X Chapter XI x
X Story XIX X
~Manly Man~
"You know what you have to do, Sora?"
"What?"
"You have to be a MAN."
"A m-man?"
"A MAN."
"B-but... Riku, I don't know how to be a... m-man."
"NO. That's sissy talk. You KNOW how to be a MAN. You just don't know you know it yet. But I do."
"You do what?"
"I know that you know that you know how to be a MAN. And Roxas does too."
"R-roxas? You know that Riku knows that I know that I know how to be a man?"
"Yup."
"B-but how does one be a... man?"
"Well, first you gotta stop talking like a wimp. You are not a man, you are a MAN," Riku responds.
"I-I'm a... m-man?"
"No. You are a MAN. Say it proudly: I am a MAN!"
"I'm a man..."
"No, I am a MAN."
"I am a man."
"I am a MAN."
"I am a man!"
"I am a MAN."
"I-I am a M-MAN."
"There you go. I am a MAN."
"I AM A MAN."
"Yes. I am a MAN."
"I AM A MAN!" Sora says loud and proud. "I'M A MANLY MAN!"
"So? What are you gonna do about it?"
"I'M GONNA DO MANLY MAN THINGS."
"That's the spirit!"
The End
X Story XX X
~Bungee Jumping… Continued~
Previously
"Do you trust me?"
"Y-yeah. I do but…"
"Then TRUST me when I say that you'll be okay!"
"…B-but, Kairi, what if I die? What then?" He looks over the cliff; the waves merge with the large rocks and look like two very deadly things attacking each other.
"But, Roxas," she mocks his tone, "We won't die because you're supposed to trust me!"
Now
Okay, Roxas. Breathe… Just breathe. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. You're only almost falling to your death off a 600 foot cliff, and then vigorously pulled back up again. No big deal. You can do this. You can DO this! Bungee jumping is NOT going to hurt you. I am STRONG. I am PROUD. I'm a BADASS MUTHA WHO AIN'T GON' TAKE NOTHIN' FROM NOBODY-
"Kairi. I can't do this," Roxas admits.
"And what, pray tell, made you decide that now that we're already up here?"
Roxas began to stutter. "I-I just… I-I mean it's just… I-it's so high."
"That's kind of the point, Roxas," Kairi informed the skeptical teenager beside her.
Roxas took in a deep breath of the thin air surrounding him. "Okay, okay. Just… give me a few minutes."
Kairi smiled at him, happy that he was at least trying to cooperate. "Take as long as you need."
-Later-
"Roxas, you know, when I said 'Take as long as you need', I didn't mean 78 minutes."
"…You counted?"
A Couple of Story Summaries From Long Ago...
(Not all are for the Kingdom Hearts Series… Sorry)
Xion Roulette is a rogue, ace-rank assassin who was once part of a group called Organization XIII. But the Organization betrayed her for an unknown reason. Now with an undying blood-lust and a craving for revenge, Xion seeks out for the leader of the Organization. She runs into many obstacles along the way, the main one being having to battle the love of her life: Roxas.
She claimed that lightning flashes bright, then fades away. And that it can't protect—that it only destroys. But she has proved herself wrong on numerous amounts of levels. Time after time again, she gives everyone a perfectly clear reason to call her a true and genuine hero. But... sometimes even The Hero needs some saving.
Been a while, huh? I'm not necessarily back yet, though. School hasn't ended for me :(
These are all something that I wrote A LONG time ago. I'm talkin' mid-2012. The Bungee Jumping one is part of what I wrote to make it a full ONE-SHOT (I have no idea why I always put "one shot" in caps). The second summary that is here is for Final Fantasy XIII, based off of a song called "Save the Hero", which basically talks about a girl who is there for everyone, yet feels as if no one will ever be able to save her emotionally. Hence why the story would be about Lightning. The first summary (maybe I should have did this before the 2nd, lol) was just something I was doing when a wild plot bunny appeared inside my mind. And I actually wrote a ONE-SHOT for it, too! But I deleted it for some reason... The story was actually pretty interesting, even though it is borderline cliche. .-.
The first story is just randomness. Sora needed to have a pep talk, okay?!
Omega02x: Thanks! And yeah, the whole world being blind would be disastrous, but it was only a thought. (And Vexen is a mad scientist, so I wouldn't be surprised if he did it, though XD.)
EliXRoxie4Ever: Yeah. It's like people don't know that there's a whole KINGDOM of characters to ship (pun was most definitely intended).
OmegaStarShooter14: Yeah, it was more metaphorical than anything. Sometimes, I really do wonder how the world would have progressed if it were blind. Who knows what humans would have accomplished without being held back by hate? And thanks!
DiveintoHeart: I really do love it too. It's crazy, though, because I didn't really get the song until I really thought about it. The actual story was going to be about Vanitas was the mysterious "_" and he really is categorized as "insane", but as the story progressed, we find out that Ventus is struggling with a mental illness, and tries to fight it, but Vanitas, all through-out the investigation tries to get him to embrace the "insanity" trying to overcome him. I would go more in depth with it, but I'm not sure if I still want to do it as a story or not yet. I know, even after this long I still am keeping it as a possible story! .-. Thanks! I will try to get some more Disney-themed ones in here.
musicbox's will: Lol, thanks! *Eats brownie* It's delicious! YuffiexDemyx IS weird... But then again, that's how I feel about any pairing with Yuffie.
Rox123: Haha! Thanks!
MoonLitSparklesofTwilight: Is it a story in ?
SO.
I got a question for YOU. Yes, YOU!
If you could choose ANY of the stories I have shared with you from this collection for me to do a story for, which would you choose? (A poll is on my profile as of NOW!)
Also, I'm not one to ask for much, BUT, could you please, please, PWEEEZE follow me on DeviantART? I will love you forever. Well, I already DO love all of you, but it would really mean a lot to me if you followed me :) The link to it is ALSO on my profile. Oh god, now I feel bad that I'm advertising on a story, even if that's not what you're here for... Gomenasai. (I'm sorry.)
Thank yuh. Thank yuh vury much. *In an Elvis Presley accent*
xxxHikari-Kuraixxx (xxxLight-Darkxxx)