Pearlescent Tears

Summary: SEQUEL TO CRYSTALLINE KEY Rain: It was falling outside. It was falling down her cheeks and onto her damp pillow. It was the name of the girl alone in her dim-lit home, crying. Sad, longing Raine. Sky: So bright and cheerful. The exact opposite feelings of the being whose name bared its meaning. Depressed, lonely Sora. Ground: So strong and dirty. Just like Riku was. Strong as always on the outside, but feeling dirty for kissing another guy's girl. Pearls: Beautiful and mysterious, just like the new girl on the island. Cheerful, sarcastic, and kind, like Raine, yet so different in physical appearance. Could the two somehow be connected...? Riku/OC/Sora, Sora/OC(in the end)

Disclaimer: Dude, I already told you. I dun own zip.

Quick Note: Hrrmmm… uh… le'see… ummmm…

Riku: Review, dammit!

Shinju: -swats Riku- Be nice!

Sora: -nods- Yeah, you have to say it politely. Like this: You don't have to, wonderful readers, but I would appreciate it very much if you would please review. It helps me and encourages me to write more, you see. Thank you.

Shinju: -huggles Sora- That was exactly how you should do it!

Sora: -smug smile-

Riku: -glares at Sora- Show off.

Sora: -glares back- What was that?

Both: -start bickering-

Shinju: -blink blink- Uh… okay, I'll be going now. –walks off-

Both: -stop fighting- Wait, Shinju! Wait for meeee! –follows-

Me: -blinkity blinketh- Uh… right. Anyways, here's chapter two- Adventure: Begun.

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Riku pointed a gloved at the first island, which was the smallest of the four. "There first!" Shinju nodded, and descended quickly. Kairi was screaming at the top of her lungs and clinging to a cringing Riku's arm as the three neared the island faster than Riku had expected. Pupils set in aquamarine irises widened as the silver-haired head of Riku tilted upward at Shinju, whose faint brows were furrowed in concentration.

"WE'RE GOING TO DIIIIIIIEEEEE!" Kairi shrieked. Riku looked down, and gasped when he saw their feet dangling just meters away from the sand, the distance between their bodies and the ground quickly becoming smaller. Riku squinched his eyes shut and… felt himself placed on the ground gently? One eyelid lifted, then the other, and the 16-year-old blinked twice. Shinju had apparently stopped very quickly and unnoticeably, since he had not felt the force of the air rushing past him decline until he touched the ground. He looked to Shinju, who was staring at him as if he were a Behemoth crossed with Cerberus.

"What are you waiting around for? Let's go!" she hissed, and Riku swiftly grabbed an astonished Kairi's wrist before dashing off. Having no other way for anyone to get the message that Heartless were attacking, Riku and Kairi began to shout.

"A storm's coming! Heartless are back!" Shinju flitted from here to there, sucking in large amounts of air and shouting to the islands the same warning.

…Meanwhile…

Cerulean blue eyes had widened quite a great deal. Before the spiky-haired boy stood the King of Heartless himself, thought now his body had decayed and he was using body parts of Heartless and skin of Heartless to hide the signs of his being a zombie-like being. "Ansem…" he hissed. Sora tightened his grip on his Keyblade as Ansem chortled maliciously, the boy's knuckles turning white under his gloves.

"Yes, young one. I have returned. But at the moment I would rather not waste my time with a weakling such as you. Now tell me, where's the half-breed and the youngest Princess of Heart?" Sora blinked. Half-breed? 'Who is he talking about? Riku?' Sora pondered. The Keywielder was brought out of his thoughts was a blast of darkness hit him square in the stomach, sending him flying back a good six feet onto his rump while Ansem laughed.

…Back to the trio…

As soon as everyone had fled to their homes on the first island, they had taken off for the next island, where the yelling and screaming was repeated. This continued until the trio reached the last island, which was already swarmed with Heartless. People were running from, screaming at, and swatting helplessly at Heartless that attacked them.

"Guys! We have to help them to their homes!" Kairi shouted. Riku ran toward a little boy of three, scooping him up before a Heartless could sink its obsidian claws into the boy's heart. Shinju scooped up two twin girls and their mother, and Kairi was dragging a man by the hand to his home. After depositing the people in their houses and making sure they locked everything, they went back for more people.

Shinju turned after picking up a petite lady to see a Heartless sneaking up on Kairi. "Kai-chan, watch out!" The maroon-headed girl quickly ran off to bring the child she was holding back to his home. Shinju ran towards another man, and took the two to their home. Riku picked up the last three children, escorting them home, too.

"Is that everybody?" Riku asked the girls. A shrill scream confirmed that they hadn't gotten everyone. The trio's heads snapped in that direction to see a little girl having her heart devoured. Shinju froze as memories she'd tried so hard to push to the back of her mind resurfaced. Screams. She could hear shrieks in her head. Both were feminine, and it only took her a nanosecond to remember who they'd belonged to. A new scream joined them, pulling Shinju from her memories. Kairi was running and Riku looked angry.

Shinju spun around to see a man with the arms of a Guardian Heartless and patches of Heartless skin on any part of his body that was visible. He did not have thighs or legs, just hips with the tail of a Dark Ball that granted him the gift of levitation and flight at the end. His outfit was very dark. The tanned man wore a dark purple tank top with jagged edges that had large rips in it. One such rip revealed a hole where his heart would be located, and inside that hole a heartless symbol dimly glowed red. On his hips he wore black leather Speedo-like bottoms, which had a hole in the bottom for his tail. Four belts with many buckles and spikes hung loosely around the evil man's hips. The bulky Hearltess arms had five large spiked bracelets on each arm, looking slightly like spiked gloves. A trenchcoat he wore looked like it was crocheted with yarn, but it was really crocheted with Heartless antennae. The trenchcoat was sleeveless and the edges of the armholes jagged, some Heartless antennae jutted out from the armholes. His flowing silvery-purple hair gave him away as the King of Heartless.

"Shinju, look out!" Riku called, kicking a Heartless who had just tried jumping for her heart. But Shinju wasn't paying attention. The lavender-haired girl was staring at the golden glowing eyes the man had. She'd seen something like this before. A memory flashed into her mind, and she gasped as she watched Sora attack the man.

"We can't fight him! Not now! Not here!" She shouted, causing Ansem's attention to turn to her. He grinned maliciously, pushing Sora towards them. Kairi immediately ran behind him and hugged him, whimpering like a puppy.

"I must thank you, Keywielders, for bringing the half-breed and the youngest Princess to me, but I'm afraid your life will be ending today." Shinju's eyes narrowed.

"No one," She paused to cup her hands in front of her. Light seeped from where her heart was, pouring into her hands. "And I mean no one," she continued, separating her hands. The liquid light stayed in place as she spun around once, arms extended to both sides. The other three watched in awe, having never seen such magic before. The ball widened and thinned, eventually turning into a ring. The ring stopped growing when it was around Sora, Riku, Kairi, and herself. "Is allowed to call me," She snapped her fingers with boths her hands at the same time, and the ring flashed. The top spread upward and together, as did the bottom, to form a bubble around the four. The thrusted her arms upward, shouting, "A HALF-BREED!" The bubble shot into the sky, at what seemed to be the speed of light.

Ansem growled as they rocketed into space. "No one, except your future Master." He chortled and disappeared in a flourish of dark purple and black smoke.

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Awww… that wasn't very good, was it? There're prob'ly mistakes, since I didn't proofread.

Riku: DUH it wasn't. I didn't get to do much! Why did SORA get to be Mr. Hero?

Sora: Hey! It's not like I want Heartless and trouble following me everywhere!

Both: -start bickering-

Shinju and Kairi: -sigh- Boys…

Me: Well anyway, I'm sorry this chapter was so short. I really am.

Shinju: -nods- She is, you know.

Kairi: -nodnod- She kept hitting herself in the head with her dictionary.

Me: Which, might I add, is very large and very heavy.

Shinju and Kairi: -nodnod- It is, it is.

Me: Shinju, Kairi, would you like to do the honors?

Shinju: -grabs Riku- We hope you liked this chapter,

Kairi: -grabs Sora- and we hope to see you next time!

Me, Shinju, Kairi: See ya! –poof-