World of Broken Dreams

Rayne: All right! I AM SO NOT GETTING ANYTHING DONE! For those that don't know me, I'm am the wonderful, magnificent, stupendous, extraordinary-

Vicky: Her name's Rayne and she's a psychopath.

Rayne: Yeah- wait! HEY! Okay, whatever. The point is that I'm a Final Fantasy/ Kingdom Hearts writer and I'm addicted. I finally got a copy of Phase 1 2 of FF Unlimited and once again, Square-Enix has showed its power over me by making me addicted to this wonderful anime. And now, since I can barely find any fan fiction on this anywhere that doesn't involve any Yaio or Yuri, by damn brain has made me resort to writing my own. So sorry all those waiting on my Kingdom Hearts stories, but I can't write them till I get this out of the way. BUT THEY WILL BE FINISHED!

Vicky: As finished as her creativity center is going to allow

Rayne: Pretty much. Okay, this story is going to be AU-ish since I don't know the full story of Unlimited. I know a lot about it, just not the whole storyline concerning Kaze, Makenshi, or Madoushi (I know who he is even though I haven't even seen him on the episodes. Can anyone tell me of Aura is Kaze's sister or girlfriend person? Because I keep seeing mixed information on that) All right. The story is Ai and Yu's parents never got lost and Lisa never went looking for them. I love those three, but I can't make a story with them in them. SORRY! Okay. The last world destroyed throws a girl, Saiya, into the world with the plants in Episode 1. This doesn't please the Earl at all…

Note: I bought the English Episodes so some of the usual words they use like Kaze's Magun speech-thingamabob is a little different.

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy Unlimited or the amazing characters, Kaze and Makenshi.


Episode 1: Darlanta, Vision of Hopes

"Welcome, visitors, to the world of Wonderland. I am Fabula, your guide. And this is Darlanta, home of those who are searching for hope. And home of two people who will find an adventure far more than they ever expected."

-Fabula, the Guide


Feeling something jump onto her bed, Saiya opened her chocolate eyes and looked onto her bed. Her younger brother, Vause, sat there grinning at her with a piece of beef jerky hanging out of his mouth, his legs crossed Indian style. Again, he jumped up and bounced, shaking the bed and her along with it. She growled at him and sat up, partially pushing him further down the bed.

Her brother was a living replica of her, except in boy version. Like her older sister, Rachel, all three of them had dark blue hair and brown eyes. Vause's hair was cut just above his ears and spiked down between his eyes. He had slightly chubby cheeks, eyes tilted a tiny bit at the ends, and his nose was small. For some reason, he always liked being in a pair dark blue jeans, which were torn at the knees from all the rough housing he did with his friends, and white shirt with a ying-yang dragon on it. It was his favorite outfit this year; he was eleven. He grinned once more before hopping off and grabbing her hand. "Mati told me to come and get you so you two can go talk about guys!" he said, making kissing noises.

Saiya growled at him and pushed him out of her room. "Leave, Squirt. Go trip down some stairs," she mumbled the last part under her breath. He turned around, stuck his tongue out, and then ran down the hall to the living room. She ran a hand through her waist-length hair, or pretty much until she couldn't reach any further down her back, and closed the door. She wasn't that much different from her brother, except that she was skinny, which you could see in her cheeks, average height for a twenty year old, and the corner of her eyes tilted down. Otherwise, you could really tell they were brother and sister.

She grabbed some clothes from off the chair and changed quickly into jeans, a dark blue t-shirt, and a leather jacket she had fallen in love with. Saiya pulled her long hair into a quick ponytail, the hair moving back and forth as she walked down the hall to her awaiting friend, her brother and sister already gone to do whatever they did. Mati was one of those friends that you meet when you are little and know that you're going to be best friends until the day you die. Mati had short brown hair, just to her shoulders, orange-red eyes, a happy face with high cheekbones and an always-smiling mouth, and freckles dotted across her nose. She wore dark blue shorts and a purple sleeveless shirt.

"Wow, took you long enough, Sai. Over sleep again?" Mati asked, grinning just like Vause. Saiya glared at her and grabbed her bag from beside the couch, "No, my alarm didn't go off!" Both girls left the house, walking down the dirt streets towards the woods. Everyday they went here to train so they can be part of the guard. It was a sort of reachable dream, but it mostly gave them something to do during the day. More of a pastime than a job.

The air in the woods was damp, seeming to stick to their exposed skin as they walked. It was always hard to breathe in there after it rained, mostly because of all the trees so close together. The sky was gray and gloomy, though it didn't seem to affect Mati all that much. She was still grinning her head off. "All right, what's up? You're happy, but more than usual," Saiya asked, climbing over some fallen trees that were left by some of the woodsmen.

Mati didn't answer until they go to a small river, a log put over it for safe passage without walking through the water. "Kaori said that she'll start training us to hone our elements more than we already can. That means that we'll be trained officially!" she said, resting on the edge of the log. Saiya matched her grin and collapsed on the ground, laughing. "Yes! Finally, something good concerning training!" she said, closing her eyes. The wind seemed to pick up a bit, chilling her skin. A shiver crawled down her spine.

Opening her eyes, Saiya stared up at darkness. What the…? She quickly sat up, pointing at the sky. Mati looked up as well, grin gone and brows furrowed. She echoed her thoughts out loud, "What the hell is that?" before meeting her eyes. They both had that bad feeling. In a second, they took off back towards their home, Darlanta…


When they got their, it was chaos. (Literally) Every ran and screamed, being cut down by some strange creatures. Saiya and Mati pushed through the screaming crowds, running for their houses, both side by side to one another. When Saiya ran into her's, no one was there. Panic ran through her and she quickly checked the rooms. When she entered Rachel's, something was huddled over in the corner. She clenched her teeth and walked over to it attentively. It was a dark purple, spikes protruding from the spine and the top of its head. It was hunched on its hind legs, large arms holding something.

She was just a few feet from it when its head went up and it turned around. It had large claws, covered in fur, and a mouth like a wolf. It growled and roared, the sound echoing in the empty house. Saiya stood frozen there for a second, before she took of to her room. The beast chased after her, running into the door as she slammed it shut before leaving. She was almost to her room when the door shattered and it came charging after her. Slamming her own door, she grabbed the heaviest thing closest to her and moved it in front of it.

Running to her bed, Saiya reached under as far as she could go until her hand touched sharp metal. The blade slit her finger slightly, making it sting. Finding two handles, she pulled them out. The two handles connected to two long blades, the metal of it curving in an arch. Her Duel-Cutlasses. It was the weapon she had trained with when both her and Mati decided they would join the guard. She wasn't an expert with them, but she was good.

Just as she got their sheaths and had attached them to her back, the door once again broke. The creature roared before shoving all the things out of its way. Saiya stared at it, calming her heart a tiny bit, and as it launched itself at her, brought the Cutlasses around. Both blades came in opposite directions, cutting through its scaly skin easily. Black blood spurted from the wounds, splattering onto her skin and clothes. It fell dead on the floor, claws twitching.

Saiya stared at it for a second, not believing she had just killed something. When another roar echoed just outside she went running towards it. In the doorway, another one of the same creatures was dead on the floor, head chopped off. Mati was there, panting, her arm blade out and covered in black blood. Mati's weapon, Armblade, attached to her arm obviously, a long pike blade that whipped out when you squeezed the handle. She glanced at Saiya, eyes wide and body shaking. "Let's get to the cave," she said with a trembling voice.

Nodding, Saiya grabbed her arm and began to lead her to the cave. Mati was still in a daze. Both of them had just killed something for the first time…

Their run through the woods was different this time. They weren't racing to go train or just to see who could get to the clearing first. They were running to save their lives. Something was killing everyone and destroying their world. This was the only thing they knew to do. Run. Just get away and live a moment longer. And that's what they did. The trees and branches slapped at their faces, nicking them here and there. Saiya felt a trickle down her cheek and she didn't even need to touch it to know she was bleeding.

It seemed a lot longer to get to the cave than it did any other time. Seconds turned to minutes, minutes to hours, and it seemed almost as if it took days just to get to that one spot. As if everything was running in slow motion. Saiya was the first one to reach the cave, glancing back at Darlanta, the place she had grown up. The sky was black, the wind cutting at her cheeks. It felt like the eye of a hurricane, right before it struck again. The second time would be harder though, and most likely nothing would survive.

Mati pulled her inside the cave, candles already lit all along the walls, in the holes, and on a small table in the corner. They had placed a couch and a bed in there for when they slept here. Saiya sat on the couch, arms and legs shaking in the cold. Mati was shivering more than before, huddled on the bed. Both sat there in silence, hearing the echoing screams as more people died in Darlanta.

The ground suddenly shook, ripping both of them out of their thoughts. Mati glanced at her, eyes wide. Saiya knew what she was thinking. Don't go out there. But it was something that she had to do. As long as she knew what was trying to kill them, maybe she could get Mati out alive. The blue haired girl got up, hearing her friend start crying. Even as she walked towards the entrance, Mati screamed at her, "Sai! Please! Just stay inside!"

When Saiya got to the entrance, her breath was taken from her. The trees were being ripped up from the ground and sent into the sky in a wave of dirt. The ground was breaking up and pulled into the vortex in the sky. It was like a tornado, except this tore apart not just the ground, the whole world. Gray was all she could see as the dirt and trees came closer.

Then a sharp pain entered her shoulder, throwing her back against the outside wall of the cave. Her vision blurred, black spots dancing in her eyes. She managed to look down at her shoulder, and bit back tears. It always hurt more when you actually see what was causing you pain. A sharp, broken branch was dug deep inside, the split branches entering at different places. She screamed out in pain, feeling the cool blood dripping down her arms.

The last thing she heard was Mati screaming for her to be okay. Then she succumbed to the darkness, not knowing if she'd ever wake up again as the wind whipped at her, and Darlanta was destroyed.

"Prophecy. A world of plants and wonder. Anger. So much anger. A man, who is searching for someone, will meet upon a girl who has last everything. The wind blows with the dawn of new hopes."


Rayne: Hoped you like this. The next chapter should be out in a few days, hopefully. It might take a little longer. Well, review and continue reading! (And will someone please make some more FFU fanfics. This sight has the most stories on the entire web!) RR!