AN- I am doing a sort of in between chapter, so this is really more of a chapter 6 1/2. It is Riku's POV, mostly about when he wakes/woke up in the past. Clears up some crap about Dream Drop Distance, (I love that game!) and for those of you who guessed what the 'demon' in Sora's heart is, congrats. Hint hint- Sora, Game theory by HMK on youtube involving Ven and Vani.

Also- to any yugioh fans out there, you may or may not have noticed, but I am posting a new story for puzzleshipping. I AM HORRIBLE AT WRITING LEMONS, SO IF ANY OF YOU FANS WOULD LIKE TO HELP WRITE SOME... not for this story (probably) but for my yugioh stories. I am adopting (hopefully) a story that is really quite graphic. I love the plot itself, and i like reading lemons, but i cannot write a lemon. I am horrible at it, so it always comes out like 'and then the kisses became more unti lthey took it to the bed' or something like that. JUST ASKING FOR HELP HERE!

RIKU

Riku was very confused. He had been sure that He and Sora had killed Xehanort and his vessels two years ago, just after Xehanort failed at getting Sora as his 13th vessel, and Riku had been made a Keyblade Master. They had stormed the World That Never Was and killed all of the twelve Xehanort's, then Riku and Sora had returned to the Islands, Riku and Kairi started dating, and for two years everything was perfect. But now, he simply opened his eyes to see (And hear) something he never thought would happen.

"WHAT! HOW? Who is it? Are you in love with Riku? How could you be in love with Riku? He's been asleep for two whole years! I was the one who took care of you through all of that, I was the one who went with you to wake Ven up, and it was ME! NOT HIM!" Kairi was yelling.

"NO, KAIRI! I'M NOT IN LOVE WITH RIKU! I am not going to tell you who I love, but I'll tell you this- you haven't been through anything with me! You don't understand how I feel at all! Every day, I sit alone in my room, holding back what feels like instinct, to protect you all! I keep something that feels like a part of myself locked up in my heart, every day! And every day, it gets harder and harder to recognize that I should hold it back, harder and harder to push against, and one day, it's gonna overwhelm me, Kairi! I can't hold it back forever! It's driving me insane, just sitting in that same room day after day, in self-induced loneliness. I have no sense of time, all there is, is holding it back, fighting the urge to let go! I have no one, nothing to hold on to! No one knows how I feel, I am afraid to go to sleep, for fear that it'll take advantage of me! The only person who knows anything about how I feel, who's been through anything with me, is Roxas! He feels and does the exact same thing, but from the inside, he's the only person I can depend on. You all don't even trust me anymore! You skirt around me like I'm a ticking time bomb, about to explode and kill you all! Well newsflash, the whole reason I've locked myself away from society is to protect you. No. Kairi. You haven't been through anything with me. You don't know me anymore..." Sora said.

He then ran out of the room crying. What looked to be Roxas glared at Kairi, and said, "I'll try to calm him down. I can somewhat relate to him..."

Riku was stunned. Sora acted... extremely out of character. He thanked his lucky stars that Sora had turned Kairi down. He missed how Sora ran out of the room.

Mickey turned, and was about to walk out, until he heard Riku's voice.

"What- what was that?"

"RIKU?" He exclaimed.

"Yeah... I don't understand, what's wrong with Sora?" Riku asked.

"Well... I... I'll have to let either Sora himself or Kairi tell you, because it's his business, but he might not be able to, but I can tell you this, Riku. You've been asleep for two years, ever since your fight with Xemnas. Do you remember that?"

"Mickey, that was three years ago, not two." Riku said, thinking that it was a joke.

"No, Riku. It was two years ago. What do you think has happened since then?"

"Um, we took the Mark of Mastery and I passed, Sora failed because he was asleep, we learned about Xehanort and his 13 vessels plan, we saved Sora, defeated the twelve Xehanorts, then went home and have been living happily ever after ever since."

"Sadly, Riku, your dreams are nothing like reality. You fell asleep after your battle, and have slept for two years. Sora freed Ven's heart, and from there it all went downhill. Sora passed his Mark of Mastery, and ever since then we've been looking for a way to wake you up, and a way to rescue Aqua from the Realm of Darkness. Sora's volunteered many times, but... we fear that if we let him he'll lose himself quicker. Maybe with your help we can finally rescue her." Mickey said. He hugged Riku, then urged him to go to Sora or Kairi.

Riku followed the directions to Sora's room first. The boy that looked like Roxas was sitting outside the door.

Riku moved to go inside, but the boy grabbed his arm.

"Don't go in there right now, he's not stable." Said the Roxas lookalike.

"I don't care, Roxas. Let me pass."

"Actually, I'm Ventus. If you go in there, in fact, if anyone goes in there, they will most likely not come out the way they came in, and then Sora would feel even worse. He never lets his emotions show, because when he does, it ends up hurting everyone else. He was lucky he got here in time. I can't let you go in. If you want to know why, talk to Kairi."

"Wh- Okay. Fine, Ventus. I'll ask Kairi, and if she doesn't tell me, I'll come here, and you will have to let me in. Alright?"

"Maybe..." said Ventus.

Riku walked away, following Mickey's directions to find Kairi and her room. He heard her crying softly, and he came closer. Anger flared up in his stomach. How dare Sora make Kairi cry!? He walked right into her room, walked right up to her, and began to rub her back softly. She whipped around, and her eyes widened when she saw it was Riku.

"Riku? Is it really you?" She asked. "Are you finally awake?"

"Yeah."

"Riku, I didn't mean... if he was in love with you I wouldn't have... I was just caught up in the moment. I... while you were asleep, there was no one else, and with what happened to him... he really needed a shoulder to lean on, and I was trying to be there for him. I fell for him, but it seems that he's in love with someone else. From his speech, I think its Roxas. I guess... I guess I'm okay with that. He... he's actually helping Sora, he's going through the same thing, and I guess as long as he doesn't break Sora's heart, I'm okay with it."

She smiled at Riku, who had a questioning look on his face.

"What actually happened to Sora? I'm so confused...why can't I go see him?"

Kairi gasped. "OH NO! I... I probably made it worse... I'm so horrible! I shouldn't have yelled at him, what if he loses control permanently now? Oh, this is all my fault!"

"What is so horrible that he could lose control of?"

"...I'll show you. Come on."

Kairi led Riku back towards Sora's room. Ventus was still there, watching their approach warily.

"If you're going to show him... go ahead. But if he doesn't understand... you should probably let Sora explain it himself. He's calm right now."

Kairi nodded, and opened the door. She pushed Riku inside, then cracked it.

Riku looked at the room. It looked like... well, home. He looked around hoping to see Sora, but he couldn't. Until he heard heavy breathing from the bed. A lump was under the covers.

Riku walked over, hesitantly. He sat down next to the lump, and pulled off the covers. Most of Sora's head was shoved under the pillow, but Riku could see some tufts of hair. It was black. He touched Sora's shoulder, and heard him gasp.

Sora pulled his face out of the pillow, eyes shut.

"Ven, please... I'm not... I can't hold it for long... please, please get out, before it gets out..."

"Sora, before what gets out?"

"Ven- wait... RIKU?" Sora's eyes shot open. They were both a glowing gold.

"Wh-Sora, why are your eyes gold?"

"RIKU!" Sora paid him no attention, hugging him happily and practically radiating joy.

"Sora, what's going on? I'm so confused... they said that I've been asleep for two years, and I had to practically fight my way past Roxas to get in here."

"Riku, that wasn't Roxas." Sora said, calming down and becoming serious. Much too serious for his usual easygoing demeanor. "That was Ventus, and he was guarding my room to help protect everyone in the castle."

"Why does he have to do that?"

"Because of what's happened to me. A lot has happened since you fell asleep. The reason my eyes are gold, and the reason my hair is black, is because of something that happened when we freed Ven's heart... I have a part of Xehanort's heart inside me... and it's taking over."

Sora's gold eyes were sad. His head was hung low in submission, as if he expected Riku to reject him. But no matter what Sora looked like, he was still Riku's best friend, and Riku would stay by his side.

"I'm sorry, Sora...you must feel horrible going through that. Maybe I could try to help you channel it or suppress it."

Riku woke up, the vision of Sora's (now gold) eyes staring at him gratefully imprinted in his head. He had fallen asleep in his compartment on the train.

The person to wake him up had been a timid second year Slytherin.

He quickly changed into his robes, then joined the throng of people getting off of the train.

AN- yeah, the brunt of the chapter was part one of the big (sub) plot reveal. That is a reference to NewKidAye's Kingdom Hearts abridged series. I like them, and I advertise them shamelessly to everyone but my parents. Anyways, next is back to Roxas and part 2 of three chapters of revelations in the subplot. The ending to that comes soon... anyway, For all of you, PM me and I'll email you some pics I found (After extensive searching) of soranort. (your choice of soranort or Sora/xehanort)

the next subplot thing is a memory of a memory. the subplot itself is all memory, so in the subplot someone is remembering somethning. dont be confused by it!

VERY IMPORTANT! I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UPDATE UNTIL AUGUST! I HAVE A THREE WEEK VACATION, A ONE-WEEK BREAK, THEN TWO WEEK BAND CAMP. THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT (hopefully).