Okay, I'm NOT dead. I'm still working on this fanfic. So here it is--Chp 9!!
(I do not own Xenosaga's Ending Theme of A missing year or Yuki Kajura or See-saw)
Chp 9 In My Long-forgotten Sleep –-fake-awake--
Aura's POV:
'In my long-forgotten cloistered sleep, you and I were resting close in peace; Was it just a dreaming of my heart? Now I'm crying, don't know why…'
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Where…am I?
Who's singing?
I remember that I was dodging the data drain for my sister, then my conscious faded……but…where is this? It's all blue in color…like a sea…
'Where do all the tears come from to my eyes…could no one ever dry up the spring? If you find me crying in the dark, please call my name from your heart…'
Such a lovely voice……and this song is……kinda sad……and nostalgic……
"This is your own sea of memories…"
The singing voice stops and speaks. I turn around.
Then I find that there is another girl standing in front of me.
Silvery hair. Clear azure eyes. White dress which is only a little differed from mine. Is this……
"Yes, I'm you. I'm the other you."
The other…me.
Even our voices are similar.
The girl stares at me with her clear azure eyes, just like as I'm staring at the surface of a lake.
"Why are you here?" She asks.
"I was data drained, and my conscious faded, then when I wake up, I'm here."
Shugo……
I wonder how he is now.
Don't blame yourself…Shugo……I know what you thought at that moment……I know you wanted to protect me……
"I see……you found the song nostalgic?" The girl asks suddenly. Oh, I still don't know her name…
"Yeah…it's just like I've heard that before…maybe before my awaken…"
"Hmm, if I'm correct, you've heard this song before your were integrated with me."
Integrated?!
"Oh, you don't know about this? You and I were once two separated existences. But one day father inserted a human thought in me, and that's the time that we become one."
Father inserted a human thought in this girl. Wait, then I'm……
"You're the human thought, and I'm the ultimate AI. Right now you're in a coma in the reality; in other words—sleeping in the real world."
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I'm…a human being.
"But seems through data drain, we can be separated for some time. Hmmm, interesting…" The girl smiles a bit.
"…Who am I... in the real world?" I ask the girl. I think my name is still that name, right?
"Aurora Hoewick, named after father's surf name."
Aurora…Hoewick.
That's…my real name. But why…?
"Aura and Aurora--two names are similar too. That means father sees us with same attitude." The girl…no, Aura smiles at me and puts her hand on my shoulder. But, my name…
(Go, my dearest daughter, and you shall be named Aura. You shall survive in both the digital world, and the reality.)
Somehow I remember that father had named me 'Aura'……
"Those words…mean that father was talking to both of us. Aura and Aurora—two separated existences integrated into one."
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"Can I trust your words?" I simply ask Aura. Aura smiles, that walks towards me…
"Whoa!" Something pierces through me……it's…a dagger……which is held by the girl who's in front of me…
I touch my cut and something red is on my hand……is that…blood?
"Then you can trust me now, right?" She smiles and asks. Silence.
"……How come you know some much about the reality?" I ask her.
"Your memory……has been watched by me, where you can not see them." She answers.
Then she continues to sing.
'Sing with me a tiny autumn song with the melodies of the days gone by; Dress my body all in flowers white, so no mortal eye can see…'
"The others…will be left for you…"She says. Then she disappears, leaves me in my own sea of memories. My own sea of unknown memories.
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'Where have all my memories gone? Now lost…Should I roam again up yonder hill? I can never rest my soul until you call my name…you call my name from your heart…'
I'm…lost.
Who am I?
I'm a human being…but why am I here?
I'm alone……
Shugo…where are you? Where am I now?
Where's the place I belong to….?
Shugo……can you answer me…once again?
Plz R&R!!