An Overdue Apology
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On To The Pride Lands
AN OVERDUE APOLOGY
By Axel Ingleson
(Warning: Adult content.)
(Pairings: Axel and Kairi. Sora and Riku.)
(Disclaimer: KH2 and its characters are not mine.)
-BOOK II-
“I assume you won’t be staying long, then?” Leon inquired.
“Well, long enough for the wedding. Then we’ll be on our way,” Sora said, hopefully.
“It might be better if you held the wedding after you find your friend’s soul mate,” Leon pointed out, clearly not wishing to have any further visits from the Heartless.
“As you wish,” Sora sighed. He’d been hoping to marry Riku in the next few days. But he would wait if he had to.
“I’m going with you.”
Everyone turned to face Demyx, whose voice had been barely audible.
“Would you mind repeating that?”
“I said I’m going with you.” Demyx repeated. “Don’t ask why. I don’t have a very good reason. There’s just something inside me that says I should go.”
“You mean your heart is telling you to,” Sora guessed.
“Not just my heart, Sora,” Demyx shook his head. “Every part of me says you guys are going to need me at some point.”
“Then you should go with them,” Aerith told him. “When heart, body, mind, and soul all agree…”
“Then you should listen,” finished Merlin.
“But you’re a pacifist!” Sora complained.
“I’m not above protecting my friends,” Demyx replied.
“He did just protect me in that last battle,” Repliku reminded Sora. “Thank you, by the way, Demyx.”
“The question is, where do we go from here?” Sora wondered. “Perhaps we should go visit Aladdin? Perhaps Genie could…”
“You forget, Sora,” Riku interrupted, “genies aren’t allowed to make people fall in love.”
“Oh. Right.” Sora remembered. “So, where to, then?”
Riku considered the matter for a moment. Then he spoke. “I’d like to go to the Pride Lands.”
“Why there?” Repliku asked. “Do you think I’ll find my true love there?”
“Maybe, maybe not,” Riku shrugged. “We won’t know until we get there. Besides, ever since Sora talked about his adventure there, I’ve wondered what it would be like to be a lion.”
“What makes you so sure you’d be a lion?” Sora raised a teasing eyebrow. “Huh?”
“What else would I be?” Riku asked, casually tossing his hair in imitation of a lion’s mane.
“I’d hope to be something different,” Repliku said. “I’d hate it if you couldn’t tell us apart.”
“I think I can help there,” Merlin offered. “Here, put this bracelet on. It will ensure that whatever Riku becomes during your adventure, you will become something different.”
“Thank you,” Repliku said, gratefully accepting the bracelet. He put it on, then rejoined the others. “Well, then. Let’s head out to the Pride Lands.”
“First,” Sora said, “I want to send a message to Axel and Kairi.”
At Disney Castle, Kairi was sitting on one of the benches with Axel, both looking up at the sky.
“I wonder how many worlds are out there,” Kairi said, curiously.
“A lot,” Axel replied. “The real question is how many friendly ones are there. And will our friends be okay on the ones they travel to.”
“That’s true, I guess,” Kairi sighed. “Do you think they will?”
“We’ll just have to trust them.” Axel decided.
The minute, Sora and the others stepped off of Repliku’s ship, the found that they were no longer human. This was old hat to Sora who romped around in circles, happy to be in his lion form again.
Riku was also a lion, though he had a full mane which he shook proudly as he rose, took two steps forward, and stumbled a little.
“Walking on all fours is a little tricky at first,” Sora told him. “But you’ll catch on quickly.”
“Where are Repliku and Demyx?” Riku asked.
Sora looked left and right, but there was no sign of either Demyx or Repliku. Then they heard a cry of delight from above them and looked up.
A pair of birds were flying overhead. One was a smaller bird, white with a golden crest. Sora didn’t need a lot of guesses to figure out who that was. The other was a bird of prey with a smoky grey back and black and white striped tail feathers. Its head was white and its eyes, normally yellow for a kestrel, were the same colour as Riku’s.
“I hope we can stay for a long time!” Demyx laughed in delight as he swooped down, barely missing Sora and flew back up again before Sora even realized what was happening.
“They certainly got the hang of things quickly.” Sora said while Riku trotted around him, nuzzling him every so often.
“Come on,” Repliku finally said, circling above them. “It’s time we got moving.”
“Which way do we go, Sora?” Riku asked.
Sora smiled. “Just follow me.”
And so saying, he took them to the place where he knew they would find Simba.
By Axel Ingleson
(Warning: Adult content.)
(Pairings: Axel and Kairi. Sora and Riku.)
(Disclaimer: KH2 and its characters are not mine.)
-BOOK II-
“I assume you won’t be staying long, then?” Leon inquired.
“Well, long enough for the wedding. Then we’ll be on our way,” Sora said, hopefully.
“It might be better if you held the wedding after you find your friend’s soul mate,” Leon pointed out, clearly not wishing to have any further visits from the Heartless.
“As you wish,” Sora sighed. He’d been hoping to marry Riku in the next few days. But he would wait if he had to.
“I’m going with you.”
Everyone turned to face Demyx, whose voice had been barely audible.
“Would you mind repeating that?”
“I said I’m going with you.” Demyx repeated. “Don’t ask why. I don’t have a very good reason. There’s just something inside me that says I should go.”
“You mean your heart is telling you to,” Sora guessed.
“Not just my heart, Sora,” Demyx shook his head. “Every part of me says you guys are going to need me at some point.”
“Then you should go with them,” Aerith told him. “When heart, body, mind, and soul all agree…”
“Then you should listen,” finished Merlin.
“But you’re a pacifist!” Sora complained.
“I’m not above protecting my friends,” Demyx replied.
“He did just protect me in that last battle,” Repliku reminded Sora. “Thank you, by the way, Demyx.”
“The question is, where do we go from here?” Sora wondered. “Perhaps we should go visit Aladdin? Perhaps Genie could…”
“You forget, Sora,” Riku interrupted, “genies aren’t allowed to make people fall in love.”
“Oh. Right.” Sora remembered. “So, where to, then?”
Riku considered the matter for a moment. Then he spoke. “I’d like to go to the Pride Lands.”
“Why there?” Repliku asked. “Do you think I’ll find my true love there?”
“Maybe, maybe not,” Riku shrugged. “We won’t know until we get there. Besides, ever since Sora talked about his adventure there, I’ve wondered what it would be like to be a lion.”
“What makes you so sure you’d be a lion?” Sora raised a teasing eyebrow. “Huh?”
“What else would I be?” Riku asked, casually tossing his hair in imitation of a lion’s mane.
“I’d hope to be something different,” Repliku said. “I’d hate it if you couldn’t tell us apart.”
“I think I can help there,” Merlin offered. “Here, put this bracelet on. It will ensure that whatever Riku becomes during your adventure, you will become something different.”
“Thank you,” Repliku said, gratefully accepting the bracelet. He put it on, then rejoined the others. “Well, then. Let’s head out to the Pride Lands.”
“First,” Sora said, “I want to send a message to Axel and Kairi.”
At Disney Castle, Kairi was sitting on one of the benches with Axel, both looking up at the sky.
“I wonder how many worlds are out there,” Kairi said, curiously.
“A lot,” Axel replied. “The real question is how many friendly ones are there. And will our friends be okay on the ones they travel to.”
“That’s true, I guess,” Kairi sighed. “Do you think they will?”
“We’ll just have to trust them.” Axel decided.
The minute, Sora and the others stepped off of Repliku’s ship, the found that they were no longer human. This was old hat to Sora who romped around in circles, happy to be in his lion form again.
Riku was also a lion, though he had a full mane which he shook proudly as he rose, took two steps forward, and stumbled a little.
“Walking on all fours is a little tricky at first,” Sora told him. “But you’ll catch on quickly.”
“Where are Repliku and Demyx?” Riku asked.
Sora looked left and right, but there was no sign of either Demyx or Repliku. Then they heard a cry of delight from above them and looked up.
A pair of birds were flying overhead. One was a smaller bird, white with a golden crest. Sora didn’t need a lot of guesses to figure out who that was. The other was a bird of prey with a smoky grey back and black and white striped tail feathers. Its head was white and its eyes, normally yellow for a kestrel, were the same colour as Riku’s.
“I hope we can stay for a long time!” Demyx laughed in delight as he swooped down, barely missing Sora and flew back up again before Sora even realized what was happening.
“They certainly got the hang of things quickly.” Sora said while Riku trotted around him, nuzzling him every so often.
“Come on,” Repliku finally said, circling above them. “It’s time we got moving.”
“Which way do we go, Sora?” Riku asked.
Sora smiled. “Just follow me.”
And so saying, he took them to the place where he knew they would find Simba.