Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction ❯ Left Behind ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4

 

Sora relaxed in the tub, feeling his exhaustion weighing heavily on him. The last two weeks seemed almost surreal to him, as if none of it had ever happened. His thoughts then turned to Riku and Kairi, wondering how they were doing. Did they miss him? Were they worried? His exhaustion finally overcoming him, Sora drifted off to sleep in the warm, soothing water.

 

Dream

 

Sora watched in stunned disbelief as his best friend ran through the door and shut it behind him. The door glowed briefly and then disappeared in a flash. “They left me,” whispered Sora numbly. “The left me behind to die here.”

 

“Oh, you won't die, pretty pet,” purred Xanthus, striding into the clearing where Sora was standing. “You'll be my most coveted prize.”

 

“I'll die first,” snarled Sora, summoning his keyblade and lunging towards the man.

 

“Well, the thing is, pet, you don't exactly have a choice in the matter,” said Xanthus smugly. He backhanded Sora before the boy could strike and placed a collar around his neck while he was still dazed from the blow. Sora growled angrily and lunged towards Xanthus again, only to scream in agony as jolts of pain seared through his body. “See, Sora? You disobey me in any way, and those lovely jolts of pain are your reward.” He grabbed Sora by the arm and dragged the boy to his feet. “We must hurry back, pet. I have to announce the next tournament, and when they hear what the prize for winning is, I'm sure this will be the fiercest battle, yet.”

 

Xanthus dragged Sora down to the pets' quarters and tossed him inside. “This will be your new home for now. Your training will begin tomorrow, so rest up.”

 

“Training?” asked Sora curiously. “What kind of training?”

 

“On pleasing your new master, of course,” said Xanthus with a smug grin. “Haven't you already guessed, dear boy? Your virginity is the true prize for winning the tournament.”

 

“You have got to be kidding,” said Sora, staring at the king in shock. “What makes you even think I'm still a virgin?” he asked, trying to bluff his way out of this mess.

 

“You have the whitest and brightest aura I've ever seen, pet. That in itself indicates physical and spiritual innocence,” said Xanthus somewhat dreamily. “It just begs to be tainted.”

 

Flash forward

 

“Your first lesson will be on kissing,” said Xanthus, overseeing Sora's training personally. After all, he planned on winning the tournament so that he could keep his pet, so the boy may as well learn to please him first. He suddenly grabbed Sora and covered the boy's lips with his own, thrusting his tongue quickly past the gasp parted lips to explore the warm depths of Sora's mouth.

 

Sora instinctively bit down on the tongue raping his mouth and pushed desperately against Xanthus' chest to escape. As Xanthus snarled in pain from the bite, Sora cried out and fell to the floor as intense jolts of pain seared through his body.

 

“Make him practise with the other pets,” growled Xanthus, wiping the blood from his lips as he glared down at Sora. “He has two weeks to get ready.”

 

Flash Forward

 

Sora woke to someone gently washing his face. Blearily opening his eyes, he saw a pretty servant girl sitting on the bed beside him. “Who are you?” he asked bemusedly. He tried to sit up and hissed as his entire body protested the movement. Then he remembered why he hurt so much. He'd tried to stop one of the guards from raping this girl.

 

“My name is Makili,” she said softly. “Master Xanthus ordered me to wash you before your next lesson.” She bit her lip nervously and bowed her head. “Thank you for saving me yesterday. It's my fault you were hurt in the first place.”

 

“Hey, no,” protested Sora. “It wasn't your fault, either. I'm just glad you're all right. My name's Sora, by the way.”

 

“How did you end up here, Sora?” asked Makili curiously.

 

“My friends and I were on a mission for King Mickey, and that bastard, Xanthus, decided to make me his pet,” said Sora, wincing at the jolt of pain from insulting Xanthus. “Anyway, we were running back towards the door to our world when we got separated. I went back to find Riku, and he went through the door and sealed it behind him, leaving me behind. Now, apparently, I'm the prize for Xanthus' next tournament.”

 

“You poor boy,” said Makili gently. “I wish I could help you, but if I do anything against Master Xanthus' orders, he'll have my three sisters killed. All I can do is pray that a kind master wins the tournament.”

 

“That's alright,” said Sora softly. “Family is important. Take care of your sisters and don't worry about me. I'm sure I'll be fine.” Of course, he didn't believe that at all. He would continue to disobey the king, and this blasted collar would eventually kill him. But this kind girl didn't need to know that, did she?

 

Flash Forward

 

“You may practise on me,” said Xanthus with a smug smirk.

 

“There is no way in hell I am putting any part of your body into my mouth. I don't care if it kills me,” said Sora, biting each word through his gritted teeth. It was all he could do to keep from attacking the smirking king. The only thing that stopped him so far was the fact that small sparks of pain he felt now would spike dramatically if he did.

 

“You'll do it, or you'll be punished,” snapped Xanthus, quickly losing his smirk in the face of Sora's continued disobedience.

 

“You'll just have to punish me because I refuse,” said Sora calmly, glaring at the king.

 

“Bring her in,” snarled Xanthus angrily.

 

Sora watched with mounting dread as the guard pulled a struggling figure in the room. “Makili!” he gasped as he recognised the girl. “What are you doing, Xanthus?”

 

“If you do not obey, every guard in here will use her body for their pleasure,” said Xanthus smugly. “Now unless you want to watch the girl get raped, I suggest you start practising.”

 

“You bastard,” whispered Sora helplessly, stepping towards Xanthus and falling to his knees. He didn't see Xanthus nod towards the guards, giving them permission to use the girl anyway. Sora was unbuttoning Xanthus' pants when he heard Makili scream. He jerked around and saw one of the guards holding Makili down and ripping off her skirt.

 

Sora was beyond pissed. Pushing Xanthus away, he rushed towards Makili, summoning his keyblade as he did, and hit the guard on top of her away with a well placed hit to the head. The pain kept rising, but Sora managed to push it back as he took out the last two guards. He helped Makili to her feet and told her to get out of there. She nodded gratefully and ran from the room while Sora turned to face Xanthus.

 

Sora lunged towards Xanthus, rolling quickly behind the king, and hit him across the back with his keyblade, causing the king to stumble forward several steps. He had to shake his head and blink a few times afterwards, though, because he started to feel dizzy and unsteady. Once again pushing the pain away, Sora lunged towards the king again. This time he jumped to the right and hit Xanthus across the side of his head.

 

Xanthus snarled and turned around quickly to see Sora collapse to the floor with blood running out of his nose and ears. Now he had to summon the healer or the boy would die. Lifting the boy into his arms, Xanthus smirked in smug satisfaction. The wielder of the keyblade was a worthy prize, indeed. He wouldn't be broken easily, and that just made it more enjoyable.

 

Flash Forward

 

`Dammit, I almost made it. How did he find me so quickly?' thought Sora, struggling to escape the guard's grasp. The pain was at an unbearable level now, and Sora was doing everything he could to keep his screams locked inside.

 

“Did you really think you could escape, pet?” asked Xanthus. “Even if you managed to escape the castle, you would die soon after you walked out the front door. You're actually lucky that you were caught before you could make it outside.” Seeing the stubborn set of the boy's jaw, Xanthus turned to the guard. “Put him in the cage. We'll see how he likes staying there. Oh, and make sure he gets only one meal a day. Three days should suffice. That is, after all, the day of the tournament, and he has to be presentable to give to the winner.”

 

The guard tossed Sora into the cage and slammed the door shut. Sora honestly didn't see what was so punishing about the cage. It at least got him out of his so-called training, and that was definitely a plus. That is until nightfall.

 

Sora was rudely awakened by an arm reaching into the cage and stroking down his back. He tried to scramble away from the unwanted touch, but the cage was too small to allow escape. Fortunately, the arm's owner was content with just a few strokes before withdrawing. However, that was certainly not the only touch Sora was forced to endure. The only thing that saved him from any truly intimate touches was the fact that he had curled himself into as small a ball as possible directly in the center of the cage.

 

Flash Forward

 

Sage lead Sora out towards the arena and settled him into the seats nearest the platform. He didn't even look at the fighters in the arena. He didn't care at this point. It didn't matter who won because the end result would be the same: he would be raped by the winner and either given back to Xanthus or forced to stay with his rapist.

 

Sora ignored the screaming crowd as the fight ended. He didn't even blink when Xanthus dragged him towards the rostrum and handed him over to someone else. He vaguely heard his new owner say something to Xanthus and felt a hand brush through his hair, but it wasn't enough to draw him out of his catatonic state.

 

“Sora, can you hear me?” Sora twitched slightly at the sound of his name. “What happened to you? Where's Riku and Kairi?” His friends' names snapped him out of his catatonia with a jolt. How did this person know Riku and Kairi?

 

Sora finally recognised the man standing in front of him and glared. “They left me behind. They went through the door and sealed it shut so that I couldn't escape. How could they do that to me?”

 

Flash Forward

 

The bedroom door slammed open and Leon shouted, “I'll kill you, you bastard!” Sora was unbearably relieved to hear that particular voice. Leon had always looked after Sora, ever since they'd met really. And Leon's arrival meant that he was finally going home.

 

Sora couldn't help but blush as Cloud scrambled off the bed and tossed him a sheet. He heard Leon ask, “How could you do that to him?” and felt a warm glow inside at Leon's outrage on his behalf. “Leon, he didn't have a choice,” he said quietly. He winced and carefully sat up, blushing as his throbbing ass left no doubt that the past hour had really happened.

 

Sora quickly dressed in the shorts Cloud tossed him and allowed Cloud to drag him towards the door. He saw Leon's shocked stare and almost laughed. Sora was embarrassed at having to wear the revealing clothes, but the look on Leon's face almost made it worth it. He was immensely grateful, though, when Leon gave him the shirt he was wearing.

 

Flash Forward

 

“Sora was gifted as a pet, a pleasure slave if you will. He must have sex at least once a day until that collar comes off."

 

Those simple words brought Sora's reality crashing down once again. He wasn't going home. That thought reverberated through his brain continuously. He looked at Cloud and saw a look of such desolation that it took his breath away. How could he have forgotten about Cloud? Sora was racked with guilt. Cloud and Aerith would never forgive him for this.

 

Leon pulled him out of the gummi ship, and Sora realised they were back in Hollow Bastion. He saw Aerith standing with Yuffie and smiling brightly at them, and his knees buckled. He couldn't do this. How could he face her when his very presence was going to hurt her so much?

 

`He should have left me behind, too,” he thought sadly. Leon suddenly grabbed his shoulders, shaking him hard, and said, “Don't say that.” Sora hadn't realised that he'd said that out loud, but it didn't negate the truth behind the words. "Don't you understand?" he asked miserably. "Cloud will lose his light because of me. I didn't just ruin my own life. Oh no, I had to go and drag Cloud down with me."

 

"It will all work out in the end, Sora. Just believe in that," said Leon softly. Sora wanted to believe that, but he wasn't so sure anymore.

 

End Dream Sequence

 

Sora jerked awake and realised that he had tears running down his face. He covered his face with his hands and sobbed brokenly. No, he didn't believe that this would work out in the end. How could it? Too many people had been hurt because of him, and he had no way to even try to make things better.