Chapter 7: Broken Hearts

Not much to say. I'm bored, so I'm righting this.

Selena sat at her desk. "Let's see..." She muttered, looking at a strategy guide. "Well... According to this, the game hasn't changed because of us..."

"Maybe it's because the game and my dimension are separate?" Riku suggested, still staring at the medium-sized TV in Selena's room. "I still can't believe you actually have this in your room."

"Huh?" Selena gave him an odd look. "I'm still paying my mom back for it."

"Really?"

"Finished!" Stephanie held a badly drawn sketch up. "What do you think Selena?"

"It looks like the Cyborg 009 uniform." Selena sighed.

Stephanie crumpled the paper up and threw it into a pile of old papers. "Can't you agree with ANY of my outfits?"

There was a rustling sound from the heap. Rachel came bursting from the middle of the mountain. "Finally! Free!"

"I don't care what you think I should wear! If it's too out there, Phil will think I'm nuts!" Selena shouted back. "Besides! You're awful at drawing!" She stomped out of her room.

"What? Huh?" Riku watched Selena slam the door, and started to follow her. "SELENA!"

"Oh no! I'm sinking back! Help me!" Rachel yelled as she started to sink into the papers again.

Irvine and Maria went over and pulled her out. "You OK?" Maria asked.

"I saw horrible things down there... Thanks for saving me." Rachel smiled.

"Don't thank us yet." Irvine grinned. "You're going to show us around the town!"

Rachel stared. "What do you mean?"

"Just what I said!" Irvine's smile was even bigger.

Rachel sighed and walked to the door.

Ame sat up. She had been taking a nap on the floor. She noticed the crumpled up pieces of paper. "Oh boy! Meat buns!" She ran over and bit into one of the papers. "IT TASTES LIKE RAMEN!" She shouted happily. "This is paradise! It would be heaven if Son Goku ((From Saiyuki)) was here!"

"Um... Ame? You DO know you're eating paper, right?" Tiffany gave her a weird look.

"IT'S A MEAT BUN!" Ame yelled back.

"Yes, I know Joe. She is a little insane, but she enjoys being that way." Tiffany said to the air next to her.

"Who are you talking to, Tiffany?" Stephanie asked, staring at her.

"My boyfriend Joe!" Tiffany said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"There's no one there though..." Stephanie muttered.

"Joe's just as real as the paper –I mean- meat buns that Ame's eating."

"FINALLY SOMEONE KNOWS THEY ARE MEAT BUNS!" Ame yelled with a lot of paper in her mouth.

"Selena! Wait up!" Riku yelled.

Selena stopped. "Why should I?" She muttered, her voice shaking slightly.

Riku ran in front of her to make sure she wouldn't start walking away again. "What's wrong?" He asked, noticing tears in Selena's eyes.

"Today's the day... 5 years ago; Luke and Alex went into comas on this street. Some idiotic driver hit them..."

Riku stared. "What? Is that why you're so upset?"

Selena pushed past him and kept walking. "I'm going to visit them."

"But... If they're in comas, how will they know you're there? Selena!" Riku turned to see her disappearing into the crowd. "Jeez... I need a tracker on her or something." He ran after her.

After a few minutes, they reached a large hospital. Selena stopped, took a breath and walked in. They went to a large room where 2 people seemed to be asleep. One was a boy with dirty blonde hair; the other had messy black hair. "These are Luke," she pointed to the first one, "and Alex," then to the other. "They are 2 of my best."

Riku watched as Selena sat down in a chair next to them. "What good will that do? They don't know you're here."

Selena ignored him. "Hey Alex! Hey Luke! You'll never believe what happened to me!" She smiled. "I got sucked into a video game and I met Riku!"

Riku just gaped. "I can't believe you're actually talking to people that can't listen to you."

"Maybe... If they hear someone they know talking about something they like... They'll wake up." Selena smiled. "Who knows? Maybe that's just what they need."
Riku shook his head. "Can we do something else now? They're kind of creeping me out."

Selena stood up. "I guess you're right." She grinned. "Let's go to the arcade! I wanna whoop your butt at DDR!"

"DDR?"

"Dance Dance Revolution." Selena explained the game as they strolled to the mall. "Here we are!"

"Hey! It's the DDR Queen!" Someone shouted. "I can't believe I'm so lucky as to meet her in person!"

"I'm a little famous around DDR fans." She smiled.

"I can see that." Riku muttered.

"Hey! That your boyfriend? Let's see if he can match the DDR King in skills!" Some girl shouted.

"j35! L37 u5 533 1f h3 15 w0r7hj 0f 0ur Qu33n'5 5k1llz!" ((Translation: "Yes! Let us see if he is worthy of our Queen's skills")) A weirdo in a black T-shirt called.

"Uh..." Riku said, slightly surprised. "I've never played before..." He stared at Selena who was setting up the DDR machine.

"Come on! It's starting!" Selena called. She did a strange step on the dance pad.

"You've danced the code for DDR Queen!" An announcer in the game yelled.

Riku jumped on the other pad, and without knowing it, did another strange dance step. "Huh?"

"You've danced the code for DDR King!" The announcer shouted. "Prepare to dance!"

Selena stared. "How did you know the code!"

"I don't know..." Riku muttered. "Huh! It selected the song for us!"

"It's a condition with the characters. Let's start!" Selena smiled.

They started dancing. They both got completely perfects on Heavy Mode. On the last song, Riku slipped and missed a step. "Crud!" He yelled.

After the game was finished, everyone applauded. "YAY DDR QUEEN!"

Selena stared at Riku. "How could you... How could you dance with Alex's style?"

"Who's?'

Selena dragged Riku back to her house. When they got back, Ame had a stomach ache from eating too much paper, Stephanie was finishing Selena's outfit, and Tiffany was talking to her imaginary friend Joe. Rachel came bursting in with Maria and Irvine on her tail. "Guys! There's going to be a Beginning of the School Year Dance!" She shouted.

Mike burst in. "What? There is?" He pulled out his sword. "Excellent."

"Mike, no killing cheerleaders, no matter how much they deserve it." Tiffany sighed.

Stephanie grinned. "Let's go to the Coliseum!" She shouted. "Maybe we can kidnap Cloud to be one of our dates!"

"And Squall..." Rachel started drooling.

Selena turned to the game and turned it on. "Let's go!" They warped into the game.

Just so you know my friend Kagome, the creator of Ame, comes up with all of the randomness she does. Tiffany came up with Joe, and there is a fan club for him. Well, until next time, bye!