(Hmmm...DOES Ansem smoke crack? *glares at Ansem who is somehow standing
next to her*
Ansem: *nervous sweatdrop* I have...no idea what you're talking about! *looks veeeeeeeeery suspicious*
Suuuuure ya don't Ansey-man. *holds out hand* Drugs are bad. Hand 'em over.
Ansem: *hands over large stash of various drugs he kept hidden in his coat*
o_O Oh my...well, it looks like he _does_ smoke crack. Along with a large assortment of other things...hey, hold on a sec'...*glares menacingly at Ansem* What are you doing in my computer room?
Ansem: Errr...well look at the time! I must be going...*starts to inch away*
Oh, don't think you're gettin' away that easy! *smashes him over the head with the Miruki*
Ansem: x_X
-Di learned Chibi Summon spell 'Ansem'. Recieved Key item 'Ansem's Coat'.-
...*crazed, evil grin*
Naomi(who just walked into the room): O...kay. Umm, please ignore the scene before you and enjoy the fic! ^_^; )
~Five Millenia~
As one could most likely guess from all that had happened, Cloud was walking once again. However it was not on the forested Endless Road, but the echoing hallways of Hollow Bastion. There was no one there at all, save for himself and the man called Ansem. He actually found that he enjoyed the lack of human life in the place.
*Hunters...there are others here...*
'Hunters? Other Hunters?'
*Yes! Those of Spirit, Wind, and Light, they are here in this place!*
Cloud glanced over at Ansem, suspicion rising within him once again. Before a word could leave his lips, however, the other man smirked.
"You are correct in the assumption that other Hunters are here."
"Why? Why are they here? And why couldn't I sense their presance?"
"They are in a form of suspended animation. Neccisary to keep them alive until their powers have fully manifested themselves. Or so I am told. As to why you cannot sense them, I haven't the slightest."
"You don't know?"
Ansem shook his head, expression becoming thoughtfully blank.
"I am merely here to explain all that I know to them upon awakening. A Guide."
Cloud nodded. He could buy that.
Thus the two again lapsed into silence, continuing their walk down the hall. Yeah, this man seemed to know everything and then some about his current predicament. Well, almost everything, anyway. It had actually been a good idea to go with him, though he would not make a habit of following strange people, even if they _did_ know something helpful. After a few more minutes, they turned right into a room filled with colored lights and moving platforms. Ansem stepped onto one of the stationary platforms, then turned to Cloud, waiting for him to follow suit. The warrior shrugged and stepped onto it as well.
It began to move almost instantly,taking them upwards on it's glowing track, which was aparently made from energy. And Cloud was definately glad when they reached the end and were walking again, though his motion sickness had not taken hold of him on this ride, nor on the ride in Thomas' unsteady cart on the trip along the Endless Road. Despite his lack of solid memories, he distinctly recalled having motion sickness before. So why not now. Wait...who cared? After all, it was better _not_ to complain. He had not been particularly fond of the ailment.
They had now entered another room, this one was more...old fashioned in a way. Murals decorated the walls, each one seeming to tell a story, of spirits and mystic doors. There was a symbol on the far wall of a pair of twined hearts with a crown inside. And there were five glass spheres. Two were completely fogged over, two were perfectly transparent, and one...
"Hmm..." Ansem mused, approaching the shattered glass bubble. "It seems one of the Hunters woke while I was gone..."
"Whoever it was is long gone," Cloud said. "They left a long time ago."
This recieved a frown from the silver haired man.
"Well I suppose there's nothing I can do now anyway. It will have to be left alone until later."
Cloud took little interest in the missing Hunter, turning his attention to the closest sphere, one of the transparent ones. Inside was a young man, no older than he was, with unkempt brown hair that fell just past his ears and a long scar between his eyes. Ansem gllanced over his shoulder at the sphere's occupant.
"Well, it seems this young Hunter will awaken soon."
"Which is he?"
"Squall Leonhart. The Spirit Hunter. It's odd though... I'd have expected the Light Hunter to awaken just after the Shadow Hunter..."
"Hey, maybe it's 'cause I was never asleep in the first place."
"Never...what?!"
Cloud blinked.
"Yeah! I haven't slept since...whenever it was my world was destroyed. Why, is that a bad thing?"
Ansem's eyes widened, but only enough to be noticeable.
"You world...was destroyed five millenia ago."
(Whoa...Cloud's pretty old...
Cloud: Hey!
Er...no offense...but anyways, I have an important question for the reviewers. Who do you all think would be a better replacement for Maleficent? Ultimecia(FF8) or Eve(Parasite Eve)? Oh, and an important announcement. Instead of there being five fics in this Hunters series, there are gonna be four instead. Yeah. Well anyway, please Review!)
-Diamond Weapon
(P.S.: Thanks to Tears of Stardust for the review that gave me the idea for the fic opener! (as dumb as it is, but oh well! ^_^;))
Ansem: *nervous sweatdrop* I have...no idea what you're talking about! *looks veeeeeeeeery suspicious*
Suuuuure ya don't Ansey-man. *holds out hand* Drugs are bad. Hand 'em over.
Ansem: *hands over large stash of various drugs he kept hidden in his coat*
o_O Oh my...well, it looks like he _does_ smoke crack. Along with a large assortment of other things...hey, hold on a sec'...*glares menacingly at Ansem* What are you doing in my computer room?
Ansem: Errr...well look at the time! I must be going...*starts to inch away*
Oh, don't think you're gettin' away that easy! *smashes him over the head with the Miruki*
Ansem: x_X
-Di learned Chibi Summon spell 'Ansem'. Recieved Key item 'Ansem's Coat'.-
...*crazed, evil grin*
Naomi(who just walked into the room): O...kay. Umm, please ignore the scene before you and enjoy the fic! ^_^; )
~Five Millenia~
As one could most likely guess from all that had happened, Cloud was walking once again. However it was not on the forested Endless Road, but the echoing hallways of Hollow Bastion. There was no one there at all, save for himself and the man called Ansem. He actually found that he enjoyed the lack of human life in the place.
*Hunters...there are others here...*
'Hunters? Other Hunters?'
*Yes! Those of Spirit, Wind, and Light, they are here in this place!*
Cloud glanced over at Ansem, suspicion rising within him once again. Before a word could leave his lips, however, the other man smirked.
"You are correct in the assumption that other Hunters are here."
"Why? Why are they here? And why couldn't I sense their presance?"
"They are in a form of suspended animation. Neccisary to keep them alive until their powers have fully manifested themselves. Or so I am told. As to why you cannot sense them, I haven't the slightest."
"You don't know?"
Ansem shook his head, expression becoming thoughtfully blank.
"I am merely here to explain all that I know to them upon awakening. A Guide."
Cloud nodded. He could buy that.
Thus the two again lapsed into silence, continuing their walk down the hall. Yeah, this man seemed to know everything and then some about his current predicament. Well, almost everything, anyway. It had actually been a good idea to go with him, though he would not make a habit of following strange people, even if they _did_ know something helpful. After a few more minutes, they turned right into a room filled with colored lights and moving platforms. Ansem stepped onto one of the stationary platforms, then turned to Cloud, waiting for him to follow suit. The warrior shrugged and stepped onto it as well.
It began to move almost instantly,taking them upwards on it's glowing track, which was aparently made from energy. And Cloud was definately glad when they reached the end and were walking again, though his motion sickness had not taken hold of him on this ride, nor on the ride in Thomas' unsteady cart on the trip along the Endless Road. Despite his lack of solid memories, he distinctly recalled having motion sickness before. So why not now. Wait...who cared? After all, it was better _not_ to complain. He had not been particularly fond of the ailment.
They had now entered another room, this one was more...old fashioned in a way. Murals decorated the walls, each one seeming to tell a story, of spirits and mystic doors. There was a symbol on the far wall of a pair of twined hearts with a crown inside. And there were five glass spheres. Two were completely fogged over, two were perfectly transparent, and one...
"Hmm..." Ansem mused, approaching the shattered glass bubble. "It seems one of the Hunters woke while I was gone..."
"Whoever it was is long gone," Cloud said. "They left a long time ago."
This recieved a frown from the silver haired man.
"Well I suppose there's nothing I can do now anyway. It will have to be left alone until later."
Cloud took little interest in the missing Hunter, turning his attention to the closest sphere, one of the transparent ones. Inside was a young man, no older than he was, with unkempt brown hair that fell just past his ears and a long scar between his eyes. Ansem gllanced over his shoulder at the sphere's occupant.
"Well, it seems this young Hunter will awaken soon."
"Which is he?"
"Squall Leonhart. The Spirit Hunter. It's odd though... I'd have expected the Light Hunter to awaken just after the Shadow Hunter..."
"Hey, maybe it's 'cause I was never asleep in the first place."
"Never...what?!"
Cloud blinked.
"Yeah! I haven't slept since...whenever it was my world was destroyed. Why, is that a bad thing?"
Ansem's eyes widened, but only enough to be noticeable.
"You world...was destroyed five millenia ago."
(Whoa...Cloud's pretty old...
Cloud: Hey!
Er...no offense...but anyways, I have an important question for the reviewers. Who do you all think would be a better replacement for Maleficent? Ultimecia(FF8) or Eve(Parasite Eve)? Oh, and an important announcement. Instead of there being five fics in this Hunters series, there are gonna be four instead. Yeah. Well anyway, please Review!)
-Diamond Weapon
(P.S.: Thanks to Tears of Stardust for the review that gave me the idea for the fic opener! (as dumb as it is, but oh well! ^_^;))