6H:There's alot of great stuff happening!
Anaretsu: There is?
6H:I've recently been playing Final Fantasy VIII. It's weird that his names' Squall and not Leon like in KH. And Selphie's older! It's all...whoa.
Anaretsu:That's amazing.
6H:I can tell you're being sarcastic.
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Kingdom Hearts-Shattered Fragments
Fragment 21-Promise of Fragments
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The three warriors staggered into Cid's shop after landing the gummi ship.
"What happened to you three? You look like hell!" he exclaimed.
"Don't ask. It's a long story..." Cedeile said, flopping down on the couch in the store. Aru and Ryu did the same.
"The good news is my sword is fixed, so we can get on with our quest." Ryu said.
"You kids are really messed up. Did the heartless get you?"
"Yeah. They were in McFuzz Town..."
"They were there! Wow, that's unexpected." Cid remarked in wonder.
"It was the hardest battle yet." Cedeile added.
"Considering it's the second battle we've had." Ryu remarked smartly. Cid shook his head.
"By the way, Leon's really in a fit. Espically since he found out you were here before you left for McFuzz Town. When he finds you, he's really gonna let you have it."
"Let him. It doesn't matter because even if he finds me, he has to-" The doors burst open before Cedeile could finish her sentence. An out of breath and extremly angry Leon stood there.
"...YOU!" He yelled when he caught his breath.
"What were you saying about him finding you?" Ryu asled sarcasticly.
"Oh shut up."
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"What were you thinking? You could've been killed! Then what would happen! The fate of everything is resting in your hands, too! But did you think about that when you waltzed off all over creation?" Leon yelled, his shouts echoing off the walls of the small house. Yuffie and Aerith winced at his anger. Ryu and Aru stood as far away from him as possible in the room.
"Fine Leon, I'm sorry. But I haven't done anything wrong. I purified two keyholes and a whole slew of heartless."
"Haven't done anything wrong? YOU'VE DONE EVRYTHING WRONG!" he shouted. Yuffie and Aerith backed up to the wall. "The heartblade master and the keyblade master are supposed to be-"
"I know! Together! But who says I ever wanted to go with him anyway! Ryu, Aru, and I have been going to different worlds and purifying heartless, just like I'm supposed to do!"
"That's not right! The keyblade and heartblade make each other complete. Without one, the other cannot work to it's full potential."
"So?"
"SO? Is that all you can say to me? When the keyblade master gets back here, I'm going to personally see that you leave with him"
"What about Aru and Ryu?" Cedeile demanded, looking at her friends.
"They'll just have to go on without you."
"They can't...come with me?"
"They have no buisness with these matters." Ryu broke into a rage and pounded his fost against the wall, leaving a small dent.
"No buisness! What does that matter? We've been fighting with Cedeile and making sure she gets through okay and then you come along and say we don't have any buisness with her! Well that's hell, you know! Because I'm not letting Cedeile leave with some magic guy who just pops out of no where with some damn key!" He yelled, enraged.
"That's right!" Aru agreed, daring to step forward. "Cedeile is our friend too, and we don't want to lose her!"
"Besides, I promised them I would help them find the fragments." Cedeile added.
"Now you're in on the fragment crap, too?" Leon sighed, shaking his head. "This is alot harder than I thought."
"One fragment would've been unabtainable without Cedeile." Ryu said. "Besides, it wouldn't be the same if she wasn't around."
"We make such a great team, and in such a short amount of time, we've become such great friends." Aru added. Leon shook his head.
"Some mess we're in." he mumbled.
"Leon...I don't know how, but I can feel it in my gut that this is the path I have to take. I was told awhile ago that I had to make it to the final purification and that only I can save someone. I have no idea what that means, but I'm gonna do it. And this is the path I have to take."
"Who told you that? Let me guess, some voice in a dream? That's nonsense, and you're just using it as an excuse so you can go running throughout the worlds with those two!" Leon yelled, pointing at Ryu and Aru in the corner.
"Why are you so persistant!" Cedeile asked, getting really mad.
"Because it's written in every book, told in every legend, and documented in every story that has ever been known to man since the beginning of time! The keyblade and heartblade masters must work together to stop the darkness and release the light."
"Blah, blah, blah! You keep saying the same thing over and over, Leon! And I'm still not convinced. I'm not changing my mind-I WILL NOT go with the keyblade master, got it? I'm staying with Aru and Ryu!"
"Even if the keyblade master was your best friend?" Leon asked, strangely calmer than he was five seconds ago.
"What do you mean? All my friends are gone. They must be in the other worlds. I'm...trying to find them too." The room fell silent, and everyone became uncomfortable in the new found peace. Suddenly, the door creaked and everyone turned to look.
"Ah. The keyblade master has arrived." Leon told Cedeile. She watched as Donald and Goofy came in, followed by someone famillar...
"Sora!"
"Cedeile! I knew I'd find you eventually." he said, running up to her.
"But, you're...the keyblade master?"
"You didn't know?"
"No one told me!" she glared at Leon. "So, where have you been all this time?"
"I've had to go to other worlds to lock the keyholes and fight the heartless."
"Me too! Except I purify the keyholes so you can lock them later on. We just got back from a really tough battle in this strange world called McFuzz Town."
"We?"
"Oh yeah, you have to meet Aru and Ryu, my new friends! We've been hunting the fragments!" she pulled him over to where the two stood in the corner. "Hey Ryu, show Sora the fragments!" he sighed, but took them out of his cloak. Cedeile took the bottle and handed it to Sora.
"Wow. It looks like you have alot so far."
"Nine." Aru told him.
"A small few compared to the possible hundreds that could be out there." Ryu added.
"Oh yeah, I've made some new friends of my own. This is Donald, and that over there is Goofy. They work for a king or something."
"Oh hey, I've met you guys before! That's when I landed on you and you called me a little girl!" Cedeile remembered.
"Yes, I know." Donald grumbled.
"I hate to interupt the moment," Leon said over the noise,"but Sora and Cedeile have to get back out there and fight the heartless."
"That's right. The heartless are getting stronger, and they may start destorying other worlds soon. Come on guys." Sora, Donald and Goofy began to walk out, but then stopped. sora turned around and saw Cedeile standing still. "Cedeile?"
"Come on! There's no time to lose!" Goofy said to her.
"Cedeile..."Leon growled.
"I...can't go with you Sora." she said.
"Why not?"
"Because, I promised Ryu and Aru I would go with them and that together we'd find the fragments. I have goals of my own, as well as purifing these heartless."
"Cedeile, you have to go with them! The king and all the people in all the worlds need you to go!"
"I will travel to the worlds and purify as many heartless as I can, but I can't go with Sora to do it. I want to know what the final pruification is. I need to meet that person only I can save. I need to go on my own path. Besides, Ryu and Aru are my friends too, I can't just leave them behind. I'd worry about them and then eventualy, I'd lose my light and fall into darkness. Now, I know I'm not very smart, and I act before thinking all the time. But this isn't easy. I have to say no to my best friend ever. That I can't fight the heartless with him, that I have to go my own way. I'm stubborn, and I'm not changing my mind about this. I don't care what Leon says, what the king wants-the only thing that really matters to me right now...is gathering the fragments!"
"But...what about...going to other worlds like we promised?" Sora asked. It seemed like they were the only two people in the room.
"We will, someday, when the heartless are gone. That is what I can promise. But now, lets just both fight seprately and defeat the heartless." Sora sighed softly as he tried not show his sadness.
"Okay." he whispered.
"What? Cedeile, what are you thinking? Nevermind, you don't think! You're being selfish!" Leon yelled.
"I don't care what you call it." she told him calmly.
"If you're going to be selfish and act like this, then you don't DESERVE to be the heartblade master!" He yelled more forcefully.
"Leon!" Yuffie yelled at him.
"You jerk!" Ryu stepped forward, ready to lunge at him, but Aru held him back. Cedeile made no noise or movement. Her black bangs covered her eyes, so her expression was unreadable.
"Cedeile?" Sora asked, trying to get a better look at her face. She pushed him out of the way, and ran out of the house. He watched after her. Ryu tried to break out of Aru's grasp.
"Cedeile! Come back!" he yelled after her.
"Leon, you jerk! Look what you did now!" Leon sat himself down in a chair, ignoring Yuffie's scolding.
"I hope she'll be okay." Aerith whispered to herself.
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6H: That's it for this chapter. I was really trying to bring out Cedeile's faults in this chapter, because I don't want you guys to think she's a mary sue or something. No, she's faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar from it.
Anaretsu: (is sleeping)
6H: Great, you fell asleep during my fic!
Anaretsu: (wakes up) what fic?
6H:Nevermind.
