Reunited

Sora and Cheisu were both knelled to the ground and gasping for air. Sora grinned. "You tired yet?"

Cheisu forced himself a breath and held it in to speak. "Yeah, right." Cheisu stood, as did Sora, alert. "You ready for some more?" Cheisu challenged.

Sora smirked. "I've been ready." With this, he charged in but quickly retreated several steps when a shadow from above fell into his path. Cheisu also backtracked and lost his footing, stopping in his tracks. He fell onto the ground, penetrating his elbow against the hard surface. He heard something crack but ignored it, frightened.

"Geez, Riku! What's your deal?" Cheisu asked. Riku did not move. His face was staring at the ground below. "Riku..?" Cheisu asked once more.

"Silence, fool," Riku whispered, raising his head. Behind his dark hood, Cheisu could see a pair of glowing, scarlet eyes and backed away for the balcony and stairs. He fled from the room whilst Sora stood at the other end, still oblivious.

"Riku, what's going on?" Sora asked. Riku turned his gaze to Sora, who was now looking into the lumious stare. He gasped.

"So it seems that you have defeated me before," Riku called, his voice hollow as Ansem's voice trailed into his own. "Fool! You think only the light of Kingdom Hearts had defeated my soul?"

"But how? I watched you fade away!" Sora cried.

"Ah, alas. You only saw my physical form fade away," Riku replied. "A spirit still remains and always will. This boys body will always be my own. Even if you rid of him, I will still remain."

"No, that can't be possible!" Sora yelled.

"An apparition has lifespan," Riku revealed. "Of course, I don't expect myself to reveal my weakness, either."

"Leave Riku alone! He's been through enough! Why do you want to do this, anyways?"

"You know not of my intentions? Ignorant boy, I've told you once, and again, I will. I want all the Darkness, pure Darkness!"

"But why? What's the point?"

"Are you really so naive? The world is coming to the end of ages as we speak. One day, the Universe will be no more. Why do you think Kingdom Hearts has just recently appeared? It was only inevitable that the Galaxies be distorted. You humans are too foul to repent for your sins. You cannot bring back the eternal light. Thusly, if you cannot repent with light, the opposite, Darkness, must be the answer."

"Explain, then," Sora quipped.

"There is so much crime, so much violence. Under my tyrancy, everyone will be the same. Live under the same Darkness. They won't be able to see. They're blind as of now, anyhow! Let's just add to the hole of the Enigma."

"I don't understand!" Sora cried.

"Of course you don't. You were not born to understand Darkness, violence, any blasphemy of the world. Your heart is too pure, much like that girl wouldn't understand," Riku said, looking to Kairi, who was still leaned against the wall on the balcony. "But come," Riku continued, looking back to Sora and holding out his hand. "If you follow me, I can show you the light, my tyranny, in the Darkness. It's much like Communism, but people are more the same. No more tears shed for being different. You will all be the same: blind, as more than you are now."

"You're speaking incoherently! How am I supposed to know that what you're saying isn't all a lie?" Sora challenged.

"What if the life you live now isn't a lie? You seem to believe it is."

Sora tensed up. "What do you mean?"

"Everything isn't as it seems. Your life is just a model, a fake. You were born merely for one purpose, unlike everyone who is born for many."

"I don't.." Sora whispered.

"Fool! You are the King of Hearts!" Riku shouted.

"It's not true!" Sora shouted back.

"Ah, but it is. Who is the only other keyblade wielder besides you with a pure heart?"

"The King. Donald's King," Sora said.

"King Mickey is a wielder of a keyblade, but he is not a Keyblade Wielder. Do you follow? He is a King of poverty. Those with money use power." He paused. "But you are the only natural pure keyblade wielder."

"Kairi?" a voice called at the other end of the room.

"Navani?" Kairi whispered. She opened her eyes slowly. "Where are you?" she asked, unaware of her surroundings and rubbing her eyes.

"The counterpart," Riku whispered.

"Huh?" Sora thought. He turned to face Navani then shifted his eyes to Riku to see that he had fallen to the floor. Sora hesitantly knelled to his side. "Riku?"

"Sora!" Kairi cried.

"Kairi! You're okay!" Sora grinned. He left Riku's side and ran for the end of the balcony by the staircase. Kairi jumped from the other side and into his arms. He collapsed under her fall and held her closely.

"Sora, I was so worried," she gasped, tears streaming from her eyes. Sora wiped away her tears that had fallen on his cheeks and pushed her away to look into her eyes. He smiled.

"It's okay, Kairi, I'm here now. I'm never letting you go again, okay?" He grinned and pulled her charm from his pocket. "I believe this is yours."

Kairi wiped her tears away and took back her charm, standing from Sora for only a moment to help him up, then returning to his side again, clung to his arm, tears still rolling from her eyes.

But Sora's attention was turned to Riku.

(I am so sorry, guys. I bet you're about to kill me, but I finally got another chapter up, didn't I? You better enjoy it.)