Guys... guys we did it. A whole year of Aftermath. I am telling you then end is nigh. That's right folks, on the anniversary of this story, I announce that the end of the Apex High Arc will be Chapter 50, the Grand Finale, where everything comes to a head, and things change drastically. So enjoy this guys, I know I have. Heres to another year! And Happy Thanksgiving if you're celebrating that. Enjoy.
-Aftermath- Violet's Room, Hart Residence- Present Day-
"So, I've slept with four people total. Zen, Emma, Kya, and some college girl, who I forget the name of." Violet said, Damon and Jesse hummed simultaneously, before they looked at each other.
"Why bring this up now?" Damon asked her, looking away from Jesse, Violet hummed, and jumped up off the bed.
"Because, I want to find her. The college student that is… You guys up for it?" Violet asked, Damon just shrugged, as Jesse gave her a look.
"How?" Jesse asked her, Violet shrugged.
"Well… Damon knows everyone." Violet said, looking to her friend, who merely hummed.
"I guess… I do know quite a few college students. I'm up for it, but again Violet, why now?" Damon asked, Violet groaned in annoyance.
"Ugh, I'm bored. The party last night was fun, and I don't know… I just want to do something different, hunting some girl down sounds like a good plan to me." Violet said, Jesse merely scoffed.
"Violet, you…" Jesse stopped once the blonde gave him a look. "Ugh, fine. Let's do it." Jesse conceded to her, as he stood up from the chair he was sitting in. Damon groaned at having to move before he pushed himself up.
"Sounds good to me… Which college was it?" Damon asked her, Violet hummed.
"Well… It wasn't associated with Apex." Violet told him, he hummed.
"I think I know the place… We only have three colleges in the city. One's associated with Apex, the other two aren't, but one is close to the edge of the city, the other is closer, and more likely the one you went to…" Damon said, Violet nodded.
"Yeah, sounds right. It definitely wasn't by the edge of the city… Why do we have three colleges in one city?" Violet asked, Damon, and Jesse bother shrugged.
"Options are always good?" Jesse suggested, Violet shrugged, and grabbed her bag, pulling the strap over her shoulder. She opened the door of her room, and stepped out into the hallway, Jesse and Damon followed her, Damon closing the door to Violet's room.
"Where are you three going?" Toni asked, she was in the kitchen, cleaning the counter tops. Violet smiled, as Tsubaki squeaked, and ran to her from the front room, and crawled up the blonde, before settling on her shoulder.
"To find a college girl I slept with after Zen and I broke up." Violet told her, Toni bristled uncomfortably, Kelsi walked into the hall from the front room, and placed a hand on Violet's shoulder, smiling at her daughter, before she gave Toni a look.
"You let a college girl take advantage of you? Violet, what the fuck were you thi- What?" Toni asked, as Kelsi cleared her throat loudly.
"It was a mutual thing, Love. Violet already told me all about it, besides, you slept with a college girl when you were two years younger than her. You were sleeping with her when you met me, so you cant say anything." Kelsi told her wife, Violet looked to her mom.
"You slept with a college girl mom? Who was it?" Violet asked, Toni grumbled.
"Your Auntie Rachel." Toni told her, Violet hummed.
"Really? Huh… Well, I… Wait, are all my Aunties people you slept with?" Violet asked.
"No. I never slept with Janice." Toni told her, Kelsi smiled, and kissed her daughter on the cheek, before she went into the kitchen, and looked in the fridge.
"Oh, well… I'm off to find some college girl. Love you guys!" Violet told them, with a smile, Toni and Kelsi both smiled.
"Love you too." They said simultaneously, before they looked at each other, and laughed a bit. Violet, Jesse, and Damon left the house. Tsubaki squeaked happily, from Violet's shoulder.
"You have a good time with your Grandmother, Tsubaki?" Violet cooed, as she scratched Tsubaki's head gently. Tsubaki squeaked happily, in response, Violet smiled. "That's good."
"So… When you have a kid, are you going to name her Tsubaki?" Jesse asked, Violet paled quickly, and tripped over her own feet. She stopped, and turned to glare at him.
"No. That's way too much commitment. I don't want to even think about that right now." Violet told him, Jesse merely shrugged.
"I only asked a question."
"A fucking stupid one! Look, I like Kya, a lot. More than my other relationships, but… I haven't even told her 'I Love You' yet, and I don't plan on doing so." Violet told him, Damon, and Jesse glanced at each other.
"Why not?" Damon asked her, Violet shifted, noticeably uncomfortable with the entire conversation.
"Because my relationship with Zen ended because we moved fast, and slept together, right after I said I loved him. Then, there was Emma, and I said I loved her, she broke up with me. It wasn't related, but that hurt way too much, so I'm done with saying Love. I swear it off." Violet told them, Damon and Jesse merely looked at each other, before looking at her, understandingly.
"What if she says it to you?" Damon asked, Violet shrugged, and looked sad for a moment.
"I… don't know. I might just break up with her. I don't want to go through that again." Violet told them, Damon narrowed his eyes at her.
"So you would hurt her just to protect yourself?" Damon asked, Violet shrugged.
"It would hurt me too, but it would be better to end it before things got that far. But until she says it, we're fine." Violet told them, it was very clear she was just scared of losing Kya, and wanted to protect herself. By keeping Love out of the equation, and their relationship, they could just enjoy what they were without much commitment beyond just being together.
"She's scared of commitment isn't she?" Jesse whispered, leaning close to Damon, who nodded, Violet glared at them, not having heard them.
"What the fuck was that? Don't keep secrets from me you fucks."
"Nothing Violet, let's go find that girl you slept with." Damon said, Violet nodded, turning around, and seeing a girl with long dark blonde hair, pale skin, and bright blue eyes watching her. She was dressed in a baggy hoodie, and jeans, she made her way over to Violet.
"No… Not you, she had darker hair." Violet said simply, the girl tilted her head amusedly, and smiled at Violet.
"Hello Violet, you probably don't remember me, but we used to be friends… I was friends with you too Damon." The girl said, Violet, and Damon exchanged a look of confusion before a Corridor of Light opened, and Yuri stepped through.
"I thought I heard your thoughts…" Yuri said, as he closed the portal behind him, the girl smiled happily once she saw him.
"Yuri! How have you been?" She asked, bubbly, Yuri chuckled dryly.
"Never mind that replica, what are you doing here?" Yuri asked, Violet just blinked.
"Wait, she's a replica? What's a replica?" Violet asked, Yuri scoffed.
"It's a cheap imitation of life. This one is programmed with the looks, memories, and experiences of my best friend, Roseanna. I know she's a replica, because Roseanna was killed." Yuri said, Violet nodded.
"I remember now… Ariana told me about her." Violet said, Damon merely hummed, looking over Roseanna.
"Who would make a replica of her though?" Damon asked, Yuri hummed.
"Someone who wants to get to us, meaning the six of us who were in school together. Me, Violet, Ashley, You, Zen, and Roseanna… Who did make you?" Yuri asked, Roseanna smiled at him.
"The Children of Darkness did." She told him simply, Yuri frowned at her, he knew that part, he was hoping she would tell him specifically who did it. "But… I broke out, I just wanted to see my best friend again." She told him, Yuri shook his head.
"That isn't me, or this isn't you… Pick one. I knew the real Roseanna, not this… sick imitation of her. You better not harm Violet, or else." Yuri warned her, Roseanna frowned at him.
"Come on Yuri, will you give me a chance? Just because I'm a replica of her, doesn't mean I don't matter. I have feelings."
"You have her feelings. None of them are your own, that is the nature of a replica." Yuri told her, Roseanna frowned at him.
"But… I can get my own." She tried to reason with him, he shook his head.
"The odds of that are slim to none." Yuri told her, before turning to Violet, who was watching the two silently. "I apologize Violet. What are you doing today?" Yuri asked, deciding to ignore the replica.
"We're going to find a girl I slept with after Zen, and I broke up." Violet told him, Yuri merely hummed.
"Ah, I see. Well, I wish you luck. I have some business to take care of." Yuri told her, giving a slim smile, before he opened a Corridor of Light, and stepped through, the portal closed behind him. Violet, Damon, and Jesse turned to look at Roseanna.
"Can I go with you guys? I don't know anyone else." Roseanna said, Jesse rolled his eyes.
"You don't even know us." Jesse pointed out, Violet nodded agreeably.
"That is true." Violet added, as Tsubaki squeaked from her shoulder. Roseanna looked at the small frost ferret with a smile.
"Your little animal is very cute Violet." Roseanna said, Violet smiled proudly.
"Yes she is." Violet said, Roseanna slowly reached up, putting the three on edge, before she gently rubbed Tsubaki's fur, the small Frost Ferret allowing her to do so, despite nipping at most strangers that tried to do so. "Huh… Maybe you're alright, Tsubaki never allows strangers to pet her." Violet said thoughtfully.
"I only want to make friends…" Roseanna said, as she took her hand away, with a distant look in her eyes. "You don't know what its like, to know that all you are is cheap imitation…" Roseanna trailed off, Violet hummed.
"I don't know about that, you're right… But, I do know about having something that isn't yours… My magic is like that, I'm only this strong because I inherited the magic from an ancient Keyblade Master." Violet said uncomfortably, she didn't like talking, or even thinking about Meredith.
"Is that why your fire's blue?" Damon asked, Violet shrugged.
"I don't know. I do know that I inherited Meredith's magic after I proved myself worthy of it… So, I've always had unusually high magic in my blood, but when Meredith's got added to that, it sorta just… jumped so far ahead of most people… If I could learn how to fully utilize it. But this wasn't about me, it was about Roseanna." Violet said, turning back to the blonde, who smiled at her.
"I would like to go with you today, if you don't mind?" Roseanna asked, Violet hummed.
"Tsubaki doesn't seem to mind you, you guys have any objections?" Violet asked, earning mutually indifferent from both her companions. "Okay then, you can come along." Violet said simply, before she looked back to Jesse and Damon. "Let's go find that girl."
-Aftermath- Unmarked Warehouse, Virtuoso City- The Night Before-
"Let's corner them, and get some revenge."
Fighting's against the rules Reeve. Let's just track them, I have a few left over from our last contract."
"Ugh, fine. Whatever… But if they attack first, don't hold back."
"Ah, crap…" Emma muttered, as she turned to look at the person who gave her the contract, the same one who recommended this line of work to her. Tanner.
"Just relax, I will make sure you are unharmed." Tanner told her, comfortingly, Emma nodded, as she turned around, to face the door, as it opened up. Revealing Reeve, Laura, and Zephyr.
"Hey, asshole, you took our contract, and you injured me, and my friends… Anything to say for yourself?" Reeve asked her, Emma sighed, and pushed her hood off her head, Zephyr made a noise of recognition.
"I know you…" Zephyr said, Emma nodded.
"Yeah, Zephyr, sorry about fighting you…" Emma apologized, Zephyr just glared at her.
"You didn't answer my question." Reeve said, Emma sighed.
"I'm genuinely sorry for any pain I caused you guys, I just… I needed the money." Emma told them, Tanner smirked a bit.
"I told her about it, if you have any issue with her, take it up with me. I take full responsibility." Tanner told them, Reeve glared at him.
"Alright then, you pay us for the contract she stole." Reeve demanded, Tanner merely chuckled.
"That's not going to happen. You don't know me, but I would advise that you avoid a fight with someone you cant hope to win against. I founded this little organization, so I would expect respect from it's members." Tanner told him, Reeve glared at him.
"You're a seventeen year old kid, you didn't do that. You're lying because you're a sniveling coward. You're afraid to own up to your lackeys fuck ups." Reeve said, Tanner looked at him, with infinite patience behind his calm gaze.
"Well, then let's get my old friend Aking-Do to weigh in on this matter." Tanner said, Reeve glared at him, but walked out the door, Laura, and Zephyr followed him, as Tanner smirked at Emma, before he followed after the group, Emma behind him.
"Master Aking-Do, would you please tell this asshole to compensate us for the contract his lackey stole?" Reeve asked, Master Aking-Do looked at them, seeing Tanner, with a cocky smirk on his face.
"Be more respectful Reeve, you speak with someone of great importance. Care to explain the situation fully Tanner?" Master Aking-Do asked, Tanner smirked as Reeve's face turned confused.
"Aking-Do, there was a simple miscommunication with contracts. Something got lost in translation, but this guy, also wanted to know another thing about me… What was it Reeve?" Tanner asked, with a smirk on his face.
"There's no way he founded this organization, is there?" Reeve asked, Master Aking-Do laughed.
"He is indeed our founder. I do find it odd though that the contracts got overlapped, that hasn't happened before."
"Indeed. I don't know what fully happened either." Tanner lied. He knew exactly why that happened, it happened because he needed it to happen, he made it happen. He had a job to do.
"How are you our founder?" Reeve asked, Tanner smirked.
"I am much older than I appear. I remember saving you when Winniplex was destroyed by ZaZick. I'm not surprised you don't remember me, that was twenty years ago." Tanner remarked, Reeve just glared at him.
"What are you?"
"Something well outside of your understanding. Regardless, I founded this organization to eliminate big threats to the world, me doing it all alone. I trained Aking-Do here, and assigned him to lead this organization." Tanner said, before he hummed.
"So, what do we do now?" Reeve asked, Tanner smiled.
"I know. You, and your group will accompany Emma on an assignment to destroy a large Heartless threat. This will be sufficient compensation for whatever trouble was caused to you. The reward for this target is four times the normal amount. Which ultimately means you each will be getting paid for a full high level contract."
"That is… More than we would make from the contract we lost… Okay, deal." Reeve said, Tanner smiled.
"Good. Now… Emma, take this." Tanner said, Emma tilted her head at him, as he pulled a necklace from his pocket, and handed it over to her. "I imbued a portion of my power into this. It will allow you to open a portal to your destination, and back here once you've killed it. The portal will only open once the contract is dead, so there will be no coming back until you kill it."
"How did you manage to have it activate like that?" Laura asked him, Tanner smiled at her.
"I know a great deal of ancient, and lost magic." Tanner told them simply, before he hummed. "Well, I have to go, and so do you. Be safe." Tanner told them simply, as Emma slipped the necklace on, a Corridor of Light opened up in front of the group. The four of them stepped through the portal, and it closed behind them.
"What is the grand plan this time Tanner?" Master Aking-Do asked, Tanner merely hummed.
"Just tying up some loose ends. I need to set things up for the climax… I don't want to spoil anything, but… Things around here are going to change, be prepared for that. Anyway, I'll be off." Tanner said simply, before he opened a Corridor of Light, and stepped through it, Master Aking-Do merely chuckled, as his old mentor left.
-Aftermath- Tempus Valley, Virtuoso City-
"So, who exactly are you?" Reeve asked, Emma looked at him carefully, still on edge. They were walking through a large valley, with a river running down the left side, and a small village on the other.
"Why does it matter?" Emma asked him, Reeve hummed, Emma let out a sigh. "My name is Emma." She told him, Reeve nodded.
"I'm Reeve, you know Zephyr, and the girl is Laura."
"Girl? That's it?" Laura asked.
"What should I introduce you as?"
"The weapons expert?" Laura asked, Reeve hummed.
"Fine, our weapons expert Laura. Happy now?" Reeve asked, Laura shrugged.
"For now."
"Anyway, why did a girl like you get into work like this?" Reeve asked, Emma looked at him.
"A girl like me?" Emma asked, Reeve shrugged.
"You know, a privileged looking girl. Why do you need to do this work?" Reeve asked her, Emma glared at him.
"I needed the money." Emma told him, Reeve narrowed his eyes at her.
"I don't believe you."
"Well… It's true. My parents cut me off because I refuse to use Light. I use the Darkness, and they don't like it, so they stopped supporting me financially. There, you know the full story, happy?" Emma asked, with frustration in her voice, Reeve remained quiet, as Laura elbowed his side.
"Nice one asshole." Laura said, before a rather large Heartless emerged from the Darkness. It resembled a Darkside in appearance, and held a large claymore, and greatshield.
"Well… That's a new one." Reeve muttered, as he pulled out his guns, Laura summoned her Shuriken, Zephyr pulled his Gun Spear from the holster, and activated it. Emma drew her katana from the sheath.
"Don't take unnecessary risks guys." Laura advised them, Emma nodded, as she jumped into the air, and pulled the trigger on her katana, launching her forwards. The Darkside raised it's shield to block the blow, Reeve pointed his guns at it's legs, and began firing. Zephyr pointed his spear at it's head, and pulled the trigger, launching himself at it.
Zephyr's spear embedded itself in the Darkside's eye, it screamed in pain, and shook it's head, sending Zephyr flying off of it, but leaving the spear. Laura threw her shuriken at the hand holding the great sword, then proceeded to jump up, catching Zephyr midair, before landing safely on the ground.
"You okay?" She asked him, Zephyr nodded simply, before glaring up at the Darkside. Emma landed on the ground next to them, before humming.
"What would Violet do…" Emma muttered, Zephyr looked towards her. She smirked at him, before pointing her katana at the Darkside, and pulling the trigger, sending her flying up to his head, she grabbed Zephyr's spear, and kicked back against his head, falling to the ground, and holding Zephyr's spear out to him.
"Thanks… You have any plan?" Zephyr asked, as he took his spear. Emma shook her head.
"Nope. I'm going to go with the flow." Emma answered him, Reeve let out an annoyed sigh, and jumped back to the group.
"You know, we should be fighting this thing…" Reeve told them, in an annoyed tone, Laura nodded, as her Shuriken came flying back to her, she caught them with ease.
"I say we take out it's legs first." Laura said, Reeve nodded.
"Yeah, great, how?"
"Hit it hard." Emma said simply, as she pulled a clip from the handle of her katana, and loaded a more powerful clip into it. She pointed her blade at it's leg, and pulled the trigger, sending her flying at it's leg, with an explosive blast, she embedded the blade into it's leg, and an explosion erupted from the tip of the blade, making the Darkside scream in pain, as it's ankle vanished and it began falling.
"Yeah! Now, let's kill this thing and go home!" Reeve yelled, as he ran forwards and shot at it's wrist, destroying more of it, and making the sword fall. Laura jumped up, and threw her Shuriken at the other hand, destroying it's wrist, and making the shield fall, she looked back to Zephyr, who nodded. He pulled the trigger on his spear, and launched himself at it's skull, he managed to pierce through the other side, covered in dark energy, which he quickly shook off, as the Darkside faded away.
"That actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." Laura said, Emma shrugged.
"At leas the jobs over…" She said, as a portal opened up, signaling that they did indeed kill it. Reeve sighed.
"That thing wasn't very strong, just big."
"Doesn't matter, it made our jobs easier… Though, Emma, I have one request." Zephyr said, Emma looked at him curiously.
"Which is?" She asked him, he glared at her.
"I want to fight you. You beat me the first time, and I want to try again." Zephyr told her, Emma nodded.
"Okay, fine. But let's head back first." She said, he nodded, as Emma walked into the portal, Reeve, Laura, and Zephyr followed her, the portal closing behind them, as they emerged back at the warehouse.
-Aftermath- Aeterna College, Virtuoso City Proper- Present Day-
"Hi, I slept with a girl here, around… I don't know, a while ago, like at least a year, or so… Let's see, I started dating Kya around two months ago, I knew her for four months before that… That's when I broke up with Emma… I dated her for a year before that happened, and it was… Around three months after Zen and I broke up that I got with her, so twenty one months ago." Violet said quickly, Rose just blinked several times.
"Violet… That was me…" Rose told her, Violet's eyes widened.
"Really? Wow! I didn't expect to get it right on the first try… What is your name again?" Violet asked, Rose chuckled a bit.
"Rose Something Keire. Zen is my little brother." Rose told her, Violet merely blinked at her several times.
"Wait… skipping over the Something part of your name… You're Zen's big sister? Zen has a big sister? How did I not know this, man, that sniveling little shit didn't tell me anything! All he wanted was to fuck me, well fuck him…" Violet muttered bitterly.
"You went into excessive detail about your encounter with him when we slept together. You were incredibly drunk." Rose said, Violet nodded.
"Yeah, and wait, so, I slept with you, and Zen, and Ruby has a crush on me… What is it with me and you Keires?" Violet asked, Rose giggled, with a small shrug.
"I don't know Violet." Rose replied with a slightly amused grin.
"I find it amazing that you remember me." Violet said, Rose nodded.
"It's not hard to remember the only person I've slept with." Rose told her, Violet looked shocked.
"Really, a beautiful girl like you hasn't slept with anyone else?" Violet asked, Rose just shrugged.
"I've never wanted anything like that. I only spelt with you because you started kissing me. You don't remember, but I took you back to my dorm to make sure you didn't end up in some jerks bed, or worse, you know? Then you came onto me, and I went with the flow." Rose told her, Violet nodded, and looked to her companions, before she looked back to Rose.
"So, you want to do anything? Like, go get some lunch? I'm starving." Violet said, Jesse, Damon, and Roseanna shrugged as well.
"Well, I haven't got another class until tomorrow, so I'm free. Where do you want to go?" Rose asked, Violet shrugged.
"I don't know, I don't typically eat out, unless it's Kya." Violet said, with a smirk, Rose shook her head with an amused smile.
"Vulgar, but that's to be expected, your mom was, and still is, I imagine exceedingly vulgar." Rose said, Violet nodded.
"Yup, she is. Drives my mother insane half the time, anyway, food places?"
"Right." Rose said with a slight giggle, before she held out her hand and opened a Corridor of Light. "Let's get going." Rose said, Violet nodded, and walked through the portal, Damon, and Jesse followed her, with Roseanna behind them, before Rose entered the portal herself, it closed behind her.
"A diner?" Violet asked, Jesse merely chuckled ironically, it was the same Diner he worked at.
"Not what I expected." Jesse said, Violet turned to look at him. "I work here." He told her in clarification, Violet nodded.
"Well, cool, hope you aren't sick of the food." Violet told him, he shrugged indifferently.
"I don't need to eat since I'm not… You know, real." Roseanna said, Damon hummed, as Rose just nodded. While she was at The Complex, Zack had gone over a great deal of Intel she would need to know, including the bit about the Replica Program, and Roseanna.
"So, do you fight or anything like that?" Violet asked, Rose shrugged.
"I don't typically, but I can. I inherited my fathers fighting style, meaning I can summon a specific weapon, mine is a lighter version of his own sword, incidentally." Rose told her, Violet nodded.
"I see. I don't know how Zen fights, or if he does, but Ruby has like six different swords half the time, and they… Well, they don't hurt all that bad, but it's quite a bit to defend against."
"Yeah. We were all trained by my dad, Zen used to have a Keyblade until Ashley broke it, now he just uses a sword, but I havent seen him use it, or care to use it. Ruby's the only one who's actually trying for something like fighting." Rose said, in a worried tone, Violet nodded.
"Yeah, but let's go in and get food now please." Violet said, Rose nodded, and moved to the door, opening it, before letting Violet, Jesse, Damon, and Roseanna inside.
"Hey, little girl, no animals allowed in here." One of the waiters said, Violet looked at him with a glare, as Tsubaki squeaked indignantly.
"She'll just stay on my shoulder, and she's not dirty, she bathes everyday. I know, because I clean her myself, so there's no health reasons."
"Yes there is, get her out of here."
"Actually, since she is so small, and a Frost Ferret, which have been deemed one of the cleanest pets out there, she is allowed to be here, so long as she does not go near the counter, or kitchen area." Rose pointed out, Jesse hummed.
"Actually that is correct. There's nothing in our policy against it, so long as it doesn't exceed a certain size." Jesse supplied, the waiter looked at him.
"Hey Jesse, and… Yeah, you guys are right. Sorry about that, been working for a while, and having a bad day, take your seats, away from the counter of course." He told them, Violet smiled, and walked to a booth, by a window, sliding in. Tsubaki squeaked and jumped from her shoulder onto the windowsill, before the small Frost Ferret turned around and squeaked several times at Violet.
"Hmm? What is it?" Violet asked, Tsubaki squeaked once again, and jumped to Violet's shoulder, reaching a tiny paw out, and pressing it against the silver Heart charm on Violet's choker, now Violet understood. "Oh… I don't know where she is. She should be home soon though, in… Two to three days I think? I miss her too though Tsubaki." Violet said, as she leaned back, and gazed out the window, thinking of Kya.
"Hey… Violet…" Violet turned to see Antonio standing by the table with a careful look on his face. She glared at him, as Damon, and Jesse slid into the booth, Jesse sitting across from Violet, and Damon next to him. Rose sat next to Violet, and Roseanna next to her.
"What do you want?" Violet asked him simply, not entirely happy to see him, or willing to talk, but then Kya's voice annoyingly berated her in her head.
"I want to talk… Explain my actions… I just want you to hear me, you don't have to… But please?" Antonio asked, Violet merely huffed, and gestured to the empty space next to Damon, Antonio sat down carefully, with a small smile. Damon just glared at him.
"So, what do you want to say? That you're sorry for bashing my head against the wall, and… Wait, what exactly were you doing to Ruby?" Violet asked, getting Rose's attention, but the older girl said nothing, only stared at Antonio, showing no signs of emotion.
"I… Alright, so… It's not an excuse for my actions but… I have anger issues. Big ones, psychological shit, you know? I take medication now, and I meditate, and all that, but I didn't used to."
"Obviously, asshole."
"Right. So uh… That day was a bad day for me. My dad's an asshole drunk, and my mom is too doped up to stay conscious most of the time. He was being an asshole the previous night, decided he needed to teach me a lesson. So, that didn't help matters. Anyway, I went to school, and I hate school because I'm too dumb to understand half the shit being taught… I'm not trying to excuse my actions, but man, that day was bad." Antonio said, Violet hummed.
"I think it sucks that you live like that. Your parents should love you, they should never hit you… Unless it's in training, then it's more okay… But go on." Violet said, Antonio nodded.
"Anyway, I've got all this shit on my plate, and then I meet the girl I'm supposed to show around, and she has no interest in anything I have to say. Light and Dark are supposed to be enemies, so she disregards me, that was annoying. But I overreacted. I figured, she was cute enough, maybe I could get something out of this whole situation. So, I asked her out, she told me she liked girls, and that just… It just set me off, I couldn't handle it, then you came in, and I hurt you… I'm sorry."
"What you did was still wrong, just saying sorry, and explaining yourself doesn't fix anything. You hurt me, and Ruby." Violet told him, as Kya's voice chimed in, rather annoyingly if you ask Violet. "But… You also got punished for what you did, so… I guess I can stop being such an asshole to you. Rose here though… is Ruby's big sister." Violet said, patting Rose on the back, as she watched Antonio.
"You hurt my sister a lot you know? She still has nightmares from time to time. But then again, she has nightmares about the simplest things. But you see to recognize what you did as wrong, and that just that, isn't enough to fix it. It's a rational, and mature thought, so you deserve the same." Rose said, Violet smiled, and Antonio nodded.
"Well, I'll be leaving now, I just wanted to get that off my chest." Antonio told them, as he began to get up, Violet hummed.
"Well… You don't have to, if you don't want to. I mean, I don't have a big issue with you, and if I don't, neither do Jesse, and Damon, and Tsubaki doesn't seem to hate you. Rose is amicable to you being around, so… You want to stay?" Violet asked, Antonio smiled a bit, and nodded, and sat back down.
"Thank you Violet, it really means a lot. And if you ever need any help with anything, don't hesitate to ask. I still don't feel like I deserve forgiveness yet, so I will assist you in whatever you wish." Antonio said, Violet smirked.
"Great, another guy to order around to my fancy. If I weren't with Kya, and I was attracted to any of you, I could have my own harem going on. Man, what if I had both, just an army of boys and girls that all were in a relationship with me… But, Kya is worth more than any of that… So I cant complain… Wonder what she's doing right now…" Violet trailed off, as she stared out the window, as she was doing before Antonio came to the table.
-Aftermath- Keikoringa Village, Virtuoso City-
"Tanner? What are you doing here?" Kya asked, as Tanner closed the door to her hotel room. He merely smiled a bit at her.
"I need to speak with you… It's about Violet…" He said, Kya gave him a questioning look, but he merely remained emotionless. "You should probably sit down, it's… A lot to get through, and I need you to understand fully, her life depends on it." Tanner told her, Kya just narrowed her eyes at him carefully.
-Aftermath-
So, I had to rewrite this little note at the end, so you're getting a short version. Because I dont feel like doing everything again, and I dont remember what I said. Point is, Tanner is always doing something. I will have Final Fantasy XV by the time the next chapter comes out, see you then. Ciao