Unknown voice: "Boo!"

Thoughts: 'Hello! (echo)'

Dialogue "Hello!"

Sound affect: Boom

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Re-Edited

Story Notice: This story was originally about Sora, but due to a sudden inspirational idea, I have changed it to Riku.

Darkness, Nightmare, and Mission

Darkness

"Darkness?"

"(Laughter), I can't believe how badly you got your ass kicked by that weak heartless. The real Riku would have never have been so pathetic."

"What do you mean the real me?"

"Have you already forgotten about your true self, the dark you? Remember how you could control all those heartless with a single word. Now look at you, having to be saved by you friend from a pathetic heartless"

"I'm no longer part of the darkness! I'm not weak and there is nothing wrong with relying on my friends!"

"Do you really believe that Riku?"

"Yes!"

"So from now on you will rely on Sora to do everything? Will you always be so weak that you have to be saved by him every time you fight!"

"That's not what I meant! Together will fight and defeat our enemies. I'll finally be able to fight along side Sora, Kairi, and the others. I know that I made the right choice in leaving the darkness! There is no way I will return"

"That's where you're wrong Riku. You know as well as I do that you have never completely left the darkness. You can't because that's all you have ever known. Do you really think your so called friends will fight beside you when they know this?"

"Shut up! You don't know anything about me! Sora said that I no longer belong in the darkness! I won't let some voice decide what side I fight on."

"Riku…. You know as well as I do that I am not a simple voice. No I am must more important to you than that"

Riku's head began to hurt and he began to see a blurry white light engulf the darkness "What do you mean!"

(Laughter) " You will find out soon enough but by then…"

Everything started to fade as Riku struggled to hear what he would say. Finally, he gave up to the feeling and everything went white.

"your heart will be mine."

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Riku's eyes opened up to the view of a white ceiling above him. 'Where am I?' He sat up and noticed that his body felt strange. He looked down to see that he was no longer his body. 'No it can't be!'

Riku jumped from his bed and ran into the bathroom. He leaned against the sink with the top of his head against the bathroom mirror. Slowly he raised his eyes to see if what he saw and felt was true. "No!" Screamed Riku as he slammed his fist against the mirror.

He clawed at his face while repeatedly screaming "No! No! NOO!" He ran out of the bathroom and into the infirmary. Every where he looked he saw his face. He ran out of the infirmary and through the halls. No matter where he looked, all he saw was the same image in the mirror. The face of Xehanort and his cold heartless eyes stared back.

Infirmary- Disney Castle

Riku woke up screaming and thrashing as the nightmare became to much for him to take.

"Oh my God Mister Rikku are you okay! Whats Wrong! MOOO! Whats happening!"

Riku snapped out of it when he heard the strange voice calling his name. He turned toward the voice and saw a cow who looked frightened and worried. 'So it was a nightmare…. Thank goodness.'

Riku turned to her "Sorry to worry you, I was having a really horrible dream."

Looking relieved, She smiled at him "That's relief, now sit on the bed so I can examine you and see if you haven't injured yourself."

Doing as she asked, Riku turned toward the bed but stopped when he felt a breeze hit his

backside. He looked down to see that he was wearing one of those hospital gowns. He

lunged toward the bed and sat down to hide his exposed backside. 'Where did my clothes go?' He thought with embarrassment.

Oblivious to his discomfort, she began her examination.

"So, miss?" She smiled at Riku and said "my name is Clarabelle" Nodding his head, he continued "Clarabelle where am I, how did I get here, and where are my clothes?"

She answered him without stopping her work "You are at Disney Castle, your friend Sora brought you in here three days ago, and we had to repair and wash your clothes from the fight."

"Three days! I have been asleep that long?" She nodded, "Yes you have, the wound you had was resistant to light spells and it took our healers hours to save your life. Sadly, they could do no more than that and had to let it heal the rest of the way naturally." Turning away from him she said "Anyways, it seems you are all healed up now, but don't strain yourself because you shoulder might still be a little sore."

Nodding to show that he understood, Riku turned to her with a hopeful expression on his face. "Can I have my clothes back now Clarabelle. Its kind of uncomfortable not wearing anything but this."

Laughing at his expression, she starting walking towards the door "They should be hanging up in the closet to your left. You should take a shower first before you change. The bathroom is through that door on your right. Once your done please head to the throne room. King Mickey and your friends are all in there talking about the current heartless crisis."

Once she left, Riku got up and opened the closet to find his clothes neatly folded and looking brand new. 'Wow, they really go all out here.' He grabbed his clothes and walked into the bathroom. He began to get undressed but stopped when something caught his eye in the mirror. He walked toward the mirror and saw what it was. Along the left of his chest and across his shoulder was a long white scar. Riku traced it with his finger 'Am I really so weak?'

20 Minutes later

Disney Castle- Throne Room

POV - Normal

A group stood in the middle of the throne room discussing the current heartless outbreak.

"It doesn't make any sense your majesty" said Sora "How did the heartless attack my world. I sealed the keyhole already."

"I don't know" said a troubled Mickey, "Somehow some of the passages of darkness have re-opened throughout a few of the worlds."

"So what can we do about it" asked Sora.

" I guess we are going to have re-close them again" said Mickey.

"What!" yelled Sora, "It took me forever just to close all the keyholes on the worlds I know!"

"Don't worry Sora" Goofy said, "Me and Donald will help you."

"Yeah," said Donald "We already know where the keyholes are. We'll be done in no time."

"There right Sora"

Sora twirled around to see Riku walking towards them. "Riku!" he yelled happily "You are finally up."

Kairi who had been silent till now, looked worriedly at Riku. " Are you feeling okay Riku."

'No, if you only knew the truth about what is happening to me. However, if you did find out, what would you do? Ignoring these thoughts, Riku smiled at them " Yeah, I'm all better now, so you don't have to worry about me."

Sora laughed " That's good hear, was kind of worried that you would lose your nerve after getting your ass kicked."

Riku faked a smirk while ignoring the dark feelings that surfaced in his heart at Sora's jab at his bravery. "Yeah right, like I could ever lose in a fight. It was me after all who protected your ass and came up with the plan."

Sora pouted "Yeah, but it was me who had the finishing blow and I had to carrier you fat ass to the infirmary."

"That reminds me Sora" Riku said "How did we get here?"

"Oh, it was King Mickey's idea. When you were unconscious, I read the letter and found out that the heartless were appearing on all the worlds again. He sent a gummy ship to pick us up and I brought you along so that the king's healers could heal you." Sora turned to the Mickey " Now he wants me to travel to all the worlds that have been opened again and seal them. Luckily, there are not that many but it will take awhile since I have to see them all by myself."

"You're not alone Sora." said Riku "Me, Donald, Goofy, and Mickey will all be helping you."

"Don't forget about me. I don't want to have to leave you guys when I just found you." Said Kairi.

"Kairi" Begin Sora "I can't let you do tha-"

"I won't take no for an answer!" Kairi said. "I'm coming with you Sora, rather you like it or not." She finished with a glare daring Sora to argue.

Sighing, Sora said "Fine Kairi but if it gets to dangerous I'm sending you back here or to Merlins. Agreed?"

"Thank you Sora!" Kairi said as she gave him a hug.

Sora blushed with embarrassment " N-no p-problem."

Riku laughed " Looks like you to are getting kind of cozy there. Do we need to leave the room?"

Breaking apart both Kairi and Sora turned to Riku with red faces. "S-shut up Riku." He continued to laugh as their faces got even redder. "Its not funny Riku."

"Now Sora settle down." said Mickey " Riku was only teasing."

Sora grumbled but agreed. "Now" said Mickey " with Riku here we have three key wielders. I suggest that we split the worlds between us to make it easier to seal all the keyholes again."

"Wouldn't that make it harder for us though." Sora said, "We would be separated and unable help one another. Plus, Riku just recovered from his injury. We shouldn't push him to much."

"Its okay Sora" Riku said. 'I'm not weak. I'll show you guys and that voice how strong I can be without darkness.'

"But" started Sora

Riku continued on ignoring Sora's interruption "We have to do this Sora. The longer it take us to seal the keyholes, the more lives and worlds that are lost."

"I know" Sora said "But what if something happens to you."

"Don't worry Sora." said Riku with a smirk "I'm more worried about something happening to you. I can handle myself."

"Hey!" said Sora " I can take care of myself!"

"Yeah," agreed Donald and Goofy "and we will be there to help him!"

"Don't forget me" said Kairi "If any of you get hurt I can heal you. I've been practicing my light spells."

"Then its settled" said Mickey " Here are the worlds are have assigned each of you." Mickey handed a letter to Sora then Riku.

"Lets do this" said Sora while holding out his hand "Lets defeat heartless, save the world, and all return together."

"Yeah" shouted everyone as they put their hands on top of Sora's

"Lets promise to all make it back." Said Kairi

"Yeah, we will all meet each other again" said Sora " and when that happens, lets throw a celebration party and invite everyone."

"Yeah!" yelled everyone as they raised their hands in the air.

Next Day

Disney Castle-Hangar

'Can't believe I slept in late.' Riku walked over to Chip and Dale. "Hey guys, did everyone already leave?"

Chip, or was it Dale, turned toward Riku "Yes, they wanted to wish you luck but you slept in late. They told us to give you a message instead."

Interested Riku looked at him "So what's the message?"

"Right" Dale, or was it Chip, said "Riku good luck on your journey. Bet you I'll finish before you do! That's all the message says. Now if you want to leave your ship is in the third hangar."

'Same old Sora' he thought while laughing. He walked toward the hangar that contained his ship. He entered and everything was dark. 'I wonder if that voice is going to pop out of nowhere and start talking.' Nothing happened as the lights turned on and Riku shrugged his shoulder and started walking toward his ship and stopped to see the name written on the side. The Breaking Dawn. 'What an interesting name."

Riku climbed aboard and prepared to take off. Chip and Dale appeared on his screen and gave him the okay. Igniting the thrusters, he streaked out of the hangar. Riku was excited about driving the gummy ship. 'This would be the first time I have flown on a gummy ship, much less pilot one.' He quickly became bored and grabbed the letter that Mickey had given him. He opened it to see three names of different worlds written down. 'Hmmm, the first world I am to go to is…'

Author's notes: Well here it is my second chapter and I re-edited since I disliked the previous dialogue Riku had with the Darkness. Also changed the dream. Renamed his ship after much consideration. As for the mysterious voice... Riku will hear from him again in the future and may even find out who he is.

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