Hiearchy of Evolution
a Parasite Eve II fanfic
by Ryusei no Toushiro
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Date: 26/04/2002
Author's Notes: Chapter Four. I didn't expect it to be this fast! 'Adam; and 'Eve' have now been detected; now that their children know where they are, what does the Water Serpents do? AND WHY THE HECK HASN'T AYA SEEN ANY ACTION YET?! What happens to Ryusei as well, who is losing control over himself? What is he really, and who is he?
Standard disclaimers apply. Parasite Eve 2 and its characters do not belong to me; they belong to SQUARE. I am merely borrowing them for this story. Thank you. Also, some terms might be related to Xenogears so please let me just borrow them. Just for this story, please?
Also, most of the people represented here are those in the PEII Board in GameFAQs. I don't own them (duh!); I just have freedom to use their names in this story as much as I can. Kurumi's my own character. As well as Kamui, who's just going to be introduced here.
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CHAPTER THREE : FORGOTTEN MEMOIRS. SADNESS AT THE MOMENT OF FOREVER.
P1r4t8r and HengkyGun stared at the sleeping, intertwined (yet clothed! Eve just sneaked in) figures of the two, dumbfounded. Turned to glare at SMOLDAR, who was equally dumbfounded as well. "Well, we know who went sleeping on the job last night. You were suppossed to guard the room, SMOLDAR!" scolded HengkyGun.
SMOLDAR scratched his head. "What the heck was I suppossed to do? It was late, I didn't expect anybody to come in and sleep with the guy!"
"Well, anyways, we tested the two and it shows that they haven't done anything last night," said P1r4t8r. "Better we hide this before Kurumi or Aya sees -"
A loud scream suddenly interrupted the three's actions as they winced, knowing who it was. "Well, there goes that idea," said p1r4t8r with a little touch of humor. "I forgot that I had to take a bath, like, right now?"
"You haven't taken a bath yet?" asked SMOLDAR sarcastically, where p1r4t8r retorted with an elbowing to the guts.
Kurumi looked shocked at seeing Eve and Ryusei lying down together, their arms around each other. Eve's face rested against the older boy's chest, both of them with smiles that showed their happiness. Her face turning red, she looked at HengkyGun and the others. "Did...did they..."
HengkyGun shook his head. "Nope, they didn't. They just slept together like that."
Unfortunately for them, Kurumi's scream drew the attention of people; basically all of them. Aya had the same expression of shock that Kurumi had earlier, while DKB and the others sported faces that showed disbelief. "What...the...hell..." was all that Aya could blurt out at the moment.
'Again, I reiterate. Shocking sight, yes, but absolutely nothing happened between the two. We've tested them, and all they've done is just some salivary transferrations through an oral -"
"Wha?" said Aya, cutting off HengkyGun. "I was just about to get to that. They've just been smoochy-woochy," said Hengky with a smile.
Suddenly Ryusei's body stirred, alerting everyone as they all brought out their weapons except Kurumi, Aya and Karpah. Afraid of what would happen next...
"Apparantly, you're all afraid of me just sitting up," he said as he turned to them with a low smile...his silver eyes looking carefully at them. Sitting up, disentangling his arms from Eve, he smiled and stood up, this time two bat wings appearing. "Ahh, I just love it when I have my sleep. Perks me all up."
"What the...Ryusei? What are you talking about?" asked DKB, bewildered at the strange and sudden turn of events.
"Heh," he said with contempt as his silver eyes flashed dangerously. "Him? That 'parasite'? He's gone. Or at least will be gone."
"What do you mean gone? What are you saying? Tell me!" insisted Kurumi as she clutched on to Ryusei's shirt.
"Hmmmph. He didn't tell me he had a lover. But if you insist; he's disappearing. Or, should I say, his personality's doubting itself. Finding no proof that 'Ryusei' actually exists within this body, he continues to torment himself by searching for a reason. That will be his own demise," said Ryusei.
"It can't be about....four years ago..." whispered Karpah to herself, now sure that the events in the past were directly linked to this...
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"Hey, Sir Garland, what have you got there?" asked a young Karpah to a tall male with red hair, carrying an unconscious boy who was at least thirteen years old. The red hair wore a red shirt and blue pants while the boy mere wore a plain white shirt and denim pants.
"A test subject. From Axlestar's Cellular Research Division," replied the tall man as he laid the boy to rest against the wall. "I expected the worst, but not this."
"So you mean they're creating their own experimental subjects?" asked a young DKB, carefully looking at thhe boy. "Not really," answered Sir Garland back. "They abducted this kid from somewhere, I don't know, and experimented on him with whatever things I don't know as well. I tried pulling up police and official records, but it looks like this kid's been wiped off the map; nothing exists about him."
"Poor kid," said Karpah, taking a good look at the young boy. Then the older man got an idea. "We're forming the 'Water Serpents', right? Why not train this kid to be one of us?"
"Are you sure? I don't know; the kid may not adopt to it." DKB was unsure about the idea, but Sir Garland insisted. "Don't worry. The kid's in a catatonic and comatose state. It'd take a long time for him to recover. But from what I've seen on his report, he's physically able. Although about the mental part...the only thing I know is that his memory's been altered somewhat. Something about 'making it suitable'."
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"So...his memory's been altered to fit 'Adam', who'd soon come into the picture four years later..." whispered Karpah to herself.
Kurumi shook her head, sobbing. "Oh no...that can't be...that can't. Not Ryusei, not him..."
"Hmph. Cry all you want, woman. At least he'll feel better knowing that at least somebody mourned his passage. But for now," he said, spreading his black wings, "All I want is to be left alone. With 'her'," he said, pointing to the sleeping, smiling Eve.
Suddenly, Aya began to feel an energy of malice gathering around the boy, whose face had a sadistic smile etched on it. "Let me ask you this," he started as a black aura began to gather around him. "Do you know the Angel of Death?"
Aya felt it in her mind, and suddenly she casted an energy barrier around her and DKB's allies. Just at the same time, the boy fired dark beams of energy at them, dissipated by the shield that Aya created through her mitochondrial powers.
"Not bad," said Ryusei, the energy gathered around his hands dissipating. "Hahah. Well, you've shown that you can nulify any attack I do... so I give you back the boy. But be warned, it's not going to be happy."
With that, Ryusei's eyes suddenly went blank, his bat wings and his aura dissipating. His eyes returned to their usual black color, the boy collapsing not too softly onto the stone floor below.
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Ryusei shook his head, trying hard to remember the past. 4 years ago...
Unknown images flashed into his head. Him floating inside a containment tank, one used for scientific experiments. His training to be a 'Water Serpent', supervised by DKB, Karpah, and...who was the last person?
"Why can't I remember...why can't I confirm...my identity..." Ryusei said silently, his image turning even more transparent. Weakening, in fact.
'Adam' approached him, a sarcastic expression of sympathy on his face. "Why don't you save us all the trouble and...just give up? it would be so easy that way for me to take over completely."
The boy turned his head to look at him, no emotion present on his face. "Why didn't you just stay in control then..."
"No fun," replied 'Adam', shrugging. "Your friends were able to resist my attacks. If I can't eliminate them, I can't be in full control."
"...You have enough strength...you eliminated the earlier enemy..." the boy pointed out.
"Heh. Well, I did, because you and I were on the same goal. But once we're separated...I only have half of my total power. You're hogging the rest of it, remember."
"...............whatever...." replied Ryusei, burying his face to his knees again.
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Kurumi looked at the sleeping figure of Ryusei, concern in her eyes. This time the boy's face was twisted in an expression of pain, as if suffering from an endless barrage of nightmares. Holding his hand with hers, tightly squeezing it, Kurumi sighed as she leaned her head on his sleeping chest. Tear streaks visible, even in the darkness of the room.
"Want to know why I joined "Water Serpents', Ryusei?" she turned her head to ask the unconscious boy with a smile, tears welling up along the edges of her eyes. "It wasn't much. I was abandoned by a very close friend for a long time. No matter how much I looked hard for him, he never showed up nor did I find any trace of him. Every night, I'd pray for him to return to me, hoping to have our friendship back.
"I didn't know why I was so attached to someone like that. Maybe its because we were a bunch of street orphans, that we depended on each other, and that he seemed to always watch over me. Sometimes I even wondered if it was due to love...
"After two years of searching, I found him. Finally, after a long time, could you believe it? I was pretty much ecstatic at this point..." Kurumi's voice was on the verge of breaking off into tears now. "After that long a time, after all my hardships, it finally paid off. Then, as I joined the group that he was him, hoping for him to recognize me and to know why he left, he stared at me. Blankly."
At this point Kurumi began to sob, not bothering to hold back. "I called out his name, and he looked at me blankly, with no recognition whatsoever. I tried several times to reach out to him, to wish for him to call out my name, for him to remember me and the past that we had...all to no avail. He would always think that I'm nothing but a companion to him, an ally, a helper. Not a friend. Then I would think to myself...was it worth it? It always made me cry at night, but when I knew that we were sharing a room I tried to keep it all inside me...but somehow I'd fail time and again..."
She immediately hugged Ryusei close to her, holding his head close to her chest, arms around him tightly. Her tears were held back no longer, and she began to sob, the blue droplets streaming slowly down her cheeks. "I love you so much, Ryusei, I really do...I just love you so much that I can't see you like this, it always tears me up inside, seeing the person I love most suffering all on his own with me unable to help him...oh Ryusei, I do so love you..."
She held back no longer. Her tears continued to flow, her silent sobs unheard by all except the night sky.
Holding the one she loved so much against her, wishing that the cold, inanimate body of Ryusei was just as warm as the living, breathing one...
a Parasite Eve II fanfic
by Ryusei no Toushiro
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Date: 26/04/2002
Author's Notes: Chapter Four. I didn't expect it to be this fast! 'Adam; and 'Eve' have now been detected; now that their children know where they are, what does the Water Serpents do? AND WHY THE HECK HASN'T AYA SEEN ANY ACTION YET?! What happens to Ryusei as well, who is losing control over himself? What is he really, and who is he?
Standard disclaimers apply. Parasite Eve 2 and its characters do not belong to me; they belong to SQUARE. I am merely borrowing them for this story. Thank you. Also, some terms might be related to Xenogears so please let me just borrow them. Just for this story, please?
Also, most of the people represented here are those in the PEII Board in GameFAQs. I don't own them (duh!); I just have freedom to use their names in this story as much as I can. Kurumi's my own character. As well as Kamui, who's just going to be introduced here.
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CHAPTER THREE : FORGOTTEN MEMOIRS. SADNESS AT THE MOMENT OF FOREVER.
P1r4t8r and HengkyGun stared at the sleeping, intertwined (yet clothed! Eve just sneaked in) figures of the two, dumbfounded. Turned to glare at SMOLDAR, who was equally dumbfounded as well. "Well, we know who went sleeping on the job last night. You were suppossed to guard the room, SMOLDAR!" scolded HengkyGun.
SMOLDAR scratched his head. "What the heck was I suppossed to do? It was late, I didn't expect anybody to come in and sleep with the guy!"
"Well, anyways, we tested the two and it shows that they haven't done anything last night," said P1r4t8r. "Better we hide this before Kurumi or Aya sees -"
A loud scream suddenly interrupted the three's actions as they winced, knowing who it was. "Well, there goes that idea," said p1r4t8r with a little touch of humor. "I forgot that I had to take a bath, like, right now?"
"You haven't taken a bath yet?" asked SMOLDAR sarcastically, where p1r4t8r retorted with an elbowing to the guts.
Kurumi looked shocked at seeing Eve and Ryusei lying down together, their arms around each other. Eve's face rested against the older boy's chest, both of them with smiles that showed their happiness. Her face turning red, she looked at HengkyGun and the others. "Did...did they..."
HengkyGun shook his head. "Nope, they didn't. They just slept together like that."
Unfortunately for them, Kurumi's scream drew the attention of people; basically all of them. Aya had the same expression of shock that Kurumi had earlier, while DKB and the others sported faces that showed disbelief. "What...the...hell..." was all that Aya could blurt out at the moment.
'Again, I reiterate. Shocking sight, yes, but absolutely nothing happened between the two. We've tested them, and all they've done is just some salivary transferrations through an oral -"
"Wha?" said Aya, cutting off HengkyGun. "I was just about to get to that. They've just been smoochy-woochy," said Hengky with a smile.
Suddenly Ryusei's body stirred, alerting everyone as they all brought out their weapons except Kurumi, Aya and Karpah. Afraid of what would happen next...
"Apparantly, you're all afraid of me just sitting up," he said as he turned to them with a low smile...his silver eyes looking carefully at them. Sitting up, disentangling his arms from Eve, he smiled and stood up, this time two bat wings appearing. "Ahh, I just love it when I have my sleep. Perks me all up."
"What the...Ryusei? What are you talking about?" asked DKB, bewildered at the strange and sudden turn of events.
"Heh," he said with contempt as his silver eyes flashed dangerously. "Him? That 'parasite'? He's gone. Or at least will be gone."
"What do you mean gone? What are you saying? Tell me!" insisted Kurumi as she clutched on to Ryusei's shirt.
"Hmmmph. He didn't tell me he had a lover. But if you insist; he's disappearing. Or, should I say, his personality's doubting itself. Finding no proof that 'Ryusei' actually exists within this body, he continues to torment himself by searching for a reason. That will be his own demise," said Ryusei.
"It can't be about....four years ago..." whispered Karpah to herself, now sure that the events in the past were directly linked to this...
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"Hey, Sir Garland, what have you got there?" asked a young Karpah to a tall male with red hair, carrying an unconscious boy who was at least thirteen years old. The red hair wore a red shirt and blue pants while the boy mere wore a plain white shirt and denim pants.
"A test subject. From Axlestar's Cellular Research Division," replied the tall man as he laid the boy to rest against the wall. "I expected the worst, but not this."
"So you mean they're creating their own experimental subjects?" asked a young DKB, carefully looking at thhe boy. "Not really," answered Sir Garland back. "They abducted this kid from somewhere, I don't know, and experimented on him with whatever things I don't know as well. I tried pulling up police and official records, but it looks like this kid's been wiped off the map; nothing exists about him."
"Poor kid," said Karpah, taking a good look at the young boy. Then the older man got an idea. "We're forming the 'Water Serpents', right? Why not train this kid to be one of us?"
"Are you sure? I don't know; the kid may not adopt to it." DKB was unsure about the idea, but Sir Garland insisted. "Don't worry. The kid's in a catatonic and comatose state. It'd take a long time for him to recover. But from what I've seen on his report, he's physically able. Although about the mental part...the only thing I know is that his memory's been altered somewhat. Something about 'making it suitable'."
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"So...his memory's been altered to fit 'Adam', who'd soon come into the picture four years later..." whispered Karpah to herself.
Kurumi shook her head, sobbing. "Oh no...that can't be...that can't. Not Ryusei, not him..."
"Hmph. Cry all you want, woman. At least he'll feel better knowing that at least somebody mourned his passage. But for now," he said, spreading his black wings, "All I want is to be left alone. With 'her'," he said, pointing to the sleeping, smiling Eve.
Suddenly, Aya began to feel an energy of malice gathering around the boy, whose face had a sadistic smile etched on it. "Let me ask you this," he started as a black aura began to gather around him. "Do you know the Angel of Death?"
Aya felt it in her mind, and suddenly she casted an energy barrier around her and DKB's allies. Just at the same time, the boy fired dark beams of energy at them, dissipated by the shield that Aya created through her mitochondrial powers.
"Not bad," said Ryusei, the energy gathered around his hands dissipating. "Hahah. Well, you've shown that you can nulify any attack I do... so I give you back the boy. But be warned, it's not going to be happy."
With that, Ryusei's eyes suddenly went blank, his bat wings and his aura dissipating. His eyes returned to their usual black color, the boy collapsing not too softly onto the stone floor below.
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Ryusei shook his head, trying hard to remember the past. 4 years ago...
Unknown images flashed into his head. Him floating inside a containment tank, one used for scientific experiments. His training to be a 'Water Serpent', supervised by DKB, Karpah, and...who was the last person?
"Why can't I remember...why can't I confirm...my identity..." Ryusei said silently, his image turning even more transparent. Weakening, in fact.
'Adam' approached him, a sarcastic expression of sympathy on his face. "Why don't you save us all the trouble and...just give up? it would be so easy that way for me to take over completely."
The boy turned his head to look at him, no emotion present on his face. "Why didn't you just stay in control then..."
"No fun," replied 'Adam', shrugging. "Your friends were able to resist my attacks. If I can't eliminate them, I can't be in full control."
"...You have enough strength...you eliminated the earlier enemy..." the boy pointed out.
"Heh. Well, I did, because you and I were on the same goal. But once we're separated...I only have half of my total power. You're hogging the rest of it, remember."
"...............whatever...." replied Ryusei, burying his face to his knees again.
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Kurumi looked at the sleeping figure of Ryusei, concern in her eyes. This time the boy's face was twisted in an expression of pain, as if suffering from an endless barrage of nightmares. Holding his hand with hers, tightly squeezing it, Kurumi sighed as she leaned her head on his sleeping chest. Tear streaks visible, even in the darkness of the room.
"Want to know why I joined "Water Serpents', Ryusei?" she turned her head to ask the unconscious boy with a smile, tears welling up along the edges of her eyes. "It wasn't much. I was abandoned by a very close friend for a long time. No matter how much I looked hard for him, he never showed up nor did I find any trace of him. Every night, I'd pray for him to return to me, hoping to have our friendship back.
"I didn't know why I was so attached to someone like that. Maybe its because we were a bunch of street orphans, that we depended on each other, and that he seemed to always watch over me. Sometimes I even wondered if it was due to love...
"After two years of searching, I found him. Finally, after a long time, could you believe it? I was pretty much ecstatic at this point..." Kurumi's voice was on the verge of breaking off into tears now. "After that long a time, after all my hardships, it finally paid off. Then, as I joined the group that he was him, hoping for him to recognize me and to know why he left, he stared at me. Blankly."
At this point Kurumi began to sob, not bothering to hold back. "I called out his name, and he looked at me blankly, with no recognition whatsoever. I tried several times to reach out to him, to wish for him to call out my name, for him to remember me and the past that we had...all to no avail. He would always think that I'm nothing but a companion to him, an ally, a helper. Not a friend. Then I would think to myself...was it worth it? It always made me cry at night, but when I knew that we were sharing a room I tried to keep it all inside me...but somehow I'd fail time and again..."
She immediately hugged Ryusei close to her, holding his head close to her chest, arms around him tightly. Her tears were held back no longer, and she began to sob, the blue droplets streaming slowly down her cheeks. "I love you so much, Ryusei, I really do...I just love you so much that I can't see you like this, it always tears me up inside, seeing the person I love most suffering all on his own with me unable to help him...oh Ryusei, I do so love you..."
She held back no longer. Her tears continued to flow, her silent sobs unheard by all except the night sky.
Holding the one she loved so much against her, wishing that the cold, inanimate body of Ryusei was just as warm as the living, breathing one...