Fan Fiction ❯ Two Halves of A Whole ❯ THAW (5) ( Chapter 5 )
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By: MercuryGoddess 
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.03.2003 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.8K | Visits: 422 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Adventure / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 11.03.2003 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.8K | Visits: 422 | Status: Completed
Author Notes: I've been thinking that maybe I should boost the rating up to R. I don't know, it may happen soon but I'm still thinking about it. Also, Yuna has her aeons in this story for you people who beat FFX. Anyways, more action/adventure!! On with the story!
Special Thanks To: Heather Christi, Guesto-chan, schu-chan, sephirothwannab, and Sora Lover: Angel of Darkness. You guys are the best!
Disclaimer: If I owned Kingdom Hearts, I would be filthy rich right now!! So, get off my back!!
Warnings: This is a yaoi, or to plainly put it male x male relationships! If you don’t like it, don’t read it!! I don’t want to see flames about this topic because I plainly put my warning here!
Rating: This chapter has some rated R-ish scenes in here.
Reminder:
"............" Means talking
(............) Means author's notes
*...........* Means an action
~..........~ Means thinking
‘………’ Means past sayings
Two Halves of A Whole
Chapter Five
This time, Sora was the first awaken. Groggily, he shifted to his side and cracked an eye open. The sight made him instantly smile. Riku was curled up on his side holding Sora protectively around his waist. His lips parted slightly and his eye were closed peacefully. He was still in his clothes from yesterday. Sora propped up on his elbows, leaned over, and kissed Riku's forehead before trying to move up out of his spot. "Mm..don't go."
Sora peered behind him to see Riku keeping a strong hold on him without opening his eyes. He yawned sleepily and buried his head in Sora's back. "Not yet."
Sora let out a small chuckle and complied to Riku's wishes by settling back down into Riku's arms. Sighing contently, he opened his mouth to talk to Riku, but closed it when he heard a soft snore coming from behind him. ~He must really be exhausted... I'll let him sleep then.~
Sora caught a glimpse of the time before burying his head into his soft pillow. ~It's 10:00...I'm sure my mom won't mind...~
*BANG*
"SORAAAAA!!!" *glomp*
Jerking himself up, Sora glared into sparkling emerald eyes, which gazed at him with rare anger. "YOU NEVER TOLD US THAT RIKU WAS BACK!"
"SHHH!!" he hissed loudly, putting a finger up to his lips. "You will wake him up."
"It's ok, Sora," Riku said, slurring sleepily. He sat up in bed and wiped his eyes, then looked at Selphie through heavy-lidded eyes. "Hi, Selphie."
Selphie backed off the bed and stared at Riku in amazement. "OH MY GOD! YOU ARE SO CUTE!!!"
Sora smiled as she said that, even though he knew it was an understatement. Despite being in Kingdom Hearts, Riku must have trained well because he has definitely toned up over the last four years. His rippling muscles could be seen through his clothes, but his body was not overly muscular. The tips of his silver hair came in contact with the end of his shoulder blades. His sea-green eyes were more piercing that usual, but still held deep sadness and pain and at the moment, sleepiness. His face had a chiseled look of a man, yet it never lost its smoothness. Yes, he was dazzling.
She made her way to his side of the bed and gave him a bone-crushing hug. "Are you ok? How have you been? Did you fight any terrible monsters? Cuz' if ya did, I've been practicing!"
Riku laughed and returned the fierceness of the hug. "I missed you, Selphie." As extreme as that seemed, he really did miss the bundle of energy while trapped in Kingdom Hearts. Selphie had always been like a little sister to him. Despite the fact that he knew she could take care of herself, he protected her as much as he protected Sora. Believe me when I say that was a lot of times. "You've grown so beautifully."
Selphie blushed at the comment. "Can this really be the real Riku? He's so polite and---wait a minute..."
She looked down at Sora and Riku, who were still tangled in each other's arms. They followed her gaze and remembered their current position. Jumping with a yelp, Sora managed to scramble off the bed and land on the floor with ease. His face was bright crimson and he continuously avoided Selphie and Riku's surprised expressions. "Uhh, we were...urm.."
Selphie held her hands up to her mouth, trying her best to suppress a laugh. Riku nodded while looking down into towards the sheets and keeping Sora out of his line of view. Sora blinked rapidly and put his hand on his hip. "And what is so funny?" he exclaimed.
Selphie looked Sora in the eye, still trying to suppress her laugh. "Sora, you are so adorable and funny when you blush like that! "I swear if I hadn't fallen for Irv---"
She gasped and shut her mouth quickly, blushing. Sora opened his mouth and pointed an accusing finger at Selphie. "You like Irvine Kinneas?! That weird guy with the long ponytail and the GUN?!?!"
Selphie clasped her hands over to her face to cover herself and shifted her weight to her other leg. "Y-you must b-be m-mistaken!!"
Sora ran over to Selphie, laughing loudly. "I can't believe it! That guy is dangerous! I mean come on, who carries a gun like that all the time?"
Despite her embarrassment, Selphie giggled. "I think its cute."
"Only you would think something as dangerous and deadly as that is cute, Selphie."
The two erupted into laughter, holding each other for support. Riku watched silently, saddened at the fact that he missed so many things he was looking forward to. Laying back down, he snuggled against the pillow, the feeling of loneliness emerging deep from inside of him. ~I've missed so much...how am I going to fit back into the group? I'll probably end up back on Paopu Island. Alone.~
The bed bounced up and down, causing Riku to glance to the side of him. To his surprise and relief, Selphie and Sora had curled up beside him, one on each side. Sora nestled into Riku's neck but not before kissing Riku lightly on the lips. Riku smiled and rested his head on Sora's, smiling to himself. Selphie saw all of this and was not surprised at all. She had known of Riku's love for Sora long ago and the drastic change in Sora when Riku was left was a definite sign that Riku held Sora's heart. Selphie wrapped her arms around Riku and buried her head into his back. "It's sooo good to have you back, Riku," she whispered in a child-like voice. "It hasn't been the same without you!"
Riku looked at Selphie and smirked. "I thought you guys would want me gone since I kept whooping all of you."
"I've gotten stronger! And so has Tidus and Wakka! We could easily take you! I bet you Yuna could whoop you all by herself, though."
Riku raised his eyebrow in confusion. "Yuna?"
Selphie raised her from her spot and looked down at Sora. "You didn't tell Riku who Yuna is?"
"We'll we've been asleep. I haven't really gotten a chance to talk to Riku that much yesterday."
"Anyway, Yuna is a girl, same age as Tidus, who came to the island two years ago. She's Tidus' girlfriend and Sora's best friend."
"Best friend?" Riku questioned, jealous. ~Did she take my place?~
"Yea, I mean they would always go off by themselves and do something me, Kairi, Wakka or Tidus knew about. And they still do it too, like today when we went to the club and---"
"Wait a minute. A club? When did we get a club?" Riku asked incredulously. It was so hard to believe that the children of Play Island were doing anything besides laying around or fighting.
Selphie grabbed Riku and Sora by the arm and dragged them out of bed. "Come on, we have alot of explaining to do."
~Two Hours Later~
"Wow..."
Riku had just got through hearing events that happened over the last four years; people he knew dying, buildings being torn down or renovated, new popular hangouts, the whole nine yards. Selphie did most of the talking while Sora added in little tidbits of extra information. Riku listened in amazement. The mere fact that the island had updated its technology was shocking enough, but a club for teens? That was just bizarre.
"We should be going to the Treehouse right now," Sora said to Selphie. "Everyone is probably wondering where we are."
Selphie nodded and jumped up from the couch the trio were sitting on. "You might want to change clothes though." she said while pointing and giggling. Sora looked down to see that he was still in his clothes from yesterday and blushed slightly. "Yea..."
He got off the couch and headed over to the staircase. "Riku, we have to get you some clothes."
"Alright."
Walking to Sora, he glanced back and looked at Selphie. "We won't take long, ok?"
"Yep!"
With that, Sora and Riku headed up to Sora's room. Sora opened the door and headed to his closet. "Ok, you always liked tank tops, baggy pants and yellow so...hmm...here!"
Sora pulled out some baggy blue jeans and white tank top. "Wear that with..." He walked to the shoe portion of his closet and picked up some white Nikes. "These."
"Wow, normal wear. I'm impressed, Sora. What happen to all the bright colors?" Riku questioned with a smirk on his face.
Sora looked over his shoulder and glared at him. "Ha ha. I still have some but I like this better."
Picking out an outfit for himself, Sora walked out of the closet and into the bathroom. "The bathroom is down the hall," he said shutting the door behind him. Riku frowned, and began to head towards the main bathroom when an idea struck him. ~Let's mess with Sora.~
Grinning wickedly, Riku shifted the clothes to his left arm and walked to Sora's bathroom. He opened the door to reveal Sora only in a small towel and boy was he beautiful. Sora had really become well built, but still not losing his thin frame and baby smooth skin. His whole body was tanned, probably from track practice or just staying on the beach. Riku froze in place, obviously caught off guard by this spectacular sight. "RIKU! GET OUT!"
Riku's shock quickly dissipated as he skimmed over the blushing boy. "Well, looks like someone is happy to see me."
Sora quickly turned out of Riku's line of view, turning a deep magenta. ~Damn Riku! Making a fool out of me...well I'll show him...~
Sora devised a mini plan and smiled to himself. Trying to hide his blush as much as possible, Sora turned around, giving Riku a sly seductive smile. He sauntered over to the stunned Riku, and began trailing his finger up and down his chest. "I'd be even happy to see ALL of you..."
Riku stepped back, his plan vanishing with all thoughts of him knowing Sora well. ~..How? How can he be so...seductive? Where did he learn that?!~
His eyes enlarged as realization hit him. ~He knows my game...guess I'll have to turn it up.~
With lightning fast speed, Riku wrapped his left arm around Sora and pressed him against his body. He brought his mouth down to Sora's ear. "Not until I see all of you first..."
His right hand trailed down Sora's body agonizingly slow until it reached the towel. He looked at Sora, almost laughing by the look on his face, but Riku kept his cool and smirked instead. "I guess it's ok since you aren't saying anything..."
He gripped the towel and began to lower it...
"GUYS! YOU SAID IT WOULDN'T TAKE LONG!"
Selphie burst in the door, an annoying expression chiseled in her features. "I MEAN...."
She blinked rapidly, lifting her trembling finger to point at the two boys. "A-am I i-interrupting something?" she stuttered, keeping her stare on them. The two boys blushed and parted, Sora holding his towel incredibly tight and Riku looking down at the floor. "Selphie, its not what you think!" Sora exclaimed, getting redder at each word.
Recovering momentarily, she put on a bright smile. "I know boys have their needs, Sora. It's ok."
Riku sweatdropped. "Selphie, we were---"
"Don't bother," Sora stated with defeat. "She's not going to believe us."
Riku sighed and walked out of the bathroom, dragging Selphie behind him. "Wow, you guys were really going to commit, eh?" Selphie chirped while being dragged.
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Tidus, Wakka, Kairi and Yuna were all gathered in the Treehouse, watching the 20' TV that was placed in there. Wakka was sprawled out on a recliner chair while Tidus and Yuna were cuddled up on the sofa. Kairi sat in a bean bag chair. Engrossed in the climax of the soap, Tidus pried his eyes away for a split second to glance at his watch. "Where are Sora and Selphie?" he half-questioned, half whined.
Yuna shifted her weight so that Tidus was in her line of view. "They'll be coming soon, Tidus. You have to be patient."
Tidus dropped his head like he was scolded and continued watching the soap. "Oh, Johnny, I can't believe you slept with my sister's husband!"
Wakka, Tidus, Kairi and Yuna's jaw dropped. "Her husband? That's nasty, ya!" Wakka jumped up, protesting.
"I thought it was just her sister!" Yuna said in a small whisper.
"Oh, Mary, I'm so sorry. I was there, he was there, the passion was there!!"
"This is so funny!"
Selphie walked in, clutching her stomach while laughing and pointing. "I knew it!"
"The passion was there!!" Sora came in, mocking the actor's voice. Everyone laughed at his imitation of the actor, but were shocked that he even did that. Yuna smiled, knowing the exact reason why he was in such a good mood. The end credits of the soap came on, and a preview of the next episode followed. At that moment, Sora turned to face everyone excitedly. "I have a surprise for you guys," he said pointing to Wakka, Tidus and Yuna.
"Boy, do I love surprises! What is it? Huh?" Tidus said almost as excited as Sora. Wakka raised his eye in confusion while Yuna cocked her head to the side to give the impression that she was confused. Sora walked back outside. "C'mon in!"
Riku stepped through the door shocking Wakka and Tidus. Even Yuna was shocked slightly, being caught off guard at how attractive he was. "Yo, wassup man!" Wakka said, jumping out of his recliner and hugging Riku. Riku chuckled and hugged him back. He then looked over Wakka's shoulders at Tidus. "Tidus."
Tidus snapped out of his stupor and walked over to Riku, almost on the verge of crying. Riku laughed at this and ruffled his hair. "You were always the crybaby."
His sadness was immediately replaced with mock anger as he glared at Riku. He hugged Riku anyway and laughed. "I missed you, Kuri."
Riku frowned at his nickname and put Tidus in a headlock for bringing it back up. "You know how much I despise that name, Sudit!" he hissed. Tidus held his throat as if he was choking while coughing and wheezing. The sight caused everyone to laugh and reminisce at the good times back four years ago. "Well, isn't this interesting?"
Riku looked up to see a brown-haired woman with one cerulean eye and one emerald eye watching him in amusement. His eyes narrowed unconsciously as he straightened up and loosed his hold on Tidus. "You must be Yuna," he said more icily than he wanted.
Yuna only laughed at his icy tone and narrowed eyes full of suspicion. "And you must be Riku. Sora has told me so much about you," she said looking at Sora and winking.
Sora blushed at the comment, holding his right arm up behind his head. Yuna laughed softly and diverted her attention back to Riku. "I've only seen him the happiest when he was with you."
Riku smiled weakly, but continued to stare down Yuna. "Funny, I heard so little about you."
"Only because Sora knows the most about me, but believe me that's not that much," she stated, counteracting the insult.
Riku's eyes narrowed even more. "How did you know that Sora wasn't the one who told me about you?"
Yuna only answered his question with a smile, causing Riku to get even angrier. Feeling the tension in the air, Sora walked in between his boyfriend and his best friend, laughing nervously. "Well, ok!" he said clasping his hands together. "I'm starved, so let's go get something to eat!"
Kairi stood up. "That's a great idea! I'm hungry too and I got the yacht so let's go to City Isle. Are you hungry, Riku?"
Riku broke his stare from Yuna and looked at Kairi, putting his hand on his stomach. "I haven't had good food in a really long time. I'm deprived of fast foods!"
Everyone laughed at his proclamation and headed out the door. Sora grabbed Riku's hand as the last person walked out. "That stunt you pulled at my house is going to cost you," Sora whispered, kissing Riku on the cheek.
Riku enfolded Sora in his arms and looked at him in mock terror. "You aren't going to spank me, are you? I'm sorry I played that trick on you! Hey wait a minute..." He brought his finger up to his chin in thought, then smirked, giving Sora a seductive smile. "That won't be that bad..."
Sora gasped, turning a bright red and smacked Riku on the arm. "I swear you and your hormones."
Riku smirked and poked Sora in the chest. "You know you like it."
Sora swiveled around and stomped out the door, pouting. Riku followed him, laughing. Sora turned back around, still red in the face. "That's not the point!"
"HEY! YOU GUYS COME HERE!"
Sora and Riku nodded to each other at the sound of the panicked yell, then ran around the Treehouse to the ladder. Sliding down the ladder, they ran to the beach, spotting everyone gathered near a ship. Sora stopped abruptly, gasping at the sight. ~That's Cid's gummi ship!~
"DAMN SORA! YOU'RE HOT!"
Yuffie bounced over and jumped on Sora, who went tumbling down the small incline to the beach. Wiping the sand out of his eyes, Sora smiled brightly and hugged Yuffie tight. "Yuffie! I can't believe it. What are you doing here?"
"Is she the only one here?"
Sora looked up from his spot on the ground to see Cloud with his arm raised out to help him up. Sora took the arm eagerly and brought Cloud into a hug. "Wow, are you all here? Where's Aerith and Leon?"
"I'm here, Sora. My, have you grown."
"Aerith." he said while pulling her into a hug. "It has been so long since I have seen you all. Leon is...?"
"He's still sleepin', that lazy ass." Yuffie said crossing her arms. "He should've of woke up!!"
"And I did." a monotonous voice came from the gummi ship. Leon walked out sleepily, smoothing out his wrinkled shirt. "Sora."
"Leon." Sora replied with a smile. As much as he wanted to hug the older man, he seriously doubted that he would be allowed.
Leon scanned the surroundings until his eyes fell on Selphie. His usual stoic expression dissolved and was replaced with so many emotions, causing everyone to wonder what the problem was. Selphie looked around her, not suspecting that she was the cause of his surprise. "Oh my goodness, Selphie!" Leon ran over and embraced her tight; unshed tears occupying his stormy grayish blue eyes. Selphie eeped in fear and struggled to get out. "Let me go! I don't know you!"
Leon let her go, peering into her eyes with enormous hurt. "Selphie, it's me. It's me, Squall. Remember we went to Balamb Garden and fought Ultimecia with Rinoa, Zell, Quistis and Irvine!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" she whispered, hiding behind Wakka. "And how do you know Irvine?!"
"Wow, Squall, you look so old! What happened?"
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Everyone turned to see Irvine Kinneas walking over with his gun in his hand, smirking. Kairi leaned over to Yuna. "Where did he come from?" she whispered.
"I don't know," Yuna whispered back. ~Where DID he come from?~
Squall's eyes flooded with relief and he walked over to Irvine. "You...remember me?"
"Well, yea," Irvine said slowly, not knowing why he wouldn't remember. Squall turned to Selphie. "She doesn't remember me."
Yuna stepped forward. "There is a reason for that."
Everyone turned to Yuna. "You survived the Heartless attack on your world, didn't you Squall?"
"...Yes, I did."
"And you were the only one who did. Therefore, everyone else was reborn on a different world and won't remember their past lives until the age of eighteen."
"Now that you mention it, everything came back to me on my eighteenth birthday." Irvine said, recalling the events that happened.
"Does that apply for everyone?" Tidus spoke up for the first time.
Yuna looked at him, smiling. "Yes."
His eyes widened in realization. "Then, you and me back in Spira wasn't a dream?"
Yuna smiled sadly and looked away. "No it wasn't. I'm sorry I lied to you, but it was best."
"Really? So we did beat Sin, ya?" Wakka perked up. Yuna nodded her head slightly.
Sora looked at all of them in confusion. ~They're from different worlds in their past lives?!~
"This is nice information, but what are you guys doing here?" Riku said impatiently, a hint of fear in his voice. Leon glared at him. "The Heartless are back and we have a new mission to fulfill."
Sora sighed loudly and plopped down on the sand. "Why now?" he mumbled grumpily. "Just when my life was piecing back together..."
"What do you mean by that?" Cloud asked.
"Riku came back yesterday," Kairi explained.
Riku sat next to Sora, fear and anger molded into one in his eyes. Sora looked at him questioningly. "Riku, what's wrong?"
He stared blankly ahead. "It's Celica. She's the cause of the Heartless."
Leon, Aerith, Cloud and Yuffie gasped and ran over to Riku. Leon grabbed Riku by the shoulders, shaking him. "Who told you this?! Who?"
Riku shrugged Leon off of him. "I met her! She attacked me and Mickey when we were in another world."
Yuffie grabbed her hair and closed her eyes in pain. "Why her? Why?"
Aerith held Yuffie tight, stroking her back. "Shh, we can face her."
"We already had to kill Ansem!" Yuffie screamed, pulling out of Aerith's embrace. "He was such a good man before the experiments occurred."
Sora jumped up. "Who is Celica? What does she mean to you guys? And Riku, why did she attack you?"
The group of people continued to talk amongst themselves while Riku stared blankly ahead. Getting angrier, Sora started tapping his foot on the sand, clenching his fist. "HEY! I SAID WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!?!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Sora, surprised at his outburst. "Geez, Sora," Yuffie scoffed. "All you had to do was ask nicely."
Sora sweatdropped. He opened his mouth to say something but was quickly interrupted. "We'll discuss this in the gummi ship." Leon commanded. "Right now, we need to decide who goes."
"Aren't we all going?" Irvine piped up. Everyone glared at him and he backed down, grinning sheepishly. Sora walked over to the gummi ship and scanned the group of people before him. ~Let me see, everyone has a weapon and we need as much help as possible...~
"All of us can go." Sora stated, causing Leon to whirl around and face him.
"We can't take them all. We don't have enough to support everyone."
"First, we have two white mages here that could serve as extra medical help. Yes, that could take up magic replenishing items but mostly everyone here is a warrior, so that won't be that much of a problem. Second, this gummi-ship is the largest of Cid's so it should fit everyone perfectly and third, we could easily divide everyone into three groups of four so that every world we go to, they would serve a certain propose."
Leon's jaw dropped as Sora finished his speech. ~How did the runt with the Keyblade come up with that?~
Kairi, Yuffie, Selphie cheered, while Cloud, Irvine and Aerith nodded their approval. Tidus thrust his fist in the air and Wakka gave Sora the thumbs up sign. Yuna and Riku smiled. "Well," Leon said coming out of his shock. "Then it's decided. You guys should start packing."
The small group of young adults from the island began to head towards Kairi's yacht while Sora lagged behind. He walked up to Leon. "Thank you so much for allowing this, Leon."
Leon grunted in response and walked back to the gummi ship. "You're the Keyblade Master. We follow your orders."
"Yea about that, I'm not the only Keyblade Master. Actually there's three."
Leon turned around, his stoic expression gone once again and replaced with one of confusion. "What do you mean three?"
"Kairi, Riku and I can wield Keyblades and there is something weird about the Keyblades." Sora summoned the Keyblade to prove his point. "Mine is the sun, Riku's the moon and Kairi's the stars. We still haven't figured out the significance of it yet."
"And you never will." a smooth silky voice said from above.
The five companions looked to the sky to see Celica descend down towards them. She stopped inches from Sora and studied him hard, promptly ignoring the others. "You have grown more handsome than I suspected, Keyblade Master."
Sora frowned and backed up, summoning his Keyblade and crouching into a fighting stance. "You're Celica, aren't you?"
Celica smirked. "So my dear Riku has told you about me?"
Sora's eyes narrowed, rage building up inside of him. ~My...dear...Riku?!~
"What is this? The innocent naive little boy is filling up with such seething rage already? We just met!"
"Shut it, Celica and tell me what you're after." Leon commanded, bringing out his gunblade.
Celica turned to the rest of the group and waved her hand nonchalantly, causing them to stop moving. "I don't want to talk to those fools," she hissed. Turning to Sora, a wicked smile formed on her face. "My dear, you really aren't going to be with Riku, are you?"
"What does my relationship with Riku have anything to do with you?" he spat out venomously.
"Anything that pertains to my Riku is my business."
"When did I ever become yours?" Riku said walking over to Sora. He summoned his Keyblade and crouched into fighting position. "I'm Sora's property only."
Sora blushed at that statement, grateful that everyone was frozen at the moment. Celica watched the two boys, shaking with anger. ~Breaking these two apart are going to be such a pain in the ass.~
She controlled herself and stared coolly at them. "No matter, we'll just have to take the long route."
Flicking her wrist, she vanished and Heartless appeared in her spot. Dropping to the ground, the Heartless surrounded the entire group. (Leon, Cloud, Aerith and Yuffie are now unfrozen because of Celica's disappearance.) The Heartless twitched and swayed while keeping their eerie yellow eyes on their prey. With their claws outstretched, they pounced. Aerith quickly cast a Mighty Wind spell, causing everyone to be protected from magic and physical attacks. Cloud immediately began his Sonic Blade attack while Leon began slashing/shooting down the despicable creatures. Sora and Riku ran in opposite directions, slashing Heartless as they went by. A Heartless jumped on Riku, but was instantly flung off and destroyed by his Keyblade. Riku used the momentum of the swinging Keyblade to turn around and obliterated the Heartless behind him. Back flipping near the battle site, Riku landed gracefully, then glided at a lightning fast pace back in, slicing and dicing at the Heartless. His Keyblade hummed with eagerness every time it came in contact with a Heartless. Riku smirked as a large purplish-black mist now saturated the area where he stood. ~This is payback.~
Sora dodged the claws of an oncoming Heartless and quickly counterattacked, causing the Heartless to burst into that familiar mist. Quickly calculating how many Heartless were around him, he administered Strike Raid, moving in a slow circle every time he caught his Keyblade. Only a few Heartless actually dodged, making Sora's job just a tad bit longer. He finished them off by running to them, flipping over them and slashing them diagonally in the back. The Heartless ruptured. Sora stayed in fighting stance until he was sure there wasn't anymore. Straightening up, he walked over to Riku and the others. "Are you guys ok?"
The group of comrades nodded and began walking into the ship. Sora began to follow them, but saw Riku gazing out into the ocean and walked over to him instead. "Hey, what's the matter?" he said, wrapping one arm loosely around Riku's waist. Riku only looked at him and gave him a weak smile before turning his gaze back to the ocean. "I just got back home, and now I'm leaving again."
Sora sensed the sadness and pain in voice. Tightening his hold on Riku's waist, Sora sat down on the beach, bringing Riku with him. He took off his shoes and reached to take off Riku's, earning him a curious stare from Riku. Taking off Riku's socks and shoes, Sora covered his feet and Riku's feet with sand. He leaned against Riku, staring out into ocean as well. Riku let out an amused chuckle. "What did you do that for?"
Sora looked at Riku slyly. "To help you relax while we enjoy these last moments on this island." he said, leaning his head on Riku's shoulder.
"Sora and Riku, everyone is gathered in the ship, waiting to discuss the plans on what to do." Yuna said approaching them slowly.
Sora didn't even move as he gave his response. "We'll be there in a moment."
Yuna smiled and began to walk away. Riku kissed Sora on the forehead and buried his face in his hair. "Thank you."
"Anything for you, Riku."
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~MercuryGoddess~
Special Thanks To: Heather Christi, Guesto-chan, schu-chan, sephirothwannab, and Sora Lover: Angel of Darkness. You guys are the best!
Disclaimer: If I owned Kingdom Hearts, I would be filthy rich right now!! So, get off my back!!
Warnings: This is a yaoi, or to plainly put it male x male relationships! If you don’t like it, don’t read it!! I don’t want to see flames about this topic because I plainly put my warning here!
Rating: This chapter has some rated R-ish scenes in here.
Reminder:
"............" Means talking
(............) Means author's notes
*...........* Means an action
~..........~ Means thinking
‘………’ Means past sayings
Two Halves of A Whole
Chapter Five
This time, Sora was the first awaken. Groggily, he shifted to his side and cracked an eye open. The sight made him instantly smile. Riku was curled up on his side holding Sora protectively around his waist. His lips parted slightly and his eye were closed peacefully. He was still in his clothes from yesterday. Sora propped up on his elbows, leaned over, and kissed Riku's forehead before trying to move up out of his spot. "Mm..don't go."
Sora peered behind him to see Riku keeping a strong hold on him without opening his eyes. He yawned sleepily and buried his head in Sora's back. "Not yet."
Sora let out a small chuckle and complied to Riku's wishes by settling back down into Riku's arms. Sighing contently, he opened his mouth to talk to Riku, but closed it when he heard a soft snore coming from behind him. ~He must really be exhausted... I'll let him sleep then.~
Sora caught a glimpse of the time before burying his head into his soft pillow. ~It's 10:00...I'm sure my mom won't mind...~
*BANG*
"SORAAAAA!!!" *glomp*
Jerking himself up, Sora glared into sparkling emerald eyes, which gazed at him with rare anger. "YOU NEVER TOLD US THAT RIKU WAS BACK!"
"SHHH!!" he hissed loudly, putting a finger up to his lips. "You will wake him up."
"It's ok, Sora," Riku said, slurring sleepily. He sat up in bed and wiped his eyes, then looked at Selphie through heavy-lidded eyes. "Hi, Selphie."
Selphie backed off the bed and stared at Riku in amazement. "OH MY GOD! YOU ARE SO CUTE!!!"
Sora smiled as she said that, even though he knew it was an understatement. Despite being in Kingdom Hearts, Riku must have trained well because he has definitely toned up over the last four years. His rippling muscles could be seen through his clothes, but his body was not overly muscular. The tips of his silver hair came in contact with the end of his shoulder blades. His sea-green eyes were more piercing that usual, but still held deep sadness and pain and at the moment, sleepiness. His face had a chiseled look of a man, yet it never lost its smoothness. Yes, he was dazzling.
She made her way to his side of the bed and gave him a bone-crushing hug. "Are you ok? How have you been? Did you fight any terrible monsters? Cuz' if ya did, I've been practicing!"
Riku laughed and returned the fierceness of the hug. "I missed you, Selphie." As extreme as that seemed, he really did miss the bundle of energy while trapped in Kingdom Hearts. Selphie had always been like a little sister to him. Despite the fact that he knew she could take care of herself, he protected her as much as he protected Sora. Believe me when I say that was a lot of times. "You've grown so beautifully."
Selphie blushed at the comment. "Can this really be the real Riku? He's so polite and---wait a minute..."
She looked down at Sora and Riku, who were still tangled in each other's arms. They followed her gaze and remembered their current position. Jumping with a yelp, Sora managed to scramble off the bed and land on the floor with ease. His face was bright crimson and he continuously avoided Selphie and Riku's surprised expressions. "Uhh, we were...urm.."
Selphie held her hands up to her mouth, trying her best to suppress a laugh. Riku nodded while looking down into towards the sheets and keeping Sora out of his line of view. Sora blinked rapidly and put his hand on his hip. "And what is so funny?" he exclaimed.
Selphie looked Sora in the eye, still trying to suppress her laugh. "Sora, you are so adorable and funny when you blush like that! "I swear if I hadn't fallen for Irv---"
She gasped and shut her mouth quickly, blushing. Sora opened his mouth and pointed an accusing finger at Selphie. "You like Irvine Kinneas?! That weird guy with the long ponytail and the GUN?!?!"
Selphie clasped her hands over to her face to cover herself and shifted her weight to her other leg. "Y-you must b-be m-mistaken!!"
Sora ran over to Selphie, laughing loudly. "I can't believe it! That guy is dangerous! I mean come on, who carries a gun like that all the time?"
Despite her embarrassment, Selphie giggled. "I think its cute."
"Only you would think something as dangerous and deadly as that is cute, Selphie."
The two erupted into laughter, holding each other for support. Riku watched silently, saddened at the fact that he missed so many things he was looking forward to. Laying back down, he snuggled against the pillow, the feeling of loneliness emerging deep from inside of him. ~I've missed so much...how am I going to fit back into the group? I'll probably end up back on Paopu Island. Alone.~
The bed bounced up and down, causing Riku to glance to the side of him. To his surprise and relief, Selphie and Sora had curled up beside him, one on each side. Sora nestled into Riku's neck but not before kissing Riku lightly on the lips. Riku smiled and rested his head on Sora's, smiling to himself. Selphie saw all of this and was not surprised at all. She had known of Riku's love for Sora long ago and the drastic change in Sora when Riku was left was a definite sign that Riku held Sora's heart. Selphie wrapped her arms around Riku and buried her head into his back. "It's sooo good to have you back, Riku," she whispered in a child-like voice. "It hasn't been the same without you!"
Riku looked at Selphie and smirked. "I thought you guys would want me gone since I kept whooping all of you."
"I've gotten stronger! And so has Tidus and Wakka! We could easily take you! I bet you Yuna could whoop you all by herself, though."
Riku raised his eyebrow in confusion. "Yuna?"
Selphie raised her from her spot and looked down at Sora. "You didn't tell Riku who Yuna is?"
"We'll we've been asleep. I haven't really gotten a chance to talk to Riku that much yesterday."
"Anyway, Yuna is a girl, same age as Tidus, who came to the island two years ago. She's Tidus' girlfriend and Sora's best friend."
"Best friend?" Riku questioned, jealous. ~Did she take my place?~
"Yea, I mean they would always go off by themselves and do something me, Kairi, Wakka or Tidus knew about. And they still do it too, like today when we went to the club and---"
"Wait a minute. A club? When did we get a club?" Riku asked incredulously. It was so hard to believe that the children of Play Island were doing anything besides laying around or fighting.
Selphie grabbed Riku and Sora by the arm and dragged them out of bed. "Come on, we have alot of explaining to do."
~Two Hours Later~
"Wow..."
Riku had just got through hearing events that happened over the last four years; people he knew dying, buildings being torn down or renovated, new popular hangouts, the whole nine yards. Selphie did most of the talking while Sora added in little tidbits of extra information. Riku listened in amazement. The mere fact that the island had updated its technology was shocking enough, but a club for teens? That was just bizarre.
"We should be going to the Treehouse right now," Sora said to Selphie. "Everyone is probably wondering where we are."
Selphie nodded and jumped up from the couch the trio were sitting on. "You might want to change clothes though." she said while pointing and giggling. Sora looked down to see that he was still in his clothes from yesterday and blushed slightly. "Yea..."
He got off the couch and headed over to the staircase. "Riku, we have to get you some clothes."
"Alright."
Walking to Sora, he glanced back and looked at Selphie. "We won't take long, ok?"
"Yep!"
With that, Sora and Riku headed up to Sora's room. Sora opened the door and headed to his closet. "Ok, you always liked tank tops, baggy pants and yellow so...hmm...here!"
Sora pulled out some baggy blue jeans and white tank top. "Wear that with..." He walked to the shoe portion of his closet and picked up some white Nikes. "These."
"Wow, normal wear. I'm impressed, Sora. What happen to all the bright colors?" Riku questioned with a smirk on his face.
Sora looked over his shoulder and glared at him. "Ha ha. I still have some but I like this better."
Picking out an outfit for himself, Sora walked out of the closet and into the bathroom. "The bathroom is down the hall," he said shutting the door behind him. Riku frowned, and began to head towards the main bathroom when an idea struck him. ~Let's mess with Sora.~
Grinning wickedly, Riku shifted the clothes to his left arm and walked to Sora's bathroom. He opened the door to reveal Sora only in a small towel and boy was he beautiful. Sora had really become well built, but still not losing his thin frame and baby smooth skin. His whole body was tanned, probably from track practice or just staying on the beach. Riku froze in place, obviously caught off guard by this spectacular sight. "RIKU! GET OUT!"
Riku's shock quickly dissipated as he skimmed over the blushing boy. "Well, looks like someone is happy to see me."
Sora quickly turned out of Riku's line of view, turning a deep magenta. ~Damn Riku! Making a fool out of me...well I'll show him...~
Sora devised a mini plan and smiled to himself. Trying to hide his blush as much as possible, Sora turned around, giving Riku a sly seductive smile. He sauntered over to the stunned Riku, and began trailing his finger up and down his chest. "I'd be even happy to see ALL of you..."
Riku stepped back, his plan vanishing with all thoughts of him knowing Sora well. ~..How? How can he be so...seductive? Where did he learn that?!~
His eyes enlarged as realization hit him. ~He knows my game...guess I'll have to turn it up.~
With lightning fast speed, Riku wrapped his left arm around Sora and pressed him against his body. He brought his mouth down to Sora's ear. "Not until I see all of you first..."
His right hand trailed down Sora's body agonizingly slow until it reached the towel. He looked at Sora, almost laughing by the look on his face, but Riku kept his cool and smirked instead. "I guess it's ok since you aren't saying anything..."
He gripped the towel and began to lower it...
"GUYS! YOU SAID IT WOULDN'T TAKE LONG!"
Selphie burst in the door, an annoying expression chiseled in her features. "I MEAN...."
She blinked rapidly, lifting her trembling finger to point at the two boys. "A-am I i-interrupting something?" she stuttered, keeping her stare on them. The two boys blushed and parted, Sora holding his towel incredibly tight and Riku looking down at the floor. "Selphie, its not what you think!" Sora exclaimed, getting redder at each word.
Recovering momentarily, she put on a bright smile. "I know boys have their needs, Sora. It's ok."
Riku sweatdropped. "Selphie, we were---"
"Don't bother," Sora stated with defeat. "She's not going to believe us."
Riku sighed and walked out of the bathroom, dragging Selphie behind him. "Wow, you guys were really going to commit, eh?" Selphie chirped while being dragged.
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Tidus, Wakka, Kairi and Yuna were all gathered in the Treehouse, watching the 20' TV that was placed in there. Wakka was sprawled out on a recliner chair while Tidus and Yuna were cuddled up on the sofa. Kairi sat in a bean bag chair. Engrossed in the climax of the soap, Tidus pried his eyes away for a split second to glance at his watch. "Where are Sora and Selphie?" he half-questioned, half whined.
Yuna shifted her weight so that Tidus was in her line of view. "They'll be coming soon, Tidus. You have to be patient."
Tidus dropped his head like he was scolded and continued watching the soap. "Oh, Johnny, I can't believe you slept with my sister's husband!"
Wakka, Tidus, Kairi and Yuna's jaw dropped. "Her husband? That's nasty, ya!" Wakka jumped up, protesting.
"I thought it was just her sister!" Yuna said in a small whisper.
"Oh, Mary, I'm so sorry. I was there, he was there, the passion was there!!"
"This is so funny!"
Selphie walked in, clutching her stomach while laughing and pointing. "I knew it!"
"The passion was there!!" Sora came in, mocking the actor's voice. Everyone laughed at his imitation of the actor, but were shocked that he even did that. Yuna smiled, knowing the exact reason why he was in such a good mood. The end credits of the soap came on, and a preview of the next episode followed. At that moment, Sora turned to face everyone excitedly. "I have a surprise for you guys," he said pointing to Wakka, Tidus and Yuna.
"Boy, do I love surprises! What is it? Huh?" Tidus said almost as excited as Sora. Wakka raised his eye in confusion while Yuna cocked her head to the side to give the impression that she was confused. Sora walked back outside. "C'mon in!"
Riku stepped through the door shocking Wakka and Tidus. Even Yuna was shocked slightly, being caught off guard at how attractive he was. "Yo, wassup man!" Wakka said, jumping out of his recliner and hugging Riku. Riku chuckled and hugged him back. He then looked over Wakka's shoulders at Tidus. "Tidus."
Tidus snapped out of his stupor and walked over to Riku, almost on the verge of crying. Riku laughed at this and ruffled his hair. "You were always the crybaby."
His sadness was immediately replaced with mock anger as he glared at Riku. He hugged Riku anyway and laughed. "I missed you, Kuri."
Riku frowned at his nickname and put Tidus in a headlock for bringing it back up. "You know how much I despise that name, Sudit!" he hissed. Tidus held his throat as if he was choking while coughing and wheezing. The sight caused everyone to laugh and reminisce at the good times back four years ago. "Well, isn't this interesting?"
Riku looked up to see a brown-haired woman with one cerulean eye and one emerald eye watching him in amusement. His eyes narrowed unconsciously as he straightened up and loosed his hold on Tidus. "You must be Yuna," he said more icily than he wanted.
Yuna only laughed at his icy tone and narrowed eyes full of suspicion. "And you must be Riku. Sora has told me so much about you," she said looking at Sora and winking.
Sora blushed at the comment, holding his right arm up behind his head. Yuna laughed softly and diverted her attention back to Riku. "I've only seen him the happiest when he was with you."
Riku smiled weakly, but continued to stare down Yuna. "Funny, I heard so little about you."
"Only because Sora knows the most about me, but believe me that's not that much," she stated, counteracting the insult.
Riku's eyes narrowed even more. "How did you know that Sora wasn't the one who told me about you?"
Yuna only answered his question with a smile, causing Riku to get even angrier. Feeling the tension in the air, Sora walked in between his boyfriend and his best friend, laughing nervously. "Well, ok!" he said clasping his hands together. "I'm starved, so let's go get something to eat!"
Kairi stood up. "That's a great idea! I'm hungry too and I got the yacht so let's go to City Isle. Are you hungry, Riku?"
Riku broke his stare from Yuna and looked at Kairi, putting his hand on his stomach. "I haven't had good food in a really long time. I'm deprived of fast foods!"
Everyone laughed at his proclamation and headed out the door. Sora grabbed Riku's hand as the last person walked out. "That stunt you pulled at my house is going to cost you," Sora whispered, kissing Riku on the cheek.
Riku enfolded Sora in his arms and looked at him in mock terror. "You aren't going to spank me, are you? I'm sorry I played that trick on you! Hey wait a minute..." He brought his finger up to his chin in thought, then smirked, giving Sora a seductive smile. "That won't be that bad..."
Sora gasped, turning a bright red and smacked Riku on the arm. "I swear you and your hormones."
Riku smirked and poked Sora in the chest. "You know you like it."
Sora swiveled around and stomped out the door, pouting. Riku followed him, laughing. Sora turned back around, still red in the face. "That's not the point!"
"HEY! YOU GUYS COME HERE!"
Sora and Riku nodded to each other at the sound of the panicked yell, then ran around the Treehouse to the ladder. Sliding down the ladder, they ran to the beach, spotting everyone gathered near a ship. Sora stopped abruptly, gasping at the sight. ~That's Cid's gummi ship!~
"DAMN SORA! YOU'RE HOT!"
Yuffie bounced over and jumped on Sora, who went tumbling down the small incline to the beach. Wiping the sand out of his eyes, Sora smiled brightly and hugged Yuffie tight. "Yuffie! I can't believe it. What are you doing here?"
"Is she the only one here?"
Sora looked up from his spot on the ground to see Cloud with his arm raised out to help him up. Sora took the arm eagerly and brought Cloud into a hug. "Wow, are you all here? Where's Aerith and Leon?"
"I'm here, Sora. My, have you grown."
"Aerith." he said while pulling her into a hug. "It has been so long since I have seen you all. Leon is...?"
"He's still sleepin', that lazy ass." Yuffie said crossing her arms. "He should've of woke up!!"
"And I did." a monotonous voice came from the gummi ship. Leon walked out sleepily, smoothing out his wrinkled shirt. "Sora."
"Leon." Sora replied with a smile. As much as he wanted to hug the older man, he seriously doubted that he would be allowed.
Leon scanned the surroundings until his eyes fell on Selphie. His usual stoic expression dissolved and was replaced with so many emotions, causing everyone to wonder what the problem was. Selphie looked around her, not suspecting that she was the cause of his surprise. "Oh my goodness, Selphie!" Leon ran over and embraced her tight; unshed tears occupying his stormy grayish blue eyes. Selphie eeped in fear and struggled to get out. "Let me go! I don't know you!"
Leon let her go, peering into her eyes with enormous hurt. "Selphie, it's me. It's me, Squall. Remember we went to Balamb Garden and fought Ultimecia with Rinoa, Zell, Quistis and Irvine!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" she whispered, hiding behind Wakka. "And how do you know Irvine?!"
"Wow, Squall, you look so old! What happened?"
2
Everyone turned to see Irvine Kinneas walking over with his gun in his hand, smirking. Kairi leaned over to Yuna. "Where did he come from?" she whispered.
"I don't know," Yuna whispered back. ~Where DID he come from?~
Squall's eyes flooded with relief and he walked over to Irvine. "You...remember me?"
"Well, yea," Irvine said slowly, not knowing why he wouldn't remember. Squall turned to Selphie. "She doesn't remember me."
Yuna stepped forward. "There is a reason for that."
Everyone turned to Yuna. "You survived the Heartless attack on your world, didn't you Squall?"
"...Yes, I did."
"And you were the only one who did. Therefore, everyone else was reborn on a different world and won't remember their past lives until the age of eighteen."
"Now that you mention it, everything came back to me on my eighteenth birthday." Irvine said, recalling the events that happened.
"Does that apply for everyone?" Tidus spoke up for the first time.
Yuna looked at him, smiling. "Yes."
His eyes widened in realization. "Then, you and me back in Spira wasn't a dream?"
Yuna smiled sadly and looked away. "No it wasn't. I'm sorry I lied to you, but it was best."
"Really? So we did beat Sin, ya?" Wakka perked up. Yuna nodded her head slightly.
Sora looked at all of them in confusion. ~They're from different worlds in their past lives?!~
"This is nice information, but what are you guys doing here?" Riku said impatiently, a hint of fear in his voice. Leon glared at him. "The Heartless are back and we have a new mission to fulfill."
Sora sighed loudly and plopped down on the sand. "Why now?" he mumbled grumpily. "Just when my life was piecing back together..."
"What do you mean by that?" Cloud asked.
"Riku came back yesterday," Kairi explained.
Riku sat next to Sora, fear and anger molded into one in his eyes. Sora looked at him questioningly. "Riku, what's wrong?"
He stared blankly ahead. "It's Celica. She's the cause of the Heartless."
Leon, Aerith, Cloud and Yuffie gasped and ran over to Riku. Leon grabbed Riku by the shoulders, shaking him. "Who told you this?! Who?"
Riku shrugged Leon off of him. "I met her! She attacked me and Mickey when we were in another world."
Yuffie grabbed her hair and closed her eyes in pain. "Why her? Why?"
Aerith held Yuffie tight, stroking her back. "Shh, we can face her."
"We already had to kill Ansem!" Yuffie screamed, pulling out of Aerith's embrace. "He was such a good man before the experiments occurred."
Sora jumped up. "Who is Celica? What does she mean to you guys? And Riku, why did she attack you?"
The group of people continued to talk amongst themselves while Riku stared blankly ahead. Getting angrier, Sora started tapping his foot on the sand, clenching his fist. "HEY! I SAID WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!?!?!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Sora, surprised at his outburst. "Geez, Sora," Yuffie scoffed. "All you had to do was ask nicely."
Sora sweatdropped. He opened his mouth to say something but was quickly interrupted. "We'll discuss this in the gummi ship." Leon commanded. "Right now, we need to decide who goes."
"Aren't we all going?" Irvine piped up. Everyone glared at him and he backed down, grinning sheepishly. Sora walked over to the gummi ship and scanned the group of people before him. ~Let me see, everyone has a weapon and we need as much help as possible...~
"All of us can go." Sora stated, causing Leon to whirl around and face him.
"We can't take them all. We don't have enough to support everyone."
"First, we have two white mages here that could serve as extra medical help. Yes, that could take up magic replenishing items but mostly everyone here is a warrior, so that won't be that much of a problem. Second, this gummi-ship is the largest of Cid's so it should fit everyone perfectly and third, we could easily divide everyone into three groups of four so that every world we go to, they would serve a certain propose."
Leon's jaw dropped as Sora finished his speech. ~How did the runt with the Keyblade come up with that?~
Kairi, Yuffie, Selphie cheered, while Cloud, Irvine and Aerith nodded their approval. Tidus thrust his fist in the air and Wakka gave Sora the thumbs up sign. Yuna and Riku smiled. "Well," Leon said coming out of his shock. "Then it's decided. You guys should start packing."
The small group of young adults from the island began to head towards Kairi's yacht while Sora lagged behind. He walked up to Leon. "Thank you so much for allowing this, Leon."
Leon grunted in response and walked back to the gummi ship. "You're the Keyblade Master. We follow your orders."
"Yea about that, I'm not the only Keyblade Master. Actually there's three."
Leon turned around, his stoic expression gone once again and replaced with one of confusion. "What do you mean three?"
"Kairi, Riku and I can wield Keyblades and there is something weird about the Keyblades." Sora summoned the Keyblade to prove his point. "Mine is the sun, Riku's the moon and Kairi's the stars. We still haven't figured out the significance of it yet."
"And you never will." a smooth silky voice said from above.
The five companions looked to the sky to see Celica descend down towards them. She stopped inches from Sora and studied him hard, promptly ignoring the others. "You have grown more handsome than I suspected, Keyblade Master."
Sora frowned and backed up, summoning his Keyblade and crouching into a fighting stance. "You're Celica, aren't you?"
Celica smirked. "So my dear Riku has told you about me?"
Sora's eyes narrowed, rage building up inside of him. ~My...dear...Riku?!~
"What is this? The innocent naive little boy is filling up with such seething rage already? We just met!"
"Shut it, Celica and tell me what you're after." Leon commanded, bringing out his gunblade.
Celica turned to the rest of the group and waved her hand nonchalantly, causing them to stop moving. "I don't want to talk to those fools," she hissed. Turning to Sora, a wicked smile formed on her face. "My dear, you really aren't going to be with Riku, are you?"
"What does my relationship with Riku have anything to do with you?" he spat out venomously.
"Anything that pertains to my Riku is my business."
"When did I ever become yours?" Riku said walking over to Sora. He summoned his Keyblade and crouched into fighting position. "I'm Sora's property only."
Sora blushed at that statement, grateful that everyone was frozen at the moment. Celica watched the two boys, shaking with anger. ~Breaking these two apart are going to be such a pain in the ass.~
She controlled herself and stared coolly at them. "No matter, we'll just have to take the long route."
Flicking her wrist, she vanished and Heartless appeared in her spot. Dropping to the ground, the Heartless surrounded the entire group. (Leon, Cloud, Aerith and Yuffie are now unfrozen because of Celica's disappearance.) The Heartless twitched and swayed while keeping their eerie yellow eyes on their prey. With their claws outstretched, they pounced. Aerith quickly cast a Mighty Wind spell, causing everyone to be protected from magic and physical attacks. Cloud immediately began his Sonic Blade attack while Leon began slashing/shooting down the despicable creatures. Sora and Riku ran in opposite directions, slashing Heartless as they went by. A Heartless jumped on Riku, but was instantly flung off and destroyed by his Keyblade. Riku used the momentum of the swinging Keyblade to turn around and obliterated the Heartless behind him. Back flipping near the battle site, Riku landed gracefully, then glided at a lightning fast pace back in, slicing and dicing at the Heartless. His Keyblade hummed with eagerness every time it came in contact with a Heartless. Riku smirked as a large purplish-black mist now saturated the area where he stood. ~This is payback.~
Sora dodged the claws of an oncoming Heartless and quickly counterattacked, causing the Heartless to burst into that familiar mist. Quickly calculating how many Heartless were around him, he administered Strike Raid, moving in a slow circle every time he caught his Keyblade. Only a few Heartless actually dodged, making Sora's job just a tad bit longer. He finished them off by running to them, flipping over them and slashing them diagonally in the back. The Heartless ruptured. Sora stayed in fighting stance until he was sure there wasn't anymore. Straightening up, he walked over to Riku and the others. "Are you guys ok?"
The group of comrades nodded and began walking into the ship. Sora began to follow them, but saw Riku gazing out into the ocean and walked over to him instead. "Hey, what's the matter?" he said, wrapping one arm loosely around Riku's waist. Riku only looked at him and gave him a weak smile before turning his gaze back to the ocean. "I just got back home, and now I'm leaving again."
Sora sensed the sadness and pain in voice. Tightening his hold on Riku's waist, Sora sat down on the beach, bringing Riku with him. He took off his shoes and reached to take off Riku's, earning him a curious stare from Riku. Taking off Riku's socks and shoes, Sora covered his feet and Riku's feet with sand. He leaned against Riku, staring out into ocean as well. Riku let out an amused chuckle. "What did you do that for?"
Sora looked at Riku slyly. "To help you relax while we enjoy these last moments on this island." he said, leaning his head on Riku's shoulder.
"Sora and Riku, everyone is gathered in the ship, waiting to discuss the plans on what to do." Yuna said approaching them slowly.
Sora didn't even move as he gave his response. "We'll be there in a moment."
Yuna smiled and began to walk away. Riku kissed Sora on the forehead and buried his face in his hair. "Thank you."
"Anything for you, Riku."
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