Crimson by Ranchdressing
Author's Note: I apologize not updating sooner. But with the internet having problems, and school being annoying, I just couldn't find the time to update! Plus I was too busy playing videogames and being on an unfair punishment to even do anything. But since I got Xenosaga 3, I've been inspired to update Crimson. But this probably won't be on the internet after it's written because of more internet problems... But enough of my babbling... on with the fic. (Oh yeah, for this chappy, Jr. and Shion will be a little OOC, okay?) Just so everyone knows, this is the last chapter of the Crimson story. A sequel could possibly be made if I get ideas.
Disclaimer: I do not Xenosaga nor any of it's characters. I only own a copy of the game and Anla-plus a few guards here, there and everywhere. I also don't own any Final Fantasy VII characters that may appear in the fic...
"blah blah blah" is talking
blah blah blah is thinking
-blah blah blah- is the voice in chaos' head talking to him or thru him
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"Whoa, Jr. don't shoot! It's me! Shion! and KOS-MOS!" Shion yelled as Jr. began firing at them. KOS-MOS barely pulled her out of harms way. If I had stepped one more step, Jr. would've shot me to death! He really needs to sone self-control!
Jr. stopped shooting to see Shion hiding in a little bush with KOS-MOS on top of her. He tilted his head a little and tried not to laugh at how they looked. But then he suddenly became serious as he remembered why they were out here and stopping thier search for chaos. "Hey did you guys find her yet?"
Shion looked at him strangely before taking KOS-MOS' hand to stand. "Thanks." she said and dusted herself off. Then she turned to Jr. and sighed. "Unfortunately no. We asked around and no one knew where she was. We even asked all the kids and they said they had no idea who we were talking about." She looked down then looked up to see Jr.'s reaction. Oddly enough, it was calm. Now that's weird. I expected him to flip out or start cussing or something. Something must be off... She walked over to him and tapped his shoulder. He didn't even budge. "Um.. Jr.? You still there?"
Jr. finally looked up at her. His eyes had a slight red in them, like he was holding something back. "Okay. I'll keep looking for her. You look for chaos." he said and began walking away. He didn't even make it far before Shion grabbed his arm.
"Hold it. I'm helping you look for MOMO, okay? You never know what could happen. And besides, Jin always said it was better to have a cool head about these situations. Now let me go find KOS-MOS and we'll go look for her." she said and turned away. She looked back and he was just standing there staring at her leave. Finally she got tired of it. "If you have something to say, then say it instead of just staring at me." But Jr. still stared at her. "Jr... Why aren't you talking? I mean, you're unusually quiet. If you're worried about her, then that's fine. But keeping it bottled inside won't help. Now talk to me." Yet he still didn't say anything. Is he broken or something?
"Go ahead and find your precious KOS-MOS. And while you're looking for her, you could be looking for MOMO or chaos. You know, actually being useful and doing something instead of waiting for someone to do it for you and you bitching and moaning about how it's not done right. And while you're at it, you can look for your damn robot while I go look for people that are actually important. Like, oh I don't know, OUR FRIENDS?!" Jr. said and began walking off.
Shion looked after him for a little while in shock. Did he just call KOS-MOS a 'robot'? And did he just say what I think he just said? "JR!!! I know you're pissed but that was just rude! How dare you say those things to me while you're over there in your own little damn emo pool? Huh?! And you're just gonna run away, like you did to MOMO's face when she asked you to let her go with you to Albedo! You're a goddamn coward that says things what he doesn't mean and expect people to feel sorry for you! Well guess what? You're not the only one worried about MOMO, you know! And if she heard what you just said, she'd be pretty damn pissed about it!" she yelled back and walked towards the direction that KOS-MOS went.
Jr. paused at bit and thought about what she yelled. She's right. I am pathetic. Heh. I guess I am drowning in my own pool of emo-ness.
"I don't think so, Jr. I just think that you're thinking about things a bit too much." a familar voice said, seemingly coming out of no where.
"Huh? Who said that?" Jr. asked, looking around and finding that he's the only one in the broken playground. A familar giggle forced him to turn around again. When he did, he saw MOMO. But it looked like an after image. "M-MOMO?" Jr. asked as he put a hand through the image. I thought so. She's not really here. It's too good to be true.
"Jr., please look at me. I'm using the last bit of my strength to send this image to you." MOMO said as she put her hand on Jr.'s face affectionately. "Sush now. Please hear what I have to say before you begin talking. Jr., I may have been kidnapped but you don't need to look for me! Please focus on finding chaos! I'll be fine! Even you said it, I'm stronger than I appear and I can protect myself! I'm not trying to sound ungrateful for all the help you-no everyone-give's me, but I need to fight-even if it's just once-on my own! I know that this means giving up on me for the moment, and I know that you hate the fact that I'm saying this, but chaos is a lot more important than me! So please, just go!"
Jr. looked down as MOMO started to fade away. He looked up again as she mouthed "I Love You" and vanished. Tears started streaking down his face he silently said over and over "I Love You Too"-the words that was caught in his throat. Soon his silent tears became sobs of angst as he remembered the sad smile on her face as she faded away.
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Anla had narrowly escaped her potential death as she used the guard in front of her as a body shield to stop the bullets that was shot at her. It's a good thing I paid attention to my teacher when he was teaching us how to dodge bullets! She kicked one guard in the stomach and grabbed his gun as the others shot at her. Using the second attacker as a shield she shot the other guards and ran out her cell. She stopped when she saw Hojo walking towards her direction. Uh oh! Where should I go?! She looked around her and saw no exit.
"Over here! Hurry!"
She turned to where she heard the voice and saw it was that little girl from before. She ran over there without hesitation and crouched low. Hojo was getting closer to her when the little girl turned to talk to Anla.
"You must be truly special for Yeshua to do this. But you need not worry. Hojo is gone now. But don't get up, for there are many guards still here and on the look out for you. Please stay here for the time being. Yeshua is coming for you, and when he does, you will die."
Anla looked at the girl and sighed. "You know, you never told me your name. Not that it matters right now, right? Any way, I'm sorry and I thank you for all your help, but I can't just sit here and wait. But who is this 'Yeshua' that you keep talking about? Is he and chaos the same person or is 'Yeshua' chaos' real name? Ha ha! I'm going to die, huh? Well I might as well die in his arms or near him than by Hojo's hands. But that doesn't matter. Listen, you need to get away from me or you'll be shot along with me. And a pretty girl like you can't go around being shot up, now can she?" Anla smiled and got up. She looked back and the girl was gone. Good girl.
"Please be careful..."
"I will. Now then..." Anla said and turned around and saw a group of guards heading her way. "Come and get me."
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chaos walked down the hall towards Hojo's lab. -How can you be so sure he's in there, Yeshua?-
"I'm not. That's why we're going. Afterall, next to his lab is the prison hold. And I already know she's in there."
-Heh. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were holding a grudge. But I can't wait to see her. I bet she'll look pretty all covered in blood, don't you?-
A smirk crossed chaos' lips as some guards came his way. "I can't wait either. Afterall, she's supposed to die soon, right?" He held out his hands and darkness covered the hallway. The guards all screamed as chaos projected the image of their fear. He smirked even bigger as they all shot themselves to get rid of their image of fear-yet it was in vain. Afterall, chaos decided to make their fears haunt them, even in death.
-How unnaturally evil of you. Are you sure you're not holding a grudge? But not that it matters, right? Poor lost souls, may you be reborn again anew.-
"I think you're going to like the show I give you. Afterall, you already know the stars of it. Right, Paine?" chaos said as he walked into Hojo's lab. And Hojo was there, bending over some experiment and muttering. "What's wrong? The experiment isn't going so well?"
Hojo turned around quickly. He saw chaos standing there, leaning against the doorway to the lab. Well well. This is surprising. "Hello Yeshua. What's wrong? You look a little pale."
chaos looked at Hojo boredly before he began walking towards him. Hojo backed up a little-but unfortunately he didn't back very far. "You son of a bitch. I will make you suffer for the damage you have done to this body. I will break you, my little puppet."
Hojo's eyes widened with fear and amazement as chaos began to glow and his aura turned pitch black. His eye color changed to red and an evil smirk crossed his lips as he put a hand on Hojo's face. His fingertips traced lines on Hojo's face and arms. He also traced lines on Hojo's legs and put the tracing hand on Hojo's stomach.
-Turned on yet?- chaos said as he began licking Hojo's lips then bit one. -I'm glad. Because that'll make this one 'happy' death.-
"W-what?" was all Hojo could stutter out before his body felt as if it was burning. He grasped for air that set his lungs on fire and looked as his legs weren't there-they were not only walking off on their own, they were walking towards some of Hojo's hungry experiments. He felt like yelling for his legs to stop but it was too late. They were already being eaten by his experiments, and they were looking at him hungrily.
-It looks like they like the way you taste. It's too bad that you move or run away, huh? But don't worry, I'm saving your so-called beating heart for last. They'll die if they eat it, and I just don't have it in me to kill them yet. Eat up everyone! I've even marked the most tasty parts!-
Hojo looked down at his body where chaos had traced lines. They were bleeding non-stop and the experiments were advancing towards him. He smirked as chaos walked over to him. chaos patted him on the head and reached in his body and took out Hojo's heart. He then threw it out the window-and the experiments followed the heart.
-What fools you all are.- chaos said and walked out the lab and towards the ShinRa prison hold.
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Shion found KOS-MOS bent over some animal looking thing. "KOS-MOS... is it... still alive?" she asked, a bit afraid of the answer.
"Do not worry Shion. It was terribly wounded, but it will survive. But it has a wound that won't heal, no matter how many Med Kits I give it. Maybe you should try healing it?" KOS-MOS said, turning towards Shion.
Shion looked at KOS-MOS like she grew a third head. "Why didn't you heal him, KOS-MOS? I mean, how many items do you have?"
KOS-MOS merely turned back toward the animal. "Shion, did you forget that I am a battle android, and therefore I have no healing capabilities. The items that I have are all Med Kit S because Allen told me to carry them in case the others might need them. Now then, this conversation has wasted approx. 45 seconds. Had you have done my request, these 50 seconds could be used to heal him."
Shion flushed for a second and moved towards the animal. "Ether Drive: Medica L." The animal moved a little and she sighed a little.
"Hey Shion? You ready to go look for chaos?" a vioce said from behind her.
Shion turned around to yell at Jr. some more then stopped when she saw he had tears coming down his eyes. "Jr.? What happened? What's wrong?" Jr merely looked up at her and wiped the tears away.
"Nothing. It's just that... you were right. I mean, I was drowning in a emo pool. So MOMO calmed my mind by telling me to look for chaos, then her. So are you ready to go? Or do you need more time?" Jr. answered, smiling sadly. He walked over to them and saw what they were standing over. "What the hell is that?"
Shion and KOS-MOS shook their heads and walked away from the animal. Jr. looked at the animal and smiled a little. "A little girl wants me to thank you. Without you she would've been dead. She wants me to tell you that she owes you her life. Her name was MOMO and she hopes that you're okay. She gave you the upmost protection that she could muster. She wants you to keep safe and wants you to keep that light that shines over your head." he said, sadly.
The animal's tail flicked as Jr. walked away towards his friends.
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Anla shot another guard and ran past them towards the halll's exit. When she got towards the door, she felt many pains in her back. She turned around and looked back. There were many guards and they all had their guns pointed in her direction. She hit the floor as her vision got a little blurry. And standing in front of her was the little girl, shaking her head sadly.
"I thought I told you... to get away... you can't let them see you... you'll... get... killed..." She said as her world became dark.
"I'm sorry. But you and Yeshua are the only one's that can see me. So you don't need to worry, I'm fine... Please hang on! Just a little bit longer! He's on his way!"
Anla opened her eyes slightly and heard the guards yelling in pain. The girl vanished and in her place stood chaos. She smiled slightly and closed her eyes in pain.
"I'm glad you held on. But please, it's okay. You may go to sleep. Close your eyes and never awaken again." chaos said and smiled slightly.
"Okay... just keep me close, okay? Do... you... promise?..." Anla said as death slowly took over her.
chaos closed his eyes as tears began buliding up in them. "Yes... I promise to keep you close to me. Closer than I've ever held anyone. So please, rest your eyes and soul. I'll make you a part of me and we'll be together." Anla smiled as she died in his arms. He hugged her tightly and set her down. "Are you ready Paine?"
-Yes.-
"Poor lost soul that wonders the Otherworld."
-May you rest in peace as we become one.-
"May your soul find the guidance it desires,"
-As I absorb thy soul in my body, keeping you close.-
"I shall keep my promise and break the chains that bind you to this world."
-I shall take you to my sacred garden and thou shall hear my song.-
"Thou shall hear My Beloved Gospel."
Anla's body began to glow then fade away and her soul wrapped itself around chaos and vanished. "Close your eyes and get some rest. When you wake up, we'll be together. This I promise you, my love." chaos said and grew his wings. He flew out the buliding and went to a church. And there he stepped inside the water and went to sleep.
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"Hey guys? Do you think chaos might be in this run down looking buliding? I mean, we've seached everywhere else." Jr. asked as he, Shion, and KOS-MOS continued to seach for chaos. He looked up at the buliding and shuddered. I don't know why but I have a bad feeling about this.
"Jr.! Over here! Look!" Shion yelled as she pointed to something on the ground. Jr. ran over and saw that standing in front of her was an image of chaos and what looks like a woman. "What do you think it means?"
"Shion. I detect that this was made very recently. And that the one that craved this photo on this stone is somewhere near by. I suggest we begin seaching for this person." KOS-MOS stated as she ran numerous of seaches on the craving.
"Right. But do you get the feeling that chaos is somewhere out of our reach? Like he's close..." Shion started but didn't finish because Jr. was already taking pictures of the craving.
"...But he's somewhere far away? Yeah I got that feeling too. But I don't really want to think that way so... I'm not." Jr. said and began calling the Durandal. "Hey Mary? Is Gaignun still mad? He is?... That's just great because I need you to analyze something. It's an interesting picture, I know. Just analyze it! Thanks. Bye." He turned towards Shion and KOS-MOS. Alright. Let's go look for this artist!"
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Ranchdressing: and that's the end of that! i hope you all enjoyed that and i wanna ask you if you want me to make a sequel to this. if you do, please give me some type of idea. i have an idea going on, but I don't know if it's gonna go well...