"Got it memorized?" The words echoed through Sora's mind. Yes, he had it memorized, but not what Axel had said. He had memorized the feel of Kairi in his arms, the heat of her breath on his neck, the feel of her hair thru his fingers, the beautiful green (Its wrong, I just know the color is wrong, but oh well. I love Kairi, but now her eyes are green.) eyes, looking up into his blue ones. (That's wrong too, but screw that!)
He had everything about Kairi memorized. And that's exactly what he told Axel.
He would be back at Destiny Islands, Kairi waiting on the shore with her bearing his child. She would wave, standing next to Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka, for his safe return. But for now, he had more important things to do. Things that were urged by destiny.
Melody (Yay me! rock is thrown at head Okay, I'm shutting up!) stared up at the night sky, the same one that she and Sephiroth had met under so long ago. His arm had been so hurt and cut up…
…flashback…
(Talking in first person now… yea…so…k. I Melody, incase you couldn't figure it out. Another rock is thrown at head)
I stared into the slowly flowing river, the river that had claimed the lives of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru (Okay, they're not from this game, but WHO CARES? I'm bored!) in the Feudal Times of Twighlight town so long ago. A monument stood next to the river, water flowing out of the Youkai's swords. I smiled at the thought of Kagome and Rin, who had such strong men, demons at the least to protect them, and silently, I wished that mine would come… and I daresay that he hit me smack in the face, too!
A man slowly walked towards the bridge, limping, mostly. He held his arm, his jacket was ripped, revealing many cuts and a lot of blood. He fell over on the bridge and moaned. My red ribbon flew out of my hair, and almost magically over his direction. He painfully reached up and grabbed it, then pushing himself up on his elbow, turned to me.
'This yours?' He asked, pushing himself up to lean on the side of the bridge. He held the ribbon out to me, and we locked eyes. His eyes were a shimmering amber (wrong too, so sue me! MY husband, SephirothYes, I'm married to him, wanna see the license? has amber eyes, and that's how it is!) and his hair was down to his knees. It was tied back neatly into a ponytail with a black ribbon, though the rest of him did not look so prim…
'Miss?' he said, breaking me out of my staring. I blushed and nodded, taking the ribbon from him. 'Sephiroth. That is my name. Might I ask yours?' This man was not much older than me, and I was 18.
'Melody.' I stated. 'I am Melody.'
His eyes widened. 'Melody… the alchemist? The world famous one?' I nodded, and to prove my heritage, I morphed a little dirt into some bandages. 'Now sit up. You need to have those wounds covered.' I pulled off the tatters that used to be a jacket, and began to wrap the bandages around his broad chest. As I did this, I accidentally lost my balance and slipped.
His eyes widened as my lips met his. But neither of us pulled away. After what seemed like years, many wonderful, beautiful years, I lifted myself off of him. I turned away.
'I…I'm sorry about that. I—' I didn't get a chance to finish because he had pulled me in for another kiss. I knew at that point that I had found him. The man I was meant for. An Inuyasha to my Kagome. I had him.
'Please.' I said, staring into his beautiful eyes, that had a slight sorrow in them since I had pulled away. 'Let me wrap your wounds first.' I wrapped the last of the wounds that were on his body, and I stood. 'There. That should do it… oh!' I cried out, seeing the wound on his thigh. 'Er… let me tie that for you...' I pulled out the ribbon in my hair and dipped it in the water. As I wrapped his thigh, a blush came to my face as I noticed his hand on my shoulder. 'Is…is it possible for you to make me a splint?' He pointed at his broken arm. 'Rather, a sling?'
'Of course.' I gave him his sling, and we sat together on the bridge. He kissed me once more and asked, 'Will I ever see you again?'
I smiled and nodded. 'I will always be there for you, love. But as for this?' I kissed him again. 'This love? Maybe it was destiny.'
…end flashback…
Lauren slid down the wall of their prison, moaning. Though the room was well accommodated, with comfortable beds, a kitchen, a balcony… it still didn't feel right. She thought back to Leon, comforting, loving Leon.
…flashback again (Boy am I havin fun!)
I looked around the plaza, thinking of all that that bastard of a cheating husband had done to me. Tossing the bloodstained knife into the river, I watched as a young woman wrapped a man's wounds. Sighing, I walked away. If only I could be like that in just one relationship…
I wasn't paying attention to where I was going, and I fell right into the Youkai fountain. A helping hand plunged thru the water and pulled me out. 'Thank you…' I said, looking up. And when I did, my eyes locked with the most gorgeous man I had ever seen. 'ohmigod!' I said, and I turned away. He tilted his head like a cute little puppy dog and sat next to me. He lifted my head and stared into my eyes. 'Trouble with a man?' He said, causing me to fall back into the fountain. 'ho…how did you figure that out?' I nearly yelled. He just chuckled.
'It's in your eyes. They're very beautiful, you know.' I turned away and blushed.
'He cheated on me. He shared his bed with one of my closest friends. C—um… I forgot her name.' I lied. I knew the name well. He laughed again.
'I don't blame you. If my girl had been in bed with another man, I'd have forgotten her name too. But that wasn't the case.' His jubilant eyes suddenly went downcast. 'She died a little while ago. About 2 hours, actually. She died while giving childbirth, as did my boy.' I watched the tear roll down his cheek. I tried to fight the urge to wipe it away, to make such a forward move, knowing what it would lead to, but she couldn't help it. As she wiped away the tear, she leaned over and kissed him.
'I think… do you believe in destiny?' I asked. He just nodded, and smiled. 'I do. Why?'
'Maybe it was destiny that Rinoa died.' He jumped as she mentioned her name. 'I knew her from childhood. Anyway, maybe it was meant to be. She's in heaven now, or maybe in a new body, but she's looking at the same sky as us from some point of view.' I leaned my head on his shoulder. 'And in some way, she'll push you together with another girl.'
'Maybe,' he said lifting my head again, 'That girl she's pushing me towards is you.'
He leaned in and kissed me once more. 'Maybe.' I whispered.
As he stood, saying he had to handle the funerals, he tripped and cut his shoulder on the sharp tip of a youkai sword.
'Stop! Let me fix it up, before you go.' I placed my hands over the wound, and in a couple seconds, his wound was gone. I fixed his jacket and helped him up.
'A white mage?' his eyes were questioning. 'Your name, what is it?'
I smiled, 'Yep, I'm the last white mage in the world. My name is Lauren. Goodbye, Leon. Till destiny brings us together again.' I walked away from him, and past the young man, and the woman who had healed his wounds, who were laying together on the bridge, staring at the moon. 'Till destiny.' I heard Leon say. 'Till then, Lauren.'