Re: Fate of A Hero
Day 10
Late
Akira lay in her bed, stirring. Suddenly, she bolted upward violently, falling back into her bed. She whimpered.
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"How long are we going to be like this?" Akira had asked, just the day before. She and her two teammates, Roxas and Axel, sat on the clocktower, as usual. But this wasn't the day before. Akira seemed...aged. Taller and leaner. Her hair was longer, as well.
"Until Kingdom Hearts is done," Axel sighed. Akira growled.
"But that's not fair! We're doing all the work, while Xemnas is sitting pretty on his chair," Akira cried. Roxas looked away. She stood.
"And what if Xemnas doesn't give you your hearts? Have you thought of that?" She demanded. Roxas and Axel looked at her helplessly.
"You have a point," Roxas confided, "But what can we do? If w run, he'll just hunt us, and bring us back."
Akira sat back down, defeated. She couldn't answer that. She stayed silent for a while, then looked down.
"I can't do this anymore," She whispered, her voice breaking. Axel and Roxas quickly turned to look at her once more. Had the girl, who never gave up, just-given up?
"I can't," She continued, "Because I was never meant to be here." She looked out at the sunset. "Look at me, guys. What do you see?"
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"Ach!" She sat up on her bed, feeling the cold breeze of the World That Never Was enter the room. She looked over at Roxas's alarm clock.
12:00 pm.
"Oh no, I'm late!" She said, making a mad dash for the restroom.
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"Nice of you to join us, number fourteen," Saix boomed from his seat. Xane snickered. Akira had appeared in her seat, half an hour late, hood on. Under her hood, she blushed.
"I'm sorry," She started, but Xemnas silenced her.
"As I was saying, it seems we have come to a standstill," He continued on with his interrupted speech, "The place does not contain a pure of heart, but a Princess of Heart ."
Everyone listened, but gave light attention. Akira looked up.
"The thing that powers the Princess, we believe, is a red rose," He added, "As Number Fourteen and Xane have reported," Xane flinched at not having a title, "And being that they found it, They shall be the ones to steal it."
"What?!" The entire room bellowed. Akira's hood had fallen off, revealing her messy black hair, and Xane's green eyes bugged out. Xemnas smiled wickidley.
"Surely you all trust these two girls to complete this simple task, don't you?" He asked, his voice heavily sarcastic. The room stayed silent. Xemnas and Saix looked over at the two girls, first Xane, then Akira. They looked at eachother, grinning.
"Well, off you go then," Xemnas prompted. Xane and Akira looked at eachother, trying to access if he was joking or dead serious.
"I said, Off. You. Go." He said, distinctively emphasizing on each word. Akira put her hood back on and dissapeared, hands still on her hood. Xemnas looked at Xane, still in her seat. Her suprised look was replaced by a glare.
"Mark my words," She said, black starting to consume her, "One day I'm going to kick your-"
She was gone.