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1 Prism Hearts | |
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3 Epilogue | |
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5 Simple and Clean | |
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7 by Amazoness Duo | |
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9 amazonessduo@hotmail.com | |
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13 'Every new beginning is some other beginning's end.' | |
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19 At first, there was only darkness. It stretched out for an eternity, | |
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21 a sea of blackness that knew no end. But slowly, ever so slowly, a | |
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23 glimmer appeared. Then another. And another. Like stars shimmering in | |
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25 the night sky, they appeared, delivering light unto the darkness. | |
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29 “I told you she would save us,” Aerith said, smiling faintly as the | |
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31 blackness began to take shape under the light. | |
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35 “Perhaps,” Harle replied, the dragon god remaining in the form of | |
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37 the female harlequin. “But she did envelop everything in darkness | |
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39 before she did.” | |
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43 “We will rebuild. Just as we did before. And this time, without the | |
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45 Heartless.” The young blonde girl named Aya smiled at her twin | |
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47 sister, Maya. Yes, Kairi had given them a second chance for this | |
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49 world. | |
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53 “But of course, you do realize that nothing is ever completely gone, | |
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55 right?” Harle asked, raising an eyebrow. “Wherever zere is light, | |
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57 zere is also darkness.”Aerith smiled, nodding. “And where there is | |
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59 darkness, there will always be light. Perhaps they're inseperable. | |
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61 Like life, death, and rebirth. Now, the worlds can all be reborn.” | |
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63 “If you'll please hurry, that would be appreciated. I hate having to | |
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65 ferry the dead back to the land of the living,” Sophie says softly, | |
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67 angel wings seemingly holding her aloft in the darkness. | |
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71 “All good things take time, Sophie. But it won't be much longer | |
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73 now,” Aerith promises.And around them, the worlds slowly begin to | |
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75 take shape once more. | |
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79 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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83 Dear diary, | |
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87 Everything seems fine here on the Destiny Islands. I'm sitting on | |
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89 the pier with my feet in the beautiful aquamarine water. It's so nice | |
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91 and warm. Quisty and Seifer are playing Triple Triad again behind me. | |
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93 I'm so tempted to scoop up some water and splash Quisty. It'd be fun! | |
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95 But I'm not sure if she'd think so. She concentrates too hard when | |
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97 playing games. Which is why I have so much fun trying to distract | |
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99 her! She's sitting behind me, so I'm resting my back against her as I | |
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101 write this. She's so cuddly. | |
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103 | |
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105 Anyway, no one really knows what happened at the Heart of the | |
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107 Universe. Everything went black and that's the last thing anyone | |
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109 remembers. After that, we all kinda woke up back home. The Destiny | |
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111 Islands are beautiful again. No weird holes, no scary, ominous skies. | |
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113 THe ocean's beautiful and warm again. It's like nothing ever | |
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115 happened. We looked for the door that led to the End of the World, | |
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117 but it was gone. It's almost like it was all just a dream. | |
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121 Elder Seymour stepped down from his place as the highest elder. I | |
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123 said we should nominate Quisty, but she said she was too young for | |
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125 the position. Wouldn't it be great if Quisty could be the elder of | |
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127 the Destiny Islands? She's all cute and serious! She'd be the perfect | |
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129 new leader for the islands. All of the children listen to her. Well, | |
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131 except for Seifer. But he just doesn't listen to her because he has | |
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133 fun riling her up. | |
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137 Tidus is back! He says he doesn't remember anything after Sin got | |
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139 him, though. Which is probably better. I wouldn't even want to | |
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141 remember Sin getting me if it was my choice! Poor guy. But you know | |
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143 Tidus. Nothing can keep him down. He's already back to playing that | |
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145 water soccer game thing he made up with Wakka. | |
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149 Yuna's doing better. She felt awful for the longest time, but we've | |
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151 all been trying to cheer her up. We're trying to let her know that | |
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153 none of us blame her for what happened. I probably would've done the | |
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155 same thing if something had happened to Quisty! I think that catgirl | |
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157 Yuna and I found, Rikku, has been helping Yuna a lot. Only she's not | |
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159 a cat anymore. How sad! She made such a cute kitty! But she's been | |
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161 there with Yuna the whole time. Yuna smiles a lot around her, so that | |
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163 makes me happy. Rikku asked Yuna to come travel the different worlds | |
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165 with her. Isn't that romantic? I wonder what Yuna will say. | |
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169 No one knows what happened to Kairi, Riku, and Sora. We haven't seen | |
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171 any of them since Kairi ran off to the Heart of the Universe. I hope | |
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173 they're okay. They have to be, right? They are. I know they are. | |
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175 They've made it through all sorts of things. A little thing like the | |
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177 collapse of the universe wouldn't stop them. They're out there, | |
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179 somewhere. And we'll all be here waiting for when they come | |
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181 back.Well, I better get back to distracting Quisty. Good luck out | |
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183 there, everybody. Booyaka!Selphie | |
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185 | |
186 | |
187 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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189 | |
190 | |
191 Leaning back against her blonde lover, Selphie gazed up at the | |
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193 clouds. They floated lazily above their islands, enjoying the | |
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195 beautiful weather. They were reassuring, almost like whispers that | |
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197 everything was finally all right. That feeling was reinforced by the | |
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199 sensation of Quistis's pink dress rustling against her back. Knowing | |
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201 the blonde was nearby always lifted Selphie's already high spirits. | |
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203 “It's so pretty... Quisty! Look! It looks just like a paopu fruit!” | |
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205 The brunette pointed up at the heavens, gazing at a cloud that | |
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207 resembled her favorite romantic fruit.Turning, Quistis adjusted her | |
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209 glasses. She smiled faintly, nodding. The vaguely star shaped cloud | |
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211 wouldn't have immediately made her think of a fruit from the island, | |
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213 but she found it cute the way Selphie's mind worked. The other girl | |
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215 was such a romantic. “It is, isn't it?” “And I believe you lose | |
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217 again, Miss Trepe,” Seifer interrupted, smirking. No matter how often | |
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219 Quistis told him to stop calling her that, he insisted upon it. She | |
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221 was the most mature person he knew on the Islands and he liked the | |
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223 way it ruffled her feathers. Quistis was probably his best friend. | |
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225 Where was the fun in that if he couldn't tease her now and again? | |
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229 Quistis turned quickly, blonde hair swishing over Selphie's head. | |
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231 “What?” Quistis frowned. “Seifer, let me see those cards. You're | |
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233 cheating, aren't you?” That was the third time he'd beaten her today. | |
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235 It was usually more give and take. Laughing, Seifer gathered up his | |
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237 cards. “I'm wounded, Miss Trepe. You know cheating isn't my style. | |
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239 But I do always cherish the chance to mop the floor with my favorite | |
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241 tutor.”He raised a blond eyebrow. “Another game, perhaps.”Sighing, | |
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243 Quistis nodded. “Of course.” This was their ritual, wasn't it? | |
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245 Playing this game for hours, winning by such slim margins. But always | |
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247 just so they could all play together. And of course, she had a | |
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249 constant disadvantage. “But it isn't fair with Selphie trying to | |
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251 distract me.” Selphie's fingers were currently in the bottom of her | |
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253 sandals, tickling the undersides of her feet.Seifer simply grinned. | |
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255 “That's why she's your girlfriend and not mine.” | |
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257 | |
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259 “But you're so much fun to distract!” Selphie squealed, turning to | |
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261 hug Quistis tightly from behind.Quistis sighed overdramatically as | |
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263 Selphie began kissing her cheeks, but Seifer could see her smiling. | |
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265 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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269 Waves crashed inches away from a small brunette girl gazing out to | |
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271 sea. Her thoughts were muddled. She still felt guilty about the part | |
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273 she had played in the recent chaos. She had let her fear of life | |
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275 compell her into sending everything into the world of death. They had | |
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277 every reason to hate her for that. But they didn't. And the one girl | |
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279 she had betrayed the most had even followed her into that world of | |
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281 death. “And now she wants me to go with her,” Yuna whispered to | |
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283 herself. | |
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287 Should she go? Should she travel that infinitely vast universe by | |
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289 Rikku's side? It was exciting, but it was also terrifying. She had | |
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291 never been away from the Destiny Islands before. What might be out | |
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293 there? Boundless possibilities. Her stomach rolled in anxiety. Rikku | |
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295 would be leaving soon. What would she say? It would be a fresh start, | |
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297 a chance to see all the many worlds untold secrets. And by the side | |
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299 of the girl she loved no less, a girl who had sacrificed her life for | |
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301 her. It would be a chance to get away from her pain and fears, to try | |
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303 to discover the joys of living. Was it worth the risk? | |
304 | |
305 “Yunie?” Rikku broke into the brunette's thoughts. She wrung her | |
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307 hands as she stood in front of her. Would Yuna agree? Her heart was | |
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309 all over the place. She didn't want to leave without the beautiful | |
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311 brunette. What if she wanted to stay? What if she was too afraid to | |
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313 leave? Yuna looked up at her, her blue and green eyes almost flashing | |
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315 in the sunlight. “Please, Yunie, come with me. I don't want to go | |
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317 without you. I... I love you!” The blonde dropped down next to Yuna | |
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319 on the sand, gazing deeply into her eyes. “I finally found you, the | |
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321 treasure I've been looking for all my life. I want to show you | |
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323 everything. I want to see everything with you.” She clasps Yuna's | |
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325 hand tightly to her chest, pleading with her swirling emerald eyes. | |
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327 “All the beautiful things the worlds hold, we can see them all. | |
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329 Please, Yunie. I just want to be with you for it all.” Yuna smiled, | |
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331 blinking back tears as she gazed back at Rikku. Her hand cupped | |
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333 Rikku's cheek. “Rikku... Of course I'll go with you. I... I want that | |
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335 to. To see everything... with you.” Leaning forward, the brunette | |
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337 lightly kissed the blonde. It was strange now that Rikku wasn't a | |
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339 catgirl. She was used to the scratchy tongue against hers. But this, | |
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341 she admitted, was very, very nice as well. Rikku nearly pounced on | |
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343 the petite girl in her joy. Her arms wrapped tightly around Yuna as | |
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345 they fell back onto the sand, kissing. She kissed Yuna as deeply as | |
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347 she could, her heart aching for the girl in her arms. Each kiss was a | |
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349 tiny 'thank you' to the brunette. She was coming with! They would be | |
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351 together. All across the universe. | |
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353 | |
354 | |
355 The tears rolling down Yuna's cheeks felt wonderfully freeing. She | |
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357 was happy. She was going to be with Rikku. No matter what. From now | |
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359 on. Her heart soared. Her hands stroked up and down Rikku's back as | |
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361 they kissed. Though she was a bit embarrassed about the way Rikku was | |
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363 kissing her so deeply right out in the open, she wouldn't trade it | |
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365 for anything in the world. Let her embarrassment come. She could deal | |
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367 with it. She kissed back as best she could. 'Oh, Rikku...' she | |
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369 thought dreamily. Though still anxious about where this journey may | |
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371 lead, she knew her blonde ex-catgirl would be there to see it through | |
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373 with her. And that was all that mattered to her. “Yunie...” Rikku | |
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375 said between kisses, trying to calm herself down enough to finally | |
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377 pull away. But for once, Yuna's hands would let her go. Yuna held her | |
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379 close, kissing back again and again. Rikku giggled, kissing deeply | |
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381 again. “Yunie, they're here,” she got out at last. The sound of the | |
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383 gummi ship landing finally caught the brunette's attention. Yuna | |
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385 blushed cutely and slowly let go of Rikku's waist. The thief helped | |
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387 Yuna to her feet, watching the gummi ship come to a halt. | |
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389 | |
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391 As the doors slid open, a brunette ninja came into view. Yuffie | |
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393 gazed out onto the beach, her heart stopping for a moment. Her little | |
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395 sister smiled at her on the beach, vibrant and alive. Alive. Kairi | |
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397 had done it. She'd fixed things, after all. “Thank you, Kairi,” | |
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399 Yuffie whispered. Tears burned at her eyes, but she tried desperately | |
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401 to force them back. She was the greatest ninja ever, damnit. Ninja's | |
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403 don't cry. Seeing the indecision in Yuffie's eyes, Relm, brushed her | |
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405 knuckles over the ninja's cheek soothingly. “Go see her, Yuffie. | |
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407 She's missed you.”Yuffie didn't need anymore prodding. She ran out to | |
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409 meet her sister, gripping her tightly in a hug. “Rikku!” When Yuffie | |
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411 had seen Ansem cut her sister down, she had thought she'd never see | |
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413 Rikku again. Now, Rikku was in her arms and she was afraid of letting | |
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415 her go. What if she disappeared? What if it was just a dream? No... | |
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417 It was over. Her sister was back. She slowly stepped back, putting a | |
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419 goofy grin on to hide her tear stained eyes. “You aren't a cat | |
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421 anymore.” A stupid thing to say, but the best she could get | |
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423 out.Laughing, Rikku nodded. “Nope. Not anymore.” She smiled back at | |
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425 Yuffie. Her big sister had tried so hard for her. That was so sweet. | |
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427 It was so nice just knowing Yuffie cared. “It's good to see you, too, | |
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429 Yuffie.”Shaking her head, Yuffie can only smile. The pieces were all | |
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431 falling into place. They had done it. They'd saved the universe. And | |
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433 these small things, being with her sister again, it all made it | |
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435 worthwhile. 'Kairi, wherever you are, we did it. We won.' She was | |
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437 glad for her journey with the Keyblade Mistress. It had led her to | |
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439 the girl she loved. It helped her find her sister again. It had fixed | |
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441 their wounded worlds. She only hoped she could see the princess again | |
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443 someday. They were a team, Kairi, Relm, and herself. She felt that | |
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445 something was missing without the princess. “Yunie's coming with us!” | |
446 | |
447 Rikku said excitedly. Taking Yuna's hand, she pulled the brunette | |
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449 closer, smiling brightly. Yuna blushed faintly and nodded. Laughing, | |
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451 Yuffie nodded. “Is she joining the Radical Dreamers? Relm's coming | |
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453 with us, too. She's going to paint the backgrounds for out | |
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455 performances. People will be so dazzled that they'll practically be | |
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457 asking to give us their gil.” The ninja winked smugly. “Yunie could | |
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459 dance! That would be great! We could fit her into our performances!” | |
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461 Rikku hopped from foot to foot. Having seen Yuna dance, she knew | |
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463 plenty of other people would love to see her perform. And with their | |
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465 travelling troupe of actors/thieves, it would work perfectly. | |
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467 “They'll be enchanted!”“Wait!” Yuna blushed and shook her head. | |
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469 Performing? In front of people? She didn't know they'd be doing that. | |
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471 | |
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473 “It'll be great, Yunie!” Rikku assured her, squeezing the other | |
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475 girl's hand, already picturing Yuna dancing in front of packed | |
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477 crowds. “How cute!”Relm laughed, wrapping her arms around Yuffie's | |
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479 right arm. “Looks like we'll be able to put on some interesting | |
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481 performances.” She nuzzles the other girl's ear, whispering. “But my | |
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483 favorite performances are the onces you give when we're alone.” She | |
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485 delighted at the blush that crossed her sarcastic ninja's face. | |
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487 Giggling, she kissed the other girl's cheek. She now had something to | |
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489 focus her considerable painting skills on. And she got to travel with | |
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491 her beautiful ninja. Granted, it was so they could steal from all | |
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493 sorts of places, but she could live with that. It was pretty easy for | |
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495 her to accept that Yuffie was a thief. As long as she was her thief. | |
496 | |
497 “Are ya'll comin' or not?” Cid called out, irritated. “Buncha kids. | |
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499 We got places to go.”“We're coming, old man!” Yuffie yelled back. “I | |
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501 knew I should have taken the ship myself.” The ninja shrugged. “Well, | |
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503 we all ready?”“Yep!” Rikku smiled, turning to Yuna. | |
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505 | |
506 | |
507 Yuna nodded slowly, smiling. “Let's go.” The group of girls made | |
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509 their way to the gummi ship. Relm paused at the entrance. She thought | |
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511 she heard something. She turned, looking out at the beach. It felt | |
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513 familiar.“Relm? You okay?” Yuffie asked curiously. Relm looked deep | |
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515 in concentration. “What's takin' ya'll so long?” Cid called | |
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517 down.Yuffie slammed her hand into the wall near her, trying to get | |
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519 Cid's attention. “Hold on a minute!” She turned back to watch Relm. | |
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521 There it was again. Distant, but unmistakable. Relm stepped away from | |
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523 the entrance, glancing around rapidly. Where was it coming from? It | |
524 | |
525 had to be real, right? It couldn't just be her imagination. And | |
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527 again. A bark. And this time she saw its owner racing towards her. | |
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529 “Interceptor!” she cried out, elation running throughout her as the | |
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531 dog her father had left to protect her pounced into her waiting arms. | |
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533 He was alive! Her best friend was alive. She'd known him since he was | |
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535 a puppy. They'd always been together. And he was back again. | |
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537 Interceptor licked at her cheek as she giggled, holding him close. | |
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539 Their journey had been long and hard. But it had been worth it. | |
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541 Resting her hand on Relm's shoulder, Yuffie smiled. “Come on. Cid's | |
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543 getting cranky again. Let's get out of here.” Relm nodded, letting go | |
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545 of Interceptor. Her dog, loyal as ever, stayed near her, afraid she | |
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547 would be whisked away from him again. She followed Yuffie into the | |
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549 ship, taking the ninja's warm hand. | |
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551 | |
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553 Yuffie shook her head, but smiled faintly. “Fine, but he's not | |
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555 sleeping in our room.”Yuna hurried to the window with Rikku. Yelling | |
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557 and cheering arose from the island below. The brunette smiled as she | |
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559 saw all of her friends waving goodbye to her. Tidus and Wakka had | |
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561 written 'Goodbye, Yuna' in the sand. Lulu was casting magic in the | |
562 | |
563 air like fireworks. The others waved as she lifted away. “See, Yunie? | |
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565 They could never hate you,” Rikku said, hugging Yuna from behind.Yuna | |
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567 watched her friends through her tears, still smiling. “Yes, I guess | |
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569 you're right....” She placed her hand on the glass. She was happy to | |
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571 know they still cared about her. | |
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573 | |
574 | |
575 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
576 | |
577 | |
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579 “Arise, Queen Garnet.”Garnet stood up, cheers erupting around her. | |
580 | |
581 Beatrix smiled at her, nodding. She gazed out at all the people. She | |
582 | |
583 was now their queen. It wasn't something she had been expecting. But | |
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585 her mother had insisted, stepping down from the position. All she | |
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587 knew was that she would try her best for the people of Alexandria. | |
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589 “Thank you. Everyone.” A flash of purple brought a smile to her lips. | |
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591 At least she wouldn't be alone. She turned her attention to Eiko. The | |
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593 younger girl smiled brightly at her, urging her on. The summoner girl | |
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595 had declined going back home, choosing instead to stay in Alexandria | |
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597 with Garnet. And Eiko's support bolstered Garnet. She could do it. | |
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599 Alexandria needed her. She stepped forward to accept the throne. | |
600 | |
601 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
602 | |
603 | |
604 | |
605 They stood side by side on the rooftop bridge spanning the ice-laden | |
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607 cliffs above the town, watching the snow fall peacefully around. | |
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609 | |
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611 “It’s so beautiful,” Terra said softly, looking out with wonder. “I | |
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613 don’t remember it ever being this beautiful here.” | |
614 | |
615 | |
616 | |
617 “It probably hasn’t,” the other Magitek Knight nodded. “This is the | |
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619 first we’ve been without the Heartless. Even the factions against | |
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621 the Empire have died down for now. Personally, I’m glad for a little | |
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623 peace and quiet. Might even have time to make a home here instead of | |
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625 wandering.” | |
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627 | |
628 | |
629 They fell silent for a moment, content with simply enjoying the | |
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631 natural splendor that presented itself. | |
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633 | |
634 | |
635 ‘I’m so glad Kairi could set things to rights,’ the green-haired | |
636 | |
637 woman thought. ‘Otherwise none of this…none of us would be here. | |
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639 Even Kefka’s doing well, serving the Emperor again. And we…we can | |
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641 finally be free….’ She leaned closer to Celes and intertwined their | |
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643 fingers. “Can you ever forgive me?” | |
644 | |
645 | |
646 | |
647 “There’s nothing to forgive,” the blonde smiled softly, reaching | |
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649 over and placing an arm around Terra’s waist. “Nothing at all.” | |
650 | |
651 | |
652 | |
653 Terra smiled back gratefully and rested her head against Celes’ | |
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655 shoulder, the snow dancing light-heartedly through the skies. | |
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657 | |
658 | |
659 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
660 | |
661 | |
662 | |
663 “Kid! Did you catch dinner yet?” Leena asked, stepping out onto the | |
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665 docks of Arni. She spotted the pretty blonde struggling with a | |
666 | |
667 fishing line.“Dang blasted thing won't work! I'm a thief, not a | |
668 | |
669 fisherman,” Kid growled. Taking the line from Kid's hands, Leena | |
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671 reeled the fish in. Smiling, she kissed the other girl's cheek, | |
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673 handing the fish to her. “Go wash up. I'll start dinner.”Kid merely | |
674 | |
675 blinked in stunned silence. Was there anything the redhead couldn't | |
676 | |
677 do. “Err... Yes, dear.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
678 | |
679 | |
680 | |
681 “It seems like almost everyone has returned except the princess,” | |
682 | |
683 Rinoa stated, sitting around the grand library of Hollow Bastion with | |
684 | |
685 Squall, Aerith, and the Turks. “And Cloud,” Squall added. Rinoa | |
686 | |
687 nudged him hard in the side. She'd intentionally not mentioned him so | |
688 | |
689 as not to worry Aerith. Aeirth smiled softly. “Cloud will come back | |
690 | |
691 to me. He always does. It's only a matter of time.” And time was | |
692 | |
693 something she had plenty of. She would wait as long as it took for | |
694 | |
695 him to find his way back to her. Just as Kairi had Sora and Riku, she | |
696 | |
697 had Cloud. And just as surely, she knew he would return to her. | |
698 | |
699 | |
700 | |
701 “But what do we do without the Princess?” Reno asked leaning against | |
702 | |
703 a bookshelf. “Should we just wait for her?” Elena nibbled on her | |
704 | |
705 lower lip. “That's assuming she is coming back,” Vincent pointed out. | |
706 | |
707 | |
708 | |
709 “But if she's not, what can we do?” Elena shot back. | |
710 | |
711 | |
712 | |
713 “We do what we can. We rebuild. We try to make Hollow Bastion as | |
714 | |
715 beautiful and as wonderful as we can make it. It's what Princess | |
716 | |
717 Hikari would have wanted.” Aerith stands up. “It's all we can do for | |
718 | |
719 her. But I know it will make her happy.” 'We'll protect your dreams, | |
720 | |
721 Kairi. Forever. It's the least we can do for your sacrifice. And if | |
722 | |
723 you can ever find a way back, I'll make sure Hollow Bastion is | |
724 | |
725 waiting for you.'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
726 | |
727 | |
728 | |
729 “You're sure you haven't seen her? She looks a lot like me, but with | |
730 | |
731 shorter hair,” an auburn haired girl asked, standing beside a | |
732 | |
733 brunette boy around the same age. The two waited eagerly for the | |
734 | |
735 reply.The blonde girl shook her head slowly. “I'm sorry. I don't | |
736 | |
737 think I have.” Turning she looked over her shoulder. “Kumiko! Come | |
738 | |
739 here.” | |
740 | |
741 | |
742 | |
743 A girl with long, braided brunette hair came up to the small group. | |
744 | |
745 “Yes, Megumi-chan?”Megumi pointed back to the auburn haired girl. | |
746 | |
747 “Have you ever seen someone who looks like her? With shorter | |
748 | |
749 hair?”Shaking her head apologetically, Kumiko looked at the girl. | |
750 | |
751 “No, I haven't.”“That's okay. Thanks for your help,” the brunette boy | |
752 | |
753 smiled before walking off with the auburn haired girl. “So she isn't | |
754 | |
755 here, either.” | |
756 | |
757 “It's okay. I didn't think she would be,” the girl replied, brushing | |
758 | |
759 some hair from her eyes. “But she's out there. I can feel it. She's | |
760 | |
761 waiting for us.”“Then let's not keep her waiting.” The boy looked | |
762 | |
763 down at the girl, grinning. “It's so weird not that you're smaller | |
764 | |
765 than me, Riku.”“Don't start that, Sora. You know I can still send you | |
766 | |
767 away limping just like always,” Riku said, a smile splaying across | |
768 | |
769 her mouth. This body was Kairi's gift to Riku. With his body | |
770 | |
771 destroyed, his soul would have returned to the Lifestream, but she | |
772 | |
773 had left her body for him. It was taking a while to get used to it, | |
774 | |
775 though. He had let the hair grow out longer and wore a different | |
776 | |
777 style from Kairi, but the fact that it was female still threw him for | |
778 | |
779 a loop now and then. | |
780 | |
781 | |
782 | |
783 The two had travelled across so many worlds since the universe had | |
784 | |
785 been reborn. And they would continue travelling until they finally | |
786 | |
787 found Kairi. That was their mission, to find the girl they both | |
788 | |
789 loved. No matter where it took them. And they wouldn't stop until | |
790 | |
791 they were with her again.“The next world?” Sora asked, pulling up his | |
792 | |
793 Keyblade.Riku nodded. “Maybe we'll have better luck on this one.” | |
794 | |
795 'Just wait a little longer for us, Kairi. We're | |
796 | |
797 coming.'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
798 | |
799 | |
800 | |
801 My wrists ache. I tug weakly at the bandages that cover my wrists. | |
802 | |
803 They remind me of the wristbands I wore as part of my outfit back on | |
804 | |
805 the Destiny Islands. But those weren't tinted red. Owwwww....“Hikari, | |
806 | |
807 don't play with those. You'll just make it worse,” mom says worriedly | |
808 | |
809 as she sets down a tray with some noodles. | |
810 | |
811 | |
812 | |
813 I stop plucking at them and look better at her. I still feel guilty | |
814 | |
815 about almost leaving her all alone. But she's been as sweet and | |
816 | |
817 supportive as ever. “Thanks, mom,” I whisper. She smiles back and I | |
818 | |
819 feel a little more at ease. She doesn't blame me, at least. That | |
820 | |
821 makes it a little easier. | |
822 | |
823 | |
824 | |
825 “If you need anything, I'll be in the other room, sweetie.” Mom | |
826 | |
827 waves as she exits the room. | |
828 | |
829 | |
830 | |
831 I slump back in my bed, stuffed characters falling in every | |
832 | |
833 direction. It try not to look, knowing Riku's doll is lying just at | |
834 | |
835 the corner of my eye. Damn. I can't help it. My eyes shoot to it and | |
836 | |
837 my heart plummets just like I knew it would. It's been a few weeks, | |
838 | |
839 but I still feel the pain of the night I had to say goodbye to them. | |
840 | |
841 I miss them so much. I finally found them and I was the one who had | |
842 | |
843 to leave. Hugging the Riku doll tightly, I gaze at the wet, rainy | |
844 | |
845 window. Are they happy? Did our sacrifices matter? I can only hope | |
846 | |
847 the other princesses got to remake everything. That the Destiny | |
848 | |
849 Islands are bright and beautiful again. As long as it was worth it, | |
850 | |
851 then I'm glad about what I did. I'd love to go back, but mom needs | |
852 | |
853 me. I didn't realize just how much until now. And now that I'm gone, | |
854 | |
855 the doorway is shut. The Heartless, the darkness of reality can't | |
856 | |
857 filter in. All that I love there is finally safe. | |
858 | |
859 | |
860 | |
861 They said they were surprised I made it. They did everything they | |
862 | |
863 could to revive me, but in the end, the doctors said it all depended | |
864 | |
865 on me. If I hadn't stopped Hikari... No, that's not right. I am | |
866 | |
867 Hikari. I remember everything that happened from both of our sides. | |
868 | |
869 If the light in my heart hadn't changed my mind, then I would have | |
870 | |
871 died. And all of those beautiful dreams would have died with me. And | |
872 | |
873 mom would have been all alone. | |
874 | |
875 | |
876 | |
877 Mom's been overprotective lately. I can understand why. And it's | |
878 | |
879 really sweet of her to be spending so much time with me. We've been | |
880 | |
881 playing games together every night. She said she's going to take me | |
882 | |
883 to a videogame/anime convention in a month or two, so I need to pick | |
884 | |
885 out what costume I want her to make for both of us. This is why I | |
886 | |
887 couldn't have stayed there and closed the door. Because I love her | |
888 | |
889 too much. I could never entirely give up on this world. I wonder what | |
890 | |
891 Aya and Aerith gave up in this world when they went to the other | |
892 | |
893 one?But still... I miss them so much. Turning my head, I gaze at the | |
894 | |
895 picture I drew, framed by my bedstand now. There's the me from the | |
896 | |
897 Destiny Islands kneeling with Riku sitting on my left and Sora | |
898 | |
899 resting against me on the right. Yuffie and Relm are standing behind | |
900 | |
901 us. My friends. The boys I love. And now all I can do are draw | |
902 | |
903 pictures of them, or dream about being together again. My heart aches | |
904 | |
905 everyday. I love them. I know that. I will always love them. I hold | |
906 | |
907 the tiny trinket, all I still have from that world. A tiny key on a | |
908 | |
909 chain that I wear around my neck. | |
910 | |
911 | |
912 | |
913 That world is safe now. I'm happy for my part in that. Sacrifices | |
914 | |
915 had to be made, but I understand that. Now I am back in the darkness | |
916 | |
917 of the world I sought so hard to escape. But... Even in darkness, | |
918 | |
919 there will always be light. I have my mother. And one day... One | |
920 | |
921 day... I'll have you both again... I'll be waiting for you. I love | |
922 | |
923 you. Always. | |
924 | |
925 | |
926 | |
927 | |
928 | |
929 | |
930 | |
931 | |
932 | |
933 Author's notes: Well, this is the end of Prism Hearts for now. ^-^ | |
934 | |
935 Kairi has completed her journey. She has shut the door between the | |
936 | |
937 real world and the other world. The Heartless can't reach it anymore. | |
938 | |
939 Riku and Sora will continue searching for her, no matter how long it | |
940 | |
941 takes them. I'm happy with how it all turned out. ^-^ It took me a | |
942 | |
943 year to write, and it went in all sorts of directions I hadn't | |
944 | |
945 expected, but I'm happy with it. ^-^ There were times when I was | |
946 | |
947 worried it wouldn't get finished, so it's with a bittersweet heart | |
948 | |
949 that I put the finishing touches on my baby. It's so beautiful | |
950 | |
951 watching stories grow up, letting them grow on their own, but trying | |
952 | |
953 to help them here and there. ^-^ I'm sad to see it end, but I'm glad | |
954 | |
955 that it all worked out. Maybe someday I'll return to Prism Hearts. ^- | |
956 | |
957 ^ After all, Kairi's own daughter has a story to tell. Her own | |
958 | |
959 journey to travel, sacrifices to make, and loves to find. I'd like to | |
960 | |
961 thank my wonderful Lainebear for her help with the FF6 scene in this | |
962 | |
963 story as well as for letting me force her to read all of the chapters | |
964 | |
965 when I'd finish them. ^-^ And Chi for being eager enough to want to | |
966 | |
967 see me finish this series. ^-^ And Jason, as always, for letting me | |
968 | |
969 bounce ideas off of him. ^-^ And to all of you who accompanied Kairi | |
970 | |
971 on her journey. ^-^ Thanks to all of you, from both of us. And always | |
972 | |
973 remember, 'Even in Darkness, there will always be Light.' |