.:Author's Note:.
Zera: next chapter, up and ready to read!
Yoko: yeah...whatever...wait, weren't we kidnapped last chapter?
Zera: uh...yesh. Takuto was too!
Yoko: and you're happy about that?
Zera: uh...no. not really.
Yoko: tch.
Zera: well, there's gonna be a lot of drama in the next few chapters...
Yoko: maybe we should change the genre to drama instead of humor
Zera: maybe... well, enjoy the chapter!
Warning: I know I said this in the last chapter, but once again, there will be lots of blood and gore later on in this chapter. Though, if you skip the fight scene you'll miss some things.
Disclaimer: don't own any characters in KH.
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Dying to Win, Cause We're Born to Lose
Yoko groaned as she sat up and rubbed the back of her head making a clanking sound heard. She could feel the shackles around her wrists and ankles. She hated it that she had let that idiot sneak up on her and knock her out. She sighed and looked around her. It was dark and she could hardly see her hand in front of her face, but as her eyes adjusted to the lighting, or lack there of, she could see bars surrounding her on two fronts while stone walls closed her in on the other two sides. The stone was damp and she could hear water dripping somewhere off to her right. That was going to be annoying if she had to hear that every minute she stayed there. She moved to the bars only to see that the room in which her cell was in was closed off by a door. She doubted that they had locked it since she was already being held back by chains and bars.
She smirked and reached into her pocket and pulled out a hair pin. It was a habit for her to carry one around since her parents always locked her door from the outside to keep her in, or just whenever she needed to get past a locked door. She could have used it when they were trapped by Captian Hook down in the hold, but it didn't have a keyhole for her to pick so she settled for trying to kick it down which, to her, is just as effective. She sat down and began trying to pick the lock of her shackles around her wrists. It took her a long time to get the first one off. She'd ever pick a lock like these.
This might take a while. I wonder where Zera is, she thought.
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Zera sighed as she rubbed her head and looked around her, seeing only darkness at the moment. She had no idea where she was because the man that had taken her and Takuto hit one of her pressure points at some point and knocked her out. Finally her eyes adjusted to the lighting, and she noticed the shackles on her wrists and ankles. It was times like these she wished she carried around something to pick locks with like Yoko does. She stood up from her place on the ground and began to walk around and stretch out her muscles.
Looks like I'm not getting out of here anytime soon, she thought as she stared at the locked door wit her hands on her hips. I wonder where Yoko and Takuto are. Oh Takuto...why were you working for them...?
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Riku growled as he angrily blasted away yet another heartless ship. Each time he would destroy oe two would take it's place. They kept multiplying, and Riku was beginning to wonder if they were ever going to stop. The ship was on autopilot since no body would be able to manuver the ship around with this many heartless. Sora said he might, but then declined, remembering the last time he tried to drive the ship when he was still with Donald and Goofy. Donald had actually agreed to let Sora drive, and was about to tell him how when the brunette crashed it into an asteroid, and then landed not very gracefully on in Traverse Town.
The ship shook as it was hit again. Riku glared and fired at the heartless, hitting it instantly. They couldn't go any faster, even though he wanted to desperately, but if they did, they ran the risk of running into an asteroid because they were going to fast, and there wasn't a world for them to land on anywhere near them. Sora was off giving Kairi some last minute battle training somewhere on the ship, so that's why Riku was left to fight off the heartless attacking their ship.
Finally the throng of heartless ships began to thin, and as he blasted through the last of them he could see Hallow Bastion in the distance. He made sure there were no more attacking ships around before going back to the contols. Kairi and Sora walked in.
"How'd practice go?" Riku asked.
"She's getting the hang of it," Sora said. Kairi stuck her tongue out at him. "Are we any closer?"
"Almost there," Riku replied. Kairi looked at him in concern.
"You okay Riku?" she asked. He didn't answer her. She looked at Sora and shrugged. They weren't going to get him to talk anymore until they got there. She sighed and walked back out with Sora to train some more before they landed. There would be a lot of Heartless there, they were sure, and Kairi wanted to be prepared.
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"So you you've grown feelings for the target huh?" Marla said, glaring at the boy in front of her. Takuto simply looked away, refusing to answer. He was currently in a chair with his hands tied behind them and his ankles tied against the legs of the chair. She glared harder at him and slapped him.
"Ah...young love. So sweet!" Kurishi said, claping his hands together. His face then changed into an evil smirk. "It's always fun to mess around with them and tear them apart don't you think?"
"Yes," Marla said in a bored tone. Her face then got the same exression as Kurishi. "But wrecking a long lasting relationship between friends would be better now since it's stronger than this pathetic boy's love. I'm sure her trust of him has already been broken a bit."
Takuto tensed as he heard this. He had never intended to hurt Zera. Or at least, since he had grown feelings for her. And he certainly didn't want to wreck her friendship with Yoko. Amida, meanwhile, watched this all as he was leaning against the wall. He didn't want to get too invovled in whatever they were planning. They didn't really need him anyway, so he just stayed silent. Suddenly he felt the presence of more people coming out onto the world's surface. Most likely from a gummi ship, no doubt. He turned to Malra and Kurishi to tell them. He needed an excuse for them to get out of the room anyway.
"We have visitors," he said stoically. The two looked and him and nodded.
"We might as well go mess with those two girl's minds after we set some hearltess on those visitors as our as a welcoming present. What'dya say Marla?" Kurishi asked.
"I'd be delighted. We could probably take those friends of theirs and have than watch the show with Taketo. I'm sure he'd get lonely all by himself," she said with a smirk and then left the room. Kurishi turned back to Takuto and waved.
"We'll be back for you later Taky. We've got a special show planned for you and your little 'friends' . Take care of him Amida! See ya later," he said and then skipped out of the room to follow after Marla. That man is just too weird to be evil, and yet he is, Amida thought as he pushed hiself off the wall and walked in front of Takuto. The boy galred at his former mentor.
"What are they planning?" he demaded.
"I don't know, nor do I care," Amida stated simply. "I have a different objective in mind, so whatever they do better not kill either of those girls." Takuto gave him a skeptical look
"And what good would keeping them alive do you?" he asked. Amida looked at him, deciding whether or not to tell the boy.
" I suppose should tell you. That is, if you can keep your mouth shut until the appropriate time," the older man said. Takuto stared at him, his expression not saying whether he could be trusted or not. Amida smirked. "Alright then, I'll tell you on our way to your reserved seat, curtosy of Kurishi and Marla."
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"Finally," Yoko said as the final shackle fell off her ankle. Now all she had to do was open the all door and get the hell out of there. Suddenly the door opened and she had to shield her eyes from the light now penetrating the darkness.
"Hello my lovely captive," a male voice sounded as it moved into the room. Kurishi looked at The girl through the bars and pouted. "Well that's no fair. You were able to get those shackles off before I could get here. Oh well, it's not like you're going to be in here much longer anyway. " She got into a fighting position, waiting for him to open the door. She had tried to summon her keyblade earlier, but it wouldn't come.
"What do you want?" she hissed.
"Oh, touchy, touchy In just taking you for some questioning. No need to be all angry and start fighting. If you come, I promise you'll be able to see your friend Zera afterwards," Kurishi said. She narrowed her eyes at him suspiciously.
"Why should I trust you?" she asked. He simply smiled.
"It's your choice whether or not you trust me, but I am telling the truth," he said. She dropped her stance still eyeing him.
"I sure as hell don't trust you, but you better not be lying you bastard," she said.
"That's a good girl," he said, smirking as he opened the door. He walked up to her, and she held out her wrists, letting him put cuffs on them. She smirked as they locked, and then swiftly kneed him in the groin.
"What was that for?" he yelled.
"Pay back for you sneaking up on me. Now get p and get going," she told him. He glared at her and then started walking away while grumbling about crazy girls. Yoko rolled her eyes and followed after him. She was led into another room where he sat her down in a chair and tied down her wrists and ankles. She rolled her exes and waited for hind to start.
"Nice to see you come without much or a struggle," a voice sounded from behind here She dismissed it as the other man that was with them and said nothing. After minutes of silence she decided to speak up.
"Just ask the damn questions so I can get this over with," she said, glaring at Kurishi.
"Questions?" Amida asked, looking at his partner.
"No questions actually. We're here to discuss your little friend Zera," the other said. Amida rolled his eyes and left the two alone.
"What about her?" Yoko asked.
"Oh, nothing really. You know how she loves Takuto, and he works for us right? Well I just thought you should know she's leaving you. Just like everyone else in your life had," he said. She glared at him.
"You're lying. I won't fall for it. And how would you know about what has happened to me before," she said.
"Oh but it's true! She is here with us, and when we took her in to talk she said she wanted to so she could be with her lover boy. And how I knwo that isn't all that important. I'm trying to protect you from having it happen again."
"Yeah right. It's not true. She would never abandon her friends."
"Are you sure about that?"
"..."
"See? She was just using you the whole time."
"But Takuto had said he wasn't working for you anymore."
"That was just so he wouldn't be so suspicious. He and Zera already agreed that she would switch sides. Admit it Yoko. She used you and left you like everyone else."
Yoko looked down at the floor and clenched her fists. It couldn't possibly be true...could it? Memories of her and Zera together flashed through her mind. She couldn't have possibly used her. She isn't like the others...is she? Yoko was so confused.
"She told me that she never really liked you. In fact, she hated you. She also said she was going to kill Riku personally when he got here. That is, after she meets with you, if you still want to. I'm telling you this to warn you, you know." Kurishi could see the girl before him breaking and he smirked.
"So do you still want to face her?" he asked. She looked up at him and glared.
"Yes. This'll be the last time someone does this to me," she growled. It went exactly as he had wanted. He released her restraints and led her to a special room, smirking all the way.
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"So how is your stay here Zera?" Marla asked as she finished tying her prisoner to the chair.
"With the exception of having to sleep in a cage and being tied down to everything, I would have to say I give it a 2 out of 10," Zera told her. "So what do ya want shorty?" Marla twitched, but remained calm. She was about 5 foot 2 inches, and hated being called short.
"I want to talk to you about your friend Yoko," she said.
"What about her? Is she okay?" Zera asked quickly.
"First, I want to say I've taken a liking to you. I just wanted to warn you about what I'm going to tell you," Marla explained. Zera nodded slowly not sure if she should reall be trusting this woman.
"Well, now that your friend knows you like Takuto and that he worked for us, she doesn't trust you. The news made her angry. We have her locked some where else so she won't kill you or Takuto." Zera's eyes widened.
"Wh-what? No, that's not right. She wouldn't get that angry! Besides,Takuto said he quit working for you guys."
"Yes, but she doesn't care. She thinks both of you are a threat to her now." Zera remained quiet. She didn't feel the gentle probing in her mind then Marla was doing. Just a little more and she's mine, she thought.
"You can't trust her anymore Zera. She's threatened to kill Takuto already, and I overheard her saying she'd been planning it for awhile now. You throw she never liked him."
"I know, but..." Zera trailed off
"I have a feeling that she never really like you either. Maybe she was using you," the older woman said.
"But...we've been friends for years...are you saying that she never meant any of it?" Zera asked as memories of happy times flooded into her mind. She shook her head and clenched her fists. Marla smirked.
"I'm just speculating that, but it seems to be true for the most part. Do you want to talk to her?" Marla asked in a sickly sweet voice laced with fake concern. Her captive nodded. She released her bindings and then led her to where Yoko was waiting. I have her mind. Time to start the show, she thought. She opened a secret door and pushed Zera in to the room. Marla left to go to the observation point Kurishi and Amida were at.
"How'd it go?" Kurishi asked.
"Just how I wanted it to. Now it's time to sit back and watch the show. Their friends are all down there along with lover boy right Amida?" Marla asked. the silent man simply nodded in conformation, and kept his attention on the two girls below. You two better not die, he thought.
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"God... dammit!" Riku yelled as he was pulling at the restraints. He ,Sora, and Karri had all been caught by the huge wave of heartless they had encountered when they got there. They had been taken underground and then Amida had tied them to the chairs. They all heard a sigh to their right.
"The is no way you can break through the chains Riku, so don't waste your energy," Taketo said, not even looking at them.
"Takuto?" Kairi asked. He nodded in response.
"Then how the hell are we supposed to get out of here you traitor," Riku yelled.
"Somehow find a way to break them, or until someone comes to get us I guess," Takuto responded. Riku glared at him and then, started to look around for something to cut the rope with. Kairi and Sora looked at each other, unsure of what to do or say.
"Um, so why are we here?" Sora asked, breaking the silence.
"Look forward. There's a thick sound-proof glass window there that lets us look into the next room. It's an arena. Yoko's already there and Zera will be there soon," Takuto explained.
"Are they going to fight heartless?" Kairi asked. He shook his head,
"They're going to fight each other," he said.
"But they wouldn't. They're best friends! "she exclaimed. Takuto sighed.
"Marla and Kurishi have messed with their minds and made them distrustful towards each other. They're going to fight. Even if they don't want to, Marla has control over one of them and will make them fight."
"How do you know this?" Riku asked suspiciously.
"Because I've experienced it firsthand," Takuto said quietly. They heard Kairi gasp.
"Zera's here," she said. Takuto bowed his head down.
"I'm so sorry Zera," he whispered. They watched as Zera walked to the middle of the room, wondering where her so called friend was. To her the place looked more like an arena with how big it was and the height of the ceiling.
"About time you get here. Took your sweet little time didn't you?" a voice said with venom from one of the darker corners of the place. Yoko walked out and into the light.
"What of it?" Zera shot back. Yoko walked up to her with her fists clenched.
"Where are their keyblades?" Kairi asked.
"Marla and the others took them hoping to find a way to open the gates to Heaven and Hell, otherwise known as the Twilight Door, with them," Takuto answered. They all looked at him for a moment before they heard a smack and turned back to the fighting girls.
Zera staggered backwards from the force of the blow. She regained her balance quick enough and returned the punch. Instead of making contact, Yoko had caught her fist. She had anticipated this and then snapped her leg up, hitting the other in the side unexpectedly. Zera smirked.
"You aren't so tough now, are you?" she said. Yoko glared at her former friend from where she had fallen as she got up. She charged at her with a fist pulled back and ready to throw. It was dodged by Zera and it went on with them exchanging and dodging blows. Finally, just as Zera's fist missed and went past Yoko's head, Yoko had her fist ready to throw one acurately.
"You...bitch!" she yelled as her fist connected with the other's jaw. The force was enough to send Zera to the ground. As she fell, she reached out to grab something to keep her from falling. What she caught was a certain important necklace around Yoko's neck. The chain snapped and her back hit the cold floor. Yoko glared at her and jumped onto her, straddling her waist, and began her assult of punches on the other.
"I hate you! Why the hell did I ever trust you?" she said with each punch thrown. She grabbed the necklace around Zera's neck and ripped it off just as a pain made cry out and jump back clutching at her shoulders. Not too soon after, Zera was in the same position.
There was a bulge in Yoko's shoulders before two dragon wings burst forth with blood dripping off of them. They were made of black scales with a bit of a reddish tint, and seemed harder in some areas like they were armor rather than regular scales. The same happened to Zera, except instead of two wings, there were four and they were made of white feathers while dripping with blood. Their eyes changed colors; Yoko's irises turning completely black while Zera's turned almost completely white, but with a very light gray tint.
A halo hovered above Zera's head, though it only glowed dimly. Golden armor graced her forearms and shins as her clothes ripped off where it appeared. In her hands appeared two daggers that seemed to be made purely of a yellowish light.
A tail could be seen coming from Yoko's backside. It had sharp black scales covering the top and agnail scales on the bottom. Her feet hate transformed into dragon type feet with long claws. Large armor like scales went from her ankles to her knees, while similar ones went along her forearms. Her nails lengthening razor sharp knives, and her canine teeth grew sharper also. Her clothes were torn where the scale armor had appeared.
Kairi and Sora gasped, Riku stared with wide eyes, and Takuto just looked down at the ground. He had known it would happen. And they were being forced to watch as their friends rip each other apart.
The pain subsided for both finally, and bloodlust appeared in their eyes as they stared each over down. Yoko smirked and lunged at the angel, attempting to swipe at her with her long class. Zera had just managed to dodge it, and jumped back so she could fly up into the air. Yoko followed her quickly and doged as a few daggers flew at her. She lashed out with her claws again as Zera went into defense. The dragon girl managed to get a hold of the other's arm, spun her around rapidly, and then threw her into a wall. She fell from the wall to the ground below. She groaned as she slowly got up. She didn't have much time to recover before Yoko was next to her, slamming her into the wall again with another punch.
"Come now," Yoko said in a demonic voice layered over her own, "I thought you would at least give me a challenge you liar. Then again, what could I expect from someone like you who switches so easily, looking for strong companions to do the fighting for you." Zera got up, glaring at her. Suddenly she burst forward and punched Yoko in the stomach. She doubled over, gasping for breath, but wasn't given much time as she was hit with an uppercut, and then across the jaw.
Finally gaining her senses back from the sudden attack, she stepped back as a dagged sliced the area she used to be in. Though she didn't step back far enough as it managed to cut across her chest. She jumped up into the air, away from her attack, putting distance between them so she could plan her own attack.
"I'm not that helpless. And since when had I switched sides?" Zera shouted at her. Another voice seemed to be layered over her's too, but it seemed neither angelic, nnor demonic. The angel sprang up, flying fast at Yoko. "You're the one that had never liked me or Takuto!" She threw another punch with her left arm, which was caught, but thrust her right forward with the dagger. Yoko moved away from the blade though it skimmed her side creating a shallow cut. She growled at having been cut twice. She went to kick, but was dodged, and in return, dodged the retaliation of daggers flying at her.
"I never trusted him, and definitely won't now. You had my trust, but you've thrown it away. And now you've abandoned me to be with that idiot on the heartless side!" she cried out as she went in and slashed at Zera with her claws repeatedly. Zera had dodged effectively for while before Yoko faked a blow, and managed to sink her claws in and across her skin. She cried out, and lashed out with her dagger making the other jerk back, giving her time to back up. She stared at Yoko, ignoring the pain from the wound.
'She...trusted me. That means she did care...' she thought.
'But she still wants to kill you...' a voice said in her mind
'Because she thinks I've abandoned her...' she countered.
'And she won't stop until she does. She doesn't care about you and thinks you're useless,' it told her.
'But...' her thought trailed off.
'Kill her before she does you and Takuto!' it demanded. Suddenly her small mental war stopped and her mind went blank. The voice had taken over and forced her thoughts and objectives on killing the girl before her, though she was able to still hear the taunts the other threw at her. All she knew was her anger and bloodlust. She narrowed her eyes at Yoko.
"Like hell I'm on the heartless side!" she yelled as she went in, throwing some daggers until she was close enough to lash out at her with them. They went on exchanging blows for minutes. "You're just mad that your pawn isn't listening to you anymore because someon else came into the picture and also has my loyalty!"
Zera abandoned make daggers, and instead summoned up a long sword which she brought down fast. Yoko caught it before it came down on her head and both grunted with effort, one pushing down, and the other pushing up against it. She thinks I was using her? What gave her that idea? She seems different somehow, she thought.
"I wasn't using you. When did I ever say or show that I was using you? You're the one that had been using me from the...start!" she said, and grunt with extra effort as she threw the sword and it's hold to the side. Zera glared at her.
"What the hell is going on in your head? You know what I'm saying is the truth," she said. She then flew at her again. "You just won't admit like the bitch you are!"
Kairi closed her eyes as tears started to run down her face. She didn't want to see them fight each other. She flinched as she heard one of them hit the wall again. They all had to watch, helplessly as their friends beat each other, which was even worse now that they were in their true forms. They could hear the conversation going on between the two. It wasn't going well, and niether seemed to suspect that the other's mind had been toyed with and lied to. They could also see something in Zera's eyes was different than normal, but they couldn't see since they were too far away.
"Their going to kill each other aren't they?" she asked as they heard more insults, and another crash. Sora looked at her with a helpless expression on his face.
"I don't know Kai," he said, and then looked back at the battle. A few tears leaked out of his eyes. "If they don't snap out of it soon..."
"Dammit Yoko! Snap out of it! Don't go and kill her just because they've filled your head with lies!" Riku shouted suddenly.
"Don't bother Riku. This is sound proof glass. Even if we can hear what they're saying, they can't hear us," Takuto said quietly. Riku glared daggers at him.
"Then shouldn't they be to see us through the glass?" Sora asked.
"It's been cloaked to look just like all the other walls," Takuto replied. Sora stared at him, and then looked back to the two fighting girls with worry. All of them hoped neither would die, and they would snap out of it soon.
By now, both were bloody from cuts littering their bodies. Currently they were staring each other down, panting a little from the intense combat. Zera was glaring. but Yoko's face was blank. The dragon girl sighed and dropped her fighting stance. She thought that even though Zera had been her friend just to use her, and was now after her blood since she was on the heartless side, she couldn't fight her. Her anger had dimmed. She knew Zera didn't want to hurt her, but did it regardless with her recently pent up anger. Zera's glared hardened.
"Zera...we can't go on like this forever. So...I'm going to let you win. If you really want to kill me then do so," Yoko told her. Zera's eyes widened in surprise, but returned to the glare after a few seconds.
"Don't mock me. I can beat you even if you are fighting against me," she said coldly. Yoko smirked.
"Then this should just make it easier. But if I do this...just promise not to hurt Riku or the others," she said. Kairi gasped and she and the others looked on in disbelief as Yoko surrendered herself. This went unheard by the two transformed girls. Zera looked at Yoko face looking for any trace of a trick. There was none.
'But...do I really want to kill her?' she thought, managing to slip out of the grasp of the unknown voice in her head for a moment. The voice came back and tightened its grip again.
'Of course. She's given up, so kill her now!' it said as it took control again. She shook her head, a smirk replacing the expression of doubt that had been there before.
"I'm gonna make you regret that," she said, chargiing forward, fist pulled back ready to be released. Yoko just hung there in the air with her eyes closed, waiting for the blow. It connected and made her fly back into the wall. Before she could drop down to the ground, she felt something peirce her wings, pinning her there. She resisted the urge to cry out in pain, and looked to her left and right to see daggers sunk into her wing's thin cartalige making blood drip down from them. A knee was slammed into her gut making her cough up blood.
"Hmm...what to do with you now?" Zera said. She took Yoko's right arm which hung limply in her grip as she tried to regain her breath. With oe hand on her forearm, and the other on her upper arm, she swiftly brought up her knee right on the elbow, snapping it out of place. Yoko cried out as a few tear came to her eyes, but didn't fall. Zera paused for a minute as she looked at the pained expression on her former friend's face. Her mind slipped out of the voice's grasp little at the sight, but it still had control for the most part.
Next she took a dagger, and gave Yoko deep cuts here and there that hadn't been yet marred with them. Satisfied with her work, she looked at Yoko's expression again. She frowned as her own mind regained more control.
'I...shouldn't be doing...this,' she thought weakly.
'No. Continue now! You're not about to let her live,' the voice said, as it still had control over her body.
Suddenly she gripped Yoko's shoulders tightly pulled the girl from the wall, ripping the wings, and threw her to the ground in the middle of the arena. Zera flew after her and landed as Yoko was getting up. She hit the dragon girl with an uppercut, knocking her back to the ground. She then got on top of Yoko, pinning her to the ground effectively. Inside she was fighting the voice for dominance over her body, while on the outside she began hitting Yoko with punch after punch.
As it continued, a few tears could be seen leaking out of Zera's eyes as her mind grew stronger with its will to stop herself from hurting Yoko. The punches could be seen getting slower and weaker until finally she hit the girl under with a good, hard slap. She stayed there, staring at Yoko for a few minutes, before she got up and off of her, grasping her head. She gritted her teeth.
"Get out of my head!" she yelled as a surge of power flew from her, and throughout the room. The aura broke the glass in front of their friends, along with her bindings. They just sat there as they watched Zera's arms fall down, limp at her sides again, and then walk over to collapse to her knees beside Yoko. Riku was the first one to get up from his seat to sprint to the fallen girl's side. They were both still in their true forms, and neither payed attention to the others running to them. Zera sobbed as she grabbed Yoko's hand.
"I'm so sorry Yoko. I'm so sorry," she said. Yoko lifted her other hand to touch Zera's cheek.
"Y-you've...gotten stron...ger," she said weakly. She coughed up some more blood. Zera tried her hardest to smile, but it wouldn't come as she kept crying.
"Don't...side with...darkness. You're too...happy for...that," Yoko told her with sarcasm lining her voice a bit. Zera smiled and hicupped, but it was gone as Yoko as her hand fell from her face and her other hand's grip loosened. Her eyes widened as she stared with disbelief. Her voice was caught in her throat as she stared at the motionless body next to her that was barely alive if it still was. More tears flooded out of her eyes.
Riku was now standing next to her, his fist clenched and shaking with fury as he saw his love go limp. Zera finally noticed him there. She reached out to touch him arm and comfort him, but as soon as she did, he turned on her and punched her across the face, sending her down to the ground.
"How could you have tried to kill you best friend! You stupid idiot! Why?" he yelled.
"Riku stop!" Sora yelled as he came up and grabbed his arm as he was about to strike the girl again. Zera just stayed where she was on the ground until Takuto came to her side and lifted her back into a sitting position. He placed the necklace Yoko had ripped off around her neck again and her wings, armor, and halo all disappeared. Kairi went over to Yoko, trying to heal her with curaga while sobbing.
"S-she's almost dead. We need to get her back to Traverse Town...then Aerith can help me heal her better," Kairi said, with a shaky voice. Sora put a comforting arm around her shoulder, and she sobbed into his chest. Riku picked up Yoko's necklace and put it around her neck like Takuto had done with Zera. He picked her up and turned to Takuto. He glared at him, but managed to growl out something somewhat decent.
"How do we get out of here?"
Takuto looked at him, not fazed by the glare, and then looked at Zera. He picked her up, seeing that she was in no condition to walk on her own.
"Come on. We need to get out of here before Marla recovers from the blow Zera gave her," he said and then jogged back through the room they had been held captive in. After many twists and turns they found themselves outside of the Hallow Bastion castle. They quickly made their way back to the gummi ship, grateful that they didn't run into any heartless, and then took off. Riku never left Yoko's side while Takuto never left Zera's. Everyone prayed that Yoko wouldn't die as they made their way to Traverse Town.
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.:Author's Note:.
Oh...my...god! I'm crying! Ah! And I'm the one who wrote it! Well that's not good. Well...there you go. So sad. Yoko almost died! Poor Riku! Will she live or not? You'll find out next chapter. Zera's broken, poor girl. How's she going to deal if she has Yoko's blood on her hands? Well, I hope you all like this chapter. I know it was filled with lots and lots of drama, and some that could qualify as angst. I got the idea for the title from a song call Firefly by Breaking Benjamin. The lyrics go 'I'm dying to win cause I'm born to lose', so I just kind of modified that line and used it as the title, just in case it seems familiar to any of you. So tell me what you think okay? ...Review!