Chapter 25: When a river asks you to kiss it, politely refuse

Ixi: Well…This is the last chapter of the story. No joke. No lie. It's the end. Oh, and this is a long chapter, so, use the bathroom, grab some snacks, get a drink, and if it's really late at night, wait until tomorrow morning to read it. Well, with that said, let the story begin. Erm…end……

Summary of the Chapter: "He put his arm around me, said he was sorry. I didn't believe him."

It was THE day. I was so happy. It was the day which we get rid of Hellax once and for all. All of my problems will soon disappear! Well, the really bad ones will, anyway. I got a good night's sleep, and ate a large and healthy breakfast, since I knew that this battle will most likely last for at least, the rest of the day.

I knew in my heart, that with my sister's help, we can defeat Hellax. Before, she was protected by Axel, but now, my sister will distract him, while the rest of us go after her.

"Are you coming or not!?" Kody yelled as she barged in my room.

"Yeah, yeah. Hold your horses." I said, while putting my hair up.

"I have HORSES!?" She yelled out.

I giggled. Kody hasn't changed ONE bit.

"Coooooooome ON! Come on, come on, come on, come ON!" She yelled.

"Okay, Okay! I'm done!"

At those words, Kody took my wrists, and ran down to where the others were, dragging me behind.

"Hey Everybody…GUESS WHAT!" Kody yelled out with excitement, once she was with everyone.

"What?" Everyone answered in unison.

"We're going on another gummi ship ride!"

The girls cheered, and the guys moaned, you could tell that they weren't happy. Especially Donald, who looked like her could use a 'chill pill' right about now. He stormed out the door and onto the ship.

Well, somebody's crabby today.

After about 10 minutes of pushing and shoving, we all got onto the large ship. After about (well probably less then...) five minutes of sitting in our chairs, Stephanie piped up, "I'M BORED!"

"I know what we could do!" Kody said with an evil smirk.

All the girls were up in their seats, and the guys looked like they were about to have a heart attack.

"SPIN THE BOTTLE!" she yelled out. The girls jumped up in joy, the guys slumped in their chairs. And me…well if you haven't noticed, I was observing everyone's reactions.

The girls quickly got into a circle, and forced the boys to.

Hm…If you can set the ship on Auto-Drive…why would you actually drive? I thought to myself.

"Aren't you going to play, Cynthia?" Alyssa asked.

"I think I'm going to sit this one out guys," I said, because I didn't really want to play.

"Whyyyyyyyy…" The girls whined.

"Probably has something to do with the fact that there are only two guys."

"HEY!" Goofy and Donald yelled in unison.

"Oh sorry, three guys and a duck." (You just can't be mean to Goofy.)

Donald somehow managed to stomp his foot while sitting.

"I see your point…" Emaleigh stated. "But, if it lands on a girl, you just peck they're cheek. You only do lips if it's girl x guy."

"I still don't think I'm going to play,"

"Aw. Okay," Stephanie said, and got back into the circle.

Alyssa tossed the bottle to Kody. "Your idea, you go first,"

Kody just shrugged and spun the bottle. It spun about 20 times…

Wow

It started to slow down…and it went even slower...then, it landed on…ALYSSA! Kody made a paranoid face, but then got up, and gave Alyssa a quick and friendly peck on the cheek. Now it was Alyssa's turn. She spun the bottle and it spun about 12 times. It went slower…and slower…and BAM! It stopped right on Riku. Alyssa gulped and walked over to Riku. A few girls looked over at me and mouthed 'are you jealous?' I just rolled my eyes and shook my head and kept my eye on Alyssa. She stood there about five minutes just staring at him nervously…it was funny. But, then Emaleigh came and pushed Alyssa forcing her lips to meet Riku's. She was blushing like crazy but Riku was his cool collected self. It only lasted about five seconds though.

It was Riku's turn to spin. He spun it and it spun 15 times. (I'M A GREAT OBSERVER!) Than…it landed on SORA! Riku jumped back at the result.

"Uh…" Riku started, but, the girls cheered the kiss on. Riku slowly got up…and dashed out of the room.

The girls sighed in disappointment, and Sora sighed in relief. Everyone got out of the circle and sat down on one of the rows of chairs.

"What do you want to do NOW?" Alyssa asked, "Riku totally ruined spin the bottle by running away…"

"He'll fight against heartless but he won't kiss his best friend…" Kody pointed out.

"Hm…we could always play truth or dare…" Stephanie suggested.

"OKAY!" The girls once again yelled out.

"Cynthia, are you gonna play?" Kody asked

"Sure, why not." I replied

"WOOT!" Stephanie yelled.

"I'll start," Emaleigh stated. "Kody, truth or dare?"

"Da—tr—Uh………….."

"PICK ONE!"

"Truth,"

"Okaaaaaaay….Hm…..Who do you have a crush on?"

"I don't have crushes."

"Well, then just say who you like."

"I like that guy….with that hair."

"That tells us soooooo much."

"YEP!"

"Just tell us who,"

"I told you! That guy with the hair!"

Everyone just sighed…"We need a NAME!"

"Oh….well, you could have told me that in the first place. I like Demyx. And Roxas. And Zexion. And—"

"KODY!?"

"Kingdom Heart guys are HOTT! NOT my fault."

"Okay, maybe truth and dare isn't the BEST choice of game." Stephanie said.

"Yeah, your right. What're going to do now?" Alyssa started.

"YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO!?" I yelled.

Everyone just looked up at me like, 'Holy crap she talked,'

"What?" Kody asked.

"FIND OUT WHERE CHRISTINE IS!" I yelled.

Everyone went pale. They JUST noticed that she's been missing. What great friends THEY are, right?

"When did she go missing?" Alyssa asked.

"A while ago." I answered. "Organization XIII has something to do with it, because Zexion used her form to trick me…"

Everyone just stared at me, then rushed out of the room to look for her. I did the same. I started in her room. I stood still, to see if I could hear anything. I couldn't…until, "THUMP!" I could hear something fall in the closet. I hurried to the closet and opened it. A body fell on my feet. I stared in horror, then screamed.

Everyone came rushing in. They looked at what I was screaming at. Sora came and checked Christine's pulse.

"There's no heartbeat," Sora said.

I took a long look at her. Her black hair falling over her bloody face. She didn't go down without a fight. But, she lost that fight. I couldn't take it anymore. Hellax was going to disappear. First she messes with my head, then making these dreams about my friends dying, then trapping me in her twisted world, and now killing my friends. ACTUALLY killing them.

Donald soon came into the room and yelled out, "WE'RE HERE!"

"Let's go," Larxene said. Everyone nodded.

I walked out of the gummi ship and into the large castle. Larxene led the way the whole time, until finally, we came to a room that said, "VIII"

"She's probably in Axel's training room," Larxene said, while turning the knob. She opened the door and we all filed in, but suddenly stopped. Axel was inside. He was sitting on his bed, looking at all of us. Everyone took a step back when he got up. He walked toward us, but we kept walking back.

"STOP MOVING!" He yelled.

We all stood still in fear.

" I need your help."

"With what?"

"Hellax. She's gone insane. "

"YA THINK!?" Larxene yelled out.

"Please…I just need your help…"

Larxene's expression changed. "Axel…what's wrong?"

"I-I remember everything now."

Larxene's eyes grew calm and she hugged him. "Come on Axel, tag along with us."

"You think that's such a good idea?" Kairi asked.

"Trust her," Riku said.

"Okay…"

"Hey Axel!?" I perked up.

"Hm?"

"By any chance do you know where Hellax is?"

"Huh? Oh yeah…she's most likely in Vexen's lab,"

"Why?"

"She tends to make experiments and potions to make her stronger."

"Oh god…"

"yeah…"

We all followed Axel and Larxene to the lab. We barged in and saw nothing. Zip. Zilch. It was a cold empty room. The only thing in it was Vexen. We walked up to him.

"Vex, what's wrong?" Axel asked

"Hellax…"

"What about her?"

"She finished the ship that could travel through dimensions, then she ruined my lab. So no one else could make the ship to follow her."

"Where'd she take the ship?"

"Earth."

Everyone gasped.

"S-she took Zexion with her. And Ms. Gerbec."

"I guess we have to find a way there." Riku said.

"TO CID!" Sora yelled and everyone nodded. We rushed toward the gummi ship and warped to Radiant Garden. Everyone ran to Cid, asking him all kinds of questions non-stop.

"One. At. A. Time." Cid said, a bit aggravated.

"We need a gummi ship, to travel through dimensions."

"Awwwww, come on. I just made it like a few months ago…"

Axel gave Cid one of those looks that say, 'Disagree one more time, and I'll set you on fire' Cid backed off and threw the keys at Sora. "It's in the garage" He said quickly. We all rushed over to the ship and quickly got on. It surprisingly, only took a minute to get to Earth, because of the whole time continuum thing. We landed in Florida.

"Home, sweet Home," I said to Kody. She looked over at me and smiled.

"We'll be in charge now," Kody and I said in unison. Everyone nodded. We walked around, until we walked right into a circle of fire, literally.

Once again, the sound of Hellax's cackle could be heard. "You're trapped my keyblade mistress…"

"Hmph…"

"Well, I can take care of that," Axel said while snapping his fingers. The flames died down. Hellax whipped her head around to glare at Axel.

"Why master, How could you!?" She yelled.

"Shut up," he said while summoning his chakrams. She looked at him, and started to play the innocent card. "Oh master…I'm sorry. I've been filled with the unimaginable twisted feelings of hatred. Please forgive m—" her sentence was soon cut off, by her severed head flying across the room. I watched as a bloodied chakrams returned to Axel's hands. My eyes widened in horror. Then…it hit me. All of that pain. All of that torture. Went away…in… a mere second. I saw Zexion in the background, body limp on the ground. Looked like he had just snapped out of a trance.

I slowly made my way from everyone else, as they walked over to either the dead enemy, or the suffering companion.

I looked over a river. It looked nice about now. It looked like the very best place to drown myself in. Then, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Axel. He took a pretty little blade, and stabbed my hand. I screamed in pain, but no one seemed to notice. Mainly because, my scream was inaudible. The pain was past screaming, past suffering, it was like nothing you've felt before.

He put his arm around my shoulder, said he was sorry. I didn't believe him. Then he took me in a dark portal. I was in a white room, when I looked over at Axel from a distance away, he had Zexion over his shoulder.

This story, was supposed end happy. This story, was supposed to end right. It didn't. I was held captive in a large white room, with only three things in it. A door which lead to a bathroom, a kitchen, and a wonderful little pond for my amusement. I'm guessing Demyx did that. I started to feel weak. I put my bloodied hand on the pure white wall. The not-so-white walls started to make my hand burn, so I quickly ran over to the pond and dumped my hand in.

The feeling came back when I saw my reflection. The feeling of suicide. I felt a warm breathe on my ear whisper, "When the river asks for a kiss. Politely refuse."

I turned around to see Zexion, in very much pain.

"Y-YOUR OKAY!" I yelled, not knowing of the blush creeping on face. He smiled, "Yeah, I'll be fine. What about you?"

"O-Oh this? It's a minor injury, It'll heal…"

"What were you talking about. About the kiss and the river."

"It's from a poem. Called Suicide note. "

"Oh…"

He smiled. "Thank you."

I cocked my head, with a question plastered on my face.

"I have something to tell you."

"I'm listening"

"You know, how you stopped being able to summon your keyblade?"

I nodded.

"Well, it's because you were never a wielder."

Disappointment pulsed through my veins.

"You were chosen to release our hearts."

"Huh?"

"You killed the heartless that took our hearts. The one in Atlantica, that one was Demyx's heart."

"T-that makes sense."

"Because of you, we all got our hearts back."

"Then why is Axel so…"

"Cruel?"

I nodded.

"Because, he really is evil."

I was shocked at this answer. In the game, he seemed like he sided with light.

"He has a good heart, but the pain of his best friend leaving, the loneliness, turned the goodness around"

"Oh…"

"And your sister's hate for when you went to the side of good, also made her feel unaccepted, making her become one with darkness"

"And you?"

"I'm too intelligent for something like that. Studying the heartless for so long with Vexen helps me know how they think, and how they manipulate."

I started realized I had grown a small crush on Zexion. Nothing to worry over though, because, he was too old for me, but the feeling of liking someone made me feel happy, because I was normal again.

"5 years" Zexion mentioned

Before I questioned him, he snapped his fingers and I was back in my room, on my bed.

With great heartthrob I tried to sleep. It hit me that now I won't be able to be around Sora, or Riku…or Zexion. I sighed and turned on my side.

How am I going to explain this to my mom?