Authors note: Ok, thanks for all the feedback on the amount of time
between CC and 0. 4000 sounds right so im going with that.
Since I got two different responses on how to spell Van's name, (With the hyphen or without) im just going to leave it as it is. Thanks.
Once again... Thanks for the reviews!
Now onwards to chapter 9...
CHAPTER 9
"...then LightStrike fused with us, bringing Rain back to life, and turning us back to normal humans. We left the crater, and all agreed to "forget" that anything had ever happened." Cloud stated, finishing off his story. He hold told it very quickly, and basically in a nutshell, but he had told them everything they needed to know. He looked up at the teenagers, and was not surprised to see the look on their faces. The two that seemed most surprised were Ayane and Nadia... and they had every right to be. After all, Ayane just learned her father used to have an evil, cruel and homicidal split personality who delighted in taunting and killing people, and Nadia just learned that her mother and uncle had, at one time, been demi-humans.
Jessie looked over at his dad and said, "You really worked for Gabrielle at first...?"
Zack shook his head, "No. Zero worked for Orihime, and Orihime worked for Gabrielle."
Will looked over at his mother and father, "So you used to be the one in charge mom?"
"Yes... but I always hated it. Like Cloud said, it was because they had my parents in custody." She sighed, "And I wasn't in charge either. Gabrielle was... and I was kinda scared of her."
Nadia and Ayane stayed pretty quiet while the other kids continued to ask questions. The adults answered, most of them hesitantly. After a while, all the questions were asked and everything was quiet. It stayed that way for a good while, everyone thinking on their own. Most the teenagers could hardly believe everything that was said. And the adults were busy hating themselves for never telling their kids anything sooner.
"So..." Ayane finally said quietly, "You... er, Copper, actually tried to... kill everyone?"
Ryuji winced. He knew the question would come sooner or later, "Yes he did."
Everyone was quiet, their attention focused on the young "gothic" and her father. Ayane looked down at the floor and asked, "Did you... he... kill anyone before then?"
"I don't know." Ryuji answered truthfully, "I always kinda blacked out most of the time... Only once or twice did I kinda remember what happened."
"Oh..." Ayane sighed.
"Ayane..." Ryuji hated this. Even after he had beaten Copper it seemed that he continued to haunt him.
The room was once again filled with an awkward silence, until Nadia spoke up, "..Uncle Cloud?" She paused, "I want to get Koh's knife back."
"What?" Cloud looked over at her.
"She left it in the desert by the wreck of the Ultrasaurus... Gabrielle did." Nadia said quietly, yet everyone heard, "It was the birthday gift I gave to Koh..."
"Nadia..."
"Please uncle Cloud?"
"..." Cloud sighed. Of all the things that his niece had to think about, a stupid knife was the most important? They could get another knife.
"Please?"
LightStrike suddenly bit down on Clouds hand... hard. He growled as he let go, and walked over to Nadia. The organoid nudged her lovingly as she hugged him back, and Cloud suddenly saw the tears she was holding back.
"Alright Nadia." Cloud gave in, "You and I will go, tomorrow, first thing."
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Koh opened his eyes slowly, wincing in pain as he did so. He realized he wasn't in the dungeon anymore, but in a large room that was dimly lit. He sat up painfully and looked around. The huge, canopy bed he was lying on was covered in thick, fuzzy blankets that were an icy blue, and had an eastern oriented dragon sewed into them. The sheets were white, and made of a soft fabric that the teenager didn't recognize. The beds four posts each had the same eastern oriented dragon carved into them.
There was a large, glass table a ways to his left. Four beautify carved wooden chars set around it.
To his right was a large wooden cabinet, with a lamp standing next to it.
A small round table at the wall of the room got his attention. On it sat a glass chessboard, and the pieces sat neatly arranged along the starting lines. Two small chairs sat on either side, and a small timer was also on the table.
Koh tried to get up even more, but stopped as he felt a sharp pain stinging in his side. He almost cried out as he slumped back down into the bed. His head had begun to hurt, and a wave of dizziness swept over him. Bringing a hand to his eyes, he noticed his head had a set of bandages wrapped around them as well. His arm had also been bandaged... along with his side.
Then he began to think. He remembered the demi-human Gabrielle, and his first impulse was to go into a cursing spree... but he didn't much feel like it. He was too busy remembering everything she had told him; his mom and uncle being demi-humans, Luke, Copper, everything. He felt a wave of emotions overswept him as he remembered everything the wench had told him. 'I'll kill that wench...' he thought angrily.
The dizziness that had overtaken him before had returned even worse. Cringing, he closed his eyes and laid his head down gently on the pillow. He felt like curling up in a little ball, and hiding underneath the covers, like when he was upset or scared about something when he was little. But that would hurt to much...
He soon noticed when uncociousness came and tapped him on the shoulder... but he welcomed it and was soon fast asleep...
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Sin sighed as he watched the scene before him. He had never wanted the young teenager hurt in the first place, it would make it all the harder to control him. He turned off the small screen that showed Koh's room, and leaned back in his chair, looking out the window and at the stars that were outside. Even the floor was dark underneath now, and he could no longer see into the cockpit.
His room was not lit, and the only form of light came from the gentle shine of the millions of stars in the sky. The moons of Zi were on the other side of the horizon, offering none of their glow to the Chaos-sin's window.
"Damn that stupid demi-human." Sin thought, "She could have ruined everything."
He stood up and walked over to a small switch on the wall. Pressing it, the floor suddenly began to light up, lines of gentle green and teal-blue etching themselves around the surface. After a few seconds the entire floor was covered in a line map of the entire world of Zi. It looked like a giant city and landscape when seen from above at night time.
Sin gazed down at the brilliantly lit floor, and small triangles indicated where the Chaos-sin was. It was flying slowly and steadily in one direction.
"Zi shall soon see a new dawn." He whispered to himself as he continued to overview the map. He eventually finished and walked over to his desk, sitting in a small padded chair located behind it. He looked down at the small chess board, reset all the pieces, and began to play against himself.
After about two hours Sin whispered to himself, "Checkmate..." The board showed that the black king had been checkmated by a white pawn...
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Rain woke once again to the sounds of the beeping machines of the infirmary. She pushed herself out of bed and slowly made her way down the hall, and finaly into the main room. One look at Nadia's face told her everything she needed to know...
She knew. Nadia knew.
"Rain, you should still be in bed." Hiro said sternly.
"And so should Zack, but I don't see you getting on him about it." Rain replied, shooting a glance over at the Bahamut 0's pilot. He winced under the woman's tired but harsh glare.
Rain walked over and joined the other adults on the couches, unsure of what to say. The kids seemed to glance at her strangely... but she figured that they had all the right to. She had been able to tell by the look in Nadia's eyes that they now knew about everything. She could also tell that every single one of them was as tired as a sloth, "Everyone go get some sleep... I have a feeling we're all going to need it."
Nobody seemed to argue as they began to deiced who would share guest rooms with who. It ended that they all wanted to stay together as a group, so they headed to the biggest guest room and piled in. Nadia found enough blankets and pillows for everyone, and they spread themselves around the room. The bed was big enough for three people, so Nadia, Hikari and Kristen shared it. Ayane wanted the large sofa, and the boys found places on the floor.
Once all the teenagers had left the room, the adults began to talk amongst themselves. Rain looked around at all the faces, her old friends and comrades. She never knew that it would be the last night they actually all shared together...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Chapter 9~~~~~~~~~~~~
Authors note: Sorry for the delay in the update. To make a long story short, I was absent from school for a few days and had to make up allot of work. Then I spent the weekend over at my best friend Chris's house, and we watched the Cowboy Bebop movie and listened to music and stuff.
I've also been working on my Chrono Cross story, and a new original anime/manga that I have yet to post. I don't know if I will or not.
Anyways, hope you liked the chapter!
Since I got two different responses on how to spell Van's name, (With the hyphen or without) im just going to leave it as it is. Thanks.
Once again... Thanks for the reviews!
Now onwards to chapter 9...
CHAPTER 9
"...then LightStrike fused with us, bringing Rain back to life, and turning us back to normal humans. We left the crater, and all agreed to "forget" that anything had ever happened." Cloud stated, finishing off his story. He hold told it very quickly, and basically in a nutshell, but he had told them everything they needed to know. He looked up at the teenagers, and was not surprised to see the look on their faces. The two that seemed most surprised were Ayane and Nadia... and they had every right to be. After all, Ayane just learned her father used to have an evil, cruel and homicidal split personality who delighted in taunting and killing people, and Nadia just learned that her mother and uncle had, at one time, been demi-humans.
Jessie looked over at his dad and said, "You really worked for Gabrielle at first...?"
Zack shook his head, "No. Zero worked for Orihime, and Orihime worked for Gabrielle."
Will looked over at his mother and father, "So you used to be the one in charge mom?"
"Yes... but I always hated it. Like Cloud said, it was because they had my parents in custody." She sighed, "And I wasn't in charge either. Gabrielle was... and I was kinda scared of her."
Nadia and Ayane stayed pretty quiet while the other kids continued to ask questions. The adults answered, most of them hesitantly. After a while, all the questions were asked and everything was quiet. It stayed that way for a good while, everyone thinking on their own. Most the teenagers could hardly believe everything that was said. And the adults were busy hating themselves for never telling their kids anything sooner.
"So..." Ayane finally said quietly, "You... er, Copper, actually tried to... kill everyone?"
Ryuji winced. He knew the question would come sooner or later, "Yes he did."
Everyone was quiet, their attention focused on the young "gothic" and her father. Ayane looked down at the floor and asked, "Did you... he... kill anyone before then?"
"I don't know." Ryuji answered truthfully, "I always kinda blacked out most of the time... Only once or twice did I kinda remember what happened."
"Oh..." Ayane sighed.
"Ayane..." Ryuji hated this. Even after he had beaten Copper it seemed that he continued to haunt him.
The room was once again filled with an awkward silence, until Nadia spoke up, "..Uncle Cloud?" She paused, "I want to get Koh's knife back."
"What?" Cloud looked over at her.
"She left it in the desert by the wreck of the Ultrasaurus... Gabrielle did." Nadia said quietly, yet everyone heard, "It was the birthday gift I gave to Koh..."
"Nadia..."
"Please uncle Cloud?"
"..." Cloud sighed. Of all the things that his niece had to think about, a stupid knife was the most important? They could get another knife.
"Please?"
LightStrike suddenly bit down on Clouds hand... hard. He growled as he let go, and walked over to Nadia. The organoid nudged her lovingly as she hugged him back, and Cloud suddenly saw the tears she was holding back.
"Alright Nadia." Cloud gave in, "You and I will go, tomorrow, first thing."
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Koh opened his eyes slowly, wincing in pain as he did so. He realized he wasn't in the dungeon anymore, but in a large room that was dimly lit. He sat up painfully and looked around. The huge, canopy bed he was lying on was covered in thick, fuzzy blankets that were an icy blue, and had an eastern oriented dragon sewed into them. The sheets were white, and made of a soft fabric that the teenager didn't recognize. The beds four posts each had the same eastern oriented dragon carved into them.
There was a large, glass table a ways to his left. Four beautify carved wooden chars set around it.
To his right was a large wooden cabinet, with a lamp standing next to it.
A small round table at the wall of the room got his attention. On it sat a glass chessboard, and the pieces sat neatly arranged along the starting lines. Two small chairs sat on either side, and a small timer was also on the table.
Koh tried to get up even more, but stopped as he felt a sharp pain stinging in his side. He almost cried out as he slumped back down into the bed. His head had begun to hurt, and a wave of dizziness swept over him. Bringing a hand to his eyes, he noticed his head had a set of bandages wrapped around them as well. His arm had also been bandaged... along with his side.
Then he began to think. He remembered the demi-human Gabrielle, and his first impulse was to go into a cursing spree... but he didn't much feel like it. He was too busy remembering everything she had told him; his mom and uncle being demi-humans, Luke, Copper, everything. He felt a wave of emotions overswept him as he remembered everything the wench had told him. 'I'll kill that wench...' he thought angrily.
The dizziness that had overtaken him before had returned even worse. Cringing, he closed his eyes and laid his head down gently on the pillow. He felt like curling up in a little ball, and hiding underneath the covers, like when he was upset or scared about something when he was little. But that would hurt to much...
He soon noticed when uncociousness came and tapped him on the shoulder... but he welcomed it and was soon fast asleep...
***********************
Sin sighed as he watched the scene before him. He had never wanted the young teenager hurt in the first place, it would make it all the harder to control him. He turned off the small screen that showed Koh's room, and leaned back in his chair, looking out the window and at the stars that were outside. Even the floor was dark underneath now, and he could no longer see into the cockpit.
His room was not lit, and the only form of light came from the gentle shine of the millions of stars in the sky. The moons of Zi were on the other side of the horizon, offering none of their glow to the Chaos-sin's window.
"Damn that stupid demi-human." Sin thought, "She could have ruined everything."
He stood up and walked over to a small switch on the wall. Pressing it, the floor suddenly began to light up, lines of gentle green and teal-blue etching themselves around the surface. After a few seconds the entire floor was covered in a line map of the entire world of Zi. It looked like a giant city and landscape when seen from above at night time.
Sin gazed down at the brilliantly lit floor, and small triangles indicated where the Chaos-sin was. It was flying slowly and steadily in one direction.
"Zi shall soon see a new dawn." He whispered to himself as he continued to overview the map. He eventually finished and walked over to his desk, sitting in a small padded chair located behind it. He looked down at the small chess board, reset all the pieces, and began to play against himself.
After about two hours Sin whispered to himself, "Checkmate..." The board showed that the black king had been checkmated by a white pawn...
**************************
Rain woke once again to the sounds of the beeping machines of the infirmary. She pushed herself out of bed and slowly made her way down the hall, and finaly into the main room. One look at Nadia's face told her everything she needed to know...
She knew. Nadia knew.
"Rain, you should still be in bed." Hiro said sternly.
"And so should Zack, but I don't see you getting on him about it." Rain replied, shooting a glance over at the Bahamut 0's pilot. He winced under the woman's tired but harsh glare.
Rain walked over and joined the other adults on the couches, unsure of what to say. The kids seemed to glance at her strangely... but she figured that they had all the right to. She had been able to tell by the look in Nadia's eyes that they now knew about everything. She could also tell that every single one of them was as tired as a sloth, "Everyone go get some sleep... I have a feeling we're all going to need it."
Nobody seemed to argue as they began to deiced who would share guest rooms with who. It ended that they all wanted to stay together as a group, so they headed to the biggest guest room and piled in. Nadia found enough blankets and pillows for everyone, and they spread themselves around the room. The bed was big enough for three people, so Nadia, Hikari and Kristen shared it. Ayane wanted the large sofa, and the boys found places on the floor.
Once all the teenagers had left the room, the adults began to talk amongst themselves. Rain looked around at all the faces, her old friends and comrades. She never knew that it would be the last night they actually all shared together...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End of Chapter 9~~~~~~~~~~~~
Authors note: Sorry for the delay in the update. To make a long story short, I was absent from school for a few days and had to make up allot of work. Then I spent the weekend over at my best friend Chris's house, and we watched the Cowboy Bebop movie and listened to music and stuff.
I've also been working on my Chrono Cross story, and a new original anime/manga that I have yet to post. I don't know if I will or not.
Anyways, hope you liked the chapter!