To Protect What Matters

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

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-...!

"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?"

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

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. 

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."

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

"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."

"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."

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!

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