Dagger to My Heart
-Mystik Surreality-
AN// Well, chapter one was really boring. But here's chapter two, when they actually get to meet. The action should start by next chapter.
Summary// She was the only survivor of her world's destruction... and he has locked his heart away from the world after the destruction of his. Can they bring each other back into the light, before the darkness destroys them?
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Chapter Two // Stormy Seas
Dagger crossed her arms over her chest and glanced at Yuffie, who smiled encouragingly. "So, Dagger... how old are you?"
"Nineteen." she replied slowly, her voice a bare soprano whisper.
"Oh! I'm eighteen." Yuffie smiled. Dagger smiled hesitantly.
"This place..." she paused. "Where are we?" She gestured to the buildings around them. Yuffie nodded slightly.
"This is Traverse Town... maybe Aerith should explain it all to you. I'm a bit shaky on all the details." Yuffie stated. Dagger nodded, solemn again.
"She's the newcomer?"
Yuffie jumped and Dagger winced at the sound of the male overtones. She glanced up nervously to appraise the man. He was tall, and had long brown hair. Well toned and dressed mostly in black. His eyes... were stormy seas.
She kicked herself.
'He's nothing like Zidane...' she thought, heart bleeding. Thinking about her love hurt, a lot. 'Why did he even make me think of HIM...?' she tried to hide the pain on her face, but failed. He was so much better at hiding, she thought. He looks like he's feeling nothing.
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Leon hesitated once she looked up at him. Her eyes were hazel, not brown... like his angel's. She was gone. Anger flared, and he kicked himself for letting himself falter even that long.
'But she does look an aweful lot like Ri-' the voice in his head began before he cut all thought off and drilled Yuffie about the girl.
"Where's she from?" he asked roughly. Yuffie paled and glanced sideways at her. The slight girl with dark hair looked away from him.
"I- Well, Aerith said we shouldn't..." she leaned forward. "We didn't want to upset her." she added quieter.
The girl tensed and turned back. "No need... I'm from Alexandria... well, Gaia."
Leon tensed. Her world had the same name as theirs did. "Gaia?" Was Gaia still there?!
"Yes." she paused. "I'm sorry... thank you, Yuffie, but..." she hesitated before she turned tail and all but ran to flee from them.
"I'm sorry, Leon... I'd better follow her." Yuffie murmured, running after the dark haired girl.
Leon turned around and punched the wall. His anger and frustrations didn't fade, but the ache in his knuckles gave him something else to think about... besides her.
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Yuffie hesitated a few feet away from the crate Dagger had sat upon, saying nothing.
"He... Leon... is he always so direct?" Dagger asked slightly.
Yuffie chuckled a bit bitterly. "Yeah... that's Leon." she tried to say any number of things, but none came to her tongue.
Dagger smiled sadly and glanced over her shoulder. "He's hurting." she whispered. She stood and dusted herself off. Yuffie winced at the girl's words.
'How right you are, Dagger...' Yuffie said silently. Her mind screamed to tell Dagger all about Leon's past, about Rinoa's death and about all of his friends... lost before he could try and save them. No words formed.
Dagger smiled faintly. "I think I'd like to talk to walk alone for awhile..."
Yuffie nodded with a smile. "Sure! Just ask for the inn if you get lost. I'll wait for you there."
Dagger nodded mutely before she walked past Yuffie and down the street.
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She hummed to herself, and images passed by her eyes. Tears formed, and fell without hinderance. Her dearest friends, her uncle and aunt... and him. Zidane, the only man she'd ever loved. Her chest heaved from the sobs, the tears staining her face and blotching her shirt.
She couldn't hold the tears back, not anymore. She'd tried to be strong, and it was all crumbling around her. The grief tore at her.
She collapsed to sit upon a set of stairs. She didn't care, at this point, that she was in the open and people could see her crying. She didn't care. None of them were Zidane. None of them were her friends.
She felt a pair of comforting arms around her shoulders. "Cry it out... it only helps, Dagger." Aerith brushed her hair out of her eyes and smiled at the younger girl. "It only lifts the grief." she whispered.
And Dagger cried out her sorrows on Aerith's shoulder.
-Mystik Surreality-
AN// Well, chapter one was really boring. But here's chapter two, when they actually get to meet. The action should start by next chapter.
Summary// She was the only survivor of her world's destruction... and he has locked his heart away from the world after the destruction of his. Can they bring each other back into the light, before the darkness destroys them?
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Chapter Two // Stormy Seas
Dagger crossed her arms over her chest and glanced at Yuffie, who smiled encouragingly. "So, Dagger... how old are you?"
"Nineteen." she replied slowly, her voice a bare soprano whisper.
"Oh! I'm eighteen." Yuffie smiled. Dagger smiled hesitantly.
"This place..." she paused. "Where are we?" She gestured to the buildings around them. Yuffie nodded slightly.
"This is Traverse Town... maybe Aerith should explain it all to you. I'm a bit shaky on all the details." Yuffie stated. Dagger nodded, solemn again.
"She's the newcomer?"
Yuffie jumped and Dagger winced at the sound of the male overtones. She glanced up nervously to appraise the man. He was tall, and had long brown hair. Well toned and dressed mostly in black. His eyes... were stormy seas.
She kicked herself.
'He's nothing like Zidane...' she thought, heart bleeding. Thinking about her love hurt, a lot. 'Why did he even make me think of HIM...?' she tried to hide the pain on her face, but failed. He was so much better at hiding, she thought. He looks like he's feeling nothing.
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Leon hesitated once she looked up at him. Her eyes were hazel, not brown... like his angel's. She was gone. Anger flared, and he kicked himself for letting himself falter even that long.
'But she does look an aweful lot like Ri-' the voice in his head began before he cut all thought off and drilled Yuffie about the girl.
"Where's she from?" he asked roughly. Yuffie paled and glanced sideways at her. The slight girl with dark hair looked away from him.
"I- Well, Aerith said we shouldn't..." she leaned forward. "We didn't want to upset her." she added quieter.
The girl tensed and turned back. "No need... I'm from Alexandria... well, Gaia."
Leon tensed. Her world had the same name as theirs did. "Gaia?" Was Gaia still there?!
"Yes." she paused. "I'm sorry... thank you, Yuffie, but..." she hesitated before she turned tail and all but ran to flee from them.
"I'm sorry, Leon... I'd better follow her." Yuffie murmured, running after the dark haired girl.
Leon turned around and punched the wall. His anger and frustrations didn't fade, but the ache in his knuckles gave him something else to think about... besides her.
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Yuffie hesitated a few feet away from the crate Dagger had sat upon, saying nothing.
"He... Leon... is he always so direct?" Dagger asked slightly.
Yuffie chuckled a bit bitterly. "Yeah... that's Leon." she tried to say any number of things, but none came to her tongue.
Dagger smiled sadly and glanced over her shoulder. "He's hurting." she whispered. She stood and dusted herself off. Yuffie winced at the girl's words.
'How right you are, Dagger...' Yuffie said silently. Her mind screamed to tell Dagger all about Leon's past, about Rinoa's death and about all of his friends... lost before he could try and save them. No words formed.
Dagger smiled faintly. "I think I'd like to talk to walk alone for awhile..."
Yuffie nodded with a smile. "Sure! Just ask for the inn if you get lost. I'll wait for you there."
Dagger nodded mutely before she walked past Yuffie and down the street.
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She hummed to herself, and images passed by her eyes. Tears formed, and fell without hinderance. Her dearest friends, her uncle and aunt... and him. Zidane, the only man she'd ever loved. Her chest heaved from the sobs, the tears staining her face and blotching her shirt.
She couldn't hold the tears back, not anymore. She'd tried to be strong, and it was all crumbling around her. The grief tore at her.
She collapsed to sit upon a set of stairs. She didn't care, at this point, that she was in the open and people could see her crying. She didn't care. None of them were Zidane. None of them were her friends.
She felt a pair of comforting arms around her shoulders. "Cry it out... it only helps, Dagger." Aerith brushed her hair out of her eyes and smiled at the younger girl. "It only lifts the grief." she whispered.
And Dagger cried out her sorrows on Aerith's shoulder.