We're all living in a Memoria world!

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Characters: Irvine Kinneas,  Denzel,  and Lazard Deusericus
Progress: Complete
Summary: All three taking a trip down, memory lane!
Location: Memoria
Date: February 1st, 1804
Warnings: None as of yet, I mean Denzel's there for Kefka's sake!

The cowboy was asleep when the glow bathed him over, and when he awoke, he found himself close to the sea, in a place he found very familiar. Irvine jumped up and asked, "Wh-what? This place...it can't be! How did..." He was confused and shocked at the very fact he was back...back at the orphanage he grew up in.

Quickly the SeeD looked around and shouted out, "Selphie!? Selphie? Squall? Quistis? Zell? Rinoa? Matron? Nida? Anyone!?" Then a low murmur came out last that sounded like "Seifer?" However he still hadn't noticed the two other people there with him.

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A chuckle came from the cowboy as he stated, "Let's just say Shelke has a very interesting way of playing."

The scenery did begin to change, this time to something from Irvine's mind. The place was a desolate wasteland, with a castle in front. The cowboy's eyes widened as he stated, "No...it can't be..." He knew exactly where he was and he was really not ready for it. Keeping a hand behind on Denzel's shoulder his gaze narrowed as he stated, "Denzel...stay close, this place is very dangerous."

Just then, a laughter echoed through his mind, almost reminiscent of something from his own nightmares. He was both ready but nervous of what it all meant.

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"Heh. Shelke's pretty amazing." He gave quite a proud smile. She was his new sister, after all.

As Irvine rested his hand on the boy's shoulder, Denzel suddenly began to feel very uneasy. "What's going on? Do you know this place?" he asked, voice just above a whisper.

That castle looked rather scary...

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Denzel's voice began to fade away as Irvine was alone in this place nervous and breathing heavy. A crack of thunder struck down as he saw fallen bodies on the ground. Still alive, but badly hurt. All of which he recognized. His eyes widened as he rushed over to them and yelled, "Squall! Rinoa! Quistis! Zell!" He saw their bodies with cuts and bruises, Rinoa with flam marks on her back. He looked around anxiously and yelled out, "Selphie! Where are you!?"

Just then a sickening laugh echoed through as a thunder bolt struck down, revealing a shadowy figure holding the brunette by the throat. That figure, was Ultimecia. The sorceress cackled at the SeeD and replied, "Foolish child! You thought you kould defeat me? You thought you had the strength, the kourage. Now you will be the one to watch the error of such a foolish act!" Irvine was completely stunned, trembling with fear, he begged to her, "Please, let us go...don't hurt us." The sorceress laughed again as her hand pulsated with heat, finally igniting her hand. Then a final word echoed, "Know...that their deaths, were by your hands!" The cowboy lunged at her and yelled out, "No! Wait!" But before he could reach her, the brunette was lit aflame right before his very eyes, hearing her screams of pain and agony. The cloud lit up with thunder and lightning that struck the rest of them on the ground burning and electrifying them. Irvine yelled out, "No! Stop it! Stop it! Damn you stop it!" He tried to rush over to the other, tripping upon something (which in reality, would be Denzel)as he collapsed to the floor and listened to them screaming in pain hearing their voices accusing him for their deaths.

Irvine was completely broken. His eyes began to tear up, his body trembling as he just shook his head and stated repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

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Denzel watched, stunned and shocked as Irvine spoke to no one. He didn't know what was happening, or whether it was another of Irvine's memories or not. He felt completely helpless.

After the older man had tripped over him and collapsed to the floor, Denzel dusted himself off and moved over to him, kneeling down beside him, doing what Tifa or Marlene would do to him if he was sad and gave him a great big hug.

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Still shaking he still could hear the voices and the screams, but they were slowly fading into nothing. Reality was starting to come together as he looked up and saw that someone was hugging him. Irvine looked around and saw nothing, no bodies, no flames, nothing but him and Denzel.

He looked at the boy, a little nervous and asked, "Did-Did any of that happen? A-Are they, are they all okay?" he was still a bit shocked but he was a little bit more calm than he was before.

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"I could only see you." Denzel sat back on his knees, pulling his skyphone from his pocket, motioning to it. "Call them. If they're in Gaia you'll be able to contact them."

He paused a little. "If that wasn't a memory... what was it?"

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He shook his head getting up himself and answered, "No...it wasn't..." He took the sky phone and made a quick audio post to the network, in order to understand if it was reality or hi mind turning against him.

Afterwards, Irvine looked at the boy with a smile and replied, "Thanks Denzel, you're stronger than you look." He meant that, seeing that the boy was able to not be frightened by this place, or by him freaking out. He looked out and replied, "I don't know about you, but I've had quite enough of this place! I say we get the hell out of here." He smirked looking back at Denzel and added, "You with me?"

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Denzel gave a nod. "Yeah. Let's get out of here!!" he pushed himself to his feet and dusted off his knees, before running ahead.

Head South. That was supposed to be the way out! The boy now found himself stood on the edge of the Sector 6 plate in Midgar, looking out over the fallen wreckage of the Sector 7 plate. Smoke and flames billowed up, the entire area destroyed.

His eyes widened at the sight, before he dropped to his knees, letting out a heartbreaking scream. “MOM!!! DAD!!! Noooooo!!!” Tears streamed down his face, his body trembling as he sobbed.

Sector 7. His home. His parents. Everything. Lost. The plate had been dropped, destroying everything, on top and below.

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The SeeD looked out at the fallen wreckage over the city and was horrified by the destruction. He looked at the boy who was obviously upset and stated, "Denzel..."

In the same token he gave him, Irvine knelt down and hugged the child. He was starting to hate this place, and he wanted out!

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Denzel leaned into Irvine, sniffling as he tried to stop his sobs, attempting in vain to wipe those tears away.

Once he was calmer, he pulled away, once more wiping his eyes, giving a hiccup or two. "Shin-Ra dropped the plate... My Mom and Dad... they didn't make it out in time..."

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He had no idea what to say to the boy, all that he could do is wipe the tears from his eyes and simply say, "I'm sorry you had to go through this again..." The cowboy looked out and added, "This place is messing with our minds, we gotta keep moving forward."

He looked at the boy with a simple smile and stated, "But I need you to be strong, or else this place will beat us. I need that from you." He wasn't the type to give fatherly advice, but support he could give. Or at least try.

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Denzel sucked in a deep breath, before letting it out slowly, giving a nod. "Yeah... I'm okay now. Let's keep going. It can only get better, right?"

Positive thinking. That's what they needed. Besides, Denzel couldn't think of any memory as terrible as that, other bad ones, but none that bad.

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The SeeD nodded as he replied, "Right! So let's keep moving forward." He continued to walk ahead, making sure that Denzel was behind him the entire time.

After a while the room began to change again as a beautiful field of grass was all around them, with a distant tree up ahead. The sky dark with many stars in the sky. Irvine looked around and asked, "W-What is this place?" Just then he saw a familiar figure again simply humming and popping some sweets into her mouth. The cowboy exclaimed with a smile on his face, "Selphie!" He rushed over to her and simply saw her there in what happened to be a very inappropriate dress for the outside.

The cowboy's face turned red as he started to stammer a little. The figure didn't speak as she gently pulled him in and kissed him tenderly on the lips. Irvine was surprised by these turn of events, but threw reason right out the window and began to kiss back a little more forcefully. Selphie pulled back and stated with a grin, "I love you Irvine...I always have. I never want this moment to end." He grinned and answered, "Neither do I, Selph, neother do I." As he closed his eyes and continued to kiss her again.

Of course, this whole scene in reality was basically Irvine...making out with a tree.

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Denzel looked out over the green field. Even now it was still amazing to see so much grass and nature. He'd grown up on the Midgar plates after all, there weren't even any flowers there, let alone real grass.

At the sight of Irvine running at and kissing a tree, the boy stared wide eyed. He just hoped that in whatever memory Irvine was experiencing that there was a person between him and that tree...

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The Selphie image hugged Irvine as she simply whispered, "I want to stay here with you forever." That last sentence faded into nothing as she vanished and Irvine slammed face first into the tree.

He looked around at what had occurred and the area around him. All he was was Denzel looking at the cowboy. Irvine blinked as he asked, "Tha-That wasn't really there...was it?"

Well, he certainly felt like a fool.

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Denzel brought his hands up to cover his mouth, stifling a laugh. "You smooched the tree..." Another laugh. "I hope there was a girl there in your vision. Or even a boy. 'Cause I don't think tree smooching is normal..."

He offered Irvine a smile, jogging ahead. "Come on, Irvine! Let's keep going!!"

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"It was a girl! A girl, I promise! A-And she was hot!" retorted the cowboy who quickly got up on his feet. He felt like he needed to uphold his status...to a child. Upon thinking about it, Irvine seemed incredibly silly saying that stuff to Denzel.

A shake from his head as he said, "Right, I'll lead." He caught up with the boy and moved forward.

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Denzel laughed more. "No one can be prettier than Eiko." At least not in his eyes. Tifa, Shelke and Marlene were all very pretty and Cloud was insanely handsome, but they were all family so they didn't count.

He once more ran on ahead of Irvine. As the room once more shifted, they found themselves on the outskirts of Midgar – along the vast wastelands overlooked by the cliffs. All around Denzel were dead fiends and soldiers that just gave off a 'bad guy' aura. And in Denzel's hand was a sword.

Cloud walked up beside him, clasping a hand onto the boy’s shoulder. "Well done, Denzel. You saved everyone. You really are a hero."

"Me? A hero?" He looked around to see Tifa, Marlene, Shelke and all their friends. Even Eiko, who came over and kissed his cheek.

But just as soon as the scene had appeared, it began to fade away.

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Irvine looked at the new scene he was in and saw nothing but the wastelands. He heard the boy speak about a hero as Irvine grabbed him by the shoulder and asked, "Hey...Denzel...you okay?"

He knew what was going on, but he was still worried about this whole thing.

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As the sword faded from his hand and all his friends faded, all that was left was the burning blush on his cheeks. He nodded his head, trying to find his words. "I...'m okay."

He rubbed at his face, trying to get his blush to go away.

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He saw the blush as he lightly patted him on the back and questioned, "I really do hope she's as cute as you say." He continued to walk along with a smile and replied, "Coming hero?"

He was joking with the boy, of course, but it was good to see things were a little bit better now.

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Irvine's words just caused the young boy to blush even brighter. He let out an embarrassed huff, before jogging to catch Irvine up.

"I'm not a hero. That wasn't a memory. it was... a dream. I want to be a hero just like Cloud."

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"I dunno, I think you were a hero. I mean you did help me when I was seeing my worse fear realized," stated the cowboy with a smile as he looked up to the sky. "It isn't a weapon or courage that makes a hero Denzel, it's being there doing the right thing at the right time that does. Remember that."

The room once again, began to shift and alter as Irvine stated with a groan, "Not again!" The scene shifted and altered to what looked like Balamb Garden's main hall, but damaged and tire treads on the floor. He looked around and stated, "Balamb? Bu-" Denzel vanished from Irvine's view as all of a sudden, Galbadian soldiers and Balamb Soldiers fighting against each other."

The cowboy looked around as some troops from behind him. In his hand was his gun as he started shooting them all. "Damn it! I gotta get to the others!" Irvine rushed around the walkways of the garden shooting enemies as he saw.

Of course in reality, Irvine was shooting an imaginary gun and running away from Denzel.

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A hero didn't have to fight with a big sword and be the bravest? Well... even so, he'd never be a great hero like Cloud.

As Irvine ran off shooting his imaginary gun, Denzel flailed slightly, running after him. "Irvine! Wait up!!" Damn grown ups with their longer legs and fast running! "Don't leave me behind!"

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He could hear the sounds of the soldiers and the weapons firing and clashing. But like all the others, Irvine's reality came back and his pace slowed down to a halt as the Garden was quiet again. He looked around and shook his head, clenching his fist at it. All a memory.

He looked up and yelled out, "Stop playing games and show yourself!" He had enough of this mind trip!