Hi! It's me again. I am back and better than ever. I realize that my first story was a little out of my hand, so I cut it short and started on something I knew a little better. Please R and R.

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.

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Dark. Everything was dark, and strangely wet. "Where am I?" And then it occurred to him, he couldn't breathe! He used his arms to push to the surface as quickly as he could, watching as the light began to pierce the darkness. Almost out of air, Sora pushed through the surface, showering water all around him. Not even three seconds after he broke surface, another person surfaced next to him. Riku looked around, and shook his mane of silver hair out, getting Sora (if it was even possible) wetter.

"Hey, I just showered, you know. I was clean and everything!"

The two laughed at the ridiculous joke, and grew silent. The ocean surrounded them on all sides, with a fog blocking their view, seemingly without any end in sight. "Umm, just wondering, but where are we exactly?" Riku asked, but Sora wasn't paying any attention. "Hey, Sora, where are we!" Sora replied in only one word, hardly above a whisper.

"Home…"

Riku turned to where he was looking, and nearly got a mouthful of salt water. The fog had cleared, showing the Destiny Islands, their home, in the distance. They looked at each other, and that was it. It was a race to see who could get home first.

Several minutes later (or seconds, it was hard to tell) they were on the beach, feeling the sand under their hands and feet. Someone yelled at them, and they looked up long enough to get tackled to the ground by Goofy, Donald, and Kairi. It was the best moment any of them had had for a long time. All of them had found each other, after all of the searching, the fighting, and the suffering, they were together again, and there was nothing that could take them apart. Or so they thought.

A lone bottle floated up onto the beach, next to the celebrating group. Riku, who wasn't weighed down by the three extra people, reached for it and uncorked the bottle. A letter, bearing the seal of King Mickey, fell out. He broke it, and began to read. His eyes widened at the information, and he turned to the others.

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Sora sat on the lone island next to the papou tree, wrapped in sadness. He and the others had to leave again, to go and help the King end this final threat. There was nothing specific, just the there was one last battle to be fought, and that he would come for them when the time was right. When would that time be, and what would happen when it was time to fight the last fight? It didn't make sense to him. In his first adventure, a Heartless named Ansem tried to unlock Kingdom Hearts, and unleash the ultimate darkness on the spread out worlds. Ultimately, Sora, along with his partners Donald and Goofy, vanquished him before he could release his plan fully. They had found Kairi, who was lost at the destruction of their island home, and watched Riku slip into darkness while he searched for her as well. The three had also found King Mickey… on the other side of Kingdom Hearts, and had to lock the King and Riku inside to stop the Heartless from escaping, which set him on his quest to search for Riku and the King once again. This led them to the Castle Oblivion, where, once inside, their memories were taken and warped by a secret society known as Organization XIII. In the end, they defeated them, and had their memories restored by a girl named Namine. She had the ability to alter the memories of others and those close to them, and she used it to change them, and then put them back the way they were supposed to be. The whole process took a year's time. After that, they were plunged into yet another adventure with a new enemy, the Nobodies, which were the shells of victims taken by Heartless. The villains were again the Organization XIII. Their leader was called Xemnas, who was the Nobody form of "Ansem", who turned out to be the assistant of the real Ansem known as DiZ. Their plan concerned Kingdom Hearts, but a much different tone, Xemnas wanted to take the hearts from it and make them his own. And again, the Organization's plan was foiled by Sora and a newly found Riku, whom had been trying to find Sora after Ansem's demise.

All in all, it had been a long trip, and he hoped it had been over, that the Heartless and Nobodies had been dealt with for the last time. Sora's sadness turned to anger. Why did he have to be the one? Ever since the Keyblade chose him, he's had nothing but hell for it, and yet there is still more to do! Why can't the Keyblade choose someone else! And not only that, but the Keyblade had also ensnared his friends, Kairi and Riku, and made them wielders. Why them? They didn't deserve to go through what he had, to fight what he fought, and even though they would say it was their obligation, he couldn't let them go. He didn't want to lose them again, not if he could help it. His anger built inside of him until he couldn't take it.

"WHY!" He shouted to the sky, as if expecting an answer. "WHY THEM? THEY DON'T DESERVE THIS!" He fell down, anger turning back to sadness. "why them…"

He sat there, sobbing to himself, all inhibitions let go. "Sora? Are you all right?" It was Riku who called out to him. When he got close enough, he saw the tears in Sora's eyes. "What's the matter, Sora?"

Sora practically through himself at Riku, shouting, "YOU CAN'T GO, YOU CAN'T! I WON'T LOSE YOU GUYS AGAIN! I COULDN'T BEAR IT AGAIN! Please," he sobbed, "don't go…"

"Shhhh. It's all right. I'm not going anywhere." Riku said as he tried to calm Sora down. "I'm not going anywhere, I promise. I'm right here."

After Sora regained his composure, he explained to Riku how he felt. "I just don't think I could live through the two of you guys getting taken or worse. I'd lose it." Riku gave him a small chuckle. "Hey," he started, "I not going to get taken, and Kairi's not one to stand around to wait. Nothing in the world could manage to pry us apart. Don't forget that I traversed total darkness to look for you, and Kairi fought to return to you. There wasn't anything going to stop us then."

They sat there for several minutes, Sora laying on Riku's shoulder, watching as the sun set down below the horizon. "Hey, Sora, I… uh… looked for you for a long time. There were times that I felt I was lost in the darkness forever. Since I found you, though, I found the light again, and I discovered some… things… that I hadn't felt before. I…" He stopped, as if trying to find the words. Sora found them for him, as well as Riku's hand, which they both were. "You feel… things… that scare you, and confuse you." He paused, and continued on. "I know what you're feeling. And I…" He found himself staring into his best friend's eyes, losing himself in the deep, green limpid pools of intelligence, shining brightly in the sun's last ray of light. Sora found himself getting closer, under both his own will and from Riku's hand pressing against the small of his back. Time seemed to stand still, and then their lips met, and they lost themselves in their kiss. Then it seemed time really had stopped, because by the time the two broke away, the sun had set, and the stars blanketed the night sky. And though there were no words, they both echoed the same thought. "I love you."