SoRiku: Incomplete Ch.1

NOTE: This story is a yaoi, which means BoyxBoy. If you are not a fan then please save yourself the trouble of reading this and hopefully (if you watch me) we can still be friends. Thank you~!

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A bright smile that illuminates deep electric blue eyes, "We're back!"

A relieved smile intensifying the warmth in blue eyes with a hint of violet, "You're home."

Unseen, a content and admiring smile that hides the regret and sadness within eyes mixed with the color of sapphires and emeralds. Behind those eyes, two hearts are in pain.

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"Sora!" the brunette was taken into a warm, tight embrace by a blonde woman with tear filled blue eyes that reminded anyone of the summer sky, "Oh my Sora. I thought I'd never see you again." She pulled back grasping the teen's shoulders with a stern look on her face that should have intimidated him but only made him feel regret, "Where have you been all this time? I was worried sick about you! An entire year Sora!"

Sora couldn't help but feel guilty at his mother's words, especially since he was all she had left since his father passed away a few years ago "Momma I'm sorry. I can explain everything." He said with a warm smile.

The woman smiled back at him as more tears fell from her eyes and she brought him into an embrace again, "Never mind, I'm just happy to have you here with me again. I missed you so much."

Sora hugged her back just as tightly, if not more as he missed her too. Anyone on the Destiny Islands knew Sora and his mother, Lee Mei, had a deep connection.

"Well I guess we'll get going then. See you later Sora, bye Lee Mei." Riku said from the gate of the house.

"Oh Riku dear! I didn't even see you. Come here, you get a hug too." Sora's mother said holding her arms out to the silverette.

Kairi giggled and pushed Riku gently to get him started up the walkway to the front door until he was finally in the woman's warm embrace "I know you've been taking care of Sora while you were both gone, right?" she said.

Riku bit the inside of his lip; he couldn't tell this kind woman the truth about why they were gone, or what all had happened while they were gone, but still he couldn't deny that it was more or less true. So he looked her in the eye with a small smile and nodded rather than trusting his voice to tell her so.

Lee Mei smiled back, "I'm glad. I can always count on you Riku."

"I gotta watch out for my best friend right? I'd better go. Haven't seen my dad and grandmother in a while after all." Riku said starting back down the walkway.

"Okay dear. And don't be a stranger, come by anytime."

"Yeah Riku! Especially tomorrow since we gotta go talk to the people at the school!" Sora added.

Riku started down the street while waving over his shoulder in acknowledgement of what Sora had said.

"I gotta get going too. I'll see you tomorrow okay Sora." Kairi said and she started off in the same direction of their friend catching up to him quickly "So how does it feel?" she asked.

"Hm?"

"To be home silly, how does it feel?"

"Oh. Ya know, I thought that if I ever come back I would feel out of place considering all that's happened to me. But I feel… at peace, like everything is how it should be."

Kairi smiled happily at the answer, "That's good. You know I bet everyone can't wait to see you guys again. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie have been asking about you two."

"Bet they've asked more about me right? Since Sora was wiped from the memories of all who knew him for a year." Riku commented.

Kairi's face fell, "I feel guilty about that you know." He sent her an apologetic smile as they walked on and she nodded satisfied "There's something that bugs me though, how was it you were able to remember him the whole time? What made your situation so
different?" she asked.

Riku shrugged, "I guess it's because I saw him every day while he slept, worked to get his memories back the way they should have been, protected him from those who wanted to hurt him from the outside."

The girl pouted, "Now I feel bad, I couldn't do anything while you two were playing hero all the time! Why did I get the boring life?"

Riku couldn't help but laugh at his friend but the happy demeanor fell once they were outside his house and he looked reluctant to go in, 'Oh well. Gotta face them sooner or later, might as well get it over with now.' He walked up to his door and turned to Kairi and waved to her as she continued down the street waving to him along the way. Taking a deep breath he tried the knob and the door opened, "Why does he always leave it unlocked?"

He walked inside and closed the door, locking it behind him. He looked around the house, just as much of a mess as the day he left. He jumped when a glass bottle broke on the wall next to his head and he looked to the kitchen doorway; there was his father in a hardly white T-shirt that did nothing to hide his beer belly, and wrinkled jeans, dark hair, pale green eyes, and an alcohol reddened face "You… where the *hic* hell've ya been?" he slurred.

'He's just as DRUNK as I left him a year ago. I wonder how Granma's doing.' He thought going towards the hall on his left once he saw his father fall to the floor, hearing the man snore when he got to the door at the end. Riku's father had been an alcoholic ever since his mother left when he was seven, he didn't remember the reason now. He walked up the stairs that led to the attic and knocked on the door, "Granma? It's Riku!"

"Who?"

"Riku!" the woman was hard of hearing.

"Riku?! Well get in here then you silly boy!" The silverette laughed to himself as he opened the door, finding his grandmother sitting in a rocking chair by the small circular window with a book in her lap. Her long silver hair draped over her shoulders and shined in the twilight beaming through the glass, and she wore a warm, loving smile Riku could count on to give him comfort when he felt he needed it "Now just where have you been?" she asked.

Riku knelt in front of the elderly woman and looked up into her glacier green eyes "Have I got the adventure story for you!" he said happily. Of the two people who lived in his house with him, Riku loved his grandmother the most; his father was… tolerable, until his mother left but now Riku could hardly stand him! The beer cans and alcohol bottles all over the place was too much for him, especially if he was the one cleaning it up.

Pushing all thoughts of the subject aside, Riku proceeded to tell the old woman about his adventure, about how he had let the darkness lead him away from the Islands, how he had looked for Sora and Kairi, met Maleficent, let himself be possessed by a man named Xehanort who called himself Ansem and how his heart was able to overcome him, about how he sealed himself in Kingdom Hearts, how he watched over Sora, and how he was finally able to come home.

When he had finished his story his grandmother laughed in delight, "Well you kids certainly had quite an adventure. I wish it was possible in my day. Though I can hardly imagine you looking any different than I see you now. You really had another body?"

"Would I lie to you?" Riku laughed.

"Touché. You're like your mother, you can't tan! Only get sunburned." It was true; Riku was more like his mother than his father. The silver hair and pale skin came from his mother while the toned body build and well shaped face came from his father, before the man tried alcohol that is. "So tell me, how did my son react?" his grandmother asked petting the teens head.

"He almost hit me with the bottle he threw then passed out after asking me where I've been. I can only wonder how you got along without me. I doubt he tried to take care of you."

"Well, I don't remember all that much before… the Islands came back as you've told me. But that sweet girl Kairi came by often when she could, bless her heart. She truly is a princess!" the woman laughed "Tell me Riku, do you still have a crush on her?"

Riku looked down as he sighed, shaking his head "No Granma, I never had a crush on her. I said I have a crush on someone but it isn't her." He said quietly.

The woman held her hand out to her grandson and he took it, "Tell me who then. You've kept this secret for too long."

The silverette stared into those ancient, experienced eyes mentally asking if he would be thought of any differently if he revealed the truth. When an assuring smile crossed the hardly wrinkled face he nodded and gave his answer, "It's Sora. I can't help it Granma, there's just something about him that makes him so special from others, something I can't name. But I can't tell him, especially since he likes Kairi." He cast his sorrowful gaze to the floor.

With a gentle finger Riku's grandmother lifted the boy's face and met his gaze, a warm smile with sympathy on her lips, "Don't give up hope that easily. After all you never know; you should know of all people that anything can happen."

A weak smile was the response and Riku stood again "I'm gonna go start dinner okay." He said going back down to the first floor, expertly avoiding obstacles on the living room floor. Because his father was always in the living room for some reason it was always the messiest place, but he'd clean up later tomorrow after he was done in town.

[Well she's nice. I see why you prefer her to your dad.] A cocky voice in his head said.

"Duh. She's the one I turn to if not Sora or Kairi." Riku responded.

[Yeah, I see where you're coming from.] Riku entered the kitchen and his eyes widened a little in shock [Holy shit this room's clean!]

"Surprises me too. Well at least it'll be easier to get things done." Riku said tying his long hair back with a hair tie he pulled from his pocket.

On a clear counter a transparent body appeared, a man with wildly spiky red hair like fire, sharp green eyes like emeralds with purple marks under his eyes that resembled tears falling upside down. He had a guilty look on his face as he watched the silverette move about taking out food from the fridge and pots from the cabinets "You sure you don't mind doing this for me? Letting me look through your eyes to see Roxas?" he asked.

"I made the choice myself Axel. I chose to save you from completely disappearing by giving you my body as a vessel, and I promised you would be able to see Roxas because I would be with Sora again. You have nothing to worry about. I know Sora will never return my feelings and you can't be with Roxas, but at least you'll see him."

Axel smiled weakly and nodded, "You're a good friend Riku. Thanks."

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Sora wiped his face with a napkin after he finished his dinner with a content sigh; he missed his mother's cooking "That was great Momma!" he exclaimed.

Lee Mei giggled at her son's childlikeness, "I'm glad you enjoyed it." Then her face fell "Sora, I have something to confess to."

The brunette blinked "Ne, Momma what is it?" he asked taking her hand from across the table "You can tell me."

The woman's blue eyes stared in to their clones on her son's face and she burst into tears "Sora… I-I forgot about you, completely! And for a whole year!" she said between sobs. Sora quickly stood and ran around the table, wrapping his arms around her neck and shoulders he allowed her to cry into his chest and she held tightly around his waist "When my memories of you came back I hated myself greatly. How could I have forgotten my precious boy?"

Gently and soothingly Sora petted his mother's hair, "Aw Momma, you weren't the only one. I forgive you, it wasn't your fault. I know why I was forgotten for so long and I understand. You don't have to worry, I promise."

Lee Mei pulled back taking her son's face into her hands and just stared at him for the longest, taking in all the features, new and old. How his blues narrowed slightly with age but still remained ever so open in a child's natural curiosity and enthusiasm while shining in that beautiful blue of the ocean under the summer sun. His face was well shaped, maintaining little baby fat to give him the appearance of innocence.

Sora was also taller than she remembered at the age of 15, about 5'7''. Before he left the boy was around 5'4'', 5'5'' (A/N: Sorry to those of you who don't us the American metric system) and he had sturdy masked muscles that would allow him to hold his own in a fight "My how you've grown up while you were away. I can't believe I can recognize you though." She commented.

He smiled, "Well it's easy to recognize your son right?"

"Yes. Well I'm going to clean up things here. You go get some rest; I know you must be tired." She kissed his cheek and lightly tapped his backside "Go on. I'll see you in the morning."

"Night Momma. I love you!" Sora said jogging down the hall to his old bedroom, left just the way he remembered it with his bed parallel to the window, a toy boat hanging from the ceiling, as if he'd never left. He flopped happily onto his bed he sighed, "It's so great to be home again."

[I think I remember being here once actually.]

"Roxas!" a transparent being appeared at the end of Sora's bed, blonde hair that spike up to the being's right. Deep blue eyes that cloned Sora's stared back with a thoughtful glaze that turned into a small smile "Welcome to my humble abode!" the brunette cheered.

"This dump?" The blonde joked.

"So I haven't cleaned up much, so sue me!" Sora pouted then laughed "So anyway, what do you mean you think you've been here?"

Roxas looked out the window seeing the Play Island across the water, "When I was with Organization XIII, I think I came to this world. Though I don't completely remember why."

Sora noticed something as his Nobody spoke; the blonde seemed very distant as if he were thinking of something completely different from what he was talking about. "Roxas, what's on your mind?" he asked with concern.

"Huh?" his attention snapped to his other "What do you mean?" he inquired.

"I mean you seem… sad. Like you lost someone important to you. Talk to me, we are friends." Sora pleaded.

Roxas shook his head, "It wouldn't make sense."

"Aw tell me!" the brunette whined.

"Like I said, it wouldn't make sense to you." He crossed his arms over his chest "Now stop pestering me."

Sora pouted and crossed his arms as well, "How the hell are you my Nobody?"

"Since when do you use language like Riku or… Or Axel…" The blonde's gaze fell to the carpeted floor as he spoke that last name, his eyes glazed over with tears that he quickly blinked away.

Unfortunately they didn't go unnoticed like he had hoped "You miss Axel, is that it?"
Sora asked making the other jump in his seat; he also saw the pink coloring of blush crossing his face.

"Wh-what gave you that idea? That guy was a jerk to me, like everyone else in the Organization!" Roxas stuttered, the blush on his face growing redder.

Sora snickered, "Right, if you say so Denial XIII."

"Screw you!" Roxas really wanted to push the brunette off his own bed right now, but that would prove useless considering his other was solid while he was merely an image of his heart, "What are you getting out of taunting me?"

"I just wanna know what's on your mind. C'mon, we're part of each other after all. So why can't we just tell each other what's up?" Sora said, his demeanor suddenly changed.

Roxas smiled at the brunette's concern for him. He sighed in defeat with the smile still on his face, "Okay. But I'm warning you right now, there's a lot of drama. I'll tell you about the members of the organization and what kind of rolls they've played in my existence. You may be a little shocked though." He warned.

A shrug "I'll take what I can get." The brunette said.

"I'll start with Xemnas. When I first met him I didn't quite know what to make of him, he was the mysterious type but at the same time he was very watchful of me, like an overprotective older brother or a father would be you could say."

"That psychopath?!"

"I already warned you! And you didn't know him like the rest of us did. You'd be surprised about things of another person you don't know well enough."

"Okay, I'll give you that. Sorry about the outburst, go on!"

"Xigbar, he liked to give nicknames to people. When I first came into the Organization he told me that if I ever needed a good laugh that I could call Xemnas… Well… Everyone called him 'Mansex' behind his back." Roxas explained trying to keep his laughter down.

"MANSEX?! Why in Kingdom Heart's name would you call him that?!" the brunette laughed holding his stomach.

"It's his name rearranged. Funny huh?" the blonde snickered.

Sora took a few deep breaths before replying, "I'll say!" and his laughter started up again.

The Nobody waited until his counterpart was calmed enough before continuing on with his assessment of his former companions, "So anyway. Xaldin may have been the sadist type, but he was one hell of a chef."

"Chef? You mean he cooked all the meals?" Sora asked with wide eyes. When he got a nod as a response he asked, "Did he use those lances?" another nod "I wondered why they smelled weird."

"If I may continue. Vexen, that guy was plain creepy. Most everyone thought that if he looked at anyone funny they had to be careful or they'd end up his nest guinea pig."

"I don't remember a Vexen. Who was he?"

"The Chilly Academic. His weapon was a shield."

Sora though for a moment; he heard such a title before, seen such a weapon, but where? Where…? Then it hit him, the Proof of Existence in the Castle That Never Was, two portals remained intact and were blue while the others were destroyed and red. Accept for that one with two key blades, destroyed it may have been, but it was still blue. Aside from all that, he remembered looking at each one with a name and a weapon for each member.

The Freeshooter, the Whirlwind Lancer, the Chilly Academic, the Silent Hero, the Cloaked Schemer, the Luna Diviner, the Flurry of Dancing Flames, the Melodious Nocturne, the Gambler of Fate, the Graceful Assassin, the Savage Nymph, and the Key of Destiny.

A gun, a lance, a shield, an axe-sword, the choice weapon for the Cloaked Schemer was unknown as the display was destroyed, a claymore, a chakram, a sitar, cards, a scythe, knives, and two Keyblades crossed over each other that Sora knew well because he used them, Oathkeeper and Oblivion.

"Roxas, you were the Key of Destiny, weren't you?" Sora asked.

"Yep, that was me alright. And I should tell you, there are members you won't know because they disappeared into darkness before you woke up." The blonde said. Sora gave him a nod and he continued, "Lexaeus, no one got him because he never really spoke. But he did make sure that I would be able to hold me own when I needed to."

Sora laughed, "He sounds like Cloud."

Roxas shrugged, "Then there was Zexion. He always had his nose in a book, and that was his weapon too. It was called a Lexicon though. He mainly kept to himself but he was like a brother to me too. It really sucked when I heard what happened to him. Anyway, Saïx was like the strict mother of the Organization."

The brunette snorted in laughter, "Mother? Really? What gives you that impression?"

"For one thing, he was Xemnas's right hand man. For another thing you always found him scolding someone. And there's another reason, but I won't tell you because it might scar you for life."

"Aw c'mon Roxy! Tell me!" Sora whined. When he saw the blonde's face fall he immediately became concerned "Roxas? You okay?" he asked softly.

"Axel called me that."

"He called you Roxy? Why would he…" a memory came to Sora, a memory of when he last saw Axel, fading away at his feet.

"I wanted to see Roxas. He was the only one I liked. He made me feel…like I had a heart." The look in the redhead's eyes as he spoke those words, he was sad. As if he lost someone he truly… loved.

"Axel was so much more than a best friend to me." Sora would have been lying if he said he didn't see the tears welling up in the blonde's eyes that were quickly blinked away.

He reached a hand out, expecting it to go right through his Nobody's shoulder only to be surprised when he felt the image was solid. When the blonde turned his blue eyes to Sora he received a smile, "You can finish telling me some other time. Let's get some sleep."

Roxas smiled back and nodded, letting himself go back into Sora, [Thanks Sora, for understanding.]