"Damn it, I don't understand, that slut should be here!"
While Zero was scouring the shrine, Riku was trying his best to eliminate the mutated heartless, but the shrine was filled with so much junk it was a challenge just maneuvering past all of it. To make matters worse, the mutated heartless were of a particularly vicious and violent variety, he lost track of the number of times they tried to bite his or Zero's head off and Mikhail didn't fare much better.
"This is really, really scary! I don't like this!" Mikhail said as he stomped at the heartless biting his legs.
Eventually, Riku was able to grab hold of Zero. "Give it up. She's not here."
"Then where the hell else could she be?! Did she turn into one of these fuckers?!"
"No. She would've been a much more powerful heartless than these guys if that were the case. Wherever she is, we'll track her down and defeat her."
Zero looked at the bloodthirsty heartless then back to Riku. "...You're still coming with us?"
"I said I wouldn't leave until Five's defeated so let's go. She couldn't have gotten too far away from here."
"I'm not wasting my time trying to find that bitch. We're going after Four now."
Zetia: Oh nice wordplay
Goldfaber: Riku and Zero are similar in a lot of ways, I like to think they represent two sides of the same coin. Yeah idm making a reference, Bahamut might make a good weapon name or something.
TalonScythe: Glad you're back on board with this crazy shit! Omfggg, Mickey didn't give Riku the talk? Nooo, don't tell me Mickey Mouse really be slinging that kingdom key D around ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). If Sora ended up in D3, him and Mikhail would definitely be teaming up against Zero.
Guest: Zero's like 99% Tsun and 1% dere. Sure if Mikhail teased her like that he'd get stabbed nine ways
LordNoobReview: Zero doesn't go out of her way to meaningfully justify her actions. Nor is she that good of a person so eventually Riku will have to question if Zero's quest to kill her sisters is worth the destruction it brings and if he can keep aligning himself with her. Especially when he meets four who's going to make a good case for herself. I'm glad that everyone likes the Zero-Riku-Mikhail dynamic, it's fun writing them together. I can't wait to write four and five together since they're 100% going to be at each other's throats
Pallex: Can't even imagine how a drunk Zero would be around Riku, things would probably get out of control really quickly. Ok, I didn't know that abt SINoALICE, lol Mikhail tells Zero about him in his human form and she just tells him to go the f*ck back to sleep. Accord will meet Riku eventually, how she feels about him will be interesting
Sonicsolsnake: Riku and Zero are like two bitter exes who are only tolerating each other for their kid. Ik Zero's the one taking the pants off in the relationship that's for sure
Anon: How Zero feels about KH dialogue is how Riku feels about D3 dialogue. Zero having issues is like the biggest understatement. Zero-Riku-Mikhail is really fun to write, should really put in some bloopers of scenes I had to cut between the three of them. Nothing like writing two ppl being bitchy to each other with their innocent child lol. Only Dito could appreciate the heartless since he's just as heartless as they are. Either Five's arm regrows or Four just re-attaches it herself.
Centurious the Azure: Accord's scrambling her notes together as Riku and the heartless continue to change the timeline of events. "A new dad to offset his abusive mom" lol. Yeah, I feel the same way about writing, looking forward to where you take your story:)
Keybladelight: Riku using a gummiphone would be pretty funny with Zero trying to figure out what it is, don't think Riku would have a picture of Sora in his phone though, maybe the others tho. It would be nice if Riku could save the other intoners, but they would also need to be willing to be better people otherwise they'll end up doing the same shit anyways. I don't see how the keyblade can change the intoners into humans, Riku could destroy the flower, but that would 100% kill the intoner so they just need to work with what they got.
"You Reflect Me"
After leaving Five's shrine, their next destination was the Land of Mountains where Zero's fourth sister awaited them. Before they went off to wreak havoc at another enemy stronghold, they set up camp at the base of the mountains where they wouldn't be disturbed. Exhaustion took its toll on Zero and she was knocked out on the ground while Riku and Mikhail were still settling in.
"Zero must be really tired." Mikhail circled around the ground a few times, then plopped down.
Riku eased himself down by the fire. "She's not the only one."
"Hey Riku...are you gonna leave tonight?"
"Nah, I think I'll stay here. It's a lot quieter when she's asleep."
"Ha ha, yeah, she says that a bunch too!"
"Mikhail...why do you hang around Zero anyway? She's not exactly the nicest person to be around."
He thought for a moment. "Uh...well even though she's really mean sometimes, she's still my best friend in the whole world so it's not like I can just leave her, y'know? And...she doesn't want me to leave her either."
"Why is that?"
"I don't have any memories of him, but I used to be a super strong dragon named Michael and Zero was really close to him. She would actually call him by his name and stuff, not like she does for me. Do you have any friends like that, Riku?"
"Yeah, I've been looking for him. That's mainly why I'm here."
"Sorry your friend's lost. What was he like? Maybe we can find him together!"
"He's...well actually he's a lot like you Mikhail."
"Really? Then I bet your friend's cool and awesome like me!"
He rubbed the back of his head. "Heh, something like that."
"If we find him, do you think me and him can be friends?"
"Definitely, you two are cut from the same cloth."
"What about with Zero?"
"It's possible, he can make friends with just about anyone. He even made friends with someone who reminds me way too much of Zero. Didn't like her too much either."
"Whoa, another Zero sounds scary!"
"Tell me about it."
"—Will you two shut the fuck up? I'm trying to get some sleep here!"
"Guess that's it, don't wanna have to deal with her tonight. Night Mikhail," Riku said.
"Okay...let's talk like this again real soon, alright?"
He gave him a small smile. "Alright."
The following morning, Riku woke up earlier than usual to catch some fish and roast it over the campfire. 'This world's a lot bigger than I thought so how long do I expect to stay here? Getting rid of the darkness in a world that thrives off of it won't be an easy task.' The aroma of fire-roasted fish drifting into the air soon woke up Zero and Mikhail.
"Whatcha cooking Riku? It smells super yummy," Mikhail said.
"Something to eat." He threw one of the fish over to Mikhail who happily gobbled it up.
"It tastes super yummy too! This is a lot better than eating dirt!"
"Don't eat dirt Mikhail..."
Zero walked up to him with her arms crossed. "What's this for?"
"Haven't even in a while so I was hungry, figured you guys might be too."
She snatched the biggest fish for herself then tore into it. "We're leaving soon, I'm gonna go take a piss. Be ready when I get back."
"Ever heard of too much information?"
"Heh, I might take a nice, long shit too. Is that enough information for you?"
"You're the worst."
"Like I haven't heard that one before."
Once Zero took care of her business, they began their journey through the Land of Mountains.
"Hey, we're going to be making a stop at this village coming up. I need more weapons and supplies to take on Four," Zero said.
"Is your sister that bad?" Riku asked.
"She is the sleaziest of my sisters."
"What's that mean? Is she slutty like Five?" Mikhail asked.
"Don't say bad words like that," Riku said.
"Sorry, but Zero's the one who told me! I dunno what it really means."
"You can try to be a better influence, Zero."
"Only if you try to jump off a cliff."
He rolled his eyes.
"That was a real sleazy thing to say," Mikhail said.
"Stop using words you don't know the meaning of."
"Then tell me what sleazy means! Tell me! Tell me!"
"Fine if it makes you shut up about it. A sleazy person is like someone who acts all sugary sweet on the outside, but on the inside they're evil."
"So that's the type of sister Four is?"
"Yep. Kind of have to be evil if you're a virgin Intoner."
"Huh what's a ...virgin?"
"Don't worry about it."
"Is a virgin supposed to be a bad thing?" Riku asked.
"Please, only a virgin would say that. Unless..." She glared at him. "Wait, don't tell me you're one!"
"Why are you asking me that?"
"Because I can't stand virgins and I find it hard to believe someone with your looks hasn't slept with anyone before."
"But we all slept together last night," Mikhail said
She ignored Mikhail and continued to grill Riku. "Well? I'm not gonna stop asking until you tell me."
"Don't waste your breath."
"Tch...I bet you're being so quiet about it because you aren't even packing anything big down there," She said with a devilish smirk.
"What did you say?"
"No way, whatever Riku's packing I bet it's really, really big," Mikhail said.
"You don't even know what you're saying. This is grown-up conversation so stay out of it," Zero said
"But that's what you always say! I wanna talk about how big the stuff Riku's packing too!"
"Will both of you shut up?!" Riku's face started turning red which only made Zero want to tease him more about it.
"Aw, is that a sore subject for you?"
"I'm not talking about this with you."
"I'm sure other girls aren't talking about 'it' either."
"Shut. Up."
"So am I going to need a magnifying glass to see it up close or-"
"I said shut up." He walked on ahead of them.
"What's wrong with Riku? Did we hurt his feelings?"
Zero shrugged. "I guess his patience is short too."
After a while Zero stopped at a narrow suspension bridge that led into a different direction than the one they were heading towards. "The village is just down this bridge." She made a gesture to Mikhail. "You stay here."
"But I wanna see the village too!"
"No, you're gonna get in the way, just do what I ask. Oh- and you better not screw around in the mud while we're gone or you're dead!"
"Oh alright, but can you get some food for me? I've been craving maggots a lot lately."
"Don't eat maggots..." Riku said. "Unless that's the type of food dragons eat."
"He'll eat whatever crap he finds on the ground so come on let's go already," Zero said.
Riku and Zero crossed the suspension bridge, soon entering a small village. Unbeknownst to them, the village was severely run down and appeared to be abandoned. No one was there to populate the streets or run the local shops, effectively making it a ghost town.
"This village reeks of darkness. That's not a good sign," Riku said.
"What's darkness even supposed to smell like?"
"It's hard to explain, but I can tell the heartless have been through here a couple of times."
"Not even surprised. If I were one of those bastards I'd wreck as much shit as possible."
"Like you don't already?"
"Good point."
They made it to the weapon shop where Zero filled out a form. "...Alright, that takes care of that."
"You're not getting any weapons?"
"The weapon shops run by mail order, I'll get it the next day."
"What? How would anyone even...nevermind. So are we good here?"
"Well, we got some time to kill. How about me and you sneak into one of these houses and I'll measure how long you are myself~"
"I already know my height."
"You're just doing this to piss me off, aren't you? What, are you still mad about me calling your-"
"...hold on. I hear something." He summoned his keyblade and started running off while Zero begrudgingly following him behind.
"Over here!" Riku burst into one of the houses and found several heartless roaming around. He effortlessly slashed through the creatures of darkness, then ran upstairs where he saw a little girl getting dragged into the darkness by neoshadow heartless. They would be a bit trickier to eliminate without also harming the little girl so he made sure to carefully strike through each of them, relying on his regular keyblade attacks, until they were all defeated.
"Hey, you okay?" The little girl nodded her head slowly, but Riku could see an array of scratches and bruises marking her body so he bent down and cast Curaga on her. "That should fix you up. Do you know where your parents are?"
She shook her head.
"That's okay, we can find them together." When he reached his hand out to her, she flinched then instinctively guarded her body away from him.
Her defensiveness caught Riku off guard but he adjusted accordingly. "Don't be afraid, I'm not gonna hurt you, I promise. I just want to keep you safe. My name is Riku by the way."
"..."
"Can you tell me your name at least?"
"Cl...Claire."
"—Hey you jackass!" It was Zero, she ran upstairs and found the two of them. "How about you give me a warning next time before you run off?!"
"Maybe you should keep up next time."
"You want me to choke you in front of that kid?"
"I was kidding. Thought you were the one who told me to lighten up."
"It doesn't go both ways." She crossed her arms. "So why is there a brat here anyways?"
"Her name is Claire. She's lost her parents so I'm gonna help her find them."
"Seriously? Why the hell are you getting yourself involved in this shit again?"
"Because it would be wrong to leave her alone like this."
Zero took one look at Claire and saw her entire story play out before her. From her unkempt appearance to the deadness in her eyes, she knew exactly what type of girl she was because all she could see was herself.
—
Once upon a time, there was a little girl that was hated by the world.
No one loved her.
No one wanted her.
She was alone. All alone
"What's this?" Her mother felt around on the bed. "You wet the bed again?!" She raised her hand to the little girl who was shaking in fear and brutally beat her child until she lost all sensation.
"Wash all of the bedding right now or you'll be sleeping outside tonight." Her mother stumbled towards the bathroom to wash the blood off her hands.
"You better be counting your days living in my house because soon you'll be working in the brothel."
The little girl didn't blame her mother for her cruelty. She reasoned that her mother was raising her in the only way she knew how.
After all, she knew that she was unwanted and was only a bothersome pest to her mother.
She knew she didn't deserve her love.
—
Zero could feel her deep-seated anger for the world rising to the top and with trembling hands, she unsheathed her sword, but Riku stood in front of Claire. "What're you doing?! There's no way you would actually hurt a little girl!"
"Who cares about some worthless brat. Either let the heartless deal with her or I'll end her miserable life myself because she's not getting in my way."
Riku balled his hands into a fist. "I'm tired of this! All of this killing... and for what?! I thought you were actually trying to do something good for this world, but you don't care about any of that. All you care about is yourself, nothing else matters to you!"
It wasn't just his words that cut deep because she already accepted all of those things about her, no, it was the disheartened look on his face. Like he was surprised she turned out to be a heartless asshole. Even then, he was still trying to search for the good in her and that's what made her so angry. Angrier than she'd ever been in a long time. "Shut the fuck up! You don't know anything about me so stop looking at me like that...like you know who I am!"
"No, you've already shown me exactly the type of person you are. You're a coward and your heart is full of holes!"
"Keep talking like that and I'll fucking kill you! I mean it!"
"Go ahead! Kill me since that's the only thing you know how to do!"
"Because this is all I've ever known!" In the heat of the moment, Zero yanked his collar down and punched the side of his face as hard as she could, but he didn't even flinch as the blood dripped down from his mouth.
Riku put his hand on Zero's, then pushed it away. "...I stuck around because I saw there was a light inside of you as much as you tried to hide it, but I guess I was wrong about that too."
He left the house with Claire while Zero spiraled into rage. "FUCK!" She punched open a hole in the wall, then soon left the house as well, making sure to trash everything before she left.
For a while, Zero wandered around the village, destroying as much of her surroundings as she could because it was the only way she knew to calm herself down and eventually she did. "...He can do his shitty sidequest and die for all I care. I'm gonna see if this place has a tavern at least before I leave." She navigated past all of the houses and shops, figuring a tavern would have to be located somewhere on the far reaches of the village.
'This place reminds me of my shitty ass childhood.' When Zero made it to the outskirts of town there was a tavern waiting for her to drink her problems away, however, next to it was a brothel. Maybe because she especially hated herself at that moment, but she went towards the brothel instead, soon discovering the place had been boarded up with a sign nailed to it. "What's this...'An establishment of this nature shall not be permitted under Lady Four's rule'."
"She's pretty stupid if she thinks a sign would stop anyone from fucking." Kicking the door down, Zero walked inside the deteriorated building. "Just as depressing as I remember it..." The sight alone was enough to make her sick and everything still reeked of beer, but she came inside for a reason, not just for self-depreciation.
—
Finally, the little girl could have something to hold onto because she made a friend of her own in the place she despised the most.
The only one, she thought, who would ever care about her and make her smile.
"Don't worry, once we steal all this money, we'll leave and never look back. Just me and you!"
"Really? You mean it?"
"Yeah, I promise. If we make it across the river, everything will work out! We'll be together forever ███!"
But, like always, the little girl was wrong.
—
"It should be here..."
Zero jumped behind the counter where she located a stack of bound papers. "Now what was that brat's name again..." Flipping through the pages, she found what she was looking for; a profile, or rather an advertisement for the little girl. "Of course she's here... I'm never wrong about these things." She tore out the page and was about to leave when she got confronted by a gang of heartless.
'Riku's not saving my ass so I'm on my own this time.' However, when Zero charged at the heartless, guns blazing and all, she quickly remembered just how futile fighting against them was. No matter how many she thought she could destroy, they always came back and soon she was completely cornered. "...Forget it. See you in hell." Rather than continue fighting a battle she inevitably wasn't going to win, she put her sword away and let the heartless crawl over her body where she then got dragged inside a dark portal.
"Fear not. For you do not fight alone."
"No Michael...you're not here to save me. I'm all alone."
"You're not alone. That, I promise."
"If only you could keep your promises..."
When Zero opened her eyes, all she could see in front of her was complete darkness. "Huh...where am I?"
"Shhh! Hush or you'll be next!"
"What the hell? Who the fuck is talking to me?!"
"Didn't I just say to hush!"
"You know I'd kill you if I could see your goddamn face! So...are we dead now or what?
"No, not yet."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means if you don't keep your voice down the demon will take you away and eat you alive!"
"—It's true!" Another chimed in. "As long as you stay silent, they won't detect your presence."
"Right, and how's that been working for you?"
"We've lost many friends and family, but this is our only choice."
"Well I'm not waiting to die, I've done that enough already."
"I see. Then it was nice knowing you."
"Shut up already." Zero stood up and began her song of ruin.
Verse 2
All is lost
The music sings our demise
We are reborn again,
Alone to face the darkness
Now that Zero was in Intoner mode, she could make out enough of her surroundings to tell that she wasn't beyond the grave, but in an extensive, underground cave. 'There's a handful of people here, are they from the village?' While the cave showed all signs of death, there was an unusual lack of heartless in a place she figured would be squirming with them. 'Hopefully, the demon's just a regular demon so I stand a chance against it.'
Zero walked around more, then started getting annoyed. "...Goddamnit. Where's this stupid demon?!" She whipped her head back to the villagers. "Don't tell me you fuckers lied to me!"
"No- no we swear! It's here- It's —"
Out of nowhere, a vine adorned with razor-sharp thorns wrapped around the same man she talked to earlier and he was snatched up into the darkness, then another villager was taken away soon after. Zero had a feeling she would be next so she preemptively readied her sword and sure enough, a vine was coming for her as well, but she cut through it before it could reach her.
For the next few seconds, blood-curdling screams echoed within the cave until it was followed by an eerie silence. Moments later, multiple vines shot from the darkness and this time, they were all coming for Zero.
"Fuck this shit!" With her field of vision fairly limited, all Zero could think of to do was keep moving and avoid the vines that were hunting her down. A strategy that she actually thought was working because the vines stopped pursuing her, but she ended up running into two heartless. "You two sure are late for the party!"
With how weak they were, Zero easily stomped them out, but it seemed their only purpose was to stall her so the vines could finally wrap around her body and trap her. As hard as she tried to break free, there was no escape from them so with little options left, she resigned to her fate of getting eaten alive.
Not that she cared much, her impending death was probably the last thing on her mind because strangely, all that occupied her thoughts were the last words Riku said to her.
["I stuck around because I saw there was a light inside of you as much as you tried to hide it, but I guess I was wrong about that too."]
'What does he mean I have a light inside of me? Whatever, doesn't matter now I guess, not like I'll ever hear his stupid explanation anyway.'
'... I already know who I am. I'm less than zero.'
'I'm less than fucking zero.'
—
"Don't you get it? I don't give a damn about you."
"But...you told me that we would be together..."
"Look, no hard feelings, I just needed you to carry away more money, but now it's time for you to die."
Devastated, the little girl had to run away from the only person she thought she could call a friend.
Still, she didn't resent her friend for betraying her. After all, how could she be so foolish as to trust another person?
It was her fault for being fooled and she vowed to never open her heart up like that again.
And just when things couldn't get any worse for the little girl, she ended up running into the angry men from the brothel.
"Found you, you slippery little wench. Don't worry, we got tons of customers waiting for you."
"..."
"Next time you run away like that, we'll have to knock your teeth out and men won't like you anymore then."
The men snatched up the little girl, then dragged her all the way back to the brothel.
"ZERO!"
When it seemed like the cruel world was closing in on her,
A young man cut down the darkness that was holding her captive and saved her.
—
Before Zero even knew it, she was in Riku's arms and she finally began to understand what he meant by there being a 'light' because his shined so brightly.
"...Why did you save me?! I didn't ask for any of this!"
"You don't have to. I already said you'd be too much trouble as a heartless."
"But how did you even find me?!"
"I heard your singing." He set her down, then motioned to the little girl running towards them. "Watch Claire for me...and you better not hurt her or I will end you."
"Yeah? Then hurry up and kill that thing. I don't have any patience for brats."
Claire stuck her tongue out. "Why do I have to be stuck with an ugly wench like you!"
"What the hell did you call me?"
"Try not to kill each other you two."
Riku's keyblade burned bright with a powerful flame that illuminated the entire cave. Now everyone could see the demon for what it really was; the Leechgrave heartless. Riku propelled his flaming blade at the Leechgrave and as it crawled from the ceiling to the ground, the keyblade sliced clean through several of its vines before returning to him.
The Leechgrave retaliated by shooting out poisonous gas from its bulb.
"Damn, that's not good!" Riku glanced back to Zero who looked like she was about to commit murder from getting her hair pulled by Claire. "Zero, get everyone out of here! The poison it's spitting out is deadly."
"Yeah, yeah." Zero started barking death threats at the villagers which cleared them out faster than he ever could've. She then picked up Claire by her leg and went to leave herself. "Hey, you better not die on me."
"I won't."
"Ugh, why can't you leave me with Riku! He's way better than you!" Claire whined.
"Shut up or I'll drop you on your head!"
With the two of them gone, Riku was left alone to finish off the Leechgrave. Esuna cured the poison so he could go all out without worrying about his health dropping, however, the Leechgrave wouldn't go down easily. Riku shot a Firaga spell directly at the hanging coffin that comprised its body, but it had no effect on it.
'Its body's immune to regular magic? Wish I knew that before I used a third tier spell on it, I'll just focus on its legs for now.' He swiftly dodged the vines that were shooting out of the ground, then aimed his shotlock at the other vines supporting the Leechgrave's coffin body.
Multiple dark spheres burst from Riku's keyblade and showered down on the Leechgrave, taking out the last of its vines so all that was left was the coffin. He airstepped to quickly close the distance, then impaled his blade straight through its body.
When he pulled his keyblade out, dozens of hearts floated out of the coffin, their souls finally set free.
"I'm sorry I couldn't come sooner to save all of you."
Riku left the cave and was greeted by cheers and applause from the villagers.
"Thank you kind wanderer for saving us! For saving our village!"
"Yes, you have our gratitude. Please, if there's anything we could give to you in thanks we would be happy to!"
"That's not necessary." He went over to Zero and Claire with the darkest look on his face.
"Yay! Riku's back!" Claire clung onto his leg.
He pat her on the head. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine now that you're here!"
Riku looked up to Zero who was awkwardly looking away from. "Zero, thanks."
"Whatever."
"So you ready to go? Sure Mikhail's worried about us by now."
"...I thought you hated me."
"No, I don't. Not when I see so much of myself in you. That's...that's why I can't turn my back on you."
There was the smallest hint of a smile on her face. "You must've been a pretty shitty person then, huh?"
"Not as bad as you, but yeah."
"Heh, well it is hard to top this mess. Alright, then let's get out of here, fuckface."
"Don't curse in front of children."
She crossed her arms. "Are you sure I remind you of yourself?"
"Aw, you're leaving already?" Claire gave Riku one last hug. "I...I really wish you didn't have to go. I'm gonna miss you!"
"I'm gonna miss you too." He hugged her back. "I'm sorry we couldn't find your parents...unless they're one of those villagers."
She shook her head. "No, but it's okay...they didn't want me anyways."
"Oh...I'm sorry to hear that."
"You don't have to be sorry for me, now that they're gone, I can live for myself."
"Sure you're going to be okay on your own?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine." She smirked. "I'd be more worried about yourself since you have to be stuck with your bitchy friend."
"That's it you little-" Riku held Zero back before she could wring her neck out.
Claire waved goodbye to Riku. "May your heart be your guiding key! I'll remember that!" With that, she ran off.
"Ugh, you got her to say your bullshit too," Zero said.
"Better than anything you'd say to her." He put his hands inside his pockets.
"I don't always talk about dirty stuff."
He raised his eyebrow in disbelief. "Really?"
"Okay, maybe I do. It's not my fault I haven't had it in so long..." She went quiet, contemplative. "Hey, before we leave, I need you to do something for me."
"Like what?"
"You'll find out soon enough." Zero led Riku to the outskirts of the village where the brothel was located. "I want you to burn this place down."
"What- why?"
"It's a brothel, not a goddamn orphanage! Just do what I say."
"What's a brothel?"
"You're really sounding like a virgin right now."
"...So you're not gonna tell me?"
"All you need to know is that I want it burnt down. It's something...for me."
"Fine."
"Just like that? Wish you were this easy for other things."
"I can smell the stench of darkness from all the way over here, that's why."
"You know you sound really fucking stupid when you say that."
"...Shut up." He lit the building on fire and it burned away into ashes within minutes.
After burning away the reminders of her past,
The Intoner and the keyblade wielder left the village, thinking they left it in good hands.
However, the sad part about this story is...the heartless came back the very next day.
Flowers for the Dead
