Lil' Ed: Once this is
out of my mind and on Fan fiction, I think I can continue Mustang's
Animal Week.
Enjoy! Oh and if my fanfics seem weird, that's because
I like pretending I can feel the same emotion at
that time. Try it
out or sumthin'. Not a hippie.
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Selkie one: Riku
Male
Type: Bandana
Selkie two: LunaBay
Female
Type: Shark Eyes
My game's ending.
oOoOoOo
Unbreakable Memory
oOoOoOo
It had been a while.
She left to Mount Vellenge and had yet returned. They had been
through eleven years
of collecting myrrh for their town but found the
strange Carbuncles, later learning of the source of Miasma.
'She
should've been back by now.' In the past, they were very silent
then, but as time went, it was hard to
stay apart even for a limited
amount of time.
He didn't want to
leave the caravan alone but it started to worry him. Grabbing the
Queen's Heel
(a legendary racket), he started to run to Mount
Vellenge, hoping not to come onto the same scene as
Mushroom Forest.
oOoOoOo
Flashback
oOoOoOo
Though Riku didn't
like the other Selkie in his party, he felt bad for letting her go by
herself. With little
monsters to fight, he wandered through the
forest at a slow pace. His racket laid strapped to his back
but was
quickly snapped off as he turned the corner. Monsters were poking and
prodding a small fuzzy
ball of white…. that shrieked "Kupo!"
"Mog!" he yelled
and charged through the monsters, killing some and leading the rest
as him. With a
final charged attack, the monsters disappeared, their
shrieks and screams ringing through the forest.
He ran forward to
Mog, who looked more startled than hurt. Monsters don't hurt
Moogles unless curious.
Mog was suddenly in a panic. "Riku, kupo!
It's LunaBay. The Malboro is too hard for her! It made me get
blown
out here and hit a monster in the head, kupo!"
Mog flapped his wings to become airborne again then flew off, Riku giving chase.
oOoOoOo
"LunaBay!" he
yelled. Malboro roared and tried hitting him again. He did a flip,
the vine brushing the dirt
where his feet were planted a few minutes
ago. She wasn't dead but was close. Malboro's vine held LunaBay
tightly, her breathing patterns changing from quick to slow. Her
racket lay right next to the Malboro,
ignored by the large oddly
mutated plant.
LunaBay opened an
eye, her sight fuzzy but well enough to see him, his racket posed to
strike the fiendish
Malboro. "Ri.. ku.. Ugh!" She gritted her
teeth, trying to contain a scream of pain that threaten. "My…
ugh!
.. racket…" she whispered through gritted teeth.
He charged towards
the racket, but the Malboro turned out to be smarter that thought. It
swiped at Riku
again, but missing like the last one. Landing on his
feet, he continued running to the racket when the Malboro
reeled
back. Green Gas escaped its mouth. Riku reeled back, coughing as the
gas engulfed him. From out of
the cloud, Malboro's root smashed
into his gut. Malboro flung him back into a mushroom, its vine tip
slicing
through his clothes and cutting his stomach.
He staggered to his
feet and charged over to the racket again. Malboro reeled again but
this time, launched
three roots through the ground. He staggered back
in an attempt to dodge the vines. The tips cut his arms,
almost
struck him in the leg, but stabbed him in the shoulder. Gritting his
teeth, he kicked the racket to his
hand and threw it with his good
hand to LunaBay. Catching the flying racket, she cast fire. The
Malboro reeled
and roared as the flames consumed its body.
She was released and
falling to the ground but was caught by Riku's quick reaction. The
Malboro died, flames
licking the sky still but soon died, ashes
remaining on the ground of the once Malboro. LunaBay coughed as
she
tried catching her breath. "Thank you," –cough-. Riku just
leaned back against the mushroom, smirking.
"Your welcome," he
said but hissed in pain and gripped his shoulder. LunaBay summoned
more of her almost
gone strength and touched his forehead. "Cure."
The spell cured his shoulder and stomach wound.
Mog in the mean time
gathered the myrrh and floated back over to the two just as the Mail
Moogle arrived.
"Kupo!" LunaBay and Riku got the same thing from
there moms. The Selktic Code. LunaBay smiled. "Just
like mom to
worry.." Her eyes glazed over and she fell back, passed out. Riku sighed and picked her up,
feeling
awkward about her being close. Mog carried the chalice and followed
Riku to the caravan.
oOoOoOo
End Flashback
oOoOoOo
Riku ran along the path
and into the Heart of Mount Vellenge, the small crystal ringing
around his neck. The smell of
rotting flesh reach his nose. He walked
down a path past a dying bug like creature. It was connected to a
huge meteor
like plant that spewed what looked like the horrid
miasma.
He reached the lower
level and his heart dropped. Mog was standing next to the chalice,
confusion and loss written on
his face. "Mog? Where's LunaBay?"
he asked, hiding his sadness in his voice. "She…. she disappeared
into the
chalice, kupo," Mog replied sadly. Riku looked at the
chalice. "LunaBay," he whispered. He sat next to the crystal for
that was as close as he could get to her now.
oOoOoOo
The Nest of Memories
oOoOoOo
Her silver eyes scanned
the area, a light figure appeared. "This is no place for you.
You'l be easy prey for Raem,"
the
figure said. LunaBay stood there in wonder to where she was. "No,
you should never have come here. You have many
more memories yet to
spin!" 'More memories?' she thought in wonder. "You
and I will always be bound to one another.
Wherever there is light,
there is shadow. We can never be parted. Now... and always." LunaBay
was confused more
by the second. "But perhaps you can no longer
spin new memories... Just like Leon and Hurdy." 'Hurdy!'
LunaBay
thought. 'That can't be Gurdy's brother, can
it?'
"Prepare yourselves.
You have roused Raem from his slumber." "Wait! Who's Raem?"
she asked. The figure didn't
answer but a blinding flash of light
made LunaBay cover her eyes.
She removed her had to
see herself in another area, the bright figure returning. "I
subsist on a tiny amount of memories
that you have forgotten. But not
Raem... No!" "But, who is Raem?" she asked again. Suddenly,
two black monsters
appeared. They had odd symbols on their faces and
one long dangling arm. "How could Raem's spies have come so far?
Run!" But LunaBay didn't know where to run. Instead, she
raised her racket and got ready to attack.
The monsters came
toward her. She dodged both attacks, swinging back against the
monsters. They reacted almost instantly.
She stumbled, getting hit by
the second monster. She clenched her wound, glad to carry the
Magicite for Cure with her. She
charged up and attack and hit both
monsters. One keeled over, dead. The second one stumbled against the
force but then
returned fire. Dodging, she charged and attacked
again. Her kick sent the monster keeling back, dying as soon as it
hit the floor.
The glowing figure had
taken her to a new place. "You see, Raem lays claim to all your
memories, even those etched deeply
into your minds. All that is
remembered shall eventually be forgotten." LunaBay stood in shock.
She didn't want to forget
about anyone. "But some memories are
held close while their warmth remains. Such memories are too dazzling
for me to
grasp." 'My memories?' she thought and
listened as the figure spoke again.
"I wonder... Perhaps
memories that shine brightly are too much for even Raem's greedy
clutches. Perhaps you might never
have made it here without such
radiant memories lighting your way. Perhaps if your most powerful
memories strike Raem...
If you wish all your heart to
return home... your desire will strike him down! Hold fast to your
brightest memories and step
through the doors of recollection. You
will face Raem soon enough!"
The figure raised her
hand, a bright ball of light appearing in her outstretched hands.
"Behold the door of recollection!" The
ball disappeared and a
circle appeared. Emerging from the circle was a radiant door. It was
locked. "Behold the key to
remembrance!" Nothing appeared but a
second ball of light. "Your most powerful memories will gain
strength when you pass
through the door. But faded memories will
mutate into monsters and turn upon their master! Answer with care!
Remain calm
and focus. It only a single powerful memory to open the
door."
The figure asked a
question. LunaBay thought and then had the answer. The door opened
and the figure led her through. "I
remember when Leon and Hurdy
came here. Raem robbed them of all their memories, and I could do
nothing but watch. After
seizing their memories, Raem seemed somehow
dissatisfied. I believe it was because they had always focused on the
future
and had too few memories to savor. But you seem different from
them. I sense it. Please, try your hardest to remember everything!"
A door appeared.
Another question. LunaBay answered after digging through her
memories. "I wonder did you imagine your
mother's face beyond
the light? Or perhaps the face of a friend? If so, then that means
that your memory of them has grown
stronger." The glowing figure
led her through the next door. "Long ago, a meteor
crashed down and shattered the great crystal.
It warped the natural
course of the world. Raem was born of that cataclysism. He gorges
himself on memories,and from those
memories
are monsters born. Monsters further the cycle by making you suffer.
And then, Raem consumes your painful memories
with delight. I want to
see this age come to an end... I wanted to see memories properly spun
and returned to nature... I want to
revive that golden age."
New door, new question,
and another answer. "I can sense your memories growing stronger!
Come; let us step through another
door!" Through the next door
they went, the figure telling more. "On one hand, painful
memories can sometimes help one grow.
On the other hand, joyful
memories can make one look only backward and forget about moving
forward. All memories are
someday forgotten. When they are, it's
because I nibble on them from time to time. For I am the Queen of
Reflection, Mio."
Mio told more about the
past and some memories. "Miasma arises from something deep inside Mount Vellenge
known as the
meteor parasite. Raem depends on the wicked power of
miasma. That is why he tried to stop you from finishing off the
meteor
parasite. The power of memories here is immense compared to
that of your world. Believe in their power for just a little longer!"
Mio asked LunaBay of
another memory. She thought, and then answered with what she came up
with. Mio excitedly said "I sense
great strength emanating from
you. You are aglow!" The door opened. "Yes, press onward!
Remember the skies of your homeland!
Think of that wind on your
face!" LunaBay, digging through her memories, remembered her
family and friends, the people she met,
the towns, the sea, the wind,
the monsters, her journey with Riku. A blush grew on her cheek and
her heart became heavy.
'I wish he came.
But, I don't want what happened at the Mines to repeat' she
thought and shivered. He almost died and
that was something she knew
she could never live with.
oOoOoOo
Flashback
oOoOoOo
LunaBay ran as fast
as possible, looking for Riku. The Orc King was rumored to be in bad
spirits this year. She killed
all the orcs that opposed her from
reaching the myrrh tree where he should be.
She slowed her pace
when she saw the body of the Orc King blackened from its final attack
to rid all and any
intruders. She didn't see the myrrh tree glowing
but saw the glow of another crystal. Running around the body, she
saw
Mog flying toward her as fast as possible. (A.N. Which isn't very
fast. I die before he gets the crystal over here
in my game.)
The chalice was next
to an unmoving form laying on the rocky mine wall. Their hair blocked
their face; a bandana
was torn in places. Dried crimson streaks ran
down their clothes while blood bubbled from wounds scattered across
their body. LunaBay ran to the unmoving body, dropping her racket.
"Riku! Riku!" she yelled and knelt next to him.
Riku didn't
stir. Blood trickled down his face from a wound on his forehead.
She didn't find a
Magicite of Cure from the orcs or bombs and the caravan rested
outside the mines. Grabbing her
pack, she pulled out an emergency
kit. "Mog, do you think you can get the caravan over here?" she
asked the fuzzy
ball as she wrapped Riku's wounds tightly in
bandages. "Sure I can kupo!" Mog responded and flew off. Mog flew
off leaving Riku and LunaBay behind. "Riku…. I should've come.
I'm sorry. Mog's gone to get the caravan. It has
the correct herb
to heal you," she whispered but Riku still didn't move, his
breathing so shallow it was almost unheard.
She hugged him to her
chest. Silent tears fell but she knew better, her mom would kill her
if she found out. The Selkie
race was always proud that even events
like this shouldn't faze them.
Mog returned, Riku
still hadn't moved in that time. LunaBay worried even more and lift
Riku into the back of the
caravan. Mog set the chalice next to Riku
while LunaBay hopped up on the reign. LunaBay lead the Popatamuse
through the mines and out into the crisp night air. She stopped by a
clear river where the moon and stars reflected
back to the sky. The
Popatamuse stopped on command and laid down on the cool grass. Mog
floated around the
camp, in and out of the crystal's protective
light.
LunaBay walked over
into the back of the caravan, digging through the supplies and
finding the herb. She crushed some
of the leaves, storing the
remainder of the uncrushed in a jar, and sprinkled the crumbled
leaves over the opened wounds
that didn't close. Riku made a low
grunting noise, the stinging of the healing herb entering his blood
and clearing any
viruses that got in.
She carefully
reapplied new bandages to the cuts and gashes that covered his body.
"Lu.. na.." came a quiet whisper.
She stopped and looked up at
his face. His eyes weren't open but pain was written on his face.
She raised a hand and
touched his forehead stroking it like a person
would a cat. He relaxed under her touch and drift into a silent
slumber.
LunaBay smiled. Her nickname when she was young was in fact
Luna, to her friends and family. 'I always thought it was
too
girly, but when he says it,' she gazed at Riku 'It's not
so bad.'
oOoOoOo
LunaBay led the
Popatamuse along the path, the spring sun beating down as a cool wind
blew keeping the temperature
down. Riku slept peacefully with Mog
acting as guard. The Striped Brigade was recently spotted on this
road, stealing
valuables besides Stripped Apples so his job was to
watch and listen for them.
Suddenly, Mog's
ears perked up, the sound of 'silent' footsteps ringing through
the trees and tall grass. Mog flew over
to LunaBay and hit her with
his red pompom. She stopped the Popatamuse and jumped into the back,
sitting next to
Riku's sleeping form, Dual Shooter in hand. Bal Dat
leaped into the back then noticed her sitting, charged Shooter in
hand. "What the!" he exclaimed and tried to jump back before two
powerful gusts of wind knocked him back and into
his other comrades,
Meh Gej and Artemcion. She stepped out and looked at the fallen
three, balancing on the small
ledge. "Get lost assholes!" she
yelled and charged again. Not wanting to get struck again, Bal Dat
lead the others
into a quick retreat.
LunaBay sighed and
sat down next to Riku again. She decided to redress his wounds again.
"I wish you were awake,
you're the only person I want to talk to
right now." She knelt down and removed the old bandages and
replaced them
with new ones. Standing up after finishing the job,
LunaBay moved the bottle of herbs into a new hiding spot. Hopping
out
of the caravan, she ordered the Popatamuse back on the move until
night fell.
Stopping in a
clearing, the Popatamuse resting and Mog resting, LunaBay look at the
sky, examining the stars and the
quarter moon that shown in the sky.
As she gazed, footsteps were heard ringing in her ears. The steps
were a bit clumsy
and a thump was heard next to her. LunaBay turned
her head to see Riku, wrapped in his bandages, grinning but
gritting
his teeth together scratching his head awkwardly. "I messed up big
time," he said and looked at her. LunaBay
smiled and looked at the
ground, her silver hair obscuring her eyes. "It was hard to get you
into the caravan and
embarrassing to wrap your bandages." He
stopped scratching his head, a faint tint of red spreading on his
cheeks.
"I guess we
should've listened to the rumors then?" his whispered. LunaBay
didn't answer but was shaking. "Uh…. I'm
sorry?" he said, a
hint of confusing in his voice. He reached a felt her forehead.
"LunaBay?" he asked. LunaBay looked
up, her eyes glistening
with threatening tears. She threw herself into Riku's chest and
they both fell back, his pain lasting
for a second as she cried. "I
should've come with you! I don't know why we thought it was best
but I should've!" she sobbed,
tears silently falling onto his
chest. "LunaBay, its ok, please don't cry," he said hoping she
would calm down. "Riku you
almost died!" she exclaimed. "It's
ok. I'm fine now. Please calm down," he whispered.
He raised a hand
hesitantly and patted her back, running his fingers through her hair
also. She buried her face into his chest
and sighed. He lifted his
head a little to see LunaBay had fallen asleep. Riku didn't move
even though he could. She hadn't
slept in days and was really
exhausted. Mog carried a blanket and draped it across the two.
Tonight, they would sleep
peacefully, knowing each other was there,
feeling as though to never be separated.
oOoOoOo
End Flashback
oOoOoOo
LunaBay snapped back to
reality as Mio lead her through the next door. "Raem draws near.
He is close. But... Your memories blaze
so brightly! I can endure
them no longer... such a terrible glow! You may well defeat Raem. And
now, one final question! Focus, and
answer carefully." The final
door appeared and Mio asked the final question. LunaBay answered and
Mio answered in a solemn voice.
"Yes... You can defeat Raem, I'm
sure of it. I believe... that beyond the light, a dazzling future
awaits."
The door opened and
they entered. "One moment. I'd like to share something before
you face Raem. Memories, you see... They are
like a pack that you
carry as you trek toward the future. This burden cannot be too heavy,
nor can it be too light. If it is too heavy, it
will weigh you down
before you ever reach your destination. If it is too light, you will
reach your destination having gained nothing from
the journey. But
memories can brighten your journey if balanced at just the right
weight. Stop along the way now and then... to look
about and savor
the view. A traveler grows from such a journey and spins the memories
from it. Those memories become myrrh and
are collected by the next
traveler. Please, do not abandon the spinning of more memories. They
are needed for a stable, tranquil
future.
Come. We cannot turn back now"
oOoOoOo
LunaBay looked around
the new room. She seemed to be floating over crystals carved into
rectangular shapes. Under those crystals
was shimmering water. She
looked up to see a stain glass design. Suddenly, she jumped back as
an electric force field trapped her.
Mio looked up. "Here he
comes."
A large bird like
creature came down from the sky. It had claws that looked like its
golden armored head with mouths and all. Under
its belly, two sets of
fin like wings kept it afloat. "Why, if isn't Lady Mio! What is
all this? I see you have brought a mortal to this realm.
This will
not do." "Enough! We dwell in a world of memories. If you
would eat just a few memories and return them as dew, we could
live
in harmony forever!" Mio angrily replied to Raem.
Raem laughed. "We
may have begun the same way, Lady Mio. But as you should well know I was raised
on miasma, nourished by it.
Both memories and miasma are quiet
essential to me. For you see, of all the many memories born of this
world of miasma... the ones
filled with sorrow are the most delicious
of them all. Indeed, the final memories of the villagers of Tida were
truly succulent. One of these
days, my dear lady Mio, you must try
some!"
Mio spat back in
disgust. "You cannot be serious. Raem, you and I are both born of memory! We have no
need to devour memories,
nor have we any need for miasma!" Raem smiled. "But
that was so very long ago... I wonder if other delicacies will ever
surpass the
memories of Tida. Perhaps we could start with the
memories of that caravanner there? I wonder how they taste..."
LunaBay held her
racket in defense, not ready to lose her memories.
Mio snapped back in
defense "No, you will never touch them. These memories burn too
brightly for you!" Raem laughed a loud,
malicious laugh. "Oh,
are your memories truly that powerful? Well... That makes me hunger
for them all the more!" Raem moved towards
LunaBay's force
field but Mio got in the way. "Raem that is enough!" Mio
summoned her power and shattered the barrier. Raem roared.
"Fool!"
His powers slammed Mio into the ground, knocking her out. He angrily
looked at the now freed LunaBay. "I will let no one
stand in my
way!"
His yell rang
throughout the area and summoned two more black blobs, one red and
one blue. They came on in attack in which she dodged.
Two flying blue
Magicite orbs barely missed her only to come back. She killed the red
blob and turned to be frozen by the returning Magicite.
The blue
creature attacked her and being frozen made it two times worse. When
she regained her stature, she dodged another attack and two
flying
red Magicite orbs.
She ran up to Raem and
attempted to hit him. He snapped and twisted his head in rage as the
attack landed on his face. Raem flung LunaBay
back with a twist of
his head and the blue monster paralyzed her. She was hit by a purple
orb and became paralyzed in a hit range. Raem swung
his arms out and
crushed LunaBay. She cried out as the sharp arrow head beaks dug into
her flesh.
Raem cackled. "Are we
wearing down already, caravanner?" Another purple orb hit her, the
same results. The lightning struck her flesh wounds,
the pain was
unbearable. She wanted to cry out, the pain was unbearable.
'…….Riku.'
oOoOoOo
'…….Riku.'
Riku's head snapped
up. He heard her voice. 'Riku. Please.' She was crying
out in pain. 'Help. Riku….' Riku was confused. He wanted
to
help her, to reach her where she was. 'How? How can I reach
you?' he thought. Another voice answered his question. 'Both
of you must
think a similar memory. Think hard.'
Riku thought and
somehow felt that LunaBay was thinking too where ever she was. It
clicked. It wasn't one memory, but the hundreds of
memories they
both collected in the 11 years of traveling. Riku disappeared leaving
Mog to wonder alone.
oOoOoOo
LunaBay couldn't move
the affect of the purple orb still in her system. Raem stretched his
wings out again. "I'll be glad to have you memories!"
He
exclaimed, his voice full of evil glee. LunaBay closed her eyes as
the sharp tipped beaks swung towards her again, the final blow, and
her end.
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(A.N. suspense!)
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(A.N. tired of me?)
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LunaBay never felt the
sharp edges pierce her skin but felt her lean against something or
someone warm. She opened one eye to
see someone's chest that wore
an orange vest. LunaBay looked up to see Riku's grinning face. "I
made it in time." "Riku!" she
exclaimed and hugged him but
remembered the situation.
"Two caravanners!
Your memories will make an excellent meal!" Raem cackled with
hunger. Riku set LunaBay down on her feet,
providing support until
she cast cure. Her wounds healed. She smirked. "Will see about that
Raem! This is the end!" The two selkies
charged into the fray. Riku
dodged the blue blob with perception and cast stop. It stopped in its
tracks, its arm frozen in midair.
LunaBay charged towards Raem's
face, dodging the crushing blow that was almost her end. She smacked
him in the face with her
racket making Raem twist his head in pain,
trying to shake her off.
While she was busy,
Riku lazily cast stop once again on the black thing. He had his back
turned to Raem who was too distracted
by LunaBay's furious assault.
As he was about to cast stop again, a yell reached his ears. "Look
out!" Her shout came late as a
circle appeared at his feet. He was
lucky to be near the edge and dodged, his back getting burned by a
holy attack.
LunaBay was furious
that Raem tried to kill Riku and continued attacking and dodging
Raem's futile attacks. Raem let out a shriek
and fell to the
ground. LunaBay ran over to Riku, leaping over the dead blob and
kneeling next to him. "You ok?" she asked, looking
him in the
face. "I'm ok. It's just a scratch," he replied but LunaBay
examined his back. It was cut and pretty bloody. "Cure," she
whispered and the wounds healed.
Mio got up and looked
at Raem's weak form and the selkies' gazes followed. "You...
How could runts like you fell the great Raem?"
Mio weakly
floated over to Raem who weakly lay there. "Raem... Though the
miasma may fade away, you will not perish with it. So,
please...
Believe me." Raem suddenly rose and in anger, attempted to
swallow Mio. LunaBay and Riku latched to each other to keep
from
being swallowed. "Mio! I don't want to fade! I will not fade!
Even if I must possess you! Mio... don't... let... me... fade..."
Mio
disappeared into Raem and a bright flash blinded both startled
selkies. Riku held onto LunaBay tighter as they disappeared.
oOoOoOo
They stood above clouds
that floated over vast, green lands. The sight was spectacular but
something wasn't right. In the distance lay
an orb like thing that
shimmered like water. Around it was a ring colored like a rainbow.
Riku and LunaBay stood the fear of falling
ebbing away. They walked
to the orb, but a sudden gust made them look around and then back
towards the orb.
Something large started
to emerge. It had a claw like tail that wrapped around a sword like
object. It had a strange, unshaped face
and two shield like claws.
It had a blue halo circle around its arched back. "I will never
fade!" it roared. Raem was back for the final
battle and was
ready in his new body to fight to the death.
They ran, rackets
ready, to fight Raem to the end, cures and phoenix downs at the
ready. Raem's tail twitched a beam of light aimed
at the charging
pair. They dodged not willing to take any chances by being hit by the
unknown ability. LunaBay stopped running when
a bubble appeared.
Inside was her dad. 'Cure' a voice whispered to her. She
whispered the word without knowing and the bubble
popped. A pink
Magicite appeared and rolled toward her. Picking it up, it became a
bright aqua blue like the color of a cure stone.
Riku attack the tail
which didn't make must of an attempt to counter. The shadow over
Riku got closer and on instinct he move. The
giant claw smashed into
the ground and raised again trying effortlessly to hit Riku. LunaBay
tossed him a bright, fiery Magicite which
he used. It exploded into
the mightiest fire attack, Firaga. As Raem reeled in pain, Riku
continued his attack on the tail which attempted
to immobilize
LunaBay as she got more Ultracites. The tail whipped around, taking
Riku by surprise and immobilized him. The claw
descended again to
crush him but he was knocked away in a tackle.
He looked up to see
LunaBay laying on top of him. Her quick reaction had saved him from
some incomprehensional pain. LunaBay
looked up, a faint tint of red
on her cheeks. She stood up and straitened her skirt only to fall
back into his lap when she dodged the
claw again. They stood up and
moved away heading back into the fray. Raem lurched forward and
landed hard. They attacked the
head and dodged beams of light that he
tried to hit them with but flipped and jumped out.
Raem regained his
composure and turned his tail, freezing LunaBay with a frosty wind.
Riku used an unknown Ultracite to save LunaBay.
A barrier deflected
the following attack Raem sent but melted the ice that encased her.
She continued to glow, walking into the attacks
without damage. Even
though, LunaBay dodged as not to fall out of the habit so with the
magic wore off. The shield wore off just as a circle
appeared under
her feet and she was in the center.
She turned, running out
but it would be too late. "LunaBay!" Two hands pushed her out of
harms way as the fire erupted. (Died seven times
this way) "Riku!"
she yelled, raising herself from the ground. Riku was trying not to
yell but he started to black out as flames burned his skin
and
clothes. He saw a form coming towards him, crying out his name,
trying not to scream as flames burned them too. He was supported
out
of the flames, his skin covered in burn marks.
He heard someone fall
to the ground and looked. LunaBay was down, her hair laying
haphazardly and her body moving, her slow breathing.
"LunaBay,"
he whispered and walked over to her and kneeling down. She was burned
in several places and her eyes were closed. Raem
was laughing at
their plight even though his strength was draining. Riku lifted her
up, and hugged her close. LunaBay opened her eyes a bit
and they
looked glazed over. She reached into her pack and placed a Ultramite
in his hand. Riku simply grabbed her hand and helped her
with the
spell. An explosion of lightning filled the field. Thundraga.
Raem fell from the sky
and shattered into thousands of pieces. "Not yet! Not..." The
shattered pieces disappeared and Mio returned and
floated towards
Riku and LunaBay. She fell next to the two and they both looked to
her as she spoke. "Now we can defeat the meteor
parasite. At
long last... The world can return to its proper course! Raem and I...
will sleep for a time. But, worry not. As long as you spin
memories,
someday... we will be reborn. I want you to remember... Remember me
from time to time. O keepers of the crystal..."
Mio shimmered brightly and turned into a crystal as two last words escaped her lips. "Thank you." They disappeared.
oOoOoOo
The two beaten selkies
had returned to where Mog waited. "Kupo!" he exclaimed. LunaBay
and Riku walked over to the Meteor
Parasite who laid dying in the
crystal's light. With one swing, the meteor parasite roared out and
started to explode. A shimmering
light blasted out of the parasite.
The two were launched back as the parasite disappeared in a last,
fiery explosion.
oOoOoOo
Everyone looked up as a
beam of light fell across the land. A Clavat father and his two kids
watched as the miasma blew away. The
families in Tipa raised there
heads and the kids ran around, laughing and giggling with glee. Their
families barked orders at them not to
go outside of the crystal's
light but when they did, they jumped and played tag like miasma never
existed. The parents stepped out of
the crystal's light too and had
yet to be hurt.
The light fell across
Tida the monsters becoming spirits and floating away. At the other
places, some monsters disappeared while some
became drops of myrrh.
Crystals disappeared and formed together, making a giant crystal, the
drops of myrrh floating to it. In Marr's
Pass, Lilty kids hopped
about chasing the Moogles that floated about. Tristan the Boatman at
the Jegon River looked up at the light
watching the purple mist fly
away. He took a deep breath and smiled, the blue sky over head, the
birds chirping and the trees swaying
in the quiet wind.
oOoOoOo
His eyes slowly opened,
blinking as they adjusted to the light and the air. His arms were
wrapped around her sleeping form. They
weren't dead but they were
outside the light of the crystal. Riku just laid there, the tall
grass blowing in the wind and noticed the burn
marks weren't there
anymore. On LunaBay's dozing form, no burn marks appeared.
Her eyes fluttered open
and she looked around too. She saw Riku looking at her, that same
grin on his face. "Morning sleepy head,"
he said. Being her and
still tired from the fight, she leaned against him. "5 more
minutes." He silently agreed, yawning and falling into
the grass
again. They had enough time now, it didn't matter if they stayed
for an hour. He pulled her onto his chest and held her there.
LunaBay
sighed in contempt and dozed again. Slowly, he smiled and closed his
eyes.
They were there, after
11 years, never to be parted. They were each other's hopes, dreams
and destiny. They were each other's
unbreakable memory forever.
oOoOoOo
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