Disclaimer: KH characters not mine, Dragonelf or the beast is Denoyelle's from deviant art, and fashion by neonGenesisEVARei also from deviant art.

Riku's face came into view out of the shadows only to be lost in Sora's blearing vision, but for an instant Sora swore he saw hisface, his silver angel had come to welcome him, he had come to welcome his home, Into the darkness.

"Master! Oh my goodness what happened!" Frighten voices gasped out as almost washed out by hazard breathing and the moans of two heavy doors being force to move. A rush of warmth liked Sora's body as his barely conscious body was carried into warmth. His head was swimming in and out of a dark abyss; he could feel a chilled and possible wet back against his chest supporting his limp body. They could feel the shoulder muscles under him tense with each forward jolt of his supporter's body.

"Take… Take the horse to the barn, cloud. Ka… Kairi please get the… first aid kit." An out of breath voice commanded. Sora groaned wanting to open his eyes but not being able to find the strength. He felt horrible his body felt almost as if it had dragged behind a wagon for miles. The constant bumping and stumbling of his carrier's movements did little to sooth his body's aches and pains. He could tell by the unevenness of his supporters climbing that he was having trouble. Sora shifted trying to help, a pained gasp filling the pair of lungs under him. Then nothing.

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"Oh my! Master your cover in blood!" Aerith stated stunned and the sight of the bleeding couple. Riku huffed stumbling over to the satin covered bed lightly lowering the limp brunette off his shoulders. Riku grimaced at Sora's once tan skin now pale and cover in blood almost like red warrior paint. The ghostly contrast was sickening to say the least.

"Aerith ka… Kairi will be up soon. Help her tend to…. To Sora." Riku order limping out the room.

"But master what about your wounds?" Aerith asked the retreating figure only to be met with an icy silence. Aerith shook her head knowing that there was no way to get Riku to sit down long enough to be checked on. Instead it was portably better to check on the sleeping child before he woke up and ran off again. Wobbling her way over to the bed, Aerith did her best to remove the tattered and torn once orange but know stained red shirt off his body. It was so much harder with those stubs of wooden arms she was now plagued with. Aerith wished so badly to have the long and lean arms she used to have and the thin and healthy body she once had instead of the now wide and bothersome wardrobe shape she was forced to use now. To move around freely and be able to actually fit through the doors, she envied those who still had that ability, like Cloud and Leon.

"Aerith I have the first aid kit." Kairi's voice rang out from the door way, she wheeled in, her cart full of ointments, bandages, and tonics. She rolled up to the bed and looked sadden by the sight of the bleeding boy.

"Okay Aerith first things first I think we should take the sheets off the bed he is bleeding all over it." Gently lifting Sora off the bed the two removed all the covers off the bed then re-laid the boy down on bed. They then removed what was left of the orange shredded top for the boy's body. Kairi then instructed for Aerith to apply an ample amount of an ointment out of a green bottle onto all of Sora bleeding wounds. Aerith did know what was in the bottle and was afraid to know, by the way the ointment seemed to sizzle and bubble as it touched the gashes, the pained look on Sora's sleeping face also added to her sorrow. After the ointment seemed to do its job Kairi instructed Aerith to combine the lotions in the blue and pink bottles then put it on the edges of Sora's biggest bites and scars. Rapping the bandages around Sora's body was the hardest, with both girls stubbed arm, getting the bandages to stay in place was harder then it sounded. To their luck though they finished the whole process before the Brunette beauty even opened his blue eyes. Deciding they had "tortured" the boy enough the two girls finally left the boy to rest, covering him up in clean blankets.

"Aerith what do we do now?" Kairi asked in a hushed tone.

"All we can do wait… and hope for the best."

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"Papa…. It hurts papa."

"I know it does. It hurts me too."

"When is mama coming back?"

"I can't answer that, but I know that she is in a better place."

"But she didn't take any of her things. Papa is she tired of me?"

"What? Oh no no no she loves you and never thought of leaving you."

"Then why?"

"…Fates have a way of being cruel."

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"Ugh…. Nh." A strangled grown was heard from the bed. Aerith turned to see the mounds of blankets shift and turn. A dirty and mess mound of brunette peeked out from under the covers. Sora's face looked pale and puffy, his yes blood shot and sunken in from crying. Groaning the brunette shifted into a sitting position pulling in his knees to his chest.

"Sora dear how are you feeling?" Aerith asked scooting over towards the blue bed. Like she and thought Sora looked miserable. He had a look of sadness and depression deep within his eyes, the one bright and sparkling blue pools were now drained and empty leaving the rest of his being there to root and wither away. The boy just looked at her silently and nodded yes before looking down again.

"Let's get you something to fill your stomach and warm yo…"

"Where's Riku?" The Brunette blurted out. Aerith stood there for a second, shocked, something had obviously happened if Sora went from running from the master to going after him.

"I think he is in his room." Aerith said the second she disclosed the master's location Sora had thrown off the blankets and ran out the room half naked.

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"Ugh... stupid wolves." Riku grumbled limping into his room. Everything was in a mess, sheets torn; books thrown to the floor, glass shattered on the floor, and were scared forever with the indentations of his sharp claws. Sighing he ignored it all, he had lived long enough through this kind of mess and destruction that he was not bothered by his own fits of anger, which brought on this chaos, any more. He sat himself down on the floor, for all the other furniture was either broke or flipped over. Looking at his arm he noticed several deep bight wounds and claw marks. Silently he started the long and tiring process of liking his own wounds clean, If anything the ability to heal himself was one of the few if maybe the only pros to being in this form. His wounds started to sting as his salty saliva seeped in killing all the bacteria that threatened to infect him. A knock came from the door but he ignored it, probably just cloud trying to be a good guardian and "check" on him.

"Um excuse me?" Riku's head shot up at the sound of the quiet and timid voice, only one person still had that tone when talking to him. Turning to see the un-invited guest his thoughts were correct. Sora stuck his head in from the hall. He looked fragile and sick. The sight mad Riku want to throw up himself. This creature that was one bright vibrant and beautiful had been reduced to a frail, pail, and depressed state. Riku turned back to his wounds, rather looking at the gore caused by the wolves then by his own hands. Sora slinked in quietly shuffling over to the hunched beast. Sora sat beside Riku as he watched the 'master' tend to his wounds.

"Are you hurt? Here let me help" Sora said grabbing the openly bleeding arm, only to have it yanked back.

"No I'm fine." Riku barked binding back down covering his eyes with his bangs as he licked his upper arms gash.

"Please let me help." Sora pleaded. He sounded so week and sad that it made Riku feel even worse. However before he could tell the boy to leave he heard the sound of ripping. Two his side he saw the brunette us his one good hand and teeth to rip apart his own skirt. Grabbing Riku's arm again he slightly struggled to rap the orange silk fabric around the green scale covered arm. Riku just sat there staring at the floor; the silence was thick yet almost comfortable. Sora worked his hardest to stop the bleeding while Riku just tried to think of something to say.

"I want to apologize for earlier; I never should have been so disrespectful and ignored your rules." Sora said meekly keeping his eyes on his work. Riku's Head shot up, shocked silent; his mind went blank not knowing what to say.

"No... It... I mean… it…um."

"I would like to take up on your offer." Riku shut his mouth looking at the boy confused.

"Will you have dinner with me tomorrow night?"