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I must have been dragged inside Riku/Ansem's heart, because darkness was swirling all around me. I saw Riku huddled in the middle, small and cowering, but he lifted his head to see me and stood up. I ran over to him, and he pulled me so close to him. Ansem's evil laughter started ringing all throughout the hollows of this place, and Riku glared into the obscurity. He whispered to me, but it still seemed to echo through the black void. He said, "Thank you. Without you, I can do nothing." He closed his eyes and hugged me, then he brought his head up and kissed me. I coiled my arms around his neck, and I could feel warmth spreading through the deathly cold emptiness, followed by light. I heard laughter, although not maniacal. It was gentle laughter, and I opened my eyes a bit. All around me, I saw pieces of movies. Riku's memories. He was a small child and he tripped over a stone. He and Sora were drawing on rocks in the Secret place as little kids. They went to meet Kairi. They were fake dueling on the Paopu Island. They met me. We were all watching a sunset on the dock. I remembered that too. The last one I saw before opening my eyes in reality was one of Riku and I kissing. That hadn't actually happened. Had it? He pulled away from me, and looked into my eyes, still in the cavern of his heart. "Without you, I'm nothing." his voice faded away as I was pulled back to reality. I awoke on my knees with my arms around Riku's neck. My head was leaning on one of my arms, and he had his arms clenched tightly around my back. I pulled my head up and his eyes were clenched shut and his lips were trembling. I knew that he had expelled Ansem from his heart. His expression softened and fell. He fainted and fell backward, with me lowering to break the fall. I turned to find Sora wide eyed and petrified. He must have seen everything, including Ansem flying off wherever he went. Donald and Goofy were shaking and clinging to each other, whimpering softly. I approached Sora and asked if he was okay. He nodded, and said, "You do know that ~gulp~ Ansem was in him, right?" I nodded once, and replied, "I watched him get possessed." "Well, is he okay?" "I'm sure he'll be just fine, don't worry. Why don't you go get Kairi?" "KAIRI!!! I'M COMING, KAIRI!!" He bolted out the portal and his loyal freaks followed. Riku was coming to, and I was surprised. He sat up and looked at me blearily. "Tuni? 'sat you?" I nodded and asked if he would be okay. "Yeah, I'll be fine. Owwwww, my chest hurts." He rubbed his upper torso, and I said, with a grin, "Well, you were housing three people in there." He laughed also, and replied, "Yeah, that would do it, huh?" I offered a hand which he turned down, and he tried to get up, but fell right back down. I narrowed my eyes at him and said, "You can't be independent forever. Now lemme help you up." I offered my hand again, and he took it this time.
I must have been dragged inside Riku/Ansem's heart, because darkness was swirling all around me. I saw Riku huddled in the middle, small and cowering, but he lifted his head to see me and stood up. I ran over to him, and he pulled me so close to him. Ansem's evil laughter started ringing all throughout the hollows of this place, and Riku glared into the obscurity. He whispered to me, but it still seemed to echo through the black void. He said, "Thank you. Without you, I can do nothing." He closed his eyes and hugged me, then he brought his head up and kissed me. I coiled my arms around his neck, and I could feel warmth spreading through the deathly cold emptiness, followed by light. I heard laughter, although not maniacal. It was gentle laughter, and I opened my eyes a bit. All around me, I saw pieces of movies. Riku's memories. He was a small child and he tripped over a stone. He and Sora were drawing on rocks in the Secret place as little kids. They went to meet Kairi. They were fake dueling on the Paopu Island. They met me. We were all watching a sunset on the dock. I remembered that too. The last one I saw before opening my eyes in reality was one of Riku and I kissing. That hadn't actually happened. Had it? He pulled away from me, and looked into my eyes, still in the cavern of his heart. "Without you, I'm nothing." his voice faded away as I was pulled back to reality. I awoke on my knees with my arms around Riku's neck. My head was leaning on one of my arms, and he had his arms clenched tightly around my back. I pulled my head up and his eyes were clenched shut and his lips were trembling. I knew that he had expelled Ansem from his heart. His expression softened and fell. He fainted and fell backward, with me lowering to break the fall. I turned to find Sora wide eyed and petrified. He must have seen everything, including Ansem flying off wherever he went. Donald and Goofy were shaking and clinging to each other, whimpering softly. I approached Sora and asked if he was okay. He nodded, and said, "You do know that ~gulp~ Ansem was in him, right?" I nodded once, and replied, "I watched him get possessed." "Well, is he okay?" "I'm sure he'll be just fine, don't worry. Why don't you go get Kairi?" "KAIRI!!! I'M COMING, KAIRI!!" He bolted out the portal and his loyal freaks followed. Riku was coming to, and I was surprised. He sat up and looked at me blearily. "Tuni? 'sat you?" I nodded and asked if he would be okay. "Yeah, I'll be fine. Owwwww, my chest hurts." He rubbed his upper torso, and I said, with a grin, "Well, you were housing three people in there." He laughed also, and replied, "Yeah, that would do it, huh?" I offered a hand which he turned down, and he tried to get up, but fell right back down. I narrowed my eyes at him and said, "You can't be independent forever. Now lemme help you up." I offered my hand again, and he took it this time.