"Hey guys, I just remembered something," said Sora as he, Donald, and Goofy walked along the third floor hallway. "And what might that be?" asked Donald in his high-pitched voice. Sora looked thoughtful for a moment, trying to figure out best how to describe it. "Well, it seems like ever since we've been in this place, I've felt a sort of high-level energy. Almost like it's someone's power."

"I've noticed that too!" exclaimed Goofy. Sora nodded.

"And I think that maybe, it might be King Mickey or Riku!"

"You might be right!" said Donald, jumping into the air.

"Actually, you're completely wrong. But you get points for trying," said a soulless voice. Riku stood in the hallway with an emotionless look on his face. "Riku!" shouted Sora, running toward him at top speed. Riku reacted by holding the sword up and forcing Sora to draw the Keyblade and protect himself. They were caught in a deadlock for a second until Riku threw him back onto the hard marble floor. "Riku? What's wrong with you?" asked Sora as he slowly stood up.

"I don't want you near me."

"But Riku-"
"I said leave me alone! How hard is that to understand?" he said harshly. "If you want to fight me, then fine. You'll lose anyway."
"But I don't want to fight you! We've been searching for you for so long! What's come over you?" said Sora in complete shock.

"You obviously didn't look hard enough! After you left this castle, I knew you'd probably gone back to see Kairi. But I always believed you'd come back to find me. I guess I'm stupid for that. I'm clearly not that important to you. You just forgot about me! We're supposed to be best friends! And you had the nerve to show up now? No. You completely left me here. For that, Sora, you'll pay with your life." The room grew dark as Riku shot into the air, hiding in the shadows. Sora held up the Keyblade, although he was still unable to block Dark Aura. Riku had become swifter and stronger than before, and it was all Sora could do to protect himself. Axel and Laska teleported in at the same time, remaining unseen in the black fog. "What a coincidence," muttered Axel, leaning back against the wall. Laska did the same.

"What's going on?" questioned Laska."Basically, Sora has the attention span of a goldfish and forgot about Riku. Riku's seriously ticked now, and we've just been keeping tabs on them to make sure they don't kill each other."

"That works." Riku used Dark Break, and landed a huge slice on Sora, causing him to bleed profusely. Axel stepped forward, tearing a rift in the solid darkness. "Alright Riku, that's enough." Riku teleported away. The darkness dispersed, and Axel smirked at Sora.
"Normally, I would try to kill you right about now. But since you're so weak, I'll save the fun for later. Besides, you're getting blood all over the nice clean floor." Axel faded out, and Sora collapsed on the floor. Donald healed his wounds, but he stayed asleep. "Gwarsh, he must be pretty tired!" said Goofy. "No, really?" asked Donald sarcastically.