~*~Worlds Apart~*~
~Chapter 5~
A/N: I really kinda don't know what to say, but uhh....Well thanks for the reviews, and I except everyone's apologies. Oh yeah, Sorceress Damia, thanks for supporting me and backing me up ya know? But like most of them said, they have a right to their own opinions even if we don't agree with them. =) I hope your vacation gets better, well anyways....I'm thankful for your reviews so now I'm going to start chapter five. I really need to get some names for these little buggers ^_^'.....heh heh heh.....
"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Memory~
~*~ Place name~*~
~~~Okay, in the last chapter we left off with Yukara being severely injured and Ansem taking her to away from Riku and the rest of her friends. While Sora talks Riku into coming back with them to Taverse Town to plan their next move...~~~
~*~Taverse Town - Leon's house (again-_-')~*~
Everyone slowly walked into Leon's house, and they were greeted by Yuffie. In reply everyone either nodded or said 'hey' in a dull voice.
"Gosh, what happened to you guys? Your all quiet." asked Yuffie.
Nobody answered her, not even a shrug.
"Ah come on, this is worse the Squall!" she asked again.
Leon looked over to Yuffie and glared, but just as he was about to close his eyes again, He noticed a certain silver haired girl wasn't with Sora and his friends.
"Wait a minute, wheres Yukara? And why is he here?" Leon asked pointing to Riku.
"Did he hurt her? I swear if you did I'll-"
He was interrupted by Riku,
"You'll what? Kill me? I probably deserve that much....Damnit it's all my fault!"
Riku slammed his fist onto the door and then walked outside. Leon looked to Sora with a stern look,
"What is he talking about? He did do something didn't he?"
Sora shook his head,
"Not on his own free will, Ansem was controlling him!" Sora replied.
"Yeah so its not his fault!" Kairi added.
Leon shook his head,
"Ah but you two missed one very important factor, he had the choice of helping Ansem. He didn't have to help that man with anything."
Yuffie groaned and leaned against the wall,
"Leon would ya shut up for a minute and let 'em tell you what happened to Yukara at least? Your not the only one who cares about her you know?"
The man glared down at the floor and nodded, both Sora and Kairi sighed.
"Allright, heres what happened, we finally reached the room where the keyhole and all the princesses were. Well everyone ran towards the keyhole and we found Kairi, that's when Ansem told us about the door not being complete and Kairi being a princess. He also said that I had Kairi's heart, and Yukara told me to leave right after that...." Sora paused for a second and then continued, "Ansem and Yukara then started battling each other, Ansem took her sword from her and tossed it to where we were. Then he took his keyblade out and sent her crashing into a wall, that's when Riku finally took control of his body and went back to normal. Then the true Ansem came and took Yukara away, saying she was a pure heart or something like that."
Leon, Aeris, and Yuffie all stood up strait,
"Yukara...He has Yukara...Sora did she happen to give a necklace to anybody?" Aeris asked.
"Uhh....Yeah I think so, she gave something to Riku. But they were almost whispering to each other so I don't know."
Leon never said anything, he just turned and walked out the door. Sora and the others followed him, just to make sure he didn't kill Riku.
~*~
Riku stood in silence in the townsquare, his thought were on Yukara and what he had done to her. 'Great, because of me my best friend is gonna die....damnit....all I wanted to do was help my friends, but I blew it....' he thought to himself.
"Riku..." someone formilur called out.
"Go away." he replied.
"Riku please I don't have much time....Ansem will be coming back soon, please at least look at me."
The boy looked up and opened his eyes, a ghostly figure of Yukara was standing in front of him. Riku was shocked at first, his friend no longer had a black tank top or black camo pants, she was now in some sort of white princess gown.
"Yukara....but how? How can you talk to me?" Riku asked.
"And why are you in a dress?"
Yukara smiled slightly and reached her hand out to touch his face,
"You haven't forgotten have you? Remember, we shared the poapu fruit. Surely you didn't forget about your dreams before you caught up with me again either....Oh and the dress thing, this is Ansems doing. You know I hate dresses." she said laughing slightly.
"No I didn't forget....And if I remember correctly, there was a certain 7 year old who I use to know who used to love those pretty little dresses." said Riku snickering.
His friend glared at him slightly but then smiled, she slowly pulled her hand away from his face.
"Yukara....Are you okay? I mean from the whole fight with me...." Riku asked.
Yukara rolled her eyes,
"I wasn't fighting you, that was Ansem. Even if he was using your body, but yes I am okay I guess. Ansem wont let me die just yet....oh yeah, tell Sora he doesn't need to go back to Hallow Bastion, the keyhole is already sealed," she paused and then continued, "....Riku I have to go.....remember don't let anyone get our necklaces, anyone....Goodbye...."
Yukara faded away and Riku was left standing alone again. Just as the boy was about to pull the necklaces out, he heard footsteps behind him.
"You have the necklaces don't you Riku?" Leon asked.
Riku nodded,
"Yeah I do have 'em, but your the last person I'd give them to...." Riku said turning around to face him.
"And before you even ask why, it's because Yukara told me not to give them to anyone. Now if you don't mind, I need to talk with Sora about saving her."
He was just about to pass Leon when the older man place a hand on his shoulder,
"Wait a minute, when did she tell you not to let anyone have them?" Leon asked.
"Just a few minutes ago, why?"
Leon removed his hand from Riku's shoulder,
"Ansem is already tapping into her powers. If he revives all of her powers he could put the universe into total darkness."
Riku turned to face him again,
"But Ansem couldn't force her into doing that, she has to many people who are important to her."
"Yes that's true, but show the one she cares about most dead and she would cast all the worlds into darkness." Leon answered.
Riku looked at him in confusion,
"All Ansem has to do is make a heartless change into you, have the heartless come up to her near death, say a few touching words, and then die in front of Yukara." he explained.
Riku was sickened by these words, any person who would do such a thing to get his way....It simply made Riku sick. He nodded at Leon and walked over to the step leading up to the house, there he was greeted by Sora and the rest of his friends.
"Riku, are you okay?" Kairi asked.
"Yeah I'm fine....oh Sora, Yukara said you don't have to worry about sealing the keyhole at Hallow Bastion. It's already been sealed, so I guess all we have to do now is get a map to our next destination."
Sora looked over to his friend and smiled,
"No need to worry about that, Kairi and me were just getting ready to go talk with Cid about getting the map. So I guess we'll see you at the world gate, bye!" Sora said walking away.
Kairi waved and followed him.
~*~End of the World~*~
Ansem slowly walked over to where Yukara was chained up,
"So my princess are you ready to take over the universe and rule as my queen?" He asked.
She looked up to the once noble man,
"Never...I will not destroy this place, neither will I rule at your side!"
Ansem laughed slightly and turned away from her,
"It seems you still need time to think, you better decide before your little lover boy gets here."
Yukara tried to stand but the chains weighed her down to much, the man turned to face her again.
"You know if you wouldn't of talked to that boy you wouldn't have to be chained up like this, but being that I can't stand to see you slouched over...." he snapped his fingers and the chains were pulled tighter, forcing her to stand up. "....There you go, now my Princess. I must leave you to take care of a few important matters."
She looked weakly towards Ansem as he walked out of the room.
"Bastard..." she mumbled as she leaned her head down and closed her eyes.
~*~Underground Cavern~*~
"Hey Kairi! This is where Cid said it would be at, lets go check it out!" Sora called out to his friend.
Kairi ran up to him, she looked down the tunnel and then back to Sora. He grinned at her and grabbed her hand, and they walked into the dark cavern. Kairi watched the water reflect onto the walls,
"Kairi watch out!"
Just as Kairi had turned around to face Sora she had fallen into the water. Sora couldn't help but laugh at her.
"Sora! You could of told me sooner ya know?" she said giggling slightly.
He shook his head and held out his hand to his friend. Kairi smirked and grabbed his hand with both of hers and pulled him in,
"Whoa!" Sora called out.
Kairi giggled again and started to try and run out of the water, and Sora started chasing after her. Just as she was about to step onto dry land, she was pulled back by two strong arms.
"Now where's the fun in leaving me behind?" Sora asked.
"Heh heh, I dunno" she answered poking him.
They walked out of the water together and towards a mural Cid had told them about. Sora raised his keyblade to the wall, and a glowing beam went into the wall cause the mural to change. A small stone fell out into Kairi's hand,
"So this is a navi-g piece huh?" she asked.
Sora nodded and put his keyblade away,
"You know, this place kinda reminds me of the Secret Place at home."
Sora walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder,
"You miss it don't you?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, don't you?" Kairi asked.
"Of course I do. And once we get Yukara back, we can all go home together."
Kairi smiled and looked to the ground,
"But what if Yuka doesn't wanna go back? I mean if she is a Princess, her family is out there. What if she chooses to find them, Riku wouldn't want to go back either if she wasn't there."
Sora thought for a minute, he never really thought of Yukara doing anything like that. She never seemed to fazed about not haveing parents when she was younger, of course she had Sapphire back then too....
"We'll deal with that if it ever come up for now, we need to get this installed and find her first." he said cheerfully.
Kairi nodded, and they walked back down the tunnel and out of the water. Kairi sat down and shivered slightly,
"You cold?" Sora asked.
She nodded and shivered again. Sora sat down behind her and pulled her to his chest. Kairi didn't argue, she just laid there and sighed softly. He ran his hands down her arms and linked his fingers with hers. She looked up to her friend,
"Sora....We should give that map to Cid...."
Kairi cursed herself after that, she had finally had a chance to be alone with Sora and she screwed it up. Sora nodded slowly, he didn't want to go just yet but he knew he had to. They both stood up but kept their fingers linked.
~*~
"Hey Cid! We got the gummi!" Sora called.
"Good, i'll go install it for ya. Yer friends are inside waiting for ya." he said walking away.
Sora and Kairi let go of each others hand and walked into the store. Riku was leaning against a wall with his eyes closed and his fist clenched. Donald and Goofy looked over to Sora,
"He's been all like this since you two left to get the map." Donald explained.
Sora nodded his head and walked over to his friend,
"Hey uh Riku? We'll be leaving as soon as Cid installs the navi-g piece....you okay? Your really quiet." Sora asked.
Riku nodded,
"Yeah, I'm just trying to decide the best way for Ansem to die. Fast or slow and painfully."
Sora blinked, 'Wow he must really hate him.....either that or he just like Yukara way to much.' he thought to himself. The door then swung open and Cid walked through,
"Well its installed, but that world is crawling with heartless. Just be careful you guys, you've come way to far to die now."
Riku pushed himself off the wall and towards the door,
"Don't worry, that wont be happening." he said pushing the door open.
Sora and the other quickly followed him,
"Riku! What makes you so sure we're not gonna die or something?" Sora called.
"Because, we wont. You should already know that Sora." Riku answered.
Both Sora and Kairi were both confused, what did he mean by 'Sora should already know'?
~*~ End of the World~*~
"So my Princess have you decided? From what my minions have told me, that boy and his friends are on there way as we speak. So you must decide soon, world domination or death to your friends." Ansem asked coldly.
Yukara's head was still lowered as she thought about her choices,
"Neither, I will not be used for your twisted plans. And you will not harm my friends either."
Ansem pushed her head up with his hand,
"That's not an option Yukara, now choose!"
"No!" she yelled.
Ansem took his other hand and smacked her across the face, she whimpered slightly.
"Fine then, I'll return to my original plans. I'll kill the ones you love so dearly, and then kill you after you've done what I want!"
Ansem turned to leave, but Yukara spoke up,
"If you so much as touch one of my friends, I'll kill your sorry ass!"
The man stopped and turned to her,
"Is that so? Last time I checked your still chained up!"
Ansem snapped his fingers and the chains around Yukara tightened around her a little more, making her breathing rather difficult
"Come on Yukara, I know you can break out of these chains, or at least loosen them." Ansem said as he smirked.
Yukara shook her head,
"No I wont do it."
Ansem laughed slightly and left the room. Once Yukara was sure he was gone, she whispered a spell and the chains around her loosened and fell down an down the pedestal. She sighed and fell down to her knee's.
"Riku....Where are you...."
~*~On the Gummi Ship~*~
As Riku laid silently on his bunker, his thoughts drifted over to the battle that was soon to come and Yukara. The boy sighed and turned on his side. As he did, the crystal Yukara had gave him poked his chest. Riku pulled it away and looked at it, to his surprise it was glowing a soft white color. He touched the crystal with his other hand, it felt as if his very soul had been pulled out of him and into the crystal.....
~*~
Riku slowly opened his eyes and saw he was in a white void,
"Huh? Where am I?" he asked.
"Your in my dream, I called out to you and you came. Just like when you called out to Yukara on Destiny Island." said a soft voice.
Riku turned around and saw a woman that looked almost just like Yukara,
"Who are you?" Riku asked.
The woman smiled warmly and walked over to him,
"My name is Aura, I am the queen of the Kingdom of Light."
The boy studied her features for a few second,
"Wait a minute, that statue Yukara was looking at....Your that woman!"
Aura nodded her head,
"Yes, I'm Yukara's mother. And you are her friend, Riku is it?"
He nodded his head,
"But what I don't get, is why your here? Yuka's not in any danger is she?"
"No, my daughter is not in any trouble, yet. It is you Riku, your the one he wishes to kill. Yukara would become devastated if you died, making her an easy target for Ansem to use her powers. But he will not fully be able to use her, for you have the necklaces of Light and of Darkness." Aura explained.
Riku slowly grabbed the two necklaces that hung around his neck,
"The crystal being the Necklace of Light, and the dragon being the Necklace of Darkness." Riku said quietly.
"Yes Riku, she did not know at the time the truth about the necklaces. But she gave the dragon to you to communicate with her in the other worlds."
The boy looked up to Aura, his face showed confusion.
"The only things she new about the necklaces was they held great power and that the two people who shared them would be able to talk to one another if they were separated. But Yukara turned cold after leaving the island, so she tried to forget about her past and start a new...also meaning she forgot about the necklaces, from there I do believe you know what happened."
"Yeah I sure do, I hurt Yukara more than she deserved...."
Aura put her hands on his shoulders,
"Riku, that wasn't you who hurt her. I can tell by that look in your eyes that you love her more than life its self."
She paused and took her hand off his shoulders,
"Now, its time for you to go back. Take care of yourself and Yukara...."
Aura closed her eyes and began to fade away into the background, Riku could feel himself being pulled away from the white void and back into his body.
~*~
The boy opened his eyes and sat up, at the same time he could feel the ship slowing down and then finally landing.
"Hey Riku! We're here!" Sora called.
Riku never replied, he just got up from his bed and walked out towards the control room. Sora turned to face his friend,
"Donald just did a scan of the area, and from what showed up," Sora pushed a button and a map appeared on the screen, "this is where Ansem has Yukara, now the last thing we saw was someone walking away from the room. I'm guessing it was Ansem."
Riku looked at his friend curiously, 'For a lazy bum he sure doesn't let people know how smart he can be....' he thought to himself.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go save Yuka!" Kairi said cheerfully.
"We can't just rush in there, Ansem will expect that." said Donald.
Sora nodded slightly and looked the map over again, Riku on the other hand wasn't wanting to wait.
"We don't know what Ansem will do to her if we wait any longer."
Kairi then got up from where she was sitting,
"I agree and besides, theres always a back way in." she said walking over to Sora and the map, Goofy also walked over and looked at it.
His eyes trailed to the area where the ship was, there was a dark looking stretch on the map,
"Well I'll be, theres an underground tunnel that leads right to that chamber. And it's just a few feet from the ship, talk about lucky." Goofy said laughing.
Everyone looked at Goofy as he pointed to the map, and sure enough it was and the entrance wasn't far away from the ship. Riku wasted no time in walking away from everyone and out the doors, the sooner they got to Yukara the better. He quickly walked over to a pile of wood and boulders, figuring it had been blocked for good reason at one time or another. Sora and the others came running towards him and then looked over to the ruble that covered the hole, Riku held his hand out in front of him,
"Firga!" he summoned as three balls of fire shot from his hand and knocked the boulders away from the entrance.
"Donald, I will no longer say I have better magic then you." Sora said jokingly.
Everyone looked at him and shook their heads,
"What? Was it something I said?" he asked as they walked into the tunnel.
"Sora, your never going to change." Riku said laughing.
Sora glared at him,
"Hey I'm gonna get you for that later Riku!"
~*~In the Chamber~*~
Yukara jumped down from the pedestal and looked around the room, she was sure Ansem had locked the door so it was just a waste of time trying it.
"There's gotta be another way out of this hell hole...." she mumbled to herself.
Yukara sighed and leaned against the pedestal. Just as she was about to start thinking of an exscape plan, the pedestal began to shift and move from behind her causing her to fall into the darkness the lied under her prison....
~*~In the Tunnel~*~
"Its so dark down here, how can you see anything Riku?" Kairi whimpered grabbing Sora's hand.
Riku laughed at her,
"Just lucky I guess, but don't worry to much Kairi. Sora will be there for you to hold his hand and to give each other puppy-dog eyes." said Riku smirking.
Both Sora and Kairi glared at him,
"What? I couldn't help but noticed you two holding each others hands, its really not that hard to miss. Even if it is dark."
He continued laughing at them. The rest of the trip after that was a silent one, everyone slowly walked down the twisted and rough trail. They could hear water and other various things creeping through the tunnels, yet nothing ever came out towards them to attack. Their travels through the tunnels soon ended at a dead end and a latter that lead upwards.
"Well here we are, I'll go first to check and make sure everything is safe." said Riku jumping on the latter and climbing up slowly.
He felt around the stone walls for some sign of a hatch or something to get into the chamber above, his hand finally came in contact with the cool metal of a handle. Riku began to pull the handle with his left hand and slowly the stone began to budge, he was just about to climb the rest of the way up when something or someone came crashing into him and they both fell to the floor. Whatever it was, it held onto him tightly and he held onto it. Riku was the first to hit the floor, and the thing that had fallen down with him was still on top of him.
"Ow....who's idea was it to put a trap door there...."
There was a moments silence,
"Yuka?" Riku asked.
"Riku??" Yukara asked back.
Riku was lost for words, he pulled Yukara into a hugged and didn't care who was watching. He finally let go of her and they both stood up,
"Ansem didn't do anything to you did he?" Riku asked.
She shook her head,
"No, but I still want revenge. Bloody bastard...."
Sora and the others walked over towards them,
"Uhh...Your not saying you wanna go back up there again are you?" Goofy asked.
"Really, we're just a thirty minute walk out of here." Donald added.
Yukara looked at them like they were crazy,
"That wouldn't solve anything now would it? I'm tired of fighting, I just wanna go home and not worry about anything like this."
Sora looked over to his friend, as did Kairi and Riku. 'But when you say home, which home do you mean?' Riku thought to himself.
"Well then, lets go. I want to go home as well, I miss my island." Sora said cheerfully walking towards the latter.
"Yeah me too!" Kairi added.
Everyone else just nodded and followed Sora up the latter, all except Riku and Yukara.
"Yukara, I saw your mom. Your crystal, it was glowing and then I saw her." he said looking at his friend.
Yukara didn't look at him, "You did huh, did she say anything?" she asked.
"Nothing to important, but what I was really wondering was-"
Riku was interrupted,
"Hey, are you guys coming or not? Don't make me come down there Riku!" Sora said jokingly.
"Yeah yeah yeah, not like you and Kairi don't sneak around either!" Riku replied.
Yukara shook her head and pushed Riku up to the latter, he glared playfully at her and climbed up. She soon followed and slowly made there way up until they were both up and in the chamber, Riku looked around the room and noticed the chains.
"Chains?" he asked.
"Long story, lets go." said Yukara.
"Ah but you see, you wont need to go anywhere. Well at least they wont." said a cruel voice.
There in front of the group stood Ansem, his golden eyes almost seemed to glow with hatred.
"You know Riku, your quite annoying. I would have figured you'd given up on the girl by now, seeing as you would never be able to be together." Everyone glared at him.
Ansem smirked and continued,
"As you know already, she is a pure heart, and you are pure evil. So why don't you just run along now and leave her to me?"
Riku pulled his sword out and pointed it towards the man in front of him,
"Pure heart or not, she is my friend and I will not let someone like you take her from me. I would die before I ever see that happen!"
Ansem smirked,
"Then, I guess I have no choice...." he summoned his sword, "Then to kill you and grant your wish!"
The man lunged out towards Riku, the boy readied himself as his friend drew their weapons and charges towards Ansem. Kairi and Yukara ran back, as they had no weapons to attack with.
"Isn't there anything we can do?" Kairi asked.
Her friend looked around the room until her eyes were fixed on a single chain that hang from the ceiling above the pedestal,
"Yep, be right back!"
Yukara ran towards the the pedestal and climbed on top, she grabbed the chain and looked towards Kairi.
"Yuka your in a dress!" Kairi reminded her.
The older girl shrugged and jumped off the pedestal....
~*~
Riku and Sora had both just done a combo on Ansem knocking him away from them quite a ways. They both started to heal themselves and everyone else, at the same time Ansem had stood up just to be knocked down again by Yukara slamming into him. They were both tossed across the room and tumbled to the ground. Riku ran across the room and to Yukara, he rolled her over on her back and she looked up at him.
"That really didn't tickle." she said laughing.
He shook his head laughing and helped her to her feet.
"When we get home, you are not to swing across anything until you can properly land and the ground." Riku said poking her side.
Yukara nodded her head and smiled,
"I'm gonna agree with that."
Ansem stood and looked towards the two friends,
"Enough with this play, it's time for me to finish what I started."
Ansem snapped his fingers and everyone except Yukara was pulled back against the walls, an invisible force held them in place. Yukara turned to Riku and started to run towards him,
"I think not princess!"
He snapped his fingers again, and the once motionless chains flew towards Yukara and wrapped around her. They then pulled her from the floor and held her where the pedestal once stood. Ansem smirked and walked over to her,
"It looks like you've lost love, now if you would be so kind and give me your necklaces."
"Never..." Yukara replied.
The man slowly floated from the ground,
"I thought you'd say that, well I guess I have no choice but to take them from you!" Ansem said yanking on the golden chain around her neck.
He looked down at the necklace in his hand, it had a small golden star on it that had looked faded.
"This is not the necklace I want!" He said throwing it behind him.
It hit the floor and slid back to where Riku was against the wall, he looked down and saw that it was the necklace he had given Yukara for her birthday.
"Where are they?!" He snapped.
"They burnt with Sapphire, they no longer exist." she said in a low voice.
Ansem looked at her,
"You lie, their here, I can feel them...." Ansems eyes turned to Riku, he then smirked.
"And I think I know where now....you gave them to your little lover boy to keep them safe.....heh heh heh it all makes since now!"
He laughed evilly walking towards Riku. Yukara looked strait at Riku with wide eyes,
"Actara!" Yukara yelled.
All at once everyone fell free from the walls, Riku stumbled over and picked up the necklace Ansem had thrown. Everyone ran around the room to avoid Ansem, they either hid behind statues or stone pillars.
"You'll pay for that Yukara." Ansem said coldly.
"Obliviana!" he summoned.
A black ball of energy serrounded Yukara completely, all that could be seen or heard was the chains that held her up, random sparks and crackles of lighting, and the girls screams of pain. Riku ran out from his hiding place, it was right behind Ansem the he didn't notice him. Riku took a running jump and kicked Ansem in the back of the head, knocking him out. The black energy that once covered Yukara was now gone, Riku stood and looked towards his friend. She hung from the chains motionless, random cuts and bruises covered her limp body. He ran over to Yukara and pulled on the chains, surprisingly the gave and she fell into his arms. Everyone else had also come out of there hiding place at the time and was now walking over to Riku.
"She's not......she's not dead is she?" Kairi asked silently.
Riku didn't answer, he slowly pulled the crystal from his neck and placed it around hers. Ansem slowly began to stir on the floor,
"Riku look out!" Sora called out to his friend.
Riku looked towards Ansem and ran towards the other side of the room still holding Yukara, 'Riku...the necklaces connect the necklaces....' Yukara voice called out, but her mouth never moved.
"Everyone, get out of the way!" Riku yelled.
Sora and the others ran back to their hiding places again and peeked their heads out to watch what Riku was about to do.
~*~
He looked down at Yukara and gently grabbed her necklace, he also took the dragon around his neck off. Ansem was slowly floating towards them, holding out his hand as if calling to them or the necklaces. Riku carefully slipped the dragon and the crystal together, a bright light then filled the room. Practically blinding everyone from what was happening, Yukara's body floated from Riku's arms and into the air. Her right hand raised itself towards Ansem, a aqua colored dragon with wings shot out towards him. It glided through the air as if it was light as a feather, she then lifted her other hand and a pure white dragon came out and glided towards Ansem. The light had finally died down and everyone could now see what was going on,
"Now my Dragons of Light and Darkness, destroy this man and bring peace to these unbalanced worlds..." said Yukara.
Though the voice did not quite seem like hers, but it was coming from her body. The two dragons roared and intertwined themselves with Ansem. Riku watched in amazement as the dragons twisted and turned, Ansem started glowing until finally he started to yell out in pain and disintegrated. After Ansem had fully disappear, the two dragons separated. The white one returned to Yukara and loosely wrapped itself around her protectively, it's head resting next to her right arm as she leaned up against it....still motionless. And the aqua dragon returned to Riku and laid its body behind him, also putting its head near Riku's side. The others came out from hiding and again back over to there friend,
"That was awesome Riku!" said Sora.
Riku just laughed slightly and looked over to Yukara, she still hadn't moved. She remained leaning against her dragon, Riku started to walk over slowly, her dragon looked up towards him then laid its head down again and closed its eyes. The aqua dragon then walked over to the white dragon and nudged it, the other dragon looked up and nodded.
"Yukara?" Riku called to her.
"Yuka talk to me." he said again.
'Don't worry young one, she'll wake up.' said the white dragon as it faded away.
'Take care young ones.' said the aqua dragon as it too began to fade away.
Riku nodded and pulled his friend into his arms, waiting for her to wake. Sora and the others gathered around him and watched silently. A few minute had passed and still Yukara did not wake up and her body was starting to get cold. Riku frowned and pulled her up to his chest, hugging her tightly.
"...Riku..."
He pulled Yukara away from him, her eyes were opened and tears had slowly began to fall down her cheeks.
"Can we go home now?" she asked weakly.
"Of course we can, just a sec." Riku replied as he cast curega on her.
He then helped her up and looked to all of his friends, he was just about to say something but then the area around them had faded away and they now stood in front of a huge castle gate. And in front of the gate stood Aura, to her left stood a tall man with black hair and deep blue eyes and to her right stood a formiluar brown haired sapphired eye woman. Aura smiled at her daughter and the rest of there friends,
"Thank you all so much for what you did, since Ansem no longer exist our kingdom was restored."
Yukara and the others nodded, Yukara then stepped away from her friends and towards her mother. Riku stretched a hand towards her but then brought it back down, 'It's her choice if she stays...not mine...' he thought to himself. He walked to the back of the group and watched from there. Aura and the two people next to her smiled warmly at her. Yukara was speechless, her mom, dad, and guardian were standing in front of her and they were alive. Sapphire walked over to Yukara and hugged her, and then let go. Her mother and father then hugged her as they let go, Aura gently lift a hand to her daughters face.
"Yukara, we've waited so long to finally meet you and we're glad we did. But now, you must make a choice my dear. You can choose to stay here with us and start a new life here with your father, guardian, and myself or..."
She paused for a second,
"You can return to the life you already have waiting for you."
Yukara looked to her friends to her mom,
"Can't they stay here?" she asked.
Her father shook his head,
"I'm afraid not, their world would be thrown out of order if they did not return." he explained.
The girl looked towards her guardian for help,
"I can't help you with this one, you have to give up one life to start another. But know this, which every life you choose I will be right there by your side supporting you." Sapphire said smiling.
Aura then smiled over to her old friend and looked to Yukara,
"Take your time dear, I know this will be hard on you."
Aura and her group stepped back away from her. Riku stood waiting, fearing that his best friend would choose to stay here and not come back. He watched as she took a single step towards her mom, 'No....I wont lose her again!' he yelled to himself. Riku pushed himself past Sora and Goofy to the front of the group again, he reached his hand out and grabbed her hand.
"Yuka....Please...."
Riku paused to look in her eyes,
"....Come back home....with me...."
Yukara looked away from Riku to her parents, her mother smiled and nodded. She smiled back and turned around to face Riku again. "Riku...." At that point Riku could feel his blood almost go cold, the rest of there friends also looked at them waiting to see who she was going to choose. Yukara grabbed his other hand and looked him in the eye and he did the same.
"Let's go home....Together...."
Sora and the others smiled and ran over to there friends,
"Hey uh...how do we get home? Our ship is kinda yeah gone!" Sora asked.
"Yeah and our world is gone too." said Kairi.
Riku and Yukara both shook their heads and looked to their friends,
"You two really don't think much do you?" Riku asked.
They both laughed slightly and avoided everyone's gaze.
"We can get you home." said Aura.
Yukara separated her hands from Riku's and walked over to her mom, she then hugged her mom tightly.
"Thanks a lot Mom."
She then walked over to her dad and hugged him,
"And you too Dad."
Her dad smiled and pulled her away,
"Well come on, the worlds will soon be disconnected."
Everyone did as they were told and followed her dad, they soon arrived in front of a blue portal that began to glow softly. Everyone gathered around and waited for instructions. Sapphire walked up to the group,
"Now all you have to do is step into the portal and you will be returned to your rightful homes, meaning that everyone from Destiny Island will return there and though's from the Disney Palace will go there. And don't worry, your King has already been returned."
Donald and Goof y sighed happily.
"But this will also be the last time you see each other, so say what you gotta say now. Cause there wont be any second chances."
Everyone split into two groups and faced each other, Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Yukara being on the right and Donald and Goofy being on the left.
"Well it was really great traveling with you guys." said Sora, slightly frowning.
"Remember Sora, no frownin' and no sad faces, our boat runs on happy faces!" Goofy said laughing.
"Yeah, and also all for one and one for all!" Donald added.
"You know Donald, I never saw the meaning in that." Sora said laughing.
Everyone else joined in, and then the King and Queen walked over to them.
"It's time for you to go Sir Donald and Sir Goofy. Say hello to the King for us." said Aura.
The two nodded and walked to the portal,
"Bye you guys, take care of yourselves!" Sora called out.
"Bye!" they said together as they jumped onto the portal.
A few minutes had passed and it was now their turn to finally go home.
"Riku." Yukara's father called.
Both Riku and Yukara walked over to him,
"You better take care of my little girl, I will know if you don't." he warned.
They both smiled,
"No worry about that Sir." Riku said saluting him.
Yukara did the same and they ran off laughing, Aura walked over to her husband and leaned against him.
"She'll be happy with him, much more than having her cut off from the world."
He wrapped an arm around her and nodded,
"I know, I just worry about her being around the boy. He might be a bad influence you know? And for some strange reason i think they were both mocking me...."
They both laughed as they watched the group of friends and Sapphire run into the portal. Just before Yukara and Riku jumped into the portal, she turned her head towards her parents.
"Thanks again, I love you!"
And with that they jumped into the portal and disappeared.
~*~The Trip Home~*~
The small group closed there eyes as many different shapes and colors whirled around them. Kairi held onto Sora tightly and laid her head on his chest, and Sora held onto her making sure that nothing harmed her. Sapphire was covering her eyes with her arms as she slightly crouched to the ground. Riku and Yukara were also holding onto each other, neither one wanting to let go. The spinning feeling soon stopped and they were now falling towards a small island, Sora opened his eyes slightly and looked down.
"Hey! It's our Island! We're home!" he shouted happily.
Everyone else had also opened there eyes and were shouting happily, soon their falling had slowed down until they were floating down slowly. They were just about five feet from the ground when they stopped floating and fell the rest of the way. Sora and Kairi had landed on the sand, Sapphire fell into the water, and Riku and Yukara had landed on the Poapu Island. Riku lifted his head up to look at Yukara,
"Hey are you okay?"
She nodded and opened her eyes,
"Yeah, I think so, yourself?"
He nodded and sat up, Sora and Kairi were also starting to sit up and look around. Sapphire had gotten out of the water and was standing near Sora and Kairi, Riku felt someone lean against his shoulder.
"It's great to be home isn't it?"
He put an arm around her shoulder,
"Yeah it is, well, I say we get everyone home so we can rest."
Yukara nodded and stood up, as did Riku and the both ran down towards the others.
"Hey you guys, I think it'd be a good idea to go home and get some rest." said Riku.
Everyone nodded in agreement and yawned slightly, they then turned down the trail and walked to their homes. Sapphire walked a head of everyone and entered the old house they had stayed in when they were there the last time, Sora and Kairi had walked into Sora's house leaving Yukara and Riku by themselves.
"Yukara, meet me at the Poapu Tree at midnight. I'll be waiting there for you." Riku said walking into his house.
Yukara nodded and then walked into her house and up to her room, she laid down on her bed and fell asleep almost instantly.
~*~Sora's House~*~
Sora opened his door for Kairi and she walked in, he soon followed her. She walked over to his couch and sat down,
"Are you sure its okay for me to spend the night?" Kairi asked.
Sora nodded,
"Sure, it's not like we're doing anything except sleeping." he said smiling.
Kairi smiled and closed her eyes, Sora walked over to her and picked her up into his arms. He smiled down at her and walked up the stairs and into his room, the boy gently laid her down on his bed next to the wall. Sora then laid down next to her, wrapping his arms around her. Kairi pushed herself closer to him,
"Hey Kairi?" Sora asked.
"Hmm?"
Sora took a deep breath and looked at Kairi,
"I well.....uh heh heh......I love you Kairi." he said blushing deeply.
"Oh Sora....I-I love you too." She said lightly kissing his cheek.
Sora looked into her eyes and then kissed her lips.
~*~Riku's Room~*~
Riku sat on his bed, he was to nervious to get to sleep. He looked over to his clock, it read 10:30. Riku finally just shook his head and walked out of his room, he silently walked out of the house and down to the Poapu Island. He jumped up on the curved tree and laid down, breathing in the cool sea breeze. Riku opened his eyes finally feeling calm again, it really did feel great to be home. It was even better now that Yukara was here with him, smiling he closed his eyes and drifted to sleep.
~*~
Yukara woke up in her bed, she looked out her window and then towards the moon. It was shining brightly tonight, just like it was on the night her and Riku shared the Poapu.....she smiled, pulled her window up, and stepped out. The cool night air welcomed her outdoors, she took a deep breath and jumped off her roof silently. Even though she was still in a dress, she ran at full speed to the beach. Once she reached the end of the trail she stopped to catch her breath, running like this had almost made her think she had never left the Island. She slowly walked out on the beach and towards the shack, she opened the door and walked up the stairs and opened another door. Yukara looked down the bridge to see any signs of Riku, a light breeze began to blow and she caught a glimpse of her friend's silver hair. She smiled and walked quietly down the bridge and over to the Poapu tree, he still laid there peacefully. The moonlight made his silver hair shine and his skin look ghostly, Yukara leaned over him and
looked at his face. 'Aww he's so calm right now, maybe I should just leave him alone and go back home.' She stood up strait and turned away from her friend, not wanting to leave just yet.
~*~
Riku was awakened by someone's hair softly brushing against his cheek, he slowly sat up on the tree and looked over to his left. What he saw brought a smile to his face. Yukara was standing with her back facing him, the gentle breeze played with her hair and with the moon being so bright it made her hair shimmer. He silently got up from the tree and walked up behind her, slowly wrapping his arms around her waist.
"I see you came..." Riku whispered.
A cold chill ran down her spine as he spoke, causing Riku to pull her closer to him. Yukara sighed softly and turned around to face him to ask him why he had wanted, but she took one look at his eyes and was lost in them. The two stood there for what seemed like forever.....Riku then turned his head and looked away,
"You wanted to tell me something?" she finally asked.
"Yeah, about that....ah never mind, it wasn't that important." Riku answered and turned away from her.
'If you were waiting for the opportune moment…that was it.' his cursed at himself. Yukara walked over to him and grabbed his hand,
"Oh come on, tell me." she said playfully.
Riku shook his head and started to walk away, but Yukara still held onto his hand and followed. Once at the middle of the bridge she let go since he obviously wasn't going to tell her, he jumped off the bridge and continued to walk. 'Tell her damnit!' his conscience argued with him. Riku stopped in his tracks and turned around to face Yukara again, hoping that he didn't screw up what he was about to say.
"Yukara....I should have told you every day from the moment I met you....I love you."
He stood where he was at waiting for Yukara to reply, her exspresion looked shocked. To her, it had seemed like she forgot how to move, speak, or anything for that matter. She stood there and stared at him, wanting to say or do anything. And so she did, she jumped off the bridge and ran strait into Riku's arms. This caused him to stumble to the ground and pull Yukara down with him, she lifted her head up and looked at him.
"It wasn't until just now that a truly noticed how I feel about you..."
Riku lifted his head up questionably. But her lips came in contact with his for a brief second making him forget about everything except her, she pulled her lips away from his and moved back down to where she was.
"Riku, I love you too." said Yukara smiling up at him.
He looked down at her and smiled back, for once he didn't feel guilty about what he had done to her. Now he finally understood that Yukara wasn't going blaming him for what happened....no matter what. Riku pulled her up towards his shoulder, she gently laid her head down and they both laid there watching the waves. The gentle sounds of the water and the cool breeze that was now softly blowing across the island had caused the two to drift off into a very peaceful sleep....
~*~Later That Morning~*~
Morning had soon come to the small island and silent footsteps came walking down the small path to the beach, Sora and Kairi walked out on the beach to see their two best friends sleeping piecefully on the soft sand. Sora smirked and walked over to them, Kairi cautiously followed. Knowing them, they were probably just waiting to pull off some scheme they planned. He leaned over his friend and waited, 'Riku our friends are here.' Yukara voice mumbled inside Riku's head. 'Can't you make 'em go away....I don't wanna wake up yet....' he mumbled back. Sora blinked a couple times and then reached a hand towards Riku's shoulder, at the same time Yukara's hand came up.
"Katara...." she mumbled and both Sora and Kairi were both transported away from them and reappeared over the water, only to fall in and get soaked.
"RIKU!!" Sora yelled.
"I know that was your doing!"
Riku and Yukara both sat up,
"You know theres no reason to yell, I can hear you perfectly fine." Riku said yawning.
Both Kairi and Yukara were laughing at the boys.
"Sorry about that Kairi, I was trying to get only Sora."
"Heh heh its all right, Sora's cute when he's mad." Kairi replied laughing.
Sora looked over to her and glared playfully. Kairi giggled slightly and started to walk out of the water, Sora followed closely behind her. Riku stood up and then pulled Yukara up, their other two friends were now standing next to them. They looked out at the ocean and all smiled, they had the adventure they always dreamed of. And now that it was over they were glad to have been able to come back to the Island and gain what they had lost again. Riku grabbed Yukara's hand and pulled her away from the group, they ran towards the shack and then up across the bridge. They stopped at the side of the Poapu tree and Riku turned to face her,
"Riku, you were in a awful hurry to get away from our friends. What's up?" Yukara asked.
He only smiled,
"Because..." He answered pulling her closer to him.
Riku tilted her head up slightly and pressed his lips against hers, kissing her softly and then pulled away. A loud whistling sound was then heard, Yukara and Riku looked over to where there friends stood. Sora whistled again and waved, giving his classic cheesy grin. Riku glared at him and turned back to Yukara,
"Excuse me love, but I have to beat the crap out of my friend." said Riku.
Yukara smiled and nodded,
"Give him hell."
Riku jumped over the Poapu tree and on to the ground, he slowly walked over to Sora. His friend laughed slightly while taking a few steps back.
"Hey Sora, I have one word for you...." said Riku.
"And what's that?" he asked.
"Run!"
Sora's eyes widened and he took off as quickly as he could, Riku just stood there and watched his friend run down the shore until he was almost out of sight. Kairi and Yukara were both laughing at Sora, the younger boy turned his head when he heard his friend laughing. He also noticed he wasn't being chased,
"Riku! Why do you always have to do this to me?" Sora complained walking back towards the group.
Sora walked over to Riku,
"Ya know I really hate you sometimes..."
"Ah but you see, the key word there is sometimes." Riku said laughing.
His friend just shrugged it off and turned to Kairi,
"Come on theres something I wanna show you!" he said cheerfully as he grabbed Kairi's hand.
They ran off towards the secret place and entered, Riku sat down on the sand and looked out towards the sea. Yukara jumped down from the island and walked over to her friend, sitting down next to him. He looked over at her and wrap an arm around her, pulling her closer to him.
"So....are you happy?" Riku asked as he laid his head on hers.
"Yes Riku, I'm happy....I'm even happier because I'm with you."
He smiled and kissed the top of her head, Yukara smiled as well and leaned her self against Riku. They both gazed out at the ocean thinking about the new life and adventures they would be facing together......
~*~THE END~*~
A/N: I know most people would expect a little bit better ending, but well my brain was fried. Anyways, there is going to be a grand total of four endings. Alternate endings I should say, this one is the actual ending. But i had three other ideas for the ending so I'm going to write them out, they be starting in the tunnel though. And that's when they'll start to become different, I hope all of you guys will read them and enjoy them. Theres basically going to be an ending that soots everyone. Also, I used Aura as a queen name because yeah its just cool and it fits her. For thoughs of you who thought i might have been using the name/person from .hack. One more thing, two of the lines that Riku says, (I'm not saying cause you should know what they are) are from Pirates of the Caribbean. They fit so well with Riku. =) Well this is all I have to say for now, goodbye!
~Chapter 5~
A/N: I really kinda don't know what to say, but uhh....Well thanks for the reviews, and I except everyone's apologies. Oh yeah, Sorceress Damia, thanks for supporting me and backing me up ya know? But like most of them said, they have a right to their own opinions even if we don't agree with them. =) I hope your vacation gets better, well anyways....I'm thankful for your reviews so now I'm going to start chapter five. I really need to get some names for these little buggers ^_^'.....heh heh heh.....
"Talking"
'Thinking'
~Memory~
~*~ Place name~*~
~~~Okay, in the last chapter we left off with Yukara being severely injured and Ansem taking her to away from Riku and the rest of her friends. While Sora talks Riku into coming back with them to Taverse Town to plan their next move...~~~
~*~Taverse Town - Leon's house (again-_-')~*~
Everyone slowly walked into Leon's house, and they were greeted by Yuffie. In reply everyone either nodded or said 'hey' in a dull voice.
"Gosh, what happened to you guys? Your all quiet." asked Yuffie.
Nobody answered her, not even a shrug.
"Ah come on, this is worse the Squall!" she asked again.
Leon looked over to Yuffie and glared, but just as he was about to close his eyes again, He noticed a certain silver haired girl wasn't with Sora and his friends.
"Wait a minute, wheres Yukara? And why is he here?" Leon asked pointing to Riku.
"Did he hurt her? I swear if you did I'll-"
He was interrupted by Riku,
"You'll what? Kill me? I probably deserve that much....Damnit it's all my fault!"
Riku slammed his fist onto the door and then walked outside. Leon looked to Sora with a stern look,
"What is he talking about? He did do something didn't he?"
Sora shook his head,
"Not on his own free will, Ansem was controlling him!" Sora replied.
"Yeah so its not his fault!" Kairi added.
Leon shook his head,
"Ah but you two missed one very important factor, he had the choice of helping Ansem. He didn't have to help that man with anything."
Yuffie groaned and leaned against the wall,
"Leon would ya shut up for a minute and let 'em tell you what happened to Yukara at least? Your not the only one who cares about her you know?"
The man glared down at the floor and nodded, both Sora and Kairi sighed.
"Allright, heres what happened, we finally reached the room where the keyhole and all the princesses were. Well everyone ran towards the keyhole and we found Kairi, that's when Ansem told us about the door not being complete and Kairi being a princess. He also said that I had Kairi's heart, and Yukara told me to leave right after that...." Sora paused for a second and then continued, "Ansem and Yukara then started battling each other, Ansem took her sword from her and tossed it to where we were. Then he took his keyblade out and sent her crashing into a wall, that's when Riku finally took control of his body and went back to normal. Then the true Ansem came and took Yukara away, saying she was a pure heart or something like that."
Leon, Aeris, and Yuffie all stood up strait,
"Yukara...He has Yukara...Sora did she happen to give a necklace to anybody?" Aeris asked.
"Uhh....Yeah I think so, she gave something to Riku. But they were almost whispering to each other so I don't know."
Leon never said anything, he just turned and walked out the door. Sora and the others followed him, just to make sure he didn't kill Riku.
~*~
Riku stood in silence in the townsquare, his thought were on Yukara and what he had done to her. 'Great, because of me my best friend is gonna die....damnit....all I wanted to do was help my friends, but I blew it....' he thought to himself.
"Riku..." someone formilur called out.
"Go away." he replied.
"Riku please I don't have much time....Ansem will be coming back soon, please at least look at me."
The boy looked up and opened his eyes, a ghostly figure of Yukara was standing in front of him. Riku was shocked at first, his friend no longer had a black tank top or black camo pants, she was now in some sort of white princess gown.
"Yukara....but how? How can you talk to me?" Riku asked.
"And why are you in a dress?"
Yukara smiled slightly and reached her hand out to touch his face,
"You haven't forgotten have you? Remember, we shared the poapu fruit. Surely you didn't forget about your dreams before you caught up with me again either....Oh and the dress thing, this is Ansems doing. You know I hate dresses." she said laughing slightly.
"No I didn't forget....And if I remember correctly, there was a certain 7 year old who I use to know who used to love those pretty little dresses." said Riku snickering.
His friend glared at him slightly but then smiled, she slowly pulled her hand away from his face.
"Yukara....Are you okay? I mean from the whole fight with me...." Riku asked.
Yukara rolled her eyes,
"I wasn't fighting you, that was Ansem. Even if he was using your body, but yes I am okay I guess. Ansem wont let me die just yet....oh yeah, tell Sora he doesn't need to go back to Hallow Bastion, the keyhole is already sealed," she paused and then continued, "....Riku I have to go.....remember don't let anyone get our necklaces, anyone....Goodbye...."
Yukara faded away and Riku was left standing alone again. Just as the boy was about to pull the necklaces out, he heard footsteps behind him.
"You have the necklaces don't you Riku?" Leon asked.
Riku nodded,
"Yeah I do have 'em, but your the last person I'd give them to...." Riku said turning around to face him.
"And before you even ask why, it's because Yukara told me not to give them to anyone. Now if you don't mind, I need to talk with Sora about saving her."
He was just about to pass Leon when the older man place a hand on his shoulder,
"Wait a minute, when did she tell you not to let anyone have them?" Leon asked.
"Just a few minutes ago, why?"
Leon removed his hand from Riku's shoulder,
"Ansem is already tapping into her powers. If he revives all of her powers he could put the universe into total darkness."
Riku turned to face him again,
"But Ansem couldn't force her into doing that, she has to many people who are important to her."
"Yes that's true, but show the one she cares about most dead and she would cast all the worlds into darkness." Leon answered.
Riku looked at him in confusion,
"All Ansem has to do is make a heartless change into you, have the heartless come up to her near death, say a few touching words, and then die in front of Yukara." he explained.
Riku was sickened by these words, any person who would do such a thing to get his way....It simply made Riku sick. He nodded at Leon and walked over to the step leading up to the house, there he was greeted by Sora and the rest of his friends.
"Riku, are you okay?" Kairi asked.
"Yeah I'm fine....oh Sora, Yukara said you don't have to worry about sealing the keyhole at Hallow Bastion. It's already been sealed, so I guess all we have to do now is get a map to our next destination."
Sora looked over to his friend and smiled,
"No need to worry about that, Kairi and me were just getting ready to go talk with Cid about getting the map. So I guess we'll see you at the world gate, bye!" Sora said walking away.
Kairi waved and followed him.
~*~End of the World~*~
Ansem slowly walked over to where Yukara was chained up,
"So my princess are you ready to take over the universe and rule as my queen?" He asked.
She looked up to the once noble man,
"Never...I will not destroy this place, neither will I rule at your side!"
Ansem laughed slightly and turned away from her,
"It seems you still need time to think, you better decide before your little lover boy gets here."
Yukara tried to stand but the chains weighed her down to much, the man turned to face her again.
"You know if you wouldn't of talked to that boy you wouldn't have to be chained up like this, but being that I can't stand to see you slouched over...." he snapped his fingers and the chains were pulled tighter, forcing her to stand up. "....There you go, now my Princess. I must leave you to take care of a few important matters."
She looked weakly towards Ansem as he walked out of the room.
"Bastard..." she mumbled as she leaned her head down and closed her eyes.
~*~Underground Cavern~*~
"Hey Kairi! This is where Cid said it would be at, lets go check it out!" Sora called out to his friend.
Kairi ran up to him, she looked down the tunnel and then back to Sora. He grinned at her and grabbed her hand, and they walked into the dark cavern. Kairi watched the water reflect onto the walls,
"Kairi watch out!"
Just as Kairi had turned around to face Sora she had fallen into the water. Sora couldn't help but laugh at her.
"Sora! You could of told me sooner ya know?" she said giggling slightly.
He shook his head and held out his hand to his friend. Kairi smirked and grabbed his hand with both of hers and pulled him in,
"Whoa!" Sora called out.
Kairi giggled again and started to try and run out of the water, and Sora started chasing after her. Just as she was about to step onto dry land, she was pulled back by two strong arms.
"Now where's the fun in leaving me behind?" Sora asked.
"Heh heh, I dunno" she answered poking him.
They walked out of the water together and towards a mural Cid had told them about. Sora raised his keyblade to the wall, and a glowing beam went into the wall cause the mural to change. A small stone fell out into Kairi's hand,
"So this is a navi-g piece huh?" she asked.
Sora nodded and put his keyblade away,
"You know, this place kinda reminds me of the Secret Place at home."
Sora walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder,
"You miss it don't you?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, don't you?" Kairi asked.
"Of course I do. And once we get Yukara back, we can all go home together."
Kairi smiled and looked to the ground,
"But what if Yuka doesn't wanna go back? I mean if she is a Princess, her family is out there. What if she chooses to find them, Riku wouldn't want to go back either if she wasn't there."
Sora thought for a minute, he never really thought of Yukara doing anything like that. She never seemed to fazed about not haveing parents when she was younger, of course she had Sapphire back then too....
"We'll deal with that if it ever come up for now, we need to get this installed and find her first." he said cheerfully.
Kairi nodded, and they walked back down the tunnel and out of the water. Kairi sat down and shivered slightly,
"You cold?" Sora asked.
She nodded and shivered again. Sora sat down behind her and pulled her to his chest. Kairi didn't argue, she just laid there and sighed softly. He ran his hands down her arms and linked his fingers with hers. She looked up to her friend,
"Sora....We should give that map to Cid...."
Kairi cursed herself after that, she had finally had a chance to be alone with Sora and she screwed it up. Sora nodded slowly, he didn't want to go just yet but he knew he had to. They both stood up but kept their fingers linked.
~*~
"Hey Cid! We got the gummi!" Sora called.
"Good, i'll go install it for ya. Yer friends are inside waiting for ya." he said walking away.
Sora and Kairi let go of each others hand and walked into the store. Riku was leaning against a wall with his eyes closed and his fist clenched. Donald and Goofy looked over to Sora,
"He's been all like this since you two left to get the map." Donald explained.
Sora nodded his head and walked over to his friend,
"Hey uh Riku? We'll be leaving as soon as Cid installs the navi-g piece....you okay? Your really quiet." Sora asked.
Riku nodded,
"Yeah, I'm just trying to decide the best way for Ansem to die. Fast or slow and painfully."
Sora blinked, 'Wow he must really hate him.....either that or he just like Yukara way to much.' he thought to himself. The door then swung open and Cid walked through,
"Well its installed, but that world is crawling with heartless. Just be careful you guys, you've come way to far to die now."
Riku pushed himself off the wall and towards the door,
"Don't worry, that wont be happening." he said pushing the door open.
Sora and the other quickly followed him,
"Riku! What makes you so sure we're not gonna die or something?" Sora called.
"Because, we wont. You should already know that Sora." Riku answered.
Both Sora and Kairi were both confused, what did he mean by 'Sora should already know'?
~*~ End of the World~*~
"So my Princess have you decided? From what my minions have told me, that boy and his friends are on there way as we speak. So you must decide soon, world domination or death to your friends." Ansem asked coldly.
Yukara's head was still lowered as she thought about her choices,
"Neither, I will not be used for your twisted plans. And you will not harm my friends either."
Ansem pushed her head up with his hand,
"That's not an option Yukara, now choose!"
"No!" she yelled.
Ansem took his other hand and smacked her across the face, she whimpered slightly.
"Fine then, I'll return to my original plans. I'll kill the ones you love so dearly, and then kill you after you've done what I want!"
Ansem turned to leave, but Yukara spoke up,
"If you so much as touch one of my friends, I'll kill your sorry ass!"
The man stopped and turned to her,
"Is that so? Last time I checked your still chained up!"
Ansem snapped his fingers and the chains around Yukara tightened around her a little more, making her breathing rather difficult
"Come on Yukara, I know you can break out of these chains, or at least loosen them." Ansem said as he smirked.
Yukara shook her head,
"No I wont do it."
Ansem laughed slightly and left the room. Once Yukara was sure he was gone, she whispered a spell and the chains around her loosened and fell down an down the pedestal. She sighed and fell down to her knee's.
"Riku....Where are you...."
~*~On the Gummi Ship~*~
As Riku laid silently on his bunker, his thoughts drifted over to the battle that was soon to come and Yukara. The boy sighed and turned on his side. As he did, the crystal Yukara had gave him poked his chest. Riku pulled it away and looked at it, to his surprise it was glowing a soft white color. He touched the crystal with his other hand, it felt as if his very soul had been pulled out of him and into the crystal.....
~*~
Riku slowly opened his eyes and saw he was in a white void,
"Huh? Where am I?" he asked.
"Your in my dream, I called out to you and you came. Just like when you called out to Yukara on Destiny Island." said a soft voice.
Riku turned around and saw a woman that looked almost just like Yukara,
"Who are you?" Riku asked.
The woman smiled warmly and walked over to him,
"My name is Aura, I am the queen of the Kingdom of Light."
The boy studied her features for a few second,
"Wait a minute, that statue Yukara was looking at....Your that woman!"
Aura nodded her head,
"Yes, I'm Yukara's mother. And you are her friend, Riku is it?"
He nodded his head,
"But what I don't get, is why your here? Yuka's not in any danger is she?"
"No, my daughter is not in any trouble, yet. It is you Riku, your the one he wishes to kill. Yukara would become devastated if you died, making her an easy target for Ansem to use her powers. But he will not fully be able to use her, for you have the necklaces of Light and of Darkness." Aura explained.
Riku slowly grabbed the two necklaces that hung around his neck,
"The crystal being the Necklace of Light, and the dragon being the Necklace of Darkness." Riku said quietly.
"Yes Riku, she did not know at the time the truth about the necklaces. But she gave the dragon to you to communicate with her in the other worlds."
The boy looked up to Aura, his face showed confusion.
"The only things she new about the necklaces was they held great power and that the two people who shared them would be able to talk to one another if they were separated. But Yukara turned cold after leaving the island, so she tried to forget about her past and start a new...also meaning she forgot about the necklaces, from there I do believe you know what happened."
"Yeah I sure do, I hurt Yukara more than she deserved...."
Aura put her hands on his shoulders,
"Riku, that wasn't you who hurt her. I can tell by that look in your eyes that you love her more than life its self."
She paused and took her hand off his shoulders,
"Now, its time for you to go back. Take care of yourself and Yukara...."
Aura closed her eyes and began to fade away into the background, Riku could feel himself being pulled away from the white void and back into his body.
~*~
The boy opened his eyes and sat up, at the same time he could feel the ship slowing down and then finally landing.
"Hey Riku! We're here!" Sora called.
Riku never replied, he just got up from his bed and walked out towards the control room. Sora turned to face his friend,
"Donald just did a scan of the area, and from what showed up," Sora pushed a button and a map appeared on the screen, "this is where Ansem has Yukara, now the last thing we saw was someone walking away from the room. I'm guessing it was Ansem."
Riku looked at his friend curiously, 'For a lazy bum he sure doesn't let people know how smart he can be....' he thought to himself.
"Well what are we waiting for? Let's go save Yuka!" Kairi said cheerfully.
"We can't just rush in there, Ansem will expect that." said Donald.
Sora nodded slightly and looked the map over again, Riku on the other hand wasn't wanting to wait.
"We don't know what Ansem will do to her if we wait any longer."
Kairi then got up from where she was sitting,
"I agree and besides, theres always a back way in." she said walking over to Sora and the map, Goofy also walked over and looked at it.
His eyes trailed to the area where the ship was, there was a dark looking stretch on the map,
"Well I'll be, theres an underground tunnel that leads right to that chamber. And it's just a few feet from the ship, talk about lucky." Goofy said laughing.
Everyone looked at Goofy as he pointed to the map, and sure enough it was and the entrance wasn't far away from the ship. Riku wasted no time in walking away from everyone and out the doors, the sooner they got to Yukara the better. He quickly walked over to a pile of wood and boulders, figuring it had been blocked for good reason at one time or another. Sora and the others came running towards him and then looked over to the ruble that covered the hole, Riku held his hand out in front of him,
"Firga!" he summoned as three balls of fire shot from his hand and knocked the boulders away from the entrance.
"Donald, I will no longer say I have better magic then you." Sora said jokingly.
Everyone looked at him and shook their heads,
"What? Was it something I said?" he asked as they walked into the tunnel.
"Sora, your never going to change." Riku said laughing.
Sora glared at him,
"Hey I'm gonna get you for that later Riku!"
~*~In the Chamber~*~
Yukara jumped down from the pedestal and looked around the room, she was sure Ansem had locked the door so it was just a waste of time trying it.
"There's gotta be another way out of this hell hole...." she mumbled to herself.
Yukara sighed and leaned against the pedestal. Just as she was about to start thinking of an exscape plan, the pedestal began to shift and move from behind her causing her to fall into the darkness the lied under her prison....
~*~In the Tunnel~*~
"Its so dark down here, how can you see anything Riku?" Kairi whimpered grabbing Sora's hand.
Riku laughed at her,
"Just lucky I guess, but don't worry to much Kairi. Sora will be there for you to hold his hand and to give each other puppy-dog eyes." said Riku smirking.
Both Sora and Kairi glared at him,
"What? I couldn't help but noticed you two holding each others hands, its really not that hard to miss. Even if it is dark."
He continued laughing at them. The rest of the trip after that was a silent one, everyone slowly walked down the twisted and rough trail. They could hear water and other various things creeping through the tunnels, yet nothing ever came out towards them to attack. Their travels through the tunnels soon ended at a dead end and a latter that lead upwards.
"Well here we are, I'll go first to check and make sure everything is safe." said Riku jumping on the latter and climbing up slowly.
He felt around the stone walls for some sign of a hatch or something to get into the chamber above, his hand finally came in contact with the cool metal of a handle. Riku began to pull the handle with his left hand and slowly the stone began to budge, he was just about to climb the rest of the way up when something or someone came crashing into him and they both fell to the floor. Whatever it was, it held onto him tightly and he held onto it. Riku was the first to hit the floor, and the thing that had fallen down with him was still on top of him.
"Ow....who's idea was it to put a trap door there...."
There was a moments silence,
"Yuka?" Riku asked.
"Riku??" Yukara asked back.
Riku was lost for words, he pulled Yukara into a hugged and didn't care who was watching. He finally let go of her and they both stood up,
"Ansem didn't do anything to you did he?" Riku asked.
She shook her head,
"No, but I still want revenge. Bloody bastard...."
Sora and the others walked over towards them,
"Uhh...Your not saying you wanna go back up there again are you?" Goofy asked.
"Really, we're just a thirty minute walk out of here." Donald added.
Yukara looked at them like they were crazy,
"That wouldn't solve anything now would it? I'm tired of fighting, I just wanna go home and not worry about anything like this."
Sora looked over to his friend, as did Kairi and Riku. 'But when you say home, which home do you mean?' Riku thought to himself.
"Well then, lets go. I want to go home as well, I miss my island." Sora said cheerfully walking towards the latter.
"Yeah me too!" Kairi added.
Everyone else just nodded and followed Sora up the latter, all except Riku and Yukara.
"Yukara, I saw your mom. Your crystal, it was glowing and then I saw her." he said looking at his friend.
Yukara didn't look at him, "You did huh, did she say anything?" she asked.
"Nothing to important, but what I was really wondering was-"
Riku was interrupted,
"Hey, are you guys coming or not? Don't make me come down there Riku!" Sora said jokingly.
"Yeah yeah yeah, not like you and Kairi don't sneak around either!" Riku replied.
Yukara shook her head and pushed Riku up to the latter, he glared playfully at her and climbed up. She soon followed and slowly made there way up until they were both up and in the chamber, Riku looked around the room and noticed the chains.
"Chains?" he asked.
"Long story, lets go." said Yukara.
"Ah but you see, you wont need to go anywhere. Well at least they wont." said a cruel voice.
There in front of the group stood Ansem, his golden eyes almost seemed to glow with hatred.
"You know Riku, your quite annoying. I would have figured you'd given up on the girl by now, seeing as you would never be able to be together." Everyone glared at him.
Ansem smirked and continued,
"As you know already, she is a pure heart, and you are pure evil. So why don't you just run along now and leave her to me?"
Riku pulled his sword out and pointed it towards the man in front of him,
"Pure heart or not, she is my friend and I will not let someone like you take her from me. I would die before I ever see that happen!"
Ansem smirked,
"Then, I guess I have no choice...." he summoned his sword, "Then to kill you and grant your wish!"
The man lunged out towards Riku, the boy readied himself as his friend drew their weapons and charges towards Ansem. Kairi and Yukara ran back, as they had no weapons to attack with.
"Isn't there anything we can do?" Kairi asked.
Her friend looked around the room until her eyes were fixed on a single chain that hang from the ceiling above the pedestal,
"Yep, be right back!"
Yukara ran towards the the pedestal and climbed on top, she grabbed the chain and looked towards Kairi.
"Yuka your in a dress!" Kairi reminded her.
The older girl shrugged and jumped off the pedestal....
~*~
Riku and Sora had both just done a combo on Ansem knocking him away from them quite a ways. They both started to heal themselves and everyone else, at the same time Ansem had stood up just to be knocked down again by Yukara slamming into him. They were both tossed across the room and tumbled to the ground. Riku ran across the room and to Yukara, he rolled her over on her back and she looked up at him.
"That really didn't tickle." she said laughing.
He shook his head laughing and helped her to her feet.
"When we get home, you are not to swing across anything until you can properly land and the ground." Riku said poking her side.
Yukara nodded her head and smiled,
"I'm gonna agree with that."
Ansem stood and looked towards the two friends,
"Enough with this play, it's time for me to finish what I started."
Ansem snapped his fingers and everyone except Yukara was pulled back against the walls, an invisible force held them in place. Yukara turned to Riku and started to run towards him,
"I think not princess!"
He snapped his fingers again, and the once motionless chains flew towards Yukara and wrapped around her. They then pulled her from the floor and held her where the pedestal once stood. Ansem smirked and walked over to her,
"It looks like you've lost love, now if you would be so kind and give me your necklaces."
"Never..." Yukara replied.
The man slowly floated from the ground,
"I thought you'd say that, well I guess I have no choice but to take them from you!" Ansem said yanking on the golden chain around her neck.
He looked down at the necklace in his hand, it had a small golden star on it that had looked faded.
"This is not the necklace I want!" He said throwing it behind him.
It hit the floor and slid back to where Riku was against the wall, he looked down and saw that it was the necklace he had given Yukara for her birthday.
"Where are they?!" He snapped.
"They burnt with Sapphire, they no longer exist." she said in a low voice.
Ansem looked at her,
"You lie, their here, I can feel them...." Ansems eyes turned to Riku, he then smirked.
"And I think I know where now....you gave them to your little lover boy to keep them safe.....heh heh heh it all makes since now!"
He laughed evilly walking towards Riku. Yukara looked strait at Riku with wide eyes,
"Actara!" Yukara yelled.
All at once everyone fell free from the walls, Riku stumbled over and picked up the necklace Ansem had thrown. Everyone ran around the room to avoid Ansem, they either hid behind statues or stone pillars.
"You'll pay for that Yukara." Ansem said coldly.
"Obliviana!" he summoned.
A black ball of energy serrounded Yukara completely, all that could be seen or heard was the chains that held her up, random sparks and crackles of lighting, and the girls screams of pain. Riku ran out from his hiding place, it was right behind Ansem the he didn't notice him. Riku took a running jump and kicked Ansem in the back of the head, knocking him out. The black energy that once covered Yukara was now gone, Riku stood and looked towards his friend. She hung from the chains motionless, random cuts and bruises covered her limp body. He ran over to Yukara and pulled on the chains, surprisingly the gave and she fell into his arms. Everyone else had also come out of there hiding place at the time and was now walking over to Riku.
"She's not......she's not dead is she?" Kairi asked silently.
Riku didn't answer, he slowly pulled the crystal from his neck and placed it around hers. Ansem slowly began to stir on the floor,
"Riku look out!" Sora called out to his friend.
Riku looked towards Ansem and ran towards the other side of the room still holding Yukara, 'Riku...the necklaces connect the necklaces....' Yukara voice called out, but her mouth never moved.
"Everyone, get out of the way!" Riku yelled.
Sora and the others ran back to their hiding places again and peeked their heads out to watch what Riku was about to do.
~*~
He looked down at Yukara and gently grabbed her necklace, he also took the dragon around his neck off. Ansem was slowly floating towards them, holding out his hand as if calling to them or the necklaces. Riku carefully slipped the dragon and the crystal together, a bright light then filled the room. Practically blinding everyone from what was happening, Yukara's body floated from Riku's arms and into the air. Her right hand raised itself towards Ansem, a aqua colored dragon with wings shot out towards him. It glided through the air as if it was light as a feather, she then lifted her other hand and a pure white dragon came out and glided towards Ansem. The light had finally died down and everyone could now see what was going on,
"Now my Dragons of Light and Darkness, destroy this man and bring peace to these unbalanced worlds..." said Yukara.
Though the voice did not quite seem like hers, but it was coming from her body. The two dragons roared and intertwined themselves with Ansem. Riku watched in amazement as the dragons twisted and turned, Ansem started glowing until finally he started to yell out in pain and disintegrated. After Ansem had fully disappear, the two dragons separated. The white one returned to Yukara and loosely wrapped itself around her protectively, it's head resting next to her right arm as she leaned up against it....still motionless. And the aqua dragon returned to Riku and laid its body behind him, also putting its head near Riku's side. The others came out from hiding and again back over to there friend,
"That was awesome Riku!" said Sora.
Riku just laughed slightly and looked over to Yukara, she still hadn't moved. She remained leaning against her dragon, Riku started to walk over slowly, her dragon looked up towards him then laid its head down again and closed its eyes. The aqua dragon then walked over to the white dragon and nudged it, the other dragon looked up and nodded.
"Yukara?" Riku called to her.
"Yuka talk to me." he said again.
'Don't worry young one, she'll wake up.' said the white dragon as it faded away.
'Take care young ones.' said the aqua dragon as it too began to fade away.
Riku nodded and pulled his friend into his arms, waiting for her to wake. Sora and the others gathered around him and watched silently. A few minute had passed and still Yukara did not wake up and her body was starting to get cold. Riku frowned and pulled her up to his chest, hugging her tightly.
"...Riku..."
He pulled Yukara away from him, her eyes were opened and tears had slowly began to fall down her cheeks.
"Can we go home now?" she asked weakly.
"Of course we can, just a sec." Riku replied as he cast curega on her.
He then helped her up and looked to all of his friends, he was just about to say something but then the area around them had faded away and they now stood in front of a huge castle gate. And in front of the gate stood Aura, to her left stood a tall man with black hair and deep blue eyes and to her right stood a formiluar brown haired sapphired eye woman. Aura smiled at her daughter and the rest of there friends,
"Thank you all so much for what you did, since Ansem no longer exist our kingdom was restored."
Yukara and the others nodded, Yukara then stepped away from her friends and towards her mother. Riku stretched a hand towards her but then brought it back down, 'It's her choice if she stays...not mine...' he thought to himself. He walked to the back of the group and watched from there. Aura and the two people next to her smiled warmly at her. Yukara was speechless, her mom, dad, and guardian were standing in front of her and they were alive. Sapphire walked over to Yukara and hugged her, and then let go. Her mother and father then hugged her as they let go, Aura gently lift a hand to her daughters face.
"Yukara, we've waited so long to finally meet you and we're glad we did. But now, you must make a choice my dear. You can choose to stay here with us and start a new life here with your father, guardian, and myself or..."
She paused for a second,
"You can return to the life you already have waiting for you."
Yukara looked to her friends to her mom,
"Can't they stay here?" she asked.
Her father shook his head,
"I'm afraid not, their world would be thrown out of order if they did not return." he explained.
The girl looked towards her guardian for help,
"I can't help you with this one, you have to give up one life to start another. But know this, which every life you choose I will be right there by your side supporting you." Sapphire said smiling.
Aura then smiled over to her old friend and looked to Yukara,
"Take your time dear, I know this will be hard on you."
Aura and her group stepped back away from her. Riku stood waiting, fearing that his best friend would choose to stay here and not come back. He watched as she took a single step towards her mom, 'No....I wont lose her again!' he yelled to himself. Riku pushed himself past Sora and Goofy to the front of the group again, he reached his hand out and grabbed her hand.
"Yuka....Please...."
Riku paused to look in her eyes,
"....Come back home....with me...."
Yukara looked away from Riku to her parents, her mother smiled and nodded. She smiled back and turned around to face Riku again. "Riku...." At that point Riku could feel his blood almost go cold, the rest of there friends also looked at them waiting to see who she was going to choose. Yukara grabbed his other hand and looked him in the eye and he did the same.
"Let's go home....Together...."
Sora and the others smiled and ran over to there friends,
"Hey uh...how do we get home? Our ship is kinda yeah gone!" Sora asked.
"Yeah and our world is gone too." said Kairi.
Riku and Yukara both shook their heads and looked to their friends,
"You two really don't think much do you?" Riku asked.
They both laughed slightly and avoided everyone's gaze.
"We can get you home." said Aura.
Yukara separated her hands from Riku's and walked over to her mom, she then hugged her mom tightly.
"Thanks a lot Mom."
She then walked over to her dad and hugged him,
"And you too Dad."
Her dad smiled and pulled her away,
"Well come on, the worlds will soon be disconnected."
Everyone did as they were told and followed her dad, they soon arrived in front of a blue portal that began to glow softly. Everyone gathered around and waited for instructions. Sapphire walked up to the group,
"Now all you have to do is step into the portal and you will be returned to your rightful homes, meaning that everyone from Destiny Island will return there and though's from the Disney Palace will go there. And don't worry, your King has already been returned."
Donald and Goof y sighed happily.
"But this will also be the last time you see each other, so say what you gotta say now. Cause there wont be any second chances."
Everyone split into two groups and faced each other, Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Yukara being on the right and Donald and Goofy being on the left.
"Well it was really great traveling with you guys." said Sora, slightly frowning.
"Remember Sora, no frownin' and no sad faces, our boat runs on happy faces!" Goofy said laughing.
"Yeah, and also all for one and one for all!" Donald added.
"You know Donald, I never saw the meaning in that." Sora said laughing.
Everyone else joined in, and then the King and Queen walked over to them.
"It's time for you to go Sir Donald and Sir Goofy. Say hello to the King for us." said Aura.
The two nodded and walked to the portal,
"Bye you guys, take care of yourselves!" Sora called out.
"Bye!" they said together as they jumped onto the portal.
A few minutes had passed and it was now their turn to finally go home.
"Riku." Yukara's father called.
Both Riku and Yukara walked over to him,
"You better take care of my little girl, I will know if you don't." he warned.
They both smiled,
"No worry about that Sir." Riku said saluting him.
Yukara did the same and they ran off laughing, Aura walked over to her husband and leaned against him.
"She'll be happy with him, much more than having her cut off from the world."
He wrapped an arm around her and nodded,
"I know, I just worry about her being around the boy. He might be a bad influence you know? And for some strange reason i think they were both mocking me...."
They both laughed as they watched the group of friends and Sapphire run into the portal. Just before Yukara and Riku jumped into the portal, she turned her head towards her parents.
"Thanks again, I love you!"
And with that they jumped into the portal and disappeared.
~*~The Trip Home~*~
The small group closed there eyes as many different shapes and colors whirled around them. Kairi held onto Sora tightly and laid her head on his chest, and Sora held onto her making sure that nothing harmed her. Sapphire was covering her eyes with her arms as she slightly crouched to the ground. Riku and Yukara were also holding onto each other, neither one wanting to let go. The spinning feeling soon stopped and they were now falling towards a small island, Sora opened his eyes slightly and looked down.
"Hey! It's our Island! We're home!" he shouted happily.
Everyone else had also opened there eyes and were shouting happily, soon their falling had slowed down until they were floating down slowly. They were just about five feet from the ground when they stopped floating and fell the rest of the way. Sora and Kairi had landed on the sand, Sapphire fell into the water, and Riku and Yukara had landed on the Poapu Island. Riku lifted his head up to look at Yukara,
"Hey are you okay?"
She nodded and opened her eyes,
"Yeah, I think so, yourself?"
He nodded and sat up, Sora and Kairi were also starting to sit up and look around. Sapphire had gotten out of the water and was standing near Sora and Kairi, Riku felt someone lean against his shoulder.
"It's great to be home isn't it?"
He put an arm around her shoulder,
"Yeah it is, well, I say we get everyone home so we can rest."
Yukara nodded and stood up, as did Riku and the both ran down towards the others.
"Hey you guys, I think it'd be a good idea to go home and get some rest." said Riku.
Everyone nodded in agreement and yawned slightly, they then turned down the trail and walked to their homes. Sapphire walked a head of everyone and entered the old house they had stayed in when they were there the last time, Sora and Kairi had walked into Sora's house leaving Yukara and Riku by themselves.
"Yukara, meet me at the Poapu Tree at midnight. I'll be waiting there for you." Riku said walking into his house.
Yukara nodded and then walked into her house and up to her room, she laid down on her bed and fell asleep almost instantly.
~*~Sora's House~*~
Sora opened his door for Kairi and she walked in, he soon followed her. She walked over to his couch and sat down,
"Are you sure its okay for me to spend the night?" Kairi asked.
Sora nodded,
"Sure, it's not like we're doing anything except sleeping." he said smiling.
Kairi smiled and closed her eyes, Sora walked over to her and picked her up into his arms. He smiled down at her and walked up the stairs and into his room, the boy gently laid her down on his bed next to the wall. Sora then laid down next to her, wrapping his arms around her. Kairi pushed herself closer to him,
"Hey Kairi?" Sora asked.
"Hmm?"
Sora took a deep breath and looked at Kairi,
"I well.....uh heh heh......I love you Kairi." he said blushing deeply.
"Oh Sora....I-I love you too." She said lightly kissing his cheek.
Sora looked into her eyes and then kissed her lips.
~*~Riku's Room~*~
Riku sat on his bed, he was to nervious to get to sleep. He looked over to his clock, it read 10:30. Riku finally just shook his head and walked out of his room, he silently walked out of the house and down to the Poapu Island. He jumped up on the curved tree and laid down, breathing in the cool sea breeze. Riku opened his eyes finally feeling calm again, it really did feel great to be home. It was even better now that Yukara was here with him, smiling he closed his eyes and drifted to sleep.
~*~
Yukara woke up in her bed, she looked out her window and then towards the moon. It was shining brightly tonight, just like it was on the night her and Riku shared the Poapu.....she smiled, pulled her window up, and stepped out. The cool night air welcomed her outdoors, she took a deep breath and jumped off her roof silently. Even though she was still in a dress, she ran at full speed to the beach. Once she reached the end of the trail she stopped to catch her breath, running like this had almost made her think she had never left the Island. She slowly walked out on the beach and towards the shack, she opened the door and walked up the stairs and opened another door. Yukara looked down the bridge to see any signs of Riku, a light breeze began to blow and she caught a glimpse of her friend's silver hair. She smiled and walked quietly down the bridge and over to the Poapu tree, he still laid there peacefully. The moonlight made his silver hair shine and his skin look ghostly, Yukara leaned over him and
looked at his face. 'Aww he's so calm right now, maybe I should just leave him alone and go back home.' She stood up strait and turned away from her friend, not wanting to leave just yet.
~*~
Riku was awakened by someone's hair softly brushing against his cheek, he slowly sat up on the tree and looked over to his left. What he saw brought a smile to his face. Yukara was standing with her back facing him, the gentle breeze played with her hair and with the moon being so bright it made her hair shimmer. He silently got up from the tree and walked up behind her, slowly wrapping his arms around her waist.
"I see you came..." Riku whispered.
A cold chill ran down her spine as he spoke, causing Riku to pull her closer to him. Yukara sighed softly and turned around to face him to ask him why he had wanted, but she took one look at his eyes and was lost in them. The two stood there for what seemed like forever.....Riku then turned his head and looked away,
"You wanted to tell me something?" she finally asked.
"Yeah, about that....ah never mind, it wasn't that important." Riku answered and turned away from her.
'If you were waiting for the opportune moment…that was it.' his cursed at himself. Yukara walked over to him and grabbed his hand,
"Oh come on, tell me." she said playfully.
Riku shook his head and started to walk away, but Yukara still held onto his hand and followed. Once at the middle of the bridge she let go since he obviously wasn't going to tell her, he jumped off the bridge and continued to walk. 'Tell her damnit!' his conscience argued with him. Riku stopped in his tracks and turned around to face Yukara again, hoping that he didn't screw up what he was about to say.
"Yukara....I should have told you every day from the moment I met you....I love you."
He stood where he was at waiting for Yukara to reply, her exspresion looked shocked. To her, it had seemed like she forgot how to move, speak, or anything for that matter. She stood there and stared at him, wanting to say or do anything. And so she did, she jumped off the bridge and ran strait into Riku's arms. This caused him to stumble to the ground and pull Yukara down with him, she lifted her head up and looked at him.
"It wasn't until just now that a truly noticed how I feel about you..."
Riku lifted his head up questionably. But her lips came in contact with his for a brief second making him forget about everything except her, she pulled her lips away from his and moved back down to where she was.
"Riku, I love you too." said Yukara smiling up at him.
He looked down at her and smiled back, for once he didn't feel guilty about what he had done to her. Now he finally understood that Yukara wasn't going blaming him for what happened....no matter what. Riku pulled her up towards his shoulder, she gently laid her head down and they both laid there watching the waves. The gentle sounds of the water and the cool breeze that was now softly blowing across the island had caused the two to drift off into a very peaceful sleep....
~*~Later That Morning~*~
Morning had soon come to the small island and silent footsteps came walking down the small path to the beach, Sora and Kairi walked out on the beach to see their two best friends sleeping piecefully on the soft sand. Sora smirked and walked over to them, Kairi cautiously followed. Knowing them, they were probably just waiting to pull off some scheme they planned. He leaned over his friend and waited, 'Riku our friends are here.' Yukara voice mumbled inside Riku's head. 'Can't you make 'em go away....I don't wanna wake up yet....' he mumbled back. Sora blinked a couple times and then reached a hand towards Riku's shoulder, at the same time Yukara's hand came up.
"Katara...." she mumbled and both Sora and Kairi were both transported away from them and reappeared over the water, only to fall in and get soaked.
"RIKU!!" Sora yelled.
"I know that was your doing!"
Riku and Yukara both sat up,
"You know theres no reason to yell, I can hear you perfectly fine." Riku said yawning.
Both Kairi and Yukara were laughing at the boys.
"Sorry about that Kairi, I was trying to get only Sora."
"Heh heh its all right, Sora's cute when he's mad." Kairi replied laughing.
Sora looked over to her and glared playfully. Kairi giggled slightly and started to walk out of the water, Sora followed closely behind her. Riku stood up and then pulled Yukara up, their other two friends were now standing next to them. They looked out at the ocean and all smiled, they had the adventure they always dreamed of. And now that it was over they were glad to have been able to come back to the Island and gain what they had lost again. Riku grabbed Yukara's hand and pulled her away from the group, they ran towards the shack and then up across the bridge. They stopped at the side of the Poapu tree and Riku turned to face her,
"Riku, you were in a awful hurry to get away from our friends. What's up?" Yukara asked.
He only smiled,
"Because..." He answered pulling her closer to him.
Riku tilted her head up slightly and pressed his lips against hers, kissing her softly and then pulled away. A loud whistling sound was then heard, Yukara and Riku looked over to where there friends stood. Sora whistled again and waved, giving his classic cheesy grin. Riku glared at him and turned back to Yukara,
"Excuse me love, but I have to beat the crap out of my friend." said Riku.
Yukara smiled and nodded,
"Give him hell."
Riku jumped over the Poapu tree and on to the ground, he slowly walked over to Sora. His friend laughed slightly while taking a few steps back.
"Hey Sora, I have one word for you...." said Riku.
"And what's that?" he asked.
"Run!"
Sora's eyes widened and he took off as quickly as he could, Riku just stood there and watched his friend run down the shore until he was almost out of sight. Kairi and Yukara were both laughing at Sora, the younger boy turned his head when he heard his friend laughing. He also noticed he wasn't being chased,
"Riku! Why do you always have to do this to me?" Sora complained walking back towards the group.
Sora walked over to Riku,
"Ya know I really hate you sometimes..."
"Ah but you see, the key word there is sometimes." Riku said laughing.
His friend just shrugged it off and turned to Kairi,
"Come on theres something I wanna show you!" he said cheerfully as he grabbed Kairi's hand.
They ran off towards the secret place and entered, Riku sat down on the sand and looked out towards the sea. Yukara jumped down from the island and walked over to her friend, sitting down next to him. He looked over at her and wrap an arm around her, pulling her closer to him.
"So....are you happy?" Riku asked as he laid his head on hers.
"Yes Riku, I'm happy....I'm even happier because I'm with you."
He smiled and kissed the top of her head, Yukara smiled as well and leaned her self against Riku. They both gazed out at the ocean thinking about the new life and adventures they would be facing together......
~*~THE END~*~
A/N: I know most people would expect a little bit better ending, but well my brain was fried. Anyways, there is going to be a grand total of four endings. Alternate endings I should say, this one is the actual ending. But i had three other ideas for the ending so I'm going to write them out, they be starting in the tunnel though. And that's when they'll start to become different, I hope all of you guys will read them and enjoy them. Theres basically going to be an ending that soots everyone. Also, I used Aura as a queen name because yeah its just cool and it fits her. For thoughs of you who thought i might have been using the name/person from .hack. One more thing, two of the lines that Riku says, (I'm not saying cause you should know what they are) are from Pirates of the Caribbean. They fit so well with Riku. =) Well this is all I have to say for now, goodbye!