Authors Note: I know I know, I am late, and this chapter is far too short for being worth the wait! Well if you review my story maybe I'll write some more! Uhh I have been writing a Maximum Ride fanfic which is why I'm late... Just so's you know.
Disclaimer: Ah-ha, I have finally finished my plans to steal Kingdom Hearts. Sora, Leon, Riku, Kairi and Cloud YOU'LL SOON BE MINE DARLINGS. Until I actually do steal them, I do not own KH.
Warning: You know, M for a reason blah blah blah.

PART TWO: Enter Heartless on stage right.

On the other side of the door was a tunnel that stretched on forever. The dim light and eerie sound of drips in some far off place made the tunnel somewhat menacing. Although I never would have admitted it in front of Riku, I was terrified. I think he was too, because when he tore a root from the wall and lit made it into a makeshift torch I noticed his always steady hands were shaking.

'Come on, let's go. Be as quiet as possible.' Riku whispered to me.

He didn't have to tell me twice, this place was giving me the creeps. So we set off down the tunnel, in silence and damn near pitch black.

TWO HOURS LATER

My feet were cramped, my stomach was growling, my eyes hurt from straining, and I was freezing my butt off. What's that? I'm not complaining. Oh okay, maybe I am, please don't tell Riku, he'll think I'm a girl.

I wasn't going to tell Riku I needed a break, I was going o wait until he cracked, or showed the teensiest bit of weakness. Wait for him to call the break, and when he did I'd be all like "okay whatever, I don't need a break," in my toughest voice.

Just as my mind was filled with my triumph of proving my manliness to Riku something caught my eye in the light of our makeshift torch (which btw was looking pretty weary as well). I turned around suddenly in a furry of fear. Riku stopped ahead of me, turned and looked at me.

'What are you doin' Sora? Stop being stupid, come on I think I see some light ahead.' He said looking at me. I turned and looked at him. In the light Riku's face looked so smooth and handsome. I shook my head, "What the? Riku? I'm not gay!!" I promptly scolded myself.

Something had had stopped me though, I did a full 360 to see if I could find it again. Then I saw it, or er, them. Thousands of them, shadow creatures, with big yellow eyes, and all of them were running towards us.

'Riku...' I said shakily. He turned to look at me. I didn't even need to look back to know he had seen them, I could hear the gasp.

We looked at each other, nodded and then ran for our lives. "Oh god, Oh god!" I thought as my feet pounded on the ground.

They came screaming after us, along the floor of the tunnel. We kept running, and they kept gaining.

Suddenly we were at the end of the tunnel, in the bright afternoon sunlight. But we weren't out of the dark yet.