Xenosaga Episode II

A Jr. MOMO Tribute

Encephalon Vacation

Authors note: Hello Xenosaga readers! This is my first Xenosaga fanfiction, so be nice. I hope this turns out well, and review if you want. I don't own the characters, Namco does...and always will because i'll never have the money to buy it.

CH.1: Try R&R

It was nighttime on the Elsa and all her crew were fast asleep, an understatement if any as a red haired boy was seen sitting in the bar. His blue eyes were focused on the unfinished beverage; his attitude seemed to tune out the humming of the ship and the motor of the only awake sleep. "Ugh, I think…I need to sleep," Jr. slurred.

"Do you want a refill?" The robot bartender gave the Little Master a curious look (the best he could do) but all he got out of him was a sloppy shake of his head.

"I try t-to tell her how I feel," Jr. said still looking into his beverage, "but every time I do, it feels like I got something in my gut," he picked up his glass and gave the robot a watery look. "Have you ever…have you ever felt love?"

"I'm a robot Little Master; I have neither emotion nor heart. But I do know who you're talking about, so I can see how you feel-."

"H-How do you know it's her…how?" Jr. slammed the cup on the table and it shattered into tiny pieces of glass. Jr. got up from the stool and gave the robot an icy glare.

"For the past hour Little Master, you have done nothing but talk about her, in fact if the Captain were here he'd think you've lost your mind." The robot bartender gave Jr. a moment to collect his bearings before addressing the issue at hand, "now about the bill-?"

"Oh, well…bill it to the Durandal," Jr. said as he proceeded to the exit. His vision seemed blurry and without knowing it he bumped into the wall. "Damn wall, bartender, move the wall will ya," without waiting for an answer he made it to the door in drunken fashion.

"Jr. what is wrong?" Jr. halted in his tracks and looked over his shoulder to see Ziggy standing in the shadows. Ziggy was the nickname of the half human cyborg, he was given the nickname by MOMO upon her rescue.

"Oh hey old man, didn't see you there," Jr. rubbed his head and gave the cyborg a curious look, "hey, isn't it a little late for you to be stalking the ship?"

"I was not stalking," Ziggy stated, his eyes narrowing at the sight of Jr's drunken stance. "I was merely making sure no intruder had slipped aboard before turning off."

"Boy you are lucky old man," Jr. shook his head and placed his hand on his hip, "you can sleep without being awoken by any troubling dreams, but me…well I wake up with sweat on my forehead and bad heartache-."

"You mean from Albedo?" Ziggy had always been a bit curious and concerned about Jr.'s connection to the mad white haired man. When MOMO had been kidnapped on Second Miltia they had to immediately set out and rescue her. The Song of Nephilim had begun to play and drove some of them mad, one was Jr. Once there they confronted Albedo who had MOMO, he was trying to get information from her, and thus caused Jr. to lose his cool and turn a fiery red. "Jr. you must have control over these feelings-."

"Hmm, you have a point old man, but in my situation my emotions get the best of me when I'm around Albedo. Hasn't there ever been someone in your life that caused you to act…irrationally?"

"This part of the ship is clear of any hostile signs," Ziggy began to leave behind the confused Jr., but before he headed to the elevator he said, "and to answer your question…yes."

"Just when I had you figured old man," Jr. grinned and stared up at the dark ceiling. A sudden wave of nausea hit Jr.'s stomach and with his hands out he braced himself for the cold deck. A blaring pain hit him and with his mouth open he let out what he had eaten…and the mixed green beverage.

"Little Master…is that you on the ground?" Captain Matthews was standing in his grey blue shirt and dark blue pants. "Isn't it a little late to get wasted?"

"Look who's talking Captain," Jr. shot back. He shoved the helping arm of Matthews aside, but in the end the bigger man heaved him to his feet. "Captain, have you ever loved one so much…that you drank yourself to drunkenness?"

"Yeah the Seraphim Sisters…but until I pay my long debt, I can only kiss them in my drunken slumber," he gave Jr. a smile and the Little Master laughed.

"By the way…you wouldn't possibly know who I love right?" Captain Matthews shrugged his shoulders and helped him to the guy's sleeping chamber. As the door opened Jr. caught sight of the slumbering Chaos, Allen Ridgeley, Hammer, and Tony.

"Nah, besides that…some things are best kept a secret, I mean it wouldn't do any of us any good if we knew," Jr. gave the Captain a curious look before stumbling into the cabin and falling to the floor. "I think you should lay off on the alcohol kid," he said.

"Chief…why won't you let me in?" Captain Matthews tossed a worried look over his shoulder and saw the friend of Shion tossing in his cot. He happened to love the Chief, but she was unaware of it because her life was a hectic mess.

"She won't let you in probably because you're too big of a dork," Captain Matthews said with a grin spreading on his lips. Boy life hasn't been the same with my new passengers, Captain Matthews thought, not only has the Elsa been in far more dangerous territory then needed, but also my debt has been spent on repairs.

"Man my mouth tastes like shit," Jr. mumbled with from his face down position. Captain Matthews gave the Little Master a sympathetic look before picking him up and throwing him onto the unoccupied cot.

"Chief…it's only one date, can you please focus!" Captain Matthews frowned as he walked over to the sleeping form of Allen. The former vice chief of Vector Industries had been pining for Shion for what seemed ages, but always was shoved aside.

"Hey ladies…there's enough of Tony to go around," Tony was the pilot of the Elsa and from where he lay he seemed entangled in a flood of women. When Shion first arrived on the Elsa he took a romantic interest in her, causing poor Allen to become jealous.

"Poor Tony," Matthews said, "it seems even in your sleep you're still flying in the clouds. Hammer, you tend to be more hyper then Tony, but your head just runs in numbers. Chaos, he tends to be the more mysterious of us, and yet he seems to understand us so well. And me…I'm the drunken Captain set on two singers."

"Albedo…why do you have to be such a bastard? I'm sorry me and Nigredo treated you awful, but you turned out bad," Jr. said as he rolled onto his side. Tears were tearing down his cheek, but at the same time his body tended to shake.

"Sheesh, and to think he'd be focused on that 100 series Realian MOMO," Captain Matthews went to his cot and plopped onto the covers, with his free hand he reached under the pillow and pulled out a Seraphim Sister poster. "I miss you girls already." And that was how the night went in the guy's quarters. Jr. turned over in his sleep and in his mind he saw MOMO.

Authors note: Well that's how CH.1 ends. Please be kind and review and CH.2 will be up soon.