Dive to Oblivion
-Squirrel Tamer

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts.

Chapter 12
Letter to No One




As Sora came flying out the door, he tripped and fell. He lay on the cement for awhile, his head buried in his arms. He felt terrible. He had actually hurt Lee. He hadn't meant to, but she wouldn't stop screaming.

He couldn't stop remembering how hurt she looked. Then when he had tried to comfort her, she had flinched in fear of him. He just wanted to disappear.

He lay there on the ground for awhile, feeling like a complete jerk when he felt something tap him on the head. He looked up to find Pluto staring at him, with Mickey's letter still in his mouth. Pluto looked Sora up and down and then released the letter. He licked Sora's face and then bounded off again.

Sora reached out after him, but he had already disappeared.

Sora muttered to himself, then he picked up the letter from King Mickey and sat down to read it.

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Dear Sora,

If you're reading this then that means that you're finally ready to begin your journey. I'm sorry that you had to leave Donald and Goofy behind but it was the only way. Hopefully by now you've found the Mirror-Wielder, you'll need their help.


You still have to open the door to the light. Don't worry about Riku and I, we're fine. In fact Riku might even be back by the time you get this letter. Unfortunately it will be much more difficult for me to escape, but I will eventually send a surprise across to you. I fear that it will fall into the wrong hands, but hopefully I am wrong.


You also have to stop an ancient evil. The evil is planning to destroy everything, by releasing the darkness from behind the door and destroying the light along with Kingdom Hearts. You must stop them at all costs. No matter what happens Sora, no matter how terrible it is, you must keep going.


Good Luck!


-Mickey Mouse


P.S. If you ever run into Donald and Goofy again, have them tell Minnie not to worry. Thanks Sora.

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Sora looked down at the letter in his hands. Sometimes he wondered if the King could predict the future. Most of the things he said made sense. Donald and Goofy had been separated from him and now he was traveling with Lee who fought with a mirror.

He sighed and turned to read it one more time, but it was blank. All that was left in his hands was a blank piece of paper. Sora stared at it for a few seconds, trying to comprehend what it meant. Then he felt something drop on his head. It was a pen.

He looked up. No one was above him, the pen seemed to have fallen from the sky. He took it in his hand and looked at the paper, then he began to write.

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Lee's gaze stayed fixated on the door, she seemed to be concentrating as if she could will Sora to come back. None of the others had moved either except for Aerith, who was checking to make sure Lee was all right, and desperately trying to start a conversation.

Lee was grateful for Aerith's attempt, but she couldn't stay focused. Her mind was trying to figure out what had happened.

That's when she remembered her dream. Her mother.

She remembered everything that her mother had warned her about. She glanced at the blindfolded figure. If what her mother said was true then that meant...

She slowly got to her feet, when she was overcome with a rush of dizziness. She swayed a bit but managed to stay on her feet. She slowly made her way over to the blindfolded figure.

She knelt down beside his chair and gently untied his blindfold. He didn't struggle, just watched her. When she finally removed it, she looked at him and gasped. It was him, the boy from Hollow Bastion, Riku.

She looked at him for awhile, remembering him. Then she reached out her hand and put it against his cheek. His eyes stayed locked on hers. His eyes were so different from Sora's. Looking into Sora's eyes made you feel like you were looking at the sky. Looking into Riku's was like you were falling into an ocean.

Riku saw her coming and knew his fate. She was going to remove his blindfold and reveal his identity. He braced himself because he knew it would be very bright and he wasn't used to light. But when she took it off, he didn't notice the light. He was too mesmerized by her eyes.

What he didn't expect was for her to touch his cheek. Nobody had ever touched his cheek. Ever. Not even Kairi, the reason why he let Maleficent in. His Kairi.

Who was he kidding? She wasn't his Kairi, she was Sora's Kairi, always Sora's Kairi.

He let go of those thoughts, they only brought him pain. Instead he focused on the warm hand on his cheek and the girl's deep hazel eyes. This was the girl that had saved him from the darkness, he owed her his life.

Their moment only lasted for a few seconds, when the door burst open and Sora came in. He looked a little embarrassed.

As soon as Sora entered Lee dropped her gaze from Riku and looked at him. Riku knew that whatever had happened between them a minute ago was too good to be true.

Sora opened his mouth to speak, but then he spotted Riku.

Sora asked, his jaw dropping, Is it really you?

Riku just nodded.

Suddenly Sora jumped and ran across the room grabbing Riku's mouth and pulling at it, much like he had done four years before. He was amazed, King Mickey was right, Riku was back.

Sora began jumping around the room laughing at the top of his lungs. Then he lifted Lee off her feet and began dancing with her. Spinning and twirling, while laughing at the same time. Sora hadn't been so happy in four years.

After a while he finally stopped. They had untied Riku, who was now eating a breakfast of doughnuts and orange juice.(A/N:Personally I don't think doughnuts would taste very good with orange juice, but whatever Riku likes is okay by me :)) Squall and Cloud were talking with each other while Aerith and Yuffie ate along with Riku. Lee was also eating, stuffing her face full of everything she could find. Sora was just laying on the bed staring into space.

It was all so perfect.

At least until...

Yuffie. Come with me, Squall told the girl.

She swallowed the piece of doughnut she was eating and then jumped up. She tried not to look too happy, but she hadn't been alone with Squall in a long time. Not since they used to walk together when they were patrolling the districts and protecting the people from the Heartless.

Maybe he would finally tell her what all those secret conversations with Aerith, Cloud and Cid were about. They didn't know that she knew about those meetings, but it always hurt that she wasn't invited. She wasn't a kid anymore. She was twenty years old for crying out loud. Sometimes she wished they would realize that.

But now Squall had told her to come with him. Things were finally looking up for Yuffie or at least that's what she thought.



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A/N: Next chapter is a long one. Really long. I'll explain more then but for now I'll let everything be.

So where's Squall taking Yuffie?

I want to give you all a heads up that I'm probably going to up the rating to PG-13 for bad language in upcoming chapters. See you all back for Chapter 13: To Die For.