Chapter 8
Forget Me
More knocks followed by a final scream from outside of the bathroom let the fake Sora realize he needed to leave. It opened the door to Riku's face. Sora sighed in the darkness he sat in. He might not ever be able to talk to Riku after this was over. He was not even sure of the creature's intentions.
"Sora? Are you okay? You sick?" Riku asked.
"Yeah. You know, felt like I was going to throw up," the creature told Riku.
"Oh. It seemed a little worse. You sure you are all right?" Riku said.
"Is it the altitude honey?" his mother asked.
"Maybe. I think I am fine now," it said causing Sora to flood into anger. It worked. The creature portrayed his voice, his movements, everything perfect. No one could even realize it was not him.
"Riku, walk him back to his seat, will you?" his mother asked.
"Yeah, sure," Riku replied. Sora felt a surge of jealousy as he was forced to watch Riku grasp the creature's hand.
"Thanks Riku," the creature said.
"Sora?" his mother stopped him. Sora perked up. She realized something.
"Yes?"
"Where is your necklace?" she asked. Sora smiled. His mother knew he never took it off. But even better, the answer the creature gave sent a red flag to his mother.
"Oh. I don't know. Left it at home, maybe," it said, not paying much attention to the question. His mother stared at him like he had just said the most obscene remark to her.
"Left it at home? You had it on when we came," she said.
"Oh. Right. I probably left it at the hotel. It's okay," the creature assured her. She looked at him with a more perplexed look. Riku noticed her expression, but did not really understand. They walked to their seats and buckled up.
"She seemed a little upset about that necklace," Riku said.
"Probably just angry I was not responsible about it, you know parents," it said, hooking Riku with the remark.
"True."
His mother never returned to her seat. Sora wondered if she was checking the bathroom. Maybe she would notice the blood. Then again, it would not really help her understand what was going on.
The plane started to land. His mother finally returned to her seat. She stared at Sora once and turned around.
They exited out of the plane and his mother pulled Riku aside.
"Give me a minute Sora, his mom wanted me to tell him something," she said. Sora wondered if she was lying.
"Sure," the creature said. Stepping away from the crowd. It looked ahead at the other plane, noticing that Rikku was stepping off.
"Hi Rikku," it said, coughing a bit before it sneezed heavily.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Cold. Had it for awhile," Sora said.
"What? I just saw you yesterday and you were fine," she said.
"Huh?" the creature asked, realizing Sora had tricked him now.
"You said you had it for awhile. You seemed fine," she said questionably.
"Oh. I did not mean that. I think I just caught it-"
"Never seen a cold get that bad that quick," Rikku stated.
"Well, it did, okay," the creature said with a tone of aggressiveness in the voice.
"Fine, sorry," she apologized. Sora was feeling better about these odds. Now Rikku noticed something was not right.
"Hi, Rikku, how was your visit?" Sora's mom asked with a friendly tone as she finished speaking with Riku. Riku pulled at the creature's arm as Rikku spoke.
"Sora. Are you sure nothing happened in that plane. Your mom seems to think you suffered some kind of...thing...she is not sure, but she told me you were not acting like yourself," Riku said.
"I am fine. I think I just caught something in the plane. Don't know what it was," the creature lied.
"Well, she did not want me to tell you what she said, but I told her you were probably just light headed and not thinking clearly," Riku said. "You seem all right to me."
"Yeah. She is just being worried," the creature said.
"See you later then," Rikku said as she walked away. The creature eyed Sora's mom suspiciously.
"Later?" it asked.
"She wanted to know about a recipe of mine. I told her to come by," she said. Sora had a feeling she was lying. Rikku must have told his mother she noticed something too.
"Humph. Me and Riku are going to go for a walk-" the creature started.
"Actually, I would appreciate you both staying for dinner. It won't take long to make. And I would not want Rikku to come over and think you were rude for not being there. It's your favorite. Pot Roast," his mother said. Sora's eyes widened. She definitely figured out something was wrong. Pot Roast was not his favorite dish.
"Oh. Great. Then we will meet you at home I guess," the creature said. Sora's mom nodded. Her face looked troubled.
The creature walked with Riku down the sidewalk. A little ways down, they spotted Tidus.
"Oh man," Riku muttered. The creature smirked, recalling Sora's request to leave him alone.
"Meet me by the lake. I will talk with Tidus," it said. Riku nodded and left.
"Sora, I wanted to ask you something about what I heard-" Tidus stated.
"Shut up. I stand by what I said. I want you to stay away from me and Riku and the lake. It is our place. I don't love you, so get over it," the creature said. Tidus had a look as though he was just shouted at in a foreign language.
"What?" he asked after a minute.
"That's right. Stay the fuck away from us," it said, turning to walk towards the forest, leaving Tidus in confusion.
"Tidus," a girl said behind him.
"Oh, Rikku. Something is seriously wrong with Sora. I think he just told me off about something that never happened," Tidus said.
"He has been acting weird since he got back. His mother is extremely worried. He is not acting anything like himself," she said.
"He told me to stay away from the lake. What lake. When did I say I was going near it. Was I in a coma when this happened. I am so confused!" he yelled.
"Lake. That is the place I think him and Riku would run off to during gym. Why would he tell you to stay away from it. You think we should-"
"Follow. Yes," Tidus finished for her.
When the creature and Riku reached the forest, Sora was trying to find a way to get rid of the monster. He knew there had to be a way. He thought hard about the creature. It was made by him desperately wanting him. What if he ignored him. No, he could not really ignore him, he was inside of him. However, what if everyone ignored him. If he was brought here by him needing him, what if no one needed him. The only problem with Sora's plan was he had no way to tell people. He sat in fury in the dark prison he resided inside.
"So, how about we have a little fun," the creature said, rubbing Riku's arm. Riku smiled and pulled it towards him. Sora closed his eyes before being forced to see them kiss.
Riku and the creature laid down and Riku removed his shirt. The creature let his hands explore the skin of Riku's bare chest. Riku moaned quietly, letting it touch him everywhere. It moved closer to Riku and began to suck on Riku's nipple. Riku took off it's shirt and let his own hands glide down it's arms, until...
"What's that?" Riku asked, stopping. The creature looked up.
"A scar," it said with an obvious annoyance at the question.
"How the hell did you get it?" Riku asked, backing away a bit, as though he was afraid of something.
"I don't know, I have had it. Who cares?"
"I kinda do, considering it was not there last night. I am positive I would have noticed, Sora," Riku said.
"Damn it," the creature said to himself. He was know figuring out how many things Sora did to make him become noticed. "Don't worry about it." The creature gave him another kiss.
"Woah!" Tidus shouted. Rikku stood behind him.
"Shit," Riku said, getting up and trying to pretend nothing happened.
"So you two are going out. I did not believe everyone when they said Sora said you guys were-" Tidus said.
"What? Sora, why the hell did you...I thought...Why?' Riku stopped and took off running out of the forest. Rikku stopped the creature from leaving.
"I don't know who you are, but you are not Sora. You may look like him, but you are not him. I am going to figure out what the hell is going on before you take advantage of Riku again," she said.
"I doubt it," the creature said. "Because he won't be alive by tomorrow." The creature touched the shoulder of both Rikku and Tidus, causing them to fall into a deep sleep.
"NO!" Sora yelled, running to the picture he was watching.
As Sora reached the end of it, he felt like he was falling. Then he suddenly saw Rikku, before he flew into her. Then, there was darkness. In this darkness, there was someone breathing.
"Hello?" Sora said. He heard a gasp, before he saw who it was.
"Who is that," Rikku asked. It was exactly like Sora's dreams, except now he played the role as the creature did. She could not see him, yet he was in front of her.
"It's me, Sora. The real Sora," he said. She looked around, confused,
"Where?" she asked. Sora did not know how to become visible. He concentrated on it. He thought about being visible, and repeatedly pictured himself being visible to her.
"Here," he said.
"Ahh! Sora? Is it really you?" she asked. "What is going on?"
"That thing out there. It has taken me over somehow. I apparently have taken his place as some kind of dream. He was always in my dreams, but when I was on the plane he took me over and I was suddenly seeing through his eyes," Sora pushed all of his thoughts out at once.
"What?" she asked.
"Rikku, I don't know. It is so confusing to me. I somehow created this monster and now it wants to ruin my life," he explained.
"What do we do?" she asked.
"I think I know how to get rid of it, but I don't know if I have time now. If he is going to kill Riku now, I don't think I could tell enough people in time. I would tell you to tell everyone, but I don't even know when you are going to wake up," Sora said.
"Your mom knows something is wrong. She will watch you at your house. I am sure that is where Riku went. Tell me what I have to do," she said.
"Forget me. Ignore me. Don't speak to that creature. Don't talk about me or think about me, just pretend like I never existed," Sora said.
"You sure?"
"No. It is the only thing I can think of. Now if only I could get you up so you can tell people."
"I don't know Sora. I don't know what kind of power this thing has-"
"Just do it," Sora said.
"Sora, what if it...what if you go with that thing. How do you know you will get out?"
"I don't, and I don't care. If it saves Riku, it was worth it. Now, when you wake up, I will be in you I expect. I need you to go to my house after telling Tidus, tell my mom, wait for Riku to go to sleep then I can enter him. I will explain things, then enter my body again. Make sure you tell everyone," Sora said as he concentrated on waking Rikku up.
"Sora!" Rikku yelled.
"Sora!" Rikku screamed as she woke up. "Shit! Tidus! Get up!"
"What? What the-"
"Shut up. I am going to explain something that will not make sense. Then I will tell you what I need you to do and so help me if you ask one question or tell me you do not get it, I will smack you across the face so hard you will fall right back asleep because I do not have an hour to explain this," She said quickly. She quickly explained. And Tidus tried not to question. When he heard of what he had to do, he took Rikku's word for it and agreed. Sora felt relieved as he viewed everything through Rikku's eyes. Perhaps this would come together, perhaps not. Sora was not concerned with himself right now, only with Riku.
"Riku?" the creature called as it spotted him sitting on the steps to Sora's house.
"Sora? Oh. I am sorry about that. I realize that was stupid of me. I shouldn't care what people think. I certainly shouldn't be mad at you for it," Riku said.
"Well, that is not important right now," the creature said. It did not expect Riku to be forgiving. Now it wanted to see if it could have more fun with him. "Why don't we head upstairs and have some fun." Riku smiled.
"Thank you for not being mad at my reaction," Riku said.
They walked inside and stalked upstairs to Sora's room. They both collapsed on the mattress and began making out. Riku let it's tongue maneuver around and through his lips. It then started to take off Riku's pants. Riku yawned.
"You tired?" it asked.
"A little. Don't worry-" Riku started before being interrupted by Sora's mom's scream.
"Sora! Come here for a minute.
"Fuck! I will be right back," it said angrily, feeling he still must complete his duties as faking Sora, now that Riku was still falling for it.
"What?" it asked angrily.
"Can you reach behind the refrigerator and grab the picture frame that fell over. I can't reach it. If you get it, I will let you skip dinner," she bargained. The creature smiled.
"Okay," he said with a fake sweet tone. As he bent down he felt a slight wind behind him. He glanced up and thought he saw a lock of blonde hair disappear behind the wall. Ignoring it, it grabbed the frame and handed it to Sora's mother.
"Thank you," she said. It ran up the stairs, carefully eyeing around for anyone. When he stepped in Sora's room, Riku was asleep, and the window was open. He felt something enter his mouth, like breathing in smoke. Then Riku woke up. The creature realized something had happened.
"What the hell did you do?" it asked Sora, who had returned.
"Why don't you ask Riku, that is, if he remembers who you are," Sora said.
"What? Riku?" the creature asked. Riku did not respond. He also did not look over. Instead, he stood up and walked by him. "Riku! Riku!" Riku walked down the stairs. The creature followed him.
"Riku, do you want something to eat?" Sora's mother asked.
"Yeah," Riku answered.
"Hello! Mom? Riku? What the fuck is wrong with you people?" it asked angrily.
"Tried a new seasoning," she told Riku.
"I like it," Riku responded after taking a bite. A knock came at the door. She went to open it.
"Come on in," she said. It was Tidus and Rikku.
"You. Rikku! You did this. You brought Sora here!" the creature yelled. She did not answer or look at him. The creature became extremely irate. It ran upstairs and let Sora out of his prison. Sora finally felt the ground. He finally breathed air and felt real.
"I will KILL you!" it screamed. Sora stood up and turned his back to the creature. "What are you doing. Talk to me."
"This shouldn't be open," Sora said to himself as he closed the window. He then walked passed the creature.
"HEY! You fucking brat. You're ignoring me too?" it yelled. Sora said nothing. The creature suddenly started to become transparent. "Fuck! You want him to forget, eh? You want Riku to forget you? Fine by me!" the creature shouted as a dark fog poured from his hand through the floor. Sora tried to ignore it, but he was worried what it was going to do. "I may not be able to kill him, but I made damn sure you will never be with him-" The creature imploded into darkness.
"Riku?" Sora yelled. He ran downstairs, fearing the worst.
"Sora, something isn't right," his mom said, trying to prevent him from seeing Riku. He pushed passed her.
"Riku?" Sora said cautiously. Riku looked up at him with a confused expression.
"Hmm. How do you know my name? Who are you?"