Destined Hearts

Chapter 30: Protect What Matters

Emileigh's hand twitched as she slowly opened her eyes. She saw she was laying on her stomach. She slowly sat up onto her knees, and rubbed her head. When she looked around, she saw she was back in her home as she was laying in the middle of the living room. She looked outside through a nearby window, she saw it was early in the morning. She remembered what happened last night, and she felt her tears coming back.

She put her hand on the necklace Takeo gave her and she let out a soft sob as a tear fell from her eye. She didn't want to disturb everyone, or anyone for that matter, so she walked over to the couch, and laid down on it. She put both her hands on her face as she started to cry. She knew everyone was asleep...but she didn't care anymore.

Eventually someone walked out of their room, and they walked downstairs as they saw her.

"Em?" She looked up at who was at the stairs as more tears fell.

"S-Sora.." She sobbed as he walked over to her and sat down beside her.

"Why are you crying?" He asked concerned as she tried to wipe her tears away, but it wasn't working well for her.

"...It's my fault.." She muttered. All of a sudden, she wrapped her arms around Sora as he gasped in surprise as she cried on his shoulder.

"I didn't think about what this could do to any of us!" She said. "And he got taken, because of me!"

"C-Calm down, Em." He said as he put both his hands on her shoulders. "What happened last night?"

"I-I.." She hesitated to say the answer, but she sighed as she calmed down a little. "I...snuck out. I didn't like the idea of just sitting around, waiting for Xehanort, Kuro, anyone from the Organization to make things more worse than they already are. I went into the woods, and Takeo followed me. He made me think about what I was doing, and I realized he was right. It would be suicide if I took them on myself.." Emileigh's hand clenched into fists as she continued to speak.

"But just when we were about to head back, Kuro came, and...and he.." She took a deep breath and sighed as she said the answer. "Takeo...pushed me out of the way of his attack. He had him over his shoulder, I tried to fight back, but he had a stupid barrier around himself. But then...he formed this corridor of darkness under me...and I woke up back here."

"...So...Xehanort has him." Sora said and Emileigh nodded her head as she let out a few soft sobs.

"It's all my fault. Because of me...Xehanort has him!!" She exclaimed as she put her hands on her head."WHY DID I GO WITH MY GUTS INSTEAD OF MY HEART?!"

Sora quickly put his hand over her mouth as he quickly shushed her. She only cried as she hugged Sora as she put her head into his chest.

"...I'm so sorry, Em.." He said as he gently hugged her back as he gently rubbed her back in comfort. "But we'll get him back! Don't worry! Tell you what, let's give everyone more time to recover, and then we can find Takeo."

"*sniff*...P-Promise?" She asked hopefully as she pulled away from him and Sora smiled at her.

"I promise." He said. "But I know Takeo's a fighter. He'll make it through this. I know he will! Just believe in him, and everything will turn out okay."

"...S-Sky...thank you.." She muttered as she laid against the couch and closed her eyes as she put her hand on her chest.

"Please keep fighting, Takeo.."