Kuri awoke to the sound of a bluebird singing outside his window, he was rather startled, expecting to be in Flashfire's cockpit. Kuri looked over and smiled at Kalizas figure sleeping next to his, he really was in his own room, leaving was just a dream. More of a nightmare really, one Kuri hoped he'd never have to have again. He figured that the day was too nice to battle. Maybe me and Kaliza could ride into town today, Kuri thought, we could go shopping and have lunch at that restaurant she likes. Kuri got out of his bed and stretched. He thought about waking Kaliza, but decided against it "Five more minutes, love." He whispered, trying to find a pair of pants in his dresser. One of these days I have to clean this thing up a bit. He smiled contentedly, simply enjoying being alive.
Fifteen minutes later, when Kuri had finally found something to wear (old jeans that had definitely seen much better days and a rather nice looking blue shirt that Kuri was fond of) he ambled into the kitchen and whipped up a peanut butter and banana sandwich. He stepped into the living room to see Imoen there, reading a book. Kuri couldn't make out the title without his glasses on, but it seemed to be a romance judging by the colors displayed prominently on the covers: Bright pinks and purples amongst soft greens laced with a tinge of yellow. "Hey sis!" He called out to Imoen, "Whatchya reading?" Imoen looked up at Kuri with narrowed eyes, before throwing the hardcover book right at him. The corner of the book hit Kuri in the forehead, drawing a bit of blood from the force it was thrown at. Kuri doubled over, clutching his face with both of his hands. Rather colorful language could be heard all throughout the base, as Kuri screamed his throat raw. When he was done he looked up at Imoen. "Why the hell'd you do that?!"
Imoen looked up at Kuri, her face twisted in rage, but her voice was calm, perfectly logical. "I hate you Kuri, isn't that what you wanted?"
"Wha?! What do you mean! What did I do to make you hate me?" Without answering Imoen stormed off, humming a rather happy tune as her footsteps pounded into the floor loudly. Kuri collapsed onto the couch, dabbing the small cut with a tissue. When he examined the thin paper he was surprised to see it clean. "Odd, that was quick." Kaliza entered the room, smiling broadly Good, at least someone's in a good mood. "Morning, darling." he said as she walked over to him, and planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Good morning Kuri. Hmm, what's that you got there?" She pointed at the book in Kuri's hand. Kuri looked down to find that he still couldn't make out the title.
"It's odd, I cant see what it's called." Kaliza snatched the book from Kuri's hand and examined it closely.
"Hey, it's written by you! You never told me that you wrote a book. It's even about me!" Kaliza squealed with joy, something that she didn't do in the mornings, ever. She was not exactly the biggest morning person around. "Lets see what it says!" She opened the book and started reading the words, it horrified Kuri to hear it. She read through at least a dozen different scenarios that ended in Imoen and her own deaths, more often then not at Kuri's own hands. The worst part is that her mood didn't dampen a bit, if anything she seemed even cheerier.
Kuri didn't react for a few pages of her reading, he couldn't. The idea that she'd be taking that so well worried him, also the fact that she thought he'd written it boggled his mind. Mainly because he hadn't, also because of what it said. Eventually he found his voice and said, louder then he'd wanted to. "Kali, I didn't write that, I- I couldn't write anything like that!"
Kaliza smiled softly, contentedly. It scared Kuri. "Oh dear, you know as well as I do that you hate me!" Kuri's expression changed to one of surprised terror.
"What?! I love you Kaliza! What gave you the impression that I hated you?!"
"You did. When you left me to go die!" Kuri was at levels of confusion that he'd not known existed. "You told me that I was your entire life, so since you wanted to go die, that means you wanted me to die! Now, lets go try one of these, number five looks good, I've never seen someone crucified upside down over a fire before..." Kaliza walked away, talking happily to herself as Kuri looked on in confusion. The only thing that Kuri could think to do was to fall backwards onto the floor. He didn't know why he did it but as he landed he could see Doros was in the room the whole time, and was now looking over him.
"Well, you sure made a mess of things this time Kuri. Your best friend hates you and you've made your girlfriend go insane." Doros crouched beside Kuri, a rather smug look on his face. "Why'd you go and do that?"
"Wha- I- uh... What'd I do exactly?"
Doros sighed an impatient sigh, and had an impatient tone to his voice. "You had to leave us, you just needed to do this for your parents, didn't you. Do they know you're going to die? Didn't think so. But Kaliza knows, she could tell. And what a send of for Imoen! I don't think I've seen anyone be that cold hearted." Kuri stared back with a blank look before cluing in.
"This isn't real, is it? I'm dreaming aren't I?" Doros clapped his hands together and laughed a short, loud laugh.
"There 'ya go! I knew you had it in ya!"
"Then I don't need to talk to you." With those words Doros faded into the room around him silently. "I don't need to be here either." The room swirled about Kuri and turned into a mist, then nothing, Kuri was in the middle of the desert, looking towards his own zoid. "Kaliza... I'm sorry." A salvo of rockets burst into Flashfire, causing the bull to erupt into a yellow-orange ball. When the explosion reached its limit it began to fall back in towards itself, untill there was nothing but a bright yellow speck where his zoid was. Kuri thought he could see Kaliza in the light, but then his world turned completely dark.
Kuri awoke screaming, tears erupted from his eyes like fountains. He was still in Flashfire's cockpit crossing the desert to get to his destination. A worried grunt could be heard over the pounding of the rain.
"Don't worry girl, just a nightmare, nothing to worry about." The real question is if this nightmare is any better then the one I just woke from.