Sorry I'm putting up a late update, it seems I'm doing that quite often now…Thanks for all of ur reviews so far! As you no, I'm nearing the end of this fic, in my case, thank GOD. I'm not sure if I can keep up with it anymore, but I do enjoy it D…ok, on with the story!
PART III
Light Your Face With A Smile
Chapter 23
That
They stood in the rain together…
Not very important now is it?
Not this again…
I should tell her…
Let's pull everything out into the open eh…?
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The rain softly hit the ground with light pattering. The skies had darkened, the clouds acting like wet laundry, squeezing the liquid out of themselves as the wet droplets began to descend on the land…
And he walked slowly…ever so slowly to the building ahead of him.
It was quite warm inside as the girl looked out the window…she had been mad at him, for reasons unknown to others. Her green eyes watched as the rain pattered absently, ruining the plans of people who lived around the now soaked area…
…and surprisingly enough, she saw him walking in the distant, coming towards her house…
A small creamy white house sat, it's color darkening from the assault of the rain. He walked ever so slowly, his eyes trained on the ground. The green eyed girl jumped off her bed and quickly opened the door. As soon as she did, he had already stopped walking, yet his eyes were still focused on the ground. She began to breathe heavily…out of habit maybe? She shouldn't have been out…
Her thoughts were broken as the boy finally lifted his head up…her mind racing as she realized the look in his eyes…or at least what was falling from them.
Hot tears mixed with the rain, his clothes soaked through as they clung to his body tightly. Should she run out to him?
Or…
" Sa…" The boy began to say, causing the girl on the porch to freeze in place. She allowed her hand to place itself on the column, while admiring his soaked form.
" Sakura?" The boy finally said, causing the said girl to take a step back…
Unknown to them, he was watching the whole scene unfold. His dark plum colored eyes following every movement the girl made. She was wearing that same white gown…she looked so much like a ghost…her skin was pale…but her eyes…
They always glowed with such brilliance, he loved that glow in her eyes…
They both did…
The hidden figure began to twitch…his hand tapping impatiently on the bark of the tree.
Thank god Nigredo wasn't there…he would surely push Albedo out of the private scene he was now observing…
" Rubedo? Are you alright?" Sakura asked quietly, causing Rubedo to stand straighter, but he hadn't stopped breathing heavily either.
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" Hey."
" What is it?"
" What's that?"
" Huh?…oh shit!" A guard yelled out as suddenly the dock area began to rock. They had heard some heavy firing before…they didn't realize that the object being attacked would head for their location…so what did they do?
" Everyone…scramble! Move, move, move!!!" The guard shouted as the others began to go into position.
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" These guys just don't ever quit do they?" Captain Matthews yelled as the ship was doing some stunts in space to avoid being hit by the base's gun fire.
" Tony! Do you mind!? I think I'm going to be sick!" Hammer yelled as Tony…seemed to be having fun.
" Hell no! I'm not risking the ship getting hurt, we're already in to much debt that we can't handle…besides, when CAN I get to have this much fun!?" Tony replied as Hammer sighed and Matthews kicked his chair.
" Just don't go overboard."
" Yes sir!" Tony called as he continued to maneuver the Elsa.
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" What the hell is Tony doing up there, do we have to move this much?" Jr. growled as chaos and the others knelt down on the floor.
" It's for good reason. Jr., grab onto something, you don't want to-"
To late…
After a shaky and sharp turn from the ship, Jr. wound up on the floor, a large thump sounding throughout the gunfire. Jr. frowned as he growled again and stood up, keeping his balance as to not fall again.
" I was about to tell you…"
" Your such a help." Jr. replied to chaos sarcastically as the silver haired male only brushed the comment off.
" Hey, you guys?" Matthews spoke through the intercom.
" What is it captain?" chaos questioned.
" Be prepared, will be at the dock in 60 seconds."
" And counting!" Hammer called through the intercom as well, receiving a nod from the two males.
" Jr."
" Yea?"
" We'll win this ok? Just believe." a nod was Jr.'s reply as he grabbed for his gun.
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" Ms. Mizhari!" A worker called as the woman came through the automatic doors, to guards following behind her.
" What's happening that I need to be pulled out of a business meeting?"
" Ms. Mizhari, it's them."
" Them?" Juli questioned as she walked over to the man speaking to her.
" Yes, in this quadrant over here." He paused as he pointed to his radar screen. " We have just detected a ship that isn't owned by our corporation. It's code had identified it as the Elsa.
" The Elsa?" Juli quirked an eyebrow as the man nodded. " A rescue mission…eh? This wouldn't be led by Gaignun Kukai, although, I don't have any doubt that he must have something to do with this…maybe it's that fellow…our mystery man, chaos."
" There closing in ma'am!" Another male called as Juli looked out the window. Indeed, they were coming.
" A warm welcoming is in order, set fire power at our new target, begin attack in 30 seconds."
" Yes ma'am!" A few workers called out as they all rushed about to complete their given tasks.
" Counting…20 seconds…" A women called as Juli narrowed her eyes.
" 10..."
" 5.…4...3...2...1..."
" Commence attack!" Juli stuck her hand out as explosive sounds pierced through space.
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After watching the Elsa maneuver with what looked like ease, Juli turned around and headed for the door.
" Do what you must, they'll be here soon, be prepared."
" Yes ma'am!" A security guard saluted as Juli left.
She would not let them get they're way…this chaos, it must be him leading the ship to their location…foolish isn't he? He wont survive.
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CRASH
The floor shook suddenly as the mysterious figure was tossed over to one side of the hall. It grabbed the window and shook it's head. After recovering from the impact, the figure stood up and looked outside to see what was causing the commotion. Down at the dock…a blue ship had made a messy landing…many guards could be seen running around the ship, their guns pointed.
Interested at the scene unfolding, the ship's doors suddenly opened…and the dance of gun fire began after a few short moments. A few armed soldiers came pouring out of the small ship, each side shooting the day lights out of the other. And suddenly…
A silvered haired male came rushing out with three soldiers behind him…another figure came out…but it was to hard to see who it was…
…for their appearance was masked by a hood.
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Jr. ran with the others in the opposite direction of the fight, he wanted to make this trip short and successful, there was no need to put other people in his business. A few more guards suddenly came rushing in and started to shoot at them.
chaos rushed ahead of the small group and jumped in the air, graceful in his movements, his palms began to admit a soft light.
" Ice Wings!!" He shouted suddenly as cold blocks of ice began to form around the bullets being shot by the guards…
They fell to the ground quickly, breaking into tiny pieces of shards as the rest of his attack. The guards suddenly backed up, trying to run from the ice attack.
Jr. suddenly bent down and aimed his guns at the blocks of ice that had missed some of it's intended targets. He closed one eye and began to fire.
Each bullet hit a chunk of small ice in the distance, and these chunks of ice hit the men in their backs, causing them to fall down one by one. chaos came back down to the ground, placing his hand in front of him. Jr. suddenly ran past him and muttered something chaos couldn't recognize. Deciding to avoid it, chaos ran past the injured men on the floor while the other soldiers followed them.
" Jeez, these bastards just keep coming! And we haven't even entered the freaking building yet!" Jr. shouted as more guards came out and started shooting. The soldiers ducked down behind a few crates and began shooting as the two males ran in opposite directions. Jr. sighed at the oncoming gun fire and looked over to chaos, his comrade peering back every now and then.
chaos looked back at him and nodded, getting Jr. to grin, and suddenly, Jr. jumped from his hiding place and onto the crate. He jumped to another one, a few men noticing his actions and began to shoot. Before the bullets could hit him, he jumped off the crate, and with such grace, twirled in the air, his new trench coat galloping in the sudden rush of wind. He pushed his hand into his pocket quickly and threw numerous amount of coins in the air. Confusing the guards, Jr. landed on the cold floor and quickly took out his BLOOD9 beauties again.
" Storm Waltz!!" Jr. shouted as he shot every coin in such an angle, they each gave a descent amount of hit points to each guard that came pouring out.
chaos had suddenly called the three soldiers to follow him, and surprisingly enough, avoided Jr.'s tech attack, hoping the soldiers behind him did the same. It could be quite painful to be hit by a coin that's going at such a fast speed. Chaos swiftly hit a oncoming man in the stomach, feathery light coming out of his palms, and back slammed him into the wall. The soldiers shot down more oncoming enemies. Glad for the help, they rushed quickly inside, waiting for Jr.
" Jr. come on! We don't have all the time in the world!" chaos shouted as Jr. suddenly stopped firing. By chaos's words…he suddenly felt a chill run up his spine…
He slowly stood up and looked around himself…bodies , blood, and coins scattered all over the place…along with a few broken crates. Jr. breathed heavily suddenly. What had he just done…
FLASH
Jr. backed up slightly, the hold on his guns loosing. It all looked the same…
He felt right back at the Facility…the whole floor littered with people…
And suddenly…he felt a strong tug.
" Jr.!" chaos called as he ran to go get the dazed looking comrade. Gun fire had suddenly erupted behind them. Jr. clumsily followed chaos's hold on him, turning around, he saw the Elsa finally leave as the other soldiers fought their own battle. chaos quickly threw Jr. inside and shut the door, locking it with a security code.
Looking back at the blue eyed U.R.T.V., chaos frowned at him.
" Jr.!? What were you thinking? You could have seriously gotten hurt…don't daze off like that again." chaos pouted as Jr. took the hood off of his head and wiped the sweat from his face.
" Sorry…" Jr. said, a little too far off…
" You ok Jr.?"
" Yea…yea I'm fine." The U.R.T.V. replied and stood up, placing the dark hood back on his head.
" It's clear." A voice called, belonging to one of the guards as chaos nodded, glancing back a Jr. Something had suddenly seemed…off about Jr…was it…?
chaos quickly turned around and closed his eyes. He hoped to god that Jr.'s powers weren't reacting now…although, it was possible…
" chaos?…we can't stall, let's move!" Jr. called as chaos nodded…and was about to proceed…
chaos and Jr. quickly looked up the stairs.
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" You heard that right?" Jr. whispered as chaos only nodded…Jr. moved silently around the staircase…and noticed no one there…
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" Maybe they took off…" Jr. whispered again as chaos placed his hand on his shoulder.
" Never mind that…we have to look for the others now! We've wasted enough time." chaos paused as he turned to look at one of the soldiers. " Where are they being held?"
" According to our information sir, they are located just three floors above us."
" Alright…" chaos nodded. " Well, since were in the staircase, lets just climb from here and search around, ok Jr.?"
" That's fine by me." Jr. grinned as he flipped his guns around. chaos rolled his eyes and began to run up the stairs as quickly as possible.
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The figure hid behind the closed door into the stairwell…breathing a sigh of relief. He had taken his hood off…that boy…he was so familiar to the figure. Once the figure saw the fighting outside, it just had to follow the small group's movements…
His fiery hair…piercing ice eyes…
Opening it's eyes, the figure sighed again.
" Jr…"
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" What's going on out there…" Allen called out to no one in particular as his ear was pressed against the wall, hoping to hear more sounds…but that would be quite impossible.
" Stop doing that Allen, your not going to hear anything." Mary called as she walked up to her window.
" Doesn't hurt to try."
" Even though it won't work?" Mary questioned as Allen pouted. Shion had sat down on the floor, trying to concentrate on the sudden noise being heard outside. Her eyes closed as she tapped her fingers lightly on the floor.
" I wonder what the big ruckus is all about…" Shion spoke as Ziggy called over.
" It sounded much like gunfire to me…the alarms have gone off, something's up." Everyone had suddenly approached their windows and looked over to Ziggy as best as they could.
" Wait…does this mean?" Shion stopped as Ziggy nodded.
" It could be."
" The Durandal?" Mary spoke as Allen looked over at Shion. " A rescue mission!?"
" I'm not sure myself…hmmm…" Shion said troubled. Who would come to save them? Not many knew about their capture in the first place…unless…
UGH!!
Everyone's attention was turned to the main entrance, the sound of a fist fight ongoing outside.
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chaos laid a spinning kick on two men and used his other leg to jump off the ground. Using this leg, he front kicked another man and used his elbow to hit another guard behind him.
Jr. still had his guns, but hadn't attend to use his bullets. It would make to much noise, and at the moment, they didn't need any more guards crawling up their asses. Jr. placed his hand on the swivel chair by the front desk and lifted himself into the air. With his free hand, which held the gun, he hit a man with the back of the handle, before dropping back to the ground. As he touched the ground, he bent down and swirled his leg around to kick more men to the ground.
The other soldiers had two guards at gunpoint, who were clumsily opening the door to the prison cells. As the main door opened, the soldiers hit the two guards with the back of their guns, knocking them unconscious. After securing the door, Jr. and chaos entered the room, releasing all of the locks on the doors.
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" What the…?" Allen said as he stepped out of his cell, along with the others. They all looked at each other and then at the entrance to see who had rescued them.
The room was flooded in light by the other room…so they could see better…but it only caused them to gasp…
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" c-chaos!!?" Shion called as chaos smiled and nodded. She couldn't believe it, it really was him! She ran up to him and gave him a big hug, which he gladly returned. The others came up to him, relieved looks on their faces. As Shion let go, she punched chaos in the arm, the silver haired male's eyes widening.
" Don't SCARE me like that again! Where were you! Why did you disappear!?" Shion yelled as Allen chuckled and Mary narrowed her eyes.
" That was a cruel trick!" Mary intervened as he gave off an apologetic look.
" I'm sorry…I didn't mean to…look it's a long story, which I'll tell later, but for now, we have to get you all out of here!" chaos said as Ziggy placed a hand on the male's shoulder.
" It's good to see you in shape…well, almost." Ziggy said, motioning to the bandage.
" As I said, I'll explain later."
" Who's this?" Mary said, looking over the hooded figure, he seemed familiar somehow. chaos smiled as he motioned to Jr.
" Oh. Well…You've met him before, why don't you introduce yourself?" chaos said amusingly, as the others had questioning expressions on their faces. Jr. placed his guns back in their holsters and pulled his hood down…
GASP
Everyone stood frozen as Jr. revealed himself…
Mary placed her hands over her mouth as her eyes began to water…
That red hair…
That skin color…
Those alluring eyes…
It was him!
Mary let the tears fall freely as she jumped at Jr. and hugged him. Surprised by the action, Jr. suddenly felt another weight fall on him, causing the three of them to fall down together, causing Allen and chaos to laugh softly.
The two lady's both had tears in their eyes.
" Jr.!!!" They both yelled, making themselves seem like hardcore fans of a famous movie star. Jr. was having trouble breathing though…he was to small for their combined weight.
" Can't…breathe…" Jr. huffed out as the two scrambled off him. Jr. sat up and dusted himself off. As soon as he got up, Mary hugged him again. This time, he hugged back…although he did feel quite awkward…
The thought popped back into his head that she still had feelings for him…his thoughts then dragged him back onto Shelly's advice…
" I thought you were…"
" Shh…it's ok. I'm alive! Wanna see me dance to make sure?"
" Your mean, you idiot!" Mary yelled at him as she hugged him tighter ( I know the height difference, just bare with me ok? LOL). Shion smiled as she wiped her tears away.
" Jesus Jr., I'm so happy! How…how did…?"
" It's a long story…" chaos cut in as the others looked over to him. " Which we don't have time for…" chaos paused as he realized… " Where's KOS-MOS and MOMO?"
Ziggy and Allen had stopped welcoming Jr. as they all froze. Jr.'s eyes widened as he quickly pulled away from Mary. Mary, in her mind, wanted to stab chaos from mentioning the girl, which ruined her Kodak moment.
" MOMO?"
" I'm sorry…we don't know…but…" Allen trailed off as he noticed the worried expression in his eyes.
" Jr…" Ziggy began, his tone suddenly turning serious. " The whereabouts of KOS-MOS is still unknown to us. But for MOMO…somewhere on the upper floors…they've…begun testing on her again…"
" WHAT?" Jr. yelled out as he punched the wall suddenly. They were WHAT? He couldn't believe what they were telling him…
Jr. yelled out as he punched the wall suddenly. They were ? He couldn't believe what they were telling him…MOMO…
She didn't deserve that pain…
" Jr., calm down!" chaos called as the boy began to shake. Jr. responded by looking up…glaring at the silver haired male…just the thought of it made him sting all over.
chaos backed away slightly as he noticed the glow in Jr.'s eyes. Shion also saw this and recognized it…seeing it back at the facility.
With a sudden movement, Jr. turned around and pushed past the soldiers.
" Jr.!"
" Come back!"
" Wait!" Mary called as she went after him.
" Mary don't!" chaos called, and they all began to rush after the two…
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Phew…that took awhile…read and review!!!