On to number 14 now! This was a story I really wanted to write, but in the end I'm a bit disappointed by it. That's something I'd like to see happen in canon, but I couldn't find a coherent setup. So I think this prompt had potential, but I'm not really fond of what I've done T_T

No new rules here~

Theme : Love your enemy

She had promised herself she would find him. So many times. But not this way. Why did it have to be this way?

"Your face seems… Familiar." He said with a totally different voice. A deeper voice. Almost attracting, if it wasn't that threatening. His eyes were different as well. He looked older, his skin was darker. But she would recognize that face anywhere. She knew it by heart. She knew him by heart.

"I've been told you were named Xemnas now, if I'm not mistaken?"

"Now? I have always been named Xemnas. And your name is…?"

Her heart missed a beat. They had warned her. Sora, Master Yen Sid, Mickey… They all had tried to explain to her the concept of Heartless and Nobody. And that even a Nobody usually remembered his Somebody's life, Xemnas most likely remembered his life as Xehanort only. But she couldn't believe he was gone. He had proven in the past he was still fighting for his body, so surely he was still fighting? She had not gave up. Had he?

"If I defeat you, will he be back?"

He smirked. "I have been defeated before. The only one who came back was… me."

She shivered. What if he was gone forever? What if all of that had been for nothing? Those twelve years spent fighting in the Dark, all for someone who was gone?

He attacked first. They have been facing each other for a while now, her keyblade in her shaking hand, his spell ready in his own steady palm.

He was strong, but so was she. She had twelve years, surrounded by creatures wanting her dead, to train. Her objective was not even to beat him, only to keep him busy long enough to buy Sora and the others time. So she wasn't attacking him, only defending herself. She couldn't get herself to hurt his body, his body. Dodging. Ducking. Occasionally slashing with no conviction. She knew hurting him would probably hurt her more anyway.

But at some point, as he blocked one of her attack, he looked at her intensely and his expression changed.

"Is that all you can do… Aqua? Just defeat him!"

He flinched, letting go of her blade and cast a Stop… on himself. He instantly froze, as Aqua gasped.

"I knew it. I knew you were still there. I will save you, Terra. I promise."

And instead of finishing him, like he wanted, she wrapped her arms around him and held him tight.

"You haven't changed a bit." He managed to whisper to her through the spell. "Put an end to me."

She cried and laughed at the same time. "We did not put an end to Ven back then. So don't even think I will to you. When will you understand that I won't kill those I love? I'm not going to kill you, Terra. I will save you."

And she would. Whenever the effects of the Stop started to fade away, she would cast another one. She could never have cast one while he was moving, but now that he was still, it was fairly easy. And it apparently helped Terra keep control, at least enough to speak.

She would buy her new friends some time. In exchange, they would help her save her best friends. That was the deal.

Her arms still locked around her enemy's body, she felt relieved for the first time since she had stepped out of the Realm of Darkness. There was a chance. There was a chance.

In unison, they could finally tell each other these words they had wanted to say for twelve years. It might have been strange, given his voice wasn't his voice, but she couldn't care less.

"I love you."

I sure wouldn't mind hearing Xemnas's voice saying such words hehehe

Hopefully you liked this prompt even though I'm hardly convinced by it!

See you tomorrow~

Let's play a game! I tell you tomorrow's theme and you tell me what you think it could be about. (even if you read this long after the next prompt is posted, you can still play! Leave a review about what/who you think it might be about, then read the next one to check. I would be so interested to know about what comes to your mind with the themes!)

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