Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Dearly Beloved ❯ Riku ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Chapter 3: Riku
This is my favorite theme song. It is amazing and I invite all to listen to it. It rocks.

What is darkness really?
Could there be such darkness that even if you were submersed in it, your eyes could never adjust?
Whatever the answer, it would be better not to think on it.
That was Riku was thinking at the moment. He had been walking for such a long time his feet started to give way.
After he and Sora closed the door to Kingdom Hearts, Riku and King Mickey have been looking for a way out. This is not to say that their journey was a pleasant one. The Heartless decided that their hearts would be sufficient to take.
Unfortunately for those creatures, Riku and the King were not going to be taken easily. Having slain many Heartless, the creatures decided to let the hearts go.
Riku turned to the King. “Your Majesty, where is this road leading us?”
“I don’t know, Riku.” The King told him in all honesty. “But we need to keep following it. Staying here will do us no good.”
Riku accepted that answer and the two of them continued on the road.

Does Time exist when there is no way to measure it? Normally people would use the sun and moon to ascertain whether it is day or night. In a pitch black world, Time could be moving fast or slow or not at all. Yeah, Riku could be a philosopher if the need required it.
If this was a new day, then he regretted ever opening the Door to Darkness in the first place. His thoughts came to his days on Destiny Islands.
Riku loved playing on the Island. His parents disapproved, saying that as a fifteen year old, he should let go of childish things and start to become an adult. But that was an impossibility to the silver-haired teen since all of his friends where still playing on the Island. His favorite activities included swordplay with Sora and swimming with Kairi.
His parents, when he turned fifteen, were very strict on whom he was allowed to have contacts with. And he noticed that he wasn’t allowed to have Sora over more than Kairi. Kairi was a more suitable choice because of her beauty, according to his parents, and the fact that she was becoming a woman.
Not that they would say that outright, but more often than not, whenever Sora was coming over to play video games, his parents found him something to do, which meant that the spiky-haired boy couldn’t come over. On the rare occasions that Sora was allowed to come over, they were closely monitored.
On the flipside, whenever Kairi was coming over to watch a TV show that the two of them liked (for some reason, Sora didn’t join the bandwagon of reality TV shows), his parents mysteriously had dinner plans. Giving him surreptitious winks and grins, they left as soon as Kairi came through the door.
Riku was completely aware of his parents’ plans and he did not like it. But the silver-haired teen recognized where his heart lied. His parents would be proud that he fell in love with Kairi. What man wouldn’t? She was a very cute girl with an amicable personality and a really good figure.
But he loved Sora also. He had a boyish charm and a way to make him smile, whether it was intentional or not. Riku’s parents were not open-minded people. The idea that a man and another man could love each other was absurd.
Because Riku couldn’t decide who to choose, he chose to be selfish and have them both. Is it so wrong to be selfish in this? If anything, at least his parents would only half-hate him.
But, his plan was dependent on two things: making sure that he was not caught trying to have the both of them and making sure that he didn’t force them too hard that Sora and Kairi would fall in love with each other and leave him behind.
That was the point of leaving the Island in search of the place where Kairi came from. It would force the three of them to be in a cramped space where anything could happen.
But Riku had to make sure that he could grab both of their attentions first. So enter the week before the catastrophe. The three of them would enjoy a night under the stars and have some fun. It was all calculated. He knew that high tide was coming and so he purposely set the campfire nearer to the shore. When high tide came hard, as it usually does at this time, the three friends were drenched to the bone.
Riku’s plan seemed to work. Phase two was to get Sora and Kairi comfortable with the idea of being in a state of near-nakedness.
“Ack, we are completely soaked.” Kairi spluttered out the salt-water from her mouth.
“Yeah Riku, what’s with you?” Sora asked, pulling some seaweed from his hair. “You never forget about high-tide.”
Riku shook his head in feigned ignorance. “Sorry! I had another argument with my parents.”
It was true. This one really took the cake. He told his parents about the campout and that Sora and Kairi were coming. His father pulled him over to the side.
“Listen.” His father began. “Your mother and I have come to the conclusion that you are spending too much time with Sora and not enough time with Kairi.”
Riku snorted. “And how, dear father, did you come up with that assumption?”
“Don’t you sass me boy.” He commanded. “I am only looking out for your best interests. You are fifteen and fifteen year old boys do not spend their time playing with wooden swords. They are going out with girls. Why, when I was your age, I was at the mall, trying my hardest to get girls to notice me.”
His father shook his head. “I don’t get it. What’s wrong with you? You have the looks and you have the body. You should be beating girls back with a stick. But that doesn’t happen, does it? Do you know why? It’s because you hang out with the childish fag, Sora.”
Riku couldn’t take it anymore. He punched his father in his face and the older man fell over. “How fucking dare you talk about Sora like that!” he shouted. “Sora is my best friend and I will not have anyone saying anything bad about him in my face. Likewise, Kairi is my best friend also and the same rules apply for her.”
With that, he stormed out of the house.
“So you fought with your father again.” Sora sighed, placing his hands behind his head. “I wish that you would tell us why you are always fighting with him.”
“Yeah Riku, we’re your friends.” Kairi echoed, drawing lines in the sand with her foot. The silver-haired teen sighed.
“He doesn’t approve of the activities that the three of us do.” It wasn’t a total lie. “He says that I should be doing teen things like going out on dates and hanging out at the mall and stuff. Why doesn’t he let me be with my friends?”
Even before he finished, the two of them hugged Riku and it made him smile. Such loving friends. “We’ll always be here when you need us.” Kairi told him.
“Friends forever, Riku.” Sora completed the redhead’s thoughts.
A cold wind blew over the three of them and they shivered. Riku was expecting this and he mentally smirked. He looked over the other two and saw them with chattering teeth. “Guys, we need to get out of these wet clothes.” Riku was surprised at how calmly his voice came out. Just thinking about seeing the two loves in his life strip to near nudity made his palms sweat and his groin flare in excitement.
Just as expected, their faces turned red with embarrassment. “A…a… but Riku?” Sora was a stuttering mess. But Kairi was no better. Her tongue was too tied to even think of a response.
Riku shook his head before speaking. “Listen, staying in wet clothes will get us sick and if you guys want to leave the Island, that’s fine. But as for me, I am staying here.” The final part came out a little bit rougher than he wanted. Instantly, he regretted saying that because now his friends stared at the ground, ashamed of themselves.
“I’m sorry for yelling. But I just thought that it would be necessary because the three of us would be at sea and need to be use to the idea of sharing each other’s warmth.”
Without allowing any other comments, he took off his shirt and pants, leaving only his boxers on. “See, nothing wrong. We aren’t going to have sex.” He crooned. Although, I surely hope so, he thought. He knew that he was doing something right when he felt two pairs of eyes on him.
“Riku’s right.” Kairi enunciated every word, an obvious testament to her nervousness. “We need to prepare for the day that we finally set sail. This will be some good practice.” With shaking hands, she took over her own clothes, leaving only her bra and panties. That was a sight that made him drool. Not that Riku hadn’t seen her in a two-piece before, it was just the sight of the bra which accentuated and pushed up her round assets and the panties which hid treasures that he wanted to taste.
Taking a discreet look at Sora, Riku noticed that he was flushed with embarrassment, but he also saw that cute innocent Sora was staring a bit too intently at the shapely body of their female friend.
After the initial embarrassment, Kairi smiled at Sora. “Sora, you need to get out of those clothes. You will catch a cold or something.”
Sora was nervous and it took all of Riku’s will not to go over to the boy and whisper that it was all right and he loved him. Looking at the way that Kairi was scrunching her face in worry told him that she was thinking something along the same lines as he.
With pronounced hesitation, Sora took of his shirt first. There was a dark stain on his cheeks as the article of clothing came off. It was just like him to blush in such a situation. With the same hesitancy, the pants came off and Sora’s hands twitched, as if he was resisting the urge to cover himself.
Once again, he looked at the near-nakedness of his friend. Although he was not overtly muscular, there was some tautness in his flesh, and there was something trying to make itself known in his pants.
Riku covertly licked his lips and was pleased to see that Kairi was doing the same thing.
“Okay, now that we got that out of the way, let’s pull out the blanket and head to sleep.” Riku got the blanket and unfurled it on the soft sand. It reminded him of a certain video that he found very arousing.
“Um, Riku,” The silver-haired teen looked up to see Sora blushing profusely. “That blanket isn’t big enough for the three of us to be comfortable.”
Well what do you know, Riku thought as he mentally grinned. “It was the biggest blanket that I could find.” He told his friend.
“Then what are you suggesting…” Kairi was about to ask the question when she came to the dreaded conclusion. “Are you saying that the three of us are going to have to squeeze into the blanket?”
“Unless you want to sleep on the sand and have it on your body, yes.” Came the hurried response. Riku’s heart was beating faster than it ever had in his remembrance. “If you want, think of it as training for the trip we are taking.”
Sora, to Riku’s shock, agreed first. “I guess. I mean, come on, we are nearly adults. This shouldn’t be such a big deal.” Yeah, except you made a big fuss when it came to taking off your clothes.
He promptly lied in the middle of the blanket. Riku frowned a bit. He wanted to be in the middle so that he would be between the two loves of his life. But, if Sora wanted it this way, so be it. So after, Riku and Kairi lied on either side of him, thus creating a Sora-sandwich.

Riku would treasure that day because the week after proved to be the most difficult in dealing with his father. It was the night of the catastrophe, though he didn’t know what was going to happen.
“Riku,” his father called him from the dining room. The silver-haired teen bounded down the stairs. Today was the day that he was finally leaving the Island in search of the place where Kairi grew up.
“Yeah, Dad?” There was nothing that was going to ruin his mood, not even his asshole of a father.
“I just heard an interesting rumor today and it concerns you and your friends.” Riku noted the pent-up anger and the vein on his father’s head. It was not a good sign, so he decided not to speak. “Last week, someone from the Island’s Coast Guard spotted three kids in their underwear sleeping on the beach.” His eyes narrowed dangerously. “Would you happen to know who those kids are?”
Riku knew that now, that special night he shared with the two loves of his life was discovered. “I told you that that childish fag would corrupt you and look what happened.”
“Dad, it’s not what you think. We were soaked and so the three of us took off our wet clothes and huddled for warmth.” Riku tried in vain to argue with his dad but to no avail.
“If that were true, then why didn’t you come back?” To that, Riku had no answer. “If you want to be friends with that childish fag, then do so. But never come back home.” With rage in his heart, Riku left the house pissed.
In the dead of night, he went back to the place that always made sense. On the plateau where he and Sora dueled for Kairi’s entertainment, he heard a voice.
“Poor little boy.” The voice mocked him.
“Who’s there?” he asked.
“I saw your predicament. I can help you. All you need to do is open the Door of Darkness.” The Voice promised him.
“How can …” Riku was about to protest but was cut off.
“I know of your wish to have two lovers and the only thing that is preventing you is your bigoted father. But if you open this Door to Darkness, then all of your wishes will be fulfilled.”
“Who are you?”
“My name is Ansem.” That was the last thing that Riku remember before he lost consciousness.
And look what his lust brought him and his friends. He was disgusted with himself. If this was darkness, this was his home. So he had asked Sora to protect Kairi. If at least they fell in love with each other, some of the guilt of trying to have both of them would be washed clean.
And perhaps he couldn’t love the two of them in reality. But at least in his dreams, Riku would have Sora and Kairi.
“What are you thinking of right now, Riku?” The sudden intrusion of King Mickey’s voice made Riku shudder. When he looked at the royal mouse looking at him with doleful eyes, he lost it.
“Your Majesty,” the King raised his hand to silence the silver-haired youth. “Please call me Mickey, Riku.”
“Okay, Mickey.” He felt himself smile for the first in a long time. “Is it wrong to love someone?”
“It is never wrong to love someone. It makes you stronger to have someone love you.” Mickey smiled as he comforted his traveling buddy.
“Is it wrong to love someone of the same gender?” he asked.
“Love is love, regardless of to whom it is directed towards.” Mickey was curious. Did Riku hold an attraction to the Keyblade Master?
“Is it wrong to love more than one person in a romantic way?” Once he asked the first question, all of the other questions came flooding through.
“You love both the Keyblade Master and the Princess, correct?” When Mickey saw Riku nod, it shocked him. It wasn’t an I-can’t-believe-this sort of shock but an I-never-would-have-guessed shock.
“Well, all I can tell you is that you shouldn’t be ashamed of whom you love. You will be able to confess your love someday.” Mickey smiled at the silver-haired teen.
“Thank you, Mickey.”

If darkness is an everlasting road, when do you know when you have arrived to the point where you are suppose to be?
Riku and Mickey made their way to a pedestal holding a beautiful Keyblade. It was engraved with a sun rising from clouds, like the dawn. It was orange-red and it emanated power.
“So, the Hero of Dark has arrived.” Loud taunting voices cackled.
“Hero of Dark, what are you talking about?” Riku demanded. It only served to make the Voices laugh louder. “You don’t know?” They taunt. “Is this the best hero the dark can produce?”
Riku growled but kept his eyes forward.
“What is it?” The Voices boomed. “Are you afraid of what lies before you?”
Riku shuddered. It wasn’t that he was afraid. But since when does someone hear Voices out of nowhere and not be thought as unstable?
“This Keyblade isn’t for the faint of heart, kid. It’s called Way to the Dawn. When the Hero of Dark takes this in his hands, the path to the Present world shall open. There, he will stop the Nothingness from destroying the balance between Light and Dark by joining forces with the Hero of Light.”
Hero of Light, do they mean Sora?
“Is the Hero of Light the Keyblade Master?” Riku asked.
“Hey, it seems the Hero of Dark has a brain?” the Voices taunted. “But I bet he’s afraid to take what is rightfully his.”
The taunting had gone on far enough. “I am not afraid.” Riku took the Keyblade and, at once, a ripple in the, I guess you would call it a sky, opened.
Two figures in blue could be seen. “Your Majesty.” They bowed.
“Hi guys.” Mickey waved at them. “I need you to do me a favor. You two need to tell Minnie to tell Sora to open the Door on Destiny Islands. It will allow Riku and me to escape Kingdom Hearts. I am afraid that something is about to happen.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” The image of Merlin and the Fairy Godmother rippled away.
Riku turned to the King. “Now what do we do?”
“We wait for the Door to open and then we will be reunited with your friends.” With that, Mickey sat down on the ground and happily hummed a tune.
Riku, after a while, sat down too. His thoughts were on the friends that he left behind. “Sora, Kairi, would you guys forgive me?” he asked himself.

Well, that’s the end of the third chapter. I believe that I have completely corrupted Disney’s mascot. Bad me. Oh well. Please review and tell me what you think.