ShadowedDarkness: ATTENTION! This chapter will not be done in Sora's P.O.V. This chapter will, in fact, be in the third person.
Well, now that that announcement has been made…we can get on to the story, but first; I do not own kingdom hearts in any way shape or form….which is a slightly depressing thought…anywho's, on to the story!
Riku: (stare) …
Sora: …
Riku: holy crap…did she just do the whole disclaimer by herself!
Sora: …!
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Memory
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She sat there, shocked almost for quite some time after her son had left the room, or stormed out of the room really. And she still sat there for quite some time even after she heard the slight yelling from downstairs. She probably would have been hurt by the words that escaped his lips, except, she knew they weren't his.
"You are NOT my MOM! My mother is gone. I don't know who my real mother is. If you had it your way, the fact that I was adopted would still be hidden from me as well. Why do you keep things from me! Why does everyone seem to think that it's okay to lie to me?!"
Oh, but those words had hurt to some level. To a degree, she had sensed a bit of truthfulness behind those words. But her son would never have said it to her like that. He didn't go out to intentionally hurt people. Never.
Standing up she shook her head. Now was not the time to be brooding over ant type of thoughts. It was worse now. Worse then ever before. She would need Leon to help her, this she knew. She had only brought Leon over to meet Sora…introduce Sora to someone close to his age…
Rushing down the stairs she took one look at the semi-shocked Leon, the open and swinging front door, to the rain outside before she grabbed the other by the shoulder and led him out of the house, or rather, dragged…
Swiveling around, she stared the brunette in the eyes. "Leon, will you help me?" At that she only received a questioning look. "Will you help me find Sora…please?" She elaborated.
With a short nod both were splitting in opposite directions.
She needed to find Sora; she needed to find him, now. It was worse then before, way worse. And she could tell because, because…his eyes had turned red…
And as she hurried down the street in the pouring rain, she completely ran past that clearing in the park.
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He was trying to calm down, really he was, but his methods weren't exactly working. He was pacing back and forth, back and forth, one shaking hand repeatedly running through silver strands, the other clenched. What had he been thinking? What! It had to be a joke, a sick joke. Well, those had been his thoughts when he had left the others house. How the other found out, he wasn't sure, but it wasn't funny!
Fearfully he continued to pace; back and forth, back and forth.
It unnerved him. How had the brunette found out? He never told anyone so how in the hell had Sora found out?! Better yet, why would the seemingly innocent looking brunette mock him about it, telling him that he looked familiar, telling him how he couldn't remember certain parts of his past…his life, how he was remembering things…
But wait, he could remember almost all of his life, and Sora had been talking about not being able to remember recent events…and he had been acting weird, and, and, god he was rambling!
…Brandon…
He stopped his pacing as that one name ran through his head. Brandon…why did that sound so familiar? Forgetting the fact that that one single name had sent surges of anger through his body when he had found it written across a certain brunettes notebook in all types of lettering, besides that, why did it seem so familiar? And for gods sakes why did he care about the name of Sora's sudden obsession in class one day when he was currently trying to figure out how the hell said brunette was finding a way into his head!
And suddenly another frightening thought entered his mind, what if Sora hadn't been telling a tall tale as a prank, what if he was telling the truth. Worse yet, what if these delusions he was having of times he couldn't remember were truly memories as Sora believed them as and not, as he really really wanted to believe, delusions?
Well…to put it plainly, he was screwed. Seeing as he had just walked out on his best friend in a time of his crisis in a total nervous wreck, telling him he didn't believe him, all because what Sora had been saying hit too close to home.
Oh….crud…
The rest of Riku's train of thought fled as searing pain shot through his skull. Doubling over, he gripped his head; a steady and high pitched ringing was all he could hear for a few painful moments…
"Bw-bwandon…?"
Aqua eyes swiveled away from the slow moving snail in front of him, the stick used to poke said snail stilled in the air, poised to strike. The small boy strained his ears; he could have sworn he heard Sora. And if he was right and he had heard Sora, that meant that they could play together and he could ditch the slow moving snail that seemed to be taking forever to get to the cookie crumb he had placed in front of it.
…stupid snail…
Dropping the stick and standing from his kneeling position, he decided to head into the direction he thought he had heard Sora. Maybe they could go swimming together…
Pushing his way further through the foliage he followed the sounds of low murmuring. As he got closer he had a funny feeling in his stomach, maybe it wasn't Sora that he heard? Pushing out of the overgrowth, Riku paused. His eyes searched before spotting what he was looking for; Brandon. If there was a Brandon there was sure to be a Sora.
Smiling widely at finding his playmates to be, he rushed forward across the small wooden bridge leading to the small island on the other side. As he got closer he began to slow, something wasn't right. That funny feeling grew as he really looked at the scene in front of him.
For one thing…why was Brandon on top of Sora? Why was he-was he kissing Sora's neck?! Gross! Between kisses the apologetic words slipped from Brandon's lips. "I'm sorry Sora, I'm so sorry. I had to .I'm sorry... I'm so, so sorry."
Sora's small body trembled. He was gasping for breath his lips moving soundlessly. A deep red was spreading across his cheeks. "Bu-but…y-you di-didn't…ahhh!" Sora's face twisted into one of pain and suddenly he looked pail. Brandon slowly stood up and looked down into Sora's blue eyes.
"But I did Sora…I betrayed you…He knows…" Brandon said quietly, regret playing behind those words.
To say Riku was thoroughly confused would be an understatement. But then again he didn't need to know what was going on to know that Sora was in pain. And a lot of it apparently as Sora gripped his stomach, curling into a tight ball. His body shook, tremors passing through the small eight year-old. "Nnngh!"
Riku's ten year old mind barely registered the fact that his friend was in pain and that it was probably Brandon's fault before anger set in. How dare he hurt his friend! Growling he rushed forward. "Sora! Sora! Get off of Sora!" And with that he tackled Brandon to the ground.
The other fell with a thud. Sand flew through the air as the ten year-old wrestled with the teen, shouts escaping each other's lips as they tumbled. There was sudden silence as a fist connected with Riku's stomach, aqua eyes widened. Air left him as pain burned through and pierced his stomach. Tears came to the corners of his eyes, gods that hurt!
Tossed carelessly to the ground, a gasp escaped Riku's lips, his eyes clenching shut.
"Naah!"
Riku lifted his head at the cry to see Sora being shaken back and forth like a rag-doll. The brunettes head flopped uselessly back and forth and if possible it seemed that his face got even paler, the only color being a slight tinge of green. "S-stop! Ngh!"
Riku growled and clambered back to his feet, grabbing Brandon by the arm and jerked the other to face him. The brunette fell in a heap to the ground. A nasty look crossed Brandon's features as he socked Riku, successfully pushing the silver haired boy back, before spinning back around to deliver a swift kick into Sora's side.
Furious, Riku grabbed the older teen and threw him to the ground and delivered a sharp punch to the others face. Brandon cried out and satisfaction spread through him, he wasn't known as strongest on the play island for nothing! But Riku's victory was short lived as the positions were flipped, fingers curling around his neck.
"You don't understand. This has to happen, it has to! You don't understand Riku, he's, he's dangerous. He needs to be taken care of!" The hands tightened around his throat as the other continued to ramble above him. Fingers scrabbled and scraped at the ever tightening hands.
He couldn't breathe, he couldn't breathe!
Riku's mouth opened and closed, desperately trying to take in some air. Tears slipped down his cheeks, fear curling tightly in his stomach as darkness slowly began to take his vision. He was going to die…
A wild cry sounded from somewhere to Riku's right and suddenly Brandon's hands were gone. Coughing, his hands came to his throat. Disbelief flooded him; he had almost been chocked to death!
There was an animalistic growl coming from his left. He sat up weakly only to find Sora chocking Brandon. Brandon was twisting and turning and kicking but he was failing to even faze the brunette on top of him. He was held down with unnatural strength, the brunette's fingers tightening around Brandon's thick neck, colorful bruises appearing from where Sora squeezed.
Eyes widening Riku lunged forward and grabbed at Sora's shoulders. "STOP! STOP SORA, YOU'LL KILL HIM!" A scream ripped from Sora's throat and he squeezed harder. Brandon's lips were slowly turning blue, his mouth opening in screams that would never be heard.
Hysterically Riku shook his friend, tears streaming down his face and chanting for him to 'stop it' over and over. The brunette's head turned his way and Riku almost let go of his friend. Red eyes glared into his own. But that wasn't possible, Sora's eyes, they were blue!
Recognition flickered suddenly in those foreign orbs. And suddenly the red faded back to blue, confusion flew across Sora's face. Blue eyes looked downward and horror crossed his features, he jerked back. Riku watched shell shocked as Sora leaned over and touched Brandon's unmoving form and began to shake his shoulder. "Bwandon? B-bwandon? You'we scawing me…Bwandon?"
What was he doing? Brandon, Brandon was dead…he killed him! How was he-
Remembering the red eyes realization hit him. Sora didn't do it, it wasn't Sora. Heart clenching, Riku grabbed Sora into a tight embrace, squeezing him. He was confused and scared but…
The smaller form in his arms shook, sobs escaping his lips…
Riku's breath came out in short gasps, his eyes opening in sudden shock. Oh gods…
Standing up he rushed to get his jacket after glancing out the window to find it thundering and lightning outside. God, he needed to go find Sora, he needed to find him, now. Throwing on the jacket he ran for the door and went to open, his hand reaching for the knob when it was suddenly thrown open. Jumping back, he stared in horror at the figure before him as lightening flashed behind him, illuminating the other's features. Chestnut brown hair that defied gravity, a heart shaped face, and red eyes…
Shit…
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ShadowedDarkness: Phew…what a chapter.
Sora: O.O
Riku: (rubs neck) No kidding…
ShadowedDarkness: Anywho's I hope you liked this chapter. (It sure as hell was hard to write) Sorry I haven't sent this out earlier. (gives sheepish laugh) I was on vacation. Anywho's, read and review!
Sora: Yeah! You'll make one purple button very, very happy. Jan ne!