Chapter Seven: Running Love
By Kurohi Tatsaki
Disclaimer: I do not own Wild Arms 3, and I haven't beaten the game yet! It's a cool game, though! I wouldn't be writing a fic about it if I didn't think that!
"speaking", (thinking), ~(present thoughts in a flashback)~
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Wandering through the wasteland, Jet looked for his friend. In his eyes, Kurohi and himself were only friends.
But Kurohi...
He had recovered his memories quite quickly after that kiss...
...after he had fallen comatose for a few more days, the day after he had sat up on the roof with him. The long slumber he had endured was full of nightmares that left him screaming his name with tears down his face, unable to awaken from the horrors that held him so tightly. But the kiss still made his lips tingle from the very memory.
***Flashback***
The sun rose slowly across the horizon, eager to eliminate the traces of the previous rain. A lone figure sits atop the rafters of a home, throwing out his boomerang before catching it each time, paying no mind to his now slightly damp condition. A dark figure moves silently across the roof, spiky hair gone limp by the shower he had taken a few moments ago. It dripped to the tiling, falling like blood a mortal wound, but the splash was not as harsh as blood.
"So, this is where you've been. I was looking for you," he murmurs.
"Hn," replies the white-haired one.
The other male sits next to Jet, and asks softly, "...Can I sit here?"
He shrugs. "Free wasteland, isn't it?"
Kurohi, the soaked one, laughs softly, then is silent for a long moment. He then asks, "...Jet?"
Said boy looks Kurohi's way, but is silent.
"...I understand what I am feeling right now. I am not trapped in a daze like what I was used to. The one I love sits before me, with a cold exterior with a warm interior..." He pauses for breath. "He is my light that helps me through the darkness my soul creates... He knows what I am after, and I am willing to confirm what that is, if it will give me what I hope to obtain. He behaves like I would not like to be like, myself, but being who he is draws me like moths to flame. I hope he understands what he means to me; I hope he will return my feelings. If he does not, of my three souls, one will shatter, and, after a few years, repair itself again, even more feeble than before... So, koi, I'll follow you forever, whenever you choose to see me, I'll show myself to you..." He pauses to whisper huskily, "I'll give myself to you..." After another hesitation, he says, "So, choose what you will do about this at your own pace... I'm certain you'll find the answer at some point in time or another...... This is where I leave you; seek out your answer, and come tell me... I will be waiting... for all eternity."
First thing that came to Jet's mind was, (That sure is a mouthful!) but, instead, he murmurs, "...You remember, don't you?"
Kurohi's answer was a breathy kiss to the other boy's lips before he turned away, about to leave. "Not quite, but I'm remembering..." he murmurs. Jet's gloved hand reached out to him, and grasped the naked appendage that was Kurohi's lower arm. "...? What is it?"
"I'm getting a little cold. Let's go inside..." said the amethyst- eyed boy.
Noting the lust from the other boy, Kurohi giggled almost like the girl his hair sometimes told others that he was said female.
And for once he wouldn't have minded the comment.
***End Flashback***
...but a day later...
***Flashback***
"Jet-chan?"
~(Horrible rumors had spread about him... They had gotten to Humphrey's Peak, )~
"Shut up. I don't want to hear about your 'affections' crap!"
"I..." What had he done to receive Jet's cold shoulder? Was he in a bad mood?
"WHAT?!"
~(...And I believed them...)~
He pauses behind Jet. "...I don't think I should tell you one last time, then... since you're in such a bad mood..."
"What?!"
Grabbing his new jacket from the rack and putting it on, he grabbed his ARM, strapped it behind his back, and murmured, "Ai shiteiru... demo... sayonara.[1]" With that, he flits out the door.
(He sure has gotten fast...) he thinks for a split second, then Jet yells, "KUROHI...! WAIT!!"
***End Flashback***
The boy had been gone for months after. Jet had wandered and searched on his own, leaving his friends to save the world without him for the time being.
(Kurohi... I'm coming...) He pressed on. There was still time, right? Right?
Why did it hurt him so much? Why does it hurt that Kurohi left?
He went from town to town, asking if any weird happenings were going on lately. He wound up in Little Twister.
Angela pointed out that in the Unclean Mark, there was a strange beast that currently inhabited it. She had heard that it had large, black horns and claws larger than its head. It was a dragon, with how its structure was... a very slim one...... One that hadn't eaten in a long time.
Stranger enough, it had catlike ears behind those slim horns.
"Also," she had added. "It speaks human language. It says before it kills its victims, 'Never come back again. In fact, you won't be able to, because your carcass shall remain here, to remind me of everyone else I've harmed!' It's very weird. At least, that's what I've heard."
Jet nodded. "Thanks."
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[1] "Ai shiteiru" is Japanese for "I love you", "Demo" is Japanese for "But", "Sayonara" is Japanese for "Good-bye"
By Kurohi Tatsaki
Disclaimer: I do not own Wild Arms 3, and I haven't beaten the game yet! It's a cool game, though! I wouldn't be writing a fic about it if I didn't think that!
"speaking", (thinking), ~(present thoughts in a flashback)~
*************************************
Wandering through the wasteland, Jet looked for his friend. In his eyes, Kurohi and himself were only friends.
But Kurohi...
He had recovered his memories quite quickly after that kiss...
...after he had fallen comatose for a few more days, the day after he had sat up on the roof with him. The long slumber he had endured was full of nightmares that left him screaming his name with tears down his face, unable to awaken from the horrors that held him so tightly. But the kiss still made his lips tingle from the very memory.
***Flashback***
The sun rose slowly across the horizon, eager to eliminate the traces of the previous rain. A lone figure sits atop the rafters of a home, throwing out his boomerang before catching it each time, paying no mind to his now slightly damp condition. A dark figure moves silently across the roof, spiky hair gone limp by the shower he had taken a few moments ago. It dripped to the tiling, falling like blood a mortal wound, but the splash was not as harsh as blood.
"So, this is where you've been. I was looking for you," he murmurs.
"Hn," replies the white-haired one.
The other male sits next to Jet, and asks softly, "...Can I sit here?"
He shrugs. "Free wasteland, isn't it?"
Kurohi, the soaked one, laughs softly, then is silent for a long moment. He then asks, "...Jet?"
Said boy looks Kurohi's way, but is silent.
"...I understand what I am feeling right now. I am not trapped in a daze like what I was used to. The one I love sits before me, with a cold exterior with a warm interior..." He pauses for breath. "He is my light that helps me through the darkness my soul creates... He knows what I am after, and I am willing to confirm what that is, if it will give me what I hope to obtain. He behaves like I would not like to be like, myself, but being who he is draws me like moths to flame. I hope he understands what he means to me; I hope he will return my feelings. If he does not, of my three souls, one will shatter, and, after a few years, repair itself again, even more feeble than before... So, koi, I'll follow you forever, whenever you choose to see me, I'll show myself to you..." He pauses to whisper huskily, "I'll give myself to you..." After another hesitation, he says, "So, choose what you will do about this at your own pace... I'm certain you'll find the answer at some point in time or another...... This is where I leave you; seek out your answer, and come tell me... I will be waiting... for all eternity."
First thing that came to Jet's mind was, (That sure is a mouthful!) but, instead, he murmurs, "...You remember, don't you?"
Kurohi's answer was a breathy kiss to the other boy's lips before he turned away, about to leave. "Not quite, but I'm remembering..." he murmurs. Jet's gloved hand reached out to him, and grasped the naked appendage that was Kurohi's lower arm. "...? What is it?"
"I'm getting a little cold. Let's go inside..." said the amethyst- eyed boy.
Noting the lust from the other boy, Kurohi giggled almost like the girl his hair sometimes told others that he was said female.
And for once he wouldn't have minded the comment.
***End Flashback***
...but a day later...
***Flashback***
"Jet-chan?"
~(Horrible rumors had spread about him... They had gotten to Humphrey's Peak, )~
"Shut up. I don't want to hear about your 'affections' crap!"
"I..." What had he done to receive Jet's cold shoulder? Was he in a bad mood?
"WHAT?!"
~(...And I believed them...)~
He pauses behind Jet. "...I don't think I should tell you one last time, then... since you're in such a bad mood..."
"What?!"
Grabbing his new jacket from the rack and putting it on, he grabbed his ARM, strapped it behind his back, and murmured, "Ai shiteiru... demo... sayonara.[1]" With that, he flits out the door.
(He sure has gotten fast...) he thinks for a split second, then Jet yells, "KUROHI...! WAIT!!"
***End Flashback***
The boy had been gone for months after. Jet had wandered and searched on his own, leaving his friends to save the world without him for the time being.
(Kurohi... I'm coming...) He pressed on. There was still time, right? Right?
Why did it hurt him so much? Why does it hurt that Kurohi left?
He went from town to town, asking if any weird happenings were going on lately. He wound up in Little Twister.
Angela pointed out that in the Unclean Mark, there was a strange beast that currently inhabited it. She had heard that it had large, black horns and claws larger than its head. It was a dragon, with how its structure was... a very slim one...... One that hadn't eaten in a long time.
Stranger enough, it had catlike ears behind those slim horns.
"Also," she had added. "It speaks human language. It says before it kills its victims, 'Never come back again. In fact, you won't be able to, because your carcass shall remain here, to remind me of everyone else I've harmed!' It's very weird. At least, that's what I've heard."
Jet nodded. "Thanks."
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[1] "Ai shiteiru" is Japanese for "I love you", "Demo" is Japanese for "But", "Sayonara" is Japanese for "Good-bye"