Hey guys. It's been a LONG time since I submitted something, and I decided to submit this. I've been working on it for about three years now and I just finished it a few months ago. Now that I have my internet back, I'll put it on here for your enjoyment.

In the city of Traverse, a couple could be heard fighting all the way the down the street…

"I can't believe you're leaving again! You just got back!" a girl with brown hair yelled.

"I know, but Prince Ororon needs me!" Said a boy with shoulder length platinum hair, and gorgeous aqua eyes.

"But I need you!" she yelled beginning to cry. She tried to hit him, but he caught it and pulled her into an embrace.

"I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you when I get back." He whispered. The boy held her close; she wrapped her arms around him and cried into his chest. "I just hope I can make it back."

"I might not be here when you get back." She said pushing away and walking to the window. She looked out and watched the stars.

He looked at his watch and said, "Well I better get going. I guess I'll see you when I get back. If I get back that is." He turned to walk towards the door.

The girl ran after him calling, "Riku don't!"

"I have to, I'll see you later. Just promise me you'll be here when I get back."

"…" She didn't reply.

"Okay? Promise me Lana." He said, giving her a serious look.

"Alright." She sighed.

"Good, I'll call you when I get to Squall's house." Riku replied. He leaned down and kissed her.

"Okay, you better." Lana said after the kiss.

"I will." He said, turning to leave.

Riku walked out the door. Lana watched as he went, and cried when he'd gone.

She walked into the other room and started the bath. Lana walked out into the living room and grabbed the communicator Angelina had given them so they could talk to one another when Riku was in the demon world.

She walked back into the bathroom and entered the water. Not five minutes had past, when the communicator rang, she reached over and opened the cover.

"Hey babe." Came the first response.

She was puzzled. Finally realizing who it was, she quickly lifted the communicator higher and screamed at him.

"Sora, how dare you?"

"Wha…what did I do?" he asked, confused.

Lana watched as Cloud hit Sora with a stick and knocked him out.

Cloud lifted the communicator and said, "Sorry about that, but Riku isn't here right now. He hasn't arrived yet." Cloud looked into the communicator and began to blush. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to!"

"What, what do you…" she then looked down and saw why, she quickly lifted the communicator and said, "Oh that's alright, don't worry, it wasn't your fault." Blushing, she asked, "Um, can you put Squall on? I need to talk to him."

"Alright." Cloud replied, calling for Squall.

He walked up and took the communicator, "Hi Lana, how can I help you?"

"Hey Squall; I need you to help me surprise Riku, since you're so good at surprising people."

"Sure, what is it?" he replied looking intent.

"Well I want to come there and see him. I know where you live but in two days I'm going to come in my 'Fox' form and surprise him. We didn't get to talk much, since the second he got back Knives called him for another mission." She said, in a slight whisper.

"Okay, well what time?"

"Around, six p.m. I'll scratch at the door, but be sure he gets it. Maybe you can get Cloud and Sora to do something at the time, and you can cook, or whatever you want to do. You can tell Cloud but don't tell Sora, he'll ruin the surprise. If you have to, knock him out again and stick him in the closet." She told him with urgency.

"Alright, I can do that," Squall turned around and saw Riku standing there.

s"What are you talking about?" he asked with a look of jealousy.

"We're just talking. Can you leave us alone for one second?" Squall asked covering her with his palm.

"Fine, but don't turn it off when you're done, I need to talk to her." Riku called, sitting down on the couch to rest.

"Kay! So in two days, we'll be ready." Squall told her.

"Good, I guess I'll see you later. Bye, have fun."

"Oh I will. See ya." Squall handed Riku the communicator.

"Hey Squall, what did you mean by see ya later?"

"Well we've been calling each other regularly. We are siblings you know? We do talk to each other regularly."

"Okay." Riku replied, finally dropping it.

Squall turned to walk towards Cloud and let out a sigh of relief. He walked over and told Cloud about Lana, and began discussing their plans of getting her here safely.

Riku began talking to Lana after watching Squall walk away. When he turned to look at the communicator, he saw "Lana". "Oh my god, what are you doing?"

"Huh? Oh sorry, I was just reaching for the wine." Lana replied, as she resituated herself. When she was comfortable she popped a bottle of wine.

"So what, you're celebrating my departure!" He asked becoming angry.

"Of course not, I was in tears before you had even closed the door. I'm just trying to relax." Lana replied pouring a glass of wine.

"Oh, well I'm sorry for having to leave you so suddenly; I mean we didn't even get to…"

"That's alright," she interrupted, "I understand, it's you're job to make everyone else happy except me." She said beginning to cry.

"Oh Lana, please don't cry. I told you, I'll make it up to you when I get back. But until then I'll call and talk to you every day, and think of you always." Riku said, trying to calm Lana down.

"You better." She said sipping the wine.

"I will, I promise." Riku watched as Lana took the entire glass of wine and swallowed it whole. "Please don't do that, you remind me of my mother." He said, covering his eyes.

"Sorry." Lana replied, setting the glass down. "Well, I need to get out. Either we can hang up, or you can wait for me to get out."

"I guess I'll wait." Riku replied.

As he set the communicator down, he heard Cloud and Squall fighting.

"It's too dangerous for her to travel alone! I should go get her!" Cloud yelled.

"Yes, but she can handle herself! I mean, she is part 'Fox', she can just transform and sneak around!" Squall replied.

"That's fine, but I still want to watch over her! Ya know, she is one of my best friends! If she gets hurt, I'll never forgive myself." Cloud said.

"Fine, I'll talk to her later and we'll change the plans! Squall said glancing at Riku. "We should go outside and talk." He whispered to Cloud.

Cloud glanced at Riku and replied, "Alright, that's a good idea."

They turned and walked out the door to continue their conversation.

"Riku? Riku are you there?" Lana asked.

"Huh? Oh! Yeah, I'm here." He replied picking up the communicator.

"Well I'm getting kind of tired. I think I'm gonna' go to bed." She said with a yawn.

"Hey, you know I love you right?" He asked suddenly.

"Yes, of course." She replied, startled by the question.

"Well open the drawer on my night stand and grab the black box out of there. Then show it to me." He told her.

Lana walked around the bed and opened his nightstand. She grabbed the box and held it up to the communicator.

"Is this it?" she asked.

"Yes," Riku replied, "I was planning on giving that to you when I got back, but I want you to have it now. It's to show you that I will always love you." He told her.

"Oh Riku, it's beautiful!" she replied opening the box.

She pulled the ring out and put it on her finger.

"Riku you shouldn't have!"

"That was the ring that we had made with our love. I thought you'd like it." he smiled.

Lana began to cry.

"Lana please don't cry. It wasn't meant to make you sad." Riku said.

"I'm not sad. I'm happy. I'm always happy around you, weather you can see it or not." She smiled back.

"Well I better let you get some sleep. I love you." Riku said.

"I love you more." Lana replied with a laugh.

"I'll call you tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye."

Lana closed the communicator and continued to cry. She fell on the bed and curled up into a ball. She sat like that until she finally just cried herself to sleep.

Riku put down the communicator and stared at the ceiling. As he thought about all the wonderful memories he had, tears began to fill his eyes. He felt the urge to call her back and tell her he was coming home but he couldn't, he has a job he has to do and he can't just go AWOL.

As he thought of all the memories he slowly fell asleep.

When Riku had fully fallen asleep, Cloud snuck in and took the communicator. He gave it to Squall and he called up Lana.

"Hello?" came a groggy voice.

"Yeah, hey, Lana we want you to come tomorrow. Cloud is going to meet you at the barrier and escort you here. So be ready at five, it will take awhile to get here, you'll have to fight through a lot of demons because everyone knows who you are." Squall told her.

"And who am I?" she asked sitting up.

"You're Riku's girlfriend; they're out to kill Riku so they'll use you to get to him."

"Oh great, now I have two problems." She sighed.

"What's the other problem?" Squall asked with a confused look.

"I don't know if I should come, Riku seamed like he was afraid to see me." Lana told him.

"Well don't worry, he wishes he could be with you." Squall said.

Cloud nodded and said, "Yeah, I even saw him crying before he fell asleep."

"Really? He cried?" she asked looking sad.

"You look like you've been crying yourself." Squall pointed out.

"Yeah, I fell asleep thinking of Riku." She replied.

"You should still come; he's just worried you'll get hurt by the people who'll come to the house." Squall replied.

"Okay, I guess I'll see you tomorrow. Bye." Lana waved.

"Bye." Cloud and Squall waved back.

After she had closed the communicator, she grabbed her large stuffed dog; Riku had given her on their first date, and hugged it tight.

"Oh Riku, I can't wait to see you." She said to herself.

Lana lay back down and rolled over to Riku's side of the bed. She opened his stand and pulled out his cologne. Spraying it above her, she took a deep breath, and sighed happily.

So what'd you all think? I hope you liked it. I can't wait to read some of your reviews. Please review, no one every really did review my other ones. I hope you enjoy all of it.