Kingdom of Loss
Chapter 3, Streets
A/N
Lady Rittaker: Wow, I can't believe I got such positive feedback from all of this! I'm ecstatically happy at the moment, so I'm going to write more for all of you, which has gotten to the point where I don't want to bore you by writing all the names! You know who you are loyal fans! And I'm sorry if I don't write you guys back. There's just not enough time in the day…seriously.
And I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY sorry about not updating sooner. Christmas break got the better of me, I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I'm about to go see dead bodies in a museum. And no, none of that was a joke. I really am about to go look at dead bodies in a museum. Weird no?
Anyway, I don't own kingdom hearts, even though, as always, I wish I did.
Hope you enjoy this part of Kingdom of Loss
Sora couldn't help but stare at Riku, and Riku stared back at him. It looked like Riku hadn't eaten in weeks, since he looked so skinny…but his face and his eyes were just as Sora remembered them. His hero.
"Riku? It's me, Sora…" Sora said, taking a step forward, but Riku ignored him and made a dive for the apple he had dropped, devouring it. Sora dropped to his knees next to Riku. "Riku? Is that you?"
Riku looked up at him, holding what was left of his apple in his hands. He took that movement to look at Sora. "…Sora?" He said, dropping the apple…but that wasn't all he dropped. Riku fell over, bouncing slightly off the pavement.
"Riku!" Sora cried, shaking the other boy and trying to wake him up. Riku was thinner than Sora had first assumed. If Sora hadn't woken him up, Riku probably would have died on those steps.
Sora reached into his pocket as fast as he could, dialing 911 on the cell phone he had bought only the week before. He was now almost ecstatic that he had.
"Hello? I need an ambulance and the police! I've found a rape victim!" Sora cried into the phone. He then told them his exact location and hung up. He then took the opportunity to softly lift the other boy's head and put it in his lap. He wasn't sure if Riku could hear him, but he talked anyway. "Riku…it's been a while…and I've thought all this time about what I would say if they ever found you…and now I'm the one to find you…and I don't know what I'm supposed to tell you. I really don't." He ran his finger down the side of Riku's face. "Just please wake up. I don't want anything to happen to you now that I've found you again…"
"Sora…" The other boy murmured in his sleep. "I knew…that somewhere out there you were okay…you're safe Sora…always safe…"
"Riku? Are you awake?" Sora pressed, but the other boy didn't say anything else. He just lay quiet. Sora sighed and took off his coat, it was freezing, but Riku needed it more than he did. So he wrapped it around his old room-mate. "I'm sorry I didn't come back for you seven years ago. I'm so sorry…"
But the fact that Sora was holding his unconscious friend was not all that caught Sora's attention. Riku was…well…beautiful. Silvery hair, a beautifully shaped face. It was just like Sora remembered him. Only older, better looking…and quite a bit thinner. Ansem had never starved him, or Riku. Not that Sora could remember.
That brought up a fairly good question when Sora thought about it. How had Riku gotten away? Or had Ansem let him go? He had heard that pedophiles only liked children up to a certain age…maybe Ansem had gotten bored with Riku and kicked him out onto the street with nothing.
The bastard.
"I'm sorry Riku…I'm so…" As he heard the ambulance sirens in the background, or maybe it was the police, Sora couldn't really tell, but he was crying. He didn't quite know why, but he was.
A single tear fell on Riku's face. Sora found it safe to assume that it was a tear of happiness. He couldn't help it. He was just happy. "…I'm so sorry I didn't come back for you my love."
"Excuse me son?" Sora looked up, seeing a female paramedic. "We're here to take him to the hospital, could you let go of his hand please?"
Sora hadn't even realized how hard he was holding onto Riku's hand. "I'm sorry…but could I come with you? I know him."
She raised an eyebrow. "Oh? No offence kid, but we have to get him to the hospital."
"Look, I'm not kidding. I know him." Sora said honestly. "I have to go with you! I just…I just have to!" He was beginning to worry that he might have to pretend to cry at this rate. "Please…I'm really worried about him."
The paramedic, Yuffie by her nametag, sighed. "Fine, get in and move out of the way! We have work to do!"
"Yes madam!" Sora said cheerfully. Then he got into the ambulance, but he never let go of Riku's hand. Not for a second. "Don't worry Riku. I won't let go."
It took what felt like ages to get to the hospital, and even then Sora was forced to wait in the…waiting room conveniently enough, while they checked Riku out and got some food into him. It looked like he had been starving for weeks, and that was about all he could get from the doctors. So he waited.
Unfortunately, he had to turn off his cell phone in the hospital, but he knew that Aeris would be calling him…and calling him, and then she would call Kairi who would start calling him. Who would call Namine, who would call Cloud, who would call Squall, and they would start to call him. At least, that was what would happen as soon as they discovered he hadn't arrived at school. Then eventually, Wakka would start to call…though Tidus might not. The other boy was probably still mad at him.
So, Sora made the polite choice to call home instead of causing a mass-panic. By the end of the day they would have flyers up if they didn't get word from him. That would have to be the one problem with living with so many people who cared about you.
"Hello?" Came Aeris' voice from the other end of the line.
"Hey, Aeris it's me." Sora told her. It was noon. She would know by now that he wasn't in school.
"Sora! I was so worried, where the hell are you? We thought you'd been kidnapped! Leon was about to gather up his whole squad to go out looking for you!" Aeris cried.
"Sorry Aeris, I'm at the hospital, I couldn't get any messages here." Sora apologized.
"Why are you at the hospital?" She asked, panicking. "Did something happen? Are you alright? Talk to me Sora!"
"No! I'm fine…it's just…Aeris….I found Riku." Sora said slowly into the phone.
There was dead silence for what felt like an hour.
"I'm coming over there right now. Have the police been notified?" Aeris asked.
"Yeah. They'll be here in about ten minutes I think." Sora said, feeling a little relieved that Aeris was coming there.
"Alright. I'll be there first. It is the nearest one to us right?" Aeris asked.
"Yeah. I'm in the waiting room. I shouldn't be too hard to find I think." Sora replied. "Aeris…hurry up okay? It's…it's kind of lonely, and I'm worried about him."
"Don't worry Sora, I'll be there soon. I promise that I will." Then Aeris hung up.
The doctor arrived about a moment later. "You came in with Riku?"
Sora nodded.
"He should be awake soon. You can go and wait with him until the police get here." She told him.
"A woman with long brown hair will be here soon asking for me. Can you tell her where I am?" Sora asked the doctor.
"Yeah. No problem."
FIN
A/N
YAY! It's finally done! I'll do the next update as soon as possible! Love you all! BYE!
Riku:…she's doing this on purpose isn't she?
Sora: I'm convinced she's going to torture us to death.
Riku: Damn authors…
