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Darkness Over Truth, Truth Over Darkness -2-
Yumi watches as both Riku and the King, clothed in their black cloaks similar the ones she had seen on the people Sora and Riku were fighting with, walked into the path towards the dawn from her place at the highest balcony of the Castle of Oblivion. She had been watching both Riku and Sora on their ways throughout the Castle of Oblivion, she had gotten a head start from both of them and had kept Namine company, while hiding herself when the members of the organization XIII came to check on the blonde-haired girl.
"Thank you for keeping me from both of them, Namine…" Yumi said softly to the approaching blonde.
"It's the least I could do for you, Yumi… but King Mickey had already known…"
"I know the King wouldn't let Riku know about me being here… I couldn't face him just yet, not after I had lied about him." Yumi said, placing one hand on her chest, where her heart resides.
"What did you lie to him about that made you don't want to face him, Yumi?" Yumi smiled to the younger girl, she had seen Namine being lonely locked up here inside the castle alone and she felt her sisterly instinct kicking in and had been keeping the girl from her loneliness.
"I told you before about my illness… and the last time I met him, I told him I'm not sick anymore… but King Mickey and Her Majesty Queen Minnie can only do much for my sickness. That is why I have been in hiding instead of fighting, I had fought some heartless before, and it had almost drained all of my energy…"
"Do you feel… guilty for lying to him then?"
"You know Namine, Riku… he had… accepted the temptation of darkness once before, and I'm afraid it's because of me, because of my selfishness to leave the island without anyone knowing, not even Sora. And I felt very guilty for it, I have brought this upon the three of them… those three are the best of friends, but because of me, I had broken what they used to have… and all of them have to suffer because of it…" Yumi lowered head head, making her hair fell down, covering her eyes as a crystal tear dropped onto the floor.
"But… he misses you so…" Namine watched as another tear dropped from Yumi's eyes onto the floor and lifted her hand up to touch her hand.
"And that is why I could not see him…"
"But why Yumi? I'm sure Riku didn't see it as your fault… it looks as if you're running away…"
"Maybe I am… but I promised to watch over Sora, and soon, my time to go will come… and I just wanted to bring Sora home before that…" Yumi said, smiling softly to the worried Namine. Yumi then looked back towards the pods where Sora, Goofy and Donald were placed in and smiled.
"I wanted to watch over my little brother as long as I can, seeing him meeting many people and getting new friends… and seeing Riku who didn't lose to the darkness, are the things I love the most."
"Yumi…"
"You wouldn't mind if I stayed with you and keep you company, would you Namine?" Namine looked into Yumi's eyes before shaking her head and smiling towards the taller girl.
"Of course I wouldn't mind… I'm happy to have you here, Yumi. I wanted to be of help to you…"
"You watching over my brother and helping him recovering his memories had been enough. And there is one thing I wanted to ask of you, Namine…"
"What is it, Yumi?"
"I need you to bury Sora's memories about me to the deepest part of his mind. Make him forget about me, he doesn't need me to hold him back." Namine stared at Yumi wide eyed as she tried to protest to the other.
"B-But Yumi!"
"Please, Namine… I wanted… to see him not burdened by his missing sister."
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As Riku was walking through the path with the King, he had stopped for a moment before turning back towards the way where the Castle Oblivion was last seen. The King seemed to have noticed Riku's sudden stop and also stopped himself.
"Are you thinking about Yumi, Riku?" Riku thought about a good excuse to the king, but then he gave up and nodded without saying anything else to the royal mouse.
"I'm sure Yumi's alright. Yumi's not as weak as you thought she is, Riku."
"But I…"
"Yumi told us she will be watching Sora, let's just trust her, we'll meet her when the right time comes."
"I… I just wanted to tell her how sorry I am… I haven't had the chance to apologize for the things I've done… I even broke my promise to her to not fall into the darkness…"
"I'm sure she forgives you, Riku. She really cares for you, I'm sure she believes in you. She loves you, you know."
"I love her too, your majesty, so much… but I didn't know if I deserve her love…" Riku said, looking towards the ground as his fists trembled in shame.
"I don't even know if I deserve to be part of her life or not…"
And thus, ends chapter two of this story
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