Chapter Two: Pain of Love

Rose sat inside the room filled with pictures of Sora. This was the room that he had picked out for her, with a smile. Ugh. What is wrong with that kid? It's bad enough to have one Sora, but a hundred Sora's is just too many. But then again, he is kind of adorable... What are you thinking, Rose? Just...Just shut yourself up.

The ship had left Hollow Bastion's orbit and had set a course for the next world, The Land of Dragons. The ship shook every now and then as if they were hitting something, and a cold air flew into the room.

A portal opened behind her and she spun her body around to face it. Ansem stepped out from the darkness. He seemed agitated. "Ansem, sir, what are you doing here? I haven't yet taken down Sora."

"There has been a change of plans. You are going to come back with me." A low growl emanated from his throat.

"What do you mean sir? What caused this? And what is the new plan?"

"What caused it is none of your concern. And you are going to go on ahead to The Land of Dragons and help the Hun leader. That is when you will kill Sora."

This new plan caused her to feel strange. Why was he suddenly changing it now that she was already within the enemy's trust?

He walked forward and forcefully grabbed her arms. He was trying to put her in pain. "Now then, scream."


Sora was, as always, arguing with Donald about who should drive the gummy-ship. While trying to get at the wheel, he had pressed many buttons, which had made the ship hit a good amount of meteors and the air inside the ship to blow like a freezing tornado.

"Let go of the wheel Sora!"

"But I wanna drive! You drove last time!"

"Well of course I drove! It's my ship!" Donald pushed his foot down on Sora's face until he released the wheel and fell to the ground. He pressed a blue and green button and the ship returned to normal. "You have no idea how to work this thing Sora. So stop trying to drive! You're gona make us wreck the ship one day to where it can't be fixed and you're gona be sorry."

Sora rolled his eyes and put his hands behind his head. "Stop acting like my mother...Wait. Did you hear that?"

Donald and Goofy pricked their ears. "Garwsh. I don't hear anything." Suddenly a scream was heard from down the hall.

"That came from Rose's new room. Come on!" Sora bolted down the hallway, leaving Goofy and Donald halfway dazed. Without trying the doorknob, he smashed through the door leading into her room.

"Sora help m-!" Rose was being dragged into a portal by none other than Ansem. His hand covered her mouth so she couldn't speak and/or scream.

"Ansem let go of her!" Sora grabbed his keyblade from thin air and aimed at him.

A smile crept across his wicked face. "I'm afraid I can't do that. You see, Organization XIII is starting to get on my nerves and the only way they shall stop is if I have her. So, say goodbye to your lovely Rose forever!" He tossed her helpless form into the portal, leading to who knows where. Ansem smiled at Sora and walked through the portal and it closed behind him. "Until we meet again..."

"No! Rose!" Sora ran forward, but received a face full of wall.

At the moment Sora rammed into the wall, Donald and Goofy ran in, to help. "Garwsh. What happened? Everything's destroyed."

"He took her."

"Uh who took her?"

Sora stood up, rubbing his head. "Ansem has finally shown himself again...And now it seems that he is having trouble with Organization XIII also."


Rose flew from the portal and landed on the stone ground of a cave in The Land of Dragons. Something busted beneath her. She looked down at the shattered pieces of her pendant.

Instantly, memories came flooding back. She remembered the past. The past Ansem had kept a secret for so long. She was the guardian of Yin and Yang, the protector of good and bad, the protector of peace. She remembered what had happened the day their hearts were stolen. It had nothing to do with Sora. It was all Ansem. He had barged in, demanding the power of darkness. Yang denied it. This caused him to attack. Yin and Yang could not fight, so Rose fought for them. The Half-blade had been shattered and changed into two blades, the lightblade and the darkblade. He had picked up the darkblade, which had instantly bonded with him, and created the heartless. King Mickey had rushed in to help and picked up the lightblade. Rose begged for him to save Yin and Yang but ,before he could, Ansem stole their hearts. He had then put the pendant around her neck, which erased her mind. She became his puppet.

Her mind rushed back to the present. Ansem stepped through the portal. Quickly she hid the pieces under her dress and looked up at him.

His eyes burned her skin like fire, yet he did not know that she remembered. "You insolent little girl! I cannot believe that you would actually grow feelings for the one that you were to destroy!"

What was he talking about? She didn't have any feeling for Sora. Did she?

Out of the shadows walked a burly man. He was covered in fur. "This, Rose, is the Hun leader. You are to help him kill the emperor and he has promised to help you kill Sora."

K-kill? B-but I do love him...


Ugh. I can't believe I have to work for this nitwit. She had been positioned on top of the palace at which the emperor stayed. She had been waiting at least six hours when he finally arrived.

At once, the emperor was rushed inside and he was left to take down Sora, Donald, Goofy, and a young girl with black hair. He made a head gesture towards the palace for Rose to go.

She jumped through one of the open windows and instantly transformed herself into a shadow. There were a dozen guards perched in front of her. She had to maneuver around each one to get to the end of the hallway. The door opened and she darted inside, not hitting the soldier walking out. Inside the room were the commander and emperor. She created a stand of light and pushed it against the door. No one would be able to get in or out without her either being taken out or releasing it. And she wasn't going to let Sora get hurt so this was going to end quickly.

The commander heard the slight noise of her breathing and drew his sword. "Who is there?" Rose allowed herself to be seen again and walked forward. "Trust me; I don't want to do this."


Sora stood over the motionless body of the Hun leader. The palace doors opened and two soldiers ran out, holding a struggling figure.

Sora recognized the figure at once. It was Rose. She was alright. He ran toward them. "Stop, release her."

The soldiers exchanged truly worried looks but let go of her arms and she dropped to the ground. He leaned down and looked into her strangely colored eyes. "I was so worried about you. I thought I wouldn't see you again when Ansem threw you into the portal."

The commander walked down the steps and growled when he saw that the prisoner was on the ground and Sora was helping her up. "Get away from that girl, soldier."

"And why should I? What has she done wrong?"

"She works, or should I say worked, for the Huns. She was sent to murder the emperor."

"What? That can't be true. Rose, tell the commander it's not true."

Tears filled her eyes. "I'm so sorry Sora. He lied to me. He said you stole their hearts and the only way to get them back was by killing you, but he lied. He was the one that did it."

His eyes were wide, starring down at the crying figure. "What are you talking about Rose?"

"Ansem. He lied. He tried to get me to kill you, to work for the Huns to kill the emperor. He said that if I killed the emperor that he would get you weak enough for me to kill you. P-please, I'm so sorry for what I've done. Please forgive me." Her eyes lifted up and met his.

His eyes were filled with astonishment, pain, hate and love, yet he glared down at her as if he was about to run the keyblade through her. His hand lifted up, and Rose, knowing this was the end, looked down. His hand met her face with a great force. His hand was not out like normal but in a fist. He had punched her. Blood started to come from her nose and she looked up at him. He once again leaned down, but this time hugged her. "Of course I'll forgive you. But you must promise never to do something like that again."

She smiled and rapped her arms around his neck affectionately. "I promise."


Rose blinked her eyes and everything disappeared. Sora, Donald, Goofy, the palace, everything. All that was left was a great black and white space. It stretched as far as possible. Suddenly, out walked two, living, breathing figures. "Yin! Yang!"

They smiled at her. Yin walked forward, her voice as soft as the ocean waves. "You have done well overcoming the pain. But I'm afraid it now must end."

"What do you mean?" Two doors appeared behind Yin and Yang.

"You have two choices. One: Continue in the worlds with Sora and his friends, but forget us. This choice shall cause chaos. Two: Return with us back to before Ansem attacked. You now know what to do to stop him. You can even stop the heartless from being created."

"B-but... If I stay here, I shall be able to stay with Sora but allow the worlds to fall to chaos... And if I go back, I can stop the heartless from being created which in return shall make it where Sora was never born..."

Yang walked forward, his voice as rough as knives. "We know that it is a hard decision but you must think about what is the best for the universe."

But I can't give Sora up... He's the first person that I have loved since I left the Organization to be the guardian of Yin and Yang... Wait a second. If I go back in time with them and allow the heartless to be created but not allow their hearts to be taken, then Sora will still be born and be sent on this mission! Then I can remind him about us and even though it will not be allowed, we can have a relationship! She walked towards them. "I've made my decision."

"I hope it is the correct one. For if you return, only you shall remember this. And if you stay, only we shall remember you."

Rose walked up to the door on the right. This door was labeled "Leave". She called forth the Half-blade, jammed it into the keyhole and walk through. It was the start of The Forbidden Love.