World Domination: The Story of Shadow
Chapter 2: Sin, tears, and sand… in odd places?
"S…so what's your last wish?" Maybe Keira shouldn't have asked, things might have turned out differently. But in my current state I wasn't exactly 'stable'. I had a thirst for power. It was like I've never felt before. "You," is what I told her, "You will serve me from now on!"
"What!?" Was the only thing she got to say when I dropped my wood pole and raised a hand and my palm spewing black mist. It moved so fast she didn't have time to move out of the way as it grabbed the gold bands and ripped them off. She could have celebrated her freedom at that time if it wasn't for the fact they were replaced with black ones. Keira clawed at them trying to get it off. I don't think they were hurting her but I couldn't be sure at the time, or care. I grab her arm after the mist had returned to me and dragged her into the portal.
I don't remember the journey from my world to the next. My powers were all messed up so all I knew was unimaginable pain in my head. I couldn't understand why it had to hurt so much. Was it because of the way I got it back? Because my mind couldn't handle so much information all at once? Why'd it have to hurt so much? Why damn it!?
I didn't remember hitting the ground coming out. I only remember a very quick fall. The whole time, all I could think about was the fact it would stop the pain. Then darkness took me.
"Mai-an you are a fool."
"I never asked you! The humans need to suffer and I'm making sure that I'll be around to do it!"
"We've all lost much, but revenge is not our way. That is what makes us better then them."
"I do not care anymore!"
"Do not make Tai-a go though with this. Do not taint her with your darkness."
"I already told you. She wants to do it… Now run like the rest of them. May Bahamut DAMN all your souls!"
"I… feel sorry for you…"
I woke yelling, "I don't care!" then grabbed my head in pain again. It took a moment for me repress it. "Are you ok?" Came a familiar female voice to my side.
"I'm fine, Keira," I replied with out looking at her. For some reason, I felt slightly guilty of binding her to me, "Where are we?" I asked as I noticed we were in a large tent with rows of bed on one side. No one else was in eye sight. "We're in a village called Besiad," She answered in a meek voice. She was worried about something, was it me? I got out of bed, I felt a little pain in my head from the fall but I seemed 100 otherwise. "Besiad, good…"
"So… umm…" I looked at her, it hit me just how cute she really was in person, but I shock it off not wanting to be distracted. My mind was all over the place at that moment.
"W… What's your name?" She continued without noticing the look at gave her.
I almost laughed, "You don't know my name yet? Crap… hmm, Matt," She nodded and was about to say something when two men walk up to us.
"Ahh, I see you're awake. I'm Luzzu and this is Gatta. We are both Crusaders," I nodded to Luzzu and Gatta as Luzzu continued, "Lady Keira here drag you halfway from the beach when we found you both on patrol." She dragged me from the beach? I would have thought she would have just left me for dead from making her a slave. I looked at Keira and she just gave a shrug and blushed. "Your lucky fiends didn't attack you," Gatta said standing behind his older comrade. I nodded again and there was silence. "Your both wearing… odd cloths," I looked down to see I was still wearing my plain blue shirt, black shorts and no shoes, "So, where are you both from?" Luzzu asked.
"No where... We are looking for a place without 'Sin'," I answered in an emotionless tone.
Luzzu nodded, "Sin hasn't been near here in a few year but we are not without it. I guess you are welcome to stay for the time being. We have two spare beds." He turned to leave when I placed a hand on his shoulder. "I need amour and a weapon," I stated. He looked down at my cloths again and nodded, I let him go then turned to Keira, "Why didn't you leave me out there? You could have been done with me,"
She took a step back then sighed, "You didn't attack me when we first met. You're not really a bad person. And... and you needed help..."
"I don't want your pity!" I yelled back, I hate pity, "Not a bad person? I might have been long ago. But now…" I didn't get to finish the sentience as Luzzu returned with cloths for us both and two plane sword. I nodded my thanks and he left us again. Turning back to Keira she was sitting on the bed looking at the ground. "I'll show you what I'm really like. I'll rule this world. I'll rule many worlds and show you what I'm really like." I left her there and found a place to change in the tent. My new cloths were a blue shirt and long baggy brown pants. Over this I had metal breast plate and shoulder pads. After strapping on my new sword I made my way out of the tent, noticing out of the corner of my eye Keira was still in her old cloths, but now had leather amour on her arms and on the side of her legs.
Besaid village was as I had imagined it to be, small. The tents were large enough to live in but just. The temple was much more impressive. It loomed over the village like an ancient guardian. I had to wonder if the village ever came under attack being so close to the temple. "You're awake, thank Yavon," came a soft voice from behind me, I turn to look at Yuna. She was a head shorter them me but lovely as ever. "Yes," I replied with a smile, "Thank you for your concern, Lady Summoner"
She giggled, she really was like an angel, "No, I'm still an Apprentice Summoner. I'm going to pray at the Besaid Temple today,"
"And you're going to do it, ya?" Wakka said walking up. He was bigger then you'd think, I guess a captain of a blitz team would have to be. "Lulu was lookin for you," He continued to Yuna, "I think she's in her tent,"
Yuna nodded and turned back to me, "It was nice meeting you…?"
"Matt," I tried to look as nice as I could, "I would wish you luck, but is obvious to me you don't need it. You'll do fine," She nodded happily and run off, Wakka watched her then turn to me, sizing me up. "So you the one they found in the jungle?"
"Yeah," I replied with no emotion what so ever.
This took Wakka aback a bit but he continued, "Don't over do it, ya," He heard his name call and turned just in time to catch a blitz ball, "Well see ya, I got to go and train for the big tournament," And then I was alone. 'Today was the day Tidus turns up,' I thought to myself making a plan of action, 'I'll travel with them to Luca and watch the Blizt tournament, develop my power up again… then deal with important people but first, Yuna.' I looked down at my hand as I created black ball of mist. Closing my fist I looked to where Yuna had walk off to. Tonight her story would be re-written.
LordShadow: Ya know, the title had nothing to do with the story. It did in the beginning but I change it a lot. I have evil plans for Yuna. Such evil plans I have, Muh ha ha ha ha ha! Yeah, I hope you like it so far. Tis is a darker mood to Kel's story, but that's how I want it. I won't be updating as fast as I did with this one. I won't have much free time for a little bit, but I'll see what I can do. Fighting in the next chapter. Yay for fighting!