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Summary: Sora is a Bounty Hunter who hates vampires more than anything. One day a vampire named Riku shows up and makes Sora change his mind about one vamp. RikuSora AkuRoku CloudLeon


Shortly after the group split up, Sora had to stop. His side was irritating him and he had noticed it had not been stitched up. "Dammit. What now?" Sora said, looking at Riku with annoyed eyes.

Riku sighed and looked in every direction to see if anyone was coming or anywhere near them. It was all clear and Riku walked over to Sora. 'I hope the remaining Blood Lust does not make me get carried away with this.'

"Sora, lay down. I'll fix that wound right now," commanded Riku.

Sora hesitantly lay on the ground. Riku crouched down and gently rolled Sora to where his cut was facing up. Riku push Sora's shirt up until he could no longer see that gash. Just like most vampires, Riku could heal wounds. The only difference between him and Axel was the fact that Axel had to lick them, whereas Riku had to touch the wound and put energy into it.

Riku slightly touched the top of the cut and started to heal the mark he had caused. Sora could not help but blush as Riku's cold fingers brushed against his skin. "Almost done," Riku whispered after a few minutes. He grinned when he saw Sora's face turn a new shade of red. "Does it make you feel that good? Well, after this is over we can do a lot more."

"Eh?" said Sora who turned even redder. Riku made one last brush against and stood up. The blood on his fingers began to taunt him. It smelled so good-like blood fit for only a king. He leaned against the wall and started to feel the lust taking over. Riku clenched his teeth and drove his fist into the wall, shaking the room. Sora jumped and walked over. "Riku?"

Riku sighed and stood up straight looking at the brunet. "I'm fine. Let's get moving."

Sora nodded and started to follow Riku through a doorway that lead off into another section of the enormous castle.

"So, where are we going?" Sora asked as Riku had a confused look on his face.

"Actually, I have absolutely no idea. I'm sure we'll run into something sooner or later."

"You're kidding right, Riku?"

"Nope. Shh! Look, it's a Heartless. It's a Fat Bandit to be exact. This freak of nature spits flames out. You ready?" whispered Riku as he peered from behind a wall.

"Of course. Let's go." Sora distracted the fat Heartless as Riku made his way behind the fire-throwing enemy. Riku thrust his blade into the Heartless as it disappeared. Sora nodded and they both proceeded through the castle in search of Xehanort and Xemnas.

--+--+--+--

Leon looked at his sire with dark eyes. He was getting hungry and did not want to lose control and kill one of his allies. Cloud turned to look at Leon with apologizing eyes.

"We're almost there. Just hang in there for me," Cloud whispered as they reached the bloody battlefield. Both races seemed to be equally matched in skill as they killed each other.

Cloud looked at his brothers and Leon and slightly smiled. "Well, this is it. Kill anyone who attacks you. I know that Sephiroth has taught us well so I'll see you after the battle and maybe get us some red wine to celebrate."

Axel and Demyx gawked at the rare sight of Cloud smiling. They nodded and returned their brother's confidence with a thumb's up. Axel and Demyx ran into the battle while Cloud stopped Leon.

"Leon, be careful. If you're in trouble call for me and I will come as fast as I can."

Leon chuckled and said, "You have little faith in me. Cloud, you forget that I know that I have Hunter blood in me. Now let's go down there and help your brothers stop the war."

"You mean our brothers." The two nodded and joined in the three-sided fight.

--+--+--+--

Sora followed Riku down the dim corridors. He looked away for one second and that was all it took to miss seeing Riku being slammed into a wall with great force. He looked back up to see the familiar sinister looking vampire in front of Xehanort. As Sora rushed to help his friend, another body tackled him to the ground. He looked up to see his commander was the one who had tackled him.

"Xemnas!" Sora yelled as Riku managed to push Xehonart away. Riku began to swiftly charge at Xehanort, but failed at making contact from Xehanort's strong blocks.

Sora gripped his Keyblade and ran at Xemnas. Xemnas made two long red beams that resembled light sabers and threw them at Sora. Sora managed to block them, but there was a consequence. Blocking the beams took a lot of energy away from Sora and wore him down.

Riku kept his eye on Sora who was struggling to keep up with Xemnas. It did not take him long to realize that he would have to worry about himself first. Xehanort pulled out a handgun and began to aim at Riku. "These bullets were specially made to kill off vampires."

Somehow, right when Xehanort fired the gun, Riku managed to create a dark shield that blocked the bullets. While Riku managed to keep Xehanort busy, Sora was having trouble keeping up. Without knowing how, Sora felt a burst of energy run through him. Everything froze and Sora fell into a dark hole. In his place was a replica. The replica, however, looked different than Sora. It was like a shadow and had dark features along with yellow eyes. The Keyblade disappeared with the other Sora, who was nowhere to be seen."Finally, Anti-Sora awakens," the mysterious voice said as time started playing again.

Anti-Sora ran at Xemnas with unimaginable speed. Riku and Xehanort paused their fighting to see the new Heartless-like figure fighting Xemnas.'What the hell? That is not Sora, but it looks like him. What is that thing?' wondered Riku as he went back to battling with his opponent.

The dark form was easily beating the Hunter to pieces. Xemnas could barely keep up with his movements and managed to block most of the attacks at the last minute. This continued for about another twenty minutes when a bright light filled the hallway. Everyone covered their eyes to shield them from the light.

Anti-Sora disintegrated into little black pieces. In his place stood Sora with a brand new look. His brunet hair looked lighter-almost a blond color. His clothes looked identical with the exception of the color swap that took place. Instead of black and yellow, his clothes were now silver, white, and black. In Sora's hands, he held not one but two Keyblades. His new Keyblade looked more like a sword with gold surrounding it.

Sora looked down and smiled at his new power. He crossed the Keyblades and looked at Xemnas, who looked tired. Sora glided over, stabbed Xemnas with both Keyblades, and smirked in his face. "Yippie-kay-yay, Motherfucker." He yanked his blades out of the shocked Xemnas and watched his former leader die.

Running over to Riku, Sora crossed his blades to block any oncoming bullets. Riku nodded his head in appreciation and charged at Xehanort. Sora managed to move his blades fast enough to stop every bullet from hitting him and Riku.

Riku put his Keyblade through Xehanort's shoulder as Xehanort put a bullet through Riku's side. Sora stopped moving the Keyblades and watched both vampires fall to the ground as a bullet exited Riku and flew by Sora.

--+--+--+--

Leon's thirst was well past satisfied, though the blood was still taunting him to drink more. Hundreds have already died and the ground was a deep red-brown color. He looked around to see that all of his brothers were still alive and keeping strong.

Cloud was glad that Leon didn't have any problem with fighting. He was worried that Leon wouldn't learn how to fight with his new abilities.

Demyx and Axel teamed up and took down a lot of other vampires with their fire and water abilities. They stood back to back with their weapons in their hands and finished off anyone that came their way.

--+--+--+--

Sora kicked the lifeless form of Xehanort off of Riku. Sora released a breath of air from his lips when he saw that Riku was smiling. They looked over to see Xehanort disintegrate into little black pieces.

"I told that bastard that I'd put a stake through his heart even though that wasn't exactly a stake. It was close enough." Riku winced in pain as he looked down to see a little bit of blood flowing out of his stomach. "Dammit, looks like he really got me. We better get over to the control room and let everyone know what their leaders planned to do."

Sora helped Riku up and they slowly made their way to find the control room. After a few minutes of hunting, they found it and turned on the intercom. Riku laughed and hooked up another microphone.

"Alright you Foos, pay attention!"

Sora interrupted and looked at Riku. "What the hell is a Foo?"

"Slang for morons we vampires like to use. Now don't interrupt me again." Riku turned back to the microphone and demanded everyone's attention. "Anyway, listen up. Riku Kumori, pure blood vampire here with Sora Hikari, Bounty Hunter. Pay attention and stop all of the damn fighting!"

--+--+--+--

Everyone stopped doing what they were doing when Riku announced who he was and who he was with. Cloud sighed and couldn't help but laugh at Riku's use of slang."Vampires, Xehanort used you to thin out everyone between both races in order to build the perfect army so he could control the world," said Riku.

Sora came on next. "And Hunters, Xemnas has done the same thing. Think about it. Why would we suddenly declare war on each other. Sure, we might kill the fledglings but not one who is in control. Look at the dead bodies around you. Vampires and Hunters, at some point we were just average humans who didn't have to worry about the opposing race. I was taught that at one point, Hunters and Vampires didn't mind each other and even helped each other out back in the old days. When Xemnas and Xehanort came into power, they changed the truth and turned us against each other."

Everyone whispered among themselves and looked around. The more experienced vampires nodded their heads, fully remembering the times that Sora talked about. The Hunters, having a shorter life span, had only read about this and didn't know if it was true or not.

Cloud walked over to Leon and then gathered the other two into a group. "It looks like our two heroes did it!" Demyx shouted.

The Bounty Hunter captain stuck out a hand for the vampire he was fighting to shake. The vampire stared at the hand and slowly shook it. Others around them watched with disbelief as they started to talk.

Leon looked at Cloud and said, "I think everything is settled here. We should go to Riku and Sora now." Cloud nodded and ran towards the door. The other three followed behind him and soon found the door to the control room.

--+--+--+--

Riku sighed and looked down at the hole in his shoulder. He didn't have much energy but enough to slightly close up most of the wound. Just as he finished, the door opened and Riku's brothers walked in. Sora smiled at them and frowned when Demyx started to sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Everyone turned around and covered their ears until Demyx stopped.

"Do I really sing that bad?"

Riku looked at Demyx and sighed. "Demyx, if I had to choose between Blood Lust and your singing, I would, without a doubt, choose Blood Lust."

Demyx fell down and had tears run down his eyes. "You're so mean." He looked over at Sora and noticed the change of his clothes and hair. "Nice look, Sora."

"Thanks, Demyx," Sora replied.

Axel looked over at a clock and gasped. "ARG! Roxas is waiting for me!" He made a portal and hopped through the doorway.

"Sorry, but I have to go too. Zexy and I are supposed to have dinner tonight." Demyx went through his own portal and left the rest standing there.

Cloud and Leon were already making out against the wall while the other two watched. Riku diverted his look to look at Sora. "I never got a chance to ask you about what you screamed at me when I almost killed you."

Sora blushed and looked down, playing with his feet. "Umm yeah."

Riku chuckled and pulled Sora closer to kiss him. The two closed their eyes and started playing with each other's tongues. Sora pulled back and looked away. "Wow."

--+--+--+--

Roxas scowled when Axel finally showed up. "You're late."

"I know Roxy, but you know how it is when someone gets caught up in something. Is that a bottle of that wine!?"

Roxas smiled and nodded. "It's the last one I had. I knew how much you favored it and so I give it to you."

Axel ran over and picked the blond up, hugging him while praising him. "You're the best!"

Just as Axel was about to kiss Roxas, he heard someone sniggering. He turned around to see Riku, Sora, Cloud, and Leon standing there with a camera. Cloud held up a memory chip and crushed up. Riku looked up and lifted an eyebrow. "What was that?"

"That was me protecting your idiotic brother who can't keep his nose out of my business."

Axel's eye twitched at the sight of his evidence in many pieces. 'Man, that was the only proof I had too! Why didn't I upload it on my computer before I left?'

--+--+--+--

Sora was glad that Roxas made steaks. It had been a long time since he was able to get steak. Demyx brought Zexion over and decided to just stay there and eat. Everyone enjoyed the food and thanked Roxas for the meal.

Cloud and Leon stood up and walked off to his room. Demyx laughed and quietly walked over to the door with a video camera that dangled from his neck. With one last look back at the others, he burst through the door and started to sing some unknown song. Cloud and Leon had already managed to have their pants off and were on the bed. Demyx didn't think it was possible to undress that fast and quickly ran out of the room as Cloud threw a dagger right in between his legs.

He pulled the video camera and stuck the tape in their ancient VCR. They watched and was awed at how much Demyx caught in that short time span.

Riku looked over at Sora. He noticed that Sora wasn't even paying attention to the video and was deep in thought. Riku took Sora's hand and took him to his room.

"Is something wrong?" asked Riku while looking into the deep blue eyes that had always seem perfect.

"Actually, yes. I was just thinking that I don't even know what happened to my parents. I can't even remember my childhood. It's all a blank. As much as I would love to stay here, I can't."

"What are you talking about? Live here with me."

"Riku, I need to know who I was and after killing Xemnas, I realized that I couldn't remember anything. I don't remember how I got the new clothes or the new Keyblade. I need answers, Riku. Who am I and why do all of these weird things keep happening to me? Where am I from? Who are my birth parents?"

Riku looked down in disappointment. He was hoping that Sora would stay there with them. Sora saw this and felt guilty for having upset the vampire.

"I'm sorry, Riku. Tomorrow, I'm leaving. If you're not too mad I would really enjoy seeing you before I leave."

"But you just finished a hard battle. Why are you leaving so soon?"

"It's complicated." Sora turned around and walked out of Riku's door. Riku sat down and watched Demyx walk into his room.

"So, Sora is going away?"

The tears were threatening to spill out of Riku's eyes. He managed to keep them back, but still avoided Demyx's gaze.

"Yeah and there's nothing I can do to stop him. Looks like he doesn't care that way for me anymore."

"I'm sure he does, but you have to respect his wishes. Don't force him to stay. Instead, encourage him and wish him a safe journey."

"Thanks Demyx. I would like some time to think to myself. I wouldn't keep Zexion too long."

Demyx nodded and walked out, closing the door behind him. Riku looked at himself in the mirror as a tear rolled down his cheek. He wiped it off and lay in his bed, alone.'Why? Everyone else has someone. Why can't I have someone?'

--+--+--+--

Sora walked in his house and slowly closed the front door behind him. He didn't really want to leave but he had to in order to know why he can't remember anything.

"I'm sorry, Riku," he whispered.

Morning came and he waited for Riku to show up. Sora sighed as he looked at the time. It was getting late and the vampire still hadn't shown up. "I guess he's not coming."

He got up and grabbed his gear. Sora walked out of the door and turned off the light. He walked down the street and was annoyed at Riku's selfishness. "I can't believe he didn't show up. I guess he has a right to be mad. I did tell him that I loved him and then I leave. Maybe, I'm the selfish one."

"No you're not. Sorry, I was running late," said Riku who was behind Sora.

Sora swiftly turned around to see Riku standing behind him. He wore his black tank top that he always wore with a yellow and white sleeveless jacket. Sora had never seen Riku without the jacket on and gawked at the muscles Riku had. Riku's jeans were a dark color but outlined every muscle in his legs.

Riku walked up to Sora and ran his hand over Sora's warm cheeks. "Be careful."

Sora smiled and gently kissed Riku. "Thank you. I'll be back. I promise."

Riku smiled and watched Sora sail away on a boat heading to a mainland. He turned around and walked back to the house. When he got inside, everyone was sitting at the table. They all looked at him sympathetically and watched Riku walk to his room.

Riku stood by his window and watch the waves of the ocean. He concentrated on hearing them and smiled when he heard nothing but them. The waves always seemed to cool him down and let him think. 'You better keep your promise.'


Author's Note: Well there's the end to Sticks and Stones. Hope you enjoyed, though I know I suck at battle scenes. Anyway, sorry it took me a while to put this up. I wanted to play MGS 4 and have more time to do whatever I wanted. Well, I'm done yacking about the fact that I have no life lol.