A/N: Another one!

Disclaimer: (I always forget these things) I do not own kingdom hearts or the hymn of the faith.

Change of Hearts

Chapter 6: The Darkness Within

Aides stood out on the dock with a slight, cool breeze swept past her uncovered legs. She now was in a new outfit consisting of a black tube top shirt short denim shorts that hugged her shapely thighs her same brown knee high boots and a blue thin material coat open but connected by a belt across the middle.

She stared out at the ocean that connected with the sky at the dark line of the horizon. The waters reflected a distorted image of the creamy moon shining its silver rays on her body.

This to her was peaceful staring out into nothing occasionally looking at the deep pool of darkness above her.

The wood on the dock made an eerie creak with each wave that pushed against it by the wind, and the high tide sloshed against the shore line.

"Ieyui Nobomenu," She started singing softly sort of in the same key trying to sing to the opera song that lingered in her head, but almost sounding uncertain she started to slow the words down, "Renmiri, Yojuyojo."

"Riku sings that song in his sleep" Chuckled a boy from behind her. Bad nerves kicking in she jumped into a defensive mode, but seeing the childish brunette standing before her she softened up.

" He loves that song too. I think he picked it up 3 years ago since he came back singing it." Sora smiled at her trying to make conversation. He walked past her getting closer to the edge of the dock making the boards wail with every step of his oversized shoes. Aides turned to him looking at the back of his head as his immobilized spikes slightly swayed in the night's air. " He's got a great voice too!" Sora said at random giving Aides his award winning victory smile and thumbs up." He told me that he found that song in a dream when he was still being controlled by darkness. So how do you know it?" He asked out of curiosity.

Aides smirked. " A childhood memory I guess." Sora nodded at her answer

" Get some sleep we leave early in the morning." He said walking away

Leave? When did they inform her on this?

" Watch Riku," Sora paused. " His life strings are growing thin, soon one will be cut. The darkness still dwells in him, its slowly, painlessly killing him." Aides showed a face of concern, and Sora could ask only one question.

" What…do you…mean?" He asked almost scared. He had no idea what she was talking about had she gone crazy? What were life strings?

"Just, watch him. Make sure he doesn't make the same mistake as before because this time he won't live through it." Aides almost choked on her words since they made her fell worried for him as well.

History was bound to repeat itself, it always does, and she was going to break the cycle by keeping Riku alive as best as she could.

" You should watch your back too. " Sora said

Aides had retreated back to her room, and fell to the spell of slumber pretty quickly. While sleeping she dreamed no she had a nightmare tossing and turning in her bed face contorted to a mask of hurt.

She was in darkness that went on for miles on end. The snipping noise was heard again this time it was three snips that made her stomach churn and knot up.

The thud of a body hitting the floor got her attention and she looked down at a bloody mess of Riku laying motionless and her feet. His scarlet blood spilling from under his body and made its shape around her boot as though it was seeking her out.

She screamed straining her throat in the process

Aides felt the support under her give and she fell never hitting the floor instead she landed in a pool of dark abyss she recognized as water.

Drowning she couldn't swim, she held her breath until her chest burned and her mind got clouded. She pushed herself to the limit until she let go inhaling the liquid around her, she choked and felt her life slowly slipping away witnessing the cutting a string she blacked falling victim to the forever sleep that overcame her.

Aides jolted awake, beaded sweat trickling down her face. It was hot, and she realized she was sleeping in her clothes on top of the covers. She moved to her window opening it feeling the icy air on her body cooling her inflamed skin off.

The sky was a rolling pattern of black and purple clouds indicating a strong storm was coming. The sun was hidden and the stars gone. Aides placed her elbows on the windowsill and rested her chin in her clammy palms.

She scanned the ground below, and once the lightning flashed temporary destroying the shadows she saw him on Paopu Island. Riku stood there standing out to sea almost like a zombie. Aides got an idea to be nosey and went down to check out what he was doing out here so late, and especially when a storm was brewing in.

Aides raced against the blustering winds, so strong she felt the muscles in her legs start to burn as she ran against it. Behind her the shadows became real breathing a life of their own and gave chase.

She reached the shack, up the stars and across the bridge making her just a few feet away from him.

"Riku…." He ignored her completely. "RIKU!" She yelled louder since she though maybe he didn't hear her, he acknowledged her and turned still with no words.

He held his hand out offering her to com with him. He didn't need to explain his actions. Aides took one shaky step forward then another reaching hoping to grab his hand. Just as she felt his finger tips a wind swept her up throwing her back onto the bridge.

A pool of liquid shadows spilled around her ankles holding her like glue. She pulled one foot using all the muscle she had only to bring it barely above with the slimy, sticky substance ooze off then her foot snapped back down, and she lost her balance falling into the darkness struggling as it consumed her whole body.

"Riku!" She called panicking she reached her arm out one last time hoping he would see she's in trouble. But he didn't, he never moved he just watched as it took her away, far away from the Islands and far away from Riku.

End Chapter 6

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