Okay... This might be a little strange, but I'm trying it out anyway. Like mentioned in the summary, this is a Blue Dragon/Eternal Sonata crossover. I got the idea from a dream I had... and since I had said dream in September, I'm desperately trying to remember all of it. But I remember most of it, and for whatever I don't remember, I'll use whatever imagination I use for my other stories. And hopefully I'll be getting some reviewer support as well. :) Anyway, after a disclaimer - which will be the only one in this story - we can get on with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Blue Dragon or Eternal Sonata. I don't even know if I own the idea of this story - I got it from a dream, for goodness' sakes. If that qualifies as owning the idea, then I guess I do.

The first thing she felt was warmth. She rolled her head to the side; the ground felt gravely and hot, almost painful. Her eyes felt like they were glued shut, but she managed to get her eyes open. She was met with the sight of a desert.

"Is this the afterlife...?" shu murmured. She sat up with some difficulty. "This can't be right, though. It isn't supposed to look like this, is it?" Suddenly, she doubled over; her lungs felt like they were on fire. It was then that she remembered that Rondo had stabbed her.

She reached inside her armor, trying to find the wound. She found it, but not in the condition she thought; a scar along her abdomen. Then, she realized something: If she was dead, why did she have a scar? This was all very strange.

She tried to stand, but her legs buckled immediately. "I have to find a way to get up..."

She turned her head when she heard a strange sound, like scurrying footsteps in the sand; coming towards her was a purplish scorpion. She didn't think much of it, until it started getting closer, and she realized it was much larger than it seemed.

Once it was a few feet away, it skittered from left to right, studying her curiously.

"Please, just leave me be. Maybe you died, too, but I just want to be left alone..." She wondered briefly if she was slightly insane, talking to it all. It might have been the heat. Then again, she might be dead. Maybe everything, including whatever she herself said, was strange here.

The creature hissed at her in reply, poising its tail to strike. Apparently, scorpions weren't friendly after death.

She glared at it, taking up her saber. "Fine. I wanted you to leave me alone, but I'll do what I must."

Suddenly, there was a loud roar. It sounded like it came from a huge creature, one she hoped would eat scorpions and not humans.

"You leave her alone!" Someone, presumably the person who had just yelled, was running towards her. Behind them was a giant blue dragon. She would have yelled for them to watch out, but wasn't sure if it was on their side or not.

The scorpion turned its attention to the approaching person and dragon, now hissing at them.

Now that they were close, she could see the person was only a young boy. And... was that dragon coming out of his feet?!

The boy swung his fist, and the dragon mimicked him, hitting the scorpion dead on. The two struck at the scorpion a few more times. The scorpion tried to get close enough to attack, but was pushed back with each hit. Eventually, it gave up, running off somewhere.

The blue dragon disappeared from the top down in a shimmering light, seemingly vanishing in the boy's shadow. Once it was gone, he ran over to her. "Hey! Are you alright?"

"Is this what the afterlife is like?" she whispered, mostly to herself.

"Afterlife?" he quirked an eyebrow. "I don't believe in the afterlife, but this definitely isn't it. You're in the surrounding desert of Talta Village."

"Talta Village...? I've never heard of a place with a name like that."

"Well, you do seem like you might've hit your head. Don't worry, I've got a friend who's a really good doctor. Can you stand?"

"N-no, not really..."

"Alright, wait here for a minute." He ran off back the way he came.

Less than a minute later, she heard this strange sound, then saw this odd... thing kicking up sand. He stopped it in front of her.

"What in the world is that?" she stared at it in slight horror.

"It's my motorbike. It's the quickest way to the village right now, so I'll help you on." Before she could protest, he had thrown her arm over his shoulder and lifted her onto the "bike" contraption. With that, they were off.

She screamed a little when they started, clinging to him.

"Sorry! I'll slow down a little!" he yelled over the engine. After he slowed it down, it became much quieter and didn't seem so bad. "My name's Shu, by the way. What's yours?"

What an odd name; maybe he knew Frederic. "Claves... My name is Claves."

Okay, so there's the first chapter. It might seem a little weird, since I'm trying to get it as close to the dream I had as possible. Hopefully, it should pick up after a while. As watchers of the Blue Dragon anime can see, I've payed a little homage to Kluke's motorbike (except that in this version it's Shu's motorbike). Also, it seems that there might be a possibility for future Shu x Claves... ;) Anyway, review if you can; I'd really appreciate some feedback on this, since as far as I know, no one's ever done anything like this before. Like I do with all of my stories, save for oneshots, I will try to update after 10 hits. See you soon! :D