Riku watched as Sora made a mad dash across the sand in front of him. He was only slightly surprised when Sora stopped quickly enough to fall over, leaping to his feet and dashing back to Riku.
His attention was slightly diverted when Sora threw himself to the ground so that he kneeled between Riku's knees, which were in the air so that he could put his feet in the sand while leaning back on his hands.
"Riku, you gotta help me!"
The word "help" caught is attention.
"What happened, are you all right?" Riku asked, sitting up and beginning to check Sora for injuries.
"I'm fine! You gotta hide me!" That gave Riku pause.
"What? Hide you? Why?"
"Kairi!"
"What did Kairi do?"
"Nothing! It's what she's going to do!"
"What's Kairi going to do?"
"KILL ME!"
Riku let out a frustrated sigh, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Kairi is not going to kill you, she likes you too much for that."
"Not this much!"
"All right, all right, what happened?"
Sora sits back on his heels, and Riku pushes down the surge of disappointment. "Okay, so here's the thing..."
When nothing more is forthcoming, Riku raises an eyebrow and just stares. Sora predictably withers under the weight of his stare.
"I didn't know if I still had magic left. I mean I kind of thought it was always a part of the clothing and the equipment I had, but separate from the keyblades, yaknow?"
Riku nods because yes, he does know.
"So I tried experimenting a bit, casting a few spells, that sort of thing..."
"Sora, what happened?"
"Well, see, the thing is, I was practicing in my back yard and ImayhavecastathunderspellwhilestandingtooclosetothegeneratoratKairi'shouse."
There is a pause as Riku lets his mind decipher that.
"You broke Kairi's generator?"
Sora has the good grace to look sheepish. "It was an accident!"
"Well you could hope they thought it just shorted out."
"Ah, yeah, you see, the thing about that is...itmighthaveexploded."
"...what?"
Sora just studies the sand between Riku's legs intently.
As distraction-worthy as that is, Riku is still trying to get over the fact that Sora just blew up Kairi's generator.
"Well where was Kairi at the time?"
Sora seems to shrink and curl in on himself, mumbling something Riku can't make out.
"What was that?"
"She was watching the season finale of Castle."
"Oh," Riku says, and then pauses, "oh. I'm sorry, I don't think I'm strong enough to save you."
Sora sniffles a bit, then nods, "It's okay."
"But we'll die together, okay?" Riku smiles a little, twining his fingers with Sora's.
Sora has a moment to look stricken, as if realizing that he's now doomed Riku to death as well. His expression becomes horrified, however, as a voice rings out across the beach.
"SORA HIKARU, TODAY IS THE DAY YOU DIE."