Yes! I'm at 210 hits! Woohoo! I think I'll celebrate by... putting this chapter on! Lol.

Disclaimer: If I owned KH, Sephiroth would be the main character. Or at least Riku.

Please tell me he didn't survive that. Namine was staring with horror at Sephiroth as, just a few minutes after getting his heart completely smashed, he began to move.

Sephiroth got up and looked around the room. When he saw Namine, he looked shocked. "Namine? How did you suddenly get so tall? And why is the castle in such disrepair?"

"What do you mean 'how did I get so tall?' You kidnapped me just a few days ago. I've never been to this castle before, but I do know how it got in such bad shape. The Heartless took over this world and it became warped." Namine wasn't sure if Sephiroth was just playing mind tricks with her or if Jenova had played a mind trick on him, but either way he seemed to think they had known each other before.

"Kidnapped you? Oh right, Jenova's had control over me for a while now. But what do you mean you've never been here before? You practically grew up here." Sephiroth looked confused for a minute then a look of comprehension dawned on his face. "Of course. Your mother's spell."

"What?"

"Cloud." Riku glared at the warrior when, for the third time, he didn't even turn his head. "Cloud! What am I marked with? Who marked me? Why…" A memory suddenly rose up in Riku's mind.

"Riku." Sephiroth looked down at the young silver haired boy that stood at his feet. "I wish I didn't have to be the one to tell you this, but you have been marked."

"Is that a bad thing?" The young boy looked up in confusion.

"Do you remember your ancient history lessons? The ones that had the elves in them?"

"Yeah, they're my favorite. But what do they have to do with anything?"

"Well, you know that the Great Shadow, after he was beaten by the Gods, was thrown into the void, right?"

"Yeah. He said that one day, he would come from the darkness and destroy everything that the Gods had fought so hard to protect. He said that he would send one of his servants to open the gate for him to come through. I still don't see how this has anything to do with me…" The boy's face suddenly grew fearful. "I'm the servant."

Sephiroth nodded.

"Cloud, this doesn't have anything to do with the Great Shadow, does it?"

Cloud stopped, looked at Riku, then looked away and kept going.

"That wasn't too hard." The battle between Steel and the other two had gone quite bad. For them anyway.

"Hey, why don't you untie me and fight me in a real battle instead of using my own tactics against me!" Steel had knocked out Leon first, then pinned the ninja and tied her to a lamppost when she had gone to make sure Leon was alright.

Steel acted like he hadn't heard her and began to walk towards the third district. Since nobody ever went there anymore, it was the ideal place to open a path to the Twilight Road. The fight he had just had, instead of wearing him out, had rejuvenated him far more than the rest he had been getting did.

Steel suddenly had the feeling like he wasn't alone. He looked around, but couldn't find anything unusual. He kept walking, but the feeling kept growing. If anybody had been watching him, he would have noticed, but he trusted this instinct more than his own eyes. He would have to be careful until he was out of Travers Town.

Mickey silently watched the strange blonde boy from the rooftops of Traverse Town. When the boy stopped and looked around, Mickey stopped and waited instead of trying to find somewhere to hide. Since the cloak he wore was completely black, as well as his fur, the assassin couldn't see him. Mickey knew that this boy was after Riku, but he didn't know why. It was probably munny, if he really was an assassin, but it might be other reasons too. He would have to confront him soon, Mickey decided.

"Listen well Namine, this is very important. I believe that you have been having dreams lately about memories you didn't know you had, correct?" Namine nodded, and Sephiroth continued. "Well, these are your real memories. You used to live in this world. Your mother had special powers, as I'm sure you already knew. She had the power to alter, recreate, construct and destroy memories. Her power was limited, however. She knew about Ansem and the Heartless, and she knew what was going to happen. There was no way anybody could stop it by then, however, but there was a way she could keep the children of the castle and the town that you lived in from feeling the loss of losing your world. This spell took everything she had. It changed yours, Sora's, Riku's, and Kairi's memories to fit the world you were sent to. It also changed the memories of those around you to make them think that you had been there all your life."

"But that didn't happen to Kairi. When she got to her world, Riku and Sora thought they had been there all their lives, but Kairi knew that she was from a different world, and so did everyone else." Namine was definitely leaning towards Jenova playing tricks on Sephiroth.

"Yes, I told her that one of you four would be affected by it less than others. She also knew it, but she also knew that if she didn't do this, then all of you would grow up with nothing but resentment and revenge on your minds. When she told me what she was going to do, I tried to stop her. After all, she helped me stop Jenova from taking over my mind more than once. She refused and told me that it was your friend's turn to save the world, and your turn to help them. She also told me that the spell would wear off after about ten years and that you would slowly regain your memory."

Namine thought about this, then decided to believe him. It did make sense after all. The dreams, the feeling of knowing Sora even before they met, even the feeling that she and Kairi would get along great if they ever met. With this in mind, Namine decided to search her mind and try to find the rest of her real memories.

"Cloud? What are you doing here so early? I thought the tournament was going to last until nightfall." Aeris looked at Cloud questioningly, but when she saw Riku she suddenly understood. "So, I guess you found out what is going to happen to him."

"Yes. Why didn't you tell anybody? It might be too late already." Cloud tried not to make it sound like an accusation, but it kind of came out that way.

"I didn't tell anyone because if Sora knew about it, then he might not have kept looking for Riku and Riku would have thought that Sora had abandoned him, causing it to happen faster. Or, if we had done it the normal way, Sora would have turned against us for killing Riku." Aeris' tone had become defensive, and Riku got the feeling that she had expected the second one to happen.

"So what's going to happen to me than? Are you going to kill me? Or are you going to wait for it to happen?" Riku hated the fact that he was about to open the gate to the void and let the most powerful evil being to ever exist back into all of these worlds, so that he could take over them one by one. Riku would lose everybody permanently if that happened. Sora, Kairi, King Mickey, but most importantly, Namine. Why did he always lose people? And not just anybody, but the people who were the most important to him. He missed Namine more than anybody, even though he had only known her for a little while.

"It's too late to really do anything about it now. Everything will depend on what happens to you and how you handle it. The only advice I have for you is: don't push yourself too hard, try to avoid getting angry, and, most importantly, stay away from the darkness." Aeris emphasized these last few words the most, and Riku decided that he should probably listen to her.

"It might be a good idea for us to give you a history lesson while you're here. It'll be better if you know what exactly you're facing." Cloud sat down on a chair next to Aeris and Riku sat down on the other side of the table. He figured this would probably take a while.

"Your name is Steel, right?" Mickey almost laughed when the assassin spun around and threw a dagger at him, missing horribly because of Mickey's height.

"Yes. What do you want?" As Steel said this Mickey noticed that the dagger that had been thrown was suddenly back in its sheath.

"Well, I heard you're looking for a pal of mine by the name of Riku. I was just wondering why, that's all," Mickey replied calmly, doing his best not to laugh at the look on Steel's face as he realized that a mouse was about to fight him.

"That would be none of your business. Of course, I might tell you, but only if you can defeat me in battle."

"Ok, let's fight." Mickey's keyblade appeared in his hand, and Steel tried his best not to laugh.

Three Minutes Later

"Now, how about telling me why you're after Riku?" Mickey had Steel on the ground and was pointing the keyblade at his throat.

Steel cursed, then said, "Fine. I'm after him because he kidnapped a girl I know."

"And who would that be?" Mickey was kind of enjoying having this guy who was supposed to be unbeatable at his mercy.

"My sister, Namine."

Well there you are. How many of you were right about Steel? Probably all of you, I didn't try too hard to hide it in the last chapter. Anyway, if any of you have read the Sillmarillion by JRR Tolkien, then you probably already know who Axel's master is. I also congratulate you on getting through that book. If you haven't read it, or read that far in it yet, then don't worry I will name him and explain a little more about him next chapter.

Yes! More reviews!

Khobsessed-13 Lol, it feels good to figure stuff out without getting confused, doesn't it? And puppy dog eyes don't work on me, ask my sisters and the girls at the dance studio I go to, they try it almost every timeI see them(I'm one of the only teenage guys there).

Metal Chopsticks I know how that is. My dad locked fanfiction on our good comp, so I have to use the sucky comp to update and everything. Yeah, Nami is dangerous, but Riku is much more dangerous since he's 'marked' now.

Well, those are the only two who have reviewed so far, but I trust that the others will review sometime! Maybe. Anyway, R&R this chapter and tell me what you think. I will have another shocking turn of events soon, but first you must tell me what to fix!