Second last chappie...and it's the one I based this entire story on so....yeah. Read it and...make sure you review. This chapter more than any other needs to be reviewed.
This is from Sora's POV, starting from when Kairi fell through the floor.
Alone
Kairi has just fallen through the floor, leaving Sora alone and grievously injured in a crumbling castle.....
He felt like he was on fire.
His entire body was on fire, burning, burning with more pain than he had ever experienced in all of his various battles. It felt like he was burning from the inside, like a fire was burning within him, scorching and eating away at him until there was nothing left but charred remains.
The pain hadn't been so bad before. Well it had, but it was like there was a screen separating him from it. A screen of warmth and love that kept the pain at bay and gave him strength and hope.
And then it disappeared.
And the pain was back worse than ever, scorching the teenager to the point where he almost wished for death and darkness to claim him, to take him away from the agony.
The darkness already lapped at the edges of his vision, which was fading in and out. It was scary, he couldn't hear anything around him, no noise, just silence. Like he was completely alone.
Alone.
Not alone.
His eyes widened slightly as he heard Roxas's weak voice within his mind.
Not alone. Still here. Always here.
He would have smiled if he could have moved any of the muscles in his body. Yes, Roxas was still here. Even though there had been countless times when he wished the Nobody would just disappear (the blonde was irritation incarnate), now, he was beyond glad to not be alone in this sea of dark and silence.
"....Sora?"
He stirred slightly.
Words? Words coming from the outside? An end to the silence?
"...wow. They chewed you up pretty good."
So familiar...
Who was it? Who was reaching out to him through the haze of darkness?
"...silly. You should have waited for me instead of using that Transportaga spell. You never think."
Never think? He was thinking now wasn't he? It was all he could do, hold onto the last corners of his mind as his body failed him...
"You're impulsive, foolhardy, rash, often rude, and you really don't think."
Insults?
"I suppose you're kind Sora, and you put others first. You definitely have a strong sense of justice...but what good is that in a war?"
War? What good was war? War was bad...death...death happened in war...
Is this death?
"In a war you need to be smart, make tactical decisions. You need to be willing to charge head first into danger and think of the consequences while you're charging. You can't be rash, but you have to be quick. You're always rash and never think of consequences. That's not good in a war Sora."
Not good in a war? Hadn't he been fighting wars for the past two years? What were they? Mock battles?
"...got lucky probably. And the King and I were helping you. The Keyblade Master shouldn't have to depend on others. He should be able to handle things himself."
Keyblade...my Keyblade....
"...why the Keyblade chose you. You're so silly, so stupid sometimes. It only chose you by default, because the real master was...incapacitated."
Real Master...?...Who....who is....talking....
"The thing is, I'm out of the Darkness now. I've proven myself. I'm worthy of the Keyblade again. I should have it."
But.....mine....who....?
"But you have it Sora, so it doesn't even register me anymore."
The voice was fading in and out....everything fading in and out....
"If you're not here anymore...the Keyblade will see how much I've grown. How I've bevome worthy of it again."
Not...not....here?....Where....
"...I need a chance to prove myself Sora, I need you gone."
Gone?
"You understand, don't you?"
Blood bubbled out of his mouth. He coughed, body spasming.
"You're dying. It's obvious even a Curaga isn't going to fix you."
Dying? Oh yes, he was doing that right now, wasn't he? How unfortunate...
"But...I have to be sure...you never know....Donald might...."
Donald....Donald....Goofy?.....Mickey?....names....faces?
"I'm not...I mean, I'm not really doing anything...you're so close to dying already Sora...if you weren't dying, I wouldn't even consider...."
Oh, that's nice.
"You're my best friend."
Friend? Friend? Who is my friend....
His blurred eyes widened slightly as he took in the blurry figure before him. It's long silver locks, tan complexion...
He tried to say his name, call out to his friend, but the words were lost in the fountain of blood gushing from his mouth.
Riku sighed, and brushed his bangs away from his face, looking down at his dying friend.
"I'm really sorry. You might not believe it, but I am," he said sincerely, blinking back tears as he opened a Dark Corridor.
The seventeen-year-old took a deep breath, "But I have to do this. For me."
Riku closed his eyes. He opened them again.
"Goodbye Sora."
With that, he summoned Way to Dawn and plunged it into the already crumbling floor, dark energy rippling through the weakening structure. Then, Riku ran into the Dark Portal, looking back at his best friend one last time, before the floor underneath the brunette crumbled and Sora disappeared underneath a cascade of rocks.
xoxoxoxoxo
Falling....
Falling down, ever down.
The weight of the world was on top of him, pushing him down, making him fall faster as he plummeted down...forever falling into darkness...
Why Riku? Why? What did I...we are best friends....
The weight...is so heavy, its so heavy, I can't open my eyes...I can't open my mouth to scream...
The falling stops.
The falling stops and the pain is greater than before, so great that it pervades the numbness and the darkness and pierces him.
My soul.
My heart.
The fire is great, so great, it laps at him, bites and tears at him...
Someone save me from this fire!
Someone save me from this darkness!
Sora...hold on Sora....
Roxas....Roxas?
I'm here...please hold on. Don't give up....stay strong.
Too tired to be strong. Fire is stronger than I can be...the darkness is pulling at me...
For Kairi?
Kairi...Kairi is safe now. Kairi doesn't need me...
Don't say...that...
But Kairi didn't need him...she had so...said she didn't need him...didn't want him...
No...no....
His eyes were closed, he couldn't open them, all around him was weight and heaviness that weighed him down and hurt him and made him feel pain....pain that pierced through the darkness and burned him...burned and burned him.
Don't...don't...stay...stay Sora...
Don't wanna...it hurts!
Drifting...drifting away into the darkness...the more he drifted into darkness...the less the fire burned...
To drift, to drift completely into the numbness and banish the burning of the flames forever...
Then, the weight lifted.
He gasped at the sudden change. All of a sudden the weight was gone. Disappeared. And in its place...light? Was it light? No...but...could feel...could feel something...something that made him feel...better? Better...warmer...more secure. Something was calming him...something was banishing the fire...
No! Nonono! Get away! Get away from him!
...no...no don't....I want it to stay...let it stay....
No! No way!...won't let her! Won't let her do this...
Taking pain away....
No! Can't you feel it?! Can't let her take....take the pain...not...not...with this...nonono. NO!
Stop...the fire....
Won't let her! Won't let her...save you like this...not with Dark-
And there was pain.
He gasped again and spasmed. Pain, such a pain. More pain then he had ever experienced. Like something was being ripped out of him with a pair of rusty pliers. So painful, his body wanted to howl in a haunting scream of anguish. His mouth opened, but nothing came out, nothing but a continuous flow of a warm liquid. A warm liquid that choked him and caused his body to spasm further.
Then the pain subsided.
What...what....
Silence.
What just...pain...
Silence.
....Roxas?
Silence.
His mind felt empty, his entire being felt hollow. Something was missing. Something had been taken.
Roxas?!
Panic, he began to panic, and the fire increased, burning him, tearing at him, and he faced it alone...
Then the calmness descended on him once again, and sense of security fell on his mind. The fire subsided, more and more, leaving his body until it was almost gone...
At the same time, he felt a sense of unease and violation. Like something was entering his body...something he didn't want. He began to panic, only to feel a warm hand descend upon his head...
He was startled, he hadn't been able to feel anything but heaviness and fire for awhile. This touch...it was nice...his senses...his senses were returning.
His eyes opened briefly, and he caught a glimpse of brilliant gold, staring down at him with unimagined warmth, before he succumbed to whatever it was that was flowing into him, taking away the fire...
He fell into the darkness, smiling.
Um....yeah. I think that might have been a bit confusing. But I hope you got the gist of what happened.
Ugh, not sure I like it though. Wish this chapter was better. Might rewrite it in the near future.
The last chapter will be up within the next few days. I just want to make sure I tie up any plot holes and things I might have forgotten before I post it.
You guys, REVIEW. This is the chapter I built my entire story on. I need it reviewed more than anything else. If you don't review this chapter than you might as well have spat in my face. And plus, like I said, I don't like it all that much, so I really need some feedback.
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