Disclaimer: A new villian is about to rear his head. A shocking plot twist will occur and Katie and Carolyn join the team. Who is this mysterious boy? Why does he want revenge on Riku? And why is Katie acting like an idiot? Is she even acting?? Things are about to get more intense so keep reading!
2 months later...
Riku sat on the end of the pier of Destiny Islands. The sun was rising off in the distance sending streaks of pale light across the clear water.
Riku's heart ached. It had been aching for the last 2 months.
"That one last kiss...that's all I'll ever have. Why did I let her go?" Riku thought to himself for the hundredth time.
"Are you ok buddy?" A voice from behind asked.
"No Sora, I'm not." He said icily.
Sora and Kairi had come up behind him. They both sighed. Riku had seemed so depressed for the last 2 months. And whenever they tried to comfort him he lashed out at them.
"You can't blame him." Kairi had said, "He lost the girl he loves and he's trying to decide if he should move on or if he should hold on to her memory."
"He's acting like she's dead or something!" Sora had yelled.
"I know."
Sora leaned over and snapped his fingers in front of Riku's face making him jump.
"Quit it." Riku hissed.
"Riku, knock it off! I know you're upset. I am too! Mia was a friend to Kairi and me. You're not the only one who lost someone Riku!"
Riku felt a pang of guilt. He'd been treating his best friends like shit. But he couldn't let go of Mia. Every time he looked out at the sky he thought about her. Every time he saw the moon reflecting off the water he remembered what she had said to him. About how darkness can corrupt and how light is the only way out.
"I'm sorry guys." He sighed.
"She wouldn't want you to dwell on her. She'd want you to get on with your life."
"I can't do that Sora. I loved her as much I hate Ansem!"
"Try not to think about him, try to focus on a positive thing."
"Like what?"
Sora opened his mouth to say something but he shut it again. He was staring at the sky. His eyes were wide with shock.
"What is it? What do you see?" Kairi asked.
"It looks like a meteor!" Sora said pointing at a small object falling towards the water about 100 yards away from the edge of the pier.
"I wonder what it is?" Kairi wondered out loud.
But Riku already knew.
He sprang off the edge of the pier faster than lightening and began to swim towards the object, which was now floating facedown in the water. He turned the person over.
It was Mia. Her eyes were closed but she was breathing softly.
Riku didn't say anything. He was too stunned.
He pulled Mia onto the shore. Sora and Kairi ran up to him. Their mouths hung open in shock.
"How could she be here?" Kairi gasped.
"She's waking up!" Sora cried.
Mia stirred. Her eyes slowly cracked open. She looked up at them.
"Riku?" She whispered.
Riku smiled and nodded. "Yeah, it's me."
Mia sat up and rubbed her head. "Where am I?"
"You're on Destiny Islands, our home." Kairi explained.
"How'd you get here?" Sora asked.
Mia looked like she was thinking hard.
"I guess it's because...I believed."
"What do you mean you believed?" Riku asked.
"I believed with all my heart that I'd find a way to come here. I hoped I'd make it back to you guys and suddenly I was here."
"What about your home? Infinity Islands?"
Mia shrugged. "There isn't too much for me there now that Katie's gone. I guess to me home is wherever my friends are. And that's here."
She smiled at Riku. He smiled back. They leaned forward to kiss but then there was a flash of light on the shore nearby. When the light had dimmed they saw Tidus, Wakka, Yuna, Lulu, and Rikku standing there.
"Tidus," Wakka said angrily, "Tell me one thing: WHAT KIND OF MISBEGOTTEN HELL HOLE HAVE YOU GOTTEN US STUCK IN NOW?!"
"Um...this happens to be our home." Sora said staring at him.
"Oh! Well it's very nice." Wakka said quickly.
"All I can remember is thinking about you guys and then WHOOSH!" Tidus said frowning.
"So believing is the key to traveling to other worlds." Sora said nodding, "All you have to do is believe with all your heart and you'll be here. You don't need a gummi ship."
"Say, where's Auron?" Riku asked.
"He went back to the farplanes. He said his time was up." Yuna said shrugging.
"I know! Let's stay here awhile!" Rikku said smiling. "There's nothing to do in Spira! Besides, I'd like to visit our friends for awhile."
Lulu nodded. "I suppose it would be ok."
"Who put you in charge?" Tidus asked.
"Who IS in charge anyway?" Wakka said frowning.
Silence.
"Alright we'll stay." Tidus said smiling. "As long as that moron Katie stays far away."
Wakka laughed. "Dude you're just mad cause she took your money."
"Shaddup."
The group of friends turned and walked down the beach. But as they walked they were unaware of a pair of eyes watching. These eyes burned with unspeakable hate.
"You'll pay for what you did Riku, you ruined my life so I'll end yours!" The boy muttered under his breath.
He looked at Mia who was smiling at Riku. They both had a look of love on their faces.
A cruel smile formed on his face. "No, I won't kill him. First I'll destroy the one thing he loves most. I'll make him wish he was dead, then I will grant his wish."
Tears of anger and frustration filled his eyes as he recalled what Riku had done. He gripped his sword by the handle. It seemed to give him a sense of reassurance and power. He wanted to run up and plunge it right into that murderer's chest and watch him die slowly on the sand covered in his own blood.
"I...will...KILL HIM!" He screamed inside his mind. He started out of the shadows but stopped and sank back into them.
"No. I can't. This must be done so that he suffers horribly, then I will watch him die."
The boy laughed and ducked into a small cave. Several Heartless were there.
"My loyal servants, my father's wondrous creations, we will soon have everything. All I need to do is destroy the lovely pure-heart Mia and then destroy Riku!"
*Whenever these appear a song is playing*
~My Lullaby~
Boy: *singing* I've been exiled, persecuted
Left alone with no defense
When I think of what that brute did
I get a little tense*
*But I dream a dream so pretty
that I don't feel so depressed
'Cause it soothes my inner kitty
And it helps me get some rest*
*The sound of Riku's dying gasp
His best friend screaming in my grasp
His little girlfriend's mournful cry
That's my lullaby*
*Now the past I've tried forgetting
And my foes I could forgive
Trouble is I knows it's petty
But I hate to let them live*
*So I decided I'd be the one who'd chase Riku up a tree
Oh, the battle may be bloody, but that kind of works for me*
*The melody of angry growls
A counterpoint of painful howls
A symphony of death, oh my!
That's my lullaby*
*The pounding of the drums of war
The thrill of the Heartless mighty roars*
*The joy of vengeance
Testify!
I can hear the cheering
Cedric! What a guy!*
*Payback time is nearing
And then our flag will fly
Against a blood-red sky
That's my lullaby!*
~Song Ends~
The boy threw his head back and laughed manically. One Heartless looked at another Heartless. Both had a confused look on their faces.
"*COUGH! * WEIRDO! *COUGH! *" The first one coughed.
"Oh blow it out your ass Howard." The boy grumbled.
Meanwhile Outside...
"Did you just hear a badly sung musical?" Tidus asked.
"Nope." Wakka said shrugging.
2 months later...
Riku sat on the end of the pier of Destiny Islands. The sun was rising off in the distance sending streaks of pale light across the clear water.
Riku's heart ached. It had been aching for the last 2 months.
"That one last kiss...that's all I'll ever have. Why did I let her go?" Riku thought to himself for the hundredth time.
"Are you ok buddy?" A voice from behind asked.
"No Sora, I'm not." He said icily.
Sora and Kairi had come up behind him. They both sighed. Riku had seemed so depressed for the last 2 months. And whenever they tried to comfort him he lashed out at them.
"You can't blame him." Kairi had said, "He lost the girl he loves and he's trying to decide if he should move on or if he should hold on to her memory."
"He's acting like she's dead or something!" Sora had yelled.
"I know."
Sora leaned over and snapped his fingers in front of Riku's face making him jump.
"Quit it." Riku hissed.
"Riku, knock it off! I know you're upset. I am too! Mia was a friend to Kairi and me. You're not the only one who lost someone Riku!"
Riku felt a pang of guilt. He'd been treating his best friends like shit. But he couldn't let go of Mia. Every time he looked out at the sky he thought about her. Every time he saw the moon reflecting off the water he remembered what she had said to him. About how darkness can corrupt and how light is the only way out.
"I'm sorry guys." He sighed.
"She wouldn't want you to dwell on her. She'd want you to get on with your life."
"I can't do that Sora. I loved her as much I hate Ansem!"
"Try not to think about him, try to focus on a positive thing."
"Like what?"
Sora opened his mouth to say something but he shut it again. He was staring at the sky. His eyes were wide with shock.
"What is it? What do you see?" Kairi asked.
"It looks like a meteor!" Sora said pointing at a small object falling towards the water about 100 yards away from the edge of the pier.
"I wonder what it is?" Kairi wondered out loud.
But Riku already knew.
He sprang off the edge of the pier faster than lightening and began to swim towards the object, which was now floating facedown in the water. He turned the person over.
It was Mia. Her eyes were closed but she was breathing softly.
Riku didn't say anything. He was too stunned.
He pulled Mia onto the shore. Sora and Kairi ran up to him. Their mouths hung open in shock.
"How could she be here?" Kairi gasped.
"She's waking up!" Sora cried.
Mia stirred. Her eyes slowly cracked open. She looked up at them.
"Riku?" She whispered.
Riku smiled and nodded. "Yeah, it's me."
Mia sat up and rubbed her head. "Where am I?"
"You're on Destiny Islands, our home." Kairi explained.
"How'd you get here?" Sora asked.
Mia looked like she was thinking hard.
"I guess it's because...I believed."
"What do you mean you believed?" Riku asked.
"I believed with all my heart that I'd find a way to come here. I hoped I'd make it back to you guys and suddenly I was here."
"What about your home? Infinity Islands?"
Mia shrugged. "There isn't too much for me there now that Katie's gone. I guess to me home is wherever my friends are. And that's here."
She smiled at Riku. He smiled back. They leaned forward to kiss but then there was a flash of light on the shore nearby. When the light had dimmed they saw Tidus, Wakka, Yuna, Lulu, and Rikku standing there.
"Tidus," Wakka said angrily, "Tell me one thing: WHAT KIND OF MISBEGOTTEN HELL HOLE HAVE YOU GOTTEN US STUCK IN NOW?!"
"Um...this happens to be our home." Sora said staring at him.
"Oh! Well it's very nice." Wakka said quickly.
"All I can remember is thinking about you guys and then WHOOSH!" Tidus said frowning.
"So believing is the key to traveling to other worlds." Sora said nodding, "All you have to do is believe with all your heart and you'll be here. You don't need a gummi ship."
"Say, where's Auron?" Riku asked.
"He went back to the farplanes. He said his time was up." Yuna said shrugging.
"I know! Let's stay here awhile!" Rikku said smiling. "There's nothing to do in Spira! Besides, I'd like to visit our friends for awhile."
Lulu nodded. "I suppose it would be ok."
"Who put you in charge?" Tidus asked.
"Who IS in charge anyway?" Wakka said frowning.
Silence.
"Alright we'll stay." Tidus said smiling. "As long as that moron Katie stays far away."
Wakka laughed. "Dude you're just mad cause she took your money."
"Shaddup."
The group of friends turned and walked down the beach. But as they walked they were unaware of a pair of eyes watching. These eyes burned with unspeakable hate.
"You'll pay for what you did Riku, you ruined my life so I'll end yours!" The boy muttered under his breath.
He looked at Mia who was smiling at Riku. They both had a look of love on their faces.
A cruel smile formed on his face. "No, I won't kill him. First I'll destroy the one thing he loves most. I'll make him wish he was dead, then I will grant his wish."
Tears of anger and frustration filled his eyes as he recalled what Riku had done. He gripped his sword by the handle. It seemed to give him a sense of reassurance and power. He wanted to run up and plunge it right into that murderer's chest and watch him die slowly on the sand covered in his own blood.
"I...will...KILL HIM!" He screamed inside his mind. He started out of the shadows but stopped and sank back into them.
"No. I can't. This must be done so that he suffers horribly, then I will watch him die."
The boy laughed and ducked into a small cave. Several Heartless were there.
"My loyal servants, my father's wondrous creations, we will soon have everything. All I need to do is destroy the lovely pure-heart Mia and then destroy Riku!"
*Whenever these appear a song is playing*
~My Lullaby~
Boy: *singing* I've been exiled, persecuted
Left alone with no defense
When I think of what that brute did
I get a little tense*
*But I dream a dream so pretty
that I don't feel so depressed
'Cause it soothes my inner kitty
And it helps me get some rest*
*The sound of Riku's dying gasp
His best friend screaming in my grasp
His little girlfriend's mournful cry
That's my lullaby*
*Now the past I've tried forgetting
And my foes I could forgive
Trouble is I knows it's petty
But I hate to let them live*
*So I decided I'd be the one who'd chase Riku up a tree
Oh, the battle may be bloody, but that kind of works for me*
*The melody of angry growls
A counterpoint of painful howls
A symphony of death, oh my!
That's my lullaby*
*The pounding of the drums of war
The thrill of the Heartless mighty roars*
*The joy of vengeance
Testify!
I can hear the cheering
Cedric! What a guy!*
*Payback time is nearing
And then our flag will fly
Against a blood-red sky
That's my lullaby!*
~Song Ends~
The boy threw his head back and laughed manically. One Heartless looked at another Heartless. Both had a confused look on their faces.
"*COUGH! * WEIRDO! *COUGH! *" The first one coughed.
"Oh blow it out your ass Howard." The boy grumbled.
Meanwhile Outside...
"Did you just hear a badly sung musical?" Tidus asked.
"Nope." Wakka said shrugging.