Umi stood before the cliff, she stood right on the edge. She was ready to jump, ready for the water to take over her, to be back were she felt at home.

Riku just happened to be passing by with Sora, Sora had been talking non stop the past twenty minutes about who knows what. Sora suddenly stopped mid sentence, Riku looked over at his unnaturally silent friend.

"Isn't that Umi" Sora asked pointing out the dark haired girl who stood on the edge of the cliff.

Riku went wide eyed and hissed, "Dammit! Umi!", he took off leaving Sora shouting after him.

Umi stood there letting the wind flow through her black hair, "Ven…. I miss you." tears fell from Umi's brown eyes.

"Umi" that was Riku calling her name, and truthfully she loved his voice. She really loved everything about him, but she felt as if she was betraying Ventus, the one she had first loved.

"Don't come closer" she shouted.

Riku stopped in his tracks, he was about a few feet from her, "Umi! What are you doing?"

Umi turned to face him, "Heading back to the water, I need to go there."

"Not like this, you could get yourself killed" Riku snapped.

"I can't die" Umi said with a sad smile, "I can never, not until I find an heir for the crystal."

Riku stepped towards Umi, "Please, just come back over here, you could still get hurt."

"So what?" Umi said tears coming down her cheeks, "I want to die, get hurt! Something!"

"That's really stupid," Riku began, "why would you want to do that?"

Umi fell to her knees, "I want to see Ven…. I need him."

"I… See" Riku said biting his lip and looking down at his feet.

"But even if I could die, I couldn't bring myself to do it" Umi shouted putting her face in her hands.

Riku closed his eyes face still tilted towards his feet, "Why not?"

"Because of you," Umi began, "I couldn't leave you behind, not by yourself."

Riku looked back up at Umi, "What do you mean?"

Umi looked up at Riku tears still rolling down her cheeks, "Lately you're all I can think about Riku, and I feel if I leave you you'll go back to the dark path."

Riku walked over to Umi, he sat down beside her and pulled her into his lap.

"Don't worry about it," Riku said holding her close, "I won't go back there, not again."

"Riku…" Umi began her tears started to stop.

Riku pulled back and looked her in the eyes, "Just don't leave me, I need you."

Umi smiled, "I won't, I'll stay right here." she hugged him tightly.

Riku pushed her back just to let his lips claim hers, Umi brought her hands to tangle themselves in his hair, while his arms went around her waist.

"Finally… I…. made it" Sora said in between gasps of breath. He stopped once he saw Riku kissing Umi.

"Awww! Go Riku!" Sora shouted.

Umi and Riku parted, Umi's face was bright red, and Riku's was slightly pink.

"Sora! Go away!" Riku shouted.

Sora grinned, "Fine, but I'm going to go tell everyone about this."

Umi glared at Sora, "If you know what's good for you keyblade wielder, you'll keep your mouth shut."

Sora squeaked lightly and scurried off, leaving Umi and Riku laughing.

"Thought so" Umi nodded.

Riku chuckled, "We should head back, I really don't trust Sora to keep his mouth shut."

Umi nodded as they both stood up, they headed back down to the beach hand in hand.

END