*Author Notes: Thank you for your comments and reviews. Now I notice that my chaps have gotten shorter. I will try to extend them.*
Seproth: Arg!
Chapter 22:
Truth
He walked through the dark corridor. There was no door, no change, no obstruction. Just a never ending hall. He walked. His footsteps echoed. He stopped, confused, and turned around. A large room had suddenly apeared behind him. The wall across from him had pictures on it. He looked into the pictures. There was one of him. There was a picture of almost everyone he knew in his adventure. Inuyasha, Kagome, Kenshin, Brat, D.g., Erika, Ashitaka, Miroku, everyone. But there were spaces on the wall, like missing people. He looked around. The wall to the left also had a few pictures on it. There was one of Naraku and one of Kikyou. He saw another picture close to the floor. When he went to look at it, his foot hit something. There were four pictures on the floor. One of Kahn, one of the demon Rashak, and two of demons he didn't know. He looked at the picture he had originally tried to look at. His surprise nearly made him fall.
It was a picture of Sephiroth.
It isn't real. I killed him. He died. Not real.
Cloud calmed himself down.
"What the hell is this?" Cloud spoke out loud.
"This is the wall of stars." A low voice said behind him.
Cloud spun around. The room was empty. He spoke out loud.
"What do you mean 'wall of stars'?"
"The many stars of destiny are drawing closer."
"What stars? Where?"
"You will know, when you are ready."
Suddenly his vision turned black, and his consciousness slowly drifted back into his body.
***
Kenshin awoke slowly. The heat coming from beside him indicated that D.g. was still there. He sighed, and slowly tried to unwrap his arms from around her. She groaned at the sudden loss of heat, and one arm came forth to grope for the warmth. Kenshin swiftly jumped clear of the hand, trying to be as quiet as possible. He was the only one awake in the room. He sighed, and walked towards the door that led farther into the building. No one had searched it, so he had no idea what was behind the door. He looked at the door for a second, trying to figure out how to open it. He reached out a hand and tried to push it open. No luck. He couldn't find a handle anywhere. He looked up, hopefully to see a knob or bar. D.g.'s finger hit the open button. Kenshin jumped from her immediate arrival and the voice in his ear.
"It wasn't very nice leaving me back there, Keny-chan."
He smiled at her.
"I didn't want to disturb you, that I didn't."
She sighed then stepped through the door.
"C'mon, we don't have all day."
He stepped in with her. They were in a small room, about the size of a closet. D.g. was fumbling with a control panel to the right of the door.
"C'mon...c'mon...gotcha."
The lights turned on. D.g. hit another button. The closet started to drop. Kenshin was alarmed for a second, but realized that the room was going down slowly. He could here the whine of a motor somewhere.
D.g. clapped once.
"Its an elevator!"
However, as soon as she said that, bright lights erupted out of the windows opposite the door. She looked through to see a room the size of a football field, even bigger. There were boxes scattered to one side, with a huge open area to the other side. There was a huge cloth covering something on the other side. A control room was pressed against the wall on the far side. It was some kind of warehouse, from the looks of it, or maybe a shelter. In any case, the air was somewhat warmer down here.
The elevator reached bottom with two people staring dumbfounded out the window. Kenshin had never seen anything like this in his life. It was amazing! And this elevator, lowering by itself! They stepped out of the elevator onto the metal floor.
"Wow." D.g. said.
"Yea..." Kenshin confirmed.
They walked slowly over to where the boxes were. It took them almost five minutes to even get over there, the room was so large. There were tons of boxes stacked all over the place. Kenshin got one open after much effort, to discover a huge number of space blankets. D.g. was thrilled.
"Look at all this stuff! We have got to tell the others!"
Kenshin nodded slowly.
"You go tell the others. I'm going to look around a bit. I dont want there to be anything dangerous we dont know about."
D.g. agreed, and ran back to the elevator. Kenshin watched as the elevator took her away, and then turned his attention back to the room. He looked around the boxes a bit more, then headed over to the thing hidden under the cloth. It took him a while to walk. The thing was huge. He pulled off the cloth just enough to read the side.
"RX-78 Gundam"
He shrugged to himself. Interesting.
He pulled the rest of the cloth off.
***
His eyes opened slowly. It wasn't very bright, so he had no idea where he was. His memory went back to the walk outside.
"Damn."
It was so warm, he thought to himself. Hey wait, its snowing and freezing around here. He tried to get up, to figure out where he was, but found a heavy object obstructing his action. When he saw it, snuggled up to him, he did that every so annoying instinct.
*Blush*
Along with that, a message.
"What the hell?"
What was she doing there?
There was a groan from beside him, and a fluttering of eyes. His face turned red, even more than before. Brat looked back into his eyes for a second. The sudden movement started him.
*glomp*
"Thank god your okay! I was so worried."
"Cant...breath..."
"Ohh!"
She giggled, and let go. He massaged his stomach.
"Ow."
She gave him a hand up. They stood there, looking at each other, before Cloud ventured a question.
"What happened?"
"You just passed out. None of us could figure out why. You told me you were fine."
He sighed.
"Sorry. I guess I lied there. I felt like crap. I had no energy left, and the magic was draining the heat from my body."
She frowned.
"Dont do that again okay? Why did you push yourself like that?"
He didn't know.
"Instinct I guess."
She smiled at him.
"Promise me you wont do that again, okay?"
He grinned a little.
"Sure, I promise."
He stared down into her eyes. She was staring back up at him. What they didn't know was that a very excited D.g. just opened the elevator.
"Guys! Guys! Guess what we found! Get up! Get up!"
She saw Cloud and Brat, who jumped away from each other instantly. D.g. grinned at them. Brat gasped.
"Nothing happened."
"RIIIGHT!" D.g. yelled.
"Shut up bitch!" Inuyasha yelled moodily.
"Jees. What your problem?" D.g. shot back.
"Kagome is asleep."
"Oh. Okay."
D.g. stopped yelling. One very sleepy Erika wearing a bunch of Miroku's robes stumbled over to her.
"D.g....where my Ashi-chan…?"
"ummmm.............downstairs?"
"REALLY? LETS GO!"
"SHUT UP!" Inuyasha yelled.
Erika ran over to the elevator, gleefully. Brat and Cloud followed her, side by side. Inuyasha carried Kagome in his arms. Miroku apparently slep-walked over there. D.g. pushed the button, and they descended. The view freaked more than one person out. Especially the huge, self-contained, mobile suit running into walls down there. It became funny, however, when the ever so familar voice of the samurai came out of the com.
"HOW DO I STOP THIS THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*author note:.....................................................No Ashi-chan for you yet, Erika.
For anyone who doesn't know, a glomp is a tackle/hug. I know exactly how Cloud feels, glomps knock the air out of you.*
Seproth: Arg!
Chapter 22:
Truth
He walked through the dark corridor. There was no door, no change, no obstruction. Just a never ending hall. He walked. His footsteps echoed. He stopped, confused, and turned around. A large room had suddenly apeared behind him. The wall across from him had pictures on it. He looked into the pictures. There was one of him. There was a picture of almost everyone he knew in his adventure. Inuyasha, Kagome, Kenshin, Brat, D.g., Erika, Ashitaka, Miroku, everyone. But there were spaces on the wall, like missing people. He looked around. The wall to the left also had a few pictures on it. There was one of Naraku and one of Kikyou. He saw another picture close to the floor. When he went to look at it, his foot hit something. There were four pictures on the floor. One of Kahn, one of the demon Rashak, and two of demons he didn't know. He looked at the picture he had originally tried to look at. His surprise nearly made him fall.
It was a picture of Sephiroth.
It isn't real. I killed him. He died. Not real.
Cloud calmed himself down.
"What the hell is this?" Cloud spoke out loud.
"This is the wall of stars." A low voice said behind him.
Cloud spun around. The room was empty. He spoke out loud.
"What do you mean 'wall of stars'?"
"The many stars of destiny are drawing closer."
"What stars? Where?"
"You will know, when you are ready."
Suddenly his vision turned black, and his consciousness slowly drifted back into his body.
***
Kenshin awoke slowly. The heat coming from beside him indicated that D.g. was still there. He sighed, and slowly tried to unwrap his arms from around her. She groaned at the sudden loss of heat, and one arm came forth to grope for the warmth. Kenshin swiftly jumped clear of the hand, trying to be as quiet as possible. He was the only one awake in the room. He sighed, and walked towards the door that led farther into the building. No one had searched it, so he had no idea what was behind the door. He looked at the door for a second, trying to figure out how to open it. He reached out a hand and tried to push it open. No luck. He couldn't find a handle anywhere. He looked up, hopefully to see a knob or bar. D.g.'s finger hit the open button. Kenshin jumped from her immediate arrival and the voice in his ear.
"It wasn't very nice leaving me back there, Keny-chan."
He smiled at her.
"I didn't want to disturb you, that I didn't."
She sighed then stepped through the door.
"C'mon, we don't have all day."
He stepped in with her. They were in a small room, about the size of a closet. D.g. was fumbling with a control panel to the right of the door.
"C'mon...c'mon...gotcha."
The lights turned on. D.g. hit another button. The closet started to drop. Kenshin was alarmed for a second, but realized that the room was going down slowly. He could here the whine of a motor somewhere.
D.g. clapped once.
"Its an elevator!"
However, as soon as she said that, bright lights erupted out of the windows opposite the door. She looked through to see a room the size of a football field, even bigger. There were boxes scattered to one side, with a huge open area to the other side. There was a huge cloth covering something on the other side. A control room was pressed against the wall on the far side. It was some kind of warehouse, from the looks of it, or maybe a shelter. In any case, the air was somewhat warmer down here.
The elevator reached bottom with two people staring dumbfounded out the window. Kenshin had never seen anything like this in his life. It was amazing! And this elevator, lowering by itself! They stepped out of the elevator onto the metal floor.
"Wow." D.g. said.
"Yea..." Kenshin confirmed.
They walked slowly over to where the boxes were. It took them almost five minutes to even get over there, the room was so large. There were tons of boxes stacked all over the place. Kenshin got one open after much effort, to discover a huge number of space blankets. D.g. was thrilled.
"Look at all this stuff! We have got to tell the others!"
Kenshin nodded slowly.
"You go tell the others. I'm going to look around a bit. I dont want there to be anything dangerous we dont know about."
D.g. agreed, and ran back to the elevator. Kenshin watched as the elevator took her away, and then turned his attention back to the room. He looked around the boxes a bit more, then headed over to the thing hidden under the cloth. It took him a while to walk. The thing was huge. He pulled off the cloth just enough to read the side.
"RX-78 Gundam"
He shrugged to himself. Interesting.
He pulled the rest of the cloth off.
***
His eyes opened slowly. It wasn't very bright, so he had no idea where he was. His memory went back to the walk outside.
"Damn."
It was so warm, he thought to himself. Hey wait, its snowing and freezing around here. He tried to get up, to figure out where he was, but found a heavy object obstructing his action. When he saw it, snuggled up to him, he did that every so annoying instinct.
*Blush*
Along with that, a message.
"What the hell?"
What was she doing there?
There was a groan from beside him, and a fluttering of eyes. His face turned red, even more than before. Brat looked back into his eyes for a second. The sudden movement started him.
*glomp*
"Thank god your okay! I was so worried."
"Cant...breath..."
"Ohh!"
She giggled, and let go. He massaged his stomach.
"Ow."
She gave him a hand up. They stood there, looking at each other, before Cloud ventured a question.
"What happened?"
"You just passed out. None of us could figure out why. You told me you were fine."
He sighed.
"Sorry. I guess I lied there. I felt like crap. I had no energy left, and the magic was draining the heat from my body."
She frowned.
"Dont do that again okay? Why did you push yourself like that?"
He didn't know.
"Instinct I guess."
She smiled at him.
"Promise me you wont do that again, okay?"
He grinned a little.
"Sure, I promise."
He stared down into her eyes. She was staring back up at him. What they didn't know was that a very excited D.g. just opened the elevator.
"Guys! Guys! Guess what we found! Get up! Get up!"
She saw Cloud and Brat, who jumped away from each other instantly. D.g. grinned at them. Brat gasped.
"Nothing happened."
"RIIIGHT!" D.g. yelled.
"Shut up bitch!" Inuyasha yelled moodily.
"Jees. What your problem?" D.g. shot back.
"Kagome is asleep."
"Oh. Okay."
D.g. stopped yelling. One very sleepy Erika wearing a bunch of Miroku's robes stumbled over to her.
"D.g....where my Ashi-chan…?"
"ummmm.............downstairs?"
"REALLY? LETS GO!"
"SHUT UP!" Inuyasha yelled.
Erika ran over to the elevator, gleefully. Brat and Cloud followed her, side by side. Inuyasha carried Kagome in his arms. Miroku apparently slep-walked over there. D.g. pushed the button, and they descended. The view freaked more than one person out. Especially the huge, self-contained, mobile suit running into walls down there. It became funny, however, when the ever so familar voice of the samurai came out of the com.
"HOW DO I STOP THIS THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*author note:.....................................................No Ashi-chan for you yet, Erika.
For anyone who doesn't know, a glomp is a tackle/hug. I know exactly how Cloud feels, glomps knock the air out of you.*