Well... Here we are guys. The beginning of something new. Originally this chapter was going to be a couple quick scenes of what everyone else is doing during the two years, but... I decided I would rather put those in naturally. Like, when Violet, and Co. get there I will come back to Virtuoso and show some stuff happening. Not much, because Virtuoso is going to change quite a bit in two years. Violet will be reintroduced whenever she comes back, so just little glimpses here and there will do. This is more of a... Transitional chapter. Next will be the official start of the first adventure of VDJ. Anyway, enjoy!
-Aftermath-
A woman dressed in an Organization cloak stood on a large hill overlooking Virtuoso City. The hood was down, revealing a pretty face of a twenty-two year old, or at least, she looked twenty-two. She had white hair, styled in curls near her shoulders, her bangs framing her face, and a single strand of hair sticking up. Tanner approached her.
"Odd to find you here, Enna Kros." Tanner said, Enna Kros smiled, as she watched Violet, Jesse, and Damon enter the Gummi Ship. With Cidney watching over them, telling them about the various features of the Gummi Ship.
"The Book told you I'd be here though, but it is odd, you're right." She replied, Tanner nodded, and stood next to her. His Boss, the one who had actually given him and Miranda the job.
"It did… It still didn't tell me why… You care to explain?" Tanner asked, Enna Kros nodded.
"I wanted to see them off… Things in this world are going to change soon… You've read the Book, so you know what happens next… I wish I could spare them all the pain, but alas… even I cannot break the rules." Enna Kros lamented.
"But… You made them, so shouldn't you be allowed to break them, you are God." Tanner said, Enna Kros hummed, before replying.
"Rules are absolute. They apply to me in the same way that they do others. No exceptions, though the rules that govern us are a bit tighter due to what we know about the worlds, and future. Altering events to a favored outcome is strictly forbidden. Though I wish I could help her, or any of them really. But sitting on the sidelines will have to do."
"I see… So, anything else you need to tell me?" Tanner asked, Enna Kros shook her head as the Gummi Ship started up. Ascending into the air, before it took off. Enna Kros and Tanner watched passively.
-Aftermath- Kya's House-
Kya watched the Gummi Ship take off with a frown on her face. She shook her head, and walked back over to the bed, Tsubaki squeaked, and dashed to Violet's pillow, before looking up at Kya, confused. The Guardian smiled at the small animal, before grabbing her, and petting her.
"She left, Tsubaki, and she didn't want me with her." Kya told the animal, it looked at her curious, she didn't like seeing her secondary caretaker sad. Tsubaki squeaked, and crawled up to Kya's shoulder nuzzling her. Violet may have been her mommy, but Kya was always around too.
"I'm so fucking angry… I mean, I get it. She wasn't happy here, so she left to try and find herself… But, just leaving like that… It's weak, and pathetic." Kya said, Tsubaki squeaked angrily at her, before jumping from her shoulder to Violet's pillow, and curling up on it. She didn't like Kya talking about her mommy like that.
"Now I'm being given the cold shoulder from an animal…" Kya muttered, shaking her head, she laid back down on the bed, and extended a finger to Tsubaki, and small animal ignored her, when Kya persisted, Tsubaki angrily pushed the finger away from her. "You're just like her." Kya quietly muttered, shaking her head.
-Aftermath- Gummi Ship- One Month Later-
"Jesse? Are you okay?" Emily asked, causing the boy to turn to her, he was shocked for a moment, before it dawned on him that this was simply a dream. She wasn't really here…
"I'm fine…" He replied, obviously lying. He had become adept at Lucid Dreaming. This happened way more than he liked, and he didn't particularly enjoy it. He wanted the real Emily, not some dream he had of her.
"You don't seem fine." She pointed out, her face showing a slight hint of worry. Jesse chuckled, even in his dreams she seemed to read him like a book, which actually made sense, considering she was apart of him, simply created from his memory of her.
"I know, and I'm sorry… What were we doing?" Jesse asked, Emily simply smiled at him, and pointed somewhere ahead of them, Jesse followed her finger to see Katie playing with a few other kids. They were at the park, that Katie liked to play in.
"Do you want to talk about things?" Emily asked him, Jesse let out a sigh, and looked over at her. Her red lips stretched into a comforting smile, her bright blue eyes shining, dyed orange hair burning in the sunlight.
"Yeah… Actually… I'm so happy that you're here, even if you are just… A dream…" Jesse told her, with a frown finding its place on his face. Emily simply leaned against him, and nuzzled into his neck, with a smile on her face.
"That doesn't matter… Dream or not, I'll always love you. Even if I never said it, I do." Emily told him, he wanted to smile, but tears came to Jesse's eyes instead. Because he knew that it wasn't really Emily, it never was, it was a dream. "Hey… Are you okay Jesse? Don't cry." Emily tried to soothe him, he simply laughed.
"I'm pathetic, crying from a dream of you… I need to get it together. Those two need me." Jesse said, Emily nodded.
"Yeah, those two would fall apart without you… But you would fall apart without them. The three of you are a Trio." Emily told him, Jesse nodded. The two sat in silence for a good while, watching Katie play, before Emily let out a sigh. "I guess it's time for you to leave… Come see me again, okay?" Emily asked, Jesse nodded, with a smile.
"I promise."
-Aftermath- The Next Morning-
"Hey, guys, any plans?" Violet asked, as she walked into the cockpit. She was dressed in jeans, and a simple pink shirt, she had a black glove on her left hand, held tight by a black wrist band. Her black choker around her neck, alongside her necklace.
Jesse was dressed in his jacket and scarf, as per the usual, with jeans, while Damon had a baggy blue hoodie over a white shirt, while wearing baggy jeans. Damon waved to Violet, while Jesse simply nodded at her, as she made her way over to them.
"Nice glove, Baby Girl." Damon said, pointing out the newest addition to her wardrobe, Violet's eyes widened for a moment, before she forced a laugh out. She grabbed her left wrist with her other hand, and shrugged.
"Oh, thanks. It was my Mom's old fighting glove, and the wristband was my Mothers, she would store magic in it. Figured I would do the same." Violet told him, moving to her chair, which was in between their own, and a light pink color, Damon's chair being gold, and Jesse's being black. Matching the primary color of their Wayfinders.
"Cool, anyway, you asked about plans, and Jesse's got one." Damon said, causing Jesse to nod, and shift a few holographic monitors around, each containing information on various worlds, and magic. Violet looked over to him.
"What is it?" Violet asked him, Jesse hummed, and selected what looked like a world, using his fingers, he enlarged the image, before sliding the holographic world in front of Violet's chair.
"That's Radiant Garden, you've been there before. Anyway, there's a book there, an old one about ancient magic. I figure we could use it, especially since we are going to different worlds, with different sets of rules. There's magic in there that can make us more natural to the world so we wont get… Well, killed." Jesse explained, Violet hummed, and nodded.
"Sounds good, the whole not getting killed part. So yeah, let's go!" Violet confirmed, Damon chuckled, and grabbed the controls of the Gummi Ship. Violet slid the holographic Radiant Garden back to Jesse, before bringing up a holographic window of her own.
"Should be about… Five hours or so until we get there." Damon told them, Violet nodded. Jesse had been assigned as the navigator for the worlds, while Damon actually piloted the ship, Violet had the final say in everything.
"Hey Jesse, can you make some food?" Violet asked him, Jesse had also been deemed their chef when on the ship. Violet helped him out from time to time.
"Hmm… I should be able to whip up some breakfast. What do you want?" Jesse asked, Violet shrugged.
"Eggs, I hate pancakes, so eggs… Oh! Or a Breakfast burrito! You think you could do that?" Violet asked him, Jesse nodded, and stood up from his chair, looking to Damon.
"You want the same?" Jesse asked him, Damon nodded.
"Sure man, thanks." Damon answered, as he piloted the ship. Jesse left the cockpit, and headed to the kitchen, which was the first door down the hall. Violet's room was across from that, Damons room was right next to hers, while Jesse's room was across from Damon's next to the kitchen. The bathroom was next to Jesse's room, on the other side, while the training room was across from that. The exit of the ship was at the end of the hall, naturally completely sealed at the moment.
"I gotta go to the bathroom." Violet announced, as she stood up, and rushed to the bathroom. She closed the door, and locked it once she was inside. She fell against the door, and let out a sigh, pulling the black glove, and wrist band off her left hand. She ran her finger over the thin cut that ran across her wrist.
"Why wont you go away?" Violet asked the small cut that she had made the previous night. Even after she attempted to heal it with a cure spell, the cut hadn't disappeared like the many previous injuries she had endured. It was still there, reminding her of what she had done.
Violet simply shook her head, she had been stupid last night, feeling more depressed than usual. She wanted to see if she could feel anything anymore, she only cut herself the one time, and it hurt, and she felt so stupid for attempting to even do such a thing, then she had cured it, but it just didn't fade away like everything else.
"Probably best if it's there honestly. Remind me not to be so stupid again." Violet muttered, as she pulled on the glove, and wrist band once again, hiding the cut on her wrist completely. She couldn't let Damon, or Jesse see it, they would probably blame themselves, or tell her how stupid she was to have resorted to such a thing.
Violet quickly remembered that she actually did have to use the bathroom, and quickly did so. Once she finished she exited the bathroom, still thinking of the cut she made on her own wrist. How people would react, specifically Jesse, Damon, Kya, her parents…
"Hey, Jesse…" Violet said, as she approached the kitchen, where Jesse was making their breakfast. He raised an eyebrow and glanced at her, waiting for her to continue. "I'm gonna go train for a bit." She told him, he hummed.
"Could you hold on a second?" Jesse asked her, at her questioning stare he explained his request further. "Eat first, then I can go in with you, and monitor you, make sure you don't over exert yourself." Jesse told her, Violet glared at him a bit.
"I don't need you to baby-sit me." She told him, in a rather annoyed tone, as she entered the kitchen, he merely shook his head.
"It's nothing like that, but I just want to monitor you, make sure your magic is still functioning correctly." Jesse explained further, Violet hummed, and rolled her eyes.
"My magic is fine, Jesse." Violet told him, narrowing her eyes, hoping to catch him in a rather obvious lie. He let out an exasperated sigh.
"Fine, you caught me. I do want to make sure I help regulate your training, and can shut it down at a moments notice. The training room, may indeed be just that, but it can pose a very serious, and real danger to you, if you are unprepared… Plus, you don't know how to properly calibrate the room." Jesse pointed out, as a final nail in the coffin, Violet just shrugged.
"You've got a point fine. Just no staring at my ass." She said, teasing him a bit, he scoffed at her.
"I assure you, I would never do such a thing… Now, would you please go do something, and leave me to cooking. I will bring it to you when it's ready, and after that, we can train." He told her, Violet simply rolled her eyes.
"Ooookay." She drug out the word, while dramatically turning around, letting out a sigh, before she left the room, Jesse simply smiled a bit, and shook his head, as she left. Violet went back to the cockpit, and sat down in her chair.
"Everything okay?" Damon asked, Violet simply nodded, as she swiveled back and forth in her chair, feeling a bit useless at the moment. Jesse, was cooking, and Damon was piloting. There was nothing for her to really do to help. Jesse refused to let Violet navigate, or mess with his holo-screens, after she ended up navigating them into an asteroid field.
"Yeah, just… Bored. Waiting for Jesse to finish our breakfast, so I can train… By the way, what do I do here? Because Jesse handles plotting our course to the next world… You pilot… What am I here for?" Violet asked him, Damon shrugged.
"You're kinda the leader I guess… Nothing happens without your approval. So, yeah, consider yourself the leader. I mean, your seat is in the middle, it's because of you that we're out here doing this, so don't sweat it, sit back, and relax. You deserve it, you know?" Damon asked, Violet hummed, with a shrug.
"I can handle being a Leader. But, still, like right now, there's nothing for me to help with." She pointed out, Damon shrugged.
"You could look up some info about the worlds? That would be useful." Damon pointed out, trying to help his friend, Violet simply shrugged.
"Jesse did it." She replied, in a bored tone, shifting in her chair. She brought up a Holo-Screen and began browsing through the web.
"Well… Maybe you can communicate with people, if we happen to find them drifting in-between worlds, or have an actual dock to land on. I know Radiant Garden has a garage owned by Cidney. You can also handle our communications." Damon told her, Violet hummed.
"Yeah, I'm down with that." Violet replied, Damon chuckled, as he continued to fly the ship. "I never asked before, but whatever happened with you and Ariana?" Violet asked Damon, who hummed.
"Well… We went on a few dates…" Damon told her.
-Aftermath- Virtuoso City- Two Months Earlier-
"So, what type of relationship did you and Zen have? Must have been kinda serious if you fucked him as a going away present." Damon pointed out, Ashley hummed. The two were walking down a sidewalk in the moonlight. Damon's car was currently broken down, he didn't care enough to fix it.
"We were best friends for a long time, he had a big, big crush on me for like, that entire time. But eventually, during training it all came to a head. We ended up arguing, then kissing. Then fighting again, it was very, very strange. Kind of toxic now that I look back, you know? But I don't know, I really did like the kid for a while. So, we had sex, he left… Then that feeling kind of just died." Ashley explained, Damon hummed.
"Sounds like there was just sexual tension there. Not much actual romantic chemistry." He said, she nodded.
"Yeah, but who needs that? I just like to have a good time, with whoever. Not in a whorish way, before you insinuate anything." She said, Damon chuckled, and held up his hands in mock surrender.
"I would never do such a thing, Ash." Damon told her, Ashley smiled and nodded. The two walked on, in silence for a minute before Ashley decided to ask Damon about his own past.
"So, any girls in your life, or were in your life?" Ashley asked him, Damon chuckled a bit, and shrugged, scratching his chin.
"Well… A few. They really weren't anything special, just shallow. Always on about appearances, and complaining about drama. Really immature, and annoying." Damon told her, sounding rather exhausted just thinking about them.
"Yeah. Now you hang around my sister all the time. Who generally doesn't obsess over her appearance, and hates drama. Though she's always surrounded by it. Life threatening drama, but still drama."
"Yeah, but Violet doesn't just talk, and talk about it. She generally doesn't care what people think of her, and I respect that about her." Damon said, Ashley hummed.
"You ever attracted to her?" Ashley asked him, Damon hummed.
"A little, yeah, at first. I mean, she's really cute… But at the same time, now she's basically like my little sister. So, I guess, in the beginning really. She's still pretty cute though, just in the way that she reacts to things." Damon said, Ashley nodded.
"Why is she only like a little sister to you? Why didn't you try to ask her out or anything?" Ashley asked him, Damon shrugged.
"I do know, it just never happened. We flirted quite a bit in the beginning. It's why I call her Baby-Girl. She wasn't wanting a relationship, I had stuff going on, before I knew it, she was already obsessed with Kya. I'm kinda happier it turned out this way, now we cant have a stupid fight, and end our relationship. I can protect her better."
"Protect her? You really think Violet needs protection?" Ashley asked, Damon shrugged.
"Not generally, but I promised her Mother I would always protect her. Plus, it's what a big brother does." Damon said, with a smile, Ashley chuckled a bit.
"I'm glad she has you looking out for her, even if she claims she doesn't need it, I think you're exactly what she needs. Someone to lean on, and relax with. She cant do that with most people." Ashley said, Damon nodded.
"Yeah… Anyway, here we are, milady. Hope you had a wonderful date." Damon said, bowing dramatically to Ashley, who rolled her eyes, and smiled at him, laughing a bit.
"I did… Do you wanna come inside? Have a bit of fun?" Ashley asked, Damon shrugged.
"I mean… It would be kinda scary to walk home alone, in the dark, so sure." Damon told her, she rolled her eyes.
"What makes you think I wont kick you out the moment we're done?" Ashley teased him, as she walked up to hr door, Damon chuckled and followed her.
-Aftermath- Gummi Ship- Present Day-
"We just hung out together. And you know, when two teenagers hang out, and they're attracted to one another…"
"Alright, stop it right there. Told you I didn't wanna think about you fucking my sister." Violet told him, Damon simply chuckled. Violet rolled her eyes, and looked through her Holo-Screens. She was currently researching a few things, relating to her favorite games.
"So, what you looking at?" Damon asked her, Violet hummed, with a shrug.
"Just some bullshit. There was a new screenshot of this game I'm waiting on. It got announced a few years ago, but still hasn't come out yet. Last trailer we got, a real one, at least, was like… Two years ago. It's fucking bullshit."
"Just be patient. It'll come out, eventually." Damon tried to reassure her, Violet shrugged.
"Yeah, but it's still dumb… Anyway, enough of that… Jesse, are you done yet?" Violet yelled, looking back at the hallway, she heard Jesse scoff.
"It takes time to get it done right! Be patient!" Jesse yelled back at her, Violet let out a groan, and lazily slid out of her chair, onto the floor.
"Damon, I'm so bored…" Violet complained, Damon just shook his head.
"Just… Read people complain about stuff, that entertains you." Damon suggested, Violet hummed, and pushed herself up off the ground, she sat in her chair once more, and opened up a Holo-Screen, going to read people complaining about trivial things.
-Aftermath- About an Hour Later-
"Alright Violet… I'm setting the Gravity as normal, if you want it turned up, just give the word. Holo-Enemies on… And, there you go!" Jesse confirmed, sitting back in a chair, he was watching Violet through a large window into the training room. Violet summoned Oathkeeper, and spun it in her hands, as several Holographic Shadows rose up around her.
"Alright… Let's get this started…" Violet said, before she jumped in the air, slicing a Shadow in two, with Oathkeeper. Violet landed on her feet, and kicked a Shadow away from her, destroying it due to her strength, before she drove her Keyblade into the floor, and used it to propel herself into the air, she balled a fist up, and launched a blue fireball at another Shadow, destroying it completely, she summoned Oathkeeper in her left hand, and impaled a Shadow upon landing, before she got back into her fighting stance.
Jesse hummed, as he monitored her Magic, and Heartbeat, everything seemed normal. Nothing too strenuous, but she was fighting just Shadows. He had set it to send in stronger Heartless, and Nobodies once Violet had dispatched five enemies. She was currently only at four.
Violet pointed her Keyblade in the air, and summed a torrent of Lightning upon the six shadows around her, destroying them all at once, before Soldiers, and Dusks began appearing alongside the twenty Shadow's that had come into existence. Violet smirked, and jumped into the air, slicing her Keyblade, while casting Blizzard several times, sending out chunks of Ice at the enemies. Killing three of them.
Violet landed, and used Strike Raid, killing several enemies, before her Keyblade came flying back at her, she missed the initial place where she was supposed to grab it, and had to jump backwards to catch it, just barely wrapping her hand around it. Her momentum sending her flying at the ground, she stuck out her right hand, and used a quick gust of Wind to push herself up, she flipped into the air, and landed on her feet.
"That was a bit sloppy Violet." Jesse pointed out, Violet glared at him.
"I know!" She yelled back, before she shook her head, and threw her Keyblade at a Soldier, she Warped to it right before it hit, and spun on her heel, slicing it in half. A Shadow leaped at her, and ended up scratching her back, it phased through her, but still felt like a physical hit to Violet. Violet spun around, and fired a bolt of Lightning into it's chest, destroying it.
"Took a hit." Jesse criticized her, Violet turned to him, with an angry glare.
"I KNOW!" Violet screamed at him, before she growled a bit, and jumped into the air, slicing a Dusk in half, before she twirled her Keyblade in her hands, blue flames erupted around it, and she spun forwards, using a Fire Whirlwind to destroy a few Heartless quickly. Then she jumped in the air, and did a quick flip, charging her Keyblade with Lightning, and came down on a Soldier, destroying it, and crating a shockwave of Lightning around her, destroying a few more, as she performed a Shock Dive.
"All right, that's enough." Jesse said, as he shut the simulation off, Violet glared at him, and stormed into the room.
"What the hell I wasn't finished yet!" She exclaimed, Jesse just gave her a look.
"You're too agitated to continue this safely. You could potentially destroy a part of the ship, and we could all end up dead. Once you calm down, and have better control of your magic, we can train once again." Jesse reasoned with her, Violet sighed, and Banished Oathkeeper, clipping it to her belt.
"Okay then, bye." Violet said, before Jesse grabbed her arm, with a slightly exasperated expression.
"Sit down, so I can remove the sensors." Jesse instructed her, Violet groaned.
"Cant I just do it myself?" Violet asked, Jesse chuckled as he pulled her into a chair, and she sat down.
"No, because you would destroy them, or hide them, because you hate wearing them." Jesse told her, as he pulled her shirt up a bit, removing a sensor from her stomach. "Take the rest of your shirt off." Jesse told her, Violet grumbled something, and removed her shirt, Jesse leaned forwards, and removed a sensor from her back.
"This is so weird… I can do this myself…" Violet told him, her cheeks growing pink, as Jesse removed the two sensors on each of her arms. She was thankful he didn't ask her to take her glove off.
"You would simply use Thunder magic to render them useless." He told her, as he plucked two from each of her sides. "Alright, Bra off." Jesse told her, she glared at him, and reached around, snapping her bra off, before Jesse plucked another sensor that was under it, near her heart. "Alright, pants next."
"But Jesse… It's so embarrassing…" Violet complained, Jesse glared at her.
"The sooner you get over it, the better. By that I mean, your embarrassment over this, or your hatred of the sensors. If you stop either of those feelings, your problems with training will cease." Jesse told her matter of factly, as she stood up, and unbuttoned her jeans, letting them fall, as she put her bra back on. Jesse grabbed two sensors, one on her thigh, and the other on her knee, and pulled them both up.
"But it's like… You see me nearly naked." Violet told him, Jesse simply shrugged, as he removed the sensors from her other leg. Before he placed his finger against a screen, and a compartment opened up. He placed all the sensors in the compartment before sealing it once again. It was linked to his fingerprint, meaning Violet couldn't touch, or mess with them.
"I don't think of it as remotely sexual, considering I'm not attracted to you." Jesse informed her, Violet glared at him, as she pulled her pants back up, and buttoned them up. She grabbed her shirt, and pulled it on as well, before sitting back down.
"What the hell, I'm plenty attractive!" She protested, Jesse simply sighed.
"I wasn't trying to insult you, you're pretty cute, when you want to be, but I personally see you as nothing but a close friend, therefore, it doesn't bother me." Jesse told her, Violet sighed.
"Yeah, I see your point. Still don't see how you can separate my body, which is a female, and what you like from sexual attraction. How do you do that?" Violet asked him, Jesse merely chuckled.
"Well, I think of you as your own person, and thus, I feel nothing but friendship for you. The one person I ever fell in love with is gone now, so…" Jesse stopped, his eyes becoming unfocused, and glassy for a few moments. "I don't think I'll ever be in love, or attracted to anyone again." Jesse told her, Violet looked at him, with a sad look.
"You really feel that way?" Violet asked, Jesse nodded. "I… Kinda felt like that after Emma… But then I moved on, you can do the same." Violet told him, he chuckled a bit.
"I appreciate the support Violet, but I don't think so. Our situations are different. You were broken up with, I… Was still with her, sure we had the stupid fight… But we still were together. So, as similar as our situations are, they are too different to be truly comparable." Jesse told her, she glared at him.
"You're annoyingly intellectual." Violet said, he chuckled.
"True. We should go back now, though, keep Damon company." Jesse said, standing up, Violet did the same, heading for the door. Jesse followed her out of the room, and to the cockpit. It was going to be one hell of an adventure that awaited the three. They didn't quite know when it would end, or what could be awaiting them in the coming years.