Female singing

Male singing

More than one person singing


Men in black uniform marched towards the Opera House. The crowd about to see the Don Juan performance, watched, wondering what was going on. Vanitas looked through the window then went through the rafters of the roof. He tested the ropes and walked into the darkness, to get his costume.

Ventus found Iris, in her costume, a white dress with a black skirt. Iris then huddled herself by the window.

"Ven, I'm frightened," she said hugging herself.

She looked up at him with pleading eyes.

"Please," she begged, "Don't make me do this."

She got up and hugged Ventus who returned her hug.

"Ven, he scares me," she whimpered "Don't put me through this ordeal by fire."

Ventus hushed her and rocked her back and forth.

"He'll take me," said Iris "I know it…"

She broke out of his grip and looked into his eyes.

"We'll be parted forever…" she said, tears glistening in her eyes "He won't let me go."

She looked out of the window.

"What I used to dream, I now dread," she said softly "If he finds me, it won't ever end…"

She blinked away tears as she sat at the ledge.

"And he'll always be there singing songs in my head,

He'll always be there singing songs in my head…"

Ventus walked up to her and sat opposite.

"You said yourself," he said "He was nothing, but a man."

He placed a hand over hers.

"Yet while he lives," he continued "He will haunt us til we're dead."

Iris glanced out of the window.

"Twisted in every way, what answer can I give?

Am I to risk my life to win the chance to live?

Can I betray the man who once inspired my voice?

Do I become his prey? Do I have any choice?

He kills without a thought

He murders all that's good

I know I can't refuse and yet, I wish I could

Oh God if I agree what horrors wait for me

In this, the Phantom's Opera."

She looked down, fear written on her face. Ventus cupped her cheek to make her look at him.

"Iris, Iris,

Don't think I don't care

But every hope, and every prayer rests on you now."

Ventus pulled her into a hug as her tears leaked out of her eyes, clutching his shoulders.

Vanitas ran his fingers through his spiky black hair after putting his mask on.

"Seal my fate tonight,

I have to cut the fun short

But the joke's wearing thin

Let the audience in,

Let my opera begin!"

He took a candle and burned the display of his opera.

Everyone was inside and the composer tapped his stand for attention. The music began to play. The curtains opened where several women in black costumes lingered around the center of the stage.

"Here the sire may serve the dam,

Here the master takes his meat,

Here the sacrificial lamb utters one despairing bleat!"

Larxene emerged from the center and started singing a higher note than everyone else. Several police officers watched from the wings.

"Poor young maiden!

For the thrill on your tongue of your stolen sweets,

You will have to pay the bill tangled in the winding sheets!

Serve the meal and serve the maid!

Serve the master so that when the tables, plans and maids are laid,

Don Juan triumphs, once again!"

They all came to one side and pointed to the middle of the stage. Axel and Lea came on, dressed in black. Lea sung first.

"Passarino, my faithful friend,

Once again, recite the plan."

Lea responded.

"Your young guest believes I'm you,

I, the master, you, the man."

Lea kept on singing as the policemen came in through the entrances for a lookout.

"When you wore my cloak she could not have seen your face,

She believes she dines with me in her master's borrowed place!

Furtively we'll scoff and quaff, stealing what in truth is mine."

Axel and Lea went to the back of the stage and Lea started his lines.

"When it's late and modesty starts to mellow with the wine.

You come home I use your voice

Slam the door like crack of doom!"

Iris exhaled sharply as she waited in the wings for her cue. Axel started to sing.

"I shall say 'Come hide with me!

Where oh where, of course, my room!

Poor thing hasn't got a chance!"

Axel handed Lea his sword, cloak and sword.

"Here's my hat, my cloak and sword conquest is assured!

If I do not forget myself and laugh!"

The two cackled as Axel exited after placing a black mask over himself. Axel was in the middle of placing his cloak on when a figure jumped over him.

Iris skipped onto the stage.

"No thoughts within her head but thoughts of joy,

No dreams with in her heart but dreams of love!"

Don Juan came in. The only thing wrong with him, was that his hair had remarkably become much shorter.

"Master?" said Lea.

"Passarino, go," hissed Don Juan "Go away for the trap, he has set, and waits for its prey."

Iris took no notice as she arranged her flowers.

"You have come here, in pursuit of your deepest urge,

In pursuit of that wish until now has been silent."

Iris looked up and saw Don Juan. It was not Axel!

"Silent," said Vanitas gesturing a finger over his lip.

Iris's heart raced as she looked away.

"I have brought you,

That our passions may fuse and merge.

In your mind you have already succumbed to me,

Dropped all defenses,

Completely succumbed to me.

Now you are here with me, no second thoughts

You've decided.

Decided."

He swished his cloak as Iris stood up.

"Past the point of no return

No backward glances,

Our games of make-believe are at an end."

Aerith looked from the wings and placed a hand over her heart, recognizing who it was. Vantias sung as he slowly walked towards Iris.

"Past all thought of if or when.

No use resisting."

Male dancers came onto the stage behind them.

"Abandon thought and let the dream descend."

Iris gasped silently as he lunged forward and wrapped an arm around her neck.

"What raging fire shall flood the soul?

What rich desire unlocks its door?

What sweet seduction lies, before us?"

Iris melted at his touch as he buried his nose in her hair. He then dragged both hands from his neck then to her hand. Ventus watched from Box 5, narrowing his eyes at Vanitas.

"Past the point of no return,

The final threshold,

What warm unspoken secrets will we learn?

Beyond the point of no return?"

Iris glanced up at Ventus, scared.

"You have brought me,

To the moment where words run dry,

To that moment were speech disappears into silence, silence."

Ventus nodded to the police officer by him as Eraqus got one from the crowd.

"I have come here,

Hardly knowing the reason why,

In my mind I have already imagined

Our bodies entwining, defenseless and silent

And now you are here with me,

No second thoughts, I have decided.

Decided."

She and Vanitas locked eyes for a few seconds.

"Past the point of no return,

No going back now

Our passion play has now, at last begun."

They started walking up the staircases as female dancers came on and danced with the male dancers.

"Past all thought of right or wrong

One final question,

How long should we two wait, before we're one?

When will the blood begin to race?

A sleeping bud burst into bloom,

When will the flames at last consume us?"

They were both on the platform that went across the stage and where the pit of fire was. Vanitas threw his cloak off.

"Past the point of no return

The final threshold

The bridges cross, so stand and watch it burn

We've past the point of no return."

Vanitas and Iris embraced, Iris's back into Vanitas's chest as the dancers embraced in sync. Vanitas felt his hands move around Iris's stomach as he breathed her scent in.

"Say, you'll share with me one love, one lifetime.

Lead me, save me from my solitude."

Ventus narrowed his eyes as he heard his lines.

"Say you want me with you here,

Beside you."

Iris opened her eyes, hearing the song that she had heard with Ventus. Vantias held her hand.

"Anywhere, you go, let me go too!"

He cupped her cheek as she cupped his.

"Iris,

That's all I ask of…"

Iris then snapped his mask off and saw the cyan eyes look at her. Vanitas snarled as his body was encased with shadows. Murmurs came from everywhere until Kairi screamed. Iris's eyes widened as a man emerged from the shadows, glaring at her.

"It's the Phantom of the Opera!" came a cry from the audience.

Iris's eyes filled with pity as Vanitas looked up at the chandelier then saw the policemen file into the area. He linked an arm around Iris's waist and held her close as he used his sword on a nearby rope. He then kicked the trapdoor underneath them and let them both fall into the hole in the stage. The chandelier then came crashing down as the audience ran out. The chandelier crashed into the stage and burst into flames. Ventus fled into the backstage and found Aerith.

"Where did he take her?" he asked.

"Come with me, monsieur," said Aerith taking Ventus along through the panicking crowd "I will take you to him, but remember, keep your hand to the level of your eyes!"

"I'll come with you!" said Kairi.

"No, no, Kairi!" said Aerithstopping her "You must stay here. Come with me monsieur, or we shall be too late!"


Vanitas: HA! Looks like i get the girl for now Ventus.

Ven: Not for long Vanitas.

Iris: quiz it guys, did you guys for get that we have 2 chapters left!

Chaos: come on guys. if we faster then we can get to the final chapter.

Van, Ven, and Iris: YEAH!

Chaos: take it away Vanitas!

Vanitas: Whatever, Chaos dose not own the Phantom of the Opera or kingdom hearts, but she owns Iris.

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