Disclaimer: Still do not own. Bennie's is fake, or if it is real I have no knowledge of it.

Comments:Okay, I think everyone is going to be mad at or hate Riku after reading this chapter. I like to cause Sora pain and make Riku seem like a complete ass. I think I have accomplished that so far, especially when you add this chapter in. Black Juju actually Riku already knows Roxas' feelings, he just doesn't acknowledge them because he doesn't want anything to do with love. To make it worse, Roxas knows Riku knows and is hoping Riku will change his mind someday. Which is why Seifer is always on Riku's case. Hanakitsunechan7 that is a good question, but one I am not going to answer yet. If I did it may or may not ruin future parts of the story. FallenAnimosity wow, I feel very happy to have received your first yaoi review. Thank You! To everyone else that reviewed thank you very much, and to anyone that read but didn't review well I thank you too.

Chapter 10 Riku's Intentions

"What are you up to Tidus?" Riku asked. He was talking to Tidus on the phone after school.

"Nothing much. I just thought it would be good for someone who is not playing the game to try to get close to him. If that happens then that person is someone that Sora would talk to. Then we could have an idea on who is getting to him and making progress with the game."

"So that's it. You and Wakka play the friends, that will give you some idea and you can be the judges?" Riku asked.

"Yeah, you have a better way to determine who is doing good and who isn't?"

"Not really."

"Well, we can do this. We won't encourage him unfairly either. At lunch we told him he should give you a chance when he asked about you. If he ask about anyone else, we'll do the same thing."

"Okay, that sounds fine. As long as your not telling him to stay away from any of us."

"The only one I have told him he should stay away from is Kairi. He met her this morning. I told him she has a nasty side."

"He'd find that out soon enough if he made friends with her." Riku said. They had all seen Kairi's nasty side. For such a seemly sweet girl, she had one hell of a temper. "Did you walk him home?"

"No, he said he had somewhere he had to go after school. We offered to go with him but he said no. Thought he might need a guide, but I guess not."

"I think he was looking around yesterday. Maybe he already knows his way around here."

"Maybe."

Sora Pov

Sora once again found himself sitting in the waiting room at his doctor's office. Tidus had offered to come with him, but he didn't want Tidus to know where he was going so he had said no. He didn't have to wait as long as he normally did, probably because it had taken him longer to get there.

"So, Sora, how are things going? You started your new school today, right?" Dr. Mitchell asked.

"Yes. Things are fine. I even made some new friends."

"That's good. What else?"

"I don't know. My teachers all seemed alright. The food wasn't bad. Things have been going okay with my dad. I guess everything is great."

"You don't sound like everything is great. What is bothering you?"

Sora sighed, he knew this wasn't going to be good.

"I've met this guy a few times. The first time before I moved. I don't like him. He was a jerk then and he has silver hair. Now I go to school with him."

"You mentioned that he has silver hair, like that is something important."

"It is. The guy that attacked me had silver hair. Ever since then I have hated that hair color and anyone that has it." Sora explained, like it should have been a given.

"That is not very fair, Sora. To judge people based on their hair color."

"I know that. I do, I know that it isn't right, but I just can't help it."

"Can't help it? Why can't you help it?"

"Why do you think? You try being raped at knife point, with the knife going into your skin and see if you can help not hating people that remind you of that person." Sora said angrily.

"But it isn't that person. This guy that you speak of that you met recently is not the one who did that to you."

"I know that. It is not him. He just has the same hair color. I'm not stupid, I know. Even still, I can't like him. I don't want to be around him, I don't want to see him. I just want him to stay away from me. But he can't seem to do that. I keep meeting him."

"I think you should try to become friends with this young man. That maybe the only way you will get over this hurdle."

Sora laughed, "Become friends with him? Are you serious? Did you miss the part where I said I don't like him. It isn't just his hair color either, I seriously do not like him. He was a jerk."

"Perhaps you think that way because you can't get past the fact that his hair is silver."

"No I think that way because it is the truth, he is a jerk. And that is saying it nicely." Sora said, he was getting fed up. Dr. Mitchell just didn't understand.

"You should at least give him another chance. Try to get to know him and find out if he is always a jerk or if maybe you just met him on a bad day."

"Fine." Sora wasn't fine with it, but he was getting tired of talking about him. He just wanted the conversation to move on.

"Good. Now, are you still having the nightmares?"

"No, I haven't had any lately."

"None at all?"

"None."

Dr. Mitchell continued to ask Sora about everything. Sora gave him the usual answers. He was glad when his hour was up and he could finally get out of there. Sora walked to the bus stop as he listened to the music playing on his player. He always liked to drowned himself in music after his sessions.

As he stood waiting for the bus he felt and arm snake around him. The person pulled him back to them. Sora took a quick look over his shoulder and smiled in relief.

"You're here." Sora said.

"I'm here. Want to go to my place or are you in a hurry to get home?" Axel asked.

"No hurry, let's go." Sora answered. Axel and Sora rode the bus to the stop that would take them to Axel's. Along the way Sora told him about his new school and Riku.

"This guy is bugging you?" Axel asked.

"He just keeps showing up. I'm not saying it is all on purpose. I know he didn't know I would be at the cliff, but he did come talk to me at lunch."

"Maybe he is just trying to be friendly. But if he starts bugging you I will talk to him for you." Axel said. Sora knew that the talking Axel was talking about would be done with his fist. He would wait and see what happened. Maybe this guy would leave him alone once he got use to him being there.

The time spent at Axel's was a lot funner than the time he had spent at the doctors. It made the trip to this side of town worth it. Axel was able to take his mind off of everything that had been bugging him while making him feel good.

"You know therapy wouldn't be so bad if I could always follow it up like this." Sora said, leaning closer to place a kiss on Axel's lips.

"I don't mind." Axel told him as he pulled him closer and returned the kiss, deepening it. Sora smiled after the kiss.

"I'm sure you don't. That would mean you would get to have me three times a week."

"That's assuming I don't visit you over there." Axel smirked.

"I don't mind."

"Oh, three times a week not enough for you?"

"Enough of you? No." Sora said, returning the smirk that Axel have given him.

"Is that so? I'll just have to remember that." Axel said. "My little Sora isn't satisfied with just three times a week. He can't get enough of me."

"Is that a problem for you?"

"Not at all. I like it that you desire me so much."

"Are you saying you don't desire me that much?"

"Sora, I'd sleep with you every day if it was possible. But then people might start to figure things out. We can't have that now can we?"

"No, I guess not. I should probably get going. I don't know what time my dad will be home."

"I'll walk you to the stop."

About an hour later Sora walked into his house. He noticed his father was not home. Although his father had left his mother for another woman things had not worked out between the two of them and they had broken up.

Sora made his way to his room to get started on his homework for the day. He had pulled out his math book and paper when the doorbell rang. He had no idea who it could be, he didn't know anyone on this street that he knew off. Sora made his way back to the living room and open the door to a spiky blond.

"Hello. Are you looking for my dad? He is not here." Sora told him. The guy seemed familiar but Sora could not place him.

"No, I came to meet you. I saw you come home a few minutes ago. I thought since we are neighbors I should introduce myself. Names Cloud."

"I'm Sora. Would you like to come in Cloud?"

"Sure." Cloud made his way inside and followed Sora to the living room. Sora offered him a seat on the couch and Cloud accepted.

"I saw you at school today, but I didn't know you had moved in here."

"Yeah, just a few days ago. This is my dad's house, I had been living with my mom."

"So, Luxord is your dad?"

"Yes, you know him? Oh, I guess you would since he is your neighbor." Sora said, laughing slightly at his stupid question. Cloud smiled.

"Yeah, I know him, but I didn't know he had any kids."

"Just me. I guess I'm not surprised you didn't know about me, I hadn't talked to him in a while until just recently. He suddenly called me up and said I was coming to live with him. A week later and here I am."

"A week? That was quick."

"I know. So you go to my school?"

"Yes. I'm a third year."

"I'm only in second year. I met a guy named Tidus who told me there is nothing to do here."

"That's true. Better find some good friends or you will be bored out of your mind all of the time. But it sounds like you have made at least one friend."

"Yeah, Tidus. Also a guy named Wakka. They both seem pretty nice. I think I will get along great with them. I also met a couple of girls, Kairi and Namine. Tidus said I should stay away from Kairi though, or that is pretty much what he said."

"That was good advice. She is not as nice as she seems to be. Namine is though. Although she is friends with Kairi. But she is still nice."

"So, Namine's fine, but Kairi isn't?"

"Yeah. Anyone else?"

"Not really. I have talked to this Riku guy a couple of times, but he isn't a friend."

"Riku? Don't want him as your friend?" Cloud said, his brow going up a little.

"I'm just not to sure about him, but Tidus and Wakka tell me I should give him a chance. But..." Sora looked away and trailed off.

"But?" Cloud asked.

"He has silver hair." Sora said so lightly that Cloud almost couldn't hear it. Cloud did hear it though, but decided against asking about it.

"How were your classes? Did you have trouble with any of them?" Cloud asked. Sora looked back up and smiled, grateful for the subject change.

"No, no problems with them. I was just about to get started on my homework when you came over."

"Oh, maybe I should go then, wouldn't want you not to get it done. But I live right across the street if you need any help." Cloud told him as he got up to go.

"Thanks. It was really nice meeting you, Cloud. I hope we can be friends." Sora said, cheerfully. Cloud smiled at him.

"I'm sure we can, Sora." Cloud walked out the door closing it behind him. Sora stood there for a few minutes thinking about the blond. He still felt that he had seen him before, but could not remember. Deciding he had probably seen him earlier that day at school Sora shrugged and went back to his homework.

Riku pov

"Hello."

"Riku, it's Cloud. Turns out our little friend, Sora, is Luxord's son."

"I didn't know he had any kids."

"Neither did I. Anyway, I went and visited Sora earlier. You came up in our conversation."

"What was said about me? Did you tell him something bad about me?" Riku asked.

"No. He said he wasn't sure about you and something about you having silver hair. I don't know what that was about and he said it pretty low, I don't think he wanted me to hear it. So I didn't ask."

"Me having silver hair huh? So he has some sort of problem with my hair color?"

"Don't know for sure, but it seemed like it."

"Thanks Cloud, but why are you telling me this? We are competing for him."

"I know. I just found it interesting and thought I would tell you. Besides, we were so worried that you might have an advantage over everyone else since you have already talked to him, but it seems like you have a disadvantage if he has something against silver hair."

"I'll find a way around that."

"I'm sure you will. See you tomorrow."

"Yeah, bye." Riku said and hung up the phone.

"You certainly are interesting, Sora. I know you have some secrets, let's just see how long it takes me to figure them out." Riku said to himself. He was not going to let something like Sora not liking his hair color discourage him from his goals. He would figure Sora out, he would make Sora fall for him. And then he would break his heart. Heartbreak, the pain of a so called innocent, that was the true nature of this game. That was why Riku allowed the others to compete for Sora. He didn't care who won him, really. He just wanted someone to win him over and then break him. And Riku was determined to make sure that happened.

Sora Pov

Sora could not believe it. It was Tuesday, his second day at his new school and he was in his last class of the day. The class happened to be a gym class. He had already changed into his gym clothes and was out on the field. He looked once more to verify that what he was seeing wasn't a figment of his imagination, or that he wasn't just being paranoid. No, that was indeed Riku headed his way. He didn't think he had any classes with him since he had not seen him in class the day before.

"Hey Sora." Riku said, stopping beside him.

"Riku. I didn't know you were in this class. I didn't see you here yesterday."

"I ditched this class yesterday." Riku shrugged. Sora didn't know what to say, but he didn't have to say anything. At that moment the teacher came and told the class they would be dividing into two teams for a game of dodge ball. A game that Sora hated. Riku was on the opposing team and Sora took the opportunity to try to hit him, but Riku was too fast and Sora missed only to be hit out himself by one of Riku's teammates.

The game was won by Riku's team and the students made their way to the locker room. School would be over in a few minutes so instead of showering like the other guys, Sora quickly changed his clothes and left the room. He wanted to get far away from Riku before he decided to try talking to him again. He had no intentions of following his doctor's suggestion and trying to become friends with the guy.

Sora walked home alone. He knew he could have met up with Tidus and Wakka, maybe the three of them could have hung out. He had eaten lunch with them again today. They were very friendly towards him and he was grateful that he had met them, but Sora felt himself reluctant to get too close to anyone.

Sora had found out the previous day that his dad got off work about 6:00. He walked into the house throwing his bag down on the floor next to the couch. He had a little bit of homework that he would do later. Sora plopped down on the couch and flipped on the television. As he searched for something to watch his cell phone rang.

"Hello"

"Hey, Sora. How's it going over there?" Sora recognized the voice of his best friend immediately.

"Hayner! How are you? It seems like I haven't seen you in forever."

Hayner laughed at Sora's childish manner, "It has only been a few days Sora. I'm fine, everyone is fine. You didn't answer my question though."

"Oh, yeah, sorry. I was just happy to hear your voice. It's alright over here, but I would rather be over there still. I miss Bennie's." Sora told him. Bennie's was an ice cream shop that Sora went to a lot. His friends would tease him that he was keeping Bennie's in business since he went there so often.

Once again Hayner laughed, "Leave it to you to miss an ice cream shop. We would rather you be over here as well, but there's nothing we can do."

"I know. I will just have to survive without Bennie's everyday. Maybe I can come over on Saturday. We could go to the arcade or something. What do you think?"

"Sounds good."

"Well, I don't know if my dad will be here or not so I'll have to get back to you on that."

"Okay, just let me know when you find out, I'll let everyone else know."

"Sure, I better go, I have homework to do."

"Okay, talk to you later."

Sora hung up the phone after saying goodbye. He could have talked longer, he wasn't going to do his homework yet anyway. But he wasn't really in the mood to talk to Hayner. He wasn't in the mood to play the innocent Sora that Hayner knew and liked. He wanted to just be himself, not acting all happy all the time. But that was something he could not do in front of other people. Except Axel.

The next couple of days went pretty quickly. On Wednesday he had met a couple of new people. On looked like him a little. His name was Roxas. Roxas had been slightly cold to him and Sora wondered what he had done to him. The other he was sure he had seen somewhere before. He was a tall brunet with a scar running down his face and his name was Leon. Leon was a friend of Cloud's. Cloud had explained that although Leon seemed rough, he was actually a fairly nice guy once you got to know him.

Axel had called Sora and explained that something had come up and he would not be able to meet him that day, but had sworn he would make it up to him. Sora had been looking forward to seeing Axel, so the news depressed him. His meeting with the doctor went as usual with nothing new being discussed.

On Thursday Sora had lunch with not only Tidus and Wakka, like usual, but Cloud and Leon had joined them as well. Sora found himself taking a liking to the two. Cloud was nice and told him about different things that Sora didn't know about. Things concerning the town and school. Leon didn't talk much but when he did Sora thought the things he said were interesting. He found himself wanting to get to know the quiet man better.

But just because things are going good doesn't mean it will stay that way, which Sora found out Thursday afternoon. Sora was walking down the hall minding his own business and heading to class when someone threw their arm across his shoulders. Sora looked up to see who it was and instantly tried to pull away. Sora recognized the guy as the one who had gotten into a fight with Axel.

"What's your hurry? Let's get to know each other. The names Seifer, and you are?"

"S- Sora. I need to get to class before I am late, so please let go of me." Sora said, stuttering slightly. Sora glanced beside Seifer and caught sight of the silver hair guy that had been with Seifer when he fought Axel. Seifer noticed where Sora was looking.

"That's Zexion. So, Sora, you're pretty cute. I've seen you around school and decided I like you. How 'bout we go out Friday night?" Seifer said, refusing to let Sora go. Sora tried once again to pull away, but Seifer's hold on him was strong.

"I can't. I already have plans Friday night." Sora said truthfully.

"With who?"

"My friends Cloud and Leon. Cloud invited me to hang out at his place with them. They have some stuff planned."

"Is that so?" Seifer said. Sora was curious about the look on Seifer's face, like he was deep in thought about something. Deciding he really didn't care, he pulled away hard, breaking free from Seifer's hold on him while he was distracted.

"Nice meeting you. I really have to go now." Sora said, thinking how it wasn't really nice meeting them, but he had to be polite. Sora took off, walking as fast as he could before Seifer decided he wasn't through talking to him. Like Riku, Sora hadn't liked Seifer before and saw no reason to start liking him now. And the other guy was in the same boat Riku was in with his silver hair, Sora didn't want anything to do with either one of them.

TBC

This chapter was actually suppose to end after Riku's pov ended. When Riku said he wanted to break Sora. But because of my reviewers I realized that my already written future chapters, although they will work I need to add some things before those chapters. I was originally going to skip ahead in time to push the story forward. But one of the central themes of the fic is the games and to completely leave out what they do would be a mistake on my part. So thank you all for helping me see the error I was about to make. Therefore, this chapter became longer.

As you can see from this chapter Riku is evil. He just wants to hurt Sora.