Chrono Crash
By Stitchy

Chapter 1: The Trigger

Disclaimer: I do not own Chrono Cross, or anything related to it. Square owns it not me, so don't even think of getting me in trouble.

Summary: If you have seen the ending where you use the Chrono Cross correctly, and you paid close attention to the scenes with the girl, you might have a vague guess already what this fic is about. This is about the future, where Kidd, Serge, and everyone from the cast of Chrono Cross have been reborn in our time. Kidd, who was told by her mother (Schala, who has a little knowledge of what happened in the past life) that Kidd must find the boy that fell in love with her in the past life, but was torn away from her. Kidd has very few clues to find "him," as you will see...

Kidd awoke that spring morning, the sun glinting on her face to awake her with its silent alarm. She jumped out of bed, threw back the curtains, and pushed open her window. She closed her eyes slowly and took in the warm morning air with a deep breath.
"Good morning, Tokyo Tower." The Tower off in the distance seemed to gleam with happiness back to her, the hustle and bustle of people moving inside it's walls.

Kidd tossed her pajamas off, and went to the closet. She pondered for a moment what she was going to be seen in for the day and sighed a deep sigh.

"I guess I'm wearing the usual again, white T-shirt and jeans..." she said, pulling out the clean and fresh garments.

She combed her hair out, and carefully grabbed two thick strands of hair just above her temple. She brushed them back, and began to braid. She finished the tedious job by tying a red ribbon in the back, nice and neat.

She was about to step out to go eat her breakfast when something in the back of her mind snapped.
"OH! Can't forget this!" Kidd said jerking back into the room and grabbing her beaded purple necklace, the one her mother always obsesses about. She half walked half ran down the stairs, fixing her necklace on as she went down the stairs. Her mother was standing over the stove as always, making her an omelet for breakfast. Kidd hated that her mother and her shared a name, she had never forgiven her mother for this. Since she hated the name so much, everyone just called her "Kidd".

"Oh, good morning, sweet!" said Kidd's mother, Schala, turning around and smiling that oh-so-sweet mother's smile.
"Good morning Mom! You haven't forgotten have you?" Kidd asked, with a hint of anger in her voice.
"Of course not, it will be your sixteenth birthday in one week! Times are changing...and so will everyone's lives....."said her mother, drifting into a strange monotone.
"Mom? What do you mean?" Said Kidd curiously, sitting down at the table and taking a sip of orange juice.
Schala sat down across from her daughter, a solemn look on her face. Kidd answered with a questioning glance.
"Kidd, my daughter... I know you have heard me talk of this when you were a little child ... of what happened long ago...."said Schala, putting her hands on Kidd's, staring up at her with a glare.
"I know Mom, I have to find him...... its not exactly easy....." said Kidd half annoyed, half sadly.

"I know its not, but I am going to tell you everything this time, all that I can remember from our past lives...this may be a great shock to you, so be prepared."

Kidd's face grew from annoyed to a serious, familiar stare. "Everything?"

"Yes, everything." said Schala

Kidd glanced quickly to the clock;6:30...we may have enough time she thought, but she quickly turned back towards her mother.

"I don't remember much about my merging with Lavos, but..." she said looking down "Lavos was an alien that came from the sky, and destroyed the kingdom of Zeal, my kingdom. I sacrificed myself and became one with Lavos. Half of me wanted to destroy everything and the other half just wanted everything to be as it was before. And then I heard the crying of a 3 year old boy ... the crying of a dying little boy. The boy had been terribly wounded and poisoned, by a panther demon or...... FATE, the super computer from the future. I reached out to the little boy and was able to create you, my daughter/clone."

Kidd was shocked, her mother had never told her almost any of this.

"The boy, is the one you met and saved all time with. You two somewhat fell in love, without you two realizing that you had the same feelings for each other. But you two never had the chance to live rightfully. His memory was erased of the adventure you had had, leaving him with barely any reminiscence of you....."

Kidd felt almost embarrassed, even though she didn't know why.

"Kidd, you do not know how serious the problem is that we are going to have to face soon, another time crash, except it will land here.... You must find him! He is the only one who can help, he has the key to fight off the forces that are coming, the terror that not even they are aware of yet! The resurrection of FATE and Lavos, but this time it will be different and will be even more dangerous to all time and existence than the last time over one thousand years ago!"
Kidd couldn't believe her ears, what her mother was telling her. She didn't want to believe it, but she knew every word her mother spoke was the truth. She was scared, but determined to do something. She knew that this would happen as soon, but when exactly. What was she supposed to do, live her life in fear everyday, even if the day would not come for what 5? 10? 15 years? "Where can I find him?!" she blurted out, tears streaming down her face.

"I can't remember much about him, even though you would think I would, but I had only met him once. But, this is what I remember..." Schala said, closing her eyes gently "His eyes are that of the shining blue heavens above. His hair is soft, and belongs to the sea, as blue as the deepest ocean's glory. He wears upon his head, a red bandana with golden designs upon it, and a tiny necklace around his neck. He will be like that, but considering in this day and age, he probably wont wear the bandana, but he will have it with him at all times, just like you have your necklace."

Kid pondered for a moment and then said:"How will I know its him? Couldn't he be anywhere in the world?"

Schala opened her eyes slowly and said:"No, I sense his warmth coming towards us ... he is near here, he may or may not appear directly to you. He may or may not have his memory of the past, but he will appear, in a way."
"Do you know his name, Mom?" said Kidd.

"oh.... I cant remember ... but his name will be the same as the one from the past, if you think that someone may be him, and you tell me his name.... I will remember. That is, if the person is him." Said Schala, putting a hand to her forehead. "But, he should be about 16 or 17...."

Kidd took another glance at the clock, 7:06. "I have to get to school Mom, I'll try my best to find him..." said Kidd walking out the door, swinging her backpack over her shoulder. She could barely believe what her mother had told her, even the little things about the time crashes and the Chrono triggers she had told her long ago back when she was small.

The streets were unusually quiet, normally there would be a large crowd of people, walking to work instead of driving, to help the dying planet. Her mother had told her about the world of long ago when man was new and the planet was still flourishing. The dwarves of the marshes had predicted that the humans would bring the downfall of the planet, and they in the long run were probably right.

She walked down a few blocks and came to the school yard. The cross wire fence surrounded the asphalt ground that the highschoolers stood around upon, gossiping or rousing some poor weakling for the morning. She walked through the large opening and immediately heard the first sign of stupidity and ignorance in the world for the morning.
"Hey, "Kidd,"" the voice teased "How's your crazy Mommy? Is she ready to go to the Loony-Bin yet?"
Kidd turned around with fury in her eyes, the hot burning red inferno within her, that hated the ignorance of stupid people. There stood the main group of bullies, that showed no mercy to any one. The leader, a tall chubby, yet built duffus, stood in the middle of the group, and whose voice was the teaser. To his right a short stubby little fellow, who wore thick, little glasses, which covered tiny, almost lifeless beady eyes. And to his left, a tall skinny, buck toothed geek, who just stared vengefully at Kidd.

"Tsuyosa....! You bastard! My mother is not a lunatic! She knows what's going to happen to this world and time! She knows more than you!" screamed Kidd, fury building up inside her.

"Oh? Is that a fact?"said Tsuyosa, the leader "Are you crazy too? Do you wanna go to the loony-bin....little girl?"

"Shut up!" Kidd swung for his face, hitting him hard with her tiny fist. A loud crack can be heard from the thick jaw.

"Well, well...."he said, wiping the blood from his chin"....it seems our little Kidd is tougher than she looks. Well, if she wants to play rough, we'll go along with it."

Tsuyosa gave her a mean punch to the stomach which knocks her to the ground. Her arm bled heavily from the fall on the asphalt, and she held it, in a futile attempt to ease the pain. The bullies moved in closer, and she looked up, frightened.

Tsuyosa snapped his fingers and the two others grabbed Kidd's arms. She new what they were going to do to her, the most humiliating thing that can be done on campus. The punishment that is only used on girls who fight back against the bullies.

"No! Stop!!" she cried in desperation, closing her eyes. The group of kids standing near by had come over to watch, as they could do nothing to stop them in fear for their own health.

Tsuyosa grabed Kidd's thin shirt and tugs a little "Now lets see how nice you are...."

Kid winced expecting the pain, horror and humiliation to overcome her. Tsuyosa began to pull hard, but then a hand grabed his arm tightly, immobilizing the limb.

"What the-?!" yelled Tsuyosa turning around quickly to see his opposer.

Kidd opened one eye, expecting to be beaten into pulp. But to her surprise, someone had stopped them from doing it. She saw Tsuyosa struggling to get his arm free from the grip of the boy.

"LEGGO!" Tsuyosa tried to pull his arm away but found he couldn't get it to even move. The boy, who must have been incredibly strong, seemed somewhat wimpy looking outwardly. He had deep, fine, beautiful blue hair, and eyes as blue as the sea, that were now filled with hate for Tsuyosa.

The small crowd around them gasped at the boy, who had dared to confront them. Whispers of curiousness enveloped the crowd.

"Let go of the girl's shirt, and I'll let you go." said the boy, unbelievably calm.

"Who do you think you are?!" screamed Tsuyosa, swinging his other arm at the boy.

The boy dodged the hand several times. Tsuyosa tried desperately to hit him, but failed every time. Kidd couldn't believe what she was seeing. Her mouth hung open as she watched in amazement.

"I said, let her go!" said the boy, squeezing Tsuyosa's arm even tighter.

"AGHHH!! Okay! Okay!!" he yelped pitifully, releasing Kidd's shirt. The thugs quickly let go of her arms and she dropped to the ground.

"..." Kidd stared at the boy in amazement once again.

Tsuyosa pointed an shaking finger at the boy. "You'll regret this!" he barked, and he and his thugs dashed away. The boy doesn't seem to be affected by the threat.

He kneeled down in front of Kidd, who had her face down towards the ground, her eyes weren't visible accounting for her long blonde bangs.

"Are you okay?" he asked softly.

"Y-yeah..." she said, not lifting her face. "...why did you help me?" Kidd lifted her gaze and something clicked, they both gasped.

"I-I... I don't know, I just felt that I had to..." he said scratching his head, his expression completely different from before. He seemed flustered.

"Um, well..." Kidd said, looking at him again. "... Thanks..."

"No problem," he said, getting up. He seemed to return to his aloof self. "...." He turned to the crowd and said loudly, "There's nothing more to see here, best be on your way."

The crowd looked at each other for a few seconds and quietly walked away, but one girl stayed behind, a girl with short silvery hair, but left after a few seconds of staring.

What was with that girl? Kidd thought to herself.

Kidd stood up easily, she was just a little shaken from the thought of what they would have done.

The boy was pretty tall, considering Kidd was tall for her age. Kidd looked into his eyes and he smiled. Then she noticed something. He had blue hair and eyes that seemed to belong to the sea, the same description Kidd had gotten from her mother.

He couldn't be... She put a finger to her chin. Hmm... maybe... but I need to see more evidence...

"Um ... can I ask your name?" Kid said

"Serge, Serge Hikikosu." He said, flatly.

Hmm... his last name means trigger in Japanese ... but his first name sounds Russian.... Kidd thought to herself.

"What's yours?" Serge said, smiling at her again.

"Schala Zeal." She said half heartily. "Just call me Kidd."

He turned his head towards where the thugs had walked away.

"What were those thugs talking about back there? What did they mean about your mother?"

"They think my mom is crazy..." Kidd said, as Serge turned back to her. She looked away.
"Just because she tells the future..."

Serge looked at her with worry, and a soft wind blew. After a few moments, he noticed she was crying, silently.

"And I get beat up for it...." She sniffed.

Serge walked up to her, and reached into his pocket and pulled out a bandana, a red bandana that had elaborate gold designs on it. He reached out to her with the bandana. Kidd looked up and noticed what he was trying to do. She looked at him helplessly and said:

"F-for me?"

Its the bandana... the one my Mom was talking about...!

"Yeah, it's my favorite bandana..." he said. "Use it."

Kidd grabbed the bandanna and wiped her eyes, she sniffed and was soon back to normal.

Faintly, the school's broken bell rang, herding the students inside for the day. Kidd handed Serge the bandana, and began to walk away, but Serge caught up with her.

"If they cause, you anymore trouble, if I'm not there, fight back. Even if you get in trouble, okay?" he smiled again.

"Y-yeah...." Kidd said, feeling her face was slightly hot.

Serge and Kidd walked into the school, smiling, each of them knowing they had made a new friend.

End Chapter 1