Disclamier: All righty...I don't own Sora, Riku, Vanh, or theidea for chapters 1-3 and the idea for Vanh loving Sora. I do own the castle, Celia, and the new idea from here to the end of the story.

Full Summary: Riku has always been a boy of mystery, so what happens when his true identity is slowly shown and revealed to his best friend in the whole world, to Sora? Sora has always been the thing in everyone's eye that they wanted, so what happens when the pure darkness known as Vanh has a small fancy for him? Read as the two boys struggle to keep alive and out of Vanh's clutches. Maybe this little fancy Vanh has is more than just little…

Chapter Five: Akari and Kurayami

Akari, the name given to the element light by the Japanese. Akari was created to balance out the darkness, Kurayami, when time first started. There have always been an even amount of Akari and Kurayami in the world, in a human's life, in nature. However, Kurayami started to get out of control, wanting to dominate the world and fill it with it's darkness. Akari managed to stop Kurayami from taking over, but in the process of doing so, it was destroyed. Kurayami remained, because darkness never fades, but soon it was given a human form. Records of what Kurayami looks like now are unavailable, because it hides away and makes sure to never show its self. We, the people writing these records for future generations, have reasons to believe that Akari, the light element, is born into someone new each time, thus this is where the Key Blade comes in. The Key Blade, an object created by light before it was destroyed, was left in the hands of King Mickey, one who makes sure to try and find the newest child each and every time. Once the Key Blade has found a human, it is believed that the human possessing it is Akari reborn. They have no knowledge of their past life or anything, but they are the purest person of their time. When the said human dies, the Key Blade chooses another human that Akari has been reborn in.

Riku's eyes were wide as he read the page, swallowing hard and flipping it to where the pictures where. One of a woman looking creature, wrapped in all beautiful colors such as golds and light oranges. Greens and blues. Her, as he was guessing this person was female as they drew it, had hair as lovely as the sun, tumbling down her back and spilling around her body upon the floor. Her eyes were a lovely sky blue and her skin as beautiful and white like the snow. Her lips were red and looked at if they were made of silk. "Akari was given a female picture because females are supposed to bring new life into the world and lay the old to rest in peaceful manners so they can…move on," He said, reading what it had underneath her. He took another look at her, trying to see what so had in common with Sora. True, it said that the Key Blade chose the one that was supposedly her, but what if they were wrong? His eyes moved over to the next picture, Kurayami. Back than, when this book was published, Kurayami was given a different look. A man was long black hair, the hair tied together at the bottom, and hung just above the ground. He was pale and very narrow, his body almost looking like it could be a feline, just crawl into any place it wanted. He didn't look any longer, turning to the next page, going on with his reading.

We have a few records of the names that were said to be born as Akari. Kiki, Jazzy, Mito, and a person simply known as Yuki. We do not know how much longer it'll be before Kurayami tries to dominate the world again and without Akari, we fear that this time, the many worlds will not be spared from its grasp. We have managed the collect a few pages from a journal that has been found. It talks about destroying Akari when he finds out which body holds the soul that is the light elements'. We have no doubt to believe that he plans to go through with this plan. Darkness will conquer light, that is what he has written in his journal. For all of our readers, reading this book that turned out more like a journal of our finds, we have a clue as to when he will strike and try to destroy her. It mentions that when the worlds are saved, there will be a human vulnerable enough to extract her soul from. There has been a pattern of people that the soul has been going to. From her original form that we think is a girl, she went to a boy, than to a girl, than to a boy. So on and on shall it go. When the planets are saved, we have reason to believe it'll be a boy that'll be possessing her soul.

He gave a small gasp. It was all talking about Sora. This Kurayami person wanted to take Sora's soul and kill it. They wanted to destroy him. Well, it wasn't happening right now, because Vanh had the boy, and he wouldn't kill him, not after how much he talked about him and loved him, like he did. He turned back to the pictures, deciding to read what was under Kurayami. "Given the form of a man as we believe Kurayami is, he was given this because men cause war and destroy things. Kurayami has a distinct mark, unlike Akari. He was given the mark of an eye to show that he could see every bit of darkness in the world…" He was sort of, disbelieving this. Vanh had the picture of an eye, so did he, but he was created from Vanh. He quickly looked at the man again, trying to see if this was all just a coincidence or if it was who he thought it was. "No…" Riku slammed the book shut, running from the library, off to find the two. He had looked at the eyes. The eyes were just like his, just like Vanhs'. They were cold and emotionless, not to mention was it said next to the eyes. Kurayami's eyes were as cold as ice and as dead as glass. No one has eyes like him.

The dead eyes were still gleaming, excitement filling the air around him. He turned, swirling his cloak a bit as he looked at the boy. "Sora…" He whispered, walking over to the boy, bending over and kissing the boy's lips softly, a soft moan coming from him. He took the boy's wrist in his hand, a knife against his wrist as he cut it horizontally, a loud scream from Sora. "Don't worry my love…it won't kill you…" He said, looking at him before holding his bleeding wrist over a cup, the blood pouring from it and into the cup. Once done, the creature waved his hand over the boy's wrist, it healing almost like magic. He set his wrist down before moving over, taking a hold of the cup, looking at the red liquid that was Sora's. He pressed the cup to his lips, not drinking it but letting it rest there. Soon he was putting different colors of powder into the cup, turning the blood a variety of colors until it ended up as clear as water. And then, only then did he set it down above the boy's head, on a shelf. "Akari will be no more…and I will have you Sora…" He bent down, kissing the angel's lips once more before moving over to the door, standing there, smiling. "Riku…how wonderful of you to join us…"

"Stop fooling yourself! I know who you are and what intend to do!" He was glaring, hissing at him angrily. Vanh nodded, laughing as he turned his back to him. "Even if you know who I am, what I hope to accomplish…you will not stop me…for you see, you are me and deep down, you crave for the same thing. You crave for Sora, for world domination and I am about to make this happen…no longer will I be too weak to walk among the worlds, and no longer will I deal with you…" He turned his head, grinning, looking at him. "Your attempts will be fruitless Riku…the only one that could ever stop me was Akari…and he failed…" Now was where Riku got confused, stepping back, holding the wall and wanting it there for support. "What do you mean him! Akari was a girl!" Vanh moved, setting himself in a chair near the boy, looking at the ground before up to him. "Lies…Akari wasn't a girl, but a lovely boy…well, a man seeing how he is as old as I am, it's just not as noticeable because he travels from body to body, living out the humans life span." He shook his head. "Akari and I were actually in love, very much in love. Light and dark just go well together, as Akari and Kurayami we wanted to balance out the world, well, keep the world balanced. But Akari started to get in my way and I had no choice but to well, you know, kill him and then run into hiding because I didn't know if he would come back or not."

"Turns out, he does, but he kept changing his genders and he kept changing the places he came from, I could never lock onto him. It took me about five hundred years to realize his pattern. He went in a pattern for world…for gender… I mapped out this and plotted when he would be most vulnerable and when I would like to kill him… This is where things start to get a bit familiar. It was when I found Sora, yes, Akari's human form now. I just…couldn't bring myself to kill him personally because he looked exactly like Akari. With his beautiful eyes and his angelic face…that's where you came into my plan. I sent you to retrieve him for me, so that he wouldn't be able to get a hold of the Key Blade and so that I might not have to have done this. But you failed, so…I sent the Heartless to fetch him, you got in my way some more, as well as those friends of his. And when the Heartless started to fail, I influenced the group of people you started to work for, not to mention Ansem as well…but all was a giant fail, after all, everyone was killed and Sora was still pushing strong… That's when you escaped and told him to meet you here. I thought this was just a plan begging to be fulfilled! And everything turned out according to plan this time…no failures…well, except for you. I was so hoping you would just stay away from this place…"

He rubbed his temple, looking at him, eyes beaming even though his whole plan had been revealed. Not like it mattered, after all, he could've already guessed it. "Ah…so now you know and-" He was interrupted by the sound of the clock going off, striking midnight. He was soon standing heading over to Sora. "The time is now Akari…" He said, waving a hand over the boy, his eyes open now. "Wait! You-" The lovely voice was cut off, a shadow vine wrapped tightly around his body and his mouth, holding him firmly in place. "Now…about you Akari…Sora…" Vanh's hands were pressed together, folding as if he were to pray, his head bent slightly and his eyes closed. He was mumbling a chant. The wind blowing, the candles that had been lit were put out. Everything was going according to the spell if the lights went out. Sora's eyes closed for a minute before they opened, eyes shining a golden color, nothing else. He was screaming, screaming so hard it hurt Riku's ears. The golden light left his eyes, collecting above his head, forming a lovely golden orb, that is, until it moved over to the free space, a human coming from it, collapsing on the ground. "Akari…so nice to see you again…"

A man had fallen to the ground, but he looked much like the picture, even though he wasn't a woman. A long kimono made of golds, oranges, blues, and light reds. His golden hair held up at the top in three, small hoops, the rest of it tumbling down to the floor. His skin as white as snow and his eyes as blue as the sky, just like Sora's. A sleeve reached up and a slender hand emerged from it, touching his own head softly for a minute. "Ah…my head…what happened?" He sat there, looking like a defenseless woman, so helpless and frail looking. He was soon standing, the long kimono hiding his legs and his eyes quickly looked to Sora. "My body…" He whimpered, looking back up at Vanh and gave a small gasp. "Kurayami!" He was soon pressed up against a wall, whimpering at the hand over his mouth, Vanh's hand over Akari's mouth. "My lovely Akari…I have so missed you in these years we've been apart… But alas, if I am to accomplish world domination, I will have to kill you…" The other gave a soft whimper, reaching up and grabbing his hand before throwing the creature's body away from his own. "Do not touch me Kurayami…what have you done!" He was hissing angrily at him. It was common, light to battle the darkness. "I pulled your soul from the boy's body…and I did it without harming his own…"

Akari looked over to his body, the one he had been occupying before glancing at Riku, moving over to him, not seeing his eyes. "You poor darling…" He said, reaching out, a hand resting on the shadow vines as they backed down from his touch of light. Allowing the silver haired boy to go free. "There you go, now I-wait a minute…you have the same eyes as he does…Kurayami is the only one to have the glass eyes of steel…" The creature of light was backing away, running right into Vanh. This was all confusing. He didn't know what was going on at all. Not to mention the dark's hands were slowly wrapping around his body and holding him tightly. Vanh's lips pressed against the male's ears, the other feeling the grin on him. "I see you've met me…well, he's in a different body. That's Riku…heir to the darkness if I should ever die…which I won't because of all the darkness in people's hearts…" He was enjoying himself…a little too much. A hand lowered, slipping down and grabbing a hold of the light man's groin, through the kimono. All the other had to do was give a soft gasp, start to blush madly, and begin to thrash and squirm.

Riku wasn't much paying attention, seeing how he was already at Sora's side, clutching his best friend's hand. "Sora! Sora!" He shouted, now shaking the body gently. After all that effort, all he got was a small whimper. Well, it at least meant he was still alive and that he wasn't hurt…much. "Sora, you have to open up your eyes now! Open them!" As if hearing them, he forced his blue eyes open, tilting his head to the side a bit, looking away from Riku and towards the other two. "It's him…" He whispered, shifting slightly before sitting up, rubbing his head. "He's that voice…that voice I kept hearing. He was the one…that helped me with the Key Blade…and told me that the greatest power was light…" He was soon standing up, ignoring all else but the light form known as Akari who was still having troubles in the other's grasp. "Let go of me Kurayami! I don't love you any more!" He hissed, stopping his struggling as he looked down at the same blue eyes he had, except, his were wider and seemed foggy, as if still in a haze as to where he was. "Thank you…for all your help…" The boy said, holding out his hand, silently asking him to shake it to show he accepted.

Akari was sort of busy but just as he out stretched a hand, Sora fell forward, collapsing on the light form which was soon on the floor, lying on top of the dark creature known as Vanh. The creature of darkness soon moved from under Akari, grabbing the boy in his arms and smiling. "Sora…" He whispered, looking to Riku than to Akari before taking a step backwards. "I will leave you here…to deal with each other…" He said, snapping his fingers as both him and Sora disappeared, leaving Akari and Riku in a bubble that they couldn't escape…well, one wouldn't be able to escape that is. "What has he done to my body!" Akari was panicking about the fact that his second body was being held captive. "Who cares about you! We have to get Sora back!" Riku yelled, hissing and foaming angrily as he ran into it, flying backwards and landing on a few candle sticks. The hot wax didn't much hurt his back, but his arms since they were bare. "I have to think of a way out of here…" The light form sighed, sitting down as he set off to think on how to escape this prison. The boy was soon charging mindlessly at the barrier like he could break it. It was actually amusing for awhile, until it got annoying. "No matter how many times you fun into it…it'll just send you flying back so there really is no point in continuing to charge at it…" Akari sighed, looking at him as he just kept it up, actually starting to bleed from all the times he got flung back and hit the wall. "I don't care! I need to help Sora!"

Vanh had set the boy's body on a bed, kissing him tenderly, savoring the taste of his lips. "They'll never figure out how to escape…and soon you'll be awake. We may then rule and I can turn you into darkness… Your soul will be mine…" He gave a small chuckle behind his hand, shaking his head as he took a seat, staring out the window, looking at the never ending darkness that reached up towards the sky. "And soon I will be free as well and I can take over the world…unleash the inner darkness and Akari won't be able to stop me from doing so…" The creature of darkness was beaming happily, enjoying his evil scheme so very much. Everything was working out according to plan. And now…who said the bad guys didn't ever win?

A/N: I have a few things to say and/or do. One, last chapter was really short (even though it had it's giant, long paragraphs) and it only made it to the beginning of page four. Two, thank you DieChan for reviewing again. That makes me really happy to see people review more than once, don't ask why. Three, thank you Korbin. You made me laugh a lot at your review on how you were...begging. Haha...so thank you for the good laugh. Four, this chapter was more or less a long ish thingy explaining everything going on. The whole plot of this story. the whole plot of the game (to fit the story, not the real plot because that'd be creepy). Five, I'm working my ass off to get everything done and junk. Five, this is one of the saddest things. The story is coming to an end, as anyone could hopefully guess. The next chapter (chapter six) should be the last chapter, if not chapter six, chapter seven. Anyways, it's ending so I can focus on my soon to come chapter stories. So...yeah, just telling what's happening and what's going on.