Uploaded August 2010 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago

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This was for the Namiku duel of doom, and was uploaded elsewhere for a few days... I'm not the best twin, because the votes LIEEEEE.

I do love this song. :3
Although, being made in three days, most of this is a bit... shaky. Like the masking, and the transitions, and the scene changes... and the ending I'm really not very keen on.
Hm, oh well, no changing it now, really. xD
I just wanted to upload this here because it took up, what, half a week of my time? And it was kind of worth it, because I like bits of it.

Basic and barely-thrown-together story:
Sora had never been completely sure of Riku's state of mind, but he was starting to scare him. Riku never stopped talking about the love of his life, Namine- how pretty she was, how nice, how perfect for him. He'd been going on about it for months now, and Sora didn't know what to say or do- because he knew Riku and Namine had barely met each other.

He had been by Riku's side since they were kids, and they'd never really been separated. But suddenly, Riku was obsessed with his love for Namine, who Sora was certain he had never shared more than a tiny conversation with, when they were tiny, because Namine had only lived on the islands with them for about a week before she had disappeared in the middle of the night, and she had been much, much closer to Sora.

Riku's obsession only got worse, his dreams of the blonde girl taking over everything, to the point he became fixated on being with her again, even if it meant ending his own life. Confused and upset by Riku's drastic desire for suicide, Sora constantly tried to talk him out of it, insisting his memories with namine couldn't be real, because they hadn't seen Namine since they were all 5-6 years old.

Riku stayed convinced, however. He dug out an old torn page of a sketchbook, insisting it was one of Namine's drawings of the three of them- but when Sora looked at the page, it was blank.
When Riku finally started planning suicide, Sora realised he really was deadly serious about his beliefs. That he would go and kill himself to be with Namine...

"You barely ever knew her! You can't do it!"
"But I know those memories are real."

Sora begged him over and over, reduced to tears and falling to his knees, but Riku just turned and left him behind. Even though Sora ran after him, he was too late to see anything but Riku throwing himself off the skyscraper, plummeting to the ground.

And Riku was happy.
Because he'd rather live in his delusion, with his dream girl, than go through a life without her.

...A few weeks later, there were still flowers taped to one of the lampposts near where Riku had landed. Sora visited the secret place they'd loved as kids, crying at the memory, the pain and the humiliation- because he had failed Riku again.

The blonde girl in the white dress stepped into the secret place.

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Sooooo, yes. You decide if Riku is just barmy or if Nami did something to him. And also what she does with Sora.

The song is "Promises", by Bim.
Oh, and the doujiinshi used for the manga shots of KH2 Riku (albeit without his jacket) is called "Walking Together". Be warned, though, it's SoRiku and there's a sex panel right at the end.

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