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Chapter 10 - Battle of Hearts
Xehanort's heartless was floating in the air holding the still unconscious Sora.
"ANSEM!" Naminé screamed, hiding behind Roxas.
"No..." Kairi said, walking up to him, "Riku... It's you isn't it?"
The man looked down at her before saying, "I did it for you Kairi. You and Naminé."
He then threw Sora onto a rock ledge close to them.
"SORA!" Kairi cried, running to where he had landed.
Riku then used a dark energy ball and hurled it at her, pushing her away from Sora.
"Ahhh!" Kairi said, being blown backwards.
"Ahhh!" Naminé screamed, clutching her stomach.
"What's happening?" Roxas asked her.
"When Kairi was hit by that dark thing I felt it," Naminé said, slowly getting to a standing position.
"Whatever happens to our other halves must happen to us as well!" Roxas yelled, "We have to find a way to stop Riku!"
Roxas drew his Oblivion and Oathkeeper and ran up to him. When he had reached him he jumped up, but a powerful barrier bounced him onto the sand.
"He has a barrier!" Roxas yelled, getting up off of the sand, "We need to find some way to get around that!"
"How can we?" Kairi called to him, "If we can't even get to him, how do you expect us to find another way to hurt him?"
"It's no use!" Naminé yelled, "We're done for!"
Riku then pushed Kairi and Roxas back to where Naminé was standing.
"Riku!" Kairi yelled, "Why are you doing this!"
"I'm doing this for you Kairi!" he said immediately, "For you and Naminé!"
"You've told us that much already!" Naminé yelled back to him, "But... why!"
"Sora has always loved you Kairi," Riku said, turning his head to Sora, "He's always held the key to your heart! Whenever us three were together, you two would always ignore me and start flirting with each other! But I loved you Kairi! I always have!"
Kairi looked down at the ground and thought of all of the times Riku had tried to impress her, yet Sora who was always the underdog had somehow managed to capture her heart.
"Then something happened!" Riku yelled, facing the threesome again, "Naminé came back to the light; she split from you and came back to the world! I knew it was my chance to have at least part of you love me! Naminé was so understanding, and kind, just like you Kairi!"
The two girls just looked at each other sadly, and then looked at the ground.
"Just get to the point!" Roxas yelled.
Riku abruptly turned his attention to Roxas.
"Uhh..." Roxas said, smiling nervously, "Okay, continue!"
"Then you came along Roxas," Riku snarled, "I knew right away that Naminé would love you! Well why wouldn't she! Your other halves are desperately in love! Why wouldn't you two be! So I tried to get to her first, but what did she do! She ran away to you!"
"Well," Roxas interrupted, "She DOES have a right to love whoever she wants! And you already know that there's no way to change how a heart feels!"
Riku glared at him before continuing.
"I knew I had to do something," he said, "I decided that I'd use the powers of darkness and take on the form of Xehanort's heartless. He was one of the strongest masters of the dark... and that is where I should be right now, in the dark!"
"No Riku!" Naminé yelled.
Everyone turned to look at her.
"You belong in the world of the light!" she cried, "You belong in the world with us!"
"You don't belong here either Naminé," he said quietly, "You belong in the world of twilight!"
He suddenly pushed Kairi and Naminé far away from Roxas. He then put up a barrier so the girls couldn't get back in.
"It's you and me Riku!" Roxas said, rushing up to Riku.
Riku drew his Way to the Dawn and rushed up to Roxas as well.
"I remember the last time we fought," Riku snarled, blocking the attack of Roxas' keyblades, "I won."
"Only because you used the powers of darkness!" Roxas yelled, slashing at Riku.
"Hmph!" Riku said, jumping into the air to avoid Roxas' slashing, "Notice how I'm just doing that right now!"
"Be careful Roxas!" Kairi yelled, "You have to! For Sora!"
"The girls really have faith in you," Riku smirked while trying to stab at Roxas, "Nobody's ever had faith in me."
"I'm sure someone has had to have faith in you at one point," Roxas said, deflecting Riku's attacks.
"You don't know what it's like to be unloved, Roxas!" Riku said, landing a blow on Roxas' head.
Roxas fell to the sand immediately.
"Roxas!" Kairi yelled, "Oh no!"
Riku pinned Roxas down with his keyblade.
"If you disappear, then so does Sora," Riku laughed as Roxas tried to get free.
"NO!" Roxas screamed, trying even harder to break free.
Riku then blasted him with dark energy, making him unconcsious. He then raised his keyblade above his head.
"Good bye Sora, and Roxas!" Riku said, about to plunge his keyblade into Roxas' heart.
"STOP!" Naminé yelled, causing Riku to look over, "Please don't Riku! I couldn't bear it if you killed Sora, and Roxas! Please, let him go! I will do anything if you just let them live! Please, Riku... You are like a brother to me! I really do care for you!"
Riku put his keyblade away, and turned to her.
"Naminé..." Riku said, in a surprised tone, "Just tell me that you love me, and I will let him go."
"Riku..." Naminé said slowly, "I lo... I love you!"
Suddenly a bright light burst forth from her and Roxas, engulfing the whole island.
"What's happening!" Kairi yelled, before she was blinded by the brightest light she had ever seen.