How I can bare to write such a fan fiction, I do not know. I love Riku too much for this, but I have been reading too many horror things and blood and gore stuff. I have always loved blood and gore and violence! But still, this Riku we're talking about! I love him and I do this to him! Why? I don't know. But I still love him and he's mine and NONE of you CAN HAVE HIM BECAUSE HE IS MINE FOREVER!
Riku: I feel so loved! runs away from hundreds of girls chasing him
Riku54: Comes up with the Destructor and yells Die you evil Riku stealers die!
Riku: stares Hey! That's Sora's!
Riku54: turns to her boyfriend(Riku) Technically I made it so it's mine too!
Riku: Yeah but that Keyblade is made by pure darkness. And it really REALLY hurts to be hit by it, trust me I know. drops to his knees and raises hands staring at the sky WHY OH WHY DID YOU LET HER HIT ME WITH THAT THING?
Riku54: I'm sorry, but hey, I didn't kill you, now did I?
Riku: stands up and nods Yeah I can give you that much…
Note: If you want to find out what the Destructor is, you have to read 'The Darkness Within by Riku54' It is a complete 18 chapter fan fic with 34, 894 words in it exactly. So you have to look under the 'complete for progress' and the '20, 000 for length' if you want to read it. The reason why I am giving you this info is because there are like 12 Kingdom Hearts fan fictions called 'The Darkness Within' and at the time I was writing it, I did not know that, so I named it that, and besides, it goes right along with everything! And it is a series, but to bad for you guys, my readers on that fan fic aren't reviewing so I can't post the second book. Okay, a special give away: It is not only about Sephiroth in the second one, but yes, Xemnas did say it wasn't the end, s what am I to do but put the Organization XIII in it? Huh? And besides Axel's still there! And so is the Destructor- turns to look at Riku with a smirk, but the Destructor is taken back by Sora
I turn and grab Scalvatrx's Flame of Destruction. (I love his name!) Ha, now what Riku?
Scalvatrx: I'll blast you into Oblivion if you don't give me that back!
And yes, it is suggested that you read 'The Darkness Within' because there are characters that I made up in this book. But nothing in the book is linked except for the characters' pasts.
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Chapter One
Riku stood on the island, looking at the sea. He was leaning against the paopu fruit tree that hung over the detached island that he always hung out on. His eyes were distant as he thought about the girl in his dreams. She was so pretty, and he felt as if he had known her, but yet, he did not know her. Who she was, he did not know. Her face flashed in his mind. Her brown hair hanging behind her shoulders while a single lock rested in front of her ear. Her deep blue eyes were friendly and she was smiling at him. The girl was wearing a black shirt with a leather jacket on. She had gloved hands without the fingers and a sword was at her side. She even wore leather pants to match everything.
Riku sighed as he heard someone rushing up to him. He didn't turn to see who it was because he didn't care. At the moment, he was lost in his own thoughts. It was typical for him to be thinking about a girl, huh? He was eighteen after all. Riku remembered a time he had felt no love for anyone, not even Kairi, the feeling had been lost from him. But he had regained that feeling, but had lost it only because of the darkness inside of him, Ansem.
"Hey Riku!" Riku's eyes moved to where he could see out of his side vision. Sora was standing there, an excited look on his face. Riku had no emotion in his eyes as he replied with a blunt and short reply to Sora's anxiousness.
"What?" Sora grinned and went up to him. Sora was wearing the clothes he had received when he was fifteen, after he had awoken from a sleep Namine had put him in. Riku on the other hand, was wearing a yellow sleeveless shirt with white flames going across the sides and meeting in the middle. Two black straps crossed from his shoulders and both hooked up at his back. He wore black pants and black shoes. There was another strap going across his pants so that he could hook something there. His hair was a little longer than it was after they had defeated Xemnas three years ago.
"Kairi says that she wants to talk to you for a moment. It's important." Sora explained, his bright eyes shining.
Riku sighed and responded, "Then why are you so excited?"
Sora gave him a look before taking another step towards Riku and grabbing his shoulder and Sora began to drag Riku forcefully towards the beach where Kairi was always at. Riku jerked back from Sora and growled, "I can walk by myself, thanks."
"Whatever." was Sora's reply as he rushed down to where Kairi was standing. She was wearing a white belly shirt and a pair of shorts. She was always the simple one.
When Riku reached Kairi, he asked, "What?"
"Okay, Sora and I wanted to tell you that Mickey has sent us a letter-" Kairi was quickly interrupted by Riku who asked, "The King? When did you get the letter?"
Kairi sighed and snapped, "Hush Riku and let me finish! Okay, now the letter came just a few hours ago. He told us that we needed to go to Hollow Bastion and meet him there because he had some important news for us. He even gave us a hint!"
"And?" Riku asked.
"The hint was, was that if we didn't bring Riku, he'd have to fire us." Sora replied.
Riku gave Sora a strange look and replied, "Please tell me you're joking! We don't have a job so that he can fire us, and why does he want me there?"
Sora smirked, "Of course we have a job, my friend! We're supposed to keep the worlds at peace! Anyway, you'd come even if he told you to stay here, we all know that, but no I'm not joking."
"Okay," Riku said, dragging the word making it sound longer than it really was.
"And," Sora finished, "we're supposed to go right now!"
Riku took a step back, shaking his head. "I can't go right this second, guys." he told them.
"And why not?" Kairi asked.
"Well…because…um…" The reason was, was because he had so much planned to do. Okay, so he had nothing planned to do except try to find out who that girl was. Also he had planned to go and practice his sword-fighting skills some so they wouldn't grow blunt over time.
"I knew! You don't have a reason!" Sora confronted him, poking him. Riku glared at Sora before shoving him in the head, knocking Sora back.
"I do too, but if we have to go right now, I'll be right back and then we can leave." Riku told them quickly, before slipping off to his house. He opened the door and slammed it behind him, running up to his room. He grabbed a notebook lying on his bed and stuffed it into a pack that he tied to the strap on his pants and then went back to the beach rather reluctantly. He didn't really want to leave the islands so soon. He had been everywhere he could ever imagine and didn't want to go anywhere else.
When he reached the others, they were looking at him. Riku stopped and suddenly a question struck him, "How do you suppose we get to Hollow Bastion?"
Sora grinned and said, "That one's easy! Mickey provided us with a Gummi ship!"
Riku looked around and growled, "But where IS the Gummi ship?"
"Right here," Sora pointed at the ocean, and as he did this, the water rippled and bigger waves formed as a ship fit for space travel appeared. Riku shook his head with disbelief as Kairi and Sora boarded the Gummi ship. Riku followed and just as he stepped inside, a picture of the girl flashed in his mind.
He sat down and laid back, resting. His eyes were closed as her image filled his mind. He drifted to sleep rather quickly, knowing the ride to Hollow Bastion would take a while considering the distance.
Riku was standing in a room that had a bed, a table, and a single window in it. The room was painted a dark blue and the table was off tot he side against a wall. The bed was off to the farthest wall from the table and the window was in the middle. The bed spread was black. Riku looked around him, wondering where he was.
Suddenly his eyes caught sight of the girl. "Who are you?" he asked her.
The girl just smiled at him. She was sitting on her bed, looking at him with her kind, dark blue eyes. "Riku, you're coming soon, right?" the girl asked him.
Riku gave her a confused look and asked, "What do you mean?"
She smiled and stood up and walked up in front of him, "You're coming to meet me soon, correct?"
"I-I don't know. Where are you?" Riku asked.
Just as she was about to reply, there was a strange sound before she vanished and Riku found himself standing in a black room. "Where am I?" he asked himself aloud. There was no response and a sense of dread filled Riku as he found no exit. Was this the Realm of Darkness? Was he back? No, something was different.
Riku jolted awake as he heard a loud scraping noise. There was a quite, "Opps." From Sora as he landed in Hollow Bastion.
Riku blinked, his vision was hazy. In a way, his mind was still asleep and still in the dark room. "Where am I?" he whispered to himself, unable to see until moments later. Kairi, how had heard him asked, "What?"
Riku blinked again and shook his head, responding, "What do you mean, 'what'?"
Kairi grinned and rolled her eyes saying, "You just asked where are we. We're in Hollow Bastion."
Riku nodded, "I know that, I meant that other…" he let the sentence slid as Sora opened the door and hopped out. Riku followed and landed on the soil of Hollow Bastion, the place where many battles had been fought.
As soon as Kairi got off the Gummi ship, a figure came up to them. Riku knew it was King Mickey and grinned. Here was a familiar face. "Glad you came," Mickey said, walking up to them. He looked at Riku and told them, "I see you managed to drag Riku along too!"
Riku smirked and replied, "Did you think I wouldn't come?"
"Well you did act rather reluctant!" Sora pointed out.
Riku shot him a glare and then replied, "I just had something I wanted to do." All at once, an idea popped into his mind. Maybe the king would know who the girl was. And then the dream came back to him. When was he supposed to go over to where ever she was?
"Oh, I see. Well come on fellas, we have to give you another job!" Mickey said, waving hand, signaling for the others to follow him
Riku followed King Mickey without hesitation, but his mind was still on the dream. She was going to tell him something, and then she vanished along with everything else. Where was that dark room at? Riku shook his head, mentally punching himself. He had to keep his mind off of it for now. The King had a job for them!
Moments later, Riku and the others found themselves in Merlin's house. Leon, Yuffie, Merlin, Cid, and Aerith were all in there apparently waiting for them. Riku stood by the door as Mickey turned around and began, "Okay guys, as you know, there hasn't been any trouble lately, until now. We can't figure out what has caused the trouble just yet, but we all have a request for you. And I am sad to say, that it will split you up again."
"Alright, what is it?' Riku demanded, folding his arms. He was not going to be split up from his friends without a good reason!
"Well…you see, we need Sora to go off to the Pride Lands and check to see what's going on there. And Kairi, we need to stay here and help out, if she wants, or she can go with Sora. Riku, though. We have an important thing to ask of you, which is why I wanted you here the most." Mickey explained.
Riku raised his eyebrow, "And what is that?"
"We need you to go explore this new world we just discovered a week ago. None of us have had the time to go there and since you're the strongest one here that isn't friends with lions, unlike Sora, we want you to go there."
Riku nodded, he could go, if he didn't have to drive. That new world might be where the girl was. "Alright, as long as I'm not driving and I want a map of where I'm heading."
Mickey nodded and chuckled, "You're not going to be driving Riku, we set in the coordinates. And the map is over there," Mickey pointed to a desk.
Leon walked over to the desk and picked it up and brought it over to Riku and handed it to him. "Be careful over there Riku, we've picked up some strange signals from that place." Leon warned.
"So, when do we leave?" Sora asked, and glanced at Kairi before asking, "Are you coming, or staying?"
Kairi smiled and laughed, "What do you think? I'm not letting you run off by yourself again, I want my own adventure too, ya know!"
Sora grinned at her and nodded just as Mickey answered him, "You can choose the time to leave, but don't wait too long."
Riku was the first to speak up after that comment, "Alright, I'll leave now."
"We all figured you would say that. Riku, you're always on the go." Leon sighed, but he wasn't mocking Riku.
"Yeah, I guess I am." Riku said as King Mickey began to tell him something.
"Alright, your Gummi ship is just outside in the Mark Place beside Scrooge's shop. Riku, be very careful and alert. That world is teeming with darkness." Mickey warned him, his voice growing grave.
Riku smirked and replied, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. I let the darkness in once, and didn't like it one bit, and I won't allow it to happen again."
"Good," Mickey said.
Kairi and Sora turned to Riku and Kairi said, "Okay, but you have to come back this time."
Riku smiled, "Don't worry, I will. Okay, well, I guess I'd better be on my way." With that Riku left Merlin's house and headed down to the Market Place. When he reached his Gummi ship, Riku climbed aboard without a second thought about Hollow Bastion. He didn't want to remember the memories that were stored in his mind from here.
Shutting the door, Riku went to go sit in caption's chair and looked at the screen. He switched the Gummi ship to own and it lifted off, ready to go to the strange world. Riku took out his map and saw the world was marked far away from everything else. He blinked and sighed. This would take a while.
Riku sat there, bored. He didn't feel like sleeping and he had nothing to do until he remembered the notebook in his pack. He dug it out and flipped it open. The notebook was full of pages written on with his fast-scribbled handwriting. Every page was about a dream he had had about the girl. Riku didn't want to forget any of them.
Riku took out a pen and began to write down the latest dream and when he was done, he looked up and saw he still had thirty minutes to go. Sighing, Riku looked out the window, wondering what he should do.
All at once, there was a burst of speed from the Gummi ship and when mere seconds, Riku saw the unexplored city ahead.
please review! i'm almost done with the 2nd chapter!
Riku: Who is the girl?
Me/Riku54: I can't tell you!