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Post by matt on Nov 15, 2006 16:48:19 GMT
"Infidel..." Ryukishin left the church and set off for the western continent. He sent a message to Xima telepathically. "I'm coming to see the child"
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Post by organizedchaos on Jan 27, 2007 7:01:44 GMT
tifa leads them to the healing waters she jumps in quickly wasting no time
holding out her hands "hand me the boy"
standing in the water she thinks and remembers exactly how cloud did it so she wouldnt mess up
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Jan 27, 2007 7:02:32 GMT
Jared knew nothing. From the time he had slumped against his guardian to this moment, his soul had hovered dangerously near being lost... even now it teetered on the edge of the abyss...
He couldn't remember why, but he had to hang on... just a little longer... just a little longer... I don't know if I can... why am I even trying?
Some faint, faint sound was calling him... he couldn't make it out, but something about it was telling him to not let go...
****
The baby had wailed incessantly, trying to wake her brother, increasing her pitch and volume. But it wasn't working... if anything, it was only hurting Tseng's ears.
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Post by mistervillainman on Jan 27, 2007 7:02:55 GMT
Tseng hesitated only a moment, then, knowing she wanted to help, handed Jared to her... He just hoped this worked.
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Post by organizedchaos on Jan 27, 2007 7:06:44 GMT
tifa held the boy in one arm and with her free hand scooped the water and poored it on the boys head and continued untill she reached the end of his torso
i hope this works she thought as she watched the water drip on the boy
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Post by mistervillainman on Jan 27, 2007 7:10:20 GMT
Tseng realized after a moment that he hadnt taken a breath... and continued to hold it, because he completely forgot he realized it...
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Post by organizedchaos on Jan 27, 2007 7:17:10 GMT
tifa started to repeat her thoughts over and over in her head
please work, wake up jared, move, open you eyes, please work
as the seconds passed they seemed forever she started to worry about this boy she hardly knew but still felt an over whelming need to help him live
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Jan 27, 2007 7:22:28 GMT
A blank, white space.
Jared didn't know where he was... he wasn't even sure he knew WHO he was... the only thing keeping him tethered to the material plane was that faint sound, growing fainter and fainter by the second...
He heard a sound behind him and turned towards it... "Is someone there?" He didn't know why he was so afraid... "Somebody, please answer me... I think I'm lost..."
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Post by mistervillainman on Jan 27, 2007 7:31:33 GMT
From the blinding white light all around, a figure emerged, wearing a suit just as white as his surroundings... He came into focus and his blonde hair became more apparent. Rufus Shinra looked at his son and he rushed over to him, falling to his knees and placing his hands on Fruxas' shoulders.
"Son... I... Oh god just come here." He managed to stutter out, pulling his son into a strong hug, fighting the tears. "Fruxas, listen to me..." He started, pulling back and looking at him. "You have to go back... I know you dont see why, but your sister is still back there and she needs you... Tseng is still there to take care of you... You still have a responsibility to the future of that world..."
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Jan 27, 2007 7:43:08 GMT
Jared clung to his father as he was pulled into an embrace, his fragmented memories slowly mending... flooding back to him...
When Rufus pulled away, he stared at him for a moment... "'The future'?" Jared parroted. He shook his head. "Who told you to say that?"
He hugged him again. "I missed you so much... and I don't give a flaming d**n about the future. I've seen it, and I hate it. A future where I get you back, just so I can lose you again." Tears were streaming now. "Where my sister, who needs me so much, had the world in her hands, and lost it to two bratty redheads. Where I saw my mother come back from the dead and gut Tseng alive. Please, I've had my share of the future. I've seen all the future I want." He buried his head in his father's shoulder, shuddering. "Don't make me go back, please. I love you."
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Post by mistervillainman on Jan 27, 2007 7:49:18 GMT
Rufus forced back the tears in his eyes and held his son... probably for the last time. "Fruxas, you have to trust me... There are many ways your future can turn out, the one you met is just one of those..." He said, then glanced over his shoulder at something Fruxas couldnt see. "Its true son... You have to go back... This place... its no future. Its nothingness for eternity and all you can do is watch your friends and loved ones suffer and be helpless to do anything about it. YOU dont need to suffer the same fate. You can still change things. You still have responsibility to your family. Make no mistake son... You still have family down there, Tseng and Hope are your family now and you have to stick with them... Think about how your sister will feel if you dont come back... How much would that tear her apart? Please son... I wish more than anything I could stay with you... But I cant go where you need to be." He finished.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Jan 27, 2007 8:06:04 GMT
Jared caught the glance over the shoulder... it was true, he couldn't see what was back there, but he knew anyway.
He looked into his father's eyes and nodded, almost imperceptibly. He "spoke" to him, mind to mind... I know. I should have seen it earlier... why else would they have allowed someone like you to retain his consciousness?
They're using you to get to me. Feeding you lines. Telling you what to say. Trying to have you persuade me to go back... when it's what neither of us want.
They knew I would listen to you, that I would trust you... and they knew you would do ANYTHING to see me again... even lie to me.
I'm not upset. I'm not angry. I'm not hurt. I understand.
I would have done the same.
And because I know they can hear me anyway, I've got something to say about this.
"Fine," Jared nodded. "I'll go back. But if any of you Cetra think that you can use me, or my family, to keep what you think is balance in the world... you thought wrong. My grandmother had the right idea about how to deal with your kind... manipulative, greedy little xenophobes." Fire danced in his eyes... "I'm going back... and I'm going to to raise h**l when I get there."
He embraced his father one last time. "I'm bringing you back someday," he whispered. "I'm getting you away from them. And they'll regret what they did to us today."
****
In the material realm, Jared's hand twitched...
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Post by mistervillainman on Jan 27, 2007 8:14:14 GMT
Rufus smiled at his son, nodding as the tears came uncontrollably now. "I knew you wouldnt buy into this crap... I'm so proud of you... Goodbye Fruxas. I love you son." He said, hugging him tightly, fearing still that it would be for the last time... Then he faded away.
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Post by Amnesty Lazuli on Jan 27, 2007 8:29:16 GMT
Jared blinked and smiled. The whiteness around him began fading. "See you later."
He became aware of presences around him... not one of them seemed very favorably inclined towards him.
In fact, most of them seemed angry... and those who weren't seemed afraid.
He smirked. You should be.
"Oh yeah, one more thing before I go... go s***w your mothers, all of you." He turned to two of them, one a young man in black, the other a young woman in pink. "Especially you. Hypocrites."
The Medium Space dissolved...
****
Jared blinked his eyes open.
Tifa was holding him in the church, dripping healing water on him.
Suddenly he felt a million times better... the streaks were gone, and he felt much stronger and more alert... but the toxin was still in him. He could feel it trying to take hold again... but he was strong enough for now to fight it off.
He turned his head towards Tseng and his sister... he smiled at them. "I'm back." And I'm going to tear this planet apart from the roots up.
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Post by organizedchaos on Jan 27, 2007 8:33:36 GMT
tifa smiled "well there's no stoping you is there?"
she put his legs in the water and stood him up
"think you can walk from here? she asked as she looked from jared to Tseng and smiled
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