Fans: Oh no, not the muahaha laugh.
Sora53: What's wrong with the muahaha laugh?
Joe: It's usually followed by a dun dun dun.
Naminé: And dun dun duns are followed by...
Corita: ...the Riku fangirls chasing you.
Riku Fangirls: What? We're needed!
Sora53: O.o oh no.---
Disclaimer: I don't own KH or CoM! I'm soooo poor! -sob-
"Whaddya mean, 'what's wrong'?" Corita cried. "Me, nearly fainting every 5 minutes and you ask me what's wrong!"
"Sorry." Riku said coolly. "You're the one who said that something was wrong with you when it was pretty obvious."
"This is...true." Corita said. "Well, it's just..."
Then she fainted.
"Corita!" Riku cried as he held out his arms to catch her. "Corita! Wake up! What's wrong with you?"
Corita didn't respond. Riku saw that she was breathing peacefully, so he laid her down gently on the ground.
"This is great..." Riku muttered to himself. "Corita fainting...Ansem on the attack...and that DiZ wants me to choose things."
Riku sighed and sat down next to Corita. He knew that it wouldn't be any good to move her, so he took this time to observe his surroundings. They were in a town, not unlike Traverse Town. This town, however, was shrouded in twilight, and a peaceful sense seemed to seep from every building, every street corner. Despite this peaceful feeling, Riku could sense that there were Heartless about, and his hand moved to the handle of his sword, should anything happen. Riku stole a glance back at Corita, wondering when she's come around. He wasn't a very patient person, but he knew he had no choice but to wait.
Yawning, Corita stretched her arms and sat up. Blinking a few times, she looked around the town where she was sitting. Looking to her side, she saw that Riku was sitting on the ground as well, leaning his back against a stone ledge.
"Riku!" Corita said, but he didn't respond. "Hello?"
She started poking him in the head, which seemed to work. With a wide yawn, Riku's eyes opened and he looked at Corita.
"Corita! You're awake!" Riku said happily.
"Yeah! I guess all I needed was a nap or something."
"That's good."
"Yeah, we should probably get going...Riku...why are you staring at me like that?" Corita asked nervously.
Riku was indeed staring at Corita. Something had changed...something was different...
Riku sniffed, and Corita's scent filled his nostrils. A sweet, friendly smell...full of laughter and life...but missing one key thing that had filled it for so long...
"Corita..." Riku said slowly, looking into her eyes. It was the same there...the darkness that had plauged them for so long was gone, and her bright blue eyes shined at him in the twilight.
"What? Why are you staring at me like that? ...You're creeping me out."
"That experiment on you was done by Vexen, right?"
"Yeah, but I'd rather not think..."
"Was Vexen a good scientist?" Riku asked.
"What? Well, he was talking with Marluxia about how one of his experiments had failed, so I guess he kinda stunk..."
"Corita, I don't know how to tell you this..." Riku said slowly, "but I think you're a failed experiment."
"This is just great!" Corita moaned as she and Riku walked along the streets of Twilight Town. "If I had to be an experiment, couldn't I have at least been a good one?"
"That's an interesting way of looking at it."
"Now, not only am I an experiment, I'm a FAILED experiment!" Corita cried in dismay.
"Hmm...I guess those dizzy attacks were just side effects of the darkness fading away..." Riku said thoughtfully. "Since you didn't let the darkness in yourself, it must've not had a firm enough grip."
"...and the light in my heart kicked it out! Go light, go light..." Corita sang, doing a dance.
"Hehehe."
"Why are you laughing at me?"
"I can still see you."
"What? Of course you can still see me! I haven't turned invisible or anything..."
"Maleficent said that I could only see people of the darkness...a long time ago, before you popped out of nowhere."
"Nowhere?" Corita said. "It wasn't my fault! Besides, I still have darkness in my heart...everyone does."
"True." Riku said. "Right now, we should concentrate on finding Mickey, DiZ, and Naminé."
"What? Naminé? Why are we looking for her?" Corita asked.
"Follow me." Riku said softly.
"Fine! Don't answer my question!" Corita said bitterly. She slowly began to follow Riku, who'd gotten a bit ahead of her.
"Riku...I feel like I know this town."
"What? This place?" Riku asked in surprise. "How would you know it?"
"I don't know. I've never been here, but everything feels familiar..."
"Maybe you're still dizzy. Do you need to rest?"
"No, I'm fine."
"Maybe Naminé is in there..." Riku said slowly as they approached a large gate. Beyond the gate, a large building was clearly visible. Riku and Corita stared at it, and Riku began trying to find a way to open the gate.
"Hold it, Real Thing." Came Riku's voice from behind them.
Riku and Corita whirled around, and saw Riku standing there. Corita blinked a few times, and then remembered that this Riku was a copy of the Riku next to her...another of Vexen's experiments.
"Not you again." Riku sighed.
"You've certainly changed." Riku Replica said coolly as he approached them. "You used to be afraid of the darkness, but not anymore."
"How do you know?" Riku asked.
"Because I'm you." Riku Replica said calmly.
"No, I'M me." Riku said angrily.
Riku Replica gave a short laugh. "'I'm me' he says. It must be nice, being real."
"You're real, too." Corita said. "Well, sort of."
"No, I'm not. Everything I feel...everything I know...it's all fake!"
"That's not true!" Corita cried.
"Save it. I thought by finding some new strength I could be someone, someone who's not you!" Riku Replica said angrily to Riku. "But nothing changes... I'm still just empty! Everything about me is borrowed. As long as you're around, I'll never be anything better than a shadow!"
Sora53: DUN DUN DUN!
Everyone: Yeah, that fit.
Sora53: What? You thought the dun dun dun actually fit in there?
Fans: Yep. All hail Sora53.
Naminé: You're the greatest!
Joe: You RULE!
Corita: You're the greatest writer ever!
Sora Fangirls: Let's hear it for Sora53!
Everyone: -wild applause-
Sora53: What is WRONG with you people? -runs away screaming-
Riku Fangirls: Well, that was easy. Who wants ice cream?
Everyone: WE DO!---
