A/N: this is the 'past' version of Stranded in the Rain. the 1st three chappies are exactly the same, the 4th chappie is diff at the end. then it becomes a whole new story. enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Xenosaga.

Memoirs of the Past

By: Kaltmr

Chapter One:

Stranded

"Mayday! Mayday! Hammer! Tony, Captain Matthews, anyone who can hear us, please respond!" chaos was screaming into the comm unit to compensate for all the rumbling coming from the ship. "This is transport ship Delen, ship number 000265. We have been ambushed by Gnosis and are forced to crash land on an uncharted planet. Our coordinates are..." he paused. "X: 126, Y: 348, Z: 034. We require immediate assistance! I repeat..." chaos stopped, and looked at the comm unit. Smoke had started to rise from it, and he jumped back at it short circuited. He looked over at the other person in the ship.

She shook her head. "It's no good... too much atmospheric interference. It won't work anymore." Shion was desperately holding on to her chair as the ship shook violently. "What are we going to do chaos?"

chaos grabbed on to the nearest seat as their ship broke through the stormy clouds. Land was in sight. "Just brace for landing!" They both held on tight to their chair as the ground came up to meet them and they crashed.

—

"chaos? Wake up chaos!" chaos groaned, and got up. He surveyed his surroundings. The ship was in bad condition. A small fire had started near the front of the ship, and water was leaking through holes in the roof. Shion was at his side. "Are you ok?"

He got up slowly and rubbed his head. "I'll live." he walked over to the comm unit, only to find it in pieces. "Worthless. It's completely fried."

Shion stood up and walked over to a giant hole in the side of the wall. "To think that we'd run into Gnosis... and get into all of this trouble... just for Kos-Mos."

"Well, this is important, isn't it?"

"It is... with this new enhanced generator from 2nd Division, Kos-Mos' energy output would increase by at least 30!" she sighed and rubbed her forehead. "This wouldn't have happened if I had just listened to Jr."

"It's not your fault Shion..." chaos wandered around the ship, looking for anything that looked salvageable. "He did have to go meet with Gaignun you know..."

"But if I had accepted his offer to escort us to 2nd Division... ugh. I'm going to go explore for a bit. Maybe I can find some people here... or at least some food."

"You sure you want to do that?" thunder crashed in the background, as if to remind them of the severe storm going on. "I could go instead..."

She turned to chaos and smiled. "Thanks chaos, but I'm ok. I can take care of this."

"If you insist." chaos replied, turning over a giant piece of debris in his way. "I'll be here if you need me. There's gotta be something here we can use."

"See you soon chaos."

"Ok." he turned to her. "Don't get lost!"

She laughed as she walked away. "I won't get lost..."

—

chaos returned to the hole that Shion used to leave the ship. 'It's been hours since she's left... and I've searched the entire ship already... what's taking her?' he wondered. Grabbing all that he found in the ship, he left, in search of Shion.

—

Shion came to in a cave. She rubbed her eyes, and found herself soaking wet but wrapped in a blanket.

"Glad to see you're awake." a voice said.

"Huh?" she turned to see chaos, in just his shorts, by a fire. The rest of his clothes were hanging from sticks over the fire. She stood up... and found herself staring at chaos. He didn't exactly have a perfect body, but he sure was fit. "So... hot." she muttered to herself.

"Did you say something?" he asked, poking the rest of his clothes.

"Eep!" she blushed. "I meant... the fire! It's... hot." she turned away, so as to not let chaos see her red face. "What... happened out there?"

"That's what I was going to ask you." he replied, sitting down by the fire. "By the time I found you, you were passed out on the ground. The storm got worse, so I brought you here."

"What about the ship? And... where'd these blankets come from?"

"The ship kind of... exploded... not too long after I left. I grabbed the blankets and some med packs from the ship before I left. So, what happened to you?"

"Uh..." she laughed nervously. "I got a little lost..."

"A little lost?" chaos chuckled. "It took me hours just to find you."

"Ok, fine... so I got very lost." she rolled her eyes, but shyly pointed towards his clothes. "Also, why are your clothes..."

He looked at her as if she had asked him the stupidest question ever. "They got a little wet while I was looking for you." he said with a tone of sarcasm in his voice. "What about you? Are you gonna take your clothes off too? I was debating whether to take them off for you or not... but I decided against it."

"What!" she blushed, and held the blanket even tighter.

"If you don't want to, then that's ok... but you could..." she suddenly sneezed. "Get sick."

Shion sniffed. "Fine. I'll... take them off."

chaos turned around and waved his hand. "Take your time."

"Hmph. This is all part of your plan, isn't it? Getting me naked..." she slowly began taking off her clothes.

He laughed sheepishly. "Well, I guess it wouldn't be long until you thought that, but I never intended for any of this to happen... you don't have to do it if you don't trust me."

Shion sighed, but continued. "No... I trust you." she began to think about the current situation. "chaos... thank you... for saving me."

"It was nothing." he replied.

They were both silent for a while. "Ok." Shion said. "I'm done."

chaos turned around to see Shion sitting down, wrapped up in her blanket. He picked up her pile of clothes and set them by the fire. He took a deep breath and suddenly paused. 'Roses... her clothes smell like... roses.' Shaking the thoughts away, he began hanging her clothes next to his.

"Well... I'm done here." chaos sat down.

Shion moved over near the fire. "Guess there's nothing to do now except rest."

"Yes... well, good night Shion."

"Good night chaos."

—

chaos was woken with the feeling of something pushing up towards him. He yawned and stretched his arms. Whatever it was, it faintly smelled of roses. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Shion, cuddling up beside him.

"Shion?"

"Hmm?" she sounded half asleep. "Oh, I'm sorry chaos... it's just... I was cold... and... I just thought..."

"It's ok... go back to sleep." he slowly wrapped his arms around her, and she didn't offer any resistance.

"Mmm... chaos... you know what?" she put her head on his shoulder.

"What?"

"I wouldn't mind... if Jr. and them didn't find us for a while."

"You know... neither would I..."

They both closed their eyes, and drifted off to sleep.