Fan Fiction ❯ Imaginary Whispers ❯ As long as I'm in your arms ( Chapter 22 )

Disclaimer: For the last time (not really -_-) I don't own kingdom Hearts.....T_T

Authors Notes: I've had the worst few weeks of my life, I'm never there to comfort my friends when they are in pain, I am never there to help out when my friends need it, I am having a problem with the girl in my school who wants to kill me...well thats how she acts at least, I've been having sleepless nights from all the crying I've been doing, forgive me but I want to die, I want to die so damn badly, I can't take it anymore. But I won't, I can't, I am afraid and I know it. I'll just stay in my room and do nothing....I think I'm starting to feel btter anyway, writing down my feelings always help.

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"" Speaking ~*~*~* Flashback/dream
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~*~*~* Sky's dream ~*~*~*

"I care about you, I always did." Riku protested. They were fighting, something they rarely did, something they never wanted to do, something they didn't like to do. Sky, once gain, had twisted his words into her own dark thoughts, "Always did? Was it all a lie, when did you suddenly stop caring for me?" She asked, pacing in his room in-which they were both in.

He ignored her, packing his things, leaving this place to go back to the Destiny Islands.

"You're making something of yourself, a selfish bastard. You've been planning this, you've been stringing me along while you planned to dump me when it was most convenient for you. You son of a bitch." Sky was now showing her fury, not caring what he did to her, the worst he could ever do was leave her, and that was exactly what he was planning.

He turned to face her, his eyes meeting hers, "This is not about you. This is about me leaving this hell, leaving all my problems and leaving you." he said, he said it all in such a cold voice it made her hold her breathe. She closed her eyes and covering her ears, it was all a lie, she told herself. It was all fake...

"You know you will always be alone, yet you still cloud those thoughts from your mind." She saw the darkness take over everything, she saw nothing and no one but the silhouette figure in front of her. Her eyes narrowed, "You again." she whispered.

"I'm so pleased you remember me my dear" his voice was once again anything but pleasing, dripping with no care what so ever.

"Hn. Don't please yourself." Sky replied, watching with her eyes as he walking around her, not once touching her, but thats exactly what she wanted. She didn't want him to touch her, his cold hands could freeze her hot skin.

She had never once seen his face, and yet again, this was exactly like the last time, his face, and his eyes cover by his cloak, in fact it covered everything, but the glow that gave him away.

"Why do you still choose to live in this hell, you can have all you wa-" he was cut off.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I heard you the last time. Why can't you ju-" She was also cut off, not by words, but by the pain he have given her as he grabbed her neck. "Don't ever cut me off." He was pissed, and very easily at that.

He took his hand and slashed it across her chest, she felt pain, he has ripped through her shirt and caused the shed of blood. She winced, he had somehow paralyzed her. She could now do nothing. Aside from the darkness that she could already see, there was even more darkness to come as she was about to slip into unconsciousness. She heard something, or rather, someone. Someone was calling her name, someone, who she could hardly hear now...

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She woke in darkness, breathing heavily, and unsteady, her silver eyes holding tears that refused to fall, it was always that way. She felt Riku, his hands shaking her, why? Why was he shaking her as if she had died?

"Are you ok?" he asked. It was just a dream, the fighting and everything, it was all a dream. She couldn't speak and as she slowly took in her surroundings, she saw they weren't alone, the whole gang was in Sky's room, Riku holding on to her, and the other looking worried, even Leon, who was comforting a worried Yuffie in his arms. This got the whole gang worried, even Sky, those two never, well, never a time had she seen, got along. And now Leon was comforting her, and touching her as if she was his lover.

Aside from that Sky couldn't say yes, she couldn't say anything, she could only shake her head as she tried to get up. Riku was there to catch her as she fell back down in pain. She winced as she looked to her stomach and her chest which had the same feeling. The blood could be seen staining her black shirt, but no much as a torn had been made. Sky was now very aware of one fact.

Only half was a dream, for the pain given to her, was real....

"You're chest is bleeding, you have a few bruises and you're so cold. You were screaming in your sleep, tossing and turning. It took me a while to get you up" was all Riku said, signaling the crew to let them be, and they did.

"That dream felt so...real" Sky whispered, more to herself.

"Why and how did he hurt you in your dream state?" Riku asked, pondering this. She stayed silent. Getting up, he left her room and came back with white bandages and some other things he might need to heal her wounds.

Her bruises and cuts hurt like hell. Riku carefully bandaged up Sky's chest down to her stomach to the best of his ability.

"Does it hurt?" he asked softly. "No, I'm making this face because its the best feeling I've ever had" she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. He smiled, she was ok enough to still act sarcastic.

Sky couldn't help but hiss when Riku applied peroxide on a cut. He of course, said nothing, only smiling at how she could sometimes act so childish.

Once done, he put everything back and returned to her bedside as he pulled her body up to his.

No words had been said, there were none to exchange, they just laid there, in each others arms, wishing sleep would take them again, this time, in a more peaceful matter.

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"What do you think did this to her Leon?" Yuffie asked, they were both in his room, doing exactly what Riku and Sky were doing, laying in each others arms. "It could be a someone. But I don't know, I'm not sure" he replied.

Just a while ago, the two of them had gotten in a fight when Yuffie was about to confess to him that she loved him. In the end, she ended up yelling it in his face and turning around to leave and go think about things outside. He stopped her, turned her around, and kissed her and with her savoring the moment and melting into that one kiss, that one kiss that told her that he returned her feelings for him. The nine year age difference didn't matter to them or anyone. What surprised the crew was that they had actually gotten together in the first place, they were always bickering and always got mad at each other.

But love could make a person change, and love had done exactly that to these two.

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"Did you see all of that blood Yuna? Sky was practically bleeding to her death." Rikku exclaimed. Yuna took it a different way, "Rikku...it feels weird calling you that when there's also a boy in this house with the same name..." she hesitated, sighed, and then continued, "Ri...Sky will be ok, she has Riku to take care of her and besides, she gotten far more worst wounds then that" Yuna stayed calm, where as Rikku was the opposite, Yuna guess she'd drunk to much coffee this morning.

After a few minutes of trying to calm the blond haired girl down, Yuna gave up and let her be.

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"I think Riku is really worried" Kairi said. Sora looked up from his position of currently putting on a shirt. "Why wouldn't he be Kairi? Sky alarmed us all, she was screaming in her sleep with her eyes wide open..." Sora thought back to what they saw, her screams repeating in his mind. He shuddered.

"What happened? How'd she get those wounds, who is doing this to her?" Kairi ask, she was worried over her new found friend.

"I don't know, and I don't it's safe for her to go to sleep, who ever is doing this, is sure to come back and do this to her again. And who knows, maybe next time Riku might not be able to shake her awake..." Sora whispered. Now it was Kairi's turn to shudder.

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"Cloud, when we got near Sky, did you sense something?" Aerith asked, wondering if it was something that could be traced by energy. Everyone thought the same, that this something wasn't a dream, that it was all real, and that this something, or someone for that matter could harm Sky, and maybe not only Sky, but the rest of the crew.

"No. I couldn't sense anything, there was no aura, or anything...." Cloud replied.

Aerith seemed worried, too worried for her own good, that she kept pacing around the room. "Your gonna make a whole on the floor if you keep pacing like that" Cloud said, immediately stopping her pacing and her thoughts.

"And if I do, I'll make you fix it." Aerith replied, smiling innocently. Cloud gave her an playfully annoying look, "There's always a down side, isn't there?"

She continued to smile.

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"Do you think...you'll be able to sleep tonight?" Riku asked, laying her slowly on his own bed, seeing as her sheets were covered in blood and the gang had suggested she stay with Riku for the night.

"I don't know...maybe, it depends, if this happens again, what will I do?" Sky asked. Riku sighed as he laid next to her. Pulling her into his arms and running a finger up and down her back. She felt a weird sensation as he did this. Considering she was in only a black silk tank top and shorts (A/N: hmm...^^ Imagine that! Lol ^_^) she was cold and snuggled closer to him. Sensing she was cold he pulled up the blankets up. She was tired, and wanted to go to sleep, but thinking back to what had happened, she also didn't want it.

"I'm sleepy, but...I don't think I want to go to sleep" Sky whispered.

"Go to sleep love. I'll protect you. Nothing will happen to you as long as your in my arms" Riku said kissing the top of her head.

She closed her eyes, drifting to sleep, but opening them slightly, afraid to go to sleep. Finally she decided to close them as she let sleep take her within the arms of her lover. "As long as I'm with you, I'll be ok" She whispered, sleep finally taking her.

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Ending Notes: Done. I feel sooooo much better now ^_^ Lol, guess who the guy is, guess who's hurting Sky. Anyway, next chapter coming soon! R+R