This chapter is dedicated to my first ever reviewer, AngelicSilverAngel. I tried to make this chapter a little bit longer, and I promise it will eventually get more interesting. Well here's the 2nd chapter!
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Riku
I couldn't believe it. She was back. And alive. And here she lay before me with her now long blonde hair covering her face, and slim hands draped across her tan stomach. She wore only a tight, short black tank top, which revealed much of her toned stomach. Her short black shorts were held up with a dark green belt, and another belt was slung across her waist, holding a pouch that was her keyblade.
I saw all of the bruises and cuts on Namine's arms and legs, and figured it would probably be a good idea to take her back to our house. I knew Tyson would be happy. I carefully picked up the limp Namine, and began walking back towards the house.
Man was Tyson happy. He practically cried when he saw Namine, and he was of course then worried that she would get sick from being outside for so long, so we spent the next hour or so healing all her scrapes and bruises. Others from the Organization were happy, but puzzled. We had finally gotten one of our valuable fighters back. Namine was one of the best swords person and ninja any of us had ever known; she even made Yuffie look mediocre.
There was one thing that was bothering us all though; Why had the door opened? What else could have gotten out besides Namine? That was something we knew we would face in the future. As for now though, it was spring cleaning. Urgh.
"RIKU! WHERE ARE YOU? GET YOUR LAZY ASS UP HERE RIGHT.NOW!" Geez. You would THINK Larxene could be a little quieter with Namine sleeping in the next room. She hadn't woken up for 2 days, but Axel, supposed doctor, said she was just catching up on sleep, and it was nothing to worry about. Lucky her. She was the only one in our 'house'(more like mansion) that got out of Larxene's spring cleaning frenzy.
"I'm coming! Keep your shirt on! sheesh." I managed to scramble up the stairs before Larxene had an excuse to yell at me again, and came face to face with yet another pair of boxers. "I told you to put these disgusting things away! I don't want to have to look at them every time I go in your room." Larxene angrily shoved the boxers in my hand, and pushed me into my room. "Maybe you should just stay out of there in the first place..." I muttered angrily as I stormed to the dresser and shoved my boxers in with all of my other clothes. I dashed into the bathroom that connected my room to Namine's to brush my teeth.
"Urrrrrghnnnn." I stopped my vigorous teeth brushing to glance in the room that Namine now occupied to see her jump up in bed quickly, and promptly fall on the floor. I stifled a laugh and casually walked into the room.
Namine
I woke up to find myself on the ground yet again, but this time, I was in a room next to a bed. Well, its better than that alley. Wait...the alley! That meant that..."I see your just as graceful as ever," came a smooth voice from above me. I looked up and nearly fell over again. There, standing above me in living person was Riku, shirtless Riku. 'No Namine! Stop thinking about it!' He was standing over me with his hands on his hips, a light smirk playing across his elegant face. He sported only a pair of black jeans, that rode low enough for his green boxers to be visible. His sculpted chest was rising and falling gently with every breath he took, and I could feel myself begin to turn red in the face.
"Like what you see?" he asked, smirk broadening. I blushed even harder and glared at him, before rolling to my feet, ignoring the hand that was held out to me. "I see your just as cocky as ever," I shot back, while surveying my surroundings. I was in a small bedroom, that had a screen door connecting with another room, which had stuff scattered everywhere. Suddenly I heard the pounding of footsteps, and the next thing I knew, I was on the floor again, underneath someone with gravity defying blonde hair. "TYSON!" I gasped, I had completely forgotten about him. I hugged him tightly, before tickling his sides, attempting to get his dead weight off of me.
"I missed you so much!" Tyson gushed, a huge grin on his face, as he rolled off of me. I couldn't help give a smal smile in return; Tyson was one of the few people that had ever given two hoots about me. "Missed you too," I echoed, only with much less happiness.
I was happy to be back with the people I cared about, but I couldn't bring myself to be completely happy. I mean, I had just spent 6 months in darkness.
"So, what happened?" Tyson looked at me questioningly as he plopped down on my bed. I sat on the bed beside him, and began to explain, as Riku stood quietly in the doorway.
Whoa, where the heck am I? It was so dark, I couldn't hardly see anything. There were heartless all around me, but they didn't advance on me, as they normally would. They were just...there. Suddenly I knew, I was back in the place I had dreaded for so long. I was shut behind the door once again, a prisoner of darkness. There was no light here, no hopes of escape, unless the door magically opened again.
I spent days wandering the darkness, looking for some glimmer of hope. The only reason I had not perished yet was the fact that I had been here before, not long ago. Only that time, I wasn't alone.
I spent a lot of time just sitting, and thinking about all that I had done, all the people I had been forced to betray, and all the people that had betrayed me. It drove me almost insane. And then the door opened again.
"I was right near the door when it sprang from its hinges, and let me through. All I remember was hearing was Sora's voice. He told me never to give up." At this I looked at Riku, who was staring so intently at me, but he was so hard to read, I couldn't tell what he was feeling. Was it anger, hope, disappointment? He quickly adverted his gave to the floor and mumbled something like "impossible". That wasn't like Riku. He usually was always voicing his opinion, always open to anything, always hopeful. And here it seemed he had given up all hope. It was depressing.
"Well, that's defiantly something we should probably tell the Organization about," came Tyson's soft reply. I snapped out of my reverie, and nodded.
We went to the 'meeting room' as Tyson called it, and there I came face to face with Axel, the very person I least wanted to see. He was always scaring me, picking on me when I had been forced to stay in the castle with him. I had grown to hate the ignorant man.
"So Namine, its nice to see our best ninja back," he said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. I tried to ignore his lack of understanding and flashed him a half emotional smile.
"Now why don't you tell us your little story?" Axel said while boring his eyes into mine. It was as if he didn't even take me seriously. It was ridiculous, he didn't even care. Its like he hardly believed that I had gone into darkness at all. Trying to ignore the burning anger in my stomach, I began my story once again.
Once I had finished, I looked around the room to the members of the Organization that sat in front of me. There was of course Axel, and Larxene, as well as Marluxia(sp?) and of course DiZ. Axel looked at me with suspicious eyes, and Larxene with a hint of sympathy...but just a hint. DiZ had a thoughtful look on his face, and I could tell he was planning something. As for me, well I was starting to feel kind of woozy from going a few days with no food. Diz finally stood up, and came to me, saying in a quiet voice so no one else would hear, "Namine, I need you to be on your guard at all times; the door didn't open for a reason. We will take immediate action on this situation, but you will remain here until we have investigated further. I don't want to lose you again." I stood in absolute shock. This was a side of DiZ I had never seen before, he had actually shown concern and compassion. I knew that what he said was important, and I nodded my head in agreement.
"Now go get some food. You look like death itself." He turned and stiffly walked back to his desk. There was the DiZ I know, harsh and bossy. I grinned in my head, though no smile appeared on my face. It was getting harder and harder to be truly happy lately. I turned and walked slowly out of the room, closing the heavy door behind me with a resounding thud. Riku and Tyson were both waiting outside, and as soon as I came out, Tyson shoved a coat in my hands. "Come on, we're going to a cafe. You need food." I opened my mouth to protest, but Tyson grabbed my hand and pulled me along. I tried to put the coat on as I walked, but gave up when Tyson began practically sprinting to the door.
We got outside and I felt a new feeling of happiness come over me. I was finally home, in the place where I had spent so much of my childhood. Twilight Town was the place where I taught myself to become a ninja, the place where I had met Tyson, and the place where I had finally found happiness. I had been through so much here, and I finally felt like I could breath. I was home.
Suddenly Riku chuckled. "What's so funny?" I asked a bit perturbed. "Its just that you seemed happy for the first time since well, since I met you." I was surprised at that; was I really that gloomy? "Well I guess I'm just happy to be home," I said simply, before turning to Tyson, who was looking a bit impatient at being deprived of his food. So we set off to the cafe.
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So what does everyone think? I know it may seem kinda broken and boring, but i swear it will get more interesting! believe me if i could just skip all this and go to the interesting part si would, but it wouldn't make any sense...so bare with me...please R&R with anything...flames, sugestions...im open to anything...