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And thanks to all of you who mentioned my dad. He's ok, it's just he has allot of breathing problems and he goes into the hospital ALLOT. I hate it cuz he spends more time there than he should. He's not even allowed to work anymore...
anyways, Im glad you liked the last chapter, and thanks... As for a sequel, im seriously thinking about it. Leave your emails again (cuz I lost some of them ^.^) and I'll tell you if I do decide to make another sequel, or trilogy or whatever its called. Anyways, on with chapter 17!
CHAPTER 17
Izumi jumped out of her zoid and ran over to the edge of the cliff, peering down into the darkness. They were pretty high up and due to the rain, she couldn't see the bottom... or the two zoids that had gone tumbling off the edge.
Suddenly the edge of the cliff that she was standing on broke off and Izumi began to tumble. She tried to jump back but the rain caused her to slip forward. She heard someone shout out her name, but was unable to tell who it was, the harsh winds and rain drowned out the voice. She closed her eyes and thought 'Oh, hell, Im dead... Im gonna fall.'
Except she didn't. She felt the grasp of a strong hand around her wrist. Looking up she found herself staring strait into the face of none other than Rei. The hatred and anger that had burned in his eyes toward Luke had completely vanished, leaving pure worry. He gently pulled her up, and back over the edge of the cliff, "Izumi, are you ok?"
Izumi caught her breath, and he helped her stand up, "Yeah thanks Rei."
Rei sighed of pure relief, happy that Izumi wasn't hurt. He turned around at the voice of someone coming from behind, "Are you two ok?"
Hiro climbed off of LightStrikes back and looked the two over, "I saw Izumi go over the cliff then I saw that you ran after he Rei... I wasn't sure If you fell too or what."
"We're ok." Izumi stated, she then looked behind Hiro, noticing that the others, including Orihime, were starting to appear on the cliff top as well. Slowly but surely they all made it... except for Rain and Cloud.
Some of the warriors looked pretty beat up and others looked like they hadn't received any wounds at all. Orihime looked around at the group, "Is everyone ok?" Everyone either nodded, said yeah, or groaned in response. Bit and a few of the others complained about having to climb the cliffs.
Orihime then looked over at Rei and Izumi, "What happened with Zack and Luke?"
"They went off the edge," Izumi said nodding her head toward the cliff. The others all walked over and peered down carefully, all unable to see through the darkness.
"Where's Cloud and Rain?" Bit asked.
"Im... Im here." Came a familiar voice from behind them. They all turned to see Cloud standing behind them clutching the wound on his chest. He was breathing kind of hard, and looked worn out, "I flew here as fast as I could. Gabrielle is unconscious and the Choker is off her neck." He wiped a bit of his wet silver hair from in front of his eyes, "Where is Rain?"
Rei shook his head, "We don't know... all we know is that Zack and Luke went over the cliff. What's down there anyway Cloud?... it looks awfully deep, and we can't see a thing. It looks like a longer drop than the rest of the cliffs."
"That's because it is." Cloud answered walking over to look down. "It's like a kind of crater. It's really deep and there is a spring down there." He sighed, "The waterfall base, as you all know, is kinda in the shape of an arch. Well the water comes from that spring down there."
"I see." Orihime said, she was about to say something else when she stopped, LightStrike had begun to growl, making them all turn around and become surprised by what they saw.
There, standing at the edge of the cliff was the Tenshi. She dragged her sword on the rocky ground, her hand loosely holding the handle. He silver and gold emotionless eyes pierced everyone's hearts filling them with sadness and despair. She just stood there, staring at them, not making any attempt to attack, the rain beating down on her ivory colored skin, and her angel like wings now folded, then energy from them gone. All time seemed frozen until Cloud whispered, "Rain."
Rain seemed to acknowledge that he had said her name as she turned her head ever so slightly in his direction. She still made no attempt to attack, or do anything else for that matter.
"Why is she just standing there?" Tyra whispered quietly to Cloud, "Isn't she supposed to be trying to kill us?"
"Probably because she's either waiting for new orders from Luke... or..." He turned to look at Tyra, "Lukes controller had been destroyed."
Rain suddenly tightened her grip on her sword as her wings fluttered slightly. She lunged, strait at the closest person... Izumi. Her sword was pointed strait at Izumi's heart.
Nobody was expecting it. The all gasped as Rain stopped suddenly, the tip of her sword only inches away from Izumi's skin. She seemed to struggle a bit within herself. She loosened the grip on her sword and it clattered to the rock face. She then fell onto her knees.
Cloud quickly walked over and reached down at her neck. He grabbed the blue Lopaz Lazuli choker gently and pulled, snapping it off. The young girl gasped slightly and closed her eyes as she began to fall forward, only to be caught by the shoulders by Cloud. Gently he picked her up and brushed the hair out from in front of her eyes.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at the person that held her, "...Cloud...?"
He nodded and gave her a slight squeeze, "Yeah... It's me."
Tears began to form in Rains eyes as she reached her arms around her neck and hugged him as tight as she could, quietly she whispered, "I missed you so much and saw what Luke did to you I couldn't believe it...."
Rain then looked around at everyone else, all of her old friends were there.... Izumi, Tyra, Lavender, Goji, Bit, Leena, Jemie, Brad, Leon, Naomi, Orihime, Rei, and... Hiro?
"Hiro?" She asked, "What are you doing here?"
"He joined up with us against Luke... He protected you when Luke tried to shoot you." Leon explained.
"I knew that you would eventually see that Luke was wrong." Rain smiled, "Thanks."
Hiro nodded as Rain continued to look them over... she then noticed something, "Where is Ryuji?"
"He got pretty hurt." Brad said, "So we put him in the infirmary of your base."
"Oh...." She looked down at the ground, "He didn't... he didn't get hurt because of me... did he?"
Izumi and Rei looked at each other and held their breath. Izumi stepped forward and shook her head, "No." Rain looked up at her, "No. He got hurt because of Luke."
Rei nodded, "Yeah."
LightStrike began to nudge Rain slightly as he growled worriedly. She looked up at the organoid, "I missed you too buddy..." She gave him a hug and said, "Im glad you got Rei to the others."
There was a sudden clink of mettle and swish of wings as something nobody had ever expected happened.
Hiro, the only one who saw it coming, jumped forward, "Rain look out!" He ran in front of her just in time to save her from the attack from the flame colored sword. Everyone turned, surprised by what they saw. Even Cloud hadn't seen Gabrielle come at them.
"Hiro!" Rain cried as he collapsed, a large gash down his chest. She looked up at the laughing Gabrielle.
"Damn... and I wanted to kill you once and for all you little brat..." Gabrielle stated, her menacing olive green eyes flashing.
Suddenly there was a roar from behind them. Even Gabrielle wasn't expecting it and looked. Kaiser rose above the cliffs, its battered, sleek body shining from the hundreds of drops of rain beating off of it. Lukes voice filled the air, "Your friend down there took me quite a while to handle... unfortunately for him, Kaiser was more than a challenge." He chuckled a bit, "Ah I see that all of my demi-humans have gained control of themselves.... This is all your fault Cloud Light-Feather!!"
The Kaiser swept forward toward Cloud quickly, its front arm outstretch to try and hit him. The rest of the group either jumped out of the way, or ducked, getting out of the way of the black dragon zoid. Cloud elevated, flapping his large, silver and gold wings, trying to lead Luke away from the others.
"This just keeps getting more and more interesting!" Gabrielle shrieked as she lunged at Rain.
The group watched in horror as the two fights began. Luke and Kaiser against Cloud, and Gabrielle against Rain.
Gabrielle tackled Rain and slammed her into a large rock back first. Rain cried out in pain as she felt the supports of her wings break. She fell into a heap on the ground, Gabrielle starring down at her. The demon smiled and said, "You were supposed to be the strongest out of us? Don't make me laugh. Your pathetic."
Gabrielle was suddenly thrown down by LightStrike. The silver organoid tackled her, and pinned her to the ground roaring loudly.
"Damn you!" She swung her sword around and opened a gash all down the organoids side. She then pushed him off.
"LightStrike!" Rain cried as she stood shakily to her feet. She watched as the organoid collapsed, and the color in its eyes faded out, "Im... Im going to kill you!" She ran at Gabrielle, sword drawn. The two of them began to sword fight furiously.
The group watched on as Cloud led the Kaiser higher and higher. Luke began to laugh, "What, trying to protect your friends? It doesn't matter... I kill them once Im done with you."
Cloud smirked and picked up speed. He then did a turned around, mid-air, and began flying full speed towards the dragon zoid. He pulled up at the last second, and let Kaiser fly below him. He grabbed onto the dragons back, and pulled himself up to its neck. He brought his blades down, opening two deep gashes. The zoid roared in pain and Cloud thought 'sorry Kaiser.' He reached into one of the gashes and grabbed onto some wires, then tore them right out.
Kaiser roared again as Luke cursed, "Cloud! Your father would be ashamed of you!"
"No." He answered angrily, "Father would be ashamed of you Luke."
Luke was suddenly scared as the lights went out inside the cockpit and the Kaiser fell. It dropped like a stone, all power cut off from its cockpit.
Cloud sighed and looked back at the fight between Gabrielle and Rain, horrified by what he saw. Rains back was to the crater of the cliff, her feet directly on the edge. She had lost her sword and Gabrielle stood smugly. Both demi-humans wings had been damaged, neither able to fly. Gabrielle smirked then lunged, impaling Rain through the stomach.
"Rain!" Cloud screamed. He went into a dive, trying to reach his little sister.
Izumi and the others were unable to reach the two demi-humans in time. She stopped dead in her tracks as Gabrielle's sword impaled the young girl, Rain, the tenshi... her friend. Tears welled up in her eyes as she heard Rain gasp.
Rain didn't scream or cry. She gasped, not believing the pain that she felt as the flame colored sword ran through her stomach. Pain filled her body along with one other thought.... Gabrielle had left herself open in her attack.
Rain grabbed onto Gabrielle's arm and dug her fingers into her skin. She used her last bit of strength to say, "If im gonna die and go to hell... your coming with me."
Rain fell backwards, dragging Gabrielle with her, just as Cloud landed about twenty feet away. He ran towards them, but was unable to reach the two before they fell off the cliff and into the dark crater.
Cloud jumped after them, his wings spread and one thought on his mind... save Rain.
The others reached the cliff just as Cloud jumped off, and looked down. Gabrielle had managed to pull herself away from Rain, but was still unable to fly due to the damage on her wings. She fell silently, knowing that she was about to die.
Rain, on the other hand, was unconscious. The rain beat down on her thin body. Her long silver hair flowed like silk and her broken wings fluttered slightly. Blood escaped from her wound as she fell, staining her pure white silk dress a crimson red.
Cloud dove, his wings folded in an attempt to gain speed. He was only feet away from his little sister. He reached out his hand and tried to reach her frail body, and within seconds he succeeded. He managed to positions himself so that he was underneath her, and he held her shoulders. One problem... they were still falling.
The group watched as the three demi-humans disappeared into the darkness. Izumi cursed and knelt over the edge... still unable to see anything. She slammed her fists onto the ground.
The others also had similar responses. Tyra tried to hold her tears back... but couldn't. She began to cry and turned to bury her face into Leon's chest. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tight, "Shhh. It will be ok..." He whispered, even though he was unsure himself.
Lavender went into a fit of cursing as she stomped around. She also had tears in her eyes. She turned and hit Goji in the chest with anger... she wanted so bad to try and help Cloud and Rain... yet was unable to do anything.... she needed something to hit, and Goji just happened to be the closest thing to her. He let her hit him, then when she had stopped, grabbed her shoulders and sat her on a rock. He sat next to her and wiped the tears off her cheeks, his face still as emotionless as ever, but his eyes showing sadness.
Orihime didn't cry, she just stood there looking over the cliff with Jemie standing next to her. She shivered slightly and he took off his coat and draped it about her shoulders. She hugged his arm, hoping that her two friends were ok.
Naomi and brad just stood side by side at the edge of the cliff, staring into the darkness. They didn't say anything or do anything, they just stood there quietly... While Leena sat in Bits arms on another rock. She was crying, and he had his head rested on hers, his eyes closed shut.
Izumi had stopped crying. Her dark hair was matted to her head and she had a look of anger on her pretty face. Her hands were clenched and her knuckles were white. She sighed angrily and turned to face Rei. She simply stated, "The two of them will be ok." Rei nodded, "Yes. Everything will be ok..."
Izumi cursed and turned back to the cliff, "Damn it to hell. They better be ok..." Then she did much the same thing that Lavender had done. She turned and began to hit Rei, except he grabbed her wrists to stop her and said, "Im climbing down. They will be down at the bottom, and Im going to get to them. You can come with me if you want, or you can stay here and cry about it." He then loosened his grip and smiled mockingly at her, "But I know your stronger than that."
Rei dropped her wrists then walked over to a small overhang. He found a small path, just big enough for about two people to walk along. It was pretty steep and unstable, but he continued anyway.
"Damn it Rei." Izumi called, "Wait up." She caught up with him and eventually one by one the others followed.
Meanwhile, Cloud had managed to get underneath Rains falling body. He spread his wings in an attempt to slow them down, but the added weight of Rains body and the speed that they were falling just caused him to jerk towards the wall face slightly. He cursed as he saw the ground coming up at them. He spread his wings wider, rubbing up against the cliffs. He winced at his wings broke and tore, the rocks tearing them to shreds as he slowed slightly. The Cliffs side became less steep and soon began to get somewhat flat. He crashed into the now not so steep cliff face and skidded to a stop, his body cut, bruised and battered, an unconscious, bloody Rain in his arms.
He sat for a long time, unable to move from pain. He looked down at his little sister. She had other cuts besides the one that Gabrielle had given her now, and she had crimson spots all over her white dress. Her wings were broken in a few places, and blood seeped from the spot where her wings melted into her back. Blood also was seeping from her mouth slightly.
"Cloud!" Rei yelled from across the crater. The rain began to dim just as the horizon began to get light. Cloud looked over at the approaching group, then back down at his little sister. Her breathing was short and her skin was icy cold. She was even more pale than before and her lips were a soft shade of purplish blue.
He looked up at the sky, its pitch black of night was beginning to turn a soft shade of purple and pink. The Rain had cleared and Rei, Izumi and the others had almost made it to them.
"C....Cloud...."
Cloud looked down at the young girl in his arms. her eyes were slightly opened and her lips were slightly apart. She was looking up at the sky which had now had the first glimpses of the sun, "That.... that always... reminds... me of.... of mothers song..." She whispered quietly, "You know.... the one papa always.... said that you sing good..."
Cloud looked down at her... then smiled slightly... he remembered now, "You mean the one father always said WE sing really good?" He sighed, "Not just me."
"Nuh uhh." Rain shook her head slowly and slightly, "You.... sing it good..... Not me." She paused for a second, "Will... will.... you sing it.... for me?"
"Rain..."
"P...please!"
Cloud closed his eyes, "I hate that song Rain... you know that."
"But... you sing it... so good..."
"But..."
"Please.... just once more..."
"It's so mushy though..." He sighed... It was a love song, A girly love song at that.... and he couldn't stand love songs... But Rain wanted it so much...
"Please..."
"If it will make you happy." Cloud cleared his throat and took a breath, then he began to sing, gently, as if his voice itself could hurt the dying girl in his arms. It was a long song, easy to the ear, and with many many hidden meanings withing the lines. It was a song that their mother had enjoyed...
I had a dream, that I could fly, I could feel each moment as time goes by We'd never be to far away, You would always be here I heard you say.
I never thought, Thought that it would be our last goodbye. I still can dream, That one day love will fall out from the sky
Do you still remember all the time that has gone by? Do you still believe that love can fall out from the sky? If from where your standing, you can see the sky above, I'll be waiting for you, if you still believe in love.
Find a way to bring back yesterday Find a way to love I hope we stay When tomorrow becomes today Love will find a way.
I'll be waiting for you, In my heart you are the one If I cannot find you, I will look up to the sun. If from where your standing, you can see the sky above. I'll be waiting for you, If you still believe in love.
Do you still remember, all the time that has gone by? Do you still believe that love can fall out from the sky? If from where your standing, you can see the sky above I'll be waiting for you, If you still believe in love.
Cloud sat, holding Rains tattered body. She sighed, smiled and closed here eyes, her cold body shivering slightly, "Th...Thank you... big brother..." With that her body fell limp in his arms, her head rested on his strong chest. Her breathing slowed and stopped, and Cloud let a tear escape from his eyes. The tear fell and stuck the young girls silky silver hair.
The group had made it to them in time to hear the end of the song and Rains last words. All of them stood speechless and saddened, and almost all of them had tears streaming from their eyes. Complete silence rang in the air, not even the sound of the eternal waterfall of the other side of the crater seemed to reach their ears. Birds ceased to sing and the wind quieted its whispering.
Cloud stroked a hand through his sisters hair, his strong hands as gentle as a feather. He closed his eyes and rested his head on top of Rains. Her cold skin seemed to pain his every muscle, "I love you Rain."
Then the sudden flash of light shone in his eyes. The bright glare of the sun was reflecting of of the small silver organoids armor. LightStrike stood, his body battered, looking strait into Clouds own two silver eyes.
LightStrike roared and shot up in a bright streak of light. soaring high above the group. He paused momentarily in the air, then dove, strait at the two demi-humans.
A bright silvery light enveloped them, blinding the watching group of people. When Izumi could see, she only saw a bight dome of pure white light where her two friends once sat. She and the others stood and waited, unable to think of what to do.
Inside the light Cloud felt something warm flow through his body. He looked down at himself and was amazed to see armor healing. The gashes in it closed up and faded, as if they never existed. He was then even more amazed to see that the wounds on his skin were healing. The blood disappeared, and the wounds closed up becoming nothing but faint scars. He looked down at Rain, new hope in his soul.
Yes! Rain was healing as well. He felt the warmth return to her body and he was relieved to feel her start breathing again. Some color returned to her pale skin, and her lips were no longer the bluish purple they once had been. She opened her eyes and looked up at him, the two bright colors of her eyes filled with warmth and life. She smiled and closed her eyes again, falling into a deep sleep, holding tight to her brothers strong arms.
Then Cloud noticed something else. The armor, it was disappearing. He watched, and felt, as all of the mettle disappeared from his body, then Rains.
When the light faded Izumi was shocked to see Cloud sitting with his arms around Rain. Then she and the others all noticed the same thing at the same time.... they were normal again. LightStrike stood looking down on them, the gashes completely gone from his body.
"Im not going to ask how." Izumi said, walking over to Cloud after a short time, "Im just going to say that Im glad your back."
Cloud smiled and looked up at her and the others, "Thanks." He then stood up, carefully holding Rain in his arms, "And I don't exactly know how."
The group stood in awe for a few more seconds until Lavender said, "Don't ever do that again Cloud Light-Feather."
Cloud laughed, "Don't worry Lavender. I'm not planning on it."
"Im glad to see that your all ok..." A voice came from behind them. Everyone turned, surprised to see Zack standing behind them. He had a few open cuts and a nice gash on the side of his head... but nothing too serious. He smiled, "Luke managed to slam me into the ground pretty hard back there." He pointed to the side of his head, "But I managed to smash that controller thing he had." He laughed, "Then the stupid basterd tried to drown me."
"Im glad your ok Zack." Cloud said, "Common, lets get out of here."
They all agreed and began their climb out. LightStrike followed at the rear with Cloud, who carried Rain. Izumi and Rei were up front, and the others were all in between.
Zack waited until everyone else got some distance ahead of him then he stopped and turned to face Cloud, "How?" He asked.
"As far as I can tell LightStrike fused with us... then healed us. When he un-fused he took all the zoid parts with him, healing him." Cloud then sighed, "But that's just a guess."
Zack nodded.
"Common you guy's!" Rei yelled down from high above them, "Lets go already!"
"Get a damn move on it Cloud!" Izumi demanded, "Before Rei and me come and get you!"
Cloud laughed then said quietly to Zack, "It looks like those two have become pretty close, huh?"
Zack nodded then turned and continued climbing. Cloud followed not too far behind. Eventually they all made it to the top, and found Hiro actually conscious. He could barely walk so Zack helped him the rest of the way to the base. They all went through the giant waterfall, and just before Cloud followed he turned and looked at the rising bright crimson red sun. 'If from where your stading you can see the sky above...' He thought silently.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~10 years later~~~~~~~~~~~~
A young 28 year old sat on the rocks outside his home, watching his 6 year old son and daughter play in the water of the eternal falls. His son, a young, energetic little boy with silky silver shoulder length hair and bright blue eyes, stood knee deep in the clear water. His daughter, a thin, quiet young girl with long silver hair and silver eyes stood at the edge of the water, complaining slightly about how cold it was.
"Come on Nadia!" The boy called to his twin sister, splashing her slightly.
"Stop it Koh!" Nadia wined.
"Ok, that's enough you two." The man said, go inside and change your clothes... some friends are coming to visit us soon.
"Who!?" Koh asked curiously.
"Just some old friends... now do as I say and go get changed... your clothes are soaked."
"Ok papa." Nadia and Koh said together before running through the waterfall and inside. The man sighed and chuckled a bit. He was then startled out of his wits when someone came up from behind and grabbed his shoulder. "Hey, Hiro."
Hiro turned and looked behind him, "Izumi you scared me. Don't ever do that again." He smiled up at Rei and shook his hand, "Good to see you again too Rei."
Rei nodded returning the handshake, "Cute kids."
Hiro blushed a bit and smiled, "Yeah... a little too cute at times."
Izumi laughed and nodded, "Goji and Lavender have a runt of their own now. An annoying little brat who resembles his father so much its just damn scary."
"Annoying?" Goji asked coming up from behind Izumi, his son and wife standing behind him. Izumi was right, Goji and Lavenders son, who happened to be 8, resembled Goji unbelievably.
"You know what I meant Goji." Izumi laughed, she then turned to the young boy, "What took you so damn long Shiro? I told you not to let your mom and dad stay too much longer at the base."
Shiro ran up to her, "I told them to hurry but they wouldn't."
Izumi laughed and ruffled his hair. She looked up and noticed a blue hover cargo in the distance, "Her comes the Flugel and Blitz teams."
Leon and Tyra, who was now a part of the Flugel team, walked up with a little girl following slowly behind. The little girl hid behind Tyra's leg shyly, peeking around at the small group that was standing outside of the waterfall base.
"So..." Rei said bending over to look at the little girl, "You must be the kid Tyra and Leon have been talking about... what was your name again?"
"Hikari..." The little girl said quietly. She had brown hair, and looked allot like Leon.
"Hikari, huh?" Rei smiled, "And how old are you? 15... 16?"
Hikari giggled a bit and held up four fingers.
"Four huh?" Rei teased, "So... your not 16?"
"No!" Hikari said coming out from behind her mothers leg just as the rest of the Flugel and Blitz teams approached.
Orihime and Jemie approached with a young boy with brown hair and violet eyes. He was skinny and quiet, and wore a pair of glasses. He looked about 6 years old.
"Hi guy's." Hiro greeted them, then looked down at their son "So... you must be Will."
The boy nodded, "Uhh huh." He turned to face Izumi, "Where's Kristen?"
Izumi shook her head, "She's around here somewhere."
"Momy, daddy," A little girl came running up to Izumi and Rei, "Look what I found," She held up a small green lizard. The little girl had dark blue hair and dark eyes, and was kind of tall. She was 7 years old.
"Kristen why don't you go play with Will ok?" Rei said taking the poor lizard out of his daughters hands. He set it on the ground and watched it run off.
Next to walk up was Bit and Leena. They had a young son of 8 with blond hair and green eyes. He looked like both of his parents. Leena turned to him and said, "Why don't you go play with them too, Rion."
"Ok!" Rion ran off to join Kristen and Will.
The rest off the group showed up. Zack had married a young women by the name of April, and had a son by the names of Jessie. Jessie was tall and skinny, and had dark green green and wine red colored eyes like his mother. He wore a pair of glasses and was 8 years old.
Naomi and Brad didn't have any kids.
They all talked outside for a while before Cloud came out and joined them. Nadia and Koh followed at his heals and said at the same time, "Momy wants you people to all come in out of the cold."
Most of the group burst out laughing at the site of the two 6 year olds ordering them inside. They listened and followed, making their way to the main room (Which had been enlarged a bit,) where LightStrike and Rain were waiting.
"Momy!" Koh jumped up and into Rains arms, "Are all these people your friends?"
"Yes Koh... you've met most of them already. You should know that!" Rain answered. She smiled at the group and told them to sit.... then they all began to catch up on what had happened since the last time they saw each other...
~~~~~~~The End~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you liked it. Long chapter... sleepy.... anyways, like I said, I might do a sequel.... leave your e-mails just in case.
Once again, Thanks allot everyone... I would have never continued with out all the support and Im extremely happy that you enjoyed this story. I will e-mail you if I do decide to continue.
The song in the chapter is from The legend of the dragoons, and no I don't own it... And yes I do know its a bit... sappy.
And thanks to all of you who mentioned my dad. He's ok, it's just he has allot of breathing problems and he goes into the hospital ALLOT. I hate it cuz he spends more time there than he should. He's not even allowed to work anymore...
anyways, Im glad you liked the last chapter, and thanks... As for a sequel, im seriously thinking about it. Leave your emails again (cuz I lost some of them ^.^) and I'll tell you if I do decide to make another sequel, or trilogy or whatever its called. Anyways, on with chapter 17!
CHAPTER 17
Izumi jumped out of her zoid and ran over to the edge of the cliff, peering down into the darkness. They were pretty high up and due to the rain, she couldn't see the bottom... or the two zoids that had gone tumbling off the edge.
Suddenly the edge of the cliff that she was standing on broke off and Izumi began to tumble. She tried to jump back but the rain caused her to slip forward. She heard someone shout out her name, but was unable to tell who it was, the harsh winds and rain drowned out the voice. She closed her eyes and thought 'Oh, hell, Im dead... Im gonna fall.'
Except she didn't. She felt the grasp of a strong hand around her wrist. Looking up she found herself staring strait into the face of none other than Rei. The hatred and anger that had burned in his eyes toward Luke had completely vanished, leaving pure worry. He gently pulled her up, and back over the edge of the cliff, "Izumi, are you ok?"
Izumi caught her breath, and he helped her stand up, "Yeah thanks Rei."
Rei sighed of pure relief, happy that Izumi wasn't hurt. He turned around at the voice of someone coming from behind, "Are you two ok?"
Hiro climbed off of LightStrikes back and looked the two over, "I saw Izumi go over the cliff then I saw that you ran after he Rei... I wasn't sure If you fell too or what."
"We're ok." Izumi stated, she then looked behind Hiro, noticing that the others, including Orihime, were starting to appear on the cliff top as well. Slowly but surely they all made it... except for Rain and Cloud.
Some of the warriors looked pretty beat up and others looked like they hadn't received any wounds at all. Orihime looked around at the group, "Is everyone ok?" Everyone either nodded, said yeah, or groaned in response. Bit and a few of the others complained about having to climb the cliffs.
Orihime then looked over at Rei and Izumi, "What happened with Zack and Luke?"
"They went off the edge," Izumi said nodding her head toward the cliff. The others all walked over and peered down carefully, all unable to see through the darkness.
"Where's Cloud and Rain?" Bit asked.
"Im... Im here." Came a familiar voice from behind them. They all turned to see Cloud standing behind them clutching the wound on his chest. He was breathing kind of hard, and looked worn out, "I flew here as fast as I could. Gabrielle is unconscious and the Choker is off her neck." He wiped a bit of his wet silver hair from in front of his eyes, "Where is Rain?"
Rei shook his head, "We don't know... all we know is that Zack and Luke went over the cliff. What's down there anyway Cloud?... it looks awfully deep, and we can't see a thing. It looks like a longer drop than the rest of the cliffs."
"That's because it is." Cloud answered walking over to look down. "It's like a kind of crater. It's really deep and there is a spring down there." He sighed, "The waterfall base, as you all know, is kinda in the shape of an arch. Well the water comes from that spring down there."
"I see." Orihime said, she was about to say something else when she stopped, LightStrike had begun to growl, making them all turn around and become surprised by what they saw.
There, standing at the edge of the cliff was the Tenshi. She dragged her sword on the rocky ground, her hand loosely holding the handle. He silver and gold emotionless eyes pierced everyone's hearts filling them with sadness and despair. She just stood there, staring at them, not making any attempt to attack, the rain beating down on her ivory colored skin, and her angel like wings now folded, then energy from them gone. All time seemed frozen until Cloud whispered, "Rain."
Rain seemed to acknowledge that he had said her name as she turned her head ever so slightly in his direction. She still made no attempt to attack, or do anything else for that matter.
"Why is she just standing there?" Tyra whispered quietly to Cloud, "Isn't she supposed to be trying to kill us?"
"Probably because she's either waiting for new orders from Luke... or..." He turned to look at Tyra, "Lukes controller had been destroyed."
Rain suddenly tightened her grip on her sword as her wings fluttered slightly. She lunged, strait at the closest person... Izumi. Her sword was pointed strait at Izumi's heart.
Nobody was expecting it. The all gasped as Rain stopped suddenly, the tip of her sword only inches away from Izumi's skin. She seemed to struggle a bit within herself. She loosened the grip on her sword and it clattered to the rock face. She then fell onto her knees.
Cloud quickly walked over and reached down at her neck. He grabbed the blue Lopaz Lazuli choker gently and pulled, snapping it off. The young girl gasped slightly and closed her eyes as she began to fall forward, only to be caught by the shoulders by Cloud. Gently he picked her up and brushed the hair out from in front of her eyes.
She slowly opened her eyes and looked up at the person that held her, "...Cloud...?"
He nodded and gave her a slight squeeze, "Yeah... It's me."
Tears began to form in Rains eyes as she reached her arms around her neck and hugged him as tight as she could, quietly she whispered, "I missed you so much and saw what Luke did to you I couldn't believe it...."
Rain then looked around at everyone else, all of her old friends were there.... Izumi, Tyra, Lavender, Goji, Bit, Leena, Jemie, Brad, Leon, Naomi, Orihime, Rei, and... Hiro?
"Hiro?" She asked, "What are you doing here?"
"He joined up with us against Luke... He protected you when Luke tried to shoot you." Leon explained.
"I knew that you would eventually see that Luke was wrong." Rain smiled, "Thanks."
Hiro nodded as Rain continued to look them over... she then noticed something, "Where is Ryuji?"
"He got pretty hurt." Brad said, "So we put him in the infirmary of your base."
"Oh...." She looked down at the ground, "He didn't... he didn't get hurt because of me... did he?"
Izumi and Rei looked at each other and held their breath. Izumi stepped forward and shook her head, "No." Rain looked up at her, "No. He got hurt because of Luke."
Rei nodded, "Yeah."
LightStrike began to nudge Rain slightly as he growled worriedly. She looked up at the organoid, "I missed you too buddy..." She gave him a hug and said, "Im glad you got Rei to the others."
There was a sudden clink of mettle and swish of wings as something nobody had ever expected happened.
Hiro, the only one who saw it coming, jumped forward, "Rain look out!" He ran in front of her just in time to save her from the attack from the flame colored sword. Everyone turned, surprised by what they saw. Even Cloud hadn't seen Gabrielle come at them.
"Hiro!" Rain cried as he collapsed, a large gash down his chest. She looked up at the laughing Gabrielle.
"Damn... and I wanted to kill you once and for all you little brat..." Gabrielle stated, her menacing olive green eyes flashing.
Suddenly there was a roar from behind them. Even Gabrielle wasn't expecting it and looked. Kaiser rose above the cliffs, its battered, sleek body shining from the hundreds of drops of rain beating off of it. Lukes voice filled the air, "Your friend down there took me quite a while to handle... unfortunately for him, Kaiser was more than a challenge." He chuckled a bit, "Ah I see that all of my demi-humans have gained control of themselves.... This is all your fault Cloud Light-Feather!!"
The Kaiser swept forward toward Cloud quickly, its front arm outstretch to try and hit him. The rest of the group either jumped out of the way, or ducked, getting out of the way of the black dragon zoid. Cloud elevated, flapping his large, silver and gold wings, trying to lead Luke away from the others.
"This just keeps getting more and more interesting!" Gabrielle shrieked as she lunged at Rain.
The group watched in horror as the two fights began. Luke and Kaiser against Cloud, and Gabrielle against Rain.
Gabrielle tackled Rain and slammed her into a large rock back first. Rain cried out in pain as she felt the supports of her wings break. She fell into a heap on the ground, Gabrielle starring down at her. The demon smiled and said, "You were supposed to be the strongest out of us? Don't make me laugh. Your pathetic."
Gabrielle was suddenly thrown down by LightStrike. The silver organoid tackled her, and pinned her to the ground roaring loudly.
"Damn you!" She swung her sword around and opened a gash all down the organoids side. She then pushed him off.
"LightStrike!" Rain cried as she stood shakily to her feet. She watched as the organoid collapsed, and the color in its eyes faded out, "Im... Im going to kill you!" She ran at Gabrielle, sword drawn. The two of them began to sword fight furiously.
The group watched on as Cloud led the Kaiser higher and higher. Luke began to laugh, "What, trying to protect your friends? It doesn't matter... I kill them once Im done with you."
Cloud smirked and picked up speed. He then did a turned around, mid-air, and began flying full speed towards the dragon zoid. He pulled up at the last second, and let Kaiser fly below him. He grabbed onto the dragons back, and pulled himself up to its neck. He brought his blades down, opening two deep gashes. The zoid roared in pain and Cloud thought 'sorry Kaiser.' He reached into one of the gashes and grabbed onto some wires, then tore them right out.
Kaiser roared again as Luke cursed, "Cloud! Your father would be ashamed of you!"
"No." He answered angrily, "Father would be ashamed of you Luke."
Luke was suddenly scared as the lights went out inside the cockpit and the Kaiser fell. It dropped like a stone, all power cut off from its cockpit.
Cloud sighed and looked back at the fight between Gabrielle and Rain, horrified by what he saw. Rains back was to the crater of the cliff, her feet directly on the edge. She had lost her sword and Gabrielle stood smugly. Both demi-humans wings had been damaged, neither able to fly. Gabrielle smirked then lunged, impaling Rain through the stomach.
"Rain!" Cloud screamed. He went into a dive, trying to reach his little sister.
Izumi and the others were unable to reach the two demi-humans in time. She stopped dead in her tracks as Gabrielle's sword impaled the young girl, Rain, the tenshi... her friend. Tears welled up in her eyes as she heard Rain gasp.
Rain didn't scream or cry. She gasped, not believing the pain that she felt as the flame colored sword ran through her stomach. Pain filled her body along with one other thought.... Gabrielle had left herself open in her attack.
Rain grabbed onto Gabrielle's arm and dug her fingers into her skin. She used her last bit of strength to say, "If im gonna die and go to hell... your coming with me."
Rain fell backwards, dragging Gabrielle with her, just as Cloud landed about twenty feet away. He ran towards them, but was unable to reach the two before they fell off the cliff and into the dark crater.
Cloud jumped after them, his wings spread and one thought on his mind... save Rain.
The others reached the cliff just as Cloud jumped off, and looked down. Gabrielle had managed to pull herself away from Rain, but was still unable to fly due to the damage on her wings. She fell silently, knowing that she was about to die.
Rain, on the other hand, was unconscious. The rain beat down on her thin body. Her long silver hair flowed like silk and her broken wings fluttered slightly. Blood escaped from her wound as she fell, staining her pure white silk dress a crimson red.
Cloud dove, his wings folded in an attempt to gain speed. He was only feet away from his little sister. He reached out his hand and tried to reach her frail body, and within seconds he succeeded. He managed to positions himself so that he was underneath her, and he held her shoulders. One problem... they were still falling.
The group watched as the three demi-humans disappeared into the darkness. Izumi cursed and knelt over the edge... still unable to see anything. She slammed her fists onto the ground.
The others also had similar responses. Tyra tried to hold her tears back... but couldn't. She began to cry and turned to bury her face into Leon's chest. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tight, "Shhh. It will be ok..." He whispered, even though he was unsure himself.
Lavender went into a fit of cursing as she stomped around. She also had tears in her eyes. She turned and hit Goji in the chest with anger... she wanted so bad to try and help Cloud and Rain... yet was unable to do anything.... she needed something to hit, and Goji just happened to be the closest thing to her. He let her hit him, then when she had stopped, grabbed her shoulders and sat her on a rock. He sat next to her and wiped the tears off her cheeks, his face still as emotionless as ever, but his eyes showing sadness.
Orihime didn't cry, she just stood there looking over the cliff with Jemie standing next to her. She shivered slightly and he took off his coat and draped it about her shoulders. She hugged his arm, hoping that her two friends were ok.
Naomi and brad just stood side by side at the edge of the cliff, staring into the darkness. They didn't say anything or do anything, they just stood there quietly... While Leena sat in Bits arms on another rock. She was crying, and he had his head rested on hers, his eyes closed shut.
Izumi had stopped crying. Her dark hair was matted to her head and she had a look of anger on her pretty face. Her hands were clenched and her knuckles were white. She sighed angrily and turned to face Rei. She simply stated, "The two of them will be ok." Rei nodded, "Yes. Everything will be ok..."
Izumi cursed and turned back to the cliff, "Damn it to hell. They better be ok..." Then she did much the same thing that Lavender had done. She turned and began to hit Rei, except he grabbed her wrists to stop her and said, "Im climbing down. They will be down at the bottom, and Im going to get to them. You can come with me if you want, or you can stay here and cry about it." He then loosened his grip and smiled mockingly at her, "But I know your stronger than that."
Rei dropped her wrists then walked over to a small overhang. He found a small path, just big enough for about two people to walk along. It was pretty steep and unstable, but he continued anyway.
"Damn it Rei." Izumi called, "Wait up." She caught up with him and eventually one by one the others followed.
Meanwhile, Cloud had managed to get underneath Rains falling body. He spread his wings in an attempt to slow them down, but the added weight of Rains body and the speed that they were falling just caused him to jerk towards the wall face slightly. He cursed as he saw the ground coming up at them. He spread his wings wider, rubbing up against the cliffs. He winced at his wings broke and tore, the rocks tearing them to shreds as he slowed slightly. The Cliffs side became less steep and soon began to get somewhat flat. He crashed into the now not so steep cliff face and skidded to a stop, his body cut, bruised and battered, an unconscious, bloody Rain in his arms.
He sat for a long time, unable to move from pain. He looked down at his little sister. She had other cuts besides the one that Gabrielle had given her now, and she had crimson spots all over her white dress. Her wings were broken in a few places, and blood seeped from the spot where her wings melted into her back. Blood also was seeping from her mouth slightly.
"Cloud!" Rei yelled from across the crater. The rain began to dim just as the horizon began to get light. Cloud looked over at the approaching group, then back down at his little sister. Her breathing was short and her skin was icy cold. She was even more pale than before and her lips were a soft shade of purplish blue.
He looked up at the sky, its pitch black of night was beginning to turn a soft shade of purple and pink. The Rain had cleared and Rei, Izumi and the others had almost made it to them.
"C....Cloud...."
Cloud looked down at the young girl in his arms. her eyes were slightly opened and her lips were slightly apart. She was looking up at the sky which had now had the first glimpses of the sun, "That.... that always... reminds... me of.... of mothers song..." She whispered quietly, "You know.... the one papa always.... said that you sing good..."
Cloud looked down at her... then smiled slightly... he remembered now, "You mean the one father always said WE sing really good?" He sighed, "Not just me."
"Nuh uhh." Rain shook her head slowly and slightly, "You.... sing it good..... Not me." She paused for a second, "Will... will.... you sing it.... for me?"
"Rain..."
"P...please!"
Cloud closed his eyes, "I hate that song Rain... you know that."
"But... you sing it... so good..."
"But..."
"Please.... just once more..."
"It's so mushy though..." He sighed... It was a love song, A girly love song at that.... and he couldn't stand love songs... But Rain wanted it so much...
"Please..."
"If it will make you happy." Cloud cleared his throat and took a breath, then he began to sing, gently, as if his voice itself could hurt the dying girl in his arms. It was a long song, easy to the ear, and with many many hidden meanings withing the lines. It was a song that their mother had enjoyed...
I had a dream, that I could fly, I could feel each moment as time goes by We'd never be to far away, You would always be here I heard you say.
I never thought, Thought that it would be our last goodbye. I still can dream, That one day love will fall out from the sky
Do you still remember all the time that has gone by? Do you still believe that love can fall out from the sky? If from where your standing, you can see the sky above, I'll be waiting for you, if you still believe in love.
Find a way to bring back yesterday Find a way to love I hope we stay When tomorrow becomes today Love will find a way.
I'll be waiting for you, In my heart you are the one If I cannot find you, I will look up to the sun. If from where your standing, you can see the sky above. I'll be waiting for you, If you still believe in love.
Do you still remember, all the time that has gone by? Do you still believe that love can fall out from the sky? If from where your standing, you can see the sky above I'll be waiting for you, If you still believe in love.
Cloud sat, holding Rains tattered body. She sighed, smiled and closed here eyes, her cold body shivering slightly, "Th...Thank you... big brother..." With that her body fell limp in his arms, her head rested on his strong chest. Her breathing slowed and stopped, and Cloud let a tear escape from his eyes. The tear fell and stuck the young girls silky silver hair.
The group had made it to them in time to hear the end of the song and Rains last words. All of them stood speechless and saddened, and almost all of them had tears streaming from their eyes. Complete silence rang in the air, not even the sound of the eternal waterfall of the other side of the crater seemed to reach their ears. Birds ceased to sing and the wind quieted its whispering.
Cloud stroked a hand through his sisters hair, his strong hands as gentle as a feather. He closed his eyes and rested his head on top of Rains. Her cold skin seemed to pain his every muscle, "I love you Rain."
Then the sudden flash of light shone in his eyes. The bright glare of the sun was reflecting of of the small silver organoids armor. LightStrike stood, his body battered, looking strait into Clouds own two silver eyes.
LightStrike roared and shot up in a bright streak of light. soaring high above the group. He paused momentarily in the air, then dove, strait at the two demi-humans.
A bright silvery light enveloped them, blinding the watching group of people. When Izumi could see, she only saw a bight dome of pure white light where her two friends once sat. She and the others stood and waited, unable to think of what to do.
Inside the light Cloud felt something warm flow through his body. He looked down at himself and was amazed to see armor healing. The gashes in it closed up and faded, as if they never existed. He was then even more amazed to see that the wounds on his skin were healing. The blood disappeared, and the wounds closed up becoming nothing but faint scars. He looked down at Rain, new hope in his soul.
Yes! Rain was healing as well. He felt the warmth return to her body and he was relieved to feel her start breathing again. Some color returned to her pale skin, and her lips were no longer the bluish purple they once had been. She opened her eyes and looked up at him, the two bright colors of her eyes filled with warmth and life. She smiled and closed her eyes again, falling into a deep sleep, holding tight to her brothers strong arms.
Then Cloud noticed something else. The armor, it was disappearing. He watched, and felt, as all of the mettle disappeared from his body, then Rains.
When the light faded Izumi was shocked to see Cloud sitting with his arms around Rain. Then she and the others all noticed the same thing at the same time.... they were normal again. LightStrike stood looking down on them, the gashes completely gone from his body.
"Im not going to ask how." Izumi said, walking over to Cloud after a short time, "Im just going to say that Im glad your back."
Cloud smiled and looked up at her and the others, "Thanks." He then stood up, carefully holding Rain in his arms, "And I don't exactly know how."
The group stood in awe for a few more seconds until Lavender said, "Don't ever do that again Cloud Light-Feather."
Cloud laughed, "Don't worry Lavender. I'm not planning on it."
"Im glad to see that your all ok..." A voice came from behind them. Everyone turned, surprised to see Zack standing behind them. He had a few open cuts and a nice gash on the side of his head... but nothing too serious. He smiled, "Luke managed to slam me into the ground pretty hard back there." He pointed to the side of his head, "But I managed to smash that controller thing he had." He laughed, "Then the stupid basterd tried to drown me."
"Im glad your ok Zack." Cloud said, "Common, lets get out of here."
They all agreed and began their climb out. LightStrike followed at the rear with Cloud, who carried Rain. Izumi and Rei were up front, and the others were all in between.
Zack waited until everyone else got some distance ahead of him then he stopped and turned to face Cloud, "How?" He asked.
"As far as I can tell LightStrike fused with us... then healed us. When he un-fused he took all the zoid parts with him, healing him." Cloud then sighed, "But that's just a guess."
Zack nodded.
"Common you guy's!" Rei yelled down from high above them, "Lets go already!"
"Get a damn move on it Cloud!" Izumi demanded, "Before Rei and me come and get you!"
Cloud laughed then said quietly to Zack, "It looks like those two have become pretty close, huh?"
Zack nodded then turned and continued climbing. Cloud followed not too far behind. Eventually they all made it to the top, and found Hiro actually conscious. He could barely walk so Zack helped him the rest of the way to the base. They all went through the giant waterfall, and just before Cloud followed he turned and looked at the rising bright crimson red sun. 'If from where your stading you can see the sky above...' He thought silently.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~10 years later~~~~~~~~~~~~
A young 28 year old sat on the rocks outside his home, watching his 6 year old son and daughter play in the water of the eternal falls. His son, a young, energetic little boy with silky silver shoulder length hair and bright blue eyes, stood knee deep in the clear water. His daughter, a thin, quiet young girl with long silver hair and silver eyes stood at the edge of the water, complaining slightly about how cold it was.
"Come on Nadia!" The boy called to his twin sister, splashing her slightly.
"Stop it Koh!" Nadia wined.
"Ok, that's enough you two." The man said, go inside and change your clothes... some friends are coming to visit us soon.
"Who!?" Koh asked curiously.
"Just some old friends... now do as I say and go get changed... your clothes are soaked."
"Ok papa." Nadia and Koh said together before running through the waterfall and inside. The man sighed and chuckled a bit. He was then startled out of his wits when someone came up from behind and grabbed his shoulder. "Hey, Hiro."
Hiro turned and looked behind him, "Izumi you scared me. Don't ever do that again." He smiled up at Rei and shook his hand, "Good to see you again too Rei."
Rei nodded returning the handshake, "Cute kids."
Hiro blushed a bit and smiled, "Yeah... a little too cute at times."
Izumi laughed and nodded, "Goji and Lavender have a runt of their own now. An annoying little brat who resembles his father so much its just damn scary."
"Annoying?" Goji asked coming up from behind Izumi, his son and wife standing behind him. Izumi was right, Goji and Lavenders son, who happened to be 8, resembled Goji unbelievably.
"You know what I meant Goji." Izumi laughed, she then turned to the young boy, "What took you so damn long Shiro? I told you not to let your mom and dad stay too much longer at the base."
Shiro ran up to her, "I told them to hurry but they wouldn't."
Izumi laughed and ruffled his hair. She looked up and noticed a blue hover cargo in the distance, "Her comes the Flugel and Blitz teams."
Leon and Tyra, who was now a part of the Flugel team, walked up with a little girl following slowly behind. The little girl hid behind Tyra's leg shyly, peeking around at the small group that was standing outside of the waterfall base.
"So..." Rei said bending over to look at the little girl, "You must be the kid Tyra and Leon have been talking about... what was your name again?"
"Hikari..." The little girl said quietly. She had brown hair, and looked allot like Leon.
"Hikari, huh?" Rei smiled, "And how old are you? 15... 16?"
Hikari giggled a bit and held up four fingers.
"Four huh?" Rei teased, "So... your not 16?"
"No!" Hikari said coming out from behind her mothers leg just as the rest of the Flugel and Blitz teams approached.
Orihime and Jemie approached with a young boy with brown hair and violet eyes. He was skinny and quiet, and wore a pair of glasses. He looked about 6 years old.
"Hi guy's." Hiro greeted them, then looked down at their son "So... you must be Will."
The boy nodded, "Uhh huh." He turned to face Izumi, "Where's Kristen?"
Izumi shook her head, "She's around here somewhere."
"Momy, daddy," A little girl came running up to Izumi and Rei, "Look what I found," She held up a small green lizard. The little girl had dark blue hair and dark eyes, and was kind of tall. She was 7 years old.
"Kristen why don't you go play with Will ok?" Rei said taking the poor lizard out of his daughters hands. He set it on the ground and watched it run off.
Next to walk up was Bit and Leena. They had a young son of 8 with blond hair and green eyes. He looked like both of his parents. Leena turned to him and said, "Why don't you go play with them too, Rion."
"Ok!" Rion ran off to join Kristen and Will.
The rest off the group showed up. Zack had married a young women by the name of April, and had a son by the names of Jessie. Jessie was tall and skinny, and had dark green green and wine red colored eyes like his mother. He wore a pair of glasses and was 8 years old.
Naomi and Brad didn't have any kids.
They all talked outside for a while before Cloud came out and joined them. Nadia and Koh followed at his heals and said at the same time, "Momy wants you people to all come in out of the cold."
Most of the group burst out laughing at the site of the two 6 year olds ordering them inside. They listened and followed, making their way to the main room (Which had been enlarged a bit,) where LightStrike and Rain were waiting.
"Momy!" Koh jumped up and into Rains arms, "Are all these people your friends?"
"Yes Koh... you've met most of them already. You should know that!" Rain answered. She smiled at the group and told them to sit.... then they all began to catch up on what had happened since the last time they saw each other...
~~~~~~~The End~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you liked it. Long chapter... sleepy.... anyways, like I said, I might do a sequel.... leave your e-mails just in case.
Once again, Thanks allot everyone... I would have never continued with out all the support and Im extremely happy that you enjoyed this story. I will e-mail you if I do decide to continue.
The song in the chapter is from The legend of the dragoons, and no I don't own it... And yes I do know its a bit... sappy.