I don't own Kingdom Hearts, and all characters belong to their respective owners.
Riku, the Injured.
"Did you know, your majesty, that getting your fingers pinched in a door that big really hurts?" Riku asked, as he rubbed his swollen fingers. It had been a few hours since the door had been shut, and still his hand was throbbing.
"Stop calling me that Riku, I'm not 'your Majesty', I'm Mickey. How is your hand?"
"The swelling is going down. But wait, wait wait wait, what happened to the heartless?"
Indeed, the heartless that Mickey and Riku had struggled to fight against while Sora closed the door had disappeared.
"I know that i was helping close the door, so i didn't see anything, what happened Your--I mean, Mickey?"
"Well, after i zapped those two darksides, i didn't see any more heartless, i thought i had scared them away, but they should have come back by now. Wanna go find them?"
"Sure" Riku said, unsheathing souleater, "Any particular direction we should go?"
"Well, lets use this door as a guidepost, we'll go directly opposite it."
So, the two set off at a brisk pace, trying to find a few heartless. The scenery was pretty uniform, a muted grey color to everything. The only landmark was the big white door that they had just left.
"why did i stay" Riku thought. "I could have left and helped Sora push the door closed, not only would i not be stuck here in kingdom hearts, but my fingers wouldn't have been pinched." A slight chuckled emanated from his through t. "I stayed because i regretted what i had done. I betrayed my friend and endangered everyone by not having a strong enough heart."
WHUMP
"Riku, Riku are you alright?"
"OWWWW" Riku said, slowly getting up. "What did i hit? Oh. Damn."
Riku had just run smack into the big doors. "So, kingdom hearts isn't that big is it?" Riku asked, rubbing his forehead.
"Nope, if we ran at about 8 miles an hour, and it only took us half an hour to hit, sorry Riku, the doors again, then the world is only 4 miles long."
"Well, at least we won't lose sight of these doors then. But now what are we going to do?"
"Well, we ran opposite the doors last time, lets try opposite the frame, we might find something that way."
So again, they set off at a brisk pace, and again, Riku got back to thinking, "I had the keyblade for a time, was that because of the strength of my heart? Or was it the strength of the darkness? Speaking of, why do i feel that it hasn't left me? Even though Ansem was killed, i still feel like i did before he possessed me, having the taint, but not sure if the canvas is black with white paint or white with black..."
THUMP
"OWWWW, Mickey, why didn't you tell me about the door frame?" Riku moaned, "I am definetly going to have a lump on my head."
"Well Riku, i guess there isn't anything here except the door."
"The very HARD door, Mickey."
"Yes well, what are we going to do?"
"First, I'm gonna freeze my blade with a blizzaga spell and use it as an icepack. After that I'll worry about more important matters."
A couple of hours had passed since Riku's head became intimate with the doorway, and again, the swelling had gone down long enough for him to hold a conversation. "Lets do an inventory. That way we know what stuff we have, and what stuff we can bitch and moan about over the campfire." Mickey stated
"I've got a deck of cards, souleater, a whetstone, no food, no wood, and nothing to start your so-called campfire."
"Well, I'm not much better, got the keyblade, got pen and paper, and my ring, if we ever can send a message, and thats it."
"Mickey, we have no food, no water, no shelter, no heat, and no way out. Joy."
"Don't be glum Riku, I'm sure we'll figure something out."
"Sure, right. In the meantime, lets do a little exploring, really get a lay of the land, and hopefully I won't break my neck in the process. If you get lost, just come back to the door."
"OK Riku see you here in about say an hour."
"Uhh, i don't have a watch."
"Hmmm, and neither do I. OK! just come back when you are tired."
This time they split up, Riku covering the area between the door frames, and Mickey between the doors themselves. However, all was for nothing. There just was nothing at all in Kingdom Hearts.
"You know, for the heart of all worlds I expected a little more...stuff. It seems like someone just threw a bucket of grey paint over everything and forgot about it."
"I know what you mean Riku, but think of it this way: the door looks nice."
Riku just shook his head at the mouse's sheer optimism, "Micky, are you hungry?"
"No, not really. Why do you ask?"
"I'm not hungry, but i haven't eaten since I left Hollow Bastion after Sora beat me, and that was days ago. When was the last time you ate?"
"A couple of days, but yeah, I'm not hungry either.""Heh, go figure, it might be that we are still running on adrenaline from all the fighting, we've been at it for a while.
"I guess Riku."
"So now what do we do?"
"Do you know Gin Rummy?"
"Yeah, Sora and I used to play it a lot, he was never any good" Riku said with a chuckle, "Care to go a round Mickey?"
"Nothing better to do."
So they played, by about the third round they had completely forgotten about their surroundings, and by about the 6th, they lost track of time.
"Gin." Riku said again, laying out four aces, the king queen and jack of spades, and three fives.
"Damnit Riku that was your SIXTIETH straight win...wait. Sixty wins? We've been at the game for sixty rounds! But, it doesn't feel like all that much time has passed, and I'm still not tired, not hungry, and not even thirsty. What is going on Riku?"
"You aren't the only one. This place...I fell that it is giving me energy. Its like Kingdom hearts is sustaining me."
They sat in uncomfortable silence.
"How long are we going to be in here?" Riku said.
"Originally, i came here to save the worlds, and then fade from history and die. However, that doesn't look like its going to happen. I hadn't expected to find you here Riku. How did you get here?"
"Ansem."
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A/N: In addition to Re-editing, I am also consolidating some of my chapters. More words to chew on and all that.