Chapter 5:Maybe In Hell
A/N: As usual, thank you so much you guys for enjoying this fic. So here's the normal answer deal.
First…(waves) Heya Kasumi!!! I emailed you so I hope you got it! Thanks for reviewing after all.
Second…yeah, I know, I'm terrible with pairings but I really don't like KOS-MOS/chaos pairing because well…they are so…err…it's hard to explain…(sweat drop) but either way at least everything's so vague that anyone could end up with anyone!! Yay for vagueness!!
Well
that's bout it so I hope you like this chapter too! Oh yeah I've been making
longer chapters…is that ok?
"…and that's all the info I've got right now." Virgil threw back his head,
pushing the side of his hood from his face. "Good enough for ya?"
"Yes, that's fine." The cloaked man nodded. "Master Wilhelm shall be quite pleased. Oh yes and about the action set in motion fourteen years ago…?" He leaned closer, noticing the grin on Virgil's face.
"Got it covered." Virgil said with deep satisfaction. "Still don't get the whole picture but I figure, if it's the great Sage here telling me-"
"Keep it down!" The sage hissed. "Someone could be listening!"
"Enough with that!" Virgil growled. "It's stupid to keep hiding like that."
"Until the time is ripe my friend." The wise man stood up. "But I have other things I must get to with the news you've given me. I must keep an eye on Shion and her friends since they're all gathering…"
"Gathering?" Virgil's lips formed a frown. "Whaddaya mean?"
"Well…I saw young Theos on his way to have a word with chaos."
"Oh, the brat with the yellow hair?" Virgil's mood quickly brightened. "I've gotta see that."
"Oh? Do you think it would be funny to see their true selves awake now? Now when we are finally near our goal? You think it would be wonderful to see the Y data go to waste?" The sage moved his face close to Virgil's. The scene must have looked odd, two cloaked men staring each other down in middle of a restaurant.
"Hmph…it's all insane anyway." Virgil shrugged and leaned his face away. "But I guess I'm not in a place to complain. You guys saved me. Though it's kinda useless since Feb is still…" Virgil suddenly became silent and looked away. "Damn Shion."
"It wasn't Shion's fault for your lover's death. Get over it." The sage's tone became harsh and his words icy. "I knew we should have wiped your memories of the former life. It's pointless to dwell on that past when it has nothing to do with your future. Now go and watch Albedo." Virgil glared at the man, wishing nothing less then the Sage's death.
"Hey listen, another thing…bout the chaos kid." Virgil paused, wondering if the other man was even listening. "Does he know…I mean, the Zohar didn't take his memory did it?"
"In a way." The sage had grown tired of talking. "It's sealed, inside him but not. He won't remember, none of them will, if Albedo is successful. Well, him and Margulis…if they both do their jobs then we won't have to do ours." The man then turned on a dime and walked swiftly away. Virgil slumped in his seat and pulled his hood back over his head.
"Blah
blah blah…" Virgil snorted with disgust. "Why do I have to be the insane guy's
babysitter?"
"Shion, are you prepared to go?" KOS-MOS stood by, watching the red hair
packing a few clothes in a suitcase. "We are to leave in exactly ten minutes
and 48 seconds."
"No, don't rush me!" Shion glanced around her room, grabbing items ever once and a while. "I have to be ready…"
"Shion, your temperature seems to have risen 1.089765 degrees." KOS-MOS noted from her sensors.
"Well yes…" Shion smiled at her robotic friend. "You might not understand but I haven't seen my brother in two years. It will be nice to be back on Second Miltia, see Jin…"
"Understood." KOS-MOS sat back silently watching the woman run about, checking the suitcase ever few seconds only to find she was still missing something. The blue haired girl's eyes followed her until finally she stood and approached the door. "Shion, I will be with Allen. Please join us when you are finished packing." KOS-MOS paused as the door slid open. "And your glasses case is under the rightmost bed." She left and Shion threw herself to the ground, flailing her arms around the bed.
"Oh,
that's right…I dropped it." Shion said, pulling the case from the bed. "How'd
she know what I was looking for?"
MOMO sighed happily as she closed the duffel bag she'd been given. Since
she really didn't have too many personal items, it hadn't taken long to pack.
After Shion's birthday breakfast, everyone seemed to suddenly have forgotten
where they put even simple items. Now the crew was rushing about, packing
anything they could carry.
"I'm glad I'm done." MOMO sat down on her bed and stared around the empty room. "I wonder what Shion's brother is like?" The girl had remembered once that Shion had called her brother 'A lazy would be swordsman who's only goal in life is to read every idiotic book on the face of the planet.' At the time, MOMO found these words harsh but now it seemed that Shion was very excited about seeing him again.
"It must be nice…to have a sibling." In her mind's eye, the young girl could still see the Kirshwasser bodies thrown about with the same reckless abandon that Albedo always carried. Their eyes staring into the empty abyss, mouths hung open still from perhaps one finally scream. And that laughter…the cruel, mad sound that rang all through the room, echoing forever in the poor girl's head. "He…took them away…" Another image flashed across her eyelids, that of Jr as he used such a strange but tremendous power against Albedo. She could still hear chaos' forceful cry to desist. He seemed to know something about that odd power…not to mention Jr's past…
"Hey MOMO!"
MOMO jumped a mile high, only to see the very same red haired boy who had just occupied her thoughts. The smile he had been wearing faded quickly when he saw her temporary panic.
"MOMO, are you alright?" Rubedo asked, quickly rushing to her side.
"Of course…I'm just fine Jr. You startled me a little though." MOMO smiled and a grin formed back on Jr's face.
"I'm sorry, I've been scaring everyone today! Of course, I did walk in on Mary showering so I guess she had a right to be scared huh?" Jr laughed and MOMO giggled at such a scene. The crimson haired boy flopped down on the bed beside MOMO.
"Well, Mary must have been very upset." MOMO said.
"Yeah, she smacked me!" Jr pointed at his cheek. "Right there, not like I saw much anyway!" Jr pouted and MOMO laughed harder. "Then Shelly got all pissed off…and Gaignun thought it was sooo funny!" MOMO nearly fell off the bed, the tone of Jr's voice and the scenario itself being quite amusing after all. "There we go! I cheered you up right?"
"Yes you did, thank you Jr!" MOMO said contently as her laughter stopped. "Did you come to tell me that story?"
"Huh, oh uhh…" Jr suddenly became nervous and looked towards MOMO's bag. "Well, we'll be landing soon. I know Ziggy is getting new orders soon and so is KOS-MOS and Shion and so we might all have to split up for awhile…"
"Yes, Shion told me that yesterday."
"Well…" A red ting appeared on Rubedo's face. "I was thinking…maybe you and I could spend some time together once we get to Jin's. You know, just hang out and….stuff…in case we have to be away…"
"That sounds like fun!" MOMO nearly clapped her hands with joy. "Spending a day together sounds fun. We could go to the beach or maybe to lunch somewhere or…well, what do you want to do?"
"Um, you'll go?!" Jr swiftly lifted his eyes and met with MOMO's amber ones. "You'll really go out…for the day with me?"
"Sure! Is there anywhere you want to go?"
"Actually…there's somewhere really fun called an Arcade!" Jr felt a bit more relaxed knowing MOMO's answer. "There's all kinds of games there, dancing, shooting, throwing…well its simple entertainment and nothing like my casino but still…Allen told me they're great!"
"It sounds wonderful Jr!" MOMO grinned. "Now we both have something to look forward to!"
"Right, so then it's a date!" Jr's azure eyes grew wide when he realized what he'd said but the ever-innocent MOMO didn't seem to catch it.
"Yes of course!" The pink haired Realian smiled happily.
"Ok, well then I've got to go finish packing so…I'll see ya later ok?" Jr jumped up and walked out of the room, a spring in his step. MOMO smiled and absentmindedly played with the bullet on her very special bracelet.
"Huh?
His body temperature soared just now…" MOMO suddenly noticed on her sensors.
"Oh I hope he's not getting sick, then we can't go out…"
"So you'll get your new orders once you're at Jin's house?" Shion asked. She
had bumped into Ziggy near the Elsa's bridge and somehow the two had started a
conversation. "Did you give them Jin's number?"
"Yes, Juli Mizrahi informed me that they had yet to determine a proper place for MOMO to be safe, so they told me to await orders at Jin's." Ziggy said in his usual cool tone.
"Well, that's odd, I was told to wait for orders at Jin's as well." Shion frowned.
"I did not know you had orders."
"Well, KOS-MOS gets messages from HQ and we have to come with her, after all, she needs Allen and me." Shion set down her bags and began a finally rundown of her things. "Still, I have some worries…"
"Like what?" Ziggy asked. "Perhaps I can help?"
"Well…I've been worried lately…that image of KOS-MOS destroying a planet was not at all reassuring."
"Nephilim did say that it was only one of many futures. I believe dwelling on it will not help until we know more." Ziggy paused for only a moment. "I think it all has to do with the Y Data inside MOMO however, Albedo is the only one who knows it right now."
"That doesn't help us much…Oh well. It will be nice to be with Jin." Shion checked off several items on her list. "He doesn't have to worry about Albedo or Zohar or Y Data…he's just a bookworm who lives in the past. He's lucky."
"Are you jealous?" Ziggy wondered why she spoke of her brother in such an unfriendly light.
"Maybe a little…I guess I just think it must be nice to be him." Shion finished her list and picked up her things. "But I think I'm happy with my life right now. Sure it's been pretty bad lately but I did meet some wonderful people and even though a lot has happened I'm just happy to know you guys."
"Thank you Shion. I too feel as if our meeting was a good thing."
"Well, we'll be leaving soon. I have to go see if Allen's done packing." Shion smiled. "I'll see you later Ziggy."
"Yes,
until then Shion."
"Hee hee hee! So many gates to open, so many wonderful prizes behind each door!" Deep inside a large, odd A.G.W.S sat an equally strange man. His milk white hair and clothes made him strange but he seemed not to care. Not like anyone could see him anyway. "Oh what a beautiful thing it will be once the gates to heaven are unlocked! My sweet peche you've given me so much, I'll let you go first." The man laughed, his voice breaking into a deranged sound before it stopped.
"And poor Rubedo, you know nothing about these thirteen gates. But you will soon! Oh yes so soon! My skin is crawling with glee! I'll take Nigredo too, why not after all? I'll let you all see the light, that wonderful beautiful light that only the wondrous U-DO can make! Oh you'll see it all! Once the former heaven of Miltia is restored!" The white haired devil fell back into his cold, insane laughter again as he piloted his mech into space.
"Of
course, not everyone can go to Heaven…maybe in hell…yes, maybe in hell ma belle
peche!"
"So then everything will work out?" The glowing orange haired girl stood before chaos, her face expressionless.
"Yes, we're all going there…I'm sure we'll see KOS-MOS there. It will all be ok again." chaos became silent, waiting for her to say something particular.
"You want them?"
"Please? Nephilim I've done it all to the best of my abilities but all I ask for is my memories back." chaos paused again. "You have them don't you?"
"I no longer have them, now that Theos has come into play."
"Theos?" chaos sighed and ran a gloved hand through his silvery hair. "He's…the other one?"
"Yes and he will soon help unlock the gate to Miltia. Until then, please try to find MOMO's self. She'll only be whole if you free her." Nephilim placed a hand on chaos and gave him a small smile. "You work so hard. Thank you."
"I try." chaos smiled at the young girl. "Is there anything else? I must meet the others before they get worried."
"Yes, one last thing. Don't forget Abel. Wilhelm won't but you need to remember him as well."
"I
know, I couldn't forget him. He's just as important as KOS-MOS after all."
chaos put Nephilim's worries at ease and she nodded and faded away. The slender
boy sighed and shook his head. "Yet even I'm starting to doubt this…" He
grabbed his pack and headed for the Elsa.
"There you are!" Allen grinned as chaos walked up. Everyone had gathered,
things in hand, some seemed a bit angry.
"Where the hell were you?" Jr tapped a foot impatiently. "We've been waiting for nearly a half hour!"
"I'm sorry, I'm terrible at packing." Chaos smiled easily and stood by Allen.
"Me too!" Allen clapped at hand on chaos' shoulder. "The Chief here ended up doing most of my packing!"
"Well, since we're all here…I guess we can go to Jin's now!" Shion looked at her friends and nodded. "Well, let's go then."
"Alright,
babes here I come!" Tony grinned.
A/N: Ah, yes, no real cliffhanger I know but I hope I put some more plot detail in. Next time we'll go to Jin's house and we'll hear the new orders for KOS-MOS and Ziggy. Plus Jr and MOMO go play Dance Dance Revolution! Yayyy!!! Oh and sometime look at the new screenshots for Xenosaga 2. I don't like the new character designs at all! Ph and thanks to illiphar_nelneuve for helping me with my mistakes in this chapter. (beta reader)