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Chapter 10

"Oh no. No please, not Lana!" Haru cried, running over to Lana. She grabbed her sister's hand and tried to fight off the tears that threatened her. "What happened?" She asked.

"It was him." Kairi said quietly, pointing to Ty's lifeless body.

"Who… is he?" She asked, staring at him.

Riku stood up suddenly and turned away. Without warning, someone ran into him and clung to his side.

"Wha-?"

"Riku! It's Riku!" Sora exclaimed, not letting go of his friend.

"Sora, pull yourself together. And get off, you're hurting me!"

Then they both were squeezed together as Kairi came over and hugged them.

"I'm so glad to see you both." She whispered.

They heard King Mickey talking to Haru. "We have to get Lana out of here. She'll bleed to death unless we do something."

Riku broke away from Sora and Kairi. "Where do we take her?"

"How about Hollow Bastion? Merlin is there, he'll know what to do." Sora suggested.

"Good idea, Sora. Let's go."

Riku kneeled down and picked Lana up, carrying her bridal-style. He looked down at her, making sure she was still breathing. He was relieved when he heard her take a deep breath, but he could still feel blood on his hands coming from her back. He quickened his pace, fighting the panic that he felt rising in his chest. "Lana…" He whispered to her. "Hold on just a little longer."

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"I've done all I can." Merlin said to the group. "She seems alright, she's asleep right now."

Riku stared out the window absently as everyone else talked. Suddenly, the door of Merlin's house opened, and in walked a very tall old looking man wearing a long blue robe and a blue hat with stars and a moon on it. He had long silver hair and beard. Donald, Goofy, and Sora jumped up when they saw him.

"Master Yen Sid!" They exclaimed in unison.

Merlin walked over to Yen Sid and shook his hand. "Very good to see you." He said. Yen Sid nodded, and then looked directly at Riku.

"You are Riku, correct?"

Riku nodded warily.

"You are troubled by what he said about Lana."

"What who said?"

"The man you killed."

Riku looked away irritably. "Is that all you came here for. To remind me of that?"

"No. I came to explain to you, all of you, about what Lana is."

Riku stood up and faced him, furious. "What do you mean 'what she is?'" He nearly yelled, ignoring Donald's shocked cry to 'show some respect.'

Yen Sid looked at him calmly. "She is not a normal person. She has no heart."

Riku took a step back. "You mean… She's a Nobody?"

"Not exactly. She's a creation of the darkness."

"But… he said she was the creation of-"

"Ansem the Wise, yes. She is a result of his experiments with the darkness."

Riku stared at the ground and slowly fell back into the chair he was sitting in before. "So… She's not… real?"

"No, she's real, she just has no heart. Like the members of Organization XIII. They are real, but they can't feel normal emotions, like sadness, happiness, or love." Then he turned his gaze to Haru as she chimed in modestly.

"So that means Lana is not really my sister?" She asked quietly.

"She is… in a way. Lana is darkness, and you are light. If you were not alive, the darkness would have killed Lana a long time ago. You, Haru, are a creation of the light."

Haru opened her mouth to say something, then closed it again. Everyone was silent. Riku was staring at the ground. He felt numb, as if his whole body was drugged with Novocain.

"Riku, are you alright?" Kairi asked, taking a step towards him.

Riku stood up and forced a small smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm going for a walk." He said, walking out the door. He walked around the house past the window of the room Lana was in. He hesitated, then looked through the glass. He saw Lana sleeping soundly. Once again, that unwanted feeling came over him and he turned away quickly, pressing the heels of his hands against his eyes.

'They can't feel normal emotions, like sadness, happiness, or love? Love...' Riku thought. He leaned against the outside of the house and slammed his fist into it.

Suddenly he heard a small voice next to him.

"Hey you."

"What? Lana! You should be resting. Go back and lay down!" He said, standing in front if the window. She had opened it and was poking her head out, leaning on the sill.

Lana frowned. "Riku, what's wrong? You're eyes are red. Were you… crying?"

"Ha-ha. Please, me, cry? You're too funny." Riku said, smiling. Lana looked at him disbelievingly. She reached out and touched his face lightly.

"I'm sorry; I forgot who I was talking to." She joked. "All mighty Riku does not feel petty human emotions." Riku looked away. "Riku I was joking." She said. "Are you angry with me?"

"No." Riku said quickly. He tilted his head up slightly and closed his eyes like he was thinking really hard.

Lana stretched out as far as she could without pain shooting through her body and tried to kiss him, but only succeeded in brushing her lips against his bottom lip. He opened his eyes and looked at her, taking a step forward.

"Lana-"

"Riku, shut up for three seconds, k?" Lana said, pulling him closer to her and kissing him intently. Riku leaned against the wall, putting one arm around her shoulders as the kiss deepened.

Suddenly, he pulled away, stumbling back a few feet.

"No, you can't…"

"It's not hurting me to kiss you." Lana said, laughing softly.

"But you… can't feel."

Lana looked at him incredulously, her eyes shining with emotion. "R-Riku, how could you say that?" She asked, fighting back tears.

"Yen Sid said so. You can't feel. You're… from the darkness."

Lana stared at him, placing a hand over her heart. Then she slammed the window shut and spun around, collapsing onto her bed. Pain shot through her and she cried out softly, not wanting anyone to hear her. She lay face down on the bed, breathing heavily from pain and the effort of holding back tears. She looked up slowly at the window. Riku wasn't there. Then she jumped up, nearly screaming from pain. She stood still for a moment, recovering from the throbbing in her back, then strode over to the door and threw it open, staring at Yen Sid coldly.

"It seems you know something I don't. So tell me right now what Riku meant when he said I was from the darkness."

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Err… I have writers block again. So, ch-yeah, I'm sorry that chapter sucked and was so short. I'll make the next one longer, I promise! But I need more reviews! Come on people, you know you want to! I've got a bag full of Riku plushies, I know you want one!

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