Hi people! Okay, I took a bit longer updating...a whole day! LOL, I usually update every four hours. ;) So, this is kind of weird, so you can tell me it sucks, I really wouldn't be surprised. I tried to keep some of the character's personalities intact, but I had to change it a bit. Review please!
OKAY...shutting up now!
AND SO IT BEGINS
Namine's POV
I sat on my bed, holding a calendar in my hands.
Riku's POV
I stared at the calendar with the date June 1st circled in red.
Every June thru September I would have to see her
Namine's POV
For three months, I would have to bear his annoying immaturity.
Riku's POV
Mom's hints to get closer to Namine still annoy me every time I think of them. Everyone thought that I would eventually marry her…why were they so blind?
Namine's POV
In the carriage ride to Riku's place today, I glared at my father. Why did they do this?
"Come on daughter!" He said cheerfully, "We can't keep Riku waiting!"
If he thinks I'm getting out of the carriage, he has lost it. I gripped the sides, and refused to move. Axel was summoned.
"That girl isn't gonna move unless we pick her up…got it memorized?" He said dryly
My father glared at him, and snapped,
"Let's get on with it then!" They picked me up, and carried me in instead.
Great, now I had bruises with their fingerprints.
Riku's POV
I could do much better.
Mom pushed me into the room where I would greet Namine.
Namine's POV
"You can let me go now!" I complained, wriggling out of their grasp, and landing on the ground. I brushed off my white dress, and glared at them. they pushed me into an adjoining room, and shut the door.
Riku's POV
…Wow.
She's beautiful. Why didn't I ever notice that about her? Her hair fell to the small of her back, and her blue eyes were like sapphires. And you could tell that she was no airhead. She had this thoughtful, intelligent look to her.
…Wow.
I guess I never realized that I liked, no loved her when I was younger.
You just have to smile when you see her.
Namine's POV
…oh my God…
That isn't Riku, is it??
Riku is a sweet, even if he is a bit mischievous guy that hates me, even if it almost obvious that I completely love him!! Well…maybe it isn't that obvious, and I hate him a little, but…sigh, I can't explain it.
This Riku is…better.
He has the overly messy silver hair that I think is amazing, and stunning aqua eyes, but now he has an underlying toughness, and strength.
…oh my God…
Riku's POV
I snapped myself out of it, and said,
"I'm happy you could come."
"I'm so happy to be here." She said dreamily,
We leaned in, and…kissed?
"YES!!" My mom said loudly, coming out from behind a 'closed' door.
Namine's POV
I'm going to take a leaf from Sora's book here, and say:
CRAP!
Riku's POV
…okay.
King Ansem was grinning from ear to ear, and said,
"Arrange the marriage!"
"Wait." Namine said, biting her lip looking nervous,
"What?" I asked, "You're beautiful."
"Thank you." She said blushing, "But, what else? Is beauty all that matters to you?"
My mother nodded, and cleared her throat,
"Riku, what else?" She asked
"Um…"
Larxene's POV
If that kid answers this wrongly, I will be a murderous axe-queen by the end of the day.
Namine's POV
My heart was thumping in my chest. Oh god. Oh my god…what if he doesn't like anything other than my beauty…if I'm pretty.
Riku's POV
"Um, what…else…is…there?" I asked weakly. Why, oh why couldn't I remember all the wonderful things I thought about her??
"BEEP! You're out kid." Axel muttered, "Got it memorized?"
Larxene's POV
Has anyone seen my axe?
Namine's POV
I felt like crying...no, I felt like I was dying. Did he really mean that?
I shook my head,
"No. I guess there isn't anything else." I said softly, and I ran from the room.
Riku's POV
She ran from the room…what had I done?
ONE HOUR LATER
Namine sat on her golden horse, with her father on his black one. She looked sadly at me, and I wished I had replied intelligently, instead of an idiotic 'what else is there'.
"Ahem." I looked at Ansem, who was looking down at me and my mother. "Goodbye Riku, goodbye Larxene. I hope we keep in touch." I nodded stiffly.
I stared at the ground. I suddenly felt an elbow in my ribs, and I gasped,
"Ow! Oh…good bye Princess." I said reluctantly.
"Goodbye Riku." Namine said softly. She turned her horse around, and set off at a lope with her father not far behind.
"All these years of planning, WASTED!!" My mother shrieked, her hands in the air, and she walked moodily away.
MIDNIGHT
"She says, 'Is beauty all that matters', and you say, 'What else is there'?!"
Axel shouted as Sora and I played chess. Well, I was pacing, Sora was sitting, playing chess, and I was playing when it was my turn.
"It was dumb, I know!" I muttered moodily. I had heard this a million times, and my mom had looked like she had wanted to throw a knife at me.
"You are such an idiot. I-D-I-O-T. Got it memorized?"
"Look, when you're in that situation, your brain shuts down!"
"You should write a book," He said, inspecting the hem of his sleeve. "'How to Offend Women in Five Syllables Or Less' you idiot."
Sora laughed.
"Good one Axel." Sora laughed, and he moved his knight to take out my queen on the chessboard. He held the piece in his hand, and waved it at me.
"You lost a queen, Riku!"
"Okay, that's twice in one day!" I paced.
"Well, you must see something in Namine other than her beauty!" Axel said, tapping his chin thoughtfully.
"Of course I do! She's…oh, I don't know…how about…alive."
Sora made his keyblade appear, and polished it. Axel gaped at me.
"You're joking, right? Please tell me you're joking."
I wasn't joking. And I was really stupid.
Suddenly, I had a brainstorm.
"I'm going to find Namine, and explain. Checkmate!" I said, swiping Sora's king off with my bishop.
Namine's POV
I sat in a carriage with my father, and leaned against the wall gloomily.
Riku.
The name brought a strange feeling of mixed emotion, like hopelessness, and longing, and love at the same time. Either he was a complete idiot, or he had found nothing better than my looks to like about me.
"I just don't know Namine." My father said abruptly, "What on earth did you want him to say?" His voice turned a little sad. I closed my eyes.
"I need to know that he loves me…for just being ME."
My father shook his head, but I knew he understood.
Xemnas's POV
I walked down the dark road in the night, seeing a brown carriage rattle down the slope.
"Today's the day, Ansem. Today I will take everything you've ever loved, anything you've ever cared about, and make it mine."
I lifted my hand, and heard the frightened shouts of the men I was planning to murder.
I lifted my hand, sending the bat-Heartless at them.
And so it begins.
Ansem's POV
I heard one of my men shout,
"Sir, there's someone up ahead!"
"Stay in here, Namine." I told my daughter sternly, and exited into the darkness. I let my eyes adjust, and saw a black-robed figure up ahead.
"It's not possible…" I murmured. Xemnas, here, now? After I had banished him and roundly defeated him, he was able to come back?
"Sir!" One of the men yelled.
I focused on an object flying toward us…an evil-based Heartless. I swore every single swear that I knew, cursing until it came for me.
Riku's POV
While we wrapped up our wonderful conversation, a man in tattered clothes fell into the room. He coughed, and we helped him into a chair.
"It's King Ansem's captain!" Sora exclaimed.
"We…we were attacked." The captain coughed.
"Namine!" I said, and vaulted out the door into the rainy landscape.
"Riku! Wait!" Axel yelled after me, but I paid him no heed.
I teleported to where they would've been. I was met with a scene of utter destruction.
"NAMINE!" I called, but I was met with silence. Then, a weak cough came.
"Ri-ku…" A voice croaked. I ran over, and saw King Ansem sprawled on the ground, limbs bent at awkward angles. He had multiple cuts, and I knew he was dying.
"King Ansem…who did this?" I breathed.
"Someone…it isn't as it seems Riku…"
"What's not? Where's Namine?"
He gasped; his lungs and heart starting to give out.
"Namine…Namine…Namine is-is…gone." He whispered, and suddenly I knew that King Ansem DiZ was no longer with the living. My heart pounded, and I yelled to the sky,
"NAMINE!!" The rain that ran down my face mingled with salty tears.
Namine may be gone for now,
She may be captured,
She may be hurt,
But I would find her,
And I would never stop looking until I did,
And I would tell the truth,
I love her.
Aww, that's really sappy, isn't it? I know, collective groan. I hate it too, but this is a sappy movie, so the fic has to be like it. ;)
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