Chapter 7:Revenge

Sora woke up in a daze, looking around. It had been 4 days since his last encounter with Riku and was quite angry. Sora walked over and pulled on his shirt.

"Hello?" asked Sora, looking around. He opened the door on his tent and looked around. People rushed toward him, "Lulu, what's going on?" he asked sighing.

"They're searching our camp, her take this." she said, passing Sora a Bomb core.

"What do I do with this?" asked Sora.

"When I give the signal...throw it at our camp." she said.

"But...why?" asked Sora.

"It will stop the people of Yevon from getting us." she said quickly. Lulu put her hands behind her back and formed a small water wall to stop herself from catching on fire. Sora looked over at one of the tents where some of the members slept, the place where the guards were.

"Now!" yelled Lulu. Sora pulled the plug out of the grenade. He threw it in the direction of the tent and everyone ran for cover.

Later

"How did they find us?" asked Sora, sitting on a log in the forest.

"I'm thinking that a certain someone tipped them off." said Wakka.

"Who?"

"Riku." said Auron. He pulled up some wood an motioned toward Lulu. Lulu casted Fire and they roasted some eggs.

"Why would he do that?" asked Sora, in a daze.

"I thinking that he has connections to Seymore." said Wakka.

"HE WOULDN'T DO THAT!" yelled Rikku in denial.

"If Riku really went back to darkness, he probably did. I know he's my friend and all..." Sora scratched his head, "but he does some things he can't control." he thought back to the time when Riku was possesed by Ansem.

"It's not true..."whispered Rikku.

"I'm sorry, Rikku."

"NO!" she cried, running away.

"I think we should give her some time to think..." said Yuna.

"It must be hard on you too, huh?" asked Sora.

"Hm?" said Yuna, looking up.

"Well, since Tidus is gone and all."

"Oh..." she looked down and looked back up, her two different coloured eyes gleaming, "I think...over time... I'll be all right." she wiped a tear from her cheek.

"Who's up for pig?" grunted Kimahri, holding up a pig's head.

"Uh, well..." Sora laughed nervously.

"Eat." said Kimahri, throwing the pig into the dirt.

"I think I'll pass." said Wakka, waving his hand around, "phew, that thing reeks!"

"Hmph, little boy is wimp." said Kimahri, biting down into the hide of the pig, "never grow, be small and weak!"

"Hey, what's that mean? Just because I don't want to get sick and blow chunks, doesn't mean I'm weak!"

"WEAKLING!"

"NO HORN!"

Kimarhri backhanded Wakka and walked off.

"You should NOT have said that. Kimahri is very touchy about his appearence."

"So what, Yuna?" Wakka picked up a piece of the pig and put it on a metal pan. He put the pan over the fire and glared over at Kimahri.

"Wakka, you jerk." said Lulu, " I should smyte you right now!"

"Go ahead."

"I might just."

"Stop it. It's not a big deal. Lulu, try keeping it positive."

"Sora,are you crazy?" laughed Yuna.

"If you didn't notice, I don't do happy." she said.

"Yes, well, pretend." said Sora, 'seriously, smyting Wakka for a little insult? Or is this way or flirting with him? Well, whatever she means by it, she should stop.'

"We need to go find some actual food," said Wakka, "this pig just isn't sanatary."

"Oh, get over it." said Yuna. Wakka always had this thing for germs. He tended to get made fun of, but it was his thing... even if it was weird.

"No. This is disgusting and you know it. I don't want bacteria in my throat. What if I'm allergic to it and my throat swells and..."

"YOU WON'T DIE!" yelled Lulu.

"I could." he muttered.

Riku Time!

Riku woke up and looked around. He had no idea where he was or who he was. He drew blanks to what happened last night and sighed. He got out of bed and tip-toed across the floor. He felt stupid doing it, but he had no idea what was there and if there was something bad there he did not want to disturb it.

"I see you're up." said a soft voice coming from what appeared to be a man with very odd hair.

"Uh, hi.." said Riku in confusion.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." said the man.

"Why am I here?" questioned Riku.

"Come here and touch this orb to find out." said the man, (it is clearly Seymore sayng this).

"Okay.." Riku walked over and touched it. Dark thoughts ran threw his mind. He pulled away his hand.

"So, slave, what do you think?" said Seymore.

"I..think..I made a mistake." he said.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, why would I ask to be your slave? That doesn't seem right to me."

"You wanted ultimate power, I could give that to you when you complete a certain task, slave."

"I think I have a name other than slave."

"Oh, just shut-up and do an evil laugh." said Seymore. He really thought this kid wouldn't act as intelligent.

"No."

"What did you just say to me?" said Seymore, clenching his fist. Riku crossed his arms and walked to the corner.

"No," it wasn't like Seymore would kill him if he was needed. He didn't want to do an evil laugh like all the other lame villans, "if you don't like it, I'll leave."

"Why would you even have thought about leaving?" Seymore did not have any idea why Riku even thought of leaving. Heck, he didn't know Riku could think at all.

"Look, I would rather be evil on my own. From what I did in the past, I think I would do better solo. It's not you, it's me." Riku broke into smiles and stared at Seymore.

"DON'T EVEN THINK IT!" yelled Seymore, pushing Riku to the ground. Seymore took one of the spears hanging from the wall. Riku quickly jumped toward on of the beams hanging from the ceiling, "GET DOWN HERE!" yelled Seymore, throwing his spear at Riku.

"I guess you gave me more power than you thought." said Riku, smirking, "I guess you were stupid enough." Riku headed toward the door.

"If I gave you this power, I can take it away." said Seymore. He stood up and put his hands together. He pulled them apart and a black light shot toward Riku. Riku turned and dodged the beam.

"Hmph, nice try." Riku clenched his fist and a bolt of black lightning shot at Seymore, "Riku, OUT!"

The Forest

"What do you mean?" asked Yuna in a squeak.

"I mean it's morning and we have top go search for Riku."

"But, Sora, we don't know how much power Riku has now. You watched him pound on us with just a flick of his wrist." said Wakka.

"Jeez, you make him sound like Fairy Godmother."

"Who?" asked Rikku, putting up her hair.

"Nevermind."

"Well, what do we need to find Riku?" asked Lulu.

"A friend. I need alot of power though." said Sora.

"I have an idea," said Lulu, "Sora, just close your eyes, I'm going to try something I've been working on for years." Sora closed his eyes and Lulu raised her arms. A white light grew above Sora's head and Sora disappeared.

In the white light

Where am I? How did I get here.

Sora thought a minute and then heard a voice, "Sora! It's Lulu! Just imagine that your friend is here!"

It's worth a shot. Okay, I'm on the island and...

"Sora? Is that you?" said a girlish voice.

"KAIRI!" yelled Sora.

"SORA!" said Kairi, crying, "but why and...how?"

"It's a long story. But..." Sora told Kairi eveything. He told her about the friends he met, the battles, darkness, and finally, Riku.

"Why would he do such a thing? Does he not remember anything that went on in Hallow Bastion?"

"Who knows what's in his mind. All I know is we need you to help us."

"Well, anything for Riku." said Kairi.

Back At The Forest

"Kairi, meet Wakka, Yuna, Lulu, Auron, Kimahri and Rikku."

"Nice to meet you." said Kairi, "so, Rikku, how is it knowing a guy has the same name as you?" joked Kairi.

"Well, it's quite nice. I thought that I could find someone like me..." Rikku stopped.

"He's not like you though." said Sora.

"I know this now. But...I want to find him..."

"We will." said Yuna, "and Tidus."

The Unknown.

"Where am I?" moaned Tidus.

"He's awake!" said a sqeaking voice.

"Shock him!" yelled another.

"No! We need him to be in good health." said a bigger, deeper voice.

"Why am I here? How am I here? YUNA!" yelled Tidus.

"Nice to see you're awake." said Seymore, " I just wish that the little punk stayed around long enough to unlock your heart for me. Too bad though, it's his funeral. He has no idea how to properly control his new powers, they will soon destroy him."

"Let...me...GO!" yelled Tidus. The blonde-haired boy was consumed in a blue light and all of his chains broke. He landed on the floor and stood up, "you'll regret this." said Tidus. He then stepped forward and grabbed Seymore by the throat.

"A little anger problem? Awh, how cute." rasped Seymore.

"Shut-up." Tidus pushed on Seymore's throat with all his might and let go. Seymore dropped to the floor and rubbed his neck, when he looked up, Tidus was gone.

Camp

The team worked together and built a new camp. Using Lulu's new telepathy powers made things alot easier.

"You've got it all wrong." said Wakka.

"Hey, I'm the one building this thing." said Lulu, setting fire to a little pit of twigs.

"Hey, you keep that fire away from our new camp." said Auron.

"Here Lulu. Put this on the roof." said Kairi, anding Lulu a bunch of twigs tied together.

"What is it?" snapped Lulu.

"Well, uh, it's a wind barometer." said Kairi, trying not to whine.

"Why do we need that?"

"Well, if we have harsh conditions...I thought..."

"How can twigs help us in harsh conditions? Do you think that I'm so stupid that I can't sense storms?"

"What is with you?" said Sora. He pulled Kairi back and set her down on a log, " stop it with the attitude."

"Well, how would you feel when this team is falling apart."

"Is that what's with you? Look, we aren't falling apart. We just have had some minor mishaps."

"LOOK AT US!" yelled Lulu, "DO YOU THINK THAT BEING IIN THIS FOREST IN MINOR?"

"No but-

"SORA, GET WITH IT. WE ARE MAKING A CRAPPY SHELTER AND WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MATERIALS. THERE'S A WHINY THING ON THE BENCH AND ONE OF OUR BEST MEMBERS IS HELD CAPTIVE IN YEVON KNOWS WHERE. WE HAVE DARK DEMONS AFTER US-"

"RIKU IS NOT A DEMON!" yelled Rikku. There was a pause.

"And neither am I." said a familiar voice.

"Tidus? But... how?"

"I am not really sure. I don't know how I got here and what I was even doing before." he scratched his head.

"Oh well, just as long as your okay!" cried Yuna, giving Tidus a big hig. Tidus hugged backed and looked over at the others. Lulu had a look of discomfort on her face and walked of after a brief pause.

"Lu-" Wakka looked over to the goth girl and followed her after saying hi to Tidus, "What wrong? I thought you would be happy, ya?" Wakka put his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't touch me," whispered Lulu, "just...go away."

"Why?" asked Wakka, stepping back.

"I've told you before, Tidus is a huge danger to the whole camp, within moments he could kill all of us."

"He won't." Wakka comforted. He didn't do a very good job though, because Lulu turned and glared.

"You have no idea what he will and will not do." said Lulu.

"What's with the mood swing, Lu?"

"Don't call me that!" Lulu put out her hand and fire burst from her palms. Lulu hit Wakka with a powerful force, sending him backwards.

"Lu-"

"LULU!" yelled Sora, running over. Sora drew his keyblade and took a swipe at the goth girl.

"STAY BACK!" she warned. She clutched her arm that Sora hit and dropped to the ground, "just...leave me." she fell completely to the ground.

Dark World---Lulu's mind

Lulu stood up and walked over to a little white light. She kneeled down and picked up a little leaf growing from the dark soil. She heard a strange noise form behind and turned. Tidus stood there, glowing a blue light.

"My dark mistress. You have come."

"Tall, dark and handsome!" Lulu breathed. Lulu got up and walked over to Tidus.

"I love you," he said. He leaned in and they made out. When they broke off, Lulu looked into Tidus' eyes and asked him a very simple yet difficult question,

"Why?"

"We were in love in the past life. When my destiny was set, I had to choose a mistress of darkness to join me. I was that of darkness then and made the keyhole that will someday consume the world. You must join me."

Back to Reality

"Lulu, wake up!" laughed Tidus. Lulu sat up and looked around in a daze and looked at the dark but yet light man of her dreams and somewhat clouded thoughts.

"Tidus, I have to tell you something-" she was about to reveal the secret of the past when Yuna cut in,

"Tidus!"

"What Yuna? Lu, this is going to have to wait," he looked over at Lulu and put out his hand to help her up off of the moist ground.

"Tidus, can you help us finish the hut?" asked a perky Yuna. She guided him to the hut by the wrist and pointed to a log cabin. The cabin was made of a cedar typed wood and had shutters. The shutters did not protect glass but brought light to the members of the group and everyone was there smiling.

"It looks finished to me," he stated, Yuna's smile dropped at the remark.

"You need to be the one to declare it finished though!" she said, trying not to hit him.

"What do you mean?" asked Tidus.

"Well, we had everyone here say it was finished but we didn't have you!" Yuna explained. Lulu blinked and glared at the others. She wasn't even there when it was finished. Did Yuna forget all about her? She hated being forgotten but was left behind all the time. She turned dark when she was alone after Sin killed her parents.

"Okay then, I declare this cabin finished!"

"But I-" Lulu stopped and just turned her back on everyone. Tidus looked at her thoughtfully and grabbed her by the arm.

"Come on, Lu! Just celebrate and don't act so sad!" he told her. Lulu sighed and put on a fake smile. The first smile she had used in months was false and everyone seemed to notice, (not the fact it was fake,but the fact she was smiling).

"That's the Lulu we want!" cheered Wakka. He was happy that Lulu didn't act so miserable.

"Tidus, I really need to talk to you in private." she whispered into his ear.

The private wood

Lulu explained everything to Tidus and then sat down.

"Wow..."

"There's one more thing...I think you need to sit down for this." she said, holding back tears.

"What is it?"

"I think...after that time you said you loved me..."

"That was just a thought though, Lu. I might love you but more as a sister."

"But...Tidus... that's not the love I have for you. I have the love you shared with me in my memory. I feel like we are meant to be. I've had dreams like this before. Before though, we had a kid together."

"Oh no..." sighed Tidus.

"What is it?"

"That dream I told Yuna I had where I was married to her... I'm not so sure that it was her... anymore." he put his hands up to his face and pulled down on his bottom eyelid. He got up and turned to face the log cabin. He was shocked and hurt when he looked to see Yuna standing there, holding some freshly picked flowers. Yuna threw them to the ground and walked off.

Yuna ran into the cabin and heard the shouts of Tidus coming from behind her. She grabbed all of her belongings and ran off.

"Yuna?" Sora stared at the girl and then followed her.

"Get away from me." she cried, wiping mucus on her sleeve. Sora just looked at her and then moved in.

"What's wrong?" he asked, attempting to comfort her. He put his finger under her chin and pushed up her face. 'I love her eyes' he thought.

"It's nothing, really." she started forming a mini ocean in her eyes. She looked down at the gorund and hugged Sora.

"Yu-"

"It's all my fault!" she cried. Sora hugged her back and just whispered,

"Everything is going to be okay." and with that, Yuna looked into his eyes and kissed him.

(A/N): That was soooo sad. Well, not really, but let's all just go AWE. Review please!