Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Dirge ❯ Gold! ( Chapter 16 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
By: Koji Inari 
Non Anime: Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Adventure / Action | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 04.22.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 266 | Status: Work In Progress
Non Anime: Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Fantasy / Adventure / Action | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 04.22.2007 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.9K | Visits: 266 | Status: Work In Progress
: Dirge
Pairing: CloudXRiku!
Rating: M
Warnings: Yaoi , and violence, and bad language, lots of language.
Music: HYDE -WORDS OF LOVE- 666
Prompt: Sin
Riku and Cloud seemed to avoid each other. After their little run-in, being together became awkward. During the whole week they hardly even exchanged words except when necessary. The rift between them seemed to do the most damage to Cloud, who was still trying to figure out exactly what he wanted. Riku had already made up his mind on what he wanted, and he wasn’t going to waste energy worrying about it.
Everything ran smoothly for the rest of the week. Sora was already up and running around with only a minor difference in his movements, Roxas was steadily moving up in his “training”, and Riku was slowly getting more and more accepted into the daily life. He was beginning to be treated, if not as an equal between all the members, at least a rookie, and it made the teen proud. Acceptance was one of his main goals now, and he was succeeding at it.
It was during one of Squall’s rare shows of trust when Riku was reminded about the reason Sora and him were injured. Squall had given Sora a box of parts to take down to a vendor to try and haggle a decent price out of, and he had asked, or commanded really, Riku to guard the younger boy.
So now he and Riku were walking down the street toward one of Sora’s favorite vendors. It was owned by a girl named Namine`, apparently she was fairly well-off as Outsiders go. She had even managed to buy herself out of the House, and was the lead vendor on the North side. Not a transaction went on that she didn’t know about. As a bonus, she was also a personal friend of Roxas, meaning she gave better prices for merchandise.
Unlike the other vendors in the area, she had an actual shop, instead of selling her wares on a blanket in the street she sold straight from her house. It was a real advantage, and made her market the hub of wealth in the area. And because her shop was on the edge of town, near the waterway, she sometimes got merchants in her shop looking to make a trade on the black market.
Sora explained all these things to Riku on the way to her shop. He also told the older boy to be careful if he ever got into an argument over the price of an item with her. Namine` was notorious for getting a better price on things than was fair.
When Riku finally approached her shop he was surprised to find it actually had a sign, and a large, metal door. Riku had seen other houses along the streets with doors, but they had all been made of wood. The metal door on her shop marked Namine` as a wealthy Outsider indeed.
“Can you open the door for me?” Sora asked. “My hands are kind of full…”
“Huh? Oh right.” Riku grabbed the handle and opened the door for his friend, then stepped inside behind the younger boy. The inside was lit through a hole in the roof that had a kind of blanket-tent over it, to keep out the rain and direct sunlight. The effect was that the room was well-lit and inviting.
Inside the room were 4 men talking among themselves in the corner. They all had the barcode tattoo on their arm, just below the bicep, and 2 of the men had lines through theirs, one red, and one blue.
“See that guy? The one with the red line?” Sora whispered. Riku nodded slowly. “He got thrown out here for murder.”
Riku felt a shiver form at the base of his spine, but soon let it pass as he remembered that he too, had killed a man. “What about the blue one?” Riku asked a little too loudly, causing some of the men to glance in his direction.
“I think blue means fraud.” Sora replied, not at all intimidated by the looks they were getting.
“Fraud? I didn’t think you could get thrown out here for fraud.”
“Depends on the severity of the crime.” A woman’s voice replied from behind Riku. The teen whirled to find himself face to face with a girl not too much older than him, with sun-bleached hair and a smile on her lips.
“Namine`!” Sora called. “Good to see you. You know, this box is heavy, think I can put it down somewhere while we talk business?”
“Right this way Sora, and make sure you ring your friend, he’s kind of cute.” Namine` winked at Riku as she walked past the boys and into a back room. Riku immediately felt his cheeks flush. He had never been hit on by a girl before, at least, not one as pretty as Namine`.
“Don’t take that personally.” Sora chuckled as he say Riku’s face light up. “She said that to me too, and my brother. And Cloud, and Squall.”
“Yeah but have you noticed how good-looking all the guys in the gang are?” Riku asked.
“Hmm? No not really.” Sora replied. “Why? Are we?”
“Uh…” Riku didn’t know how to respond. Had he been the only one to notice? Maybe it had something to do with his attraction to Cloud, he had begun to notice the features of all the gang members.
“You can set the box down over there.” Namine` interrupted. Riku silently thanked her for the distraction as Sora deposited the box on a wood table in the right side of the room.
“Now then…Sora, you need to introduce me to this handsome young man,” Namine` chirped.
“Oh right. Namine`, this is Riku, Cloud adopted him off of Ansem a little over a month ago.”
“A month? Has it been over a month since you last came to see me already? I’m beginning to think that you guys don’t like me any more.”
“Well, we’ve been busy…” Riku tried to add helpfully.
“Is that so?” Namine` replied, eyeing them over carefully. “Well I would guess that would be true, seeing as how you two got torn up by Tidus and his thugs.”
Riku blinked and let his mouth fall open. “How did you know about that?”
“I know everything.” Namine` replied as she walked over and inspected the box that Sora had set down on the table. “Now Sora, what all do you have for me today?”
“Hover transport parts, a small generator, and some general electric parts.” Sora replied immediately, pointing out the items as he listed them. Namine` picked up the generator and weighed it in her hand, then flipped it on to make sure it worked.
“How much?” she asked as she continued to inspect the object.
“60 gold” Sora replied.
“80 gold” Riku countered eliciting an open-mouthed stare from Sora and a glance from Namine`. “And 10 silver.”
“65.” Namine` shot back, but Riku shook his head.
“78 and 5 silver.”
“68 and 3 silver.”
“75 and 4”
“71 and 2.”
“75, that’s our final offer.” Riku replied. His face betrayed nothing, and he stared Namine` in the eye.
“Fine, 75.” she replied, holding her hand out to Riku. They shook hands and Namine` examined him a little more closely. “You’re a sharp boy aren’t you?”
“A merchant’s brat.” Riku replied, smiling mischievously.
“Well, I like that. Too many people just take any price they can get. It’s been ages since I’ve had someone haggle with me like that, and now I get to be mad at you for cheating me out of 15 gold.”
Sora just stared at his friend, his mouth still hanging open. At Riku’s glance though he quickly closed it. Namine` went back to rummaging in the box.
Riku ended up selling all but a few of their wares to Namine`, all at a higher price than Sora would have sold them for originally. When they left the shop, they were carrying a full purse.
“Wow, what a haul.” Sora chirped as he weighed the bag of money in his hands. “I don’t think we’ve ever gotten so much money from one transaction. Squall’s going to be pleased.”
“Say, Sora.” Riku started. “How much money did you say you needed for Kairi?”
“Oh um…only 1 more gold….why?”
Riku gently took the purse from Sora and reached into it, pulling two shiny gold pieces from within. “Take it.” he said, holding the pieces out to Sora. The younger boy looked from the money to Riku’s face, as if expecting him to be joking.
“You…you can’t mean that.” Sora choked. “That’s not right, that’s everyone’s gold, I can’t just take it.”
“Oh come on Sora, we got off with a lot more than we expected to. They aren’t going to miss two gold pieces.”
“I dunno…” Sora responded, eyeing the shiny pieces of metal appreciatively. “I only need one…”
“I know you only get one per raid, that’s what? One gold piece a month? I know you’ve lost your paycheck for quite some time to give to Kairi. Here, just take it, nothing bad will happen ok?”
“I dunno…”
“Oh come on and take it.”
“Alright,” Sora conceded, taking the two coins and shoving them into his pocket. “Thanks ….”
“Don’t worry about it.” Riku replied, giving his friend a pat on the back. “Besides, you’ve earned it.”
“Thanks Riku…do you think we can go back to the East side after we get these things back? The sooner I get this money to Kairi the better I’ll feel.”
“Sure, I’ll try to convince Cloud to let us go.”
“Do you think he will though? Especially after what happened last time.”
“I think I might be able to convince him.” Riku responded. “Don’t worry, everything will be fine.”
“Ok.”
Pairing: CloudXRiku!
Rating: M
Warnings: Yaoi , and violence, and bad language, lots of language.
Music: HYDE -WORDS OF LOVE- 666
Prompt: Sin
Dirge: Chapter 16
GOLD!
The next week was filled with activity as all the healthy members of the gang sorted through the contents of the raid and estimated the value. Luckily, It had been a good haul, one of the best in a long time. They would easily be able to support everyone, giving Cloud more leverage to keep Riku. Squall didn’t like it, and kept growling under his breath every time he saw the sliver-haired teen. Riku could find no reasonable explanation as to his animosity, but eventually he settled on the idea of Squall being cheap, and not wanting Riku to waste money.GOLD!
Riku and Cloud seemed to avoid each other. After their little run-in, being together became awkward. During the whole week they hardly even exchanged words except when necessary. The rift between them seemed to do the most damage to Cloud, who was still trying to figure out exactly what he wanted. Riku had already made up his mind on what he wanted, and he wasn’t going to waste energy worrying about it.
Everything ran smoothly for the rest of the week. Sora was already up and running around with only a minor difference in his movements, Roxas was steadily moving up in his “training”, and Riku was slowly getting more and more accepted into the daily life. He was beginning to be treated, if not as an equal between all the members, at least a rookie, and it made the teen proud. Acceptance was one of his main goals now, and he was succeeding at it.
It was during one of Squall’s rare shows of trust when Riku was reminded about the reason Sora and him were injured. Squall had given Sora a box of parts to take down to a vendor to try and haggle a decent price out of, and he had asked, or commanded really, Riku to guard the younger boy.
So now he and Riku were walking down the street toward one of Sora’s favorite vendors. It was owned by a girl named Namine`, apparently she was fairly well-off as Outsiders go. She had even managed to buy herself out of the House, and was the lead vendor on the North side. Not a transaction went on that she didn’t know about. As a bonus, she was also a personal friend of Roxas, meaning she gave better prices for merchandise.
Unlike the other vendors in the area, she had an actual shop, instead of selling her wares on a blanket in the street she sold straight from her house. It was a real advantage, and made her market the hub of wealth in the area. And because her shop was on the edge of town, near the waterway, she sometimes got merchants in her shop looking to make a trade on the black market.
Sora explained all these things to Riku on the way to her shop. He also told the older boy to be careful if he ever got into an argument over the price of an item with her. Namine` was notorious for getting a better price on things than was fair.
When Riku finally approached her shop he was surprised to find it actually had a sign, and a large, metal door. Riku had seen other houses along the streets with doors, but they had all been made of wood. The metal door on her shop marked Namine` as a wealthy Outsider indeed.
“Can you open the door for me?” Sora asked. “My hands are kind of full…”
“Huh? Oh right.” Riku grabbed the handle and opened the door for his friend, then stepped inside behind the younger boy. The inside was lit through a hole in the roof that had a kind of blanket-tent over it, to keep out the rain and direct sunlight. The effect was that the room was well-lit and inviting.
Inside the room were 4 men talking among themselves in the corner. They all had the barcode tattoo on their arm, just below the bicep, and 2 of the men had lines through theirs, one red, and one blue.
“See that guy? The one with the red line?” Sora whispered. Riku nodded slowly. “He got thrown out here for murder.”
Riku felt a shiver form at the base of his spine, but soon let it pass as he remembered that he too, had killed a man. “What about the blue one?” Riku asked a little too loudly, causing some of the men to glance in his direction.
“I think blue means fraud.” Sora replied, not at all intimidated by the looks they were getting.
“Fraud? I didn’t think you could get thrown out here for fraud.”
“Depends on the severity of the crime.” A woman’s voice replied from behind Riku. The teen whirled to find himself face to face with a girl not too much older than him, with sun-bleached hair and a smile on her lips.
“Namine`!” Sora called. “Good to see you. You know, this box is heavy, think I can put it down somewhere while we talk business?”
“Right this way Sora, and make sure you ring your friend, he’s kind of cute.” Namine` winked at Riku as she walked past the boys and into a back room. Riku immediately felt his cheeks flush. He had never been hit on by a girl before, at least, not one as pretty as Namine`.
“Don’t take that personally.” Sora chuckled as he say Riku’s face light up. “She said that to me too, and my brother. And Cloud, and Squall.”
“Yeah but have you noticed how good-looking all the guys in the gang are?” Riku asked.
“Hmm? No not really.” Sora replied. “Why? Are we?”
“Uh…” Riku didn’t know how to respond. Had he been the only one to notice? Maybe it had something to do with his attraction to Cloud, he had begun to notice the features of all the gang members.
“You can set the box down over there.” Namine` interrupted. Riku silently thanked her for the distraction as Sora deposited the box on a wood table in the right side of the room.
“Now then…Sora, you need to introduce me to this handsome young man,” Namine` chirped.
“Oh right. Namine`, this is Riku, Cloud adopted him off of Ansem a little over a month ago.”
“A month? Has it been over a month since you last came to see me already? I’m beginning to think that you guys don’t like me any more.”
“Well, we’ve been busy…” Riku tried to add helpfully.
“Is that so?” Namine` replied, eyeing them over carefully. “Well I would guess that would be true, seeing as how you two got torn up by Tidus and his thugs.”
Riku blinked and let his mouth fall open. “How did you know about that?”
“I know everything.” Namine` replied as she walked over and inspected the box that Sora had set down on the table. “Now Sora, what all do you have for me today?”
“Hover transport parts, a small generator, and some general electric parts.” Sora replied immediately, pointing out the items as he listed them. Namine` picked up the generator and weighed it in her hand, then flipped it on to make sure it worked.
“How much?” she asked as she continued to inspect the object.
“60 gold” Sora replied.
“80 gold” Riku countered eliciting an open-mouthed stare from Sora and a glance from Namine`. “And 10 silver.”
“65.” Namine` shot back, but Riku shook his head.
“78 and 5 silver.”
“68 and 3 silver.”
“75 and 4”
“71 and 2.”
“75, that’s our final offer.” Riku replied. His face betrayed nothing, and he stared Namine` in the eye.
“Fine, 75.” she replied, holding her hand out to Riku. They shook hands and Namine` examined him a little more closely. “You’re a sharp boy aren’t you?”
“A merchant’s brat.” Riku replied, smiling mischievously.
“Well, I like that. Too many people just take any price they can get. It’s been ages since I’ve had someone haggle with me like that, and now I get to be mad at you for cheating me out of 15 gold.”
Sora just stared at his friend, his mouth still hanging open. At Riku’s glance though he quickly closed it. Namine` went back to rummaging in the box.
Riku ended up selling all but a few of their wares to Namine`, all at a higher price than Sora would have sold them for originally. When they left the shop, they were carrying a full purse.
“Wow, what a haul.” Sora chirped as he weighed the bag of money in his hands. “I don’t think we’ve ever gotten so much money from one transaction. Squall’s going to be pleased.”
“Say, Sora.” Riku started. “How much money did you say you needed for Kairi?”
“Oh um…only 1 more gold….why?”
Riku gently took the purse from Sora and reached into it, pulling two shiny gold pieces from within. “Take it.” he said, holding the pieces out to Sora. The younger boy looked from the money to Riku’s face, as if expecting him to be joking.
“You…you can’t mean that.” Sora choked. “That’s not right, that’s everyone’s gold, I can’t just take it.”
“Oh come on Sora, we got off with a lot more than we expected to. They aren’t going to miss two gold pieces.”
“I dunno…” Sora responded, eyeing the shiny pieces of metal appreciatively. “I only need one…”
“I know you only get one per raid, that’s what? One gold piece a month? I know you’ve lost your paycheck for quite some time to give to Kairi. Here, just take it, nothing bad will happen ok?”
“I dunno…”
“Oh come on and take it.”
“Alright,” Sora conceded, taking the two coins and shoving them into his pocket. “Thanks ….”
“Don’t worry about it.” Riku replied, giving his friend a pat on the back. “Besides, you’ve earned it.”
“Thanks Riku…do you think we can go back to the East side after we get these things back? The sooner I get this money to Kairi the better I’ll feel.”
“Sure, I’ll try to convince Cloud to let us go.”
“Do you think he will though? Especially after what happened last time.”
“I think I might be able to convince him.” Riku responded. “Don’t worry, everything will be fine.”
“Ok.”