I'll Protect You No Matter What(Pokémon ver.)

Temporary Happiness

My Pov

I snapped my eyes opened and looked at Ansem. I closed them again and saw black. Then, I saw him. Riku. Riku was the one hovering over me. I opened my eyes again, this time with tears of joy welling up in them. He was here. He was alright.

"Ri... ku..." I whispered. The tears streamed down my face.

"Hikari..." Riku mumbled. His voice. It wasn't Ansem's anymore. It was his own voice. He used his thumb to wipe some of my tears away. I couldn't control myself. I lunged forward and wrapped my arms around Riku's neck.

"Riku! Riku! You're here! You're really here!" I cried. I buried my face into his neck. I felt his arms encircle themselves around me. I felt so safe and at ease. I always felt that way when Riku held me. Now I know why Eve was so happy. The Lycanroc and Glaceon were Riku's Rockruff and Eevee. "Where have you been? Me and Sora have been looking for you!"

"I didn't want you two to see me like this." Riku said. I faced him and looked right into his eyes.

"I wouldn't have cared. And I know Sora won't either." I said. He didn't seem so sure. That's when I remembered he brought up Tai. "Riku, did you meet... our-"

"Our son?" I nodded. "Yeah, I saw him." Riku said.

"He's a beautiful baby. I know he's going to be a great Keyblade warrior someday." I said.

"I could see you in him. His eyes reflected you. And his heart; darkness and light co-exist in his like mine and yours." Riku said.

"That just means he's special." I said. Riku suddenly pulled me into a tight embrace. Like he was afraid I would vanish.

"Hikari, I hurt you so much. I allowed myself to be blinded by lies and my lust for power that I lost sight of what was important." Riku said.

"What?" I asked.

"The power I already had gained from my friends and most importantly; my light. You." I blushed. "I hurt you, betrayed you, and yet, you forgive me." Riku said. I lightly pecked him on the cheek.

"It wasn't your fault. And... I know that the whole year Sora and I slept, you were suffering. I could hear your voice whenever you came to see me." I said.

"We got get out of here!" Sora yelled. Sora and the others were coming back.

"Hikari... I can't stay." I was about to object when he kissed me again. This time, I melted into the kiss. Riku pulled his hood back up. "Hold on to this. It'll help keep you safe." Riku said. He placed something in my hand before disappearing into a portal, with Glaceon and Lycanroc right behind him.

"Hikari!" Donald cried. I looked to see Sora and the others had found Elizabeth, but Jack was missing.

"Was there someone else on board with ya?" Goofy asked. I quickly shook my head 'no'.

"We need to set sail now! They aren't far behind us." Will said.

"But what about-?" I started to ask.

"Don't let them escape!" a voice shouted. I saw about three of the cursed pirates coming toward us. As they drew closer, my headache began again and got worst. Sora grabbed me and brought me back down to the lower deck as Will steered the ship from the island.

"Hikari, what's wrong?" Sora asked.

"I think it has to do with those cursed pirates." I said.

"Then, stay down here until we reach Port Royal." Sora said. He went back up to the upper deck. I opened my palm to see Riku had given me a ring. It was a silver ring with a small heart cut sapphire in the middle. I slid it on my ring finger. I don't why that finger, but I felt like that's where it was suppose to be. It's not like Riku was going to propose to me... was he? I blushed at the thought. Suddenly the ship started to shake. After it stopped, I heard commotion on the upper deck. I thought of going up there, but I decided to hide behind the barrels and wait. That's when Sora and the others were brought down here and tied up. After the pirates left, I came out of hiding.

"Your Majesty!" Elizabeth exclaimed.

"Glad to see they hadn't captured everyone." Jack said. As I untied everyone, I noticed Will was gone.

"Eve, start chewing the ropes." I said. She did just that. "Where's Will?"

"Barbossa took him back to Isla de Muerta." Donald said.

"We need to hurry there! He's in danger!" Elizabeth said.

"We've got one problem we need to deal with first; Barbossa rigged the ship with several barrels full of gunpowder. We don't deal with them-" Jack said. We got the picture. Me, Sora, Donald and Goofy hurried to the upped deck to see Heartless trying to blow up the barrels. We soon dealt with them.

"Raichu, use Psychic to throw the barrels in the ocean." Sora said. We sailed back to Isla de Muerta and hurried to find Will. We found them at the deepest part of the cave.

"Ahoy! Treasure, mateys!" Sora exclaimed. Was Sora really wanting to put on the pirate act now? The cursed pirates charged at us, but I had enough. I knocked all of the pirates away myself.

"Enough of this!" I said.

"I can never thank you enough your highness." Will said.

"Your my friend Will. Please, call me Hikari." I said.

"Uh, where's Jack?" Goofy asked. We looked to see he was sword fighting with Barbosa. They seemed even, until Jack's sword was knocked down and Barbossa ran him through.

"Jack!" Sora exclaimed.

"No!" I exclaimed.

"You're a fool, Jack Sparrow." Jack stumbled into the view of moonlight and turned skeleton-like. He had managed to grab a piece of the Aztec gold. Thank goodness. "Show yourself, Pete! The tide has changed." Barbossa said. Pete appeared with a lizard-like Heartless. It would shroud the area in darkness, which would keep Barbossa from being attacked. I decided to do something about that. I raise Starlight into the air.

"Eternal Moon!" I shouted. I shot a sphere of light, that took the shape of a small moon, and slightly illuminated the cave. Eve suddenly jumped up into the air, so that she was behind the moon. She spread her feelers wide open. She then formed an orb of pink energy in front of her mouth, and fired it at the Heartless. That was Moonblast! It disappeared in a haze of darkness and we defeated Barbossa.

"This ain't over!" Pete yelled. He ran off.

"Really? Because you're the one running away like a scared cat with it's tail in-between its legs." I said. Donald and Goofy laughed while Sora lightly slapped me on the back.

"Nice one." Sora said.

"Right! Care to surrender, Barbossa?" Barbossa drew his sword. Jack sighed "Well, enough of this, then..." Jack tossed his sword to the ground. Then, he drew a gun. "What say you we call it- a draw?" Jack asked.

"Jack, how many times do I have to tell ya-" Barbossa said. He threw something to Will and shot the evil pirate.

"Laugh while you can, Barbossa!" Will exclaimed. Will dropped the last two pieces of the cursed gold into the chest. Suddenly Barbossa staggered and gripped his chest.

"I feel... cold." Barbossa said. With that, he fell to the ground. We went back outside to see Elizabeth waiting. She ran to Will and hugged him. I smiled at this sight.

"I'm happy for them." I said.

"Yep." Sora said. I happen to turn and see Sora's face was red.

"Sora, are you getting sick?" I asked.

"Huh?" Sora asked.

"Your face is all red." Goofy said. Sora started to panic.

"What? It is not red!" Sora exclaimed. It only took me a second to realize why.

"Aw, I know who you're thinking about." Donald teased.

"You're thinking of my cousin, aren't you Sora?" I asked, teasing him. He tried to hide his blush while the three of us laughed. Suddenly, Jack's compass started to glow. Me and Sora unlocked the new road and set out shortly after.