Author's Note: Hello again! This is part two of the scene that I started posting last night. It's also the end of the little scene. To my one wonderful Anonymous reviewer, Anon: Kairi's Dive in my canon takes place in AtP. I can't give you an exact chapter off the top of my head, however. As for Kairi's Dive in KH canon? Your guess is as good as mine! I hope soon!

Anyway, originally, this was supposed to be Namine fighting Xigbar. But then I realized that time would freeze because of Kairi's Dive. Only Namine would be awake through it. Thus, this was born. Namine decided that since she was already separate from Kairi, she might as well go see what Riku was up to. She has a mind of her own.

Anywho, enjoy!


The sound came back before everything else. (Which, in hindsight, didn't make much sense, since Light travelled faster than Sound, but Namine later just attributed this to the blinding light that was coming from Kairi interfering with her ability to see anything else.)

"…Hate you." Namine heard Riku say.

"Are you trying to kill me?" She heard Axel shout.

Realizing a split-second too late, Namine spun back around, trying to form a dark corridor as she did.

However, it didn't matter. The bullet was already passing through her.

She turned her head to see Kairi's eyes fly open. The bullet made contact with Destiny's Embrace and Kairi, along with the bullet, disappeared.

The two of them were warped across the battlefield. Kairi battled the bullet away again and warped once more. This process repeated again.

"Hey!" Xigbar said. "It's Little Miss Memory!"

Namine frowned at him and then pointed casually at the bullet that was now aimed at him after Kairi's last batting.

He rolled his eyes and warped at the last second. The bullet flew aimlessly away. Xigbar reappeared and stuck his hands through two more dark corridors, laughing as he did so.

"Move, Kairi!" Namine shouted. She could figure that at least half of those bullets were intended for Kairi. If the other half happened to come at her, well, Xigbar would be in for quite the surprise when he realized that they'd all pass through her.

Kairi, who wasn't even surprised to see Namine out and about, did as she was told. Seconds later, Xigbar's hands, guns, and bullets came directly at where her head used to be.

"That was a close one," Namine murmured.

A shout from Sora caught her attention. It wasn't an angry shout, it wasn't a cocky shout.

It was a scared shout.

Sora wasn't in pain, but he was still fearful. Sora was near Riku. Xaldin showed no mercy.

Namine turned around just in time to hear Riku's strangled cry as Xaldin drove a lance through his hand.

"No!" Namine screamed. She formed a corridor and ran through it, because merely running wasn't fast enough.

She appeared beside Sora and watched as the tendrils of darkness began winding themselves around Riku. Riku writhed in pain.

"No…" Sora murmured. "Not after everything we've done to help!"

Namine stood frozen in shock, unsure of what to do. Unsure if there was anything she could do.

What Riku did next surprised them all. He reached over and with a small groan, he pulled the lance out of his hand.

"No!" he declared.

Namine gasped as she watched the tendrils begin to retreat.

For the first time, Sora looked over at her.

"Namine?" he asked.

She motioned for him to be quiet with a flick of her hand.

He probably would have argued if it wasn't for the fact that Riku started speaking again.

"I will not give into the darkness!" he exclaimed. "That is not who I am."

With that, he drove the lance that had previously been in his hand through Xaldin's stomach.

"That's for what you did to Sora earlier," he grunted.

Sora made a noise of agreement, then went over and slashed at Xaldin with his Keyblade. Xaldin collapsed to the ground, gone for good.

"That's for what you did to Riku," Sora said, his voice flat.

Meanwhile, Namine had run over to Riku.

"Well hello," he whispered hoarsely.

"Hi," she replied, putting her hand in the air. "Cure!"

Nothing happened.

"Seriously?" she exclaimed. "I can form a dark corridor, but I can't…"

"Curaga!" Sora shouted, cutting her off.

Riku grimaced and started to stand up, keeping his left hand close to his body. It was horribly bloody—the blood visible through the black glove, even. His fingers all hung limply. Namine wanted to help him stand but she couldn't. She wished Sora would help him stand, but he wouldn't. It was all very frustrating.

Sora did start to Cure Riku again, so she forgave him.

"Don't waste your magic," Riku said, his teeth gritted together. "It's not going to work on this. There's too much darkness."

"Then what…" Sora began.

Riku just shook his head. "I'll deal." He turned to Namine. "I see you came to join us."

"Yeah, well," Namine said, shrugging and looking down at her shoes. She was blushing for some reason and didn't want either of them to see. "Kairi's got a Keyblade and I figured…"
"Well of course Kairi's got a Keyblade…" Sora began slowly. Then Namine's meaning hit him.

Both him and Riku looked over at Kairi, who was currently batting away more laser bullets with Destiny's Embrace.

"Cool!" Sora exclaimed, summoning Oathkeeper. He now had Oathkeeper and Oblivion in one hand and Bond of Flame in the other.

"Want to use one?" he asked, looking at Namine.

Namine sighed and stuck her hand through Oblivion.

"I'd love to, but I can't."

"Bummer."

He started to offer Bond of Flame out to Riku, but then he realized that Riku couldn't really hold a Keyblade in his left hand at the moment. Currently, he was leaning on Way to Dawn to support his weight.

"Right then. I'll wield three."

"Well, well, look at what we have here," came a voice that sent shivers down all three of their spines. Even Namine.

Xehanort had seen fit to join the battle. He hadn't even drawn his ethereal blades yet. He didn't look like he was going to, either. He was looking at Sora with a very interesting expression on his face. Sora growled and started working Bond of Flame into a spin again.

"I am not in the mood to deal with you," he spat.

Everyone else froze, watching Sora and Xehanort. Had the situation been different, Namine would have laughed at the fact that Axel was yanking on Saix's hair and Saix was in the process of punching Axel in the face.

"χ-blade!" Xehanort said with a grin, pointing at Sora.

"What?" Sora asked, confused.

"In time, it will make sense, but first…"

He summoned a ball of darkness and shot it right at Riku.

"No!" Namine growled, throwing herself in between the ball and Riku. She threw up a dark corridor, trying to send the ball of darkness somewhere else.

However, the sheer amount of darkness backfired at them both. Namine, though completely intangible, was thrown backwards. She tried to sit up but was too weak at the moment. Darkness began to well up around Riku.

He shouted as shapeless shadows began grabbing onto him, trying to pull him farther into the darkness. Riku tried to fight as best as he could, swinging his Keyblade wildly about.

Sora began chucking Keyblades at Xehanort. Xehanort tossed each one aside, only for Sora to summon them again and try all over again. All the while, Xehanort was controlling the darkness that was dragging Riku down.

"Enough!" Kairi shouted, suddenly in between Riku and Xehanort, breaking Xehanort's contact. She held her arms out like a shield.

Kairi's new proximity gave Namine the strength to get up. She put herself in between Xehanort and Riku alongside Kairi. Both of them glared at the man, though it was hard to tell who was glaring more.

Xehanort swore. Riku shook off the now weakening shadows. He blasted the more stubborn ones with light, the entire time fighting one-handed.

Xehanort threw another ball of darkness at Kairi and Namine. Knowing that throwing up a dark corridor would just backfire, Namine stood just as paralyzed as Kairi. She knew she could shove Kairi out of the way, but that would put Riku in danger again. Her heart was torn in two directions.

The word that came out of Sora's mouth as unintelligible. It was some combination of swearing and pure rage.

He threw himself into Kairi, pushing her out of the way of the blast. Even Namine staggered back from the force of him. Kairi hit the ground with a soft thud, screaming as Sora took the blow. Namine crouched down, extending her arm in a futile attempt to latch on to either one of them. But the darkness enveloped both Sora and Riku, spreading around them, hiding them from sight.

"Sora!" Kairi wailed.

Riku! Namine screamed internally.

Xehanort roared and threw yet another ball of darkness at the girls, not happy with either of them at that particular moment. Axel teleported over and took the brunt of the blast of darkness that Xehanort had sent their way.

Namine was then faced with a splitting headache. She grasped around and latched onto the only thing she could: Kairi's arm. The pain lessened and she folded back into her other half as they began to disappear as well.

Xehanort had thrown a dark corridor at them.


Yeah, so Riku was very much involved. Namine decided that she wanted to go help him. She would have, too, if the story had turned out this way. It wasn't really a secret that she liked him by this point. No, no one had officially mentioned it in the fic, but it was still very obvious.