AN: Okey-day. Here's the next chapter... yea, I know your probably really REALLY annoyed by my pointless authors notes so I'll get to the point already (you got off easy this time ~.^)
Disclaimers: How many times do I have to say it? I don't own anything! Every time I write a chapter and put this up is makes me feel more and more pathetic than before... o well, go my few OC's! *huggs Mariha, Natia, Naomi and Alee* *All: o.O*
Caught like Flies
Sora walked down one of the many halls in the enormous castle of Hollow Bastion. He strolled along, finally rid of Donald and Goofy for a while, until he came to a door.
I don't remember this here before, he thought and reached to turn the knob.
He walked inside. It was a study. There were books all over a small desk in the middle of the room. There was a big window behind it, right across from the door but its drawn curtains hid it. There were a few small couches and cushioned chairs close the surrounding walls.
"What are you doing here?" said a familiar voice that caused Sora to jump.
"Huh?" said Sora and stared at the person who had talked to him from in a corner.
"You heard me," replied the person, "I thought you went home."
Sora stared at that corner where there sitting on a tall stool was Cloud. The room was dim being only lit by a few candles on the desk and Cloud just looked like a shadow cast upon the wall.
"Cloud?" said Sora in a sudden shock. He didn't know that Cloud had come here too with the others. But he quickly recovered himself to answer Clouds question. "I was going to go home, but there's one more thing I need to do first."
Cloud nodded, "I see."
There was a silence. Sora knew Cloud was the quiet type, but the silence always made Sora fidgety so he sat down on a nearby chair.
"So," Sora began, looking for any way to strike up a conversation, "What are you doing here? Did you find who you were looking for yet?"
Cloud showed no signs of hearing Sora and for a second Sora thought that he wouldn't reply.
"Yes," he said finally.
"That's good," said Sora and relaxed in his chair that was more like a one-person sofa.
"Have you found who you were looking for?" asked Cloud in a sudden interest to continue the conversation.
"I did," said Sora happily, "Her name is Kairi and she's back home on my island right now. I'm just waiting for Cid to install a gummi on our ship to take us there."
Cloud nodded again, "Then what else do you have to do if you're going home but need something to do first?"
"Well, that's kind of a long story," said Sora scratching his head.
"I'm not going anywhere in a hurry," said Cloud.
So Sora told him about how he needed to find Riku and his adventures in the Pride Lands. All through Sora's story Cloud listened without a word. He seemed to prefer listening rather then speaking and Sora was relived to be the one talking anyway.
"I see," said Cloud when Sora had finished, "Well, I wish you good luck in finding you friend."
He got up and headed for the door. Sora just sat, waiting for him to leave but then suddenly sprang up out of his seat.
"Wait!" she said as Cloud opened the door to step outside, "Who were you looking for? Who did you find?"
Cloud paused, but then looked directly at Sora. "Her name is Arieth."
He continued through the door.
Arieth, thought Sora in surprise, The same Arieth from Traverse Town? Crazy!
Sora shrugged and looked around the room. When Donald burst through the door.
"There you are!" he yelled. Yelling seemed to be his only means of speaking, "Cid's done!"
"Ok, I'm coming," replied Sora.
Donald snorted and stomped out and down the hall. Sora had to conceal his laughter and followed, carefully closing the door behind him.
~*~
Riku awoke to be welcomed with a throbbing headache. It took him a moment to focus his eyes to the light. It was very dim, lit by small flaming torches along the wall, but it still stung his eyes for a moment. When his eyes adjusted, he found himself in a small square room with three walls of stone. To his surprise, the fourth wall was open only there were steel vertical bars cutting off an escape. He was in a dungeon.
Riku panicked. What had happened? Where was Mariha? The only thing he could see in his small cell was a slab of flat stone that stuck out of the wall with chains holding it up so it fashioned a kind of bed. Bed wasn't even a name appropriate for it; it was more like a 'sleeping place'.
The light came from outside of Riku's cell leaving some of its corners completely hidden in the shadow. Riku looked hard and went over to them to make sure he wasn't missing anything, but Mariha wasn't there. He went to the metal bars and clung on to them while he looked out. Outside was a hall. There were other cells like his along the same wall his was on. But it was so dark that he couldn't see into them. But maybe Mariha was in one of them.
"Mariha!" he called.
No answer.
"Mariha!" he called again, "Can you hear me?"
Suddenly, a largebody appeared from around the corner. It walked strait to Riku, but he didn't notice it coming for he was looking the other way and was still calling for Mariha. It grabbed Riku's wrist. Riku jumped and cried out in surprise. He looked up at the large heartless. There was a long stare down then the largebody let go of Riku's wrist but struck him in the face, causing Riku to fall backwards.
"I get it," said Riku mostly to himself, "No talking right?"
He rubbed his ringing head where the largebody had hit him. Then the heartless strode off. Riku tried to shake the ringing out of his ears but it only resulted in creating a whooping headache again.
Finally, after much pain and frustration, Riku crawled onto his so called bed and tried to fall asleep on the hard, cold surface.
Maybe this is just a dream, he thought though he knew it wasn't. Still, the thought helped him settled down into sleep.
~
"He has awoken," said a deep voice in a strange language.
"Good," replied a familiar bone chilling voice using the same language, "Does he know where he is or what happening?"
"No."
"Excellent."
"Master," started the first voice, "What about the girl, he was calling for her."
"I see." A dark figure could be seen pacing back and forth. He suddenly stopped and turned to the other large figure. "Bring him to me."
"Right away." The large figure bowed and walked out of the room towards the dungeon.
~
Riku woke with a start. He sung his legs over the side of the stone so the dangled just above the floor. He looked over through the bars of his prison.
I have to get out of here and find Mariha, he thought.
Then, a largebody came up to Riku's cell. It unlocked the barred door and walked in. Riku sprang to his feet in defense. He went to grab his sword then realized it wasn't there.
They must have taken it, thought Riku in anger. He cursed out loud. Still, he wasn't going without a fight.
He jumped at the largebody, but his efforts at an attack failed miserably. The heartless just grabbed Riku by the waist and flung him over its shoulder. It held him down on it with one powerful arm and, try as he might, Riku couldn't squirm free.
This is so embarrassing, he thought. Well, at least Mariha wasn't there to tease him. But as the largebody lead Riku through twisting halls and winding stairs, Riku changed his mind: Seeing Mariha now would be worth the humiliation.
The largebody kept walking and walking. Riku probably wasn't being carried for long but he felt bored and almost fell asleep on top of the heartless' shoulder.
Before Riku dozed off into sleep though, the largebody opened a door and dropped Riku on the floor; and wasn't careful about it. It then walked out the door and closed it with a bang.
"Yea, thanks for the lift," Riku said sarcastically.
He looked around him but the room was dark and Riku couldn't see a thing.
"Ah, we meet again," said a chilling voice that sent shivers up Riku's spine. He'd recognize that voice anywhere.
"Ansem show yourself!" Riku shouted, now on full alert.
"As you wish," replied Ansem coolly. He snapped his fingers and instantly the room lit up.
The sudden change of brightness blinded Riku for a second but got used to it quickly. He looked around but he couldn't see where all the light was coming from. He didn't notice Ansem walk up from behind him. Ansem put a hand on Riku's shoulder, which made Riku jump.
"Jumpy are we?" said Ansem.
"What do you want?" demanded Riku, "I told you to disappear from my life, and I'll never help you. No matter how much you tempt me or try to trick me. I'll never join you again."
"O that's not why I brought you here," said Ansem with a grin, "But I do want something else from you."
"O? And what would that be?" scoffed Riku, annoyed.
Ansem walked around from behind Riku. He walked up to a large curtain and flung it open. Behind was a window that over looked the barren dark waist land of Kingdom Hearts. Ansem showed Riku no evidence that he wanted Riku to come over to the window, but some instinct told him to go to it. It was a feeling too strong for him to fight off.
"Everlasting darkness," said Ansem when Riku looked out the window. Ansem didn't look at him but continued to stare out into the nothingness of Kingdom Hearts, "Except for fire, a natural element, there is no light. Fire isn't even a true source of light. Like that blue essence that you do not understand isn't a source of light though it glows. No, that and fire are just energy. Energy you can see. But light is more then that. And there is non here."
Riku thought all of this was pretty pointless, thought at least he knew now what that glow was and answered why, if this was the land of darkness, fire was allowed to emit light. But as Ansem paused, Riku didn't say a word. He didn't know what to say.
"'Look as hard as you are able. You'll no find even the smallest glimmer of light.' That is what I said to the Key bearer."
Riku looked at Ansem in surprise. Why is he talking about Sora, he thought.
Ansem didn't notice Riku's reaction and continued to speak. "But some how, he was right. The light over powered me when I opened the door to what I thought was darkness. But I'm trapped here now, so why do I see no light?"
Ansem turned to Riku and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "You! You know where it is! Tell me where it is so I can rid of it and be free!" he yelled. There was a raging fire in his cat like eyes, a fire that wanted to kill.
"What are you talking about" Riku yelled back and tried to free himself from Ansems grasp.
"Where is the light?" said Ansem tightening his grip.
"I don't know!" replied Riku, "I didn't even know about it!"
Ansem stared Riku in the eye. His piercing yellow eyes searched for any sign to catch Riku off guard. Riku felt uneasy being watched so closely but those mad eyes.
"You're lying," said Ansem in a whisper. He brought Riku's face close to his to search deeper within his eyes.
Riku kept a straight face and stared back, eyes unblinking. "Prove it," he said coolly.
Ansem grunted in aggravation and released Riku with a small shove. He walked away from the window and Riku watched, ready for him if he turned suddenly.
"What would you like my dear boy?" asked Ansem saying it in the kindest sounding voice an evil mad man like him could muster. He spun around to face Riku but didn't take a step toward him, "Power, riches, or to go home. Yes, yes that's it! I'll send you home if you show me where you're hiding the light."
Riku smiled sarcastically. "Didn't you hear what I said before? You can tempt me all you want but I'm not telling you anything."
Ansem frowned in irritation but brushed if off and smiled smugly again. "But I could make it like old times," he said, "You, Kairi and Sora could all be happy together again."
Riku shook his head.
"For Kairi to be in love with you."
Riku shook his head again.
Ansem thought for a second.
"Don't waist you time," said Riku simply, "Nothing you can offer will change my mind in helping you."
"Ok my final offer," Ansem said at last.
Riku sighed. "It doesn't matter," said Riku. This was such a waist of time. "I told you I don't know where it is. And even if I did, I still wouldn't tell you."
"O I think you won't be able to resist," replied Ansem with a glint in his eye.
Ansem waved his hand and an image of a six-year-old Riku appeared, and beside him, the girl named Naomi. But her face was hidden, thought Riku knew without a doubt it was her. But Ansem didn't know what she really looked like either, so it made sense.
"That's right," said to Riku who was frozen with shock, "You tell me where the light is, and I'll give you you're little friend back."
It was an offer Riku couldn't refuse. He wanted to see her so badly. He almost decided to do it. To tell Ansem that he'd go out and find the light for him if he would bring Naomi back.
But he needed to shake the feeling off. He couldn't just help Ansem win, he wouldn't. Besides, even for Ansem, bringing someone back to life was an impossible task. No, Ansem was pulling his strings. Naomi was dead. Maybe it was supposed to be that way. Maybe this was all part of his destiny he used to always question.
"No," he said finally.
"What?" said Ansem in surprise.
"I don't know where it is," Riku said firmly, "She's dead, no one can change that. Not even you."
"You leave me no choice," replied Ansem, trying hard not to jump out and kill Riku on the spot. He pulled out a dagger and held it firmly in his right hand.
"Kill me if you wish," said Riku standing perfectly still. Let him die. He didn't care anymore, "I'm not going to run."
"Now, now, why would I kill you? Then you wouldn't be able to tell me where the light is," said Ansem, "No, I'd much prefer to kill her."
He pointed to a table that appeared suddenly with the still body of Mariha lying on top.
"Mariha!" said Riku in both relief and distress.
"She can't here you!" said Ansem and laughed.
"What did you do?" said Riku, his blood beginning to boil.
Ansem walked up to Mariha. Riku tried to get there first, but for some reason he couldn't move. He looked down. His legs and arms were chained to the ground.
"Ah, I see we've found you soft spot," Ansem teased.
"Harm her and I'll rip you to pieces," said Riku in fury.
Ansem chuckled and ran the flat edge of the daggers blade across Mariha's forehead. She didn't stir.
"Leave her alone!" yelled Riku. He tried to move again but the chains stopped him from going anywhere.
Ansem continued to drag the blade across Mariha's face. Obviously gleeful at Riku's enraged response. Eventually, he brought it down to stop at her throat with the blades edge against it.
"Tell me where the light is!" commanded Ansem.
"I don't know where it is!" cried Riku desperately.
"Liar!"
"No! I really don't know!"
"I'll kill her."
"Please don't!"
Riku fell to his knees. Ansem looked at him for a moment. He stared emotionless at Riku's pleading eyes. Then, he looked at Mariha with a passion in his eyes that Riku thought Ansem could never posses.
"A beautiful flower," said Ansem stroking Mariha's cheek gently with the back of his other hand, "It's a shame she'll go to waist."
Riku gagged. Ansem was in love with Mariha!
Suddenly Ansem raised the dagger.
"Please stop!" cried Riku, forgetting everything.
Ansem brought the dagger down but Riku couldn't bear it. He put his head down and shut his eyes. He couldn't handle to see him kill her. But there was nothing he could do. He really didn't know where the light was. But Ansem didn't believe him, so there'd be no stopping him.
Riku still didn't look up when Ansem walked up to him and stuck him with the hilt of the dagger, knocking Riku out.
~*~
"What are you talking about?" said Sora, "How can you not know what it is?"
"Sorry kid, this here gummi is something I've never seen before. It must be very rare," replied Cid.
Sora sighed and took the gummi from Cid.
"So, um, how are we going to get to Sora's island?" asked Goofy.
Goofy looked at Donald but the duck shrugged.
"Actually, come to think of it," started Cid, "There's one person that might know how to use it..."
"Really! Where is he?" asked Sora eagerly. He couldn't wait to go home.
"His name is Buzz and he lives in Andy's House," said Cid, "Here, you'll need this gummi to get there."
"Thanks!" said Sora. He, Donald and Goofy said their goodbyes and left the castle. They border their gummi ship and set the course to a new world.
AN: Done for now, I'll try and update more later.... Please review! (You can probably tell I'm not at ALL hyper today... *tear* isn't that sad?)
Disclaimers: How many times do I have to say it? I don't own anything! Every time I write a chapter and put this up is makes me feel more and more pathetic than before... o well, go my few OC's! *huggs Mariha, Natia, Naomi and Alee* *All: o.O*
Caught like Flies
Sora walked down one of the many halls in the enormous castle of Hollow Bastion. He strolled along, finally rid of Donald and Goofy for a while, until he came to a door.
I don't remember this here before, he thought and reached to turn the knob.
He walked inside. It was a study. There were books all over a small desk in the middle of the room. There was a big window behind it, right across from the door but its drawn curtains hid it. There were a few small couches and cushioned chairs close the surrounding walls.
"What are you doing here?" said a familiar voice that caused Sora to jump.
"Huh?" said Sora and stared at the person who had talked to him from in a corner.
"You heard me," replied the person, "I thought you went home."
Sora stared at that corner where there sitting on a tall stool was Cloud. The room was dim being only lit by a few candles on the desk and Cloud just looked like a shadow cast upon the wall.
"Cloud?" said Sora in a sudden shock. He didn't know that Cloud had come here too with the others. But he quickly recovered himself to answer Clouds question. "I was going to go home, but there's one more thing I need to do first."
Cloud nodded, "I see."
There was a silence. Sora knew Cloud was the quiet type, but the silence always made Sora fidgety so he sat down on a nearby chair.
"So," Sora began, looking for any way to strike up a conversation, "What are you doing here? Did you find who you were looking for yet?"
Cloud showed no signs of hearing Sora and for a second Sora thought that he wouldn't reply.
"Yes," he said finally.
"That's good," said Sora and relaxed in his chair that was more like a one-person sofa.
"Have you found who you were looking for?" asked Cloud in a sudden interest to continue the conversation.
"I did," said Sora happily, "Her name is Kairi and she's back home on my island right now. I'm just waiting for Cid to install a gummi on our ship to take us there."
Cloud nodded again, "Then what else do you have to do if you're going home but need something to do first?"
"Well, that's kind of a long story," said Sora scratching his head.
"I'm not going anywhere in a hurry," said Cloud.
So Sora told him about how he needed to find Riku and his adventures in the Pride Lands. All through Sora's story Cloud listened without a word. He seemed to prefer listening rather then speaking and Sora was relived to be the one talking anyway.
"I see," said Cloud when Sora had finished, "Well, I wish you good luck in finding you friend."
He got up and headed for the door. Sora just sat, waiting for him to leave but then suddenly sprang up out of his seat.
"Wait!" she said as Cloud opened the door to step outside, "Who were you looking for? Who did you find?"
Cloud paused, but then looked directly at Sora. "Her name is Arieth."
He continued through the door.
Arieth, thought Sora in surprise, The same Arieth from Traverse Town? Crazy!
Sora shrugged and looked around the room. When Donald burst through the door.
"There you are!" he yelled. Yelling seemed to be his only means of speaking, "Cid's done!"
"Ok, I'm coming," replied Sora.
Donald snorted and stomped out and down the hall. Sora had to conceal his laughter and followed, carefully closing the door behind him.
~*~
Riku awoke to be welcomed with a throbbing headache. It took him a moment to focus his eyes to the light. It was very dim, lit by small flaming torches along the wall, but it still stung his eyes for a moment. When his eyes adjusted, he found himself in a small square room with three walls of stone. To his surprise, the fourth wall was open only there were steel vertical bars cutting off an escape. He was in a dungeon.
Riku panicked. What had happened? Where was Mariha? The only thing he could see in his small cell was a slab of flat stone that stuck out of the wall with chains holding it up so it fashioned a kind of bed. Bed wasn't even a name appropriate for it; it was more like a 'sleeping place'.
The light came from outside of Riku's cell leaving some of its corners completely hidden in the shadow. Riku looked hard and went over to them to make sure he wasn't missing anything, but Mariha wasn't there. He went to the metal bars and clung on to them while he looked out. Outside was a hall. There were other cells like his along the same wall his was on. But it was so dark that he couldn't see into them. But maybe Mariha was in one of them.
"Mariha!" he called.
No answer.
"Mariha!" he called again, "Can you hear me?"
Suddenly, a largebody appeared from around the corner. It walked strait to Riku, but he didn't notice it coming for he was looking the other way and was still calling for Mariha. It grabbed Riku's wrist. Riku jumped and cried out in surprise. He looked up at the large heartless. There was a long stare down then the largebody let go of Riku's wrist but struck him in the face, causing Riku to fall backwards.
"I get it," said Riku mostly to himself, "No talking right?"
He rubbed his ringing head where the largebody had hit him. Then the heartless strode off. Riku tried to shake the ringing out of his ears but it only resulted in creating a whooping headache again.
Finally, after much pain and frustration, Riku crawled onto his so called bed and tried to fall asleep on the hard, cold surface.
Maybe this is just a dream, he thought though he knew it wasn't. Still, the thought helped him settled down into sleep.
~
"He has awoken," said a deep voice in a strange language.
"Good," replied a familiar bone chilling voice using the same language, "Does he know where he is or what happening?"
"No."
"Excellent."
"Master," started the first voice, "What about the girl, he was calling for her."
"I see." A dark figure could be seen pacing back and forth. He suddenly stopped and turned to the other large figure. "Bring him to me."
"Right away." The large figure bowed and walked out of the room towards the dungeon.
~
Riku woke with a start. He sung his legs over the side of the stone so the dangled just above the floor. He looked over through the bars of his prison.
I have to get out of here and find Mariha, he thought.
Then, a largebody came up to Riku's cell. It unlocked the barred door and walked in. Riku sprang to his feet in defense. He went to grab his sword then realized it wasn't there.
They must have taken it, thought Riku in anger. He cursed out loud. Still, he wasn't going without a fight.
He jumped at the largebody, but his efforts at an attack failed miserably. The heartless just grabbed Riku by the waist and flung him over its shoulder. It held him down on it with one powerful arm and, try as he might, Riku couldn't squirm free.
This is so embarrassing, he thought. Well, at least Mariha wasn't there to tease him. But as the largebody lead Riku through twisting halls and winding stairs, Riku changed his mind: Seeing Mariha now would be worth the humiliation.
The largebody kept walking and walking. Riku probably wasn't being carried for long but he felt bored and almost fell asleep on top of the heartless' shoulder.
Before Riku dozed off into sleep though, the largebody opened a door and dropped Riku on the floor; and wasn't careful about it. It then walked out the door and closed it with a bang.
"Yea, thanks for the lift," Riku said sarcastically.
He looked around him but the room was dark and Riku couldn't see a thing.
"Ah, we meet again," said a chilling voice that sent shivers up Riku's spine. He'd recognize that voice anywhere.
"Ansem show yourself!" Riku shouted, now on full alert.
"As you wish," replied Ansem coolly. He snapped his fingers and instantly the room lit up.
The sudden change of brightness blinded Riku for a second but got used to it quickly. He looked around but he couldn't see where all the light was coming from. He didn't notice Ansem walk up from behind him. Ansem put a hand on Riku's shoulder, which made Riku jump.
"Jumpy are we?" said Ansem.
"What do you want?" demanded Riku, "I told you to disappear from my life, and I'll never help you. No matter how much you tempt me or try to trick me. I'll never join you again."
"O that's not why I brought you here," said Ansem with a grin, "But I do want something else from you."
"O? And what would that be?" scoffed Riku, annoyed.
Ansem walked around from behind Riku. He walked up to a large curtain and flung it open. Behind was a window that over looked the barren dark waist land of Kingdom Hearts. Ansem showed Riku no evidence that he wanted Riku to come over to the window, but some instinct told him to go to it. It was a feeling too strong for him to fight off.
"Everlasting darkness," said Ansem when Riku looked out the window. Ansem didn't look at him but continued to stare out into the nothingness of Kingdom Hearts, "Except for fire, a natural element, there is no light. Fire isn't even a true source of light. Like that blue essence that you do not understand isn't a source of light though it glows. No, that and fire are just energy. Energy you can see. But light is more then that. And there is non here."
Riku thought all of this was pretty pointless, thought at least he knew now what that glow was and answered why, if this was the land of darkness, fire was allowed to emit light. But as Ansem paused, Riku didn't say a word. He didn't know what to say.
"'Look as hard as you are able. You'll no find even the smallest glimmer of light.' That is what I said to the Key bearer."
Riku looked at Ansem in surprise. Why is he talking about Sora, he thought.
Ansem didn't notice Riku's reaction and continued to speak. "But some how, he was right. The light over powered me when I opened the door to what I thought was darkness. But I'm trapped here now, so why do I see no light?"
Ansem turned to Riku and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. "You! You know where it is! Tell me where it is so I can rid of it and be free!" he yelled. There was a raging fire in his cat like eyes, a fire that wanted to kill.
"What are you talking about" Riku yelled back and tried to free himself from Ansems grasp.
"Where is the light?" said Ansem tightening his grip.
"I don't know!" replied Riku, "I didn't even know about it!"
Ansem stared Riku in the eye. His piercing yellow eyes searched for any sign to catch Riku off guard. Riku felt uneasy being watched so closely but those mad eyes.
"You're lying," said Ansem in a whisper. He brought Riku's face close to his to search deeper within his eyes.
Riku kept a straight face and stared back, eyes unblinking. "Prove it," he said coolly.
Ansem grunted in aggravation and released Riku with a small shove. He walked away from the window and Riku watched, ready for him if he turned suddenly.
"What would you like my dear boy?" asked Ansem saying it in the kindest sounding voice an evil mad man like him could muster. He spun around to face Riku but didn't take a step toward him, "Power, riches, or to go home. Yes, yes that's it! I'll send you home if you show me where you're hiding the light."
Riku smiled sarcastically. "Didn't you hear what I said before? You can tempt me all you want but I'm not telling you anything."
Ansem frowned in irritation but brushed if off and smiled smugly again. "But I could make it like old times," he said, "You, Kairi and Sora could all be happy together again."
Riku shook his head.
"For Kairi to be in love with you."
Riku shook his head again.
Ansem thought for a second.
"Don't waist you time," said Riku simply, "Nothing you can offer will change my mind in helping you."
"Ok my final offer," Ansem said at last.
Riku sighed. "It doesn't matter," said Riku. This was such a waist of time. "I told you I don't know where it is. And even if I did, I still wouldn't tell you."
"O I think you won't be able to resist," replied Ansem with a glint in his eye.
Ansem waved his hand and an image of a six-year-old Riku appeared, and beside him, the girl named Naomi. But her face was hidden, thought Riku knew without a doubt it was her. But Ansem didn't know what she really looked like either, so it made sense.
"That's right," said to Riku who was frozen with shock, "You tell me where the light is, and I'll give you you're little friend back."
It was an offer Riku couldn't refuse. He wanted to see her so badly. He almost decided to do it. To tell Ansem that he'd go out and find the light for him if he would bring Naomi back.
But he needed to shake the feeling off. He couldn't just help Ansem win, he wouldn't. Besides, even for Ansem, bringing someone back to life was an impossible task. No, Ansem was pulling his strings. Naomi was dead. Maybe it was supposed to be that way. Maybe this was all part of his destiny he used to always question.
"No," he said finally.
"What?" said Ansem in surprise.
"I don't know where it is," Riku said firmly, "She's dead, no one can change that. Not even you."
"You leave me no choice," replied Ansem, trying hard not to jump out and kill Riku on the spot. He pulled out a dagger and held it firmly in his right hand.
"Kill me if you wish," said Riku standing perfectly still. Let him die. He didn't care anymore, "I'm not going to run."
"Now, now, why would I kill you? Then you wouldn't be able to tell me where the light is," said Ansem, "No, I'd much prefer to kill her."
He pointed to a table that appeared suddenly with the still body of Mariha lying on top.
"Mariha!" said Riku in both relief and distress.
"She can't here you!" said Ansem and laughed.
"What did you do?" said Riku, his blood beginning to boil.
Ansem walked up to Mariha. Riku tried to get there first, but for some reason he couldn't move. He looked down. His legs and arms were chained to the ground.
"Ah, I see we've found you soft spot," Ansem teased.
"Harm her and I'll rip you to pieces," said Riku in fury.
Ansem chuckled and ran the flat edge of the daggers blade across Mariha's forehead. She didn't stir.
"Leave her alone!" yelled Riku. He tried to move again but the chains stopped him from going anywhere.
Ansem continued to drag the blade across Mariha's face. Obviously gleeful at Riku's enraged response. Eventually, he brought it down to stop at her throat with the blades edge against it.
"Tell me where the light is!" commanded Ansem.
"I don't know where it is!" cried Riku desperately.
"Liar!"
"No! I really don't know!"
"I'll kill her."
"Please don't!"
Riku fell to his knees. Ansem looked at him for a moment. He stared emotionless at Riku's pleading eyes. Then, he looked at Mariha with a passion in his eyes that Riku thought Ansem could never posses.
"A beautiful flower," said Ansem stroking Mariha's cheek gently with the back of his other hand, "It's a shame she'll go to waist."
Riku gagged. Ansem was in love with Mariha!
Suddenly Ansem raised the dagger.
"Please stop!" cried Riku, forgetting everything.
Ansem brought the dagger down but Riku couldn't bear it. He put his head down and shut his eyes. He couldn't handle to see him kill her. But there was nothing he could do. He really didn't know where the light was. But Ansem didn't believe him, so there'd be no stopping him.
Riku still didn't look up when Ansem walked up to him and stuck him with the hilt of the dagger, knocking Riku out.
~*~
"What are you talking about?" said Sora, "How can you not know what it is?"
"Sorry kid, this here gummi is something I've never seen before. It must be very rare," replied Cid.
Sora sighed and took the gummi from Cid.
"So, um, how are we going to get to Sora's island?" asked Goofy.
Goofy looked at Donald but the duck shrugged.
"Actually, come to think of it," started Cid, "There's one person that might know how to use it..."
"Really! Where is he?" asked Sora eagerly. He couldn't wait to go home.
"His name is Buzz and he lives in Andy's House," said Cid, "Here, you'll need this gummi to get there."
"Thanks!" said Sora. He, Donald and Goofy said their goodbyes and left the castle. They border their gummi ship and set the course to a new world.
AN: Done for now, I'll try and update more later.... Please review! (You can probably tell I'm not at ALL hyper today... *tear* isn't that sad?)