Till
the day I die
I spill my heart for you (For you)
Till the day I
die
I spill my heart for you
As
years go by
I race the clock with you
But if you'd die right
now
You know that I die too (Die too)
You remind me of the
times
When I knew who I was (I was)
Still the second hand will
catch us
Like it always does
We'll
make the same mistakes
I'll take the fall for you
I hope you
need this now
Cause I know I still do
"Till the Day I Die" By Story of The Year
Chapter 1
Me and Sora stand in the nothingness, exhausted after fighting Xemnas for the third time. I grasp my Keyblade, The Way to Dawn, tighter. Sora growls and grasps his Kingdom Key. Xemnas smirks at us, his Organization coat slowly changes from solid black to a mixture of black and white. He chuckles and walks closer to us.
He puts his hands out, adressing us, "Heros from the realm of light...I will not allow it to end this way...not yet."
I growl, wanting so bad to shut his mouth. Sora seems to want to charge at him too but is hesitant. He probally wants Xemnas to attack him first so he can justify his attack on the Nobody. I grin, sometimes Sora is too kind for his own good. But that's what I like about him, he welcomes anybody into his heart, including me. Sora has a way with people to bring out the good in people like he did with me. I look at Xemnas, not being able to help noticing that he looks like Ansem. I shiver, grasping my Keyblade tighter than before.
Xemnas looks at us, "If light and darkness are eternal then surely we nothings are the same...eternal." He gestures at the nothingness aound us.
I groan, "You're right, light and darkness are eternal. Nothing probally goes on forever too. But guess what Xemnas..."
"That doesn't mean you're eternal!" Sora blurts out.
I grin, amussed by his answer. I probally couldn't have put it any better myself. Tell you the truth I was just going to tell him he couldn't stand up to us or something like that. Xemnas chuckles, unbelieveably, having no heart for it that is.
He points to where his heart should be, "No more eternal than that radiance of yours."
He starts to float off the ground, a blue aura sorrounding his hands. Me and Sora gasp, getting into our offensive stances, ready for him.
Xemnas chukles, "Anger and hate are supriume." He disappears.
I look around desperatly, no telling where he could appear at. Sora looks beside him and jumps in surprise, Xemnas rushing at him.
Xemnas grabs Sora by the hood of his coat, "You shall go together!" He launches Sora into the air.
Sora! I hop into the air, blocking a sneak attack by Xemnas. He lauches ribbons of dark and light at us, trying to hit us. Me and Sora dodge around them, sneaking a few hits here and there at him. Sora hops on my shoulders and pushes off, heading towards Xemnas to attack him. He blocks it with his Aerial Blades which remind me of Lightsabers. Sora falls down and I leap towards him, Sora grabs my hand.
"Get him Riku."
Sora uses all the strength in his arm and lauches me at Xemnas. I swing my Keyblade at Xemnas, aiming for his head. Xemnas easily kicks me aside and disappears. He reappears in front of Sora and punches him in the stomach. Sora coughs and curls into the fetal position, trying to stop the pain. Xemnas then kicks the Kingdom Key out of Sora's grasp, it sails towards me. Sora pumbles toward the ground, Xemnas charging at him with his lightsabers blazing. I catch Sora's Keybalde and launch it back towards Sora.
"Sora, catch!" I yell as the Keyblade flys towards him.
Sora spots it and catches it, just barely blocking the lightsaber. I see the second one swing towards him and dash forward. The red blade connects with my Keyblade, leaving Xemnas vunerable. He seems to notice this and twirls around , knocking me and Sora back. We land on the ground and proceed to attack Xemnas as soon as he hits the ground. His red Lightsabers flashing around as he parries our attacks. He grunts as I slash a hole in his coat.
He raises his hands towards us, "Be gone!!" Two huge spheres of nothingness blast me and Sora back.
I fall to the floor, my arm still aching from when I fought Roxas. I ignore the pain and get up, my attack on Xemnas renewed. Xemnas groans and aims his arm at me, a smirk on his face. He seems to be taunting me.
"Bind!" He yells, the ribbons of darkness and light hit my head.
I yell in pain and fall to the ground, The Way to Dusk flying out of my hands. Xemnas charges at me but is blocked by Sora. I take this chance and leap towards my Keyblade. As I grab it I notice a second Xemnas coming at me, his Aerial Blades aimed at my heart. I quickly launch a Dark Figara at the clone Xemnas and it disappears in a flash of darkness. Sora cries out in pain as the real Xemnas's lightsabers graze across his side. I leap in front of Sora and summon a Dark Sheild, launching Xemnas backwards. Xemnas disappears and appears between me and Sora. He grabs Sora up by his throat, sorrounding my friend in a sphere of nothigness.
"Can you spare...a heart?" He jokes as he tries to drain Sora's energy.
"Sora, No!!!" I yell, worried about his well being.
I leap up to stop him but Xemnas kicks me back. I do a backflip and land on my feet, a few feet away. I spot Sora, his eyes slowly going blank as Xemnas grips his throat tighter. He's trying to yank out Sora's heart! I charge back towards them but run head on into a pink barrier. I fall back and sit up, spotting the Xemnas clone. I stand up and hold out my hand, aiming it at the quickly approaching Xemnas clone. I concentrate, the Dark Figara leaping out of my fingertips. It hits the Xemnas clone dead in the chest, knocking him to the side. I take this opportuinity and dash towards Xemnas and Sora. I leap up and uncleach Xemnas's hand from around Sora's throat. Sora falls to the ground, coughing and clutching his throat, thankful to get air. I pull Xemnas towards me and knee him in the stomach. He coughs, almost dropping his lightsabers. He groans as I elbow him in the back and twirl him around lauching him into the air. He floats back down to the ground, stunned. Me and Sora leap upon him, taking this chance to inflict some serious damage. Xemnas retaliates and disappears. I look franically around, where'd he go?
"There's no such thing as light." Xemnas appears to the left of us.
He clasps his hands together and pulls them apart, a blue aura sorrounding them. A darkness sorrounds me and Sora and we get back to back. Unable to see anything, I only feel Sora behind me, trembling.
"Riku, what's happening?" Sora's voice drifts towards me.
I groan, "Don't know but be prepared for anything." I grip my Keyblade in front of me.
Suddenly a red light sorrounds us and we see hundreds of Aerial Blades sorrounding us, all aimed towards us. Crap, this is going to hurt. Me and Sora ready our Keyblades as the first barrage of blades streak towards us. Me and Sora dash around, deflecting the thousands of blades. A minute goes by and the blades keep coming faster than ever. When will they stop, me and Sora can't keep this up forever! I yell in pain as a blade sneaks past me, slicing through my side. I leap up and start deflecting them again despite the firey pain in my side. Sweat pours down my face as I continue to deflect the never-ending stream of red blades. Soon a blinding light sorrounds us as the Aerial blades run out. We fall down on our knees, too exhausted to fight anymore. Xemnas appears in front of me, hitting me in the shoulder. I tumble backwards and land on my back, yelling in pain.
"Riku!!" Sora calls, looking back at me.
Xemnas walks up to him, his Aerial blades drawn. Xemnas raises one of them, aiming for Sora's head. Sora, too weak to block him lowers his head and squezes his eyes shut, accepting his fate.
"Sora!" I yell and try to get up.
I freeze as I hear a cry of pain. Sora falls to the ground his Keyblade clattering to the floor. I struggle up and spot Sora on the ground, a pool of crimson blood forming around him. I look in horror at Xemnas.
The rage in me bubbles up, "DIE!!!" I yell and charge at Xemnas, my Keyblade slicing right through the head Nobody.
He yells in pain, "Cursed..Key...blade.." He fades from existance, the black shards exploding into nothingness.
I pant in exhaustion, not believing that I've killed him. I hear a small moan and suddenly remember Sora. I turn to see him struggling to sit up, clutching his chest in agony.
I run to him and kneel beside him, "Sora! You ok?"
He shakes his head, his breath coming in shallow gasps, "N-no..he sliced...through my...chest. I don't..have much...time left..." He falls to the ground.
I look helplessly at my best friend, not believing what was happening.
He gasps, his eyes looking around the room, "Riku? Riku...are you....still....there?" His eyes clouding over.
Tears stream down my face as I realise he's blacking out.
I grab his hand and hold it in mine, "Yes...I'm here, Sora."
He grasps my hand tightly, his blank eyes staring up. I sob and embrace him, holding his body close to mine.
"I should've been quicker. It should've been me, not you. Please, not you!" I sob out.
Sora groans, "Its not your...fault...Riku. We all...knew... how dangerous he was. Don't blame...yourself...Riku....don't.." He goes limp and his eyes close.
"S-Sora??" He doesn't answer, "No, Sora! Don't leave me, stay with me!" I yell as he starts to fade away like Xemnas did.
I watch as my best friend fades away, slipping through my fingers.
"R-Riku....I..." He manages to choke out before he completely fades from existance.
No pink heart floats up to become a heartless, No heart, No Heartless, No Nobody,...Nothing. In my heart I knew he was truly gone, no chance that he's alive as Roxas or as a Heartless. I fall to the ground and cry out, my heart drowning in sorrow. Sora's dead! I wasn't quick enough to help him in his time of need. I pound the ground, my vision blurry from the tears. Its all happening to fast, why did this have to happen? Me and Sora were suppose to go back to the islands, together. I should've spent more time with him after he had woken up instead of hiding what I had done. I never got to scold him for slacking off.
"Sora." I sob out, "How can I not blame myself?"
***
Hey, I wasn't so sure if I should post this or not but I said what the heck, I worked really hard on this. This was inspered by staying up till 4:00 in the morning beating Xemnas for the thousanth time and noticing that, after I deflected all the Aerial Blades Xemnas almost decapitates Sora. I wonder what would happen if Riku didn't get up in time. I finally went to sleep and dreamed this up. Hope you like it.
Keiko: Why?! He was so young!!
Mixa: Um, you killed him, not me.
Keiko:(Looks at Mixalis with tears in her eyes)How dare you accuse me of killing him. I loved him!!
Mixa: You wrote it, threfore you killed him.
Keiko:(Sobs) How can you be so heartless?!
Mixa: Um....Nobody. No Heart. Duh!
Keiko: O_o Oh, right. Forgot. (chuckles nerviously then breaks down and sobs)
Mixa: Hey...calm down. How about I take you to Hess....I'll get you a Mountain Dew. Hows does that sound?
Keiko:(sniffs) Ok...Voltage??
Mixa:(nods) Sure.
Keiko: Yay!!(Forgets about the story and disappears in a portal)
Mixa: (Shakes her head) Sometimes Keiko is too easy to please... (disappears into the portal)
