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Chapter List
- 1-Torn Edges
- 2-the whisperer
- 1
- 2
Foul meet

Disclaimer: I do
not own Kingdom Hearts or characters there from so no sue me.
Title: Torn Edges
Author: Kieshar
Summary: In a world of demons and myth, Riku's last vision before he died was that of a mysterious egg. Little did he know that it would change his life for better and worse.
Rating: NC17 in later chapters
Pairing(s): Riku/Sora, Cloud/Squall
Feedback: desired.
Characters: Riku, Sora, Ansem, Cloud, Squall, Cid, Sepheroth

CHAPTER ONE

What?

The comfort of darkness retreated giving way to light.

I�m awake? Fuck I
really thought the last one was the LAST. Now I have to wait again. DAMMIT! I�m
tired of living like this� Disoriented, he laid in place, not moving to
help focus on his surroundings. Not that it really mattered. There wasn�t any
energy left for him to use for any kind of movement.

This is tedious.
He grumbled internally.

The �spells�, as he fondly called them, started a week before.
It was a sign to his kind that death was quickly approaching. He was too young
but it couldn�t be helped. There was nothing one could do once they have begun.
Each period between blackouts grew longer and longer until finally the body would
give over to the darkness forever and died. Usually his race spent their final
moments with family or someone familiar. However, Riku
hadn�t a choice. He was never really the sociable type and generally hated EVERYTHING, this of course was including his kind. So when
his time neared he opted to spend it lying in some random clearly in some
random forest by some random makeshift ruin.
At least that�s how this place appeared to him. He could be wrong but he
rarely was. Che�I�m always right. He snorted.

Every object had an energy pulse or spirit is you would. It
made a buzzing sound to one sensitive enough to hear. When an object or
creature was silent then either it was flat ass dead or fucking ancient. This place was as quite as a freshly laid turd. It was one of the reasons why he chose it in the
first place, no distractions. Riku unlike most was
incredibly sensitive. He only wanted his ultimate memory before death to be of
nothing. He didn�t have anything special to latch onto and that was perfectly
okay with him. Riku
was content to be here alone and silently celebrating the way his life had turn
out.

More time passed as Riku laid
waiting. The light intensified. Must be daylight. Frowning, he vaguely noticed that the glaze
over his eyes was taking longer to clear since the last time he used his vision.
It must have been a lot longer since the
last spell. The man sighed. This is
ridiculous. If I am to die why can�t my body just get on with it! Riku wanted to both laugh and cry his frustration. Patience
was not one of his better virtues.

Fuck, maybe I should
take a nap while I wait to die. He remained
still watching the sun perched directly above�nothing. He chuckled roughly, his
throat coarse and dry. Even sleep eludes
me.

More time passed and Riku was
about to scream in irritation of his situation when a small buzz began to sound
near him. It was not quite like anything he had heard before. It was tiny and
clear, like a crystal chime sounding in the wind. Riku
mustered what little energy he had left to turn towards the direction it was
coming from. His deep set eyes widen when a large, iridescent, pearl like egg
came into his line of sight. Strange, I
could swear that was not there before. I wonder who placed it there. He was
puzzled. If it is an egg, why was it
placed next to a dead body or a body practically dead? Why next to me? I could
endanger the new born by my very presence, especially once I die. The
energy released from dead bodies always attracts Chuus.

The egg pulsed. It captured the man�s attention completely. For
no other reason than it was beautiful and exactly what he needed to complete
his death. So he stared unabashed at the object beside him. He studied the egg.
Shocked, he noticed the surface wasn�t as perfect as he believed from first
glance. It moved. It was more correct to say that it lived. There were minute
tendrils of energy licking along the surface. Fascinated, Riku
continued to watch his new companion. Its very presence made him feel warm and safe.
It was odd, these feelings it invoked. Riku smiled. I�m happy.

The surface changed again, the color shifted to a light blue
and one of the tendrils detached itself at one end to extend out towards the
man lying next to it. Riku watched it grow in length
closing the distance. He wasn�t scared but very curious. The tendril touched
the skin of his arm making contact and that�s when the sound of the egg
increase tenfold. It was loud. The sound was unlike any creature Riku had ever had the pleasure of hearing. Pleasure�enrapturing�calming�soothing�warmth.

Riku was swimming in his mind to
the music. He closed his eyes.

That�s it when the sound morphed into a thought. ?

At first, he brushed it off, but, the question continued. It
became insistent, curious. It desired more, shifting through his mind with the
ever questing question. To amuse himself he answered back. Hello.

HELLO! The touched returned. Yet the question
continued. Riku
opened his eyes to look at the egg. Inside, his heart jumped at the picture painted
before him. What was one tendril before licking along his arm was now a steady
stream of thousands of small individual strings of light moving across his
body. What?!? What�s going on here?
Half of the strands hesitated and started to retreat. Riku
panicked further. No! Please don�t leave.
Don�t leave me. He cried desperately in his mind, shocked by his own
admission. I was just taken by surprise.

Surprised? The
tendrils hesitated again. Why?...?....You hurt?

Hurt? Riku had to think on that. How should he put this? No, not hurt�lonely�

A burst of Joy surged through Riku. You like me? I like you. I like the sound
you make. It sounds�crunchy�no...crisp�yes, that�s
it�crisp�so many colors� light� bright� shiny� edges dark. The thoughts
continued streaming though his mind, each one laced with a childlike joy and delight.
Riku�s eyes drifted shut letting a chuckle color his feelings.
Momentarily there was silence from the foreign presence then an echoing sense
of amusement filled him, vibrating along his skin. It tickled.

Riku thought about the egg. He had
never heard of something like this before. For all intents and purposes, he
should be scared out of his mind but honestly, he couldn�t bring himself to
care. Deep down he knew that this �newborn� was pure and he had nothing to fear
from it.

I like the feel of
your color.

Color? It must mean my energy. You�re an entertaining little thing aren�t you?
He replied. Never knew I had a
�color� to feel. How does color feel�Wait, how do you know about color? Riku wondered. Would
a newborn know about such things? Even if it�s a weird one?

�You teach me many things. Makes this here�� Small pressure
could be felt on his forehead, like a finger poking him. ��easy to understand
between you and I.� Riku immediately
jerked his eyes open when he heard words spoken aloud. He froze instantly.
There, kneeling across his chest, was a male human
form with a brilliant sapphire light coursing through its skin. Breathtaking
was his last thought before the world went black.

o0oooo0000000000000000oooooooooooo0000000000000000oooo0o

Riku felt even weaker this time. He
didn�t know how long he had been out. It
won�t be long now. My body can�t last much longer. I wonder if the egg is still
here. Distant clicking could be heard off to the side. Thankfully his
senses were returning. He didn�t really care; he only wanted to see the egg,
the illuminated form it created. He missed the comfort and pleasure of having
the entity�s presence within his mind. He wanted to experience mental touch one
more time, to share his thoughts, to hear its playful tone, to see the form
talking to him.

The noise became louder, clearer. It sounded like
scratching, nails digging against an unforgiving surface. Maybe the egg was trying to hatch. He tried to turn his head to see
the event but the last of his energy was gone. The first time I get interested in something, in I don�t know how long,
I can�t fucking see it. Figures.
Something�s off though�I can hear the scratching but�I can�t HEAR the egg. The
chime like sound from before wasn�t there. Actually I can�t hear ANYTHING from
the little tike. Riku frowned every living thing
gave off a sound ESPECIALLY a newborn. It�s the testimony of their existence;
the force within them that gave life.
Even a meager chair had a sound. Not too many people could hear it though but
it was there.

Concerned, Riku strained his ears.
Besides the scratching, he heard a light chatter distinctly, like a litany
playing over and over. �You there, little guy?� He croaked. �My�my name is Riku.�

That�s when something brushed by him. It was black and too
fast for him to discern its shape. �Hello?�

�Foul meat.�

The blood in Riku�s veins froze at
the words.

�Foul meat. Foul meat. Foul meeaaatt��
More voices joined into the singular declaration.

Chuus. Why are they here?
I�m not even dead yet and they are already here? Anxious soul eating bastards! Riku panicked. My presence could endanger the little guy.
His heart fell with the thought of causing the newborn harm. The chant continued. Over and over they hissed
and taunted. The words never changed. Riku knew all
to well what �foul meat� meant and that they were referring to him. There was
an accident when he was younger; something really bad happened reducing his
life to half. Since then, every time Riku ran into Chuus, which for some odd reason was fairly often, they
would recite over and over about how he reeked. Like they have room to talk, nasty buggers.

Chuus were lithe creatures, entirely
black and sickly in their movements and structure. They existed only to scavenge
souls freshly released from the dead. No one could say why but when present, they
never gave off �sound�, sound indicating they lived. It would almost seem like
they were the dead animated needing the energy of others to fill what they lack.
Almost as if they were void of a heart, a heartless. Riku
always wondered why they waited until others died to feed. He had a theory. Maybe
the force the soul housed was unattainable to their kind until the bounds of
the body broke down. Like a wall that stood strong than one day suddenly
crumbled giving entrance where once there was none.

Whatever.
The edge of his lips titled up into a lopsided grin. He hoped he tasted like
shit when the final spell took him. His grin widened until his thoughts took a
dark turn. They better not mess with the
egg.

o0oooo0000000000000000oooooooooooo0000000000000000oooo0o

A lone form wandered closer to the clearing ahead. Relief
filled its heart when the forest opened up heralding its final destination. All
was quite until it spied the pearlescent egg covered by Chuus.
Incredible amounts of anger quickly rose at the sight spurring it forward. A
low growl escaped its powerful jaws challenging. It attacked, immediately scattering the group
of Chuus like a hand casting out a fist full of
rocks. Teeth sunk deeply into the exposed neck of the first scavenger. When the
black form stilled, it discarded the carcass for its next target.

�Run sweet Chuus run. I have
tasted your flesh and cannot rest until I have torn many chunks of meat from
your soft bodies.� The predator taunted endlessly as it tore apart every Chuus present. �Ah, yes. Very sweet
indeed.� To savor its victory it licked the last of bloodshed as slowly
as possible. The creature purred
contently until a faint smell snagged its attention. Surprised that any Chuus would have a scent, curious it investigated. A few
paces away from the egg it discovered a male human laying flat on his back. The
creature padded closer to get a better sniff of the man. Its snout brushed
lightly against the human�s neck. His smell was wrong. It crept closer, its
movements much like thick oil sludge. When the human�s eyes shot open with
fright, the creature grinned.

�What are you doing?� The man barely spoke above a whisper.

Interesting. The man must have been in a deep sleep to
not notice the fight I waged against the pathetic Chuus.
�What does it matter human,� the creature returned with a rich deep voice.

Panic gripped Riku. He wasn�t able
to focus very well anymore. He assumed that the large creature was one of the Chuus from earlier. They never moved him one way or
another. He was always apathetic towards the black clad bastards, safe in the
knowledge that he would never have a heartless feasting on his soul when he
died. Yet, this one was different. Riku felt weak and
prone; it scared him. The feeling was horrible, shameful. Reduced him to a
shivering child, a sniveling brat frantically waiting for its mother to appear;
this Chuus evoked fear.

The strange creature shifted. �Your smell reeks.�

�Thanks for the information. I�ll be sure to bathe next time
I am in your company.� He laughed weakly, masking his dread with sarcasm.

The creature oozed across the man�s body to crouch upon his
chest. Riku could barely feel its weight. �No human,
not that smell.� Its voice dipped lower in tone,
taunting, playing. �This one is different.� A sharp claw traced and lightly tugged
at the skin held tight around Riku�s neck but never
breaking. An audible gulp sounded as Riku choked back
his unease. It inhaled deeply. �Yessss.�
It hissed. �You smell rotten�tainted �contaminated�smeared�like foul meat.� It
chuckled low and heavy as if it told a joke, a joke at the man�s expense, echoing
previously the Chuus that hackled the dying man.

Riku closed his eyes. It didn�t
matter. He knew any moment the next breath would be his last, nothing lost. Let the filthy demon talk garbage to its heart�s
content. Riku dredged the bottom of his remaining
strength to turn his head to the side as before. He wanted the image of the
fair colored egg and the illuminated entity inside to be his final memory, the gentle
warmth that chose to touch him without regret or retreat, Riku�s
last love.

The creature was intrigued by the man�s abrupt change in
mood. It followed the man�s line of sight until it rested on the egg. Surprised,
it turned its massive head around to witness the content smile on the human�s
face. It was then the huge form made a decision.

Riku felt the Chuus�
weight shift and before his sight blacked out for the final time. The creature
slipped its claws with little resistance through the skin covering the man�s
chest. One moment the man�s lungs sagged from lack of air, the next he was hyperventilating
to desperately battle the blaze coursing through and searing every nerve. He
cried aloud from the intensity. His body instantly responded by digging into
the stone laid beneath him. Every fingernail cracked from the pressure allowing
blood to seep out. The creature roughly grabbed the man�s chin making him look
directly into its glaze, dismissing the groan the abuse caused the human.

Beads of sweat mixed with stray tears streaked along Riku�s face. �Please�� He begged. The pain increased.

�Awwww�foul meat. That�s what they
called you wasn�t it?� The creature cooed. Riku
whimpered. It smiled impossibly wide to reveal a mouth full of teeth.
�Attention�I have your attention, foul meat?� It plunged its hand further into the
man�s body making his back arch up from the torture.

Please stop! Riku shrieked internally.

�You are fond of the egg.� Not a question but a statement.
It made his blood boil despite the onslaught.

�Don�t touch it.� Riku rasped.
�Leave it alone or I�ll��

�What, foul meat�.whhhhaaattt�..what
would you do?� It drew out the last of its words reminisce of a terrible
nightmare. �Do not fear. I will not harm my child. My child�this is MY child,
foul meat.�

�What? How?� Confused.
He racked his brain searching. Has there ever been a time when a Chuus gave birth to such a thing? �A
mother?�

�Ahhhhh�.yes indeed, this one
comes from my flesh�But different from me�not me�not other�the child is pure
and dangerous. That�s why HE wanted it. Wanted to beget it.�
A low rumble escaped the creature�s powerful jaws.

The pain finally abated. For many minutes, Riku did nothing but breathe heavily from exhaustion. When
he calmed, the man dared to open his eyes to look at his tormentor. His eyes
widened for the second time that day. He had expected to see a Chuus but instead found something completely unexpected and
extremely rare. The creature was nothing like the black soul scavengers. It was
canine in form with extremely long silver tuffs of hair on down its frame waving
to and fro from the wind�s attention. Three tails trailed from behind. One paw
still deep within Riku, the other showing claws as
long as his forearms. �Ektrus�demon.� slipped from Riku�s lips. Brilliant green/blue eyes locked onto the
human with a hard stare. Awwww, yes you like my child of blue light�.yes. The
demon was now in Riku�s mind. Where the newborn�s
touch was comforting the Ektrus� was terrifying.
Revolted, he wanted so much to vomit but strongly swallowed the urge in fear
that he might drown in his own bile. The demon rummaged further through his
mind not caring if it hurt the human.

You love my child?

Riku was surprised by the
question. He thought of the newborn and the form it took before the Chuus appeared. I know it�s strange and surreal but I couldn�t
deny its claim. He nodded his head
once.

Yes�.I can tell. Strange,
foul meat�you are strange. You lie dying but still desire MY child...HE�He desires my child.
He wants but HE will not have. The child does not want�but�you� look of a lover
lay in your dark eyes� The creature�s thoughts tickled as if chuckling from
its own personal joke. Dark brown eyes�.you
have dark eyes�that color will not last long human�not long after my gift. Baffled,
Riku wondered what the Ektrus
meant about his eye color before his world turned upside again. The pain
returned and this time it was worse then before. His vision turned white. Riku was silent, every muscle in his body pulled tight.
Voice in his mind continued. Yes�my gift�my
gift to you�you shall be my child�s protector� my child�s�Riku never heard the rest.
An overwhelming darkness enveloped him effectively cutting him off from
the world.
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