Dark Cloud 2 Fanfic
Chapter 7: Choices----By The Several
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"No… It can't be…" Those words echoed in his mind, as if something utterly important was revealed to him.
Max ran out of the house as rain began to fall again. He ran around town, crying Dark Element's name. The Dark Element didn't answer. Finally, he stopped running, and at the most appropriate place too. The Zelmite Mines.
From the outside, he saw a flickering light that moved suspiciously within the mine's depths. It was him. The Dark Element. Max runs inside only to find the dark being waiting for him, its malicious intentions not being masked by the darkness of the mine caverns.
"Well well," mocked the Dark Element. "A boy like you shouldn't be out in the rain. You might catch your death of cold. Keh, keh, keh…."
"Like you care. But that's not the point," Max countered back. "I know what your plan is now, evil giant!"
The Dark Element was just silent, but Max could see the hidden grin under his form. It was an evil sign, and it was an ill omen.
Max clenched his fists, and he gritted his teeth. "Since you took Monica's memories, her heart still knows who I am." He then looked at the Dark Element with a cold and accusing stare. "It's Monica, isn't it?… The desire I was looking for was in Monica all along, because Monica's heart wanted her to remember who I am!"
The Dark Element laughed hard and mockingly, his laughter echoing throughout the hollow passages of the mines. "What a smart boy," it complements, although somewhat sarcastic. "Yes… the desire you look for is in that girl… And to remove it, you must make her forget what she desires…"
"To remember me, you want her to forget about me… That's it, isn't it?" Max looks at him, the anger present in his eyes, although at the same time, sad. "That's what you wanted since the beginning! You sick demon! You live off of my misery!"
"Don't worry, little boy," the Dark Element leaned over him, mocking him, "If you succeed, she WILL remember you." The Dark Element then burst into laughter. "Unfortunately, she will have to live without you! How sad!"
"Don't worry, Max!" the dark being said, mocking Max with his own mother's voice. "As long as you set your heart on it, you can do anything! Bwahahahahahaha!"
Max suddenly struck him with his wrench, moving the Dark Element away from him. "Don't touch me, you foul being! How dare you mock me? And with my mother's voice yet!"
The Dark Element guffawed, and raised his staff. "How dare I? Why, because I want you to suffer is why! Bwahahahahaha!" He then summoned a dark portal beneath himself saying, "I'll wait until you make your move, boy! Don't disappoint me! Bwahahahahahaha!" the Dark Element disappeared, but it's laughter echoed forever.
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Max walked home in the blue funk. 'I make Monica remember who I am? Then what? The only way she'll be able to, is if she stops trying to remember who I am!' He stopped walking. He was ready to cry again. 'It's not fair! The Dark Element didn't give me a choice! Either she doesn't remember me, or she remembers but we have to stop being with each other! What do I do…' Max covers his face and tried to hide his failure.
"Crying again?" a familiar voice said. Max looks up, and saw Monica staring at him. "I figure you aren't always like this, so what's wrong?"
Max looks away, saying nothing. "Hey," Monica continues.
As Max looks towards Monica to see why she called him, POW! Monica delivers a smack to his face. Max falls down and keels in pain.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Don't ignore me, you idiot!" Monica shouts at him. Max stays on the ground, speechless. He looks up at Monica, and saw that, instead of an angry face, she saw a sad, almost crying one.
"I know that you aren't always like that. I know you didn't used to be sad and kept to yourself. I don't know why I know that, but I know that you used to be such a happy carefree person. Nothing moved you, but you cared about other people and would do anything to save them." Monica then looked at him, tears falling from her eyes. "That was the person I know I fell in love with!"
Max stood up. He was too surprised to talk. "Strange isn't it?" Monica continued, tears continued to fall from her face and on to the ground. "I've never met you before, and yet…" She covered her face, trying to hide her embarrassment.
Max stood up, shame swallowed his face. Because of the Dark Element, he truly had changed. But Monica had reminded him of what it means to be that person. To be him. Max.
'She's right, Max!' he said to himself. 'Be yourself. You're a smart guy, so think of a valuable solution!'
He thought and thought, and he tried to recall past conversations. One by one, strips of phrases from his memories came flooding back to him, as if zipping by him with great speed.
"…If you make that person forget or stop wishing about that desire, your friend's memories will go back."
"You shouldn't forget to laugh… And you shouldn't give up either… That's what my dad said…"
"You can talk to them, beat them up, or even kill them if you want…"
"…You're still in her heart somewhere."
"…I wonder if your friend would really want to remember her friend who doesn't even care about her feelings?"
"…Her memories of you take the biggest part of her life. Making her remember such a huge amount of memories would… take her to the brink of insanity…"
"Every time I look at you, I feel like… I feel like there's no one there…"
"Those who truly love you can never forget you…"
"…It would be rude of you to die now… the game must be played until the end…"
"…You know that if you destroy me, you'll never know how to get her memories back."
"Everyone in the world has a selfish dream or wish that they could never let go."
Max stopped. He realized something.
"I got it!" Max said aloud. Monica looked at him as he readied to leave. "Thanks, Monica!" Max then hurried up and left.
To be continued… Final Chapter.
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