A/N: Thank you to my readers and reviewers!
Xejicka: Thanks for the translation Xejicka! It's really going to help a lot, and hopefully you got my PM in there, so yeah. Ah, Vieh will now answer you question.
rikufanattic: All right Vieh this is from Xejicka. "What do you do when Riku gets mauled by fangirls?"
Vieh: To answer your question Xejicka, to be honest I just sit down and watch as he gets mauled, it kind of funny, and at the same time I should be ashamed since I'm suppose to protect him, but those fangirls area crazy! One took his shirt last time, and I didn't even want to go near them, they probably would've taken me hostage just to get to Riku…
With that I think we should move on…
Now on with the story!
Chapter Three: Subsisto quod somnus
"If we don't do something they're as good as dead…" Light yelled back at Dark furiously. The two knew that the humans couldn't fend them off with just normal weapons. "Now help me out here…" he said feeling his other instinct take over, his whole body became as black as night, with sharp claws and yellow eyes.
"I'm wearing a skirt!" Dark said stomping her foot down for a moment. 'But still this is something we have to do… Darn skirt!' she thought sighing heavily for a moment, and letting the darkness cover her body for a moment.
The two Heartless looking figures growled slightly looking up at the hillside for a moment, the more female looking one ran forward quickly, tackling a Heartless to the ground with a burst of speed. The three teens jumped back, noticing the figure appear out of nowhere.
"Let's go!" Ven yelled pulling Aqua alongside him, Terra following closely behind. The tallest one, with brown hair and blue eyes, looked back watching one dark creature fight with another.
As the three teens were getting closer to the town they noticed that several more of the dark creatures were in their path. Ven suggested quickly, to try and go around, and then make a run for the town, but from Aqua's point of view it seemed the citizens weren't able to get out of the settlement either. Terra growled for a moment and looked back noticing two lone figures running in a sort of feral state. The two figures leapt into the air and landed in front of Terra and his friends.
"Just stay back…" one said emitting growls.
Terra and Ven watched as one black figure moved quickly towards approaching creatures of the same nature, though they held shields that seemed to bite whatever came its way. The more female looking one moved quickly to the side with a dodge roll and the male looking one jumped in for the kill with its claws held high. The shield fell as the male one landed its claws deep into the shoulder of the enemy, and a loud bellow of anguish emitted from the creature. The female looking one rolled forward, and sticking out her clawed hand, she lodged her hand deep within the chest of the creature, and watched it disappear into a puff of smoke.
Aqua moved back slightly watching the look of malice on the aiding figures. One winged dark creature fell from the sky as if to smack head first into the female figure.
"I got your back!" the male cried and launched himself towards the descending figure, knocking it down on the ground.
The female nodded and tossed the fallen crimson colored figure into a crowd of its comrades. The two of them stood back to back now watching the approaching enemies with their yellow eyes, they still retained some malice on the enemies that moved forward with each step. The sound of snapping jaws from the animated shields, and the flapping sounds of wings didn't seem to faze the two. The figures showed their fangs to the approaching figures with a strange heart shaped crest.
The ones with the strange symbols growled at the newcomers, trying hard not to let their presence keep them from their mission. Terra moved back slightly and his other two friends followed his movement. Something behind them took them by surprise, and the pair of yellow eyed figures from the front looked in back. 'Shit…' the two yellow eyed figures thought looking back at the huge creature, with a huge hole in the middle; it seemed like the shape of a huge heart.
"Get out of here!" the two figures cried out furiously moving to the back now, pushing the three humans roughly out of the way. Aqua fell to the ground and winced at the force that was placed, Ven picked her up and looked back at Terra, he nodded slightly. The female looking figure watched as the three teens ran, making no attempt to look back.
"Lead them inside the barrier…" Dark finally said looking back at her partner. He nodded and with a loud roar he grabbed the attention of the ones called the 'Heartless'. Light ran through the barrier and turned into his human form.
"Looky looky, you stupid Heartless!" Light called out taunting them. "You can't catch me!"
'I can't believe I've put with him for so long…' Dark thought following the Heartless as they moved into the barrier. 'I hope those three teens are safe…' she thought looking back for a moment, noticing they were gone from her sight.
Within the barrier there was massive chaos as people were running amuck through the streets of the plaza, lanterns thrown on the ground, streams and decorations left torn and destroyed. Just utter and complete destruction left for the citizens of Amber Pacific. Light turned back into his other form and watched as the biggest Heartless of all passed through the barrier with ease. 'Darkside…' the two thought looking back at one another and they nodded slightly.
'I hope we can win…' Dark thought narrowly avoiding an attack from the soldier type Heartless. Something flew through the air, and Dark turned around slightly, the shield collided with the side of her face. She found herself on the ground in a very light daze, clutching her face. 'Damn it!' she thought noticing she had gone back to her human form now. Several Heartless seemed to snicker as she sat up covering her face with her right hand. Dark could feel the nails on her left hand grow sharp once more. She growled as the noise from her throat became more beast like, and one brave Heartless known as 'Large Body' moved forward to strike the fallen human girl in the amber skirt. She left one eye visible, and the artificial Heartless noticed the yellow tinge in her eye as its fist was about to strike her.
Light was in his Heartless form moving about with ease. A shield had been discarded on the floor, as he defeated a Heartless. He held on to it, and noticed the front part of the shield was snapping its jaws in a frenzy. 'This'll work…' he thought looking back at the Neoshadows and Defenders. A Neoshadow closed in on him, and he brought the shield, hearing the Heartless cry out in pain as the shield brought its fangs down on its arm. Light gripped the shield tightly and swung the shield to the side, knocking out oncoming Neoshadows with the one who struggled to free itself from the animated weapon. One enemy came from behind and dug its claws deep into Light's back, and he let out a howl of pain. He tried to shaking off the Heartless but it had a strong grip.
"Firaga!" the human Heartless cried out as flames of bright orange and red danced around him striking the foe on his back. The Neoshadow fell back and Light turned around quickly with the shield still in his grip and slammed it on the Heartless.
Dark and Light watched as Darkside stood still. 'This is taking too long…' they both thought. Fire and Blizzard spells erupted from the animated shields and the two figures, disguised as Heartless, dodged the balls of fire and ice with some ease. Dark panted for a moment and Light threw the shield like a Frisbee, watching it smack several Heartless around him.
"Help!" several voices cried out from a street down in the distance.
Dark and Light lifted their heads slightly hearing the distressed cries. The two of them ran forward knowing Heartless with deadly spinning kicks. 'Damn…' Light thought punching a Defender square in the face. More Heartless seemed to appear as they ran down the plaza. Yellow hungry eyes stared at them as they moved further towards the cries of the people. Light gathered enough speed mimicking a technique by the Neoshadows. He crouched on the ground for a moment and launched himself through the air in a frenzy of wild flips, destroying Heartless in the attacks path. He landed in between the humans and several other Heartless. Dark appeared from a murky puddle near the Heartless, and as she jumped out Dark swiftly attacked the Heartless around her with her claws.
A small child clung tightly to her mothers arm as she watched the sight from her eyes. 'Those creatures think it's wrong…' the girl thought watching as the two human looking creatures fought back with the other evil looking creatures. The little girl cringed hearing the howl of pains coming from the enemies, the sound of claws hitting their designated targets. She froze, watching one human looking figure skid across on the ground, it landed near her feet, and the girl moved back slightly. Yellow eyes looked up at her for a moment, and she felt nervous. The figure sat up and shook it head. The other people moved back slightly to give the creature some space. The other figure threw a dark menacing creature towards another group, cracking the wall nearby from the impact, and they disappeared in the form of smoke.
The girl looked forward and noticed that the two figures were left exhausted. They were giving off a strange vibe, that they meant no harm, but their past action that happened moments ago didn't give that impression of a kind human soul. The girl noticed that the two figures where left with red stains on their skin. The one that was sitting up breathed in hoarsely and the girl felt her body as the dark creature turned to look back at the crowd of people.
"Stay out of sight for now," it sounded female. The figure smiled showing off the sharp pearly whites. It stood up and looked back as the other figure approached them slowly. "Let's go and get rid of Darkside now…" the female voice said coughing a bit.
"Thank you…" someone said, and it made the figures turn their heads away slightly, "we'd be goners if it weren't for you two…" they recognized the voice. It was from the kind woman known as Lila Ser. Lila had been roughed up a bit seeing as how they had escaped the Heartless somehow which seemed apparent for all the others within the crowd, except for the little girl.
"What were those things?" a man asked looking at the two figures. The two figures looked back at one another, trying to figure out who would answer the question. The one that had approached them earlier decided to speak.
"They're called Heartless," it voice now sounded more male like, "those dark creatures are taking peoples heart, and turning them into the creatures you just saw," its voice comprised of growls more than anything. The people looked at one another and talked amongst themselves.
"I do hope Dark and Light are safe," the two heard Ms. Ser's voice was filled with concern.
"I'm sure they'll be fine…" the female sounding one said with a slightly smile etched on her lips, showing off her fangs once more. With that the two figures disappeared, quickly jumping onto the rooftop, over looking the area for signs of anymore Heartless.
"They're all gone…" Dark said softly looking back at Light. The only one left now was a huge Heartless by the name of Darkside. "If we get rid of the big guy then all the others ones will most likely fall…"
"That's how it always is…" Light replied running forward, leaving Dark to follow him. Despite the pain and the crimson stains of blood on their bodies they continued to fight, to protect the lives of the innocent, this was only part of their mission.
Destiny Islands
"Earth to Riku…" someone called out impatiently.
Riku looked out of the window hearing the ocean meet with the shore, the sound of waves crashing; it never got old for him. 'Someday… Just for once… I want to at least see your smiling face again. It's been about three months now, you and Sora should've been back by now, right?' he looked down at the picture on his cell phone. It was of a familiar girl in a stylish kimono. He smiled slightly and stared back out at the ocean that was near the building.
"RIKU!" someone yelled. Something hit the back of his head, and the silver haired teen looked down staring at the drumstick that was next to his foot.
"Ouch…" he said softly rubbing the back of his head. Another person grabbed the cell phone in his position, and Riku tried to get it back. He felt a hand on his face, and he grunted slightly flaying his arms to get the cell phone back. "Hey! Come on guys knock it off, give it back!" the teen with the turquoise eyes said growling.
"Riku, buddy… Come on you have to let this go already…" the voice belonged to Tidus. He had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. His hair had grown a bit longer since the last time Riku saw him, but he was still the same energetic guy that he knew.
"Yeah… It's not healthy," this belonged to Wakka, the guy with the orange hair who had a knack for playing with a 'blitzball' as he calls it. .
"Just give it back," Riku said snatching it roughly from Tidus' grip. Tidus sighed for a moment and looked back at Wakka scratching the back of his head.
"Let's just practice we're already thirty minutes behind schedule…" someone said in back of the boys. It was Selphie Tilmitt's voice, the girl with brown hair and green eyes. All four of them were still wearing the uniform from the same high school they went to.
"Yes ma'am…" the other three teens said getting back to their original posts. Wakka picked up the fallen drumstick and ran back to his stool. Tidus picked up the black coated bass near one wall. Riku stuffed his cell phone into his pocket and moseyed over to his electric guitar, making his way to the microphone that was placed in the center of the room. Selphie was in charge of the keyboard, as well as the mixing to several pieces that they all played.
"Riku," Selphie called out, he looked back at her, "do you still want to play our version of Hikari?" she asked. He nodded, and a big smile formed over her face. "All right then you guys, you heard the man, let's do it!" she said happily.
"On one condition…" Riku said pulling out his cell phone. "There's audio in here, I want you to see what you can do with it Selphie. You're better at electronics than I am so," he heard Selphie jump up and down laughing.
"SCORE!" she said running towards Riku. "So then, which audio file do you want me to mix in to the song?"
"Number 16 and 4," he said feeling good about it. Selphie pressed the button to play audio number 16, it sounded like a girl's voice, and so did number 4s.
"It's going to take a while to make it sound clear… The girl in this audio sings fairly well, not great but it's appealing to the ears," Selphie said noticing the smirk on Riku's face. Her eyes caught the background image in his cell phone. "She your girlfriend or something?" she asked.
"Something like that…" Riku said strumming the first chord to the song.
Terra and the others
A girl was sprawled out on the cold ground floor near a boy who seemed to be in the same condition as she was in. Their clothes were worn out and torn, the boy's shirt had huge holes in it, and the girls skirt was torn. The girl opened her eyes slightly and looked up at the sky, the night seemed so clear. 'We won…' she thought forcing a chuckle from her tired body. Terra and Aqua hovered over the two figures, and were relived to find them awake now. The boy next to her sat up, rubbing his eyes, and yawned looking back at the girl for a moment grinning. 'They were asleep?!' Aqua couldn't believe what she had just seen right now.
Dark swayed to the side a bit, ready to fall back against the ground, but Light caught her quickly, laughing nervously. 'Come on we have to get back to her house…' he thought looking back at Dark, she nodded in response to the sentence forced in her mind. 'You think she's still in the same place?' Dark asked the boy forcing him to open a mind link with her. 'Yeah…' Light responded yawning.
"Are you guys okay?" someone asked breaking the mind link for now. The two of them looked up and noticed three people with blue eyes looked down on them. Dark and Light looked back at one another and laughed slightly.
"Yeah…" they both said in unison, though it didn't seem like they were all right, with cuts and scratches over their bodies, not to mention the ripped clothing. The two figures both laughed nervously looking at the state of fitness they were in.
The other three teens looked at them with puzzled gazes that could be described as 'okay…?' Aqua and Terra pulled the two figures up, seeing as how they seemed a bit worn out to even stand on their own.
"What were you guys doing anyway?" Aqua asked looking at Dark for amoment, and then to Light.
"Running away from those things…" Dark said scanning the plaza ground, all the Heartless were gone now.
"You guys looked roughed up though…" Terra said looking back at the two for a moment. "Don't tell me you guys fought those things?"
'If only he knew…' the two figures thought snickering amongst themselves. 'Hey this is that Terra guy… I thought he'd be a girl,' Light thought creating a mind link with his partner. 'I know… Terra, it's a girls name… Well now it isn't,' Dark responded smiling slightly.
"If we fought those things we wouldn't be alive," Light said looking back at the teen with the strange brown hair. "These two creatures helped, they looked human and they had yellow eyes like some of the others."
"Same here!" Ven said looking at Light. "Their fighting style was weird though, at points they seemed to be in synch." He failed to notice the grinning faces of Dark and Light. Ven mimicked the style for a moment.
"You're gonna pull something," Aqua said concerned for the well being of her friend. "Or worse you'll hurt someone else…" she said trying to get him to stop. He stopped and muttered something under his breath.
"Hey what are your names?" Ven asked looking back at the two new figures. Dark and Light looked up at the blonde figure with the blue eyes.
"Light," he said staring at Ven straight in the eyes.
"Dark…" she said sighing for a moment and looked down at her skirt. 'Woah… This thing is history,' she thought laughing for a moment. "Huh, looks like the skirt didn't make it…" thank goodness that it wasn't a short length skirt.
"Light and Dark, huh…" Aqua said walking Dark towards a bench. "Those are pretty strange names," she said. "No offense though," she said quickly. Light sat down next to Dark and smiled.
"None taken," the two said in unison and laughed. Dark winced and clutched her side for a moment. She noticed her hand was stained with blood. 'Shit…' she thought cursing herself mentally. 'Stupid Darkside, it had thrown me to the ground,' she thought remembering how she got the injury.
"Come on we have to get those wounds treated…" Aqua said in concern, looking at Dark's injury. "My house is just a block away…" her voice trailed off as Terra and Ven helped the two up.
Sora and Amaterasu
Sora sighed and looked up at the sky. Night was starting to break away, since he changed time with just the power of his thoughts. Amaterasu was next to him, and she frowned for a moment, as dawn was being to break the night sky. Sora grinned and looked back at the dark skinned girl.
"Come on, let it just stay for a little bit longer…" she pleaded. Sora shook his head and noogied her. "OKAY!" she said laughing, trying to get a way from Sora's grip.
The blue and black butterflies made their way around them, and the two Keyblade wielders looked at their early creations. 'Simply wonderful,' the girl thought smiling for a moment. She could hear a song play within her mind, and she smiled sadly, 'I wonder what the two of them are doing…'
"The light known as you finds me, in the middle of the night…" a voice said chuckling. "That's the translation for that stanza, right?"
"DARK… Stop reading my thoughts!" Amaterasu said looking up at the sky.
"I can't help it, it's so cute…" the orb chuckled for a moment. "Well the two of you seem well rested now, I guess we should begin now."
"I second the notion," the orb known as Light said laughing. "All right you two…" the world they had created disappeared and before their very eyes lay a valley comprised of light and dark. "You're fighting on our land now, so…" the being known as Light appeared touching the grounds of darkness. The figure known as Dark appeared on the other side, touching the grounds of light.
"Sora you'll fight me," Dark said snapping her fingers, and Sora appeared next to the figure known as Dark. Sora looked around in a daze for a moment, noticing that everything around him was as white and as pure as snow.
Light snapped his fingers and watched as Amaterasu came into his view. She noticed that Light stuck out like a sore thumb and she laughed slightly. "All right then, let's get ready…" he said jumping back.
"On your mark…" Dark said, facing Sora now, with her claws at a good fighting stance.
"Get set…" Light said moving about the area, with his fighting stance.
"GO!" Amaterasu and Sora cried out drawing their Keyblades.
Their eyes widened noticing that they Keyblades withdrew back to their sides. 'What the heck?!' they both thought failing to notice that their opponents were coming right their way.
With Terra and the others
"They're asleep again," Ven said pushing back some blonde bangs away from his face. He looked back at the relieved faces of their friend Terra and Aqua. "They said that they were staying with Ms. Ser for a while." He said flopping on the couch next to his two best friends.
"Wow…" Aqua said thinking about it for a moment. "First we see them carrying things for old man Brooks, and now we find out they're staying with Ms. Ser, old man Brooks' house nanny…" she said looking back at the close door down the hallway. "Those two are pretty strange, ya know?"
Terra and Ven shrugged for a moment and the two of them sighed for a moment. "You know that Dark girl's pretty cute…" Ven said nudging Terra in the ribs.
"Those two are probably together," Terra said rubbing the back of his head. "It's always like that with two people, I mean their pretty close, wouldn't you agree?" Ven nodded slightly. "Just like the two of you!"
"Terra…" Aqua and Ven said in unison.
"I'm kidding…" Terra said scratching the side of his cheek. "Jeez, no need to get so worked up about it, unless if…"
"No…" the two of them said again, this time they were blushing.
Dark awoke slightly, trying to move her arm, but it felt heavy. "Light…" she called out softly, noticing that there was someone on another bed. She turned her head to look at Light as he slept, she smiled for a moment and sighed in relief, watching his chest fall up and down as he was sleeping. "You're alive…" she said sighing happily. She sat up, and noticed that her side was wrapped in bandages.
Light moaned slightly and turned over; he blinked for a moment and felt his face turn bright red. "D-DARK?!" he whispered. "What are you doing in my room?!"
"Uh…" she blinked for a moment. "No silly, we're in some else's room…"
"…" he cleared his throat and regained his regular color. "Oh… sorry about that Dark," he said staring up at the ceiling. "Unfamiliar ceilings…"
"Yeah…" Dark said turning over slightly looking up at the light orange ceiling. "We should get going…" she said softly sitting up, letting herself off the bed slightly, before stumbling back down on the bed again.
"We should rest…" Light said chuckling for a moment. "If they're asleep…"
Dark knew who he was referring to, she frowned slightly. "No, Ms. Ser is probably worried about us, and besides we can talk to them later, you know that." She said scolding him slightly. "We should just thank them, and leave…" she said standing up now.
"In that skirt?" Light couldn't help but laugh at the condition the skirt was in. Dark felt her eye twitch in annoyance.
"Ugh!" she said looking at how it had been cut in some places. "See, this is why I don't like skirts…" Dark said opening the door from the light orange colored room.
Aqua stood up and looked at the door that had just opened. "You're awake!" she said happily looking at Dark as she stepped out of the doorway, looking a bit confused. "I think I have some jeans or something I could lend you…" the blue hared girl said softly as she was within earshot of Dark. "Is your friend Light awake?" she asked, and the female teen before her nodded.
"I'm glad to hear that," Aqua said looking back at Ven and Terra, they nodded slightly. "Listen, do you guys want to…" she paused noticing that Dark was lost in thought for a moment.
"Sorry…" she said timidly looking down at the wooden floor beneath her feet. "I was just… lost in a memory," Dark said looking back up, meeting with Aqua's blue eyes. "You remind me of a friend, sorry…" she said rubbing the back of her head.
"That's all right," Aqua said giving a small smile. "I wanted to know, if you and your friend would like to join us, to eat…"
"You'd bet you're sweet Moogle I would!" somewhere in the distance Light yelled happily. Dark and the others laughed as Light was jumping up and down at the thought of a free meal.
"All right then, but let's get you into something a bit more comfortable…" Aqua said showing Dark into another room that was opposite of the light orange colored one. "Don't worry; we won't keep you from going back to Ms. Ser…"
"Y-You…h… you heard that?" Dark asked jumping a bit. Aqua sighed for a moment and nodded. She walked alongside Aqua as she led her to another room that was comprised of light blue walls with white borders. Aqua told Dark to sit on the bed while she searched in the closet for a pair of jeans.
"I'll have Terra take you guys back…" Aqua said somewhere in the depths of her closet, among the many t-shirts, blouses, pants, and jeans she had. "He lives about five blocks away from old man Brooks, so…" she grunted as she tried to reach something. "Got it!" she said in triumph. "Try this on…" she tossed a pair of grey cargo pants.
Destiny Islands
"That sounds familiar…" Riku said softly to himself as she was walking down the steps of a familiar building. He looked up at the night sky, hearing chords from an unknown instrument. It seemed muffled by something. 'Walls…' Riku thought looking back at the building for a moment. This was the place where they practiced for gigs, short for the term performances. He searched for something in his pocket, and his eyes widened in shock when he realized he didn't have it in either of his pockets. 'I have to be more careful with it…' he thought rushing back up the stairs. The sound of the music was getting louder as he opened the door. Turquoise eyes scanned the one floor building looking for signs of the item he had left behind.
The sound of unfamiliar chords came rushing back to his senses. 'So familiar…' he thought walking through the hallway to the designated sound. Riku paused for a moment and noticed that the door way open. 'I thought I closed it…' he thought hearing the music loud and clear this time. 'That melody…' he thought chuckling. Riku finally opened the door, and heard the piano play a loud sour note. He cringed hearing the strange note, and noticed the person playing the piano.
"Selphie?" he asked almost laughing at the question. Selphie sighed in relief and sat back down on her stool, turning off her keyboard.
"I thought I was alone…" she said laughing for a moment. "It was a good session today, wasn't it?" Riku nodded. "Heh…" she said fidgeting with something that caught Riku's attention.
"You found it…" he said breathlessly. Selphie was about to push a button when he flinched at hearing Riku get a bit upset. "Just don't… Don't touch it…please," he said apologizing for his outburst.
"I… I'm sorry…" Selphie said letting her hands rest back on the keys of her instrument. "I never should've touched it… I mean I didn't look inside of it, if that's what you were thinking, I just had it play the song that was on pause…" she said trying laughing nervously.
"It's… okay…" he said rubbing the side of his head. "I really should apologize, it's just that it's not mine, it belongs to…" he paused for several seconds, feeling the name lightly graze his lips, "… Amaterasu…" Riku said. It had been several weeks since he had said her name, without referring to just her or she.
"Oh," Selphie said seeming interested in the topic of this 'Amaterasu' girl. Riku made a small noise of embarrassment, and Selphie felt a smile creep up on her. "Is she that girl from earlier, the one on in your background, hmm?"
"…" The silver hared teen felt his ears grow hot. Selphie asked him again and he still couldn't answer. "Yeah…" he managed to mutter slightly, though it was a forced answer.
"How cute," the girl with the green eyes said in a soft tone. "So then, this isn't yours?" Selphie carefully picked up the blue mp3 player. Selphie had a plan formulating in her mind.
"No…" he said softly shaking his head. "It's Amaterasu's…" Riku said lost in a daze for a moment. "It means a lot to her…"
"Then why the heck were you listening to Swaying Emotions?! Don't tell me you're getting feelings for someone else?!"
"NO!" the silver hared teen said, quickly waving his hands. "I don't…" he said chuckling, "it's just a song that calms me down sometimes…"
"Just as I thought… Selphie said finally coming to a conclusion. "You do like this Ammi chick!" she said jumping up and down. "Aww… Our little Riku's growing up already." Riku winced hearing that and made a face. "Does she live close by?"
"She… She's with Sora…" Riku said remembering the sad faces on the two individuals just before they got separated.
"Hmm… I wonder where they're at," Selphie said strumming her fingers over several keys. It was from the intro piece that was titled Swaying Emotions. The green eyed teen looked back at Riku and smiled slightly. "You think they'll be all right?" she asked.
"Without a doubt," he responded as the young teen was playing the melody once more.
"She has Paramore in there?!" she cried out in amazement, hitting a sour note as she looked through the blue mp3. "I love them!" Selphie cried out happily. "Hey she's got that one song, 'Duvet'," she said smiling softly.
For a small moment in time Riku saw her. 'Yuffie told me she played the piano, a bit…' the silver hared teen thought, as Amaterasu took over Selphie's image. "Ammi," he whispered to himself, her image gave a soft smile as him, and in the blink of an eye Amaterasu started to fade away.
"Hey don't you have to feed McFluffiness?" the keyboardist asked, breaking the image of the other girl completely.
With Kairi
Kairi was leaning against the border of the open window, watching for any signs of falling stars, or people that just suddenly happened to fall from the sky. The red hared girl turned her head slightly and noticed a familiar transparent figure right next to her. It was a familiar brown spiky hared teen with blue eyes that held warmth. He gave her his trademark smile and looked out the window, giving her some brief company as the two of them stargazed together, just like they had done when things weren't so complicated. 'Sora,' she thought giving him a big smile, she knew it was s trick of the mind, but for right now the girl didn't seem to care.
"I'll come home soon, Kai," the figure said softly, before it blew away like grains of sand in the wind. The Princess of Heart felt tears run down the side of her face, and she quickly wiped them away.
"I know you will, Sora," she said softly looking up at the night sky.
With Light and Dark
The teenager known as Light opened his eyes slightly, the morning light still didn't reach the room he was in. He slowly sat up and rubbed his eyes looking around the area. This was the family room. On the pale tan walls there were picture frames of unfamiliar faces, and some paintings of sunsets, and one that depicted the view of the ocean. There were decorative cabinets with photos of the same person found in each one. In front of Light was a very low table, and past the table was a television set. There was a large and wide window behind the T.V. set with white and amber checkered curtains. Light slowly pushed himself off of the black leather couch on which he slept, and stretched. He stopped all of a sudden feeling something moist run down the side of his cheek.
"A tear?" he dried the single drop from his face and sat back down on the black couch. Light titled his head back and looked up at the ceiling. "Unfamiliar ceiling…" he chuckled to himself.
Dark turned over in her sleep, and slowly woke up hearing someone calling out her name. 'No…' she thought, in and out of reality for a moment. She opened her eyes finally, feeling tears run down her cheeks. Dark quickly dried the tears away and buried her head under the beige pillow shutting her eyes closed. 'It's been a while since the Heartless attack,' she thought opening her eyes for a moment, noticing that the pillow hindered any light from coming through.
"Light, Dark," it was Lila's voice coming from the kitchen, "I made breakfast!" she called out hearing footsteps from the family room, and a door open from the guest room.
A/N: You know what to do, one review, please!
Subsisto quod somnus it means 'stay and sleep'. This came from the inspiration of the subliminal messages found while playing the theme Simple and Clean backwards. Which as you can tell for right now, that song was my inspiration…