Chapter 2: To begin Anew

Authors Note: Word! You know the drill people! Finally an update, eh? ;) he he



               I followed Cloud and Ramza outside of the alley, rubbing my head the entire way. My body still ached a little from the landing, and as we entered into the light, I opened my mouth in awe. This world was beautiful! The water was clear blue, the ships where amazing, the sky a crystal blue with light clouds. I then looked over and saw the rest of the group. Rad, Lavian, and Alicia! Wow! I thought. And look! Mustadio and Agrias, and they are kissing... Strange. My mind surged with thoughts like these, as we got closer and closer to the group. I stood slightly apart as Ramza begin to speak to the group.

"Hey everyone. This is Clayton. He is gonna join up with us for a while. He is like Cloud it seems, a traveler from another world. Lets all give him our friendship, and respect, as I am sure he will give us." Ramza then turned to me, as if awaiting me to say something.

                I looked out at the group and realized with increasing fear that all eyes were on me. "Well umm, Hi! The name is Clayton as you have been told. I come from a place called Earth. But enough about that! Its just such, an honor to meet you all! I mean, wow! Ramza, Cloud, Rad, Lavian, Alicia, Agrias, Mustadio, Worker 8, Meliadoul, Rafa, Malak, Reis, Beowulf and Orlandu! You guys are my hero's!" When I said this, everyone stared at me. I stared back, and we sat there for a little while before Rafa spoke.

"How do you know our names?! Who are you really?"

At this, Orlandu drew his sword and spoke up. "You better start talking friend, and fast."

               I panicked. I didnt know what to do! I slowly backed up, my hands out in front of me in peace. Rafa and Orlandu advanced, and Ramza sat there staring. Before I knew what was happening, I felt the power well up inside me. I closed my eyes, and shouted the first command that popped into my head. "WIND TUNNEL!!!" My hand shot up, and a symbol appeared in it. I opened my eyes, the panic welling up inside me. All at once, a huge gust of wind came straight at my hand and entered the symbol. Then, without warning, a huge horizontal tunnel of wind opened up and started to pull Orlandu and Rafa towards me, faster and faster. While they were fighting against the pull of the wind, a couple of barrels, and crates shot past them, straight into my hand, vanishing without a trace. Ramza called out as Rafa lost her footing and began to fly towards my open palm.

"Clayton STOP!" I realized what was happening, and lowered my hand. All at once, the wind stopped, and Rafa fell down onto the dock. "Sorry! I didnt mean to, I mean, OPPS!" I then proceeded to faint, the strain of what just happened a little too much for me.

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               I woke up in a bed. I immediately sat up, looking around, expecting to see my room, to be in my chair. But it turned out that I was sitting in a room, in a bed, that was not my room and was sure as hell not my bed! I looked around and saw someone. It was a girl, she wasn't facing me at the time. Her hair was long and brown, and reached down to her butt. All of a sudden she turned around and I realized I was looking at Meliadoul. My god she was beautiful! Her eyes where a lovely green, her body perfectly curved. She smiled at me, and I started blushing and spouting random apologies.

"I am sooo sorry! I mean I really am!"

She just giggled a little, and said "You gave us all a scare with that attack of yours. It threw us off. After you fainted, we got ourselves some rooms here at the Inn of the Golden Circle, and well, I ended up your roommate..." She blushed at this and I had to wonder, why the heck is she blushing when looking at me?! Oh well. She recovered her composure then continued, "Well Ramza thinks that we are gonna be in town for a couple of days. The Mayor wants to meet with him tomorrow, and the rest of us are free to do what we want. Sooo... ummm.... you single?" Meliadoul blushed a very deep red at this. I also began to blush, thinking about my current status. Well, as far as I was concerned, ya I was single in this dimension.

"Ummm yea I am, why?"

"Just curious. Sooo ummm, do you know anything about fighting?"

I simply sat back and thought. The power was now evident in my mind. I knew that I could call on it to a lot of things, the Wind Tunnel attack being my most dangerous. I also realized that while I had no skill in my mind at armed combat, Unarmed Combat was a different story entirely... It seemed that while my attacks where based on psychic power, my fighting skills were akin to Dragon Ball Z. How very peculiar. I spoke up.

"No I am no good with a sword, but with my hands I could do some very amazing things!" I then realized just how that sounded, as Meliadoul blushed even worse and giggled. I looked around and realized again that there was only ONE bed in this room!

"Umm Mel, can I call ya that?"

"Yes of course you can, sweetie", she giggled as she said this. I grinned.

"There is only one bed here, ummm where are we both gonna sleep?" At this point I realized that I was no longer wearing my clothes! "EPP! Where are my clothes and who undressed me?!"

Once again, Meliadoul blushed a deep deep crimson and said "You clothes were torn up, so I, ummm, undressed you (blush) and as for the sleeping arrangement, I guess we can share the bed? (HUGE Blush)"

I got over it. I simply couldn't stand it any more! "Meliadoul, do you have some sort of crush on me?" She blushed a very deep red, stammered something incoherent, and ran from the room. I simply grinned, got up, and found my new clothes. A robe, some pants, and a bandana. I proceeded to get dressed and began to do some stretching exercises.

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               After I finished exercising, I heard a knock on my door. I opened it and was greeted to the sight of Malak, scowling at me. "Umm Hi there Malak! What's new?" I tried to be friendly.

"You had us all really scared yesterday. I wanted to let ya know two things. 1) I DONT TRUST YOU, and 2) Ramza wants us to meet downstairs, get down there!" Malak then stomped off, mumbling to himself. I just stood there in the doorway, shrugged, and followed after.


Well there ya go! A little romance, a little distrust, and a WHOLE Lotta power! :D WEEEEEEEEE Read and Review you people!