MWHAHAHAHA the final chapter before the Epilogue. I know, I know... its shorter than Hey There Sora but at least its got a more interesting storyline, sadly, less sex and interaction but more of a on-the-edge-of-your-seat and crying feel to it. I felt mean about the last chappter, a lot of you said you were so upset cos I nearly killed Sora, well I'm sorry so please allow my this fluff... and a slight lemon... not a whole one... just half a one. Blame the missing lemon on the baby.
Wrapping Things Up Nicely
Groaning Riku put a hand to his head and opened his eyes, his groan increasing in volume as light shot into his eyes. He jumped in surprise as he heard a squeal and felt something land heavily in his lap. Looking down slightly he saw Sora's spiky hair, bright eyes and beaming smile looking so deliriously happy with his eyes shining at him like he was something to be cherished.
"S-Sora…?!" Riku gasped, his fingers reaching out to touch Sora's cheeky shakily, the brunet leaning into the touch and letting a tear fall down his cheek as Riku brushed it aside. The silveret's head fell back onto the pillow and he breathed a sigh of relief he realized he'd been holding the moment he'd found Sora on the examination table all those days ago. He suddenly remembered his dream, "Heh, I had such a dream… I saw a…" He felt a pressure shift on his stomach and he looked down fully to see a round baby held firmly in Sora's hands playing with the ribbon on Riku's dress, "…baby."
"Wasn't a dream." Sora grinned as the baby began to gurgle happily.
Riku threw back his head and groaned both hands rubbing his face thoroughly before he dared look at the child again. He glared at it, "If this is your idea of a joke Xikru it's not funny. Just cos I said it was something I'd dreamt about didn't mean I gave you permission to do it!"
Sora looked at him curiously, "You dreamt about having a kid?"
The older teen jumped at the words and blushed furiously, refusing to meet Sora's eyes, "Er… y-yeah… w-with y-you…" He gulped and said quickly, "B-but it was a long time ago!"
Sora hung his head sadly and pulled the baby closer, "So… you don't want a kid anymore?"
Riku looked at him oddly and then sighed, one hand rubbing Sora's arm comfortingly as he spoke quietly and softly, "Look… it was a long time ago, when I was a little kid; that I dreamt about having kids with you. It doesn't mean the dream never left but became a fantasy rather than a goal seeing as…" He coughed and Sora giggled, "… well yeah… anyway, because its never really been much of a reality… I'm a little smphff…" Riku muffled the last word.
Sora raised an eyebrow, "What?"
Riku groaned and covered his eyes as he said, "Scared! I'm scared of that demon you're holding!"
The burnet giggled and bent over, the baby held securely in his arms as his back arched expertly over the baby and pressed a loving kiss on the corner of Riku's mouth but moved away just as Riku went to deepen it, "There's no shame in being afraid."
"Hpmh… well, at least it's not really mine…" Riku murmured.
Sora gave the baby a sad look, "Aw, Riku think's I've been unfaithful… well I haevn't."
Bolting upright Riku nearly knocked Sora and the baby to the floor and would have succeeded had he not gripped Sora's arms in fright "What?!"
"Ah, Riku! You're awake!" Namine smiled and ran up to him, leaping up to wrap her arms around his neck tightly.
Riku returned the hug with a brotherly squeeze and gently lowered her to the floor as he felt Marluxia's jealous gaze on him. Almost instantly the flower-power man had his arm around her waist and had pulled her back to where she had been before Riku, Sora and the baby had entered. Giving a sheepish grin around he accepted various 'welcome back's', a lot of congratulations and of course, an invitation to a baby shower for their new baby from Kairi who just loved to push his buttons.
Grinding his teeth he approached the man he'd previously seen harm Sora and looked at him expectantly, "Sora said you had some news for me." He stated simply.
Ansem nodded and indicated they gather around the center of the laboratory Riku had no fond memories of. Sora leapt up on the table with the baby who was being entertained by Demyx who morphed a small ball of water into various shapes until everyone ahd arranged themselves happily.
"Okay, to begin with, Riku, you haven't been out for that long, just a few hours." Mickey explained which Riku was relieved to hear but would never admit it, "We have successfully detained Saix and Xemnas who will suffer life imprisonment, their case will be revisited when we transport them back to Disney Castle but you won't ever have to worry about them again." They gathered group nodded fairly: that was one hell of a weight off their minds.
Being in confinement and without power meant Xemnas had absolutely no control over any of them.
Continuing the small king indicated Ansem, "My good friend here, you will probably know as the man who allegedly started this whole thing by injecting Sora with that foreign substance I was informed by Roxas was administered to Sora." They nodded as one, "Well, as it turns out, he was under Xemnas control so he has no recollection of the events."
Axel snorted, "I figured you'd say something like that."
Mickey ignored the pyro-maniac but Ansem flinched at the comment. Riku spoke up softly, "What was it exactly? The substance I mean. What did they give Sora?"
Ansem turned to a console behind him and tapped on it, a window of data opening that only he could interpret. The old man spoke just as softly as Riku had but they all heard him, "It was a concentrate of power, energy and somehow they had distilled some of Namine's mind-altering powers into it. According to the database Xemnas compiled the last time he was on Destiny Islands, he had access to all DNA samples of everyone who had given blood to the hospital." He looked back at the group, specifically at Namine.
She sighed and leaned into Marluxia's arms as she nodded, "I was a regular donator."
"Why does it not surprise me that you have that database?" Zexion hissed, his anger rising and only being restrained by the fearful hand on his and Demyx whispered pleas to 'calm down'.
Mickey nodded sadly, "We thought it would be of use and after our last encounter… we knew it would be unlikely you would be forthcoming with knowledge."
"And you wonder why!" Axel growled. Roxas shushed him.
"Is any of that stuff still inside of him?" Riku asked as if the angry interruptions hadn't happened.
Ansem turned to face them, "I've given Sora a full check up and he seems perfectly healthy." He looked directly at Riku as if hinting a great secret at him, "Perfectly healthy."
Riku raised his eyebrow but turned to look at Sora who raised a hand almost sadly and gave him a shy smile, "No more claws." Riku's jaw dropped, "Seriosuly, no more glowing eyes, no more claws, no more fangs and no more shadow form."
The silveret pouted childishly, happy for his lover but wanting to lighten the mood, "Aw, they were fun." Sora blushed and giggled.
Mickey coughed and all eyes turned to him, "Well, Sora's now completely as he was before anything, even the war. He is, sadly, still burdened by all those hearts, even your's Riku."
"'Burdened'? Hey! I love looking after my friend's hearts! It shows they love and trust me enough to let me guard something so precious." Sora snapped.
"Something you can no longer protect-"
"Riku can protect me!"
"Hang on!" Riku cried, everyone shut up and stared at him, "If Sora has my heart again… what the hell is that?!" He pointed to the baby sat in Sora's lap grinning at them with toothless gums.
"Hey!" Sora cried indignantly on behalf of the child. Riku ignored him.
"That, I believe, is what Sora initially wanted me to tell you, am I correct?" Ansem asked. Sora nodded enthusiastically. Turning back to the console the old man began to speak, "When I first saw the baby I believed it was something dark-"
"Cos his scary snot bubble-blowing abilities are so damn threatening." Axel muttered, unheard by Mickey and Ansem. Roxas hit him this time.
"- but after I checked Sora, I gave the baby a full medical examination." He turned away and looked Riku straight in the eye. "The baby's DNA is complete match to both you… and Sora."
Silence fell as all eyes turned to Riku who seemed a great deal paler than he usually was, his eyes seemed to be looking through Ansem and had somehow increased in size in a second. Axel nudged Roxas, "If he faints again, should I catch him?"
Sora bounced off the table to stand before Riku, arms and baby outstretched happily, "He's OUR baby, Riku! Isn't that great?!"
Riku stared at the baby, the infant's blue eyes watching him with an intensity that matched Sora's, he swallowed nervously, "Y-yeah, S-Sora… wonderful…"
"I know it's scary, but he's part of you and part of me… how much of a handful can he be?" Sora asked innocently.
Axel burst out laughing and was shortly followed by all of those gathered except for Riku who stared at the kid as if it had two heads. Wiping his eyes Axel sniggered, "I think the better question is: why is Riku still wearing that dress and how good a father is a drag queen?"
Roxas hit him again.
"Okay, we don't know all the results for definite about all of your check-ups so I'm insisting we stay here another month, okay?" Mickey announced as they all gathered in the King's office before they were to be released and allowed back home. It wasn't really a question, more of an order, so they all nodded. "My men have been given the month off with strict orders to be ready to return or come to my aid should anything happen but don't be surprised if you see them wondering around." They nodded again. "Alright, you're free to go."
They grinned at the mouse, they'd sort of grudgingly forgiven him and the assembled group was on almost friendly terms so they thanked him and began to leave. Riku saw Leon stood awkwardly outside the door as they were leaving, he turned to Sora and asked him to wait outside for him; he'd only be a moment. Sora nodded and cradled the baby happily as they left the corridor with the others.
Riku looked at Leon, "You're welcome to stop by as often as you like. Don't feel shy or awkward about it. Sora is never hesitant about making new friends." He gave Leon a smile.
Leon seemed almost ready to cry, the words meant more than anything to him. He was getting a second chance to know the only son he had, "T-thank you."
Riku nodded, "I understand you're reasons for leaving so as much as I want to tell you off, although I did enough of that during the war, I want to let you get to know Sora. He's a great person and I love him to pieces. I know you would too." Riku turned and ran after Sora just as Leon began to smile, a single tear of gratitude rolling down his face.
"So, guys, what now?" Roxas asked.
"Well, Ansem's been forgiven, as has Mickey… sort of." Marluxias began
"Sora's back to normal and I have a baby!" Riku cried as he cradled both Sora and the baby in his arms.
"Which I don't get… how does the kid exist?" Demyx asked, leaning over Zexion's stomach on the beach where they had all just gathered, except for Larxene, Xigbar, Xaldin, Vexen and Laxeaus, they'd gone home with brief 'thank you's' and farewells.
Riku shrugged, "Remember all that light and stuff, back when it looked like I was killing Sora?" He shuddered at the thought but they all nodded, "Well, according to Ansem, that was all raw power. It was all being fired at both Xikru and Sora and when Xikru passed through Sora he absorbed ALL of the power. Ansem presumes that in the instant before Xikru died and went back to Sora, he used that power to give me and Sora what he knew we wanted most."
"Aw, that's nice." Axel said then began to list the events off: "Right, baby explained, King and crackpot scientist pardoned, Sora's as normal as he gets, Saix and Mansex have been jailed-" Nearly everyone sniggered at that little anagram, "- balance ahs been restored between light and Dark, the hospital's been fixed, Riku's out of 'must-find-Sora-and-kill-anyone-who-gets-in-the-way mode' and I think that about wraps it up nicely." Axel folded his arms triumphantly and leant on Roxas, nuzzling the blonds' neck happily.
Zexion yawned and wrapped an arm lazily around Demyx, "If we've forgotten something I'm sure it'll come back to bite us in the backside rather spectacularly."
"Always happened when you're in our company." Namine agreed.
Sora grinned, "Only thing left to do now is name the baby."
Zexion leant up and peered at the infant who was being told by Riku to drop the sand he had tried to stuff in his mouth, "Well… he's the perfect mix of you too, right?" Sora nodded as Riku was preoccupied with the baby who insisted on stuffing something in his mouth (perfect mix of Sora and Riku, Riku part identified! Lol, plz understand that dirty joke…), "Well, why not just combine you're names?"
Sora thought about it a moment, "Sori?"
"Sounds like 'sorry'." Riku observed; an exasperated look on his face as the baby chewed on his finger happily and doing an uncanny impersonation of Jaws.
"Rira?" Demyx cried triumphantly.
Marluxia flicked sand at the dark blond, "That's a terrible name."
"You do better!" Demyx pouted as he brushed sand off his head.
The pink-haired man thought a moment, "Raku?"
Zexion stuck his tongue out in distaste, "Sounds like 'rape you'." He received a smack from Sora at that, "Hey! What the hell was that for?!"
"As from now, I forbid you to use bad language, filthy innuendos, derogatory terms, and anything else the baby shouldn't' know about until he's a lot older!" Sora declared.
Axel groaned, "Oh… he's going to be one of those mums…"
"I'm not the mum!" Sora cried, "…what do you mean by that anyway?"
"You so are the mum, Sora. You bottom. Willingly." Riku teased.
"ONLY cos I love you but that could easily change and you could be forced to become friendly with your hand!" Sora growled.
"I thought you said no derogatory terms?" Zexion pointed out.
"Me excluded." The brunet snapped.
"SOKU!" Namine suddenly screamed.
The group leapt back, falling backwards at the sudden explosion from her when she'd said nothing for so long. Sora was the first to recover, "W-what?"
"Soku!" She gave them a cheery smile and tickled the baby's tummy making him giggle and fall back until Riku caught him. "You can call the baby Soku."
Sora paused and thought about it, looking back at Riku who seemed to be seriously considering it. Eventually Riku lifted the baby into his arms and chucked the child's chin softly, "Okay, hello Soku, I'm you're Daddy." Sora crawled over and wriggled into Riku's hold and kissed the baby, "And this is you're Mummy."
"DADDY!" Sora cried indignantly.
"You can't be Daddy too, I'm Daddy!" Riku replied very much like a child himself.
Namine groaned and stood up, Marluxia following suit as Axel, Roxas, Demyx and Zexion got ready to leave. She pointed at Riku, "You can be Daddy." She pointed at Sora, "You can be Papa. Problem solved. God, never mind the kid, you two are going to handfuls as parents!"
Sora and Riku looked at each other then burst out laughing, Soku sat between them discreetly untying his Daddy's shoes as they laughed and the others left, going home as the sun began to set and night set in.
"God it's good to be home!" Sora cried, flopping down on his bed as Riku followed him in. "Just curious, but why did we never just combine our rooms and get a big bed?"
Riku shrugged, "It never came up, plus you were always paranoid I'd one day stop loving you but you never wanted me to leave so you left my room exactly the way it ahs always been in." He laughed, "I haven't been in it since that day I caught you coming out the shower… was that rape by the way?"
Sora shook his head, "Nah, it was my first time so I was nervous. Heh, have you never been in that room since?"
Riku shook his head, "All my clothes are in you're wardrobe and I have nothing of value in there anyway, all my stuff's in here." He crawled onto the bed and straddled Sora and pinned the unresisting brunet's hands above they're heads, "The baby's asleep… we haven't been together for such a long time… and it's nighttime." He pressed himself against Sora, grinding their hips just enough to make Sora groan.
"Ugh… w-what d-did you h-have in m-mind?" Sora stammered out as Riku ground harder, already hard Sora was seeing stars by the third grind.
"God it's been too long…" Riku hissed as he ground again.
Sora threw back his head and let out a stifled cry as Riku tore off his belt and tied his hands firmly to the headboard, grinding all the way. Without bothering with buttons Riku tore Sora's shirt off and began to attack the bared tan skin, dancing patterns around the pink tipples already hard with arousal.
"Ah! Riku!" Sora's moans never stopped, increasing in frequency with each lick as Riku took a nipple into his mouth, sucking hard. Sora daren't go above a strangled cry for fear of waking te baby.
As if on cue, cries of an attention demanding Soku reached their ears and Riku collapsed on Sora in exasperation, mumbling a string of choice curses, "Is it to early to start hating the kid?"
Sora bucked hard and knocked Riku off the bed and onto his back on the floor, "Riku! That's a terrible thing to say!" As he heard Riku sniggering he began to yell but his words were lost as Riku bent over the bed and slipped his tongue into Sora's open mouth, suppressing the outraged words and replacing them with moans.
Riku pulled back, "I'm only teasing, love. Wait right there, I'll be back in a second."
Sora tugged on the belt still pinning him, "Yeah, like I'm going anywhere."
One quieted baby later and Riku was back over Sora, one hand firmly pumping Sora's while his own was thrusting in and out of Sora, each thrust impaling upon Sora's prostate and making the brunet see stars.
"WAAAAAAHHHH!!!"
"Oh, FUCKING HELL!!!" Riku growled as he just managed to get Sora and himself to release.
Sora moaned as Riku pulled out of him and grabbed a pair of boxers to go and calm Soku, "At least…." Sora heaved air as he lay on the bed, pervertedly admiring the way Riku's muscles rippled as he moved, "At least… we made it… this time…"
Riku growled, "I wasn't done yet!"
Sora laughed as Riku left the room and went to his own room where they had put Soku, for his own mental safety Sora had insisted seeing as Riku loved sex loud and often. Pulling the covers over him he smiled, "At least he untied me this time…"
"Told him?" Riku asked conversationally as he leant against the back door frame, his eyes on Leon who was intently watching Sora and Soku playing in the garden
Leon had taken Riku's advice and had come round as frequently as he could, always with a smile and a present for each of them. Slowly, Riku saw Sora was warming up to Leon. It hadn't been as easy as Riku had said, Sora knew Leon was a soldier Riku had fought side-by-side with and the brunet hadn't been afraid of laying into him with angry words of how he should have protected Riku better all the while Riku had been thinking, 'he's been protecting you all this time'.
The older brunet gave a sad smile, "No. You know I haven't."
Sighing Riku brushed the hair out of his eyes, "I know. I wish you would."
"I know. I just don't want him to know me then lose me. Losing me is a certain, it comes with the job. But I do my job to protect and save him, it's what keeps me going." Leon turned to Riku and said firmly, "I know have a whole family to protect: my son, my son-in-law and my grandson. I'm not going to let anyone take them away from me."
"But you'd let 'them' take Sora's father, my father-in-law and Soku's grandfather away?" Riku said bitterly.
Leon gave a sigh, "You know the game, Riku. Life and death are certain but playing soldier makes it that much more uncertain which will last longer. I hate to do it but if I'm going to die eventually, I might as well do it protecting the ones I love."
Riku nodded slowly, "I understand you. But I don't like it."
"I never said you would." Leon said with smug smile. Riku rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, we got a little carried away there: Sora and I aren't married."
"Oh really? And here I thought, after all that's happened, you wouldn't let him get away. You know, he's very popular among the other soldiers, I suppose if you won't have him…" Even though it was plain to see Leon was merely teasing Riku, the silveret's eyes widened in horror at the thought of losing Sora for a third and final time.
Riku looked over at Sora and Soku, the infant had a ladybird on his nose and Sora was trying not to laugh too much as he removed it so Soku could see it. "Hmph, we then, I guess Sora's got a decision to make."
"Yep, cos it looks like you just made yours." Leon said with a grin.
It was a roaring sea of chattering heads that clamored on the beach of Destiny Islands to wave farewell to the brave soldiers and their valiant king. The month had passed; the soldiers had boarded and were quickly saying their goodbyes as the engines of the regal and giant Gummi Ship began to hum.
Leon gave Soku a loving hug and blew a raspberry on the infant's tummy, "See ya, kiddo. Don't give your parents too much grief, 'kay?" He handed the giggling baby back to Sora and then hugged Sora like the parent he knew he should have been. Riku was happy to say that over the month Sora had come to view Leon as a father-figure and wasn't upset or surprised by the hug, in fact he returned it happily. "Congratulations, Spiky. I hope you two are very happy together." He ruffled Sora's hair and turned to Riku.
Words couldn't express want they wanted to say, and for Leon's respect they certainly couldn't say anything in front of Sora so Riku cryptically said, "I'm glad you got what you wanted, Leon."
"Me too, and I'm glad you got what you wanted." He grinned and embraced Riku like another son, clapping him on the back friendly.
Puling away Leon joined the other soldiers and they marched up the ramp and onto the ship as quick as lightning. The bay doors closed with a mechanical hiss and the engines blasted into full power. The roaring wind pushed at the gathered inhabitants of Destiny Islands but every one of them stood their ground, all waving and cheering as they ship began to lift from the sand.
Riku wrapped an arm around Sora's waist and waved, a light glint coming from Sora's hand as the sun caught in the twinkling diamond sat amongst smaller diamonds, laid in gold and wrapped so beautifully in a band around his ring finger. He looked up at Riku and kissed his fiancé's cheek contently, Soku bouncing in Sora's arms as the colorful ship vanished into the sky.
YAY! the king has gone and Destiny Islands is back as it once was only this time they have an ickle baby and wedding to plan! Yay! Sorry, i won't be writing the wedding, we'll be skipping right over that and right to the future!!! oooh, let me know if any of you will be dead set against a full on lemon in the last chapter? I feel its the least i could do to reward you for your loyalty.
Akaiba xxx
Final note goes to daisy.insane-angel who wasn't logged in when they reviewed and my reply is: Thank you so much for your review, it made me smile tons, I am glad you haven't lost intrest in the story and you love it so much, I'm glad you love the baby as much as i do but sadly no, we won't be meeting Riku's daddy. I am glad you reviewed and can't wait to hear from you again!