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Part Two

Riku and Mai: Death and Life

Chapter Seven

Riku and the King were in the water.

Riku loved surfing but… he didn't like how Mickey set him up. Riku watched the horizon and the waves fold over themselves. It was a very beautiful sight. Riku blinked as his board was gently pushed by the waves. Riku watched as the King swam back.

"Mickey, I don't like this," Riku sighed after Mickey rested his board near Riku's. Riku hung his head as he waited for the King to protest.

Instead, which surprised Riku, the King laughed, "Riku, I know you don't like this but it's not what you think it is."

"What?" Riku looked at Mickey.

Mickey pulled his eyes away from Riku and pointed to the sky towards the sun that was not like a light orange color. Mickey then explained what he meant. "Riku, we are here for a mission, I came to this world for more than just a chance for you to rest, this was the first world that was attacked by whatever caused the darkness." Mickey lowered his hand.

Riku gazed at the sun. "I see," the sun was now setting, it was casting a long reflection on the soft waves. Riku grinned, "You love to confuse me don't you?"

"No, you just misread me and never tell me," Mickey smiled.

Riku smiled back and looked at the setting sun again. "But… why couldn't Mai come?"

"Because you need a rest, besides Mai needs some time to herself, I've noticed that she's been tired and you seem just as tired."

Riku chuckled, "Okay I'll relax."

"You read me like a book sometimes," Mickey said.

"So, should we head back now?"

"Yeah, the sun is setting we need to be ready before it sets, something tells me that our enemy is here."

Riku nodded and they swam back.

Later the two were on a high cliff. Riku had Way to Dawn ready in his hand. Riku and the King were silent as they waited and watched the night from their high seat. Nothing was wrong. Nothing was wrong… why? The night was clearly darker; it wasn't funny how dark it was.

The Heartless were the same, the Nobodies were the same. So what's up with that?

Riku sighed, he gazed to the sky then blinked in a confusion that was also amazed. "Mickey!"

"What did you spot something?"

"No, the moon," Riku pointed to the moon. "It's completely visible!"

"That's odd. How can it be this dark and the moon shine like it's a normal night?"

"I don't know…" Riku stood, "C'mon, Mai might know something about-"

"Riku!" Mickey tried to reach of for the falling man. Riku was falling down the high cliff. Nothing could save him as he fell to his death.

Riku squeezed his eyes closed and allowed himself to fall without any thoughts of trying to save himself.

Then… nothing.

Riku opened his eyes to see nothing but blackness around him. He sat up and rubbed his head. He realized that he was in the dark realm. He groaned with pain and stood. So he wasn't dead, he knew that for sure, he was saved by the one thing he hated and was still bonded to.

'At least I can find a way out sooner or later.' He started walking. Sooner or later a small light will appear and he'd be able to get out. After walking for a long while Riku sighed and flopped on the dark ground. He'd been walking for it seemed for hours but time was not known here. There was nothing that could be time, one could be there for one minute in the world but here could feel like ten years, time was not at all a rule.

"Riku…" a dark voice spoke to him.

Riku jumped up quickly and searched for the voice but no one came to his view. "Who are you?! Show your self!" he yelled.

"Riku," the voice said once again, "I am here to help you… I am here to tell you something important."

"Show your self!" Riku yelled once more.

"I can not," the voice said. "Listen to me I will help you if you help me."

"Help you?"

"Yes," the voice answered.

"How do I do that? And why would I do that?"

"For starters, I'll help you get out of here, and I'll give you information on your wife that will be helpful to you."

"Like what?" Riku folded his arms, this all too well reminded him of this first few hours in Castle Oblivion. Ansem talking to him for a long time without showing himself to him, it was rather annoying.

"First off that your wife can't have a child because of what she is."

Riku was taken off guard for a second. Taking his guard again Riku folded his arms and frowned, "Don't lie on her," Riku said filled with anger.

"I am what she is, and we can't have children."

Riku groaned, "Don't lie on Mai!"

"Riku, if you were to have a child it would look like this."

In front of Riku an image of small baby was seen. The child was… beautiful. Riku had never seen a child so beautiful. It was beyond any compare, words were lost trying to find words to describe the absolute beauty of this child.

Riku stared at the child wide eyed. "So… what do you want me to do?"

"Make her pregnant and I'll be back."

"That's it, I'll be helping you if I make her pregnant?"

"Yes, I'll explain when I come back how this help me."

Riku reached out to touch the image but it disappeared. Riku was instantly blinded, the image turned into a bright light and then Riku felt something tightly squeeze at his ankle. Riku summoned his blade and started to hack at the dark hands that held him.

Riku wasn't able to hack the dark hands away. Riku was sinking deeper and deeper in the darkness. As he fought he was being pulled faster and faster. Riku was up to his neck in no time. Riku fought and fought but there was nothing for him to hold on to. He squeezed his eyes shut as his head started to go under.

Riku woke… light?

Riku slowly opened his eyes and saw a tan ceiling. He groaned as he sat up in bed. He was in a bed… but where? He was in a place he had been to but what was that place?

"Riku are you okay?"

"Huh?" Riku heard Mickey's voice, he turned in the direction and saw more faces that he thought he'd see. Vincent, Cloud, Tifa and Mickey stood next to the bed. "I'm in Midgar?" Riku raised an eyebrow; he also held his head as it ached.

"I never knew one could summon a blade while they're unconscious," Vincent said with a slight tilt of his head.

Riku lowered his hand from his head and looked in his other hand, eyes wide and filled with shock. Riku's ice blue eyes saw Way to Dawn tightly gripped in his hand. Riku jumped out of the bed and dropped his blade. "No!" he said in a loud whisper. His blade was sticking in the ground and remained there in his shock.

"Riku what's wrong?!" Tifa said in a worried cry.

"Mai, I have to see her, now!" Riku yelled, "I think she's in… I have to see her. I think she's hiding something from me."

"Riku?" Mickey said filled with concern.

Riku then realized he was speaking completely under his breath, he thought he was yelling. Riku sighed, he had to calm down and tell them something, they were worried about him. Riku de-summoned his blade and looked at Mickey, "Mickey, I have to see Mai, I have to go home now."

"Okay, I'll get you home soon."

"No, I mean now. She needs me now." Riku tried to explain. "I had a dream… she's… sad. Or… at least I think she is."

"Riku, you're not making much sense," Tifa said.

"In my dream a guy told me that Mai was… look, Mickey I can't talk about this now. I need to see her."

"Alright. I'll reverse-summon you so you'll go home." Mickey pulled out a purple card, this card also known as a reverse-summon, allowed a person to send a person to another place. It's like summoning them only you're sending them away. Mickey used the card and Riku was home.

Riku looked around; he was surprised it worked so quickly. Frantically he looked around. She wasn't in the living room. Riku dashed to his room and found Mai there she was crying sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Mai, are you alright?" Riku dashed to her side as quickly as he could. Benjie woke. He was sleeping on the bed on the far side.

Mai wiped her tears away and looked into Riku's eyes with a fake smile. "I'm fine."

"Mai, stop lying to me. Tell me what's wrong."

"I don't think I can have children."

Riku swallowed, was his dream coming true? "Mai, we'll just have to try again, that's all." Riku kissed her forehead.

"I don't think that's the answer." Mai shook her head.

Riku brought her face with his with his bent index finger. Mai stared into his eyes and tried to hold back tears. Riku kissed her and ran his fingers through her hair. As Mai tried to pull away Riku pulled her close. Mai stopped fighting after that and kissed her husband back.