Hiyas everyone! Here's chapter 2! Woo-hoo! Thanks to those who gave me a review!
Ariadne The Alchemist- you were the first to review my story! YAY! THANKIES MUCH MUCH! I really hate the QuickEdit crap... they won't let you put three !'s ... (or at least i don't think they do) too! I'm a huge c/C fan too! that's why I'm putting it in there! I'm gonna make Canaan kinda... mean I guess... but you'll still love him!... cuz I sure do!
Echelon- I'm not mad at Jr. because he was in love with Sakura, but I am mad at him because... in the game ... it made it seem like he only talked to MOMO because of her... and I guess in my head, I make it seem that he only likes her because she's a substitute for Sakura, but then again in the game, he said that they were two different people and blah blah blah, but now I'm not that pissed cuz I haven't been playing much... too much homework... "Is it his fault you percieved his behavior toward MOMO as romantic when in retrospect they can be percieved now as brotherly?" And to answer that question... I can't... because ya kinda lost me with the whole retrospect thingy...I gotta read that question freakin' slow to kinda get it... but who wouldn't percieve his behavior as romantic? As for Ziggy's dialogue... Jr. wouldn't have been able to retort whether Ziggy views MOMO as a real person or a substitue for his own child because JR. DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT HIS SON! NONE of them know! Only WE, the people who play this game and control their every move, know because we saw it in the first episode... as a flashbalck (i think), no one else knows! (i think... i can't remember actually, I played the first episode in the summer of 2004, sooo i can't remmeber if Shion was in his mind or what not... but whatever, you get the drift) so there's my defense for that comment. I love the Jr./MOMO pairing and I too have respect for the Sakura/ Jr. pairing. And I'm not slamming their relationship. I actually liked the Sakura/ Jr. parts, it was cute... It's just that (as I've said before) I keep thinking that Jr. only likes MOMO because she's a substitute for Sakura... dunno why I think like that, I just do! Idon't hate Sakura. I really don't...well... whether or not you liked this story, I'm glad that you posted thatreview so that I could get all of this straightened out... what does Kee-rist mean?
thanks to everyone else who reviewed!
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CRAAPPPP! i FORGOT TO PUT THE DISCLAIMER ON THE FIRST CHAPTER!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Namco or the Xenosaga series! I just play it! ehehe (well... I do kinda own it cuz i bought the game! except for the first one though... my friend let me borrow it... and then he moved to Texas, and won't let me give it back to him! Wellz, THANK YA BUDDIE! I MISS YA MUCH MUCH! COME BACK TO FLORIDA ALREADY!)
Bleep. Everyone, we will be landing within the Durandal shortly...
Back up program- 89 percent ... completion time left- 21.322 minutes...
Please buckle your seat belts... Bleep.
- Hearing sensors enabled -
Thousands of faint whispers were heard in her head.
Back up program- 91 percent ... completion time left-18.68 minutes...
- Nerve endings activated -
Feelings have been felt, but with no reaction at all.
Back up program- 93 percent
Back up program- 95 percent
Back up program- 97 percent
Bleep. Please remain seated until we have docked completely. Bleep.
Remaining time- 5 seconds
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Back up program- 100 percent
Defects: None
Vision sensors: On
Those sights that I've seen are soon to be lost.
Bleep. You may now exit the shuttle. Please take all of your belongings. Thank you for flying with us, have a wonderful time at the Kukai Foundaiton! Bleep.
"What? Where am I!" MOMO's sensors were operational, but she still remained limp. Her body was sore, her head was sore. She could see everyone picking up their bags and leaving.
MOMO began to move. She pushed herself off the cushioned seat and grabbed the head rest in front of her to keep her balance. She straightened up and bgean to carefully side out of her aisle.
MOMO could feel every gauge in her body moving- working continuously. She felt like an antique becasue of it. Almost everyone was out of her section by the time she go out into the main aisle. MOMO began to stretch her legs and jump around.
" I wonder how long I was asleep... I don't even remember getting onto the plane..." MOMO got her carry-on bags and caught up with the crowd. "Hmm... the last thing I remember is talking to mommy... maybe something's wrong with my memory files..." MOMO got off the shuttle and walked down to the docking station. "I'll check up on it later..."
MOMO saw chaos waiting. He was leaning up against the directory, watching every who got off the ship. Apparently everyone was going straight to the Foundation. He noticed MOMO and smiled. He waved to her and she came running exctiedly.
" chaos!" MOMO glomped chaos with full force. chaos openly accepted the hug, but the force of the impact caused the two of them to fall back. " Hi MOMO, how was your flight?" chaos said as he helped MOMO get up.
" Good I guess... I can't really remember actually!" she said as she laughed. "... You can't remember?" chaos asked. "That could be serious you know." He said as he got the luggage for her. "I know, but I'll look into it later." MOMO replied as she looked into chaos' shining green eyes. "... Alright."
MOMO looked around. " Where's Ziggy and Jr.?" she asked. " They're going to Second Miltia... I think they left the same time you did... you didn't see them?"
She thought for a moment... she swore she saw them... but she just couldn't remember. "I can't remember..." MOMO looked up at chaos and chaos looked at MOMO. He put his hand on her head and said " Check into it later. We'll get you settled into first, okay?"
MOMO nodded as they entered the shuttle. "Where will I be staying, chaos?"
"With Leila at the Our Treasure Inn. She said she'd be glad to have you stay there, but you could always stay on the Durandal." chaos said as the shuttle headed off to the Foundation.
"Okay! Can we go see Mary and Shelley after I get settled in?" MOMO asked excitedly. "Sure sure."
They got off the shuttle and saw Bucth and his friends playing with a white dog. "Alby! That's where you've been. Mary's been looking or you!" chaos shouted at the albino dog.
"Alby?" MOMO asked curiously as they stopped to pick up the dog. " Yeah, Jr. found him two months ago." chaos replied. He droppped MOMO's bag and crouched down by Alby. MOMO crouched down also. chaos reached out for Alby, but he went sraight to MOMO.
MOMO picked him up and Alby licked her face. "I think he likes you." chaos said as he got the bags and headed for the Inn.
" I think so too." MOMO giggled as she held him. The two of them went inside the Our Treasure Inn and saw Leila.
" Hi MOMO, hi chaos!" Leila said from behind the counter. " Your room's on the top floor, here's your key. " She threw chaos the keys as she went back to work. "The dog can stay too, just as long as he doesn't bother anyone." Leila yelled to them as they went up the stairs.
"How about MOMO? Do you want Alby to stay with you?" chaos asked as he smiled at the two. "Yeah!"
chaos opened the door to MOMO's room and let her organize her things as he went to the bakery for some bread.
"Ready to go, MOMO?" MOMO had just finished putting away her clothes by the time chaos came back. "Yeah! I can't wait to see Mary and Shelley! Oh, and Master Gaignun too!" she ran to chaos and closed the door.
" Umm.. chaos"
" Hmm?"
"When will they be back?"
"You mean Jr. and Ziggy?"
MOMO nodded.
" Jr. will be back later tonight and Ziggy won't be back until... uhh... I don't really know."
MOMO looked at her feet as they walked. "Okay..."
" Cheer up MOMO!" chaos said as he patted her on the head again.
" Right-o!" MOMO giggled and they went on their merry way.
" Right-o... I'll see you, old man."
Jr. turned and left Ziggy at the Second Miltia Second Division building.
"Right... bye."
Ziggy went into the building and saw Shion.
" Ziggy!" Shion ran over to Ziggy and grabbed his arm. She pulled him into the room in the very back. " We'll do your life extension here. Sit down in that maintenance bed, and we'll get to work." Ziggy obediently laid down on the bed and watched all of the top doctors within the star system enter the room.
" It's time... now go to sleep, Ziggurat 8."
Jr. walked through Sectors 1 and 2 before going to Representative Helmer's office. " I think I'll buy some books while I'm here, but I'll go later..." He walked into the office and saw Representative Helmer with Canaan. "So tell me, what's so important that I needed to rush down here?"
" I want you to take Canaan back to the Durandal to be MOMO's other body guard." Jr. made a face. "So I'm basically his escort!"
Helmer ignored Jr. "Once Ziggurat 8 is done with his life extension, he will guard both MOMO and Canaan." That got Canaan's attention. "I don't need a bodyguard." Helmer got up for his seat and slammed his hands on his desk.
" You and MOMO both have the Y-data, the enemies already retrived some of it." Jr. stepped forward. "You mean there's more!"
Helmer sat down again and laced his fingers together. " Yes, Albedo merely got the icing on the cake, so to speak. There's much more Y-Data below MOMO's subconscious, and Canaan still has the Y-Data within him also."
"Alright, I'll take him back... Can we go now?" Jr. crossed his arms and waited. "Go ahead." Canaan followed Jr. out of the office. "See you."
"What a waste of my time..." Jr stopped walking and streched a bit. He put his hands behind his head and turned to Canaan. " You don't seem too happy about it either." Canaan crossed his arms and looked away from him. Jr. faced forward. "chaos will be there, ya know."
He turned to see Canaan's reaction. He jerked a little bit, but his face seemed... curious. " Aren't you happy?" Jr. asked as he grinned. "Whatever..." Canaan replied as he glared at Jr.- who grinned even more. " Let's go, Rubedo."
"It's Jr. now..." he said quickly, almost snapping. " Whatever...I'm still going to call you, Rubedo." Canaan stood next to Jr. and grinned just as Jr. did. "Fine... Can we go to the book store before we leave?" Jr. asked excitedly. " Sure."
Jr. walked hastily and Canaan lagged behind. "Come on! Let's go!"
Jr. and Canaan left the book store, carrying bagfulls of books. "Thanks, Jun! Just charge it to Kukai Foundation's Master Gaignun!" Jr. grinned. "That's for leaving me with mountain loads of work!"
"But didn't you leave also?" Canaan said behind the mountain of books he was holding. "Yeah, but I was saving the universe! Are we ready to go?"
"Yeah... it's almost midnight now, so it'll be about 2 in the morning when we get back..." Canaan said as he looked at the sky. "Well... let's go."
"MOMO... MOMO? MOMO wake up, darlin'." Mary said as she tried to wake up the pink-haired realian. " Ya really shouldn't sleep on the floor ya know."
"It's your fault that she's like this." Shelley said as she watched her sister. "Yes, you shouldn't have gave her so much to drink." Gaignun said as he sat by Shelley. " She's been asleep for a while, I think the booze should be out of her system by now." Mary sat next to MOMO and argued that it wasn't her fault.
MOMO began to wake up as they talked. "Hay there, Sunshine!" Mary said cheerfully as she helped MOMO get up. " Ya had a lil' too much ta drink at the surprise party we threw for ya!" MOMO held her head. "Ya have a hangover?" MOMO smiled. "No no... I'm fine, I'll go to my room now." She got up and stumbled towards the door.
"Maybe you should stay in the Durandal..." chaos said as he cleaned up the mess from the party. "No, it's alright... I'll be fine." Mary got up and started to help chaos again. "Are ya sure, darlin'? Do you need chaos to walk you?" MOMO shook her head. " Don't worry about me, I'll be fine... but are you sure you don't need help?"
"We're fine MOMO." Shelley said as they all began to clean up. "Just go to your room and rest okay?" MOMO smiled. "Okay."
MOMO left the room and began to walk to the railway. She got on board. " Maybe I'll go to the park first...It'll clear my head." She got off and went into the park area. "Hmm... no one's here...what time is it? 1:28 am... " MOMO sat down on a bench facing deep space.
"chaos, maybe you should check up on her..." Gaignun said as they continued to clean. "Alright." chaos left the room and headed for the railway. He went in and went to the dock area. "Hmm... he should be here about now..." Then he saw Jr. "Jr. can you help me find MOMO?" "What! MOMO's missing!"
"Yeah, can you check the Park Area for me? I'm going to check the bridge..." chaos replied calmly. "Yeah! Canaan's here too, so he can help!" With that said Jr. left to go to the park. chaos grinned and walked over to the directory. He leaned against it just as he did before. He crossed his arms and waited.
Canaan came out and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw chaos. chaos smiled his sweet smile. His eyes glowed its briliant green as he gazed upon Canaan, but Canaan didn't return the smile. He merely walked past chaos, but stopped a few steps after passing him. Things were still awkward between them...
chaos came down from the deck and waited as the hangar brought him down. He exited the hangar and walked into the hallway of the Durandal. " You're no ordinary human, right?" chaos looked to his right and saw Canaan leaning against the wall. He smiled at him.
Canaan walked towards him. " So then what are you?" chaos still smiled and turned away. He began to walk off, but Canaan grabbed him by his wrist. They both stopped moving. " You were out in deep space, without a suit. You didn't need oxygen. My sensors indicate that all humans require oxygen..." He let go of chaos' wrist and he turned to face Canaan. " You look the same as you did 14 years ago... you still look 16... my sensors indicate you're not a realian, so what are you!"
chaos put a finger to his lips and winked. "Shh... you'll soon find out." With that, he turned to leave. Canaan narrowed his eyes, and watched him. He then grabbed chaos from behind and whispered in his ear, "Remember what I said to you, my dear navigator." chaos smiled and turned to face Canaan. "That if I pulled anything suspicious, you'll cut off my job as navigator- but I am no longer your navigator."
Canaan grinned. "If you won't tell me what you are..." chaos turned to leave again. "...then can you tell me who Yeshua is?" He stopped dead in his tracks and turned his head. chaos looked at Canaan from the corner of his eye. Canaan looked at them- they were no longer gentle and they didn't shine, they were cold and harsh.
He then blinked and they shone green once again. chaos put his finger to his lips again and left, leaving Canaan in awe of him. Canaan turned the other way and left.
The two of them remained silent as they remembered their last encounter. " Your flight was supposed to be here at 2, you guys are early." chaos said as he came out from behind the directory. " Since it's so late, there were no other ships gating out, so the flight was faster than normal." Canaan said as he turned to chaos.
Then tension was finally broken. " Jr. will probably take MOMO to her room, so I'll take you to yours." chaos said as he began to walk towards the railway.
"You know where I'm going to be staying?" Canaan asked curiously. "Of course, you'll be bunking with me." Canaan raised an eyebrow. But he followed chaos to their room.
Dun dun dun! What will happen when Jr. finds the drunken MOMO! What will happen between chaos and Canaan! And what will they do, now that they share a room! -ehehe- naughty thoughts! -gets smacked by a friend- owies... YOU WOULD THINK THAT TOO IF YOU PLAYED THE GAME! ahem... NO ONE KNOWS! except for me, for I am the one who is writing the story! BWAHAHAHA! R&R until I write the next chappie!
Muahz!
Chapter 3: Late Night Encounters
