Yay! New chapter! Worked kinda hard on this one ^.^ So happy. Finally
working on it. I'm getting back into the swing of writing. And I was so
inspired by some reviews I got. They were so nice! =^.^= Saying this like
"I love this fic." And "I'm so happy I stumbled upon this fic." Or
something like that... Anyways, they were awesome! I was soo happy. Okaaay,
enough with my rambling, on with this crap-train...
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CH 11: Lucid rememberance: Fragments of deep lament
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"Oh, my baby, you look adorable!"
"Thank you, mommy." The little girl again. She tried to curtsey and her dark hair fell about her.
The older woman squatted down and looked at the younger girl. "...Eichiko-- " The woman grabbed her mouth and gagged.
"Mommy!"
She fell and the little girl jumped to her side. "Mommy! Mommy, wake up!" ----
Onikage slapped Her again. "Awake yet... Asuka?" He spat, saying her name with an air of disgust.
"I...mnn..." The girl mumbled.
"Oh? What's that?" The man leaned in and smirked.
"My name isn't... Asuka..."
"Really now?" He stood up and looked down his nose at her. "Then just what is it?"
"M-my name..." Her head was hanging down. She clenched her fists and snapped her head up to meet Onikage's stare. "My name... is Eichiko! Don't call me Asuka! That's not me!!"
The older man chuckled. "Tuh... where's this sudden burst of energy come from, hm?"
"It's from... when you killed my mother to get to me."
"Oh? You remember that? Strange..."He grabbed her hair again. "Obviously my abuse isn't getting through to you..." He pulled her head up and struck.
"Bleed..." _
Riku sat at the booth and stared at the window. People were trying to rebuild their homes, find their belongings.
"Riku...?" Selphie cut into his thoughts. "Are you alright?"
He turned at looked at his two friends who sitting across from him. "...No." He shifted in his seat and the plastic groaned beneath his weight. Selphie pursed her lips and Wakka just looked at him.
"Dey'll be fine, mon. I promise."
Riku laughed. "What? You can't promise they'll get better!"
"But Riku! They will!" Selphie slammed her fists on the table with quite a loud 'SLAM!', resulting in stares from all the other customers. "You're so down... I won't have it!" She stood up. "They will get better! They are my friends, too. Can't you even believe that they could pull through?" Riku just stared.
"Selphie..." He closed his eyes. "Their souls were stolen. They can't live without them--"
"So what! We'll get them back!" Selphie grabbed Wakka and began heading for the door. The silver-haired boy stared as she walked away, dragging a man twice her size. She stopped. "Well? Aren't you coming?"
"..." Riku reluctantly stood up and followed. _
Eichiko coughed up more blood.
Onikage laughed mockingly. "Fool! You just simply cannot defy me. I will not fail my queen!"
"She's using you..." She mumbled.
"What did you sa---!?"
At that moment the dungeon door swung open and a menacing woman walked in. "Onikage..." She said almost malicousely* sweet. She chuckled. "I always looked at you as family." She walked towards Onikage, her long cape rippling behind her. She touched his cheeck with one slender hand. He closed his eyes and nuzzled to her touch. "But my dear... you've brought me the wrong child..."
The man's eyes snapped open. "What?"
Maleficent leaned in close to his face. "This girl's heart is not the right one... you've failed me, Onikage..."
"W-what!? No! No, mistress! I would never knowingly fail you--!"
"But you did..." She interjected. "You must not love me..." She whispered.
"No, my queen! I love you!"
"Really?" The words rolled off her tongue like something deadly.
"Yes..." He said. The man's eyes grew colder, if that had been possible, and seemed only to see his 'mistress'. She laughed again. "Then don't fail me... again." Her words were striking with such a deadly tone you'd think you'd die if you didn't obey her every whim. She slid her hands off his face. "Release her. She is useless to me." She turned and walked out, the door closing behind her.
Onikage stood still for a second, somewhat dazed from Maleficent's touch. After a minute he shook his head and looked back at Eichiko. "You disgusting thing..." His eyes shown hate unknown to the girl and she shuddered beneath his glare. He turned fully and walked towards her.
"I must obey my mistress." He mumbled. He unlocked the shackles and stood as if in a trance. "Go." He pointed towards the door. "NOW."
Eichiko jumped up and ran out the door. 'I have to find Sora and Kairi's soul!' She stopped outside the door and looked both left and right. 'But which way do I go...?' She gritted her teeth. Onikage had done quite a bit of damage to her and she looked none too pretty. _
"Riku! Come ON!" Selphie ordered, tugging on the older boy's arm. "Where did it happen?"
"I don't know." He mumbled. Selphie's brow furrowed and she bit her bottom lip.
"Riku, why won't you help us!?" He looked up at Wakka and Selphie.
"Come on, mon." Wakka held out his hand. Riku looked at at then turned away.
"I told you... I don't know!" He covered his eyes with his hand and felt salty tears falling from his eyes. Selphie stood stunned by the crying boy. She never imagined HE would cry. Riku sobbed a few more times and fell to his knees.
"It was her..." He gritted his teeth and grabbed the dirt beneath his hands. He looked at the soil and dropped it. The palm trees around him swayed and he could hear the ocean farther off. He wanted to drown out his sadness. "It was... Asuka."
"Now hey, mon! You know it wasn't dat girl's fault--!"
"But it was!" He stood up and his head hung down. "If she never would have come to our island none of this would have happened!" He turned quickly. "I will kill her..." He gritted his teeth.
Selphie drew in a sharp breath.
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Good good good? I had all my friends proofread this ^.^ Dey so nice... *I don't really know how to spell that and I don't have spell check! ^.^;;; Sorry! No more MicroWord. We got a new computer and this only has wordpad. Better than nothing, ne? By the way, can anyone tell me what Sephiroth acts like? Y'know, like his personality. I know, but not too much. Thank you! I'm planning something... *evil grin*
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CH 11: Lucid rememberance: Fragments of deep lament
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"Oh, my baby, you look adorable!"
"Thank you, mommy." The little girl again. She tried to curtsey and her dark hair fell about her.
The older woman squatted down and looked at the younger girl. "...Eichiko-- " The woman grabbed her mouth and gagged.
"Mommy!"
She fell and the little girl jumped to her side. "Mommy! Mommy, wake up!" ----
Onikage slapped Her again. "Awake yet... Asuka?" He spat, saying her name with an air of disgust.
"I...mnn..." The girl mumbled.
"Oh? What's that?" The man leaned in and smirked.
"My name isn't... Asuka..."
"Really now?" He stood up and looked down his nose at her. "Then just what is it?"
"M-my name..." Her head was hanging down. She clenched her fists and snapped her head up to meet Onikage's stare. "My name... is Eichiko! Don't call me Asuka! That's not me!!"
The older man chuckled. "Tuh... where's this sudden burst of energy come from, hm?"
"It's from... when you killed my mother to get to me."
"Oh? You remember that? Strange..."He grabbed her hair again. "Obviously my abuse isn't getting through to you..." He pulled her head up and struck.
"Bleed..." _
Riku sat at the booth and stared at the window. People were trying to rebuild their homes, find their belongings.
"Riku...?" Selphie cut into his thoughts. "Are you alright?"
He turned at looked at his two friends who sitting across from him. "...No." He shifted in his seat and the plastic groaned beneath his weight. Selphie pursed her lips and Wakka just looked at him.
"Dey'll be fine, mon. I promise."
Riku laughed. "What? You can't promise they'll get better!"
"But Riku! They will!" Selphie slammed her fists on the table with quite a loud 'SLAM!', resulting in stares from all the other customers. "You're so down... I won't have it!" She stood up. "They will get better! They are my friends, too. Can't you even believe that they could pull through?" Riku just stared.
"Selphie..." He closed his eyes. "Their souls were stolen. They can't live without them--"
"So what! We'll get them back!" Selphie grabbed Wakka and began heading for the door. The silver-haired boy stared as she walked away, dragging a man twice her size. She stopped. "Well? Aren't you coming?"
"..." Riku reluctantly stood up and followed. _
Eichiko coughed up more blood.
Onikage laughed mockingly. "Fool! You just simply cannot defy me. I will not fail my queen!"
"She's using you..." She mumbled.
"What did you sa---!?"
At that moment the dungeon door swung open and a menacing woman walked in. "Onikage..." She said almost malicousely* sweet. She chuckled. "I always looked at you as family." She walked towards Onikage, her long cape rippling behind her. She touched his cheeck with one slender hand. He closed his eyes and nuzzled to her touch. "But my dear... you've brought me the wrong child..."
The man's eyes snapped open. "What?"
Maleficent leaned in close to his face. "This girl's heart is not the right one... you've failed me, Onikage..."
"W-what!? No! No, mistress! I would never knowingly fail you--!"
"But you did..." She interjected. "You must not love me..." She whispered.
"No, my queen! I love you!"
"Really?" The words rolled off her tongue like something deadly.
"Yes..." He said. The man's eyes grew colder, if that had been possible, and seemed only to see his 'mistress'. She laughed again. "Then don't fail me... again." Her words were striking with such a deadly tone you'd think you'd die if you didn't obey her every whim. She slid her hands off his face. "Release her. She is useless to me." She turned and walked out, the door closing behind her.
Onikage stood still for a second, somewhat dazed from Maleficent's touch. After a minute he shook his head and looked back at Eichiko. "You disgusting thing..." His eyes shown hate unknown to the girl and she shuddered beneath his glare. He turned fully and walked towards her.
"I must obey my mistress." He mumbled. He unlocked the shackles and stood as if in a trance. "Go." He pointed towards the door. "NOW."
Eichiko jumped up and ran out the door. 'I have to find Sora and Kairi's soul!' She stopped outside the door and looked both left and right. 'But which way do I go...?' She gritted her teeth. Onikage had done quite a bit of damage to her and she looked none too pretty. _
"Riku! Come ON!" Selphie ordered, tugging on the older boy's arm. "Where did it happen?"
"I don't know." He mumbled. Selphie's brow furrowed and she bit her bottom lip.
"Riku, why won't you help us!?" He looked up at Wakka and Selphie.
"Come on, mon." Wakka held out his hand. Riku looked at at then turned away.
"I told you... I don't know!" He covered his eyes with his hand and felt salty tears falling from his eyes. Selphie stood stunned by the crying boy. She never imagined HE would cry. Riku sobbed a few more times and fell to his knees.
"It was her..." He gritted his teeth and grabbed the dirt beneath his hands. He looked at the soil and dropped it. The palm trees around him swayed and he could hear the ocean farther off. He wanted to drown out his sadness. "It was... Asuka."
"Now hey, mon! You know it wasn't dat girl's fault--!"
"But it was!" He stood up and his head hung down. "If she never would have come to our island none of this would have happened!" He turned quickly. "I will kill her..." He gritted his teeth.
Selphie drew in a sharp breath.
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Good good good? I had all my friends proofread this ^.^ Dey so nice... *I don't really know how to spell that and I don't have spell check! ^.^;;; Sorry! No more MicroWord. We got a new computer and this only has wordpad. Better than nothing, ne? By the way, can anyone tell me what Sephiroth acts like? Y'know, like his personality. I know, but not too much. Thank you! I'm planning something... *evil grin*