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Chapter Two: The Journey Through Darkness

Riku, who was waving his hand in front of Sora's face, finally shoved him a bit, causing Sora to fall into the water. Sora broke the fall, snapped out of the trance and looked up at Riku, "What was that for?"

"For ignoring me."

"But you didn't say anything!…Did you?"

Riku glared at Sora with indifference. Sora looked back at Riku with a helpless look as if he hadn't even heard Riku speaking to him, "If you said something, what did you say?" Sora asked.

"It wasn't important." Riku grumbled, turning away.

For some odd reason, Sora felt as if Riku still resented him in a way because he wielded the Keyblade. Riku had always wanted it, he knew that, but any old resentment that Riku had, should have left him. Apparently it never would.

"Sora, if you couldn't hear us, what could you hear?" Kairi asked.

Riku stopped where he stood and turned around, a look of curiosity now on his face, and a smirking look, "Yeah, what did you hear?"

Sora looked at them, not really wanting to repeat the words, so he shortened them. "I have to go alone this time."

"Where to?" Riku asked.

"How should I know?" Sora snapped, feeling a prickle of unease at Riku's questions. He still believed his friend was still his friend, not the dark person he had known at a time. Looking at the Keyblade, he willed it to vanish, seeing no point in having it out. With a flash of bright, white light, it vanished from his hand and Sora turned away from Riku and Kairi.

"Sora, why do you have to go alone this time, wouldn't it be dangerous? Are the Heartless back?" came Kairi's questioning voice behind him.

"I don't know why I have to go alone, but I do know that the Heartless are back, and that's why I have to go, I guess." Sora shook himself and walked out of the water, and tried to make his spirits brighter. At the moment it was covered with sadness, if he had to leave, he would leave his friends again, and this time there would be no Goofy or Donald. To show you who you really are…

Sora already knew who he was, so why go anyway? What was the real purpose? Sighing, he looked up at his friends and then said, "Now that my wooden sword's gone, what do we do now?"

"We go make a new sword, or at least barrow one. You two haven't finished yet, Riku played an illegal move by hitting you in the head." Kairi pointed out.

"I guess I did, didn't I? Okay, where are we supposed to barrow one from?" Riku asked, coming over to them.

"Me." Kairi responded.

"You? But you don't have one! Do you?" Sora protested.

"Of course I do! It's right over…" Kairi bent down and reached under the beginning of the bridge where it was all sand and pulled out a wooden sword, "here."

"Nice hiding place." Riku commented with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Shut up Riku!" Kairi growled, tossing Sora the sand-covered sword.

Sora caught it and asked, "You ready yet?"

Riku looked over at him and nodded, "Whenever you are."

"Okay then!" Sora leapt up onto the bridge in one swift movement and raced back over to the island, Riku right behind him.

Sora was at one end of the island, next to the edge, while Riku was on the other side, in front of the tree. Sora tensed and readied himself. Both hands were on the wooden handle. He heard Kairi call the signal and rushed forward, only to be met by Riku. He felt the force of his friend's strength pushing him back, but a new strength flooded over him. Sora pushed forward, their blades still clashed together.

Somehow, he had managed to get Riku near the edge. Then, with one stroke, circling the blade through the air, he knocked Riku's blade through the air and then hit him off the island. Riku fell into the shallow water below. "Beat ya'!" Sora called down, a smirk on his face.

"Yeah, we all saw…" Riku grumbled. He picked himself up and walked back onto the shore.

"You're just in a sour mood because I actually beat you!" Sora laughed.

"You wish," Riku muttered.

"I don't have to, now do I?" Sora said smartly.

Riku glared at him and then cast him a warning look, and leapt up onto the island. He smiled and said, "Yeah you're right, you don't have too." Riku said, quickly pushing Sora off the island.

Sora looked surprised at it as he hit the murky water, but stood up, laughing. "You got me back."

"What a big feat!" Kairi laughed, handing Riku his sword and then heading over to where she had been sitting. "Hey, what do you guys want to do now?"

Riku and Sora looked at each other and then at Kairi, "I dunno,"

"Me neither."

"Why are you guys looking at me?" Kairi asked when she straightened up.

"Because, we want to know-" Sora began.

"-why you're digging through the sand." Riku finished.

"Oh, I just lost something." Kairi explained, looking down at the small hole she had made, but there was nothing there.

Sora stepped towards her, about to ask what she had lost, when he realized what he was walking on. It wasn't sand, but swirling black evil, or darkness. "Sora!" Riku and Kairi both exclaimed, jumping towards his aid, but neither got there in time to even reach out to his hand.

The darkness wrapped itself around Sora and dragged him into it. Sora gasped, "Riku! Kairi! Help me!" but he was already covered in it. Sora felt the weight of it on his shoulders, pulling him down, but he refused to go.

Then, in a bright flash, the Keyblade appeared, destroying the darkness. Sora blinked and gasped, "I thought I was going with it for a minute there!" He held the Keyblade tightly.

"Why do you think it came after you?" Riku asked.

"Because I'm supposed to leave, but I don't think I'm supposed to leave just yet." Sora replied quietly, unsure of himself.

"Well, whether you like it or not, you're coming." came a voice from behind Sora.

"Sora! Look out!" Riku and Kairi said at the same time.

A cloaked figure stood behind Sora, a hand resting on his shoulder. Riku raised his wooden sword and grunted as he flung it towards the man behind Sora. The sword hit the cloaked figure, but he didn't flinch, nor did he look Riku's way as darkness began to come out of his hand on Sora's shoulder.

"Uh!" Sora grunted as he tried to pull away, but the darkness was back and was wrapped around his feet. It flung up in the air and covered both of them. In a flash, Sora saw Riku and Kairi coming towards him, but the darkness soon shut everything out.

Within a few seconds, light burst into Sora's eyes as he came out of the darkness. He blinked and looked around him, but remembered the cloaked man. He spun around to see the man standing a few feet off. "Sora, like I said, this was for you to come alone, and so you did."

Sora glared at the man, clenching the Keyblade and holding it up to him, "What do you want with me?" he growled.

"It's not what I want, it's what he wants," the man held up a gloved finger and pointed at another cloaked figure. A hood was over his head, and his cloak bore a strange sign, it was the sign of darkness, though Sora could not make out exactly what it was. He had gloved hands and wore a long sword at his side.

"Who are you, both of you?" Sora demanded.

"That is not of your concern at the moment, Sora. I have called you hear for two reasons. One, to let you see who you truly are, and two, to ask you something." The second man said. His was voice rough and neutral.

"I already know who I am, and I don't care what you have to ask me!" Sora yelled.

"Oh but I think you do care, that is, once you hear it. And you have no idea who you really are, that I am sure of."

Sora made a rasping noise in his throat before replying coldly, "Fine then, ask me what you may."