Music for Chapter 2

Emakarou's theme – Meaning of Birth from Tales of the abyss

In the dark blue night time sky Yuki stood beside the river looking into the moon as a fire was burning on the fireplace behind him.

"Y'know, I really don't care if he destroys the world." He said to himself. "He can do it, fine by me."

Meanwhile, a shadow shaped like a cat ran through the forest cutting across anything in her way. She was panting as she ran but did not stop running. She leapt through a bush and down a small cliff. She found Yuki stargazing, barely having noticed her moving.

"Who are you?"

"Huh?" Yuki turned around. Behind him was a ginger-haired cat with green eyes, thick black eyelashes and was wearing a pink kimono with a hot pink sash, hot pink gloves that were torn on the fingers, supposedly by her claws, and hot pink boots with a white stripe. Only the feet were visible as the kimono was covering the rest.

"That's none of your business!"

She approached Yuki and fiercely scratched him on the cheek.

KAORI SCRATCH COUNT: 1

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"What are you hiding?"

"N-Nothing!"

"Emakarou has awoken. I need to find the chaos emerald before he manages to get his hands on it."

"Emakarou? What's that? Sounds like toothpaste..."

"Do you know anything about him?"

"Wait... I think I ran into him earlier on today..."

"You did? What did he do?"

"He hit me. And now, I've been scratched by a female cat in a kimono. What's next, getting crushed by a giant falling banana?"

"I think you should come with me." She ran off and went a few feet before stopping and turned back to Yuki. "Wait a minute, here..."

She handed Yuki a small knife. It didn't look all that strong, but Yuki snatched off her hand anyway.

"Alright, come on." Yuki decided that he just had to follow this cat. He followed her through the forest and to some old ruins.

"One of the mystical chaos emeralds has been lying here for years..."

"Not for long!"

Music – Tales of the abyss – The meaning of birth

And then, the demon that Yuki saw earlier on appeared out of thin air, holding a purple, emerald in a brilliant cut in his hand.

"Wait, that's... the chaos emerald!"

"I've already found the first chaos emerald without any trouble. Finding the other six should be easy! Now, with one emerald I can travel to the present to find the rest."

"That's Emakarou... he was sealed away for 500 years, and now he's finally awoken!" the cat cowardly creeped behind Yuki shaking.

"Yeah, whatever. He can destroy the world for all I care. Go ahead, find the other emeralds! That's fine by me."

"Heh heh heh. Farewell, and enjoy your life while you can. Once I find all seven chaos emeralds, you won't have much more of a life to live." Then, he raised his right hand, the one he wasn't holding the emerald with, and a purple vortex appeared behind him, and he walked in.

"W-w-what do we do?" Kaori panicked, still hiding behind Yuki. She knew she had to do something to stop him. As Emakarou stepped inside the vortex, she suddenly came up with an idea.

"Alright, let's jump into the vortex the moment he disappears!"

"Are you nuts? We'll die!"

"It's worth a shot... This is the only chance we get!" She grabbed onto Yuki's hand. "Okay, on the count of three I'm gonna jump into the vortex. Make sure you're holding on!"

"What do you want me for?"

"One... two... three!" She leapt forward, but unfortunately she tripped over before she could make it. In a flash, Yuki grabbed Kaori and dashed into the vortex with perfect timing.