Dream 08 || So Close to Reaching That Famous Happy End

[spaztastic]

Warnings: Spoilers for Day 7, Week 1, I suppose. Headcanon and then the mun taking a lot of liberties with the scene where Shiki was supposedly being sent back to the RG.
Effects: [Optional] At the beginning, there's hesitation, not wanting to leave Neku's side. It changes at the end where Shiki becomes desperate to stay behind.

[Filtered from: Joshua Kiriyuu]

Note: Backdated to during the blackout when Riku disappeared. Finally got around to doing this. XD;



They were back at the Scramble Crossing, back to where everything began. Even though the city was still bustling with life, from where Shiki was standing everything was in a standstill. For reasons she couldn't begin to fathom she won the Game even though Neku was way better in psychs than she was. She took one step backward and another, before fully turning the other way in order for her to walk to the other side of the street.

"What are you waiting for?" Neku's voice made her stop dead in her tracks and turn around to face him. "I thought you wanted to see Eri?"

"I..." Shiki faltered, dropping her gaze to the pavement bellow for a moment; her grip on Mr. Mew tightened. "Y-you'll be okay Neku, right?"

Neku heaved a heavy sigh before answering her. "Shiki..."

"U-um, find a really strong partner, okay? Work together and--"

"Shiki," An all too familiar glare shot from the redhead, making Shiki let out a squeak of surprise. Before the girl could protest, the expression on Neku's face suddenly softens. Was that a smile she's seeing? "Just go already. I'll be fine, alright?"

She couldn't help but gape a little before showing a smile of her own. It was just so rare to see Neku with that kind of expression. "O-okay, I'll go,"

And with that, a bright light gulfed her whole body, pulling her off the ground. It was strange but it didn't scare her in the slightest. She was finally going back to the RG. She released one arm holding Mr. Mew, reaching a hand out to him. He did the same.

"I'll wait for you, okay?"

"I know, Shiki,"

The light shone brighter, making her shut her eyes for a moment. When she opened them, she didn't see Neku being left behind in the UG. Those storm blue eyes turned into a bright shade of green. The orange shade of his hair became silver instead.

'No…'

She was too high up now, no chance of her going back to solid ground. Her hand reached out farther, in a feeble attempt to grab his hand.

'No! Let me go back! Please let me go back to him!!'

But it was no use. In a blink of an eye, Shiki Misaki already vanished. Never to be seen in the UG ever again.



Shiki woke up with a start, sitting up quickly and running a hand through her hair. There was a deep sense of foreboding induced by the dream. She hoped she was wrong. She really hoped she was. Her hand will suddenly feel the comforting warmth of his, his deep chuckle telling her that Riku will be there with her. But it never came, the other side of the bed was empty. Shiki shook her head, her fingers desperately looking for his touch.

"No…"

All she found from her search was the Crown necklace he had. Her heart tightened, this was just all too familiar. She didn't realize it at first but tears were threatening to spill from her eyes. After putting the necklace around her neck, Shiki rubbed her eyes furiously, willing them to stop falling. She crawled to his side of the bed, checking if he left anything else behind.

"A letter?"

Quickly, she made a grab for it. Even though it was too dark to see, Shiki read it. She read through it once, twice, but it didn't help with the pain that was spreading from her chest. Finally the tears she was holding in fell when she blinked her eyes.

"Riku, no. No!" Why?

Comments

[carnivalcat.livejournal.com]

[Oh! Beat's friend-- ... awww, well, that's a downer. And first off, a blunt observation.]

Pretty girls shouldn't be crying, you know.

[... But he doesn't know her as well as Alice. He's not really sure how to go about this 'comforting' thing. So... uh. What other option was available to him?]

You okay...?

[spaztastic]

[Of course the Dreamberry recorded everything. This is just great.]

[Hiccups and then sniffs before reaching over to grab her Dreamberry.]

Wha-- [Sniffles.] Boris? I'm... [She wanted to say she was fine, but how could she when she was far from being that?]

[carnivalcat.livejournal.com]

[... those sniffles. Man, that bothered him for some reason. He's a little too human now.]

I guess... something bad happened? [Must've had something to do with that trippy dream. He recognized that Neku kid, but not the other person.]

Well... you know. Crying won't do any good. It's gone and happened now, but you can't stay sad forever.

[What to do, what to do... His Alice never cried, she'd just get angry.]

[spaztastic]

[She nodded.] Riku disappeared... again.

[Tries to take a deep breath, but it sounded really shaky and broken instead.] I know but... he promised we'd stay together.

[carnivalcat.livejournal.com]

So he's... your... guy?

[... starting to get this now. Awwww. Well, she's a friend of a friend so he should probably be gentle. ALRIGHT, ON ALERT AND TRYING TO AVOID FURTHER INSULT.]

Well... Promises are hard to keep sometimes.

[centerofthering]

Shiki? Shiki, is everything okay?

[spaztastic]

[Hiccups before replying.]

T-Ty Lee, he--[A sob can be heard.] left... Riku went back home.

[centerofthering]

[There can be shuffling heard in the background.]

Do you want me to come over?

[spaztastic]

[She nods, there's some whining from her dogs as Ito jumps on the bed, making his way to Shiki's lap and sitting there. Little Alexander wasn't far behind.]

Okay...

[centerofthering]

I'll be over in a bit.

[heroine-pimpin.livejournal.com]

... *She can relate to that feeling really. After a soft sigh, she speaks.*

Someone important to you must have left.

[spaztastic]

[Shiki doesn't really trust herself to speak right now so have a nod Alice. The letter in her hands has become crumpled, most of the ink is probably smudged by her tears.]

[heroine-pimpin.livejournal.com]

*She sees the crumpled latter, her expression becomes gentle.*

come on, that letter is precious. You shouldn't mess it up like that.

1/2

[spaztastic]

[That snaps her out of her daze.]

Ah!

[And she'll be reading the contents again which make her sigh.]

[spaztastic]

I should... probably keep this in a safe place, huh?

[heroine-pimpin.livejournal.com]

*a slight smile*

You should. Things like that - you can even put a price on it after all.

[likearhino]

[Beat hadn't known the whole story of what had happened between Shiki and Neku after he had left them to join the Reapers. He was going to comment about that until he saw that the person with Shiki had no longer been Neku. Instead it was Riku. He let out a annoyed grunt as he makes the call to his friend.]

Dammit. Don't tell me it happened again, yo.

[spaztastic]

[The call connects to Shiki looking like she had been crying for quite some time now.]

B-Beat... [Hiccups and sniffles. Not really trusting herself to say more, Shiki merely nods at her friend's question.]

[likearhino]

[If there's one thing Beat didn't like (or exactly know) to handle, it was a crying girl. He's done this once before right? ...How'd he do that again.]

What gives? First he comes back an' he's gone jus' like that? I'm sick a' this place's stupid rules, yo!

[spaztastic]

I-I don't exactly like it either, Beat...

It hurts. [Sniffles and trying to wipe the tears staining her cheeks.] It really hurts. [Beat can see Shiki clutching her chest as if she was in a great deal of pain.]

[likearhino]

[In some strange way, he knew just how he had felt. It was similar to how things were with him when Rhyme had disappeared from the world.]

You remember what you told me? 'Bout Rhyme when she left?

[popstar]

[Rise's quick enough to get what was going on. Even if she's learned to cope with the same people leaving more than once, Shiki's case was entirely different.]

Shiki... At least he left something for you. [It's more than anything she's ever gotten anyway.]

[spaztastic]

He did, but... [She sighs.] I just, I only want him.

[That was the truth, but it suddenly made Shiki feel really guilty. Of course all of them wanted to go home.]

That sounds really selfish, huh?

[popstar]

[Rise shakes her head as she carefully held onto the Dreamberry in her hands.]

No, it's not, Shiki. Of course you want him back but... [She wasn't sure how to continue. Because Somarium just liked doing things like that? At least he was safe from the insanity of the dream world? There was a plethora of reasons she could give her friend but she knew that the ease it would give would only be temporary.

Instead, she goes with what she had said in the past.] I'm sure he wouldn't like to see you sad because of him.

[spaztastic]

[What Rise said did comfort her. But one thing still stands.]

I think I'm going to be sad for a while, though...