a/n:  ok, reasons for not updating are!

1 – Family Trouble

2 – Internet Trouble

3 – Forgetting the password to my account! (doh! _)

4 – Writers Block

but now, I'm back, and we can continue on! ^^

Chapter Seven: Red Rain

Sora whipped the sweat from his forehead and looked up at the mansion. He smiled as Tidus looked up from his sitting position, and the multi-colored lights turned on. Sora folded his arms in satisfaction, and nodded. "Good work, Tidus. Now I doubt the lights will fall."

"What do you mean?" Tidus turned and looked at Sora.

Sora pointed to the lights. "You secured the lights on there, right?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Ok, because I don't know what Rikku will do if they fall off like that garland." Sora chuckled. Tidus sighed and shook his head, and Sora laughed. He turned as Lulu and Goofy walked down the entryway to the mansion. "Hello."

"Konichiwa, Sora-sama." Lulu acknowledged. "We have what Yuna-sama asked.." she looked up at the sky for a moment. "And perhaps we should all get inside; it looks like it will start to rain soon."

"Huck, good ider!" Goofy agreed. He shifted his box in his hands and walked inside. Tidus stood. Lulu walked past Tidus.

"Tidus-domo, you might want to watch out." Lulu said.

"Why?" Tidus asked as Lulu walked past him. He then winced as some of the lights fell on top of his head. "Ouch!"

"That is why." Lulu smiled. "You might want to secure them before Rikku-san comes back, hai?" she entered the mansion.

"She's right." Sora said.

"I hate it when she's right." Tidus grumbled.

Donald entered the study, finding Yuna sitting in a chair, facing the window. He walked over to her, studding her. "Is something wrong?"

"I'm thinking." Yuna said. "You and Goofy both mentioned that there were Princesses that the Heartless were after."

"Yes." Donald nodded.

"Well," Yuna paused. "I have been…thinking. What if there was a Princess of Heart here in Spira? It would explain why they are attacking Spira."

Donald thought for a moment. "I wonder why a Princess of Heart would be here. All the ones I know of are connected to Disney Kingdom some how." He looked at her.

"I mean, Donald," Yuna stated. "That the Princess of Heart that is here, pay not be the type of Princess they are searching for." She looked at Donald. "The only one I could think of that would be a Princess would be Yunalesca. But, she died a very long time ago…why bother searching for a Heart of a dead woman?"

"Maybe, there is another as worthy as Yunalesca." Donald commented. "Perhaps another summoner. Just because they have or haven't defeated Sin doesn't mean that they are or aren't the Princess."

"It would be more logical for a summoner that has defeated Sin to be a Princess." Yuna said.

Donald studied the woman. 'I wonder, has she considered that she may be the Princess?' Donald thought. 'She has defeated Sin, and has a large care for others around her, even her own guardians. It would make logical sense that she would be the Princess… though not everything is logical.' He nodded. "DO you think…"

"Think what?"

"That maybe, one day, you'll be put into temples like your father?" Donald asked. "Your image?"

"Most summoners become summoners to one day rise to the challenge of defeating Sin." Yuna said. "Now that there is no Sin, I do not think so. Temples will probably become a tourist trap."

"Such a waste, such a waste." Donald said sadly. He opened his beak to say something, when the alarm sounded. He looked out at the window seeing many children and people running around, screaming, while sirens filled the air.

Yuna stood and brought forth Nirvana. She then ran from the room, down the stairs and out the back door. She stopped, looking around the courtyard seeing heartless after heartless come from the ground. Some turned their head towards Yuna and she held out her rod. "Shiva!" she cried out and disappeared. Shiva appeared in her spot, flipped her hair and sent ice shards at the heartless. The heartless were pinned to the walls and trees, struggling until they died. Yuna reappeared and nodded to Shiva, and ran the other way. Shiva floated into the air and followed.

Sora stopped in the courtyard, looking around as heartless came around him. He smacked some away with his Keyblade. 'There is too many! I can't fight them all alone, and not even my summons are able to help with this many!' he smacked another away, and another. 'What am I going to do!?'

"Wear this for three days. My Aeon and I shall then be ready to be at your side in battle."

Sora looked down at the glowing blue jewel, remembering what Kida had said. He threw back some more heartless then swirled the Keyblade above his head. 'I don't know how to summon her…' he thought, and then it came to him. "Tsunami!" he yelled out. He saw the heartless cower in fear, backing away. Sora looked over his head to see a large black shadow of a dragon above head.  "That, that is Leviathan!?" he gaped, and wondered where Kida was.

An ear piecing whistle filled the air and the heartless all looked up at Leviathan. From the dragon a girl landed on the ground, holding a spear. Her hair was white; she had dark skin, tribal clothes, and blue marks. She crouched down and then lunged forward with a spear in her hand. Sora wondered why he was not being attacked, and saw that water circle had formed under him. The girl turned to him. "Kida!" he shouted. Kida smiled and then fended off more heartless.

Leviathan let out a scream and the reared its head back and lifted it to the sky. He let out another scream, and flapped his wings. Water started to fall from the sky, hitting the heartless like anvils. Another screech came forth and a water wall came from behind Sora. Sora gasped as the water pushed from behind him, but he was not budged, neither was Kida. The water wall crashed into the tons of heatless as if they were nothing. The water then drained on the ground, and the heartless disappeared.

Kida nodded to Sora, and then jumped up in the air, landing on Leviathan's back. Leviathan let out a melodic call, and dived back into the ocean on the shore. Sora watched and the wind blew his hair. He hadn't seen anything that powerful before…not anything. The tides shifted as normal again. Sora heard shuffling sounds before and turned, bringing back his Keyblade to strike at the sound. He gasped as a sword blocked the Keyblade from its blow. Sora looked up into the face of his attacker.

Riku.

Sora gasped and stood frozen. "Riku, what are you doing here..?"

"To find the Princess."

"There is no Princess here, Riku!" Sora shouted. "Please Riku, stop this and come back. There is no reason to dive into the darkness, there isn't."

"What do you know?!" Riku hissed and brought back his sword to attack Sora, which Sora blocked with the Keyblade. "You know nothing of it, Sora. You know nothing! Give up now, and I will spare your life!"

"Spare…." Sora gaped. "You want to kill me, Riku?! Why do you want to kill me!? What did I do1?"

"It does not matter, Sora." Riku said darkly. "Surrender the Keyblade now, and I shall spare your life….and not to mention everyone else here on this island."

"I don't believe you." Sora said sadly. "You are evil now, Riku. I can't trust what you would say."

Riku growled and smacked Sora away with his sword. Sora stumbled back, looking at his friend. Riku shook his head. "I gave you the chance, Sora, now you'll have to deal with it!" he turned and whistled. Flocks of heartless appeared. "I'll find your Princess, Sora, and when I do….you'll be the one caused for the blame." He and the heartless disappeared.

Sora cursed and began running towards the mansion again. He jumped over fallen items of the attack, and threw open the mansion door. He looked around, seeing the Christmas lights and decorations on the floor broken. Sora ran into the family room, seeing one of the maids sprawled out on the floor, dead. He gasped and ran up the stairs, shouting. Sora threw open the balcony doors at the end of the hall, panting. His eyes scanned the beach near by, and found the flocks of heartless on the beach, Riku at their head. "RIKU!" he shouted as loud as he could, but he was not heard. He leaned forward as he noticed who the heartless were after. Sora's feet slipped and he fell over the railing on the balcony. He fell and yelped, afraid of the impact on the ground. Sora landed on the ground, and screamed. His hand went around his left arm, on which he had fallen on. He laid his head on the sand, moaning in agony and pain. He pulled his hand back, the red sticky substance on his white glove trailed down his arm. Blood.

Thunder began to roar in the sky, and lightening stroked. Sora looked up at the direction of the beach again, seeing the Heartless take their captive into the dark underworld. He lifted his head, in attempt to push himself up, but laid his head back down. He moaned again and closed his eyes. He felt water hit his face, and looked up at the sky. It was raining, but the water was red. Sora blinked, things were becoming hazy. He wondered was the sky raining blood, or was the water running the blood into his vision? Sora didn't know, and fell into darkness.