Hello! Muna present! This story is me and Taco's first attempt at a Star Ocean Fic! It's a bit agisty and Is mostly a romance Between Albel and Fayt and Cliff and Fayt. You'll see what i mean Later! Okay! R and R! ps, I'm only writiing the first chapter because Taco want's a lemon!

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Although the night was cool and pleasent, the wind blew gently every now and then and he and his companions had made good traveling distance that day, a heavy burden lay on Fayt's heart and mind

A Million and one thoughts ran through his head, one after another, causing him to space out as he sat around the fire with the others. Cliff and Albel sat to his left and right, respectivly (as in Cliff was on the left and Albel on the right). Next to Cliff sat Mirage whom was discussing Quark matters with Maria and across the fire from Fayt sat Sophia who was cooking stew with Nel.

Fayt's ocean blue gaze met the gaze of the stars above who seemed to blink as if struggling to live. Occasionally, one would disappear, lost in the sky's darkness, making the boy wince. His eyes closed as he layed back onto the cold ground with a soft thud.

"Ugh", he grumbled. His insides were slowly crumbling, like a dam worn away over the years by rushing water, but it had happened over a period of weeks, not years, and instead of rushing water, it was the pain of so many people dying and all the suffering cause by the actions of people like his father, the research of altering genes by introducing symbols to human DNA, that had destroyed his barriers.

He wanted to scream, but he knew if he did, he'd never be able to live with himself. Besides, Albel and Cliff would never let him live it down. I wonder how the others are getting along with the fact that if we take too long, the entire universe will be annailated? Fayt thought bitterly to himself.

"Klaus to Fayt, Klaus to Fayt, Can you Read me?", came a voice over top of him.Fayt opened his eyes to see Cliff and Albel looking at him with confused eyes. He was grateful that the others didn't see him, but it was still pretty bad that the two people who saw him were the ones he hoped wouldn't. Slowly he sat up as a heavy hand rested on his shoulder.

"You okay, kid?" Cliff asked patting Fayt's shoulder lightly.

"Don't call me a kid anymore, Cliff." Fayt muttered angrily, though the words lacked bite. The Night wind blew, rustling his hair and sending a slight chill down his spine.

"Hey, hey, Lighten up will ya? I didn't mean to offend you, but ARE you alright?"

"I don't know anymore..." Fayt replied quietly. Albel stared at him for awhile until Fayt's eyes met his own, then he quickly turned away.

"Okay everyone! Dinner's ready!" Sophia sang. Fayt glared angrily at her. How can she be so cheerful when people are dying? Fayt thought.But reality hit him, and all the anger drained out of him, filling those empty spaces with self loathing and sadness. He grabbed his bowl and ate quietly and slowly.

Dinner had been hard for Fayt, he couldn't eat because every time he opened his mouth, his stomach churned, causing the feeling of earlier meals to rise up in his throat(like he was gonna puke). He finally gave up and told the others that he was going for a walk. Sophia offered to come but that was the last thing Fayt wanted.

"No, that's okay, I want to be alone for a little while." he had insisted, leaving Sophia standing alone as he walked away without looking back.

Fayt walked over the vast grassland, stopping every now and then to release the contents of his stomach onto the ground. By now, the moons shone brightly in the east in their triangular pattern, one in pinkish red, another in a soft yellow, and the last in a pale but visiable blue. His stomach had also finally settled down and was completely empty of everything except water. The air surrounding him smelled of the retched fluids of his stomach.

It's all my fault, my dad, Dion and Ameena, all the others, they all dead because of me... , he thought, all the pain and suffering. All the lives destroyed, even the vast Aldian Empire, it's all gone...

"WHY DOES MY VERY EXSISTENCE CAUSE THINGS TO DIE?" he shouted in to the night air. Without thinking, Fayt began to run. Where to, even he didn't know, but he still ran. Maybe he was running away from it all, maybe if he ran far enough, he could escape all the chaos that surrounded him, maybe he could find a secluded area oblivious to the things around it. Fayt could stay there, completely unaffected by the Horrible things happening, but still they would find him eventually. There was no escape.

He ran for what seemed like days, but was actually only an hour or so. He finally stopped, huffing and puffing due to lack of breath. He stared at the area that surrounded him finding it unfamilar in every way except for the stary night sky.

His heart seemed like it was about to burst right out of his chesr, not from physical pain, but from all the regret and sadness.

He couldn't take it any more. He screamed, not of horro or of sadness, but a scream of pure fustration and hatred of himself. All this time, since Hyda VI was attacked, all he wanted to do was scream, just let all the despair that was crammed in his body out, like when he was little.

Fayt could remember times where he was angry or sad about things when he was much smaller, he would run to his mother or father and cry. They would comfort and hug him until he stopped crying, but now there was no one.

There was no one whom he loved very deeply any more. No one to hug, no shoulder to cry on, bothing. He, at one time, thought he loved Sophia, but now she was just another reson for him to scream.

Everyone has their own reason for helping me. he thought thruogh the sounds of his own voice, Sophia has her father, Maria the promise to her mother, Nel her loyalty to her kingdom, Mirage and Cliff had their jobs to do. Albel, well he... Wait Why is Albel helping us any way?

He finally stopped screaming, but the tears still ran like facuets. His movements were shaky and his breath came faster than before.

Suddenly, His entire body colapesed underneitgh him, but he was caught in a pair of strong arms before he passed out.

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