Authors Note: Ok, I'm glad to see that there are actually people that are reading this. Since that's the case, I've decided to write another chapter! The dream sequence in this is the italicized writing in the beginning, just so you aren't too confused. Well, enjoy! PS There are going to be Sora and Kairi moments in this story too. You know, to see what's going on with them while this is happening and what part they play in the stories development.
Disclaimer:I do not own Kingdom hearts, nor do I make money from this fiction.
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Twisted Affections
Graves. He was surrounded by them. Lots of them. He wandered around as he looked from grave to grave. As he looked, it suddenly became very dark. Grey storm clouds, rolled by as it started to rain. But, in the midst of the darkness was a light. Its eerie fluorescent glow was enchanting and hypnotizing. He walked towards it. As he continued to watch the light, something grabbed his leg and he fell. He looked around to see what tripped him. When he turned his head around, he saw the things that he last expected to see ever again.
"Heartless?!" He yelled as he stood up and started to run. 'I thought we destroyed them all?'
More and more heartless appeared from the graves below him. This only made him run faster towards the light as they tried to reach him again. While he approached the light, a heartless caught his arm just as he reached the light. They began to pull him away from it. He struggled against their hold and fought back with whatever strength he could. As they continued to pull him back, he reached out towards the light. His finger tips brushed against it. Then he began to feel cold. Very cold. He looked around to see the heartless pulling him into a black hole in the ground. He fought and struggled more to reach the light.
'What's going on?! Why are they here?!'
"Ahh!" He screamed as he was sinking. "Someone, help me!"
He continued to scream for help, but no one came. Just when he thought all hope of survival was lost, the light began to shine brighter. It surrounded everything. A great blinding flash was released and the heartless all disappeared. He stood as he covered his eyes from the light. Then, it began to dim, and it was then that he realized that he was not in the graveyard anymore. He was a room of all white. Nothing adorned the room but white. Everywhere he looked was white, except for the figure surrounded by darkness that stood just in front of him. He jumped back a little in shock. He could not see a face. The figure was dressed in a long black cloak that covered his entire being. An aura of darkness encircled him, that made him stand out more from the white room.
"The heartless will return." The figure said while he began to walk towards him.
He stepped back as the figure approached.
"Who are you? And why are the heartless back?" He said as his back hit the wall behind him.
The figure stopped about one foot away from him.
"If you continue the way you are going, their return will be inevitable. It will be your doing and there will be nothing you can do to stop it." With that said, the figure disappeared.
Riku sat up in bed with a cold sweat that covered his entire body. He looked around to see that he was back in his room, in his bed. He pushed the sheets off and walked to the bathroom. As he reached the bathroom, he turned on the light. He walk to the sink and turned on the cold water. He splashed the water on his face a few times to wake himself up. When he finished, he turned off the taps and took a towel to dry his face with.
'It was only just a dream. Nothing like that will happen. We got rid of all the heartless, didn't we?' He asked himself this question over and over as he walked back to his room.
As he entered his room he looked towards the direction of his clock. The time read 10:25 am. He decided, that if he was going to have another dream like that, he was not going back to sleep. So, he took a shower got dressed and walked downstairs towards the kitchen.
"Good morning, honey!" His mom greeted him happily.
"Morning mom." He replied. He put a piece of bread in the toaster and waited by for it to finish.
"So, what do you plan to do today?" She asked.
"Not much. Maybe I'll go see Sora today, if he's not already with Kairi." He said. He turned his attention back to the toaster. He took the piece of toast and began walking towards the front door. "I'll see you later mom!"
"Ok! Have fun!" She said as she watched him leave. 'I really wish you wouldn't put yourself through this pain.' She sighed as she watched him close the door.
Riku walked down the sidewalk to the beach. It was a nice day today. The sun was shining brightly, it was warm, but not too warm because of the cool breeze that passed every now and then. He finally got to the beach and sat down to relax a bit. He looked up to the sky, and just watched as the birds flew and watched as the wind blew the trees. Since it was such a nice day, he decided he would go to the paopu tree to watch the day pass by.
'What was with that dream? Nothing like that can happen again. We got rid of the Organization and the heartless too. So then, why do I have such a bad feeling about it?'
From a distance, he could see someone trying to climb the tree. As he came near the person, he saw that it was Sora. He walked up to the tree and jumped on to the trunk and sat on it.
"Hey Sora," he said while he watched the boy from where he sat. "What are you trying to do? You're going hurt yourself."
"No I'm not. I can do it. Just a little further!" Sora spoke as he reached for a fruit from the tree. "Haha! I got it!" He said as he jumped down to show Riku. "See! Told you I could do it!" He said excitedly.
"Took you long enough." Riku said jokingly. He then looked towards the fruit. "Are you going to give that to Kairi? I thought you already told her?" He felt another piece of his heart break at the answer he received.
"No. She was out with her dad yesterday, so I didn't get the chance to. I was going to tell her now, but since you're here, let's do something!" Sora said while he set the paopu fruit on the tree.
"What do you want to do?" He jumped from the trunk of the tree and stood in front of Sora.
"I don't know. Maybe we could have a race? And I can finally prove that I'm faster than you!" Sora taunted as he went in to a racing position.
"Yeah right! You probably can't even beat Kairi!" Riku teased.
"Ha! Just wait and see!" Sora said determinedly. "First one around the island and back here to the paopu tree is the winner!"
"Alright. Just try to keep up." Riku laughed.
"Very funny." Sora said sarcastically. "1..2..3..GO!"
They began to run as fast as their legs could carry them. They were tied as they turned the corner. They came across a boulder in the way. It only reached about to their knees. So, they both came to the same conclusion that it would take to long to go around and decided to jump over it. Riku jumped and landed perfectly on the other side. He turned his head to see Sora jump… and fall right on his face. Riku laughed a bit as he walked over to see if he was alright.
"You okay?" He asked Sora, still laughing a bit. He reached out his hand to help him up.
"Yeah, I'm ok!" Sora said, as he brushed some dirt off his clothes. He then started to run again. Before he got too far he called back to Riku. "We're still racing remember? And now I can prove to you that I'm faster!" He laughed while he ran ahead.
"Cheater! I only stopped because I was helping you!" Riku shouted as he started to run again and caught up to Sora.
They were finally nearing the tree. They both began to run as fast as they could. They both reached out to touch the tree first. But, the winner went undecided as they both touched the tree at the same time.
"Aww! I almost won too!" Sora whined as he looked towards Riku.
"Haha! In your dreams!" Riku laughed, as he breathed heavily from the race.
They both sat on the trunk of the tree to rest a bit. They just sat there, saying nothing to each other. They just watched the day go by in front of them. Until, Riku broke the silence when he asked a question that has been bothering him all day.
"Hey, Sora?" Riku asked as he turned to face him.
"Yeah?" Sora said as he turned his head to Riku's direction.
"Do you think that the heartless will ever come back?" He asked, a bit worried.
"No. We destroyed them all, remember? Why do you ask?" Sora asked curiously.
"Well-" Riku began, but was cut off as a voice called out to them.
"Sora! Riku!" Said the voice of Kairi as she ran towards them. Before she reached, Sora quickly took the paopu fruit he had picked and put it in his pocket.
"Hi Kairi!" Sora said with a smile on his face.
"Hello Kairi," Riku said.
"Why are you laze bums just sitting here. It's a nice day, so lets go do something together!" Kairi said teasingly.
"Actually, Kairi, Sora has something he wants to tell you, right Sora?"
"Y-yeah!" Sora spoke, nervously.
"Ok. What is it?" She asked curiously.
"U-um, lets go to the dock and I'll tell you." He then turned towards Riku. "I'll see you later, ok Riku?"
"Sure." Riku replied, while waving to them.
Sora grabbed Kairi's hand and ran off towards the docks. Riku just sat there a while, watching as they ran. He sighed a bit as felt alone again.
'This will help me to stop liking him. It's for the best, for all of us.' Riku thought as he rested his back against the curved trunk of the tree. 'The only thing to worry about now is that dream. I know we got rid of them all, but, I still have a bad feeling about this. And who was that guy anyway? And why did he say that it was my fault? ' He slowly began to fall asleep while he contemplated the meaning of the things he saw in his dream.
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Sora and Kairi finally stopped running when they reached the docks. They sat down beside each other, as their feet barely touched the water. They just sat there for a few moments watching as the Sun slowly sank beneath the horizon. Kairi finally turned to Sora to ask him something.
"So, Sora, what is it you wanted to tell me?" He asked while she watched him turn to look at her.
Slowly, Sora took the paopu fruit out of his pocket, but kept it hidden from her view by keeping it behind his back.
"Well… I've been thinking a lot lately, and-" He started but was cut short.
"Hold on a moment. You think?" She teased as she laughed a bit.
"Haha, very funny Kairi." He said sarcastically. "I'm being serious."
"Hehe! I know. I was just joking. So, really, what is it you want to tell me?" She asked curiously.
"Like I was saying before, I've been thinking lately. And I wanted you to know that," He slowly revealed the paopu fruit from behind his back. "I think I really like you Kairi."
Kairi was stunned. She looked from the fruit and back at Sora, who watched her reaction carefully. She sighed a bit. Slowly, she took the fruit from his hands and set it down on the dock next to her. She took his hands in hers and began to speak.
"Sora, this is really sweet of you, but I don't think it's me that you'll want to share a paopu with." She said carefully as she watched his expression change.
"What do you mean?" He asked confused, tilting his head to the side a little.
"I mean that, there's somebody that's more important to you than I am. You might not be able to tell yet, but there is, you just have to find them." She said and squeezed his hands lightly.
"Oh." Sora said as he looked down a bit. "Well.. do you know who it is?" He asked as he looked at her again.
"That, I can't tell you right now. You have to find them on your own. That way you'll understand it better." She sighed. As she saw the sad look on Sora's face, she came up with an idea. "But," She started. "I'll you have to promise me something."
"What?" Sora asked quietly.
"You have to promise me that you will try your best to find this person. And," She picked up the paopu fruit. "Just to make sure you find that person," She tossed the fruit in to the ocean. "If you don't find them first, no matter where you are, the person that the fruit was really meant for will find it. And then they will come to you, and tell you their feelings for you." She said as she looked back at Sora.
"But.. How will I know when I've found the right person? It could be anyone."
"Don't worry, you'll know when you're with them. This person, you won't want to leave them or have them leave you. And if you don't see them at least once a day you'll be worried because you love them. You'll be really happy around this person, and won't ever want to be without them ever."
"Oh. Ok I understand." Sora said as he smiled.
"Just, don't think I'm rejecting you or anything, it's just that, the way that you like me and the way you like this person are different. You think of me more like a sister and think of this person more like someone that you'd want to be with the rest of your life."
"It's alright. I think I get what you mean." He hugged her, then slowly released her from the embrace and kissed her cheek. "Thanks Kairi. I promise that I will find that person."
"That's good." She sighed, as she watched the birds fly by.
"What do you want to do now?" Sora asked, bored.
Just then, another idea came to Kairi's mind. "Hey, Sora," She called, getting his attention. "I have an idea!"
"Huh? What is it?" He asked as he watched as she started to bounce up and down slightly.
"How about we do something special, for Riku? He always seems to be so alone since we've come back. I was thinking that we could have a party for him or something!" She explained giddily. They both turned to Riku's direction to see him asleep on the paopu tree.
"He does seem to be alone all the time these days." Sora said sadly, while he watched his best friend by himself. He turned back to Kairi. "What do you have in mind?"
"Well.." She began. "I was thinking that, maybe we could have a surprise party for him!" She said as she started giggling.
"Ok!" Sora said just as happy. "But how are we going to do that?"
"We can have it at my house! And I'll bake a cake and we can set up decorations and buy chips and candy and celebrate that everything is alright again and-" She began, but was stopped when Sora spoke.
"Ok! Ok! I think I get it!" He shouted slightly to get her attention. When she finally calmed down, he started again. "What do I do? And when are we going to have the party?"
"Well, my dad is leaving on a business trip in a few days, so we can do it then. I just have to ask if it's alright first." She spoke. "And then tomorrow, come over to my house and I'll let you know what you can do and what to bring, ok?"
"Ok!" Sora replied enthusiastically.
With that said, they both stood up and began to walk back towards the paopu tree. They walked in silence, until Kairi spoke again.
"Oh.. I forgot to tell you, you can't let Riku know, or it won't be a surprise anymore, alright?"
"I know!" Sora replied.
As they walked, it began to get cloudy. Then it started to drizzle a bit, so they walked faster. When they reached the tree, they saw that Riku had already began to walk back home. They ran to catch up with him. They called out to him and he stopped and turned around to wait for them. They all ran to get out of the rain. When they reached the main street, they all said their good byes, and went their separate ways home.
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Author's Note: Ok! Another one's done. I hope you enjoyed it! The next chapter will be focusing more on Sora and Kairi's take on everything, so it doesn't seem like I'm only focusing mainly on Riku. Plot development! It will get better, I promise! It might seem boring, but this is only the first attempt at an actual story that I've tried, so I might suck at this. Sorry! I'm also getting the feeling that I'm making these chapters too short. If that's the case, then just review and let me know, please? If you see anything funny about this chapter, would you let me know about that too please? (This website tends to do weird things to my story once I put it up)
Next Chapter: Unseen Jealousy
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