Versus
During his fight versus Roxas in front of Memory Skyscraper, Riku has much more trouble dealing with his opponent than he should.
Normally, it wouldn't be so hard to focus on the task before him, but as things are...
His mind is divided, his heart desperately struggling to hold on to the memories of the girl—Xion, memories of Xion—and he slips up at crucial moments where he never would've hesitated otherwise.
He doesn't know how he feels when he realizes that even Roxas, her so-called best friend, has already forgotten her name.
...Or why he's so desperate to hold on.
Author: A Days related drabble, since it's been a while...
I know I'm not the only one who noticed how distracted Riku seemed during his fight with Roxas. And his fading memories seemed to be giving him a lot of pain... AND he really did remember Xion's name longer than Roxas did. Which leads me to think he was TRYING to remember her name. Most likely by repeating it over and over again in his head. XD
To my reviewers:
XesmeKH: That's actually kind of funny, because I used to ship Roxas and Xion at first but got converted a while ago. ^^ Glad you like it!
XIIIXV: Yeah, localization takes a while sometimes... But I'm looking forward to seeing it in English!
Espionage247: The World Ends With You, and I'm going to play that down a bit as this goes on... though there is at least one more related drabble to come. And yeah, I've already been watching DDD videos. From what I've seen and what little I was able to glean from the dialogue (most of the vids are still not even subbed) it looks really freaky but really awesome. LOL
Mirae-no-sekai: Aw, that'd be sad... I hated that part... But it was really sweet of Riku.^^
DMGSilverAirHead03: Lol! That's funny... He really can be sweet sometimes, though.^^
See ya next time!