Hello everyone. Okay so it took me a little while longer to update than I thought it would, but at least I got it done. : ) : ) I went camping again and I was really busy during the week so by the time I had the chance to update, I had to pack my clothes to go camping for a week. Well I wrote the next chapter up while I was camping and two other chapters for another story so expect a bunch of updating in the future. : ) : ) Thank you all who took the time to read my first Kingdom Hearts fanfic and I'm sorry if it's off. I'll have to go back and watch all my saved scenes again to make sure that I have everyone's character the right way. Lol. Thank you all to those who have both reviewed and read. : ) : ) It seriously does make me happy. Well, here's the next chapter so please enjoy. And sorry for any spelling mistakes. : ) : )

A Scar for a Promise

The boy seemed to be slightly awake as he pulled my hand down off the blindfold.

"What are you doing?" he whispered, not letting go of my hand.

The hold was gentle, as if he wasn't going to do anything. 'Should I answer him? Is he really awake?' I was confused and didn't really even know what to say.

"Are you hurt?" I asked calmly.

"I'm fine, but what are you doing?" he asked again.

"Seeing if you're alright… Who are you?" I asked with curiosity.

Again he didn't answer and his hand released mine. 'I guess he really isn't alright. Maybe I should stay with him until he wakes up again.' Once again taking hold of the blindfold, I pulled it off his eyes to see his face. The boy's eyes were closed and he was asleep again.

"You better not be with the Organization, because if you are then I'm gunna be really upset," I said almost to myself.

'I feel like I know him. This guy, he makes me feel like I belong somewhere. Maybe Nobodies do have hearts after all and they just don't realize it.' The sun fell behind the buildings and took with it the wonderful colours that had dominated the sky. When the stars had shown themselves at the loss of light, they covered the sky and lit it up to show that there wasn't only darkness. I found that the night sky was even more beautiful than the sunset. 'Every star has a destiny, a place in the sky. They will one day fade back into darkness when their light goes out. But I don't think that even a star would forget the power of light that it once held.' I smiled when my eyes caught sight of the moon. It was a peaceful object. The moon made everything seem like everything would always be alright. It was the main light in all darkness.

I sat down and crossed my arms to wait for the boy's awakening.

"I wonder if he knows anything about Sora… I guess I'll just have to ask him after he wakes up. Ha, it would be funny if he was Sora," I laughed to myself.

"Kairi?" the boy whispered with some confusion.

'Who's Kairi?'

"Is that you Kairi?" he asked.

"Who's Kairi?"

His eyes were still closed but I knew that he was awake. The expression on his face changed and it didn't seem like he was dreaming.

"Who are you?" he wondered, about to get up.

"I'm Demi… Don't' push yourself if you're not alright," I replied, watching him intently.

"Demi… I know that name," he whispered as he changed to a sitting position.

When he opened his eyes, I was surprised by them. They looked sad with the colour of light blue. 'I don't know why, but I feel sorry for him. It's the same with Axel too…'

"If you know my name, I should know yours," I said with a small smile.

The boy's eyes looked at my face and his eyes became solemn.

"Riku. Don't you remember?" he asked me.

'Riku? I found him already, that's awesome!' I thought with a happy smile.

"Do you know Sora?" I asked, not really hearing his question.

"Of course I know Sora, why?"

"I need to find him. That's all," I replied with a smile.

'Didn't he ask if I remembered? Remembered what?'

"I guess then you really don't remember," Riku said solemnly.

"What do you mean?"

"It's nothing. Never mind," he replied, looking away from me.

"So, uh, can I follow you around for a while until I find Sora?"

"Why do you need to find Sora?" Riku asked me with a slightly angry tone.

There was something in his eyes that made me feel bad. It kind of looked like jealousy, but it was something else.

"I'm sorry," I whispered.

"It's not your fault. I'm just trying to stay away from Sora," Riku explained.

'He's lying. He can't even look me in the eye right now. Then again, he wasn't exactly looking me in the eye anyway.'

"I just figured that if he was looking for you, then it would be easier to find you and let him come to me. I can always just go with Axel and find him," I whispered.

"Maybe that would be best. I can't exactly bring you light since I gave into the darkness."

'He gave into the darkness? What does he mean by that? I don't get it.' I felt kind of sad and couldn't help it. There was a feeling in my chest that I didn't understand, and it was the same for Axel.

"Why are you hanging around with him? I never thought that I'd have the pleasure of meeting you, Riku," Axel laughed as he came from a door of darkness.

'This can't be good. I have to separate these two.'

"Do I know you?" Riku asked with some mockery.

"Come on Demi, I never though that you'd go to take care of someone you don't know. After al, in that black coat, he could have been part of the Organization," Axel said as he walked over to me.

I got to my feet and gave Riku and unsure look. 'He said he was avoiding Sora, which means that I won't be able to fight him any time soon. I want to remember, and that's the only reason I want to go after Sora.'

"You're the one with the Organization. At least I know I have a heart, unlike you," Riku said coldly to Axel.

"Let's go Axel. You want me to find Sora right?" I said nervously, turning my attention to him.

I summoned the black Keyblade and turned towards the corner of the train station. Throwing the Keyblade, it stuck itself into the concrete of the wall and took a large chunk out.

"That's my promise that I'll come back here, Riku. Now let's see yours if you want us to meet again," I said quietly so Axel could barely hear.

Riku summoned his own Keyblade that had what looked like a wing at the end. It was red and black with the end being white. He too threw his into the wall, only it was vertical and beside mine.

"Let's go back to the alley. This place gets weird at night," Axel laughed as he took hold of my hand to pull me along.

'Now we have to meet again and then I'll remember by them. I want to know why both Riku and Sora seem familiar.' When Axel and I went to a different place other than the station, my Keyblade vanished, leaving a scar in the wall as a promise.

Axel led the way down the hill and turned to the right which had a small walkway. We were automatically at the same alleyway, only at the end with the tunnel.

"How do you know Riku?" I asked Axel, a little confused.

"I don't know him. I just know that he was the one Sora was looking for. Xemnas would know more about it," he explained, looking at me.

"Xemnas?"

"The leader of the Organization, Xemnas. Got it memorized?" he mocked me.

'So he's the big guy of the Organization. Good to know that Saix isn't the leader, otherwise I'd probably die.' I went over to the wall and sat down against it.

"Hey Axel, thanks for saving me earlier. I guess it would be better for you and Demyx if I just traveled on my own," I said quietly.

"Now why would you say something like that? We're the ones who want you to defeat Sora," he replied, sitting down beside me.

At Axel's words, I laughed for no reason. It was like it was the only way I could keep myself from whimpering like a baby would.

"Do you want to be the hero?" I laughed, "It doesn't seem to fit you."

"If it's the hero for you, then I don't mind. It's weird. Only Roxas made me feel like I had a heart, but you make me feel like I have more than that. I'm sure that you would make Demyx feel the same but maybe it's just because you're a Keyblade wielder," he said softly before laughing at the end.

"What do you mean makes you feel like you have a heart?" I asked with confusion.

'Wait… If Nobodies don't have hearts, then how are we still alive?' That thought gave me more investigation work and I felt stupid for it.

"Nobodies don't have one remember?"

"Never min," I laughed.

"Get some rest if you're tired. I won't go anywhere," Axel said with a small smile.

I gave Axel a small smile back and then closed my eyes. 'If I beat Sora, I wonder what will happen. Axel seems to think he knows the outcome, but how can he be sure of that?' When I fell asleep, I had a strange dream, about being on an island.

"Come on you guys, let's go to the island!" my voice called to three people.

I couldn't see their faces, only their chins and down. All I could tell was that there were two boys and one girl.

"I don't think we should go there right now. It looks like it's going to rain," the girl said with worry.

"I agree with you Ka…" said the shorter boy.

"The waves get pretty bad out there in this weather. Maybe we should go to the cave," replied the taller boy.

"Alright, as long as we do something," I said quietly, looking towards the waterfall.

"R…, Demi, aren't you coming?" the girl called us from the entrance to a cave beside the waterfall.

"Come on Demi, we'll go together."

With that, the dream ended and I woke up with some confusion. 'That was weird. That boy who said we'll go together seemed so familiar, like I already knew him.'

"So you're awake. I never saw you as the person to sleep in," Axel laughed.

"What do you mean sleep in? The sun is barely coming up!" I groaned as I pointed towards the sky.

"No need to get angry. I know that you haven't slept in a while since you were running all over the place yesterday," he said with a smile.

"There you guys are. I went all over the place to look for you!" Demyx whined as he appeared.

'He looks tired. I wonder what happened to make him that way…' I thought as I looked at his face.

"Xemnas sent me out to look for Demi while Saix is looking for you. Saix is coming and if he sees me here with you then I'll have to do something. Sora is coming too," Demyx explained with a worried tone.

'That can't be good. Would we have to leave and then find Sora again later?'

"Demyx, take Demi away from here. I'll stay here and keep them away," Axel ordered.

"What? No! You can't do that! No sacrifice will be made for me and I refuse to let it happen. It's either we all leave together or nothing… Well except Demyx since he still has a place in the Organization…"

"Do you really want to be stuck with Saix again? I thought you were afraid of him," Axel mocked me.

"People can't always be afraid of something. I'm not afraid of the darkness," I exclaimed with confidence. Axel though about it for a minute and then looked at Demyx.

"You better not get caught Demyx. You know what happened to the others for betraying the Organization."

"Yeah I know. At least we do still have hearts, unlike the traitor," Demyx said as he opened a door of darkness.

"I'm gunna want to see you again Demyx, maybe you can teach me how to use a water guitar," I laughed with a smile.

"That would be something I'm not the wrong guy for."

Demyx walked through the darkness and disappeared from Twilight Town. 'I really wouldn't mind using water. I think it would be really cool.'

Axel made his weapons appear and I was amazed by how they looked. They were like small spiky wheels that were red and white. On the inside there were handles that went with the design of tem. 'That's so awesome!'

"Here, hold out your hand," he said, putting his hand out.

I listened and he touched one of the keys on my bracelets. I watched as it turned red for a second.

"Now you can use fire while you're fighting. Don't use it too often until you get stronger, it'll drain your energy."

"Awesomeness!"

"Let's go to the train station. That's probably where Sora will come first," Axel said as he pointed to the back walkway we had used before.

Nodding my head, I grabbed Axel's sleeve and ran ahead of him. 'I'm not afraid of Saix. He's just a guy that likes to hurt people.'

"Why didn't you just open a door of darkness Axel? Wouldn't it have been easier instead of running?" Saix said with amusement as he appeared on the hill to the station.

I froze at seeing him and Axel came to stand in front of me. 'I have to fight and I can't keep running away from everything forever.'

"Fine then, Demi, come on," Axel laughed as he touched the ground with his hand.

'We came here so we could run away? What was the point of that?'

"I'm sorry Axel," I whispered when the door of darkness was opened.

'I will not run away. Not this time.' I took the chance to push Axel into the darkness and run to the station.

"What the," Axel cried as the door closed on him and he was transported to Hollow Bastian.

He looked around and sighed.

"Here I thought we could do this together. I should have known that she's more stubborn than Roxas. Maybe she's just a little more important," he whispered to himself as he looked at the castle.

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I ran pass Saix and headed straight for the station. There was no way I was going to turn back now. Something white pooled in a spot on the ground in front of me and then one of those white things appeared.

"You didn't think you would get away did you?" Saix asked from behind me.

'I'll fight for Axel and Demyx. I'll fight this guy for what they are doing for me. It's time I paid them back!' I summoned my two Keyblades and turned to Saix with a small smirk on my face. My heart was pounding with some fear, but I wasn't going to show him that.

"Who said I was running away?" I mocked.

"Are you afraid of the darkness? Is that why you refuse to give into it?" he asked with a small smile.

"Yeah right, why would I be afraid of the darkness? I just don't want to turn into a Nobody like you!"

"You forget you are a Nobody. If you hate me, then take that out on the Heartless. Complete Kingdom Hearts so you too, may fully exist," Saix said as he snapped his fingers and made the Dusk disappear.

There were some fast footsteps behind me and before I could turn around to attack whatever it was, I was pulled into darkness. The last thing I saw was Saix with an upset face.

'What the heck? Who is that?' When another world appeared, I turned to see someone wearing a black coat and a hood over their head. 'Okay, if Saix is with the Organization and they all wear black coats like that, then why is this person pulling me away?'

"I don't know who you are but…"

"We made a promise, so I came back to see if you were there. Don't tell me you forgot that too," a boy's voice said with a small laugh.

"R-Riku!" I said happily.

I went to pull the hood off his head, but he quickly turned around and grabbed my free hand.

"D… Don't. It's not right," he said with uncertainty.

Something didn't seem right. Riku was taller than the last time I had seen him and I was confused. 'He doesn't seem like he's okay. I feel like something's not right, like something's wrong.'

"Riku, are you okay? Did something happen?" I asked with concern.

"Don't be stupid… Nothing happened. Just don't pull it down alright?" Riku said rather coldly, but the coldness wasn't directed at me.

"Alright, so where are we?"

"The Land of the Dragons. Someone in Organization XIII is here to attack the emperor and we have to stop them. Just because darkness id eternal doesn't mean that we have to make it eternal," Riku said as he looked around the mountainside.

There was snow everywhere and a huge mountain behind us. Below the ridge looked like a village covered with snow, but it was burned down. 'It doesn't look like a happy place… Is it okay to be here?'

"Sora doesn't seem to be keeping to what those guys are telling you," Riku said quietly.

"What do you mean?"

"He's here, coming to the mountain," he replied, pointing to the village.

'How can he see him so clearly?'

With a small smile on my face, I held my Keyblades tighter than I already was. 'Now's my chance to finally fight against Sora. Maybe then I'll be able to remember…' Riku was quiet as he summoned his own Keyblade.

"I'll fight Sora, Demi. Hide behind something and don't come out until he's gone," he said rather sternly.

"Why do you want to fight Sora? I thought you were trying to stay away from him!" I asked, rather upset.

"To see if he's still following his heart. This doesn't mean that he has to know it's me, or know that you're still alright. You found me even though you don't remember, so now it's my turn to do something for you."

'What does he mean something for me? I don't get it.'

"No Riku, you don't have to fight Sora, I will. You probably don't feel well enough since last night!" I argued.

"My heart has decided and I will not go against it. Go hide Demi."

'That's not fair if his heart has decided. I can't go against that, it would be cruel.' With a sigh, I gave up and let my Keyblades disappear. Looking at the darkness of the hood, I wished I knew why he wouldn't let me see his face.

"Fine, I'll go hide. Just don't let him leave all right?" I asked as I looked away from him.

"I can't keep him here, but I will come back for you," Riku said as he let go of my other hand and rubbed my head.

'Riku's hands are bigger too. His voice is still the same and he's as nice as he was, but why won't he let me see his face?'

"I promise that we'll come together again," he said softly before turning to the ridge.

"Alright, but if I'm not there when you come back… I'm probably with Axel or Demyx," I replied quietly before running to a crevice in the rocks of the mountains.

'I want to know what is wrong with Riku. I want to know why I get the same feeling when I'm with him and Axel. They make me feel like I have a heart.' I thought as I sat down against the rocks of the mountains.

"Look, it's someone from Organization XIII! He has to be the spy that's been in the palace!" a boy shouted at Riku.

'Is that Sora?' I wondered with some interest. I looked around the rocks to see what was going on and saw a boy with his own Keyblade and brown spiky hair. With him was a white duck wearing a blue hat and outfit with a staff in his hand, and a dog kind of person with a big shield.

"Look Sora, someone else is here too!" the duck cried as he pointed towards me.

'Aw crap. That's not good.' Riku blocked the way from their sight to me with his hands out and his Keyblade ready. When I hid behind the rocks again, there was a time shift through the air and everyone was gone.

"Come on Riku, you can do it," I whispered with confidence.

The strange sound of a door of darkness being opened was heard and then someone blocked the way to my crevice. 'Who is that?' Looking up, my heart started to pound with who I saw there.

"Did you think you could avoid the darkness, Demi?" Saix asked as he held a hand out to me.

"Why should I go with you? Someone with no heart would have no reason to want me to come with them," I replied coldly.

"You do want to remember don't you? Wouldn't existing being that dream to reality?" he asked again.

"If you didn't exist then you wouldn't be standing there."

"I can take you to Axel and allow you to see him before he fades back into darkness," Saix said with a small smile on his face.

With a small laugh, I took off a bracelet and threw it at his head only for him to catch it and look it over.

"Eat me!" I said coldly, getting to my feet.

The bracelet disappeared from Saix's hand and appeared back on my wrist. 'That's a little weird, but it doesn't matter. I think I will go with Saix, just to see what kind of game he's scheming. I don't know what I would do if Axel wasn't alright.'

"Don't let the darkness overtake you!" Axel's voice shouted from behind Saix.

"Must you always interfere?" Saix asked coldly, looking back with just his eyes.

Someone grabbed Saix by his hood and then pinned him against the rock wall. 'That wasn't Axel.'

"Demi!" Axel said as he came to the crevice.

I heard the sound of the darkness and then Axel pulled me out of the rocks. Looking over, I saw someone with a black hood on and figured that it was Riku.

"Thank you," I whispered before falling to my knees.

Riku was about to come over, but Axel was there first.

"Dem, are you alright?" he asked, bending down to me.

"I'm fine, it's nothing. It's nothing at all. I must seem like a total crybaby," I tried to laugh as tears fell down my face.

'Why am I crying again? I must seem so foolish to them, both of them.' Looking away from Axel's gaze, I stared at the snow as the tears slowly fell down my cheeks.

"Did he do something to her?" a voice asked from the person who I thought was Riku.

The voice was deeper and rather sad, like it was Riku only someone else as well. 'Where's Riku? I feel like he is Riku, I know it is but that's not Riku's voice.'

"No, he didn't do anything, just leave me alone. Let me think for a little while," I whispered, closing my eyes.

"I will not leave you," both Axel and the guy said in unison.

Axel looked at the guy in the black coat suspiciously before standing up straight.

"You're not with the Organization, are you," he said more as a fact than question.

"Neither are you, at least, not anymore by the looks of things," the guy in the black coat replied almost coldly.

While the two were talking, I got a little light headed and collapsed onto my back.

I had a dream, back on the island with the three kids.

"Hey Riku, do you think that if I climb that rock wall beside the waterfall I can jump onto the ground beside the pond?" I asked with a smile.

"I doubt it Demi. You'll probably just hurt yourself," a boy with silver hair laughed with a smile.

"Demi, Riku. Sora and I have been looking for you. I thought we were supposed to go to the island today," the girl said happily.

"This is the island Kairi," I laughed.

"We were supposed to come together!"

"Let it go Kairi. At least we're here," Riku shrugged.

Kairi had red hair and blue eyes.

"Yeah, you're right. Sora can get here on his own," she laughed.

"Sora is already here. He's by the Obstacle Course."

"He knew you guys were here and he didn't come tell me? He's gunna pay for that!" Kairi said as she ran off to the other side of the island.

'I love it here!' I thought with a smile.

"Hey Riku, do you think we should go with her?" I laughed.

"Better not. You know how she gets when she's upset. We might as well just stay here all day," he replied, looking out into the ocean.

"What's that?" I wondered, pointing to something out in the water.

"I don't know," he replied with his own amount of curiosity.

It was black and had yellow glowing eyes. The strange thing looked like it was just sitting there, staring.

"Everything will one day fade back into darkness. The heart is no different. All things will fade back into darkness!" a voice said from somewhere.

"Did you hear that?" I asked.

"Hear what?"

End of Chapter 2

Hiya! So there was a little fluffiness between Riku and Demi, not to mention Axel and Demi. So yeah, I'll let you in on a secret if you haven't figured it out yet which I'm sure that you're all smart enough to figure out but I'll tell you anyway. This story is Demi and Riku as well as Demi and Axel. : ) : ) My first kind of love triangle… I think. Lol. I would have made her like Demyx too, but he doesn't seem like much of a boyfriend more than a friend. Lol. We all know that Demyx rocks, and so does Saix so sorry that I kind of make him seem like a really bad guy in here. I do like him so I don't want to make it sound like I'm dissing him at some point. Lol. : ) : ) Once again I apologize for spelling errors and other things like that. I will, one day, get around to fixing all of my spelling mistakes and what not so no worries! Thanks again for reading. : ) : ) Please R&R and I'll try to type up the next chapter as fast as I can. : ) : )