YouxRiku PART1

Falling through thick darkness, my very being is diminishing within moments. The darkness clung to me as if it was stripping the light away from my heart. Everyone is balanced with just enough light and darkness. Once this is out of balance, the unfortunate individual will be consumed by their own evil. Those who have too much light can wield a key-blade. They are pure and kind at heart and want to help others; however, there are few who have obtained such substantial powers to wield the key-blade. My thoughts flow through my mind like running water trying to escape its current path, but it is forced with direction. A voice called out to me, each time a little louder.
    
My heavy tired-some eyes opened. At first things were blurry but came into vision once I sat up. A hooded figure who wore a black cloak stood before me. My head felt as if it was spinning, was I actually falling? The cool, chippy air kissed my skin erotically that sent a shiver down my spine. He got on one knee and stooped close.

"Are you alright," a boy tender to my age politely inquired.

"Alright?" What did he mean? Was I in some sort of trouble?

"You must have been out cold then. The heartless were clustered over your body. Heartless are drawn to power, and light." He fell silent and removed his black blindfold, and revealed his stunning aqua-green eyes. They glistened with an air of mystery to them, as they studied me. Falling out of his hood, his silver hair fell onto his shoulders gracefully. The wind slightly picked up and made his hair sway and dance. I took a moment and gased at him intently. The key-blade he held was dark, it suddenly vanished into thin air.

"Who are you," he asked with a serious tone in his voice.

"Wha-"

"Who are you? Answer me, the only other person with this immense amount of light is Sora. Are you a nobody?" I pinched my cheek to check if I was dreaming. I came to the utter conclusion that this event was very real. He smirked.

"You're too funny. You even remind me of him too."

"Of who," I asked in confusion.

"Sora, can you wield a key-blade?"

"A key-blade?"

"Yes, light and purity can summon a powerful key-blade." He took my hand and turned it with my palm facing up. There was a moment of silence, nothing happened. Was something supposed to happen when I held out my hand?

"Here let me show you," the boy held out his hand to reveal the key-blade again, "now you try." He sent his key-blade away once again. I held out my hand the same as last time. The boy's eyes widened, and he leapt over me quickly. His weapon was summoned to his aid; accordingly, I turned around gasping at the scene of heartless in mass hordes. There was a variety of heartless, all sorts of shapes and sizes that overwhelmed me. Without second thought, the silver haired boy sprinted out and started to protect me from the greedy heartless. Unfortunately, the swarm seemed as though there was no end. Some had even managed to get past and lunge for me. I clamped my eyes tightly;thus, I awaited for tragic suffering. Light within me glowed around me putting up some sort of barrier to keep them away, even killing some. The boy turned his head to check on me. One of the few heartless managed to creep up behind him. The next thing I knew was that I had sprinted out in front of him, and I had obliterated the last of the heartless. A powerful, blinding, warm beam of light coming out of my hands. I panted from the adrenaline.

"How strange you can't wield a key-blade, but you can defended yourself with the light within you. Tell me what is your name?"

"_____," I softly answered, "What is your name?"

"Riku," he looked away. He had saved me not once but twice, I felt like I should say or do something to repay him for his kindness. I noticed that I was wearing a hand-made ankle bracelet. I had made it with small, shiny, sea-blue beads and a single yellow star charm that dangled from it. I removed it and held it in the palm of my hand for a moment.

"Here Riku, I would like you to have this," I took his hand, and I placed the bracelet in his palm carefully. He gave me a bizarre expression. Did he not like it?

"What am I supposed to do with this?"

"It's a token of my gratitude. That's all," I pitifully spoke. He didn't like it. He studied my hurt face, he put it on.

"Fine I'll wear it. There you happy," he snapped, as a blush crept across his face.

"Thank you," I gratefully said. He put his blindfold back on and walked away.

"See ya," he waved without turning around.

"What!? You're leaving me here by myself!? You're going to leave me, a girl, all alone and unprotected!?" He disappeared in a vortex. His voice whispered in my ears.

"We'll meet again." I blushed from his comforting voice. The heartless had returned.

"Watch out," a blonde boy flew out in front of me and took care of the heartless, a different key-blade from Riku's, with one stroke. He turned to me and grinned.

"Hey are you okay?" This boy may not have been as beautiful as Riku, but he sure was cute.

"I am now," I sighed in relief.

"Did Riku know they were coming," I wondered.

"Hey Roxas who's this? Your girlfriend," a man with red spiky hair teased.

"She's not my girlfriend," Roxas madly blushed.

"She seems to be drawing a lot of heartless," Roxas' friend calmly concluded, as he watched the heartless returned for more. The light within me made me glow anew. The heartless vanished within my range of my powerful blast. Roxas gave me a flabbergasted look.

"Wow you're really strong! What's your name," he questioned with charisma.

"_____, what's your name," I asked shyly.

"My name is Roxas and he's Axel. Are you lost?" I gazed around at the strange foreign town, nothing was familiar to me. I nodded in response to Roxas' question.

"Enough of the introductions Roxas, we have to go Saix has another lame meeting."

"We can't just leave her here," Roxas pouted in my defense.

"Fine but if you get in trouble, it's your own fault," Axel warned as he leapt through a corridor of darkness which lead to somewhere indoors. Roxas kindly took my hand and led me through the vortex. Everything was still strange and new to me, I needed time to react and chill out. It was nice that Roxas was so kind to me.

"This is Organization XIII's second base _____-chan," he explained, as he was tailing Axel who was halfway down the hallway trying to make it to the meeting in time.

"Where's the first base?"

"In the World That Never Was," Roxas answered quickly.

"I'm gonna get yelled at again. Saix hates it when me and Axel are late for his meetings. Before I go, I want you to hide in my room in the meantime alright?" His hand clamped onto mine tightly as he escorted me to my destination. There was a figure standing at the end of the hallway. He had a darker complexion, yellow cat-like eyes, and silver hair.
Roxas tried to hide me behind him. This obviously didn't work because he was too quirky to obscure me in time. The man turned to Roxas and spotted me behind him.

"What have we here Roxas? You know Saix doesn't allow pets," he wittily said.

"She's not a pet Xemnas," Roxas shot back.

"I can take care of her while you're at the meeting, besides Saix will be agitated if you're late to his meeting again." Roxas turned to look at me with a desperate uncertainty. Xemnas took my hand from Roxas' and playfully pushed Roxas in the right direction.

"I'll come back for you _____-chan," he called out to me while booking it to the meeting.

"Come along my dear you must be starved. I can make you whatever you'd like."
There was something about this Xemnas figure that made me feel uneasy.

"Where am I? The city I mean."

"Currently Twilight Town. Now what would you like?" I have never heard of Twilight Town in your life, so I figured I have either leapt through time or traveled to another world somehow. Everything was so confusing at the moment. More importantly how was I supposed to return home, home? I tried to remember my family, my friends, and my home. Nothing came to my mind, this made me extremely worried. As of now, Xemnas had led me to a large white bedroom. He then excused himself to fix me something to eat. This room felt eerie and lonely in a way. The walls were painted white, the fluffy white carpeting, even the bed itself including the bed frame was white. This room felt sad in a way; there was no distinctive personality to it. The air felt cool and icy even when the early sunlight poured into the room to help. Drawned to the balcony, I gazed upon the breathtaking scenery. The neutral room that led to something this beautiful was remarkable. Almost as if the person who made the room knew this, and they didn't want to take away such beauty from a distracting room. The sun's rays danced upon my skin playfully.

"Is everything alright my dear," Xemnas made his way to the balcony with a tray of food and drinks for me. It was remarkable how quickly he had executed my wishes and promptly too. Even so, something was screaming at me in my mind to stay away. In response I stepped back once he got close to me.

"Thank you," I daintily took a small, crispy biscuit and devoured it by cramming it into my mouth whole. I hadn't realized how famished I was until I smelled the heavenly food. The biscuit crumbled, and the crumbs scattered once they hit contact with my mouth. Since it was difficult to chew, half the biscuit remained in my cheek like a chipmunk. I was so concentrated on eating the first biscuit that I hadn't noticed that Xemnas was watching me eat at first, until he snickered. He wiped my face with a napkin to get the crumbs away. His cat-like eyes were fixated on me.

"You're beautiful tell me what is your name," he suddenly asked while I washed down the biscuit with some water. Was it just me or did he change his outfit? He was in a black cloak like Roxas, but now he wearing a white button up shirt and black pants.
I felt redundant, since I kept repeating my name for new faces I took in a deep sigh.

"_____, and you are Xemnas?"

"That is correct, my your name matches your beauty." The situation made me uneasy.

"No not really," I muttered while stuffing more food into my mouth.

"Don't be modest _____-chan."
I poured yourself a cup of tea, and I dumped several scoops of sugar in (or u pour yourself your favorite drink) prior to taking a sip. He continued to watch me.
He then handed me a white night gown.

"I'm sorry I couldn't find more suitable wear for you, but this will do," he clarified, "anyways it's best if you do not leave this room, that way the heartless cannot get you. You wouldn't want to trouble Roxas and Axel all the time would you? They have their own missions to attend to. You'll be safe here I guarantee this."

"When can I see Roxas," I immediately asked afterwards. His face buckled to my anticipation to see Roxas again. Was he jealous?

"He can come anytime you like; however, once again he has missions and responsibilities he has to fulfill before doing so." My face lit up with a bright gleeful smile. Xemnas blushed at the sudden smile and turned away to calm down.
I sheepishly took the nightgown and put it on later. The room had nothing but a bed in it. Day in and Day out I waited for Roxas to come. Did he forget about me?

~Meanwhile~

Roxas spotted Xemnas in the hallway.

"Whatever happened to _____-chan," Roxas asked with a worried tone in his voice.

"She found me so repulsive that she ran away... NO wait a moment if my memory serves me correctly there was a silver haired boy who had her in his clutch and he fled out the window. I made an attempt to rescue her, but by the time I got close he used a corridor of darkness and got away." Xemnas obscured his face with his arm as if he felt shameful. Roxas' face turned to a blank and Axel's expression was flabbergasted.

"Can you tell me more!? What was he wearing? How tall was he? Is he strong," Roxas interrogated with angst. Xemnas walked away.

"Like I said he had silver hair, and he was wearing a cloak similar to ours." Roxas dashed past Xemnas and into a vortex with Axel.

"He's lying through his teeth Roxas," Axel conjectured.

"How do you know?"

"Xemnas can use corridors of darkness too Roxas. Either he let her run away or he's hiding her. Let's go searching first before we ransack the base."

"Alright," he sighed in relief.

~White Room~

Xemnas entered with a disheartened expression on his face. I rushed to him.

"Roxas cannot come today either. I'm sorry _____-chan."

"But I miss him," I murmured. He embraces me with a hug.

"I know you do. I think that's so inconsiderate of him to do this to you." I was lonely in the room all day by yourself.

"I'll return with your dinner, but first I have to go to Saix's meeting for his reports."
He exited the room. Once again I was alone. I never wanted this to happen. I peered up to see a gorgeous sunset. Eager to see something other than the white walls I elegantly wandered to the balcony. If this wasn't the 2nd story I would have jumped out the window and enjoyed the sunset elsewhere. However, the heartless would attack me, Xemnas' room seemed to be the better of the two evils.

"Why are you all alone," a familiar voice called to me. I searched for the voice frantically. Was I imagining it?

"Up here silly," Riku smugly grinned at me. I thought I would never see him again.

"Riku," I happily exclaimed. He sailed down from the roof top to the balcony.

"Why are you in the organization?"