Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, if I did then life would be beautiful
Key:
- Dream State -, Flashback, ' thoughts ', " Dialogue "
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A change in writing style/time/place/whatever (will notate in () which one)
Author's Note: This is the sequel to An Alternate Ending
Rating: M - for language and graphic images in later chapters
Warning: This is still a Sora/Riku fic… yeah. XD. Deal with it.
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(Chapter 10: Quest for the self)
Knock, Knock
Kai glanced up as he heard someone banging away at his front door only seconds after he'd returned to his place of solitude. "For crissake... can't the world ever leave a guy to mope in peace?" He muttered to himself as he got up to answer the door. When he opened it, he was very surprised to find a man he'd never seen before standing on his porch and looking apprehensive.
"You need to get a hold over yourself. Don't loose sight of the light within the darkness." The blonde said simply.
"Light... within...?" Why did those words sound so familiar to him? Kai stared at the stranger, "Wait a minute... who are you? And what the hell are you talking about?"
"My name is Roxas, I am not unlike yourself. Caught between the worlds of light and darkness... but your name is well known amoung the few of us that care. I have, after some discussion with a very close friend of yours, taken it upon myself a personal mission to make sure that you rediscover yourself. I felt, as you were walking up, that you were succumbing to the darkness in your heart." Roxas said calmly.
Kai was half confused and half slowly comprehending what Roxas was saying. But still there were many questions to ask... like how did anyone know his name? And which personal friend was he talking about.
"Listen to me Riku, you can't give in. You alone managed to survive when anyone else would have perished or became a heartless. You were smart enough to keep a part of yourself inside of you, the part that didn't involve Sora... though that part, I imagine, was very small... still it helped you to survive. And with Naminé's care you've returned to this world to find him again." Roxas preached.
Kai was now stairing unabashedly. "What the... wait... you've got the wrong dude." He shook his head and took a few steps back, looking rather angry. "My name is Kai, number one. Number two, this 'Riku' guy that you're talking about is already well aware of everything that you just said and is going to try and get his heart back or something... and anyways its none of my business. And number three, I don't know how you know about Naminé but you better not have hurt her!" He said angrilly grabbing Roxas by the collar of his shirt and shoving him up against the nearby wall.
"What?" Roxas asked in alarm, immediately bringing up his legs to kick Kai in the chest. The older man released him and stumbled backwards, tripping over the living room table.
"You mean to tell me that your other ... oh god..."
It suddenly became Kai's turn to be held captive, by two keyblades to be exact. "Now listen carefully. I don't want to hurt you... but if you give me a reason I will." Roxas seethed. Kai shuddered obediantly underneath the two menacing weapons, unaware that deep inside of his memories somewhere was the knowledge of how to kick the crap out of this particular blonde.
"Your name is Riku. Not Kai. This other person that your talking about is not Riku... he's an immitation... a fake. The only thing he wants is to kill Sora and take over the world using your heart!" Roxas said commandingly.
"But I'm not..."
"Shut up! I know that you don't understand... and I also know that you're supposed to figure out this information out on your own, but the fact is that based on what you have just told me... there's no time for you to wait around! Now get up off your ass before your light is extinguished!" Roxas yelled, interrupting Kai's best efforts to disagree.
Kai folded his arms over his chest and tried to look nonchalant. "Who are you anyways to tell me what to do? And how do you know any of that is even true? What makes you so sure that I'm not the fake?"
Roxas looked thoughtful a moment then without warning swung a keyblade down in a deadly arc. Reflexivley Kai's arm came up and the clash of metal on metal could be heard ringing through the house.
Kai stared in amazement at the dark blade that had magically appeared in his hand moments before the blonde had finished his attack, effectively blocking him.
"Well... for one thing, if you're not Riku then you wouldn't have been able to pull that blade out of thin air like that. But then again, your double can do that... so what other proof do I have... let me think."
The blade in Kai's hand vanished as quick as it had arrived and Roxas also recalled his own weapons.
The blonde pulled the silver-haired man to his feet by the collar of his shirt, and much to the elder's surprized firmly pressed his lips against the other's.
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"So... I know you?" Came a soft reply.
"Yeah... mmmrph!" Riku grunted in surprise as the boy spun him around and kissed him gently on the lips.
'What the...!' Riku thought in confusion, gently pushing the boy away. "Wait... Sora... I don't understand." He said gently, prodding the boy for an answer to his strange behavior.
"You said I know you right? Well... I really like you Riku... and I thought it would be weird for me to feel so much for you when I barely know you at all. But if what you say is true... then I must've liked you before and the feelings crossed over when I lost my memories. I may not know you in my mind... but I know you in my heart." Sora said philosophically, astounding Riku. He leaned forward and kissed the older teen again.
"You sure about this?" Riku whispered tenderly, running his hands through soft chocolate locks.
"Yes." Sora replied and leaned forward again.
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"S-sora." Kai croaked as Roxas released him, leaving him to collapse onto the floor. The blonde almost felt sorry for the man, almost. But he wasn't about to forget that they were still in a rush.
"Yes, Sora. But like the guy who told you he was Riku... I am not really Sora. I am... a shell... an immitation. I wish I could explain it better than that but I don't know much about it myself." Roxas sighed quietly.
Kai... no Riku... the memories from before had become more clear, and he finally understood that the silver haired boy in his memories was himself. He pushed his bangs away from his forehead. "But... why can I see ... my past... from an outsiders perspective?" He asked.
"Well, probably because while your memories have been hanging out in Sora's body they're probably getting mixed up with his memories too. I imagine it goes both ways, he can see more things from the way you saw them too." Roxas offered.
Riku nodded and sighed, "I still don't remember much... but... I'm not about to loose something that important to me a second time."
"That's the spirit." Roxas smiled.
Riku looked at Roxas curiously for a moment, "Why... are you trying to help me?"
Roxas blushed sheepishly, "Well... 'cause Naminé asked me too..." He said shifting uneasily on his feet.
Riku raised an eyebrow and offered a sly grin in response which only succeeded in making Roxas blush some more.
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Riku: Hey... wait a minute. Rox you can't love Naminé... you're a part of Sora remember?
Roxas: ...
Riku: That'd be wierd... one person in love with two different people. Make it easy on yourself and love me. XD
Roxas: Hmm... I think someone is a little full of themselves.
rozu: Riku, behave.
Riku: Hmph... you're not the boss of me. Square-enix is. :p
Sora: Oh yeah? Just for that crack your not getting any.
Riku: Hey! Wait just a minute that's not fair.
rozu: lol
-Riku chases after Sora -
