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After a couple hours of waiting, we got really bored and decided to explore the rest of the castle since the vast legion of Heartless was after Sora and co. We wandered down a large passage. It was cold, damp, and musty in there and I didn't like the ambiance. I held Riku's arm close to my body, and he just grinned. A couple seconds later, he turned around quickly and yelled, "BOO!" I screamed and fell over. He almost died laughing and I smacked him on top of his silver head, knocking him to the floor. He just got up and peered at me through laughing tears. He settled down and I was still pouting. I heard a deep voice say," Ah, just what I've been looking for. Strong, fast, and human." I looked around, and whispered to Riku," Did you year that?" He gulped and nodded. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ansem, the Dark King, and I need a physical form. I think I've found just the one." I heard a ghostly swoosh, and then I saw Riku's eyes widen in fear. He bounded over to me, and stood beside me, shaking. "Step aside, girl!" The disembodied voice yelled. I shook my head and grasped Riku. He held me close to him, and I could hear him saying something under his breath. "Well, I'll have to take over by force. HYA!!" A solid object connected with my back and I cried out in pain. "STOP IT!" Riku yelled. He pulled me tighter to him, and I tried not to cry as I shouted "LEAVE US ALONE! THERE'S NOTHING YOU WANT HERE!" "You're wrong, little lady, I want his body." I grimaced. That was totally WRONG, and Riku and I both looked at where the voice was coming from and laughed. ". You two kids are sick! I WISH TO POSSESS HIS HEART AND TAKE OVER THE DARKNESS IN IT!" "I won't let you, you son of a bit*h, his heart's already taken." I replied calmly. I assumed a protective stance in front of Riku, and he smiled with pride. "We'll see about that, stupid girl!" Riku knew what was happening in the silence, but I was oblivious and I just looked around into the shadows. "No! Get DOWN, Tuni!" He tackled me to the ground, just as a lethal-looking red streak passed through the place my heart just was. I was breathing hard, partly because 150 lbs of muscle just dropped on me, and partly because I would have been dead if Riku wasn't so fast. I told Riku he could get up now. He didn't budge. I blinked, and shook him again. Still no reaction. I moved him off me and flipped him over. There was a red hole right above his heart. He wasn't bleeding, but the hole was glowing. I scrambled away and started yelling into the darkness. "I ALREADY SAID YOU COULDN'T HAVE HIM! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" I was crying uncontrollably, and a hand grabbed my ankle. I looked to spot a smile and beautiful aqua eyes. I kneeled and he told me to run. I shook my head and tried to help him. "Ansem is. inside. my heart. he's trying to take over it. I won't. let him. there's only. room for one. in there." He grasped my arm and weakly grinned at me. I pulled him up into a sitting position, and he murmured something. I only caught pieces of it. "Leave. Ansem. weak. can't fight. go. before." His head went limp on my chest, and I stared at him terrified. "R-Riku?" His hand fell from my arm. Tears formed and one fell off my cheek to his head. I hugged him close to me, and I felt his breathing weaken. "Don't die. if you die, I'll kill you. you bastard." I hugged his head and cried into his hair. He twitched, and I lifted my head. His hand was moving. He sat up in a minute or so, and looked at me groggily. His eyes were almost glowing in the darkness. . They WERE glowing. I blinked, but I hugged him anyways. He pushed me away and said in a voice of half his own, half Ansem's, "Get away from me, girl!" I furrowed my eyebrows and started beating on his chest. "GET OUT OF THERE YOU EVIL-EVIL-THING!" He started laughing maniacally and boomed, "You cannot harm me, stupid human girl! Don't even try! MWAHAHAHAAA!!" A ball started glowing in his hand, and I tried to start running away, but he grabbed me and pulled my face really close to his. "Here is a goodbye present from your boyfriend!" He kissed me and held the glowing ball up to my stomach. The ball blasted underneath me, and I was sent into a wall. I heard choking and groaning, but I was almost out cold. "TUNI! Oh god, look what you made me do, BASTARD!" He ran over to me and hoisted me over his shoulder. He teleported us back to our room and put me down on the sheets. "Hang in there, Tuni." He was healing me, and when he finished, he teleported away. I sat up and yelled for him to wait, but I was too late. My face fell, and I teleported off to watch Sora killing Maleficent.