IMPORTANT STUFF: Digimon does not belong to me, and Squaresoft owns the Final Fantasy series. BWAAAHAHAHAAAHAA... Ahem, and there are some allusions to Ranma 1/2, but I won't give it away right now...
A Digimon & Final Fantasy Tactics
Fusion
DIGITAL FANTASY: LEGEND OF THE TWELVE DIGI-CRESTS
written by K-chan
Characters of Fate: MONK
"Worthy Outcast"
She carefully creased the paper in half and tucked it safely beneath the unlit lamp by her mother's bedside. After taking one last look at the woman's sleeping form, she turned away with a strained face and left the room, quietly closing it after her departure. Her feet treaded softly across the wooden boards as she tied a cloth bundle of her belongs to her back.
When she stepped out of her home, she glanced at the small building once more before throwing a black cloak over her emerald outfit, clinging tightly to her figure. In the slumbering darkness, she took off towards the edge of village, never looking back because it was all going to be the past until she could prove to everyone that the only lies that ever existed were in their hearts.
Her father--the face of the man she never saw even after her birth--was not a traitor!
One's childhood was a precious time to treasure forever, but she would only remember her childhood as a time of loneliness and ridicule from the other children. The abuse had scarred her for life, but because of it, she swore to become stronger and never to show her weaknesses to her enemies. Perhaps she should've thanked them for their kindness because she grew up to be the best warrior out of her generation.
How ironic life was.
She would always sit alone just outside her house, watching the children of the village playing together. Even though they sometimes glanced her way, their expressions were nothing of kindness. They kept their distance from as if she was some sort of plague, and she noticed that most of the adults hardly socialize with her mother either. She wasn't any different than they were, so why were they mean to her and her mother?
A ball suddenly flew towards her, bouncing into her yard, and a few of the children ran after it until they stopped meters from the enclosed fence as if fearing for their lives. She stood up and walked to the ball. After picking it up, she thought about asking them if she could play too, but an older boy angrily ran to and grabbed the toy from her hands. He then shoved her to the ground, yelling, "TRAITOR!!" He took off with the other children following as they threw back dirty looks at her.
She was too young to understand what the word meant, but for some reason, she sat up from the ground, glaring after them through her invisible tears. She gritted her teeth, telling herself not to cry from their abuse or from the minor scraps on her palms. She wouldn't let them be happy to see her in pain, even if she didn't know why they always treated her like a disease.
She wiped her dirty hands against her loose pants and pushed herself from the ground, sniffling quietly. She brushed her hand against her face as if to dry her face from tears and entered her house, heading towards the kitchen where she could hear the water running.
When she appeared in the kitchen, her mother turned around to her and found herself torn apart at the heartbroken, five-year-old daughter. "Oh Sora!" she called, rushing to the girl's side, and took her into her arms. "It's all right, sweetie!!"
Sora buried her head into her mother's chest, finding great comfort in her warm embrace. "Why don't they like me, mommie?" she cried, "Why are they so mean to me? It really hurts. They keep calling me traitor, mommie... I don't know what it means, but it hast to be bad... They keep hurting me... Why? I don't want to be a traitor !"
The woman closed her eyes, knowing very well of the painful emotions going through the child, but she was just to young to understand it all. But for now, she could only comfort her. "Listen to me, Sora," she said, pulling her daughter back so their eyes could meet, "You have to be strong. Don't listen to what anyone says. You're not a traitor, and you're father was not a traitor."
"Papa?" the girl questioned, rubbing her eyes.
"Yes, your father was a great man! There's no one else in this world who understands your father like I do... and you're his wonderful child, Sora, and he loves you very much--just I like do. Please never lose faith in him. It doesn't matter what the world thinks of him--all he wants is his daughter to believe in who he is."
"I believe in papa!!" she cried with her small hands clutching her mother's blouse tightly. "I believe in him!! He's not a bad person because mommie's a good person, so he's good too! But where is he? Why isn't papa here with us?"
"It's very hard to explain, but I will tell you when you get older and become strong just like him." The girl nodded. "I promise."
Her mother did keep her word, and just a few weeks ago when Sora proved herself in the village's annual fighting competition. It was only natural she was champion since her mother was one of the best fighters of their practically extinct Amazon Tribe. Even after earning a prestige status, the villagers continued to keep their distance from her, but along with hate in their eyes was fear--afraid of her potential.
It pained her deeply to see this new emotion burning within them, but she had ignored them and ran to her mother like many years ago, hoping to find consolation in her words and embrace. Keeping the promise, the woman sat her teenaged daughter down and related the whole story of how she encounter her father to the downfall of their clan.
The Amazon Clan used to be quite a large group of powerful monk warriors, excelling in hand-to-hand combat and spiritual enlightment, but over the centuries, the clan dwindled down only to a few because people began to fear their power and strength. And when the Gennai Wars were in the prime years, orders were given out to eliminate all of the Amazons in fear of a huge wave of retalition with the group's support.
Whatever was left of the tribe have gathered at the very village they lived in, enclosed in the deep Forests of Leria, where the mazes and illusions of the greens protect them from outsiders. It became their last refuge from the ignorant world.
But before the downfall, her mother once encountered a young knight who defeated her in match, and according to Amazon laws that were strictly enforced upon every generation, she was to marry the man who overpowered her. This law ensured the Amazons to produce strong offsprings to continue to the name of the ancient tribe. By marrying an Amazon woman, he was automatically considered family, but even if the marriage was by Amazon law, there was no denying the attraction of the pair. Love eventually blossomed, and Sora was conceived from it.
When the news of pregnacy was announced to the tribe, they were soon under attack from the enemies. The women and children were the first to evacuate while the men fended the invading soldiers. The tribe fell back into Leria Forests and found themselves their ever since. The remaining men who returned from the battles survived with threatening injuries, but what startled everyone was the information that Sora's father had been a spy for the armies.
They couldn't accuse of the set actions of another person, yet it was her husband that had caused the many deaths of their tribe. She couldn't forgive herself, but in heart, she wouldn't believe that her husband had betrayed her and the clan--if only she could've seen him once more, to hear it directly from him. And that was Sora's main reason for leaving her home.
Sora was long gone from her home in the forests and was now running through the town port near the waters with the sun ascending into the skies for a new day--a start of her journey. She had put all her energy into making it to the harbor to board any ships for her search.
She wanted to find her father if he was still alive. She wanted to know the truth. Everyone except for her mother had strong feelings against him, and even she was beginning to doubt her faith in him... No, she had to stay strong and believe in him! She had promised herself to clear his name, proving their worth to her people, and punish those who had caused so much pain and sorrow through their lies and deceit.
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Wahoo! Sora-chan's a MONK!! (Err, not those umm, holy men who dedicate their lives to Buddha and the greater good...) And she's just not your every day Amazon Monk!! Can you believe that though?!! [bounces around the room] No, really I'm not delirious!! (My family's opinions are another story...) So what possessed me to give her such a job? Partly because of her tomboyish appearance and such from the original show, and I can imagine her getting into a hand-to-hand combat, kicking ass all over the place!!
To me, the title's kinda umm, strange... Originally, I had planned Sora to be the one to want revenge instead of Iori's chapter, but the whole vengeance deal fit Iori much better than Sora. I think this chapter's okay, although I don't like it as much... just me I guess.
Oh yeah, the idea about the Amazon clan/tribe and their laws were from Ranma 1/2 about how Amazon females would marry male outsiders who defeated them in battle and stuff... [shrugs] So, that part wasn't original... Heh, but wouldn't that be cool if Tai-chan defeated her and BAAM, he's got himself one strong warrior who could be his equal as his soon-to-be wife!! TAIORA fans would love that!! [giggling]
To Myo Tismon... Hiyas, thanks!! Another fellow FFTactics fan!! YAAY!
To digitalized... Oh wow, I'm SO glad you're okay!!! I mentioned your review to my brother, and he had the nerves to say, "See, I told ja to stop writing or else one day it'll kill people..." [sweating] Uhh, seriously he's INsane!!! But umm, this 'darkness' you mentioned... I'm beginning to feel it too as I reread the chapters... [looks cautiously around her] And it's getting REALLY spooky around here now... [shivering from... no, not the fear, just the A/C going full blast in the house] Or maybe my muses are tryin' to scare me...
To Strato... Sorrie, Kou-chan isn't a calculator...
We're down to the last one!!!! Oh I said I'd do something special in place of the contest thingie, but all I could think of is just writing a fic... I don't know what to write about yet, but I was hoping for another romance (I'm such a sucker for these) so here are the couples that I would love writing about: anything Mimi-chan of course, MIMATO, MICHI, KENMI, DAIMI, TAKIMI... TAIORA, maybe KOUYAKO... I would like to try writing a JYORA... we all know TAKARI's destined, but I can still add my two cents & a piece of lint to the endless piles of TAKARI stories... Anyway just vote for the couple you would like me to write a fic about from the ones listed above. It'll be a one shot, so no one'll bite my head off for delaying in chapters... Hehee.
Okie, let's see if I can get Koushiro's chapter out within this week!!
K-chan in need of ice creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaam!! =^-^=
