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YAOI WARNING: Eventual Riku/Sora
Same warnings and junk from before…
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Say Good-Bye Bright Blue Skies
Violet eyes looked out a window as the owner of said eyes quietly sat on her windowsill. Her dark red hair fell to just above her shoulders and swayed gently as the breeze that wafted in from the open window blew softly. She wore a short purple skirt and a white tank top.
She watched the dark night sky and sighed as she saw another star disappear. This was now a nightly occurrence it seemed. She first noticed it a week ago as she stared at the stars, an act she rarely did. Now she did it specifically for this reason…to see if any more stars disappeared.
Quickly getting up from her seat she changed into her nightgown and sat on her bed. Thoughts and ideas plagued her mind right now and sleeping would probably only make it worse.
"Oh Riku…" the girl whispered. Lately her silver haired friend had been hectic and quite determined to reach another worlds via a small raft. Her loyal side had encouraged him and even helped him with the task but inside she knew that a small raft would go nowhere especially another world. She doubted the small thing would even go a few feet before sinking.
Truthfully, she blamed herself for the disappointment Riku would no doubt endure in the end. She shouldn't have told them about her real home, she should have just kept quiet and let the blurred memories vanish from her mind forever.
But she didn't.
She knew the reason for his determination though. That's why she suggested and put forth her opinion. Ever since Sora had been kidnapped Riku had changed. At first it was subtle but over the years she noticed his slight obsession.
He really wanted Sora back.
She did too, more than anything. Sora just had this way of making you feel warm and happy. He was a childhood friend. She also wanted him back for his family. They suffered so much after the boy was taken. Sora's mother, Selene, suffered a long period of depression after she heard what Cloud recounted to them all.
"Sora…" the boy plagued her dreams as well.
She always envisioned him all grown up. He'd be smiling and laughing and ask her to do the same. Part of her wanted to yell at him. Why was he smiling when they were crying? But he always made her feel good—even though she knew it was a dream.
Sora looked really cute too and that thought alone made her blush.
"He's a dream." She chastised herself for having a crush on a reverie.
She chanced a look outside only to snap her head back, as yet, another star blinked out. Something made her feel worried. Stars shouldn't disappear at random.
"Stop worrying Kairi…I'll always protect you." Kairi buried her face into her pillow and groaned. Now she was imagining Sora's voice.
She should stop worrying; it was causing her to hear things.
She grimaced and closed her eyes, falling asleep to Sora's light chuckling.
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Far away in a dark place a few dark figures crowded around a table.
"Dear allies, we have come together to plan our next move. We now have the heartless under our full control--"
"Under your control you mean! Eh? Maleficent? And as for the plan, we keep doing what we're doing! Taking hearts! That's the only way to open--"
"But we need the blasted Keyblade Master too!" a voice interrupted.
The being, now known as Maleficent, rolled her eyes at the bunch of morons before her. Her dark scowl made a few of them scowl in return or just flinch.
"The blasted Mouse King probably has the brat with him. But if I'm assuming correctly, our recent activity has probably driven the mouse from his hole. The brat, out of false bravado or sheer stupidity will probably follow suit. And that's when we get him." She spat.
The others took this into consideration and agreed.
Their plan was slowly coming together…
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Sora felt nervous. He'd been woken up in the early morning, this time by the Queen herself, and asked to meet in the King's study.
Something was wrong…very wrong. Sora wrung his hands together as he neared his appointed door. 'Did I do something wrong…?' was his last thought as he allowed himself to step into the vast study.
To his surprise, the King wasn't there. Instead, the Queen, Daisy, Donald and Goofy were there quietly talking amongst themselves and stopping as soon as they saw him.
"Ah, gawsh Sora! Shoulda knocked first silly! A-hyak!" Goofy was the Captain of the Guard. He was a loyal friend and treated Sora something akin to a nephew. The dog hybrid had one teeny minor defect though—he was well, a goof. He was clutzier than Sora, and that was certainly saying something.
"Oh, it's no problem! Come here Prince Sora, we've been waiting for you." Daisy was a duck like Donald but unlike Donald, you could actually understand what she said. She was Donald's sweetheart and when provoked she could be a lot scarier. Sora learned this the hard way.
"Sora." His adopted 'mother' greeted him with a smile. Queen Minnie was quite radiant in her own right. She, like the King, took it upon herself to make Sora feel at home, which he did. They were the parents he didn't have.
"Where's his majesty?" Sora asked, quite uncomfortable with all the attention he was getting. He began to shuffle his feet and gave a nervous smile. The Queen gave him another smile, but this one seemed so—sad.
"He left this for you. Oh…Sora." The Queen handed him a letter with the King's signature and he noticed her hand was shaking slightly. "Wait…? So he left? Where did he go--"
"Just read!" Sora quickly complied not wanting Donald to start yelling at him just then.
"Dear Sora," the letter began and Sora felt his heart beat faster for some reason.
It's about time you found out who you really are…
I'm sorry for having you find this out in a letter but strange things are happening, things that I must look into now, or I feel it will be too late. You might have noticed but the stars are slowly going out—one by one.
This is a problem and one of the reasons for my sudden departure. I can't tell you how sorry I am and in time I hope you find it in yourself to forgive me and hold no ill will towards anyone else, for this was a plan I thought all on my own.
I took you from your real home ten years ago in the hopes that you'd be safer here, at Disney Castle. In some ways you were but it seems fate has other plans…
Sora, whatever you do not try to find your true family. You'll only put them in danger. Please. If not for me, then for them. You have at least two brothers…
I've given a letter to Donald and Goofy and they know what to do. Follow them. Seek out one called Squall Leonhart in the place called Traverse Town. He'll tell you what I couldn't write in this letter…
You are the Legendary Keyblade Master.
Be careful in what you choose to do. Dark forces will be after you for what you are, for what you carry with you.
I love you and take care…we'll see each again.
Your Majesty,
King Mickey
Sora felt numb. Taken? His true family? Two brothers? The Keyblade? He had to leave the only place he ever called home…
"I understand if you're mad." Sora looked up into the sad eyes of the Mouse Queen who had raised him as her own. For some reason he wasn't mad, merely stunned. Some part of him expected this but it came as a shock anyway.
"Think of it as an adventure Sora! Gawsh! We can have a lot of fun, just the three of us and the lion guy--" Goofy exclaimed.
"LEON!" Donald squawked and gave the brunette a calculating look, "He's right though…"
Sora still felt numb. But he nodded al the same. "So we'll go to other worlds then?" Sora gave a small grin.
"Yep, but we've gotta be sneaky to not disturb the world border--"
"ORDER! IT'S ORDER!" Sora laughed as the exasperated duck began a small tirade. He offered a small smile to the Queen who nodded. She quickly handed him a book with a leather binding. Sora blinked and carefully inspected it.
"What this?" Sora opened the book only to find the pages empty and devoid of any words.
"I am Jiminy Cricket and I will serve as an official recorder for the Queen." Sora dropped the book.
"IT'S A TALKING BOOK!" he yelped, convinced the book was possessed.
"You lack in the apartment upstairs don't you, my boy." Came an amused voice and Sora blinked.
It was a talking cricket.
And it was wearing pants and a top hat.
First a damn key then a talking bug…Sora's world was heading to hell faster than he could blink.
"All four of you shall head to the Gummi ships now. Sora, good luck." The Queen gave them a soft smile as Donald, Goofy, the cricket, and a befuddled brunette all gave bows.
'A grand adventure always begins with the first step.' Sora thought somewhat distractedly. He couldn't help the rush of excitement suddenly engulfing him. He was this great "Keyblade Master". Heh heh…wait…? Speaking of which…
"What is a keyblade? How do I get it to work?" Donald merely grunted. Sora sighed dejectedly and idly remembered the King's letter.
'To Leon's house we go!' he thought giddily. "I'LL RACE YA!" he declared and pushed past his feathery guardian.
"GET BACK HERE YOU BRAT!" Donald shrieked and Goofy gave an "A-hyak!"
Sora laughed. His worries forgotten for the time being.
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Silver hair blew sharply in the wind. Green eyes narrowed as they neared an opening in the island's flora.
This place had him feeling…nervous. So nervous he had snuck out in the middle of the night to ease his worries.
Not to mention the storm that was quickly descending on the small islands. Riku went to make sure his raft was okay before coming to this place. With a few graceful steps Riku was at the entrance to the dark place. With one last breath he quickly went in and sucked in another breath.
"What are you doing here?!"
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Roxas wasn't a coward by any means. Anyone who dared even imply it would find themselves with a black eye or a bloody nose. Or have Roxas' wrath placed upon them…
But the thought of stepping into the night's storm had him feeling a bit perturbed…to say the least. This storm didn't look like a normal storm either; rather, it looked alive and very deadly.
Dark clouds and array of dark colors illuminated the night's sky. The wind was somewhat harsh and cold and the usually calm soft waves were pounding the shores heavily as if threatening to drag down the islands into its mysterious depths.
But none of this worried Roxas at the moment. Something else did.
Cloud wasn't in his bed, or anywhere in the house.
His boat was gone too.
'That idiot' Roxas thought irritably as his common sense gave way and he quickly jumped into his own boat. 'Doesn't he always say he's the smart one?' Apparently he wasn't, what kind of sane person would go out for a walk in the middle of a crazy-ass storm?
"Apparently there's more than one lunatic in this town." Roxas muttered as he recognized not only his own brother's boat but two of his friends as well.
He quickly tied his boat and headed to look for the idiots he called friends.
Or he would have, have not ten or twenty bug-like creatures jumped up from the shadows and tried to claw at him.
"WHERE'S THE INSECT REPELLENT WHEN I FUCKING NEED IT!?" Roxas screamed as he unsuccessfully tried to beat them away using a discarded wooden sword he managed to find.
Not two minutes into the fray, one of the bugs managed to grab his only protection away from him. So Roxas did the only thing he could…
He ran. And unfortunately for him, the bugs followed.
"Roxas!" a voice yelled and he turned to see a very pissed of blond trying to ward them off with a tree branch.
"What are you--" Roxas was pushed to the ground and the bugs were suddenly all over him. "CLOUD!" just as he was slipping away two strong arms lifted him up.
And threw him a couple feet away.
"Damn…" he muttered, rubbing his abused butt. "Ever the drama queen…"
"Get away from here! Go find--" Roxas couldn't hear what Cloud wanted him to do because suddenly everything was getting pulled into the storm. Roxas turned around quickly as he heard a scream. It wasn't Cloud's…
"RIKU!" said boy was now unconscious and Roxas made a horrifying discovery. Something dark was dragging the silver haired boy down. He made a crazy, fast dash for his friend only to get there too late.
Riku was gone.
'What's happening?!' Roxas thought panicked. The wind had gotten unbelievable stronger and in a matter of a few seconds, he found himself lifted up.
He screamed as the wind brought him closer to the thing that was sucking everything in. He spotted a blond figure and yelled, "CLOUD!"
That got his attention and Cloud quickly set to try and bring Roxas closer to him. Both stretched their hands, fingertips almost touching…
Something hard hit Roxas on the side of his face.
Darkness clouded his vision and he knew no more.
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(A/N: Yep. Chapter 4. I personally don't dislike Kairi, from the game, you can tell she and Sora have a close bond and I just tweaked it a little is all. It won't be Kairi/Sora. This is YAOI meaning boyxboy, and so eventually it will have Riku/Sora. Though Kairi and Sora will have a very close friendship.)
I realized the story was going to slow for my liking so I speeded up a bit. It's a long ass chapter in my opinion… should I continue with longer chapters or shorten them? I still have trouble describing things…;( oh well..
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