"Lost Souls"
The First Mini Story of the Memories of Chaos Trilogy
By Grey Wolf Himura
Bakumatsu Saga
Preface
First, this is a mini story that will not be alternate universe. This really happened in the world of Memories of Chaos.
As you must have guessed by now, in the two years that Memories of Chaos skipped over, between the Frieza Saga and the Super Trainer Showdown saga, something happened between Grey Wolf and Vejiita that ended their relationship. But what was it? This is why I'm here. For the next few pages of our story, that painful day will be reenacted, where life turned to death, loyalty turned to betrayal, and love turned to hatred. It has been said that the borders between these things are but paper thin. The proof may be right in front of your eyes.
"Lost Souls"
May 24th, 1880, 10th year of Meiji(1 1/2 Years Ago)
"Grey Wolf, watch out for the-"
A crash was heard in the next room, then a yell of pain from the clumsiest saiyan to have ever lived. Vejiita slapped his forehead as he ran to help his fionce. It soon became appearant what Grey Wolf was to watch out for, as she was covered, head to toe, in garbage. She had been jogging, tripped over the internet wiring, grabbed onto the 4 foot tall garbage can(9 inches shorter than her; she was 4'9") in an attempt to stop herself from falling, instead caused it to topple over as well, and as she landed, the garbage can's contents spilled all over her. "Damnit..." Grey Wolf muttered, picking a banana peel off her head. "Man... if only I was as graceful in non-combat as I am during combat..."
"Oh, don't say-" Vejiita froze as feet pulled him one way and his nose the other.
"Yeah, thank you for helping." Grey Wolf muttered, as if she knew what Vejiita's nose had just thought.
"Sorry..." Vejiita quickly said as he offered a hand to Grey Wolf, which she took. He was the only one she took help from, otherwise, she'd decline the kind hand to pull her up. She felt no decline in pride as he aided her, as she considered him a part of her, the same way he felt about her. Granted this, the two were unbeatable as a team. Any enemy headed their way, they swore to take together, shortly after Vejiita was revived and Frieza killed. Grey Wolf swore an oath to herself that she would never let Vejiita get harmed again, and that she would uphold this oath with her life. Little did she know that he had sworn the same for her. It was that fate-changing oath that would cause their lives to fall apart.
Grey Wolf, ten minutes later, was being carried by Vejiita to Miss Megumi's home, having tripped over the same damned banana peel and landing with her left foot under her. Needless to say with one glance, the leg was broken. After personally making sure the banana peel in question was in a blender, then the fragments placed in a bag, which was then placed in a trash can, which was then... Vejiita got rid of it the banana peel, then, picked Grey Wolf up gently and started off for the infirmary, bringing us back to the point thereof.
They finally arrived at the infirmary. Megumi quickly judged to put the leg in a cast instead of using a senzu bean, which, while faster, didn't allow the leg to strengthen from the break at all. Kenshin was asked to put the leg in a cast, having some experience with bruises, breaks, and lacerations(having more to due with the clumsiness of his daughter than with the fact that they both were swordsmen/women, Grey Wolf a samurai under her master, an old enemy of Kenshin's, who was currently missing, presumed dead). Then, an enthusiastic Mokuba was allowed, at Grey Wolf's approval, to walk Speedy, Grey Wolf's first poke'mon, which she and Vejiita treated like a son, though they were both only 11. Grey Wolf was a bit uneasy about Moki(Mokuba's nickname) walking Speedy without a bodyguard, knowing how prized the most powerful poke'mon in the world was, but Vejiita reasured her that Speedy and Moki would be fine. Or so he thought.
The trouble was, he didn't expect Moki to not see the Team Magma member, dressed in a cloak, sneak up behind him and knock him out with a harsh blow to the face. Then, the man not wanting to fight the legendary 'Flying Arcanine', which had grown wings when he had evolved, he shot Speedy with a tranquilizer dart, and when a Team Magma helicopter touched down, people in the streets were too frightened to do anything as the man carried the Arcanine into a helicopter and fly away.
"NO! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT! YOU TOLD ME HE'D BE SAFE!!!" Grey Wolf yelled as she grabbed Vejiita's shirt.
"Calm down! We... we can still get Speedy back. Mokuba said it was Team Magma, right? We can infiltrate the base and get Speedy back! We just have to work together. Right...?"
"Right..." Grey Wolf whispered to Vejiita's impassioned words. He cared about Speedy almost as much as Grey Wolf did.
Half an hour later, after Grey Wolf had taken a Senzu bean for her leg, she and Vejiita were off. They arrived at the Team Magma base with their main priority to reclaim Speedy from Team Magma, with an underlying priority to destroy the base. Grey Wolf and Vejiita used stealth to sneak behind a few guards and take them out, and they ran through the rooms so fast, they weren't caught by the traps or the cameras until they were deep into the base. Grey Wolf tripped over a wire and fell into a hole. When she hit the ground, thousands of shuriken started flying at her. Vejiita tried to fly into the trap, but a shield had formed over the trap, sealing Grey Wolf in- and Vejiita out. Grey Wolf was quickly losing stamina. Finally, she fell, unable to even stand. When she landed on the floor, she was teleported.
"Grey Wolf!" Vejiita cried out. He started flying around, searching frantically, until he entered a large cavern. Something about the cavern's gravity prevented him using his ki properly to fly or teleport. He saw Grey Wolf tied to a wall and began to run towards her, but a crack below him stopped him. The cavern had a long walkway, but other than that, nothing was separating Vejiita from the long fall down. A man laughed behind him. Vejiita spun to look at him.
The man was standing next to Speedy.
"This vial..." He searched his pockets and pulled a vial containing a green liquid. "This vial contains an antidote."
"... To what?" Vejiita asked, confused.
"We treated Speedy with a brainwashing agent. If he doesn't take this, he'll forever be a part of Team Magma. However..." The man pointed at Grey Wolf's arm. It had a bomb attached to it, in a language Vejiita didn't understand. "She's going to blow up. Very soon. You only have time to save one... Who will it be?"
"You monster!" Vejiita cried out.
"Call me what you wish... but YOUR FATE LIES IN YOUR HANDS!!!" The man dropped the vial.
It fell to the floor, as the bomb counted down to zero. Vejiita made a split second decision.
"No... what the hell are you doing?! Save Speedy! Forget about me!" Grey Wolf yelled, Vejiita's face focused on detatching the bomb. He looked up into her eyes, tears in his. He didn't know if he would get the bomb off in time. Fear entered his heart, that he'd let both Speedy and Grey Wolf down. With one powerful lurch, he ripped the bomb off and threw it down into the cavern.
The explosion rocked the cavern, but it did not mask the sound of the vial shatter. The man laughed maniacally, then walked away, Speedy following him, until a boulder from the roof of the cavern struck him, killing him. Vejiita cursed, "Kuso(shit)..." before picking Grey Wolf up and running over to Speedy. Speedy growled, but Grey Wolf reached out a hand to him. Her soft touch reminded Speedy of the bond the Team Magma member had tried, but could not, erase. Vejiita breathed again, until a rock struck him on the head, cracking his skull. He fell to the floor.
Speedy nudged him to keep him awake, then the dog poke'mon licked Grey Wolf's face softly, before turning away. He drew upon all his strength and used the Fire Spin technique, holding the cavern there. Vejiita picked Grey Wolf up again and continued running out of the base, but Grey Wolf stopped him and reached for Speedy, yelling, "We can't leave him! We can't leave him!"
"We have to!" Vejiita cried out, looking at the Flying Arcanine for the last time before continuing out of the base.
Grey Wolf came to a few hours later, and they immediately fanned out, searching for any sign of Speedy. Hours passed, but there was no sign of Speedy in the rubble, so Grey Wolf and Vejiita met back up to search together. Still, there was no sign of the Flying Arcanine.
"V-Vejiita..."
He spun around to see a bloody paw sticking out from under a rather large pile of rubble.
"Oh god, no..." Vejiita whispered, making his way to the rubble, Grey Wolf immobile. He quickly moved the rocks out of the way. The sight he then saw made his stomach lurch. He felt tears coming to him as he and Grey Wolf stared upon what was the mangled corpse of Speedy. Speedy's fur was almost fully blood red, his wings torn and bloodstained, his head and torso horribly lacerated. Vejiita refused to move. He didn't want to face her, to see the pain she had to have been suffering. He did not look away from Speedy's mangled body until he heard a sword unsheathe.
Grey Wolf was going to kill him. That had to be it. And he deserved it, he felt. He turned to look at the face of the girl he loved one last time, and saw that it was not, as he had presumed, the katana which Grey Wolf had unsheathed, but the Wakizachi.
But then, why would she use the wakizachi? The katana was far more effective, and also, with the wakizachi, not only did she have barely any range, but none of her special techniques were possible! Why then? Only when Grey Wolf walked to the dead body of her Arcanine the way she did, did the heart stopping realization occur-
Senpoku. Ritualistic samurai suicide. Upon defeat or shaming, a samurai would commit suicide. That was the only thing it could possibly be. Her heart had been defeated and her soul lost... by the death of her Arcanine, her best friend. And, as samurai, she had to admit defeat and...
Vejiita flew at Grey Wolf, screaming for her to stop, getting the Wakizachi just in time to save her from her own blade. With one swift reaction, Grey Wolf drew the Heavenly Sword, her Katana passed down to her after Okita's death, and cut into Vejiita's stomach with the god speed of Battojutsu, sending him flying backwards. They stared into each other's eyes for the longest time, before Grey Wolf turned, dropped something, and walked away. It seemed like hours before Vejiita moved forward and picked up the engagement ring he had given to her, clutching it, holding it to his heart, trying to do the impossible: to forget the one he loved.