Nanaki's Journey: Chapter Two
by Lloyd Nahwegahbow
After a well deserved sleep Cloud got up and say that Nanaki and Seto weren’t there so
he looked out the window.
"Must have been up most of the night." Said Cloud, as he shook his head and walked to the
other end of the room to collect his gear.
Barret get up! Cloud yelled while standing beside his bed.
Barret woke with a start, and fell out of bed, Cloud sat back and laughed, Barret got to
his feet and pointed his shiny metallic gun-arm at Cloud, Do that again and you won’t be
lookin’ at this, cause you won’t have a head!
Calm down Barret, why do you have to take things so serious?! Cloud said trying to keep
from bursting into laughter.
Shudap, Why the Hell did you wake me up anyway?? Asked Barret with an angry
confused look on his face.
Well Barret I think we should be going but I doubt that Red will be coming with us right
now he’ll probably want to spend some time with his father. Cloud said while looking
toward the window.
Cloud and Barret get ready to leave and walk down the stars leading from the in to the
bar, “I’d like to try one of those Cosmo Candle’s” Barret said, Cloud just shrugged it off
and continued to walk, once out the door he was greeted by a groggy and weary Red XIII.
Well Once Barret is done his drink we’ll be leaving for home, I’m sure Tifa is worried
sick about us.
“Why don’t you stay awhile, I thought everyone was here?.” Said Red XIII
“I sent them back, Sorry pal, but I can’t and I guess your not coming home them. I’ll tell
everyone that you anted to stay here with your father...It’s been great having you with us
Red.”
I’m sure Tifa isn’t that worried.” Said Red XIII
“MMahan your reelly goanna halve too try oune of those” Barret slurred as he walked out
of the bar.
“Barret go and wait in the car I don’t want to have to drag your drunken ass out of here”
Said Cloud in a harsh voice.
“Well you can just .. Go to heel!, you spiky hared freek!” Yelled Barret in a drunken rage
as he walked to the car.
“See ya around Red, and you too Seto.” Cloud said as he waved goodbye and got in the
car with Barret.
Cloud and Barret drove towards his villa in Costa Del Sol. Upon arriving they were
greeted by Yuffie, Tifa, and Cait Sith, Cait Sith went around to the other side of the car
to pull Barret out but with no avail, so he just left him there hanging half out of the car.
“Where’s Red, Cloud??” Asked Tifa
“Ya where is that big old pussy cat??” Yuffie said backing up Tifa.
“He’s staying in Cosmo Canyon with his father.” Cloud said as he pushed his way past
Tifa and Yuffie, Cloud walked into his villa and sat down on the couch, “I miss him
already, he’s usually up on the couch with me watching tv, his soft fur his hot heavy body
leaning against me, while I scratch his ear, his purring distracting me,. it’s too quite here,
I miss him, everyone misses him even Cid probably, if he was here” Cloud thought to himself.
While back at Cosmo canyon Red was having the same problem, he missed all his
friends. “I wish they would have stayed a little longer father.”
“Well they had other things to attend to probably. Where is your younger brother Nanaki?
Why isn’t he here with you???” Ask Seto, intrusively.
“Br. Brother, I have a brother??? I never knew, grandfather never told me I had a
brother!” Gasped Nanaki,
“No they couldn’t have! They didn’t tell you! His name is Cyris, last time I saw him he
looked just you, you where both cubs back then Cyris is about 6 years younger than you.”
Nanaki is still in shock over the news as he tries to speak nothing comes out, he had a
brother a younger brother, but why did the others hide the truth from him why did they
hide it. Questions so many questions, he was getting dizzy his head was starting to hurt,
until he finally blacked out.
Awaking later that evening Nanaki got up and went to Burgenhagen’s lab, he went
through the notes, but found nothing on his brother, how come he didn’t remember him,
all he could draw was a complete blank, “I have a brother, a younger brother, where is
he, is he even alive?” Seto came into the room to see Nanaki laying on the floor all
stretched out, “Nanaki, I think I know where your brother, my son is.” Seto said.
“Where” Nanaki said springing to his feet. “Far away on an uncharted island, They say
there is an animal that looks like a lion but only with fire red fur on it, but you’ll only be
able to get there alone.” Said Seto.
Nanaki Gathered up his materia and his Limited moon headdress and ran to Rocket town
where the Highwind was, After talking to Cid he told him not to tell the others because
he had to go on his own.
Cid Flew Nanaki around the world looking for the island but they just couldn’t find it,
Nanaki was getting restless and Cid was getting irritated.
“Fuck This were going back to Rocket Town, fuck your brother!” Cid yelled.
“NO! I have to find my brother!” Nanaki was very persistent he kept at it until Cid agreed
to go around a couple more time, and lucky for Red it didn’t take them muck more to
find it. The island was situated in the top right hand corner of the map, there was no
landing space so Cid got as close as he could to the island and Red jumped off.
“Cid wait around the other island over there I’ll cast a fire spell into the air when I need
you to pick me up.” Red yelled up into the lower deck of the Highwind where Cid was
standing.
“Sure thing Pup” Cid yelled back
Nanaki looked at Cid with an angry look “Pup, Who does he think he’s calling a Pup!” he
mumbled under his breath. Nanaki looked at his surrounding there was a small forest to
the west was what looked like a cave to the east, north was a swamp, and to the south a
desert. “I think I’ll try the Cave first” he said under his breath then sighed as he walked to
the cave.
Red entered the cave the green light filled the cave there where three tunnels but they
didn’t lead anywhere, he could see the end of each tunnel, the middle tunnel however is
where the green light emanated from, it was a liquid, a green translucent liquid, it
appeared to be speaking to him drawing him to it.
The Voice was strangely familiar, it was a women’s voice, as he listened to it he realized
who it was, it was his mother. She spoke to him although his ears cold not hear her his
mind could, he stepped into the pool and it seemed to grab him and pull him deeper he
struggled to get free but it only grew tighter.
The pool pulled him into it, in the back of his mind images flashed, revealing memories
of him and his brother, some good some bad, but he didn’t care he wanted them all, but
one memory in particular caught his attention, his brother and him where playing when
Cyris called out to someone, “Ramus! Ramus come here!” his brother yelled. Who was
Ramus, the pictures cleared in his head reviling another of Nanaki’s race. This seemed
odd to him, why where him and his brother separated if they got along so well and
Ramus was another puzzle by himself.
The memories stopped and he found himself strapped on his side to a cold metal table,
with a bright light shining in his eyes, he struggled to get free but it was no use. A
scientist walked into the room holding a syringe and a scalpel, a tray sits beside the table
on a metal arm on it are horrific instruments, Nanaki tries once again to break free but
the scientist jabs the needle into his upper left forearm, The liquid courses through his
veins slowly paralyzing him.
The scientist grinned widely as Nanaki become immobile, then picked He up an electric
razor and shaved away a patch of Nanaki’s fur just below his left ear, Nanaki felt the
cold metal of the scalpel as it sliced through his tender flesh. The pain was surreal,
unable to move all he could do was scream in pain, he could feel the blood running down
his neck, the scientist sutured him up after he was done, the pain was so extreme it was
becoming numb, we wished he was dead, . The razor was once again placed to his fur
this time he shaved Nanaki’s chest fearing what would come next he clenched his teeth
and closed his eyes tight, again he felt the scalpel pressed hard against his skin, then
dragged across it as his skin was being cut, blood trickled down the naked flesh it was too
much for him bear and he passed out.
In a flash Nanaki was back in the lifestream, no wounds no pain, everything was the
same it had been before. “Nanaki what you experienced really did happen as well as may
other things, we tell you this because they did this too your brother as well, what you saw
and felt happened to both of you, It erased parts of your memory.” The voice faded and
he was deposited back on shore but it wasn’t in the cave it was in a forest, the forest to
the east of the cave.
“WOW that was intense” Nanaki said shaking it off. I hope I find my brother, “CYRIS!
CYRIS! WHERE ARE YOU!” Nanaki walked in the woods, calling for Cyris but found
nothing. Coming to the edge of the woods Nanaki figures he would try the swamp, Upon
entering the swamp he heard voices, 2 male voices, he ran towards them and when he
found them what the voices where coming from he gasped, it was 2 of his own species.
“Ramus, do you think that the lifestream is right? do you think I have a brother, and if I
do why can’t I remember him??”, Cyris was looking a little sad, ears back tail curled
around him, he lay in a field, in the middle of the swamp.
“Well Cyris, I think the lifestream is right, it’s never lied to us before has it? Ramus
walked over to Cyris and sat beside him, Ramus looked only a few years older than Cyris
“I can’t remember either.”
“Well I do now I remember you Cyris, but you I can’t recall you” Nanaki said stepping out from behind the reeds, Cyris and Ramus took offensive stances, and prepared to attack.
“Cyris I am your brother, my name is Nanaki, Come with me to the lifestream” Nanaki, said. “You. Your my brother? I can’t believe this! ” Cyris said ears perked forward looking over Nanaki he saw the tattoo “XIII” on him, His fear faded away, “Your number 13, I’m 15 and Ramus is 14, I am your brother!” Nanaki looked at the tattoos on Ramus and Cyris he smiled but at the same time he was sad to learn that Ramus had undergone the same thing he had.
Cyris and Ramus went with Nanaki to the cave in which the lifestream was, and told Ramus and Cyris to step into it, they did as he said and where engulfed by the green glowing liquid, Nanaki followed them. Ramus and Cyris where shown the same thing that Nanaki was shown, they felt the same pain the same fear, their memories where unlocked.
After awakening, Cyris and Ramus where shocked, they remembered almost everything, but there where still gaps in there memory. “It will all come back to you in time, lets go you should rest, I’ll signal Cid tomorrow and he can take us to Cosmo Canyon in the morning”
Morning came quickly for Nanaki, he signaled for Cid, the fireball erupted in the sky Cyris and Ramus coward Nanaki had not told them he could use magic, and Ramus and Cyris had never seen magic. Nanaki explained it to them, about materia and the ancients as the Highwind flew over head and dropped a rope ladder down for them. Nanaki urged Cyris and Ramus first, then he casually climbed the ladder himself.
“Wow, I’ve never seen anything like it, have you Ramus?” Exclaimed Cyris ecstatically.
“No I haven’t Cyris, never” Said Ramus
“Well why don’t I show you the main deck, it’s a great view” Cid said
Nanaki turned and walked away, heading for the flight deck, the one his grandfather loved so much.
“Aren’t you coming Nanaki??” Cyris asked, Nanaki sent them on ahead.
Nanaki sat down on the deck, he loved the way the cool air blew threw his hair, the smell’s and most of all the feeling of freedom.
“Well I see you have found your brothers, I have hoped that this would never happen you, but now, Now it has come to this.”
Nanaki opened his eye and swung himself around, he stared in disbelief . “Gr.
grandfather your back from your trip. I’m so glad to see you but what do you mean, it has come to this??” Nanaki asked ears perked.
“I must destroy you Nanaki, you weren’t ever supposed to know of your brother, we tried to tell convince Seto it was for your own good but he didn’t understand he wanted to tell you so we sent to fight the Gi but we orchestrated it all, we erased part of his memory and had the Gi turn him to stone, but now he is alive and he remembers it all, and now he has condemned you to death. Now close your eyes Nanaki, it will only be a second.” Said Burgenhagen
“No grandfather what are you saying this can’t be true, why! WHY!” Nanaki was feeling
hurt his grandfather and mother, everyone had betrayed him, “You’re not my grandfather,
my grandfather would never do anything to hurt me!!!” Nanaki yelled at him in despair.
“Oh but I am Nanaki, I am” he said in a deep voice as he got ready to attack.
“NO!” CID, ANYONE HELP!!!!” Nanaki yelled and dashed towards the stairs, but a
beam of light stops him in his tracks he again can’t move, the beam is coming from
Burgenhagen, it lifted him into the air and brought him towards Burgenhagen.
“Please grandfather let me go.” Nanaki asked him.
“Well I won’t destroy you but I will take your soul, then I’ll take your body.”
“NO YOU CAN’T” he screamed once again but Burgenhagen didn’t care
Cid heard Nanaki yelling and he, Cyris and Ramus ran to see what has happening. “What
are doing! get your scrawny ancient ass of my plane!” Cid yelled, Distracted he did not
have time to finish the spell, he dropped Nanaki as Cid charged him with his spear,
Burgenhagen vanished.
“Nanaki are you ok???” Asked Cyris, but Nanaki didn’t answer him, he was unconscious.
Nanaki awoke very late into the night, his eyes glazed over and expressions less, he got
up and jumped off of a medical bed in the newly added infirmary on the Highwind,
dazed and confused me stumbled into a wall, His brother who was also sleeping in with
him in the room was awoken.
“Nanaki your awake, are you ok?” Nanaki looked back at Cyris the vacant look in
Nanaki’s eye’s startled him, it was like looking at a zombie.
Then all of a sudden the emptiness in his eyes was filled with fear, Cyris saw this and
attempted to get close to Nanaki to try and calm him, he walk over to him, and Nanaki
jumped back and hit his brother across the face with his paw leaving a trail of blood.
Cyris sobbed in pain, Nanaki relaxed what he did the fear he felt was gone and for the
moment to was back to himself, he want over to his brother and cleaned his wounds, the
rough tongue scraping across the fresh wound hurt, but somehow felt reassuring, it made
him feel safe.
Nanaki stopped and backed away, his eyes rolled back into his and he fell to the ground.
“DOCTOR COME QUICK!” Cyris was beginning to panic, the doctor ran into the room,
and with his assistants help he picked up Nanaki and placed him back on the bed.
“Do you know what’s wrong yet??” Cyris asked worriedly
“Well we don’t know what’s wrong but there are better equipped a Midgar maybe they
can do something there. Those are some nasty wounds Cyris come here and let me see
them, you want me to cure those for you??”
“No thanks, they’ll heal on their own, and besides I have to go talk to Cid.”
On the bridge Ramus ran to Cyris noticing the open wounds on his face he asked how he
got them, he told Ramus about Nanaki’s strange behavior and when to talk to Cid.
“Cid can you take up Mi umm Migdar??” asked Cyris
“You mean Midgar??”
“Ya that’s it can you take me there and Nanaki there?”
“Sure. Why? asked Cid
“Well I want to talk to the doctors there to see if they can find out what’s wrong with my
brother,”
“I’ll have to get Cloud for one, he can get you in there no problem.” Said Cid getting out
his Cell phone, and dialing clouds number.
“Hi Tifa can I talk to Cloud??”
“Hi Cid, why do you want Cloud?”
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