Of Doubles and Dragons Chapter 45

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Shadow flew back to the town, alone. The others were both surprised, and relieved by this. As soon as she had landed, they came towards her. Most, if not all, never noticed the other dragon, and the tiger-like figure leave. For that, Shadow was thankful. She did not want to get into that discussion yet. She wasn't sure herself which side the two dragons and their friend were on.

Sefiroth studied Shadow for a moment. "What happened?"

Shadow looked towards the direction that the dragon had flown off in. "Nothing. Nothing at all…"

But Cloud wouldn't accept that as an answer. "What do you mean nothing? You flew out of here with a dragon who's tried to kill you, and you say nothing's happened!"

Shadow turned to face him. "I don't see that it's any of your concern. If I decided to tell you about it, I will. But at the moment, I don't."

But Chrono didn't like that answer. "I think it matters. What if they told you something that can help us! We have the right to know!"

Shadow was really angry now. "It has nothing to do with you. No one here has the right to tell me what to do! I am more than capable of looking out for myself!"

"And that's why Jenova nearly killed you?"

Shadow didn't know who made that remark. But it was enough. "Fine. If that's the only way to convince you, I'll kill her myself. Or will you keep trying to order me around even then!"

A new figure suddenly emerged from the sky, and landed in front of Shadow. "Have you forgotten what it is you hold? Are our lives that inexpensive to you?"

But the dragon's rage had taken hold. "Now you think you can tell me what to do? Just because you saved my life doesn't mean I owe you a thing! I'll do as I please! I don't care about you, or your world, or anything else for that matter. And I'll do what it takes to get the respect I deserve. I never asked to be dragged into this mess. And I don't see why I should suffer for some other idiot's mistake!"

With that, Shadow flew off. Bahamut ZERO could only watch helplessly as she did so.

The others were both surprised by Bahamut's arrival, and shocked by Shadow's words. But before anyone could say anything, Bahamut turned to the brothers. "I must leave you now. It is bad for me to remain in this realm to long. But you must stop her. If she dies, then so dose our world…"

The brothers both nodded, and Bahamut flew off. He never looked back to see what the others did. He only knew his time could be running out, and there was nothing he could do about.

* * * * *

Shadow didn't know where she was going. All she knew was that she needed time to think. Too much was happening too fast. She wasn't sure what would happen if she told the others about her meeting with the dragon. All she knew was that she had to figure out what she wanted before she could go back to the others. Shadow shook her head. She needed somewhere to land. Somewhere where she'd be alone. Somewhere where she could think.

She was so busy flying, that she never even noticed that she'd flown further than she'd ever dared to before. And she wasn't getting hurt as a result. But even had she noticed it was unlikely that she would have reacted. She had too much else to worry about. She had nearly attacked those who sought to help her. She still wasn't sure why, but it worried her. If it happened once, it could happen again. And next time, she feared she would not stop before something went wrong.

She eventually noticed a cave on a small island, below her. She landed, and went in. The cave was well light by the sun, which was streaming down through a hole in the center of the roof. There was a stone lying in the center of the cave. Shadow looked at it, then decided not to move it. Whatever the stone was, it seemed to have been placed there for a reason.

Shadow curled up at the mouth of the cave, and soon fell asleep. As she slept, she went over the events of the day in her mind. Nothing made scene.

Then something else hit her. She realized that she was no longer sure about how she felt about the whole situation. At first, she had been upset. Then angry. But now, she wasn't sure. This was the kind of adventure she had always dreamed of. Yet she wasn't sure how, or if, she could get out of the situation she was now in.

As she awoke, she began to realize that she didn't hate it as much as she thought she would have. She realized that the group she was with, or the two brothers and Cloud at least, were concerned about her. This only served to shame her more about the recent outbreak.

But she also felt that she had a right to be upset. After all, those she was with never even gave her a chance to explain what was going on before they attacked her. But then again, she never attempted to explain before she flew off. Then she thought about what she had said to Bahamut, and that really bothered her. He had only been trying to remind her of what she carried. And she turned around and attacked him like it was all his fault.

"How am I going to explain this? I don't even know why I attacked him. And I left the brothers to explain it all…" Shadow looked outside, as the sun began to rise. Then, with some reluctance, she rose, and took off. She knew she was going to have a lot of explaining to do. And she still hadn't noticed that she had gone further than ever before without the link bothering her.

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