Darkness, Brightness
Hiho! I wrote a Chrono Cross fic. This is a yaoi featuring two of my fav characters in the game, one of which is Karsh. I've never seen this pairing so I, as a pioneer of unusual yaoi pairings, decided to write a fic about it Hope you like! And yes, the fic title comes from a Gundum Wing song...i like the song! ;p
Note: I'm using the Japanese names for these people. I think they sound better. Some of the names never originally changed, like Serge, Karsh and Glenn. Other names like Gyadarun(Grobyc) Lutianna(Luccia) and Marcella(Marcy) were changed or shortened. I have no idea what Dario's Japanese name is(or if it changed at all) so I'm leaving it as Dario.
Copyright shit: Chrono Cross ain't mine, so don't sue me. You'll get a bunch of anime figurines, plushies and a PS2 that you'll have to kill me to get!!
Warning: Yaoi. You no like, buzz off. You like? Read on and tell me how I can improve!
Critiques are much appreciated! For peeps who flame me or want to: "Don't you have better things to do with that excess energy of yours?"
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PROLOGUE
Slick, polished shoes walked professionally down the metallic corridor. Their wearer was donned in a perfectly cut military uniform stained a dark navy to signify him as an elite member of the Porre military. Three lesser soldiers marched behind him, machine guns in hand and cocked as they always were. The sound of their shoes was the only noise that echoed in the mostly empty hallway as they proceeded toward the door at the far end.
The hissing sound of the laboratory door opening alerted the scientists inside of the presence of newcomers. Most of them briefly giving the soldiers a glance before returning to their work. One particular man who was much older then the rest of the lab occupants walked over to the soldiers, extending his hand to the elite soldier who stood in the doorway.
"General!" the scientist said in a spindly , his large glasses magnifying his pleased eyes to twice their normal size. "On time as usual, I see."
"Idle chit-chat isn't my purpose for being here, Professor Umbar." the general said in a curt, business-like tone that left no room for argument on the part of the professor before him. "I've come to ask of our newest weapon and it's progress." Umbar's beady black eyes narrowed and his fidgeted at the mention of the project. This did not escape the general's sharp eye. "I trust it's progress is going well?" his voice, though questioning, left enough room to add not-so-subtle warning in it. The professor continued to nervously fidget.
"Well....sir, the weapon itself is holding up quite well. In fact, tests indicate that it is ready for field testing..."
"I like to hear good news, Umbar." the general's low voice sounded satisfied, a tone that did not match the serious expression on his face. "But your hesitation to provide me with that answer indicates that you are hiding something, so you can stop your ridiculous fidgeting and tell me what I want to know."
Umbar took a couple of steps away from the general and turned his back on him, wringing his hands with worry. A sharp step echoing in the lab informed him that the general had entered the lab. Quickly turning around and still wringing his hands in front of him, Umbar aimed his beady eyes at the general, timidly.
"Sir, since the loss of our top cybernetic experiment, we have no trigger for the GiGa Arm. The weapon itself was made in similar model to the Strong Arm which was lost years ago, but both designs were made for holster on the bionic trigger. Without the trigger, it won't work."
The general watched the nervous scientist with a sharp eye. He was well aware of the fact that they had lost their bionic trigger in a seemingly minor field mission in El Nido two years ago. Not only had the mission failed and control of Termina had gone back to General Viper, but their bionic trigger had disappeared. Spies in Termina and Arni hadn't once reported a sighting since then. The Porre government hadn't really worried about it since they had given up their search for the Frozen Flame and the trigger was their to control their most powerful compact weapons: The Strong Arm and the GiGa Arm(which was still being developed at the time).
Their goal was entirely different now.
"So the weapon is finished?" the general asked in his curt, military trained voice. Umbar nodded.
"Yes, and it will work if it has a-" the scientist began, but the general cut him off before he could get another word out.
"You keep your focus on the weapon and it's maintenance. Let me worry about finding the trigger."
"But do you have any idea as to the location of him?" Umbar had to ask. "He could be dead for all we know!"
A cold smile spread slowly across the Porre general's face and his sharp eyes narrowed like a cat who had sighted it's pray. "I have an idea."