Chapter Nine: Riku. Perseverance. I had homework to do and my parents were yelling at me.

Will, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate,
Can circumvent or hinder or control
The firm resolve of a determined soul.
Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great;
All things give away before it, soon or late.
What obstacle can stay the might force
Of the sea-seeking river in its course,
Or cause the ascending orb of day to wait?

Each well-born soul must win what it deserves.
Let the fool prate of luck. The fortunate
Is he whose earnest purpose never swerves,
Whose slightest action or inaction serves
The one great aim. Why, even Death stands still,
And waits an hour sometimes for such a will.

Okay, I really have no idea why I picked such a poem for Riku-chan!! Anyways, ehm, I guess…Riku got accepted by the darkness…worked so hard to get the Keyblade (even though Sora got it back eventually sweatdrop), was able to control the Heartless, et cetera et cetera. I dunno, maybe this poem fits Sora better…?

Marinawings: Thanks…I think I'll end this soon, I have a lot more fics to work on…sigh maybe another FF fic will be on its way!

Xylacorabi: 0.0 I thought so…or maybe you never really DO write stories and are just fooling me into believe you have plots and you actually suck at writing as bad as Ketara does. heh heh...oops…shouldn't have said that…Ket will kill me now…THE MAN WHO MISSES ALL THE FUN IS THE PERSON WHO SAYS IT CAN'T BE DONE YOU IDIOT! THAT MEANT NOT TIDUS! STUPID! glare you…gay…ass…

Kuso...that took so long to format...STUPID FRONTPAGE! YAY AT LEAST IT'S NOT SCREWED UP ANYMORE! ...I mean, next chapter will be Kairi or someone random like that. I'm jumping around…then again, that'll be the second Kingdom Hearts poem in a row 0.0 dear dear, I think Virtues won't be so long after all. After Riku, there'll be Kairi, and the epilogue, and that's it. Eleven chapters. Two short of my mark…oh well! At least I can get onto my KuroroNeon! Yay! Xylacorabi, NO comment about Kairi's giggling either. As annoying as it is. IT WAS HER VOICE ACTOR'S FAULT!! Ja!