Depression
By: Sailorjj07
8. Sazuka
A/n: Okay, my last chapter was a little too much fun for the Xenosaga crew but I had lots of fun writing it. Problem is...Xenosaga is just a little too serious sometimes. I think they should loosen up a little. Anyway, this chappy will be a little bit more serious!
Disclaimer: I don't own!
chaos' POV
After Kos-mos bought a shirt from another woman at the register, we left the store with Sazuka now in our group. Sazuka was a pleasant enough woman, and really funny. The stories she told us while walked into different stores were interesting and it seemed Kos-mos was observing her and learning everything she had to tell us.
"So you used to be a fighter?" Jr. asked her, surprised that the innocent looking woman had taken almost as many lives as he and Kos-mos had put together.
"Used to be? The only reason why I'm here is to find and destroy someone. I just happen to have extra time to be able to go shopping. And since you looked like an interesting group, I decided I'm going to stay with you guys."
"Your here on a mission and you're telling us?" Jr. eyes were alarmed and I knew why. Most spies and assassins were not allowed to reveal what their missions were. So why was she telling us?
Kos-mos saw the look in my eyes and nodded; almost surprising me at how well she could understand me. I never knew I could be so connected to someone in my life. It was almost as if she could read my mind and I, hers.
"Shion, can I...Am I able to eat?" Kos-mos asked, quietly. I watched as Shion nodded and smiled.
"Another new feature I installed. You are now able to taste food. Cool, isn't it?" Shion grinned at Kos-mos, whose eyes were shining in her happiness. I smiled to myself as I watched her eyes light up.
"Thank you, Shion!" Kos-mos said, smiling widely. Shion only nodded and we all walked into the nearest restaurant.
Thirty Minutes Later
"I'm stuffed!" Shion cried, patting her stomach. I laughed at her and nodded, being very full myself. Of course, it wouldn't show on me, my metabolism is so high it doesn't even look like I eat in the first place. But that's just something that comes with being what I am. I turned and looked at Kos-mos, who was watching Shion and coping her. She yawned exactly like Shion did, and then patted her stomach. I covered my mouth when she turned and looked at me, noticing how I was watching her.
"chaos, what are you doing?" She asked me, with a sly look. I think she knew I was laughing at her, but I wasn't sure and I wasn't going to let her find out either way.
"Kos-mos, what are you talking about?" I answered, covering up my laugh with a fake cough. She lifted an eyebrow at me the burst into a wide smile.
"Well you two are so obvious there is no way you can deny it." I looked up at Sazuka to find her and the rest of our group staring intently at Kos-mos and I. A small red tint appeared on Kos-mos cheeks, but I just sat there and smiled at Sazuka.
"How long have you two been together?"
"Does it really matter?" I smiled at Sazuka with completely calm eyes, knowing she'd probably ask me another question.
"Do you always do that?"
"Do what?" Kos-mos looked at me and covered her mouth, but I could practically see her smile.
"Answer questions with a question."
"Yes. It's really hard to get information out of him. Trust me from experience, it's a waste of time." Jr. answered for me, a look of frustration on his face. And he was right actually. He always tries to get answers for his problems for me, but I never give him straight answers. Why do I do that, you ask?
Cause it's fun.
And it makes the person questioning me think on their own.
"I see." Sazuka had a calculating look on her face when I looked up, but it was gone in an instant. I lifted an eyebrow and observed her quietly as she started talking to Ziggy. Why was she looking so suspicious all of the sudden? I shrugged the feeling a felt off, but I decided to keep an eye on her. Just in case.
"So what do you see we get out off here and go shop somemore? Kos-mos doesn't have an entire wardrobe and I hear the next planet we're assigned to is very cold." Shion said, standing up. We had already paid the bill, so when Shion stood so did the rest of us.
"Yeah, let's go." MOMO said, smiling at Shion. She looked happy about the fact that we were starting to shop again. Shion led the group outside of the restaurant we were in and then started walking toward a store with snowflakes on the window. The store was simply called "Snow" and it looked like a pretty nice place. I held the door open for the girls, but let Jr. hold his own door. He rolled his eyes at me and I just grinned.
"So what can I help you with?" A man in a big brown jacket came up to us. He had on snow boots and ski goggles with a nametag pinned on his coat. The store was freezing when we walked in, but as we began to walk further in, and went by the racks full of winter clothes, it got warmer.
"We just wanted to look." Shion said, with a smile and our group separated. I went in the direction of the longest coats I could find and began searching for a blue, orange, or green one. They had turtlenecks and a lot of sweaters.
"You want a trench coat? I'm surprised. You don't look like the type." Jr. said, coming up behind me. He was looking only at brown coats and I never asked him why.
"Why don't I look like the type? You were a trench coat all the time." I replied, taking a blue trench coat off the rack hanging on the wall. It was way to bright though, so I put it back and moved further down the wall.
"But that's me. Not you. You, chaos, look like the type who'd rather go without any type of protection against the elements." Jr. smirked at me and yanked a thick brown trench coat off the rack. He went to the mirror and tried it on, then with a smirk of satisfaction, went to get a turtleneck. I shook my head at him and decided on a burnt orange trench coat. When I tried it on, I nodded at my reflection in the mirror. The coat fit me nicely and I was starting to think like Shion when it came to buying clothes. I took the jacket off quickly, to keep anymore shopping ideas from running through my mind. I put it back on its hanger and draped it over my arm and followed Jr. to the turtlenecks. I found a nice, warm looking black one and a dark blue one made of the same material. I then went to go see what Kos-mos was up to. I smiled when I saw her in the mirror with a white bubble jacket that stopped at her waist. The hood had a mixture of brown and light brown fur around the edges and she was poking it gently for some reason. She had on a bright blue turtleneck underneath the coat. And she looked absolutely wonderful.
"chaos, does this look really bad?" Kos-mos asked, turning to let me see all of her in the clothes. I grinned and wrapped my arms around her waist. Sazuka walked by us and grinned, continuing on to another rack of coats.
"You look beautiful, Kos-mos."
Kos-mos leaned back against me and smiled in the mirror, "You think so?"
I nodded and let her go, watching as she took the jacket off. She smirked at me and went put the jacket back on the hanger. "Well then I guess I'll get it. I want all of your attention."
"You had all of my attention already, Kos-mos."
"Well now I'll know for sure." She grinned at me and I smiled back, but I noticed the way Sazuka was watching us out of the corner of her eye. The calculating look crossed her face again and I knew something was up. But just as I was about to ask Sazuka a question, Shion ran over to us, asking if we were ready to leave.
"It's already 5:00 and this store is freezing me to death?" Shion cried, her teeth shivering. I was about to comment on how she was wearing only a dress and that was why she was cold, but I wasn't sure how Kos-mos would take it, so I said nothing.
"Yeah, let's go." Kos-mos said, walking to the register with our things. She paid for my stuff and hers, and after everyone else paid for their things, we left the freezing cold store.
An Hour Later
"I'm afraid we have to part ways now." Sazuka told us, as we walked out of a weapons store at the end of the street. We all nodded, since we had to go back to the Elsa.
"It was nice spending the day with you." Shion said, with a smile.
"And it was nice spending the day with this whole group! Especially, you, Ziggy." Sazuka stepped up to the older man and kissed his cheek, with the rest of us staring wide-eyed. He took the small token of appreciation with a stiff solider like face, but the rest of us knew otherwise. Ziggy truly had made a friend that day and the rest of us were proud of him. I could tell by the way MOMO was beaming that she agreed with me.
"See you guys when I see you?" Sazuka said, waving at us as she walked away. She walked across the street and waved one final time, and then as a bus passed by, she disappeared.
"Well that's a neat little trick." Jr. said, grinning at MOMO, who nodded back. She was skipping happily between Ziggy and Jr., who both appeared to be deep in thought. I decided I wasn't going to bother them and turned to find Kos-mos staring shyly at me.
"Kos-mos?" She grinned at me and then turned her head swiftly away, blushing slightly. I love it when she blushes. It's so cute!
"chaos, why did Sazuka kiss Ziggy like that? Does that mean they are together, like us?" Kos-mos asked, whispering. She leaned closer to me, so I could hear her and so she could hear my answer.
"That doesn't mean they are together. That was just Sazuka's way of telling Ziggy, thank you." I answered, leaning closer to her as well. Her hand reached out for mine and I tried to hold back my surprised, as she squeezed my hand tightly.
"So if I do it?"
"Then it'd be different."
"Why?"
"Because we are together."
"Oh... Do you think she and Ziggy will be together later?" Kos-mos looked up at me, with her bright blue eyes and I smiled.
"Maybe. You never know." Kos-mos nodded, then looked in front of us, where the Elsa was waiting.
That Night
Jr. and I had stayed up working on our A.G.W.S. until twelve. Jr. hopped out of the cockpit of his A.G.W.S. and yawned loudly.
"I'm gonna go to bed. See you in the room, chaos." Jr. waved, and got on the lift, leaving me to my business in the hangar. I watched him go, and then went back to my work. After installing a few new weapons and components, I began to hear strange noises coming from the direction of the bridge.
"What the-?" I looked out of my cockpit only to find Kos-mos, walking around the hangar. Instead of her usual white, silver, and blue armor, she sported a black and navy blue copy of it.
"chaos? Are you in here?" She asked, turning toward my A.G.W.S.
"Yes. What's going on?" I jumped out of the cockpit and down to Kos-mos, happy to see her familiar blue eyes.
"Well, I only have a few more minutes on the surface, and I wanted to come see you. But I am afraid we have an intruder on the Elsa." Kos-mos eyes scanned the room and she gave a sigh of relief. I guess no one else was in the hangar.
"Do you know who is it?"
"I think so, but I think something may be wrong with my scanners."
"Who is it then?"
Kos-mos turned and looked me in my eyes, not wavering. "My sensors say its Sazuka."
"Are you sure?"
Kos-mos nodded sadly and began to press buttons on her arm, "Yes. That's why I think something maybe wrong with my sensors. Sazuka wouldn't attack us, but one of the engines is already damaged. That's how I found her out."
"Does that mean?"
"She's on her way here? Yes. That's another reason why I came to see you. I didn't want her to attack you, when you didn't know it." Kos-mos said softly, her bright blue eyes shining. I decided right then and there I couldn't contain myself any longer and pulled her gently into my arms, crashing my lips down on hers. I felt her smile beneath my mouth, and I mentally smiled as well.
"Well how cute is this? I find the android and her lover all wrapped up and I'm here to kill her." I released Kos-mos immediately and turned to see Sazuka smirking widely at me.
"So my sensors weren't wrong." Kos-mos said, aiming her gun at Sazuka.
"No, dear, they weren't. You are the most advanced weapon in the universe, there is no way your sensors could be wrong." Sazuka played with the dagger in her hand and I watched as it began to glow a dark red color.
"Why?" I asked, trying to bide my time. I knew if I attacked her in the hangar, I might end up destroying something. We had to lure her out and to the engine room. I looked at Kos-mos and she nodded understanding my plan.
"That's the best action to take." Kos-mos mouthed to me then turned and shot at Sazuka's feet. It was some type of smoke bomb because as soon as the smoke cleared, Kos-mos and I were running toward the engine room, with Sazuka, hot on our trail.
"We should take her out of here." Kos-mos said to me, while running toward the engine room.
"How do we do that?"
"We make an exit!" Kos-mos answered, grinning at me.
"What? The Captain will kill us!" I gaped at her, but knew she wasn't kidding, "But what about the others?"
"I woke Shion up on my way out. When she and everyone else hears the explosion she'll know."
"And if they don't know where to go?"
"Don't worry, they'll get the message." Kos-mos then stopped running and fired her R-Cannon at the wall. It exploded with a large blast and then she proceeded to turn the blast into some type of laser and wrote on the wall beside the whole. "Distract her!"
I nodded, and spun around, waiting for Sazuka to show up. And when she did I was very surprised. She ran at us with amazing speed and I barley had time to attack her.
"Ice Wings!" I yelled, freezing the entire hall as she ran toward us. Apparently it stopped her because after the smoke cleared, her feet were stuck to the floor. I smirked at her then turned to Kos-mos to see her finishing up her message.
"We can go now!" Kos-mos grinned at me, then ran out of the hole in the wall. I waited until Sazuka had cut herself lose with her daggers before running after her.
"Where are we going?" I asked, catching up to Kos-mos. She smiled and tapped her head gently.
"We are going to the largest park in this area. It's safer there and no one will be out this late. We can fight there." Kos-mos sped up and I did as well, noticing how close Sazuka was getting to us.
Shion's POV
I woke up when I heard an explosion. It made the entire room shake; the entire ship was shaking from the explosion. I noticed my computer blinking and went over to it. I had a video message, it said.
"Shion, we have an intruder. chaos and I will deal with her, but I advise you follow us with Ziggy. He can help us." Then the box closed. I ran down to the hangar with my pajamas on, only to find the entire Elsa crew and the rest of my group staring at the hole in the wall toward the engine room.
"LOOK AT MY WALL!" Captain Mathews cried, muttering a few curses at 'crazy androids'.
"Wow, Kos-mos did a job on this wall." Jr. said, grinning widely. MOMO was staring at something next to the hole and I turned to look at it as well.
"They went to the park." MOMO told us, pointing at the message.
"I wonder who it was that attacked us?" I asked, receiving an "I don't know" look from the whole group. I ran out the hole, summoning my weapon to me, and calling MOMO to follow.
"I need you to help me find the park. Oh and Ziggy, Kos-mos said for you to come as well." I yelled as I ran in the direction of the heel prints in the ground. Ziggy jumped down and ran after me, with Jr. and MOMO behind him. Jr. grabbed MOMO around the waist and ran faster, since she had been running a little too slow. When he had caught up to me, he put her down on her own feet and she ran at the same pace as I did.
"Turn right here and then go left at the next street." MOMO said, looking in front of us.
chaos POV
Kos-mos and I came to a halt when we reached the park. It was a beautiful place full of pretty flowers and plants that shined in the moonlight. I knew if I had been in the park with any other situation then the one I was in, I would have taken time to admire the true beauty of the park, but I couldn't at the time.
"chaos, she's coming. But so are the others." Kos-mos said, smiling at me.
"What'd you run for? I was just going to kill the android and keep going! Now I've taken way too much extra time and I have to kill chaos too! I was trying to stray from that." Sazuka smirked at the two of us, her daggers glowing a bright red again.
"Why? It's not like you care whom your killing. Right?" I knew I was just biding my time, but if Sazuka knew that then our plan would be messed up.
"I do care. I must admit, I actually grew quite fond of your little group, but I have to do my job and that's killing Kos-mos."
"Who hired you?" Kos-mos asked, catching onto my plan.
"Why do you care? You're going to die anyway." Sazuka tossed her dagger up and threw it at Kos-mos, who jumped back. The dagger melted the cement ground the moment it touched, and there was a hole where it had landed.
"Why are they after me?"
"You're a threat and they want to make a copy of you."
"A copy?"
"Yes, a copy. They don't want you to have emotions though. I was supposed to kill you and then take you to them." Sazuka answered, yanking another dagger out of her boots. As soon as it touched her hand it began to glow a bright red and Sazuka ran at Kos-mos"Now die!"
Kos-mos dodged skillfully for about four minutes, but when she realized Sazuka wasn't going to give up, she knew she'd have to do something to stop her. I saw out of the corner of my eye Shion and the others run up and I signaled with my eyes for them not to give themselves away. I looked at Kos-mos, who turned to me and nodded, then ducked as Sazuka managed to cut a few strands of her bright blue hair.
"Ziggy, stun her." I had moved myself to where they were hiding and knew I whispered loud enough for the entire group to hear me. In five seconds flat, Ziggy was out there between Sazuka and Kos-mos, shocking Sazuka in her stomach and making her fall over.
"Zig...gy..." Sazuka looked slightly surprised before she fell over, falling into Ziggy's arms. Ziggy looked down at her with a stern face and I couldn't tell whither he was hurt or mad or just not feeling anything.
"Kos-mos!" Shion ran out from the trees to Kos-mos with a concerned look on her face. "Are you okay?"
"Shion, I am fine." Kos-mos eyes began to flash between blue and purple, as I watched her response.
"Kos-mos, what's going on?"
"The android is trying to take control again. I have to leave you guys now." Kos-mos smiled at Shion's sad face and then turned to me. "I love you." She whispered in my ear with a sad smile.
I kissed her cheek and nodded"Kos-mos, I love you too." I whispered back, hugging her tightly. She smiled and took a step away from me after a few minutes.
"Bye everybody!" She grinned and then with a blink her eyes were red again and her face expressionless. Shion looked very sad to see Kos-mos gone, but she smiled at KOS-MOS and then turned to Ziggy.
"Why don't we take her back to the Else and make sure she's okay. I'm sure we can convince her to stay with us until she's healthy. I know that shock of yours probably took a nasty toll on her body." Ziggy nodded and started walking back to the Elsa, carrying Sazuka in his arms. He was silent and his face wore no expression, but I had a feeling he wasn't too happy about Sazuka's betrayal.
"So that's why she told us what her job was. Kos-mos was her target." Jr. said, thoughtfully. The group remained silent, but as it registered in our minds, we all knew he was more than likely right.
End Chapter 8