Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or any of the characters… if I did… SEX PUPPETS ALL AROUND!
Warning: This fic contains yaoi and religious themes… if you are offended by such content please exit… you won't like it here.
A/N: This is the second half of chapter 14 disguised as chapter 15. Thank you.
Chapter 15: The Dream
"I'm sorry that you had to see that, Sora. I never wanted any of you guys to know about what happened in that church. I'm gonna tell you something that I've never told anyone." She said with a shaky breath. "Riku and I are related. He's my younger cousin. When he burned that church… my mother and father were in there. It was my twin brother and sister's baptism and our entire family came to celebrate. I personally didn't care, my little brother and sister seemed like a pain to me, always crying and taking up everyone's attention. Riku was forbidden to come, maybe that's why he did it, or simply it was a matter of opportunity. He wiped out our entire family in a matter of minutes. That fire… it was… completely unnatural. The only reason I didn't die was because I was out smoking a cigarette. Like I said, I didn't care about the baptism. I watched the church burn and heard the screams… what surprised me was that no one came running out the door or came out the windows. It was like they were trapped. And the sad part of all of this is that they all brought it upon themselves. As you may have heard, the Iscariot family is a very well to do family… descended from Judas Iscariot himself. Rich, powerful, and ultimately sinful. Riku was a bastard child, so our entire family shunned him and pretended that he wasn't one of us. I myself shunned him because I was raised to. Sephiroth and I were the only ones spared from Riku's judgement. But I don't have to forgive him… but I can't forgive myself either. I rebelled with everything else. I should have reached out to him so at least he felt that he had someone. Maybe I still thought that I was too good for him." She sighed. Sora just stared at her.
"I'm sorry, Paine. I wish I could do something." The brunette said, weakly. He slumped in his seat. He felt so weak and his stomach was in a knot. Sephiroth said that that thing he had given him would make him feel better. Sora groaned. He should've known better than to trust the word of the brother of the person who was trying to kidnap him. "Paine, where are we going? I thought that you were taking me home." He asked, looking out the window and not recognizing the surroundings.
"I'm taking you back to my apartment. The orphanage is probably the worst place to be right now." The Goth said, turning down a side street. Sora nodded in agreement. Paine pulled up to her large apartment complex. She got out and helped Sora into the apartment. Sora had never been to Paine's place before, so everything he was seeing was new for him. Paine seemed to have a fondness for reds, from ruby shades to deep shades of burgundy. The 19-year-old laid Sora out in the guest bedroom, which pretty much devoid of color. The younger boys body was shaking with tremors brought on by sickness. Paine pressed a hand to his forehead. His skin was burning to the touch, like his insides were on fire. "Riku…" She whispered. "What have you done this time?" But Sora did not hear her words, he was already lost in his land of dreams.
Sora's Dream
Sora stood in awe. His surroundings were beautiful, all white, and elegant in every shape in form. The room in which he stood was enormous but very empty. It only contained a large bed with white velvet draperies on all for sides, obscuring the rest of it from view. There was an armoire in the corner; through what it was made of exactly he wasn't sure. There was also one large picture window. Sora took a step towards it but felt strong arms wrap around his waist and hot breath tickled his ear as a chin rested on his shoulder.
"Hello my little angel." A smooth and seductive voice whispered. "I suspected that they would be moving you to a new ward… they must have suspected something was wrong. And yet I return to you. Will you succumb to me this time?" Sora shivered at the voice, it was one that he remembered but not to well.
"You… you're not supposed to be here! How did you get it? I told you not to come anymore!" He exclaimed. Soft lips pressed against his neck and he shuddered. "You're not allowed to do this." There was a dark chuckle from the being behind him.
"I don't much care for what I should or shouldn't do. I do what I want to do." The man said, removing one of the hands from around Sora waist to slide underneath his shirt and trail up his chest. Sora grabbed the man's hand to stop him. "What, dearest? Do you not like me?" Sora shook his head.
"I like you… but… I'm not allowed to do things like this. I didn't even know that things like this could happen to people like me. I saw what happened in Sodom and Gomorrah… but that's not how it's not supposed to be up here. I can't do this. You should leave." He said, quietly.
"But I don't want to. I like being near you. You're so bright and pure, locked away so that no one can touch you and those who do suffer dire consequences. The rush of being so near to something so forbidden is so exquisite. Especially when it's so beautiful. I understand how Adam and Eve felt… the need to have something that they shouldn't." Hot lips grazed his ear. "I have half a mind to defile you here and now, in the place that your type finds so sacred." Sora stiffened as his captor nuzzled his neck. "Silly, ignorant child, you are so innocent yet… you seem to yearn for something tainted, evil. Why not let me help you?" Sora shook his head vehemently.
"I… I don't know what you are talking about." He whispered. "Please get out. I don't want you getting in trouble with the SOLDIERS." His captor snorted.
"I got past those stupid SOLIDERS at the gate, whom am I to fear? Your elder brother, perhaps? The angelic army has grown soft and weak if they cannot detect a high-level demon breaching their defenses. I fear none of them, especially Cloud. No one here knows that anything is wrong." He laughed. "So, little one, would you like to see this face of mine?" Sora felt his heart stop. See this man's face? The face of the one who had been sneaking in and out of his room for weeks now? He nodded slowly. The arms that held him slowly fell away and he turned. A dark black robe with a hood obscured his features. The man raised his arms and pushed the hood back to reveal that underneath he had shoulder-length silver hair and that fact that he wore a blindfold as well. "Can you give me a hand?" He asked. Sora nodded and reached his arms around the man's head and quickly untied the knot that held the blindfold together. The strip of black silk fell away and a pair or piercing aquamarine eyes shone forth. Sora gasped and took a step backwards. The man was… breathtaking… absolutely beautiful. The demon tied back his silver locks to keep them out of his face and gazed upon Sora's look of utter shock. He laughed in amusement. "Like what you see?" He sneered.
"I'm… I'm s-sorry." Sora apologized. "I just expected…"
"What? An ugly demon with long fangs and talons with bloody drool running out of its mouth like you hear in stories? Sorry to disappoint." The demon replied. "And now little prince, what is your name? I already know, in case you want to lie, I just want to hear you tell me yourself."
"Sora." Sora answered. He knew that he should've lied just in case the demon was bluffing but he couldn't bring himself to do it. The demon smirked, showing pointed canine teeth.
"And my name is Riku." He bowed and kissed Sora's hand as if he was a woman. "Now that we know each other's names, why don't we get better acquainted?" Riku took a step towards the window. "Fly with me." Sora shook his head.
"I'm not allowed to leave this sanctuary. It's forbidden for me to do so." The brunette said. Riku smirked and ruffled the brunette's already messy hair.
"Still your innocence amazes me. You're faith is so strong that you won't dare breach any law that he sets down for you. You, who are the only angel not touched by a bit of rebellion. Surely you must dream of something more than God's law? Doesn't being obedient bore you in some way?" At Sora's silence he shrugged. "Very well, I give up for today. I take my leave you… but first…" Riku pulled Sora to him. "Close your eyes." Ever the obedient one, Sora did as he was told and soon felt Riku's warm lips upon his. It was a chaste kiss, just a brief meeting of lips and nothing more, but it was the first kind of raw emotion that someone had ever expressed towards him and Sora accepted it greedily. The demon pulled back and stepped onto the window ledge.
"I must leave you now Sora. Do not fret, I shall return to you. Nothing could keep me away. I am a moth to your divine flame. But as a token of my affection…" Riku summoned a beautiful blue rose out of the air and tossed it to Sora. "Lucifer created one thing one Earth. Blue roses. But they were so sinfully beautiful that God destroyed them. I want you to keep that rose, to remember that God creates and destroys what he wants. Sora, you too are so beautiful that it should be a sin. Keep your wits about you and try not to end up like the rose." Riku retied his blindfold and jumped backwards, spreading his wings. Sora stared at the rose in his hand. It was perfect and more beautiful than anything he had ever seen.
End Sora's Dream
Sora's eyes shot open, startling Paine who was sitting next to him. The older girl pressed her hand to his forehead before abruptly pulling it away again. The heat that radiated from Sora was surreal. It felt like the heat from the flames that had consumed the church. Sora grabbed his hand and worked his mouth wordlessly. Paine smiled gently at him.
"I'll get you some tea. You're really sick." She said, before smoothly pulling her hand from his and moving to the kitchen. Sora's body convulsed and all the word that he wanted to say were swallowed by one long scream as pain wracked his entire body. What was happening to him? Paine sprinted to his side and held him as the last of his convulsions stopped. She didn't hear the door open and close over Sora's screams, nor did she see the figure in the doorway, being to concerned for her friend's well being. But Sora, right before he passed out from the pain, saw Riku standing in the doorway, a self-righteous smirk on his face.
A/N: So how'd you like it, love? Hate? Weeeeeeeeeellllll! Tellmetellmetellmetellmetellmetellme! R&R! Love Abbandon!
P.S. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION! IMPORTANT NOTICE! I am considering changing the title from "Children of God and Satan" to "Heaven Won't Wait" or something like that. Please tell me in your reviews what your opinion is. You'll know by next chapter... I'll try to get it out fast this time... .