Heartbreak

Still Kyo's Point of view

I could only shudder at the thought of losing a good friend. What if we failed? What if Alan's life was one of those we could never save? A shiver went down my spine.

"It's okay. We'll be there," Chanel said putting her hand on my shoulder. Even her gentle words couldn't soothe my restless soul.

"Sure, we are missing a very skilled alchemist, but we could at least hope," Lenne said stepping towards Chanel and I.

"We are approaching Zanarkand. In order to not get much attention on them…we must land near the exit of Mount Gagazet," Austin said.

"Remember, not to close to the mountain. If we land on the mountain, a huge avalanche will cover the airship and we will REALLY be in trouble," Jason informed. I grew worried. What were they doing to him? As the ship came down and the ramp lying on the ground, I could only hope that Alan was alright.

"Well, here we go," Chanel said.

"Right, to find Alan, and to think, we started how to beat the Sin that attacked Kilika, and now we are rescuing Alan. Chanel laughed slightly.

"Shiva didn't tell us much," she said. We continued to the Zanarkand temple.

"It looks a lot like the far plane," I said. The damp air filled my mouth with desperation. As we reached the abandoned temple, I noticed something that automatically popped in my head.

"Go no further!" I cried. Chanel and Lenne looked at me.

"Why?" Lenne asked.

"There is a trap?" I told them intently.

"Where?" Chanel asked. "No offense, but I probably would've caught the trap by now," The Lady Luck said. I thought for a moment.

"That's true. But remember, there is Rin we are dealing with," I said. I got a stone and threw it at the entrance of the temple, suddenly the entrance to the temple was shut by a steel gate and the ceiling smashed onto the floor.

"Woah, and just think, that could've been us right there," Lenne said, eyes wide open. I ignored her and looked around for another way in. It was really difficult and I worried that we wouldn't make it on time. I then saw a window on the top of the tower.

"Look!" I said. Chanel looked up and saw it as well.

"If we can get something to pull us up there, then we could get in without getting caught!" Chanel said. However, we both knew that there was no way to get up there without climbing or flying and the airship would make too much noise. Chanel's eyes then brightened up.

"I know!" Chanel said.

"What!" Lenne and I asked.

"I learned a trick with my dust on the ship. I was trying to get my toy on the top of the cabinet and I used a dust ladder," Chanel said. I felt like laughing.

"You mean a pile of dust will get us up there?" I said.

"Yup!" Chanel said. Chanel span around and blew dust like she did in a previous battle with Yu Yevon. Suddenly, a huge purple ladder appeared where Chanel blew. I was quite surprised. We have a very good Lady Luck. We climbed the ladder to the highest tower in the temple. Why does it seem so big when we are actually climbing the thing? When we got there, I didn't know if we were too late or we just made it. On a table was Alan. But I wasn't just him. He was inside a clear case with red lasers going up and down his body as if scanning him. He was also tied to chains and I noticed the blood marks all over his body. I got my Kunai with chain and broke the case. His eyes were still closed. I shook him and shook him, but he wouldn't wake up. I rolled him over on his stomach. I did something a usual monk would do if someone drowned. I hit him with both hands combined as a fist on his stomach. He finally opened his eyes.

"Man, they really did a number on him," Chanel said. Lenne then said a few words and then waved he arms. White light appeared all over Alan and when it was gone, Alan got up.

My Point of view

My head felt really dizzy. As if I got hit on the head with a club. I looked up to see Kyo, Chanel, and Lenne.

"What's wrong?" I asked. They looked at me with a surprised look.

"You don't remember?" Lenne asked. I then got confused. So many events happened.

"What? What don't I remember?" I asked.

"What happened after you went into Rin's shop?" Chanel said. Now I knew what she was talking about.

"I'll tell you everything I can remember," I said.

Flashback

The metal doors opened automatically. I went to the desk which the smirking Rin stood.

"Welcome, what can I do for you?" Rin said in his usual annoying tone.

"I am here to purchase an Airship engine 1.7," I said.

"I see, you speak Al Bhed?" Rin asked.

"Of course, I am Al Bhed," I said.

"Kuut, huf a ghuf fru oui naymmo yna," Rin said smirking (Good, now I know who you really are). I was a bit nervous but he quickly told me that the engine was in the back room. I walked with him in there. The room was small with some shelves with many boxes. He took a lot of time packaging. He told me I could sit down on the chair. It was relaxing but then suddenly he quickly strapped all five straps on the chair. I was stuck with the burden of knowing that if I scream, no one would hear me.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked. Rin chuckled.

"Let's just say I betray Al Bheds only if they believe in Yevon…which really doesn't make you Al Bhed at all, does it? You don't deserve to use those eyes," Rin said pulling out a needle from his pocket. I was so frightened of what was to be done to me. "However, since I have orders not to kill you, I'll leave you alone…for now," he finished.

"I don't believe in…" I didn't get to finish the sentence.

"SHUT UP! You don't have the right to speak to me as you betrayed on what you pledged when you were born!" Rin yelled. I could feel the spit in his mouth…and the bad breath. He then poked into my skin and pushed in a liquid. My eyes began to get blurry.

"When you wake, you will not be remembering any of what I said, instead, you will be serving your master, if you want to or…" I fell into deep dark slumber before he finished.

End of Flashback

"That's all. Seeing all of that by memory just gives me the chills," I said bringing my legs to my stomach. Chanel, Lenne, and Kyo sat down next to me eager to hear more.

"That's horrible….but what did he use the needle for? You still have the same eyes," Lenne said. I shook my head. A tear fell out of my eyes. I looked back at them as my eyes shined with tears.

"That is what I want to find out," I said. Chanel got a handkerchief from her little black pouch and gave it to me.

"Thanks," I said. I shook my head once more.

"I bet you think I am useless don't you," I said with a few more tears falling. Kyo lifted my chin up.

"Don't worry. How would you know that Rin was evil and working for Sin," She said smiling. I smiled as well and got up.

"Hey! You forgot something," Chanel said showing my black and light blue jacket. I smiled.

"Thanks," I said. All of us ran to the end of the room. We looked down the long dark hallways.

"Lenne and I will go that way and you and Chanel will go that way," I told Kyo. She nodded.

"If we need help, call our communicators," Lenne said. As we departed…I could only wonder what could be the problem between our problems.

Chanel's point of view

I begged in my heart for all this tension, this angst, to be over. As my heart pumped faster and faster, I could only hear Kyo's huffs and my own.

"These hallways seem to last forever," Kyo said until I finally stopped. "What's wrong?" Kyo asked.

"I know what part of the Zanarkand temple we are in," I said shakily.

"Where?" Kyo said.

"We are…in…if my magic is correct…this is the Cloister of Trials!" I said loudly.

"No! Now we will never get out," Kyo said putting her hands on her hair with frustration.

"The only one who could get us out quickly is Lenne," I said panicking in my heart. Suddenly I heard footsteps so near we couldn't get away on time. IT WAS ALAN!

"Hello," He said. This was too weird. Didn't he go with Lenne?

"Where is Lenne?" I asked.

"Lenne? She decided to go on by herself. I will catch up to her shortly," he answered back. That couldn't be right. Alan swore an oath to protect Lenne at all costs and to never leave her site.

"Alan…just because you were brutally hurt doesn't mean to leave her alone. Don't you remember the oath?" Kyo told him.

"The stupid thing. I rather have her die…just like you too!" He said pulling out a few grenades and threw them at us. Unprepared, we took the hard blow. I got up.

"Alan! What are you doing?" I asked desperately.

"Shut up you old hag!" He yelled back. Now my heart felt really angry. I got my cards from my sleeves.

"Take that back!" Kyo yelled.

"No…in fact…you are the worse guardian in the world…of course, you couldn't protect yourself," he yelled back as the grenade hit.

I was struck with sadness but with an anger of betrayal. Why? I felt sorry for what I had to do next. I rolled a dice onto the floor and it was a six. I got a card from my deck, and threw it at him and he was blown out of the temple into the water. I suddenly saw Kyo crying. I began to cry as well. A good friend lost. We came to save him, now it turned out to be a big mistake. I lifted her up and continued down the path. We continued for a while until we saw Lenne running towards us. She was huffing a lot.

"Alan! He's gone!" Lenne said.

"We know, he was here, he turned out to be a betrayal," Kyo said with a frown. Lenne cupped her mouth with her hand.

"Why?" Lenne asked.

"I don't know," Kyo said. I finally spoke up.

"This is just too horrible!" I said. We shook our head in sorrow as we marched on. We walked down the cold hallways as the moon shown through the windows. I was overwhelmed what happened. As I kept thinking, was it really him? Was he just playing a joke? If he was, he shouldn't have done it that way. When we reached the end of the hallway, I wondered, "Doesn't he ever die?"

It was Alan, but the weird thing was, he wasn't wet.

"Don't you ever die?" Kyo said throwing her kunai at him. He dodged it.

"Whoa, what's wrong?" he said sounding innocently confused.

"YOU KNOW WHAT! I will never forgive you," I said throwing my cards at him. A few of the cards cut through his jacket.

"What are you doing?" He said once more but Kyo kicked him the face.

"Get out of here!" Kyo said.

"But…" he didn't finish.

"GET OUT!" Kyo interrupted. Alan shook his head, began to shed a few tears and ran as he said,

"I thought I could trust you guys," He said running away.

"That's what I thought," Lenne said silently.

Kyo's point of view

It was a tragic loss. I never knew what would come to this. I noticed his spots of blood on his jacket from our attacks. Though something tells me something wrong has just happened. As I continued down the halls, I only hoped that he would be okay. As I walked…I remembered a song we all wrote including Alan

My Point of View

My tears ran down my cold heartbroken face. As I headed out of the temple, I knew I couldn't return to the ship. So I headed towards Mount Gagazet. As I ran I the snow of Gagazet…I remembered a song Chanel, Lenne, Kyo and I wrote.

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All about us

Written by: T.A.T.u

(Disclaimer: I own nothing of this song…just borrowing it)

They say you

Don't trust

You, me, we, us.

So we'll fall, we must,

Cuz it's you and me

And it's All About

It's All About

It's all about us (All about us)

It's all about

All about us (All about us)

There's a theme which they can't touch cuz' you know (Oh)

It's all about us (All about us)

It's all about

All about us (All about us)

Run away if we must…cuz' you know (oh)

All about us (All about us)

It's all about us (All about us)

In you I can trust (All about us)

All about us

If they hurt you, they hurt me too

So, we'll rise up, won't stop

Cuz' it's all about

All About

It's all about us (All about us)

It's all about

All about us (All about us)

There's a theme which they can't touch cuz' you know (Oh)

It's all about us (All about us)

It's all about

All about us (All about us)

Run away if we must…cuz' you know (oh)

All about us (All about us)

It's all about us (All about us)

In you I can trust (All about us)

All about us

They don't know
They can't see
Who we are
Fear is the enemy
Hold on tight
Hold on to me
'Cause tonight

It's all about us (All about us)

It's all about

All about us (All about us)

There's a theme which they can't touch cuz' you know (Oh)

It's all about us (All about us)

It's all about

All about us (All about us)

Run away if we must…cuz' you know (oh)

All about us (All about us)

It's all about us (All about us)

In you I can trust (All about us)

All about us

(WRITTEN BY: T.A.T.u)

I cried at the sorrow that we wouldn't have each other anymore. I walked for quite a while and settled on a part of the mountain and cuddled myself with my coat. Unfortunately, I couldn't keep warm, my coat was too thin. I coughed and knew it wouldn't be long before I died. I looked over the top of the mountain.

"Good luck you guys," I said.

Kyo's point of view

We reached the end and saw the end of the hall. As we entered the room, I felt a pinch of anger.

"RIN!" I yelled.

"Greetings, I see you don't have your friend with you," he said smiling.

"No," I said putting my head down.

"Was it the copy or the real one you threw out?" he asked. I looked up with surprise.

"What?" I asked.

"You see, when we kidnapped your friend, we took a copy of his DNA and made another living person, programmed to do everything he does but under my orders. However, you seem to found the real one and found my very hard to construct machine. He ran with your summoner to here, but on the way, we managed to get him captured again but he broke free too early. He met up with you, and in your utter confusion, got rid of him, and I believe, he is somewhere in Gagazet," Rin finished. I felt in despair. Everything is a mess. So many things were messed up. It is up to us to fix it.

"However, I won't let you go to him. I have orders from my master in the farplane to destroy you," He said pulling out this huge gun from behind him. He fired at us and missed. We all spread out and gave our best shot at him. I shot my kunai with chain at him but his gun was used as a shield and deflected it. Chanel blew her dust and formed it into spears. He kicked it and disappeared were the dust. Lenne through her most powerful move of all, Holy blasts. She summoned powerful green bubbles which this time, Rin didn't block and fell. That was Chanel and my cue to attack. We attacked with all our strength and Rin finally didn't move. Now it was time to find Alan. We ran all the way across the halls and out of the temple.