Memories
By: BlackLiGurl
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Note: This is another pretty sad chapter. Or at least it was to me. Once again, I almost cried. Well, go ahead and read chapter 4. Oh yeah, just so you're wondering, I made Nall have a crush on Mia in the preceeding chapters because in the game, Nall was either on Alex's shoulder or Mia in most of the animations. Not to mention, he seemed pretty fond of her. But then again, I dunno 'cause I haven't played Lunar: SSSC in a while.
Chapter 4: Murderer
It was about five months later. I was getting more and more paranoid about the deaths of my friends. Everytime Alex coughed, I would go into a frenzy and cry for hours. I would be depressed for weeks at a time. This day, I were visiting Kyle and Jessica in Nanza. Kyle, even though he was old, still loved gambling and drinking. Me and Jessica watched as he beat this bummy-lookin' guy at poker in a bar.
"ARGH!!!" he screamed as he threw the table, "just watch! I'ma get you one day old man!!"
"He he he...that's what they all say..." Kyle said as he bent down to pick up the money.
Kyle was in rather great shape for a 97 year old man. He had a great body (I'm saying this from a NON-gay perspective...kids these days) and could do 30 sit-ups. He just had a problem with running. He walked out of the bar luggin' the sack of money. We followed him. Jessica frowned and tapped Kyle on the shoulder.
"Kyle, you're getting too old for this! What if that man was telling the truth and he's plotting a way to kill you!?" Jessica pleaded, "We're too old to run or fight!"
"Jessie-baby...That's why Nall's here..."
"Huh? You didn't tell me that!" I exclaimed.
"I didn't? Hm...I thought I did..."
"See what I mean! You can't even tell the difference between what you thought and what you said!"
"....Huh?"
She growled and punched him lightly, which made me smile. I was happy to see that even though they were old, they were healthy enough to fight with each other.
"It makes me happy to see you two fight these days," I said sadly.
They looked at me confused.
"You're still upset about Mia and Nash's deaths aren't you?" Jessica asked.
"Yeah...It tears me up inside to know that you guys can die anyday. I tried to avoid it all these years but it finally caught up with me..." I said, "I'm a wreck..."
"Well, I'm gonna do something with you that I wanted to do with Alex and Nash. Go to a strip joint!"
"W-what!?" I exclaimed, "Aren't you too old to go to a strip joint!!"
"Ah well, I'm never to old to watch a few lovely babes shake their no- no parts infront of me...he he he..." Kyle said with a chuckle, "what about you? Just because you are a dragon doesn't mean you don't have...feelings...if ya know what I mean..."
I turned red and looked at the ground embarrassed. Jessica elbowed him and gave him a glare.
"Don't turn Nall into a pervert like you!"
Suddenly, I grinned mischievously with thoughts of a come-back line.
"I didn't know that you still had feeling in those parts," I teased.
Jessica burst into a laughing fit while Kyle just smiled.
"Woah! That was cold...I've taught you something in my many years on this planet."
We walked back to their house, laughing and talking about strip joints and womens rights. Funny how a chauvinistic pig like Kyle and an independant, almost-feminist woman like Jessica could ever hook up. They were, however, a cute couple. Back at their house, we had a wonderful fish dinner complements of Jessica (she wouldn't let me cook for them). Jessica was so energetic for her age, not to mention beautiful. Her skin wasn't nearly as wrinkled as many of the old women I've seen and she still had a great figure. Nothing was sagging or anything.
"Here's fish! Special for our guest, Nally-poo!" she said as she sat it in front of me and Kyle.
I drooled and practically lunged for the fish. She just smiled at me and sat down with her own plate. I guess she sort of felt pity for me. Leave it to Luna to blab her mouth about me. Luna and Jessica always gossipped with each other. Energetic old ladies they were.
"How come you never let me eat like that?" Kyle complained.
"Because you're my husband so it looks disgusting when you do it. But when Nall does it, it's adorable!"
"Thank you Jessica!" I laughed happily.
"Nall when I kick the bucket, I want you to have my sword" Kyle said in a serious tone out of nowhere, "and my woman!"
"Kyle!"
"Okay, okay, okay. Just the sword," he laughed.
Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door. I smiled at my two old friends. I felt like they were my grandparents when I looked at them. Many people would think so when they saw us walk down the street from each other.
"I'll get it for you!"
I ran to the door and opened it. It was the man from earlier who lost the bet to Kyle. He looked disgruntled, drunk, and angry so I spoke slowly and carefully so I wouldn't upset him any further.
"Why are you here?"
"To kill that old man!" he screamed.
The man pushed me aside, making me stumble and fall into their coffee table, breaking it. Kyle and Jessica came in looking around confused. I got up slowly.
"Oh...it's you..." Kyle said slowly.
He pulled out a dagger and lunged at Kyle and Jessica. Kyle pushed Jessica out of the way and the man jumped on him. I shot up and tackled him off of Kyle. But, he had already stabbed him in the chest.
"Kyle!" Jessica screamed, crawling over to Kyle's bloody body.
The man stabbed me in the shoulder, making me yelp in pain and fall back. He got up and ran away. I glanced over at Kyle and Jessica. Jessica was crying over Kyle, screaming his name over and over again. He had a blank stare on his face. Rage took over, I grabbed Kyle's sword, and ran out after the deranged man. I wanted revenge for Kyle and Kyle's sword will be the one to reep the seed. I found the man by a river close to Nanza, washing Kyle's blood off of his dagger
"You..." I growled.
He turned around and looked at me.
"You're that kid that was with that old man that took all my money. What's up wit you?"
It made me even angrier that he didn't care that he just murdered my friend. My breathing was like low growls, everytime I exhaled. The man looked like he was rather frightened but I didn't care. I wanted him to be. I wanted him to feel the pain Kyle and Jessica were feeling at this very moment. I wanted to see him suffer.
"You...just murdered one of my best friends!" I roared, "I won't let scum like you LIVE!!"
I unsheathed Kyle's sword and slowly walked toward the man. He started moving to the side, as if trying to make an escape.
"Me? Scum? Please! It was that Kyle who was scum! He mercilessly took my money! Now, he will be as miserable as me," he said. Then he laughed, "plus, why do you have old people as friends. You're a kid, shouldn't you be hangin' around with kids your age?"
I placed the tip of Kyle's sword at his neck. He laughed nervously.
"Kyle is not scum. Only someone who would kill someone over something as petty as a few silver is scum. Money...can be easily gotten back...but a life...you can never get that back!" I hissed.
He grabbed the sword blade, to move it from his neck before I stabbed him. Somehow, he managed to knock the sword out of my hand, but not before it drew some blood. That was enough for me. He took out the knife he had stabbed me and Kyle with.
"You're pretty strong for a kid, but it's time for you to say hello to your old friend."
I looked up at the sky. Not a shooting star in sight. That meant Kyle was still alive and I had enough time to kill this man and get to say goodbye. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach. I winced and looked down at my stomach. The man's dagger was in me. I took out the dagger out, looked at it, and threw it aside. The man looked at me bewildered and scared.
"Sh-shouldn't you be dead! I-I stabbed you twice!"
I growled and transformed into the large, dominating White Dragon. He screamed and tried to run, but I put my large paw on top of him and picked him up by the tail of his dingy jacket.
"What should I do with you?" I mumbled in a grim tone, "I would torture you but I don't have enough time. So I'll make it as quick and painful as possible...maybe I should eat you..."
As I threw him to the ground and hovered my paw over him, ready to crush him, I realised something. If I killed him, I would be stooping down to his level. I sighed deeply. As a Dragon of Althena, I couldn't take one of her creations life. So, I decided to just hurt him badly by crushing his legs under my huge, yet feathery paw and dropping him off at the local jailhouse. I flew back to Kyle and Jessica's house and changed back into my human form so I could fit in the house. I ran in and fell to my knees beside Jessica and Kyle. Jessica was trying to heal him, like she had done twice before. For a while, it looked like it was working but then Jessica got weak and couldn't use her magic anymore.
"Kyle, don't die on us!" I cried, "I got revenge for you. See?"
I lifted up his sword, which still had the man's blood on it. He shook his head.
"I hope you didn't kill 'im..." he said weakly.
"No. I couldn't bring myself to do it. But I did hurt him, just like he hurt you..."
"Good. Murder is not the answer. He could have a family just like I did. You wouldn't want his innocent family to feel the pain mine will..."
I noticed how he was talking and grabbed his shirt. Jessica cried into her hands.
"Please Kyle don't talk that way..." Jessica cried.
"Yeah! Don't talk like that! You're gonna live! You're gonna live to take me to a strip joint, okay?!"
"Nope. I wish I had the chance to though. The chance to see all of y'all faces while those ladies shook their no-no parts for you...heh..."
Even while he was dying, he still knew how to make us laugh. Jessica and I chuckled a little, wiping tears off our faces, although it was in vain because they were still coming. There was no denying it. Kyle was slowly leaving us and there was nothing we could do.
"Kyle, don't leave me alone..." Jessica whimpered.
"You'll never be alone Jessie. I'll always be watching over you from the Blue Star...especially while you're taking baths 'cause you may be in your 90s but your body's the best I've EVER seen. Yeah..."
She laughed again. He smiled at her.
"Don't forget, I'll always love you...and Nall, remember what I said earlier. Take my sword and clean it off..."
"Say hi to Mia and Nash for us..." I whispered as he closed his eyes.
He nodded and closed his eyes. It took a lot of strength for me not to go back to that jailhouse, get that man, and kill him. I helped Jessica up, who was crying loudly, and led her outside.
"Watch this Jessica," I said, pointing to the Blue Star.
Another shooting star shot toward the hovering blue planet. She stopped crying and looked at me confused.
"That's Kyle's spirit. I'm sure of it," I smiled, tears still in my eyes.
"Yeah. Thank you Nall," she said hugging me and making me wince, "now let's bandage you up."
After that day, I moved in with Jessica so she wouldn't be so lonely. But I know it didn't work. I stayed there for about two years, but the lonliness was getting to her. I wasn't enough for her. She had lost a lot of weight and her health was fading. She was getting more and more wrinkled by the day. Kyle's crazy way of life was what was keeping her alive. All of the adrenaline coursing through her veins must have kept her heart young. I tried taking her for a daily flight but it didn't work. That day, she was laying in her bed when I had came in to check on her.
"Hey Jessica, I brought you some juice."
"Nall...I'm going to die..."
I blinked and walked over to her. She smiled at me and sighed.
"You were sweet to come live with me, but go back to Alex and Luna's. Although your presence has kept me alive for the past two years, I need Kyle in my life."
"I understand...but why does that have to mean you're going to die?"
"Sorry Nall...I don't have the will to live..." she said quietly, "you can have my plushie doll of you in your kitty form...I made it a little after we saved Luna. And take all of me and Kyle's money and save it. You'll probably need it..."
Jessica closed her eyes as I took her hand. I began crying again. I've cried so many times in the past three years, it was a shame. I'm surprised I wasn't dehydrated by now. I felt her muscles relax and she was gone.
"No! Jessica! What about me? I'll be alone!"
It was in early afternoon so I couldn't see her star. After her funeral, I packed up and moved back in with Alex and Luna.
Now that you've read. Review. Don't forget, if you don't have something nice or constructive to say, don't say anything at all. 'Kay?
By: BlackLiGurl
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Note: This is another pretty sad chapter. Or at least it was to me. Once again, I almost cried. Well, go ahead and read chapter 4. Oh yeah, just so you're wondering, I made Nall have a crush on Mia in the preceeding chapters because in the game, Nall was either on Alex's shoulder or Mia in most of the animations. Not to mention, he seemed pretty fond of her. But then again, I dunno 'cause I haven't played Lunar: SSSC in a while.
Chapter 4: Murderer
It was about five months later. I was getting more and more paranoid about the deaths of my friends. Everytime Alex coughed, I would go into a frenzy and cry for hours. I would be depressed for weeks at a time. This day, I were visiting Kyle and Jessica in Nanza. Kyle, even though he was old, still loved gambling and drinking. Me and Jessica watched as he beat this bummy-lookin' guy at poker in a bar.
"ARGH!!!" he screamed as he threw the table, "just watch! I'ma get you one day old man!!"
"He he he...that's what they all say..." Kyle said as he bent down to pick up the money.
Kyle was in rather great shape for a 97 year old man. He had a great body (I'm saying this from a NON-gay perspective...kids these days) and could do 30 sit-ups. He just had a problem with running. He walked out of the bar luggin' the sack of money. We followed him. Jessica frowned and tapped Kyle on the shoulder.
"Kyle, you're getting too old for this! What if that man was telling the truth and he's plotting a way to kill you!?" Jessica pleaded, "We're too old to run or fight!"
"Jessie-baby...That's why Nall's here..."
"Huh? You didn't tell me that!" I exclaimed.
"I didn't? Hm...I thought I did..."
"See what I mean! You can't even tell the difference between what you thought and what you said!"
"....Huh?"
She growled and punched him lightly, which made me smile. I was happy to see that even though they were old, they were healthy enough to fight with each other.
"It makes me happy to see you two fight these days," I said sadly.
They looked at me confused.
"You're still upset about Mia and Nash's deaths aren't you?" Jessica asked.
"Yeah...It tears me up inside to know that you guys can die anyday. I tried to avoid it all these years but it finally caught up with me..." I said, "I'm a wreck..."
"Well, I'm gonna do something with you that I wanted to do with Alex and Nash. Go to a strip joint!"
"W-what!?" I exclaimed, "Aren't you too old to go to a strip joint!!"
"Ah well, I'm never to old to watch a few lovely babes shake their no- no parts infront of me...he he he..." Kyle said with a chuckle, "what about you? Just because you are a dragon doesn't mean you don't have...feelings...if ya know what I mean..."
I turned red and looked at the ground embarrassed. Jessica elbowed him and gave him a glare.
"Don't turn Nall into a pervert like you!"
Suddenly, I grinned mischievously with thoughts of a come-back line.
"I didn't know that you still had feeling in those parts," I teased.
Jessica burst into a laughing fit while Kyle just smiled.
"Woah! That was cold...I've taught you something in my many years on this planet."
We walked back to their house, laughing and talking about strip joints and womens rights. Funny how a chauvinistic pig like Kyle and an independant, almost-feminist woman like Jessica could ever hook up. They were, however, a cute couple. Back at their house, we had a wonderful fish dinner complements of Jessica (she wouldn't let me cook for them). Jessica was so energetic for her age, not to mention beautiful. Her skin wasn't nearly as wrinkled as many of the old women I've seen and she still had a great figure. Nothing was sagging or anything.
"Here's fish! Special for our guest, Nally-poo!" she said as she sat it in front of me and Kyle.
I drooled and practically lunged for the fish. She just smiled at me and sat down with her own plate. I guess she sort of felt pity for me. Leave it to Luna to blab her mouth about me. Luna and Jessica always gossipped with each other. Energetic old ladies they were.
"How come you never let me eat like that?" Kyle complained.
"Because you're my husband so it looks disgusting when you do it. But when Nall does it, it's adorable!"
"Thank you Jessica!" I laughed happily.
"Nall when I kick the bucket, I want you to have my sword" Kyle said in a serious tone out of nowhere, "and my woman!"
"Kyle!"
"Okay, okay, okay. Just the sword," he laughed.
Suddenly, there was a rapid knock on the door. I smiled at my two old friends. I felt like they were my grandparents when I looked at them. Many people would think so when they saw us walk down the street from each other.
"I'll get it for you!"
I ran to the door and opened it. It was the man from earlier who lost the bet to Kyle. He looked disgruntled, drunk, and angry so I spoke slowly and carefully so I wouldn't upset him any further.
"Why are you here?"
"To kill that old man!" he screamed.
The man pushed me aside, making me stumble and fall into their coffee table, breaking it. Kyle and Jessica came in looking around confused. I got up slowly.
"Oh...it's you..." Kyle said slowly.
He pulled out a dagger and lunged at Kyle and Jessica. Kyle pushed Jessica out of the way and the man jumped on him. I shot up and tackled him off of Kyle. But, he had already stabbed him in the chest.
"Kyle!" Jessica screamed, crawling over to Kyle's bloody body.
The man stabbed me in the shoulder, making me yelp in pain and fall back. He got up and ran away. I glanced over at Kyle and Jessica. Jessica was crying over Kyle, screaming his name over and over again. He had a blank stare on his face. Rage took over, I grabbed Kyle's sword, and ran out after the deranged man. I wanted revenge for Kyle and Kyle's sword will be the one to reep the seed. I found the man by a river close to Nanza, washing Kyle's blood off of his dagger
"You..." I growled.
He turned around and looked at me.
"You're that kid that was with that old man that took all my money. What's up wit you?"
It made me even angrier that he didn't care that he just murdered my friend. My breathing was like low growls, everytime I exhaled. The man looked like he was rather frightened but I didn't care. I wanted him to be. I wanted him to feel the pain Kyle and Jessica were feeling at this very moment. I wanted to see him suffer.
"You...just murdered one of my best friends!" I roared, "I won't let scum like you LIVE!!"
I unsheathed Kyle's sword and slowly walked toward the man. He started moving to the side, as if trying to make an escape.
"Me? Scum? Please! It was that Kyle who was scum! He mercilessly took my money! Now, he will be as miserable as me," he said. Then he laughed, "plus, why do you have old people as friends. You're a kid, shouldn't you be hangin' around with kids your age?"
I placed the tip of Kyle's sword at his neck. He laughed nervously.
"Kyle is not scum. Only someone who would kill someone over something as petty as a few silver is scum. Money...can be easily gotten back...but a life...you can never get that back!" I hissed.
He grabbed the sword blade, to move it from his neck before I stabbed him. Somehow, he managed to knock the sword out of my hand, but not before it drew some blood. That was enough for me. He took out the knife he had stabbed me and Kyle with.
"You're pretty strong for a kid, but it's time for you to say hello to your old friend."
I looked up at the sky. Not a shooting star in sight. That meant Kyle was still alive and I had enough time to kill this man and get to say goodbye. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach. I winced and looked down at my stomach. The man's dagger was in me. I took out the dagger out, looked at it, and threw it aside. The man looked at me bewildered and scared.
"Sh-shouldn't you be dead! I-I stabbed you twice!"
I growled and transformed into the large, dominating White Dragon. He screamed and tried to run, but I put my large paw on top of him and picked him up by the tail of his dingy jacket.
"What should I do with you?" I mumbled in a grim tone, "I would torture you but I don't have enough time. So I'll make it as quick and painful as possible...maybe I should eat you..."
As I threw him to the ground and hovered my paw over him, ready to crush him, I realised something. If I killed him, I would be stooping down to his level. I sighed deeply. As a Dragon of Althena, I couldn't take one of her creations life. So, I decided to just hurt him badly by crushing his legs under my huge, yet feathery paw and dropping him off at the local jailhouse. I flew back to Kyle and Jessica's house and changed back into my human form so I could fit in the house. I ran in and fell to my knees beside Jessica and Kyle. Jessica was trying to heal him, like she had done twice before. For a while, it looked like it was working but then Jessica got weak and couldn't use her magic anymore.
"Kyle, don't die on us!" I cried, "I got revenge for you. See?"
I lifted up his sword, which still had the man's blood on it. He shook his head.
"I hope you didn't kill 'im..." he said weakly.
"No. I couldn't bring myself to do it. But I did hurt him, just like he hurt you..."
"Good. Murder is not the answer. He could have a family just like I did. You wouldn't want his innocent family to feel the pain mine will..."
I noticed how he was talking and grabbed his shirt. Jessica cried into her hands.
"Please Kyle don't talk that way..." Jessica cried.
"Yeah! Don't talk like that! You're gonna live! You're gonna live to take me to a strip joint, okay?!"
"Nope. I wish I had the chance to though. The chance to see all of y'all faces while those ladies shook their no-no parts for you...heh..."
Even while he was dying, he still knew how to make us laugh. Jessica and I chuckled a little, wiping tears off our faces, although it was in vain because they were still coming. There was no denying it. Kyle was slowly leaving us and there was nothing we could do.
"Kyle, don't leave me alone..." Jessica whimpered.
"You'll never be alone Jessie. I'll always be watching over you from the Blue Star...especially while you're taking baths 'cause you may be in your 90s but your body's the best I've EVER seen. Yeah..."
She laughed again. He smiled at her.
"Don't forget, I'll always love you...and Nall, remember what I said earlier. Take my sword and clean it off..."
"Say hi to Mia and Nash for us..." I whispered as he closed his eyes.
He nodded and closed his eyes. It took a lot of strength for me not to go back to that jailhouse, get that man, and kill him. I helped Jessica up, who was crying loudly, and led her outside.
"Watch this Jessica," I said, pointing to the Blue Star.
Another shooting star shot toward the hovering blue planet. She stopped crying and looked at me confused.
"That's Kyle's spirit. I'm sure of it," I smiled, tears still in my eyes.
"Yeah. Thank you Nall," she said hugging me and making me wince, "now let's bandage you up."
After that day, I moved in with Jessica so she wouldn't be so lonely. But I know it didn't work. I stayed there for about two years, but the lonliness was getting to her. I wasn't enough for her. She had lost a lot of weight and her health was fading. She was getting more and more wrinkled by the day. Kyle's crazy way of life was what was keeping her alive. All of the adrenaline coursing through her veins must have kept her heart young. I tried taking her for a daily flight but it didn't work. That day, she was laying in her bed when I had came in to check on her.
"Hey Jessica, I brought you some juice."
"Nall...I'm going to die..."
I blinked and walked over to her. She smiled at me and sighed.
"You were sweet to come live with me, but go back to Alex and Luna's. Although your presence has kept me alive for the past two years, I need Kyle in my life."
"I understand...but why does that have to mean you're going to die?"
"Sorry Nall...I don't have the will to live..." she said quietly, "you can have my plushie doll of you in your kitty form...I made it a little after we saved Luna. And take all of me and Kyle's money and save it. You'll probably need it..."
Jessica closed her eyes as I took her hand. I began crying again. I've cried so many times in the past three years, it was a shame. I'm surprised I wasn't dehydrated by now. I felt her muscles relax and she was gone.
"No! Jessica! What about me? I'll be alone!"
It was in early afternoon so I couldn't see her star. After her funeral, I packed up and moved back in with Alex and Luna.
Now that you've read. Review. Don't forget, if you don't have something nice or constructive to say, don't say anything at all. 'Kay?