Crystalmaiden62 lay in bed with a bowl of warm soup and her laptop in front of her.

Crystal: Man, it sucks to be sick.

Anna: It's okay, it'll pass I'm sure.

Blair: But it sucks to be sick though.

Crystal: Tell me about it, it's lucky I got the chapter done early. Seeing as the login might be down tomorrow, I'm gonna post my chapter early. So on the the disclaimers! (cough)

Anna: Don't yell.

Disclaimers: Well, I don't own anything from Kingdom Hearts. I only own Anna and Lunar Wish. I hope you like it and please, no flames.

Chapter 9: Monstro

That night, Donald sent the Ansem's Report we found in Agrabah to Cid through a fax machine and also sending a mean letter about messing with the gummi ship but everything seemed okay at least. Kairi dropped the whole issue about my fear of the dark but something else came up. The next morning, I woke up early to hear someone knocking on my door.

"Anna? It's Sora."

"What is it?"

"Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Sure." I said, sitting up as Sora entered the room. Sora looked like he just got up too, and he looked a little serious. Well, this is different. "What is it?"

"Anna, can't you tell me where Kairi is or what happened to Alice and Jasmine at least?" Sora asked, as I stared at him. What brought this up? "I feel bad that I couldn't tell Aladdin where Jasmine is and he looked so bad to see her gone."

"Well, it's my job to keep things the way they are so I can't really give a lot of information but seeing as you're involved, I guess I can tell you a bit." I said, shrugging. I do owe this to Sora after all, he'll be a great keyblade wielder soon and he deserves some answers at least.

"So you can tell me where Kairi is?" Sora asked, as I shook my head.

"That I can't tell but I can give you a hint." I said, crossing my legs under the blankets. "Kairi is really closer to us than we think."

"What? What's that supposed to mean?"

"You have to figure it out, I can't tell you everything." I said, as Sora thought for a minute. "As for Alice and Jasmine, they've been taken by the people controlling the Heartless to open a door to the darkness."

"Why haven't you done anything about it yet though?" Sora asked, looking to me curiously.

"We'll be fine. You see, they need seven princesses with pure hearts to open the door. They're missing one and she's be safe for a long time since I know where she is but the bad guys don't know."

"Who is she then?" Sora asked, as I shook my head with a finger to my lips.

"It's a secret to keep her safe."

"Do you think we'll ever find Kairi?" Sora said and I noticed something. Sora looked completely sad at not seeing Kairi after what happened back in Traverse Town. He must really miss her and I don't blame him.

"You've got a crush on her, right?" I asked, as Sora blushed. "Don't worry, I'm sure Kairi feels the same way."

"I just feel sad, I want to find her but I don't know where she and you can't tell me." Sora said, looking depressed.

"Sora, Kairi is with us in her own way. And, once we find her you can tell her all about the things we've seen in the world." I said, thinking of Kairi and Sora spending some alone time when she come back, though it'll only be very short seeing as she can see what happened. "I really wish I can tell you where Kairi is but I only know half of it, even if I'm the Destiny Keeper. Kairi's one of my friends too and I miss her a lot."

"You know, its nice talking like this. You usually go to your room right after we get back on the gummi ship." Sora said, as I nodded. Come to think of it, I rarely did talk with Sora alone like this. I'm too busy either talking with Lunar and Kairi or thinking of ways to save Riku. Well, I can talk with them at any time and I know how to save Riku now, so maybe I need to change that.

"Come on, Sora. You'd better get changed." I said, getting out of bed.

"What?"

"I'm gonna help you with your magic spells. They'll come in handy later on if Donald and I can't heal you or back you up." I said, smiling at Sora, as he nodded, looking excited.

"Okay, then I'll help you with some of your physical attacks then. You still need a lot of work."

"Right." So after breakfast, Sora and I went to the training room to practice. I'm happy to see Sora listening to me when it comes to learning magic; he's getting better at it now. He's also patient with me when fighting seeing as I'm kind of slower than him and not as strong. "Still, you're getting there at least." Sora said, as I threw a towel at him, to wipe the sweat off his forehead. "Maybe, when we go back to the Coliseum we can do more training on that, only this time I'll back you up."

"Thanks, Sora. Your thunder and blizzard spells are coming along nicely but you need to work on the Aero and Gravity spell a little more. At least in battle you can use the Aero spell to help with defense." I've learned a little more about Sora and he really is a lot like Ventus than I though. He's outgoing but he's a nice guy with a kind heart. I can see why Ventus was drawn to him. It feels like they have a similar lightness to each other; but that maybe because Ventus is inside Sora's heart right now. I looked at the clock on the wall to see we've been training for four hours and it's nearly lunchtime. "Come on, we'd better get lunch ready." I also realized Sora isn't that bad of a cook, he just needs help with certain things in the kitchen. He made a pretty good sandwich. He told me he watched his mom make them when he was little and it's not bad at all when he made it.

"Are you sure, Donald and Goofy will like these?" Sora asked, as he helped me bring some of his sandwiches to Donald and Goofy.

"Sure, they're really good. Maybe I'll steal some from Donald. I'm still kind of hungry." I said, eyeing the plate in my hands.

"Anna…" But we made it up to the cockpit without missing a sandwich. Donald seemed to like the sandwiches and was shocked to hear Sora made them, while Goofy loved them and somehow wasn't surprised to know Sora made good sandwiches.

"I saw ya make them one night and I kind of took one." Goofy said, as Sora looked shocked.

"I knew I was missing one!" I couldn't help but laugh as Sora tried to take another sandwich but Donald tried to take it. It's nice to have these times, without worrying about the Heartless or Maleficent. I still remember those quiet times I spent with Ven, Terra, and Aqua. I really miss them and maybe one day, we'll all hang out together like this. Suddenly, something hit the gummi ship and we looked to see w huge mass in front of us.

"What is that?" Donald quacked, trying to get a better look at it.

"Wow, it's huge!" Sora awed, and I felt nervous. I don't want to be a whale's lunch; at least, not when I just ate lunch.

"Donald, fly away now!" I yelled, as the guys looked to me, not noticing the whale coming at us.

"Why?"

"That's why!" I yelled, pointing out the window to show them the huge space whale as it nearly hit the gummi ship.

"It's a huge whale!" Goofy yelled, holding his hat as the gummi ship tilted a little as the whale passed by.

"It's Monstro!" Jiminy shouted, looking shocked at the space whale. "He's a whale of a whale, and vicious besides!"

"For him to fly out in space like this, I'm not surprised!" I yelled, gripping onto Sora and my seat as Monstro hit us when passing our ship again.

"Whoa! We gotta get out of here!" Donald yelled, piloting our way away from Monstro but for a whale, he's fast.

"Can't this thing go any faster?" Sora asked, looking over Donald's shoulder.

"It's too late, we're going to be swallowed!" I yelled as the whale chomped us and I passed out as I hit my head on the floor.

"Anna is a scaredy cat! Anna is a scaredy cat!"

"I'm a scaredy cat! At least I'm not a trouble maker!" I remember this, this is when my older cousin, Damon, and I got into a fight when I was six. But this isn't a really happy memory.

"You're just a girl, you can't even play video games right." Damon mocked, as I puffed out my cheeks. "Besides, you can't even go into the basement to face the ghosts."

"My mommy told me there's no such thing as ghosts." I said, glaring at Damon. "Besides, you know we're not allowed in the basement. My mommy said it's probably a rat making all the noise."

"Oh yeah, prove it!" Damon said, as I shook my head.

"I'm not going in there, I don't want to be bitten by a rat."

"Fine then I will." Damon said, and ran to the basement.

"Damon!" I yelled and ran after him.

"Anna? Come on, wake up." I felt someone shake me and I looked up to see Sora. "That's good, it looks like you got a big bump on your head. You probably have a huge headache right now."

"Yeah, I feel it." I said, flinching as I felt the pain spot on my head. Man, that really hurt; I should've had my seatbelt on.

"Knock it off!" We looked to see Donald yelling at someone and Goofy with his shield over his head as a cover.

"Hey, Sora, Anna. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I think so." I said, not wanting to touch my head at the moment.

"What are you guys doing?" Sora asked, looking around. "Where are we, anyway?"

"Look out!" I yelled and Sora and I jumped out of the way of a falling chest. It was small but I really done want to hurt my head again.

"Uh, ya know, I think that big ol' whale Monstro just swallowed us." Goofy said as I looked behind Sora and me to see the teeth of Monstro. "And for today's weather, expect showers." At this, Goofy got bonked on the head with his shield as a chest hit it. "Heavy showers!"

"Hey! Who's there?" Donald yelled at the person above us on a platform, looking through a chest.

"It's me." Pinocchio, the puppet boy, said, popping his head out of the chest.

"Oh, it's just Pinocchio." Donald said, shaking his head before looking up in shock. "Pinocchio!"

"Pinocchio?" Jiminy said, jumping out of Sora's hood. I wonder how he felt whenever Sora fought. "Pinocch, where are you going? Pinocch! Come on, everybody! After him! Quick!"

"Hold up, how do you guys know Pinocchio?" I asked, I don't remember meeting him before now. I folded my arms, as Sora rubbed the back of his head.

"You see, we met him in Traverse Town, but I'm not sure how he got here?" Sora said, looking to Donald and Goofy.

"He couldn't have followed us here, we would've noticed."

"Yeah, I wonder how he got here."

"Who knows." I said, with a shrug. "Well, we'd better check on Pinocchio since we're here. Maybe we can help him." I looked at the water and shook my head. "I'm not swimming in whale saliva."

"Come on, it doesn't smell." Sora said, as I stared at him. Did his nose die when we passed out? I don't want to smell like fish!

"Fine, you can swim in this but I'm gonna fly." I said, summoning my glider and I flew to the other end of Monstro's mouth while the others swam. I looked to see Pinocchio's father, Geppetto, with Pinocchio as they examined a gummi block.

"What have you got there, Pinocchio?" Geppetto asked, looking at it.

"With this, we can get out of here, Father." Pinocchio cheered.

"Really? With this big block? You think so?"

"It's true." Sora said, as he and the others climbed onto the boat Pinocchio and his dad lived on and I landed next to the guys. "So, how did you end up here, Pinocchio?"

"Oh, my. So the whale swallowed all of you, too? My goodness." Geppetto said, coming to us as we nodded.

"Yeah, that whale has a big appetite." I said, folding my arms and moving away from Sora and the others. They smelled like dead fish.

"My name is Geppetto. I'm Pinocchio's father."

"I'm Anna, and these are my friends: Sora, Donald, and Goofy. This is my first time meeting Pinocchio actually." I said as Geppetto nodded.

"When we got separated, I traveled all over, looking for him. Thank goodness we're together again. So, you seem to know Pinocchio quite well. I hope he was a good boy in my absence." Geppetto said, as he put he gummi block away. "Well, we've all had quite a journey. Right, Pinocchio? Pinocchio?" But the puppet boy was gone.

"Don't worry, we'll go look for him." Sora said, as I nodded. I'm not willing to go inside the bowels of the whale but it can't be helped. When we found Pinocchio, he was hiding behind an opening to go deeper into the whale. "What are you doing? Come on, let's go back." Sora said but Pinocchio didn't answer.

"You know, Geppetto's awfully worried about you." Goofy added, and I nodded.

"He's worried sick he'll lose you again, Pinocchio." I said, walking up to him but he didn't look like he wanted to come with me.

"Pinocchio, stop fooling around! This is no time for games!" Sora scolded, Pinocchio. Well, this is a first. Maybe I'm rubbing off on him. He and the others walked off but I stayed with Pinocchio, who stared up at me.

"You'll play with us, right Anna?" Pinocchio asked, looking hopeful. Wait, us?

"Don't worry, I know she will." I looked up to see Riku, who took my hand in his. "But, Sora, I thought you liked games." This caught Sora's attention as he looked to Riku and me. "Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the keyblade?"

"Riku! Wh…what are you going here?" Sora asked, shocked to see Riku standing next to me.

"Just playing with Pinocchio and Anna." Riku said, shrugging. Wait, when was I involved in this?

"You know what I mean! What about Kairi? Did you find her?" Sora asked, looking anxious.

"Maybe." Riku said, simply. "Catch us and maybe I'll tell you what I know."

"Come on!" Sora yelled, but that didn't stop Riku.

"Let's go, Anna."

"What?" But Riku pulled Pinocchio and me deeper into the belly of Monstro. After going through a few chambers, Riku let Pinocchio go on his own.

"Riku, what's going on?" I asked, as he turned to me.

"I found Kairi, but she won't wake up."

"She lost her heart, right? She didn't look right when Sora and I saw her on the islands. She vanished right in front of us, like how people do when they lose their hearts to the Heartless." I said, looking sad. I knew this would happen to Kairi, but it's still sad to hear her body won't wake up.

"Anna, if you want to save Kairi, you have to leave Sora." Riku said, looking serious but hopeful. "With you being the Destiny Keeper, surely you'd know a way to save her."

"I do, want to save her. Kairi's like my best friend but I can't leave Sora's side." I said, as Riku looked annoyed. "Riku, Sora's still your friend and you know it. He cares about you and Kairi. You saw how he acted when he saw you; he wants to know if Kairi is okay too. He would never replace you."

"Then why hasn't he made more of an effort to find her?" Riku asked, holding my shoulders. "Has he asked about Kairi since you guys started traveling?"

"Well, once or twice." I said, as Riku nodded.

"See, Sora never mentioned me or Kairi. He'll forget you too if you go away. Together, we can find Kairi's heart."

"He won't forget." I said, stepping back. I feel bad, not telling Riku where Kairi's heart is but I have to keep her safe. As long as he's working for Maleficent, he's a liability to her safety.

"Fine, I'll show you he won't care. Come on." Riku said, taking my hand as we walked on.

"Why do you still care about that boy?" I stopped and turned to see Maleficent smirking at me before looking to Riku. "He has all but deserted you for the keyblade and his new companions, as well as hurting your friend here, after all."

"I don't care about him. I was just messing with him a little." Riku said, coldly as I stared at him. This isn't the Riku I promised that adventure to. "I also want to show Anna, what kind of a person Sora really is."

"Oh really? Of course you were." Maleficent said, a knowing look on her face. "Beware the darkness in your heart. The Heartless prey upon it and maybe your Destiny Keeper won't be able to save you from it."

"Mind your own business!" Riku yelled at Maleficent as she vanished.

"But she's right about the darkness, Riku." I said, as he turned to me. "The Heartless are attracted to the darkness in people's hearts. Seeing as you're working with the person who's controlling them, I'd think you'd know this."

"They won't get me, I'm sure of that." Riku said, confidently as he helped up onto the platform to the opening of the next chamber.

"Riku, can't you just join Sora and me? You can get Kairi's body and we can look for Kairi's heart together." I said, as Riku shook his head.

"Anna, you're too nice. You can't see how badly Sora's acting." I really wanted to face palm right now. He's not getting a word I'm saying.

"Riku, please, just join me and Sora. We can find a way together then."

"Why do you insist on staying with Sora?" Riku asked, curious. "He's not even bothering to look for Kairi? Why should you even follow him?"

"Because I have to." I said, putting my hands on my hips. "Sora's not only my friend but he's also a keyblade wielder like me. Seeing as he's new to all this, I need to help him train for the battles ahead."

"So you have no choice but to follow Sora." Riku said, thinking for a minute. We then heard footsteps and I turned to see Pinocchio running in with Sora and the others behind him.

"Sora!" I yelled as Pinocchio ran pass me. I made to run to Sora but Riku stopped me.

"Riku! What's the matter with you? What are you think? Don't you realized what you're doing?" Sora asked, as Riku glared at him.

"I was going to ask you the same thing, Sora." Riku said, to Sora's shock. "You only seem interested in running around and showing off that keyblade these days. Do you even want to save Kairi? And what about Anna, aren't you going to help her rescue Kairi?"

"I do, I want to help Anna find and rescue Kairi." Sora said, pleading to Riku but he wasn't convinced. We then heard Pinocchio scream from the next room.

"Oh god, Pinocchio!" We ran into the room to see Pinocchio, trapped inside he Parasite Cage Heartless.

"You up for this?" Riku asked, looking to Sora, who had his keyblade at the ready.

"No problem. I can show you some new spells Anna taught me. Let's go it!"

"Right!" The five of us ran at Heartless. Sora's getting better at using spells, using thunder spells at the Heartless since he didn't want to hurt Pinocchio inside. But the Heartless felt and looked like it was made out of rubber, so the thunder spells didn't do much of an effect. In fact, Riku seemed to be doing a better job of fighting with his sword than us.

"Anna, we need to not use spells this time!" Sora yelled, as I nodded. Sora, knowing I'm not physically strong as he is, fought beside me and together, we finished off Parasite Cage. But the Parasite Cage threw Pinocchio into a hole that formed and before I could stop him, Riku grabbed me and pulled me with him into the hole. We landed to see Pinocchio with his father. Riku instantly knocked Pinocchio out and took him from his father.

"Riku, what're you…?" But I didn't finished as Riku hit me with something and I fell to the ground. I'm conscious at least but I can't move my body. What did Riku do to me? How did he paralyze me? He quickly grabbed me and took us up to the higher levels, away from Geppetto.

"Pinocchio! Pinocchio!" Geppetto yelled as Riku set me down so I was leaning on his leg, while he held Pinocchio under his arm. "Please! Give me back my son!"

"Sorry, old man. I've got some unfinished business with this puppet." Riku said, calmly. How can he do that? He's kidnapping a kid for crying out loud!

"He's no puppet! Pinocchio is my little boy!" Geppetto pleaded. I know form the game that Sora and the others have arrived, maybe Sora can use a cute spell to get me better.

"He is unusual. Not many puppets have hearts." Riku said, and I can feel him looking down at me. "I'm not sure, but maybe, with Anna's help, he can help someone who's lost theirs."

"Wait a minute. Are you talking about Kairi?" I heard Sora asked from below.

"What do you care about her or Anna?" Riku said, coldly as he moved to lift me up and he walked off with me. I didn't know how strong he was, but he was able to carry Pinocchio and me all the way up the throat to the stomach. He placed us on the platform he knelt down to look at me as he held my hand.

"Don't worry, Anna. I'm sure Sora will see sense. Then we can work together." Riku whispered, gripping my hand as he tilted my chin so I had to look at him. "You have so much hope for Sora, maybe it's not a waste if he listens to reason. We can have that adventure together at last." I started crying at his words, this won't end well. What'll Kairi say about Riku's behavior? What's worse, as all this happened, I can feel Riku's darkness grow right in front of me and it terrified me so much as he held me in place. "It's okay, Anna. We'll all be together again, I promise." He said, as he wiped my tears away. If only you knew, Riku.

"Hey, let Anna and Pinocchio go, Riku!" Riku got up at hearing Sora's voice as he, Donald, and Goofy came in.

"A puppet that's lost its heart to the Heartless. Maybe, with Anna's help, it holds the key to helping Kairi." Riku said, holding his hand out to Sora. "How about it, Sora? Let's join forces to save her. Anna won't come with me unless you join. We can do it, together." Riku jumped onto the center platform, to face Sora, who summoned his keyblade and looked ready to fight. "What? You'd rather fight me? Over a puppet that has no heart?"

"Heart or no heart, at least they have a conscience." Sora said, calmly and with a certain air that made me want to smile if I could. Sora's learning to trust his heart and he's growing.

"Conscience?" Riku asked, not getting it.

"You might not hear it, but right now it's loud and clear. And it's telling me you're on the wrong side!" Sora yelled, determined by his choice. "I'm not the one who's holding Anna back. I'm she has a good reason for what she's doing! She's the Destiny Keeper and I don't know what she's been through but at least she knows right from wrong!"

"You're so blind, Sora. Can't you see Anna doesn't need you?" Riku asked, as Sora glared at him. "Only a true hero can be guided by the Destiny Keeper. You may have the keyblade, you're not a real hero deep down."

"You're wrong." I said, weakly as Sora looked to me.

"Anna! Cura!" He yelled, healing me and I regain feeling back in my body again.

"Thanks, Sora." I said, getting up and using the slimy walls for support as I looked to Riku. "Riku, Sora's a good enough hero. Him being able to obtain the keyblade is proof enough. I do want too save Kairi, since she's one of my closest friends now, but I need a safe way to do it without endangering her or anyone else. Sora may be the only one to do that but he needs more time so we can save Kairi. Please, understand me."

"Besides, you can't force Anna to going with you, Riku." Sora said, as Riku glared at him.

"I see, so you leave me no choice. You're not fit enough to safe Kairi!" Riku yelled, but gasped as the Parasite Cage Heartless came back. "I'll save Kairi for Anna on my own." No!

"Riku! Don't go! Riku!" I cried, but he vanished into a corridor of darkness. He won't listen to me. His darkness grew twice as big in the short time we saw each other in the Cave of Wonders now. Also, it looks like Riku has officially cast aside Sora as a friend so there's only two lights for him to follow: Kairi's and mine. This time, fighting Parasite Cage was a little harder but it's way better than fighting Jafar at least. The moment we got Parasite Cage to open it's mouth, Sora and I got ready.

"You ready?"

"Let's finish it!" Sora and I ran at it and we delivered the final blow. We beat the Heartless but at the cost of disrupting Monstro's stomach.

"Run!" Donald yelled, as he and Goofy ran out.

"Riku! Riku, where are you!" Sora yelled, as I took his arm.

"We gotta get out of here!" I yelled and we ran out. We barely managed to get back to the gummi ship before anything happened and the monster space whale sneezed us out. How does that make sense, the problem was in his stomach. Oh well, I'm not complaining since we didn't get ejected with stomach acid.

"I sure hope Pinocchio and Geppetto are okay." Goofy said, as we watched the whale fly by.

"Yeah, hopefully they landed safely somewhere." Donald said, with a sigh of relief we were out of the whale.

"Riku…" Sora said, looking glum. Poor Sora, Riku must've really hurt Sora with his words. I'm really hurt at seeing Riku not listening to me. I wish he'd just man up and listen to me for a change at least. But right now, I have more pressing matters.

"I call the bath first." I said, getting up.

"Huh? Why?"

"I smell like dead fish. It stinks!" I said and made my way to the bath. After a nice soak, I went back to my room to see a very sad looking Kairi.

I never knew how deep Riku's darkness was. She said, as I sat on my chair, facing her. He's so wrapped up in it, he can't even trust Sora anymore.

"I know, I'm worried about him too." I said and something strange happened. I blinked and looked around. I was standing in in Captain Hook's cabin with Riku and Maleficent, looking over Kairi's body. I knew they couldn't see me, I just got this feeling and I stood so close to Riku he would've felt my presence.

"So, Kairi's like a lifeless puppet now?" Riku asked.

"Precisely." Maleficent said, not the least bit concerned.

"And her heart was…"

"Taken by the Heartless, no doubt."

"Tell me, what can I do?" Riku asked, turning to the witch.

"There are seven maidens of the purest heart. We call them the princesses of heart." Maleficent started, and I glared at her. "Gather them together, and a door will open to the heart of all worlds. Within lies untold wisdom. There, you will surely find a way to recover Kairi's heart. But you'll need the Destiny Keeper to guide you to that knowledge."
"But Anna won't leave Sora. She can't see Sora will abandon her in end." Riku said, looking sad.

"It's just like a told you, Anna is blind to the follies of that boy. There for, you must be the one to save her and become stronger so that she'll follow you instead of that boy." Maleficent said, as Riku nodded. "You can either grow stronger or take her for yourself when the time is right. That choice us up to you."

"Anna…." I really want to yell at Riku to not think about it. This witch is obviously lying, how can Riku not see it?

"Now, I'll grant you a marvelous gift." Maleficent said, looking pleased. "The power to control the Heartless."

"No!" I yelled but no one heard me, as a green aura covered Riku and the darkness inside him grew even more. I can see it, the darkness in Riku's heart became beyond what I could imagine. It terrified me to see this grow in the guy I've crushed on for so long. Sure I knew this would happen to him, but to see how deep the darkness was in this one person's heart, it's a scary thing.

"Soon, Kairi. Soon Anna and I will wake you up. We don't need Sora anymore." I blinked and I was back in my room as Kairi looked at me scared.

Are you okay?

"No, what was that just now?" I asked, realizing I was lying on the floor and sat up.

It's probably the bond between you and Riku acting up. I heard Lunar say. Riku wants you by his side and that's why you got to see that moment.

"This isn't good though." I said, feeling a little hopeless. "Riku's darkness is growing and now he's lost one light he can follow out of that darkness. At this rate, I don't think me giving him light through our bond will be enough."

You can't think that, Anna. Kairi said, looking serious. You've been looking for ways to save Riku, you can't give up now.

"Kairi…"

You can do it, Anna. You've got the light of all the princesses combined. That light should be strong enough to guide Riku back. Kairi said, and I nodded.

"Yeah, thanks Kairi. I need that." I said, with a small smile. Kairi nodded, giving a bright smile. It's a good thing to have a friend like Kairi. Still, I wish I can see Riku and tell him everything but his darkness scared me. I want to see him with at least less darkness. 'Please Riku, I really hope my light reaches you when the time comes. Maybe then you'll see Sora's light again.'

Anna: We still haven't figured out why I'm scared of the dark yet.

Blair: Yeah, and what's with the flashback?

Crystal: You'll have to wait next time to find out.

Anna: Can't we know now?

Blair: Come on, this Crystal we're talking about. And she's sick, leave her alone about that.

Anna: Well, the next chapter, I'll be a mermaid so that'll be interesting I guess.

Crystal: Well, hope you enjoyed it. Join us next time in Chapter 10: Atlantica. See you soon!