Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Late Some evening ❯ Late one evening ( Chapter 1 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Disclaimer: I dont own these characters or places
Authors note: I had very diferent plans for this originally. It was going to be a lemon. It still will be when i write the rest of it. In this story i make a few refrences to events in the storyline of ff6(ff3 in america) if you havent played it they might not make any sense
The airship had touched down beside Albrook. Setzer had long since gone to bed, along with almost everyone else. A single form lay reclined against the side of the ship, the pale moonlight illuminating her soft features and making her almost aqua colored hair seem more green then usual.
Terra sighed inwardly, lost in her own thoughts. Her thoughts were usually of her 'children' in Moblitz and her time there. Tonight however, her thoughts were on something very different. her thoughts were of a conversation she had on a ship to crescent island over a year ago.
The fates seemed to be able to read her mind as she saw a hint of movement near the stairs. A figure completely enshrouded in black cloth ascended the stairs onto the ships' deck.
"Shadow" his 'name' came to her lips without thought so softly that she would wonder if he had heard her had it been anyone else. But she knew he heard her say his name, as very little ever escaped his notice.
He turned on his heels and looked over at her with the same emotionless look that he always had in his eyes. 'There are many like me in this world who have killed their emotions' his words back then came to the front of her mind and she gestured beside her, indicating that he should come closer.
Shadow crossed the length of the deck in a few short strides, walking with that fluid motion of grace that he always walked. He stopped a foot from her and stood silently unmoving.
Terra pushed off the edge of the airship with an exasperated sigh. "Come closer so you can hear me."
Shadow knew that he could hear her much farther away and he knew that she knew this. Nonetheless he came a step closer.
"Do you remember a conversation we had a year ago, on the ship to Cresent Island?"
Shadow inclined his head slightly. "Yes."
Terra shifted her feet slightly. "Well..the search doesn't seem to be going very well. I know you told me it has to be something I find on my own.." she looked at Shadow and saw no reaction from him. "But I'm finding it hard to search on my own.." she continued nervously. "I thought I had found the meaning i was looking for in Moblitz. Those children there needed me. But that wasn't the sort of love I wanted I’m finding.." she looked at Shadow again. He stared back at her with his cold and dull brown eyes that showed no expression.
After several moments of silence Shadow spoke. "If you wanted someone to touch you, Edgar would..."
Terra waved her hands dismissively. "No no...not that..well...yes that is partially what I wanted. But I meant something that meant more. Edgar is nice I suppose but I don't feel anything for him and he kind of creeps me out."
Shadow seemed to contemplate this. "What you seek, you are not going to find it here. They are all lost in their own ideas...none of them could give you what you want."
"You assume you know what I want?" she moved to stand in front of him.
"You want someone to love you. actually feel something for you. And you want it to be a male. All of them down there, they care about you. But not in the way you want them to."
Terra stared at the tips of her boots. "What of you?"
Shadow didn't seem surprised by this. "I feel nothing. not anymore."
Terra lifted her head and looked at his eyes directly for the first time she could remember. "Did you love Relm's mother?"
Shadow flinched slightly. "How did you..."
"We all know. It's kind of easy to figure out."
Shadow half nodded. "Does Relm know?"
Terra shook her head slowly. "I'm not sure..but I doubt she does."
Shadow turned and started walking away.
"Answer the question." he felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned back to see Terra inches from him. "Did you love her?"
He turned his head to the side. "I never loved anyone."
Terra leaned inward until she felt him against her. "You just wont allow yourself. You are not incapable of it."
Shadow back up, almost causing Terra to fall forward before she righted herself. "Don't tell me what I am capable of. I told you before I killed my emotions."
she caught his forearm and curled her fingers around the dense fabric of his body suit. "But why? why did you kill your emotions?"
Shadow's mind flashed on a picture of Baram's face. He quickly shook his head several times to clear the image. "My reasons are my own."
"The others think you are just like this. That there is no emotion in you. but that one time when you told me about how I had to find love on my own. That was the only time I have seen you show anything resembling emotion. Why was it to me?"
Shadow sighed inwardly. He was growing tired of these mind games. Perhaps the truth would get this over with. "You have a quality to you. A kind of intriguing innocence...like you just don't know what to make of the world. Something about that made me want to say something to you."
Terra half smiled. "If you were anyone else I'd say you were attracted to me."
Shadow looked down. "I cannot be....I cannot care for anyone again."
Terra hesitantly touched the side of his covered face and lifted it to look at her own face. "Why...Because then you might get hurt? There is always that possibility but that is a part of it. With every chance at happiness there is the equal chance at the pain it can bring. But that is life, and without that pain, you aren't living." she lent her head forward and lay it along the side of his, brushing her cheek over his covered one. "I think you stopped living a long time ago.." she slid one arm past his midsection and lay it on his back, drawing him closer as she lay her other hand against his. She unconsciously picked at the cloth on the back of his hand with her fingernails. "When was the last time you felt the touch of human flesh? when was the last time anything touched your own skin?"
She smoothed her hand over the top of his knuckles and along his arm, over the expanse of his shoulder and along his neck, stopping at the edge of the fabric and sliding her fingers under it.
Shadow reached one hand up and grasped her wrist lightly. "I cannot.."
She pulled the fabric down and exposed the entirety of his face.
"I cannot do this.." his speech was cut off as he felt her soft velvety lips touch his own with such hesitation the he was sure she would pull away quickly. He felt her hand wrap around the abck of his head and draw him down with her. he figured she must have been leaning up on the balls of her feet. Very slowly he closed his eyes and relaxed, tilting his head and brushing his lips into hers. memories he had long since buried over twelve years ago came flooding back to him as he coaxed her lips open gently with his own. he felt her slim and delicate tongue slide along his own and he thought of his memories no more. There was only this young and seemingly not so innocent yet beautiful girl here with him.
Authors note: It's not over yet. Review and Ill continue it. either way ill probly continue it later whenever i feel like doing so, but reviews help with the motivation.
Authors note: I had very diferent plans for this originally. It was going to be a lemon. It still will be when i write the rest of it. In this story i make a few refrences to events in the storyline of ff6(ff3 in america) if you havent played it they might not make any sense
The airship had touched down beside Albrook. Setzer had long since gone to bed, along with almost everyone else. A single form lay reclined against the side of the ship, the pale moonlight illuminating her soft features and making her almost aqua colored hair seem more green then usual.
Terra sighed inwardly, lost in her own thoughts. Her thoughts were usually of her 'children' in Moblitz and her time there. Tonight however, her thoughts were on something very different. her thoughts were of a conversation she had on a ship to crescent island over a year ago.
The fates seemed to be able to read her mind as she saw a hint of movement near the stairs. A figure completely enshrouded in black cloth ascended the stairs onto the ships' deck.
"Shadow" his 'name' came to her lips without thought so softly that she would wonder if he had heard her had it been anyone else. But she knew he heard her say his name, as very little ever escaped his notice.
He turned on his heels and looked over at her with the same emotionless look that he always had in his eyes. 'There are many like me in this world who have killed their emotions' his words back then came to the front of her mind and she gestured beside her, indicating that he should come closer.
Shadow crossed the length of the deck in a few short strides, walking with that fluid motion of grace that he always walked. He stopped a foot from her and stood silently unmoving.
Terra pushed off the edge of the airship with an exasperated sigh. "Come closer so you can hear me."
Shadow knew that he could hear her much farther away and he knew that she knew this. Nonetheless he came a step closer.
"Do you remember a conversation we had a year ago, on the ship to Cresent Island?"
Shadow inclined his head slightly. "Yes."
Terra shifted her feet slightly. "Well..the search doesn't seem to be going very well. I know you told me it has to be something I find on my own.." she looked at Shadow and saw no reaction from him. "But I'm finding it hard to search on my own.." she continued nervously. "I thought I had found the meaning i was looking for in Moblitz. Those children there needed me. But that wasn't the sort of love I wanted I’m finding.." she looked at Shadow again. He stared back at her with his cold and dull brown eyes that showed no expression.
After several moments of silence Shadow spoke. "If you wanted someone to touch you, Edgar would..."
Terra waved her hands dismissively. "No no...not that..well...yes that is partially what I wanted. But I meant something that meant more. Edgar is nice I suppose but I don't feel anything for him and he kind of creeps me out."
Shadow seemed to contemplate this. "What you seek, you are not going to find it here. They are all lost in their own ideas...none of them could give you what you want."
"You assume you know what I want?" she moved to stand in front of him.
"You want someone to love you. actually feel something for you. And you want it to be a male. All of them down there, they care about you. But not in the way you want them to."
Terra stared at the tips of her boots. "What of you?"
Shadow didn't seem surprised by this. "I feel nothing. not anymore."
Terra lifted her head and looked at his eyes directly for the first time she could remember. "Did you love Relm's mother?"
Shadow flinched slightly. "How did you..."
"We all know. It's kind of easy to figure out."
Shadow half nodded. "Does Relm know?"
Terra shook her head slowly. "I'm not sure..but I doubt she does."
Shadow turned and started walking away.
"Answer the question." he felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned back to see Terra inches from him. "Did you love her?"
He turned his head to the side. "I never loved anyone."
Terra leaned inward until she felt him against her. "You just wont allow yourself. You are not incapable of it."
Shadow back up, almost causing Terra to fall forward before she righted herself. "Don't tell me what I am capable of. I told you before I killed my emotions."
she caught his forearm and curled her fingers around the dense fabric of his body suit. "But why? why did you kill your emotions?"
Shadow's mind flashed on a picture of Baram's face. He quickly shook his head several times to clear the image. "My reasons are my own."
"The others think you are just like this. That there is no emotion in you. but that one time when you told me about how I had to find love on my own. That was the only time I have seen you show anything resembling emotion. Why was it to me?"
Shadow sighed inwardly. He was growing tired of these mind games. Perhaps the truth would get this over with. "You have a quality to you. A kind of intriguing innocence...like you just don't know what to make of the world. Something about that made me want to say something to you."
Terra half smiled. "If you were anyone else I'd say you were attracted to me."
Shadow looked down. "I cannot be....I cannot care for anyone again."
Terra hesitantly touched the side of his covered face and lifted it to look at her own face. "Why...Because then you might get hurt? There is always that possibility but that is a part of it. With every chance at happiness there is the equal chance at the pain it can bring. But that is life, and without that pain, you aren't living." she lent her head forward and lay it along the side of his, brushing her cheek over his covered one. "I think you stopped living a long time ago.." she slid one arm past his midsection and lay it on his back, drawing him closer as she lay her other hand against his. She unconsciously picked at the cloth on the back of his hand with her fingernails. "When was the last time you felt the touch of human flesh? when was the last time anything touched your own skin?"
She smoothed her hand over the top of his knuckles and along his arm, over the expanse of his shoulder and along his neck, stopping at the edge of the fabric and sliding her fingers under it.
Shadow reached one hand up and grasped her wrist lightly. "I cannot.."
She pulled the fabric down and exposed the entirety of his face.
"I cannot do this.." his speech was cut off as he felt her soft velvety lips touch his own with such hesitation the he was sure she would pull away quickly. He felt her hand wrap around the abck of his head and draw him down with her. he figured she must have been leaning up on the balls of her feet. Very slowly he closed his eyes and relaxed, tilting his head and brushing his lips into hers. memories he had long since buried over twelve years ago came flooding back to him as he coaxed her lips open gently with his own. he felt her slim and delicate tongue slide along his own and he thought of his memories no more. There was only this young and seemingly not so innocent yet beautiful girl here with him.
Authors note: It's not over yet. Review and Ill continue it. either way ill probly continue it later whenever i feel like doing so, but reviews help with the motivation.