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Chapter Two: A New Beginning

Cloud stared across the battlefield. His eyes were narrowed with anger as he saw Sephiroth, his long-time enemy had returned. He started his motorcycle up again and raced off towards Sephiroth, forgetting about Tifa and the others who were waiting just yards away. He didn't even glance to where Sora, Riku, and Axel stood along with Arkath. Cloud knew he had to finish the fight before he began to search all over again for Sephiroth, his evil dark side.

Meanwhile Riku was looking at Sephiroth for a split of a second before turning to Sora and sighing, "Maybe our part isn't over after all. This may be Cloud's battle, but who's to say that Sephiroth won't stir up trouble?"

Sora nodded and looked at Riku, "I'm just glad to be back."

"Sooo...What did it feel like dying?" Riku asked.

"Painful." was Sora's smart reply making Riku laugh slightly.

Riku heard footsteps coming their way and turned to see Kairi coming up to them, a look of pure joy on her face. She raced up to Sora and threw her arms around his neck and hugged him, "I'm so glad you're alright!" she said happily. After hugging Sora, she turned to Riku and gave him a hug, "I thought you were dead, too."

"So did I, but apparently not. Or maybe...I really was but never knew it." Riku added after a short pause as Kairi released him.

Kairi nodded, not going deeper into the subject. Instead she turned to Axel and said, "Thank you, Axel."

Axel blinked and turned to look at Kairi, asking, "For what?"

"For helping us out." Kairi said, smiling,

"You're welcome I guess." Was Axel's reply before turning to Arkath. He was about to speak when something caught his eye. Blinking, Axel turned swiftly around, only to see the shadow of something vanishing.

"What was that?" Axel asked aloud.

Everyone turned to look at him and followed his gaze, but nothing was there except dust and debris. "What was where?" Kairi asked him.

"I could have sworn I just saw something, over there, but it's gone now." Axel pointed to a pile of broken and ground rock. Riku blinked, but he, like everyone else, didn't see anything.

Riku just shrugged at looked at the spot where Xemnas had been. He bent down and grabbed the Destructor. It had black electricity going around it. He looked at Sora and then held out the Keyblade. "This is yours whether you want it or not." Sora turned to Riku and saw the Destructor. He blinked and then reached out hesitantly and took the dark Keyblade. As his fingers touched it, the blade vanished, just as Sora had wanted.

Riku's Soul Eater and Way to Dawn vanished and he turned to look towards Cloud, who had almost reached Sephiroth. Just as Cloud reached Sephiroth, Sephiroth vanished. Riku sensed Cloud's anger and rage as it flooded through the air. Riku felt a twinge of sorrow for Cloud. He knew that Cloud had searched and searched for Sephiroth for so long only to have him vanish when he had gotten so close to finishing the battle.

"Well what ever it was, I'm sure it was nothing, but are you going to go back to Destiny Island?" Sora asked, jerking Riku from his thoughts. He looked up and saw Sora was addressing him and only him. Riku wondered if Sora knew Kairi wanted to hurry up and go home.

"Well…um…yeah I guess." Riku told them, his mind still set on everything else. He hadn't really thought about what would happen after they had killed Xemnas. Riku looked at his friends and smiled weakly, showing that he was unsure, but the others agreed with him anyway. "But how are we supposed to get back?" he asked them.

"You're not." came a female voice behind them. Everyone, including Axel and Arkath turned around to see a girl come up to them. She had brown hair that reached to her shoulders. Her blue eyes were full of understanding. She wore a blue shirt that stretched tight over her and cut off at her elbows with the sleeves. She wore a black pair of pants that also stretched tight over her, but it allowed her to have better mobility. Everyone saw the sword in her hand and then gun on her side. There were black straps going over her upper part of her body, hooking to a sheath on her back. She looked about twenty-four, much older than everyone else except maybe Axel and Arkath. "You're journey is yet to be finished, you know."

"Who are you?" Riku asked her, blinking. He sense something was different about this girl, but he didn't know what, but it felt as if…as if she wasn't human.

"My name is of no importance. What matters is, is that you continue your journey. For this one is a difficult. You must seek what can not be sought." The woman's voice was soft yet knowing. She reached them within a matter of seconds. Riku noticed that her eyes were pinned on him as she spoke. It was like she was telling him and him alone this. Her words confused Riku, he didn't know what she meant by 'You must seek what can not be sought'.

"What do you mean?" Sora asked, approaching her.

The girl's eyes switched to land on Sora. Her eyes flashed as she spoke once again, "You will not understand until you begin to seek what can not be sought. You must find it or the worlds as you know them will vanish."

"Aurithia?" came a quite voice. Riku glanced towards Arkath who was looking at the girl with wide eyes. "You-"

The girl turned to him, her brown hair falling in her face as she told him, "I know brother, I am here, but they mustn't know how or why, understand?"

Riku blinked, what was she talking about? What did she mean? Riku saw arkath nod and he was about to ask aurithia what she meant when the roar of Cloud's motorcycle reached his ears. He turned around to see Cloud stop right in front of their little group and growled, "Tell Tifa that I'm going to look for Sephiroth if she asks. And tell her I'll return, okay?" he asked them. Riku nodded and noticed that Aurithia or Arkath hadn't turned to face Cloud, instead they were talking in low voices. Riku sensed that thegirl had a very deep and dark secret as he heard pieces of their conversation, but he only found out that they were brothr and sister.