Heart's of Sorrow

Chapter 2

I.Darkness

Sora's POV

He had just recently returned from his date with Kairi. She looked beautiful..which was a understatement considering she always looked beautiful in his eyes. It had been several weeks after the events of The World that never was that he and Kairi had gotten together. Of course he was thrilled to see everyone again but the one that mattered to him most was Kairi. He would never lose her again….he was thinking like this when a familiar voice snapped him back into reality.

"Hey Sora! Wanna go one on one just like old times?"

He turned around to see Riku standing in front of him. When Riku had returned with him several weeks ago it was fun to talk with him but now he was too occupied with Kairi. Riku and him had always been rivals but ever since he got together with Kairi he found himself losing interest in hanging out with Riku, He hoped Riku didn't take it personally as he still wanted to hang out with him like old times, it was just that for right now Kairi took more priority.

"Sorry, Riku, I have to get home now. Had a long date with Kairi and I'm feeling a little tired."

" What's the matter Sora? Your girlfriend more important than your friends?"

"It's not like that Riku."

"And what about the others? You haven't exactly been to the island in a while."

Riku had a point…he hadn't gone to the islands in a while since he got together with Kairi. He felt bad about it…but the place held some bad memories for him..and besides he had Kairi now.

"The others are fine. I just talked with them today."

"Yeah but have you spent time with us lately? You only seem to care for her anymore."

" It's not like that Riku! Wait..oh I get it. Your jealous aren't you?"

"Jealous! How could you even say that! I've known Kairi was yours for a while and I'm perfectly fine with that."

"Allright…look I know I haven't been there a lot. But I'll hang with all you guys soon okay?"

"Fine…whatever. See you later then I guess."

He looked on as Riku walked towards the island. He couldn't understand what was Riku's problem anymore…he said he wasn't jealous but you never knew with Riku anymore..and besides he saw Riku and Kairi together a little too often lately…why couldn't Riku just accept that he had less time to hang out anymore since he was with Kairi? He could never understand him..but then again who could? He always acted so different from the others..his egotistical personality had always made them rivals since day 1. Well..Riku had to just get over himself…after all he had the others..what should he care if he wasn't available as often. Sighing deeply he began to walk towards his house..his mother was probably waiting for him.

Riku's POV

He could not understand why Sora had to act so protective of Kairi. After all he wasn't interested in her anyway..he knew that he had her and he accepted that. What really bothered him was that he cared about Kairi a little too much…to the exclusion of him and his other friends. It was okay to care for her…but he should maybe spend some time with the others as well. Then maybe they wouldn't bother him…if Tidus asked him to fight one more time….anyway he couldn't figure out why Sora thought that he was after her. After all he had been alone all this time and survived….why did he need Kairi…or Sora anyways. Maybe they would just like it if he returned to darkness..they didn't need or want him anyway. He wished the door to darkness would just appear already….so he could get away from everyone…and just be by himself. Besides, what did he need a girlfriend for anyway..they always clung to you and never left you alone..and you had to spend outrageous amounts of munny on them anyway…he really was better off alone. Or at least..that's what he kept telling himself. If only someone would notice him….it was always Sora this or Sora that. Couldn't anyone notice him for a change? Sighing to himself he walked back to his house. He hoped the door would open for him once again…so he could get away from everyone.

Xemnas, Saix ,Xaldin and Vexen were staring at a screen that recorded what Riku was doing at the time. Also, feedback from the monitors displayed his thoughts to them.

"So he wants the door to open again….maybe he should have payed more attention to his friends when he had the chance." Xaldin said while reading the printouts.

"Why don't we give him what he wants….after all Riku would make a excellent part of the organization." Vexen mused.

"Don't you remember the strength of his heart? Last time we tried to take control of him we lost two members. And it was hard enough to maintain ourselves when we were defeated…we shouldn't be here right now. Do you really want to risk dying again?" Saix pointed out.

"Wait a minute! Did you forget who brought you all back?"

"Yeah and no thanks to you…we almost died your way. If the superior hadn't rescued us.."

"Fine! Next time you can resurrect yourselves!"

" You want to come over here and say that!"

"Enough!" Xemnas stood up from the chair.

"Point is Riku could be quite uselful to us. And in the current state he's in it would not be difficult to persuade him. Fact is we took quite a beating from Sora earlier…we were lucky we were able to come back. So don't you want to take revenge on Sora? After all he ruined our only chance of completing ourselves. And we could give him what he needs…"

"You mean Nanime?"

"Yes….we were able to recover her..appears she slipped out of Kairi's body..she was quite easy to track.."

"But if she exists….Roxas must still exist as well. What do we do with him?"

"Ignore him. He is of little consequence. We need to focus on getting Riku right now…for to defeat the light we must hold the dark."

"And how do you propose to make him agree?"

"Simple…we make him fall for Nanime..then we can use his love for her to make him do whatever we want…even kill Sora."

"This plan doesn't sound plausible…but I suppose we have no choice. When do we get him?"

"Tomorrow…I'll send you to pick him up."

"Very well." Saix walked away from the room.

"We can't fail this time."

"I know…this time he will die." Xenmas walked out of the room.