Sacrifice Of Heart
Heartless And Hamburgers
"Selphie?" but why is she here, sealed behind the door? The solemn girl in front of me…what happened to my bright cheerful friend? I deserve this, to be stuck here…but her? How'd she get here? The questions didn't stop but finally he had come to the conclusion she must be an illusion or a mirage, she couldn't really be there, it was some sort of trick. "You can't be…you aren't real."
She walked over to him and pulled him into a hug. He awkwardly put him arms around her. "You see, I'm as real as you. As real as this world. But who knows…" She broke from the embrace "Maybe its all in your head, maybe you never left destiny islands maybe its all a dream and you're asleep snug in your bed." She sat back on the bed and leaned back her feet dangling over the edge "But I hope its not a dream, cause I finally found someone…" She trailed off before rising back to sitting "How far have you gotten into the city?"
"Just this far," He admitted.
"The doors in the center, you know," She replied
He let out a sigh before taking a seat next to Selphie on the bed. "I figured but I searched here anyway, the further you get in the more impenetrable the heartless become, but how can you be so sure where the door is?"
" I already told you! I saw it in my dream. We'll go there and with the key you can open the door to the light."
Riku looked down at the keyblade still clutched in his hand my only weapon, and our most valuable asset "when do we leave?"
"Now?" she questioned more than stated. With a nod of Riku's head they were leaving the hotel and setting out to find the door.
The air was filled with pounding rain as they walked down the empty streets. Riku's eyes strayed from the long paved road ahead of them to his old friend. Selphie sure has changed, still optimistic as ever though. Selphie was strolling down the street humming a song as if it was a sunny day; her cheery tune brought his lips into a smile. But what if the door isn't where she says it is…the thought crossed his mind but didn't bother him all that much. She seemed so confident yet something felt like she was hiding something, holding apiece back, But why would she?
As they walked along Riku noticed Selphie always seemed to keep a bounce in her step and a song in her heart. Soon Riku found himself smiling again, something he had done rarely if ever in the past three years.
They had been walking along for an hour or two before a strange thought formulated in Riku's mind, We haven't been attacked by the heartless, not a single one. "Selphie, have you noticed we haven't been attacked. Usually I'd be ambushed by wave after wave of monsters."
"Yeah, I was beginning to wonder" she said sounding a bit down "maybe we've just been lucky" she said, hope and determination returning to her voice.
"Somehow I doubt it" he replied pessimistically.
As if cursed by his words not fifteen minutes later dark puddles began to form under their feet the pitch-black puddles soon gave life to heartless even larger than the last. As soon as their eyes met what little light there was they began a merciless attack. Riku's keyblade tore through the heartless at lightning speed but seemed to have little effect on the sheer dozens of heartless that just seemed to keep coming. "I did mention every other time I has tried to get farther I'd been defeated right?" he said, panting from his efforts. His eyes managed to make their way over to Selphie just in time to see a black figure lunge at her. She pulled a silver dagger from in her cloak and embedded it where the heart would be; retracting the knife the heartless fell to the ground and disappeared once again. "Hey, lets ditch 'em" he offered.
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After barely escaping the swarm of heartless the day only held a few, smaller fights. Eventually night began to fall and their dim light became even dimmer. Before dark they had managed to find a place to rest.
It was a restaurant filled with dark oak furniture. "Maybe there's some food here," Riku smiled and began to rummage through a cabinet. "Lets see here, stale crackers…moldy bread"
"I found some hamburger meat in the freezer," Selphie said "now if…yes!" Selphie flipped on the grill and small amount of heat began to radiate. She broke off pieces of meat and flattened them with her hands and placed them on the heated stovetop. They began to sizzle emitting an intoxicating smell very inviting to their growling stomachs. She clattered about the foreign kitchen and managed to scrounge together a spatula along with two plates and silverware.
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Not much later Selphie emerged from the kitchen carrying two plates "foods ready" she smiled handing a plate to Riku. The room was barely lit with only the remnants of candle Riku had found.
"Why thank you chef Selphie" Riku teased
Selphie just smiled and stuck her tongue out at Riku, "hey, without me you'd be eating stale crackers and moldy bread"
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As famished as they were they spent a lot of time just talking. It had been a long time since either of them had had another person to share their thoughts with, but when the subject turned to Destiny Islands Selphie went from a mile a minute to barely talking at all.
"Selphie, is something wrong?" Riku asked wondering how he had upset her.
"Oh no its nothing…I just…miss everyone…that's all" she managed to stumble out
"Well…don't worry we'll get back and everyone will be really happy to see us home" he said forcing a smile 'everyone will be happy to see us…unless they hate me…who could blame them if they did, I ruined their lives…but I was trying to help, or at least that's how I felt at first…maybe, maybe I haven't been able to get to the door because I don't deserve to go home.'
"Yeah!" Selphie pumped her fist into the air energetically. 'If only…'
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Riku lay next to Selphie on the hard ground her auburn hair freely spilled on the stone floor that lay beneath them. Bright sparkling emerald eyes and lifeless aqua ones rested. For the first time in a long time they felt safe, together.
But unknown to them their security was false. The chilled night air was filled with silent whispers. A small group had gathered just outside their haven. A blonde boy seemingly a bit older than them took charge of the assembly. "Capture the key, but don't hurt her, yet." He smirked a malicious glint in his sea green eyes.
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Authors notes: Yay! Chapter two is done! Who is the leader of the group? What do they want? Find out next chapter ^^ I'm sorry it took so long to update last weekend was sakura-con [very fun!!!] but this week is spring break so expect more frequent updates.
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