FORGIVE ME, MY MENTAL CAPACITY

Hey guys. So far, it is ONE vote for Naruto, TWO votes for Trigun, THREE votes for Yu-Gi-Oh, and FOUR votes for Inuyasha. There has also been a NEGATIVE ONE vote for Hellsing.

I now want to take the time to apologize for the many, many grammatical errors in my story. Last time, for example, this happened.

"I just don't know what to do." Aerith sighed, sweat covered. Everyone was counting on her, especially Tifa. How could she saw her sight?

I meant to say "How could she save her sight?" But because of my mental capacity, I messed up. I've done it more than once, and it will happen again. Sorry!

This is the last quiz in season two. Then I will write another interlude, and then begin season three.

Today, my sister leaves to go home to Washington, D.C. I will miss her a lot, since I never get to see her. But, on a happy note, the honey-mooners (my brother and new sister) come back tomorrow. YAY!

That means that their dumb dog leaves. My family has been taking care of their mutt, and it is a MORON! It's named Whiskey (A lovely Irish name) but I call it Dumb Dog. I can't wait till it's gone!

This is the last chance to vote. Once the interlude chapter is put up, I will no longer be accepting votes. But I won't put the interlude up until Tuesday morning before school. So you still have time to vote! Inuyasha is winning.

Now, the story shall begin!

"Leon! Leon!" Aerith cried running with estatic steps as tears streamed from her joy -filled eyes. "Leon!" She repeated.

The brown haired man appeared at the end of the hall, surprised and concerned for the gentle healer running for him.

"I have it! The medicine! Tifa's medicine!" Leon's eyes went wide as he rushed at the girl.

"Where'd you get this? How?" He began. Then he shook his head of needless questions. "It doesn't matter we have to get this to Tifa as soon as possible." Aerith nodded, grinning. As they ran towards Tifa's hospital room, Aerith spoke again, much quieter.

"You won't believe who gave it to me. He just appeared, out of nowhere, and didn't even show his face, but I know it was him." Leon looked to his friend curiously. Aerith's eyes had a dreamy look.

"It was him." She murmured quietly. "Vincent."

Sora came tumbling through the door just as two heartless knights came swooping down on him and the unconscious Saix. Demyx was already inside, setting Marluxia down gently. He was examining the new realm they'd just come into.

"Did you here that?" Sora implored, setting Saix down and falling to his feet.

"If you mean that riddle and the girl's voice, yup." Demyx answered, nodding. "I think it's the riddle that leads us to the second treasure." He concluded. Sora nodded in agreement as he wiped the sweat off his brow.

"Man, I'm beat." Demyx groaned, falling on his bum. Sora chuckled, shaking his head. After that, Sora looked around.

The four of them were in an enormous white space, an empty existence that went on past the horizon. All that could be seen other than white was a silvery clear stream nearby that curved around them and went on towards the horizon.

"The Null Stream." Demyx whispered. "And the Void Space. This is the Purgatory of Endless Twilight." Demyx concurred in awe, almost frightened.

"The wha wha?" Sora asked stupidly. Demyx chuckled.

"That tiny river over there is the Null Stream. It's the only flowing water in this place, and it has 'magical' properties. This whole area is called the Void Space, because it is void of space; it never ends. As for the Purgatory of Endless Twilight… it's were the souls of nobodies end up when they 'die'."

Sora gulped. "So this is where you were… after I killed you?" The last part was barely audible. Demyx nodded sadly.

"Yeah. This purely empty space." The boy's eyes lit up a little. "But then, what seemed like eons after my death, a felt a warm feeling flood my body, tingling and uplifting. I felt like I was floating upwards in a sea of water, slowly yet surely, and then I hit the surface and took in that wonderful first breath of fresh air." Demyx closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath.

'This is a beautiful place…' He thought. 'When you aren't trapped here.'

Sora yawned, leaning back.

"I need a nap." Demyx shook his head, chuckling.

"Go ahead." He spoke. "You have all the time in the world."

Welcome to my little home,

It rests between the dead and dawn.

Only seen by the alone,

It rests between the here and gone.

And if you come to this little heaven,

You will find a secret place.

With all of us, we seven,

You will find the last of our race.

Welcome to my little home,

It rests between the dead and dawn.

Where the lonely cease to roam,

That road of Twilight zone.

Sora slowly woke up groaning. That voice had been in his dream. He wondered what it meant, and how it was supposed to lead them to the treasure.

Sora stood, stretching. Demyx noticed he was awake.

"I think we knocked Saix and Marluxia out too hard." Demyx commented, chuckling nervously. Sora looked down. The two were still asleep.

"Just great. When we need the smart people…"

"We get the dumb people." Demyx finished. They both sighed, but Sora hit Demyx lightly on the back with his foot, insinuating "I'm not that dumb". Demyx smiled.

Sora looked out to the horizon.

"Who do you think brought us here?" Demyx asked. Sora shrugged.

"Dream Catcher maybe?" He suggested. His eyes fell dark. "I wonder what she needs our help for." Demyx sighed.

"This whole game predicament confuses me." Demyx stated. Sora laughed.

"Me too." The two fell silent for a moment.

"Hey", Sora broke the silence. "I have an idea." Demyx looked up to the boy as Sora ran past him and towards the Null Stream.

"You said this has magical powers or something, right?" Sora called back.

"Yeah!" Demyx answered. Sora grinned.

"Think it'll wake up the sleeping beauties?" Sora called. Demyx lit up.

"Maybe!"

Sora slapped his forehead. He couldn't believe it. Saix was awake, fine and dandy, but it seemed the magical properties of the water had no effect against the pink haired Marluxia.

"What do we do now?" Demyx asked. Saix didn't say anything since he was still moping over his temper tantrum and Sora knocking him out. Sora looked Marluxia over. Then he looked to Demyx.

In Demyx's hair he saw a little leaf, a remnant of Marluxia's flower spell. Demyx saw Sora staring at his hair and reached up, feeling his hair before pulling the leaf out.

"Oh, yeah." He laughed. "That's the last of my flower power hairdo." He joked, flicking it aside. Sora grinned.

"Yeah the one you got from insinuating that Marluxia was, well, no straight." Sora remembered. "Which gives me an idea." Demyx watched as Sora's grin became an evil grin.

Demyx didn't like Sora's evil grin.

"Why am I the scapegoat?" Demyx cried.

"Because I'll kick your ass if you don't." Saix piped up, back to his old self.

"Come on! Do it for the team!" Sora cried, almost cracking up as he held tight to Demyx's shoulder to keep him from running.

"I can't do THAT for the team!" He whimpered.

"Do it for Tifa!" Saix demanded. Demyx shook his head.

"I CAN'T EVEN DO IT FOR TIFA!" He shouted. Saix kept his hold on Demyx's shoulder.

"Then do it for Yuffie. As practice?" Saix joked. Demyx glared at him. Sighing contently, Saix continued. "Alright, not as practice. But imagine what Yuffie would think if she learned you did this to get through the game and back to her best friend, Tifa." Saix set the bait.

And Demyx bit.

"Alright." He sighed, no longer struggling. "I'll do it." Sora smiled.

"Then let's get it over with." Demyx nodded dejectedly.

With that, Saix and Sora backed up. Demyx moved towards Marluxia, who was still sleeping. Slowly, Demyx bent down, and….

Gave Marluxia a nice old peck on the lips.

Marluxia's eyes snapped open immediately, filled with fire and anger. Vengeful thoughts filled his mind, and with an evil look, he enacted his revenge. Since Demyx was still on his lips, all Marluxia did was move his tongue and lick.

"EWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Demyx shouted, jumping up and running. "EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" He continued as he rushed past Saix and Sora and towards the Null Stream, drenching himself in the river as he leapt towards it and shoved his face in the water, still screaming.

Sora and Saix had no clue as to what Marluxia had done, but they could tell he'd gotten his revenge from the evil look on his face when he sat up on his elbows.

"Good Morning." Marluxia chimed. It was amazing that Sora and Saix could hear him over the screams in the background.

"EEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"

"That road of Twilight zone." Sora finished, reciting the poem for both Saix and Marluxia for the second time. Saix was in deep thought, and so was the flower power boy.

"It must mean this place, the Purgatory." Saix concluded.

"No dip, Sherlock." Demyx joked sarcastically, wiping his lips on his sleeve. His hair was soaked.

The four were walking towards the horizon along the banks of the Null Stream, trying desperately to figure out the riddle.

"'Rests between the dead and dawn' definitely refers to here." Marluxia stated.

"What about the 'Secret place'?" Sora asked.

"'Where the lonely cease to roam'; it talked about 'ceasing to roam' quite a bit, but truly this isn't a place that people would want to settle down at. I would guess it refers to a secret place in the Purgatory where the 'lonely cease to roam'."

"I bet the 'road of twilight' means that it's a haven for nobodies, not just the lonely in general." Marluxia added.

"The part that confuses me is the 'last of our race' part." Demyx complained. Sora agreed.

"It makes no sense. It is not the last of the nobodies, because it said 'seven' and there are fourteen human nobodies, not to mention how many others there are. It is not heartless or humans, either." Saix said.

"So we know that somewhere in the Purgatory is a secret place that houses nobodies. And from the sound of the 'little home' part, I guess the person who wrote the poem was the owner of the secret place."

"But we don't know about the race thing." Demyx said.

"And we don't know how to find it." Marluxia groaned.

"Actually…" Saix said.

Everyone stopped walking to turn and look to him. He cleared his throat.

"Well, I think I know where it is. You see, I have more memories of my past now, and my home world. I remember that my people knew many legends, and one was about the Purgatory. It said there was a rift in the fabric of the Void Space at the end of the Null Stream." Sora groaned.

"So we walk to the end of the horizon to the delta of this river and maybe the secret place will be there?" Marluxia pointed out. Saix shook his head.

"No; I know it is there." The others looked at him oddly. "Somehow." He told himself.

"Alright, then." Sora nodded. "If he thinks it's worth a shot, so do I." Demyx gave a thumbs up.

"Me too!" He proclaimed. Marluxia shrugged a content look on his face. Saix smiled.

"Alright, then; let's begin."

Yuffie was hopping from hall to hall in the hospital, happier than she had been the past few hours. From the sounds of it, Tifa's sight could be saved; no one knew how longer she'd be in bed, but at least she would get better again. Skipping to the food court, Yuffie stopped at the soda bar and stood at the counter, hitting her palms against the counter in a beat.

"What's got you so happy?" The man behind the counter asked with a grin.

"Tifa's gonna be ok!" Yuffie cheered, slamming her hands against the counter. Not terribly loudly, but loud enough to echo. The vendor man smile.

"Congratulations." He continued cleaning the counter with a smile. Yuffie looked the list of food over with a grin.

"Two super sundaes", she ordered. "Cherries on top!"

With a never ending smile, Yuffie ran up to Tifa's room with the sundaes, one in either hand. A spoon was in her hand, since she couldn't stop the temptation to have a bite before she left. Turning left, Yuffie ran halfway down the hallway and into Tifa's room.

Leon side stepped her as he walked out, headed back to Merlin's house where everyone else was waiting for news of Tifa's recovery. The girl no longer wore bandages over her eyes, but they were paler than usual, and she couldn't see very well. When her eyes did heal, Aerith suggested she get contacts or glasses.

With a smile and a jolt in his step, Leon took off out of the hospital.

Sora looked ahead, eyes trying to pierce the nothingness.

"Do you guys see that?" Demyx asked, seeing what Sora was seeing.

"What?" Marluxia asked.

"That… black thing… that's flying… right towards us!" Demyx cried, shocked. Before anyone could do anything, the black blob swooped over the four, and they were gone.