Consuming Heartless

Summery: Riku, Kairi, and Sora get back to their Island. Unfortunately,
thier adventure hasn't completely ended, so what happens when you must
join the Heartless to protect yourself from another enemy?

Rating: PG-13

Main Character: Riku

Other: Kairi, Sora

~Chapter 1: Clouded Thoughts~

*Sora had started having strange dreams again. They made no
sence, just like the first dreams he had been having before he saved
the worlds from the heartless. Riku was having the same dreams. The
darkness is swallowing everyone once again. However, it feels inside
them good, not bad. *

"Riku, Sora! Wake up!" Kairi's voice came to them. Sora opened
his eyes a little and saw Kairi over him. He yawned and stretched.
"I'm up, I'm up!" Riku said as he got brought himself up to his
feet. 'Was that a dream?' Riku thought to himself.

"Whats wrong Riku?" Sora asked.
"Oh, nothing!" Riku responded, trying to hide his worry. Riku
walked to the kitchen to get something to eat. Kairi walked to the
window and looked out.
"We should go gather some food. I think we are low." Kairi said
after a while.
"Can you do it Sora?" Riku asked.
"ME? I DID IT LAST TIME!!!" Sora shouted.
"Oh come on and grow up you two! I'll go get it!" Kairi said.
Kairi walked to the entrance and left. The whole place was silent, both
Riku and Sora lost in thought.

'What did that all mean?' Riku thought to himself. Sora
suddenly asked, "Riku, did you have a strange dream?" Riku paused a
moment. 'Should he know about my dream?' Riku thought, 'No, I shouldn't
worry him, maybe its just a dream.'
"No. Why?" Riku said cooly.
"Just wondering..." Sora said as he walked to the window.

'I need to find out more about this dream.' Riku kept repeating
to himself. Finally, Kairi came back with fish and fruit.

"Thank you Kairi." Riku and Sora said in unision. Kairi
giggled and walked over toward the bed. Riku cooked some fish and they
all ate. Riku, Sora, and Kairi were once again going to bed and
watching the start outside the window.

"I've noticed that we've all been lost in thought lately."
Kairi pointed out.

"Yeah. I guess we have huh?" Riku responded.

"Well, I'm going to bed. G'night Kairi! G'night Riku!" Sora
said lazily. Riku dozed off soon after.

*Again Riku saw himself get swallowed by the darkness by Sora,
arm extended. As the darkness engulfed him, Sora ran away, scared of
what was happening, fearing the same problem may happen again. Riku
looked over head, and a large rolling cloud of black and red swirled
ahead.*

Riku awoke with a start. He was having a cold sweat. He looked
over at Sora. He was rocking around and muttering something in his
sleep. 'Should I wake him?' Riku thought. He decided against it and
fell back asleep.

*"R......Ri....u.....hel.....mor....en...w...r..dar..." the
voice was distant and broken. It felt somewhat familar to Riku, but he
couldn't understand who it was. A white light was around him.

Riku looked down. He saw something approch him. It was a giant
phoenix. Above him lay a welcoming hand.*

"Riku! Wake up!" Sora shook him violentley. Riku rubbed his
eyes and stood up with lots of effort.

"Good morning sleepy head!" Kairi said jumping up and down.

"How can you wake up so early Kairi?" Riku asked still sleepy.

"Very easily! I need to show you something! Come on!" Kairi
grabbed Riku's arm and tugged him toward the door, "I don't know what
it is!"

As Riku walked out the door, he saw a giant black and red cloud
swirl over head. He froze in his tracks. 'What the...? No, it was only
a dream.'

"Riku come on! You're acting strange!" Kairi said still tugging
at his arm.

"I...I...um...sorry," Riku blinked but didn't see the cloud
again, "I'm just sleepy, thats all." Sora, Kairi, and Riku all walked
down to the secrete place, where all the trouble on the islands
started. Before they reached the entrance way, something grabbed
Riku's foot and pulled him down. Kairi turned around a screamed as Sora
went to grab Riku. Riku looked up and saw the cloud start to descend on
the island. Sora pulled Riku out.

Just when Riku was pulled out, the cloud took a violent dive at
Sora.

~To Be Continued...~