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. : Author's Notes:
Hi guys!!! I'm sooooo sorry I haven't posted in like over a month! ~_~ Well, I had a bad
case of Writer's Block. I still have it a little, but just a little. Sooo, I'm going to do a kinda
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guys like it), but I'm gonna leave it up to you!! : .
"Fragments of Sorrow"
By: Princess of Fate

Chapter Seven
"Where Is This?"
And so poor Riku was dragged off, leaving the small, crumpled form of Kairi
behind. It felt like his heart was splitting in two. Riku watched as Ansem touched the air
and a white, shimmery portal formed. Ansem stepped through, but Riku wouldn't budge.

"I'm not going in there!! And I'm not leaving Kairi!!"

"Do not worry about her. I'll see to it that her body will be taken care of. But you must
come with me."

"No!!"

"Or.....we *could* leave you here..." And a large Defender appeared right in front of
Riku, the eyes of its shield glowing menacingly.

"W-What is that?!" the frightened boy exclaimed.

"Do you want to find out?"

"No...."

"Then come."

And Riku was dragged away. Again.
Half-dragging, half-leading the smaller boy, Ansem came to a large hall.

"This is Hollow Bastion. It will be your new home."

"My new home? But what about Destiny Island?"

Ansem chuckled. "Oh my...haven't you heard? Its been destroyed."

"What??"

"The door, Riku. You saw that Keyhole in that door, didn't you? You wanted it to open
all your life, didn't you? You hated Destiny Island, so why do you care?"

"But what about Selphie and Wakka and Tidus and...Sora?"

"Those three? Vanished. The last one? You'll see. I needed to show you, but you've been
a little difficult. Now will you cooperate or not?"

Seeing that it wouldn't do any harm, he said, "Alright. But can you get this collar off?"

"No." And led Riku through a series of doors, strange elevators and such until they
reached a large room with some people gathered around a small table. Riku could tell they
were arguing about something.

One looked like half-woman, half-squid, another had a Southern accent and looked like a
bag, one looked like a pirate with one hand, and another tall one that had what looked like
blue flames for hair. But it looked like a tall witch with tinted green skin was dictating the
meeting. She looked up and so did the others.

"Oh, hello and welcome back Ansem." she addressed Riku's captor.

"Nice to see you again, Maleficant...but alas, I cannot stay here long. My power won't
hold."

"Oh? And who do we have here?" Taking Riku's chin in her slightly-green hand, her long
nails stroking his jawbone, causing him to shiver. "A new pet?" laughing at her own joke.

"Yes. He's friends with that other boy. He could be quite useful..."

"I don't see how a little squirt like that could help us. I mean, he's so SCRAWNY and....
WEAK. I bet I could flick the kid and he'd go flying!" the flame-haired man said,
throwing a few punches into the air to demonstrate. Murmuring from the other humanoid
things.

"SILENCE!" Ansem roared and the room fell silent.

"He will help us and I will NOT tolerate this mockery!! From now on, he is
second-in-command of me! You will obey him as you obey me. Any infractions, and you
will be banished! Do you understand?"

Nods and more murmured agreements as they dispersed.

"I'm not going to help you!! NEVER!!" the new second-in-commander exclaimed.

"Now tell me this, boy. All your life you wanted to show that boy Sora that you were
stronger, smarter and better than him. And you also have feelings for that girl, Kairi. Now
listen carefully. That boy Sora is your rival, correct?"

"Look, I don't know what you're getting at, but I refuse to say anything!!"

"Sora has new friends. Now that you and Kairi are out of his life, he made new ones."

"WHAT?"

Ansem shrugged. "If you don't believe me, just take a look." and allowed Riku access to
the table.

Curious, Riku did so. But unbeknownst to him, Maleficant and Ansem were exchanging
smirks.

What Riku saw shocked him to utter and complete astonishment.

- - - - - - -

Sora, a duck with a blue hat and vest and a weird dog-looking thing were sitting around a
table, talking.
"So, where do you think Kairi is?"
"Gwarsh, Sora. I really dunno." The dog-thing said.
"We should keep looking. Don't give up hope!" The duck replied.
Sora nodded and held up a large, over-sized key, swinging it around. "Yeah. Since we
don't need to look for Riku, all I need to find is Kairi! Riku's a big loser. I'm the
strongest. He's just too stupid to realize that."
And the scene faded.

- - - - - - -

"W-What the hell was THAT??"

"That, my boy, is something called reality. Cruel, isn't it?"

"Y-You're lying!"

"No I'm not. You saw it with your very eyes. He had the Keyblade, too."

"N-No!! I don't believe you!!" /How could he...?/

And with that, he went into a fury, trying desperately to rip the collar off, adrenaline
lending him strength.

The tall witch smirked at Ansem and walked out, the large double doors banging shut.

Boom.
Riku was trapped. Alone with Ansem.
. : Author's Notes
Hiiiii! Did you guys like? Now its up to you. If you have any ideas, just put it in
the review and I'll see how or if I can fit it in. Oh yeah. This chapter is deticated to Kurai
Sama for her 16th b-day! Happy Birthday!! ^______^ Hope you liked it!
Oh yeah!! Guess what, guys? I BEAT KINGDOM HEARTS!!! Oh yeah! Oh yeah!! I
even got Donald's Save the Queen, Sora's Ultima Weapon, and Goofy's Save the
King."!!! It was hard, though. -_-;; But aaaaanyway, the ending is
*coughSPOILERcough* SAAAADD!! *coughUNSPOILERcough* Aaaanyways, YAY!
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-Me