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A/N: Hi! Thanks to everyone who wished Milo a happy birthday. :) I'm back with the eighteenth chapter, I hope you guys like it. Nothing interesting happens... kidding, that was a lie. xD Quite a bit happens in this chapter, I must admit. But I'll leave you to decide that. ;D

xoxo Bianca.

Intertwined Destinies

Chapter Eighteen.

It all happened so fast.

There I was, on a slab of sand, staring into the cerulean eyes of the guy whom I had admired for so many years. It was only recently that I had come into realization the true intensity of these feelings. My hand in his was quivering, but our clasp on each other's fingers slipped within the next moment... I caught myself from falling forwards, and gazed steadily as his portion of land drifted away from my own. He soon disappeared behind a veil of glow. I felt my heart sink, but I decided to dwell on his word.

He'd come back, he promised.

I believed in him.

"Sora..."

Kairi groaned and turned over, every inch of her body aching terribly. She had never been so unbearably sore. She didn't open her eyes; she didn't want to know where she was. She didn't want to be shocked, or scared. If she squeezed her eyes tight shut, it would be like her eyelids were some kind of barricade to the possible horror on the other side. Kairi inhaled and winced. It hurt to breathe. Her chest felt like it had been crushed, or perhaps her lungs were stabbed with a hundred daggers. She felt like a beat-up doll that had been lugged and dragged and thrashed around.

I'm being a baby, Kairi thought, feeling foolish. She was not some helpless girl. She was not a "damsel in distress." Whatever was happening, she could handle it.

So she gulped and opened her eyes, breaking down the barricade to the possible horror on the other side.

Sora didn't know if that would be considered good news, or bad news. He stared at Toshi in stunned silence. He couldn't find his voice. Toshi had just squashed his larynx.

"That'd be five dollars, please."

Riku looked annoyed. "You are so lame, Toshi." He turned to Sora. "Don't be thinking that this is bad news because it's not. It's good news. As a matter of fact, it's great news. You should be leaping for joy and whooping and... whatnot. Listen, I already told you that Kairi wouldn't care if you lost the Oathkeeper."

"Of course she'd care!" Sora blurted out.

Riku grunted. "Well, it looks like there's no helping that now, huh? Unless Toshi is some sort of delirious freak, no offense, then you're going to be meeting Kairi soon. Keyblade or not, Oathkeeper or not, promise or not... Sora, don't you roll your eyes at me!"

Sora sighed with full exasperation. "What am I going to say to her? That the Keyblade just poofed away?"

"No. Tell her the truth."

"The Keyblade really did poof away."

"Oh." Riku lifted an eyebrow. "Well, then I guess you're going to have to tell her that. She'll believe you. After all, her feelings for you are too strong to break just by losing a lucky charm."

Sora didn't say anything.

"And your feelings for her," Riku said, "are too strong to break just because you lost her lucky charm, am I right?"

Sora looked away.

"Am I right?"

Sora nodded slightly. "Yeah, but..."

"But what? That's all there is to it. Now, we just need to find Kairi and Trinity." Riku suddenly had a troubled look on his face. "Whoever took them is up to no good. Trinity and Kairi are in danger. Their lives are in danger, guys. We've got to move quick."

"Where are we supposed to go?" Toshi complained, not really feeling like leaving the food-filled Inn.

Before Riku or Sora could reply, a rather familiar spiral of darkness started twirling at their feet, entwining their grungy ribbon-like strands of murkiness around the three's legs. Being similar to quicksand, Riku and Sora and Toshi soon found themselves being dragged, or more like sucked, in.

"HOMIGAWD!" yelled Toshi, feeling utterly traumatized. "WE'RE GONNA DIE!"

"Hold on," Riku said calmly. "It's the Darkness, isn't it?"

"Yeah," Sora replied, looking down at the growing pool of ink. They were already sinking at mid-waist. "It's... taking us somewhere."

"WHERE IS IT TAKING US?"

"We don't know," Riku and Sora replied at the same time.

"HOW CAN YOU GUYS JUST BE SO CALM LIKE THAT AND ACT LIKE IT'S NOTHING?"

"Because," Riku answered, his arms disappearing under the Darkness, "it might take us to where Trinity and Kairi are."

"Are you sure?" demanded Toshi, cringing as the Darkness pulled him down faster and faster... their bodies were almost completely engulfed, the spiral of Darkness dragged them down so they were up to their chins now.

"Nope," Riku said. "Not sure at all."

"THEN THERE'S A POSSIBILITY WE MIGHT DIE!" mourned Toshi, panicking more than he had panicked in his whole existence. He struggled to pull himself free, but the Darkness was firm and strong, keeping a heavy grip on Toshi. And as if punishing Toshi for trying to free himself, it dropped him lower into the pool of swirling blackness.

"Yeah," Sora said, aggravated. "We might die, but we have to save Kairi!"

"And Trinity," added Riku.

"Oh, who cares about them!" Toshi sputtered, trying to keep his mouth from being taken in. "Why is Trinity so special? Why is Kairi so special, huh? Our own lives are at danger! Why do you need to save her?"

Sora's heart started to beat an insane rhythm. It was almost time to be completely drowned in Darkness. They might survive, or they might die. He had survived before, but this sort of Darkness seemed stronger... it was even crawling over the confines of the Inn. He turned his head so that he was glaring at Toshi right in the face.

Sora's eyes narrowed. That idiotic jerk named Toshi had really, really ticked him off. "WHY? BECAUSE I LOV—"

Suddenly, before Sora could finish, the Darkness gave a huge jerk, like an intense and overwhelming swallow, and completely engulfed the three males in its devious, shadowy, lightless self. Sora and Riku and Toshi were enveloped, gone.

Gone.

WHY? BECAUSE I LOV—

Kairi gasped and sat up, trying to ignore the insufferable wave of pain that jolted through her body. There were two things that caused her to do this. One, because she had thought she heard Sora's voice echoing from a faraway place. And two... she was surprised to find herself in a bright, illuminated dimension.

With dead people lying around.

Kairi's heart pounded violently. Her breath was caught in her throat as she surveyed her surroundings. No, they couldn't be dead. Some people were breathing ever so slightly. Maybe they were asleep, or unconscious. She hoped they weren't dead. That wouldn't be good. As Kairi's eyes traveled across the brightness and the limp bodies, she came across Trinity's.

"Trinity!" Kairi gaped at the sight of her friend. Trinity was just as limp as the others with no sign of consciousness. Kairi struggled to stand despite the aching, hauling her stinging body to Trinity's. Kairi stepped over a stranger's body and knelt down next to Trinity. She gently shook Trinity's arm. "Trinity... Trinity? Are you..."

Kairi couldn't finish her sentence. She went from a kneeling position to a sitting position, staring down at the silent Trinity with mixed emotions. Would Trinity ever wake up? Kairi found a lump growing at her throat, and she felt herself feigning back tears. If Trinity never woke up, then she'd be as good as dead. Kairi stopped herself. Was Trinity feeling the intolerable pain her own self was currently feeling? Maybe in her peaceful slumber, Trinity didn't feel anything.

"There's only one thing that can wake her up," said a voice from behind Kairi. Being terribly startled, Kairi's eyes flew wide open as she whisked around to face an elderly man with a leathery face and long white beard, clad in dark blue silk.

The old man canted his head. "Hello there, Kairi. I do not know if you recall meeting me, but I am Merlin."

Trying to regain the very little tranquility she had, Kairi nodded her head slowly. "I... remember... you..."

Merlin beckoned Kairi with a wave of his hand. "Come here, child."

Hesitantly, Kairi got up, walked over to Merlin, and sat next to him. She pushed her pain aside, getting a little annoyed by it.

Merlin gestured to the sleeping people. "Do you know why they are in this condition, Kairi?"

Kairi shook her head. "No. And... why aren't you or I like that, too?"

"These people were weakened by the force that brought them here. In other words, they have been weakened by the Darkness. Darkness brought them here. We are the people of Traverse Town. If you heard the story from Trinity, then you must know that this is her mistake. Trinity unleashed the Darkness when she tried to revive her brother. No doubt there is Darkness looming around in Traverse Town, and Darkness within her own revived brother. Even right here, where we are, in the brightness of Light, there is the slightest bit of Darkness. Everyone here except you and I are able to hold on to consciousness. They are too weak."

Kairi bit her lower lip. "But... what makes us different from them? Why are we the only ones who can stay awake? Does that mean we're somehow stronger?"

"For me, it is my magic... my powers of wizardry. However, I am hardly awake. My magic is only sufficient enough. As for you, my child, it is your heart."

"My... heart? So my heart is stronger..."

"Stronger than any other citizen of Traverse Town. Your heart sustains yourself from the Darkness; it separates you from the others. Your heart is of Light, but that does not mean there is no Darkness in your heart. You do have Darkness within your heart. It is the same Darkness that caused you to slap Toshi."

Kairi flushed. "I... I didn't mean to... but he was getting on my ner..." She stopped. "Wait, how do you know?"

"Kairi, I am a wizard. I have the very capability of knowing such things," Merlin replied rather darkly. "And aside from the slight Darkness in you, you still have an almost invulnerable heart."

"Almost invulnerable?"

"Yes, Kairi. Your heart is even the least vulnerable, because you have a weakness. Everyone has a weakness."

Kairi stared at the bands on her arms. She started to play with the countless silver and white bracelets on her wrist. Her heart did a flip-flop.

"For some people, their weakness could be things such as spiders or ghosts. But there are times when one's weakness is the person they hold dear."

"So that would mean..."

"Who do you hold dear? Who is the one you cannot stop thinking about? The one that haunts your thoughts, the one you long for, the one who is closest to your heart?"

Kairi gave Merlin a skeptical look and swallowed. "Umm..."

"Yes, yes?" Merlin leaned forward, his eyes wide and curious. He seemed to be thirsting for the information.

"S-Sor..." Kairi stammered, trying to say the name, but the hungry look Merlin was giving her made her uncomfortable. "S-Sor... Sora." She finally blurted it out.

"Ahhh... I see." Merlin stroked his lengthy, snowy beard as a wide grin spread across his face. "Ironic. Interesting. Obvious."

"Obvious?" Kairi heated up, feeling her cheeks flare.

"A-hyuck!"

"More snow cones, Goofy?"

"Yes please, Donald. They're mighty swell, lemme tell ya."

"Yep! They are. Here you go, buddy."

"Mmm... gee, thanks! Even without the fruity flavorin', it sure tastes good. Who knew castin' Blizzaga could make slushy?"

"I dunno, but I sure wish it didn't take us that long to find out how. Imagine all those times we were starving!"

"Gawrsh, what a pity. But y'know what else is a pity? After spendin' all this time eatin' all this snowy stuff, I sure needa use the bathroom."

"Glad I didn't eat as much as you, 'cause—"

Puhhff-thump. Thump. Thump.

"Gawrsh! What was that, Donald?"

"I... I dunno! Sounds like some things fell next to us. I better cast Firaga." Donald thrashed his staff in the shadowy darkness they had been stuck in for what seemed like ages. "Fire!"

Donald and Goofy stared in amazement at what had landed in front of them.

"Sora!" Donald quacked in awe.

"Riku!" exclaimed Goofy merrily. He turned to Toshi. "And another Sora!"

Donald raised a wing. "Whaaat? That ain't normal!"

Sora rubbed at his aching head, looking into the faces of his long-lost companions. "Donald! Goofy! I can't believe it... you guys are all right! I was worried sick about you two."

"And we were worried about you!" chimed Donald and Goofy in unison.

Riku blinked and looked around at what he could see from the orange-red light of the flames. "Where the heck are we?"

"The Darkness, of course," replied Donald gloomily. "We can't find a way out."

"We're trapped," added Goofy.

Toshi came out of the deep daze he had been in. "Dude, I feel like I'm gonna hurl..."

Donald and Goofy stared at the Sora look-alike in wonder. Sora noticed this and immediately began to explain. "His name is Toshi. We met him in Traverse Town and we have no idea why he looks exactly like me."

"He definitely doesn't act like Sora, though," chipped in Riku with a scoff.

"What..." Toshi shook his head, trying to emerge from his headache. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Anyway..." Sora was cut off as the flame from Donald's staff flickered out. He continued in the dark. "We really need to get out of here and find Kairi and Trinity, a lady who worked at the Inn in Traverse Town. They've been taken by a so-called 'nefarious force.'"

Goofy thought a moment. "Gee, do ya think they can be down there?"

"Down where?" Riku questioned.

Donald pointed downwards with a feathered hand. "Below us is where the Light is. You see... we're on some sort of ledge."

Sora felt confused for a moment, until he scooted himself to what seemed like the edge of what they were sitting on. He looked down and gulped. It was a perfect view of a stained glass floor. For the second time he was in the presence of that fascinating, significant portrayal of Kairi and himself and the way they extended the paopu fruits to one another.

"So," Sora said, his voice wobbling. "We're on top of the stained glass now. But now it serves as a floor instead of the last time, when we saw it as a ceiling."

"Kairi and that lady you were talkin' 'bout could possibly be where we had been earlier, underneath that glass," Goofy said.

"Wait," interjected Riku. "Underneath that glass is a really, really bright place, right?" When Donald, Goofy, and Sora nodded, Riku looked puzzled. "I remember, seeing the exact same stained glass above my head when I had been transferred down there myself! That's where Merlin and the rest of the people from Traverse Town are."

"Oh, this is all getting so confusing," Sora said with a sigh. "If the people of Traverse Town are down there, then why didn't Goofy and Donald and I see them before, when we were there? Trinity said that she made the mistake of trying to bring her brother back to life about a month ago."

"Hold on," Riku put a hand to his temple as if to help him think. "Remember what Alexandra said? In different worlds there are different times. Just as if it were night somewhere and day somewhere else, a time span of a month could be a week or even a day in some other world!"

"I get it," Sora replied slowly. "Yeah. So it was possible that the people appeared there after I got sucked in the Darkness with Donald and Goofy. I was taken to Traverse Town and Donald and Goofy were taken up here... up on this ledge."

"Don't rub it in," quacked Donald disdainfully.

"But there's still something I don't get," Sora continued. "Riku, how did you get out of the Light when there was no way out? When I was there earlier, we couldn't find a way out. The only way we were taken out was by the Darkness itself."

Riku replied, "I exited the bright place by using a trinity."

"There was a trinity there?" gawked Sora. "We didn't see one!"

Riku shrugged. "Well, there was one. Merlin told me to stand on the trinity and it would take me above the stained glass so that it would be a floor instead of a ceiling. After I came up here I walked to the edge and jumped, then I found myself in Traverse Town."

"That's exactly what Kairi and I did!" exclaimed Toshi. Then he lowered his voice to a mutter, "But I sure bet you weren't pushed off."

"Hold on a moment," Donald said. "I thought trinities only gave you stuff, like treasure boxes and potions."

"Merlin told me that it was some sort of unique trinity. It wasn't just some plain color like blue or red or green. It was a 'bright gold reflecting little specks of radiant silver,' Merlin had said."

"It must have been unique," Sora said. "We've never come across or heard of a trinity like that before."

"Yeah," Riku nodded. "A trinity that transported you places. And the thing is... Merlin or the sleeping townspeople weren't able to use the trinity. Anyone from Traverse Town wouldn't be able to use that trinity, but I wasn't a citizen of the town so I was enabled to use it. The Darkness made it so that they couldn't leave. It was forbidden."

Forbidden. That word reminded Riku of Alexandra. He felt his insides crumbling in slight guilt.

Sora was suddenly perked. "Maybe... maybe there's a trinity down there on the stained glass! If the trinity underneath the glass brought you above the glass, maybe if there's a trinity on top of the glass..."

"Then it might just work!" Riku said, feeling as if this whole thing were a puzzle. Maybe it was.

Life was a puzzle. A labyrinth. It was a maze, full of twists and turns and blockades and obstacles and answers.

"What are we waiting for?" urged Sora, standing up in the dark. "Well, are we going down there or not?" He heard the other four shuffling and standing up as well.

"You mean..." came Toshi's voice. "We're going to, like, jump down there?"

"Yes," replied Sora.

"Gawrsh," said Goofy. "But we might not survive a fall like that!"

"But we might," said Riku, ready for anything.

"Quack-wack-wack-wack-wack! Are you insane, Sora?" warbled Donald.

"Listen, guys," Sora answered with a hard swallow. "How can you be so hesitant to get down there? There are countless lives at danger. You can't just think about your own. Besides, we've jumped off Deep Jungle's treetops and Neverland's clock tower and all that other stuff before!"

There was a still silence.

"Okay," agreed Donald and Goofy.

"I'm all for it," Riku said.

Toshi grunted. "We. Might. Die."

"Do you really want to stay on this dark ledge for the rest of your life?" demanded Sora.

Toshi sighed as his sign of forfeiting.

A few minutes later they were all trying to maintain their balance as their shoes pounded against the stained glass floor, their knees shaking and overwhelmed by the impact. They could see each other's faces again, this time from the light radiating through the stained glass. Sora exhaled deeply in relief and closed his eyes. He opened his eyes as Donald quacked.

"Oh, before I forget!" Donald announced, shoving something heavy and metal, yet familiar, into Sora's hands.

Sora's eyes widened so much that it hurt. "My Keyblade!" He smiled and let out a huge sigh of gratitude as he saw the Oathkeeper dangling, twinkling, at the end of the handle. "How did you guys find it?"

"We didn't find it," said Goofy. "We awakened on the ledge with it, and you were... a-hyuck... gone."

"Thank you guys so much," Sora said gratefully. Then his eyes were filled with determination. "Now, everyone, look for a golden trinity with silver specks quick!"

Everyone rushed to search for the trinity, which seemed an impossible task with all the colorful shapes of the stained glass. But they were all saved when everyone turned to see Toshi with his eyes shut tight and murmuring to himself.

He was having a vision.

After a few moments, Toshi opened his eyes and was startled to see everyone staring intently at him. He laughed. "Search no more guys, I know where the trinity is." He sweatdropped. "Too bad it's all the way on the other side."

"Then let's hurry!" shouted Sora, and they all began running, following Toshi.

"And guys," Toshi said, taking a deep breath as he ran, "there's something about this Merlin dude that I saw in my vision..."

Toshi told Sora first, in a mere whisper.

Sora's eyes grew large and he almost tripped while running. "WHAT?"

Kairi suddenly tweaked her head to the side in wonder. "Did you hear that?"

Merlin was silent for a moment before replying, "No, Kairi. I did not hear anything."

"I thought I heard... oh, never mind. I probably imagined it..." Kairi sighed wistfully. It was the second time she felt as if she heard Sora's voice. She set the thought aside. Most likely, Sora was still at Traverse Town.

There was an awkward silence before Merlin said, "Do you wish to leave this place, Kairi?"

Kairi nodded slightly. "Y-yes... I mean... but..."

"But you do not wish to leave Trinity behind," Merlin finished for her with a hint of sourness in his voice that surprised Kairi.

"I... I... don't..."

"Do not deny it, child," Merlin mused. "It is only what you want. Everyone wants something in some point of his or her life. Everyone... including me."

Kairi gulped as Merlin regained that hungry look in his eyes again. Merlin was acting very peculiar; she had remembered him as a kind, gentlemanly elder. She leaned to one side, sort of edging away from the strange wizard.

Merlin noticed and his eyes darkened. "Do you know what I want, Kairi?"

Kairi now stood up, her pained legs almost giving out beneath her. Merlin let out a chuckle and swept himself up, his silken blue clothes glinting in the light. Kairi winced as she stepped backwards. "Merlin... what... what are you doing?"

"I am simply striking up an interesting conversation with you, dear Kairi! I am appalled at your suspicion. I am only trying to prove a point." And with that, Merlin stepped towards a now trembling Kairi.

"Point?" Kairi faltered, still not letting Merlin get too close. "What point?"

"Oh, do not act so foolish," Merlin said, reaching a hand in Kairi's direction. "My point is what I want. I shall ask you again. Do you know what I want?"

Kairi looked left and right, wishing there were some door to escape out of, but there was none. She gulped and shook her head. "N-no..."

"I am an old man," said Merlin, seemingly getting off track for a moment. "I am a very old man. Rather sad, actually. But you, Kairi... you are fifteen and so full of life. You are so young, so full of youth! You have what I lack, what I want..."

Kairi took another step back, maneuvering her way around a still body sprawled on the ground. Her eyes grew wide. "You want my youth? How is that..."

"Possible?" said Merlin. "Oh, it is very possible. Our lives, they are held within our hearts. That is where our capabilities come from. My capabilities... oh, they are fading, faulting. Your capabilities can do wonders. Your heart, it can do wonders. Just like how it can keep you awake here."

Kairi flinched as Merlin took a big step towards her. She felt faint as her pain somehow enhanced. She was so focused on trying to prevent the pain from getting to her that she couldn't even speak, or move for that matter.

"Kairi, Kairi, Kairi," Merlin cooed, finally only an inch away from an unmoving Kairi. He reached out and gently stroked her pale, soft cheek. "I want your heart. I need your heart."

Kairi's heart thumped in a desperate frenzy as she heard it beating thickly in her ears. Her lungs felt compressed as she tried to breath correctly but failed. Kairi stumbled backwards, her feet colliding with an unconscious man's leg on the ground. She gasped and reeled back, unable to catch her balance. She fell to the ground, feeling a sharp and agonizing wave of pain vibrating through her body. Kairi struggled to stand but could not.

"Oh, does it hurt Kairi? Are you going to cry?" Merlin badgered.

"No," Kairi replied coldly, her voice barely audible. "I am not... going to cry... and... and you can't have my heart, either!" Every syllable was a challenge for Kairi, for as she spoke it felt as if she were injected with venom or pierced with a thousand swords.

"I will have your heart soon enough, don't worry about that," snapped Merlin, but then he stopped himself and a crude smile was smeared across his face. "Do you know why you are hurting so much, Kairi? Do you know why you are feeling... unbearable pain?"

Kairi tried to pick herself up again but slipped against the floor. She was now on her knees with both hands planted upon the cold, white ground in front of her. Her head bowed down and her hair fell in her face, in her eyes. Her facial features were hidden; her blue eyes filled with tribulation were hidden. As she shook, as she focused her eyes on the white floor below her face, she watched as a shiny droplet of blood cascaded to the ground. She had never felt like this before. Never. Kairi stared in horror at the little dollop of blood on the floor. Another drop of blood splashed to the ground. And another. And another. Kairi lifted her head and felt the blood trickle from her nose to her lips and down her chin, then finding its way back down to the pristine white floor.

"Tsk tsk," sighed Merlin. "A wretched nosebleed. How we all despise those, hmm? Oh, Kairi, must I ask you this again? Do you know why you are undergoing so much pain?"

Kairi heaved a deep breath, forcing air into her lungs. Slowly, deeply. She clenched her hands on the ground so firmly that she hurt her knuckles. She lifted up her eyes and glared daggers at Merlin. She no longer had any respect for him. "Because of your face?"

"Ah, teenagers and their attitudes." Merlin knelt down in front of Kairi and peered into her clear, azure eyes that practically shook with acrimony and sorrow. He bent forward and whispered into Kairi's ear, making her shudder in fright as his breath tingled at her neck. "You are feeling tremendously torturous pain because when you are awake in the Light, feeling overwhelmed with so many emotions, it makes you feel very pained indeed... and not only that, but also because..."

Before finishing, Merlin leaned closer and Kairi squeezed her eyes shut and winced again. "Because... your weakness is here."

Kairi's eyes flew open. She reached up and felt the blood leaking from her nose. She stared at Merlin's unpleasant, hostile face. She clenched and unclenched her bloodstained hands over and over again. Her breaths became choppier. Her vision blurred and cleared repetitively, her head whirled in a berserk manner. Her eyes squinted and scrutinized Merlin's own eyes, they seemed darker and deeper and older than when she had last seen him. Then her eyes relaxed, and she stared past Merlin's eyes, away from his face, and past his shoulder. Her vision went out of focus but then became normal once more as she identified who was standing about ten feet away from them.

"You're right," Kairi whispered. Her voice was quavering and weak. Her eyes locked with some one else's. Her heart gave a vicious flutter. "He's here."

Merlin gave Kairi an amused yet incredulous look, and he barely had enough time to turn around and fully distinguish who it was behind him before he was knocked out cold and senseless by a vigorous blow from the Keyblade.

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