Title: Half a Paopu

Rating: R

Coupling: RikuxSora, and maybe a little LeonxCloud.

Disclaimer: pouts I wish I owned Kingdom Hearts. OOO, I know, I’ll ask for it for Christmas!

Contents: Yaoi, possible rape, lime and lemon, angst, fluff. Well lets just say that this story’s gonna have a lot.

A/N: This is the first Kingdom Hearts fic that I have ever written and in all honesties I’m still not finished with the game...damn my older brother for using his PS2 as black mail pouts. Okay, well as stated this is my fist KH fic. The story goes that Riku is still in Kingdom Hearts and it’s tree years later. All of the awesome FF VII & VIII characters are on Destiny Islands waiting for their worlds to be restored. HEY it’s a long and tedious process to rebuild ALL of those worlds. Well, Sora is beginning to feel the withdraw from the loss of his best friend and secret love. To sum up the whole story, Sora eats only half of a Paopu, thus the title, and saves the other half for Riku, but that wasn’t a very good idea. The Paopu has a mind of its own and when both halves aren’t digested, then the digested half lets off a pheromone that attracts potential partners to the host’s preference. And since Sora is gay, every body and anybody who is male on the islands will be after his cute little ass. Lots of fun and laughs, right? Read on and see.

Half a Paopu-1

Years had passed since Riku was sealed inside of Kingdom Hearts with King Mickey and, since that period in time, nothing has been the same on the reborn Destiny Islands. Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie have all been starved for a challenge while Kairi has lost her child-like nature in favor of a more preserved one.

Yuffie, Leon, Aerith, Cloud, Sephiroth, and Cid had all been transported to the Islands until the day their own worlds were reborn. Least to say their stay there hadn’t been all too pleasant due to their lack of experience on islands and their need for a home to live in. Sora’s family, graciously decided to hold up the male populous, while Kairi’s family offered to hold up the female populous.

Sora had lost his innocent and carefree nature, blaming himself and himself alone for Riku’s absence. Each day he would go to the small island that Riku would always stay at, leaning against the curving Paopu Tree in deep thought over the loss of his best friend despite the betrayal. In truth, that fact didn’t even matter. All Sora wanted was his best friend back and for everything to be back to the way that it was before.

Sora sighed heavily, staring up at the bright colors painted across the sky from the setting sun. Shades of gold, red and orange making his skin seem more tanned then it actually was. His eyes held an emotion of forlorn as they were then cast down to the bright blue waves of the ocean, the color reminding him of the eyes of a certain platinum haired friend that he missed dearly.

He tore his eyes away from the water and looked back to the skies, the leaves of the Paopu Tree obstructing his vision. His eyes glazed over with tears, the memory of Riku sitting casually on this very tree, in constant contemplation, making his heart ache with regret and guilt.

“I’m so sorry, Riku...” He whispered to the space around him, rubbing his cheek against the smooth, bleached bark of the tree. “I wish that none of that had ever happened. I didn’t care about the adventure unless it was with you.” The tears escaped unbidden, streaking down his cheek and pelting the wood gently. “I loved you even before that and your pain was always mine. I never meant a word that I had said to you. I was just afraid that if you, Donald or Goofy knew my feelings that you would all hate me. Now I know that hiding my emotions from you was just as selfish as if I were to tell you. I didn’t give you the chance to answer me yourself and that wasn’t right of me.” Sora continued, speaking to the tree as if it was a link to his long lost Riku. “I love you–” A soft hitching of his breath as tears continued to spill forth. “so much...”

He closed his eyes against the pain, stroking the tree’s bark with his hands as he continued to sob, letting it all out after keeping it in for three years. After a few more minutes of crying he lifted his head from the warm bark of the tree and rubbed his eyes furiously. Riku wouldn’t want him to be like this...if he had even truly forgiven Sora for his actions. He dashed the next few tears from that thought away and replaced it with a bright smile that almost held a kindle to the ones he used to make before the incident. He looked up to the tree’s leaves, his cheeks flushed and eyes red-rimmed. His smile brightened as his eyes landed upon the star shaped fruit of the Paopu Tree.

“I know, Riku.” He whispered lovingly. “I won’t cry anymore. I have an idea.” He stated, climbing gracefully onto the curve of the tree and reaching for one of the brightly colored, star-shaped Paopu Fruits. “I’ll eat half of one of these and when you come back...you can decide whether or not to eat the other half.” He laughed softly, as if the fruit had done something to amuse him. “Yes...I still remember the legend of the Paopu Fruit, Riku. I only hope that when you come back you will too.”

He broke the fruit in half, the translucent juice spilling over his gloved fingers. The fruit itself was hollow, like a coconut, and the inside was a grape fruit pink colored skin that ran along the inside of the fruit. Sora brought half of the fruit to his lips and started to eat, his tongue tickled by the sweetly-tart taste of the fruit, much like a nectarine or peach, just tangier. He finished off the small portion of fruit, taking the small green leaf from the end and pocketing it. He took the other half of the fruit and rushed from the island, over the bridge, threw the Shore Shack, and to the pier, where he quickly untied his small wooden boat with new zeal and road back home to wrap the other half of Paopu fruit and freeze it until the day that his Riku returned to the Destiny Islands.

A/N: Please...tell me you love me. Tell me how much you worship the ground I walk upon. I seriously began crying when I typed and re-read over that chuckles nervously. Okay then review...and don’t mind my self-centeredness, I’m in a bit of a mood.