Tears of Rainfall
(A/N) Yay, second chapter! :D As we speak I'm on Chapter 8. Hope you like it; again, sorry for any mistakes
Disclaimer: I don't own FFXIII, only Rhayne, Jhasel if he ever comes back, Razhen, and Tiscin. (I know, I come up with the weirdest names xD)
Chapter 2: Crash Landing With a Battle
The three of us; me, Hope, and Vanille, continued on our way, away from the people, and away from any danger.
IA little while later, we were at a small wreck, where a few people were waiting. I thought they were waiting for us, but I was proven wrong when two flying machines zoomed up to three people that were waiting for them. I immediately recognized the two people inside the flying machines, as they were the man and one of his friends from earlier.
I clenched my fists, thoughts running through my head.
Jhasel was dead because of this man…And so was Hope's mother. So, how were they dead, yet this man survived?
I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I looked at Vanille, who was smiling at me comfortingly.
"You should both talk to him!" Vanille said with a smile, looking at Hope.
Hope hesitated, shaking his head silently as he stared at the ground.
Vanille sighed helplessly and looked at me.
I shook my head, but she nodded her head in return. She got behind me and pushed me forward. A few seconds later, Hope was pushed to my side too, even with his protest.
Hope looked at Vanille, who was waving at us, meaning that we should go up to the man.
I sighed and took a step forward, but just then the bridge rumbled. I fell to my knees, and Hope fell on his butt. Vanille fell backwards, landing on her back painfully. The cause of the rumbling was one of the flying machines, and the man was riding away in one with a grin. His four friends waved from the end of the bridge, laughing.
Watching them kind of reminded me of my brother… When we visited Bodhum to see his friends and the fireworks.
***FLASHBACK***
A cleaner version of Rhayne sat on a small hill with three boys, facing the sky as they watched fireworks.
One of the boys was her brother, Jhasel, and the other two were their guy friends, Razhen and Tiscin.
"You gonna make a wish?" Razhen asked the three others. He never made a wish on the fireworks, because he thought it wasn't true.
"Yeah!" Rhayne said excitedly, staring up at the fireworks.
Tiscin laughed a bit, sitting up. "Probably."
Jhasel looked at Razhen. "I might. Why?"
Razhen stretched his arms above him. "Just…wondering."
For no reason, the four friends started laughing like idiots a few seconds later. Rhayne was only 15 but that didn't get in her way of hanging out with her 19 year old brother, her 17 year old guy friend, and her brother's 21 year old friend.
Tiscin, the 18 year old, waved his arm in the air dismissively. "Alright now, enough laughing. Time to make some wishes."
Razhen turned his head towards Tiscin, the red tattoo on the side of his face shown clearly in the dark. "For you three, anyways. Remember I don't believe in wishing on fireworks?"
Rhayne giggled and looked at Razhen. "Well, you should!" she said, and playfully punched his arm after she sat up.
Razhen grinned at Rhayne and sat up, putting a hand on his arm. "Ouch, that hurt," he said jokingly.
Jhasel rolled his eyes with a small smile.
Tiscin smiled at his friends, and looked back up at the fireworks, crossing his arms.
***End Flashback***
"Rhayne?" Vanille said, shaking me.
I shook my head and looked at her, smiling at her a bit. "Yeah?"
Vanille pointed to Hope, who was seated in one of the flying machines, looking confused and nervous.
"Uh…I don't do rides…" I said, trying to back up; I couldn't though, because Vanille was holding my arm.
"Don't worry!" Vanille said, trying to reassure me. She pushed me towards the vehicle, and then pushed me again so I fell inside of the machine, landing behind Hope.
Hope flinched at the action and looked at Vanille. "I really don't think…"
Vanille got into the machine after me as I sat up. "Come on, you can do it!" she said.
Hope sighed as he stared at the controls, trying to figure out what to do first.
I was as sure as hell that I didn't want to die, so I wrapped my arms around Hope's waist tightly.
Hope flinched again, but only slightly as he almost ignored the action this time.
Vanille wrapped her arms around my stomach, and I was sure that she didn't want to die either.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?"
I looked out of the machine and saw that one of the man's friends was running towards us, waving his arms in an attempt to stop us.
"GO!" Vanille and I yelled in unison.
"OKAY!" Hope nearly shouted, and pressed a button. We all screamed as the machine jerked up off of the ground, and then forward. The machine started to spin around wildly, and then it hit a large wire that was supporting the bridge. I screamed even louder, and I was sure that Hope was about to go deaf.
The machine jerked forward again and Hope tried to pilot it, but it was no use as the machine flew on its own. It was probably going to crash land somewhere, and I really didn't want to know for sure as I closed my eyes, resting my head against Hope's back as I stopped screaming.
I groaned as I sat up, rubbing the back of my head. I looked around and noticed Hope laying on Vanille's back, both unconscious.
I sighed and stood up, ignoring the pain in my chest. Probably broke a rib, I thought.
"Hey…Rhayne!"
I sighed once again. To be honest, I was getting kind of tired of people calling my name out of complete silence.
"Rhayne! Don't you ignore me!"
I looked up at whoever called me for the second time. I realized that the voice sounded familiar. Really familiar. It could've been Jhasel, but he died…didn't he?
"Okay, that's it! Rhayne Lenise, you better answer me right now!"
I flinched as a large throwing star hit the ground in front of me, and I stepped back, looking up as someone stepped out of some shadows.
It looked like a boy around 18. He had short black hair that reached to his lower jaw and blue eyes. He was wearing a blue cloth jacket that had a white shirt under it, gray open-fingered gloves, along with a belt that hung off of his left side, gray pants and black combat boots. He had a small grin planted on his face.
Immediately, I recognized the boy.
"Tiscin?" I asked stupidly. I wanted to make sure it was him.
Tiscin nodded with a sigh, and then said, "Throw that back to me, will you?"
I looked down at the throwing star and picked it up by one of the spikes. It was lighter than I thought it was, so I threw it to Tiscin, who caught it easily by one of the spikes.
Tiscin spun the throwing star a few times, and soon it was smaller than it originally was. He put it into a pocket in his jacket, and glanced at Hope and Vanille, who were finally waking up.
Vanille yawned as she looked up at me. She stood up and stretched, waving her hand. "How long have you been awake?"
"I don't know…awhile?" I answered. Really, I was unsure of how long I had been awake.
"Well, it's okay! Let's go explore!" Vanille said happily, and started running up some stairs. It seemed like she ignored Tiscin. Figures.
Hope had a confused expression, but just shook his head and looked at me.
I shrugged, and then looked back at Tiscin. He was still standing in the spot where I first saw him, arms crossed behind his back.
I wasn't aware that Hope walked up behind me, and I only figured that out when he tapped me on the shoulder. I responded by nearly slapping him across the face as I turned around.
And really, at that moment, I was aware that I was Hope's height. That made me feel like a real shorty, compared to my brother.
Hope flinched a bit and backed up a step; he proceeded to whisper, "Is he coming with us?" He looked at the floor, glancing up at me now and then.
I looked over at Tiscin, but he seemed to have heard Hope even though he whispered. He was walking over to us, which probably meant he was gonna join, but he stopped a few feet away.
"Hey, are you—?" I started.
"I'm gonna go searching for Jhasel and Razhen." Tiscin said simply, and turned around, walking away from us.
I stared after him; he was one of my friends, and I considered him family, and now he was leaving? He just got here too, right? I just shook my head, trying to forget about the whole thing and turned around, walking up the steps.
***Hope's Perspective***
Hope stared after Rhayne, and after a few seconds, he turned around to where Tiscin walked off.
After Tiscin had walked away, Hope had seen something that glittered in the light. He walked over to it and picked it up, almost dropping it because of the cold metal.
The object was a small silver chain bracelet, with a few charms on it; a red heart, a yellow star, and a black pair of wings. One charm that stood out was a flower that was silver and black; the petals being silver. He turned the bracelet over, noticing a name on each charm.
On the heart was the name 'JHASEL'. The yellow star had the name 'RAZHEN'. The black pair of wings had the name 'TISCIN'. Lastly, the flower had the name 'RHAYNE'.
Hope figured that this was a charm bracelet from Rhayne's friends and brother. He sighed and shoved the bracelet into his pocket, deciding that he would give it to Rhayne later.
"Hope, c'mon!"
***Rhayne's Perspective***
I watched as Hope ran up the steps and over to me. I sighed and asked, "What were you doing?"
"Looking at something…" Hope replied, and walked around a statue as Vanille hopped off of its base, holding out a rod that had a headpiece that resembled antlers.
Vanille danced around with the rod, perhaps modeling or something.
I laughed a bit, and then turned around as I heard growling.
Hope turned around too, and Vanille held out her rod, getting ready to attack.
We got in battle against this monster, but then it occurred to me…
"Wait, I don't have a weapon!" I said, noticing that Vanille had a rod and Hope had a colorful boomerang.
Vanille threw two guns at me (1). I caught them and looked at them, looking back up at Vanille.
"Use them." Vanille answered, and flicked her rod towards the monster. Four strings shot out and pulled the monster a bit, as well as damaging it (2).
Hope threw his boomerang at the monster, hitting it and flying back to Hope.
I gulped nervously as I noticed that I hardly had experience in fighting. But then I realized that Vanille and Hope probably had no experience in fighting either, so I aimed both guns at the monster and pulled the triggers. Two bullets shot at the monster, finishing it off.
"Uh…Well…We should probably move on now, right?" I said as I tried to figure out where to put my guns.
I'm not trying to copy Sazh; I'm just having Rhayne use two guns until she gets her new weapon later. I didn't think she'd like to use a sword in her first fight, so I set her up with guns for a bit.
This is the first battle that I've ever tried doing. But I think I'll improve as this fan fic goes on.
(A/N) Please review! :DD