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Thanks to all the readers too, I'm getting a lot of hits on this thing!
Innocente is a song from Delerium which was the inspiration to this whole chapter.
"I suppose it's the price of falling in love, I fear it's the price of falling in love."
On with the story!
Chapter Ten: Innocente
This battle ended very quickly, since Lucifer couldn't even manage to keep up with one person, let alone three of them. Lucifer dodged one coming attack, while Riku and Sora took the chance one attacking coming from the air, and one from the ground.
The Chaser fell backwards, and Amaterasu dashed forward, seeming as though she levitated due to the speed. Her elbow collided with Lucifer's back, and he cried out in pain, it did hurt as bad as it appeared. If there was one person the girl with the name of the sun goddess didn't like, at that point it was Lucifer.
"Hey, what's the deal?" he called out to her.
Amaterasu was 15 years old at that point, and she stuck her tongue out at him. She replied saying that this was not his concern, and well it apparently ticked off the blond Chaser.
"Neo's our subject, not a friend!" he called out trying to reach the young Chaser. "Hey, you can't go messing up our plans, we've worked to hard for this! Amaterasu!"
Neo, that was his nickname the Chasers had given him, and it seemed to fit a bit, but Amaterasu started to grow a conscious during the whole procedure, and it was starting to hinder the plans the Chasers, including the ones she herself had worked to hard for.
If anything, the heart was to blame for the young Amaterasu's action. It was something she wished she could never feel, and that was love for a friend. She had grown attached to the subject, like as if he were a family member, but that wasn't seen all too well in the eyes of the Chasers.
"I know that…!" she called out looking at Lucifer.
"Then throw your heart away, stop making it worse!"
"You still mad because of what I said…?" Lucifer asked, tasting the sand once again.
Lucifer had placed a barrier that kept anything in it, trapped, and anything outside had no way to penetrate it. The barrier would break down once the battle was over, which meant either he won, or he paid with his life. Lucifer knew that somewhere in his own heart he was going to pay it with his life, either even if he won, he'd die at the hands of others, or simply he was defeated which meant he paid with his price.
"I can't kill you…" the girl with the ironic name said, holding her Keyblade mere inches away from his throat. Both Riku and Sora were taken aback by her actions, believing her to be some kind of cold killer, but obviously they thought wrong.
"Thinking with your heart was what got you into trouble… Remember?" Lucifer said unable to move his body, Sora had injured his right leg, while Riku, with his attack, dislocated his left shoulder.
"If you don't finish me now Gabriel will… I don't want to die by his hands…" Lucifer said.
Riku looked back at Sora, his own heart was telling him, in one way or another, the same thing Amaterasu's heart was telling her. 'It'd be better if he was destroyed right now, than prolong it… But, it doesn't feel right…' Riku thought to himself, feeling Amaterasu's pleading eyes on him.
"Sora…" she spoke out to the young Keyblade wielder. "Can you open the lock in his heart?" she asked him, no, rather she pleaded with him.
"Open, his heart?" Sora asked flabbergasted.
"Release it…" she said, still pinning Lucifer down on the ground.
"Why-" Sora held his tongue as he noticed that Amaterasu just sighed in little annoyance.
"It'll be better to do it like that, than actually kill him…" she said as Lucifer closed his eyes for a moment. "He's gone through to much already…"
"You always did have pity on all of us… Mother…" Lucifer said.
In folklore Amaterasu was considered to be the sun goddess, and mother of all since she provided warmth and light, it was something motherly.
"Just do it, kid!" Lucifer was practically begging him. "I can't stand being in this kind of pain, heck I'd rather die than go back with my ass handed to me!" pride was speaking for him, in truth he wanted to die to preserve his pride, it was something that not even Amaterasu could understand, for she had no pride at all.
Sora walked forward, and everyone was watching from behind the barrier. He pulled out Kingdom Key and placed the blade over Lucifer's beating heart. Sora closed his eyes and the tip of his weapon was beginning to emit a white cleansing light, it was the first time Sora ever unlocked a person's heart.
The soon to be defeated Chaser closed his eyes welcoming the light, and Amaterasu looked away. A piece of her heart felt like it was crumbling, she had harbored some dislike to the blond man, but she saw as to why he did the things he had to do.
'You didn't want me to get hurt, but I did anyway no matter how careful I had been that day. You were a big brother to me when I couldn't find Yomigami…' for a moment she could feel tears swell up around her eyes.
"Ammi…" Lucifer said smiling warmly as the light pierced his heart. "Don't cry, it's better this way… The light's warm, just like the sun…" those were his last words when the light dissolved away from the Keyblade. His whole body began to glow, unable to take the gigantic amount that coursed through his body.
Riku watched as the Chasers body began to break away into little white orbs. For a moment he could see butterfly wings on the orbs as the fluttered about. He looked at Amaterasu as she outstretched her hand to an orb that hovered near her.
For a moment Riku thought back to a point in time when his mother hand done the same hand movement. When Riku came back to reality he could see it now. 'She treats them like her children… Even if she is the youngest, she cares for them on a high emotional level, no matter of what happened in the past… I wonder if the real Amaterasu would do that…?' he looked at Amaterasu, and noticed she gave a sad smile when the little orb flew away.
The barrier came crashing down, like a howling wind. Riku could hear his name being called out and he turned around. Sora was standing near Amaterasu, and somehow he felt sympathy for her.
"You have a heart?" Sora asked her in a gentle whisper.
"I'm human… all Chasers' have hearts, because we're human." She said looking at Sora, as his eyes grew wide in realization.
He had defeated another person, one with a real heart, it wasn't a Heartless or a Nobody, but a human, one with a heart. How her phrase shattered his heart, and that's when he felt tears of anger fill his eyes.
A human life was taken, and nothing was gained except one less member in the Chasers. Crying wouldn't bring back that human life, but Sora wanted to cry.
From the shock his heart felt, he wanted to puke, knowing he took someone's life away so quickly. Had it been a Nobody or a Heartless it probably would've been different, but this was a human.
"You knew I would do it, wouldn't you?" he asked her angrily as he fell on his knees, the sand started to kick up with the wind around the area. "Why did you tell me he was human?!"
The others turned around and looked at Sora and the ex-Chaser. Amaterasu knelt down to face Sora, who was no crying a bit. She wanted to cry with him, knowing what she had done to the poor boy, it was something no one wanted to experience, the fact that you took a human life away.
"Cry all you want, Sora…" she said stroking his spiky brown hair. "It's okay…"
"But why? Answer me…" he said begging her.
"He wanted it…" she said looking back at the others, they were coming forward. "I know you're mad at me, I mean I would be too if I was in your shoes…" she said hoping to give the boy some peace of mind. "Go ahead and loathe me if you want, you have every right too…"
"Crying won't bring that guy back… You were his friend weren't you?" Sora asked her, looking at her through his teary eyes.
"I was…" she said recalling a happier time she shared with Lucifer. "But that's in the past for right now… He would've been happier this way."
"How would you know?"
"Would your mother want you to die a painful death, or just fall into the warmth of the light?"
R I K U
I can still look back on that day as if it were just yesterday, but that was one month ago. Sora still had some doubts about something, but he still did what he believed was right. We ran into another Chaser, she called herself Lene. She was defeated by Kairi and myself, while Sora was fighting off a Heartless that was in the area.
Donald and Goofy had left since the King had sent an urgent letter. Sora told Donald and Goofy that the King needed them and that he had to be protected.
'Riku, how have you been? I hope you're not hurt or anything… I don't know how to say this but, as I'm typing this out the Heartless have been conquering numerous worlds, and I know you're aware of that. I'm in Traverse Town… They took Destiny Islands a month ago… At least now it'll take a day for our txt mssg to get across…'
That was all that her text message said, and my heart sank a bit. There was no joy, I couldn't feel it in any of the words she had sent out, and I wanted to go to her, but I can't, not right now…
"Riku, just go…" Sora said. "I'll be fine, besides we unlocked the light from Port Royal and from the Pride Lands. We have a little vacation time, so why not just go?"
"Are you sure?" I asked him, he hadn't been his cheerful usual self since we came back from Port Royal. I asked him why, but he didn't answer, I'm not sure even Kairi knew.
"You need to see her. She's missed you, no doubt…" Sora said grinning slightly. "Tell her I said hi, okay?"
"Yeah…" I said patting Sora on the shoulder as I got up from my chair.
That's how I ended up here in Traverse Town now, it was still the same as always, it got really dark at night, just like it was two years ago. More people inhabited this world, seeing as how the Darkness was still being its unrest-less self. Since we were both in the same area I decided to text her.
'I'm in the Third District, by the fountain…'
I sat down by the fountain; it was the only place that people rarely went to, the Third District. There weren't any homes, just an abandoned house and a fountain, with a door, that once had a magician living on the other side of it. I heard the door open from the First District area, but to my disappointment it wasn't her.
People were coming and going through the area, and of course it was a Saturday. As she had once said Saturdays were for couples, I still remember that day. I smiled slightly to myself not really caring if people thought I was crazy.
I popped in the headphones from her mp3 player. I still carried it with me. I promised her that I would give it back to her.
My cell moved as it received a message from someone. I jumped slightly and picked it up, scanning trough the messages.
'Riku, hey I've been standing over here for a couple of minutes, look up…'
I looked up and noticed someone waving, it was her. My heart was beating pretty fast, and the pain in my heart came back again, I thought it had left me. It was hurting just as bad as when I first met that Amaterasu girl…
"Riku!" Selma said happily hugging me with all her might. She kissed my cheek and hugged me again. I couldn't breathe as she continued to hug me so hard. "Sorry!" she said apologizing as I almost fell backwards from the lack of oxygen.
"I…Missed you," it was the only thing I could tell her before I held her tight.
Current Scene
Riku held on tight to her burying his head in her chest, just like a scared child would. For now, she would be called Selma, just for his sake and only his. Selma sighed happily, embracing him.
'This is real…' she thought to herself closing her eyes as she placed her chin gently on his head. 'I'm glad it's real…' What seemed like ages, they finally parted from their hug. Riku noticed that Selma had some tears in her eyes, but she quickly rubbed them off.
"How… How have you been?" she asked shyly, just like the first time they met.
"I've been all right," the boy with silver hair said. He stood up, stretching his legs for a moment. Selma sat down by the edge of the fountain looking at the young boy for a moment smiling.
It did pain her to tell him her real name, but it was probably the best thing she could do for now. If she did tell him her real name it would pain him badly, causing his heart to shatter the same way it had happened to Sora.
She didn't dwell on that for right now, what she cared most about was seeing Riku, and that's why she came to the Third District. Riku smiled slightly and outstretched his hand to her. It brought back a good memory when Selma had been living on the island.
"How's mom?" Riku asked walking hand in hand with her.
"She's fine…" Selma said remembering Riku's mother. She was living in one of the nearby hotels. "She's misses you…"
"Same here…" Riku said as the two of them walked to the Second District. He pulled out her little mp3 player and felt proud of himself. "I've been keeping it safe, like I promised." She in turn closed his palm, telling him to keep it a bit longer.
Selma's eyes lit up slightly as she felt a sigh of relief come over her knowing the familiar item was safe. She gave him a big smile, and Riku felt his cheeks get a bit red. He loved watching her smile like that, it made his heart calm down a bit.
"I've been keeping my promise too," she said taking his hand and pointing to where his mother was at. "Your mother and I have been sharing a room in that hotel." It was close to an area where hats and shoes were sold. "She's out though, visiting one of the neighbors that came with us."
Everything was silent to them as they walked around just enjoying each other's company. Riku wanted to hold her longer, just like that day he told her that he was leaving, but he didn't want to ruin anything.
Time and distance had somehow formed a gap in-between each other, and it was hurting both of them emotionally. 'She needs me…' Riku thought looking at her, she was talking about a good area where they could eat. 'And I need her… But I can't take her away from her family. It's selfish of me, but I need her…'
"Riku…" Selma tried to snap her friend out of his daze.
Riku blinked slightly as Selma placed a hand on his forehead. He felt embarrassed for dozing off like that and he apologized.
"Are you sure you're okay?" she asked sitting him down on a bench. "How come Sora and Kairi aren't with you?"
"Sora's spending some time with Kairi, so…" he said smiling. "You get the idea…"
"Those two make a good couple…" she said breathing in the crisp night air. "Are you hungry? I know a good place that sells some awesome coffee-cake, and…" she started to ramble on again.
Riku let her grab his hand, and she led the way this time. They went deeper into the First District area and Selma found the area she was looking for and hurried Riku along. The silver haired teen smiled and followed her the whole way, not once protesting.
"Here…" he offered to pull out a chair. Selma decided it was better to sit outside the coffee shop.
K a i r i
"Sora, how are you feeling?" I asked looking at him feeling a bit worried.He sat up and gave me his trademark smile, but I knew he was still feeling a bit of regret. I told him it wasn't his fault, but I don't know if he's listening or not.
"I'm feeling better…" he said sating next to me this time. When he said that, I could feel that somehow I knew he was telling the truth this time.
"I'm glad Riku went to go visit her…" I told Sora watching him rest his head on my shoulder. "He deserves to have a good time."
"We all do…" Sora said pinching my cheek slightly. He kissed my cheek softly, it was still something that could make me blush madly.
"It's not your fault Sora…" I told him holding his hand, he had taken off his outfit and wore some tan shorts and a white shirt.
"It still feels like it…" he said squeezing my hand for a moment. "But I know it's not… But I can't help it… I mean I…" I sighed quietly and placed a hand on his mouth. I shook my head slightly and he relaxed his jaw.
"It's still bugging you, what she asked you?"
"Just a little bit…" he said looking back at me. His eyes were mixed with confusion and sadness. I kissed him slightly on the cheek, and he smiled for a moment. "Let's go walk around, maybe that'll help…"
I stood up, but before I could even sigh I felt something lightly brush against my lips. I could feel my face grow hot with embarrassment. Sora's eyes looked back at me, he was smiling, letting his worry slip away.
"Sora…" I managed to whisper out. I could feel my voice crack with awkwardness.
I could hear him laugh, and he shook his head. He grabbed my hand and led me outside. My first kiss, it was something so gentle, and I didn't even see it coming…
R i k u
I watched her talk on a bit more before she sipped her cup of coffee. She was addicted to coffee, from what I remember that she told, her mother had once given her 'café con leche' which was milk and coffee in English. From then on she fell in love with the caffeinated liquid.
I bit into the coffee-cake she bought, and she frowned slightly as I took the chance to bite it in front of her. She got me back by sipping the contents from my milkshake, and I pouted at her slightly.
"Since when do you pout?" she asked, and for some reason her tone of voice reminded me of something a mother would say to her child.
"…Uh…" it was hard trying to answer her that question. Instead I stuffed my mouth with my milkshake.
"You know, I hope one day I find someone…" at that point I started to listen attentively. "I mean…" she was embarrassed to go on now. "Take Sora and Kairi for example, I want to be able to find someone like that…"
'I wonder how Sora and Kairi are doing…' I thought to myself before looking back at Selma. She sipped her coffee again and sighed slightly. It was around 11 o'clock at night now, but you couldn't tell because the night got dark around 5 o'clock.
"What about you Riku, you think you'll find someone like that?" and at that point I couldn't help but spit out the last drop of my milkshake.
A m a t e r a s u
I watched Riku spit out his milkshake a bit when I asked him, apparently I embarrassed him, but why? He cleared his throat and sighed for a moment.
"Well… do you?" I asked.
"Yeah…" he nodded, almost afraid to answer now.
"That's good…" I said smiling at him.
"What about you?" he asked taking another piece of my coffee cake. "You think you'll find one like that?"
"Of course…" I said slapping his hand slightly as he tried to take another piece of the pastry.
"Just a matter of waiting, that's all…"
I wanted to pour my whole heart to him, just tell him everything, who I was, what I was. It would've made me feel so much better. What was the point in having a friend like this, if I couldn't tell him my secret?
I suppose I don't want to make a bigger gap, so I won't do anything. Still with time and distance, there was already a gap there, and I'd just make it worse if I confessed everything.
" Selma…"
I sighed for a moment and felt Riku tug on my hand a bit. I looked up and noticed that he was standing up already. He asked me if I was all right, and I nodded. 'I don't want to shatter your heart Riku, because I know you wouldn't do that to me,' I thought to myself, letting Riku pull me up.
"Come on…" he was taking me back to the Second District.
There were lanterns and festival items around this time of night. A carnival of some sort was going to be held here, but I just didn't know when. I know that my brothers and sister would like it, and Riku's mom. I wish at some points Mom was here to see stuff like that, but she's in a better place having more fun than I could possibly ever imagine.
"They say the carnival's coming next week," Riku said bringing me back to reality.
"Really?" I asked, feeling a bit dazed now. "Riku…" my heart was beginning to race. "There's something I need to tell you…"
Current scene…
Amaterasu felt something caught in her throat, but she shook it off and tried to finish what she started, but it was no use.
"Never mind…" she said sighing in defeat, she couldn't bring herself to do it.
"Hey, Selma?" Riku asked her something. "Have you ever heard of the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu?"
"Yeah…" she said feeling a smile creep up on her. "Why?"
How she wished to give him her real name, and yet he didn't know he had said her true name. Once again there was a pain in her heart. She could feel her heart wept as she kept the truth from him.
"There's an ex-Chaser by that name…"
"Really?" she asked. "Is she pretty?"
"…" Riku didn't really now how to answer it. "She looks a bit like you…" he said, rubbing the back of his head. "But she's… I don't know I don't feel like she's good or she's bad…"
It was then and there Riku told her everything that had happened up to this point in time. He spoke of Amaterasu and how she had fought with Kairi. He spoke of his adventure to the Pride Lands, and turning into a lion cub. He spoke of going to Isla Cruces, and getting sandwiched in-between a voodoo priestess and a pirate that didn't have a general understanding of personal hygiene.
He told her about how Lucifer had appeared, and what Sora had to do to get rid of him. He noticed that she looked down when he spoke about Amaterasu, somehow in his heart he had a feeling something was going on.
" Selma…?" he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"That's not my name…" she whispered. Her eyes began to produce tears. "I… My name… It's…" the tears finally began to come down. "My… name it's… Amaterasu…"
A m a t e r a s u
What was I thinking right then and there, well absolutely nothing. My mind went blank and I didn't know what to say or how to say it, but as I did say it, my heart started a twist around a bit, and I knew that was why I started to cry.
I know how Riku feels now, because I'm ashamed of myself as well, I didn't want him to ever know about who I really was, but… I wish I told him sooner.
"If you want, go ahead and finish me off…" I said forcing his Keyblade to appear over head. "I don't blame you if you're mad…"
" Selma…" he was still in shock, or he was upset, it was probably both.
"Don't call me that…" I said feeling angry at myself.
"How… but why…?"
"I understand if you don't want to see, maybe it's better this way…" I looked away from him, and his Keyblade fell with a heavy thud.
"Are you insane?!" he raised his voice at me for a moment. "What is the matter with you…?"
"That's just it!" I yelled at him, feeling more tears stream down my face. "I can't sleep well at night knowing that I'm lying to you! Or when I'd see you, I knew I couldn't run up to hug you, or tell you hi or anything like that. I've had to watch you in the shadows…"
"I've been risking my ass trying to protect you… only to find out we're cleaning up the messes you make…" he said trying to calm himself down. "You…!"
"This is why I didn't want to tell you…" I said breaking down now. "I was wrong to tell you, I thought you were my friend, I though that we could tell each other something without judging the other… I guess I was wrong…"
There was another jab in my heart, and I placed a hand over it, it was starting to annoy me more and more. Riku's expression was that of hurt, but still he didn't walk away from me, but he stayed and talked, I'm really surprised, then again he is my friend, but I'm not so sure about that now.
"S… Amaterasu…" he said my real name this time. "I think this little meeting is over…"
"Before you leave, Riku…" I noticed he had withdrawn his Keyblade. "Tell Sora it's not his fault…" but all I felt were his arms wrapped around me, and I could hear him crying. He was mad at me, but he still hugged me, and I didn't know what to do this time. I cried with him.
"Then come with us…" he wanted me to go, I could tell by the wavering tone in his voice. "Please…"
"I… I can't…" I told him feeling him push me away. "I wish it were that simple Riku, I really do…"
"What's stopping you?"
"The people I love get hurt…" I told him looking away slightly. I wiped the tears from my eyes. "It's because of them… I love you guys too much to watch you get hurt…"
"You're hurting us at the same time…" he said, and I felt my eyes widen.
It was true, what I thought was protection was in fact hurting them as well, it protected me and my family, but not my friends, so I had failed right there. He placed his hands on my cheeks, and I could still feel some tears fall. I winced in embarrassment and looked away.
"You're too kind to me Riku…" I told him. "Other people would've left right after I told them…"
"I'm not like other people…" he said trying hard to smile. "I'm still a bit mad at you, but not to the point where I'd leave you crying alone…" he leaned in, and I pushed him away.
"No… Riku, I can't…" I told him placing a finger on his lip. "I can't… It's better if you leave for right now…"
Truth be told as much as I did want his comfort, I couldn't. My heart, as I felt it, was still too fragile, still mending wounds from over thirty years ago. I shook my head slightly and he stopped in his tracks. He did at least respect me, but how I wished I could hold him close.
"Why would I leave you?!" he said grasping his hand in mine.
"Because of what I've done…" I said knowing that he was still angry with me. I could feel it in my heart. "I don't deserve to be your friend… I don't deserve to have a special place in your heart… I wanted this day to be like old times, but it can't because of time and distance! I wanted to be able to laugh a lot today, but the weight of my own sins came to me when I hugged you, when I held your hand…" I knew I was crying again.
"Then let me help you…" he was begging me. "I want to help you…"
R i k u
I don't understand what happened, but it feels like I'm in a dream or something. I know who she is, but somehow it hasn't caught up to me yet, but I know it will and when it does, it's not going to be all that wonderful. I want to hold her and tell her everything's going to be all right, but I know she's afraid.
'Truth be told, I care too much for you,' I thought to myself as I looked at her.
"Amaterasu…" it seemed really weird coming out from my mouth. I leaned in again, and this time she hugged me. I kissed her cheek softly, it was a bit salty, but I mean she did cry after all.
Just mere seconds away from sharing my first kiss with her, but she stopped me. Again she told me she couldn't, and I felt like I had done something wrong. She's probably doing it to keep me safe, but I want to protect her more than anything right now, that's something that I know I'm sure of right now.
Tonight, I wanted to let her cry, and I would hold her close telling her everything would be all right, and that we could work it out. Yet somehow I knew it wasn't going to be that easy, our friendship would mostly likely end soon, and I was afraid of losing her.
"They'll come after you…" she said whispering into my ear. "I don't want you getting hurt. Lucifer was nothing compared to them…"
"Lucifer couldn't fight…"
"True…" she said. "But if I had been in his shoes I would've rather died that way than die by Gabriel's hands…"
She kissed my cheek, and she let her lips linger on there for a second longer, and I could feel my face start to blush. At least I made her smile. But I had a feeling I wasn't going to be seeing her for a long time.
"Ammi…" I whispered to her, just pushing back some strands of hair away from her face. I kissed her on the forehead and she gave me a sad smile. That was the last time I saw her as she retreated into a dark portal, and for that moment this whole thing caught up to me.
I fell back onto a nearby bench, and I could feel anger and confusion and sadness rage in me. For once the first person I shared a paopu fruit with had left me alone. I know why I didn't get that angry with her, it's because of a thing called love.
"I wish you knew how much I loved you Amaterasu…"
That was it, I did and still do love her, and not a million fights could make me hate her, never… Her and I we're alike. Each one of us has their own reason for doing what they had to do. Her family, it's very important to her, and I'm fighting to protect her, my friends, and also my mother.
The Clock Tower
A blond spiky haired man looked at the crying girl and sighed heavily. He just placed a hand on her head and patted her gently as a way of comforting. He looked back down and noticed the silver haired teenager.
"He must care for you a lot…" he said. Amaterasu just stared at the man with the Chocobo like hair, she pouted for a moment.
"Cloud, you have someone who cares so much for you, why don't you just go to her already?"
"Amaterasu, I don't want to hurt her…"
Cloud Strife a man from another world made his way to Traverse Town believing he had no other place to go to, so that was why he did in fact reside here. A young woman by the name of Tifa had been unsuccessful in finding him, since this world had fallen into darkness about a week ago, and Amaterasu and her siblings had found a way to bring this fallen world back.
"But you are, Aerith has been waiting for you for almost a year now, she saw you last year, and you didn't even stay that long! She knows deep in her heart that you can see the light that's guiding you home, why aren't you following it?!"
"I'm trying to protect her… I don't want her to get hurt by my return, what if she doesn't even want to see me anymore?" it was at that point even a mother would scowl their children for thinking like that.
"She planted a paopu tree for your return…" she sighed heavily for a moment taking a mother like role this time. "You said so yourself once… When Radian Garden was getting destroyed, do you remember what you said?" Amaterasu asked wiping her tears away.
"I would never get to see her smile, or get angry, or get mad, or even laugh…"
"She doesn't get to see you laugh, or smile, or cry, or even get angry!" she was obviously losing her temper with him, any mother would when their child didn't listen.
"You know that's not very mother like…"
"If I was your mother, I'd tell you to go and visit her…" she said. "Now go Cloud… Please you know she's waiting for you..."
"I'm not one to say much on this subject..." he said looking back down at the scene below them, "But it'd be nice if you took your advice once in a while..."
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