Got 2 Believe
"Y..R..P. In position." a static voice from the other line whispered on the walkie talkie. "It's show time girls."
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"How are we supposed to celebrate Halloween when it's not even us?" Paine stated to the point to Yuna and Rikku, while they were a few feet away from the others.
The brunette of the trio smiled warmly. "That's what our Nobodies are for."
"Eh? Don't forget." Rikku interrupted motioning the two to come closer as she pointed to a couple of people. "Yuffie." she whispered and pointed to a girl who was dusting her hands while a pink dressed girl fainted at the haunted house exit. "and Tifa are Nobody hunters. Are you sure this is safe?"
"As long as they aren't suspicious, we're safe."
Paine nodded but didn't let the subject go. "But that girl Olette seems to be suspicious. She already knows about the legend. Now that she's got everyone worked up about it, it's harder for us."
"Pfft, who cares? We all have a Nobody, it's just that majority of the community don't pay attention to it." the blond teen muttered rolling her eyes at the idea. "Besides, look at Kairi, she can see her Nobody." and glanced at Cloud only to start giggling. "Haha! Cloud's Nobody is that Stuffofrot?!"
"That's Sephiroth to you." he glared from a distance making Rikku stop. "You and your Nobodies never respect your elders these days." he sighed before disappearing.
"Hm, but I don't really get it at the same time." Rikku murmured. "Why is it that we have Nobody hunters in Twilight Town? I've never heard of anything like it in the other worlds."
"Actually, I was speaking with Rinoa earlier and she said that there are hunters everywhere now." Yuna sadly admitted. "Lately, these Nobodies have either joined the good side, or the bad side."
"What's their reason for rebelling?"
"Well. It's the feeling of being attached to someone, and knowing that you don't have a heart. Most of the Nobodies have tried to become their own personality."
It was quiet in the eerie wind. Paine looked around and checked the time. "I guess they haven't had much luck huh?"
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"Lenne, I think I'm getting nervous." Yuna thought inside her mind, as the similar mirage of her appeared at her side.
"Well, if you don't face Tidus, then our mission won't be accomplished." she other self answered back. "And…..I won't be able to pass on."
"That's right." the brunette noted quickly. "One of the reasons why Lenne is with me is because she needs to solve her situation before passing on to the next world."
"I…know for sure that…Shuyin isn't up there." Lenne continued as she gazed at the clouds and sky above them, but she was only talking to herself so Yuna didn't hear a word she said. "If there was a reincarnation of him, your Tidus might be the one we're looking for. I need to find Shuyin and…"
Before Lenne could bother finishing her sentence, they heard their loud friend beside them announce. "Hey Rinoa!" grinned the now hyper blond person as she gave her a quick hug. Noticing a small figure beside her, she stooped down and kneeled down at the younger girl. "Who's this?"
Rinoa looked at Rikku, then at the girl. "Her?" she asked and smiled simply replying. "This is Garnet, my Nobody. Isn't she cute?"
"Yep Yep! Super Uber K-A-W-A-I-I!"
"Rikku, don't start scaring Garnet half to death." Paine reminded, butting in between them.
"She's already dead."
"Fuu, don't be a phooey and say things like that!" blondie scolded Paine's Nobody.
She shrugged. "Who cares? I'm dead too."
"Now let's not get into any trouble."
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At that moment, the dark haired girl looked up as if waking up from a dream.
"Something wrong Tifa?" Yuffie questioned while eating sweets from the refreshment tables and playing darts with the pumpkins.
"I…just…" she tried to say but was loss for words for mere moments. "sensed Nobodies."
"Nobodies? Don't be silly." the ninja teen laughed throwing another shuriken at another pumpkin hitting it directly. "I mean, out of the whole school in this Halloween party, how are we gonna know where these Nobodies are?"
She glared at her partner in annoyance. "Yuffie, we're hunters, we were trained to sense their presence and their exact location."
"I know Tifa! I just wanted a little fun since it is a holiday you know?" as she jumped to retrieve all her weapons. "Hm…" she hummed noticing her kunai was chipped on the side. "I might need to ask my cousin TenTen to fix this."
"She can fix that later, we need to fix our own problem!"
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Yuna nervously walked around people as she was looking for a certain someone. "How am I going to tell who is who when we're all in costumes?" she wondered asking herself why she and her friends decided to do this on Halloween out of all the other days. "I just need to-" but found herself being tripped and coincidentally caught by someone instantly.
"Hey, you alright?" she heard the person ask her. By the sound of it, it was a boy her age. A bit of red appeared on her cheeks. "I'm so sorry!"
He waved his hand slowly, shaking his head no. "No, I'm sorry, I was the person who tripped you in the first place." as he helped her stand up, leaving them with nothing else to say.
As they stood facing each other, they heard a slow song begin to play and people around them were swaying softly with the music. "I guess to apologize, would you dance with me?" he asked holding his hand out to her.
Hesitating at first, she inhaled slowly and took his hand, as they both swayed with the music just like the others. Embarrassed to glance at him, she kept her gaze elsewhere.
"So what's your name?"
She almost jumped when he finally spoke after minutes of silence between them. "Uh…um…Lenne…" she half lied.
His quiet response made her nervous. "Lenne…" she heard him whisper. "That name sounds familiar in some way."
"What…is…your name?"
A small smile formed on his face. "Just call me Shuyin, that's who I'm dressed up as."
She tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Shuyin?"
Nodding, he explained. "It's just a relative from a legend in our family. His name was Shuyin and he fell in love with a girl in a different family. He died with the feeling that he didn't save her and continuously, through our generations, tried to find her and tell her something."
She slowly let go of him, as her expression went gloomy. "That's so…sad…"
Taking her hands into his, he smiled gently. "I'm sure that one day, they will find each other."
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Waiting in front of the White Mansion, Kairi stared at the lights that were glowing inside full of people she was guessing, were having a party. "This house, used to be full of life…" she whispered softly.
"Kairi? What are you doing here?" the familiar brown haired boy appeared beside her with a look of confusion on his face. "You've been looking at this house lately…"
He waited for her to reply, but there was no response yet. "I remember…" she began. "There used to be a family of four that used to live here. They used to be so happy together, that is, until their mother died. Their father was a scientist, always talking about "Kingdom Hearts" and writing up things such as "Ansem Report number 7, 9, 11 etc." meaning he had no time for his daughters. One day he disappeared and never came back, one of the sisters died in an accident six days later."
"What happened to the other sister?"
This was the hard part for Kairi. "She's still alive, but what she did back then wasn't responsible…she held a séance in order to get her mother and sister back, but ended up causing trouble…"
Just when she was going to admit the story to Sora, ten kunais were thrown passed them hitting against the metal gate, falling to the ground.
"Sorry Sora! Sorry Kairi!" Yuffie exclaimed jumping out of a random bush. "I thought you guys were intruders, Tifa and I were supposed to guard this area."
"Why would you want to guard a place like this?"
"You could say we sensed some kind of presence around here." Tifa answered coming out of her hiding spot. "Some kind of mission we can't discuss with you at the moment."
"That's alright, Sora and I were just leaving." the red head nervously laughed pushing him forward as they quickly walked away from them.
Tifa glanced at the White Mansion. "Y'know, they said that the secrets are held in there, but only a few people can enter in there, if they have a key to this lock." she pointed to the black lock in front of them. "Ever since that child held that séance, she locked this whole area locking every document ever written by that scientist so that no one would find them."
"Hm, what makes them so special?" Yuffie asked aloud trying to figure out why.
"It's because…it tells us everything about Nobodies that we, Nobody hunters need in order to make them from being a Nobody to a "nothing."
