Virginia cradled Jet in her arms, not realizing that she was being watched
by her other two comrades. Silence reigned for a few moments before
Gallows decided that a little teasing was in order.
".Ah, it's a picture moment." He said in a goofy voice.
Virginia blinked, looking at her predicament before her face becoming the color of a cherry tomato.
"I-it's not what it looks like!" she shouted, her face becoming ever redder.
Clive cut in, a big uncharacteristic smile plastered on his face, "Oh, then what does it look like?" his voice dripped with false innocence.
"Clive not you too?!" Virginia said in horror, her face becoming an impossible red. Right now she wished for something, anything, to get the attention away from her. Her wish was granted as a small moan from Jet turned everyone's attention.
Jet gently lifted himself from Virginia's embrace, before putting his hand on his head.
"Oww."
Virginia's face was no longer red, because her concern was placed solely on Jet. She swallowed the lump in her throat, knowing that Gallows and Clive were still watching.
"Jet?" she called out his name hesitantly. He quickly turned, his violet orbs staring into her green ones. Virginia frowned at the amount of fear in his eyes.
"W-where am I?"
Her frowned deepened at the stuttering tone in Jet's voice. In her time of knowing him, she had seen only a few emotions from Jet; this was not one she wanted to encounter. Not from him, or his innocent counterpart.
"We're in the Angel's Tomb, remember, we came here searching for........." Virginia paused, they hadn't told Jet what they were looking for, hell, they didn't even know! "We came here looking for something." She didn't know how else to put it.
Jet seemed to accept the answer, but it didn't help with his fear. At this, Virginia felt something inside her, some emotion click and if by impulse pulled the frightened young man into a comforting hug. Jet's eyes widened at the unexpected contact, but he didn't push away, which Virginia took as a good thing, but he didn't hug back either, which in some strange way disappointed her.
Unknowingly to Virginia, two other pairs of eyes widened from behind her as well. Clive and Gallows watched the scene, either too shocked to speak, or too taken by the surreal moment, even they weren't sure.
"Ginny?" Jet's voice broke through the dreamlike daze that had filled the room. Virginia now felt the pairs of eyes staring at her, her face began to turn red again, and Clive seemed to have found his voice, as had Gallows.
"'Ginny'? Why Virginia, do you have a new name?" Clive asked a small amount of sarcasm in his voice.
"Well, Virginia, you seem to be enjoying yourself." Gallows said, amusement seeping into his tone.
Virginia pulled her arms away from Jet, and gulped before turning and standing up to the duo, she could see Jet get up as well. She tried to find some way to defend herself, but she couldn't deny what was true...could she?
"I-I don't know what you're talking about." She stated, cursing herself for stammering.
"Sure, and I'm the tooth fairy." Gallows smiled.
Jet's eyes went a size larger at this remark as a memory invaded his thoughts.
FLASHBACK
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"A-are you okay?" Virginia asked as Jet lifted himself to his elbows.
"Yeah, I guess I'm just tired."
"Tired? Jet, you shouldn't lie."
"I-I'm not lying!" Jet stammered in his defense.
"Sure, and I'm the tooth fairy!"
"Who the hells the tooth fairy?" Jet asked blinking.
END FLASHBACK
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"Who the hells the tooth fairy?" Jet mumbled, before a headache made him put a hand over his head.
Virginia's eyes went wide as she heard Jet; she looked at Gallows and Clive who seemed not to understand what was so strange.
"Jet, what did you just say?" Virginia asked, hope was now filtering through her being.
Jet looked at her, confused for a moment before answering, "Who the hells the tooth fairy?"
"Virginia, no offense or anything, but how is that important?" Gallows asked, looking particularly unsure of himself.
"Well, Jet and I kinda got in an argument back at the inn, and I believed he was lying so I said, 'sure, and I'm the tooth fairy' and he said the exact same thing."
"So the punk's got some his old attitude back, personally, I like him better now." Gallows stated.
"No one asked your opinion." Surprisingly Jet was the one who answered. Virginia stared at him, his eyes held a coldness that could only belong to the normal Jet, but it was quickly overridden with pain as he began to sway, putting his hand to his head.
"Jet." Virginia quickly went over to support him and saw something out of the corner of her eye. Beatrice! *B-but how? She died, we saw her die...didn't we?* Virginia was pulled out of her thoughts as she saw Jet begin to sway more dangerously, her eyes widened as she saw none of the previous coldness in his eyes. *Could Beatrice be doing this?* before Virginia could further her thoughts Jet began to collapse.
She quickly lashed out and caught him, but he was heavy and she couldn't hold him herself.
"Clive, Gallows, a little help here?" Virginia panted as she started to topple over herself. Clive quickly went over and held Jet up. Virginia looked to see that Beatrice had gone. She scowled, *that's no help*
She turned her attention back to Jet, who was still out, but other thoughts were now coming to mind. *Jet was scared before, but with everything going on I didn't get to find out why.* she sighed. This day truly, royally sucked!
Virginia turned her concentration back to everyone, and blinked, they were ready to go. She felt herself flush at what had just passed but she quickly began to walk towards them.
"So, which door do we take?" Gallows asked, pointing from one door to another.
Clive answered, "We take the one Jet went through."
"Why?" Gallows asked.
Clive sighed, "Think about it Gallows, Jet got here before any of us, he is also the only one who didn't use even one of his stock of heal berries, so his has to be the safest route out."
Gallows nodded in understanding and the three filed out on chosen road, Clive supporting an unconscious Jet.
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Lombardia was moving steadily through the air. Virginia sighed, not having much more to do then watch the clouds go by; her thoughts turned to Jet, she sighed again, she had been thinking about him a lot lately and found herself neither irritated or unhappy at this.
Now, she was just worried, she hadn't gone to see Jet since they had put him in his room. She groaned but got to her feet and made her way quietly down the hall, she heard snoring from Gallows room, and sighed with relief, and heard even breathing from Clive's, for which she thanked the gods. She made her way to Jet room, she didn't knock; she never did. She easily walked into the room, closing the door behind her.
What she saw made her frown. Jet's usually pale completion was now a chalky white, a cold sweat had formed on his face, and he was thrashing in his bed, like he was having a nightmare. Virginia quickly ran over and shook him gently, getting no response, she tried again; soon she calling him and shaking harder, but nothing was working. It only seemed to make Jet thrash more violently.
Virginia was running out of ideas. The same emotion from the Angel's Tomb was coming back, stronger than before, mixing with her concern. Only one idea came to mind. Virginia bit her lip thinking for a second, and against her better judgement, she quickly pushed her lips over his in a gentle kiss. Jet thrashing slowed before stopping completely. Virginia pulled away to see Jet staring at her, his eyes holding nothing short of shock.
Virginia turned crimson, though the kiss had the desired affect, she had hoped he wouldn't have woken up until after she had pulled away. Virginia hid her eyes behind her bangs and bit her lip.
"Ginny?"
Virginia looked up, Jet's face held a small amount of pink, but he was smiling.
"You-you're not mad at me?" Virginia asked, blinking.
Jet cocked his head to one side, making him look extremely childish, before inquiring, "Should I be?"
"Well, I don't know," Virginia said uncertainly, thanking the gods she wasn't dealing with the normal Jet. "That kinda depends on you."
"Then no, I'm not."
Virginia sighed before her earlier thoughts came to mind, "Jet, why were you so scared before?"
Jet smiled faded from his face, and Virginia felt a more than a little guilty.
"When I went through the door, everything went white and I couldn't see anything," Jet started softly. "Then shadows began to form, and then everything came into focus..." Jet shivered and Virginia found herself putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. He continued, "There was blood everywhere, fires were erupting, and there were bodies all over the ground; then a lady came and spoke to me. She said this is what would happen if we didn't find her siblings, and stop the threat."
Virginia eyes widened, *so I was right, Beatrice is alive.* she pulled out of her thoughts to look at Jet, he seemed to be okay, but she could see the fear that was still in his eyes.
Virginia frowned and pulled Jet into her arms, surprising him as much as the first time. This time however, she felt Jet's arms encircle her waist, making her crack a smile. Virginia didn't know how long they sat there, but soon she felt the Lombardia begin to land.
"Oh hell." Virginia cursed, knowing that Clive and even Gallows would be awake by now, and getting back to her room unnoticed was going to be impossible. Virginia began considering her options. She sighed, not a single idea came to mind.
Virginia looked at Jet, he had pulled away from her as the ship was landing and was now sitting next to her, not knowing what to do she had to ask him. He had been the master of excuses before, he may still have some part of it in him.
"Jet, can you think of an excuse for me to leave my room?" Virginia asked.
Jet looked thoughtful for a moment, "Practice shooting?"
"Perfect, thanks."
Jet nodded as Virginia made her way out the door.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Virginia had been right, as soon as she came down the hall Gallows had opened his door.
"So, where have you been?" he asked with a smile.
"Practice courts," she stated simply before walking to her room. When in her room she let out a small relieved sigh.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
In an Unknown place.
A figure materialized, hidden by the shadows, a tiny creature came to greet it.
"M-master, where were you?" a small demon asked.
"What I do and where I go is none of your business." The voice was childish, but it held a steel edge to it that made the little demon cringe.
The figure appeared out of the shadows, it was a small girl, with long blue hair and ruby red eyes. Beatrice's face was set in a scowl as she sat on her 'throne.' She brought her hand up to show a picture of Jet in his room getting ready to go out the door. *Once I possess the power of Filgaia that are in him I can finally get what I want.* Beatrice smiled, but frowned as Virginia came in to get him.
"It was all her fault that I didn't get my world, and it was all her fault that my first attempt to get the boy failed." Beatrice hissed angrily.
FLASHBACK
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She watched and waited for the boy to fall asleep. Jet came into his room, he sighed and made his way to his bed before collapsing on it. Beatrice smirked as she heard his even breaths and made her way into his dreams.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Jet's Dream.
Jet looked at his surroundings, he saw nothing but dark swirling colors.
"Welcome to my world." Jet's eyes widened as he turned to see Beatrice.
"But how?" Jet took a few steps away from the dream demon before a glare overturned his features, " You're supposed to be dead."
"Now, what ever gave you that idea?" Beatrice asked, a small smile on her face.
She quickly floated over to Jet, making him take a few more steps backwards, his glare still on his face.
"What do you want?" he asked angrily.
Beatrice smirked, "What I've always wanted, my own world."
Jet gave her a look that just seemed to scream 'idiot', "You've already tried that, and you couldn't do it."
"Yes, I have tried before, but now I've found the perfect power source." Beatrice said, her tone now seemed a little more agitated.
Jet raised an eyebrow, "Oh, and what would that 'power source' be?"
Beatrice raised her hand and ran it over the side of Jet's face, "You." She whispered.
Jet's eyes widened but before he could react overwhelming pain took over. He wrapped his arms around himself and let out a small cry before falling to his knees. He felt something pulling his memories away, he looked to see Beatrice glowing with a dim light.
"What are you doing?!" He asked through gritted teeth.
Beatrice grin became wider, "You won't help me willingly, but without your memories, you won't know friend from foe, and it will make you so much easier to deal with if you think I'm your friend."
Jet began to feel more of the affects of his memories leaving him, he started to forget places he'd been, people he'd met, the three drifters he'd come to know as friends, and even himself. Soon his memory became a blank slate. Jet blinked and looked at his surroundings, *what's this place? Who am I? Why can't I remember?*
Beatrice smirked, she had done her task, now all she had to do was make him believe she was his friend. Her smirk turned into a snarl as she felt outside interference take the boy out of her world of dreams.
End Dream ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
She came out to see who had disrupted her perfect plan, she looked to see that girl using the power of the guardian to wake him. She felt hatred burn in her being.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* END FLASHBACK.
Beatrice allowed herself one small snarl before going back to watching the drifters. *Soon,* she thought maliciously. *I will get the power source I need and not even the guardians will be able to save you then, I will have my own world, even if it means stealing the power of Filgaia to do it!*
She watched Jet with a smile, *All I have to do is make sure his memory doesn't return like it almost did in that tomb, and get a few of my servants to get him away from his friends.*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Back to the Drifters.
As they walked into town Jet felt a chill go down his spine. He looked around but frowned as he found nothing wrong or out of place.
"Jet!" Virginia called as she looked behind her. Jet sighed but ran to catch up with everyone. "Jet, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." He said softly.
Virginia frowned, "Jet?" Her tone held a warning.
"It-it's just that I felt like someone was watching me." Jet confessed.
"Watching you?" Virginia blinked and looked around, but found nothing that looked suspicious. She frowned, Jet had never been wrong before. She gently called forth the power of the guardians, her eyes snapped open, someone was watching them, using magic.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The Unknown.
Beatrice frowned, the girl had found out she had been watching. *Blast her and her guardians!* her eyes narrowed, *Oh well, that doesn't change anything. She doesn't know what's going to happen.* A smirk upturned Beatrice's features. *So she won't be able to stop it.*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (Innocent Chrono) I have made this chapter longer in hopes that you, my reviewers will forgive me for not writing for so long! Also you may consider it a Christmas present for the holiday!
(Evil Chrono) I've even explained how Jet lost his memories! I hope it makes sense to everyone. Well, end of author's note!
(Both) Merry Christmas!
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~~Chrono Cross
".Ah, it's a picture moment." He said in a goofy voice.
Virginia blinked, looking at her predicament before her face becoming the color of a cherry tomato.
"I-it's not what it looks like!" she shouted, her face becoming ever redder.
Clive cut in, a big uncharacteristic smile plastered on his face, "Oh, then what does it look like?" his voice dripped with false innocence.
"Clive not you too?!" Virginia said in horror, her face becoming an impossible red. Right now she wished for something, anything, to get the attention away from her. Her wish was granted as a small moan from Jet turned everyone's attention.
Jet gently lifted himself from Virginia's embrace, before putting his hand on his head.
"Oww."
Virginia's face was no longer red, because her concern was placed solely on Jet. She swallowed the lump in her throat, knowing that Gallows and Clive were still watching.
"Jet?" she called out his name hesitantly. He quickly turned, his violet orbs staring into her green ones. Virginia frowned at the amount of fear in his eyes.
"W-where am I?"
Her frowned deepened at the stuttering tone in Jet's voice. In her time of knowing him, she had seen only a few emotions from Jet; this was not one she wanted to encounter. Not from him, or his innocent counterpart.
"We're in the Angel's Tomb, remember, we came here searching for........." Virginia paused, they hadn't told Jet what they were looking for, hell, they didn't even know! "We came here looking for something." She didn't know how else to put it.
Jet seemed to accept the answer, but it didn't help with his fear. At this, Virginia felt something inside her, some emotion click and if by impulse pulled the frightened young man into a comforting hug. Jet's eyes widened at the unexpected contact, but he didn't push away, which Virginia took as a good thing, but he didn't hug back either, which in some strange way disappointed her.
Unknowingly to Virginia, two other pairs of eyes widened from behind her as well. Clive and Gallows watched the scene, either too shocked to speak, or too taken by the surreal moment, even they weren't sure.
"Ginny?" Jet's voice broke through the dreamlike daze that had filled the room. Virginia now felt the pairs of eyes staring at her, her face began to turn red again, and Clive seemed to have found his voice, as had Gallows.
"'Ginny'? Why Virginia, do you have a new name?" Clive asked a small amount of sarcasm in his voice.
"Well, Virginia, you seem to be enjoying yourself." Gallows said, amusement seeping into his tone.
Virginia pulled her arms away from Jet, and gulped before turning and standing up to the duo, she could see Jet get up as well. She tried to find some way to defend herself, but she couldn't deny what was true...could she?
"I-I don't know what you're talking about." She stated, cursing herself for stammering.
"Sure, and I'm the tooth fairy." Gallows smiled.
Jet's eyes went a size larger at this remark as a memory invaded his thoughts.
FLASHBACK
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"A-are you okay?" Virginia asked as Jet lifted himself to his elbows.
"Yeah, I guess I'm just tired."
"Tired? Jet, you shouldn't lie."
"I-I'm not lying!" Jet stammered in his defense.
"Sure, and I'm the tooth fairy!"
"Who the hells the tooth fairy?" Jet asked blinking.
END FLASHBACK
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"Who the hells the tooth fairy?" Jet mumbled, before a headache made him put a hand over his head.
Virginia's eyes went wide as she heard Jet; she looked at Gallows and Clive who seemed not to understand what was so strange.
"Jet, what did you just say?" Virginia asked, hope was now filtering through her being.
Jet looked at her, confused for a moment before answering, "Who the hells the tooth fairy?"
"Virginia, no offense or anything, but how is that important?" Gallows asked, looking particularly unsure of himself.
"Well, Jet and I kinda got in an argument back at the inn, and I believed he was lying so I said, 'sure, and I'm the tooth fairy' and he said the exact same thing."
"So the punk's got some his old attitude back, personally, I like him better now." Gallows stated.
"No one asked your opinion." Surprisingly Jet was the one who answered. Virginia stared at him, his eyes held a coldness that could only belong to the normal Jet, but it was quickly overridden with pain as he began to sway, putting his hand to his head.
"Jet." Virginia quickly went over to support him and saw something out of the corner of her eye. Beatrice! *B-but how? She died, we saw her die...didn't we?* Virginia was pulled out of her thoughts as she saw Jet begin to sway more dangerously, her eyes widened as she saw none of the previous coldness in his eyes. *Could Beatrice be doing this?* before Virginia could further her thoughts Jet began to collapse.
She quickly lashed out and caught him, but he was heavy and she couldn't hold him herself.
"Clive, Gallows, a little help here?" Virginia panted as she started to topple over herself. Clive quickly went over and held Jet up. Virginia looked to see that Beatrice had gone. She scowled, *that's no help*
She turned her attention back to Jet, who was still out, but other thoughts were now coming to mind. *Jet was scared before, but with everything going on I didn't get to find out why.* she sighed. This day truly, royally sucked!
Virginia turned her concentration back to everyone, and blinked, they were ready to go. She felt herself flush at what had just passed but she quickly began to walk towards them.
"So, which door do we take?" Gallows asked, pointing from one door to another.
Clive answered, "We take the one Jet went through."
"Why?" Gallows asked.
Clive sighed, "Think about it Gallows, Jet got here before any of us, he is also the only one who didn't use even one of his stock of heal berries, so his has to be the safest route out."
Gallows nodded in understanding and the three filed out on chosen road, Clive supporting an unconscious Jet.
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Lombardia was moving steadily through the air. Virginia sighed, not having much more to do then watch the clouds go by; her thoughts turned to Jet, she sighed again, she had been thinking about him a lot lately and found herself neither irritated or unhappy at this.
Now, she was just worried, she hadn't gone to see Jet since they had put him in his room. She groaned but got to her feet and made her way quietly down the hall, she heard snoring from Gallows room, and sighed with relief, and heard even breathing from Clive's, for which she thanked the gods. She made her way to Jet room, she didn't knock; she never did. She easily walked into the room, closing the door behind her.
What she saw made her frown. Jet's usually pale completion was now a chalky white, a cold sweat had formed on his face, and he was thrashing in his bed, like he was having a nightmare. Virginia quickly ran over and shook him gently, getting no response, she tried again; soon she calling him and shaking harder, but nothing was working. It only seemed to make Jet thrash more violently.
Virginia was running out of ideas. The same emotion from the Angel's Tomb was coming back, stronger than before, mixing with her concern. Only one idea came to mind. Virginia bit her lip thinking for a second, and against her better judgement, she quickly pushed her lips over his in a gentle kiss. Jet thrashing slowed before stopping completely. Virginia pulled away to see Jet staring at her, his eyes holding nothing short of shock.
Virginia turned crimson, though the kiss had the desired affect, she had hoped he wouldn't have woken up until after she had pulled away. Virginia hid her eyes behind her bangs and bit her lip.
"Ginny?"
Virginia looked up, Jet's face held a small amount of pink, but he was smiling.
"You-you're not mad at me?" Virginia asked, blinking.
Jet cocked his head to one side, making him look extremely childish, before inquiring, "Should I be?"
"Well, I don't know," Virginia said uncertainly, thanking the gods she wasn't dealing with the normal Jet. "That kinda depends on you."
"Then no, I'm not."
Virginia sighed before her earlier thoughts came to mind, "Jet, why were you so scared before?"
Jet smiled faded from his face, and Virginia felt a more than a little guilty.
"When I went through the door, everything went white and I couldn't see anything," Jet started softly. "Then shadows began to form, and then everything came into focus..." Jet shivered and Virginia found herself putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. He continued, "There was blood everywhere, fires were erupting, and there were bodies all over the ground; then a lady came and spoke to me. She said this is what would happen if we didn't find her siblings, and stop the threat."
Virginia eyes widened, *so I was right, Beatrice is alive.* she pulled out of her thoughts to look at Jet, he seemed to be okay, but she could see the fear that was still in his eyes.
Virginia frowned and pulled Jet into her arms, surprising him as much as the first time. This time however, she felt Jet's arms encircle her waist, making her crack a smile. Virginia didn't know how long they sat there, but soon she felt the Lombardia begin to land.
"Oh hell." Virginia cursed, knowing that Clive and even Gallows would be awake by now, and getting back to her room unnoticed was going to be impossible. Virginia began considering her options. She sighed, not a single idea came to mind.
Virginia looked at Jet, he had pulled away from her as the ship was landing and was now sitting next to her, not knowing what to do she had to ask him. He had been the master of excuses before, he may still have some part of it in him.
"Jet, can you think of an excuse for me to leave my room?" Virginia asked.
Jet looked thoughtful for a moment, "Practice shooting?"
"Perfect, thanks."
Jet nodded as Virginia made her way out the door.
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Virginia had been right, as soon as she came down the hall Gallows had opened his door.
"So, where have you been?" he asked with a smile.
"Practice courts," she stated simply before walking to her room. When in her room she let out a small relieved sigh.
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In an Unknown place.
A figure materialized, hidden by the shadows, a tiny creature came to greet it.
"M-master, where were you?" a small demon asked.
"What I do and where I go is none of your business." The voice was childish, but it held a steel edge to it that made the little demon cringe.
The figure appeared out of the shadows, it was a small girl, with long blue hair and ruby red eyes. Beatrice's face was set in a scowl as she sat on her 'throne.' She brought her hand up to show a picture of Jet in his room getting ready to go out the door. *Once I possess the power of Filgaia that are in him I can finally get what I want.* Beatrice smiled, but frowned as Virginia came in to get him.
"It was all her fault that I didn't get my world, and it was all her fault that my first attempt to get the boy failed." Beatrice hissed angrily.
FLASHBACK
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She watched and waited for the boy to fall asleep. Jet came into his room, he sighed and made his way to his bed before collapsing on it. Beatrice smirked as she heard his even breaths and made her way into his dreams.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Jet's Dream.
Jet looked at his surroundings, he saw nothing but dark swirling colors.
"Welcome to my world." Jet's eyes widened as he turned to see Beatrice.
"But how?" Jet took a few steps away from the dream demon before a glare overturned his features, " You're supposed to be dead."
"Now, what ever gave you that idea?" Beatrice asked, a small smile on her face.
She quickly floated over to Jet, making him take a few more steps backwards, his glare still on his face.
"What do you want?" he asked angrily.
Beatrice smirked, "What I've always wanted, my own world."
Jet gave her a look that just seemed to scream 'idiot', "You've already tried that, and you couldn't do it."
"Yes, I have tried before, but now I've found the perfect power source." Beatrice said, her tone now seemed a little more agitated.
Jet raised an eyebrow, "Oh, and what would that 'power source' be?"
Beatrice raised her hand and ran it over the side of Jet's face, "You." She whispered.
Jet's eyes widened but before he could react overwhelming pain took over. He wrapped his arms around himself and let out a small cry before falling to his knees. He felt something pulling his memories away, he looked to see Beatrice glowing with a dim light.
"What are you doing?!" He asked through gritted teeth.
Beatrice grin became wider, "You won't help me willingly, but without your memories, you won't know friend from foe, and it will make you so much easier to deal with if you think I'm your friend."
Jet began to feel more of the affects of his memories leaving him, he started to forget places he'd been, people he'd met, the three drifters he'd come to know as friends, and even himself. Soon his memory became a blank slate. Jet blinked and looked at his surroundings, *what's this place? Who am I? Why can't I remember?*
Beatrice smirked, she had done her task, now all she had to do was make him believe she was his friend. Her smirk turned into a snarl as she felt outside interference take the boy out of her world of dreams.
End Dream ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------
She came out to see who had disrupted her perfect plan, she looked to see that girl using the power of the guardian to wake him. She felt hatred burn in her being.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* END FLASHBACK.
Beatrice allowed herself one small snarl before going back to watching the drifters. *Soon,* she thought maliciously. *I will get the power source I need and not even the guardians will be able to save you then, I will have my own world, even if it means stealing the power of Filgaia to do it!*
She watched Jet with a smile, *All I have to do is make sure his memory doesn't return like it almost did in that tomb, and get a few of my servants to get him away from his friends.*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Back to the Drifters.
As they walked into town Jet felt a chill go down his spine. He looked around but frowned as he found nothing wrong or out of place.
"Jet!" Virginia called as she looked behind her. Jet sighed but ran to catch up with everyone. "Jet, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." He said softly.
Virginia frowned, "Jet?" Her tone held a warning.
"It-it's just that I felt like someone was watching me." Jet confessed.
"Watching you?" Virginia blinked and looked around, but found nothing that looked suspicious. She frowned, Jet had never been wrong before. She gently called forth the power of the guardians, her eyes snapped open, someone was watching them, using magic.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The Unknown.
Beatrice frowned, the girl had found out she had been watching. *Blast her and her guardians!* her eyes narrowed, *Oh well, that doesn't change anything. She doesn't know what's going to happen.* A smirk upturned Beatrice's features. *So she won't be able to stop it.*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* (Innocent Chrono) I have made this chapter longer in hopes that you, my reviewers will forgive me for not writing for so long! Also you may consider it a Christmas present for the holiday!
(Evil Chrono) I've even explained how Jet lost his memories! I hope it makes sense to everyone. Well, end of author's note!
(Both) Merry Christmas!
To the Reviewers:
To Aya-yahiko: Thank you for being such a nice and kind reviewer of my fics, all of them! You've really helped me along!
To Nikaru: Thank you for the funny reviews! They really brighten me up. I hope this chapter goes to your expectations.
To Nayeli: I'm so glad you love the story so far! Hope this chapter holds your interest!
To pnaixrose: I'm glad you love the story and I hope that this chapter is something you will like!
To Teefa85: I'm glad this fic is something you enjoy reading! Hope you will like this chapter as much as the others!
To Loev Hina 86: Here's more, just like you asked for! Hope you like it as much as before!
To Bright Wing Yume: I'm sorry if Jet seems a bit too innocent, but without any memories or experiences that's how I'd imagine he'd be. I hope that doesn't stop you from reading!
To Kanon: I glad you like it! I hope you read more and I hope this chapter is good.
To AJ Taylir: Thanks for the compliment!
To Rhais: Thank you for reviewing and I hope this chapter will explain a few things.
I thank all my loyal reviewers! See you next chapter!!
~~Chrono Cross