Destined Hearts

Chapter 36: Dark or Light

Everyone walked out of the Corridor of Light and they all looked around. For Sora, Riku, and Kairi...it hasn't changed at all. There were multiple walls around them, and worn out keyblade stuck out of the ground. Sora recognized the area he was in, and he closed his eyes.

"They're gone. Kairi, Donald...Goofy, the King...Gone forever. What do we do? Without them...I...All of my strength came from them. They gave me all of it. Alone, I'm worthless. We've lost...It's over."

"Sora, you don't believe that. I know you don't."

Sora let out a soft sob as he wiped one tear away from his eye. Riku and Kairi noticed this, and they both stood beside him as they put one of their hands on his shoulders.

"If you believe in the Light of Hope...that hope will come to you." Riku said to him. Sora put his hand on his chest as he nodded his head as he had a determined look on his face. Vanitas walked past the three, and he looked up at the sky.

"...He's here." He said. "I can sense his darkness, and it's near us."

"Then we need to keep going." Sora said as he took a step forward. He and Emileigh both looked at each other, and they nodded their heads to each other. Emileigh then gestured everyone else to follow her, and they all started to walk through the Keyblade Graveyard.

While they were doing that, Sora had an uncomfortable look on his face as he was staring at the ground. Emileigh noticed him, and she made her way towards him.

"You okay?" She asked him. Sora glanced at her for a moment.

"...I'm fine." He answered, but Emileigh knew he was lying.

"Sora, what's wrong?" She asked again. He eventually sighed as he closed his eyes.

"I just...don't like being here." He said. "The last time I was here...things happened."

"What...kind of things?" She tried to stop her words, but it was too late.

"I don't want to talk about it." He said with a small glare on his face. "Let's just get this over with."

Emileigh stopped walking as she had a worried look on her face. Riku stopped beside her.

"Something happened to him while we were here." He said. "And it's definitely a memory he won't forget."

"What happened?" She asked as they both started walking again.

"...Heartless happened." He answered. "We died right in front of him." Emileigh's eyes widened a little.

"He told me that he wasn't worth it when he was alone. He saved all of us...but Kairi. Xehanort killed her just to get the X-Blade." He looked at Sora, who had his hands clenched into fists as he kept walking.

"Then...what happened after that...?" She asked.

"Well, we defeated him, Sora volunteered to go after Kairi, but..." He sighed as he closed his eyes. "I think he should be the one to tell you the last part of the story."