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“ You shouldn’t be fighting or living for me.”

Her words stung, feeling this sharp pain within his heart that reminded the Replica how real he was - how he truly was standing here, with the person that made him want to live - that made him want to fight.

“Don’t say that!” His voice came up just a little bit as he reached out to take her hand in his, as though his heart told him to; aching for her touch and desperate to convince her that she was wrong. He didn’t believe that and he didn’t want her to.

“Namine, you’ve given me a reason to live and a reason to fight.” He said without hesitation, gently lowering her hand. “I don’t blame you for anything that happened to me. I blame the Organization; they created me and you were doing what they told you to do, but you…you helped me become more than just some replica. I was able to feel things because of you.” Anger, sadness, joy, pain…

“And even though you created those memories, they’re real to me. I’m me because of you. I…I’m something because of you, Namine.” And he’d never think differently. Because even when the Organization only wanted to use him for their own mission, Namine was different - she was his friend, she was the reason he wanted to be here.

Without saying anything more, Hiroto reached behind him and pulled out the charm she had given him all that time ago; the charm he kept with him, and kept safe, to this day. 

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“I’m still trying to get the hang of this thing...” He admitted with a shy chuckle, his fingers pushing a few different buttons on the control panel. “I think I got it.” The machine beeped at him, the letters “COORDINATES ACCEPTED” showing on the screen. 

He could hardly believe this was actually happening -- he and Namine were finally getting to start their adventure together. After learning all about the Gummi Ship with Chip, Dale and Riku - and getting tutorials of how to pilot it - and after preparing with Master Yen Sid for the past few weeks, the two of them were ready to set off into the unknown! 

Their desire to see different worlds grew each and every day - to see everything that Sora, Riku, and Kairi had been so lucky to see. Things that they had been able to see through their eyes, but not through their own. This would also allow Hiro to see what it meant to live, what it meant to be your own person - though he felt he knew pretty well at this point - but getting to meet new people and see what made them them? He felt it would do a lot for him and even Riku and Master Yen Sid thought that, too. 

Not only that, but it would also help him grow stronger. Not just physically, but with his heart, too. And not just him, but Namine, too. She needed, and wanted this, just as much as he did and what better way than to go together?

And whatever danger they would face out there, he was ready for it and he would make sure to keep her safe. No matter what. 

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Isa had been lost in thought, gazing at the old mansion from a distance, debating whether he should go there and try to talk to Lea, or if he should slink back to Radiant Garden. 

The voice behind made him jump, having not expected for there to be anyone else there. 

Nobodies. The amount of the Superior’s rhetoric you could shovel down one’s throat about the topic could fill someone who was apparently empty back up to the brim. How not having Hearts meant that you were a recusant to the normalcy of life. A small smirk fell on his lips, hood up over his features. Even all that was said and done, Heart’s transpired over space and time, returned to vessels and new forms, the thoughts still managed to cross into words. Did anyone of them really belong back in this place?

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     𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄'𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓, but he does well in asphyxiating that garbled swan song under the layers and years of all that's brought him to this very encounter. though quickly stifled, the sentiment sculpts a tension in his shoulders, daisying down the length of his arms like lightning—leaving behind a ruination on the nerves.

Pure light? Did she really feel like that?

Hiro smiled at her - probably the brightest smile he’s ever given, although his smiles were always bright around Namine. And that didn’t go unnoticed by others, what with having to point it out now and then which never failed to...what was the word? Fluster him? But he wouldn’t deny it, and he never did. 

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         ❝ i promise, i’ll be alright. ❞ she smiled at the nobody next to her. she held on to the blonde’s hand before continuing to make their way through the castle as her free hand was ready to fight whatever came in their way.

The words echoed in Sora’s ears, along with a loud ring. He shook his head, groggily standing up from the blackened pavement. With a start, he observed his surroundings, desperate seeking out the source of the voice. Cars? Flashing lights? Impossible towers?? This was no world he knew, and as far as he could tell, he was on his own! “Wh-who’s there?”