After the battle with a darker side of himself Sora found himself at a strange place. Soon he met the ones who knew of the Keyblade, Leon, Yuffie, and Cid. Only later did he meet Aerith. Without his friends he didn't know what he was going to do. He felt as though he had lost a part of himself with that island. Soon he met, his new friends, Donald and Goofy. Together they fought. And together they won.

Soon he left with them. In a gummi ship. Thinking that was the only way to find his friends. Leaving the world so quickly, he didn't notice other things. Not only were Kairi and Riku missing. But where were Wakka, Tidus, and Selphie?

Riku's Story

Riku's eyes slowly opened. He felt like he'd been hit on the head… hard. Harder then Sora ever could. Sora! Riku thought in alarm. He remembered he was on the islands. Kairi was there to. Sora had run off, and Kairi wasn't there and… What happened to me? He questioned himself.

He sat up and looked around the room. He was in. It was large… way bigger then Riku's room at home. Way bigger. Maybe even bigger then his house. He was sitting on some sort of bed. It was dark. In a matter of fact all there was in that room was blood reds, midnight blacks, and a dark purple, he had never seen before.

There seemed to be weapons on the walls. A wardrobe by the bed. Nothing to really make the room stick out. Other then a corner of the room that looked especially dark. It had four black flames surrounding it. Books that looked like they were hundreds of years old, laid out on the desk. He had a feeling that he shouldn't go near that place. All of the sudden light hit his face.

"Is that him?" A girl whispered as she began walking toward him.

"I don't see what the big deal is!" A boy said, rolling his eyes at the girl in front of him.

"Yeah that's him." A quite voice told them.

Riku jumped out of the bed and looked at the figures in front of him. The girl who had been coming toward him had bright blue pigtails, and eyes that looked like they were made of water. She wore a blue mini-skirt and blue tank-top. She giggled when she saw him.

"Wow you're a cutie!" The girl said hugging him. "I'm Yume!" The girl said happily.

Next he looked at the only other male in the room. He was taller then both of the girls and had pointed red hair. His eyes were dark and looked as though they were made of fire. He wore all red, including the spear on his back. He, unlike the first girl, looked much more serious and didn't seem to like Riku one bit.

"The name's Konnor." He said simply, in a very down to earth tone.

The other girl in the room, almost blew Riku away. She was almost as tall as Konnor and had black hair, with dark, almost blood red, tips. Her eyes were a deep purple, and she was almost as pale as a vampire. She had a red tank top on covered by a net tank-top. She also wore black nets on her arms. She had baggy black shorts on that went down to her knees. A chain rapped itself around her waist. She wore extremely dark make-up and didn't look either happy or angry. Just… indifferent.

"I'm Kage. I brought you here." She told him simply. "I wanted you here Riku because you are the Keyblade's master."

Riku's eyes got big, when he heard her voice. The voice on the island! He thought quickly. He thought about his sword that looked some what like a key, could that be what she was talking about.

"You must let Sora have it." She told him simply.

Riku's eyes got big. "Why would I let him have it? If it's so powerful why can't I keep it?" He questioned them. It hadn't taken a genius to figure out what he held, held some importance.

"Because of Maleficent." Kage told him simply. "She is one of the darkest of the heartless rulers. She will do everything in her power to make the wielder of the Keyblader do as she asks."

"Why would I put Sora's life in danger?" Riku asked. He would never put his friends life before his own.

"If you pretend your mad at him and pretend to not help him out, Maleficent wouldn't think you'd do anything against her. Especially if you start working for her now. Making you think your loyal to her and the heartless." Yume told him.

"We've put a lot of thought into this plan." Konnor started. "You have to make her think you hate him for everything he has and everything he is. If you do she'll trust you, and once her guard is down we may strike at her."

"If you hate her so much," Riku began, "Then why are you working for her?" He asked them, knowing this was the truth.

"She hold things of ours that our very dear to our hearts. If we betray her, she takes these things from us forever. If we get rid of her we'll be able to get them back, and destroy the heartless." Kage told him. "All we need is your help."

Yume and Konnor nodded their head in agreement while Yume rose to tell him something else, "If you don't help us now, she'll end up destroying all the worlds, as we speak she is probably choosing the next world to be rid of."

Riku looked at the tree. He had no reason to trust them. No reason to think they wouldn't kill him the moment the Keyblade was gone. Then again, they all looked so… broken. Like they'd do nothing to him, as though he's the key to unlocking what they wanted the most.

"What do I get if I agree to help?" Riku asked them, looking at them like criminals.

Konnor looked at him like there was no hope, and Yume's head hung low. They could think of nothing that would interest him enough to help them out. "Our friendship." Kage told him.

"We would give you our Friendship if you give use yours. If we are friends, we ask of you a favor. Help us save our people, our worlds, and we'll help you save yours." As Kage told him this, Riku realized he had no choice. It was either that, or become nothing.

"Fine, what can I do?"

Kage looked at him with a smile. She knew this would be his answer. She knew it within her heart and soul. He was going to help them, whether he liked it or not. It was better this way. Letting him go along with them as planned, but one wrong move, and they'd have to take control of his body.

"We know you have a key like sword." Kage told him simply, Riku looked utterly shocked at this but stayed silent. "It's called a Keyblade. There only three in existence." Kage told them. Not verifying anything about the Keyblades.

"You are one of the Keyblade holders. What you must do is make Maleficent think you want nothing more then help one of your friends. You make the deal with her, to help her if you get the heart back, make sure she thinks you hate Sora. During this time, we'll train you to use the Keyblade, as some of the best Keybladers did. You will strike her down when she least expects it." Kage told him quickly.

"Yes yes yes! Not to mention, that you have to do some pretty awful things for her! Oh and you also have to be after Kairi, who lost her heart when your world was taken." Yume said faster then most people can breathe.

"You have to go to Traverse Town and make it look like you and Sora are having a fight. When Maleficent approaches you, you have to accept her offer, and pretend to believe any thing she tells you." Konnor said with his arms crossed.

Riku nodded listening to everything they said. He wasn't sure that he liked it but he'd do anything to help his new… friends out.

"When do you want me to leave?" Riku asked them.

His voice hit a stunned silence. They had to wait a little longer.

"Sora just left… he'll be back soon enough… during that time, we'll train you a little. And show you something you'd probably want to see." Kage told him, as she began walking away. "Yume, why don't you show him his friends? He needs to get used to this way of life."

Yume smiled and grabbed Riku by the arm. "Off we go!" She called happily.

Yume dragged him from room, to room. Showing him whose room was whose, though it all looked like a big mess to Riku. Soon she took him to a big long hall way. It was a place that they kept a lot of bodies.

"Now you might not like it… but you get used to it…" Yume said sadly.

When they walked in Riku was shocked beyond all talking. It was a simple hall. Filled with glass containers. Glass containers that had human bodies inside.

"They stay alive as long as they're in there… if Maleficent ever pulls the plug though…" Yume told him, her once alive voice very quite.

Riku stared at the… people. There were young and old, male and female. There was no end to it. The came in all shapes and sizes. Underneath each person was a small metal plate. There were names on them. Names of the people that were in the glass containers. At least that's what Riku thought. There names of the places Riku had never heard of.

"Here we are…" Yume said quietly.

Riku stopped and looked forward. Slowly his face changed from wonder into shock. There floating in the glass containers were some people he knew only to well. They had been with him only a day before. Laughing, talking, running. Not the dead things before him.

"Wakka… Tidus… Selphie…" He whispered, staring at the faces he knew so well.

Yume bowed her head. Her arms were behind her back, and her eyes were a the floor. Just as all the others, each had a metal plate beneath them. Tidus, Destiny Island, Selphie, Destiny Island, and Wakka, Destiny Island.

"They showed up a little after you came. You were passed out of course so we hooked them up to the machines. We do it with every one the darkness swallows. At least… anyone who kept their hearts… We couldn't save Kairi. She was gone before we even got to you…" Yume's gaze stayed at the ground.

Slowly they began walking back. It was perfectly silent until Yume said something.

"That's one of the reasons you have to help us. She gets people to work for her because she holds someone dear to them. It's the same with us three. If we didn't do what we were told she'd kill our loved ones." There were tears in Yume's eyes now. "We thought that you might be able to help us. I mean you being the Keyblader… we thought you could help us."

Riku walked back with her. Slowly they came to an almost stop. Then they heard the yelling.

"You had no right to bring him here!" Konnor's voice yelled.

"Konnor you know as well as I do that we needed him. We couldn't continue like this." Kage said back her eyes burning with anger.

"We didn't need him; she was going to give them back to us! She was going to so soon. But with this little stunt we may never see them again!"

"She won't ever know it was us! Plus he holds the Keyblade. He can help us."

"Just because he holds a Keyblade doesn't mean a thing!" Konnor yelled back.

His face showed pure and absolute rage. He was so filled with hate at that moment, that you could almost see the flames erupting around him. He walked away after saying that. Not wanting to see Riku's face.

Yume walked out a small smile on her face. "I brought him back!" She then yawned, her smile growing. "I guess it's time for bed! His training can start tomorrow!" She yelled as she walked out of the room.

"Get some sleep." Kage said looking him right in the eye. Her eyes were cold and uncaring. There was no way she was going to tell him about the small little fight that had just happened before his own eyes. "Tomorrow you'll be worked very hard. Expect no breaks."

With that the room went dark and Riku was left alone, able to think of that had happened that very day. The day that everything changed.

End of Chapter 2

Preview for Chapter 3 While Sora's away doing his thing, Riku's with Yume, Kage, and Konnor learning everything he needs to know. Though sometimes he doesn't think he'll make it through the day. Harsh beatings deep meditation and spells are only a few of his concerns. It's the teachers he should be worried about.

Hey Everyone! Sorry it took so long to write this! I've had so much going on. There's been competitive Softball and the end of school and stuff. I finally sat down to write this. I have two other stories to write and post chapters for. Hopefully I'll be fast then I am right now! Well I guess all I have left to say is thank you for reading and reviewing… here's some comments.

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