Animage: And now…… (Drum roll) Chapter 7! The revealing of both the past of two cast members, AND some teeny glimpses of plot!
Anim: (throws confetti) X marks the spot, after all!
Animage: ….X is the Roman numeral for seven…?
Anim: You know; I'm sincerely hoping you're really not that stupid.
Animage: You mean it isn't?...Jerk! I'm confiscating your sugar! Now disclaimer me!
Anim: Grr……Animage does not, will not, and never has, clamed ownership of KH and all story or characters affiliated with it; and shall not claim ownership without planning to also be arrested. She's making NO MONEY OFF OF THIS; none what-so-ever (like anyone would pay money for this junk XP). So don't press charges, sue, or flame.
Animage: Good boy (hands back sugar).
I'd like to thank all of you out there who're still reading this even though I can't guarantee regular updates. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!
Oh, and also; go read fan fictions by 'The Writer, you fools!' and Slashapalooza (you can find them in my favorites)! They are AWSOME! Wa----------y better than my stuffs! Hell; I'd even recommend ditching this to go read their stories! (cries)
Also; I'm dedicateing all chapters to YOU, the reader who has waited so long to have this chapter; and to The Writer, you fools; who I am a devoted reader too, and will miss devoutly when she goes to college. Love j00!
Note: G.E.S (The Galactic Elite Squad) is pronounced 'Guess.'
Also: Wei Xiao Chen, I believe, means 'Precious/valuable Dawn/early morning' in me if I'm wrong!
P.S……. I DO know the Roman numeral for seven...Vll; it IS my favorite Final Fantasy, after all! ...Any how…
ONWARD!
Chapter 7: Crap; There's a plot?
(Hashiro's P.O.V.)
"Well; that went better than I thought it would…." I stirred my tea listlessly as I waited for Kimi to finish with Ashton. She's a healer and has apparently been exposed to a multitude of new injuries and ailments since landing here; the likes of which we've never seen. That's saying something, for all the travel we do and damage we've sustained.
Before we got split up here, Yukimi and I were scouts and top ranking officers for G.E.S.: The Galactic Elite Squad. We were to travel to different worlds and report weather they were fit for the colonization of our world, Wei Xiao Chen, and to secure specific strategic points.
I can still remember the city we lived in. The buildings towered over everything; so tall they touched the sky and you could look down at the surrounding mountains. Everything was chrome plated and had passages beneath the ground, connecting to different buildings so you didn't have to walk outside if you really didn't want to. The sun was a small star, so the weather was always very cool( at least, compared to here it's very cool, it gets to be 106 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit in the hottest part of the day in summer in this place). In our hottest months it was about 40 to 50 degrees. Thus, the strong incentive to stay inside as long as you could.
Frost generally covered the vegetation but unlike the other worlds, that keeps them alive. If it gets too hot for them to produce frost, they die.
There's really not many sources of water on our planet, and most of that is frozen over. We have orchards that cover hundreds of acres that grow Aqua Melons; our globes' water supply for the masses. They resemble a small watermelon, but with a thin, robins egg blue shell. They're so thin, in fact, the melons are only foggy looking. You can see the seeds inside the meat of the melons; little pinpricks of softly luminescent blue light. The meat itself is transparent; water, but tastes sweeter than on most other planets. Not too sugary, just pleasantness in a shell.
I can remember the coldest months when the land seemed barren except for the plant life. Tall Rime Trees towered over the frost bitten hills and cast shade over the winter poppies and Hoar frost roses. The flowers and trees twinkled in there icy blankets and would glimmer in more colors than I can ripple through.
The only thing that ruined that image of this place (because there must be one; no place is perfect, not even Wei Xiao Chen) is, as you may have guessed, the Head Quarters of G.E.S., The Hall of Luminosity. It was headed by The Sunlit Guard. It's a bit egotistical, if you ask me; to compare them selves to the stars (which is why, I suppose, they never asked me).
Basically, it's just eleven old fogies headed by a narcissistic and self righteous busy-body who is patriotic to suffocating extents, in his mid twenties, and is so pretty, it had better be a crime. The Guard is one of the many reasons Kimi and I are here; their organization skills having plummeted since the death of Shuang Tao, the last leader of The Guard.
Shuang Tao's son, Li Tao, was his successor before he died of a sudden appearance of tuberculosis. It was almost funny; Li seemed so healthy before; simply too spry to just keel over like that.
When Li Tao died, Shuang Tao had specifically asked that Toshi Chiyo, his nephew, not be allowed to rise into the role of successor. But within the hour of his passing, the eleven living Guards had inaugurated Toshi as Head of The Sunlit Guard.
The result; all hell broke loose. The entire Galactic base is in absolute disorder. No one pays attention to rank, no one gets anything done, and we're lucky if some one knows the basic drills and protocol of scouting or combat.
We'd been kicked out of rank and were thought of as renegade commanders, even by the Sunlit Guard. Which is how we nearly died on our last trip; we had been given a ridiculously incompetent crew. Luckily, they died in 'a blaze' caused by 'the first impact.'
Shuang had given Kimi and I a specific Top Secret mission, and damned if I was going to let some snot nosed lap dogs of Toshi muck it up. It sounds cruel; but they would have had their hearts devoured the moment they stepped out of the shuttle anyhow; most screaming for their mothers in their last moments. Which would you rather have?
Hopefully, this incident has gotten Mr. 'I'm too sexy to know what I'm doing' and his raison-look-alike entourage to stop doing everything half assed, start training the kids right, and organize a search party for us. Too much to hope for, I know, but hey; I need to feed my cat!
I stir my tea again, disappointed to find that it's gone flat. Sigh; I hate flat tea. I push it to the side as Yukimi comes down the stairs and into the kitchen. She seems a tad pissed and a little frustrated. She plops down across from me and glares.
I let a smile tug the corners of my lips. "What am I being blamed for now?" She sighed, her steam finally giving out on her. She just shook her head at me.
'It's not that.' Uh-oh, when Yukimi's agitated and isn't gonna blame it on me, it always means she's gonna drop a bomb shell. Her lips formed the silent word 'Mission.'……..and there we have it.
My body stiffens as I stare at her blankly.
"No; Not yet. We can't tell them yet." She looked back at me, anger and surprise on her face.
'B-but why? If we wait any longer, we'll lose the position of our target!'
"They aren't ready for this yet. We can't tear there lives apart yet." She sighed, an airy sound, holding no majesty of a voice; just the rush of air from her lungs. It reminds me of the sound a helium tank makes. Or a leaking gas pipe.
'We don't have a choice; if we don't leave within the next three days; we'll have to leave without them and that is what we cannot do. He is the key to saving the universe. If we don't go now, ' She stared me straight in the eye, and her message is clear 'we'll fail this mission; Game Over.'
Sadly; I agreed.
(Riku's P.O.V.)
A slow, almost crawling awareness came over me. I was hot, sticky, and there was a large, fleshy man beside me. Oh god. Ohgodohgodohgod!
I dared to glance over, and; thank your chose of deity, Cloud was there. I relaxed back into my mattress, ready to go back to Slumber Land (The REAL happiest place on earth, er…limbo…where-ever).
I stopped in mid doze.
Cloud. Here. In my bed.
I jerked, almost throwing myself over the edge. In an attempt to regain balance; I pin wheeled my arms in grand circles; knocking over a lamp and dragging most of the bedding with me. As soon as my butt made contact with the floor I yelped and rolled over so I was lying on my stomach in a tangle of sticky sheets. Ew…
I glanced over my shoulder to see Cloud peeking groggily over the edge of my bed; his spikes in disarray. It was so cute, I almost forgot what I was freaked out about.
He yawned, stretched and rested his head on his upper arm; eyes roaming over the parts of my body not covered by the sheets. I squirmed under his intent gaze. He finally smirked lazily at me and said in a voice dripping of well concealed lust,
"Is it hot in here or is it just you?" I blushed as I turned over again to sit up, careful of my sore behind. What happened…Eep.
His eyes seem darker than they usually are but they're as mesmerizing as ever. I can't help the small breathy sound released from my lungs.
"Well?" He looks at me expectantly "Are you coming to bed or aren't you?" To bed? This was my bed, damn it! But, then again…This is Cloud, and Cloud is Mm-mm good.
I nodded, not the least bit sure of my voice, and gathered as much of the sheets as I could around me. I must have looked like a very sloppily dressed (and suddenly shy) ancient roman, because Cloud was chuckling at me and not trying to hide it.
Great. I was embarrassed before; but now I'm acting meek and pouting. I never pout; that was Sora's signature frustrated expression. Hmm.
He stopped laughing at me long enough to sit up, swing his legs over the edge, and stare at me in amusement again. I couldn't stand that gaze, laughing at me. I closed my eyes and blushed harder.
Cloud's fingertips brushed my cheek gently and I opened my eyes to see his apologetic glance. My frown softened into a slight pout as he drew me closer, guiding my lips to brush against his. I felt my cheeks heat again and my chest tighten; short of breath.
God, is this how it started last night? Just that one brush of lips and I'm already breathless. Even before this happened it had been embarrassing the number of things that reduced me to a quivering pile of 'yes please' when Cloud did them. Lordie; I'm gonna have a perma-hard-on at this rate. Stupid hormones. Stupid youth!
Before the whole island was destroyed I had thought 'God help the guy that falls for me; I won't fall in love, ever.' I had promised myself I wouldn't; and damn am I happy I broke that promise.
Animage: Okay, trying to make every section sound like they're being narrated by the specified character instead of me… Wow. Riku's sounding like I didn't let him get laid two chapters ago.
FYI The 'Jean' that Leon refers to is Bowman. Not sure if Jean was his last name or first; but Leon calls him Jean when they aren't in the group. Kind of a private name thing…Bowman calls him Liebe, which means 'lover' in German. At least, it was last time I checked; but again, if I'm wrong don't hesitate to correct me!
Anim: Yep. Hell, if she didn't have spell check; this wouldn't even be legible in English. It'd burn your poor eyes out. Yep (sees Animage glaring, then downs entire bag of sugar so she can't take it away).
Animage: Ooo…..kay……-- Well; another chapter down, but I'll probably have to re-type this one too for how bad it sucks. Now we have dirty language. Whoopee. I'm now starting a Side Story for Yukimi and Hashiro. That's the only place you'll find Hashiro's real name until like, chapter twenty of this story. Oh geez; that's a lot of crap to write…… I'm slightly grumpy right now so remember; flamers will be used as charcoal for my barbeque, their flames will light the grill, and I will make raw steaks the size of my head on them. Yum yum.
Any how, see you in chapter eight; or perhaps chapter one of the other story…