Fan Fiction ❯ The Best Christmas Present Ever ❯ Part 2/Epilogue ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, but I do own my own characters.

Author’s Note: Hello again everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and such. Alright, I got a couple of people that really want me to talk about Riku’s sister and brother and Leon and Cloud. Since I had to rush through the story to make it for Christmas I thought I could do an Epilogue on this story. I guess now it isn’t a one-shot anymore! The story continues from where it left off. Anyway enjoy!

Epilogue

They both laughed and kissed each other with a fiery passion. The silver haired man gathered the cinnamon haired man into his arms and smiled down at him. He pressed his forehead with the other man’s. “Sora…you don’t know how much this means to me…”

Sora smiled and quieted his lover with a small peck on the lips. “Shhh…let’s enjoy the moment, Riku.” He wrapped his arms around Riku’s neck and smiled cutely. “I like just being like this.”

“Yeah…but you know Sora…” Riku paused and gritted his teeth. “You’re heavier than you look.” Sora blinked and Riku carried him over toward Sora’s couch and dropped him on it. Riku grinned and placed his leg over Sora’s body as Sora blushed. Riku bent down and placed his hands on Sora’s hips. “Well…I like this position better don’t you?” Riku could hear Sora’s nervous breathing and Riku cast his hand down Sora’s pants. “Why are you so nervous all of a sudden? We just did this last night.”

“I’m not nervous!” Sora pouted and Riku smirked, amused by Sora’s pouting.

“Oh really? Then let’s say I do this…” Riku’s hand slid into Sora’s pants where a big bulge began to appear. “Are you nervous now?”

Sora gritted his teeth and shook his head. “No!”

“You like this don’t you…?”

“Yes…” Sora could only listen to Riku’s seductive voice as he tried to not think of the touches Riku was giving him. Just when he was about to give in with a pleased squeal, the phone rang and Sora heard Riku groan as he glared at the phone that rang right on the table beside the couch. He stretched over Sora and reached for the phone.

“What the hell do you want?!” Riku growled and Sora gasped.

“Riku!” Sora shook his head and waited for Riku to tell him who it was.

“I’m sorry to freakin’ burst your bubble you little pest…” It was a low voice and Riku instantly could tell it was Leon. Though Riku was irate he could tell there was a tone of sorrow in Leon’s voice and instantly he remembered the promise he made to Cloud. Why does this happen when I’m trying to have fun?!

“I’m sorry…” Riku sighed to calm himself and continued. “What’s wrong Leon?”

Sora’s eyes instantly lit up and he propped himself up on his elbow. He watched as Riku’s eyes softened and Riku began to nod and he said, “Yeah you can come over. It’s Christmas after all!” Riku reached over Sora again and hung the phone up and he sighed, putting his head in his hands. “Why do we always get involved in this shit?” He growled with frustration and uncovered his face to gaze at Sora. “Call Cloud…”

“Why?”

“Are you that dense?!” Riku snapped at him and Sora cringed. Riku frowned and shook his head. “I’m sorry…it’s just…why can’t they leave us be! The whole damn world!” He grabbed Sora’s hand and caressed it with his thumb. “Ever since we were young…the world won’t leave us alone…” He bent down and pecked Sora on the lips. “Hurry and call Cloud…” Then Riku got up and Sora watched as Riku sighed and marched out of the living room and then he heard a pouring of some liquid. “I hope you don’t mind, but I’m getting some water.”

“It’s okay…” Sora bowed and shook his head. “I feel the same way you do…” He whispered to himself and grabbed the phone, quickly dialing Cloud’s phone number. He heard a small ‘hello’ and Sora smiled. “Will you come over to my house?”

“Sora? Why?” the older man asked and Sora smiled. “Just come over, I got a special surprise for you!”

“Whatever you say…” Then Sora heard a small click and hung the phone up.

“Riku I-” Sora squealed as he felt a pair of arms encompass his neck and felt something nuzzling his hair. He glanced up to see his lover with a small smile on his face. “Riku what are you doing?”

“I love your hair…” Riku said with a little purr and Sora blinked as his cheeks became tented with a crimson blush.

“Riku…”

“Sora…”

Suddenl y there was a knock at the door and Riku groaned once again. He unhooked his arms from Sora and Sora stood up. “I’ll get it.” He began to walk to the door and opened it to be greeted with a cold gray-blue eyed glare. Sora grinned nervously and motioned for Leon to come in. “Hello Leon.”

Leon grunted and paced toward the living room. Sora sighed and just before he closed the door, he spotted Cloud sauntering up the walkway. He smiled and waited as Cloud nodded his greeting and walked in. “I’m glad you came!” Sora whispered to Cloud and Cloud’s brow rose, but before Cloud could ask, Sora pushed Cloud into the living room and he watched as if in slow motion both Cloud and Leon’s eyes grew wide. Everything seemed to grow tense in the room and Riku pushed Leon down on the couch. “Sit!”

Sora motioned for Cloud to sit down as well and Cloud complied with a shake of his head as he sat in a chair opposite of Leon. They continued to stare at each other as if both were total strangers.

“Leon…Cloud…we want you to talk out your problems.” Sora began and Leon shot him a cold glare. Riku walked over to Sora and put his arm around his waist. “So talk.”

The two older men looked away from each other and they sat in silence for a few seconds. Then finally Leon spoke up.

“Tell me…is it true?” His voice was a mere whisper and Cloud’s head snapped up to look at his lover.

“What?”

“Tell me! Is it true?!” Leon growled and Cloud’s brow rose up in confusion.

“What are you talking about Leon?”

“You did…” Leon paused and it seemed a lot for him to get the next few words out. “…those things with Sephiroth…”

“Sephiroth? What did I do with Sephiroth?” Cloud asked and his head tilt to the side in confusion, though he felt his heart pounding.

“You screwed him didn’t you?!” Leon practically exploded and Cloud looked like he was hit with a hammer as he had a painful frown on his lips. He began to shake his head, but suddenly felt warm lips on his own and he instantly closed his eyes, but just as fast as the kiss was made he felt Leon’s rough hands on his chin and he gazed up into the eyes of his lover. “Tell me…am I better than him?” Cloud saw a psychotic smirk on Leon’s face and he instantly felt unsafe and scared. He looked away wanting to rid the image out of his mind. He knew he was shaking and he gave a sharp painful little cry as Leon jerked his chin up and made him look into his bitter gray-blue eyes. Cloud looked over toward where Riku and Sora where suppose to be, but he saw they left and now he really did feel scared. He was acting like him…the psychotic smirks and the rough hands. “Stop…don’t touch me!” He wanted to get away…he wanted to get out of the rough grip he was in like he was in that day with him…

“Tell me…” Leon’s voice became dangerously low and Cloud pushed him away and jumped out of his chair, trying to run, but getting nowhere as Leon grabbed his arm. “Where are you going?” Leon growled and he jerked Cloud toward him and crushed his body into his own as he pushed Cloud against the wall. Cloud resisted screaming…like he did on that night…with him…

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̶ 0;Come on Cloud…don’t you like this?” The man asked in Cloud’s ear as Cloud groaned from the bruises he felt on his body. The pain began to ache and he screamed as the other man cupped his chin rather roughly and kissed him, forcing his tongue into Cloud’s mouth. The kiss was broken and Cloud felt himself grow weak.

“Stop…don’t touch me!” He tried to get away from the painful grip on his wrist and the painful pressing of the other man’s body. Cloud wanted to get away and fast. He wanted Leon…he wished he never took the short cut to Leon’s house. He wanted to go home and watch TV or be in Leon’s arms and watch the fire burning and making little crackling noises, but he was sent back to reality as the other man slammed his body back on the wall as if to wake him up and Cloud screamed. The other man’s lips twitched into a sick twisted psychotic smirk and Cloud learned to hate it.

“I’ll touch you as much as I want…Cloud…if it wasn’t for that Leon…we’d be together…you could be mine…forever…doesn’t that sound wonderful?”

“Sephiroth…” Cloud blacked out as Sephiroth slammed him into the wall again.

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“Don̵ 7;t touch me Sephiroth!” Cloud screamed and Leon suddenly relaxed almost immediately and let go of Cloud, backing away slowly.

“He raped you…didn’t he?” Leon felt the reality smack him and knew what he did was wrong. He was turning into some psycho and all because he was mad…he knew that when he got mad it…was pretty ugly, but this…this was wrong. He glanced down at his trembling hands and hid his face with those same hands. “Oh Cloud…I’m sorry…”

“Squall…” Leon snapped his head up with watery eyes and he watched as Cloud toddled over to him and embrace him. He felt like a little girl that lost her doll. He tensed and then relaxed as Cloud rubbed his back and nuzzled him. He felt like the one that was raped…he was the one needing comfort and he should have been comforting Cloud.

“Squall? Please…don’t be mad at me…I tried to run Squall, but he was stronger…I hated it and…I blacked out before he screwed me over, but I felt so violated…he left me on the cold ground naked….Squall…I wanted to kill myself…and I was so scared. I wanted you, but he must have told you…and you…” Leon’s head snapped up and he wrapped his arms around Cloud’s waist and kissed his neck.

“Shh…I’m here…it’s my turn to comfort you…”

They stayed like that for a few minutes and then heard a clatter and something breaking and they looked up to hear Sora yelling at Riku for they guessed breaking something. They gazed into each other’s eyes and smiled.

“They sound like an old married couple.” Leon whispered and nuzzled Cloud’s neck as Cloud nodded.

“Yeah they do…Squall…I want to go home…” Cloud whispered in Leon’s ear and Leon looked up and nodded. “I’m so worn out.”

“Alright…” Leon whispered and unhooked his arms from around Cloud’s waist. Taking Cloud’s hand, Leon gave him one of those beautiful rare smiles that Cloud always loved to see. This was his Squall. His mind seemed to relax and Cloud smiled back and squeezed his lover’s hand.

Sora growled as he and Riku ambled into the living room and Sora looked relieved as he saw the two lovers holding hands. He grinned and nodded his approval, while Riku glanced to the side and sighed.

“You guys ready to go now? I kind of have plans…”

“Ooooh….well we’ll be leaving then you stupid punk.” Leon’s voice dripped with sarcasm and Riku began to glare at him. The two older lovers began to show themselves out when Leon ruffled Riku’s silvery hair and Riku slapped his hand away. “Have fun Riku…”Leon chuckled and winked. “Sora should enjoy it.”

Sora blinked and he showed Cloud and Leon out and as he closed the door, a phone started to ring, but not the home phone. It was Riku’s cell phone.

Riku groaned and took the cell phone out of his pocket and flipped it up to see who was calling him. Sora watched as Riku tensed and he hesitantly answered it with a small ‘hello’ and Sora watched as Riku began to smile.

“Hello big brother!” Riku’s heart burst with joy as he heard the sweet voice on the other line and knew it was his younger sister Gina. He felt the smile creep on his face as his mind reeled with questions he wanted to ask her.

“Riku? I was wondering…can I come over…? I haven’t seen you in so long and I miss you…” Riku grinned and began to feel overjoyed.

“Sure you can come over, but I’m not at the house right now…I’m at S-”

“Sora’s right?” Gina giggled and Riku chuckled as well. His sister was still the same.

“Yeah…come over to his house okay?”

“Alright! I’ll be there soon big brother!” Then Riku heard a click and knew that the voice of his lovely sister ceased to talk and he hung up his phone and flipped it back down, putting it back in his pocket.

“So more people coming to my house?” Sora asked and Riku grinned rubbing the back of his neck.

“Well…my sister…remember Gina? Well she wants to come over and I haven’t seen her for over a year…I really miss her and I promise I’ll make it up to you.” Riku felt a little bad for inviting people without Sora’s consent. Sora brushed it off and grinned as if really excited.

“I love your sister! She’s so adorable!” Sora clasped his hands together and his eyes enlarged. “Should I make something to eat? I mean your sister is coming! After a year! Should I make pizza? Sandwiches?” Sora gripped his hair with panic and Riku laughed and hugged his lover.

“Sora I love you! You’re so adorable…” Riku kissed his lover’s lips and they held that kiss for a few moments until they needed a breath of air. Sora smiled up at Riku and rested his head on his lover’s chest.

“I love you too…” Then there was a knock at the door and Riku lifted his head up. His heart began to pound in his chest and Sora chuckled as he felt his lover get excited. Sora wrapped his arms around Riku’s neck and lowered his lover’s head and caught Riku’s lips in a passionate kiss. He broke the kiss and smiled. “Don’t be nervous…”

“I’m not…” He smiled down on Sora and moved away to go get the door. Riku took a deep breath and let it out slowly when there was a knock once again. He turned away and looked for the necklace that Sora had gotten him. He saw it grabbed it and put it around his neck and he gripped it for reassurance. He opened the door and his eyes widened at the sight he saw.

His younger sister Gina was smiling at him with her sparkling lips which were made sparkly because of the lip gloss she must have been wearing. Her sparkling turquoise eyes widened to see the sight of him and her long silvery hair blew from the winter breeze. She wore a simple white turtle neck that made her smooth white skin seem tanned. She also wore blue jeans and a white furry jacket. Their eyes met and they just stood there not knowing what to do, until she scampered into his arms and hugged him. “Riku!”

Riku froze and felt himself grow tense. After not seeing his sister for a whole year, he had no idea that she changed so dramatically. He didn’t even know how to handle her now and he felt dim-witted. Then he remembered what Sora said and smiled, wrapping his arms around her in an embrace. They hugged like that for a few minutes until he felt eyes on him and he turned his head to see Sora smiling. He felt Gina glance over his shoulder and she squealed. “Sora!” She let go of Riku and Riku let go of her and she darted over to Sora and hooked her arms around him, jumping up and down squealing. “Oh you’ve gotten so cute!” Sora grinned and shrugged embracing her as well.

“It’s nice to see you too again, Gina.” Sora exclaimed and glanced over to Riku which had a small smile set on his face. He could tell that Riku was just happy to see Gina look so happy.

“Sooo…” Gina interrupted the two staring at each other and she now stood in-between them. She giggled and glanced in-between the two as they blinked and looked at her startled. “Anything you two need to tell me?” She grinned as if knowing and Riku and Sora blushed.

“Well…” Riku began and Gina jumped up and squealed clasping her hands together.

“I knew it! When is the wedding?!” Sora and Riku jumped back and Sora hit his head against a self and groaned rubbing his head. “You don’t know do you?” Gina seemed to look disappointed and she pouted. “Well I guess I’ll have to prepare all of this for you two…”

“Merry Christmas to you too.” Riku crossed his arms and leaned against the wall as he shook his head, his silvery locks of hair swishing to and fro. “We just decided it…”

“Oh…” She seemed disappointed at this too and shook her head. “I’ve been waiting for this to happen and finally it happens and nothing is planned out!” She glanced over toward Riku. “You’re so silly. I thought you would have asked him a long time ago. I remember the time when-” In a flash Riku was covering her mouth and looked over to Sora which was confused. Riku grinned and looked back to Gina to see her eyes watching him with a knowing gaze. Yup…she was definitely the same little sister he remembered. When he thought it was safe he uncovered her mouth and she grinned, wickedly. “Sora you should have heard Riku before everything happened back then.” She giggled, her eyes twinkling impishly. “At night I would hear him make so many noises and then once I peeked into his room and he was moaning your name! It was so cute!” She grinned and glanced back toward Riku which was looking away blushing. Sora seemed abruptly shy and he was blushing almost as intense as Riku.

“Geez guys…” Gina shook her head. “You’re getting married and you really don’t know much about each other! Boys…”

“How did you know this anyway?” Sora asked and Gina smiled at him.

“I’m all knowing!” She shrugged and brushed a piece of her silver hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear. “It was kind of obvious!” She giggled as the two men blushed and she sighed. “You two are acting like a bunch of love-struck girls!”

She began to amble into the living room and plopped her self down on the chair opposite of the couch. Riku and Sora followed and sat on the couch opposite of her.

“Riku…I have a question…” Gina began and she sighed, brushing her silver hair behind her shoulder. She paused for a few more minutes. “Have you talked to…have you talked to S-?”

“No…” Riku interrupted and his eyes narrowed to mere slits. “I don’t really want to talk to him…”

“But…it’s Christmas and-”

“Screw Christmas…I don’t like him…I hate him.” Riku growled and Sora began to feel the room grow tense. He frowned and watched as the two siblings stared at each other and Sora had to break it up.

“So! Anybody hungry?” He grinned and the two siblings looked at Sora like he was brainless. Sora chuckled nervously and he stood up. “Okay…I’m just going to go get something.” He hurried out and Riku watched him go. He sighed and looked at his younger sister again. She was staring at the floor and he felt bad for glaring at her. Ever since they were children, Gina always wanted everyone to get along and she helped everyone with there problems and everyone was unaware of her own problems until Riku found her in the bathroom one day.

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His bladder was telling him he had to go pee and that’s what he was planning to do. So putting down the Playstation controller he headed to the bathroom, when he heard crying coming from the bathroom, he stopped in his tracks and peeked inside to see one of the most scary things he had seen in his life.

It was his sister and she had a razor in her hand. He watched as she nipped her skin with it and he watched as her blood dripped onto the floor. His heart froze and everything seemed to fade away. All he saw was his sister that was crying and reality whack him. She was a cutter.

“Gina!” She gasped and turned around, hiding her razor behind her. She wiped the tears away and gave him the best smile she could. He rushed over toward her and took her into his arms. That was why she was always wearing long-sleeved shirts. “What’s wrong?”

“Riku…she’s going to die Riku…I had this dream…Mom…she’s going to-”

“It’s okay…I’m here now.”

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He remembered that day and how her dream came true. What scared him was that she seemed like she was going to cry any minute now. He rushed over toward her like he did those few years ago and embraced her. “Gina?”

“Riku…I heard what he did…he did something terrible.”

“Who?”

“Sephiroth…”

The hair on his neck began to rise and he glanced away. “What did he do?”

“I saw it in a dream…he…there was a blond man with spiky hair and he was being slammed against the wall.” She began to sniffle as a single tear fell onto the leg of her pants. “He did the most…scariest things…”

“Cloud…”

“What?” < p>“Sephiroth…he hurt Cloud…I heard some of the conversation that Leon and Cloud had…Sephiroth raped Cloud…” The reality of it all slapped him across the face and he growled, balling his hand up into a fist. “Why does he have to be our older brother? Why is he like this?”

“I don’t know…big brother…I wish we were a family again…before…Sephiroth’s old boyfriend died…he changed because of it and now…he’s not the Sephiroth that he used to be…”

“Yeah…” Ever since Zack died, Sephiroth blamed himself for it. Zack took a bullet for him and that was all Riku knew from the story he had heard. The only time Riku saw his older brother cry was at Zack’s funeral and he had even told everyone he wished he took the bullet instead of Zack. Then after the funeral…he became a totally different person. “Don’t worry Gina…he’s probably sulking right now…somewhere…”

“He called me…he told me he missed me and he wanted to see me again…he sounded…so weird…I was scared…I told him I had something to do, but he said that he would just show up one day to surprise me…I’m scared Riku…I hate being scared of my own flesh and blood.”

“I know…” Riku shook his head. Sephiroth might pop up anywhere and scare Gina and now Riku himself felt more hatred to his older sibling than ever before. He wanted to bring so much pain to him. He remembered Sora telling him that he fought Sephiroth at the Coliseum and he was actually happy about that, but now finding out that Sephiroth was still hurting people and now going to go for Gina was enough to make him go hunting for the bastard now. “Don’t worry…he won’t hurt you…I promise…”

“Okay…” They continued to embrace and then another knock was at the door and he heard footsteps going toward it. Riku lifted up his head and felt his heart pounding. He felt something bad was going to happen and when he caught the first wisp of that incredibly long silver hair, his heart stopped and he was looking into the eyes of the man he loathed with his very soul. Sephiroth…

“Hello Riku…Gina…” Sephiroth said with a smirk plastered on his lips. Riku heard the door close and Sora rushed past Sephiroth and traveled over to Riku and Gina. He noticed the look in both of there eyes and knew in an instant that something was bugging them.

They were afraid…

“I haven’t seen both of you in so long…as well as you Sora.” The tall silver-haired man tilted his head and his eyes gleamed from the light’s rays. They seemed psychotic, but that too seemed normal. Sora remembered the day he fought Sephiroth and the way he looked at Sora as if he was fresh meat. He remembered Riku telling him he had an older brother, but he had never seen him before and now…he knew that this was Riku and Gina’s brother. He could feel it in his blood and his hand met Riku’s as he gripped it in reassurance. He felt Riku grow tense and Sora wished he never allowed Sephiroth in in the first place. He didn’t know why he let him in, but something told him to do it.

“Hello Sephiroth…” Riku said as if not faltered by the appearance of his older psychotic brother. “It has been long…”

“Yes…and Gina! I have brought you a Christmas present!” Sephiroth seemed happy for a moment, but Sora knew it was a fake happy to hide up something else…and he began to feel Sephiroth was planning something. Something wrong…

Sephiroth began to saunter toward Gina and Riku watched as his sister tensed in front of his very eyes. Riku felt his eyes narrow to mere slits and he felt his blood begin to boil. He hated to see his sister frightened and it was all because of this bastard. He took in a couple of breaths to calm himself down and unwrapped his arms from Gina and took her hand in his and watched as Sephiroth began to search through one of his many pockets and pulled out a small silver glittering wrapped box.

“Here take it.” Sephiroth smiled and Gina gazed into those beautiful turquoise eyes that they all had. She smiled back as if not afraid of him and took the box, letting go of Riku’s hand and she began to open it and saw as she lifted the cover of it to see a silver necklace with a moon pendant hooked onto it. Her eyes began to light up with joy and she grinned taking it out and showing it to Sora and Riku. “Look Guys! Isn’t it beautiful? Oh thank you Sephy!” Gina rose from the chair and embraced her oldest brother with a squeal and Sephiroth wrapped his arms around her slender form and his gaze traveled to Riku which he could distinguish that he was holding his rage inside him. Perfect…

He knew where his brother and sister was and what they were doing at all times. From Gina doing her nails with her friend to Riku spending time with Sora. He knew everything and he planted those dreams inside his baby sister. He smirked as he passed his hand through her hair and his smirk extended as he rested his hand on her head and concentrated as he closed his eyes. Riku and his stupid friend would know what his real power was…he would scare them to death…literally.

“Sephiroth! Stop! He is your brother! He is my son!” The voice screaming in his head made him slightly aggravated and give him a slight headache. Stupid mother…why didn’t she die when he killed her? She must have had a strong soul to resist the darkness for so long and to get into his head like this.

“Shut up you stupid woman…”

“Why Sephiroth? Why?!” Screaming inside his head, his eyes began to glow with rage and his smirk became cynical as he continued to concentrate on his sister as he began to feel her slip into unconscious beneath his fingertips as the darkness clouded her mind. He began to chuckle quietly, he glanced over to Riku and Sora as he opened his eyes and lifted his sister into his arms and cradled her in his arms as he laughed menacingly.

“This will be so enjoyable!” He sensed the darkness in Riku begin to surface and he couldn’t wait, but he had to get rid of Sora. It would be a problem if the key blade master fought against him and Sephiroth lost, it would be tragic. So his next target was Sora, the stupid little naïve friend of his younger brother. He concentrated again on Gina and he felt her levitate into the air and he concentrated on the couch and she began to float over as he gently dropped her onto it. He would not hurt her…yet.

“Sephiroth!” Riku growled and Sephiroth watched as his younger brother began to glow with a dark aura around him. He grinned and glanced over to Sora which had a grim frown set upon his lips. This was his time to strike.

With almost impossible agility, Sephiroth appeared behind Sora and grabbed his arm and as if a rag doll he flung him across the room and Sora crashed into the wall as his body made a big hole in it. His body hung limp and Sephiroth gave an amused smile. To easy…

“SORA!!” Sephiroth turned to his younger brother and observed that he was in a whole different attire than he was previously in. It was more darker…perfect for the Prince of Darkness.

“Well my prince…you seem mad…”

“SHUT UP!” Riku screamed and something appeared in his hand. It was a key blade and it shone with dark power and Sephiroth watched as it vibrated in Riku’s hand. It was the dark key blade. One that could destroy even the purest of hearts. Sephiroth drew Masamune and positioned himself for battle. He would battle the Prince of Darkness…the right he should have claimed. He should have been the Prince of Darkness…he was older! It wasn’t fair. He growled and pointed his sword at Riku.

“Time to die and claim what’s rightfully mine, little brother.” Then the battle began. They both charged at the same time and deflected each other’s attacked as both maneuvered through the furniture, leaving slash marks on some of them. The seemed to be going faster than the speed of light. They were evenly matched.

Groaning, he felt like he was hit with at least a million hammers and he opened his eyes to see wood and the pillars that held the house together. He touched his forehead and felt a liquid. He put his fingers to his nose and smelt the crimson smell of blood. He tried to move his body, but every nerve and muscle screamed in unison. He let out an exasperated breath as he tried moving again and experienced the pain again. He hung his head low and listened to the sound of metal on metal. He could hear the growling and the raged screams from both of the brothers and Sora hated it. He wished he never let Sephiroth in…he wished Riku and him could be happy and left alone…forever. “Riku…” tears began to spring from his eyes and they cascaded down the sides of his cheeks. “It’s not fair…” he breathed weakly. “It’s not fair…” He had almost forgotten that it was Christmas until he felt the necklace on his neck begin to feel cold on his skin. He tried to move his hand to grip it, but the attempt was in vain. He tried again and resisted the urge to scream, but this time he did it and held it in his bloody hands. “Riku…I’m sorry…”

He tried to resist the darkness that pervaded through his mind and felt his heart being gripped with the coldness and wickedness that the darkness had. He screamed and willed the darkness to depart as he fought the darkness in his mind. His light…it was slowly slipping away. Why was this happening and on Christmas? Was this what was supposed to happen? He closed his eyes and oddly he witnessed what was attacking his mind.

The coldness of the it’s crimson orbs made Sora restrain his breath and he watched as a sick grin formed on it’s black face. It’s dark wings flapped as if stretching them out and it’s whole body was black. It was a heartless…and it looked exactly like Sora, except with a few extra features. The Heartless gazed upon Sora as Sephiroth once did. Fresh meat…

Sora growled and tried to open his eyes, but couldn’t and he sensed something in his hand. It was his key blade.

Sora tried moving his arms and they moved and he looked over his body to find himself bathed in light. He remembered cases like this that he had read on the internet that people could battle in their mind and have an image in there mind. He could change anything couldn’t he? It was his mind. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the Heartless in front of him, but abruptly felt a cold hand gripping his neck and he rapidly opened his eyes to realize the Heartless was up in his face and smiling, devilishly. Sora screamed and felt a burning sensation bubbling in his body. Suddenly, Sora closed his eyes and he heard the Heartless scream and let go of him. Sora gripped his head as the burning pervaded through his whole body and he felt himself slip away.

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“You’ll never win!” Riku raged on as the two continued to battle. Doing a little spin, Riku attacked and when it was parried he did a huge flip and flipped behind Sephiroth attacking his wing and just before he was parried again. Sephiroth let out a little scream, but it was muffled by the sound of metal clashing against metal. Riku knew that Sephiroth was getting a hint slower and he smirked at this as he flipped once again to Sephiroth’s backside and dove his key blade into his older brother’s body. He watched as dark energy spat from the key blade and he heard his older brother grunt and then scream as Riku dug it in deeper. He knew he was inflicting the greatest of pains to the bastard and he laughed menacingly. He felt the darkness wrap around his form with it’s cold grip and his eyes widened with fear. It was happening again.

He quickly let go of the dark key blade and watched as his older brother fell to the carpeted ground. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. It was over…Sephiroth was done for. Just when he was about to relax, he saw Sephiroth move and Riku’s heart began to pound heavily in his chest, sweat dripping from his forehead. The body of his older brother began to shake violently and he watched as a transparent form of Sephiroth lifted from the body. It gazed into Riku’s eyes and Riku saw it…the love. It was the old Sephiroth…before he changed into a psycho. Sephiroth sighed and shook his head.

“How to tell you this…” The spirit began and Riku just stared at him. Riku touched his forehead and shook his head; his silver wet locks shook with the motion. He closed his eyes and opened them again to see the spirit of Sephiroth again.

“Prince of Darkness…”

“What?”

“You are the Prince of Darkness…” the spirit glanced at Riku as if he were unintelligent. “You are the only one who can control the darkness, but still have enough light to not go completely insane. Have you not seen that?”

Riku became silent and he glanced away from the spirit to glance over to where Sora was in the wall and his sister was still unconscious. He scurried over to Sora and gathered up the limp form that was his lover. He cradled him and kissed his bloody forehead. “Sora…I’m so sorry…”

“He is fighting the darkness…” The spirit began and Riku snapped his head up to listen to the spirit of his brother’s words. He shook his head and looked down at Sora again.

“But…he’s suppose to be able to ward off the darkness…he’s suppose to-”

“He’s just one person…” Sephiroth’s spirit interrupted and Riku shook his head, furiously.

“He can’t give in to the darkness! He’s the key blade master! Damn it!” Riku shook Sora gently and growled. “Sora don’t you give in to the darkness! You have to stay with me! We have to get married! We have to make love again! You have to stay alive! SORA!”

“The reason why you are still sane…” Sephiroth paused and continued. “Is because the love you have for Sora…he is your light.” Sephiroth shook his head. “Now you have to be his light.”

Riku confused, adsorbed this new information and gingerly touched Sora’s forehead. “Tell me what to do…”

“Concentrate on him…and close your eyes…then…you shall be in his mind, but be careful. You must be his light.”

Riku began to do as his brother said and closing his eyes, he felt like he was somewhere else. It was cold and when he opened his eyes, he was in a dark place. He wasn’t holding Sora anymore and he knew…that he was in Sora’s mind. He glanced around for any sight of Sora and saw a fading light close by him. He sprinted to it and distinguished the form of his lover. It was Sora.

He was breathing labouredly and he was curled up into a ball and Riku shook his head, his eyes burning with unshed tears. He quickly gathered Sora into his arms and hugged him close. Sora felt so cold against him and Riku kissed Sora gently on the lips. “Wake up Sora…please…I need you…” Riku kissed him again and waited.

Nothing happened.

“SORA! YOU BETTER FREAKIN’ WAKE UP!” Riku screamed and he kissed Sora again this time more demanding. “Wake up!” Riku’s tears began to slip from his eyes and smack Sora’s pained face. He began to lose hope when he felt something warm against his skin. He opened his closed orbs and saw that the two necklaces were glowing with a bright light. Riku watched as both of the letters began to levitate in the darkness and he felt Sora move. Riku breathed a sigh of relief as he felt the warmth come back to Sora’s body. Riku hugged Sora to his body again and felt more tears fall from his orbs.

“Riku?” Sora began, but was cut off by Riku’s gentle kiss. Sora blinked and wondered what was going on. He looked around the living room and saw a big hole in the wall and Gina sound asleep on the couch. Sora ran a hand through Riku’s hair to find it wet with sweat. Then it hit him. Everything began to flood back into his mind and he shook his head. He was out of his mind.

“I love you Sora…”

“Riku?”

“Say my name again…” Riku teased Sora’s bottom lip with his teeth and Sora moaned his lover’s name. “Riku…”

“Hey guys! Get a room!” Both of the men looked up to see Gina sitting up with a smile plastered on her lips. Her eyes were twinkling with amusement and Sora just scratched the back of his head, while Riku’s eyes widened.

“You’re okay!” Riku let go of Sora and rushed over to Gina and embraced her, tightly. Gina made a noise of protest, but Riku either didn’t hear it or just ignored it.

“Riku!” Gina began to cough as she was being squeezed in Riku’s grip. “Get off!” She began to squeal and fidget until he finally let go. She breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. “Well I love you too!”

Riku grinned and motioned for Sora to come over to him and Sora complied and sighed. Riku didn’t even seemed to really even be fazed about everything that had happened and Sora chuckled as he entered Riku’s embrace and Riku grabbed Gina and hugged both of them. Gina and Sora grinned and hugged back. All the while, a figure in the shadows looked on and watched with a smile, though it felt weird since he had not truly smiled for so long. He just watched them and felt a little regret and pity.

“Soon Riku…you will have to fight the darkness by yourself…soon…my Prince of Darkness…”

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It&# 8217;s over! I finished and it took forever! Anyway…how did you readers like it? I think it was pretty good. Okay now for people that might get confused, here’s a little guide to help you.

The necklaces: First off, the necklaces where symbols of Riku and Sora’s love and that’s what defeated the darkness. Yeah I know pretty sappy, but hey whatever right?

The Sora Heartless: This Heartless was Sora’s dark side, but with some added features. The light in Sora’s heart defeated the darkness, but quickly was used up after and that’s why Sora was almost dead when Riku found him.

Prince of Darkness: I kind of made this up. I’ve always had this image of Riku being the Prince of Darkness because he can wield the darkness without losing his sanity. (We see this in CoM)(I just gave you a little spoiler didn’t I…well at least to the people that haven’t played it. Sorry!) Anyway, haven’t you noticed that everyone that controls the darkness has either died or has gone insane? Well Riku hasn’t right? Anyway to make a long story short, Riku is the Prince of Darkness in this story.

Sephiroth: Why was he the brother? Well I didn’t really feel right about making Sephiroth Riku’s father in this story so I made him his brother. Nifty eh?

Gina: I don’t know why anyone would be confused about her, but she is Riku’s younger sister. Sephiroth-having the power of darkness- planted those nightmares into her because everyone was afraid of him, but her so no she can’t predict the future, but she knew about her mother’s death because of Sephiroth.

Voice in Sephiroth’s head: That is the sibling’s mother. No it is not Jenova, but I was thinking about it, but I decided it wouldn’t really fit in this story to well.

Setting: It is still Christmas throughout the whole epilogue. Christmas is incredibly long isn’t it?

Well I think that’s it. Please REVIEW!! REVIEW!! REVIEW!! ^-^ (Rewrote it to fix mistakes!)