Nightmare-stalker here, and I have brought you a new story. This one is of Final Fantasy: Unlimited. Yeah, I know the anime was dumb, but it did have its good points. And I just have to add to the Kaze/Lisa fandom. The subtle romance in the anime was just to cute! This is a slight revision of the first chapter. I just saw the last episode again and realized I messed up. So I fixed the problems and reposted the darn thing. And I don't own Final Fantasy: Unlimited. If I did, I would eliminate Oscha. Anyway, I'm not making any money off of this, now on with the story.
Lisa had definitely had better days. It all started with the invasion on the Earl's lair. The Earl's henchmen had captured the twins, Ai and Yu, and in the effort to rescue them Lisa herself had been imprisoned. Controlled by Herba, one of the Earl's minions, the twin's parents nearly killed them. Only Lisa's pleading broke the spell.
Two others shared Lisa's prison; a mystery man known only as Kuroki Kaze and a former enemy named Shiroi Kumo otherwise called Makenshi. Both men were sworn enemies of Chaos, each of their worlds already devoured by the ravenous creature. For his defiance, the Earl contrived for Makenshi to be run through by his own sword. As for Kaze, he had been divested of his red handgun and the belt that held the ammunition for his symbiotic weapon; the Magun and Lisa had little strength to be able to break free of the hold on her.
Only the intervention of the young werewolf the group had met on their travels saved them from certain death. Lou managed to destroy the vines binding Kaze, Lisa, and Makenshi, allowing them to defend themselves.
Unfortunately the battle was just beginning. The Earl revealed what he truly was, the vessel for Chaos. He impaled Lou with a tentacle, sending her flying. Lisa remembered cradling the girl as she whispered her final words, a soft declaration of love for Kaze. Turning from the dead girl, the wielder of the Magun faced his lifelong nemesis. It taunted him for just as the many years before, Kaze did not have any of the soil bullets used to summon the massive creatures. Makenshi didn't have the bottles of mist he needed for his summons either. In the end he turned himself into mist to seal Chaos's power. It was up to Kaze to finish it. He remembered his sister, giving her own life to provide ammunition to save their home world, Windaria. This time Lou willingly gave up her soul for him as well as the man's best friend, Moogle. Only one bullet was needed.
Lisa glanced down at the silver earring set with a single red gem. It was the only thing she had left of the man she loved. He'd never know how she felt about him. Even if he didn't feel the same way toward her, at least she'd know. Looking up to stare into the mirror, the woman threaded the earring through her own earlobe. Time to face the uncaring world.
He woke to darkness. That and a splitting headache. What happened? As his mind slowly caught up with his body, memories came flooding in. The twins captured, the deaths of Lou Lupus, Moogle and himself as well as his former enemy, Makenshi…. and the image of a raven-haired woman dressed in orange that inspired disturbing, yet not entirely unpleasant feelings.
"Lisa, fire the Magun in my stead." The man vividly recalled the last words he had spoken. Did she understand the significance behind that statement? Did she remember that the Magun was his very heart? He sat up with an almost inaudible groan. His left hand came up to massage his temples. Why had he asked Lisa, of all the people there, to fire his symbiotic weapon? Was it because she was the nearest to where he stood? Or was it something else that made him choose her?
Breathing deeply, the man closed his eyes. Not that he needed to, it was darker than a moonless night here, wherever 'here' was. Gradually the blackness began to lighten until it reached the level of dusk. He opened his eyes allowing them to adjust to where he could actually see. At that point he took in his surroundings. Nothing, just dimly lit emptiness. Finding it uninteresting, he turned his attention to himself. The earring he typically wore on his left ear was missing, as well as the broken pair of sunglasses. The glasses he could deal with, they weren't important. It was the earring that disappointed him. It had been his last link with his sister, Aura.
Deciding that it was time to move, the man made an effort to stand on his feet. As he had done many times before, he unfolded his long legs and used his Magun on his right arm to balance his weight as he got up. He placed his hand on the ground and stopped. Hand? Overbalancing, he fell back on his rear. Ignoring the pain, he raised his right arm to his eyes, a look of stark horror crossing his normally expressionless face. Where was the Magun? There was only a hand, an ordinary limb matching his left. Moving quickly, his gloved hand came to cover his chest. There, within his rib cage came a steady pulsing. His heart.