Children of God and Satan

Disclaimer: It wounds my soul to say this but… I do not own Kingdom Hearts… If you sue me all you will get is a lot of yaoi manga… a whole lot of yaoi manga. And my copy of the game. So don't sue me unless you want it all.

Warning: Fuck you all. I think you know what's here and what's not here.

A/N: Thanks for all the wonderful reviews… I loved them all. Now… stay away from Kairi and we'll all be set.

Chapter 13: The Church

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'He should be out any minute now…' Riku sighed and leaned back in his seat. He watched the doors of the church, waiting. Sora was inside, praying as usual. Riku refused to enter the church, any church but one, that is. His "family" had always forced him to go to church and then made him sit in a pew by himself. People would stare at him and whisper about him. It made him feel like he wanted to sink into the earth and never return. As a child, he would sit there and cry. Other children teased him, said they hated him. Riku hated churches. Ansem had found him in a church, smoking weed with the only friend he had. Riku glanced back at the church door and saw Sora standing on the steps. He was staring at him. The seventeen-year-old opened the passenger door and motioned for him to come out. The brunette hesitated but slowly walked to him and got inside the car. Riku just smiled at him.

"What do you want, Riku?" Sora asked. The silver-haired boy started the car and pulled away from the curb. Sora watched him carefully, eyes starting to glint in anger. "Let me out." Riku shook his head.

"I want to show you something. I promise that I won't do anything bad to you." He replied. Sora leaned back in his seat and frowned. Riku reached over and grabbed his chin. They stopped at a red light. He turned the brunette's face towards him. "Stop acting like a brat. I'm doing this because I feel that I have to. I've exposed so much of you… too much of you… it's time that I exposed a bit of myself." Sora was shocked. After what seemed like an hour of driving in silence, Riku pulled the car off the road and parked it. Sora looked at his surroundings. In the distance was a church, obviously old and burned. Riku grabbed Sora's arm and dragged him to the church.

"Hey, Riku… what's going on?" Sora questioned as he was pulled along. Riku just kept hauling him along until they were at the church's doors. Ivy curled around the wrecked walls and several different plants grew around the structure. The place, despite the fact that the building was in ruins, was obviously taken care of. The silver-haired teen opened the doors and motioned the other boy inside. The church's interior was like walking into a huge garden, flowers and different plants everywhere. The most amazing aspect of the church was a tree in the middle. Sora had never seen anything like it. He never had in books, pictures, television, or even movies. The tree was slightly like a curved palm tree that grew bright yellow star shaped fruit. Sora stepped closer to examine it.

"It only grows here. That's the only tree left, all the rest are dead." Riku's voice said from behind him. Sora turned to look at him. The older male was examining a bush of peach roses. "I call it the papau fruit. The name just came to me." Riku looked up at Sora and smiled. "They're very good. Do you want to share one?" His eyes glinted malevolently. The younger teen became immediately wary.

"I think I'll pass. I wouldn't feel comfortable eating something that I've never heard of." He replied. "So why did you bring me here?"

"I set this church on fire." Riku said, solemnly. "I wanted to burn it to the ground but only the roof and some of the mortar burned. But it still achieved the purpose for which it was intended. My entire family except for Sephiroth was in here." He straightened back up from examining the roses and advanced on Sora. The brunette gasped, taking a step back and almost tripped on a root sticking up from the ground. Riku snickered. "Why are you so surprised? Surely you've heard the rumors. I'm evil, even ruthless. They deserved to die so instead of waiting for God, I played God and ended their lives myself. And, you know, it felt so good, like a release of sorts." The silver haired male grabbed the younger boy and spun him around. Sora stared at the alter that he now faced. He was horrified. The alter was decorated with charred skeletons of what could only be Riku's family. Riku covered Sora's eyes with his hand and bent slightly so that he could whisper in the other boy's ear. "You got in a car with a murderer, a man who killed his own family. What do you think now Sora? Is the church as sacred to you now as it was before?" He whispered. Riku heard the boy mumbling and leaned in closer to listen more intently.

"… Hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses. And forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not in to temptation…" The prayer was then stopped by Riku's hand.

"Do not pray near me! I can't stand prayer, I can't stand churches, I can't stand God!" Riku hissed. Sora nodded in fear. "Do you like me, Sora? Do you trust me?" Sora was unsure how to respond. "Are you afraid that I am going to kill you?" Sora nodded again. Riku chuckled darkly. He removed his hand from Sora's mouth and gently stroked his cheek.

"Okay, Riku, that's enough. Take me home now." Sora said, quietly. The silver-haired boy took his hand away from Sora's eyes. A slight shudder coursed through the smaller boy as he once again saw the remains for Riku's family. "W-w-why? Why did you kill them? They were your family…" He whispered. Riku scoffed.

"I was not their family, but I had my reasons. Just the same as I have reasons for wanting you. You are an enigma to me, Sora. I want to see what makes you tick…" He nuzzled Sora's neck. "More importantly, I just want to see your own personal hell." Sora broke away from Riku.

"Stop! One day, you're nice to me, the next you're trying to molest me and now you're confessing your sins to me! I'm not the enigma. You are!" He yelled. The elder grabbed Sora and pulled the frightened boy against him. He crushed his lips to Sora's almost, it seemed, in desperation. Sora went slack in his arms as he kissed him hungrily, prying his supple lips apart and devouring the sweet essence that was the definition the younger boy. The other youth didn't give in nor fight back. Riku pulled away and Sora returned to his normal state. The brunette sank to the ground. "Stop it. Just... just stop it. I can't handle this. It's so confusing and too overwhelming!" Riku then sneered.

"I don't care how you feel, Sora I'm a murderer, kid. How other people feel doesn't concern me. Wanna know something, Sora? I'm supposed to kidnap you and hand you over to the Superior. Then in turn he would force you in to a violent sexual encounter and won't hesitate to pass you around." He says calmly like was discussing the weather. "Most of the people who this has happened to..." He hesitated than shrugged his shoulders. "Might as well say it. They have either committed suicide or completely lost their minds. You know, I believe that you would look quite pretty in a pool of your own blood."

"What is wrong with you! I don't understand this at all! Just take me home! I don't want to stay with you anymore. If you won't take me back then..." He looked around, realizing his only way of getting out would be his own two feet, and that fact made him even more frightened. " I'll walk back!" Sora exclaimed. Riku whirled around, the look on his face feral, like sanity hiding madness, his once beautiful sea-green eyes now gold.

"Oh no, my dear angel. You're going to stay here forever. Become part of my collection. You'll look so beautiful on the alter, surrounded by your new family, my family. I think I know a few spells that can bind you here and preserve your body forever. Think about it love, you'll be young and beautiful forever but most importantly..." He trailed off giving a sinister smirk to the young boy. "You'll be mine forever!" With that Riku pulled Sora up and whipped him against the alter. The younger boy's sleeves hooked to the edges of the jagged crucifix, his head slamming against the marble face of Jesus Christ. Sora hung there for a moment, his body limp and doll-like against the large marble cross. Riku was in awe. The sight was almost too beautiful to behold. There was loud ripping noise. It magnified by the emptiness of the church, or maybe it was just loud in Riku's now sensitive ears. Then suddenly Sora fell into the pile of scorched bones that was Riku's family, leaving a long stain of blood from the back of his head on the face of Jesus. Sora's screams would have been heart-wrenching if Riku could have heard them as he fell into the large pile of bones, a particularly sharp femur ripping open the side of his shirt and leaving a nasty gash above his ribs. Riku moved slowly toward him, like an animal stalking its prey. The brunette curled into a small ball and began to sob uncontrollably.

"Please stop! Oh God, please don't kill me!" He cried. The smaller teen cringed as a hand gently touched his cheek. 'This is it! I'm going to die right here. He's going to kill me and leave me on this alter with his family's bones surrounding me. I should have know not to get into that car!' Sora was surprised as he felt his body being pulled into a tight hug.

"Oh my Lord, Sora! I'm so sorry! It didn't mean to! I can't help it. Are you hurt? Did I hurt you? Sora? Sora, answer me, please!" Riku's panicked voice was calling him but Sora couldn't bring himself to answer, nor could he stop himself from sobbing. This had to be a trick. A horrible, horrible trick and he was going to die. Riku was holding him tightly, stroking his hair, mumbling apologies. Sora didn't know how too react to it all. It was all too much. His head hurt really bad and everything was spinning. Sora gave one last low and pained moan and collapsed into the arms of the other teen.

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A/N: So… what did you think? Now you know the reason for Riku's angst and crap… Thank you for all of the reviews and such. Oh yeah... in your reviews say happy birthday, cause it's my birthday today... and if you don't I'm not writing for you anymore!