DDR HEARTS: The Next Time
By
Sega1cool
A/N: Hey, hey, I'm back.....Ryan's POV as usual, but enough of my prattling on, to the story.....
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Somewhere,someplace
I was driving home, listening to the silence, no music, just thinking.
"Oh, sorry. It's been awhile guys. I haven't seen you in the longest time."
I gonna talk like this, okay?
So, let's get you caught up.
I haven't seen Charmy in three months....see 'One More Day' for the whole story on that....and I still haven't forgotten her.
Sometimes I would wonder if it was real, but then seeing the bowtie she gave me, and
that she was wearing my Millenium arrow in the game, was all the proof I needed.
As for my friends from G.U.N, they had sadly been taken away, as they had been pulled too deep
into Konamison's falsities. I also learned the fate of another friends of mine's, Jake. Turns out
he went under cover to try and stop Konamison from the inside, but in the end he failed and
payed the price.....
Anyway, I had just gotten off from a endorsement photo shoot.
Konami, the company, had wanted to ease relations between us after what Konamison had
pulled...so they wanted me to endorse their newest game, DDR Extreme. I was saddened
by it though, because they had people dressed as the characters there for the shoot as
well, including one dressed as Charmy. I knew it wasn't her, but she looked so similar.
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My House
As I walked to the door, I noticed a box.
"Hmm, it's addressed to me, better bring it in."
I picked it up, walked in, and set it down on the table.
The last time I got a package was that fateful day, so long ago...
...but this was no time for flashbacks.
I felt horrible, so I decided to take a shower.
I turned the volume on the CD player loud, so I didn't hear someone come into my house.
I got out of the shower, dried off, put some clothes on, and headed downstairs to see what was inside that box.
I opened it up and the contents made me somewhat happy.
It was the new sensors I had ordered for my 5th mix machine.
I grabbed my tool box and the sensors, then headed for my arcade room.
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Arcade Room
I unplugged the 5th mix and opened the panels, replacing each one at a time.
After what must have been an hour, I finished putting the last one in and plugged the
machine back in.
"Man, this house is so empty since they all left....."
I stood up and noticed it hadn't started the boot up sequence.
"Hmmm, that's wierd......what didn't I do?" I asked myself.
"You didn't plug the main outlet in, you silly 'teddy bear'." said a familiar voice.
I froze, that voice, I knew that voice, there was only one person who ever called me
teddy bear.
As I turned around, I dropped the screwdriver I was holding, time slowing as it hit
the ground.
"C-C-Charmy?!" I asked.
"Yes?" she asked.
I just stood there for a moment, not registering what was going on.
Then when I pinched myself and saw that it was no dream, I ran to her, crying my eyes out.
"Charmy, you're really here!" I shouted.
Just as I was about to hug her, she put her arm out.
"Huh?" was all I got out before she tackled me.
I hugged her tightly and she hugged me back just as tight.
"Oh, God, thank you so much! But how? Nevermind. I don't care how, just as long as you
are back." I said.
"I am back, and I'll never leave again." she said.
I was so happy, too happy to express in words what I was feeling.
It was at that moment that my life began anew.
After we had settled down, we went and cuddled for awhile on my bed.
"You don't know how much I missed you since that day, three months ago." Charmy said.
"Oh, I probably do." I said, giving her a kiss.
We sat there, hugging each other, knowing we would never be seperated again.
"So, exactly how did you get back to my dimension?" I asked.
"Well....you can thank Mia and your friend Tom for that......it started a week after that day we last saw each other. Mia had finally broken her way into our dimension."
"I'm assuming that Terry and Mia are now seperated, eh?"
"Yes, they are back to their original selves, and that asshole who put them through this is now gone.....anyway, she saw how sad I was and told me of someone who might be
able to help....it was your friend Thomas, or rather, Tom. After he had blown up your
moon, he met those server dudes in that Dimension of Heroes place. They sent him to Mobius 2, kinda like how your
other self is on Mobius. Mia used the last of her strength to send me to Mobius 2. Anyway, he's been a big assest and the servers kinda owed him
big-time. When I told him of my plight, he was more than eager to help, knowing that
you had finally found someone and the last thing he would want was for you is to be
sad again. So, he contacted the server dudes, he told them what was up, and they said
they should be able to help....next thing I know, I'm outside your house and then that
leads us to this."
"Wow, Tom is a good friend....if I ever see him again, I'll have to thank him."
We laid there in my bed for a little while longer, just taking in each other's warmth.
It was so hard to beleive, but she was back....and I couldn't have been happier.
We were soon fast asleep.
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Next Morning
I awoke and felt around for Charmy.
She wasn't there.
Had it been a dream, again?
I got up and walked downstairs.
"Hmm, something's off."
I sniffed the air.
"Wait, smells like someone's cooking breakfast."
I ran to the kitchen.
Sure enough, there was Charmy, making breakfast for us.
Charmy noticed me and smiled, "Good morning, 'teddy bear'."
"Morning.*phew* for a sec, I thought I had just had another dream."
Charmy walked over to me,
"What about this? Is this a dream?" she said, giving me passionate kiss.
"Wow! Nope that's real, you're really back."
Charmy and I sat down and ate the breakfast she cooked.
Now, the food may have looked horrible, but I'll tell you this, it was the best meal I
had had in the longest of time.
"Thank you for breakfast, Charmy."
"Your welcome. So what're we doing today?"
Hmmm, now that was the question wasn't it?
"Hey, that new James Bond movie is out, want to go see it?" I asked.
"James Bond? Cool, I've heard about him. He's supposed to be some super cool, suavve,
British spy."
"Yeah, that's the gist of it. And we can play DDR before the movie."
"Okay, cool. I'll get my shoes on." she said, running off.
*sigh* I guess I've got the dishes......
Charmy got her shoes/skates on and we walked to my car, I opened the door and let her
in and then got into the drivers seat.
Little did I know, this was the last time I would see my house for a long while.
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Orange Park Mall: AMC 24
We stood outside waiting to get our tickets.
Charmy wasn't cold because this time, she had brought some long pants to wear.
I payed for the tickets and we went inside the theater.
"Follow me. The machine is over here." I said, motioning towards the 7th mix machine.
I put in the dollar and selected 'Versus' mode.
As Charmy and I danced, many people stopped and watched us.
"We seem to be drawing quite the crowd." I said.
"It means nothing. I'm DDRing for the fun, the fitness, and most of all, to be with you." Charmy said.
"Ditto." I replied.
Eventually, we ran through our 4 songs and stepped off the machine.
The crowd clapped for us and we bowed, waved and walked on hand and hand.
I looked ahead and saw a familiar face.
"Sonic! Shadow!" I shouted.
The two hedgehogs turned around and saw me.
"Hey! What're you doing here?" Sonic asked.
"Seeing Bond with my girlfriend." I replied.
"Uh,hello? How?" Shadow said, making the signal that I was crazy.
Just then, Charmy came back from the restroom.
"Hey, Ryan. Sonic, Shadow, how's it hangin'?" She asked.
Sonic and Shadow were speechless, which was a first.
"How, Wha, HuH?" they said in unison.
"Long story, but all I care about now is that she's here with me again, and this time
she'll never leave." I said, hugging her.
"Oh, you sweet 'teddy bear'." she said, hugging me back.
Shadow looked like he was going to gag.
Sonic was laughing, "Hahaha, you nickname is 'teddy bear'."
Charmy gave him the 'look' and he promptly shut up.
"So, what are you guys seeing?" I asked, moving on from that unpleasantness.
"Same as you, Bond Rocks!" Shadow said.
"Yeah, we saw a crowd around the DDR machine. Were you two drawing it?"
"What do you think?" Charmy asked.
"Yes, I had a feeling." Sonic said, not wanting to be given the 'look' again.
We got our refreshements and entered the theatre.
Ah, now I can thank AMC for couple-seating.
We went to the top, so we could easily see the whole movie.
I put the drink holder between us up, and me and Charmy cuddled while waiting for the
movie to start.
'I couldn't have asked for anything better.' I thought, looking at Charmy, who was resting on my shoulder.
I munched on some popcorn while watching the previews and then the movie started.
"About time." Charmy commented, "but at least I was waiting with you, Ryan."
The opening started, Pierce Brosnan as Bond walked across the screen and shot at it,
doing the traditional opening.
We watched the high points, low points, and the explosions of the movies.
It was good and I suggest to those that haven't seen it, do.
After the movie, we walked out and thought about what we could do.
As we stood there, I sensed something.....
'What is this feeling? I've sensed this life force before....' I thought to myself.
Charmy noticed I had that worried look on my face.
"What's wrong, Ryan?" she asked me.
".....Oh, nothing." I said, looking around.
Then there about one hundred feet away was him...the hooded dude from my dreams.
"This can't be good." I said, not noticing the others were looking at me.
"What's not good?" Sonic asked.
I subtlely motioned for them to look at that hooded guy.
"See him," I said, "he's the guy from my dreams. He muttered something about the doors and a key.
I've got a bad feeling."
I wondered what I should do.
"Well, then let's march over there and demand he levels with us." Shadow said.
"Okay. Charmy stay behind us in case he pulls something." I said as we made our way towards him.
It was obvious he spotted us, because he ran off, us in pursuit.
"Stop, come back here." I shouted.
I saw him duck down an alley and then.....
"He disappeared." I said, not sensing his life presence.
We stood there for what seemed an eternity, until.....
"What is that?" Sonic asked, pointing towards some wierd, black, shadowy thing.
'Oh, no. It's the heartless.' I thought.
The one heartless became two and enveloped Sonic and Shadow in a dark mist.
"Ahhh, let go. Ryan, help!" Sonic and Shadow said in unison.
I didn't know what I could do.
I tried to use my saber, but it had no effect on them.
"No way, I can't beleive this is happening." I said, as Sonic and Shadow vanished.
At that moment my saber, changed. It became the shape of one of those old style key's with the top
part the handle and the rest the light beam.
"Wow, that's new." I said, not noticing the heartless sneak up on me.
"Ryan, look out!" Charmy shouted as the heartless jumped towards me.
I turned around and slashed at it with my 'Keysaber'.
It evaporated into nothing as the Keysaber came into contact with it.
"Yes, looks like this one works on them." I said.
I looked around and couldn't see Charmy.
I figured she'd gone and followed that guy down the alley.
"Damn it! I don't need her getting killed after finally getting her back." I said running down the
alley way.
About halfway down, I saw Charmy standing in front of a door....
"Wait, I've seen that door before..." I said, just before the door blew open and darkness flowed
out and pushed Charmy towards me.
I went to catch her, but the next thing I knew, she disappeared.
"No, not again!" I shouted, before the darkness knocked me out.
When I awoke, things had gone from bad to Holy Shit.
The mall was in ruins and there was a huge vortex in the sky.
"What the hell is that?" I asked myself.
Just then, I noticed a rather large shadow being cast over my area.
I turned around and saw....him.
"No, it's my dark side from the dream....This can't be good." I said, drawing my Keysaber.
I attacked his fists, just like in my dream.
He summoned more of those stupid shadow Heartless and I dealt with them.
After an eternity, I dealt the final blow.
Then the vortex began sucking in the world, as my darkside flew into it.
I grabbed onto a broken bike rack and hung on.
"No, my grip is slipping....NOOOO!" I said, losing my grip and being sucked into the vortex.
As soon as I hit the vortex, everything went dark and I had no idea where I was going to come out next, my last thoughts of Charmy before I slipped into unconsciousness...........
By
Sega1cool
A/N: Hey, hey, I'm back.....Ryan's POV as usual, but enough of my prattling on, to the story.....
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Somewhere,someplace
I was driving home, listening to the silence, no music, just thinking.
"Oh, sorry. It's been awhile guys. I haven't seen you in the longest time."
I gonna talk like this, okay?
So, let's get you caught up.
I haven't seen Charmy in three months....see 'One More Day' for the whole story on that....and I still haven't forgotten her.
Sometimes I would wonder if it was real, but then seeing the bowtie she gave me, and
that she was wearing my Millenium arrow in the game, was all the proof I needed.
As for my friends from G.U.N, they had sadly been taken away, as they had been pulled too deep
into Konamison's falsities. I also learned the fate of another friends of mine's, Jake. Turns out
he went under cover to try and stop Konamison from the inside, but in the end he failed and
payed the price.....
Anyway, I had just gotten off from a endorsement photo shoot.
Konami, the company, had wanted to ease relations between us after what Konamison had
pulled...so they wanted me to endorse their newest game, DDR Extreme. I was saddened
by it though, because they had people dressed as the characters there for the shoot as
well, including one dressed as Charmy. I knew it wasn't her, but she looked so similar.
-------------------------
My House
As I walked to the door, I noticed a box.
"Hmm, it's addressed to me, better bring it in."
I picked it up, walked in, and set it down on the table.
The last time I got a package was that fateful day, so long ago...
...but this was no time for flashbacks.
I felt horrible, so I decided to take a shower.
I turned the volume on the CD player loud, so I didn't hear someone come into my house.
I got out of the shower, dried off, put some clothes on, and headed downstairs to see what was inside that box.
I opened it up and the contents made me somewhat happy.
It was the new sensors I had ordered for my 5th mix machine.
I grabbed my tool box and the sensors, then headed for my arcade room.
--------------------------
Arcade Room
I unplugged the 5th mix and opened the panels, replacing each one at a time.
After what must have been an hour, I finished putting the last one in and plugged the
machine back in.
"Man, this house is so empty since they all left....."
I stood up and noticed it hadn't started the boot up sequence.
"Hmmm, that's wierd......what didn't I do?" I asked myself.
"You didn't plug the main outlet in, you silly 'teddy bear'." said a familiar voice.
I froze, that voice, I knew that voice, there was only one person who ever called me
teddy bear.
As I turned around, I dropped the screwdriver I was holding, time slowing as it hit
the ground.
"C-C-Charmy?!" I asked.
"Yes?" she asked.
I just stood there for a moment, not registering what was going on.
Then when I pinched myself and saw that it was no dream, I ran to her, crying my eyes out.
"Charmy, you're really here!" I shouted.
Just as I was about to hug her, she put her arm out.
"Huh?" was all I got out before she tackled me.
I hugged her tightly and she hugged me back just as tight.
"Oh, God, thank you so much! But how? Nevermind. I don't care how, just as long as you
are back." I said.
"I am back, and I'll never leave again." she said.
I was so happy, too happy to express in words what I was feeling.
It was at that moment that my life began anew.
After we had settled down, we went and cuddled for awhile on my bed.
"You don't know how much I missed you since that day, three months ago." Charmy said.
"Oh, I probably do." I said, giving her a kiss.
We sat there, hugging each other, knowing we would never be seperated again.
"So, exactly how did you get back to my dimension?" I asked.
"Well....you can thank Mia and your friend Tom for that......it started a week after that day we last saw each other. Mia had finally broken her way into our dimension."
"I'm assuming that Terry and Mia are now seperated, eh?"
"Yes, they are back to their original selves, and that asshole who put them through this is now gone.....anyway, she saw how sad I was and told me of someone who might be
able to help....it was your friend Thomas, or rather, Tom. After he had blown up your
moon, he met those server dudes in that Dimension of Heroes place. They sent him to Mobius 2, kinda like how your
other self is on Mobius. Mia used the last of her strength to send me to Mobius 2. Anyway, he's been a big assest and the servers kinda owed him
big-time. When I told him of my plight, he was more than eager to help, knowing that
you had finally found someone and the last thing he would want was for you is to be
sad again. So, he contacted the server dudes, he told them what was up, and they said
they should be able to help....next thing I know, I'm outside your house and then that
leads us to this."
"Wow, Tom is a good friend....if I ever see him again, I'll have to thank him."
We laid there in my bed for a little while longer, just taking in each other's warmth.
It was so hard to beleive, but she was back....and I couldn't have been happier.
We were soon fast asleep.
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Next Morning
I awoke and felt around for Charmy.
She wasn't there.
Had it been a dream, again?
I got up and walked downstairs.
"Hmm, something's off."
I sniffed the air.
"Wait, smells like someone's cooking breakfast."
I ran to the kitchen.
Sure enough, there was Charmy, making breakfast for us.
Charmy noticed me and smiled, "Good morning, 'teddy bear'."
"Morning.*phew* for a sec, I thought I had just had another dream."
Charmy walked over to me,
"What about this? Is this a dream?" she said, giving me passionate kiss.
"Wow! Nope that's real, you're really back."
Charmy and I sat down and ate the breakfast she cooked.
Now, the food may have looked horrible, but I'll tell you this, it was the best meal I
had had in the longest of time.
"Thank you for breakfast, Charmy."
"Your welcome. So what're we doing today?"
Hmmm, now that was the question wasn't it?
"Hey, that new James Bond movie is out, want to go see it?" I asked.
"James Bond? Cool, I've heard about him. He's supposed to be some super cool, suavve,
British spy."
"Yeah, that's the gist of it. And we can play DDR before the movie."
"Okay, cool. I'll get my shoes on." she said, running off.
*sigh* I guess I've got the dishes......
Charmy got her shoes/skates on and we walked to my car, I opened the door and let her
in and then got into the drivers seat.
Little did I know, this was the last time I would see my house for a long while.
-------------------------
Orange Park Mall: AMC 24
We stood outside waiting to get our tickets.
Charmy wasn't cold because this time, she had brought some long pants to wear.
I payed for the tickets and we went inside the theater.
"Follow me. The machine is over here." I said, motioning towards the 7th mix machine.
I put in the dollar and selected 'Versus' mode.
As Charmy and I danced, many people stopped and watched us.
"We seem to be drawing quite the crowd." I said.
"It means nothing. I'm DDRing for the fun, the fitness, and most of all, to be with you." Charmy said.
"Ditto." I replied.
Eventually, we ran through our 4 songs and stepped off the machine.
The crowd clapped for us and we bowed, waved and walked on hand and hand.
I looked ahead and saw a familiar face.
"Sonic! Shadow!" I shouted.
The two hedgehogs turned around and saw me.
"Hey! What're you doing here?" Sonic asked.
"Seeing Bond with my girlfriend." I replied.
"Uh,hello? How?" Shadow said, making the signal that I was crazy.
Just then, Charmy came back from the restroom.
"Hey, Ryan. Sonic, Shadow, how's it hangin'?" She asked.
Sonic and Shadow were speechless, which was a first.
"How, Wha, HuH?" they said in unison.
"Long story, but all I care about now is that she's here with me again, and this time
she'll never leave." I said, hugging her.
"Oh, you sweet 'teddy bear'." she said, hugging me back.
Shadow looked like he was going to gag.
Sonic was laughing, "Hahaha, you nickname is 'teddy bear'."
Charmy gave him the 'look' and he promptly shut up.
"So, what are you guys seeing?" I asked, moving on from that unpleasantness.
"Same as you, Bond Rocks!" Shadow said.
"Yeah, we saw a crowd around the DDR machine. Were you two drawing it?"
"What do you think?" Charmy asked.
"Yes, I had a feeling." Sonic said, not wanting to be given the 'look' again.
We got our refreshements and entered the theatre.
Ah, now I can thank AMC for couple-seating.
We went to the top, so we could easily see the whole movie.
I put the drink holder between us up, and me and Charmy cuddled while waiting for the
movie to start.
'I couldn't have asked for anything better.' I thought, looking at Charmy, who was resting on my shoulder.
I munched on some popcorn while watching the previews and then the movie started.
"About time." Charmy commented, "but at least I was waiting with you, Ryan."
The opening started, Pierce Brosnan as Bond walked across the screen and shot at it,
doing the traditional opening.
We watched the high points, low points, and the explosions of the movies.
It was good and I suggest to those that haven't seen it, do.
After the movie, we walked out and thought about what we could do.
As we stood there, I sensed something.....
'What is this feeling? I've sensed this life force before....' I thought to myself.
Charmy noticed I had that worried look on my face.
"What's wrong, Ryan?" she asked me.
".....Oh, nothing." I said, looking around.
Then there about one hundred feet away was him...the hooded dude from my dreams.
"This can't be good." I said, not noticing the others were looking at me.
"What's not good?" Sonic asked.
I subtlely motioned for them to look at that hooded guy.
"See him," I said, "he's the guy from my dreams. He muttered something about the doors and a key.
I've got a bad feeling."
I wondered what I should do.
"Well, then let's march over there and demand he levels with us." Shadow said.
"Okay. Charmy stay behind us in case he pulls something." I said as we made our way towards him.
It was obvious he spotted us, because he ran off, us in pursuit.
"Stop, come back here." I shouted.
I saw him duck down an alley and then.....
"He disappeared." I said, not sensing his life presence.
We stood there for what seemed an eternity, until.....
"What is that?" Sonic asked, pointing towards some wierd, black, shadowy thing.
'Oh, no. It's the heartless.' I thought.
The one heartless became two and enveloped Sonic and Shadow in a dark mist.
"Ahhh, let go. Ryan, help!" Sonic and Shadow said in unison.
I didn't know what I could do.
I tried to use my saber, but it had no effect on them.
"No way, I can't beleive this is happening." I said, as Sonic and Shadow vanished.
At that moment my saber, changed. It became the shape of one of those old style key's with the top
part the handle and the rest the light beam.
"Wow, that's new." I said, not noticing the heartless sneak up on me.
"Ryan, look out!" Charmy shouted as the heartless jumped towards me.
I turned around and slashed at it with my 'Keysaber'.
It evaporated into nothing as the Keysaber came into contact with it.
"Yes, looks like this one works on them." I said.
I looked around and couldn't see Charmy.
I figured she'd gone and followed that guy down the alley.
"Damn it! I don't need her getting killed after finally getting her back." I said running down the
alley way.
About halfway down, I saw Charmy standing in front of a door....
"Wait, I've seen that door before..." I said, just before the door blew open and darkness flowed
out and pushed Charmy towards me.
I went to catch her, but the next thing I knew, she disappeared.
"No, not again!" I shouted, before the darkness knocked me out.
When I awoke, things had gone from bad to Holy Shit.
The mall was in ruins and there was a huge vortex in the sky.
"What the hell is that?" I asked myself.
Just then, I noticed a rather large shadow being cast over my area.
I turned around and saw....him.
"No, it's my dark side from the dream....This can't be good." I said, drawing my Keysaber.
I attacked his fists, just like in my dream.
He summoned more of those stupid shadow Heartless and I dealt with them.
After an eternity, I dealt the final blow.
Then the vortex began sucking in the world, as my darkside flew into it.
I grabbed onto a broken bike rack and hung on.
"No, my grip is slipping....NOOOO!" I said, losing my grip and being sucked into the vortex.
As soon as I hit the vortex, everything went dark and I had no idea where I was going to come out next, my last thoughts of Charmy before I slipped into unconsciousness...........