Summary: Several years after Kingdom Hearts, Kairi and Sora are together and Riku is being controlled by a powerful sorceress in a new, stronger form...extremely weird storyline....^^; Eventual Riku/Sora...YAY! And there are no OC's, just so you know.

Warnings: Um...it IS basically Sora/Kairi...but there is eventual Riku/Sora...it's kinda angsty, and I haven't put extreme Sora/Kairi in it, because personally I hate Sora/Kairi within every inch of my being...but it makes for an angsty Riku! And Riku's appearance HAS changed quite dramatically. ^^; I try to keep him hot and yummy-lookin`, though! ^.~ But the description of his appearance will be in a later chapter... Oh yeah, and the point of view will change..And...uh....no OC's, though at times it may seem like there are! ^_^ Once the story gets to the Riku/Sora part, you can skip all the other chapters and go straight to the Riku/Sora if you wanna! lol, I won't mind. You might not understand anything, but feel free to do it! After all, Riku/Sora rocks. ^^

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts...nor is this a guess about what will happen at the end of Kingdom Hearts...it's just a freaky story I started because I'm bored and have PMS. ^^; But that's too much information...tee-hee.

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It was dark...far too dark. I stumbled through the cold room, trying to find my bed. For months I had been held captive in this...what was it? A castle? It was huge with many stairways. Huge and cold. It had to be a castle. Instead of finding the sheets of my bed, I found the freezing stone of the windowsill. The wind blew a cold breeze on me and I shuddered. Thankfully, I had on a long-sleeved tunic and long pants, but still...it was chilly in this castle and always had been. I could sense the darkness outside the window, and turned away. Sighing, I sat on the floor, thinking about what had been.

It had been years since I had seen light...how many, I have no clue. I hadn't kept track of it. First, I was locked in Kingdom Hearts...and after a while, the dimmest light could have burned my eyes with a stinging pain. It was strange that I even still had eyes. I had lost my body to Ansem and only my spirit remained. Or my heart, whichever you prefer. Yet I still had an appearance...it was strange. Very strange.

Then I was freed. I promised myself I would find Sora...my Sora...my light. But something went wrong. I started to fade. I could feel it, my image slowly fading away, along with my ability to walk, talk...to do anything. Then SHE came.

She promised me that she would give me a body. She told me I wouldn't be able to see, but I would be able to sense things, and I would have heightened senses of smell and hearing. I immediately agreed. I was fading fast, and the need to find my Sora was driving me on, was taking me over. She put me in a new body...and after all these months I still don't exactly know what it looks like. It must not be too bad, for everytime she sees me she remarks about how beautiful I am. She told me that she tried to put in as much of my original looks as she could. I knew somehow that she was telling the truth but... I was no longer a human...but a creature. I hate her. I hate Maleficent.

I don't know how she survived, but she did. She controls everything I do now, because I was foolish enough to let her give me a new body. I fell into her trap. She promised me that I'd see Sora again...and the scary thing is...I believe her. It's only a matter of time...before I am sent to destroy my beloved angel.

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"Riku," a smooth, rich female voice rang throughout the room. Riku stood, and though he could see nothing, he could hear exactly where the voice was coming from and looked straight at the woman in the doorway.

"Maleficent," he growled. "How much longer do you plan on keeping me locked up here?"

"Not much longer. In fact, you are leaving tonight," she answered. Riku's heart gave a painful wrench. He figured he knew the reason that he was leaving tonight, but didn't want to hear it. Still, he had to ask.

"Why are you letting me leave?"

"I believe you know the answer to that, Riku," she stepped toward him, smiling evilly, "There is someone who must die...someone strong...someone you've beaten before, but not when it really counted..."

"Sora..." he whispered.

"Yes. Sora. He has grown even stronger, you know, while you have grown weaker. You wouldn't even have a body if it weren't for me. You are in my debt. I know that you won't willingly destroy Sora...but as you know...there are ways to force you..."

"I.. I know that," Riku shuddered at the memory of being controlled by Maleficent. There were times when she made it so that Riku couldn't control anything, so that he had a lust for blood and flesh, so that he would destroy at all costs. He feared that Maleficent was about to do that again.

"Don't worry, Riku. In a few minutes, you won't mind killing Sora," she chuckled. Riku started shivering as Maleficent's voice struck deep into his heart. "And he will be quite a challenge for you...but you have the ability to defeat him. I shall give you armor and weapons," with a simple wave of her hand, Riku felt his clothes change, and his body weighed down considerably more. "You are almost ready, Riku..."

"Don't you dare control me again!" Riku yelled, "Or I'll destroy you! I swear it!"

"Oh, foolish Riku," was all Maleficent said before she snapped her fingers. Riku fell to the ground and groaned, trying desperately to resist the force of Maleficent's spell, but it was useless. The woman laughed as Riku stood up straight, eyes narrowed and ready to obey her.

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"Sora, what are you doing here?" Kairi asked as she walked up to her boyfriend. (A/N: Like I said, Kairi and Sora are..::gulp:: going out...yes, I know, it disturbs me too. It took all the guts I had to write this fic. ^^; )

"Just thinkin`," Sora answered as he turned to smile at Kairi from his seat on the paopu branch. Kairi smiled back and sat next to Sora.

"About what?"

"Riku," Sora answered. Kairi stared at him, somewhat upset.

"Sora, it's been three years. Besides, he betrayed you. Please, you have to get over him!" she said, hugging him. Sora sighed.

"I know...I just...I miss him...I wonder if he's all right...or if he's hurt...or..." Sora trailed off, his face in an expression of sadness. Kairi sighed a sigh of frustrated anger.

"Sora, you've been coming here every day since you got back to the Destiny Islands! And every time someone asks you what you're thinking about, you say 'Riku'! It's like you're obsessed with him...Sora, just please get over him. He's never coming back. He...he DESERVES to be locked behind that stupid door!" with that, Kairi jumped off the paopu branch and stormed away. Sora watched her leave, a little hurt. Of course, he realized as he turned back to face the ocean, Kairi had been like that ever since they had started going out. It was like she felt threatened by a boy who wasn't even there anymore.

Now somewhat depressed, Sora jumped off the paopu branch and decided to head home. He was unaware of the slight rustle in the bushes, unaware of the fact that there was a creature listening to his footsteps in the sand, unaware of the animal sensing him leave and lusting to destroy him.

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Yes, it's very strange, isn't it? u.u; ...Sorry if it's too weird for your liking...it's too weird for MINE, I know that. lol. Blame the weirdness on my wolf demon Taikuru, HE'S the one that gave me the idea for the fic...

Taikuru: OO; ...um...sorry?

^_^ Well...if you've gotten this far, thanks for reading! I'll post the next chappie as soooooon as I can. -^^- Tee-hee...chappie.