Fanfiction ► KH: Prince and the Pauper

[Zipporahss]

Hey guys! Sorry for the major delay but I've been working at my QuickChek! It's like around the corner from where I live so right now I feel great to work there and even though its a part time job It's a great thing that I have a job at all ^^ yay! So my BF, whom is a student, has been encouraging me since I've been working, and I've even picked up the slack more at home thanks to this job. I've been doing the Kitchen more by myself, doing the laundry, helping my mom wherever she needs it and stuff like that. I'm happy because I finally found a good place to sleep (my bed broke the springs or something like that) so now i found a great place, I have less back pains and my feet don't hurt so much now when I walk ^^ Life is getting good ^^ woooot!

And Now I give you the next chapter ^^ I hope you like it!

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The Prince and the Pauper
~Chapter Eight~
The Kidnap

Riku sighed and looked over his shoulder to the grandfather clock in his room, it was an hour pass midnight, he sighed and walked back into his room. He closed the balcony doors and stretched his shoulder. He walked over to his closet and looked for something to wear to bed. After a moment he came back from the closet without changing his clothes. He was too lazy to change his cloths, and he knew he would get in trouble in the morning if his mother came in his room to wake him.

He flopped on his bed and stared at the ceiling. He slowly drifted off to sleep.

“Namine… Namine… I need to talk to you!” Riku called out. “Namine, please…”

In this white area, Riku saw Namine, he reached out his hand to her as he tried to run for her. She was so close and yet it was like he was running against a wave of nothing. He couldn’t move, he knew he wasn’t moving and yet Namine was getting further away. He ran harder and harder, “Namine please!” he cried out, but she turned her back, very slowly and walked for a figure. The figure was fuzzy but at the same time was clearly a person he knew. Riku tried to run faster, harder, he tried everything but Namine got further away from him and closer to his friend. “Namine! I love you! Namine!” he yelled out. After a moment Namine had finally reached the fuzzy figure. The fuzzy figure then became clear to Riku’s eyes as he saw his blonde haired guard.

Narrowing his eyes, Riku groaned and ran more, he it was killing his legs to push himself this much but he wasn’t happy about this. He ran so hard that sweat poured from his head. He reached Roxas and he sadly frowned. “Riku, wake up, listen to me, wake up! Wake up and fight!”

“What?” Riku gazed at him confused, “What?”

“Stop dreaming and wake up!”

Riku’s eyes snapped open to find a strange pattern over his eyes. He saw some streams of light come through many holes. He didn’t understand what was going on until he tried to reach for his face. His hands were bound and his mouth gagged. He struggled to move as he found himself on his belly. He couldn’t move his legs, and he found it impossible to even bend them. He tried to make noise but there was nothing around him to help him accomplish that. He wiggled around until he felt his body leave the ground. When his body flopped on the ground again he felt a great deal of pain. That’s when he realized his was in a carriage, and the carriage ran over a big bump. He groaned in pain and found himself on his side. He had no idea what was going on but he was sure it was a kidnapping.

Riku then felt the carriage stop. He heard three people, men, talking. They all seem to be carefree about this. They didn’t seem worried.

“Well, mission accomplished! Now I can hit the sack,” one said.

“Axel all you think about is sleep,” one other said.

“So, I think I deserve a good night sleep, I do most of the work between us three,” he, named Axel, answered back.

“However true, we must do as commanded,” answered another one.

“Y’know, you’re a real jerk, even when you’re right,” Axel said.

Riku stopped listening to figure out what to do, he had to think of something quick. He wiggled around until he found something to help him sit up. Sitting up he heard a voice, “It looks like our prisoner is awake,” another said. Riku jumped with fear and tried to move away from the voice.

“That’s good, let’s get him in the cabin,” Axel, Riku guessed, said.

Riku then heard doors open. He figured he was in the truck of the carriage. He saw a thin line grow bigger, the back doors to the carriage were opened and Riku felt someone pick him up. Gagged and bounded Riku felt helpless. After a few steps or so, Riku knew he was in the cabin, of which they had spoken about. After a moment, Riku felt the person that carried him inside had sat him down on a chair or something. Riku had to admit he was a little dazed but he was more confused than anything.

“Take the sack off,” he heard a different voice say.

After that the sack from Riku’s head was lifted. He could sense a bright light, after his eyes adjusted he saw a group of men before him. This one was bulky and large; his orange hair was almost completely slicked back. After Riku gathered this information he gazed around and realized that all of them had weapons. But this large guy was the only one without a weapon out. He tossed away that sack that was on Riku’s head and gave Riku a cold stare and backed off.

Riku stared back and every fiber in him told him to keep calm. But the idea of these guys killing him started to grip him. After a moment, he let out a command, “Release me! I am Prince Riku of Destiny Island! Release me!” he struggled to get free but the rope was gripping him very tightly.

One with red hair gave out a chuckle, “You mind as well stop. Those ropes won’t loosen for anything,” he had round like weapons; they were hooked to a hook that held the weapons on his back, “Now, listen, be a good kid and don’t make our job hard.”

“What do you want?” Riku questioned, “If it’s money you want, the kingdom is almost bankrupt, we won’t be able to pay you in millions of money.”

“We don’t want munny,” one said, he had blonde hair with a Sitar, Riku knew that tool well, it was a mix of a weapon and somehow a musical instrument. “There’s something more important we want.”

“What do you want?” Riku questioned more timid but still keeping a cool appearance.

“We need these,” a red head came to him with a picture, “We need these, and we have a hunch you know where to find them.”

Riku gazed at the pictures and stared wide eyed.

 

[TwilightRiku_13]

Oh no!! Prince Riku has been kidnapped!!! That's not good. So, what is going to happen now? Is Replica goning to take the place of Prince Riku until he is found? That seems like the best plan at the moment. And who is the guy with the orange hair? I know the other two were Axel and Demyx, but the other guy isn't familiar to me. Well, I'm sure everything will be revealed. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.

 

[Zarin I Yehudahi]

OMG! This is such an amazing version of the Prince and the Pauper. Kudos to you!

 

[Zipporahss]

Thankies ^^ I"m working really hard on it.

 

[Zarin I Yehudahi]

I can not wait until the next update! 8D

 

[Fractured_Heart628]

Great story, man. You should be an author.

 

[Zipporahss]

Sorry Fans, i had a major computer problem... due to my... stupidity I spilled soda on my laptop.... but luckily I was able to get the stories and everything else off the laptop before it was too late ^^ yaya!

I hope you like this chapter, and as a gift (for me talking so long) I will put up three chapters ^^ I hope you like them I worked hard on them.... from what I can remember and I have a feeling you'll like where the story.... might be going! whahaha!

The Prince and the Pauper
~Chapter Nine~
Runaway

The next morning the only sound that could be heard was the sound of the alarm bell ringing. The kingdom heard the bell loud and clear and yet no one knew why it was sounded. The Queen walked around the throne room. Pacing the floor she didn’t know what to do. She had the Princess coming soon and her son gone. She sat in her throne and cried.

“Your Highness, your Advisor has returned,” a royal guard appeared to her from the entrance of the room.

“Oh, good, show him in!” the Queen called out.

“Yes, Ma’am,” the guard gave a quick bow and went off to retrieve the Advisor. When he came back a few moments later the silver haired man, however young, approached the Queen.

“Your Highness,” he bowed. He came closer and his stone still face showed no emotions. Held his book in hand, as always, and studied the area for a moment. “I’ve heard about your son going missing, did you find out why?” he asked.

“No, we checked his room but there was no sign of a struggle, the guards say that it might be a runaway, which is actually common these days with royal members but I’m still not convinced.”

“I see,” he opened his book with a grin, ‘It seems everything is going as planned,’ he gazed at the queen, “Listen to me, I’ll check the Prince’s room, have guards check the south boarder of the kingdom, if he ran away he probably went south, most royal members that ran away ran to the south, for what reason I’m uncertain but that’s mostly a good place to start.”

“Thank you Zexion, I don’t know what I’d do without you,” the Queen rose, “Guards!” at that moment seven guards stood ready for her command, “Start heading south and look for my son.”

“Ma’am!” they all gave her a solute and were off.

“Zexion, please inform me of anything you find in his room,” the Queen requested.

“Of course, Ma’am,” he bowed and walked off.

Zexion kept his eerie grin on his face as and he walked off to Riku’s room. Upon arrival he heard two teens talking. He waited in the hall and listened to them.

“I don’t believe he ran away, it doesn’t make any sense,” a boy said.

A girl replied, “I know, he doesn’t even know the outside world well, he couldn’t have ran away.”

Groaning the boy answered back, “Listen Namine, we have to find him, I think he’s been kidnapped I know there’s no proof but I don’t think he ran away.”

“I know,” she said.

“Okay, I’ll check the café from last night, and I’ll ask around,” he then came dashing out of the room. Although the blonde had ran pass Zexion he didn’t see him. Zexion watched him leave and walked into the room. He walked by the teen girl of white blonde hair and examined the area. He checked the floor, he checked the walls, he had to make sure that the idiots didn’t leave a mess of any sort while kidnapping the prince. He found nothing near the doors, near the windows or near the pillars but he had a feeling that there was something in the room that could turn the plot into ruins.

“Zexion, what are you looking for?” Namine asked him.

“Well, I’m making sure that he guards didn’t miss anything,” he answered standing up from examining the base of a pillar.

“Oh, I see, well, a royal guard and I don’t believe the Prince ran away, we believe that there’s a chance he was kidnapped.”

“I see, I’ll tell the queen after I’m done with this room. I must finish this before I do anything else,” he said. As he said that he found some blood near the pass of another pillar. “Now, please leave, I must do this with very little interruption.”

Namine gave a nod and was soon gone. With that Zexion opened his book and casted a spell on the pillar, removing the blood. He sighed as his work was now done. He was glad that the royal guards had somehow missed that. He closed his book and turned away. Passing the desk he paused, something told him to look around. He went with this feeling and searched the desk, he found a small stack of paper. They were all written on and each one was dated. Zexion read through them and found one to be useful. He grinned and rushed out of the room, obviously to seem worried.

“Your Highness! Your Highness!” he called out. He ran into the throne room with the note in his hand, “I found the proof! You’re son has run away!” he waved it. He handed it to her.

She grabbed her glasses and opened the letter. She read some of it then gasped. “What does it say?” Royal Guard Roxas asked.

“It reads…. It reads…” the Queen couldn’t bring herself to read it out loud, and based off the size of the paper it wasn’t much to read.

Roxas took the paper and read it out loud for the whole room to hear. Before he could begin a guard interrupted with a bow and some news. “Ma’am, the Princess is here,” he announced.

“Oh… what should we do?” she lowered her head.

“Let her in,” Zexion said to the guard. The guard went off and brought the Princess and her escort to the throne room. “Now read the note, they have a right to know about it.”

Roxas sighed, “Dear Mother, I’m sorry you had to find out this way, but… I don’t want to marry the princess; I have feelings for someone else. I am sick of the royal life, I don’t feel like I can be myself. I’m running away, and by the time you find this letter I’ll be long gone, I don’t care about marrying someone I don’t know and I don’t want to. I don’t like having everything done for me, I don’t want to be pampered and treated like a perfect pet. I want to be free I’m sorry that it has to end this way, but I have to do what my heart tells me… good bye mother,” Roxas handed the note back to the Queen and closed his eyes with a load of worry.

Zexion, hiding his grin, “Your Highness, allow me to send out more guards,” he offered.

“Please do…” she answered back.

Zexion turned away with a grin, ‘Everything is falling in place. Even the letter, which is interesting to me, is helpful. I didn’t have to use magic to make it. It seems that the prince doesn’t like the treatment of the palace. I wonder if he’s enjoying his treatment now.’

Namine watched as Zexion walked away. She was now convinced that there was something odd going on. She held back hear tears, and walked away.

“Your Majesty, it may be possible that the neighboring kingdom did this, we’ve always had rivalry with them, it’s possible they’re taken this step,” a royal guard whispered to her.

“It’s very possible…” she whispered.

“Would you like to send massagers?”

“No, just leave it alone and search for more information as to where he could be.”

“Yes, your Majesty,” the royal guard bowed and the rest followed him out except Roxas.

“Sir, Roxas?”

“I’m fine your Highness,” he walked away from the throne and then bowed. After a slow rise he walked away.

 

[Zipporahss]

The Prince and the Pauper
~Chapter Ten~
A Presence

Namine didn’t understand why all of this was going on. Riku wasn’t the type to just up and leave and not tell her, he would have at least done that. Regardless Namine had a plan. She was going to get Replica… or whatever his name was, and she would bring him to the palace, that way they could stall for the wedding.

“Roxas,” Namine stunk into the royal guard quarters. She whispered around for him but to no avail, the room was packed with royal guards, although none of them seemed to have seen Namine they were silent in their work. They were looking through maps and getting horses ready but all so quiet. Soon Namine came to a small garden, there she hoped Roxas would be.

In this garden there were many flowers, they were untrimmed and wild. They covered whatever they wanted to cover they were in bunches. They garden’s main flower was daisies and forget-me-nots, every now and again one would see a rose but roses were not for the symbol of knights and guards. Namine walked around the large water fountain and found Roxas sitting on a stone bench.

“Roxas,” Namine called.

He snapped his head up in the direction and sighed at the sight of her, “Hey,” he said.

“I need you to do me a favor, please?”

“What is it?”

“I need you to get a carriage ready for me, I need to go to town,” she explained. “It’s very important.”

Roxas, with his sad look, nodded slowly, “Okay, I’ll have it ready in a few minutes, wait here,” he stood and walked off toward the stable.

Namine waited as she was told and she couldn’t help but feel like someone was watching her. She gazed around and found no one. She then felt a urge to gaze on e direction, nothing was there but she felt like there was someone there. She titled her head slightly and raised her hand as if to grab the presence she felt. But at that moment Roxas called her over and the presence fled. She felt a little cold as it went away; it was almost as if the presence was warm and its aura carried the warmth with it. She shivered a little bit and continued to stare in that direction. She was curious about it but she had to leave it alone. Namine didn’t know what to make of it but she had to go and follow through with her plan.

“Why do you want to go to town?” Roxas asked.

“Something told me to find the person that Riku went after last night,” she explained.

“Well, you have to find him quickly, the Princess’ escort is basically making the demands here,” Roxas said.

“Okay, I’ll hurry,” Namine said.

Roxas closed the carriage door and hopped in the driver’s seat. He drove quickly town to the down and when he reached the café he stopped. He opened the door for her and she came dashing out. Roxas watched her for moment as she disappeared into the store. Roxas waited near the carriage, hoping and praying, that she’d find something on Riku.

Namine went to the counter and asked owner about the last poet. As she waited for the owner to get information on him Sarah came to her. “Who are you looking for?”

“I’m looking for the last poet from last night, I really need to see him,” Namine explains.

“Well, he might be at work right now. He works at Vexen’s suit shop,” Sarah picked up a dirty cup from a table and grinned, “When you see him tell him to come here more often, ‘kay?”

“Yeah, I will, thank you,” Namine gave a quick bow and rushed off to find Replica.

Turning through the streets, looking for the shop, Namine wasn’t sure where the shop was. She paused at the street corner and gazed to the right, then gazed to the left. She sighed when she didn’t see a sign. Then she felt a warm breeze softly push her air. It went forward and continued to blow. It encouraged her to cross the street. Namine followed the presence that led her through the busy streets. It blew in the direction it wanted her to go, and soon she found the shop, she was surprised it was so close to the slums of the kingdom but she didn’t have time to worry about that now. She knocked on the door of the shop, seeing that it was closed, hoping that Replica would be in the back.

She sighed as no one came. A few minutes had passed until the presence came back, it blew around the corner of the shop. Namine, nervous, swallowed and walked toward the alley way. Walking down the set of stairs she found that Vexen, the owner, was walking up the stairs. “Oh, Mr. Vexen! I need you for a moment,” Namine said stopping him.

“And what is it that you want?” he eyed her with his green eyes. He gave her a dirty look as he waited for her to answer.

“I’m from the castle, and I was sent here to-”

Vexen, throwing in a fake smile, and interrupting, “OH! A royal member wants to buy something?”

“No, I want to talk to one of your workers. Are they still here?”

“Yes,” he groaned disappointed, “Well they are here….. but what do you want to talk to them for?”

“I need to talk to them on royal business,” Namine lied.

“But I’m the owner, surely I can be of assistance,” Vexen pressed.

Namine narrowed her eyes, “It’s important and I need to talk to them, not you, the Queen’s orders,” she demanded.

Vexen groaned and walked back down the stairs, “Well,” he pulled out some keys, “I just got done yelling at one for being an imbecile,” he paused at the door and unlocked the door, “Please don’t be all day, they are to finish the wedding orders by tomorrow as I was told by another royal.”

“Well, I’m here to do something a little more important,” Namine opened the door and gasped upon sight of the long silver hair. She blinked amazed, and when he turned around she was sure, that this boy was a clone. He gazed at the cloths that were in his hand, he didn’t seem to be paying much attention to the door that was just opened. His co-worker waved and smiled at Namine, his dark blue eyes, much like Roxas’ were filled with joy. He finished waving as he continued with his work. The clone groaned and grabbed another piece of fabric from a shelf. He walked over to his work station and kept his back turned from the open door.

“What do you want?” the silver haired boy asked after a moment. Pausing in his work, he turned to face the female in the elegant dress. She stared amazed.

Namine cleared her throat and stepped forward, “I’m here on royal business, I need to talk to you in private,” she politely offered.

Sighing, Replica stood and followed Namine to the next back room that was near by. Vexen watched carefully with his slimy green eyes and raised his eyebrow until they were out of his sight behind the door.

At this point Namine felt the presence fill the room. She shuttered and cleared her throat, collecting herself she gazed into the ice blue eyes, “My name is Namine, and I….” the presence made her pause, it seemed to be controlling her.

“Look, not to be rude but what exactly do you want? I have to finish this wedding order for Riku.”

“You are perfect…” she stared stunned, “Listen, I have to ask you to do a major favorite,” she came a little closer to the taller teen, “I need you to go to the castle with me.”

Replica raised his eyebrow, “Wait… he remembered?”

“Ummm, not exactly, you see…” as she paused to explain Replica grinned.

“I can’t believe he meant what he said… so he’s really going to let me read my poems in front of the Queen?”

Namine looked up at him and realized that Riku had talked to Replica more than he had revealed, “No… um, you see, the Prince is missing and I think that the advisor took him. And… I need you to pretend to be the Prince until I can find out where the Prince is.”

“So… you’re saying that you’re willing to get us in jail or death just on a hunch?” Replica asked narrowing his ice blue eyes.

Namine felt the glare and swallowed, “Yeah, but only for a few days, I’m going to advise the Queen that you need more time to practice the wedding vows and such.”

Replica sighed, “So, I’m going to be a prince for a few days,” he asked making sure he had it all correct in his mind. He sucked a little but of air again and sat down on a crate, “But seriously, why are should I risk my life for a hunch?”

“Well… I don’t know but I’m sure that my hunch, as you put it, is correct, then you will be rewarded, and if I’m wrong we both get in trouble.”

Replica nodded, “Alright, I’ll do it. But you gotta swear to take me out of this mess I’m in,” he said.

“Yeah, I promise,” she agreed.

Replica stared at her for a moment, “Alright, I wanted to take a break,” he sighed, he stood from his crate, “So when do I leave for the palace?”

“Immediately,” she answered, “We must hurry because we already don’t have much time left.”

“Well, if he’s in trouble, I guess I can manage doing this,” Replica responded with an unenthusiastic face.

“Thank you,” she grinned, “I’m sure things will go fine.”

He groaned, “Great, I’m with someone optimistic,” he half chuckled and shook his head as if in disapproval and left the room.

Namine sighed, ‘He’s going to be a handful.’

~Mean While in a different Realm~

“I’m glad she followed me,” a man’s voice whispered once both teens were gone. He sighed as he gazed at them. Although he was on earth he was still in the Realm of Spirits. He saw everything in spiritual form and he was invisible to the human eye.

“What are you doing here?” a creature, one of a wolf shape came to him.

“Working,” he answered, “What’s it to you?”

“I’m here to make sure you’re not fooling around with the humans again,” answered the wolf. He gazed at the young looking man with irritation.

“Since when do I do that?” questioned the young man.

“Fate, don’t screw with their lives, Goddess is not happy cleaning up your mess all the time.”

“I know, I know,” he waved the wolf off.

The wolf snorted and turned away, and soon vanished.

 

[Zipporahss]

The Prince and the Pauper
~Chapter Eleven~
Forgotten

It took a long ride, but Replica was finally at the castle. Namine snuck him in to Riku’s room.

Roxas gazed at Replica with amazement, he had to admit, there was no way he could tell his friend and this stranger apart. They did many things the same, their behavior in some aspects were the same, their voice, their appearance, obviously, and their eyes. They were horribly the same. If Replica was a monster he’d use these facts to his advantage. Roxas didn’t sense this in him however, in stead he sensed something else, something that made him feel like Namine was doing the right thing.

“Well, its time we get ready,” Namine locked the door behind her.

“Ready for what?” Replica asked.

Namine came closer, “I have to teach you some basics so that you don’t seem like a total stranger in front of your mother.”

Replica raised his eyebrow, “My mother?”

“Well, that’s what you’re going to call the Queen,” Roxas answered.

And so the training began. Namine pulled out a book, she placed it on a book stand and she said, “Look, this is the book of all Prince behaviors and educate, you must follow them almost flawlessly,” she opened the book, “Now remember, no nagging, bragging, sweating, fretting, slipping, tripping, slurping, burping, twittering or frittering allowed. Stay Present, stay pleasant, and most of all stay proud,” she read out loud. She looked up from the book and nodded to Replica, “Got it?”

“Do I have memorize all of that?” he said almost amazed.

“Yes, you do,” she answered.

So Namine explained more rules of a prince. She continued with how to eat, what to leave on the plate and even things like how many shoes should be in a closet. Namine ran through everything as quickly as possible. She covered how to walk, how to bow, how to answer to counts and lords and she even demonstrated how to do some of these things. She bowed from her waist, she demonstrated how to wave, and she demonstrated how to hold one’s self in a chair. Replica had to admit he was losing count of all the rules, there were rules for everything. He even had to talk a certain way. Replica sighed as he convinced himself that doing all of this would be worth it for two things: one, no work, and two, he’d help a friend. Replica lifted his chin slightly and tightened his jaw. He had to keep his mind focused.

“Ok, this is going to be fun….” Replica sighed again.

“Replica don’t worry you’ll get it.”

“Um, by the way, I couldn’t help but say that your name is odd, why are you called replica? What kind of name is that?” Roxas asked. He was leaning on one of the many pillars in the room. He came closer when he asked his question… or insult.

Replica frowned, “Maybe because I don’t know my name,” he glared at Roxas.

“What?” Namine and Roxas both exclaimed.

“I don’t remember is more like it, my parents were always trying to work, and the few times they did call my name was before I fell asleep. So it’s very difficult for me to come up with a name I like and remember it. So I went around without a name for a while until Vexen found me… he called me Replica… and I guess ever since it stuck with me,” he explained.

“Oh, I’m sorry,” Namine said.

“It’s not your fault… that’s just the way life is.”

Namine turned to Roxas for a moment and sighed. She turned back to Replica and grinned with her hand on his shoulder, “Well, for now you’re going to have a real name, Riku,” she said.

Replica gazed at her, he grinned, “I like Riku, it sounds good,” he looked at Roxas then back and Namine, “Alright, now get to it.”

“To what?” Namine asked.

Riku Replica half chuckled, “You were suppose to teach me how to be a prince,” he answered.

“Oh, that’s right,” Namine nodded.

Roxas stepped closer, “Why don’t we make it simple, teach him what he can remember then we give him hints on the rest?”

“That’s not a bad idea…” Riku Replica answered. He sat on the bed, “I’d like to be lazy for once,” he laid down and gazed at the ceiling for a moment, then he propped himself up with his elbows and gazed at the two blondes, “Hey Roxas, can you get a maid to get me something to eat?”

Roxas grinned; “Sure,” he walked off. “I’ll check on the queen, Namine keep up the good work ok?”

“Got it,” Namine nodded.

 

[Lanydx reborn]

Not bad but who is Fate? Zexion better watch it.

 

[TwilightRiku_13]

Oh man, you made Zexion a bad guy!!! Man, I wish you would have picked Xemnas (I actually thought it was him at first) or someone else, but whatever. So, now the Replica is taking Prince Riku's place. I don't know how this plan will work out, but I have a feeling that there will be problems. Question, who was the Fate person/thing? Well, I really shouldn't ask that, the name is kind of a dead giveaway, but I like to see what kind of role he/she/it plays. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.

 

[Zipporahss]

Hey kiddies ^^ I had a very..... depressing week but I'm gonna give you another chapter today ^^ I hope you like where this story is going because trust me i'm having a hard time trying to figure out where it will go from here......... its fun but i gotta say that this is easily the hardest story I've ever written as far as fanfic's go. hehe well here it is! I hope you like it ^^

enjoy!

The Prince and the Pauper
~Chapter Twelve~
Traveling

“I don’t know what these are!” Riku exclaimed as he was punched in the gut once more.

Lexaeus stood back; he wiped his knuckles clean of the little blood that dripped from Riku’s nose. Lexaeus groaned as he left the room and closed the door behind him. He tossed the towel away and waiting eyes greeted him, he shook his head, folded his arms and waited. At that moment the room was filled with some sort of sound of disappointment. After a moment Demyx spoke up for the group.

“Axel, what are we gonna do now? You were left in charge,” he said in a soft voice. “And the boss is won’t be happy if the Prince doesn’t fess up.”

Axel groaned and buried his face in one hand, “I’m thinking we go to Disney Castle, if we go there, we could force the prince to get answers from the king,” he said after a moment, “But I don’t know because I don’t know how to get the brat to listen.”

After another moment Lexaeus stepped forward, “Let’s proceed with that plan. And if you’re ready I can get him to obey,” he said.

Axel looked up at him, looked down at the floor for a moment then nodded without lifting his eyes. Lexaeus then went in the room. He walked over to Riku and stood over him, “If you obey we will let you go,” Lexaeus said.

Riku lifted his head, with what little strength he had left, and replied, “No, I won’t betray my kingdom…” he coughed.

Lexaeus frowned and made a fist and punched Riku in the face, “I won’t ask again,” he punched him in the stomach than in the ribs, and so on. Blood splattered all over the floor and the near by walls. At this point Riku had no strength left and he let out a yell.

“Ok… ok…” he yelled out.

Lexaeus stopped immediately and took the ropes and chains off of him. He lifted Riku with one of his arms and dragged him out of the room, “We’re ready,” he said.

As Lexaeus headed to the carriage he heard some remarks about the beaten prince but he ignored.

Riku was surprised he was still conscious, he could still smell the woods, he could still see the sky, and he could still see the ground, everything was the color it should be… as he remembered them, and he could still feel pain. He could feel the little things too, like his feet dragging along the ground. He could hear the remarks about how he looked, some were just unbelievable, such as, “You didn’t have to leave cuts everywhere on his face,” or, “He looks like he got in a fight with twenty samurai nobodies,” and, “Remind me never to let you be the punisher,” and things like that. Riku lowered his head, lifting it was causing him so much pain that he just wanted to cry, but as beat up as he was, he wasn’t going to cry, not now.

Riku closed his eyes and tried to sleep, at least that, they couldn’t deny him that… could they?

The door closed and Lexaeus waited for the others to get in. The few that did were Axel, as Riku had learned was the spiky red head, and Saix, the one with a large “X” on his face. They sat together as the others got on their horses and rod off in the correct direction. Saix folded his arms and waited patiently. Axel had a grin on his face. “Well, at least we are getting through to him.”

Riku kept his eyes closed but he couldn’t sleep, so everything they said was heard.

“Remember, we must find at least one, that will be better than nothing,” Saix said.

“I know that,” Axel said. He groaned, “Listen, I was left in charge, and I don’t feel like being told what to do when I’m working on it.”

Saix gazed at him from the corner of his eye, he remained emotionless, “Axel, as far as I’m concerned I say whatever I want to you, just because you’re my superior doesn’t mean I can’t remind you. Besides, I’m your best man, I’m stronger than Lexaeus and you know that.”

Axel frowned, “Yes, I know that, but I’m in charge and disrespect of any kind means I can get you jumped, got it memorized?”

Saix grinned, “The idea of getting the chance of killing all of you gives me great amusement.”

Axel chuckled, “You’re too funny,” he leaned back in the chair and rested.

For the rest of the ride it was silent. Riku wasn’t sure how long it was but it had been close to an hour when they had finally reached the borders of the Disney Country. That’s when the talking started up again. “We can’t’ send him in the castle like that,” Saix pointed out.

Axel sat up and gazed at Riku, “You’re right, do you have any potions?” he turned to Saix.

“I have some in the trunk,” Saix nodded.

“Great,” Axel groaned. “Hey! Stop the carriage for a sec!” he called to the driver. A few seconds later the carriage stopped.

Riku slightly opened his eyes and realized the opportunity he had. He was tired but if they were stupid and they healed him enough he could run. He could get away and get back home. Riku hated to admit it but he’d marry anyone if it meant he could get out of this crap. And if he was lucky he could get out of it without getting married… as part of the bargain. Riku remained still, he had to act like he was sleep just a little longer, he had to, if he didn’t they’d know he was awake. He took in a slow breath and waited. After a moment Axel came back from his short walk to the chest that was attached to the back of the carriage. Riku kept his head low as he waited; he kept his breath steady as Axel commanded the driver to keep going. He reached over and held the potion over his head but before he broke it Saix grabbed his hand.

“I don’t believe our guest is sleeping, don’t give him the potion yet,” he said.

Axel agreed, and sat back. At that moment Riku felt hopeless but kept his breath steady even though he wanted so badly to groan and fight. He hated the fact that these people were hurting him. For once he was wishing they’d treat him like a prince. He hated this; this was no more than a hell for him. He closed his eyes and decided that waiting would be the only thing he could do. And so he waited. He had no idea what to do but he had to think of something.

Not too long after that little bump in the road, the carriage stopped, Riku figured he planned his way to sleep, when he opened his eyes he found Lexaeus once again in front of him. Riku’s face flushed. He wanted to run but he wasn’t sure if he could, every fiber in his body was… fine. He looked at himself and found no wounds. Riku realized not only was he asleep but they had healed him as well.

“Royal brat,” he heard a call, Riku looked up to face the voice to find Axel grinning at him, “Listen, we just saved your life,” he leaned forward, rested his elbows on his knees and continued, “Now we need you to do as we say,” he grinned.

Riku frowned, “Why would I do that? I’m not going to betray my kingdom and you haven’t told me why I’m looking for those things,” Riku replied not afraid at this point. If anything he was annoyed.

Axel exhaled out of annoyance and closed his eyes, “I didn’t want it to come to this,” he said, “Lexaeus.”

Lexaeus, with his weapon in hand dragged Riku away. Riku fought and fought but Lexaeus was much stronger. Once he was gone behind a few bushes and trees Lexaeus threw Riku against a tree and without giving Riku a second to think he swung his weapon into Riku’s side. Riku coughed out air and fell to his side. He was sure his ribs were broken and they were screaming in pain. Riku screamed as the pain started to spread.

“Okay, now please listen,” Axel appeared, he knelt down to get closer to Riku, “All you have to do is say is you need help with looking for the weapons, that’s all you have to do, and we’ll be watching, and after we find what we’re looking for we’ll let you go,” Axel lifted Riku’s head by his silver locks, “Got it?”

“I won’t… do it…” Riku said.

Axel released Riku’s hair and let Riku’s head slam into the ground, “Stubborn brat… Lexaeus, a little harder just don’t kill him.”

Lexaeus nodded then grabbed Riku’s arm with a strong hand, lifted Riku until he was standing and immediately afterwards he stabbed Riku with his weapon. Riku gasped, all of the air left his body, his eyes rolled back into his head and fell against the tree and fell over. Axel folded his arms, “Why does it have to come to this, we’re wasting potions on this guy,” he complained to Saix.

“Why don’t you give him some reassurance that he won’t be killed but others will?”

“You’re heartless,” Axel rolled his eyes.

“And yet I have little to no remorse. It will work, don’t worry,” Saix walked over to Riku, gave him a potion and Riku’s open wounds and cuts and bleeding healed up. Riku opened his eyes and gasped for air. His body was still in great pain. Once Riku’s eyes were opened Saix started his side mission, “I’m glad you’re awake. Listen this is your last chance before you get hurt.”

Riku struggled with shaky arms to get to his knees, “I won’t… help you… I won’t… betray… my… kingdom,” he said harshly sucking in air.

Saix silently gazed at him, “What about her?”

Riku paused; he gazed at Saix, “What do… you… mean?”

Saix grinned, an evil grin, “We found her. If you don’t listen we’ll kill her,” he answered.

Riku gazed at the ground. ‘How can I trust them? They could be lying… but then again, there aren’t too many females that I regularly be around… is it… possible… that they figured that out?’ Riku continued to breath harshly, ‘No, stop, they’re just messing with you. They want me to do what they want… but what if they have Namine? What if they’re not joking…?’

Saix’s grin disappeared, “You have three minutes to think about it.”

Riku slammed his eyes shut and he tried to think. ‘I don’t know what to do….’

 

[TwilightRiku_13]

Aw man, you made Lexeaus a bad guy too. I really like Lexeaus; I really wish that he was a good guy. So, now they are getting Riku to do what they say by threatening Namine? This is not good; I hope these bastards get waht is coming to them. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.

 

[Zipporahss]

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The Prince and the Pauper
~Chapter Thirteen~
King Mickey

Riku opened his eyes, he didn’t have much time. He had to go with their plan. He had no other choice. He held back his tears and stood. His legs, still weak, held him up barely. He walked to the clearly where the waiting kidnappers were. They all turned their heads towards him as they waited emotionless. Riku kept his head down. He came to the clearing and he greeted eyes with the red head, the leader, Axel. He gazed into his rich green eyes for a moment then lowered his head, then nodded.

“Great,” Axel walked over, “Now follow the plan and you and your girlfriend will go free,” he smiled, “Got it memorized?”

Riku looked away from him without moving his eyes, “I got…” he said dismayed.

“Saix, give me a hi-potion,” Axel commanded. Saix at that moment handed Axel a green bottle. “Now listen kid, don’t you go running out on us, if you do we’ll have your girlfriend killed.”

“I know…” Riku said.

“It seems we’ve tamed him,” Lexaeus said.

Axel chuckled and gave Riku the hi-potion. Riku took in a deep breath as he felt renewed. He kept his eyes low. He could only think that he was left this option, he couldn’t be the cause of Namine’s death. Even if he couldn’t marry her, he had to keep her alive. Riku waited. After a moment the group was convinced that Riku wasn’t going to run away. With that they got back in the carriage and Axel explained once more how the plan would work.

“Just say we’re your guards, the news hasn’t reached this kingdom that you have run away,” Axel said.

Riku nodded, “Okay,” he said. ‘There has to be a way out of this…’

Axel sat back in his chair. He was sure that this plan was going to work. He grinned as he stared out the window. Riku did the same only with a frown on his face and a stab in his heart. He was betraying his kingdom for Namine… he couldn’t win her love, she loved Roxas… yet he felt compelled to do this for her. He felt the need to save her life even though she won’t feel the same for him. Riku bit his lip as he pushed the thought away; he loved her, too much. He had to keep her safe. He had to. Even if he had to die for her… he would. Riku soon saw the castle’s towers. They were tall but slightly curved, they were curved as if they were being hit by a strong wind, yet the towers stood still.

Riku heard of this kingdom but he had never been to it. The blue tops of the castle was ones that almost matched the sky. The towers were high and each one had a single red flag. The main window, one that over looked the entrance was shaped like the head of its king, whom was a mouse. This land was said to be run by giant animals, which was normal but usually the animals didn’t speak English, usually they spoke some other language, however, these animals spoke English. Riku was almost excited to see this king, but he didn’t want to see him under these circumstances. But he had no choice; he might not even live after this so he figured that saving Namine’s life was better than getting himself killed then having no one look for him. They think he ran away… but… how did they come up to that conclusion? Riku wondered. Sighing he figured it didn’t matter. He had to stay with their plan and he had to save Namine.

Riku watched as a guard, one that looked like a dog, came up to them. “Who goes there?” he asked, his voice as goofy.

Riku bit his lip. The window was closed and Axel smiled, “Your time to shine, put on a good performance,” he said.

Riku looked down then frowned. “I know,” Axel pulled back the curtain and waited for Riku to answer the waiting guard. “I’m Prince Riku, I have come here to meet with your King,” he answered.

The tall creature, with big shows thought for a moment, “Alright, I’ll let ya’ll pass,” he went back to his post and the gates opened. The gates, gold in color, were talk and wide. The gate slowly opened and behind them was a large courtyard of white and grey stones, in the center was a large water fountain. The courtyard had three doors, one to the left, one to the right and one in middle. The one middle had no guards. Instead a mage stood there.

The doors opened, by them selves, and the mage stepped forward. His large yellow beck made a smile as he greeted the royal guest. “Hello, Prince Riku, we welcome you to Disney Castle,” he said with is squeak voice.

Riku got out of the carriage, “Thank you… I need to talk with the king immediately,” he said after a pause.

“Yes, the King has been expecting you,” the duck answered. “And he has information for you,” he led the group inside the castle. After entering the door, there was a wall that blocked their way, the duck, placed his hand on the wall and a door opened, it led to a path that was covered with a red carpet. To the left was a set of stairs and forward was a door. The hall was long and wide. As they were led down the hall the duck then introduced himself, “My name is Donald, Donald Duck, and the royal guard was Goofy.”

Riku stuffed his hands in his pockets, and he had to admit, this was interesting, “Well, thanks Donald,” he said.

“Oh, by the way, who are those men behind you?” he paused and gazed behind Riku by putting most of his weight on one leg.

Riku paused and gazed at them, “They’re… they’re my body guards…” he answered. Their glared made him angry but he couldn’t do anything about that.

“Oh, ok,” Donald said and started walking towards the large light purple door to the right. The large doors reached the ceiling. As Riku waited he walked over to the parapet. He gazed over the parapet and observed the wonderful garden. It had paths, wonderful green grass and bushes carved to look like musician animals. Riku grinned; he had to admit that was interesting. He turned back the door and he found a bright light glowing around the door. When the light dimmed, a small door opened on the left side. Riku raised an eyebrow as Donald walked in. As Riku started to head in he noticed that his “body guards” were frozen, instead of coming closer they were stayed still. Riku paused, “What are you guys doing?”

“Don’t worry about it,” Axel said.

Riku narrowed his eyes behind his silver bang and walked in the door. Waiting for him was a king and a queen. Riku swallowed as he walked along the long carpet. He gazed at the high ceiling. This throne room was seven time the one he had back home. This one room over powered his seven rooms alone. Riku came closer to the king and queen, seated in their chairs. They grinned as his eyes came into view, Riku bowered and raised to meet their gaze.

“Prince Riku, welcome to Disney Castle,” the king answered. “I’m King Mickey,” he hopped off his throne and ran over to the tall, lanky, teen, with his hand out, as if for him to shake it. Riku pulled his hand out of his pocket slowly and reached for the hand just as slow. “We are honored to have you here.”

“I’m honored to be here but I need to talk to you,” Riku said, he tried to hold his emotions in but he was breaking, his “guards” weren’t here, they couldn’t hear him and he could have help in a few seconds. But something told him to keep quite. He kept his mouth under control. He so eagerly wanted to scream for help but he couldn’t. He shouldn’t.

“You seem tired; would you like to have a rest? We can prepare food and a bath for you if you like,” he grinned.

Riku gazed at the Queen, “Please, I’m exhausted it was… a long trip.”

“Alright,” Mickey turned to a broom in the corner, “Broom, can you prepare a room and food and a bath for our guest?”

Riku raised an eyebrow and figured that the king was crazy, until the broom grew arms and marched toward a wall and a hidden door way opened up. Riku was wide eyed as he watched the broom walk away. The queen then came to him, “Prince Riku would you like to read a book while your bath and food is prepared?” her voice was just as squeaky and gentle as the King’s.

Riku held back his tears, he never felt so happy to be royal. “Yes, yes please,” he said in an almost pleading way.

“Please follow me,” she said. She led him back to the door then down the hall. As Riku walked out the throne room he noticed that his “guards” were gone.

“Where are my body guards?” Riku asked.

“They’re being taken care of right now. You’ll see them later,” he answered.

Riku sighed; he wanted to tell her that they were trying to kill him. They were trying to steal weapons that might be here, and that they were threatening to kill Namine. But he couldn’t, the kidnappers could easily say that he was crazy and that he always did this whenever his mother wasn’t around. There was nothing he could do or say… not now. He just had to stay quiet… for now.

 

[Zipporahss]

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The Prince and the Pauper
~Chapter Fourteen~
Saved

Riku sat in the library, really the king’s study, and sat relaxed. He was reading some tales and he had to admit this was a nice collection. He sighed as he placed his book down. He looked at the ceiling and stared with a sense of calmness. As he stared his mind started to wander.

He found himself thinking about when he was back in the castle. Something told him to rethink the things he had said before he was kidnapped. Riku closed his eyes and thought about it. He soon remembered what he had wished for; he had wished to be free. ‘Look at me now… scared for Namine more than myself, kidnapped and stuck between fear and freedom.’ He thought. He sat there for a moment before he thought again, ‘I wonder if this is just a test or something… giving me what I want yet in a way I don’t want it?’ he sighed, ‘Doesn’t matter now,’ he rested his face on his fist, ‘I have to hope that the king will allow to leave without my ‘guards’ but that’s only if I can play it off well… and I don’t think I can with all of this anxiety in me.’

Riku stared at the floor thinking of anyway he could calm himself down enough to talk to the king. He had to get away from these kidnappers and run home. He had to but he was limited on options because he doesn’t know how close the kidnappers got to the King and Queen. He had to think of something but he wasn’t sure what to think of.

“Prince Riku?” the squeaky voice interrupted his thoughts. The king walked in the room headed to his desk and grinned at him. “Are you ready to go home?”

Riku looked at him amazed, “Why do you ask that? I just got here,” he answered.

King Mickey grinned again, “Something tells me those men weren’t your guards,” he said.

Riku stared, amazed once again, “I’d love to go home… but where are they?”

“They’re bein’ taken care of, right now they’ve been accidently locked in their chambers and my servants are ‘lookin’ for the keys,” he answered, he hopped off his chair and walked over to the prince, “Prince Riku, we have a horse ready for you when ever you’re ready to leave.”

Riku, forcing his tears back, grinned at the king, “Thank you…” he said in a whisper. “Thank you,” he repeated.

“It’s no problem,” he smiled.

Riku stood from his chair, and stuffed his hand in his pocket. The tip of his fingers felt paper, when he pulled it out he realized that it was the picture of the strange weapon. Before he turned away he faced the king once more, “Before I go, what is this? Those men said that you might now what it was…”

The king gazed the picture again, “Well, the weapons of legend are being searched for? Hmmm,” he pondered, “Riku, those are called Keyblades, these weapons are very powerful and unbreakable. I’m not sure why those men want the weapon but if they’re planning on using them for evil it won’t be good.”

“Keyblades?” Riku looked at the picture again, “They’re pretty stupid looking things.”

“One may think, but they’re powerful,” Mickey answered.

“You’re Majesty-”

“Just call me Mickey,” the king answered.

Riku was taken back for a second but smiled, “Okay, Mickey, well, you see… where would I find them?”

“They can’t be found. They choose they’re owner.”

“What?” Riku questioned.

“You’re Highness,” called Goofy. “We have a guest coming here, he says he’s here for those fellers in the locked rooms.”

The tall dog like creature smiled at Riku and afterwards gazed back at the king. Mickey pondered then went back to his desk, “When is he coming?”

“In a few hours, he had sent a scout ahead,” he rubbed his nose with his index finger and gave out a goofy laugh.

“Alright, Well Riku, you better get going, if that man is here for those men then it can’t be good news for you.”

“Thank you, I won’t forget this,” Riku said. He turned around and found two small animals before his feet. They were chipmunks, they were very small, yet they stared at Riku as if they were waiting for something.

“Hiya!” one said, he had a large gape between his teeth. The other one had a black nose that looked like a chocolate chip.

“Hiya, I’m Chip! And this is Dale! We’ll show you to your horse!” they yelled with their squeaky voices, then ran off. Riku followed them out the library, down the hall then down a flight of stairs, then through the garden Riku had observed earlier. Once they were through the garden Riku was led to the stable. There Riku had a white horse waiting for him, Riku hopped on the horse, thanked the small creatures and had the horse go in a full gallop.

It was hard for him to believe but he was finally going home.

 

[TwilightRiku_13]

Hey, Zipporahss, I'm still here, I just forgot to post on your last update. I really liked that chapter. I'm glad to see Riku finally going home; I wonder how he will tell everyone. So, it was the Keyblades that the bad guys were looking for. Figured as much; well, I hope that they get what is coming to them. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.

 

[Zipporahss]

Yay! Well there is a lot in store and i'm sure u'll like it

 

[Zipporahss]

hey sorta not sure if ppl are reading or not but i'll update anyway ^^


The Prince and the Pauper
~Chapter Fifteen~
The Prince has Returned

“I think you’re ready,” Namine said. “Just remember, I’ll give you a sign when you’re not sure of what to do,” she smiled.

“Got it,” Riku Replica stood up from his chair.

“Are you sure Namine?” Roxas questioned.

“Yeah, I’m sure,” she nodded.

Riku Replica had a smirk grow on his face, ‘This’ll be fun,’ he thought. After a moment, Namine walked toward the door, he followed, and behind him Roxas followed. They walked down the hall, up a small flight of stairs then paused in front of a door, Roxas went ahead and the commotion that was in the room settled. At that moment Namine gave out a sigh, and walked ahead in the room.

“May I present, Prince Riku,” she bowed before the Princess, the Queen and the royal guards and Zexion. Riku walked into the room and walked along the red carpet. He gazed at the faces and caught sight of Princess’ Kairi’s, he froze and stared amazed. While the group stared Roxas claimed the Queen’s glasses and stalked away. Riku shook his head and walked a little closer to the group.

“Mother…” he called.

The Queen jumped out her seat and gave him a hug, “Riku, I was so worried about you!”

Riku swallowed and after a few seconds he wrapped his arms around her, he had never been hugged before, as far as he could remember, and this was a big shock to him. “I’m sorry Mother, I should not have run away,” he said, in an almost robotic voice, one word slowly at a time. Roxas did a facepalm and shook his head.

Riku smiled as his “mother” pulled away from him. “And now that you’re here we can go on with the wedding.”

Riku sighed, “Mother, that is… why I ran away in the first place. I don’t want to get married so soon. At least give me two more weeks to prepare,” he said in a sad voice.

His “mother” returned the sad look and nodded, “Of course son,” she smiled, “Princess Kairi, however, will continue to stay in the castle until the wedding,” she announced.

“That’s fine, thank you Mother,” Riku hugged her once more.

Zexion narrowed his eyes and thought, “this makes no sense,” he whispered to himself.

“So, isn’t it good to see the Prince back?” Roxas questioned him.

“Yes, very good…” he walked away and left the throne room. Once he was gone he opened a corridor and was suddenly at the cabin. He opened the door to find no one in the cabin. He groaned stomped his foot. “This makes no sense at all. Those fools must have let him slip through their fingers… but if that’s true… why didn’t he say anything about him being kidnapped? Something’s off….”

Zexion turned toward the door to find a carriage stopping in front of the cabin. Zexion dove out of sight and leaned against the wall as must as he could. He waited for the person to enter. After a moment he recognized the voices and came from his hiding spot. He approached the angry voice and tapped it on the shoulder. “Sir, the Prince had returned to the castle,” Zexion told their leader.

“What do you mean?” he faced his hooded head toward the person behind him.

“Sir, the Prince was with his mother today not three hours ago,” Zexion answered.

“So did he say anything about being kidnapped?”

“No, sir, he didn’t, he acted as if nothing happened.”

“Strange…” their leader paced for a moment, “He is smart… Zexion, watched him as carefully as you can. I have reason to believe that’s not the same person.”

“But sir…”

“Just do it,” he commanded, “The rest of you, I want you to keep looking for gold or those weapons! I don’t have time to toy around! Find them! NOW!” after that was said, the leader disappeared, and then a storm started, rain fell and lightning ran across the sky. They didn’t have time and they had to do what he said quickly, or they’d all die… and they knew that.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Ooo! I'm excited for what happens!

 

[TwilightRiku_13]

Ooh, this is starting to get good. So, who is Zexion working for? Is it Xemnas? Xehanort? Satan? The Queen of England? I guess it could be anyone. Anyway, great job, and I look forward to more.