Dark Cloud 2 Fanfic
Chapter 5: Little Sister----By The Several
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To Oracle Master: If you guessed that it will have a happy ending, then you're right! But that's not what you meant, is it? Well, I'm pretty sure you didn't predict the ending. You know why? Well, neither do I.
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Max tries to follow where Corrine had gone. He still needed to get Monica's memories back. He remembers seeing her go inside the town with that little Gemron she had wanted as a pet.
As he tries to trail her, he imagines just how far the Dark Element wanted him to go just to get Monica's memories back.
"Corrine!" Max shouts to the little girl in the distance. She sees him, and began to run away. "Darn it, Corrine!" he follows.
Corrine carried the little Gemron with both hands and ran as fast as they can to get away from Max. Of course, Max was too fast for her, so he caught up in no time.
Corrine in her confusion, ran right and into a closed alley. She turns around to see Max arriving. "No, stay away!" she cried as hard as she could. Tears flowed non-stop from her eyes.
Max got closer and closer. Corrine covers the Gemron with herself and turns away expecting the worst.
Max kneels to equal to her height and pats her on the head. "I'm… sorry about what happened back there, Corrine. I know how much that Gemron means to you."
Corrine turns to look around. She sees the worried yet gentle look in Max's eyes, the look that she's always known he'd have.
"C'mon," Max told her. "Let's go talk."
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"So you found that Gemron outside the town, huh?" Max asked her after listening to her story.
"That's right," Corrine said, much calmer now. "It may be a dangerous monster, but still---"
"I know exactly how you feel," Max tells her as he puts her arms around her back. To Max, she was like a little sister, and he would rather die than hurt her even a little. "I'm really sorry about what I nearly did that time. I let my feelings get the best of me, my desire to get her memories back."
Corrine didn't understand what he meant. He realized that, so he said, "It's... complicated. Besides, I should've realized earlier that I mustn't sacrifice someone or something's life just to get someone to remember me." He removed his hand from her back, and looks at his hands. He sees the scratches and gallowses on them from using his wrench to fight. It sickened him.
"Corrine," he continued. "What do you wish for the most?"
Corrine smiled and said, "That's easy! To have a pet of my own!"
Max look down on the ground. He thought for a minute, and then smiled at her saying, "You're a good girl, Corrine. I'm sure your mom would approve of you keeping that Gemron, if only you'd have the courage to tell her."
Corrine thought for a minute and considered it. She looked at Max's face, and it was back to that intense look. But still, she knew that it still had that caring look in it. She wondered what she was thinking to make him do what he almost did. Still, she smiled and replied, "I'm real happy that you're back to the Max I know!" She looked at the sky, noticing that it was time for her to go home for dinner. She stood up and said she had to go home.
Before she walked away, she said, "I'm not sure what you were talking about, but please remember this." She closed her eyes and began to pray. "Those who truly love you can never forget you." She opened her eyes and smiled. "That's what my mom always tells me!" She then ran home as Max reflected on her words.
He smirked. "For a little 'sister', she sure talks smart." He then began to walk home himself. As he did, he took the desire device from his pocket and looked at it. The device showed that the desire fromCorrine was gone, but it also revealed that she wasn't the one Max was looking for.
"So it's back again to square one…" Max continues home as he looks at the orange sky. He smiled, knowing that there was still tomorrow, and that he had more chances to look for what he needed to get Monica's memories back.
To be continued…