The Great Magus

Riku had woken up early that morning to visit Sora and talk to him about how they knew each other. But when Riku opened Sora after he didn’t respond to a few knocks, he saw something that made his heart stop and a fear wipe over him. Sora’s bed was already made and he wasn’t there at all. Riku stood there going over in his mind if he had heard one week or one day. He was sure it had been one week, not just a single day.

“He’s somewhere in this palace. I know he is…he has to be,” Riku muttered softly to himself, his face was crest fallen

“Riku! You’re up early, aren’t you?” A cheerful voice came from behind the prince and he knew who it was, Kairi.

“Huh? Oh yeah…I was just…seeing if Sora was here…guess not,” Riku shrugged, trying his hardest to conceal his disappointment but he knew it had failed when he saw Kairi smile in that way of hers

“Oh no silly, remember you’ll have to endure him for one week, not a single day. He was woken up early this morning, your mother and the two Magister’s needed to speak with him. Must be something really important because they have a few guards standing outside and its in one of those soundproof rooms, so no one can hear what is going on,” Kairi informed him.

“Thanks Kairi!” Riku kissed his friend’s cheek and ran off. His heart was light with happiness and he had a grin on his face that just wouldn’t come off no matter how hard he tried.

He sat down at the table and ate his food quickly then he set off to find Leon. His early rise wasn’t as early as he thought it to be, it was already nine in the morning. His class with Leon was in one hour but Riku wanted it to be now so he could finish it quickly and find the room Sora was being held in so he could wait.

After fifteen minutes of describing why it was so important to do the class at that moment, Leon finally gave in and they began the class. The class was good, with Riku’s high spirits he progressed in the training very well. Leon was surprised since the last class was rather disappointing to the Weapons Teacher and had ended with Riku throwing a slightly tantrum and storming off. But Leon knew what that was all really about, it was the day before Merlin and Sora were to arrive and Riku was having his little tantrums.

After class Riku immediately searched out for the room guarded with those knights Kairi had told him about. He found them easily enough and looked at the six guards standing there. Riku gave them a slight nod and walked towards the door and put his ear against it. Of course, he remembered, it was soundproof. A smirk crossed his face as he conjured up a quick wind spell that would allow him to listen in the conversation inside.

“Your mother would not approve of such actions, young man.” The stern female voice came from behind him. Riku stopped working his spell and turned around to the woman, giving her a sheepish smile.

“Lulu…hey,” Riku looked like a kid caught red handed. Lulu had been Riku’s nanny in a way, a second mother, she was the only other older woman allowed to speak to him in such a way.

“Stop that now and be patient. Come here,” she ordered, her deep purple eyes boring holes into his as he stood and walked over to her obediently. They waited there for a half hour until the doors finally opened.

Riku looked up, expecting Sora to come racing out. Instead his mother followed by the two other Magister’s exited. Lulu walked away, side by side with his mother and the two older men following with the guards following the group of four. Riku rushed into the room and scanned it, looking for his friend. He found Sora sitting on a window ledge, his head against the glass and his eyes looking at nothing in particular. One leg was drawn up with his arms wrapped around it.

“Hey,” Riku whispered, standing beside the younger man

Sora didn’t even acknowledge his friend’s presence, he seemed too drawn away mentally to hear anything or anyone. The silver haired male began to get worried and he placed a hand on Sora’s shoulder. The physical touch seemed to bring Sora back and he turned his deep blue eyes to the silver haired prince he felt so deeply for.

“What’s wrong?” Riku asked gently, his eyes shining with worry

“A Great Magus…I don’t know…”

“Oh,” Riku whispered, knowing exactly what this was about. He had figured it out since that first time he had brought Sora into his bedroom, he had figured it out then.

“You knew…didn’t you?” Sora asked as he looked back outside

“Yes, I didn’t want to say anything because it wasn’t for me to say.”

“I understand. It is such a big task and I don’t know Riku…what if I am not strong enough?”

“You are, I know you are.”

“It isn’t just a simple learning the elements then that’s it. You have to go to the five temples and prove to the Element Temple Leaders that you are good enough to become a Great Magus. I don’t think I can really do that…especially the final test at the end. You know that some Magus’s with potential to become a Great Magus died during the final test?” Sora looked at Riku to see a stunned expression.

“I…didn’t know that. I thought it was just the tests.”

“It is but it’s the Spirit Temple test that most die in. I’m scared.”

“Sora,” Riku whispered. He wrapped his arms around the younger magus and held him close. That was the last thing Riku ever wanted and now he wasn’t sure if he could encourage him to go on with this path. Sora leaned against the elder male’s chest, closing his eyes and burying his face against Riku’s arm.

“What do I do now?” Sora whispered

“We’ll get out of this room.”

“Can we go to yours, please? I don’t really want to be anywhere else right now and I don’t want to see anybody.”

“Yes,” Riku held on to Sora a little tighter and gently dissolved them into the wind itself. He quickly flew out of the room, down the halls and up different staircases until he finally got to the sleeping chambers and to the royal chambers. He sped under the doorway and turned them back to the physical.

“That’s neat,” Sora whispered softly, a smile forming on his face.

“Yeah,” Riku guided Sora to the couch inside and both boys say down. Riku held Sora in his embrace and the younger laid his head on Riku’s shoulder. “Sora…I know where I remember you from. I figured it out last night.”

“Oh?”

“The dreams. Remember when you were younger you’d talk to a silver haired male? That was me, you used to bring me to this weird temple and we’d talk for hours.” Riku grinned at Sora.

“That was you!” Sora exclaimed, sitting up a little while facing the prince

“Yeah,” Riku grinned even wider when he saw Sora’s face brighten.

“This is great!”

“But I want to ask you a question.”

“Yeah, sure. Anything,” Sora was breathless with excitement, his eyes shining happily and he forgot about the talk with Areith and the two Magister’s.

“Why did you stop bringing me to that temple? Every night you used to but then two years ago you just…stopped.”

“Oh, well I couldn’t anymore. I was either to tired or I wasn’t asleep. Merlin really put the training up more then expected in the past two years.”

“Well that is a good explanation. I’m happy that you are here. I’m happy I do know you and that you know me,” Riku whispered while he looked down at the smiling boy, a peaceful smile crossing his lips as well. He leaned down and captured Sora’s lips in a gentle kiss and Sora kissed back without hesitation. Neither pulled away until their lung’s cried for air.

“I love you,” Sora whispered and gasped softly. He hadn’t meant for those words to slip from his mouth but they had and now he felt his blood pumping through his veins and his heart beating faster but not out of any positive feeling, he was afraid and Riku was just sitting there surprised but soon his face turned and a smile grew as a chuckle came from deep in his throat.

“Oh Sora,” Riku whispered as he snaked one of his muscular arms around the boy’s waist and pushed him closer, closing the gap Sora had made between the two of them. A smirk formed on the prince’s face as he leaned closer to Sora’s face. A smile filled with love and comfort replaced the cocky smirk. “I love you too. I have for a long time now.”

“Childhood love?” Sora asked

“Definitely and when you stopped visiting me in my dreams…”

“I’m sorry Riku. I felt very empty when I couldn’t speak with you anymore…even when we did, I always thought we would never meet in physical life and I was equally torn about that.” Sora whispered softly

“That was my fear as well Sora. You stole me away since I was a child, making me incapable of loving anyone else in such away.”

“Riku,” Sora smiled and kissed the older boy again. Riku placed his hand on Sora’s back, pulling him closer as he leaned against the young boy.

Sora cuddled into Riku’s hold and both boys stayed like that for a while, Riku holding Sora and Sora cuddling Riku. Both were happy and content, the silence of the room, the warmth of their bodies and the day, the peace that seemed to envelope them and making them forget everything outside of the two.

“I love you Riku.”

“I love you Sora.”

I know that the age between Cloud and Sora in this story is different from KH but I needed to change it around for the story's sake. ^-^"