Chapter 4 Riku and Kairi's sadness/anger and Realm of Darkness

Riku POV

I walked to Sora's house and knocked on the door. The door open and I saw Cara with a worry face.

Cara said, "Riku, did you find Sora?" She stared at me with hopeful eyes but then I turned my head away from her.

I kept staring at the ground and said, "No, but I think I know what happen though," my voice filled with sadness and anger.

"Come in dear and tell me what happen," she said. I walked into the house and looked at all the family photos that were scatter across the wall with Sora and his parents. His dad was must be on a business trip again since he isn't here so he wouldn't be back for awhile. I walked into the living room and sat down on the couch while Cara sat on a chair across with me. She looked even more worry and tears were forming in her eyes. How can I say this to Sora's mom, it would break her heart especially since she was worrying about Sora while we were gone on our adventure.

I took a deep breath and took out Kairi's lucky charm which was still coated with blood. I placed it on the table and Cara's tears started to run down her face. I said, "I found this on the ground with a puddle of blood near it and then some mysterious stranger talked to me saying that his apprentice killed Sora for his heart, I'm so sorry," while tears formed in my eyes and I started to cry again.

Now tears were flowing down her face really hard with her hands covering her face and I couldn't stop crying either.

She looks up from her hands with her face full of tears and says, "It's not your fault Riku, there's always bad people out there for their own personal agenda but why Sora's heart?"

I kept looking at her then look at the carpet on the floor and said "They want to take over the universe and I guess Sora's heart is that special making it the key to taking over the universe and I should have been there to help him," while making my hands into fist.

Cara lean over and put a hand on my shoulder.

She said, "Stop blaming yourself, you would of not seen this coming, you can't predict what happen in the future and everything happens in life because there is a purpose to it no matter how grim or wonderful it seems."

I smiled a little with tears flowing down my face and said, "Yeah, your right and maybe there's a way to bring him back since he gave his heart up last time to save Kairi and Kairi got him back"

She smiled a little bit while she took a glance at the clock and then looked at back at me.

"You should probably go home Riku, I don't want your parents worrying about you, will figure out things tomorrow after school is over, ok?"

I got up taking Kairi's lucky charm with me in my hand and said "Ok, I need to tell Kairi tomorrow anyway and I'm need to get some sleep," while walking to the door.

"Riku." I turned around to see her standing up. "Thank you for being a good friend to Sora."

I smiled a little again and said, "Your welcome." Then I open the door and walked out into the cold crisp air and closed the door behind me. I looked at the sky and saw the moon glowing over the island and making the water gleam in the night light. I closed my eyes and felt the lucky charm in my hand. I open my eyes then continue walking back to my house and then climb up a tree to get back to my window that leads to my room. I jumped in my bed and went to sleep crying and wondering what am I going to tell Kairi tomorrow morning when I pick her up from her house.

The Next Day

Kairi's POV

I open my eyes to see the sun shining brightly through my window. What a beautiful day I was thinking. I look at my clock to notice it was 6:40 in the morning and I need to get dress and ready for school. I got up and went to the bathroom and took a shower. After that I brush my teeth, put on my school uniform, and brush my hair. I took a glance at the clock again noticing it was 7:10 and I need to eat breakfast before Riku shows up so we can walk to Sora's house to pick up Sora and then go to school. Sora, I can't stop thinking about him and I really need to tell him how I feel I thought while smiling at the times he came to my rescue. Maybe today would be the day I would.

I grab my bag and went downstairs to see my breakfast already there which consist of orange juice, eggs, toast, and waffles. My parents must be out early again but at least they left me breakfast. I eat all my breakfast and then I heard the doorbell ring. I got up and open up the door to see Riku with a solemn expression on his face and looks like he been crying.

I'm wondering what's wrong and asked, "Riku, what's wrong?" I gave him a sad and puzzle look.

He looks at me with his aquamarine color eyes filling with tears and then put his head down and said, "Kairi, something bad happen last night."

I look at him with an even sadder face and asked, "What happen last night?"

Tears now started to fall down his face and he kept wiping them off. He look me in the eye and said, "Sora,…" he stopped talking and I'm thinking no he is not going to say what I think he is going to say. Then after a couple of seconds he finally said, "Sora, got killed last night by this old guy's apprentice and I found your lucky charm you gave to Sora coated in blood." He took out the lucky charm I gave to Sora and I started to cry really hard with tears streaming down my face and my eyes getting red and puffy noticing the blood which was Sora's on it.

This is not happening, this must be a horrible nightmare. Sora can't be dead, he can't. I love him and he supposed to be protecting the universe not gone forever. No he is not gone, he must be waiting for me on the island.

I took the lucky charm from Riku and ran out of the house pushing Riku out of the way while he calls at my name and says, "Kairi, come back."

I kept running until I got to the shoreline and saw the island. I took a boat and started rowing to the island. I kept telling myself Sora's not dead and he is waiting for me in the Secret place. I rowed all the way to the island and then ran to the Secret place. When I got to the secret place, I saw no one and started to call out, "Sora, Sora come on out please," with tears still streaming down my face and then heard something.

I heard a voice say, "Well you must be that poor of excuse light keyblade wielder's girlfriend," and I turn around to see a old bald guy with a small gray beard and gold eyes looking at me with a black and white keyblade with a dot on it that looks like a blue eyeball in his hand.

I summon my Destiny Embrace keyblade and asked, "Where's Sora." glaring at him with hatred.

He smirked, "He's gone, princess of heart and are you sure you know how to wield a keyblade that well?" he asked laughing and already mocking my skills.

I got really mad and cast a Thunderaga spell but he dodge it and push me against the wall with his keyblade pointing at my neck.

He stared at me with his cold, heartless gold eyes and chuckling at me. "Princess of hearts are so weak with all that light in their hearts corrupting their brains in thinking that taking over the universe is a bad thing and thinking too much darkness is bad."

"I'm not weak and you're a sick minded old man thinking Darkness is the key to everyone's heart," I said confidently with anger and sadness raging inside my body.

He stopped chuckling at me and gave me a hard stared and said, " Fine, I show you that Darkness is the key."

He waves his hand opening up a swirling portal on the floor and grabbed hold of me while I was squirming and kicking to get rid of his hold of me while dropping my keyblade. I yelled, "Let go of me, you asshole" while he pulled me told the portal.

He said, "Humph, so pathetically weak maybe being in the Realm of Darkness will show you that Light isn't everything to this universe and show you what happen to the last female keyblade wielder."

He stopped at the portal and was about to push me in when I saw keyblade rushing toward us and hit the old guy across the cave into the wall.

I turned around to see Riku standing there and radiating darkness and anger.

"Riku!" I yelled happily and ran toward him to give him a hug.

"Kairi, are you Ok?" he said hugging me and giving a death glare toward the old man who was getting up.

"I'm fine," I said letting go and glaring at the old man who started chuckling again.

"How many times to I have to tell you that you guys can't win," he said while waving his hand making the portal disappeared but then I feel something pulling at my feet and looked down to see the portal pulling me in. I heard Riku say, "Kairi, the portal" and I turned around back to Riku to see him get sucked in the portal under us and then I got pulled into the portal too while hearing "Have fun in the Dark Realm." I fell unconscious from the portal.

Master Xehanort POV

I stared at the portal where the princess of heart and the boy that uses light and darkness were and kept chuckling. A portal appeared and my apprentice Vanitas came through with my other apprentice Ventus. We smirked at each other and both knowing we are getting closer to our goal.