Maleficent laughed at me.
"Is that what you wish to say to me? Ha! I can't wait to see what you say to Riku," Maleficent cackled.
"If you'll even live that long!" I shot back.
"You poor, simple fool. You think you can defeat me? Me, the mistress of all evil?!" A platform rose. Beast, and I, holding Sora's body, were raised along with it. She cackled again and darkness flew into my stomach. I fell to the ground. Beast gave me a potion. I nodded and stood up again. Beast roared. He gave me a headache! I could still fight, though. We battled back and forth for the longest time. Back and forth, back and forth. Tick, tock, tick, tock. Then Maleficent's heart gave in. The darkness swallowed her. Her own strength backfired. I did it without Sora or Riku. I did it with someone I barely knew. Pride swelled up in me. Then I remembered Sora was still unconcious. I frowned again. This time, Beast picked him up. He nodded and we walked further into the castle. Beast doesn't talk very much.
We went through many confusing rooms and battled many heartless. We found some big doors, and walked through them. What other choice really did we have? There I found Riku talking to Kairi. Kairi was on the ground, not looking like she was moving or breathing. Just like Sora. Were they both dead?
My footsteps were louder than I thought. Riku heard me and turned around. For the first second, he had an angry look on his face. Then, he saw who I was. His jaw dropped. Tears welled in his eyes. I didn't know whether to run over and hug him or to go over there and slap him. He ran over to me. I looked away.
"Mikaila," he said. Beast put Sora down. Riku didn't notice or care. He could tell I was hurt. "Mikaila, who did this to you?" He put his hand on my cheek. I wanted to slap it away, but I wanted him to keep it there. I didn't know what to do. I didn't say a word.
"Why?" I whispered.
"What are you ta-"
"Why did you hurt Sora like that?" I yelled. Riku took a deep breath and shook his head.
"I, I don't know. I just wanted you back so much, and my want for you took over. Then, I used darkness and couldn't stop. It was taking over me. Now look at me. I'm-" he paused. I still didn't know whether to slap him across the face or comfort him. I bit my lip. Then, I ran straight into him and squeezed him to death. He wasn't exactly expecting it.
"I missed you," I told him. He wrapped his arms around me. A tear slipped again. It landed on his shoulder.
"I missed you, too," he whispered to me.
I hugged him because he broke my promise to me and felt bad about it. I could tell by his eyes. I hugged him because I broke my promise to myself. Before I even knew Mickey, he warned me. He told me to not let Riku fall into Ansem's trap. He did. It all hit me at once. What I feared and wishes wouldn't happen, happened. I hugged him because my worst nightmares came true. I hugged him because I wanted comfort. I hugged him because I wanted him to love me. I hugged him because I truly loved him.
I let go, and went back to Sora. I picked him up and took him over by Kairi. I put his hand in her's. That's how he would have wanted it. We all knew he secretly loved Kairi. He's had a crush on her for as long as I can remember, he just wasn't stubborn enough to admit it. Kairi told me once that she liked him, too, so she would have been happy as well. Riku put his hand on my shoulder, as if he knew that that's what they would have wanted, too. They would have wanted to die together, but this is good enough.
"We have to go. Ansem's plans are still in progress. They still need to be stopped," he said. I had no idea what Ansem's plan's were, but that guy seemed like he had some type of plan in store. I nodded and followed him.
Sora's hand lay within Kairi's. Then something happened.