A Reason To Love [2] by lionheart sg Author's Note: *ahem* for those of u who are still clueless about everything, the <...> is to represent thoughts or other unknown language being translated...okie? And... forgive my poor vocabulary... i'm just a secondary 1 student. Yes, I'm just someone with average vocab!!! *Announcement! Will all SeeDs from last night please report to the conference room!* "Huh? Hmm...*yawn*...oh." Edea was waken by the announcement that blasted all around the garden. Edea gave a loud yawn. She stood up and did some stretching. When her mind was cleared from the morning fogginess, she realised that Rinoa was not in her bed. *Announcement! Will ALL SeeDs from last night please report to the conference room? Absentees will be serverly punished.* Edea walked out of the room and headed towards the conference room. She wouldn't want to miss this conference for the world. Ellone... finally taking her own stand. She wouldn't miss it for her life. The elevator door slid open and Edea walked into the conference room. She sat down on an empty seat beside Ellone. She glanced around, and saw Rinoa. Her cheery face was back, after a long night. "Where's Cid?" Edea asked, realising her husband was missing. "He said he had some emergency meeting somewhere. He took off with the Ragnarok in a puffy then. He told us that you could conduct the meeting." Xu told Edea. Edea nodded her head. Cid had never changed. he has always never wanted to handle serious matters like this. He would probably cry and sob just to part with the SeeDs... when can he face up to reality on his own? "Right, then I shall now announce this conference in order. Firstly, I would like to tell you all that whatever team you sign up for, its is your own path you chose and nobody forced with a gun in your head. You should know your limits and sign up for the right team. So who's up for the fighting team that stays on Earth?" Edea looked around for willing participants. Quistis stood up. "I'm in... I want to stay and protect Balamb if anything happens to anyone... maybe its just a selfish reason for me to live on... but I just wanna stay and do whatever I can." Edea nodded. "I understand. Everyone has their own choice. You are not being selfish or anything, you just have your own reasons. Anyone else?" Selphie and Irvine stood up in unison. They held each other's hands tightly. Irvine gave a chuckle, trying to imitate Cid's chuckle. "I've never really did anything for you guys before... so now Selphie and I are going to stay behind and protect you guys. Maybe its like what Quistis said, we are selfish people, but we don't care if we die or live on... we just wanna be together." Irvine smiled at Selphie. He brushed back Selphie's loose strands of hair and kissed her forehead. "Hey, hey, hey! Stop getting so mushy-mushy with us, dood! One more sick acts from both of you and I'm gonna kick both your asses!" Zell joked friendly, throwing a few punches into the air. Edea laughed away. "Yes, Selphie and Irvine, you two have liked each other ever since kids... even if you lost your memories, you two still grew fond of each others... work hard, Irvine!" Irvine blushed and stared at the table. He was shy as always. Fuujin stood up. She looked at Raijin, still sitting down. She gave him a hard kick. "Stand." "OW! OW! OW! Okay okay... gee... why do I always miss all the fun?!" Raijin yelped, clutching onto his leg as he stood up. Fuujin started. "We stay. Help technical. Seifer still in infirmary. Seifer need us. We stay. Help in techanical and Seifer.." Raijin continued. "Yeah, Seifer only has us as friends here. We have to stay to take care of him, you know... and also can help in technical too! We both once majored in Tech when we were in college, you know?" Edea nodded. "Good, the two two teams have now been organized. The next two teams now. Fighting first." Edea raised both her eyebrows. She was hoping for the best. Ellone stood up. "My sorceress powers have reached its full potential already. I wish to help in fighting, I want to fight for goodness. Maybe, this may be just my wanting of finding a reason to fight, a place to belong. But I want to fight to make sure this is my reason to fight, my place to belong." Edea smiled. "Good. I like your way of thinking. Who's next?" Xu got up next. Everyone was surprised. No one have actually seen Xu fight before. Why was she volunteering to fight then? Xu stared at the table. "I want to fight too. I know what you guys are thinking now, but I've been thinking last night. Ever since young, I've been taught by my mother to use magic well. My father would teach me how to use the bow and arrow. I grew up with purely that knowledge, but as I grew older, I saw many innocent lives die because of the black magic that emits from my arrow. I never wanted to fight, to stain my hands with blood anymore." Xu looked up at everyone. A smile wiped over her sorrowful face. "Now, I want to use it to fight, for goodness, for justice, for all that I have not fought for this past few years. So please, let me fight alongisde with you." "Xu... I've never realised what a sad past you've had. I'll let you join Ellone, if that's what it takes to let you understand what we fight for." Edea said, approving her plea. "Who's the last one?" "Me." A voice that was filled with so much courage, hope, and emotions echoed around the conference room. Rinoa stood up. "I'm going." "Rinoa..." Edea said. "I've alway fought without thinking, without thinking of what it would be like if I fought using magic, or GFs, but I just fought mindlessly, aimlessly. Maybe this time, I'll learn to think more wisely... yeah... so I'm going!" Rinoa said, smiling cheerfully. "Glad you're fighting, Rinoa. It has always been your father's wish to fight for goodness." Edea smiled back, but deep in her heart, she knew Rinoa was lying. Rinoa had other reasons to fight, but did not want to pry into other's mind, like what Ellone said. She knew the truth would be out sooner or later. "Well, then Nida, you will lead the rest of the SeeDs to pilot the Ragnarok that our fighters will be boarding. You are their senior, so do try to teach them as mcuh as you can on piloting the Ragnarok." Nida beamed brightly. "Yes, ma'am!" Edea praised herself for doing such a good job in this meeting. "Well then, until Cid arrives with the Ragnarok, you all are free to go wherever you are, but stay in Balamb Garden. Oh yes, and one more thing. Stay away from the training centre. Garden Masters are still investigating the recent case of a mysterious monster. Its better if you stay in your quarters. Till the next announcement from the intercom, dismissed." The SeeDs walked out of the room, all quieter than before. They have a heavy burden of life and death in their hands. No one knows what will happen. Will they survive this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rinoa's step were heavy as she walked down the hallway. There wasn't much to do, considering that the Training Centre was off-limits. She sighed as she dug both hands into her pocket. It took so much out of her to volunteer to fight. Maybe through this experience, she will know why. Rinoa paused when the neon green signboard shone on her. The words Training Centre was covered by a sticker that wrote 'Out Of bounds'. Rinoa was curious what the monster was like. Curiosity got the better of her. She sneaked into the training centre. Using her sorceress power, she managed to pass the ID scan without alerting a whole hoarde of garden masters charging towards her. She walked in, looking around. "Hmm... nobody... strange. Its too early for lucnch, and too late for breakfast... where are the garden masters?" Rinoa wondered, her neck stretching out longer to see if there was anybody hiding behind a bush wanting to pop out suddenly and scare her to her death. She ventured in further, walking up ahead. As she was crossing the bridge, she sensed a new lifeform that she had never sensed before. Rinoa spun around, looking for the unknown lifeform she sensed. A small girl appeared in front of her from nowhere. She was holding onto a broken rag doll. Her head was lowered, and she seemed as if she was crying. Rinoa rushed forward and kneeled down. "Who are you, little girl? Don't cry? What -" Rinoa was cut off her speech when she lifted the little girl's head. It was her. It was exactly who she was when she was young. The little girl sobbed. "Mommy left me... she said she was going to paradise... she didn't bring me along! I wanted Dad to bring me... but...but he locked me in my room! Dad...dad...he's not my dad... dads don't treat their children like that... but I'm not gonna cry... cuz mommy said she will always be looking at me... scary huh? But at least I know I got a mommy looking after me! Am I right?" Rinoa, still shocked said, "Yeah... right... you've got a mommy." The little girl's sobs got her more relaxed. She went forward and hugged the little girl. She continued, "We've got no Daddy... mommy is the only one who truly cares about us... but you gotta be strong...like me!" Tears rolled down Rinoa's cheeks. "You gotta be...be strong, Rinoa." The little Rinoa nodded, smiling at Rinoa. "Yes! I must be strong... like you! I must survive! I will fight for goodness, and mommy will bless me, won't she?" Rinoa smiled, her tears still in her eyes. She wiped away the tears stained on little Rinoa's cheek. "Yeah... she will... bless...us." "Aw... shut up, you two cowards!" A voice came from behind Rinoa. Rinoa spun around. She gasped. It was the same little Rinoa she was hugging, but this one had blood stains all over her, her rag doll was in crimson red. Her eyes glinted with pure evil. "Cowards... never willing to face reality! Your biggest trial in life has not ended... it just started! HAHAHA!" She cackled so horribly that it sent shivers down Rinoa's spine. "Me? A coward? What do you mean? Who are you?" Rinoa asked, her face in horrid shock. The evil Rinoa shook her head. "Insolent fool! You will know soon... soon...soon" The evil Rinoa disappeared into thin air, and so did the other little Rinoa. Rinoa was left sitting on the ground, her legs sprawled over the floor. She stared at the ground. Blood. Fresh trails of blood that she never saw was on the ground. It led her into the secret area, where the blood trail ended, but a new surprise popped out for Rinoa. Many Garden Masters were lying on the ground, dead, with blood spreading all over the ground. Rinoa cupped her hands over her mouth. So much innocent lives being toyed with the extreme fate of Death... who did all this? She had to find out. She just had to. She would never let such a thing happen again... she had to exterminate the killer. "Bloody murderer! Come out, you idiot! You destroyed all this lives! Come out anf face me!" Rinoa yelled, her yells echoing in the training centre. A loud cry roared from the bottom fo the secret hideout. Rinoa ran to the grills and looked down, a creature shot up into the air. Rinoa was threw back by the sudden impact. The creature was extraordinary. It looked like a T-rex, but it had wings of Siren, horns of Ifrit, three heads of ceberus and scales of leviathan. It was indeed amazing. Rinoa scanned the monster, but it was futile. The creature gave a loud cry. Rinoa analyzed the sound waves and was able to translate its words. "Let me ask you again, who are you?" "Queen? You don't look like a Queen to me." "Enough crap! Did you kill this people?" "Why? What did they do to harm you? What could they do to harm you? Why did you kill them?!" "How...how did you know my name? Why do you want to lure me out?" "Masterplan? What are you talking about?" "I don't get you! Sorceress Prophecies? What is this thing about?" "All this fuss for words left by nutty old witches? Are you nuts? Killing so many people for me to understand some crappy words?!" "I...I don't want to let them die in vain, so tell me about it, if that's the thing that you want them to die for." "I am the one who is one with God, one with reality, one with my heart. I know no boundaries in life, no reasons to die. I want to survive. I want to live on... I want to live on... hey! Tell me more!" "Wait! I wanna know more!" Rinoa yelled, but the creature was already gone. Rinoa pondered about the words that the mysterious creature had said. "i am one with God? Why are there so many secrets that I don't know?! I'm not even sure... who I am! What is the meaning of this? Am I going to die soon?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edea sat on Cid's armchair. She turned around to face the window. Drawing the curtains, she smiled at the sun shining its blessed rays onto the hearts of many. She ran her fingers down the glass panel, her eyes fixed on the horizon. That red shine of dusk, it reminded her of the incident that took plce 20 years ago. If Vinzer hasn't left her then... if he just didn't... EDEA'S ACCOUNT ON ~~THE INCIDENT~~ The peaceful mountain village, Winhill, was invaded by the Galbadian in search for a girl called Ellone. They started a raging fire in Winhill, forcing everyone to be homeless. When I heard about the news, I was shocked. "What?! Its just seven days after Ellone's birth! How did they..." I was shocked at first, but not till I realised they had the help of a sorceress, Ultimecia. We already knew then that Ellone had mysterious powers that can change the past, and the future! Cid, Vinzer, Raine and I went to hide in a cave a few miles away from Winhill. Laguna was sent to the frontline by Esthar, and was not present at that fateful day. Vinzer told us to stay put and he ran back to the village to look for survivors. Cid went along and knowing my wilfulness, he cast a barrier around us, preventing us to go. Raine was weak and injured badly, but I couldn't save her as the barrier was blocking my source of magic. She died in the end, and I witnessed this whole tragedy, but yet I was so helpless... so worthless. When I was crying for Ellone, Cid rushed back with blood splattered all over his face. He told me Vinzer was caught in the savage torment of Galbadian and had disappeared. He told me to live Raine alone and escape with him, but I was ashamed that I couldn't help Raine already, so I carried her on my back, while in my arms were little Ellone. We ran as far as we could, until we reached the Centra Ruins. END OF ACCOUNT A solitary tear flowed down Edea's cheek, her heart crying for the late Raine. The elevator door slid open. Edea hurriedly wiped away her tears and turned around. Cid came out of the elevator, soon followed by a man Edea had longed to meet for 20 years. "Vinzy! Is that really you?" Edea asked, her eyes satisfied her disbelief. "Yes... Edea. I'm the Vinzer who disappeared 20 years ago... its me," Vinzer said, a smile popped out on his stony cold face. Edea ran forward to hug Vinzer tightly. She dug her head into her chest. "Vinzy... I've been so worried about you! Where have you been?" Edea asked, her voice muffled by Vinzers coat. She tighten her arms around Vinzer, not wanting to let go. Vinzer threw his arms around Edea, enjoying her embracing his chest. Tears were seen trailing down his wrinkled cheeks. "I have been in Deiling City, serving the people of Deiling. But behind all those government thingy, I've been working with Martin from the Galbadian Garden, I assume you've heard about them?" "Yes... I do." "Well, when I heard about what Garden was made for and who first started it, I knew it had to be you and Cid. I agreed to work with them, but when I saw your arrival in Deiling City, I was so shocked by your behaviour. I wanted to find out, so I sent some SeeDs to check everything out. I then realised you were possessed, I wanted to help you, but could not. So again, I hired SeeDs," Vinzer pulled Edea away from his embrace and looked into her eyes. "I don't want you to leave me again... not ever." Cid gave a loud cough from behind. "Well, I think its time to call all the SeeDs to the dock... shall we?" Cid gestured his hands, acting as if he was a butler or something. "Wait." Vinzer tugged Cid's vest. "Is she going?" "Yes, she will be going. But do try to treat her well... she is your daughter after all, you know?" Edea replied. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *All SeeDs, please report to the Ragnarok. It is currently docked in Balamb. You may take the Garden's vehicle. Be there by 1800 hours!* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Is everyone assembled here?" Cid asked, looking at the crowd. There was no response. Everyone were in no mood to respond to such enthusiasm cheers. "Well, get onto the Ragnaork everyone... its time." The Ragnarok used to be bustling with activities, people chatting here and there, betting on who was going to complete the mission first. Cid really hated all the noise then, but now, he just wished someone could even speak. Everyone sat on the benches, so glum, they can't be more glum. Rinoa tried to stay as far as possible from Vinzer, as far as the man she refused to admit kin relationship with. *ahem... this is Nida, your pilot speaking. Well, we're landing soon... but...well...eh... one of our engines have died on us, so I'm gonna make a sharp left angle land, so please tighten your seatbelts and...well...gee...pray* Rinoa strapped her seatbelts on. She closed her eyes, trying to balance the aircraft with her sorceress power. A tap on her shoulder cut off her concentration. The aircraft jolted a bit. She could hear Nida cursing the engines. Vinzer stood in front of her," Err... my seat doesn't have a seatbelt... may I?" He eyed at the empty seat beside Rinoa. Rinoa was pretty hesitant," Whatever..." Rinoa knew being Squall's girlfriend had its fringe benifits. Vinzer sat down, strapping his seatbelt. "Pretty exciting, huh?" Vinzer asked Rinoa. "I'm crawling with excitements." He wiggled his toes a bit. "Whatever... go crawl out of the plane if you can," Rinoa grunted, and under her breath, she added, "Cold-blooded murderer." "What did you say?" Vinzer turned to face Rinoa. What a child he had brought up... he was really bad with kids, if not he wouldn't have had such a child like Rinoa. He was cut off by his thoughts when the Ragnarok gave a huge jolt, unlocking Vinzer's seatbelt by accident. The aircraft took a real sharp left turn, flinging Vinzer out of his seat, crashing onto the wall. "Dad!" Rinoa blurted out. She unlocked her seatbelts and cast an anti-space barrier around her. She flipped Vinzer over. Blood was flowing out of a deep cut on his head. Rinoa rested her hand on the wound, her hand glowing in bright neon green. The blood soon dissolved into the floor. Rinoa took her hand away, and the wound had disappeared. "Daddy, are you alright?!" Rinoa shook Vinzer a few times. Vinzer's eyes opened slowly. He saw a blurry vision of Rinoa. "Rinoa..." He reached out his hand to touch her cheek. "Am I dreaming?" "You're okay already... Vinzer. Now get your hands off." Rinoa's attitude took a sharper turn than the Ragnarok did. She stood up and walked back to her seat. She looked away, trying not to have eye contact with his father. Vinzer shook his head a little. "Wow... that was so scary." Cid and Edea got up to help him up. "I never want to go through all that again." Cid and Edea wanted to carry him back to his seat, but he promptly refused. Taking their hands off, he walked to Rinoa. "I never want to go through that again... I never want to go through the times I had without my own flesh and blood, my own daughter... its painful, it feels like needles penning into my heart." Rinoa looked at her father as if he was crazy. "Look, I don't wanna talk about this any-" "I have to... I will go nuts if I ever do you arong again... I want to see you grow up... I want to be there for you when you're in trouble... I just wanna hug you and tell you everything is alright! I have nothing now. I quit the Galbadian Army to look for you... I gave up all my riches because I wanted to travel with you! Is that so hard? For a father to ask her daughter for all that?!" Vinzer looked away, secretly shedding his own tears. Rinoa unstrapped her seatbelts. She stood up. "If you told me that 3 years ago, I may still want you as my father... but now... I have a totally different life! Do you think I don't want a father? Do you think i don't to hug me and be there for me when I need help? I do! But I'm a sorceress now! I'm a targetted by million of people... wanting to kill me! If they knew I had a father... they won't let you off! I...I just don't wanna get you involved in my matters and you get harmed!" Rinoa already had tears brimming in her eyes when she finished talking. She ran out of the passenger's seats, wiping away her tears. Ellone and Xu followed her. Vinzer was left stunned. He stood there in grave silence. "I didn't think she would had such maturity now... she isn't the little girl I knew anymore..." His hands covered his face in shame. Edea stood up. "yes, you're right. She isn't little Rinoa anymore... she's Sorceres Rinoa now. She has a heavy burden on her, she doesn't wants to get you involved... if not... she wouldn't have saved you just now. She wouldn't have called you 'Dad' just now... she is still your daughter, but she has changed... a lot." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Author's Sudden Note: Look... I hate interrupting u... but I just realised that I have mistook Caraway for Vinzer Deiling cuz tat name kept ringing in my mind...so sorry...really really sorry...i shall make the amendments now! Rinoa bang her fist onto the wall. Rinoa turned around and leaned on the wall, soon slumping onto the ground. Her hand ran across her hair. Ellone and Xu walked into the room. Rinoa looked at their worried faces and sighed. Why did everyone care so much about her? If no one cared about her, she would have nothing to hold her back from ending all the pain and misery by jumping off the Ragnarok. Ellone and Xu approached her, and kneeled down. "Are you feeling well?" Ellone asked, putting her palm on my forehead. "Yes, I just overreacted a bit... you all should have stayed inside," Rinoa said, pushing away Ellone's hand. Xu put both hands on her waist and shook her head. "Why can't you just control your emotions a little? Do you think rejecting your father with your own selfish reasons will leave him satisfied? General Caraway may have his mistakes in the past, but those were the past, Rinoa! Why can't you just learn to forgive and forget? Is that really so difficult? Throwing away your pride and dignity just to accept him? I want a father who would leave the world behind and die for me like General Caraway! But I know my wish will never come true! My parents are dead already! Learn to treasure them, Rinoa! Can't you just learn?!" Xu raged like a monsoon dragon. Her anger soon turned into misery. "My parents... they will...never...never come back alive! But you...you are different! You have a father who wants you to accept him... but I don't... I don't even have a father who wants to accept me! I don't!" Ellone comforted Xu, telling her to stop. If Rinoa suffered another outbreak like she did in Balamb that night, the Ragnarok might go out of control. Rinoa stared at the ground in stony silence. She wished the spot she was sitting on would break and she would fall and die. Or maybe she could be swallowed up by a huge wave and die. Anything was better than being humiliated by Xu. But she knew Xu was right. It was all about her pride and dignity. The man he had refused for her life, she just could not give in so easily. She never knew what was stopping her. Now she knew. It was her pride, her dignity. Ellone took Rinoa's palm and rubbed it. "We shan't bother you anymore. I believe you are capable of solving matters your own way. We are only here to guide you, not to make decisions for you. In the end," Ellone rested her other hand on Rinoa's chest. "Its still up to your heart." Ellone stood up and gestured Xu to return. Ellone followed suit, hoping a bit of quietness would let Rinoa see the real answer. Xu and Ellone entered the passenger's room. Caraway immediately turned to face them. "How's Rinoa?" Those were the first two words he said, without even a single hesitation when Ellone and Xu entered the room. Xu wanted to speak, but Ellone stopped her. Ellone started, "She's fine. I doubt she'll suffer another emotional outbreak. But she is in a state of mixed emotions now... I'm afraid..." Edea rose from her seat immediately. "You don't mean... " Ellone nodded her head. "Yes, from the state of her emotions now, she might suffer from Aloja Kaju." "Aloja Kaju... how did it happen?" Edea asked, eager to know the whole truth. "WHOA! Hold on a minute, you two sorceresses... what the hell is Aloja Kaju?" Zell stood up, his eyes flooded with curiosity. Ellone turned to Zell. "I'll try to explain. You see, Aloja Kaju is a Sorceress term of 'Twin Dreams'. It means that when a sorceress is in a state of mixed confusion, or has been through many traumas, she will start to fear to go through another tragedy, so she forces an emotion out of her to create another Rinoa, this emotion will receive all the sadness and fury, while the real Rinoa would enjoy its peacefulness. Usually, this change will take place when the real Rinoa is sleeping. Usually, having emotional outbreaks would be a hint of Aloja Kaju." Ellone turned back to face everybody. "People, we're facing a bigger crisis than we imagine." Quistis spoke up. "Bigger crisis? What do you mean by that?" Edea answered for Ellone. "Rinoa has been possessed by many great sorceresses before. If those sorceress have not fully left Rinoa, they will take this chance and control Rinoa's other emotion. We might face a greater enemy than Rinoa, Adel and Ultimecia combined. This is trouble." They didn't realized that behind those close doors were the very 'trouble' they were talking about. Rinoa leaned back to the door. "Trouble? My emotions? Ultimecia? Adel? Myself? Who am I? Why do another problem always occur to me when I think I've solved all my problems? Am I just a burden to them? Or am I just an emotional fool?" "Neither, darling..." Rinoa rose her head to see Edea smiling at her. "Aren't you supposed to be inside there? How did you...?" Edea moved towards Rinoa. "I am not what I am. I am not Sorceress Edea Kramer. I am your reason to live, your reason to love, your reason to hate, your reason to cry. I am the Crescen. The Queen of all Humanity. I have come to tell you the second part of the Sorceress Prophecies. But the real question is, are you ready to accept it? Are you ready to hear your fate? Is your heart willing to accept it? The Sorceress Prophecies will be just words if your inner heart refuses to accept it. Are you ready, Rinoa?" Rinoa held onto her necklace. "I... I... I am..." -End Of Chapter 2- ============= Author's Note ============= Well, I hope you've enjoyed my chapter two of A Reason To Love. I know its quite long too, but its pretty emotional, if you're feeling what I'm feeling now. I've just lost a friend, but I don't feel like losing that friend. Everyday I have to see his/her face but I can't tell him/her that I hate his attitude... maybe that's because he's my best buddy so far... I don't know... I'm so confuseeeeed ======== Credits ======== Jerome ---> I never wanted to write chapter 2 at first because of the huge mistake I made about Caraway's name. But Jerome encouraged me not to let it rot there... so here I have finished my chapter 2, working on a chapter 3 and a new fanfic with my own ideas and characters Squaresoft---> For producing such a great game...muah! Xenogears ---> This game has gave me an idea to write for this fanfic... for those Xenogears fan, I'm sure you will find my plot a bit familiar... Crescen... coward... split personality and stuff...hehe... You Readers ---> Thank you for reading my fanfic. Please give me your suggestions by emailing me at om3ga_online@yahoo.com or can find me on mIRC : Channel: #square, #nass, #teenzcafe, #nasco, #Heartless / Server: GalaxyNet / nickNAME: |i0|\|cRy (lioncry)