Awaken

Author's Notes: NYOOOO! LAST CHAPTER! (sobble... sobble...) I'm going to miss this fic. TT I just wonder why I never got any love for it. I mean, besides my shoddy spelling and grammar on occasion, it was good... So, I encourage you, my readers, to at least leave me a review on your way out. I would like to than East Kaioshin for continually reviewing me from early on, because you rock that way. Enjoy the conclusion!

Conclusion: Sounds

And we were done-done-done with all the

Fuck-fuck-fucking around

("Black Cadillacs", Modest Mouse)

"Wake up, Sora! Please wake up!"

"R... Riku..."

"Wake up, Sora! Please wake up!"

"Riku...? I can hear you, but..."

"Wake up, Sora!" Donald quacked into Sora's ear. Sora jumped, snapping awake.

"Wha...?" Sora frowned, staring around. It was bright daylight on the path in the middle of nowhere. The grass was shimmering and green, the sky was azure and blue, dotted with fluffy white clouds. The hills rolled for miles. Goofy and Donald were both leaning over him curiously. "What happened? I just had the strangest dream!"

"Well, why doncha tell us about it?" Goofy suggested innocuously.

"I... I was back in Destiny Island, and Riku was there, and there were millions and billions of Heartless!" Sora babbled, rubbing his head to try and remember. "And... I think I ate half of a Paopu, and there was this keychain that glowed, and little white balls... Riku called them Hope, I think..." Sora's voice slowed considerably, as he began to draw blanks. "And... tug-of-war... and Ansem saying something about a perfect circle... And..." He paused. "I dunno. I don't remember much more."

"You just miss Riku, and your home." Donald clucked comfortingly. "It was just a dream."

"More like a nightmare... Hm, left a bittersweet taste in my mouth, too." Sora spit onto the ground. "Ugh." He grunted, wiping his lips. Roughly, he got to his feet. Out from the hood of his vest flew a tiny white ball. "What the-"

"Is that one'a them 'hope' things?" Goofy inquired, pointing at it.

"Yeah, looks like it... Then does that mean...?" Sora put a hand into his pocket, and found a keychain with a tiny white ball on the end of it.

"Whoa..." Goofy and Donald gasped simultaneously.

"It can't be... that was just a dream, right?" Sora laughed nervously. "Let's just leave this behind..."

"Nah, keep it. It's probably coincidence." Donald insisted. "Besides, it's pretty nice-looking."

"Alright then..." Sora clipped the keychain onto the Keyblade, which turned it into the Kingdom Key, but Sora didn't notice. "Let's go, then!" He pointed at Pluto, who was scratching his head seven yards away, and the group continued to chase Pluto.

Riku floated downward in the void, blood still dripping slowly from his head. His clothes were torn and dirty, not to mention blood-stained. His face was solid white, without even a tinge of pink. His arms were folded across his chest as though he were already in the coffinthat he was inevitably falling towards. He stared at the nonexistant sky, and weakly grasped at the blood floating around him. "Hello, little red friend..." Riku mumbled. As he unfolded his arms from his chest, a book escaped the confines of his shirt pocket. "What now...?" Carefully, he grasped it. "Book... of... dreams..." Riku read to himself, his voice becoming muddled with delirium. "I have a dream... I'm going to dream about Sora..." His fingers covered in blood, he wrote with a shaking hand; "SORA". With that, Riku lost his motor control, and the book slipped from his grasp, falling in the newfound gravity. Riku fell with it, feeling weaker every second, and the pain screaming at him.

Suddenly, Riku jumped awake. His head was heavily bandaged, and he was outside somewhere dark. It was night, and thousands of tiny stars twinkled above him. His clothes were gone, and he was wearing a black robe. His hands were covered in half-scrubbed off bloodstains. He was on a dusty path, and there seemed no end to the empty wasteland of barren green grasses and a slightly clouded sky. He noticed Mickey sitting cross-legged a few feet away, packing away a first aid kit. "Your Majesty?" Riku mumbled, his voice weak and soft.

"Oh, are you awake?" Mickey whirled to look at Riku, grinning. "When we fell outta that place, you musta had a nasty fall. Bumped your head real good, you were soaked in... well, you know." Mickey chuckled to himself. "I gotta say, you scared me when you ran off. I can't believe you just ran off into all'a them Heartless! I don't know how you survived. I don't even know how we got out."

"I went home..." Riku murmured, his voice stronger. "I saw Sora..."

"Probably delirium." Mickey assured Riku calmly.

"Sora's safe now, I was sure I got that evil dark Eiya thing down..."

"Well, if it makes you feel better." Mickey chirped, grinning. "Come on, this path has to lead somewhere, and we're going to find it. Oh, and here's your book." He handed Riku the Book of Dreams.

"This!" Riku snatched it, and opened it up. "This is how we got out..." He flipped open the book, showing Mickey what he'd written. "Sora was here."

"Well, if he was here, he's gone now. The only question is... which way he went." Mickey puzzled to himself. "This way looks good... and that way's perfectly fine..."

"He went that way." Riku asserted, pointing. "I can feel it... Sora and I... our hearts are one."

"If you say so, Riku." Mickey chuckled, and he pulled Riku to his feet. "You okay to walk?"

"Just a little shaky. Just stay beside me, please..." Riku sighed, as he leaned a hand on Mickey's shoulder. He heard a strange sound, far in the distance. "What was that?" Riku gasped.

"It's where we're going, Riku." Sora's voice sounded beside him. Riku turned, and saw Sora on the other side of him, holding his hand to keep him steady.

"Soooora..." Riku whispered to himself.

"Riku...? Uh, hello, Riku?" Mickey blinked, as Riku stared into nothingness.

"Come on, Riku, this way." Sora urged Riku, and began to run.

"Sora? Sora!" Riku shouted, as Sora vanished over the horizon. He chased after him.

"Hang on! Riku! Riku!" Mickey yelped, as Riku ran off, yelling Sora's name to an empty sky. All that was in Riku's head, at the moment, was the sound of Sora's voice, and the memory of a whispered promise;

"Someday, let's get out of here. You and me, together!"

FIN-

Final Author's Notes: This will all eventually be revised withbetter grammar and spelling. The meaning of some occurences within the story are open to interpretation, and I'd love to hear what you think. Leave a review for me!

PS: Possible Sequel? Hm.(continues playing Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories) We'll see...