Another lonely night has passed
And here I lie on my cold bed, dreaming only of you.
To be held in your warm embrace, would joy me ever so...
But such hope is impossible, for you would never accept me.
So I can only hope. Hope that you will one day see me, with my eyes on you.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Square(soft) or Disney. Although I do own this lovely silver spoon...*ahem*. This is the first part of the last chapter, the end is near. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for seeing me through this story until now, I never expected to find so much success in this, especially over one hundred reviews.
One more thing. Something is very wrong with my paragraph placement in this chapter. I have no idea what is causing this but it certainly isn't me. I'll be sending an e-mail to Fanfition.net in hopes that they can figure out what is wrong with them. In the mean time, please bear with it.
And now, on to what you've been waiting for.
~~CHAPTER 09 - FINALE - PART 01~~
"LEON!!!"
Leon twitched as he felt Tidus' body slam into him from behind, his nimble arms wrapping around his neck as he leaned his dirty blonde head on to the older man's shoulder. "Wahhh!! - Sora was beat up!" he sniffled, fakely of course.
"I know..." Leon sighed, turning the page of his novel. "Aerith told me everything."
Tidus quirked an eyebrow. "What bout' Riku?"
"Dunno, don't care..." Leon didn't look up from the lavender book he was reading.
The beach was quiet for a while, dusk cast a muddled orange sheen over the golden sand as the sun faded into the horizon, its reflection ever beauty upon the ocean waters. To most people, it would have been an ideal place for a date, for romance, or for a happy game of Beach volleyball.
"...he seems to be taking it pretty hard though.." Tidus sighed, loosening his hold around Leon's shoulders as he gazed out into the horizon, a hue of boredom looming in his eyes.
"..whatever.."
**
Aerith sighed, bringing the white china teacup to her lips as she silently sipped her tea. Her gaze was on Kairi, lying helplessly on her small white bed. She looked peaceful, yet empty.
"I hope you are having pleasant dreams, Kairi..." the flower girl whispered.
"Your weird. Talking to yourself like that..." a cold voice emanated from the corridor.
Aerith sighed once more, turning her eyes to the source of the voice. Cloud stood there, leaning against the wall like a true SOLDIER. "You know, it sometimes helps to hear a familiar voice..." she closed her eyes and looked primly up the ceiling, sipping her tea once more.
"Your still weird..." Cloud pushed himself off the wall, quietly seating himself next to Aerith.
"...how's Riku?"
"...sitting by the brat's side, hasn't moved since the last time I saw him..."
"...."
"...."
Aerith looked away, staring out the window.
**
"...I'm such an idiot...if only...I had come to you sooner...or hadn't left at all...maybe, this wouldn't have happened.."
Salty tears slowly made their way down Riku's stern face as he sat next to unconscious Sora. He had refused to cry, refused to show weakness, until now. He couldn't hold these emotions any longer.
The silver haired warrior pulled off his gloves, setting them aside before extending a bare finger towards the younger boy, he gently brushed it against Sora's cheek. "I'm sorry, Sora..."
"...its alright.." Sora smiled, his eyes slowly opening as he raised a weakened hand, touching Riku's arm with his own.
At first, Riku contemplated pulling away, his stoic mechanism starting to flicker inside him.
No...
"...o-oh...your..awake" Riku managed to shoot his love a small smile.
"...that and very sore.." Sora returned the smile, a cheerful look despite his condition.
"...you look very cute when you sleep.."
"...I do..?!"
Riku smirked slightly, sniffling loudly before pulling his arm away and brushing the last of the tears out of his face.
Sora slowly sat up, sliding to the edge of the bed before extending his arms around Riku's waist, resting his head in the lap of his protector. He lay their silently a while before finishing speaking.
"...we have to stop her, Riku..."
"Who..?"
"Maleificient..."
"...."
Riku sighed softly, stroking the hair of the younger boy calmly with his bare fingertips. He knew that he was right, Maleificient had to be stopped, she would stop at nothing until she got what she wanted, which was him. Riku thought about giving himself up to Maleificient, in hopes that she would cease her relentless attacks on Sora and the others. But such a sacrifice would come at such a cost: Sora's happiness no doubt.
"...if we don't, she'll never leave you alone.."
The silvery blue haired boy solemnly nodded before raising Sora to eye-level, he vacantly stared at him as Sora stared innocently at him, a look which made Riku feel all fluffy and anxious inside. Quietly, softly, gently, Riku edged forward, planting a kiss on Sora's lips.
A peaceful aura struck Sora, causing his face to flash a dull rose red.Curiously, Sora opened his mouth, granting Riku entrance who took the invitation. Their two tongues collided in hot collision as Sora felt Riku's arms wrap around him tightly.
An uninterrupted silence passed by them...
And soon, their lips parted, they were left staring at other each other, both somewhat startled at what had just happened. However, Riku recovered quickly and shot a faint smile at him.
"..get some rest, we'll talk tomorrow.." he spoke.
Sora's eyes widened slightly before he firmly grabbed hold of Riku's shirt.
"Don't go...." he looked pleadingly at Riku, as if about to break into tears at any moment.
Riku held him softly in his arms before sighing and nodding. "Okay..."
Together they found themselves in each other's arms, beneath the ivory white sheets. Sora's body, covered only by a thin snow white cotton t-shirt and a short pair of matching boxers, pressed firmly against Riku's chest. Every nook, every incline, Riku could feel him.
Sora soon drifted off to sleep, his face, so peaceful and happy, buried in Riku's chest. Riku could not help but smile.
"How long will this last?" he thought...
A sigh escaped his lips as he closed his eyes and soon, like Sora, drifted into a slumber.
**
"Alright, we take Hollow Bastion tomorrow, at dusk." Leon loaded up a shell into his gunblade, spinning the metallic bolt as the ammo clicked into position.
His companion, Yuffie slid a pair of shurikens into her leg-pouch before nodding as Aerith distributed Potions and Tonics through out the group.
"These will heal minor to moderate wounds, use them sparingly."
The trio nodded. Cloud spun his sword in a few intricate patterns before holstering it over his back.
Yuffie stared at a door, the door to Riku's bedroom. "...poor kids, they are too young to fight..." she shook her head slightly.
"....they have no choice, we'll need all the help we can get if we're gonna take Maleificient down.." Cloud glared coldly at her, as if she were an insect in his path. Aerith locked her fists together and looked at them grimly.
"...we should all get some rest...Good night everyone.." The flower girl slid out of the room, down the corridor to her bedroom as Leon carefully placed his gunblade back into its case.
The night was young, and a bloody battle awaited them the next day.
And here I lie on my cold bed, dreaming only of you.
To be held in your warm embrace, would joy me ever so...
But such hope is impossible, for you would never accept me.
So I can only hope. Hope that you will one day see me, with my eyes on you.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Square(soft) or Disney. Although I do own this lovely silver spoon...*ahem*. This is the first part of the last chapter, the end is near. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of you for seeing me through this story until now, I never expected to find so much success in this, especially over one hundred reviews.
One more thing. Something is very wrong with my paragraph placement in this chapter. I have no idea what is causing this but it certainly isn't me. I'll be sending an e-mail to Fanfition.net in hopes that they can figure out what is wrong with them. In the mean time, please bear with it.
And now, on to what you've been waiting for.
~~CHAPTER 09 - FINALE - PART 01~~
"LEON!!!"
Leon twitched as he felt Tidus' body slam into him from behind, his nimble arms wrapping around his neck as he leaned his dirty blonde head on to the older man's shoulder. "Wahhh!! - Sora was beat up!" he sniffled, fakely of course.
"I know..." Leon sighed, turning the page of his novel. "Aerith told me everything."
Tidus quirked an eyebrow. "What bout' Riku?"
"Dunno, don't care..." Leon didn't look up from the lavender book he was reading.
The beach was quiet for a while, dusk cast a muddled orange sheen over the golden sand as the sun faded into the horizon, its reflection ever beauty upon the ocean waters. To most people, it would have been an ideal place for a date, for romance, or for a happy game of Beach volleyball.
"...he seems to be taking it pretty hard though.." Tidus sighed, loosening his hold around Leon's shoulders as he gazed out into the horizon, a hue of boredom looming in his eyes.
"..whatever.."
**
Aerith sighed, bringing the white china teacup to her lips as she silently sipped her tea. Her gaze was on Kairi, lying helplessly on her small white bed. She looked peaceful, yet empty.
"I hope you are having pleasant dreams, Kairi..." the flower girl whispered.
"Your weird. Talking to yourself like that..." a cold voice emanated from the corridor.
Aerith sighed once more, turning her eyes to the source of the voice. Cloud stood there, leaning against the wall like a true SOLDIER. "You know, it sometimes helps to hear a familiar voice..." she closed her eyes and looked primly up the ceiling, sipping her tea once more.
"Your still weird..." Cloud pushed himself off the wall, quietly seating himself next to Aerith.
"...how's Riku?"
"...sitting by the brat's side, hasn't moved since the last time I saw him..."
"...."
"...."
Aerith looked away, staring out the window.
**
"...I'm such an idiot...if only...I had come to you sooner...or hadn't left at all...maybe, this wouldn't have happened.."
Salty tears slowly made their way down Riku's stern face as he sat next to unconscious Sora. He had refused to cry, refused to show weakness, until now. He couldn't hold these emotions any longer.
The silver haired warrior pulled off his gloves, setting them aside before extending a bare finger towards the younger boy, he gently brushed it against Sora's cheek. "I'm sorry, Sora..."
"...its alright.." Sora smiled, his eyes slowly opening as he raised a weakened hand, touching Riku's arm with his own.
At first, Riku contemplated pulling away, his stoic mechanism starting to flicker inside him.
No...
"...o-oh...your..awake" Riku managed to shoot his love a small smile.
"...that and very sore.." Sora returned the smile, a cheerful look despite his condition.
"...you look very cute when you sleep.."
"...I do..?!"
Riku smirked slightly, sniffling loudly before pulling his arm away and brushing the last of the tears out of his face.
Sora slowly sat up, sliding to the edge of the bed before extending his arms around Riku's waist, resting his head in the lap of his protector. He lay their silently a while before finishing speaking.
"...we have to stop her, Riku..."
"Who..?"
"Maleificient..."
"...."
Riku sighed softly, stroking the hair of the younger boy calmly with his bare fingertips. He knew that he was right, Maleificient had to be stopped, she would stop at nothing until she got what she wanted, which was him. Riku thought about giving himself up to Maleificient, in hopes that she would cease her relentless attacks on Sora and the others. But such a sacrifice would come at such a cost: Sora's happiness no doubt.
"...if we don't, she'll never leave you alone.."
The silvery blue haired boy solemnly nodded before raising Sora to eye-level, he vacantly stared at him as Sora stared innocently at him, a look which made Riku feel all fluffy and anxious inside. Quietly, softly, gently, Riku edged forward, planting a kiss on Sora's lips.
A peaceful aura struck Sora, causing his face to flash a dull rose red.Curiously, Sora opened his mouth, granting Riku entrance who took the invitation. Their two tongues collided in hot collision as Sora felt Riku's arms wrap around him tightly.
An uninterrupted silence passed by them...
And soon, their lips parted, they were left staring at other each other, both somewhat startled at what had just happened. However, Riku recovered quickly and shot a faint smile at him.
"..get some rest, we'll talk tomorrow.." he spoke.
Sora's eyes widened slightly before he firmly grabbed hold of Riku's shirt.
"Don't go...." he looked pleadingly at Riku, as if about to break into tears at any moment.
Riku held him softly in his arms before sighing and nodding. "Okay..."
Together they found themselves in each other's arms, beneath the ivory white sheets. Sora's body, covered only by a thin snow white cotton t-shirt and a short pair of matching boxers, pressed firmly against Riku's chest. Every nook, every incline, Riku could feel him.
Sora soon drifted off to sleep, his face, so peaceful and happy, buried in Riku's chest. Riku could not help but smile.
"How long will this last?" he thought...
A sigh escaped his lips as he closed his eyes and soon, like Sora, drifted into a slumber.
**
"Alright, we take Hollow Bastion tomorrow, at dusk." Leon loaded up a shell into his gunblade, spinning the metallic bolt as the ammo clicked into position.
His companion, Yuffie slid a pair of shurikens into her leg-pouch before nodding as Aerith distributed Potions and Tonics through out the group.
"These will heal minor to moderate wounds, use them sparingly."
The trio nodded. Cloud spun his sword in a few intricate patterns before holstering it over his back.
Yuffie stared at a door, the door to Riku's bedroom. "...poor kids, they are too young to fight..." she shook her head slightly.
"....they have no choice, we'll need all the help we can get if we're gonna take Maleificient down.." Cloud glared coldly at her, as if she were an insect in his path. Aerith locked her fists together and looked at them grimly.
"...we should all get some rest...Good night everyone.." The flower girl slid out of the room, down the corridor to her bedroom as Leon carefully placed his gunblade back into its case.
The night was young, and a bloody battle awaited them the next day.