Away from the Sun

"We're leaving."

The voice snapped me from any pervious thoughts, and caused me to turn around. I looked, slightly confused, into the un emotional eyes of Riku.

He looked straight at me, his eyes not leaving mine. But they weren't showing much of anything... perhaps he was mad at me..

Again.

I couldn't blame him though. I had made that comment before.. Either I pissed him off, or broke his heart.

Guess he had a reason to hate me right now..

He walked passed me, and started to walk towards where Kairi was. He didn't say anything else, until I had spoken up.

"..Where are we going?" I asked, already knowing it had something to do with Hollow Bastion.

He picked up the unconscious Kairi. "Does it matter?" he asked, not looking at me.

"Not really.." I managed to say under my breath, but he must have heard me, since he gave a small "Hmph" after I had said it.

Carrying Kairi now, we walked past me again, makeing his way away from the deck, where Sora and the others would soon be. A "boss" type fight against Hook.

I followed, not wanting to be in the middle of the commotion.

But.. As I followed him, and gazed to Kairi in his hands, a strange feeling couldn't help but flow around inside my stomach.

It was a sick feeling. Something like nerves mixed with pure doubt and anticipation. That same feeling that you get in math class, when your teacher announces a pop quiz, and you know for a fact that you haven't been studying for the past week. That feeling... of knowing something bad is going to happen, and your going to be inside a hole afterwards.

Then again, maybe I was just homesick.

But the feeling remained there as I watched Riku carry the girl away.

Perhaps I was jealous..

Perhaps I wanted to be the ones in his arms..

Perhaps I had been wrong about him...

Riku wasn't the type that would trick me like that.. Sure, his heart is confused right now, but it all goes good in the end. Soon, Kingdom Hearts would end, Kingdom Hearts 2 would start and end... and Riku would be normal, right? He wouldn't be controlled by the darkness anymore...

Riku wouldn't trick me like that...

Maybe it was my own heart that was tricking me...

........

I shook the thoughts from my head. It wasn't true. My heart just wanted to believe it was.

My thoughts must have stolen me from this world, since when I came back, I realized that Sora, Emmy, and the others had already began to fight Hook down below.

Sora had just smacked Hook's sword from him, sending Hook down into the water. Only seconds later came the ticking noise of the Crocodile chasing him.

I shook my head... Hook had never been one of my favorite Disney villains. Personally, I think that Disney smashed his appearance. He was supposed to be a raging f
rightening villain.. And here, he was some pussy-ass dickwad.
Thank You, Walt Disney.

But now, the Trio and Emmy looked at us. Riku had opened a portal behind us, and began to step in. He looked back to Sora one last time, and walked in, him and Kairi disappearing.

I stayed for only a few seconds longer, looking to Emmy. I couldn't help but glare at her.. Something in the back of my head was screaming.

Look at her.

So angry.

Pissed off.

She should be happy you didn't kill her when you had the chance.

She has the sweet end of this deal.

After everything. After all of this, things will be fine for her.

Perhaps she will be in Chain of Memories. Bopping Heartless on the head with her little boyfriend.

Or how about Kingdom Hearts 2?

Say hello to more useless trips around the Disney Worlds.

She is a Hero in this story.

She wont be dying any time soon.

The thoughts echoed in my head, playing around with my heartstrings. But the last words seemed to effect me the most.

She wont be dying any time soon...

Something deep inside me caused me to smirk. I turned around, shutting off my gaze into Emmy's eyes. Slowly, I walked into the portal that Riku had left.

As I did, one last single thought repeated throughout my mind.

"We'll just see about that..."

o*o*o*Awhile Later*o*o*o

Hollow Bastion, to me, wasn't all to spectacular. In fact, it was one of my most hated worlds. Why? Honestly, I have no idea. So, most of my time in this world was spent following Riku around.

We hadn't spoken much. Every now and then he would give a quick "be careful" if we were coming to a rocky or cliff-like area. Or a little "you ok?" when I would be lost in thought, and tripped over something (most of the time my own feet).

I would normally answer back with a quick "ok." or "im fine."

All in all.. When he did speak to me, his voice was kind. It was different somehow now. Maybe it could have been because Kairi wasn't with us any more (Riku had taken her somewhere.. Truthfully, I didn't know. I'm a sucker for missing major parts of plot lines. My ADD kicks in at the worst of times, and most of the cutscenes would consist of me getting up to find snacks. Most of the time, ice cream.).

But now, he seemed to care about my well being..

We were nearing a very rocky area, a lot of giant rocks floating in mid air, surrounded by a few Heartless here and there. Riku had stopped walking in front of me, but I had been paying too much attention to the weird rock formations, that I had walked straight into him.

I gave a small "oomph", and so did Riku. Realizing what I had done, I quickly regained my balance, and jumped away from Riku.

"S-sorry.." I said. My sudden shy mood confused me a little. It seemed that, when I was around others, I could act cold to Riku. But here... alone.. I couldn't help but feel so nervous. The whole "he tricked you!" thought completely left my mind..

"Its f-.." he started to say, be he stopped himself. His hands formed a fist, and his shoulders seemed to rise. It looked as if he was mad..

He turned around to me suddenly, and I winced a bit, thinking (for some reason) that I was about to be hit. ((Live in a family with six other people, most of them being brothers and sisters, you'll learn when to dodge attacks.))

But that hit never came. Instead, I felt hands lightly yet hurriedly grab the sides of my head, and pulled me forward. Only milliseconds later, the feeling of soft lips on mine. My heart jumped into my throat, completely surprised at the sudden feeling of affection.

In reality, the small kiss probably only lasted two seconds. But mixed with nerves and the fact of it all being so unforeseen, made it feel like forever. I would have raised my own hands to go around Riku's neck... but his own lips seemed to be trembling.

He broke the kiss, and laid his forehead on mine. His hands stayed on the sides of my head, thumbs lightly rubbing the space under my ears. My face was probably three million shades of red, but that was already given.
"Im sorry.." he said, so very lightly.

I stared into his eyes, which for once were no longer unemotional. They were full of... sadness?

I gave a small. "W..what?", not really understanding what he was talking about.

He only said it again. "I... I'm sorry. You have a reason to be angry with me.. "

A few seconds later, and I realized that he was talking about leaving me behind, and going to Never Land without me.

All those past accusations.. Everything about Riku lying.. About him wanting to be only with Kairi. Every single thought left my head at an amazing rate, leaving me feeling like a complete and total asshole.

"R..Riku.." I said, but I couldn't even find words to express what my body was feeling right now.

"Please.." he said, his eyes not leaving mine. "Don't be angry with me... don't go away. Everything else is falling apart... I don't want you to fall apart with it."

His words made my heart drop. That sick feeling came again to my stomach, and I couldn't help but wrap my hands around him, pulling him into a hug. I was thankful to feel his own arms react, and wrap themselves around me.

I was shocked to see Riku like this. In a story, I would have thought "Omg, Riku is being sooooooooo OCC!" But that wasn't the case here.. His arms were around me, mine around him... we shared no words, but stayed like that..

It felt good..

But, all good things must end sooner or later. The hug lost it's firm grip, and we both moved from each other. Yet, he still held my hands, and we still both couldn't tear our gaze from each other's eyes..

But that too, came to an end.

Riku's eyes left my quickly, looking behind me. "...What is that?" he asked, letting go of my hands.

I turned around to look, and we both saw a strange brown animal. Knowing it wasn't a Heartless, we both summoned out weapons, and headed towards whatever it was..

The area was bound with large rocky cliffs, floating strangely above a air filled chasm. We jumped carefully onto one of the floating rocks, and looked down at the animal.

It was Beast..

Riku had begun to talk to Beast, but (call it my ADD), I was busy looking elsewhere. And, It was a good thing I did, because I saw...

Guess.

Yep! Emmy, Sora, and those.. 'sidekicks' were making their way to us. I looked away, staring at beast, as if I had not noticed them. But still, I was not listening to Riku's words. My eyes were to busy, watching the Heros from the corner of my eyes.

But this was ended suddenly as I saw the Beast roar, and charge at us. Riku moved backwards, dodging. But, since the Beast was not after me, I only moved slightly to the side, avoiding any attack.

Both me and Riku re-summoned our weapons, and attacked the Beast, rendering him two against one, and very easily beaten.

As soon as we had done so, both Sora and Emmy had jumped up onto the same rock, screaming.

"Stop!" they yelled, trying to defend Beast.

Riku had said something to Sora, but once again, I was to distracted to really care. I knew what was going to happen in this cutscene, so why bother watching it again?
I made my way over to Emmy, who was still in front of Beast.

You know, as if she could have really done anything to save the dammed monster.

"There can't be two Keyblade masters!" Riku had said, causing Sora to look confused.

"..What are you talking about?!" Sora asked.

Emmy opened her mouth to say something, but I hadn't intended on letting her speak any time soon.

I grabbed her hand, jabbing my nails deep into her wrist. She cringed, and looked to me, glaring. I only smirked. Letting go, I expected some type of response, but she made none.

I looked back to Riku, who now had the Keyblade in his hand. Sora looked at him confused, and Donald and Goofy shared glances behind us.

"Maleficent was right.." Riku said, giving the Keyblade a good wave. "You don't have what it takes to save Kairi."

The name still made my stomach flip around. I slightly made my hands into a fist, but I thought back to moments before... and the feeling of Riku's lips on mine... Something Kairi will never have.

The thought made me smile.. And I didn't care so much.

"You were just the delivery boy." Riku said. "Sorry, but your part is over. Here, Go play with this." He said, taking a wooden sword, and throwing it at Sora's feet.

I smiled a bit, and walked to Riku. This part of the game always made me laugh, for some reason.. Just the thought of Sora's "friends" leaving him.. I just couldn't help but snicker at him, laying there on the ground. Now, completely useless.

I turned my head around to see Donald and Goofy reluctantly walking away from Sora.

The strange animals joined us, and started to walk away with Riku. I looked over to Emmy, smirking at the look on her face. I knew that this scene had annoyed her so much in the past, and my mind seemed to sing at the thought of her feelings right now. Call it crazy.. But I seemed to like seeing her in these situations..

It made me smile..

I made my way back to Riku, and saw that he, as well, was smirking.

Both of us, grinning, made our way back to the gates of Hollow Bastion.

Something, deep inside of me, was nervous. And I wasn't sure if it was the good or bad kind.

But, I already new why..

Everything.

Every word,
every smile,
every touch,
and every thought that me and Emmy had shared in this world, and others..

Was about to come to a sudden end.