The next day, when Sora and Riku were walking to school, there were campaign signs everywhere, saying, "Vote for Mesna, he rocks!"

"Ugh, it's that weird Mesna guy!" said Sora. "He's putting up signs everywhere."

Riku stopped and studied one of the photos of Mesna. "Hey, Sora, is there something weird about this guy?" he asked.

"What are you talking about?" asked Sora.

"He looks awfully familiar." said Riku. "He looks just like Ansem, only with a fake mustache."

"That's not a fake mustache." said Sora.

"But Sora, his mustache fell off when he was talking to us, remember?" asked Riku.

Sora stood there, all clueless.

"Aw, you're hopeless!" said Riku.

Sora began to laugh.

"What's so funny?" asked Riku.

"You just think he looks like Ansem." said Sora. "Remember when I saved you from Ansem, you thought that you saw Ansem wherever you went?"

Riku was getting angry. "I'm telling you, this guy is Ansem!" he said.

"Sure he is, Riku. Sure he is." said Sora and he walked off.

"Are you sure?" asked Riku. "Because I feel like chicken tonight. Like chicken tonight..."

Sora was completely clueless.

"I think I'll bring out Daisy and let her play with Mr. Whiskers." said Riku.

"Uh, Mr. Whiskers doesn't want to play." said Sora, acting all stupid.

"What I mean is that I'm going to let Daisy attack your chicken!" said Riku. "And kill him!"

"AHHH!" cried Sora. "Not Mr. Whiskers!"

"Yeah, you love that chicken so much." said Riku.

Suddenly, Mesna came along, singing. "I'm walking on sunshine, whoaaaaaa!" he belted out.

"Hey, Mr. Mesna." said Sora.

"Oh, hello, young voters!" said Mesna.

"Hey, long time no see, Ansem." said Riku.

"Who is this Ansem character?" asked Mesna.

"You." said Riku.

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Riku." said Mesna.

"Then how come you know my name?" asked Riku.

"Uh, I talked to your parents last night, and they agreed to vote for me!" lied Mesna. His mustache then fell off, and Sora picked it up.

"Here's your mustache, Mr. Mesna." he said.

"Why, thank you, young man." said Mesna as he put his mustache back on his face.. "At least you know how to respect your elders, unlike Riku here."

Sora and Riku then left.

"I tell you, that's Ansem." said Riku. "Look at his name. Mesna. That's Ansem spelled backwards!"

"And?" asked Sora. "I think you're tripping."

"Sora, I'm not tripping!" cried Riku. "You say that to everybody!"

Sora turned to look as Mesna behind them, who was running around, telling people to vote for him.

"Hmm..." he said.

"Guys!" called Kairi, who was running up to them. She finally got to them, gasping for air from running so long. "I-Iwas." she coughed.

"Calm down, Kairi." said Sora. "Now what's all this fuss about?"

"Mesna...is really...Ansem!" said Kairi after she caught her breath.

"I already knew that!" said Riku. "Tell me something I don't know!"

"Man, you're trippinga lot lately, Riku." said Kairi.

"FOR THE LAST TIME, I'M NOT TRIPPING!" cried Riku. "Geez! Why is everyone saying that?"

Sora and Kairi looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.

"Uh, anyway, moving on." said Kairi. "I just saw Mesna's campaign commercial on TV, attacking my dad but that's not all. Mesna, or Ansem, put a subliminal message in there!"

"Well, what did he say in it?" asked Riku, more calmed down.

"He claims his campaign motto is 'ssenkrad ot straeh ruoy nepo, Mesna selur,' but I know that it's another word scrambler..." replied Kairi. "He says it means 'vote for me' in another language, but I found out what it really means 'Ansem rules, open your hearts to darkness!'"

"That bastard!" cried Sora. "Riku, I'm sorry for saying that you're tripping!"

"Eh, whatever." said Riku. "So, what do we do now? Do we let him spoil Kairi's dad's chances of winning the election, or do we stop him?"

"I think we should stop him!" said Sora."After all, what would happen if Ansem became mayor ofDestiny Islands?"

"Everyone would be in darkness and Riku would be under his control, again!" cried Kairi. "You guys have to stop him!"

"What do you mean we?" asked Sora. "My dad and Riku's dad isn't running for mayor, it's not our problems, so we don't have to stop him."

"Sora, it wouldn't look good on my dad's campaign for me to be stopping another candidate." replied Kairi. "Besides, I think a certain cat needs to be put to sleep and and certain chicken that needs to be cooked. I am in the mood for fried chicken."

Sora gasped. "Don't you dare hurt Mr. Whiskers!" he cried.

"Yeah, leave my Daisy alone!" said Riku.

"Then will you stop Ansem for me?" asked Kairi. "PLEASE?"

Sora and Riku thought about it. "Mmm...OK!" replied Sora.

"Oh, thank you so much!" said Kairi. "This means a lot to me!"

Sora and Riku sighed. They didn't know what kind of mess they'd get into...

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