Title: Connecting to Oblivion

Author: Third Rabbit

Setting: Lately, Sora has been having dreams of being tortured by a mysterious force. When he slowly starts to disappear, Kairi and Riku began to worry. In order to save Sora, the two must venture in to a world with no beginnings and no ends.

A/n: I don't own Kingdom Hearts or any of it's characters. Square Enix does. Sora is fifteen in this and this has no connections towards KH2.

Thanks for the reviews and here's chapter 4! And I never thought of bring Riku and Kairi together. Hmm, that might not be a bad idea. Also, this chapter is shorter than the others. I promise to give a bigger chapter in 5.

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The darkness was unbearable to Sora as he struggled in the grips of it. It was all around him, intertwining with his weak body. Not even the slightest glimmer of pure light could be found as he floated, eyes half open.

"Kairi....Riku...." Sora managed to mutter.

Obsidian pushed aside a strand of his silver hair as he watched the keyblade master float, slowly falling towards darkness. His servant made her way towards him, smiling happily at the sight of a pitiful Sora. Her dark brown hair caress her cheek.

"Professor. Obsidian, we seem to have a bit of trouble." She said, earning her a grim look.

"What trouble could we possibly have?" Obsidian smirked, "I've not only got the keyblade master, but I also have his heart. Do you realize how great it will be? Seeing if this boy can keep his body without the use of the heart? It makes me proud to have thought of such a wonderful plan."

"Yes, it makes me happy to be serving you. But, we still have trouble. It seems that Sora's little friends have found out a way to coming here. To this world." The woman replied.

"Oh, that's right," Obsidian crossed his arms, "his little friends. The princess of heart and the boy who chose darkness over the keyblade. How interesting this will be."

"Why would you say that?" The woman asked, confused. "Wouldn't you want me to send one of our dark agents to stop them?"

"No," Obsidian shook his head, "I want them to come. To come see the boy for the last time. But, how could they have known about the second door? Perhaps he's connected to someone. It really doesn't matter, though. I'll take care of our main star's friends myself."

"Sir, shall I prepare the portal to the other side?"

"Yes, also get the others to put Sora in my personal chambers once the portal is open." Obsidian ordered and quickly disappeared in to the emptiness.

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"What time is it?"

Sitting on the hard, cold ground of the Secret Place, Riku looked up at Kairi, who was looking down at her wrist. Turning towards the drawings on the rocky walls, Kairi nodded, her hands clasped in a praying form.

"It's almost seven." She finally replied.

"And at seven, the sun begins to go down. Which means that twilight will entered." Riku said. "I hope this isn't a stupid trick."

"I hope Sora's okay." Kairi sighed.

"I'm sure he's okay. Sora can take care of himself." Riku nodded, getting up. "Okay, it's seven o'clock. Let's look around."

Walking around, Riku and Kairi looked for any sign of a door or something strange. A few minutes quickly passed before Riku realized nothing happened and the only door that was around was the door that lead to the heart of Destiny Islands. Leaning against the wall, Riku gave a really peeved look.

"I should've knew we couldn't trust a voice for advice." He muttered, frowning.

"I can't believe this," Kairi sadly looked at the ground, "there's no door and Sora...."

Before Kairi could complete her sentence, a bright flash of red light knocked her off her feet. Riku quickly caught her and looked up at the source. The source was something he'd never seen before. A tall, dark bluish door with black mist spread out from the cracks, appeared with the heartless emblem on it. Letting go of Kairi, Riku walked up to the door.

"Is this the door to the darkness?" He whispered.

"Riku?" Kairi came behind him. "Riku, what's going on? Is-Is that the door?"

"I guess so, but we can't be sure of it." Riku replied.

Grasping the knob, Riku slowly turned it and opened the door. Suddenly, a gust of intense wind knocked him in to Kairi and darkness started to pour out of the door. Sitting up, Riku gasped as the entire Secret Place became an endless abyss of darkness. Kairi sat up and gripped Riku's arm, tightly.

"Riku, what's happening?" She asked, nervously. "Is this where Sora is?"

"I-I'm not sure," Riku replied, "this place is filled with nothing but darkness. Wait a sec, where's the Secret Place and Destiny Islands?"

"They don't exist here."

Standing up, Riku looked ahead to see a tall man, wearing a long, black robe and had long, silver hair, splashing on his shoulders. Riku glared at the man, feeling a familiar essence from him. Pulling out his sword, Riku stood infront of Kairi, protectively.

"Ansem!" Riku shouted. "But, you're supposed to be dead!"

"Ansem?" The man looked at Riku, then laughed. "Yes, that name sounds familar, but then again, who knows."

"Who are you?" Riku exclaimed.

"I am Obsidian and you're being quite a nuisance. I was just talking to Sora about my wonderful world. The other world." Obsidian said, smiling.

"Sora! Where is he? What did you do to him?" Kairi shouted, angrily. "Give Sora back!"

"Sora belongs to me now, Princess." Obsidian grinned. "As we speak, he's slowly falling in to darkness, losing all memories of his life and of you."

"That's what the voice meant!" Riku shouted, frowning. "Tell us where Sora is!"

"I can't aloud you to find him. This is going to be your last fight, boy." Obsidian replied, revealing two long, double edged daggers with gold aura flowing around them.

~*~*~*

"My memories..."

Sora slowly walked down a long, white path, leading to nothing but darkness. As he walked, he could see his memories, one by one, flash by then become mere fragments in the darkness. His eyes lowered as he shook his head, slightly.

"I won't be the same anymore, will I?" He asked aloud, receiving no answer.

"I'll slowly fall in to the darkness with nobody by my side. I won't remember anything. Who I am, where I live, who my friends are, and what happened to me. I won't remember anybody." Sora said.

Dropping his gaze to his hands, he gave a sad look. The keyblade Oblivion slowly appeared in his hand and he was now surrounded by millions of Shadow heartless. Getting in to stance, Sora began swing the blade at the heartless.

Riku.....

Quickly striking the heartless, Sora could see images of a silver haired boy flash before his very eyes. The boy seemed to be smiling, smiling very handsomely at him.

"Come on, Sora. I thought you were better than that."

Doing Ragnarok, Sora delivered several chained combos at the heads of the heartless. But, soon, more and more appeared. It all seemed hopeless.

Kairi....

Summoning the power of fire, Sora could now see images of a crimson haired girl. She giggled, chasing him along the shoreline of a beautiful beach. She placed her arms behind her back and smiled.

"Sora, you lazy bum! I knew I'd fine you snoozing down here."

The fire quickly circled Sora as he continued fighting the other heartless. Still, the heartless out numbered him by two thousand and slowly, he began to lose his strength and something more precious to him.

"Here, take this. It's my lucky charm. Be sure to bring it back to me."

"I will."

"I'll always be with you."

Before Sora knew it, he dropped Oblivion to the ground and began to fall to his knees. The heartless jumped on top of him, covering his body from head to toe. Sora struggled, sluggishly but ultimately failed. The last thing he saw was the golden eyes of the Shadows, engulfing him in to the darkness.