Shards of Shattered Memories

(the original concept for this fanfiction was created by Mikano-Zirake. She also owns the kinda-sorta OC Kaeri, who will be mentioned in later chapters.)

Rallen's POV

Not gonna lie- there are tons of things in life that surprize me, one being how fast time flies. It had been nearly seven years since my last showdown with Krux. What I found more important- was that it had been a year since I married the woman of my dreams.

Jeena- my wife had been my partner for forever it seems. Shortly after the "final battle" I worked up the courage to tell her I love her. Amazingly, she admitted to feeling the same way. It was ony up from there. Any problem that came up meant hardly anything. Eventually I proposed, and got married a few months later. It was a great year- untill we had been assigned a particular mission.

Apparently the krawl had once again regrouped, and a strange man folowed by a shadowy figure had been seen deep in the jungle on Genshi. Wow. Wonder who that could be? And in the exact same place I saw him the first time.

Jeena and I immidiately set out. Once we landed, she immidiately decided to come with me as backup.

If only I would've dissuaded her

We weren't deep into the jungle when the attack started- of course, while Mr. High Krawl 'O Shadow might seem like a complete idiot (psycho, moron, a combonation of the three, you fill in the blank) he's unusually good at sneaking around unnoticed.

Jeena must've noticed before I did as she shoved me toward the ground shouting "Look out!" earning herself a nice gash on the arm in the process.

I pressed my hand over the wound- hoping to slow the bleeding. I hated it when someone hurts one of my comrades, but you never hurt my wife. Ever. Our enemy finally showed himself.

"Jado" I growled, he grinned upon hearing his name (did I mention he's a huge conciet, too?) "How many times to I have to kill you before you're dead."

He let out a bone-chilling laugh "I've come to collect raw material in fact. Something that would prove most usefull to us. A human body. Not only that, but this one must be strong in more ways than one." He grinned once more "your wife is exactly the type of person we are looking for in fact."

"What the-" Jeena started, but Jado's shadow (god, I hate that thing.) began to wrap itself around her like some sort of snake. I desperately tried to free her- slashing at it with my sword, but it was no use. Her skin became whiter the closer it grew to her face, almost as if the thing were sucking the life right out of her. Once it completely enveloped her, it dissolved back into a regular shadow, as she fell to the ground. I narrowly managed to catch her.

"Did I mention the human must be dead?" He said with a devilish grin.

I couldn't feel her heartbeat, she was completely cold, and no breathing. My hands shook violently. She was only twenty-three, and we'd only been married a year, how could she have been torn away from me so fast? She meant everything to me.

The shadow returned once again, retreiving the body for its master. "Excellent." Jado said in a way simalar to a child recieving a new toy, "after her transformation- she'll make a fine addition to the High Krawl." after saying that, he dissapeared into a portal.

My wife was dead and gone

I was broken.

I was alone.

I had nothing left

I was pretty much as dead as Jeena.

(what do you think? Good? Bad? Either way, I apriciate reviews- they just let me know you care.)