The Mistakes of The Past

Chapter Eight: An Elicoorian Love

Nel looked at Mist closely the sight of his face ran many thoughts through her head, of her past, which she rarely talked about. But, for some reason Mist seemed to trigger something inside her. She shook her head.

"It's good to see you guys…I'm sorry to have called you so suddenly."

"Don't worry about it, Nel. We're friends. You can count on us." Fayt said. "By the way, where's Cliff? He was the one who called us."

"Oh? Cliff, he's in Aqiuos. He's trying to get a grip on the whole situation."

"Yeah…what's this all about…a shockwave?"

"Yeah, but let's not talk here. Let's go back to Peterny."

They began to walk through the Palmira Plains on their way to Peterny. Mist trailed the group and walked in the back. Nel would occasionally sneak an occasional glance at him, but when ever he returned a stare, she would hurriedly face front. Mirage and Maria who were in the middle began to become aware of Nel's strange behavior. They arrived in Peterny; it was a bustling city as usual. Nel stood in front of the group.

"I'm going to with Clair to the hotel to finalize our reservations. You can guys can do whatever you want until then. Just make sure to be back before dark. We have a lot to talk about."

They went their separate ways. Adray simply followed with Nel and Clair. Albel went to find some nearby shade to be by himself. All that was left was our crew from outer space. Fayt, Sophia, Maria, Mirage and Mist where left wondering what to do, it was at least 3 months since they last set foot on Elicoor II.

"I'm actually pretty tired right now. I think I'll just rest at the hotel."

Mirage went off. She actually wanted to go Aquios to see what Cliff was up to, but, she wanted to hear what Nel had to say during the night.

"It's seemed like yesterday…"

The group of four began walk around reliving nostalgic memories. Mist was getting a familiar feeling from the city, but he couldn't quite figure it out. It was like something out of his dreams.

"Gosh, how am I going to kill time?"

Sophia put her finger on her chin as she was thinking.

"How about we try inventing?"

Fayt put his fist on his hand as Sophia had mentioned a great idea.

"Yeah, let's do that! I haven't done any of that in a while! How about you, Maria?"

Maria was a little surprised by Fayt's question. She thought about it.

"No, I'm alright. You go ahead."

"Alright, we'll see you back at the hotel."

Fayt and Sophia went to the inventor's guild in Peterny. Maria watched them run off.

"Don't you want to go with them?"

Mist suddenly said.

"What do you mean?"

"Seems it was hard for you to turn them down…"

"What are you talking about? I'm just not in the mood for it."

"Suit yourself."

Mist began to walk off. Maria thought it was strange; Mist didn't seem to talk unless it was to her. She remembered that the last time he spoke was in his room and once again, when it was just them.

Meanwhile…

Nel took a seat on the couch and took a deep sigh. Clair sat across from her and poured some green tea for herself and Nel.

"Nel, you've looked uneasy ever since they arrived here. Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing really."

"Oh come on, Nel. I've known you too long for you to lie to me."

Nel put her hand on her forehead.

"I guess you've got me…"

"Tell me what's on your mind, Nel."

"Okay…"

Nel sat back in her seat as if she was going to tell a long story.

"You saw him, right?"

"Him?"

"…that boy that came off the ship with Fayt and the others."

"Yes…he seems like the quiet type. I wonder where he came from…"

"That's the thing, doesn't he seem familiar, Clair?"

"Familiar?"

"Yeah…he seems really similar from that person…from a long time ago…"

"Oh…" Clair took a second to think. "Come to think of it, there is a resemblance…but that was over 5 years ago. It couldn't possibly be the same person."

"I guess you're right…I need some fresh air, I'm going to go for a walk."

Clair nodded and Nel went off for a walk.

Back in Peterny…

Maria continued to follow Mist around town. She couldn't take her eyes off him even for a second. There was still too much he didn't trust about him. "What is he?" "A weapon?" when Maria thought like this she became even more defensive. Mist was walking around the shop were Fayt and Sophia were inventing he saw a young girl sweeping outside the shop across the street. The girl looked up.

"Oh, hello! Would you like to become an inventor?"

Mist was a little surprised. He didn't say a word.

"I'll take that silence as a YES!"

The girl grabbed Mist by the arm and dragged him into the guild; Maria watched this happening and followed them inside. When they went inside, there was a commotion.

"Gimme that table!"

"I'm sorry, but this belongs to the Inventor's Guild."

The bandit began to choke the attendant.

"I said, GIMME THE TABLE!"

"Oh no!" The girl said. "Um, excuse me, Mr. Bandit-Sir…" Before the girl could finish, Mist stepped forward. He didn't say anything, he just smiled.

"What's the smile about? It something funny, ya punk? I'll wipe that smile of your face!"

The bandit took out a long sword and handgun. At this point, Maria was ready for anything and she prepared to take out her Laser Gun. Before she could, Mist ran out the door and went outside.

"RUNNING AWAY? COME BACK HERE!"

The bandit followed Mist outside. It was beginning to get dark. They stood across from each other.

"How dare you try and run away, are you insulting me?"

Mist only smiled. The bandit became furious and charged at the unarmed Mist, he blindly slashed with his long sword and Mist was dodging them all with easy. Maria went outside to follow. He watched Mist dodging the bandit's attacks. She wasn't surprised; he was a machine after all.

"You bastard! Stop dodging!"

What happened next though, did surprise Maria. Mist put out his right hand out to the side. It seemed as water was going to his hand, in a few seconds, Mist was armed, armed with katana. The bandit was getting frustrated, oblivious to what Mist what just done, he fired his handgun. The bullet pierced Mist's arm and blood came out the other side, Mist winced for a second. Nel who was taking a walk heard the gunshot.

"Gunfire…?"

She ran towards where she heard the gunshot. There she saw Mist and the bandit in the face off.

"What's going on?"

"How do you like that…! You bast—"

Before the bandit could finish, Mist had already had his fist deep in his stomach. He spit out blood from his mouth. Mist then kicked the stunned bandit in the face sending him flying. The bandit slowly tried to get to his feet, blood was trickling from his mouth. He wiped it off.

"Heh…heh…interesting! How very interesting!"

Mist came charging at him at an insane pace and punched him in the face with full force sending him to the ground again. This time he wasn't getting up. He stayed on the ground, shaking. He couldn't even see Mist coming. Mist walked towards him. He stretched out his hand.

"W-what are you!"

Mist raised his katana.

"That katana..."

He was going to go for the kill. Maria had seen enough, she began to make a mad hash towards him to get him to stop. But, before she could he was already on his downslash.

"STOP!"

Nel screamed. The blade changed its course and stabbed as piece of rock right beside the bandit's ear splitting it in half.

"Nel…?" Maria thought. Nel went running towards Mist.

"What do you think you're doing? How dare you try to kill this man!"

"What do you know…?"

Mist softly spoke.

"I know that you shouldn't be taking someone's life so easily!"

"Don't talk to me like you know me."

Nel gave Mist a swift slap in the face, Maria stood in shock. The bandit got up and began to run away. At this point, they let him escape. Tears began to run Nel's face as she spoke.

"DON'T GIVE ME THAT CRAP!

Nel was taking aback by Mist's words. She looked into his cold eyes. It had to be him, she knew it in her heart.

"YOU JUST DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!"

Nel ran quickly ran off. Maria had been a spectator all this time. She had no clue as to what had just happened. She knew Nel was acting strange ever since they arrived.

"Nel…"

She thought to herself. "What's bothering her?" "What was the meaning of what just happened?" "What does Nel have to do with Mist?"

End Chapter 8

Author's Notes: Phew, there it is again. This time, I came up with this as I was sitting in my chair listening to my music. LOL. It all just sort of fell together this chapter. I wrote the first part, made up the next part and they luckily went hand in hand. Well, I hoped you enjoy this chapter and I hope to hear from you. Next chapter will be up following the posting of my next fiction of Dark Cloud 2. I guess you could say I'm advertising. LOL.