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When it was time, I met Riku for one last training session. Like usual, we went to a random place that I had never been to. When I looked around, I noticed that I had been here before, well not really. It was the woods where Riku was bitten by Saix. I turned to look at him. He tried to hide the sad look in his face, but he failed. Eyes don't lie and his eyes were no exception.

"Riku, why did we come here? If it pains you so much, why?"

He looked around and also knew that his eyes couldn't lie.

"I took you here so you could know a little more about what happened the night that I was Changed."

Riku looked away as he said, "We were going to go to the beach on the other side of the island. My step-dad lost control of the wheel at a bend and the car flipped multiple times through these woods. I waited since I couldn't move and watched my dead parents, hoping that they would get up. As you could guess they never did and I sat there as my blood slowly slipped out of me. Night came and I was ready to die. I had nothing left. My parents were dead all from a stupid mistake. Just as I was about to finally move on, Saix came. He grabbed me and bit me. Next thing I know, I'm a vampire. I went to live with Sephiroth, my biological dad. Saix took care of me just as well as Sephiroth did. Though he put me through hell with training and the missions, I still think of him as my other dad. And then I screwed up on one of my many missions. I disobeyed my commanding officer-I guess you can call them that-and got punished for it."

Taking off his shirt, he showed me his back. Before this night, I had never really seen it nor have I noticed the scars on it. He turned his head sideways and continued talking.

"Xemnas chained my wrists up in his dungeon. After walking behind me, he grabbed my blade and slashed me with it 25 times. When he was through, he unchained me and left me there. Saix finally came and carried me home. He had to heal me and feed me, because I could not move at all. Why do you think I'm going so hard on you? I do not want you to have to suffer that. Xemnas knows that you and I are together. That means, we have more weaknesses and absolutely cannot screw up. There are a number of things he can do to us if we make a mistake."

I nodded and realized that he was right. We cannot afford to make a mistake. If Master Xemnas didn't kill us, we would be near death anyways after he was through with us. After Riku put his shirt back on, the red, spiky haired guy appeared out of no where.

"You're that guy that was making out with the blond kid at that place!" I said as I pointed at him.

"It's Axel, Kid. Get it memorized..." he said as he summoned two spiky wheels. Each were red and silver and not to mention lethal looking.

Riku sighed and sat down and motioned at me towards him. "Let me guess, Axel. The Master sent you here to make sure Sora was well prepared to battle against him?"

Axel nodded and smiled at me. He then created a wall of fire around us, leaving Riku on the outside. I remembered to stay calm and focus on your opponent and their weakness. Looking around, I noticed he favors fire. Looks like water magic is going to be needed along with luck. Those chakrams of his could kill me if I'm not careful. Before I could focus my energy, I saw one of his chakrams spin towards me. I deflected it with my keyblade and ran at him. To buy time, I would need to wear him out or get him down. I swung my blade at him as he blocked my attack. With his chakram, he yanked the blade out of my hand and chuckled as he swung to hit me. When he chuckled, that gave me just enough time to use my water magic and put out the flames. Axel looked around as I summoned the keyblade back to my hands and continued slashing at him.

Time was running out and my energy was too. I could tell Axel was finally beginning to get tired. By luck, I managed to make Axel fall to the ground. His chakrams flew out of his hands. Right when I was about to finish him off, someone appeared out of a portal.

"That is enough!" Xemnas yelled.

All three of us looked up at him and froze. It was time to see if I was suitable or not. Apparently I was, because he started yelling at Axel.

"Axel, you disappoint me. You have been a vampire for a long time now and you can't even beat Sora? I will get Saix to train you."

Xemnas turned to me and smiled. Honestly, that smile was pretty creepy.

"Sora, you are admitted to go. Fail and there will be consequences. I see that Riku has trained you well. Congratulations on your success. We shall meet again soon. Riku, come with me."

Riku stood up and followed Xemnas to where I was out of earshot. I hope I made Xemnas see that Riku was a very good fighter. If he got in trouble, I swear I would kill Xemnas.

After a few minutes, Riku walked back over to me.

"The enemy was last seen in Twilight Town. We leave tonight after Saix creates clones of us. Hope you're ready."

I smiled and nodded as I replied, "I'm more than ready. I've been training for the last three days."

Riku smiled back and gently kissed my lips. "Good. Let's get some rest now," he said as he made a portal and walked in it.

I arrived in my room while Riku went to his own house. Saix had already managed to create the clones of us so I didn't need to go to school. I healed my wounds and burns from Axel and then laid down to take a break. After laying down, I realized that I was beyond exhausted. What if I failed the mission and Riku?

While thinking I also realized that I was extremely hungry. I didn't feel like bothering Riku so I just went to the woods and caught a few little animals. After I was done, I returned just in time for lunch. I used this time to relax and focus my energy.

Mom returned home later than usual and fixed dinner. She still wasn't quite used to the fact that her only son was gay. I don't blame her though. During dinner, I looked at her as I picked at my food. What if this was the last time I ever saw her? She looked up at me and asked, "Is there something wrong with dinner?"

I shook my head and put a spoonful of spaghetti in my mouth. It didn't taste as good as it used to. I guess the blood makes everything seem so dull. I finished the spaghetti and returned to my room to see Riku standing there in a long black cloak.

"You ready, Sora?" he asked, handing me a long black cloak that matched mine.

I nodded and asked, "What is this for?"

"It's to cover you up. We move in the shadows and therefore need to be covered in black. Besides, these cloaks tell us who is who and what area you are from. While out there, wear it at all times."

I slipped on the slightly tight fitting cloak and looked around one last time before going through a portal, going to Twilight Town.

Authors Note: Okay so I thought of starting Riku's POV for this. Title for the story is "Eyes of a Vamp" Hope you enjoy.