Kuro Suzaku is owned by Kuro herself
Kariudo Shikaku is owned by Kariudo-kun herself
Umanoki Sugaki belongs to my friend Sacredtion
I own Kiako (That's ME!), Mana, Malice and Miu. When a new paragraph starts these little thingies will appear ʓʓʓ and if those thingies don't show up I'm sorry -.-; And I'm sorry if there are spelling errors.
Mana and memories: Italic
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Don't just swing like mad! I know that's fun and all but if you want to land decent hits you gotta at least aim!!
I've never really been that kind of person when it came to close combat.
Lunging to the side I ripped out a chunk of the floor and tossed it at Miu. She jumped out of the way firing bullets at me while they just glanced off the metal of my new clawed arm.
Malice, Kiako, I understand your feelings but please don't fight like this!! We can resolve this calmly!
Hey if she'd stop firing off that toy then we wouldn't have to go through all this!!
I blocked some bullets coming at me again and thrust my fist out at her.
Miu jumped back again as she shot back some of my fingers then shrieked when the claw closed around her small body.
All I needed to do was squeeze... Squeeze the life out of her... Squeeze her until she DIED.
Wouldn't that be killing her then... Kiako...?
Mana's soft voice stopped me, he sounded as if he was going to cry...
Would killing her, make you happy...? Would you be able to kill her, without feeling any remorse...?
I froze but still kept a firm grip around Miu, staring up at her. Watching her thrash around, I realized...
She was scared.
She was scared to die...
Kiako, take one more good look into yourself. Will you take her life...?
I stared, straight into those fear filled eyes. With a flick of my wrist...
I placed her back on the ground.
Malice, I don't need your arm anymore. Mana, could you please heal my arm...?
I heard Mana sigh in relief and the holes on my shoulders and arms started to close up. Picking up my sword, I knelt down beside Zero's body and ran my hand over his cheek.
"I'm sorry..." I said outloud and felt a hand on my shoulder, "Kel-san...?"
"I'm sure he's glad he died protecting you. I'm sure." he said. I slowly nodded and Kel pulled me away, "Come on, we better go see if Kuro needs help."
Peering behind me, I couldn't stop myself and went back to grab Zero's hand. Kel sighed and pushed me away slightly. With a small grunt he lifted the theif in his arms and carried him towards the door.
"I... I'll still summon them back!! I'm still stronger then you, you stupid half demon!!" Miu was shouting, "I'll make sure, that even more of your friends die, and that you'll rot away alone!"
With an inhuman speed even I didn't know I possessed, I rushed at her tackling her to the ground and drawing my sword, thrust it down on top of her.
"Kiako!!" Kel called. I stood up and wreched my sword out giving it a small flick before shealthing it.
"You..." I turned around, "You're not worthy, to be my first kill..." I stalked out with Kel as Miu laid there on the ground, winded and staring at the hole my sword had created next to her head on the floor.
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"Flare!!" The bright burst of fire blew up a nearby wall and Kuro fell to her knee.
Dammit, Jade is knocked out?!
Well, he is human.
I don't think human is a good word for him... More like the devil...
Gah! Hao's groggy too!!
"Quite the fighter, I would finish you now. But alas... I need you summoners for later." Seymour said and peered at me, "I see Miulinia has failed." He smirked and I felt like ramming my fist through his face and ripping the flesh off with my teeth.
"You BASTARD!!!" I roaring diving towards him and lashing out. He blocked with his hand and reeled back into a wall as my other fist connected with his jaw.
"Why do you insult me? Is it because I've wronged you in the past? It it because of my race? Or maybe..." Seymour smiled and slapped me back into the ground with his wand, "It is because I killed him...?"
"SHUT UP!!" I shouted taking hold of my sword and wincing. Dammit, my wounds are still open...!!
"Ah yes, that man with the red hair... I recall him manning the machines, fighting off the bandits I had hired-"
"SHUT UP!!" It was the only words that would come out of my mouth, memories flashing back to me.
When Hei-san and I first met, we agreed how alike we were... Later on in the real world he helped me when I was being bullied again, then, he danced with me and then...
He told me he loved me... He was the first person that let me experience love...
"--Ah yes, I remember well now. He was pinned against the debris with the bandit's sword, I can still hear him crying for help from the others around him. When I came across him he was pleading to be saved, saying he would do anything. I of course, put him out of his misery." Seymour continued, "He died squealing like a swine."
"SHUT UP!!" I screamed jumping at him and was suddenly held back, "LET GO KEL!!"
"No! He's provoking you, stop listening!!" Kel shouted grappling me from under the arms, "Kiako DON'T!"
"Grr...!" I felt a kind of energy rising up from deep within me, "KOKUZOKU!!!"
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Darkness... It was pitch black in the room except for the one giant mirror in the middle of it. I walked over to it and looked at my reflection. Soon enough, a black furred replica of me came up on the mirror.
"So, you finally want to let me out." she grinned. I stayed silent and then clenched my fist.
"I just.. Want him to die... I'm so sick of seeing him... DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN HIM IN FINAL FANTASY X?!?" I shouted, reminicing on the times I had to fight this girly man in the game, "I JUST WANT HIM TO DIE!!!"
"Ok ok I get the idea, so... Are you going to let me go full out??" Koku smiled.
"I...I just want you to lend me some of your power..."
Koku's grin widened.
"Good then, my work is already done..."
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I blinked and noticed the sudden strong smell.
Of blood...
"Wreched child..." Seymour was hissing, gripping his bloody shoulder. Blood spilt onto the floor in pools and I had just realized what I had done. Dropping the chunk of meat and muscle from my hands, I staggered a bit at the smell and glared up at Seymour.
I... Did that...?
No, WE did that.
But, we only connected for less then a minute...
"But..." was all that came out and I watched Seymour tear open a kind of void beside him.
A PORTAL...
"Seymour!! Dammit get back here!!" I growled and was held back again.
"We'll meet, then I'll make even more of your dear ones pay..." Seymour smirked before jumping in.
"NO!!" Before I could follow I was suddenly tackled down. As I kicked and lashed out, I felt something stomp on my chest knocking the air out of me and just as I was recovering, felt my arms and neck being pinned down.
"If you can't control your demon, then I'll make sure you can't use it ever again!!" Kel roared from on top of me, his eyes were blazing red. His foot pinning my stomach and arm down, and his hands pinning my other arm and my neck, "Don't. Ever... EVER do that again."
I stared up at him for a long time. After a moment as the red died down from Kel's eyes and the dark black returned, he slowly got off of me and pulled me up. Taking a rag out of his pocket, he started to wipe a my face.
I was totally bathed in blood...
Feeling myself start to cry, I stood silently with my head hung down as Kel wiped the majority off and put his hand on my head, shaking his own. He left without a word, and I felt...
Scared... Of Kel-san for the first time...
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"My, this is a fine mess. Blood everywhere, holes, scorch marks..." a man named Ciel who weilded a kind of sharp looking lantern had come by and was helping around with the wounds and such. I was sitting on a small boulder, hugging my knees to myself.
"Shut up blob man..." Kuro was grumbling. Staring at Zero's body propped against the wall, I closed my eyes to block out the sight.
Thankfully, Sugaki had been successful with stopping Azul. He couldn't bring himself to kill him, and I'm glad...
Kariudo apparently had a run in with the GateKeeper guardian thing. It was almost amusing, hearing the story of her playing the piano while trying to avoid being sliced in half.
"Hm, that is troublesome." Ciel was nodding as Kel answered some questions, "Well, I believe I can help bring them back." My head automatically shot up and I dove into him, grabbing his white cloak.
"How?!?" I demanded. Ciel blinked for a moment at me with his uncovered eye. One of his eyes was covered in a bandage wrap and he smiled at me.
"Since we are in Zanarkand, the barrier between the living and dead is thinnest, next to the farplane." he said, "If you like, I can bring them back to life."
"How could that be possible?" Jade asked, his glasses were taped at the bridge of the nose, "Fomicy can not do it, and the yearning for the return of a soul rings forth Akuma."
"It's easy." Ciel held up his lantern, "If you recall watching the person's death, then those memories can by used to bring the soul back to this world, body and all. Of course, choose wisely for who you want to ressurect."
I closed my eyes. "Zero, he died protecting me... He was shot..." I muttered. Ciel smiled and his lantern glowed brightly.
"Oww..." we all jerked our heads to the side and for a moment, stared at Zero's body.
The finger twitched.
"I'm gonna kill that bitch... Psycho kid..." Zero was muttering. I dashed in front of him and his eyes opened groggily, "Hey, how come I'm still here...?"
At first, I couldn't even speak, I was crying to hard. I cried against Zero's shoulder while Kel was holding back tears.
"You perverted bastard, being all heroic like that..." Kel sniffed. Zero chuckled.
"You're one to talk Spikey..."
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"Arg... Sore..." Cliff was groaning as he fell to his knees, "Huh...? What the hell...??"
"Are we...? Whoa!!" Fayt almost tumbled over as Kariudo-kun tackled him down, "K-Kariudo...?"
"Ok, what happened and how come we ended up here...?" Cliff asked scratching his head, he then spotted me, "Don't tell me you died again."
I wiped my eyes, "No, you're just alive, again." I threw my arms around him and he chuckled patting my head.
"Pretty much all of us are here," Kel said, "Now, let's bring him back. Let's bring Hei-man back."
I nodded, "He told me, that he was pinned by machinery, and Seymour killed him with Ultima..."
"For this to work there needs to be witnesses." Ciel said, "Like for now, the 7 samurai, including Katsuchiro now, have all been killed with no witnesses except themselves, that doesn't work."
"But..." I peered at everyone around me, and they either looked down or away from me, "One of you saw him didn't you?! One of..."
"We were put into completely different squads." Cliff said quietly, "We were all put into the battle field out there while he was manning machines in the back, there's a big chance no one saw..."
I felt my heart plunge.
"So... No one..." I had my arms crossed and sat down on the ground, "So everyone except Hei-san gets to live again..."
Ciel seemed to ponder for a moment, "You said he described to you how he died?" I nodded, "Hm..." He closed his and his lantern glowed for a moment then died.
"Well...?"
"Seems I can't resurrect him..." he said, "Kiako, did he already die once before??"
"Huh?? Well..." I had to think... Did he die before...?
"Well, I think I did die... All I remember is being shot and pinned by a Nobusuri, then Katsuchiro... Well, I did wake up in a weird region after."
I nodded, feeling my heart sink even deeper. So he pretty much died that same way...
Twice...
"Ah..." said Ciel, "I'm sorry, I can't resurrect those who died twice, only if they'd died-"
There was a loud squeaking as the door opened and we all braced ourselves as the door opened and Miu stumbled out.
"Hey who's that?" Fayt asked.
"LET'S GO KILL HER!" Cliff shouted.
"We see eye to eye for once." Albel grinned.
"H-Hey wait a second!" Miu started to back up as we started to crowd towards her, "Y-you don't have to do this!"
"Oh but we do." Kuro said, "Jade, how high is that bounty now?"
"I'd say maybe over 100 000 Gald by now, I mean she is charged with treason, murder, oh and assault." Jade smiled, "Who knows? I may get Emperor Peony to raise it."
Just as we were going to catch her, a giant machine fell from the ceiling and knocked us all back with it's arms.
"Muwahaha! Sorry Jade, but I can't let you take her in yet." a man riding on a giant kind of chair floated down.
"... Who the hell is that?" Kel asked.
"He looks gay..." Zero said.
"Ah, Dist the Runny! Nice of you to drop in." Jade smiled, "Having fun destroying the space and time continium?"
"Huh?"
"Let's just say, you're not completely to blame for all of this world warping." Kuro said. I had to stare at her.
"Yay...?"
"Well I'd LOVE to stay and chat, but we must be going." Dist cackled and punched in a button on his chair, "Time to go." Another portal opened up and Miu dove straight.
"Dammit! Where's it going?!" I shouted.
"She's an It now...?"
"Where else? To ther world where you all originated from, Seymour went earlier as you saw." Dist said, "Farewell!! HAHA! AHH!!" Dist started screaming when Jade grabbed onto this chair.
"Getting away? Oh Sephir you don't know me at all." he smirked.
"S-Stop! You'll wreck the controls!"
The portal grew bigger and I started to feel myself lift off the ground.
"Gah!!" I felt Kariudo grab onto my arm and both her and Kuro were trying to pull me back down. Soon the portal got even bigger and everyone started to fly around.
"Whoa whoa whoa!!"
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Silence.
I coughed and stood up rubbing my eyes. Eh? How come I can't see...? I looked up coming nose to nose with Kei Kei, my dog, who tackled me down and started to lick my face.
"GAAH!!" I pushed her off and looked around.
I was home...?
Standing up I rubbed my sore neck and searched for my glasses.
I was human again... So that means...
Everything's over??
I jumped for the phone and after looking for my phonebook, dailed Kuro's number.
"Hello...?" I heard her croak out.
"Kuro-sama! You ok?" I asked.
"Yeah... Looks like we're back, only... No one came with us this time."
"Yeah..." I sighed, "Think Kariudo-kun got back ok?"
"I'm sure she's fine."
"Kel-san...?"
"I dunno about him, maybe he got back to his place." Kuro said.
"So...It's over...?"
"I guess... Hey, do you know how much time passed here??"
I quickly checked the date on the TV.
"A whole year." I replied, "Whoa we're in highschool now?!"
"I guess so, did you get your memories from your body double?"
"Not yet." I Said, "I'll go get them now... See you-- Tomorrow I guess for school."
"Yeah, see ya..." she said, "Kiako...?"
"Hm?"
"I'm sorry, we couldn't bring Heihachi back." I smiled, my eyes stinging with tears.
"It's ok, I'll find, someone for me..." I said, "Think we'll see the others again??"
"If you and Dist screwed something up, yeah." Kuro chuckled, "Well, see you tomorrow."
"Bye." I hung up and sighed running my hands through my dark brown hair. Hm, looks like I got it cut a while ago in this world since my hair only reached to the nape of my neck.
I trudged up the stairs. Looks like mom and my sis aren't home yet, and--
My double was sleeping on my bed and I had realized it was probably still 12:30 pm. I shook her awake and after getting an update on what happened the past year, shuffled back downstairs.
I hadn't even realized how hungry I was...
I pulled open the fridge door and jumped back screaming.
"Holy shit!!" I looked closer, "WAKKA?!?"
"Hi ya!! I tried to get some food from your fridge to cook ya? But when I didn't find anything really, I ended up getting lock in." Wakka said happily climbing out, "Good thing I was only in there for a few minutes ya?"
I rubbed at my temples. Dear god... Smite me down...
"Wakka, are you the only one here?"
"Ya." I sighed rubbing my head.
"If only..." the door bell rang and I quickly ran to the door and opened it. I stood there shocked for a moment then grinned.
"You're back...!"
Kel grinned. So did Cliff, Zero and Kakashi.
"Mind if we crash here??"
Authors notes: Yup! It's done!! NOW I CAN START ON THE THIRD INSTALLMENT!!
Thanks for what support there was to this, and sorry for the ending, I couldn't really think of anything...
I've got midterm coming up, but I'll get the next fic up soon!