Chapter 6:Submit

Riku kneeled infront of the temple that Rikku blew up previously.

"I have called upon the darkness," he whispered. He stood up and a shadow figure grabbed him on the shoulder.

"You want the darkness, hm?" asked the strange figure.

"Yes, can you give it to me?" asked Riku, turning around to face this mysterious voice.

"Oh, but how I can." said the voice. Riku felt a pain in his chest. He looked down to see a light coming from him, his heart.

"What are you doing to me?" groaned Riku, gasping for air. Riku blacked out and fell to the cold ground, when he awoke he felt different. He felt the same way he did when he first came upon the darkness and submitted to it.

"I'm glad to see you're awake." said the voice, stepping into the dim light that came from the hole in the ceiling.

"Who are you?" asked Riku, struggling to get free.

"Why, I am the one who gave you what you wanted. Darkness, power." Blue hair emerged from the darkness. Seymore walked over and released Riku from the cage he had put him in.

"So, this power," started Riku, "What does it do?"

"Anything." said Seymore.

Back Home

"NO! DON'T!" cried Yuna in vain. Her loved one was sarificing himself right infront of her. She could not let this happen, she must stop Sora. Yuna lifted her staff and concentrated.

Her HOLY attack appeared out of the gorund and hit Sora.

"What is your problem!" yelled Sora.

"I TOLD YOU TO STOP!" she yelled.

"Yuna.." whispered Tidus. He groaned and fell to the floor.

"Look what you did!" shouted Rikku, running to Tidus' side.

"US!" yelled Sora and Yuna at the same time.

"Yuna, you know we can't keep him alive. His darkness will engulf his soul and he will try to kill us all." said Auron.

"I know just..." she trailed off. A sound came from outside.

"Prepare your weapons." said Wakka, tightening his fist.

"Oh, hello." said Riku entering. Everyone sighed and Riku smiled.

"It's just you!" said Yuna in relief.

"RIKU!" yelled Rikku, jumping up to hug him. Riku put his arms out to stop such a horrible feeling.

'I cannot show that I have absoulutly no emotion left. More smiles, that's it. Okay, just hug her back...'

"So, Rikku, you miss me?" said Riku. He was only gone for 2 days but she did miss him quite a bit.

"OF COURSE!" she exclaimed, squishing him in her embrace. Riku pushed the other Rikku away and went over to the bed.

"I'm tired,okay?" he said, covering his head with a pillow.

"Well...Okay..." said Sora, shrugging.

Next Morning

'Where was Riku?' thought Sora, sitting in the yellow, dead grass.

Riku woke up and rubbed his eyes. 'Well, that was fun.' thought Riku. His dreams had vanished and he was a tad bit confised at why he didn't have a dream at all, 'maybe it's just because I forgot it.' he thought. Riku walked out of the tent and walked over to the storage.

"I'll be taking some of these." he said, grabbing two potions, elixers, bombs, ethers and a weapon.

"What are you doing!" asked Lulu standing by the door. Riku turned to face her.

"Heh, like you would care." he said walking toward the exit. He was quickly stopped by a hit on the head. Kimahri pu away his Lancet and picked up the boy.

Later

"I found these in his backpack." said Lulu hloding up all of the items Riku intended to steal, "maybe he wanted to go back to wherever he went but he had no right to steal." she dropped the stuf back into the bag and set it in the corner.

"Of course he did." said Sora, leaning against a tree.

"What do you mean?" asked Yuna, confused at why Sora would say such a thing.

"Think about it. If he wanted to go back, why would he ask to take stuff? He probably knew we would try to stop him."

"Well, maybe you should check on him." said Wakka, sighing. He was getting pretty annoyed at the newcomers.

"Fine, I will." said Sora, heading toward the medical tent.

Medical Tent

Riku stood up and looked at his surroundings. He walked over to the corner and concetrated on his next move. He looked down to see the darkness lurking around his feet.

"RIKU! WAIT!" yelled Sora. It was just like that time on Destiny Islands. He watched as Riku vanished into the black mist. He ran over and tried to grab Riku, but it was to late.

Sora ran out of the tent and tried to catch his breath, "Riku...Gone...into darkness." he panted.

"Oh my." said Lulu. 'Oh my! No-one says, 'Oh My' anymore.

Tidus walked over to Sora and whispered something in his ear.

"He's gone back" he whispered. How did Tidus know that Riku went to darkness in the first place?

"We gotta find him." said Rikku, teary eyed.

"Why are you crying?" asked Auron. It wasn't like Riku would date Rikku anyways.

"HE WAS POTENTIAL DATE MATERIAL!" she yelled. Everyone held back smirks.

"You've got to be kidding me!" exclaimed Sora, surprised. Sure he knew that Rikku liked Riku, heck everyone did. But admitting it?

"Okay, so where would he go to?" asked Rikku, wiping her face.

"I think I have a pretty good idea." said Yuna.

"Seymore? But what would he want with Riku?" asked Sora.

Seymore's Castle Thing

"So?" asked Seymore, approaching Riku.

"What?" asked Riku.

"THE KEY!" yelled Seymore.

"Oh, yes." said Riku, pulling out a dark key simalar to the one he used against Maleficent.

"Are you ready?" asked Seymore.

"Yes." replied Riku, raising an eyebrow.

"Good, now go and unlock his heart." he pointed at the door.

Sora's Dream

"Kairi!" yelled Sora, "Riku, what did you do!" he pointed at the dark sword in Riku's hand.

"Unlock her heart." said Lulu to Riku.

"NO!" yelled Sora.

Sora woke up and ran out of the tent. He sensed something was wrong. He looked over to the other tent to see some struggle.

"LEAVE TIDUS ALONE!" Yuna screamed.

"STOP!" yelled Rikku, "RIKU,WHY!" Sora ran over to the tent.

"RIKU!" he shouted.

"What is your problem!" yelled Wakka. Kimahri took his Lancet and hit Riku on the side of the head. Riku blocked it with a dark wave and sent Kimahri flying. Sora raised his keyblade and stabbed at Riku, only to be hit by a bed that Riku sent flying his way.

Riku looks at Sora and smiles at the others, "Who's next?" he asked.

"Why?" cried Rikku.

"Bussiness."

Riku sent the other Rikku to the floor with a swipe of his hand and walked over to her.

"Don't look at me." she said.

"Oh, what's wrong little baby? Did mean ol' Riku hurt you?" he mocked.

"STOP!" she yelled. She pulled out a Grenade and threw at him.

"Hmph. You can't stop me." he said. He put up his arms and vanished into the darkness.

Later

Yuna woke up to a high screeching sound and looked around, "My head." she groaned.

"Are you okay?" asked Sora, helping her up.

"Where's Tidus?" she asked in a hopeful voice.

"Riku got him,Yuna. Lulu and Wakka already went out looking for him." he said.

"I should have summoned." she said.

"It wouldn't have worked in such a small tent." he said.

"It's all my fault. If only I stopped him." she started to cry.

"It's not your fault." he comforted.

"Well, let's just hope Lulu and Wakka can find him." she said.

The Search

"This is hopeless. We don't know where Seymore could be and you know what? He might not even have him." said Lulu.

"We have to keep trying. For Yuna and Tidus' sake."

"It doesn't matter if Tidus gets hurt, we have to stop Riku and help him." the mage said.

"That's harsh,Lulu, even for you." he said.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" she said.

"That Tidus is important to us."

"He's going to kill us in time."

"How do you know!"

"It's in the prophecy." she said.

"Hey, we believed in Yevon, but all that they said was a lie, how do you know this isn't?" he qustioned.

"I...I..don't." she sighed.

"You shouldn't pressure yourself," he said, "you've been so stressed lately."

"I.." she looked up at him. They inched closer.

"LULU! WAKKA!" yelled Rikku.

"Yes, Rikku?" sighed Lulu.

"I want to help. He was my friend and..." she trailed off.

"I guess you can help, just be careful." said Wakka.

"I will." she nodded. Rikku started walking towards the woods and stopped. Was Lulu and Wakka about to kiss? Did she interupt them? She didn't like ruining other people's fun so she ran ahead and left the two behind. Lulu and Wakka faced each other and Wakka pecked Lulu on the cheek.

"He-he." giggled Rikku watching them. She was happy that Lulu and Wakka FINALLY expressed feelings for each other. She was SO annoyed at their constant yelling.

Seymore

"Excellent." said Seymore looking over at Riku.

"I did good, didn't I?" he asked.

"Yes." he said.

"If I have so much power though..." Riku started, "then why do I take orders from you?"

"Why, such a question. Why are you asking me this?" said Seymore.

"Well, I think if I have so much power I should be treated the same." he said.

"You've been thinking haven't you?" said Seymore, "Well, if you keep thinking like this, I'm going to have to kill you, won't I?"

"It's just a thought you know." said Riku.

"Well, you need to stop." said Seymore, "in fact, let me help you with that." Seymore waved his hand and a black light went into Riku's head.

"What are you doing to me!" yelled Riku.

"I'm just helping." he said, "helping myself to your memories."

"STOP!" yelled Riku, trying to break away.

"It will be over soon." laughed Seymore. Riku dropped to the ground.

That was the chappie! I made it quite long. I forgot to mention blood but I guess this is more of the thing to help the plot line. Well, don't worry, the next chaoter will have fighting. :D