The Key Holder
After The Blow
By: number thirteen Roxas
Authors Ranting: Hey sorry for getting this chapter out late but I'm working hard on Forbidden and Chapter five. But worry not I'm almost down with them. I'm thinking of ending the V.01 of this story soon and work on the next V.
Disclaimer: I don't own kingdom hearts
Sora slowly wakes up in Riku's bed. He looks around but Riku is not there so he decides to go off to look for him. Three steps away from the bed he is forcefully thrown backward by some kind of invisible wall. The shock is enough to make his head spin…even more than it already does from the hard hit Riku gave him earlier.
"Welcome back to the land of the living. Looks like you had a run in with the electro-static containment field." Riku chuckles as he enters the room.
"So am I some kind of prisoner or something?" Sora angrily glares back.
"Not at all. I had some other business to take care of, and after your little temper tantrum earlier, I couldn't have you running around on your own. So now, if I let you out are you going to try to break my jaw again?"
"Go to hell!"
"I'll take that as yes." " Deliver shock !"
The shock command sends Sora screaming to the floor in pain as 50,000 volts of electricity is slashed through the containment field.
'I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry ', Sora thinks to himself as he climbs back to his feet.
"Sora, I don't want to hurt you. But I cannot, and will not allow anyone, including you, to jeopardize my company or my reputation."
"Oh Yeah! Your reputation of being a complete ass and a coward! A real man would have never just thrown in the towel five years ago."
Riku tries to stay calm but Sora is clearly getting to him as he continues with his rant.
"That's right! I've heard all the stories about how your brother was killed in Gekkotech Towers …which was most likely due to your own stupidity by not getting him out when you first heard about the bomb. How the big bad Key Holder throws in the towel and becomes one big pussy."
"Some big hero you are!"
Riku looks at Sora directly in the eyes, halfway not believing what he is hearing from this young boy. "You done slamming me yet?"
"For the moment… yes!"
"Good." "Deliver shock!"
Sora braces himself for the impending shock as he quickly allows his mind to open once again. He channels the spiking current directly through his body, and it only makes his hair stand slightly on end.
"Is that all you've got?" he says mockingly to Riku.
Half smiling, Riku replies, "So, you are learning…that's good."
"Field down." As the containment field drops around Sora he steps out toward Riku stopping a few paces from him. "What the fuck! Is this some kind of game to you?"
"Always, now attack me."
"No problem with that," Sora sneers. He takes a swing at Riku with his right fist, but Riku quickly sidesteps and lands a kick to his stomach. The kick is enough to lift Sora off the floor and he comes back down with a reaffirming thud.
Riku takes a blindfold from his pocket and places it over Sora's eyes. "Your problem is that you are not feeling what you are fighting."
"But how can I fight if I can't see?"
"You have other senses besides your eyes. I suggest you use them. Now, open you mind." Riku gives Sora a few moments to open his mind before throwing a hard punch directly at his head.
Sora can actually feel the air being displaced as Riku's fist comes rushing toward him, and he sidesteps out of the way with plenty of time to spare. He then quickly ducks as he senses an approaching right hook. Rapidly, Riku then throws another direct punch, which Sora easily catches with his tiny left hand.
"Good, defense is one thing," Riku says.
As Sora still has a firm grasp on Riku's fist, he drops down to the floor on his side, holding himself up with his right arm and attempts to deliver a kick to Riku's ribs; however, Riku catches Sora's leg and sends him sailing across the room. "But, offense is another," he finishes as Sora takes off his blindfold.
"Come on, Luxord has dinner prepared downstairs," Riku says as he walks to the door and waits for Sora to follow him.
'What the fuck is his deal', Sora thinks to himself as he follows Riku down the stairs. 'Why has the man who was so caring before turned into a total dick.'
For the first time in life Sora is truly afraid of the unknown…and where this journey may lead him.
Ignoring Riku as he enters the dining room, and going directly to Sora's place at the table, Luxord asks, "I hope your steak was cooked to your liking Master Sora?"
"It was great, thanks." Luxord takes the well cleaned plate and replaces with a huge ice cream sundae. Sora's eyes pop out when he sees the dessert in front of him. "Wow, is this how you cook every night?"
"I'll never tell. I guess you will have to find out for yourself," Luxord says jokingly as he heads back to the kitchen, still ignoring Riku and his empty plate.
"Luxord?" Riku says it as question, but clearly means it as a demand.
"Oh yes, please forgive me Master Riku. Is there anything I can get for you?" he replies too cheerfully and in an almost sarcastic voice.
"Yes, I'd like something to drink and bowl of vanilla ice cream."
"Certainly sir! I'll have it for you right away," Luxord replies, again in a near sarcastic tone as he exits the room leaving Riku and Sora alone once again.
Neither of them has said a word to each other since the incident before dinner. Riku is the first to break the silence when Sora is done with his ice cream, "It's getting late and we have a long day tomorrow. I think it's time for you to go wash up and be off to bed. Do you know the way back to your room?"
Sora simply nods a yes.
"Good. I'll send Luxord up in a bit to make sure everything is okay."
"Good night", is all Sora says as he leaves the dining room. Riku says nothing is response.
Moments later Luxord returns empty handed into the dining room. "Where is my dessert?" Riku asks demandingly.
"We need to discuss something first. Then you'll get your dessert."
"Oh?" Riku replies mockingly as he stands up from the table to meet Luxord halfway. As he gets within an arms distance he is jolted as Luxord slaps him hard on the face.
"I do hope you have a good reason for that." Riku says coldly.
Luxord slaps him again, but this time even harder. Riku' right cheek is now red from the abuse being dished out on him.
"Just who the hell do you think you are?" Luxord snaps at Riku.
"Excuse me?" " I'm Riku Knight."
"That's the problem!"
Luxord goes to slaps him again, but Riku catches his hand. Luxord quickly delivers a soft punch to Riku midsection forcing him back a few steps.
"I may be old, but I taught you everything you know. Don't think for a second that this old man can't put up a fight"
"Well, what the fuck is your deal Luxord!"
"I know about the whole episode with Sora and the containment field. He's been through hell in the past two days, and here you are being a goddamn selfish prick. He doesn't need, nor does he deserve the kind of treatment you are giving him; no child does. Just think for a second what you would have felt like if I had done the same with you when your parents died when you were thirteen."
"Fine, you deal with him and treat him the correct way. I don't need this shit right now."
"No, it's not my responsibility to take care of him, and don't you dare give me the 'I don't need this shit' line either. In my opinion, Sora is the best thing to come into your life in the past five years. Use this as a chance to get back the part of you that you lost. What he needs is someone to love him and show compassion toward him."
Luxord drops his voice back down as he places a hand on Riku shoulder, "Listen to me. I know you are afraid to let yourself get close to anyone again. But this is something you have to do, not only for yourself, but also for Sora. Put the past in the past. There is nothing you can do to change it. You did your best and gave it your all. No one could have seen the way that day was going was end, and no one could have stopped it either."
Riku looks him in the eyes for several moments before breaking away, and not saying a word, storms out of the dining hall.
Riku is sitting in his room clad only in boxers shorts as he sips on some coke. His eyes wander around the room until they reach his dresser with several pictures of him and his brother Roxas on them. "Damn you old man!" He says aloud as he storms out of his room.
Stretching out with his mind as he nears Sora's room, Riku stops just outside the door. He can envision Sora huddled up in ball, softly crying to himself.
"Knock, knock, mind if I come in?"
Not waiting for an answer, he enters and goes to sit on the edge of the bed. Sora does not come out of his ball as he scoots to the far side away from Riku.
"Sora, I know we kind of didn't get off to the best start, and I've also been being a huge dick lately. All I can say is that I'm sorry, and hope that will be enough. I can't change what happened and neither can you. From now on just tell me what you want and I will do it."
Riku sits on the edge of the bed for several moments waiting for a reply, but Sora remains silent. "Well, I know you probably don't want to talk to me right now anyway. I wouldn't want to talk to me either. G'nite, champ."
Riku almost gets to the door when he hears Sora whimper through his quiet crying, "Don't leave me."
"Huh?" Riku asks to make sure he is hearing Sora correctly.
"Please don't leave me." Sora sobs again.
Riku takes several moments as a quiet battle rages inside his head. ' I love boys. No wait! I don't love boys, I just care for kids. I really like girls..' 'Stop trying to kid yourself Riku. It's not like he's asking for you for sex. All the wants and needs right now is someone to be with him and hold him .'
Riku moves slowly over to the bed, gently climbs in and eases over next to Sora. He is shocked to find that Sora is not wearing any clothes, but pushes that out of his mind as he reaches his arm around to hold him tight. As he gives Sora a soft kiss on the back of the neck, Riku murmurs, "Don't worry champ. I'm not going anywhere. I promise."
Sora feels Riku getting an erection as it firmly presses against his bare bubble butt, but he makes no attempt to move away. ' I'll make sure he gives me that later ' he thinks as he drifts off to sleep in the arms of his hero.
Author's Small Note: Sorry I'm too lazy to write a lot right now. But please review. The more I get the faster I'll finish the next chapter faster. See ya!
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