The Dream Story

Dream

"I am sad Yoko because I have been separated from my pod. I am but a few months old and I don't know how to survive on my own," the young whale said in Yoko's dream. Yoko looked around and saw that he was in the water and the baby whale not that far from him. He swam up to the whale and soon found he could breath under the water.

"Tell me baby whale how did you get separated from your family?" he asked as he gently stroked the baby whales dorsal fin.

"They had told me not to wonder far from them while they were eating as huge school of fish. But I had gotten curious and wanted to take a look around while they were eating. When I was done eating I decided to go for a little adventure. I completely forgot what my pod had said and now I don't where they are."

"Hush little whale," Yoko said as he kept on stroking the whale gently, "I'll get the Signs and they will be able to get you to your family."

"Please don't leave me I don't want to be alone," The baby whale said in a said scared voice.

End Dream

Yoko woke up from the dream and looked out the window, the whale was still there, "All right little whale I will stay here," all at once the whales song became a little happy and Yoko had to smile. After a few minutes he sent a message to Squall with his mind about the baby whale.

"The Signs and I will be on it in a second this isn't the first time this has happened," Squall sounded a bit tired because it was still night but in a few minutes all the Signs were outside in the water in there mermaid and merman forms. They began to stroke the baby whale while Rinoa was doing something with her voice. It sounded like a whale song.

A few minutes later a pod a killer whales were swimming toward them. The baby whale looked so happy that he swam towards the whales singing a happy song and the other whales did the same thing. Yoko had to chuckle a bit as he saw some other baby killer whales come to play with the one that had been lost. Just before the whales left the baby whale that had been lost turned around and sang a beautiful song and Yoko had to smile, "I'll try," was all he could say as the baby whale swam off with his pod.

Yoko was still at the window when he heard a knock at the door, "Come in," he said as the door opened and he turned his head when he heard it close to see Caralama at the door with a smile on her face. She walked up to him and sat down beside him on the window seat. Caralama leaned forward and gave him a tight hug around his waist. Yoko wrapped his arms around her and hugged her back.

"I love you dad," Caralama said with her head against his chest. He held Caralama tighter and laid his face in her hair.

"I love you too Caralama," was all he could say as Caralama snuggled in closer. Yoko started to stroke Caralama's ears and she started to purr quietly.

They stayed like that for a while and then Yoko made a little move and looked down at Caralama and saw that she was sleeping. He was so tempted to sleep with her and not be tortured but he knew she couldn't do this every night. He moved his hand over to her face and began to move some stray hairs.

Then he whispered into her ear, "Caralama," Caralama stirred a bit but she didn't wake up. Yoko smiled and then began to rub her shoulder and whispered, "Caralama come on you have to wake up," Caralama slowly opened her eyes and looked up at him with sour face. Yoko had to laugh a little and Caralama joined in.

Caralama got into a sitting position and began to rub her eyes, "What time is it dad?" Caralama said as she looked at the clock on Yoko's bedside table, "Eleven o'clock! Huh I am usually still awake at this time!" she turned to Yoko and smiled.

"Well you should be asleep in your own room should you now?" Yoko put a smile on and Caralama laughed.

"All right good night dad," with that she gave him a hug and went out of the room and went to her bedroom.

Yoko watched her leave and looked out the window for a second and then he went to his bed. He was so tired but he didn't want to go through the torture all over again. But finally he went over to his bed and when he was under the covers he turned on his side, closed his eyes and went to sleep.

Dream

Yoko was still outside being forced to stand with his chained hands above his head. Seifer was right beside him he had shown him Caralama dieing so many times that he thought it was enough, "Now traitor," Yoko winced at Seifer's voice.

Please no more please, was all he could think. Tears were burning in his eyes but he didn't let them fall.

"All the Caralama's you saw were tortured, mutilated and died before your very eyes. Yet you didn't do a single thing to help any of them. If you are not with us and by look of things if you are not with the Signs then who are you with?" Yoko winced again, he had tried to use his vines to unlock his chains so he could get to the Caralama's but there was some kind of spell on the chains so he couldn't use his plants or spirit energy. He had tried to get free but he couldn't. Then suddenly he felt a whip go against his back. He gasped but did not cry out as slash after slash fell across his back, front and/or sides. When the whipping stopped he looked up and saw Seifer was holding a chain wipe. He shot dagger like glares at Seifer as if challenging him, "Come now Yoko whose side are you on?" Yoko mumbled something and Seifer said, "What was that fox I didn't hear you?"

Yoko looked Seifer straight in the eye and said, "I was never on your side and I don't plan to ever be either!" Seifer grabbed the neck of Yoko's bloody rob and looked at him right in the eye.

"Oh but Yoko Kurama you were on our side. Anyone who turns evil is automatically our ally. Didn't you ever wonder how you were able to rob Zell's house when the hill was too steep to climb? Or how you managed to survive all those dangerous thefts you made without getting caught? Do you remember when you fell from that window while you robbed the Vault of Forbidden Treasure and you were almost caught at? In the depths of demon world where almost nothing can survive. Do you remember hearing voices? That was us trying to get you out of there and you fell unconscious after you jumped put of a window. When you opened your eyes and saw us and Kelsey was the first person you saw. You smiled and got up we had already healed all of your wounds. You looked at her and you got behind her and asked her, 'What is a pretty thing like you doing with these jokers?' She turned around and you kissed her, and of course being the fool that she is she kissed you back. She said that you two would meet again and with that we left this world,"

Yoko felt like he was going to be sick as he remembered that, "So you see Yoko Kurama you were on our side. You couldn't have seen us if you weren't on our side so don't say that you are not our traitor!" Seifer let go of Yoko's rob backed up and swung his whip at him and made another cut on his chest but he still didn't cry out. Seifer did it over and over again but still he didn't cry out as new wounds were opened.

Then the whipping stopped suddenly. Yoko opened his eyes and saw that Seifer was nowhere in sight. Then he felt something hot by his arms and before he could do anything there was a burning pain on his arm. He kept his mouth shut and quickly moved away. Seifer was holding a poker and it was glowing red with heat. Yoko looked at the poker wide eyed with horror. "Yoko Kurama don't you see?" Seifer said as he pointed the poker at him like a sword, "What I am doing to you now is nothing compared to what the Signs are going to do when they found out that you let Caralama die," Seifer disappeared and Yoko felt the poker on at his side and again he was poked only this time in the stomach and Seifer kept it there even when Yoko tried to get away. He let out a small cry and closed his mouth as a tear fell unchecked from his eyes and stayed on his cheek. Seifer saw it, drew back the poker and walked up toward Yoko and lifted his head up with two fingers stationed under his chin his thumb under his lip. Yoko glared daggers at him again but Seifer didn't notice as he wiped the tear away, looked at it and smiled, "One down many more to go."

End Dream

Yoko woke up then and he felt even more sick than before. He laid in bed with his arms wrapped around his stomach. A tear fell from his eyes as he remembered what Seifer had said, 'One down many more to go.'

Yoko instantly became angry. Damn you Seifer what did you do to me? All of sudden his heart began to hurt and he pressed a hand to it. Seifer I was stubborn back then you cannot blame me for things that I didn't know where happening! Then Yoko remembered what Seifer had said again.

'Anyone who turns evil is automatically our ally, and anyone who can see and hear us is our ally as well,' all at once the sickness feeling left. Then Yoko's whole body began to hurt, slowly at first but then the pain intensified. his cheeks began to hurt as well and could feel something dripping from them. He reached up and touched his cheeks and they came back stained in blood. Yoko was scared now as he saw his own blood on his fingers. Then he began to fill something drip from his chest and his back he wiped his hands there to and they came back with more of his blood on them. Then his arm felt like it was burning and he gripped it, then his stomach felt like it was being jabbed by the poker again. Yoko choked back on a cry and he tried to keep it back as he pressed his blood-covered hands to his stomach. Yoko began to have a coppery kind of taste in his mouth he curled up into a little ball with his tail wrapped around him trying to stop and fight the pain but fell unconscious while more wounds were still being applied to him and blood spilled from his mouth.

Talia woke up suddenly because she could feel someone in the home surrounded by dark energy. She got out of bed and followed the energy to Yoko's room. When she knocked on the door there was no answer. She knocked again only this time a little harder worried about what was going on in the room.

When there was no answer again she opened the door and couldn't believe what she saw. Yoko was in his bed soaked in his own blood and the covers were soaked with his blood as well and blood was coming from his mouth. Talia was instantly at his side trying to wake him up. She quickly sent out a mental call out to all the Signs. Talia managed to stop the bleeding when the Signs came into the room but Yoko was still unconscious. Squall carried him to the infirmary and they started to do scans on him to see what was wrong with him.

After a half an hour they had found a way to make him stronger but he still would not open up his eyes and they didn't know what was happening to him. His wounds had completely healed like as if they were never there and his breathing was normal. Caralama had some how found out about Yoko and she was at his side with Hiei beside her trying his best to comfort her. But C she wouldn't except the comfort she just kept on holding Yoko by the hand and held it against her face. Pretty soon she went to sleep in Hiei's arms and she searched for Yoko's mind.

Dream

Caralama looked around and kept on running looking for Yoko's mind. Looking through every sleeping mind she could find trying to find him. She searched and ran until she thought she couldn't do it any more. She kneeled down in defeat crying a stream of silent tears. Then she heard a cry of pain that sounded like Yoko's voice. Caralama finally found Yoko and saw him in the same chair he was in before all the torture. Seifer had his hand in Yoko's chest with a huge smile on his face.

Seifer had a hold of Yoko's heart again only he had never let go. Yoko was unconscious the whole time and that was how he would show all the scenes to Yoko as he filled his heart with lies that hurt him so much. When he was whipped with the chain, burned by the poker or anything like that the wounds would appear on his body like as if they really had happened. Tears fell freely from his eyes as Seifer dove another hand in to his stomach, this one doing damage as well but only internal damage, and he let out another cry of pain.

Caralama couldn't watch what was happening anymore as she ran towards Seifer and started to attack him. Seifer let go of Yoko's heart and took his hands out of him and started to attack Caralama. But Caralama was mad and her attacks were fierce as she kept on going at Seifer. The dream Seifer wasn't as powerful as the real Seifer so he was down in a few minutes.

Caralama turned to Yoko who was still tied to the chair and crying. She went over to the chair and started to untie Yoko and she caught him as he fell out of the chair. Caralama took one of his hands and started to sing the song of healing as she gently placed her other hand on his face. All of Yoko's wounds started to heal and he started to open his eyes. Caralama had a smile on her face as the rest of the wounds healed and Yoko started to get up. Caralama stopped singing and wrapped her arms around his neck and cried into his chest. Yoko held her tight and cried into her hair.

Then Yoko started to whisper something and Caralama listened to what he was saying, "I'm sorry I never saved you Caralama. I just couldn't he wouldn't let me," Caralama looked up at him and then she held him closer to her.

"I never needed to be saved father those were just images that Seifer was showing you to make you feel so much pain. You saved me and Hiei don't you remember?" Caralama sat up and wiped away his tears, "You were the only one to wake me up when Alfred kept me in that dream and you saved me and Hiei from being killed by Alfred. You blame yourself for so many things that you never did."

"But Caralama you don't understand. Before I meet you before I meet Hiei I was saved by the Dark Signs and I could see and hear them. I saw Kelsey and I couldn't keep my eyes off of her. I finally got up went to her and," Yoko took Caralama's hands and placed them far from him, "and I kissed her. I had blocked that out of my mind so I didn't remember it but now I do and I hate myself even more," Yoko got up and started to walk away from her.

Caralama was instantly in front of him some how with tears in her eyes and she looked like she had been hurt, "That was back then father you didn't know anything about them. How can you hate your self for your past mistakes I still want you to be my father I don't love you any less then I already do," Caralama was to weak to stand and Yoko went over to her and held her up. She instantly wrapped her arms around his neck and wouldn't let go. Then she whispered, "Please don't go."

Yoko held Caralama tight and whispered, "I wont go if the you and the rest of the Signs want me to stay," he could feel Caralama tighten her hold.

"How sweet," they turned around and saw the dream Seifer getting up from the ground and his wounds were healed, "To bad that if he lives so do I. I am the lies Seifer had implanted into Yoko's heart to torture him every time he went to sleep. Though I would never do it when people were around. There is also another thing you should know," the dream Seifer lifted his hand at Yoko and all of a sudden he gasped in pain and fell to the ground and Caralama caught him and laid him across the floor.

She looked at the dream Seifer and said in a cold voice, "What are you doing to him?" the dream Seifer shivered and tried to stop.

Eventually he did stop and started to speak, "He's dieing what do you think? A traitor of the Dark Signs goes and relives the torture and after words dies an agonizingly long death. Of course I didn't start the process all I did was strip him of some of his energy which can be quite painful," Yoko slowly opened his eyes and looked at Caralama, she was horror stricken and she held him close to her but she did not shed a single tear. She thought to her self, I will not cry I have done enough crying to last a lifetime! She looked at Seifer who was still smiling

"I will start the process soon after he wakes up that way it will take longer for the process to work it will take about one year for him to die but it will be a painful year. But there are two upsides to it. One he won't be killed in any kind of way so you can forget about that. The second is the process can be stopped only when his true love gives him a kiss. But not just any kiss this has to be a kiss where they both love each other and can tell each other through that one kiss. But the kiss has to be done on the day he dies. But slim chance of any of that happening now is it?" all at once the dream Seifer gave an evil laugh and disappeared leaving Yoko and Caralama alone.

Caralama was holding Yoko close to her not wanting to let go. He could tell that she was trying to hold back tears and he sat up and held her close to him trying to comfort her as best as he could, "Caralama hush it's all right hush Caralama just let your tears go, don't hurt yourself come on don't hold back your tears," all at once Caralama began to cry silently as streams of tears fell from her eyes and into Yoko's blood stained robe and holding on to him not wanting to let go. Yoko could feel himself getting stronger and knew that he was going to wake up soon and the process of him dieing was going to start. One year, he thought to himself, I hope I can find my true love in time, I don't want to leave Caralama yet. And I want to be able to see Nakada one last time.

Yoko held Caralama close still trying to comfort her, "Father why do you have to die? I don't want you to die," Caralama snuggled closer to him as more tears fell from her eyes.

"Hey don't worry we have one year to try and find the person who is my true love," Yoko held Caralama closer stoking her ears and laying his head on hers. Caralama kept on crying against him but it started to slow down.

"Father you are going to wake up soon I can feel it and then you are going to go through all that pain. I don't think I could take it father," Caralama held on tighter to him and her tears stopped flowing.

Caralama's right, I am beginning to get stronger and soon I will wake up, "Caralama hush its alright I wont be hurt that easily I wont suffer and give Seifer the satisfaction he is expecting hush now don't worry about me," Yoko lifted Caralama's head and wiped away the tears that were still on her face, "Don't worry about me okay? I'll be fine," Yoko looked into Caralama's eyes and saw that she was scared, "There is no need to be scared Caralama I'll be alright," and with that Yoko held her closer and started to stoke her hair.

"I know you'll be fine for awhile but is it so bad to be scared just a little bit?" Yoko looked down at Caralama and wiped some hair away from her face and cupped her face.

"Of course it isn't bad Caralama. I just don't like it when I see you scared but it is never bad to be afraid of something. Fear can help us in many things and that is what helps us to be careful. Fear can be our ally and it can also be our enemy. So no it is never bad to be afraid," Yoko held Caralama close to his heart then he looked down at his hand and saw that it was beginning to disappear, "Caralama I'm beginning to wake up. I want you to go back to your mind and wake up so I can see my daughter's face when I open my eyes."

Caralama looked up at him and for the first time she smiled, "All right dad," she suddenly began to disappear and then she was gone. Yoko stood up and looked around and thought about whom his true love might be. I hope Nakada is my true love. Maybe her dairy will tell me more about why she left. In away I hope it was because she was falling for me. Then Caralama would really be my daughter. But if she were then I would be the reason why Caralama would die. But Nakada said she was going to be gone for three years. Yoko looked at his hand again and saw that it was disappearing a lot faster and longer.

Then he heard a voice some where in the darkness, "Yoko, Yoko come on wake up," the voice sounded like Caralama's, he smiled and closed his eyes.