Chapter Two: She's Not Going to Appear

Hm? That's strange.

What's wrong?

There seemed to have been an extra entity that escaped the Obliteration.

Well, that is quite strange... Kindly look into it.

Yes, Doctor.

X wakes up to the sound of birds chirping from right above him. He opens his eyes and finds his body resting on a field of grass on a peaceful spring day.

A yawn before rubbing sleep from his eyes.

Cyllage have never looked lovelier.

Drowsily, X reached for his phone by his side, and faced the blue screen.

Still no messages. He groaned with frustration.

"What is taking that girl so long?" he mumbled as he pushed himself up.

"What's taking who so long?"

X almost jumped in shock as he immediately faced his behind. Y was watching him with pseudo-innocent eyes.

"Y!" he yelped, backing away. "H-How long have you been there?"

She shrugged. "The whole time you were out?"

X glowed even more, as he frantically checked his message archive. "B-But... But how come you didn't tell me you're already here?" He checked his call history. "Not even so much as a call..."

Again, Y just stared at him with the same pseudo-innocent stare.

To that X sighed. "Well, I guess it can't be helped." He put aside his phone and began searching in his bag. All the while he spoke:

"So, how was Unova?" he asked, rummaging through his stuff. "You enjoyed your stay there?"

"X..."

"Oh, and what about Auntie? She having fun? I heard you guys went City-Hopping and visited about five places in one day..."

"X..."

"And what about the food there?" he asked again, beginning to feel a bit agitated as he realized he couldn't find the box he was looking for.

"X, listen to me..."

"By the way, you look really lovely." It was then that he decided to capture a glimpse of her before returning to his bag.

Then he did a double-take.

"...Albeit, a little older..." He moved his eyes from top to bottom, before trying to smile again.

"Did you even sleep there, Y? Look at you..."

"X." Y reached forward and grabbed him by both his shoulders, making him look at her in the eye.

"She's not going to appear."

To that, X just smiled.

"Who's not going to appear...?"

"Y." Then she added: "You're Y..."

"What are you talking about? You're already here..." Then, gradually, his smile disappeared. He roughly shook away her hold, stood up, and backed away as far as possible.

"Now, do you remember?"

X watched her with scared eyes before looking the other way, where he could see a great view of the ocean, and the ships that docked and will dock.

Somehow, no ships were disembarking at this very hour. And no signs that a ship has disembarked a few minutes ago.

The ship that carried his Y was supposed to be here by this very moment.

X returned his gaze to Older Y, who was still watching him.

"What happened to her?" he asked.

"The same thing that happened to her the last time," she replied, looking down.

X faced her, as the memories began resurfacing before him.

The flaming train. His voice calling for his Y. Her hand that pulled him away from the flaming train as he screamed.

"What on earth's going on?!" he cried. "Why are all these things happening to Y?! What did she do?!"

To that, Y sighed.

"I think it's better to ask what you did for all this to happen."

X's eyes looked broken as he returned his gaze back to the ocean.

"What did I do...?"

Instead of answering, Y gestured for X to sit next to her. X hesitated for a moment, but did so nonetheless.

It wasn't like he was going to find things out on his own.

Y straightened herself, and looked him in the eye.

"Okay, X," she began. "This might sound weird to you..." She paused for a moment, silently asking him if he's able to take another kind of surprise. X's face didn't change.

"...But you're not you right now..."

X looked skeptical. "What?"

Y sighed. "Rather, you're real body is sound asleep in your room at this very moment."

"Then... this is just a dream, then?" His eyes were beginning to shed some light of hope, which Y had instantly extinguished with her next words:

"A dream that will alter everything the moment you open your eyes in the real world..."

X's budding smile was obliterated completely.

"I'm confused."

Y bit her lips as she tried to find an easier way to squeeze two hours' worth of explanation in just ten minutes, but after spending one realizing that she can't, she opted to tell him whatever she can.

"Have you ever heard of this new technology that has been recently developed—oh what am I saying?" She giggled bitterly to herself as she shook her head.

"You don't exist that further in X's memory..."

"What?" X made a face as he went near her.

"Should I even tell you about Pinré Incorporated?" She bit her lips again as she casted him a doubtful look.

"I doubt you'll understand..."

"No, tell me."

"Okay." She lifted her hand tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "See, in the present, where you're body currently exists there was recently this technology that was discovered. The power to alter memories."

Though his face still retained that puzzled expression, something from the way his eyes grew dimmer told Y that he didn't doubt anything she has said.

Which prodded her to go on.

"Now, Pinré Inc. is one of the very few companies that utilize that kind of technology, and is only known to few. They barely have a name in the region of Kalos itself—but that's not the point." She heaved another sigh.

"The point is... They utilize such technology for the sake of helping people forget a certain amount of memories, most especially those that regards someone. Simply put..."

She gave him a serious look, which X returned with a worried one.

"...They can erase a person from somebody's life. Completely."

X's eyes widened for a minute before looking down, appearing to be a bit pained.

Y just watched.

"...Am I trying to erase you?" he asked in such a weak voice, Y almost didn't hear. But even she did, she chose to pretend she didn't, and just stared at him, waiting to be asked to go on.

But X did not ask her to go on.

Instead, he stood up and walked a few inches away from where Y sat, towards the edge of the hill. He focused his eyes on the port once more, and watched as a ship began embarking into the great blue, all the while asking himself where on earth he should start questioning first.

What on earth was he then?

What was Y? This Y?

Where on earth was her real self?

Why was she here?

Why was he here?

His head ached for a moment as he realized what the real important question was. He turned abruptly to her, seeing that she did not move from her original position.

"Why on earth would I want to erase you?"

Y gave him a sincere oblivious look as she shrugged her shoulders.

She didn't know herself.

"Well, whatever it is," she began. "I'm pretty sure it's serious. Because I know for a fact that you would never make reckless choices. I must've done something bad."

"Or I have," he muttered, sinking back to his knees, pressing his palms against his face. They slowly slid down, first against his eyelids, his nose, until it ended on his chin.

Something was eating him from the inside.

"You feeling drowsy?" she asked from behind him. Surprisingly, he was.

"Don't let it get you too good." Y stood up and sat down behind him, holding his shoulders.

"You can close your eyes, but don't fall asleep too deeply," she warned, softening her voice as she neared to his ears. "Otherwise, you'll forget everything again. Remember X. Try your best."

X's eyes were feeling heavier as he slowly melted towards her, feeling her warmth against his.

"Stay with me, X."

His eyes closed with her face as his last image.

Additional Entity still unknown.

-END OF CHAPTER TWO-

Thanks for reading chapter two~ Yeah, a bit of an information overload, and not much action, I know. But please, kindly bear with me for the first chapters—they're really meant to "set the stage", as my friend would call it.

Also, I apologize for the rather "talkative" X here, and also the possible misuse of the different key places in Kalos. The first problem involves me not reading most of the X and Y chapters (except for the first parts), which explains my cluelessness with characterization. As for the second one, well, I never played any of the X and Y games, so I'm no particular with the plot, and thus, kinda naive to whatever is the significance of the cities mentioned (rest assured though, that I try my best to research everything online. Go, Gamer Guides!)

But, look at me, making excuses. Either way, I sure hope you guys would still be able to enjoy this despite my possible mistakes with regards to the technical things~!

P.S.: Yes, this fanfic was based on Eternal Sunshine to Spotless Mind. :3 Didn't want to say it until now, 'coz it might ruin the surprise.