A/N: ^-^ ahh, I forgot how refreshing it was to write this story… Must continue with chapter before brain dies… why am I writing at 2 a.m. again…? *shrugs to self*  Ah well! As you can see, I'm just a little insane from sleep deprivation, but the chapter shall commence none-the-less! If I fall asleep during the middle of it though, don't blame me ^-^'' dah well! I'm sick of yammering, so on with the chappie! Don't forget to R&R, it helps my brain! ^_-

 For the longest time, I couldn't see a thing. I felt cold, angry… alone… Then it hit me; literally… or rather, I hit it… whatever it was.
 "Holy shit!"
I grabbed for the back of my head in annoyance, rather than in any kind of pain. My eyes were blurred, and after all I'd been through, I was getting used to this spin-y, nauseous feeling. I looked around the familiar setting of my own room and sighed to myself.
 "Well, isn't this just wonderful?" I snorted, and plopped down on my bed. After laying there a few minutes, I decided I was hungry, and headed down-stairs to the kitchen. I was still the only one home, and had by now pretty much forgotten that I even had a family. It seemed like I'd been away so long… But now was no time for thinking about stuff like that! I threw back a couple cans of coke, a taste I had all but forgotten, and decided it was time for a fridge-raid!

 After gorging myself, I returned to my room, and decided to focus on other matters, such as my being kidnapped by some game jerk! What was I supposed to do anyway? He said I was going home… and here I was. Looked like I was screwed.
 "Somehow," I mused out loud, "I don't think this is what he meant…"
 So then, where was home?

                                       **** 3rd person ****

(Maybe… I wont go back…)
 Jade glanced wearily at her Playstation.
 Was it realy worth it?

She nursed the wound on her neck, which still lightly bled, and tried to figure out what to do. She had lost the dagger Zidane had given her, the one thing that comforted her in that world, and now had no way to defend against the mysterious swordsman who had taken her captive. She sighed and fell back against her bed. The warmth of her room was so inviting… much preferred to the hard beds in that other world… within minutes, she was asleep.

                                            ~*~*~*~*~ dream sequence ~*~*~*~*~*~

With a blade to her throat, Jade was forced downward to kneel upon cold ground. Her lip quivered, and the steady sound of her own blood as it hit the cold stone flooring resonated through her mind. A gloved hand grabbed her hair, twisting the brown locks around its fingers. Her head was pulled back, so she was forced to look ahead. Her eyes widened in fear, and were the blade not held to her with such force, she would have tried to run. The boy who held her spoke, and she immediately recognized his voice to be that of the swordsman.
 "Master…"
An old man approached from the darkness ahead of her, and Jade tried to look away. Before long, the man stood before her, although his face was clouded.
 "I have been waiting… for such a long time…"
He thrust his hand towards her, and Jade awoke, still in her bed, sweating.
                                 

                                   ~*~*~*~*~ Fin ~*~*~*~*~


Jade winced and sat up, realizing she no longer had a choice; she had to go back.
       

                                     **** Jade's P.O.V ****

It felt as though I was still dreaming, but even still, I had made up my mind; I had to go back. I stood up and felt as though I were in a dream, and in an attempt to find out weather I was still sleeping or not, I pinched myself. Feeling pain, I concluded I was awake, and decided to set to work on getting back. But… something didn't seem right… I looked at my reflection in my mirror, and froze. My eyes… had the same icy look to them as those of the swordsman. I felt hypnotized for a while, lost in the emptiness of my own cobalt eyes, then felt my hand move, almost mechanically. It shot forward and grabbed hold of something, although I seemed to be holding nothing but air.
(C'mon Jadie, pull it together! First some wacko dream, and now I'm going insane too!?)
 My arm instantly retracted, pulling with it; seemingly from nowhere, a lengthy blade.
                                       

                                       **** 3rd person ****

She sat staring blankly at the sword for no more than an instant, then swung it violently, and with swift precision, loosing all vision to a blinding blue light.

A/N: ohhh! Mysterious no? plz review! Thnk u!