Cristaldragon: Another story! Please if you see any mistake tell me. Well it's on the Digimon section but I plan to follow it up in FF in a diferent story. The Digimon will apear in another chapter.

I don't own Digimon or FF. Enjoy!

Prologue: Dreadful realization, New beginnings

I've never been outstanding, why did I even think defeating them would make him smile at me. In this heavy rain my sorrows continued, as I walk for hours, with no direction, in a foreign land and in the middle of the night.

My victory against my brothers was noting more than miserable illusion, my father definitely prefers them over me. I always thought that my father never seemed to care about me because I never excelled at anything, unlike my brothers, the jock and the nerd. One was considered the greatest athlete at school, the other the smartest one and I was their "servant" since mom passed away. The only thing in common between us was karate, they always beat the crap out of me in practice and tournaments, but the sensei always showed me more interest than them, which made them pound on me even more. But that mere interest was far more than my father ever gave me. So I went on, as hard as I could, so my father at least once says "congratulation my son". This tournament in Japan was my ticket and I won, fair and square. In exchange my father slapped me for hurting his "sons", as if Iwasn't one of them.

Thousands of time the thought of suicide passed by my mind, each time the memory of my mother stopped me from fulfilling it.

With love in your heart a power shall be given to you so you can shield this and many other worlds from the evil darkness. Promise me you shall never leave her on purpose, raise your hand to hit her, or die before you meet her.

I promise mom…

I stopped and fell in my knees, grasping my self as I utter these words, crying, and trembling "Mom, why did you leave me? Is god punishing me for something?" A loud sound surprised me and I looked at the odd house whose creaking gates just opened. As driven by an unknown force, I enter the place, and came face to face with a woman in black clothing and mysterious aura around her.

"What is your wish?' she asked. I stood there mindlessly looking at the puddle of water I was creating in her house. From out of nowhere, words came to my lips that said "I wish to be where I can find her." The woman seemed to know what I was talking about and smile as she said "To find your love, you must leave this world, and venture others, were your destiny calls. What is that you'll use to pay my price?" "You can take them, both she and them, they hurt just the same," I utter unconsciously. "Your mother is more than enough to pay the price, but the rest shall scatter in the abyss of your mind, only to be brought back by the ones they represent," she said as she stood up from her sit and approached me. She touched my face as she said "Your knowledge shall remain, so you can at least survive the quest that now begins." Her hand slid to my chest and she pushed me. I fell like the weakling I felt, but I didn't stop on the floor, I continue to fall, like if the water I brought made a never ending hole. I felt sleepy and in my last coherent moment I heard the woman say "I'll see you again. When that very power strips you of its source and a new quest begins to search those memories that fuelled it. For now enjoy the tournament and your companions."

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I opened my eyes to see a girl falling right in front of me, which also made me notice that I was falling as well. Well if I'm going to die might as well be with a pretty girl. She was screaming her lungs out as she falls vertically. I was in a horizontal position and because of that she was falling faster than me. I incline my self to get near her and extended my hand to her. She saw me and hesitated and I said "Well, is better than to die alone." She looked at me again, straight into my eyes, and grabbed my hand. "Mind if I join in," said a voice in my other side. We looked at another guy extending his hand towards me. "The more the merrier," I said and the girl nodded in approval. "Ever thought you'll die falling?" the guy asked me. "No," I answered, "actually, I don't remember anything from before I was falling." He looked at me oddly and then smiled.

All of the sudden we were being attacked by this big, strange, red bug like creature yelling "DIE YOU HUMANS." By some miracle his claw missed us but still manage to send us spinning. All three of us were screaming as the bug returned and hit me, separating me from the other two. After that, all I remember was hearing someone screaming and then nothing.

I woke up, starring at the blue sky. Am I dead? "Good morning, sleepy head," said a voice above me. The girl's head appeared in my view. "Are you comfy?" she asked smiling. Wow, she's more beautiful up close. I thought with a smile crossing my face. "See, I told you all he needed was a good sleep, and your lap provided an excellent pillow," I herd the other boy said. Realizing what he meant, I quickly jumped up and my face became red. Laughter filled the air around me and I asked "What happened?" "After we got separated the strangest thing happened," the boy started, "This multicolor sphere with white and black wings appeared out of thin air." "It wrapped its wings around us and then…nothing," continued the girl, "We woke up here and you were still unconscious."

A silence was between us for a time. "How rude of me, I haven't introduced my self," said the boy, "I'm Gabriel Odine, from Esthar, but my friends call me Gale." The girl stood up and said "I'm Rain, Rain Leonheart, I live in Galbadia, but I was born in Balamb." They looked at me expecting my intro, I smile and said "I've no clue of who I am and no idea where I'm from." The look on their face was priceless. "You're kidding, right?" asked Gale. "Nope," I answered, still sporting a smile. Rain asked "Then why are you smiling, aren't you worried?" "Not really, for some reason I feel relieved and extremely happy," I replied like an innocent fool, "Oh well, you can name if you want." Rain's expression change from worried to excited as she said "I always wanted a puppy!" A puppy? I thought with my mouth open. "As long as you don't call him Rex or Fido you can choose," I heard Gale say to her. Rex, Fido? My body started to tremble. "Let's see," she said making the cutest thinking face ever, "How about…"

I froze.

"Bahamut!"

I fell backwards. "Aw, you don't like it?" "No, no, is not that. I actually like it." I quickly replied standing up. At least is not Lassie or something. "Why did you choose it?" I asked. "From a legend," she said, "It's the name of a dragon that was sealed in some ruined city, because it was used by Hyne, a god, for evil, so it could be purified and once again be able join its comrades in battle to defend the planet."

Cool, a dragon.

Cristaldragon: By the way the woman is Yuko from xxxHolic. Hope you like it. Any suggestion or question are welcome. Please review. : )