It was actually rather sad to watch the boy run around in the desert filled land. He knew not of what he was doing… or who he really had to fight. He ran around trying to help the street boy find the love of his life, even if it the cost was his own. When they found the Princess there was joy to be found… but just as quickly she was taken away. Taken by same darkness that Alice had been taken by…

Riku's Story

Ever since Riku had become apart of the group they hadn't had to hide him. He could even control some of the lower class heartless. Unfortunately Konnor was in charge of choosing who got control of what, and no matter how hard Riku begged, all he would give Riku was little tiny… heartless.

Yume had been paying even more attention to usual. She loved 'PDA's' as Konnor put it. When Riku had given him a confused look Konnor rolled his eyes. He didn't usually feel a need to teach people anything. Kage had helped Riku out by saying three simple words, and these words were scary…

"Public display of affection."

"What does that have to do with me?" Riku questioned her, though the moment he asked the answer came to him.

"She's going to be ten times as worse now that Maleficent knows about you." Kage said, saying the same thing as his brain.

"Is there any way to get her to leave me alone?" Riku questioned for a moment, actually wishing there could be.

"If you were able to find your friend Kairi or some other female to pretend to be your girl friend she would probably be too heart broken to bother you… and Konnor would probably like you more too." Kage told him, experimenting with her dark magic for who knows what reason.

Riku only had to think about it for a moment. Konnor would be nicer… Yume wouldn't attack him… then he actually might start liking it here. All he needed was to find a girl to pretend to go out with.

"A girl…" Riku thought for a moment before he laid his eyes on Kage. A brief smile was caught on his lips. "Hey, Kage, want to help a guy out?"

"No." Kage told him sharply.

"Come on Kage, you'd really be helping me out!" Riku told her.

"I refuse to pretend to be your girlfriend." Kage told him turning her back on him to work with the black magic.

"Then how about you become my real girlfriend but only for a little while?" Riku asked her.

"That's the same thing, with a type of wording." Kage told him.

Riku sighed, he was hoping that she wouldn't catch that. "C'mon it wouldn't be for that long!"

"No." Kage told him again as she stood up. "It's time to go to Agrabah."

"Then, we'll talk about this when we get back." Riku told her as they began walking toward the Gummi Ships.

"No we won't." Kage said as Konnor and Yume joined them forcing Riku to be silent.

"Maleficent put Jafar in charge of Agrabah." Yume told them simply.

"Of course she did, that's where he's from." Konnor said irritated, turning toward Kage he said, "The Keyblader is on his way, we're suppose to fill that town to the brim with Heartless."

"Whose suppose to get the princess this time?" Kage asked Konnor.

"Well… Let's go with Riku. He needs to prove to Maleficent he can do something."

"There is only one rule while you go." Kage began only to be interrupted by Yume.

"You have to take me with you!"

"No." Kage and Konnor stated at the same time.

There was no way Yume could take one of the princesses. She wasn't near skilled enough, and if she was with Riku she was sure to mess both of them up. She'd be busy drooling over him, and he'd slip on the drool…

"Riku shall do it alone." Kage told Yume.

"As I was saying the one rule you have is not to help Jafar in the battle. If he dies it is his own fault. The others will be mad at you but you just have to tell them you did your job, which you did. Simple as that." Kage told him as they came up to their gummi ship.

"We're going to have to split up." Konnor told them. "Only two can fit in these."

"Why don't we just take one of the bigger ones?" Riku asked them.

"We want to make sure that the gummi ship Sora is on doesn't pick up any readings. The two-seaters are best for hiding detection." Kage told him.

"So did one of you travel alone before?" Riku asked them wondering who got stuck with Yume.

"No, Yume always stayed behind before. She's never wanted to come on a mission… until now." Konnor said annoyed.

"Who goes with who?" Kage asked everyone.

Yume jumped up and tackled Riku from behind. "I wanna go with Riku!" She screeched.

"I don't think that's a good idea…" Konnor began.

"He'd probably be dead by the time we got to Agrabah…" Kage continued.

Riku was too busy being strangled to add anything to this conversation.

"C'mon guys I wouldn't kill him!" Yume yelled releasing Riku in the process.

"Why doesn't Yume go with Konnor?" Riku said as he rubbed his throat.

Konnor's eyes lite up for a moment before dying back down, "I guess that will work." He said as he got into one of the gummi ships.

Yume followed him crying a little as she went, she waved and blew kisses to Riku as she got into the gummi ship. Normally she'd argue, but Konnor kind of terrified her… Kage didn't, but Konnor did. He was always such a meanie!

Kage rolled her eyes as they left. She knew exactly why Riku wanted to travel with her. One: He'd be free from Yume for a while.

Two: Konnor scared him to death.

Three: He wanted to be Kage to pretend to be his 'girlfriend' again.

All of these were bad reasons in Kage's mind. Kage walked to the other two-person gummi ship and opened the door. She entered first, and waited for Riku to do the same. She was hoping that they could get this done with no talking. That way he wouldn't have a chance to try and make Kage his fake girlfriend.

Riku quickly entered only moments after Kage, and stayed silent while she started up the gummi ship. Then he began talking.

"Are you sure you won't do it?"

"Yes."

"C'mon! Yume is going to kill me someday!" Riku yelled in a begging tone of voice.

Kage rolled her eyes, as she turned and looked at him. "What would I get out of it? Nothing."

Riku huffed as he realized nothing he said was going to make her change her mind. He had to figure out a way to do it on his own. Riku sighed as he thought about the mission, or whatever you wanted to call what they were doing. He didn't really want to kidnap this 'Princess' especially since he had really no idea what was going on.

"So earlier you said something about the Opposite Armor and a Keyhole. Are you going to tell me what that means or what?" Riku asked Kage as he took a seat in the gummi ship.

Kage pushed a few buttons so that the gummi ship would launch from here, Yume and Konnor had just taken off so it should be okay. As the ship began shaking she buckled up, Riku doing the same. They were shot into 'space' as it was referred to by Maleficent.

"The Opposite Armor was the boss of Traverse Town. He was trying to make sure Sora didn't get to the keyhole. Unfortunately it was destroyed and Sora got to the keyhole. The keyhole is what opens the world to us. Without it I doubt the heartless could enter in mass amounts without it. It took us ages to find that one. Now it's relocated and probably even harder to find." Kage told him as she continued flying the gummi ship.

"Aren't heartless bad though? I mean they do steal other people's hearts…" Riku said extremely confused as to why they wanted so many of the heartless there.

"The Heartless are only as bad as the one who controls them. And no we do not control them. Maleficent is in charge, what she tells us to do, we do. Good, bad, or indifferent we do as she says." Kage told him as Agrabah appeared before them.

"Why can't you just ignore her?" Riku asked as he saw a larger and more… colorful gummi ship near them.

"We can't ignore her or she will kill Them." Kage told him simply pushing a few buttons.

As the mood darkened Riku decided it was time for a change of subject. "Who was in that other gummi ship?"

"Sora, Goofy, and Donald. They are going to try and save Jasmine you know. They want nothing more than to stop us and the heartless." Kage told him as they landed.

"I must go speak with Jafar, you prepare to take Jasmine. You should plan to take her while Sora and Jafar fight. Now I must tell you something and you must listen. Do not, and I repeat do not, try and see your friend or help him in anyway. If you want to save your other friend and help us, it would be best if you were not seen." Kage told him with a wave as she walked toward the palace.

Riku looked around the sandy place. He didn't really like the looks of it. Then again he grew up on an Island surrounded by water. It looked like the people here didn't drink much water.

Riku wasn't exactly sure how he felt about kidnapping the princess, but he felt as though he had too. If he didn't there was no way he'd save Kirie or help the others. With a sigh Riku lied down for a well deserved nap, at least he thought it was well deserved.

End Of Chapter 7

Preview for Chapter 8: It's time for Riku to take the princess, but he's not sure if he's ready. Even more he wants to see Sora they are or at least were best friends. Will he be able to head Kage's warning or will a glance at Sora destroy all the worked for?

Hi! I'm alive! Crazy, huh! Well I officially suck. I haven't updated in months. That's completely and utterly ridiculous! I've beaten KH2 already for heaven sakes… then again maybe that's the reason I haven't up-dated… oh well.

Anyway I'm sorry and I have no good excuses. Yes you may throw shoes at me… if you really want to... any way it's summer so I'm sure I'll be able to up-date more! It seems like my muse lives on!

I'm sorry this chapter is so short; I just thought it'd be fun to have another chapter about this world to 'deepen' the plot. Or I guess 'thicken' the plot. But whatever. Thank you all for coming back and reading this… or reading it for the first time, and thanks for any and all reviews!

I love Roxos and I'm really mad he's apart of Sora now! I wanted to play him the whole time. I wanted to cry when you couldn't… anyway, expect a one shot with him in it, (not the main character but it's all about him…) if you want. I'm only going to make it a one shot because I don't have enough time to up-date the stories I have now! I barely have enough time to write it, but I don't want to lose the idea!

Anyway See ya all soon!

Reioko

PS: I love Panic! at the Disco! (It's a band). They keep me going!