Joe: The end again? I'M STILL TOO YOUNG!
Corita: -puts on her new necklace- It's PURDY...
Joe: -dies from happiness again-
Naminé: I'm in this chappie a lot!
Sora: YAY!
Fans: I thought you were asleep!
Naminé: -makes everyone fall asleep-
Everyone: -is sleeping-
Naminé: Finally! I'm getting out of this funny farm!-
Disclaimer: I don't own KH or CoM -.- I only own Corita, so fear her!
Corita's head jerked away at the sound of her name; she nearly toppled over as she spun to face Riku and Naminé.
"Huh? Wha? What's up?" Corita asked, stuttering.
"You okay?" Riku asked, stealing a glance back up at Sora.
"Yeah..." Corita sighed, turning to face her sleeping brother. "Riku, you were right. Sora always did what he pleased...when he wakes up, I'm gonna teach my hard-headed brother a lesson...he'll never forget me again."
At this statement, a guilty look came into Naminé's eyes.
"Naminé, if you feel guilty about what you did, I'll never forgive you." Corita said, still facing Sora. "It wasn't your fault. We've pretty much wiped out everyone in Castle Oblivion...now it's time to face Ansem."
She turned around, grinning brightly. "Let's go, Riku!"
"Right!"
"Naminé...take care of Sora." Corita said calmly.
"Of course. Good luck..." Naminé said softly, waving to them as they headed for the exit. Before she followed Riku into the hall, Corita stole one last look up at Sora, then hurried forward.
"So, you decided not to sleep, eh?"
Riku and Corita nearly collided as they screeched to a halt. King Mickey was in the small room they'd entered before following the hallway to the area they'd found Naminé and Sora.
"What? How'd you know that?" Riku asked, startled.
"DiZ told me." Mickey said simply.
In a flash, DiZ had appeared next to Mickey. Riku and Corita nearly toppled over again as they jerked backwards.
"You...you know him?" Riku asked.
"Can't say that I do. I can't help feeling that I've met him before..." Mickey explained slowly.
"Voic- er, DiZ, who are you really?" Riku asked suspiciously.
DiZ blinked slowly and turned his eyes to Riku. "Nobody...or anybody. It all depends on whether you choose to believe in me or not."
"Man, you love making me choose things, don't you?"
"...You pushed away slumber and chose to face Ansem."
"What, was that a wrong answer?"
"I'm just here to watch."
Corita gave a stifled laugh. "When you say 'watch', do you mean 'watch' as in supporting him, or 'watch him get toasted'?"
"That is for him to choose."
Riku grimaced, Corita gave another laugh she had to stifle with her hand. Riku gave her a light kick in the foot.
"You only need to believe in your choice." DiZ said to Riku. DiZ then held up a card, and tossed it lightly to Riku. "That card...will draw out the darkness within you to this world. It's time to finish your business with Ansem."
Riku nodded, and looked down at the card nervously.
"Let's go, you two." He said boldly, and marched up to the next set of steps, and the next door.
DiZ had vanished; Corita was staring, mildly interested, at the place where he'd been standing moments before. Riku looked back at Mickey and Corita, and smiled grimly.
"This card'll draw out Ansem, huh..." Riku muttered to himself.
"Don't you worry, Riku!" Mickey said, approaching him. "We can defeat him!"
"Thanks." Riku said kindly as Corita approached them as well. "But I have to face Ansem alone."
"What? Why?" Mickey asked in shock.
"There's no point in doing this if I can't do it on my own. But I have a favor to ask. If Ansem wins, he's going to enslave me. If that happens, I want you to destr—"
"I'll save you, pal!" Mickey said merrily.
"Huh? You're not listening. I want you to destroy Ansem and me with —"
"No can do! I already made my choice. No matter what happens, I'm going to be there to help you. I'm not backing down. Unless you don't believe I'll come through for you..."
"It's my choice to believe or not. I know you'd never let me down, Your Majesty."
"What about me?" Corita moaned. "What am I supposed to do while Riku goes off on his merry way to face the darkness?"
Riku and Mickey exchanged amused looks.
"This is an injustice!" Corita cried. "I refuse to sit here and wait!"
"It'll only be a little while." Mickey said kindly.
"Naminé, you'll keep an eye on her, right?" Riku asked.
"Of course." Naminé said, unblinking.
"I DON'T NEED A BABYSITTER!" Corita roared.
"We'll see you later!" Riku said, heading for the exit of the room where Naminé stood, with the contraptions that held Sora, Donald and Goofy. Corita sighed, and was suddenly sprung with an idea.
"Naminé, where's that orb the black-robed freaks used to spy on everyone in the castle.
"Door to the left, up the stairs." Naminé said, pointing to a door nearly.
"Thanks!" Corita said with a smile. Without another second wasted, Corita was already halfway up the stairs. Within another second, she was hovering over the orb.
"Okay, here's the orb. Now, how to turn it on..." She muttered under her breath. She tried poking it, tapping it, hitting it really hard, and kicking it. This didn't do much but cause her pain in her hand and foot.
"Okay, no more playing around!" Corita growled, whipping out her staff. She tried every spell she had in her arsenal, but nothing worked, not even trying to blast it into oblivion. She did this more out of frustration than anything, and she eventually just leaned on the giant orb, trying to catch her breath.
"HOW THE HECK DOES THIS THING WORK?" She cried in anger.
At that moment, Naminé appeared at the top of the stairs, looking at her in slight amusement.
"Try pressing the 'on' button." She said with a smile.
"Huh?" Corita asked, then looked on the side of the stand where the orb rested.
"There's an 'on' button? There's never an 'on' button for these magical devices! They're always hard to figure out!" Corita growled bitterly as she jabbed the button with her finger. Instantly, the orb lit up, and Corita peered into its depths.
"Well, there's Riku..." She muttered under her breath. "Now, where's Ansem..."
That was clearly what the miniscule Riku was thinking as well.
"Show yourself, Ansem!" Riku shouted, so clearly that Corita almost thought him to be there in person.
"Ha ha ha... What's the rush?" Came a loud, echoy voice. "I'll be here... At the heart of darkness... I'll be watching as you plunge into the very darkness you wield."
"Man, this orb is cool..." Corita said, examining it. "No wonder the members of the Organization knew what Sora and I were doing while we went throught the castle..."
Corita had started to doze; Riku had been wandering around the castle alone for a long time.
When he spoke, Corita's head jerked up quickly.
"Come out, Ansem. I can smell you."
Ansem appeared in front of Riku just as Corita's eyes had met the orb again.
"Of course." Ansem said calmly. "Your skills with darkness have grown as you've traveled through this castle."
Riku was looking up at Ansem in pure loathing; Corita wouldn't have been suprised to see fire shoot from his eyes.
"Though there is one thing I do not understand...you accept the dark, yet refuse me. We exist in the same darkness...so why deny me? Perhaps a part of your heart is still afraid of the darkness?"
"Of course not." Riku growled. "The truth is..."
Riku grabbed his sword, and held it above his head, ready for battle. "...you just really stink."
"Wow, Riku. That's intimidating." Corita muttered under her breath. Ansem seemed to be thinking along the same lines as her, as he didn't speak for a moment.
"You're foolish to fight me." He said after some time. "I have conquered you before...you know the power you face!"
"I used all the power you had to offer and still lost to Sora." Riku growled. "I'm not impressed, Ansem."
"Very well." Ansem growled. "Then sink into the dark abyss!"
Ansem held out his arms, and the entire area where he and Riku stood was clouded in darkness. The orb that Corita was gazing into was clouded with darkness as well, and Corita stared hard at it.
"STUPID DARKNESS!" She roared, banging the orb with her fist.
"Just be patient." Naminé said softly.
Corita gave a yelp and jumped. She wheeled around and saw that Naminé was watching her from the corner of the room.
"How long have you been there?" She asked, heart pounding.
"I just came up." Naminé said softly.
"O...okay...just don't sneak up on me like that again, okay?"
Everybody: -wakes up-
Sora53: What happened?
Joe: Where's Naminé?
Fans: Look, there's a note on the ground. -sigh-
Sora53: 'Dear Insane People: I find that I can no longer take the craziness. I have escaped. Farewell, Naminé'
Joe: NOOOOOO!
Corita: O.o I thought you loved me! -sob-
Riku Fangirls: WE WILL HELP RIKU WIN THE BATTLE AGAINST ANSEM!
Corita: That's MY job!
Sora53: Oo am I sensing hostility?
Corita: Of course not.
Joe: -sob-
