Hola! Thanx for the reviews! Been busy with a Spanish project, so this chappie might be a little short. By the way, the name I used, Orilla, I'm pretty sure it means shore, but I'm nut positive. So, any spanish speakers…Help? Also, I'm finally starting PS's sequel, Mirror Image! Thanx for the title goes to Mitskie Zala! Gracias, Merci, thank you, arigatou, ect.

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Riku

His lips are so soft, and he tastes like the sweetest honey. I pull back and look into his eyes. His marvelous, innocent, blue eyes. They're so beautiful.

"Sora," I whisper, reaching out a gloved hand to stroke his cheek. He smiles, his eyes strangely bright, and a tear drips down his face.

"What's wrong?" I ask. He shakes his head, the spikes getting even messier, and snuggles his head into my chest.

"I love you Riku," he whispers, wrapping his arms around me. I stiffen and pull away slightly. Do I love him? Do I really love him? I don't… I don't know. He's become so important to me, but at the same time I just don't know. I've only known him for about a month, so is this just a crush, or am I really in love.

"Riku…?" He asks. I don't want to hurt him, but I don't want to lie to him either. I pull away, leaving his warm embrace, and turn around. He wraps his arms around me from behind and snuggles his head into my back. I smile a little bit, and put a hand over his arms. Maybe I am falling in love?

Whatever this feeling is, I just know that I want to be with him.

"Riku…"

Who the hell is that? If this is Selphie playing some immature joke, I swear I'll…

"Riku…"

I scoot out of Sora's arms, wrapping them around spare blanket instead, and quietly look at him. Sora looks so innocent, so angelic, sleeping like that. Kneeling, I place a light kiss on his forehead and run off.

"Riku…"

"Who the hell is this?" I scream angrily. It's the night middle of the night!

"Be warned…"

Of what? It's not like I can die. I wait a few minutes, the tense silence cutting into the night. A light breeze floats past, blowing the leaves across the ground. The voice doesn't return.

Suddenly, the wind picks up, and something hits me square in the chest.

It's a lavender strip of cloth, silk and richly made. It's part of the dress I gave to Kairi! That means we're one step closer.

Then I notice the footprints on the ground. Two people walking, two being dragged. This must be it, the trail.

"Sora!" I call, racing back to camp. We're so close, every minute counts. Sora and Sewlphie look sleepily up at me and I throw everything into our pack.

"I found a trail. It's fresh, and who ever came through was only here about an hour ago. We must make haste." Sora and Selphie are wide-awake, helping load the equipment. Soon we're off, trailing the kidnappers by the trail.

Sora

Ummm… Riku's so warm. I snuggle closer into him, wrapping my arms tighter around him. No! I can't get attached. I have to kill him. It's the only way to save Kairi and Namine. And besides, I've only known him for about a month, so it's not like he's as important as my sisters, right?

I loosen my grip on him, when I see her. Namine. She's right in front of Riku, calling his name. She doesn't even see me. I reach out to her, but my arm passes through her. What the…? Riku stirs, looking right through Namine who just smiles. I pretend to be asleep as Riku loosens my arms from around him and kisses me on the forehead. Then he follows Namine off into the forest.

My forehead is tingling, and somehow I feel protected, like Riku will always be there to save me. But he won't, because I'm going to kill him, and then he'll be sent to hell. I shouldn't get attached, but then if I'm not attached, what is this feeling buried inside of me. It's almost as if I really do love him.

That can't be, can it. Suddenly, Namine appears before me. "Don't be afraid Sora. It's okay to love him. It's your destiny." Namine? I reach out for her, but my hand passes right through her.

"What does this mean?" I ask. She smiles a bit more, this intelligently sad look in her eyes, as if she knows what will happen, but she can't stop it.

"It means…" She looks down at me with those depressing eyes, "that fate is finally taking place." She disappears, vanishing into thin air.

Everything goes black, and before I know it, Riku's screaming my name and we're off hunting for Kairi and Namine. Only they don't know it's a wild goose chase. The only way to get Kairi and Namine back is to kill Riku.

I follow him, watching him as he bends over to check the trail. His ass is so…. Okay, I never thought that, or maybe I did. Physical attraction is harmless, as long as I don't actually fall for him. Though he's so perfect it's hard not to.

Shoulder length, silky silver hair that glimmers in the sun and glows in the moonlight, illuminating his pale skin and thin pink lips. And his eyes, the embodiment of perfection, as if the ocean is peering out at you from cold eyes that hide so much. They hide so much love, caring, so much kindness that Riku definitely considers weak.

His personality hides so much also. He keeps up his cold façade, pretending not to care, but he's really worried on the inside. He's worried…About Kairi and Namine. He's worried that they'll die, that I'll die, and I'm plotting to kill him.

When I do kill him, will I ever be able to get over the guilt of his blood staining my hands?

Heaven

"This isn't right! How dare that thing do that to our plans! It's not right! Love should never be used to help hate!" Yuffie's steaming, red in the face with vivid anger.

"Yuffie, love has always been used for the wrong purposes. Love is inextricably bound to hatred, just as light is forever bound to darkness. One cannot have happiness without suffering. The two both exist for a reason. Remember, our job isn't to eliminate one, it's to keep balance between the two." Yuffie seems to only get angrier at Sephiroth's words, plopping into her seat.

"Sephiroth's right," Leon's deep voice adds in, "we must wait for fate to decide what is going to happen. We're only here to guide and observe."

All the male gods nod in agreement, and Yuffie sighs. "I know, but, why is life down there so harsh?" The gods are silent for a while, and no one answers. After all, there are no answers when human greed is involved.

Sora

The trail is dwindling down, but something's coming up, something big. I know Riku and Selphie can feel it. Selphie's stiff as a cornered animal, and Riku's hand is at the hilt of Soul Eater. Our nerves are so strung, anything could set us off.

"Let's rest for tonight," I suggest, my voice surprising even me. Though we do desperately need a rest. After all, I need more time to get Riku to fall in love with me. Then Riku tosses me a wooden sword.

"Let's spar." It's more like a command than a suggestion. I ready my wooden sword and lunge at him. I think he did this on purpose, because he knows I need to vent. He blocks my attack smoothly, without even flinching. His cold façade is back on, and at that moment, I hate him so much. I hate his false coldness. How can he be so emotionless when my sisters are in danger? How can he be so carefree wen they could be dead?

I barely notice pushing him backwards. I barely notice his eyes widening in surprise. I barely notice dodging his attacks with ease. The next thing I know, I'm over him with my fake sword pressed against his neck and panting. For once, he's panting as well.

"I win," I smirk, but his foot comes out and trips my, sending me crashing to the ground.

"Like I said before-" he says between gasps, "I never loose."

Now's the perfect time for my act. I snuggle up to him, wrapping my arms around him and burying my head into his chest. "Riku, I love you."

He stiffens, but he doesn't pull away. It's progress. He wraps his arms around me and pulls me closer. He doesn't say anything for a while, but the silence is comfortable.

"Sora?" He asks.

"Hmmm…" I mutter tiredly.

"Do you know all of the constellations?" He flips us over so we're side by side, looking up into the majestic night sky.

"No," I answer. "Can you teach me?" He weaves our hands together and uses his free hand to point upwards at the stars.

"This is the North star…" I listen absentmindedly, absorbing the knowledge, but most of me is working on memorizing his face. His bright eyes, his silky hair, everything about him is so perfect.

"So, do you know what the stars are?" I ask, pointing to a bright star that catches my eye. He squeezes my hand in his, and I can feel myself blushing. I'm probably as red as a tomato.

"I heard that every star is a different world. And when a star goes out it means a world is dying." He turns towards me, and traces his free hand over my face, cupping my cheek in his hand.

"There's no need to be afraid Sora." He whispers.

"Why not?" I ask, nervous, happy and sad all at the same time. I think I just realized that I love him, and I don't think I can kill him. I don't think I've ever been able to kill him.

He leans in towards me, mouth brushing my ear, and whispers, "because I love you too."

No. This can't happen, not when I made that promise. Now I have to kill him. I have to murder him when I just realized that I live him. Whoever said 'it's better to love and to lose than to never love at all' didn't know what the hell they were talking about.

I don't really have a choice though. Inside I'm dying, but outside I smile and hug him, breathing in his scent for the last time, because tomorrow he'll be gone. He falls asleep in about an hour, but I stay up, wondering if I made the right choice, and crying inside because I already know the answer.

I'll kill him tomorrow.

Heaven

"This isn't going so well," Sephiroth states, a small frown marring his face.

"You're telling me!" Yuffie shouts, almost angrily, stomping her foot. "If Sora kills Riku, everything is ruined and we have to go with the second option! There's no way in hell I'm going to give partial control of heaven to that maniac!"

"Do remember, those maniacs are two halves of a whole. So each one is the reflection of the other." Cloud speaks calmly, eyes facing downwards and arms crossed in thought.

"What if he is the person directing all of this?" Leon asks.

"That's impossible!" Yuffie cries. "How would he know?"

"It is possible," Sephiroth drawls, "but not likely. Besides, that shouldn't be our main concern. Our main concern should be preventing Riku from dying."

His words strike true, and the gods settle in to think for a while. Even Yuffie is dead silent.

"Right now Riku is only using one side of his heart, the dark side. What if we teach him to use the other side as well?" Cloud suggests. Suddenly, Sephiroth grins eerily.

"That can be my job."

Riku

I hate when they come to my dreams like this. Who? The gods, of course. The last time they came was when they sentenced me to this, and now that I'm finally free, here they come again.

"Hello Riku," a voice calls my name, and I turn to face a tall, silver haired man with greenish eyes.

"Hello," I speak cautiously but confidently.

He pulls out an incredibly long sword from it's sheath, and the metal gleams in the pure white expanse we're in.

"The gods have asked me to test you. Can you defeat me?" His smirk is really beginning to get on my nerves.

"I can try," I reply. He lunges at me with unpredicted speed and I barely manage to block with the two swords that appear in my hand.

Ii don't have any time to attack before he strikes again. Damn he's fast! And he's strong too. If one of those strikes had hit me, I would have been dead.

The dance continues, he attacks constantly, keeping me from attacking, while I block all of his hits. My arms are starting to shake after each strike, proof of his strength when I see an opening.

I shoot my dark firaga at him, and it hits, only to have nothing happen.

"Did you really think you could hit me, a god, with an attack of darkness?" he laughs, a cold sound that fills me with dread.

"Look at you're weapons." Despite my rebellious nature, I take a look at the twin blades that appeared in my hands. One is completely black with a dark purple handle, and a scythe like blade curved at the end.

The other one is similar, but it is a bright silver, almost blinding, and unlike the other one, t seems to hold a beautiful light somewhere deep down inside. The handle is the exact shade of Sora's eyes.

"Those keyblades represent your heart. You are a very…Unusual case, seeing as you have the exact same amount of light in darkness in your heart. However, you only use one side. If you are to be useful to us, you must learn to harness the other side, the light inside your heart. When you do that, then you can defeat me."

The light in my heart. He must mean my love…For Sora. That is my light, and that's the reason why the blade has a handle the color of his eyes.

"Riku!" Sora' voice!

I instantly wake up to see Sora staring at me, eyes wide with fear. Shadows surround us, and Selphie's bravely fighting them off, but there are way too many. The keyblades come to my hands, their new weight somehow familiar.

He told me to harness the light.

My light is Sora. The Sora with wide, innocent blue eyes, the Sora who I would die for, the Sora I love.

Light gathers in my hands and I grasp the silver keyblade in both hands, letting the other one fall to the ground. I jam the keyblade into the soil, and light bursts from it, heading out in a huge circle, destroying the heartless on it's path of destruction.

Then the dizziness comes over me. Black dots spin before my eyes, and the surroundings are blurry. Sora catches me, and I lean on him for once. The man from he ambush appears.

"Very good Sora, you did a fantastic job." What the hell? What's he talking about?

"Sorry Riku," Sora whispers and grab the blade I gave him, the blade that belongs to the only two people I've ever truly loved, and runs it through my stomach.

It hurts so bad, and I can feel the blood pouring from my wound, tasting the coppery substance in my mouth. I slip from his support and fall to the ground with a heavy thump. But none of this hurts as much as the hude hole in my heart. How could Sora do this. He told me he loved me. He tricked me. I can hear Selphie running towards me, crying for me, and yelling at Sora.

I look into his eyes, and I don't see the innocent boy I fell in love with. I see a monster, a cruel and hideous monster.

"I hate you Sora," Those are my last words before everything goes black.

Sora

I want t cry, but now isn't the time for that. "We had a deal," I tall the man. "Where are my sisters?" Selphie looks t me with horror in her eyes.

"Deal? Sora, what deal are you talking about?" The man turns towards me.

"I reconsidered the deal. I really don't think it's fair, after all, you only did one thing to me and I have to give you two girls. Here's one of your sisters, the other will stay with me. He tosses me Namine, unconscious and dirty, and before I can protest, he disappears along with Riku's body.

"Sora, what deal did you make with that monster?" Selphie practically screams. I look away in shame.

"You can't be Sora! The Sora I knew would never sacrifice an innocent person for anything!" I stare at her.

"It was for my sisters, Selphie." She glares at me then.

"There were other ways, Sora. You were never forced to kill anyone." She turns away from me and lifts Namine. She's small, but she's definitely not weak.

"Where are you going?" I ask. She turns around and looks at me as if I'm pond scum. Perhaps I am.

"I'm taking Namine and going home. Nobody's safe around you Sora. Maybe you'll sacrifice me next to get back Kairi." No I would never…

"He really loved you Sora! You broke his shell. A shell he's been working on for a long time. He trusted you and you stabbed him in the back, or actually the stomach. Goodbye Sora!" And with that she turns away, grabbing most of he money and her supplies. And then she's gone.

And I'm left alone.

Now is the time for crying, so I look to the sky and let the tears run down my face. The sky is gray and gloomy, perfect for today. Why did I do it? I can still see the pure love, the pure trust in his eyes when he told me he loved me. He was completely open, and their was so much pain, so much he wanted me to heal.

But I only made things worse. The pain in his eyes when he told me he hated me, too much sorrow for anyone to hold. He was always there to protect me, to take care of me when I was sick, yet I failed him. I failed him in the worst possible way. I don't know who I hate more right now, the hooded man, or myself.