HEARTLESS

The first thing Riku did when he saw Sora crouch down like that was summoning Way To Dawn. He hadn't realized what he'd done until Kairi's voice broke through him.

"Sora's Heartless! Y-You can't use that, Riku!"

Oh. Right. Keyblade's kill Heartless. "Then what am I supposed to use?" Riku asked out loud turning to Kairi, mostly to himself, or to Kairi. It didn't matter.

Kairi opened her mouth to respond but instead saying anything helpful, a shriek rose from her throat and Riku felt the wind knocked out of him. He was thrown off to the side, falling down onto the sand.

Sora had sprung from where he was, immediately knocking Riku aside to get to Kairi. The Heartless had successfully pinned her to the ground, one arm around her waist and the other hand pinned her neck down. Sora grinned in a malicious way, his hungry yellow gaze staring into her frightened blue one.

"Got you."

Riku growled, not caring if he used Way to Dawn or not, and stood up. "Let her go, Sora!" Riku raised Way to Dawn up, ready to make it crash down on Sora-

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Riku," Sora snickered, slightly amused. One of his hands slowly trailed over to Kairi's chest and rested over her heart. "I could just rip this out before you could do anything to me. Then you'd be losing another friend." He sneered. "So... Why don't you put that toy away?"

Riku frowned a bit, still keeping Way to Dawn raised up over Sora. He couldn't let Kairi get hurt, but he couldn't let Sora get away with this.

Kairi choked out, squeezing her sky blue eyes shut in fear, "R-Riku... Help... Sora, st-stop this!" She opened her eyes a crack, not wanting to look at Sora.

Sora rolled his eyes boredly, twirling a strand of her hair around absently. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm really starving. Do you know what will happen to a Heartless if we don't get fed? We could just start attacking everything we see with a heart- friends or lovers- it doesn't matter. Think of it as a blind rage with only one goal in mind-" Sora paused, smirking, and abandoning the strand of brown hair to lift her chin up a bit, causing Kairi to look directly at him even if she shied away. "-Hearts. So be a good little Princess and make one small sacrifice..."

Kairi winced, jerking her head back. "No! S-Sora, please! You've got to remember us, everything! We're your friends, you wouldn't even think of hurting us! You..." She glanced at Riku desperately. "You and Riku... You and I... We have always been friends..." She shook her head, a few tears leaking out. "It can't end this way! It just can't!"

It was silent for a while. Kairi's voice echoed throughout the islands and was swept away with the wind. Even Sora sat still for a moment, staring wide eyed at her. His amber gaze was no longer hungry, but more confused and thoughtful as he tried to understand what Kairi was saying to him. Riku stood there, staring at Sora. If he was going to make any sudden movements Riku wanted to be ready. He agreed with Kairi- It couldn't end this way. They're journey just ended, Riku was home. He was done with darkness. There was no way he would let his little Sora go through something like this.

Sora.

His Sora.

Who have been best friends since they started playing on that Island as kids.

Was he aware of Riku's feelings for him? As a Heartless, he should have no idea. But then again, Riku thought, Back in the Secret Place... He kind of... kissed me. Why did he do that? Other than to make me shut up.

"K-Kai... Ri..." Sora whimpering voice broke through Riku's thoughts. His voice no longer held that sarcastic and wicked tone. It sounded like a little scared child, hurt, it made Riku's heart twist as he recalled Sora's words:

'I get my heart ripped out, get separated from you and Kairi, and I'm expected to obey Ansem and Vanitas. Like some dog! I'm lucky they sent me here in the first place!'

Riku frowned a bit, he just wanted to hold Sora, tell him that he would be okay, tell him that he would get his heart back soon. To do anything to comfort him. But then he remembered when he tried to comfort Sora he angrily shoved him aside and was taken away.

"Sora?" Kairi spoke his name quietly, not sure if this was him or the crazed Heartless he was.

Sora squeezed his eyes shut, shaking his head a little. "Kairi... Riku... H-Help me!" He pleaded quietly.

Riku's eyes widened, dropping Way to Dawn and rushing over to Sora's side immediately. Sora made no move to fight him as Riku pulled him off Kairi and wrapped his arms around him. Kairi sat up, staring at Sora as well. "Shh, Sora, it's okay. I'm here for you... Riku's here."

Sora hissed out, gripping his head in both hands. "E-Easy f-f-for you t-to say! Y-Your not.. fighting w-with yourself!"

Riku winced slightly, holding Sora closer than before. "I understand that. But you gotta hold on! I'm trying to help you!"

Sora let out a violent shudder, his hand creeping up to rest over Riku's heart. Riku stiffened up a little, almost waiting for Sora to do something, but he just kept it there. He noticed Sora start to relax a bit.

"Your... Heart..." Sora murmured, fighting the hurtful shudders of pain that went through him. "It's... S-so relaxing... I miss.. th-that feeling of... a heart beat..."

Before Riku or Kairi could do anything, a dark presence seemed to appear from behind him. Riku gazed behind him and growled at what he saw. A Dark Corridor had opened up and the same person who kidnapped Sora before was standing in front of it. Riku growled with hatred. "Vanitas."

The newcomer had his mask on, like the last time he had seen him, so nobody could see his face. Sora however stiffened up immediately, the shudders stopping quickly. Vanitas spoke, almost amused at Sora. "Look at that- The puppet thinks he can calm the Heartless down. A cute effort but worthless."

"Puppet? ! Worthless? !" Riku snarled, holding Sora protectively. "Leave Sora alone! He's no use for the darkness!"

Vanitas seemed definitely amused by this. "No use...? Because Ansem has found a wonderful use for him. Right Sora?"

Sora straightened up, shoved Riku away and grabbed Kairi's wrist, earning a small yelp from her. "Sorry, I got held up by these two. I would've been back sooner."

"Hmph. In that case, go back. Ansem is gone, who knows wherever the hell he went. So you two will probably be alone for awhile." Vanitas chuckled. "I figured you'd want some alone time for your first meal."

Sora nodded, then stood up and yanked Kairi up standing as well. "Of course." Sora made his way toward the Dark Corridor, ignoring Kairi as she struggled the whole time.

"No! Sora!" Riku called out as he scrambled to his feet and grabbed Way to Dawn. Before he could make a move, he saw that Vanitas had his own Keyblade and was standing in front of Riku. Riku growled as he got into his fighting stance, "Move, Vanitas!"

Vanitas snickered, getting into his own stance, much to Riku's horror was exactly like his, and replied, "This should be fun. You want Sora back? You have to get through me."

II

Sora and Kairi soon arrived in Hollow Bastion- the Grand Hall- much to Kairi's distaste. Sora let go of her wrist, and she started to look around. "Huh..? Th-This place..."

"Grand Hall," Sora finished for her, glancing at the multi-colored keyhole. "Weren't you here before, Princess?" He asked, smirking.

Kairi started to shake a little, closing her eyes. "S-Sora... Take me home! I-I hate it here!"

Sora rolled his eyes, crouching next to her. "Oh deal with it. Sheesh, its not like your gonna die. Oh... wait... You are."

That was all it took for the young girl to start crying quietly. She covered her face with her hands, choking out between tears. "Sora... I-I can't believe... you would a-actually listen to them! I-I'm your friend! I-I thought that.. w-we were more than f-friends t-too...!" she wailed.

"..." Sora took all this in then grabbed her wrist again without hesitation.

Kairi winced, muttering, "S-Sora?"

Sora stood up, gesturing for Kairi to do the same, and when she did he quickly lead her down the stairs. Kairi followed without fighting, it didn't seem like he was going to kill her or anything. He just seemed a bit... impatient.

After walking down the stairs and sneaking past the other glassy crystal pods that once kept the other six Princess's of Heart, Sora stopped Kairi beside one of the pods. "Kairi..."

Kairi shivered, glancing around uncomfortably. "...Yes, Sora...?"

Sora smirked, his other hand grabbed Kairi by the waist and forcing her up against the wall, partially hidden by the shadows in the hall. Kairi's eyes widened but made no move to fight. Sora pinned her wrist down and leaned in closer to her.

"Kairi... I don't think I should get rid of you just like that," the Heartless mused to himself.

The brunette blinked. "Then.. what are you-"

She was cut off quickly as Sora pressed his lips over hers. Kairi let out something like a squeak and squirmed around slightly. That only made Sora press closer to her, so Kairi eventually just gave in and let Sora kiss her. All the while her face was reddening.

Sora stopped her a moment, letting go of her wrist to play with her hair again. "You'll be mine, Kairi... I want you to stay with me."

This only made her face redden a little more. "St-Stay with you?"

"Would you rather I ask Riku? Aren't you glad I asked you to stay by my side instead of him?"

Kairi hesitated before nodding a little. "A-Actually... Yes. I am happy." She couldn't help the smile that inched its way across her face.

Sora grinned and kissed her cheek. "Of course you are... Besides, I have other plans for Riku." Sora glanced around the area, murmuring to himself. "So many Heartless... And this one has his own heart."

A/N: Whoo! I'm glad I got this up! I've been having a lot of fun with this story, seeing as how I got so many of the ideas from my roleplay. So, thank you to the reviewers I've gotten so far. It really keeps me going on with this fic.

So, Sora has taken Kairi away and wants her to stay with him at Hollow Bastion while Riku and Vanitas fight it out on Destiny Islands. I know I said this story was SoRiku but I also said it was SoKai too, since I love both those pairings. I'm a yaoi fangirl but I also like regular girlxboy pairings.

Sooo, Review please? If you review, I update faster!