Hello everyone. Yes that's right I have finally finished this chapter. :D:D I'm so happy because I'm finally getting caught up on everything that needs to be updated. Well except Dreaming of the Past, but there's only like one more chapter of that, and Moonlight Shadow. But I guess I won't be able to update as often because I got a job and well, even though I don't start till like next week, it's still gunna be hard to update. Lol. So yeah, thanks to all of you that took the time to read this fanfic. It does seriously make me happy because this is my first Kingdom Hearts story. Lol. Well, enough stalling. Here's your long awaited chapter!

Fallen Darkness

The darkness surrounded everything and no light showed itself through the shadows. 'Where am I? What happened to me?' Opening my eyes, I saw that I was in some sort of dungeon.

"Oh crap," I whispered, knowing that it had to do with Organization XIII.

A door opened and Saix came in with Demyx right behind him, hiding slightly.

"So you've caught her Demyx. How very interesting to hear that. Now if she gave into the darkness then we could finally exist when she completes Kingdom Hearts," Saix said with a small smirk.

'Demyx was the one who brought me here? Did he do it because he had to or because he wasn't really on Axel's side?' The thought was suspicious, but Demyx was too nice of a guy to do something like that.

"Why do you want me to complete Kingdom Hearts so badly when you've got a perfectly good Keyblade wielder going around already?" I asked, looking at Saix rather coldly.

"Sora cannot feel hatred like you. His heart is too pure, but your heart was already tainted with some darkness," he laughed slightly.

'What is he talking about?'

"I'm not afraid of the darkness Saix, but I won't give into it either. Who would want to become like you?" I mocked, looking at him with my back against the wall.

"I see. But if you wish to truly exist, then use your Keyblades to defeat the Heartless," Saix said before disappearing through the darkness.

When he was gone, only Demyx was left standing there. 'Demyx, are you trying to hide because you were never really with Axel? Or are you hiding because you feel regret to what you did?'

Demyx walked up to the cell's bars and looked in with a slightly worried face.

"You're not mad, are you? Don't be mad," he said quietly and with apology.

"Did you do it because you were never really my friend?" I wondered, looking at him with a hurt expression.

"No. I mostly did it to save Axel from being caught, but now they've got you trapped in here," Demyx explained.

"Then I'm not mad. I'll just break my way out," I laughed as I got to my feet and summoned my Keyblades.

"Demi, take this and you'll be able to use water like I do. I'd like to take the time to teach you the water guitar, but it seems the Organization probably wouldn't like it that much," he laughed as he put his hand through the bar.

Running over to him, he touched my right bracelet and it turned a light blue for a second.

"Thanks Demyx. I'd hug you but there are bars here," I laughed.

"Alright, I'm out of here. I don't want to be the wrong guy again."

Demyx walked through the door and disappeared to somewhere else.

'At least I know that he's a nice guy and that he wouldn't be a jerk. I'll just have to break through these bars and get out of here. I want to see Riku again. I want to see Axel again. If I have to give into the darkness, then I will!' Pointing my red Keyblade at the bars, I used the power of fire on the steel bars. A small cloud of smoke covered the bars and I coughed slightly.

"Did it work?" I whispered, trying to see through the smoke.

When the smoke did finally clear, I sunk to my knees with disappointment. 'Darn it. I don't want to have to give into the darkness if I don't have to. I don't even know how to!' I yelled at myself in my head.

"I have to keep trying until I can't anymore," I said as I got to my feet.

'I need to do this if I want to make Riku and Axel happy. I just want to make them happy and to know why Riku isn't like he was.' I shot another fireball at the bars and another to make a better hit. 'Try water.'

"Water!" I cried, raising the black Keyblade.

A water ball collided with the steaming metal and splashed out onto the floor. I waited and the smoke slowly faded away. 'Did it work?' The bars were still the same and my knees automatically buckled with both disappointment and the amount of energy that I used on fire.

"I just need to get out of here. I just want to see Riku again," I whispered, feeling tears wanting to form.

'If the doors of darkness can lead to a way out of here then I'll give into the darkness. I don't want it to take over me or make me be evil. Please don't allow the darkness to take my light away.'

Two years ago…

It had been a while since I had seen the dark creature in the ocean. I was mostly trying to not freak out on anyone, especially not Riku. 'I don't get what's wrong with me. Lately I've been getting upset and I don't want to. Maybe if I just disappeared then no one would have to listen to me be stupid all the time.'

"Why are you here by yourself?" a familiar voice asked as it came up from behind me.

"You shouldn't always be so nice Sora. Even if you follow your heart, it doesn't always lead you in the right direction," I replied, looking out into the ocean.

"But it always beings me good fortune. You know Demi, Riku is worried about you. Kairi and I are worried too. I know that you think that there are other worlds out there, but you have no way of reaching them," Sora said with a small laugh.

"I know, and I'm sorry. I'm fine, I just need some time alone," I said quietly.

'Riku, I'm sorry. I don't want you to worry about me.'

"Alright, just don't forget that you have friends," he said before leaving to the main island.

"All things are tied to the darkness. They will all fade back into the darkness whence it came. The heart is no different," a voice said from almost nowhere.

"The darkness?" I whispered.

'If I fade away with the darkness, then this will all go away. I'll disappear and they will forget everything but I will always remember the light I once had.' I thought solemnly, watching the water move at it's own pace.

"At least the waves will always sound the same," I whispered, closing my eyes and passing out.

Riku had been on his way to the island when he saw the darkness swallow up my body.

"Demi!" he cried with worry only to find that nothing was there.

Waking up, I had heard voices all around me. 'Where am I?' Opening my eyes, I looked around at where I was.

"So you're awake," a guy with red spiky hair said to me.

"Who are you? Where am I?" I asked with some fear.

A guy with long light blue hair steppe forward with a small smirk.

"This is Organization XIII. Will you join us?" he asked, holding out a hand.

'Join them? I don't think so.' I grunted and turned my head away from him.

"Why would I want to join you? I have nothing special to give back to you and I have no desire to exist," I said coldly.

"Axel, take her and train her with the power of darkness. You and Roxas should be able to handle her," the guy with the blue hair said as he looked at the guy with the red hair.

"Yeah, that shouldn't be too hard," he replied with a small shrug.

With that, the blue haired guy disappeared and Axel looked at me with some curiosity.

"My name's Axel. Got it memorized?"

"My name is Demi. Got that memorized?" I laughed with some mockery.

"Right, come on. We have to find Roxas so we can teach you how to use the darkness."

"I don't want to know how to use it. I only gave into the darkness so I could disappear," I whispered, avoiding his gaze.

Axel thought about something and then looked around the room to make sure that no one else was around. 'I don't want to make trouble for anyone. I don't want to be the cause of other people's worries or sadness.' At that moment, a slight wind picked up and two things appeared in my hands,

"Twin Void," Axel whispered, rather surprised that the weapon would appear for nothing.

"What are these?"

"It's the Twin Void. Your heart must be split between the light and darkness and that's why the Keyblades chose you… I'll help you escape from here Demi, and then one day we will meet again. Us Nobodies always have to stick together," Axel said as he ruffled the hair on my head.

Present…

'So that's what happened to me…That's the main thing anyway, even thought it's not what made me forget.' Forcing myself to stand up once again, I remembered what that guy had told me.

"Don't give into the darkness. A journey may be hard and the darkness can seem inviting, but it won't make you feel like you belong," I whispered to myself for confidence.

'Attacking the bars may not have worked, but maybe attacking the walls will.'

"Demi, you're not gunna give up are you?" Riku's voice said like an echo.

"Riku… Where are you?" I asked, looking around the prison.

"Come on, walk through the darkness and we'll see each other again. I don't want you to fade away once again," he replied as a door of darkness appeared in the wall.

'How did he know that I was here?' I wondered, eyeing the door with suspicion.

"Prove that it's you, Riku. I'm not falling for traps or anything, so you better prove to me that it's you," I said sternly, not trusting what was happening.

Someone wearing a black coat came through the door and looked at me with the hood over their head.

"Always suspicious about things, aren't you?" the guy laughed.

"Riku, please pull down your hood and show me that it's really you!" I said, pointing my black Keyblade at him.

'I want to know why he's so sad or depressed about something. It's really bothering me…'

"I don't want you to see me like this. I couldn't…" he replied, turning his head to the left.

It felt like my heart was breaking because he wouldn't tell me what was wrong with him.

"You don't trust me, do you?" I asked, dropping my Keyblade back at my side.

"I'm sorry Demi," Riku said with apology.

'Riku, what's wrong with you? Why do you seem so more depressed than before..?' Making Twin Void disappear, I almost fell onto my knees with exhaustion. I was breathing heavily and could barely stand anymore.

"Hey Riku, back on the island… were you really worried about me? Or were you just trying to impress Kairi?" I asked with a small laugh.

He looked at me with some surprise.

"We'll go to Twilight Town and talk there."

"I want to know Riku. Why won't you tell me?" I asked, almost falling over.

'He doesn't want to talk. I should have known…' I laughed to myself before falling backwards. Someone grabbed my wrist and I closed both of my eyes since I was on the verge of falling asleep. 'Where's Axel when I need him?' I laughed again.

"Demi, I did like Kairi, but there was someone above her, someone that was closer to me than she was," Riku said softly, pulling my weak form against him.

"Oh yeah," I whispered, falling asleep in his hold.

Riku laughed slightly before opening a door of darkness.

A day's time passed before I woke up in the back alleyway in Twilight Town where Axel had been with me before.

"He's gone again," I whispered with a laugh.

"So you're awake," Axel's voice came out of nowhere.

"Yeah, that's what happens when you fall asleep. You kind of have to wake back up," I said quietly.

"That kid you were talking to before, Riku, he left a message for you," he said solemnly as he sat down beside me.

I could only grunt and look the opposite direction of Axel.

"He said he wasn't trying to impress her, whatever that means," Axel laughed with a small shrug.

At those words, things seemed to be a bit brighter.

"I like it when you're like that," I laughed slightly.

Axel looked at me with a small grin.

"Like what?"

"Trying to make people laugh even though you're not as happy as you lead on," I said as I rested my head against his shoulder.

'If only things were always this simple. To make a choice without any consequences to what could happen…' Axel looked at me with some confusion and then rested his head against the wall.

"I hear you found Sora in the Land of Dragons," he said quietly, looking towards the left.

Wincing at the mention of Sora, I sighed and took hold of Axel's sleeve.

"I found him, nut I didn't fight him. I'm sorry," I whispered.

Axel noticed how tightly I was holding his sleeve, and then he jerked his sleeve out of my hold to replace it with his hand. I lifted my head with some confusion and he looked kind of sad.

"You don't have to defeat Sora if you don't want to. I realize now that Roxas won't come back, even if you defeated Sora," he said as he turned his head slightly to look at me.

"If it would make you happy, then I would gladly fight Sora," I said with a small smile.

"What would make me really happy… would be if you weren't able to be hurt anymore," Axel replied gently.

"I'm not getting hurt. I'm fine," I laughed with a smile.

"Then why is it every time I see you, you're either asleep or unconscious?" he asked, holding my hand somewhat tighter.

"I'm just worn out, I'm not hurt…"

'I only got hurt once and that was that stupid Heartless!' I thought with a small eye twitch. A few moments passed of silence and then Axel pulled me against him protectively.

"A scattered dream is like a far off memory. A far off memory is like a scattered dream," he whispered to me.

"You saved me from the Organization, didn't you?" I wondered, remembering getting away from Saix the first time.

"You remember…" Axel said with some surprise.

"Only a part of it. After you said you'd get me away, I don't remember anything after that," I said quietly.

Axel looked at me with kind eyes and then moved his hand to the right side of my cheek. It felt like my heart had stopped when he placed a kiss on my forehead.

"Good, keep the darkness away from you. There is no place in it for someone like you," Axel said with a small laugh before getting to his feet.

'Did he just kiss me on the forehead? Wait… Did Axel just kiss me?' I thought to myself, trying to figure out if it really happened or not.

"Come on Demi, we'll go together. Even if I don't have a heart, you still make me feel like I have one. That's something that hasn't happened in a while," Axel laughed again, holding his hand out to me with a small smile.

"Yeah," I whispered, taking his hand with my own smile.

Everything seemed happy when Axel smiled because then I knew that he wasn't sad like Riku was. I knew that I still had to find Riku and try to make everything better for him, but Axel and Demyx seemed to want my company more.

"Where do you think you're going, you lamer?" Seifer's voice said cockily from the right.

"Yeah, you still need to fight Seifer, y'know!" the other guy said as he jumped forward.

"Payback!" the girl said without any emotion.

"Fu and Rai are right. You own me a match and I want to see just how good you really are," Seifer said with a smirk.

'I thought I already told him that I didn't want to fight.' Axel looked at me and then at Seifer.

"I already told you that I don't fight blonds, so leave me alone. I have no reason to want to fight you anyway," I said with a small shrug.

"You can't talk to Seifer like that, y'know!"

"Embarrassment!"

"Fine, if that's the way you want it. But one day, I do expect to fight you and when that happens, I hope that you think you're strong enough to defeat me," Seifer said before turning away to walk to the Sandlot.

Rai and Fu followed him without another word, leaving the argument at a rest for the moment. 'There, at least one problem is solved…'

"That guy was weird, not that I can really say that, right?" Axel laughed.

Axel touched his hand to a wall and opened a door of darkness. Before we went inside the darkness, I held his hand a bit tighter.

"Hey Axel… Thanks for always being there with me," I said quietly with a smile on my face.

"Alright," he laughed slightly before leading me into the darkness.

'I wonder where we're going this time. Maybe we'll be able to see Demyx.' We came out at what looked like another part of Hollow Bastian that was between the town and what looked like a fissure. It was a good thing that we didn't come out right in the middle of the small area because Demyx and Saix were there, fighting. They were too preoccupied with fighting to notice that we had appeared there. 'Why are they fighting each other if they're on the same team?'

"You will pat for your treachery!" Saix said coldly as he raised his blue, white, and yellow weapon that looked slightly like Demyx's guitar.

'Demyx looks tired already. I can't let anything happen to him!' I jerked my hand out of Axel's hold and summoned my Keyblades on instinct.

"Demi, what are you doing?" Axel asked me with some concern.

"Protecting a friend," I whispered, covering my eyes with my bangs and running to be in front of Demyx as Saix charged.

"Come on, stick to the beat!" Demyx laughed as he swung his guitar to create a wall of water almost directly in front of Saix.

All of a sudden Saix came forward to attack and Demyx stopped attacking. 'I will not let Demyx get hurt anymore!' I swung both Keyblades at Saix and knocked him away in the opposite direction of Axel.

"Leave Demyx alone!" I demanded, holding both arms out with a Keyblade in each hand.

"Why are you so protective over a traitor like him?" Saix asked me, making his weapon disappear.

"Why not? Am I not a traitor as well? For giving into the darkness two years ago, and taking the side of the light now, does that not make me a traitor to you?"

My heart was pounding because I knew it was true. At least if it wasn't, it sure felt like it was.

"Demyx, grab her and let's go. There's no point in hanging around if the Organization knows about it," Axel said from the side.

"Are you still trying to use her just so you can see Roxas again? He is, of course, the only reason you too left Organization XII," Saix mused.

'Wait… This feeling. Is Riku around? Is he here watching this?' My eyes glanced around to see if he really was around and I saw a black hood sticking out behind a rock.

"He is not using me! You're such a jerk, you know that? You assume that everyone would do something the way you would do it!" I shouted with anger, becoming upset about the whole thing.

"Demi, let's get out of here," Axel said with worry.

"I'm not leaving. Someone's here that I have a score to settle with, so I'm not leaving. You and Demyx get out of here while you can. I can handle Saix," I replied with determination on getting rid of my fear of Saix.

Demyx walked up behind me after making his guitar disappear.

"You didn't have to stick up for me. No one had ever stuck up for me so that's why you don't have to," he said gently.

'Is that part of his reason for giving into the darkness?' I felt tears wanting to fall but I didn't let them, I wouldn't let them.

"Go with Axel and don't worry about me. I refuse to fade into the darkness when I'm weak," I said proudly, giving Saix a rather cold look.

"Don't let the darkness overtake you Demi. You don't want to end up a Nobody turned into a Dusk," Axel said before opening a door of darkness behind him.

"Thank you Demi."

Demyx ran into the darkness and with Axel, that both vanished from Hollow Bastian.

'I refuse to lose against someone who's only cold hearted.' I let both of my arms fall to my sides and Saix smirked at the action.

"Giving up the fight already Demi?" he asked.

"Why not? You're not gunna fight me anyway, right?" I mocked with my own smirk.

"Only if you wanted me to. The darkness is the path to take if you truly want to exist."

'Maybe if I consider taking the darkness then Riku will come down from up there…'

"If you or I didn't exist then we wouldn't be here right now. It's the same if we didn't have hearts. Without a heart, how could a person live?"

Saix laughed slightly, knowing that the words were slightly true.

"Is there someone that you're trying to draw out of hiding?"

"There's no one here but you and me so don't waste your breath."

'And Riku. I know that that's him.' Gripping my Keyblades tightly, I grunted and then took a step forward.

"Come on Saix, you know that you want to attack me with that weapon. You know you want to see if I'll give into the darkness when I'm weak," I said coldly, allowing my Keyblades to disappear.

"Such a charade would be meaningless," Saix said with a small shrug.

"Then life is meaningless. Attack me or I'll attack myself."

With a small smirk, Saix made his weapon appear and then came to attack me. Closing my eyes, I waited for some sort of attack to hit me, only to hear the sound of metal clash. 'What was that?' I opened my eyes and saw a black coat with a hood over the head.

"Are you going to give up that easily? Would you do that twice so things would be better?" the man who had saved me with Axel said with some agitation.

"Who are you?" Saix grunted.

'That voice… It sounds like that voice from two years ago, the one that was talking about how all hearts will fade back into darkness.' I thought with some surprise, remembering the sound of his voice.

"Ansem…" I whispered, some how having the name come into my head.

The head turned slightly, looking at me at the sound of his name.

"So this is the Heartless to Xemnas," Saix mused to himself.

Ansem turned his Keyblade and pushed Saix back. 'If that's Ansem, then why does he have Riku's Keyblade?'

"I will come for you later Demi. I'm afraid that something new has come up," Saix said as he opened a door of darkness and disappeared.

Once Saix was gone, I turned to walk away. 'I don't get it. None of this makes sense.'

"Where are you going?" Ansem asked me.

"If it was you that was saving me all the time, then where's Riku?" I asked, clenching my fists.

"Haven't you noticed it yet?" he asked me.

'What? Noticed what? Wait, his hood, he never let me pull it down.' Turning around, I looked at Ansem with some suspicion. He was facing me now. Taking a cautious step forward, I waited to see what would happen but nothing did, and then I slowly walked up to him.

"It's alright, you can pull it down now," he said gently, allowing Riku's voice to be heard.

Now I'm really confused.' Slowly lifting up my hands, I pulled the hood back with some worry.

"Riku?" I whispered.

The face that greeted me was not Riku's, but Ansem's. I seemed to know Ansem's face well, but it wasn't something I expected.

"Why didn't you let me know that it was you half the time? Why did you always have to disappear on me?" I asked with tears forming in my eyes.

"I couldn't let you see me like this. I gave into the darkness a year after you, only to find that you weren't in it. How could I let you see me like this when you had been able to see the real me?" Riku asked me with a solemn tone.

"I would have understood. I would have tried to understand what was going on, tried to make you feel better…" I said as tears fell down my face.

"Are you… Are you mad at me? For giving into the darkness?"

I wrapped both of my arms around his sides and buried my face into his chest. 'This… This is really Riku. I don't know what happened to make him take on Ansem's form, but I'm not gunna get left behind again!'

End of Chapter 4

Hey again. I really hope that you all enjoyed that chapter. I did work hard on it. :D:D Because well, I did it while I was on a camping trip with my school. Lol. : ) : ) Well, the typing is driving my mom bonkers so I guess that I should finish off there. :D:D Thanks again everyone. And sorry for any spelling mistakes. : ) : ) Please R&R and I'll try to update soon. :D:D