and said, "Please…just look into my eyes."

Riku shook his head and shivered slightly. He hugged himself and then began to raise his head slowly. His eyes traced up my chest and over my shoulders. The rested briefly on my chin and moved toward my nose where they came to rest.

"Please."

With one last push his eyes connected with mine and he gasped loudly. He fell backwards catching himself at the last moment and flipping himself upright. He pointed a shaking finger at me and began to scream.

"What was that? Where was that? Who was that man? How are you doing this?"

"Do you remember anything of your infant years?"

"What the fuck does that have to do with this?"

"Do you?"

"No! But who cares?"

"That place is the Planet."

He stood up shakily and stared into my eyes again. His mouth thinned into a small line and he clenched his fists. "What are you trying to say?"

"This is where you were…born…so to speak."

"And who is that man? The one in the white coat?"

"You could say that he was your father."

"Why so much ambiguity about all this? 'So to speak' and 'you could say.' What is that all about?"

"That…doesn't matter now."

"And what do you mean by…'he was your father'? I never even had a father in Destiny Islands."

"He died to send you there."

The boy shook and his eyes darkened. "This…this is too much."

"I'm sorry…but it's the truth."

"No. It can't be." He looked steadily into my eyes now. "How do you know all of this?"

"That doesn't matter either. All you need to know is that I will give everything I am to protect you."

"I don't need your goddamned protection!"

Riku charged forward with a fist drawn back. His feet clapped loudly against the dark ground and he closed the distance between us quickly.

"I only want to help you."

"I don't even know who the fuck you are! I don't need your help!"

His fist hurtled through the black air between us. The gloved knuckles of the young boy connected with my face. I stood my ground against the blow and Riku halted with his fist pressed into my cheek. His breath came heavily and his eyes were wide and wild. I reached out with both arms and gently caressed the boy's shoulders. He stayed perfectly still, panting heavily. My arms wrapped around him and drew him close to me. I embraced him and he fell limply into my grasp.

"I do not mean you any harm."

I felt warm liquid drip slowly onto my shoulder and Riku began to shake with silent sobs. His own arms slowly raised and rested, in a cautious embrace, around my waist.

We stood for a long time, surrounded by darkness in this position and would have remained there far longer had Mickey not interrupted.

"Hey guys! I'm sorry to interrupt but we have a tiny problem!"

We broke apart quickly and stared intently at where Mickey now pointed. A small pair of yellow eyes broke over the horizon and began to run towards us. I picked Masamune up from its place on the floor and assumed the ready stance. Mickey held out an arm and golden light flashed to reveal his Keyblade in his tight fist. Riku glanced around briefly and then dropped into a defensive stance.

The lone Heartless came to a halt fifty feet in front of us. Its beady eyes glanced back and forth and then it stood up on its hind legs. The small being began to morph slowly into something more human shaped. Shadowy legs protruded outwardly and then a mouth came into place. It smiled with unnaturally human lips.

Then its eyes began to change. First they faded into black until they could not be seen. Then they began to slowly reform. An iris flowed into existence and a pupil formed in the middle. Its eyes were a light shade of orange and filled to the brim with malice. The lips curled slightly and an even more malicious smile formed on its face.

"It would seem that you are not quite through with me yet, boy!" the deep bass voice permeated the air and came full force down upon Riku. He fell to his knees and stared with hatred at the strange Heartless in front of us. Through gritted teeth he hissed a name.

"Ansem."

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Alright! Updating time! SO heres the second chappie…sorry if it took to long to get Riku and Seph to hug. Also…I want to make it absolutely clear…as if Riku didn't already…that neither Sephiroth nor Riku will be gay in this or any of my other stories! SO do not get your hopes up! What they have is something more like father son love if that makes sense.

Three reviews on my first chapter! That rawks! Thank you to Unita, Lapse – Raevn and Heartsoblivion for their patronage to the I Want Reviews fund!

Also to anyone who read all of shadow Feather and reviewed it, I thank you all personally in the last chapter of it. I edited it so check it out to see if I thank you well enough.

I have a better idea of where I am going now so I won't take so long to write the next chapter probably. I might have it by Monday.