"Riku..." She whispered, "Are you really...gone? NO! NO I WON'T LET HIM GO!"
"Hello? Are you completely unaware that I've been revived?" Katie yelled.
"Huh? Oh hi Katie." Mia said without any emotion. "By the way, Carolyn says she's gonna kick your ass when she finds you."
"Yo-you met Carolyn?" Katie gasped. "OH GOOD GRACIOUS GOD! SHE'S IN SIDEKICK ABUSING MODE!"
"What's sidekick abusing mode?" Wakka asked.
"You know how Batman gets when Robin doesn't give him his coffee?"
"Who's Batman? What's coffee?"
"Batman's a hooded freak and coffee gets you hyper! Anyway it's like that, except when I don't do as she says she doesn't get mad or scream. Instead, she puts her foot up my ass!"
"O...k."
"I knew she was psycho." Lulu mumbled.
"OH! No she's not crazy, she's really nice! She's just got a bit of a...short fuse?"
"CAN WE PLEASE COME BACK TO REALITY?!" Mia shrieked. "IN CASE NONE OF YOU NOTICED RIKU IS DEAD!! DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT THAT?!"
"Of course we care Mia!" Sora cried, "Riku has been my best friend since I was a kid and now he's gone!"
"THEN START ACTING LIKE YOU MISS HIM!"
CRASH!
The wall behind them had collapsed and a huge swarm of heatless flooded into the room.
"RUN FOR IT!" Donald cried.
"Move it Mia!" Katie cried. Mia didn't move. She was too full of shock and grief. She'd only had a few moments with Riku and she never got to tell him how much he meant to her.
Finally Yuna, Lulu, and Rikku grabbed Mia and dragged her behind them.
They reached the main hall of the castle. The heartless followed them closely.
"Get ready to fight!" Sora cried. "Get up Mia! We need you to fight too!"
Yuna glared at him angrily. "Give her a moment for pity's sake!" Yuna knew what it was like to lose the one you love.
Mia didn't feel like fighting right now. She just watched as Sora and the others hacked through the swarm of heartless.
Then Mia noticed one heartless that was attacking it's OWN kind. It was also healing Sora and the others. It seemed different from the others. And Mia could sense a sort of gentleness coming from it.
"Riku?" She whispered. It nodded. It's antennas twitched.
"MIA! Stay away from that heartless! It's dangerous!" Wakka yelled.
Mia ignored him and knelt in front of it and looked it in the eyes. Suddenly a swarm of heartless came up from behind. Mia hugged the heartless tightly as the creatures swarmed over them.
"MIA!" Rikku screamed. Suddenly there was a flash of light and all the heartless were blown to bits. When the light dimmed down Riku and Mia were standing there hugging.
"I'm having Daja Vu." Kairi said frowning.
"Riku! You're alive!" Tidus cried.
"Are you guys ok?" Yuna asked.
"That was whack!" Katie cried.
"Why are you hugging?" Sora asked. Rikku smacked him upside the head.
"THEY LIKE EACH OTHER!!!" Rikku shrieked.
"THEY DO?!" All the boys except Riku cried.
Yuna, Lulu, Kairi, and Rikku rolled their eyes and sighed. "Boys..."
They stepped outside still talking.
"So it was Mia's feelings for Riku that restored him?" Lulu asked.
"That's the way it worked for me and Kairi." Sora said shrugging.
"I feel really funny." Riku said.
"Are you ok?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, I feel great. I feel like I did before I went over to darkness."
"I wonder what caused that?" Wakka asked frowning.
"It's simple really, human emotions caused that." A voice sneered.
Everyone spun around. A tall man with silver hair and golden cat-like eyes was hovering above the ground a few feet behind them.
"ANSEM!" Sora, Riku, and Kairi screamed drawing their weapons.
"You mean that creep who created artificial heartless and tried to kill you?" Tidus asked.
"The one and the same." Ansem laughed, "Thank for delivering the leader of the pure-hearts to me Riku."
"What are you talking about?" Riku snapped stepping in front of Mia.
"It was so much easier to manipulate you over to darkness after you fell in love with her. You're such an embarrassment to darkness."
"And proud of it!"
"Don't let him taunt you Riku, it'll make you blinded in battle."
Riku turned around. A man wearing a red jacket and black sunglasses was standing there. He held a huge sword in his hand and had a scar across his left eye.
"AURON?!" Tidus cried. "But I thought you were dead! You went to the farplane and everything!"
Auron ignored him and continued. "You mustn't let him take Mia, it could mean the end of the universe."
"Stay out of this." Ansem hissed. An orb appeared in his head. "This should be strong enough to kill."
"Mia look out!" Riku yelled. Ansem laughed.
"Oh she's not the one who should look out! Goodbye Riku!" The orb flew from Ansem's hand straight at Riku. He braced himself.
"RIKU!" Mia screamed. She threw herself in front of Riku. The orb struck her body and electricity crackled through her. She fell to the ground and didn't move.
"Mia! You monster!" Riku cried kneeling by her lifeless body.
"I didn't kill her," Ansem said with disappointment in his voice, "She's a pure heart, she was too strong for that blast to mortally wound her. Well, time to get down to business."
In the blink of an eye Mia was gone from the ground and Ansem was holding her.
"Put her down!" Kairi yelled.
"Sorry but I can't do this, I need her for the final phase in my plan." With those words he vanished.
Riku spun around to face Auron. "WHAT'S GOING ON?! WHERE'S HE TAKING MIA?! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
"My name is Auron, I'm an old friend of Tidus and the others. I'm back from the farplane to help you."
"How could Ansem still be alive? I opened Kingdom Hearts! The light destroyed him!" Sora cried.
Auron sighed. "You are powerful Sora, you did save the universe from his threat but Ansem didn't have enough human left in him to die."
"But what does he need Mia for?" Donald asked.
"That I'm not entirely sure of."
"Where's he taken her?" Riku demanded.
Auron looked at him sternly. "To the End of the World."
"Hello? Are you completely unaware that I've been revived?" Katie yelled.
"Huh? Oh hi Katie." Mia said without any emotion. "By the way, Carolyn says she's gonna kick your ass when she finds you."
"Yo-you met Carolyn?" Katie gasped. "OH GOOD GRACIOUS GOD! SHE'S IN SIDEKICK ABUSING MODE!"
"What's sidekick abusing mode?" Wakka asked.
"You know how Batman gets when Robin doesn't give him his coffee?"
"Who's Batman? What's coffee?"
"Batman's a hooded freak and coffee gets you hyper! Anyway it's like that, except when I don't do as she says she doesn't get mad or scream. Instead, she puts her foot up my ass!"
"O...k."
"I knew she was psycho." Lulu mumbled.
"OH! No she's not crazy, she's really nice! She's just got a bit of a...short fuse?"
"CAN WE PLEASE COME BACK TO REALITY?!" Mia shrieked. "IN CASE NONE OF YOU NOTICED RIKU IS DEAD!! DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT THAT?!"
"Of course we care Mia!" Sora cried, "Riku has been my best friend since I was a kid and now he's gone!"
"THEN START ACTING LIKE YOU MISS HIM!"
CRASH!
The wall behind them had collapsed and a huge swarm of heatless flooded into the room.
"RUN FOR IT!" Donald cried.
"Move it Mia!" Katie cried. Mia didn't move. She was too full of shock and grief. She'd only had a few moments with Riku and she never got to tell him how much he meant to her.
Finally Yuna, Lulu, and Rikku grabbed Mia and dragged her behind them.
They reached the main hall of the castle. The heartless followed them closely.
"Get ready to fight!" Sora cried. "Get up Mia! We need you to fight too!"
Yuna glared at him angrily. "Give her a moment for pity's sake!" Yuna knew what it was like to lose the one you love.
Mia didn't feel like fighting right now. She just watched as Sora and the others hacked through the swarm of heartless.
Then Mia noticed one heartless that was attacking it's OWN kind. It was also healing Sora and the others. It seemed different from the others. And Mia could sense a sort of gentleness coming from it.
"Riku?" She whispered. It nodded. It's antennas twitched.
"MIA! Stay away from that heartless! It's dangerous!" Wakka yelled.
Mia ignored him and knelt in front of it and looked it in the eyes. Suddenly a swarm of heartless came up from behind. Mia hugged the heartless tightly as the creatures swarmed over them.
"MIA!" Rikku screamed. Suddenly there was a flash of light and all the heartless were blown to bits. When the light dimmed down Riku and Mia were standing there hugging.
"I'm having Daja Vu." Kairi said frowning.
"Riku! You're alive!" Tidus cried.
"Are you guys ok?" Yuna asked.
"That was whack!" Katie cried.
"Why are you hugging?" Sora asked. Rikku smacked him upside the head.
"THEY LIKE EACH OTHER!!!" Rikku shrieked.
"THEY DO?!" All the boys except Riku cried.
Yuna, Lulu, Kairi, and Rikku rolled their eyes and sighed. "Boys..."
They stepped outside still talking.
"So it was Mia's feelings for Riku that restored him?" Lulu asked.
"That's the way it worked for me and Kairi." Sora said shrugging.
"I feel really funny." Riku said.
"Are you ok?" Mia asked.
"Yeah, I feel great. I feel like I did before I went over to darkness."
"I wonder what caused that?" Wakka asked frowning.
"It's simple really, human emotions caused that." A voice sneered.
Everyone spun around. A tall man with silver hair and golden cat-like eyes was hovering above the ground a few feet behind them.
"ANSEM!" Sora, Riku, and Kairi screamed drawing their weapons.
"You mean that creep who created artificial heartless and tried to kill you?" Tidus asked.
"The one and the same." Ansem laughed, "Thank for delivering the leader of the pure-hearts to me Riku."
"What are you talking about?" Riku snapped stepping in front of Mia.
"It was so much easier to manipulate you over to darkness after you fell in love with her. You're such an embarrassment to darkness."
"And proud of it!"
"Don't let him taunt you Riku, it'll make you blinded in battle."
Riku turned around. A man wearing a red jacket and black sunglasses was standing there. He held a huge sword in his hand and had a scar across his left eye.
"AURON?!" Tidus cried. "But I thought you were dead! You went to the farplane and everything!"
Auron ignored him and continued. "You mustn't let him take Mia, it could mean the end of the universe."
"Stay out of this." Ansem hissed. An orb appeared in his head. "This should be strong enough to kill."
"Mia look out!" Riku yelled. Ansem laughed.
"Oh she's not the one who should look out! Goodbye Riku!" The orb flew from Ansem's hand straight at Riku. He braced himself.
"RIKU!" Mia screamed. She threw herself in front of Riku. The orb struck her body and electricity crackled through her. She fell to the ground and didn't move.
"Mia! You monster!" Riku cried kneeling by her lifeless body.
"I didn't kill her," Ansem said with disappointment in his voice, "She's a pure heart, she was too strong for that blast to mortally wound her. Well, time to get down to business."
In the blink of an eye Mia was gone from the ground and Ansem was holding her.
"Put her down!" Kairi yelled.
"Sorry but I can't do this, I need her for the final phase in my plan." With those words he vanished.
Riku spun around to face Auron. "WHAT'S GOING ON?! WHERE'S HE TAKING MIA?! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
"My name is Auron, I'm an old friend of Tidus and the others. I'm back from the farplane to help you."
"How could Ansem still be alive? I opened Kingdom Hearts! The light destroyed him!" Sora cried.
Auron sighed. "You are powerful Sora, you did save the universe from his threat but Ansem didn't have enough human left in him to die."
"But what does he need Mia for?" Donald asked.
"That I'm not entirely sure of."
"Where's he taken her?" Riku demanded.
Auron looked at him sternly. "To the End of the World."