Well, I've written the final chapter, Apocalypse, which will be posted after this one tear. But do not fear, there will be a sequel dealing with high school on Fate Island. Yay! Anyways, I won't delayyou further from reading this chapter, since I know I've been neglecting my posting duties.

Momo

P.S: Riku's weapon is identical to the thief oriented costume weapon of Rikku in FFX and FFX-2 but with the describe properties.

.:Chapter 14:.

Riku

Azumi took a deep breath.

"Well, it's all true, you know. It's not just a dream. I figured that out when you called me Zuzi. You know, when I first met you?" she paused as he nodded, "Yeah well, that's all there is to it I guess."

"No, I mean what are you? What did you do all that time?" he asked.

She winked at him, "That's a secret, which in time, you might end up discovering. But I'm not gonna tell you."

He glared at her, wanting to know right then and there. But just knowing that it was true and not really a dream was enough for the moment.

"So," she asked, interrupting the silence.

"So what?" he asked, scooting closer to her. She pulled close and whispered in his ear, "Did you wait for me?"

He couldn't say anything. And as she pulled away and walked towards the door to the kitchen, he found his mind screaming, NO! STOP! I waited! Zuzi! Come back! I love you! as she gave him a sly smile and slid around the door frame. It was ridiculous, really, since she was only going into the next room, but at that moment, he had gotten a sudden chill, as if he would lose her forever.

"Aw, fuck!" he heard her shout upon entering the kitchen. Finding he was no longer paralyzed, he leaped up and went to find her, only entering just in time to see her throwing everyone behind her.

Tidus was once again a "target", as Azumi had put it, but this time he was the one being controlled. His eyes had a demonic glare to them, as well as a reddish orange color. His face seemed to be shadowed, and that shadow grew to take over his whole body. He looked like a living Heartless of himself, except his eyes were more terrifying than any Heartless' that Riku had ever seen. He saw Azumi push the others aside (they had inched closer, trying to se what was going on) and whip a little metal cylinder out of her pocket. Raising the little bar in front of her Azumi commanded in a voice not quite her own, "Open, my Rieüken Blade, and obey my voice alone."

The silver metal cylinder bubbled slightly at each of its ends, and with a faint glow, a crystalline blade with a green and blue tint pointed out from each end. Growing so that one side was an inch, but the other was about six, a light breeze ruffled Riku's hair. The Blade wasn't cut evenly either; it was more of two shards of crystal put together and on the longer end, sharp and jagged. The other, shorter side which pointed at her wrist in her clenched fist was just as sharp, but a single pointed chard with no other angles. The aqua color mystified Riku as well. He had never seen anything like it before. The similar shades were streaked throughout the crystal; heavily in some areas, lighter in others, giving it a glowing, translucent effect.

Azumi's hair settled, and she stepped back into a fighting stance. Raising her blade, she took a step forward, soon following it with a burst of speed. To Riku's surprise, Tidus matched her speed, and charged as well.

But this isn't Tidus…

The two fought their way into the bedroom, then the living room. Azumi could dodge as well as she could fight, and she and Tidus both had a few nicks on them before she landed a kick on him (his stomach to be exact) and sent him flying out the window (the same she had punched Sora out of). When she looked out the window, something shocked her.

Then she silently jumped out after Tidus, and Riku and the rest of the gang dashed out the door immediately and jumped down the ramps, skipping the ladders (Well, at least the boys did). Clearly, Tidus was no match for Azumi, even fueled by dark forces. She had soon pushed him to the South beach and the two were headed for the water. Azumi knocked Tidus over, and was about to give a final stab, but hesitated, then began to back away.

"Azumi! What the hell are you…do…ing?" Sora, astonished, stopped mid sentence as a giant ball of black magic erupted from the water behind Tidus. That must have been what Azumi saw in the water before jumping down. Flying towards shore, Riku saw to his horror who was inside.

Hell no. Not Ansem. Not here, and not now!

He heard Azumi murmur shit before holding her weapon in front of her and saying something Riku couldn't understand (if she had said it in that strange language as before, he couldn't understand it now). The metal part grew to be about her height, and the side blades lengthened to be about three feet on each side and six inches at their widest point. The colors glowed more vibrantly and she prepared for an attack, but instead, Tidus jumped up into the dark hole of electrifying purples and black. The ball rose up, as if to leave with Tidus, but then came plummeting towards the ground.

When she turned to run, she saw the others staring in awe.

"Move it, assholes!" she shouted. Even with her speed, it took a while for her to reach them; they were by the waterfalls and the secret hideout while she was at the end of the beach opposite Paopu Island. The others headed into the hideout by instinct, but Riku stood there, staring at the black, oppressive mass falling towards the ground.

Reaching him, Azumi grabbed his arm and yanked him towards the hideout yelling, "Come on!"

He was whipped out of his trance and into the hole with the others. The two tripped into the covering, and he caught Azumi before her head hit the ground. Their faces were so close, they could've kissed. Riku's heart was pounding in his chest. Should he kiss her? It was a great opportunity but, should he (considering the circumstance and all)?

But his decision was made for him. While she wasn't crying, her eyes were so sad, he almost did for her. Then she quickly kissed him, softly, and then jumped up and headed out the opening.

What the fuck is she doing!

He was in the process of getting up when he heard the dark orb hit the Island. He was knocked over, but that made him scramble to his feet even faster. He bolted out the entrance and saw Azumi battling her way through thousands of Heartless towards Ansem and Tidus.

Oh my fucking God…

He knew he had to help her, but how? And with what? The others followed him out, and he saw Azumi chanting something; a huge, aqua sphere appeared on her spare left hand. It shot towards them and split into five individual ones. One headed to Sora, turning into a giant, watery-looking sword with an intricate design engraved in the metal handle. Kairi's orb transformed into two, long daggers with designs similar to Azumi's blades. It was also on silver metal, and had designs similar to Sora's sword handle. A third landed in Selphie's hands: a pair of nun-chucks. The two glowing crystal handles with the same aqua, prismatic appearance had metal bands on each end with engraving, as well as being connected by the familiarly engraved metal chain. Wakka's weapon was a giant, crystalline sphere with two metal bands orbiting around it. The same runes etched into Wakka's blitz ball's bands were engraved on his weapon as well. Riku himself received two blades attached to rings with handle grips. Both the metal and the blades were similar to the other materials used for the other weapons.

Guess that answers that…

As the five took off to help Azumi, the instructions Ansem had been whispering in Tidus's ear had apparently taken effect. He shot towards them, right past Azumi, and began attacking Sora. The rest of the group was pushed off to the right. Sora was soon surrounded by a thick ring of Heartless, ready to consume his heart. While Kairi, Wakka, and Selphie rushed forward to break the circle (as they too were circled, but with a much weaker circle). Tidus was almost too much for the four of them combined, but assuming they could handle it, Riku headed towards Azumi.

Slashing his way through the Heartless, Riku attempted to reach Azumi. Left, right, left, right. Alternating attacks and cuts, he began to make steady progress towards her, or, Ansem actually, considering that she was moving to him as well.

"Where are you trying to go? Did you forget? You're mine."

The chilling voice stopped Riku dead in his tracks. The Heartless created a circle around him and a familiar and ominous figure appeared behind him.

"Ansem, I sold my soul to the Darkness to save my world. Your doors were opened and my chains broken. I got my soul back, you let it escape. Not me," he said calmly, not daring to turn around. He hoped Ansem couldn't sense the fear in his voice.

Azumi was now struggling to get to them, seeing (or sensing) that her target had disappeared.

"You won't escape again," he said, his voice sly and snake-like.

Riku whirled around, about to attack, when his arms and legs were drawn off as if he was drawn up by chains, hung in the air as if on an X-shaped cross. Ansem snapped his fingers, and Riku's head shot up, forcing their eyes to lock. The pain in his neck was incredible, as was the burning on his wrists and ankles.

"Your soul will be mine!" shouted Ansem, his eyes getting an even darker, more ravenously hungry glare. Hungry for what?

My soul, Riku answered himself.

Ansem pulled his arm backwards. Azumi screamed his name. Ansem reached forwards, plunging his hand into Riku's chest. There. He could feel it. That horrible, ripping feeling of your soul being torn out of you. It had happened once before, and he was surprised his body even survived (most people's bodies descinigrate), but he knew that if his soul was reclaimed now, he would never get it back. But there was no more time to think about that, since he had slipped into unconciousness and it would only be moments before he was only a memory.

.:End Chapter 14:.