AN: {person} means POV change to said person. Sorry had to make this up so story wouldn't be so confusing at one point in this chapter. Plus, this is a huge chapter. I tried to shorten it s much as I could, but it still to long for my liking.

Unexpected Ends

Breaking Dawn - Cockpit

Riku laid his head against the seat and looked at the stars through the pilot's window. The plan to destroy the heartless and seal the keyhole was finally finished. Now all he had to wait for was the next day to come. Riku shifted his head to stare at the person sitting beside him in the copilot seat. Lulu face was oddly relaxed as she rested in her chair. Her eyes were closed and her face was set in a peaceful expression.

'Even after knowing about the danger we'll face tomorrow, she is still so relaxed.' Riku returned to staring at the stars 'While I can't relax or sleep. Between the mission to seal the final keyholes and the voice in my head, I'm to troubled to relax. I just hope that everyone else is fine and doing better than I am.'

"Of course their doing fine Riku. After all, Sora and Mickey are stronger than you in many ways." Riku frowned as he once again heard the voice in his head. ' What do you mean Sora is stronger than me in more than one way.'

"Figure it out on your own Riku. Just be happy that you have friends who don't needlessly worry over everything. You do that enough by yourself."

'I don't know if your insulting me or trying to comfort me, but I really don't need this right now. I can't have you messing with my head right now.'

"You should take a pointer or two from Lulu about relaxing if your so tense about tomorrow's fight. Kind of makes me embarrassed for me to be a part of you."

'Since when did you start giving out complements?'

"Since we stopped talking about you. Now, hurry up and talk to her… I'm tired of all your depressing thoughts floating around in here."

'Anything to make you quiet again, and I'm not depressed!' Riku stood up and walked over to Lulu. "Hey Lulu, you awake?"

Lulu cracked her open at Riku "No, now go away." Riku could hear howls of laughter coming from the voice in his head. "Still mad about me ditching you? I already said I was sorry, and you already got a hit or two in!" Lulu stared silently at Riku for a few moments before sitting up. "Fine…"

" Look at her… sulking like… that… it's… so funny!"

'You okay in there, you sound kind of out of breath.'

"I'm… alright… I just find… it amusing that someone… who thinks themselves the most mature in the group is sulking."

"So what was it you wanted to talk about?" Riku focus was diverted back to Lulu 'I really need to stop spacing out every time I talk to him.' Riku chuckled awkwardly "Sorry, I spaced out for a sec. I wanted to ask you how you can stay so calm. I mean tomorrow we could get hurt or worse."

"Oh, is that all you wanted to know? It's quite simple… I have nothing to lose besides my life." Riku could only gap at Lulu. " Wh- what do you mean you have nothing else to lose." Lulu merely shrugged and settled back into her chair. "Everyone I know from my home is dead or gone. The only people I know now are you and Gippal. Gippal and I could never be friends since we lead to different of a life. Plus, he may never find out I died since I'm no longer on the same planet as him." She turned her head towards Riku. "As for you… I could say were friends. However, I know that there is a chance we will both die tomorrow or live. There is also a chance one of us will die. I know that you could continue on your quest if I died." She held up a hand as Riku tried to deny what she had said. " Don't lie… I know as well as you do that you would continue on without me. You have many important people you wish to protect. If you had to choose between me or Sora, I would already know who you would want to live."

Riku could merely nod his head in agreement. Yes, he did care for Lulu, but Sora and the others were his life. They were the very reason he was alive today. "I understand Lulu, but I would still be sad if you died. You may not be one of my important people, but you are still my friend." Lulu smiled at Riku " I know Riku, but it still doesn't change what we know to be true." Lulu relaxed and closed her eyes. "Get some sleep Riku, we need to be fully prepared for tomorrow. Hopefully, nothing bad will happen." Riku frowned but went back to his chair. "Okay Lulu…"

"Gah! That didn't help at all. Now you're more depressed than before!"

'Can't really help it. Lulu acts like she doesn't care if she dies. What could happen to make a person like that?'

"It's none of our business Riku. Even if it were, staying up all night will only cause problems for everybody. Now get out of your fucking emo ass mood and go to sleep."

'You know, I think in your own little way that you do care. Why else would you be trying to help me sleep and respect Lulu's wishes. Doesn't sound very evil to me, and I thought you would be trying to get us killed.'

"Where did you get such a ridiculous idea! I just don't want to deal with your whining or depressing thoughts anymore. As for Lulu, she can decide what to do with her own life. We have no say in what she thinks, feels, or does. Finally, yes I don't want you to die. However, the reason is not from caring for you but from the fact that if you die physically, I die as well. So destroy any illusions you made about me being that type of person and go to sleep!"

'Whatever you say…' Riku closed his eyes 'Well let see if I can get some sleep.'

[-]

Inner world

Dark quietly contemplated over what Riku had said. Did he really come across as caring? He shook his head to dislodge the thought. There was no way that he cared about Riku. He still wanted to kill him and take control of his body. As for respecting Lulu… he was surprised to find out he did. But did respecting her mean he also cared? No, not really… he wouldn't like if she died but he wouldn't be sad if she did.

Dark laughed, since when did his feelings change. At Spira, he had actually tried to kill Lulu to gain control. Now, he didn't want to kill her but didn't want to save her either. Now that he thought about it, when he had first awoken, he had wanted to pretty much kill everyone. So who else did he not want to kill now? Well, Lulu was safe and so was penny. He scoffed, like he would ever take pleasure in slaughtering children. Hmm, king Mickey would be safe since he didn't really hate the guy. And… that was about it, the rest of the people Riku knew would die if they ever crossed him. His annoying friends Sora, Kairi, Donald, and Goofy would all die if they tried to stop him.

Wait… was he making a list of people he cared for or didn't hate? Dark was confused about what he felt for the first time in his life. Where were this feelings coming from anyways. He wasn't born with them that he knew. He would have had no problem with killing anybody, even children, when he first awoke. So if he wasn't born with them… where had he acquired them from?

'Maybe… they are connected to the strange changes that had been occurring in this world.' Dark fazed out of Riku's mindscape and appeared above the platform in his inner world. Dark's aura still surrounded the platform and the steady pulse could still be felt emanating from it. However, his aura was no longer raging around the platform. It now calmly flowed in lazy arcs. Underneath it all, Dark could feel that the platform was changing but into what he didn't know. The strangest changed had been when Dark had realized his aura was changing color! No longer was it pitch black but a very dark blue color. Even now he could see that it was lighter than what is was before he left to talk to Riku. 'I only hope that these changes do not effect me to much.'

[-]

Breaking Dawn - kitchen - Morning

Everyone had gathered in the kitchen to eat breakfast. The upcoming battle pressed heavily on everyone's mind. Penny played with her food while pouting. 'Why can't I help them? I know I'm just a kid, but I should be able help them at least a little.' She looked around the table at the people she considered her friends now. 'All of them will be in danger, and all I can do is sit and wait.' She sighed and went back to playing with her food. ' It's not fair.'

Across from penny sat Riku as he stared at his food. 'I'm tired… didn't get much sleep last night. Not really that hungry either.' Riku gave a slight shake of his head. 'No, I need to eat and be fully prepared for the fight later.' He speared some eggs with his fork and began to eat. 'Bleh, this eggs taste awful. Who made them?'

Lulu sat beside Riku and calmly ate her breakfast. She noticed how Penny wasn't eating but was instead playing with her food with a frown on her face. 'Looks like she doesn't approve of being told to wait here in the ship. I can understand her feelings but she must understand that the best thing she can do for us is to stay safe.' A slight gagging sound brought her attention to Riku. He looked fine, but she could she the strain he was enduring while eating his food. Lulu frowned at the sight. 'Am I really that bad of a cook?'

The clatter of silver wear brought everyone's attention to Penny. Penny was standing up with a determined face "Please let me help, I don't want to sit here while you guys are in danger!"

"No" was Lulu's answer "We've gone over this before, you have to stay here." She pinned the others with a look "Right?" Riku and the others hastily nodded in agreement. "But that's not fair!" cried Penny. "Doesn't matter if it's fair or not. It's what's best for everyone that matters." replied Lulu. So the breakfast that had started out so quietly, erupted into a arguing match between Lulu and Penny.

"Tell those assholes to shut the fuck up!"

Riku twitched when he felt the invasion of his mind. 'I don't need you coming out of nowhere and cussing right now. I'm tired enough as it is and those two are not helping.'

"Shut up! You can't possible be feeling worse then me right now. My head feels like it's going to explode and my body aches all over? Why the hell am I feeling like this while you are only a little tired?"

Riku mentally shrugged his shoulders. 'I don't know, but I would appreciate it if you didn't give me a headache too. Just don't bother me when we're on the mission about it or we could end up dead.'

"You really don't feel any different? Maybe the changes in here are only effecting me… that sucks! Ugh, I think I'm going to throw up… I need to go lay down."

'That's disgusting! Don't you dare throw up inside of me!' Silence was all that answered Riku's thoughts 'You listening? Hey!' Still no answer came. 'Damn it, he better not throw up in me or I really will start feeling sick.' He paused for a sec as he mind settled down from the gross image of the voice throwing up inside of him. 'He said something about changes. What did he mean by that? Hey, you better not be messing with anything inside of me!' As before, silence was his only answer. 'Can this get any worse.'

His question was answered when Penny burst into tears from losing the argument. Bianca and Bernard went to work trying to calm the child. His eye twitched as he felt a headache forming. 'Guess it can.'

[-]

Near Sunken Ship/shack

Riku leaned heavily against a tree and tried to regain some strength. The moment he had left the ship, the tired feeling had grown worse. Now his entire body felt weighted down and his body began to ache from him forcing it to move. To make things even worse, the headache that had been forming had turned into a full blown migraine. He had kept his deteriorating health hidden from the others. He had felt relief when they had finally split up to enact their plan. Now he could rest and try to regain strength until it was time for him to act.

The plan was actually quite simple. Lulu and the others would distract Medusa and most of the heartless while Riku would sneak unto the ship and seal the Keyhole. At first he didn't think they would fall for it until Penny had told them Medusa was chasing her because of the treasure she had hidden. So Lulu had decided to draw her out by using the treasure. He only hoped he had enough strength to close the keyhole and send all the heartless back before his friends got hurt. If anything came out of the keyhole like the others when he sealed them, then he could only hope he lasted long enough for his friends to come to his aid.

The bright flash of Lulu's fire spell announced the beginning of the mission as she set the sack on fire. Riku couldn't stop from laughing 'She going a little overboard.' He could hear medusa screaming at the heartless to go attack them. Lulu stepped out into the open and raised the skull above her head. "Hey bitch, looking for this?" and sent another fire spell to crash into her base. When medusa saw the treasure she had become furious and starting screaming to her "partner" to go after them. The heartless responded to her feelings and began to swarm towards Lulu and the others. She retreated into the swamp with the heartless and medusa right behind her.

Riku waited till the close was clear before he slowly stood. He began to swim/wad towards the ship as fast as his tired body would go. 'Please body, hold out till this is over.'

[-]

Breaking Dawn- cockpit

Penny sat curled up in the pilot seat as she hugged her bear close. It had been almost an hour since Riku and the others left. 'Were they alright? Had something bad happen? When would they return… if they returned?' These questions plagued the normally cheerful Penny. She had few friends and they were now all in danger. Tears started to slide down her face. 'I don't want to lose them… I don't want to be alone.' She hugged her bear closer. If only she wasn't so weak.

She was brought out of her depressing thoughts when a beeping noise began to sound from the flight panel. She leaned forward, curious as to why and where the sound was coming from. She spotted a screen that had a flashing dot that seemed to moving closer and closer to the center. She touched the screen curiously. 'What does this do and why is it flashing?' Her mussing was cut short when she heard a dull roar. 'What's that sound?' She looked around scared hoping that whatever was making that noise hadn't made its way inside the ship. The noise grew louder and closer while she began to feel the ship shake a little from the sound. She held on to the chair as the shaking grew worse. Suddenly another ship flew over the Breaking Dawn and landed in front of it.

When Penny felt the ship settle and her ears stop ringing, she cautiously poked her ahead above the console to catch a glimpse of the new ship. It seemed to be a little bigger than Riku's and definitely a lot louder. She continued to examine the ship until the hatch opened up to reveal the people inside. Penny crouched down even lower until she could barely see over the console. 'Who are they'.

She watched them as they stepped out of the ship. First came a boy who seemed a little younger than Riku. He wore black shorts, a black jacket, and had light brown hair. She couldn't clearly see his eyes from where she was and wasn't about to try to move to a better spot. Next came a girl with pink clothes, red hair, and seemed to be happy to get off the ship. Next came a tall person with a green vest with brown pants, a shield strapped on his back, and dog… ears and… nose? She squinted at the person to see if she wasn't seeing things. Yep, he defiantly had dog ears and nose. The next person to step of the ship made Penny squeal in delight. Before her eyes was a cute little ducky dressed up in a blue jacket, blue cap, and was holding a cute little staff. She giggled as she saw him waddle towards the others.

Her giggling stopped when she noticed the group had begun to walk towards Riku's ship. She panicked let a small eep and ducked underneath the console to hide. 'Why am I hiding?' Penny paused in her panicking. 'I can't let them take Riku's ship.' She hesitated for a sec then slowly began to crawl out of her hiding spot.

'But what can you do?'

She paused when that question had appeared in her mind. 'I don't know… but I have to try.'

'And if you fail?'

Penny crawled the rest of the way out and stood up 'I won't! I'll protect this ship so my friends will have a place to return to! And I'll be here to welcome them home.'

Voices from outside the cockpit door told her that they had already made their way in. The door began to shake as they tried to open it. Penny Looked around for anything she could throw or fight with. Nothing, nothing was there for her to fight with. She turned back towards the door that was now shacking violently. She could hear the people on the other side arguing and some pushing and shoving going on. Suddenly the door opened and three figures fell into the cockpit in a tangle up pile.

Seeing the intruders in front of her with nothing but her teddy bear for a weapon. Penny did the only thing she could do. She began to hit the brown headed boy in the head with her bear. "Leave Riku's ship alone. You can't have it!" Penny was surprised when she heard someone giggling. She stopped hitting the boy to turn towards the sound. The red haired girl was leaning against the wall and giggling so hard that she was pink in the face. 'What's she laughing about?'

{Kairi}

She was having trouble breathing as she watched the show before her. She had not expected this to happen when Sora had the bright idea to help Riku out since they were already done with there part. Donald and Goofy had wanted to help the king but Kairi had sided with Sora since she wanted to see if Riku was okay. Out of three teams, he was the slowest of them all. He had only sealed one keyhole while Sora had sealed all three with the king working on his last one. Sora had contacted the king and got the name of the world Riku was currently on.

They had spent three days in the space ship! She was ecstatic when they had spotted their destination. Sora located Riku's ship with the radar and had landed near it. They had gotten in without any problems but ran into trouble at the door to the cockpit. Somehow it was stuck and Sora and the others began to argue over how to open it. Each one had tried to get to the door which resulted in them barreling through it in a giant tangle of limbs. The funny sight had become to much when a little girl came out of nowhere to hit Sora in the head with a teddy bear! She began laughing so hard that she had to lean against the wall to stay standing.

{normal}

Everyone stared at Kairi with mixed expressions. Penny had a confused look on her face, Sora had an embarrassed face, Goofy was chuckling, and Donald had an indignant face. "Get off of me Goofy, Sora!" squawked Donald as he tried to squeeze out from underneath them. "Gawrsh, sorry about that Donald." Said Goofy.

While the trio were untangling themselves, Kairi had finished laughing and had walked up to the confused Penny. She knelt down to get a better look at her and smiled. "Hello there, my names Kairi. What's your name?" Penny stared at the girl before her and after a few seconds, slowly lowered her teddy bear. "Penny" she whispered.

"That's a cute name." said Kairi then turned towards the others who were now standing behind looking embarrassed. She pointed at Donald. "That's Donald" Donald half waved to Penny. "Besides him is Goofy" Goofy had a full blown wave with a smile "ah-hyuck, Hello there Penny." Then Kairi pointed towards the last of them. "And the one you hit with you teddy bear is Sora" Sora waved while looking even more embarrassed about the said incident. "Hello penny."

"Now you seem to think we here to steal from Riku, but believe me when I say were not. Instead we're here to help him." Penny looked at Kairi with a curious face " You know Riku?" Kairi nodded her head with a big smile. "Were his friends after all." Penny felt relief flow through her as she was told this. She suddenly fell on her but as the adrenaline and tension left her body. "Are you okay?" asked a worried Kairi as she check to see if the girl was injured. "I'm fine Ms. Kairi. I'm just a little tired."

Penny really was tired. The stress, arguing, worry, fear, excitement, and relief she had gone through today had drained the poor girl. "So you guys are going to help Riku?" Kairi nodded "That's right!" Penny felt hope for the first time that day. 'Maybe I can be useful to Riku and Lulu.' She looked at the group before her. 'I'll tell them everything and lead them to my friends.' Penny smiled for the first time that day as she prepared to tell them what was happening. 'I can help my friends'

[-]

Lulu was tired, angry, and most of all, annoyed. She had been leading around these dam heartless for thirty minutes now. 'Just how long is it going to take you Riku?' She turned and shot another barrage of fire into the ranks of heartless behind her. 'I can't keep this up forever' "Lulu this way!" Lulu turned to follow Orville, Bernard, and Bianca as they flew off towards a patch of trees.

They had been really helpful in making it easier for her to evade the heartless. They had a bird's eye view of the land around them and could lead her to perfect spots she could block with her magic to create some distance. From using ice to block the advance of the heartless to luring them into overgrown area that impeded their movement. If she was lucky, she was sometimes able to set fire to the growth and create a blazing barrier that they had to go around.

Still she couldn't keep this up forever. She was already starting to feel the drain from using so much magic without rest. She entered the trees and followed Orville as he led her through the maze of vines, bushes, and trees. Once she reached the other side, she turned around and cast yet another fire spell to set the path on fire. "Thanks Orville, this should gives Riku some more time to find the keyhole."

"Ms. Lulu, are you alright?" Asked a concern Bianca "You must be getting tired. We led them far enough away that it will take them some time to return. Maybe we should run away while we have a chance to."

"We don't know for sure if Riku will be able to seal the keyhole before they made it back. It's best if we continue to give Riku as much time as we can." Bianca looked worried but merely nodded. "If you say so Lulu."

"Lets continue, make sure to keep an eye out for any more areas we could use and any traps the heartless have set up."

"I'm afraid dear, that your running stops here." Lulu turned around to see Medusa standing on a fallen tree surrounded by hundreds of heartless. "Where did you come from?"

Medusa merely laughed "I've lived is this swamp for years trying to find that treasure you have. You think you can run away from me in a place I know so well? Now, give me the treasure!"

"No" said Lulu "This treasure will never be yours."

"My are we not the brave one." Medusa waved her hands around as if to show off her army of Heartless. "I don't think you quite realize what position your in."

"I know only to well what the ending will be most likely be." said Lulu as she watched the heartless that were previously slowed down by her trap join up with Medusa's army. She turned towards Orville and the others. "Orville I want you and the others to go back to the ship." They stared at Lulu in shock. "Ms. Lulu you can't us to abandon you!"

"I'm not telling you to abandon me. I'm telling you to live and go get help. Besides, we both know you guys can't fight."

"But Ms. Lulu we can-"

"Go… please just trust me and go find the others. I'll be here when you come back… I promise." Orville was torn between running away and wanting to stay. "Do what she said Orville."

"Bernard! You can't mean to leave Lulu here alone!"

"And what can we do here Bianca? The best we can do is get help… please try and understand… we can do nothing more for her." Bianca looked like she wanted to disagree but stopped when she saw Lulu's expression. "I… understand Lulu, please stay alive till we come back."

Lulu gave them a grateful look "Thank you for understanding… now hurry and return to the ship. Fly as fast as you can Orville and don't look back." Orville spread his wings and zoomed away. " You better be alive when we come back." yelled Orville as he flew away.

Lulu waved at them as they disappeared behind in the distance. "I will be"

"You shouldn't make promises you can't keep girl. What do you think you can do against all these heartless. I will admit you are strong, but no human can defeat this many alone. Telling your friends to run will only save them for now, but they will die when we next meet."

"It's true that I told them to run away so that they would live. It wasn't because of you that I told them to run. It was because of me that I feared for their lives."

"What do you mean girl? Are you saying that they have more to fear from you than these heartless that surround you?"

"You see, everyone sees magic as an ability or blessing that is useful. I… see my magic as a curse. The magic I possess is much to strong for me to fully control. That's why I wanted them to run. So I don't kill them as well."

"Do you expect me to believe that you hold magic strong enough to kill the hundreds of heartless that surround you now?" Medusa cackled "What an amusing bluff you have created. All this just to save your friends from dieing with you."

Lulu ignored her "With this spell that has killed many." Her moogle doll slid from her grasp and floated down to stand on the water's surface. Its eyes focused on Medusa and it stared lifelessly at her. "With this spell I used to kill my most… precious person." Orange and red waves of energy formed around Lulu as she gathered her power. "With this spell… I will never make the same mistake again." She extended her arm towards Medusa. "Overdrive: Fury Mode… Ultima."

Some distance away

Orville was flying as fast as he could back towards the ship while Bianca and Bernard were having a conversation. "Oh, Bernard, do you really think she'll be alright?" Bernard patted Bianca on the shoulder "Of course she will… she did promise after all." Bianca still looked unconvinced. "I know she promised… but I'm sti-" She was silenced when a purple flash spread out from behind them. Bianca looked back towards the light "What was th-" her sentenced was interrupted when the sound of the explosion finally reached them. Seconds later strong winds tore at Orville as he tried to stay afloat. Another flash appeared in the distance followed by a second boom and more wind.

"Orville" yelled Bernard "We have to land now or were going to be torn from the sky." Orville quickly right himself as another flash went off in the distance. He plummeted into a patch of trees before the next wave of wind reached them.

"What's going on back there?" yelled Orville

"I don't know!" yelled Bernard

They took shelter in the trees as flash after flash and wave after wave of air past them. After the seven flash, there was one final huge one that light up the entire sky purple. The sound of the explosion was deafening and the force of the winds uprooted the very trees around them. After what felt like hours, the winds died down and silence hung heavy in the air. "Is it over?" asked a shaken Bianca. " I think so." answered Bernard

They flew back up into the sky and gasped at the previous swampy lands that used to be behind them. What was once swamp was now nothing but eight huge craters. "What could have done this" asked a horrified Bianca. She turned to Bernard "We have to go back. Lulu is there!"

"We can't" said Bernard "If we went back, what could we do. We're not strong enough to carry her, we can't fight if we run into heartless, and we have ability or supplies to heal her. The best thing we can do is go back to the ship and get help and supplies."

"But" said Bianca but was interrupted by Orville as he agreed with Bernard. "There's nothing we can do about this Bianca. We can only hope she will live long enough for us to come back for her."

"That could take to long! What if we arrive to late to help her!"

"Bianca… I know this is hard for you. But it's the only choice we have."

"maybe not" said Orville " Look down there!" They looked down to see Penny waving at them from the ground with a group of people.

"What is she doing out here! And who are those people!" asked an upset Bianca.

"Now calm down Bianca. I'm sure Penny has a good explanation for all this. Plus, I'm sure Penny wouldn't be with them if she didn't trust them. They may also be able to help Lulu." said Bernard as he studied the group below him. Orville flew down and landed on Penny's shoulder. "Penny something terrible has happened!"

[-]

Sunken Boat

Riku gasped for breath as he laid sprawled on the floor in agonizing pain. The pain had worsened with each step he had taken towards the boat. Now that he was actually in it, he could barely even move. 'How long has it been?' Riku had no way of knowing how much time had pasted as he had crawled through the boat to end up laying before the captains room. 'Inside… its inside here.' was Riku's scattered thoughts. He couldn't muster the strength to stand up but was lucky to find out he didn't need to. The environment here had rotted away the wooden door to where he was able to push it open from where he laid.

The pain intensified when he came face to face with the keyhole. He bit back a cry and crawled into the room.

"Riku" came a pained filled voice "We must get away from the keyhole."

'I can't… Lulu and the others… are in danger. I have to… seal the keyhole'

"You can't… just think what would happen to us… if your powers actually came into contact with the keyhole. It… could kill us. Just being this close… is almost enough to kill us"

Riku summoned his key blade and gathered his power. 'I don't care… I won't run away and allow my friends to die.'

"You…fool!"

He fired his power the keyhole and forced it shut. The keyhole exploded like its predecessors before it and began to absorb all the heartless in the area. Riku took little notice of what was happening as he felt something tear inside of him. An agonizing scream ripped from Riku that was both his and Dark's. Their screams intensified as they felt the tear grow larger.

Their misery was ended when the new heartless burst from the twisting darkness and caused it to explode. The ship was torn apart and Riku's body was sent flying through the air like a rag doll. He slammed into a tree and skidded downs its bark to sink into the waters below. Riku's last sight was of the murky water blocking out the sun as he sank below the surface.

As Riku sank into the water, the heartless rose from the wreckage of the ship. It towered above the trees and swayed its scaly tail. It roared as it dropped down onto its four legs. A giant black crocodile was born. Its eyes focused off into the distance. Hearts… were nearby and it was hungry. It slithered off into the distance, leaving only ruins behind it.

AN: Longest chapter I have ever written! This chapter was hard to write because I had to set up for the meeting between everyone. Couldn't really find a good spot either… all well.