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Oh? Have I mentioned the collages of Dissidia characters I've been making? If I haven't, go look for my DA profile.

So, yeah…

Happier Days

"You might like this place. Not much, but it's certainly a safe place to keep you."

Elfé did not respond.

"Geez, I know you're in a coma, but you could be a little more responsive," Fang mumbled to herself, knowing that the woman on her back couldn't respond anyway.

Fang looked around the town, trying to find a safe place to hide away Elfé. Much like the end of every Cycle she had been in (at least according to Cloud) Elfé had become sick with an unknown illness, losing all her strength until she had lost all consciousness, unable to wake until the start of the next Cycle.

Apparently, being in a coma was enough to require Purification.

Fang looked to one of the houses. "Yeah, that looks like a good place to keep ya." Readjusting the woman on her back, Fang walked into the house, and found a soft bed to place Elfé on.

"There, you should be okay until we win," Fang said, pulling the covers over Elfé. She really didn't like the way Elfé looked; her skin had taken a sickly pale color, was slick with cold sweat, and her breathing had become very shallow.

In the corner of the room, a small little robot beeped several times before shutting down, several small sparks flying from it.

Sighing, Fang patted Elfé's on the head. "There, now just stay here and don't get into any trouble until the Purification, okay?" She frowned. "Just be sure to survive this one okay, I'm not sure how many more of those you can go through."

With that, Fang left the house, and met someone on the steps that she didn't recognize.

One of Cosmos' Warriors if she had to guess.

She was about to pull out her lance when the girl happily waved to her.

"Hello!"

"Eh?" Fang loosened her grip on her weapon. "Just who are you?" she said, eyeing the girl.

"Oh, me? I'm Vanille," the girl smiled. "What about you?"

"…I'm Fang."

"Fang? That's a funny name," she giggled.

"Hey! I'll have you know that I'm rather proud of that name!" she boasted, walking to and bopping Vanille on the head.

"Ow!" Vanille grabbed her head. "Why'd you do that?"

Fang folder her arms over her chest and gave a cocky grin. "You made fun of my name. What's fair is fair."

"Yeah, well I didn't hit you!" Vanille pointed an accusing finger and Fang.

"Still hurt though."

Vanille frowned, before she turned around and took several steps away. "Anyway, it's kind of nice that I met someone from Cosmos' side," she asked, clasping her hands behind her back. "I have seen anyone in a while except Chaos' guys."

Fang looked away, feeling slightly awkward. "Well love, sorry to disappoint you, but I'm actually one of Chaos' guys."

"Really?" Vanille turned around and gave Fang a questioning look. "You don't look like a Chaos Warrior. Normally, they're all big and scary with teeth and sharp pointy armor."

"I got this!" She held out her lance. "It's pointy!"

"But I don't see any teeth or armor!"

"Remember what I said my name is?"

Vanille giggled again. "Okay, so that's two out of three." She titled her head to the side. "But you still don't look like a Chaos Warrior. There's just something about you that doesn't look evil."

Fang looked away. "I can be evil when I want." She then looked back to Vanille. "So, what brings you all the way out here? Pretty far away from Cosmos' place."

Vanille looked around the town. "Actually, I just wandered here by accident. But this place is somehow familiar to me. I think maybe I grew-up here or something. My memory is still fuzzy, so I can't be too sure."

Fang looked around the rundown, crystal dust-covered town. Did this girl really grow-up in a place like this? She wanted to call this place a dump, but she decided against it.

"What about you?" Vanille suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Fang turned back to the redhead.

"Why are you here?"

Fang looked back to the house she had come out of. "Just, keeping something safe." Shaking her head, Fang walked by Vanille and away from the house. "You better get going before someone else from Chaos' side come here and decides to finish you off."

"You're not going to 'finish me off'?"

Fang slowly shook her head. "Nah, I'm not in the mood."

"Okay. Goodbye!" Vanille waved. "I hope I meet you again!" She then ran off.

"Yeah, whatever!" Fang nonchalantly waved back, Vanille soon vanishing from her sight.

For some odd reason, she felt that she didn't need to worry about Elfé's safety when one of the enemies was so close to where she had been placed.

She also found herself wishing for the happier days she could not remember.

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