The Mysterious Boy

by Leela14

Chapter 1

It was a nice day. Riku had taken advantage of it by walking around town. He enjoyed walking since it was a nice, simple exercise. He especially liked being alone when he walked. Though he had friends, he enjoyed getting away sometimes to daydream. It was the middle of summer. Riku was happy to be out of school at the moment. He enjoyed being with friends at school, but there were so many people at school that got on his nerves. At least during summer, he had the chance to get away from it all.

"Hey Riku!" he heard the voice of one of his friends. He turned around and saw his friend, a young girl with short red hair running towards him.

"Hey Kairi." he said when she got up to him.

"Did you hear about the new kid who came to town? He's a young boy around our age."

"What's his name?"

"I don't know. I haven't found that out yet. But I think we should fin him and make friends with him. I've been dying for someone new to come around here."

"Well, you can do that."

"You don't want to?"

Riku shook his head. He really enjoyed his summers alone. He hates his time at school and likes to just forget about it all once summer starts.

"You're no fun." Kairi said, putting her hands on her hips. "It's like impossible for anyone to have fun with you because you never want to hang out with me or anyone else during the summer."

"This year has been really rough for me. I just want to be alone."

"Suit yourself." Kairi said, walking away.

Riku continued his walking. Now his thoughts were about school and how he was not looking forward to going back after summer. Last year he struggled a lot with school and had been bugged nonstop by a bunch of older guys. He hated high school so much. He felt like such an outcast. If it weren't for his few friends, he would always be alone. Even though he does have a few friends, they usually hang out with each other more than him.

The summer's half over. Riku thought to himself. What am I gonna do to pass the time?

Riku continued to walk around until he saw a nearby alley. He usually liked hanging out in those because it gave him a chance to get away from everyone else and no one would know where he was. He wasn't nervous. Alleys only seemed scary at night time, and it was early in the afternoon at the moment.

"Stop it! Please!" He suddenly heard as he began walking into the alley. There, he saw three guys picking on a slightly younger boy. The three other boys seemed tough, where the other boy seemed weak.

"What's with this weirdo?" one of the tough guy asked. "He's such a whimp! Let's see how many bruises we can give him before he starts crying!"

"I dunno." another guy said. "This kid already seems kinda teary-eyed."

Riku stood still for a moment, unsure of what to do. Before he could even decide on what to do, one of the tough guys spun around.

"Well, well, well." said the toughest of the three. "It's our favorite classmate, Riku. Right, boys?"

The other two nodded.

"Too bad we won't be in the same class next year." said Riku. "You know, since you three failed for the second time!" Riku instantly covered his mouth in shock about what he had just said.

The toughest of the three walked up to Riku. He seemed even taller than he already was up close.

"You better watch what you say." he said. "Nobody messes with me, Jack."

"Or Rick!" said the other.

"Or Gary!" said the last one.

"Let's get out of here." said Jack. "We'll be back for you another day, Riku. Have a good summer while you can."

After the three boys left, Riku went to see if the other boy was ok. The young boy had spiky brown hair, blue eyes, and had on a strange red suit.

"Are you ok?" Riku asked.

Riku felt bad when he saw some bruises on the boy's arms and legs.

"Yes." he replied softly. "Thank you."

"You don't need to thank me. I didn't really do anything."

The boy simply smiled. "I'm Sora."

"Oh, um...I'm Riku."

"It's nice to meet you." Something about him freaked Riku out, but just a little.

"Are...you new here?"

"Yes. My family and I just moved here the other day."

"Ah. So...why were those guys picking on you?"

Sora frowned. "I'm not sure. I didn't do anything to them. They just sort of came up out of nowhere and pulled me into this alley. But I'm glad you came. Now they're gone!"

Riku sighed. "Yeah but they'll be after me sooner or later. Well, whatever. I really should get going."

Sora tried to stand up, but his legs had been so beat up that he could hardly stand. Riku really wasn't in the mood to stay and help, but he knew leaving him here would be the wrong thing.

"Would you like some help?" Riku asked.

Sora looked up and smiled. "No thank you. I'm ok. Really." But when he tried to stand again, he just fell right back down.

Riku helped him stand up. "Let me at least help you to your house." He hoped that was not too far away.

After a bit of traveling, they had made it to Sora's home. Sora thanked him again and again and again. Riku continued to say it was no big deal, but Sora felt the need to make it up to him.

"Trust me, you don't." said Riku, and walked away. Sora watched him walk away. He couldn't get the smile off of his face. He just continued to watch Riku walk away until he was completely out of sight.

That morning, Riku woke up to the sound of his phone ringing.

"Hello?" he said into the phone, still somewhat asleep.

"Hi, Riku!" he heard Kairi's cheery voice reply. "Are you still asleep? It's eleven o' clock! Wake up!" To Riku, eleven o' clock in the morning was early.

"Please just let me go back to sleep." Riku said into the phone.

"I wanted to see if you'd join me and Hayner at the beach today! Please, Riku? At least come with us for this one thing! Besides, Pence and Olette can't come so it'd make us feel better if--"

"Ok! Ok! Fine. What time?"

"I dunno. Um...in two hours maybe?"

Riku groaned. "Alright. I'll call you back when I'm ready."

Riku spent the next hour and a half getting ready. It was hard for him to get ready. Especially when he's tired. Also, he still had Sora on his mind. He couldn't stop thinking about that boy and how something about him made him seem so different.

I think...I had a dream about him. he thought to himself. He was just standing there, smiling that silly smile. Whatever. I shouldn't be thinking about him.

Later on, he met his friends Kairi and Hayner at the beach.

"I'm a little shocked you came!" said Hayner. "Usually when we call you and ask you to join us, you say no."

"Actually you're wrong." said Riku. "I hang up without saying a word."

Hayner laughed. "That's still considered a 'no' if you ask me."

"Well I'm glad you came." said Kairi. "We miss you over the summer. I don't want it to be that way again this time!"

"Hey, Riku!" Riku heard a voice. It couldn't be...could it? Riku turned around, and to his disappointment, it was. Sora was there was well.

Oh great. Riku thought. Just perfect. What does he want this time?

To Be Continued...