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It didn't escape the lavendernette's notice the pained and hesitant look in Riku's eyes before he looked to Namine for help. Lakayna understood. He didn't want to relive much of his past, but Lakayna had already caught glimpses of things he'd done, thanks to the memories of his friends and/or their Nobodies.

Lakayna didn't want to force it, but it was important they learn what had happened. "I want to see for myself what happened to you," the dragoness finally answered, "because it may provide answers to questions that have come up." Lakayna didn't know how to explain it any further.

Aros looked expectantly at the corridor he’d created for Ruxik to step out. However, his attention was pulled from it when the familiar sound of another Corridor of Darkness opening reached his ears. He turned his head to look up at the small island with the Paopu Tree to see a familiar blonde, spiky-haired boy emerge from it. A growl emitted from deep within his throat, but it was quiet enough not to be heard. Roxas. Ironically, this was his Nobody, even though he wasn’t really supposed to have one since he didn’t even have a heart. Nonetheless, he was connected to him and yet another person that stood in his way between him and getting his own heart. He had half a mind to go up to him and destroy him on the spot, while he was “emotionally” weak -- which was a joke within itself because he was a Nobody and had no heart to feel with -- but someone else appeared and that made him stop short.

Ruxik appeared at that time as well, but Aros pretty much ignored his question as he paid attention to the newcomer and Roxas. He couldn’t hear exactly what this new person was saying, but from the tone he could tell it was a woman, and she had put some sort of trance on Roxas. He watched, intrigued. He thought he remembered seeing her once or twice before with Rikia, but he’d never caught her name. That meant she was on his side, which made him smirk. However, the smug grin went away as Roxas’s eyes locked with his own, and his expression hardened into a threatening sneer. The exchange had obviously caught the woman’s attention, as she turned to face him and Ruxik, then said loud enough for him to hear that he was the person she’d been wanting to see. Quickly, he pulled his hood over his head, hopefully to hide his identity from Roxas so he wouldn’t go squealing to Sora and the others. He turned briefly to Ruxik.
”Pull up your hood and follow me,” he told him flatly, starting to walk forward. ”Don’t say a word and let me handle everything.” With that, he turned away and looked up at the detached island at the woman.
”Why is it that I’m so popular today?” he asked her, chuckling. Of course, he didn’t expect an answer. ”I believe I’ve seen you before… But before we go into any details, why don’t we go to a location that is a bit more… private?” He turned his head to make it clear he was glaring at Roxas. He didn’t need the light-bearer -- no matter how hypnotized -- listening in on his conversations and plans.

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"Hey kairi" blink said as she ran over and asked what was in the bags.
Before he could answer things hurried along and he found himself with everyone else.
"To be honest ive been asking myself the same thing for the past couple of months" blink said trying to actually be helpful when riku asked his question.

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSoraxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxFinally back!!! I can rest up, hang with my friends and...

Sora noticed how hard Riku’s stare was at Lakayna, and he knew that getting him to share his past was going to be no easy task. So that didn’t surprise him. However, what did surprise him was the harsh glare Riku gave him after he stepped forward and spoke. He shouted at him and stood quickly, closing the distance between them fairly quickly. Shocked and actually a little intimidated, the brunette took a few steps back, raising his arms slightly and opening his right hand, just in case. Riku kept firing questions at him, and suddenly he recognized the accusing tone. At this, Sora’s brow furrowed slightly and he balled his hands into fists and held his ground.
”What are you talking about!?” he demanded, and apparently something clicked in Riku’s head and he stopped coming at him. He was breathing heavy and his eyes trailed away from him for a moment, so the Keyblade Master relaxed, not realizing how tense he’d been.

After a moment, Riku looked back at Sora, asking if he was light again. Wait… again?
”You’re not making any sense--! Hey!” he started, but then shouted when the silvernette prodded his chest. However, Riku looked confused now, not angry, so at least he didn’t need to worry about his best friend trying to take a swing at him… right now, anyway. Plus, he looked pretty exhausted, which showed when he went back to go sit down on the couch. He wanted to know what was going on.
”I was about to ask you the same thing,” he told him, relaxing completely now and going back to his original spot in the room, having backed up a couple feet in that short exchange. He folded his arms over his chest. ”You gotta tell us. All we know was that we found you unconscious.” Lakayna explained something similar, saying that they would be able to answer his questions if he let them look at his memories. Blink added his own two cents, making Sora stifle a chuckle and he glanced at the boy, smirking. He looked back at Lakayna and Riku as the dragoness said she’d seen worse pasts. ”Yeah, like Hika-- oh…” He’d started to say Hikari, thinking about her dark past, then decided against it since Riku seemed pretty heated already. So he’d just have to take Lakayna’s word for it and let her look at his memories so they could finally figure out what was going on.

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Lakayna remained calm even when Riku replied to her in a growl. He didn't scare her when he was mad, and she sort of understood why he was mad. Without a word, she watched with her own eyes the meories of Riku's past unfold before her as her eyes glassed over and became milky. As she watched, she could see clearly that Riku had a troubled past, mostly from a couple or so years ago when he'd turned on his friends and almost fallen to darkness. He'd made up for it though, watching over Sora as he'd slept for that long year and helping Sora to regain lost memories. It wasn't nearly as shocking as his sister's past had been, not nearly as horrifying.

Lakayna watched the memories of Riku's that had in a way become her own because she witnessed them. She witnessed his most recent memories; of Sora, supposedly, talking to him about Namine. Roxas had been there too, before Sora and Riku had dissappeared from view and fought one another. "This...can't be right," she mumbled to herself absently. She wasn't doubting Riku's memories, but something else.

The memory abruptly ended with Riku blacking out, but not completely before something was ripped away from his body. The images ended, and the dragoness's eyes returned to normal as she dropped her hand back to her side. "That couldn't have been him. Sora was with me and Quest during the time this happened to you," Lakayna said to Riku.

Her eyes looked to the others, knowing they'd have questions. lakayna was prepared to answer them if Riku couldn't, or didn't want to.

Naminé waited with baited breath for Riku to answer her. She felt like there was a weight on her chest, holding her down. Seeing Riku like this... knowing something had happened to him and she hadn't been there to help... if anything had damaged him greatly, if anything hurt him badly and she wasn't there to help him, she couldn't live with herself. She may not have her own heart, but Riku had captivated her. He was the one she belonged with. At least that was how she 'felt.'

The wave of darkness hit before Riku had replied, strong enough to make her gasp. For two reasons. One, was because it was strong. Really, really strong. The second reason being because... it felt like Riku. Well, not Riku, but his darkness. Naminé's eyes flickered back to her boyfriend and she gave him her full attention when he put a hand on her arm. He asked if she was okay, and she gave him a gentle smile. She was about to reply, but before she could answer she heard Kairi's voice in her mind, giving her a warning before the group filed into her house. Lakayna came up, asking to take a look at Riku's memories. Naminé kept her eyes on her boyfriend, knowing how he felt about his past. She watched as his eyes turned to her and the look in her crystaline ones told him it was going to be alright. Naminé was one of the few who knew Riku's entire past.

Lakayna attempted to reason with him, as did Sora. And that was when something strange happened. The Keyblade Master asked Riku if he remembered what had happened, and Riku suddenly leapt up, shouting at his best friend. Shocked, Naminé sat in a stunned silence, eyes on the best friends as Riku poked the brunette in the chest, snarling at him and saying that he knew exactly what had happend as he'd been there. Wait... Sora hadn't been there. Had he? Riku suddenly paused as if realizing something and when he spoke again, his tone was more confused then angry. The silvernette returned to the couch and sat beside her once again, placing his elbows on his knees and staring down at his hands, asking if someone could tell him what was going on.

Naminé's gaze was one of concern again as she gazed at Riku. Sora hadn't had the slightest idea as to what his best friend had been speaking about. So if it hadn't been Sora. Whatever was going on troubled the petite blonde. She knew something dark was here on the islands. And what really troubled her was the thought that it had taken Riku's darkness away. She still couldn't sense the familiar darkness that was held within her boyfriend. It was simply... gone. Naminé was pulled from her thoughts when Riku reached out and grasped her hand. Her delicate fingers intertwined with his and she gave him a reassuring smile. "I'm here, Riku. You'll be okay" she said softly, gently squeezing his hand. With her other hand, she gently rubbed it against his arm as he reached out and took Lakayna's outstretched hand in with his free one.

Naminé kept her gaze on Riku's face, but turned to Lakayna when she released Riku's hand and informed the silvernette that it hadn't been Sora as he'd been with her and Quest when it had happened to him. Sora was the first to break the silence, asking how he was invovled and then asking Riku what had happened. Naminé glanced at the Keyblade Master, biting her lower lip lightly. She had a feeling that she knew something about what was going on. But she was desperately hoping she was wrong. Besdies she had no proof, no evidence. So she couldn't base anything off of thought alone... The petite blonde turned her eyes back to Riku, wondering what had happened to her boyfriend.

Riku's face twisted into one of pain and regret as Lakayna looked through his memories. The bad part was, he was forced to look them over again as well - to relive them. What Lakayna said at first didn't process. he was too busy controling his emotions to even care. When the violette pulled her hand away Riku dropped his into his lap.

Everyone claimed that Sora had not been there. But he was! He had been! Riku knew that, he'd seen his face, standing right there mocking him and glowing with darkness. It had been Sora! He looked up when Sora asked what had happened. Lakayna beat him to the explanation. That was probably a very good thing since Riku still wasn't positive on the details of his memories. The silvernette looked to Lakayna as she described his own memories to him and the others. It hadn't been Sora, it'd been a mirror? A replica? He would suggest a Nobody but Sora had one of those.

The silvernette's jaw dropped when the dragoness finally reached the end of his memory. His darkness...was taken? he felt sureal, like a fairytale. his hand moved over his chest. That's why it was so light. It actually was Light. A faint smile came to his lips. He didn't have to fight with the darkness anymore.

Wait! Riku jumped to his feet. That energy! It had felt familiar because it had been, it had been his. His darkness was on the island and stronger. He looked over to Naminé and then Sora. They'd felt it both, Sora he was sure. "You felt that energy before, Sora, right? That was mine...I don't know what's going on but it's not right."

Naminé listened to Lakayna as the dragoness gave Sora her full attention, responding to his questions. The petite blonde remained silent, staring down at the ground in front of her, a worried look on her face. She had a strong inkling as to what was happening but... her head snapped up and crystaline eyes focused on Lakayna when she admitted to Sora that it could have been his... she trailed off but the intention was clear. It could have been Sora's darkness. That's exactly what the Memory Witch was thinking and the more she thought it, the easier it was to believe, despite how badly she wanted it to be untrue.

Lakayna went on, finishing by saying that something was stolen from Riku. His Darkness. Naminé turned her eyes to her boyfriend to gauge his reaction. She watched as he lifted a hand and put it to his chest, a shocked look on his face. A small breath of relief was escaped when she saw a faint smile pull up Riku's lips. He didn't have to fight the darkness anymore.

That was when Riku jumped to his feet, looking over at her and then at Sora. Naminé clasped her hands together, then let them rest on her lap, her eyes lowering to the ground once again. She listened as the silvernette asked Sora if he'd felt the energy before and Riku stated that it was his.... and that he didn't know what was going on, but it wasn't right. The petite blonde kept her eyes on the ground, wondering what all of this meant and thinking things through.

"If somebody took Riku's darkness... Sora, if the darkness in you has detached completely and was able to form an intelligent being... If he's stolen Riku's darkness... He's most likely trying to mold it into something. If your the Bearer of Light, he's exactly your opposite. The Bearer of Darkness. Which means that his power over Darkness will be just as strong as the power you wield over light. He could very well be stronger than Xmenas ever was. If this has happened, we've really got to stay on guard." Naminé said slowly, speaking while she was still thinking things through. The thought that Kairi may have a darkness born from her didn't even cross her mind. It didn't even seem to be an option. Kairi was a Princess of Heart. Therefore, no being of darkness could have been born within her.