Chapter 5:

The World That Never Was

"Hee hee. Rath!" a young girl around ten years old laughed, her black hair glimmering in the sunlight. Here dark brown eyes were filled with happiness. She had a pair of jeans on with a hole in the right knee. Her sneakers were a dark blue color and her shirt also a dark blue color. She ran away from an eleven year old girl who was chasing her.

"Naomi!" the eleven year old called. Her white hair shinned and her blue-green eyes were a mystery. She wore a pair of baggy jean shorts and a loose black tank. Her sneakers were black and red. "Wait up!" she ran after the younger girl.

They ran through a green forest, pine needles and fallen trees littered the ground. Naomi ran to a huge tree that seemed to be very old. Rath stopped by her side, huffing to regain her breath. "In here!" Naomi whispered with a grin and crawled into a whole in the trunk. Rath sighed and followed. The pathway was small, but as little kids, Rath and Naomi were able to crawl through with no problems.

Inside, it was hollow. It seemed as though someone had hollowed the tree to draw on the wood walls. Naomi headed over to one of the walls and picked up a nearby rock. "Let's draw something!" she insisted. Rath smiled at her friend and sat down next to Naomi. She picked up another rock and started to carve on the wood wall.

Many minutes later, Naomi and Rath looked over at the other's carving. They had each drawn their friend smiling at each other. The two girls smiled and laughed. "I drew you, and you drew me!" Naomi pointed out the obvious. Rath just nodded.

"Come on, it's getting late…" Rath stood up and held out her hand. Suddenly, there was a flash, and that Rath became older. She looked around fourteen and had a bit longer hair, a longer pony tail from the back. The tips were red, and she wore black eyeliner and mascara.

She stood, looking at a door in the wooden room. She hadn't remembered it being there. She was curious as to how it got there. "You do not yet know what lies beyond the door." A dark voice entered her mind. She looked around, spotting a man in a black trench coat. "One who knows nothing can understand nothing…" it said. Everything grew dark, and the door burst open, spilling out black creatures.

Rath was swallowed by the darkness, it wound around her body like it needed her to grow. "We need you…to gain our freedom…" the dark voice said. Rath thrashed around, trying to get away, but to no avail. "She isn't your friend…she will betray you one day." The voice continued. Rath questioned what it meant, and was answered with a laugh. "You shouldn't trust her…or the light. Give into the darkness…let it take away all your pain…" suddenly, Rath was sixteen again, and she could actually feel the pain of the darkness trying to claim her heart.

"No…" she whispered, trying to stay conscious as the darkness engulfed her. An evil laugh pierced through the dark. But, a blinding light broke through the darkness. Rath could hear someone calling.

"Rath!" Naomi's voice called from the light. Her figure started to appear, her hand outstretched from the light.

"RATH!"

My eyes shot open. I huffed, trying to calm down my racing heart. "What…" I whispered. I could feel my senses coming back. I put a hand over my heart, trying to slow it down. I put my hand to my forehead, and found it was wet with sweat.

"You okay?" a boy's voice asked. I turned to see Riku with a slightly worried expression. I nodded, finally calming down. He nodded back, then looked ahead through the dome window. "We're almost at our next destination…The World that Never Was." he said. I nodded, looking out the window, seeing a tiny figure out in the distance. As we approached it, I could start making out what it looked like. It looked like a castle that floated over the water. It was white and black and had a strange marking that was on the white monsters Riku and I had to face earlier. However, the reflection was that of a dark town, not of the white castle. Floating above the castle was a heart shaped moon. A strange aura which could be clearly seen surrounded the wondrous moon.

I looked at Riku, but he just concentrated on landing the gummi ship. We landed in the dark city, which was as I had said. It was raining and seemed as though there was really no light. However, I could see fine. Riku started off towards the inner city, and I had to follow. "So…where are we headed?" I asked him. He didn't look at me, yet answered, "To the castle. That's where your friend will most likely be held."

I sighed and just stared off into space as we continued. It seemed to take forever while we walked through the deserted city. I shivered from a slight breeze that blew through. Then, I stopped to look up at a huge tower before me. Riku did the same. I didn't know if this was some kind of key or something, but I just stared in wonder. "Whoa…" I said under my breath.

We headed up the tower and soon were overlooking the city. There, we saw some cloaked figures. Although, two had their hoods down. I recognized one of them who looked almost exactly like…

"Naomi!" I called out to the long black haired teen standing there.

Naomi turned towards the voice that had called her name and felt like crying when she saw her child hood friend approaching her. It was quite a joyous site to see and the teen ran as quick as she could towards her friend but a weapon stopped her from proceeding. She looked at the claymore blocking her path and then turned to look back up at the cloaked figure.

"Let me through!" she yelled up at him. Although Naomi made no attempt to simply push the large sword away since she didn't want to become victim to the Luna Diver.

"Demyx, take this girl away. Axel, take your so called best bud away as well. I'm going to be dealing with these two," Saix commanded as he held his sword in front of the teen to impede her path. His hood was now pulled down to reveal his blue hair and 'x' shaped scar on his face.

"Please, no!" Naomi yelled out again but this time she seemed to be begging. That was when she felt a hand grab her by the wrist and start to pull her away into a portal. She turned to look at Roxas for help but he was busy dealing with the pyro who had grabbed ahold of him. "Rath!" she screamed out as her other free hand went to try and hit Demyx in the face.

I watched in horror as the best friend I had been looking for was being taken away from my grasp. "No! Let her go you bastards!" I yelled. I summoned my keyblade and ran at the blue haired man with an 'x' shaped scar.

Riku was soon at my side and yelling about Sora. He had summoned his own keyblade and was charging at the man as well. I smirked. This guy couldn't take on two of us!

"Let me go," Naomi commanded as another hand went up and grabbed her free hand. She watched in horror as a portal opened behind them and the musician just pulled her along towards it.

"Sorry but I cant," the now uncloaked Demyx responded as he walked backwards towards the portal. He gave a look of sympathy even though he had no feelings and this only made the teen even madder.

Saix turned towards the two keyblade wielders and gave a malicious smirk. Something changed about him but everyone would know soon enough since he raised his claymore and took a swing at the two that used to be behind him. But instead of stopping there the blue haired man swung to the left and then to the right since his strength had grown greater due to the mode he was in. Now the Luna Diver was in his berserker mode.

I watched Naomi be taken away. Riku was the one who saved me from being killed by the man's attacks. Although, Riku was hit in the process.

"Riku!" I called and ran over. He was hit in the right side and was bleeding profusely. I felt an anger welling up inside me. I turned toward the man and charged at him once more. "I can take you on myself!" I yelled.

I heard Riku's voice telling me to stop, but I wasn't listening. I wanted to kill this guy and find Naomi. NOW.

Saix did a quick maneuver with his claymore and quickly disarmed Rath of her weapon. This was way too easy for him but none the less he had a plan that may please the Superior. He threw his weapon at Riku to slow the teenage boy down from attempting to save the girl as he neared her. With a quick movement of his arms the Luna Diver quickly grabbed a hold of Rath and made a portal himself.

He slung her over his shoulder as he did to Naomi a year ago and retreated into the darkness. The portal closed after he had entered with the silver haired girl with red tips at the end. His black boots touched the ground again but now he was in a white office filled with many books, papers, and anything else like that. Saix held the girl tightly as he waited for Xemnas to notice them.

Naomi found herself in a medium sized bedroom as Demyx had pulled her into the portal. She felt her arms were free now but there was nothing she could do to save her friend. Saix probably killed them both by now but she quickly scolded herself for that thought. 'Rath would never let herself be killed,' the girl thought as salt tears formed at the brim of her eyes.

Her eyes showed pure hatred toward the musician who stood where he was. She balled her hands into fists and took a punch at the older teen's chest. Now her anger had taken the best of her and that was what caused her to grow weaker. Demyx let Naomi hit him since it didn't really hurt that much and it would probably calm her down. In a couple of minutes the teenaged girl just could take it anymore and just started to cry, which is what she rarely ever does.

She wasn't able to do anything except watch as her friend disappeared for the second time. It just wasn't fair! Naomi found a wall nearby and slunk down against it. Her knees were brought towards her chest and her head was buried in them. The salt like tears just kept running down faster and when she looked up the musician was sitting right next to her. Anger built up in her again but she just turned her head away from him.

I was disabled of my weapon and slung over the man's shoulder. "Put me down!" I yelled as I kicked and struggled. We went through a portal similar to the one Naomi had been taken into. We soon ended up in what looked like an office. I stopped trying to get free since it didn't matter anyway. It wasn't like I could get free from his grasp anytime soon...

Xemnas looked up from his desk to spot the two and a devilish smirk appeared on his face. "What did you bring this time?" he asked motioning towards the teen on Saix's shoulder. His elbows were on the desk while his hands were placed together.

"I believe this girl happens to be the one I told you about a year ago," Saix replied calmly but his grip on the girl didn't loosen. Infact it actually started to tighten around her small frame.

"Oh really, well why don't you put her in the dungeon where Naomi once was then," the Superior somewhat commanded. His smirk still plastered on his face as he thought about something. He watched as Saix was departing and then called out, "Where is Naomi?"

Saix turned around to look at Xemnas with an annoyed look and then stated, "She's with Demyx right now."

Naomi grew tired as she cried and it seemed that she would cry herself to sleep pretty soon. She felt an arm placed around her for comfort and finally she looked towards Demyx. Her eyes were still water with yet more tears to come and she just decided to give in. Naomi rested her head against Demyx's chest and quieted down a little. A few tears escaped every now and then but she was just too tired.

She wanted to scream at herself for letting herself be comforted by an organization member but she would scold herself tomorrow. Her eyelids became heavier and finally Naomi was just so exhausted that she fell into a deep sleep.

Demyx didn't seem to mind nore care since he just wanted the girl to stop sobbing. Although now he couldn't play his music since she was sleeping on him and it was like torture to him. The musician just learned to deal with it though since he let himself be taken by sleep as well. He had stayed up all that morning since he was working on a song and found that he was just as exhausted.

I listened in on the conversation as the man named Saix tightened his grip around me. I couldn't breathe very well and hit him in the back. "Loosen it up there pal." I told him harshly and sighed. I heard something about a dungeon and Naomi. I wanted to ask where she was, but was soon answered. She was with some guy named Demyx. He better not be hitting on her!

Saix only tightened his grip even more as she hit him in the back. He hardly felt a thing as the teen hit him and ignored her command. There was no way in hell he was going to listen to a lowlife such as the one in his arms. Darkness surrounded them as portal swallowed them up. Then they both appeared outside of a room and the Luna Diver opened the door, threw Rath in, closed the door, and then locked it. "Hope you enjoy your new home," Saix called out as he started to walk away.

I fell to the floor and hit it hard. "Ow...hey!" I ran to the door as Saix walked off casually. "Get back here you dolt!" she yelled out the door.

Saix didn't listen to her and continued walking until he made a portal and stepped through it.

I just humphed and sat on the floor cross-legged. I crossed my arms in annoyance and stared at a wall. "Naomi...you are in trouble now." she mumbled as she though of what could be happening...

"Oh Demyx..." Naomi was on Demyx's bed as he was kissing her neck and nibbling her ear.

"Naomi..." Demyx mumbled and continued downward.

I shivered and shook my head. No...Naomi wouldn't do that...right? Then again, she had been here for a year already...and wore their outfit...maybe she has changed...I shook my head once more and leaned against the door. I closed my eyes as exhaustion overtook me. "Night...Naomi." I muttered as I slowly fell into my abyss.