3 days later
Sunset walked towards her home after attempting to talk to clay. He wasn't the least bit interested in sharing his past. However, she could tell that he was hurting. And that in turn reminded her of herself after the fall formal. She stopped walking as she neared the school. Little did she know was that she was being tailed.
Clay watched sunset from a distance. 'I know this is wrong, but why does she want to know of my past.' He thought. "She wants to help you." A voice said. Turning clay saw Kyra. "Again, clay I want you to move on. And yet you can still remember me through the great memories you made with me." clay was about to retort when what sounded like singing was heard.
(my past is not today ost plays)
[power was all that I desired]
He turned to see Sunset actually singing how could the Rainbooms not know
[but all that grew inside me was a darkness I acquired]
"Wow, she's pretty good clay said leaning against a tree.
[when I began to fall]
[and I lost the path ahead]
[that's when your friendship found me and it lifted me instead]
[like the phoenix burning bright]
[in the sky]
[I'll show you a different side of me]
[you can't deny]
[I may not know]
[what the future holds]
[but hear me]
[when I say]
[that my past does not define me]
[cause my past is not today]
Clay saw sunset begin to smile as she continued to sing.
[ambition]
[is what I believed]
[would be the only way]
[to set me free]
[but when it disappeared]
[and I found myself alone]
[that's when you came]
[and guided me]
[and I felt like was home]
[like a phoenix burning bright]
[in the sky]
[I'll show there's another]
[side to me]
[you can't deny]
Clay stood in astonishment as yellow energy swirled around sunset.
[I may not know]
[what the future holds]
[but hear me when I say]
[that my past does not define me]
[cause my past is not today]
In a brief moment clay saw golden angelic wings appear behind sunset.
(my past is not today ost ends)
Sunset sighed. Singing always made her feel slightly better. Her ears perked slightly when she heard clapping. Gasping she turned to see clay smiling. "I didn't know you could sing." He said as sunset blushed an atomic red. "How much did you hear?" she asked shyly. "all of it actually." Clay said bringing out the spare jump watch. "You fixed jack's jump watch." Sunset said as her heart dropped. "It wasn't his to begin with." Clay said looking at the watch. "it was your partner's watch. Wasn't it?" Clay nodded.
Sunset glanced sideways before sighing deeply. "Listen before you go. I just want to say that I like you not as a friend, but like you like you," Sunset looked at the watch "but I can tell without asking. You aren't ready to let her go." she continued before walking away.
Clay was shaken. Sunset liked him. "if this is the last time you two see each other… you might as well tell her about me." he heard Kyra's voice say. Clay silently agreed. "it was Kyra." He said gaining Sunset's attention. "Huh?" she asked. "my partner's name was Kyra." Clay said sitting on a nearby bench. Sunset joined him. "She was a lot like you when we first met. She wanted her fellow villagers to see her as an ordinary person than just the chief's daughter." Clay smiled at the memory. "she was very curious since had never seen someone from out of the village."
an hour later.
"so, what happened to her?" Sunset asked fully aware that Kyra's fate was a touchy subject. "she was killed by a jagged pipe that was aimed for me." clay said tearing up. The bastard who did it got away. I had promised Kyra beforehand that it would be the last mission that we'd do before retiring. A month after her death I found him and instead of arresting him like I should have, I killed him." Sunset furrowed her eyebrows. How much pain did he have to go through to be the person in front of her? "However as long as I remember the good memories I have of Kyra. She's never truly gone." Sunset liked that piece of wisdom. "So, when jack and I leave…." Clay said "I swear I will not forget a single second of this adventure. Not one minute with you will be forgotten. Because you, sunset, are exactly like Kyra in every way possible."
Sunset smiled with tears in her eyes as a beeping was heard. Looking down she saw her watch was going off. "Crap, I'm late. The finals for the battle of the bands is tonight." She panicked. "Best get going then. Tell the girls I wish them luck." Clay said as Sunset nodded before giving him a hug.
A/N: and that's 5 in the bag. Next chapter will have spike getting Jack, Clay, and Vinyl to rescue Sunset, and the Rainbooms. It will also feature the battle between the Rainbooms and the Dazzlings. Plus, as it is the spooky season after the battle the girls will actually meet Kyra. That being said peace
