Side B: Burial: Letting her go, the rage that follows the tomb
Sora wasn't up for it, he wasn't ready for her choice of words nor was he willing to accept it. The others agreeing nor was he ready to face the unbelievable truth; She was never going to come back, no matter how much he begged, prayed or wished and nothing he could do would change that. Moreover, the thought, horribly sickened him he felt his body go hollow to make matters worse she tried to comfort him.
"It'll be okay Sora, I-"He turned away from her
"It…will never be okay Tifa, never"
"Sora…you still have us isn't that enough!?" Tifa barked
Sora had a distant look in his eyes
"Depends, for me to stay here, of course, for me to get over the pain in my heart and the mental barrage of what ifs not even close"
Sora was about to turn around when a firm hand reached his shoulder he almost wanted to smile at how ironic this was.
"Don't go taking your sadness out on Tifa, all she wants to do is help you, you can't keep pushing everyone away!" Cloud shouted his voice almost cracked from the concern in his voice
"Can't the same be said for you!? You ran away from your problems from people who cared don't try to lecture me like you're my-"A soft hand became a deadly weapon on the used to be brunettes face.
A teary-eyed Rikku was the culprit of the soft sting on his face
"Don't take what pain you have…on people who love you!" Rikku couldn't keep her composure although Sora couldn't help but feel solemn about the words that left her mouth but even still he couldn't help but turn away.
"I…Don't expect you to understand, nor do I expect you to ever come to terms with the path I chose, But don't you dare tell me what I should do. Not like you'd understand heart ache" Sora marched off completely indifferent about what had occurred Rikku on the other hand was fuming, of course she let her mouth do all the work instead of her brain which she'd sooner rather than later come to regret.
"Of course I understand I'm in love with you, you idiot!" The words echoed
He stopped for a second turned just enough to see her face, racked with pain and fresh tears that she wasn't about to hide.
"Forgive me…maybe…maybe in another life Rikku." Sora whispered and rushed off again direction…he had none, thoughts…only a few…
That she is a lot like her and it makes it that much harder not to call out to her. Why did she….why did Rikku have to like him…why did it have to be the girl so much….so much like Yuffie?
"This is…all your fault…Genesis…!"
"We don't have much of a choice anymore, will go to him, and fight against his forces while they're still weak" Cloud stood against his small group consisting of Tifa, Barrett, Vincent, Rikku, Cid, Tidus, Yuna and of course Sora.
"We can't waste another second, will be moving out today."
"If you plan to, leave the soon to be mother here with me" A feminine voice cut through the serious air, Lucrecia walked over to Tifa and grabbed a hold of her before she could even speak against her.
"I know what you're carrying you can't go out and fight and risk losing it, a child is precious!" The door to the seventh heaven opened the group looked over to see Sora standing in the doorway.
"Then you'll have no objections about me going on without the rest of you," Sora turned away
"HEY, you aren't going without the star of this show Sora!" Tidus rushed after the raven-haired teen
"Tidus; now isn't the time to be rushing into things wait!" Yuna ran after the blonde as for Rikku she was already out the door
"Wait; don't go off on your own!" Cloud shouted much to his late response no one said a thing to him about it he was about to rush after them.
"Hold it! You aren't going anywhere, what kind of father would you be if you abandoned your child!?" Lucrecia shouted
"Could' a been Reno" Cid said with a muffled chuckle that Tifa and Cloud couldn't help but glare at
"And I reckon I could' a killed you quite a few times for the remark, Cid" Cloud said uncharacteristically angry yet with complete sarcasm
"Hey calm down I'm joking, not like she'd go for anyone else anyway, keep your pants on, actually I guess you didn't" Cid howled with laughter and all too soon stopped when he felt a gun against his temple.
"Sora! Wait up!" Tidus shouted Sora stopped for a split second and the trio came to a halt a few inches away from him.
"You can't leave the star behind Sora!" Tidus shouted as he walked in step with the raven-haired teen Yuna and Rikku in tow behind them
Unfortunately, for Sora, Tidus had a question one he didn't quite know how to voice or even successfully get it out of his mind and into his mouth without sounding like an idiot
"Sooooo your hair ever gonna go back to normal?" Tidus wanted to mentally slap himself for the way that came out.
Sora eyed him as if questioning his sanity
"It's…just you look different, as if…as if you aren't the same person anymore" The words echoed everything faded to black
As for Tidus he assumed – He was ether seething with anger or just at the point of ripping him a new one, although his answer never came he just kept walking as if in a daze which made the unbearable anguish that much worse, he kept wondering if he was going to hit him or not.
Inside Sora's mind, however a new problem showed itself.
"You really aren't the same anymore, are you?" A new voice feminine void of any real emotions snaked out of the darkness
"I haven't changed, not even a bit…whatever or whoever you are…you…don't even know a thing!"
"You're becoming the one thing you hate most, you know something…the enemy you faced a year ago…you look just like him…"
Sora felt his breath hitch in his throat
"I'm nothing like him, nothing at all you idiot!" Sora shouted
"Why don't you see for yourself" A bright silver mirror made its way down to meet the raven haired teen when he finally looked at himself his hair was indeed black as his. His eyes still blue, but even he knew in chaos form that…his eyes took the color of a sickly yellowish gold
He took one step back shocked at the revelation…he quickly took a few more, trying to turn away from this revelation.
"You can't escape the fact that…you're becoming something you once defeated…that once tried to kill your beloved…your becoming darkness itself."
Sora turned away hoping the darkness would vanish but all he saw - heard made him want to shatter into pieces
"You are becoming Vanitas even if you don't want to, even if you think what you're doing is right, your letting love corrupt itself and becoming twisted you will become what you hate, you will lose everything, if you keep going, you won't live, you won't keep the promise you made…you'll go on in an endless circle forever"
The person who stood in front of him looked identical to Yuffie…and yet at the same time similar to Kairi, two people he loved to some degree or another all of the memories from one time or another rushed forward making him slowly sink into the darkness.
You lazy bum wake up!
No matter where you go, I'll always be with you…
I'm the great ninja Yuffie!
I couldn't forget you…even if I wanted to
I'll always be apart of you!
I totally didn't forget you, honest!
One sky…one destiny
You and I belong together our hearts are one so no matter how far you go…I know you'll come back because home is where the heart is…and home for you…is right here with me…right Sora?
A small light slowly getting brighter in the raven-haired teens eyes until it completely took over the darkness within.
I pray…that one day our hearts will blend…that the gears of the world will one day start to spin…so that I may one day…see you again my beloved…my white rose
"Even though…you know so very well…that, that day will never come"
"I do…but I will keep hoping…I won't let it die ether…I will hold her close…once more…even if I do so only in my dreams or in the afterlife I won't lose hope!
The darkness faded looking over head the teen could see a tower above the waves of stairs rested the chosen ones current resident of hatred
"So…you've come this far, even though you're about to break…your close to rotting from the inside out and yet…" He paused and smirked" How admirable but just so you know you won't make it another step, will finish this here and now!"
Sora looked over to his blonde counterpart who not only flinched but screamed as loud as he could not to hit him…Sora looked at him in bewilderment as to how he hadn't decided to start beating him months ago – you know until he stopped jumping to conclusions that is.
"To answer your previous question Tidus, it is so my conviction stays true, my path is stained in darkness and loss but…the light that I have left is only here for one reason…
"FOR MY FAMILY" An image of Cloud, Tifa and all the friends he made during his time in Midgar "…MY HEART!" Sora shouted an image of his beloved flashed through his mind…her warm smiled eased his troubled heart as he rushed towards the building before him…the new Shinra HQ.
"I wonder…if my pep talk helped him…like it did for you…Roxas was it something she would've said? On the other hand, maybe it was too brash…like Yuffie? I guess no matter how you look at it…everything all depends on them…on his light and on their belief in him"
