My Pov

I walked out of Merlin's House and went back to the Third District. Then, these two Solider Heartless appeared in front of me. They lunged at me and one of them knocked me down. They jumped, ready to kill me, but someone destroyed them.

"There you are Hikari." said the person. I felt tears welling up in my eyes. I looked to see it was him. Riku. But, how could I be sure?

"Vee!" Eve exclaimed as she ran and nuzzled Riku's Eevee and licked his cheek.

"R-R-Riku? Is that really you? Not just some dream or illusion?" I asked, fearing it was another illusion. He laughed at me. He held out his hand and helped me up.

"I hope not. It took me forever to find you." he said. I jumped on him and wrapped my arms around his waist. "Whoa! Hikari are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah. It's just... I've been seeing illusions of you everywhere and now you're actually here." I said, choking back tears. Riku tilted my chin up.

"I never stopped looking for you..." he said. He kissed me and I felt so much weight being lifted off me. I had almost forgotten what it felt like to be kissed.

"Hikari!" Sora called. We broke apart just as Sora, Donald and Goofy showed up. "There you a- Riku!" He ran to Riku and kinda pulled on his face to make sure it was actually him. Sora's Eevee popped out of his Fast Ball and ran over to Riku's Eevee.

"Hey, hey. Cut it out." Riku said, swatting Sora's hands away.

"I'm not dreaming this, right?" Sora asked.

"No. Riku's really here." I confirmed.

"Riku!" Sora said with joy. I was so happy that we found him. The happiness only lasted for a second when I realized Kairi wasn't with him.

"Wait, where's Kairi?" I asked Riku.

"Isn't she with you guys?" Riku asked. No. Kairi was out there all by herself? What was she suppose to do if she ran into any Heartless? Sure she had Pokémon like we did, but she was more into Contests than Battles. She never really trained them. "Well, don't worry. I'm sure she made it off the island, too. We're finally free. Hey, she might even be looking for us now." I felt something. I turned and saw a Heartless. It was creeping toward Riku. "We'll all be together again soon. Don't worry. Just leave everything to me. I know this-"Me and Sora cut him off by killing the Heartless just as it jumped for him.

"Leave it to who?" Sora asked with a smug tone.

"Sora, Hikari, what did you-" Riku tried to say.

"We've been looking for you and Kairi, too, with their help." I explained.

"Who are they?" Riku asked.

"Ahem. My name is-" Donald began.

"We've visited so many place and worlds, looking for you." Sora said.

"Really? Well, what do you know? I never would have guessed." Riku said. That's when I sensed something in Riku's voice. It was a hint of anger. What was Riku angry about?

"Oh, and guess what? Sora and Hikari are Keyblade masters." Goofy said.

"Who would've thought it?" Donald said.

"What's that suppose to mean!" I asked.

"So, this is called a Keyblade?" Riku asked, holding Kingdom Key. How did he-?

"Hey, give it back." Sora demanded. Sora went to grab it, but Riku jumped back, causing Sora to fall on his face. Riku held it above his head and examined it.

"Catch!" Riku said. He tossed it back to Sora.

"You're coming with us, aren't you?" I asked.

"We've got this awesome rocket. Wait 'til you see it!" Sora said excitedly. I now saw not only anger, but jealousy in Riku's eyes. What was the matter?

"Forget it!" Donald said.

"Oh, come on! He's my friend!" Sora insisted.

"I don't care!" Donald said. Well, I do!

"Then, unless Riku's coming with us, I'm not taking another step further!" I stated.

"He's gone." Goofy said. I turned around and saw Riku had disappeared. Not again!

"Riku? Riku, where are you?! RIKU!" I cried out. I fell to the ground in tears. Why did he leave? Eve came up to me and licked my cheek, trying to cheer me up. She always did that.

"Nice going." Sora said to Donald before walking over and helping me calm down. "At least he's okay, Hikari. And who knows? Maybe we'll run into Kairi soon, too." I wiped away my tears and smiled. Sora always knew how to cheer me up. We went into the house Leon, Yuffie, Aerith and Cid lived in. They told us how a witch named Maleficent had used the Heartless to overrun and destroy their world. Maleficent... That name filled me with so much rage for some reason. Where had I heard it before? I also felt sad thinking about it. Sora held my hand to make me feel better and I smiled again.

Riku's Pov

I watched as my so call 'best friend' held Hikari's hand. Maleficent was right. Sora was trying to steal Hikari from me.

Maleficent: "You see? It's just as I told you. While you toiled away trying to find your dear friend and the girl you treasure, they quite simply replaced you with some new companions. Evidently, now they value them more than they do you. You're better off without that wretched boy and troublesome girl." That made me snap.

"I'll have you know, that 'troublesome girl' is called Hikari. She's not like Sora. She won't ever replace me." I snapped at her.

"If you have that much faith in her. Come with me now. I'll help you find what you're searching for..." Maleficent said. I took one last look at Sora and Hikari.

'You just wait Sora. I'll get you for this.' I said to myself.