The System Still going on? (Book two)

[Rena Rose]

The System, Still Going Strong?
By Ryoko of Death

Chapter One The Trap

She looked up this was her big chance. Moira walked towards the doors and pulled it open. Moira daughter of Jasmine Harding and Bobby Sanders, she had grown up to be exactly like them. The charm of her father, the grace of her mother, the temper of them both. That wasn't her strong point, her anger would always get the best of her. Moira stared at the corridor wondering if she should or shouldn't do this. It was her big chance to become an actress. Her mother suddenly ran towards her. "Moira!"
She turned "Huh? Mom what are you doing here?" she asked
"I wanted to wish you good luck"
"Thanks." She hugged her and walked into the room. But somehow she knew, that this wasn't going to be very good. The doors slamed shut behind her. She turned around quickly and suddenly looked around the room.
Jasmine bangged on the doors trying to get in. "NO OPEN THIS DOOR! MOIRA!" she cried out. Bobby came up behind her.
"Jasmine?" he touched her shoulder
"She's trapped in there Bobby!" She said looking at him "My hunch was right! I knew this was a trap!"
"There's only one hope now. We have to call Celes and Zero. They can help us break through the doors." he said as he reached into his pocket. He took out the phone and pressed Celes' number.
"Celes we need you and Zero's help"
"Alright what do you need Bobby-Chan?" she asked as Zero walked up behind her
"Moira is traped in the other room. We can't break through the doors. If we use our power we could possably hurt her." he said a very distinct, deep voice reeping with slight anger.
"Alright we'll be there in two shakes and a bat of an eyelash" she said as she hung up the phone
"Jasmine they're on their way here." he looked towards where she was. She was on the ground an aura around her."Jasmine?" he was puzzeled
Her eyes widened blood leeking from past wounds.
"Uh oh that ain't good..." he started as her aura seemed to push him back "Celes and Zero better get here soon, before she destroies the building and everyone in it"
Meanwhile inside the room Moira stood, looking, watching. A figure with long black hair steped out of the shadows. "I'm glad you came" The woman said
"Who are you? What do you want?" she asked she was a bit scared.
"I am Sable, hier to the earth kingdom. And you my dear girl are the hier to the sky kingdom, for that you must die." She said her purple eyes pieced into Moira's soul.
"Me? Hier to a throne, proposterious!"
"Well 'tis true you are. Yes, unfortunatly you had to be born of that wretch, Jasmine"
"Don't you dare talk about my mother like that!" Her anger was building. She loved her mother with all her heart. Jasmine was the only one who truly understood her. "You take that back witch!" she was ready to kill her
"Oh! I'm so scared!" she said sarcaticly. The ironicness reeping in her words
"Oh you should be! As soon as my mother and father come through that door you'll be in big trouble!"
"Well I don't know about your father, but I definatly know about your mother. You see as we speak she is trying to use her power. Unfortunatly for her all her old wounds are reopening. By the time you get out of here she would have bled to death" Sable said a smile forming.
"What do you mean reopening?" She was confused and that didn't happen too often
"That door is protected by black magic. Which means as she tries to use her own magic against it, well I can only say one thing... she won't last very long." Sable laughed
Moira couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her anger had gotten to it's peak. "You'll pay if she dies!"
As they spoke Jasmine bled unable to control her own anger. Bobby kneeled next to her trying to xstop the bleeding. For some unknown reason Jasmine wasn't feeling this at all. All until a major wound returned. Jasmine's eyes widened the same exact wound that she had received from that monster, otherwise known as Cajin. The wound that had killed her. Her heart was deminishing.
Bobby's eyes widened "Jasmine! No this can't be happening again" He screamed he himself was now at the peak of his anger. She was dying again, but this was somehow more painful then the first time. "Jasmine hang on please"
Moira heard her father scream out. She turned back towards the door. "Oh and one little fact about the magic." Sable said
"What?"
"Her pain is tripled from that of the first time they were issued to her."
Moira turned back to look at Sable "I have no choice now. I didn't want to do this at all, but it seems that I have to. I am Earth I am Sky." She began to chant
Sable looked at her with an eyebrow raised. 'What the hell?'
"I am Earth, I am Sky, I am Earth, I am Sky with the two you will die." she continued a blue-green aurora around her.
Bobby heard the chant and his eyes suddenly widened. He closed them "Jasmine..." He collapsed next to her. He held her body as he himself gave all his life energy to his daughter. He finally realized what Jasmine had planed. Jasmine had given her life to Moira so she could beat whatever was in there with her.

Chapter Two A New Enemy, a New Choosen One, and a New Help

Moira stood infront of Sable. Her green eyes set with determination. Moira knew her mother and father had just died to help her. She would not fail them, like she failed to save her uncles.
"So up for a fight little girl?"
"Always" Moira reached to her back and drew a sword. It appeared out of no where. Moira looked at Sable an icy gaze that would pierce into anyone's soul. She knew that Sable didn't have a soul. "Lets go right now." She said ready to lunge the sword into Sable.
"Alright" Sable ran towards her planing on raming into her.
She was ready for her. Moira lunged the sword into Sable's stomach. Sable disapeared
"I'll be back! You might have won this round but you won't win the next."
Moira fell to her knees droping the sword. A figure suddenly came out of the shadows. His feature light and handsome. His hair the color of dark blues and greens. He walked up to her and kneeled next to her. "You ok?" he asked his voice had the ability to melt any ice cold heart.
She looked at him a slight look of adoration in her eyes. 'Man he is cute!' she thought slightly "Yeah I'm ok." she replied
"You have to get out of here fast" he said a look of worry on his taned face
"Why?"
He sighed not wanting to explain why "Sable's shadow wariors are here waiting to attack"
"Then why don't they attack now"
"As long as I'm here they won't attack. You see I am Jared Anderson, Sable's son."
She didnt think it was possible. "If you're her son, how can I trust you? How do I know you won't turn on me at some point?"
"Don't worry the only person I'm turning on is my mother." He stood and held out his hand to her.
She took it and stood up. His grip on her hand was light and protecting. She for the first time in her life felt safe with someone other than her parents. They looked into eachother's eyes. They moved closer to eachother ready to kiss. When he snapped out of it "We have to go now"
She sighed "OK lead the way"
He ran off practically dragging her behind. The two ran into a field of fresh flowers. He stopped taking in a few breaths. He fell back and layied in the field. His body in a bit of pain.
She sat next to him and simply stared at the city. "Wow...the view here is beautiful."
"I go here all the time. It stared when my mom decided to find the choosen one and her family..." he trailed off suddenly feeling bad
She looked down "Why'd you choose me over your mother?"
"I find her ways a bit un-nerving, and plus I've been watching you. I kinda always thought, why would anyone want to hurt someone as beautiful as you" he trailed off again watching her blush
Her brown hair flowing in the wind, her sky blue eyes showing a bit of embarasment, she looked over to him and smiled. "You think I'm cute, not beautiful. No guy thinks a girl is beautiful, trust me" her past views on men getting the best of her. She stood and started to walk off
Jared stood up "You only think that because your last boyfriend said that to you, and he broke up with you. So now you think all guys are like that don't you?"
She stopped walking and looked down. What he was saying was true. That was the only reason she thought of men as the scum of the earth.
"I'm right aren't I?" he walked over to her "Moira you shouldn't think of men that way. Not all of us are like that. Some of us would rather die to save someone like you"
She felt herself wanting to cry he was hitting the soft point, her weakness. She started to walk off and suddenly broke into a run.
"MOIRA!" he had to protect her. The future of this world depended on her and on him to help her. He ran after her. Jared caught up and tackled her. He turned her around only to see her tear stained face. He sat up on her "Now don't run again ok?"
She was ready to kick him. She looked at him "Why do you care?"
"Because you're the only one who can save this world now Moira, an' Ah wanna help" his southern accent was getting the best of his speach
She looked at him and laughed at his accent "Ah reckon you ain't got anyother choice huh?" Her voice acting lessons surley payed off
He looked at her and realized his accent had returned "Oh darnit Ah can't hide from my own state. No matter where Ah go it jist goes off"
She laughed again "Jist calm down Jared"
"Awww ya think that's funny don't cha?" He leaned in
She kept laughing unaware of what he had in mind. "Yeah Ah thinks it's funny"
He closed his eyes and kissed her. She blinked and closed her eyes alowing him to kiss her. She wrapped her arms around his neck. His hands traveling down her back, the fingers tracing every curve of her body. She pushed him away noticing something up above. It was his mother. "****! This ain't good!" he cried out as got up. He held out his hand and pulled her up. They ran off to hide.

[Rena Rose]

Chapter three Sable's Revenge?

They ran into an allyway. Jared looked up and sighed in relief. "You ok?"
"Yeah just peachy" She said gasping for breath. She put her jacket on the floor. She didn't realize that Sable's shadow warriors were there with them until it was too late. Five shadow warriors attacked them. The largest throwing her into a brick wall.
"MOIRA! Go away beast I command you all!" he said angerly
"We do not obey you any longer. You are not our master to command" They said the evilness visable
Sable walked into the allyway and grinned "So my son you actually care for this, this what's that word? Mongrul? Yes that's it the perfect word for her." She said looking at the girl who was recouperating. "Son you are a tratior! A tratior to our cause and a tratior to me! For that you must die! But, since you are my son I will give you a second chance. In this chance to redeem yourself you must kill her and wipe her blood on the wall." Sable said a smirk playing on her red lips her long hair blowing in the wind.
"Ah was never apart of YOUR cause therefore Ah'm not a tratior. As for the second chance Ah don't need it. Ah'm perfectly happy being who Ah am, and that is your disowned son" he smiled and helped Moira up "You ok Moira?" he said as he checked her over
"Yeah I'll live. Honto ne Jared?" She said looking at him
"Ah'm jist fine sugah" He smiled 'Ah'll be better when lil oh mama dies' he thought to himself
Moira thought 'Shadow, shadow how to deafeat shadows? Come on think Mom must have told me' she suddenly remebered 'AHA! Light! Figures that's the easiest way!' she thought 'But these shadows are differant from the picture dad showed me.'
"Ashame Jared, you could have ruled the world. Well my shadows ATTACK! As for me I'm leaving to the castle underworld" Sable said walking away
'*****' Moira thought to herself. The shadows lunged at them. She rolled over to her jacket and took out the large gun. "TAKE A TASTE OF THIS SHADOWS!" She loaded a flare into the barrel and shot it at them. The red gems on their forheads disenigrated. They desoved before their eyes. "Yes! I was right!" She jumped for joy.
He blinked amazed that they were destroyed so quickly. "Wow"
She smiled "Now do ya think we should get out of here?" He nodded as she took his hand in hers. "Good come one we can take our time."
They walked out of the ally hand in hand. "Moira, where am Ah gonna go now?" he asked
"Well, hey come on I've got some place we could both stay" She pulled them in the direction of Celes and Zero's place. "I've got some friend's that'll surely help us"
There was an explusion near the house "Yikes! What's goin' on?" Jared asked
"I don't know there's only one way to find out!" Moira said as she ran towards the building
There they were fighting off a couple of shadows. Celes froze a couple of them, but they broke out of the ice. Zero had burned them, but that didn't seem to work. Moira loaded the flare in the gun again. "HEY! SHADOW CREEPS OVER HERE!" she drew as much attention to herself as possible.They lunged towards her and attacked her not caring. Most of them attacked Jared which made Moira angry. "I SAID OVER HERE!"
Jared unknowingly used a power that he never knew he had. He was letting off a hi pitched siren which disabled half of them. His right eye glowed emitting a light that destroyed the ones that were disabled. He collapsed, now it was up to her.
She shot out the flare killing the rest of them. Moira ran towards Jared. She shook him awake "Hey southern boy, that was kinda cool"
He smiled and pulled her towards him. He kissed her. "Thanks fer the complement luv"
She smiled her face turning red. Celes and Zero walked up behind them. "Hey Moira we were just going to save you, where's your mum and dad?" Celes asked
Moira helped Jared up and looked at Celes. "They're dead..."
"Wha?" Zero was confused
"They died giving me their life force so I could be stronger so I could fight that wretched Sable" She said
"Wha? Did you just say Sable?" Celes asked
"Yes"
"Oh man I know her! We used to quarrel in school a long time ago. I heard she had a son" Celes said
"Yeah she did" Jared said
"I wonder who he is" Zero said
"Well you're looking at him"
"Huh?" Celes and Zero said both confused
"Ah'm Sable's son, tho' Ah don't like to admit it." Jared said looking down
"Jared... she's in your past now don't worry about it" Moira said
"I'm Celes Lorona and this is my bro Zero"
"Yo" Zero said looking down
"So what are you guys here for?" Celes asked
"I wanna know if he can stay here just for awhile." Moira said taking glances at Jared
"Yea sure." Celes said giving a glance to her brother.
"Thank ya Miss Celes" Jared said his southern accent and manners making Moira like him more.


Chapter Four Confrontation of the Fifth Kind

She couldn't sleep. Moira tossed and turned uncontrolably until she sat up. "OK what's wrong with ya girl?" She asked herself. She could feel evil around but she didn't know why. She picked up the phone at the side of the bed, and dialed the number to Jared's room. He picked up the phone
"Hello?" his voice was groggy.
"Hi Jared! I can't sleep, I hope I didn't wake you."
"No, no it's ok Ah can't sleep either mes ami."
"That's a relief..." she started but was suddenly cut off the phone line. "What the...? What just happened?" She clicked the reciever a couple of times. "Damnit still no tone" She hung it up.
Jared's eyes widened at the disconection. He called her again. 'I'm sorry but the number you have dialed is either disconnected or no longer exists' the machine told him over and over again "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" he hung up the phone and got out of bed. He put his pants, and shoes on. He opened the window not wanting to wake up Celes and Zero. Jared climed out and hopped onto his motercycle. He drove off in the direction of Moira's place.
Moira got out of bed the blue satan nightgown clinging to her body. She put on the matching slipers and looked around the room. "What is going on?" Just as Jared arrived Moria was grabbed from behind. She screamed for help.
Jared came in through the open window "Moira? Where are ya sugah?" he looked around as his eyes adjusted to the darkness. "Moira?"
She bit the hand holding her mouth "Jared! Help me!" She got her hand free and reached for the light switch. The light engulfed the room revealing Moira and a monster five times bigger than Jared.
"Holy mother! That thing's huge!" Jared fell back amazed
It's firey eyes stared at Jared piecing into his soul. "I'm not here to play games boy" it was talking through Moira, for it knew not the languages of earth.
"What?" Jared was now confused
"I'm here to collect specimens from this planet that you call earth"
"Ah now Ah see ya think you can come here an' take any thin' ya like eh? Well not likely not wit' me on watch. An' Ah definatly won't allow ya t' take her from me." his right eye glowed as he emitted the hi pitched sound. He sent a blast flying towards the alien force. It let her go.
She crawled over to Jared and stood next to him "Thanks Jare...I owe you a BIG one."
"Don't worry 'bout it mes ami" he knew french was a romance language, but he didn't realize how powerful it could be when it came to women. She touched his cheek making him turn towards her. He blinked "What's wrong?"
"I mean I owe you big time now Jared bigger than I ever had to owe you before" She kissed his lips gently.
The alien got up once again and looked at them 'Is this how humans act?' it asked itself. <I want that specimen back!> it yelled out it's voice being translated.
"Oh man that ain't good. It's still alive. Look man take a hike! Go t' some other planet! Or better yet go t' the underworld my ex-mother should be down there she'd be a good specimen that you could use. Ya can tear her up int' little pieces."
<Underworld? How dost one get to the underworld?>
"There's a portal not to far from here you'll never miss it" he said
The alien left accidentily turning off the light. Moira looked at Jared and kissed his cheek.
He turned to her "You ok mes ami?" he asked her.
"Yes I'm fine Jared." She said looking at him
He placed his hands on her waist and felt the satan under his finger tips. He smiled at how soft it was to him. "Moira Ah have a little confession t' make"
"Oh and that would be?"
"Ah love you, ever since the day Ah saw ya" he smiled and leaned in on her kissing her passionatley on the lips.
"I love you too Jared." She rested her head on his chest and smiled.
He held her close to him "Ah love you so much" he held her in the moonlight. His lips touching her forehead. "You gonna be ok here alone?"
"I think so Jared I should be"
He sighed "Ah ain't leavin' you alone wit' that type of attitude." he smiled
"Oh ok so ya sayin' ya wanna stay huh, bad boy?" She smiled
"Heh maybe that's the problem?"
"Naw, no problem at all. Just you want to stay an' all, which doesn't atter to me if ya do"
He started to turn red "Ah'll stay then" he grinned at her.
She kissed him.

[Rena Rose]

Chapter Five A New Discovery

Moira laied in bed her body engulfed by the velvetine covers, Jared sleeping next to her. She opened her eyes still unable to believe what just happened. She felt weird, for the first time she felt the pleasure and pain of love, but yet again she was happy. Moira was with the one she loved. 'Jared I love you so much.' she thought as she wrapped her arms around his sleeping form.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at her. He smiled 'She's so beautiful' he thought as he played with her soft hair.
She suddenly looked up at him and smiled.
"Mornin' sugah, how'd ya sleep?" he asked his eyes shinning with happiness.
"Fine, and you my love?" she asked, kissing his chest.
He smiled "Very well, but..." he started
"But what?"
"I woke up even better." He grinned at her as he kissed her forehead.
She smiled "I'm glad," she started as she looked at the clock "OH MY GOD!"
"What? What is it Moira?"
"Celes checks the rooms in the morning to wake people up. This ain't good Jare."
"Uh oh..." he started as a look of fear of Celes showed on his face, even his fear of Zero. "If they find out I was with you the whole night..." he gulped "They'll kill me!"
"Don't worry Jared, they won't kill you as long as I'm around." She held him close to her.
Meanwhile at the Lorona Estates, Celes was knocking on everyone's room door and waking them up for breakfast. As all this was going on Jared snuck in through the window of his room and laied in his bed. Celes opened his door and shook him 'awake'. "Yo time for breakfast Jared."
He groaned slightly and opened his eyes. He was lucky he got there in time or else Celes would have had a fit if she caught him. "Ok..." he said in a 'tired' voice.
Celes left and closed the door leaving him in his room.
He sighed deeply and picked up the phone. He dialed Moira's number.
"Hello?"
"Hey babe"
"Hi Jared did you get caught?"
"Nope came in clean."
"Good..." she started before Sable suddenly appeared infront of her. "Jared can...can you come back here and fast?"
"Huh why?" he asked all of a sudden he heard her scream in pain. 'Moira! Oh no what's going on!?' he ran out the door of his room.
Celes stopped him "where you going?"
"I can't explain but it's urgent" he ran off knowing something had happened to Moira. He drove off on his motorcycle.
Moira looked at Sable angerliy. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Came to tell you the truth about Jared."
"What truth?"
"Jared's your brother Moira, his father is your father..."
"No! You're lying to me!"
"No this is something that is all too true." Sable said.
Just then Jared had gotten to the house again and climbed through the open window. His eyes widened. "SABLE! What are you doing here?" He went over to Moira and held her tightly.
"Just telling her the truth about you."
"Truth?" Jared was confused
"Yes the truth that you are her brother."
"Naw that ain't possible! Ah'm not her brother."
"Stop deniying it Jared you are her brother."
"No! Ah won't except that!" he held a crying Moira closer to him.
Moira was gasping for breath he was holding her too tight. "Jared....I can't breathe"
He looked at her "Opps sorry" he lessened his grip. "Better?"
"Yes..." she said looking at him. She was still naked under the covers.
He stared at her body and gulped. He was getting hot now. "Moira, had no time to put something on?" he asked her staring at her not able to stop himself.
Sable grinned "Lust for your own sister?"
"She's not my sister!" he threw a blast a Sable sending her back into the the neather world. "You don't believe her do you?"
"Why would I?" she asked staring down in between them. She looked back up at him "I mean my father loved only my mother."
He smiled "I glad you don't believe her." he kissed her

Chapter 6 Something to Believe In

He always gave her something to believe in. Being with him was a blessing to her. She finally had love a good kind of love. A love that the both of them needed. She looked up at him he had blasted her into a wall. They were training. "Heh good shot luv"
"Thank you" he said about to damage her more
She disapeared. Her voice boomed above "You'll have to do a lot better than that" She reapeared behind him. "ICY KISS" he froze and she wrapped her arms around his icy body.
His eyes turned to look at her "Good one but more than my outer body is gonna freeze. Like my manhood?" he muttered to her
"Oh sorry! I wouldn't want that to happen!" She thawed him out by giving his icy form a kiss.
He sighed "Thanks."
"I wouldn't want you to ..... loose your manhood" she grinned
He smiled than put his hands to her neck "Should have kept me frozen" he choked her
"NO!" she screamed than suddenly woke up to the sound of birds chirping outside her window and the warm afternoon sun on her face. "Man one nightmare after another. What the hell is going on?" She got out of bed and walked down the hall. She had taken a nap seeing how she was so tired and vunerable.
Jared came running up from behind and grabbed her twirling her in circles "Hey sunshine glad your up now" he put her down gently
She turned to him and smacked him "Don't you ever do that!" she screamed
"Wha' Ah do now? Ah didn't mean anythin' by it Moira." he said rubbing his reddened cheek.
She looked away "I'm sorry Jared I'm just a little jumpy"
'Valentine's day is tommorow' he thought a smile forming on his face "Jumpy why?"
"I've been having nightmares involving you killing me"
"Wha! How's that possible? Ah'd never kill you Moira!"
"I know it's just scaring me a lot" she said looking down
He pulled her into his arms and kissed her. He pulled her chin up for her to look at him. "Look Moira Ah love you. Ah'd never hurt you."
"Yeah I know Jare... I love you too" she laied her head on his chest.
Later that night Moira laied in bed wondering if he remebered that Valentine's day was the next day. She fell asleep wondering what was to come to her. The next morning she woke up to a white rose and a note. She smiled 'He did remember' She read the note "Look outside?" She did as told only to see a man holding a package. 'He goes a little far doesn't he?' she went outside and signed for the package and brought it back into the house. Moira opened the package. Her eyes widened "OH MY GOD! I can't believe he got it!" she stared at the cartoonist set that she had wanted so she could make up that comic for Celes and Zero's birthday. There was another note. She read "Go to our favorite spot there you'll find something you really love" She quickly got dressed in a baby blue tank top and a black mini skirt. she walked over to the field that he had taken her the day they met. She stopped near the tree in which they carved their initals into. Moira looked down to find another note and a white rose. She sat down and picked them up. She read "Look up?" She looked up and there he was. In a white Armani suit a dozen red roses in his hand. He jumped down. Moira smiled and pulled him over to her.
He grined "Happy Valentine's Day Moira." He kissed her and gave her the roses.
She hugged him "Happy Valentine's Day Jared"
"Moira Ah've got something else for you" he said fixing himself to one knee.
"What is it?" she asked her curiosity getting to her
He reached into his pocket and took out a small velvet ring box "Moira think this through a bit before you answer me ok?" She nodded and he went on "Moira will you...will you marry me?" She gave him more than what he expected in her response.
She threw her arms around him and kissed him ever so passionatly. He kissed her back with the same force. "Yes I'll marry you Jared!" she said this made her happy. She kissed him again making them both fall over. Then she heard a familiar voice. She looked up.
There was Celes hanging onto Cloud's arm holding a rose in her hand and her head resting on his chest. Cloud was smiling brightly as they walked together in the morning sun. His arm wrapped around her waist.
In the other direction near the stream Zero was with Aisha holding her close. He was smiling happily at her. Giving eachother sweet kisses. Zero played with her soft white hair her head in his lap as she looked at him lovingly.
Moira looked back at Jared and let him sit back up, to let him see the other couples. She laied her head on his shoulder and he held her close. "Moira this field is known as The Field of Lovers. Legend has it that mostly every couple who's been here has married." She looked at him and sighed. He stood up and helped her up. "Ah found something here earlier" he lead her to the other side of the tree.
"What did you find?" she asked she did want to know.
"Look at this" he pointed at the initals on the other side of the tree.
"B.S & J.H" Moira read than realized something "Those are my parent's initals" her fingers traced the markings "Bobby Sanders and Jasmine Harding... whoa. That means they used to hang with one another at this same spot!"
He kissed her cheek "If your parents were here and they eventually got married that must mean that we're following in their footsteps." he smiled and kissed her again.
"Yea you're right Jare." She wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at him.
"Ah love you Moira and this must mean we're meant to be together forever"
She smiled only to feel something terribly wrong was to happen soon to them. It was the same feeling her mother felt the day she was going for that fake audition. She shook it off and held Jared closer to her. "I love you too Jared"