To Protect What Matters

Trust me, looks can be decieving. A good friend sees you for who you are, no matter what face you wear. [post-DDD!Riku! Spoilers will probs be mentioned, so you've been warned Tracking KnightOfTheDawn] Status n/a

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Nightmares and Dream Eaters (Riku)

His eyes were so green.

His eyes were so green and his hair was so red, and his smile was so bright Isa winced to look at it. They squished together shoulder to shoulder behind an unlocked door. They hadn’t gotten caught yet. Maybe they wouldn’t get caught at all. 

The floor shifted. They didn’t notice. They laughed as they crept down the hall, and didn’t notice the bars on the doors they passed. Didn’t notice the crawling sounds behind them. 

Until, very suddenly, Isa did.

Claws snapped out of the floor to grip Isa by the ankles, and he gasped soundlessly, and Lea didn’t notice. Tarlike, writhing shapes seethed out of the ground behind him, and Lea didn’t notice. Isa tried to scream, but no sound came out at all.

But Lea didn’t notice. Not until the surging tide descended on him with all the force of Isa’s silent screams.

There was red on the floor now, and it wasn’t Lea’s hair. Empty green eyes stared, and then were consumed, and the red filled every inch of Isa’s vision as the shadows wrapped around his throat and lanced into his face and dragged him screaming hoarsely into suffocating, oppressive Darkness, as Xemnas’s laugh echoed in his ears

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And then there was a third voice, joining the scream and the laugh and cutting through Darkness.

"Hang on!"

Feet pounded against the stone floor for just a few heartbeats before a Keyblade appeared, and Riku began setting into the Heartless with a racing heart. He'd only just arrived in the dream- the nightmare- and, sure, it wasn't real, but he knew that voice-

The moment there was a gap in the seething mess of Darkness, the moment he could see skin or clothing or anything at all, Riku grabbed the form with his free hand and pulled, hauling him up and back, out of and away from the Darkness. Not far, mind, but if he could just get Isa free-...!

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"Knights honor? Are you a knight or something? That’s so cool!!" She smiled. "Alright.. I guess its easier to find my house then. My uncle’ll get upset and call the.. authorites? Or was it… I dunno. He said he would call someone if I didn’t get back before lunch and I don’t want him to be worried or anything."

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Namine's enthusiasm and smile were both infectious, and Riku couldn't help but give a small laugh. "Or something, yeah," Riku replied, inclining his head a touch. He hadn't intended to give the impression that he was actually a knight, he'd only wanted to reassure her, but- ... she was young, and it was close enough to the truth.

"He said he'd call the authorities, huh? Heh." With a slightly exasperated sigh, Riku straightened out of his kneel and stood. "Well, we've still got some time before lunch, but we don't want to worry your uncle that badly." He flashed the little girl a friendly smirk, offering her a hand if she felt so inclined to take it. "So how about we get you home?"

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forgotten-wind started following you

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“Roxas?!" Riku exclaimed, startled. A pause, followed by a closer look. "-… No, you’re not Roxas. Just who are you?”

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Ventus looked at Riku and tilted his head. “Roxas..? Who’s..?” He shook his head and tried to give the stranger a kind smile. “My name is Ventus but I usually go by Ven… And you are..?”

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A blink, then Riku closed his eyes and shook his head softly to clear the cobwebs from it. With a small chuckle, he looked up again and returned the kind smile with a small one of his own. "... Sorry about that, Ven. You're the spitting image of someone I knew."

"Riku," he said by way of introduction, offering out a hand.

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riku-in-the-dark started following you

"... Well then. If it hadn't been for that replica, this would've been a first. Hello, me."

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Namine nodded, looking down at her hands. “I haven’t been here very long.” 

She looked up at him, “R-really? But.. I don’t think its safe to go around with a stranger… Papa would get mad..” She said, rubbing a hand up and down her arm. 

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"Your Papa's a smart guy," Riku agreed, inclining his head a touch, "You shouldn't wander off with strangers; that's a quick way to get into trouble. And I am technically a stranger, so he'd be right to be upset.

The teen lifted one hand to his chest, pressing it against his heart, "I promise I won't let anything happen to you." A slight pause, then the corners of Riku's mouth twitched up and his smile turned amused. "Knight's honor." The hand dropped away from his chest. "But I can also just sit with you and keep you company until your Papa comes by, if that sounds better."

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"Quite the intelligent hunch, then," Raven responded dryly, though also hinting with a bit of a tease.  As he gestured about the place, her mauve gaze glanced about, agreeing mentally that it was rather pretty.  A brief nod.  "Sometimes it’s nice for things to just be quiet."

Realizing she should introduce herself, “Oh, uh…  My name’s Raven.”

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"Mm, I suppose," he said. Reluctant as he was to agree with her, she made a good point. "Too much quiet can be stifling, though. It's important to find the right balance."

"Raven, huh?" The smirk grew a little bit, and Riku extended his free hand to Raven. "I'm Riku, It's nice to meet you."

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soranorted started following you

"Heh, there you ar-" Blue eyes met gold and Riku's smirk fell off his face, replaced instead with thinly veiled horror. "-Sora?! What happened? Your eyes-!"

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"I can’t even begin to wonder what tipped you off to that.  So, in that case, want to tell me where I am?"

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"It was just a hunch, I'm sure," he said with a smirk. One hand on his hip, Riku gestured to the beach around them. "In any case, you're on Destiny Islands. Pretty enough to look at, but not very exciting."

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Heh. Good thing you’re not a poor knight! You’re one of the best. Yeah, right! Sure ya can, buddy! I’d kick your butt all across the training field if you tried!

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Of course I am. It's easy to be a good knight when you have the best King. You just keep telling yourself that. If you believe hard enough, your wishful thinking might someday come true!

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/overdramatic bow

Heh. That’s right! Bow to your King, Riku!

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I'd be a pretty poor Knight if I didn't bow! I can still whoop your butt, though, so watch it.

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☠: Drinking Headcanon

Riku LOVES black teas and stuff like earl grey. LOOOVES LOVES LOVES. He doesn't have it very often, though, because the right plants aren't very common on the Islands. So having them is sort of a treat!

Apart from that, he likes weaker coffees- especially on cold days off-world. He'll actually take a light coffee over hot chocolate most the time, because- again- he doesn't have much of a sweet tooth! When he does have hot chocolate, though, Riku piles on the mini marshmallows. Because he might as well go all out~

☮: Random Headcanon

At home on the Islands, Riku's got a golden retriever and a cat. The retriever was a gift from his parents when he was real young, and he was suckered into adopting the cat by Sora. The dog's name is Poppy, while the cat is Lin, and I always picture Lin with a fluffy tail even though she's modeled after a silver Egyptian mau and they have sleek tails.

Whenever Riku's home, Poppy likes to sleep on his feet, while Lin curls up by his head and sticks her tail in his face. Poppy's super friendly and loves new people, but Lin is a little more wary. She'll go hide in Riku's room whenever new people are around. They both like to sit around and judge him whenever he cries over movies.

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My soul belongs to god, I know, I made that bargain long ago He gave me hope when hope was gone; He gave me strength to journey on Who am I? Who am I? .... I'm Jean Valjean.

AU where I understand lighting and shadows, and Riku cries every time he watches the Who Am I? scene in Les Mis.

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((WHOOP if someone just sent me an ask, I would just like to let you know that Tumblr ate it, and that it'll need to be resent~))