A/N: I'm baaaack! Lol. Let's see if you'll like what I wrote after that small cliff hanger lol. I don't know… I think this chap will be confusing… no matter how many times I read I have that feeling: 'hmm… this doesn't sound good…' I asked a friend and she said it was good but still… well, I'll see by your reviews lol. Please after you read, pleeease review!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts, but I do own Raven.

Finding you

Chapter 21: The rescue

I lean my forehead to the door, questioning… did I really want this? Did I really want to suffer and find the truth behind my dreams? What should I do? I didn't know any answer to all my questions.

I knew I only had one thing to do… gather the courage to open that door and face it… it was the only way to end my questions. And so I did. My hands leaned against the door, and I felt the door slowly opening. Then…

What I saw… was beyond my imagination… was the nightmare. There was the human form… feet and fists held by dark currents… his chest whipped, dripping dark blood… the smell of blood blurred my senses and slowly I felt… my world collapsing.

I would never recognize that form until he raised his head and his eyes opened landing on mine. His painful stare pierced into mine, breaking me inside. I didn't know if he recognized me or not, and I couldn't move from the door entry. I felt the strength leaving my legs, making me fall on my knees, while his gaze followed me. Shock took over my body… I didn't know what to feel that moment… I couldn't read his eyes. It seemed he was frightened… but at the same time mad and feeling the pain all over his body… all mixture of emotions in one stare except… for happiness or any kind of optimistic feeling.

I didn't ear steps coming closer…I was too absorbed by the image in front of me… with silent tears flowing down my face. I wanted to scream but my voice wouldn't come out… I wanted to stand and take him out of there, but my strength wouldn't return… my nightmare… was true. Everything seemed… in slow motion.

"Hurry! They're here!" I heard someone screaming, but I didn't care. I couldn't take my eyes away from his azure eyes. "He's here! He's in…" The voice suddenly stopped as did the steps. "… here." He's eyes slowly closed and his face went down. The steps were heard again. I saw two forms running on his direction. I slowly felt my strength returning as I saw them taking the chains away. My blurry vision was now clearer as I recognized Riku and Raven taking him away from that wall. When I saw his body falling, I instantly stood up and ran… like there was no tomorrow. Riku and Raven were busy taking the chains, so I had to prevent his fall. I reached him on time, and his body collapsed with mine. I tried to keep my balance but I fell on my knees, as his body pressed into mine. He was so cold… I felt his blood on my skin and clothes but I didn't bother… I held him close to me, even though I knew he wouldn't feel the warmth of my body. And I cried… like I've never cried before. I cried screaming with agony, with all I felt until now, coming out. I stared at the wall above me… and there was his silhouette. Behind him the wall was clean, and around… only his blood, with the mixture of the heartless poison was there.

Riku and Raven remained static… they didn't know what to do. They didn't know if they should take him away from me, or let me be. Riku turned his back to us, not standing to watch his best friend like this. Raven simply closed her eyes, with sadness in her features. I knew we had to hurry… I felt his life running out… we had to take him out of there. When they noticed I was trying to get up, they instantly helped me. Riku took the form's weight off of me, and placed him on his back. I felt my senses returning to me, and Raven offered her help.

"Come on… we have to go." I gladly accepted her help, and stood up. Riku walked to the door, but the fence was way too small for him to pass. With all my feelings mixed up, I summoned the staff and a giant fire ball went to the fence's direction, making a huge whole enough to let them pass. We all ran as much as we could, we had to hurry… he could die in that small amount of time.

We finally came out of the darkened dungeon and my eyes were sensible to the castle's light. But we all continued to run, as blood stained the pure white floor. We came out of the castle and went to Kingdom Hearts. There a few heartless appeared, but me and Raven handled them. I didn't even bother what magic spell I used, I simply wasted every heartless in the way. When we were reaching the door, I stopped hearing Raven's steps. I stared back and she was holding her chest, hunching down. Riku stared back as well, and his eyes widened when he saw her.

"Raven! What's wrong!" I asked worried walking to her.

"Go away…" She said, but her voice wasn't the same.

"What are you talking about! We have to go!" Riku said nearing as well. She raised her arm, telling us to stop.

"I told you to go away!" She said raising her head and then I noticed… her darkened eyes. "Leave while there's time! I'll catch you up later!" Riku noticed the same as well. Her skin slowly became dark as her eyes, and I stepped back. "What are you waiting for!" She exclaimed with a different voice.

"We can't leave you here!" Riku exclaimed.

"JUST GO AWAY DAMN IT!" And there was nothing we could do. Raven slowly transformed while I pushed Riku to the exit. We opened the huge door, and when we went out we closed it as fast as we could. We leaned against the door catching our breath. Riku leaned his forehead against the door, with his friend on his back. I saw him holding back his tears… something I've never seen before. He opened his eyes determined and stared at me.

"We have to hurry… we'll rest when we get to the gummy ship." And I agreed with him with a nod. We ran again to the same portal that lead us there. We went to the small corridor we've been before, and the heartless sign went to its place.

We ran through all the End of the World, without exchanging words, simply running, jumping from portal to portal. Once in a while heartless would appear but I would always take them out. We finally reached to the first place I've seen when I first got there. Leon and the others weren't there, they probably returned to the ship. I followed Riku through the invisible path, until we finally reached the ship.

The engines were on, and ship was ready to lift. We entered the ship and everyone was waiting for us. When their gazes landed on Riku… no one wanted to believe. Leon and Cloud walked to Riku and took the almost dead form off of his back, while Riku supported his arms on his knees, catching his breath, with darkened blood dripping from his shoulders. I leaned against the wall, and let my body slid down it. I hugged my knees, catching my breath… my feelings were so mixed up. I opened my eyes and saw them taking him inside the dormitories while Aerith neared me.

"Are you ok?" She asked worried. That question didn't need an answer, I simply waved my hand in response. She sighed knowing there was nothing she could do. "We'll do our best to help him…" and with that she left. Donald and Goofy were still shocked with what they saw… they remained sat, showing their grief with their sad expressions. Yuffie watched us in distance and asked.

"Where's Raven?" Riku turned his gaze at her and answered.

"She was left behind…" He sat on his seat, and led his hand to his face. "She transformed…" Yuffie remained speechless, along with everyone else inside that room. Making all of us jump, Leon came to the door.

"Donald, Goofy! Get us out of here, quick!" and then he closed the door. I didn't want to go in there… I simply couldn't stand to watch him like that… it was way too much for me. I felt the ship slowly trembling and I lifted my head. I saw Donald and Goofy at the controls, busy trying to take us out of there. I didn't notice Yuffie entering the dormitory, but she came out with two towels. One she gave to Riku and the other she gave to me. After that she went to her place in the ship controls. Riku quickly cleaned himself, stood up and went to Raven's seat helping in whatever he could. I couldn't do a thing… everything seemed to go so fast but at the same time, so slowly…

It seemed time went too fast and his life depended on time… at the same time, time went slowly, with the all the mixture of feeling eating me. I placed the towel aside and took my hands to my head, and ran my fingers through my hair. I was so tired… and it seemed I still didn't believe in what was happening. Why I'm not inside that room…? I was always so worried about him and now… I'm running away… I don't want to see him. Raven was left behind too… when we need people the most, it's when they aren't here. I slowly stood up and went to the door where the others took him. I leaned against the door, trying to hear them. Few words were exchanged between them, only their moves where heard. I gave up on hearing whatever was happening in there, and turned my attention to the ones that were with me in the same room. In slow steps I went to my seat, and sat down. I closed my eyes and leaned my head against the seat. I was so sleepy… but I couldn't sleep. Someone wouldn't let me… and that someone was him.

I felt someone sitting next to me and I opened my eyes. I turned my gaze to the figure beside me, and it couldn't be no other then Riku.

"How are you feeling?" He asked in a whisper.

"How are you feeling?" I asked, but no answer came from him. "That's exactly my answer." It seemed both of us were in the same boat… I was losing someone, and he was losing someone too. "Do you think she'll ever come back?"

"I don't know… she was always saying she'd leave… I don't know if she'll take this chance to get ride of us." He said with a faint smile. "It's quite possible that we'll never lay our eyes on her again."

"You think so?"

"Knowing her as I do… yeah, I think so." He said turning his gaze to me. I closed my eyes, sighed and thought… when things happen, they all come at the same time with the same intensity. Why does it always need to be like that? "Do you think he'll make it?" I thought about his question… and I didn't know the answer.

"I don't know… I think, I can only hope." And with that final statement we remained silent, busy in our own mixed up thoughts… organizing our feelings. The more I thought, the more my mind fell into reality. Until then I didn't realize I had someone dying… right behind me in that room. Everyone in there were doing their best to save him, while I was here doing nothing… only thinking about myself. I felt selfish for a moment… and Riku realized it. He placed his hand over mine, and as always he gave me his support.

"He'll be fine… I'm sure of it." I smiled at his statement and asked.

"How can you be so sure?" he let out a small chuckle and replied.

"I don't know…" and the silence between us returned, though his hand remained above mine. I hear a noise of an opening door, and stared back. Leon and Cloud finally came out of that room. Cloud didn't look at anyone in particular, he simply moved on and sat beside Donald near the controls, unable to exchange words with anyone. Leon walked in my direction and said.

"We did our best…" when those words reached my ears… I could only think about the worst. What did Leon mean? Was he dead? "If we don't get there in time… we'll lose him for sure." Those words didn't give me any comfort as the other's. "Aerith's waiting for you inside." And with that he left me, joining Cloud.

"You better don't keep Aerith waiting." Riku said. "Go on." And I did as it was told. I stood up, and approached the door. I slowly placed my hand on the doorknob and opened. There I saw Aerith, sat in a chair beside his bed, placing a cloth on his forehead with her tired and worried eyes watching over him. She noticed I entered the room and gave me a sweet smile.

"Come in, Kairi." I closed the door behind me and kneeled beside her. I didn't dare to take a look at his face… I was afraid. I remained with my head down, with my eyes fixed in my hands. "He gave us a lot of work… I hope in the end all our efforts weren't in vain." I remained in the same position, while Aerith stared at me confused. She then realized why I was acting strangely and said. "Hey… he's not like before, you can see him now."

I stared at her surprised while she smiled at me. I slowly turned my gaze to him, and all I saw was bandages everywhere. Only some locks of his spiky hair and his face could be seen, so he could breathe faintly. It was relieving watching him like this… sleeping peacefully in his bed. No worries, no pain… just a peaceful slumber. And then… I couldn't take my eyes off of him.

Aerith smiled watching my reactions, but I never noticed. I heard her standing up, letting out a yawn. She gave a few steps and placed her hand on my shoulder.

"I'm going to rest a little on the other side. If something happens I'm at the control room."

"Ok…" I answered in a whisper, sitting in the chair she left empty.

"I'm counting on you to watch over him." Aerith said closing the door, leaving me alone with him inside that room with my eyes were fixed on his features. I didn't realize until now how he was so different… in each time I found him I never noticed how he changed over years. My eyes slide down his features to his incredible thin body, with bloody bandages encircling it, especially on his torso… what have they done to him?

My hand slide down his bandaged arm, reaching his hand covered with bandages. I see his fingers giving small moves, signs that life still ran through that body. From the outside it seemed that there wasn't any problem but inside, a complex battle ran between life and death. He was never the kind of person giving up on something but after 5 long years inside that dungeon… anyone would consider giving up.

The thought of death going through my mind made me shiver, and my fingers intertwine with his. How I survived seven years? I don't know… but I could never survive a lifetime. My free hand goes through the spiky hair that isn't hidden under bandages, and a faint smile appeared in my features. I missed him for so long and now here I was waiting for him to wake up… how things can end up.

I lay my head right next to his, using my arm as a pillow. I stare at his peaceful features once more, watching every detail… watching every wound that soon would turn to scars… that would remember him of what he went through. Things that I hoped I could help healing along with time.

I close my eyes, and lean my head closer to his, whispering to his ear hoping that somewhere inside that broken body, he'd hear me.

"I love you… Sora."

A/N: Small chap I know, but I guess it had to end like this lol. I'm already writing the next chap so you now, the more reviews I receive the more I'll write lol. Like you gave a crap if I was writing or not, this sucks right? Lol. Now seriously, I need your opinion about this chap… like I said before it doesn't sound good to me so, some opinions would be welcome! Any kind of critiques are welcome, please criticize!

Special Thanks:

Misau: LOL Review hilariante! Seria mais um desenho pra pormos la no dev, na conta k havemos de criar. Ja pensei num nome... three happy perverts. Lol, n vale um cu. Agr a menina ta em madrid ne? Aproveite lol. E melhor leres desde o inicio e n da parte em k parei de escrever pk adicionei cenas. Cm vez... ta uma merda pegada, e akele final é mm lamechas, k falta de imaginaçao! Enfim... tks pelo review.

Kairi: Cliff hangers are such a drag, aren't they? Lol. You're lucky, no math for a whole week! More free time lol. Well, as you can see, Sora is half dead so you half right lol. I'm glad you're interested in our game, it's giving us a lot of work! I'll want your opinion about the music… I'm the composer lol. Once again I thank you for your review, ta ta! (Where did I read that? Lol)

Celestialstar: Yep, I really like them too. Lol. I really don't have such a good imagination so, it's kinda hard for me to create new stories. There's one I had a looong time ago, and now I really don't know if I should continue or not. Anyway, thanks for your review, and I hope you review again!

Michelle: Here you are again! Lol. Yep, Sora is behind the door! Let's see if he survives the next chapter:grins evilly: I'm mean to these characters ain't I? lol. You know, whenever you need help with anything, just ask I'm here to help, not just to write! Once again I thank you for your support and review!

LiL aZn DrEaMeR: You're not alone I'm a weirdo! Lol. No, it's not a fat guy, it is Sora lol. We're always wasting time right? But it's worthless to review this fic, that's a pure waste of time lol. Even so, I'm glad you review and once again I thank you for your review!

Please criticize! I don't know but I don't like this chap that much! Please review, send your opinions, talk bad about this fic, and write anything but please review! Every review is welcome! Thanks to everyone that reviewed now, and reviewed my last chaps!