Chapter 4
The pursuit of Xemnas lasted several battles, with the group of four warriors continuing to defeat him no matter what he threw at them. Several battles passed and Sora and Riku continued on alone, never so much as even glancing at each other.
"Die already, Xemnas!" Sora screamed at him. "You've already lost, like, eight freakin' health bars!"
"Damn, Sora! Can't you count?" Riku yelled. "He's lost sixteen, you retard!"
"Sora rushed in to slash at Xemnas. "Why the hell are you pissed off at me all of a sudden? I didn't do crap to you!"
Riku jumped up and came down in a slash, attacking Xemnas on his throne. "You know exactly what you did! You just try to make up excuses to cover it all up! You do nothing but piss me off all the time!"
"Well, excuse me Mr. Pissyhead!" Sora called as he dealt the final slash on Xemnas. "Finally, he's…" Again, Xemnas revived his health and took on a new form. "Shit! I mean, crap! Can't say the 'S' word. This game is only rated E10+!"
"Well if that's true, then we can never be!" Riku yelled at Sora, continuing to fight. "This is a Disney game, in part, so they'd never allow a yaoi pairing between us. So just…augh! Your stupidity pisses me off!"
"But they consented to a fan girl version of KH3 in Japan only." Sora said, to make a point. "Stupid American censors!"
Riku continued to attack Xemnas relentlessly. "What the hell does that have to do with our relationship? Well, the one we used to have!"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Sora asked as he jumped into attack. "I only have eyes for you, Riku. I've never had feelings for anyone else, so why are you rejecting me?"
"No one else, huh?" Riku retorted. "Well, then who's this Axel character? I'm sure he would be ecstatic if we were to end."
Sora was confused again. He knew Axel for five minutes. Then he died. How could he have had anything to do with him, even if he had wanted to? "I didn't know Axel that long at all. Five minutes, at most. Where did you get such a crazy idea?"
Riku was red with anger and jealousy. "Roxas and Axel. Roxas is a part of you. That means that part of you loves Axel, not me. How can you love two people in that way? You can't!"
Sora was fuming as he attacked Xemnas. "You don't get it!" he screamed. "Roxas acted separately from me! We weren't even around at the same time! He was my nobody and never truly existed! Why can't you believe me when I say that?"
"I don't know. I just can't anymore," Riku replied. "Just leave me alone and go be with Kairi. It'll be for the best."
"I give up!" Sora yelled. "I can't take this anymore!"
Riku dealt the final blow and Xemnas took on his last form. They continued to battle, without talking to each other. Xemnas' relentless attacks continued without ceasing.
The battle raged on for what seemed like an eternity. Riku and Sora, though fighting the same enemy, never got within five feet of each other, except when forced back to back to deflect Xemnas' bullets. All glances that passed between them were cold, with no feelings of friendship left.
Xemnas, nearly defeated, saw his opportunity as Sora turned his entire head to look at Riku. He lunged forward, a look of malice on his face, and attacked Sora, locking him in a motionless spell, slowly draining his health. Xemnas then lashed out knocked Riku across the area.
'Crap!' Riku thought. 'Now I have to take him alone!'
Riku looked over at Sora, who looked as though his health was being drained. Just to be sure, Riku looked at Sora's health bar in the corner of the screen As he had thought, Sora's life was slowly being leeched away with every passing second. Riku did not know what to do. He was frozen with the fear of losing his one true love. Riku wouldn't be able to live life without Sora. Finally, Riku made up his mind.
Yelling in an uncontrollable rage, Riku dashed forward, running at Xemnas. Xemnas lashed out with several projectile attacks. One hit Riku, causing him to stumble back a little, but he managed to dodge the rest. Knowing he had no time to waste, Riku jumped into the air and brought his Keyblade down and slashed through Xemnas.
Xemnas yelled and disintegrated, as previous Organization XIII members had done. Riku sighed in relief. "We finally beat him. Can you believe it, Sora?" Riku turned and saw Sora laying on the ground. "Sora? Sora!"
Riku ran over to Sora and immediately dropped to his knees. He reached his hand down and stroked Sora's cheek. Tears began to well up in his eyes.
"No, Sora," Riku cried. "Don't die! Don't die on me! I need you here! Sora, no!" He picked up Sora's head and laid it in his lap, cradling it and gently rocking back and forth. "Please, no!"
Riku started as Sora's hand moved. It came up to stroke Riku's face. "Please don't," Sora said, weakly. "I can't stand to see you cry."
Riku wept tears of joy now. "Damn you, Sora! You inconsiderate ass! I thought you had died!" But Sora stopped Riku from continuing. With his last bit of energy, Sora lifted his head and kissed Riku, one last time.
With his last breath, Sora whipered his last words into Riku's ear. "I will always love you." Sora closed his eyes and his head fell back into Riku's lap, motionless.