Final Fantasy:Chaos Chronicles, Chapter 3

By: Chaos93

I helped her up and we started to walk again in total silence. The silence was only penetrated by birds chirping and rats scrambling away. We looked directly ahead never making any conversation. I looked up and saw the sun starting to decline from its peak. Finally the silence was shattered by the voice of Amy.

"What happened back there? You weren't... you." she asked softly.

I looked down at the ground in dissapointment. I had no idea what happened either, and i couldn't blame her at all for being curious.

"I'm not sure. I felt like i was ready to die and suddenly... something took over and pushed me out of the way. I don't even know what i was doing or thinking." I said quietly being sure no one but me and Amy could hear it.

"You really have changed ever since you left..." she said with sorrow in her voice.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, it's not like the way you look changed that much, it's just the way you act. You always seemed interested in fighting back in Isho. It's just, what happened wasn't fighting... It was total chaos. You almost..." she started to shudder. "You almost killed me..." she said softly trying to hold back her tears.

"Amy, that wasn't me i swear. I didn't mean to try and kill you. Something took over and I-I had no control."

She looked up into my eyes. Should knew i wasn't lying. She nodded confirming my thoughts of her understanding. She smiled as a tear broke away from her eye and made its way down her cheek.

I wiped her tear away for her. I swept her off of her feet and began to walk. She giggled,

"Where do you think you're taking me?" she said, still giggling.

"Nowhere," I said sarcastically.

I walked up to the hospital. She looked at it wide-eyed. She closed her eyes tightly and started to kick.

"NOOOO NEEDLES! QUICK TURN AROUND! THIS IS THE SPAWN OF THE DEVIL! NOOOO!" she yelled out as I walked closer to the door.

She sounded cute, like a little kid who wasn't getting dessert or didn't want to go to school. I kissed her forhead lightly and smiled at her as she calmed down realizing i had just kissed her.

"Y-you kissed me! What the hell do you think you're doing!" she said starting to blush.

I laughed knowing she was trying to hide something. She stared at me and realized i knew she liked me. Her eyes closed shut to hide the look in her eye that would confirm i was correct.

"Don't worry. I won't let them stick any needles in you or cut you open," I said firmly.

She hugged me knowing i wouldn't let her down. We walked into the doors, that opened on their own. We walked up to the desk as nurses walked by talking to eachother rolling carts. Amy looked at the carts noticing needles layed out on along the top of the cart. She curled up tighter in my arms closing her eyes as if to make it seem the needles didn't exsit. I laughed softly.

"Can i help you?" the lady behind the desk asked.

"Can we see a doctor..." I asked.

She hadn't noticed how we looked. She was still busy at work. I looked like i had been through a carwash of death and Amy was covered in a coat of dirt. She finally looked up and noticed how we looked. She looked at use wide-eyed, looking up and down inspecting us.

"What the hell happened to you? You look like you ran through a carwash of death!" she exclaimed.

I laughed lightly as she said exactlly what i was thinking. She looked down to her paperwork and looked back up.

"We have one doctor free. Dr. Schwartz, last door on your left." she explained.

I began to walk down the hall, watching the many carts passing by. Amy finally realized the needles weren't for her and opened her eyes as we walked down the hall.

"Doctor Schwartz? What kind of goofy name is that?" she said curiouslly.

I laughed at her comment. We reached the door and walked in. We saw a lady with short black hair curving off into every direction. She was tall and seemed very nice. She turned and noticed us.

"Well arn't you a cute cupple?" she said happily.

My muscles weakend from the humiliation as if it were physical damage, but i still kept a good grip on Amy, making sure to not let go of her. We both started to blush.

"Well, you see... uhh..." i started to studder.

"Thank you!" Amy yelled out enthusiastically.

I glared down at her.

"Would you excuse us for a second?" i asked the doctor.

"Sure..." she replied.

I turned around and walked out the door into the hallway. All of the nurses were gone. Me and Amy were the only noticable forms of life in the hallway.

"Are you crazy? We're not going out!" I yelled out as i set her down.

"Well... You did kiss me! Don't you like me?" she asked, now looking down after yelling back.

"Well it's not like i want to go out with you!" i yelled back at her.

She turned back up to me and instantly slapped me. I could feel the red mark forming, stining on my cheek. She hit me hard, and i knew i deserved it.

I stared at the ground amazed by her actions. She turned around and walked back into the room and began to talk. I couldn't hear her exact words, and chose to ignore it. I turned to the end of the hallway leading to the exit. I walked down the path layed out for me. I walked out the door and looked back as I left. I could see Amy in the hallway, dissapointed i was leaving her. I could see the trail of a tear as the door finally closed, seperating us.

I walked along the street, wondering what the hell i had just done.

DAMNIT! I'M SO STUPID! WHY'D I HAVE TO GO AND DO THAT!

The red mark was just now starting to fade as the pain ate away at my face. I stopped in my tracks, thinking of what i had just done. instantly turned around and ran at the hospital. I ran into the doors and ran down the hallway. I opened the door where i last saw Amy and ran in.

"Decided to come back i see? Well... You're a little too late," she said with sorrow deep in her voice.

I looked down at the ground thinking of what i had done. Amy was gone...

"BOO!" Amy yelled from behind me.

She jumped on my back and knocked me onto the ground. She hugged me in joy.

"Heh, well what happened to you?" I asked while laughing, i was quite surprised.

"Well... Dr. Schwartz heard what happened and knew you would come back, so she told me to hide behind the door and wait until you come back and... JUMP ON YOU!" she explained enthusiastically.

I laughed. I got up keeping Amy on my back, so she couldn't surprise me again. I walked over to the doctor and she observed me.

"Well... now that everything is sorted out, let's have you explain what the hell happened to the both of you," she said sarcastically.

I looked over my shoulder to Amy and figured she was allowed to know what actually happened.

"Well... You know the guy who fought Sephiroth when he came yesterday? Well... That," I pointed to myself "was me..." I explained.

I looked back to Amy and she had her eyes bugged out at me.

"But you said he attacked you!" she yelled into my ear.

"Well... It's not like you would believe me at first..."

"True... but still, I deserve to know the truth!!" she yelled again into my ear.

I finally flipped her around me so i had her dangling above the ground infront of me. I held her almost like a baby who had just been born. She looked up at me like she had just entered the world and was looking at her first sight. She looked cute, she had her arms around my neck to make sure she didn't fall. The doctor stared at us and finally spoke out.

"Well... if you fought Sephiroth,"

"Twice," I corrected her before she made her mistake,

"... Twice, then you must have tooken one hell of a beating!!" she yelled it louder as she figured it out.

I looked at her with Amy still hanging around my neck. We stared at her curiouslly. I walked over quickly and motioned for me to put Amy down. I set Amy down and she told me to take off my shirt. I stared at her but she began to glare at me. I took my shirt off to reveal the many battle scars from Sephiroth. I had huge lines of dried blood covering the many gashes he gave to me. Her eyes bugged out of her head. She looked up and down observing the many wounds.

"My god! I'm surprised you didn't die from blood loss!" she commented as she circled my body.

She motioned for me to take my pants off... I shook my head and glared at her. She understood and kept observing the wounds.

"Well... It seems you'll be okay, just no harsh activities for a week or two." She finally concluded after circling my body several times.

She turned to Amy.

"You just need a shower and some clean clothes silly. That stab wound of yours is just fine since you have those bandages on it."

She nodded in joy to know she was perfectlly fine.

"Well, thank you," i said softly to the doctor.

she nodded. I walked out and leaned against the wall and squeezed one of the wounds Janice gave to me. It was my shoulder. It burned like someone was pouring magma onto it. I closed my eyes and started to grind my teeth in pain. I felt like yelling, but remembered Amy and the doctor in the other room. I growled at the new burning sensation. Amy opened the door and poked her head out and looked at me.

"Oh my god! what's wrong!" she yelled out.

I glared at her. I didnt want her to much care about the hellish pain that was inffecting me. She didn't get the message and ran to the doctor. She ran out with the doctor following. The doctor moved my hand and looked at the wound. We all stared at it and noticed the veins around it going black. Her eyes bugged out.

"It's a spell. The pain it can bring is unreal and most people die from it." she said with deep sorrow in her voice.

Amy looked like she was ready to faint. She had gone pale and was staring at the wound. I could feel a chill start to run up and down my spine at the thought of death, to never see my friends or beloved again, to be alone, abbandoned, in the darkness, never to be found.

"There is a way to treat it, but it might be too late." she continued.

Amy suddenly came back and started to shake the doctor, "GIVE HIM THE MEDICINE!" she yelled.

"II wiiilll!" she responded, being shooken by Amy.

Amy smiled and let the doctor stand back up. The doctor walked in and out of the room with a bottle of medicine. She handed me the bottle and told me it will make me drowzee, and as long as I have the poison within me, I shouldn't even think of fighting.

Me and Amy walked out with the new bottle of medicine. I could hear my stomach start to growl. I was hungry. Amy started to laugh at the growling. I glared at her and she pointed to a restraunt. I looked up to where she pointed.

"My treat, since you bought the room at the inn," she exclamied.

My eyes widened at the thought of food. She grabbed me by the hand and ran at the restraunt. We walked inside and sat down. A waitress came over and took our order. I ordered chicken terryaki and some Pepsi. Amy ordered... well, she ordered the Chocobo soup, and... Moogle chops... I looked all around the menu trying to find if they were there. They weren't... The waitress looked at Amy curiouslly, raising one of her eyebrows. I glared at her and she shuffled off. I stared at Amy as she started to play with the salt and pepper.

"What are you doing?" I said sarcastically.

"Playing with the salt and pepper! Here, you can be the pepper!" she said, handing me the pepper.

I stared at her, as she held the pepper closer to me. I laughed lightly and took the pepper.

"Well hello there Mr. Pepper! How are you today?" she said, in a childish voice, trying to impersinate a fully grown male.

"My day? You want to know about my day?" I said, starting to get a bit serious.

She nodded the salt, as if to say yes.

"My day... My day was just turned upside-down. In my eyes, all hell has fallen. I have lost two of my friends, at the same time and almost died. I have felt abbandoned and alone, away from everyone, to be left in a corner, to die, with no one's trust to comfort me, not even my shadow, for I hide in the darkness, in fear. Tell me this salt, have you ever been betrayed? Betrayed by your own soul, your very being, to hurt someone you love? Someone important, someone you promised yourself to hold forever. Have you ever betrayed yourself and given into temptation? The need to kill, to feed, and watch the life of others fade away as you show the real you, only to be rejected once you do? To be rejected because you tried, and when you try to show them, you're thrown back, to hide in the shadows and let an imposter go in your place, just to be accepted." I said with a deep sorrow in my voice.

Amy froze up. She went pale at the thought. I stared at her and realized what I had said. My eyes widened as I jumped out of my seat next to Amy to comfort her. She had dropped the salt, and some of it spilled out. Bad luck. I picked her up and walked out, just as our food arrived. I began to walk to the nearest inn, as Amy, still frozen at the thought, started to shudder. She started to close her eyes as I jumped over cracks, to avoid tripping again. I carried her on my back, as if i was giving her a piggy-back ride. We finally reached the inn as the sun was just beyond sight.

I walked in and gave the man behind the counter 100 gil. He took me to a room. The room had, once again, one bed.

Shit...

I set Amy on the bed. Luckily this room had a couch, which was rather nice. I covered Amy up and turned off the lamp. I layed down on the couch and used an extra shirt I had as a blanket. I rolled around, trying to get comfortable. I finally got comfortable and stared at the ceiling, still thinking of what I had said before.

"Is that how you really feel?" I heard a soft voice come from the bed.

I looked up and saw Amy holding herself up with her arms which were behind her.

I looked down at the ground before looking back up to see Amy sitting indian style staring at me. I sighed and finally responded.

"Sort of..." I said uneasily.

Amy cocked her head and still stared at me. "How can you say that? I'm here aren't I?" she said sadly.

I suddenly felt an enourmous jolt of pain from my shoulder. I screamed out in pain. I felt like someone was twisting a dagger into my arm and pouring salt into it as they twisted the dagger, laughing at my pain. Amy got up and started to look around the wound.

"The medicine!" she yelled out.

I had forgotten to take the medicine the doctor gave to me. I started to squeeze the wound to stop the pain. Instead the pain increased. I finally gave in and fell back and fell asleep.

I looked around, stumbling around in the pure darkness. Suddenly I could see Sephiroth floating in the distance. He smirked and charged at me with his masamune. I paniced and somehow pulled my sword from the nothingness that i was in. I ignored the question on how i got my sword, and charged back at him. He threw me back. I flew across the ground before he appeared before me and shoved my head into the ground. He tightened his grip and threw me into the air. He soared after me and started to slash at my back. He finally stabbed me and smiled as he flung me back into the ground. I tried to get up but failed. He slashed at me and i rolled back to dodge the attack. I picked up my sword in desperation to block his next attack. He began to send a barrage of attacks at my sword. He finally broke through and my sword was sent flying behind me. I crawled away as he took slow foot-steps, closer and closer. I finally stopped and he lifted the tip of his sword to my nose. He thrusted it forward and i was dead.

I flung up in panic from my dream. I could feel blood running down my chest.

Was it real? Am I dead?

Amy shot up from her bed and stared at me. "What's wrong?" she said curiouslly, unaware of my wounds.

I looked down to find my entire being from the neck down was drenched in blood. I began to panic and Amy just stared at me as if the blood wasn't there.

Hold on...

I stuck my finger up and swept some of the blood from my chest. I put it to my tounge and tasted it. It was blood. Amy still stared at me, now somewhat frightened i was going insane. I stood up with ease as the blood dripped onto the floor. I ran into the bathroom, which did in fact have a shower this time, and looked into the mirror. There was no blood. I looked down to see my clothing just as it was when i went to sleep.

Amy popped her head into the bathroom, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing..."