Distance
Disclaimer: I don't Tales of Symphonia or Tales Namco or anything really; just my words. That is all.
She never really fully understood what being the Chosen was like; what it was like to have the entire world rely on you to save it. To be blamed for whatever was going wrong with the world as if you were the one who was entirely responsible for it…
Now she knows, and she would give almost anything to get rid of what she is feeling at this moment.
"Mizuho may be in danger…everyone could be in danger…who could possibly….why…"
She sits, unmoving, listening to the whispers meshing together, barely registering the words in her head. Her body feels numb. There's a ringing noise resounding in her head. It would feel so good to sleep right now.
But she can't.
Maybe she will never be able to sleep again.
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"So you're saying that an anonymous group of terrorists tried to blow up the city last night?"
"Yes, that seems to be what their objective was."
"And for what purpose, exactly?"
"They seem to have a goal similar to the terrorist group that targeted you roughly a year ago," the king explained. "They-"
"Wait, so I'm being targeted by another group? Don't people get sick of blaming me for everything?" Zelos demanded, his eyes blazing.
"You are not the target this time, Chosen One."
"…What?"
"Their target is Sheena Fujibayashi."
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She checks her bag for the third time to make sure that she has everything she needs. She's worried that she'll forget something because she knows that she probably won't be able to come back to Mizuho for a long time. What a pity it is, having to leave her village again for an unknown length of time just when things had begun to settle down.
But she knows that she must leave.
She can't risk having them find out where Mizuho is. It's too dangerous for her to stay. Right when I thought I could start to forgive myself for what I did in the past, I put everyone in danger again…
"So I hear that you're going on a trip."
She turns to see a certain red-haired Chosen standing in the doorway of her room. She's unsure as to how she feels about seeing him. Part of her is happy, but it is subdued by the knowledge that now that she is in danger he is automatically at risk himself for being associated with her.
"Yeah, I am," she answers, unable to bring herself to meet his gaze.
"Why didn't you invite me along?"
Author's Note: Hello everyone! It's SakuMeiMei. I've been considering changing my pen name for a while now, so I figured now would be a good time to do it now that I'm working on something new. It's been a while since I've written anything, hasn't it? It feels like an eternity for me. I have no idea how I stayed away from writing about Zelos and Sheena for so long. But here I am, writing about them when I should be sleeping or studying.
I've actually been thinking about writing something like this for a long time. I always thought, "What if Sheena was the target in Rodeo Ride Tour?" So here it is. Also, this fanfiction totally disregards the existence of Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk/Dawn of the New World. I just didn't think that it would make sense to include the events of that game in here, so I decided to just disregard it entirely. I don't remember much of KoR anyway. XD;;
It's interesting writing a multi-chapter story. I've only written oneshots until this point. I hope to see this story through to the end though, and I hope everyone enjoys it. C: