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On the way to visiting Diz, Roxas, Roxas, Riku, and I scanned the area for more Heartless. It seems like we had disposed all of them from here. Riku was troubled by something. I could see it in his eyes. I felt bad for Riku. His eyes told everyone just about everything. If he ever lied to me I would know.

"Riku, what's wrong?" I asked.

He just gave me one of those fake smiles and said, "I was just thinking how much you've changed and I don't mean going from a human, to a vampire, to a human again. When I first met you, you were scared of everything it seemed. Now, you are scared of very little."

"Riku, try dying multiple times and I'm scared of a lot of things."

Riku just continued on as if I said nothing. "Your strength has dramatically increased. You can probably match Axel's now."

"With you training me, I had no choice but to get stronger," I said looking at him.

He smiled at me as we reached the mansion. I opened the gate to the mansion and we walked in. We noticed not one Heartless appeared to be anywhere.

After entering the library, we all walked down the steps to find Diz working at the computers.

Riku explained what had happened and that I was a human again. Diz looked at me and started writing things down. He then looked at Riku and smiled...or at least it seemed like he did. It was hard to tell with his turban face.

"I think I know what can transform you back into a human. It all makes sense now."

Riku's eyes grew wider and waited patiently for an answer. I could tell he wanted to be a human as well.

"It's not going to be easy, but judging by your story, I am sure this will work. It is not something that can be done at any time. Sora gave his life for someone he cared about and loved."

Riku glared at me. "YOU LOVE ROXAS!? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING RIGHT?"

Great...Riku's accusing me for liking Roxas. I don't dig guys that look like me. It just wouldn't seem normal. Wait. Did I say normal? Bad misuse of words. I meant it would seem weird.

Diz calmed Riku down, who was about to kill me. Not like that was a new thing right?

"No Riku. Just let me finish. While he healed Roxas he also protected you."

"How?"

"Sora could have easily fought you and killed you. He also could have tried to fight back as a Heartless, but he didn't. Sora chose to risk being killed to see if you could tell it was him."

It was my turn to jump in. I hadn't told them this part of my little daily dose of darkness. "When Riku had shielded me with his body, something appeared out of the darkness that surrounded me. It was a light. When I walked towards it, I became this. You showed me my way back, Riku."

Everyone stared at me and I could hear the Twilight Town Roxas mutter "gay moment" under his coughing. The vampire Roxas punched him in the fact, knocking him down.

"You moron! I'm gay and I have a boyfriend too!" he said to the Roxas on the ground.

As they had a big debate on straightness and gayness, Diz continued. "In order to become human, you must give up your life for someone and risk walking through darkness trying to find the light that shows you your way back."

I nodded in agreement and looked at Riku. I pointed at the place where his heart was supposed to be and softly said, "The heart may be weak, and sometimes it may even give in. But I've learned that deep down there's a light that never goes out. All you have to do is find it. Sooner or later it will come."

Riku hugged me and I hugged back, glad to know that he took that to heart, well whatever he has in his chest. I think Demyx was right. No matter who you are and no matter what you are, you'll always have a heart deep down.

I heard Riku sigh as he looked at me. "Whether I'm always a vampire or not, I will continue to always love you." He then leaned in and kissed me.

As we stood there kissing, someone appeared from the shadows. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up. Yellow eyes peered out from the hood of someone from our area and we all realized who it was that was there.

"So Riku, tell me. Were you not supposed to obey my orders? You know what the consequences are for that," said Xemnas, removing the hood to reveal his face and long silver hair. This guy looked a lot like Mr. Ansem, but Xemnas made Ansem look like he lived in a pasture with flowers and little butterflies.

Riku froze in front of me and kept his head turned towards Xemnas. "I no longer wish to obey you Xemnas. I have learned that Darkness is for the weak and hungry I hate it and I refuse to be a part of it any longer.

Xemnas sighed and stared at us. "Fool. You are a vampire and vampires will always remain overwhelmed by it. Why do you hate the darkness? You accept darkness, yet choose to live in the light. So why is it that you loathe us who teeter on the edge of nothing; we, who were turned away by both light and darkness, never given a choice? What other choice might we have had?"

He had a weird but true way of putting it. From what I understand and could guess, vampires were always left on a separate path than others.

Riku gritted his teeth and realized what I had already thought about. If Xemnas was to be taken down, he would have to be taken down now. This was a fight between Riku and Xemnas. No one else should get involved. It would only make things worse.

I looked up at Riku and saw him summon his keyblade. When I backed up, I realized that the rest of the vampires were also there. Everyone there was in a black cloak with their hoods down. Funny how I didn't even hear them approach or appear out of nowhere. It didn't matter, because they were here all for the same reason. To see who would win and either gain or keep the title as the Head vampire. This was going to be a very long night.