Memory

Ahh I haven't wrote in a while and I guess since its my birthday, I guess I could upload SOMETHING to show I'm not dead. Currently, I'm devising a way to continue Shadow's Rebirth to a certain point and then maybe start introducing human espies of Newer Sonic Characters that didn't make the cut when Shadow's Rebirth was created. Don't Disappear On Me is getting a revamp as well. I decided to make it a slice-of-life kinda story rather than an action/adventure that it was known to be. It'll have the action to a point, but it'll focus more on Ryou's every day life as he tries to deal with oncoming affections from multiple sources.

Well thats all I got. Time for this thing I had floating about in my head.

Memory Start

Why do you haunt me so? After so long, why do you haunt my mind? Why can't I rid myself of you? You appear as a faceless number in the crowd, but I know its you. You're stalking me from beyond aren't you...

Sephiroth.

Even your name til this day brings a feeling I can't really describe. I want to hate you for what you've done. I want to hate you for killing the people I cared about. I want to hate you for all the terrible things you've done in the name of your mother, Jenova. Your name still brings me anger and hatred to the point I can't sleep at night. Why are you doing this?

"Cloud...embrace your inner darkness..."

You were my inner darkness, my inner demon. You haunt me til this day! What I can I do to sate you! I want you gone for ever!

"I will never become...just a memory!"

How can I forget you? You torture me every night! Your smug grin! I used to look up to you! You were a hero! You were a leader! You were...a friend. You were my brother. And you betrayed us all! Why do you haunt me so! Even now as I stand on the edge of Highwind, you still haunt me! I want to sleep. I just want it to end, Sephiroth! I want to live a life without you.

"Cloud...we're two sides of the same coin."

I'm not you! I can't be you! I want to be me! I want to live! I want...to sleep...

I feel my body lean forward as my body slowly grow weak. I'm tired of it all. The world can go without me for I only with to sleep. But then I felt something grab my hand. I look up.

"Sephiroth..."

"I can't let you do that Cloud..."

"Why? WHY? Why won't you let me go?" I screamed.

"Because...I can't let you become a memory..." I stare at him with stunned silence. I can hear my friends come out on deck.

"W-what?"

"Beings like us...we cannot become memories. We can live and we can die, but we cannot ever be forgotten. And I refuse to let you die and become a memory."

"Why..."

"Because you are my brother, and I cannot let you go." I stare at him as another hand grab onto the one Sephiroth held. It was Tifa. With a shared look between them they pull me back on deck. As I laid there, I could feel his eyes on me. His cold, mako fused eyes bore into my own eyes before he smiled.

"Live Cloud...and embrace your darkness because it is apart of you. Grow strong and protect who is precious to you." My friends stare at the once cold-blooded warrior with shock as he spoke. But as he grew silent, he slowly became transparent. "And most importantly...don't become a memory and fade away." He was all but gone now. His body fade away as it seemingly returned to the Life Stream. His final words echoed on the wind.

"And remember: I'll never let you become a memory...even if I have to become your darkness..."

End