A/N:
XD Immensely short chapter. Gomen ne. It's more of a bridge than anything. XD
:O First time I've ever written anything where anyone drops an f-bomb. Whee X3
Oh, and I'd just like to thank everyone for watching/reviewing/all that. I really hope I don't let you down...I'd like, hate myself if I did. x.X
Ohz again, FYI, this fic is really short .;; Just know that, okee? BUT IT HAS AN EPILOGUE!!!! I hope that makes up for any horrible mistakes I make XD
Disclaimer: I OWN DESTINY ISLAND BUS STOP, YO!!! O.o PH33R!


"Destiny. Island. Bus stop." Axel read, blinking at the sign.

"Great one, genius," Riku said sarcastically, rolling his eyes. "What's next, the cure for cancer?"

The bus pulled up, allowing Riku and, unbeknownst to the driver, Axel on. The stepped inside, and the door closed as Riku took a the third seat from the back.

A girl with brown hair and green eyes turned around in her seat to face Riku.

"Selphie," Riku greeted lifelessly, not turning away from the window.

"Riku," Selphie returned the lifeless greeting. "Where's your boyfriend, Sora?"

"He's not my boyfriend," Riku growled, his face twisting into another scowl. He still faced the window.

"Oh, that's right...he's dating Kairi now, isn't he? No time for little ol' Riku." She smirked. "Oh, poor, poor Riku, all alone in the world..."

"Go to school," Riku retorted, turning to her with eyes filled with hate and disgust.

"Get a job," she laughed, turning away from him and sitting back in her seat.

"Bitch," Riku murmured, closing his eyes and leaning his forehead on the cool glass of the window. The vibrations of when the bus hit bumps made his head pound, but he didn't care. Axel made no comment. Riku didn't even bother to look at him.


The two stepped off the bus, into the empty streets of town square. Shops were on both sides of them; a road paved with stones lay before them, between the two rows of shops.

"Riku?" Axel asked, as Riku went to take a step. He stopped.

"Yeah?"

"Where's a place we could talk...like, where you wouldn't get looked at like a freak."

"Here's fine," Riku said. "There's no tourists this season, and everyone's at work or school."

"Alright," Axel scratched the back of his head. "That's bitch back there mentioned a kid named Sora."

"What about him?" Riku asked, his head tilting slightly to the side as he did.

"By any chance, did Sora...get this...well, any affiliation to Roxas?"

Riku's eyes got wider, though not by much. "His No--" his voice caught in his throat. He swallowed. "His Nobody."

Axel beamed, nodding feverently. "Yeah!!" He took a breath, looking at the ground, the ecstacy growing within him. "I...I go way back with that kid!!" He looked back up at Riku. "God, could I see him?"

Riku's dull eyes scanned over Axel's estatic expression, trying to recall a time when he was that happy. Nothing came up. "Sure," Riku said apathetically. "If we take the next bus, we could probably get there right before Sora gets home."

"But what about the...town, place? All these shops? What about them?"

"They don't matter anymore."

"But you seemed like you wanted to--"

"Shut up!" Riku demanded, staring at the road beside the bus stop. "Just shut up, shut up, shut up!!"

"Okay, okay, geez." Axel said, putting his hands up in front of him almost defensively. "Didn't mean to set you off like that."

"I'm not--!! AGH!" Riku shouted, frustrated. "I'm not worked up, set off, any of that crap--I'M FINE!!!"

"You're the one screaming about stupid stuff!!"
"YOU'RE THE ONE FREAKING FOLLOWING ME AROUND!!!!" Riku yelled, turning to him. "YOU'RE THE ONE THAT CAN'T PASS ON, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT CAN'T GO TO FREAKING AFTERLIFE!!! YOU'RE THE ONE THAT KEEPS BUTTING IN WHEN IT'S NOBODY'S FUCKING BUISNESS!!!"

Axel blinked, silent, taken aback. Riku clenched his fist, his knuckles white, like his face. His pale face, with the willowy whisps of blue-silver hair, and those dull, gray, lifeless eyes, brimming with glittering tears...

"Fine."

Riku's angry expression dissolved, into one of a wide-eyed, scared child.

"No kid. You need you're space. You're, what, seventeen right? I get it, the world gets it, I'll leave you alone."

Riku opened his mouth, but no words came. "I...I didn't..."

"Next bus, right?" Axel pointed to the bus, pulling up. "Thanks for everything, Riku. I guess I'll see ya when I see ya."

And with that, Riku was alone in the town, in the island. He wasn't just alone to the townspeople, he wasn't just alone to his mother;

No, Riku was alone to everyone, including himself.