Hey guys I'm back.new chappie..sorry it took so long.not that you care.. oh well here it is.

Chapter Three: Midgar.

Riku awoke gently. His eyes still closed as he had removed his blind fold last night before bed. He picked up the thin strip of fabric and tied it about his eyes. He then looked around the room that he had slept in. it was dark and musty. But the bed had been comfortable and the room had been warm.

His clothes were lying folded on a nearby chair. Riku crawled out of bed and dressed himself quietly. He carried his Keyblades downstairs only to have his nose bombarded with the delicious smell of cooking food. Errol was in the kitchen leaning over the stove. She was stirring something that smelled wonderful.

"What's that delicious smell?" He asked.

Errol didn't say anything instead she motioned for him to take a seat at the kitchen table. Riku sat down and Errol brought him a plate that had a small amount of some odd looking fruit, bread and something that looked like eggs.

"I'm sorry, I'm not that good of a cook." Errol said. "But it is edible."

Riku took a bite of the eggs. It was nothing earth shattering but it did taste good. He took a bite of the fruit and was decently pleased with it's cherry like taste. The bread was wheat and had a bit of butter on it, that practically melted in his mouth.

"It tastes fine."

A tiny smile crossed Errol's face and then was gone. Riku ate silently, thinking of Sora and other things. Then an odd thought crossed his mind that he just couldn't keep to himself.

"Errol, how do I look to you?"

"You look fine."

"No, that's not what I mean. "Riku said. "Am I handsome?"

Riku had looked at himself in the mirror last night and had found himself to be a decently attractive young man but he had been dying for another opinion. He knew it was stupid and that Errol was probably the wrong person to ask but he had to know. He became uneasy when Errol didn't say anything. But when he looked at her there was a very light blush on her face that only added to her beauty.

Errol stood up suddenly and turned off the lights. Riku, confused, raised an eyebrow. Errol closed the curtains, so that only a few bits of grey sunlight slipped through. She looked at him.

"I have yet to see you completely." She said. "Please remove your blind fold. I'd like to see your eyes."

Riku reached up and gently untied his blindfold. He slipped it off quietly. The grey light was like a shock to his new eyes. It hurt a bit but not as bad as he guessed the sunlight on a clear day would. He gasped anyway and covered his eyes. Once he got over the initial shock of the light he brought his arm slowly down from his eyes and looked at Errol. He could see her perfectly, even better than when he had met her last night. He could make out every aspect of her face with these new eyes. She was beautiful.

Riku almost smacked himself. What was wrong with him? He was supposed to be in love with Kairi. And he was. Wasn't he? Kairi was pretty and sweet. She was graceful and seemed like she needed protection. But for some reason, Riku didn't like the idea of that in a woman anymore. Now that he had seen how Errol really didn't need his help to defend herself, he was beginning to think otherwise about his choices in women.

~*~

All Errol could do was stare at those eyes.

His eyes.

They were so beautiful. They glowed slightly in the darkness as though they had Mako energy in them. They were a soothing aquamarine color, deep and calm. His pupils her a smooth electric blue that almost couldn't be seen amid the aquamarine of his iris'.

He truly was handsome. No, he was beautiful. Which was an odd category to put a young man in. But it fit him. What with his silky Platinum hair and his extremely pale skin, that he got from being in the darkness for so long.

"They really do like you..don't they?" She asked.

"Who?"

"They Voices." She looked at him again. "You're positively earth shattering Riku."

There she had said it. She could feel herself blushing even more. She could have smacked herself right then and there. What should he care what she thought of him? "Do you really think so?" He asked her.

Errol nodded weakly and almost jumped when she felt him put a hand on her shoulder. He turned her towards him and looked down into her blushing face.

~*~

Riku gazed softly into Errol's ghostly eyes. She kept blushing prettily. He searched her face for a moment before running his gloved fingers down the side of her face, cupping her cheek in one of his palms. She seemed so small and fragile to him now, as apposed to last night when she had been tough and almost unmovable. He smiled weakly down at her.

Errol merely looked up at him in silence for a moment before:

"We should go." She said, stepping away from him. "We need to find Sora."

Riku looked at her. She looked as though she were wearing a mask that was devoid of emotions.

"Put your blindfold back on. You'll hurt your new eyes." Errol said rather coldly.

Riku nodded and replaced his blindfold. He rubbed at his eyes for a moment before Errol opened the curtains again to reveal a soft drizzle to be pattering against the windows.

"Do you know of anywhere that we might be able to find some information on Sora's whereabouts?" Riku asked after a moment.

"The slums would be a good place to start."

Riku nodded.

Minutes later the two companions were standing out in the cold morning staring at the grimy city around them. It looked awful. The ground on with they stood was covered with mud and garbage. They could hear rats skittering around in the shadows.

"So this is Midgar." Riku said with disgust.

Errol looked around them and kicked a small bit of garbage away from her. They walked quietly down the street trying to ignore the chilling drizzle that was tumbling down on them. Errol growled low in her throat at a huge sewer rat that stepped in their path.

"So how do we get to the slums?" Riku asked.

"You don't wanna go there."

Both turned to see a young woman with chocolate hair standing in the doorway of a nice looking bar called the 7th heaven. She smiled at them gently her scarlet eyes filled with welcome.

"Come on inside." She said. "I may be able to help you."

Errol and Riku exchanged a glance and followed the young woman inside. The woman carried herself with beauty and grace but still could not stop her ample bosom from bouncing a bit. She slid behind the bar counter and picked up a glass, cleaning it out with a cloth she looked at them.

"My name is Tifa Lockheart." She said after a moment. "It seemed as though you were looking for someone of importance."

"Yes, we're looking for the keyblade master Sora." Riku replied.

Tifa put down the glass and looked at the two of them directly in the eyes after looking around at the inhabitants of the bar.

"I can help you after all," She whispered. "But first I need some proof that you are trying to rescue him."

Riku reached into his shirt and pulled out the pendant. Tifa reached out slowly and held it in the palm of her hand. She let it fall back to his chest with a smile.

"It is you then." She whispered. "The chosen heroes."

Riku tucked away the pendant and looked back at Tifa ,who leaned in close.

"Far north of here there is a frozen city called Narshe. In this city lives a man named Arvis. If you mention my name he will tell you everything he knows about what happened to Sora. And trust me he knows a lot. Arvis knows of a way to find him without the use of the power that Mickey was going to take from Princess Rune. The poor dear. How could he even think of killing her like that."

Riku felt Errol stiffen but paid no attention to it.

"No one in the kingdom hearts knows that he was going to kill her of course but we do." Tifa continued.

"How?" Riku asked.

"Because Cloud told us." Tifa answered. "He came back and told us that she had faked her own kidnapping so that she could get away. And if you ask me that's one smart girl."

"How did Cloud know this?" Errol asked suddenly.

"Because the sword the one-winged angel had given to her was gone. As was her training gear." Tifa said to her with a wink.

Riku however didn't catch the wink but Errol did and she fought the urge to smile at the young woman.

"This isn't good," Riku said. "I have to find her! She's supposed to help me find Sora!"

"I don't see what you're so worried about. She shouldn't be too hard to find."

Riku nodded to her.

"Thank you for your help."

"Why did you help us?" Errol asked.

"Because," Tifa said. "You remind me of someone I used to know. You look just like him too. You have the same shade of crimson in your eyes as he does. You could be his double if your eyes were all crimson and didn't have that lovely grey. You act like him too."

Errol nodded and let Riku lead her out of the bar.

"Thank you Tifa!" Errol called back to her.

"You're very welcome Princess Rune." Tifa whispered.

~*~

Sora groaned and opened his eyes only to find himself chained down to a thick slab of ice. He pulled against his bonds only to hiss in pain. He settled back against the cold ice and looked around him at the icy wall of the cavern that he was in.

"Don't pull," chuckled a feminine voice. "You'll only hurt yourself more."

Sora almost screamed as what looked like a monster leaned over him. It was a woman with long whip like blue tentacles for hair, and blueish green skin that pulsated as though it were constantly moving. She looked semi-human but was terrifying to look at. She smiled wickedly then threw her head back and cackled.

"Oh Jenova, be quiet." Said a high pitched male voice. "That gets ever so slightly annoying. "

The "woman" called Jenova looked off to the side and leaned back and away from Sora. A man wearing excessive clown make up and a long golden robe walked out of the shadows and fluffed up the feathers in his hair.

"Oh Kefka, you never let me have any fun." Jenova whimpered.

Kefka rolled his eyes and looked down at Sora with a wicked smile on his face.

"Well well, young Sora." He said. "You're finally awake. Welcome to our humble lair."

"Thanks for the welcome, but I'd rather be going home now." Sora muttered.

Kefka threw his head back and gave off a high pitched cackle.

"I'm sorry little fellow but you're stuck with us."

Sora groaned while Jenova and Kefka both cackled insanely.

'Why do I always end up with the insane villains?' he thought.

Ok.that was a bad chapter but please review it anyway!