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Dearly Beloved	By : SparkofLife Category: Kingdom Hearts > Threesomes/Moresomes Views: 5927 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Dearly Beloved is just a story of my own imagination. I, in no way, own Kingdom Hearts or the characters within as they are property of Square-Enix (Squenix?) and Disney. I also do not make any money off of this fic (Too bad though)

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Chapter 8: Tension Rising

This song is one of the boss battle songs from KH2. I like it. I like it a lot.

The stronger the Light, the greater the Darkness. Don't fear the darkness. Take it and shape your destiny.

It was getting dark. The sun had run its daily course over the heavens and now it was the moon's turn to cross the sky. Riku was lying on the beach, staring at the sky. There were very little clouds passing by and it made it all the more peaceful. He had never noticed before how peaceful Destiny Islands was until he left. It was when that peace was broken that he started to realize how valuable and fragile peace was. He enjoyed it.

From his reclined position, he saw Sora teaching Kairi how to handle her sword. It seemed strange that the Knight Errant gave Kairi a weapon but stranger still was that she wanted to fight. Kairi was never known to be a fighter. In fact, she avoided confrontations completely. Her reason to fight was to protect him and Sora. But she knew that they could take care of themselves. There was another reason, he figured.

However, there was something else bothering him. It was the Knight Errant. He knew that he heard that guy say that he was going to see him tonight.

Riku took out Way to the Dawn from the ether. It was the Keyblade that he found in the Nexus. The Keyblade of Darkness and the Hero of Dark... it all sounded ominous, like he was evil. That's what bothered him. Darkness doesn't belong in the light. All of the stories that he read about the light taking on the darkness, the light was good and the darkness was evil. It was the same through all stories.

"Riku." A voice called out to him, ending his musing. It belonged to his beloved Kairi. "It's starting to get dark. We should head to the shack."

"In a minute." He told her

Kairi shrugged her shoulders, not knowing what thoughts were going through Riku's mind.

Riku watched her leave to head to the shack. He saw her for the beautiful woman that she was. It made his heart ache to know that he was part of the reason that she felt pain in the past, her and Sora.

He then turned to Sora, who was wiping the sweat off his brow. When Sora noticed, he smiled a goofy smile. It made Riku's heart flutter. This boy was completely different than Kairi but he loved him just the same. They were two different people that Riku loved... and yet, there was a rift between them. It was because Riku was contaminated with darkness.

It was then that he felt it, a pulse. It was a dark pulse but not one with which he was familiar. It was strange. He felt drawn to it. Then he remembered the Knight Errant's words. I will see you tonight. Was this what the robed man was talking about, this pulse?

He decided to investigate. As Riku was walking towards the presence, he heard Sora's voice.

"Where are you going, Riku?" Sora asked.

"I'm just going to check something out quickly." Riku smiled. He didn't want to worry Sora and, by extension, Kairi. But something was just weird about this pulse. Then Riku realized that Sora didn't say anything about the pulse. Perhaps he was the only one feeling it.

"Do you want me and Kairi to come with you?:

"That's okay. It won't take long." Riku waved at Sora and left him there.

Sora didn't want to crowd Riku. Apparently, he had something on his mind. So he let Riku be, although it did weigh heavily in his heart. Sora watched the retreating form of Riku disappear into the sunset with a forlorn look on his face. The best thing he could do is just be there for him.

Riku tried to find where the pulse was coming from by closing his eyes and removing all distraction. Then he felt it. It was like a radio signal with waves coming at him from the Mayor's Island. With that, he took a boat and left the Children's Island.

The Mayor's Island, as the name suggests, is where the mayor worked and handled administrative duties and also where he lived. The current mayor was also Kairi's adoptive father who took her in seven years ago when she mysteriously showed up in Destiny Island. He was okay... for an adult. For someone so young, Riku had never had very good experiences with adults... his father for instance. The silver haired boy shook his head. No use thinking about that man.

When Riku saw her for the first time, he was eight and Sora was seven. He thought she was kind of weird. On an island country where everyone knew everyone, the introduction threw everyone for a loop. They had never been in contact with other countries before Kairi came to the island. And so, it was strange to see her. Riku supposed that she was the inspiration from which he got the idea to travel to other lands. To him, Kairi had to come from somewhere in this world. So if he and Sora built a boat that could withstand sea travels, then they could find Kairi's original home. At least that was the plan at first.

As for Kairi herself, she integrated seamlessly with the other children, as if she were always there in the first place. Riku and Sora started to accept Kairi as one of them and soon after, Riku fell in love with her. It was about the same time that he also fell in love with Sora as well.

Before Riku could contemplate anymore, he arrived at the Mayor's island.

There were two buildings on the Mayor's Island. There was the office and his house. The pulse seemed to be coming from the office. Riku hesitated at first. So, as a precaution, he drew Way to the Dawn from the ether to protect himself. Opening the door slowly, Riku investigated the main hallway. The pulse was straight ahead. He moved slowly, so as to ascertain the situation.

In front of him was another door. This was the door into the Mayor's office. He opened it slowly and looked inside. There was an unadorned desk with papers on it in front of him. On the other side of the desk was a swivel chair that was turned the other way. Around him were some file cabinet which seemed to hold important stuff.

All of a sudden, the chair turned around. Riku readied his Keyblade. It was him, the Knight Errant, sitting in the chair. The hood was drawn over his face as per usual so it was hard to tell that it was the same person but there was the silver Keyblade in one of his hands. So it had to be him. He was the origin of the dark pulse.

"Welcome, Riku." The Knight Errant told him. "Your training begins now. I hope you are prepared."

With that, the Knight Errant leaped from chair and attacked Riku.

Sora loved the feeling of the sand on his feet and in between his toes, especially the sand from Destiny Island. It felt cool and weird at the same time. It was a great feeling. It was just the kind of thing to cheer him up after what happened with Riku.

Sora felt as if he was letting a friend down. It wasn't as if Riku told him anything of what he was feeling but still...

Perhaps he could convince Kairi to help look for Riku. After all, it would be better if the two of them could help Riku with whatever he was feeling.

That was when Sora found a conundrum. How did he feel about Riku and Kairi now that they were both back in his life? He knew that he liked them like friends and it was starting to border on something romantic but did they like him like that as well? When Kairi was fighting the Knight Errant for the right draw her Soul Sword, he tried his best to break down the barrier that the Knight Errant had created to prevent outside influence. At first, nothing worked but he got worried about Kairi's safety, he found the strength within to destroy the barrier. It was his feelings for Kairi and Riku's encouragement that helped him get through the barrier. Even though Kairi wanted to stand on her own two feet and didn't want either boy to help her...

Sora was starting to get depressed. Sora had to be the cheerful one. It is part of his personality. If he wasn't cheerful, Riku and Kairi won't be either.

As he was making his way to the shack, he looked to the shack, he noticed that night fell very quickly. He knew that there were still some moments of daylight left when Riku wanted to be alone, so there was no reason that it got dark this soon. Something was causing this. Could it be the Heartless?

Sora ran towards the shack to get to Kairi while feeling a pain in his heart. Riku wasn't here. Did he know about this? Was he fighting somewhere? Was he hurt? All of these questions burned inside the brunet. It consumed him. That was when he felt it, a strong pulse coming from inside him. It was the same pulse that he felt when he saw Kairi fighting the Knight Errant. It was warm, like the light of the sun, and gentle and it washed over him completely.

As Sora was nearing the shack, he saw Kairi come out of it with a worried look on her face. Her sword was still in her hands from the training that they did.

"Where's Riku?" She asked frantically.

"I don't know. All I know is that it started to get dark really quick and then I just felt that something wasn't right."

"It was the same with me." Kairi told the boy.

"We have to find him." Sora's eyes shined with determination. Kairi couldn't help but feel awestruck by this. Seeing the look in his eyes made Kairi's heart flutter and she knew that everything was going to be alright.

"We will. Everything is going to be alright."

With that, the two began the search for their friend.

Riku was breathing heavily, his Keyblade still drawn. The Knight Errant looked in his direction and there was an aura of amusement around him.

"How sad, Riku." The Knight clucked his tongue. Please tell me that this isn't the best you can do. Please tell me that you're holding back something."

Riku didn't respond.

"I see." The Knight sighed. "You are afraid."

"Who's afraid?" Riku yelled, angrily.

"You are, Riku. Otherwise you wouldn't hesitate in fighting me."

"I am not afraid." Riku shouted and emphasized that point by charging at the Knight Errant. However, he jumped out of the way gracefully.

"You have a wellspring of power in you, yet you do not use it. How strange."

Riku brandished his Keyblade at the Knight. "I do not need darkness to defeat you. I will use light."

It was in that moment that the Knight Errant laughed. The echo of this laughter reverberated through the Mayor's office. "You? Use Light? That's absurd."

Riku growled. "I'll use the light in my heart to defeat your darkness."

The Knight continued laughing. "Hahahahaha. You don't have light in your heart. You only have darkness."

"Don't mock me." With that, he made another charge but this time, the Knight Errant caught Way to the Dawn with his gloved hand. Riku was shocked but that shock lasted only a moment because the Knight Errant lifted Riku using Way to the Dawn and threw him. Riku hit one of the walls, causing the office to shake a bit.

"You can't beat me with light that you don't have, Riku." The Knight Errant told him.

"I will. I will stop your darkness."

The Knight shook his head. "You have no idea, do you?"

With that, the Knight Errant let go of his Keyblade and it disappeared into the ether. He clasped his hands together. When he moved them apart, a glowing rectangular object appeared in his hands.

"This is the power of the light that you desire so much, Riku."

Riku could only gasp.

BRILLIANT LANCE

The Knight Errant grabbed the lance and threw it at Riku, who was hit and thrown up against the wall. Riku cried out in pain.

Sora and Kairi, as they were trying to find Riku, felt a pain in their chest. It was their heart. Their hearts was in pain.

"Riku." Sora muttered through gritted teeth.

"I'm going to find you, Riku." Kairi whispered.

Sora and Kairi looked at each other and recognized the feelings that each other had. They both loved Riku.

"Since when?" Sora asked Kairi.

"I don't remember. I was waiting for you two to return and then Selphie asked me which of you did I like more. I couldn't come up with an answer." Kairi smiled bitterly. "I still can't. I love you and Riku equally. I'm such an idiot." The last part she spat out as if it hurt her tongue.

Sora put a comforting hand on Kairi's shoulder. "I love you too... and Riku. So let's find him and tell him together."

Kairi smiled at Sora and kissed his cheek. "Yeah, let's go."

Riku groaned. He was hit with Light. It hurt. "Why did it hurt?" Riku muttered to himself.

"It's because you are filled with darkness, Riku." The Knight Errant answered him. "Haven't you figured it out yet? You will never be able to use the Light like I can. Accept that."

"I refuse to accept that." Riku stated adamantly.

"And why is that?"

"Because I no longer belong to the darkness."

"Don't be foolish, Riku. You were filled with darkness the day you were born. You will never be like Sora."

"I can change." Tears were threatening to spill down Riku's face but he held them in check. "That's my reason to fight. I fight so I can look Sora and Kairi in the eyes and be forgiven for what I have done... even if they never love me like I love them."

"You will never be a being of light." The Knight Errant said in a low voice.

Eternal light, ever true and undefiled, grant this wanton sinner before me the majesty of thy judgment.

Way of Destruction # 22: Ray

A ball of light formed next to Riku. In an instant, beams of light shot out of the ball, hitting Riku, causing damage.

Riku fell in pain and coughed up some blood. "How..."

"How what, Riku?" The Knight asked.

"How can you use Light for evil?"

"Evil?"

"I'm trying to change. I thought it was the way of the Light to save those who want to be saved."

"Evil and good are just codifications used by people to relate their actions against other people." The Knight Errant told him. "If you think that an action is evil, there is another person who will tell you that same action is good."

The Knight walked towards him and grabbed Riku by the jaw. "Aren't I doing what a being of light should be doing, vanquishing the darkness? Sora is a being of Light. So, by extension, would Sora be doing a good thing in killing you?"

Riku was falling into despair. By his own logic, he was failing. If he was filled with darkness, shouldn't he indeed be killed?

"NO." Riku shouted.

When Riku shouted, the Knight Errant felt a pulse coming from the silver haired teen.

"Even if I am filled with darkness, I'll use the same darkness to protect people. Good or evil, light or darkness, it doesn't matter anymore. As long as the people I love are safe, I'll use all that I have to keep it that way."

Riku aimed his free hand at the Knight Errant. Darkness began to swirl around the palm.

EBONY BLAST

The Knight Errant copied what Riku did.

EBONY BLAST

The two Ebony Blast collided with each other and dissipated into ether.

Riku was surprised that the Knight Errant used darkness too. He imagined that the Knight would use light to counter him.

"Stage one clear." The Knight Errant told him. "Congratulations, Riku."

Now Riku was confused. "I don't get it."

"I have a special training for you that has nothing to do with how Kairi was trained." The Knight responded. "You see, Kairi, in order for her to fight, needed a reason to fight. She found that reason. She wants to stand on her own two feet and be a warrior like you guys. You, on the other hand, are different. You have your reason but you haven't chosen to fight."

"I've chosen when I got the Keyblade from the dark world." Riku shouted.

"No, you haven't. You haven't chosen to fight. You were trying to step away from the thing that will give you power, the darkness. You feared the darkness. Therefore, you moved further and further away from it. The further you moved from the darkness, the further moved away from the choice that you made when you received the Keyblade."

"But isn't darkness evil?" Riku asked, hoping for a favorable answer.

"Light and darkness are not synonymous with good and evil. Light and darkness are two halves of a whole. There have been heroes who have used darkness to save the world and villains who have used light to destroy it. They are not exclusive to one side or the other. Darkness cannot exist without the light for if there is no light, there is no darkness, just emptiness. The stronger the light is, the greater the darkness. Sora is your light. As he gets stronger, if you continue to choose and reaffirm that choice, so will you."

"And what about Kairi?" Riku asked.

"Kairi is your anchor to keep you from slipping into the recesses of oblivion. She will keep you grounded as you and Sora grow stronger."

Riku understood a little of what the Knight was saying. "Why didn't you tell me that this was training?"

"If I did, you wouldn't have tried your best."

Riku accepted that answer.

"One last question. How are you able to use light and darkness?" Riku was curious. If light and darkness are both symbiotic, how is it that the Knight was able

"It's just part of who I am." The Knight told him. It didn't leave Riku satisfied with that answer. "However Riku, this is just stage one, face the darkness. Now comes stage two. But before that..."

The Knight Errant directed his open palms towards Riku. Green swirls gathered around the palms.

RESTORATION

All of Riku's wounds closed up almost instantaneously. He also didn't feel exhausted as he was before. It was almost as if it were...

"Healing magic." The Knight Errant finished Riku's thought. "You have two more stages to complete. It wouldn't do if you weren't giving it your all."

Riku was ready. "What's stage two?"

The Knight Errant looked his way. Riku couldn't tell because of the hood obscuring his face, but he could feel like the Knight was looking into his eyes. "Stage two is... to face yourself."

"Face myself?" Riku asked.

The Knight Errant didn't give an answer. However, he pointed his Keyblade at Riku and turned it as one would turning a key.

"Darkness that feeds off of the Seeker of Darkness, reveal yourself to me and my darkness." The Knight Errant commanded.

Riku felt his mouth open wide as darkness spewed from it. The darkness started to take shape until it took the form of something he knew.

"That's..."

Sora and Kairi were having a tough time finding Riku. They had no idea where he would go. And the more time that passed, the more worried they became until finally...

"Where else could Riku be?" Kairi shouted. "We checked the entire Children's Island."

"Do you think that he is on another island?" Sora asked

"But where would he go?"

"Let's check the residential island first. Then we can work our way through the other islands."

"Sora, I'm worried." Kairi told him her fears. "I feel like he's in pain."

Sora looked away, unable to face Kairi. "We'll find him. You have to believe that. I mean, we got him back from Kingdom Hearts. We can do it again."

Hearing Sora say that renewed her confidence. "You're right, Sora. We can do it."

The two made a plan to search all of the islands until Riku was found.

Riku couldn't believe it. It had it to be an illusion. Such a thing just didn't seem possible. There, before his eyes, was another him, another Riku. The other him had the same facial features but that's where the similarities ended. From the head down, it looked like how he looked when Ansem had infected him. The dark robes and Heartless emblem on his chest made Riku sick to his stomach. Was this how he looked like to Sora and Kairi? How disgusting. The other him had his eyes closed, as if waiting for something.

"This is what I mean when I say you will face yourself." The Knight Errant told him. "In order for you to grow stronger, you must cast off the shackles which bind you. Your fears of the darkness bind you and you bind yourself with those fears. Therefore, in order to free yourself from you, you must defeat yourself. Does that make sense?"

The other Riku opened its eyes and snorted. "Who the hell are you?" it asked.

The Knight Errant turned to the other Riku. "You need not know, creature. If all goes according to plan, you will no longer exist."

The creature laughed. "You gonna kill me? Don't make me laugh."

The other Riku materialized Soul Eater and tried to attack the Knight Errant. As the creature swung his weapon, the Knight Errant caught the blade with a gloved hand, stopping it effectively. The creature gasped.

The Knight Errant put his other hand on the other Riku's cheek and looked into the black soulless eyes. "You think you have a chance against me? Don't make me laugh." With that, the Knight released the blade. "Besides, I am not going to fight you. Riku is."

The other Riku looked around and saw a teenager with the same facial features as it did. How amusing. "So this is the real me? If I kill him, then I become Riku."

Riku gritted his teeth. "You? Kill me? I won't let you."

The other Riku cackled. "This is even better." With that, the creature charged Riku.

Since the two Rikus were fighting, the Knight Errant decided to leave them to it. He left the two to their fight.

Sora and Kairi were about to board a boat when they felt a sudden wind. Before they realized it, they saw a cloaked figure standing in front of the boat that they were about to use.

"Good evening, Sora, Kairi." The Knight Errant greeted. "How are you this evening?"

There was something with the way that the Knight Errant spoke that made Sora and Kairi believe that he was being facetious.

"We are looking for Riku." Kairi told the Knight Errant. "Do you know where he is?"

"You mean you can't find him?" The Knight responded. "You can't feel his Pulse?"

"His Pulse?" Sora asked "What is that?"

"It is the energy that surrounds people. All you need to do is to close your eyes and view, with your mind's eye, the person you wish to find. If you are successful, you will be able to find Riku."

"But..." Kairi began but was cut off by the Knight.

The Knight Errant looked at Kairi. "You are still carrying out your Soul Sword. It seems as though I forgot to teach you how to return your Soul Sword where it belongs."

Kairi regarded the Knight Errant with disdain. He was stalling her and Sora from finding Riku. "But what if I need my sword?"

"I've taught you how to call upon the Sword. The Soul Sword is strongest when your will to fight is great. However, when the Sword is idle, it becomes fragile. Should this happen and your Soul Sword is shattered, well, let me just say that you don't want that to happen. So pay attention."

The Knight Errant pulled his Keyblade from the Ether. He turned the tip of the Keyblade towards his heart. "Please do what I am I doing, Kairi."

Kairi did as she was told.

Oh Rose of the Noble Heart

The small rose within me

Return to your scabbard

To slumber once more

As the Knight Errant chanted the words, his Keyblade started to sink into his body, as if by magic. When he finished chanting, the Keyblade was gone.

"Please repeat what I said." The Knight Errant asked.

Kairi did she was asked, although a bit reluctantly. When the chant was completed, Namine, Kairi's Soul Sword, had returned to its original place in Kairi's heart.

"Now," The Knight Errant continued as if he was interrupted. "Close your eyes and think of Riku. Think of how he looks, how he sounds, how he feels. If you can accurately draw a picture of what he looks like in your mind's eye, you'll be able to find him."

Sora and Kairi did what they were asked. They would have done most anything to find Riku. Their hearts were hurting. It was as if they could feel his pain. Something was going down with Riku and they felt as though they had to get to him quickly.

Suddenly, they felt a strong pulse. It was a dark pulse but nonetheless a soothing one. It was scratchy, as if there was something trying to interfere with that pulse. The other pulse was dark like the first one, but it was rough, like sandpaper. It felt angry and joyful at the same time.

"Riku's in trouble." Sora and Kairi said at the same time. Now knowing at least the direction where Riku was, they proceeded in that direction.

The Knight Errant stayed behind, watching the two of them. "They were able to find a direction and it wasn't even ten minutes since I told them how to find Riku. Such fascinating growth rate. I'm pretty sure that they can do it."

Meanwhile, Riku was fighting the other Riku. Neither of them were making any headway. The two of them were evenly matched.

"Hahaha. Isn't this fun, Riku?" The creature laughed. "The blood, the pain, isn't it amazing?"

Riku didn't respond.

"What? No witty comment?" The creature taunted. "I'm hurt."

The other Riku opened his palm towards Riku.

EBONY BLAST

Riku dodged it easily. As he was watching the creature that looked like him, he was trying to think of a way to defeat it using darkness.

"I need to assume that he has all of the powers that I do." He thought. "But I don't even know what powers I have. How am I suppose to beat him? There has to be some sort of trick."

It was then that his thoughts drifted his fight with Sora. When they fought the first time in Hollow Bastion, Riku was still himself. When they fought the second time, he was infected by Ansem's darkness. If what the Knight Errant said was true, if Darkness isn't evil, then using that technique...

Holding his Keyblade up and ready to attack, Riku summoned darkness to well up inside him. As he did this, the power caused him to levitate. He saw the target before him. The other Riku regarded Riku curiously, as if wondering what the real one was going to do.

DARK AURA

In an instant, Riku attacked the creature with powerful and fast attacks. The creature never stood a chance. As Riku levitated close to the creature, he released the darkness from his body. The force of the darkness being expelled from Riku's body manifested in powerful explosions around him, consuming the creature in dark energy. The other Riku screamed in agony until there was nothing left.

Riku gasped for air. The effort of using that attack exhausted. As he was catching his breath, he heard clapping. Scanning the room, he saw that person in the black robes. It was him, the Knight Errant.

"You did well. Congratulations." The Knight told him. Riku detected a bit of mirth in his voice.

"Save it." Riku responded tersely.

"One more task and you will grow stronger."

"What is it?"

"The first task, facing your fears, deals with the choice of accepting the Darkness. By accepting the Darkness, you make the choice of using it as you will. In your case, you use your darkness to protect the ones you deem precious. The second task, facing yourself, deals what you hate about your darkness. That form was not used on accident. That form was used to show you what you became when you used darkness for evil. That creature is the manifestation of what you hated about yourself. By destroying that, you wipe the slate clean and allow yourself to remake yourself as you see fit."

"So what is the third task?" Riku was getting impatient. He was keeping Sora and Kairi waiting for him. More than likely, the two were worried about him. In a way, he hoped that they were worried. It would mean that they really cared about him. And if that were the case...

"The final task ... is to face the person you hate the most." The Knight Errant told him

"The person I hate the most?" Riku echoed.

"That's right. Your fears of the darkness bound you and you bound yourself with those fears." The Knight Errant explained. "But the person you hate the most is the one who provided you with the ties with which you bound yourself. In other words. This person is the person which made you hate the darkness."

"In other words, Ansem." Riku supplied.

"Do you really hate him, Riku?" The Knight Errant asked.

"Excuse me?" The silver-haired man growled. "That man fooled me. He made me take his hand and destroy Destiny Island. He infected me, like a disease. He sent me to that bitch Maleficent and made me attack Sora and kidnap Kairi." Tears started streaming down his face. "I HATE THAT BASTARD."

The Knight Errant sighed. "Let me just say this and we'll begin. In order to really hate a person, that person must be in your heart. You must first have some sort of positive feelings for that person. Betrayal by this person would hurt more than anything. This is what it means to truly hate a person."

The Knight Errant cast his healing spell.

RESTORATION

With a wave of his hands, Riku was healed by the Knight Errant.

"Prepare yourself, Riku."

The Knight Errant pointed his Keyblade at Riku. "Darkness that binds Riku's darkness, feed off of my darkness and take shape as the one that Riku hates the most."

Riku felt his heart burning, as if there was something inside him that wanted to be free. Dark swirls started to hover near Riku's heart. To Riku, it felt familiar, as though he had known this power for a long time. The darkness moved in front of him and started to take shape.

It was him. It was the person who he hated the most. It was ... his father.

His father looked the same as he did a year ago. The angular face, the green eyes filled with hate, the jet black hair that he didn't inherit and the glasses that covered his eyes and hovered on the bridge of his nose, it was his father.

So this is what the Knight Errant meant when he said that the person I hate is the person who had to be in my heart, Riku thought. Riku hated his father for what he said about Sora. He called him a childish fag. And when someone caught the three of them that night sleeping together on the beach, his father called him a pervert.

No. Riku didn't hate anyone more than the man that gave him life. He hated his father.

His father opened his eyes and looked at him. "Well, well, if it isn't the pervert." He smirked. "Come, give your old man a hug."

Riku clenched his Keyblade so hard that he started to draw blood. That was the effect of this man in front of him

"Now Riku," The Knight Errant told him. "The final test begins. You must face the man you hate the most. Should you be able to kill him, you will gain the strength to protect whatever you deem precious. Please realize that power, in and of itself, isn't evil. Neither is darkness. What you decide to do with the power will determine whether or not it is evil."

With that, the Knight Errant left Riku to fight his father.

Riku's father smiled wickedly. "What's wrong, son? You don't look happy to see me."

"You..." was all Riku could ground out before launching his attack.

Riku's father dodged, but not without sustaining a slight cut on his temple. He wiped the blood off of his face and licked it. "Why do you attack your dear father, Riku?" His father chided him in a mocking voice. "You are being so bad. I think it's time for a spanking."

Riku's father started to gain demonic features. His hands became claws and his legs became talons. It was a truly horrifying sight but Riku was not afraid. Riku launched another attack.

Sora and Kairi finally found where the Pulse originated. It was the Mayor's Island. The two of them were on a speedboat, trying to make it to Riku when they felt a terrifying Pulse. It was in the direction of the island. It wasn't Riku that was the source of the Pulse. No, it was something else.

It took them two minutes to reach the Mayor's Island. When they did, they were greeted by the site of the Knight Errant. However, he wasn't looking at them. He was looking at the Mayor's office.

When they jumped off the board, the Mayor's office exploded, like it was wired with TNT or something. The whole building was demolished. The only two things that were still moving were Riku and some sort of demon. The demon looked familiar to Sora and Kairi. In fact, it looked somewhat similiar to Riku.

"That's his father." The Knight Errant supplied. "The one that Riku hates the most is his father. And so, in order to gain power, he must take on and destroy his father."

Kairi was perplexed. "I don't get it. I mean, sure, his father was a hardass but why would Riku hate his father so much that he would want to kill him?"

"Riku never told you but his father disapproved of his relationship with the two of you, particularly with Sora." The Knight Errant told the girl.

Sora looked down in shame. "Why me?"

"Riku's father hates you because he believed that you were trying to turn Riku gay." The Knight Errant snorted lightly at the idea. "He was trying to make his son love Kairi and hate you. To that end, he tried to play matchmaker for his son. However, loving Kairi wasn't enough for Riku. He loved you too, Sora."

"Love?" Kairi asked softly. The word was so soft that it almost wasn't spoken. "Riku loves us."

"Riku loves the two of you." The Knight told them. "This isn't the kind of friendship love or even familiar love, the love between family members. This is eros, romantic love. He loves the two of you, Sora and Kairi."

The two of them were shocked by the Knight Errant telling them this. It seems as though their hopes were realized.

The Knight Errant continued. "The week before Destiny Island was destroyed, the three of you were camping out on the Island that you've played on for years. In that moment, Riku tried to make you two love him and each other like he loved you. It sort of worked. However, someone reported the three of you to Riku's father and he threw Riku out of his house. His father couldn't stand the fact that his son loved Sora and Kairi."

Sora looked away in pain. He couldn't believe that Riku was thrown out of his house because of them. "Why didn't he..."

"Because he didn't want you to worry." The Knight Errant told him. "You know Riku better than anyone. However, it was that hate for his father that made him susceptible to the temptation of that person."

"Ansem." Sora completed the Knight's thought.

"That person tempted him into using the powers of darkness. Riku's powers were just starting to manifest, just like yours, Sora. However, that person tainted Riku's darkness with his own."

"Riku's darkness?" Kairi asked. "Are you saying..."

"Riku and Sora are two halves of a coin, darkness and light. They are complementary and antagonistic. Neither can exist without the other. And the Princess of Heart makes that possible."

Sora and Kairi gasped. What the Knight Errant said solidified the feeling that they've had all along.

"Riku isn't evil?" Sora asked, more to himself than to get an answer.

"Do you believe that he is evil?" The Knight asked.

Their thoughts ended when Riku cried out in pain. Sora, on instinct, was about to run out to help Riku when he saw a glint of metal blocking his path. It seems as though the Knight Errant drew his Keyblade.

"Don't interfere, Sora." The Knight commanded.

"But Riku..."

"Don't interfere." He grounded.

The Knight Errant sighed. "This is Riku's fight. In order for him to use the darkness and grow stronger. He must believe that he can do it on his own. If you help him, he will never gain the courage to do it. He will unconsciously believe that he has to be helped. That will destroy his warrior's pride for all eternity."

"But Riku..." Sora repeated, more downcast than before.

"If you really want to do something, believe in Riku."

Riku fell to his knees. He couldn't believe that his father was this strong in his lifetime. How the hell was he overpowering him?

The demon who took the shape of his father laughed. "What's wrong, son? Are you so surprised I am this strong?"

"Where is your power coming from?" Riku asked.

"You don't need to know. All you need to know is that I brought you into this world and, quite fittingly, I will take you out of it."

Riku's father opened his mouth. A red energy collected at the base of this throat. The demon spit it out.

DEMON LANCE

The lance came hurtling towards Riku.

Riku refused to die here. He was going to defeat his father and move on from there. He wanted forgiveness from Sora and Kairi, but most of all, he wanted forgiveness from himself. Therefore, he was going to use all that he had to defeat his father.

Riku let go of Way to the Dawn and it disappeared into ether. Quickly, he clasped his hands and released. A purple energy formed and took the shape of a lance.

SHADOW METEOR

Riku threw the lance. It collided with the Demon Lance that his father threw and obliterated it and continued moving until it pierced his father through the heart. Riku's father could only gasp as the killing blow was landed.

"You, take me out of this world?" Riku spat. "Don't you know that it is the children who bury the parents?" Riku averted his eyes. "Rest in peace, father."

Riku's father gasped in pain as he disintegrated and left this world.

Riku smiled. His father, along with his prejudices, were gone. The silver-haired teen was happy in a way. He felt no remorse killing his father.

After expending all that energy fighting, Riku collapsed on the sand and fell asleep. Sora and Kairi rushed to his side. The Knight Errant looked in amazement at Riku's progression.

"He used Shadow Meteor and Dark Aura, both mid-level darkness techniques. I'm surprised. Perhaps he IS the Hero of Dark."

He dug in his jacket and pulled out some long, thin white cloth and walked towards Riku. He gave the cloth to Kairi. "Put this wherever he has wounds. This magic bandage will heal them within a 24 hour period."

Kairi nodded. She was grateful. She took the bandage from the Knight.

"Your training is complete, Riku." The Knight told the unconscious Riku. "Remember the lessons that you have learned tonight. If you choose to fight and if you choose to wield the darkness, remember why you wield it. Power isn't evil. It isn't good. It's what you do with it that makes all the difference."

The Knight Errant turned to walk away when Sora called out to him.

"So, you were training Riku."

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because he was afraid of the darkness."

"Why didn't you tell us?" Sora asked, a bit miffed that he wasn't told about this training.

"Because it was necessary to get Riku to stand on his own two feet, just like Kairi did this morning."

Sora looked at Riku then back at the Knight. "Are you going to train me?"

"You need no training at the moment. You are sufficiently strong."

The Knight Errant turned around and looked at Sora. "In fact," He told Sora. "This will be the last time you see me like this. The next time we meet, it will be face to face."

The Knight Errant called his Keyblade from the ether and, with it, opened a portal of darkness. "I have something else to do. So grow stronger, Sora. Protect everything with those two hands of yours."

With that, the Knight Errant stepped through the portal and disappeared.

Sora sighed and walked back to Riku. He saw that Kairi had bandaged him up well. The brunet smiled. He would protect Kairi and Riku with his hands. Surely, the other two felt that way as well. Tomorrow, he would tell them. He would tell them that he loved the two of them, truly and deeply loved them.

A Riku-centric chapter. Okay.

Yes, I promised a threesome but the chapter became way too long that I had to push it back. I promise, there will be a threesome in the next chapter. Scouts Honor.

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