Chapter 7

A/N: Alright, when was the last time I updated? Oh, that's right, MONDAY. :does the 'I rule' dance:

Rikus-kitsune-mate: I'm glad you love this fic! That means alot, this being my first KH fic and all! Sorry about the use of the song! I've been wanting to use that song in a fic for a long time, and I could never get it to fit into one until this one! Way to go, Riku!

Bonnie Mizuhara: I'm very glad you like Asylia. I hope you will like Asylia more after this chapter. Sora and Asylia have a very special relationship that relates BIG time to the plot. Asylia is my pride and joy.

I'm so glad to have Kingdom Hearts 2 as ultimate motivation. Thank you to everyone who has read thus far and PLEASE REVIEW!

Anyway, Onto Chapter 7: Asylia!

I don't own Kingdom Hearts. I do own Asylia though. Use my dove without permission and I'll keyblade you.

Riku sat with Sora on the top of the Gizmo Shop, Sora pointing up to a starry sky, telling Riku exactly which worlds they represented.

"That's Destiny Islands; we went for vacation there when I was seven. The water there is so pretty. That's where dad found Kairi's father, who was a wizard. He became the court wizard, pretty soon after that…" Sora explained, Riku nodding.

"I remember her. Red hair, giggled a lot. She was your age right?" Sora nodded.

"Yea…I hope she's okay…" He said, looking at the stars closely. Riku placed and arm around his friend's shoulders.

"Don't worry. I'm sure they are all okay!" Riku said confidently, receiving a smile from Sora. The two looked up to the sky and saw a star slowly blinking out.

"A world! It's disappearing…," Sora stated sadly, placing his hands together. He looked at Riku pointedly, and Riku quickly did the same, feeling kind of stupid.

"Bless those hearts that were taken and save those souls they belong to…," Sora said quietly, eyes closed, Riku watching him pray with one open eye, "Keep us all safe from darkness and take our hearts to live in light. Help us to become reunited with the light…"

Riku took a breath in as Sora continued to pray, to have a smell come to his nose that made him go numb. He knew that smell. It was an acrid, blood-like smell that only one person had.

Ansem.

Riku immediately turned to see the white haired man standing behind them, a white blade in his hands. Sora had gone rigid, his hands clasped together tightly. Riku looked back to see the dark lines on his friend, eyes empty.

Riku, turning back to Ansem, growled.

"What the hell did you do to him!"

Ansem smirked. "What a greeting, child. I haven't seen you in weeks, and first thing you do is yell at me." Sora stood up mechanically and walked to Ansem.

"That's a good boy…" Riku held out his hand and his Soul Eater sword appeared. Lunging at Ansem, he yelled loudly. The man parried the boy easily.

"Tsk, Tsk, Riku. You've been slacking," Ansem said, nonchalantly. Sora finally met his destination, looking up at the man.

"Father…" Sora said distantly, looking at the sword.

"Yes, that's right, Sora…" Ansem whispered, "I'm your father…" Riku growled and lunged again only to have been parried again by the white sword.

"What did you do to Sora!" Riku said, looking at the boy and his deadened eyes.

"Nothing. He did this to himself. The prince made himself a puppet to darkness when he took that spell into himself to save you," Ansem said, holding the boy close. Riku felt enraged at the simple action.

"Get you filthy hands off of him!" Riku screamed, lunging one more time. Ansem didn't seem pleased with this fight, so he met Riku in the middle, the two trying to push the other down in a deadlock.

"You really think you can defeat me, Riku?" The man said quietly, before he gave and massive push and sent Riku flying off the edge of the shop.

"Sora!" Riku yelled as he fell downward. Sora's eyes suddenly came into focus again, and he saw Riku falling from view.

"Riku!"

Sora tried to run to him, but Ansem had grabbed his upper arm tight. "Riku! Riku! RIKU!" Sora continued to yell, fighting, tears falling down his face. A dark portal was opened and he was pulled into it.

"ASYLIA!" Sora screamed at the top of his lungs before disappearing into darkness. A white light flew under Riku and caught him right before he hit the ground. He looked to see to see a shimmering white angel, with green eyes and long, white blonde hair. Riku saw the light die down as he was placed on the ground easily. The angel like thing smiled at him as he kneeled.

"Are you alright, Mr. Riku?"

"Yea…wait…and…what?" Riku stammered in disbelief to the person (well at least it looked like a person) who was smiling at him so gently. Riku reached out and poked its shoulder to see if it was real. The former dove batted his hand away, brow furrowed.

"I don't like people poking me. Are you alright?"

Riku checked himself over, still in utter disbelief at what he was seeing.

"Yeah…I think so…thanks for saving me…but…how…"

Its wings twitched, an annoyed look crossing its face. "You don't remember me, Mr. Riku?"

Riku looked into those green eyes, and then it all clicked. Sora's scream, the white wings, this thing's green eyes…

"Asylia…," Riku said, again in a state of utter disbelief. If people could chirp, Riku believed that Asylia would have. "How…What?" Asylia smiled greatly.

"Always asking questions, Mr. Riku," The angel-like being stated, "I'm a guardian, I've been with the Misonai's for generations. Not many of then have ever thought or have had the need to use me in the form though. My human form, that is. Prince Sora, I believe, was the first to use me in this form…"

"So…," Riku began, noticing that Asylia was missing certain features that made up a girl, "You're…You're a boy…"

Asylia nodded. "I've been meaning to talk to Prince Sora about calling me a girl, but then again, His Majesty always thought I was a girl too….Guess I never thought too much about it…"

At the mention of Sora, Riku looked up to the place were he fell from.

Sora…

Remembering the frightened sound of Sora's voice when he was taken away from Riku at such a crucial moment caused him to punch the ground, making Asylia jump.

"Damn it!"

A/N: Ah. Sora.

I would just like to say that Asylia is a combined idea of Mulan's (don't own that)familyguardians(being animals, like Mushu and the others) and the human forms ofTsusuki's Shiki in Descendants of Darkness (the manga Vol. 10, don't own DoD either). I thought it would be cool to make Asylia a family guardian, but the Misonai's are the only ones who can realease it's power. Get it?

Yea, I just got inspired by looking at my DoD manga, then playing Land of Dragons.

Hope you enjoyed and PLEASE REVIEW! I'm sure the next chapters will be up soon, cause I'm on a roll!

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