Kiyomisa: Well, here ya go, more Ansem/ Sora stuff! - Hope you have fun!

Ansem was feeling rather pleased, despite the chaos happening in his throne room. Heartless of all shapes and sizes were running around, doing as they pleased: chattering, fighting, drinking, gambling. The king was beginning to feel a headache coming on, and he stood up. An Invisible, one of his quiet personal retainers looked at him with its yellow eyes.

Despite their name, Invisibles weren't really invisible, though in dark places they might as well have been. Their skin was completely black save for the small purple bat-like wings that sprouted from their broad shoulders and the yellow tipped wings on their forearms by their elbows. They had two tall, spire-like horns, a lizard-like tail and a small hole in their chest in the shape of a heart.

This particular Invisible bowed to Ansem, then asked, "My liege, is something wrong?"

"No Ithlain. I'm just going to visit our new acquirement."

Ithlain bowed again. "As you wish."

"Indeed," Ansem replied, amusement lacing his voice.

Ansem slipped away, mostly unnoticed by the rest of the Heartless. Down long stone corridors and up and down staircases as twisting and confusing as the Labyrinth itself strode Ansem. But the Heartless King knew he way and went confidently. At last he came to a simple door, and flexing his powers, he strode right through it, without bothering to open it first.

Sora, the resident of the room, jumped off a comfortable bed and stood defensively, watching the ruler warily.

"What are you going to do to me?" the plucky youth demanded.

Ansem sighed inwardly. Did no one fear him anymore? "Surely you must have guessed by now. I'm going to turn you into a Heartless."

He watched in amusement as the youth's eyes grew wide and he took a step back. That was better. The brunette looked adorable when he was frightened.

"Why?" Sora asked.

"Why?" Ansem raised his eyebrows and stepped closer; Sora took another step backwards. "Because Riku asked me to."

Sora shook his head. "H-he didn't mean it."

Ansem continued to move closer, until he had Sora backed into the wall. "Oh but he did. And I'm glad he did."

Sora gazed up at him, trying so hard to be brave. It really was almost too cute. "Wha-? Why?"

"Because as long as you're around, his heart will be closed to me." The king reached down to cup the youth's cheek. So soft… "Though I can see why he fell for you. You're quite attractive, in an innocent naïve way."

Sora blinked up at him, his pretty sapphire eyes wide with confusion. Ansem leaned down till his face was quite close to the youth's. "Perhaps I can find something more amusing to do with you for the nine hours and twenty-three minutes you still have that adorable face."

Riku had picked up a small sharp stone and was using it to scratch arrows on the sandstone tiles in case he had to backtrack. But every time he had gone back to his marks, they'd either changed direction or disappeared completely. The sixth time this happened, Riku threw the stone down in anger.

"Dammit Ansem! You're cheating! This isn't fair!"

"You're right, it's not fair."

Riku sighed and turned around. He was getting used to sudden appearances behind his back. There now stood two iron doors with vine trellis-work. Before each door, on limestone pedestals, stood a chipmunk. One looked quite normal, while the other sported buck teeth and a red nose.

"That," Riku pointed, "was just a dead-end," he accused.

"Looks like the dead-end's behind you now," the red-nosed chipmunk laughed. Riku glanced over his shoulder and sure enough, the open passage he had come through was now a solid wall. He turned back to the chipmunks.

"How am I supposed to solve a labyrinth that keeps changing?" he demanded, crossing his arms. The silver-haired youth felt like sitting down and pouting, but he wasn't quite aggravated enough to give up his dignity…yet.

"Well, the only way out of here is to take one of these doors," the other chipmunk informed him seriously in his little voice.

Riku eyed the doors. He didn't like the way they looked. "Where do they go?"

"One leads to the castle, and the other goes to-"

"Ba ba ba bum!" the red-nosed chipmunk interrupted.

"-Certain death!" the two chorused together.

"And I suppose you're not allowed to tell me," Riku observed, now eyeing the chipmunks.

"Oh, we can tell you, right Dale?"

"Right Chip," the red-nosed one agreed, "but you can only ask one of us."

"And once asked, one of us always tells the truth, and one of us always lies. " Chip leaned forward to whisper conspiratorially. "I tell the truth."

"No you don't! I do!" Dale shouted.

Riku tuned out the chipmunks as they continued to bicker and he thought carefully. There was only one way of getting his answer. Smiling smugly at his solution, the confident youth went up to Chip and cleared his throat. The chipmunks stopped their bickering and blinked up at him.

"If I asked him if his door led to the castle, would he say 'yes' or 'no'?" Riku pointed to Dale. Chip thought for a minute, then replied, "Yes."

"Then your door leads to the center, and his to certain death," Riku proclaimed.

The chipmunks glanced at each other, then looked back to Riku. "How do you know?" Dale asked, his small tail wagging slightly.

"Because if you were telling the truth, then Chip would be lying, and your answer would really be 'no'," Riku explained.

"But I'm telling the truth!" Chip protested, almost falling off his pedestal in his effort to convince Riku that he was the truth-teller.

"Yes, and then Dale would be lying and the true answer would still be 'no'."

Chip looked to Dale, a frown on his small, furry face. "Is that how it works?"

Dale shrugged and scratched his red nose. "Search me, it's all over my head."

"I figured it out, I beat the system," Riku said smugly as he approached Chip's door. Ansem's stupid tricks and traps were no match for him. He'd find Sora in no time. He pushed the door open, revealing a long, dark corridor. "Heh, piece of cake," he said as he stepped inside,

With a grinding crunch, the floor beneath him gave way and he began to fall. By the time he'd caught his breath to yell, the youth jerked to a stop, several… things twined about his arms and legs.

"What the-" In the dim light he looked closely at the one about his wrist and yelled when two large yellow eyes stared mournfully back at him, a steam-shovel like jaw gaping at him. "Yaaaaaah! Let go!"

Everything that was holding him had those yellow eyes and strange jaws, no limbs, and seemed to grow directly out of the walls. And they were cold and clammy, and he was beginning to feel slightly sick. Riku began struggling, preferring the unknown fall to being touch by these creepy creatures. The things began moaning and wailing, trying to catch him again, but he finally pulled free and fell about ten feet, landing hard on a cold damp floor.

"Ow!"

A grate clanged overhead, shutting out most of the light. Riku sat up and blinked in the dark, testing his shoulder.

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